0:00:21 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hi, my name's Gregg and this is my colleague, Carly,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and we're from Southend-on-Sea in Essex.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Simon, this is my dear friend Rob.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I'm from Liverpool and Rob's from Cheshire.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Isabelle, this is my mum, Caroline,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and we're from Basingstoke.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- And finally couple number four. - I'm James, this is my friend Jamie.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58We're originally from Essex but we now live in London.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Thanks very much. We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So that leaves just one person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12According to the Kremlin, he is the only man in history to get into
0:01:12 > 0:01:15a fist fight with a supercomputer during a game of chess.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Hi, everyone. Hiya.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Are you well?- I'm very well.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27- You look very jolly.- Do I?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- I'm feeling jolly, Richard. - Oh, that's nice!- Good.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Only one returning pair today - James and Jamie.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We saw a lot of them last time. Got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Going to be very tough to beat for our three new pairs.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I'm worried for you because you're standing very, very close to Gregg's shirt.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Are you going to be OK?- Yeah.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47It's a garish design, but the colour scheme is quite muted.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Yeah, OK. I see what you mean.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Also, for now, it at least matches the colouring for the round.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56When that turns to cerise, who knows what's going to happen?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- There's going to be all sorts of trouble.- For now, it's fine.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02A proper, classic Pointless Round One today.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Nothing pleases me more than that. - Excellent.- Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Every question on Pointless has been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer, of course,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Find one of those and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Now, Lola and Alice didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:19 > 0:02:20so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25APPLAUSE
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33APPLAUSE
0:02:35 > 0:02:38OK, remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41so do what you can to make sure that is not you.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Our fast category today is...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Words.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Words. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52who's going to go second?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07words ending in EAK as they could.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Words ending in EAK, Richard.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Yes, we're looking for any word that has its own entry
0:03:13 > 0:03:15in the Oxford Dictionary of English that ends EAK.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words, anything like that.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Just anything that ends EAK. Very, very best of luck.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Carly, welcome.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Welcome to Pointless. Now, Carly, what do you do?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- I am a financial analyst. - You analyse finances for whom?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- For a college.- For a college?- Yeah.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- In your spare time, what do you get up to?- Sport, mainly.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- Hockey, football. - Hockey, football?- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Now then, it's words ending EAK. What are you going to go for?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I am going to go for... Because my spelling's atrocious...
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- But I think squeak. - Squeak, says Carly.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said squeak.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02It's right.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- 28. - APPLAUSE
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Not bad. 28. Gets us off to a good start.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Yeah, it's a short high-pitched sound or cry, a squeak.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- That's exactly what it is.- Like a mouse would make, say.- Oh, yes.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Good with a bubble. - Lovely with a bubble.- Mmm.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Simon.- Hello.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Welcome to the show. What do you do, Simon?
0:04:26 > 0:04:31I basically launch cancer drugs and diagnostics all around the world.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Well, that's quite good, isn't it? You launch them?
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Yeah. I'll help people research the products, develop the products,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41make sure it complies with all the laws,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44make sure it's completely safe for people.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Does this involve you actually travelling around?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- I travel all over the world, yes. - So then, Simon, words ending EAK.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Not 100% sure.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It's quite a sort of childish word if you like, but pipsqueak.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02Nothing childish about that. Pipsqueak. Sounds good to me.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said pipsqueak.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It is of course right. I think this is going to go properly low.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Very well done indeed, Simon.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Not quite pointless, but you don't get any closer than that.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22APPLAUSE
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Very well done indeed. 1 for pipsqueak.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27That's a terrific answer, Simon. Very well played.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Someone considered to be insignificant or small, particularly a youngster.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Now then, Caroline, welcome.- Hello.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36What do you do? You are from Basingstoke in Hampshire.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Which no-one's ever heard of. - People have heard of Basingstoke!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Yeah, but no-one seems to know it for some reason.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- I could prod to a map where it is. - Near Winchester.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Near Andover, Winchester, near Fordingbridge.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Nowhere near Fordingbridge. - Nowhere near Fordingbridge.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54LAUGHTER
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Anyway, what you do, Caroline?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00I'm a housewife and mother and general handy woman for my family.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03A handy woman for your family. Excellent.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05How are you feeling about these words ending in EAK?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I was going to go pipsqueak, but obviously that's gone now.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11So I'm going for break.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13OK, break. Let's see if that's right...
