0:00:14 > 0:00:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's player.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- Couple number one. - Hi, my name is Laura.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38This is my boyfriend, Danny, and we're from Glasgow.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- Couple number two.- Hi, my name's Iqra and I'm from Leicester.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43This is my friend, Emily, from Cumbria.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- Couple number three. - Hi, my name's Tom.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is my friend and colleague, Louise, and we're from Belfast.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- And finally, couple number four. - Hi, my name's Katy.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is my dad, Stan, and we're from Stoke-on-Trent.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57These are today's contestants. APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Thanks very much and we'll find out more about you
0:00:59 > 0:01:01throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Completely bird-brained,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07but that bird happens to be a crow that's made its nest
0:01:07 > 0:01:09out of the complete works of Noam Chomsky,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- it's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya. Afternoon, everybody.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Hiya. - APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon to you.- What a finish to the last show.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Yeah. - We were in history-making territory.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26We'd given away the jackpot five times in a row. Six is the record.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Vinay and Helen got through to the final.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32There's a category that comes up every now and again -
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Sport In Leeds. And weirdly, no-one's gone for it.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37But we said to Vinay and Helen, "What would you like?"
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They said, "Sport would be good."
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And they are from Leeds, Leeds and Bradford.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Vinay stepped up to the mark,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47said, "We will go with '80s Award-winners, please."
0:01:47 > 0:01:51And proceeded to get three incorrect answers. It was a shame.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- They were lovely, weren't they? - They were.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And I thought it was an unusual decision, I have to say,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and I'm enjoying the looks on everyone's faces,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00pretending to be sympathetic,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- but thinking, "Ooh, that's lovely. Two grand for us!"- There we go.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Yes, Vinay and Helen didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13so today's jackpot is, as Richard rightly says, £2,000.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15There we are. APPLAUSE
0:02:15 > 0:02:18If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21APPLAUSE
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Welcome to our three new pairs.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29All you have to remember is the pair with the highest score
0:02:29 > 0:02:31at the end of each round will be eliminated. That is it.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34No conferring in the first two rounds, please.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Our first category for Round One today is...
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Hit Singles. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and second.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Michael Jackson Top 40 singles that start with the letters A to M.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Yeah, any single released by Michael Jackson that reached the UK Top 40
0:03:08 > 0:03:11whose title starts with the letters A to M, inclusive, please,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13up to May 2015.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15So, any song released by Michael Jackson
0:03:15 > 0:03:19or on which he is the lead credited performer up to May 2015.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20Best of luck.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25OK, so Michael Jackson hit singles from the first half of the alphabet.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Laura, a warm welcome, from Glasgow. What do you do, Laura?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30I'm a student at Stirling University.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- I do film and media there. - What year are you in?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Just finished second year. - Stirling is beautiful.- It's gorgeous.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- How lovely to be there.- Uh-huh.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And not too far from home if you want to trog back over there.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- Yeah, the views are a lot nicer in Stirling.- Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- How's that going, film and media? All good?- Yeah, it's wonderful.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53It's a great campus and we get to study abroad as well.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Have you worked out where you're going to go?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Yeah, we're going to Madrid.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Luckily, we got into the same university in Madrid,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- so we'll be going there in a few months.- Fantastic.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- You've got a whole year there? - No, just a semester.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Do you know what you'll be specialising in?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08In our last year, we get to choose
0:04:08 > 0:04:11to either do a dissertation or production,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13so we'll definitely go for the production side.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Does anybody choose dissertation? - I know.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Make a documentary or write 10,000 words.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22LAUGHTER Laura, what would you like to go for?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Michael Jackson - is this a good category for you?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I've got one in mind, but I'm not sure if it placed in the Top 40.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31It's one of these ones you always hear on the radio
0:04:31 > 0:04:34every now and again. I'm going to go with Dirty Diana.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Dirty Diana, says Laura.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Let's see how many of our 100 people said Dirty Diana.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It's right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:4815. Not bad!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Good start to the round, Laura. Well done. Dirty Diana.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Yeah, a number 4 hit from 1988.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Thanks, Rich. Now, Emily, welcome back.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Remind us what you do, Emily.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03I'm a medical student at the University of Leicester.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And what are your hobbies, Emily?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I play quite a bit of hockey in my spare time
0:05:07 > 0:05:11with the medics hockey team. I'm generally quite into sports.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I'm doing the Great North Run in September.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Have you done that length of run before?- Oh, no, never.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- OK, that's 13 miles, isn't it? - 13.1, yeah.- 13.1.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Important that 0.1.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24That's going to be the toughest 0.1 of a mile you've ever run.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- Probably is.- When do you start preparing for that
