The Devilish Darers The Dare Devil

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

-SHE SCREAMS

-Would you do this?

-This?

-SHE GROANS

Or even this?

I'm the Dare Devil and it's time to push

-another team to their limits.

-THEY SHOUT

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 of wishes, wants and temptation, beware

# For the Dare Devil waits...

# With a devilish dare. #

HE CACKLES

HE SNARLS

Ah! Good.

Another wretched band of humans for me to torment.

Who have we here?

"Family time", how disgusting! Let's take a closer look.

Goal!

That must be Levi.

Yes, he looks like trouble.

And you must be brother Taylor.

Two boys. Eugh!

Now, let's have a look at the adults.

And this must be The Dad.

Eugh, kissy kissy.

-HE RETCHES

-Eugh. Who's next?

This must be The Mum.

Yes, you're smiling now, The Mum, but not for long.

Who's left?

Ooh, nice catch! It's Uncle Tristan.

This lot seem perfect.

To Cambridge!

HE GASPS

Greetings, family of Cambridge!

It's the Dare Devil.

Who am I? You ask?

-The Dare Devil.

-Good question!

Some call me Captain Mackerel,

but you can call me The Dare Devil.

I'm here to offer you the chance

to win an accolade of untold riches.

-Interested?

-BOTH:

-Yes.

-HE GASPS

-This is my meeedal of championes.

Forged in the fires of Hull!

Wanty, wanty?

Ah!

Ah! If you want the gold, (it's not gold),

then all you must do is complete

a few harmless, devilish dares.

Pay attention.

SCREAMING

There are three devilish dares and three doubloons to be won.

Levi and Taylor must decide which grown-upling does which dare.

-BOTH:

-Dare Devil, Dare Devil, we dare...

I'll give them one doubloon to get them started,

because if someone is too scared to do a dare,

they can use a doubloon to buy their way out,

BUT someone must always take their place.

THEY COUGH

The more doubloons won means more time for Taylor and Levi

when they face my dreaded Chambers of Bravery,

in a bid to tip the Scales of Destiny

and claim their prize!

So, my intrepid quintet, before we proceed,

pray divulge your team name.

-ALL:

-The Devilish Darers!

All right, time for dare number one.

Let us consult the Scroll of Secrets!

This ancient scroll holds the clue to what the first dare might be.

Taylor, you read it out loud, but remember...

the devil is in the detail.

What could that mean?

Din means making a noise.

It does mean making a noise, yep.

-So...

-So...

-Rhythm or dancing?

Now, Taylor and Levi, it's time for you to decide

which of your grown-uplings will undertake this dare.

'Will it be Uncle Tristan, The Dad...

'or is The Mum up first?

'Let's see.'

-BOTH:

-Dare Devil, Dare Devil

we dare Mum.

Mum! The Mum!

All right. It's time to depart.

Come on. No time to lose!

Come on, come on.

Ah, I see the door has brought us

to the great university city of Cambridge.

You know, I studied here back in the 14th century.

While I was here, I was also a bit of a performer

to earn some extra coin

and it's those happy memories that have inspired our first dare,

a dare I like to call...

Busking It.

Well, The Mum, you're going to be performing

a few of my favourite chart toppers for the general public of Cambridge.

LIGHTNING CRASH

You sure you don't want to play your doubloon?

Er, no. I think I can do it for my boys.

Excellent. Here's what you have to do.

The Mum is going to become a one-woman band

in front of the people of Cambridge.

She must perform three well-known hits

and then we'll ask one of her fans whether they recognise it.

The Mum needs two successes to win the doubloon.

Oh, yes! And just because I think it's funny,

I'm going to dress her as a goblin.

-ALL:

-Go on, Mum!

-SHE BANGS THE DRUMS

-Come on, Mum!

Everyone at the ready.

Time for Goblin Mum to make her presence known.

People of Cambridge!

Oh, my...

Are you ready to ROCK?!

THEY LAUGH

'How embarrassing!'

Time for the first tune.

Mum, the song is ABBA - Dancing Queen.

OK.

MUSIC: Dancing Queen by ABBA

This is how the real song sounds.

SONG STOPS ABRUPTLY

Goblin Mum, let the embarrassment commence!

SHE PLAYS THE KAZOO

SHE DRUMS

Yes, that's the familiar tune.

SHE PLAYS THE KAZOO

The rhythm is unmistakable(!)

THEY LAUGH

SHE PLAYS THE CHORUS

OFF-KEY MELODY

Yay!

Well, she's finished, but will anyone recognise that tune?

I didn't recognise the song.

