0:00:19 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Welcome to pointless, the show where we are always
0:00:27 > 0:00:29striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hi, I am Sara. This is Jason.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We both go to the University of York. Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Hi, I am Anisha. This is my work colleague, Ian.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And we are both from Leicester. Couple number three.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hi, I am Jo. This is my friend, Stu. And we are from Sheffield.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hello, I am Allison from Gloucester.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57And this is my grandson, Ben, from Cheltenham.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05We will find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Better at getting all his ducks in a row than a Chinese restaurant,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13it is my Pointless friend, it's Richard. Hiya.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Good afternoon, everybody. APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Good afternoon to you. And to you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21One returning pair from the last show, Sara and Jason,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23who did rather well. Got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25They will be a force to be reckoned with.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27But on the last show, they didn't have Ben
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and Allison up against them. No. On that last podium.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33A grandmother-grandson combination.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Grandparent-grandchild combinations are always our favourites
0:01:36 > 0:01:38on this show. We don't get them too often. They are always lovely.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Isn't it? And Allison, also, how beautifully spoken was that?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Beautiful. Don't you think? Yeah. Perfect.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Beautifully enunciated as well. It was beautifully enunciated.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I mean, I have no doubt whatsoever that she is trouble.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I don't doubt that for a second. I can tell that.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58And Stu and Jo, equalling a Pointless record today.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Really? Yes, fewest letters in their pairing.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Yes. Really?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Yeah, we have had three times before - Ed and Bob, Su and Viv,
0:02:04 > 0:02:05and Al and Jim.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And now we have got Jo and Stu.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Wow. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Now, Cliodhna and Eoin didn't win the jackpot last time.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14So we add another ?1,000 to that.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18So today's jackpot starts off at an impressive ?3,000.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20APPLAUSE
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31All you have to remember, of course, is that the pair with
0:02:31 > 0:02:34the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36And no conferring till the head-to-head round.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Our first category today is...
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Africa. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:02:46 > 0:02:47who is going to go second?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Alphabetically after Kenya.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09African countries. Richard. Simply looking for any country
0:03:09 > 0:03:10in Africa whose usual English
0:03:10 > 0:03:12short form name comes alphabetically after Kenya.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15As always, by country we mean the sovereign state that is
0:03:15 > 0:03:18a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22There we go. OK, now, Sara, welcome back. Same podium as last time. Yeah.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25But what a performance. Sara, remind us what you do.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30I just finished my degree in linguistics at University of York.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33And I am currently a supervisor at a shop.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Where is the shop? It is in York.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37In York. What kind of a shop is it?
0:03:37 > 0:03:42It is a leather handbag company, so I know a lot about leather.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45OK. And supervising handbags, how is that going?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Yeah, I really enjoy it because I obviously love handbags.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51So, yeah, it is good for me. Very good indeed.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54How often do people ask you to wear one and just walk around?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Quite a lot, actually. Very good.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Now, Sara, as we know from Pointlesses throughout the years,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03there are pointless answers to be
0:04:03 > 0:04:05found among the African countries. Yes.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I daresay even those that come after Kenya alphabetically.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Yeah, I am not great at geography. Mm-hm.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I'm going to play it safe and go for Malawi.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Malawi, says Sara. Let's see if that's right.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Let's see how many people said Malawi.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24It's right.
0:04:29 > 0:04:3019, that is really not bad at all.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Good start to the round, Sara.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Solid start on podium one. Yeah, Malawi. My big fact about Malawi?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Go on. It starts with an M. LAUGHTER
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Which is after K in the alphabet.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Wow. Yeah. There you go. See?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48That's nice. There we are. Now, Ian, welcome.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Good to have you here. What do you do, Ian?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I am a student sports and media coordinator at a university.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Student sport? Yes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58So what kind of sports are you coordinating right now?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00All of the university sports,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02from American football to Ultimate Frisbee.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Do you ever have people ringing up...?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07They're stuck on a ring road somewhere and about five teams
0:05:07 > 0:05:08have turned up to play at one place.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Every week. By accident. Every week.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Well, do it better! LAUGHTER
0:05:14 > 0:05:18What are your interests aside from that, Ian? Playing Ultimate Frisbee.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21A bit of a B league. Absolutely love them sports.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And radio presenting as well. On what station do you present?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Just some student radio stations. When is your slot?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31At the moment, I don't really have one cos I've just got a newborn
0:05:31 > 0:05:35baby girl. And it was around Wednesday 6pm before.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Well, congratulations on the baby girl.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39And congratulations on Wednesday 6pm.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42That is a good... That's the drive-time slot, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46It is at student level. It is definitely the prime-time slot.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Oh, yeah! That is the breakfast show. Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50LAUGHTER
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Ian, what are you going to go for?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54My pronunciation is really, really bad,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57so I am hoping I am pronouncing it right, but it is Namibia.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Namibia. Yes. Namibia, says Ian.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Let's see how many of our 100 people said Namibia.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Look at that, 11 for Namibia.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15APPLAUSE 11.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17That's good. Yeah, Namibia,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19I was just about to tell you a country that was right next to it.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Then I realised that began with a letter after K as well. Mm!
0:06:23 > 0:06:24So I shan't.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Easily done. Thanks, Richard. Now, Stu. Hello.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32A warm welcome from Sheffield. What keeps you busy up in Sheffield?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I am an author. So that keeps me busy.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38And also I am a father to a 3 1/2-year-old boy.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42So he keeps me very busy also. So what do you write, Stu?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I write crime fiction. Very exciting.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46How many novels have you done?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50I've got my first published novel coming out in this year.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Oh, what is it called?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It's called Strong Arm. Oh, yeah, OK. That sounds like a good name.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Slightly...slightly the wrong way around, but it is a great name.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01LAUGHTER
0:07:01 > 0:07:05That, I think... That is going to fly off the shelves. Thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07OK, now, Stu, we have had some good scores here.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12No-one in single figures yet, though. I am going to go for Rwanda.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Rwanda, says Stu. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rwanda.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Well, the high score is 19 at this point. The low score is 11.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Rwanda...
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Oh, it doesn't quite.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29The new high score of 20.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But very much in the same sort of group.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35One of only three countries in the world where the critically
0:07:35 > 0:07:38endangered mountain gorilla lives. There we go.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Thanks very much, Richard. Allison.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Welcome to Pointless. It is lovely to have you here, Allison.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47What do you do? Well, I trained first as a modern linguist.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49And then moved into music.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54And now I judge music performances across the UK and abroad.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56You are an examiner? I adjudicate them.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58What, for the royal schools of music?
0:07:58 > 0:08:04Not for them, no. For a federation of people who do this work.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08I see. There are over 300 groups, and they can be...
0:08:08 > 0:08:12You can be invited to go and adjudicate for them.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14This sounds very shadowy to me.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Yeah! You think? LAUGHTER
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Something we are not being told.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Can I ask if their secret base is in a volcano?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23LAUGHTER
0:08:23 > 0:08:25There are plenty in Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and the States and so on.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29So, do you travel that far afield? Oh, yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Well, that is quite fun. Yes.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And all you have to do is sit there and eat some cake
0:08:33 > 0:08:36while someone plays a flute? I wish!
0:08:36 > 0:08:41No, I have to assess. Assess. I have to write a report.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Give them a mark.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44And most important,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47encourage them and perhaps suggest
0:08:47 > 0:08:50what they can do to improve their performance.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Wow. That would be terrifying, wouldn't it? I know, I'm already
0:08:53 > 0:08:55quite scared of the note she'll give me after the show.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57LAUGHTER
0:08:57 > 0:08:59That is going to run to pages.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Allison, what would you like to go for?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Well, one of mine has gone, so I'm going to play safe.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08And I'll say South Africa.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11South Africa, very good. South Africa.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Let's see how many of our 100 people thought of that.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17It's right.
0:09:23 > 0:09:2450 for South Africa.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Yeah, a big score,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28but an awful lot better than 100.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Famously, it is right next to Namibia.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I can't believe I didn't mention that
0:09:31 > 0:09:34when we were talking about Namibia. Extraordinary. It's weird.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Thank you very much, Richard.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37We are halfway through, let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:37 > 0:09:3911, the best score of the pass, Ian.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Hats off to you, sir. Very well done.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Then up to 19, where we find Sara and Jason.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Then up to 20, where we find Stu and Jo.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And then up to 50, Allison...
0:09:47 > 0:09:49You are out in front, but Ben comes after you,
0:09:49 > 0:09:50and I bet he has got a good answer.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Now, Ben, welcome. Welcome.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Now, whose idea was it to come on Pointless?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Was it yours or your gran's? It was actually my grandmother's.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07But I soon warmed to the idea.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Were you the first choice?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Of course she told you you were the first choice.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Allison, was Ben the first choice?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Of course I was the first choice, yes.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17LAUGHTER
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yes, I was. Ben, what do you do? I'm an engineer.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I work in the family business manufacturing ladders.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Metal ladders, wooden ladders, all ladders?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28All different types of ladders - steel, aluminium, timber
0:10:28 > 0:10:33but not so much now. OK. And ladders for boats? Ladders for lofts?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Mostly for industry, so construction, trades. I see, OK.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40What do you think the biggest ladder they sell is?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I'll get it out of him. I'll get it out of him.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Watch. I'll do it very carefully. Ask what is the biggest, like...
