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Celebrity Puzzling - Season 2 - Episode 11
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00:00Hello, I'm Jeremy Vine, and this is the show where two celebrity teams face a series of mind-bending puzzles
00:06specially designed to leave them saying, wait, what? Hang on a minute, let me write that down.
00:10No, just a sec, just a sec. I swear I was just about to say that.
00:13Oh, well, just forget it. This is celebrity puzzling.
00:32Hello, welcome to Celebrity Puzzling. Your attendance has been noted.
00:36Time to meet our two returning team captains.
00:38She's a maths whiz with her own pilot's licence.
00:41Tonight, she's hoping to cruise to victory at an altitude of 0,000 feet.
00:45It's Carol Vorderman. Yes, goggles on.
00:49Standing in her way once more, an actor and mother of twins,
00:52so let's face it, she's only here for some peace and quiet.
00:55It's Sally Lindsay. True, isn't it?
00:59As our returning viewers well know, Carol and Sally won't be playing alone,
01:03so let's see who else has popped up when we span our celebrity Tombola.
01:07Here to help carry Team Carol, as if that's needed,
01:10is a man whose average workday used to last under 13 seconds.
01:14It's the former hurdling world champion, Colin Jackson.
01:18Good to see you.
01:20And joining Sally's team tonight is an actor who's also stepped in
01:23to those perilous Corrie Cobbles. It's the terrific Colson Smith.
01:26Hello to you as well. Welcome.
01:28All right, thank you, I'm having me.
01:30Brilliant.
01:31Well, Colin, so this all...
01:32Yeah, we're more than 13 seconds on this.
01:34Yes, yes.
01:35And the first thing Carol said to me,
01:37are you any good at puzzling, Colin?
01:40And I answered, no.
01:41I'll just stand and sit sweetly and admire her gorgeous outfit.
01:45Oh, gosh.
01:46It's like a running suit.
01:48It's in honour of you, really.
01:49It's like a cat suit.
01:50Yeah, I love it.
01:51The interesting thing here is Colson Corrie, Sally Corrie,
01:55but a gap between you, so it's the first time you've met.
01:58It's a bit like we went to the same school, isn't it?
02:00Yeah, but you weren't in the same year.
02:02But we know the same teachers.
02:04Do you have an iconic character,
02:06for going back over the whole thing,
02:08that you just love?
02:10Or Hilda Ogden would be mine, for example.
02:12I absolutely loved Vera Duckworth.
02:15Liz Dawn was a friend of mine, and she was amazing.
02:17Liz and Bill, who played Jack and Vera.
02:20Oh, of course, yeah.
02:21They were even funnier offstage.
02:23They were hysterical people.
02:25So, hurdler versus actor.
02:27Let's see how we go here.
02:29Here's a brief recap of how this all works for me,
02:31more than you, as I'm getting on a bit these days.
02:33Our celebs, Vorderman, Lindsay, Jackson, Smith.
02:36We'll face six different games.
02:39A grab bag selection from our exhaustive puzzle list.
02:42This means no two contests are ever the same.
02:45Our winners receive everlasting puzzling glory.
02:48And something else.
02:49Oh!
02:52Yeah, now that is known as the Celebrity Puzzling Puzzling Cube.
02:56Now there's something on it.
02:57So now you see.
03:00Let's get puzzling.
03:01The first round will test how good you are at deciphering codes
03:03and coming from somebody who forgets their own phone password.
03:07I can only wish you well with this.
03:09It is time to play cypher.
03:13So first, I'll always show you an example so you get the hang of it.
03:16Here's cypher.
03:17And I'll give you a category clue and then show you the puzzle you have to solve,
03:21which is concealed by a code of symbols.
03:24If you get it straight away, you'll bag three points.
03:26I think I've got that.
03:27Because of the two green, I think it's Downton Abbey.
03:31Well, look, if you were struggling at this point, I would say,
03:33would you like another letter?
03:34So let's see if Sally's right here.
03:36Oh, it looks like she is.
03:37At that point, it's two points.
03:39It's one point if you then ask for another letter.
03:42Let's see it.
03:43D is the beginning.
03:44She's got her eyes in today, I can see.
03:46Well done if you've got that one at home,
03:48especially if that home is a stately home.
03:51Carol and Colin, warm up the cat suit.
03:53Here we go.
03:55Cypher.
03:56There are the symbols.
03:58Maize snack.
04:00Corn.
04:01No, it's not popcorn.
04:03Maize snack.
04:05Not popcorn, because the green emoji would be where the P is.
04:10P is, yeah.
04:11So what else is...
04:12Maize.
04:13Maize.
04:14Penguin.
04:15Penguin.
04:18And I'm going through all snacks, sweet ones, savoury ones.
04:21Let's go later.
04:22OK, so playing for two points now.
04:23I'll give you this letter.
04:25So the first is M.
04:29Oh, I think I know it.
04:30M-m-m-m-m-m-m.
04:32You get another letter?
04:33Yeah, let's get another letter.
04:34OK. One point then.
04:36If you get this right now, the letter I'm giving you is that one.
04:40There were two Ns as well.
04:42Something munchy.
04:43Monster munch.
04:44Monster munch, yeah.
04:46Monster munch for one point.
04:49Yes.
04:50Well done. We're off. We're off. We're off.
04:53Better chance for Sally.
04:54And Coulson, to go into the lead, if you get this one straight off, let's see.
04:59There are the symbols, all flags.
05:02Loungewear.
05:03Mm. Loungewear.
05:06Is that something suit?
05:08That's what I was thinking. It's not translate.
05:09So if that's a suit, then that's a T there.
05:14OK, can I have a letter, please, love?
05:15You're playing for two points now, then, if I give you a letter and you've got double S there.
05:20Ooh.
05:22Er...
05:24Loungewear.
05:26Loungewear.
05:26What is loungewear?
05:28Pyjamas.
05:29Jump on.
05:30No.
05:31Go on, I'll have another letter.
05:32OK, let's have another one.
05:33So now for one point.
05:36OK, so it wasn't suit.
05:38Oh, I know.
05:39You got it.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Dressing gown.
05:41Dressing gown, says Sally.
05:44Wow.
05:44Yes.
05:45A bit of loungewear.
05:47OK, so these ones get a bit harder.
05:49Carol and Colin, here's yours.
05:52You were really good on that one.
