0:00:14 > 0:00:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to this
0:00:26 > 0:00:29special comedy edition of Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41And couple number one.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Hi, I'm Andi Osho, I'm a comedian and actor.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Hi, I'm Holly Walsh.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- I'm a comedienne! - ANDI GASPS
0:00:48 > 0:00:49- LAUGHTER - Yeah.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Wow. What about that?
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- She went there. - It's a lady comedian.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Look at that.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Couple number two.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Hello, I am Kevin Eldon,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- I am an ACTOR and comedian. - LAUGHTER
0:01:02 > 0:01:03I'm Dave Johns.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I'm a lady comedian and a gentleman actor.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Couple number three.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14My name's Barry Cryer and they told me I was going to
0:01:14 > 0:01:16be with Omar Sharif,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20but I get a lot of work as a Brad Pitt lookalike.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22LAUGHTER
0:01:22 > 0:01:26My name is Omid Djalili. I'm very honoured to be Mr Cryer's partner,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and he thought I was Omar Sharif but then he actually said that he was
0:01:29 > 0:01:31disappointed that...
0:01:31 > 0:01:34He actually thought I was Stavros Flatley. That's the...
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I didn't think that would get a laugh.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37And you were right.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Just clap and let's move on as if that never happened.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And, finally, couple number four.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Hello, I'm Rick Stein,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- a fish chef... - LAUGHTER
0:01:48 > 0:01:50..or Sean Connery.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51You decide.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Stephen Frost, comic improviser and actor.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And I'm Helen Atkinson-Wood, and I am an actress,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00and I'm probably best known for doing comedy.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07and we'll get to chat to each of you
0:02:07 > 0:02:09throughout the show as it goes along.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13He gave up doing the Fringe years ago.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15He prefers a side parting these days. LAUGHTER
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Hiya. Hey, Everybody.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Good evening.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Good evening to you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Good evening. You did actually have a fringe once upon a time.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- I did, yes. - Yeah, I remember you had a fringe.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Blimey, that's a big spoiler.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Yeah.- Goodness me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- Yeah, a long time ago.- Yeah.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35But enough of me. How are you?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Do you know what? I mustn't grumble. - This should be fun.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I always think when you get comics on, I always think the same thing,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43"This is going to be a very, very long recording."
0:02:43 > 0:02:44That's what I always think.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Now, we've had some legends on this show before.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49We have had H from Steps,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51we have had the Cheeky Girls,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53we have had that guy from Made In Chelsea...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Do you remember that time?- Yeah.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58But Barry Cryer! What a joy to have Barry Cryer on the show, isn't it?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- But it should be fun, right? - I think it should be.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- What's the worst that can happen? - Right.- Yeah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Thank you very much indeed. Now, as always,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Our contestants are looking for those
0:03:09 > 0:03:11all-important pointless answers.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13These are answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Find one of those and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20and each of our celebrities is playing for a charity,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23we are going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24and there it is.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Now, remember this - the pair with the highest score at the end of each
0:03:37 > 0:03:39round will be eliminated.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Very, very best of luck. No conferring, of course,
0:03:41 > 0:03:42for the first two rounds.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Our first category this evening is...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Compass Points. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:03:51 > 0:03:53who's going to go first, who's going to go second,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56and whoever goes first please step up to the podium.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03OK, and the question concerns...
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Ah...- Oh...
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Ah... Yeah, we're going to give you a series of clues on each board,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13seven clues on each board, and all of the answers have
0:04:13 > 0:04:15a compass point somewhere in their name.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19They have the north, south, east or west somewhere in their name.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23OK, let's reveal our first board of
0:04:23 > 0:04:26things with directions in their names.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Here come the clues...
0:04:59 > 0:05:00I'll quickly read those again.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32There we are.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Seven clues, seven answers containing points of the compass.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Andi, welcome to Pointless again.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Thank you.- Now, Andi, you've been directing a film,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- you've been directing a film called Amber.- That's right. I did.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- When did that happen?- Well, it's still happening, actually.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47We're just still in the process of finishing it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Is this your directorial debut? - Yes, it is. Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Are you good, do you think, behind the camera?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Are you very patient?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Yes, I think I am.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I was quite nice to the actors sometimes -
0:05:57 > 0:06:00you know, I let them go home and sleep and things like that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Did you overrun every day?
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- Not at all?- Yeah, overrunning would have involved having set hours.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I see. So it was that kind of nice, relaxed schedule?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Yeah, we work until it's finished. Yeah.- Very nice.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Very nice. And still going well?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- You're enjoying it?- Yeah, I am.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- Very, very, very best of luck. - Thanks.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Now, Andi, the questions.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I know some of them. I know...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Yeah, I know some of them.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25OK, I'm going to go for the second one,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27the 12 Years A Slave one.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I think Solomon North.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32- Solomon North...- Yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35..says Andi, with a little bit of hesitation.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Solomon North.- Yeah, I swallowed it a bit, didn't I?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It's got a point of the compass in it.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Let's see if it's right, Solomon North.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43How many of our 100 people said it, if it is right?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- Oh, no.- Oh...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Bad luck, Andi.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53That's an incorrect answer - scores you 100 points.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Sorry, Andi. I'll give all the correct answers
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- at the end of the pass.- Oh...
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Now, Kevin.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01- Hello, Xander.- Hello, Kevin.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Welcome.- Nice to be back.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04- Well...- I brought my dad this time.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Actually, Dave gave you your first stand-up job.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11- Is that true?- His big break.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Is that really true?- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.- Where was it?
0:07:14 > 0:07:18In the early '90s, he had me on, paid £5...
