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 very warm welcome to this special Christmas edition
0:00:28 > 0:00:30of Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet this evening's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41And couple number one.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Hello, I'm Gareth Malone, and I had a Christmas number one
0:00:45 > 0:00:47with Military Wives Choir.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And I'm Samantha Stevenson, and I had the solo
0:00:49 > 0:00:52for Wherever You Are with Military Wives Choirs,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and there's now 74 choirs across the world.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Couple number two!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Hi, my name is Ben Haenow,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I won the X Factor in 2014 and had a Christmas number one that year,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and this legend is...
0:01:08 > 0:01:10I'm Jimmy Osmond.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And I had a Christmas number one way back called
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Long-haired Lover From Liverpool, so... And he's the smart one.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Not at all. Not at all.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21We are in trouble.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Couple number three!
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Hi, my name Jona Lewie, and I'm a singer-songwriter type person,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and one of the things I did was a Christmas number as well
0:01:32 > 0:01:33called Stop The Calvary.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36And I'm Mike Batt,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I've had two Christmas number twos,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41which doesn't add up to a number one, I'm afraid.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And, finally, couple number four.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Hi, I'm Justin Hawkins, I sing for The Darkness.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55We had a seasonal number two...
0:01:55 > 0:01:56LAUGHTER
0:01:56 > 0:02:00..in 2003, and then we contributed to the number one the year after,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03which was the Band-Aid reimagining.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I'm Dan Hawkins, I'm Justin's brother
0:02:05 > 0:02:07and guitarist in The Darkness.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Thank you all very much indeed.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Very warm welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you all here.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18We'll get a chance to chat a bit further throughout the show,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21as it goes along. So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24He's been officially recognised by the Guinness Book Of Records as the
0:02:24 > 0:02:25world's biggest elf.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Hiya. Everybody, Merry Christmas.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Well, Merry Christmas to you.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- And right back to you. - Isn't this lo...? I love Christmas.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- I love Christmas. - We both dressed up.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'm wearing a Christmas jumper, you're wearing your Christmas thong.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44So lovely, isn't it?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47And we're joined by so many hit makers.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Huge amount of Christmas hits on the show.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Not only do we have them the whole show, but we'll be played out
0:02:52 > 0:02:55at the end. We've got a very, very special treat at the end,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and the very, very good news is it's not Xander...
0:02:58 > 0:03:01LAUGHTER
0:03:01 > 0:03:02..but one of our...two of our panel,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04in fact, will be playing us out at the end,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07which will be great fun. Now, question one, it's quite...
0:03:07 > 0:03:09There's quite Christmassy themes to a lot of the questions.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Question one - I have to take my hat off
0:03:11 > 0:03:13to the Pointless question-setters, the Pointless elves,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17because they've had a lot of fun and spent a lot of time working out
0:03:17 > 0:03:19the answers to question one.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- It's going to be a good one.- OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26each of our celebrities here is playing for a nominated charity.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30For those reasons, we're going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33There it is.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43All you have to remember is this,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:03:46 > 0:03:50eliminated. So keep your scores as low as you possibly can.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Very best of luck to all four pairs.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Our first category this evening is...
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:04:01 > 0:04:02who's going to go second?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12OK. And our question concerns...
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Richard?- Yes, you are about to see a board of 16 famous faces,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25all of them have a name which has a wintry or festive connection.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Aw.- Can you identify the most obscure of these people?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- That's nice, isn't it? - Oh, that is nice.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33OK, let's reveal our 16 faces, and here they come.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36There we go.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43There we go.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46OK. Gareth Malone.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47You said you had a Christmas number.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- You've had two Christmas number ones, I think, haven't you?- Have I?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I think you have - the NHS Choir and the Military Wives.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- That's right! Guilty as charged. - Yeah!- Well, I didn't work with them
0:04:56 > 0:04:57on that, but I did start the NHS Choir,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- so I'll take that, thank you. - Yeah, I think you can take that.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Fine. All right. Yes, yes, then.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05So, Gareth, what do you think goes into the perfect Christmas song?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06It's so difficult, isn't it?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08It's alchemy,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12and certainly when we had that, nobody expected it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14It wasn't the aim, but it was an amazing ride, as I'm sure
0:05:14 > 0:05:17everyone would say here. It was incredible.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Have you got plans, have you got another choir lined up for another
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Christmas number one at some future point, Gareth?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Some point, not this year.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Not this year.- Sure. - Giving everyone a break.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- OK.- It's a year off. - OK, fair enough.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Now, what about our wintry people over here?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Well... There's quite a few.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39I'm going to say...
0:05:42 > 0:05:46I'm going to say Robin Cook, cause of Robin.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47IMITATES BIRD CALL
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Robin Cook, OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Robin Cook.
0:06:05 > 0:06:0718 for Robin Cook.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Yep, top on that first podium, so it's a very good answer, Gareth,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12well played. He's got Robin in his name.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Yes, that's nice. - Like a lovely Christmas robin.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Like a Christmas robin. Sitting on a spade.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I won't always explain the connection to the festive period,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21but just as we are beginning the round, I thought maybe I would.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- I think it's good, yes, yes.- Robin.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Robin. Thank you.- Pleasure.- Jimmy, welcome back to Pointless.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Lovely to have you with us again. Last time you were here, in fact,
0:06:29 > 0:06:31you sang Long-haired Lover From Liverpool.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I sang Long-haired Lover, that's right, great to be with you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Merry Christmas everybody.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Thank you.- Great time of year, isn't it?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38- It is.- My favourite.- It is.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Now, when that was number one, I think you went into
0:06:41 > 0:06:43the Guinness Book Of Records for the youngest ever...
