0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can
0:00:27 > 0:00:30by coming up with the answers no-one else could think of.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Hi, I'm Charlie from Brighton,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41and this is my friend Bo from Farnham in Surrey.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hi, I'm Carys from Barry and this is my friend Ryan from Plymouth.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Christy, this is my gran, Jennifer,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- and we're from Arbroath near Dundee. - And finally couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hello, my name's Karina, this is my friend and colleague Helen,
0:00:54 > 0:00:55and we're from Faversham in Kent.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Thanks very much all of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05There's just one more person for me to introduce,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07the biggest name in daytime quizzing.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Yes, he's a foot taller than Bradley Walsh.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Hiya. Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Afternoon.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Should be nice, shouldn't it?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Always nice to have grandmother-granddaughter on the show.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- My favourite combination.- Isn't it?
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Actually, no, we had that guy and his probation officer, I liked that.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- That was nice.- That was nice.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Then we had that grandmother and her probation officer, that was also...
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Yes.- It's always nice, grandchild and grandparent is always...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Lovely.- And I'm sure everyone on the other podiums will be thinking,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39"We should probably just step aside here."
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It'd be the classy thing to do.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43But two returning pairs from last time, Bo and Charlie,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45we saw them get knocked out in the first round.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And Ryan and Carys got through to Round Two and got knocked out,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51so no-one here who's ever been in a head-to-head before, so, er,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53uncharted territory. And Round One,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58almost guarantee you there'll be at least one 100 points in Round One.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Oh, looking forward to that! At least one?- Yeah, I think so.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I think some people at home are going to love it but, er,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I think it might cause some trouble to others.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I don't know what the question is, but for fun, I'm going to say
0:02:08 > 0:02:10there will be three 100s.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- I will note that down.- That's me.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Yeah, OK, excellent, thank you very much indeed.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Every question on Pointless has been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Today's contestants, like all contestants, will be looking for
0:02:21 > 0:02:24a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Find one of those and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Kevin and Shirley didn't win the jackpot last time so we add
0:02:29 > 0:02:35another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37APPLAUSE
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Now, all you have to remember is that the pair with the
0:02:47 > 0:02:50highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Do everything you can to make sure it's not you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Our first category today is...
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Oh, it's Politicians!
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I think maybe four I should have said, four 100s!
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Yeah, Politicians. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:03:03 > 0:03:06who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:25 > 0:03:30UK prime ministers and US presidents born in the 19th century. Richard.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Yeah, we're looking for the name of anyone born in the years 1800-1899
0:03:34 > 0:03:37inclusive who went on to become President of the United States
0:03:37 > 0:03:39or the Prime Minister of the UK, please.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42We need first and surnames, please.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Charlie, welcome back.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- Now, last time...- Yes.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Last time, what happened, Round One?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It was French foods and Bo just dropped the ball.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I blame him entirely, none of my fault at all.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56- He went with "frites."- Yeah.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Which some might say was almost an English word, we use it so much.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- Yes, and then you went with "anchois."- Yes.- The anchovy option.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Very nice food. Very good fish. - Yeah, I'm also a fan of the anchovy.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Er, now, history, and more particularly,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17political history of the US and of the UK.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18How do we feel about this?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Pretty confident, actually. - Oh, that's good.- Yeah.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Erm, I believe a US president born in the 19th century was
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- James Garfield. - James Garfield says Charlie.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29James Garfield.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- He was assassinated, wasn't he? - I believe so, yes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36There we are, let's find out. Was he born in the 19th century?
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Is Charlie right?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41He's right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Still going down, Charlie.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Look at that, two!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50APPLAUSE
0:04:50 > 0:04:51That is an exceptional answer.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Lovely low score, Charlie. What a great start to the show.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Two for James Garfield. - Great answer, Charlie, well played.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Born in 1831, became president in 1881,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and he was assassinated a couple of months after taking office.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- He was president for about two months.- Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Thank you very much.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Er, now, Carys, welcome back!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Now, it was Round Two for you.- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Tell us the story of your last Pointless experience.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Erm, well, the round was on Beatles and Rolling Stones songs,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20which I think as soon as we saw the category,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23we assumed that we would be leaving because I know that
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Ryan's most hated topic in the world is The Beatles.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- And so...!- What did they do to deserve that?!- I don't know.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Oh, Ryan. Ringo Starr watches this, you know.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36He's, whoa... The things he can do with those sticks.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38No, erm, so, yeah, unfortunately,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Ryan gave a name of a song which was a little bit wrong.- It was.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44We'll come to that when we come back to Ryan
0:05:44 > 0:05:48cos I want to ask a bit more about that, cos it was a good song.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Remind us what you do, Carys.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Er, I'm an MA student at Cardiff University.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Exactly right, and what do you like getting up to
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- when you're not studying? - I enjoy playing rugby
0:05:57 > 0:06:02and I work at the National Museum of Wales as well.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- How often do you work there? - Just at weekends while I'm studying.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10That's a nice thing to do. Now, Carys, how's your political history?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Erm, I don't think it's terrible,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17but I wouldn't say it was a particularly strong category either.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Erm, I think that James Ramsay MacDonald is an answer.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23OK, Ramsay MacDonald, you are going to say.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29let's see how many of our 100 people said Ramsay MacDonald.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32It's right.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38It's another low score.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Look at that, five! Very well done indeed, Carys.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42APPLAUSE
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Five for James Ramsay MacDonald. - Another very good answer there.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Proving to be rather good at this round, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- It can go either way with students, can't it?- It can.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52But thus far it's been very impressive.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Born in 1866 in Lossiemouth in Scotland,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56the first Labour Prime Minister.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Christy, welcome.- Hello.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- You're here from Arbroath?- Yes. - The home of the smokie.- Yeah.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- What do you do, Christy? - I'm a student,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08English literature student at the University of Aberdeen.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- And what year are you in? - My final year, fourth year.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Do you know what you're going to do?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Erm, I actually want to join the police.- Really?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's quite, erm, it doesn't really fit with my degree
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- but what can you do? - What can you do?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Any particular department of the police you'd like to be?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Just start off and just see where it takes me, really.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- I'm not entirely sure, so, see what happens.- OK, good.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Now, how are we feeling about this question?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I'm not too sure if this was 19th century
0:07:34 > 0:07:36but it's the only one I can think of,
0:07:36 > 0:07:37so I'm going to go Woodrow Wilson.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Woodrow Wilson says Christy. Woodrow Wilson.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Sounds good to me. Let's see if it's right,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49It is right, very well done indeed, Christy.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55It's another great answer, you haven't broken the chain at all.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Eight for Woodrow Wilson.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58APPLAUSE
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Very good.- That's a terrific answer.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Doing very well, aren't they, the students here?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Born in 1856, Woodrow Wilson, was president in the 20th century.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09The only president ever to have a PhD.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- In honour of all our students here today.- That's nice. Good of him.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14He had a PhD in political science.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18That's just the right area to be a PhD in, I would have thought.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- You would think so to become president.- Yeah, or dare say,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24he could be an English literature graduate, of course.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- As we know, that's an open-ended degree.- Yeah, absolutely.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Go anywhere with that. - Really is, isn't it?- Yeah, isn't it?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- That's what you did, of course.- Yep.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- How's the English working out for you?- It's OK, it's OK.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I'm getting by, that's it.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Have you applied for a lot of things?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Erm, not so much now, no.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I'm waiting to hear about a fruit-picking job over the summer,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47which would be nice.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- We'll see.- You'd be good at that. - Well, I don't know!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53A lot of people are better at it, it seems.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56They weren't that impressed at the interview but there we go.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Anyway, we'll see, I'll let you know, keep you abreast.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Now, then, Helen...
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- Hello.- Helen, welcome.- Thank you.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Great to have you here, what do you do?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I am an activities coordinator
0:09:06 > 0:09:08in a residential care home for the elderly.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11So what are your favourite activities?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Bingo.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Do you know all the nicknames for the numbers?- A few.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20A few of them. My son thinks I play bingo for a job.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- But, er...- Don't tell him, don't let him in.- No.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26And in your spare time, Helen?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I know what you do cos you produced some biscuits for us!
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I did, I am a member of, in fact, I'm the secretary of the local WI.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Excellent, well, congratulations. - Thank you.- Very good indeed.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Now then, Helen.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I know nothing about politics, erm,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45so I am going to go for
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Winston Churchill. - Winston Churchill, says Helen.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Ooh, that was nice, little murmur,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54that was our first murmur of the show.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Oh, no!- Very good, no, I think that's a good...
0:09:56 > 0:09:57That might be a good murmur.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Let's find out, Winston Churchill, is it right?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01How many people said it if it is?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Absolutely right, very well done indeed, Helen.
0:10:06 > 0:10:0854 for Winston Churchill.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10APPLAUSE
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Yes, born in 1874 in Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Thank you very much indeed.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Two, the best score of that pass,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Charlie, very well done indeed.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Then up to five where we find Carys and Ryan.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Then up to eight where we find Christy and Jennifer.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31And then 54, Helen and Karina.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Karina, what we need is a nice low-scoring answer.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- I shall try.- Let's hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46OK, remember, we're looking for the name of any UK prime minister
0:10:46 > 0:10:49or US president who was born in the 19th century.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Karina, a warm welcome to you.- Thank you very much.- And what do you do?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I manage the care home that Helen is an activities coordinator at.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Very good, so you're friends,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and you knew each other before then, didn't you?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Yes, we've lived next door to each other for seven years.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Or neighbours, as we say. - Yes.- Yeah.- Neighbours.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- So, neighbours then friends and now colleagues?- Now colleagues, yes.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Excellent. Is Helen doing a good job on the bingo? They must love Helen.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19They do, they love Helen, yes. They always notice when she's not there.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I bet! We will!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Let's hope it's not at the end of this round.- OK!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- I think it probably will be. - Well, I don't know.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- I have faith in you, Karina. - Do you?- Yep, I do.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31So there we go,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35US presidents or UK prime ministers born in the 19th century.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I've got two names in the back of my head
0:11:37 > 0:11:41and I'm just going to throw out Spencer Perceval.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Spencer Perceval.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46- Yes.- Also assassinated.- Yes. - There we are, OK, there you are.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48No red line for you as you are the highest scorers,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50but let's find out if Spencer Perceval is right.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Let's see how many people said it if it is.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh, no!
0:11:56 > 0:11:57KARINA LAUGHS
0:11:57 > 0:12:00I'm sorry, Spencer Perceval doesn't fall within those years,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- I'm afraid.- Oh, OK. - That scores you 100 points
0:12:03 > 0:12:05and takes your total up to 154,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- but it's a good answer, though. - Thank you.- Sorry, Karina, born 1762.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11He was prime minister during the 19th century but not born then,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- I'm afraid.- OK, thank you.- But, hey, we got 100 points from someone.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- There we go!- I was beginning to despair that we would.- Yeah.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Now, Jennifer, welcome. Lovely to have you here, Jennifer.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25What do you get up to in Arbroath?
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Well, I'm very happily retired for the past six years.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- What did you use to do before you retired?- I was accounting.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36I worked latterly with young people to help them into work.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Very good, and what do you do with your retirement?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I walk a lot, we have beautiful countryside in Arbroath.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46We have coast and we have country, so long, long walks.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Excellent, well, you are through to the next round, even if
0:12:50 > 0:12:53you score 100 points, so very well done indeed.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Let's have a good answer from you, Jennifer.- Brain just went to mush.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I was about to apologise to Christy because I couldn't think of
0:13:00 > 0:13:04anybody apart from the ones that have been said.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Asquith?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK, have you got, have you got a Christian name?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I was trying to avoid that. Henry?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- You're going to go with Henry. - It's possibly not.- Henry Asquith.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17OK, no red line for you as you're already through,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19but let's see if Henry Asquith is right.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Oh!- Oh-ho-ho-ho!
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Wow!
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Six!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33APPLAUSE
0:13:35 > 0:13:386 takes your total up to 14. Very well done indeed, Jennifer.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Thank you. - Born in West Yorkshire in 1852.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44He's really Herbert Asquith, but, er, it was Herbert Henry Asquith,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47always known as HH, and also lots of people called him Henry,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- so I've accepted Henry Asquith. - Thank you.- I think it's fair enough.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Phew!- His second wife used to call him Henry. I mean...
0:13:53 > 0:13:54People called him Henry.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- There you go, people called him Henry, and so do you.- Yes!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- You may continue.- Personal friend. - That's a great score.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Very well done indeed, Jennifer.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Now, then, Ryan, we come back to you. Ryan, how are you?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- I'm really good, how are you?- Good. Thank you for asking, I'm very well.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11No-one ever asks me that.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15I think you're the first contestant in Lord knows how many shows
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- to ask me how I am. Thank you. - That's all right.- I mustn't grumble.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Do you know what? I really must. I must.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24This hip is giving me no end of grief.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26But, er, no, I really am fine.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29So, yes, Ryan, remind us what you do.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Er, I'm currently a teaching assistant
0:14:31 > 0:14:33at my old secondary school back in Plymouth.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36It's your old secondary school back in Plymouth.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Do any of the lessons that you assist with involve history of
0:14:39 > 0:14:41either the UK or the US?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Embarrassingly, most of my timetable...
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Well, I say most, the majority of my lessons are history.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- That's brilliant! - It's brilliant, but...
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Our first pointless answer of the round, I think.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I might try Arthur Balfour.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Arthur Balfour. OK, let's see if that's right,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Arthur Balfour.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05It's right.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11It's not only right, it's a very, very good answer.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Look at that, three!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Second best score of the whole round, very well done indeed, Ryan.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Six is your total.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Terrific answer, Ryan.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23He was Conservative Prime Minister from 1902-1905,
0:15:23 > 0:15:24but born in the 19th century.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Bo, everyone's done brilliantly, haven't they?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- Haven't they been great? - They've done... Unfortunately so.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Such a... Everyone. Real teamwork.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Tell you what, there'd be a good way to top off this round,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- wouldn't there? - Yeah, a pointless answer.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- A pointless answer would be a lovely way to finish.- That would do it, Bo.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Remind us what you do, what you study.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Well, I do Spanish and politics at UCL,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47and last show my linguistics let me down.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Yes, but now it's fine, now we're on politics, which is great.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54So, which way are you going to attempt? Which side of the Atlantic?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I don't know, I've got two quite, well, relatively obvious answers
0:15:57 > 0:16:00in my head. I'm going to go with the British Prime Minister
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Neville Chamberlain. - Neville Chamberlain says Bo.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04No red line for you, you're already through,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06but let's see if Neville Chamberlain is right.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Let's see how many people said it.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11It is right.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Ooh, it's not bad, look at that.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Very well done. 11, Bo. that's good, good answer.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21APPLAUSE
0:16:21 > 0:16:2313 is your total.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Another good answer, yeah, born 1869 in Birmingham.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Born as Arthur Neville Chamberlain.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Erm, there was a few pointless answers. Before we get onto them,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I'll take you through some of the lower scorers.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34I know people will have been guessing at home.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37You would have got three points for Ulysses S Grant, Harry S Truman.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Rutherford B Hayes would have scored two.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41William McKinley would have scored two.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43One point for Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Chester A Arthur, Andrew Johnson and William Howard Taft, or William Taft.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Here's the pointless answers.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51One prime minister, the rest are presidents.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56You could have had Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Franklin Pierce.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59You could only just have had Millard Fillmore cos he was born
0:16:59 > 0:17:01on January 7th 1800, so the first on our list.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04And Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the only prime minister.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Very well done if you said any of those.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Let's take a look at our biggest scorers,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11the ones that most of our 100 people said when they were asked online.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15You could have had William Gladstone, would have scored 19 points.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Abraham Lincoln with 35, and we've already seen the top answer,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Winston Churchill with 54.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Thank you very much, Richard.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25At the end of our first round, the pair heading home
0:17:25 > 0:17:27with their high score of 154,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I'm sorry, Karina and Helen, it is you.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31You've learned your Pointless lesson for this time.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Next time you will come back and triumph,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I have no doubt, so we'll look forward to that.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Thanks very much for playing, Karina and Helen.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41APPLAUSE
0:17:41 > 0:17:44But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50So three pairs remain.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Obviously at the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to
0:17:53 > 0:17:56another pair. I wonder which pair that's going to be?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Our two returning pairs have covered themselves in glory.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Bo, Charlie, well done, we won't mention the "frites."
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And, er, Ryan and Carys, superb!
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Ryan, if I mention Easy Please Me,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10which was the Beatles song that, er, Ryan went for last time.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Easy Please Me, which... - That really well-known track(!)
0:18:13 > 0:18:16I have to say, if someone hasn't yet done a song called
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Easy Please Me, it is up there.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21They have done, like, there is a song called it, I just got confused.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It's by Katy B, I think. I went and looked it up.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- Easily confused with The Beatles(!) - Easy Please...yeah, well, yeah.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30And Christy and Jennifer, well done, you are well on your way to
0:18:30 > 0:18:32being our finalists, which of course you will be.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34We always love a granny-granddaughter combo.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Geography. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:18:43 > 0:18:45who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:56 > 0:18:57County Towns...
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Richard?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01On each pass we are showing you the names of six English counties.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04We need you to tell us the county town of each county,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07where the council offices are based, according to Whitaker's Almanack.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10The county town of any of the counties you are about to see.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- The very best of luck. - Thank you very much, indeed.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16OK, so we are looking for the town, or city, where the HQs of these
0:19:16 > 0:19:20county councils are located.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Here's our first board of six.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30I'll read those one last time.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Bo?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yes... Erm...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Bo...- I'm not particularly...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- What county are you from, Bo? - Surrey.- Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I am going to go for Surrey and risk embarrassing
0:19:46 > 0:19:49myself for a second game in a row and I'm going to say...
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- ..Guildford.- Guildford.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I think that's what I would have said, Guildford.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Let's find out. Are Bo and I right?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I will jettison you the minute it's wrong.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It will just be you on your own, if it's wrong.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's find out is Guildford, right for Surrey? How many people said it?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Oh, no! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- You were wrong, there, Bo! - LAUGHTER
0:20:11 > 0:20:14You and me both. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I think I would have gone for Guildford there, as well.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- It's not, I'm afraid. I'll give the correct answer at the end.- OK.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23- Now then, Carys.- Hi.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Do you know, I think we are all in the same boat, here.- Yeah.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Don't worry too much. Which of those tickles your fancy?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I am going to have to pick a place that I know is in one of those
0:20:33 > 0:20:37counties and I think there is only one that I know.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I think it's almost definitely wrong
0:20:39 > 0:20:41but I'm going to have to say Canterbury for Kent.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45You are going to say Canterbury for Kent. Sounds perfectly reasonable.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46I'm with you on this.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52Let's see if you're right, Canterbury and, if it is, let's see how many people said Canterbury.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56No! Oh, Carys.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I don't know what... Evidently, yes, not Canterbury. I'm so sorry.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04It scores you 100 points. You are in very good company, though.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Sorry, Carys, it's a big place, got a cathedral and everything
0:21:06 > 0:21:10but doesn't have the county council of Kent in it, I'm afraid.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Now then, Jennifer.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I have no clue, at all.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I can't even now think of a town, the brain has gone to mush.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I am going to be really silly and say London, Northamptonshire
0:21:23 > 0:21:26and I know it's wrong, obviously. Not a clue.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29OK, you're going to say for Northamptonshire, London.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31OK, no, fair enough.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Let's...
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Yes, let's see, shall we?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I notice for the first time you are not agreeing?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40On this one I'm...
0:21:40 > 0:21:43This, funnily enough, is the only one I think I might have an idea.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45LAUGHTER
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I might be wrong but let's find out. Is it London?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53No, I'm afraid not. It's not London.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56There we are that scores you 100 points, too.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- It's going very well. - It's really going terrifically well.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I should have asked you to fill in the blanks, I'm so sorry, Jennifer.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Now...
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Yeah, I might take a run up at this.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Let's start with the one that isn't London.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Let's start with Northamptonshire. - I'm going to say Northampton.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It is Northampton. I think that one was guessable, if I'm honest.
0:22:17 > 0:22:2044 points that would have scored you.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Cumbria?- Carlisle.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Carlisle is right, 17 points.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- Suffolk?- Ipswich.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Ipswich, yes. It would have scored you 26.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Let's do Norfolk?- Norwich.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Norwich, yes and that would have scored you 35.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38They'll be pleased to beat Ipswich. Well done, Norwich.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Bad luck, Ipswich.- On the ball! - Now, these other two.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45You said that you would have gone for Canterbury and Guildford.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Now I know Canterbury is wrong, I would have said Maidstone.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- It is Maidstone.- Yay!- It would have scored you eight points. And Surrey?
0:22:52 > 0:22:53- AUDIENCE:- Kingston.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I was about to say Epsom.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Did someone in the audience say Kingston?- Yeah.- Correct answer.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Kingston upon Thames.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- It would have scored you nothing at all, a pointless answer.- Wow!
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Very well done.- There you go.- Can we give £250 to the audience, please.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I have only got about 40 on me, can you sub me the rest?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- I've got nothing, I'm afraid. - Have you got any...
0:23:14 > 0:23:15No.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19We'll settle up later, in biscuits. We've got loads.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Thanks very much, indeed.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Well, let's take a look at the scores at the end
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- of the first half of the run. - LAUGHTER
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Well done to Bo and Charlie with the lowest score there of 100.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34But, Bo and Charlie, you are also the joint high scorers on 100,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38as, indeed, are Carys and Ryan, Jennifer and Christy.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Well done/look out.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Yeah, we are going to come back down the line.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Very best of luck to all three pairs. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51Right, all to play for.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Let's put six more county councils on the board and here they come.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56We have got...
0:24:02 > 0:24:03I'll read them one last time.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Now, remember, we're looking for the town or city where the
0:24:10 > 0:24:13HQs of these county councils are located.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Christy, the best of British luck to you.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21You've to try and find one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Now, Christy, just take a moment.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- None of those in Scotland.- No.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31My English geography is atrocious at best.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I am going to have to take a wild guess.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I'm going to go, Lancashire is Preston.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Preston for Lancashire.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Let's find out if that's right. Sounds pretty good to me.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44No red line as you're joint high scorers
0:24:44 > 0:24:47but it might be right, might it? Let's find out.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53It's right! Very well done, indeed, Christy, that's a superb answer.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Ten. - APPLAUSE
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Ten. We now have a game on our hands.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Very well done, indeed, Christy, your total is 110. Very well done.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07That's a terrific answer, Christy, very well played.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09It's nice that we have to wait for a Scot to give us
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- our first correct answer.- To deliver us? Thanks very much, indeed.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19- Now, Ryan, we have a target. You have to score nine or less...- OK.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21..to stay with us, or to be sure of staying with us.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I should probably know better because I did a geography degree.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27You didn't have to tell us that, Ryan!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29LAUGHTER
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I live near Somerset but I couldn't tell you any places in Somerset.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I know one that's probably not right.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I might just take an educated guess
0:25:38 > 0:25:42and say that Derbyshire may be Derby.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44OK, sounds good.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Let's find out. Derby, is that right for Derbyshire?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47There's your red line.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51No!
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I'm sorry, I'm afraid it's no Northampton, Derbyshire,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59when it comes to selecting its administrational HQ.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I'm afraid, that scores you 100 points.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03It takes your total up to 200.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Sorry, Ryan, that was mean of us.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Actually, in our poll, 39 people said Derby, as well.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10It hasn't been the county town since the late '50s.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I'll tell you what it is at the end of the pass.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Now then, Charlie.- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Charlie, listen you have to score 99 or less.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20How do we feel about this?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I mean, I get lost on my way from the kitchen to the toilet
0:26:23 > 0:26:26so geography is not my strong suit.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I'm going to make a similar guess to Ryan
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and say, for Leicestershire, Leicester.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- You'd have thought, wouldn't you?- Yeah.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Leicestershire, Leicester. Let's find out. There is your red line.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's nice and high.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I would suggest all you have to be is right with Leicester.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Is Leicester the county town of Leicestershire?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50It's right! Very well done, indeed, Charlie.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- 44. - APPLAUSE
0:26:54 > 0:26:56144 is your total.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You may take your place in the head-to-head. Well done.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Well played, Charlie, that's tough luck on Ryan there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Absolutely, Leicester is Leicestershire.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Do you want to have a go at the rest of these? Staffordshire?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Staffordshire, I think of somewhere like...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- ..Stoke or somewhere like that. - You're so close, it's Stafford.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Oh, Stafford! Of course it's Stafford! Oh, Lordy.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20It would have scored 30 points. Well done if you got that. Essex?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Chelmsford.- Yeah, it would have scored you eight.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Now, Ryan, he said you live near Somerset?- Yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- What would you have gone for, what's...- Maybe Yeovil.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Not Yeovil. It is? AUDIENCE:- Taunton.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Is the answer, well done, audience.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37That would have scored you 17.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39And the county town of Derbyshire?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Two points this would score you. It's the best answer on the board.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- Anyone? AUDIENCE:- Matlock.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Matlock. That's the right answer, very well played.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Wow!- Two points. You guys should be playing!
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Matlock... Do you know what you have to do?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00On the first board, you just have to put the words "crown court" after the thing.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03For example, with Preston, there you are.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Preston Crown Court. A lot of people haven't been to as many crown courts as you,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09that's the problem. LAUGHTER
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Haven't they?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Not so much. - Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Well, there we are. At the end of our second round,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21the pair heading home with a high score of 200,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24they were the low-scoring pair in the first round, the high-scoring pair...
0:28:24 > 0:28:28That was a tough round, Ryan. I'm sorry. Matlock, I mean...
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I love Matlock. What was wrong with Derby?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34I should have just gone for Staffordshire or Leicestershire
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- and said... - Yeah, I'm afraid you should have.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Stafford in Staffordshire. Anyway, there we are.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43It's been great having you on the show. I'm sorry we're sending you home early but great contestants,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- Ryan and Carys. - APPLAUSE
0:28:46 > 0:28:49But for Christy and Jennifer, Charlie and Bo,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Congratulations, Christy and Jennifer, Bo and Charlie.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04which currently stands at £3,250.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05APPLAUSE
0:29:08 > 0:29:11To decide who is going to play for that, you'll now go head-to-head.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15The difference is you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21This is very exciting. England versus Scotland.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Men versus women.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Granny and granddaughter versus university chums.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30This promises to be very exciting, indeed.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Christy and Jennifer, if there was any fun to be had.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I'm not saying that you were being allowed to go through
0:29:35 > 0:29:39because we like grandmothers and granddaughters. You put paid to that with that answer,
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Preston was fantastic. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I think this is going to be an epic third round.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Let's play the head-to-head!
0:29:53 > 0:29:56OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- Robotic characters, Richard?- We're going to show you five images now
0:30:03 > 0:30:06of robotic characters from various films and TV shows.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07We just need you to tell us
0:30:07 > 0:30:09the name of the film, or TV show, that each is from.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11OK, thanks very much.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Let's reveal our five robotic characters and here they come.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16We have got...
0:30:34 > 0:30:36There you are, five robotic characters.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Which films are they from?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Christy and Jennifer, you played best throughout the show,
0:30:41 > 0:30:42so far, so you will go first.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- WHISPERING:- Metal Mickey but I don't know.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Just do that because I don't know any.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54We are going to go C, Metal Mickey.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56C, Metal Mickey.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57C, Metal Mickey.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Now Bo and Charlie?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02That board is all yours, talk us through it.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05A is from AI. Do you know E?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- It's from a German film, I can't... - Is it?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I was thinking it was a Cyberman.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Maybe not. Let's avoid E. - I think we should go with AI, then.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16OK, you're going to say, A is AI.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22A, AI. So Christy and Jennifer are saying that C is Metal Mickey.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Metal Mickey.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Oh, an incorrect answer which means Bo and Charlie,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36you merely have to be correct when you say that A is AI.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39If you are correct, you will win this question.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43You're right, very well done.
0:31:47 > 0:31:4817, not a bad score, either.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50APPLAUSE
0:31:50 > 0:31:52But, the main thing, it was correct, which means
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Bo and Charlie, you take an early lead.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56After one question you are up 1-0.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Yeah, well played, gents.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01B is Bicentennial Man,
0:32:01 > 0:32:03the Robin Williams film.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06It would have scored you 11.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08C is actually a film, not a TV show.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09It is Short Circuit.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Some people will remember, it would have scored you 27 points.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Lots of people remembered, in fact.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16D is the biggest scorer there.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19That's Crichton played by Robert Llewelyn
0:32:19 > 0:32:21from Red Dwarf, 40 points.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26And the last one, you're right, is a German film from 1927.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27It's Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30It would have scored you 12 points.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33The best answer on that board is Bicentennial Man.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Very well done, if you said that at home.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Thanks very much, indeed. OK, here comes your second question.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Christy and Jennifer, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43But Bo and Charlie get to answer first. Good luck.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It concerns...
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Booker Prize novels. Richard?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55I'm going to show you the names of five novels, all of which have won the Booker Prize.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58We have left out the last word. Can you fill in the blanks, please?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01OK, let's reveal our five Booker prize-winning novels
0:33:01 > 0:33:04with the last word omitted.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Here they are. We've got...
0:33:14 > 0:33:15I'll read those all again.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Bo and Charlie, you go first.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- WHISPERS:- Do you know any of these?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31The Sense Of An Ending is the top one. I don't know the others.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40We are going with the top answer, The Sense Of An Ending.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42OK, The Sense Of An Ending, say Bo and Charlie.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43The Sense Of An Ending.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Now Christy and Jennifer, do you fancy taking us through
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- the rest of the board, doing some out-loud thinking for us?- Erm, no.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50This should be my strong suit
0:33:50 > 0:33:53but, again, it is not.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57So we're going to go with Hotel Du Lac.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Hotel Du Lac. Hotel Du Lac.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04We have The Sense Of An Ending and we have Hotel Du Lac.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Bo and Charlie went with The Sense Of An Ending.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13It's right.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Very well done, indeed. Nine for The Sense Of An Ending. - APPLAUSE
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Christy and Jennifer have gone with Hotel Du Lac.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Let's see if that's right and, if it is,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31how many of our 100 people said, Hotel Du Lac.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35It's right!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38You have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Is it going to beat nine?
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Oh, 25, I'm afraid.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43APPLAUSE
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Two very good answers there.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Bo and Charlie, well done.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49You've whipped it from under their noses.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52After only two questions, you are through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Yeah, two good answers there.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56There was only one answer that could have beaten The Sense Of An Ending.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Let's fill in the rest.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01It's William Golding's Rites Of Passage.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03A big score there. Well done to our 100.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05It would have scored you 53.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Do you know the next one, Xander? - The God Of Small Things.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Absolutely, it would have scored you 26.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13And, how about the bottom one? It's the best answer there.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- It would have won the points. - Moon Tiger.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Three points, so very well done if you got that at home.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Thank you very much, indeed.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23At the end of our head-to-head round,
0:35:23 > 0:35:25the pair leaving us are Christy and Jennifer.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I'm not afraid you're leaving us because you're coming back next time and that's wonderful.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I'm sure you'll be even better but it's been a great performance.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Thank you.- Very well done, look forward to seeing you then, Christy and Jennifer.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38APPLAUSE
0:35:38 > 0:35:42But for Bo and Charlie, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Congratulations, Bo and Charlie.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48You fought off all the competition
0:35:48 > 0:35:51and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:59 > 0:36:04and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £3,250.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06APPLAUSE
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Well...
0:36:08 > 0:36:11after chip- and anchovy-gate last time,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13um, you've done fantastically well.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16We started off with James Garfield - that was a great answer.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Then we had... Yeah, we had Guildford.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22But listen, that was a mistake any of us could have made.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- I was lulled into a false sense of security.- Exactly.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- But that was good. It kept you on your toes.- He does it often.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29And 2-0 in the head-to-head.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31So, no, very impressive indeed. Very well done.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33As ever, you get to choose your category.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35And there are four options. Let's see what they are.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Today we've got...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47I reckon playwrights I could do.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- Let's try.- OK let's try. - Let's go for American Playwrights.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- American Playwrights it is. - OK, good luck, gents,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54here are your three options.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59We are looking for the title of any play by Eugene O'Neill
0:36:59 > 0:37:01according to The Library of America.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05We are looking for any actor who received a credit
0:37:05 > 0:37:08in the film version of Aaron Sorkin's play A Few Good Men.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Or we are looking for any actor who appeared in the film version
0:37:11 > 0:37:14of David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross, please.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16So, any Eugene O'Neill play,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19any actors in A Few Good Men or Glengarry Glen Ross.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Very, very best of luck.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Thanks very much indeed. Now, as always,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:37:27 > 0:37:28to be pointless.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Your time starts now.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Have you got anything?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Because I've got nothing.- Nothing.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38LAUGHTER
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Er...
0:37:40 > 0:37:41A Few Good Men...
0:37:41 > 0:37:43If we could just guess
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- at some American actors.- Um...
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Glengarry Glen Ross...
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Was that a British...? American. Er...
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- It's all American, so... - OK. Should we just guess?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Aaron Sorkin... It was an Aaron Sorkin play.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- It must be relatively recent. - Yeah.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58So, who are some relatively obscure but...?
0:37:58 > 0:37:59CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Gandolfini.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02James... Good. James Gandolfini.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Um...- Er...
0:38:04 > 0:38:06You come up with one.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- Philip Seymour Hoffman.- Er...OK.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12OK. Er, who else can we choose?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Third relatively obscure actor...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Yeah.- ..in that kind of field.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19- Hm.- Um...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- Steve Buscemi maybe.- All right.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- Ten seconds left. - Your three favourite actors.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Essentially, yeah. Three people we really like
0:38:28 > 0:38:29and probably won't be pointless.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Yeah.- OK, let's try them.- OK.- OK.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33You're happy with your answers?
