Episode 3 Len Goodman's Partners in Rhyme

Poems, sonnets, limericks, verses,

rhymes in love and rhymes in curses.

..let's get on with the show.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to Partners In Rhyme,

a game all about finding different rhymes in different ways.

There are rhymes everywhere you look

and that's what this show is all about.

For example, what's the rhyme here?

-AUDIENCE:

-A parrot eating a carrot!

A parrot eating a carrot, of course.

Normally, they'd fill it with millet, but they might spill it.

AUDIENCE GROANS

See, if you've got the time...

-AUDIENCE:

-Len's got the rhyme!

Hey, you're on form tonight, I've got to tell you.

Tonight, two contestants are playing with the help of their

very own partners in rhyme.

To get to the end, you need some friends,

so let's meet this evening's celebrity teams.

Oh, yes! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

On our first team - he makes the fun flow, she makes The One Show,

it's comedian Russell Kane and presenter Michelle Ackerley.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You've done your Disney hand. You've done the Disney...

And can this team reign supreme?

It's Russell Grant and actress Roxanne Pallett.

Whoa! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

They're our team mates, let's meet their rhyming dates.

It's Isabella and Brun.

Whoa! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Brun. Oh, look at you two.

-Isabella.

-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.

What do you do? Where do you come from?

I study at Cardiff University. I do planning and development.

And, yeah, and I live in Oxfordshire.

Oh, what's planning and development?

-So it's a bit like Sims. Have you played Sims?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-No. There you go.

-A bit like that, though?

-A bit like that, yeah.

-If I had to play it, I'd know what you were talking...

-Yeah.

Isabella, is that right, you've got your own rap crew?

Yes. I've got little teddies and there's a bunny,

there's a donkey, and there's like a hedgehog.

And, um, inspired by Jay Z, I've got Don K and Bun Z.

-LAUGHTER

-We've been coming up with a name for you...

-Yeah.

-..and you'd be Lenny G.

LAUGHTER

Booyakasha. Oh. Oh, respect. LAUGHTER

-Safe it. There we go.

-Oh, exploded it as well.

LAUGHTER I'm good with all that.

I can do all that fiddly stuff. APPLAUSE

-Brun.

-Hello.

-It's lovely to meet you.

-Lovely meeting you, Len.

-What do you do?

-I'm an architectural engineer.

-Oh, no, shut up. We've got a planning officer...

-I know. She's like the other side.

-You've got the... You're the architect?

-I am.

If we had a builder,

we could create Goodmanville.

-BOTH:

-Ooh.

-Eh?

You'd dance to work...

and everyone would live at number...?

-ALL:

-Ten!

No, seven! LAUGHTER

Brun, is it true you're good at Scrabble?

-Very good, yes, Len. Yes.

-What, very good?

Yeah, I've not like... I've never been in a competition, but...

Are you competitive when you play and...?

Well, I just know more words than most people.

OK, well, look, I want you to look at that screen.

OK, rearrange these letters to form a word.

-Show-off.

-Show-off, correct!

APPLAUSE

Brun and Isabella, welcome to the show.

Tonight, one of you could be walking away with a holiday.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

So very best of luck to Isabella and Brun.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yes. Good luck, good luck. Have a good time.

-Good luck, yeah. This is quite fun.

-I know.

Isabella and Brun will soon pair up with one of our celebrity rhyming

teams. But to help them choose, they need to see the teams in action.

Teams, I'm going to give you four rhymes to solve -

buzz in when you think you know the answer.

There are no points at stake,

it's just a chance to show who's a grafter and who's seeing me after.

LAUGHTER

Here we go.

BELL Roxanne and Russell?

-Crab doing a dab.

-Ooh...

-Oh, my goodness!

Yes. APPLAUSE

LAUGHTER

I'm concerned because we've got two Russells. I really hope

-I don't get confused which one is which, honestly.

-Just call me Rooselle.

LAUGHTER

OK, we're moving on. Here we go.

BELL

Oh, blimey, that was quick. Was that you?

