Andy bangs on about cricket

Andy presumably spots the ‘5’ in the task brief, as the first rope he pulls in rope 5, releasing a pile of white flowers onto the table.

Stating that he feels like he’s missing a clue somewhere, Andy then checks inside the paper tag at the end of rope 5, but finds nothing in there. He then suggests that the word ‘bell’ could actually be “B11”, and so decides to pull rope 1, releasing the table tennis balls onto the ground.

Andy gets up to check the ground for clues, and finds the piece of paper which fell out of the compartment with the flowers, with the question about pulling rope 8 written on it. As he debates whether he actually should pull rope 8 or not, and searches the pile of flowers for any more clues, Alex tells him that he’s already used half of his time.

Andy then asks whether he could call the cricketer Ian Bell on his phone, but when Alex asks if he has his number, admits that he does not.

Andy decides to go ahead and pull rope 8, and discovers that it’s just a very long rope, with nothing at the end.

Stating that he feels like the solution to the task actually has nothing to do with the ropes, he nevertheless pulls on rope 3 next, releasing the water balloon from above. Stamping on the water balloon to burst it, he then finds a piece of paper with the number 7 on it, so goes ahead and pulls rope 7, too, dropping socks onto the table.

Andy then proceeds to pull rope 4, dropping the cocktail umbrellas, and then rope 10, dropping Patatas. He removes the piece of paper with the number 2 on it from Patatas’ collar, and then shakes her to check that she doesn’t contain a bell, stating “You never know. Some breeds of cat do.”

Stating that “There’s no real way of emerging from this with any form of dignity”, he then pulls on rope 9, which triggers the voice bellowing “Nooo!” from above. He reacts to this by asking Alex whether it’s the voice of Ian Bell.

Andy then pulls rope 6, releasing rubber ducks onto the table and ground, followed by rope 2, which drops the half watermelon.

As Alex blows his whistle, indicating that Andy’s time is up, Andy admits that he hadn’t rung a bell, and Alex then points out what a mess he’s made.

In the studio, Greg observes that Andy has the “countenance”, and employs “the vernacular of” a scientist, but contrasts this with his strategy during the task, which was “to randomly pull all the ropes, fail the task, whilst occasionally banging on about cricket again.” Andy attempts to defend himself by arguing that Isaac Newton had just “sat under trees until something fell on his head”, prompting Greg to suggest “Then said something about googlies?”.

Andy is disqualified from the task for failing to ring a bell.

(Written by Karl Craven and proofread by M3 / Andres Sanchez)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)