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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

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and a very warm welcome to this special journalistic edition

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of Pointless Celebrities,

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the show where obvious answers mean nothing

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and obscure answers mean everything.

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Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

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And couple number one.

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I'm Toby Young. I'm an associate editor of The Spectator.

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I'm Melissa Kite, I'm a columnist on The Spectator.

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Couple number two.

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I'm Jane Moore, I write a column for The Sun

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and I'm a regular on Loose Women.

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I'm Kevin O'Sullivan, I'm a television critic

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and I'm a regular on The Wright Stuff.

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Couple number three.

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I'm Frank Gardner, BBC security correspondent,

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and I've had my first thriller published this year.

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I'm Lizo Mzimba,

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I'm the entertainment correspondent for BBC News.

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And finally, couple number four.

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Hello, I'm Tony Parsons,

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I write a column for GQ and the Sun On Sunday

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and I write the Max Wolff thrillers.

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I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm a freelance journalist,

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mostly working for the Observer.

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Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless.

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Lovely to have you here. We'll chat to you more throughout the show as it goes along.

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So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

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He is conversant in culture, fluent in fun

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and has bedroom Spanish.

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It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

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Hiya.

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Hello, everybody. Good evening.

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-Good evening to you.

-Good evening, sir.

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-How are you?

-I'm very well.

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Now, we've got quite a clever bunch on this evening's show, haven't we?

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Not that they're not always clever,

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but occasionally, you spot some weak links -

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I don't spot any weak links here, unfortunately.

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That said, two people have been on before - neither of them really covered themselves in glory.

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Lizo has been on before, got to Round Two. Tony, Round One, got knocked out last time.

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Well, they actually kept the cab by the dressing room door for me

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last time I was here, that's how bad it was!

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But they've both been bright enough -

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look at the partners they've brought along.

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Frank Gardner, that's a smart move. Miranda Sawyer as well -

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two of the brightest people you could bring. I should also note, on podium two,

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we have a fellow long-suffering Fulham fan

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in Kevin O'Sullivan as well.

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So...(come on, Kev!)

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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As usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

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Our contestants are looking for those all-important Pointless answers.

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These are answers that none of our 100 people gave.

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Find one of those, and we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,

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each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.

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We start off with a jackpot of £2,500.

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There we are.

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Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, just to be absolutely plain,

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the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

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will be eliminated, so make sure your scores are low.

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Best of luck to all four pairs.

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Our first category this evening is...

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It's a Words round.

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,

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who's going to go second?

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Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

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OK, let's find out what the question is - here it comes.

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

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as many words ending in ORD as they could.

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Words ending in ORD. Richard.

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We're simply looking for any word which has its own entry

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in the British and World English section of oxforddictionaries.com

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that ends ORD, please. As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words,

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anything like that.

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Just any word ending ORD. Very best of luck.

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-OK.

-And as always, I'm going to predict the word

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that you're going to say.

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OK, go on, do it.

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Toby, welcome. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

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There are very few areas in the entire realm of writing,

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I think, that you haven't yet done something in.

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I mean, you're a journalist, obviously.

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You were on Vanity Fair.

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You have written so many different...

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Drama, you've written a screenplay.

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Anything else you would like to do, Toby?

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Anything you feel you haven't yet covered?

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Um...I've written a screenplay,

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but never one that's been turned into a film.

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Did you not write the screenplay for How To Lose Friends And Alienate People?

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-No, I was the co-producer.

-That was it?

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Somebody adapted your play?

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Somebody adapted the book.

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I see. That's right, because there was a stage play, wasn't there?

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There was a stage play in which I played myself

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and I was played by Simon Pegg in the film.

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When the director saw me and Simon for the first time,

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he said, "If you're going to play this guy, Simon,

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"you'll either have to gain 20lb

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"or I'll have to put you in a fat suit."

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I was a bit more out of shape then.

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I thought it was joking, I thought it was just banter.

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On the first day of principal photography,

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Simon had gained 20lb, so that wasn't very flattering!

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Wow.

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Toby...

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A word ending ORD that the fewest people -

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or ideally no people - have chosen.

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-I've got one!

-Have you?

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Sorry, it just landed on me.

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-There we go.

-Oh! So happy.

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We can chat more if you like, Toby, now I've...

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LAUGHTER

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Fjord.

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Oh, that is good.

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-That's a good one.

-You like that?

-That is good. Yes.

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Fjord, says Toby.

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Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people went for fjord.

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Down it goes...still going...

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Oh, 19.

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APPLAUSE

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19, for fjord.

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Of course, a long narrow inlet on the coast in Norway.

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There we are. Jane, welcome to Pointless.

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-Thank you.

-How long have you done your opinion column at The Sun?

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About 22 years.

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That's incredible.

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-Yes.

-What a thing.

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When you first started, did you find opinions,

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strong opinions, came to you naturally?

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Or have your opinions hardened over time?

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No, I've always been quite opinionated.

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I was very opinionated at school.

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And it has sort of carried on through my life.

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And then I worked in a, sort of, a senior role at newspapers,

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where you go into conference every morning,

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doing a lot of this, and the editor said,

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"Just to shut her up, I'm going to give her a column!"

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And here you are, 22 years later.

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Now, Jane, what word ending in ORD would you like to go for?

