EMMERDALE’S Joe Absolom bagged an incredible jackpot on Celebrity Catchphrase – but did you beat him to it?

The soap star, 46, had just seconds left to answer his last crucial puzzle.

Joe defeated Alex Beresford and Sarah-Jane Crawford to reach the final round.

He made light work of the ITV show’s pyramid – with 29 seconds remaining to answer the £50,000 Catchphrase.

At this point, Joe hit a stumbling block as he tried to work out the last puzzle.

It first showed various shops, with stop signs on display in the window.

The key focus was “Sign World”, which had a single stop sign and an arrow pointing to it.

Joe initially guessed “Stop sign” and “Only a stop sign”, as the clock ticked away.

With only four seconds left, the actor correctly answered “One stop shop.”

It meant Joe scooped £50,000 for his charity – as well as £6,700 he won in earlier rounds.

Host Stephen Mulhern said: “Do you know what, that is incredible. Wow, I have never seen it done like that.”

Joe then revealed he couldn’t wait to share the good news with his charity.

He joined the Emmerdale cast this year, playing shady new bad guy Ray Walters.

Introduced with connections to Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb), it was revealed he would be involved with Dylan (Fred Kettle).

Speaking at the time of his casting, Joe shared: “Well what an honour to join such a talented team at Emmerdale!

“It’s an iconic show and I’m grateful to be part of it.”

He added: “I can’t wait to see what’s in stock for Ray!”

Long-time soap fans will remember Joe as EastEnders’ Matthew Rose from 1997 to 2000.

The character feuded with Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) – who memorably framed him for murder.

Elsewhere, Joe recently shared a difference between working on the two soaps.

Celebrity Catchphrase airs on ITV1 and ITVX.