0:00:22 > 0:00:24APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and a very warm welcome to Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few
0:00:30 > 0:00:31points as you can, and you do
0:00:31 > 0:00:34that by coming up with the answers no-one else could think of.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Let meet today's Pointless Celebrities.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42And couple number one.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44My name is Ellie Taylor, and I'm a stand-up comedian.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48My name is Milton Jones, and I'm still a fashion icon.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Couple number two.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hello, my name is Tommi Miers, and I'm co-founder of Oaxaca.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58And I'm Jay Rayner.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Despite my slender frame, I'm a restaurant critic and a broadcaster.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06APPLAUSE
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Couple number three.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Hello, I'm Sarah, I'm a writer and comedian.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hi, I'm Paul Martin, I'm a TV presenter and I love antiques.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- And finally, couple number four. - Hi there, I'm Sam Nixon.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26I'm the Sam half of the CBBC presenting duo Sam and Mark.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Hello, I'm Mark Rhodes.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'm the other half of the presenting duo Sam and Mark.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31I also work on CBBC.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Thank you very much all of you, a very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38It's lovely to have you here. We'll get to chat throughout the show
0:01:38 > 0:01:39as it goes along, of course.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44He's like a human encyclopaedia,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46and, yes, some of his parts are better thumbed than others.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Hiya. Hey, everybody. Hiya. Evening.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- Good evening to you.- Good evening. - Oh, this is lovely.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- What a nice bunch of guests.- I know!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- It's like a perfect dinner party for us, isn't it?- Ah.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Tommi can do the cooking, Jay can tut about the cooking.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Sam and Mark can have a little table by themselves right at the end.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So they don't disturb the adults, I think, is the key.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13We have Pointless royalty with us today, Sara Pascoe,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15who has won Pointless before with Josh Widdecombe
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and won the jackpot as well, so very, very impressive.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Yeah, thank you. Thank you.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22APPLAUSE
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Absolutely no pressure there, Paul.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Lovely to have Paul here as well. Because, Paul,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29you often hand over to us from Flog It! to Pointless
0:02:29 > 0:02:32during the day as well, so lovely to have you here in person as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- It should be fun, shouldn't it? - Well, it should be.- It should be.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Listen, it might not be.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Sometimes it's not. - I'd be surprised.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Sometimes it's not. Sometimes Jedward come on
0:02:40 > 0:02:42and it becomes difficult. Sometimes it's not.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44You know, but this, I think, should be easy.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I can't see who's going to cause trouble.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47No, I think it will be absolutely fine.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Richard, thank you very much. Now, as usual,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Our contestants are looking for those all-important pointless
0:02:54 > 0:02:57answers, these are answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Find one of those, and we will add to £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Now, as today's show is a celebrity special and
0:03:02 > 0:03:04all of our celebrities here are playing for a nominated charity,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07we start off with a rather larger jackpot than usual.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10There's a jackpot of £2,500. There we are.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21So, just to remind you, the pair with the highest
0:03:21 > 0:03:23score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27So just score as low as you possibly can and everything will be fine.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this evening is...
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37who's going to go second?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:51 > 0:03:52..as they could.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Mm. Richard?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Yep, we're looking for any of the 69 officially designated
0:03:58 > 0:04:01cities of the UK that are south of York, please.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Any of them south of York.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Good question for someone, say, who is a comedian, who does
0:04:05 > 0:04:07a lot of touring, or for somebody presenting an antiques show
0:04:07 > 0:04:10that goes from city to city literally all year round.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Mm.- I would've thought.- Mm.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Thanks very much indeed.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Now, Ellie, welcome to Pointless,
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- lovely to have you here. - Thank you very much.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Now then, Ellie, I read... I read somewhere that...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Ellie is a comedian. Ellie decided to become a comedian
0:04:25 > 0:04:27after watching a friend do a five-minute set.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I did, yeah. I saw one of my friends do it and I thought,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31"I'm quite similar to you, I reckon I can have a crack at that."
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- "So I did.- "I reckon I could do better than that."
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Presumably somewhere is what you were thinking.- Yeah.- Still a friend?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Yes, yes. I don't think she knows she was the one who inspired me,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41actually. So I should probably...
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- She knows you're a comedian now, though?- She knows. I hope she knows.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Maybe she put two... Maybe she doesn't.- She better know.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49"Why is Ellie always on stage? It's just really odd."
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Ellie, you're doing a show at the moment called Infidelliety.- Yes.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Infidelliety, so it's all about being married
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and wishing I had slept with more people.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- LAUGHTER - Husband's delighted, guys!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I was going to say... How many times has he seen it?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Many. I change it every time.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06It's just all about love and romance when he comes to see it.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Oh, that's nice. Does he ever sneak in unannounced?- No, he hasn't...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Well, not that I know!- Oh.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14And he hasn't divorced me, so it must be going all right so far.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17There you go. Ellie, we are looking for cities south of York.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I went to university in York, so I'm desperately trying to
0:05:20 > 0:05:22think of the train journey up there.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I'm going to have to go for a reasonably obvious one because
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I just cannot think of a clever one,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31so I'm just going to say Manchester.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Manchester, says Ellie.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said Manchester.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43It's right. It's still going down.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Look at that, until going down. 33. - Not bad.- Not bad.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Good start to the show, Ellie. 33 for Manchester.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- Yeah, Manchester, it's a city in the UK south of York.- Mm.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57LAUGHTER
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Home of Manchester City.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- XANDER LAUGHS There we are. Thank you.- Pleasure.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now... Oh, Thomasina,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.- Thank you.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Now, you won MasterChef back in the mists of time.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11When was that, 200...?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- 2005.- 2005.- Yes. - You won MasterChef.- Yes.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And then Oaxaca.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Yes.- It's been so enormously successful.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Yeah, well, Mexican, you know. A bit of Mexican, kind of fun,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- flavourful, tasty.- Yeah. - Yeah, sexy.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28You're selling it, you're selling it!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Would Oaxaca have happened without MasterChef?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Yes, presumably?- I don't know what would've happened.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I mean, I've been to Mexico, loved it, but I was writing as well.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I still write. I kind of write recipes and books.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39So I still do all that.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I think about MasterChef, they might not have given me
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- the confidence to go forth into restaurants.- The oomph.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Quite right. So, presumably,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49you're always having to go back to Mexico, to find fresh ideas.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Yeah, I go to Mexico a lot, which is obviously tough.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54That is tough, yeah. And it's work as well.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Yeah, and we take quite a lot of our staff with us,
0:06:57 > 0:06:58so that's really tough.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And you have to eat out a lot, actually.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Yeah, the tequila, the mescal, you know.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Well, it's important, you've got to sample all of this.- Yeah, exactly.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Yeah.- Now, Thomasina, 33 is our only score at this point.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14What would you like to go for? City south of York.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Is Brighton a city? - Shall we find out?- Yes.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Thomasina says Brighton.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said Brighton.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24It's right, it is a city.
