0:00:17 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28the show where you are rewarded for obscure answers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37My name's Michael, this is my son Luke
0:00:37 > 0:00:40and we're from Upminster in Essex. Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hello, I'm Claire, this is my sister Emma.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And we're from Cambridgeshire. Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Mike, I live in Hull but work in Nottingham.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50This is my friend Steve, who lives and works in Hull.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And finally, couple number four. Hi there, my name is Trish
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and this is Derek, my housemate.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And we're from Cwmbran in South Wales.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05We'll get to find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11He's a straight-talking fact man who left his patience at home
0:01:11 > 0:01:13and his give-a-damn in his other pair of chinos.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard. Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Hi, everybody, hiya.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Oh, I always love it when people introduce themselves
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and there's half-hearted whoops from the audience.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Upminster got a whoop. A half-hearted whoop, yes.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30For the first time in history. They'll have to rename it.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Whoop-minster.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I've barely recovered from the last show. Oh, I know.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Wasn't that exciting? Probably one of the greatest Pointlesses in history.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Yeah, one of them. Firstly, because we had a round on types of cheese.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42You missed that.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46But secondly, the jackpot round, Stephen and Sarah, for only
0:01:46 > 0:01:50the third time in Pointless history, got three pointless answers.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Three pointless answers! They were good.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55It was amazing - nine grand, they walked away with. Very impressive.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Derek and Trish and Luke and Micky, you were on the same show as them.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You're happy for them, right? Absolutely.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03They really were a great couple. Congratulations.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Yeah, almost convincing!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Almost, almost convincing. No, they were lovely.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10We're going to have another cracker again today.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Our contestants need to find obscure answers those 100 didn't get.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer -
0:02:21 > 0:02:23that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and each time that happens we will add ?250 to the jackpot.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Sarah and Stephen won the jackpot last time
0:02:28 > 0:02:32so today's jackpot starts back on ?1,000.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41There's to be no conferring.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round heads home.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Our first category today is...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Pop Music. It's Pop Music.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, and second?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And the question concerns...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04acts with numerical names.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Acts with numerical names, Richard.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven UK top 40 singles.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12You just need to tell us the name of the group
0:03:12 > 0:03:14which had a hit with that song.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16They've all got numbers in their names.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18There's 14 in all to have a go at at home, so good luck.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23So the numerically named acts who released these singles
0:03:23 > 0:03:25and here's our first board of seven.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42I'll read those one last time.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Now, Luke and Micky, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:57 > 0:04:01and today you're going to go first. Luke, welcome back.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Talk us through last time. Thank you.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06We kind of went out to a topic on cheeses. Yeah.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09So all that revision was pretty much thrown out
0:04:09 > 0:04:11when the cheese board came up. That's the thing about Pointless,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14you just can't prepare for Pointless. No, exactly.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Luke, remind us what you do.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I work for a law firm. I'm a revenue controller.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I've been doing it for the last seven years. And your hobbies?
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Literally all sports, socialising, love golf. OK, music?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I don't mind music. Enough to feel comfortable with this round?
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Yeah, should be OK. I just need to pick a decent answer this time.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36OK, what are you going to go for?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38All The Small Things, Blink-182.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Blink-182 says Luke, for All The Small Things.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47It's right.
0:04:51 > 0:04:5232.
0:04:55 > 0:04:5832, not bad for Blink-182. Good start, Luke, well played.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01They had nine top 40 hits, Blink-182.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Originally called Blink, had to change their name as there was an Irish band called Blink.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Like you do with a username, and it says,
0:05:07 > 0:05:09"I'm afraid Alexander Armstrong's already been taken."
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You try 1, it's taken. 14? Yeah, taken.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You think, "How are there 14 Alexander Armstrongs?!"
0:05:15 > 0:05:19How many blinks are there? 182! Well, there were 181.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They were the 182nd. We're now up to Blink-796.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Who are a folk duo from Malvern.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Emma, welcome to the show.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Great to have you here. What do you do, Emma? I'm a letting agent.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Residential things or commercial? Yeah, residential.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Oh, that's more fun. It is.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39It's a challenge sometimes, but yes,
0:05:39 > 0:05:42it's not the same every day, that's for certain.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46What are your hobbies, Emma? I go geocaching with my husband.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Do you know what, I've been told so many times on the show exactly what
0:05:50 > 0:05:54geocaching is and every time I get told, a little bit of me forgets it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58And that's the bit of me that's in charge today. So geocaching...?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03I've seen it described as using multi-million pound satellites
0:06:03 > 0:06:06to hunt for Tupperware boxes in hedgerows.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09See, I've forgotten already what you just said.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Right, what's usually inside the Tupperware boxes? Some flapjacks?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Sometimes there's small items that you can swap if you're caching
0:06:15 > 0:06:19with children, there are little toys that you can swap around.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22There's always a logbook that you sign as evidence that you found it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27So quite exciting, though. You're taking these bearings from...