0:38:33 > 0:38:34- Yes.- Yeah.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36There we are. Your time is now up.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Tell me what those three answers are
0:38:38 > 0:38:40and say which category you're answering.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- They are all from A Few Good Men actors.- OK.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44And our first is...
0:38:44 > 0:38:45James Gandolfini.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47James Gandolfini.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Then Philip Seymour Hoffman. - Philip Seymour Hoffman.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- And Steve Buscemi.- Steve Buscemi.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Which of those who do you think is your best shot
0:38:54 > 0:38:56at a pointless answer?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- Maybe Hoffman?- OK, Philip Seymour Hoffman we'll put last.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Least likely to be pointless? - Steve Buscemi.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Steve Buscemi we'll put first.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order. And here they are.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09We have...
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Well, very best of luck.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Your first answer was Steve Buscemi,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Let's just say one of these is a correct answer
0:39:21 > 0:39:23and it goes all the way down to zero
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and you win that jackpot - £3,250 -
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Bo, what would you do with that?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Considering we weren't banking on winning,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I think I'd probably spend it on something nice.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33So maybe a few good nights out, a few good meals
0:39:33 > 0:39:35and a holiday this summer, maybe.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- OK. Charlie?- I think I might...
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Given the amount of time, I'd try and spend it all in one go.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Really?- Yeah. See how far that would get me.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44See what you end up...the state you end up in!
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Very full. Lots of good meals, I reckon.- Yeah.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50OK, well very best of luck. Steve Buscemi.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53All these answers you've given are for the cast of the film
0:39:53 > 0:39:54A Few Good Men.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Let's find out. Steve Buscemi. Is it right,
0:39:56 > 0:40:00is it pointless for £3,250?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06No. I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08So only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Your next answer is James Gandolfini.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Again, perfectly reasonable guess.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Let's find out, though, if it's right.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20If it is, and if it's pointless, you will win that jackpot of £3,250.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22How many people said James Gandolfini?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26No! Bad luck.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- OK.- There's a pattern developing. - There's a pattern evolving.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Listen, this has happened before, quite recently,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36where we've had incorrect answer, incorrect answer, jackpot!
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- Hm...- So your jackpot answer has to be Philip Seymour Hoffman
0:40:40 > 0:40:43if you're going to win that jackpot - £3,250.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Let's find out if it's right,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48and, if it is, how many people said Philip Seymour Hoffman.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Very, very best of luck.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55No. Bad luck. I'm sorry.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58APPLAUSE
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Bad luck.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02That category... Well, clearly, from the sort of answers you were giving,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05it is a category you would have been comfortable with
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- had it just been a film... - Slightly different...
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12You don't win today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14That will roll over on to the next show.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16But you've been fantastic - on both shows.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Very early exit the first show,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20but at this time round you really made your mark.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23And you get a Pointless trophy for your troubles. So very well done.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25APPLAUSE
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Sorry, guys. Great performance from you.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Eugene O'Neill plays - huge amount of pointless answers.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Here's a few of them. A Moon For The Misbegotten.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Desire Under The Elms. Mourning Becomes Electra. Strange Interlude.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43In fact, every single Eugene O'Neill play, apart from The Iceman Cometh,
0:41:43 > 0:41:46A Touch Of The Poet and a Long Day's Journey Into Night.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Those are the only ones that score points at all.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49So loads of pointless answers.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54If you said one that wasn't there, you've just got yourself the jackpot, so well played.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Let's take a look at A Few Good Men.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59The wonderful Christopher Guest, who's in This Is Spinal Tap,
0:41:59 > 0:42:00Best In Show, all sorts of things.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Joshua Malina.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04He went on to play Will Bailey in West Wing.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Kevin Pollak, who was also in Usual Suspects.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09And Kiefer Sutherland, also there.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The scoring answers on that one - Tom Cruise would have got you 26,
0:42:12 > 0:42:13Jack Nicholson, 20,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Demi Moore, ten, Kevin Bacon, three,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Cuba Gooding Jr, two, and Noah Wyle, one.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Everybody else pointless.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Now let's take a look at Glengarry Glen Ross,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24one of my favourite plays, one of my favourite films.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26The wonderful Alan Arkin is a pointless answer.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Bruce Altman.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Two other big stars there - Ed Harris and Jonathan Pryce.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32The scoring answers there - Jack Lemmon with eight,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Al Pacino, seven, Alec Baldwin, six,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36and Kevin Spacey, two. Everybody else pointers.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Very well done if you got a pointless answer at home.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- And tough luck in the studio, guys. Good performance.- Thanks very much.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44We have to say goodbye to you, Bo and Charlie.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46But you've been fantastic. It's been great having you here.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Thank you so much for playing. Bo and Charlie!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50APPLAUSE
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Sadly, Bo and Charlie didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55which means it rolls over to the next show,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58when we will be playing for £4,250.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00APPLAUSE
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Join us next time, see if someone can win it.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE