Episode 11 Copycats

'Welcome to Copycats, and your hosts, Sam and Mark.

'And today's Copycats are: Charlie's Team from Leamington Spa

'and Ben's Team from County Down.'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Great crowd.

-Hello!

-Welcome to Copycats, the game show

-where copying is good.

-Mark, I've been doing some research

into the greatest prize in game-show history.

Excellent. I always knew that was special. What have you found?

Well, it's the only trophy that can be seen from space. Fact.

It's worth more than the Crown Jewels. Fact.

And, if it was around at the time of Tutankhamun,

he'd definitely have one on his mantelpiece. Fact.

I guess that's why we call it the ultimate, money-can't-buy prize.

Not really, the producer told me to say it. It's written on the camera.

-I can see! Point to camera. Shall we meet the teams?

-Yes.

-Yay!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Charlie, baby, chips and gravy, captain, plant it right there,

-How you doing?

-Fine, thanks. Excellent.

-Are you excited

-to be a Copycat?

-Definitely.

-Beautiful. Team, you excited?

THEY CHEER Yay! Hurray!

Before we go any further, we want to get to know you a little bit better.

So, we're going to take a look at your audition tape. Oh, no,

this is the reason you guys are on Copycats! Take a look!

THEY CLAP AND SING

Full of energy and life! Yay!

I'd like to be on Copycats because I like showing off.

THEY SING

I look after them and keep them all in control.

THEY CHEER

Best of luck today. It's Charlie's Team.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, and over here we've got Ben's Team. There's my hand. Bring it on!

-Yes! How is everybody else? Good?

-THEY CHEER

Yay! Let's have a look at your audition tape. Here it is.

I think we should be in Copycats because we're going to win!

SHE SINGS

THEY CHEER

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The Sound of Music! It was amazing! Give it up for Ben's Team, everyone!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It looks like our teams are ready to start copying.

As with every game of Copycats, the teams will take it in turns

to copy pictures, actions and displays of musical genius.

In order to get as many points as possible,

each team will take turns to face the Copycats challenge later.

We tossed a coin before the show which told us

that Ben's Team are playing first. Let's play Copycats.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-All right?

-Yeah.

-Ben's Team,

I hope you've been brushing up on your artistic skills,

because it's time to play Quick On The Draw.

Now, Timmy, I've got three cards in my hand,

you're going to pick one of these cards. You then have 10 seconds

to draw what's on that card for the player next to you,

which is team captain, Ben, and so on, down the line.

Any good at drawing, mate?

-I'm OK.

-Yes?

-My art teacher will be proud, I think!

Yes, let's hope so, mate.

There's a maximum of 50 points to be won here,

and as we pass it back down the line, you'll lose 10 of those points

for every incorrect answer, so perfect pictures

-mean perfect points. Copycats, are you ready?!

-ALL: Yeah!

-OK, let's close the doors.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, I've got three cards in my hand, Pink, blue or yellow?

-Which one would you like?

-I think we'll go with blue.

-OK, look at the blue one.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-Yes.

-You look confident. I like that.

Good luck to you. Ready, steady, draw, open the door.

Get as much detail in there as possible.

OK, Ben, off you go.

OK, Sharon.

A tricky one.

LAUGHTER

Oh, time to spare.

Alison's ready. She's ready!

OK, stop drawing.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK. For a maximum of 50 points, Michael, any idea

-what we're looking for?

-An ice-cream.

It certainly does look like an ice-cream, but it's not on the card.

What's the correct answer, for 40 points, Alison?

Some sort of tennis racket?

Some sort of tennis racket? It's not what we've got on the card. OK,

let's open the doors. What has Sharon drawn?

-The lollipop a lollipop man holds?

-HE LAUGHS

It's not a lollipop that a lollipop man would hold.

OK, let's open the door, for 20 points, Sharon? Get us off the mark.

-That's a good drawing.

-Is it a tie?

-It's a tie, yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It morphed so quickly in the middle, though,

to like some kind of, I don't even know! It looks like a choc-ice!

It's like ice-cream. But, you did say that you were confident

with the tie, and that does mean that Ben's Team

get themselves 20 points. Well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, Louise, good luck, pick a card, yellow or pink?