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Multi-million-pound satellites! Exactly.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I'd already forgotten that bit as well!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And then you find the thing, wey! Is it quite exciting, finding them?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Yeah, I think it's quite exciting.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Do other people leave things they really shouldn't be leaving in boxes?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Um, not that I've found so far. Good, good.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Emma, what are you going to go for?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Well, there's a couple on there that are my sort of era.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54So I am going to go for Temptation and Heaven 17.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Heaven 17, says Emma, let's see if that's right
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and how many people said Heaven 17.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01It is right.
0:07:06 > 0:07:0715.
0:07:12 > 0:07:1615 for Heaven 17. Yeah, a number two hit from the Sheffield band.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Cracking song. There we are. Now, Steve, welcome to the show.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Great to have you. What do you do?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25I'm a social worker, I work with kids in long-term foster care,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29quite rewarding. Very demanding at times.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31How long have you done it for? 2003.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Right, so you've seen kids right the way through now? Yeah, yeah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38That must be rewarding. And what do you do in your spare time?
0:07:38 > 0:07:39I'm a keen caravanner,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I'm the guy who's in the front of the traffic,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44blocking the roads, unfortunately.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47At least you're aware of that, Steve. What are you going to go for?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Well, I know three of them, for definite.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52One of them actually is Hull City's theme song,
0:07:52 > 0:07:55the players come out to the song. I'm not going for that one.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I'm going to go for Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00The Four Tops, Reach Out I'll Be There says Steve,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03let's see if that's right and how many people said the Four Tops.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06It's right.
0:08:11 > 0:08:1226.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Very well done, Steve. 26.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Well played, Steve, number one single, 16 weeks on the charts.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Thank you. Now, Trish, welcome back to the show.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Tell us about last time, Trish.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29We got to the head-to-head, and unfortunately
0:08:29 > 0:08:31we didn't go any further, but congratulations...
0:08:31 > 0:08:35They were brilliant, though. Really good. Yeah, they were a tough pair.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Well done to them.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Now, Trish, you were telling us last time
0:08:38 > 0:08:40about your interesting living arrangement,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43if I can say that, between you and Derek. Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46We do have a bit of a strange setup, I'm afraid.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Derek and I were married in '73 but we divorced in '92.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I remarried, and that didn't work out, so...
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Look out, I'm looking for Richard, number three! Anyway!
0:08:59 > 0:09:01LAUGHTER
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And when I was homeless, Derek said I could go and live back with him
0:09:04 > 0:09:07if I wanted to. So there you are, best of friends?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Living together and apart? That's nice, very nice.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I make his life hell.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15LAUGHTER
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I love the way Derek just smiles, doesn't go, "No, you don't!"
0:09:19 > 0:09:22He just smiles as if to say, yeah. Yeah.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Trish, this board is all yours.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Do you fancy filling in all the blanks for us?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I'm afraid I don't really know any of them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The only one I'm going have a stab at
0:09:32 > 0:09:35is Love Plus One, Unit 4 + 2?
0:09:35 > 0:09:36I don't know.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Unit 4 + 2?! I'm going way back to the '60s.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Wow. I'm so glad you are.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I thought you might have just made that up. No, no.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48She did that on the spot! I really have no idea.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Let's see if that's right for Love Plus One.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It'd be nice, nice little mathematical...
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Let's see if it's right, anyway, Unit 4 + 2.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00No, bad luck, Trish. I'm sorry.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04I'm afraid that's incorrect, scores you the maximum 100 points.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Yeah, sorry, Trish, I'm afraid...
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It's from our era, isn't it, Love Plus One?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12It is, Haircut 100. Yes. Would have scored you 19 points.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16How were you on the rest of these? Beautiful Day? U2. U2, yes.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Would have scored you 47 points. Do you know What's Up?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22No, that's the one I don't know. It's 4 Non Blondes. There you go.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Remember them? Best answer on the board, well done if you said that.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And number one single with (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You? UB40.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31UB40, yes. Would have scored 23 points.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Very well done to anyone who got all seven of the those, very impressive.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37We're halfway through, let's take a look at those scores as they stand.
0:10:37 > 0:10:4015 the best score of that pass, Emma, very well done,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I'd say Emma and Claire can relax on the back of that.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Then up to 26 where we find Steve and Mike, up to 32, Luke and Micky.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Would be dangerous but for 100,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52which is where we find Derek and Trish.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Derek, you were asking earlier if there could be something for oldies.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59That next board, maybe it will have a lovely low-scoring oldie.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02What's your favourite period of music? Er, the 1850-60s?!