0:10:46 > 0:10:47What is the biggest ladder, Ben?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Well, we used to manufacture firemen's ladders. They are big.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Which are obviously up to 50m or more.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Now I think we have got a triple extension ladder which goes
0:10:58 > 0:11:01up to about 12m when it is fully extended.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Do you have to test them? Have you got a head for heights?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08We don't actually test them in the position of use at the moment.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12But we basically lie them flat and then apply weight in the middle.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15And then we do a displacement test to see if they pass a load test.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I tell you what you want, you want to get into ladders
0:11:17 > 0:11:19on the backs of yacht. Oh, yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Yeah, cos then you go and try them out.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Yes! Very important. That would be good.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29Now then, Ben, so any African country coming after Kenya.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Allison has faith in you to carry her through to the next round. Yes.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38We need a low score. OK, I've got a couple of ideas.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41But I think what I'm going to go for is Senegal.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Senegal, says Ben. You are the high-scorers so there is no red line.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Let's see how far down the column you get with Senegal.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51It's right.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Oh, it is a great answer. Look at that.
0:11:58 > 0:12:0110 for Senegal takes your total up to 60.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04APPLAUSE
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Best answer so far, Ben. Very well played.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Wrestling, very popular in Senegal.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11But they wrestle in an arena of sand. Which is very rare. Wow.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Is that one where you have to push someone out of the circle?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's not, actually. It is essentially a pinning down.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Stuff their head into the sand. Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20You have to stuff their head into the sand.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Good stuff. Now, Jo, welcome to Pointless.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Great to have you here from Sheffield also. What do you do, Jo?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Well, I am a pastor at a church, so I run the 18 to 30s department.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33So what is the difference between a pastor and a vicar?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It's all the same, really. It's just a better name.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It is just a different...? I tell you, the pastor I love
0:12:38 > 0:12:40is arrabiata. That is...
0:12:40 > 0:12:42LAUGHTER
0:12:44 > 0:12:45That is delicious. Mm!
0:12:45 > 0:12:48So, yes, talk me through your actual role then.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Is there a vicar working in the same team or...? Yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53There is a senior pastor
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and then I kind of run the 18 to 30s department, as I say.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Effectively, I go out for coffee a lot with a lot of guys,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02which is good. So, yeah, it is a great job.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Very good. I imagine after about 11, you'd have to switch to decaf.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Otherwise you are going to be pastoring all night.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11LAUGHTER Now, there you are on 20.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14The high-scorers at the moment are Ben and Allison on 60,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17so 39 or less, Jo, gets you through.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Yeah. I feel like I am going to gamble. You might hate me for this.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I'm going to gamble. I think Suriname.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29It could be wrong, but I am going to go with Suriname. Suriname.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Suriname. Ironically, Strong Arm is nearly my Suriname.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35LAUGHTER
0:13:35 > 0:13:38There is your red line.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41If you get below that with Suriname, you are through to the next round.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Let's see how many of our 100 people said Suriname.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Oh, no!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Oh, no, Ben and Allison feigning a look of pain on your behalf.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53But I can see through that
0:13:53 > 0:13:56very easily. I am so sorry, that scores you 100 points,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58takes your total up to 120.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Yeah, alphabetically, perfect.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03But it is in South America, I'm afraid.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Hm...
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Anisha.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Hello. Hello to you.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13What do you do, Anisha?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I work as a widening participation and outreach coordinator.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Yes, it is a very long title.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20And where do you do your coordination?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22It's at the students' union. I see.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Yeah. So do work alongside Ian?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Yes, Ian is my work colleague, so we sit in the same office. A desk away.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30A desk away! Who came up with the idea coming on Pointless? Me.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Me. I am a big fan, so... Oh. We love to have you here.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34What do you do apart from that, Anisha?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Well, I like arts and crafts,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40so I try to be as arty as I can be whenever I can.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42And not crafty at all? No, no.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43OK. Fair enough.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Now, Anisha, the good news is you are through.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49But the better news is you can do anything you like.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52You could find a pointless answer there.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I could. You could really go out on a limb.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58So any African country that comes after Kenya in the alphabet.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00I might go for little bit of a gamble as well. Very good.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04This one stuck in my head, so I'm just going to go with it. Tunisia.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Tunisia.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Tunisia. Let's see if it is right.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09No red line you, you are already through.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12It's right.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18Look at that, 18.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Very well done indeed.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Takes your total up to 29.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The national flower of Tunisia is the jasmine.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31That is a nice national flower, isn't it? That is a lovely national flower.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34The most harmonic country in the world is Autotune-isia.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36LAUGHTER
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Thank you, Richard. That's a pleasure. That's good.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Now, Jason. Now, you're also through. This is also good news.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Now, remind us what happened to you last time.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50So we got to the head-to-head, but we ended up losing out 2-nil.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53There was one of the topics that we had another answer,
0:15:53 > 0:15:54but we just went for the wrong one.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And then potentially we could have taken it to a decider.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Looking back at it now,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01do you think you might have known that was a lower score?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Possibly, yeah. I would say so, yeah.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Now, you have had a lot of time to think, Jason,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08there must be some pointless answers there.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10There must be. From our old friends.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Obviously, some of our old friends come before Kenya in the alphabet.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15I've got quite a few of my head,
0:16:15 > 0:16:19but I think I will take a gamble to try to get a pointless answer.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And I will go for... I'm not sure on the pronunciation,
0:16:21 > 0:16:25but I will go for Sao Tome and Principe.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Sao Tome and Principe, OK. Let's see if that's right.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Let's see how many of our 100 said it.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30No red line, you are already through.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34It's right.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Now, if Sao Tome and Principe lives up
0:16:36 > 0:16:37to its usual form,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39this will go a long way down.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41And it does! Look at that, 1!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44That scores you 1, takes your total up to 20.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Very, very well done indeed, Jason. Best score of the round.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Great finish. Well played, Jason. Best score of the round.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53And best score possible as well cos there are no pointless answers. No?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Only two countries that score 1 point,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57and that is Sao Tome and Principe and Mauritius.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Mauritius! Mauritius would've scored you 1 point.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Very good answer. 3 points for Seychelles and Swaziland.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07You would have got 5 points for Togo. 7 for Mauritania.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09South Sudan scored 8 points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12How about that? South Sudan climbing the tables, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14That used to be pointless in the good old days.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17You would have got 12 points for Madagascar, 13 for Mozambique
0:17:17 > 0:17:21and Mali, 14 for Somalia, 15 - Sierra Leone,
0:17:21 > 0:17:2216 for Uganda.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25You would have got 20 for Lesotho and Sudan.
0:17:25 > 0:17:2722 for Liberia, 23 for Zambia,
0:17:27 > 0:17:3024 for Niger. 26 for Libya,
0:17:30 > 0:17:3227 for Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34And the top three, let's take a look at them.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41What do you think is top of that board?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44African countries coming after Kenya.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Anyone in the audience?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Not Zimbabwe.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50AUDIENCE: Nigeria! Nigeria is the correct answer. Very well done.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56At the end of our first round,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59the pair who are heading home with our high score of 120, I'm so sorry,
0:17:59 > 0:18:00Jo and Stu.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Jo, you went for Suriname, another Pointless favourite,
0:18:03 > 0:18:04but it is not in Africa.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06But anyway, we will see you again next time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08I'm sure we will see much, much more of you then.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11In the meantime, thanks very much. Jo and Stu.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13APPLAUSE
0:18:14 > 0:18:17But for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And look at that, we are down to three pairs all of a sudden.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And at the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Oh, Ben and Allison, it cannot be you.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I am just going to say that right now.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35You did very, very well there. Came bouncing back. Superb.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Sara and Jason, though, the story of that round was you.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Brilliant low-scoring from both of you, so very well done.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42And Anisha and Ian, great.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51It's fashion. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:18:51 > 0:18:53who is going to go second?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01OK, and the question concerns...
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Honoured fashion figures, Richard. On each board, we'll show you
0:19:07 > 0:19:10six descriptions of people from fashion who have been honoured
0:19:10 > 0:19:11in some way - OBE, CBE.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You need to tell us who they are, please.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Six on each board, 12 in all to have a go at home.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17So very best of luck. Thanks very much.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Let's reveal our first board of honoured fashion people,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22and here they are. We've got...
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Jason.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Um... Fashion. Yeah.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I mean, this couldn't have landed better for you, could it?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yeah, I couldn't think of many worse boards, to be honest.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I am going to go for the third one.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32"In 2013, she designed a series of T-shirts for Comic Relief."
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I think, just because of the initials and because I know
0:20:36 > 0:20:40she is a fashion designer, I'll say Stella McCartney.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Stella McCartney, says Jason. Let's see if it's right
0:20:42 > 0:20:44and let's see how many people said Stella McCartney.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47It's right.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54There we go. 22.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55APPLAUSE
0:20:57 > 0:20:5922 for Stella McCartney. Well worked out, Jason.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03She was also creative director of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Anisha.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09What would you like to go for on that board?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10This is a bit of a nightmare.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Well, I thought being a girl might help,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17but I know none of those.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19So I am just going to go for the second one down,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and I am just going to say Billie Jean.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Billie Jean.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Billie Jean. Let's see...
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Billie Jean, let's see how many people said that.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Bad luck, Anisha.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Nothing worse than a board when you don't know any of them.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But brave try. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Yeah, sorry. Billie Jean is not my answer, I'm afraid.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43LAUGHTER
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Allison.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50I'm going to go for the first one, which I believe is Norman Hartnell.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Norman Hartnell. She's got beautiful delivery, hasn't she?
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Beautifully done.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Norman Hartnell, says Allison.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Let's see if it's right and let's see how many people said it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It is right.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08That's a good answer, Allison.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Look at that! 14.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Very well done indeed.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13APPLAUSE
0:22:16 > 0:22:18He also designed her wedding dress.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21He was knighted in 1977, Sir Norman Hartnell.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23She took her time, didn't she? Yeah.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Maybe she didn't like it so much. Maybe it was a bit itchy.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Yeah, maybe it took that long to forgive him. Yeah. Yeah.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30As for the rest of the board,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34we will leave the second one down for one moment.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The designer who opened Bazaar... Mary Quant. Mary Quant.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Do you know the Alexander McQueen creative director?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Yes, she did the Duchess of Cambridge's... Wedding dress.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Wedding dress. She is called Sarah someone. She is. Sarah Burton.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Sarah Burton. There you are.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54The Welsh designer?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Julien MacDonald. Ah, right.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02This last one. Do you know that one?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03No. It is Betty Jackson.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06If you said that at home you just got yourself a pointless answer.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07So very well played.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Thanks very much. We are halfway through the round.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Let's take a look at those scores.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1414, Allison, very well done. The best score of that pass.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Allison and Ben looking very strong at this point.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Then up to 22, were we find Jason and Sara.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Then up to 100, Anisha, I'm sorry.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22But, Ian, luckily,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23with your fashion knowledge,
0:23:23 > 0:23:27we, I think, can expect something exciting on the next pass.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Best of luck with that. We'll come back down the line.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37OK, let's put six more honoured fashion people up on the board.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38And here they are.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07I'll read those one last time.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35There we are. Ben.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Ben, your grandmother has set you up so well there. You're on 14.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44You can score 85 or less. 85 or less. Right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46I'll be honest, fashion is not my strong point.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Looking at these, I'm pulling a bit of a blank.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52So I'm going to have to take a bit of a long shot.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I'll go with the first one. Zara Roberts.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Zara Roberts, says Ben. Here is your red line.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Let's see if you can get below that with Zara Roberts.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Bad luck, Ben. Bad luck.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09That scores you 100 points.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But thanks to Allison's brilliant score in the first pass,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I think you might be all right. 114 is your total.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Yeah, not Zara Roberts, I'm afraid.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Again, perfect work with the initials.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21LAUGHTER Bang up stuff.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I noticed that as well. Yeah, it was very good.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It was good. Thank you. Now, Ian.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Hello. Ian. You are on 100.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30The high-scorers are Ben and Allison on 114.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31So 13 or less is what we need.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34There is only one designer I know.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37And one of the initials matches up to that.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41That would be the third one down. She opened a shop on the Kings Road.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Vivienne Westwood.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Vivienne Westwood. Very good. There is your red line.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47If you can get below that with Vivienne Westwood
0:25:47 > 0:25:48you are in Round Two.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Go on, go on!
0:25:57 > 0:25:5830.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00APPLAUSE
0:26:00 > 0:26:03130 for Vivienne Westwood.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Sorry, Ian. Dame Vivienne Westwood. Made a dame in 2006.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10I'd have loved it if she had designed the Queen's wedding dress.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Mmm. That would be a wedding to watch, wouldn't it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Wouldn't it?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Wouldn't it though? Sara. Good news. You're through.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19You are through to the next round.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Not really.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I don't know much about these kind of things really.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I probably should. I knew Vivienne Westwood.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I think I'm going to go for the bottom one.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I think it's Paul Smith.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Paul Smith, says Sara. Paul Smith. No red line. You are already through.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Let's see how many people said Paul Smith.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43It's right.
0:26:49 > 0:26:5010.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53APPLAUSE
0:26:53 > 0:26:5532 is your total. Well done, Sara.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Good answer, Sara.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59It's an object lesson that you don't need a flashy name to become
0:26:59 > 0:27:01an incredible brand. Mm.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04He's just called Paul Smith but his name is known the world over.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08The top one is not Zara Roberts, it is... Zandra Rhodes.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Zandra Rhodes.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Do you know the second one?
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Barack Obama, obviously.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15LAUGHTER Um...
0:27:15 > 0:27:19It is not, I'm afraid. It is a Brian O'Driscoll, the Irish rugby player.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21No, it's Bruce Oldfield.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Appointed editor in chief of Vogue... Anna Wintour. Anna Wintour.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32And the Clothes Show presenter? Jeff Banks.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Jeff Banks.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37The best answer on the board is Bruce Oldfield.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Well done if you said it. Thanks very much indeed.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home with
0:27:42 > 0:27:46their high score of 130, Ian and Anisha, I'm sorry to say it is you.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47But we will see you again next time
0:27:47 > 0:27:49and we'll look forward to that very much.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Meantime, thanks very much, Ian and Anisha.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54APPLAUSE
0:27:54 > 0:27:58But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Congratulations, Sara and Jason, Ben and Allison.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to
0:28:08 > 0:28:12play for that jackpot, which currently stands at ?3,000.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14CHEERING
0:28:16 > 0:28:20You know the score at this point. You play as teams from here on in.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21You can confer.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24First pair to win two questions gets to play for the jackpot.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Sara and Jason, consistent low scoring throughout the show.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Really, really good, round after round. That's been very impressive.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33But very impressive also has been the teamwork from Ben and Allison,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37cos in Round One, Ben, you helped out with Senegal.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Round Two, Allison, fantastic Norman Hartnell answer. So, yeah.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Very, very good indeed. And now you can put your heads together, I think
0:28:43 > 0:28:45you will be a force to be reckoned with.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:29:00 > 0:29:02British Winter Olympics Medallists. Richard.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05I'll show you five pictures now of people who have won
0:29:05 > 0:29:07medals for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Can you name the most obscure of these?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five medallists.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13And here they are.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37There we are.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Five British Winter Olympics medallists.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Sara and Jason, you've been our low scorers throughout the show
0:29:42 > 0:29:44so you will go first.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46(Jane Torvill.)
0:29:46 > 0:29:49We only know one of them. So we are quite restricted.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52We will go for D - Jane Torvill.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55D - Jane Torvill, say Sara and Jason.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Now, Ben and Allison, the rest of the board is yours.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Well, to be honest,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03neither of us have much of an idea about any of them.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Unfortunately, the Winter Olympics for me has been
0:30:06 > 0:30:09one of those sporting events that's kind of passed me by a little bit.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14So we are probably going to have to go for a bit of a guess.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Have you got any ideas?
0:30:16 > 0:30:22The top right, B. I think that might be Burt Kwouk.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25Burt Kwouk?
0:30:26 > 0:30:31OK, we have Jane Torvill and we have Burt Kwouk.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Jane Torvill, say Sara and Jason.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Jane Torvill.
0:30:42 > 0:30:4375.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45APPLAUSE
0:30:47 > 0:30:5075. But Ben and Allison have gone for Burt Kwouk.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Let's see if that's right for B.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54And if it is, let's see how many people...
0:30:54 > 0:30:56LAUGHTER
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Let's see if that's right.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Oh. I'm sorry.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Not Burt Kwouk. But very well done, Sara and Jason.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12A tough board, that one, for both pairs there.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Sara and Jason, after one question, you're up one-nil.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I love the idea that Burt Kwouk might be watching at home.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19LAUGHTER
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Or upstairs and his family are calling him.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24"Someone just thought you looked like..."
0:31:24 > 0:31:26He's going, "Oh, who's this?"
0:31:26 > 0:31:28And it's John Curry.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31The gold-medal figure skater. John Curry was B.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Would have scored you 11 points.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Won in 1976.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40A. Lots of people will recognise that she was one of our curlers
0:31:40 > 0:31:42who won the bronze.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Eve Muirhead is her name.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Very well done if you'd said that.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Very recognisable though.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49C.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Very well done if you got this.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Speed skater. Bronze in speed skating.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Nicky Gooch.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57A pointless answer if you said Nicky Gooch.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58And E.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Another gold medallist in figure skating.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Robin Cousins. Robin Cousins.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08The we are. Thanks very much. Here comes your second question now.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Ben and Allison, we need you to win this one to stay in the game.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13You get the answer it first though, which is good.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Here it comes. It concerns...
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Halloween. Richard.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21We are going to show you five clues now to facts about Halloween.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27OK, let's reveal our five clues. And here they come.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Now, Ben and Allison, it's over to you.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It's bobbing for apples.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Bobbing for apples. What's the hallowed...?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Halloween is holy evening I think, but...