05:53Oh, just one word.
05:54Oh, one word.
05:55Electronic items.
05:56Items.
05:57So that's an S at the end, then, I take it.
06:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:02Electronic items.
06:04Electronic items.
06:05Laptops.
06:06Computers.
06:07How many letters?
06:08One, two, three, four, five.
06:10Four, five, six, seven.
06:11Ten letters.
06:12OK.
06:13Not charges.
06:14Is that not charges?
06:15Two, the same.
06:16Yeah, but it's two.
06:17More than two.
06:18Batteries.
06:19Oh, no, no.
06:20Batteries.
06:22Do you want your letter?
06:24We're going to need one, I've heard.
06:25Yeah.
06:26You've got two H's in there.
06:28H.
06:31Smartphone.
06:31So two points at the moment, if you get it.
06:34Phones.
06:34Something phones might fit.
06:38What would the first four letters be, if it's something phones?
06:41Well, if it's phones.
06:43If it's phones.
06:44The second one is H-E, right?
06:47Yeah.
06:48So it would be H-E, H-E.
06:50That works, does it?
06:51Do you want another letter?
06:52Grab another letter.
06:52Yeah, we'll grab another one.
06:53Here we go for one point, then.
06:55I can tell you it is H-E.
06:57So you are on the right track there.
07:00So it's phones.
07:01Yeah, but I think so.
07:03Do you need the answer, please?
07:05She'll get it on the sleeve last minute.
07:07Do you need the answer?
07:08I'm not going to get that.
07:09Time is counting down.
07:11No, I'm not going to get that.
07:13Oh, go on.
07:14And you can steal.
07:15Headphones.
07:16Headphones.
07:17Oh, my.
07:17Oh, goodness.
07:18I knew you'd be like, oh, no.
07:20It's a point on the steal for Sally and Coulson.
07:23Good round this, isn't it?
07:24Sally and Coulson, you have the next cipher.
07:26Here we go.
07:29Spielberg film.
07:30Who's you now?
07:32Yeah.
07:33Yeah.
07:33Yeah.
07:34I think he's got it.
07:35Go on.
07:35Schindler's List.
07:37Schindler's List.
07:39See, you can steal it.
07:40Oh, OK.
07:43Jurassic Park.
07:44Jurassic Park, you say.
07:47Yay!
07:48Sorry.
07:49Oh, run.
07:50You steal one point.
07:51OK.
07:52Well, we're even, aren't we?
07:53We're even now, yeah.
07:54We're even.
07:54We're even for headphones.
07:56So, the level might get a bit harder now for your final ones.
07:59Here's yours first, Carol and Colin.
08:01Oh.
08:02Four words.
08:03UK number one in three decades.
08:05Three decades.
08:06Wow.
08:07So, you've got four words there.
08:09Oh.
08:10Three decades.
08:12Gosh, let's try and think of the similar ones, right?
08:14So, you think that's the?
08:15I think so.
08:17So, there's a T at the end as the other one as well.
08:19Yeah.
08:21Do you think that's the is?
08:23And, you know, all the dots.
08:24Dots, yeah.
08:24Is that an I, do you think?
08:26I, I?
08:27Or O.
08:28I or O.
08:29Oh.
08:29Let's get a letter.
08:31Let's get a letter here.
08:32Yeah.
08:33So, the cloud and the crescent is the S.
08:36Of the sun.
08:37S something, something, S something.
08:40Let's have another letter, Jeremy.
08:42Letter, yeah, please.
08:42Go on.
08:42Let's have another one.
08:43For one point.
08:44Ah, you were right.
08:45So, that's an I.
08:46Right, so it's an I.
08:47So, we know it's not is.
08:49If.
08:49Yeah.
08:50If.
08:52I.
08:53If.
08:55H.
08:56S.
08:57S.
08:57S.
08:58Going to need an answer, guys.
09:01Sink.
09:01You could steal, couldn't you?
09:02Good, yeah.
09:02Oh, my gosh.
09:03Clock is running down.
09:05S.
09:05Do you think it's a send-o?
09:07Oh, you're out of time.
09:09I need to know it right away.
09:09Here we go.
09:10Let's see if you can steal it.
09:12We don't know.
09:14Spirit in the Sky.
09:15And that was Norman Greenbaum in the 60s and then remakes, I'm told, by Doctor and the Medics
09:21and Gareth Gates, featuring the Kumars.
09:25The final cipher to solve for Sally and Colson is this one.
09:30Two words.
09:311990 film.
09:32Okay.
09:34So, 1990 film, let's go back.
09:35Ending in both letters ending in the same.
09:37In the same thing.
09:38Ask for a letter.
09:39That's half one.
09:40Yeah.
09:40Okay, so three points until you ask for a letter.
09:42So, it goes down to two now.
09:44If you get it right, let's see.
09:46That is an O.
09:48I was going to say Lost Boys, but it can't be, because that's...
09:51So, there's something in the same letters at the end.
09:54Are we banking on the other letter being an S?
09:57Not necessarily.
09:59Get another letter.
10:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:00For one point.
10:02H.
10:04Home Alone.
10:05Home Alone.
10:06They say.
10:07It took a lot of getting there.
10:08For one point.
10:09It's right.
10:11At the end of that round,
10:12Carol and Colin have got two points.
10:14Sally and Coulson have got three.
10:16It's tight.
10:17Yay!
10:19If you're ready to outscore our celebrities at home,
10:22in this next round,
10:23our teams will head across the studio to play at our letterbox.
10:25This time, they'll play in their team without their opponents
10:28loitering next to them,
10:29like that intimidating bunch of teenage kids at the village bus stop.
10:32You know the ones.
10:33Going first, it's Carol and Colin,
10:35and the game you're playing tonight is Initial Reaction.
10:41You're looking for the initials to each pitcher,
10:43which in turn will spell out a word.
10:45To give you more help,
10:46there is a clue at the top,
10:48body of water.
10:48So, any thoughts from anyone here?
10:50So, there's G for giraffe.
10:52Golf.
10:53Golf.
10:54Okay.
10:54Golf.
10:55Golf.
10:55Golf is umpire.
10:57L, what's L?
10:58Luge.
10:59Well done.
10:59Fridge is so last century, guys.
11:01It looks to me like a flip phone.
11:02So, there we are.
11:03You'll score three points if you solve the puzzle.