0:06:43 > 0:06:47The youngest ever still, although Will Smith's daughter
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- almost beat me, but anyway.- Almost. - Almost, but I was still younger.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- How old were you?- I think I was eight, eight or nine years old.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- There you go.- Yeah.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56That's a long time ago.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- What happened, huh?- Now then, Jimmy, who would you like to go for
0:07:00 > 0:07:02on our board of wintry named people?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08David Frost?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I remember David.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11You're going to go for David Frost.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said David Frost.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21It's right. Well, 18 is our only score so far.
0:07:21 > 0:07:2246 for David Frost!
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Not bad at all.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- I don't know that many. - You got a name, it doesn't matter.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- It just popped in my brain, yeah. - Richard, David Frost.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Frost being the wintry one there.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Of course.- Also David, as in Once In Royal David's City.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- That's right. - So absolute double whammy there.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37That's a double Christmas.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Isn't it? Thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Now, Mike.- Hello.- Mike, Mike.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I think you've written one of my all-time favourite Christmas
0:07:45 > 0:07:48songs. I think that Wombling Merry Christmas has...
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It's a sort of complete Christmas song. It has everything in it.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53That's very nice of you to say so, thank you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It's lovely. Oh, it's a great song. And Winter's Tale, obviously.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Thank you so much. - When you played as The Wombles,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01which Womble were you? Cos it's very hard to tell from our side.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Well, I was Orinoco.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Right.- The one with the red scarf, and I was being the singer.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I was the one who used to wave the microphone stand around,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11for those who are old enough to remember.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12And, yeah, we had a lot of fun
0:08:12 > 0:08:15and took off a lot of weight, actually. I could lose...
0:08:15 > 0:08:16I should think you must have done.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You could lose half a stone in a week wearing a Womble costume.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I love the fact that Mike Batt is one of the most successful and lucrative
0:08:23 > 0:08:26recording artists of all time, and now he's telling us about the scarf
0:08:26 > 0:08:28above your head on Top of the Pops as Orinoco.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31It's funny what you get remembered for sometimes, isn't it?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33One must not get too attached to one's dignity.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36LAUGHTER
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Mike, who would you like to go for?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Well, there are two that I think could be low points,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and I'm toggling between them. I'm going to say Peter Gabriel.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Peter Gabriel.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48OK, let's see how many of our 100 people went for Peter Gabriel.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Well, 18's our low score. 46, our high.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58You passed 46, you passed 18,
0:08:58 > 0:08:59down you go to 5.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Very well done indeed, Mike.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08- Peter Gabriel.- Great answer, Mike. There he is. I told you
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- our question-setters had fun doing this.- They had fun.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12When they were stumbling across Peter Gabriel, going,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14"Oh, Peter Gabriel..." Angel Gabriel, of course.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Angel, exactly. Thank you very much indeed.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Justin.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Now then, Justin, welcome to Pointless,
0:09:22 > 0:09:23very good to have you here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Thanks.- Now, The Darkness...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I mean, let's just think about how amazing The Darkness are,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- and indeed...- I often do, actually.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32LAUGHTER
0:09:32 > 0:09:34When you first... I was first played Permission To Land...
0:09:34 > 0:09:37It was one of those things... I think everyone remembers
0:09:37 > 0:09:40when they first... Cos there was something very exciting about it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42We hadn't had that sort of virtuoso singing and guitar playing
0:09:42 > 0:09:44in heavy rock for ages.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I mean, decades. It was really...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48It was fantastic. But you also...
0:09:48 > 0:09:51You kind of embraced the comedy of it all as well.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I don't know what you mean, I've always taken it...
0:09:53 > 0:09:54LAUGHTER
0:09:54 > 0:09:59..seriously. This is my talent, my gift if you will,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and I...I'm offended by that.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03LAUGHTER
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Someone was telling me that they went to a gig you did in LA
0:10:07 > 0:10:09where you shouted, "Give me a D!"
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Said, "Give me a D." "D!"
0:10:11 > 0:10:12He said, "Give me an arkness!"
0:10:12 > 0:10:15LAUGHTER
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- That sounds like every gig we've ever done, actually.- Oh, right.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Oh, there we are.- We've only got one joke, and that is it,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22so you've spoilt it now.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23XANDER LAUGHS
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Justin, do you fancy having a pop at someone here?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Who are you going to go for?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Honestly, I can only name one of them,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34so I should do that, shouldn't I?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- John Thaw.- John Thaw.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39CROWD MURMURS You see?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I was concerned about that because Thaw is spring time, surely?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Well...
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's the other side of winter, isn't it?
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- It bookends winter nicely with autumn, so, yeah.- Exactly.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- Perfect.- Let's see how many of our 100 people said
0:10:54 > 0:10:56John Thaw.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Well, 46 still the high score... Oh, 50.
0:11:03 > 0:11:0450, we have a new high score,
0:11:04 > 0:11:05but not too high.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Not too high at all.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I like the fact that John Thaw was just underneath David Frost.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Aw, that's nice.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I think you'd get thaw as often in winter, cos it thaws every day,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- doesn't it? The frost? - Yeah, could be that. Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21So I think we get away with it.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- I think we do.- I think so. Well, listen, we're halfway through
0:11:23 > 0:11:26the round, let's take a look at our scores. 5, Mike.
