Episode 12 Letterbox

This is the Letterbox. I got it in return for three cereal box tokens.

Locked within is £2,500 in cash.

It's up to our brave contestants to crack its eight-letter password

and retrieve the dosh.

It's as simple as that.

Welcome to Letterbox.

APPLAUSE

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.

James and Brittany.

APPLAUSE Welcome!

Hello!

James, were you just clapping yourself there?

Um...

It's a bit of a habit, to be honest, clap with everyone else.

Aww. Just applauding.

-Join in.

-Yay!

-Join in.

-Hurray!

-Now, Brittany...

-Yes.

One of my favourite destinations in the world, Brittany.

-Thank you. I've never been, but...

-What?!

-I know.

-Hey, you've got to go.

-I know.

-It's all about crepe and cider.

-"Crape" or "crep"?

-"Crep".

-OK.

-Or "crape".

No, cos "crape" is the sort of material

that goes around a top hat, isn't it? Not "crape".

-"Crep".

-"Crep". We'll go "crep".

-Crepe. Le crepe.

James, have you been to Brittany?

And I mean the... LAUGHTER

-I mean the place!

-I have been to...

-I've been to France, yes.

-Stop it!

-I've been to France, yeah.

-Yes.

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

How do you know each other, you two?

We met in uni two years ago.

-Ah!

-So...

Are you.... Are you together?

-No. Everyone asks that, but we're just close friends.

-Best friends.

It had gone too far into it to break the friendship, I think.

-Yeah.

-More important.

-All right.

It's definitely going to happen. It's definitely going to happen.

Now, they are up against Peter and Maria.

APPLAUSE

Maria, Peter -

how do you two know each other, Peter?

We met on an internet dating site four years ago.

We are silver surfers.

Silver surfers, I love that!

-Only I dyed mine!

-That's true!

How many dates did you have before you realised,

"We've got to be together"?

I'll let Maria answer that one!

I think for Peter it was probably the first one...

-That's right...

-..but for me...

-20!

-..possibly about the third.

Yeah, yeah.

Oh, that is very, very lovely.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-It's so nice to have you here.

Now Peter and Maria, who is going to be playing first?

-Me.

-Maria. Excellent.

James and Brittany, who is going up first?

I'm going to be taking the first round, yes.

James. Good lad. OK, take your positions.

Let's play.

APPLAUSE

Right, here is your first password.

Have a look at this.

We are looking for a seven-letter word.

We're going to give you a little hint.

City.

We tossed a coin backstage.

James, you are going to go first.

Can I have your first letter, please?

Can I have an N, please?

-N.

-Yeah.

-Straight in there with a consonant.

No. Right, Maria, over to you.

-Um... E, please.

-E.

Let's see if there is a little cheeky E in that city.

No E. Right, James, back to you.

I'm going to go for our favourite word, for an A.

Er, letter, sorry! A.

-A.

-A.

-A. It's a letter.

-It's a letter, sorry, yes.

-Not a word.

Well done.

Finally we are off the chocks.

Right, James, still with you, my love.

-What you want to go for?

-Um...

-O.

-O.

Have we got a little O lurking in there somewhere?

-Yes.

-Can I have an R?

-R.

-Yes.

-R. OK.

Have we got an R? No.

Right, Maria. Over to you.

-G.

-G.

OK, let's see if there's a little G in there.

Yes.

Right. OK.

-Maria.

-H.

Have we got an H in there?

Yes, we do.

-C.

-A C.

There are two of them -

and your last letter choice, Maria, please?

-I.

-I.

Have we got an I in there?

We most certainly do!

APPLAUSE

Maria!

Now, as you know Maria, there are 26 letters in the alphabet.

They are all here hidden in the Letterbox.

The eight red ones spell out the final password

that will unlock the box.

That leaves 18 mystery letters for you to choose from.

Go for your life, my love, take two.

Interesting.

-That one...

-Have a look at those.

-OK.

-Now, you know, Maria,

that those two letters are not going to feature in this final password.

-Do you get it?

-Yes.

-Good.

Right. It's time now to play password two.

Come through.

APPLAUSE

OK. Here it is, the second password, have a look at this.

Right, five letters in this password,

and your hint for this word is...

fictional character.

Peter, it's your turn to go first -

can I have your first letter, please?

I'd like to go for an A, please.