0:07:24 > 0:07:2733 is what we have on the board at the moment.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Brighton takes whizzing past 33, all the way down to 18.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Very well done indeed, Tommi.
0:07:34 > 0:07:3518 for Brighton.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Yeah, officially Brighton and Hope, but we'll take Brighton.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- That's really, really a long way south of York.- It is.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Paul, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48As Richard said, we watch you all the time
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- because you're on the telly as we come in.- I'm...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53For us you are, every day of the week.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56How did it all begin with you with antiques?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh, about 16 years ago, sitting in my antiques shop, yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Did a television person come in and say...?
0:08:02 > 0:08:06A researcher walked in, took a few photographs, recorded me,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10you know, on a little tiny camcorder, dumped the tape down
0:08:10 > 0:08:13on the controller's desk, and within two weeks, I had a phone call.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- And you've never looked at. - I've ever looked back.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17We've made 1,000 shows now.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- 1,000 Flog Its!- Yes.- What about that?! Oh, it's great, fun show.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22You can tell just by looking at the schedules how much people
0:08:22 > 0:08:25love watching antiques shows. Fantastic.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26And what are you up to at the moment?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Still filming Flog It! I've been doing Countryfile Diaries this year.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32And a brand-new show called Street Auction.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Now, what happens in Street Auction?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It's all about helping people that have fallen on hard times,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40people that have a disability, they have no money,
0:08:40 > 0:08:41we're there to help them.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43We're raising money by selling everything we can,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- that everybody donates from the street.- Brilliant.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- It's a brilliant show. - Good luck with that.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Now, Paul, cities south of York. This, as Richard says, should be...
0:08:51 > 0:08:55OK, I'm going to go as far south and southwest as possible and say Truro.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Truro, says Paul. What about that?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Truro.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It's right. 33, still the high score.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0618 is the low. We pass 33.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08We past 18 down to 7.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Look at that! Very well done indeed, Paul.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Yeah, well played, Paul. I bet you've filmed in Truro, haven't you?
0:09:18 > 0:09:19- I have.- Course you have.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I was brought up down there.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22- Oh, were you?- In Falmouth.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25It's the only city in Cornwall, Truro. Been a city since 1877.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Oh, good for them.- I know. - That is good.- Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I think it's going to stay a city.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I don't know what they'd have to do to get that taken away from them,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- but I imagine they'll be fine.- Wow.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37What...? Has a city ever had its status taken away? No.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Oh, yeah, all sorts of places. Yeah. Just if you cause trouble.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43LAUGHTER If you cause trouble...
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Thanks very much, Richard. Mark. Mark.- Hello.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Welcome back to Pointless.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Now, Mark, you and Sam, famously, you met on Pop Idol.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55How far into the show did you realise that you had met
0:09:55 > 0:09:56a great friend?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Uh...- Too early.- Too early.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Well, we actually met in the final 100 stage,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and I made a really, really
0:10:03 > 0:10:06bad joke, and he laughed, and I thought, "Oh, will you be my mate?"
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And he's stayed with me ever sent.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And it was just by coincidence that we came second and third.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Have you ever let Sam forget you came second, he came third?- No!
0:10:14 > 0:10:15- No, no.- Seriously, he hasn't.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- I haven't.- I mean, I can't...
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I'm struggling to think of any other reality show friendship.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24I mean, the rivalry has got to quite sort of... Hasn't it?
0:10:24 > 0:10:27He's very competitive, especially today,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and I'm worried. I'm not very good at quizzes, so...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I'm worried that he's going to, like, disown me after this.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- It could happen. - LAUGHTER
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Mark, how are you feeling about cities?
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- UK cities.- I think there is only one city that I could possibly go for,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44and if I didn't go for it, then I'd...
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Well, my dad'd have a word with me.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47So it's Wolverhampton.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Wolverhampton, says Mark. Wolverhampton.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Let's see how many over 100 people...
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Gasp from the audience!
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I hope it is!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Is it right? How many people said it?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00It is right.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Well, 33 still the high score, 7 now our low.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05We pass 33.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Oh, we'll be passing 7 as well.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Look at that!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Wolverhampton does you proud, 3.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Lowest score so far, Mark, very well done.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Yeah, well played, Mark. It's been a city since 2000, Wolverhampton.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And the pride at getting such a low score, I hope, is counterbalanced by
0:11:21 > 0:11:23the lack of pride at Wolverhampton getting such a low score.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Absolutely. Absolutely.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28What are you, half as famous as Truro? What's that about?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I'm kind of sad about it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Well, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:11:33 > 0:11:353 the best score of the pass, Mark. Very well done indeed.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Then 7. Equally well done to you, Paul.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Paul and Sara are looking very strong.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Then up to 18, where we find Tommi and Jay.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43And then 33, Ellie and Milton.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Locally, Milton, I know you've got a brilliant city up your sleeve.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Let's hope no-one else gets it before we come to you
0:11:49 > 0:11:51and maybe it'll keep you in the game. Good luck.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53We come back down the line now,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Sam, welcome to Pointless again.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Remember, we're looking for any city in the UK south of York.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08- Now, Sam.- Yup?- You're always Sam and Mark, aren't you?- Yes.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- So, that was awkward when I was stood over there...- Yeah.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You always have that, that's your Sam mark and your Mark mark!