11:05You'll have one full alphabet to play with.
11:08So, Carol and Colin first head on over to the letterbox
11:10to play Initial Reaction.
11:14So, don't forget to hit the button when you've given your answer.
11:17Carol and Colin, here's your first puzzle.
11:19Your time starts now.
11:22First name.
11:23So, that's rope, is it?
11:24Do you think that's rope?
11:25Yes, rope.
11:26Okay, let's see that.
11:27Is that...
11:28Oh, goodness.
11:29Amber.
11:30Okay.
11:31That's the Norwegian flag.
11:32So, we just go for Norway, do you think?
11:34Yeah.
11:35So, what's this?
11:38Cow nose?
11:38Stan, is that S for string, maybe?
11:44What is that?
11:45First name.
11:47So, it can't be R.
11:48Rowan, would it be ox?
11:51R, back there.
11:53O for ox?
11:55That could be.
11:56Rowan?
11:57Rowan, first name.
11:58It's a first name.
11:59Rowan.
12:00Are we going with that?
12:01Go for it.
12:01Don't press your button, it's your answer.
12:03Oh, okay.
12:04I've only ever seen Rowan with a W there.
12:06Not trying to sound smart.
12:07And I wondered if you were...
12:09If that was going to be a yak, you know.
12:11Ryan.
12:12And then you've got...
12:12Yeah, let's stick that in.
12:14Let's see if it goes green.
12:15Yes, okay, it was Ryan.
12:16Ryan.
12:16Do we want to appeal it,
12:17that that could be an ox disguised as a yak?
12:20Your second person will have five letters to find.
12:23It's worth four points.
12:24So, here it is.
12:25Your time starts now.
12:26Okay.
12:27What is our clue?
12:28Dating app.
12:29Well, that's either Gabby or Logan.
12:33So...
12:34Oh, it's always the first name.
12:35Yeah, so it's Gabby.
12:37This is...
12:37Easel.
12:38Hinge.
12:39Hinge.
12:40Hammock, yeah.
12:41Hammock, iron.
12:42Yeah, hinge.
12:43Yeah.
12:44And that is some kind of fish.
12:46Okay.
12:47A noir, is that a noir?
12:50Something like that.
12:50Interesting.
12:51Well, I love...
12:52I mean, this is the...
12:53And so, you were there with Hinge early.
12:56It is a noir.
12:57A noir, there you go.
12:58Really good.
12:59All righty.
13:00Yeah.
13:00We've got four points.
13:01I'm happy with that.
13:02Hinge.
13:03What is Hinge?
13:03I have no idea.
13:04It's a dating app.
13:05Yes, okay.
13:08Your final puzzle has six letters to find,
13:10so it's getting harder.
13:11It's worth a bump of five points if you're ready.
13:13Your time starts now.
13:15Okay, what's our clue?
13:16Unusual.
13:17Unusual.
13:18So, question.
13:18Q with Q.
13:21Yeah, Q, umbrella.
13:23Umbrella, Q, I.
13:24Ink.
13:25Yeah, for ink.
13:26And that's Romania.
13:28Unusual.
13:30Oh, very good.
13:31Quirky, it'll be.
13:33I don't know who that is.
13:34Okay, K.
13:35And yawn.
13:36Yawn.
13:36There you go.
13:37Yeah, hit it.
13:38Oh, you're good.
13:39You're playing really well.
13:41Yeah, so, quirky.
13:42And let's just identify the lady.
13:44It's Kelly McDonald, the actor.
13:47And yawn, and then...
13:49You're good on flags.
13:50World champion.
13:52Yes, exactly.
13:53Maximum would have been 12 points, but you have got nine.
13:56Very happy with that.
13:57That was fun.
13:58And we're itching to see Sally and Colson play the game,
14:00or in some cases, we're just itching.
14:02In either case, it's time for a much-needed break,
14:04so we'll see how they get on after these short messages.
14:10To solve this Path Words puzzle, swap the letters in just one column to reveal the answers.
14:17Get puzzling.
14:24Did you swap the correct letters and solve this Path Words puzzle?
14:29If you solved it, well done.
14:33Well, for back to Celebrity Puzzling, I remain unapologetically Jeremy Vine,
14:37and we have the makings of a true classic unfolding in our studio here.
14:40Captains Carol and Sally have been joined by Colin Jackson and Colson Smith.
14:44The mood in camp is upbeat and overflowing with joie de vivre.
14:47Will it last?
14:48Spoiler, it won't.
14:50It's now Sally and Colson's turn at the letterbox to play Initial Reactions,
14:54so remember, you're going to see four pictures.
14:56Your job is to work out what they are,
14:57and then take the initials from each word to spell the answer.
15:00You'll score three points if you solve the first puzzle.
15:03You are against the clock, so be sure, but be quick.
15:06Here is your first.
15:07It starts now.
15:09OK, Pac-Man.
15:11Singer.
15:12Pac-Man Ice.
15:14Pink.
15:16Neapolitan.
15:16Ah, lovely work.
15:18Where's that?
15:18Where's that?
15:19Neapolitan.
15:20Oh.
15:21But Neapolitan, that's not obvious.
15:23Oh, no.
15:24Neapolitan, in our house in the 70s, that was your Sunday treat.
15:28That or Arctic Roll.
15:29Pink is the right answer.
15:31Pac-Man Ice.
15:32Neapolitan and Kitten.
15:34Your second puzzle will have five letters to find.
15:36It's worth four points.
15:37Your time starts now.
15:40So, the clue's Animal.
15:41Animal.
15:42So, um, let's rush her in it.
15:44No, it's Jack.
15:44Where is it?
15:45So, that's Olivia.
15:46Hang on.
15:46Olivia Newton-John.
15:48Beer.
15:48A pint, beer.
15:49Oh, P-R-B.
15:51Ribbon.
15:51Ribbon.
15:52R.
15:53R.
15:53Tree.
15:54Is that what we're...
15:55Is that a tree?
15:56Forest.
15:57Animal.
15:57Is it tree, forest?
15:58What's that like?
15:59I think that's China, is what I...
16:02But I don't think it is China now.
16:03OK.
16:04Right, OK.
16:05So, what's that there?
16:06That's not E.
16:06No, B.
16:07Oh, I know.
16:09Is it cobra?
16:10Cobra.
16:12Autumn.
16:14Oh, nicely done.