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I'm going to stop saying "Let's see if that's right."
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I think it's right. Let's see how many people said break.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It's right.
0:06:22 > 0:06:251 is our low score, 28 our high score.
0:06:25 > 0:06:2643 for break.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29APPLAUSE
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- Yeah, a big score for break.- Break's one of those words that just means virtually everything, doesn't it?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39For example, you could have a lovely weekend break in Basingstoke.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Yeah.- That would be something no-one's ever said.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44LAUGHTER
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- James, welcome back.- Thank you. - Talk us through last time.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52We got to the head-to-head through a series of lucky guessing.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55No, no, no. Ingenuity, James.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Educated guessing, maybe. - LAUGHTER
0:06:57 > 0:07:02- Remind us what you do, James.- I'm a database manager for a charity.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06And remind us what you like getting up to. What are your hobbies?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Em... Columbo. I'm a big fan of Columbo.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I've been waiting for a round to come up on this for years.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16I am hoping that we might get that this time round.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20OK, well, who knows? First round, words.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Do well in that, maybe you'll earn a bit of Columbo in the second.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Maybe, maybe. I'm not liking this round.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I forgot every word as soon as it came up.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But I'm going to go for streak.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Streak. Streak, says James.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Let's see how many of our 100 people said streak.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, we range from 43 to 1.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Let's see where you come on that scale.
0:07:46 > 0:07:479. Single figures, James.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49APPLAUSE
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Well done, James.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Streak, another thing that can mean all sorts of things,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59including being naked in a public place.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- James, I'll ask you a Columbo question if you want.- OK.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Of which country is Colombo the capital?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Em... Venezuela?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- Sri Lanka.- Aw!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Aw, so close!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16That's about as close to Venezuela as Fordingbridge is to Basingstoke.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18LAUGHTER
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:08:22 > 0:08:241, the best score of that pass.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Simon, very well done indeed. Pipsqueak.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Up to 9, where we find James there with streak.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34Then up to 28 where we have Carly and Gregg with squeak.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37And then up to 43, Caroline and Isabelle.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You're not way out in front, but you are in front.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44So, Isabelle, we need a great, great answer from you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- Oh, I've just thought of one.- Have you?- Yeah. Literally just then. Oh!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Anyway, enough from me. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59OK, now, Jamie, remember,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03we are looking for words that end in the letters EAK.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Jamie, remind us what you do.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09I'm an editor for an advertising website that showcases
0:09:09 > 0:09:14advertising in short films, and bits and bobs like that. Music videos.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16So working out how to get advertising onto those?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Interviewing people who make advertising, music videos
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- and stuff like that about how they made it. Quite fun.- Very good.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24There you are. You're on 9.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The high scorers at the moment are Isabelle and Caroline on 43,
0:09:27 > 0:09:31so 33 or less sees you into Round Two.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33OK. I always quite like these rounds at home
0:09:33 > 0:09:36because I go for crazy answers and sometimes they're right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38But I haven't got the bottle to do it today.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So, I'm going to go bleak.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43OK, bleak, says Jamie. Here's your red line.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Get below that, you're in Round Two.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said bleak.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Whee! Look at that. 31.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00APPLAUSE
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Takes your total up to 40. It's close, but you're through.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Yeah, charmless, dreary, cold and miserable.- Thanks, Rich.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Now, Isabelle. Welcome. Great to have you here. What do you do?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I'm a student at Aston University in Birmingham.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- And what are you studying? - International business and French.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Of the two bits of your degree, which do you like the most?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I'm much better at the business side of it,
0:10:25 > 0:10:26but I do enjoy languages. So...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Good stuff. Good.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Now, you've had a little bit of time to think about words ending in EAK.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36I was going to say bleak, but that's obviously already been said.
0:10:36 > 0:10:41- So I'm going to say steak. - Steak, says Isabelle.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Now, no red line for you as you are the high scorers at the moment.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47But let's see how many of our 100 people said steak.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- 24. Not bad. - APPLAUSE
0:10:57 > 0:11:0067 is your total.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04That puts a bit of pressure on Gregg, now, on podium one. Yeah, steak.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05We had someone else on the other day
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- who was studying business and French, didn't we?- Exactly.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- And she liked the French bit more. - She did.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14The two of you should hook up and do each other's exams!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16What is French for business studies?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- I don't know!- Surely that...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Etudes d'affaires.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- Etudes d'affaires.- Etudes d'affaires!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Yeah, it probably is that, actually!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I made it up. I'm using my vast knowledge of French!
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- That's got to be the first lecture on the first day, hasn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35You'd have thought you'd learn the name of the course!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36We've not blended them together yet.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- There's your first mistake! - I know.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Rob, welcome.- Hello.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- What do you do, Rob?- I own a cafe.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Good for you. How long have you done that for?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- A month.- Oh, I see!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- So, how's it going?- Very well.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- An encouraging start. - OK, good turnover?- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- How many covers?- About 50 a day.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I've seen Restaurant Man, you see.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05When you were asking about the turnover,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I thought you'd been watching Great British Bake Off!
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Now then, Rob,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14you've had a little bit of time to think of a really good answer.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17The high scorers are Isabelle and Caroline on 67,
0:12:17 > 0:12:23which means if you can score 65 or less, with a word ending EAK...
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well, I'm going to go with daybreak.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Daybreak, I think, is a cracking answer.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Let's find out if it's right.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Let's find out how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36There you go, it's right.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And you are through to the next round.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40I have a feeling this might be joining pipsqueak
0:12:40 > 0:12:41down at the bottom of the column.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44It does! Right at the bottom!
0:12:45 > 0:12:49You matched Simon's exemplary low scoring on the first past.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Your total is 2. Well done, Rob.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Terrific answer, Rob, very well played. Yeah, daybreak.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57You don't need me to tell you what that is, do you?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Nope. Indeed.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Now, Gregg...- Hi.- ..welcome to the show. What do you do?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Well, I work in the same college as Carly,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- and I'm the senior financial analyst.- Oh, I see!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10You're the boss!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I'm slightly more senior than Carly.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Slightly, that's nicely put. Very nicely put.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15And what are your hobbies, Gregg?
0:13:15 > 0:13:20In my spare time, I'd like to say I'm a board game enthusiast.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- I play a lot of modern board games. - Now, by "modern" what do you mean?
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Well, it's a golden age of board games at the moment.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Really, they're releasing new ones every month
0:13:29 > 0:13:31in Europe and the United States.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Lots of very colourful, pretty American ones
0:13:35 > 0:13:38and lots of strategic, really thinky ones from Europe.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Very good. OK, now, talking of strategic games, Gregg,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43you are on 28.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The high scorers, Isabelle and Caroline, are on 67.
0:13:46 > 0:13:4838 or less gets you through.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54OK, I think I'm going to go for...freak.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Freak. There is your red line.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Get below that, you are through to the next round. Good luck.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It's right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Oh, Gregg!
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- I was drawing breath to say, "You've done it!"- Me too.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14I'm so sorry. 41!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Takes your total up to 69.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Yeah, very sorry. That is tough luck.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- A big score, isn't it, for freak? - Isn't it?- 41.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Now, what was your answer going to be?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Misspeak.- Misspeak?- Yeah.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I used to get taught by Miss Speak at school.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- One point.- Oh, that's nice. - Yeah, would have been a great score.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Yeah, how is Miss Speak?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36I don't think she's Miss Speak any more.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- I think she's...- Miss Spoken For?!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40LAUGHTER
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You'd have done well to get some of these.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50That's actually a butterfly - a hairstreak.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Halfbeak, which is a fish, believe it or not.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58You could have had housebreak, which is not to break into a house.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01It means to house train a pet - to housebreak.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Newspeak,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06which of course comes from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07That's a pointless answer.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I'll give you a few of the low scorers.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17You might have got some of these. Windbreak would have scored 1.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You'd have got 1 for jailbreak as well.
0:15:20 > 0:15:241 for doublespeak, 2 for debeak. Heartbreak would have scored you 2.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Beefsteak would have scored 3. So some low scorers.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Let's look at the top three answers,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45So at the end of our first round,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I'm afraid the pair heading home with a high score of 69
0:15:48 > 0:15:49is Gregg and Carly.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Oh, it was all falling so neatly into place and then freak,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I'm afraid, came along and scored so high.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you
0:15:56 > 0:15:59but we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00But thanks very much, Gregg and Carly.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04APPLAUSE
0:16:04 > 0:16:08But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14So now we are down to three pairs.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17At the end of this round, we'll have to go down to two pairs.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I wonder which pair will be leaving us.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Our category for Round Two today is...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Recent history.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Can you all decide who's going first and who's going to go second?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:41 > 0:16:431980s History, Richard.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45On each pass, we'll show you six questions about the '80s.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48You need to give us the most obscure answer, please.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- so very best of luck. - Thanks very much, indeed.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So let's reveal our first board of six questions, and here they come.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I will read those all one last time.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47There we are, six clues to facts about the 1980s.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- Rob?- Yes.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I think you probably know them all.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56There is one that I should know...
0:17:57 > 0:18:00..and it's hiding away somewhere in the back of my head but
0:18:00 > 0:18:03for some reason I can't bring the answer to the tip of my tongue...
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Yeah.- ..to give it to you.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08So I'm going to have to go with...
0:18:08 > 0:18:11the airbase in Berkshire, which was Greenham Common.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Greenham Common, says Rob. Let's see if that's right
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and how many people said it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18It's right.
0:18:22 > 0:18:2420!
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Not bad at all.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Yeah, the camp only ended in 2000, actually, despite being...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34The airbase was decommissioned in 1991
0:18:34 > 0:18:37but they stayed there until it was completely empty
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and all the perimeter fences had been taken down.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Thanks, Rich. Now, Isabelle.- Yeah.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44How are we feeling about this as a subject?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I should technically know the second one
0:18:46 > 0:18:49as I studied all the utilities privatisations
0:18:49 > 0:18:51but I can't remember. But...
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I can't answer any of them so I'm just going to say...
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Red Rum for the top one, as that's the only horse I know.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00OK, Red Rum says Isabelle. Let's see if that's right.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Let's see how many people said Red Rum.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I'm afraid it is a horse but not that horse!
0:19:08 > 0:19:11But I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Yeah, I'll give all the answers at the end of the pass.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16OK, now then, James, talk us through the board
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- and fill in all the blanks.- Erm...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I can only do a few.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I think the top one might be Shergar.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25The second one might be "Tell Eric."
0:19:25 > 0:19:29I think the government minister was Edwina Currie.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The president was Ronald Reagan.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I'll go for the top one, Shergar.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37OK, Shergar, says James.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said Shergar.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44It's right.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Well, 20 is our lowest score so far.
0:19:46 > 0:19:4844.
0:19:50 > 0:19:5144 for Shergar.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Yeah, it's an absolutely extraordinary story.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57All sorts of books about it and well worth reading.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59No-one's ever officially confirmed what happened.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Isabelle, if it makes you feel any happier,
0:20:02 > 0:20:0311 of our 100 also said Red Rum.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07So they were wrong but at least everyone was wrong together!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10So that's nice. Now, let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Rob, was there an obscure one you were trying to go for?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I thought the author of Spy Catcher
0:20:15 > 0:20:17would have been the best score on the board
0:20:17 > 0:20:19but I can't for the life of me remember his name.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23It is the best score on the board and his name was Peter Wright.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26It's one of those names that's easy to slip your mind.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28British Gas urge you to tell...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- Sid.- Sid, yeah. Not Eric.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34The government minister was Edwina Currie.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36You're quite right.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40And the president of the USA was Ronald Reagan.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43So Peter Wright the best answer up there.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Thanks. Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Let's look at those scores. 20 the best score of the pass, Rob.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Very well done. Once again, Rob and Simon looking very strong.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Up to 44, James and Jamie. There you are.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56And then 100, Isabelle and Caroline.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Once again, halfway through the round, you're the high scorers.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03You were all right last time, maybe you will be this time. Back down the line now.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they come.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36I'll read those all one last time.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57There we are.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Jamie, you're going to try and find the person or event
0:22:01 > 0:22:04described by those clues you think the fewest of 100 people knew.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Well, history is definitely not
0:22:07 > 0:22:09one of the topics that I was hoping for,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12along with geography and sport, which we've had as well.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Let's just narrow this down. What were you hoping for?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Films, just films!- OK!
0:22:17 > 0:22:21But I think I did see a TV programme about this fellow,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22so I think I know.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And I think I've sat in one of these. Is it...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Clive Sinclair who invented the... - Clive Sinclair.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- What was the TV programme? - I don't know, it was terrible.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Like, the guy, it was really bad.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Yeah, who played Clive Sinclair in that?- I don't know,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36it wasn't good, though. It wasn't a great performance.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- It was me. Oh, you know that. OK, good.- I know it was.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Anyway, listen, there is your red line.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44You have to get below that with Clive Sinclair.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Let's see if it's right.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said Clive Sinclair.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52It's right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55You are in the head-to-head!
0:22:57 > 0:23:0055, you needed, 53 you've got.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- 97 is your total.- Yeah, the C5, of course, a huge disaster.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07It overshadowed some of the extraordinary things
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Sir Clive Sinclair did, I would say.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I imagine history will judge him much more kindly.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Right, now, Caroline, this is where it all comes into play.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22You're on 100, Simon and Rob are on 20.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26There is a scenario in which you can make it into the head-to-head.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- It involves them scoring 100 and you scoring less than 20.- Right.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- How are we feeling about the board? - It's OK.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37I just don't know which one out of the bottom two to go for...
0:23:38 > 0:23:42And I'm confident on the Tudor warship but I'm wondering
0:23:42 > 0:23:48whether to go for the Soviet Union leader. I'll go for...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Mikhail Gorbachev. - Mikhail Gorbachev, says Caroline.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Let's see if that's right.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54No red line as you're the high scorers.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Let's see how many people said Gorbachev.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00It's right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:0534.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09134 is your total.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Yeah, it's a good answer, Caroline.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Not quite enough to save you on this occasion.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990
0:24:15 > 0:24:18for his part in bringing the Cold War to an end.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20OK, now then, Simon.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I think you will know all these answers.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Would you like to talk us through them?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I know the surname of the top one would be Gandhi
0:24:26 > 0:24:28but I for the life of me can't think of the Christian name.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I could tell you every move in Torvill and Dean's routine
0:24:31 > 0:24:36but I think it was Sarajevo, as a guess.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Caribbean island in '83...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I would guess at Grenada,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and I'm pretty certain it was the Mary Rose.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Cos I admire Torvill and Dean so much,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'm going to go for Sarajevo.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Sarajevo, says Simon.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Well, no red line for you as you're already through
0:24:50 > 0:24:53but let's see how many people said Sarajevo.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56It's right, obviously.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Oh, very well done. 18.
0:25:03 > 0:25:0538 is your total.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Well played, Simon. Every question in every round so far,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11the two of you have got the lowest scores on your pass.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13So very, very well played.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15You were right about Grenada.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It would have been an even better score, actually.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It would have scored you 16.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22You're right about the Mary Rose. That's a very big score, though.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24That would have scored you 68.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28And the Indian Prime Minister... It was Indira Gandhi.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30She would have scored you 42 points.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35So the pair heading home, with a high score of 134,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I'm afraid is Caroline and Isabelle.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Yes, Red Rum, I'm afraid, was the...
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I knew three of those answers on the second board!
0:25:43 > 0:25:45So had you gone the other way round...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- And Caroline, you knew loads on the previous board.- Yeah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Yeah, we'd have probably done it. - Oh, no.- Oh, well.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Well, listen, you'll be back next time
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and you'll just have to think more carefully
0:25:55 > 0:25:56about which order you play in.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Like that's going to help!
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I mean, not like... I don't mean...! Just because...!
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Wait!
0:26:03 > 0:26:04I don't mean that! I mean,
0:26:04 > 0:26:09you don't know what's going to be on the board.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- Oh! That sounded terrible! - Do you know what? It's fine.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I think you got away with it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16I feel awful now.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19And now I'm going to say, "Looking forward to seeing you next time,"
0:26:19 > 0:26:22which I genuinely am. And I think you're going to do much, much better
0:26:22 > 0:26:25cos you'll work out which order... I'll just shut up!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Caroline and Isabelle, wonderful contestants.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30APPLAUSE
0:26:30 > 0:26:32But for James and Jamie, Simon and Rob,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Congratulations, Simon and Rob, James and Jamie.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44You're now one step closer to the final
0:26:44 > 0:26:45and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47which currently stands at...
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- There it is. - APPLAUSE
0:26:50 > 0:26:53So now we get to the bit where we have to decide
0:26:53 > 0:26:54who is going to play for that money
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59But the difference is you are now allowed to confer
0:26:59 > 0:27:00before you give your answers.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And the first pair to win two questions
0:27:02 > 0:27:04will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05This is going to be very exciting.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15OK, here's your first question and it concerns...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Motown Artists. Richard?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24We'll show you five acts that have been signed to Motown or Tamla Motown.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Can you give us the name of the most obscure?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28OK, let's reveal our five artists.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30And here they are. We've got...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50There we are. Five Motown artists.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Simon and Rob, you played best throughout the show so far
0:27:53 > 0:27:55so you'll go first.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58THEY WHISPER
0:28:02 > 0:28:05OK, we think D is Boyz II Men.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Boyz II Men, say Simon and Rob, for D.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12James and Jamie, the rest of the board is yours.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Talk us through them.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- We think A is Stevie Wonder.- Yeah.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20C is Lionel Richie
0:28:20 > 0:28:23but was it The Temptations he was in before?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- I think we'd have to guess for that.- E, I don't know E.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Might be Smokey...Robinson?
0:28:30 > 0:28:31- I don't know. - Shall we go for C?- Yeah.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33We'll go for The Temptations, C.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37OK, so, James and Jamie, you are saying that C is The Temptations.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40C - The Temptations. So we have Boyz II Men versus The Temptations.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Simon and Rob have said that D is Boyz II Men.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Let's see if that's right
0:28:45 > 0:28:47and if it is, how many people said Boyz II Men.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Wow, 6 for Boyz II Men!
0:28:57 > 0:29:02Very well done! Simon and Rob, an unstoppable quiz force, there.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09James and Jamie, you have said that C is The Temptations.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Let's see if that's right
0:29:10 > 0:29:13and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Oh, bad luck!
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Not The Temptations, there, but very well done, Simon and Rob.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Boyz II Men saw you through there and after one question,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25you are up 1-0.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Well played, Simon and Rob.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Yeah, it is Lionel Richie but he was originally in the Commodores.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32And that would have scored you 27.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34They had that big hit Three Times a Lady,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37which is where the Cockney rhyming slang for £15 comes from.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39They call it a Commodore
0:29:39 > 0:29:42because a Lady Godiva, a fiver, is five pounds.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44So three times a "Lady" is £15.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- That is good.- Hats off to whoever came up with that!- That is very good.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Let's look at the rest. You are right about Stevie Wonder.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58And B is a pointless answer.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59It's The Marvelettes,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03remembered for having a hit in 1961 with Please Mr Postman.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Very, very well done if you said that.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06And E is the Four Tops.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And they would have scored you 18.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17James and Jamie, you have to get this one right
0:30:17 > 0:30:20or you will have come to the end of the road.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Oh, good luck!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25It concerns...
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Items Used For Gardening. Richard?
0:30:31 > 0:30:34We're going to show you five items now
0:30:34 > 0:30:36used in gardening but in anagram form.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer? Good luck.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42OK, let's reveal our five items used in gardening
0:30:42 > 0:30:43and here they are.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59James and Jamie, you'll go first.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03THEY WHISPER
0:31:16 > 0:31:18OK, we think we know a couple but...
0:31:18 > 0:31:21We don't know what'll be lower.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22We don't know which will be lower.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26We'll go for the bottom one, which is water butt.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Water butt. OK, Simon and Rob?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I'll give it a go.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Top two are flummoxing me for the moment.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43I think next to bottom one is trowel
0:31:43 > 0:31:45and the centre one is dibber.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- I think I'd go with dibber. - You're going to go with dibber.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50OK, so we have water butt and we have dibber.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53James and Jamie said water butt. Let's see if that's right
0:31:53 > 0:31:55and let's see how many people said that.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01It's right, of course.
0:32:04 > 0:32:0517!
0:32:08 > 0:32:1317. Now then, Simon and Rob have gone for dibber, "red bib."
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Let's see if that's right and how many people said dibber.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19It's right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23Oh, 42!
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Well done, James and Jamie. Back in the game.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32First time in the whole show that Simon and Rob
0:32:32 > 0:32:34haven't had the best answer. Very well played.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35It's a very good answer, water butt.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37There is an answer up there that would beat it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39It is not trowel.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41That would have scored you 71.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43The top one you couldn't get is lawnmower.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47And that would have scored you 33.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50It's the second one down that's the best answer on that board.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Any ideas?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- Tricky. Anyone in the audience? - Cultivator.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Cultivator, very well played. Yeah, 6 points.- Good.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Thank you very much.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03OK, it comes down to this, the third question, the decider.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05And it concerns...
0:33:08 > 0:33:10The Galapagos Islands. Richard?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Five clues, now, to facts about the Galapagos islands.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15The team that gives us the most obscure answer
0:33:15 > 0:33:17is going through to play for the jackpot. Good luck.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I'll read those all one last time.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05There we are. Simon and Rob, you will go first.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10I don't know a lot about the Galapagos Islands.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11But I think...
0:34:13 > 0:34:16..the last of the Pinta Island tortoises
0:34:16 > 0:34:19was known as Lonesome George.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Lonesome George.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Now, James and Jamie, the board is yours.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30We also don't know a lot about the Galapagos Islands!
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- Is there one called Columbo?- No!
0:34:33 > 0:34:36We've got a punt for the bottom one, haven't we?
0:34:36 > 0:34:41I think we'll go for the bottom one, named after Charles Darwin.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Charles Darwin seems fair enough. Charles Darwin.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45OK, so we have Lonesome George versus Charles Darwin.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Simon and Rob went for Lonesome George.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53It's right.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Oh, that's a good answer!
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Look at that, 8 for Lonesome George.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Very well done.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08James and Jamie have gone for Charles Darwin
0:35:08 > 0:35:10for the bottom one, the research station.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17It's right.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Oh, it's not bad, it's going to be close! 19.
0:35:25 > 0:35:2819. Very well done indeed.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Simon and Rob, after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Very well played. Poor old Lonesome George.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37He was over 100 when he died but his subspecies have been known to live to 200 years
0:35:37 > 0:35:40so he was actually relatively young. He died in middle age.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41But he was the last of his species
0:35:41 > 0:35:44so they kept trying to find him a mate but it couldn't happen.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Poor old Lonesome George.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49But a great one as it just lodged at the back of your head, there.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Terrific answer.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53The ocean in which they're situated is the Pacific.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57That would have scored you 51 points.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02The red-footed, blue-fitted and nazca are all boobies.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Would have scored you 14 points.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08And the largest of the Galapagos Islands is named Isabela.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09It would have scored you 2 points.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11After Queen Isabella.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13And you know whose voyages she funded?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Columbus.- Yes, you see!- Oh, so close!
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Nearly, nearly. 2 points for that, it's the best answer there.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24So the pair heading home, I'm afraid, is James and Jamie.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Two head-to-head rounds consecutively, not bad at all.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32But I'm afraid you were up against the machine that is Simon and Rob.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35So there's nothing really you could do, you were powerless.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Resistance was indeed futile
0:36:36 > 0:36:38but it's been great having you on the show.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Thank you so much for playing, James and Jamie.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42APPLAUSE
0:36:44 > 0:36:47But for Simon and Robert, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Congratulations, Simon and Rob.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54You've fought off all the competition
0:36:54 > 0:36:57and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:37:05 > 0:37:09and at the end of today's show, our jackpot stands at...
0:37:09 > 0:37:12APPLAUSE
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Well, what a performance. I mean, we knew you were good.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19We knew you were good right from the "p" of pipsqueak.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Right through to the "...ge" of Lonesome George.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Now, Simon and Rob, remember you get to choose your category, obviously.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31You have four options to choose from and here they are. We've got...
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- I'll skip poetry and New Zealand.- Yeah.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46I am a "Roses are red..." type of guy for poetry!
0:37:46 > 0:37:48New Zealand, no.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- So American rock or sitcoms. - American rock?
0:37:50 > 0:37:54The chance of Billy Joel potentially. Is he rock?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Are you a big fan?- Oh, I am. - He's a massive Billy Joel fan.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00He's the world's biggest Billy Joel anorak.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I think we should go with American rock.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04American rock, please.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06OK, American rock it is. Richard?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08OK, here are your three choices.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We are looking for the name of any studio album
0:38:11 > 0:38:14released by any of the following acts.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25So, we're not accepting live albums or compilations.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28For Metallica, we won't accept Garage Inc, Through the Never or Lulu.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32So looking for any studio album made up to February 2014
0:38:32 > 0:38:34by any of those three acts.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Very, very best of luck.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:38:39 > 0:38:41and all you need to win that jackpot
0:38:41 > 0:38:43is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Are you ready?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- I think so, yes.- Yeah. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51There they are. Your time starts now.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54OK, Foo Fighters albums...
