0:00:19 > 0:00:21APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27This is the show where all the questions have been asked
0:00:27 > 0:00:30to 100 people before the show and all our contestants have to do
0:00:30 > 0:00:32is come up with the answers no-one else could think of.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39And couple number one.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Hello, I'm Claire from Kenilworth in Warwickshire.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is my son William. He's at Bristol University.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Couple number two. - Hi, I'm Martin.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49This is my girlfriend Ailsa and we are from Dundee in Scotland.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Couple number three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I'm Aisleen, this is my friend Amy, and we've come down from Ipswich.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And finally, couple number four.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I'm Tim and this is Duncan, and we are from London.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11If knowledge is power, then this man would be King Kong
0:01:11 > 0:01:16strapped to 16 great white sharks, 46 lions, a T-rex and Jason Statham.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Hello.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Good day to you.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- And to you.- What a show last time. Amazing, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28We had that amazing head-to-head first.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Martin and Ailsa were in it and played against Kris and Paul.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Every question in the head-to-head was the best answer on the board.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35No-one could have done anything about it.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Then the boys went through.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Had a question about The Beatles White Album. Two pointless answers.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Mentioned four pointless answers during it as well.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46£5,750 they walked away with, didn't they?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- A really terrific performance throughout, wasn't it?- Hmm.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50As I say, Martin and Ailsa back.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52We've also got... Amy and Aisleen are back as well.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Got knocked out in Round One, so we need to see a little
0:01:54 > 0:01:57bit more of you this time, if that's all right.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Thanks very much.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01As you've gathered, Paul and Kris won the jackpot last time.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000. There it is.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09APPLAUSE
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Now, all you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score
0:02:15 > 0:02:18at the end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today is...
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Africa.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30who's going second?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Mainland African countries whose names start with a consonant.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Richard.- Yes, we're looking for any country on the mainland of Africa
0:02:54 > 0:02:55whose usual short form name in English
0:02:55 > 0:02:57begins with a consonant, please.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59As always, by country we mean a sovereign state
0:02:59 > 0:03:01that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Thank you very much indeed. William.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Hi.- Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.- Thank you.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- You're at Bristol University.- Yes. - What are you studying?- Chemistry.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11What year are you in?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I'm in my final year, so just finishing up now.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Are you sad to be leaving?- Yes, yes.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- It's been a good three years?- It's great being a student.- Very good.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21And what have you got up to apart from your chemistry degree?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24I'm quite into my photography, so whenever I get chance
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I go around Bristol, like, landscapes, especially the bridge.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Clifton Suspension Bridge. - Absolutely.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31You've got a whole sling of cameras, lots of them,
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- and you decide which one is going to suit them?- Yeah.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Or my lens.- Suit the mood best.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Very good. Now, William...
0:03:37 > 0:03:40African geography. How good is your African geography?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41And indeed your alphabet?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45It's OK. I've got one in mind. I'm going to go for Guyana.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Guyana, says William. Guyana.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said Guyana.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Ooh. I'm sorry, William.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Always tough on that first podium there,
0:03:59 > 0:04:00but that scores you 100 points.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Sorry, William. It is a country,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04and G is a consonant, I'm giving you that,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06but it's in South America, Guyana.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07I'm sorry.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, then, Ailsa, welcome back.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Hi.- Welcome back. What a head-to-head that was.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I mean, there were some amazing low scores going around there.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Remind us what you do, Ailsa.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- I'm an art teacher.- Lovely.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And does that exhaust your interest in art or do you
0:04:22 > 0:04:25find you still have plenty of interest left for holidays?
0:04:25 > 0:04:26It does somewhat.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I suppose all your creative influence does
0:04:28 > 0:04:30go into the children instead of doing it yourself.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I'm slightly worried about if an art question comes up,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35sort of embarrass myself, but...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I'm sure you won't. I'm sure you won't.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Now, Ailsa, what are you going to go for?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I think I might go for the Pointless favourite
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- and say Central African Republic. - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Why would you not? - Yeah, got the opportunity, why not?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Why would you ever not? Central African Republic.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51We know where it normally ends up. Let's see where it ends up today.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Central African Republic, how many people said it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58It is, of course, right.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- 12!- It's more popular now.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Working its way up the tower. Central African Republic.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- 12 points, how about that? - Getting popular, eh?