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-I'm going to go for discord.

-Discord.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said discord.

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It's right. Well, 19 is our only score so far, for fjord.

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Discord...

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22.

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Very nice grouping, there.

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A promising start to the round.

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Yeah, it's used in air safety demonstrations -

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what happens when the oxygen runs out...

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"Pull dis cord..."

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard!

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Now, then, Lizo, thank you for coming back.

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You are the second-longest-serving incumbent on Newsround.

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-After the great John Craven.

-After the great John Craven.

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-How long did you do?

-Ten years.

-Oh!

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-Do you still hear that music at the same time every afternoon?

-I do.

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-Fantastic.

-And now, entertainment correspondent?

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-Yeah.

-Now that's got to be quite all right,

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cos for us, entertainment is, well, entertaining.

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For you, it's very hard work.

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But it's still fun. You know, I think I've had

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the best two jobs in broadcasting.

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Newsround, getting to meet amazing kids all over the world,

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and now, entertainment correspondent,

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I get to interview celebrities and go to the Oscars.

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It doesn't get much better than that, does it?

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Fabulous. Lizo, what would you like to go for?

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I'm going to go for broadsword.

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Broadsword. Let's see how many of our 100 people said broadsword.

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Well, 22 is our high score, 19 our low.

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That's how good the grouping is so far.

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Broadsword whizzes past!

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Down to 2!

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APPLAUSE

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Very well done indeed, Lizo.

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Looking very strong.

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That's beautiful. That's a journalist's special.

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That's a terrific answer. Well played. A very flat...

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Well, it's a broad sword, essentially!

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-It is, isn't it?

-Aptly named.

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I was trying to explain what it was

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and I thought, "No, that's essentially what it is."

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It is what it is, yeah. Thank you very much indeed.

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-Tony, welcome back.

-Thank you.

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Let's just talk about Man And Boy, first,

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which sold colossal numbers all around the world.

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What are the sales figures on that?

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I think it's about five to six million, so far.

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-Really?

-Yeah.

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Five or six million books - I don't know what that even looks like.

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That looks like...

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Somebody comes up to you in the street and says,

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"I love you, you're Nick Hornby",

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it happens all the time. Happens all the time.

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Listen, five or six...

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"What's it like, Hugh Grant playing you in a film?" That's what they usually say.

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Tony, what would you like to go for?

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I'm going to go for overlord.

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Overlord.

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Very good. Normandy landing name, there.

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Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said overlord.

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6, for overlord.

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APPLAUSE

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Very well done indeed, Tony.

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Well played, Tony - great answering all round, here.

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Yeah, a ruler, an overlord.

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Or someone who was awed by an oval.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

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2 is the best score of the pass.

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Lizo, very well done indeed, Lizo and Frank, at this stage,

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looking like a strong bet for the next round.

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Then up to 6, where we find Tony and Miranda.

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Then 19, Toby and Melissa.

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And then 22, Jane and Kevin.

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So, Kevin, the onus is on you to find a nice low-scoring word

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ending ORD - good luck with that.

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We'll come back down the line. Will the second players step up to the podium?

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Now, then, Miranda, welcome to Pointless.

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Lovely to have you here. I've got to ask you this -

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you appear, to me, to be one of these, sort of, illuminati.

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-One of these wonderful...

-You're quite right, I am.

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-You are, though.

-Yeah.

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This is what I mean. You were on the Turner Prize jury.

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You were on the jury that awarded City of Culture status to Liverpool.

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-I was, yes.

-How many other juries are you on, currently, Miranda?

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Absolutely none.

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It's quite hard work and you feel terrible

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for all the people you don't give it to.

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They're quite scary things, aren't they, juries?

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By and large. You, sort of, become a single organism.

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Yeah, and you all disagree, so...it's really difficult.

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Very hard, indeed.

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Now, Miranda, words ending ORD.

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You are on 6 points. Our high-scorers at the moment, Kevin and Jane on 22.

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15 or less.

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I'm going to say chord, but as in a musical chord.

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Ah! Here is your red line, it's quite low.

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Let's see if you can get below that with chord, with an h.

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It's right.

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-25.

-All right-ish.

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I think you're going to be all right.

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That takes your total up to 31.

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Relieves a little bit of pressure from Kevin and Jane,

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but not that much.

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Well played, Miranda, it's going to be exciting, isn't it?

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This second pass. You could probably define chord better than I, with your musical training?

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Yes, I suppose it's more than two notes played simultaneously.

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And ideally being, yes, being a chord,

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it should be assonant,

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it should be pleasing to the ear.

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Yet still, they don't let you write dictionaries - extraordinary.

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Yeah, I know, one of these days, eh?

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-Yeah.

-Oh...

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Frank, a very, very warm welcome to Pointless,

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great to have you here.

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How long have you been security correspondent for the BBC?

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-God, 12 years.

-Wow.

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-Then, you've written two books...

-I have.

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..about your experience in the Middle East.

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One of them was about the Middle East

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and the other was just a fun adventure, travel, sort of,

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accounts of going to places like Djibouti and Sumatra and Socotra,

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which hardly anybody read, actually, but I had fun writing it.

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But let's talk about Crisis.

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For the first time, you have written... It's a thriller.

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It is a thriller. It's a huge jump, I have to say.

