0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to this
0:00:28 > 0:00:30special writers' edition of Pointless Celebrities.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the quiz where the questions have all been asked
0:00:32 > 0:00:35to 100 people before the show and all our contestants have to do
0:00:35 > 0:00:38is come up with the answers that no-one else could think of.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45And couple number one.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Gill Hornby and I'm an author and I'm married to Robert.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Robert Harris, I'm an author and logically, I'm married to Gill.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00AUDIENCE LAUGHS APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Couple number two.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hi, my name is Jenny Colgan and I write romantic comedies and sci-fi.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Benjamin Zephaniah and I write poetry and novels
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and when I grow up I want to write sci-fi.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14APPLAUSE
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Couple number three.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Hello, I'm Rachel Johnson, I'm a journalist and author
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and when I grow up I'd like to be able to say I'm a writer.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Hi, I'm Charlie Higson, I write horror for kids and comedy for TV.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32I'm very happy to have Rachel on my team
0:01:32 > 0:01:35because her team beat my team on Celebrity University Challenge.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Don't get your hopes up.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And finally, couple number four.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Hello, I'm Stuart Maconie and I'm a writer and a broadcaster.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Hello, my name is Danny Wallace and I write non-fiction and fiction
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and Stuart and I are father and daughter.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57ALEXANDER LAUGHS APPLAUSE
0:01:58 > 0:02:00And these are today's contestants.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Thanks very much.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06We will find out more about all of you throughout the show
0:02:06 > 0:02:09as it goes along so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12He's bilingual, if you count profanity as a foreign language.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Good evening. Good evening to you.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- And to you, good evening.- Now, we've got a proper clever show...
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Yes.- ..this evening, haven't we? Like a proper clever show.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Yes.- We sometimes get accused of dumbing down
0:02:27 > 0:02:31but this is going to be a very, very tough show to win, I think.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Some proper brains out there, some proper quiz brains as well.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36One person has been on here before. Charlie Higson came on
0:02:36 > 0:02:38with Paul Whitehouse who was many things, Charlie,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I think we all agree? But perhaps not the greatest quizzer.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45No, he was a dead...he was a dead weight.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Whoa, hey, your words, not mine. Your words, not mine.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51But we got to the final round and I thought, well,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53I'll let Paul shine in this and I went for Pop Music
0:02:53 > 0:02:57cos he reckons he knows something but he doesn't as it turns out.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59It's going to be an absolute cracker, I think.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01There's going to be a lot of fun, we've got eight great players
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and we've got some great categories as well and, certainly,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07if you don't want Pop Music, Charlie, the first round might not be the most
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- fun you've ever had in your life. - Excellent.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Thanks very much indeed. Now, every question on Pointless
0:03:13 > 0:03:15has been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Today's contestants will be looking for those all-important
0:03:17 > 0:03:20pointless answers, the answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Find one of those and we will add £250 to our jackpot.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Now, as each of our celebrities here is playing
0:03:26 > 0:03:31for a nominated charity, we start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33APPLAUSE
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Now, all you have to remember is that the pair
0:03:44 > 0:03:47with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated so
0:03:47 > 0:03:51you just have to do everything you can to make sure that is not you.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Now, in the first two rounds, do remember
0:03:53 > 0:03:54there is to be no conferring.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Best of luck and our first category for today is...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Charlie, The UK Charts.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:04:04 > 0:04:05who's going to go second?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14OK and the question concerns...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Richard.- In a moment, Xander is going to show you four categories,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26we're looking for any word from any of those categories
0:04:26 > 0:04:29that feature in a UK Top 40 single or album, please.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So any word in the four categories you're about to see that's
0:04:31 > 0:04:36been in the title of a UK single or album up to the end of October 2014
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Now, we're going to put these four categories of words up on the board,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41they will stay up for the whole round.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43They are, those four categories...
0:04:59 > 0:05:02That's fantastic, this is fun. This is a fun round, isn't it, Gill?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Aren't you glad you went first?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I'm going to read them out again, just for fun.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Now, then, Gill, just while you're digesting that, when you're ready,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I mean, you know, two authors in a house, at what stage
0:05:23 > 0:05:27do you share your ideas? I mean, do you talk about things
0:05:27 > 0:05:30after a first draft and say perhaps you can read them or do you...?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Yeah, we read drafts and the basic ideas,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35we're very open with our ideas.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- There's not much crossover in our work...- No.- ..which is very useful.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- That's good.- Gill does love and I do Nazis
0:05:40 > 0:05:43so we really just, sort of, keep separate.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47It's good. Is Robert a good audience generally for ideas?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Yeah, of course he is, yeah. - That's nice. Now...- Now.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52..this is a whole lot of fun.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55You don't have to name the album, you don't even have to name the song.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Every song ever?
0:05:57 > 0:05:58It's just UK charts ever?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Yes.- UK Top 40 hits.- UK Top 40 hits.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Albums or singles.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Vienna.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Vienna, says Gill. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Vienna.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Oh, it's good, Gill, it's a very good answer, down it goes.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Look, 12, great.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Great start to the show, lovely low score for Vienna, 12.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Well played, Gill, yeah, very good answer, scary place to be
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- on podium one...- Isn't it? - ..with a question like this.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Of course, Vienna itself is a song by Ultravox.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31There's an album by Ultravox as well.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Excellent, thank you very much indeed, Richard.- Such a pleasure.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Benjamin, welcome to Pointless. - Hi.- Lovely to have you.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38So, Benjamin, how did you get started?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40What started you on this journey?
