0:00:15 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game
0:00:27 > 0:00:29is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hello, I'm Catherine. This is my friend Laura.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And we're from Macclesfield, in Cheshire.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Hi, my name's Jay. This is Nathan.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I'm from Birmingham. He's from West Brom.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Couple number three.- Hello, I'm Zack and this is my friend Luke,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and we're housemates from Canterbury, Kent.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Jim. This is my mum, Rose.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm from Sheffield and she's from Leek, in Staffordshire.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Well, thanks very much, all of you. A warm welcome to the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07We will get to find out more about each of you throughout the show
0:01:07 > 0:01:09as it goes along. So that just leaves one more person
0:01:09 > 0:01:11for me to introduce. A real triple threat.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15He can't sing, act or dance. It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- That is genuinely true as well. - Yeah.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- You can do all three, can't you?- I can't dance.- Can you not dance?- No.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Oh, that's good news. So you're just a double threat. That's good.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But you're a very, very good singer and a very, very good actor.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Oh, Richard! Thank you.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- You are. But...- Yes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- I'm excited cos I'm excited about today's show.- Yes.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- It's going to be an absolute cracker.- Yes.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42We haven't given away the jackpot for some while now.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- We have four brand-new couples here to play with us today.- Yeah.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I wonder if one of these pairs is going to be walking away
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- with that jackpot. - We know nothing about them.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52We know nothing about them at all.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I tell you what, though. Podiums two and three - very, very forceful
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- in their introductions. - LAUGHTER
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- It felt to me like they meant business.- Yes.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It's going to be an absolute cracker, isn't it?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- We're going to give it away sooner or later.- We are.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06We are. It's a five-figure jackpot.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- For the first time in a long time. - Very exciting. Well, yes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Pete and Jess didn't win the jackpot last time is all I'm saying.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15So we add another £1,000 to that. So today's jackpot starts off...
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Look at that.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Look at it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32There is only one thing you have to remember, and it is this.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:35 > 0:02:37will be eliminated. That is it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49who's going to go second for World Geography?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Richard.- Yes. Simply any country of the world whose normal
0:03:11 > 0:03:14short-form name in English doesn't contain an S, please.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16And as always, by country, we mean a sovereign state
0:03:16 > 0:03:18that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Now, Laura, welcome to Pointless.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Great to have you here. What do you do, Laura?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I run my own business. I'm an illustrator.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Are you anything to do with that dachshund on your...?- Yes.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- Did you make that?- Yes.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36That's beautiful. How long have you been doing that? Doing your design?
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Four years.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Brilliant. And what sort of particular things do you design?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Badges, obviously. - Stationery mainly.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Like wrapping paper and cards and...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47That's brilliant. Good wrapping paper, always so hard to find.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Fantastic. And what are your interests, Laura?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I really like horses. I'm quite into horse racing.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But mainly the horses. I like drawing them.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Very good. Very hard to draw.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01You could've chosen a much easier animal to draw, surely?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I tweeted a thing the other day. Someone tweeted how to draw a horse.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It's a cartoon horse, really, not like a proper horse.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09And it was brilliant. It's unbelievable.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11I drew a horse for the first time in my life.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13It was in a series of sausage shapes.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Sounds delicious. LAUGHTER
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Thank you very much indeed.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Now, Laura. What would you like to go for?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Countries not containing the letter S.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Erm...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26I'm going to go for...
0:04:28 > 0:04:29..Eritrea.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Eritrea, says Laura.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Let's see how many of our 100 people said Eritrea.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's right.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44That's a great start to the round.
0:04:44 > 0:04:461. Very well done indeed, Laura.
0:04:46 > 0:04:481 for Eritrea.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Very good.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Great start, Laura. Yeah, a really good start to the show.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56It's so hard when someone says,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58"Countries that don't contain the letter S,"
0:04:58 > 0:05:00all your brain is saying to yourself is, "S. S. S."