An A? Absolutely, let's have a little look.

In there somewhere?

No A. Right, Brittany, what do you think?

Can I have an I, please?

An I. Have we got an I in this fictional character?

No.

Hmm. What about you, Peter?

I think I'll go for an M, please.

-M?

-M.

-M, let's have a look and see if there's a little M.

No M. Brittany, back to you.

Can I have...

an E, please?

An E, let's have a look.

No E. Back to you, Peter.

-Can I go for an O, please?

-O.

Let's check it out, see if there's an O in there.

Yes, we do, well done.

Well done, Peter.

Right, still with you.

I think I'll go for a D, please.

A D, OK.

Let's have a look, have we got a D?

Ooh! Right, Peter, still with you.

I'm going to go for a Y, please.

A Y, OK.

Yes! Maria's scratching her head quite a lot.

-OK...

-What do you think?

Can I try a P, for Peter?

P, for Peter.

-No!

-I think I might have it.

-Really?

-I hope so.

-Yes.

-My heart's pounding!

Can I have a B, please?

A B. A B.

B.

Well done!

APPLAUSE Oh, Brittany!

-Panicked, then.

-It was the lucky B.

The lucky B, for Brittany.

-I know!

-Listen...

-What are the chances, as well?

-..congratulations.

-Thank you.

-You can choose two letters...

-Oh, yeah.

-..from the letterbox -

-and remember to stay away...

-This one...

-..from these red ones.

-..and this one.

-In you go.

Good. Yeah.

Now, listen. Both pairs have cracked one password each.

So, we will be going to a decider

to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Right, before we see that password, who's going to play, Peter?

-It's Maria again from our side.

-Maria is coming back.

-And Brittany?

-It's me again.

It's you. Let's play the third and deciding password.

Maria.

APPLAUSE

-Good luck, ladies.

-Thank you.

Here is the deciding password, have a look.

Oh, it's a long one.

Ten letters in this password.

We will, of course, give you a hint.

Food and drink.

Right. Brittany, your turn to go first this time,

so, your first letter, please.

Can I have an I, please?

An I, let's have a look.

No! Maria.

Um...

-An A, please.

-An A.

Have we got an A in there?

Yes, we do. Two As. Maria, still with you.

Ooh. Um...

-O, please.

-O.

-Yes.

Shall we have a look? Let's see.

No - Brittany.

Can I have an E, please?

An E.

Yeah - ooh, nice,

the end letter, there. Good.

So, does that help you out a bit?

-What are you thinking?

-No.

-Good.

-It doesn't.

Um...

Can I have an R, please?

R, let's have a little look.

-No R. Maria.

-Ooh...

-N.

-N.

-N.

-Yes.

Let's have a little look, have we got an N?

Oh! That's got to help you, surely.

Maria, still with you.

P, please.

OK, P.

No. Right, Brittany.

Can I have a C, please?

A C.

-Yes.

-Oh...

Still with you, Brittany, what do you think?

Can I have a U, please?

A U, let's have a check.

-Oh...

-OK.

-M.

-M.

-B.

-B.

Have we got a B? Yes, we do.

-G.

-A G, let's have a look.

We do have a G.

Now, your last letter choice, Maria.

-L.

-L, let's have a look.

APPLAUSE

French, as well.

It's all about the French today.

Isn't it? Blancmange. Blancmange.

Listen, congratulations, Maria.

-Thank you.

-You've won that all-important

third and deciding password,

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

APPLAUSE

James and Brittany...

-Off we go.

-I can't bear this, we're going to have to say goodbye to you.

-You did very, very well. Both of you.

-Thank you.

-Brittany, you did a little bit better, let's be honest.

-Agreed.

Team, you did very, very well.

I'm going to ask you, please,

to hand your letters over to Maria and Peter.

There you go.

They're going to take those through to the semifinal.

-Thank you so much for playing, thank you.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

Right. Peter, Maria,

you've now got four letters

that you know are not involved in this final password, OK?

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

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome, Kassandra and Tianna.

Lovely to see you, girls.

APPLAUSE

Now, how do you know each other?

-We're sisters.

-Yes.

-Aww!

Who's the elder sis of the two?

-Shall we let her guess?

-Yeah!

-Oh, no, no!

-I'll get into trouble!

-It's all right!

-I'll get into terrible...

