0:00:12 > 0:00:13APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome
0:00:23 > 0:00:26to Pointless. This is the show where the questions have all been asked
0:00:26 > 0:00:29to 100 people before the show, and all our contestants have to do is
0:00:29 > 0:00:32come up with the answers that none of those 100 people could think of.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And couple number one.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Hello, I'm Steve, this is my friend Amber, and we both live in London.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Couple number two.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Helen, this is my friend, colleague and neighbour Karina,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- and we're from Faversham in Kent. - Couple number three.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Hello, I'm Jennifer, this is my granddaughter Christy,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and we come from Arbroath in Scotland.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And finally, couple number four.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm Tom and this my best friend Benny and we're from deepest,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03darkest Suffolk.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- And these are today's contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as it goes
0:01:10 > 0:01:13along. So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16He's going for a trip into the obscure. He may be some time.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- Afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Two returning pairs today, had very different shows last time.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Christy and Jennifer got all the way through to the head-to-head.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Did very, very well in that,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34so they're going to be very tough to beat, I suspect, today.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Karina and Helen, however, we saw far less of.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They got knocked out in the first round,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42so, hopefully, see a little bit more of you today. Should be a fun show.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Now, we've asked every question on Pointless
0:01:46 > 0:01:48to 100 people before the show.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51As ever, the aim of the game is to find a Pointless answer,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59So, Beau and Charlie didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:59 > 0:02:03so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of each
0:02:15 > 0:02:18round will be eliminated, that's all you need to remember.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Do everything you can to avoid being that pair.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Our first category today is...
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29who's going to go second?
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38OK. The question concerns...
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Sounds very demographic, doesn't it? Missing ABC words.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49We're going to show you the names of seven books on each pass,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51but we've missed out a word from each book title.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53That word begins with either A, B or C.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55You just have to fill in the blank, please.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at at home,
0:02:57 > 0:02:58so very best of luck.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02OK. So, we're looking for the words beginning with either A, B or C
0:03:02 > 0:03:04that complete the titles of these books.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Here is our first board of seven.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07And we have got...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41There we are.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Seven novels with missing words from their titles.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Amber, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do?
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- I'm a freelance food and drink writer.- Oh, that's fun!- Yes, it is.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- For magazines?- Magazines and restaurant guides.- OK.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Do you ever go in as a sort of mystery diner, that kind of thing?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- I've blown my cover now, haven't I? - I was going to say! Yes.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04So, you review online?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Online, in books, in restaurant guides and magazines,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- and I also run food and wine matching events.- Good stuff.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Now, Amber.- Yes? - Do you find a lot of time to read?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Not so much these days, but I know a few of these,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24so I think the one I'm going to have a pop at, the second one,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Alan Hollinghurst, The Line Of Beauty.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29The Line Of Beauty, says Amber. The Line Of Beauty.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Absolutely right, of course.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Great answer. 5. Very well done, Amber.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Good start to the show.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Well played, Amber. That's a lovely start.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Won the Booker Prize, The Line Of Beauty.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54A TV adaptation as well, with Dan Stevens starring in it,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- pre-Downton Abbey. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Now, Karina, welcome back. Now, Round One last time.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Yes...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05We liked your answer, though. At least, I did. I liked your answer.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07It was wrong but it was a good wrong answer.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Spencer Perceval you gave us, always good to have him.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Now, Karina, remind us what you do?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14I manage a care home for the elderly.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- And you work alongside Helen?- I do.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Who's managing it in your absence today?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Oh, they're just running riot.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Right.- There's nobody there.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27OK. And Helen's not there to do the bingo calling...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- It's just going to be a disaster. - It'll be mayhem tomorrow.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Oh, Lord... Anyway, well...
0:05:31 > 0:05:35What do you do to take your mind off caring?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39I volunteer at the RSPCA at the weekends,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41looking after some cats.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43My family refer to me as the Mad Old Cat Lady.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I object to being called old, but...
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- The Mad Cat Lady would have been kinder. OK.- Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53What are you going to go for on this board?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54I know two for sure,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57and I know two, well, a guess.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I am going to go for an obvious one.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Charles Dickens - Bleak House.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Bleak House says Karina.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05OK, let's see if that's right.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bleak House.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Absolutely right.
0:06:12 > 0:06:1464.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15APPLAUSE
0:06:15 > 0:06:1864 for Bleak House.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Yeah, written in instalments across two years, Bleak House.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Voted by the Radio Times as the best ever Dickens adaptation for TV -
0:06:25 > 0:06:27the 2005 version of it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Thank you very much. Now, Christy, welcome back.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Head-to-head last time. - Yes, pretty happy with that.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38I can't help noticing you've brought quite a lot of the globe with you
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- on your arm there.- I have, yes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Yes, unfortunately, it doesn't have any names for me.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- However, they would also see it, as well.- That is unfortunate.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- You could have just put capital cities on there.- Yeah.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Do you think you could point out the Central African Republic on your arm?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53LAUGHTER
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I could give it a go!
0:06:55 > 0:06:56In the centre!
0:06:56 > 0:06:57OK, now, Christy...
0:06:57 > 0:07:01what about this board of books?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Unfortunately, I was going to go for the Dickens one.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08And I'm going to let down my English degree again.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I'm not entirely sure on many of the rest.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I'm going to have to go for a guess.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I'm going to go, Penny Lane.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- It's a guess.- OK...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Our English Literature student here,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25you're going to go Penny Lane.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Let's see if that's right.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Penny Lane?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's not, I'm afraid, Christy.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38No, I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Are you absolutely sure your English Literature degree wasn't a con?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I'm beginning to rethink it all, to be honest, yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Yeah, not Penny Lane, I'm afraid. We'll go through all of those later.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- After lessons.- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Thanks, Richard. Now, Tom.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Tom, welcome to the show.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00What do you do, Tom?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I work for agricultural merchants, buying grain from farmers
0:08:04 > 0:08:06and selling them seed and fertiliser.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10OK, when you're not buying grain, Tom, what interests you?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I like to play football a lot at the weekends with Benny
0:08:13 > 0:08:14and I play a lot of golf
0:08:14 > 0:08:18and I like taking my dog for walks around the neighbours' fields.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21OK, see what kind of grain they've got, inspect the grain.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- We've got some grain, haven't we?- Yeah, yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25What are you paying currently?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- We've got a guy we sell our grain to but, you know.- Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- We don't always have to sell it to the same person.- No, we do not.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- We've got 14 tonnes... - ..of winter barley.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- What variety is it? - Well, you tell me.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39LAUGHTER
0:08:39 > 0:08:42If you had to guess, what do you think it would be?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44If it's a feed barley, it could be something like Cassia
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- but if it was a malting barley... - You've got it, first time.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- It's Cassia. We've got how many tonnes did I say?- 14.
0:08:51 > 0:08:5314 tonnes of Cassia.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57To be fair, quite a lot of that tonnage might be weevils.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Good stuff. Tom, you're the last person to have this board.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I'm quite glad about that.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Most of the answers on there, I have no idea what they are
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and I would be absolutely guessing.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11There is only one that I do know, hopefully, which is the top one
0:09:11 > 0:09:13and I think it's Brave New World.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Brave New World says Tom. Let's see if that's right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- 57. - APPLAUSE
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Yeah, published in 1932. It's a good answer but a high scorer.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Our 100 did rather well on these, some quite well-known books up here.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- I bet you can fill in all of these. - Yeah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- The Quiet...- American.- Yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45- The Age Of Innocence. - Would have scored you 16.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Now, Christy, as an English Literature student,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52it's probably one of the most famous books in the history
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- of English Literature. - I know some of Thomas Hardy
0:09:55 > 0:09:58but I'm not going to lie, I don't know that one.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59I'm never going to live this down.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I'm going to go back to uni and I'm...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I think very few of our 100 knew it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It's Far From The Madding Crowd and would have scored 75 points.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- It's not Penny Lane, it's...? - Brick Lane.- Yeah.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15That would have scored 23.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Amber, best answer up there is The Line Of Beauty, well played.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Very good, thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24We've halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- 5, Amber.- I'm pleased with that. - Very good.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Very good, indeed, that sets you up pretty well, I would say.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33You're nearest score is 57, Tom. Not bad there.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Then up to 64 where we find Karina and Helen
0:10:35 > 0:10:38and then, I'm afraid, Christy and Jennifer on 100.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43Jennifer, we definitely need a low score from you on the next pass.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51OK, we're going to put seven more book titles on the board
0:10:51 > 0:10:54with missing words and here they are.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30There we go. We're looking for the words that complete
0:11:30 > 0:11:33the titles of these books and here's a clue,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36they all start with A, B or C.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Benny, a warm welcome to Pointless. - Thank you very much.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- What do you do, Benny? - I work for a veterinary company
0:11:43 > 0:11:48who provide IT solutions to practices across the UK and Ireland.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- A veterinary... - Veterinary businesses.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52That's nice to have two people from Suffolk.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54One very much involved in grain
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- and the other very much involved in animals.- That's nice,
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- arable and livestock.- That's proper. That's how it should be.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05OK, listen, there you are on 57, the high scorers Jennifer and Christy.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- If you can score 42 or less, you won't even be high scorers.- OK.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- How do you find this board? - It's a terrible subject for me
0:12:15 > 0:12:18but I'm going safe and Danny The Champion Of The World.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The Champion Of The World says Benny. Let's see if that's right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Let's see how many said it. There's your red line.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Get below that and you're straight through to Round Two.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30It's right.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33It could be a high one. No, it's still going down.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Oh, you've done it! Look at that, 42. - APPLAUSE
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Good Lord, 42 is what you needed and 42 is what you got.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42That takes your total up to 99. You are in Round Two.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Yeah, nicely played, Benny.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Again, there was a film adaptation of that in 1989, as well.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Indeed, thank you very much. Now, Jennifer.- Yes...
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Jennifer, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Now up in Arbroath you are a very keen walker.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- I certainly am.- You have that wonderful coastline there
0:13:02 > 0:13:04and you've got beautiful country inland.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06What else do you like to get up to?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10I read... Oh, I maybe shouldn't have said that!
0:13:10 > 0:13:11I read all the time.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- Theatre, just...family.- Wonderful.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19OK, now there you are, you are the high scorers at the moment.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21All that could change.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- How are you finding this board? - I find the board not bad.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It's just trying to pick something that's low.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Can I go for Artemis Fowl, please?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Erm, Artemis Fowl, says Jennifer.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39No red line for you, as you are the high scorers.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Absolutely right, Jennifer.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47That is going to be a great answer.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- 21, very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:13:50 > 0:13:54121 is your total but that is our second lowest score
0:13:54 > 0:13:55of the whole round, so very good.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Well played, Jennifer, you've given yourself a chance there.- Thank you.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01It's the first of eight Artemis Fowl books
0:14:01 > 0:14:04and he's sold over 21 million copies between them.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Mmm...
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Now then, Helen.- Hello. - Helen, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Oh, you made biscuits for us.- I did! - They were delicious.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- LAUGHTER - Thank you.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I can tell you... Yeah, biscuits last time.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I can't wait to see what she's going to produce today.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Something amazing.- My mouth is literally watering out here.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Just thinking, it's got to be a cake, hasn't it? Surely.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33I would have thought so, or maybe a whole roast hog.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36No-one has yet brought in a whole roast hog for us.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- Someone might.- Not yet. Tom brought us a big bag of grain. That was nice.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I've eaten most of that, as well.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Not bad. Mmm. Now then, so, Helen,
0:14:47 > 0:14:52the high scorers are Jennifer and Christy on 121.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- 56 or less is what we need from you. - OK...
0:14:55 > 0:14:58I am going to go for...
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- The Thorn Birds. - The Thorn Birds?- Yes.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Says Helen, The Thorn Birds. There's your red line.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Get below that, you're definitely in Round Two.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Let's see how many people said The Thorn Birds.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16It's right.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20You are in Round Two, very well done, indeed.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- 15!- Yeah! - APPLAUSE
0:15:25 > 0:15:2815's your score, 79 your total. Very well done.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Well done, Helen, that's where biscuits gets you.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34That sold over 30 million copies, The Thorn Birds.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Huge mini series, as well.- Mmm.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Now then, Steve, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- What do you do, Steve?- I do communications for a think tank.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47OK, when you're not thinking in the tank,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50what do you like to do?
0:15:50 > 0:15:51I'm quite a foodie, as well.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I sometimes blag my way onto Amber's restaurant reviewing...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- It's always great to have friends who review restaurants.- It is.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Mm-mm-mm! - I do a bit of cooking, as well.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'm quite a big sports fan, as well and a bit of a film buff,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05although that's a slight hostage to fortune
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- if any film questions come up. - Absolutely, yes.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10There is good news, you are through to the next round. Even if you score 100 points,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13you won't overtake the high score of Jennifer and Christy.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17There's that board. Do you fancy seeing how many you can fill in?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I can do a couple.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I think it's Anne Of Green Gables.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Brideshead Revisited.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26The one I fancy is Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- I enjoyed it, actually. - Midnight's Children?- Yeah.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31There's no red line for you as you're through to the next round.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Midnight's Children.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- 24, very well done, indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:16:45 > 0:16:4829 is your total, the lowest score of the round by a margin.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Well played, Steve. The midnight in question is the midnight
0:16:52 > 0:16:55that India became independent and the children born on that night.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57It won the Booker Prize.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It also won the Booker of Bookers for the best novel ever to win
0:16:59 > 0:17:02the Booker Prize. Let's fill in the rest of these.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You are right about Anne Of Green Gables. A big scorer, though.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It would have scored you...
0:17:07 > 0:17:1166. You're right about Brideshead Revisited, as well.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Evelyn Waugh, that's another big scorer. It would have scored 58.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- The JM Coetzee, do you know that one?- Waiting For The Barbarians.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21That's the best answer there and would have scored five points.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Well done if you said that. - Thanks very much, indeed.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27At the end of our first round, I'm afraid, the pair heading home
0:17:27 > 0:17:29with their high score of 121 are Jennifer and Christy.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Jennifer, you did very well there. Nice low score.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Anyway, it's been lovely having you on both shows.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38You were semifinalists, is that what you can call it? You were head-to-headers last time.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon this time.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Jennifer and Christy, thanks so much for playing.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:17:45 > 0:17:48But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54We're now down to three pairs.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57At the end of this round, we say goodbye to another pair.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Well done to all three of you. Amber and Steve, particularly.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Amber for The Line Of Beauty.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Lowest individual score and, for both of you, lowest team score.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08That was very good. Karina and Helen, well done to you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10You're in Round Two. This is all wonderful.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14And Benny and Tom, well done to you. That grain, brilliant! Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:43 > 0:18:48Best TV Comedy Actress at the British Comedy Awards. Richard?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Any winner of the best TV Comedy Actress at the Comedy Awards
0:18:50 > 0:18:56from its inception in 1990, all the way through to the 2013 ceremony, please. Good luck.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Thanks very much, indeed. OK, now Amber, we come to you first.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Not so brilliant subject for me, this.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Um, I'm going to have a pop.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12I'm going to guess at Caroline Aherne.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Caroline Aherne sounds like a brilliant answer.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Let's see if it's right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said Caroline Aherne.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24It's absolutely right. Very well done, Amber.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Very well done indeed. 6 for you, Amber.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I see a pattern evolving here. That's great.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Another good answer from Amber.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Won in 1999 for her roles in The Royle Family
0:19:40 > 0:19:42and Mrs Merton And Malcolm.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Got an IQ of 176.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47She's incredibly bright, isn't she?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- She's rather wonderful, Caroline Aherne.- Amazing.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50There we are.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- Now, Helen. - Yes. I am going to go for...
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Ruth Jones.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Ruth Jones. Good answer. Let's see if it's right.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see how many of our 100 people said Ruth Jones.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Oh!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- She was robbed.- What a travesty.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Well, I take issue with that. I'm on your side there.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Yes, thanks.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19You'd think that she would have done.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20She won Best Newcomer in 2007,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23but she's never won Best Comedy Actress.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28They are "Ruthless", literally, the Comedy Awards people.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30How many years was she not just the most eligible
0:20:30 > 0:20:32but the most obvious choice?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Oh! Makes me seethe.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Have you ever won a Comedy Award? - Never.- There we go.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41LAUGHTER
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I wondered why he was getting quite so worked up about it.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I knew I'd find out. I knew there'd be something.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Mitchell and Webb have won a lot of British Comedy Awards.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51LAUGHTER
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- Yeah.- It's interesting - of all those groups,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Mitchell and Webb have won a lot,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57League Of Gentlemen, they've won a lot.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- David Walliams and Matt Lucas, they've won a few.- Swept the board.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Only Armstrong and Miller really missed out.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Yeah.- That's weird.- I know.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I suppose it's not weird, in that they are all terrific.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13And you are... You're very good, but you're more...
0:21:14 > 0:21:17..amateurish, aren't you, than they are?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- LAUGHTER - Anyway, now, Benny...
0:21:19 > 0:21:24OK, I'm going to play reasonably straight and go early '90s,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27and that will be Dawn French.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Dawn French says Benny. Sounds personally reasonable to me.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Let's see how many people said Dawn French.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36It's right.
0:21:39 > 0:21:4149.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43APPLAUSE
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- 49 for Dawn French. - Well done, Benny.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You could afford to go quite safe there.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Won in 1997 for her role in The Vicar Of Dibley.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Thanks very much. We are halfway through the round.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Let's take a look at those scores. 6 - Amber and Steve.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Unassailable there. So very well done.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Takes the pressure off Steve,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02although I'm pretty sure he'll have a good answer, too.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Up to 49 where we find Benny and Tom -
0:22:03 > 0:22:04again, not looking too bad.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07And Helen and Karina, well, you was robbed.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- I was.- As was Ruth.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11But Karina, I think, will have a good answer.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Let's hope it keeps you in the game. We will come back down the line.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21OK, Tom, we are looking for the name of any woman who has won
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Best TV Comedy Actress at the British Comedy Awards.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26You're on 49.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So 50 or less is your target.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I would like to have a go at Miranda Hart.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Miranda Hart says Tom.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Miranda Hart.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41There is your red line. Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Well done.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Oh! 40 she scores.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Takes your total up to 89.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Another big score for the lovely Miranda Hart.
0:22:57 > 0:22:582010 she won it.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02She won every award going in the last few years as well, deservedly so.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Absolutely right. Now then,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Karina, you're high-scorers,
0:23:06 > 0:23:11which means your only way of staying here is to score five or less.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12OK.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- And then Steve scores 100.- Right. - It's doable.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I'm going to say -
0:23:18 > 0:23:21total punt - Kathy Burke.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Kathy Burke says Karina.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24No red line for you, as you're the high-scorers.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said Kathy Burke.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It's right. That is a brilliant answer, I think, Karina. Let's see.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Oh, down it goes, down it goes, down it goes! 3!
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Wow, Karina.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47103 is your total. You are in with a chance.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Well done.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Well played, Karina.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Nominated a few times, but won it in 2002 for Gimme Gimme Gimme.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55If you want a definition of the word "unease",
0:23:55 > 0:23:57you just have to look at Steve's face.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- LAUGHTER - Yup.- It's a tester now.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05- Now then, Steve, if you can score 96 or less...- Yes.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07..you're in the head-to-head.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I'm going to have a try.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11I think Joanna Lumley.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- You're going to go for Joanna Lumley.- Yes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16OK. Helen and Karina,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19heroic effort there.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Whatever happens, no-one is going to take that away from you.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24There is your red line.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26If you get below that, you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Joanna Lumley. Is it right?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's right! And you're in.
0:24:38 > 0:24:4116 for Joanna Lumley.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Takes your total up to 22.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Sees you comfortably through to the head-to-head. Very well done.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Well played. Talk about holding your nerve.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52She won in 1993 for her role as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Would you have a little guess on this one?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I'd go for Jessica Hynes, or Stevenson, as she used to be called.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- One point.- Oh.- Very good answer.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03But there's a number of pointless answers.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Let's take a look at them.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Ashley Jensen, who won for Extras.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Brenda Blethyn, who won for her role in Outside Edge.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Emma Chambers, who also won for The Vicar Of Dibley,
0:25:13 > 0:25:14would have been a terrific answer.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Jean Boht, who won for Bread.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Pauline McLynn won for Father Ted.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Rebecca Front won in 2012 for The Thick Of It.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27And Ronni Ancona who won for her role in The Big Impression.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31So, at the end of our second round,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34the pair heading home with their high score of 103
0:25:34 > 0:25:38is Karina and Helen. And... Well, there you are.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You played extremely well. I'm so sorry we have to send you home.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44That should have been a great round for you. But, yeah, not your fault.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- No.- Thank you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Karina and Helen!
0:25:50 > 0:25:52APPLAUSE
0:25:54 > 0:25:57But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Well, congratulations. Amber and Steve, Benny and Tom,
0:26:04 > 0:26:05you are one step closer to the final,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11which currently stands at £4,250.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12APPLAUSE
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So, now we have to decide who is going to play for that money.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19To do that, you are now going to go head-to-head,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21the difference being that you are now allowed to confer
0:26:21 > 0:26:23before you give your answers, and the first player
0:26:23 > 0:26:26to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29This could be very exciting. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play it.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31APPLAUSE
0:26:35 > 0:26:38OK. Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Flower names. Richard.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47We are going to show you five images now of flowers
0:26:47 > 0:26:49whose names are also commonly used as girls' names.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Can you give us that name, please? Very best of luck.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56OK, let's reveal our five flowers, and here they come.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57We have...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20There you are. Five flower names.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Amber and Steve, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25so you will go first.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31THEY WHISPER
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- Well...- Well...
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I think we will go for E
0:27:38 > 0:27:40being a lily.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44OK, E, lily, say Amber and Steve. E, Lily.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Now, Benny and Tom, in a funny way,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50this sort of plays to your strengths, I'd like to think,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- being sort of rurally minded. - You'd have thought so.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55My mum is probably screaming at the TV right now.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58She'll have been doing that all the way through, probably.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Benny and Tom, talk us through the board, if you can.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03We are pretty sure that A is a rose,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05and E we are pretty sure about.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07It's just working on B, C or D.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10We think A will be particularly high.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Benny, what shall we have a go for here?
0:28:12 > 0:28:13- C.- May as well.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17We are going to go for C, as a hyacinth.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19FAINT LAUGHTER
0:28:20 > 0:28:23You remember I said this played to your strengths?
0:28:23 > 0:28:27OK, you are going to say hyacinth for C.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31OK, so, Amber and Steve have said E, Lily.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Let's see if that's right,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said lily for E.
0:28:41 > 0:28:4252.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45APPLAUSE
0:28:47 > 0:28:5252. Now, Benny and Tom, for fun, have said that C is a hyacinth.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Let's see if it is.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01No. I'm afraid it ain't a hyacinth,
0:29:01 > 0:29:02which means, Amber and Steve,
0:29:02 > 0:29:05after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Sorry, Benny and Tom, we've got a party in from Harrow
0:29:07 > 0:29:10and they were openly mocking you when they heard that!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Don't think I couldn't hear some of the things you were whispering there.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16What do you think C is?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18AUDIENCE: Petunia. Petunia, yeah.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- Of course it is! - You're helpful now!
0:29:21 > 0:29:23And that would have scored you 14 points.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26It would have been a very good answer.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28A - you are absolutely right, it was rose.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30What do you think rose would have scored?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32I hope that would score somewhere in the high 90s.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- 97 points.- There we go.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- Beautifully photographed, by the way.- Thank you. Thank you much.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- People don't realise I do all the photography on the show myself. - Yeah.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46This sort of thing is fine, but when I have to do ancient monuments
0:29:46 > 0:29:49and stuff and I have to go to Petra...
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- Oh, that can be a bit tiring.- Yeah. - B? Do you know B?
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Well, it's quite... No, is the short answer.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- Jasmine.- Yeah.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Jasmine, for five points.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- I think I know what the other one is.- What you think D is?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- I think it's a dahlia.- It's not a dahlia, I'm afraid.- Oh, no!
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- It's a marigold.- Oh, it's a marigold! There we go.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14They've got marigolds in Harrow, right?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Marigolds would have scored 22 points.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21OK, well, there we are. Um...
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Amber and Steve, very well done.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Here comes your second question. Benny and Tom, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31But you get to answer it first, so that is good. It concerns...
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Yeah, 50 years ago.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41We're going to give you five clues now to people
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and events from somewhere in 1964.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Good luck.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48OK, let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31There we are. Benny and Tom, feel free to confer.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33THEY WHISPER
0:31:33 > 0:31:35It's not Prince Charles.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49OK, after a bit of conferring,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52we have an idea about three of them,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54so we are going to go for this
0:31:54 > 0:31:56pirate radio station named
0:31:56 > 0:31:58after JFK's daughter - Caroline.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Caroline, you're going to say.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Radio Caroline, say Benny and Tom.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Now, Amber and Steve, the board is all yours.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Talk us through it. - Would that we could!
0:32:11 > 0:32:12The top one I don't think
0:32:12 > 0:32:13either of us know.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I think probably the prince is Edward.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18He seems like he's about 50.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Asian capital...could be New Delhi.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Probably it's Richard Burton...
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Richard Burton married
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Elizabeth Taylor more than once,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29so it's quite a good option.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32- Didn't they get married twice?- Yeah.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35But don't you think we should go...?
0:32:35 > 0:32:36You think that's playing it safe
0:32:36 > 0:32:38or do think Queen Elizabeth II?
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I think Edward.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Yeah, I think we should do that.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43So we are going to give Prince Edward.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Prince Edward, you are going to say.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48So we have Prince Edward versus Radio Caroline.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Benny and Tom said Radio Caroline.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Let's see if that's right and how many people said Radio Caroline.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55It's right.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59It's a good answer.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01- 28. - APPLAUSE
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Now, Amber and Steve have said Prince Edward
0:33:09 > 0:33:12was the prince Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to that year.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Let's see if that's right
0:33:13 > 0:33:16and if it is how many people said Prince Edward.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17It's right.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23And it wins you the point! Very well done indeed.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- 17 for Prince Edward. - APPLAUSE
0:33:25 > 0:33:26So...
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Amber and Steve, that means you go straight through to the final.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Two-nil after only two questions.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Yeah, Radio Caroline is actually the highest answer on the board,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37believe it or not.
0:33:37 > 0:33:3928 points.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42You were right about Richard Burton. Would have won you the point.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45It's a bigger score, though. It would have scored you 27.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48The Summer Olympic Games were held in Tokyo.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Lucky you didn't say New Delhi. That would have scored you 20.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55And the best answer on the board, the American author, is Hemingway.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Would have scored you 5 points.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Very well done if you got that at home.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Benny and Tom.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09The good news, you get to come back. Had you gone through to the final that would have been it.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11So we look forward to seeing you again next time.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Benny and Tom, maybe you can take it one step further.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16But meantime, thanks very much, Benny and Tom.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17APPLAUSE
0:34:19 > 0:34:22But for Amber and Steve it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Congratulations, Amber and Steve.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31You fought off all the competition
0:34:31 > 0:34:33and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £4,250.
0:34:45 > 0:34:46APPLAUSE
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Well, it's a clean sweep. A clean sweep.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55A little bit dodgy on the flower names there.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I think you were a little bit worried that you might be underscored,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02but, no, no, no, not with hyacinth.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03You were fine.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Lovely low score in the first round,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07lovely low score in the second round.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09What would you like to come up in this last round,
0:35:09 > 0:35:11just to complete the set?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Food And Drink! - Food would be very good.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- And we haven't had a sniff of that yet.- No.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- French would be nice for you.- Yeah.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23- Maybe a film question would be all right.- Yeah.- OK.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Well, I suspect you're going to be pretty good on all of those things.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29As always, you get to choose your category.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Here are the four you can choose from.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I think... Shall we have a go at Poetry?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46We could try it.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Let's have a pop at Poetry.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50At least we won't embarrass ourselves so much.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- It's less embarrassing to fail at poetry.- I think so.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- We are going for Poetry. - Poetry it is, Richard.- Good luck.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01Here are your three choices. I think there are gettable answers here.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02The first one we are looking for,
0:36:02 > 0:36:07any of the titles of Seamus Heaney's 12 full collections of poetry.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11We are looking for any poet named in the index
0:36:11 > 0:36:13of the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15so any poet in that book at all.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Or the names of the poems in the Nation's Favourite Poems.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23That's a BBC poll, a book that came out in 1996.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26So any of the poems in the Top 40 Nations Favourite Poems.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28So, Seamus Heaney titles,
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Romantic Poets or the Nations Top 40 Favourite Poems. Very best of luck.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Thank you very much indeed.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39And all you need to win the jackpot is just one of those answers
0:36:39 > 0:36:41to be pointless.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45- Are you ready?- As we'll ever be. - As we'll ever be.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Seamus Heaney, I only know
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Death Of A Naturalist.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Is that a collection?
0:36:53 > 0:36:54I don't know if it's a collection,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57but that's all I know about Heaney.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58- Do you know any more?- Er...
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- He maybe did one about... - HE WHISPERS
0:37:01 > 0:37:03OK, so that's a possible.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Let's park that.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Penguin New Book Of Romantic Poetry, Pablo Neruda, maybe?
0:37:08 > 0:37:09Big romantic.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry,
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I'm thinking Wordsworth, Keats...
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Yeah, but NEW Romantic Poetry.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- There's bound to be more modern ones.- You think so?- Yeah! For sure!
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- I was just thinking the Romantics were...- It's just romantic poetry,
0:37:23 > 0:37:25it's not the Romantic Poets.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26It is the Romantic Poets.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- Oh, right.- So it would be Shelley,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Keats...- Right, the biggies.- Yeah.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33So it could be Coleridge.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I think he fits into the Romantics.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37In between the opium.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40The Nation's Favourite Poems.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Ten seconds left.- Jabberwocky... - Jabberwocky could be in there.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- That's not bad.- Could be in there.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48Ode To Autumn?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Could be in there.- Yeah.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51That is your time up, I'm afraid.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53I now need your three answers.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56We are going for Jabberwocky in the Top 40.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00We'll go for Ode To Autumn in the Favourite Poems.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- In the Top 40.- And shall we go for Coleridge?- Let's go for Coleridge.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- We did that Coleridge walk. - We did the Coleridge walk.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Let's just go for Coleridge.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- You never know.- We'll go for Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the Romantics.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry. OK.
0:38:16 > 0:38:22Of those three which do you think is the best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I think maybe... Shall we say Jabberwocky as the most likely?
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- Most likely to be pointless? - Most likely to be pointless.- OK.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Let's put Jabberwocky last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Is Coleridge.- Coleridge, we'll put him first.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39And we'll put Ode To Autumn in the middle.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42OK, let's put those on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44We have got...
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54In this instance we were looking for people included in
0:38:54 > 0:38:57the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03Now, let's say one of these answers is right and it is pointless,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06what would you do with your jackpot winnings. Amber?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09I think it has to be a holiday, really.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13My brother has just got back from a skiing holiday with the kids
0:39:13 > 0:39:15and I'd love to take ours.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18They are a bit young, they're one and two, but, yeah,
0:39:18 > 0:39:20give it a year or so.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Perfect.- That would be fantastic.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- Nice low centre of gravity.- Exactly! - Easy to learn.- Won't hurt when they fall.- Exactly.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Steve?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Amber and I meet up to watch the Grand National together every year
0:39:32 > 0:39:36and I'd said if it was £1,000, why don't we stick it all on a horse?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39But it is a little bit too much money to do that,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42so I think I'd like to go on holiday somewhere nice,
0:39:42 > 0:39:46and maybe buy some hyacinths as well as a little celebration.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- Fill my flat with hyacinths! - Perfect.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Well, best of luck. Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54your least confident shot at a pointless answer,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57but who knows? Anything can happen in the final round.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Let us find out if he is indeed included in
0:39:59 > 0:40:01the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03If he is and it is pointless, you win the jackpot,
0:40:03 > 0:40:07so, for £4,250, let's see how many people said Coleridge.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12It's right, he is in there.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Unsurprisingly, I suppose. But let's see how many people said him.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17He's going down through the 20s,
0:40:17 > 0:40:19down through the teens into single figures.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- 2! - CHEERING
0:40:21 > 0:40:23What a brilliant first answer!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25APPLAUSE
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Wow.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31This is looking good. So, 2 for Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but still very reassuring.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Your next answer was Ode To Autumn.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43We were looking for the Nation's Top 40 Favourite Poems.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Let's find out if it is in there.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48If it is and it is pointless, you will win £4,250.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Let's see how many people said Ode To Autumn.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54It's right.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Your first answer, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59took us all the way down to two.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Ode To Autumn now taking us down through into single figures.,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05You've done it!
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed!
0:41:07 > 0:41:10That is fantastic. Very well done.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- Perfect.- Thank you!- Brilliant.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Wow.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Congratulations!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Ode To Autumn is a pointless answer,
0:41:24 > 0:41:28which means you go home with our jackpot of £4,250.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Very well done indeed.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30APPLAUSE
0:41:32 > 0:41:35That's brilliant, Amber and Steve, well done.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36You've aced every single round.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39And you did exactly the right thing there, went for something
0:41:39 > 0:41:42you knew a bit about that other people don't know much about.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45And if other people did that we'd see more jackpots.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Absolutely the right thing to do.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Let's take a look at the pointless answers on all the categories.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52For the Seamus Heaney one, you were going to go for Death Of A Naturalist.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- It would have scored you 1 point. - Ooh!- Ooh!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Only two Heaney things scored any points at all -
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Death Of A Naturalist and Human Chain.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Every single other one of those 12 collections was pointless.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Let's take a look at a few of them.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10All those other ones, apart from the two I mentioned also pointless,
0:42:10 > 0:42:11so well done if you said any of them.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14If they could have got some of the Romantic Poets...
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Well done if you said any of those. All pointless answers.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25And the Nations Top 40 Favourite Poems.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, you could have had.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Dylan Thomas. Grey's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Another Keats ode there, Ode To A Nightingale.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38And Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day, William Shakespeare.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Very well played. That's a terrific answer. You've been brilliant from start to finish.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Thank you!- Thanks very much indeed.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Thanks once again to our winning pair,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53to Amber and Steve, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,250.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.