0:11:26 > 0:11:285.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Very much the lowest score of the pass, very, very well done.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Then we travel up to 18, where we find Gareth and Samantha,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and up to 46, where we find Jimmy and Ben.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37And then 50 is where we find the Hawkins bros.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40So, Dan, we need a lower score from you just to keep you in the
0:11:40 > 0:11:43game. So good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:51 > 0:11:55OK, now, Dan, welcome to Pointless.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57What's it like, the Hawkins family Christmas?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I mean, do you all get together?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Well, I mean after we've stopped fighting and made up,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- it's normally quite a nice vibe. - It's normally Boxing Day by then.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It's Boxing Day by then, yeah, so...
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- Yeah, it's, you know, roaring fires and...- That's it.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13And, yeah, Christmas songs.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- The usual.- The usual. Do you have a favourite Christmas song, Dan?
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Actually, funnily enough,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Winter's Tale is one of my favourites, but I didn't realise
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Mike Batt was involved in that, so it's a revelation to me.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Well, thank you. - Yeah, it's a good song.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Now, Dan, there you are, you are our high scorers on 50,
0:12:30 > 0:12:31what are you going to go for?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36I was really hoping that Michael Winterbottom
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- would have been up there but... - LAUGHTER
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I don't actually recognise any of these people.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47What's that?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- WHISPERS: - I bet there's one called Snow.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Yes, Snow.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54LAUGHTER
0:12:56 > 0:12:58He's on second name terms with him.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I can't quite remember the first name,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02but second name is definitely Snow.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06So do you want to make up a first name for Snow?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- Any name.- Just think of like the most common name that you can...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14LAUGHTER
0:13:14 > 0:13:16John, John.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18LAUGHTER
0:13:18 > 0:13:20What do you want to go for, Dan?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- We'll go for John.- John?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- John Snow.- Oh, Jon Snow, up there! OK.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:13:28 > 0:13:32There's... There's no...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36LAUGHTER I mean, there we go. OK, there is
0:13:36 > 0:13:38no red line for you cos you're our high-scorers.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jon Snow.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:4953.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Takes your total up to 103.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Well done me!
0:13:54 > 0:13:55There he is, Jon Snow.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Snow being the wintry part of his name.- There we go.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00All right, Jona, welcome to Pointless.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01- Lovely to have you. - Thank you very much.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Now, I'm just thinking about... Remember that...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06About A Boy? Do you remember the film About A Boy?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- No.- That Nick Hornby book.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12There's a guy who basically... He lives on the fact that his dad had a
0:14:12 > 0:14:13massive Christmas hit.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Oh, that rings a bell.- And I wanted to know if that bears fruit.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Did the Calvary bring it home for you?
0:14:18 > 0:14:21The royalties from that number, is about...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25..half of all the royalties I get every year.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28One number. And all the other catalogue is the other half.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31So, there's something in what he says,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34or what the film writer tried to bring out.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Well, it's all fantastic. Christmas, literally, comes around every year.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39So, Jona, there you are on 5.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40103 is the high score.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44So if you can score 97 or less, you are through to our next round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Well, it's hopefully not a gamble,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52but I think the person above David Frost there is Judy Garland.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Judy Garland. Judy Garland.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Here is your red line.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00If you get below this red line, Jona, you are through...
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Is...is the tension mounting?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Below that, you are through to Round Two.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Let's see how many of our 100 people said Judy Garland.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12It is...
0:15:17 > 0:15:1828! Very well done indeed!
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Which takes your total up to 33.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Which I suspect will be the lowest total of the round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25That's a terrific answer, Jona. Very well played.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28It's interesting what Gareth was saying about we never know
0:15:28 > 0:15:29quite what makes a Christmas hit.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31And Stop The Cavalry is one of those, isn't it?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Because it's one of those songs that people immediately just went,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37"Yeah, that affects me somewhere." And, every year, it's the same.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40New generations come along and... What a very special thing
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- to have been a part of. - Absolutely right.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Now, Ben.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Ben, Ben, Ben.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49They always do this. When The X Factor series finishes,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51they then put all the stats out.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52And it turns out, every so often,
0:15:52 > 0:15:56you get that thing where there's one particular contestant who is just
0:15:56 > 0:15:58slaying it every week.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Always winning. And you were that person when you were doing it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Yeah, I think from week four, they said, onwards.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You won it every week. Suddenly, the change in your life
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- over that space of two or three months.- It was massive, yeah!
0:16:10 > 0:16:11And I wouldn't be here doing
0:16:11 > 0:16:13something like this if I hadn't done the show.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Well, there you are. - It's a blessing and a curse!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- LAUGHTER Nice jumper, by the way.- Thank you.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I didn't even know it was the theme, I was just wearing it.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23LAUGHTER
0:16:23 > 0:16:2546 is where you are,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28the high store is still down on Justin over there, on 103.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31So 56 or less. You were doing quite a lot of shaking of your head.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Yeah, I was telling Jimmy to start the car.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34There's only two that I know up there,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36and I think they're both high-scorers.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I was going to go for Peter Gabriel early on, but...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44I'm going to go for Nicholas Lyndhurst.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Nicholas Lyndhurst, says Ben. There is your red line.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Get below that and you are through to the next round.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51How many people said Nicholas Lyndhurst?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58You've done it! Just. Look at that, 53!
