Episode 10 Letterbox

This little beauty is the letterbox. Locked inside is £2,500 in

cold, hard, papery cash, just waiting to be won.

Will anyone crack the password today?

Well, let's find out.

Welcome to Letterbox.

APPLAUSE

Well, hello and welcome to Letterbox,

the show that's all about cracking passwords.

Let's meet our first two pairs

hoping to get their hands on the cash.

Lyndsey and Hilary, welcome.

APPLAUSE

Now, Lyndsey and Hilary, how do you two know each other?

I knew her nine months before she knew me.

She's your mum, Lyndsey. She's your mum.

Now, how does your mum embarrass you, Lyndsey,

-does she ever embarrass you?

-She's just become very childlike.

Does she like to sing inappropriately, stuff like that?

-Singing in shops.

-Dancing, dancing inappropriately.

-Is it one of those?

-The shuffle.

-It's a bit of that, the...

-Yes, that one.

That's so... Yes, I do that as well.

And it gets bigger and bigger as the night goes on.

-Yeah.

-It's very lovely to have you on the show.

Now, you'll be wanting to know about your competitors.

Well, they're up against Andy and Troy.

Hello!

Andy and Troy. Do you ever dance embarrassingly, Andy?

I'm paid to do it.

Troy!

Me and Andy work together, so...

-Aw. Now, hang on.

-Not dancing. Not dancing.

-On a pole.

-Are you?

No, I'm joking.

LAUGHTER

Oh, my God.

-Who...who...?

-Strong start, strong start.

Are you colleagues or is one of you the boss?

Erm, yeah, I'm the boss.

-Officially.

-Andy's the boss.

We work at a theme park in Bournemouth and we look after all of

-the entertainment there.

-Oh, what a laugh.

That sounds absolutely great.

-Do you have to wear a costume?

-Yeah, I'm the Mad Hatter, actually.

-Every day?

-Yeah.

-Andy, do you have to dress up as the boss, or no?

No, not when I'm working.

LAUGHTER

It's really good to have you on the show, Andy and Troy.

It's lovely to see you.

Now, Andy and Troy, who's going to be playing first?

-I am.

-Lyndsey and Hilary?

-I am.

-Mum.

-Mum.

Right, take your positions, let's play!

APPLAUSE

Right, good luck, gang.

Here's your first password, have a look at this...

Right, we are looking for a seven-letter word.

We'll give you a little hint -

it's a country. Right, now we tossed a coin backstage and, Hilary,

you're going to go first, so can I have your first letter, please?

-An E.

-E, OK.

-Please.

-Let's see if there's an E in this country.

What have we got?

No E.

-Right, Andy.

-An A.

-A for Andy.

-Absolutely.

OK, boss.

A... Ooh.

An L.

Let's have a look, have we got an L in this country?

-An S?

-S, have we got an S?

No S. Right, Hilary, over to you.

Could I have an I?

Let's have a look, see if we've got an I.

Oh! Two I's in there.

-B, please.

-B.

OK, let's see if we've got a B.

B.

MEL HUMS

Could I have an O, please?

An O, you certainly may, Hilary.

Let's see if there's an O in there.

O, very good.

And your last letter choice?

Could I have a V for victory?

A V for victory, she says, a little bit smugly!

Yes, we do.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Listen, Hilary, you've cracked through that first password,

very, very good indeed, which is of course Bolivia.

Now, 26 letters in the alphabet.

And they're all here, hidden in our letterbox.

The eight red ones spell out the final password

that will unlock the box.

That leaves 18 mystery letters to choose from.

You can choose two because you got one of those passwords correctly.

-Thank you.

-Off you go, my love.

Nice.

-Excellent.

-Thank you.

-Now, Andy, my love...

I think we might as well order our taxi now.

LAUGHTER

No! No way!

It's the best of three, Andy, you could still do this, don't worry,

-seriously.

-Great, great.

Now it's time to play password two.

Come in, guys.

APPLAUSE

-Now, Troy.

-Yes.

Very pleased to see that you're wearing a rolled-up jean.

-Yes.

-And no sock.

-No sock.

-No sock combo.

Have you talced inside those shoes, Troy?

No, because I was... You know you can get the invisible socks?

Ew, no, sinister.