-It's Johnny Depp on a step.

-ROXANNE:

-No, no, no!

Roxanne and Russell?

-It's the naughty step.

-It is the naughty step.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Johnny Depp on the naughty step.

-He's getting told off.

Russell, you ever been on the naughty step?

I think when I did Strictly with you you put me on there every week.

LAUGHTER Probably!

I'll never forget you coming out of a cannon,

that was one of the highlights of that whole thing.

-I've still got the burns, Len.

-Yeah, I can imagine.

I thought you were going to say, "I've still got the cannon."

OK, now, here we go. Number four.

We'll get this one. We've shamed ourselves.

BELL

-Ooh, was that you, Roxanne and Russell?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Is that a hairy fairy?

-Hairy fairy! Oh, that sounds rude!

LAUGHTER Hairy fairy.

APPLAUSE

-Hairy fairy.

-How'd we know that?

Well done. OK, moving on.

Oh. LAUGHTER

WOLF-WHISTLE

Is it, by any chance, Russell Kane being vain?

It is, indeed.

APPLAUSE

And are you a vain sort of...? You know, you're a snazzy dresser,

-I must say, with all the gear on you here.

-He looks sharp.

-Actually, I woke up like this.

-LAUGHTER

It's just the hair, but if anyone touches my hair I have a panic attack, so...

-Don't, don't. No, don't upset him early on.

-That's an idea.

Well, I've got to say, Russell and Roxanne, you got three,

Russell and Michelle, one.

-AUDIENCE: Aw!

-We're just warming up now.

-Yeah.

We put our celebrities to the test,

but now it's Isabella and Brun's turn.

Let's play...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

This is a quickfire round.

There's a point for each correct answer, and whoever guesses

the most rhymes in two minutes gets the first pick of the teams.

If you think you know, give it a go.

On the buzzers, let's play Find The Rhyme.

It's a hen writing with a pen.

A hen with a pen, correct. Well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Your next one.

LAUGHTER

Yes, Isabella?

Harry scanning... Oh, no, I've lost it.

Brun?

-Harry Hill working at a till.

-ISABELLA GROANS

-Yes, correct.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Unlucky, Isabella.

-That's OK.

Here we go. Next one, what is it?

BELL

Iced bun in the sun.

Correct! APPLAUSE

-Here we go.

-All right, all right.

-So who is it? BRUN:

-What?

BELL Yes, Brun?

Keanu Reeves...got really long sleeves on?

Yeah, correct. Well done. APPLAUSE

Well done. Next one, keep going.

LAUGHTER

Funny bunny. It's a funny bunny, Len.

Oh, you're quick.

APPLAUSE Funny bunny.

There we go.

HORNS HONK

BELL Yes, Brun?

Will I Am is in a traffic jam.

Well done. APPLAUSE

You're storming this.

Here we go, next one.

-BELL

-Viking going biking?

-Yes!

-Yay.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Here we go, next one.

BELL Yes, Brun?

Grapefruit, um, hanging from a parachute.

Yes, well done. APPLAUSE

Here we go, next one.

HAWK SCREECHES

What's it doing?

BELL Yes, Brun?

Is it a spaceman doing the cancan?

No.

You want to have a go, Isabella?

KLAXON

No, it was a hawk doing a space walk.

-GROANING

-I knew it.

-Russ, yeah, he got it.

-There was no moon.

-That's what I said. Thank you.

Yeah, but, unfortunately, Russell, you're not in it at the moment.

LAUGHTER

-Len, everyone wants to know if you can... Can you do a moonwalk?

-No, I can't. Can you twerk?

-Yeah, I can, yeah.

-Come here and show me.

CHEERING

-Right here, next door.

-To camera?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Oh!

-RUSSELL KANE:

-You can bounce a penny on that.

-My turn.

No, I'd better not. LAUGHTER

No, no, no. I'd never get up.

Don't put your hip out, Len.

So let's have a look, see who's the tops and who's the flops.

It's time for the scores.

Isabella...

WEAK APPLAUSE

Brun...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Whoa!

You get first pick of the team.

Is it going to be Russell and Michelle,

or is it going to be Russell and Roxanne?

Well, whatever happens, you're going to get a Russell, that's for sure.

LAUGHTER

-I'm going to go with - controversial...

-Oh.

..Russell and Michelle.

-I knew it!

-Cheers, Brun.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

-You've gone with Russell and Michelle...

-Good choice.

-..who got one.

And you've left Russell and Roxanne, who got three.

It's simple, Len - Brun likes someone with a one.

-ALL:

-Oh!

Well, that means, Isabella, you're going to be with Russell and Roxanne.

APPLAUSE

So it's team-up time with your Partners In Rhyme. Whoop!

Brun...

I think that was a very brave decision.

And are you happy, or do you want to change your mind?

-I'm the happiest that I've ever been.

-Cheers, mate.

-Really?

-I love you. I love you guys.

-He's a good guy.

-It means nothing now.

-It means nothing.

LAUGHTER

Roxanne, Russell, you got three.

-So, Isabella, you must be really happy.

-I'm over the moon, yeah.

And after my performance, I need a team that'll back me up.

-Yeah, you do.

-We've got you, we've got you.

OK. Now we've got our teams, we'll reset the scores

to zero as we play...

APPLAUSE

In this round, the clues are all about celebrities doing

something that rhymes with their names.

Brun won the last round, so you play first.

Michelle will describe the celebrity,

and Russell will mime the action.

You have 5 clues and 30 seconds for each clue.

If Brun doesn't guess the rhyme in 30 seconds,

we'll move on to the next one.

-Let's play... BOTH:

-Mime The Rhyme.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-OK, ready?

-Yeah, I'm ready.

-There we go.

OK, it's a drama that's on at the moment, it's a really fit guy,

-it's based in Cornwall...

-Poldark.

Park? You're trying to reverse park?

APPLAUSE Let's have a look.

Poldark...trying to park.

You any good at parking, Russell, by the way?

Do you want an honest anecdote here? On the morning my daughter

was born, I drove Lindsey to the hospital and when we got there

we changed sides and she parked the car.

LAUGHTER

-Really?

-That's how bad I am at parking.

-Yeah?

-She got out and she went, "You can get a bus in there. Right, let's go and have a baby."

LAUGHTER

True story. True story.

OK, number two, here we go.

OK, it's a comedian.

The... His first name is the last name of Bruce, kung fu fighter...

-Lee. Lee...

-And computer...

-Lee Mack.

-Yeah.

What?!

Lee Mack wearing a mac? Having a quack?

Giving a piggy back!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Oh.

-Sorry.

-Yeah, well, no... You look like Max Wall.

-I don't think he expected me to jump on.

-Well done.

-Thank you very much.

Let's have a look. There he is - Lee Mack,

giving a piggy back.

OK, here we go, next one.

OK, Tom Hanks,

"Life is like a box of chocolates..."

Er, Forrest Gump?

Doing a running jump? Doing the long jump?

-Long jump, yes!

-Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Let's have a look.

-RUSSELL KANE:

-Look at that. Amazing.

Forrest Gump doing the long jump.

Well done. Russell, you were very spritely there.

-That was a good jump.

-Do it again.

I had a picture of the world record when I was a kid.

-The guy's going like that in mid-air, so...

-Yeah.

I'm packing some lean muscle mass under here.

OK, presenter. She is, um...

she used to do Streetmate years ago.

-Oh, Davina McCall?

-Done.

-Er, playing volleyball?

-Yeah.

-Oh, my gosh!

APPLAUSE That was quick.

-Well done. Very good descriptions.

-It's these guys.

-It's the dream team.

-Very good. Let's have a look.

Davina McCall...playing volleyball. Well done.

-Look at the, look at the guns on her.

-She looks great.

OK, here we go, next one.