0:11:02 > 0:11:04LAUGHTER
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Well, listen, I'm sure there'll be something from way back then.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11You get first pick of the board, so use it wisely,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14find a nice, low score, maybe it'll be enough to keep you in the show.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22OK, we're going to put seven more singles up on the board
0:11:22 > 0:11:24and here they are.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Now, Derek, we are looking for these numerically named acts
0:11:56 > 0:11:59that had hits with these singles in the years shown.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Remind us what you like to do with your time.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I like to go to the cinema, reading.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Television. I'm told I like to walk the dog,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10but I'm not sure about that, really.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Whose dog is it?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14XANDER CHUCKLES
0:12:14 > 0:12:18You're told you like walking the dog as the lead is held out for you?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19I enjoy it apparently, yeah. Oh, right, OK.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Is there a nice pub on the walk, maybe? Yeah.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Well, that softens the blow a bit.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Well, you're the high scorers, Derek.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29We need a low-scoring answer from you. What will you go for?
0:12:29 > 0:12:34Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over. Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Let's see how many of our 100 people said Dave Clark Five.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43It's absolutely right, Derek.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Now ideally, this will go a long, long way down.
0:12:45 > 0:12:4637.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Takes your total up to 137.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Another number one single,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57knocked I Want To Hold Your Hand by the Beatles off the number one slot.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Thanks very much indeed. Now, Mike, welcome to the show.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01What do you do, Mike?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I work for Nottingham Trent University and my official job title
0:13:04 > 0:13:07is strategic data and intelligence manager.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I think the "intelligence" might come back to haunt me.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13No, strategic, I was liking, that was good. Strategic!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15There are other data and intelligence people
0:13:15 > 0:13:17who are much less picky.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21And in your spare time, Mike, what do you like to do?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Me and Steve sit next to each other at the KC Stadium to watch Hull City.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Very good. That's one of our big passions.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I also play my wife at badminton every week
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and she beats me every week. Really?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38You haven't got any better? I think I've won three out of 30.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41We're both quite competitive, but she's better than me.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43And back you come for more punishment each time.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Well, Mike, here are lots of numbers.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47See how strategic you can be with them.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I was a lot better on the other board. Yes! The other board was much easier.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54When I looked at this one I thought I didn't know any, but I just realised, '80s,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58then I worked out that Lessons In Love is, I think, Level 42.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Level 42. You are through to the next round.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03This is good news, even if you score 100 points,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05you won't overtake Derek and Trish's high score.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Level 42, how many people said that, is it right?
0:14:09 > 0:14:10It's absolutely right.
0:14:15 > 0:14:1619.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Second lowest score of the round so far.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Well played, Mike, a number three hit for Level 42.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25They have their origins in the Isle of Wight,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28three members from the Isle of Wight. Now, Claire.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Welcome to the show. Thank you. What you do? I'm a letting agent as well.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Get out of here! Is it for the same agency? Yes. Well, that's nice.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I don't meet the people, though, I stay and do the admin,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42upstairs out of the way. Oh, I see.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And you prefer it that way? Oh, yes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47So you're answering all the calls from tenants saying,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50"We'll get the boiler fixed?" No, that's Emma. Oh, really?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Emma answers all the calls, I'm answering the calls
0:14:53 > 0:14:56from the landlords going, "Oi, where's my money?" Ah!
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Claire, the good news is, you're through. I'm quite relieved.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02The board is getting tougher. Yes.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06I almost knew Lessons In Love but I couldn't quite think of the band.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08And I only know one other,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12and I'm possibly slightly ashamed to admit that I'm going to go for
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Don't Stop Movin' and S Club 7.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15S Club 7, says Clare, for Don't Stop Movin'.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18No red line for you, you're already through.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Let's see how many people said S Club 7.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22It's correct.
0:15:26 > 0:15:2829.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Takes your total up to 44, very well done.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34No shame in that, Claire.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Actually, Beautiful South do a lovely country-tinged cover version
0:15:37 > 0:15:40of Don't Stop Movin'. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Now then, Micky,
0:15:41 > 0:15:46we discovered last time that you are a multi-trade builder. Yes.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51A master of multi-trade. Yes. A lot of people would disagree!
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Don't say that! Micky, what are your hobbies? Golf. Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00A little bit of cricket, not as much as I used to. Playing, or...?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Playing cricket? Yeah. Do you follow it, do you follow sports generally?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I love sports, all sorts of sports. Micky, what are you going to go for?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Talk us through this board. I'll go for the bottom one I think.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And hopefully it's The Three Degrees.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16The Three Degrees says Micky, for When Will I See You Again.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18No red line for you. Let's see if The Three Degrees is right
0:16:18 > 0:16:20and how far down the column it takes you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Absolutely right, Micky, well remembered.