0:16:58 > 0:17:01You needed 56, takes your total up to 99.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Very well done indeed.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Well played, Ben. Straight through to the next round.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Nicholas Lyndhurst. Like Saint Nicholas.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10- That's the Christmas thing there. - Oh, I see.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Now then, Samantha! Welcome!
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Now... Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Now, when Gareth does his choir series,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23there's always that moment where he gets the thing going and he gets
0:17:23 > 0:17:26the... There's that fantastic esprit de corps that he gets everyone...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Everyone's a bit scared of him.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Is he quite scary when he's there conducting?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- No.- Really?
0:17:32 > 0:17:33No.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36But, no, everyone wants to do as much as they can for Gareth.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40And then comes that terrible, sad moment when Gareth goes off.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43He leaves the choir. And I often wonder if these choirs really stay
0:17:43 > 0:17:45together after Gareth has left the room.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Well, they do. We worked really hard to find...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Well, we couldn't top you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53..but to try and find a really good conductor as well.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54- Which you did.- Yes, we did.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Which they did, very much, yeah. - And we just continued.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58And it's still going now?
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Yes. I mean, there's 74 across the world, and I'm up in my local one,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- up at Lossiemouth.- Yeah. - And, I mean,
0:18:05 > 0:18:06it's still going strong,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- and it's a massive support network for the wives as well.- Fantastic.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Now, listen, you are on 18.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14The high-scorers are still Justin and Dan on 103.
0:18:14 > 0:18:1584 or less.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17A nice high number there.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20How are we feeling about this board?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Do you fancy talking us through it? As many of them as you dare?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I know the top lady is Carol something,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27so I'm not going to pick her.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I know that woman. She's in, like, loads of comedies,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32but I can't remember her name either.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I don't know that guy. I know that's January Jones.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I know that's Chris Pine.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Allison Bell.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I know that's Holly Willoughby.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I think I would like to go for Chris Pine.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45- Chris Pine?- Yes.- Says Samantha.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Chris Pine, here's your red line, nice and high.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Get below that with Chris Pine and you're into Round Two.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said Chris Pine.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It's right and you're through, very well done.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Oh, look at that, 7!
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Second-lowest score of the round! Very well done indeed, Samantha.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Takes your total up to 25, the lowest total of the round.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11So very well done.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13That's a terrific answer, very well played.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Shall we go through the rest of this board
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and see how Christmassy our question-setters managed to be?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Top left is...- Carol Kirkwood. - Carol Kirkwood.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23She would've scored you 8 points. You're right about the next one.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Comedian who's in all sorts of films and Saturday Night Live.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Maya Rudolph.- Maya.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Would have scored you 1 point. Now, the next row down.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Very well done if you got this gentleman.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Plays with Daft Punk - Chilly Gonzales.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37A pointless answer, so well done.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40He's called Chilly, so what are you going to do, right?
0:19:41 > 0:19:46January Jones. Very low-scoring answer - 3 points for January Jones.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Kristen Bell.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Would have scored you 5 points.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Now, the next gentleman is from Fine Young Cannibals.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- This is good. Roland Gift. - Roland Gift, yeah.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Would have scored you 7 points.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00We'll leave the next gentleman cos he's another pointless answer
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and move on to Holly Willoughby,
0:20:02 > 0:20:03who's the big scorer on the whole board.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05She would have scored you 60.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Anybody want to venture a guess at the last one?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Merry Christmas?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13It's not far off. It's a very Christmassy name.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14- Percy Sledge.- Sledge!
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Percy Sledge. Pointless answer, very well done if you said that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20That was fun, wasn't it? Thank you very much.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21So, at the end of our first round,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs. I'm so sorry,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Dan and Justin, you are the pair with the high score.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Not way out in front there. You did pretty well.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31The great news is we're going to see you at the end of the show
0:20:31 > 0:20:33cos you're going to play us out, which is fabulous.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36It's been lovely having you on, thank you so much, Dan and Justin.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39APPLAUSE
0:20:40 > 0:20:43But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52And look at that, suddenly we're down to three pairs.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55But well done, everybody. Really, really good answers there.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Samantha and Gareth,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59you are our lowest combined scorers there, which is very good.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Mike, lowest individual scorer in that round, very impressive indeed.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05But best of luck to all three pairs.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Our category for Round Two this evening is...
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Can you all decide in your pairs, who is going to go first,
0:21:13 > 0:21:14who's going to go second?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- What?- ..as they could.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Yeah, everyone at home is now singing Bohemian Rhapsody,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I apologise to families around the country.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Simply looking for any word of six or more letters,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46anywhere in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Bohemian Rhapsody, of course, famously,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Christmas number one twice. - XANDER GASPS
0:21:49 > 0:21:51We're taking the printed lyrics
0:21:51 > 0:21:53on the Night At The Opera album from 1975.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55So the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59any word without an apostrophe in it of six or more letters.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- You're not even listening... - No, I'm not, no.- You're doing
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Bohemian Rhapsody in your head. I could literally be saying anything.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Yes. Thank you, Richard.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Pleasure.- Samantha.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Oh!
0:22:10 > 0:22:11- Samantha.- Yeah?