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Does that mean it's always S&M, not...
0:12:18 > 0:12:19LAUGHTER
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Not M&S!- Not M&S!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Although it's possible to be both, I dare say.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27APPLAUSE
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Oh, fabulous.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Well... LAUGHTER
0:12:30 > 0:12:32What are you up to at the moment, Sam?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So, Mark and I present a show on CBBC
0:12:35 > 0:12:38called Sam and Mark's Big Friday Wind Up,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41which is in its sixth series, which is amazing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So, yeah, we're filming that, which is a nice, big,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47family sort of entertainment show for CBBC, which we love.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Very good, and that's done with a big live audience, is it?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Yes, it is, yeah.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53It's the sort of maximum amount of time you can keep
0:12:53 > 0:12:55that sort of age group in a contained space before...
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Thankfully, we have a family audience, so the mums
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- and dads are there as well, so they get to keep the kids, like...- Phew!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03To be fair, I think it's the adults that are ready to leave by the end.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I was just thinking, the anarchy that must...
0:13:05 > 0:13:07There must be a point, after about an hour and a half,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09where you think it's going to kick off!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13And also, on that show, we wind up members of the audience quite
0:13:13 > 0:13:16a lot, so I think they're constantly on the edge of their seats,
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- worrying that we're going to come to them at any point.- Oh, fabulous.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Sam, you're on three, brilliant low score from Mark.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If you can score 29 or less with this answer,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27you won't even be the high-scorers.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'm doing that thing where I'm worrying
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- whether they're cities or towns. - Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Um, so, I'm going to go for one I think is a city,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I hope it's a low score, I'm going to go Hull.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Hull, says Sam.- Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43That was great, every head turned to me as one! Hull, shall we find out?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Here is your red line, if you get below that with Hull,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47you are through to Round Two.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said Hull.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53It's right.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Look at that, Sam, fantastic.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Down to 4.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Taking your total up to 7.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- That's all right.- All right, I'll take that, I'll take that.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Yeah, terrific answer.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I mean, listen, it's no Wolverhampton,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11but it's a good answer.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14That's a risky one, Hull, I think, in terms of being north or...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I wouldn't have liked to have called if it was north or south of York.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- But it's south.- It's south. - That's the good news here.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Sara.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- Hello!- Now, listen, you're touring a book at the moment?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- I'm touring a show.- Yeah?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I wrote a book, which I sell at the end of the shows.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Touring a book sounds like, "Look what I did!"
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I just read you are touring a book.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37But the book is called The Autobiography of the Female Body?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Yes.- And the show is also called that, is it?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- The show's called Animal, so the book's called Animal.- I see, right.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- It's different material, but... - I see.- ..complimentary.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Complimentary, but it sort of satisfies
0:14:47 > 0:14:49the publishers at the same time as being a tour?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Yeah.- That's nice. - Got to keep those guys happy...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Got to keep them happy! - ..if you want to do another one.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56What would you like to go for? 7 is your score at the moment.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Everyone's doing really well, and at stand-up, actually,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I often make the mistake at gigs of saying,
0:15:01 > 0:15:03"I've never been here before, what a lovely town,"
0:15:03 > 0:15:06and some passive-aggressive 50-year-old goes, "City!"
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So, actually, I've got a choice of a few, I think, that people
0:15:10 > 0:15:13don't know they're cities, but I'm going to go for Peterborough.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- Peterborough.- Yes.- Yeah, I think you know the answer to this.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Or do you not? Or maybe?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20The trouble is, if you have too long to think,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- you start to doubt yourself. - Let's doubt no more.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25There is your red line, get below that with Peterborough,
0:15:25 > 0:15:26- you're into Round Two. - Come on!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29How many of our 100 people said Peterborough?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's right.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35I have a very good feeling about Peterborough.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Absolutely, there it goes,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40down to 6, very well done indeed.
0:15:40 > 0:15:4113 is your total.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Yeah, two facts about Peterborough that I know.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Firstly, Catherine of Aragon is buried in Peterborough Cathedral.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56And secondly, it is twice as popular as Wolverhampton.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59LAUGHTER Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Jay, welcome to Pointless. - Lovely to be here.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Lovely to have you here again.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08First thing I want to ask you - I read somewhere that you watch
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Pointless when you work out. Is this true?- Yes, I do.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14You know, I have a stupid job which involves eating for a living,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16so I go to the gym four or five times a week
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and I get on the cross trainer at 5:15,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- and then I see if I can make it all the way to the...- No!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26You know, it's a good day when I've seen somebody lose.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30That's very impressive. We were talking about MasterChef earlier -
0:16:30 > 0:16:33occasionally they summon you in as a judge,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36where you come in and you have to sit while some of the most
0:16:36 > 0:16:39nervous people you've ever seen come and serve food up for you.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42I'm going to say you are the bad cop on that one.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I'm harsh, but fair.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46You are - I think people always like it
0:16:46 > 0:16:49when they get a compliment from you, however slight.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51We get a bit tunnel vision. We're there for five or six hours.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Quite a lot of food you have to eat as well, presumably.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Do you get time to walk it off? - No breakfast, no dinner,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- probably a gym trip before to kind of work it up.- OK.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And then, one of the things is, we do taste it,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04but there's always that television thing of, you have to have a knife
0:17:04 > 0:17:07and fork going down on an empty plate, and we slightly stunt that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I see. Anyway, now then, Jay, 18 is your score at the moment,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14this is tense,
0:17:14 > 0:17:15you have to score 14 or less.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21Um, now, similar to Sara, I have been abused for calling cities towns
0:17:21 > 0:17:22in my restaurant reviews.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26So, I went to review a restaurant in Hereford
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and said, "What a fine town," and then e-mails started...
