:00:38. > :00:50.Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
:00:51. > :00:52.and welcome to Pointless. This is the quiz show where
:00:53. > :00:55.all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show,
:00:56. > :00:57.and all our contestants have to do is come up with answers
:00:58. > :01:04.those 100 people couldn't think of. Let's meet today's players.
:01:05. > :01:07.And couple number one. I'm Tom, this is my friend James
:01:08. > :01:09.and we're old school friends from Salisbury.
:01:10. > :01:13.Couple number two. I'm John, this is my sister Ann. I live in Exeter
:01:14. > :01:16.in Devon, Ann lives in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire.
:01:17. > :01:19.Couple number three. I'm Andy, this is my girlfriend Hannah.
:01:20. > :01:23.And we come from a couple of villages outside of Haywards Heath.
:01:24. > :01:26.And, finally, couple number four. Hi, I'm Nicki and this is
:01:27. > :01:29.my good friend Heather and we come from Birmingham.
:01:30. > :01:37.Thanks very much all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout
:01:38. > :01:40.the show as it goes along. That just leaves one more person for me to
:01:41. > :01:43.introduce. Lording it over Pointless like a furious, corrupt,
:01:44. > :01:46.questionably-moralled Berlusconi figure, it's my bunga bunga
:01:47. > :01:57.That's nice, isn't it? Isn't it? Like a Berlusconi-type figure(!) Yes!
:01:58. > :02:01.What about this? This will be fun. We've only got one returning pair
:02:02. > :02:04.which is John and Ann so we've got lots of lovely new pairs today.
:02:05. > :02:07.We've got two from my old home town Haywards Heath.
:02:08. > :02:09.Nice. And one of them works at the school I went to.
:02:10. > :02:12.They both went to my old school. So, how bright are they going to be?
:02:13. > :02:15.They are going to be very bright. Oh, man. One of them teaches there.
:02:16. > :02:19.I know, right. We'll talk about that more as the show goes on.
:02:20. > :02:22.Round One - slightly different type of round.
:02:23. > :02:24.I think people will work it out fairly quickly
:02:25. > :02:29.Sorry, everyone. OK. I don't want you to think you're
:02:30. > :02:34.No, you're not. You're pioneers. You're pioneers, remember that.
:02:35. > :02:37.All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show
:02:38. > :02:39.and our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100
:02:40. > :02:42.people didn't get. Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -
:02:43. > :02:45.that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
:02:46. > :02:48.Each time that happens, we will add ?250 to the jackpot.
:02:49. > :02:51.Now, Barbara and Laura didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add
:02:52. > :02:59.another ?1,000 to that. So today's jackpot starts off at...
:03:00. > :03:06.If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless...
:03:07. > :03:09.OK, in this First Round I'll want an answer from each of you
:03:10. > :03:12.but there is to be no conferring. Whichever pair has the highest
:03:13. > :03:15.score at the end of the round will be eliminated, so try and make sure
:03:16. > :03:20.that is not you. OK, our category for the First Round today is...
:03:21. > :03:24.Can you all decide who's going to go first or second.
:03:25. > :03:29.And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
:03:30. > :03:32.OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes...
:03:33. > :03:40.We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
:03:41. > :03:44...as they could. Four-letter words. Richard.
:03:45. > :03:46.We're looking for any four-letter word from the Oxford
:03:47. > :03:50.Dictionary of English that can be made using a combination of those
:03:51. > :03:53.letters, please. There's around about 100 four-letter words that can
:03:54. > :03:56.be made using those letters. As always, no hyphenated words,
:03:57. > :03:59.no trademarks, no proper nouns, anything like that.
:04:00. > :04:02.Thank you very much indeed. Now, James and Tom, you all drew lots
:04:03. > :04:05.before the show and today you're going to go first.
:04:06. > :04:12.LAUGHTER That is a good answer.
:04:13. > :04:14.We haven't had many pilots on the show.
:04:15. > :04:17.Normally, people say "I'm a du-du-du of a blah-blah in a blah-blah-blah."
:04:18. > :04:20."You know what, mate, a pilot. Deal with that."
:04:21. > :04:23.Short-haul, long-haul? Short-haul. What's your preference?
:04:24. > :04:30.How long have you done that for? For two-and-a-half years.
:04:31. > :04:33.Do you do the talk before you take off? I do.
:04:34. > :04:37.And have you...do you get schooled in that? Does anyone...
:04:38. > :04:40.IN DEEP VOICE: Does Simon Bates ever come in and tell you...?
:04:41. > :04:48.What are you most proud of in your life, James?
:04:49. > :04:54.And, as a kid I once played the piano on Blue Peter so
:04:55. > :04:59.Wow! You played live on Blue Peter? I did, yeah.
