Episode 27 Pointless

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Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players. APPLAUSE

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Tim.

This is my friend Caitlin, and we're both from Cardiff University.

Couple number two.

Hi, my name is Mike and this is my girlfriend, Vicky.

We both currently live in Manchester.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Franklyn.

This is my friend Rhiannon, and we're from West Yorkshire.

And finally couple number four.

Hi, my name is Corrine and I'm from Stroud, in Gloucestershire,

and this is my son James.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you. A warm welcome to the show.

We will find out more about each of you throughout the show.

So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Here to whisper sweet nothings into the ear of his encyclopaedia

is my Pointless friend - it's Richard.

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-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Well, what a show last time.

-What a show.

-Everything happened.

-Didn't it?

-In the first round on our last podium,

Corrine and James got knocked out cos Corrine give us a wrong answer

by one letter in that first round.

She said Shepherd Moon for an Enya album.

It was Shepherd Moons, so it was very unfortunate.

So, hopefully we'll see much more of them today.

Rhiannon and Franklyn got safely through that first round,

then joined the 200 Club in the second round.

Vicky and Mike, they got all the way to the head-to-head,

-so they're going to be tough to beat.

-Yeah.

They got beaten by Billy and Craig.

Then Billy and Craig got through to the final to the jackpot round.

They had a question on elements,

and Billy discovered two brand-new elements that didn't exist yet.

-No.

-Yeah.

Unfortunate for him, they didn't exist cos they didn't win the money,

but fair play to him for discovering two brand-new ones.

Very good indeed. Thank you very much, Richard.

Billy and Craig, as you've gathered,

didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at this - £4,000.

There we are.

APPLAUSE Very exciting indeed.

Well, somebody could win that today.

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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Just remember this - the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Your job is to make sure you are not that pair.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is Tennis. It's Tennis.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Wimbledon singles winners with seven or fewer letters in their surname.

Yeah, looking for the name of any woman or man

who's won a Wimbledon singles title since 1968, please,

right up to the 2015 tournament

whose surname has seven or fewer letters.

-Very best of luck.

-There we go. Thank you very much indeed.

Caitlin, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-University of Cardiff.

-Yes.

-And what are you studying there?

-I'm studying chemistry.

Oh, you'd have been all over that last round.

You know we've discovered new elements.

-You might need to take that back.

-I've heard the exciting news.

-Strandium you can have.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Very good.

What have you been up to when

you haven't been studying your chemistry?

Well, I'm on the university ladies' cricket team,

-so a lot of fun with that.

-Well done. Exciting.

-Unfortunately not for this question, but there you go.

-Unfortunately not.

-And I think we just enjoy having a good time. Yeah.

-As you should.

-Student life.

-Now, Tennis.

-Yes.

-Are you happy with Tennis?

-You didn't look particularly happy when it came up.

-No.

-No.

Do you like it any more now that we've told you

what the specifics are?

-Slightly more.

-OK.

-There are some obvious ones coming to mind.

-Uh-huh.

-I'm trying to think a bit more on the pointless side.

-This is good.

That's where we are.

But I think that I might just have to go

with the obvious to be safe and go with Roger Federer.

That's definitely going to land in the right part of the court.

Roger Federer. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

Well, it's not that bad.

19. There we are, Caitlin.

That's how you do it.

Gets us off to a very good start. APPLAUSE

Yeah, seven singles titles up to 2015.

-His name feels like it's got more than seven letters, though.

-Yeah.

I imagine lots of people left it off,

cos when you've got 100 seconds and you're writing them down,

I think you dismiss it early...

-That's true.

-..and you don't go back to check.

So, good counting there. There you are.

Roger Federer. Roger Federer.

Vicky, welcome back.

Vicky, remind us what you do.

I'm an English literature student

and I also work in a jewellery shop part-time.

And where are you doing your English literature?

-Manchester Met.

-And what are your interests, Vicky?

I'm a really big videogamer, and I love American football

and WWE wrestling,

so anything that involves sitting on the sofa for hours on end.

OK, you are just the perfect Pointless contestant.

I mean, that is extraordinary.

You've got everything we need. Now, Vicky, how is your tennis?

-Not good at all.

-No, but that's on the sofa. Not playing it, obviously.

-But the watching of Wimbledon can very easily be sofa-based.