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Apparently, it's a city - who knew? Not me.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35But I do now, so, Hereford.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Hereford, says Jay.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Well, it looks like we don't have any jeopardy on this one -
0:17:39 > 0:17:41we know Hereford is a city. There is your red line,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43the question is, will it get below that red line?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46How many of our 100 people said Hereford?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49It is a city.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55You've done it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Oh, yeah!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59APPLAUSE
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Very good. Turns out nobody knows Hereford is a city,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04that's a pointless answer, that's £250 to today's jackpot,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07takes the total up to £2,750,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09scores you nothing.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10- That weekend of abuse... - LAUGHTER
0:18:10 > 0:18:13..from the good people of Hereford was worth it!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- They are lovely people. - They're lovely.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Just, nobody knows their town is a city.- My favourite people!
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Very well played, Jay.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The world's biggest cider producing factory is in Hereford.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Yes, huge cider production in Herefordshire.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Yes, the world's biggest.- Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:18:27 > 0:18:28They have a huge apple -
0:18:28 > 0:18:31everyone thinks that Kent is where all of our apples come from...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh, the size of the apples in that place...
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- No, the apples are small, but... - The apples are, like, this size.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- But the volume... - The size of beach balls!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39LAUGHTER
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Extraordinary. That's why the factory has to be so big.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46You know, get three or four apples in there and it's a crush.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Yeah, yeah.- Whoo!- There we go. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Well, it comes to this point...
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Oh, Milton, I can't bear this. Don't like this.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- I'm so sorry. - You are our high-scorers.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59You haven't given an answer yet, I...
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Unless you got a minus score. - Yeah, I have.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05If anybody could, if anyone could, Milton...
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- Johannesburg? - ..it would be you.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Don't, he'll take it, don't!
0:19:11 > 0:19:16- See, Milton, you have... Cos you are Milton Jones...- I think... Oh, yeah.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18You also have the persona of Milton Jones,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20who lives in the very world of Milton Jones.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- Yes.- I've been in the very world of Milton Jones.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Yes, well, we all have, occasionally.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Sometimes you wear a boiler suit
0:19:28 > 0:19:29when you are the persona Milton Jones.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- Yeah.- Sometimes your hair is sticking up
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- when you are the persona Milton Jones.- Yes.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I THINK you are just Milton Jones now.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Normally, I say the thicker the crowd,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39the higher the hair has to go.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42LAUGHTER
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I'd take that as a compliment, if I were you.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Now, Milton, I'm sorry to... HE SIGHS
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It's going to be a pyrrhic victory,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54whatever it is, your answer here.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56What are you going to go for?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Exeter.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Exeter.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are already our high-scorers.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see how far down the column we get with Exeter.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07It's a good answer.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Oh, look...
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Oh, 25, for Exeter.
0:20:16 > 0:20:1858 is your total.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I always think that Exeter
0:20:21 > 0:20:23is a very appropriate answer if you're leaving.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26LAUGHTER
0:20:27 > 0:20:29There's a few other pointless answers out there
0:20:29 > 0:20:32as well as Hereford. Let's take a look at them.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Well done if you said any of these.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Bangor in North Wales is a pointless answer.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39There's Hereford. Salford is a pointless answer.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42You also could have said St Albans and St Asaph, which is in Wales.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I'll give you some other low scorers because I know some people
0:20:45 > 0:20:48are not sure what's a city and what's not. One point for Newport,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Worcester, Preston, Wells and Wakefield.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Two points for St Davids, city of Westminster, Chichester, Lichfield.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Three points for... Am I saying this right,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Waal-ver-hompton, Waal-ver-humpton?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I haven't heard of it. I've not heard of it.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01It's pronounced...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- IRISH ACCENT:- ..Wall-ver-hampton. - Wall-ver-hampton.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07And four points for Stoke-on-Trent, Chester.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Five points for Ely, Chelmsford, Bradford, Gloucester.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Six points for Salisbury. Those are your lowest scorers.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14We'll take a look at the three highest scorers now,
0:21:14 > 0:21:16the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:21:17 > 0:21:1936 people said Bristol.
0:21:19 > 0:21:2145 people said Birmingham.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24And London is at the top there with 69.
0:21:24 > 0:21:2669 of our 100 people! There we go.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Well, if you've got to name lots of them, you don't
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- always name all of them. - You maybe don't.- That's the thing.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Yes, exactly. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36We are at the end of our first round so the pair we have to say goodbye
0:21:36 > 0:21:39to, with our highest score of 58, Milton and Ellie, I'm so sorry.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- I'm so ashamed.- No, it's the curse of the first podium. Always happens.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- I'm taking that, fine.- You didn't have any time to think.- I didn't!
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You didn't! These people have a framework.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48You gave them Manchester
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and they could then branch out from Manchester.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53It was all thanks to you that we had such a low-scoring round, in fact.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54You're welcome.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58It's been lovely having you here. I'm sorry it's been so brief
0:21:58 > 0:22:01but please come and play again, Milton and Ellie. Wonderful.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12And, so, we are down to three pairs.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14At the end of this round, I'm sorry to say,
0:22:14 > 0:22:16we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Well done, Sam and Mark,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21our lowest combined score there in the first round, seven.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Really very, very good indeed.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I knew, coming from Wolverhampton, it would stand me in good stead.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30And, Jay, our lowest individual scorer there.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Not only that, not only did you...
