0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you very much, indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:26 > 0:00:29and a very warm welcome to this special "Experts" edition
0:00:29 > 0:00:32of Pointless Celebrities - the show where the more obscure
0:00:32 > 0:00:35your knowledge, the better your chances of winning.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43And couple number one.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I'm John Howard, I'm a meteorologist
0:00:45 > 0:00:47and I work at the BBC Weather Centre.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And I'm Laura Tobin and I'm also a meteorologist
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and I work at Good Morning Britain.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Couple number two.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59I'm Vicki Butler-Henderson,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I'm a racing driver and a motoring presenter for Fifth Gear.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I'm Tiff Needell, another racing driver
0:01:05 > 0:01:07and another presenter for Fifth Gear.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Couple number three.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Hello, I am Amanda Lamb and I am a TV property presenter
0:01:16 > 0:01:18and a lover of very loud wallpaper
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- and loud dresses. - LAUGHTER
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And I'm Martin Roberts, probably best known for presenting
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Homes Under The Hammer, but I'm also a children's book author.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And finally, couple number four.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34I'm Kieran Long, I'm a presenter of The House That 100K Built
0:01:34 > 0:01:36and a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I'm Piers Taylor, I'm an architect
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and I'm also a presenter on The House That 100K Built.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47A very warm welcome to Pointless, it's great to have you here.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Just when you thought you've found the perfect fact,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57he's guaranteed to gazump you.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Hiya.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Hi, everybody. Evening.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- Good evening to you.- Good evening.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08So, a line-up of experts.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Yes.- But experts in what, is the question.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Are they experts in the questions ahead of us?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Lovely to have all of you here.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I'm especially delighted to have Martin here.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18I've wanted him to come on for such a long time.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The two great houses of BBC daytime television,
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Pointless and Homes Under The Hammer, finally, finally married, which is fantastic.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Do you know what? There are 21 series in the box set.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31That's a box set worth buying!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And round about season three or season four, there's some...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36No spoilers, but goodness me,
0:02:36 > 0:02:38there is a semi in Barnsley you'll want to see.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40LAUGHTER
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Round One is the sort of round you should be rather good at, if,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46say for example, your job involves going around the country
0:02:46 > 0:02:49all the time for the last 13 years to different places.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51You should be rather good at it,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- I would say.- Excellent. Thanks very much.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Now, as usual, all of today's questions have been put to
0:02:56 > 0:02:59100 people before the show. Our celebrities here are looking
0:02:59 > 0:03:01for those all-important pointless answers.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04These being answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Find one of those, it will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Now, as today's show is a celebrities special,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16So, we're going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17There we are.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29All you have to remember is this -
0:03:29 > 0:03:32the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:03:32 > 0:03:35eliminated. So, make sure your scores are as low as you can
0:03:35 > 0:03:36possibly make them. Best of luck.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38No conferring in the first two rounds.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Our first category this evening is...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47UK Geography. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:03:47 > 0:03:48who's going to go second?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many UK cities
0:04:03 > 0:04:05with six or more letters as they could.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09UK cities with six or more letters.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Richard.- We're looking for any officially designated UK city
0:04:12 > 0:04:17with six or more letters. As always, the Queen essentially decides what's a city.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19There we are, thank you very much indeed.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Now, Laura, a very warm welcome to the show.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Now, you studied meteorology and physics.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Yes.- So, you did the science of weather. At what point did you think,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32"I'm going to take this one step further, I'm going to present this"?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Well, I was working at the RAF and then they were desperate for
0:04:35 > 0:04:38somebody to cover the BBC Weather Centre,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41so I went along and they had me and then I never left.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44And I've been in telly for seven years now, so it just kind of happened.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45So, nothing to do with the Met Office, or...?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- So I was working for the Met Office. - For the Met Office?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Forecaster for pilots flying all over the world.- Right, I see.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Yeah, crucial that you're there doing that.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I mean, just be honest, when you were going to make the leap over,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57did you rehearse at all, with the...?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- With the left arm?- Well, just sort of knowing how to do it.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- It's left arm, is it?- It is the left arm, yeah.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05It just shows how little rehearsal I've done!
0:05:05 > 0:05:06It's all about just being in the mirror
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and everything being backwards, and it's really confusing.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11So, the map, you kind of figure out quite quickly,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13but the hair on the wrong side of your face,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- that's a difficult one, yeah. - Yeah, I find that.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18LAUGHTER I get that all the time.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Yeah. Laura, what would you like to go for?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24I'm going to go for the home of the Met Office and Exeter.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Exeter, as it says on the sign - home of the Met Office.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Exeter.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34It's right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Look at that. Very well done indeed. 11.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Excellent start to the show, Laura.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Phew!
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That's a terrific start, Laura.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48So hard on that first podium as well.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50The beautiful city of Exeter.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Six letters. It's all you need.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It's all you need. Three of them E, 50% E.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- They are rocking that E, aren't they?- Aren't they?- Exeter.- Yes.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01There we are. Vicki, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02- Thank you very much. - Lovely to have you here.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Now, what age did you decide that you were going to get
0:06:06 > 0:06:07into motor sport?
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Well, I had been driving tractors since I was tiny on my dad's farm
0:06:11 > 0:06:13and he was a racing driver when he was younger,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17so I started racing 100cc karts from when I was 12
0:06:17 > 0:06:18and I still race today.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So, I suppose that option was always open, the racing option?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23I think that was the only option that Dad had for me.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I had a younger brother who came, eventually he came along,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29but for the meantime, I was Dad's son. Ha!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Hilarious. But that must be lovely though, because you clearly loved it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Honestly, I get such a big passion from sliding a car sideways,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38or racing with other people.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I just love it. I'm really, I'm a pretty poor wife.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I can't cook, I can't iron, but I can drive a car.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- Fantastic.- It's all my husband wants!