0:05:27 > 0:05:33- or have you already?- In theory, I have, but in practice, not so much.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- That's OK. You don't want to start too early.- No, it's a start.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Emily, Michael Jackson. What are you going to go for here?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I'm not sure if this is right,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43but I only really know the obvious ones,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46so I'm going to go with Earth Song,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50cos I seem to remember quite a dramatic video.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Earth Song, says Emily. Let's see how many people remembered Earth Song.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01It's right. 15 is our only score so far.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Earth Song scores 29. APPLAUSE
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Number 1 single, Earth Song.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12It was about a weekend he spent with a JCB in his back garden.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- LAUGHTER - Doing some landscaping.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17With his friend Diana.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21And she got soil all over her which gave him another idea for a song.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26- Yeah. Thanks, Rich. Now, Louise.- Hi. - Welcome to the show.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Here from Belfast. What do you do, Louise?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- I work in the Ulster Museum in Belfast.- That's exciting.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Which department of the museum?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Front of house, so I'm the first smiley face you see as you come in.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38That's nice! You're trying to encourage people
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- to become friends of the museum, no doubt.- Absolutely, yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- To gift aid their donations, all of that.- Of course.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Free entry, of course, into the museum in Belfast.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- You get that these days. - Well, I know.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51What are your interests outside the museum?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53The usual - reading, watching films
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and I've been a member of the Girls' Brigade since I was two years old.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- And you still are now?- I am a leader now, for the last ten years,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- but I've been in it since I was two. - That's fantastic!
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- Do you get any sort of longevity award for that?- No, but they should.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07- They should!- Yeah!- Yeah.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Louise, what would you like to go for in the Michael Jackson category?
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I think I'm going to take an early risk
0:07:15 > 0:07:18and I hope this is the title and it's a Top 40,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20but I'm going to try Ben.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Ben, says Louise. Tom is nodding.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said Ben.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32It's right. 29's our high score at this point and 15's our low.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36You passed 29. 28, well done. APPLAUSE
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Very well played.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- Number 7 hit in 1972. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Katy, welcome to the show. Good to have you here from Stoke-on-Trent.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- What do you up there? - I work on a construction site.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I'm a site administrator, so it's basically me and 100 men.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- I was going to say. How is that? - It can be entertaining.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- You learn some interesting language. - Do you keep them in order?- I try to.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It's very difficult, but, you know.- When did you start?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I've been in construction for about eight years now.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- It must have been quite tough to start with, wasn't it?- It is.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- It's an unusual environment but there's a lot of good banter.- I bet.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18And it has its good moments and it's great seeing it come together.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- You see it from the ground up, so... - Good stuff. Michael Jackson.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It's one I feel I should know more of.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I don't know if I've made this up in my head.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I've convinced myself it's a Michael Jackson song,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30so I'm going to go with Human Nature.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Human Nature, says Katy. Human Nature.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36How many of our 100 people said that? Is it right?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Oh, Katy. I'm afraid there is your answer.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's an incorrect one.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- Scores you 100 points. - It's a good wrong answer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Human Nature, a track from Thriller,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50but not a UK Top 40 single, I'm afraid.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Thanks, Richard.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55We're halfway through the round, so let's look at those scores.
0:08:55 > 0:08:5715, the best score of the pass, Laura, so well done.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Looking pretty strong at this point. As are Louise and Tom on 28
0:09:01 > 0:09:03and Emily and Iqra on 29,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06all thanks to Katy's incorrect answer and a high score of 100.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09It's going to get much harder, this round, I think, in the next pass.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12But we'll see. Who knows? If Stan can find a nice low score,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14there might be a chance of you still being with us
0:09:14 > 0:09:16at the end of the round. Best of luck.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24So, Stan, warm welcome to Pointless.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- What do you do?- I'm a street scene neighbourhood manager
0:09:27 > 0:09:28for a local borough council.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Street scene? What, really, does that mean?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It's a made-up name for the amalgamation of the parks department
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- and the street cleansing department.- I see.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Do you look after window boxes and planters and things like that?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Bigger scale than that. We've got a place called the Queens Gardens
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- where we've just put in 27,000 bedding plants...- Right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- ..which I design.- See, that's nice.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50So, do you have a background in horticulture?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Yeah, when I left school, I studied horticulture.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57When you're designing individual beds, do you change it every year?