0:22:31 > 0:22:35You wove your answer into an anecdote. And then it was pointless.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- True story!- What a pro.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Our category for Round Two this evening is...
0:22:42 > 0:22:44..Shared Words.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Shared Words. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:22:47 > 0:22:48who's going to go second.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56And the question concerns...
0:22:58 > 0:22:59..Boys And Girls.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Hm. Richard.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04On each board we're going to show you six descriptions of TV shows,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08songs, plays or films that have the words "boys" or "girls"
0:23:08 > 0:23:10in their title. Just need to give us their names, please.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Six on the first board, six on the second board,
0:23:12 > 0:23:1412 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17OK, can you give us the titles of these songs, films,
0:23:17 > 0:23:18plays or TV series.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Here is our first board of clues. We have got...
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I will read those all one last time.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Thomasina.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Well...
0:24:17 > 0:24:19So, Cyndi Lauper song...
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- ..Boys, Boys, Boys? - Boys, Boys, Boys?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'm looking at Jay's face, I wonder what that means?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Does he think that's a good answer? Or a bad...- I love her very much.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32XANDER LAUGHS
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- My mind is blank. - I wonder if it's right or wrong.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Boys, Boys, Boys, says Tommi.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Let's see how many of our 100 people
0:24:38 > 0:24:40said Boys, Boys, Boys for Cyndi Lauper.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Not Boys, Boys, Boys, as it turns out, I'm afraid, Thomasina.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Sorry, Tommi, I think that was Sabrina, Boys, Boys, Boys.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Remember her?- I can remember it, I can remember the song. Oh, yes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Sara.- Hello.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59So, what are the titles of these songs, films, plays and TV series?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I'm going to go for the single by Avril Lavigne,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04and that is Skater Boy.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Skater Boy, says Sara.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Let's see how many of our 100 people said Skater Boy.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12What?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17What?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18- What?- They're all saying "what."
0:25:18 > 0:25:20None of this is landing right for me. None of this.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- I know I'm being stupid, but... - No, I thought exactly the same.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Lots of people at home will think exactly the same.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Actually, the year is wrong. It was 2002, Skater Boy,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29so a long time further back.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- We are a great deal older than we imagine.- There we are.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, then, Mark.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's all going so well! Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41There's a whole board full of unanswered songs there.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45I know a couple of them but I will go for the Avril Lavigne song,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47and I think it's Girlfriend.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Girlfriend, says Mark. Let's see if that's right,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52let's see how many of our 100 people said Girlfriend.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57It is Girlfriend!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Well, our high score is 100, you passed that a while back.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06There you are. That's a pointless answer.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10From one extremity to another. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12taking the total up to £3,000.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Scores you absolutely nothing, very well done indeed.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18You see, anyone who would have voted for it was
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- siphoned off into Skater Boy. - Yes, I think that's exactly right.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Mark, would you have said Skater Boy if Sara hadn't said it?- Yes.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- So, thanks for that. - SARA:- It's all for charity, guys.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Now, let's fill in the rest of this board, shall we?
0:26:33 > 0:26:34The top one, Yosser Hughes...
0:26:34 > 0:26:35..Boys From The Black Stuff
0:26:35 > 0:26:37would have scored you 44 points. A big scorer.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Do you remember the Ordinary Boys song?- Yes, I do,
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Preston from the Ordinary Boys?- Yes.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Um...Boys Will Be Boys.- Exactly.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Would have scored you two points.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50So, Preston would have been a very good answer in both rounds so far.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Well done if you've done that. - LAUGHTER
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Now, the Cyndi Lauper song that's not Boys, Boys, Boys...
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Girls Just Want To Have Fun.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Girls Just Want To Have Fun and that would have scored 47.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- The Tom Hooper film?- Um... It's the D...
0:27:02 > 0:27:03..Danish Girl.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06The Danish Girl, yes, and that would have scored you 19.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10- And the Alan Bennett play? - History Boys.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Very low scorer, would have scored you four points.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, we are halfway through
0:27:15 > 0:27:17the round, let's take a look at the scores.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Two scores between our three pairs and they are...
0:27:19 > 0:27:22..nothing, well done, Mark and Sam,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25and 100, bad luck, Sara, Paul, Tommi and Jay.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28So, Paul and Jay, I suggest it is between the pair of you.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30OK, we're going to come back down the line now.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37That was just beautifully done. It was like watching
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Changing The Guards or something. It was fabulous.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42OK, we're going to put six more close up on the board
0:27:42 > 0:27:44and here they are. We have got...
0:28:08 > 0:28:09I'm going to read those again.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Sam.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Sam.- Uh-huh.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Well, Mark has set you up in a way that,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I mean, this is just marvellous. Just marvellous.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42You couldn't be in a better position to shine.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I'm starting to feel the pressure, though, now.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50Don't feel any pressure, Sam. If you can score 99 or less, it's fine.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I think I know the top one. So I think I'm going to go for that.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- I believe that that is The Jersey Boys.- The Jersey Boys, says Sam.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Here is your red line, lovely and high, couldn't be higher.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Jersey Boys.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06It's right, you're through.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Good enough, Sam. Look at that,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12down it goes to 28.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- 28 is your total. - Well played, Sam.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22It's won 57 major theatre awards worldwide, Jersey Boys.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- That's a lot.- That's a lot.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27That's a lot. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Paul, you're looking flummoxed. - Yeah.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33I kind of know two but I'm trying to work out
0:29:33 > 0:29:35which would be the least obvious.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Second to bottom, David Fletcher...
