0:00:21 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and a warm welcome to this special radio edition
0:00:28 > 0:00:29of Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41And couple number one.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Well, I am Nemone from Nemone's Electric Ladyland
0:00:43 > 0:00:46on BBC Radio 6 Music.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And I am Shaun Keaveney from BBC 6 Music's breakfast show.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Couple number two.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01OK, my name is Nihal Arthanayake and I am, like a number of people here,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04an alumni of Radio 1, but now the BBC Asian Network.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Liz Kershaw, and I'm a disc jockey.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Couple number three.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hello, my name's Rachel Burden,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I co-host the 5 live breakfast show with Nicky Campbell,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and my career highlight so far is appearing on a 2016 edition
0:01:23 > 0:01:25of Pointless Celebrities.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Hi, everyone, great to be here, I love this show!
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Nicky Campbell, I've been on network radio since 1987,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37started on Radio 1 the same day as Liz Kershaw,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and now I present the 5 live breakfast programme
0:01:39 > 0:01:42with the amazing, wonderful, very, very clever,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44much cleverer than me Rachel Burden.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51And finally, couple number four.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Hello, I'm Marcus Brigstocke,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and I host The Brig Society and I've Never Seen Star Wars
0:01:56 > 0:01:57on Radio 4.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I'm Mark Steel and I do a show called Mark Steel's In Town
0:02:01 > 0:02:03on Radio 4,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and I think I'm excited and terrified in equal measure
0:02:06 > 0:02:08at this particular moment.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Thank you very much, all of you, lovely to have you here.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show, as
0:02:15 > 0:02:18it goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20He's a man who's always on my wavelength,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22just between the police and the local minicab firm.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Hiya. Hi, everybody. Good evening.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31- Good evening to you.- Good evening.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- How are you?- I'm very well.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36I like these radio specials, they are always immensely competitive.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38We've gone up the numbers this time.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40I think last time we were with Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It was a bit unruly, if I'm honest.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46But 4, 5 and 6, and all that sort of stuff.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Can you imagine next time we do it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50They'll have to invent some new radio stations for us.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- They'll have to.- Only one returning player who's played before,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54but a winner we have in our ranks.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58That's the wonderful Liz Kershaw. So no pressure on you, Nihal,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01but if she doesn't win this time, you know what, something's happened.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Also, of course, it's a radio special,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04we've got a couple of jingles.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05- SEVERAL:- Hey!
0:03:05 > 0:03:08# Alexander Armstrong! #
0:03:08 > 0:03:09- Oh, it's amazing, isn't it? - That's good.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I do have others, I'll introduce them as we go on.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Let's do that. Very nice indeed, thank you very much, Richard.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- I mean, really, thank you VERY much. - Such an absolute pleasure.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20# Alexander Armstrong! #
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Now, let's move on.- OK. Now, as usual,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Our lovely contestants here are looking
0:03:27 > 0:03:29for those all-important pointless answers,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31these are answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Find one of those and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42We start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55So this is the rule. I mean, if you like, it's the only rule.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:03:59 > 0:04:02eliminated. That is it, that's the only rule you have to remember.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And no conferring for the first two rounds, obviously.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this evening is...
0:04:11 > 0:04:12It's Famous People.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18who's going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:04:18 > 0:04:19please step up to the podium.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27OK, and our question concerns...
0:04:30 > 0:04:34We are about to show you a board with 16 pictures of famous men
0:04:34 > 0:04:37with beards, you simply have to name the most obscure person you can,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- please. Very, very best of luck. - OK, so, as Richard just mentioned,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42we're going to put an image up there,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44that'll stay up for the whole round, that won't be changing.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Those 16 will be our 16 for the entire round.- Phew!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49So, good luck with that,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Nemone, answering last and all!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53OK, let's have a look at that image, and here it comes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56We have these people.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01These bearded people.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Now, Shaun, you started out writing jingles?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- I did.- Like that?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well, it wasn't so much the musical part of the jingles,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11it was more the commercials, but, yeah,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I was responsible for a lot of terrible radio.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- As I still am.- I always imagined that these...
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I thought they were sort of made on an island somewhere.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21There's an island somewhere, I don't know, like Montserrat,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24where lots of jingle singers wander round clinking ice in drinks.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26There is plenty of that going on! You're absolutely right.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Isn't that how it happens? Surely,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31like a Tin Pan Alley but less tin and pan.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33And alley, in fact, just sort of cocktails and sand.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36There's a lot... Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- pretty much there.- Now, Shaun, men with beards.- Crikey.- Come on.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42OK. This is a bit of a nightmare, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Because there are some proper old ringers in there.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47You've got some obvious ones.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Do I take a chance?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I think I'm going...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Allen Ginsberg.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Allen Ginsberg, says Shaun.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Absolutely right, very well done.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It's pointless! Shaun!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15What a start to the show!
0:06:15 > 0:06:17A pointless answer, that adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20takes the total up to £2,750.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It scores you nothing and earns you, I mean,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26a pat on the shoulder just there from Nemone,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and a place in Pointless history.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29That's just wonderful.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Look at that.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I can't believe that's just happened!
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Wow.- Goodness me, Shaun, very, very well played.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Yeah, Allen Ginsberg. Back in the day, that sort of beard -
0:06:38 > 0:06:39there he is on the second row -
0:06:39 > 0:06:41that would have you marked out as something of a maverick
0:06:41 > 0:06:44back in those days. These days, you just think,
0:06:44 > 0:06:45"Yeah, guy with a beard, works in IT."