:05:00. > :05:01.Who were the Blue Peter hosts in those days?
:05:02. > :05:10.I know. You wanted to say Valerie Singleton.
:05:11. > :05:14.It was black and white in those days.
:05:15. > :05:18.Somebody who-who played the piano on Blue Peter when Konnie Huq...
:05:19. > :05:21.was presenting is now flying an aeroplane.
:05:22. > :05:36.While I was talking to him, he's come up with the word
:05:37. > :05:41.All the time you were telling him what the rules were and what
:05:42. > :05:43.words they can have. And it was that. It was that.
:05:44. > :05:46.Oh, was it? "Lest," says James. Let's see if that's right and if it is
:05:47. > :05:50.let's see how many of our 100 people said "lest".
:05:51. > :06:05.16, very well done. Good start, James. It's tough on that
:06:06. > :06:09.OK. Now, John, welcome back. Thank you.
:06:10. > :06:14.We were robbed, really. It was in Round Two
:06:15. > :06:16.and we had a stormer in the First Round
:06:17. > :06:19.and then it was just a real close one in the second.
:06:20. > :06:22.Animated films, yes. Animated films. All went wrong.
:06:23. > :06:25.It did. It did. But, listen, we've got this nice round.
:06:26. > :06:28.Do you like our new words round, John?
:06:29. > :06:31.Let you know if I like it after the word. OK!
:06:32. > :06:33.Fair enough. What are you going to go for?
:06:34. > :06:40.S-L-O-E. Very nice indeed. OK. "Sloe," says John.
:06:41. > :06:44.Let's see if that's right, see how many people said it.
:06:45. > :06:57.Oh, very well done indeed. Look at that, John.
:06:58. > :07:00.Superb answer. Sloe, scoring just one.
:07:01. > :07:02.Oh, John means business today, doesn't he?
:07:03. > :07:04.Really good answer. We go picking them every
:07:05. > :07:07.October. Do you? That's the gin, yeah.
:07:08. > :07:11.The fruit of the blackthorn, sloe. And, as you say, lovely sloe gin.
:07:12. > :07:14.Mm. Mm-mm. I think it's the gin I like more than the sloe, but...
:07:15. > :07:22.Andy, welcome to Pointless. Thank you.
:07:23. > :07:25.I know what you do. You're a teaching assistant at
:07:26. > :07:27.Warden Park School. Yeah, I am, yeah.
:07:28. > :07:29.And how's that going? Really well at the moment.
:07:30. > :07:32.I found the guys at Warden Park were the...they were the gentler
:07:33. > :07:35.people. Let's just say they were...quite gentle, quite studious.
:07:36. > :07:38.Very, yeah. Very. Of course. Absolutely stop you there...
:07:39. > :07:46.Oathall. Yeah. Exactly. Not like that lot. No, the guys...
:07:47. > :07:50.The thing about Warden Park is they are well behaved.
:07:51. > :07:53.They'll do their exams and it's got a very good academic record
:07:54. > :07:56.and all sorts of things. Very smart... But if there's a fight...
:07:57. > :07:59.Cor. ..don't pick a fight with a Warden Park kid. That's all I'm
:08:00. > :08:11.How is Warden Park? Is it well? Oh, fantastic at the moment, yeah.
:08:12. > :08:15.Do say hi from me. Will do. Do say hi. It was a lovely school.
:08:16. > :08:20.Now then...words, Andy. Words. Four-letter words from pointless.
:08:21. > :08:26.Pent. It's another good one. Let's see if pent's right...
:08:27. > :08:31.let's see how many of our 100 people said "pent"...
:08:32. > :08:47.Yeah, closely confined or held back under pressure, pent.
:08:48. > :08:50.Now then, Heather, welcome to the show, Great to have you here.
:08:51. > :08:53.What do you do, Heather? I'm an accountant so numbers are
:08:54. > :08:56.more my thing rather than words. Rather than letters? OK. Yeah.
:08:57. > :08:59.Listen, here we are...four-letter words from pointless.
:09:00. > :09:09.They're very good, this lot. Mm. They're very good.
:09:10. > :09:13.Do you mean you still haven't got one? That's what I'm saying.
:09:14. > :09:25.Very well done. 20's our high score, 1 is our low.
:09:26. > :09:36.Very well played - an isle. And you know what that means.
:09:37. > :09:40.Thank you very much indeed, Richard! We're halfway through the round.
:09:41. > :09:45.One the best score of that pass, John. Superb.
:09:46. > :09:47.Then to seven, where we find Heather and Nicki.
:09:48. > :09:49.16 where we find James and Tom. Up at 20
:09:50. > :09:52.we find Andy and Hannah. You're not that far ahead.
:09:53. > :09:55.But, Hannah, just to make sure you're in the next round
:09:56. > :09:57.let's have a really nice low score from you, please.