0:16:27 > 0:16:2825.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Very well done indeed, Micky, 25.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Third lowest score of the whole round. 57, your total.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Very good answer.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39They've been going since 1960, The Three Degrees,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41still going now over 50 years later.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Let's look through the rest of these. These are fairly tough.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47No Limit, people might know. Do you know No Limit?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Do you not remember 2 Unlimited? Oh, 2 Unlimited, of course.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52That would have scored 26 points.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Babycakes is one of the absolute ultimate one-hit wonders,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Babycakes, it was a number one single for 3 Of A Kind.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00They never released another song,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04left it at that. One number one single and out, very impressive.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06And Lazy. It was David Byrne and...
0:17:06 > 0:17:08David Byrne sang it with the X-Press 2.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Would have scored you three points.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14The best answer up there. Well played if you said that. Thanks very much indeed.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair leaving us,
0:17:17 > 0:17:18head-to-headers last time,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21this time leaving in round one with a high score of 137.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I'm afraid, Derek and Trish, it's you. I'm so sorry.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27We've had a lovely time anyway.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29It's been lovely for us to have you here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Thanks so much for playing both shows extremely well.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Lovely contestants, Derek and Trish.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Thank you. Good luck.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But for the remaining pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Very well done, all three pairs. Our category for round two is...
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Authors.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Authors. Can you all decide in your pairs,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52who's going to go first and second?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Richard?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10In 2012, the Bookseller magazine produced a list
0:18:10 > 0:18:13of the top 50 most profitable authors in the UK
0:18:13 > 0:18:16from 1998 all the way through to 2012.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20So any of the 50 most valuable and profitable authors in that period,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24that's fiction or non-fiction. So any books at all.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Some very interesting names on the list, I have to say.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33Thank you very much indeed. So, the 50 most valuable authors in the UK.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Micky? Oh, dear!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38JK Rowling. That's all I know.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42JK Rowling, says Micky. OK, nice, obscure writer there(!)
0:18:42 > 0:18:43JK Rowling.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Let's see if that's right and how many of our people said JK Rowling.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51It's right. Whee! 88.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's 12 better than 100, Micky.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56I guarantee you, Micky,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00you'll know a lot more than that on the list when you see them come up.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02She was number one on the list.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07?237.6 million raised by books in that period.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Sold over 450 million books worldwide.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Claire?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Now, Claire.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Authors. Have you gone first?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I saw there was a bit of a conflab between you and Emma.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Have you gone first because...? Not much of one,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24this is way definitely her strength. Really?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26So did she push you forward and say, "You go first?"
0:19:26 > 0:19:30There was no question when that came up. OK.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Assuming that it's any author, not just adult fiction,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I'm going to go for Michael Morpurgo.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Michael Morpurgo, says Claire.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Let's see if it's right and who said Michael Morpurgo.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It's absolutely right, good answer.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54One!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Very well done indeed, Claire.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01One for Michael Morpurgo, great answer.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Terrific answer, Claire, well done.
0:20:03 > 0:20:0448th on the list, Michael Morpurgo was.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Most famous for War Horse, probably.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Now then, Steve. Top 50s.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12This is a tough one where you want to get someone
0:20:12 > 0:20:15who's in the top 50 so therefore sells a lot of books,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17but people overlook and didn't remember.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20You did say it could be fact or fiction books,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22so I'm going to go for Delia Smith.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Delia Smith, says Steve. Like your thinking.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Let's see if this is right, and how many people said Delia Smith.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Absolutely right, Steve. 88, our high, one, our low.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37So quite a range there. You're tending towards the one.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Oh, look at that! You've passed the one!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42A pointless answer, Steve.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46That adds ?250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to ?1,250,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51She is 10th on the list, well done, Steve.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Good lateral thinking as well.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Her Winter Collection alone sold 2.4 million copies. Wow! Yeah.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01That'll keep her warm. Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03We're halfway through, let's look at those scores.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Nothing was the best score of that pass,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Steve and Mike can relax on the back of that.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11As I think can Claire and Emma with their one.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Because Micky and Luke, I'm afraid, are on 88.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Luke, we most definitely will need a low score from you.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Best of luck with that. Let's come back down the line now.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29OK, we are looking for the 50 most valuable authors in the UK. Mike.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32You're on nothing. That was a great answer from Steve.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35What would go really well with that would be another pointless answer.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37That ain't going to happen!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40But before Steve said that,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I did think around the cookery sort of genre.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46And I'm going to go for Jamie Oliver.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48OK, another obscure author there!
0:21:48 > 0:21:51OK, the high scorers on 88 are Luke and Micky,
0:21:51 > 0:21:5387 or less sees you through to the head-to-head.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55There's your red line.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57If you can get below that with Jamie Oliver,
0:21:57 > 0:21:58that is going to be splendid.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Very well done, you've done it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Five!