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Vicki, what would you like to go for, what city?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Could I try Oxford, please?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Oxford, says Vicki.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55OK, let's see if it's right.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Everyone's going... HE MUMBLES
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Oxford.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02It's right.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Well, 11 is our only score so far.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Let's see how Oxford
0:07:06 > 0:07:07and Exeter compare.
0:07:07 > 0:07:0916 for Oxford.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Not bad at all.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Well played. We're having a very good round of British cities with an
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- X in their name at the moment, aren't we?- Aren't we just?- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Aren't we just? Can we keep that up for the whole round, I wonder?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Martin, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- Lovely to be here.- Now, you've been a property journalist, haven't you,
0:07:28 > 0:07:29for a long time now?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Yeah.- And you've written property columns for all sorts of famous
0:07:32 > 0:07:35publications and, obviously, Homes Under The Hammer.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Have you ever had a sort of commercial interest?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I do, I don't think I could do what I do if I didn't at the weekends...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I was going to say, you have to be involved in that.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48I paintbrush and I dig and I use large machinery and stuff, yeah.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49You're a developer, really?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Yeah, basically.- Well, that's fun.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53And Homes Under The Hammer just goes on and on and on.
0:07:53 > 0:07:5513 years, I think it is now.
0:07:55 > 0:07:571,250 programmes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- That's nearly as many as we've done! - Most of them in Stoke!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- That's convenient.- Not enough letters, though.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Don't want that. No! - LAUGHTER
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Martin, what would you like to go for?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm going to go for Hereford.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Hereford, says Martin.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Hereford. Let's see how many of our 100 people liked Hereford.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19It's right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Well, our high score at this point is 16,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23our low score is 11.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27You passed both! Hereford, down to 4.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Down to 4! Look at that!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Another beautiful city, yeah, on the River Wye.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37You must have been to every major town in Britain, surely.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- I think so.- Well chosen.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Thanks. Piers, welcome.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Hello.- Welcome. Now, as an architect,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46do you remember when you first decided to go into architecture?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- I read that your dad was a ship designer?- That's right, he was.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53He designed container ships and my mother was a designer,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57and somehow the two met and we always lived in interesting places.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I was always interested in buildings and houses and, you know, cities.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And it was a natural thing, really, to become an architect.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07And then sort of taking architecture to television, as well,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09is another interesting... A whole new...
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Well, I think I built a house for myself about ten years ago
0:09:12 > 0:09:15and because I knew how hard it was, I think I got a call from
0:09:15 > 0:09:17the producers of The House That 100K Built
0:09:17 > 0:09:21and they said to me, would I be interested in helping Kieran
0:09:21 > 0:09:24help other people build houses. So, absolutely, it was...
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Fantastic. And you've got a house in Hundred Acre Wood?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- That's right.- That is wonderful.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Do you ever come across Winnie the Pooh?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Occasionally, yes!- But how exciting.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34You're right in the middle of the wood?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well, we are. And when we built the house, we had to carry everything
0:09:37 > 0:09:41half a mile, half a kilometre, actually, down a woodland track.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- Yeah.- So, when we built it, we had no access to the house.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And five years ago, we and our neighbours bought the whole wood.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Right.- And now we can access it. - Very nice.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Now, Piers, what would you like to go for?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I would like to go for St David's.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56St David's, says Piers.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Smallest city.- Oh, listen to that buzz. Did you hear?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Did you hear? We sometimes get it.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I don't know what makes that sound, but...
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Anyway, St David's, says Piers. Let's see if it's right.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Let's see how many of our 100 people went for it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11It is right.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, 16's still our high score.
0:10:13 > 0:10:154 now our low score.
0:10:17 > 0:10:1910! Oh!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22St David's, scoring high there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Yes, one of those ones people remember because it's Britain's
0:10:26 > 0:10:30smallest city, I think is the thing. It was awarded city status in 1995.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- It's been around since the fourth century.- Thank you very much.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Thank you. We're halfway through the round.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Let's take a quick look at those scores.
0:10:36 > 0:10:374, the best score of that pass.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Hereford, smiling on you there, Martin.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Very well done indeed. Then we travel up to 10,
0:10:41 > 0:10:42where we find Piers and Kieran.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Then up to 11, where we find Laura and John.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Then miles up to 16... LAUGHTER
0:10:47 > 0:10:49..where we find Vicki and Tiff.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It was a brilliant answer!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Listen, I'm saying all the low fruit's been picked here.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Tiff, I think, when we come to the next pass, it could all change,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58but what we need from you is a low-scoring answer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Good luck with that. Going to come back down the line.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10So, Kieran, remember, we're looking for UK cities with six or more
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- letters...- OK.- ..in their names.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Kieran, you are...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I mean, at the age of 17,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19you have become the curator of architecture at the V&A.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Yes.- That's an enormous honour.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25It's an amazing place. I walk around with a big ring with keys on it and
0:11:25 > 0:11:27unlock the little.... No, I don't, really.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I run a wonderful team of people, yeah, at the V&A.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It's a wonderful place to work.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I mean...a curator, I imagine, kind of looks after the collection
0:11:34 > 0:11:37that is there and arranges for touring exhibitions
0:11:37 > 0:11:39and things like that. In the case of architecture, though, quite hard
0:11:39 > 0:11:41to tour architecture.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44We've got big bits of buildings in store, believe it or not, at the V&A.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47We've got a replica of Trajan's Column at one-to-one scale,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48so we've got big bits of stuff.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Yeah. It's good fun. - Big bits of stuff.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You see, you heard the curator himself.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55That's a technical term curators use, usually professionally.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Very exciting indeed. Now, Kieran, you are on 10.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- Yes.- The highest scorers are on 16, Tiff and Vicki.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06If you could possibly score 5 or less, we'd be looking at a...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09an assured place for you in the next round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12My answer is Salford.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Salford. Salford.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Noticeable absence of buzz, I notice,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19but there we are, Salford. Here is your red line.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Get below that red line with Salford,
0:12:21 > 0:12:22you are through to the next round.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Let's see how many people said it.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27It's right.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Oh, I think you'll be going
0:12:30 > 0:12:31through that red line.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Let's have a look.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Oh, and you do. Look at that. 2.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's only the best score of the round so far, Kieran,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and it takes your total up to 12.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Sees you very comfortably into Round Two. Well done.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44That's a terrific answer. Very well played.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47It's where the BBC have got a big, new headquarters, up in Salford.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Thanks very much indeed.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Now, Amanda,
0:12:49 > 0:12:54you were an estate agent before you became a television property expert.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I was indeed. Yes, for five years in a city.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Portsmouth.- But much more excitingly,
0:12:59 > 0:13:00you were the model for Scottish Widows.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I was. Yes.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03For ten years.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I got it when I was 22.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08So, I was a very young widow then and...