-I'm the eldest.

-Oh, you're the oldest.

-Mm.

-Yeah.

There's a lot of love in the old sisterhood, isn't there?

-Yeah.

-Do you get really, also, like, annoyed by each other as well?

-Not so much, any more.

-Not really.

-Not any more.

I think now that we've moved out -

-we don't live together any more, so...

-Exactly!

-Well, it's lovely to have you on the show.

-Thank you!

Great to see you here.

Now, you'll be wanting to know who you're up against.

-Indeed.

-Well, they're up against Shane and Louise.

APPLAUSE

Shane and Louise.

Now, how do you know each other, Louise?

-We are best friends.

-Aww!

-Literal besties?

-Best friends, yeah.

We actually tell everyone we're sisters, too.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-Do you?

-They believe us.

-Awww!

And you work together, don't you?

We used to work together doing disco karaokes.

What's your favourite go-to karaoke tune, what would you do?

-Hold On.

-No...

-Hold On.

-Tell Me More.

-Oh, and Tell Me More.

-I wish we could have a little karaoke session now.

-Yeah!

Unfortunately not, because we've got a game to play.

Now, remember, whoever cracks the most passwords

will go through to play Peter and Maria in the semifinal.

Now, Kassandra, Tianna, who's going to play first?

-Me.

-Kassandra. OK, lovely -

and Shane and Louise, who's going up first?

Louise. Right, take your positions, let's play.

APPLAUSE

Right, here is your first password.

Have a little look at this.

Eight letters.

OK. And a little hint for you.

Animal kingdom. We tossed a coin backstage,

and Louise, you're going to go first,

so give us your first letter, please.

Can I have a...A?

A - you certainly may, let's have a look.

No, we don't. No A. Kassandra.

-I'll go for an E.

-An E, let's have a look.

E...

No. Right, back to you, Louise.

-Can I have an S, please?

-S, you certainly may.

No. Kassandra?

-I'll have an I, please.

-I, OK.

Yes, we do, well done.

-So, Kassandra, your choice again.

-Mm...

Um, an M.

-M?

-For mother.

M for mother, let's have a look.

Oh, well done! Right, Kassandra, what's it going to be?

-A P.

-A P, right, let's have a look.

-Yeah.

-Ooh!

-Oh.

-Oh, I know it!

Do you? Do you, Louise?

Yes!

Can I get a C, please?

A C, you certainly can.

Oh, I see what you might be doing now.

Have we got a C? Yes, we do.

-Can I have an H, please?

-H, certainly.

-Next letter.

-A U.

-A U. Have we got a U?

Yes, we do.

-An N.

-An N.

Oh, now, Kassandra...

-And a K.

-And a K, right.

Chipmunk!

APPLAUSE

That was very, very strong, Kassandra.

You steamed through that first password,

which was, of course, chipmunk -

and as you know, you get to choose two letters from the old letterbox,

so please go ahead.

-Not the red ones.

-This one and this one.

-Right.

-Good, got them?

-Yeah, thank you.

Kassandra and Tiana have the advantage.

All lies with the Shane-meister.

It's time to play password two.

APPLAUSE

Well done, gang. Lovely stuff.

Now, here is your second password, have a look at this.

Right, as you can see,

we're looking for a four-letter word followed by a five-letter word -

and your hint...

is band.

Right, Tianna, it's your turn to go first,

can I have your first letter, please?

I'm just going to go with an easy E.

Easy E, yeah?

Easy over with the E, let's have a look.

-No, OK.

-Well...

-Shane?

I shall go for an A, please.

A, let's have a little look.

A...

No A, right.

Back to you, Tianna.

-How about a Y?

-A Y, nice, let's have a look.

A Y, very good.

So, it stays with you, Tianna.

-S.

-S, OK.

No. Shane, come on, karaoke knowledge now.

-Karaoke knowledge.

-Pressure, pressure!

What's your letter going to be?

-I, please.

-I, let's have a look.

Well done. Still with you.

R, please.

Have we got an R?

No R. Right, Tianna.

What are you thinking?

-N?

-N for nothing.

Let's have a little look.

N, oh, well done.

-P.

-P, OK.

Yeah. Yes.

Tianna!

LAUGHTER

Oh, OK.

Tianna, what's your next choice going to be?

-K.

-K.

Yes, we do.