16:15Well done, you.
16:17So, it's China, you were right.
16:18Yeah, I think when you said Russia, I started to go,
16:20Oh, you're right, it's Russia.
16:21It's not Russia.
16:22It's China.
16:23So, dear old Olivia.
16:24Olivia, gorgeous.
16:25Beer.
16:26Gorgeous.
16:26Beer, well done.
16:27Ribbon.
16:28And autumn.
16:29Autumn.
16:29And cobra, the snake, is the correct answer.
16:32Well done.
16:32Eighth.
16:33So, you're playing well.
16:35Your final puzzle has six initial letters to find to create a word.
16:39It's worth a bump of five points.
16:41And if you're ready, your time starts now.
16:44OK, fence.
16:45Cheese dish.
16:46OK, I'm...
16:47Right, OK, F.
16:49Octopus.
16:52Naomi, I know this.
16:53You know it.
16:54Yeah.
16:55It's fondue, I think.
16:58Damn.
17:00Fondue.
17:01Er, what's that?
17:02Earmuffs.
17:02Earmuffs.
17:03Muffs.
17:04E, E.
17:04E.
17:05E for earmuffs.
17:06Fondue, yeah.
17:06Hot.
17:08Hot.
17:09So, we had fence, octopus.
17:11I was worried about squid there, but we were octopus.
17:14No.
17:14Naomi Campbell.
17:15Damn.
17:16Damn.
17:17UFO.
17:18UFO and earmuffs.
17:19Honestly, absolutely immaculate.
17:21So, head back to your seats.
17:22We'll see the scores.
17:23Very good.
17:27How many points did you rack up at home?
17:29Well done, Sally.
17:30Coulson, your visit to the Letterboxd scored you 12.
17:33Very good.
17:34So, this is interesting.
17:36Let's see what it's done to the overall scores.
17:37We have got Carol and Colin on 11.
17:40Sally and Coulson on 15.
17:43Ooh.
17:45It's not yet an emergency, but it could become one.
17:49The next puzzle is all about organising things into groups.
17:52Simple in some cases, sure, but some people like yours truly
17:55simply refuse to be pigeonholed.
17:57Slightly over-the-top way, perhaps, to introduce the next round.
17:59Three, two, one.
18:03On the screen, you will see a grid of answers.
18:07Here we are.
18:08Three of the answers will be connected,
18:09and also another two of the answers will be connected,
18:12leaving an odd one out.
18:13Can you find all the right connections to solve the puzzle?
18:16Give us a shout, maybe Coulson.
18:18Go on.
18:18Beard, sideburns, moustache.
18:20OK, they all have to be adjacent, so that looks right.
18:23What about yourself, Colin?
18:24Then orange and purple.
18:25Orange and purple colours, yeah, and then June, the odd one out.
18:28Let's see if that's right.
18:29There we go.
18:30Voila.
18:31Nothing simpler.
18:32So, we start with Sally and Coulson.
18:34OK.
18:34And here is your first three, two, one.
18:36True Blue, Lovesick Blues, Bear in the Big Blue House,
18:39Blue, Blue, Dabba Dee, Bluey.
18:42OK, so...
18:43I've got a song.
18:43Bear in the Big Blue House and Bluey, they're kids' TV.
18:46Yeah.
18:47True Blue, Blue, Dabba Dee, Dabba Dee,
18:50Lovesick Blues, they're songs, aren't they?
18:52And Blue is, I think, a toilet cleaner.
18:54Well, I didn't know the toilet cleaner, but I'm with you on the rest.
18:58So, our three is True Blue, Lovesick Blues, Blue, Dabba Dee,
19:01and then the two is Bury in the Big Blue House and Bluey
19:04because they're kids' programmes.
19:05OK.
19:06And then Blue is a toilet cleaner.
19:08Let's see if that's right.
19:10Yes.
19:12Very good.
19:13Thank you, guys.
19:14Actually, the three were UK number one singles.
19:17Oh, right.
19:17Yes.
19:18Carol and Colin, it's now your turn.
19:20Here we go.
19:21Here we go.
19:22Right.
19:23OK.
19:24So, Antarctica, Swan, Flamingo, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia.
19:28OK.
19:28OK, so...
19:29Obviously, lots of countries there.
19:31And there's birds.
19:31Flamingo, Swan, Turkey, right?
19:33They're birds.
19:34So, I'm going Swan, Flamingo...
19:38Flamingo, Turkey.
19:39..are birds.
19:40Birds, yes.
19:41So, that's our three.
19:42Although, you could also go Kazakhstan, Turkey and Russia.
19:47Are they linked geographically?
19:50And then Swan and Flamingo are two.
19:52Flamingo and Antarctica, stuck on its own.
19:54OK.
19:54Go for that.
19:55So, we're saying Kazakhstan, Turkey and Russia are our three
19:59because Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere.
20:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:03Swan and Flamingo are birds, obviously.
20:06And beautiful Antarctica is the...
20:10On its own, yeah.
20:11Yeah.
20:12Let's see if that's right.
20:13Yeah.
20:14Right.
20:15Well done.
20:15Swan and Flamingo are long-necked birds.
20:18Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia are Eurasian countries.
20:21Yeah.
20:21Eurasian, yeah.
20:22And the only continent in there is Antarctica.
20:25Yeah.
20:26Sally and Colson, 3, 2, 1.
20:28Here we go.
20:30Where, pacifier, sidewalk, Y, Q, I.
20:33OK.
20:36OK, what's a sidewalk?
20:37A sidewalk is a pavement.
20:40Q.
20:40A Q is a Q.
20:42Pacifier.
20:43I don't know, but we've got to guess.
20:45So, I would go, I don't know why, because Q and sidewalk.
20:49Which one would you leave out, then, are pacifier and I?
20:52I'd give where and Y are the same.
20:53Pacifier, Q and sidewalk.
20:55I really don't know.
20:56I can't make any sense of any of this.
20:58Unless it's sort of song titles that I don't know about, or...
21:01Oh, hang on.
21:02No, I'm lying.
21:03You've got something.
21:04She's got something, Jeremy.
21:05She's got something.
21:06Sorry.
21:07Sidewalk and pacifier are American terms for other things.
21:11So, pacifier is a dummy.
21:13So, now, is Q a different word for something,
21:16or is I a different word for something?
21:21Let's go for...