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It was the most incredible advert to be a part of
0:13:11 > 0:13:14and probably the two that most people would remember would be
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- the maze one and then, there was one in a lighthouse.- That's right.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- They're the two I remember, yeah. - The lighthouse was shot
0:13:19 > 0:13:21in La Rochelle in France by David Bailey,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24so it was terribly glamorous and they'd built a replica of the
0:13:24 > 0:13:28top of a lighthouse for me to sort of swan around enigmatically.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30But in order to get to the replica,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I had to climb up a ten-foot ladder
0:13:32 > 0:13:34in the cloak, with five-inch stilettos on
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and a very tiny, little, black, tight dress
0:13:37 > 0:13:41and I managed to get up to the top, and I managed to get one leg over...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and then I got stuck.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45And they had to get two French firemen to come and help me.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Shame, eh?- Yeah. Oh, what a hardship(!) - Yeah, they get to the top,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53IN A FRENCH ACCENT: "She does not appear to be stuck at all.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54"She seems to be completely fine."
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- But it was lovely.- Amanda, there you are, you're on 4.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00The high-scorers still Tiff and Vicki,
0:14:00 > 0:14:05which means if you can score 11 or less, you're into the next round.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07When I knew I was coming onto the show,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09the thought of doing geography, considering what I do -
0:14:09 > 0:14:13along with Martin - for a living, geography's my weakest subject.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17So, yeah, I'm going to say...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22..I'm going to say Norwich and hope to God it's a city.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Norwich, says Amanda.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Here is your red line.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27If you get below that with Norwich,
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Round Two awaits.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Norwich.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Oh, thank God.- It is a city...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's not looking too bad.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40- Oh!- 29.
0:14:40 > 0:14:4329, taking your total up to 33.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Well, I don't know, the round isn't over yet.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Absolutely. Yeah, granted city status in 1194, Norwich,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52by Richard I,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- who was the first-ever Richard. - Yeah.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59I'm Richard the 14,867,421st.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Yeah. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Tiff, you raced in Formula 3 and I was reading that there was something
0:15:05 > 0:15:08about licensing that prevented you from racing Formula 1.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Is that right?- I got tripped up.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Yeah. I won a racing car in a magazine competition
0:15:13 > 0:15:16when I was about 19 and seven years later, I was on the Grand Prix grid.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Before that, I did have a hiccup
0:15:19 > 0:15:21when I was offered a Grand Prix drive and couldn't take it
0:15:21 > 0:15:24because they'd just changed the classification, basically,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26but I still did make the Grand Prix grid the year later.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- You did the year later?- Yes.- What's the difference between Formula 3
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- then Formula Ford?- You come up through...
0:15:31 > 0:15:34From karts, you get into Formula Ford and then Formula 3,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38then GP3 and GP2, and then GP1, which is Formula 1.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Nowadays, you have to get so many results in the lower format
0:15:41 > 0:15:43to qualify for a Grand Prix licence.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46This was the system they changed. Just when I had my big break,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48it was snatched away from me.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Oh, I bet it was someone called Richard! It's my hunch.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Now, Tiff, we have a target. There is a target for you.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57You've been the high-scorers for a long time now,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59but you are no longer the high-scorers.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01You have to equal Vicki's score.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04So, 16 or less sees you into the next round, Tiff.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06I've been round Britain three times.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Then you start doubting, "Are they cities?"
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Well, that's the trouble. Exactly. - I'm going for Lincoln.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Lincoln. Here's your red line.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15If you get below that with Lincoln,
0:16:15 > 0:16:16you are through to the next round.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Let's see if it's right, let's see
0:16:17 > 0:16:19how many of our 100 people said Lincoln.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It is right. Good city-picking.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29And you're through. Look at that.
0:16:29 > 0:16:317. Very well done indeed.
0:16:33 > 0:16:3523 is your total.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Very well played.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Well played, Tiff. Also a city that is a make of a car as well,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- so that's nice.- That's just great.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42- It's classy, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Nice. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47John, oh, look at that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Thoughtful. We catch John in thoughtful mode.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Petrified, more like.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54John, great to you have here.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57I think I did read somewhere that your first interest in weather
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- was at the age of four.- Yeah. - I mean, we all have an interest
0:17:00 > 0:17:02in weather, we all want to know what it's going to be like tomorrow,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05but what sort of interest did that take?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08I was obsessed with watching the weather on the telly.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Preschool, Bert Foord was my hero from the '70s.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I wrote a letter to Bert Foord when I was about four, saying,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19"Dear Bert, I'd like to be a weatherman one day."