Yeah, but I forgot them, so I've just got a bit of sweaty feet.

-No, they smell very fragrant.

-Thanks.

Always use talc, though, it's a good tip if you're not wearing socks.

Talc your shoe before the foot goes in.

-Cool.

-Mary Berry taught me that.

Yeah.

OK, here is the second password.

Have a look. Here we go.

Oh, it's a nine-letter password.

I'll give you a hint. It's a fictional character.

Lyndsey, your team went first last time so, Troy, over to you,

let's have your first letter, please.

I'll have a E, please.

Have we got an E?

No E. Right. Lyndsey.

I'll go for an A, please.

An A.

Very good. So it stays with you, Lyndsey. What do you think?

I will go for an I next.

-An I?

-Yeah. Please.

-Have we got an I?

Yes, we do, well done.

Still you, Lyndsey.

OK. I'll go for an S, please.

-S.

-Yeah.

-S, S, S, S, S.

Let's have a look. Have we got an S?

Oh!

A...M, please.

-M?

-M for mother here.

M for the mother ship.

There she is behind you.

Yes, we do.

I'll go for...

-..O, please.

-An O.

Yes.

Does that open things up for you, Lyndsey?

Not really.

Your mum knows what it is.

I'm sure she does.

Um...

I'm going to go for an N.

-Next.

-N.

N for next.

No N.

Did you hear that weird slapping sound behind you?

Thought it was a seal.

LAUGHTER

Throw him some fish.

What's your next letter choice, Troy?

Let's just do a D.

Do a D. Let's do a D.

Right, now, come on.

Let's do a P, please.

-OK. AUDIENCE:

-Aww!

Oh...

LAUGHTER

It's good that YOU know it!

Let's try for a P.

No P.

-Surprise!

-Lyndsey.

LAUGHTER

-H, please.

-H?! Let's have a look.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Have we got an H in this fictional character?

No, we haven't. Troy, Troy, my love, please.

I beg of you, please.

Please!

-Let's do a C.

-A C!

AUDIENCE GROANS

One of us has got to get it in a minute.

No. Lyndsey.

-F.

-F?!

GROANING AND LAUGHTER

Have we got an F...

in this...in this password?

Possibly, we don't know yet.

No, there's no F.

Now, Troy.

-Come on, Troy.

-This is stressing me out.

It's... It's stressing us out as well, Troy, you might notice!

Erm...U.

U! Come on, let's do it, let's do it.

CHEERING

Have we got a U?

-Ohhh! I got it!

-Yeah!

Yes! It's Q!

WILD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Is there a Q in this password?

Yay!

Yes!

Ohhh... Oh!

You've cracked the second password.

Oh, dear. And now, listen,

you can choose two letters from the letterbox.

I'll go for this one and this one.

OK, lovely. So both pairs have cracked a password apiece,

so we're going to go to a decider now

to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Who's going to play, Lyndsey?

Mum. It's got to be Mum.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Are you sure?

-Oh, absolutely, 100%.

OK. Lovely. Now, Troy...

LAUGHTER

Who's going to play, Troy?

Well, it's only a half an hour show, so I'd better say Andy.

Andy, OK. Good.

APPLAUSE

Let's play the third and deciding password.

Here we go.

Right. Now, here is our deciding password.

Have a little look at this.

Right. Five letters in this password

and the hint for this word is animal kingdom.

Right. Now, Hilary, it's your turn to go first this time.

-OK.

-Can I have your first letter, please?

I would like an E, please.

E. Right. Let's have a little look.

Have we got a E?

-We do. Good start.

-Thank you.

Still with you, Hilary. What do you think?

An R.

Perfect. Let's have a little look.

Oh, I see where you were going with that.

Mm-hm.

-Andy.

-An L.

L. OK.

Let's see if there's an L in this animal.

Yes!

-An A?

-A.

Let's have a look. Have we got an A?

Yes.

-M.

-M?

-M.

Let's see if we've got an M.

-We do.

-Ohh!

-Right. Andy.

-Please!

Please!

-A C.

-A C? Let's see if we've got a C.

Guys!

Cancel the cab!

Listen, you have won, my friends,

the all-important third and deciding round,

which means that you and Troy are through to the semifinal.

-Well done.