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Nathan, welcome. Here from West Bromwich.- Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- What do you do, Nathan?- I'm a student union vice president.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11OK. Have you left further education?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Yeah.- You've stayed on. - I graduated this year
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and I've now got a full-time job in the students' union.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16I see. The students' union.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- So you've been involved in student politics up to now?- Yeah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I've been football captain of the university football first team
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and the sports officer as well within the union.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27So I've been quite involved for about two years.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- You've been involved in so many different spheres.- Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32So are you going to keep up a bit of football stuff as well,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- while you're there?- Yeah. I run a Sunday team - Netherton Rangers.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Very good indeed. Now, Nathan. What are you going to go for?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41I'm going to go for Fiji.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Fiji, says Nathan.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fiji.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51It's right.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Well, Eritrea scored 1.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Where's Fiji going to end up?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55It's another low score.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Look at that. Down it goes to 3.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Very well done, Nathan.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Good score.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Great answer, Nathan. Well played. I tell you what,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- the jackpot will be in danger if everyone continues like this.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Very impressive play so far.- Yeah. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Now, Luke. Welcome to Pointless.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- You're at university are you, in Canterbury?- Yeah, in Canterbury.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Christ Church.- Excellent. And what are you studying there?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- English literature with an extra module of film.- That's fun.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So how long have you been doing it? What year are you in?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Just finished my second year. - Enjoying it?- Yeah, yeah. I love it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- It's great.- Now, Luke. What would you like to go for?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I feel like I'm kind of cheating saying this,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35but I'm going to go for Central African Republic.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38LAUGHTER
0:06:38 > 0:06:39No. It's a good one to go for.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41But what's been happening lately is actually
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Central African Republic has not been...
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It used to be an absolute stalwart.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47You could rely on it to go right down to the bottom of the column.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- It's starting to rise up the column, Luke.- It's becoming too mainstream.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Well, we'll see. It's going a bit mainstream. Exactly.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Let's find out. Central African Republic.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Let's see how far down the column Luke can get with that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's right. Clearly.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Our high score is 3. Our low score is 1.
0:07:07 > 0:07:093. Not bad.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13You're joining Nathan and Jay over there, Luke. Very well done.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Well played, Luke. Lovely to have it on the show, as always.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I think actually it might have scored a few more
0:07:19 > 0:07:21other than the fact it's got 22 letters.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- So it's quite a scary one to go for, isn't it?- That's true.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Cos sometimes those forbidden letters can hide
0:07:25 > 0:07:27behind other letters. In your brain, anyway.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- Yes, exactly right.- They can.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30The Central Af-S-rican Re-S-public.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Re-S-public. Exactly. Oh! There it was.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Leaping out, like an ambush.- Yeah. - Terrifying.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Now, Jim. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42What do you do, Jim?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I work as a consultant in a university. In ethics.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47- In ethi...?- Yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Er... Sorry. I see.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Not in the County of Ethics. LAUGHTER
0:07:53 > 0:07:55In ethics. Right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Is that part of a course? Or is that part of people's core, sort of...?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Well, we do work with professional bodies and organisations.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05So I do training and I do things like consultancy
0:08:05 > 0:08:07on codes of conduct and things like that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10What are your interests, Jim?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I like singing. I'm in a band.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- What sort of band is it? - It's a 10-piece ska band.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Why do all ska bands have a million people in them?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21They're always the biggest bands.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Brass sections, isn't it? You've got to have loads of trombones...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Oh. So you've got big brass. But also quite a lot of people
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- who just shake things in ska bands. - That's true.- OK. Now, Jim.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31We want the name of any country that doesn't have an S in it.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What would you like to go for?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I'm going to go for Chad.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Chad.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I'm looking. I can't see any S from where I'm standing.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43But let's see how many of our 100 people said Chad?
0:08:47 > 0:08:48It's right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Well, nothing higher than 3 at this point.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Until now.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56I'm sorry to say Chad...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01..has broken ranks, and it has scored 7.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- That's a much less scary answer to go for, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Very few letters to check.- Hm.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Thank you. Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11So let's take a look at those scores as they stand.
0:09:11 > 0:09:141, Laura. Very, very well done. Eritrea. Cracking answer there.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15We then travel up to 3,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18where we find Nathan and Jay, and Luke and Zack.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And then up to 7, where we find Jim and Rose. I mean, really,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23a nice sort of family scoreboard there.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Everyone within touching distance of each other, which is good.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28But, Rose, you are out in front, though.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30So we will need a low score from you,
0:09:30 > 0:09:31just to make sure we don't say goodbye to you
0:09:31 > 0:09:33at the end of the round. Good luck with that.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35We're going to come back down the line now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Rose, a warm welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Rose?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Well, I'm retired now, but I used to be a teacher.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48What did you teach and where?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Well, I was primary school and French teacher.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Very good. Are you enjoying your retirement?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Yes. Very much, yes.- Very nice.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58So have you taken up anything since retiring?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Well, we walk a lot and I'm part of a walking group.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And I'm also in a choir and I sing.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Very good. What sort of choir is it? Is it a...?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09It's a large community choir.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Very nice. OK. Well, listen. There you are.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13You're the high-scorers, Rose, at the moment on 7.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16So a lovely low-scorer, along the lines of Eritrea,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19which we had to open the round - wonderful score of 1 -
0:10:19 > 0:10:21would be perfect.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25My mind's gone a bit blank. I'll stay with Africa and Namibia.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Namibia, says Rose. Namibia.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30There's no red line for you as you're the high-scorers,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32but let's see how many people said Namibia.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35It's right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Ohh, look at that. 4.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Not bad at all. Takes your total up to 11, Rose.
