0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the game where you are always striving for the lowest score.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm Stephen. This is my brother Simon. We are from Newark-on-Trent.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I'm Emily. I'm from Cumbria. This is my friend Iqra from Leicester.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Hello, I'm Pat. This is Sam.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51We are neighbours from a small village near Chester.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And finally, couple number four.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Vinay. I'm from Bradford.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57This is my friend Helen, who is from Leeds.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Thanks very much, each and every one of you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We'll find out more about you as the show goes on.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11He is delighted with the new deep tissue massage mode on his chair.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Hiya.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- APPLAUSE - Hi, everybody. Good afternoon.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21- Good afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Now, we're on the verge of Pointless history.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- Wow.- Aren't we? We've given away five jackpots in a row.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Five in a row. Six is the most we've ever given away in a row before.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35So we could equal that today if one of our pairs wins.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Three returning pairs. Pat and Sam made it all the way
0:01:37 > 0:01:39through to the head-to-head last time.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41So they've got to be favourites, I would say.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Vinay and Helen there, on podium four,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45got through to the second round.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48And podium one, Stephen and Simon. The brothers.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50They were on podium one last time.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Got knocked out in Round One last time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54It'd be lovely to see them go a little bit further, wouldn't it?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Indeed. Thanks, Richard.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Now, as you may have picked up, Sharon
0:01:58 > 0:02:00and Caroline won the jackpot last time.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08APPLAUSE
0:02:10 > 0:02:13The only thing you have to remember is that the pair with
0:02:13 > 0:02:16the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20That's it. Best of luck. Our first category today is...
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first,
0:02:26 > 0:02:27who wants to go second?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37OK, and today's first round question is all about...
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Smiths And Joneses. Richard.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43On each pass we're going to show you seven clues to famous or
0:02:43 > 0:02:45fictional people with the surname Smith of Jones.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:02:47 > 0:02:5014 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52OK. Here's our first board of famous Smiths and Joneses.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54And here they are.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Stephen. Welcome. Welcome back. - Thank you.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Remind us what you do, Stephen.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I'm a technical consultant for a telecommunications company.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04That's right. Now, what happened last time?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- We were unlucky, I felt.- Yeah. - Difficult question.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Obviously we were on this podium last time.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13And all the answers I had lined up disappeared before it got to me.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Those words rounds. They're always tough.- Difficult, yeah.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18You know, you get much less time to think. Also, people don't make...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21People can learn from other's mistakes further down the line.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It wasn't bad. There was nothing wrong with
0:04:23 > 0:04:25either of your answers. Anyway, Stephen,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27that's not going to happen today.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29We've got this lovely board of Smiths and Joneses.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31What would you like to go for?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35OK, I think I'm going to go with what I know, which is
0:04:35 > 0:04:38the actor who provided the voice for Darth Vader.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39That was James Earl Jones.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42James Earl Jones, says Stephen. Let's see if that's right.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Let's see how many people said James Earl Jones.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47It's right.
0:04:52 > 0:04:5321.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54APPLAUSE
0:04:54 > 0:04:57That'll do, Stephen. Good start to the round.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Well played, Stephen. Of course, so famous for that incredible voice.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03James Earl Jones. But he had a stutter when he was very young
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and barely spoke between the age of 5 and 14.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07- Oh, no.- Yeah.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- That's a shame.- It is.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- But beautiful that we all get to enjoy his voice now.- Exactly.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Beautiful indeed.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Now, Iqra.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Welcome.- Yep.- What do you do, Iqra?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I'm a medical student at the University of Leicester.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Very good. OK. What are your interests outside of medicine?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I do enjoy football.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30But I don't want to say that now in case there's a football
0:05:30 > 0:05:33question later on. And then it fails.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37We both play rugby at Leicester as well.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40But it's only a medics women's rugby team.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43What do you mean "only" a women's medics rugby team?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44That sounds pretty powerful.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Iqra, what are you going to go for on this board?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I'm not too strong on this board. I'm going to stick with what I know,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54which is the Doctor Who lead in 2010. Matt Smith.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Matt Smith, says Iqra. Let's see how many of our 100 said Matt Smith.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03It's right.
0:06:03 > 0:06:0521 is our only score at this point.
0:06:05 > 0:06:0648 for Matt Smith.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08APPLAUSE
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Both under 50. Both pretty decent.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Of course, the second most famous Matt Smith in the country,
0:06:13 > 0:06:14after the Fulham centre-forward.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16LAUGHTER
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Thanks, Richard. Pat, welcome back.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Nice to have you here from Chester, with your neighbour Sam.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yes.- Remind us whose idea it was to come on the show.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Um, well, we were together in the house.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I think it was some sort of a party.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And it was kind of one of those jokes where we said,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37"I'd like to go on Pointless." "I'll go on it with you."