It just sounded like rubbish, to be honest.

Oh, dear, Goblin Mum.

Not a good start.

Taylor, will you tell the second title to your singing ma?

It's We Will Rock You by Queen.

OK.

MUSIC: We Will Rock You by Queen

This is how it should sound.

MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY

Take it away, Goblin Mum.

SHE PLAYS THE KAZOO

SHE PLAYS THE DRUMS

THEY SING: # We will, we will rock you!

SHE PLAYS CHORUS MELODY ON KAZOO NO DRUMS

Well, that's all very well,

but will any members of the public recognise what that song is?

I think the tune was, "We Will, We Will Rock You."

A first success for Goblin Mum.

Everything now hangs on her performance

of this classic pop song.

Mum, it's a song by The Village People. YMCA.

MUSIC: YMCA by The Village People

MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY

Here goes Goblin Mum for one last, awkward classic.

SHE PLAYS CHORUS ON KAZOO

SHE HITS CYMBAL

SHE PLAYS KAZOO - CORRECT NOTES

# YMCA!

Everybody!

THEY SING: # YMCA

Ooh, it's so good, that thing.

You know, it stands for "Your Mother Cooks Awesomely?"

SHE PLAYS THE KAZOO

'The concert's over, but was that final tune recognised?

'Time to get Goblin Mum back and give her the news.'

Well, The Mum, I'm very much delighted to tell you that,

unfortunately, you have succeeded...

-ALL:

-Yes!

-..in...

-failing the dare!

-LIGHTNING CRASH

-ALL:

-Ah!

-I'm so sorry for you.

And that means the doubloon stays with me.

Ha-ha ha!

I felt a little bit odd. Everyone stared.

Are you ready to ROCK?!

THEY LAUGH

She isn't good at playing the instrument.

Better not make her do anything else like that again.

Yes! They've failed and that means they still only have...

1 doubloon!

We must proceed to our second dastardly dare.

What will it hold?

Let us consult the Scroll of Secrets.

Levi, you do the honours this time.

Read it loud and clear, but remember...

the devil is in the...

erm, er...

The devil is in the...

..detail!

Oh, thank you.

What does that riddle suggest the dare might be?

Probably...about something with a nose

-and maybe smelly.

-Smelly.

All right, Taylor and Levi, it's time for you to announce

which of your grown-up team-mates will complete

our second dastardly challenge.

Will they choose The Uncle, The Dad,

or The Mum again?

Let's see.

-BOTH:

-Dare Devil, Dare Devil,

we dare Dad.

Dad, you are the chosen one on this occasion.

Very well, then.

It's time to depart.

Ah! Yes!

The rainforests of Asia, Las Vegas,

and this place, Shepreth.

What do they all have in common?

That's right, Taylor. Tigers!

ROARING

And it is these dirty great beasts

that have inspired our next dare,

a dare I like to call...

The Clue's in the Poos.

Well, The Dad, for this dare, you're going to be rifling through

some of my wild friends' poos.

Here are the deets.

The Dad's quest is to search for five letters

I've kindly hidden inside five delightfully stinky animal poos.

Against the clock, he must then rearrange them

to reveal which animal is guarding the doubloon.

Oh! And I'm told you humans may find this dare a bit gross,

particularly if you're eating dinner!

Lab coat, check. Health and safety compliant gloves, check.

Now, The Dad, first up on the menu,

it's the lynx.

-THEY LAUGH AND COUGH

-Go on, get stuck in there.

-That's it!

-SQUELCHING

-Dig your hands through.

-COUGHING

-Come on!

-See what you can find in there.

-Come on, Dad.

-You'll be fine.

-You can find it.

That's it, lovely!

'That's it! He's found the first pooey parcel.'

All right, The Dad, time for our second delicious dish.

This deposit comes courtesy of our friend...

the emu.

-Dig your hands through.

-THEY COUGH

-Ooh, what's that?

-I think it's been eating nuts.

-THEY LAUGH

-He may well have been eating nuts.

A little softer than the other one.

'The Dad's revelling in the grossness -

'he's unearthed clue number two!'

Our next gourmet offering, number three, is here.

-LIGHTNING CRASH

-That's right.

-It's the leavings of the red panda.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

Get stuck in, The Dad.

Nuggets.

-That's it, nuggets.

-THEY LAUGH

Don't be shy.

Well done, you've found your third little packet of joy.

Our next platter of poo comes courtesy of our friend...

-LIGHTNING CRASH

-..the wallaby!

That's it, get stuck in.

-Ha-ha!

-Eugh! Why would you do that?

That's it.