0:10:47 > 0:10:4911 for Namibia.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Another low score again.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53We haven't had anything more than 7 so far. Amazing stuff.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Yeah, very impressive indeed. - If I was that jackpot,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- I would be quivering.- Yes.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00If you've ever seen £10,000 quiver, it's quite a sight.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Thanks very much. Now, Zack, welcome to the show.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- What do you do, Zack?- I'm a student
0:11:08 > 0:11:11at Canterbury Christ Church University along with Luke.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- And what are you studying? - I study film, TV and radio.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Wow. With no English? You don't have the English?- No English.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- It's a sole single honours. - Just film, TV and radio.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Of the three disciplines, which do you get the most pleasure from?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I'd say television.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Television. Good answer in this context.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31So what do you learn in the radio segment of your degree?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33I have an '80s show on the radio.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34So I quite like '80s music.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36So you do that as part of your degree?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- No, I do that alongside it. - I was going to say!
0:11:39 > 0:11:42But as part of your degree, what's the radio?
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Well, you do radio dramas, radio plays.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- You put together podcasts...- I see.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51..and you make a documentary.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55So I made a documentary about barbering and hairdressing.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Very good.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Has it gone out yet? Do they get aired? Locally at least?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I don't think so. It got the chop!
0:12:02 > 0:12:04LAUGHTER It got the chop? OK, very good.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Zack, you're on 3.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09If you can score 7 or less, you're into the next round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12OK. I'm going to go with...
0:12:13 > 0:12:14..Andorra.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- Andorra, says Zack.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Sounds good to me. There's your red line.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Now, if you can get below that, you're into the next round.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23How many people said Andorra?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27It's right.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33You've done it. Look at that.
0:12:33 > 0:12:353 for Andorra. Very well done.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Equalling Luke's score.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Taking your total up to 6
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and seeing you into Round Two. Good work.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Yeah, nestled in the Pyrenees. Andorra.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- No S anywhere.- No, no, no.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Thank you, Richard.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Jay, welcome to Pointless. Very good to have you here.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53- From Birmingham?- Yes. - And what do you do, Jay?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I work with Nathan at Newman University students' union.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58I'm the president.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00And do you combine it with captaining any kind of
0:13:00 > 0:13:02sports facility or...?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I'm the chair of a pool society
0:13:05 > 0:13:09and a treasurer/producer of a music and drama society as well.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13So do you act or are you backstage?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I act and sing. So..
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I've had an active role within the society for the past five.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I see. OK. Very good indeed.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Now, Jay, you're on 3. Again, your target is 7 or less.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25OK.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29My mind's playing tricks with me
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and I'm not sure if it's a Z or an S.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33So I'm going to hope that's what everyone else thought
0:13:33 > 0:13:36and I'm going to say Tanzania.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Tanzania, says Jay. Tanzania.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Here's your red line. Again, nice and low.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44But if you can get below that with Tanzania,
0:13:44 > 0:13:45you are through to Round Two.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47How many people said Tanzania?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51It's right.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Very well done.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Look, down to 1. APPLAUSE
0:13:59 > 0:14:02There we are. Now, we're down to our low scores again, Jay.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Taking your total up to 4.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06And I like the way you thought that one through. Good tactics.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Yeah, very well played. It's also the name of my tanning salon
0:14:09 > 0:14:10in East London.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Tan... Yeah.- Tanzania.- Tanzania.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And a nose...sometimes. RICHARD LAUGHS
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Thanks very much.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Catherine, welcome.- Hi.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23And may I commend you on your animal dress as well?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Your fox dress.- Thank you very much.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- And there's a fox badge there as well.- Yes. Also made by Laura.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Also by Laura.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Catherine, what do you do?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I'm a recent sound and video technology graduate.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Where did you graduate from? - University of Salford.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40And what are you going to be doing with your degree?