21:23Q, pacifier, sidewalk, as our three.
21:27OK.
21:27Where and why as questions.
21:29OK.
21:30And I as our separate one.
21:33But I'm really not sure on this one at all.
21:35It's a gamble.
21:36I think I see it.
21:37I think you've got to be cross with yourselves,
21:38but let's have a look.
21:39Are they right?
21:42Oh.
21:42Oh, wrong.
21:44So...
21:44Jeremy.
21:45You can't steal in this one.
21:46Oh!
21:47So, where you were brilliant is you said,
21:50ah, Americanisms, and it was pacifier and sidewalk.
21:53You're absolutely right.
21:53We're dummy and pavement.
21:55We're looking at words that sound like letters in the alphabet.
21:59Ah, C, right.
22:00The letter Q, the letter I.
22:01Where is the odd one else?
22:02I don't ever see.
22:03Well, sorry.
22:03I didn't want to see that.
22:05Carol and Colin, your next puzzle.
22:07Right.
22:07So, take the lead in this round.
22:10Okay.
22:11Ludo, Othello.
22:11Ludo, Go, Lego, Othello, Romeo, Tango.
22:14So, Ludo and Othello, they're board games, aren't they?
22:17Okay, so, Romeo and Tango are in the aeronautic alphabet.
22:23For R and T, Tango.
22:27So...
22:27So...
22:27Lego, obviously, is building blocks.
22:31Yeah.
22:32Is Go a board game?
22:34Ludo is a board game.
22:35Board game.
22:36Is Othello a board game?
22:38Yeah, it is.
22:38It's like reversi, so you turn over, you know, to turn over the counters?
22:42So you plate them on, and when you surround them, you turn it over.
22:45So, Othello is...
22:45Okay.
22:47I think Lego's the odd one out, because it's not a board game.
22:51Right.
22:51It's building blocks.
22:52Right.
22:53Okay.
22:53For the three, Go, Ludo, Othello.
22:56Right.
22:57Yeah.
22:58Romeo and Tango.
22:59Two, Romeo and Tango.
23:00And then Lego.
23:01And Lego is the odd one out.
23:02Okay, let's see what that does for us.
23:03So, yes, it's a little bit misleading.
23:05If that's the answer, because you're right, Othello and Romeo take you straight to Shakespeare,
23:09but you've got the three there, and then Romeo and Tango, the pair, Lego, the odd one out.
23:13Let's see if that's right.
23:15Wait.
23:18So, the two were the phonetic alphabet.
23:21Yeah.
23:21As you said, and the board games, Ludo, Go, Othello.
23:26Sally and Coulson, here is your next one.
23:28I've got another one.
23:29In three, two, one.
23:30Richard, Eva, Brian.
23:31Sims, Tom, Fat.
23:32Okay.
23:34Eva.
23:36So, what's Sims?
23:37I don't know what that is.
23:49Could be.
23:53Sims.
23:54Sims and Fat.
23:55Hang on.
23:56Tom, Cat and Fat Cat.
23:58Sims, Cat.
23:59Are they cats?
24:00Tom, Cat and Fat Cat.
24:02Tom, Cat and Fat Cat are cats.
24:04You've plucked that out of nowhere.
24:06What are they?
24:07She's good.
24:07She's good.
24:08Eva.
24:08Richard Hillman, Eva Price, Brian Packham.
24:11Okay.
24:11I mean, it's not, it can't be.
24:14It might be.
24:14They might put it on for us.
24:15And then Sims is the odd one out.
24:17Okay.
24:18Let's go for Richard, Eva and Brian as the same.
24:21And bank on Sims being the odd one out.
24:22Yeah.
24:22And Tom and Fat being the two and one.
24:25But we really don't know.
24:26Sims being the odd one out.
24:27Okay.
24:27Okay.
24:28I see the logic and I love the Corrie connection.
24:30Let's see if it's the right answer.
24:33No.
24:34Let's look at the actual answer here.
24:36So, you're right, Sally.
24:37Tom, Cat, Fat Cat.
24:39Brian is the odd one out.
24:40If I give you the word little, does that help?
24:43Do you remember the locomotion,
24:44the song by Little Eva, Little Richards, Little Sims?
24:48No.
24:48No idea.
24:49Never have got that.
24:50Richard, Eva, Sims were the trio.
24:52Tom, Fat were the pair.
24:53Brian was the odd one out.
24:54Final puzzle, this time for Carol and Colin.
24:57And the words are...
24:59Ran, nap, rook, male, male, queen.
25:04Hmm.
25:04Okay.
25:05So, rook and queen are in chess.
25:09Yeah.
25:09Yeah.
25:12Erm...
25:12Man, what have they got in common there?
25:14Now, I'm probably wrong.
25:15Go for it.
25:16Just say it.
25:17And I can't remember the word that means this,
25:19but words that can be spelt a number of different ways.
25:23So, male and male might be the clue in that,
25:27and nap, of course, can be spelt without the K.
25:29K.
25:30That is one logic that would make sense.
25:34I'm happy with that, because that does make sense.
25:37Okay.
25:38Go for it.
25:38Yeah.
25:39Go for that.
25:39So, our three are canap...
25:42LAUGHTER
25:44Male and male.
25:45Okay.
25:46And then the two are...
25:48Rook and queen.
25:49Chess pieces, okay.
25:50Because of chess.
25:51And ran.
25:52It's just random.
25:53When is the odd one out?
25:54Okay.
25:55That is random.
25:55Let's see if that's the right answer.
25:58No.
25:59Well, okay.
26:00I'll show you the right answer here.
26:02And the key thing, nap is a weird word.
26:05And I've only ever seen nap once in one context.
26:08And that's my dad used to call a knapsack.
26:10Yeah.
26:11Knapsack, ransack, male sack.
26:12And then the other male was thrown in to confuse you.
26:17To be honest, it's fun watching you all suffer.
26:19At the end of that round, Carol and Colin have got 15 points.
26:23Sally and Colson have got 17.
26:26Ooh, now in it.
26:27Nice.
26:27Ooh, nothing in it.
26:29Pull it back.
26:29There you go.
26:30Hopefully you've got some connections at home and you managed to solve some of those puzzles.
26:34Great work if you did.
26:35So the almost imperceptible sound of clenching knuckles and grinding teeth means our team
26:41captains have almost reached the end of their tethers and that the show has reached the end
26:44of its current part.