0:05:11 > 0:05:12It's not like the old days, isn't it?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- We were... We liked it in the early days, didn't we?- Yeah.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16It's far too popular now.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19We should have a club of people who've said Central African Republic
0:05:19 > 0:05:21as an answer. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Meet up every now and again.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24But where would we meet?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27LAUGHTER
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Kettering.- Perfect.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Thanks very much indeed. Now, Aisleen, welcome back.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35It was Round One we said goodbye to you last time.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- Uh-huh.- Far too soon. Remind us about yourself, Aisleen.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Well, I work in travel marketing and I live near Ipswich
0:05:43 > 0:05:45and this is my friend Amy.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And how long have you been in travel marketing for?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Hmm, about nine months. - Oh, I see. So relatively new?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Yeah, quite a new job.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Do you prefer it to the previous job, the PR job you did before?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Yes. Words can't describe how much more I like my current job.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Is that how brilliant your current job is
0:05:58 > 0:06:00or how awful your last job was?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Um, bit of both.- Little bit of both.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Doesn't Amy work where you used to work?- Yes, I did.- No...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08She did. She did and then we both left.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Good stuff. Now, Aisleen, what are you going to go for?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Um...- Surely this plays to your strengths, Aisleen.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15It should do, shouldn't it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It would be embarrassing if it doesn't.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19But Richard confused me because he mentioned that UN
0:06:19 > 0:06:22sovereign state thing again and I always doubt myself. So...
0:06:22 > 0:06:25But I think I'm just going to go for Chad.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Chad, says Aisleen. Let's see if that's right.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Chad.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33It's right.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41That's a great answer. 15, very well done indeed.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- Hurrah.- Well done.
0:06:43 > 0:06:4415 for Chad.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Well played, Aisleen. Yeah, very good answer.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It's a sovereign state, it's recognised by the UN and everything.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- Thanks very much indeed. So, then, Duncan.- Hello.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Duncan?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I work for a small charity that promotes...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Well, it helps people without access to dental care.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- And what are your interests, Duncan? - Cycling.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Very good. A good interest to have.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08And how seriously do you take your cycling?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I cycle to work every day and I like doing tours.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I've done...cycled to Paris from London, things like that.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Good for you. OK, now, Duncan, what are you going to go for?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I think I'm going to go for Lesotho.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Lesotho, says Duncan.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Let's see if that's right,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Lesotho.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32It's right of course.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Another Pointless favourite, Lesotho.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Always good for a low score.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Where is it going to end up today?
0:07:38 > 0:07:397! Very well done indeed.
0:07:42 > 0:07:437 for Lesotho.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Yeah, very good answer.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48It's one of the few African countries that regularly sees snow.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49It's very mountainous.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Very inaccessible as well.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Most places you can reach by only on foot or on a plane.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Can you do skiing in Lesotho? - Yes.- Snowmen?- Snowmen?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Yes, you can do snowmen.- Snowballs, all of that?- Yeah, snowballs.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- That's good.- Ice-skating.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07So one of the few places where you can sell mulled wine
0:08:07 > 0:08:08in that continent.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Yeah. Certainly if you've got the mulled wine
0:08:10 > 0:08:13concession for the whole of Africa, that is where I would head.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Yeah, we had one in Equatorial Guinea and that...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Didn't do well, did it?- I'm not going to say it was a triumph.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Yeah, it wasn't great, was it?- Yeah.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25I remember we were briefly branded as the Algerian Mulled Wine Company.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- That's right.- And, uh... - Can I just commend
0:08:28 > 0:08:30both of us for picking countries starting with vowels there?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- We did well, right?- It's almost like we've learned something.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- We have been making this show a long time.- Yeah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Back in the old days we would have lively said any country that
0:08:38 > 0:08:39- came into our mind.- Yeah.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- There we go. Thank you very much indeed.- It's a pleasure.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43We're halfway through the round.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:08:45 > 0:08:467 was our lowest score of that pass.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Very well done, Duncan, good for you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Then up to 12 where we find Ailsa and Martin.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Up to 15, Aisleen and Amy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55And then, oh, I'm sorry, William and Claire, 100 points to you.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Best of look, Claire. We need a nice low-scoring answer from you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It has to be really very, very low.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Preferably a minus score.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03We'll come back down the line now.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11So, Tim, welcome.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Tim, what do you do?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- I also work in dental public health actually, as well.- Randomly.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- We don't know each other through that.- You don't know each other
0:09:18 > 0:09:21through working in oral health? How do you know each other?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Just...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We went to university together and had lots of mutual friends
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and when we moved to London I think we bonded over...
0:09:28 > 0:09:31So, hang on, you don't know each other through dental health,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32you went to university together
0:09:32 > 0:09:35but you don't know each other from university.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- You know each other... - From mutual friends.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Well, that's fair enough, I suppose. Fair enough.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And what are your interests, Tim?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- I'm really into music.- Yes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46And I'm really into my biking and some painting and art as well.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Do you know each other through cycling?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49- Yes, really, yes, I suppose.- Good.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I'm glad. I'm glad we established that. So, yes, your music.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54What kind of music do you like?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Well, I like all sorts,
0:09:56 > 0:10:01but I play in a band that gigs around London called Tiger Moth.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Tiger Moth.- Check them out at a venue near you.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Yeah, we know about Tiger Moth. - Oh, I love Tiger Moth.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09And remind me, what do you play for Tiger Moth?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I don't think I've ever seen you live but...
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Well, we'll put you on the guest list, mate. Erm...