-Pink, please.

-Pink, take a look.

-Thank you. Ooh! OK.

Ooh! Ooh! Reckon you can draw that?

-I'll do my very best.

-Good. You got 10 seconds. Best of luck.

Ready, steady, draw!

Nice, very good drawing.

Oh, time to spare. Go for it, mate.

HE LAUGHS OK, Duncan, go for it, mate.

Interesting, all right, Ashley, your turn.

The time's up! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Interesting.

OK, Gabriel, for 50 points, what's the answer we're looking for?

Is it a lamp?

It is a lamp! Yay! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow! I'm not going to lie, Gabriel, I didn't think

you were going to get that! Well done, guys,

that's a cracking start, you get yourselves 50 points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, after Quick On The Draw,

are Ben's Team relaxing with a nice kip-a-tie?!

And are Charlie's Team switched on? It's time to find out

the scores. Mr D, over to thee!

'Well, Sam, after Quick On The Draw,

'Charlie's Team had 50 points and Ben's Team have 20 points.'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The next round will test our teams' skill, nerve and determination, yes!

The game just got serious, because this is the Copycats Challenge!

-This is my serious face!

-Nice!

-Because Ben's Team won the toss

-before the show, they'll go first.

-Now, Charlie's Team,

so that you don't see what's in store, we're going to send you off,

but not for long, we'll bring you back, so get yourself a crumpet

-or a nice cup of tea, or whatever. See you later!

-Bye!

APPLAUSE

-Keep it real, yeah?

-Keep it real. You've got to.

-Now, Ben,

as team captain, you now need to select three people to face

the tougher than tough Copycats Challenge. It's tough.

But before you do, let's find out what's in store.

Mr D, what could it be?

'The Maze.

'The Maze is divided into three parts.

'Each segment contains a ball.

'Tilt the game to get the ball through the maze

'and into the holes at the centre.

'40 points will be awarded for each segment completed.'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good luck, guys. Good luck, guys. Three, two, one, play!

'We're off, so it's Ben's mum, Sharon,

'Michael and Ben playing right now.

'40 points for each segment.

'Balance, co-ordination, teamwork.

'Talk to each other, guys, come on.

'Get that ball into the centre.

'Some dead ends along the way,

'so avoid those, what ever you do.

'Doing quite well. Going forward

'and we're getting towards the centre now.

'This isn't easy, this game.

'They have to work together.

'Look at Michael. Concentration there.

'He's done it!

'The next segment is the one near Ben.

'So he can offer the advice now.

'He can see it the most clearly.

'Come on. Time is running out,

'guys, come on!

'Avoid any dead ends.

'I think you're almost in one there.

'So have to come back out. Come on.

'Quickly though. Quickly as you can.

'Oh. Around they go.'

'Only a few seconds left. Come on!

'Together, guys! Through there! Oh!'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Come on over, guys.

-It's a lot harder than it looks, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Well done to you. We'll be adding those challenge points

to your total after the music around. Charlie's Team still need

to face the Copycats Challenge. Remember the points from these

can make all the difference, because a dream ticket to the Ball Room

is at stake. Give it up for Ben's Team, everyone!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Welcome back, Charlie's Team, let's play Mime Time.

I've got three cards,

you're going to pick one of these cards. You have 10 seconds

to mime whatever is on that card to the person next to you, that's Nigel,

and so on and so on down the line, but remember,

we're looking for silent performances. There's a maximum

of 50 points to be won, so if you think you know the answer,

you can add a little bit more detail to help you get all the way

down to the end to lovely Louise, down there.

Perfect performances win perfect points. Copycats, are you ready?

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Beautiful. In that case,

let's close the doors. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-OK, Charlie, yellow, blue or pink.

-I'll go blue.

Blue. Take a look. Reckon you can mime that?

-Yeah.

-Nice. Confident. I like it.

The best of luck, you have at 10 seconds.

Ready, steady, mime.

OK, Nigel, your turn.

All right, Duncan, go for it.

Ashley, smiling, that's always a good sign.

All right, Gabriel, go for it.