0:17:19 > 0:17:21And he kindly wrote back and said,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24"You've got absolutely no chance." No, he said...
0:17:24 > 0:17:27He said, "Yeah, you've got to work hard at school and get the
0:17:27 > 0:17:29"qualifications and go to university,"
0:17:29 > 0:17:30and all that sort of stuff.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- And, yeah, 30 years later... - And you did it!
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- The thing I've learned from that... - Yeah.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38..is that talent is overrated and, actually,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41if you really drive yourself to achieve something...
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Persistence.- ..you'll probably get there.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Yeah, allied with talent, I would say.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Just a bit of talent.- I think, yes.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Now, talking of talent, I want to ask you about you playing guitar
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- with Status Quo.- Ah, yeah, biggest day of my life...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56until today. When I was on the other side doing the weather,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00one day, Quo came into the studios and, because I'm a massive Quo fan,
0:18:00 > 0:18:01I went up to the green room and said,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04"Francis, I'd love to have a jam with you,"
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and he told me to go away.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08But the next day, the manager e-mailed me and said,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11"No, let's do it at Wembley."
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So, I said, "Hello, Wembley," with the Quo.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15- Onstage?- Onstage.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Could you play all three chords? - All three.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Four, which is why they chucked me out.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24John, this is exciting here.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- It really is.- This is exciting. A lot of pressure on you,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28because you must have used all these cities' names.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31I was going to say St David's, but Piers got there first.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Well, there you are. You're on 11, you have to score 21 or less.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I trust you.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39OK, here we go.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40St Albans.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Oh, that's correct. Shall we just go?- Nicely done.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Shall we just get our coats? - Laying down St Albans there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48There is your red line.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51St Albans needs to get below that red line.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53If it does, you're into Round Two.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Let's find out how many of our 100 people said St Albans.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It's right.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05You've done it. Look at that. There we go.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06St Albans. 5. Very well done indeed.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Takes your total up to 16, sees you into Round Two.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14That's a terrific answer. Well played.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Now, on podium three, Amanda, you should have gone with Portsmouth.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- You'd be through if you'd have said Portsmouth.- You're joking me!- No!
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Would've scored you 13 points.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Oh, stop it! I grew up there and I thought,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26"I won't do that because that's way too easy,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28"everyone's going to say Portsmouth."
0:19:28 > 0:19:31So, you decided to go for Norwich?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I can't tell you how much Martin hates me right now.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- I don't.- I can just feel the anger.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Really, I don't.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40To be fair, Martin also should've said Stoke, because it's Stoke-on-Trent
0:19:40 > 0:19:42and that would've scored you fewer points as well.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44There are some pointless answers out there.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47St Asaph, in Wales, was a pointless answer.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Kingston-upon-Hull, which is the official name of Hull,
0:19:50 > 0:19:51that's a pointless answer.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Litchfield is a pointless answer
0:19:53 > 0:19:55and Lisburn also, in Northern Ireland.
0:19:55 > 0:19:581 point for Bangor, Lancaster and Wakefield.
0:19:58 > 0:20:012 points for Westminster, Stirling, Newport.
0:20:01 > 0:20:043 points for Armagh, Chelmsford, Stoke-on-Trent.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06You'd have got 5 points for Worcester.
0:20:06 > 0:20:096 points for Salisbury, Inverness, Carlisle, Wolverhampton.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Those are the best answers. We'll take a look at the worst answers,
0:20:12 > 0:20:13the one that most of our 100 people said...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24So, at the end of our first round, the pair who will be heading home,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26with their not terribly high score of 33,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28it just happens to be higher than everybody else's,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I'm afraid it's Amanda and Martin. Far too soon to be sending you home.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Short, but very sweet. - All the colour is going.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35- I can't believe it. - Thank you for having us.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It has been lovely having you here. Thank you so much,
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Amanda and Martin.- Thank you.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51And look, suddenly, we are down to three pairs.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Just like that. It's cruel, isn't it, this game?
0:20:53 > 0:20:56At the end of this round, we'll have to lose another pair.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58I'm sorry is all I can say.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I don't know which pair it's going to be, obviously, but I have to say,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05on the strength of that round, Kieran, John, hats off to you.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Salford and St Albans, two fantastic answers.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11And, Tiff, well done. Listen, you made it through.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It was brilliant. Lovely to have you all here.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Very best of luck for this next round.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Our category for Round Two this evening...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Shared Names. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:21:22 > 0:21:24who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33OK, and the question concerns...
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Oh, my God.- People and bands that share names with authors.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you six pairs of names now on the
0:21:42 > 0:21:45board. One is going to be an author, the other's going to be a famous
0:21:45 > 0:21:48person or a band. They each share part of their name.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50We have blanked out the bit of the name that they share.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Just have to tell us the bit of the name that they share.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54There's going to be 12 in all to
0:21:54 > 0:21:56have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59We are looking for the blanked out word in each of these cases.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Here's our first board of six.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03We have...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I've now got to read them again.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- OK, John. - I only know one of them.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58One's enough.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Um...Francesca Simon.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10OK. Francesca Simon, or Simon.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Francesca Simon Le Bon. OK, let's see if that's right.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19It is right.
0:23:20 > 0:23:2258.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Well, now, in the context of this round...