:09:58. > :09:59.We were going to come back down the line now.
:10:00. > :10:03.Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
:10:04. > :10:05.OK, so we are looking for four-letter words
:10:06. > :10:08.you can make out of the word pointless.
:10:09. > :10:11.Nicki, welcome to the show. Hello. What do you do?
:10:12. > :10:17.Which department are you in? I was in HR but I've recently
:10:18. > :10:20.moved to the library. It's a bit quieter in there, isn't it, than HR?
:10:21. > :10:23.Exactly. Exactly. I get on with my work a lot better.
:10:24. > :10:25.And what do you do in your spare time?
:10:26. > :10:28.In my spare time I do a variety of things.
:10:29. > :10:32.I'm halfway through a history degree with the Open University.
:10:33. > :10:34.How long does that take or can you choose? Is it up to you?
:10:35. > :10:37.It takes six years if you do it part-time.
:10:38. > :10:41.And how far are you through it? I'm just finishing my third year.
:10:42. > :10:44.Enjoying it? And you'll see it all the way through? Yeah, hopefully.
:10:45. > :10:56.But, I'm going to go for tine, T-I-N-E. Tine.
:10:57. > :10:58."Tine," says Nicki. Which could be wrong.
:10:59. > :11:01.I don't think it is, it's certainly in there, certainly a word.
:11:02. > :11:04.Tine. There is your red line, if you get below that red line
:11:05. > :11:06.you are definitely in the next round.
:11:07. > :11:10.Let's see how many people said "tine"...
:11:11. > :11:26.Takes your total to 23. Yeah, tine is a prong most
:11:27. > :11:31.Tines on a fork. Very good. Now, Hannah.
:11:32. > :11:35.But the high scorers are only 3 points ahead of you.
:11:36. > :11:38.OK. Now, Hannah, what do you do? I work in a fraud investigation team
:11:39. > :11:41.in an insurance factory...er, insurance company, sorry.
:11:42. > :11:44.RICHARD CHUCKLES An insurance factory?!
:11:45. > :11:53.Er...so fraud investigation. Yes. That's fun. Is it basically just
:11:54. > :11:55.like one long episode of the Roger Cook Report?
:11:56. > :12:04."have you got...?" You don't need a microphone in a...
:12:05. > :12:07.No. It's more office-based but it's still very, very exciting.
:12:08. > :12:11.I bet that's exciting. It's very good.
:12:12. > :12:15.Now then, Hannah, we need from you a four-letter word from pointless.
:12:16. > :12:21.I've got two, I'm just weighing them up. Going to go for silt,
:12:22. > :12:24.S-I-L-T. "S-I-L-T," says Hannah, silt. Let's see if that's right.
:12:25. > :12:27.There's your red line, it's incredibly low.
:12:28. > :12:29.But let's see if silt... I'm not sure it will get you below
:12:30. > :12:34.that, but let's see how far down the column silt gets you - silt.
:12:35. > :12:52.It's a good answer. Fine sand or a sediment. I'll ask you what your
:12:53. > :12:54.other answer would have been at the end of the pass.
:12:55. > :12:58.Now then... Ann. You're on 1. Brilliant,
:12:59. > :13:01.brilliant work from John in the first pass puts you in a very,
:13:02. > :13:06.Ann, remind us what you do. I'm a PA to a surgeon.
:13:07. > :13:09.And he's a foot surgeon. That's right.
:13:10. > :13:14.In his down time, or her down time, when it's not too busy in
:13:15. > :13:17.the surgery - good foot rubs going on?
:13:18. > :13:24.It's full steam ahead. Yeah. Always busy. That's a shame.
:13:25. > :13:27.And in your spare time what do you do, Ann?
:13:28. > :13:29.I like to swim, I walk my dog a lot. Erm...cycling...cooking.
:13:30. > :13:33.I like to travel. What sort of thing do you cook.
:13:34. > :13:39.Erm, I cook anything really but we went to Thailand recently and I
:13:40. > :13:42.did a Thai cookery course. Oh, brilliant.
:13:43. > :13:44.So, I'm a bit into Thai cooking at the moment.
:13:45. > :13:46.Now then, what are you going to go for?
:13:47. > :13:53.Into. Hannah and Andy are our high scorers on 35. You're on 1.
:13:54. > :13:57.A score of 33 or less sees you comfortably into the next round.
:13:58. > :14:06.There's your red line, let's see how many of our 100 said "into"...
:14:07. > :14:18.Very well played. You are literally into Round 2.
:14:19. > :14:38.Well, I don't know. We'll see. What do you do?
:14:39. > :14:41.And how long have you and James known each other?
:14:42. > :14:45.Since school, so about year 7, 11 years onwards. Wow.
