Episode 3 Letterbox

This is the Letterbox. It contains ?2,500,

which is locked by an eight-letter password.

It's a real tough cookie to crack.

Yeah - I know it's not a cookie, it's a...box.

Welcome to Letterbox!

APPLAUSE

Hello and welcome to Letterbox,

the show that's all about cracking passwords.

Now, let's meet our first two pairs hoping to get

their mitts on the cash. Nick and David, lovely to see you.

Lovely to see you, too.

That is a statement shirt you've got on there, Nick.

Do you think? Yeah. It's just something I threw on. Oh!

It's a good bright colour, Nick. Yeah. And as is yours.

I was hoping you'd say that.

We look good together. We're both in bold, bright statements.

Statement colours. Now, listen, how do you know each other, you two?

We first met, he employed me, pretty much.

Bottom line, yeah. Which job was this for?

What did he interview you for, Dave?

Fitness instructor. Oh.

I've now gone on to be a personal trainer and work for myself, so.

Oh, are you? Well done, mate. Well, it's lovely to have you on the show.

Now, you'll want to know who you're up against. Yes.

Well, listen, you're up against Kelly and Laura.

Hello. Welcome, Kelly and Laura.

Now, how do you two know each other?

You can take that one. How do...

We met through mutual friends on a night out.

And you're quite... You go to the gym a bit, don't you, girls,

the two of you? Yeah. You're a bit more active.

I'm a bit more Pilates.

But I like to think it's a Hit Pilates. Hip Pilates?

Hit. Hit? What's that?

It's a bit more high-intensity.

You get a sweat on. Pretty much.

Yeah, are you into that sort of thing?

I do yoga, rather than Pilates.

Yeah. Favourite yoga pose?

Probably the cobra.

How do you do that, come on? Kind of like... Oh!

Let's all do the cobra. Like a cobra. Let's all do the cobra.

Lovely.

Right, now, important stuff.

Kelly and Laura, who's going to be playing first?

Me. Kelly's up first, OK. Dave and Nick?

That'll be me. Nick, the boss, the ex-boss.

Yeah, that's it. Now take your positions, let's play.

Right, here we go.

Here is your first password.

Have a little look at this.

Five-letter word, a hint is coming your way.

Country. Now, we tossed a coin backstage.

Nick, you're going to go first. Yeah. Your first letter, please.

OK, I think I'm going to go for an A, please.

An A, OK.

Have we got an A?

Well done. Still with you, Nick.

Let's go for, er...

An N. Let's go for an N.

Let's have a look. Oh, no N there.

Right, over to you, Kelly.

Let's go for an...

E. E? Yeah.

No E. OK, Nick, back with you.

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

An I, absolutely fine, let's have a look.

Ah!

Oh. Nick?

I've got one that fits. OK.

So I'm going to go with that instinct. Go for it.

Can I go for an L?

L for lunge, Dave.

L for lunged, deep lunge.

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

Right.

Nick, thoughts?

Yeah, I'll follow that with a B.

A B.

There, well done. And your final letter choice?

That will be a Y, please, Mel.

Y, let's see if you're correct.

Well done, Nick.

Very confident.

Very impressive. Well done, you cracked the first password,

which is, of course, Libya.

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

They're all hidden here in the 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,

and you're allowed two because you cracked a password.

Help yourself. Beautiful, thank you very much.

Help yourself. Good, OK.

So you know that those two letters are not going to be

in the final password, OK? It's time to play Password Two.

Right, Laura, come on, you've got to crack this password,

otherwise it will be tatty-byes and we don't want that.

No. OK? So here is the second password.

Five-letter word and your hint for this word is...

Fictional character.

It's over to you, Laura. Can I have your first letter, please?

Can I go with an E, please?

Sure thing, E.

No, no E. So Dave, what do you reckon?

I'm going to go for T.

T.

T for traffic cone. No T, either. Laura?

I'm going to go for an A.

Let's have a look.

Yes. Oh, well done, Laura. So it's still with you.

Can I go...

for...

an I.

An I, absolutely.

Have we got an I in there?

Oh.

What do you think?

Can I go for...

an S? S. Please. You certainly may.

Let's see if there's an S in there somewhere.

There's no S. Right, Dave.

I'm going to throw an N in there.

N. Yeah. Good.

Let's have a look. N.

Yeah.

Oh.

Dave, still with you.

Can I throw a G in there?

G. Yeah. OK, let's have a little...

G.

SHE GASPS

Dave, what's your final letter choice?

I still have no idea what it is.

LAUGHTER

So you're going to go for a little random guess?

Yeah, it's going to be a pluck. B? B.

Is this a B?

Nope, I'm afraid not. So, Laura.

It could go horribly wrong, but could I get an F?

F. Oh, my dad's going to kill me.

HE SIGHS

Have we got an F to finish off this fictional character?

Yes!

Oh, Dave.

Listen, Laura,

you've cracked the second password and you can of course now choose

two letters from the Letterbox.

Remember, stay away from the reds. Yeah.

Fagin, Dave, it was Fagin. Yes, you see? Oh!

Pleased with those? She can see them. Lovely.

Now both pairs have cracked one password each,

so we'll be going to a decider.

Before we see the password, who's going to be playing?

It's going to be Kelly. Kelly? Kelly, back in the hot seat.

Dave? After those efforts, it's definitely Nick!

Nick, Nick back in there.

Definitely. Listen, it was a tough one.

It was a tough one, but... Don't worry.

# But you've got to pick a pocket or two! #

Sorry.

Now let's play this third and deciding password.

Come on.

Here is your deciding password.

Oh, it's a long one.

Nine letters in this password, and your hint is...

Bird.

Nick, your turn to go first this time.

OK, can have your first letter, please?

I'm going to go for O, please, Mel.

O, is there an O in this bird?

No. OK.

Kelly?

I will go with an A.

Please. A. An A. An A.

Let's have a little look.

A, well done. Right, stays with you.

OK. What's it going to be, Kelly?

Let's go with another vowel, go with an E. E, lovely.

E, E!

That could be the noise that the bird makes, I don't know.

No E, right. Nick, thoughts?

I'm going to go for I.

I, OK.

Yes.

Nick. I know it.

Nick? Wow.

Let's give a T a go, please. A T? Yeah.

Let's have a little look.

No T. Now, Kelly?

I'm going to go with an F.

F.

Got an F?

Oh, that's not what I thought it was!

Right, Kelly, come on. OK, let's go with an N.

N.

Have we got an N in this bird?

N, look at that.

What are you thinking now? No, Laura probably knows it.

She does, she does, yeah.

She knows it. Let's go with an L.

L. Have we got An L in this bird?

No, no L. Now, Nick.

I'd like to go for a C, please.

A C.

Have we got a C? We've got two Cs!

SHE SIGHS Right, Nick.

And an H. An H.

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

The chaffinch!

Nick.

Nick, you won the all-important decider password there,

so you and Dave are through to the semifinal.

Kelly and Laura, you're going to have to flit our little nest,

I'm afraid.

Now, could you please hand your letters over to Nick and Dave?

Good luck. Good luck. Thank you. Aw! Thank you so much for playing.

It's a pleasure, thank you.

Right, Dave and Nick,

four letters that you know are not going to be featured in this final

password, so keep them safe,

as it's time to meet our next contestants in Heat Two.

Hello and welcome, Janet and Sue.

Now, Janet and Sue. Hello. Hello.

How are...

Yes, I know how you're connected. I can see. Yeah, we are twins.

You're twins! Who emerged first?

She kicked me out.

She was too comfy. She didn't want to get out.

So I stayed on an hour and a half after Sue.

Do you sort of have that thing where you're telepathically feeling

the same thing as the other? We've had instances, haven't we?

Quite a few, even recently. Yeah.

What happened? She had an operation a couple of weeks back.

And she felt it all.

Honestly. Honestly, I was at work and I just suddenly bent over,

cramped double.

Less of me and my operation, if you don't mind.

It's lovely to have you on the show, Sue and Janet. Thank you.

I'm just wondering what's going to come up next.

Now, they today are up against Amede and Marcia.

Welcome. Amede and Marcia.

Now, it's really nice to have you on the show, guys.

How do you know each other?

Yeah, so we're in a house gospel choir together.

So house music merged with gospel.

If at any point in the show you feel like breaking into some,

you have my absolute...

No problem. # No worries! #

It's lovely to have you on the show. Thanks so much for being here.

Now, remember, whoever cracks the most passwords will be going through

to play Nick and Dave in the old semifinal.

Now, Janet and Sue, who's going to be playing first?

Janet is. Me. Janet? Yes. OK.

And Amede and Marcia, who's going to be playing? Marcia.

Marcia's going to be up first. OK, take your positions.

Let's play. Lovely.

Here is your first password. Have a look at this.

It's a four-letter word, and here's your hint.

Colour.

Right, now we tossed a coin backstage.

Janet, you're going to go first. OK.

Can I have your first letter, please?

L. L. Straight in there.

Straight in there with the L. Have we got an L?

No L. Marcia, what are you thinking?

OK, I'm going to go with an I.

I.

Have we got an I? Nope.

Janet?

D. A D. Let's have a little look.

No D. Marcia?

I'll go for a Y.

A Y.

Oh. Not where I thought, but...

Oh, hang on.