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I mean, you will all know this.

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-Going from nonfiction to fiction, it's a massive learning curve.

-Yes.

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Rooted, so completely, in your...

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In something you know absolutely about.

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It's jungles, it's a nasty weapon, it's a race to the end,

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and it involves obscure parts of this country

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and another part of the world.

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Good for people wanting to come on Pointless. There you are.

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Now, Frank, a word ending ORD.

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There you are, on 2 - behind you on the far podium,

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Miranda and Tony are on 31. So, 28 is your target score.

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I'm going to go for misericord.

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-AUDIENCE OOHS

-What?

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That, by the way,

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-that was mine!

-Was that your word?

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Genuinely - no, I promise, that was mine!

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I didn't write that down.

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Oh, no, I didn't think you would have done.

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No, well done.

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It's slightly annoying. LAUGHTER

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There we are, misericord says Frank.

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There is your red line.

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If you get below that, you are through to the next round.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people got misericord.

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I hope it's pointless.

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It's right.

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Very well done.

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1!

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APPLAUSE

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3 is your total.

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-Very well done.

-Very well played.

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I was going to say how on earth is that not pointless?

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But then both of you came up with it, so I guess it's...

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Again, you could maybe... I could define it, if I so chose,

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but I wonder if you might like to.

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I have a feeling it's an organ, isn't it?

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It's a musical...

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I thought it was a small medieval knife, isn't it?

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Oh, maybe... Well...

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-He called my bluff!

-You stab the organ with it.

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I think it's actually a ledge

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underneath the seat in a prayer stool, I think.

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-There you are.

-So, hold on, you both know the word...

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It's nothing to do... Anyway, it's fine,

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I'm not going to go too far into it.

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It can be a small dagger as well, a misericord.

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-Oh, there you are.

-But it's not an organ.

-It's not an organ.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, Kevin, this is exciting.

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Let's talk a little bit about your job in journalism -

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a TV reviewer.

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-Yes.

-I mean, that's nice, a job you can do on a sofa.

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Yeah, exactly, in your underpants.

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-In your...

-If you want to.

-Probably, yeah.

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Be honest, do you watch programmes all the way to the end, always?

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Yeah, I think that's...

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You've got to give it a fair crack of the whip.

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You've got to have the full viewer's experience.

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Do you actually watch at home or do you have a, sort of,

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viewing room that feels more workmanlike?

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I have a rather extraordinarily big television.

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Now, Kevin, you have a target, here -

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8 or less keeps you in the game.

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Well, I feel completely emasculated by misericord,

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but I was going to say harpsichord.

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You could be emasculated by a misericord, as it happens. Um...

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LAUGHTER

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There is your red line. You are going for harpsichord,

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let's see if you can get below that red line with harpsichord.

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It's never going to do it, is it?

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You've done it!

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5, very well done, indeed.

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Well done.

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27 is your total.

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Oh, Tony, this can't happen, this simply can't happen.

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Very well played there, Kevin.

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Harpsichord - it's a type of small dagger.

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LAUGHTER

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Melissa, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

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Now, I have to say, you have probably one of those

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most wonderful jobs in journalism.

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One of those permanent columns at the back of The Spectator.

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-Yes.

-When did you get that?

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Quite some years ago, actually.

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It is said that people read from the back.

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Oh, I think they do. When you first got there, did you feel,

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"Well, this is it, I've arrived?"

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I did, a bit, yes.

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I said, "Well, what do you want me to write about?"

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And the editor said, "Just be yourself."

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-Well, that's helpful!

-I thought, "That's really helpful, isn't it?"

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-Yes.

-So, that's what I've done.

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I'm very flattered to have lovely letters

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from wonderful Spectator readers who read it and say they enjoy it.

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Wonderful. So it's a word ending ORD that we're looking for.

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I mean, I could really start scraping the bottom of the barrel

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with some very strange words that I thought of,

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but I'm not sure about...

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So I'm going to say accord.

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Accord. Accord, says Melissa.

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This is exciting. There's your red line.

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Below that red line, you remain with us.

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Above that red line,

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a glass of room-temperature white wine awaits you.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said accord.

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31!

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Oh, Melissa!

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A reprieve for Tony, who shall see Round Two, at last.

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-But, Melissa, I'm afraid...

-At last, at last! Round Two, at last.

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..that takes your total up to 50.

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Sorry, Melissa, not a bad answer amongst all eight of you, there,

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-a terrific round from everybody.

-I did think I came up with another.

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-You came up with another word?

-Yeah, yeah.

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OK, this is just to help me out, right?

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-Yeah, yeah.

-What other word did you come up with?

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I came up with milord.

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Oh, as in, "You rang, milord?"

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As in, "Oh, yes, an English milord".

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-Would have scored you 3 points.

-There we are.

-Would've been a very good answer.

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-Slightly disappointing.

-The answer I had for you was a pointless answer.

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-You are kind.

-That's all right.

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There's only two Swedish words in the English language.

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-Oh, smorgasbord!

-Smorgasbord! That's what I wrote down.

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-Oh, that's the one. Look at that.

-There you go.

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-Pointless answer.

-Oh, you flatter me.

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Well, you know. Let's take a look at some other pointless answers.

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There are some words people could have got, here.

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Again, a lot of compound words here.