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Yeah, we go to the seed trials to see what new varieties come along
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and try and come up with a theme.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05For our council, it's 25 years we've been in Britain In Bloom,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- so everything's silver this year. - Fantastic.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10So I have to find plants that are silver or whitey-silver.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Just spray them silver. - Yeah, that's the easy way.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14That's what I would do.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Stan that sounds great. Now, Michael Jackson.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Is that a topic dear to your heart? - Not really, no.- OK.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24I did know a couple which have gone, as Kate's already said,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26so I'm going to have to go with something obvious.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'll go for Billie Jean.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Billie Jean, says Stan. No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Billie Jean.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37It's right.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Ah.- 42.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44142 is your, I'm afraid,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46unassailable total there.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Number 1 single from 1983.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Billie Jean, better known as Bill, who then went on to marry Ben.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56LAUGHTER
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Tom. This is good news.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It doesn't matter what you score now,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- you are going to be in the next round.- Phew!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Phew, indeed. Tom, what do you do in Belfast?
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Like Louise, I work in the museum sector,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13but I work across all the different ones that are linked
0:11:13 > 0:11:16to the Ulster Museum, so in and out of all of them.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- You're across the national museums? - Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- So where else are they?- There's the Ulster Folk And Transport Museum
0:11:21 > 0:11:22and the Ulster American Folk Park.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Louise, just block your ears for a moment.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Do you have a favourite museum?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Yes, I do, but I don't know if I should say,
0:11:29 > 0:11:34but no, my base of operations is the Ulster Folk And Transport Museum,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- so I have to go with my home base. - And where's that based?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Just outside Belfast in Holywood. - Right you are.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Now, Tom, we're looking for any Michael Jackson UK Top 40 single
0:11:45 > 0:11:48that starts with letters A to M in the alphabet.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- It's a dream round, isn't it? - Actually, it wasn't a bad round.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53A good friend of mine was a big fan growing up.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I had a few quite obvious ones, but seeing we're through,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I'm not 100% sure it was a Top 40, but it's called Cry.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Cry, says Tom.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04No red line cos you're already through,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06but let's see if anyone said Cry.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10It's right. Good answer, Tom.
0:12:15 > 0:12:181. What about that? APPLAUSE
0:12:18 > 0:12:231, taking your total up to 29. Great scoring there, Tom.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25That's a terrific answer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27From 2001, got to number 25.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29If you think about how many hits he had,
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- that's not one of his biggest ones. - No, by no means. Now, Iqra.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Again, already through, which is marvellous news.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Iqra, remind us what you do.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I'm a medical student at the University of Leicester.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43That's right. But also, you were saying you play rugby.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47We do play rugby. We sort of learn as we go along.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49What position do you play?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52We don't like to give positions cos then we can all be equal.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Er, yeah, I'm not... LAUGHTER
0:12:55 > 0:12:59It doesn't have to be an unequal game if you play in positions.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- So, it's a free-for-all?- Yep! - It's basically one big scrum.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's whoever can catch and throw the ball.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08LAUGHTER OK, that's an interesting structure.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11And how does that work?
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- Do people score?- Yeah, we score tries.- Yeah, yeah, good.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17How do you line out then?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20What positions do you stand in for kick-off and things like that?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Oh, we do scrums, yeah. So, some of us do play in the scrums.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I think Emily plays on the wing.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Oh, it sounds like you HAVE got positions,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31just no-one's really told you where you play, that's all.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Well, the position you're in at the moment is very strong,
0:13:34 > 0:13:35in that you are through to the next round,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38no matter what you score, which is great news.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40What would you like to go for, Iqra? We had 1 point from Tom.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I bet there are some pointless answers there.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I don't think these are going to be pointless.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I have a few in my mind, weirdly all beginning with B,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- but I'm going to go for Bad. - Bad, says Iqra. No red line.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Let's see how many people said Bad.
0:13:59 > 0:14:0140.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Takes your total up to 69.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05APPLAUSE
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- It's nice that's a reassuringly bad score for Bad as well.- Mmm.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- If you know what I mean.- Quite low.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Thank you, Richard. OK, now we come to you, Danny.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16You've been waiting patiently all this time.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Good to have you here. What do you do, Danny?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22As well as being at university with Laura, studying film and media,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I also work part-time in a high street betting store as a cashier.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- Is that fun?- It's really fun. I have an interest in sport, so...
0:14:30 > 0:14:31That's good.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Do you get to watch it or you hear it over the wire?