-Yes!

-Come on up, gang.

-Oh, Hilary and Lyndsey.

-Who's Lyndsey?

I have no daughter called Lyndsey.

Gone! Disowned!

I'm going to ask you to hand your letters over.

Certainly. Best of luck, guys.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

You are going through with all four letters to the semifinal.

Keep them safe, as it's time to meet our next contestants in heat two.

Hello and welcome, Bev and Grace.

Lovely to see you.

-Nice to see you.

-You look like models, you two.

-Do we?

-Oh, stop it!

-Thank you.

-Gorgeous. Look at you two!

Do you sometimes do each other's make-up?

-You're friends, aren't you?

-We do each other's hair.

Do you? What sort of things do you do?

-Straighten it.

-Straighten?

Yeah. My hair is so straight.

-Your hair's nice.

-No, but I'd love curls.

I love curls.

You've got to have it fleeky.

-Elegant.

-On point? Elegant?

It doesn't mean flicky?

-No!

-No, no. If you say, "Girl, your hair fleeky,"

that means, "Girl, your hair nice."

Oh, right!

Great. It's good being... good being in with the young 'uns.

Now, you'll be wanting to know who's on the other side, won't you?

-Mm-hm.

-I don't mean on the other side. I mean, on the other side.

-They're up against Philip and Donna.

-Hello!

Now, Philip and Donna, how do you know each other?

Been married eight years this year, been together 13.

Oh, how lovely.

Donna, everything going smoothly?

Well, he's still on his probation period, but we'll get there.

Your moustache is looking very...

Oh, you've got one of those little under-beards.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, nice.

Trendy. What do you call that bit of...?

A pain in the backside.

Is it? Oh. Does it require a lot of attention?

-Oh, it does, yes.

-Yeah. Now, listen, Bev and Grace,

-who's going to go first?

-I am.

-Grace, you're going to go first.

Lovely. Philip and Donna?

-Donna.

-Donna's going to be up first.

OK. Right, take your positions, everybody.

Let's play.

Here, my friends, is your first password.

Have a look at this.

Oh, right.

Eight letters, we're looking for.

We'll give you a hint.

It's a musical instrument.

Right. Grace, you're going to go first.

-Yes.

-Can I have your first letter, please?

I'm going to go with A.

A. Right.

Let's have a little look.

Yes, there is.

I thought it was trombone.

Clearly not a trombone.

Still with you, Grace. Well done.

-An I.

-I.

Let's have a little look.

Yes, we do. Well done.

You're on a roll, Grace.

I am, I don't want to jinx it, though.

I'm going to say an E.

An E...in this instrument.

Yes, we do.

Three times lucky.

-An O.

-O.

Let's have a little look. Have we got an O?

No O. OK, Donna.

-S.

-S.

-S, please.

-S.

Yes, there is.

-H.

-H.

Let's have a little look.

-Oh!

-No H.

-Right. Grace.

-A P?

A P.

-Yes, two of them.

-Oh!

M.

Have we got an M?

-What?

-No M.

-Donna.

-Ohhh!

-Can I have a B, please, Mel?

-No!

Have we got a B?

-Sorry, Bev.

-No!

Musical instrument. We do.

-Well done, Donna. Last letter? WHISPERS:

-Oh, I can see it.

-G, please.

-A G. OK.

Bagpipes.

No!

Grace, my love, what did you think it could be with the M?

I don't know. My mind just went blank.

I think I meant magpipes, but is that even a...?

No way!

I love... I love the idea of a magpipe.

It's a cross between a magpie and a bagpipe.

Listen, Donna, as you know,

you get to choose two letters from our letterbox,

just not the red ones.

Choose two, Donna.

Good. Now, Philip and Donna have got the advantage at the moment.

Don't worry, it's the best of three.

It's time to play password two.

Now, here is the second password.

Have a little look at this.

Right. Seven letters in this word.

We're going to give you a hint.

Sport. Right, let's see how we go.

Philip, your turn to go first.

-OK.

-Can I have your first letter, please?

I will go with an E.

E? OK.

-Second letter straight up, Philip.

-OK.

Let's go with an N.

N.

That's a surprise. Let's go for a B.

A B, OK.

A B. Let's have a look.

No.