0:07:18 > 0:07:20It was a lot in those days.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Yeah.- And in Newcastle, it was.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I'm still very grateful to him. That's why I've had him back.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26That's why you've brought him along.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- It wasn't a club, it was just a skip.- Yeah.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- In a back lane.- Yeah, there were three people in there.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It was an anoraky character, a sort of...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36He was, sort of, scrunched up.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I often used to be waiting in the wings, about to go onstage,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42and security would come along and try and get me of the building.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Cos I was in character, you know. But that was...
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yeah, Kevin Boyle was that character's name
0:07:48 > 0:07:49that I did for a little bit.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52You see, stand-up, I could almost do stand-up in character.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53It's just terrifying otherwise.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Have you ever done it at all, stand-up?- No.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I've done after dinner speaking, which is a posh stand-up.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59It's very posh stand-up, yes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Posh stand-up with a lectern.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I would love to watch that.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- There's a challenge, Xander. - There you go.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06I would enjoy that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I would see him at the Glasgow Empire, or something like that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- Yeah?- That'd be nice.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Just tales of the Oxfordshire countryside.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15LAUGHTER
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Xander Armstrong's Tales Of The Cotswolds.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19LAUGHTER
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Let's just also talk about Horace Batchelor, as well,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23your blues band...
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- My blues band... - And the Zeebra Kittens.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30And the Zeebra Kittens. We've been together for 32 years now,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32and we once supported BB King.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33We did... We quite...
0:08:33 > 0:08:37That's the only thing I'll ever boast about, BB King and...
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Yeah, we can play a bit of blues.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Excellent. Now, Kevin.- Yes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42- To the question.- Yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44We've had one incorrect answer,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- which takes a little bit of pressure off you.- Yes, well, I'm...
0:08:47 > 0:08:50There are some that I think are just too easy, and the others are very,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52very difficult, but I seem to remember
0:08:52 > 0:08:56that it was West Ham who took over the Olympic Stadium,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59so I think that that first one there is probably West Ham...
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- West Ham, says Kevin.- ..United.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Let's see how many of our 100 people said West Ham.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08It's right.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Look at that. 50.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Exactly halfway down, there, Kevin. - Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Very good indeed.- Not bad. - APPLAUSE
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Well played, Kevin. Yeah, now called the London Stadium.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23They were at Upton Park for 112 years before that.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24It seemed longer, to me.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Omid, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Nice to have you. - Nice to be here. Thank you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34There are various comedians who also have acting careers
0:09:34 > 0:09:37that have, kind of, splintered off from their comedy,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and I would say your acting career is of
0:09:39 > 0:09:41an altogether different calibre.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I mean, your CV in acting terms...
0:09:43 > 0:09:48You've been part of huge films like The Mummy and Gladiator.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You did that lovely TV adaptation of My Family And Other Animals.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52And what are you up to at the moment?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Have you got any exciting projects?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Yes, I'm touring a show called Schmuck For A Night,
0:09:57 > 0:09:58a stand-up show,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and I'm also promoting my documentary We Are Many,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04which Andi very kindly saw and appreciated, so...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07See, that's right. There's a new departure for you there
0:10:07 > 0:10:08in serious documentary-making.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Do you enjoy it?- Yeah, it's about the anti-war demonstrations of 2003,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13which were 800-strong in 800 different cities,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15and it's basically one of those non-political films
0:10:15 > 0:10:17about people power.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Right you are. Omid, what would you like to go for on our board here?
0:10:21 > 0:10:26I would like to go for the TV drama broadcast from '99 to 2006
0:10:26 > 0:10:29created by Aaron Sorkin, which I think is The West Wing.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30The West Wing, says Omid.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Omid, The West Wing.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38It's right. 100 was our high score - you've passed that.
0:10:38 > 0:10:4050's our low score, and you've passed that.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Down it goes. Good stuff. 37 for West Wing.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Ah, 37.- That's all right.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I'll have that, I'll have that.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Very good.- Very well played, Omid.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Now, if you put Pointless and The West Wing together,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52between us we've won 26 Emmys.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Wow. We are doing some of the heavy lifting there, aren't we?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Isn't that amazing?- Yeah.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01That is... When you think... God, I mean, it's crazy.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Yeah. - God, it's quite humbling, isn't it?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Isn't it?- Yeah.- Yeah, between us.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Yeah. 26.- Yeah.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09RICHARD WHISTLES Very good.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Helen, welcome to Pointless.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Thank you. - Very good to have you here.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Known to many, I should think, for Mrs Miggins.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18I guess so, but I...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21But also, let's just talk a bit about Radio Active -
0:11:21 > 0:11:24hugely popular in the 1980s,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26and then it went on to be KYTV,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and then I suppose everyone just did so well they, sort of,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31went off and did their own things.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Well, I'd like to think so, yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36We certainly had our own individual careers for a while.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It's probably because of the fact that we're, you know, great friends
0:11:39 > 0:11:42and we've all been on holiday together, and we're all, you know,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45each other's godparents, and we all spend Christmas together,
0:11:45 > 0:11:46that we just thought we would...
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- SHE BLOWS AIR - ..you know, dust off Radio Active
0:11:49 > 0:11:51and run it up the flagpole, and we took it up to
0:11:51 > 0:11:54the Edinburgh Festival, and people seemed to like it quite a lot.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56That's such lovely news. So, how...? It went well?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Yes, yes, yes.- And what is going to be happening next?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Well, we're going to have a meeting on Thursday,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03so I'll have to come back another time
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- and tell you what happened. - That's exciting.- But I think...
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I've just been speaking to Steve about the wonderment of
0:12:08 > 0:12:10even performing at the Glastonbury Festival,
0:12:10 > 0:12:11and I think we might, you know,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13go to some festivals or something like that.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- Brilliant.- Thank you. - That's fabulous news.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Now, Helen, this board is all yours,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20if you wanted to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Right. The one that's leaping off the board in my direction,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26probably because I love the Tube map as, you know,
0:12:26 > 0:12:32as a fabulous piece of artwork, and I also live on the...