0:22:13 > 0:22:14What would you like to go for?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Fandango.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Fandango. Such a good word.- It is.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Fandango, let's see how many of our 100 people went for fandango.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28It's right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:3338 for fandango.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38A lively Spanish dance,
0:22:38 > 0:22:42or an elaborate process - fandango.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Now then, Ben.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- Oh, Ben!- Come on, Ben. - No pressure!- Come on, Ben.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53I'm going to go for monstrosity.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Oh, it's good. Let's see how many of our 100 people said monstrosity.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's right.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0338's the only score we have at the moment.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Can you pass it? Yeah, oh, you've passed it,
0:23:06 > 0:23:07down to... Look at that, 15 for monstrosity.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I love the fact that so many people at home are doing
0:23:14 > 0:23:17exactly what you're doing, get a certain way through the song,
0:23:17 > 0:23:18you think, "Right, OK, that'll do.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21"I'm sticking on monstrosity, that is over six letters."
0:23:21 > 0:23:2511 letters, five letters to spare there for Ben.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- How about that?- Look at that. - Could almost have had two answers.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Yes. Thank you, Richard.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37- Mike.- I think I'll go for a short word that's quite common,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39but other people might not have picked, and that's matter.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Oh, see, that's good.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- CROWD MURMURS - Oh, they love that, they like that.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Yeah. Matter, says Mike.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Let's see how many of our 100 people went for matter.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55It's right. 38's the highest score, 15's the low.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Let's put Mike's theory to the test.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Look at that, down you go to 3. You see...
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Very well done indeed.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Very well done, 3 points.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I think we will call that the Batt Principle from now on, I think.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I can tell you're a lyricist because that's exactly the right way to play
0:24:13 > 0:24:16this game, which is you look for those little kind of bridging words
0:24:16 > 0:24:18which aren't... They're not showy.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21They do a job. The workhorses of the song.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23And that's exactly one of them.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27And well done, Mike, the best score of the pass.
0:24:27 > 0:24:283.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31So Mike and Jona are looking very strong for our head-to-head round,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33as at this stage are Ben and Jimmy.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Then we travel up to 38, Samantha and Gareth.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39So, Gareth, I bet you've got a good answer.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42But it needs to be a good answer because it'll have to be a low score
0:24:42 > 0:24:44to keep you in the game, so good luck with that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45We'll come back down the line now.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:50 > 0:24:54OK, Jona, remember we're looking for any words of six or more letters
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- from Bohemian Rhapsody.- Really.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Really. So, let's see.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Really. There is your red line,
0:25:04 > 0:25:05let's see how many of our 100 people said really.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10It's right.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14You're through.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Down to 2!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21The Batt Principle being employed
0:25:21 > 0:25:23twice there on the far podium.
0:25:23 > 0:25:255 is your total.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Yeah, beautiful Batt Principle work there.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28That's terrific stuff.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Thank you very much.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Now, then.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Jimmy.- How about family?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Family. Family, says Jimmy.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Here is your red line.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44If you can score 22 or less, that's what it looks like.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Let's see, family, how many of our 100 people said family?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Yes!- Well done.
0:26:01 > 0:26:0315 takes your total up to 30.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Yeah, "He's just a poor boy, from a poor family," well played.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And apt, given that Jimmy and I are family.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- That's nice.- Cousins, aren't we?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15We are indeed, we'll be spending Christmas day together.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18He got all the height in the family, I got the shortness.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The shallow end of the gene pool.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Thanks very much. Now, Gareth, I'm sorry to tell you...
0:26:23 > 0:26:25This is bad news, isn't it?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I do have bad news. You're high-scorers even now.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Just tell me when you're ready, Gareth.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I'm ready, I'm over it, I'm OK.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- OK.- I'm going to go for...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- ..everybody. - Everybody, says Gareth.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40No red line for you, I'm afraid,
0:26:40 > 0:26:41as you are the high-scorers even now.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said everybody.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48It's right.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Oh, look at that.
0:26:55 > 0:26:564 for everybody.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Very well done. Takes your total up to 42.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04It's very good answer from "Goodbye, everybody," rather aptly.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07But they both scored 4 points, goodbye and everybody.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I guess if you remember one, you remember the other.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Fandango is the highest answer up there.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14It's the most popular answer, I'm afraid.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16You know, there's only one pointless answer.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18We'll get to that cos I can't work out in my head what part of the
0:27:18 > 0:27:20song it's in, but someone will know.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I'll take you through some nice answers.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Lightning and frightening, 31 and 29.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Scaramouche, 28.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Galileo, 26.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Killed would have scored you 20.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I'll take you through the low scorers now.
0:27:31 > 0:27:336 points for against and pulled.
0:27:33 > 0:27:375 points for little. 4 points for everybody and goodbye.
0:27:37 > 0:27:413 points for anyway, caught, matter, sometimes.
0:27:41 > 0:27:432 points for really, we've already heard.
0:27:43 > 0:27:461 point for because, behind, shivers and aching.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50And the only pointless answer there...is anyone.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Anyone is the only pointless answer.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55# Anyone can... #
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Yeah, you're quite right. "Nothing really matters, anyone can see."
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Very well done if you did that.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Out of all the words in that song, it was the only pointless answer, so
0:28:03 > 0:28:05whoever did that gets extra Christmas presents.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Oh! Lovely, thank you very much indeed.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09OK, so at the end of our second round,
0:28:09 > 0:28:10we have to send home a pair.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13And I'm so sorry, Gareth and Samantha,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15it is your turn to leave us.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Nothing wrong with your answers. Fandango, lovely word.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- It's a great dance.- Yeah. - It's not a great answer.- No, sorry.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye, but thank you so
0:28:24 > 0:28:26much for coming to play, Gareth and Samantha.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29APPLAUSE
0:28:29 > 0:28:32But for our two remaining pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Congratulations, Mike and Jona, Jimmy and Ben,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41you are now one step closer to the final chance to play
0:28:41 > 0:28:42for that jackpot for your charities,
0:28:42 > 0:28:46and our jackpot is currently standing at £2,500.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53So this is the part where we have to decide who goes through to the final
0:28:53 > 0:28:55to play for that jackpot, and we do it by making you go head-to-head.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58But the difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01And the first pair to win two points will be playing for that jackpot.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Richard.- I know what you're thinking,
0:29:20 > 0:29:22"That's not very Christmassy," but it is.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25We're now going to show you five snow globes from cities around
0:29:25 > 0:29:30the world. Can you tell us which cities they represent, please?