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Not bad at all, Mike. Five for Jamie Oliver takes your total up to five.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17JK Rowling was first, Jamie Oliver was second on that list.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Over ?125 million worth of books sold in that period. Emma. Yes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Now, Claire scored one. I know.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28And I'll be honest, she said you were going to be better than her.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29She lied!
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I think this person is going to be on the list
0:22:32 > 0:22:34but I suspect it might be quite a high score.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I'm going to go for Terry Pratchett.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Terry Pratchett, says Emma. I suspect he might be up there.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You want to score 86 or less with that.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said Terry Pratchett.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45There's your red line.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It's right. And you're through.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5615. Consistent.
0:22:56 > 0:22:5915 for Terry Pratchett takes your total up to 16.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Yes, Sir Terry Pratchett of course and he's fourth on the list.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06So we've got some of the real big hitters here. Thanks very much.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Now, Luke, sorry to say, you are already the high scorers
0:23:09 > 0:23:11before you've given your answer. Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15But maybe you've got a pointless answer there.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18You could add ?250 to the jackpot as a little parting gift.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Yeah, that'll be nice.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I was going to go for the obvious sort of authors but...
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I know she's sold loads of books, so it's going to be a punt.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29But Katie Price? LAUGHTER
0:23:29 > 0:23:32She sells books!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Let's see if Katie Price is right and if she is,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36let's see how many people said it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38No red line as I'm afraid you are the high scorers.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Absolutely right, Katie Price, very well done.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Now, that might just be a pointless answer, you never know.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Oh, eight!
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Well done, great answer.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Takes your total up to 96, very well done, Luke.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56That's a great answer to leave us with, Luke.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Again, some good lateral thinking there.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Before the pointless ones, I'll give you some of the low scorers.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03There are some interesting names.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Stephen King would have scored you seven. Four points for E L James,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09writer of 50 Shades Of Grey, that would have been a very good answer.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13John Grisham, three. Two points for Patricia Cornwall,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Bill Bryson, Danielle Steel, for Nigella Lawson,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18she'd have been two points, Andy McNab would have been two points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20You would have scored one point...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Michael Morpurgo, which was terrific
0:24:22 > 0:24:24but also Roger Hargreaves would have been one point,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26the man behind the Mr Men books.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Lee Child, Marian Keyes, Julia Donaldson,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32the Gruffalo authoress, all of those one point, all of those on that list.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Very well done to anyone who got any of these.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41Anthony Horowitz, who writes the Alex Rider books amongst other things. There's Delia Smith.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Jeremy Clarkson was 24th on the list. Sold a lot of books.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Josephine Cox, Michael Connelly, the crime writer,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Philippa Gregory, who writes the historical novels.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52She was a pointless answer.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Sebastian Faulks, Sophie Kinsella, Stieg Larsson,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56the writer of the Millennium trilogy.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Lots of pointless answers, very well done if you said any of those.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01That was a good list, wasn't it? Very good list.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Yeah, good round, good round.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06So I'm afraid at the end of our second round, Luke and Micky,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08once again it's the curse of round two. Yeah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Good news, Micky - you can get back on site, it's fine.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Get your hard hat on.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It's been lovely having you on both shows, Luke and Micky,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17great contestants. Thank you.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Congratulations, Mike and Steve, Claire and Emma.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32You are one step closer to the final to play for our jackpot,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35which currently stands at ?1,250.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41We have to decide who's going to play for that money.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44So you're now go to go head-to-head. This time you're allowed to confer.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47The first pair to win two questions will go through to the final.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51You've seen off both our returning pairs. Very impressive.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Here you all are in the head-to-head.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Claire and Emma, you were the low scorers at the end
0:25:55 > 0:25:58of the first round, Mike and Steve, you then overtook them
0:25:58 > 0:26:00and were low scorers at the end of the second,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and our overall low scorers with a brilliant pointless answer
0:26:03 > 0:26:05in that second round, very good.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I think this is going to be very well-matched
0:26:07 > 0:26:09now you can put your heads together.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It'll be very exciting. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Bond vehicles. Richard?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26We're going to show you stills of five Bond vehicles.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30You need to tell us which film they are from, please. Very best of luck.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33OK, let's reveal our five Bond vehicles and here they are.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34We have got...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49So, there we are. Five Bond vehicles.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Can you tell us which films they are from?
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, Mike and Steve, you've played best throughout the show so far
0:26:54 > 0:26:55so you get to go first.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00I'm not up on James Bond. All I can say is B has got Sean Connery
0:27:00 > 0:27:04so it's a very early one, and I'd hazard a guess at Dr No.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09OK, you're going to say B, Dr No. B, Dr No.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Claire and Emma?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13The board is all yours. Talk us through them if you can.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I'd love to, but...!