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- The only one I can think of is Nothing Left To Lose.- Right.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Metallica albums the only one I can think of is The Black Album.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Metallica... Bruce Springsteen, recently I bought...
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Well, everything he has. There's Wrecking Ball, Human Touch.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Human touch is a good one. Tunnel of Love?- Tunnel of Love is...
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- I don't know if that's an album or not.- It is.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- So Tunnel of Love, Human Touch and Wrecking Ball.- OK.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Shall we go for them? - Yeah, fine by me.- OK.- Done.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24There we are.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26OK, we're going to stop the clock with 27 seconds still on it.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28This is punchy!
0:39:28 > 0:39:30OK, now, give me your three answers.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32So, it's Bruce Springsteen albums.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Yeah, they're all going to be Bruce Springsteen?- Tunnel of Love.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Tunnel of Love.- Wrecking Ball. - Wrecking Ball.- Human Touch.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- And Human Touch. - Nearly lost my touch there!
0:39:41 > 0:39:42OK, of those three,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- Tunnel of Love?- Quite, yeah. - OK, Tunnel of Love we'll put last.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- BOTH: Human Touch. - Human Touch we'll put first.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order
0:39:58 > 0:40:00and here they are.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01We've got...
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Human Touch.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09You thought this was probably the least likely to be pointless.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Let's say it was pointless, though.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14What would you do with that prize money, Simon?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16My mum's not been well for quite some time
0:40:16 > 0:40:19so I would send her away on a cruise and send my dad with her,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- just to say thank you for everything they've done.- Oh, Simon!
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Well done, you. - APPLAUSE
0:40:27 > 0:40:29- Rob?- Another noble cause.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32I'd probably go out with him and get horribly drunk!
0:40:32 > 0:40:34LAUGHTER
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Again, round of applause! - APPLAUSE
0:40:37 > 0:40:41No, two excellent things to be doing with your prize money.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44OK, so, we were looking for Human Touch.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47In this case, obviously, a Bruce Springsteen album.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50It has to be right and pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53So for £2,000, let's see how many people said Human Touch.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56It's right.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58That's a start!
0:40:58 > 0:41:00It's more than a start. Down it goes.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03We're more than halfway down, two thirds of the way down.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Down it goes! Still going down. Into single figures and...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- You've done it!- Get in!
0:41:07 > 0:41:10You have done it! Very well done indeed.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12That's fantastic. Brilliant. Brilliant.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Oh, fantastic!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17CHEERING
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Very, very well done.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27With your first answer, right in the bull's-eye, there.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30So, congratulations. Human Touch was a pointless answer
0:41:30 > 0:41:32which means you leave with that jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- Excellent, very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Wow. I mean, you have barely put a foot wrong
0:41:41 > 0:41:43since the first question on the first round.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Terrific performance.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Blotted your copybook slightly with Wrecking Ball,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50cos it would have scored 2 points, I'm afraid.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52But then, Tunnel of Love another pointless answer!
0:41:52 > 0:41:55APPLAUSE
0:41:58 > 0:42:00You also mentioned There Is Nothing Left To Lose,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02the Foo Fighters album...
0:42:02 > 0:42:04which is another pointless answer.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06There's only one of them up there!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Let's take a look at the Bruce Springsteen ones.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12There's a few pointless answers here. This was the category to go for.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Lucky Town, which was released at the same time as Human Touch.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You also could have had Devils & Dust.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20You could have had Greetings from Asbury Park, Magic,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23you could have had We Shall Overcome, Working on a Dream.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26All of those were pointless. And as I say, there are only two others.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29One for the Foo Fighters, which is There Is Nothing Left To Lose,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31and only one for Metallica, as well.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35So well done if you said those at home.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38I suspect people would have got pointless answers on Springsteen
0:42:38 > 0:42:40but these guys got two in the studio, £2,000.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42You've been brilliant from start to finish. Well deserved.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Congratulations, guys.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47APPLAUSE
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Simon and Rob,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54who go away with a very well-deserved jackpot of £2,000.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Brilliant.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!