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Thank you very much indeed.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Let's reveal our five snow globes, and here they come.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36We have got...
0:30:15 > 0:30:17OK. There we are.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Five snow globes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Mike and Jona, you've been our low-scorers up to this point,
0:30:22 > 0:30:23- so you get to go first.- Right.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26What's the most obscure?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- What are you going to go for? - Well, there's one we don't know, D,
0:30:28 > 0:30:30so we're going to avoid that.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We think E is quite easy, we think that A is pretty predictable.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40And B. So we're going to go for C, which is Barcelona.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42C, Barcelona, say Mike and Jona.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Now then, Jimmy and Ben,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46do you fancy talking us through all the other globes?
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Yeah, go for it, Jimmy.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50LAUGHTER
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- E is Rome.- Yeah, I mean...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- D we can't guess, right? - Paris would be B, right?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- E, shall we?- E?- E?- E...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- BOTH:- Rome.- OK, E, Rome.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04So we have E, Rome.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06We have C, Barcelona, and E, Rome.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Mike and Jona went for Barcelona,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10let's see how many of our 100 people said Barcelona.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14It is Barcelona.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19And down it goes to 23.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Jimmy and Ben meanwhile went for Rome for E,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30let's see how many of our 100 people said Rome.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36It's right. 72.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Well, there we are.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Well done, Mike and Jona, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Barcelona's actually the best answer on the board,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46could not have beaten it, so well played.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I think everyone knew B as well,
0:31:48 > 0:31:49that's the biggest scorer on the board.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Of course, it's Paris.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53That does make me feel quite Christmassy, that one.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54- It does.- 90 points, that.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Lovely light on the Notre Dame there, look at that, beautiful.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Evening light there. Well, you can see it from the shadow of
0:32:00 > 0:32:03the Tour Eiffel. XANDER AND RICHARD SIGH
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Oh, Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06Merry Christmas, one and all.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08That's Paris.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11A, that's The Little Mermaid.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14That's Copenhagen.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15- VARIOUS:- Oh!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Would have scored you 34.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- Right, yeah. - And in the same way that really
0:32:20 > 0:32:21I don't think Barcelona should have
0:32:21 > 0:32:23a snow globe, because I don't think
0:32:23 > 0:32:25they've ever had snow, there's never
0:32:25 > 0:32:26been snow in this place either,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28surely. It's Sydney.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Yep, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34And that would have scored you 40 points.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39OK, so, here comes your second question.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Jimmy and Ben, you get to answer this first, which is good, but
0:32:42 > 0:32:44you have to win this to stay in the game, so good luck.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Our second question this evening is all about...
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- Oh, God!- Go on.- Richard?- Yeah, we're now going to show you the set-ups
0:32:55 > 0:32:57to five jokes that were voted one of the best jokes of the year
0:32:57 > 0:32:59at the Edinburgh Fringe in various years,
0:32:59 > 0:33:02and we're going to give you alternate letters of the punch lines.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Can you tell us what the punch lines are, please?
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08So let's reveal our Edinburgh jokes
0:33:08 > 0:33:11with missing punch lines, and here they are.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I'll read those all again.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21There we go. Jimmy and Ben, you will go first.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Wow!- Mm.- Yeah.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31It's down to you, Ben, I hate to say it.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Thanks, man, thanks a lot.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I used to work in the shoe cycling shop.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- It was...- S. Sole? Oh, OK, OK.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- What is it?- Yeah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- Sole destroying.- Yeah, yeah!
0:34:47 > 0:34:48- Go for that? - Yeah, well, at least it's one.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Too right. We're going to go for the one that we've hopefully worked out.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I used to work in a shoe recycling shop, it was sole destroying.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Sole destroying, say Jimmy and Ben.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00APPLAUSE
0:35:00 > 0:35:04And plus, for Alex Horne as well, as well, good gag, Alex.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09Now then, Mike and Jona, do you want to talk us through the board,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11see how many of those you can fill in?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13OK. Well, we think we know three of these.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17We think, "Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20"That's not a miracle, that's tapas."
0:35:20 > 0:35:23We worked out that clowns divorce was custardy battle.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- LAUGHTER - Ahh!
0:35:26 > 0:35:27Shall we go for that, then?
0:35:27 > 0:35:28I think so.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Clowns divorce.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31That's what I would say.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32- Go for it.- OK.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34So, we will say custardy battle.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Custardy battle, say Mike and Jona.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39So we have sole destroying and we have custardy battle.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Jimmy and Ben said sole destroying.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Let's see how man of our 100 people went for that.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46It's right.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- 38.- Good guess.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- 38 for sole destroying.- OK.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Mike and Jona have gone for custardy battle, let's see if that's right,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03let's see how many of our 100 people said custardy battle.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07It's right.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And it wins the point, there we go, well done.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1314 for custardy battle.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Well done. And double well done, Mike and Jona, because that means
0:36:19 > 0:36:20that, after only two questions,
0:36:20 > 0:36:22you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Yeah, very well worked out, custardy battle, there.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Now, at the top, the very lovely, very funny Alun Cochrane's joke.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31"The first time I met my wife, I knew she was a keeper,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33"she was wearing massive gloves."
