Episode 2 Letterbox

This is the Letterbox.

It holds a prize fund of ?2,500 under lock and key.

The only thing that has tighter security than this is my teenage diary.

Make yourselves comfy, as it's time to play Letterbox.

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Hello there, 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 - Lydia and Janet.

Welcome to the show! Hi!

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Lovely to see you two. And how do you two know each other?

Well, I actually taught Lydia to drive.

You were Lydia's driving instructor?

I know! And then you became friends?

Absolutely. Best friends.

Best friends? Now, Janet, if I do this...

on the show, that means it's an emergency stop...

OK! ..of the show.

OK? Oh, welcome to the show, Lydia and Janet, so nice to see you. Thank you. Thank you.

Now, you're up against Michelle and Vikki.

Lovely.

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Now, don't tell me that you met through driving as well?

No, we're sisters.

Have you got other siblings as well?

Yeah, there's five of us. Five girls.

Pride And Prejudice. Pride And Prejudice!

Five girls! Five girls, your poor father!

What's Pride And Prejudice? Who is... What's Pride And Prejudice?!

Michelle!

Shall we just leave now?

Michelle, love, it's a Jane Austen novel.

Lizzie Bennet? Do you remember Mr Darcy?

Dives in the lake, shirt goes a bit translucent?

Yeah? No.

So much to learn, Michelle.

Is Mum going to be upset with us?

Is Mrs Bennet going to be cross?

Mrs Bennet? Yeah, she will.

Yeah. Listen, don't worry at all.

You've got it all to enjoy.

It's great book, read it.

Pride And Prejudice. She'll probably just watch the film.

Listen, we've got to stop chin-wagging.

We've got to get on with the show.

Michelle and Vikki, who's going to go first?

I am. Good, very strong.

And Lydia and Janet?

Me, I'm going first. Oh! Yeah, I know.

Ladies, let's do a little three-point turn, take your positions.

Let's play!

OK, here is your first password.

Have a look at this.

Oh, seven letters.

We are going to give you a hint to help you.

And your hint is, film.

Now, I don't know any of the passwords either, genuinely, so,

I'm going to be playing along.

Now, we tossed a coin backstage, Michelle, you're going to go first.

Yeah. Can I have your first letter, please?

Please may I have an I?

An I. Let's see if there's an I.

Well done. Good start, Michelle.

It's not where I wanted it to be.

Really? No.

Next choice, Michelle.

Please may I have an A? A, certainly can.

Yes, very good.

Two strikes - lucky.

You're very much in play. Oh, T.

T - let's have a little look.

Oh, well done. What's going on?

Well done, Michelle.

You're doing brilliantly. Right, come on - next letter, please.

L. Please.

Have we got an L in this film?

No, there's no L.

So, Janet, over to you.

What are you thinking?

Y?

Why, in general, or just Y?

Why am I here? You're here, Janet, because we love you.

Oh, thank you very much.

Is there a Y in this film?

Let's have a look.

Yes. Oh.

Right, Janet, what's it going to be?

R? R, let's have a little look.

Yes.

Lydia is literally leaping up and down behind you, Janet.

What's it going to be?

D? I can't see it.

AUDIENCE GROAN

Oh, they've all groaned.

There was a bit of a groan there, to be fair, Janet.

Yeah, bit of a groan. Yeah. I just can't see it.

D, D for Darcy.

Oh, no. Over to you, Michelle.

Please may I have a G?

A G?

Oh!

And your next letter, please? I don't even know this film.

I don't know... A V, please.

Ah, I've watched it. A V, have we got a V?

Yes!

I just didn't see that!

I've never even heard of that!

She's never heard of it, never heard of the film.

JANET: I've watched it a couple of times!

So, you haven't seen it? I don't even know what it is, no!

I can tell you it's not by Jane Austen.

OK. Michelle, we've cracked the first password, well done,

which was Gravity.

As you know, there are 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 for you two to choose from.

So, as a reward for cracking the first password,

please now pick two of them.

Well done, Michelle.

Nice. So, you know that those two letters are not going to be involved

in this final password. OK. OK.

Now, Janet, best of three, so you've got everything still to play for.

