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Joe Lycett flummoxed by Celebrity Catchphrase riddle he 'never would have got' - but can YOU solve it within the time limit?
Brit comedian Joe Lycett was left flummoxed by a riddle he claimed he 'never would have got' on Celebrity Catchphrase.
The Birmingham-born star was on the celebrity iteration of the hugely popular ITV game show - joined by TV persona Nick Knowles and actress Chizzy Akudolu.
The competition sees three players attempt to 'say what they see' to guess the correct phrase or idiom from a short video.
And although 37-year-old Joe beat his fellow celebs to make it all the way to the 'super catchphrase,' one riddle left him perplexed.
The big screen lit up to show the clue, while Stephen threw out some wild guesses, including 'angry countries' and, in a moment of desperation, 'friggy diggy'.
Although the game's premise is simple, finding the correct answer can often be challenging. So can YOU figure it out within the time limit?
The answer was 'cross country running'.
Three cartoon characters with different national flags - of Italy, America and France - ran angrily across the screen to make the clue.
But when host Stephen Mulhern revealed the solution, Joe immediately admitted: 'I never would have got that.'
Nonetheless, Joe walked away with an impressive £32,000 for his chosen charity, the Tamworth Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centre.
It comes as Channel 4 execs have shelved Joe's comedy series Late Night Lycett - as Joe is taking a break to focus on his family.
The comedian shocked fans when he announced that he had become a father for the first time in October last year with a sweet snap of him holding his newborn son.
Joe is keen to spend as much time as he can with his baby boy and has put filming for his show on hold.
According to The Sun, an insider said: 'Late Night Lycett is a hugely popular format and one that Channel 4 wants to keep on air.
'Joe's witty one-liners as well as the show's comedy and feel-good vibe means it's not shy of attracting big names out on a Friday evening like Alesha Dixon and Elizabeth Hurley.
'Channel 4 are keen for another series but at the moment Joe has taken extended time off to be with his newborn son and family.
'It means meetings around the future of Late Night Lycett have not been able to take place.
'Bosses are respecting his decision and when he does return to work, talks will take place about whether to commission a new series.'
The first series of Late Night Lycett hit our screens in 2023, followed by a second last year.
There have been seven episodes over two successful series.
The programme is filmed on Joe's home turf of Birmingham.
The show's synopsis reads: 'Joe Lycett presents his late-night comedy entertainment series, live from his hometown of Birmingham, with madcap games, hilarious sketches, Joe's aunties, and celebrity guests.'
It has become a huge fan favourite over the past two years and received a BAFTA for best Entertainment Performance.
Back in November Joe revealed that he spent the first few weeks of fatherhood 'doing a lot of crying'.
Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, he said: 'I've done a lot of, I mean less so now, but the first sort of two weeks I did a lot of crying because I did a lot of nostalgia for the future and imagined what he would be like when he was 20 and then worried about him when he's an old man and I can't be there for him.'
Celebrity Catchphrase airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV and is available to stream on ITVX.