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And then, here we are.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- That's how we got together, wasn't it?- Yeah, yeah, exactly.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45It was a party in Chester and...
0:06:45 > 0:06:46So who sent off the form?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- I sent off the form.- Very well done. - That's all turned out marvellously.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Head-to-head last time.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- In fact, not just head-to-head, you were our golden couple.- Mm.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Oh, dear. Anyway, you are back here. You get another chance.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Yes.- How are we feeling about the Smiths and Joneses?- OK.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05What do you want to go for, Pat?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I'm going to go for the singer whose UK number ones in the '60s...
0:07:09 > 0:07:10That's Tom Jones.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Tom Jones. OK. Well, 48 and 21 are our only scores so far.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Where will you end up with Tom Jones?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20It's right.
0:07:22 > 0:07:2453. Not bad at all.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Good grouping.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31They say that he insured his chest hair for several million pounds
0:07:31 > 0:07:33but I never really buy stories like that.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- That's just... It can't be true. - That's a publicity thing, isn't it?
0:07:36 > 0:07:39It is. Like Marie Wilson insured her beehive haircut.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41How can you insure a haircut?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You can't. But it's so easy to get a wig, isn't it?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Well, exactly.- Also, how are you going to lose it?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I know. One day a terrible water pistol accident. What's...
0:07:49 > 0:07:50LAUGHTER
0:07:50 > 0:07:52XANDER SIGHS
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Right, now then, Helen.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Welcome back.- Thank you.- Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Helen.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- I'm a trainee solicitor. - That's right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01And what are your interests, Helen?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I like going to gigs. I like going to see comedy.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I just like to be out of the house, really.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Anything that involves a pint, I'm there.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Helen, what's wrong with the house? SHE LAUGHS
0:08:11 > 0:08:12- It hasn't got a bar.- Yeah.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14LAUGHTER
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Fair enough. Or a stage.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Now, Helen, this is all your board.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20You can talk us through all of those if you like,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and fill in all the blanks.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23I would love to be able to do that.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27I've been to see Book Of Mormon so I'm absolutely kicking myself
0:08:27 > 0:08:30that I've got no idea what the answer to that is.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I'm just going to have to take a guess.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I'm going to go with that one. I'm going to say Joseph Smith.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Joseph Smith.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Listen, it's a good name. Let's see if it's right though.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43How many people said it if it is?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It is right.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Good old Book Of Mormon.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55ALEXANDER LAUGHS HAPPILY
0:08:55 > 0:08:569! You see, Helen!
0:08:58 > 0:09:03I think we have just witnessed the first and most genuine...
0:09:03 > 0:09:05We've had a couple of surprise...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07No, if you've seen Book Of Mormon,
0:09:07 > 0:09:09virtually every song is about Joseph Smith.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- It was clearly in your head somewhere.- Yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Must have been in there, I suppose. - Must have been.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Have you seen Book Of Mormon? - Just superb.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- You had a quote on the poster.- I did, yeah.- Yeah.- That was quite nice.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- I loved it. I must see it again. - It's brilliant, isn't it?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But, yeah, Joseph Smith is absolutely the right answer.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28I'm very glad. There's a chamber of your brain that you're not aware of.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Yeah.- You dug into it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- The England wicketkeeper. - Geraint.- Geraint Jones.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It would have scored you 4 points.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Also plays for Papua New Guinea, cos that's where he was born.
0:09:37 > 0:09:394 points for Geraint Jones.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Seth MacFarlane voices Stan Smith.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46And the Wodehouse character.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48He's called Rupert Psmith.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Absolutely. That's the best answer on the board.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Thanks very much indeed. Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through.
0:09:55 > 0:09:569. Well done, Helen.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Great answer there.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Then up to 21, where we find Stephen and Simon.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00That's more like it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Then up to 48, where we find Iqra and Emily.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Then 53, Pat and Sam.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Sam, you know what we need.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Nice, low score to keep you in the game.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09We can't be sending you home this early.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10We'll come back down the line now.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18OK, let's put seven more Smiths and Joneses up on the board.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19And here they are.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46I'll read those one last time.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- Vinay, welcome back.- Hello.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- You were a paralegal, we discovered last time.- Yes.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- That's right, yeah.- What are your interests outside the law?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Again, I like live music. Go to a lot of shows.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Is there a particular favourite live act you've been to see recently?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Recently...
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Probably Kasabian at the Brixton Academy
0:11:30 > 0:11:33was one of the better shows of last year.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Very good. Do you go to festivals?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Yes, I've been to quite a few.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I've been to Glastonbury, I've been to T In The Park in Scotland.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Do you go to festivals looking at the band line-up or do you go to
0:11:43 > 0:11:46festivals remembering how good that festival was last time you went?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- It's all about the line-up, definitely.- All about the line-up.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Definitely.- Very good. So, there you are on 9.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Lovely low score from Helen.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- If you can score 43 or less, you are straight through.- OK.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Hang on, does that laugh mean you think you won't score 43?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- No, I think I've got a couple. - Good, good.- He says now.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I'm going to go with the Trinidadian footballer.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Kenwyne Jones.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Kenwyne Jones. OK, let's see if that's right.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Let's see how many of 100 people said it. There is your red line.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Look at that.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22And look at that.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Well done. 10.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26APPLAUSE
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The lowest score of the round on that podium. Lowest total, I should say.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- 19.- Solid stuff there on podium four.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Yeah, Kenwyne Jones is a very good answer. Safely through.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Thanks very much. Now, Sam.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Yes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Sam, welcome back. Here from Chester.- Yes.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Remind us what you do, Sam. - I'm a student.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- What are you studying? - Business management.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- How is that going?- Yep, it's going all right.- It's going well.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- What year are you in? - I've just finished my first.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55All good. Whereabouts are you doing that?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Leeds.- OK.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Now, what are your interests when you're not studying?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I play a lot of football. That sort of thing. I go to the pub. Go out.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Do you run into Helen ever? She's out a lot.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08LAUGHTER
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Sadly not, no.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- She's up in Leeds.- Next time.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14So, Sam.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Well, Kenwyne Jones has just been stolen off me.- Mm.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And I don't know a single other one.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21XANDER GASPS
0:13:21 > 0:13:26So I'm going to go with the South African cricketer.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I'm just going to say Matt Smith.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32He's busy, Matt Smith, isn't he? He's doing a lot.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35OK, no red line for you as you are the highest scorers.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Let's see if Matt Smith is right.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It is not.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's a very good cricketing name though, Matt Smith.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- I could easily believe it.- Yeah.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Sadly it's not true.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48153 is your total.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Yeah, sorry, Sam. Not Matt Smith.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52If it was, he would be the third most famous Matt Smith.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54After Doctor Who and the Fulham centre-forward.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56LAUGHTER
0:13:56 > 0:13:57OK, now, Emily.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.- Thank you.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01You are also a medical student?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yeah, that's right. That's how I met Iqra.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05At Leicester Uni.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07How is that going, Leicester? Are you enjoying it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Yeah, it's going pretty well.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It's a bit different to home, but I've adapted.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14As it should be. Fewer lectures at home. Or maybe not. I don't know.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Maybe you get a lot of lectures at home.- No, not so many.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21No, not so many. And formal dress less often required, I think.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Yeah, you don't need that much in the Lake District.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Whereabouts in the Lake District do you live?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I'm from Cockermouth.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29It's quite a small town but there was loads of floods there...
0:14:29 > 0:14:34- Absolutely. Famously.- 2009.- Yeah.- So it kind of put us on the map a bit.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Absolutely. Very good. Now, Emily.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Good news is it doesn't matter what you score,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40you will still get through to the next round.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Good news.- Phew-ee. What are you going to go for?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45I'm tempted to go for The Cure.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I've seen them so I feel like I should probably know that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- You've seen them?- Yeah.- Very good for a medical student.- Yeah.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54LAUGHTER
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Or you could go and see Placebo.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58LAUGHTER
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Yes, you've seen them.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02But you perhaps weren't aware of any of their names.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I think I know it but I'm going to play it safe-ish
0:15:05 > 0:15:06so as not to look quite so silly.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And say that Helen Fielding wrote Bridget Jones.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Bridget Jones, says Emily. No red line. You are already through.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bridget Jones.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Wow. Look at that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Surprisingly low score for Bridget Jones.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Very well done indeed, Emily.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That takes your total up to 75.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Well played, Emily. Better safe than sorry.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Born in 1962, the fictional character Bridget Jones.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36So she is now in her mid-50s.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Thank you, Richard. Now, Simon.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Hello.- Simon, welcome back. What do you do, Simon?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I'm a business trainer.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45A business trainer.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Across the whole field of business or do you have a particular speciality?
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Management training, I guess. - OK, very good.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Where do you do that?
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Are you doing that for another company or do you do it freelance?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I've just left a big communications company...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Is it the same communications company...?- Yes.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- Was that quite nice, working with your brother?- Yes.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Or were you in very different departments?- Very different.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Could you meet up for lunch or was it too far away?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Oh, yes.- That's nice. Very nice.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- How is it going, the new, the new... - Yeah, it's early days.- ..start?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Working for myself. It's very different.- Yeah.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- How good is your discipline? - Awful.- Really?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Yeah, I've got a small child at home, Arthur,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- who loves the show, by the way... - Hi, Arthur.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And he's a distraction that I don't mind.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31But perhaps I ought to do a little bit more work.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- So you are working from an office at home?- Yeah.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36- Yeah.- The dining room table.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37XANDER LAUGHS
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Actually, that's probably better than working in the spare bedroom
0:16:40 > 0:16:43because about 10.30 in the morning, you'd be like...
0:16:43 > 0:16:47YAWNING: I could probably just do this work lying down like this.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Then after a while... HE SNORES
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Yes, so, Simon. You are also through. It doesn't matter what you score.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Yes.- The board is all yours. Fill in all the blanks.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I'm pleased about that. I was very good on the last board
0:16:58 > 0:17:01but only new Kenwyne Jones on this board.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04He's very popular, Kenwyne Jones, on this board. Seems to know everyone.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Yeah, I'm going to guess the lead singer of The Cure.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I think it's Steve Smith.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Sounds plausible, doesn't it?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Just the kind of name you'd imagine the lead singer
0:17:13 > 0:17:14of The Clure...of The Cure might have.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Lead singer of The Clure. That's a different matter entirely.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Steve Smith. Let's see. No red line, you are already through.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Let's see how many people said Steve Smith, if it's right.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27No Steve Smith.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I'm afraid, Simon, it scores you 100.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Takes your total to 121. But you're through anyway.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Although Steve Smith is the lead singer of The Clure, who were a...
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- That's what I was thinking.- They are a spin-off band from The Eagles.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40LAUGHTER
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Emily, what would you have gone for for The Cure?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Robert Smith.- Robert Smith is the right answer. Yeah.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Would have been a terrific answer as well.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- The White Teeth author?- Zadie Smith.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57The actor is Bruce Jones.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- The Jamaican-born singer? - Grace Jones.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Biggest answer on the board.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- The test captain, it's not Matt Smith.- Graeme.- Graeme Smith.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Graeme Smith actually the best answer on the board.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20the pair who are heading home, I'm so sorry, Sam and Pat.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Our neighbours from Chester.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Aw, I honestly thought after your performance last time
0:18:25 > 0:18:26you deserved a place in the final.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29But I'm sorry, we have to send you home at the end of this round.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Thank you so much for playing, Sam and Pat. Great contestants.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- BOTH:- Thanks. - APPLAUSE
0:18:34 > 0:18:37But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45We are down to three pairs. Obviously, at the end of this round,
0:18:45 > 0:18:47we will have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50But, Vinay and Helen, well done. Our lowest combined score.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Helen, our lowest individual score. Joseph Smith. Superb.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Iqra and Emily. Well done. Our newcomers.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Through to the second round.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And, Stephen and Simon, welcome to Round Two.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03- Hope you like it.- Thank you.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Can you all decide in your pairs
0:19:10 > 0:19:12which of you likes geography the most?
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Who is going to go first, who is going to go second?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Capitals Of Countries With A Mediterranean Coastline.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Richard.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Simply looking for the capital city of any country that has any
0:19:37 > 0:19:40part of that country on the coast with the Mediterranean, please.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Including all the seas that make up the Mediterranean -
0:19:42 > 0:19:44the Adriatic, the Aegean, etc.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Any capital city of any of those countries, please.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49As always, by country we mean a sovereign state that is
0:19:49 > 0:19:51a member of the UN in its own right.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57Thanks, Richard. Now, Stephen. Always tough going first. As you well know.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02I'm going to play it safe, I think, though if I get this wrong
0:20:02 > 0:20:07it's going to be embarrassing, and I'm going to say Paris.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Paris, says Stephen. OK. Paris.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Sounds good to me. Let's see if it's right.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Let's see how many people said Paris.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It's right.
0:20:20 > 0:20:2154.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23APPLAUSE
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Yep. Paris, that's the capital of France.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29XANDER GIGGLES
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- That's got a bit of a Mediterranean coastline.- Lovely.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- Beautiful down there.- Yeah.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38OK, now, Iqra, what would you like to go for?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I thought the Mediterranean was elsewhere.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44LAUGHTER
0:20:44 > 0:20:47It is literally in the middle of the Earth.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Mediterranean. There it is.- Oh. OK.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I'm going to go for Portugal then, and Lisbon.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Lisbon, says Iqra. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Let's see how many of our 100 said Lisbon.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I'm afraid, Iqra, that's an incorrect answer.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08And it scores you 100 points.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I suspect the Mediterranean is where you thought it
0:21:10 > 0:21:12was in the first place, actually.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15But, yeah, Portugal is on the Atlantic Ocean.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Thank you very much. Now, Vinay.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23This one is surprisingly tricky when you're stood up here, actually.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I'm going to say Madrid.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Madrid, says Vinay. Let's see how many of our 100 said Madrid.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's right.