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

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Now, Lydia,

that was a lovely mirror, signal, manoeuvre into your final parking position there - well done.

Now, Vikki, your sister did very well.

She got it. She did.

She was just straight in there.

Yeah. Brilliant, you're 1-0 up, of course...

Yep. Which means, if you can crack this next password,

you're through to the semifinal.

Now, Lydia, love.

You need to crack this, OK?

Yes, no pressure.

Good luck. Here's your second password.

Thank you. Have a look.

Six letters, we'll give you a hint.

Country. Country.

Lydia, your turn to go first, OK? Thank you.

Can I have your first letter, please?

Please can I have an A.

An A, let's have a little look.

Oh, well done. Good start, Lydia.

What's next? Can I please have a T?

T?

What have we got? No T.

Oh... Over to you, Vikki.

Please may I have, Mel...

Yes. ..an E?

An E? I'm sure you can.

Let's have a little look.

No. No.

Right, Lydia, back to you, my love.

What's it going to be? I'm going for an I.

An I? Yeah. Let's see if you're right...

Oh... No. No, there isn't. Back to you, Vikki.

Mm... Please may I have an O?

An O? Yes, please.

An O...

Have we got an O? Yes.

Ooh... Ooh, hello.

Hello, O.

Please may I have an M, please?

M? M. M-M-M-M.

No. There's no M. No...

Lydia, back to you, my love.

I've still got an idea...

But I'm going to go for an R.

R? Yeah. Have we got an R?

Yes, we do.

That's narrowing it down.

What do you think, Lydia? No idea.

Erm...

Come on, come on, come on!

Let's have a letter from you. Can I have an N, please?

N. Have we got an N?

Yep.

Now, Lydia...

Two still to go.

S, please. S.

Have we got an S in this country?

No, we haven't.

Now, Vikki...

Ohh! Get the air in. Come on.

Get the air in. Erm...

D, please. D.

Let's see if there's a D.

Yes, there is.

I know it, I know it.

Oh... I haven't seen that move for a long time, I love that!

That's very '90s.

I'm bringing it back. Yeah! Right.

What's it going to be, Vikki?

Please may I have a J? You certainly may.

Let's see if it is indeed a J...

Yes!

Now, Vikki.

Yeah. Very well done.

You smashed through that second password.

Yeah. That also means that you are through to the semifinal.

Congratulations!

Congratulations.

And girls, you know the drill -

as a reward for cracking that password you get to choose two letters.

Go for it, Vikki, absolutely.

Go for it. Oh!

And another one... And another one.

That's a rubbish one. OK.

There you go. Now, Lydia and Janet.

I can't believe I'm saying this... I'm so depressed!

Oh, no, Janet, don't... We're in despair.

I know! We're in despair.

Thank you so much for playing.

Thank you!

Now. You have now got two pairs of letters that you know are not going

to be featured in the final password, OK?

Keep those letters safe,

and we're going to be seeing you in the semifinal.

Thank you. But now it's time to meet our next contestants - in Heat Two.

Hello, and welcome Dan and Chris!

Ah, lovely to see you guys.

Hiya. Hello.

How do you two know each other?

She's my little sister. So, you've known her all her life?

Pretty much, yeah.

Yeah. Is he a good big brother, Chris?

Mm... He's a better uncle than he is a big brother.

Well, listen, lovely to have you on the show.

It's time to meet your opposition.

They are up against Tom and Carol.

Tom and Carol.

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Hello.

Good to have you on the show.

How did you two meet?

How do you know each other? We worked together 30-odd years ago.

Oh, yeah? We were working in the same department,

so we had to keep it quiet for a while because...

Oh, I love that. Yes.

A work romance...

It was, yes. ..but kept under wraps.

Absolutely. Did you look at each other across the girdles...

Which department was it?

IT. Occasionally! Oh, IT...!

So good. Listen, it's brilliant to have you on the show.

Thank you. Now, remember -

whoever cracks the most passwords will be going through to play Michelle and Vikki in the semifinal.

Now - Dan and Chris, who's going to be playing first?

Me. Chris. Ooh.

Erm, Tom and Carol, who's up first?

I've been told, me.

It's Tom. Tom, you're going into the fray.

OK, take your positions.

Let's play!