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Byword is a pointless answer, that would have been a nice one.

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Drawcord. Ganglord.

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Loanword. Misword. Needlecord.

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Rerecord. There's smorgasbord.

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Watchword - would have been a lovely pointless answer, wouldn't it?

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, at the end of our first round,

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I'm afraid the pair who are heading home,

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with their high score of 50... I'm sorry, Melissa and Toby.

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But, I mean, that made that last pass incredibly exciting.

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I mean, all sorts of swings and roundabouts, there.

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And a very unlikely finish to it, rather a twist in the tail, if I might say.

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It's been lovely having you. Sorry to send you home so soon.

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It seems a terrible waste, but there we are.

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Thank you for coming to play, Melissa and Toby.

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APPLAUSE

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

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And so we're suddenly down to three pairs.

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At the end of this round, we'll say goodbye to another pair.

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Best of luck to all three pairs for this round.

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Our category for Round Two...

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..is Music. It's Music.

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

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OK, and the question concerns...

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Misspelt song titles.

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-Richard?

-On each board, we're going to show you six song titles,

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all of which have deliberately misspelt words in them.

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You need to tell us the act who had a hit with any of these, please.

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UK top 40 hit with any of these songs.

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There'll be six on the first board, six on the second,

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12 in all to have a go at at home.

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Thank you very much indeed. OK, so let's reveal

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our first board of misspelt song titles.

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And here they are. We have got...

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I'll read those all one last time.

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Kevin.

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I'm hopeless at this.

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OK, well, Eddie Grant?

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-Gimme Hope Jo'Anna?

-Eddie Grant, says Kevin.

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Let's see if that's right for Gimme Hope Jo'Anna.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Eddie Grant.

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It's right.

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15.

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APPLAUSE

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15.

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Yeah, that's a great answer, Kevin, very well played.

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-A number seven hit for Eddie Grant.

-Thanks very much, indeed.

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Lizo.

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I'm going to take a risk. I hope this is right,

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and apologies if it's wrong,

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I'm going to go for Flava.

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Is that a Peter Andre song?

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Peter Andre... We shall find out, Lizo.

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Peter Andre, how many of our 100 people said that?

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Yes, it's a Peter Andre song, very well done.

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A risk well worth taking, because down it goes...

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To 4! Brilliant.

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APPLAUSE

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Once again, a commanding score, there,

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on the second podium.

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Another great round. Well played, everybody.

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-It's all about ice cream.

-There we are. Thank you, Richard.

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Now, Miranda, this board's all yours.

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If you wanted to, you could go through all of those songs

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and fill in all the blanks for us.

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I'm going to go for Mama Weer All Crazee Now.

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And I think...I think that's Slade.

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Slade, says Miranda.

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Gets a vigorous nod from Tony.

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Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Slade.

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It's right. 15's our high score, 4 is our low.

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34, for Slade.

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APPLAUSE

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That's a high score.

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Good round from everyone. The kings of misspelling song titles, Slade.

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That was number one for three weeks, Mama Weer All Crazee Now.

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Gimme Gimme Gimme, I think everyone would know,

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and everyone did well to avoid - it's Abba, 72.

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Let's Get Ready To Rhumble.

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-PJ and Duncan.

-PJ and Duncan, of course it is.

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Would have scored 45.

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Stickwitu is...

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No, I was going to say Pussycat Dolls.

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It is the Pussycat Dolls.

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-Yeah.

-7 points for that.

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-Peter Andre, the best answer on the board, Lizo.

-There we are.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores

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before we come back down the line.

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Lizo, very well done indeed. Lovely low score.

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Lizo and Frank, I think, looking strong contenders

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for the head-to-head at this stage.

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Then up to 15, where we find Kevin and Jane.

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34, Miranda and Tony.

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Now, Tony, a chance for you to shine, here,

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because you will get the new board.

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You can just find a really lovely low-scoring answer on that,

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-let's hope that keeps you in the game.

-Come on!

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We'll come back down the line, can the second players please step up to the podium?

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Let's put six more misspelt song titles up on the board.

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We have got...

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I'll read all those one last time.

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There we are.

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-So, Tony. OK.

-I'm going to...

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I'm going to go for good old Alexei Sayle

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and 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?

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Very good. No red line for you, you're the high-scorers.

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Let's see how far down the column you get with Alexei Sayle. How many people said this?

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It's right.

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Oh, it's a good answer - look at that, Tony.

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Very well done indeed. 12.

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Is it good enough, I wonder?

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46 is your total.

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Good work, Tony. Got to number 15 in the charts.

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-More innocent times, weren't they?

-Oh, weren't they, though?

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Imagine such a song getting to number 15 these days.

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Thanks very much. Frank...

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You have a target. 41.

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OK, this is not good for me, right now.

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Lizo, I just want to say now,

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it's been great working with you.

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I'm so sorry.

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So, I'm going to go for Rod Stewart, Da 'Ya' Think I'm Sexy.

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Rod Stewart. OK, well, let's see - here is your red line.

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You know, it's all right.

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-It's borderline.

-Rod Stewart.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rod Stewart.

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It's right.

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Oh, it's 52.

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APPLAUSE

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Which takes your total up to 56.

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Big score, but not that big, is it?

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Not crazily big. All the profits from that song,

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all the royalties from that song go to Unicef.