Female comedian, long ginger hair. She has a catchphrase -

"Bovvered? Bovvered?" And then she does the nan where she's like...

-Oh, I don't know her name, can you make her name?

-"..Liberty!"

Make her name, make her name?

Um, so, her surname is like the something Gallery in London.

-Saatchi.

-No.

-Um...

Tate, Catherine Tate.

-Catherine Tate?

-Tate.

Catherine Tate.

-Um... Learning to skate? No?

-Yes.

Let's have a look.

There you go, Catherine Tate trying to skate.

That's time up, well done, please re-join your team.

-Well done.

-Amazing.

-Well done. That's good, mate.

Team Isabella, can you come and join me now,

bring Russell with you, come on down.

-OK, Roxanne, you will be describing the person. Russell...

-OK.

Now, listen, you've done musical theatre and all sorts

so you should be good at miming and...

With musical theatre and I'm miming - no-one can hear me!

Oh, yeah, I never thought of that.

Remember, you have 5 clues and 30 seconds for each one.

Team work makes dreams work. Let's play Mime The Rhyme.

First one, here we go.

-Right, it was between him and Gareth Gates.

-Don't know.

Um, he's quite posh, he looks like he would drink a lot of tea.

Um, his surname is opposite to old.

-Young. Will Young.

-Yes.

Will Young. Will Young...

-is burning his tongue?

-Yeah.

-Yes!

Let's have a look! Will Young...

-..burning his tongue?

-Amazing.

Next one, here we go.

OK.

# Oh, yeah, oh... # She's... She's a girl, not yet a woman.

-Britney Spears.

-Yeah! She shaved her head.

-Britney Spears?

-Yeah, yeah right.

-Yeah.

-Britney Spears using her shears.

-Yes!

-Yeah!

Britney spears is using shears.

Russell, are you a bit of a gardener?

The way you were at that then...

I'm not a gardener, anything I touch dies.

OK, here we go, next one.

Oh, right. Um...

she once got on a bus with me...

-She's so nice...

-What does her name, sound like?

Oh, yeah she's, so she's really lovely and she's from the north...

-TALKS WITH NORTHERN ACCENT:

-..and she talks like that. Her surname...

-What does she do?

-..is plural for...

No. Her surname...

A male chicken, lots of male chickens.

Cockerel?

BUZZER Oh.

ROXANNE SHOUTS IN FRUSTRATION

Sara Cox is a jack... He was braced, look, to do the jack.

Let's have a look.

Sara Cox is a jack-in-the-box.

I'm sweating, this is hard work.

Here's the next one.

-Oh! # Uh-oh-uh-oh-uh-oh-uh-oh... #

-Beyonce.

Yes!

Um...doing ballet?

Yes!

Let's have a look.

Beyonce is doing ballet. Very, very nice, lovely pas de deux.

-Thank you very much.

-Well...

-I've not lost the old touch.

You have certainly haven't.

-OK, you ready?

-I'm ready, I'm ready.

You're really on a roll here. Here we go.

She lives near my friend, she's got blonde hair,

she's a TV presenter, um... Argh, argh!

She's... She was married to Fat Boy Slim.

Come on! All right, her surname is like foot...

Loose. No.

-It is...

-She does It Takes Two, do you watch It Takes...?

Yeah, she does Strictly's It Takes Two, she's blonde.

-She's a TV presenter, she's so cool.

-Oh! Zoe, Zoe, Zoe...

-Yeah!

-Zoe Ball, is it Zoe Ball?

BUZZER

Oh.

Oh, look, and beautifully mimed here.

Let's have a look, Zoe Ball building a wall,

look at the speed of her, cor blimey.

-He's having a...

-The wall fell down.

-He's exhausted.

-Oh, no.

Have you heard of Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall?

-Russell?

-But he just had a great fall!

OK, that's time up. Well done, please re-join your team.

So, after that mime time, let's have a look at the scores.

Isabella, you have three points.

Brun, you have five.

It's all still to play for as we go into round three.

Oh, yes.

I'm about to show you a short film.