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I can randomly name some Bond films for you,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19but I couldn't tell you which car was in which one.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24So I'm afraid we're going to have to go for the obvious which is E,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and I think that's probably going to be Skyfall.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29E, Skyfall, say Emma and Claire.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31So Mike and Steve said Dr No for B.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Let's see if that's right and how many people said Dr No.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Ohhh, bad luck. It's certainly a no, anyway.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Claire and Emma have said Skyfall for E.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Let's see if that's right, and how many people said that.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It's right, very well done, that's all it needed to be.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Wow, look at that, quite a low...
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Low! 20! How can it be low? It was the numberplate!
0:27:59 > 0:28:0220 for Skyfall. Not bad at all.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05And very well done, after one question, it wins you the point.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08You're up 1-0. That is M's car in Skyfall there in E.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Now, B, it's not Dr No, it is a Sean Connery one.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13It's Goldfinger.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17That's the DB5. It also turns up in GoldenEye and Skyfall as well.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19But the film there is Goldfinger, 15 points, it would have scored.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22A is, do you know these? Living Daylights.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24That is The Living Daylights. You like a bit of Timothy Dalton?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27He's good, Timothy Dalton. 11 points.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32C? It's the Brosnan, it was...Die Another Day.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Die Another Day, yeah, the invisible car from Die Another Day.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Would have scored you eight.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41And D? It's Roger Moore. Yeah.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's The Spy Who Loved Me. Spy Who Loved Me! There we go!
0:28:44 > 0:28:45That would have scored you five.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Very well done to anyone who got all of those, that was quite tough.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Alexander, is it OK if I swap positions? I'm a bit...
0:28:51 > 0:28:52Absolutely, yeah.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Mike and Steve, Mike and Steve are now changing positions.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00I've got to make it official, Steve, that's all. I have to do that.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02They have now changed positions, Mike and Steve.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05They're now Steve and Mike. They're now...
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Oh, course, yeah! Now, here comes your second question.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Steve and Mike, you have to win this to stay in the game, best of luck.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13It concerns...
0:29:15 > 0:29:17European cities. Richard.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20We're going to show you five anagrams of cities in the European Union.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:29:25 > 0:29:33Let's reveal our five European cities and here they are.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Surely, EDAM TRAMS and HENCE A PONG could be the other way round?
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Anyway, there we are.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There are five European cities.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Claire and Emma, you go first this time.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I'm quite good at these at home.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59But apparently not now. I know one. That's more than me.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04EDAM TRAMS is Amsterdam. EDAM TRAMS, Amsterdam.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Steve and Mike, talk us through the rest of the board.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Well, to be honest, I'm normally good at these at home as well.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12But I've literally just got the bottom one.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's what I have to say,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17which is Stockholm. Stockholm. EMMA: Course it is!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Stockholm say Steve and Mike. So we have Amsterdam versus Stockholm.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Claire and Emma said Amsterdam.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's right. Ooh!
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Well, it's not wrong. No, no. It's not wrong.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36And Steve and Mike have gone for Stockholm.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Let's see if that's right and see how many people said Stockholm.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Very well done, Steve and Mike, back in the game.
0:30:46 > 0:30:4823.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Very well done. After two questions it's 1-1.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56I suppose Amsterdam was easier to get
0:30:56 > 0:30:58because it had Edam in it as well, as an extra hint.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59There's some truth in that.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02The other three, they're all cities you'll know
0:31:02 > 0:31:04but it's one of those ones that until you see it...
0:31:04 > 0:31:07ABLE ACORN is Barcelona.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Would have scored 10 points.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12FEEL CORN is the best answer on the board.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13It's Florence.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19Florence for five. And HENCE A PONG is Copenhagen.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And that would have scored you 12. Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25OK, it comes down to a third question. This will be the decider.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Whoever wins this goes to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Best of luck, both pairs. It concerns...
0:31:34 > 0:31:37There's five questions about different Olympic controversies,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40we just need you to give us the most obscure answer.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Best of luck to both teams. Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Let's reveal our five Olympic controversies and here they are.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46We have got...
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I'll read all of those one last time.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30There we are. Five clues to five Olympic controversies.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34And Steve and Mike, you go first this time.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38OK. I know the top four, but it's about which is the lowest score.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40I'm going to go for the athlete,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43and I know he has been admitted cheating, it's Justin Gatlin.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Justin Gatlin.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49OK, Claire and Emma. What are you going to go for?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Well, um...
0:32:53 > 0:32:56The country that delayed their soccer game was one of the Koreas,
0:32:56 > 0:33:00because they put the other one up, but we're not sure which one it was.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03So we're going to go for the barefoot runner who collided
0:33:03 > 0:33:07with Mary Decker, which we believe is Zola Budd. Zola Budd.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11So Steve and Mike have said Justin Gatlin, let's see if that's right
0:33:11 > 0:33:14and how many people said that, Justin Gatlin.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Oh, bad luck, Steve and Mike!
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means, Claire and Emma,
0:33:21 > 0:33:25your place in the final rests on this merely being right.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Zola Budd, you are saying, let's see if that's right,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and how many people said it.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33It is right, very well done, you've done it.
0:33:34 > 0:33:3553.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41But it means after three questions, Emma and Claire,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45you are through to the final, 2-1. Sorry, Steve and Mike.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Justin Gatlin took part in the 2004 games.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50He's failed a drugs test in 2006 which he couldn't account for
0:33:50 > 0:33:52but he's never admitted to cheating.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Tough one to go for. I have to say, it's a woman.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58She won five medals in Sydney, first female athlete ever to do that,
0:33:58 > 0:34:03three golds, and it was Marion Jones. Later went to jail.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Scored four points.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Now, I think when you were consulting, I think you know
0:34:07 > 0:34:09some of the others, do you? Yeah, the second one's North Korea.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It is North Korea, that would have seen you through to the final
0:34:12 > 0:34:13because it would have scored 32.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16The third is boxing, would have seen you through to the final as well.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Didn't know the bottom one.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22If you don't know the bottom one, your wife will know it.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Badminton! We knew that one!
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Badminton, absolutely, and that would have scored 28 points.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34I'm afraid it's Steve and Mike, but very well played.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36That was an exciting head-to-head round.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I knew it'd probably be decided by a third question.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41You've done so well throughout the show. You're on next time.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44We look forward to that. I'm sure you'll do just as well if not better.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Thanks meantime, Steve and Mike. Thank you very much.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52But for Claire and Emma it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Congratulations, Claire and Emma. You've seen off all the competition
0:34:59 > 0:35:03and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10You now have a chance to win our jackpot
0:35:10 > 0:35:13and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?1,250.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Well, you've done very well, fantastic.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Your first appearance, and straight through to the final.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Some lovely low scores along the way.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28Michael Morpurgo, a particularly low... An educated guess!
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Yeah, that's as much as we wanted, a very good educated guess.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34It was educated and it was right. It was very good indeed.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Very best of luck. You start this round by choosing your category
0:35:38 > 0:35:40and there are four options. Here they are.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50I don't know. Have to go for ABBA. Yeah, OK.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I'm afraid, out of that selection, I don't know.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55We knew we weren't going home with any money,
0:35:55 > 0:35:57we were only here for the trophy. That's nice!
0:35:57 > 0:36:01We'll go for that, then. OK, ABBA it is. I'll take the blame!
0:36:01 > 0:36:02ABBA, Richard.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Can I just say, before I read out the three categories,
0:36:05 > 0:36:07before every question you go, "We know nothing about this!"
0:36:07 > 0:36:09No, we mean it now!
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And you have known on every single one, so have faith, I would say.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Here are your three options.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Can you tell us the name of anybody who's ever married a member of ABBA?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Can you give us the name of any actor who was credited
0:36:23 > 0:36:27in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, so any actor credited in that film?
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Or actress, of course.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Or can you tell us the names of the tracks on Abba Gold,
0:36:31 > 0:36:32their greatest hits collection,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35which is the biggest selling CD of all time in the UK?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37So anyone who's ever married a member of ABBA,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40anyone from the cast of the film Mamma Mia!,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42or any tracks on Abba Gold.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Very, very best of luck. Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48So as always, you've got one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51To win the jackpot, only one answer needs to be pointless.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54The answers you give can come from any of these three categories.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56They can all be from one category, one from each,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58it's entirely up to you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Are you ready? Yes. As we ever will be.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08ABBA spouses will be best and I don't know any
0:37:08 > 0:37:10apart from the ones that were in ABBA.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13So that's no good. OK. Well, Voulez-Vous is on Gold.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Fernando? Fernando.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Super Trouper, probably. Yes, there's a Gold II, though.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Is The Day Before You Came likely to be on Gold? Yes.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Because I love that one. Well, go for that then! Shall we?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Cast of the film, I only know...
0:37:30 > 0:37:34There's Julie Walters, that other woman, Meryl Streep. That's her.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38I think we'll have to go, carry on thinking of tracks on...
0:37:38 > 0:37:42I've got the album. Haven't listened to it for a long time. Fire away.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46It's all the obvious ones, isn't it, cos it's their greatest hits.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Voulez-Vous, Fernando, and The Day Before You Came.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53The Day Before YOU Came, is it? Yes. OK.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Any other...? 10 seconds left.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Voulez-Vous for Super Trouper,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59or do you think that's going to be better?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Because it's a more modern one, it's an '80s one. Could do. Yeah?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06OK, Fernando, Super Trouper and The Day Before You Came.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07OK, that's your time up.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I now need your three answers, what are you going for?