Give it a lovely massage.

-Found something.

-That's awful.

Have you found something, The Dad?

Well done!

Now, for dessert, at the end of this rather samey meal,

it's a little offering from the maned wolf.

That's it, get stuck in!

THEY COUGH

-Oh!

-That looks so disgusting.

-ALL:

-Oh, yes!

-Well done!

He's found the final little parcel.

Congratulations, The Dad. High-five!

You're having a laugh.

'The Dad's fingers are stinking,

'but he now has to get his brain thinking.'

I will give you two and a half minutes to unwrap the parcels,

unscramble the letters

and work out which animal is guarding the doubloon.

Your time starts now.

-THEY ALL TALK Come on, come on.

-Quickly.

-That's it. What have we got?

-It's a T!

-There's a T.

That's it. With the help of your family, well done.

-R.

-R. What would that be?

-An E it looks like.

-ALL:

-E.

Yes.

-Er...

-We've got two Ts, an E and an R.

-An O. An O.

-A ro...

-An O. Two Ts, an E and an R.

-A turt...

-Otter!

-ALL:

-Otter!

-Otter?

-Otter!

-You think it's an otter?

All right, Dad. Here's a map to the park.

-Off you go and retrieve the doubloon. Good luck!

-Otter.

OTTER SQUEALS

The bad news for The Dad is that the terrifying otters

live right across the other side of the park.

-OTTER SQUEALS

-Otter...

I think they're near the predators.

Come on! No, come on.

Go on, Dad!

It was near... Where's the meerkats?

OTTER SQUEALS

HE SPUTTERS

-THEY SHOUT

-Time's running away.

-Go on, Andy!

Is he going to make it in time?

-Five seconds!

-Let's see. Just a few seconds left.

-Yes!

-Yes!

Well done, Andy! I can confirm you've done it within the time!

-And that means...

-Yes!

-..you've passed the dare!

-ALL:

-Yes!

Yes!

It was really horrible.

THEY COUGH, SHE LAUGHS

It looks really disgusting and it smelt...

bad.

They now have...

2 doubloons!

All right guys, it's time for us to confront devilish dare number three,

but what will it hold?

Let us consult the Scroll of Secrets.

THEY GASP

All right, Taylor, you read it out this time,

but remember...

the devil is in the detail.

What could that mean?

-Not a glider?

-Like on a kite?

-Glide or kite. Yeah.

-Yes, possibly.

-And...

Or go on a hot-air balloon.

Those are all interesting ideas, but the time has come

for you to decide which of your grown-up team-mates

will complete this challenge.

-BOTH:

-Dare Devil, Dare Devil

we dare Uncle Tris.

Uncle Tristan, middle name Godfrey -

-how delicious.

-THEY LAUGH

All right, then, there's no time to lose.

We must depart.

Come on, Godfrey.

Ah!

The door has brought us

to the picturesque environs of Burwell Windmill.

The views from the top of this marvel

of the fine Cambridgeshire countryside

are spectacular.

And they have inspired our next dare, a dare I like to call...

Wind-thrill...

Mill.

-Well, Uncle Godfrey...

-HE LAUGHS

Accidentally, accidentally on purpose,

I left my bag of flour way up there,

-on the top of this windmill...

-LIGHTNING CRASH

..and I want you to climb up those sails

and retrieve it for me.

Here's the deets.

Uncle Godfrey must climb up the windmill sail,

a perilous 12 metres up.

There, he must fill the bowl on his helmet with flour

and transport enough safely down

to tip the scales at 1kg

and win the doubloon.

All right, Uncle Godfrey, the moment has arrived.

Up you go! And bring as much flour down as you can!

-Get going!

-Right.

Come on, Godfrey!

That's it. Rung by rung.

Safely does it.

'An easy start on the ladder to settle Uncle Godfrey's nerves.'

-Go on, mate. Steady.

-That's it, steady as you go.

'But now comes the true challenge.'

LIGHTNING CRASH

'Every step on these fragile wooden slats is nail-biting.'

-Hold on. Come on! Come on, Godfrey!

-Come on, Godfrey!

-That's it.

-Go on, mate.

-Take your time, Tris.

-You're doing really well.

-There's no hurry.

That's it.

That's it! He's finally reached the flour.

That's it. Take your time.

'12 metres up, balancing with both hands off the sail,

'Uncle Godfrey must now open the sack and fill the bowl.'

-Yeah, just, like, touch it.

-Right, that's in the bowl!

-Are you sure?

-Yeah, that's in the bowl.

Take your time!

'A spillage here could mean that the dare is failed.'