-Yeah.

I'm going to have to go for the most obvious one. I'm sorry.

Andy Murray.

OK. Andy Murray.

OK, well, let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Andy Murray.

It is right.

51. It's not catastrophic.

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51 for Andy Murray.

Yeah, Andy Murray is a Scottish tennis player. Won in 2013.

He's got two Rs,

-so 33% of those six are R.

-LAUGHTER

16.5% M, 16.5% U, 16.5% A, 16.5% Y.

-Yeah.

-It's the constituent parts of his surname.

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

-And he won Wimbledon.

-There we go.

-Absolutely perfect.

-There we go.

-Perfect.

-There we go.

Absolutely brilliant.

Now, Rhiannon, welcome back. Remind us what you do.

I work in medical records at the hospital, my local one.

So, is that a sort of filing thing or is that...?

Yeah, it's just collecting in-patient records

and getting them ready for outpatient clinics.

I see. I see.

And when you're not doing that, Rhiannon, what do you get up to?

-Play the flute.

-Mm-hm.

Read, sew, watch TV.

Good stuff. OK, now, Rhiannon, what are you going to go for?

I'm rubbish at tennis.

Serena Williams.

OK. Serena Williams, says Rhiannon.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

went with Serena Williams.

Ooh. Bad luck, Rhiannon.

I'm afraid Serena Williams is an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points. Sorry.

Yeah, eight letters, of course - Williams -

25% of which are L.

Yeah, look at that. LAUGHTER

-25% of which are I as well.

-There we are.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-I and L working hard there.

-I know.

-Doing 50% of the work.

-Working hard for the Williams sisters.

-Yeah.

There we go. Thank you very much.

OK, Corrine, welcome back. Corrine, remind us what you do.

-I run a team of subcontractors that install kitchens.

-Oh, yes.

-Mm.

-So, you're in a showroom full of kitchens...

-Yes.

-..which in itself must feel quite homely.

-Beautiful.

Do you have a favourite one that you like to sort of drape yourself in?

I'd be the customer from hell if I wanted one.

I'd change my mind every time I went into the showroom, so...

Well, that's nice. They're all vying to be your favourite.

This is good. You're selling the place fantastically.

And your interests outside of kitchens...

-Mm-hm.

-..are what?

-Formula One.

-Ah.

-I love to watch Formula One racing.

-Ah. Very good.

-And also comedy. I like live comedy.

I want to do better than Richard Herring,

and I haven't done that so far here.

It's impossible to do worse, but you matched him.

-You did match him.

-SHE LAUGHS

OK, now, Corrine, what would you like to go for?

I think I'm going to say Boris Becker.

OK. Boris Becker, says Corrine. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Boris Becker.

It's right.

Well, of our correct answers, 51 was our high score

and you've passed that a while back.

APPLAUSE 28.

Not bad at all.

Yeah, three wins for Becker.

And you see, he scores more than Federer.

-Yeah.

-That can only be the name thing.

You're right. Absolutely right. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores.

19, the best score of the pass... Caitlin, very well done.

..putting Caitlin and Tim at the top of the table there for now.

Then up to 28, where we find Corrine and James. That's more like it.

Up to 51, Vicky and Mike, and then up to 100, I'm afraid,

Rhiannon and Franklyn.

Franklyn, how good is your tennis?

-Perfect.

-Superb.

-Yeah.

Cos we need you to a ace it in this next pass

to keep you in the game.

We're coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Now, James, just remind us what you do.

I'm a financial services auditor.

What do you do when you're not doing that?

Well, like my mum, I'm also a big fan of Formula One.

I try and watch as much of that as we can.

Do you ever watch it live?

To be honest, the thing stopping us, funnily enough,

is the traffic jams around Silverstone.

If we could avoid that,

perhaps win enough money to get a helicopter up there...

-I was going to say just buy a jet pack.

-Mm.

OK, now, James, we are looking for the name - let us not forget -

of any Wimbledon winner with seven letters or fewer in their name.

OK. I'm going to play it relatively safe

and go with Andre Agassi.

Agassi, says James.

OK, you've got to score 71 or less.

You are going for Andre Agassi. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that. There's your red line.

It's right and you are through. Very well done.

It's a good answer. 18. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 46. Very well done.