0:12:32 > 0:12:36On the Northern line, which is the London Underground line
0:12:36 > 0:12:40coloured black on the standard Tube map.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42That's my answer.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44The Northern line, says Helen.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Let's see how many of our 100 people said the Northern line.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Well, you've beaten our high score.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54The low score is still 37.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Oh, and you join them. Look at that.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Hooray!- Very cosy there...
0:12:57 > 0:12:59on number 37.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Very well done, Helen. - Well played, Helen.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Now, let's clear up the rest of this board.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Andi, incredibly unlucky.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You went for a risk and you were two letters away from
0:13:06 > 0:13:08a correct answer there.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09- Is it North...?- Solomon Northup.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- Yes.- Yeah, I'm so sorry.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It would have scored you 1 point as well -
0:13:13 > 0:13:15far and away the best answer on the board.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's really, really unlucky.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19The BBC soap opera is, of course...
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- EastEnders.- ..EastEnders.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22That would have scored you 79.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24The first name of Kanye and Kim's daughter?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- North.- North.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Yep. That would have scored 27.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30And so you've got the faces of the four presidents.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Now, this is a low-scorer, simply because...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34South Dakota is the answer.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36South Dakota is the right answer, yep,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38and that would have scored you 7 points.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41We're halfway through the round.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Let's take a quick recap of those scores.
0:13:43 > 0:13:4437 was the lowest score of the pass.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Very well done, Helen and Omid.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50It puts both your pairs right at the top of the table, there.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Then we travel up to 50, where we find Kevin and Dave.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54And then 100, Andi and Holly -
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- undeservedly, really.- In a parallel universe, we're winning.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- So, whatevs.- Yeah.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59LAUGHTER Yeah.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01OK, right, we're going to come back down the line now.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:14:06 > 0:14:10OK. Shall we put seven more points of the compass up on the board?
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Here they are. Seven more clues.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Let me read those all one last time.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Stephen, welcome.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- Thank you.- Welcome to you.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I'd never spotted the Rick Stein before.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Yeah, I get it all the time. - Yeah, of course.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Yeah, I've... My parents used to live down in Cornwall...
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- Exactly.- ..near Mousehole, and I've been to a restaurant there
0:15:25 > 0:15:27three times, and when I ask for the bill they say,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29"You don't have to pay, Mr Stein.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30"How were the prawns?"
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And I always say, "Well, give me another bottle of white wine
0:15:33 > 0:15:35"and I'll tell you exactly how the prawns are."
0:15:35 > 0:15:36It happens all the time.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Which is exactly what Rick Stein would say.- Yeah.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Now, you compere Bestival.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Well, I just... Rob Da Bank used to live round the corner from me.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45- He's the guy who sets it up.- Yeah.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I have a VW camper van and he has a VW camper van,
0:15:47 > 0:15:48so we started talking about that,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52but the great thing is I get to introduce heavy metal bands,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Major Lazer, Hot Chip,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Stevie Wonder, but the best gig I ever did was
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Bestival on the Isle of Wight -
0:15:58 > 0:16:01I had to introduce the Chuckle Brothers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04And they were brilliant.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06And the reason why me and Mark started in comedy
0:16:06 > 0:16:09all those years ago was to get rid of people like that.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10It didn't work, and I'm glad it didn't,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14cos they did 20 minutes of "To you, to me, to me, to you" -
0:16:14 > 0:16:1720 minutes, big laughs, 14,000 people.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I learnt so much.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- Yes.- That's amazing.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22- Yeah.- That is amazing.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Anyway, Stephen, there you are. You're on 37.- Right.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27If you can possibly score 62 or less,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- you won't even become high scorers after a second answer.- Right.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Well, I know quite a few of those answers,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36but those will be the obvious ones, so I'm going to go...
0:16:36 > 0:16:39The bottom one I know, so I'm going to go for...
0:16:39 > 0:16:41And it's the 1959 film,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44the Hitchcock one about, I think it's Cary Grant on the run,
0:16:44 > 0:16:45it's called North By Northwest.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- North By Northwest, says Stephen. - Yeah.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53There is your red line. Get below that, you're into the next round.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Yup, very well done.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01- 29...- That's good.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03APPLAUSE ..takes your total up to 66.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05Well played. Yeah, Cary Grant, as you say.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07That's packing an awful lot of compass points
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- into one answer, that, isn't it? - Isn't it?- Goodness me.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Barry.- Yes.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- Thank you.- Lovely to have you here.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Now, Barry, you have been involved closely involved in comedy
0:17:18 > 0:17:21right the way through so many different periods of it -
0:17:21 > 0:17:23the satire boom in the '60s,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25the sketch comedy in the '70s...
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Yes.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Kenny Everett, The Two Ronnies...
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Right the way through.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Do you have a favourite era of comedy?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Is there any era you would say was the golden era? Maybe now?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37My favourite comedy era is now.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Good.- I like talking about the past. I don't want to live there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I think there's so much talent around now.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46I've just been up doing the Fringe again, at my advanced age,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48and there's so much talent around.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53I had a marvellous time back in the '60s and '70s, and it was great,
0:17:53 > 0:17:54but I refuse to go,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56"Golden age, oh, those were the days,"
0:17:56 > 0:17:58as if there's nothing around now.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01There's more good comedy around now than there ever was.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- It's brilliant. - Well said, fantastic.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Now, Barry, you're on 37.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Our high scorers are still Holly and Andi on 100,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11so 62 or less gets you through.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Yes?
0:18:13 > 0:18:17The complex on the River Thames that includes the Royal Festival Hall
0:18:17 > 0:18:19and Hayward Gallery.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Is...- Southbank.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Southbank, says Barry.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24OK, here is your red line.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27If you can get below this red line with Southbank,
0:18:27 > 0:18:28you are through to the next round.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Southbank.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35He's right.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Through you go to Round Two.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Oh.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40- Whoa!- 29...
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Nice one.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44..taking your total up to 66.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48There you are, again, exactly the same score as Stephen and Helen.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Well played, Barry. Built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54If there was a monologue in the opening ceremony,
0:18:54 > 0:18:55I imagine you wrote it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Now then, Dave...
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Hello.- Dave, there you are on 50.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Now, Dave, you've had an extraordinary
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and extremely successful career.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13You've been a compere, you've been a club compere...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15You've also... You adapted The Shawshank Redemption.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Yeah, me and another comic, Owen O'Neill,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20we adapted the stage adaptation of it, yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22And that's been touring... Is it still touring?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Yeah, yeah, yeah, it tours every autumn,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- so that's quite nice. - So it started in Dublin,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28and then it came into the West End...
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Yeah, and now it's out on tour, so it's... Yeah...
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Have you heard, Dave? The cast have escaped.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Really?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37But, also, you've been part of this brilliant revival
0:19:37 > 0:19:39up at the Edinburgh Festival where 12 Angry Men
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest were done.- Yeah.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44But then, now, you've been doing this Ken Loach film.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Yeah, I just starred in the new Ken Loach film, yeah, which was amazing.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Yeah.- It's been garlanded with praise everywhere it goes.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- It has, yes. - It's won all sorts of awards.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- It won the Palme d'Or in Cannes. - It did. Yeah, it did.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56That was pretty much a shock, you know?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I mean, Cannes was just crazy.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'd never been to any place like that before.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's all, sort of, you know, motorcades
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and, sort of, darked-out limousines and red carpets.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- It was crazy. - Very exciting indeed.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Anyway, now Dave, we have a game on our hands here.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You are on 50. If you can score 49 or less,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16you are definitely through to the next round.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Yeah, OK.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Well, there's a couple of high ones there, I think.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27I'll go for the Jake Gyllenhaal film...
0:20:27 > 0:20:29which is Southpaw.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Southpaw.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Southpaw, says Dave. Here is your red line.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35If you get below that with Southpaw,
0:20:35 > 0:20:36you're through to the next round.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38How many of our 100 people said Southpaw?
0:20:40 > 0:20:41It's right.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Gets you through.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48And it's a lovely low score.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Look at that, lowest score of the round. 12 for Southpaw,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52taking your total up to 62.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Very well played, Dave.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Yeah, he's incredibly fit in that film and he plays a boxer.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00The role was originally meant for Eminem, unbelievably,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02and he had to pull out, so it went to Jake Gyllenhaal.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Wouldn't think the two of them would share any roles.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06No. Interchangeable? Not really.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Yeah.- That's interesting, Holly.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Isn't it?- Now, you went into comedy having worked in an art gallery.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Yeah.- Well-worn path, obviously(!)
0:21:14 > 0:21:16- Yeah, the traditional way(!)- Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17What was the lure?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19What called you into comedy?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I was just fed up with working with artists
0:21:22 > 0:21:24who got to say and do whatever they wanted,
0:21:24 > 0:21:25and I thought, "I want to do that,"
0:21:25 > 0:21:27so I became a comedian,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30and it, sort of, worked out.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I tell you what hasn't worked out, though, I'm afraid,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36is your Pointless debut.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- I'm afraid your score... - But that wasn't...
0:21:37 > 0:21:39That was entirely down to my, erm...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Yeah.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- I made this. - LAUGHTER
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Now then, you are...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Yes, I'm afraid we'll have to say goodbye to you
0:21:47 > 0:21:49at the end of this round, but you have this board.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52If you wanted to, you could fill in all those blanks
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and leave in a blaze of glory.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Yeah, I could do that... - Yeah.- ..but I can't...
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- OK.- ..because I don't know the answers to most of them.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Any ones you want to have... Volunteer an answer?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I'll do the old... The bottom one, cos that's my era.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Well, it was...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- East 17 is the answer.- East 17.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08East 17, says Holly.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10No red line for you, as I'm afraid you're already our high-scorers.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said East 17.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Oh, look at that. Look at what you could have won.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2238, Holly...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24takes your total up to 138.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Oh, so you would have scored 39.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30It would have been the lowest score of the whole round if you'd just got
0:22:30 > 0:22:32those two extra letters on there.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Oh, well, there we are.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Two letters away from the second round. I am sorry.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Let's take a look at the rest of these, shall we?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39The common name for aurora borealis?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Northern lights.- Northern lights.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44That would have scored you 59 points.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Now, I bet you don't know this duo.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I loved them. I like it when they have duos on X Factor.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- South?- Journey South.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- Oh!- Journey South, there you go. - Journey South.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Four points. They had a number-one album, Journey South.- No!
0:22:56 > 0:22:59How about that? And the US actor and director...
0:22:59 > 0:23:00- Clint Eastwood.- Clint Eastwood,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03and that would have scored you 56 points.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06So, at the end of our first round,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I'm afraid the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:23:08 > 0:23:09with our high score of 138,
0:23:09 > 0:23:10Holly and Andi, it is you.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15You'll just have to come back and win next time.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Come back without me. - No...- Come back together.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Come back together and win.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I mean, nothing wrong with your answers apart from two letters,
0:23:21 > 0:23:23as Richard says. Lovely having you here.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I'm afraid it's far too soon to be sending you away,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- but send you away we must. - Thank you.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29But come back, as I say. Thanks so much, Holly and Andi.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35But, for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41And so, suddenly, we are down to three pairs
0:23:41 > 0:23:44and at the end of this round, we will have to be down to two pairs
0:23:44 > 0:23:45in time for our head-to-head round.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47This is very close indeed.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Omid and Barry, Helen and Stephen,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53you were absolutely drawn at the halfway point of the last round,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56and absolutely drawn at the end, as well. Spooky!