I don't have the first clue.

Neither do I!

Neither do I.

Er...C.

-C. LOUISE:

-Yes!

Have we got a C?

Poker face!

Have we got a C in this band?

No, right.

Now, it's all about the pink.

-Yeah!

-Shane.

Can I have a F, please?

F.

Ugh!

LAUGHTER

-I still haven't got it!

-Oh, my God.

I still haven't got it!

Yes!

Oh!

APPLAUSE I've got it now, yes, right, OK.

Sorry, professional. Shane.

Can I have an L?

L, you certainly may!

Ha! And then, Shane, what are we going to go for?

-An O, please.

-An O, absolutely.

And then a G.

No! LAUGHTER

Shane, what are you going to go for?

-A D, please.

-A D, let's have a look.

APPLAUSE

Oh, my goodness.

I wouldn't have ever lived it down if I didn't get that one.

I just couldn't see that for ages!

Tianna, were you the same?

-Yeah.

-I just literally couldn't see it.

Listen, well done, Shane.

-Congratulations.

-Whew!

Please choose two letters from the letterbox, not the red ones, please.

Not the red ones!

That's a lovely sort of flourish you've got there, Shane.

Gorgeous. Right, ladies,

it's decider time to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Who's going to play, Shane?

-Me.

-You, right.

-Yeah.

OK. Tianna?

Ah! Back to Kassandra.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's play the third and deciding password.

Now, ladies, here is the deciding password.

Ooh, I feel quite goosebumpy.

Right, nine letters, and your hint

for this word is sport, OK?

Shane, it's your turn to go first this time, so, first letter please,

-let's go.

-I will have an E, please.

E, OK, let's have a look.

E, very good.

Still with you, Shane.

I'll have an S, please.

S. S.

Ooh, very strong start.

-Still with you, Shane.

-I'll have an I.

Have we got an I in there somewhere?

We do.

Wow, three on the trot.

Shane, still with you.

Um, an N.

N.

Wow! What's next?

I will have a T.

A T.

Right. Still with you, Shane.

-OK.

-Still with you.

-G.

-G.

Shane - you've got six...

on the trot, Shane!

Can you make it seven?

Probably not. I will go with...

I think Louise has got it.

-L.

-Have we got an L?

Yes, we do.

Louise is sounding like she's in...

Ah, W!

W.

LAUGHTER

W, have we got a W?

Wow. And?

-R, please.

-And an R.

APPLAUSE

I didn't even know what it was!

Shane!

Huge congratulations, that was unbelievably well played.

You and Louise are through to the semifinals.

APPLAUSE

Wow.

Kassandra, you didn't even get one go there.

She was just straight through.

-Oh, it's been so lovely having you on the show.

-Thanks.

Thank you very, very much, sisters, you're great.

Would you mind handing your cards over to Shane and Louise?

-Thank you.

-Lovely.

Thank you so much for playing.

Kassandra, Tianna.

APPLAUSE

You've got four letters there

that you know are not in the final password.

So stay here, as it's time to bring back Peter and Maria

to play the semifinal.

APPLAUSE

Peter, Maria, Shane, Louise,

welcome to the semifinal.

Wow. Ooh!

One password, OK?

It's a famous person, dead or alive.

The team that cracks the password will go through to the final

and play for the money. Here we go, let's play.

APPLAUSE

Here is your semifinal password, have a look.

Four letters and then seven letters, OK?

Famous person. Dead or alive.

Tossed a coin backstage -

Peter and Maria, you won the toss, didn't you?

So you're going to go first.

-OK.

-OK.

-Can we have your first letter, please?

We'd like an L, please.

L, straight in there with an L.

L.

Ooh, very lucky, I would say.

Two Ls there.

Still with you, Peter and Maria.

THEY WHISPER

Yeah?

We'd like to go for an E, please.

An E, let's have a look.

E. Oh.

What are you going to go for next?

-Y.

-Y, OK, let's have a look.

No Y. Right, Shane and Louise, over to you.

-A, please.

-A.

A, let's have a look.

Right. Shane and Louise, what's it going to be next?

-N, please.

-N.

N.

N!

-D, please.

-D, let's have a little look.

No D.

Peter and Maria, right, over to you.

-K.

-A K, right.

Have we got a K?

A K. No K.

Right, Shane and Louise?

