Episode 5 Letterbox

This is the Letterbox.

It may just be made out of MDF and wood glue but, even so,

it's brought down some of the cleverest of minds.

Who's brave enough to crack its password,

avoid a splinter and win up to ?2,500?

Let's find out. Welcome to Letterbox.

CHEERING AND 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, Kerrie and Emma.

APPLAUSE Welcome. Hi. Hello. Hello.

How do you two know each other? We're friends. For a long time.

How many years? About 17. 17! Yeah. How did you two first meet then?

Working together. We both used to work in a solicitor's together.

And am I right in thinking that you, Emma, took over from Kerrie

when she went off on maternity leave? Yeah. I didn't stay long.

Oh, did you not? No, I went to work on cruise ships. Ah, now.

Something completely different. Ah, I'd love to go on a cruise.

I've got a feeling that somebody over here

might have been on a cruise quite recently.

They are your competitors and they're Stefan and Julie.

APPLAUSE

Have you just been on a cruise, Julie?

I did go on holiday with my daughter for a week. Lovely.

Did you hear that? Daughter. Mate, I feel you pain.

What's going on there? I don't know what I did wrong.

Cos you are Julie's son, aren't you?

She made me stay at home and work on this game so we wouldn't lose.

That's not true! Now, Julie, you must be very proud.

You have a special nickname for him at home, don't you?

My husband and my daughter do. They call him Precious.

They say he's got me wrapped round his little finger,

but I do try and tell him off for things, but...

She tries to get really angry. I got her. I got her. Have you?

Do you do the wink that you just did to me?

No, no. I was very much round the finger at that point. Stef's wink.

Precious. Lovely. It's lovely to have you on the show.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Who are going to be playing first?

I am. Julie, you're going first. Lovely.

Kerrie and Emma, who's going first? Kerrie. Me. Kerrie.

Take your positions, everybody, and let's play.

APPLAUSE

Right, here is your first password. Have a look at this.

We're looking for a six-letter word and the hint is "Film".

We tossed a coin backstage. Julie, you're going to go first,

so can I have your first letter, please?

Could I have a T, please? A T.

T for "Tremendous start", Julie.

No T. Not such a tremendous start then.

Sorry, not such a tremendous start. Listen, Kerrie, what you thinking?

Can I have an S, please? S. Have we got an S up there?

Well done. Still with you, Kerrie. What you going to go for?

E, please. E. Let's have a look. Have we got an E?

Right, Julie, back with you.

An A, please. A. Let's have a look.

Oh! No A. Right, Kerrie. Can I have...

..H? You certainly can. Have we got a little H in there?

Yes, we do. Right, still with you, Kerrie. Go for it. A film.

That's bizarre.

Um...O, please. O.

Have we got an O in this film somewhere?

Ooh. No way.

I haven't got it. No. I haven't got it.

Julie, have you got it? No. Can I have R, please?

An R. Yeah, sure you can. Have we got an R?

No. Right, Julie, back with you.

Right, OK, could I have an I, please? I. Yes.

No. Gosh.

Kerrie, what do you think? Can I have a K? A K. Certainly.

No K. This is so hard.

It IS hard, actually. OK, a P, please.

P. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Right.

A P. Have we got a P?

Oh, I know! Julie? And a Y, please. A Y.

Let's have a look. Have we got a Y?

Yes, we do. And a C, please, Mel. A C.

Yes.

Well done, Julie! APPLAUSE

Cracked the first password which is, of course, Psycho.

As you know, there are 26 letters in the alphabet.

They're all 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.

So, choose away, Julie. Very good.

So, you know two of the letters that aren't going to be

in the final password. Now, listen, Kerrie.

Best of three, so don't worry. Mm-hmm.

It's now time to play password two.

APPLAUSE

Now, Stef, you're 1-0 up.

If you crack this password, you're through to the semifinal.

Emma, you need to crack this password to stay in the game. Yeah.

Good luck. Here's the second password.

Six letters and your hint for this password is "Country".

Emma, you're going to go first.

Let's have your first letter choice, please.

Um, can I have E, please? E. You certainly may.

That's a no. Oh. Right, Stef, over to you.

I'm going to go for an L. L.

Straight in there. Yeah. Lovely.

No, no L.

Right, Emma, what's it to be?

I'll have M. You certainly may have an M. Let's have a little look.

No, No M. Stef, over to you.

OK, while we're there, I'm going to go N. N for "Next door".

Let's have a little look.

No N either.

Love it! Right, what's your choice?

An O, please. O. Right, good. Let's have a look.

Oh. Stef.

Come on. Let's go S. S. OK, good.

Let's see if we've got an S. Have we got an S?

Yes, well done. S at the end. Hmm. Still with you, Stef.

Just guessing here. Going to go for a T.

T, let's have a look. Have we got a T in this country?

No T. Back with you, Emma.

I'll have a C. C, yeah, lovely.

Very, very good. Ooh. Next letter, please.

R. R, let's see if there's an R.

Ooh. Can I a P? A P. Let's have a look.

Yes, well done. Can I have a Y? You certainly may have a Y, yes.

Yes, we do. And a U, please. Let's see. Have we got a U?

Cyprus! APPLAUSE

Listen, that was very, very good.

Very chilled, Emma. Congratulations. You cracked the second password,

so now you can choose two letters from the grey ones.

Don't touch the reds, please.

Love your nails. Love that colour.

Thank you. There you go. Put those down. Great.

Both pairs have cracked one password each,

so yes, we're going to be going to a decider

to see who goes through to the semifinal.

Before we see that password, Stef, who's going to play?

Mum. Mum, OK. Emma, who's going to be playing? Kerrie.

Kerrie's going to be back in the old hotspot.

Let's play the third and deciding password.

APPLAUSE

All change.

Listen, let's breathe it out. All together.

In through the nose, out through the mouth. We're ready.

Here is the deciding password. Have a look at this.

Seven letters, OK. And your hint is...

"Animal kingdom". Right.

Julie, it's your turn to go first, OK? Yeah.

Can I have your first letter, please? Can I have a G, please? A G.

Straight in there. No messing.

No G. Oh!

I thought I knew it and I didn't. Kerrie, come on.

Can I have an S, please? S. Yes. You certainly may.

No S. Julie, back to you.

Could I have an E, please? E.

Certainly, always. Here we go.

Yes, we do. Well done. Still with you, Julie.

Going to take a T, please.

A T. Let's go for a little T.

No T. Right, Kerrie, back to you.

What are you thinking?

Can I have an R, please? Absolutely. Have we got an R?

Yes, well done. OK, what do you think, Kerrie?

Not a clue. No? Oh, mm...

Can I have an L, please? Yeah, sure. Let's see if we've got an L.

Oh. Oh. Right. Kerrie?

Can I have a D, please. A D.

Yes, please. You certainly may. A D.

Yes, we do.

P. A P. Yeah, please. A P.

Bang in the middle. There you go.

Can I have an O, please? An O. You certainly can.

Yes. And can I have an A? An A. Please. Let's have a look.

Well done, Kerrie! APPLAUSE

Kerrie and Emma,

you have won the all-important deciding third password,

which means that you and Emma are straight through to semifinal-land.

Wow! Well done. Yes!

Come on back. APPLAUSE

Stef and Julie, it was too short a time with you. Oh.

It was too short a time. It's been really lovely having you. Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming on the show. Now, lovely.

APPLAUSE Going to have to ask you,

please, to hand your letters over to Kerrie and Emma. There you go.

Good luck. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you. Ah, lovely.

Friendships built across the divide. I love it! Yeah. Absolutely.

So, now you've got four letters

that you know are not going to be featured in this final password.

Right, it's time to meet our next contestants in heat two.

APPLAUSE

Ah, happy days. Hello, and welcome, Helen and Jo. Hello. Hello.

Lovely to see you. How are you both? Good, thank you.

How do you two know each other?

We've been friends for about ten years. Nice.

And has it been a smooth ride, so far,

along those ten tears or have there been some real bumps? Yeah.

It's been a barmy ride. So, barmy as in...

HELEN LAUGHS That's a very good laugh, Helen.

I'm very much enjoying your...

It's a bit like Muttley. Ha! Oh... Now, listen, you two.

You want to meet your competitors, don't you? Yes. Good. So do I.

Now, they're up against Max and Georgie.

APPLAUSE

I've got to say, Georgie,

we should have phoned before we both came here today.

We look pretty much exactly the same, although I'm, obviously,

about 30 years older than you, but same hairdo, same lipstick.

I've never seen us in a room together before. It's uncanny.

Girlfriend, what's going on? Ph!

How are you two connected? We're going out and... Ah. Romance.

Are you going to get married, do you think? Sorry, I love weddings.

I'm so sorry. That's a strong question.

Yes, I expect so, maybe, one day. Ah! But weddings cost money, right?

Yeah. So, we don't have much.

Listen, we did ours on the real cheap. I'm very, very tight.

We gave our guests cups of tea and scones.

Keep it short, tight and spend very little on it. We'll talk afterwards.

OK, great. Lovely to see you, Georgie and Max.

Remember, whoever cracks the most passwords will be going through

to play Kerrie and Emma in that semifinal.

Max and Georgie, who's going to go first? Me. Georgie, good girl.

Helen and Jo? Jo's told me I'm going. Her.

Muttley's going first, is she? OK. Take your positions.

Let's play.

APPLAUSE

Right, here is your first password. Have a look at this, ladies.

Seven-letter word. We'll give you a hint.

"Food drink". Right, we tossed a coin backstage.

Helen, you're going first, aren't you?

Can I have your first letter, please, Helen?

I would like a T, please. A T. T for two.

No T. Georgie, what do you think?

I'm going to go E, please. E, lovely.

Let's see if there's an E.

No E. Ooh.

Straight back to you, Helen.

I'll try an A, please. A. Let's have a little look.

No A. Strange. Georgie.

I'm going to keep on with vowels.

I'll go I, please. I, good. Let's have a look.

No. No! What the heck? Helen?

In that case, I'll try an O, please. O. Let's have a little look.

Ooh, that was a very, very good choice, Helen.

Still with you, my love. What you thinking?

I'll have an S, please. S.

No S. OK, Georgie.

Er, N, please. N.

Ooh. It's still with you, Georgie.

I'm going to go R, please. R.

I'm going to go for C, please.

C, Georgie, absolutely fine. Let's see if there's a C.

Yes, there is. And I'll try a P.

A P. Yes, please. Let's see if we've got a P.

Well done, Georgie. APPLAUSE

Look at that! You cracked straight into the first password. Brilliant!

Popcorn. Well done.

Now, you get to choose two of these grey letters,

which are going to help you later on. OK. There we go.

All those letters, the grey ones,

aren't featured in the final password, OK? Yeah.

Now, listen, very, very well done.

Max and Georgie, Helen, have got the advantage at the moment.

I don't want to rub that in. HELEN LAUGHS

There goes the laugh again.

LAUGHTER

Anything can happen. It's the best of three.

It's time to play password two. Come on up.

APPLAUSE

Ah.

Right, now, Max, you're 1-0 up, so if you crack this password,

you and Georgie will be going straight into the semifinal.

Jo, needs must, my friend.

You've got to do this, otherwise tatty-byes. I've got it.

Right, here is the second password. Have a look?

It's a six-letter word. We'll give you a hint to help you.

It's a fictional character.

How do we feel about that, Jo? Yeah. Yeah? Max?

I was thinking about fictional characters

but the one that first popped into my head doesn't match, so... Ah.

There are others. Try and think of some others.

LAUGHTER That's going to be my strategy -

elimination. Good.

Max, very much your turn to go first.

So, can I have your first letter, please? Thank you.

Can I have an A? A. Good choice. Let's have a look.

Have we got an A?

No A. Right, Jo. Can I have an E, please? E, absolutely.

No E. Ooh. Max. Can I have an O, please? O.

Have we got an O in there?

Yes, we do. Well done, Max.

Now... So, the character I thought of did have an O. Yeah.

But not there. Oh! LAUGHTER

Oh, Max, you've got to get rid of that character.

Come on, move on now. Move on. Can I have a U? U. Let's have a look.

No U. Jo, what you thinking? Can I have a D, please? D.

D for "d'Artagnan".

No D. Max, give us a letter.

I'm going to go S. S. S for "Sugar". Let's have a look.

No S either. Jo, what you thinking?

Can I have an I? I. You certainly may.

Have we got an I in this fictional character?

Oh, well done, well done. Still with you, Jo. What's up next?

T, please. A T, certainly. Let's see if there's a T there.

Ooh.

Oh, Jo, still with you.

W, please. W. Let's have a look.

Oh. No W. Over to you, Max.

I hope I just had a penny-drop moment.

M? M. Have we got an M?

Oh! Still with you Max.

I know it now. Can I have an R? R.

Let's see if there's an R in this fictional character.

And your final choice? Can I have G, please? G.

Well done! APPLAUSE

It was quite hard, wasn't it?

Listen, you've cracked two passwords. Well done.

You're through to the semifinal. Congratulations!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Partners, come join.

Once again, as a reward for cracking the password,

you get to choose two more of these grey letters.

Remember, stay away from the red ones, Max. Thank you.

Have a look at those - all four of them. See what you think.

Now, oh, Helen and Jo. Oh! It was a tricky one, wasn't it? Gromit.

I'm not a fan. Are you not? No.

AS WALLACE: Cheese, Gromit. LAUGHTER

I'm very sad to see both of you go, but well done.

It's been really lovely having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Thank you. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Right, Max and Georgie, you've now got four letters

that you know are not going to be featured in the final password, OK.

Hang on to them, as it now is time to play the semifinal.

APPLAUSE

Kerrie and Emma, Max and Georgie, welcome to the semifinal.

Now, gang, how are we feeling? Kerrie and Emma? Fine.

Got our positive pants on. Positive pants on? Positive pants.

They're, like, big ones. Yeah. They're big, quite restrictive ones?

Just positive. Yeah. Kidney huggers. Yeah. Yeah.

Max, got yours on? Always. Always. Are you a boxers man or a, um...?

Yeah, but the slightly tighter ones.

Anyway, um, in this semifinal, there is just one password to crack.

It's the name of a famous person. They can be alive or dead.

The team that cracks the password

will go through to the final and play for the money.

Let's play. Let's play.

APPLAUSE

I'm going to hoick up MY positive pants now. I'm getting VERY excited.

Here is... Oh, too far. Got to take them down.

There we go. LAUGHTER

Here is the semifinal password. Have a look at this.

Right, six and eight.

Remember, it's a famous person.

Could be dead, could be alive. We tossed a coin backstage.

Kerrie and Emma, you won the toss,

so you are first out of the traps.

What's it going to be?

Go on, then. We'll have A, please. A, yeah? Yeah.

In with an A. Let's have a look.

What have we got?

Ooh! Three As in that first name. Look at that.

Next letter, please, ladies.

We'll have L, please. L.

Let's see if there's an L in this famous person's name.

No L at all. Right, Max and Georgie.

Um, E? E, please. E. Right, let's go for an E.

Have we got an E? Yes, we do. Ooh.

So, it stays with you.

I, please. I. You sure? Yeah. Let's go for an I.

Have we got an I in there? Yes, we do.

Um...H, please. H.

Have we got an H? Are you happy for me to spell? Yeah.

Er, G, please. A G.

Oh, I do now, yes! T, please. T. Very good.

It's a real "mystery" this, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

What's your next letter? I think I'll go for R.

R. Let's try an R.

Good. S, please. S.

Well done. And the last letter? A C, please. A C.

Oh, well done, Max and Georgie! APPLAUSE

That was extraordinary. I don't know what happened just then.

You cracked the semifinal password absolutely brilliantly. Well done.

Now, Kerrie and Emma, valiant to the last.

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

to Max and Georgie. That's how we do things round here.

Good luck. Good luck. Well done.

And Kerrie and Emma, thank you so much for playing. Thank you.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

APPLAUSE

Now, Max and Georgie, you've got eight letters in front of you,

which are going to help you crack the final password, we hope.

It's time, please, to unlock the Letterbox.

APPLAUSE

They love you, Max and...

I love the way you keep looking in each other's eyes. He's a babe.

Total babe. Yeah, yeah. I can see you up the aisle. Ooh, it's lovely.

Now, Max and Georgie,

you've done brilliantly to get this far to the final.

Now, just one final little password standing between you

and the ?2,500 cash inside the Letterbox.

Are you ready, guys?

As we'll ever be. Here it is. Have a look.

OK, this time we're looking for an eight-letter word

with no repeat letters, OK. Mm-hmm.

We're not going to give you any hints at all, I'm afraid. Mm.

But what you do have instead are the eight letters in front of you

that you've won along the way.

So, shall have a little look and see what we can get rid of?

Can we put them out on the table? I'm going to take them, Max.

I'm in charge. Grab them. Unbelievable!

LAUGHTER OK, so here are the letters

which we know are not going to be in your final password. Ooh.

There won't be a J.

No U.

No Q.

No P.

No M.

No L.

No G.

And no H.

So, good news is, you've eliminated those eight letters.

The bad news is, every time you make a mistake,

?500 will be docked from the final ?2,500 prize.

Very, very good luck, Georgie and Max.

Let's unlock the Letterbox. Off you go.

What's it going to be? Um... Go with an E? Vowels first, yeah. OK, yeah.

E, please. E? Right.

Let's hope there's an E.

Yes, there is. Well done. Ooh! Well done.

Shall we do an A as well? Get a couple more vowels.

I don't know, cos with an E on the end. Maybe an I. Let's have I.

It's more tactical. All right. Yeah? Going to go for an I? OK.

Have we got an I?

Well done. Tactics paid off there.

The ?2,500 is still very much there.

OK, so... We need another vowel.

What, to go near the front of the word? Unless it's got a Y.

Shall we go for one of the consonants, like an R, an S or a T?

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

Yeah. OK, let's have a look.

Is there an R in this final password?

No. OK. Ooh. You've lost ?500 but, listen, still ?2,000 up there.

Right, what's your next letter going to be? Shall we...?

Do you want to go for an A? Oh, yeah, we've still got A up.

Let's do it. Let's spend some money.

You might not be spending money on A. I hope not. Shall we have a look?

Is there an A in this word?

No! You DID spend quite a lot of money on an A.

That was a very expensive letter. Still got ?1,500.

And we've still got one letter left, but I don't know.

What are you thinking, guys? I want to kind of...

There's going to be an O or a Y.

Otherwise, it's a very difficult word. OK. So, shall we go O?

Yeah, all right. Going for O? We're going for O. OK.

Is there an O in this final password? Let's have a look.

Oh, good. You made the right move there. Well done.

What are you going for next? We've still got S, T, D and C.

That's quite a lot. I think an N. We like N, don't we? N's a nice letter.

Do you like an N? N, please.

N. Have we got an N in this password?

Yes, well done.

OK, this is opening things up a little bit now, isn't it?

Max and Georgie, what are you going to go for next?

I think an S. An S or a T. Something -ISE. S or a T.

Let's go S, shall we? Yeah. You're going for S?

OK, have we got an S secreted in this final password?

Yes, well done! OK, so something -SITE.

Onsite. You've still got ?1,500 left, which is enough for a wedding.

Yeah. What? So... Let's go random and go D.

Let's go D. D. Are you sure? Let's go for D.

Oh, well done! Ooh. Er...

OK, so I think it's...

Oh... Oh, oh! W, please.

You're going to go for a W. Yeah. OK, W. Come on, come on!

Yes, well done! Wow! OK, one letter left.

I guess it's got to be. We have to go Z.

I would never have expected that. Are you going for Z? Z.

Let's see if the Z is in the word.

Downsize. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Georgie and Max, look at that!

?1,500...very much coming your way.

Well done! Thank you. Well done!

APPLAUSE

Whoo! You won't be downsizing with THAT amount of money! No.

Slight tenterhooks there, I must say. Yeah. Well done.

And listen, just to prove that you got it so admirably,

have a look here just to check.

Wow! Listen, well done, Max and Georgie. What a show!

I'm going to have to light a scented candle,

pop on some slipper socks and enjoy a lie-down.

See you next time for more Letterboxing. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

30 vocal groups clashed in choral combat -

six survivors now face their toughest battles yet

in the live final.

# Going to take this night... #