0:14:33 > 0:14:39- Bit of both, depends which channel stuff is on.- Yeah, very exciting.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41What are your interests outside the betting?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Film - I watch a lot of films.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Play football quite a lot, seven-a-side, five-a-side.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Very good. Good news is you're also through to the next round,
0:14:49 > 0:14:50no matter what you score.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52But maybe you've got a good answer there.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Maybe not!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Er, there's one left, really, that I know
0:14:56 > 0:14:59that I'm going to have to go for which is Man In The Mirror.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Man In The Mirror, says Danny.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03No red line again because you're through,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05but let's see how many people said Man In The Mirror.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It's right.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14There we are. 28.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Takes your total up to 43.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Safe and sound. We have the top 5 answers.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23You've given the five highest-scoring answers.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Beat It would have scored 25, Black Or White - 19,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28but apart from that, we've had the five biggest.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I'll go through some low scorers before the pointless ones.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You'd have got 2 points for Ain't No Sunshine, 2 for Gone Too Soon,
0:15:34 > 0:15:362 for Jam, 2 for Love Never Felt So Good.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37You'd have got 1 point for HIStory,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Another Part of Me and Give In To Me.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42And here are our pointless answers. Five of them.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Ghosts was a double A-side with HIStory.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55There we go. Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58the pair we're going to be saying goodbye to, I'm afraid,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01over on that far podium, from Stoke-on-Trent, Stan and Katy.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I'm sorry. Michael Jackson was not what you wanted in your first round,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07but you'll be back next time when I'm sure you'll get much further.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Thanks for playing. Stan and Katy.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11APPLAUSE
0:16:11 > 0:16:15For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18APPLAUSE
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Now we are down to three pairs. At the end of this round,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26we'll have to say farewell to another of the pairs in front of me.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Tom, hats off to you. Lowest individual scorer of that round.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32In fast, Tom and Louise with the lowest combined score as well.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Laura and Danny, Iqra and Emily, well done, you made it through.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:16:43 > 0:16:44It's Football.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And the question concerns...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Footballers And Their Clubs, Richard.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03On each board, we'll show you the initials of six footballers
0:17:03 > 0:17:05and next to those initials,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07the names of three clubs for which they played sequentially.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10You need to tell us who the players are
0:17:10 > 0:17:12and give us the most obscure answer.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14There's going to be six on each board to have a go at home.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18We are looking for the footballers represented by these initials,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20who played for these trios of clubs.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Trios of Clubs - two of my favourite biscuits!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25LAUGHTER
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Here is our first board of six and we have got...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I'll read those again.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10There we go. Danny. This is just lovely, isn't it?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Er, I think so, yeah, it is.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I think I know five of them and I will go for...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20AC Milan, Barcelona and Newcastle United.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Patrick Kluivert. - Patrick Kluivert, says Danny.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said that.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30It's right.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Well done, Danny. That's a good answer.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Down it goes to 2! Very well done indeed!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39APPLAUSE
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- Off to a rollicking start. - Well played, Danny.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The Dutchman Patrick Kluivert, who was assistant manager
0:18:46 > 0:18:49of the Netherlands team as well at the 2014 World Cup.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Thanks, Rich. Now, Emily.- Mmm-hmm.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Um, yeah, football's not really my thing,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59but I think I know a few of them. Don't know whether to gamble
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and go for the bottom one cos I think I might know it.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Yeah, I'm going to gamble and go for the bottom one.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10- Diego Forlan.- Diego Forlan, says Emily. Let's see if that's right.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Danny, what do you think about that?- She might be right, yeah.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16OK, well, let's see if Diego Forlan is right
0:19:16 > 0:19:19and how many people said it if she is right.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It's right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Good answer, Emily. Down it goes. Diego Forlan. Still going down.
0:19:27 > 0:19:305! Very well done indeed! APPLAUSE
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Terrific answer, Emily. Very well played.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The Uruguayan striker, Diego Forlan.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I used to love him when he played over here.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42He scored against Fulham once. I didn't like him so much then.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- But otherwise... - Yeah.- Thanks very much, Rich.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Now, Tom, the board's all yours. - Yeah, it was a great board for me.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Unfortunately, the two answers that are gone are the ones
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I would have went for, had I the choice.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57So, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke - that's Peter Crouch.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Sporting Lisbon, Man United, Real Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy - David Beckham.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07But, just based on being a player from a different age,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'll go for Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sampdoria -
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Trevor Francis. - Trevor Francis, says Tom.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Let's see how many people said Trevor Francis.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22It's right. Well, 2 and 5 are our scores so far.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Trevor Francis, not bad at all.
0:20:24 > 0:20:278. Well done, Tom. APPLAUSE
0:20:30 > 0:20:32That's a terrific answer as well.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35The best three answers on the board, so very well played, all teams.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37When he went to Notts Forest,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39he was the first ever million-pound footballer.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Went there from Birmingham City.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44You got the rest right, but chose the correct one, as you suspected.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Peter Crouch would have scored you 18. Not a huge score.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Ronaldo would have scored you 33. Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55And David Beckham would have scored you 74, a punishing score.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- So, brilliant work by all three pairs there.- Thanks, Richard.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01We're halfway through the round, so let's look at those scores.
0:21:01 > 0:21:052, Danny, the best score of the pass. Well done, you. 5, Emily and Iqra.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Not bad at all. And then 8 for Tom and Louise.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Very, very close indeed. Not much in it at all.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14But, Louise, let's hope there's a nice low score on the board there
0:21:14 > 0:21:16that will keep you in the game.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24OK, let's put six more trios of clubs up on the board
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and here they are. We have got...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'll read those one last time.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- So, Louise.- I can't think of anything worse!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Um...
0:22:09 > 0:22:11I'm going to take a punt
0:22:11 > 0:22:15at the Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Celtic
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and guess Robbie King.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Robbie King, says Louise. No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Let's see if Robbie King is right.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32No, I'm sorry. Not Robbie King.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33That scores you 100 points,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36takes your total up to 108.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Sorry, Louise. The initials are perfect though.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You're absolutely spot-on with those,
0:22:41 > 0:22:47- but not the right answer, I'm afraid.- Iqra. Good news.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50It doesn't matter what you score, you will be in the head-to-head.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52What are you going to go for?
0:22:52 > 0:22:56I feel like I should know these, but nothing's coming to mind.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00I think I have the last name of the Napoli, Parma, Chelsea.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Zabaletti.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- But I'm going to have to guess the first name.- First name?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Something Italian, um...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Gianno Zabaletti. - You're going for Gianno Zabaletti.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Gianno Zabaletti. Let's see if that's right.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16No red line, you're already through.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 105.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25But you're already through.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28And again, very inventively wrong, I would say.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30And I'm also hearing that Fulham have just put a bid in
0:23:30 > 0:23:34for Robbie King and Gianno Zabaletti, so that is terrific news.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Thanks, Rich. Now, Laura.- Yeah.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38How's that board for you?
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- Is there anything you know on there? - Well, Celtic, I should know.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Danny's a massive fan. His whole family's massive Celtic fans.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48So, I'm going to take a guess at that.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I have no idea about the other ones, so this is OK.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57- I'm going to go Robbie Keane.- Robbie Keane?- Keane.- OK, Robbie Keane.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01No red line. You're already through. Let's see if Robbie Keane is right.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08No, bad luck. Another 100 points. 102 is your total,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10but you're through.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14You're not far off at all. It's not a bad answer at all. It's Roy Keane.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Roy Keane was the answer to that one.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Would have scored you seven points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Tom, is there any you want to have a go at?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23I think I know the rest of them. The top is John Barnes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25John Barnes, and that would have scored you...
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- 8 points.- And then Michael Owen. - Michael Owen.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And Michael Owen would have scored you 19.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- Jurgen Klinsmann.- Jurgen Klinsmann is absolutely right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Would have scored you 5. - Thierry Henry.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Of course it's Thierry Henry. That would have scored you 36.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Now, the mystery man at the bottom? - Gianfranco Zola.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Gianfranco Zola, and that would have scored 25.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The best answer, Jurgen Klinsmann. Well done if you said that at home.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Thanks very much, Richard.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53So, the pair leaving us at the end of our second round,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57I'm afraid, it's Louise and Tom. Oh, Tom, and you knew all of those!
0:24:57 > 0:25:01We'll get to see you again next time and I'm sure you'll get much further.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Thanks very much, Louise and Tom. - Thank you.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06APPLAUSE
0:25:06 > 0:25:09For Iqra and Emily, Laura and Danny, it's time for our head-to-head.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12APPLAUSE
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Congratulations, Laura and Danny, Iqra and Emily.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:25:19 > 0:25:23for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,000.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26APPLAUSE
0:25:26 > 0:25:29You know the story. You can now chat before you give your answers.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The first player to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Laura and Danny, well done. Your first appearance on Pointless
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and you made it through to the head-to-head as our golden couple.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Iqra and Emily, good to have you here in the head-to-head.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I have to say that football round was very much a game of two halves.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Some lovely silky skills as we went up the line
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and then some pretty flat-footed answers as we came back down.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54But who cares? You can now put your heads together, pool your knowledge.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58This should, I hope, be a close round. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00APPLAUSE
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Tabloid Ballets, Richard. This sounds like fun.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17We're going to show you five tabloid star headlines now, which outline
0:26:17 > 0:26:20the plots of works that have been performed by the Royal Ballet.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- Can you tell us what the works are, please?- Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Here come our tabloid headlines and they are...
0:27:19 > 0:27:21There we go. Now, Laura and Danny,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24you've been our low-scorers across the show,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27so you will go first. Feel free to confer.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Er...we're going to go for D.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34The Nutcracker.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36OK, The Nutcracker, say Laura and Danny.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Now then, Iqra and Emily, talk us through the rest of the board.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41I wish we could.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Um, OK, so obviously know C.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Do you have any idea what A is?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Is it some sort of fairy tale?
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I think it is.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Are we going to have to go for C?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Mechanical Girl... Do we know who that is?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Could be anyone.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- No, we'll have to go for... Shall we go for C?- Yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- We'll have to for C. Romeo And Juliet.- OK, Romeo And Juliet.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08So we have The Nutcracker and Romeo And Juliet.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Laura and Danny said The Nutcracker.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17It's right.
0:28:19 > 0:28:2146 for The Nutcracker.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24APPLAUSE
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Iqra and Emily have gone for Romeo And Juliet for C.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:28:35 > 0:28:3866. There we are. Well done, Laura and Danny.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- After one question, you're up 1-0. - Well played.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43The first one does sound like a fairy tale,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- one of the great fairy tale of all time.- The Sleeping Beauty.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48The Sleeping Beauty.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50That would have scored you 47 points,
0:28:50 > 0:28:52so it wouldn't have won you the point.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Let's leave B for a moment and go down to E...
0:28:55 > 0:28:59..which is Coppelia. Very well done if you said that. 12 points.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03And B, based on the Pushkin novel.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Onegin.- Onegin, yeah.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Very well done if you said that. It's a pointless answer.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Or One Gin.- One Gin. - LAUGHTER
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Iqra and Emily, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22You get to answer it first but you have to win it. It concerns...
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Tigers.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28We're going to show you five clues now to facts relating to tigers -
0:29:28 > 0:29:32cool! You just have to give us the most obscure answer, please.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34OK, let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54I'll read those again.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Iqra and Emily, you will go first.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15OK, we know a few of them,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19but I think we're going to go for the top one as Life Of Pi.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Life Of Pi, say Iqra and Emily.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Laura and Danny, the board's all yours. Talk us through it.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Lions and tigers.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Yeah, well, so, I was thinking the top one,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I think it IS the Life Of Pi,
0:30:33 > 0:30:38but I don't know if the name of the tiger is the Pi, I don't know.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- Um, do you know the band? - I do, I just can't remember.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47- Er, OK, I think we should probably just...- Survivor.- Survivor, OK.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Right, that'll probably be lower than lion and...
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- We'll go for Survivor for the band. - You're going to go for Survivor,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Laura and Danny. Survivor. So, we have Life Of Pi and we have Survivor.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Life Of Pi was Iqra and Emily's answer.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Let's see how many people said that.
0:31:09 > 0:31:1220. APPLAUSE
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Not bad. 20 for Life Of Pi.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Now, Laura and Danny have gone for Survivor.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Let's see if that's right for The Eye Of The Tiger.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It IS right.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Oh!- 28 for Survivor. Not a bad answer,
0:31:30 > 0:31:33but Iqra and Emily, you've done what you needed to do.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40The best two answers on the board as well, those two. Continent is Asia.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42That would have scored you 57.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Lions is, of course, the answer to the next one.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Would have scored you 74. 26 people nonplussed by that question.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Is it a buffalo? I don't know. What is it?
0:31:53 > 0:31:56And the answer to the last one is, of course, Shere Khan.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59That would have scored you 41.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Thank you, Richard. Here comes your third question.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Whoever wins this, goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08Best of luck to both pairs. Our third question concerns...
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Dietary supplements, Richard.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I'll show you five products which are traditionally used
0:32:14 > 0:32:17as dietary supplements, but we've missed out alternate letters.
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Can you fill those letters in?
0:32:18 > 0:32:22OK, let's reveal our five dietary supplements with missing bits.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Laura and Danny will go first.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49OK, we're really only sure of two
0:32:49 > 0:32:53and we think one of them's going to be quite high.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55The other one probably will be as well.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58We'll go for the second one and folic acid.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Folic acid, say Laura and Danny.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Iqra and Emily, talk us through that board if you can.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06We think we should know more of these than we do.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09We think the top one could be ginseng.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13But would that be a supplement? It's a thing, isn't it?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I think the last one is too obvious to go for, cod liver oil.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21I feel like the G one could be gluto something.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Gluco something.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- Glucosaide...?- Gluco... Glucoside?
0:33:27 > 0:33:32OK, we'll go for the first one as that thing that exists, ginseng.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Ginseng, the thing that exists.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38OK, so we have folic acid and we have ginseng.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Laura and Danny said folic acid.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:49 > 0:33:5128.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53APPLAUSE
0:33:54 > 0:33:58OK, Iqra and Emily, our medical students, came in with ginseng.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Let's see how many people said that.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Yep, there we go. 52. Very well done, Laura and Danny.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- After three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.- Well played.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16There's a couple of answers that would have beaten you.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Cod liver oil certainly wouldn't have done. It's the biggest scorer.
0:34:19 > 0:34:2272 points for that. The one beginning with G, do you know that?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26- Very good for the joints. Glucosamine.- Look at that.
0:34:26 > 0:34:3011 points for that. And this next one is a type of algae.
0:34:30 > 0:34:325 points for spirulina.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- Ah. Ooh, that sounds nice.- 5 points.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Any of those health food shops,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39virtually everything you get's got all those things in it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- It's also a wonderful ballet as well, Spirulina.- Spirulina, it's lovely.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- I went to see that at the... - Starring the jester Glucosamine.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Yes, ha-ha, he's a cheeky one, isn't he?- Isn't he, though?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Little Glucosamine, grrr.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:54 > 0:34:58I'm sorry, Iqra and Emily. You made it through to the head-to-head,
0:34:58 > 0:34:59which was better than last time,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02but I'm afraid Laura and Danny just pipped you in each instance.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Nothing wrong with your answers,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06but I'm afraid, 2-1, we can't argue with that.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Thanks very much for playing. Iqra and Emily.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:35:12 > 0:35:15But for Laura and Danny, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19APPLAUSE
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Well done, Laura and Danny! What about that?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Your first appearance on Pointless
0:35:23 > 0:35:25and you've shot straight through to the final
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and you have taken the coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35You now have a chance to play for our jackpot
0:35:35 > 0:35:39and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42APPLAUSE
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Well, it's been a solid performance, I'd say.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46It wasn't easy at any point,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49but we had a lovely low score from you with Patrick Kluivert there.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Anything you particularly want to see in this last round?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Well, film would definitely be good.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58We both study film, so we might have some obscure knowledge there.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- That would be good.- I guess football would still be good for you.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05- Football again, yeah.- He has enough knowledge for the two of us, so...
0:36:05 > 0:36:06OK, very best of luck.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10You get to choose your category from the four that we put up on the board.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Let us hope there is something you like the look of. We've got...
0:36:23 > 0:36:28- Well...- Er...- Well, Horse Racing's a no-go.- Horse-racing's a no-go.
0:36:28 > 0:36:311940's Oscar Winners - that could be good. It's a bit...
0:36:31 > 0:36:35- It's a bit earlier than what we... - We just said we wanted Film.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37I know, but it's a bit earlier than what we study.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42We kind of do the popular stuff. American Novelists - hit and miss.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- I think it should be... - OK, let's go for Oscar Winners.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- It has to be Oscar Winners.- Yep. - OK, 1940's Oscar Winners it is.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Best of luck. We're concentrating on the Oscar ceremonies
0:36:51 > 0:36:55between 1940 and 1949, inclusive, and we are looking for any...
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15As always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of the answers
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- to be pointless. Are you ready? - Yeah.- Yes.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28- OK, can you think of any films? - Ben-Hur?- Oh, good one, yeah.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Ben-Hur.- Um, Casablanca... Might be a bit too...
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- No, Casablanca.- Casablanca's fine.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Bogart.- OK, Humphrey Bogart. Um...
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Gregory Peck, maybe.- OK. Um...
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Ingram...- Directors.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Is it Bergman? Ingrid Bergman. - Ingrid Bergman.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48These are all really big, aren't they?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Cos it's like Casablanca and stuff.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Aye, but people might not know. - I know, I know.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55What about directors? Do we know any directors?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Casablanca. That's terrible. We should know.- Oh, what's the...?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- What you thinking?- Films like Spartacus, maybe?- OK.- Um...
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Oh, what's the guy called?- I think Ben-Hur's quite good.- Ben-Hur.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Ben-Hur. Um...- Too early for Brando?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Ten seconds left.- I'm thinking A Streetcar Named Desire but that..
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- A Streetcar Named Desire, maybe. - Maybe Vivien Leigh.- Vivien...