:14:46. > :14:48.And what were you doing when James was playing the piano
:14:49. > :14:50.for Konnie Huq? Well, watching him on telly.
:14:51. > :15:00.Yeah. And now a pilot. Look at that. Who'd have thought?
:15:01. > :15:05.So, Tom, in your spare time what do you like to get up to?
:15:06. > :15:07.A big football fan so I watch a lot of football.
:15:08. > :15:11.Got a degree in history as well so I go to galleries and museums,
:15:12. > :15:16.Good. Talking of highbrow kinds of thing - we are looking for
:15:17. > :15:18.four-letter words from the word pointless.
:15:19. > :15:21.You're on 16, the high scorers on 35 are Hannah and Andy.
:15:22. > :15:27.A bit touch and go but I'll go for toil.
:15:28. > :15:29.Tom says, "Toil." There is your red line.
:15:30. > :15:31.Toil has to get you below that red line
:15:32. > :15:34.if you are to see it through to Round 2.
:15:35. > :15:38.Is toil good? How many people said it?
:15:39. > :15:53.Very well done. Takes your total up to 30.
:15:54. > :16:01.There's some... Do you have an answer? Yeah. You know how recently
:16:02. > :16:03.I've had some very, very bad...in these words rounds.
:16:04. > :16:06.Yeah, you're normally very, I have to say, normally terrifically good,
:16:07. > :16:09.you've had a couple of dodgy ones. Yeah...
:16:10. > :16:13.So it's either sine, S-I-N-E or sine? Yeah, it's sine.
:16:14. > :16:17.Mathematical thing? Perfectly acceptable.
:16:18. > :16:22.I'm happy with that. A very good score. Scrabble's a good place to
:16:23. > :16:24.get lots of these words. Funnily enough...
:16:25. > :16:27.I'll show you the pointless ones in a minute.
:16:28. > :16:30...the place where the really low scorers are is with some plurals.
:16:31. > :16:34.People completely forgot plurals. You'd have got 1 point for ties -
:16:35. > :16:37.would have scored you 1 point - as would sops. And let's look at
:16:38. > :16:40.the pointless answers and there's a few plurals in here as well
:16:41. > :16:54.Scrabble players will know as well L-E-I-S would also be all right
:16:55. > :17:12.Let's take a look at the worst answers,
:17:13. > :17:23.the ones that most of our 100 people said.
:17:24. > :17:28.But there's lots in there. All sorts... Yeah, extraordinary.
:17:29. > :17:30.Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of our 1st Round I'm
:17:31. > :17:34.afraid the pair we have to see goodbye to... Oh, this is too soon!
:17:35. > :17:37.This is really too soon, Hannah and Andy, too soon indeed.
:17:38. > :17:40.Two perfectly good answers. You didn't deserve being sent home
:17:41. > :17:43.for pent and silt. I thought pent was going to be very low...
:17:44. > :17:46.I had a couple of the pointless ones as well...
:17:47. > :17:49.HE SIGHS Oh, he's good.
:17:50. > :17:59.Going to go home and be quite gutted about that.
:18:00. > :18:08.We will see you again next time, we'll look forward to that.
:18:09. > :18:15.Thanks very much for playing, Hannah and Andy.
:18:16. > :18:22.But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round 2...
:18:23. > :18:27.At the end of this round, we get rid of another pair
:18:28. > :18:31.in time for our head-to-head. John and Ann very well done.
:18:32. > :18:34.Returning pair - fantastic low-scoring - sloe.
:18:35. > :18:37.Best score of that round. Thank you. Very good.
:18:38. > :18:40.But not bad from everyone else, not bad at all. All pretty good
:18:41. > :18:42.scores. Best of luck to all three pairs.
:18:43. > :18:51.Can you all decide who's going to go first and who second?
:18:52. > :18:56.And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
:18:57. > :19:07.Richard... On each pass we'll give you six openings of famous novels.
:19:08. > :20:10.There we are. Six opening lines to six novels.
:20:11. > :20:12.Tom, you need to find the one you think
:20:13. > :20:17.I'll go for Call Me Ishmael and Moby Dick. Moby Dick.
:20:18. > :20:20.Of course, Call Me Ishmael. Let's see if that's right and if it is
:20:21. > :20:25.how many of our 100 people said, "Moby Dick."
:20:26. > :20:40.Yeah, very good. He was very successful Herman Melville,
:20:41. > :20:45.Really? Sort of slid into obscurity after it. Yeah.
:20:46. > :20:53...what do you make of this board here? I'm not very happy here.
:20:54. > :20:57.I'm going to just have to a total guess...
:20:58. > :21:00.And I'm going to say, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy is
:21:01. > :21:03.The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.
:21:04. > :21:05."The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe," says Ann.
:21:06. > :21:09.Let's see of it's a good guess. How many people said, "The Lion,
:21:10. > :21:16.Absolutely right, very well done, Ann.
:21:17. > :21:25.It wasn't a complete, guess, Ann, to be fair?
:21:26. > :21:28.You didn't choose from every book ever published and just...
:21:29. > :21:31.Well, I was going to say "Famous Five" but there's only
:21:32. > :21:36.Funnily enough, the original draft or an early draft of it read -
:21:37. > :21:38."This book is about four children whose names are Ann, Martin,
:21:39. > :21:47.Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Heather,
:21:48. > :21:49.you're the last person to have this board.
:21:50. > :21:53.I'm not very happy about that. There must be some you can fill in.
:21:54. > :21:56.Erm, I was going to go with The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
:21:57. > :22:02...obviously the penultimate one is a Harry Potter one.
:22:03. > :22:05.Oh, I've just going to have to say Harry Potter for the Mr
:22:06. > :22:09.OK, Heather says, "Harry Potter." Let's see if that's right
:22:10. > :22:14.and, if it is, how many people said, "Harry Potter."
:22:15. > :22:19.Sorry, that's an incorrect answer as you suspected it would be.
:22:20. > :22:22.It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry, Richard...
:22:23. > :22:24.Sorry, Heather, you're right, it is Harry Potter.
:22:25. > :22:27.You weren't tempted to go...? Nothing you were tempted to go for there?
:22:28. > :22:34.None of the titles... Absolutely not, no. It's...
:22:35. > :22:38.Would have scored you 33 points. The top one...
:22:39. > :22:44.This next one... I bet you know that one?
:22:45. > :22:51.And the bottom answer is the best answer on the board,
:22:52. > :22:56.So, very well done if you got that terrific answer.
:22:57. > :23:05.Well done Tom. Tom and James have a strong position.
:23:06. > :23:09.where we find Ann and John. And I'm afraid
:23:10. > :23:14.But Nicki, you get first pick of this next board,
:23:15. > :23:18.OK. Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line now.
:23:19. > :23:22.Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium?
:23:23. > :24:21.I'll read those all one final time...
:24:22. > :24:27.And Nicki, you need to find the one you think the fewest of our
:24:28. > :24:29.100 people knew, you are the high-scorers.
:24:30. > :24:33.Yeah. How's this board? Not great, can I have the previous one
:24:34. > :24:35.cos I knew Trainspotting? Of course you can...
:24:36. > :24:44.I think I know the top one but I don't want to risk getting 200.
:24:45. > :24:54.No red line for you, you're the high-scorers
:24:55. > :24:58.100 people said, "Bridget Jones's Diary."
:24:59. > :25:13.Yeah, well played, Nicki it might yet save you - by Helen Fielding,
:25:14. > :25:17.Thanks very much indeed. Now then, John.
:25:18. > :25:20.What are you going to go for? You're on 41, the high-scorers
:25:21. > :25:25.are Nicki and Heather on 131, so 89 or less sees you through.
:25:26. > :25:29.Yeah, I'm not a lot better off than Nicki, really.
:25:30. > :25:34.And I knew that one and I think that the third one
:25:35. > :25:36.I'm going to say is A Tale of Two Cities.
:25:37. > :25:39."A Tale of Two Cities" for the third one, says John.
:25:40. > :25:41.Here's your red line. If you get below that you're through
:25:42. > :25:44.to the head-to-head. Let's see how many of our 100 people said
:25:45. > :26:04.Well played, John, safely through. Those cities being Paris and London.
:26:05. > :26:07.Thanks very much, Richard. Now, James, good news, you're through.
:26:08. > :26:21.There's only one that I would take a stab at.
:26:22. > :26:24.It's the second one down and I think it might be...
:26:25. > :26:28.1984. 1984 for the second one down...
:26:29. > :26:31.Let's see if that's right. No red line for you cos you're
:26:32. > :26:36.already through but let's see how many people said, "1984."
:26:37. > :26:53.Terrific answer. Very well played...1984.
:26:54. > :26:57.Is that the one you were going to go for, Nicki? Yeah.
:26:58. > :27:00.Let's fill in the rest of this board...
:27:01. > :27:02.The top one, quite a modern novel, 2009.
:27:03. > :27:12.And the "Who Would Have Believed..." do you know that one?
:27:13. > :27:18.This next one, another modern one. I'd normally ask you, I'm not going
:27:19. > :27:21.to ask you this one I'm going to ask everyone at home.
:27:22. > :27:23.What's the answer to that one? Who there is sitting there going,
:27:24. > :27:29.You're such liars, it's Fifty Shades Of Grey!
:27:30. > :27:31.LAUGHTER Ahh!
:27:32. > :27:33.4 points that would have scored you. You knew that one!
:27:34. > :27:40.So, I'm afraid, Nicki and Heather you are our high-scoring pair
:27:41. > :27:48.Thanks, meantime, very much for playing. BOTH: Thank you.
:27:49. > :27:59.But, for the remaining two pairs it's now time for the head-to-head.
:28:00. > :28:02.Congratulations, James and Tom, John and Ann, you are now one step
:28:03. > :28:13.So, now we need to decide who's going to play for that money
:28:14. > :28:15.and to do that you are now going to go head-to-head
:28:16. > :28:18.but the big difference is you are now allowed to confer.
:28:19. > :28:21.The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
:28:22. > :28:24.Well, John and Ann, our returning pair, you've done very, very well,
:28:25. > :28:32.Feeling good. We've had some great answers from you.
:28:33. > :28:37.Really strong indeed. James, you have piloted yourselves into er...
:28:38. > :28:40.into the semifinal, you just have to taxi yourselves now
:28:41. > :28:48.walk to er, baggage retrieval where you can get your trophy.
:28:49. > :28:55.I won't say which airline - they were very nice to me, I got
:28:56. > :28:58.on a flight really late and cos I got on the flight really late
:28:59. > :29:01.one of the cabin crew, I think, recognised me but
:29:02. > :29:05.misrecognised me so thought, "Oh, he must be pilot."
:29:06. > :29:07.So, I was ushered into first class and told to sit down
:29:08. > :29:11."Oh, erm, Paul and Jenny are doing this flight."
:29:12. > :29:14.LAUGHTER "That's nice..."
:29:15. > :29:18.and it wasn't until the penny hadn't dropped until
:29:19. > :29:20.well into the flight by which time I had my champagne...
:29:21. > :29:32.It was fantastic. Let's play the head-to-head...
:29:33. > :29:33.OK, here comes your first question...
:29:34. > :29:44.Richard. We're going to show you five sets of initials, now, all are
:29:45. > :29:46.people who were Chancellor of the Exchequer and then became
:29:47. > :29:50.Prime Minister between 1900 and 2011. Can you tell us who they are, please?
:29:51. > :29:53.Thanks very much indeed. So, let's reveal our five sets of
:29:54. > :30:12.Now, James and Tom, you've played best throughout the show so far
:30:13. > :30:22.Winston Churchill, you're going to say, Winston Churchill.
:30:23. > :30:28.The board is yours, do you fancy talking us through it? Em...
:30:29. > :30:30.Well, I said to someone the other night,
:30:31. > :30:33."Can you teach me some chancellors of the exchequer",
:30:34. > :30:36.and they didn't, we just had a drink instead.
:30:37. > :30:44.We think we've got Gordon Brown for the second one,
:30:45. > :30:51.Well, we think maybe Stanley Baldwin.
:30:52. > :30:55.And we were running into trouble a bit with the others,
:30:56. > :31:04.so we have Winston Churchill versus Stanley Baldwin.
:31:05. > :31:06.Churchill is what James and Tom went with,
:31:07. > :31:10.let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
:31:11. > :31:21.52 points for Churchill. Now, John and Ann,
:31:22. > :31:23.this sounds like a great answer, Stanley Baldwin, let's see
:31:24. > :31:26.if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
:31:27. > :31:33.Very well done, wins you the point as well.
:31:34. > :31:39.Oh, it's great, look at that, 10 for Stanley Baldwin.
:31:40. > :31:42.Which means, John and Ann, after one question you are up 1-0.
:31:43. > :31:50.Brown, both teams knew, it would have scored too many points though.
:31:51. > :31:59.JC was James Callaghan, would have scored you 30.
:32:00. > :32:02.And ABL, the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.
:32:03. > :32:05.It's Bonar Law, but I can't think what his Christian name is.
:32:06. > :32:09.Andrew Bonar Law, scored 4 points, so very well done if you said that.
:32:10. > :32:13.James and Tom, here comes your second question,
:32:14. > :32:14.you have to win this one to stay in the game.
:32:15. > :32:26.we're going to give you five clues to facts about Girls Aloud,
:32:27. > :32:30.including which one was chancellor and went on to become prime minister.
:32:31. > :32:32.Give us the most obscure answer please.
:32:33. > :33:03.Let's reveal our five clues, and here they are...
:33:04. > :33:06.There we are, five clues to facts about Girls Aloud.
:33:07. > :33:09.John and Ann, you go first this time.
:33:10. > :33:13.We're going to go with the second one,
:33:14. > :33:18.Sound Of The Underground, say John and Ann.
:33:19. > :33:21.James and Tom, you have to beat that to stay in the game,
:33:22. > :33:26.Unfortunately I think we might be able to.