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- ..Gone Girl?- Gone Girl, says Paul.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44No red line, you're joint high-scorers,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47let's see how far down the column we get with Gone Girl.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51It is Gone Girl.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Not bad at all, look at that,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57down to 11. Very well done.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03111 is your total, that's given Jay something to think about.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Yeah, that certainly puts the pressure on. Gone Girl,
0:30:05 > 0:30:07the film with Ben Affleck and Rosamunde Pike,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09nominated for an Oscar for her role.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Thank you very much indeed. Now, Jay.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- OK, you know what we need from you. - I do.- You have to score 10 or less.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Talk us through this board.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19So, the Thin Lizzy song in the soundtrack to the
0:30:19 > 0:30:232001 from A Knight's Tale I think is The Boys Are Back In Town.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26The sitcom about an Irish family starring Brendan O'Carroll is
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Mrs Brown's Boys.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30And the Richard Linklater film is Boyhood.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I'm going to go for the Richard Linklater film,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- made over 12 years with the same cast, Boyhood.- Boyhood.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Boyhood, says Jay.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- Here is your red line. It's quite low.- It is.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Let's see if it's right,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45let's see how far down the column we get with Boyhood.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48It is Boyhood.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55You've done it!
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Look at that, down to two with Boyhood,
0:30:56 > 0:30:58very, very well done indeed, Jay!
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Boys, Boys, Boys but a memory now.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Taking your total up to 102, seeing you through to the head-to-head.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Very well done.- And well chosen as well. It's the only one up there
0:31:08 > 0:31:10that would have seen you through, Boyhood.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12The Thin Lizzy song, you're right, is The Boys Are Back In Town.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15That would have scored you 16 points.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The sitcom you knew was Mrs Brown's Boys,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21that's the biggest scorer up there, 59. And the TV series.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Well, it's Superman-based which gives you two choices, really.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- It's either Superboy or Supergirl. What would you go for?- Superboy.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31You'd get 100 points. It's Supergirl.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- That would have scored you 16. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Well, we are at the end of our second round and there's one pair
0:31:36 > 0:31:39we have to say goodbye to. Paul and Sara, I'm so sorry.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It just didn't happen. Oh, Paul and Sara, please come back
0:31:41 > 0:31:43and play again. It's been lovely having you here.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Brilliant contestants, Paul and Sara.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50But for Sam and Mark, Thomasina and Jay
0:31:50 > 0:31:52it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Congratulations, Sam and Mark, Thomasina and Jay.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to
0:32:00 > 0:32:04play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10This is the point where we decide who goes through to the final
0:32:10 > 0:32:12to play for that jackpot. We do it by making you go head-to-head
0:32:12 > 0:32:14but the big difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16And the first pair to win two questions will be
0:32:16 > 0:32:18playing for that jackpot.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Well, Jay, Sam and Mark, you have been on Pointless before.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23You have got as far as the head-to-head.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25One of you will be going further than you have ever
0:32:25 > 0:32:29gone before on Pointless at the end of this round.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It's very exciting indeed. Very best of luck.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Let's see what happens, let's play the head-to-head.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Here is your first question and it concerns...
0:32:43 > 0:32:45..Western Films.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Richard.- We're going to show you five stills now from Western films.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Can you name the films, please? - Thank you very much indeed.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Let's reveal our five stills from Westerns and here they are.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27There we go. Five stills from Westerns, what are the Westerns?
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Sam and Mark, you'll go first.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- I think we only know the top one, don't we, really?- We know A.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38That's the only one we can go for, really. We're going to go for...
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- ..Django Unchained.- Django Unchained say Sam and Mark. Django Unchained.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Now, Thomasina and Jay, that board is all yours, talk us through it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50I actually thought A was Hateful Eight.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54B is Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57D, the clue is in the picture, that's The Magnificent Seven.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01And E, I think, is Support Your Local Gunslinger.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02I think we do D. Let's go for D,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Magnificent Seven. - Magnificent seven.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08So, we have Django Unchained and The Magnificent Seven.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Sam and Mark said Django Unchained for A.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Is it right?
0:34:16 > 0:34:17It is right.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Oh, it's very right. Look at that,
0:34:23 > 0:34:24down to seven, very well done indeed.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Sam and Mark on seven there.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30Well done. Django Unchained.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34If you only knew one, that was clearly the one to know.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Now, Jay and Thomasina have gone for D and The Magnificent Seven.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- Can we concede now, or...?- Well, let's see what happens.- Shall we?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Shall we?- How many people said The Magnificent Seven.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Yeah, there we are, 43.
0:34:56 > 0:34:5943 for that, but a magnificent seven for Sam and Mark, which means,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Yeah, you only knew one, it was the best answer on the board,
0:35:04 > 0:35:09so that's quite handy. B is Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12It actually scores fewer points than Magnificent Seven,
0:35:12 > 0:35:1332 points for that.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18C, it's a brilliant film, it's a remake as well, it's True Grit.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Would have scored you 15.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23And the last one, it's not Support Your Local Gunslinger.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Thank God for that! - It's even more famous than that,
0:35:25 > 0:35:26that's Gary Cooper, High Noon.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Absolutely. Would have scored you 28.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Now, here comes your second question.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Tommi and Jay, you get to answer this one first but you have to
0:35:35 > 0:35:37win it to stay in the game, so very, very best of luck.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38A bit of pressure on you there.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Our second question today is all about...
0:35:42 > 0:35:44..Royal Songs. Richard.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47We're about to play you excerpts from five UK top 40 singles.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49They've all got a royal title in their title.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- Can you give us the titles of one of these songs, please?- OK.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Here are the five songs. We have A...