0:23:25 > 0:23:27that might not be a bad score, 58.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Yeah, Francesca Simon and Simon Le Bon there.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33She's sold over 14 million copies of the Horrid Henry books.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36OK, lovely. Vicki, what would you like to go for?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I'd like to get out of the room and go away.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I think I will take...
0:23:45 > 0:23:46..the word Martin,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49for George RR Martin, Martin Freeman.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Very good indeed. Martin. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for
0:23:52 > 0:23:55George RR Martin Freeman?
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Well, it's right. 58 is our only score at this point and you pass it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Look at that. Down it goes, still going down. 37.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Well done, Vicki.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Well done.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Yeah, someone who sold more than 14 million books, George RR Martin.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Thanks very much indeed.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16- Kieran.- Hello.- This board is all yours. Do you want to talk through
0:24:16 > 0:24:19it? Fill in all the blanks and select which one you want to submit.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Yeah. Well, I do know a couple of
0:24:21 > 0:24:23these, so the question is,
0:24:23 > 0:24:24which one is most obscure?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I think it's probably Burgess.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Anthony Burgess,
0:24:29 > 0:24:30who wrote A Clockwork Orange.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33That's what you're going to go for? So, Anthony Burgess Meredith.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It's right. 58 our high score, 37 our low.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43We pass the high score, we pass the low.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Look at that, Kieran. 23.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Very good indeed.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Yeah, he was also famously the Penguin
0:24:52 > 0:24:54in the Batman TV series, Burgess Meredith.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And Oscar-nominated for that role in the Rocky films as well.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0123 points. Now, shall we fill in the rest of these?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02- The punk band is...- Charlotte.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Good Charlotte, Charlotte Bronte.
0:25:04 > 0:25:0529 points for that.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- CS...- Lewis.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08CS Lewis Collins.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Would have scored 63.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11- And Victor...- Hugo.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Victor Hugo and Hugo Weaving, 36 points.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17There we are. Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19So, let's have a quick look at those scores.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Remind ourselves where we lie.
0:25:20 > 0:25:2223 is where Kieran and Piers are.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Nice, low score there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Then up to 37, where we find Vicki and Tiff.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Then up to 58, John and Laura.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30So, Laura, yes, this is quite a mountain to climb.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- I've figured out the round now, so this is good.- This is good.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35By the time it gets to you, you'll have a really good idea
0:25:35 > 0:25:38of what's going on. You'll be the last person to have that board.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I hope there's something on there you can find. It might help you.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Might force you into answering a low-scoring answer.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Best of luck with that. Let's hope it keeps you in the game.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Going to come back down the line.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54OK, we're going to put six more pairs of names up on the board
0:25:54 > 0:25:55and here they come.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57We've got...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I'm going to read those all again.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46So, remember, we are looking for the
0:26:46 > 0:26:49common name shared by these people.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50Piers, you're on 23.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52The high-scorers on 58 are Laura and John,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54so if you can score 34 or less,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56you are in our head-to-head round.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59So, pressure's on and I think
0:26:59 > 0:27:02I'll go for James Joyce.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05James Joyce Sims. There we are.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Get below that with Joyce,
0:27:08 > 0:27:09you're through to the next round.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15It's right.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20There we are. The head-to-head awaits.
0:27:20 > 0:27:2128 is what you score there,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23taking your total up to 51.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Yeah, another good answer there.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Safely through. Well played.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30OK, Tiff, there you are on 37.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33The high-scorers still Laura and John on 58.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36What are you going to go for on this board?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37I know a couple.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It's just a question of hoping we might win
0:27:40 > 0:27:42with Harper Lee Marvin.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Harper Lee Marvin, says Tiff.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Here is your red line.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49It's quite low. You have to get below that with Lee.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Let's see if it's right. Let's see
0:27:51 > 0:27:53how many of our 100 people went for Harper Lee Marvin.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57It's right.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Look at that. 53.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Oh, the door is open again for Laura and John.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08That takes your total up to 90, Tiff.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Do you know? Harper Lee was so impressed with Gregory Peck's
0:28:11 > 0:28:13performance in that film, she gave him
0:28:13 > 0:28:17her father's gold pocket watch, which he had worn to court for 40 years.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18She gave it to Gregory Peck.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Wow. Thank you much. OK, now, Laura, you're on 58.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Look at this. You have to score 31 or less. It's nice, it's fabulous.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27There we are. A lifeline's been hurled to...
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- Why are you shaking your head? - Because I only know two and they are probably
0:28:30 > 0:28:33the two highest-scoring and I've got to decide between them.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Talk us through the board. Just do a little bit of thinking aloud.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Well, it's James Brown for the Godfather of Soul
0:28:40 > 0:28:44and Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45And I don't know any of the others.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I probably will when you tell me,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51so I'm going to go for Mary Shelley.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Mary Shelley, says Laura.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Mary Shelley Winters.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57There's your red line.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Well, it's exciting, this.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Tiff and Vicki, Laura and John, a lot hanging in the balance here.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Let's see how many of our 100 people said Shelley.- Everyone.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14Still going down. Oh, that's 61, I'm afraid.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Oh, bless you.