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-Do they, really?

-Yeah, they do indeed.

-Good, thank you.

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So, now, Jane...

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Jane, you are on 15.

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The high score is now Lizo and Frank on 56,

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so 40 is your target.

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Nothing Compares 2 U is Sinead O'Connor.

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Dirrty, I think,

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is Christina Aguilera.

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Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be,

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I'd almost hazard a guess at someone like Barbara Windsor or something,

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that kind of...

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But I'm going to go for Sk8er Boi, and it's Avril Lavigne.

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Avril Lavigne, says Jane. Here is your red line.

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Get below that with Avril Lavigne

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and you are through to the next round.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Avril Lavigne.

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It's right.

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And you're through. Look at that. Very well done. 32.

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-32.

-Taking your total up to 47.

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That's very close, again - look at those three scores, there. Very impressive from everybody.

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That's a proper guilty pleasure song, Sk8er Boi,

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I'm quite a big fan of Sk8er Boi.

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Dirrty, you're right, Jane.

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Christina Aguilera - would've been a slightly better score. Would've scored you 25.

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Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be - not Barbara Windsor.

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Max Bygraves - would've scored four points.

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You're absolutely right, Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor.

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Just scores less than Rod Stewart, 51 points for that.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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At the end of our second round, I'm very sorry to say

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the pair we are saying goodbye to, with their high score of 56,

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is Frank and Lizo, our stars from Round One.

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What can I say? You'll just have to come back and play again.

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But thank you so much, Frank and Lizo, brilliant contestants.

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APPLAUSE

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But for Miranda and Tony, and Kevin and Jane,

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it's now time for our head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Kevin and Jane, Miranda and Tony.

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You're now one step closer to the final

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and a chance to play for our jackpot for your charities.

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Our jackpot currently stands at £2,500.

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There it is.

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So, we have to work out who's going to go through to the final and play for that jackpot.

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We are going to do that by making you go head-to-head.

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The nice thing is you can start playing as a team from here on in,

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you can chat before you give your answers. It's lovely, takes the pressure off.

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The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

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Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here is your first question and your first question this evening

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is all about...

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Sports at the Summer Olympics.

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-Richard?

-I'll show you five pairs of images, and each of those images

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will spell out, essentially,

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a sport that is played at a Summer Olympics.

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-Can you tell us what the sports are, please?

-Thanks very much indeed.

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OK, let's reveal our five images. Here they come.

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There we are.

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Kevin and Jane, you've been our low-scorers, so you will get to go first.

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We'd like to point out - we know all of them.

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Let's go for C, Jude, doe

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-- judo.

-Judo.

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OK, judo say Kevin and Jane.

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Now, then, Miranda and Tony, talk us through the rest of that board,

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-if you can.

-OK, so, the first one is basketball.

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The second one is rugby.

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D is fencing.

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And E is archery.

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So, we think, maybe...

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Should we go for E?

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-Oh, it's so hard.

-I mean, that top one, it could be,

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like, laundry dance. Is that an Olympic...

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Is that a sport at the Summer Olympics?

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-Let's stick with your instincts and go with it.

-OK. Let's say archery.

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You're going to go for archery? So, we have judo. We have archery.

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Kevin and Jane said judo for C. Let's see if that's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said judo.

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-This is just luck.

-It is.

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It's right.

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And it's a good answer.

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Down it goes, 28. Very well done.

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Miranda and Tony have gone for archery for E.

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Let's see if that's right. How many of our 100 people said archery.

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It's right.

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It's got...

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Oh, 55.

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55 for archery.

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Well done. Kevin and Jane, after one question, you are up 1-0.

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There is one answer there that would have beaten judo.

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I think you may have been tempted to go for it, because it was A.

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-Basketball.

-Laundry dance!

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Laundry dance would have scored you 25.

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B of course is rugby.

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43 points for that.

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D - fencing.

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A big-scorer - would have scored 68.

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There we are, thank you very much, Richard.

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Here comes your second question.

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Miranda and Tony, you get to answer this one first,

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but you have to win it to stay in the game, so the very best of luck. It concerns...

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Whoohoo!

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We're going to show you the names of five famous TV roads or streets,

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but with alternate letters missing.

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-Can you fill in those gaps, please?

-Thanks very much indeed.

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So let's reveal our famous TV roads with bits missing.

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I'm going to read those again.

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There we are. Miranda and Tony will go first.

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-Yeah.

-OK, this is a guess.

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There are two really obvious answers we know,

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but we're going to go for the bottom one

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and we're going to say it's Blossom Avenue.

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Blossom Avenue. Let's hope so.

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Now, Kevin and Jane, talk us through the rest of these roads.

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-Wisteria Lane.

-Ramsay Street.

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-Ramsay Street.

-Albert Square.

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That's going to be the low-scorer, the Brady Bunch,

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but outside of that - I don't know.

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-Wisteria Lane?

-Yeah.

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-Wisteria Lane.

-We have Blossom Avenue and Wisteria Lane.

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So, Miranda and Tony, Blossom Avenue, let's see if it's right.

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-It is right.

-It is right.

-Very well done, Blossom Avenue.

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Let's see how far down we go with it.

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That's a good answer, 32.

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-32.

-You're OK with that.

-Yes.

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And against that we have Kevin and Jane saying Wisteria Lane.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

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It's right.

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This is close. 36! Very well done.

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Miranda and Tony, you're back in the game. Whoohoo!

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Fantastic. After two questions, it is 1-1.

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Good head-to-head as well. Very few teams ever do that,

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look at the words and think... It can literally only be Blossom Avenue but

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very few people have the guts to go for it.

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Very well done. Ramsay Street, Neighbours.

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Scores you 77.

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86 for Albert Square.

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This last one is another one.

0:31:290:31:31

It's something Way, it's working out what that first word is.

0:31:310:31:34

It will get you one point. If I tell you

0:31:340:31:37

it is a surname and it is the surname of a president...

0:31:370:31:41

Clinton Way.

0:31:410:31:42

-Ah!

-It would have scored you one point.

0:31:420:31:45

Very well done if you got that at home.

0:31:450:31:47

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

0:31:470:31:49

So, it all comes down to this third and final question.

0:31:490:31:52

This is the decider. Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

0:31:520:31:55

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck.

0:31:550:31:57

The third question is all about...

0:31:570:32:00

-Thank goodness!

-Protected Designation of Origin Foods.

0:32:030:32:07

-Richard?

-We'll show you the names of five foods, all of which come from a

0:32:070:32:11

particular area and can only be made in that area.

0:32:110:32:13

We need you to tell us the country of origin of these five foods, please.

0:32:130:32:17

Whoever gives the lowest answer goes through to play for that jackpot, so very, very best of luck.

0:32:170:32:22

The country of origin of these five foods and here they are.

0:32:220:32:26

We've got...

0:32:260:32:27

I'll read those again.

0:32:360:32:37

There we go. Now, Kevin and Jane will go first.

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Ooh!

0:32:470:32:48

OK. Don't know whether to go for an easy one or have a risky one.

0:32:480:32:52

-Shall we risk it?

-Shall we risk it?

-Go for Spain.

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Jamon de Huelva. We'll guess that it's Spain.

0:32:550:32:59

Jamon de Huelva, Spain,

0:32:590:33:02

say Kevin and Jane.

0:33:020:33:04

Miranda and Tony, talk us through that board.

0:33:040:33:07

Well, we think that the top one is Dutch

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and we think the second one sounds like it is Italian.

0:33:110:33:13

The fourth one is definitely France and the last one,

0:33:130:33:17

that Weisslacker sounds to me as though

0:33:170:33:20

it can only be either Germany or Austria.

0:33:200:33:22

Shall we take a punt, or should we do the top one?

0:33:220:33:24

I think Weisslacker, Germany.

0:33:240:33:27

Weisslacker, Germany. So we have Spain and Germany.

0:33:270:33:30

Kevin and Jane said Spain for Jamon de Huelva.

0:33:300:33:32

Let's see if that's right, how many of our 100 people said it.

0:33:320:33:35

It is Spain.

0:33:370:33:39

Well done.

0:33:390:33:41

29.

0:33:430:33:45

-That's because it sounds Spanish.

-Yeah.

0:33:450:33:48

29 for Spain.

0:33:480:33:50

I think this might be wrong.

0:33:500:33:52

Miranda and Tony have gone Weisslacker, Germany.

0:33:520:33:55

Let's see if Germany is right for Weisslacker.

0:33:550:33:58

-It is Germany.

-Oh, my God.

0:34:000:34:02

-Well done.

-It is Germany.

0:34:020:34:04

Oh, 45. Bad luck.

0:34:050:34:08

Weisslacker, 45. Very well done, Kevin and Jane.

0:34:090:34:12

After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

0:34:120:34:15

Very well played, great head-to-head there.

0:34:150:34:17

Gouda is the Netherlands.

0:34:170:34:19

That would have scored 56.

0:34:190:34:21

Roquefort - France, of course. That would have scored 47.

0:34:210:34:24

Imokilly Regato -

0:34:240:34:27

it rather depends on knowing where Imokilly is,

0:34:270:34:29

and the answer is Ireland.

0:34:290:34:32

It's an Irish cheese and would have scored you four points.

0:34:320:34:34

Very well done if you said that at home.

0:34:340:34:36

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

0:34:360:34:38

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

0:34:380:34:41

Miranda and Tony, it is you. What a brilliant head-to-head round.

0:34:410:34:44

Some good answering from you. Thank you for coming to play.

0:34:440:34:47

Sorry we have to say goodbye. Brilliant, come back and play again. Miranda and Tony.

0:34:470:34:51

-Thank you.

-Thank you. Well done.

0:34:510:34:53

For Kevin and Jane, it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:34:530:34:56

Congratulations, Kevin and Jane.

0:35:000:35:02

You fought off all the competition

0:35:020:35:04

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:35:040:35:07

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities

0:35:130:35:16

and at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £2,500.

0:35:160:35:19

Well, we've tested you and here you are. Amazing.

0:35:230:35:26

-Absolutely fantastic.

-Who knew?

-Who knew?!

0:35:260:35:29

You get to choose your category from the four we put up on the board.

0:35:290:35:32

Let's see what today's selection looks like.

0:35:320:35:35

We've got...

0:35:350:35:36

Royal Family, I'd be quite keen on,

0:35:450:35:47

but Royal Families? When you start getting into those ones on bicycles,

0:35:470:35:52

I'm not so good at those.

0:35:520:35:53

-Or the Japanese one.

-The European royals.

0:35:530:35:55

-What do you fancy?

-Shall we go for Beautiful Things?

0:35:570:36:00

You want to try it because we have no idea what it is?

0:36:000:36:04

I thought Beautiful Things probably...

0:36:040:36:05

I don't know. I think it's something to do with gossip, but I don't know.

0:36:050:36:09

Which one do you want? Say.

0:36:090:36:12

We are being very decisive here, aren't we(?)

0:36:120:36:14

Royal Families? Do you want to do that?

0:36:140:36:16

-Are you any good on Royal Families?

-No, but...

0:36:160:36:18

I can't go for something on my own.

0:36:200:36:23

-Shall we go for Beautiful Things, as we don't know what it is?

-Yes.

0:36:230:36:26

We're going to go for Beautiful Things because we have no idea what

0:36:260:36:29

-it is.

-OK, so you're not going to go for the thing that one of you

0:36:290:36:32

is an expert on, you're going to go for something that neither of you knows anything about?

0:36:320:36:36

-Neither of us are experts on anything.

-OK.

0:36:360:36:38

OK...

0:36:380:36:40

OK, here are your three questions on Beautiful Things.

0:36:410:36:44

We are looking for any UK top 40 albums

0:36:440:36:47

by the Beautiful South, please,

0:36:470:36:49

apart from EPs and greatest hits.

0:36:490:36:51

We're looking for anyone in the film A Beautiful Mind.

0:36:510:36:54

Anyone, according to IMDb, credited in A Beautiful Mind.

0:36:540:36:56

Or any of the songs on the original cast recording of Beautiful,

0:36:560:37:00

the Carole King musical, please.

0:37:000:37:02

Any Beautiful South top 40 albums up to January 2016,

0:37:020:37:05

the cast of A Beautiful Mind, according to IMDb,

0:37:050:37:08

and any songs on the original soundtrack recording of Beautiful,

0:37:080:37:11

-the Carole King musical. Best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

0:37:110:37:14

As always, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

0:37:140:37:17

All you need to win that jackpot is

0:37:170:37:19

for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

0:37:190:37:23

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

0:37:230:37:25

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:37:250:37:27

It's that guy, the star of The Killing Fields.

0:37:270:37:30

Sam... I think he was...

0:37:310:37:34

Russell Crowe is the obvious one

0:37:340:37:36

from A Beautiful Mind.

0:37:360:37:38

This is the worst category ever.

0:37:380:37:40

Why did we choose it?

0:37:400:37:42

Do you know any Carole King... I don't know Carole...

0:37:430:37:46

It's just...

0:37:460:37:48

Beautiful, original soundtrack.

0:37:480:37:50

No. Beautiful South albums,

0:37:500:37:52

I can think of a few tracks.

0:37:520:37:54

Didn't they do Perfect 10?

0:37:540:37:55

I don't know if that would be the name of the album.

0:37:550:37:58

I bet they did do that.

0:37:580:38:00

Beautiful Mind cast.

0:38:000:38:01

-We'll have to go for that.

-So, Russell Crowe...

0:38:010:38:04

Sam Waterman, is that his name?

0:38:060:38:08

Sam Waterman? I don't know. Sam Shepard. Sam...

0:38:080:38:12

The actor in Beautiful Mind.

0:38:120:38:14

Who's the female lead?

0:38:140:38:16

Ten seconds left.

0:38:160:38:18

I can't remember.

0:38:180:38:20

Sam Waterman, then.

0:38:200:38:21

We can say it.

0:38:210:38:23

-Sam...

-Sam Waterman.

0:38:230:38:25

Sam O'Neill, Sam Shepard.

0:38:250:38:27

-OK, that is your time up, I'm afraid.

-OK.

0:38:270:38:30

It's always the quickest minute.

0:38:300:38:32

What are you going to go for?

0:38:320:38:34

A Beautiful Mind cast, Russell Crowe.

0:38:340:38:37

Beautiful South album, Perfect 10.

0:38:370:38:41

Perfect 10.

0:38:410:38:42

I think there's a guy called Sam Waterman in A Beautiful Mind.

0:38:420:38:45

-Sam Waterman.

-I think so.

-OK, Sam Waterman.

0:38:450:38:48

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

0:38:480:38:52

Sam Waterman.

0:38:520:38:53

Because I've never heard of him.

0:38:530:38:56

That's a good start, surely.

0:38:560:38:57

Sam Waterman goes last.

0:38:570:38:59

-Least likely?

-It's probably wrong.

0:38:590:39:01

-Russell Crowe least likely.

-Russell Crowe we'll put first.

0:39:010:39:04

Perfect 10 in the middle.

0:39:040:39:06

Let's put those answers up on the board in that order.

0:39:060:39:09

We've got...

0:39:090:39:10

Very best of luck, that was a tricky category for you.

0:39:140:39:17

However, I think there's one answer there, if it's right,

0:39:170:39:21

that could very easily be pointless.

0:39:210:39:23

If that won the jackpot for you,

0:39:230:39:25

if any of these answers won the jackpot for you,

0:39:250:39:27

what are your charities? Kevin, you first.

