Episode 6 Letterbox

This is the Letterbox. Locked within is £2,500.

It's up to you to crack the password and release the cash.

I've accidentally left my car keys in there too,

so I'm pretty keen for it to be opened up for personal reasons.

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.

Pammy and Nicole.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

They love you already.

You've been mates, haven't you, for absolutely ages?

We have for a long time. It will reveal our age,

-but, yes, a very long time.

-It's at least 20 years...

-At least.

-..shall we say?

-And some.

And you love the Pet Shop Boys, is that right?

-Oh, yeah.

-Really love the Pet Shop Boys.

-Domino Dancing, Always On My Mind.

-Oh, lovely.

I was in the fanclub, I was writing to them,

I was drawing pictures of them. I love them.

Listen, it's like there's a fence here

and we're just having a real old chinwag.

We must stop chinwagging and we must meet

your very, very fine competitors, who are over here.

-Ed and Jo, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Ed and Jo, are you also bound by a love of the Pet Shop Boys?

-Um...

-I'd fail to, like, recognise what Neil Tennant would look like.

I'm so sorry!

He's gorg. He's absolutely gorgeous.

Now, Ed and Jo, you are brother and sister.

-Yes.

-Which is a lovely thing.

Who's going to go first?

-Jo.

-I've been nominated.

Have you? Now, Pammy and Nicole, who is going to be playing first?

-I'm going to go first.

-So, please, everybody,

take your positions and let's play.

APPLAUSE

OK, here is your first password.

Let's have a look.

Right, we're looking for a five-letter password

and the hint for this word is...

it's a song title.

Now, listen, very, very good luck.

We tossed a coin backstage and, Jo,

you're going to go first, aren't you?

-I am.

-Brilliant. Can I have your first letter, please?

I'm going to play maybe safe and go for an E.

Go for an E. Let's see if it's featured in this song title.

Let's have a look.

-Yes, indeedy.

-OK.

What's your next choice going to be?

-O.

-O.

Surely. Let's have a look, let's see if there's an O.

Yes. OK, good.

-OK.

-That's the second letter...

-OK.

-..of the song title.

Still with you, Jo. What do you think?

Can I go for an I?

An I, at all times, of course you may.

Let's have a look.

No.

Right, Nicole.

Um, B, please.

Let's see if there's a B.

Have we got a B?

No, we don't. Jo, back to you, my friend.

OK, um, N.

N.

Oh, my gosh, this is unreal.

-What do you think it is?

-Oh, my goodness.

Right, I genuinely have no idea.

I'm going to go for a V.

V. Have we got a V in there?

-Yes!

-Oh!

Yep.

-Oh.

-Boom.

Oh, interesting.

OK, Nicole, what do you reckon?

I'm going to go for a, um, G.

A G. Do we have a G anywhere in this song?

Yes, we do. Now, the last letter, what are we thinking?

Possibly a U.

Let's see if that is indeed a U.

Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, listen up, Nicole.

Well done, you cracked that first password, which is Vogue.

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

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.

As a reward for cracking the first password, you can now pick.

-Ooh, OK.

-Pick away those two.

I'm going to go for that one.

-Lovely.

-And that one.

I changed my mind at the last minute.

So, Nicole, you now know those two letters are not featured

in the final password, OK? Good.

Listen, Jo, Ed, don't worry.

Best of three. It's now time to play password two.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Pammy and Ed, you've now watched your partners play.

It's your turn.

Here is the second password.

OK, here we go.

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

Let's have a look, it's a city.

Pammy, you're up first off the chocks, my love.

-OK.

-OK, can I have your first letter, please?

-Let's go for an A.

-A?

-Mm-hm.

-Good. Good place to start.

Oh, well done, my love.

Play's still with you, so carry on.

Let's go for an I.

-I?

-Mm-hm.

Is there an I? An I for an I?

No, there isn't.

OK, straight over to you, Mr Ed.

OK, staying with the vowels, I'm going to go with an E, please.

OK, have we got an E for Ed...

..in that city? No, we don't.

Pammy, right back with you.

OK, I'm going to carry on with the vowels.

-I'm going to go O.

-O?

-Yes.

-OK.

No.

-Oh!

-Interesting.

Ed, what are you thinking?

Let's finish this vowel game.

-Yes.

-So I'll go with... I think just the U left, isn't it?

-U, it's just the U left.

-It's just the U left.

Yes, let's go for the U. Let's have a look.

Yes, we do.

That was a very, very good choice of letter.

I will go for an R, please.

An R. Have we got an R in there?

Well done.

-OK.

-Got any thoughts, Ed?

-I've got a theory.

-Ah!

So G, please.

-You're going to go for G?

-Yeah.

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

Well done, my friend.

I'll go with a B.

A B. Let's have a look.

B.

I will go for an H, please.

H!

There most certainly is.

And your last choice of letter, please, Ed.

Well, it will have to be an M for Mel.

M for Mel. Come on.

Oh, well done, well played.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, you've cracked the second password.

It's even-stevens.

You can now choose two letters from the Letterbox.

Not the red ones, please.

Beautifully done. So, both pairs have cracked one password each,

so we'll be going to a decider.

Who is going to play?

I'll be playing.

OK. Nicole's going to be playing.

-My big sister.

-Oh, so you're both flip-flopping?

-Yes.

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

APPLAUSE

Right, are we ready?

Here is your deciding password.

OK, we're looking for a seven-letter password here.

We need that little hint.

What is the hint? Let's have a look.

Sport. Now, Jo, it's your turn to go first, OK?

So can I have your first letter choice, please?

-I'll have an E.

-E?

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

-No.

-Oh.

-No Es in this sport.

-OK.

-Nicole?

-OK, I'll go for an A, please.

A? Lovely.

Is there an A in there? Is there an A?

Oh, no.

-What are we thinking, Jo?

-I'll have an...

-..T.

-A T?

For Tipperary.

Let's have a look. Oh, dear.

-Nicole?

-Could I get an I, please?

An I. Let's have a look.

-Oh!

-Yes, we do.

Right, we're off. Nicole?

I'm going to go for an N.

Let's have a look and see if we've got an N in there.

Do we have an N?

Yes, we do.

OK, I'm going to go for a G.

A G.

OK, so that's good.

That's a very good chunk at the end there.

What's your next choice going to be?

L, please.

L. Let's see if we have an L in this sport.

Yes, we have an L.

-What's next?

-I think a C.

-A C.

-I hope!

Do we have a C in this sport?

-Yes!

-Oh, my gosh.

Hang on. That's really put the cat among the pigeons.

That has put the cat among the pigeons,

because now I'm really scuppered now.

I'm with you.

How extraordinary. What's your next choice?

All right, U, please.

U. Let's have a look. U.

Right, what's your last letter?

-R.

-Have we got an R?

Well done!

I thought it was cycling.

-I know!

-I thought it was cycling.

Well done. Nicole, you've won the all-important third

and deciding password, which means that you and Pammy

-are through to the semifinal, my loves.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

-Come on forward.

APPLAUSE

Now, sadly, Ed and Jo, it is the end of the game for you, I'm afraid,

but it's been really lovely having you.

Could you please hand your letters over to Pammy and Nicole,

who are going to be taking them through to the semifinal?

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Sorry.

Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Ed and Jo.

-Thank you. Good luck!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Right, ladies.

-Oh!

Listen, you've got four letters now, which is very, very good indeed,

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

-Yes.

-So keep them safe...

-OK.

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

Hello and welcome to Frankie and Leon.

-Hi, Mel.

-Hey, that's a very vivid shirt you've got.

-Do you like it?

-I do like it.

All the way from sunny Italy.

You are Italian, aren't you?

I've got a bit of Italian in me, yeah.

Hey, Frankie, Frankie!

Hey, Frankie. Frankie Knuckles.

-Frankie Knuckles, you know...

-Frankie and Leon.

-Hey.

-How do you know each other, Leon?

-We went to school with each other.

-Aww!

-44 years, we've known each other.

-Wow!

-More or less like brothers, aren't we, really?

-Like brothers.

Listen, you want to meet your delightful competitors don't you?

-Oh, yes.

-We all do. Here they are.

-Mel and Becky, lovely to see you.

-Hello.

Mel and Becky, what links the pair of you?

-We're mother and daughter.

-Aw! Lovely.

-We look like sisters, though, don't we, Mum?

-Family.

The smoothest remark I've had.

I thought they were sisters, actually.

-Oh, yeah, listen to them!

-They are so smooth!

-They are.

-Watch out.

-Very smooth!

It's really nice to have you on the show.

Thank you so much for being here.

Now, Frankie and Leon, who's going to be playing first?

-I will be.

-Great. Mel and Becky, who's going up first?

-It's me.

-Wow!

-Mum going first.

-Mum taking Frankie on.

OK. So, take your positions, please, and let's play.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK. Frankie and Mel, here's your first password.

Right, we're looking for a six-letter password here.

You get a little hint to help you.

Let's see what that is, your hint.

Food and drink.

Right, we tossed a coin backstage and, Mel, you won that,

so you're going to go first.

-Can I have your first letter, please?

-I'd like an A, please.

An A. Do we have an A in that food and drinky word?

Yes, we do. Well done, Mel.

-Second letter?

-An L, please.

L. Let's see if we've got an L in there.

-Yes, we do.

-Well done, Mel.

Right, that means you get the next go.

I'll have a Y, please.

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

Calling out to the Y. No, no Y. Frankie.

I will go for...

-..an N.

-Napoli.

-Napoli.

That's where this shirt came from, Napoli.

-Are you from Napoli, Frankie?

-No.

-OK.

LAUGHTER It's fine. Can deal with that.

Let's see if there's an N.

No. OK.

-Mel, back to you.

-An E, please.

E. Let's see.

Yes, we do.

-What do you think, Mel?

-I would like an S, please.

S for sugar.

No S.

-Right. Frankie?

-Can I have G?

A G. Let's see, shall we?

Have we got a G in there?

No G. Mel?

I bet everybody knows it. I'll go for a D, please.

-A D.

-Yeah.

No D. Frankie, over to you.

Yes, I think I've got it now.

I think F.

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

-Hope.

-OK, F.

Yes!

I'd like a...

-W, please.

-A W.

Let's see.

-There you go!

-Well done.

-APPLAUSE

Frankie!

Now, now, Frankie, well done, you've cracked the first password.

As you know, you get to choose two letters from the Letterbox, OK?

So, please. Well done, Frankie.

Lovely! Now, don't worry, it's the best of three, as we know,

so it's time to play password two.

APPLAUSE

Now, Leon, Becky, welcome to the...

-Thank you, Mel.

-..the console, I'm going to call it.

-It's lovely.

-Now, Becky, you need to crack this one.

I'm going to try. I'm trying.

Right, here it is, the second password, have a look at this.

So we're looking at a five-letter password

with a little hint to help you along the way.

Animal kingdom. So, Leon, it's your turn to go first.

Can I have your first letter, please?

I think I'll go for an A.

An A. Good choice there, Leon.

A for animal. Let's see if there's an animal in there.

No, no A. So, Becky, over to you.

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

-I?

-Yes.

-Let's see if there's an I in that little five-letter word.

I. No.

Not doing very well so far, am I?

It's fine. It's pretty much even-stevens at the moment.

-Leon?

-Go for an N, please.

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

N.

Oh! Well done!

Right, we're off the old chocks.

-What's it going to be, Leon?

-I'm going to go for an F.

F.

Let's see if we're got an F in there. F.

No F.

-Oh, Becky.

-Right, I'm going to go for a U.

-OK.

There's got to be a single vowel in there, surely!

-Surely, there must.

-Must be.

OK.

U. U.

Well done! Right, come on, Becky, you can do this.

-What do you think?

-I'll take a T.

-T?

-Yeah.

-T, T, T.

No T.

-Leon?

-I'm going to take a C, please.

A C.

-No! I thought you had it then, Leon.

-Mm.

You sounded positive. Becky?

OK, I'll take an S.

-S?

-Yeah.

-S?

-Yeah.

-Oh, no!

I think your mum might be on to something.

S.

-Yes.

-OK, OK.

-OK, I'll take a K, please.

-Oh...

A K. BECKY LAUGHS

Have we got a K?

We've got two. Well done!

APPLAUSE

Listen, Becky...

That was tough.

Super well done. Literally, you've cracked the second password.

-OK.

-Very good indeed.

Now you get to choose two letters from the Letterbox.

I'll take one from the other side, actually.

-OK.

-OK.

-Nice. Good.

-OK.

-Now, both pairs have cracked one password each,

so we will be going to a decider

to see who goes through to the semifinal.

-Becky, who's going to play?

-That would be my mum.

-She's in charge.

-Mel back into the fray.

-Oh, dear!

-OK.

-And Leon?

-It's got to be Frankie, hasn't it?

-Knuckles.

-It's the spin, isn't it?

Let's play the third and deciding password.

APPLAUSE

-Now...

-All the pressure.

..here is the deciding password. Have a little look.

Right. It's a long one, it's an eight-letter password,

and the hint for this word is...

It's a book. Now, listen.

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

-Can I have your first letter, please?

-OK, we'll go for an I.

I, Mel? Good. Safe choice.

Have we got an I?

Ah. Mel, well done, two Is in there.

I'll go for an L, please.

-L? You like an L, don't you?

-Yeah.

Let's see, have we got an L?

Yes, we do. Well done.

Still very much in your court, Mel.

Er, an R.

Let's have a little look.

No R. Right, back to you, Frankie.

Can I have...

-..a T, please?

-A T?

-Please.

-Yes, you certainly can.

T...

Ooh.

Still with you. What are you going to go for?

Can I have an N, please?

Let's see if we've got an N in there.

No N. Right, Mel.

Oh, now, Becky is signalling.

-Oh, no, that's horrendous.

-She is waving her arms.

Oh...

Oh. A G, please.

A G...

-Well done.

-OK.

And an H, please.

-H?

-Yeah.

Have we got an H?

Yes, we do. And the last letter?

-And a W.

-Let's see...

Well done! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done. You've won the all-important

third and deciding password,

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

Well done. Come through.

APPLAUSE

Oh! Frankie and Leon.

-Hey!

-What can we say?

-Oh, listen, thank you so, so much.

-That's all right.

I've got to ask you, could you please hand your letters in

-for the ladies? There we go, well done.

-Thank you!

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

Thank you so much, Frankie and Leon.

-We've loved you. Thank you.

-We love YOU.

-Good luck.

APPLAUSE Now...

Mel and Becky, you now have four winning letters

that you know are definitely not in the old final password, OK?

It's now time to bring back, of course,

Pammy and Nicole to play the semifinal.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We're all just clapping ourselves, I love it!

-Now, Pammy and Nicole...

-Mm-hm.

-..here are Mel and Becky.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah? It's an all-girl semifinal.

-Yes!

-This is serious.

Yeah? Now, 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.

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

and play for the cash money.

Let's play. Good.

APPLAUSE

So here is that semifinal password. Have a little look.

What have we got?

Ooh, interesting.

Four letters in the first name, ten in the second.

We tossed a coin backstage.

Pammy and Nicole, you won that toss,

-so you're going to go first.

-OK.

-OK?

Can I have your first letter, please?

-Yeah. A.

-A, Pammy?

-Mm-hm.

-Safe. Have we got an A in there?

Yes, we do.

Well done, Pammy and Nicole.

-What are you thinking?

-Well, I can't say.

No, don't say anything.

-No, I don't want the seed planted.

-I'm thinking of another vowel

and I'm thinking of an I.

-Mm.

-I?

-Going for the I...

-No. I'm wrong. Sorry.

-That's all right!

-Back over to you guys, Becky and Mel.

We'll have an E, please.

-An E?

-Yeah.

Let's see if we've got an E in this name.

-Oh, two Es!

-OK.

-Interesting.

OK, still with you, Becky and Mel.

I was thinking R, and you said R.

-Yeah.

-OK. R, please.

R? R, R, R.

Have we got an R?

-Ooh!

-Go D?

-Yeah, it's as good as any.

-We'd like a D, please.

-A D?

-Yeah.

-D...

-Have we got a D up there? No!

-Oh...

Right, Pammy and Nicole, over to you.

-Yeah.

-Do Y.

-OK.

-We'll do Y, please.

-You're going to do a Y?

-We're going to do Y.

-Yeah. Shall we see? Y?

-Yes.

Is there a Y?

-No!

-That's messed us up.

That's messed things up a bit. Right. OK.

Right, ladies.

We'd like an O, please.

-O.

-Yeah.

-You're going for an O.

-No!

-I've got it.

-You got it?

-I think so.

-Right.

She thinks she might have it.

-What's your letter going to be?

-M.

M, please.

Let's have a look. M.

Surely there's an M.

This is killing me!

Oh, OK.

What the heck?!

OK. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-K, please.

-K?

-Let's go for a K.

Yes.

OK, still with you, Pammy and Nicole.

Oh, it's going to be a sports person!

It's going to be a sports person, isn't it?

-They've got it, ain't they?

-Oh, God!

Come on, Pammy and Nicole, you're fighting for your lives!

-OK, U, sorry.

-U.

-Yes.

-Have we got a U there?

NICOLE LAUGHS Yes.

-Oh!

-Right, OK. PAMMY SQUEAKS

THEY LAUGH

Oh, my life!

That took every ounce of my grey matter, that did.

Right, Nicole, what's your next letter going to be, my love?

-Oh...

-Z, please.

Z.

There is a Z. Your next letter, please, Pammy and Nicole?

-Curly kuh, please.

-Have we got a C there?

A curly kuh, as it's known.

Let's have a little look.

Yes, well done, and er...

Let's chill and let's get this right.

Chill.

-Yes?

-B, please.

-Buh.

B? Do we have a buh at all in this...?

Yes, we do. Now, what's that final little space going to be?

-G, please.

-G?

-Guh? Happy with that, guh-G?

-Yeah.

Oh!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Pammy and Nicole, huge congratters,

-you cracked the semifinal password...

-Thank you.

..and that means you are through, my friends, to the final.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Listen, this is the end of the road for today.

-OK.

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

Would you mind handing over your letters to Pammy and Nicole, please?

-Good luck.

-There we go.

-Thank you very much.

Mel and Becky, thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to have you on the show.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right... Pammy and Nicole, you've got eight letters there

to help you crack the final password.

It's time, very much, to unlock the Letterbox.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Pammy and Nicole, just one final password.

Here it is.

So we're looking for an eight-letter password

with no repeat letters in it, OK, ladies?

This word can be any word,

and I'm afraid there is no hint this time.

But what you do have instead are the eight letters

that you've won along the way

which we know are not going to be in that final password,

so let's have a look at what we can get rid of, shall we...

-Thank you.

-..in this pile of eight?

There will be no C.

There will be no W.

Not a whiff of a Q.

Nor an R.

X isn't going to be there.

Neither is F.

N - no sign.

And finally K.

OK? So those are the letters.

So, the good news is you've eliminated those letters

from the final password. Bad news -

every time you make a mistake, I'm afraid...

-OK.

-..£500 gets taken away from that £2,500 prize, OK?

Very, very good luck, Pammy, Nicole, we're all rooting for you.

Let's unlock the Letterbox.

-What are we thinking?

-What do you reckon?

-Let's be sensible.

-Yeah, all right.

-Let's start with the vowels.

-Yeah, OK.

-E?

-E, all right, yeah.

-Yeah.

-E.

-Let's have a look.

Is there an E in this final password?

-Oh...!

-Yes, there is.

Right, what's going to be next?

Only one E, so there's got to be another vowel.

Got to be another vowel, hasn't there?

Absolutely. Let's go O?

-O, then.

-O?

-O, thank you.

Let's go O.

Ooh!

-Still with that £2,500 intacto.

-Oh, my goodness.

-What are you going to go for, girls?

-S.

-S?

-S.

Have we got an S in this word?

Oh, my Lord!

Listen, three on the trot.

-What can it end with?

-It can end with a T...

-Mm-hm.

-..a Y...

-What are you thinking?

-T, please.

-You're going to go for a T?

-T, please.

-Mm.

OK. Is it a T?

Have we got a T in this final password?

-No.

-That's all right, that's all right.

Listen, don't worry at all. You've still got £2,000 to play for.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-What's it going to be up next?

Right, so our options at the end....

-A Y.

-Could be a Y, it could possibly be an M, -SM.

-But would it?

-Y.

-Y, please.

-You're going to go for Y?

-Yes.

-Let's see if you're right.

Yes, there is! Well... PAMMY GASPS

-Have you got it?

-What are you thinking?

-Do you think you might have...?

-We think we might have it.

-Really?

-We think we might have it.

-Do A, do A.

-Yeah.

-A, please.

-A.

You're going to go for A? OK, let's see if A is in this final...

-I'm shaking.

-I can't look.

Is it in there?

Yes, it is.

You beauty. You beauty!

I adore you, Pammy and Nicole, but you're stressing me right out.

-I'm telling you what...

-My heart...

I've got goose pimples now.

Play the game, we're losing time!

-She's cold, I'm hot.

-J, please.

J. J, J, J.

Have we got a J?

HAVE we got a J?

We do. We do. And your next...

Let's not get too cocky.

You can spell better than I can.

-L, please.

-L.

Have we got an L? Have we got an L?

We do have an L.

Look at that, ladies, straight in there.

Can we just confer just to make sure?

-U?

-Yeah.

-Yeah!

LAUGHTER

-You do the honours. This is all you.

-U.

Right, let's see if it's a U.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-It's a great Pet Shop Boys song!

-Oh, yeah!

-Now...

-It IS a Pet Shop Boys song.

..this is weird.

Jealousy was the final password -

it is indeed a Pet Shop Boys song as well to boot.

That's wonderful. Listen, you've won...

-Oh, look, real money!

-..2,000 real pounds.

-Oh!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you so much for playing.

-Brilliant.

-Yay!

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

And, as the Pet Shop Boys did indeed sing,

J-E-A-L-O-U-S-Y.

Brilliant. That's it for today. Be sure to join me next time,

when we'll have more blank faces attempting to fill more...

blank spaces. Goodbye!

APPLAUSE