0:29:15 > 0:29:1961, taking your total up to 119.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Yeah, James Brown would have been a lower scorer,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23but still wouldn't have seen you through.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Henry James, James Brown.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Would have scored you 44 points.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28- Martina...- Cole.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Martina Cole, Cole Porter.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Would have scored 34. And Hunter S...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- Thompson.- Hunter S Thompson Twins.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Yep. Would have scored you 30.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Best answer on the board there was James Joyce and Joyce Sims.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Well played.- There we are.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40Thank you very much indeed.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43So, at the end of our second round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I'm so sorry, Laura and John.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Oh, well.- I know.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49The stars of our first round. I mean, such are the vagaries
0:29:49 > 0:29:52of Pointless, I'm afraid, but it's been lovely having you on.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- Please come and play again. - We've had a great time.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Meantime, thanks very much, Laura and John. Wonderful contestants.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02But for Kieran and Piers, Vicki and Tiff,
0:30:02 > 0:30:03it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Well, congratulations, Kieran and Piers, Vicki and Tiff.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that
0:30:14 > 0:30:16jackpot for your charities.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19At the minute, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25We have to decide who's going to go through to the final to play for
0:30:25 > 0:30:27that jackpot, and we do it by making you go head-to-head.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29The big difference is you're now playing as a team.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31You can chat before you give your answers.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38so it's architecture versus motoring.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41There we are. I have to say, in the architecture of this show,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I'd say this is a perfect structure for our head-to-head.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48I would say those two sides of that beautiful Romanesque arch
0:30:48 > 0:30:52are perfectly, equally strong. We've had Lincoln, we've had Salford.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55This is the kind of calibre where you're each up against.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58So I think this should be a very promising and exciting head-to-head.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play it.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09And here is your first question. It concerns...
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Foreign Language Songs. Richard.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16We are going to give you excerpts now from five well-known songs,
0:31:16 > 0:31:17but they are sung in a foreign language.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Can you tell us the language the majority of the song is sung in,
0:31:20 > 0:31:21please? Best of luck.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25We're going to hear five excerpts, let's have a listen.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Here is...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31A. MUSIC: A song by Edith Piaf
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Here is B. MUSIC: A song by Nena
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Here is C. MUSIC: A song by Psy
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Here is D. MUSIC: A song by Sigur Ros
0:32:38 > 0:32:42And here is E. MUSIC: A song by ABBA
0:33:05 > 0:33:07So, we just need to know which languages
0:33:07 > 0:33:10each of those songs is sung in.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Now, Kieran and Piers, you've been our low scorers up till this point.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14So, you will go first.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18OK, well, my wife is Swedish,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22so I'm duty-bound to choose E and say that E is Swedish.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25E, Swedish, say Kieran and Piers.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Now then, Vicki and Tiff.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30So, we're going to go for C,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32because that sounded just like the Korean bloke that did the famous...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Gangnam Style.- ..Gangnam Style.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37It might not be, but we are going for Korean, C.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42Korean, for C. So, Swedish for E, Korean for C.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Kieran and Piers said Swedish for E. Let's see if that's right. Let's see
0:33:45 > 0:33:47how many of our 100 people said Swedish.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53It's right.
0:33:54 > 0:33:5639. 39.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Vicki and Tiff, meanwhile, have come up with Korean for C.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Let's see if that's right, let's see
0:34:06 > 0:34:08how many of our 100 people said Korean.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13It's right. It is Korean.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17And it wins you the point. Look at that. There we are. 28.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Very well done, Vicki and Tiff.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23You've nicked it. After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Very well played. You worked out it was Psy, Gangnam Style.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29That's the original in Korean. And that was Waterloo by Abba,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32in the Swedish. A, let's have a tiny listen. It is, of course...
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Oh, yes, yes. MUSIC: A song by Edith Piaf
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- French.- French. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf.
0:34:37 > 0:34:3982 points for that.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41I was delighted that B came up.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It's one of my favourite songs.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44It's great.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45It's Nena.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Singing in German. Singing 99 Luftballons.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Would have scored you 59.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54And the best answer on the board is D
0:34:54 > 0:34:56and that is the wonderful Sigur Ros,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58singing in Icelandic.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02And that would have scored you 7 points.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04There we are. Anyway, here comes your second question.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Kieran and Piers, you have to win this question to stay in the game,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10but Vicki and Tiff get to answer it first.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11So, very best of luck.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15And our second question this evening is all about...
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Kermit and his famous friends.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Richard.- We're going to show you five pictures now of Kermit with
0:35:23 > 0:35:25famous friends, but who is he with in these pictures, please?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28OK, thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five pictures
0:35:28 > 0:35:30and here they come. We have got...
0:36:00 > 0:36:01There we are.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Kermit photographed
0:36:03 > 0:36:05with five famous people.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Now then, Vicki and Tiff, you will go first this time.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Is it?- It's tricky, isn't it?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Do you want to go for C?- Yeah, it's
0:36:16 > 0:36:17a bit of a risk, but I don't know.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18It's you, go. You know.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20We'll go for C, Fearne Cotton.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23C, Fearne Cotton, say Vicki and Tiff.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27OK, now, Kieran and Piers, that board's all yours.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Do you want to talk us through all those people?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Well, we're debating... - Liza Minnelli, obviously.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- Yeah.- ..is there.- Then we don't know who B is.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39We know who Michelle Obama is
0:36:39 > 0:36:40and we know who Ricky Gervais is.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42We're wondering whether
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Liza Minnelli or Michelle Obama
0:36:44 > 0:36:46are the most obscure.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Piers is choosing.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53So, I think that I'm going to go for...
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Michelle Obama, D.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56OK, Michelle Obama.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58So, we have Fearne Cotton and we have Michelle Obama.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Fearne Cotton. We don't know about that.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02That's a real stab in the dark, isn't it?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Yeah. The others were too obvious.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Well, let's try it. Anyway, C, Vicki and Tiff say, Fearne Cotton.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Let's see if it's right, in the first case,
0:37:09 > 0:37:11then let's see how may people said it if it is.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16It is right. It is Fearne Cotton.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Look at that. 19 for Fearne Cotton.