0:35:55 > 0:36:00# Now we're sharing the same dream
0:36:00 > 0:36:04# And our hearts, they beat as one
0:36:06 > 0:36:08# No more love on the run... #
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Here's B.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17# Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
0:36:17 > 0:36:19# Don't you ever
0:36:19 > 0:36:20# Don't you ever
0:36:20 > 0:36:24# Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome
0:36:27 > 0:36:30# Don't you ever, don't you ever... #
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Here's C.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36# And her clothes are all hand-me-downs
0:36:36 > 0:36:41# From the folks in town who treat her so good
0:36:42 > 0:36:46# Though she hasn't got a dime
0:36:46 > 0:36:50# I'm so proud that she's all mine... #
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Here's D.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56# He's got a daytime job, he's doing all right
0:36:59 > 0:37:03# He can play the honky tonk like anything
0:37:06 > 0:37:09# Saving it up for Friday night... #
0:37:12 > 0:37:14And here's E.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18# Ain't got no cigarettes
0:37:18 > 0:37:22# Ah, but two hours of pushin' broom
0:37:22 > 0:37:25# Buys an eight by 12 four-bit room
0:37:25 > 0:37:31# I'm a man of means by no means... #
0:37:31 > 0:37:35There we go. So, what are the titles of those songs?
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Tommi and Jay will go first.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39You just want to sing the end of E, which is
0:37:39 > 0:37:42the title of the song, which is King Of The Hill.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44AUDIENCE MURMUR
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- King Of The HILL... - Or not as the case may be.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48LAUGHTER
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- King Of The Road! Agh! - THOMASINA:- King Of The Road!
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Sam and Mark, what would you like to go for?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57We're going to go for B because that's wrong.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Prince Charming, please. - JAY:- Congratulations.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02LAUGHTER
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Prince Charming for B, say Sam and Mark.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08So, we have King Of The Hill, and we have Prince Charming.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10King Of The Hill, let's see what happens.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- REALLY?- Oh, no, I'm so sorry. That's unfair.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Sam and Mark have gone for Prince Charming. Let's see
0:38:18 > 0:38:20how many of our 100 people said that.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22If it's right...
0:38:22 > 0:38:25..it does the job. There we are. Yes, it is right.
0:38:27 > 0:38:2844.
0:38:31 > 0:38:3244...
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Bad luck, Jay. It's not the first time
0:38:36 > 0:38:38and it won't be the last time somebody has
0:38:38 > 0:38:41tripped on their tongue. I'm sorry. Very well done, Sam and Mark.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44After only two questions, you are straight through to the final 2-0.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Yeah, that's the way to win a head-to-head.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48The first question, you get the best answer possible,
0:38:48 > 0:38:50second question your opponents give the worst answer possible.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53That's the way to do it. It is of course King Of The Road.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57I know you know that. It absolutely happen sometimes.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59It would have scored you 45 points.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01That would have been exciting.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Wouldn't it? Ooh!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Let's take a look... Let's have a listen to A.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08# Now we're sharing the same dream... #
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Caribbean Queen.- Caribbean Queen. Yeah, by Billy Ocean.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14B we've heard. Now C.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17# And her clothes... #
0:39:17 > 0:39:20It's Gene Pitney you can probably just about hear.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Princess In Rags is the answer.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It pointless answer. And D.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- Sultans Of Swing.- Sultans Of Swing by Dire Straits.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34That would have scored you 10 points, a very good answer.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Thank you, Richard.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41I'm so sorry, Tommi and Jay, I'm sorry.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43The nice news is you just have to come back, which is great.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45It's been lovely having you on the show,
0:39:45 > 0:39:46thank you so much. Tommi and Jay!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53But, for Sam and Mark, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Congratulations, Sam and Mark, you have fought off all the
0:40:00 > 0:40:04competition and, valiantly, you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:40:19 > 0:40:22for your charities. And, at the end of today's show,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25the jackpot is standing at £3,000, there it is.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Now, this is a new Pointless high water mark for you.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Every single round, you've smashed it, you've been our low scorers.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Low scorers, low scorers, we had a pointless answer from you,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- for goodness' sake with Avril Lavigne.- We're very lucky.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42And then 2-0 in the head-to-head! Anyway, listen,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44you get to choose your category in this last round, as you know.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47There'll be four things that seem impossible on the board behind me.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50They may be impossible or there might be three rather nicer
0:40:50 > 0:40:52categories behind each one. We'll just have to see what's up there.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Anyway, best of luck. Let's see what we can find.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11- Um... Sugar...is food. And you were on MasterChef.- Yeah, but...
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And Child Actors...
0:41:14 > 0:41:18I think we should go the Noughties Debut Albums.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Do you think?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22That face suggests no.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25No, no, I think they're all, like, so cryptic.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27OK, for me, it would either be Child Actors or Noughties Debut Albums.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Let's go with...
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- ..Child Actors because... - You've changed last-minute!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Yeah, I did.- Why?- Because...
0:41:34 > 0:41:36- I want you to pick it.- What?!
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Now I'm saying that, I only know Macauley Culkin. That's it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43That ain't going to be pointless, mate.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48- Shall we go for Noughties Albums? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.- Sorry.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51It's almost like you've worked together for years, isn't it?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53- Extraordinary. Brilliant. - We are terrible.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- So, Noughties albums it is. - OK, good luck, gents.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57You've been terrific all the way through.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Fingers crossed one of these works for you.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02We are looking for any tracks from any of the following three albums,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05please. So, any of the tracks from the original releases of...
0:42:16 > 0:42:19So, any tracks on the original releases of any of those three
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- albums, very, very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three
0:42:24 > 0:42:26answers and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:42:26 > 0:42:28is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34There they are, your time starts now.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36I think the only way...
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- It's all about Coldplay for you, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- You love Coldplay. Have you got that album?- I've got the album.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Which is the filler, the song that you'd skip in the car?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Don't Panic is one.- Definitely, from that album?- Yes. Don't Panic.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52There's Shiver. There's Yellow. There's Trouble.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Shiver was a single, wasn't it? So, maybe not that.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- Well, it's tracks on the album. - We're looking for pointless answers.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Yeah, I know, but Shiver's one that...