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Where are you going to go next, do you think?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- I want to get some television work, ideally.- OK.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- But I'm open to all areas.- OK. Very good indeed.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Now, Catherine, you're on 1. You have to score 9 or less.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53And no-one has scored over 7, at this point.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56So just to pile the pressure on a little bit.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Yeah, it's a bit terrifying.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I don't want to destroy all of Laura's good work.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Not sure if this is a country,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06but I'm going to say Democratic Republic of The Congo.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Democratic Republic of Congo, says Catherine.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Here is your red line.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15If you get below that with DRC,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17then you are through to the next round.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23It's right.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It most definitely is a country.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Through you go. Look at that. 2.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Very well done indeed, Catherine. 2.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Taking your total up to 3.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Very impressive indeed.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Very well done. That's got 28 letters in it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Now, there are lots of pointless answers here, actually.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46So let's take a look at a few of them. You will not see an S up here.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59A few other pointless favourites - Nauru and Palau -
0:15:59 > 0:16:01also were pointless answers.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03So very well done if you said any of those.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Let's take a look at the top three answers,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Do you know something that's quite weird
0:16:19 > 0:16:21after having done so much world geography on Pointless?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I'm now finding it quite hard to think of the high-scoring answers.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Yes, I know what you mean. - Cos we spend so much time
0:16:27 > 0:16:29dwelling around the Naurus and the Vanuatus.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Below those three, you would have got China, Ireland, Canada,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Belgium,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Mexico, Denmark, India. Those are the big ones.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41And you know you go down the bottom to the low ones, like one-pointers.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45You've got Bahrain, Montenegro, Guinea, Belize, Mauritania, Qatar,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago - that's another long one -
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Myanmar, Burundi, Tonga, Haiti, Togo, Lebanon, Tuvalu -
0:16:52 > 0:16:54scored 1 point.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Equatorial Guinea, Moldova, Yemen, Nicaragua.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59All of those scored 1 point.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01So there's lots and lots of countries out there
0:17:01 > 0:17:03without an S in their name.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04There we go. Thank you much, Richard.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06We're at the end of our first round.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08The pair we are having to say goodbye to,
0:17:08 > 0:17:09with their high score of 11...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I can't think... I mean, that must be a record,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13sending a pair home with a high score of 11.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16But there we are, Jim and Rose. You are the high-scorers.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18We have to say goodbye now, but we'll see you again next time.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'm sure you'll go much further. In the meantime,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24thanks very much for playing. Jim and Rose.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well done, everyone, for making it through to Round Two.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But not just that. I mean, sometimes people fluke through to Round Two.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Not you. You've earnt your places here, each and every one of you.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Particularly Jay and Laura there. Lovely low score with your 1s there.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45But, yeah, very impressive.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Keep this up and, as Richard says, that jackpot is in danger.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Our category for Round Two this afternoon...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00who's going to go second?
0:18:00 > 0:18:02And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08OK. And the question concerns...
0:18:13 > 0:18:14There we are. Richard.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Jim was from Sheffield, wasn't he? - Yeah, he was. Yeah.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20He's people who are just heading home to Sheffield. Jim.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- LAUGHTER - We're going to give you six clues
0:18:22 > 0:18:24on each pass to famous people who were born in
0:18:24 > 0:18:26or are famously associated with Sheffield.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Can you give us a nice obscure answer?
0:18:28 > 0:18:3112 Sheffieldians to guess at home.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35There we are. OK, let's reveal our first board of six clues.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36And here they come.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I'm going to read those all one last time.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Laura.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Laura, how are we feeling about our famous Sheffieldians?
0:19:27 > 0:19:28- Terrible!- Oh, no.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30There are six of them there.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Don't say they're all terrible, are they?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36There's two that I think I could guess at.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I hope it's... OK, I'm just...
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I'm going to say the band who released...
0:19:42 > 0:19:43I'm going to say Arctic Monkeys.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Arctic Monkeys, says Laura. Let's see if the Arctic Monkeys is right.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Absolutely right.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58It's still going down, Laura.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Look at that. 10. Very well done indeed.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02APPLAUSE Once again, a very strong start
0:20:02 > 0:20:04to the round from that first podium.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Yeah. To date, they've released five albums.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08They've all gone to number one.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Nathan, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Not much. A different topic!
0:20:16 > 0:20:22I'm going to have to go with what I think is quite an obvious one.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Nick Clegg for the former Liberal Democrat leader.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29OK. Nick Clegg, says Nathan.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Nick Clegg.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36It's right.
