Courageous Clowns The Dare Devil

How far would you dare to go to win a prize for your family?

Would you do this?

This?

Or even this?

SCREAMING

I'm the Dare Devil.

And it's time to push another team to their limits.

SCREAMING

# A family I find They dream of a prize

# On courage they draw with hope in their eyes

# All they need do is face each of my dares

# There's revulsion, embarrassment and heart-pounding scares

# So wishes, wants and temptation beware

# For the Dare Devil waits

# With a devilish dare. #

Mwa-ha-ha-ha!

Ah, let's see who we've got today.

And who's this?

Ah, nice mirror.

Argh! There's two of them.

Cerys and Maya, twin sisters. Double trouble.

Urgh, a dog. Urgh, a kid.

Zach. Dog and boy, nightmare combo.

In today's headlines, Mum's going to get dared!

And who's this healthy eater? Urgh! It's Zach's dad, Joe.

Hm, looks like somebody doesn't mind

getting his hands dirty. It's Daryn.

Right, to Reading!

Who are you?

Good question.

Some call me Justin Beatbox, but you can call me

the Dare Devil.

I'm here to offer you the chance to win a lovely prize.

All you must do is complete a few harmless,

devilish dares.

There are three devilish dares

and three golden doubloons to be won.

Cerys, Maya and Zach will decide which grownupling does which dare.

Dare devil, dare devil, we dare...

Mwa-ha-ha-ha!

I will give them one doubloon to get them started.

Should someone be too scared to carry out a dare,

they can exchange the doubloon to buy their way out.

But someone must always take their place.

For every dare lost, Cerys, Maya and Zach will have less time

when they return to my castle, making it harder to open

the Door of Destiny that leads to the final prize.

So, Maya, Zach and Cerys, are you up for this?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Excellent. By what name would you like your team to be known?

-ALL:

-The Courageous Clowns.

So, Courageous Clowns, our first dare does indeed await.

But what challenges does it hold?

Let us consult the Scroll of Secrets.

Well, the eldest shall read this out.

Which of the two of you would that be?

-I'm one minute older!

-One minute, that carries the day.

Read it aloud, Cerys, but remember...

the devil is in the detail.

The answer you seek Lies out of reach

You must conquer your fears To complete your speech.

The answers you seek Lie out of reach

You must conquer your fears To complete my speech.

-What's out of reach going to be?

-You've got to grab something.

-High up, out of reach?

-Mm.

You can't reach it from standing up, so it's got to be higher.

Out of reach is the thing you have to think about.

It's time for you to announce which of your hapless team members will

undertake our first devilish dare.

Dare Devil, Dare Devil, we dare Joe.

Joe, you have been chosen for the first dare.

Time is the one dimension I cannot control, let us make haste.

Where has the Door brought us now?

I'm not sure who built these walls,

but I think the architect had a bad pie.

Mind you, his addled ramblings have inspired our next dare.

It's a man versus gravity dare that I like to call...

Wall of Wisdom!

So, Albert Climbstein, your dare is a duel over 11m.

THUNDER CLAPS

On your way to the top, you must stop off and collect three scrolls.

THUNDER CLAPS

On each scroll is written a word. You'll need these words to fill in

the blanks in a wise saying which is written on the final scroll,

safely secreted at the top of the wall.

You can still play the doubloon, if you're chicken!

Definitely, the only way is up.

The only way is up, he says, then let's climb!

THUNDER CLAPS

Three, two, one...

And defy gravity!

-CHILDREN:

-Go on, Daddy!

'Joe will need all his muscle power to conquer

'this daunting 11m climb. And then maximum brain power mixed

'with nerves of steel to crack the puzzle at the dizzying summit,

'all in just three minutes.'

He's already reached the first scroll.

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

That's it, tuck it away for later!

You can do it!

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

You can do this!

More to the right.

'If he's to beat the clock,

'it's vital Joe selects the right route from one scroll to the next.'

-You look like Spider-Man's grandad!

-You be quiet, Dare Devil!

You can do it!

-That's it!

-ALL:

-Yeah!

That's two scrolls.

Nearly 10m up, Joe must now hunt for the third mini scroll.

THEY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

Oh, dear, the sands are falling away.

Dad, to the left, not the right.

-MUM:

-That's it, that's it!

Yes!

'He's safely grabbed it.'

You're nearly there!

'The race is now on to crack the riddle at the top of the climb.'

And the scroll says...

"Something goes blank must come blank."

Time to unwrap the mini scrolls

and see what words fit in those blanks.

First scroll is "down".

Something goes something must come...

-Something that goes up must to go down.

-Right, OK.

The second scroll says "up".

-ALL:

-What goes up must come down.

What goes up must come down.

Is exactly correct!

THEY CHEER

Here is your golden doubloon.

I'm really proud of my dad that he solved that riddle

and also he climbed up really fast.

It's OK, it's fine,

once you get halfway up, you forget about the height

and just carry on going to the top.

They now have....

So, Courageous Clowns, fancy another chance to add to your doubloon haul?

-ALL:

-Yes!

All right. Maya, we'll need your voice for the Scroll of Secrets.

Read it loud and proud, but remember...

the devil is in the detail.

A spot of fishing

What a lovely thought

Follow your nose To guess what you've caught.

A spot of fishing What a lovely thought

Follow your nose To guess what you've caught.

What could that mean?

Smelling stuff and trying to identify it.

-Any other theories?

-MUM:

-Bad smells.

I think you might have to try and catch something

and you have to try and guess what it is.

All right, team captains, the time has come for you to announce

which member of your team will undertake this smelly challenge.

Dare Devil, Dare Devil, we dare Mum.

Mum. You have been chosen. How do you feel?

Not looking forward to it.

Not looking forward to it at all. Well, I imagine you're not!

Come on, there's no time to lose.

Ah, the Berkshire countryside.

They say that the rivers around here are home to some of the most

unusual and devilish things ever seen.

And it's they who've inspired our next nose-clenching dare.

It's a dare I like to call

Hook, Line and Stinker.

Well, the mum, that's a great improvement.

You look absolutely delightful.

For this dare, you must face this particularly devilish

fishing challenge.

In this pond, I've placed five of my favourite stinky ingredients

which you'll be trying to hook.

I hope your nose is in fighting condition, the mum,

for you must get all these delicious things out of the water

and identify them using smell alone.

All right, here is your rod,

and may I sincerely wish you the very worst of luck.

'To sniff out a second doubloon for the team,

'Mum the Gnome must confront a buffet of the most stinky,

'disgusting substances imaginable.

'She must correctly identify

'three of the five revolting treats

'to pass the dare.'

Oh, that's a heavy one.

'Here comes delicacy number one -

'foul-smelling fish.'

Bring it up to the zone of smell.

Well done. Now, get your nose in there

and tell me what you sense.

Urgh! Urgh, nasty.

Something nasty!

I believe... Oh, it touched my nose!

-Something fishy going on here.

-Not so fresh fish.

Hang on, that's meaty, actually.

I'm going to stick with fish.

Well, the mum, let's see how you fared.

You were torn between fish and meat. You opted for fish.

You were right, it is fish!

Let's go for your second stinky dish.

'Blindfold back on.'

Hold the bowl steady.

'She's hooked the eggiest of egg mayonnaise.'

-Have a good sniff, why don't you.

-Oh, goodness.

Um...

I'm just going to go with...

onions.

-Onions, is that your guess?

-It is.

Let's see how you've fared.

For this dish, you said onions.

It's not, onions, is it? It's egg mayonnaise.

Mm.

Oh, it's another heavy one.

'The mum's got one right and one wrong so far.

'Can she identify this cheesy little number?'

Get your hooter right in there.

Mm-mm!

Now. what we've done with this

is we filled some socks with something else.

I'm just thinking socks and cheese usually go together, so...

The cheesy smell could conceivably be coming from the socks themselves.

I'm going to stick with blue cheese.

Blue cheese is your guess, very well, then.

-You put nose right in my socks...

-Yeah!

-..and you said blue cheese.

As you can already see, the answer is blue cheese.

Yeah!

'Blindfold on, let's fish for dish four.'

Up, up, up.

'The mum needs three correct answers to pass the dare.