0:39:270:39:29

My charity is All Dogs Matter.

0:39:290:39:31

It's a charity that looks after rescue dogs, abandoned dogs.

0:39:310:39:35

I'm a great dog lover, I've got two rescue dogs myself,

0:39:350:39:38

and friends of mine run this charity and it's a really good cause.

0:39:380:39:41

Wonderful. Jane?

0:39:410:39:43

I'm an ambassador for the superb Help for Heroes charity.

0:39:430:39:46

-So I'd like the money to go to them.

-Very well done.

0:39:460:39:49

Two fantastic charities there, three answers on the board.

0:39:520:39:56

We've got to hope at least one of those is pointless

0:39:560:39:58

and will win that jackpot for your charities, so very best of luck.

0:39:580:40:01

Your first answer was Russell Crowe.

0:40:010:40:04

We were looking for cast members of the film A Beautiful Mind.

0:40:040:40:07

This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

0:40:070:40:10

For £2,500,

0:40:100:40:12

let's find out how many of our 100 people said Russell Crowe.

0:40:120:40:14

It's right.

0:40:170:40:19

We knew it was right, but let's see how far down the column it goes.

0:40:190:40:22

Russell Crowe taking us down through the 40s.

0:40:220:40:24

If this goes all the way down to zero you leave with...

0:40:240:40:28

32.

0:40:280:40:29

Not a bad answer.

0:40:310:40:33

Slightly surprising.

0:40:330:40:34

That's lower than I thought.

0:40:340:40:36

Anyway, there we are, not a pointless answer.

0:40:360:40:39

Two more shots at today's jackpot.

0:40:390:40:40

Your next answer was Perfect 10.

0:40:400:40:42

In this case, we were looking for Beautiful South top 40 albums.

0:40:420:40:45

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

0:40:450:40:47

So, for £2,500, let's see how many people said Perfect 10.

0:40:470:40:51

No, bad luck.

0:40:540:40:56

Bad luck.

0:40:560:40:57

Again, not a pointless answer.

0:40:590:41:00

Which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

0:41:000:41:03

which is Sam Waterman.

0:41:030:41:05

Now, this is the mysterious actor who we think

0:41:050:41:08

-was also in A Beautiful Mind.

-Yeah.

-Let's find out.

0:41:080:41:11

It has to be correct and then it has to be pointless.

0:41:110:41:13

If it is both of those things, you leave here with £2,500 for your charities.

0:41:130:41:17

How many people said Sam Waterman? Is it a real person?

0:41:170:41:19

No! I'm sorry.

0:41:230:41:25

I'm so sorry.

0:41:290:41:30

Well, that turned out to be a very tough category for you

0:41:300:41:34

and I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

0:41:340:41:36

that all-important pointless answer,

0:41:360:41:38

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

0:41:380:41:41

However, as today's show is a charity special

0:41:410:41:43

and all of our celebrities are playing for nominated charities,

0:41:430:41:46

we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair

0:41:460:41:49

-for their respective charities, so there you are.

-Thank you.

0:41:490:41:51

It has been a really exciting show

0:41:530:41:56

and you've been such a big part of it,

0:41:560:41:58

and a really strong performance right the way across,

0:41:580:42:01

and you each get a Pointless trophy to take home as well.

0:42:010:42:04

Very well done indeed, Kevin and Jane.

0:42:040:42:06

That was great fun, thanks so much. It's been a lovely show.

0:42:090:42:12

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.

0:42:120:42:16

Beautiful South albums.

0:42:160:42:18

0898 was a pointless answer.

0:42:180:42:20

-Golddiggas, Headnodders And Pholk Songs...

-Oh, yes(!)

-Yes, of course.

0:42:200:42:23

Painting It Red, Superbi.

0:42:230:42:25

Perfect 10 was a track from Quench, which was also a pointless answer

0:42:250:42:28

for Beautiful South albums. Five pointless answers there.

0:42:280:42:30

A Beautiful Mind. The cast - Adam Goldberg.

0:42:300:42:34

Christopher Plummer is a pointless answer.

0:42:340:42:36

Josh Lucas. Judd Hirsch, more famous for Taxi.

0:42:360:42:38

Everyone in that film was a pointless answer,

0:42:380:42:40

apart from Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly,

0:42:400:42:42

Paul Bettany and Ed Harris. Everyone else a pointless answer.

0:42:420:42:45

The Carole King one is where there's loads of very well-known pointless answers.

0:42:450:42:49

If anyone has seen the musical or knows much about Carole King,

0:42:490:42:52

there are some good pointless answers here.

0:42:520:42:54

One Fine Day, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, Up On The Roof,

0:42:540:42:57

The Locomotion. Loads of other great songs.

0:42:570:42:59

Happy Days Are Here Again, It Might As Well Rain Until September,

0:42:590:43:02

On Broadway, Pleasant Valley Sunday, a pointless answer.

0:43:020:43:05

Take Good Care Of My Baby, Some Kind Of Wonderful.

0:43:050:43:07

Loads and loads of pointless answers there,

0:43:070:43:09

very well done if you got one of those and, thank you,

0:43:090:43:12

it has been a terrific show, it's been great fun.

0:43:120:43:14

Thanks, Richard. Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

0:43:140:43:19

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.

0:43:190:43:23

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