:33:27. > :33:30.Number of members in the group is five,
:33:31. > :33:35.the member who took part in Strictly Come Dancing was Kimberly Walsh,
:33:36. > :33:39.Cheryl Cole's maiden name was Tweedy, and the Pretenders song...
:33:40. > :33:42.We can sing it but we can't say the title. We won't.
:33:43. > :33:46.We are going to say Cheryl Cole's maiden name, which was Tweedy.
:33:47. > :33:50.OK, so we have Sound Of The Underground versus Tweedy.
:33:51. > :33:52.John and Ann went for Sound Of The Underground, let's see
:33:53. > :33:55.if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
:33:56. > :34:16.that's what you have to beat with Tweedy, let's see if you can do it.
:34:17. > :34:20.Well, it's right. If it beats 15 you're still in the game, if not...
:34:21. > :34:28.That mean, John and Ann, after only two questions
:34:29. > :34:30.you are through to the final, 2-0, well done.
:34:31. > :34:34.Unlucky, guys, you took us through the board very well.
:34:35. > :34:38.if you're going to Malaga tomorrow, this guy's flying your plane!
:34:39. > :34:44.Sound Of The Underground, genuinely great record I would say.
:34:45. > :34:46.Number of members, you're right, it's five.
:34:47. > :34:51.Kimberly Walsh you were right about as well,
:34:52. > :34:53.wouldn't have won you the point, would have scored 24,
:34:54. > :34:56.but if you could have remembered the Pretenders song,
:34:57. > :35:03.That would have scored 3 points. Very well done at home
:35:04. > :35:09.so at the end of our head-to-head round I'm afraid the pair
:35:10. > :35:14.who'll be leaving us pointless - but in a bad way - are James and Tom.
:35:15. > :35:16.I'm really sorry, but the good news is we get to see you again.
:35:17. > :35:19.Otherwise that'd have been it, you'd have flown off -
:35:20. > :35:23.We'll look forward to seeing you next time.
:35:24. > :35:35.But for John and Ann, it's now time for our Pointless final.
:35:36. > :35:38.Well, congratulations, John and Ann, you've seen off all
:35:39. > :35:46.the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
:35:47. > :35:48.You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
:35:49. > :35:52.which at the end of today's show stands at...
:35:53. > :35:59.You know what, you've played so well throughout the whole show,
:36:00. > :36:02.but for me, that last head-to-head round sums it all up.
:36:03. > :36:08.and your two answers were Sound Of The Underground and Stanley Baldwin.
:36:09. > :36:16.Diverse responses! I think that is truly commendable, well done.
:36:17. > :36:18.And anything you'd like to see come up in this round?
:36:19. > :36:20.I think Girls Aloud was a bit of a dream for me,
:36:21. > :36:30.Music I like, and books... Well, books won't come up again, will it?
:36:31. > :36:37.as always you kick this round off by choosing your own category,
:36:38. > :36:46.you have a choice of four options, and they are...
:36:47. > :36:50.I think we can probably rule out Sheffield, can we? Mmm.
:36:51. > :36:54.You'd be good at fashion. I wouldn't mind fashion.
:36:55. > :36:56.I might be all right at German sport,
:36:57. > :36:58.but perhaps not as good as you with fashion.
:36:59. > :37:03.Oh, I don't want to take the responsibility!
:37:04. > :37:10.It's only ?5,000, don't worry about it(!)
:37:11. > :37:13.OK, fashion please. Fashion it is. Fashion, Richard.
:37:14. > :37:16.Yep, going to give you your three categories now...
:37:17. > :37:19.The name of any actor or actress who was credited in the film
:37:20. > :37:25.Any winners of Model Of The Year at the British Fashion Awards
:37:26. > :37:29.It's been called "Most Stylish Model",
:37:30. > :37:30.but it's the Model Of The Year award.
:37:31. > :37:33.Or any female winner of the Designer Of The Year award
:37:34. > :37:45.OK, as always you have one minute to come up with three answers,
:37:46. > :37:48.and all you need to win that jackpot of ?5,000 is for just
:37:49. > :37:50.one of those answers to be pointless.
:37:51. > :37:54.Remember, the answers you give can be from any of these categories,
:37:55. > :37:58.one from each, it's entirely up to you.
:37:59. > :38:10.do you know any of the Model Of The Year?
:38:11. > :38:15.I think it might be Lily Cole or somebody like that.
:38:16. > :38:20.Is it too far back to say Twiggy, or who else was around?
:38:21. > :38:28.Well, it could have been, I don't know if it existed then.
:38:29. > :38:40.Anyone a bit more obscure? I don't even know designers.
:38:41. > :38:43.Vivienne Westwood, or Alexander McQueen -
:38:44. > :38:53.Who else could be models who's like, a long way back? Ten seconds left.