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- Oh!- And that would have scored you 7 points.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41The best answer up there. Mike, you knew this next one.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43"Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46"That's not a miracle, that's tapas."
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Would have scored you 29. Another lovely man, Stewart Francis.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52"I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together."
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Riveting.- Riveting.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57And that would have scored you 46.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Wow. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- Jimmy and Ben, it is you. - It's all right, we had a blast, didn't we?- Yeah, we did.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Well, so did we, it's been lovely having you here.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Thank you both so much for coming in, you've played so well.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- Fantastic job, Jimmy and Ben. - Congratulations, guys.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16But for Mike and Jona, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Congratulations, Mike and Jona,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24you have fought off all the competition
0:37:24 > 0:37:26and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34You now have a choice to win our Pointless jackpot for your chosen
0:37:34 > 0:37:37charities. And at the end of today's show,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43APPLAUSE
0:37:43 > 0:37:46But very, very well done, you made quick work of that.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47You were the lowest scorers in Round One,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49lowest scorers in Round Two,
0:37:49 > 0:37:522-0 in the head-to-head, and here you are in the final.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I mean, have you left the oven on at home or something?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I don't know. It's been a stealth raid, this.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59What would you like to see come up in this last round?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Easy questions.- OK, yes.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Let's see what today's selection looks like.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Let's hope there's something up there at least
0:38:06 > 0:38:09that jumps out at you. Today, we have got...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I don't, I...
0:38:20 > 0:38:22These are really hard for me.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23I don't know which to pick.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27London Theatre Awards...
0:38:30 > 0:38:33You'd think that we all know a bit about that.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Why don't we go for Geography Sevens?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Shall we just madly go for that?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Why not? They're all looking a bit tricky, so...
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Yeah.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43OK, Geography Sevens it is. Rich?
0:38:43 > 0:38:47OK, very, very best of luck, gents, on this Christmas special.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50We've got three questions for you, take your answers from any of these,
0:38:50 > 0:38:53wherever. We're looking for any of the following, please.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56We're looking for any UK city which has seven letters in
0:38:56 > 0:38:59its name. We are looking for any country of the world,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02any country in the world which has seven letters.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of
0:39:05 > 0:39:06the UN in its own right.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Or we're looking for any US state capital which has seven letters.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11So UK cities,
0:39:11 > 0:39:16any country of the world or US state capitals which contain seven letters
0:39:16 > 0:39:17in their names.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Now, all you need to win that jackpot is for just one
0:39:23 > 0:39:27of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I think we have to be ready, don't we?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33There they are. Your time starts now.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42So, Germany, obviously.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Finland might be lower points, do you think?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Because Germany's more well known.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Absolutely.- So Finland maybe.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Countries. So, that's one country, Finland.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- What about cities?- Detroit?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56No, that's not a state capital.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57- Chicago.- Is that?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Chicago's got seven letters, hasn't it?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Has it? OK, put it down, then. - ..C-A-G-O.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05So Chicago could be one.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- But it is well known.- I still say we should go for it.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Detroit might be less common.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Is that a state capital? - Is it a state capital?
0:40:12 > 0:40:13My mind's gone a bit fuzzy, here.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15# Detroit city. #
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Fats Domino number.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18It's a great number.
0:40:19 > 0:40:2215 seconds left. So we've got one city, what about any...?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- UK cities.- Ten seconds left.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25What about...?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- It's hard, isn't it?- Oh, no, look.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36OK, that, I'm sorry to say, is your time up.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I need three answers from you now.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40So...
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Well, Chicago or Detroit, and Finland.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46We'll say Chicago and Detroit, and we'll say Finland.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- Finland.- OK, so, you've got Chicago, Detroit, Finland.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,
0:40:53 > 0:40:54- do you think?- Finland, I think.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- Probably.- OK. There we go, so we'll put Finland last.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Chicago is at the front.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00And Chicago first, Detroit in the middle.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- OK.- Yeah.- Lovely. OK, well,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06and here they are.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07We have got...
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Well, very, very best of luck.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Three good answers on the board there.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16If you were to win that jackpot find a pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19which charities are you playing for? Mike, can I ask you first?
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- I'm playing for the Macmillan Cancer nurses.- Very good.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24And, Jona, how about you?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I'm playing for the Motor Neurone Disease charity
0:41:27 > 0:41:30because a good friend of mine who was at my tennis club,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33his wife died of it about six months ago,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36and so I got to know about the disease at close hand,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38and it's a hell of a horrible disease.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Yeah.- And so that's the one I'm going for.- OK, very good.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Two excellent charities there.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Three answers here. Let's hope one of these answers will win
0:41:50 > 0:41:52that jackpot for you, for your charities.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Your first answer was Chicago.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56In this case, we were looking for any US state capital
0:41:56 > 0:41:58of seven letters.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01If it's pointless, Chicago will win you £2,500.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04How many of our 100 people said it, is it right?