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And, Dave and Kevin, only four points ahead of them.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00But, Dave, very well done -
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Southpaw, the best score of the whole round, so that was fantastic.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Our category for Round Two this evening is...
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13who's going to go second, and whoever's going first,
0:24:13 > 0:24:14please step up to the podium.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20And the question concerns...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Companions in the TV series Doctor Who. Richard...
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Yeah, we're about to show you a board with 16 pictures on it,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33all of whom are actors who have been a companion
0:24:33 > 0:24:35to Doctor Who at some point.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37We just need you to name the most obscure actor
0:24:37 > 0:24:38you can see up here, please.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41So, we're looking for the name of the actors you're about to see.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45So we're going to put up this image, as Richard said,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47that has 16 companions of Doctor Who.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We just need to know the names of the actors,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and there are those actors.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59There we go.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Kevin.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04KEVIN GULPS
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Yes, that's...
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Erm...
0:25:07 > 0:25:09That's quite tricky, isn't it?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10You've got to be a Whovian.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Is that what they're called?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- A Whovian. - A Whovian to know some of those.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16A Whovian?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I... OK, I'm going to go for one.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I think, probably, third along,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25second down, Elisabeth Sladen.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Elisabeth Sladen, says Kevin.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Elisabeth Sladen.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37It's right,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39and I think that's going to be a very good score.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Down it goes. Elisabeth Sladen taking you down into single figures.
0:25:42 > 0:25:457. Very well done indeed, Kevin. What a start to the round.
0:25:45 > 0:25:467 for Elisabeth Sladen.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Well played, Kevin. Yeah, she played Sarah Jane Smith.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Of course, you worked alongside...
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I did, yeah. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Now, then, Barry. Barry, if you like,
0:25:56 > 0:25:57you don't have to identify which of
0:25:57 > 0:25:59the companions you're talking about.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You can just throw a name out there,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03if it makes it any easier.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04- So it's...- Carole Ann Ford.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Carole Ann Ford.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Carole Ann Ford. Let's see if that's right,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10and let's see how many of our 100 people said Carole Ann Ford.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14It's right.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22APPLAUSE One for Carole Ann Ford!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Very well done indeed, Barry.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Well, that was quite impressive, wasn't it?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- That was impressive.- Yeah, she's in the very first episode.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Played William Hartnell's granddaughter, Susan Foreman.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Thanks very much. Now, Helen...
0:26:40 > 0:26:42If only I'd watched more Doctor Who.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45And I know that obscurity
0:26:45 > 0:26:47is the way forward...
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Yes.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50..but I'm really struggling with this round.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55OK, but I'm going to nominate, obviously, Catherine Tate,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57because she is such a fantastic comedy actress,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59and this is a comedy show,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01and she was fabulous with David Tennant
0:27:01 > 0:27:03as his sidekick on Doctor Who, so Catherine Tate.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Catherine Tate is your answer. Helen says Catherine Tate.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09How many of our 100 people said Catherine Tate?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13It's right.
0:27:15 > 0:27:1639.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- I like 39.- 39 for Catherine Tate.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Well played. Yeah, she played Donna Noble -
0:27:22 > 0:27:24as you say, was a companion to David Tennant.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Let's look at those scores, starting with the lowest score
0:27:28 > 0:27:30of the pass, Barry, which is yours. Very well done.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Carole Ann Ford, great answer. 1 point.
0:27:32 > 0:27:337 is where we find Kevin and Dave.
0:27:33 > 0:27:3639, Helen and Stephen -
0:27:36 > 0:27:37a little bit ahead there.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Stephen, let's have a nice low-scoring answer from you.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Good luck with that. We'll come back down the line.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48So, Stephen...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I hid behind the sofa when all
0:27:53 > 0:27:55the ones in black and white were on,
0:27:55 > 0:27:56so I didn't see the credits.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58I'm going to go for
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Sue Jamieson.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01- Sue Jameson.- Oh, yes.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Sue Jameson, says Stephen.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05No red line, as you're the high-scorers at the moment.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Let's see how many of our 100 people said Sue Jameson.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- GROANING - What?- What?!- What?!
0:28:14 > 0:28:15I'm lost for words.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I'm afraid Sue Jameson is an incorrect answer,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20so I'm afraid it takes your total up to 139.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Yeah, sorry, Stephen. Not Sue Jameson, I'm afraid.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Even though Barry Cryer definitely went, "Oh, yes," when you said it.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Thanks very much indeed.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Omid...
0:28:31 > 0:28:32I recognise a lot of them
0:28:32 > 0:28:34but only by the character names.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36and I'm going to go easy -
0:28:36 > 0:28:37I'll just go Billie Piper.
0:28:37 > 0:28:38Billie Piper, says Omid.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said Billie Piper.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42No red line - you're already through.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Yeah, exactly.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51APPLAUSE 62 takes your total up to 63.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Yeah, safe and sound. Like so many people who appear in Doctor Who,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57a genuinely wonderful actor, Billie Piper.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00A big scorer as well. Played Rose Tyler.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- Thank you very much. Now, Dave... - Right...
0:29:03 > 0:29:07I stopped watching Doctor Who in about the late '60s,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10but I'd say...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Peter Purves.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Peter Purves, says Dave.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Peter Purves.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17No red line - you're already through.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said Peter Purves.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23It's right.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Look at that, down to 6!
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Very well done indeed.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Takes your total up to 13.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37He's quite difficult to recognise there, isn't he?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39I wonder if people got him just from the picture.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The top row, you've got Jenna Coleman,
0:29:44 > 0:29:45who would have scored you 14.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Next to Jenna Coleman, it's Louise Jameson.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Louise Jameson, not Sue Jameson. - Oh, that's it...