Oh, Shane!

Can we have an M?

An M.

Oh!

Still with you, Shane and Louise.

Can we have a T, please?

A T, ah, OK.

Yep.

Two Ts.

Yeah, well done.

-Can we have a B?

-Yeah.

A B.

Have you got a B, there? Yes.

-And your final letter?

-And a C.

And a C.

Matt LeBlanc.

APPLAUSE

Very, very strong.

Wow. Now, Shane and Louise.

Shane and Louise, huge congratulations,

that was quite tricky.

-It was.

-I watch a lot of Friends.

Do you? Do you?

Now, you've cracked the semifinal password.

That means, my friends, you're through to the final.

APPLAUSE

Aww, Peter and Maria.

Oh, we're very sad to say goodbye to you, Pete and Maria.

-Thank you.

-Hope you've had a lovely time.

-We have. Yes, thank you.

Now, would you mind passing your letters over to Shane and Louise?

There you go, well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-They'll put those to good use in the final.

-Peter and Maria, thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Lovely.

APPLAUSE

Right. Shane and Louise,

you've got eight letters to help you crack that final password, OK?

It's time to unlock the letterbox.

APPLAUSE

Shane and Louise, a stellar performance

to get you through to this final.

Now, all that stands between you and the money is one final password.

OK? Whew!

Here it is. Have a look.

Right, we're looking for an eight-letter word.

No repeat letters in here, OK?

It could be any word, we're not going to give you any hints at all -

but what you have got instead are the eight letters in front of you

that you've won along the way,

which we know are not in the final password, OK?

So let's have a look and just see what we can get rid of.

Cheers, Shane, lovely. So...

You have no X.

No C.

No Z.

No Q.

No N.

No Y.

No J.

And no P.

-Right.

-We'll go for A?

-OK.

Good luck, Shane and Louise, let's unlock the letterbox.

Come on, here we go.

So, what are you going to go for?

Let's go for a popular one, let's go for A.

You're going to go for A, let's see if there's an A.

Yes, well done.

OK, what's up next?

-Oh...

-S?

-Yeah?

Yeah. We'll go for S.

S, let's have a little look, have we got an S in there?

No, OK, that's fine.

We're down to 2,000 - still a goodly sum to play for.

-What are you going for?

-T?

-T, yeah.

-T, please.

-You're going to go for T.

Yeah.

-Yes!

-Ooh.

-Well done.

£2,000 still in the fund.

-I think you're going to need a vowel after that T.

-Yeah.

-Can we have an E, please?

-An E.

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

Yes, well done, well done.

OK, still £2,000 to play for.

What's coming up next?

R?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Can we have an R, please?

An R.

Yes. Very confident.

-OK.

-I think I know what it is.

-Do you?

-I think I know what it is.

-Do you?

-Oh...

I think if we go for an H...

I think it's...

H. H, yeah.

Yes.

THEY WHISPER

That's tricky.

-Ladies, what are you going for?

-U, please.

-U, OK.

Have we got a U?

-It's one of two words.

-Yeah.

I see what you're doing, I see where we're going.

-OK.

-OK.

-G.

-Yeah.

-G next?

-G, please.

-Right.

OK, let's see if there's a G.

-We've got a G. Now...

-It's a toss-up, now, between two words.

Yeah, it's a toss-up between two words.

Ooh, that is so annoying, isn't it?

Can I go for my word, because I thought...

Go for your word, because you thought of it first.

-What are we going for?

-D, D, please.

-We're going for D.

Is it D?

AUDIENCE GROANS

-Sorry, Louise.

-We'll go for L.

Listen, it's still £1,500.

Have you checked just in case there's not another version?

-No, I think...

-No.

L, because we do this a lot.

L, let's have a look.

Have we got some L?

Yay!

APPLAUSE

Right, Shane, Louise.

-Welcome.

-And I'm never right!

Welcome to the Bank of Letterbox - there you go,

-£1,500 for you two.

-Thank you!

APPLAUSE

Shane and Louise, you've been marvellous,

thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Lovely.

Oh, brilliant.

Oh!

And just to prove our final password was indeed...

L-A-U-G-H-T-E-R.

Laughter. Now, join us next time for more Letterboxing.

I'm off to see if any of today's contestants

can help me unlock my phone.

Goodbye, see you!

LAUGHTER