0:21:34 > 0:21:3554 is our only score.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37You don't quite make it to that.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39But nice grouping.
0:21:39 > 0:21:4056 for Madrid.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44And that is the capital of Spain. Spain.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Spain.- They are really going for it in this round, aren't they?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Aren't they just?- Goodness me!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:52 > 0:21:5554 the best score of that pass. Stephen. There you go.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Not what I thought I'd be saying at the beginning of this round.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02But there you are. Stephen and Simon looking pretty strong now.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Then up to 56, Vinay and Helen.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Then Iqra and Emily on 100. So, Emily,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09who knows what might happen in the next pass?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12There might be scores flying around. Let's have a low score from you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13We'll come back down the line now,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21So, Helen, we are looking for the capital cities of countries
0:22:21 > 0:22:24with a Mediterranean coastline. There are some really nice,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26quite obscure countries with Mediterranean coastlines.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- You are not going to get one from me, I'm afraid.- OK.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I'm terrible at geography. I don't even...
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I'm going to say Athens.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37OK, Athens. There is your red line.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Get below that with Athens and you are through to the next round.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Let's see how many people said Athens.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46It's right.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48INDISTINCT SPEECH
0:22:48 > 0:22:4954.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52There we are. All very much in the same sort of ballpark,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54these Mediterranean countries.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55110 is your total.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57That is the capital of Greece.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59LAUGHTER
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- At time of recording. - LAUGHTER
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Thank you, Rich. Now, Emily.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09If you can score 9 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11How are you feeling about this as a category?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15I'm going to try for Turkey but I'm not sure about the capital.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I'm going to go Ankara.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20OK, Ankara, says Emily. Here is your red line.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24It's quite low. Let's see if you can get below that with Ankara.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28It's right.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Look at that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's the lowest scoring of all our answers.
0:23:34 > 0:23:3711. Very well done indeed, Emily.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40That might get you through.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42We will see.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44That's a bit more like it, yeah. Good answer.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Ankara, capital of Turkey.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Very good indeed. Now then, Simon. Here we go. Come on.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53You have to score 56 or less.
0:23:53 > 0:23:5556 or less or we say goodbye to you.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Yes.- You have a look of intense concentration there.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- I have an obvious answer. - Have you had any brainwaves?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Yes.- Don't go for obvious.- No.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08I think the capital of Tunisia is Tunis.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12But I'm going to go with... It's very risky.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14..Monaco.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17As the capital city of Monaco.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Monaco, the capital city of Monaco.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Stephen, what are you thinking about that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24My geography is terrible. I trust him.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Your geography is terrible, OK. There is your red line.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Let's see if that risk is going to pay off, Simon. Monaco.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34It's right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Yes! You've done it. Very well done indeed.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40That's a good answer. Nobody thought of Monaco.
0:24:40 > 0:24:414.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43There we go, Simon. APPLAUSE
0:24:43 > 0:24:4558 is your total.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Well done.- Very well played, Simon. Terrific answer.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Tunis would have scored you 20 points.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So it would have seen you through as well.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55There's two pointless answers.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58They are Podgorica, which is the capital of Montenegro.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00That's a terrific answer if you said that.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02And Ljubljana, which is the capital of Slovenia.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Both of those have got Mediterranean coasts.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Both of those terrific answers. I'll give you the other low scorers.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Sarajevo, Bosnia would have scored you 2.
0:25:09 > 0:25:113 for Beirut, Lebanon.
0:25:11 > 0:25:154 for Damascus, Syria and Zagreb, Croatia.
0:25:15 > 0:25:175 for Tirana. That's Albania, of course.
0:25:17 > 0:25:196 for Rabat, Morocco.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21And the top three. A couple of these are familiar.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Athens, that's the capital of Greece.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Madrid, that's the capital of Spain.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And Rome is right at the top there with 70 points, which is
0:25:34 > 0:25:36the capital of...?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- I think it's Italy. - Very good, yeah.- Thank you.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Thank you very much, Richard. At the end of our second round,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45I'm sorry to say it's our medics who are heading home. Emily and Iqra.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48111. You were only one point ahead of your nearest rivals.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51But you're just out in front. We will see you again next time though.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53And I hope you will go even further.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Meantime, thanks very much, Emily and Iqra.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58APPLAUSE
0:25:58 > 0:26:02But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Congratulations, Vinay and Helen, Stephen and Simon,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12you are now one step closer to the final
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and a chance to play for our jackpot, which still stands at £1,000.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Well, you know the deal at this point.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20You can start playing as teams. Chat before you give your answers.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You have all done better than you did last time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Vinay and Helen, Round Two. Here you are in the head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Stephen and Simon, Round One last time. Now in the head-to-head.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35It should be quite a tight match, I hope.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Anyway, best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Classic Albums. Richard.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Just going to show you five visual clues to the titles
0:26:54 > 0:26:57of classic albums. Can you name them, please?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- I love a visual clue.- I know you like these ones.- Love that!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Oh, you lucky things. Visual clues. Let's reveal them.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03We have five of them.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16XANDER CHUCKLES
0:27:24 > 0:27:26OK, there we are.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Five visual clues.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Vinay and Helen, you have been our lowest scorers so you will go first.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34We think that we know all but D.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36- I don't know D.- No.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41I think we are going to go with E, which is The Bends.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44The Bends. The Bends, say Vinay and Helen.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Now then, Stephen and Simon.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50We know B and C.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52And we knew E.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55- I think C will be high so we'll go with B.- Yep.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Dark Side Of The Moon.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You're going to go for Dark Side Of The Moon.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00We have The Bends and Dark Side Of The Moon.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Vinay and Helen said The Bends for E.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10It is right.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15APPLAUSE
0:28:15 > 0:28:1617.
0:28:17 > 0:28:1917 for The Bends.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Now, Stephen and Simon have gone for Dark Side Of The Moon for B.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29It's right.
0:28:30 > 0:28:3253.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Big score there. APPLAUSE
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Well done, Vinay and Helen. After one question, you are up one-nil.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40That's actually the biggest scorer on the board.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43There is one answer up there that would have beaten The Bends.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44It's D, as you'd imagine.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46A is Back In Black.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Is that Brian Cox?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- That is Brian Cox, yeah.- Nice.
0:28:53 > 0:28:54It's not really.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58C is Bridge Over Troubled Water.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01And this is the best answer.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Members of the Pointless production team.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07And it is Who's Next,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10The Who's only number one album.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Stephen and Simon must win to stay in the game.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17But you get to answer it first. It concerns...
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Crufts, Richard.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Going to give you five clues now to facts about Crufts.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Up to and including 2015. Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues. And here they come.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Stephen and Simon, get conferring.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14INDISTINCT DISCUSSION
0:30:17 > 0:30:21OK, we're going to go with the body which governs dog breeding standards
0:30:21 > 0:30:22and it's The Kennel Club.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24The Kennel Club, say Stephen and Simon. The Kennel Club.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Now, Vinay and Helen, talk us through the rest of that board.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29THEY LAUGH
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Um, to be honest with you,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I only know one and the rest would be guesses.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37So we are going to go with the venue and it's the NEC,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40which is National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41The NEC, say Vinay and Helen.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43We have The Kennel Club and we have the NEC.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Stephen and Simon said The Kennel Club.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Let's see how many people said that.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Yep, it's right.
0:30:54 > 0:30:5531.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57APPLAUSE
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Meanwhile, Vinay and Helen have gone for the NEC, the venue.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09It's right.
0:31:11 > 0:31:1345 for the NEC.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Well done, Stephen and Simon. Kept you in the game.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18After two questions, it's one-all.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20The top two answers. Let's start at the bottom.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21The breed of spaniel that's won
0:31:21 > 0:31:24seven Best In Show titles is English Cocker.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Glad I didn't answer that.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27What would you have gone for?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- King Charles.- Yeah, I'd have gone for that as well.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32The decade the show was first televised.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35You could have had a guess at this. There's not that many decades.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- It was the 19...- '60s?- '50s.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41Actually, first televised in 1950. Unbelievably.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42And this is a pointless answer.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45The first name of the person who founded the show.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Andy. Andy Crufts.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It's not Andy Crufts, I'm afraid.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Anyone want to guess the name?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53- Tom.- Not Tom.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54- Dave. - AUDIENCE MEMBER:- Darren.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Not Darren. It's not Darren. Take this seriously.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59You know we can have you removed. You know that.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01LAUGHTER
0:32:01 > 0:32:04The answer was Charles. Funnily enough.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- There we go.- Pointless answer. Very well done if you said that at home.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- Was he Charles Cruft or Charles Crufts?- Charles Cruft.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Right, there we go.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13- Thank you very much.- Pleasure.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- He was from Barking. - LAUGHTER
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Here comes your third question.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22It concerns...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- Richard.- I'm going to show you some initials now of leaders of British
0:32:29 > 0:32:32political parties, plus the party they led and the years
0:32:32 > 0:32:34they led that party.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Need you to give us the name of the most obscure, please. Best of luck.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39OK, here come those leaders.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41And we've got...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:15 > 0:33:16Vinay and Helen will go first.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18We know quite a few of these.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21It's just a question of which is going to be the lowest,
0:33:21 > 0:33:22which is difficult.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I think we are going to go for the Green Party and Caroline Lucas.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Caroline Lucas, say Vinay and Helen. Caroline Lucas.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Stephen and Simon, what would you like to go for?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- We know a couple, don't we? - We think.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Yeah. I believe the top one is Harold Macmillan.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38We think Tony Blair is the middle one.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43And William Hague the bottom one. But we think he might be quite high.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- So we're going for the top one. Harold Macmillan.- Harold Macmillan.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50So we have Caroline Lucas and we have Harold Macmillan.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Now then, Vinay and Helen. Caroline Lucas.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59It's right.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Very well done. 10.
0:34:07 > 0:34:08Very good.
0:34:08 > 0:34:1010 for Caroline Lucas.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Stephen and Simon, meanwhile, have gone for Harold Macmillan.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said that.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19It's right.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2441 for Harold Macmillan.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Quite high there.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Very well done, Vinay and Helen.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31After three questions, you are through to the final two-one.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Very well played. Great answer, Caroline Lucas.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Again, we'll start from the bottom.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42What do you think Tony Blair scored?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- I should think in the 80s.- Yeah, 82.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49JS is the best answer on the board.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Very well done if you said that.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Thanks very much, Richard.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Stephen and Simon. You've done very well.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Good performance across the show today.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Great to have you in the head-to-head. I'm afraid this is the end of the road.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Thanks very much for playing. Stephen and Simon.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- APPLAUSE BOTH:- Thank you.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14For Vinay and Helen, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Congratulations, Vinay and Helen.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You have seen off all the competition.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24You have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26It's all going very well indeed.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:34 > 0:35:36and equal Pointless history.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It's too exciting for words!
0:35:38 > 0:35:42At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46There it is. We've thrown Smiths and Joneses at you.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50We have thrown countries with Mediterranean coastlines.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52That was nice, wasn't it?
0:35:52 > 0:35:56And then we had my favourite kind of round, a visual clue round. Albums.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00We had Crufts questions. Leaders of political parties.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I mean, what a gallimaufry of different questions
0:36:02 > 0:36:04and categories there.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08What would you like to see? What will get you into Pointless record books?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- We need music, really, don't we? - Yeah, music.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- OK.- Or football, maybe. - Sport for you.- Yeah.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15OK. Very best of luck.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18As always, there will be four choices on the board behind me.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21You just have to pick the one you think you can have the best shot at.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Today's selection looks like this.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I don't think we've got particularly good...
0:36:34 > 0:36:37'80s Award Winners might be OK. That might be a music one.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Might be film. - Do you want to try that?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41I don't mind. You choose.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- Let's go with the 1980s Award Winners.- OK.
0:36:44 > 0:36:461980s Award Winners it is. Richard.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Goodness me. I have to say,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51if you ask for sport and you're essentially from Leeds,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I would've thought Sport In Leeds would've been quite a good category.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56But you know what, what do I know?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- He'd have been on his own. - That took me by surprise.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00I've had to shuffle my papers.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02OK, here is three different questions for you
0:37:02 > 0:37:04for 1980s Award Winners.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08We're looking for the name of any individual who won the Booker Prize
0:37:08 > 0:37:11from 1980 to 1989 inclusive.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15We're looking for anyone who won BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
0:37:15 > 0:37:18from 1980 to 1989 inclusive.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Or we're looking for any actress who won a Best Leading
0:37:22 > 0:37:28or Best Supporting Actress Oscars at the ceremonies from 1980 to 1989.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Booker Prize winners, Sports Personality Of The Year winners
0:37:31 > 0:37:34or Best Leading or Supporting Actress Oscar winners in the 1980s.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Very best of luck.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38OK, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:38 > 0:37:39to come up with three answers.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44All you need to win that jackpot, go into the Pointless history book,
0:37:44 > 0:37:47is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Yeah.- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Your time starts now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I know two Booker Prize winners
0:37:54 > 0:37:55but I don't know if they were
0:37:55 > 0:37:56in the '80s or not.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Which ones?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Angela Carter and Iris Murdoch.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01We can go with those if you want
0:38:01 > 0:38:04because I am struggling with the sports personality.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Sebastian Coe or something, but he'd be high.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09He'd be high, yeah. Um...
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Leading actresses...
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Actresses, actresses.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20I'm struggling on that one.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22We should have gone with Sport In Leeds.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24THEY LAUGH
0:38:24 > 0:38:25Um...
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Shall we go with those two Booker Prize ones then?
0:38:29 > 0:38:30- Yeah.- Then pick someone for sport.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Yeah.- Can you think of any?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36'80s...
0:38:37 > 0:38:39I can't think of any. Not from the
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- '80s.- Mind blank.- Yeah, completely.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Ten seconds remain.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45I think we are ready cos we've not got very much.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- OK, but you've got three answers? - Yes, we do.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50OK, well, there we are. We will just let that clock wind down.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Let's have those three answers.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Say which category it is you are answering.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Booker Prize winners - we don't know if they are in the '80s or not
0:38:56 > 0:38:59but we are going to go Angela Carter and Iris Murdoch.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Angela Carter, Iris Murdoch.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04And then Sports Personality Of The Year.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08It's a punt, isn't it? Probably high-scoring. Seb Coe.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Seb Coe. OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- One of the Booker Prize ones, I guess.- Pick one.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15They might not be right. Iris Murdoch.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Iris Murdoch we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Seb Coe. - Seb Coe we'll put first.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order then.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25And here they are. We've got...
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Listen, three good answers on the board there.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Who knows? One of those could easily be pointless.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38And we could be handing out our sixth jackpot win in row.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Very exciting. What would you do with your winnings if that were the case?
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Vinay?- I'm just in the process of buying my first house.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50So that would probably help buy exciting things like a fridge
0:39:50 > 0:39:52and a washing machine. And such things.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54That's exciting(!)
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Helen, how about you?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58I should probably save mine towards getting myself a house,
0:39:58 > 0:40:00but actually, I'd probably go on a nice holiday.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Very good. OK, now, let's put them to the test. Seb Coe.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05In this case we were looking for
0:40:05 > 0:40:071980s BBC Sports Personalities Of The Year.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10You thought this was probably your least likely to be pointless.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Let's find out if it's correct. And if it's pointless,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15it will win you £1,000. How many people said Seb Coe?
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Bad luck!
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Not Seb Coe.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Not Seb Coe. Not a pointless answer, which means you only have two more
0:40:23 > 0:40:26shots at today's jackpot and the record book.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27Angela Carter was your next answer.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31In this case, we were looking for 1980s Booker Prize winners.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33It has to be pointless for you to win.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35So for £1,000, let's see how many people said Angela Carter.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Oh!
0:40:39 > 0:40:41I'm afraid not Angela Carter. Also an incorrect answer.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47which I remember was Iris Murdoch. This was the one you thought
0:40:47 > 0:40:49was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52But it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56For £1,000, let's see how many people said Iris Murdoch. Is it pointless?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Oh! Bad luck!
0:41:00 > 0:41:01APPLAUSE
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Oh, I'm sorry.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05You took a good run up at that.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important
0:41:07 > 0:41:10pointless answer. I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12That will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14But it's been great having you on two shows.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17You have performed really well across this one.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20And you get to take home a Pointless trophy. So very, very well done.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22APPLAUSE
0:41:25 > 0:41:28We did not equal the record. We don't equal the record.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- If only Sport In Leeds... - LAUGHTER
0:41:31 > 0:41:33We might have equalled it.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Iris Murdoch won in 1978 so she wasn't a million miles away.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I don't think she would have been a pointless answer,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40looking at some of the people who did score.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Seb Coe won in 1979, so not in the '80s.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I don't think it would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Let's take a look at the pointless answers
0:41:47 > 0:41:49in the different categories. Booker Prize winners.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52You could have had... Keri Hulme for The Bone People.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Penelope Lively for Moon Tiger.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Thomas Keneally won for Schindler's Ark.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59William Golding won for Rites Of Passage. And JM Coetzee.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Those were the pointless answers in that category.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Let's take a look at the BBC Sports Personality.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Only two pointless answers here. Barry McGuigan would've been
0:42:06 > 0:42:09a pointless answer. And the figure skater Robin Cousins.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Botham would've scored you 8.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Steve Davis and Nigel Mansell - 6.
0:42:12 > 0:42:143 for Fatima Whitbread, Daley Thompson and Steve Cram.
0:42:14 > 0:42:161 for Nick Faldo.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17No Seb Coe there.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21And the actresses who won Oscars in the '80s.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Marlee Matlin for Children Of A Lesser God.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Peggy Ashcroft - Best Supporting Actress for A Passage To India.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Sally Field and Shirley MacLaine for Terms Of Endearment.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Also could've had Geraldine Page, Linda Hunt, Mary Steenburgen,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Maureen Stapleton and Olympia Dukakis.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Unlucky in the studio. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Vinay and Helen.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44It's been great having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Vinay and Helen. APPLAUSE
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Well, they didn't win our jackpot today
0:42:51 > 0:42:52so it rolls over onto the next show.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Which means next time we'll be playing for £2,000.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.