0:20:40 > 0:20:4330 for Nick Clegg. APPLAUSE
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yeah, 30 for Nick Clegg. That's show business.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51LAUGHTER
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Zack, this board's all yours.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Do you want to go through it and fill in the blanks?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- I can only fill in two of them. - That's OK. That's good.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05The 2012 Olympic heptathlon gold medallist is Jessica Ennis.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09And I'm going to go with the top one. Born in 1955.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Front man of The Human League, Philip Oakey.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Philip... Oh, I like that. Give him his full...his birth name.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- It landed perfectly for you. - It fits in with my radio show.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- I play him every week.- There we are. '80s music. Phil Oakey, says Zack.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Look at these nice units of 10. 20 for Phil Oakey.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42That is nice, isn't it? Yeah. Don't You Want Me?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It's the 24th biggest selling single in UK chart history.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- That's nice to know.- Some going, that, isn't it?- Great song.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Let's take a look at the rest of this board.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53You're right about Jessica Ennis, or Jessica Ennis-Hill.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55There she is now. She would have scored you 33.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Would have spoilt the nice symmetry of the numbers.- Hm.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01The actor who played the title character in Sharpe?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Sean Bean.- Sean Bean.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Famous Sheffield United fan. 43 for that.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07And the director of Billy Elliot and The Hours?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Stephen Daldry.- Stephen Daldry. That's the best answer on the board.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- 4 points.- There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:16 > 0:22:1810. Well done, Laura and Catherine. Once again,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20the head of the pack there.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Then up to 20, where we find Zack and Luke.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Then up to 30, we find Nathan and Jay.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Now, 10, 20, 30.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Jay, we need a low score from you on the next pass.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- We'll see. - Let's come back down the line.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Will the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39OK. Let's put six more clues up on the board. And here they are.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41We have got...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I'm going to read all of those again.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28There we are. Now then, Luke.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31We come to you. You are on 20.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34The high-scorers are Jay and Nathan on 30.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37So 9 or less stops you from becoming our new high-scorers.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It's not great. I think the one that
0:23:40 > 0:23:41I'd know for sure
0:23:41 > 0:23:42is most certainly the highest...
0:23:42 > 0:23:44The one that's going to score
0:23:44 > 0:23:45the most points.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48But I'm just going to have to say Jarvis Cocker
0:23:48 > 0:23:49for the lead singer of Pulp.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51OK. You're going to say Jarvis Cocker.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Let's see if that's right.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jarvis Cocker.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57There's your red line. Quite low.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00It's right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:1034 takes your total up to 54.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Yeah. Pulp never actually officially split up.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Jarvis Cocker always describes them as a dormant volcano
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- which could erupt at any moment. - Nicely put.- I wish it would erupt.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Yeah, it would be nice.- It would be nice to have a new Pulp album.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Does their lead singer still live in Paris, though?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- He did for a long time, didn't he? - I think he did, yeah.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29There we are. Now, Jay.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Jay, the high-scorer now 54.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35So actually, 23 or less gets you through. This is much better.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36I don't think it is.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Yeah, there's not many topics on there
0:24:41 > 0:24:44that I have any chance with, I don't think.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46So it's going to have to be a bit of a guess.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Yeah. I'm going to go with the presenter of the travel series
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Around The World In 80 Days and Sahara
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and just have a guess at David Attenborough.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58David Attenborough. OK. Here is your red line.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01If you can get below that with David Attenborough,
0:25:01 > 0:25:02you're through to the next round.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04How many people said David Attenborough? Is it right?
0:25:06 > 0:25:09No. Not, I'm afraid, David Attenborough.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13That takes your total up to 130, having scored you 100 points.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Sorry, Jay. I'll give the correct answer to that
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- at the end of the pass. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Now then, Catherine. Catherine, I have great news for you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23You are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It doesn't matter what you score here, you will still go through.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Excellent.- Would you like to have a wander through that board
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and see if there are any... You can do some musing out loud?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- I can have a go.- Why not?
0:25:36 > 0:25:42I have a vague idea of the singer who had a UK number one in 1968.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46I think he's called Joe Cocker,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49but I'm not going to go with that one cos I'm not 100%.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53I'm going to have another crack at the presenter of the travel series
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Around The World In 80 Days and Sahara as Michael Palin.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Michael Palin, says Catherine.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01No red line for you as you're already through.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Let's see how many people said Michael Palin.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11APPLAUSE
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Taking your total up to 55.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19But you're right about Joe Cocker, actually.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21It's the correct answer. Would've scored you 30 points.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- So very well done for that as well. - Nice to have two Cockers
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- on the board.- Nice to have two Cockers, isn't it?
0:26:26 > 0:26:2930 points for that. Now, the British Labour politician?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- David Blunkett.- David Blunkett.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It would've scored you 10. The first British citizen to go into space?
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Do you remember her?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Helen Sharman.
0:26:37 > 0:26:398 points for that. England cricket captain,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- who was actually born in Manchester but...- Michael Vaughan.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Absolutely right. And he would have scored you 16.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- So Helen Sharman, the best answer on that board.- Thanks, Richard.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50So, at the end of our second round, the pair we're sending home
0:26:50 > 0:26:53with their high score of 130... Jay and Nathan, it's you.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Now, Jay, you knew Michael Palin, didn't you?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Yeah. Yes.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02We'll go with yes. We'll see you again next time, both of you.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'm sure you'll go much further. It's been great having you on.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Thank you so much for playing. Jay and Nathan.- Cheers.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09APPLAUSE
0:27:09 > 0:27:12But for Luke and Zack, Catherine and Laura,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Very well done, Catherine and Laura, Luke and Zack.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to
0:27:23 > 0:27:28play for that jackpot which currently stands at £10,000.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32APPLAUSE
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Well, how exciting to be this close to that jackpot.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36You've all done so well to get here.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38It was a very, very competitive first round
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and you're so close on your scores.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Catherine and Laura, our low-scoring pair, but actually, Luke and Zack,
0:27:44 > 0:27:45only 2 points behind them there.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47So this is going to be very, very tight indeed.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Here's your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Biggest selling singles of the millennium, Richard.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07We're going to show you five visual clues now to the titles
0:28:07 > 0:28:09of some of the biggest selling singles of the millennium.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12We'll also show you the artist who had a hit with it.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Can you tell us what they are, please?
0:28:14 > 0:28:18OK, let's reveal our five visual clues, and here they come.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19We've got...
0:28:43 > 0:28:46There we go. There are our five visual clues.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Catherine and Laura, you're the low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Feel free to confer.
0:28:52 > 0:28:59THEY WHISPER
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- OK. We'd like to go for B, with Counting Stars.- Counting Stars.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Counting Stars, say Catherine and Laura. Now then, Luke and Zack.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Do you want to talk us through the rest of that board?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Yeah, we can do.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Do you want to say the ones you know?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I'm not that great on this kind of music.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21I only know C, which I'm guessing is Poker Face,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24and E is Happy,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26and that's Mick Jagger so I'm guessing that's
0:29:26 > 0:29:27Moves Like Jagger.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Yeah. And A is Evergreen, Will Young.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Best one to go with...
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Can we have A, Will Young and Evergreen?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39OK, Evergreen, say Luke and Zack.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41So we have Counting Stars and we have Evergreen.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Catherine and Laura went for Counting Stars for B.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51It's right.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that! 6.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Well done, there, Catherine and Laura.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Now, Luke and Zack have gone for Evergreen for A.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Let's see if that's right.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Let's see how many of our 100 people said Evergreen.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13It's right.
0:30:17 > 0:30:1834.
0:30:20 > 0:30:2334 for Evergreen. Well done, Catherine and Laura.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Yeah, best answer on the board by a mile.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29That's Counting Stars, well played.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Evergreen, second biggest selling single of the millennium,
0:30:33 > 0:30:34up to time of recording.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38C was Poker Face, as you said.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Would have scored 58.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43The fifth biggest selling single of
0:30:43 > 0:30:45the millennium was Moves Like Jagger.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49And that would have scored you 27.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51And the biggest selling single of the millennium,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Happy by Pharrell Williams, and that would have scored you 72.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59OK, here comes your second question, Luke and Zack.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00You get to answer this one first
0:31:00 > 0:31:03but you have to win it to stay in the game, so good luck.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04It concerns...
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Brian Blessed, Richard.- Five clues now to facts about Brian Blessed.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Can you give us the most obscure answer? I know it's a tense moment.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I know we've got £10,000 up for grabs, I understand that,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20but if you could just do one of these
0:31:20 > 0:31:23questions in your Brian Blessed voice, it would make me very happy.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25You don't have to, you don't have to.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Brian Blessed.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I will read those again one last time.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02IMITATES BRIAN BLESSED: The decade in which he was born.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04LAUGHTER
0:32:04 > 0:32:09APPLAUSE
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I'm happy.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36There, Luke and Zack. You will go first.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42THEY WHISPER
0:32:52 > 0:32:56OK, we're going to go with the 1980s science fiction
0:32:56 > 0:32:59film in which he memorably played Prince Vultan
0:32:59 > 0:33:01as Flash...Gordon.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Flash, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot...Gordon.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08OK, Flash Gordon, say Luke and Zack. Flash Gordon.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Now, Catherine and Laura, that board's all yours. Help yourselves.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15- Do you know any?- No. - OK, I'm guessing the bottom
0:33:15 > 0:33:18- one would be Everest, maybe. - Possibly.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21And I think definitely the musical is Cats.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25OK. Oh, yes, I recognise that cat! Yeah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Good old Old Deuteronomy.- OK.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30We think we're going to go for Cats.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33You're going to go for Cats. So we have Flash Gordon and we have Cats.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Luke and Zack went for Flash Gordon. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44It's right.
0:33:46 > 0:33:4832.