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Right... Chris and Tom, here is your first password.

Have a look at this...

Six letters. We'll give you a little hint, to ease you along.

Ooh, animal kingdom.

Right. We did toss a coin backstage - Chris, you won the toss,

you're going to go first.

So, can I have your first letter, please?

Can I go for...

an A, please? An A?

Yup. You absolutely may.

Absolutely, A...

Is it in that word? No.

Right, Tom - over to you.

What do you think?

I'll try an O.

Let's have a look and see if it's there.

O. Yes.

Well done, Tom.

Play stays with you.

Try an E. An E?

Tom wants an E. Let's have a look...

No E. No E - Chris...

Thinking there's got to be a vowel near the beginning,

so I'm going to go for an I, please.

OK, let's see if there's an I...

No. There's no I. Tom?

Er... In that case...

we'd go for the last one, U.

U? Let's try the old U.

Have we got a U?

Unbelievable, no U.

Mm. Right, Chris, what do you think?

A... R, please.

R. Good.

Good choice.

No R. Tom...

Try a P. P.

Yes. Ooh, well done.

Right, Tom. Still with you.

I'll try a Y, please.

Y... Yep.

Right. Next letter, Tom?

I'll try a T, please.

T?

Very good. Next letter, please.

H?

And the final choice...

I think we might go for an N.

An N...

Yay! Python.

It was the P.

It was the P. Yeah, that was nice, wasn't it?

The first letter there, lovely.

So, you've cracked the first password - well done.

Which was of course Python.

Now, as you know, you get to choose two letters from the Letterbox.

Choose your two... No messing.

There we go, lovely.

Have a look at those, those letters are important,

because they're NOT in the final password, OK?

Now, listen. Tom and Carol, they're a little bit ahead at the moment,

don't worry - it's the best of three.

OK? Time to play...

password two.

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Now, Carol. All you have to do is crack the next password,

and you and Tom are through to the old semifinal.

Dan...

..you need two. Yeah.

Know what I'm saying? Yup.

Definitely. Good. Good luck.

Right. Here is the second password, OK?

Have a look...

It's an eight-letter word.

And your little hint is...

Food and drink. OK.

Right, Carol, it's your turn to go first, so please select a letter.

Can I have an L, please?

Straight in with the L, lovely, no messing.

Let's have a look. L.

Well done. Could I have an O, please, Mel?

An O, you certainly may.

Have we got a little O in there?

No, we don't. OK. Over to you, Dan.

Right...

Can I have an A, please, Mel?

An A, yeah, sure thing.

Very good, two As.

OK. You're on a roll, Dan.

Yeah.

What do you think? Can I have a T, please, Mel?

You certainly may.

Have we got a T? No T.

Brings it back to you, Carol. OK, could I have an S, please?

An S. Let us see if there's an S.

Have we got an S?

No S, Dan, what do you think?

Can I have a B, please, Mel?

B? B.

Yes.

No.

I'm getting a strong sensation.

Carol? Could I have an E, please, Mel?

E. Let's see if there's an E in this food and drink word.

No E. Dan?

Can I have a P for... Yeah, a P, please, Mel?

P? If I could.

Yeah.

Have we got a P?

Wow, I'm wrong.

It's still with you, Dan, go for it.

Yeah.

Can I have a J for Juliet, please?

J for Juliet, let's have a look.

Have we got a J there?

Yeah.

OK, still with you, Dan.

C, please, Mel. C, OK.

Good. I'll have a K.

If I could.

And your final letter choice.

F. F.

Flapjack.

Dan...

Dan, you have brought some jeopardy into proceedings,

you have cracked the second password,

and, of course, you can now choose two letters from the letterbox.

Remember, please stay away from the red.

I know, don't even look at them.

Well done, flapjack, flapjack, brilliant.

I know! Miles away! Brilliant.

Now, both pairs have cracked one password each, so we'll be going

to a decider to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Before we see that password, who is going to play?

Carol? Tom. Tom?

Are you sure about that?

Absolutely. Yeah? Dan?

Against my better judgment, I'm going to give Chris another go.

Chris is going to play.

Let's play the third and deciding password.

Come on up.

Right. I'm on it.

Chris and Tom, exciting times.

