0:00:13 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:23 > 0:00:26the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and find the obscure ones. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- And, couple number one. - Hi, I'm Scott.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38This is Sarah, my girlfriend. And we're from Hartlepool.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Ellie.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43This is my mum Carroll and we're both from Wymondham in Norfolk.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- Couple number three. - Hi, Alexander. I'm Sam.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is my friend and former work colleague, Rob, and we're from north London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- And, finally, couple number four. - Hi, I'm Euan.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is Lindsay, and we work together in Leeds.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Thanks very much. We'll find out more about each of you
0:01:00 > 0:01:02throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07His global internet viral, Osman Style, has now been banned
0:01:07 > 0:01:10in over 100 countries. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Hiya. Afternoon. Hiya.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Good afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- It's been crazy the last few days, hasn't it?- Oh, it's been nuts.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- The jackpots. We've given away three jackpots in a row.- Yeah.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- We're like a cash machine. - We are a little bit, aren't we?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27But we've never, ever given away four jackpots in a row.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30So that's the challenge for today. Can we make it four out of four?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It would be amazing. In fact, over the last nine jackpot answers
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- we've had, five of them have been pointless, as well.- Yeah.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37We had two on the last show from Liz and Paul,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40three on the show before that. So it's an amazing run of form.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Ellie and Carroll, our only returning pair, welcome back.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Hopefully we'll see a bit more of you today.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And welcome to our three sets of newcomers.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- It will be exciting to get to know them, won't it?- It really would.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53OK, well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55We've asked every question on Pointless
0:01:55 > 0:01:57to 100 people before the show.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59As ever, the aim of the game is to find a pointless answer
0:01:59 > 0:02:03that none of our 100 people gave. Do that, and we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05So, Liz and Paul won the jackpot last time,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08so we start today's jackpot off at £1,000.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18OK, the pair with the highest score
0:02:18 > 0:02:20at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21That's all you have to remember.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Do everything you can to make sure it's not you.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Our first category today is...
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Contemporary Fiction.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Booker Prize novelists. Richard.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47On each pass we will show you the surnames of seven authors
0:02:47 > 0:02:49who have won the Booker Prize. We just need you to tell us
0:02:49 > 0:02:52the first name by which they are most famously known, please.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54So you'll have seven surnames on each pass,
0:02:54 > 0:02:5614 first names to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00OK, so we are looking for the first names of these famous Booker
0:03:00 > 0:03:04prize-winning authors, and here is our first board of seven. We have:
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23There we are. Seven authors in search of first names.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Now, Sarah, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Oh, Sarah, you are not looking happy.- No.- Oh, Sarah!
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Forget about the board for a second.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Tell me about yourself. What do you do, Sarah?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I work in customer services, in a restaurant.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39When you're not doing that, Sarah, what do you like to get up to?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43We like to go to gigs a lot, watch films.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- What was the last did you went to? - A band called Killswitch Engage.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Which no-one has probably heard of.- Killswitch Engage.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Rich, Killswitch Engage?- Oh, I love Killswitch Engage, do you?- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I think I saw you there.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Yeah, I used to love them when they were just
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- as Dave Kill and Elaine Switch. - Switch Engage?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- And then Dave Engage joined them. - No, Dave Gauge.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05It's Kill, Switch And Gauge.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- And Gauge, yeah. Great band. - What a cracking band.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Are they still engaged?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Yep.- Or has somebody thrown the switch on them?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- No, they're still going. Killswitch Engage.- Yeah, that's the one.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17OK, now, Sarah, Sarah.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20OK, now we can address the matter in hand.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Look at all those surnames there. - Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I'm just going to have to guess, because I don't know any, and say...
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Richard Barnes.- Richard... I see what you've done there.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Flattery is not going to win you the point, I'm afraid. Richard Barnes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Let's find out if that's correct, and if it is,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41let's see how many of our hundred people said Richard Barnes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I'm sorry, Sarah. I'm afraid Richard Barnes is an incorrect answer,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Yeah, sorry. Not Richard Barnes, I'm afraid. Though it's a good name.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- A lot of gravitas to that name. - Hasn't it?- Richard Barnes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Yeah, Richard Barnes. - Not so sure about the Barnes.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Bringing it down a little bit. But good name.- Mmm.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Ellie. Now, welcome back. Remind us what you do.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I work for a media company which does consumer insights
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- and market research. - And what are your hobbies, Ellie?
0:05:11 > 0:05:16I like everything to do with food, so cooking, eating, restaurants.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17That sort of thing.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I also quite like singing, so I've just started singing lessons.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Excellent. Ellie, what was the last band you saw live?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Let's see this one through.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Be honest now.- Oh, it WAS Beyonce.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- I said, "Be honest," but still... - Oh!
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- You Beyonce as you like. OK, Beyonce.- Beyonce.- Excellent.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Now then, what are you going to go for?
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I've got lots of names, and I'm worried I'm getting them jumbled up.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43But I think I have read something by Barnes,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and I'm fairly sure it's Julian Barnes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Julian Barnes, says Ellie. Let's see if that's right,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52And if it is, let's see how many people said Julian.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Absolutely right.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Four. Wow. - APPLAUSE
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Good play there, Ellie. Well played.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Well played, Ellie. He's been nominated four times
0:06:09 > 0:06:12and he won for The Sense Of An Ending in 2011.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Now then, Rob. Rob, welcome to the show. What do you do, Rob?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I am a community manager on a website for small businesses.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22How long have you done that for?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25This particular one, I've been working there for about three months.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Oh, I see. So quite new.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Yeah, but I've done this sort of thing in other places.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31You've done other places. What happened to the previous one?
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- Was it sold up or shut down?- They're still going.- You were headhunted?
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Or did you leave under a cloud? - They're soldiering on without me.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Left under a cloud. OK. And you are happy with the new place?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- They're all nice? Helping you settle in?- Yeah, really nice.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Allowing you some days off here and there to come on daytime game shows.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Yeah, which is very kind of them. - Yeah. Good stuff.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Rob, what are your hobbies?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- I like cycling. - I do a lot of cycling.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I notice the absence of reading, Rob. Do you do a lot of reading?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Well, it's quite difficult to read on a bike.- I'm not suggesting...
0:07:04 > 0:07:06We don't have to combine your hobbies!
0:07:06 > 0:07:08How much time off are these people giving you?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- You can do them one at a time. - Well, it's a bit embarrassing,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- because I did do a literature degree.- Ah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16On paper I should do well in this round.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17I'm going to take a bit of a punt,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- and I know you like that, Xander.- I do.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I'm going to say Golding, and I'm going to say William Golding.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25William Golding, says Rob. Let's see if that's right.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Let's see how many people said William Golding.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33It's right. Well, our high score is 100. You are well below that.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Our low score is 4, currently.
0:07:35 > 0:07:3615.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39APPLAUSE
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- 15 for William Golding. Well played, Rob?- Yeah, good answer.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Most famous for Lord Of The Flies,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but won the Booker for Rites Of Passage in 1980.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Lindsay.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- A warm welcome to Pointless. - Thank you.- What do you do, Lindsay?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56I'm a solicitor and I specialise in commercial litigation.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00That sounds brilliant. So this is when...
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Yeah, this is quite literally commercial litigation.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Let me unpick this for people at home.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Is that fun?- Really fun. - Challenging?- Very varied.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I mean, it is actually quite fun, because you are getting in there.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- Yes.- You are doing something that sort of makes sense.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- It makes sense in people's lives. - Yes, absolutely.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- It's very rewarding as well.- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Are you litig... I really am making this up as I go along. Litigant?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Litigator.- A litigator? - That's right.- Wow.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- The litigant is the person who brings the case.- That's right.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- Oh, they bring the case? And you then fight it?- Yep. Absolutely.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I see. Good. What do you do when you're not litigating?
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Or fighting the litigants?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I'm almost afraid to say that I really enjoy reading.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Given the category that has come up, I'm a bit concerned.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I imagine in your job it's a good thing to enjoy reading.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Is there a lot of reading involved?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Yeah, I'm a big fan of crime fiction. - OK. Ah, right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54But this is your board.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- This is your board, Lindsay.- Yes, um...- You can talk us through it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- You can do anything you like with it.- Yeah. Struggling a little bit.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02I knew William Golding.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04That was my sort of fallback answer.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Tempted to think that McEwan is Ian,
0:09:07 > 0:09:08but I don't know if I'm just making that up.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I think Mantel is Hilary.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Again, not sure where that's coming from.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I've not got a clue about the others.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- I think I'm going to go with Hilary Mantel.- OK.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21You're going to go with Hilary Mantel.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- A bit of a punt, you think?- I think it is.- Let's find out if it is right,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and if it is, let's see how may people said Hilary Mantel.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Absolutely right. Well, 15 is our highest correct answer.
0:09:33 > 0:09:3618 is the new highest correct answer,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40but you're well below the highest score there. Well done.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Yeah, Hilary Mantel.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43She won it twice, actually, with two huge bestsellers.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Wolf Hall, and then the follow-up, Bring Up The Bodies.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Both of them won the Booker Prize. You were right about Ian McEwan.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Would have scored you a few more points,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53actually the biggest scorer on the board, 25, for that.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- How are you on the rest? - Howard, I can give you for Jacobson.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Howard Jacobson, yes. For The Finkler Question, he won.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Desai... The trouble is, I keep thinking of Bruce Desai,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- who is the comedy reporter on Time Out.- It's not him.- It's not.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- It's Kiran Desai.- Kiran, of course it is.- For The Inheritance Of Loss.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Her mother, Anita Desai, was nominated as well a few times.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- One point for that. - And Peter Carey.- Peter Carey, yes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Would have scored you six points.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18So Kiran Desai is the best answer there.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22We're halfway through the round.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25The best score of that pass, Ellie,
0:10:25 > 0:10:26yours by a bit of a margin.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Then up to 15, where we find Rob and Sam,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30up to 18 where we find Lindsay and Euan...
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I'm sorry. Sarah and Scott, you are ahead of the field there.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Scott, are you comfortable with this as a category?- So-so.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39OK, well, best of luck.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42A lovely low score from you might be enough to keep you in the game,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45so best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51OK, we're going to put seven more authors up on the board.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52And here they are.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I'll read those all again.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Now, Euan. Welcome to the show. Remember, we are looking
0:11:12 > 0:11:14for the first names of these Booker Prize-winning authors
0:11:14 > 0:11:16and you are trying to find the one
0:11:16 > 0:11:19the fewest of our hundred people knew.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Euan, what do you do?- I'm an employment lawyer.- It's just law!
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's just law, law, law on that far podium.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I think I might need to speak to Rob, actually,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- after what he was saying earlier. - Well, yes. You might, yes.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Employment, is that fun? Are you enjoying that?- It is.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You'd be amazed by the things people think they can get away with
0:11:37 > 0:11:39in the workplace.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- You say that looking at me, as if...- No, I wasn't looking at you.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Just out of interest, what things would you not be allowed
0:11:44 > 0:11:46to get away with the workplace?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Well, funny you say that, because it's mainly people looking at
0:11:49 > 0:11:52naughty movies on work laptops in work time.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54LAUGHTER
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Wow. Euan, what do you get up to in your spare time?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I like playing a bit of sport, I like playing a bit of squash,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07tennis, cricket and golf, very badly indeed.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- And I also like food as well. I love cooking.- Good stuff.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Well, listen, you're on 18, the high score of Scott and Sarah
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- way ahead of you. 81 or less keeps you in the game.- Yeah.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21The problem is, I've got guesses
0:12:21 > 0:12:23for a few of them.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25There's only one I'm certain about, and given
0:12:25 > 0:12:27the fact there's been 100 pointer already,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I'll have to go safe, and go Salman Rushdie.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Salman Rushdie, says Euan. Let's see if that's right,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Salman Rushdie.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37There's your red line.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Very well done. You are through to the next round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Salman Rushdie scores you 48, a high score. But it's low enough.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- 66, your total.- You did exactly the right thing there, Euan.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Nice tactics, and safely through. Won for Midnight's Children.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Sam. Welcome to the show.- Hi.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- What do you do, Sam?- I work for a company that makes puzzle magazines.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Oh, that's fun.- Yeah, it is.- Kind of like wordsearch type magazines?
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- Wordsearches, sudokus. - And logic?- All the fun of the fair.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Well, these things just fly off the shelves.- They do, actually.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Do you eat off gold plates at the puzzle magazine headquarters?
0:13:17 > 0:13:23- We eat off square gridded plates, actually.- Made of platinum. Wow.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Are there lots of puzzles around the workplace?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Well, we have a whole team of checkers, whose job it is
0:13:28 > 0:13:30just to make sure everything's right.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Because obviously you don't want an error in one, do you?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34No, you certainly do not.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36If a visitor comes to the headquarters,
0:13:36 > 0:13:41are the names on the doors of the loos sort of anagrams, and...
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Yeah! I think so.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It would be good to have an anagram of "men" on the gents, wouldn't it?
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- I was thinking "gentlemen".- Ooh. - Yeah, a bit of an anagram.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Go on, there we are.- I will.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- OK, now, Sam. Anyway, listen. You're on 15.- Yep.
0:13:55 > 0:13:5984 or less carries you safely into Round Two.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Well, Euan just took my banker,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04so I'm going to go with something that
0:14:04 > 0:14:08I'm about 50-50 on, but it's Murdoch.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10And I'm going to say Iris.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Iris Murdoch, says Sam. There's your red line.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15If you can get below that with Iris Murdoch,
0:14:15 > 0:14:16you're comfortably in Round Two.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Let's find out if you can do it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Absolutely right, and through you go.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27There you are.
0:14:27 > 0:14:2923, takes your total up to 38.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Yeah, Iris Murdoch, won for the wonderful The Sea, The Sea.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Carroll.- Hello.- Welcome back.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Great to have you here.- Great to be back.- A farmer from Norfolk.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Indeed I am, yes. - And a breeder of Charollais sheep.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- That's the ones, yes. - Oh, they sound lovely.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50We should adopt some Charollais sheep.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- I can soon sell you some if you'd like some, no problem.- Oh, OK.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Not so keen now?- Yeah, maybe.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Can it be over now? Cut to us with some sheep
0:15:00 > 0:15:01and we don't know what to do with them.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04They're really hard to look after, sheep.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I mean, they are no walk in the park, are they?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- They are quite challenging, it's true.- They are quite a challenge.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Various sorts of illnesses and ticks and things like that. And lambing.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Delicious though.- Hmm?- Delicious.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Oh, they're certainly a reward.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19A carrot at the end of the stick, certainly.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Now, Carroll. You are on 4.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25All you have to do is score is 95 or less, and you're in.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28There's two I'm fairly certain I know.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And I'm going to go for Brookner,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32which is Anita.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36And I'll give you the book, which was Hotel Du Lac.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Hey! Get Carroll.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- She hasn't actually given you the book though.- Oh.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I know, she'll sell me it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47OK, Anita Brookner, let's see if that's right.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50There's your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53How far down the column will Anita Brookner get you?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57It is absolutely right.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Look at that! Very well done indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Four, you equal Ellie's low score
0:16:07 > 0:16:08from the previous pass.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Great performance there on podium two. Eight is your total.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Terrific answer, Carroll, well done.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15You're absolutely right, Hotel Du Lac in 1984.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Thank you very much indeed. Now, Scott.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- Listen, a warm welcome to Pointless. - Thanks.- You have...
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Yes, you have our warmest,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- warmest welcome for this possibly briefest moment.- Yeah!
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Scott, yes, there is writing on your podium there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34And it's in red.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37You are the high scorers, even before you have given your answer.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- What do you do, Scott?- I'm a TV and film production graduate.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46At the moment I do some voluntary writing for a film and TV website.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- OK, and you are based up in Hartlepool?- Yeah.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Where did you do your degree? - Teesside University.- Excellent.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55What film work are you doing at the moment? What you doing to keep your hand in there?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I had a brief placement with a television and film production
0:16:58 > 0:17:03company, and then obviously I do film reviews for the website.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- And you enjoy all that? You're going to see that through?- Yeah.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- And I love writing screenplays and stuff.- Good stuff.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Well, very, very best of luck to you for that.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Now, there you are on 100, as I say.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15You will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18But to sweeten that, I'm going to give you this board.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Not to take away, but to fill in for us now.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Well, I only know one.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Well, I knew Salman Rushdie.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28I'm just going to have to go for
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33OK, Arthur Conan Doyle, says Scott. Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41No, I'm afraid a different Doyle there.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Scott, that scores you another 100 points.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Takes your total up to 200.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Yeah, after Arthur Conan Doyle's time, I'm afraid. It's Roddy Doyle.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52A wonderful Irish writer. Would have scored you 19 points.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Top one?- Penelope.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Dame Penelope Lively, yep, would have scored you five. Hollinghurst?
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Alan?- Alan Hollinghurst, won for The Line Of Beauty.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Two points. And do you know Berger?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- John Berger, is it? - It is John Berger, yes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06That would have scored 3 points.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09But Alan Hollinghurst is the best answer on the board.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10Thank you very much indeed.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13So at the end of our first round, the pair heading home
0:18:13 > 0:18:16with a high score of 200, I'm afraid it's Scott and Sarah.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17I'm sorry, you were ill-served
0:18:17 > 0:18:19by what we dished up for you first round.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21But we will see you again next time.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Our newest members of the 200 Club. Thanks very much for playing,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Scott and Sarah, great to have you here. We'll see you next time.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29APPLAUSE
0:18:29 > 0:18:33But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39So, three pairs remain. Obviously at the end of this round, we will
0:18:39 > 0:18:42whittle that down to two pairs. Well, you've all done pretty well.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Ellie and Carroll,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47exceptional performance there on the second podium, I'll say.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Sam and Rob, well done. Not bad at all.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Euan and Lindsay, you were the high scorers of our remaining pairs,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56but you did pretty well, I think. It should be a very good second round.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Football.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Football. Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07who will go second. And whoever is going first,
0:19:07 > 0:19:08please step up to the podium.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:19:16 > 0:19:18to name as many Premier League managers
0:19:18 > 0:19:22at the start of the 2013/14 season as they could.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Premier League managers at the start of the 2013/14 season. Richard?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Yeah, we're looking for the names of any of the managers of the 20
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Premier League clubs, English Premier League,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34at the start of 2013/14, please. So any managers at the start.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Quite a few of them, seven or eight of them,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40lost their jobs by the end of it. But who were they at the beginning?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Thank you very much indeed. Now then. Ellie.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49I think I probably have one, maybe. Probably the highest scorer.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I'm going to have to go for Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho, says Ellie.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:19:57 > 0:19:58said Jose Mourinho.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's right.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- 47. Not bad. - APPLAUSE
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- 47 for Jose Mourinho. - Well done, Ellie.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You did some good damage limitation with Jose Mourinho.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I think the world is a more fun place when he's managing in England.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Isn't it?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Now, Rob.- Yes. - What are you going to go for?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Is this a good category for you?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I do follow football, but I support League Two Oxford United.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31But I think I'm going to go for, I think, Norwich City's boss,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I hope, at the start of the season, was Chris Hughton.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Chris Hughton, says Rob. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I'm just trying to read Carroll's face,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42because I suspect that was probably her one.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said Chris Hughton.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48It's right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53It's a good answer. Down it goes.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- 8, single figures. - APPLAUSE
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Can I just ask, Ellie, were you deliberately not saying
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Chris Hughton to leave that for your mum?- Well, I just couldn't remember.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- I should know it, but...it had gone. - OK.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Yes, I had forgotten Carroll was a Norwich City fan.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12A nice question for you. But very well played.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15You've taken him off the table. Chris Hughton.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Lindsay.- Yes.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21What are you going to go for?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Yeah, not a brilliant question for me, I must say.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25I've got a few answers in mind,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27but I don't think any of them will be very low.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- I think I'm going to go with David Moyes.- David Moyes, says Lindsay.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33David Moyes. Let's see if that's right.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Let see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39It's right.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- 52 for David Moyes. - APPLAUSE
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Yeah, famously took over at Manchester United at the start
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- of that season, after 11 years at Everton.- Thanks very much, Rich.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:55 > 0:21:588 the best score of that pass, Rob, very well done.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Then up to 47, Ellie and Carroll, well done. 52, Lindsay and Euan.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04You are not miles ahead, but you are our high scorers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07So, Euan, a low score from you is what we need.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Best of luck with that.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13We are going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15OK, Euan, remember, we are looking for the name
0:22:15 > 0:22:16of anyone who was the manager
0:22:16 > 0:22:21of an English Premier League club at the start of the 2013/14 season.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23You are the highest scorers on 52.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Football a good category for you, Euan?
0:22:25 > 0:22:29This question is OK, and I think I've got a few answers. Again, given
0:22:29 > 0:22:33our points score, it's working out which will be a decent low score.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35- OK.- This is a slight punt.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40I'm, I'd say 75% sure that Steve Bruce was in charge of Hull.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Steve Bruce, says Euan.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44No red line for you, as you are the highest scorers.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Let's see how many of our 100 people said Steve Bruce.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53It's right! I think that will be a good answer.
0:22:53 > 0:22:568 is our lowest score so far.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- 10! - APPLAUSE
0:22:59 > 0:23:0110 takes your total up to 62.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Well played, Euan. Good tactics as well. You knew you had to go for a low answer.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- Steve Bruce, Hull City, absolutely right.- Thanks, Rich. Now then, Sam.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Hi.- Sam, is this good for you?- Yeah,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- it's all right. It's OK.- OK, well, 62
0:23:14 > 0:23:19is the high score. You are on 8, so 53 or less sees you through.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Um, well, I've got a few.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26I'm a big Arsenal fan, but I think he might be quite a big answer.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31So I'm going to go for Southampton's manager, Mauricio Pochettino.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Mauricio Pochettino, says Sam.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Here's your red line. Let's see if you can get below that.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38If you can, you are in Round Two.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Let's see how many people said Mauricio Pochettino.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44It's right.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48And you are through.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- It's 1! Look at that. - APPLAUSE
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Well done indeed. Takes your total up to 9.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- A single-figure total.- That's a terrific answer, yeah. Well played.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03The former Argentinian international took over at Southampton in 2013,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07quite controversially. But did a decent job in his first season.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Thanks very much, Rich. Now, Carroll. It all comes down to this.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17You have to score 14 or less. But you follow the Premier League.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- I do, yes.- A keen Norwich fan.- Yep. - Talk us through your thoughts.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23OK, so I'm going to go on the Norwich theme,
0:24:23 > 0:24:29- and a guy who's not there now, Malky Mackay.- Malky Mackay. OK.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32There's your red line. If Mackay can get you below that red line,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Let's find out if it's going to happen.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- It's right!- Go, go, go! Keep going!
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Still going down.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44And still going down. And you've got it!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- 7. - APPLAUSE
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Very well done indeed, 54 is your total.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51You are in the head-to-head. Brilliant end to the round.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Well played, Carroll.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Terrific work from all three podiums in that final round.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57He was Cardiff City manager at the start of that season,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00fired and replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Now, there's no pointless answers at all.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05The best answer on the board by a mile is Mauricio Pochettino,
0:25:05 > 0:25:07the best answer you could have gone for.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Then we got to 7, where the next best answer was Malky Mackay,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12and also Steve Clarke, who would also have scored you seven.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14So terrific answering there.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16In case you got others at home,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19you would have got 10 points for Michael Laudrup or Sam Allardyce,
0:25:19 > 0:25:2212 for Manuel Pellegrini, the Man City manager.
0:25:22 > 0:25:2513 for Paul Lambert, another Norwich connection there.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28You'd have got 14 for Mark Hughes, Paolo Di Canio, Ian Holloway
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and Roberto Martinez. 18 for Alan Pardew or Andre Villas-Boas.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35You'd have got 25 for Brendan Rodgers, we've seen Moyes
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and Mourinho, and Wenger, if you had gone for him,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40the Arsenal boss, was 43 points.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Thank you very much, Richard. So at the end of our second round,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45the pair who are heading home with their high score of 62.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It's not a bad highest score,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49but I'm afraid in this context, it just is.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53You are out in front there. Euan and Lindsay, I'm so sorry.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54We'll see you again next time.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57We'll look forward to that very much. Meantime, thanks for playing. Euan and Lindsay.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59APPLAUSE
0:26:00 > 0:26:04But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Congratulations, Sam and Rob, Ellie and Carroll,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13you are now one step closer to the final and the chance to play
0:26:13 > 0:26:16for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Well, this is the point where we decide who goes through to the final
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and plays for that money. And we do that by making you go head-to-head.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24The difference is you can confer before giving
0:26:24 > 0:26:26your answers. The first pair to win two questions will be
0:26:26 > 0:26:29playing for that jackpot. Very, very well done, both pairs.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Some great play there. I think this is going to be a real tussle.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Stars of The Avengers and The New Avengers. Richard?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54We're going to show you five images of actors who appeared
0:26:54 > 0:26:55in one or other of these.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Tell us the name of the most obscure, please.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- Good luck.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05OK, let's reveal our five pictures, and here they are. We've got:
0:27:22 > 0:27:26There we are, five stars of The Avengers and The New Avengers.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Sam and Rob, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:27:28 > 0:27:29so you will go first.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34THEY WHISPER
0:27:36 > 0:27:39We only know one. This is tough.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42So we are going to go with C, and Joanna Lumley.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44You are going to say C, Joanna Lumley. OK.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Now, Ellie and Carroll, the board is all yours.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- Talk us through it if you can. - I can tell you one other, I hope.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Which is E, which is Diana Rigg. - You are going to say E, Diana Rigg.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58So we have Joanna Lumley, we have Diana Rigg.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Sam and Rob have said that C is Joanna Lumley.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Let's see if that is right.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Joanna Lumley for C.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10It's right...
0:28:10 > 0:28:1172.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14APPLAUSE
0:28:14 > 0:28:1672 for Joanna Lumley.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Now, Ellie and Carroll have said Diana Rigg for E.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Let's see if that's right,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23and if it is, let's see how many people said Diana Rigg.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It's right.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29And it beats Joanna Lumley.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- 43. - APPLAUSE
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Good answer, which means, Ellie and Carroll,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- after one question you are up 1-0. - Yes, very well played.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Let's look through the rest of the board. A is Gareth Hunt.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43He would have scored you 23.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Used to be in all the Nescafe adverts as well, Gareth Hunt.- Yeah.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48In our youth. B, of course,
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- is Patrick Macnee. - Sir Denis Eaton-Hogg.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Would have scored you 35.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57D is the best answer up there, Linda Thorson. Very well done if you
0:28:57 > 0:28:59said Linda Thorson. Seven points for that.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Thanks very much. Here comes your second question.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Sam and Rob, you have to win this to stay in the game,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06so best of luck. It concerns...
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Prime Minister's Question Time. Richard?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14We'll show you five clues to facts about Prime Minister's Question Time.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Give us the most obscure answer.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22We have got:
0:29:39 > 0:29:40I will read those one last time.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Ellie and Carroll will go first.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Er, we have sort of hit a wall,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09but we're hoping they have too.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12We'll go with day of the week,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and say, just in case I forget...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Wednesday.- Wednesday!- Wednesday.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20OK, that day of the week PMQs was moved to, Wednesday.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Now then, Sam and Rob. Over to you.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24You can talk us through the board.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26OK. I think the Labour MP
0:30:26 > 0:30:28was Harriet Harman.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29The length of time it now lasts,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- I don't know.- Probably about an hour,
0:30:31 > 0:30:32but I don't know.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Prime Minister in 1961, who was that?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Macmillan?- Yeah, but... I don't know.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I haven't a clue about the number
0:30:38 > 0:30:39- of questions to ask.- No idea.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Shall we go for Harriet Harman?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43I think it's the most solid.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46OK, you are going to say Harriet Harman was the second woman
0:30:46 > 0:30:49to answer Prime Minister's Questions.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Ellie and Carroll said Wednesday was the day of the week
0:30:51 > 0:30:53they were held on. Let's see if that's right.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57If it is, let's see how many people said Wednesday.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- It's right. - Keep going, keep going...
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- 32. - APPLAUSE
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Sam and Rob have gone for Harriet Harman.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Let's see if that's right,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Well done! That beats it. 18 for Harriet Harman.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Which means, Sam and Rob, you're back in the game.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- After two questions, it's 1-1. - Yeah, good head-to-head so far.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Terrific stuff. The length of time PMQs lasts,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37it seems about 14 hours, it's actually 30 minutes.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Would have scored you 14.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41The Prime Minister who was in office for the first formal PMQs,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43you're right, it was Harold Macmillan.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46It would have been a very good answer, it would have scored you 17.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51And the total number of questions a leader is permitted to ask is six.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54And that would have scored you 7.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your third question.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Whoever wins this goes through to the final.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Marilyn Monroe films. Richard?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09We've given you the titles of five Marilyn Monroe films,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11but we've missed out alternate letters.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Whoever fills in the blanks and gives us the best answer
0:32:13 > 0:32:15will go through to play for the jackpot. Good luck.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19OK, let's reveal those five Marilyn Monroe films, and here they come.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41I'll read those out one more time.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Sam and Rob, your go first.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02THEY WHISPER
0:33:03 > 0:33:06OK, so we know two of them. So it's trying to pick which one
0:33:06 > 0:33:09is harder to guess. Which one shall we go for?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13We are going to go for the fourth one down, which is
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18OK, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, say Sam and Rob.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Now, Ellie and Carroll, could you talk us through
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- the rest of the board?- No. - I'm trying to make up words.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I think the top one might be something... Crash My...
0:33:26 > 0:33:28But I can't work out what it would be.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Um, so we're going to have to go for what the second one
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- and say Some Like It Hot.- Some Like It Hot, say Ellie and Carroll.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38So, we have Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, we have Some Like It Hot.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Sam and Rob said Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, let's see if that's right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43and how many people said it.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45It's right.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- 59. - APPLAUSE
0:33:52 > 0:33:5659. Now then, Ellie and Carroll. You have gone for Some Like It Hot.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- It's right. 87.- Ooh! - A popular answer there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08APPLAUSE
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Well, Sam and Rob, very well done.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Yeah, very big score.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17All of the remaining ones would have seen you into the final.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20The top one, she had a very small part in this Fritz Lang film,
0:34:20 > 0:34:24- and it's Clash By Night, is the answer.- Ooh!
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Clash By Night would have scored five.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28This next one would have seen you through to the final as well,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- a very famous Marilyn Monroe film. - The Seven Year Itch.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Seven Year Itch, yep. That would have scored you 35.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35The bottom one you can work out quickly,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- the something and the something. - Prince...Showgirl.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42It's The Prince And The showgirl, yeah. Laurence Olivier film.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Would have scored 19. So Clash By Night is the best answer there.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Thanks very much. So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I'm sorry to say, Ellie and Carroll.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Did you know any of those other ones?- Yes.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- I didn't.- It's so hard to do under the circumstances.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I'm afraid we have to say goodbye. What a performance today. Superb.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I think that second round with Malky Mackay was particularly good.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- But thanks very much for playing. - It's been great.- Ellie and Carroll.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10APPLAUSE
0:35:10 > 0:35:13But for Sam and Rob, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Congratulations, Sam and Rob. You've seen off all the competition
0:35:19 > 0:35:22and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35This could be historic. As Richard said earlier,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39this would be our fourth jackpot win in four consecutive shows.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Never happened before. Very, very best of luck.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44As always, you get to choose your category in this last round.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You have four options to choose from. And here they are.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00How's your Cornish geography? Come on. Do you remember Falmouth?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03If you remember Falmouth, they say you weren't there, don't they?
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- We could take a gamble. - All right, let's go for it.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12OK, so Cornish culture and geography it is.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Yes, this was turned down the other day by someone who essentially
0:36:15 > 0:36:17works in Cornwall. They said, "I don't think I'd know enough."
0:36:17 > 0:36:20So guys, fingers crossed for four in a row here.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Three very different categories. One of them I think will suit you.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27We are looking for the name of anybody who is credited with
0:36:27 > 0:36:30four or more appearances in the TV series Doc Martin,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34so anyone who's accredited by IMDb with four or more appearances.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37We are looking for any major settlement in Cornwall,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41that is any city or town with more than 3,000 inhabitants,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43that's according to the Cornish Council website,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45that's the Office Of National statistics.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Or we are looking for any novels by Daphne Du Maurier.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51So, Doc Martin actors, any town or city with more
0:36:51 > 0:36:54than 3,000 inhabitants in Cornwall, or Daphne Du Maurier novels.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58- Very, very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04All you need to win the jackpot is just one of those answers to
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Your time starts now.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14OK, so Gweek, Perranporth, Helston,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- these are all places. OK.- Doc Martin, no.- No.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- And Daphne du Maurier... - Rebecca?- I don't know her.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Gweek, Perranporth, Helston... - You're in charge here.- Truro...
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- Truro's too big.- Um. Fowey... - Falmouth?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Falmouth, Penryn. I don't know if these are all over 3,000 though.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Well, don't go hamlet. - Go sort of...
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- OK, so Helston is definitely one. - OK.- But it might be a bit famous.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Newquay's going to be too famous. - Yeah, yeah.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Truro will be too famous. Falmouth will be too famous.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Falmouth is too famous, you think? - I reckon.- OK.- Helston, Gweek...
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Gweek? Is that a place?
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- Gweek is definitely a place. - Amazing.- I love Gweek.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53I'm more of a Latin fan.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- I'm going to go Perranporth as well. - Perranporth.- Perranporth.- OK.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- Perranporth, Gweek, and...- Helston.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- I can't believe you're not name-checking Falmouth.- No way.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- OK, have you landed on your three answers?- I think so.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Are they going to get any better than that?- With time to spare.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09With time to spare. That's nice.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12We can just enjoy those last couple of seconds for nothing.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15There we are, your time is now up. I now need your three answers.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- So, Helston, Gweek...- Gweek?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Perranporth.- Perranporth. And all of these are from...
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Cornwall. Major settlements in Cornwall.- Major settlements in Cornwall. OK.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:28 > 0:38:33- I think probably Gweek.- Gweek. OK. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Least likely, Helston, because I think people will know it.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Helston. OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order,
0:38:39 > 0:38:41and here they are.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42We have...
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Helston.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Now, let's just imagine you make Pointless history here.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54What would you do with the money? Sam?
0:38:54 > 0:38:58I think with 500 quid I'd probably just put it behind the bar
0:38:58 > 0:39:02at the Swimmer in Holloway and tab my friends, for a big night in a pub.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Very nice. OK, Rob? - Well, I'm getting married soon.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- Congratulations.- So that will pay off a little bit more.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Well, every little helps, as they say.- They're expensive, weddings.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Yes, indeed they are. Sam and Rob, your first answer was Helston.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Only one of these has to be pointless to win the jackpot.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Let's find out if Helston is right in the first instance,
0:39:20 > 0:39:21pointless in the second.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24If it's both of those, you will win £1,000.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Helston is right. That was the first thing it had to be.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Now, if this goes all the way down to 0,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35you will leave here with £1,000, and a slightly enhanced wedding.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Down it goes, still going... 5 for Helston.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40APPLAUSE
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Everyone knows Helston. That was never going to be pointless.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49OK, only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Your second answer was Perranporth. Best of luck, let's find out.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55It has to be correct, then it has to be pointless.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58If it's both of those, you'll win £1,000. How many people said Perranporth?
0:40:00 > 0:40:01It's right!
0:40:02 > 0:40:06So Helston took us all the way down to 5.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Perranporth, still taking us down into single figures, down it goes...
0:40:10 > 0:40:11- 3 for Perranporth.- Ah!
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Phew. Well, you've ordered these perfectly.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24So far it's been absolutely exceptional ordering there.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28You put Helston, it stopped at 5. Perranporth, stopped at three.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32It's all riding on Gweek.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35As so often happens on Pointless. OK, let's find out.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Your third and final answer, the one you thought was your best shot
0:40:38 > 0:40:41at a pointless answer. It must be right and it must be pointless.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43For £1,000, let's see how many people said Gweek.
0:40:46 > 0:40:53No! Oh, I'm so sorry. Oh, that would have been a perfect answer there.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Oh, that's cruel, isn't it? It was all going in the right direction.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Oh, we had all the pointless record people up there, the archivists,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06ready with their pen, dipped in the ink, ready to mark it up.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09The worst thing was, cos it was going to make history as well,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11I'd said, let's give them 100 grand as well.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14That was going to be the prize. That going to be my big surprise,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17The hundred was going to light up, the money was going to come down from the ceiling.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Now we can't do it. Oh, that's annoying.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Oh, Sam and Rob, I'm sorry. Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important
0:41:24 > 0:41:27pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30That rolls over to the next show. We've really enjoyed having you on the show.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34You've been brilliant contestants. Only one appearance, right through to the final.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Of course, you get to take home a Pointless trophy.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38It hasn't all been in vain. Well done.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41APPLAUSE
0:41:43 > 0:41:46You went for the right category, I think. You gave yourself a good chance.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Gweek, lovely, but too small, unfortunately.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52667 people, according to the Cornish Council website.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54A select place, Gweek is.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58There's a lovely Gweek restaurant on the high street as well, have you been there?
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Let's go through all the pointless answers.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I know you'll be most interested in the settlements, but we'll start with Doc Martin.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05You could have had:
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Felicity Montagu of course is Lynn in Alan Partridge as well.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Jeff Rawle is George from Drop The Dead Donkey,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14also could have had Katherine Parkinson, Ian McNeice,
0:42:14 > 0:42:16both of those were pointless answers.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Now, let's look at some of these settlements.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Callington. Saltash, that is a big place right across from Plymouth,
0:42:23 > 0:42:2616,000 people there. Torpoint, Wadebridge you could have had.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28You could have had another couple as well.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31You could have had St Columb Major, you could have had Millbrook,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33you could have had Pool as well.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35All of those would have been pointless answers.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39And Daphne Du Maurier novels, you could have had...
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I'll give you a couple more. You could have had I'll Never Be Young Again, The Parasites
0:42:44 > 0:42:48and The Progress Of Julius. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Sam and Rob.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54It's been great having you on the show. You have done such a good job.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Thank you so much for playing. Sam and Rob.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Well, sadly, Sam and Rob didn't win our jackpot today, which means
0:43:01 > 0:43:04it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06APPLAUSE
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.