Hidden in the film are six pairs of rhymes to find.

If you spot the rhymes, please write them down.

There's a point for each correct answer.

Now, this is not easy,

so when you play along at home, watch for little me as the key.

Today it's Radio 2's Jeremy Vine who is never off duty.

If you've just joined me, we are talking about game shows,

are the questions too easy or not nearly hard enough?

Hi, this is Jeremy Vine. As a much-loved radio host...

Thank you. ..and a sympathetic ear to the nation...

You're an idiot!

..people often ask me what is it like when you're not on the air?

Well, today you're going to find out.

RADIO 2 JINGLE

Thank you very much indeed for your company,

this is Jeremy Vine here on BBC Radio 2, we'll see you tomorrow.

When my hugely popular show is done for the day...

'Jeremy? Hello?'

..I like to switch off from the glitz and glamour of radio

and just relax for a few hours.

The time is 2:03.

As for traffic conditions, don't even bother. My advice,

forget the car.

I'll be right back.

Though, after leaving the studio, my first priority is usually caffeine.

-Let's see what's breaking.

-SMASH!

I just hope no-one recognises me.

Though if you think this combination of toffee, cream and banana

looks a bit too good to be true, a recent report says you'd be right.

PHONE RINGS

Hello, this is Jeremy Vine, you're on the air.

Hello Jeremy. First-time caller, long-time listener.

I'm thoroughly peeved off.

Actually, I'm not here right now, but please...

Hello?

Oh, yeah.

OK, how many did you get at home?

Let's have a look at the first one.

Award and cheeseboard.

Isabella? They both got it, well done.

Here's your second one.

-Oh.

-Oh, come on.

-No?

That's hard, that.

Nobody got that, girls and twirls.

-No.

-Wow.

OK, well, let's try number three. Trike and mic.

I said tricycle and microphone and I was like, "But that's too far,"

-so I was close.

-Yeah.

-Theirs definitely doesn't rhyme.

-No, exactly.

-It was a near miss really. Here we go.

-YES!

-Oh, hello.

-Brun, I assume you got that?

-Get in, Russell.

-Yes, yes, got that one.

-Yes.

-Len, we've got something better.

-You've got what?

Chip and tip.

Definitely.

Whoa! No...

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

If you chipped my mug like that I would be a bit disappointed.

Good effort, Isabella, but you get nothing for that.

Smash and cash. Next one, here we go.

-No? Oh, no.

-Well, I got that.

Oh, I'm very bitterly disappointed with all of you now.

OK, next one, here we go.

-Oh, phone and tone.

-Yes!

How disappointing. So the scores for Rhyme Watch are

team Isabella scored one...

team Brun scored three.

CHEERING

But how does that leave the teams overall?

Isabella, you've got four,

Brun, you've got eight.

But there are more points to be found in the very next round.

Whoever is in the lead after this will go on to tackle our endgame

and play for the holiday.

MUSIC: "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Yes, Len!

OK, it's time for News At Len!

Good evening, I'm Len Goodman and this is the News At Len.

I have four news stories

and you must work out the rhyming headline that goes with them.

Listen carefully, but don't buzz in until I ask for your headline.

If you buzz in and get it wrong, the other team will have a go.

There are two points for each correct answer.

It's time for tonight's news. First up, Westminster news.

BONG!

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer has got himself

an unusual new pet. The politician turned newspaper editor has bought

a mythical four-legged beast that looks like a horse with

an ice cream cone stuck on his head. What's the headline?

Team Isabella?

George Osborne pretending to be a unicorn? Is that right?

George Osborne has bought a unicorn.

Let's take a look.

George Osborne has a pet unicorn.

I said he's bought a unicorn,

you wouldn't buy one for any other reason than to have it as a pet.

-Do we get the point, Len?

-You do get the point.

It doesn't sound true, that news story, does it?

But he's a politician so it must be. They never lie, do they?

Next up, nature news.

BONG!

A group of the world's tallest land animals have revealed

they're keen collectors of celebrity signatures.

