0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much, indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome
0:00:24 > 0:00:27to Pointless, the game show where you're always aiming for the lowest score.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Hello, I'm Basil.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38This is my son, Giles, he's from Birmingham and I'm from West Sussex.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Couple number two.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hello, I'm Brian and this is my daughter, Gemma
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and we're from Crowthorne in Berkshire.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Geoff and this is Patrick and we're friends from Nottingham.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Rachel, this is my husband, Michael,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and we're from Wandsworth in south London.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And these are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Thanks very much, all of you, we'll find out more
0:01:00 > 0:01:03about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09a bespectacled ball of string guiding our brave warriors
0:01:09 > 0:01:11through a terrifying labyrinth of facts,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14while hoping to avoid the man-eating minotaur of ignorance.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24You would say if these weren't long enough, these introductions?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25That might be the longest yet,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27a new record. It's nice, though, I like it.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- OK, it'll do. - Now, what a show last time.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Really high-quality stuff,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35we got two pairs who were in it last time who very strong, Rachel and Michael,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38very good but got knocked out in Round Two, that's how strong a show it was.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41And Patrick and Geoff who got all the way through to their head-to-head.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44But best of all, Barry and Dave, who were amazing in their final round.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- Two pointless answers, £7,500, back up to Liverpool.- Yeah.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Good news, yeah?
0:01:52 > 0:01:53But, you know, genuinely earned it,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56they did terrifically well all the way through the show.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00But two very strong pairs, there, on podium three and podium four.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Round One is the sort of thing that would just drive me mad,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05if it came up.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's something that some people might breeze it, but to me,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11it's the sort of thing where I look at it and just go, "Oh, no."
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You'll have to look up at the ceiling a couple of times
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- for this next round. - Good luck, everyone.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18As usual, today's questions have been asked
0:02:18 > 0:02:21to 100 people before the show and our contestants, here,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23are looking for the answers that those 100 people couldn't get.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26If you find a pointless answer, an answer nobody got,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Now, as you've gathered, Barry and Dave won the jackpot last time,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39APPLAUSE
0:02:42 > 0:02:43OK, the pair with the highest
0:02:43 > 0:02:45score at the end of the round will be eliminated
0:02:45 > 0:02:48and remember there is to be no conferring during the round itself.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51OK, our first category today is...
0:02:54 > 0:02:58There's a collective sigh from eight people.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Richard.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Yeah, essentially just a complicated way of saying any countries
0:03:20 > 0:03:24that are ahead of the United Kingdom at 31st December.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27So, any country whose time zone is ahead of the United Kingdom.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Now, then, Basil and Giles, you all drew lots before the show
0:03:36 > 0:03:39and today you are going to go first. Giles, welcome to Pointless.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Thank you.- Great to have you here, down from Birmingham?- Yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43What do you do up in Birmingham?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I work as a retail insight manager for a large retail company.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And what you do in your spare time?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52My number one thing is actually spending time with my new daughter,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56but my personal thing that I love doing is going to the cinema.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Lovely. That is wonderful, how young is your daughter?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- She's about 22 months at the moment. - Wonderful, well, congratulations.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Now then, Giles, how do you feel about time zones?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I don't know, I think there's lots of answers, it's...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I'm going to guess, yes, there are.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13LAUGHTER
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I will say the Philippines.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The Philippines, says Giles, the Philippines.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25It's right!
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Good answer, 6!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Great start to the round, Giles, very well done.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Philippines, Rich.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Manila, the capital of the Philippines,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42about eight hours ahead of London.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Brian, welcome to the show.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Thank you.- Great to have you here, Brian, where are you from?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Crowthorne in Berkshire.- That's right, and what do you do there?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I'm a procurement manager for a company close by
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and I'm also a student landlord.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- That's quite fun.- Yes...
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Do you have a management company that deals with them,
0:05:02 > 0:05:03or do you deal direct?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- I see. Do they like you, Brian? - They love me.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08LAUGHTER
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Will they be watching now?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12They don't know I'm on!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- But they might do by the time it shows.- OK, excellent.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Now then, Brian.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18How's your geography?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21This is essentially a world geography question, isn't it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Erm, I think it's going to be OK. I'm going to go for...
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Western Samoa.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Western Samoa, says Brian, let's see
0:05:29 > 0:05:33if Western Samoa is right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Oh, no!
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Oh, Brian.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I'm afraid Western Samoa, an incorrect answer,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I can't go home now.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48The oldest trap in the Pointless book, there, not a country,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Western Samoa, I'm afraid.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Yeah. OK, now, Geoff.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- Hello.- Welcome back. Now, last time, head-to-head?- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59But then what happened?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Madness ensued and I just lost it, unfortunately.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- But...- That's right, but you knew a really nice,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10low-scoring a answer that would have, might have, kept you in the game,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- might have seen you through to the final.- Indeed.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- We discovered last time, you're an artist.- Yes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And what do you do in your spare time?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Well, I paint as a hobby, as well,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22which seems odd.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25That sounds like just working full-time at being an artist.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Different medium.- Yeah? Oh, I see.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Wow, so for a break from work, you paint in acrylics?- Yes.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And also, walking, cinema...
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- I see.- The usual suspects.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- OK, now, how do you fancy your chances on geography?- Well, not bad.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Erm, I think I'll plump for Vietnam.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Vietnam, says Geoff, let's see if that's right
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Vietnam.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It's right!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Well, 6 is our lowest score so far.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Vietnam...
0:06:57 > 0:06:58equals 6!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00APPLAUSE
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Well done, Geoff.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Well played, Geoff, Hanoi is seven hours ahead of London.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10They have their New Year's Eve the same day as Chinese New Year,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14which is 31st January in 2014.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Thanks, Richard. Rachel.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Hi.- Now then, it was Round Two last time, Rachel.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- It was, that pesky Florence Nightingale.- Yeah, I know.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23What do you do, Rachel, remind us?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I work for an education charity in marketing and fundraising.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29That's right, and what do you like getting up to?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33In my spare time, I'm a big foodie and I'm also really into crafts,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37so I do a lot of crochet and some more unusual crafts.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39What are the more unusual ones?
0:07:39 > 0:07:44So, we have a cat that we both dote on and we talk about him so much
0:07:44 > 0:07:48that my sister-in-law bought me a book called Crafting With Cat Hair.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49But the... Yeah!
0:07:49 > 0:07:52But the joke was on her because I made her something first.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Out of cat hair? - Yes.- From your cat?- Yes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- How much of that had been spat up by your cat? None of it.- OK.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01- It was all harvested, cleanly, with a brush.- Harvested?
0:08:01 > 0:08:02It's a good word, isn't it?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05It is, isn't it? But there's not a lot of fur on a cat.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Is it very long furred? - He's very fluffy. OK.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Or he was very fluffy.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Yeah, he's a bit...bald patches, now.- Bit threadbare, now.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17OK, now then, Rachel, how's your world geography? We'll discover.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Yeah, geography is not my strongest subject,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- but I think I've got an answer.- OK.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I'm going to go for Kazakhstan.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Kazakhstan, says Rachel, Kazakhstan, let's see if that's right
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Very well done, it's right!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Now then, 6 is the lowest we've gone so far,
0:08:37 > 0:08:38I wonder if Kazakhstan
0:08:38 > 0:08:40will take us below that...
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Oh! You've equalled 6.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43APPLAUSE
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Very well done.- Well played, Rachel.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Astana is six hours ahead of us,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52obviously we're looking at 31st December here,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54but their New Year is the date of the spring equinox.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56That's the Kazakh New Year.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Thanks very much, Richard.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59We're halfway through the round.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Let's take a look at those scores, only two scores between the four pairs, 6, 6 and 6.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07So very well done, Giles and Basil, Geoff and Patrick
0:09:07 > 0:09:11and Rachel and Michael, all on 6, all looking equally strong.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I'm sorry, Brian and Gemma, there you are on 100. Now, Gemma,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17who knows what might happen?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20But if there is a scenario in which you will go through,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23it will involve you scoring five or less...
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- OK!- ..and one of these fine people scoring 100.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29That's the only way I can see it happening.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Best of luck, we're going to come back down the line,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- OK, now, Michael. Welcome back.- Hello.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Michael?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I work in sales and marketing.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46But we also discovered last time that you and Rachel
0:09:46 > 0:09:48run a quiz night for a film quiz.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- That's right. - How long have you done that for?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Erm, while Rachel actually founded it, I think,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55six or seven years ago?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57And I've been involved since we met five years ago.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00How do you feel about time zones?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03It's not one of my stronger suits, but...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I was actually thinking along the same lines as Rachel.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09So I'm going to say Turkmenistan.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Turkmenistan, Rachel likes that.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14If it can score you 93 or less,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16you are definitely through to the next round.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Let's see how many of our 100 people said Turkmenistan.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19There's your red line.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24It's right! You're through.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Let's see if we can break this 6 thing.
0:10:29 > 0:10:314! You've broken the 6 thing.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Well done, Michael, takes your total up to a nice round 10.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36APPLAUSE
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Well played, very good work on podium four, Ashgabat
0:10:39 > 0:10:42is the capital of Turkmenistan, it's five hours ahead of London.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44They celebrate New Year's Eve on the same day we do.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Do you know, by coincidence,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49you have been counting down the hours to London,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51with each successive correct answer?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Yeah, it's gone eight, seven, six, five, hasn't it?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Do you think we can keep that up? - Four, three, two...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- That would be awesome.- Wouldn't it?- Yeah. That would be awesome.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Thanks very much, OK. Now,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Patrick, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Patrick?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I'm a retired psychology teacher.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11But also mad keen on the am dram?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Yes, one of the things I like to do.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- I'm also in an organisation called the U3A.- Oh, are you?
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Yes, the University of the Third Age,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20particularly the wine tasting group.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25That is one of the best faculties of the U3A, I'd have thought.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Do you get together with all the other wine faculty people?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33No, we just drink wine together happily.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36You taste wine, you don't drink wine, right?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37No, we drink it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Do you eat...do you eat those table water crackers between sips?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Yes, loads of those. - Yeah! Very good.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46OK, there you are on 6.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Again, you need 93 or less, Patrick.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54I was thinking of going down the same kind of route as podium four,
0:11:54 > 0:12:00but I think I'll go for the newest country, which is South Sudan.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03South Sudan, South Sudan says Patrick.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Here's your red line.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Let's see if you can get below that, also lets see
0:12:07 > 0:12:10if you can find a nice new low score for us.
0:12:10 > 0:12:134 is our current low score. South Sudan, how many people said it?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16You're through!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26There we are, very well done indeed, Patrick, a pointless answer,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28that adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31takes the total up to £1,250.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at an impeccably low 6.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Very well done, indeed, Patrick.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Well done, Patrick, all we need now is for
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Juba, the capital of South Sudan, to be four hours ahead of London.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Is it?- It's three hours, what are you doing?- Oh, no!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Take the money back! Money back, money back!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Thanks very much indeed, now, Gemma.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But Gemma, it's beginning to look quite ominous, this, isn't it?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58This inconvenient number on your podium, there.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00100, it says.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Gemma, welcome to the show, it's lovely of you
0:13:03 > 0:13:04to bring your dad along.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- What do you do? - I'm a freelance designer.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- What kind of things do you design? - I specialise in printed interiors.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And when you're not doing that, what do you like to get up to?
0:13:14 > 0:13:20I'm quite sporty, I'm very active, I row for my local rowing club,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24I studied in Cornwall, so I surf a lot, too. So, yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27How's your world geography, Gemma?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'm not great, but we'll see.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- The proof is in the pudding.- OK.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33I'm going to go for...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37..I may as well say, Belarus?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Belarus, says Gemma, Belarus.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42No red line for you, you're the high scorers,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45but let's see how many of our 100 people said Belarus.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47It's right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Well done.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49You're welcome.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- 3, Gemma! - APPLAUSE
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- There you go. - That could be good enough,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00103 is your total.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Yeah.- You're still potentially in the game.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05And that's three hours ahead of London, as well,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08so we are, actually going in the...
0:14:08 > 0:14:10we haven't gone backwards in time, at any point.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13We haven't invented a time vortex, yet.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Thanks. Now then, Basil, welcome, great to have you here.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Where are you from, Basil? - From Burgess Hill in Sussex.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Don't even...don't even start.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26No, we've talked about this before, Basil and I, it's fine.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27- There's an entente.- Really?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30The Haywards Heath/Burgess Hill rivalry.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Do you know what? I know why it's suspended,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34because they are Fulham season ticket holders.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36They are, exactly, that, to me,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39it was like the pH was perfectly balanced, there.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41So he's from Burgess Hill, so we had a nice...
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- So we were about to have a fight... - I saw you squaring up!
0:14:44 > 0:14:46..about which is better, Haywards Heath or Burgess Hill,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49which is Haywards Heath, but then Basil mentioned he was a Fulham fan,
0:14:49 > 0:14:50so we talked about that instead.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- And that's nice, it brings people together.- It does.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Interestingly, Burgess Hill is 15 years behind Haywards Heath in its time zone.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00LAUGHTER
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Thanks very much. Now, Basil, how is your geography?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09You have to score 96 or less to stay in the game.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11If you can do it with a place that is only two hours
0:15:11 > 0:15:14ahead of London, that would be wonderful.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I'm going to say Nepal.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Nepal, says Basil.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Nepal.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Let's see if Nepal's right and if it is, let's see how
0:15:21 > 0:15:24many of our 100 people said Nepal, there's your red line, Basil.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27It's right, and you're through.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Very well done indeed!
0:15:35 > 0:15:372 for Nepal takes your total up to 8.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40APPLAUSE
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Worth waiting for, Basil.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Well played, Basil, it's a terrific answer.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Let's take a look at the pointless answers, there's loads of them.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49There's absolutely loads, a lot of African countries, as well.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Bahrain, Botswana, Burundi - all of those would have been pointless.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Our old friend, the Democratic republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Liechtenstein, that would have been...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Liechtenstein would have been one or two hours ahead of us.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07You could have had Andorra, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Gabon, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Monaco, Tunisia,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Uganda, UAE, Zambia, Zimbabwe, there's hundreds and hundreds.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Well, not hundreds, that's ridiculous,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18there's not hundreds and hundreds of countries.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20But there's lots and lots of pointless answers.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Let's take a look at the top-scoring answers,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I think lots of us have relatives in Australia,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36so we're very aware of how far ahead or behind they are.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Thanks very much indeed.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39At the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home
0:16:39 > 0:16:42with a high score of 103, I'm sorry, Brian and Gemma,
0:16:42 > 0:16:43it is you.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Oh, dear, Western Samoa, Brian, it's done for you.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49It was a very low-scoring round, that, though.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Look, only just into double figures with Michael and Rachel, there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55But, yeah, and a fantastic low-scorer from you,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Gemma, let us not forget.- Thanks!
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Good news is, though, we will see you again
0:16:59 > 0:17:00next time, we will look forward to that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Gemma and Brian!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05APPLAUSE
0:17:05 > 0:17:08But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14So, three pairs remain.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Obviously, at the end of this round, we will be saying goodbye to
0:17:17 > 0:17:19another pair in time for our head-to-head round.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Very well done, Patrick and Geoff, not only our lowest-scoring
0:17:22 > 0:17:25pair, but also, Patrick, you had a pointless answer, so very well done.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The bar has been set high, or low?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I'm not quite sure how we put that, but the bar has been set,
0:17:29 > 0:17:30anyway, one way or another.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Very, very best of luck to all three pairs,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35our category for Round Two today is...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Can you decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:17:41 > 0:17:42who's going to go second?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:55 > 0:17:57On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six
0:17:57 > 0:18:01UK top 40 singles which have the word mama or papa in their title.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03We need you to tell us who had a hit with them in the year shown.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home, so best of luck.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08We're looking for the acts who had hits in the years
0:18:08 > 0:18:11shown with these songs featuring the words mama and papa.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Here's our first board of six.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27I'll read those all one last time...
0:18:40 > 0:18:46There we are. Six tracks with mama or papa in their title, Giles.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Erm...
0:18:50 > 0:18:55I will go for Mama Do The Hump, which I believe is Rizzle Kicks.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Rizzle Kicks, says Giles, for Mama Do The Hump and if it's right,
0:18:59 > 0:19:00let's see how many people said it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04It is Rizzle Kicks.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- 15.- Well done, Giles.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14APPLAUSE
0:19:14 > 0:19:1615 for Rizzle Kicks, very well done.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Number 2 hit from 2011, there.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- I'm not sure I'll ever tire of saying the word Rizzle Kicks.- It's great.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- It's a great name, isn't it? - Isn't it? Now then, Geoff.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Geoff, are you happy with our selection of mamas and papas here?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Erm, I think I've heard most of them,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- but I'm not entirely sure of the artists involved.- Yeah.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37That's the trouble.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Erm, I'm going to go for...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Take Your Mama, and
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Scissor Sisters.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Scissor Sisters, says Geoff, Take Your Mama,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- 20.- Happy.- Very good.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00APPLAUSE
0:20:00 > 0:20:0220 for Scissor Sisters.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Richard.- From 2004, well played, Geoff.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- Do you remember when we met the Scissor Sisters?- Yeah!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11They were lovely, weren't they? What a nice bunch.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I couldn't believe they were sisters.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16LAUGHTER
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I know. Rachel. Rachel, you're the last person to have this board.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Do you fancy talking us through it?
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Oh, I'm not sure I can.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I don't know what Mama is, I don't know who did that.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I think Mama Told Me Not To Come is Tom Jones,
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Papa Loves Mambo, I think might have been Dean Martin.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I only know Tom Jones and I think that will be really high, anyway,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40so I'm going to have a bash at Dean Martin for Papa Loves Mambo.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Papa Loves Mambo, Dean Martin, says Rachel.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Let's see if that's right
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Dean Martin.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Oh, no, bad luck!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Sorry!
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Sorry, Rachel, it is a crooner, but it's Perry Como, I'm afraid.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Argh!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Would have scored you one point as well, would have been terrific.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Dean Martin did Mambo Italiano.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Oh, that's what... Yeah.- Exactly.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09And if you'd said Tom Jones for Mama Told Me Not To Come,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12it would have been a right answer, would have scored 33 points.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Tom Jones and the Stereophonics, but we would have taken Tom Jones.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Mama, up the top, well done if you said Mama by Dave Berry,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22because you just got yourself a pointless answer.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Terrific work. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Very well done, Giles on 15 there, that puts you
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and your father in a strong position,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40then up to 20 where we find Geoff and Patrick
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and then we travel up to 100, Rachel and Michael.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Who knows what the next board's going to be like?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Michael, you will get the first bite at it, so use it well.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49We're going to come back down the line, now,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57OK, let's put six more mamas and papas songs up on the board
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and here they are.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I'll read those all one last time...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Now, remember, we're looking for the acts who had hits in the years
0:22:26 > 0:22:27shown with these songs.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Michael, you're going to try to find the lowest scorer on that board.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- OK.- How do you find that board?
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Erm, not great. There's one I definitely know
0:22:39 > 0:22:42and one I think I know.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44So, I'm going to say
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Papa's Got A Brand New Bag,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48James Brown.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50James Brown, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, let's see
0:22:50 > 0:22:53if that's right, no red line for you, as you're the highest scorer.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55But let's see how many people said James Brown.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58It's absolutely right.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0420!
0:23:04 > 0:23:06APPLAUSE
0:23:06 > 0:23:08120.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Well played, Michael, still in it by the skin of your teeth.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17James Brown And The Famous Flames, it was their first ever top 40 hit.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Patrick.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22How are you feeling about this board?
0:23:22 > 0:23:25There's only one I know, erm...
0:23:25 > 0:23:29I thought it was James Brown for Papa's Got A Brand New Bag,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31but because of the situation we're in,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I'm going to go for Madonna, Papa Don't Preach.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Papa Don't Preach, Madonna. You have to score 99 or less.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39If you can do that, you're in the head-to-head.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42There's your red line, let's see how many people said Madonna.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45It's right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:4687.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48That's good enough, though.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49APPLAUSE
0:23:49 > 0:23:53107 is your total, you are in the head-to-head.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Her second number 1 single... that's damage limitation,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58it's all you had to do, Patrick, well played.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Thanks very much. Now then, Basil, good news,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake the high score of Michael and Rachel.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Having said that, do you want to take us through the board?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12I would if I could, but I can't.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I haven't got any idea about any of them,
0:24:14 > 0:24:19so I'll have to have a guess that the last one and say that was...
0:24:19 > 0:24:21I don't know, the Eagles.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Mama Never Told Me, the Eagles, no red line, let's see
0:24:24 > 0:24:27if it's right, though, how many people said the Eagles if it is?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32An incorrect answer, scores you 100 points,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34takes your total up to 115.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Actually, really quite close scores
0:24:36 > 0:24:37in the end, but you are through.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Yes, a killer board, that one, Basil, I have to say.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Look Mama is a pointless answer
0:24:47 > 0:24:50and it was a top 10 single for Howard Jones.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Mama Never Told Me, it wasn't the Eagles,
0:24:58 > 0:24:59it was Sister Sledge.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Very well done if you survived that round.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Thanks very much indeed, Richard,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07at the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home
0:25:07 > 0:25:09with a high score of 120, it's Michael and Rachel.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Oh, I'm sorry, that was a tough, tough board.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Papa Loves Mambo, when you said Dean Martin, I was thinking,
0:25:15 > 0:25:18"Oh, I think that's right!" I was sure it was Dean Martin.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I thought it was, and I thought Tom Jones would be really high, so...
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- Never mind.- Oh, sorry.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Anyway, it's been lovely having you on the show, I'm sorry
0:25:24 > 0:25:27we have to say goodbye to you now, but thanks so much for playing.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Michael and Rachel.- Thank you!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31APPLAUSE
0:25:31 > 0:25:34But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Congratulations, Patrick and Geoff, Basil and Giles,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43you are now one step closer to the final
0:25:43 > 0:25:47and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,250.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that money
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The difference is, you're now allowed to confer as a pair and the
0:25:55 > 0:25:57first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I think this is going to be very, very close indeed, Patrick
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and Geoff, you've been here before, you were head-to-headers last time.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06But you are up against Basil and Giles, they were very,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09very close to you, particularly in that first round.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, yes, I think now you can both confer,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13this will be extremely tight.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17APPLAUSE
0:26:20 > 0:26:23OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30We're going to see five pictures of famous people now,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33all of them have a name, a first name or a surname,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36that appears in the title of a Charles Dickens novel.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Can you tell us the title of that novel, please?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Thanks very much indeed, let's reveal our five famous people,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43and here they come. We've got...
0:27:07 > 0:27:11There we are, five famous people who share one of their names with
0:27:11 > 0:27:13the title of a Charles Dickens novel.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Now, Patrick and Geoff, you've played best throughout the show
0:27:16 > 0:27:17so far, so you will go first.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21THEY WHISPER
0:27:34 > 0:27:37We're going to go for E, Little Dorrit.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Little Dorrit, say Patrick and Geoff for E. Little Dorrit.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Now, Basil and Giles, do you want to talk us through
0:27:44 > 0:27:47the rest of the board and supply the answers?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Erm, well, I think A is Nicholas Lyndhurst,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52so I guess that's Nicholas Nickleby.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Jamie Oliver, Oliver Twist.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57C is Martin Freeman, but I can't put my hand on the Dickens novel
0:27:57 > 0:28:00at the moment and D, I think, is Edwin van der Sar,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I think the book is The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Martin Chuzzlewit is C.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- Martin Chuzzlewit might be the better answer.- Yeah.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11- Martin Chuzzlewit?- Yeah. - Martin Chuzzlewit, for C.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12OK, C, Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16So, we have Little Dorrit and Martin Chuzzlewit, Patrick and Geoff said Little Dorrit.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21It's right.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Oh, very well done, 11.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31APPLAUSE
0:28:31 > 0:28:3311 for Little Dorrit.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Now then, Basil and Giles have said C, Martin Chuzzlewit,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40let's see how many of our 100 people said Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43It's right.
0:28:49 > 0:28:5023 for Martin Chuzzlewit.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53APPLAUSE
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Well done, Patrick and Geoff, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Yeah, Sid Little and Martin Freeman, there.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Now, gents, Basil and Giles, you did the hard work of recognising
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Edwin van der Sar, of course, played for Fulham for many seasons.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07What we know about Edwin van der Sar?
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Always trust him.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Always trust Edwin van der Sar, he won't let you down
0:29:10 > 0:29:12and he wouldn't have let you down here,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14because he'd have won you the point.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17It is The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and it would have been 5 points,
0:29:17 > 0:29:18best answer on the board.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20We've heard the other two, Nicholas Nickleby,
0:29:20 > 0:29:23that's Nicholas Lyndhurst, of course, would have scored you 41.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28Jamie Oliver Twist would have scored you 50.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Thanks very much indeed, Richard, so, here comes your second question.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Basil and Giles, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Best of luck. It concerns...
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Yeah, I was trying to work out what would be more exciting, a round about
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Evel Knievel or a round about William Hague and I went with William Hague.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45We're going to show you five clues
0:29:45 > 0:29:48to facts about William Hague, can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Thanks very much indeed, let's reveal our five clues,
0:29:51 > 0:29:52and here they come.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Basil and Giles will go first.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27THEY WHISPER
0:30:36 > 0:30:39We're going to go with the first Cabinet position,
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Secretary of State for Wales.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Secretary of State for Wales, say Basil and Giles.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Now then, Patrick and Geoff.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- OK.- The board is all yours.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Right, I'm not sure about the leader,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57we think he made his first speech at the age of 16,
0:30:57 > 0:30:58he lost to Tony Blair,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01we don't know the name of his wife...
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Erm, we're going to go for the age. We'll say he was 16.
0:31:05 > 0:31:0816, when he addressed the Tory conference for the first time.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12OK, so Basil and Giles have said Secretary of State for Wales,
0:31:12 > 0:31:13let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:31:13 > 0:31:15let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It's right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Very well done, indeed. 3 for that.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Nice one.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29APPLAUSE
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Patrick and Geoff, meanwhile, have said he was aged 16
0:31:34 > 0:31:36when he made his first speech at a Tory conference, let's see
0:31:36 > 0:31:39if that is right and let's see how many people said it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42It's right.
0:31:48 > 0:31:5017.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Well done, Basil and Giles, back in the game after two questions,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55it's 1-1.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Yes, the best answer on the board, you knew the best answer on
0:31:57 > 0:32:00the last board, you actually gave us the best answer this time.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Now, succeeded this politician, they had a lot of leaders in
0:32:03 > 0:32:06quick succession, the Tories, he actually succeeded John Major.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Lost to Tony Blair, as you say.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Here comes your third question, the decider,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24whoever wins this goes through to the final
0:32:24 > 0:32:26and plays for the jackpot, best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27It concerns...
0:32:31 > 0:32:33LAUGHTER
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- Richard?- Oh, you know what? We've done Dickens,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42haven't we? We've done Tory politics, it's been a terrific
0:32:42 > 0:32:45head-to-head, generally, you've both been great pairs.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49What better way to decide it than with the coin toss
0:32:49 > 0:32:54that is five S Club 7 singles, but only in initial form?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58OK, can you unscramble these, can you work out the most obscure
0:32:58 > 0:33:01S Club 7 single? I genuinely wish both teams the very best of luck.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Thanks very much, indeed.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Let's reveal our five S Club 7 singles, and here they come.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Patrick and Geoff will go first.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34It's been lovely being here.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36We've really enjoyed it.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Erm, well, not really a clue at all,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42so this really is a toss of a coin.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45THEY WHISPER
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Try that, yeah. - It's all I can think of.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51What about...
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Don't Stop Me, 2001?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Don't Stop Me, 2001, say Patrick and Geoff.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Now, Basil and Giles.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01I was going to go for the same one,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03but I think it's something different.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I think it's Don't Stop Moving.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Don't Stop Moving, say Basil and Giles, Don't Stop Moving.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Patrick and Geoff have gone for Don't Stop Me,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Oh, it's not right, which means, Basil and Giles, you merely have
0:34:20 > 0:34:23to be correct with Don't Stop Moving and you are through to the final.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Let's see if you are right.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30You're right! Very well done, through you go.
0:34:32 > 0:34:3435.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36APPLAUSE
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Good luck, boys.- What a rotten category!
0:34:38 > 0:34:4135, which means, Basil and Giles, after three questions,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43you're through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Terrific work, Basil and Giles, very well played.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Unlucky, guys, it's a tough last question to have.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Four of these singles were number 1
0:34:50 > 0:34:53and the other one was number 2, so they were very, very big,
0:34:53 > 0:34:54S Club 7.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58BIAB is Bring It All Back. That would have scored you...
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Two In A Million, that was their number 2 single,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11they were slipping.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16I love the fact we've got an S Club 7 round
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and we don't even have Reach For The Stars on it.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- That's how obscure we're getting. - It's great, it's good.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Patrick and Geoff, well, congratulations,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30you've been head-to-headers in both appearances on Pointless
0:35:30 > 0:35:33and you went from being the highest scorers to the lowest scorers
0:35:33 > 0:35:36which was excellent, a really strong performance
0:35:36 > 0:35:40in this head-to-head, that could have gone either way, the coin toss.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Even getting down just one song, both of you could
0:35:43 > 0:35:44just about go for one
0:35:44 > 0:35:46and Basil and Giles, as it turns out, got it right.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49But Patrick and Geoff, we've loved having you here, thanks so much for playing.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Great contestants.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53APPLAUSE
0:35:53 > 0:35:56But for Basil and Giles, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Congratulations, Basil and Giles,
0:36:01 > 0:36:02you fought off all the competition
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and you've won the coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:36:14 > 0:36:18and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Well, you've done very well. A triumph for Burgess Hill.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22A triumph for Fulham.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Actually, it would have been a quicker triumph for Fulham
0:36:25 > 0:36:27if you had gone with Edwin van der Sar.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29You should have had more faith in Giles, Basil!
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- I should.- What would you like to see come up this round?
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- Probably sport, personally, or movies.- Or American history.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- Or American history. OK. Well, Basil, listen to Giles.- I will.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Now, as always, you get to choose your category,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46here are your four options.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48They are...
0:36:56 > 0:36:59When I said movies and sport, that wasn't quite what I meant.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02LAUGHTER
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Elizabeth II?- Elizabeth II's reign. - Elizabeth II's reign it is, Richard.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09OK, very best of luck, guys. We've got three different options now.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12We're looking for the name of anyone who has been Pope
0:37:12 > 0:37:14during the reign of Elizabeth II
0:37:14 > 0:37:18so from February 1952 all the way through to August 2013.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30So any Pope, head of the British Army, or Governor of the Bank of England
0:37:30 > 0:37:32during the reign of Elizabeth II.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Very, very best of luck.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:36 > 0:37:38to come up with three answers and all you need
0:37:38 > 0:37:42to win that jackpot is to find just one pointless answer among them.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44The answers you provide can come from any of these categories
0:37:44 > 0:37:47and how you spread them across the categories is entirely down to you.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48They could all be Popes,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51they could be Banks of England, or there could be one from each,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- it's entirely up to you how you spread them. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock, there they are.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Your time starts now.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Popes, John XXIII, John Paul I, John Paul II, Paul VI.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- We can go with a couple of those. - Yeah.- Army? I've got no idea.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Mike Jackson, I think, it's the only one I can think of.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10He was the head of the British Army? OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Governors, Eddie George,- Eddie George,- who was before then,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- going back a bit, I can't remember.- No, I don't remember.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18You'd have to go older to get any decent one there.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- Well, let's go with two popes and Mike Jackson.- Yeah.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24So let's go with Paul VI, people forget about him,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27and let's go with John XXIII.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Yeah, OK.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- OK, you're happy?- Yeah. - We will stop the clock.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Very well done indeed. So, what are your three answers going to be?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- Paul VI.- Paul VI.- John XXIII.- John XXIII.- And?- General Mike Jackson.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42And General Mike Jackson.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- Paul VI.- Paul VI. Your least likely to be pointless?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- John...- General Mike Jackson, unfortunately.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51General Mike Jackson we'll put first
0:38:51 > 0:38:55and the other fellow, we'll put in the middle.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00We've got...
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Well, very, very best of luck. Three very good answers up there.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Now, only one of these answers has to be pointless, remember,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15If you were to win it, Basil, what would you do with your split?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Spend it on the grandchildren.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Very good. Giles?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I'm hopeless at DIY, so I'd probably get someone in to finish
0:39:22 > 0:39:25off those bits and bobs around the house.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- That you've half-done? - Absolutely.- OK.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29You want to see it, too, I've seen 'em half-done.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30OK, best of luck.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32In the first case, we were looking for heads of the British Army
0:39:32 > 0:39:35and you've gone for General Sir Mike Jackson.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Let's see if that's right, if it is right and if it's pointless,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39it will win you that jackpot.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42So, for £1,250, let's see if it's pointless.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Well, it's a correct answer.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £1,250.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Down it goes, through the teens into single figures,
0:39:54 > 0:39:55down it goes...
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- 3 for Mike Jackson.- It was a good try, a very good try.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01APPLAUSE
0:40:01 > 0:40:04That is a great answer, lovely low score, unfortunately, we are
0:40:04 > 0:40:07only interested in pointless answers in this final round,
0:40:07 > 0:40:08so not a pointless answer.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Your next answer is John XXIII, in this case
0:40:13 > 0:40:16we were looking for Popes during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Again, this has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23so for £1,250, let's see how many people said John XXIII.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27It's right.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Your first answer was Mike Jackson which took us
0:40:29 > 0:40:30all the way down to 3.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35John XXIII, now taking us down through the teens into
0:40:35 > 0:40:38single figures, still going down...
0:40:38 > 0:40:392!
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- APPLAUSE - 2...for John XXIII.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48Now, moving in the right direction, this is all very, very promising.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Only one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Everything is now riding on your third and final answer, Paul VI.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Now, Basil, you said everyone always forgets Paul VI, poor Paul VI.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59I'm delighted that we're remembering him today.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Obviously, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,
0:41:03 > 0:41:07so for £1,250, let's see how many people said Paul VI.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Is it a pointless answer?
0:41:10 > 0:41:15It's right. So your first answer, Mike Jackson, took us down to 3.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Your second answer, John XXIII, took us down to 2.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Paul VI, your third answer,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23is now taking us down through the single figures...
0:41:23 > 0:41:25You've done it! Very well done, indeed!
0:41:25 > 0:41:27APPLAUSE
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Brilliant answer, very well done. Excellent.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Well, congratulations, Paul VI was a pointless answer,
0:41:39 > 0:41:43which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45But even better than that, you ordered it so perfectly.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48You put them in the right order - we had 3, then down to 2,
0:41:48 > 0:41:49and then down to pointless.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50So, double congratulations.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Wait till I tell my parish priest, he'll love that.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Very well done, Basil and Giles, fantastic winners, there.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58APPLAUSE
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Congratulations, gents, very well played.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06You played brilliantly from the start, great to see a couple of Fulham fans winning.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09As you enjoy spending that money, spending it on the grandkids
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and the DIY, you must remember that it's all down to Giles's
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- S Club 7 knowledge.- Absolutely! - You mustn't ever forget.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Let's take a look at the pointless answers
0:42:16 > 0:42:19in the different categories, only two Popes up there.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24For the heads of the British Army, I'll just go through
0:42:24 > 0:42:27the people who did score points, there's a lot of heads,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30but only Mike Jackson and Richard Dannatt scored any points at all,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33so if you said any others, very well played.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36And let's take a look at the Governors of the Bank of England.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39There's a couple of names you'll recognise, here.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Gordon Richardson was there during the '70s and '80s.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Robin Leigh-Pemberton followed him.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Very, very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Congratulations in the studio.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Basil and Giles, who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250,
0:42:55 > 0:42:56very well done.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure
0:43:00 > 0:43:02knowledge to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile,
0:43:02 > 0:43:03it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07APPLAUSE