Well played, James. That's more like it, isn't it?

Yeah, the winner in 1992.

There we are. Thank you, Richard. Now then, Franklyn...

-Hi.

-..welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a customer assistant in a supermarket.

When you're not working what do you like to get up to?

I like to go on days out.

I like walking, reading and being a TV extra.

I once did a Comic Relief thing and turned up

and everyone just assumed I was a TV extra.

LAUGHTER No-one said a word to me.

Everyone just looked right through me.

-Sorry?

-LAUGHTER

Oh, dear. But I hope people aren't like that to you.

-No, no. They're fine.

-No, good.

Now, Franklyn, you are the high scorers at this point,

so we need a low score from you.

This is the worst subject.

The two ladies behind me are after taking my answers,

so I've got one in mind, but I'm not sure of the first name.

So, I'm just going to go for it and hope.

Rafael Nadal.

OK, Rafael Nadal. You said Rafael Nadal.

OK, no red line for you as you're the high scorer,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Rafael Nadal.

No.

It's right.

24.

APPLAUSE Not bad. Not bad.

You're still in with a shout, Franklyn. 124 is your total.

Champion in 2008 and 2010, Rafa Nadal.

Now, his surname has got five letters,

-coming in way under what's needed.

-Yeah.

-40% of his surname is A.

-A, I know.

LAUGHTER Extraordinary.

-Without that, he'd be Ndl.

-LAUGHTER

He's a got a lot to thank A for.

Yeah. There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Mike, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Mike.

-I'm a shift leader in a pub chain.

-Oh, where's your pub?

-In Manchester.

-Is it a massive pub?

Um, not really,

but it's by a cinema complex and that,

-so it's pretty busy.

-Ah, so, no, that is pretty big.

I noticed that you and Vicky each introduce yourselves

-as currently living in Manchester.

-Yeah.

That sounds like you're not planning to be there forever.

We're from different places in the UK, obviously.

-We've just moved up there.

-OK.

-But who knows where we'll be?

Who knows? Exactly.

OK, now, Mike, there you are on 51.

If you can score 72 or less, you're through.

What would you like to go for?

I know she's a trainer, but I don't know if she's actually won it,

-but Judy Murray.

-MURMURING

That's because they love that answer.

LAUGHTER Judy Murray, says Mike.

Well, Rhiannon and Franklyn

very interested in the result of this.

There is your red line.

If you get below that with Judy Murray, you're through.

Has she ever won Wimbledon, though?

No. I'm afraid not, Mike.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points

and I'm afraid that takes your total up to an unbeatable 151.

Sorry, Mike. She came closer to winning Strictly Come Dancing

-than Wimbledon.

-LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Tim, welcome. Listen, you can enjoy two things.

The fact that Caitlin scored only 19, which is fantastic.

I'm really impressed with her, actually.

-So am I.

-Really impressed.

-And secondly, it doesn't matter what you score now.

-Mm.

You are through to Round Two. But, Tim, tell us about yourself.

So, I am also a first year - well, going into second year -

chemistry student at Cardiff University.

Excellent.

I've been working some events work this summer

through a private events company,

-which has been interesting.

-Corporate events, things like that?

Yeah, a few big parties as well, but...

-That's quite fun.

-Interestingly-sized budgets.

Interesting size budgets,

so you've got big ideas for when you have your big leaving party

-when you leave Cardiff.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

Now, Tim, through to the next round.

Doesn't matter what you score. Let's have a great answer.

This is still a bit of a shot in the dark

cos I don't know if he actually ever did win,

but I'm going to go with Tim Henman.

MURMURING They love that as well.

LAUGHTER OK, let's find out. Did he win?

Hmm, jeopardy.

No red line for you. You're already through.

No, an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 119.

Not a bad total then.

I thought Serena Williams was going to be the worst answer.

-How wrong I was.

-LAUGHTER

How wrong I was.

I know people at home will have got some good answers,

so let's go through.

There's two pointless answers.

A Czech guy called Jan Kodes won in 1973 when lots of people boycotted.

Kodes was a pointless answer. And Evonne Cawley.

She won it as Evonne Goolagong, then won it again as Evonne Cawley.

She was a pointless answer.

1 point for Michael Stich.