The animals, famous for their long necks, are often seen at red carpets

with little books ready for the stars to sign.

What's the headline?

Giraffes are showing off their autographs.

Let's have a look.

It's giraffe's collecting autographs, well done.

Well done, well done, that was brilliant.

Well, they're always sticking their necks out.

OK, next up, pop news.

BONG!

A Canadian music sensation has been spotted wearing unusual

colours of clothes. The singer of My Heart Will Go On now only

dresses in hot pink, bright green and glow-in-the-dark yellow,

a number of friends have advised her to think twice.

What's the headline?

Oh!

Celine Dion is wearing a lot of neon.

Let's have a look.

Yeah, there you go, Celine Dion only wears neon. And, finally, TV news.

BONG!

One of the BBC's top documentary makers has gone missing.

The spectacle-wearing star, famous for living with subjects

such as Paul Daniels and the Hamiltons, has disappeared

in the South American country known as the home for Paddington Bear.

What's the headline?

Louis Theroux has got lost in Peru.

Let's have a look.

It's Louis Theroux, he's lost in Peru.

And in more bad news from the BBC,

we're also hearing Chris Evans is lost in Devon.

And that's all from News At Len. I can't take another bong!

BONG!

So, after that, let's have a look at the scores

and find out who's going through to the final round.

Isabella, you have eight points.

But, Brun, you're going on because you've got 12 points!

Well, Isabella, you did fine but it wasn't your time.

However, you're not going home empty handed

because I have something here

that is going to be your heart's desire.

-Oh, yes.

-Thank you. I adore it, thank you.

-That's cute.

-RUSSELL:

-I reckon that's more expensive than the holiday.

I'm delighted with that.

Thank you, Isabella, and your Partners In Rhyme, well done.

Brun, congratulations on making it through to the final round,

come and join me in the middle for the final riddle, it's...

-Hey! Well done.

-Thanks.

Your partners have taken you this far

but here's where you have to go it alone.

If you can Rhyme Against Time, you'll be our guest in Budapest.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

On the screen, you'll see a clock split into six segments.

Each segment contains a three-part rhyme

like Peter Pan with a tan, building a snowman.

You must solve all six segments in 90 seconds to win.

But if you get stuck, you can move on,

but you must complete all six segments in the time.

Six on the board, you're going abroad.

OK, let's play Rhyme Against Time.

Here we go.

It's a can... What's he called? Neanderthal man,

can in a van.

-No, too technical.

-What, ancient man?

Let's move on, we'll come back. You've nearly got that.

-Miranda Hart...

-Yeah.

..with a raspberry tart or tart...

-Yeah.

-..in a go-kart.

-Correct. OK, next one.

Hedgehog on a log in the fog...

Eating a hot dog in the fog.

Yes! Good. Next one!

Ian Beale...

playing the glockenspiel...

with Seal.

Correct. Well done!

Some cops...

going to the shops in flip flops.

Yes!

Um...Sly Stallone, Sylvester Stallone,

playing the trombone on a throne.

Right, now we've got to go back to the first one.

What is it? Ice Age man, ancient man, what's he called?

Cave man with a can and a van.

Wa-hey!

Cave man.

You did it, you'll be our guest in Budapest!

You've won the holiday! Oh, look out.

Hey-hey!

Well, that's it for today's Partners In Rhyme.

A big thank you to Russell Kane...

Michelle Ackerley...

Russell Grant, Roxanne Pallett.

We'll see you soon and, remember, if you've got the time...

-ALL:

-Len's got the rhyme!

Hey, goodnight! Well done.

Oh, yes.

There's been rhymes from the start of time

A word, or a name, one that sounds the same

Poems, sonnets, limericks, verses

Rhymes in love and rhymes in curses

I've been rhyming since a very young man

But that was cockney rhyming slang

So, get yourself ready, this is the time

Are you up for the game?

You up for the rhyme?

Ready, steady, let's go!

Three, two, one, let's get on with the show!