Time's up! Stop mining!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very good copying down the line.

Very good. Louise, for 50 points, what's the answer we're looking for?

-Is it taking a photo?

-It is! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good stuff, guys, that means at the end of Mime Time you get 50 points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, Ben, I've got two cards, yellow and pink. Which would you like?

-The yellow one.

-OK. Have a look.

-You know that?

-Yeah.

-All right. Good luck.

Ready, steady, mime! Open the door!

-HE LAUGHS

-I can't wait to see Sharon do this!

-HE LAUGHS

-OK. Go on, Sharon.

LAUGHTER

-Shaun looks a bit scared!

-HE LAUGHS

-Watch your head.

-HE LAUGHS

OK.

OK. Come on.

Michael's looking perplexed.

OK! Last 10 seconds.

-Stop miming!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very good.

I can't say it wasn't good copying but, for a maximum of 50 points,

any idea what Michael was miming there?

Er, it wouldn't have been a shark swimming, by any chance?

It would have been. Correct!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

In the middle I thought like the shark's fin was there,

and it was turning into a snake but, eh,

it means that Ben's Team get themselves

the full, maximum 50 points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A after Mime Time, was that a snappy performance for Charlie's Team.

And do Ben's Team need a bigger boat?

-MIMICS JAWS THEME Stop! I don't like it!

-OK.

Let's find out the scores. Mr D, what could they be?

'Well, Mark, after Mime Time,

'Charlie's Team have 100 points

'and Ben's Team, 70 points!'

Ooh, it's so close you can smell it.

And that's just Sam. Time to get serious once again

because Charlie's Team are about to face

-the Copycats Challenge.

-Earlier on, Ben's Team

scored some important points in their challenge

but did they do enough? Only time will tell.

Charlie, it's your chance to attempt to add

-some crucial points to your overall score. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yeah!

-They are.

-Charlie is anyway. Ben's Team, time for you to leave.

We will bring you back. Say goodbye to Ben's Team, everyone.

-Bye, Ben's Team.

-Go on, off you go.

-APPLAUSE

Now, remember,

the challenge result is revealed at the end of the Music Round

when the extra points scored

determine which team wins their tickets to the Ball Room.

OK. Now, Charlie, as team captain, you select three people to take part

in the Copycats Challenge but before you do that,

lets see what's in store. Mr D, over to you.

'The Maze.

'As before, The Maze is divided into three parts.

'Each segment contains a ball.

'Tilt the game to get the balls through The Maze

'and into the holes at the centre.

'40 points will be awarded for each segment completed.'

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, team, the best of luck. In three, two, one, play!

'They'll get 40 points for each segment.

'Nigel, Duncan and Charlie are playing right now,

'and that ball is moving. Look at that!

'Making a lot of progress in a short amount of time. Look at this.

'Excellent. Going towards the middle already on the first segment!

'Go in! Yes, it has!

'On to the next one. This is the segment nearest to Charlie.

'I can hear Charlie giving instructions.

'Got to avoid any dead ends because that is time wasted.

'We've seen that already.

MR D CHUCKLES

'Louise! Ooh, look at that!

'Brilliant! Keep moving.

'20 seconds left. Come on. Here we go.

'This is the final segment. This is the one nearest to Nigel.

'He can see it the most clearly.

'Is he giving the right advice

'to other members of the team? Not far off. Look at that.

'They're moving it forward. There we go. Not long.

'Come on! As quickly as you can!

'Can you get into the middle? You're not far away.

'Almost there! Around the corner...

'Oh...'

Come here, Nigel. Come round here, Charlie.

Oh...that was so close. I thought you nearly got that last one in, Nigel.

-I thought so.

-Oh, well, hard luck but very good, very good.

There is only one more round to play before we add those points

to your total because we like to keep the suspense going a bit longer.

Well done, guys.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right? Welcome back, Ben's Team. This is the Music Round.

Sharon, you are going to pick

a well-known tune. You'll then recreate that tune

on the Copycats kazoo.

-KAZOO PLAYS BUZZING NOTES

-Probably not like that. Now,

you need to listen very carefully, Shaun, because you

are going to be copying it for the player next to you and so on

-down the line. Do you all understand?

-ALL:

-Yeah.

-Fantastic.

As always, there are a maximum of 50 points up for grabs,

so perfect playing means perfect points. Can everyone except Sharon,

put your headphones on so you do not hear what song is being selected?

Thank you very much. The Copycats are ready.

Let's close the doors.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK, Sharon, as I said before, I've got three cards -

blue, yellow or pink - which would you like?

Um, I think I'll go for the blue.

OK, have a look at that.

Oh, right, OK.

-Do you know it.

-Yes, I do.

OK, that's good. We'll play it to the studio

for everybody else. Have a listen.

MUSIC: "Stupid Girls" by Pink

# Flipping back my blonde hair

# Pushing up my bra like that

MARK MIMES # I don't want to be a stupid girl. #

-MUSIC STOPS

-OK, now, you do recognise the tune?

-Yeah? Do you? Do you?

-Yes.

-Are you all right?

Go on, get the kazoo in your hand.

Good luck to you, Sharon.

Ready, steady, play! Open the door.

CLOCK TICKS

KAZOO BUZZES: "Stupid Girls"

OK.

KAZOO BUZZES

RIPPLES OF LAUGHTER

Good. Good.

KAZOO BUZZES

It's upside down... (Upside down).

RIPPLES OF LAUGHTER

Very good considering it was upside down.

KAZOO BUZZES SOMETHING LIKE: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"

LAUGHTER

That's beautiful.

KAZOO BUZZES JOLLY TUNE

RIPPLES OF LAUGHTER

Stop playing! Oh, I loved that tune.

It was lovely.

Um, I'm not going to lie to you, this is pretty tough.

Um, for the maximum of 50 points,

Ben, any idea what we're looking for on the card?

-Um, Jingle Bells?

-Jingle Bells. Was that what you were playing?

-Er, no.

-No. OK, well it's not the right answer.

Let's open the door. For 40 points, Timmy, come on.

Er, I don't really know.

Might have been hints of Kylie Minogue's Spinning Around in there.

It's not what we have on the card. Come on, for 30 points,

Michael? I know it was tough because Alyson had it the wrong way round.

-Upside down.

-THEY LAUGH

-What do you think it was?

-Star Wars?

-The Star Wars theme. It's not,

I'm afraid. Let's open the door. 20 points. You can get this.

To me it sounded a bit like Britney Spears' Hit Me Baby One More Time.

I'm afraid it's not that.

Finally for ten points, Shaun,

-what was Sharon playing?

-We Will Rock You.

-We Will Rock You By Queen.

It's not, I'm afraid. Sharon,

-could you tell everybody what it is?

-It was Stupid Girls by Pink.

Let's have a listen.

PINK: # Push up my bra like that I don't want to be a stupid girl. #

It turned into a jazz remix in the middle.

It was amazing. But that does mean,

guys, that Ben's Team get no points but I was entertained, weren't you?

Give them a round of applause.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

All right. Nigel, how's your kazoo playing?

-Out there.

-Out there, is it?

-Oh, yeah.

Right, I'll be the judge of that, Nigel.

The best of luck, mate. Two tunes here,

pink or yellow? Pick one.

-I'm going for yellow.

-Yellow. Take a look.

Do you know that song?

-I do, yes.

-You do?

-I do.

-That's a good start.

-That's a start.

-We'll play it into the studio.

get the melody in your head. Let's hear it.

LADY GAGA: # Stop calling

# I don't want to think any more I left my head

# And my heart on the dance floor Stop calling stop calling... #

Great tune. Great tune. OK, best of luck, Nigel.

You've got ten seconds. Ready, steady, play.

KAZOO BUZZES THE TUNE TELEPHONE

Very good. Duncan, your turn.

KAZOO TOOTS TELEPHONE

That was great. Ashley, your turn.

KAZOO BUZZES DIFFERENT TUNE

RIPPLES OF LAUGHTER

Gabriel, go!

KAZOO TOOTS AND BUZZES ASHLEY'S TUNE

OK, Louise, your turn.