Get your game on. I'm there.

Yeah? Are you ready?

I'm ready for this one. Straddling. Oh, yes. Good.

Tom? In the zone.

Excellent, right, here is your deciding password, have a look at this.

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

What is your hint going to be?

It's a band. OK.

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

Can I have your first letter, please?

Can I go for an A, please?

An A? You certainly may.

Let's have a look. Yes, there is.

Fantastic. Well done.

OK. You get to go again.

Can I go for an I, please?

An I, every time.

Of course you may. Have we got an I?

No I. Over to you, Tom.

I'll try an E, please.

Try an E, Tom.

No. No E there.

Right, Chris.

I'm going to try an O, please.

O, yeah, good.

An O in there...

Yes. OK.

I will try an N.

Let's see if there's an N.

No N. Right, back to you, Tom.

M. M.

M. Mm-hm.

OK. Chris.

Can I have an L, please?

An L? You certainly may, let's have a look.

Oh... Oh, Chris.

D, please. D.

Have we got a D?

Oh... I'm just seeing Old Lady.

What's going on? Clearly not that.

And now that's all I can see, thank you!

Sorry! Chris, back to you, come on.

Please can I have...? SHE GASPS

Can I have a C? A C?

Yes! A C.

Have we got a C? Yes, we do.

Dan is rather relieved, now, isn't he?

Yes, he is. Can I have a P, please?

P... Yeah.

And the final letter. And Y, thank you.

Y...

Yay!

Listen, Chris...

Well done. I have redeemed myself.

You won, very gracefully, the all-important third and deciding password,

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

Come on in.

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Oh, Tom and Carol.

No. I'm so sorry.

Had you heard of Coldplay, Tom?

I got it just before she did.

Now, please, I'm going to ask you to hand your letters over to Dan and

Chris, thank you very much.

They're going to be taking them through to the semifinal.

Good luck. Good luck.

Thank you. Thank you very much for playing.

Right, you've got those four letters,

you know they have nothing to do with this final password.

Stay there, it's time to bring back Michelle and Vikki to play the semifinal.

Now, Michelle and Vikki, Dan and Chris, welcome.

Tense times.

OK, in the semifinal there is just one password to crack,

and it's the name of a famous person, and they can be alive or dead, OK?

The team that cracks the password will go through to the final and play for the cash money.

Let's play.

OK, here is your semifinal password.

Have a look. First name, five letters.

Second name, seven letters.

Remember, it is a famous person, they can be dead or alive.

Michelle and Vikki, you won the toss, off you go.

Can I have your first letter, please?

BOTH: A.

So sweet. That was lovely.

It's a lovely thing. A, have we got an A?

Yes, we do. One in the first name and one in the surname.

What's your next letter choice going to be?

An I. Have we got an I in there?

So not there.

Yes! You do have a little I.

Shall we just throw a vowel?

Just do it. Shall we throw a Y?

You do it. Shall we go crazy and throw a Y?

Do a Y. Do a Y?

Let's go crazy. Yeah?

Edgy, good. Y?

Have we got a Y in this name?

No, we don't. I'm afraid crazy did not pay off.

No, it didn't!

Dan and Chris. What are you thinking?

Can we go for an S, please?

S. Yes, please.

S. You certainly can.

Oh, that's a very good choice.

Someone is bursting over here.

Dan and Chris? Can I have an O, please? An O?

If there's an O...

Yeah.

Can I have a...

C, please?

C? Have we got a C?

Yes, we do. Are you there?

I'm there. Can we have a P, please?

P. We have got two Ps.

Right...

Yes. Yes? Can we go for a B, please?

A B.

Have we got a B? Yes, we do.

And what's that last letter going to be?

Can I have an L, please? An L.

Brilliant.

That was... Oh, girls.

We did actually get it...

I know. ..before you guys!

Yeah, we panicked!

Dan and Chris, huge congratulations.

Thank you. That's absolutely brilliant, you've cracked the semifinal password,

which means you're through very much to the final.

Well done.

Michelle and Vikki,

you did so well.

Surprisingly! Yeah.

Semifinalists, that's really good!

I think Mum and Dad are going to be so proud.

Will the three other sisters be proud as well?