A Y. Still with you, Marcia. Yeah.

Going to go for an A.

A.

Yes. Marcia?

And I'm going to go for a C.

A C.

Yeah, and then I'm going to go for an N.

N.

Yeah.

Cyan.

What is it? Yeah, cyan.

Cyan. Cyan.

I've never even heard of it, lads. Literally never heard of that.

Now, Marcia, well done, you've cracked that password.

Very, very strong, which is cyan.

Now, as you know, you get to choose two letters from our letterbox, OK.

So please go for it. Not the red ones.

They're important, those letters,

because they're not in the final password.

OK, still plenty to play for.

It's time to play Password Two.

Now, Sue, you need to crack this little password, OK,

otherwise it's tatty-byes.

Yeah. Yeah? Right, here is the second password.

Have a look at this.

So we're looking for a seven-letter password and your hint

is sport.

Now, Amede, it's your turn to go first,

so please can I have your first letter?

I'm going to go for I.

I, OK.

Have we got an I in this sport?

Yes, we do. Well done.

Still with you. OK.

Let's go for...

..E. E, OK.

Yes, we do, well played.

Your choice again, Amede.

Let's see what happens when I pick A.

A. I want to know, too. Let's have A.

A.

Let's go for...

..L. L. OK.

L. Oh!

No, no. Oh.

What's it going to be, Amede? Can I go for a...

J? A J?

Let's have a look.

Yes, yes, yes.

And your next letter choice?

Let's go for...C?

A C? No... Yes, C.

Bad move. Have we got a C in this sport?

No!

What sport begins with J?!

Oh, this is making me sweat.

What are you going to go for, Sue?

V. A V. Oh, man!

LAUGHTER

No way!

Yes, it is. It's got to be.

Right, have we got a V?

Have we got a V?

Yes, we do. And your final letter choice, Sue?

N. N.

It's javelin!

Oh, listen, it makes it very exciting because you've cracked

the second password.

You can now choose two letters from the old letterbox.

Remember, keep away from the reds, Sue.

Keep away from the reds.

I'll take that one. Lovely.

Now, listen, both of you have cracked a password apiece,

which means we're going to have to go to a decider.

Who's going to play, Sue? Janet's going to play.

Back to Janet? Yes. Amede, who's going to play?

Marcia. Back to Marcia.

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

Oh, my word, Marcia. I know. That's exactly how I was.

Listen, important times. Here's the deciding password.

Have a look at this.

Oh, it's a long one.

Two words - one six and another six.

And your hint for this password is Television.

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

Can I have your first letter, please?

I'll go with A.

A? Straight in there, Janet, no messing.

A.

A.

Yes, well done. Still with you.

I'll go with N.

N.

N for number two. No. Marcia.

I'll go for an E.

E. Have we got an E in this TV programme?

E, we do. Well done, Marcia.

Still with you.

Let me go with an R.

R.

OK.

S? S for sugar.

OK. Let's have a little look.

Oh!

Marcia, still with you, my love.

Let's go with a T.

T. OK.

Hmm, two Ts.

Marcia, another letter from you.

I.

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

No I. Right, Janet, over to you, my dear.

F. F for ferocious.

Have we got an F, a ferocious F?

Yes, we do.

W. W.

Right, yeah, I see where you're going.

Have we got a W?

Well done. L. Next letter choice, L.

There is an L. Next letter choice, please.

Y. Y.

OK, and your final letter choice, Janet?

O. O.

Fawlty Towers!

Oh, Janet.

Oh!

Listen, you've won that very important deciding password,

which means that you and Sue are through to the semi-final!

Well done.

APPLAUSE

Marcia, Amede, it's been truly lovely having you on the show.

I'm going to have to ask you to pass your letters over, please.

We will do. They're going to take these through with them.

Thank you very much for playing, Amede and Marcia.

Thank you.

Now, have a look at those, ladies. Have you had a little look? Yes.

Now, they are going to help you,

because you know that those letters aren't in the final password.

OK. It's time to bring back Nick and Dave to play the semifinal.

Whoa! Janet and Sue, Nick and Dave,

welcome to the girls-and-guys semi-final.

In this semifinal there's just one password to crack

and it's the name of a famous person,

and they can be alive or dead, right?

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

and play for the money. Let's play.

Here is your semifinal password. Have a look.

Right, first name four letters, second name five letters.

Famous person. Janet and Sue, you've won the toss,

you're going to go first. Can we go for A?

A, we certainly may.

Have we got an A?

Oh, very good.

Gals?

We'll go for D.

A D. Yeah. D.

No D. Right, over to the guys.

T. T.

Yeah.

T.

No T. Sue and Janet.

Go on, then. Yes.

