Brit comedian Joe Lycett<\/a> was left flummoxed by a riddle he claimed he ‘never would have got’ on Celebrity Catchphrase.<\/p>\n The Birmingham-born star was on the celebrity iteration of the hugely popular ITV<\/a> game show – joined by TV persona Nick Knowles<\/a> and actress Chizzy Akudolu.<\/p>\n The competition sees three players attempt to ‘say what they see’ to guess the correct phrase or idiom from a short video.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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’.<\/p>\n 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?<\/p>\n Brit comedian Joe Lycett was left flummoxed by a riddle he claimed he ‘never would have got’ on Celebrity Catchphrase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The answer was ‘cross country running’.<\/p>\n Three cartoon characters with different national flags – of Italy, America and France – ran angrily across the screen to make the clue.<\/p>\n But when host Stephen Mulhern revealed the solution, Joe immediately admitted: ‘I never would have got that.’<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Joe walked away with an impressive \u00a332,000 for his chosen charity, the Tamworth Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centre.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Joe is keen to spend as much time as he can with his baby boy and has put filming for his show on hold.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Joe walked away with an impressive \u00a332,000 for his chosen charity, the Tamworth Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centre\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n ‘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.<\/p>\n ‘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.<\/p>\n ‘It means meetings around the future of Late Night Lycett have not been able to take place.<\/p>\n ‘Bosses are respecting his decision and when he does return to work, talks will take place about whether to commission a new series.’<\/p>\n The first series of Late Night Lycett hit our screens in 2023, followed by a second last year.<\/p>\n There have been seven episodes over two successful series.<\/p>\n The programme is filmed on Joe’s home turf of Birmingham.<\/p>\n 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.’<\/p>\n When host Stephen Mulhern (picttured) revealed the solution, Joe immediately admitted: ‘I never would have got that’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It has become a huge fan favourite over the past two years and received a BAFTA for best Entertainment Performance.<\/p>\n Back in November Joe revealed that he spent the first few weeks of fatherhood ‘doing a lot of crying’.<\/p>\n 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.’<\/p>\n Celebrity Catchphrase airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV and is available to stream on ITVX.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brit comedian Joe Lycett was left flummoxed by a riddle he claimed he ‘never would have got’ on Celebrity Catchphrase. 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