-Just, like, touch it out.

-That's it!

-There's some flour escaping into the wind.

-There is.

LIGHTNING CRASH

Brilliant.

Keep your head steady.

'Descending the windmill will be incredibly tough,

'as Godfrey now can't look up or down without losing the flour!'

-Just keep straight.

-Yep! That's it!

-That's it!

-Well done!

LIGHTNING CRASH

-Well done, brilliant.

-Yep, right.

-Right.

-Yep?

-BOTH:

-Yep.

-That's it.

-Keep that head straight, looking forward.

Yep. That's it. Slowly. Good work!

What do you think? I call it "Man In Peril."

-How much further?

-Yeah, you're there.

-There.

-There, stay there.

-That's it, well done.

-Yep. That's it.

-That's it.

-You got it, you got it.

-You've got it.

-You're nearly there.

-That was a big gap.

-Your left leg's

going to go onto the bottom step now.

-Right, that's...

-OK, so you've got to step to your right slightly

-to get on the ladder now, mate.

-That's it.

Have a little feel with your feet.

'Uncle Godfrey's struggling to make the tense step

'across to the ladder.

'One false move and it's all over.'

-What part of the ladder is that?

-That's the third rung.

-That's it!

LIGHTNING CRASH

-That's it.

-Yes, that's it. Bottom rung.

-BOTH:

-Yes, go on!

-Well done, Tris!

-Ah, that's brilliant.

-You're doing so well.

-Absolutely brilliant.

-One step.

-And that's it.

-Well done, mate.

-THEY CHEER

-Well done!

Give him a cheer!

Well, Uncle Godfrey,

let's see how much you've actually brought down.

Very carefully we'll pour this into the bowl. There we go.

-Whoa.

-Then we'll look at the scale and see how much he's brought down.

Is it a kilo?

You've passed the dare!

THEY CHEER

-Congratulations!

-Well done!

Taylor, here is your second doubloon.

Going down, where I couldn't look,

obviously, cos I had the flour on top of my head,

'that was the trickiest part.'

That was a big gap!

'I had a feeling he was'

going to drop the flour,

but maybe he proved us wrong.

That's it for the grown ups.

Let's see how they've done!

The Devilish Darers have passed two of their three dares,

earning them two doubloons to add to the one that I gave them.

That gives Levi and Taylor 180 seconds

as we head back to my castle!

Come on! Not a moment to lose!

Ah! Here we are at my wonderful castle!

Isn't it beautiful?

Now, Taylor and Levi,

the time has come for you to face my terrifying...

Chambers of Bravery 3.0.

Come on!

To win the prize and escape my dungeon,

the Devilish Darers must try and open all of the treasure tanks

by playing my devilish games.

THEY GROAN

-Pippa, please!

-I can't find it, Amy.

In a moment of weakness, I opened the first tank

to give them a head start.

Yeah!

-The more tanks they open...

-Yeah!

..the easier it will be in the final pitch-black chamber...

SHE SCREAMS

..to grab enough doubloons to tip the Scales Of Destiny

and claim the glory!

Welcome to my dungeon, Devilish Darers.

Now, listen closely.

If one of you doesn't wish to do a dare, or it all gets a bit too much,

then you must shout, "Stop!" and someone can take your place,

although, you will lose ten seconds off the clock.

-You got it?

-BOTH:

-Yes.

All right, then. It's time to face my first terrifying chamber.

The awful...

Organ of Halvor!

To open the tank, the tangled notes

of the Organ of Halvor must be solved.

Whilst one plays the notes written on my music sheet,

the other must confront terrifying beasts

as they struggle to find the same tune on their keys.

All right Taylor and Levi, tell me,

what do you think awaits you in the Organ of Halvor?

-Maybe spiders?

-Well, I wonder if you're right.

Which of you is going to face these terrifying guardians?

-Me.

-You, is it, Levi?

All right. In you go, then.

Your time will start...

the moment you take off...

the cloth!

FAMILY SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

'What dastardliness awaits The Devilish Darers?!

'It's the revolting rats!'

Start the clock.

So, Levi, I'm going to play the tune for you.

Yep.

HE PLAYS TUNE

'Taylor has played the tune written on my music sheet.'

'This is the sequence Levi needs to work out on his mixed up notes.'

Tell me the first one.

-HE PLAYS NOTE

-That's the first note.

-Come on, Levi.

-HE PLAYS NOTE

-Got it.

-Ah! Beginners luck!

-Got it, got it.

-Remember it.

-Right.

-The second note.

TAYLOR PLAYS NOTE

LEVI PLAYS NOTE

-Ah, it's not...