26:45It's handy when it all syncs up like that, isn't it?
26:47So please join us after this short break for more celebrity puzzling.
26:54Have a go at this up or down puzzle.
26:56Shift one letter, one space up or down in the alphabet to solve the clue and reveal the
27:01answer.
27:01Best of luck.
27:08Here's the solution to your up or down puzzle.
27:12If you've got it right, well done.
27:17Welcome back to Celebrity Puzzling.
27:18So far the puzzles have been puzzling and the celebrities have been mildly baffled.
27:22It's time for another round, one which will get the guest celebrities' heads in a spin because
27:26it's time to play Up or Down.
27:30For this round, Sally and Carol just have to look on and pull encouraging faces because
27:34it's time for an on-the-buzz, a head-to-head competition which pits the hugely decorated
27:38elite-level Olympian and sports star against the guy who played a policeman in Corrie.
27:43But it can happen.
27:44Don't worry, Coulson.
27:45Don't worry because you can always, if it goes wrong, arrest him.
27:48Up or Down is the title.
27:49Let's see the example.
27:51You'll see a clue plus a series of letters on the screen.
27:54So this one is 80s TV soap opera.
27:57Now here's the thing.
27:58Each letter has been moved either up or down by one step.
28:02So an E could be a D or an F.
28:05Dallas.
28:05Dallas.
28:06Yeah.
28:07I think it's Dallas.
28:08Have you got this one as well, Coulson?
28:10Because of my team captain.
28:11You did say to me, this one's really hard and you're on your own.
28:14Yeah.
28:15Let's see the answer.
28:17So you move the letters in the alphabet either up or down.
28:20Yeah.
28:21There are five puzzles to solve.
28:22Fingers on buzzers.
28:23It's the guess.
28:24The other two keep Sturm, please.
28:26Colin, Coulson, here's your first.
28:28Quick as you can.
28:29There you go.
28:30It's colour.
28:32Um...
28:33Colin.
28:34Uh, yellow?
28:35Yellow is the answer.
28:37Is it?
28:38Yes.
28:38Yes.
28:40Fingers on buzzers.
28:41Who's the next one?
28:43Oh, it's two words.
28:46Dessert, not desert.
28:48Dessert.
28:53Coulson.
28:53Ice cream.
28:54Yeah.
28:55Is he right with ice cream?
28:57Yes!
28:58Yes!
28:59Well done.
29:00This is really hotly contested, isn't it?
29:02That makes sense.
29:03Next one for you both.
29:05One word.
29:06Clue, prism.
29:11Coulson.
29:12Alcatraz.
29:14Alcatraz.
29:15Let's see if that's right.
29:16Very good.
29:17Very good.
29:18Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
29:20Well, that's a policeman, isn't it?
29:22That was it.
29:23Yeah, it's a major.
29:24Anything to do with arrest, conviction, action stations.
29:27Time for another.
29:28Here it is, the categories.
29:30One word.
29:31The categories, ink.
29:33Ink.
29:36Ink.
29:39Ink.
29:43Tattoo.
29:44Yeah, so it's a double S.
29:45It's tattoo.
29:47Last one.
29:49Two words.
29:50Category, luxury car.
29:55Coulson.
29:56Oh, I'm wrong.
29:57Go on.
29:58Go on.
29:58Sadie's Benz.
30:00Can't be right.
30:01Colin Castile.
30:02OK.
30:04The luxury car.
30:06Nothing.
30:06OK, I'll have to show you.
30:07It is Rolls-Royce.
30:08Oh, the Z takes us right down that end of the alphabet, doesn't it?
30:12Rolls-Royce.
30:13Colin, you scored two points.
30:15Coulson, four points.
30:16You won that round.
30:17Let's look at the totals, though, for each team.
30:19So, at this point, it's a good old contest, this.
30:22Carol and Colin have 17.
30:25Coulson and Stanley on 21.
30:2721.
30:27So even.
30:28There's nothing in it.
30:29Catchable, but ahead.
30:31So, I hope you got a few of those at home.
30:32If you did, well played.
30:33It's time for our next puzzle, which is all about mental dexterity.
30:36So, best of luck.
30:37This is called Form an Orderly Cue.
30:42So, we'll see how it works.
30:43A question will appear, but somehow our supercomputer, and super is a stretch, to be fair.
30:48I think we're on Windows 82 here, has reordered each word alphabetically rather than how they should be written.
30:55So.
30:56Solar system.
30:57What is it, Carol?
30:58Solar system.
30:59Milky Way.
31:00Milky Way.
31:01Oh, Milky Way.
31:01Sorry.
31:01Milky Way.
31:02Collector's item.
31:03Carol got a space question wrong just then.
31:05It was only an example.
31:07It never happens.
31:08Let's see what the answer would have been.
31:09The word Earth.
31:10My spelling actually looks like the question.
31:14Okay.
31:15So, the planet Earth is in what galaxy?
31:17The answer is the Milky Way.
31:18Yes.
31:19You're playing team versus team here.
31:21On the buzzer.
31:22There we go.
31:22Puzzle one.
31:23Question coming.
31:28Carol.
31:29Red.
31:30Yeah, what colour?
31:31Is red the answer?
31:33Hallelujah.
31:35Well, let's unscramble the question.
31:37Cherry is a shade of what colour?
31:39Next question.
31:40There it is.
31:43Colson.
31:43Italy.
31:44Let's see if it's Italy.
31:46You're playing well, my friends.
31:49This is a dyslexic dream, by the way.
31:52Can I just say?
31:53Let's see the unscramble question, please.
31:55Rome is the capital of what country?
31:57And the answer is Italy.
31:58Okay, next question.
32:04Carol.
32:05Crown Jewels.
32:07Let's see if the Crown Jewels is right.
32:10Chance to steal.
32:13Birds.
32:14It's, um, uh, it's the ravens.
32:17Ravens, they say.
32:18Oh, Sally Lindsay.
32:20Oh, man.
32:21Let's unscrabble.
32:22What birds have famously kept at the Tower of London?
32:24Yeah.
32:24Fingers back on buzzers.
32:26Here we go.
32:33Carol.
32:361960s.
32:37Let's see if you're right with 1960s.
32:40I see what you did there.
32:41Yay!
32:42Let's have a look here at the question.
