0:00:18 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the game where you are always aiming for the lowest score.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Hello. My name's Gail and this is my husband Ken
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- and we are from Warrington. - Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Hi. My name's Jo. This is my friend Suzy and we're from Bristol.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Couple number three. - Hi. I'm Paul. This is my cousin Ray.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I'm from Glasgow, he's from Liverpool.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- And finally, couple number four. - Hello. My name's Jon.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55This is my BFF forever, Olly, and we're from Cardiff.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- And these are today's contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Thanks, everyone. We'll get to know more about you throughout the show.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06That just means one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08They call him The Doctor because he worked very hard at school
0:01:08 > 0:01:12and he looks lovely in white. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14APPLAUSE Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - How are you?- I mustn't grumble.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23We've only got one returning pair today.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25They did very well last time, didn't they? Paul and Ray.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28They went through to the head-to-head and we were surprised
0:01:28 > 0:01:30when they got knocked out as well. Got a pointless answer from Ray.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It's going to be tough for our new pairs.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Have you noticed, quite often these days when we have friends on, they look like each other?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39You think they're going to be brothers and sisters
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- and I think Jon and Olly look like they are. Don't you think?- Yeah.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44They kind of look like they're brothers.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I also worry, because you know BFF means best friend forever...
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- He then said forever.- ..but Jon said he was his BFF forever.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- So, there's an extra F in there. - Forever, forever, forever, forever.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- We'll see.- Always and forever.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00There's a proper old-school Pointless round coming up in Round One today.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Brilliant. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05All our questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10an answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Now, Sarah and Lisa didn't win the jackpot last time
0:02:15 > 0:02:17so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23APPLAUSE
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Now, remember, the pair with the highest score
0:02:32 > 0:02:34at the end of this round will be eliminated
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and there is to be no conferring between you during the round itself.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40OK. Our first category today is...
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Geography. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48who's going to go second?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Countries that start with two consonants. Richard.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10We're looking for any country whose name begins with two consonants, please.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Anyone whose conventional short-form name begins with two consonants.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15As always, a country means a member of the UN
0:03:15 > 0:03:17that's a sovereign state in its own right.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20The only countries we won't allow on this are Saint countries,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22so if they start with the St for Saint, we won't allow them.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Anything else, just two consonants at the beginning of their name, please.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- Very best of luck.- OK. Thanks, Richard. Good round.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Interesting. It gets you thinking. - Yeah. It's already got me thinking.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Now, you all drew lots before the show and Ken and Gail,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40you are going to go first today.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- What do you do, Ken?- I'm retired. - What did you do?- I was a nurse.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46What do you do now you are retired?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'm still a nurse. I'm a nursery nurse but I don't get paid.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52So the only difference is you still go out and work but you...
0:03:52 > 0:03:54No, I look after five grandchildren.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57We're heavily involved with our grandchildren, so...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- You stay in and work.- Yeah. - That's nice. Very good.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- What do they call you? - Anything they like!- Oh, really?
0:04:04 > 0:04:09- Do they have a name for you, though? - I'm Grandad, yeah.- Just Grandad. OK.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I know that sounds obvious but sometimes people have nicknames for their grandads.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- They do. I bet you did, didn't you? - Oh, yeah!
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- What did you call your... - No. It is too embarrassing.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- I'm not going to go there.- Go on.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- It's only between us. Just between us.- No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- No, no. - Did you have to call him Lord?
0:04:27 > 0:04:32- LAUGHTER - No! They were very sweet nicknames.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Your Majesty?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38No. Anyway, Ken, what are you going to go for?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I'm going to go for Papua New Guinea.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46OK. Little bit of an intake of breath there from our audience.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Papua New Guinea, says Ken. Let's see if that's right.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said Papua New Guinea.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I'm sorry to say that's an incorrect answer
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Ken.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Sorry, Ken. It begins P-A.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07P-Papua New Guinea would have been a correct answer.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Thanks, Richard. Suzy, welcome to the show.- Hello.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- And you are from Bristol.- I am.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Yes.- What do you do in Bristol, Suzy?- I'm a financial adviser.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- How long have you done that for? - I've been an adviser for a year
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- but worked for the company for about seven years now.- Is it fun?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- Do you like that?- Yeah, it is fun.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24More enjoyable than people probably realise.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30OK. So slightly enjoyable. What do you do in your spare time, Suzy?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I'm a bit of a karaoke queen so I like to go to the pubs
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- and do a singsong. - What's the track of choice?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40It's always a Mariah Carey song.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43My favourite would have to be Dream Lover by Mariah Carey.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Not easy to sing those songs. - No, they're not.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- I probably don't sing them well either.- OK.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Suzy, what about countries beginning with two consonants?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55There's a few I can think of.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I'm thinking that I was going to go obscure
0:05:57 > 0:05:59but I might go safe now because of Ken.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Sorry, Ken. So I'm going to go for Chile.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03It's good. It's good.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08let's see how many of our 100 people said Chile.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Very well done indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- 12 for Chile.- Well played, Suzy. Exactly the right tactics there.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29It's difficult, this round, because a lot of the old Pointless favourites you can't use.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31You can't have Tuvalu. You can't have Vanuatu.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34We're going to have to get to know some new friends.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38- But it's good. Shake them up a bit. - Exactly.- Thanks very much. Paul.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Welcome back. You stormed it last show until the head-to-head.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- We gave you Scouts.- No use at Scouts. Failed the medical.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Remind us what you do, Paul.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'm a company director, importing artificial grass
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- and clothing and all sorts of stuff. - Artificial grass and clothing.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58It's nice cos Jo's actually wearing a jumper made of artificial grass.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- It's one of mine. - That is imported by you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Where did you get that from?- That's from China, that particular one.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- That's China green.- China green. Very nice. A lovely green.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Very nice. Now, then,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Paul, we want the name of any country
0:07:14 > 0:07:18whose name begins with two consonants.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'm going to say Grenada.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Grenada, says Paul. OK.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28let's see how many of our 100 people said Grenada.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33It's right. I think this is going to be a typically low score from Paul.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And it is! Look at that, 4. Very well done indeed!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41APPLAUSE
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Well played, Paul. A nice way to start the show again.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It's had all sorts of names over the years.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- Christopher Columbus called it Concepcion.- I wonder why.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Thanks very much indeed. Jon. - Hello.- Welcome to the show.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- Here from Cardiff.- Indeed. Thank you for having us.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02With your brother/best friend. I mean, seriously!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04How are you not brothers? Surely!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Unless my mother and father aren't telling the whole truth
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and nothing but the truth then I don't know.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- I don't think we are.- How long have you known each other?- 17 years.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I think maybe that's right.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Maybe they were, in the same way that dogs...
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Owners of dogs start to look like their dogs, you know,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20you start to look a bit like your best friend.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Anyway, I'm not saying who's the dog, who's the owner?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You can work that one out yourselves. What do you do, Jon?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- I'm an estate agent.- Excellent. - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:08:29 > 0:08:32That gets a groan from the audience!
0:08:32 > 0:08:36But if you had to be shown around a house by anyone, surely by Jon!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- That would be fine. Do you enjoy that?- I do, yeah.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- Really good fun, yeah. - Do you have all the patter?- I do.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- Tan shoes, spiky hair. Leather coat. - Nice.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Now, then, Jon.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50We are looking for countries that start with two consonants.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I'm going to say Kyrgyzstan.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Kyrgyzstan.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Let's see if that's right
0:08:59 > 0:09:02and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It's right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Look at that! 4! Very well done, Jon.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- APPLAUSE - Great answer, Jon.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20I think you should get a special prize, Jon,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23because Kyrgyzstan starts with eight consonants.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26That's pretty good going, isn't it?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Pretty hard to start anything with eight consonants.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Obviously, Y fills in as a vowel on this. Sort of a supply vowel.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- It's a supply vowel.- If the other vowels are ill or inconvenienced...
0:09:37 > 0:09:40But we all know it's a consonant so we would all muck about.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thanks very much indeed. So, yes, Kyrgyzstan.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Good answer. Halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:09:47 > 0:09:494, the best score of that round.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Jon and Olly and Paul and Ray jointly occupying
0:09:52 > 0:09:55that nice low position and up to 12, Suzy and Jo
0:09:55 > 0:09:57also looking pretty good there.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01And then I'm sorry, I'm afraid you took one for the team there, Ken,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04and right now you are way out in front. But who knows, Gail,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07anything could happen in the next pass. Best of luck.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09We are going to come back down the line.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15OK. So, we are looking for any country that has a name
0:10:15 > 0:10:18starting with two consonants. Olly, welcome to the show.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- What do you do in Cardiff, Olly? - I'm a marketing consultant.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- For whom? - I work with the Big Local App.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- How is it going with the app? - Very well.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Is the app called the Big Local App? - Yeah.- I see.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I thought, in the Cardiff area, it was the biggest app.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- But no, it is the Big Local App. - Yeah, that's the app.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- And what are your hobbies, Olly? - I play rugby.- Of course.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- That is my hobby. That's as far as it goes.- That's pretty good.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Now, listen. Jon has set you up very, very well.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Lovely low score of 4. Do you think you can keep up...
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- or keep down, I should say, that scoring?- No.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53LAUGHTER
0:10:53 > 0:10:56But I will give it my best shot.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Listen, the high scorers, Ken and Gail, on 100.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02If you can score 95 or less, you are in the next round.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- Come on, Olly.- Czech Republic.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Czech Republic is all he said. He's only said that!
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Here is your red line.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13If you get below that with Czech Republic, you're in Round Two.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Through you go, Olly.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- APPLAUSE - 22 is your total.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Very well done. Good answer.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Well played, Olly. Two consonants, see. Right at the front. C and a Z.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It's got quarter of the amount of consonants at the beginning
0:11:35 > 0:11:37of Kyrgyzstan but it's still a correct answer.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Ray, you are from Liverpool.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44And you told us last time about your genealogy.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- What else do you like to get up to? - I like to play tennis.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52I like to read. I doing a lot of voluntary work.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Keeps me occupied in my retirement. - Excellent.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57And are you a voracious reader? Do you read widely?
0:11:57 > 0:12:03I like crime and thrillers mostly but I like, also, biographies.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08OK, good stuff. Well, countries starting with two consonants.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Do you think you can equal or even better Paul's brilliant answer?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I don't know if I can equal or better it
0:12:14 > 0:12:17but I'm going to go for Bhutan.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Bhutan. Bhutan. OK. There's your red line. Nice and high.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Let's see if you can get down below that red line with Bhutan.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I think you might.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It's right. You're through.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Surely that's going to go down lower than 4. Surely. Surely! 5!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Takes your total up to 9. Very well done.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45A single-figure total.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Something to be very proud of in this round. Richard.- Bhutan.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- I imagine it's lovely. I haven't been.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Now, Jo.- Hello.- Jo, you are from Portishead.- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- What do you do, Jo?- I'm a training consultant for a software company.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05And what do you do when you're not consulting?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- In my spare time I'm a bit of a football fanatic.- Are you?
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- What's your team?- Chelsea.- OK.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- Oh!- Didn't like that to my left, did he?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- I heard that.- No, I just...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Sharp intake of breath. - It's informative.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- That's all, it's instructive.- OK.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Why Chelsea, from Portishead?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I have been since I was little.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Supported them since I was young, so...- OK. Fair enough.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Now, what about countries starting with two consonants?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I thought of a few.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I don't think any of them are going to be overly low, to be honest,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44but I'm going to go with Trinidad and Tobago.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Trinidad and... It's a good answer.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Good answer. Trinidad and Tobago often features
0:13:49 > 0:13:52on the low-scoring boards at the end of these rounds.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Let's see if it does today. There's your red line - quite nice and high.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Let's see if you can get below that with Trinidad and Tobago.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Well done. You're in Round Two.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- 3! Look at that! - APPLAUSE
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The lowest score of the round. Very well done indeed.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Takes your total up to 15, Jo and Suzy.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Brilliant.- Well played, Jo. Terrific answer. Very well done.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Trinidad, originally, was called the Land of the Hummingbirds.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Why didn't they stick with that?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Cos the Land of the Hummingbirds and Tobago didn't sound so good.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29LAUGHTER
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Thank you very much indeed. Now, Gail, I'm sorry to say...
0:14:32 > 0:14:36- You waited so patiently.- I know. - I'm afraid you are the high scorers.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41You're a casualty of the first podium. Now, Gail, what do you do?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- I'm retired.- And what do you do with your time now you're retired?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I spend a lot of time... Well, I'm a potter.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52- My hobby is pottery.- On a wheel? - No. Hand-thrown pottery.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I spend quite a lot of time doing that,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59along with organising Ken.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Ken has an allotment and I sort of manage...- Do you?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06..what goes on at the allotment without physically getting involved.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- LAUGHTER - This is news to Ken.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14OK. Gail, we want the name of any country
0:15:14 > 0:15:16whose name begins with two consonants.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- What's your answer going to be? - Syria.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22We like that. Syria.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Let's see if that's right.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the highest scorers.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Syria.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It's right.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- APPLAUSE - I can't believe it!
0:15:41 > 0:15:444! Joint second lowest score of the whole round.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- 104 your total.- Great finish to the round, Gail. Well played.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Ken, if you had your time over,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53we'll just give you one more chance, what would you have said?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Off the top of my head, Sweden.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Sweden would have scored you 28 points
0:15:59 > 0:16:02so you would have been knocked out anyway.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- That was off the top of my head. - I hope that makes you feel better.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Now, there's no pointless answers at all.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09There's a couple of low-scorers.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Jo's was the best of the round but there are a couple of scores
0:16:12 > 0:16:15that are even better than that. Two ones. Let's take a look at them.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Sri Lanka and Brunei. Both would have scored you 1 point.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Oh!- Djibouti would have scored you 2 points.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25It also would have got 2 points for Rwanda or Myanmar.
0:16:25 > 0:16:283 points for Swaziland. 4 points Philippines.
0:16:28 > 0:16:305 points Bhutan, Ghana.
0:16:30 > 0:16:326 for Chad, 7 for Cyprus. Those are the best answers out there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Let's take a look at the top answers, the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair heading home
0:16:51 > 0:16:54with a high score of 104, it's Gail and Ken. I'm so sorry.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- You've only just got here.- I know. - And we're sending you back.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I'm sorry but we will see you again next time,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01when let's hope you will go much, much, much, much further.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05I've no doubt. Anyway, thanks very much for playing, Gail and Ken.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:17:08 > 0:17:11But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17OK. So, three pairs remain.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20At the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Suzy and Jo, very, very well done. Very strong play.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Paul and Ray, brilliant. 9. A single-figure total.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Jon and Olly, great work. Well done to you as well.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33You were the high scorers of the remaining pairs but still,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35two very good answers, Kyrgyzstan especially.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37I think this is going to be very close.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47who's going to go second?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55OK. And the question concerns...
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yeah. We're going to show you the name of six TV shows on each pass
0:18:03 > 0:18:05which are all adapted from novels or series of novels.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09We need you to give us the name of the author of those novels, please.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It's going to be 12 authors to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17We're looking for the author of the original novel on which these TV shows are based.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19And here is our first board of six.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:36 > 0:18:43- Now, then, Suzy.- Hmm. I've just started watching Game Of Thrones.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I've watched all the first and second series
0:18:45 > 0:18:48but I've not read the book and I can't remember the author's name.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51There's a couple of others I know.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56But I think I'll just play safe for now - I think it's safe -
0:18:56 > 0:19:00and go for Midsomer Murders and say Agatha Christie.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Agatha Christie, says Suzy, for Midsomer Murders.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07There's a bit of a murmur from the audience here.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Let's find out what that murmur means. Agatha Christie. Is it right?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12How many people said it if it is?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Oh, no! Suzy!
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I'm afraid not Agatha Christie, as it turns out. Yeah.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21That scores you 100 points.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It may well not be the last 100-pointer of this round,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- so don't lose heart.- Sorry, Suzy.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Lots of murders in Agatha Christie
0:19:28 > 0:19:32and lots of gentle English villages but none in Midsomer, I'm afraid.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Thanks, Richard. Now, Paul.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I just have an instinct you're going to be good at this? No?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Not a reader, I'm afraid.- No.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45OK. Well, is Inspector Morse Colin Dexter?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Colin Dexter, says Paul, for Inspector Morse. Ray's nodding.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Let's see if that's right
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and how many people said Colin Dexter for Inspector Morse.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56It's right. Very well done.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- 25. Good work, Paul. - APPLAUSE
0:20:05 > 0:20:08A good answer for someone who knew nothing about it, isn't it?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Colin Dexter. Well played.
0:20:10 > 0:20:1414 million people tuned into the final episode of Morse.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Thank you very much indeed. OK. Now, then, Jon.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Who wrote the original novel that these TV series were based on?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- How are we feeling?- Struggling.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- Oh, yeah.- Toughie.- Oh, yeah.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29This is music to Suzy and Jo's ears.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34The only thing...of an inkling, a smidgen
0:20:34 > 0:20:38and a guess at Jane Austen for Great Expectations.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- There's that murmur. - LAUGHTER
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Jane Austen for Great Expectations.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Oh, no. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Suzy and Jo are back in the game because that is an incorrect answer
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- that scores you the maximum of 100 points.- It's difficult.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'm trying to think how an estate agent might
0:21:04 > 0:21:07break the news of what a terrible answer that was.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I would say...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Quite a spacious answer in need of some improvement, I'd say.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14LAUGHTER
0:21:14 > 0:21:19I'd say that answer's a doer-upper. LAUGHTER
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It's Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
0:21:21 > 0:21:26would have scored you 83 points. A lot of people know it.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- Now, do you know Game Of Thrones? George RR Martin.- No.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Would have scored 1 point. Very good answer. Well done if you said that.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I bet you know Gormenghast.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- Is Mervyn Peake.- Mervyn Peake, yeah. Would have scored you 11.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Roots down the bottom is Alex Haley.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Would have scored you 5.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Midsomer Murders is a pointless answer,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50so very well done if you said Caroline Graham.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53I didn't know that. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Paul and Ray once again leading from the front.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Should be leading from the back with Pointless, isn't it, really?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05A low score of 25 is what I mean. Very well done indeed.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Then up to 100, where we find Jon and Olly and Suzy and Jo.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11So it's Olly and Jo, a tussle between the pair of you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Olly, you will go first, so choose carefully.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17We're going to come back down the line now.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24OK. Let's put six more TV shows on the board and here they come.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- OK. Now, then, Olly.- Yeah.- Olly.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Remember, we are looking for the author of the original novel
0:22:47 > 0:22:49on which these TV shows are based.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I haven't really got a clue, to be honest.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Never read any of those books either.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59But as Jon said it, I'll say it -
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen, says Olly.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08let's see how many people said Jane Austen.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Very well done, Olly.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13This time Jane Austen gets you down the column.
0:23:13 > 0:23:1649, under 50, as well. Look at that.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18APPLAUSE
0:23:18 > 0:23:19I'll take that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Happy days.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25That would have been much better if you'd pretended you knew it
0:23:25 > 0:23:29and just said, "Oh, I cannot believe Jon, it's an obvious one,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- "we all know it's Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice, so let's get this over with." Wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Rather than saying, "I don't know.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37"I never say the same name."
0:23:37 > 0:23:38ALEXANDER CHUCKLES
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Well, still, there you are, 149 your total.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Er, Ray...
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I think this is going to be good for you,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47the great reader that you are.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50You're through to the head-to-head, that's the most exciting thing.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Good news, through to the head-to-head.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Yeah, there's a couple there I'm quite confident about
0:23:55 > 0:23:58and there's one I'm not sure about.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I'm wondering whether to take a punt on it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Erm...
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I think I'll go for it. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Baroness Orczy, says Ray. No red line because you're already through.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said Baroness Orczy.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Absolutely right.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Seven. - APPLAUSE
0:24:24 > 0:24:28That'll do. It takes your total up to 32, Ray, well done.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Well played, Ray, continuing your great run.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33She wrote a series of Scarlet Pimpernel novels
0:24:33 > 0:24:35but the first one very much the most successful.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Thank you, Richard. Now, then, Jo.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40We have a contest on our hands here.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43We know exactly what you have to score - 48 or less.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- How are you feeling at this stage? - I don't know any of them.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Literature is not my forte, unfortunately.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I am going to have to guess one.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55I'm going to go The Ruby In The Smoke, Martina Cole.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Martine Cole for The Ruby In The Smoke.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how people said it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03There's your red line. Get below that and you're in the head-to-head.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07No, bad luck.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10An incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and take your total up to 200.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Sorry, Jo, I literally cannot believe Jon and Olly
0:25:15 > 0:25:16have got through that round.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18LAUGHTER
0:25:18 > 0:25:21One of the most extraordinary things I've seen in Pointless history.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24I hesitate to say "very well done", but very well done.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Er, let's go through the rest of this.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Now we'll start with the most obvious one, Jane Eyre.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Charlotte Bronte. - Charlotte Bronte, of course.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It would have scored you 36.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Brideshead Revisited?- Evelyn Waugh.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It would have scored you 23.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Sharpe. Do you know, Sharpe? - I was in it!
0:25:42 > 0:25:45LAUGHTER
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Think of the script. - I know exactly what he's called.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Erm, Cornwell.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Yeah, absolutely, Bernard Cornwell and would've scored you 8 points.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57And The Ruby In The Smoke - it's not by Martina Cole,
0:25:57 > 0:25:58it's by Philip Pullman
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and would have scored you 2 points, best answer up there.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Thank you very much indeed. At the end of our second round,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06the pair heading home with their high score of 200,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09our newest members of the 200 club, Jo and Suzy.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Oh, I'm sorry, that wasn't a good round for you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14If you had gone the other way round, would it have been any better?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Did you know any of the others on the first board, Jo?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I knew the Charles Dickens one.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Suzy, how was the second board? Any easier?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I've known Charlotte Bronte but whether or not I would've got it under pressure, I don't know.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Yeah, it's harder under pressure. The good news is, we'll see you next time.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Look forward to that. Thanks, Jo and Suzy, great contestants.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:37For the remaining two pairs it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Congratulations, Paul and Ray, Olly and Jon,
0:26:45 > 0:26:49you're one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...
0:26:49 > 0:26:51£3,250.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:53 > 0:26:57So now we have to decide who's going to play for that money
0:26:57 > 0:26:59and to do that you are now going to go head to head.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02The difference is, you're allowed to chat before you give your answers.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Well, Paul and Ray, you were here last time
0:27:08 > 0:27:10in exactly that position, as our lowest scoring pair.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13What do you make of your rivals today?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- I think this is going to be tough. - I think it could be.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19They were very lucky in that second round, but they were very good in the first round.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Yes, anything could happen.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Comeback Kids, Richard?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37This is some good news about wildlife.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40In 2013, the Wildlife Comeback Report was published
0:27:40 > 0:27:42and it's animals that in the last 50 years
0:27:42 > 0:27:45have made a significant comeback across Europe,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48in terms of numbers. We're going to show you five of those animals now
0:27:48 > 0:27:50and give you the first letter of their name, as well.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Can you give us the most obscure of these?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56OK, let's reveal our five Comeback Kids and here they are.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00- Aw...- Oh, look.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Aw...- Aw...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Oh.- Yeah...
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Aw, aw, aw...
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Don't jump!
0:28:15 > 0:28:17LAUGHTER
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- It's all right, it's the first floor. - All right, fine.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Yeah...
0:28:22 > 0:28:26OK, there we are, five animals that have come back from the brink of extinction.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Paul and Ray, you played best throughout the show so far so you will go first.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40We'll try D and say ibex.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Ibex. Ibex, say Paul and Ray.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49Now, then, Jon and Olly, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52We think A is wild boar.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56B, not sure.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- C is what we're going to go for, I think.- We think that's bison.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01But I think theirs is going to be slightly better than that.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03It's a good answer, that.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- We might as well have a guess. - Just go for it, mate.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08We'll say C, bison.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10OK, C, bison.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14So we have D ibex, and C bison.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17So Paul and Ray said D was an ibex.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said ibex.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23It's right.
0:29:28 > 0:29:2926.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31APPLAUSE
0:29:32 > 0:29:3726, not bad. Olly and Jon have gone for bison for C.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 said bison.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45It's right.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48- Oh!- 60.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50APPLAUSE
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Which means Paul and Ray, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Well played, Paul and Ray. All five of these animals thriving in Europe now, which is nice.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01The ibex, don't worry about him in that window,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04they're incredibly acrobatic creatures.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07They can climb cliff faces, all sorts of things.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I go to the Ibex cinema in London, have you been there?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Yeah, yeah. A bit noisy is my only complaint.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- A little bit, isn't it?- And the snacks aren't all they might be.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Now, A, I think both teams know is the wild boar.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22It's a big scorer, it would have scored you 68 points.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26B, you'll know the name, it would have scored you 9 points.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28That's a wolverine.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29- Is it?- Yeah.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- It's cute, isn't it?- Aw. - Cuter than you think.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36It doesn't look like that in the X-Men.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39And E is the spoonbill.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Of course it is.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42That would have scored you 19 points.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I'm glad they're all back from the brink. Nice to have them back with us.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49There are so many wild boar now, they're starting a culling programme.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51And they make quite nice sausages.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54That's nature for you, though, isn't it?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- That is nature.- There we are, thanks very much indeed.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Here comes your second question, Olly and Jon.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02You get to answer this one first but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Best of luck. It concerns...
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Events in the Royal Calendar. Richard?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11We're going to show you five events in the Royal calendar
0:31:11 > 0:31:14where senior members of the Royal Family appear.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17We've left out alternate letters from each one. Can you fill in the gaps?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20OK, thanks very much, let's reveal events from the Royal calendar
0:31:20 > 0:31:23with missing bits and here they are.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45I'll read those all again.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Olly and Jon, you will go first.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05- Oh.- Tough.- Yeah.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09We don't know any.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12We are struggling again here.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14We are going to have to have a guess.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Royal something...
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Just say an answer, mate..
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Paramaribo?
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Nice little pointless answer there.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32The Royal Paramaribo
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- is what you're going to go for for the first one?- Yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- Are you sure you have said that right?- It's all I've got.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41OK, Royal Paramaribo.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Paul and Ray, an open goal.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Well, the second one is Remembrance Day.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Do you just want to go for that one?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51The third one, the State Opening of Parliament.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Trooping the Colour...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55We'll go for Remembrance Day.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58OK, Remembrance Day, say Paul and Ray.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Olly and Jon have said the first one is the Royal Paramaribo.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04LAUGHTER
0:33:06 > 0:33:10I have got to thank you for that, that's a good answer.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Who cares if it's wrong?!
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Let's see how wrong it is.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Yeah, there we go.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24So Paul and Ray, you merely have to be correct with Remembrance Day
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and you go through to the final.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Let's find out if it's right, Remembrance Day.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33It's right.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41There we are, 19, very well done.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45The key thing is, it was correct. Paul and Ray, only two questions into the head-to-head,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48you are straight through to the final, 2-0. Well done.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Well played, let's fill in the scores for the ones you mentioned.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55You mentioned the third one which is the State Opening of Parliament.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56It would have scored you more points.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58It would have scored you 30.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Trooping the Colour, you're right about as well.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It would have scored you even more, 49.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Do you know the top one?
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Yeah, Royal Variety Performance. - Royal Variety Performance, yeah.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10It would have scored you 23.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13And the bottom one is the best answer on the board...
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- The Royal Maundy Service. - The Royal Maundy Service, yeah.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18That would have scored 2 points.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Very well done if you said that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, it's Olly and Jon.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Paul and Ray, they're like a machine.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30They're very, very good at this.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Also, you weren't so good.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37I can't pretend it was entirely down to Paul and Ray.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Listen, the good news is, we get to see you again
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and we get even more of this next time, which I'll enjoy very much.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- Olly and Jon, it's been great having you on the show.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:34:49 > 0:34:52But for Paul and Ray, it's now time for our Pointless final!
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Congratulations, Paul and Ray, you fought off all the competition
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:14 > 0:35:16APPLAUSE
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Well, you stormed through both shows.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22You got to the head-to-head last time
0:35:22 > 0:35:25and you were the lowest scoring pair and then you lost 2-0,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and this time you won.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30I think you'd be hard pressed to lose this one.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33LAUGHTER
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Anyway, here you are, deserved all the more
0:35:37 > 0:35:39for having done so well in two shows.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43What would you like to see come up in this round? Any particular strong suits?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46I would like something to do with movies or actors,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50something like that. Or history.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- OK, Ray? - Politics would be OK for me.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I know it won't be tennis, I know it won't be countries,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- so politics will be OK. - OK, well best of luck.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01As always, you choose your category and here are your four options.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03You have got...
0:36:12 > 0:36:14It picks itself, British Actors.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16British Actors, they do pick themselves, don't they?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- And us too.- OK, now Richard?
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Guys, very best of luck. We're giving you three different options.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release for which any of the following actors
0:36:26 > 0:36:28received an acting credit.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30We're looking for any Bill Nighy films.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34We're looking for any Julie Christie films
0:36:34 > 0:36:35or any Rachel Weisz films.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40Any film for which any of those three received an acting credit, please.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Guys, we won't accept About Time because it was released after the poll was put to our 100 people.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47We also won't accept This Is Not An Exit for Rachel Weisz.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:51 > 0:36:56and to win the jackpot all you need to do is find just one pointless answer among those three.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59The answers you provide can come from any of these three categories.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02It's up to you how you spread them across the category. It can all be Rachel Weisz.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07It can all be Julie Christie, one from each, entirely down to you.
0:37:07 > 0:37:08- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14There they are, your time starts now.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Bill Nighy, he was in Valkyrie. - Right.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Julie... Let me think.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Julie Christie, Don't Look Now. - I don't know.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener,
0:37:24 > 0:37:28or any of the Mummy films.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Bill Nighy did one, did a real obscure war film.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Another war film about the SS.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Bill Nighy was in that film, The Boat That Rocked.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Was he in that? - Yeah, probably.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46And he was in the one about the hotel place in India.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- What was that?- The Marigold Hotel.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50The Marigold Hotel.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- I think Valkyrie.- OK.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Julie Christie, Don't Look Now.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Oh, she was in that one where the guy comes back,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Warren Beatty comes back to Earth.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Ten seconds...
0:38:04 > 0:38:06What was that one called?
0:38:06 > 0:38:10He comes back, he was a baseball player and he comes back to life.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I don't know.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Er...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15OK, there is your time up.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I now need your three answers. What are you going for?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- Bill Nighy, Valkyrie.- Valkyrie.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Julie Christie, Heaven Can Wait.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- Heaven Can Wait.- And Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29The Constant Gardener for Rachel Weisz.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30OK, so one from each category.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Probably the Julie Christie one. - OK, Heaven Can Wait.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38We'll pop that last. Your least likely?
0:38:38 > 0:38:42The least likely is Rachel Weisz, I think, because that was a big movie.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45The Constant Gardener, we'll pop that one first.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48We'll put them on the board. Here they are.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Some cracking answers up there. Let's hope they're all correct
0:38:55 > 0:38:57and let's hope at least one of them is pointless.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Now, your first answer was The Constant Gardener.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless
0:39:02 > 0:39:06to win that jackpot. £3,250, it's getting quite tasty, that jackpot.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08What would you do with your share of that, Paul?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11My son is 17 and he's learning to drive.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16It would go towards the insurance. Not all, but it would go a long way.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- Ray?- It will go toward spending money for a holiday in Australia
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- which is coming up.- Good stuff.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25OK, well, two good things to be spending your prize money on,
0:39:25 > 0:39:27three good answers on the board.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Your first one was The Constant Gardener.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Remember, it has to be right
0:39:30 > 0:39:33and then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Let's find out, for £3,250,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39how people named The Constant Gardener as a Rachel Weisz film?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42It's right!
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Well, if this goes all the way down to zero,
0:39:46 > 0:39:49you leave here immediately with £3,250.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's taking us down through the teens, will it go to single figures?
0:39:52 > 0:39:537.
0:39:53 > 0:39:557, not bad at all.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Probably the one with the most mainstream of those answers, I'd say.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Only seven people got that, that's really not bad at all.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Another great score. Sadly, not a pointless answer
0:40:09 > 0:40:12which means only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Your second answer of the day was Valkyrie.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Again, this has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21For £3,250, let's see how many people named Valkyrie
0:40:21 > 0:40:24as a Bill Nighy film.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28It's right.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Now, your first answer was The Constant Gardener,
0:40:31 > 0:40:33that took us down to 7.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36This time, Valkyrie takes us down into single figures.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38You've passed 7 down it goes, still going down.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- You've done that! Very well done, indeed. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- That was brilliant, very well done. Richly deserved.- Thank you.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Brilliantly played all the way through.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Congratulations, Paul and Ray, Valkyrie was a pointless answer,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59which means you go home with a jackpot of £3,250.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02You played so well.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:09How about that? There is a perfect way to play Pointless
0:41:09 > 0:41:12and that's to come on show one, get through to the head-to-head,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14wait for the jackpot to go up, come back again,
0:41:14 > 0:41:16get through to the final and do it.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19And to do it by giving great answers all the way through,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22by being thoroughly nice guys all the way through, as well.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Very well played. He played Friedrich Olbricht in Valkyrie.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Heaven Can Wait, also a pointless answer.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30APPLAUSE
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I think the war film you are thinking of with Bill Nighy
0:41:38 > 0:41:40might have been Glorious 39.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44It was also a pointless answer for Julie Christie, because she was also in it.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47If you had thought of that, I don't know where we'd have been.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51There are lots of pointless answers here.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53I suspect people at home might have done quite well.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was a pointless answer.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Notes On A Scandal would also have been a pointless answer,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01he plays Cate Blanchett's husband in that.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Valkyrie, I Capture The Castle.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06You could've had Arthur Christmas, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 1.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08You could've had Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End...
0:42:08 > 0:42:13The Constant Gardener Bill Nighy's in. He would have been a pointless answer for that question.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Phantom Of The Opera,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17lots of pointless answers for Bill Nighy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Let's take a look at Julie Christie.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Finding Neverland would have been a pointless answer. Hamlet.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Heat And Dust, Troy and all sorts of amazing films.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29You also could have had Demon Seed, Fahrenheit 451.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32You could have had Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34McCabe And Mrs Miller, lots of pointless answers there.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39And Rachel Weisz, Constantine, Runaway Jury,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41the John Grisham adaptation.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43The Deep Blue Sea and The Lovely Bones was a pointless answer.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46I suspect people would have got that at home.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Very well done, for two pointless answers in the studio.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Congratulations, guys.- Thanks. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Thanks once again to our winning players, Paul and Ray,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10APPLAUSE