:38:54. > :38:59.She won it, but could we go...? Marie Helvin.
:39:00. > :39:03.Yeah, do her, any others in that sort of era?
:39:04. > :39:05.OK, that's your time up, I now need your three answers,
:39:06. > :39:13.Anne Hathaway, Devil Wears Prada actress.
:39:14. > :39:23.Female winner of Designer Of The Year at the British Fashion awards,
:39:24. > :39:30.which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
:39:31. > :39:34.Em...Marie Helvin. OK, we'll put her last.
:39:35. > :39:38.Which is your least likely to be pointless?
:39:39. > :39:40.I think Anne Hathaway, don't you? Mmm.
:39:41. > :39:50.OK, let's put those up on the board in that order.
:39:51. > :39:52.Well, very best of luck. Your first answer,
:39:53. > :39:55.the one you thought was least likely to be pointless was Anne Hathaway.
:39:56. > :39:58.If this is correct and pointless you will win ?5,000.
:39:59. > :40:06.I'd give Ann half. And then I'd probably do an Italy trip.
:40:07. > :40:12.I'd like to go and spend some time at a language school...
:40:13. > :40:18.Ann, how about you? Yeah, holiday somewhere.
:40:19. > :40:22.Sicily I quite fancy, not been there. Good stuff.
:40:23. > :40:24.Well, three good answers on the board,
:40:25. > :40:26.let's hope one of those wins that jackpot for you.
:40:27. > :40:37.So for ?5,000, is Anne Hathaway an actress in The Devil Wears Prada?
:40:38. > :40:40.It's right. Now all it has to be is Pointless.
:40:41. > :40:44.Anne Hathaway taking us down through the 50s, the 40s...
:40:45. > :40:54.41, a popular answer there, not a pointless answer therefore.
:40:55. > :40:57.Your second answer was Vivienne Westwood.
:40:58. > :40:58.Let's find out if it's right, and again,
:40:59. > :41:00.if it's pointless it wins you that jackpot.
:41:01. > :41:08.So for ?5,000, has Vivienne Westwood ever won Designer Of The Year?
:41:09. > :41:15.Anne Hathaway took us down to 41, Vivienne Westwood takes us
:41:16. > :41:17.past that, into the 30s, 20s, teens...
:41:18. > :41:26.These are all scores that would probably get you through
:41:27. > :41:29.if we were playing in an earlier round.
:41:30. > :41:31.But in this round they have to be pointless,
:41:32. > :41:33.we're only interested in pointless answers.
:41:34. > :41:37.on your third and final answer, Marie Helvin.
:41:38. > :41:40.This one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.
:41:41. > :41:43.Let's find out if it was. If it is it will win you the jackpot.
:41:44. > :41:51.So for ?5,000, has Marie Helvin ever won Model Of The Year?
:41:52. > :42:02.Well, two perfectly good answers there, John and Ann,
:42:03. > :42:05.but I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important
:42:06. > :42:07.pointless answer, which means you don't win today's
:42:08. > :42:10.jackpot of ?5,000 and that will roll over onto the next show.
:42:11. > :42:12.But we've really loved having you both on the show
:42:13. > :42:13.and you do of course get to take home
:42:14. > :42:22.your Pointless trophy each. That's great, thank you.
:42:23. > :42:23.Well played, John and Ann. Marie Helvin
:42:24. > :42:25.was slightly before this time. I did say it was
:42:26. > :42:28.since 2001 they've awarded Model Of The Year. Actually, Model Of The Year
:42:29. > :42:31.I suspect is the category where people at home might have got
:42:32. > :42:38.David Marshall Grant plays Anne Hathaway's dad in the film,
:42:39. > :42:40.the model Gisele Bundchen is in the film,
:42:41. > :42:47.who play's Anne Hathaway's friend Lily, she was a pointless answer.
:42:48. > :42:51.Erin O'Conner would have been a pointless answer,
:42:52. > :42:56.Georgia May Jagger, Karen Elson also pointless answers.
:42:57. > :42:58.And the Designer Of The Year, only two pointless answers,
:42:59. > :43:04.Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Katharine Hamnett and Betty Jackson.
:43:05. > :43:07.But these are your only two pointless answers.
:43:08. > :43:11.Very well done if you said either of those. Terrific work.
:43:12. > :43:15.Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, John and Ann,
:43:16. > :43:24.Well, John and Ann sadly didn't win our jackpot today, which means
:43:25. > :43:31.it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for ?6,000.
:43:32. > :43:33.Join us then to see if someone can win it.
:43:34. > :43:35.Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
:43:36. > :45:10.Four dead after hurricane force winds batter southern Britain.
:45:11. > :45:14.Hundreds of trees have been brought down, causing road and rail
:45:15. > :45:15.disruption. Wind