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- I think we should go for Vivien Leigh, maybe.- Right, OK.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- OK, that is your time up, I'm afraid. Ooh, that went flying past.- It did.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30What are the three answers you're going to give me?
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- We'll go for Ben-Hur?- Yeah.- Um, Best Picture, we'll go for Ben-Hur.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- Ben-Hur.- Best Actor Oscar Winner... - Vivien Leigh.- Vivien Leigh.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- Vivien Leigh.- And one last one. - And we'll go for...Spartacus?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Spartacus for Best Picture as well. - Spartacus.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Spartacus?- Probably Spartacus. - Spartacus goes last.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58- Least likely to be pointless?- Vivien Leigh.- Vivien Leigh we'll put first.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Let's put those answers up in that order and here they are.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Very best of luck. Three answers up there.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Let's hope one of them is pointless.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14If it is, it will win you that jackpot of £2,000.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16What would you do with that, Laura?
0:39:16 > 0:39:21Er, £2,000, we would probably take a holiday to Poland.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I'm originally from Poland and I'd quite like to take him
0:39:24 > 0:39:27to go and see where I'm from and stuff, so I'd like to take him
0:39:27 > 0:39:30and show him my primary school and stuff.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- £2,000 would do great for that. - Danny, how about you?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36If I'm allowed to have a say in where the money goes,
0:39:36 > 0:39:41I'd probably like to go to America, maybe, if that would cover it.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Maybe Hollywood to see the film sets and stuff. We love films, so...
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Poor Laura. She wants to take him to her old primary school
0:39:48 > 0:39:52- and he goes, "Er, maybe Hollywood!" - I know, right?!
0:39:52 > 0:39:55LAUGHTER
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Well, let's hope one of these answers wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01In the first case, you have gone for Vivien Leigh.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04We were looking for Best Actor winners at the Oscars from the 1940s.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Let's see if it's right. It has to be pointless for you
0:40:07 > 0:40:09to win that jackpot, so for £2,000,
0:40:09 > 0:40:11let's see if anyone said Vivien Leigh.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Yeah. I have a hunch I know why that might be wrong, but we will see.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Richard will explain at the end.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23But, unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Two more shots at today's jackpot. Your next answer was Ben-Hur.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30We were looking for Best Film Oscar winners from the 1940s.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Let's see if that's right. For £2,000, how many people said Ben-Hur?
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Bad luck. An incorrect answer also, which means everything is now riding
0:40:42 > 0:40:45on your third and final answer which was Spartacus.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Again, it has to be right,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52So, for £2,000, let's see how many people said Spartacus.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Ooh, bad luck!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- APPLAUSE - Oh, well.- Oh, well.- Bad luck.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Well, you had a good shot at that, but I'm afraid...
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- It was a tough one, that.- Yeah. - That was tough. 1940s.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Well, Richard will talk us through them
0:41:10 > 0:41:12and we'll see what those pointless answers looked like.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15It'll be interesting to see how many you might have been close to.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find it on the day,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20so I'm afraid you don't win the Pointless jackpot.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22That will roll over onto the next show,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25but a strong performance across the show. You can be proud of that.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each, so well done.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31APPLAUSE
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah, valiant effort.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Spartacus and Ben-Hur both eligible for the 1961 Oscar ceremony
0:41:36 > 0:41:38but Ben-Hur won it.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41And Vivien Leigh did win an Oscar in 1940
0:41:41 > 0:41:44but Best Actress, of course, rather than Best Actor.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46I know, these days, we use "actor" as interchangeable,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50but in the Oscars, they still have Best Actor and Best Actress,
0:41:50 > 0:41:52so we were looking for Best Actor Oscar winners.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend. Ronald Colman for A Double Life.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Also could have had Broderick Crawford,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Fredric March and Paul Lukas. All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at Best Picture.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18All tough answers there, I think. Ones that scored points there -
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Casablanca, which you mentioned, would have scored you 9 points.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Rebecca, How Green Was My Valley, Hamlet, Going My Way
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Mrs Miniver and The Lost Weekend - all of those scored points.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29And you asked who the director of Casablanca was.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32It was Michael Curtiz and it would have won you the jackpot
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- cos he's a pointless answer.- Oh! - And Joseph L Mankiewicz also.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Very well played if you got any of those at home
0:42:38 > 0:42:39and unlucky in the studio.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Tough category, actually, even for film students.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Absolutely. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Laura and Danny,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48but it's been wonderful having you on the show. Laura and Danny.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Sadly, Laura and Danny didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:54 > 0:42:56which means it rolls over onto the next show
0:42:56 > 0:42:58when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Join us then, see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10APPLAUSE