EastEnders' Shaun Williamson lands new TV role 18 years after Barry Evans exit
Shaun Williamson is best known for his role as Barry Evans in EastEnders, but he's now showing off his quizzing skills as he joins the Celebrity Puzzling line-up on Channel 5.
Shaun Williamson, famously known as the ill-fated Barry Evans from EastEnders, is set to flex his mental muscles in Celebrity Puzzling.
Jeremy Vine, who presents the eight-part Channel 5 series, expressed his surprise at Shaun's adeptness with the games. "I knew Shaun Williamson would be nervous about it," he remarked. "It's not his usual territory. But I could see he knew stuff and was having a good time."
Jeremy also shared his fascination with watching former footballer David James tackle the puzzles. "Sportspeople's brains just work differently. It was enjoyable to watch."
Shaun, who spent ten years portraying the lovable but doomed car dealer Barry Evans on BBC One, was entangled in a dramatic storyline where his character was duped and killed by his wife Janine Butcher for his money.
Post-EastEnders, Shaun has graced our screens in various roles from The Bill to Casualty and Holby City, and has demonstrated his quiz prowess on shows like Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz and Beat The Chasers: Celebrity Special.
Carol Vorderman and Sally Lindsay join Shaun Williamson, Gareth Malone, Scarlett Moffatt and many more in Celebrity PuzzlingIn Celebrity Puzzling, Jeremy Vine takes the helm as quizmaster, with team captains Carol Vorderman and Sally Lindsay leading the charge through a series of challenging brain teasers, joined by a lineup of celebrity guests each episode.
Celebrity Puzzling is the latest TV sensation, bringing together a mix of famous faces each episode to tackle brain-teasers - kicking off with Gareth Malone and Ore Oduba, followed by stars like Scarlett Moffatt, Stephen Bailey, Melvin Odoom, Miles Jupp, Dom Joly and more.
Jeremy, the show's host, confessed he often felt the urge to get involved: "I didn't always have the answers," he shared, "But I quickly realised that, as the quiz master, you feel locked out. You can't shout the answer out. That's the price you pay for watching these competitors do battle."
The show's six-round format ensures non-stop entertainment, yet it was the Cinema Cypher round that proved tricky for Carol, with movie titles veiled behind cryptic symbols.
Carol struggled especially with this segment, saying, "I found it hard because I had to go backwards," and "I'm absolutely rubbish with movie titles. I know The Godfather series, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars but I couldn't tell you what their names are, though I've probably seen all of those multiple times."
She recalls her difficulty with the film School of Rock: "I thought of all the movies I knew and tried to make them fit," she confesses, "I forced it rather than trying to work it out. I didn't know the movie title." Despite the struggle, Carol found joy in the challenge: "That's the worst thing I did but I really enjoyed trying to work it out," she says.
Both stars team up with a new celebrity each week as they tackle mind-bending puzzlesFor Carol, the real thrill came from being a team captain, a role she hadn't experienced before: "I can't remember ever being a team captain before and I really enjoyed it," she enthuses.
"This was interesting because I was with Scarlett Morfatt on one show and then Paul Sinna another show. In terms of general knowledge, that's vast - Paul is one of the top quizzers in the country!".
But what makes the show shine is its clever tailoring: questions are curated for the guests' strengths. "The questions were totally geared to those celebs," says Carol, "I didn't know pop bands but Scarlett did. It was brilliantly done."
Her long-standing friendship with Sally Lindsay added an extra layer of warmth to filming. "Sally is just a joy," she says, "She's actually one of my best friends so it was a joy to be with her even though the way our brains work is different. We're both Northern, feisty women and we like a laugh. So I loved being in that studio."
Carol's lifelong love of puzzles runs deep. "I've always loved puzzles. When I was a child, I used to buy old maths books," she remembers, "They were my puzzles. I would sit at home with my pencil and go against the clock. Chess is one of the big ones."
That passion led her to hosting the 1993 world chess match between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short. It was the Kremlin's first ever commercial event - a speed chess championship. These days, she's a devoted Sudoku fan, happily losing herself in grids during long train rides back to Bristol from filming.
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