32:44In which decade were the Rolling Stones formed?
32:47Here's another question.
32:53Carol.
32:54Tennis.
32:55Let's see if that's right.
32:57Tennis is right.
32:59I've realised there's a Raducanu in there.
33:01Let's have a look.
33:02It's Emma Raducanu, star of which sport?
33:05Yeah.
33:05Carlson.
33:05Our final form and orderly cue puzzle starts now.
33:14Colson.
33:15Adele.
33:16Adele.
33:16Is that the answer?
33:19Adele!
33:21I see Easy On Me.
33:22Let's have a look at the question.
33:23Unscramble.
33:24Easy On Me was the number one hit for which singer?
33:27Adele.
33:27You like your music?
33:28Yes.
33:29Yeah.
33:30Good on the music.
33:30Good stuff.
33:31At the end of that round, Carol and Colin have 23 points.
33:34Sally and Colson still just ahead.
33:37We're 26.
33:39It's so tight this game.
33:41I thought Vorders was clawing.
33:45So, our penultimate round.
33:47In this one, both teams will be tackling the Letterboxd.
33:50The fastest team to solve their puzzle will receive two bonus points,
33:53which may prove crucial come the end of the show.
33:55So, it's all to play for in Letterboxd Ladder.
34:00I'll show you how it works.
34:01So, you'll see three key words appear on screen.
34:04There they are in our example.
34:06In between a series of spaces where you need to find the connections
34:08that link the words.
34:10So, for example, here you've got to find a word that comes after brick
34:12and before flower.
34:13And you use the letters above them.
34:16Brick and flower.
34:19Oh, brick wall.
34:20Brick wall.
34:21Oh, yeah.
34:21Wall flower.
34:22Yeah, that works.
34:23You can see the letters remaining up above.
34:25Wall flower.
34:25Flower something post.
34:26Flower bed.
34:28No, no flower bed.
34:29Flower bed.
34:30Bed post.
34:31Yeah, good, nice.
34:32And then you've got three.
34:34Post box, yeah.
34:35As always, you'll be against the clock.
34:37You can solve the ladder in any order.
34:38And as soon as you've completed the entire puzzle,
34:40please hit the button to stop the clock.
34:42You'll score two points per solved word.
34:45But, crucially, if you complete all three words faster than your opponents,
34:49you will receive two bonus points.
34:52Sally and Colson, you're leading,
34:53so please head over to the letterbox to face your ladder.
34:58As soon as you solve the ladder,
35:00hit the button to stop the clock.
35:01Your time starts now.
35:04Soda rock drive.
35:06Soda pop.
35:07Pop rock.
35:08No, soda, is it soda pop?
35:11No, it's no.
35:15Soda, erm...
35:15Soda something, something rock.
35:18Soda pop.
35:18What is soda?
35:20This is not good.
35:24Erm...
35:24Soda pop.
35:26So, no, it can't be.
35:27There's only one.
35:27There's no pink.
35:28Oh, yes, soda pop.
35:29Soda pop.
35:30Pop rock.
35:31Oh, you're okay, you're right.
35:32Well done.
35:32You've got it.
35:35Erm...
35:36Rock.
35:40Rock, erm...
35:41Rock something drive.
35:44Er...
35:44Rock something drive.
35:46Rock, erm...
35:47Rock mate, mate drive, mate...
35:49No, no, what is it?
35:50Rock drive.
35:51Rock day.
35:52Ah!
35:54Time running out.
35:55Rock.
35:58That's not rock star.
36:00No.
36:02Something drive.
36:04Rock.
36:05Oh, flippin' heck.
36:08Rock.
36:09Drive time.
36:10Drive time.
36:10Drive time.
36:12Drive time.
36:14Time.
36:14What have we got in the middle?
36:15Oh!
36:17Can you make sense of that one?
36:18When you're looking at it now,
36:19that's out of time,
36:20but maybe think about computers
36:22rather than driveways.
36:24Inside your computer,
36:25all your memories on the hard drive.
36:27And rock hard.
36:28Rock hard, yeah.
36:29Oh, no.
36:29So it's not hard rock,
36:31but rock hard as it is that.
36:33Soda pop, pop rock,
36:34rock hard, hard drive,
36:36drive time.
36:37You have scored four points
36:38before Carol and Colin
36:40have their turn
36:41to play the letterbox ladder.
36:42We're going to pause
36:43for a pre-planned advertising break.
36:45The wheels of commerce
36:46must keep moving.
36:48Join us after
36:48to see whether Colin Jackson
36:49can secure yet another podium finish,
36:52although I have to say
36:53it would be a miracle
36:54if he somehow managed to come third.
36:56We'll see you in a few minutes.
37:01Here's a letterbox ladder
37:02for you to tackle.
37:04Can you figure out
37:04the missing word
37:05that links the two clues?
37:07Best of luck.
37:14Did you successfully solve
37:16this letterbox ladder?
37:19If you did,
37:20great puzzling.
37:24Welcome back
37:24to Celebrity Puzzling.
37:25We're about to see
37:26which of these two teams
37:27will secure
37:28puzzling immortality
37:29by even beyond sport,
37:31this is now, Colin, OK?
37:33Carol, Colin,
37:34your turn to face
37:35letterbox ladder.
37:36You'll have three
37:37new connecting words
37:38to solve.
37:39Sally and Colson
37:40just failed to complete
37:41the ladder,
37:41which means that
37:42if you complete all three,
37:43you'll guarantee
37:44those two bonus points.
37:45Good luck.
37:46Your time starts now.
37:47what have we got there?
37:49Curling, age, chats.
37:51Curling, age, chats.
37:54What do you have
37:55with the curling?
37:56You have the...
37:56Stone.
37:57Stone age, yes.
37:58Let's do that.
37:59No, it's four letters.
38:00It's not stone.
38:01Curling.
38:02Ice, ice age?
38:03Ice three?
38:04No, ice three.
38:05No, no.
38:06Age chat.
38:08So we could have chat...
38:10Oh, I was going to go chat.
38:12Blunkin' heck.
38:13There's no R's.
38:14R, R, R, R, O.
38:15Is there an M?
38:15No.
38:16No, there's no M.
38:18Curling.
38:20Curling.
38:20Is there a B?
38:21No.
38:22Curling.
38:22Curling tongue.
38:23Tongue.
38:23Is there a T?