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I'm afraid Chicago, not a state capital,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13therefore, so not a pointless answer.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15So let's move on to your next answer which is Detroit.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17They are always tough, these state capitals.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20They're not always the cities you're expecting them to be.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24This, again, has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £2,500,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26but let's see how many of our 100 people named Detroit
0:42:26 > 0:42:28as a state capital.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Oh, bad luck!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35So, you have one more chance.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37We now turn to countries of seven letters,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39and you have gone for Finland.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42If it is pointless, it wins you that jackpot of £2,500.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43How many people said Finland?
0:42:47 > 0:42:48It's right.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Your first answer was Chicago, which was incorrect.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Detroit, your second answer, was also incorrect.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Finland, though, is a country of seven letters,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58and down it goes into single figures...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Oh, appropriately enough, there we are,
0:43:00 > 0:43:02stopped on 7. So...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Good answer there to round it off.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08But unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless
0:43:08 > 0:43:12answer, so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15However, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:43:15 > 0:43:19we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their respective
0:43:19 > 0:43:22charities. It's been lovely having you on.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24And you get to take home a Pointless trophy, so there you are.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Thank you very much.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30Gents, serene progress all the way up to that final round, but a tough
0:43:30 > 0:43:32final question. Now, people at home,
0:43:32 > 0:43:35it's your last chance to get a pointless answer before Christmas.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37The cities one is going to be very hard, the countries one,
0:43:37 > 0:43:39there are loads and loads of pointless answers.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42So if you are surrounded by your family this Christmas,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45time to show off when we get to that board.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48The UK cities, very hard to get a pointless answer cos there's only
0:43:48 > 0:43:51one, and that's the Northern Irish city of Lisburn.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54You'd have got 1 point for Chester, 1 point for Newport,
0:43:54 > 0:43:571 point for Swansea, 2 points for Salford, those were the low-scorers.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Now, let's take a look at these countries.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Lots and lots of pointless answers here,
0:44:01 > 0:44:03so Merry Christmas to you if you got one of these.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09I'll go through the whole list.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13Andorra, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi,
0:44:13 > 0:44:18Comoros, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Grenada, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia,
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Uruguay and that old pointless favourite, Vanuatu.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27So, very well done if you got any of those.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Now, let's take a look at the US state capitals.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32They're always slightly obscure ones. But if you know them,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35if you've learned them, there's some good pointless answers here.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Concord, New Hampshire.
0:44:37 > 0:44:38Jackson, Mississippi.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Raleigh, North Carolina.
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Trenton, New Jersey.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43You could have had Lansing, which is the capital of Michigan,
0:44:43 > 0:44:45which is where Detroit is.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Madison, which is the capital of Wisconsin, or Olympia,
0:44:47 > 0:44:50which is the capital of Washington. Very well played in the studio,
0:44:50 > 0:44:52I hope you got one of those pointless answers at home.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55I wish you a very merry, very peaceful Christmas.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58Thank you very much indeed, Richard, and thank you so much for playing,
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Mike and Jona. I'm so sorry you didn't win that jackpot,
0:45:00 > 0:45:03but fabulous play right the way through the show. Mike and Jona.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07APPLAUSE
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:45:10 > 0:45:12to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile,
0:45:12 > 0:45:15it's a very happy Christmas from Richard.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- Happy Christmas.- And it's a very happy Christmas from me!
0:45:18 > 0:45:19But before we go, singing us out
0:45:19 > 0:45:21with their festive hit Christmas Time,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Don't Let The Bells End, it's The Darkness.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43# Feigning joy and surprise
0:45:43 > 0:45:46# At the gifts we despise over mulled wine
0:45:47 > 0:45:49# With you
0:45:51 > 0:45:56# On the 25th day of the 12th month
0:45:56 > 0:45:58# The sleigh bells are in time
0:45:58 > 0:46:02# Ringing true
0:46:03 > 0:46:07# How we cling each Noel to that snowflake's hope in hell
0:46:07 > 0:46:10# That it won't end
0:46:10 > 0:46:13# Don't let the bells end
0:46:13 > 0:46:20# Christmas time Just let them ring in peace
0:46:32 > 0:46:35# Well, the weather is cruel
0:46:35 > 0:46:38# And the season of Yule warms the heart
0:46:39 > 0:46:41# But it still hurts
0:46:44 > 0:46:46# You've got your career
0:46:46 > 0:46:49# Spent the best part of last year apart
0:46:51 > 0:46:54# How it hurts
0:46:56 > 0:47:00# So that's why I pray each and every Christmas Day
0:47:00 > 0:47:02# That it won't end
0:47:03 > 0:47:06# Don't let the bells end
0:47:06 > 0:47:12# Christmas time Just let them ring in peace
0:47:12 > 0:47:17# Christmas time Don't let the bells end
0:47:17 > 0:47:23# Christmas time Don't let the bells end
0:47:23 > 0:47:26# Poised underneath the mistletoe leaf
0:47:26 > 0:47:29# And you're not here
0:47:29 > 0:47:32# You went away upon Boxing Day
0:47:32 > 0:47:36# Now, how the hell am I gonna make it into the New Year?
0:48:00 > 0:48:01I would like to take this opportunity
0:48:01 > 0:48:05to wish all of you a merry Mristmas
0:48:05 > 0:48:07and a happy Onear!
0:48:10 > 0:48:16# Christmas time Don't let the bells end
0:48:16 > 0:48:23# Christmas time Just let them ring in peace. #
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Come on, kids!
0:48:25 > 0:48:28- # Don't let the bells end - Bells end
0:48:28 > 0:48:30# Christmas time
0:48:30 > 0:48:34# Don't let the bells end! #