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I play guitar, I do bit of singing. We swap around instruments a bit.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22We play a unique blend of world gypsy folk punk.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26That's my favourite kind of music, world gypsy folk punk!
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- LAUGHTER - You should have seen us, then.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Yeah, wyps-yunk! I love that.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Anyway, listen, there you are. You're on 7.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Looking pretty strong at this point, I have to say.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38If you can score 92 or less, you are into the next round.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42In which case, I might plump for Burundi.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Burundi. Oh, they're good on that fourth podium.- Hmm, very good.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Well, let's find out, maybe they're not.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Let's see where that red line comes. Nice and high.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53If you can get below that with Burundi, you are in Round Two.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58It's right, and you are through. Very well done indeed.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Well, 7 was what Duncan scored for Lesotho.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Burundi scores 3.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Best score so far.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Well played, Tim.
0:11:07 > 0:11:1010 is your total. Our lowest total as well.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Yeah, terrific answer. Very well played.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Exactly what you needed to do.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Thanks very much indeed. Now, Amy.- Hi.- Welcome back.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Remind us what you do.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- We know what you do, you used to work with Aisleen...- I did.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24..and then you both left under a cloud after Aisleen...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I didn't leave under a cloud!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Oh, you didn't?!- LAUGHING:- Not me.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- I don't think you did either, but... - No.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- No, I'm now a project manager for a recruitment agency.- I see.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Very good. And there were no clouds involved.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39- No.- That was just a bit of fun.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41But you should have seen her reaction!
0:11:41 > 0:11:42LAUGHTER
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Now, Amy, tell us other things about you.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- Um, I got married in Las Vegas. - Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Had my wedding broadcast on the internet.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- That was fun.- Yeah. - Did you have lots of friends there
0:11:54 > 0:11:55or did you do it...
0:11:55 > 0:11:59We had my family, his family and one of my friends there as well,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01so there was about 11 or 12 of us in total.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02And Elvis, presumably.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- No. It's very expensive to have Elvis there.- Well, I can see why.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09What with him being dead and all.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Bringing him back from the dead, obviously.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14No, we got married in a chapel at the MGM Grand
0:12:14 > 0:12:17and then we had a stretch Hummer limo take us up and down the strip
0:12:17 > 0:12:19for a couple of hours to have some photos.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Wow, that's brilliant. So there we are.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Now, Amy, you are on 15.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Again, looking pretty strong at this point.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- 84 or less gets you through. - Well, my first two thoughts
0:12:28 > 0:12:29have been gone.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I was going to go for Central African Republic
0:12:32 > 0:12:34and then I was going to go for Chad.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Um, I am going to take a guess and try
0:12:40 > 0:12:45and keep for a low score and go for Guinea-Bissau.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Guinea-Bissau, says Amy. Guinea-Bissau.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Here is your red line, nice and high.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Get below that with Guinea-Bissau and you're into Round Two.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- If that was a guess, it was a very good one.- Yes!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57It takes you straight through.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Down it...
0:13:01 > 0:13:02..goes to one!
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Our lowest score of the round so far, Amy.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Very, very well done indeed.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Guinea-Bissau,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09taking your total up to 16.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Terrific answer, Amy. Very well played. Such a good answer.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I genuinely don't understand why that company fired you. I just think...
0:13:14 > 0:13:16LAUGHTER
0:13:16 > 0:13:19..if there's someone that bright, you think, "Keep them on."
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Martin, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Martin.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30A project engineer up in an oil company in Aberdeen.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- So are you working offshore or are you...?- No, office-based.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Office-based. And what are your interests, Martin?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I like to do a lot of climbing and abseiling.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Which is the most challenging climb you've done?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Not very many at all.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48It's probably just doing the lead climbing where you're going up
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and tying on behind yourself, so if you do fall, you are going to...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53You can fall quite a way.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54But I've never climbed any good heights,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- I just enjoy the outside aspect of it.- Very good.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Now, Martin, again, lovely low score there
0:13:59 > 0:14:01from Ailsa in the first pass.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04So if you can score 87 or less, you're home and dry.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The answer I want to give I'm just not 100% if it's an island or not,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10so I think I'll go for another Pointless staple and try
0:14:10 > 0:14:12and try and beat Ailsa's with the Democratic Public of Congo.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Democratic Republic of Congo, says Martin. Here is your red line.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Again, nice and high.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Get below that with the Democratic Republic of Congo
0:14:19 > 0:14:21and you are into Round Two.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26It's right and you are through. Look at that, very well done.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Come on, 12 to beat.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Ah! 5!
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Very well done indeed.