Yeah! Do we get a trophy?

I'm afraid not.

But have an imaginary one that's actually made of platinum encrusted with jewels, there you go.

Thanks! I'll put it in my pocket.

Now, I need to ask you to hand those letters over to Dan and Chris, please.

Will you hand them over, my loves?

They're going to put them to very good use in the final.

Thank you. Excellent.

Michelle and Vikki, you've been tremendous,

thank you so much for playing.

Lovely. Thank you.

Sisters!

Right, Dan and Chris, a good little pile there,

eight letters to help you crack the final password, OK?

It's time to unlock the letterbox.

Dan and Chris, very impressive,

you've got this far, and now just one final password stands between

you and the ?2,500 in cash inside the old letterbox.

Right...

Good luck, here it is.

We're looking for an eight-letter password,

there are no repeat letters.

This can be any word, there's no hint,

but what we do have instead is obviously your eight letters

that you have won along the way, which we know are nothing to do with

this final password, OK?

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

Thank you, Chris.

There's no I.

No D.

No K.

No P.

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No N.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

No B.

AUDIENCE LOUDER: Ooh!

No G.

AUDIENCE: Ah!

And no Z.

AUDIENCE: Ah!

Right, now, the good news is, you've eliminated those letters from

the final password.

The bad news is, my friends,

every mistake you make you lose ?500 from that grand total.

Make five mistakes, you don't get anything.

Dan and Chris, let's unlock this letterbox, here we go.

I think I want to go for a vowel.

Yeah, definitely start off with a vowel.

Can we go for an E, please?

An E? You certainly may, Chris.

On your head be it. Thank you.

He's already threatening.

Have we got an E?

Oh! There is an E.

Well done. Good choice.

I think we should go for a strong vowel.

Strong vowel! A strong vowel, an A or...

I don't know. Yeah, we will have an A, please, Mel.

A strong one? A strong A.

A strong A. Here we go.

Yes, there is. Fantastic.

Good choice. ?2,500 still very much up for grabs.

I have no idea at the moment, Chris.

I want to try T. Yeah?

I don't know why, but I want to try T.

Is it calling to you, Chris? It is calling to me.

Fantastic.

Do you reckon there will be...?

A U at the end, or do you reckon it would be a Y?

I don't know. It could be.

Could be, like, a double-L Y.

Can we have a Y, please, Mel?

Y? Sorry, Chris. Absolutely, let's have a little look, fingers crossed.

No.

See, you took that one on yourself.

Yes.

Tense times amongst the siblings.

Right, you're down to 2,000, that's still a goodly sum.

Come on, gang. Shall we go for the L that I wanted?

Yeah. Go on, then.

OK, let's go for an L, please.

An L, yeah.

Yes. OK, fantastic.

Right. That's quite unusual.

So, we kind of need a vowel.

We're definitely going to need a vowel next to L.

I'm thinking, I don't know, it's either going to be an

O or a U, obviously. U, please.

A U. Yes, please.

Let's see if there's a U there.

Excellent, so, we're going to want an F there.

I reckon we go for the F, then, yeah.

OK, yeah, can we go for an F, please?

Going for an F?

Is there an F? Yes, there is.

Right, OK, come on, Dan.

Oh...

Oh, gosh. It could be an R or an S.

R. R? R.

R? You're going to go for an R.

Let's have a look.

Oh, Chris! Oh, Daniel!

Cannot believe that!

Blaming each other, it's all kicking off.

Right, down to ?1,500, which is still a very good sum of money.

I'm thinking definitely an S now.

OK. S, please, Mel.

Please tell me... Yes.

If it is what I think it is, yes.

We want that S really badly.

S for sibling.

Are you thinking W? Yes, I am.

Yeah? Let's go for W.

W. W, please.

W...

Oh, guys!

Hey!

Guys, congratulations.

?1,500.

You unlocked the letterbox, well done. Thank you, I'll be minding this.

Listen, well done, thank you so much for playing, and listen,

let's show you this - W-A-S-T-E-F-U-L.

Listen, that's all we've got time for today, and remember,

no letterboxes were harmed in the making of Letterbox,

except perhaps this letterbox.

See you next time, bye.

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From the depths of our forests and rivers,