KAZOO TOOTS AND BUZZES ASHLEY'S TUNE

Time's up! OK... APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING

Interesting.

Charlie, you're shaking your shoulders. Any idea for 50 points

of the answer we want?

Beat It.

Beat It? Great song. It's not Beat It. We're playing for 40 points.

Louise, any idea?

Was it Paparazzi?

-Ooh!

-Am I close?

-You're very close but it's not the answer we want.

We're playing for 30 points. Gabriel, what's the answer?

-The Boys Are Back In Town?

-The Boys Are Back In Town -

what a tune! It's not which means

-we're playing for 20 points. Ashley?

-Was it Telephone?

-Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

LADY GAGA: # I don't want to think any more

# I left my head and my heart On the dance floor. #

Excellent. Ashley, no offence but yours didn't sound like Telephone.

-But you knew it was Telephone.

-When it got to the next person, I knew

-that's what it was.

-Right. OK.

Excellent. Well done, guys.

You get 20 points!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

'So, after three rounds, Charlie's Team

'have 120 points, and Ben's Team have 70 points.'

OK, both teams have copied their hearts out

but we still have to reveal the scores from the Copycats Challenge.

Which team amazed us with their skill?

Which team'll do the quickstep to the Copycats Ball Room?

The wait is over.

I can reveal that one team got 40 points in the challenge.

-I can also reveal that one team got 80 points.

-Ooh!

Which means the team going through to the Copycats Ball Room

and playing for the trophy is...

HEARTBEATS

..Charlie's Team!

Well done to Charlie's Team.

Ben's Team, commiserations, you've been a fantastic team.

-Have you had a good time.

-ALL:

-Yes.

It's been great having you on Copycats.

It's Ben's Team, everyone. Well done.

OK, Charlie's Team, you've made it this far

and it's time to compete for the money-can't buy,

limited edition, shiny spring thing

-that is the Copycats trophy!

-Oh, yeah. ALL:

-Oooh!

-Yes indeed "Ooh!"

Yes indeed. Here is the Ball Room. OK, Charlie-baby-chips-and-gravy,

who have you chosen to take part in the Ball Room?

I've chosen my little brother, Gabriel, and my friend, Ashley.

Excellent. Why have you chosen these people?

-Gabriel, because he's very charismatic and he wanted to.

-Good.

And Ashley because he's very excited about the whole thing.

-MARK AND SAM GUFFAW

-And so are we!

Well, before we open the doors, let's take a look

at what you have to do to win this bad boy!

'The Ball Room.

'Players are each assigned a colour.

'They must catch 12 of their colour and deposit them

'in the scoring cylinders

'before the time runs out. Good luck.'

CHEERING

-All right, if you're ready, in three, two, one... BOTH:

-Blast off!

-MR D:

-'Yeah, let's do that.

'Blue balls will be collected by Ashley.

'Looking after yellow, in the middle cylinder, Gabriel. Counting red

'is Charlie. Let's see how they're getting on, shall we?

'A lot of blue balls going in there. Good work by Ashley

'who is obviously excited by the whole business. As is Louise -

'lots of advice coming from outside the Ball Room. The guys inside

'are collecting as many balls as they can. Quickly, Gabriel!

'There are lots of balls in there.

'You mustn't pick up off the floor - you catch them.

'Catching is the name of the game. Look at the blues -

'they're almost finished. Of course,

'when Ashley completes his collection of blue balls he can help

'the other two guys, Gabriel and Charlie.

'So, how are they doing so far? 23 seconds to go.

'Come on, guys! The red balls are complete.

'So yellows only.

'Lots going in there. Brilliant news, we're almost there.

'13 seconds to go. Come on! Come on! That's it!

-'Brilliant!'

-CHEERING

Yeah!

Congratulations! Ashley, you absolutely SMASHED the Ball Room!

-Thank you.

-Smashed it. Hey, no worries, thank you.

Guys, it gives me great privilege to give you THIS!

Charlie's Team, Copycats champions!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Sam?

It's the end of the show.

-No!

-It is.

-We're having such a good time.

-Me too.

-Mmm.

-Better come back then, next time on Copycats.

-See you then.

-See you.

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