0:14:32 > 0:14:355, taking your total up to 17.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36Good answer.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38That's a very good answer.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I don't think I've ever heard anyone just go,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42"Ahh!" to their partner after they've got a good answer.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44That's... LAUGHTER
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Ailsa, I sometimes think maybe you are long-suffering.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Would that be right?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51He doesn't often beat me, so he's taken the chance.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- That's a good time to do it.- Yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Claire, I'm so sorry.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- I'm so sorry. Guyana has left you high and dry.- I know.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'm sorry. But, anyway, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Lovely to have you here.- Thank you. - Tell us about yourself, Claire.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Well, I used to be a catering manager. I don't work now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14I do some voluntary charity work for a Warwickshire-based
0:15:14 > 0:15:18company for children that need an older friend for a few hours
0:15:18 > 0:15:20a week to give them one-to-one time.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Um, so that fills my time.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Dog walking.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I've got a big dog that needs about two hours walking...
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Big dog. What is a big dog?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Well, he's a Hungarian vizsla.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- That's an enormous dog. - It's not enormous but...
0:15:33 > 0:15:35On the column, where does it come down? Sort of about 62?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36CHUCKLING
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Guyana.- Oh, it's sort of Guyana? That's a massive dog. Wow.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43LAUGHTER
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Wow. I mean, you know...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Or a little Lesotho, that's sort of manageable.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- I think a Guinea-Bissau is too small.- Oh, too small for me, yeah.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Yeah.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Very good. So, Claire, what are you going to go for?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- I'll try Mauritania. - Mauritania, says Claire.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are the high-scorers.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03But let's see how many of our 100 people said Mauritania.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06It's right.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Look at that, 2! The second-lowest score of the whole round, Claire.
0:16:18 > 0:16:202. But I'm afraid it takes your total up to 102,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- which is an unbeatable high score. - It's a terrific answer, Claire.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24A very good way to leave us.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It promises great things for next time. Especially because...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Actually, there's no pointless answers at all and there's only
0:16:30 > 0:16:33one that would have scored 1 point, Amy, that was Guinea-Bissau.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It's the best answer you could have given.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Mauritania is the next best. There's only two with 2 points -
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Mauritania and Senegal.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40So it's a terrific answer, well done.
0:16:40 > 0:16:433 points for Guinea. 3 points for Cote d'Ivoire.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You'd have got 4 for Djibouti, South Sudan, Togo,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Benin and Burkina Faso.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Also, Cameroon 4.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52And 5 for Malawi and Swaziland.
0:16:52 > 0:16:558 for Gabon, 8 for Sierra Leone. And those were the low-scorers.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56We'll take a look at the high-scorers,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Kenya would have scored you 33.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05South Africa, 36.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09And Nigeria 36 as well. So tied for the lead there.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair heading home
0:17:14 > 0:17:17with our high score of 102, I'm sorry, Claire and William.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Oh, dear. William, I know what you meant to say.- Ghana.- Yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21What did Ghana score?
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Ghana would have garnered you 23 points,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- so still would have seen you knocked out, actually.- There we are.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Well, as Richard says, it bodes very well for next time.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31We look forward to that. Claire and William,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- thanks very much indeed for playing. - Thank you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35APPLAUSE
0:17:35 > 0:17:38But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44And so three pairs remain.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46At the end of this round we will have to say goodbye
0:17:46 > 0:17:50to another pair. But congratulations to all three pairs.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Tim and Duncan, our lowest combined score. Very well done indeed.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Amy, our lowest individual score,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Guinea-Bissau, superb answer.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59And congratulations, Martin and Ailsa,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03for the fantastic competitive spirit within the pair.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Very good to see. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Albums. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15who's going to go second?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23OK. And the question concerns...
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Now That's What I Call Music! albums.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31On each board we're going to show you six songs.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32They were all on one of the first three
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Now That's What I Call Music! albums.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37We just need you to tell us the name of the act who sang the song, please.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40There's going to be six on the first board, six on the second.
0:18:40 > 0:18:4112 in all to have a go at home.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44OK. We're looking for the artists who had hits with these songs.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Here is our first board of six.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I'll read them again.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Martin.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- Whoa.- How are we feeling about this?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Not too confident at the moment. I know the top two, I think.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Of those two I'm going to have to say Culture Club.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- For?- Sorry, Karma Chameleon.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Karma Chameleon, Culture Club, says Martin. Let's see if that's right.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Let's see how many people said Culture Club.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- It's right.- Pff.
0:19:26 > 0:19:2851.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30It could be a lot worse.
0:19:30 > 0:19:3151 for Culture Club.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Yeah, that was on the very first Now That's What I Call Music! album.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Thanks very much. Now, Amy.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42'90s pop music is a lot better for me than '80s music, I have to say.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Um...
0:19:44 > 0:19:50I know the top four songs. I can't think who on earth sang them.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52So I'm going to have to go with the only one that
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I know, which is Radio Ga Ga and Queen.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Queen. Well, tactically, that was probably a good thing to do
0:19:57 > 0:20:01cos Tim now has his head in his hands. Queen, says Amy.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08It's right.
0:20:08 > 0:20:0985.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12It's a lot better than 100 though.