0:29:51 > 0:29:53She would have scored you 10.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Nicola Bryant, she would have scored you 1.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Next row, Freema Agyeman.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Freema Agyeman would have scored 4 points.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Next to Elisabeth Sladen, there, is Katy Manning,
0:30:06 > 0:30:07who would have scored you 1.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Very good answer if you'd have said that.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Next to Catherine Tate,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12you've got Bonnie Langford -
0:30:12 > 0:30:14she would have scored 38.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16John Barrowman, he would have scored you 30.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I would've thought he'd scored more than that,
0:30:18 > 0:30:20but the picture maybe doesn't quite look like him.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Sarah Sutton would have scored you 1.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25The bottom row, Lalla Ward -
0:30:25 > 0:30:27she would've scored you 3 points.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Arthur Darvill would have scored 3 points,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31and Mary Tamm would have scored you 1.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36So, at the end of our second round,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38the pair we have to say goodbye to - high score of 139 -
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Stephen and Helen, I am afraid it is you.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Thank you for coming to play. Please come and play again.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But, in the meantime, thank you so much, Stephen and Helen.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54But, for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Well, congratulations, Dave and Kevin, Omid and Barry.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01You are now one step closer to the final
0:31:01 > 0:31:03and a chance to play for that jackpot,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06which currently stands at £2,500.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11This is where we decide who goes through and plays for that jackpot.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13We do it by making you go head-to-head.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15The difference is, you can now start playing as pairs.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18You can chat, you can confer before you give your answers.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20It takes a bit of pressure off, I think, does it not, Omid?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- It does.- This is good. The first players to win
0:31:22 > 0:31:24two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26I think this will be very close.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Two fantastic pairs, so best of luck to both pairs.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Let's play the head-to-head.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Obviously!
0:31:42 > 0:31:45We are now going to play you five extracts from songs,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48all of which have an item of food in their title.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52We need you to tell us the artist behind each of the songs, please.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56OK, yes, who are the artists behind each of these songs?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Let's have a listen, here is song A.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03# Jambalaya and crawfish pie and file gumbo
0:32:03 > 0:32:08# For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
0:32:08 > 0:32:13# Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
0:32:13 > 0:32:19# Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou... #
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Here's song B.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22# I started singin'
0:32:22 > 0:32:26# Bye-bye, Miss American Pie
0:32:26 > 0:32:30# Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
0:32:30 > 0:32:34# And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye
0:32:34 > 0:32:38# Singin' this'll be the day that I die
0:32:38 > 0:32:40# This'll be the day that I die... #
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Here is song C.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45# The DJ that he knows well on the spot always around 12
0:32:45 > 0:32:49# Plays the mix that Diego mezcla con la salsa, y la baila
0:32:49 > 0:32:52# And he dances y la canta
0:32:52 > 0:32:55# Asereje ja de je de jebe
0:32:55 > 0:33:00# Tu de jebere seibiunouva, majavi an de bugui an de buididipi... #
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Here's D.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06# All I need is for you to come home
0:33:06 > 0:33:09# You're sweet like chocolate, boy
0:33:09 > 0:33:13# You're sweet like chocolate
0:33:13 > 0:33:17# You bring me so much joy
0:33:17 > 0:33:21# You're sweet like chocolate, boy... #
0:33:22 > 0:33:24And here is E.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27# Vindaloo, vindaloo
0:33:27 > 0:33:31# And we all like vindaloo
0:33:31 > 0:33:32# We're England
0:33:32 > 0:33:40# We're gonna score one more than you
0:33:40 > 0:33:41# England! #
0:33:41 > 0:33:44OK, there we are. Dave and Kevin, you're our low scorers,
0:33:44 > 0:33:46so you will go first - feel free to confer.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Yeah, we'll go for...
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- The first one, was it?- Yes.- A.
0:33:53 > 0:33:54The Carpenters.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56The Carpenters for A.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59A, The Carpenters. Now, Omid and Barry.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Over to you.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04I think C is a girl group.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08I think their name was Ketchup, I'm not 100% sure.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13- Oh, yes.- We do know that E is Keith Allen's football...England song.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18I can't think who... I mean, B was the cover of Don McLean's song.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Yeah, we couldn't get the cover of American Pie.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- And D, I can't think who that was. - No.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- OK, they've gone for A, shall we go for Keith Allen?- Yes.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Fat Les, Keith Allen. I know Keith Allen, that was his song.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33- Keith Allen, Fat Les.- Yes.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Let's go Keith Allen, Fat Les. - I'll go with you on that.- OK.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40So, Dave and Kevin have gone for The Carpenters for A.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Let's see if that's right.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Carpenters.
0:34:54 > 0:34:5516.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05Omid and Barry, meanwhile, have gone for Keith Allen and Fat Les.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of
0:35:07 > 0:35:08our 100 people said that.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19- Oh!- 14.
0:35:23 > 0:35:2814, which means, Omid and Barry, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Yeah, Fat Les, Keith Allen was their singer.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33There was also Alex James and Damien Hirst in that band.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37B, have a little listen to that.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39# I started singin'... #
0:35:39 > 0:35:41As you say, it's a cover of American Pie.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43The biggest score on the board, actually, because it's by Madonna.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Madonna's cover of American Pie would have scored you 33.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51JC, not a million miles away -
0:35:51 > 0:35:53it's got Ketchup in the name. It's Las Ketchup.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Spanish band, Las Ketchup.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Would have scored you 7 points.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02And let's listen to a little bit of D.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05# All I need is for you to come home... #
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- Now, it's Sweet Like Chocolate. - Sweet Like Chocolate.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10And it's a band named after our nicknames,
0:36:10 > 0:36:11it's Shanks and Bigfoot.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15It's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- You all right, Shanks? - Yeah, not so bad, BF.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20There we are.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Dave and Kevin, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Our second question is all about...