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Well, I kind of started very young listening to the poetry of my mother
0:06:44 > 0:06:47as she, kind of, went around the house, she was
0:06:47 > 0:06:51full of old Jamaican nursery rhymes and I just picked up
0:06:51 > 0:06:54her sense of rhythm, I owe it all to her.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It's wonderful. And you performed live, you did, sort of,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58the dub poetry and that.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Well, the poetry I do is very closely related to music.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04So, in fact, when I started performing poetry,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I was performing poetry not on the poetry circuit
0:07:07 > 0:07:11but alongside people like The Clash and Bob Marley on the music scene
0:07:11 > 0:07:15because it was so, kind of, energetic and musical.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Fantastic. What are you going to go for on this board?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I'm going to go for...
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Jude.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Jude. Jude, says Benjamin. Let's see if that's right
0:07:26 > 0:07:30and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Jude.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33It's right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Look at that, 1!
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Fantastic.
0:07:47 > 0:07:491 for Jude, now there's a score.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52We said it was going to be a good show, that's a very good answer.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Of course, Jude, the penultimate book in the New Testament
0:07:54 > 0:07:58and Hey Jude, number one single for The Beatles.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Charlie, welcome back to Pointless.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Now, Charlie, I mean, you've written lots and lots of comedy.- Yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08You've got a comedy coming out before Christmas, haven't you?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Yes, it's a version of a kids' book...
0:08:11 > 0:08:14a book series about a character called Professor Branestawm
0:08:14 > 0:08:17and we've made a big, kind of, family comedy for Christmas.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- Lovely, with Harry Hill?- Yeah, with Harry Hill and your ex-partner.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Are you talking about Ben...Miller? - Yes.- He's good, isn't he?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- He's brilliant. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- No, but he is.- I mean, it's good that he's the one doing comedy
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- because he was the funny one. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:08:31 > 0:08:34If you're making a big thing for Christmas, Professor Branestawm,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and you're thinking who should we have in it,
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Ben Miller or Xander Armstrong, will you think, well, for the comedy...
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and the acting and also cos you have to hang out with him on set - Ben.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I mean that's...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It doesn't mean you're bad,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51it just means that he's a great deal better in all the areas...
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- This always comes out, you know, this always comes out wrong.- Yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- Yeah.- We all know, and Charlie, Ben is just a terrific guy.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I mean, that guy is a guy that anyone hanging on to those coat-tails
0:09:02 > 0:09:07is going to be a success. That's the truth, really, isn't it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Yeah, there we are.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Four categories of word there,
0:09:12 > 0:09:13you've had a little bit
0:09:13 > 0:09:15of time to come up with something.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Yeah, I know, but, you know, as I
0:09:17 > 0:09:18demonstrated last time, pop music
0:09:18 > 0:09:21is not my forte. So I'm going to
0:09:21 > 0:09:23go for a very obvious, easy one,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I'll go for the periodic table,
0:09:25 > 0:09:26I'll go for silver.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Silver, says Charlie, let's see if that's right.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31I say obvious and easy and find its 200 and...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Let's find out how many of our 100 people said silver.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Well, 12 is our high score at this point, 1 our low.
0:09:44 > 0:09:4519 for silver.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47APPLAUSE
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Well played, Charlie, this is quite nerve-racking this round,
0:09:52 > 0:09:53isn't it? It is quite nerve-racking.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56There'd be loads of answers you know but it's actually quite hard
0:09:56 > 0:09:59to get your head around lots of singles and lots of albums with silver in the title.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Silver Lady, David Soul, all sorts of others.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I tell you what I'm looking forward to...podium four, watch this.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Podium four.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Certainly, if you've made a career in music journalism and music reporting
0:10:10 > 0:10:14and music DJing and presenting, this would be an open goal, wouldn't it?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Yeah, you'd think.- An open goal. - You've written books about music.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I tell you who I'd love to be right about now, Stuart Maconie.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I mean, you're just thinking, you walk on a show like this,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24it must be a bit nerve-racking coming on a show like this
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and then the perfect category comes up where you've got pointless answer
0:10:27 > 0:10:31after pointless answer and you just think, just wait, let the others...
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Let Benjamin say Jude, you know, the audience would go,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37oh he's got one point and you're thinking, ha-ha-ha, one?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40I don't think so. But anyway, let's see what he's got,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- this is going to be awesome. - It's going to be fabulous.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Thanks, guys.- So, Stuart, I mean you started out as a music journalist
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- as we've...- As you've, kind of, yeah pointed out to everyone, yeah.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52But, I mean, you've gone on and you've written several books
0:10:52 > 0:10:55about harking back to your time on the circuit.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Lots of things, yeah. - Do you miss it?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I mean, do you still do the music circuit?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01And obviously I know you have your show on BBC 6 but...