0:37:21 > 0:37:22Very well done indeed.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Very well done.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Kieran and Piers now have said Michelle Obama, for D.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Let's see where we end up with Michelle Obama.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39It's right.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44There we are. 42.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46The First Lady gets 42, which means,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Vicki and Tiff, very well done indeed.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51After only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Yeah, they stitched you up there, Kieran and Piers.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Not a lot you could do. I mean, it all rests on B,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57who I don't think anyone recognises.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Michelle Obama is so effortlessly cool, isn't she?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- Isn't she?- Oh, isn't she wonderful?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03A is Liza Minnelli,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05of course it is. Big scorer, though.
0:38:05 > 0:38:0771 points for that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08We'll get on to B in a second.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10E, you knew was Ricky Gervais.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Would have scored too many points as well.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1462. And B...
0:38:14 > 0:38:16everyone is trying to get.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I thought first, is it a young Daniel O'Donnell?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21But it's not. It is David Arquette
0:38:21 > 0:38:23and it's the best answer on the board by a mile.
0:38:23 > 0:38:243 points for that.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Thank you very much indeed. At the end of our head-to-head round,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I'm afraid we have a clear indication of who is going to be leaving us.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I'm so sorry, Kieran and Piers.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34You fell on your Swedish sword.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- I did.- Absolutely. Great song.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40In many ways, we salute that kind of behaviour.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42We'll see you again. Please come and play again.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- It's been lovely having you here, Kieran and Piers.- Thank you.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Come back and win next time. - Excellent.- Kieran and Piers.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53But for Vicki and Tiff, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Congratulations, Vicki and Tiff,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01you have fought off all the competition
0:39:01 > 0:39:03and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:39:11 > 0:39:16and at the end of today's show, our jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17There we are.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Well, I mean, that's just been a stealth raid.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25A very, very efficient job.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29You have motored through Pointless
0:39:29 > 0:39:31and you haven't taken your foot off the gas.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I'd like to say, at this point, I'm exhausted.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Yeah. AUDIENCE GROANS
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Thank you.- Anything you'd like to see come up in this last round?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Cars.- Cars would be good.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Cars.- Yeah, racing drivers.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45- And some cars.- Yeah.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50OK. OK, so an enormous hinterland there is what we're saying.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Now, as always, you get to choose your category
0:39:52 > 0:39:54from the four we'll put up on the board.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Today's selection looks like this. We have got...
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Oh, I don't know Royal Families.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13It'll be some obscure mother-in-law for someone, and Crime Writers,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- no good.- Royal Families might be... - Classic albums, how's your music?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Classic Live Albums is a bit niche, do you think?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- What do you want to go for, then? - Royal Families, there might be...
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I don't know, the Norwegian Royal family.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- I'm not very up on that.- No, I know.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29US Crime Writers. There might be some big hitters there.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- Sporting 32s?- Shall we punt on Sporting 32s?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Yeah, could be.- Shall we have a punt?- It's more obscure.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- OK.- The question might be easier because it's an obscure subtitle.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- Come on, then.- Sporting 32s.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I love the way you talked yourself into that. Sporting 32s.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46OK, best of luck. Three very different questions here,
0:40:46 > 0:40:47so hopefully one of these sports suits you.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51We are looking for any of the top 32 snooker plays in the world
0:40:51 > 0:40:53at the end of 2015, please.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58We're looking for any of the 32 NFL teams in the 2015 season.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02We're looking for any country that won any sort of medal,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06any sporting medal, in the 1932 Olympics, please.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09So, top 32 snooker players at the end of 2015,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12the 32 NFL American football teams in 2015,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15or any Olympics medal-winning country in 1932.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- Very best of luck.- There we are.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19So, that's what Sporting 32s means.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities is for just one
0:41:25 > 0:41:27of those answers to be pointless.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Perfect. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34There they are. Your time starts now.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36So what snooker...? Jed Trump is one name I know in snooker.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Ronnie O'Sullivan, obviously,
0:41:38 > 0:41:39but that's too obvious.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42NFL, my son's a LA Raiders fan,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44but I can't remember whether he plays Green Bay Packers.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Everyone knows the LA Raiders. - I don't.- Green Bay Packers.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48OK, I like the sound of them.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Ned Trump. Any other snooker? Snooker, snooker.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- God, I used to watch snooker so much.- I know, me too.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Jed Trump. - There's a great Welsh guy who plays.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58He wasn't world number one and he reminds me of the racing driver.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Higgins. Keep going, keep going, come up with a name.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Louisville Cardinals, is it?
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Louisville Cardinals?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Is that NFL?- Rings a bell. NFL, yeah.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Louisville Cardinals rings a bell.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10- I might give that a punt.- OK.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12- Green Bay Packers. - I like the sound of them.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Jed Trump. I'm sure he's...
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- Is he not a snooker player? - I don't know.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- No, yeah.- You start thinking things...- Tell me his name again.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- Jed Trump. Yeah, snooker player. - Yeah, I like the sound of that.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Ten seconds left.- Green Bay Packers.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27The New Orleans Cardinals.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28- OK.- I like that one.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- I'm not sure it's right.- Gosh, you so don't need me here.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33I am useless.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35OK, that is your time up, I'm afraid.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38That's always the quickest minute in anyone's day.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40I now need your three answers. What would you like to go for?
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- With no help from me... - We're going to go for Jed Trump.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45As soon as you start saying a name, you think,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47"No, he's not a snooker player, he's something else."
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Jed Trump as a snooker player.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Green Bay Packers, but they're quite popular.- Green Bay Packers.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Yeah. The New Orleans Cardinals.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56The New Orleans...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58I might have made that up completely.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- The New Orleans Cardinals. - New Orleans Cardinals goes last.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Do you think they'll go...? Yeah. Least points.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Least likely to be pointless?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- Jed Trump.- Jed Trump.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13OK, well, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order, then.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15And here they are. We have got...