0:20:12 > 0:20:1385 for Queen.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Yeah, that's a big scorer.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17That was on the second Now That's What I Call Music! album.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Fair play to everyone who was very young, everyone who was very young.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And no-one has yet said, "It's before my time," so that's good.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- Well done.- That's very impressive.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27So, Tim, I'm sorry. I saw that look of pain.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29You're the last person to have this board.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Do you want to talk us through it? - I know the middle two songs.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I can sing them but I don't know who sang them.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38And I'm just going to say
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Mike And The Mechanics, Time After Time.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Mike + The Mechanics, says Tim. Well, let's see if it's right.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Let's see how many people said Mike + The Mechanics.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Sorry, Tim. I think you knew that.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52An incorrect answer there.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Scores you 100 points, I'm sorry.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Yeah, sorry, tough if the two you knew had gone.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And this is much more our era cos we're both old men.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Yeah.- Do you remember What Is Love? - Howard Jones.- Howard Jones, yes.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07I can tell you, that means so much to anyone over 40
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- and so little to anyone under 40. - Never heard of him.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- Time After Time. - Cyndi Lauper.- Cyndi Lauper, yes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Would have scored you 40 points. Big scorer that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Now, this one has been used on an advert very recently,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- Smalltown Boy.- Bronski Beat. - Bronski Beat.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Yeah. Jimmy Somerville's band. Would have scored you 17.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25And Love Wars, best answer there.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- Womack & Womack.- Womack & Womack.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Would have scored you 1 point as well, so very well done
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- if you said that at home. - Thank you very much.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:34 > 0:21:3651, the best score of the pass, Martin, well done you.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Then up to 85 where we find Amy and Aisleen.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41And then up to 100, I'm sorry, Tim and Duncan.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Do you know what though? You are not that far ahead.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You're only 15 ahead of your nearest rival.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49So, Duncan, a nice low score from you on the next board
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and that might keep you in the game, so best of luck with that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53We'll come back down the line now.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02OK. Let's put six more Now songs up on the board. And here they come.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05We have...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Duncan, you're the high-scorers. We need a low score here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Do you like this board more than the last?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Yeah, I do actually. I think I know...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I know the songs at least. Um...
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Tim just got so excited when you said, "Yes, it's much better."
0:22:38 > 0:22:41And then when you said, "I know the songs," Tim just...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- was a bit more subdued. - TIM LAUGHS
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Um, I know Red Red Wine was UB40.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50UB40, says Duncan, for Red Red Wine.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Let's see if our 100 people agree.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are the high-scorers.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59It's right.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0361.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06APPLAUSE
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- 61 for UB40.- Yeah.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Written by Neil Diamond, Red Red Wine
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and that was on the very first Now That's What I Call Music! album.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16It was the third track on side one.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Side one. Side one of four sides, of course.- Yeah.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21An awful lot of people now at home going, "What do you mean side one?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23"What do you mean? I don't understand what you mean."
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Oh, well. Aisleen, sorry.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Listening to a couple of old men reminiscing.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31We might as well be talking about the Boer War.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32There you are. You're on 85.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35You have to score 75 or less to stay in the game.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- Aisleen, you're not looking happy. - No! I have no idea.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Hmm. Because I know the songs, obviously,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45but I don't know who did it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Um, I keep looking at Against All Odds...
0:23:49 > 0:23:50..and the person I think it is,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I'm not sure if it was while he was in a band or solo,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55so I'm probably going to be completely wrong.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I just don't know. Um...
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Oh, I don't know. Was it Genesis?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03OK, you're going to go for Genesis for Against All Odds.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Here's your red line.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Ooh, I'm sorry. - That was a long wait.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16I'm afraid not Genesis. Takes your total up to 185.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- I'm sorry.- Sorry, Aisleen.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Ailsa, great news.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26You're through to the head-to-head, but what about that board?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Talk us through it. Fill in the gaps.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yeah, the first board, I think, was better for me,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32but I think I only know two.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The Total Eclipse Of The Heart I think is Bonnie Tyler
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and Against All Odds is Phil Collins.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I think I'll go Bonnie Tyler for Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Bonnie Tyler for Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Let's see if it's right. No red line. You're already through.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Let's see how many people said Bonnie Tyler.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53It's right.
0:24:53 > 0:24:5475, it scores.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56APPLAUSE
0:24:56 > 0:24:59126 is your total.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Yeah, a great song. Very good answer. Well played.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Actually, Phil Collins would have been a much better scorer.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- So, it would have scored 36.- Wow.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09So, Aisleen, you were presumably thinking,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- "Do I say Genesis or do I say Phil Collins?"- Yeah.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Yeah, unlucky.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Um, Modern Love.- David Bowie. - David Bowie. Low scorer. 8 points.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Now, before we reveal the name of this next group,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I want you to tell us, after you hear the name of this group,
0:25:22 > 0:25:23if you have heard of this group.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And if you haven't heard of this group, that's it for me. I'm done.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Too Shy.- Kajagoogoo.- Kajagoogoo.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34- Yes, I've heard of Kajagoogoo. - Hey! There we go. That's good.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Would have scored you 29 points.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Now, this bottom answer is a pointless answer.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- It's a Dutch band. Do you remember?- I do remember.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Do you remember what they were called?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45No. It was a funny name, though.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- They were called The Art Company. - The Art Company.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50It's on the third album. It's a pointless answer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Very well done if you said that at home.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home...
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- I'm so sorry, Aisleen and Amy. - Phil Collins!- Oh, Phil Collins.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01And you'd have been sailing through.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02That would have been a wonderful score.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Probably the lowest of the round. In fact, it would have been.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Oh, well.- Drat! - It's been fun.- Yeah.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10It's been lovely to have you on.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye now.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14But thanks very much indeed. Aisleen and Amy, great contestants.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17APPLAUSE
0:26:17 > 0:26:20But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Congratulations, Martin and Ailsa, Tim and Duncan.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30You're now one step closer to the final
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Well, Martin and Ailsa, you've been here before.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39You were in the head-to-head last time.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Very strong performance.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42But then you weren't our lowest-scoring pair.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Tim and Duncan, our low-scoring pair in Round One.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Martin and Ailsa, our low-scoring pair in Round Two.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51This will be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:04 > 0:27:07First Names Of Sitcom Characters. Richard.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I'll show you five images now of characters from sitcoms.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You just need to tell us their first names, please.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14OK, let's reveal our five sitcom characters.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And here they come. We've got...
0:27:42 > 0:27:44There we are. Five sitcom characters.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Now, Martin and Ailsa, you've been our low scorers so far
0:27:47 > 0:27:48so you will go first.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Um, I think we'll go for D, Penny.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55D, Penny say Martin and Ailsa.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58D, Penny. Now, Tim and Duncan, the board's all yours.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Well, that was...that was pretty confident,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- so I guess...- That's the one we don't know, basically.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Um, I think we're going to go...
0:28:06 > 0:28:11We know Victor Meldrew and Manuel, but we'll go for Niles...
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- B, Niles.- ..for B.- B, Niles. So, we have Penny and Niles.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Martin and Ailsa went for Penny for D.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22let's see how many people said Penny.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It's right.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- 19. - APPLAUSE
0:28:35 > 0:28:3819. Now, Tim and Duncan have said Niles for B.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42let's see how many of our 100 people said Niles.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46It's right.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Ooh! 24. Very close indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- Two good answers there. - A lot better than I thought.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I suspect probably the best on the board.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59But, Martin and Ailsa, you just pipped them,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01which means, after one question, you're up one-nil.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Yeah, it's Penny from the brilliant Big Bang Theory.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07A is Victor, of course. Victor Meldrew.
0:29:09 > 0:29:1162 points for that.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13C is Nessa or Vanessa.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Would have scored you 32. Ruth Jones there in Gavin & Stacey.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20And E is Manuel.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24And that would have scored you 68 points.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Thank you very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Tim and Duncan, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33but you get to answer it first. Good luck. It concerns...
0:29:37 > 0:29:38German Words. Richard.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40We'll show you five definitions now of German words
0:29:40 > 0:29:42which we use commonly in the English language,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45but we're just going to give you the first letter of each.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Can you tell us what they are, please?- Thanks very much indeed.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Tim and Duncan will go first.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- WHISPERS:- I don't know political ones.- No, no, no.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- Shall we go with Schadenfreude? - Yeah.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- I think I'll get higher eventually. - Yeah?- After you.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43We know a few. We think we know a few, anyway.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49We're going to go for the top one, which is Schadenfreude.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Schadenfreude say Tim and Duncan. Schadenfreude.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Now, Martin and Ailsa, over to you.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Talk us through the board.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57We know the two...
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Probably the most obvious ones - poltergeist and doppelganger.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03I think doppelganger. Or do you want to guess for...?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- No, let's go for doppelganger. - Doppelganger it is.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07OK, you're going to go for doppelganger?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10So, we have Schadenfreude and doppelganger.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Tim and Duncan went for Schadenfreude.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- 23 for Schadenfreude. - APPLAUSE
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Martin and Ailsa have gone for doppelganger.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Let's see if that's right.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said doppelganger.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37It's right.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- 74 for doppelganger. - APPLAUSE
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Well done, Tim and Duncan. After two questions, it's one-all.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Wonderful word, doppelganger, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49One of my favourite words.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Poltergeist, you were quite right about,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53but would have scored even more points.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Would have scored you 86.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58- The one at the bottom is realpolitik. - Realpolitik.- Yeah.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Would have scored you 6 points. Would have been a very good answer.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04And this last one. Do you know, this is a pointless answer.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Not a word I've come across before. It's a festschrift.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Very well done if you said that. Festschrift.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your third question.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Whoever wins this one goes through to the final.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:25 > 0:32:27'Tin' Questions. Richard.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29We'll give you five clues now to answers
0:32:29 > 0:32:31all of which contain the word tin in them.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Can you tell us the most obscure answer from these, please?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Very best of luck, both teams.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We have got...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I'll read those all one final time.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24There we are. Now, Martin and Ailsa, you will go first.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- SHE LAUGHS - OK, um...
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I think we'll go for the top one, the play,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35and say Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Cat On A Hot Tin Roof say Martin and Ailsa.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Tim and Duncan, talk us through the board if you can.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Um, so, the New York...
0:33:44 > 0:33:46The New York street is going to be Tin Pan Alley
0:33:46 > 0:33:49and obviously Tin Man in The Wizard Of Oz,
0:33:49 > 0:33:52but nothing... Dunc's got a good answer for this one.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55I think it's Tintern Abbey.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Tintern Abbey say Tim and Duncan.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Tintern Abbey for the Wordsworth poem.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Martin and Ailsa went for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09It's right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14- Not bad. 34. - APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:1834 for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Now, Tim and Duncan have gone for Tintern Abbey.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27It's right.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Wins you the points.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Well done. Through to the final, you go.
0:34:33 > 0:34:366 for Tintern Abbey.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37And it means, after three questions,
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Tim and Duncan are through to the final, two-one.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Terrific answer, guys.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43It's not actually the best answer on the board.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46The best answer is the Small Faces song and it's Tin Soldier.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Would have scored you 3 points.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Very well done if you said that at home.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55Tin Pan Alley, you're right about, but would have scored you 27.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57And it is the Tin Man, of course.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00That's the biggest scorer of all with 75.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I'm afraid, is Martin and Ailsa.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Two head-to-heads in consecutive shows is not bad at all.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Nothing wrong with any of your answers.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Just, yeah, Tintern Abbey came riding to Duncan's rescue there.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17We have to say goodbye. It's been great having you on the show.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- Thank you so much for playing. Martin and Ailsa.- Thank you.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23APPLAUSE
0:35:23 > 0:35:26But for Tim and Duncan, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Congratulations, Tim and Duncan. You fought off all the competition
0:35:33 > 0:35:36and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:44 > 0:35:48and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49There it is.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Well, very, very strong first round.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Not quite as strong in the second, but back in the head-to-head.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Actually, you came from one-nil down and then soared through.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Tintern Abbey just at the last minute there, Duncan.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Very, very well done.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Yeah, I did English literature at A-level and that saved my bacon.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06There you are.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Very good. What do you want to see come up in this last round?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Maybe the iodine trade. - The iodine trade?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- The iodine trade, yeah.- Yeah.- Maybe.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Duncan?- Football. - Iodine and football.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19Perfect. Just brilliant.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Well, you get to choose your category
0:36:21 > 0:36:22from the four we put up on the board.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Let's see what today's selection looks like.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Let's hope there's something you like.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34None of them really stand out to me, but I think songwriters,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- we'd be quite good at, I think.- Yeah.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39The others are awful, so let's go for songwriters.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40- Yeah.- Songwriters it is. OK. Rich.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43There's a couple of categories you'll have a chance with.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44We're looking for any of the following.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46We're looking for anyone who, in 2011,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49was named one of the best ten songwriters of all time
0:36:49 > 0:36:50in Rolling Stone magazine.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52When there are groups of songwriters,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55we'll accept all of them as individual names.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58We're looking for any artist who Cathy Dennis has written
0:36:58 > 0:37:01a number one single for in the UK charts.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Or we're looking for any song written by George Harrison
0:37:04 > 0:37:08on any of the 12 original Beatles studio albums between 1963 and 1970.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11So, anyone on the top songwriters top ten list in Rolling Stone,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14number one artist with Cathy Dennis songs
0:37:14 > 0:37:16and George Harrison-penned Beatles tracks
0:37:16 > 0:37:19on any of their 12 studio albums between '63 and '70.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25As always, you've got one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26All you need to win that jackpot
0:37:26 > 0:37:28is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Are you ready?- Yes.- I think so.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Cathy Dennis - I know Kylie Minogue had one.- OK.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Can't Get You Out Of My Head. - She wrote Toxic with Britney Spears.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Might be quite high-scoring.- Yeah.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Top ten songwriters -
0:37:44 > 0:37:46is there any obscure ones there maybe that didn't perform?
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Someone like Burt Bacharach? - Bacharach could be up there, yeah.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Songwriting teams?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Lennon and McCartney would be the obvious one.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57There can't be many in the top ten that would be pointless.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59George Harrison songs. What's the two? There's two...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Here Comes The Sun. - Here Comes The Sun. What was the...?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03There's two big ones, isn't there?
0:38:05 > 0:38:06- HE CLEARS THROAT - I'm not sure.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08I'm not so hot on The Beatles.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Right, what are we going for? We're going for Kylie?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Kylie, yeah.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- Bacharach. - Go for Burt Bacharach.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16I don't know who else would be in the top ten.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Um...
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Will people know that Britney Spears...?- Maybe not.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Maybe that's a bit obscure. Yeah, we'll go for those two.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Ten seconds left.- That's three.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27- That's three, OK.- Yeah.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Any else from songwriters?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I can't think of any.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Can't think. We've got those three.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36OK, that is your time up.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Let's have your three answers
0:38:38 > 0:38:40and if you could say which category, that'd be great.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- The top songwriter's Burt Bacharach. - Burt Bacharach.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45We've got two in the Cathy Dennis number one artists.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- So, it's Britney...Britney Spears. - Britney Spears.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- She wrote Toxic.- And Kylie Minogue. - And Kylie Minogue.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Kylie? Yeah?- Yeah.- Kylie.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58OK, I'll put Kylie last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Burt Bacharach, actually thinking about it...
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- He's quite famous, isn't he? - He's quite famous,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04but is he really in the top ten songwriters?
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Yeah. Why not?- I don't think he is, but we'll go with that first.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Shall we put him first? Burt Bacharach first.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13- OK, so, Burt Bacharach, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue.- Yeah.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21We've got Burt Bacharach, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Well, best of luck.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Three good answers up there on the board.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Let's hope one of those wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29What would you do with a grand if you won it, Tim?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I'm thinking of having a little pot where I collect money
0:39:32 > 0:39:34to go on the first commercial trip to space.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I thought that could be a good way to start it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Great oaks from tiny acorns, Tim. Now, Duncan, what about you?
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Um, I've just bought a vintage Rolleiflex camera
0:39:45 > 0:39:47for a bit too much than I should have paid for it,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49so I think it will go towards...
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- That'll go towards paying that back.- Yeah.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Well, best of luck. Three good answers, as I say.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Your first was Burt Bacharach.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58In this case, we were looking for Rolling Stone magazine's
0:39:58 > 0:39:59top ten all-time songwriters.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see if it's pointless.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04If it is, it'll win you £1,000.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Oh, no! Bad luck.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12I'm afraid an incorrect answer. Not Burt Bacharach.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14At least, not in that top ten anyhow.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Which means only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Your last two answers are both artists
0:40:19 > 0:40:21who sang songs written by Cathy Dennis.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Britney Spears was your second answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Let's see if that's right. For £1,000, is it pointless?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Britney Spears.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32It's right.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Now, Burt Bacharach, your first answer, was incorrect,
0:40:36 > 0:40:38but Britney Spears - absolutely on the money.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Down Britney goes through the teens. Into single figures.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Still going down. Down it goes.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45You've done it! Very well done indeed.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Fantastic. Good work. Very good indeed.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55Well, congratulations.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Britney Spears was a pointless answer,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59which means you go home with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Very well done indeed.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Yeah, very nice category there. Kylie would have scored you 8 points.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10It was a correct answer, but would have scored you 8.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Burt Bacharach not in that top ten. I would have put him.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14- He'd be in my top ten... - Yeah, definitely.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16..songwriters of all time, but he's not.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Let's take a look at the Rolling Stone magazine.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Let's look at the pointless answers. There's two.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Could have had Joni Mitchell or Neil Young.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Other names on that list - you've got Lennon and McCartney.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26They were very big scorers.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29You've got Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31You've got Elton John and Bernie Taupin. They're on it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33You've also got Bob Dylan,
0:41:33 > 0:41:37you've got Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Those are Rolling Stone's top ten songwriting teams
0:41:40 > 0:41:41or songwriters of all time.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Let's take a look at Cathy Dennis.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Cathy Dennis has had number one singles
0:41:45 > 0:41:48with seven different artists up to 2014, which is amazing stuff.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Britney Spears there was Toxic, as you said. Once by Diana Vickers.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54She did Never Had A Dream Come True by S Club 7.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56The Sugababes song About You Now.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59She also had number one singles with Will Young, Katy Perry and Kylie.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- That's pretty impressive, that, isn't it?- Mm.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Now, let's take a look at the George Harrison ones.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Quite a few pointless answers here.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Don't Bother Me. Only A Northern Song.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10You could have had Taxman. Within You Without You.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Now, on the last show, we had a pointless answer with Piggies...
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- Yeah.- ..which was from the White Album.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17That would have been a pointless answer again
0:42:17 > 0:42:18for the first time in Pointless history.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20You also could have had Savoy Truffle,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22which also was mentioned on the last show.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24You also could have had For You Blue, I Me Mine,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26I Want To Tell You, If I Needed Someone,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28It's All Too Much, Long, Long, Long, Love You To,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Think For Yourself, You Like Me Too Much.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Lots and lots of good pointless answers there
0:42:32 > 0:42:34in the George Harrison category.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Very well done if you got any of those.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39And congratulations, gents, on Britney Spears winning you money.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- Great song. I love that song, actually.- It is a great song.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43It's a terrific pop song.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Bet you didn't think, when you woke up this morning,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48that Britney Spears was going to give you £1,000.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Well, thanks once again to our winning players Tim and Duncan,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Very well done indeed.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Join us next time when we'll be putting
0:43:00 > 0:43:02more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.