0:33:52 > 0:33:5332 for Flash Gordon.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Now then, Catherine and Laura, meanwhile, have gone for Cats.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Let's see if that's right.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Cats.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04It's right.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09And it wins you the point
0:34:09 > 0:34:11and sees you through to the final. 14.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Very well done indeed, Catherine and Laura.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17After two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Terrific stuff. Very, very well played. Let's fill in these gaps.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23The decade in which he was born?
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- If you had to guess. - 1930s.- 1930s, yes.
0:34:26 > 0:34:301936, he was born. So Phil Oakey is 60 and Brian Blessed is 80.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Looks very good on that, doesn't he? Very impressive.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36The actor who played Doctor Who.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39What would you think?
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Peter Davison.- No, very close, though. Colin Baker.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Colin Baker, very well done if you said that, 1 point.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48And you're absolutely right about Everest,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50but you did well not to go for it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:5241 points for Mount Everest.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I'm afraid it's Luke and Zack.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Well, you came right the way through beautifully to the
0:35:01 > 0:35:05head-to-head round, and then nothing wrong with either of your answers.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06But just Catherine and Laura.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09They just whipped them out from under your nose, I'm afraid,
0:35:09 > 0:35:10in each instance.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12It's good news for us, we get to see you again next time.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Otherwise, it would all have been over like that.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16So I'm sure you'll do just as well if not better then.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19But meantime, thanks very much for playing, Luke and Zack.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22APPLAUSE
0:35:22 > 0:35:26But for Catherine and Laura, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28APPLAUSE
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Well, what about that, Catherine and Laura?
0:35:31 > 0:35:34You've seen off all the competition and you have won our coveted
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Pointless trophies. Very well done.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44You now have a chance to win our jackpot. At the end of today's
0:35:44 > 0:35:48show the jackpot is standing at £10,000.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53APPLAUSE
0:35:53 > 0:35:57But actually, what a rock solid progress you've made through
0:35:57 > 0:35:59this show, right from Eritrea, your first answer,
0:35:59 > 0:36:00all the way through to...
0:36:00 > 0:36:02IMITATES BRIAN BLESSED: Brian Blessed
0:36:02 > 0:36:04at the very end. What would be the ideal category to come up?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Harry Potter.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- Harry Potter.- Or horse racing. - Harry Potter or horse racing.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Catherine, anything you want to add to that?- Mainly Harry Potter, again.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Mainly Harry Potter, again. Well, let's see what today's choices are.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Very, very best of luck. You know what they're like. We have got...
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- How do we feel about that? - Nightmare. Absolute nightmare.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39- What do you think?- Thriller Writers. - Yeah, yeah.- BOTH:- Thriller Writers.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Thriller Writers, it is. Thriller Writers, Richard.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44OK, we are looking for any full-length novels
0:36:44 > 0:36:46written by any of the following, please.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49We are looking for any Ken Follett novels, including those
0:36:49 > 0:36:51written under a pseudonym, including his novels for children.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54We're looking for any Alistair MacLean novels,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56again, including those written under the pseudonym Ian Stuart.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59And we are looking for any Stella Rimington novels, please.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01So, full-length novels released by any of these three -
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Ken Follett, Alistair MacLean and Stella Rimington.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08And that's up to June, 2015.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10OK, now. As always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:10 > 0:37:12to come up with three answers.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14All you need to win that jackpot is
0:37:14 > 0:37:16for just one of your answers to be pointless.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Are you ready?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22As ready as probably we'll ever be, ever in the world.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24OK, right, well, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Have you heard of any of these people?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30I've heard of Ken Follett.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32He was on the New York Times Best Seller list,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35but I don't know any. Do you know any?
0:37:35 > 0:37:40- No. This isn't great.- This is awful. We're going to have to make some up.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46OK. Um, do you have any favourite words that you'd like to throw in?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48LAUGHTER
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Go for like The... The Something.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56OK, shall we go for something like...
0:37:57 > 0:38:00..The Departed? I think that's something else, but why not?
0:38:04 > 0:38:05I literally have no idea.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- Can you push that New York Times Best Seller winner?- No. No.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- What about Mind's Eye?- Mind's Eye sounds pretty good.- That sounds...
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Ten seconds left. - ..dramatic.- And, um...
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- ..Taken Too Young.- Yeah.- OK.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25LAUGHTER
0:38:25 > 0:38:28OK, you've got your three titles now. I'm so sorry.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32There's nothing more agonising than when something comes up
0:38:32 > 0:38:35and you don't know. But go on, let's have your three answers.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I've actually forgotten what we've invented.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Taken Too Young.- Mind's Eye.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Mind's Eye. Let's not forget that. And we had The Departed.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- The Departed.- Do you want to go with that? The Departed?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48I don't know who these ones are by, but just any.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49We can allocate them as you see fit.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Don't you worry.- I think just give them all to Ken.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Do you want to give them all to Ken Follett?- Yeah, well done, Ken.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Why not? He needs a few more titles.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Of the three, do you want put one last as your...- Definitely.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- What did you say?- Taken Too Young. - We'll put that last.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05And we'll maybe put The Departed first, shall we?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- Because that might be something else.- Rubbish, that one.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09They're all extremely good.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10OK, well, let's put those up on the board
0:39:10 > 0:39:13in that order then, and here they are. We've got...