0:43:20 > 0:43:22They all look like great answers to me.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25I know nothing, you have to remember. Very, very best of luck.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless and wins you that jackpot
0:43:28 > 0:43:31for your charities, can I just ask which charities you're playing for?
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- Vicki, you first.- I'm playing for the Smile Train,
0:43:33 > 0:43:36which assists children who have been born with a clef palate
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- and a harelip.- Very good, indeed.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Tiff?- I'm with Sparks, medical research for little babies.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- Wonderful cause.- Wonderful.
0:43:46 > 0:43:47Two excellent charities there.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51Let's hope one of your three answers will win that jackpot for those
0:43:51 > 0:43:52charities, so best of luck.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Your first answer was Jed Trump.
0:43:54 > 0:43:58In this case, we were looking for the top 32 snooker players of 2015.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01You thought this was probably your least likely answer to be pointless,
0:44:01 > 0:44:04but only one of these has to be pointless for you to win that
0:44:04 > 0:44:07jackpot. So let's find out. Jed Trump, for £2,500.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09How many people said Jed Trump?
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:44:18 > 0:44:23Jed Trump. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Your next answer was the Green Bay Packers.
0:44:25 > 0:44:30In this case, we were looking for the 32 NFL teams of the 2015 season.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33We just wanted any name among those 32.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35You have gone for the Green Bay Packers. Let's see if
0:44:35 > 0:44:37it's right, let's see if it's pointless. If it's both of those
0:44:37 > 0:44:40things, you will leave here with £2,500 for your charities.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47It's right. Now, Jed Trump was incorrect, your first answer.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49The Green Bay Packers now are taking us down through the thirties.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51If this goes all the way down to zero,
0:44:51 > 0:44:52you'll leave with £2,500.
0:44:52 > 0:44:53Down it goes, single figures.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Still going down.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56Green Bay Packers stop at 2.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Ooh, that was exciting.
0:45:05 > 0:45:06That was very exciting.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10All moving in the right direction. We've gone from 100 to 2.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12That's how we roll, flat out.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15OK. Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Your third and final answer,
0:45:17 > 0:45:19the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer
0:45:19 > 0:45:21was the New Orleans Cardinals.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Now, this has to be correct, then it has to be pointless.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25If it's both of those things,
0:45:25 > 0:45:28your charities will be £2,500 the richer.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Let's find out how many people went for the New Orleans Cardinals.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32Is it pointless?
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Oh, no!
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Oh, no!
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Oh, I'm sorry.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- That's an incorrect... - The New Orleans Saints...
0:45:48 > 0:45:51We'll discover, Richard will take us through them all shortly.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54I'm sorry to say you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless
0:45:54 > 0:45:57answer. You came very close with your second one,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59but I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03However, as it's a celebrity special and each of our celebrities was
0:46:03 > 0:46:04playing for a nominated charity,
0:46:04 > 0:46:08we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their respective
0:46:08 > 0:46:09charity, so you get that.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12It's been just brilliant having you on, though.
0:46:12 > 0:46:15You have been fantastic right across the show.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so there you are.
0:46:19 > 0:46:20Thank you.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Yeah, the New Orleans Cardinals, you're mixing up two teams.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27There's the Arizona Cardinals, which would have scored you 1 point,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- and I think you know the New Orleans team?- The Saints?
0:46:30 > 0:46:32New Orleans Saints, which was a pointless answer.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34No!
0:46:35 > 0:46:37- Never mind.- So tough in that minute.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39And your son's favourite team?
0:46:39 > 0:46:41- The LA Raiders. - They're the Oakland Raiders now,
0:46:41 > 0:46:44have been for some time, another pointless answer.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- No?- So he's going to be furious with you.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Can you imagine?
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Unlucky. Jed Trump, it's Judd Trump.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Would have scored you 10 points, Judd Trump.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55So, no real harm done there.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Now let's go through the pointless answers here.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00For the snookers players, some big names on this list.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Ali Carter. Michael White
0:47:02 > 0:47:03is the youngest person ever to score
0:47:03 > 0:47:04a competitive century.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Nine years old when he scored his
0:47:06 > 0:47:08first-ever century in a competitive
0:47:08 > 0:47:10match. Shaun Murphy, who is
0:47:10 > 0:47:11a former world champion.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Stephen Maguire.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15Alan McManus, Barry Hawkins, Ben Woollaston, Ding Junhui,
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Jamie Jones, Joe Perry, Kyren Wilson, Liang Wenbo,
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Mark Allen, Martin Gould, Ricky Walden, Robert Milkins,
0:47:20 > 0:47:21Ryan Day - all of those pointless answers.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Well done if you said one of those.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24The NFL teams now.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Lots of pointless answers here as well.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33The Baltimore Ravens, the Carolina Panthers,
0:47:33 > 0:47:35who were in the Super Bowl,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions,
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs,
0:47:39 > 0:47:43Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams...
0:47:43 > 0:47:46- Stop! Stop!- ..Tennessee Titans - they were all pointless answers.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Now, 1932 Olympic medal-winning countries.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Again, there's some big countries on this list.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Czechoslovakia, the only other pointless answer on that list.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Great show. And you don't come much closer to getting a pointless answer
0:48:01 > 0:48:04than that. Unlucky. If we'd given you 70 seconds instead of 60,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06you'd have got New Orleans Saints, I know.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:48:08 > 0:48:09Thank you so much, Vicki and Tiff.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to
0:48:12 > 0:48:15the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:48:15 > 0:48:18- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.