0:38:09 > 0:38:13We are going to go for tracks on ABBA Gold. Yeah.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18And we are going to go for Super Trouper. Super Trouper.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20The Day Before You Came. The Day Before You Came.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23And what was the other one? Fernando. And Fernando.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:26 > 0:38:29The Day Before You Came. The Day Before You Came, OK, very good.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Which is your least likely to be pointless? Fernando.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Fernando we will put first.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38OK, let's put those on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45OK. Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Fernando,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Now, if it is pointless, you will leave here with ?1,250.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55What would you do with that, Claire?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Well, my son turns 17 in a few months
0:38:57 > 0:39:00and he expects to learn to drive and have a car,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03and I know how much that's going to cost to insure.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05So possibly put some of it towards that,
0:39:05 > 0:39:08and I don't think it would cover it! Emma?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I have a son in a similar position,
0:39:10 > 0:39:15but I would probably just blow it on silly things, really,
0:39:15 > 0:39:19bit of shopping, nice meal out with the family. That kind of stuff.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Very nice.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24OK, very best of luck. Three good answers up on the board.
0:39:24 > 0:39:30Fernando, for ?1,250, let's find out, is it on ABBA Gold?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Well, it is.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36It is on ABBA Gold and if it goes all the way down to zero,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38you will leave here with ?1,250.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40It's still going down, through the 30s,
0:39:40 > 0:39:43through the 20s, into the teens, 16!
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Not bad, not bad. 16 for Fernando. Not pointless, though.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53No. Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Your second answer was Super Trouper.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Again, if this is correct and pointless, it wins you the jackpot.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02So let's find out for ?1,250, is Super Trouper on ABBA Gold?
0:40:05 > 0:40:09OK, your first answer, Fernando, took you down to 16.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Super Trouper now taking you down through the 20s into the teens,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16into the single figures, still going down, five, four, ooh!
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Four! OK! That's more like it. It's going in the right direction.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26I'll say! Exactly. You've gone to the square root of 16, fantastic.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28That's maths, I'm not good at that.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31It's all, as you say, going in absolutely the right direction.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Let's hope it keeps going on.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Your last answer, The Day Before You Came,
0:40:35 > 0:40:36are you sure it's on ABBA Gold?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40I'm not, Claire is. No, I'm not! Oh, you don't even know?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Well, no, the only reason I don't know is because
0:40:43 > 0:40:46there are two ABBA Gold albums.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49And so it might be on the second one.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52So, let's find out. Again if it's pointless, it wins you the jackpot.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54So for ?1,250, let's find out.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56The Day Before You Came, is it on the ABBA Gold album?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Oh no!
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Oh well. Never mind. Never mind.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Oh, I thought that was all set to be a winning answer.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12The Day Before You Came, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Picked just because she likes it. It's as good a reason as any. Absolutely.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21Unfortunately, I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer which means
0:41:21 > 0:41:23you don't win today's jackpot of ?1,250.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24That rolls over onto the next show.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27We've enjoyed having you on the show and you do get to take home
0:41:27 > 0:41:30that fabulous coveted Pointless trophy each, so well done.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And we did covet it! Good!
0:41:37 > 0:41:39And you're quite right, The Day Before You Came is on
0:41:39 > 0:41:42More ABBA Gold, which is the follow-up one.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44The other answer you almost went for, Voulez-Vous, was on ABBA Gold.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Would have scored three points. OK. So would have been a good answer
0:41:48 > 0:41:50but would just have prolonged the agony, I'm afraid.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Let's take a look at the pointless answers in all categories.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55ABBA Gold is where people will get their pointless,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57The first two categories might be too hard.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59People who married into ABBA, apart from everyone
0:41:59 > 0:42:02in ABBA themselves who all married each other.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Benny married Mona Norklit.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Anni-Frid married the following two,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09she married Price Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and she married Ragnar Fredriksson.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13And Tomas Sonnenfeld married Agnetha.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Well done if you said any of those, very impressive if you did.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19People who were in Mamma Mia!, you could have had
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Ashley Lilley, Niall Buggy, Philip Michael or Rachel McDowall.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26But here's the one where people will have scored their pointlesses,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28I think. Songs on ABBA Gold.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30I Have A Dream was a pointless answer,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Lay All Your Love On Me was pointless,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34One Of Us, and The Name Of The Game, also pointless.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Only four pointless answers, that's all of them up there.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40But you would think some people at home would be getting some of those.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43You would have thought so. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45We have to say goodbye to Claire and Emma
0:42:45 > 0:42:48but we loved having you on the show, such great contestants.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Claire and Emma. Thank you.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Sadly, Claire and Emma didn't win the jackpot today which means
0:42:55 > 0:42:58it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for ?2,250.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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