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Oh, boy!
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Yes, we're going to show you five tabloid-style headlines now
0:36:36 > 0:36:39which outline plots from different soap operas.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Can you tell us which soap operas these plots were taken from, please?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Thank you very much indeed.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46OK, let's reveal our five tabloid soap-opera plots,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48and we have got...
0:37:18 > 0:37:23OK, so there we are, five tabloid soap plots there.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Omid and Barry will go first.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30OK. I did not know 1955, that one, but you did.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I think that's pretty obscure.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Farmer's son's wife in tragic attempt to rescue horse!
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- Do you want to go for that? - What do you think it is?- What?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42If I say it, we are committed, aren't we?
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- OK...- Farmer's son's wife in tragic attempt to rescue horse is the...
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Is The Archers, it's Grace Archer.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52OK, The Archers, say Omid and Barry for B.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Now then, Dave and Kevin, talk us through the rest of the board.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Right, um...
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Oil baron thought dead found alive in shower is...
0:38:02 > 0:38:06That's Dallas. Yorkshire village pub floods during siege -
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Emmerdale. Melbourne Labrador dreams of marriage to bog next...
0:38:09 > 0:38:11BOG next door?!
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- That's Neighbours, is it? - Yeah, Neighbours.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19And, Merseyside patio excavation reveals grisly secret - Brookside.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Yes, Brookside. - We're going to go for C...
0:38:22 > 0:38:23- Brookside.- Brookside.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26OK, Brookside, C, say Dave and Kevin.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28So we have The Archers and we have Brookside.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Omid and Barry went for The Archers for B. Let's see if that's right,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38It's right.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Look at that - 10 for The Archers. Good answer, there.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48APPLAUSE
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Dave and Kevin, meanwhile, have gone for Brookside for C.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Brookside.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03It's right.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0938...for Brookside. APPLAUSE
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Which means, very well done, Omid and Barry, after only two questions,
0:39:13 > 0:39:14you're through to the final 2-0.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Yes, well played, Barry, it's a terrific answer. Grace Archer.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19In fact, it was on the same night as ITV launched -
0:39:19 > 0:39:22it was designed to spoil the launch of ITV, the death of Grace Archer.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25You went for the best answer of the other ones you could have
0:39:25 > 0:39:27gone for, gents. You knew them all, I think.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Dallas is A, Dallas would have scored you...
0:39:30 > 0:39:31..53.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37You'd have got 41 for when Bouncer dreamt of marriage
0:39:37 > 0:39:39to the dog next door in Neighbours, Joe Mangel's dog.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4241. And 55 for Emmerdale.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Thanks very much indeed.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51I'm afraid, Dave and Kevin.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54I'm so sorry. Fantastic play the whole way through the game.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- Yes.- It's been good fun, really good fun.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- It's been lovely having you on. - Thanks very much. Cheers.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Brilliant, impressive low scoring. Come and play again, please.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Dave and Kevin, fantastic.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07APPLAUSE
0:40:07 > 0:40:09But, for Omid and Barry, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Congratulations, Omid and Barry, you have fought off
0:40:16 > 0:40:20all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:40:28 > 0:40:31for your charities. And at the end of today's show,
0:40:31 > 0:40:33the jackpot is standing at £2,500. There it is.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36APPLAUSE
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Well, very well done - your first appearance on the show,
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- straight through to the final. - Yes, amazing.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- 2-0 in the head-to-head.- Yes. - No arguing with that at all.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47You know what happens in this last round,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49four categories will appear on the board.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Is there anything you badly would like to appear up there?
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- I like my sport.- I'll be... - I hope there's nothing with history.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- History is not my strong...- I'll be a weak link on sport with you,
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- I'm afraid.- OK. What do you like?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Boring, I suppose.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Comedy and television.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05- Yes, comedy.- That would be nice.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- Politics.- Yeah, that would be great, wouldn't it?
0:41:07 > 0:41:11OK, well, let's see what's going to be on the board today.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22What do you... The Letter N?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- I don't know. - The Letter N might be interesting.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Yes.- Shall we do that? I wouldn't do Irish Pop.- No.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Child Actors...- Child Actors... - Run out of steam.- Yeah.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- Sporting Achievements... - Sporting Achievements...
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- The Letter N?- Let's go on Letter N.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- Letter N.- Letter N. - Letter N it is, Richard.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Yes, not a bad choice, I think, cos three very different categories
0:41:41 > 0:41:42here, so hopefully one of these will suit you,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44or maybe more than one of them will suit you.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47We are looking for the name of any chemical element which contains
0:41:47 > 0:41:51the letter N, as of June 2016.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54We are looking for any Best Picture winner at the Oscars
0:41:54 > 0:41:56that contains the letter N.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Or we are looking for any countries of the world
0:41:59 > 0:42:02beginning or ending with the letter N. As always by country,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08So any chemical elements containing the letter N,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Best Picture winners at the Oscars containing the letter N,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12or countries beginning or ending with the letter N.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with
0:42:17 > 0:42:20three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:42:20 > 0:42:22is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Good, OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28There they are. Your time starts now.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Countries, countries where...- Yes.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33..it finishes with the letter N.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Beginning or ending.- Countries beginning or ending? OK.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Yes. Right in now? Can I go right in with one?
0:42:39 > 0:42:42I think we have to consult about which one we're going to choose.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- Nyasaland.- Where is that? - Nyasaland.- Is that a country?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- Yes.- Nyasaland? Where is it?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Well, it's just south of...
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Of?- The other place.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56LAUGHTER
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Nyasaland.- Finland.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Where? I've never heard of Nyasaland.- It doesn't matter,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05it's a country beginning or ending with the letter N.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06OK, that's one question, all right.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10What about Best Picture winners containing the letter N?