38:24No.
38:25No.
38:26Curling.
38:27It's not stone.
38:28It's not enough curling.
38:29Curling.
38:31It's not ball.
38:32There's no thing.
38:33There's no R, P, P.
38:37Age.
38:38What would age in chat?
38:42Online chat.
38:44Online?
38:44No.
38:46I'm just not enough.
38:47Time is running out.
38:48I know.
38:49I know.
38:49S.
38:51Show age.
38:52Curling.
38:53Honestly, this is so hard.
38:56Everyone knows.
38:58Get the hurdling out, Colin.
39:03That's hard.
39:04What is the hurdling equivalent of that?
39:06Is that where you're on the blocks and you don't hear the gun?
39:08False start.
39:09I think we've got the full start words.
39:10I think we've got the last two.
39:11I think we've got the last two, but we're not sure.
39:12What do you think the last one is?
39:13We've got age group and group chat.
39:16Okay, let's just put that now.
39:17And then chat show.
39:18Green's on there.
39:19Group chat.
39:20Yes, we like that.
39:22Chat show.
39:22Maybe if you can now see the remaining letters.
39:25Curling iron.
39:26Oh, curling iron.
39:27As soon as they're gone, we'll see it, didn't I?
39:30Yeah.
39:30Bardis fuming.
39:31You did say stone age.
39:32Yeah, we said stone age.
39:33That's quite clever because the stone is the thing you slide in the sport of curling.
39:39Curling iron, iron age, age group, group chat, chat show.
39:44Very unusual to see Carol not got off the blocks there.
39:46Yeah, nothing.
39:47I'm so sorry.
39:48It's a terrible thing to see people sleeping in the blocks.
39:52Please head back to your seats.
39:56So, Carol, Colin, you didn't manage to add any points to your score.
40:00Oh, that's so hard.
40:02That means going into the final, the overall scores are Carol and Colin, 23.
40:08Sally and Colson, 30.
40:10It's not a lot in it.
40:11It's not a lot in it.
40:13It's tight.
40:14It now all comes down to this.
40:16It's time for our final round.
40:17Answer Bank.
40:20So, Carol and Colin, a bit of catching up to do, but my goodness, we've got brain of
40:24Britain here, plus a brilliant hurdler, speed and intelligence, so you can do this.
40:28In a moment, I'll show you a grid of 12 words.
40:31I'll then ask questions against the clock, so the grid here will fill out with words.
40:35You buzz in and give me the correct answer from the words on the grid.
40:38If an answer's got more than one word, you must give all the corresponding words in the
40:43grid, and you'll get a point per word, so it could add up to winning or losing the whole
40:47show on this.
40:48Let's reveal all the words on the answer bank now.
40:51Down.
40:53One.
40:55Bird.
40:57Ball.
40:59Big.
41:01Ship.
41:03Dickie.
41:05Humming.
41:07Thunder.
41:09Ears.
41:11Bolt.
41:13Water.
41:14There are your words.
41:1612 of them.
41:17If you're ready to play, we will fire away with tonight's final.
41:20Your time starts now.
41:22A sad number of magpies.
41:25Carol.
41:26One.
41:27Correct.
41:28Yorkshire cricket legend.
41:29Colson.
41:30Dickie Bird.
41:31Well done.
41:32A famous sprinter.
41:34Colin.
41:35Bolt.
41:36Glad you got that one.
41:37Thrown by an angry Zeus.
41:41Carol.
41:42Thunderbolt.
41:43Correct.
41:44A word from the title of the second Avatar film.
41:48Colson.
41:50Water.
41:51Well done, Colson.
41:52Films.
41:53A type of transport.
41:55Colin.
41:57Ship.
41:57Correct.
41:59Launches from Tracy Island.
42:01Sally.
42:02Thunderbird.
42:03Looking for Thunderbird.
42:06A huge number.
42:09Carol.
42:10Big.
42:11Want a big one.
42:13We did the same thing.
42:14It's like a crossword clue.
42:17This can come from the blue.
42:19Carol.
42:22Thunderbolt.
42:23No, Bolt.
42:24No, Bolt.
42:25Sesame Street character.
42:26Sally.
42:26Big Bird.
42:27Correct.
42:28A pronoun or a number.
42:31Sally.
42:32One.
42:33Correct.
42:34This can fly backwards.
42:36Colin.
42:37Hummingbird.
42:38Correct.
42:39You might win half a million on it.
42:43Colin.
42:44Thunderball.
42:45Thunderball is right.
42:46Native American protector.
42:54Thunderbird.
42:55Number one in 75.
43:02Wanted down, down.
43:04Status quo.
43:04Vital to life.
43:06Carol.
43:07Water.
43:08Correct.
43:09Singing or smelling.
43:11All the way out of time.
43:12God knows who that is.
43:14Yeah.
43:14I didn't know that.
43:14Singing or smelling.
43:17Singing or smelling was humming.
43:19Humming.
43:20Never done a thing where we've given you the same word twice.
43:24Yeah, down, down.
43:25The status quo song.
43:26I didn't expect it.
43:27Yeah, that can happen as well.
43:28Things that you don't expect can happen, Carol.
43:30Yeah.
43:30That's the lesson there for us.
43:31Let's take a look at the final scores.
43:33Carol and Colin, 33.
43:37Sally and Coulson, 36.
43:40Oh, no way.
43:43But I'm mad.
43:45Corrie.
43:46Corrie, Corrie.
43:47The double Corrie.
43:48Very powerful.
43:49My goodness.
43:50In a final bit of housekeeping, I can now...
43:53Oh!
43:54I can now hand over the puzzling cube to his new owner, Colson.
44:01He's still my beating heart.
44:03Yeah.
44:04There are ways of wearing this, by the way, as well.
44:06We've worked out.
44:06So, if you wanted to go out in public...
44:08Yes, I do.
44:08...with something, there's a way of attaching to an arm or shoulder.
44:12Necklace, I was thinking, potentially.
44:13It's possible, yeah, if it could be done safely, yeah.
44:14Not while diving.
44:16Time as well to thank Carol, Sally, Colin and Coulson, of course.
44:19...for their brilliant efforts and patience.
44:21Boy, oh boy, were they patient.
44:23Join us next time on Celebrity Puzzling.
44:25We'll have another one of these to give away.
44:28Until then, good night and puzzle on.
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