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Yeah, I still like to keep my hand in
0:11:03 > 0:11:05with the young people's beat combos.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- AUDIENCE - Very good.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's good to hear Stuart's voice on the show, isn't it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It's brilliant, it's a genuinely great voice.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Big, big fans of yours, Stuart.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Now, what are you going to go for, in fact?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Well, I'm going to take
0:11:18 > 0:11:19a bit of a stab here
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and just hope this got into the Top
0:11:21 > 0:11:2540 and I'm going to say Moscow.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Moscow.- Moscow.- Says Stuart Moscow. Let's see if that's right,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31let's see how many of our 100 people said Moscow.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35It's right.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39So, 19, our high, 1, our low at this point.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- You've passed 19, 3 for Moscow. - APPLAUSE
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Well played.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50That's well played, Stuart, especially with the pressure
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- we put on you, for which I apologise. - It's all right.- That was mean of us.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Yes, Stranger In Moscow, Michael Jackson,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Midnight In Moscow, Kenny Ball. - That's the one I was thinking of.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00- What, Midnight In Moscow?- Yeah.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04There's another one as well, an '80s album by a very left wing group.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Oh, the, yes! Neither Washington Nor Moscow But International Socialism
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- by the Redskins. - By the Redskins, exactly right.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Thank you very much indeed, Richard. We're halfway through the round
0:12:14 > 0:12:16so let's take a look at those scores. 1, Benjamin,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21very well done indeed, Jude, hard to get more obscure than that.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23So then up to 3 where we find Stuart and Danny,
0:12:23 > 0:12:25up to 12, Gill and Robert
0:12:25 > 0:12:27and then not that far ahead, Charlie and Rachel
0:12:27 > 0:12:29but a little bit of pressure on you, Rachel,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and a little bit of time to think now
0:12:31 > 0:12:33so I hope you've got a brilliant answer for when we come to you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37We're going to come back down the line now, can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43That was beautiful.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I don't know if you saw the changeover there
0:12:45 > 0:12:48but Robert, it was like some, I don't know,
0:12:48 > 0:12:49some gavotte or something.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51AUDIENCE LAUGH
0:12:51 > 0:12:54They changed by Robert coming round like this.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00That was beautiful, thank you for that.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So, Danny, Danny, we come to you, welcome to Pointless.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Thank you very much for having me. - It is splendid to have you here.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07You've written all sorts of things,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I mean, you've written a lot of non-fiction,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12you've written fiction, as well, more recently
0:13:12 > 0:13:15but you've also had a film made, Jim Carrey is in it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Jim Carrey, yeah, in the film Yes Man, exactly, based on my book.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Indeed, how was that?- Rubbish. - AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:13:22 > 0:13:24No, it was great, of course, it was an amazing experience
0:13:24 > 0:13:28and, you know, Yes Man is all about me saying yes to everything
0:13:28 > 0:13:30so when they said can Jim Carrey be in this film
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- it was a pretty easy yes.- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37And, of course, you've hosted a show on XFM, you now have a show
0:13:37 > 0:13:41on Absolute Radio so, again, this has got to be kind of...
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Yeah, I don't normally think of songs in this way though,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- do you know what I mean?- Really? - Yeah, it's rare that I go,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49"I wonder what songs I can come up with that, sort of,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52"relate to the periodic table."
0:13:52 > 0:13:53What are you going to go for?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- You're on 3, the high scorers.- Yeah.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Charlie and Rachel are on 19, so 15
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- or less.- Do I take a bit of a risk?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02When I was looking at European countries and thinking,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05psychologically we tend to think of Europe as out there
0:14:05 > 0:14:09so what if I try this and there was The Clash so I'm going for London.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13London. London, oh, you're getting a very thoughtful nod from Stuart,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- he likes that.- I've thought this through.- I know you certainly have.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17I like his reasoning.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Well, there's your red line,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21if you get below that you are definitely through
0:14:21 > 0:14:24to the next round, let's see how many of our 100 people said London.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It is right.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's still going down there. 33.
0:14:32 > 0:14:3433 takes your total up to 36.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Gives Rachel a fighting chance.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Yeah, again, I think a lot of people
0:14:39 > 0:14:41were having that same thought process about London.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Ralph McTell, Streets Of London, The Housemartins, London 0, Hull 4,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49as an album, The Clash, as well, just to say. Lots and lots of Londons.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Rachel, welcome to Pointless.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I mean, now, Rachel, you've been a columnist for so long
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I dare say you can probably barely remember the time you filed
0:15:00 > 0:15:02your first nervous column?
0:15:02 > 0:15:07- Yes...- Really? - I was 22? 23, probably.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10And then, of course, you've written novels as well...
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- I've written... I'm just finishing my fourth.- Fourth.- Yes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Did you find the crossover from column to novel?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Fiction is much harder.- Yes.- Yeah.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23I have a theory that there's a lot more fiction in journalism
0:15:23 > 0:15:27and there's a lot more fact in fiction than people realise.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Very good. Now, you have a challenge here, Rachel,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34you have to score 16 or less, so any of these words that feature
0:15:34 > 0:15:37in UK Top 40 singles or albums.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I'm going for the second category,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I'm going to try Exodus.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Exodus.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51You maybe can't hear the grunts of approval I'm hearing in my ear.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Very good, indeed, there is your red line,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56if you can get below that with Exodus you are in to the next round.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said Exodus.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03It's right.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09You've done it.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10- 2.- Yeah.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13What about that? 2.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Second lowest score of the round, Rachel.
0:16:16 > 0:16:1821 is your total.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Terrific answer, Rachel, very well played.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's so hard to think of them and as soon as you say "Exodus,"
0:16:22 > 0:16:24everyone at home will go, "Of course."
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Obviously, it's a book of the Old Testament and a Bob Marley album
0:16:27 > 0:16:29and the Levellers had a hit called Exodus as well.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32But when you hear "Jude," when you hear "Exodus," you think,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- "Oh, that's such a good answer."- Um.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Jenny.- Oh, Lord.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Jenny, welcome.- Hello. - Good to have you here.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Now, you started out as a stand-up?
0:16:46 > 0:16:49No, do you know what, I told a lie that I was a stand-up
0:16:49 > 0:16:51to try and get a literary agent, I'd recommend it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54And it worked, and ever since then people think that I've done it
0:16:54 > 0:16:58and I kind of tell a joke and it's really rubbish and...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00So hang on, you never were a stand-up?
