0:00:13 > 0:00:15APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the show where the aim of the game
0:00:26 > 0:00:28is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE
0:00:33 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Hello. I'm Irene and this is my sister Elspeth.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39We're originally from Liverpool,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43but we now live in Easton in Gordano, near Bristol.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Fantastic. Couple number two.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Hello. I'm Laurie. This is Ross. And we're friends from Falkirk.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Couple number three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi. I'm Mandy and this is my partner, Dave.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54We've come from Wantage.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And finally, couple number four.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hi. I'm Ryan, and this is my Pointless girlfriend, Sarah,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and we're from Burnley, in Lancashire.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11He's the cowboy builder of trivia,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13knocking a few walls through in your brain,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15littering it with useless facts,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17then scarpering in an untaxed Bedford Rascal.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's my Pointless friend - it's Rich.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Hiya. Hey, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24APPLAUSE
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- How are you? - I'm very well, thank you.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Oh, that was a high-risk introduction from Ryan, wasn't it?
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- Yeah. Ooh!- Blimey. Good luck with that.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- You'd better put on a good performance.- Yeah, I know.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I have to say, you've only got one returning pair from the last show, Mandy and Dave.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Welcome back. You got through to Round Two.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Hopefully see a bit more of them today.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- A lovely jackpot win last time. - Wasn't that lovely?- On musicals.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- Yeah.- Zoe and Jane. Wasn't it? Did ever so well.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Round One today should be fun. There's some proper obscure answers.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Some very easy answers,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56but there are some proper, good obscure answers up there as well.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Good. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Now, we've asked every question on Pointless
0:02:00 > 0:02:02to 100 people before the show.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04As ever, the aim of the game is to find a pointless answer,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12As you'll have gathered, Jane and Zoe won the jackpot last time,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16There it is.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20APPLAUSE
0:02:22 > 0:02:26OK, now, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:26 > 0:02:27will be eliminated.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28That's how it works.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Do everything you can to make sure you are not that pair.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Our first category today is...
0:02:35 > 0:02:37..Global Politics.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Glob... There are some obscure answers in there, I bet, yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Global Politics.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52OK. And the question concerns...
0:02:53 > 0:02:57..World Leaders And Their Countries.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59World Leaders And Their Countries. Richard?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01We're going to show you a board of 15 faces now.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04We need you to tell us which countries they are heads of state of
0:03:04 > 0:03:05as of March 2014.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06So, you're going to see 15 faces.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You just need to give us any country that any of these people
0:03:09 > 0:03:11is the head of state of, or the head of government.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13As always, by "country",
0:03:13 > 0:03:16we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20As Richard said, we are going to show you 15 faces -
0:03:20 > 0:03:22quite literally 15 HEADS of state.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24They will remain on that board throughout the round.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26We'll go up the line and then come back down.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28They won't be changing halfway through the round.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33You just have to name any country of which those heads of state are head.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37OK, let's reveal the image, and here it comes. We've got this.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40There they are.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44OK.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Now, Elspeth, great to have you here.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Now, you grew up in Liverpool. When did you leave Liverpool?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51When I went to university, when I was 18.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- So, Liverpool in the '60s?- Yes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Oh, that must have been exciting. - It was. It was good fun.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Were you there? Were you there for all that?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01I was there when it happened. Yep.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Wow.- And I knew Paul McCartney.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Um...used to go to school with him on the bus.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Wow!- And he was actually a bit of a prat.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12LAUGHTER
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Why? What did he do?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Well, I used to go to school on the bus with him
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and we had to wear berets - we went to a very strict school -
0:04:20 > 0:04:22and he grabbed it and chucked it out of the window,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25so I had to get off and go back and get it,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and miss the next bus to go back and be late for school.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31The message there is, if you're ever bullied and someone steals your hat,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33get them to autograph it straight afterwards.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35LAUGHTER
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- That's right. - Um, Elspeth? Heads of state.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45Well, I think I know a few, but I'm not quite sure of a country or two,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47so I'm going to go safe
0:04:47 > 0:04:50and I'm going to go for Germany, for Angela Merkel.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53OK, Germany, says Elspeth. Let's see if that's right.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Let's see how many of our 100 people said Germany.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- 70 for Germany.- Oh! A lot!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03APPLAUSE
0:05:03 > 0:05:05It's a big score, but it's better than 100. Richard?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It is a big score. Yeah, there she is, Angela Merkel, on the second row.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12She's got a PhD in physics as well, Angela Merkel.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Now, then, Laurie. Welcome to the show. Here from Falkirk.- Yep.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What do you get up to in Falkirk? What do you do?
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Er, well, there's not a whole lot to do, really, in Falkirk,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26but in my time, I just go to the cinema, read, go running,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29computer games, things like that.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31You're an ace computer gamer, aren't you?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Yeah. On a racing game in particular, yeah, Mario Kart.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37You're the Scottish champion, aren't you?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Well, I won the Scottish female heats,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41and then that got me a place down to compete in Birmingham
0:05:41 > 0:05:43against the rest of the UK.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45But I didn't win that, so...
0:05:45 > 0:05:47What did you get? What was your trophy?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I got a little Shell Cup, and a year's supply of free games as well.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Oh, that's good. A year's supply. - Yeah, happy with that.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Yeah, yeah. Do people covet the little cup?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Is that a coveted trophy at all?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I think you can buy it if you've got points, so it's not that coveted.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Not that coveted at all, no. - But it's special to me.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Anyway, listen, Laurie. World leaders are waiting for us.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Yeah, erm...
0:06:08 > 0:06:11This is not a great round for me.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Um...the person on the top left looks a bit like Christine Bleakley,
0:06:14 > 0:06:15but obviously it can't be.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- CHUCKLING - Anything's possible!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I'm going to... If I get this wrong, it'll be pretty bad,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23but I'm going to go for North Korea.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25North Korea, says Laurie. Let's see if that's right.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said North Korea.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Well, it's right. 70 is our highest score at this point.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36North Korea goes beyond that. 55. Well done.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38APPLAUSE
0:06:38 > 0:06:39A new low.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Yeah, there he is, the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- He looks fun, doesn't he? - Well, he looks great.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49He came on Pointless Celebrities. He was a lot of fun.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- LAUGHTER - He was brilliant!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Wasn't he? He came on with Bobby Davro, uh...- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56They went out first round, but he still won the final.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- He was great fun.- Yeah. - Hi, Kim, if you're watching.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00What do you mean, "if"?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- Yeah, exactly.- Yeah.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Mandy, welcome back.- Thanks. - Welcome back.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Now, remind us what you do.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10I'm a doctor, and I help as part of a team to care for adult patients
0:07:10 > 0:07:12who come to hospital with medical problems.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15OK, and what are your interests outside that?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I really like walking, and Dave and I usually get out each weekend
0:07:18 > 0:07:20and walk the Cotswolds or the Ridgeway.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Do you have a special... one of those walking sticks,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24those sort of lightweight aluminium ones?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26We actually share them, so we use them
0:07:26 > 0:07:28if we're going through brambles or down muddy slopes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- We don't power walk... - You don't power walk?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32You know, the Nordic walking thing.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I always respect a walker who has a stick like that.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I think, "Whoa. They walk. They walk."
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Anyway, now, Mandy, Mandy, all these world leaders.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Some of them are really obvious.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I was actually thinking of North Korea, and that's gone.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47I think I'll play safe.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I'm going to go for Afghanistan for the first person.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53You're going for Afghanistan? OK, let's see if that's right.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00It's absolutely right.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- APPLAUSE - 37, Mandy.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11A very good safe. Our lowest score so far.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Another good answer. That's Hamid Karzai,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17who was the first popularly elected president of Afghanistan in 2004.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Thanks very much. OK, now, Sarah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Hello.- Sarah, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23What do you do, Sarah?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27I study English language and French at Lancaster University.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29"Pointless girlfriend". That's what Ryan said.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Yeah, you can take that two ways, can't you?- Yeah. Yes.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Well, yes. Let's see. Maybe... - Yeah, it's not that way!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38..this board might be your moment to shine.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41What are your interests, Sarah?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Uh, I like going to the cinema. Um...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46I don't really want to say cinema,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49because then if cinema comes up and I don't get an answer...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52No, but "going to the cinema" is different to saying "film".
0:08:52 > 0:08:54"Film" suggests that you study Halliwell's
0:08:54 > 0:08:56and stroke your chin a lot.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Yeah. And I don't even get that. - CHUCKLING
0:08:58 > 0:09:01OK. Sarah, what are you going to go for on this board?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I'm going to go for...
0:09:03 > 0:09:08..one of only two that I know that's left - Francois Hollande, France.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- OK. France, says Sarah.- Yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said France.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Well, 70's our high.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20You're past that. 37's our low.
0:09:20 > 0:09:2245, you get. Well done.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- Second-lowest score of the pass. - APPLAUSE
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Good work, Sarah.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Yeah, Francois Hollande,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32the first Socialist president of France for two decades.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- That is the worst pose of the lot, isn't it?- Do you think?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Perhaps he's saying, "I've invented a tiny invisible pencil. Take a look."
0:09:42 > 0:09:45LAUGHTER
0:09:46 > 0:09:49We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:49 > 0:09:5237 was the best score of that pass.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Very well done, Mandy - safe. That was a great answer.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Then up to 45, where we find Sarah and Ryan,
0:09:57 > 0:09:59then up to 55, where we find Laurie and Ross,
0:09:59 > 0:10:00and then up to 70,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Elspeth and Irene.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You're the high scorers at the moment,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- but, Irene, I have great faith in you.- Do you?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I'm sure you'll find a nice low-scoring one.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10We'll come back down the line now.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19OK. We are looking for countries of which these people are the leaders,
0:10:19 > 0:10:20as of March 2014.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Ryan, a warm welcome to you to Pointless.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What do you do, Ryan?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I'm a student at Northumbria University.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I'm studying English literature.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Very... Some strong English over there on that last podium.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35You've got to be hoping for some fiction or literature
0:10:35 > 0:10:36to come up, surely.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What are your interests outside of literature?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Well, I do watch a lot of film.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Film will probably come up and do me over now, so...- ("Do me over"!)
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I watch a lot of football. I'm a big Burnley fan.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51OK, well, listen, Sarah has set you up very nicely there.
0:10:51 > 0:10:5345 - second-lowest score of the round.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55What are you thinking of this board?
0:10:55 > 0:11:00I'm thinking...I know two for definite that are left.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01I know a few more.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04And there's one I could guess at, but I'm just not going to,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08because Sarah did a brilliant answer, which I didn't even know,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11so I'm going to say Russia, for Vladimir Putin.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Russia, says Ryan. There's your red line.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16If you get below that red line, you're definitely in Round Two.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said Russia.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23It's right.
0:11:24 > 0:11:2568.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27APPLAUSE
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Recognisable man on the world stage there,
0:11:29 > 0:11:31but that takes your total up to 113.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I would hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yeah, there he is, bottom left, Vladimir Putin.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Another very funny guy.- Isn't he?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40He came on with Su Pollard, didn't he? He got through to the...
0:11:40 > 0:11:42They got through to the head-to-head and they...
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Oh, just! Cos, yeah...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46They just lost out on Northumbrian Castles, didn't they?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Erm, OK. - HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Now, Dave.- Hello.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Dave.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56I work for a software company
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and I look after the tech support function.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- That's absolutely right. Up in Oxford?- Yes, that's right.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03And you commute up there from Wantage?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04How far is that commute, Dave?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It's a nice, easy drive. It's a 25-minute drive now.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Do you go anywhere near my favourite place in...?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11It's a place called Kingston Bagpuize.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16If I took a little detour, I'd go through Kingston Bagpuize.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Oh, it's nice to go through Kingston Bagpuize.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Anyway, listen, there you are. You're on 37.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23The high scorers on 113 are Ryan and Sarah.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26If you can score 75 or less,
0:12:26 > 0:12:27you're in the next round.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Yeah, it's a difficult decision, this,
0:12:30 > 0:12:31because I know one answer up there,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35but I suspect it will score more than 75.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37So I do have to decide, do I take the obvious answer,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40or do I go for one I'm just not sure of?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42So I think I'll go for the one I'm not sure of.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So I will go with Ireland.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Ireland, says Dave. Let's see.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Now, there is your red line. If you get below that with Ireland, you're safe and sound.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Let's see how many people said Ireland.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57It's right.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01And you are through. Very well done indeed.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- What about that? 7! - APPLAUSE
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Takes you up to 44.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Very good answer.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Just out of interest, which one do you think is...?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15I can't remember the guy's name. Second from left on the middle row.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Yeah, that's the head of the Irish government, Enda Kenny.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ross.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Hello.- Welcome to the show.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24What do you do, Ross?
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I'm a housing officer at the local council in Falkirk.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And what do you do in your spare time? What are your hobbies, Ross?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Very keen on sport.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I used to play a lot of football, but not any more, unfortunately.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Um, I play squash, um, badminton.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Ultimate Frisbee when the summer's on. So...
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Have you seen that brilliant clip - you've probably seen it -
0:13:45 > 0:13:47of the guy throwing the frisbee from the bridge,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49and the guy in the speedboat catching it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Yeah.- Oh, it's amazing. - Oh, fantastic!- It's really good.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- We've all tried that this year. - Oh, really?- Yeah.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Across the Firth of Forth?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Yeah, straight off the Forth Road Bridge onto the boat. Easy.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Now, Ross, there you are. You're on 55.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04The high scorers still Ryan and Sarah on 113.
0:14:04 > 0:14:0757 or less gets you through.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It's getting a little bit harder now, isn't it?
0:14:09 > 0:14:15Yeah. I'm thinking about going very safe and hoping that...
0:14:15 > 0:14:18..the next answer is possibly 100.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Um...so I'm going to go safe
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and I'm going to say United States of America.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25OK. The United States of America, says Ross.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29There's your red line. You have to get below that red line to be safe.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Let's see if that's right - the USA. How many people said that?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36It's right.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's 84.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41APPLAUSE
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Unsurprisingly, I'd say, our highest score so far.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46139 is your total.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Yeah, not a bad tactic, Ross. Quite a smart thing to do.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I mean, we'll see if it pays off.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- He actually IS smiling, isn't he, sort of?- He sort of is, yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Or it could be a look of puzzlement,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57as in, "Is that meant to be happening?"
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- That kind of look.- Yeah, maybe.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Who do you think's the grump... Oh, no, I'd better not.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Sorry. What a stupid thing to ask. I'm just asking for trouble there.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Um...Irene.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- Welcome to the show.- Thank you.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Great to have you here. What do you...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Tell me once again what the name of your place is, where you're from.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- The village? Easton in Gordano. - Easton in Gordano.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- And it's near Bristol.- Near Bristol. - Yeah, about four miles.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Ridiculously, I've never heard of Easton in Gordano,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25but it just sounds so exotic.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26- Oh, it is! It's very exotic! - THEY LAUGH
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- And you both live in the same village?- Yes, we do.- That's lovely.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Did you move there together, or did one go down and say,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34"You've got to come down here. It's fabulous"?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Well, I was there first of all, and then Elspeth came back from Canada,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40liked it and decided to live there too.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42So, Irene, what fills your time?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Well, I'm retired, and I love to play bridge.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And I ring the hand bells, and...
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- What are your notes? - My notes are usually top G and F.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54So, neighbouring notes? Top F?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. Neighbouring notes.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Oh, you'd have to. Otherwise it'd be weird.- Six of us that ring.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I'm the last one, apart from someone playing top A occasionally.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Do you ever get hurt?- No! - Do you ever get injuries?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07No, it doesn't hurt at all. It's a flick of the wrist.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- It's very satisfying. - Yeah. It's great.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Very good. OK, well, you're on 70.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I think you've been handed a bit of a lifeline by Ross and Laurie.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- Very decent of you, Ross and Laurie. - ROSS:- You're welcome(!)
0:16:16 > 0:16:19If you can score 68 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23But, Irene, do you fancy just doing some thinking out loud?
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Um, well, I definitely know one on the bottom row, Jacob Zuma,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30and that's South Africa.
0:16:30 > 0:16:36But I...I have a feeling that the woman who is second from the...
0:16:36 > 0:16:38..uh, after Hamid Karzai,
0:16:38 > 0:16:43I think she is now president of Argentina.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45So I'm going to go for Argentina.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Argentina, says Irene. - Yeah. I know. It might be...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I like that. I think that's good.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52There is your red line. Let's see if you're right with Argentina.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Get below that red line, you're into Round Two.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00It IS Argentina, Irene. That's a brilliant answer.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05That's a low score. Look at that. 13.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Very well done indeed. The second-lowest score of the round.
0:17:09 > 0:17:1183 is your total. You are comfortably through.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Yeah, it turns out, Ross, your tactic wasn't so great, cos Irene's brilliant, so, uh...
0:17:15 > 0:17:17LAUGHTER But you know what?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18- No, I'm not!- There it is.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- All right, you're quite good.- Yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Cos you were right about Jacob Zuma as well.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25He's on the bottom there. He would have scored you 16 points.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Oh, right.- Now, let's fill in a few of the ones we haven't got.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29So, we've got there Hamid Karzai.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32There's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35That's Evo Morales of Bolivia. That would have scored you 4 points.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Has the look of Richard Gere about him.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Or something...something familiar. - CHUCKLING
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Looks like Richard Gere in prosthetics is playing him.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43That's exactly it, yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Then - she's quite often a pointless answer these days -
0:17:45 > 0:17:47that's Dilma Rousseff of Brazil.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Brazil would have scored you 6 points.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Let's take a look at the next row. We've seen the first two.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57The guy in the middle is Giorgio Napolitano of Italy,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00and that would have scored you 8 points.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03We then have Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Malawi is a pointless answer,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05so, very well done if you said that.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07We've seen our old friend Kim Jong...
0:18:07 > 0:18:08THEY LAUGH
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Oh, and Vladimir as well there.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12There's Jacob Zuma, and the guy next to Jacob Zuma
0:18:12 > 0:18:15is the leader of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17He would have scored you 1 point.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Well, Sri Lanka would have scored you 1 point.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22And then we've got Jose Mujica, who's the leader of Uruguay,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24and Uruguay is the other pointless answer on the board.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27So, Uruguay and Malawi are the pointless answers there.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31OK, so, at the end of our first round,
0:18:31 > 0:18:33the pair who are heading home with their high score of 139 -
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I'm afraid it's Ross and Laurie.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Nothing wrong with your answers, but, yes, USA was a high scorer.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41We'll see you again next time, Ross, Laurie.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Look forward to that very much indeed. Thanks for playing.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46APPLAUSE
0:18:46 > 0:18:50But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Well, so, three pairs remain.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Obviously, at the end of this round, we'll say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Mandy and Dave, very well done, our low-scoring pair.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Ryan and Sarah, whew! We made it through. All is well.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Elspeth and Irene. Elspeth, phew!
0:19:07 > 0:19:10A little bit worrying there to start with. But actually, Irene came good.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Argentina was a wonderful answer there.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14So, very good. Some great teamwork going on here.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20..Novels.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Novels. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:19:22 > 0:19:25who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33OK. And the question concerns...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36..Books With Adjectives In Their Titles.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Books With Adjectives In Their Titles. Richard?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42We're going to show you the titles of six novels on each pass,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44but we've missed out an adjective from each title.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Can you fill in the blanks, please?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48There'll be 12 in all to have a go at at home. So, very best of luck.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Thanks very much indeed.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52So, let's reveal our books with missing adjectives,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54and here's our first board of six.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56HE READS THE TITLES
0:20:12 > 0:20:14I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Irene?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I know a few of them, certainly.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I think...
0:20:37 > 0:20:39..I'll go for The God Of Small Things.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41The God Of Small Things, says Irene.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said that - let's see if it's right.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It is right, of course.
0:20:52 > 0:20:5418.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56APPLAUSE
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Very good, Irene. Good start to the round.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Very good answer, yes. In Kerala in the 1960s.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05It was her first novel and won the Booker Prize in 1997.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Thanks very much indeed. Now, Mandy.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11I know some of them.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17I'm going to go for The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19OK, The English Patient. Let's see if that's right.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Let's see how many people said English.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25It's right.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Well, we have 18 as our only score so far.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- 51 for The English Patient. - APPLAUSE
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Yeah, also won the Booker Prize, that,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37and of course, was famously made into a movie that won nine Oscars.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Mmm.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42OK, now, Sarah. You are the last person to have this board.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Over to our literary podium over there.- No!
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I know, I shouldn't have said that, should I?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Do you fancy talking us through the board
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and seeing how many of these adjectives you can fill in?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I wish I COULD talk you through the board!
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Honestly, I don't have a clue.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I couldn't answer one.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00So...I'll just guess an adjective...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03..with The...
0:22:04 > 0:22:06..TOY Soldier?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10The Toy Soldier, Ford Madox Ford. The Toy Soldier.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Let's find out. Is it right? How many people said it if it is?
0:22:12 > 0:22:14The Toy Soldier.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19No. I'm sorry, Sarah.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23It scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Yeah, sorry, Sarah, not The Toy Soldier.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27It's The GOOD Soldier, Ford Madox Ford.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Um, and it would have scored you 6 points.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33You wouldn't have had a crack at the top one?
0:22:33 > 0:22:35No.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37That's The Old Curiosity Shop.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It would have scored you 82 points. Big scorer.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Uh, the James Ellroy book is American Tabloid.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45That would have scored you 3.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47And do you know the James Joyce one?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Oh, it's the sister adjective to the Dickens. It's Young.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Yeah. Young Man. Absolutely.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, and 36 points for that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58The best answer is American Tabloid. Well done if you got that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Thanks very much indeed. So, we're halfway through the round.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Let's take a look at those scores. 18, Irene and Elspeth!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Very strong performance from that first podium there. Very well done.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Then up to 51, where we find Mandy and Dave,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14then it's up to 100, I'm afraid, Sarah and Ryan.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It doesn't have to be a disaster, Ryan. You get first board next time.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19You might be able to find a low-scoring answer there,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21and maybe that'll keep you in the game.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23We're going back down the line now.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29OK, we're going to put six more book titles up on the board,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and here they are.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32We've got:
0:23:32 > 0:23:34HE READS THE TITLES
0:23:47 > 0:23:48I'll read those all one last time.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Ryan.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07We're looking for the adjective that completes each of these book titles,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09and you're going to try and find the one
0:24:09 > 0:24:11that you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Well, I should have gone first,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16cos I knew pretty much all of them on the last one.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19On this one, I only know for sure one,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and I'm just going to have to say it
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and make sure we don't get in the 200 Club!
0:24:23 > 0:24:25HE CHUCKLES
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Uh, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30New, says Ryan. New. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34No red line for you, as you are the high scorers.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38It's right.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- APPLAUSE - 78, Ryan.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Takes your total up to 178.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Yeah, set in AD 2540, Brave New World.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Taken from a line in The Tempest.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Thanks very much, Richard. Now, uh, Dave.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Dave, I've got great news for you, Dave.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- You are through to the head-to-head. - Oh, I'm glad of that.- Oh!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02So, what we need from you is a nice, low score just for the fun of it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06OK. I'll try and get a low score, but I'm not sure it will be right.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I shall go for...
0:25:08 > 0:25:10..Gentleman Jim?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Gentleman Jim, says Dave.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Let's see if that's right. - I'm not sure if it's right.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Well, we'll discover. Is it right, Gentleman Jim?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19No red line, as you're already through.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23No, I'm afraid that's not right.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It scores you 100 points, take your total up to 151.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30in case Elspeth wants to have a go at the same one.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Now, Elspeth, here's fun.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34You can talk us through the board and fill in all the blanks.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I think you'll be good at this.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Um, well, I know three.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42I cannot remember the Donna Tartt title, so I won't go for that,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and I can't remember the Anthony Burgess.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47The Philip Roth is The Human Stain.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51It's Cold Comfort Farm, one of my favourite books.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54And it's Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57But I think I'll go for Cold Comfort Farm.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Cold Comfort Farm, says Elspeth. Let's see if that's right.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02No red line for you, as you're already through to the head-to-head.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04But how many people said Cold Comfort Farm?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08It's right.
0:26:11 > 0:26:1247.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14APPLAUSE
0:26:14 > 0:26:1647 takes your total up to 65.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Yeah, you got all of those right.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- You chose the biggest scorer, actually, of the ones you knew.- Oh.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24But I think you wanted to say the name of the book you like the most.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- Yes.- Lucky Jim is correct, and that would have scored you...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30..32 points.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32The Human Stain would have been a terrific answer, Philip Roth.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34That would have scored you 8.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Now, the Donna Tartt book.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38She writes one book every ten years, Donna Tartt. This was her first.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40And it's The Secret History.
0:26:40 > 0:26:4314 points. The best answer on the board is the Anthony Burgess one.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- Do you know that? - Don't know that one.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Earthly Powers. Earthly Powers. And that's 3 points.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49So, very well done if you said that.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Oh! I'm so glad.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Cos on one of these rounds, someone might have said Austin.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- LAUGHTER - Wouldn't that have been funny?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- HE SIGHS - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Well, at the end of our second round, the pair heading home
0:27:02 > 0:27:04with their high score of 178,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I'm afraid it is our literary duo over there, Ryan and Sarah.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I'm sorry. We shouldn't have mentioned books at all, should we?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- No.- I'm afraid, yes, you came a cropper there.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16See you again next time. We'll look forward to that.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Ryan and Sarah, it's been lovely having you.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- Thanks so much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:27:21 > 0:27:24But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Congratulations to Elspeth and Irene, Mandy and Dave.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34You're now one step closer to the final
0:27:34 > 0:27:36and a chance to play for the jackpot,
0:27:36 > 0:27:38which currently stands at £1,000.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41This is the point where we decide who gets to play for that money,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43and to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Obviously, you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and the first pair to win two questions
0:27:48 > 0:27:50will be playing for the jackpot.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Mandy and Dave, very well done indeed.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53You've come one step further than last time.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57And, Elspeth and Irene, I mean, you are just an unstoppable force!
0:27:57 > 0:27:58- THEY LAUGH - Oh, no!
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Well, best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:10 > 0:28:12..Pastry Dishes.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Pastry Dishes. Richard?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I'm going to show you the names of five dishes made with pastry,
0:28:16 > 0:28:18but we've missed out alternate letters.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Can you fill in the gaps for us?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23OK, let's reveal our five pastry dishes, and here they are.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25We've got:
0:28:25 > 0:28:26HE READS THE LETTERS
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I'll read those all again.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Elspeth and Irene, you've been the low scorers so far,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01so you will go first.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02THEY WHISPER
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- (Beef...)- (Chocolate.)
0:29:04 > 0:29:06- (Beef Wellington.) - (Yeah. It's chocolate.)
0:29:06 > 0:29:07(Bakewell tart.)
0:29:07 > 0:29:10(Chocolate cake? Answer that? Quiche Lorraine on the bottom?)
0:29:10 > 0:29:11(Yes. What do you think?)
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- (Yeah, OK, we'll go for that one.) - (Which one?)
0:29:15 > 0:29:16- (Beef Wellington.)- (OK.)
0:29:16 > 0:29:20We're going to go for the top one, beef Wellington.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Oh, a very good choice. It's particularly good today.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24CHUCKLING
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Sorry. It's terrible. Um...
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Mandy and Dave, the board is all yours.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Do you want to talk us through it?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Yes. Uh, I think we know all of them.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36The second one, I think is sausage roll.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39The third one is Bakewell tart.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42The fourth one is chocolate eclair.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45And the last one is quiche Lorraine.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Out of all of those, what do you think?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Sausage roll or chocolate eclair?
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Sausage roll. - Chocolate...chocolate...
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- Yeah? OK.- Sausage roll, I think. - OK.- OK.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Sausage roll.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Sausage roll, say Mandy and Dave.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59So, we have beef Wellington, we have sausage roll.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Elspeth and Irene went for beef Wellington.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- 19. - APPLAUSE
0:30:17 > 0:30:19OK, 19 for beef Wellington.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Mandy and Dave have gone for sausage roll. Let's see if that's right.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Let's see how many people said sausage roll.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29It's right.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Is it going to beat 19, I wonder?
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- Ooh, 34. - APPLAUSE
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Very well done. Elspeth and Irene, after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Well played again. There's no stopping you so far.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44I think, Mandy and Dave,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47you were arguing over which was the next best answer.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49That's actually the best answer on the board, beef Wellington.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Chocolate eclair would have been slightly better than sausage roll.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Chocolate eclair would have scored you 31.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56That's the second-best answer on the board.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Bakewell tart, obviously in the middle there,
0:31:00 > 0:31:01that would have scored 40.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05And actually, quiche Lorraine is the biggest scorer by some way.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- It would have scored you 83 points. - Whoa.- How about that?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Yes. Well sidestepped there, Mandy.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13OK, here comes your second question.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Mandy and Dave, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:31:16 > 0:31:17so, best of luck.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19It concerns...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21..Fictional Islands.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Fictional Islands, Richard?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I'm going to give you five clues now to fictional islands
0:31:25 > 0:31:27from film, TV and literature.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Can you name the most obscure one of these, please?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34OK. Let's reveal our five fictional islands, and here they are.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36We've got:
0:31:36 > 0:31:37HE READS THE CLUES
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Mandy and Dave, it's over to you.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18(Have a think about the Arthurian legend.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21(The name of the Roxy Music album, it's Lady of the Lake -
0:32:21 > 0:32:23(Elinor or something like that.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24(What one should we go?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27(The base of International Rescue of Thunderbirds?)
0:32:27 > 0:32:28OK.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31OK, we're going to go for, um...
0:32:31 > 0:32:33..the second one - Utopia.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Utopia, say Mandy and Dave.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Now, Elspeth and Irene, it's over to you.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Can you talk us through the board?
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- IRENE:- Just can't remember the island for Father Ted. That's gone.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47We think the second one is Utopia.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51We think the third one might be Bali Ha'i.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55The island of Arthurian legend, we think is Avalon.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00And the base of International Rescue is Tracy Island, we think.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01We'll go for Bali Ha'i.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04You're going to go for Bali Ha'i. Bali Ha'i.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06So, we have Utopia versus Bali Ha'i.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Now, Mandy and Dave said Utopia. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Let's see how many people said Utopia.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14It's right.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21That's a good answer. 17 for Utopia.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23APPLAUSE
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Elspeth and Irene have gone for Bali Ha'i.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- Stupid. - Well, let's see if it's right.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34And if it is, let's hope it goes bally low.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36LAUGHTER
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Let's see how many people said Bali Ha'i.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- It's right.- Oh, it is!- Wow!
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Is that going to beat 17?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Yes, it is! Look at that. Bali Ha'i. Down to 7.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Very well done indeed.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52ELSPETH AND IRENE EXCLAIM
0:33:52 > 0:33:54- APPLAUSE - Very well done.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Elspeth and Irene, after only two questions,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59you are through to the final 2-0. Brilliant.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01And it's the best answer on the board again.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Is it?! - Nothing you can do about that.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Did you know that one, Mandy?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Yes. We actually were tossing up between those two.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Chose the wrong one.- And thought... We chose the wrong one again.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Yeah, afraid you did.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Now, Ted, Dougal, Jack and Mrs Doyle live on...
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- Craggy.- ..Craggy Island.- Oh, yes! - 31 points for that.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22The Arthurian legend and the Roxy Music album is Avalon, as you said.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Would have scored 15. Would have beaten Utopia as well.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29And it was Tracy Island at the bottom there for Thunderbirds.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Slightly higher score, though - 40 points for that. Biggest score there.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34So, Bali Ha'i, best answer on the board
0:34:34 > 0:34:36for the second question running.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40So, the pair leaving us at the end of that round -
0:34:40 > 0:34:42I'm afraid it's Mandy and Dave.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Absolutely not a step wrong in this head-to-head round. Great answers.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Sausage roll, Utopia. Brilliant answers.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52However, you were up against Elspeth and Irene. They just know it all.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54There's nothing you could have done about that.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56But you've done much better than last time.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58It's been wonderful having you on both shows.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Thank you so much for playing. Mandy and Dave. Great contestants.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03APPLAUSE
0:35:03 > 0:35:06But for Elspeth and Irene, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Well, a massive congratulations.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Elspeth and Irene, you've seen off all the competition
0:35:14 > 0:35:16and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- Yes!- I'm thrilled to bits!
0:35:24 > 0:35:26You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:26 > 0:35:29and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Well, you've done so well.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33We gave you World Leaders, we gave you Fiction,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36we gave you Pastry Dishes, we gave you Fictional Islands.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- You just... - HE CLICKS
0:35:38 > 0:35:40..knocked them out of the park each time.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45They're always tough, these last rounds.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Um, well, we'd quite like Landlocked African Countries.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50LAUGHTER
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Mmm, but what would you go for?
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Don't give the game away too soon.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Songs Of The Proclaimers would be good.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Um...not films, not pop music.- No.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- OK, well...- Oh, not soap opera. - Oh! No.- Definitely not.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05OK. Well, as you know, you get to choose your category
0:36:05 > 0:36:07from the four we put up on the board.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10I hope there's one up there that you like. Let's find out what we've got.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13World Footballers...
0:36:13 > 0:36:14LAUGHTER
0:36:14 > 0:36:16..Panel Shows,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Glam Rock,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Classical Mythology In The Movies.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- Oh, ye gods! - ELSPETH GROANS
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I think we can only do Panel Shows there, don't you?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- Oh! Do you?- Do you know ANYTHING about glam rock?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- I know...- No!- Could write it on the back of a stamp, what I know!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Classical Mythology In The Movies. No, that's hopeless.- No. No.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41Let's... And with football, we only know our division two teams.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46So, let's go for Panel Shows. We might have a chance.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Yeah, OK.- OK.- Yeah, Panel Shows.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Panel Shows it is.- Yes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Isn't it nice to watch this? - Isn't it just?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Let's take a look at your three options. It's all from 2013 here.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59We're looking for anybody, any host, team captain or participant,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02who took part in Never Mind The Buzzcocks during 2013 -
0:37:02 > 0:37:04that was series 27 of that.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Anybody who took part in Have I Got News For You in 2013 -
0:37:08 > 0:37:09that's series 45 or 46.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12You're not allowed to have me or Xander, I'm afraid.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13- Oh! Shame. - Like WE'D have been pointless!
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Yeah.- Yeah! - We'd have been right up there.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18They'd have to invent a new number. 114?
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Or we are looking for any participant in Mock The Week in 2013.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26That was series 12 that went out in 2013.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28So, anyone - host, team captain or guest -
0:37:28 > 0:37:32who appeared on one of those three series in 2013, please.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:36 > 0:37:37to come up with three answers.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39All you need to win that jackpot
0:37:39 > 0:37:41is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42Are you ready?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- As we'll ever be!- Yes.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Right. I know...
0:37:51 > 0:37:54There was a bloke called Mark Kermode in Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Was there? OK.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Have I Got News. We'd know some of them.- Yes, Stephen Mangan.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Stephen Mangan. - Oh, yes. He was good. Um...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- I like him. - Victoria Coren was a guest.- Yes.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- Jo Brand has been host. - Yeah. She's done a lot.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- They weren't as good as these two. - No, they weren't.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- LAUGHTER - Shame we can't say them, isn't it?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12That's true.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15In Mock The Week, there's Russell Howard, Chris Addison, Hugh Dennis.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Frankie Boyce isn't on any more, cos he made a big mistake, I think.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Right, let's forget him, then. - So we won't mention him.- No.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Um, there's... Who else might there be on Mock The Week?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Shall we get... What do you think?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- It's 22 seconds, 21 seconds... - Right, OK.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - So we'd better think carefully.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Shall we go for... - Stephen Mangan for one?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Yeah.- Stephen Mangan was a host for Have I Got News For You.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39- We'll have him.- Ten seconds left.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Shall we have Chris Addison or Russell Howard? One of those two?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Chris Addison would be good.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46What about somebody from Have I Got News?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49We've got one. Stephen Mangan. And Victoria Coren.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50- Yes. Do those two.- Yes.- OK.- OK.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53That's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55We're having two from Have I Got News For You...
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- And they are? - Stephen Mangan as host...
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Stephen Mangan. - ..and Victoria Coren as a guest.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- Victoria Coren.- Um...and...
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Who's the next one? - Chris Addison from Mock The Week.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07And Chris Addison from Mock The Week.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Three lovely people, you've chosen there.- Yes.- Yes.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Very well done.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Of those, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- Probably S... - Stephen Mangan, perhaps?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Stephen Mangan? We'll put Stephen last.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20First, your least likely to be pointless, do you think?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Victoria, perhaps? - OK, Victoria Coren.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26And in the middle, we are putting Chris Addison.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28- Yes.- Chris Addison.- Excellent.- Yes.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36We have Victoria Coren, Chris Addison and Stephen Mangan.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41As I say, three fantastic answers up there on the board.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Surely they're all candidates for pointless. We would hope.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47If one of them were to be pointless and you were to win that jackpot...
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I'm sorry it's not a bigger jackpot, but £1,000. It's nice to take home.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52What would you do with that?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Oh, well, we know, don't we?- Yeah. We'd just...
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Take all the family out for a big meal.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- It's 16 of us, so...- Yeah. We'd have a great time.- Perfect.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02We haven't got 16 children! That's all together!
0:40:02 > 0:40:03LAUGHTER
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Well, excellent. Best of luck. Let's hope.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Fingers tightly crossed that one of those answers at least is pointless.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12So, your first answer was Victoria Coren.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14It has to be right, then it has to be pointless
0:40:14 > 0:40:15for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Let's find out. For £1,000, how many people said Victoria Coren?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24It's right.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26And we knew it was right.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29What we don't know is how far down it's going to go.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30If this goes all the way down to zero,
0:40:30 > 0:40:32you will leave here with £1,000.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It's in single figures. Still going down. Down it goes!
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- You've done it! - THEY SCREAM
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- That's brilliant! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Very well done indeed. - Oh, thank you!- Brilliant.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- Oh, wow!- Oh, fantastic!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Oh! I don't believe it!
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Oh, fantastic!
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Thank you! - Many, many congratulations.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- Victoria Coren... - Oh, we're so thrilled!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56..was a pointless answer,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59which means you go home not only with your two Pointless trophies,
0:40:59 > 0:41:03but also with our jackpot of £1,000 and all our best wishes.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- Thank you!- Oh, thank you! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Aw.- Very well played. That's terrific work.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I tell you what, if Paul McCartney's watching now,
0:41:14 > 0:41:16he's going to be regretting throwing your hat out the window.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18There's a guy who's done many things in his life,
0:41:18 > 0:41:21but he doesn't have a Pointless trophy and you do.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Chris Addison, from Mock The Week - also a pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- Oh!- No!- Yeah.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Wow!- Wow! - APPLAUSE
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Stephen Mangan would have scored you 2 points, though, so...
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Come on! What are you thinking?! LAUGHTER
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Let's take a look at pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41We'll start off with Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43You could have Dave Myers, one of the Hairy Bikers.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Huey Morgan, who, famously, had a little bit of a tizzy on it.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Jessica Hynes was a pointless answer. Tony Law.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Also could have had Carol Vorderman, David O'Doherty,
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Jamie Cullum, Katherine Ryan.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55You could have had Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Sara Pascoe -
0:41:55 > 0:41:57all of those, pointless answers.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Let's take a look at Have I Got News.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Deborah Meaden, the Dragon from Dragons' Den, was a pointless answer.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Gyles Brandreth. Joe Wilkinson, the brilliant Joe Wilkinson.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08John Prescott was a pointless answer as well.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Uh, Bernard Cribbins. Bridget Christie.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12You could have had Frank Skinner. Gabby Logan.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- Jacob Rees-Mogg - he was on when you did it.- Mmm.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Oh, no, Godfrey Bloom was on when you did it, wasn't he?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- And when Victoria was on, too. - Yeah. That's right, yeah.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- Godfrey Bloom was on. - He was a pointless answer.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- She was brilliant with him. - Wasn't she?- Yes!
0:42:23 > 0:42:25ELSPETH LAUGHS You were too.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- Oh, thank you.- Oh, yeah, you were too! I'm sorry! Yes!
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- Oh, no, thank you! - LAUGHTER
0:42:30 > 0:42:32But she REALLY was, wasn't she?
0:42:32 > 0:42:33- LAUGHTER - She was fantastic! She was.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Also could have had Stephen Merchant, Matt Forde and Warwick Davis.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Let's take a look at Mock The Week.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Chris Ramsey, you could have had. Hal Cruttenden.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Holly Walsh. There's Katherine Ryan again.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46A couple of other answers for that.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49You could have had Gary Delaney. Rob Beckett also a pointless answer.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53But you've been brilliant from start to finish.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Gutted you're not coming back, but congratulations on winning the jackpot.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much. Both of you.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Yeah, we've loved it. - It's been fabulous. We've loved it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02And right back at you, Elspeth and Irene.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Elspeth and Irene.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- You've just been fabulous. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22APPLAUSE