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Thanks very much indeed, Richard, and a pat on the back to you, Shaun,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51very well done indeed.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Liz, welcome back to Pointless.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I'll get my coat now!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That was a good start to the round,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- but I know you'll have a great answer.- Stunned.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Now, Liz, you have worked in radio for the best part of 30 years.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Yeah, I'm 72 in August.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07LAUGHTER
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Yeah, me and Nicky started on...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Well, he started on the Saturday night,
0:07:11 > 0:07:163rd of October, and I started on the 4th of October, 1987.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's amazing. I don't know how shocked he is,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21but I wake up every day and think, "Am I still in gainful employment?!"
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Woo!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25That's nice. I wanted to talk to you about Dawn Chorus And The Bluetits.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Oh, yes!- Tell us about that.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Well, that was our band in Leeds,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34and I started that with a girl round the corner
0:07:34 > 0:07:37who wasn't a TV personality then.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41She got the job about two weeks after we started the band,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and that was Carol Vorderman with Countdown.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45With Carol Vorderman?!
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yeah. Do you still perform, do you ever get together?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Oh, no, we only lasted about six months.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54So, Liz, men with beards.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58I can't decide whether to go risky or safe.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I think I'll say Eric Cantona.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Eric Cantona, says Liz, let's see if that's right,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05let's see how many of our 100 people spotted Eric Cantona.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09It's right.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Oh, good, it's not too bad.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15- 34, not bad.- That's not bad.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Not bad at all, 34 for Eric Cantona.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Well played, Liz, there he is, next to Allen Ginsberg.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Successful actor now, Eric Cantona. - Yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Good stuff, thank you, Richard. - Thank you.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- So, Rachel, welcome to Pointless. - Hello.- Wonderful to have you.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Congratulations, you've got a baby boy, I gather?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I do, yeah. Not here with me.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36No, not here, no, no.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- I haven't hidden him.- But how is that working with your early-morning schedule?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Well, I don't know, I've got three others so I'm kind of used to it,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47and the father plays a part in some way.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49What time's your alarm set?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Alarm goes off at 3.20am.- Ha-ha!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55And I make my way to the studio and get the show shipshape
0:08:55 > 0:08:59before my friend and colleague here comes in and messes it all up.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Very good. Now, Rachel, men with beards?- Yeah.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06It's trying to work out what the 100 people may have said,
0:09:06 > 0:09:11who they may have known, so I'm going to go for Rowan Williams.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- I think.- Rowan Williams, says Rachel.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rowan Williams.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Well, 34 is our high score, zero is our low score,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25you've passed the high score.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Oh, look at that!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Well played, Rachel. Very well done, yeah.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Rowan Williams there on the bottom, second from right.- There we go.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- There he is.- Marcus, welcome.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Hello, thank you.- Now, The Now Show, of which you are part,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45has been on for... I mean, that's just been on for ever and ever.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46How many series of that have there been?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Oh, I actually don't know.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- I think it's about 40-something. - At least, at least.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It's like The Archers.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54What day do you record on?
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Thursday. So that's what I like about it, it's really fast.- Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I agree the subject on Wednesday evening,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03research it Wednesday night,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06write it all day Thursday, record it, then it goes out the next day.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- On Thursday? - It's a fun way of making comedy.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Marcus, what would you like to go for, from our board of beards?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16It's tricky, I was hoping Father Christmas would be on there.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I really want to go for the risky one,
0:10:20 > 0:10:21but I'm not that sure.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Go for the risky one! - You think so, huh?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Ernest Hemingway.- Ernest Hemingway, says Marcus.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Ernest Hemingway. Is it right?
0:10:34 > 0:10:35It IS right.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Look at that!- Yes!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Come on!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Very well done, book-ended by pointless answers.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50That adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52takes the total up to £3,000,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55scores you nothing and earns you endless respect.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Very well done indeed.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Very well played there, Marcus.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Anything Radio 6 can do, Radio 4 can do too.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Terrific answer. Of all the people on that board,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I think he would make the best Father Christmas.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Second from the left there on the third row.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11There we are, thank you very much.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13We're halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Only three scores between the four pairs there,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18zero being the best score.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Well done, Marcus. Well done, Shaun.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Then up to 4, Rachel and Nicky.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Then 34.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I didn't think you were going to be so far ahead at this stage.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- So, Nihal, we need a low score from you.- Yeah.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Another big risk, one of those ones you've looked at and thought,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34"Is that...? No. Is that...? No."
0:11:34 > 0:11:36You might have to go for one of them, maybe.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Best of luck with that. We come back down the line now,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46OK, so, remember, we are looking for the names of these bearded men.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48There we are, 16 of them there.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Mark, welcome to Pointless.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Thank you.- A great treat to have you here.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Mark Steel's In Town, how many series of that have you done?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Just on the seventh one. So the idea, for anybody who doesn't know,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02is that I have to go to a town somewhere and write a whole show
0:12:02 > 0:12:06about that town, to people in that town,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08be as rude about it as possible and get away with it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11It started, really, cos I was doing a show one night,
0:12:11 > 0:12:12it was in Skipton,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and I noticed that there was a town called Keighley
0:12:15 > 0:12:17just around the corner, and I said to the audience,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20"So, Keighley, then, is that the rival town here?"
0:12:20 > 0:12:23And then this one woman, as if she was spokesperson for all of them,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27she just went, "Keighley is a sink of evil."
0:12:27 > 0:12:29LAUGHTER
0:12:29 > 0:12:31What a brilliant thing! It could only work in Skipton
0:12:31 > 0:12:34that she would do that and it would make any sense, so I thought,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38I'll try and write a whole show about just the little things,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41the little quirks of each town, and so far keep getting away with it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Mark, there you are, you're on nothing.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46The high-scorers are Nihal and Liz on 34.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48If you can score 33 or less,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50you are definitely through to the next round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54I'm terrified now, because what I thought was absolutely certain,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57now that I'm up here, of course, I've got the collywobbles.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Right, I'm going to leave the country if this is wrong.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- Charles Darwin. - Surely, it's Charles Darwin.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Anyway, there is your red line, let's find out.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10How many of our 100 said Charles Darwin?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14It's right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Through you go to Round 2. Charles Darwin, 23.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Good call, mate.- 23.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Well played, Mark, safely through.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Charles Darwin there, bottom left.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Also the first person in black and white to score any points at all in
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- this round.- Nice. Thanks, Richard.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Now, Nicky, just briefly, your radio career,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38you started on Radio 1.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Yeah.- You had... I'm going to call it...
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Along with Liz, you had rather highbrow music shows,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- didn't you?- Well, yeah, it was great to play that stuff.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Then you moved gradually further and further towards current affairs,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54and now very much in current affairs. Was that the idea,
0:13:54 > 0:13:55do you think, or...?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Well, kind of. I started off as a journalist
0:13:58 > 0:13:59and moved into music radio.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I remember the first time I put a pair of headphones on and played a
0:14:02 > 0:14:05record, and the feeling was, this was the best feeling in the world.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06So I loved doing that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Then I just did lots of interviews and segued into current affairs.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Yeah. Do you miss the music now? It sounds like you do.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Yeah, a little bit, I do.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I still, you know, now and again play a lot of music.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- He dabbles.- You get to play a bit on 5 live, do you?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Now and again.- Every so often.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Nicky, there you are, on 4.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25The high-scorers, still Nihal and Liz on 34,
0:14:25 > 0:14:26so 29 or less.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- 29 or less?- 29 or less.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I've got to just hope that there's a generational thing
0:14:32 > 0:14:35going on here, that lots of young people have been asked.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40- I'm going to go for Mr T. - Mr T, says Nicky.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43OK. Hoping very much for a generational thing to be going on.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46There is your red line, let's see how many of our 100 people said Mr T.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51It's right.
0:14:56 > 0:14:5964 there, taking your total up to 68.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Yeah, it's a big score.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I'm amazed at how much more famous he is than Allen Ginsberg.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- XANDER LAUGHS - I find that extraordinary.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Big score for Mr T.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Now, Nihal. Welcome.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14You are the Asian beats man,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16you were on Radio 1, and now the Asian...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I was, yeah, and now I do... I, like Nicky,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22have kind of segued into news and current affairs
0:15:22 > 0:15:23on the BBC Asian Network.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27So I did 12 years' Radio 1, DJing all around the world.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30You've just been inducted into the Radio Hall Of Fame as well?
0:15:30 > 0:15:31- Yes, yes.- Very exciting.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- What's that involve?- You basically go around a room and tell them you
0:15:35 > 0:15:38haven't retired, that you're still open for work!
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Cos, of course, when you get inducted into a Hall of Fame...
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I got the impression beforehand if you ever get inducted
0:15:43 > 0:15:46into a hall of fame, that it's at the tail end of your career,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48and I had to keep reminding people I'm still very much here.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Exciting, though?- Yeah, no, it was fantastic, yeah, brilliant.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Well, Nihal, the high-scorers
0:15:54 > 0:15:56at the moment are Nicky and Rachel on 68,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59so 33 or less gets you through.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00- It's getting harder.- Yeah, yeah.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05Well, I mean, I'm drawn naturally as a Spurs supporter to Alan Sugar.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Oh, hang on...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10You've done something, you've mentioned a name on there.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Oh, are you not allowed to do that? - Ooooh...- Ooooh...
0:16:12 > 0:16:15No, we have a rule, a harsh rule where we take your...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Oh, he didn't know that.- Oh, I'm sorry.- He's not been here before.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Don't make him have Alan Sugar!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- I'm sorry, Alan Sugar is, I'm afraid...- OK, right.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I'm afraid that's the first bearded name that you uttered.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- Oh, right, OK.- Who knows?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Alan Sugar, maybe people forgot him?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Oh, yeah.- Let's see how far down the column we get with Alan Sugar.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I'm sorry, Nihal.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35How many people said Alan Sugar?
0:16:40 > 0:16:41He's right.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Oh, I'm sorry.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- I'm sorry, Nihal. - They are the rules.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50That scores you 84 point and has taken your total up to 118.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Yeah, Alan Sugar there, very much our version of Donald Trump.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Don't get any ideas. - LAUGHTER
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Nemone, you are through to the next round,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03doesn't matter what you score.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- Oh!- But before we talk about that, I want to talk about this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Before you went into DJing, you were a 400 metres sprinter.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Yes.- Of some repute. I mean, you were good!- Well...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I could get round. Which was useful.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18You did brilliantly! You were in the running, as it were.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19I was certainly running!
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Don't know whether I was IN the running.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23What happened there, why did you stop that?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Well, probably...
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Do you know, I was doing it at the same time as DJing, I was running.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I tried to continue alongside,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33and then the music career was getting me faster
0:17:33 > 0:17:35than the 400 metres, so, yeah,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I went with the one that was going to pay.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41As the summer comes on, presumably you have a very busy summer,
0:17:41 > 0:17:42do you go and do festivals?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, actually, with Electric Ladyland,
0:17:44 > 0:17:45which is my show on 6 Music, yeah,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I've been out at the festivals, Bestival, Green Man,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50so it's nice to be able to get out of the studio and do it live.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53That's nice. How many years have you been touring that every summer?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Do you know, the show's been going for nearly four years now,
0:17:56 > 0:17:57and I've loved it. It's been successful.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Absolutely brilliant. Now, Nemone, I bet you've got a brilliant answer,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04and with the nice knowledge that you are through to the next round whatever
0:18:04 > 0:18:05you score, take a bit of a risk.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- No!- Really?- No! - LAUGHTER
0:18:09 > 0:18:12With the nice knowledge that I'm through to the next round,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- I'm going to go Robert De Niro. - Robert De Niro.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18There's no red line for you because you're already through.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said Robert De Niro.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24It's right.
0:18:28 > 0:18:3025, look at that.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Very well done. Well played, Nemone, safe and sound.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38There he is on the top row, third along.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Shall we go through the rest of these?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Up on the top row, next to the British Donald Trump
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- is the British Hillary Clinton. - LAUGHTER
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Jeremy Corbyn there, 59.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Nihal, what were you going to go for if you'd...?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Zach Galifinakis.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Well, Zach Galifinakis would have scored you 6 points.- Oh!
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Would have been a very good answer. - That's not...
0:18:59 > 0:19:00I would have taken you out, Campbell!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02That's not John Torode, then, with a beard?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Did you think that was John Torode?! - I thought it was John Torode
0:19:05 > 0:19:06after his year off! RICHARD LAUGHS
0:19:06 > 0:19:08That is not John Torode, no.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I wonder if anyone else at home said John Torode.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Next, Robert De Niro.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Che Guevara would have scored you 4 points.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15I thought it was Eddie Izzard!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17LAUGHTER
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We should play a game of who do we think these people are.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Second row we've done. Third row there... Prince Harry
0:19:22 > 0:19:25would have scored you 84 points, same as Alan Sugar.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Ben Affleck there. That's a low score, actually.
0:19:27 > 0:19:2920 points for Ben Affleck, Sean Connery, 71.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32There's one more pointless answer on the bottom row there,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36another black and white gentleman there. That is Ulysses S Grant,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38very well done if you said that at home.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41And I forget who the person in the bottom right is.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42IMITATES: Is it Brian Blessed?!
0:19:42 > 0:19:44LAUGHTER
0:19:44 > 0:19:45It is Brian Blessed.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- And that would have scored you 70 points.- There we are.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Thank you very much indeed. At the end of our first round,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53the pair we have to say goodbye to... I'm sorry, sorry, sorry.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56With their high score of 118, I'm really sorry.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58And you know you should, yeah, it's a harsh rule,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01but I'm afraid we have to stick with it. Just come back and play again,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03that's all I can say. Come back and also win.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Next week.- Please.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07We can see you in any time, and we will. Nihal and Liz,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- thanks so much for playing. Brilliant contestants.- Thank you.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Well, we're suddenly down to three pairs,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24and at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye
0:20:24 > 0:20:26to another of the pairs in front of me now.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Well done. Between you, you've added 500 quid to the jackpot.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Fantastic first round.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Very well done indeed. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Our category for Round Two this evening...
0:20:36 > 0:20:40The English language. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first,
0:20:40 > 0:20:41who's going to go second?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49OK, and the question concerns...
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Words with silent letters, Richard.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57On each board, we're going to show you six definitions of words,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59all of those words begin with a silent letter.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Can you give us the answers to these following definitions, please?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Six on the first board, six on the second,
0:21:05 > 0:21:0912 in all to have a go at, at home. Very best of luck.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12# Pointless Round Two! #
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- Lovely.- Let's get on with this round.- Yeah.- Fun. OK, here...
0:21:18 > 0:21:20# Richard Osman! #
0:21:21 > 0:21:22There we go. OK.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Here's our first board of definitions,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28and the answers to all these are words with a silent letter.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30And our first board looks like this...
0:21:54 > 0:21:55I'm going to read all of those again.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16There we go. Nemone.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I am...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21..going to start with...
0:22:23 > 0:22:25..A fictitious name used by an author.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27A pseudonym.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Pseudonym, says Nemone. Pseudonym. Let's see if that's right.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35It's right.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- 54.- Not bad, not bad.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- 54.- Well played, Nemone.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Samuel Clemens, who used the pseudonym Mark Twain.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Before he used Mark Twain,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52genuinely his pseudonym was Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53LAUGHTER
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Sounds good.- Yeah. I think Mark Twain is better.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Possibly. Anyway. There we are. Nicky, Nicky.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Now...
0:23:02 > 0:23:03- Tricky.- It is.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Right. A legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's
0:23:09 > 0:23:10treasure...
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Gnome.- Gnome.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Gnome, says Nicky. Let's see if that's right.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Let's see how many of our 100 people went for gnome.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25It's right. Well, 54 is our only score.
0:23:25 > 0:23:2748 for gnome.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- All right.- Gnome.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Another good answer. I remember being furious when I was a child
0:23:33 > 0:23:36finding out that Dennis the Menace's dog was pronounced Nasher
0:23:36 > 0:23:38rather than G-nasher. Which is what I thought he was.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- Oh, it's much better G-nasher. - G-nasher is a better name, isn't it? - Much better, yeah.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Now, Mark, this board is all yours.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45If you wanted to go through and fill in all the blanks,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- you'd be very welcome.- Oh.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Do I have to? Right, I don't really know the blank I'd like to know,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53but,
0:23:53 > 0:23:58well, a wrinkle is the lines found on the face, I suppose.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01A passage between rows of seats would be an aisle.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06But I'm going to go for a czar as the title of the autocrat
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- or emperor of Russia.- Czar.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Which is spelt with a T and maybe that's thrown people, I don't know.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Czar, says Mark. OK,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15well, let's see how many of our 100 people went for czar.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's right. Now 54 is our high score.
0:24:21 > 0:24:2448... Whoa. 63.
0:24:24 > 0:24:2763 for czar.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Yeah, you know what, you all did rather well in that round
0:24:29 > 0:24:32because the top two answers are the really big scorers,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and you all avoided them. Now, aisle scores you 81.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Wrinkle... What do you think wrinkle would score you?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Do you know...88.- 95 points.- No. Well done, wrinkle.
0:24:44 > 0:24:4895 points. Now this other one is a pointless answer.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Starts with a B, then it's a D, and it's bdellium.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Very well done if you got that at home.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57OK, we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0048, Nicky. As it turns out, the best score of the pass,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04so very well done. Then up to 54, where we find Nemone and Shaun.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05And then 63, Mark and Marcus.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08So, Marcus, I mean, again, not that far ahead,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10but we need a correspondingly low score from you
0:25:10 > 0:25:11to keep you in the game. So best of luck.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14You'll get first dibs on the new board, so use it wisely.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15We come back down the line now.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they come...
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I'll read those all one last time.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14- Marcus.- Yes.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15OK. Well,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I'm going to go with a pattern of words which assists in remembering
0:26:18 > 0:26:21something, and that's mnemonic.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22- Mnemonic...- Yeah.- ..says Marcus.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25No red line for you as you're the high-scorers currently,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27but let's see how many of our 100 people said mnemonic.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32It's right.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Oh, look at that. Very well done indeed, Marcus,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38exactly what we needed from you.
0:26:38 > 0:26:4129, taking your total up to 92.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Very well played, Marcus.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Also a word used to describe people who look like Nemone as well.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48They are mnemonic.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Thanks very much, Richard.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Rachel, you're on 48.
0:26:52 > 0:26:5643 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Yeah, I mean, I know, I think, all of them except for one.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Which to go for?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I think I'll go... I'll head right down to the bottom.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection...
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Pneumonia.- Pneumonia, says Rachel.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Here's your red line. If you can get below this red line with pneumonia,
0:27:17 > 0:27:18you are into the head-to-head.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21How many of our 100 people said pneumonia?
0:27:22 > 0:27:23I don't know.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- It's right.- See?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- Oh, no.- 58.
0:27:28 > 0:27:3358 takes your total up to 106.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Could still be in the game. - Yeah, it's very close on that final podium.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Yeah, "new monia". It came in after...
0:27:37 > 0:27:39They used to have "old monia" and they found a cure for it,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- which was...- Oh, yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Got past the antibiotics.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Shaun.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49OK, so it's a matter of trying to think which one people...
0:27:49 > 0:27:51..second-guess which one people might not know as much.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59I think I'm going to go for adjustable tool - wrench.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Wrench, says Shaun.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Oh, it's exciting, this, isn't it?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- It is exciting. - Oh, here is your red line.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08You have to get below that.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13# There's your red line! #
0:28:13 > 0:28:16LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Yeah.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Get below that and you're in the head-to-head.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Whoa. How many people said wrench?
0:28:30 > 0:28:36- It's right. 89, Shaun.- Oh...
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Well, I was left with all the easy ones.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41That takes your total up to 143, Shaun.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Oh.- Yeah, there's an answer out there
0:28:43 > 0:28:45that would have actually got you into a tie.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46We would have seen lock-down.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49And it's not the top one - knead.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51That would have scored too many points.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54If would have scored you 86, but if you'd said kneel...
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- Really?- Yeah.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Scores you 52 points.
0:28:59 > 0:29:0248 people didn't recognise THAT as kneeling?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Well, you know what, it's one of those where it's got some long words
0:29:05 > 0:29:08at the beginning - assume the position in which the body is supported...
0:29:08 > 0:29:10People go, "You know what? I haven't got time for this."
0:29:12 > 0:29:15And the arrangement of flowers is a wreath.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17And that would have scored 63.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19So best answer on the board is mnemonic.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Well played.- There we are. Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25So at the end of our second round, I'm sorry, Shaun and Nemone...
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- I'm sorry, Shaun. - It's harsh.- Oh, I know.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- It's very harsh. - It's tough for us, isn't it?
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- Tough.- Everyone's leaving this show under a bit of a cloud, aren't they?
0:29:33 > 0:29:39- Furious, aren't they?- Could we get a jingle at least before we go?
0:29:39 > 0:29:40Let me see.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Oh, yes. Here's a perfect one for you.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45# Richard Osman! #
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Oh.- Oh, Shaun and Nemone, it's been lovely having you on.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I'm so sorry you have to say goodbye now.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Come back and play again and win.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53But thank you very much.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Shaun and Nemone.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59But for Mark and Marcus, Nicky and Rachel,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Congratulations, Mark and Marcus, Nicky and Rachel,
0:30:07 > 0:30:10you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that
0:30:10 > 0:30:13jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- AUDIENCE:- Oooh!
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Ooh.- So we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21and we do it by making you go head-to-head.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24But there's a difference. You're now allowed to confer before you give
0:30:24 > 0:30:25your answers, which is nice.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27You can chat before you give your final answer.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Very best of luck to both pairs.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Let's play the head-to-head.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41OK, here comes your first question.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43And it concerns...
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Themes from TV soaps. Richard.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53# Pointless head-to-head! #
0:30:53 > 0:30:58Yeah, we're about to play you five theme tunes from TV soaps.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00You just need to tell us which programmes
0:31:00 > 0:31:01these are the themes to, please.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02- Very best of luck.- OK.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05OK, let's listen to our five themes, and here they come.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06We have got...
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Here's B...
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Here is C...
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Here's D...
0:32:35 > 0:32:37And here is E...
0:33:00 > 0:33:01There we are.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06OK, so, Mark and Marcus, you are our low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09We've had a confer, and I think this is risky,
0:33:09 > 0:33:13but I'm going to say that C was El Dorado.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16C, El Dorado.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18C, El Dorado, say Mark and Marcus.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Now then, Nicky and Rachel, do you want to talk through the others?
0:33:22 > 0:33:28Interestingly, number one was the theme of Emmerdale Farm
0:33:28 > 0:33:29back in the day.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I'm not sure if the theme has changed.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- What was B?- B was my Friday-night sorted, a can of Coke,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39a packet of crisps and Dynasty.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- What shall we go for?- Is that still the theme of Emmerdale?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- I don't know.- I'm thinking it's something just a bit whooshed up.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48But you wanted to go for D, so why are you changing your mind now?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Cos I think it might... It's going to be a...
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- What do you think D is? - It's going to be a biggie.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53It's going to be... D is Hollyoaks.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- Will people remember Dynasty? - What would you like to go for?
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- I'm going to have to get an answer. - Dynasty.- OK, we'll go for Dynasty.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- B.- B, Dynasty. So we have...
0:34:05 > 0:34:09From Mark and Marcus we have C, El Dorado.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Should we see if that's right?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said El Dorado.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17- It's right.- Yes!
0:34:18 > 0:34:21It's right. And I have a feeling this is going to be a good score,
0:34:21 > 0:34:22down it goes, down it goes. Look at that.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Very well done. 5, El Dorado.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- That'll do. That'll do. - Good work.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Nicky and Rachel have said B, Dynasty.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35B, Dynasty. Let's see if that's right.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40It's right.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Look at that, 19. Not bad at all.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Close. But, Mark and Marcus,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52you've got it, and after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Yes, those were the best two answers on the board as well, actually.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57So well played, both teams.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Let's fill in these gaps.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00So A...
0:35:02 > 0:35:04- ..is Emmerdale.- Emmerdale.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05And that would have scored...
0:35:06 > 0:35:09..64 points. Big scorer.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11D was Hollyoaks, as you also knew.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14And Hollyoaks would have scored 24.
0:35:17 > 0:35:23- And E was of course Crossroads. - Crossroads.- And that scores 49.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Thanks very much. So here comes your second question.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Nicky and Rachel, you get to answer this one first.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31You have to win it to stay in the game. Best of luck.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Our second question this evening is all about...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Oh.- City skylines at night.- We're going to show you five pictures now
0:35:38 > 0:35:39of city skylines at night.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Can you identify the most obscure city, please?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45OK, let's reveal our five skylines, and here they come.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47We have got... A...
0:35:51 > 0:35:52B...
0:35:56 > 0:35:58C...
0:36:00 > 0:36:02D...
0:36:05 > 0:36:07E...
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And E. Sorry. LAUGHTER
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I was a bit carried away on these skylines.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Wow. Exciting.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20OK, now, Nicky and Rachel, you will go first.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- We take a punt?- Well, yeah...
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Let's go for it, you know.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- OK.- Let's seize the day, take a risk.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28This could be our final moment.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Let's hit the nightlife.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33I'm going to say Kuala Lumpur, B.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35B, Kuala Lumpur.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40B, Kuala Lumpur. OK now, Mark and Marcus, talk us through that board.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Well, one or two of them are fairly clear.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- Yeah.- I think A is pretty definitely Reading.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50LAUGHTER
0:36:53 > 0:36:55I'd guess that sort of E is somewhere in America,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57possibly in the New York area.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00D is Dubai.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- Yes.- And C we thought was Kuala Lumpur.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Oh. Well, you're probably right.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14But, I mean, it might be best to go for one we definitely know.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- I reckon...- I think the safest thing to do is exactly as you suggested -
0:37:17 > 0:37:18- D, Dubai.- OK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20OK, D, Dubai.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24So we have from Nicky and Rachel - B, Kuala Lumpur.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Let's see if that's right.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Let's see how many of our 100 people went for KL for B.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Oh!
0:37:33 > 0:37:36No, I'm afraid not B for KL.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41- I've been there.- Mark and Marcus have gone for D, Dubai.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Dubai.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Just has to be right for you to win the point
0:37:46 > 0:37:47and go through to the final.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51And it is right, and you do go through to the final.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Very well done indeed.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Dubai was indeed D.
0:37:54 > 0:37:5655 was what it scored.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57But crucially it was right.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59And it means, after only two questions,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01you're through to the final 2-0.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04You're quite right, gents, C is Kuala Lumpur
0:38:04 > 0:38:06with the Petronas Towers there.
0:38:06 > 0:38:0915 points for Kuala Lumpur.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11A is Paris.
0:38:11 > 0:38:1367 points for Paris.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17The best answer on the board is B, not Kuala Lumpur.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Anyone, if you had to guess?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Toronto.- Toronto, yeah, that's the CN Tower.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22That would have scored 6.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25And E is New York.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Empire State Building. 30 points for that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Thanks very much, Richard. So the pair leaving us at the end
0:38:30 > 0:38:31of the head-to-head round...
0:38:31 > 0:38:33..Nicky and Rachel, I'm sorry to say...
0:38:33 > 0:38:36There's no shame in losing to the Marks here.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Well, that's very gracious of you to say that.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- No, it's true.- There's a lot of brain on that podium.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43There's been a lot of nous going down from Radio 5 live.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Thank you so much, it's been wonderful having you here.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Thank you.- Come and play again. Nicky and Rachel, everyone.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Well done.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53But for Mark and Marcus, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Congratulations, Mark and Marcus.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02You've seen off all the competition
0:39:02 > 0:39:05and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,000.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- There we are. AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Superb.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25You started today's show with a pointless answer.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28All you have to do now is finish it with a pointless answer,
0:39:28 > 0:39:31and you're away. You'll take that jackpot home for your charities.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Anything you badly want to see come up in this round?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Anything you badly don't want to see come up in this round?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Anything to do with, you know, snooker or tennis...
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Any sport thing, I think, would be a right set.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41For rugby, I'm a bit rubbish on.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- Or...- But I'm posh, so we'd probably be all right there.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50Yeah. Yeah. Other than that, 12th-century architecture.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51I don't know. No.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53LAUGHTER
0:39:53 > 0:39:54No.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Cheeses would be a good subject to come up for me, various...
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Cheeses I Have Enjoyed would be a strong category for me.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04There we are. Well, you get to choose your category,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05as you know, from the board behind me.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Today's selection reads like this...
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I did say before that I'm posh,
0:40:20 > 0:40:22but oddly I don't own a horse.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Well, not yet anyway.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Modern Rock Music Ks could be...
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It could be Kaiser Chiefs or something.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32But have you been to Australia?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- No, but...- It's really far, I know that.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I've got a feeling Australia might be all right.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I don't know. What do you think?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Modern Rock Music Ks or Australia.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- Is it Australia, then? - I think it's Australia.- Go on.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- OK, Australia it is. Richard.- OK, very best of luck.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Three very different questions here.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Hopefully, one of these will suit you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56We are looking for the name of any Peter Carey novel up to April 2016,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59please, including his novels for children.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03We are looking for any of the 19 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
0:41:03 > 0:41:05in Australia, or in its external territories.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Or we are looking for any Australian cricketer
0:41:08 > 0:41:12who has scored 5,000 or more Test runs, please.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Again up to April 2016.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15So Peter Carey novels,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia
0:41:17 > 0:41:20or Australian cricketers with 5,000 or more Test runs.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Very, very best of luck, gents.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- Right. Do you know any? - Thanks very much.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers
0:41:29 > 0:41:31to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- I'm ready, I guess, yeah.- Do you know any of the first two?- OK.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- Sorry.- I do, yeah.- Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38There they are. Your time starts now.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40OK, well, Uluru or Ayers Rock...
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - Ayers Rock.- Yeah, definitely. - But what's the other one you said?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- Uluru, but that's Ayers Rock. - Right, got it.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I don't know any cricketers.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Right, no, Allan Border is the obvious one.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Ricky Ponting.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Mark Taylor people may not get.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Mark Taylor, I would imagine, must have 5,000.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Matthew Hayden.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Matthew Hayden would people get?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Hayden, Langer...
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer
0:42:07 > 0:42:09and Mark Taylor.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I think. Or going back, would they get?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Just quickly, it is possible that Arnhem Land is...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18..that the whole thing is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
0:42:18 > 0:42:19but that's a wild guess.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- Is it?- Yeah. So your cricketers would be...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25And I can't... That is all you.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27I've never even held a cricket bat.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Ten seconds.- Bill Lawry, would that be...?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31They didn't play so many back then.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37Ian Chappell. I'm going to go for... I'd reckon Ian Chappell,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- Mark Taylor... - OK, that's your time up.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Give me your three answers.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43All right, so we reckon with the cricketers...
0:42:43 > 0:42:46I'm going to say Ian Chappell.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Ian Chappell.- Mark Taylor.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Mark Taylor.- And Justin Langer.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Justin Langer. Of those three,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56which is your best shot at a pointless answer, do you reckon?
0:42:56 > 0:42:57I think Mark Taylor.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I'm not certain. They might be wrong.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00We'll put Mark Taylor last.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Least likely?- Ian Chappell, I think.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Ian Chappell. Justin Langer in the middle.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07OK, well, let's put those up on the board in that order, then.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And here they are. We've got Ian Chappell,
0:43:10 > 0:43:12we've got Justin Langer and we've got Mark Taylor.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Well, very, very best of luck.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15Three great answers up on the board.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Now, if one of these happens to be pointless and you won that jackpot,
0:43:18 > 0:43:203,000 quid, to split between your charities,
0:43:20 > 0:43:21what charities are you playing for?
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- Mark?- There's a charity called Bolton Kidz2gether,
0:43:25 > 0:43:27which is someone I know
0:43:27 > 0:43:31who looks after kids on the autistic spectrum all day and gives them
0:43:31 > 0:43:34a brilliant time, and they have a lovely time and everything.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37And it would make a lot of difference.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39- Marcus?- Yeah,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41my charity is Arts Emergency,
0:43:41 > 0:43:44which was set up by a Radio 4 friend, Josie Long,
0:43:44 > 0:43:49and gives people opportunities to work in the arts and be trained in
0:43:49 > 0:43:51the arts that they wouldn't otherwise have.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54APPLAUSE
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Two excellent charities there.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Let's hope one of these answers, at least, is pointless
0:43:58 > 0:44:01and will win that decent jackpot for them to split between them.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03OK, so your first answer was Ian Chappell.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06In the case of all three answers, we're looking for Australian
0:44:06 > 0:44:08cricketers who've scored 5,000 or more runs.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Only one of these has to be pointless
0:44:10 > 0:44:11for you to win that jackpot.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15But for £3,000, let's see how many of our 100 people said Ian Chappell.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Is it right? Is it pointless?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23It is right. So Ian Chappell,
0:44:23 > 0:44:26all he has to do now is score zero and you will leave with that jackpot
0:44:26 > 0:44:27for your charities.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Down Ian Chappell goes through the teens,
0:44:29 > 0:44:31into single figures, still going down.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Down it goes, still going down.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- 1. AUDIENCE:- Oh!
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- Oh! Oh! Oh!- 1.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Who is that person?!
0:44:41 > 0:44:43It's probably you, and you forgot!
0:44:43 > 0:44:44Sadly, not a pointless answer,
0:44:44 > 0:44:47which means we have to move on to your next answer.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Justin Langer was your next answer.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Let's hope nobody said Justin Langer.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56For £3,000, is it pointless?
0:44:56 > 0:44:58We're looking for Australian cricketers
0:44:58 > 0:45:00with 5,000 or more Test runs.
0:45:03 > 0:45:04It's right again.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Ian Chappell was right, took us all the way down to 1.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Justin Langer, now taking us down through the 30s,
0:45:10 > 0:45:11- 20s, into the teens... - Come on.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Into single figures, down it goes.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Still going down.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Justin Langer taking you to 1 again!
0:45:21 > 0:45:24It'll be the same bloke. I bet it's Joe Norris.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26- There we are. - Whoever this person is,
0:45:26 > 0:45:27I hope they're pleased with themselves.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31OK, two fantastic low scores there,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34but everything is now riding on your third and final answer.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36We have to have a pointless answer from you here.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37You've gone for Mark Taylor.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41We're looking for Australian batsmen who have scored 5,000 or more Test
0:45:41 > 0:45:44runs. This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Mark Taylor. If it's pointless, it wins you £3,000.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48How many people said Mark Taylor?
0:45:53 > 0:45:54It's right.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Ian Chappell took us down to 1.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58Justin Langer took us down to 1.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Mark Taylor now has to take us down to zero
0:46:00 > 0:46:01for you to win that jackpot.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Mark Taylor now takes us into single figures,
0:46:03 > 0:46:05down it goes, still going down,
0:46:05 > 0:46:06still going down... Oh, no!
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Oh, mate...
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Oh...
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Oh, that is so unlucky.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Three fantastic low scores there.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19- Yeah.- Three fantastic low scores.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22- So close.- I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find that all-important
0:46:22 > 0:46:26- pointless answer. So I'm afraid... - I'm glad I was able to contribute.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29Yeah, well, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32But as today's show is a celebrity special and each of our celebrity
0:46:32 > 0:46:34pairs was playing for a charity,
0:46:34 > 0:46:37we're going to donate 500 quid to each of our celebrity pairs.
0:46:37 > 0:46:38So there you are.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41Fabulous to have you on.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44And don't forget, you get to take home a Pointless trophy.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- Oh.- Very nice.- So there we are. It hasn't all been in vain.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Mark and Marcus, absolutely fantastic.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Thank you.
0:46:52 > 0:46:541, 1 and 2...
0:46:54 > 0:46:56I feel for you, gents. Mark, it was a brilliant effort.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59You obviously know your cricket. You really do.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Another couple of names you mentioned in the minute...
0:47:01 > 0:47:05Bill Lawry was on there, he would've scored 1 point as well.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Matthew Hayden also would have scored 1 point.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10The good news is you've skiddled out the Australian top order for 4,
0:47:10 > 0:47:12which is very, very impressive.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14We'll go on to the pointless answers in that category in a minute.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16We'll start with Peter Carey novels.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Any thoughts at all on Peter Carey?
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I've never read one, I don't think.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23- No.- Excellent. Well, I'd imagine you won't after this as well.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Some of his bigger novels, actually, pointless answers here.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Parrot And Olivier In America, which was nominated for the Booker.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33The Tax Inspector, The Unusual Life Of Tristan Smith,
0:47:33 > 0:47:36The True History Of The Kelly Gang, which won the Booker prize.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38Also His Illegal Self, My Life As A Fake,
0:47:38 > 0:47:40The Big Bazoohley, The Chemistry Of Tears
0:47:40 > 0:47:41and Theft - A Love Story.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43All those were pointless answers.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45UNESCO World Heritage Sites...
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Everything apart from Uluru, which would have scored you 61,
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House,
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Greater Blue Mountains Area and Wet Tropics of Queensland.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Those are the only ones that scored any points.
0:48:00 > 0:48:01And Australian cricketers.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03- There's only three pointless answers here.- Oh.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05You will know all three of them.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09Michael Slater, a pointless answer, unbelievably.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Very, very well played if you got any of those at home.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15And tough luck. That's an unbelievably good performance
0:48:15 > 0:48:17in a jackpot round. Really, really unlucky.
0:48:17 > 0:48:18Thanks very much, Richard.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Really sorry, Mark and Marcus, to be sending you away empty-handed.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Well, not quite empty-handed. You got your trophies.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Your performance certainly warranted a nice jackpot win there.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29But thanks so much. You've been absolutely fantastic.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:48:31 > 0:48:34to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.