You'd have got 2 points for Leyton Hewitt and Jana Novotna.

3 for Bartoli, Stan Smith, Rod Laver, Ann Jones.

4 for Petra Kvitova. 7 points for Arthur Ashe and Martina Hingis.

8 for Edberg and Pat Cash.

Ten for Billie Jean King. 13 for Chris Evert. 14, Virginia Wade.

15, Jimmy Connors. 17, Sampras and McEnroe. 20 for Steffi Graf.

And the top three. We've heard the top two.

Andy Murray and Boris Becker, the two biggest scorers.

And 26 points for Bjorn Borg.

Wonderful. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, at the end of our first round,

I'm sorry to say the pair with the high score

is Mike and Vicky,

our head-to-headers last time.

So, we have to say goodbye to you. I'm so sorry.

Far too soon, but anyway, thank you so much for playing. Mike and Vicky.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

Well, look at that.

Down to three pairs, so well done, everyone,

for surviving the axe this time.

Well done on the far podium there, Corrine and James.

Two correct answers and our lowest team score,

so very well done.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon...

is History. It's History.

Can you all therefore decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

the 15th century.

The 15th century, Richard.

I know, I know. It's before your time.

On each board, we're going to give you six clues to the people,

places and events that took place in the 15th century.

Give us the most obscure answer you can.

There's going to be 12 to have a go at at home,

-so very best of luck.

-OK, Thank you.

Let's reveal our first board of clues. Here they come.

Six of them this time.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Tim, over to you.

-Hmm.

-What would you like to go for on this board?

It's tricky.

I think I'm going to go for the first one,

again with a bit of a stab in the dark.

And I'm going to go for St Andrews.

St Andrews, says Tim. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

45. APPLAUSE

Quite a high score, that. 45 for St Andrews.

Well played, Tim. That's a great answer.

Yeah, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge both went to St Andrews.

Very good. I hear their chemistry department is nothing on Cardiff's.

-That's what I'm hearing.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Rhiannon.

I'm just going to go for the third one down. It's a complete guess.

Henry VIII.

Henry VIII.

Henry VIII says Rhiannon. Well, Tudor monarch.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Henry VIII.

I'm afraid not Henry VIII.

That scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Rhiannon.

I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, James, that board is all yours.

Do you want to just wander through it and fill in the blanks for us?

I think I know most of them.

The Renaissance artist is Leonardo da Vinci.

The Tudor monarch, I think, was Henry IV.

The peasant girl is Joan of Arc.

I don't know the imperial palace complex,

and Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile

ruled modern-day Spain,

which I think I'll give as my answer.

OK, Spain, says James.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Spain.

It is right.

Well, 45 is our low score at this point

and you pass it very comfortably.

30. Very well done. APPLAUSE

30 for Spain.

Yeah, well played, James.

Their marriage in fact united those two, Castile and Aragon.

Kind of lead to modern-day Spain.

Now, Rhiannon, very strange symmetry in your two answers so far.

In the first round, you gave us an eight-letter answer

when we were looking for a seven-letter answer,

and in this round, you gave us Henry VIII

-and we were looking for Henry VII.

-SHE LAUGHS

Would've been a terrific answer as well.

Would've scored you 17 points.

Well done if you said that at home.

The Renaissance artist - James was right -

was Leonardo da Vinci.

Would've scored you 31. The peasant girl was Joan of Arc.

That would've scored you 74. And do you know the imperial palace?

I'll go for the Forbidden City.

It is the Forbidden City. Would've scored you 12 points.

Best answer on the board.

-Well done if you said that.

-Thank you very much.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

30, James. Well done.

The lowest score of that pass.

James and Corrine, once again looking very strong.

Then up to 45 where Tim and Caitlin are. And then 100, I'm afraid,

Rhiannon and Franklyn. So, Franklyn,

-I've said this to you before.

-Yep.

We need a low score from you. Best of luck with that.

We're coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK.

We're going to put six more clues to 15th-century facts and figures

on the board, and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Corrine, we're over to you.

69 or less gets you through to the head-to-head.

OK.

-I preferred the first board, I have to say.

-Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. SHE LAUGHS

I think I'll go fairly safe and say Edward V

and his brother Richard were last seen in the Tower of London.

The Tower of London.

OK, let's see. Here is your red line.