'So, if she can correctly sniff out last week's meat paste,

'the doubloon is hers.'

Ugh.

Oh, that's not nice.

I'm going to just take a flyer here.

Rotten banana?

Rotten banana, you say?

The answer, as can clearly been seen, is meat paste!

Your nose let you down, the mum.

'That means it's all to play for, as we reach dish five.

'Everyone's favourite stinky veg, Brussels sprouts.'

See if you can tell what it is by its perfume.

Ugh...

It's vegetable. It's got an earthy smell.

Come on...

-Brussels sprouts?

-Brussels sprouts, you think.

-It's a wild one.

All right, then.

You said Brussels sprouts. The answer is...

-Brussels sprouts!

-Yes!

Courageous Clowns, you've won yourself another golden doubloon.

The only noises I could hear coming from the team

when I was trying to guess was, "Urgh, yuck, urgh!"

So it wasn't very helpful in trying to determine what it was.

-I'm really proud of Mum.

-She did a great job.

Ah! They've done it again, and that means they have...

Well, Courageous Clowns, there's only thing to do,

and that is consult the Scroll of Secrets.

Zach, it is your turn to read the words aloud,

but remember... the devil is in the detail.

You're a junior reporter With an eye for a story

But keep a straight face Or you'll miss out on the glory.

You're a junior reporter With an eye for a story

But keep a straight face Or you'll miss out on the glory.

What could that mean?

Someone might be doing a funny act,

and then you have to try keep a straight face as long as you can.

Mmm, that's a real cryptic one.

Something's going to happen

that's funny, and you'll have to try to do something and not laugh.

All right, team captains, it's time for you to say out loud

which of our luckless adultlings will undertake this final challenge.

Dare Devil, Dare Devil, we dare Daryn.

-Daryn, yes, it is your turn.

-I'm not smiling. I'm not laughing.

You hoped against hope it wouldn't be you.

All right, there's no time to lose, let us depart!

Well, the scroll has brought us here

to one of these mysterious places in which you humans like to shop.

I avoid the general public myself,

although I must admit I did recently queue for four hours

to have my photo taken with The Wanted.

Such talent... Eh, Uncle Daryn?

Anyway, places like this are never short of a story to tell,

and that's what's inspired our next dare, a dare I like to call

News Or You Lose.

So, Uncle Daryn, for this dare,

I will be lending you your very own news crew.

You will be set a series of reporter challenges.

You will have to interview members of the public

here, in the lovely town of Reading, and successfully convince them

that you are a bona fide reporter and not a terrible fraud.

I'm in. Let's do this!

"Let's do this," he says. Off you go.

-You can do it, Daryn, come on!

-Thank you!

THEY CHEER

'Can trainee DD News reporter Daryn overcome his embarrassment

'as he confronts my four devilish challenges?'

My name's Daryn, from DD News. I was hoping I'd be able to ask you

a couple of questions.

'From up here, we can watch all of the cringeworthy antics unfold.'

Uncle Daryn's first challenge will be to find a member of the public

who resembles a celebrity and ask them a question

as if they are that celebrity.

I wonder if a shopping mall in Reading is the best place

for celebrity lookalikes.

Hi there, my name's Daryn, from DD News.

I was hoping I could ask you a couple of questions on camera.

Sure, why not.

'Will his first target smell a rat or play along?'

Hello, ladies and gentlemen,

I'm here with Simon Cowell.

We're just here to ask him a few questions.

He seems to think that fellow looks like Simon Cowell.

I'm not sure I agree.

Where can we be seeing you while you're here, in Reading?

Mainly around the university.

I thought I'd try something new, stand-up comedy.

Right, so you're going for comedy, thank you very much.

Well, he seems to have made a good start,

but things are about to get a little bit more tricky.

For his next challenge, he must sing his question...

THEY LAUGH

'Daryn's found target number two.

'Time to crank up the embarrassment.'

Hi there, sorry to bother you. I'm Daryn, from DD News,

and I was wondering if I could ask you a couple of questions.

# I'm Daryn and I'm wondering how often you shop

# in this shopping centre every week?

# I really want to know how often you shop here. #

I think that lady's going to be kind to him.

I'm so glad that's not me.

Almost every day, I do come, because I'm close to this place.

Very good, thank you very much.

Now, for his next challenge, Uncle Daryn will need to dance

while conducting the interview.

Hello, my name's Daryn, from DD News. I was hoping

-I could ask you a couple of questions.

-Oh, OK, yeah.

'If this doesn't embarrass him, nothing will!'

What are your sort of favourite songs of all time?

-We're more into gospels.

-We're more into gospel mostly.

Yeah, what are they?

There he goes, what a mover!

Rap music...

'I wonder what tune's playing inside his head...'

MUSIC: "I'm Glad You Came" by The Wanted

# The sun goes down The stars come out

# And all that counts is here and now... #

'Well, there's a fella who's cut a few rugs in his time.'

# ..I'm glad you came... #

This is my favourite one.

# ..I'm glad you came... #

-Nice one.

-High-five! Thank you.

Hi, my name's Daryn, I'm from DD News.

I was hoping I could ask you a couple of questions.

Now, for this challenge, he has to pretend to be completely

uninterested in what they say and ask them a question

and then yawn throughout. How rude!

'Can he hold his nerve one last time to secure the doubloon?'

What are your sort of favourite memories of living in Reading?

Oh, man...

I liked it before they changed the whole one-way system.

DARYN YAWNS

Anything else?

Nightlife's pretty nice.

Could be better, but...

-Are you tired.

-Yeah, sorry.

-Long day?

-Get out of here! Get out of here.

-Thank you.

'Trainee reporter Daryn has completed his cringe-making tasks.

'Time to get him back and deliver the news!'

Well, you did succeed in your challenges,

and that means, of course, you've passed the dare.

You've won yourselves another golden doubloon.

ALL: Courageous Clowns are awesome!

He looked really similar to a news reporter

with the glasses and the suit and everything the same.

Especially cos he's bald. Yeah, he looks even more like it.

# I'm Daryn... #

'Singing throughout the whole shopping mall'

was my favourite bit. I loved it.

Yeah, nice one!

'And I was very proud to show off my dance moves.'

That's it for the grown-ups. Let's see how they've done...

You're nearly there!

Great team leadership from the Courageous Clowns has seen them

win all of their dares.

That means they have the best possible chance

as we head to the Chambers of Bravery.

Yeah!

Cerys, Maya and Zach, your team have done you proud,

and you have a princely haul of doubloons to your name.

Let us now cash them in as we depart for the final, final, final dare!

Come on!

Come in, come in, come in.

Welcome to my dungeon, family of Reading.

Cerys, Maya and Zach, it is for you to confront our final challenge,

in a dare I like to call

Chambers of Bravery 2.0.

There is only one way out of my dungeon -

through the Door of Destiny, beyond which lies the prize.

But the door is locked and will only open

when it hears the correct devilish word.

-Door of Destiny...

-..the word you seek...

-..is...

Cerys, Maya and Zach must take on my three Chambers of Bravery

to find the clues that will help reveal the word to open the doors.

Courageous Clowns, you've returned to my dungeon with four doubloons.

Four... Yeah, gimme, gimme, gimme the doubloons!

Yes, yes. Thank you.

Now, each of these will buy you 15 seconds of time.

Add that to the one minute

that I'm very generously going to put into the mix

because the rules say I have to.

And that gives you a grand total of...

Bah, the maximum time.

Now, if at any point, you don't want to do a chamber

or it all gets a bit much, you can shout, "Stop the dare!"

and we'll get you out.

One of your teammates can then take your place,

although you will lose ten precious seconds from the clock.

Understood?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Very good, then let's confront our first horrifying chamber,

it's the Hands of Horror!

The first scroll is hidden within my chamber full of fearsome creatures.

There's no time to waste, so you must remain brave.

What do you think lurks beneath the silk?

Maybe a lizard?

A lizard. Quite a good guess. And what about you, Zach? Any ideas?

Maybe something that has legs?

That's quite a broad guess, isn't it, Zach?

Doesn't eliminate too many animals, all right. Let's have a look.

There once was an ugly ducking, and these guys never let him forget it.

They're mean, they're green, they're frogs

and they're dying to meet you!

Which of you brave souls is going to risk putting your hands

into this watery kingdom?

Me!

You, Maya! Well, you have two minutes on the clock,

and your time to grab the scroll starts in three, two, one...

Start the clock.

-That's it, in you go!

-Go!

-Come on, Maya...

Time is ticking! You don't have to get stuck in, that's right.

-Come on, Maya!

-Go on, Maya!

-Hand in!

Yes, you will have to deal with the inhabitants of the tank.

-Put your whole hand in!

-Your whole hand!

This is the Dare Devil, not the safe devil!

-Come on!

-Lift up the scroll!

To the bottom of the tank.

-Relax!

-Come on, quick!

That's it. Is it under there?

No, move on!

You'll have to look somewhere else, come on!

Look! Try here, Maya!

All right, come on, Maya!

-Can you see it?

-The clock is ticking!

Put the scroll up!

Come on, just do it!

'Maya's used up a minute already!'

Can you see anything that looks like a scroll?

Try here!

That's it, teammates, help Maya, have a look around the tank.

Give her some pointers.

Can you see it?

It's floating now, Maya, we can all

see it! Well done, Maya!

Stop the clock, you've retrieved your first scroll.

It certainly took you a while.

You still have 45 seconds left.

That's a handsome amount of time,

but you'll need to use it wisely for the next two chambers.

We move now to the Tunnel of Terror!

There are three boxes of grossness to open.

Unlock the first box to gain the key to the second,

and then work your way to that precious scroll.

And just remember to keep your mouth shut.

All right, which of you children is the messiest?

I'm going to do it and I'm going to take you to the cleaners!

All right, Zachary, stoutly spoken.

Let's have a look at what awaits us in these horrible boxes of goo!

Here's the key for the first box.

Now, remember, if you want to get out at any time,

-you can shout, "Stop the dare!" Understand?

-Yeah.

OK, you have 45 seconds left on the clock.

Your time starts in three, two, one...

Go!

Go, Zach! Go, go!

That's it, Zach, wheel your way through. Time is ticking.

-Ooh!

-Oh, my goodness!

-Go on!

-Go on, Zach, get the key!

Get the key. Get the key.

Get the key, get the key, Zach!

Can you see it, Zach?

THEY CHEER

That's it, delicious "jus de goo"!

Go on!

There's a rumbling and there's a tumbling, Zach!

Covered in even more goo, that's it, feel for the key!

The clock is ticking fast, Zach!

'Zach now has the key that will free the scroll in the final box.'

That's it, one more box. This one's got the scroll in!

Come on, Zach! It's open.

'He's dodged the final splatting,

'but where's the scroll?'

-Come on, get the scroll!

-Get it!

Eight, seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one...

You've beaten the clock, Zach!

You've got yourself another scroll!

Zach's conquered my tunnel of nastiness

to secure the team's second scroll.

But after completing two of the three chambers,

there's not enough time left on the clock to play the Dome of Doom.

So, that means we must head directly to the Door of Destiny.

All right, Courageous Clowns, it's time for you to read out your clues.

Maya, why don't you do the honours with the first scroll?

Almost everyone has one of these gadgets

And they use it every day.

Almost everyone has one of these gadgets

And they use it every day.

-Maybe a computer...

-A computer!

-A watch!

-Yeah.

-A computer, a watch or a phone.

These are all good ideas, but it doesn't really narrow it down.

Let's add second scroll and see if that makes us any the wiser.

-It was invented in 1876...

-I know!

-..by Alexander Graham Bell...

-It's a telephone.

-It's a telephone.

-You seem very sure of yourselves.

-Yes!

-All right, then.

It is time to confront the Door of Destiny and speak your password.

-Door of Destiny...

-..the word you seek is...

-..telephone!

Well done!

Courageous Clowns, you have succeeded.

All right, then, go ahead and enjoy your prize.

ZACH: See you, wouldn't want to be you! Ha-ha!

You'd better do your own dirty work.

What a charming young man.

Oh, for goodness' sake, no, it's not a reflection.

They're two separate girls.

Anyway...

Fearless children and adults beware

For the Dare Devil waits

With a devilish dare!