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Seriously?- Do you know what? I tried it twice and I was so awful
0:17:03 > 0:17:06that it was just such a hideous, hideous experience.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07I have to say doing the same stuff
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- but sitting at home in my pyjamas is much more pleasant.- A lot better.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14But how is your discipline? I mean, are you good at making sure you get
0:17:14 > 0:17:15the work done, the words written?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Well, I write in a couple of different genres.- Yeah.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19So I write kind of romcoms
0:17:19 > 0:17:20and then I write kind of recipes
0:17:20 > 0:17:22and then I write kind of sci-fi
0:17:22 > 0:17:23and I write a bit for the Doctor Who line.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Do you find one is quite a good holiday from the other?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- You can just...- Yeah, it's a bit like flicking channels on a TV.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I normally have something to eat in the middle and then just...
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Is it like thinking, "Oh, I'm a bit full. Oh, pudding"?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Yes.- "I'll have that." - Time for a bun.- Yeah.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Right, well that was the nice bit over.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40OK, yes, exactly.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Now, what you have to score is 34 or less.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Right, I think...
0:17:47 > 0:17:49OK, I'm just going to do it, Budapest.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Budapest?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54OK, Budapest. Let's see, there is your red line.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Get below that and you're through to the next round.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said Budapest.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02It's right.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07And you're through, look at that.
0:18:08 > 0:18:101.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Look at that. Double 1 on podium two.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14A total of 2.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Fabulous, very, very well done indeed. Budapest.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Very well played, Jenny. Terrific stuff on podium two there, 2 points.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Yeah, a much more recent one, George Ezra had a big hit with Budapest.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28It was all over the radio, wasn't it, in 2014?
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Thanks very much indeed. Now, Robert,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32welcome to Pointless.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Lovely to have you here.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Now, I mean,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38I was talking to Danny about having films made of your books.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Do you have a deal where you write the screenplay
0:18:40 > 0:18:42or you get first refusal on a screenplay?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44No, it just depends.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48By and large, I don't think it's a good idea to adapt your own work.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Yeah.- You need objectivity, actually.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Do you find that now that you've had things made into films,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56do you find that when you write you have a sort of eye
0:18:56 > 0:19:00for what you might put into the screenplay were you to write it?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- No.- You're not?- I think that would be fatal.- Really?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06I mean, supposedly they're making a film of a book I've just written
0:19:06 > 0:19:10about the Dreyfus Affair and I mean, the book is 600 pages long and
0:19:10 > 0:19:15you could never put that on screen in its entirety, to be honest.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I love how you're talking about your own book going,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20"Oh, it's 600 pages long." LAUGHTER
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It was pretty exhausting, to be honest.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Well, Robert, you are on 12.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26The high scorers on 36,
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Danny and Stuart, podium four, what did we do? We cursed them.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33You have to score 23 or less, Robert.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- How are you feeling about this as a round in general?- I'm not happy, I'm not happy.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Um, but I think I'm going to go Bible and take a risk on numbers.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Numbers?- The Book of Numbers. - Numbers. Very good.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48So, numbers, let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51There is your red line, Robert. Get below that and you remain with us.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It is right, well done.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You're through.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- It could...oh. 4. - APPLAUSE
0:20:03 > 0:20:06There we are, 16, the second lowest score of the round,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10so very, very well done indeed, Robert. Numbers.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Some terrific answers all round there, very well done.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14To leave on 36 is a real shame
0:20:14 > 0:20:16because it's terrific work from everybody.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Yeah, Soft Cell had a track with Numbers, the Four Tops did,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22the Magic Numbers had a self-titled album as well.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Let's look at some of the pointless answers, they
0:20:24 > 0:20:27are actually surprisingly few but we'll take a look at a few of them.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Caesar would have been a good one,
0:20:29 > 0:20:30obviously, a Shakespeare play but
0:20:30 > 0:20:32there's a few bands had Live From Caesar's Palace.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Chronicles is a hit by Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37And by Good Charlotte with Chronicles in it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40James, there's loads and loads cos James Larson,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42James Galway, all had self-titled albums.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48Lithium, a hit for Nirvana, of course, and for Evanescence.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Malach'e', or 'Malach'i', the self-titled album.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Palladium, again,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55lots of Live from the London Palladium albums, certainly in the '50s and '60s.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Peter, again, all sorts of people like Peter Sarstedt,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Peter Gabriel, who had self-titled albums.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Sarajevo, the U2 spin-off Passengers had a hit with Miss Sarajevo.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Zinc, which was Marc Bolan and T. Rex.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09So very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of our first round the pair who are heading home,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I'm afraid, with a pretty low high score of 36,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I'm sorry, Danny and Stuart, it's you.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You must come back, it's been lovely having you on.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Thanks so much for playing. Danny and Stuart. - APPLAUSE
0:21:28 > 0:21:31But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36And so three pairs remain.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Well done, I mean, for so many good reasons.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Firstly, you knocked off our two music journalists, which is no small achievement.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Secondly, some great answers there,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47fantastic breadth of general knowledge, music knowledge,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50but also some really good logical answers there.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Our category for Round Two today is...
0:21:55 > 0:21:57..Famous People.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Famous People.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02who's going to go second.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11OK, and the question concerns...
0:22:12 > 0:22:15..Britain's 500 Most Influential People.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Britain's 500 Most Influential People, Richard.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21On each pass we are going to show you six clues to famous people who
0:22:21 > 0:22:24appeared in Debrett's list of the 500 Most Influential People in Britain.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Give us an obscure answer, you score fewer points. An incorrect answer,
0:22:27 > 0:22:29you're going to score 100 points.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32There's going to be 12 in all across the two boards to have a go on at home so best of luck.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Thanks very much indeed. OK, so we're looking for the influential
0:22:35 > 0:22:37people described by these clues.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Here's our first board of six.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I'll read those one last time.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Robert.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I think that I will go for
0:23:35 > 0:23:36the novelist who wrote
0:23:36 > 0:23:38The Cuckoo's Calling
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and that is JK Rowling.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42JK Rowling, says Robert.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said JK Rowling.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It's right.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Good answer, down it goes, look at that it's a good low score.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- 7. Well done, Robert.- Well done.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Seven for JK Rowling.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Well played, Robert. Very good answer.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07She chose the name Robert because it's one of her favourite men's names, which is very nice.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And she hadn't used it in the Harry Potter series at all.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13OK, thank you very much indeed. Now then, Jenny.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17I know quite a lot of one names and not other names so I'm going to go
0:24:17 > 0:24:22for co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival, who is called Emily Eavis.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Emily Eavis, says Jenny. Emily Eavis, let's see if that's right.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Let's see how many people remembered her.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34It's right. 7 is our low score at the moment.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Look at that, 2 for Emily Eavis.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Good work Jenny, that's a great answer. 2 for Emily Eavis.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Well played, Jenny, another very good answer. She curates the festival, organises it all.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51The first one was in 1970, it cost a pound to get in.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56And even on that one the internet crashed when they released the tickets.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Rachel, that board's all yours.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Do you want to talk us through it and fill in all our blanks?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Sheridan Smith, Tom Daley, Malala and Michelle Dockery.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I think I'm going to go for Sheridan Smith.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14OK, Sheridan Smith. Let's see if it's right.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- 32.- Oh, no.
0:25:28 > 0:25:3032 for Sheridan Smith.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Yeah, big answer, in the audience a little groan went up.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I think they thought there's a couple more obscure answers amongst the ones you knew.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Tom Daley is a big scorer, would have scored you 41.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Er, Malala, Malala Yousafzai
0:25:43 > 0:25:46would have been a smaller scorer, would have scored you 20.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49And the best answer you could have come up with was Michelle Dockery,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- which would have scored you 5 points.- Wow.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It would have been an absolutely terrific answer.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55But the best answer on the board there, Jenny,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57was Emily Eavis, well played.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00let's look at those scores.
0:26:00 > 0:26:042 the best score, very well done indeed, Jenny and Benjamin.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08That takes a bit of pressure off you, although I'm sure you'll be excellent in the next board.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Then up to 7, where we find Robert and Gill.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Then up to 32, Rachel and Charlie.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14So, Charlie, a little bit of pressure.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17You get first dibs on the next board though so use it well.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Coming back down the line now,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56I'll read those one last time.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22There we are, Charlie.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Yeah, um, I'm going to go for a fairly obvious one,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I will go for the journalist who became editor of Private Eye,
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Ian Hislop.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Ian Hislop, says Charlie. No red line for you as you are the high scorers.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Ian Hislop.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39It's right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4537.
0:27:45 > 0:27:4769, your total.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49OK, out we go.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Yeah, a big score, Charlie, as you suspected.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54He was 26 when he took over at Private Eye.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Benjamin.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Well that's given you a bit of breathing space,
0:27:59 > 0:28:0266 or less sees you through.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06I know, I think I know one but I don't know his first name.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- Give us the surname.- Rooney.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18We will accept your answer of Rooney.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- We will accept Rooney. - Oh, thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22OK, there is your red line.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25You have to go below that red line with Rooney.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Rooney.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Oh, bad luck.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I'm sorry, Benjamin,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37that's an incorrect answer.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39It scores you 100 point takes your total up to 102.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Yeah, I like that, "We will accept your answer of Rooney." LAUGHTER
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- It's Wayne Rooney.- Wayne Rooney.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50It may not be over, you may still be in. It's all in Gill's hands.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Gill, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Um, not really, I suppose the top one's Simon Callow
0:28:57 > 0:29:00but I'm going to go for the banking
0:29:00 > 0:29:01which I think is Mark Carney.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Mark Carney, says Gill.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Mark Carney.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Here is your red line, it's very high, nice and high.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Let's see if it's right and
0:29:11 > 0:29:13let's see how many people said Mark Carney.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It's right, and you're through.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- 11.- Well, I'll take 11.
0:29:25 > 0:29:2918 is your total. The lowest total, I might add, of the round.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Very well done indeed.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Sailing through on podium one, very well played, Gill. Terrific answer.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Benjamin, you're going to kick yourself with this footballer
0:29:36 > 0:29:38because he's even more famous than Wayne Rooney.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Number seven after Eric Cantona was David Beckham.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46David Beckham. It would have scored you 25 points.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50The judge, yeah, it's not Simon Callow, it's Simon Cowell, of course.
0:29:50 > 0:29:5224 points.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56A very famous answer, this next one, but a very low score.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58The actor and comedian was Stephen Fry.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00It would have scored you 4 points.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Again, a very famous answer to the bottom one, but an even lower score.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05One point for Gary Barlow.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06Very well done if you said that.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Well, surprise result at the end of our second round.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I'm afraid the pair who are heading home with their high score of 102,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19so sorry, what an amazing performance in Round One.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Please come back and play again but, Benjamin and Jenny,
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- you've been wonderful contestants, thank you so much. - APPLAUSE
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Back to the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Congratulations, Robert and Gill, Charlie and Rachel,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38you are now one step closer to the final
0:30:38 > 0:30:42and a chance to play for our jackpot which still stands at £2,500.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45APPLAUSE
0:30:46 > 0:30:49So now we decide who's going to go through to the final
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and play for that money for their charity.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53To do that we're now going to make you go head-to-head.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11OK, here is your first question and it concerns,
0:31:11 > 0:31:13The Great British Bake Off.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15The Great British Bake Off, Richard.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19I'm going to show you five clues now, facts about the BBC series, The Great British Bake Off.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22We just need you to give us the most obscure answer.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25So let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27We've got...