Bev.

-I.

-I.

Have we got an I in this sport?

-Yes!

-Well done, Bev.

Right, now...

-H.

-H. GROANING

Let's have a little look.

Is there an H in this sport?

No, there isn't. Philip, right back at you.

-Let's go for an M.

-An M.

GROANING

No M. Bev, right, come on.

-G.

-G.

Let's see if there might be a G.

Yes, we do. What do you think?

-SHE GASPS

-F!

-F! F!

-She's going for an F.

She's gone for an F.

-Good.

-And C you later!

-Whoooo!

-CHEERING

-Yeah!

-Have we got a C?

-Yes!

-Have we got a C? Yes, we do!

-Oh, Bev.

-Yes!

Well done for cracking that second password.

You are now one apiece.

Please choose two letters from the letterbox.

Not the red ones, my love.

-OK.

-Well done.

Well done. Going for that one and another one.

Oh, the tension is mounting.

Both pairs have cracked one password each,

so we will be going to a decider

to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Before we see the password, who's going to play, Bev?

-Grace has got to do it, then.

-Grace is going to go?

OK. Lovely. Now, Philip, what about you, my love?

-The boss.

-The boss is going back into the hotspot?

-Afraid so, yeah.

OK. Let's play the third and deciding password.

Here we go.

OK. Here's the deciding password.

Have a little look. What have we got?

We've got a seven-letter word

and the hint for this is food and drink.

Right. OK. Listen, it's your turn to go first this time, Grace.

-OK.

-Can I have your letter, please?

-A.

-A.

Have we got an A in this food and drink?

Yes, we do. Well done.

-An I.

-An I.

Let's have a look.

No I. Donna, over to you.

-R.

-R.

Any sign of an R in there?

Ooh! Two Rs in there, Donna.

Still with you.

-Philip's got it.

-H.

H.

-Oh, I've got it!

-Yes.

-Donna?

-U, please.

-U.

-Ohhh...

And your next choice?

B, please. A B.

Rhubarb.

Oh, Philip and Donna, well done.

That was... That was just luck of the draw, that one.

Well done. You've won the all-important

third and deciding password, which means

you and Philip are through to the semifinal.

-Thank you.

-Come on back, gang.

Oh, girls! Girls!

Grace, you literally got it, didn't you?

-Yeah. I got it.

-You were like rays of light.

It's absolutely brilliant.

I will ask you, though, you have to hand your letters over, please,

-to Philip and Donna.

-There you go.

-They are going to take those letters

through to the semifinal.

Thank you so much for playing, Bev and Grace.

Thank you.

Right, time to bring back Andy and Troy to play the semifinal.

Andy and Troy, Philip and Donna, welcome.

In this semifinal, guys,

there's just one password to crack and it's the name of a famous person

that you're looking for. They can be alive or also dead.

Let's play.

Here is the semifinal password.

Let's hope it's not Quasimodo again.

Two words, four and then six.

We are looking for a famous person.

OK? Now, we did toss a coin backstage

and Andy and Troy, you won that,

-didn't you?

-Yeah.

-So, can I have your letter, please?

-We'll go for an A.

-A?

Good. Let's see.

Oh, well done. One in the first name, one in the second name.

-Jane?

-Yeah.

-What are you going for?

-J, please.

-J?

Straight in there with a strong consonant.

J. Is there a J?

No J. Right.

-What do you think?

-We'll go for M.

-M?

-Yes.

-M?

No, no M. Boys, back to you.

Let's... We'll do another vowel, please, so an E.

-An E?

-Yeah.

Right.

-No E.

-An R.

-Yeah.

-Sure about that?

-Yeah.

-Let's try for an R.

Have we got an R?

Oh!

-Well done.

-That's really helped.

S?

-S.

-Let's see if there's an S.

No. Right, boys.

-An L.

-Yeah.

-An L.

-L, yeah?

Yes.

-HE GASPS

-No.

LAUGHTER

Sorry.

-Pressure's mounting.

-I've got it!

Boom town!

-HE BURBLES EXCITEDLY

-Yes!

We will have a G, please.

G.

-There we go.

-And can we have a B, please?

A B. Oh, I've got it too!

Yes!

-OK. Right.

-Can we have a W, please?