0:39:16 > 0:39:21Well, there they are. Now, one of these days it is going to happen,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23someone's going to make up a book title that is actually
0:39:23 > 0:39:27a pointless answer. It's going to happen. It has to happen.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29If it were to have happened today,
0:39:29 > 0:39:33what would you spend your £10,000 prize on, Catherine?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- A unicorn because it's not going to happen.- OK.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38LAUGHTER Laura.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42APPLAUSE
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- What can I add to the menagerie? Maybe a phoenix?- Sure.- Nice, nice.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53OK, so, well, we're looking for Ken Follett novels.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56That's the category we've gone for. The Departed was your first answer.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58If it is pointless, it'll win you £10,000.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Let's see what happens with The Departed.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08OK, yeah, as expected. I'm afraid not a pointless answer.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Your next answer was Mind's Eye.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Again, £10,000 is up for grabs if it happens to be pointless.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Let's find out.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20I'm afraid not.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23And your third answer was Taken Too Young
0:40:23 > 0:40:24for Ken Follett again.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28It'll win £10,000 if it's pointless, but we'll just see.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33No, I'm sorry.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35APPLAUSE
0:40:35 > 0:40:38I'm so sorry. That is real torture to have to answer a category...
0:40:38 > 0:40:41I'm sorry, they were tough, those categories.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I mean, really tough, those categories. And you did very well.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45It was a valid attempt.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48You didn't find a pointless answer, so you don't win today's
0:40:48 > 0:40:51jackpot of £10,000. That will roll over on to the next show.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53But it's been great having you on.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Really, you can be so proud of your performance on the show today.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Low score after low score after low score, the whole way through.
0:40:59 > 0:41:012-0 in the head-to-head.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Really, really, very, very, very strong indeed so very well done.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each, so very well done.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12APPLAUSE
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Yeah, I mean unlucky. If you don't know them, you don't know them.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18So a really tough category. A tough board of four things as well, there.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different
0:41:21 > 0:41:23categories cos people at home will have got pointless answers,
0:41:23 > 0:41:25especially Alistair MacLean.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Let's take a look at Ken Follett first.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28His novel from 2014, Edge Of Eternity,
0:41:28 > 0:41:29was a pointless answer.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31So, well done if you said that.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Lie Down With Lions. Don't do that, by the way,
0:41:33 > 0:41:34don't lie down with lions.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36I read a book called Run Away From Lions, which is much,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38much better advice.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Night Over Water, romantic thriller and White Out.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43In fact, every Ken Follett novel apart from
0:41:43 > 0:41:45The Pillars Of The Earth, that was the biggest scorer for him,
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Fall Of Giants, Eye Of The Needle, World Without End
0:41:47 > 0:41:50and The Third Twin, everything else was a pointless answer for him.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Alistair MacLean. Take a look at these.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Bear Island, Caravan To Vaccares,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Force 10 From Navarone was a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02When Eight Bells Toll, also a pointless answer.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04The ones that scored points for him were
0:42:04 > 0:42:06The Guns Of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra,
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Where Eagles Dare,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Puppet On A Chain, The Satan Bug, The Last Frontier,
0:42:10 > 0:42:14HMS Ulysses and Breakheart Pass, all of those scored points.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Everything else was a pointless answer.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Now Stella Rimington. Four pointless answers here.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21You could have had Close Call, Dead Line, Rip Tide.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- She's got much simpler titles, hasn't she?- Mm.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26And The Geneva Trap, and the ones that scored points for her
0:42:26 > 0:42:31were Secret Asset, At Risk, Present Danger and Illegal Action.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- There you go. Never read any Stella Rimington.- Have you not?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- They all sound like ones you could have made up.- Don't they just!
0:42:36 > 0:42:38If you could have made up names to anyone,
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- Stella Rimington was the one, wasn't she?- Close call.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Catherine and Laura.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48I'm so sorry to send you home on that disappointing jackpot round,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50but it has been wonderful having you
0:42:50 > 0:42:52on the show and you've played so well.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Great contestants, Catherine and Laura.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Well, sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today which means it
0:43:00 > 0:43:04rolls over on to the next show, when we'll be playing for £11,000.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Join us next time. See if someone can win it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14APPLAUSE