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Let's read all of those one last time.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08There we are, Robert and Gill.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10No, because it's got 'bake' in it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13What's the Jo Brand thing called?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Shall we do the bottom one or the next one up?
0:32:20 > 0:32:23We'll go with the bottom one, soggy bottom.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Soggy bottom, say Robert and Gill, soggy bottom.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Now, Charlie and Rachel, the board's all yours, talk us through it.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I think that's The Extra Slice.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34...Isn't it?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37The name of the final round is the Showstopper round. The name of
0:32:37 > 0:32:39the judge is Paul Hollywood.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41And you've answered the soggy bottom, so which is the...
0:32:41 > 0:32:43I think I'd go for the Jo Brand one.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Oh, go on, it's The Extra Slice one.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The Extra Slice, say Charlie and Rachel.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Robert and Gill have gone for soggy bottom. Let's see if that's right
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said soggy bottom.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It's right. 40.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Charlie and Rachel have gone for The Extra Slice.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Let's see if Extra Slice is right.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17It's right.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22And you win that point.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Look at that. 17.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28For The Extra Slice, which means after one question,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Charlie and Rachel, you are up 1-0. - Well played, Rachel. Great answer.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Strictly speaking, it's An Extra Slice,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35but The Extra Slice is perfectly acceptable.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39The winner of the first series by far and away the best answer on this board.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Well done if you remember this. Edd Kimber for 2 points.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Very well done if you said Edd Kimber.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Terrific answer, unless you are Edd Kimber, in which case, c'mon!
0:33:46 > 0:33:49The name of the final round, the Showstopper Challenge.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Would've scored more points than Extra Slice. Would've scored you 23
0:33:52 > 0:33:54and Paul Hollywood, of course, is the judge.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Though, actually, scores fewer than soggy bottom. Scores 35 points.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02OK, so, here comes your second question.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Charlie and Rachel, you get to go first this time.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It concerns...
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- Tabloid Musicals. - We're going to show you five tabloid style headlines now
0:34:15 > 0:34:17that refer to the plots of musicals past or present.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Can you tell us what the musical is from the headline.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Thank you very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five headlines
0:34:23 > 0:34:24and here they come.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27We've got...
0:34:57 > 0:34:58So, there we go.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Charlie and Rachel, you will answer this one first.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Which do you think...?
0:35:05 > 0:35:06Yes...
0:35:07 > 0:35:10We'll... It's very hard to choose...
0:35:10 > 0:35:12We're going to go for E.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Miss Saigon.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Miss Saigon, say Charlie and Rachel. Miss Saigon.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Now, Robert and Gill. Talk this through the board.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21The former nun, that's obviously
0:35:21 > 0:35:22The Sound Of Music
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and C is Les Miserables
0:35:26 > 0:35:29and D is Mary Poppins.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Yeah, go on.- I think that, B,
0:35:31 > 0:35:32we'll go for Little Shop Of Horrors.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Little Shop Of Horrors, say Robert and Gill.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38So, we have Miss Saigon and we have Little Shop Of Horrors.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Now, Charlie and Rachel went for Miss Saigon. E.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Miss Saigon.
0:35:52 > 0:35:5435.
0:35:56 > 0:35:5735 for Miss Saigon.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Now, Robert and Gill have gone for Little Shop Of Horrors
0:36:01 > 0:36:02which was a guess.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07But it could be an educated guess. We shall find out.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Is it a good answer, Little Shop Of Horrors.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12It is! It's right!
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Little Shop Of Horrors but it has to beat 35.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18It does! 34!
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Very well done.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23You've broken back.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Robert and Gill, fantastic work there
0:36:28 > 0:36:30after two questions it's 1-1.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33It's been a good show all the way through, and best two answers on the board.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35The Sound Of Music, which is A, would
0:36:35 > 0:36:37have scored you a great deal more.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39That would have scored you 83.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Les Miserables,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43would have been a good answer,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46but would have scored you more. 39.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49And Mary Poppins, of course, D.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That would have scored you 71.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Thanks...- That was exciting. - That was good, very exciting indeed.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Very, very well played, both teams. Here comes the decider.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Your third question. Whoever wins this goes to the final and plays for that jackpot
0:37:03 > 0:37:05for their charities. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06It concerns...
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Words about words, Richard.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Going to show you five words now that describe words but we've missed out alternate letters.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Can you fill in the gaps and give us the most obscure of these.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Very, very best of luck to both teams.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23OK, thanks very much. So, let's reveal our five words with
0:37:23 > 0:37:25missing letters and here they are.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51I'll read all those one last time.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Now, Robert and Gill.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13The trick here is going to be working out which is the lowest score, I suspect.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Yes...and that's impossible to do.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I think we do know them all but...
0:38:18 > 0:38:19We do.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22I think on the whole we will go for
0:38:22 > 0:38:25the middle one as a neologism.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Neologism.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31Or 'neolo-gism'. Or 'neo-logism'. Neologism!
0:38:31 > 0:38:32- Neologism.- Well, you now...
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Right in with your favourite. OK...
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- You know what I mean.- I do, exactly.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Now, Charlie and Rachel, over to you.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42We were arguing on which one to go for
0:38:42 > 0:38:44and it was between the third one
0:38:44 > 0:38:48and you wanted to go for the second, so we'll go for the second one.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Portmanteau.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54Portmanteau. OK, so, we have neologism and port...
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- I'm going to say 'port-man-toe'. I know it's not.- OK.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59So, Rob and Gill went for neologism. Let's see if that's right.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13That's a great answer. Look at that, 10!
0:39:13 > 0:39:1410 for neologism.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18They would steal that.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Charlie and Rachel have gone for portmanteau.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said portmanteau.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30It's right.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35It'll be close.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Oh, look at that! 8!
0:39:38 > 0:39:408 for portmanteau.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43What an incredible head-to-head round this has been.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Charlie and Rachel,
0:39:45 > 0:39:50after three questions you go through to the final 2-1.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The best two answers on the board again from our teams. Terrific work.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I think Rachel's gone through the board on every single question
0:39:55 > 0:39:57apart from maybe the first one.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Onomatopoeia is the top one, of course.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Would've scored you 37.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- Synonym, huge score... - 'Sy-no-nym'?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07'Sy-no-nym.' Yeah.
0:40:07 > 0:40:0981.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12'Pa-lin-dro-mey' is the bottom one there,
0:40:12 > 0:40:14which would have scored you 56.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15I say that in the original Latvian.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17AUDIENCE LAUGH
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Well, the pair leaving us, I'm sorry to say,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25at the end of that exciting round is Robert and Gill.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27An amazing performance
0:40:27 > 0:40:29throughout the show so I'm really sorry to be saying goodbye,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31but excellent contestants, Robert and Gill.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:40:34 > 0:40:36But, for Charlie and Rachel,
0:40:36 > 0:40:38it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Congratulations Charlie and Rachel. You've seen off all the competition
0:40:46 > 0:40:50and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities
0:40:58 > 0:41:02and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £2,500.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09You couldn't write it like this. I mean, for heaven's sake,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12the drama, the twists, the turns we've been through today.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I mean, extraordinary. Now, you know what happens in this round,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18you get to choose your category from four categories
0:41:18 > 0:41:19we've put up on the board.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Let's see what's up there to start with.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23See if there's anything up there you like the look of.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Today's choices are...
0:41:33 > 0:41:35I'm not bad on films.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37I'm not great on, kind of, things that happen,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- current affairs, The Year 2000. - The Year 2000.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43But, personally, I'd have a better chance, I think, on the films one...
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- ..Set in the 18th century. - Films Set In The- 18th Century. Yes.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47OK. Richard.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50OK, very best of luck. We're looking for any actor credited
0:41:50 > 0:41:52in any of the following three films, according to IMDb.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57We are looking for any actor credited in the 1963 film, Tom Jones.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Anyone from Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon
0:42:01 > 0:42:05or anyone from the 1988 version of Dangerous Liaisons, please.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07So, any actor credited in any of those films.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Very, very best of luck.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12OK, now, as always you've got up to one minute
0:42:12 > 0:42:13to come up with three answers.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Now, you need to win the jackpot for your charities
0:42:16 > 0:42:18is for just one of those three answers to be pointless.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Are you ready?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- As we'll ever be.- Yes.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24There they are. Your time
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- starts now.- I can do the cast...
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Go through Dangerous Liaisons.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Well, Uma Thurman...
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Michelle Pfeiffer...
0:42:31 > 0:42:32John Malkovich.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33OK, we could go for...
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Do we go for the more obscure ones?
0:42:35 > 0:42:38If you know any more in the film to go for but we could go for either...
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Uma Thurman.- Yeah, but, you've got to go for three, though.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Yeah, but they don't have to be from the same category.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Yeah, I don't know any of the others.- Well, I would...
0:42:46 > 0:42:48I might take a punt on Michael Hordern,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51cos he was always in old films of a historical nature,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- so, he may well have been in Barry Lyndon.- Yeah, OK.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Who played Tom Jones in a Tom Jones?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Did Tom Jones?- No. - LAUGHTER
0:43:01 > 0:43:03It was... Was it...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Albert Finney...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Was Burt Reynolds in Barry Lyndon?
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- No.- No, OK
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Barry Lyndon! I mean, I can see
0:43:13 > 0:43:14the thing with the men in
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- red trousers and...- 10 seconds left.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18OK, who else was in...
0:43:18 > 0:43:21There was John Malkovich. Who was the other man in...?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23- I don't know.- You must know.
0:43:25 > 0:43:26Right, time's up
0:43:26 > 0:43:29OK. As Charlie says, time is up.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I now need your three answers and if you say which category it is...
0:43:32 > 0:43:34I'm not allowing you Michael Hordern.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Er... No, we've got to take a punt.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41Right, we're going to go with Uma Thurman from Dangerous Liaisons.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Uma Thurman from Dangerous Liaisons.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45I want to take a punt,
0:43:45 > 0:43:47and it's a wild punt on Michael Hordern in Barry Lyndon.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50- OK, and our third? - Michael Hordern in Barry Lyndon.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- Let's go for Michelle Pfeiffer. - You want to go for that? Right, hm.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- OK, Michelle Pfeiffer...- Yep.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- ..in Dangerous Liaisons. - We've drawn a blank on that one.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00There we are. Of those three, which is your best shot
0:44:00 > 0:44:02at a pointless answer?