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- Oh, just containing? - Yeah.- Not beginning.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Wow. Well, the last Best Picture was...
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- We have to think of some quickly. - Ten seconds left.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20- Schindler's List.- Schindler's List.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22And chemical elements containing the letter N.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- Yes, but they're...- Nitrogen.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29OK, you've got the three questions.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31OK, there we are. Your time is up.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33If you could give your three answers and say which category
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- you're answering in...- You're saying the questions are Nyasaland...
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- Yes.- Nyasaland is one of your answers.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- OK.- Schindler's List. - Schindler's List.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42Schindler's List might be good.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45And then, we can think of another Best Picture winner...
0:43:45 > 0:43:48How about Niagara? Didn't Niagara win something?
0:43:48 > 0:43:49- OK.- He did...
0:43:49 > 0:43:52- Niagara. You're going to go for Niagara?- Let's go for Niagara.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53So, we have got...
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Nyasaland, we have got Schindler's List and we've got Niagara.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Yes. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01I would say Nyasaland, because I've never heard of it.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Nyasaland we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:44:06 > 0:44:08- Niagara, possibly.- Niagara, OK.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11So, Niagara, Schindler's List, Nyasaland.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:44:14 > 0:44:16and here they are. We've got...
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Well, very best of luck. If you were to win this jackpot,
0:44:22 > 0:44:25you'd be sharing it between your charities.
0:44:25 > 0:44:26What charities are you playing for? Omid?
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Mine would be the Chain Of Hope charity,
0:44:28 > 0:44:30which is for children with heart problems.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32- Barry?- St Luke's Hospice, Harrow.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Very good.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36APPLAUSE
0:44:36 > 0:44:37Two lovely charities there.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Let's hope one of these answers is pointless so we can split
0:44:40 > 0:44:43that jackpot between them. Your first answer was Niagara.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46In this case, we are looking for any Best Picture award at the Oscars
0:44:46 > 0:44:49containing the letter N.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Let's find out if Niagara is right.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54If it is pointless, it will win you £2,500 for your charities.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Let's see how many people said Niagara.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03I'm afraid not Niagara.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06So let's move quickly on to your next answer, which was Schindler's List.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Again, we were looking for Best Picture Oscar winners
0:45:09 > 0:45:11containing the letter N.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Schindler's List, if it is pointless, will win you £2,500.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16How many people said it?
0:45:18 > 0:45:21It's right. Niagara, your first answer, was incorrect,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23but Schindler's List is absolutely on the money.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Down it goes, through the 30s.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Into the 20s. We're still going down.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Through the teens. We are into single figures.
0:45:29 > 0:45:30Down we go to 5.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33GROANING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:36 > 0:45:37- Close.- 5 for Schindler's List.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39You're moving in the right direction, but everything
0:45:39 > 0:45:42is now riding on your third and final answer, which was Nyasaland,
0:45:42 > 0:45:46which you thought was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49If this is pointless, it will win you £2,500 for your charities.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said Nyasaland.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57- Oh!- Oh!
0:45:57 > 0:46:00APPLAUSE Sorry.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03Your third answer, Nyasaland, was also incorrect, I'm afraid,
0:46:03 > 0:46:06so you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:46:06 > 0:46:09so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12However, as it is a celebrity special
0:46:12 > 0:46:15and all of our celebrities are playing for nominated charities,
0:46:15 > 0:46:17we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair,
0:46:17 > 0:46:18to split between their charities.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21So there we are. It's been wonderful having you on the show.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24Thank you so much for playing and playing so well, Omid and Barry.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Remember, you get a Pointless trophy to take home as well.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- Fantastic, Omid and Barry. - Thank you.
0:46:28 > 0:46:34- APPLAUSE - Close. Nyasaland...I believe...
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Yeah, sorry about Nyasaland. Nyasaland is now Malawi.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Oh, yes, it changed.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42It changed its name in 1964.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45LAUGHTER
0:46:45 > 0:46:48To be fair, it is only 52 years ago,
0:46:48 > 0:46:51so it's... We're all getting used to it.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55- I think that's the thing. - No wonder my letters never arrive!
0:46:55 > 0:46:57LAUGHTER
0:46:57 > 0:47:01Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04We'll start with chemical elements - lots of pointless answers here.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10You could have had coppernicium, dubnium, you could have had indium,
0:47:10 > 0:47:13tantalum, all sorts of pointless answers there. Scandium as well.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Now, Best Picture winners, it's so hard in 60 seconds,
0:47:16 > 0:47:19cos there's going to be so many of these names that you know,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21but the time runs out so quickly.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Lawrence Of Arabia, Midnight Cowboy...
0:47:25 > 0:47:28You could have had A Beautiful Mind. Annie Hall was a pointless answer,
0:47:28 > 0:47:31would have been a lovely one, Around The World In 80 Days,
0:47:31 > 0:47:34From Here To Eternity, Gandhi was a pointless answer,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37How Green Was My Valley, In The Heat Of The Night, No Country For Old Men,
0:47:37 > 0:47:40On The Waterfront, Ordinary People, Shakespeare In Love - a pointless answer.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42The Bridge On The River Kwai, The English Patient,
0:47:42 > 0:47:44The French Connection, The Sting, Unforgiven.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Lots of pointless answers out there.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Well done if you got one of those at home.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Now, these countries beginning or ending with the letter N.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53There is a lot of the "-stans".
0:47:55 > 0:47:59There is also Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01All of those were pointless answers.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Very well done if you got one of those at home.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06You've been terrific entertainment all the way through, gents.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09I'm sorry it wasn't quite the right final category for you.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Thanks very much, Richard, and thank you so much, Omid and Barry.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14It's been lovely to have you here. Join us next time, when we will be
0:48:14 > 0:48:17putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24APPLAUSE