Can you get below that with that Tower of London?

How many of our 100 people said it?

It's right.

Well done. The Tower of London gets you into the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE 41 is your score. 71 is your total.

Yeah. Some say they were murdered by their uncle, Richard III.

If you saw anything, please get in touch with the programme.

LAUGHTER Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Franklyn.

Yeah, again, another worst subject for me.

I'm sorry.

I'm just going to guess and go out with a bang.

The third one down, Machu Picchu, India.

India, says Franklyn.

No red line for you as you're the highest scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said India.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200. I'm sorry. 400 Club.

I know. First new members of the 400 Club in a long time,

so welcome in.

But no, you'll be getting your membership pack in the post.

The badges, the hats, all of that business.

-Nice little plastic wallet as well.

-Absolutely.

And you're welcome to join us

on our annual trip to Machu Picchu, but you have to find it.

LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Caitlin, great news.

-Oh!

-Great news.

-You are through, come what may.

-Yes.

Do you want to talk through that board? Look, five unanswered clues.

I mean, I'm afraid I can't do a lot of talking

because I'm pretty stuck on most of the questions,

but I think I'm going to go for the bottom one,

and go for what I think is the answer of Eton.

You're going to say Eton. Eton College, says Caitlin.

Let's see if that's right. No red line as you're already through.

How many of our 100 people said Eton?

It's right.

59. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 104.

Well done, Caitlin.

Yeah, it was founded to provide free education to 70 poor boys,

Eton College.

Different times.

Now, let's go through the rest of these.

-You don't the top one, I'm guessing.

-I don't.

Guru Nanak. That's the best answer up there.

3 points if you said that.

-Henry V.

-Agincourt.

-Agincourt. That was 28.

-And Machu Picchu is in...?

-Peru.

-Peru, yeah.

55 points for that.

-And the ruler of Wallachia?

-Vlad the Impaler.

Vlad the Impaler. The guy with the best nickname in history.

Vlad the Impaler. 17 points if you said that.

There we are. Thank you very much.

So, at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid the pair we're sending home again with a high score of 200,

it's Franklyn and Rhiannon.

Sorry to be sending you home.

Sorry to have given you a tough board. It's been great having you.

Thank you so much for playing. Franklyn and Rhiannon.

APPLAUSE

But for Corrine and James and Caitlin and Tim,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Corrine and James, Caitlin and Tim.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot.

I'd forgotten about the jackpot. It's currently standing at £4,000.

That'll be exciting. APPLAUSE

You know the deal. You can start playing as teams.

You can chat before giving answers.

First pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

Well, very well done, Corrine and James.

Went out Round One last time.

I feel there's some sort of poetic justice

having you as our low-scoring pair, so well done.

Caitlin and Tim, first appearance on the show.

This is nice. It's family versus friends. Family versus friends.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK. Here's your first question. And it concerns...

Popular Artists.

Popular Artists. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures now

of big-selling music artists.

Can you tell us who they are, please?

OK. So, let's reveal our five pictures, and here they come.

We have got...

There we are.

Five popular music artists.

Corrine and James, you're our low scorers so you go first.

SHE WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY

-WHISPERS:

-Yeah, I know,

but I think we should go for...

-D.

-OK.

We're going to go with D,

and we think that's Neil Diamond.

D, Neil Diamond, say Corrine and James. Neil Diamond.

Now, Caitlin and Tim, talk us through that board.

-Eugh.

-Wow.

Um, I don't know.

We were going to go with D as well,

I think, probably.

But I think we're going

-to go with C.

-Yes.

My sister is in love with him,

and so I have to do it just for her.

I think we're going to go with C,

which is Paolo Nutini.

Paolo Nutini. Paolo Nutini, say Caitlin and Tim.

OK, so, Corrine and James have said Neil Diamond for D.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

Not bad. 18.

APPLAUSE 18 for Neil Diamond.

Meanwhile, Caitlin and Tim have gone for C and said Paulo Nutini.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with them.

It's right.

Has to beat 18.

It's close. Look at that. Very well done.

5 for Paulo Nutini. APPLAUSE

Your sister has done you proud there.

Well done, Caitlin and Tim. After one question, they're up 1-0.

Yeah, everyone on this board

had one of the top-40 bestselling albums of 2014.

-Wow.

-Yep.

-A is...

-Andre Rieu.

Andre Rieu.

Absolutely. And that would've scored you 22 points.

-B?

-Is Ellie Goulding.

B is Ellie Golding.

Yeah. She would've scored you 46.

Much higher than Paulo.

And E, of course,

is Barbra Streisand.

And she would've scored you 65 points.

Wonderful. Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your second question.

Caitlin and Tim get to go first, but, Corrine and James,

you have to win it to stay in the game.

So, best of luck. It concerns...

the Turner Prize.

The Turner Prize, Richard.

I'm going to show you five clues to facts about the Turner Prize.

Give us the most obscure answer.

OK, let's reveal our five Turner clues, and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Now then, Caitlin and Tim, you'll go first.

-WHISPERS:

-I should know this. Turner was brought up in Salisbury.

-WHISPERS:

-Yeah?

-Painted the cathedral.

Um, the decade in which the prize was first awarded, if I'm right,

then this prize was for someone who painted the cathedral in Salisbury,

and I'm from there.

And I think we're going to go for something like 1910

for the decade in which the prize was first awarded.

-1910.

-Yeah.

-OK, 1910, say Caitlin and Tim.

Right, Corrine and James, what would you like to go for?

-Do you want to talk us through that board?

-No.

This is possibly the worst board we could've had,

so we're not too sure.

We were going to take a punt on the decade, but...

You still can.

Well, that seemed like quite an educated guess,

so we're going to go for the artist noticed for his spot paintings.

-We think that might be Damien Hirst.

-Damien Hirst. OK.

In the order they were given,

Caitlin and Tim said the 1910s for the decade

in which the Turner was first awarded.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said 1910.

Oh. Not the 1910s, I'm afraid.

Now, Corrine and James have gone for Damien Hirst,

the artist noted for his spot paintings.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

All you have to be is right and you'll win the point.

-Very well done.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE 9 is what that scores,

but crucially, it was right,

-which means, after two questions, it's 1-1.

-Yeah, well played.

In fact, every single answer on this board is in single figures.

Might as well call it Unpopular Artists.

The decade in which the prize was first awarded,

you would've got to the final if you got this.

You were so close with the 1910s. You were just 70 years out.

-LAUGHTER

-1850.

-It's the 1980s.

-1980s.

-The 1980s. It's not the 1850s.

No.

The 1980s. Much more modern.

-I don't think it's to do with Salisbury Cathedral.

-It's not.

6 points for that.

The first three names of Turner are Joseph Mallord William.

Very well done if you got that. Would've scored you 3 points.

-The only potter?

-Grayson Perry.

-The wonderful Grayson Perry.

Of course it was. Would've scored you 7 points.

-And the band?

-The K Found...

-It was the KLF.

-The KLF.

-Yeah.

-Exactly that.

Would've scored you 4 points.

Oh, what they did,

they handed it over cos they thought it was the worst piece of art.

-Yeah.

-And they had £40,000 nailed in cash to a board,

and if she didn't accept it immediately,

-they were going to set fire to it.

-Yeah.

-You kind of have to take...

-She did. She took it and she gave it to young artists.

-She did.

-Which I think was the classy thing to do.

-Lovely Rachel Whiteread.

We think she's... Big fans of hers. Thank you very much.

Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot, so best of luck to both pairs.

It concerns...

Welsh Place Names.

HE LAUGHS Welsh Place Names.

I know what's going to happen here.

You're going to have to do some pronunciation here.

We're going to show you the names of five Welsh places now

with their English names in brackets with the first and last letters.

We need you to tell us those English names, please.

-Might be helpful if you're at university in a Welsh...

-Yeah.

I don't know. Let's find out.

Apologies to any Welsh speakers, particularly my mother-in-law.

Let's reveal our five Welsh place names.

I'll read those again. Apologies. Apologies.

I'm trying my best, but it almost makes it more agonising.

APPLAUSE No, really not, no.

There we are. You get the idea.

Corrine and James, what would you like to go for?

-WHISPERS:

-Where did David go to school?

-WHISPERS:

-Brecon.

SHE WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY

-Hmm.

-OK.

Go with Swansea then. Yeah? OK.

We're going to hope that even though our competitors

attend university in Wales,

they don't actually know much about it,

and we're going to go with the bottom one for Swansea.

Swansea. Swansea, say Corrine and James for Abertawe.

Now, Caitlin and Tim, do you want to talk us through the board?

I think we know the obvious one -

we would have to - which is Cardiff.

The second one down.

But I think we're looking for one

that is perhaps a bit more pointless.

Somewhere in this hollow shell of a head there's got to be

a Welsh place name in English here.

We're going to have to go with Cardiff.

-OK, Cardiff.

-That's all we've got.

OK, so, we have Swansea and we have Cardiff.

Corrine and James have gone for Swansea. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

-Ooh.

-64. APPLAUSE

64 for Swansea.

Quite high there. Now, Caitlin and Tim have gone for Cardiff.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Cardiff.

It's right.

86 for Cardiff, I'm afraid. APPLAUSE.

Two quite high scores there, but, Corrine and James, very well done.

After three questions, your through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah. I know all of our Welsh viewers would've got these.

I'm sure they'll know two of them, certainly.

One of them could be a couple of things.

-The top on could only be...

-Bridgend.

-Bridgend, yeah.

That would've scored you 16.

-This next one is the best answer on the board. It's Cardigan.

-Cardigan.

Cardigan.

And that would've scored you 8 points.

-And then the next one.

-Neath.

-Neath, of course it is.

And that would've scored you 28.

So, Cardigan the best answer on that board.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

it's Caitlin and Tim.

Fell foul on the Welsh place names.

I really thought that couldn't have been easier for you,

but we'll see you again next time, Caitlin and Tim.

Thanks very much for playing. Caitlin and Tim.

APPLAUSE

But for Corrine and James, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Very well done, Corrine and James.

You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £4,000.

There we are. APPLAUSE

As always, you get to choose your category

from the four things on the board.

Let's see what today's selection looks like.

Not Horse Racing.

-No.

-No, definitely not Horse Racing.

Singers Called Billy is a bit weird.

New Year, I'm quite tempted by, because it seems so...

-It could be anything.

-Mm. Yeah.

-Or American Crime Writers.

-I don't know many.

-We don't really read crime, do we, though?

-I think New Year.

-Yeah.

-You want to have New Year?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-We'll go with New Year.

-New Year it is, Richard.

-OK, very best of luck.

Three very different questions here.

We're looking for anyone who received an acting credit

in the 2011 film New Year's Eve.

We are looking for any dames or knights that were created

in the 2015 New Year's Honours list.

Or we are looking for any country

which reaches midnight on December 31 at the same time

or after the UK, please.

So, cast of New Years Eve, according to IMDb,

dames and knights from the 2015 New Year's Honours, and countries

who celebrate new year after or at the same time as the UK.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, as always, you've got one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Mm.

-Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

OK, well, New Year's Eve, the film, had absolutely everybody in it...

-Oh.

-..and I can't think of anybody who's in it...

-OK.

-..apart from, I think, Julia Roberts was in it,

-but that's going to be a big name star.

-Yeah, yeah. OK.

Dames and knights of the 2015...

I did say to you, "If he can get one, anyone can get one," didn't I?

I can't remember...

Didn't Lenny Henry get one this time around for Comic Relief?

I'm not sure if that was a knighthood or not.

OK, so, we've got that.

-Who celebrates New Year...?

-At the same time as us.

Those times are always after ours?

-At the same time. Well, it'll be going west from us.

-Mm.

So, what's that small set of islands that's in the middle

of the Atlantic?

-I've got no idea.

-OK.

-THEY LAUGH

-So, what about a South American country?

-Yeah, OK.

-Brazil.

-Brazil?

-Ten seconds left.

-What about Peru?

-Peru.

-Peru.

-Peru, yeah.

-OK, go with Peru.

-Yeah.

-OK.

What else are going to go with?

We'll go with Julia Roberts, Lenny Henry

-and Peru.

-All right.

-OK.

OK. Sounds like you've arrived at your answers. Your is time up.

What are your three answers.

OK, for the cast of New Year's Eve, we're going to go for Julia Roberts.

Julia Roberts.

Dames and knights in the 2015 New Year's Honours,

-we're going to say Lenny Henry.

-Lenny Henry.

And for the countries,

we're hoping that Peru might be a right answer for that.

And Peru. OK.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-You think Peru, don't you?

-Peru.

-Peru goes last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Julia Roberts.

-Julia Roberts.

And then Lenny Henry in the middle.

Let's put those up on the board in that order, and here they are.

We have got Julia Roberts,

we've got Lenny Henry and we've got Peru.

Well, very best of luck. Three good answers there.

Let's hope one of those wins that jackpot for you.

£4,000. It's turning into quite a nice little pot there.

What would you do with that if you won it, Corrine?

I think with my half I'd like to take my mother on a river cruise

down the Loire Valley in France.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yeah.

Very good answer. Lovely. James, how about you?

Well, I'd like to go to New York again.

I've only been once very briefly, and I'd love to go again.

And I'm looking out for a new tattoo,

so perhaps if I win the money from Pointless,

I might get something Pointless related as a tattoo.

How many tattoos have you got, James?

I've only got five,

but I take a long time considering what's going to be next.

-Only five. OK.

-Only five?

-Only five.

Can't remember the last time I met someone who had only five tattoos.

-I know. Weird.

-That's weird.

-Very strange.

OK, very best of luck. Your first answer was Julia Roberts.

In this case, we were looking for cast members

of the film New Year's Eve.

Let's find out if it's pointless. If it is, it'll win you £4,000.

How many people said Julia Roberts?

-Oh.

-Hmm.

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

Julia Roberts not in New Year's Eve,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Lenny Henry.

In this case we were looking for New Year's Honours recipients

of dames or knighthoods in 2015.

Let's find out how many of our 100 people said Lenny Henry.

For £4,000, is it pointless?

Oh, bad luck!

Oh, I'm afraid not in the New Year's Honours,

which means you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your final answer, which is Peru.

In this case, we were looking for anywhere

that celebrates New Year's Eve at the same time or after the UK.

For £4,000, is Peru pointless?

It's right.

Well, your first answer was Julia Roberts. That was incorrect.

Your second answer was Lenny Henry.

That, I'm afraid, was also incorrect.

Peru now taking us down in single figures. Down it goes.

-Still going...

-Oh!

-Aw!

-3.

APPLAUSE

3.

Oh.

There must be Gloucestershire tattoo artists

who are just getting their inks out there and then...

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But it's been great having you on two shows.

Much better performance on today's show.

We had to say goodbye far too soon last time,

but don't forget, you get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

Very well done. Corrine and James.

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

Yeah, well played today.

Lenny Henry was knighted in the Birthday Honours list,

not the New Year's Honours list. You know what?

You did the hard work of working out

anywhere west of the UK would've been a correct answer.

There's half the world there.

There's so many pointless answers there.

So many people at home would've gotten pointless answers.

We'll go through those in a moment.

We'll start, though, with the cast of New Year's Eve.

Cary Elwes was a pointless answer.

Hilary Swank, Jon Bon Jovi, Michelle Pfeiffer.

As you say, it's got lots of people.

The only people who scored points, though, were Robert De Niro,

Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher and Sarah Jessica Parker.

If you said anyone else, pointless answer.

Let's look at those knights and dames.

Dame Mary Quant. Dame Esther Rantzen.

John Hurt was a pointless answer.

Martyn Poliakoff, he's a professor of chemistry at Nottingham.

If you haven't seen, he does videos all about the elements

on their website. They're absolutely brilliant.

If you want to know about your periodic table, he's great.

Stephen Poliakoff's brother as well, Martyn Poliakoff.

Now, let's take a look at these countries. There's so many.

A lot of African countries are on the same time zone as us,

and then lots more besides.

So, you could've had Ghana, Morocco, the Bahamas.

Uruguay, a pointless answer.

You could've had - listen up, everyone at home -

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,

Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,

Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nicaragua,

Paraguay, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia,

St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,

Sierra Leone, Surinam, the Gambia, Togo and Trinidad and Tobago.

All of those were pointless answers.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

APPLAUSE

But, yeah, as I say, as soon as you've done the hard work

of working out where it is,

there's lots of pointless answers out there,

and I'm sorry Peru was not one of them.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but thanks for playing.

Great to have you here. Great contestants.

Corrine and James. APPLAUSE

Sadly, Corrine and James didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £5,000.

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye for me. Goodbye.

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