Melinda:
"Ahead, an imposing Napoleonic fortress. With me a team of ordinary men and women hoping to make off with its treasure. To do so, they must face their innermost fears for this is Fort Boyard."
Titles
Captain: John Bebbington 34, a fitness manager from Newbury. Likes: Atheletics, Hates: Snakes.
Annaleis Walters 27, an IT consultant from Reading. Likes: Swimming and Dancing, Hates:Spiders
Nick Sommerville 31, a graphics designer from Newbury. Likes: Snowboarding, Hates: Quitting.
Emma Sommerville 28, a dental nurse from Newbury. Likes: White Water Rafting, Hates: Heights.
Joe Drahota 20, a fitness instructor from Newbury. Likes: Cycling, Hates: Driving
Boyard: "Now I'm in a bad mood and when I'm in a bad mood there's usually a lot of pain. Mostly other peoples."
Melinda "Don't listen to him, he's one of life's miseries."
Professor "What shall I do now? Talk to myself I suppose. Well, I'm doing it now so practice makes perfect."
Annaleis swims for it and gets it.
Keys:1 Prisoners:0
Challenge 2 - The Conveyor Belt
Boyard: "What's your name?"
Joe: "I'm Joe."
Boyard: "Yeah? Bit like a Sloppy Joe to me. Well, you're going for a walk. Only this way, you keep your eyes behind you..."
After a slow start and falling off once, not to mention the amount of times he almost falls off, the buckets he does tip down the pipe are all mostly full so manages to win the game.
Keys:2 Prisoners:0
Challenge 3 - The Rotating Cylinders
Boyard: "How was your day out at the seaside? Alright? Well you've been firing on all cylinders, haven't you?"
Emma: "We always fire on all cylinders!"
Boyard: "You always fire on all cylinders, do you? Well you're looking a little out of breath Annaleis. So you're going to get on another cylinder. Jacques: the door."
Played by Annaleis, she manages to get to about the third one but that's about it.
Keys:2 Prisoners:0
Challenge 4 - Cannonball Pull
Boyard: "Hardly on a roll, are we? OK you, what's your name?"
John: "I'm John."
Boyard: "Yoy're John?You look like you could lose a few pounds, but come to think of it you might try to lose a few stones!
John seems to have little trouble with this game, pulling the bags of cannonballs up the wall so he can get the key. After the game, he was asked if it was heavy. He replied "It was alright!"
Keys:3 Prisoners:0
Challenge 5 - The Watchtower
Emma is sent back to the watchtower.
Professor "Oh, quelle jour. The sky, the sea, the air... it makes you feel good to be alive! Pity you don't know how you feel when you are dead."
After listing various fruits, she finally hits on the correct one, Gooseberry
Professor "As the great Louis Quatorze the Fourteenth once said, 'Jacques, do it my way'... or was that somebody else?"
Keys:4 Prisoners:0
Bonus Challenge 6 - The Cornice
Boyard: "Well, I've heard of not running before you can walk but this one's ridiculous. Oi you, Basil Brush, you look like you've clearly mastered the art of walking upright. Let's see how you get on walking horizontal..."
Saldy, he fails miserably being too slow and having lots of trouble getting past the gaps, although he does better on his second attempt his time was running low so he had to leave.
Keys:4 Prisoners:0
Boyard: "You're all looking a bit smug aren't you? Well so far it's been a gentle stroll. Now you will know the meaning of agony... come on punks, make my day!"
Adventure 1 - The Watchtower (Annaleis)
Adventure 2 - Bungee Catapult
Boyard:"I've been racking my brains how to stretch you to your full potential but this is all I could come up with. Now they reckon on a clear day you can see forever but all I want you to do is see a clueword that's written on a board up there..."
It isn't a game many people lose and Joe is no exception, protesting at the beginning that he's "not scared" for Melinda to reply "Are you sure? You're lying, aren't you!" He gets the clue, Rear
Clues so far:Box, Rear.
Adventure 3 - The Arachnid's Cabin
Boyard: "Now you, a lot of my friends have been very impressed with what you've been doing today, they are very impressed with you and they would like to meet you. They are your biggest fans! But on three of them you are going to draw a blank... It's the fourth one that you should watch out for..."
Annaleis according to her profile hates spiders and at the beginning of the game it shows. After having the courage to pick up the first one, getting the piece of paper and then running out of the room only to discover that it's blank she goes back in. However she does get braver and finds the clue attached to a scorpion in the box: Envelope
Clues so far:Box, Rear, Envelope.
Adventure 4 - The Wall
Boyard: "Well, you lot are really starting to get on my nerves so I'm going to get my own back... I'm going to drive him up the wall!"
Nick makes good progress until he gets two-thirds of the way up where he slips and falls off, but he does manage to catch the window sill in time and pulls himself up, but at this point he took to long to get climbing again. 2:30 runs out. Clues so Far:Box, Rear, Envelope
Adventure 5 - The Chariot
Boyard: "You're looking smug."
Joe: "Yeah, pretty much"
Boyard: "Do you like furry animals?"
Joe: "Love them!"
Boyard "Well tough because you're [John] going in!"
No trouble really except working out how to steer at the beginning of the game. He finds the two keys. French
Clues so far:Box, Rear, Envelope, French
Adventure 6 - The Swan Dive
Boyard: "If you weren't getting right up my nose you'd be getting a simple one, but as it is i've not made it too hard."
Yes, she hates heights and it shows. Despite being encouraged by team mates lots, she begins to feel sick and can't make the jump. Clues so far: Box, Rear, Envelope, French
The team think the word is 'window' but aren't sure so they make a sacrifice. By Sacrificing Nick they earn themselves the clue Frame Clues: Bow, Rear, Envelope, French, Frame
They are now quite sure and the gong has gone and the door was rising. They thought the codeword was 'WINDOW' Were they right?
Boyard: "They've got the brawn, let's see if they've got the brain... Tiger Master, the Tigers Head!"
...And the gold started tumbling!
Codeword Explanation
Box, as in Window box,
Rear, as in Rear window,
Envelope, as in Window envelope,
French, as in French window.
and Frame, as in Window frame.
The codeword was WINDOW
The bell rang and they all ran out, nobody was caught.
Boyard: "Jacques and Jules, weigh thir ill-gotten gains that they robbed from me!"
Boyard: "I'm really angry now! Just wait for the next lot to arrive to take my gold!"
Melinda:"I think he needs some professional help!"
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