0:44:02 > 0:44:05I think Uma Thurman is our better bet.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07- Well, it doesn't matter.- Oh, OK.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09- Do you want to put Uma Thurman last, then?- Yeah, go on.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10- Yeah.- Uma Thurman last.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- Least likely to be pointless? - Michelle Pfeiffer.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Michelle Pfeiffer. So, Michelle, Michael, Uma.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19OK, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20We've got...
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Very best of luck. Your first answer was Michelle Pfeiffer.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31In this case we were looking for cast members of Dangerous Liaisons.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Let's see if that's right.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35If it's a correct answer and it is pointless
0:44:35 > 0:44:37what will you be doing with your jackpot money?
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Who will you be giving it to? Charlie?
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Mine is going to The Reading Agency
0:44:42 > 0:44:47who do a lot of fantastic work promoting reading and literacy
0:44:47 > 0:44:50and they do a lot of work with libraries and promoting libraries.
0:44:50 > 0:44:51Excellent. Rachel?
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Mine will go to the Parkinson's Disease Society
0:44:54 > 0:44:58because my mum was diagnosed with Parkinson's in her 40s
0:44:58 > 0:45:01and she does a lot for it and I try to help as well.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02Excellent. Very good.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- APPLAUSE - Two fabulous charities there.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12Fingers crossed. Michelle Pfeiffer, was your first answer for Dangerous Liaisons.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Let's see if it's right. If it is correct and pointless
0:45:14 > 0:45:18you will leave here with that £2,500 jackpot for your charities.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Is Michelle Pfeiffer pointless?
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Well, it's right.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27That was the first thing it had to be.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Michelle Pfeiffer taking us down through the 50s and the 40s
0:45:30 > 0:45:32through the 30s, 20s...
0:45:32 > 0:45:34teens...
0:45:34 > 0:45:35Oh, nearly single figures. 10.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38APPLAUSE
0:45:38 > 0:45:4010 for Michelle Pfeiffer, so, unfortunately,
0:45:40 > 0:45:42not a pointless answer.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45You have only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Your second answer was Michael Hordern
0:45:48 > 0:45:50for Barry Lyndon, in this case,
0:45:50 > 0:45:53we were looking for cast members of Barry Lyndon.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Please can Michael Hordern be a correct answer.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57I will SO enjoy this.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Michael Hordern, is it right? Is it pointless?
0:46:02 > 0:46:05- It's right! - Oh, yeah! Well done!
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- Charlie Higgs boson. - Charlie Higgs boson.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Down it goes, Michael Hordern,
0:46:10 > 0:46:12through the 20s, through the teens,
0:46:12 > 0:46:15single figures, down it goes, down it goes, down it goes!
0:46:15 > 0:46:16- You have done it! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:46:16 > 0:46:18That is fantastic!
0:46:21 > 0:46:24That is just brilliant.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Well done.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28You did it!
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- You, well done.- Congratulations.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36Michael Hordern was a pointless answer
0:46:36 > 0:46:39which means you go home with that jackpot of £2,500
0:46:39 > 0:46:40for your excellent charities.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Well done.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Well done!
0:46:48 > 0:46:50The drama continues, Richard!
0:46:50 > 0:46:53That was sensational. I take you back about two minutes, Rachel, where you said,
0:46:53 > 0:46:58direct quote to Charlie, "I'm not going to let you have Michael Hordern."
0:46:58 > 0:47:01And I'm glad you did let him have it cos Uma Thurman, your third answer,
0:47:01 > 0:47:03- would have scored one point.- Oh!
0:47:03 > 0:47:08And I couldn't let that happen again, Charlie. That would be absolutely unacceptable.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11It was brilliant stuff. Rachel, you carried Charlie through that head-to-head,
0:47:11 > 0:47:14he carried you through the final and that's a great team. Well played.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Let's take a look at some other pointless answers in the other categories.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19The cast of Tom Jones. Some famous names.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22David Tomlinson, you could have had Diane Cilento,
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Edith Evans is in that, Lynn Redgrave.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26In fact, everybody is pointless apart from Albert Finney,
0:47:26 > 0:47:29who was Tom Jones, and Susannah York.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31So, every other cast member pointless there.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Let's take a look at Barry Lyndon.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36Frank Middlemass, Leonard Rossiter, Michael Hordern.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39He's the narrator in Barry Lyndon, Michael Hordern
0:47:39 > 0:47:42- with that wonderful voice of his. - I knew that(!)- He was the narrator!
0:47:42 > 0:47:46Steven Berkoff, also, in that. In fact, everyone apart from Ryan O'Neal pointless in that film.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50But the pointless answers from Dangerous Liaisons, slightly more obscure names
0:47:50 > 0:47:51in those last two categories.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55- Mildred Natwick, Peter Capaldi...- Oh! - ..would've been pointless answer.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Very well done if you said that at home. Swoosie Kurtz. That's a good name, isn't it?
0:47:58 > 0:48:01If you've got a child on the way, Swoosie is worth thinking about.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05And Valerie Gogan. Terrific answers, all of them, if you got them at home,
0:48:05 > 0:48:08but it's been such a brilliant show. Genuinely, four great pairs
0:48:08 > 0:48:10and you've been the best. Congratulations.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Charlie, I'm so pleased for you coming back and getting a pointless answer
0:48:13 > 0:48:16and Rachel, congratulations. Been a pleasure having you both here.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Thanks very much, Richard. Well, thanks once again
0:48:18 > 0:48:20to Charlie and Rachel, our winning players
0:48:20 > 0:48:24who go away with today's jackpot of £2,500 to their charities.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Very, very well done.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27Thank you.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.