0:33:14 > 0:33:17INDISTINCT CHAT
0:33:17 > 0:33:19I don't know.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21We'll go for the third one,
0:33:21 > 0:33:25the fruit that is traditionally bobbed for at Halloween.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27It's apples.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32OK, apples, say Ben and Allison. Apples. Now then, Sara and Jason.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:33:34 > 0:33:38We don't really know many of them. But we know the one below it.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40And we are going to go for that one.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41That's All Hallows' Eve.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44All Hallows' Eve, say Sara and Jason. All Hallows' Eve.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47OK, so Ben and Allison went for apples, the fruit that is bobbed for.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said apples.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It's... Oh-ho-ho!
0:33:55 > 0:33:5793 for apples.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00OK, Sara and Jason have gone for All Hallows' Eve.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Let's see if that's right as the contraction of Halloween.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04How many people said that?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Is right and you win.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Very well done indeed.
0:34:12 > 0:34:1344.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15APPLAUSE
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Which means, Sara and Jason, very well done.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20After only two questions, you are through to the final two-nil.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Very well played. Yeah, All Hallows' Eve or All Hallows' Evening.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25We accepted both answers from our 100.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29The 1974 David Bowie album is... Diamond Dogs. Diamond Dogs.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36The director of Halloween is John Carpenter.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The Celtic festival is Samhain.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Diamond Dogs was the best answer on the board.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Well done if you got that at home. And well done to you for getting it.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Thank you very much indeed. And I've got it at home as well.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Diamond Dogs? Yeah. Good.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57And you've actually got a couple of diamond dogs as well, haven't you?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59They are a couple of rough diamonds. But, yes.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01They really are, but, yeah. Yeah, there we are.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02Thanks very much, Richard.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07I'm afraid it's Ben and Allison. It's great news for us
0:35:07 > 0:35:09cos it means we get to see you again next time.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Had you gone through to the final, that would have been
0:35:12 > 0:35:13all we'd have got of Ben and Allison.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16But thank you very much. It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20See you next time. Ben and Allison. APPLAUSE
0:35:20 > 0:35:23But for Sara and Jason, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Congratulations, Sara and Jason.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31You have seen off all the competition
0:35:31 > 0:35:33and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?3,000.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47APPLAUSE
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Well, this is beginning to feel like deja vu
0:35:51 > 0:35:54because I've said this quite a lot over recent shows.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57We have had low scorers coming through round after round then
0:35:57 > 0:36:00coming through after having won the head-to-head two-nil.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03And I always say that sets up a win in this round.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Hasn't proved to be the case in the last couple of shows, certainly.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10But what would you like to see come through on the board behind me?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13For me, anything to do with geography or sport.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I'd be quite happy with that. Sara?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Anything to do with food or pop music.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20OK, let's see what's on the board today
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and let's hope there's something you like the look of there.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34OK...
0:36:34 > 0:36:36OK, I'm not a massive royalist
0:36:36 > 0:36:38so I wouldn't recommend going for that one. No.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Stephen King films... No.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41SHE LAUGHS
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Rugby, I know a little bit but do you know anything about Six Nations?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46No. That's a silly question.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49I think that kind of leaves us just Ant and Dec. Ant and Dec.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Ant and Dec. Lovely. Yeah. Richard.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Yeah, three different questions here about Ant and Dec.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Actually quite tricky, I think. But best of luck. Here they are.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01We are looking for are any UK top 40 single by PJ and Duncan,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05or by Ant and Dec themselves. Up to May 2015.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Looking for anyone, according to IMDB, who was in Ant
0:37:08 > 0:37:11and Dec's film Alien Autopsy, apart from Ant and Dec, of course.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Or we are looking for any artist chosen in Ant and Dec's
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Desert Island Discs on Radio Four.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Any PJ and Duncan singles.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Any cast member of Alien Autopsy.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Or any artist represented in their Desert Island Discs.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25I wish you the very best of luck.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29As always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31One of those answers, if it's pointless, wins you the jackpot.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33As you know. Are you ready? Yes. We are.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock and there they are.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Your time starts now.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40OK... So, singles.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44The only one I can think of is We're On The Ball, which was quite
0:37:44 > 0:37:49a famous World Cup one for one of the major competitions.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51OK. I've not seen Aileen Autopsy. No.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54So I can't possibly say any from that. You could guess.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Perhaps there could be some Geordies in there.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00So maybe we can think of some famous Geordies.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Desert Island Discs...
0:38:03 > 0:38:05What is it, a radio show? Yeah, it is. Yeah.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Never heard it. Never listened to it. OK.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12It's going really well(!)
0:38:12 > 0:38:14THEY LAUGH Yeah.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19Maybe Paul Gascoigne is one of the cast of Alien Autopsy. Yeah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22What would they listen to?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24What kind of music do you think they'd be into?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27I don't know. I have no idea at all.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Ten seconds left.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Which PJ and Duncan one did you want to go for? We're On The Ball.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Yeah, I don't know. We need one more answer.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Um...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Guess for the second one.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41OK, that's your time up. I now need three answers from you.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42What are you going to give me?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45For the first category we are going to say We're On The Ball.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47We're On The Ball. Yeah.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51For the second category were going to go for Paul Gascoigne as one
0:38:51 > 0:38:52of the cast. Paul Gascoigne.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55And one more for the second one... OK.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57We'll go for Alan Shearer.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Alan Shearer.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00THEY LAUGH OK.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Probably We're On The Ball.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07OK, We're On The Ball. Perfect. Let's put that last.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Least likely to be pointless? Alan Shearer. Alan Shearer.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13OK, let's pop those upon the board in that order then. And here they are.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Very best of luck. Three answers there. I mean, who knows?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Who knows? One of them might be...right.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25HE LAUGHS
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I know, but listen, one of them might be pointless.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Just imagine Gazza, for example, might be in that film.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33What if you were to win that jackpot of ?3,000?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36What would you do with your winnings, Sara?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I'd definitely go to Australia cos I've always wanted to go there.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Just do a bit of travelling. Working. Things like that.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Possibly move out there one day so I'd just give it a go first.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48OK. Very sensible.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Now, Jason, what about you?
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I'm a massive tennis fan so I would love to use the money to go
0:39:53 > 0:39:55to all the Grand Slam tournaments.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I'd put it towards maybe the Australian Open or the US Open.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Very good. Well, you could accompany Sara out to Australia. Perfect.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Your first answer was Alan Shearer.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06We were looking for cast members from Alien Autopsy.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11So for ?3,000, let's see how many people said Alan Shearer.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Bad luck. I really thought it was going to be a good answer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21I tell you who you should have put in is Burt Kwouk.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23LAUGHTER
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Anyway, not a pointless answer.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Your next answer was Paul Gascoigne.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Again, it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of ?3,000.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33How many people said Paul Gascoigne?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39No. Bad luck.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Listen, we are now on solid ground
0:40:41 > 0:40:43because we know that they definitely sang the song.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45We're On The Ball. This is your third and final answer.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49This was the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51To win the jackpot of ?3,000, it has to be pointless.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Let's see how many people said We're On The Ball.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Is it pointless?
0:40:58 > 0:40:59It's right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Alan Shearer, sadly, was an incorrect answer.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Paul Gascoigne also, sadly, an incorrect answer.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08We're On The Ball now going down through single figures.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Still going down. Still going down.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12You've done it!
0:41:12 > 0:41:14CHEERING
0:41:14 > 0:41:17That is fantastic! Very, very well done indeed.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Superb.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23APPLAUSE
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Well, congratulations. You are going to the Grand Slam tour.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29You're going to Australia.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32We're On The Ball was a pointless answer which means you go home
0:41:32 > 0:41:34with that jackpot of ?3,000.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Very, very well done indeed, Sara and Jason.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38APPLAUSE
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I literally can't believe it.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Terrific answer. Very well done.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Credited to Ant and Dec, of course.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48How many top 40 singles do you reckon Ant and Dec have had?
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Five? 14 is the answer. 14.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Let's take a look at some of the pointless ones.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56If you know what I mean. LAUGHTER
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Also could have had If I Give You My Number, Perfect,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03You Crazy Cats was a pointless answer.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05When I Fall In Love and Why Me?
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Let's take a look at some of the cast of Alien Autopsy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Some famous names.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17In fact, everybody apart from John Cater and Bill Pullman,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19everyone else was pointless.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21And the final one.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Dec chose Wichita Lineman as his favourite song.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27I'm inclined to agree.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Joe Fagin. That's Livin' Alright, the theme to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Morecambe and Wise. Bring Me Sunshine.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35The Stranglers. Golden Brown. You also could have had Eduard Khil
0:42:35 > 0:42:38and Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels To Be Lonely.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Congratulations in the studio. ?3,000 thanks to Ant, thanks to Dec,
0:42:43 > 0:42:46and most of all, thanks to Burt Kwouk.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48LAUGHTER
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Thanks once again to our winning players, Sara and Jason,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54who go away with today's jackpot of ?3,000.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57APPLAUSE
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Join us again next time
0:43:00 > 0:43:03when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.