-ALL:

-No.

Play it again. Play it again. HE PLAYS NOTE

LEVI PLAYS NOTE Would you say that's it?

HE PLAYS NOTE

-No.

-Play it again, Levi.

-That's it. Time's ticking.

-THEY TALK Yeah, got it.

-That's it.

-Third one.

LEVI PLAYS NOTE Got it.

So, now, you might find out the last one.

Yeah, I've got it.

HE PLAYS NOTE Erm... I can't get them off it.

HE PLAYS NOTES

-That's it! Well done!

-ALL:

-Yes!

-FAMILY APPLAUD

-Out you come.

-Well done!

Well, Levi, how was it groping around in the rat kingdom?

Really weird.

Well, you've now got two Tanks of Treachery open

and a very good 104 seconds remaining to tackle

our second terrifying chamber - the very, very frightening...

Circles of Solocles.

The final tank will open

when the Circles of Solocles are correctly aligned.

But the code to the sequence is hidden in my Dome of Doom.

To reveal the symbols, the lights must be illuminated

and the terrifying creatures must be faced.

All right, then. It's time for you both to enter chamber number two,

but one of you must volunteer to face the Dome of Doom.

-Who will it be?

-Me, again.

You, Levi? That's what we want to hear.

And what creatures do you think are waiting for you?

Crickets, or something like that.

It's actually locusts!

Your time starts when your head enters that dome.

All right, in you go!

GATE SHUTS

So what's the first symbol?

It's a triangle...

with a circle in the middle with a dot.

A circle in the middle?

Yeah, the middle.

But does it have anything outside it?

It's just, sort of, a circle.

'Taylor has the right first symbol, but he's not certain.'

-Do you think you've got it?

-If you've got it, go to the next one.

-Time's ticking on.

-I have got it. I've got it.

-The next one is a skeleton skull.

-Yeah.

A pirate flag. With two eyes, a nose

and, like, a squiggly mouth.

-A skeleton?

-Yeah. And then it has a bow,

-with two, like, hump bits in each end.

-Yeah, but what about...?

Yeah, but wh... I mean, whereabouts is it?

At each end. Like right and left.

'Oh, no. Taylor's struggling to work out which skull is the right one.'

Right, I'm moving on to the next one.

-That's ten seconds.

-The key! It's a key.

-9,

-8... With...at the bottom, it has...

-7, 6,

-5... ..one...two erm, like, bottom bits.

-And there's a circle in the middle, at the top.

-4, 3...

-Er...

-2, 1.

That's time's up! Out you come.

FAMILY APPLAUD

'Taylor and Levi have failed to align the Circles of Solocles

'meaning they have only two treasure tanks to plunder...

Yes!

'..and only the minimum of 60 seconds to do it in,

'as they end their quest at the Tanks of Treachery!'

All right, Taylor and Levi, this is it.

Only one can enter.

Who will it be?

-Me, again.

-You, Levi?

Very well. You have 60 seconds to find as many doubloons as you can.

And, remember, you can shout "stop" at any time.

In you go!

All right, Levi.

Your time starts in 3, 2, 1.

Hunt those doubloons!

-Come on, Levi! ALL:

-Come on, Levi!

'Remember, Levi can't see a thing

'as he struggles to find those doubloons.'

-You can do this.

-Loads and loads of doubloons, we need.

That's 30 seconds, Levi.

-Levi, 30 seconds left.

-30 seconds left, Levi!

Not long left, Levi.

Make sure you try 'em all.

-Yep.

-Yeah?

That's 10, 9, 8...

-Come on, Levi!

-7, 6, 5, 4...

-Keep going!

-Come on!

3, 2, 1.

Time's up! Out you come!

-Good boy, Levi!

-Well done, Levi!

-Well done.

Welcome back to the light, Levi!

How was it there, scrabbling around in the darkness?

-Really scary.

-All right.

Time to face the scales.

CACKLING

-Hand over those doubloons..

-Come on, Levi.

Yes, that's it. There's a good crop there.

-ALL:

-Ooh!

-ALL:

-Yeah!

-Yes!

You have defeated me and must receive your medals!

-ALL:

-Yes!

-All right.

Off you go!

I never want to see you again, you dreadful people!

Bah!

-BOTH:

-Better luck next time, Dare Devil!

Bye!

I can't believe we lost!

It took me ages to set up that windmill dare.

What's that?

Oh, all right. It took YOU ages to set up that windmill dare.

Don't split hairs.

Anyhoo,

fearless children and adults beware,

for the Dare Devil waits

with a devilish dare!