Try a C.

A C. Let's try a little C.

No. Back to the boys.

What are you going to choose?

L.

L.

L. Is it in there?

Oh, well done.

Well done. OK, so still with you, guys.

Go for it. M.

M. M, please, Mel.

M.

Oh! That was lucky.

Let's go for O.

O, please. O, yeah.

Have we got an O?

No O.

Right, over to the gals.

I? I.

I.

MEL IMITATES BLEEPING

OK, yes. I.

Yes, we've got an I. What next?

Oh, we are going K.

K? K. Let's go for a K.

There is a K. What are you thinking, ladies?

Go on, then.

H.

H.

Have we got an H?

No H.

Over to the guys.

Yeah, go for it.

E. E.

No E. Right, over to the ladies.

This is getting tense!

SUE CHORTLES

Shall we say it? Say it.

J. J!

Have we got a J?

Have we got a J?

No J.

Right, lads. Give me a letter, why don't you?

N. N, please.

Let's see if there's a little naughty N in there.

Yes.

Right, boys, still with you.

Oh!

Y. Y.

Good. Nick, Dave?

Let's end with a Z. Z.

Zayn Malik.

Zayn Malik!

I've heard of him!

Nick and Dave, congratulations.

Wow! You've cracked the semifinal password,

which means you're through to the final!

Janet and Sue, I'm afraid it's the end of the game for you.

It's been really lovely having you on board.

We've had a lovely time, a great day.

I must ask you to give your letters over to the lads...

Here you are, lads. ..who are going to put them to good use in the finals.

It's time, my friends, to unlock the Letterbox.

Nick and Dave, through to the final, with just one little password

standing between you and ?2,500 in prize money.

Here is that little password.

Have a look.

Eight letters.

OK. We're not going to give any hints whatsoever,

but look what you've got.

You've got eight letters there that we know have nothing to do with

the final password. Shall we see what we can get rid of?

Thank you very much. Thanks very much, Dave.

We can lose the W.

The N.

The G.

The C.

The V.

The Q.

The U.

And the L.

So that's good news. Listen, you've eliminated all of those letters,

all right? Bad news...

..every time you make a mistake 500 quid is going to be shaved off the

?2,500 prize money, which means five mistakes...

Nada. Very good luck, Nick and Dave.

Let's unlock the letterbox.

Yeah. Yeah. Straight in with an E.

Straight in with an E.

Have we got an E in this final password?

Let's have a look.

Well done. ?2,500...

So far, so good. ..still there.

What's your second choice?

I think I'll go for an A.

A? A, please, yeah. OK.

Have we got an A in the final password?

Oh, right, OK.

This is going well, Dave. That's very tidy.

Look at that, ?2,500 still there.

Well, no, it could still be a lot of words.

What about going down the R, S, T route?

Yeah. R, S, Ts popular.

We can't have all three in one go, but we can...

Let's go for S, I reckon, first.

Yeah? Yeah, S.

Little S. Let's have a look. OK.

S. OK, you're down to 2,000 but that is still a very good prize

to take away, so next letter choice, please.

Shall we try a T?

OK. Go on, then.

T. You're going to go for a T, Dave. I'm going to go for a T. OK.

Let's have a look. No T.

Right, you say it next time.

THEY LAUGH

You're down to 1,500.

Still decent cash to win.

Right. What's the next choice?

We'll go for an R.

R, OK.

Have we got an R in this final password, please?

Yes!

OK.

What are we thinking now, guys?

O.

Yeah. You want to go for an O. He's gone in there.

That was confident. I like that. Yes, it was, wasn't it? Confident O.

After that R.

Or at the end.

Nope. Or there. OK, man.

Right, OK.

Lads, what are you going for next?

Erm, what about...

P? Could that be a P?

Let's see if there's a P somewhere in this word.

Yes, there is. Yes.

Yes. Go for it.

J. J, please.

J.

Let's have a look.

Oh, yeah. Next choice, please.

Let's go for a D, shall we, Dave? Yeah, let's do it. D for Dave.

D for Dave.

Yes, well done.

Y, please, Mel. Y.

Let's have a look. Is Y going to be that final letter?

Yes!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Look what we have here.

It's like something out of Blake's 7.

Here we go.

Shall I look after the cash?

?1,500. Do you trust Dave to look after the money? Yeah?

Ah, well done. Thank you so much for coming.

Well done for playing.

Have you had a good time? It's been amazing.

It was fun, this is better.

Now, let's just prove that that was indeed our final password.

J, E, O, P, A, R, D, Y,

spelling JEOPARDY.

Now, will anyone else have what it takes to crack the code,

or will they just crack?

See what I did there? Wordplay.

Join me next time to find out. Bye-bye!

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