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- I don't think anybody bought it.- OK.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I mean, they've done all right for themselves.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11I'd put Don't Panic...
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Oh, where's the other one?
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- Shiver I'd put in.- Yeah. - Shiver, Don't Panic, and...
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Oh, do you know Arctic Monkeys? They're from down your end.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Yeah, I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor,
0:43:26 > 0:43:27but that's their most famous one.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29101 points, that would be.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Um... I reckon... I reckon Trouble...
0:43:33 > 0:43:34..or Yellow.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37That's your time up. So, let's have those three answers. And if you say
0:43:37 > 0:43:40which category you're answering as well, that would be great.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43We are saying Don't Panic for Coldplay.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48We are going to say Shiver, the same album.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50And we're also...
0:43:50 > 0:43:51Uh...
0:43:51 > 0:43:53We're going to say...
0:43:53 > 0:43:56- ..Trouble.- And Trouble from the same album?- Yes.- All three of them
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Coldplay answers. Of those three, which do you think is your
0:43:58 > 0:43:59best shot at a pointless answer?
0:43:59 > 0:44:02- Don't Panic.- Don't Panic goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- Trouble.- OK, so, Trouble, Shiver, Don't Panic, in that order.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07OK, let's put the answers up on the board in that order,
0:44:07 > 0:44:10then, and here they are. We have got Trouble,
0:44:10 > 0:44:12we've got Shiver, and we've got Don't Panic.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Well, three good answers there.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19All from Coldplay's Parachutes album from 2000. Very, very best of luck.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- surely a good chance of one of these being pointless...- Fingers crossed!
0:44:24 > 0:44:26..what charities are you playing for?
0:44:26 > 0:44:29We're both playing for the same charity.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31We're patrons of a charity called Whizz-Kidz.
0:44:31 > 0:44:36It provides electronic wheelchairs for disabled children.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Fabulous. Fabulous charity.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40APPLAUSE
0:44:41 > 0:44:45Well, fingers tightly crossed one of these answers, at least one of these
0:44:45 > 0:44:48answers, will be pointless and will win that jackpot for your charity.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Trouble is your first answer.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53All of these are Coldplay Parachutes tracks.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Let's see how many of our 100 people said Trouble.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58Is it pointless, for £3,000?
0:45:00 > 0:45:02It's right.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05All it has to be now is pointless so if Trouble takes us down to zero,
0:45:05 > 0:45:08you leave with £3,000 for your charity.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11We now whizz down through the teens. We're into single figures,
0:45:11 > 0:45:13down we go with Trouble still going down to four.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20- It's not bad. Trouble. And it was a single.- Wow.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Not a pointless answer. But quite reassuring, I would say.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Two more chances to win today's jackpot for your charity.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Shiver is your next answer.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Again, we're looking for Coldplay songs from Parachutes.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33If it's pointless, it wins you £3,000.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36How many of our 100 people said Shiver?
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Shiver's right.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Trouble, your first answer, took us down to four.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Shiver now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens...
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Down we go into single figures.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Oh, seven!
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I'm surprised!
0:45:55 > 0:45:58Seven. It's gone in the wrong direction but it's fine.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- It's fine.- I'm surprised at that. - It's fine.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Aptly enough, Don't Panic is...
0:46:03 > 0:46:05LAUGHTER
0:46:05 > 0:46:06..is your next answer.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09This is the one you thought was going to be your best shot
0:46:09 > 0:46:11at a pointless answer. Please can this be pointless?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13It will win you £3,000 for your charity, if it is.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Let's find out how many people named Don't Panic as
0:46:15 > 0:46:17a track on Parachutes.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24It's right. Trouble, your first answer, took us down to four.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Shiver, your next answer, took us down to seven.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Don't Panic takes us down through the 20s, into the teens...
0:46:30 > 0:46:31..back into single figures,
0:46:31 > 0:46:35down we go... Oh, no! Oh, no! Six.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Oh, shame.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- I can't believe that! - Well, what about that?
0:46:43 > 0:46:46- Trouble was the lowest scorer of all of those.- Wow, I'm very surprised.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50- Very surprised.- Oh, no. Well, listen, three great answers there.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53I'm afraid that's really unlucky that you didn't get lower than that.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55I thought at least one of those would be pointless.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56So, I'm afraid you didn't manage
0:46:56 > 0:46:59to find the pointless answer you needed to win that jackpot
0:46:59 > 0:47:01but, because it is a celebrity special, we're going to
0:47:01 > 0:47:04donate £500 to each celebrity pair to give to their charities.
0:47:04 > 0:47:05Thank you. Nice one.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08And you get a Pointless trophies, so very, very well done.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10A superb performance across the show. Brilliant work.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Oh, that's unlucky, gents. Very well played.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Yellow would have scored you 30 points and, actually,
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Yellow and those three were the four high-scorers on that album.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21There are three pointless answers on Parachutes.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24And we're about to take a look at them. Here we go.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28You could have had Everything's Not Lost.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30High Speed and We Never Change.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34Very well done if you said any of those at home. Now, Norah Jones...
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Also, I've Got To See You Again, One Flight Down and Painter Song.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45Those were the pointless answers there. And the Arctic Monkeys...
0:47:45 > 0:47:46It's a slightly longer read.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Also, Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...,
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured, and You Probably
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Terrific performance, you are lovely fellows and brilliant
0:48:03 > 0:48:06presenters and it's been a pleasure, as always to have you with us.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- Right back at you. Thank you very much.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13We've loved having you on the show, Sam and Mark. Absolutely superb,
0:48:13 > 0:48:15thank you so much for playing. Brilliant. Join us next time
0:48:15 > 0:48:18when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:48:20 > 0:48:22- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.