W. Have we got a W?

-Well done.

-A Y.

Y.

Excellent. And your last letter choice?

An O.

Sure? An O?

Yay!

Lads!

Listen!

Listen, Andy and Troy, super congratulations.

You two are through to the final.

-Good luck, lads.

-Oh, Philip and Donna!

That was so valiant.

-I know!

-It was good to get this far.

-Didn't have a clue.

I will have to ask you to pass your letters over to Andy and Troy.

Just throw them!

Philip and Donna, thank you so much for playing.

-Lovely.

-Well done, lads.

Good luck.

Now, it's time to unlock the letterbox.

Now, Andy and Troy, you've done brilliantly to get to the final.

Huge congratulations.

Now, listen, one final password stands between you

and winning £2,500.

-Feel good?

-Feels really good.

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's have a look.

Here it is.

So, we are looking for an eight-letter word.

There are no repeat letters, OK?

This could be any word, we're not giving you any hints at all,

but what you've got instead

is the eight letters that you've won along the way,

which are there, so if you wouldn't mind, Troy,

let's have a little look at what we can get rid of.

Thank you so much, my love.

So, we will not be having...

Good luck. Let's unlock the letterbox.

Off we go.

Right. So, I think we should definitely go for a vowel.

-Mm-hm.

-Mm-hm.

I like the look of E.

Do you reckon?

-OK.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, do it.

-We will have an E, please.

Yeah? Let's go for an E.

No.

OK. Listen, all is not lost.

Still lots to play for. Come on.

-Shall we go for an A?

-Yeah.

-A?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

Let's go for an A.

Yes, we do. Well done, lads.

-Very good.

-Let's do M.

-M?

-Muh.

Let's see if we've got an M in this final password.

No. Listen, it's still £1,500.

-Yeah.

-That is a goodly sum.

Come on, lads. Next letter.

-T.

-T?

-Let's go for T.

T. Have we got a T in this final password?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Very good indeed.

-What's next?

-So, what is the end of that word going to be?

D is quite a good thing.

Yeah, let's do it.

-A D, please.

-A D?

Have we got a D?

No D.

No D. OK. Still £1,000.

-That's pretty good.

-Shall we wang another...

-It could be I-N-G. T-I-N-G.

-OK.

-Do it.

-Let's have a G, please.

-A G?

-Yeah.

-Troy.

Troy wants a G.

-No!

-Or it couldn't be.

-Still £500 to play for.

Never say never.

Maybe a Y.

The most random that's up there!

Let's go wrong and strong.

-No.

-OK.

-No.

-Y.

-Y?

You are going to go for a Y? Let's have a look.

Have we got a Y in this final...?

Yes!

AUDIENCE GASPS

Saved yourselves there, my friends.

-What's next?

-Let's do an I.

-An I, please.

-You want to go for an I?

-Yes, please.

-OK. Let's have a look.

I've got it. Oh, no, I haven't.

-No.

-Oh...

Don't do that to me, Andy. Oh!

We will have an N, please.

-You are going to go for an N?

-What if it's a V?

N is your choice?

-Yeah.

-Let's have a look.

Yes.

Anti...

Put a letter in front of the Y. Antiv...

Antivy. Antipy.

Antiky.

Antify.

-Not the U.

-The V.

-V, V, V!

V? Let's go for a V.

-Oh.

-Have we got a V?

-No, it's not, is it?

Oh!

Oh, that was the last £500, lads.

I'm so sorry.

It means you haven't managed to unlock the letterbox.

Let's reveal what the password was, shall we?

Let's have a look.

Q. The second letter...

Quality. Quantity.

-U.

-Quanti...

And what's that last cheeky letter?

Oh, I see what it is.

-What is it?

-Quantify!

Quantify, Troy.

-What does it mean?

-How do you quantify this moment?

Sad.

Oh, lads.

-BURNLEY ACCENT:

-We've had a lovely day.

LAUGHTER

Listen, it's been so much fun having you on the show.

-Thank you for having us.

-It was fun being here.

Right, just to prove that that was the password...

Q-U-A-N-T-I-F-Y for quantify.

The letterbox has triumphed.

It takes no prisoners.

Join me next time to find out if any of our teams

can crack this little baby. Bye-bye.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE