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The Courier
a day ago
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- The Courier
Fife neighbours scoop cash jackpot on BBC quiz show Bridge of Lies
A team of neighbours from a Fife town has won the cash jackpot on the hit BBC quiz show Bridge of Lies. The team of four from Coaltown of Wemyss, scooped the £4,575 prize money in a nail-biting finale on Wednesday. The contestants included former Courier reporter Craig Smith and his wife, Lyndsey, along with neighbours, Nicola Forrest and Kenny Rodger. Contestants compete against the clock using their general knowledge, strategic skills, and often luck, to spot correct answers as well as lies in order to cross the bridge. The prize money mounts up depending on the number of players who successfully make it across. The contestants then team up to take on the 'final crossing' challenge. If they successfully make it across by answering a series of questions correctly, they win the prize money accumulated during the show. The quiz is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, famous for his role as Grant Mitchell in Eastenders. Tackling questions on subjects including holidays, theatre, names and the Stephen Spielberg films, all four made it across the bridge. This allowed them to go for the £4,575 prize pot working as a team to navigate across the bridge. With two of the team already out before completing the task, it was Lyndsey's turn to face the final question. And it was an agonising few seconds before host, Kemp, revealed that she was correct and they had scooped the prize money. The four hugged and cheered as they were congratulated by Kemp before revealing they would use the money on a group holiday ot Turkey. Speaking after the show was broadcast, Craig said he'd always wanted to be a contestant on a TV quiz show. He said: 'I applied initially one night, probably after a bottle of wine, thinking it wouldn't go anywhere but they gave us a call back and it went from there really. 'I've always liked the show as it's usually on around teatime in the background, and you end up just shouting at the screen. 'So I thought 'why not give it a go?' The 43-year-old former Courier reporter said he couldn't believe it when he found out his application had been successful. He added: 'It was filmed last September, so it's been around nine months to wait for it to come on. 'We had a brilliant time at the studios in Glasgow, and Ross Kemp is a really nice guy as well. 'We were last on the day to film, so it went on until about 8pm. 'None of us could watch it go out live, so we all gathered together to watch it on iPlayer with a wee glass of fizz to celebrate.' Craig said that the money had been put towards a holiday in Turkey in July for the team as well as several other Coaltown of Wemyss neighbours. The episode of Brdge of Lies is available to watch now on BBC iplayer.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Ross Kemp keeping EastEnders door open, owes show 'a great debt'
EastEnders star Ross Kemp has said he owes the BBC soap "a great debt" for giving him a career in television and has refused to rule out a return to the show. After almost 10 years away from Walford, the 60-year-old reprised his role as Grant Mitchell during EastEnders ' 40th anniversary celebrations earlier this year. Kemp's character returned to Albert Square to help his brother Phil with his mental health problems. Grant recently left Walford again for his home in Portugal. Asked on ITV's Loose Women whether he would return to the role again, Kemp said: "You just don't know, do you? You don't know what's in the minds of the people who work on it. "I've also [always] known that without it, I wouldn't have had the career that I've had. I've always owed it a great debt, and it was very good to me, and hopefully I was good to it. And why not keep it that way? "I've always believed that you should leave doors swinging rather than shut them." Kemp, who went on to produce a number of documentaries since first leaving EastEnders in 1999 including Ross Kemp on Gangs, Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, and Ross Kemp: Extreme World, said he enjoyed returning to the soap. He explained: "It was so wonderful to jump into Grant's leather jacket again, which I can still get in. "It's a family; it's an ongoing thing. And I'm talking about the past, and they're really busy doing their own thing. I just parachute in, and I exit generally by the Tube station. "But they've got to be welcoming, because it's like a high-speed train, you've got to jump on it at the right time or you miss it. "So luckily, Steve McFadden (who plays Phil), and Paul Bradley (who plays Nigel Bates), and Letitia (Dean, who plays Sharon Watts) opened the door for me, and it was like going back home, and it was great." Kemp began on the soap in 1990. His previous appearance prior to his 2025 return, in 2016, marked his on-screen mother Barbara Windsor's final episode as Peggy Mitchell. The actor currently hosts the BBC gameshow Bridge of Lies, which challenges contestants to cross a digital bridge by choosing a true statement over a set of wrong ones.
Daily Mail
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ross Kemp leaves Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins red-faced with VERY cheeky question as Celebrity Bridge Of Lies returns with new series
Ross Kemp leaves Charlotte Hawkins red-faced with a cheeky question as Celebrity Bridge Of Lies returns with a new series. The first episode of the third season will see Good Morning Britain 's Charlotte compete with other presenters including Kaye Adams, Ade Adepitan and Matt Allwright. During the first instalment, set to air tonight (May 3), Charlotte crosses the bridge and has to step on truths while avoiding the lies. However, when Ross reads out a category to her, called 'horny animals', she begins to nervously giggle. The cheeky name is soon clarified and Ross explains she would need to step on tiles that have animals with horns, antlers or tusks on them. Charlotte plays to raise money for the motor neurone disease association. 'The category is animals, Rich what are we looking for?' Ross exclaims. After the category is revealed, Charlotte laughs, saying, 'Okay.' While Ross adds: 'Horny animals! We are looking for animals where the males or females usually have horns antlers or tusks.' During the instalment, Matt is challenged to find songs with repeated words in the titles, Kaye had to identify landmarks found in Italy and Ade had to pair up athletes. The new series will see ten episodes, with one airing every Saturday night. Host Ross previously revealed to MailOnline the touching moment he experienced when he had the honour of writing Dame Barbara Windsor 's eulogy. The Bridge of Lies host, 60, shared with MailOnline the final time Barb, known for her no-nonsense soap character Peggy Mitchell, sent her love and thanked him for the final time. Barbara died aged 83 in 2020 following a battle with Alzheimer's. But when Ross sat down to honour the veteran actress and write her eulogy for the funeral, he accidentally stumbled across an old card from her when looking for a pen. He told MailOnline: 'I wrote her eulogy and I spoke her eulogy. 'I keep my pilot pens out of the reach because I'm old fashioned. I use a pen and paper when I'm working as a reporter and I keep the pens away from the kids. 'I was writing her eulogy and my pen ran out. It took me two days to write it. And I reached up, it's a true story, a card, like a thin card - I didn't know what it was at the time - got caught under my fingernails as I was reaching for the Biro. 'And I pulled it up, and it was a card from her that she'd sent me some flowers. I didn't even know that was up there. I must have just thrown that up there in a little random moment. 'And it was ''Thank you, darling. Love you, Bar.'' 'And it was like so weird that I rang Scott [her husband] up and I said, ''you won't believe what's just happened''.'
STV News
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- STV News
It was unwise to think I could easily cross the Bridge of Lies
It's all very well sitting on your sofa shouting quiz answers at the TV. But it is quite a different beast being up there, testing your own general knowledge in front of telly hardman Ross Kemp. I was lucky enough to be recently asked along to a behind-the-scenes visit to the set of quiz show Bridge of Lies. As I routinely sit in disbelief watching contestants get simple answers wrong, I thought 'this is going to be a piece of cake'. How wrong I was…The set looked even more dramatic in person, with the iconic bridge looming under intense lighting. The intensity was real from the moment I walked into the studio. The buzzing cameras, the dramatic music, it was just like it looks on TV, but ten times more immersive in person. And at the centre of it all was host Ross Kemp – every bit as intense and focused as you would expect. His presence alone could make your pulse spike. I was put in a team of five to complete the final bridge. When Ross called my name, I stepped forward. Then came the three statements I had to face: Miley Cyrus is older than Taylor Swift Levi Strauss designed the small jean pocket to hold a watch The River Exe flows through the Wye Valley The format is simple but deceptive: three statements, one correct step forward at a time. But under pressure, with studio lights blazing and all the production staff's eyes on you, even the most confident answers can feel uncertain. I chose the first statement, believing Miley Cyrus was older than Taylor Swift. I took a step forward and was met with a red light. Incorrect. The bridge had beaten me. Of course, I knew the correct answer, in hindsight, but the pressure got to me. I'll be honest, it stung. I was gutted. But weirdly, I was also buzzing. The rush of stepping out there, the challenge, the drama – it was brilliant. Kemp, best known for his acting and hard-hitting documentary work, brings an unmistakable energy to the show. In person, he's completely in command of the room. But what really struck me was how genuinely warm and lovely he was off-camera. Despite the intense atmosphere he helps create on-screen, he made time for us, and his support behind the scenes helped calm the nerves of many contestants, myself included, and made the entire experience more enjoyable. He even welled up talking to me about a contestant who was now able to buy Christmas presents for her children after her success on the show. Behind the scenes, the show runs like clockwork. Every camera movement, lighting change, and sound cue is timed to perfection. It gave me a whole new appreciation for the scale and effort involved in producing what viewers see at home. Was being on Bridge of Lies scary? Absolutely. Nerve-wracking? Without question. I may not have made it across the bridge. But I walked away with a good story to tell, and I also have a lot more sympathy for those poor contestants that I used to shout at on my TV at home. Bridge of Lies and Celebrity Bridge of Lies are both produced by STV Studios and commissioned by the BBC. Celebrity Bridge of Lies returns to BBC One and iPlayer for a brand new series on Saturday, May 3. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Ross Kemp reveals touching discovery writing Dame Barbara Windsor's eulogy that left him so moved he immediately called her husband
Ross Kemp has revealed a touching moment he experienced when he had the honour of writing Dame Barbara Windsor 's eulogy. The Bridge of Lies host, 60, shared with MailOnline the final time Barb, known for her no-nonsense soap character Peggy Mitchell, sent her love and thanked him for the final time. Barbara died aged 83 in 2020 following a battle with Alzheimer's. But when Ross sat down to honour the veteran actress and write her eulogy for the funeral, he accidentally stumbled across an old card from her when looking for a pen. He told MailOnline: 'I wrote her eulogy and I spoke her eulogy. Ross Kemp has revealed a touching moment he experienced when he had the honour of writing Dame Barbara Windsor's eulogy The Bridge of Lies host, 60, shared with MailOnline the final time Barb, known for her no-nonsense soap character Peggy Mitchell, sent her love and thanked him for the final time 'I keep my pilot pens out of the reach because I'm old fashioned. I use a pen and paper when I'm working as a reporter and I keep the pens away from the kids. 'I was writing her eulogy and my pen ran out. It took me two days to write it. And I reached up, it's a true story, a card, like a thin card - I didn't know what it was at the time - got caught under my fingernails as I was reaching for the Biro. 'And I pulled it up, and it was a card from her that she'd sent me some flowers. I didn't even know that was up there. I must have just thrown that up there in a little random moment. 'And it was ''Thank you, darling. Love you, Bar.'' 'And it was like so weird that I rang Scott [her husband] up and I said, ''you won't believe what's just happened''.' The actor and Barbara starred together on EastEnders, where he played her son, Grant. Ross revealed he often thinks of Barbara as he reminisced over her 'wicked' sense of humour and her fun-loving gossipy nature. He said from time to time certain conversations trigger memories from their time together. But when Ross sat down to honour the veteran actress and write her eulogy for the funeral, he accidentally stumbled across an old card from her when looking for a pen Speaking at a shooting of his upcoming Bridge of Lies show, the EastEnders legend told MailOnline: 'I often think of her and she was a true friend. 'She was incredibly funny, incredibly gossipy, had a wicked sense of humour, could be quite wicked as well.' 'But she was also a very caring person. She's always in my thoughts, not all of it every day, but there are things that will trigger it.' He revealed that he thought of her just days before when he was asked about the Carry On films in an interview. Barbara was diagnosed with Alzeimers in 2014 and kept it a secret for four years. During her life she fell in love and married her husband Scott Mitchell in 2000 but their romance at the time was controversial at the time due to their 27-year-age gap. At the time he was branded a 'gold digger'. He previously said of the backlash: 'Little did they know that after the breakdown of Bar's second marriage, she was £1million in debt and we were talking about her coming to live in my two-bed flat.' Meanwhile, Barbara called Scott, who was her third husband, 'the best thing that ever happened to her'. In 2009, the soap star announced she would be leaving her legendary role as Peggy to spend more time with her husband. She starred on EastEnders as pub landlady Peggy Mitchell on and off from 1994 to 2016 and was famous for her catchphrase: 'Get outta ma pub!' The couple received the news the actress was suffering with Alzheimer's in 2014, with Scott saying he broke down in tears at the neurologist's office. Barbara chose to keep her condition secret for four years before asking her husband to make the announcement in May 2018. Scott became Barbara's primary carer until he made the decision to move her into a full-time residential care home due to her battle with dementia. Ross made a film with Dame Barbara's husband Scott Mitchell, who he said he is now 'best mates' with. Ross and Barbara were close pals in real life - he even made a film with Dame Barbara's husband Scott Mitchell and other families living with dementia Speaking about his programme titled Ross Kemp: Living with Dementia, Ross explained that Barbara's battle had a severe effect on her husband Scott too, as the star's primary carer. Following news of her tragic death, Ross took to Instagram to pay tribute to the legendary actress. He penned: 'Dame Barbara Windsor, the woman who always had time for everybody, has sadly left us. 'I will miss Bar always. My thoughts are with her husband Scott, who could have done no more and who stayed strong for her to the very end.' Celebrity Bridge Of Lies returns to BBC One and iPlayer for a brand new series on Saturday 3 May. WHAT IS ALZHEIMER'S? Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, in which build-up of abnormal proteins causes nerve cells to die. This disrupts the transmitters that carry messages, and causes the brain to shrink. More than 5 million people suffer from the disease in the US, where it is the 6th leading cause of death, and more than 1 million Britons have it. WHAT HAPPENS? As brain cells die, the functions they provide are lost. That includes memory, orientation and the ability to think and reason. The progress of the disease is slow and gradual. On average, patients live five to seven years after diagnosis, but some may live for ten to 15 years. EARLY SYMPTOMS: Loss of short-term memory Disorientation Behavioral changes Mood swings Difficulties dealing with money or making a phone call LATER SYMPTOMS:
