0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the show where we're always striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hi, I'm Adam, this is my friend, Hal, and we're from High Wycombe.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Izzi, this is my dad, David, and we're from Bath.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Couple number three.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm Fibon, this is my friend, Luke, and we're both from Gateshead.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And finally, couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hi, my name's Nikki, this is my mother-in-law, Dianne,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and we're from Wakefield.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54And these are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Thanks very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00We'll find out more about you
0:01:00 > 0:01:02throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Hoping not to nod off during Round Two again today,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I can't promise anything. I cannot promise anything.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18We've got two pairs returning from the last show,
0:01:18 > 0:01:19and they had very different shows.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- David and Izzi on podium two were very good.- Mm.- Very strong.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Got through to the head-to-head, played well, will be tough to beat.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And on podium one, Hal and Adam,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29who I would say had 50% of a good show
0:01:29 > 0:01:31in that Adam had a good show.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33LAUGHTER Yes.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Now, Hal, gave no incorrect answers at any point,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40but he gave the most obvious answers by a mile on both of his answers.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- WHISPERING: I don't think he knows the rules.- Oh, do you not think?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46No, I might just stress them a bit. When I talk through them,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I will make sure that Hal is completely accustomed.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Especially because we've got a very, very, very high octane Round One.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- I mean...- Wow. - ..I can't begin to tell you.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00- So it's the sort of thing that could throw him.- OK. Very good.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Now, Hannah and Jonny didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000. There we are.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21The only thing you have to remember is this, Hal,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23the pair with the highest score
0:02:23 > 0:02:26at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29You just have to do everything you can not to be that pair.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Celebrities. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40who's going to go second? THEY SPEAK IN HUSHED VOICES
0:02:40 > 0:02:43And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:51 > 0:02:52There we go. Famous Alans.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Hold on to your seats, everybody. - LAUGHTER
0:02:55 > 0:02:58On each board, we're going to show you seven descriptions
0:02:58 > 0:03:00of famous people who we know by the name Alan.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02You just have to tell us the most of obscure, please.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Going to be 14 Alans to collect at home.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Very, very best of luck. - This is too exciting for words.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10We are looking for these famous Alans.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Here is our first board of Alans.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'm going to read those one last time.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Hal, a very warm welcome. Good to have you back with us.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Now, Hal, remind us what you do.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I work for the British Forces Broadcasting Service,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25BFBS. I'm a radio presenter,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27broadcast between four and seven, Monday to Friday.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29So what was the story last time, Hal?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32I'm sure you knew lower answers than the ones you gave.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Yeah, I had a look at the board and I thought, "That's a tricky board.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38"Maybe a lot of people are going to struggle."
0:04:38 > 0:04:40So I thought, "I'll play it really safe."
0:04:40 > 0:04:42And I was pretty sure we'd get through
0:04:42 > 0:04:46knowing how good Adam is at everything. And it worked.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47It did work in Round One.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Worked less well in Round Two, though.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51It's my job to entertain, you know?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I'm like a modern-day Vera Lynn.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56LAUGHTER
0:04:56 > 0:04:57So you are, Hal.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Now, look, you get first dibs on this board.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02What would you like to go for? Which of the Alans?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Do you know? I'm much more confident with this.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I'm thinking the one I'm going to go with is actually the top one
0:05:08 > 0:05:10cos I'm not sure too many people will know...
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Alan Hansen. - Alan Hansen, says Hal.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Let's see how many of our 100 people said Alan Hansen.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20It's right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:2533.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27APPLAUSE That's a good Alan, Hal.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28You went for a good Alan.
0:05:28 > 0:05:3033. Good start to the round.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Well played, Hal,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34getting this big Alan round off to a grandstand start.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Yeah, his autobiography was called Tall, Dark And Hansen.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39LAUGHTER There we are.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Izzi, welcome back to Pointless. Great to have you here from Bath.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Yes. - Remind us what you get up to, Izzi.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I am a student at Leeds, Leeds Uni.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So I've just finished my second year there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- And what are you reading again?- I'm studying economics and geography.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Did you start off doing economics and geography?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Yeah, I've done it from the word go. I really liked both of them.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Now not so much.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I was going to say, which one's sort of come to prominence? Neither?!
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Definitely much prefer economics now.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09But geography, not so much a strong subject
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- as soon as I moved to uni. - Right, sure.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- A lot of reading, which I don't enjoy.- No.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's just not compatible with university life, is it?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19It's really not. It takes up way too much time.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Absolutely right.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Izzi, what would you like to go for on our board full of Alans?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I know I'm going to kick myself about the Harry Potter Alan
0:06:26 > 0:06:30because I definitely know it, but I've gone blank.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32And the only other one I know is The Apprentice,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35which I'm sure is going to be a pretty big score.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37But, yeah, I'm going to go with that one
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- and Sir Alan Sugar.- OK.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Well, your father's abs... No expression at all,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46not portraying any inner turmoil with that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Alan Sugar. Let's hope it goes a long way down the column, Izzi.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51How many of our 100 people said Sir Alan Sugar?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54It's right.
0:06:56 > 0:06:5860.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00APPLAUSE A little bit of a burden for David
0:07:00 > 0:07:01in the next pass,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03but I'm sure he can do it. 60 for Alan Sugar.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Could've been more damaging, Alan Sugar.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07In the other part of my career as a producer,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10we once made a reality show where a group of teen boys and teen girls
0:07:10 > 0:07:15had to manage bars at the opposite ends of a beach out in Ibiza.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And they were trying to name the bar, the girls,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and they took ages and ages.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Then one girl goes, "I've got it. I've got it.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23"We call the bar Sugar,
0:07:23 > 0:07:28"but we spell it S-U-G-A-R."
0:07:28 > 0:07:32LAUGHTER
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Thank you very much indeed.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Fibon, a warm welcome to you to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Great to have you here. What do you do, Fibon?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'm a student at Newcastle University.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- What are you studying? - Economics as well.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Economics? Have you been swapping notes with Izzi?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Not yet, no. - Not yet. What year are you in?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- I've just finished second year as well.- Identical!
0:07:50 > 0:07:51It would be very interesting to see
0:07:51 > 0:07:53what the different courses have taught you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56What are your interests when you're not studying hard?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Just sports, really.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Football, rugby, darts, athletics. Anything sport-related.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03All the sports. Everything from football to darts.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Fabulous. Fibon, what would you like to go for from our Alans?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I'd like to go for the bottom one. I know it's probably going to be
0:08:09 > 0:08:12a high scorer, but it's the only one I'm certain on.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- So I'm going to go for Alan Shearer. - Alan Shearer, says Fibon.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Let's see how many of our 100 people say Alan Shearer.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21It's right.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Ooh, 80. AUDIENCE:- Oh!
0:08:23 > 0:08:26APPLAUSE 80. That's a high score.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Great news for Alan Shearer,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30great news for David there on podium two as well.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31It's also great news for
0:08:31 > 0:08:33the Leeds University economics course over and above
0:08:33 > 0:08:35the Newcastle University economics course.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- It is 20 better...- 20 better. - ..it turns out.- There we are.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Now then, Nikki, a warm welcome to Pointless.- Hi.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44What do you do, Nikki?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I work for an airline company. I'm a passenger service agent.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Check-in and things like that? - I do check-in.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52It's all ground operations. I don't go flying in the air just yet.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Is that quite fun, the check-in? Are people generally nice...?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I've got an interest in aviation anyway, so, yeah,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- and every day's different.- Yeah.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Now, Nikki, all these Alans still on the table, all yours.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05If you wanted to, you could talk through all of them.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07OK. So, I was quite confident that I know them all
0:09:07 > 0:09:09apart from the second one.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12The Jonathan Creek, I think, is Alan Partridge.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16The BAFTA-winning actor, I think, is Alan Rickman.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18But my answer I'm going to go for the member of The Animals
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- which is Alan Price.- Alan Price.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23I was hoping someone would say that. Brilliant answer. Alan Price.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Let's see how many of our 100... Oh, sorry! Jeopardy.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Oh, I wonder if that's right. LAUGHTER
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Well done.
0:09:40 > 0:09:4119.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44APPLAUSE
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- 19 for Alan Price. - Very well played, Nikki.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Yeah, proud Geordie band as well, The Animals.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Now, you had a slight brain freeze on Jonathan Creek.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- It's not Alan Partridge - it's Alan Davies.- Oh, right, OK.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Alan Partridge is someone very different.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- LAUGHTER - Alan Davies would've scored you 54.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05The BAFTA award-winning actor, you were absolutely right on.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Was Alan Rickman.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Would've scored you 30.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10And this last answer is a pointless answer.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- It's Alan Cumming. - Alan Cumming is the answer.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Very well done if you said that at home.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Well done, Nikki.
0:10:20 > 0:10:2219 for Alan Price. Brilliant answer there.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Then we travel up to 33,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Hal and Adam, I salute you. Lovely low scoring there.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Then up to 60 on podium two, Izzi and David.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Then 80, Fibon and Luke.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Now, Luke, we need a low score from you,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35so best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Can the second players step up to the podium?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42OK. We're going to put seven more famous Alans up on the board,
0:10:42 > 0:10:43and here they are.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45We've got...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47There we are.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Now, Dianne, a very warm welcome. Here from Wakefield.- Thank you.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- What do you do, Dianne? - Well, I don't work any longer.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56So I suppose I'm retired.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58What did you work as when you were working?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Initially, my career was I worked for the civil service,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05at the Post Office headquarters, as it was then, the civil service.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07In the latter part of my working life,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I worked behind a Post Office counter for 20 years.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12So I switched sides.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Can you still count through a pile of notes at alarming speed?- Yes.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Oh, that's pleasing. Yes. LAUGHTER
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- Now, Dianne, there you are. You're on 19.- I am.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- A lovely low score there...- I am. - ..from your daughter-in-law.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25What would you like to go for?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27If you can score 60 or less, you're home and dry.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Well...I'm going to have to play a little bit safe,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33and I'm going to go for the gardener and TV broadcaster
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- and say Alan Titchmarsh. - Alan Titchmarsh.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Well, you've earned the right to be a little more cautious there
0:12:38 > 0:12:40thanks to Nikki. There's your red line.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42If you get below that, you're into Round Two.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Let's see how many people said Alan Titchmarsh.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Not bad. 65.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE 65 takes your total up to 84.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55I think you've done enough there.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I think you could afford to do that cos of Nikki's great score.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Alan Titchmarsh, a lovely fella, and one of the many people
0:13:01 > 0:13:04that you entertain us with impressions of in the make-up room.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05- I do.- Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Yeah, I've got a little Titchmarsh up my sleeve.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11LAUGHTER Now, Luke, welcome to the show.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Great to have you here. Also from Gateshead.- Yes.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15And what do you do, Luke?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I'm a student at Newcastle University as well.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- And what are you studying? - Maths and accounting.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- Are you having a good time? Are you enjoying Newcastle?- Erm...
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- It's all right. - LAUGHTER
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Luke, what would you like to be doing more of?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I do a lot of sports. Same as Fibon. I play a lot of football...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Right you are.- ..darts, snooker.- OK. - I like my pub sports.- There we are.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38What would you like to go for, Luke?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40You aren't the high-scorers at the moment,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44but you need to score 3 or less to avoid becoming the high-scorers.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I feel as though I should know the bottom one, but I don't.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50It's not coming to us.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52As a Newcastle fan, I know that one.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55It's going to be high, though, cos it's very recent.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I know the top one as well.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Yeah, I'll go for the comedian.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'll go Alan Carr.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Alan Carr, says Luke. OK. Here's your red line.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05It's quite far down the column.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Let's see how far down the column
0:14:07 > 0:14:08you get with Alan Carr.
0:14:15 > 0:14:1654.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19APPLAUSE 134 is your total.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It's a very Geordie-dominated first round, this,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26cos Alan Carr's dad is Graham Carr who's the chief scout to Newcastle.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Has been for many... Very successfully as well.- OK.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There we are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- David. Welcome back.- Thank you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Now, we discovered that you are a chartered surveyor.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- I am indeed, yeah.- Is that a bit like being an estate agent?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42It is, but we don't like to be called estate agents.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43I see. And the difference is what?
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Erm...not a lot, to be honest with you.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47We're qualified, I suppose.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Oh, and they're just not? Simply not.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Anyway, now, David, there you are on 60.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The high-scorers at the moment are Luke and Fibon on 134.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58So 73 or less, David, gets you through.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Erm, I think I know a couple,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04but I think I'm going to go for the Australian driver
0:15:04 > 0:15:07who won the Formula One World Championship
0:15:07 > 0:15:09as Alan Jones.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Alan Jones, says David. Alan Jones.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Good answer. There is your red line. Let's see if Alan Jones is right,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21It is right.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Through you go to Round Two.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Very comfortably indeed.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Alan Jones taking us way down.
0:15:26 > 0:15:2715. Very well done.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29APPLAUSE Lowest score of the round
0:15:29 > 0:15:31in fact, David, so far.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Takes your total up to 75. - Well played, David.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Yeah, first man to win it in a Williams, Alan Jones.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Adam, welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Adam.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I'm a transmission operator for BFBS Television.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Is that a technical role, then? - Yes, it is.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51But if things go too wrong, then I'm not the person to call upon.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I see. But you sound like you should be involved in continuity
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- or perhaps you should be on screen, Adam.- That's very kind.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01You have a screen-friendly presence. You'd agree with me.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Oh, he does. Very much. Look and sound.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Look and sound.- Yeah. - BFBS, take note.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Now, Adam, this board is all yours.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It doesn't matter what you score - you're into Round Two.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:16:13 > 0:16:18The actor who plays Tyrone in Coronation Street, his name is Alan.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- That's all you're getting from me. - LAUGHTER
0:16:21 > 0:16:25The Mormon family singer, it must be Alan Osmond.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29The manager of Crystal Palace is Alan Pardew.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32And a name popped into my head for the Kiwi actor,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and I was getting less and less confident as we went along,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37but as there's nothing to lose,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39I will go...
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Alan Dale.- Alan Dale.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Oh, that sounds like a good name. We think that's a good name.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Alan Dale. Let's find it if it's right.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50No red line for you - you're already through.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52But let's see if Alan Dale gets you down the column.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56It is Alan Dale.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Very well done, Adam.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Look at that. Down it goes.
0:17:01 > 0:17:0221.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05APPLAUSE Very good indeed. Adam and Hal, 54.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09That's a statement of intent for this game, I think, from podium one.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- 54 is your total.- Yeah, great answer, Adam. Well played.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14He's a weird career, where everyone of our generation
0:17:14 > 0:17:16knew him as Jim Robinson. He was a very sort of staid guy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17And then ever since then,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20he turns up in every single massive-budget US TV series.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22He's in 24, he's in Lost, Ugly Betty.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24He's in all sorts of things, isn't he?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Now, Alan Osmond, you're absolutely correct about.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Big scorer, though. Would've scored you 60.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33The Newcastle United manager, much, much better answer than Alan Carr.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It is of course Alan Pardew.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38It's not a small scorer. Would've scored 38 still.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And the actor in Coronation Street is Alan Halsall.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Well done if you said that.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's the best answer on the board with 5 points.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our first round,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51the pair we're having to say goodbye with their high score of 134,
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'm sorry, Luke and Fibon, it is you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Had you gone for Alan Pardew, it still wouldn't have saved you,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58but it would've been a slightly lower score.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01We'll see you next time and hope you go further then.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03But thanks very much indeed. Luke and Fibon.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:18:05 > 0:18:08But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Very well done, everybody. We've made it through to Round Two.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Just one more round to go before we can start conferring.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22And at the end of this round we'll say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24David, well done. Lowest individual score in that round.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27And, Hal, well done. I think you've got it.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I'm absolutely confident now.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31You are completely across the rules of Pointless.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Board Games. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:18:41 > 0:18:42who's going to go second?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54We give 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Squares on a Monopoly board whose names contain the letter A. Richard.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Yeah, and those are more specifically the squares
0:19:04 > 0:19:08on the classic original Monopoly board, please.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10OK. Right, Adam.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Many options.- Yes, many.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I will go for...
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Pall Mall.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Pall Mall, says Adam.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Pall Mall.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3038.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33APPLAUSE
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- 38.- Yeah, 140 quid, pink. Pall Mall.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Thank you very much. OK, Izzi.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42I do like Monopoly.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I hope this is correct.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48But I'm going to say Super Tax.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Super Tax, says Izzi. Super Tax.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Super Tax.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I like what you've done there, Izzi.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06You see.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10APPLAUSE There you are. 2 for Super Tax.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15That's a great answer, Izzi. Very well played.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I'm just thinking this all plays into David's hands, this round.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Absolutely.- It's all about chartered surveying, Monopoly.- Isn't it?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22- Pretty much.- Absolutely.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Buying and selling, property valuations.- Mm!
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Thank you very much.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Dianne.- Mm. - What would you like to go for?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I've got two in my head.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38But I think...I'm going to go for
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Old Kent Road. - Old Kent Road, says Dianne.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Let's see how many of our 100 people said Old Kent Road.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47It's right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:5231.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55APPLAUSE 31 for Old Kent Road.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Yeah, £60, Old Kent Road.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- And that A, it is devilishly hidden, isn't it, towards the end?- Mm.- Mm.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Clever. Very clever. Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:21:07 > 0:21:092, Izzi. Hats off to you.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Very well done. Lovely low score there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Then we travel all the way up to 31, where we find Dianne and Nikki.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Then up to 38,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Adam and Hal. Not that far ahead. But, Hal,
0:21:18 > 0:21:19get thinking of a nice low score.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Let's hope it keeps you in the game.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22We're going to come back down the line.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Nikki. So, just to remind you, we are looking for any square
0:21:30 > 0:21:34on the London-based Monopoly board whose name contains the letter A.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35You're on 31.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39I mean, if you can score 6 or less, you'll avoid being our high-scorers.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Again, I've got a couple in my head
0:21:42 > 0:21:44but it's trying to think of a low one.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I'm going to go for...
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Go to Jail.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Go to Jail, says Nikki.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Here is your red line. Quite a long way down.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53But let's see how close to that
0:21:53 > 0:21:54you can get with Go to Jail.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Well done. Look at that. 22.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07APPLAUSE Nice score there.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Takes your total up to 53.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Yeah, another very good answer. Well played, Nikki.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Might have kept yourself in it there.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15That's got an A in the last word.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- There it is. Got it.- Got it? - Found it.- There you are.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Thank you very much.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22David. Well, you've been left in very good shape by Izzi.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Yes, I have.
0:22:23 > 0:22:2550 or less. 50 or less!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Well, I think I'll go for The Strand.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32The Strand. Well, we'll find out later which one you're thinking of.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I have a hunch I might know. The Strand, says David.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Let's see if that's right
0:22:36 > 0:22:38and how many of our 100 people said The Strand.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40There's your red line.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Well done. You are
0:22:45 > 0:22:47in the head-to-head.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Oh, look at that.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51APPLAUSE 12.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Takes your total up to 14.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Hidden in plain view, the A there. - Isn't it, though?- Isn't it?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Yeah, it really is.- Good lord.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's just Strand on the board, but The Strand, perfectly acceptable.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02There we are.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Now, Hal, we now have a target for you, a precise target.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09The figure is 14.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11We need less than 14 from you, Hal.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I'd don't have the original Monopoly.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- But you must have played it, though. - Never played it.- Really?
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Yeah, I've got one of these modern versions,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22and I know all of the squares on that, but they are not the original.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- So I've got an idea from what's on my board.- OK, OK.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Which everyone's probably going to laugh at,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33but there is a square towards the end which says Free Parking.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- AUDIENCE MEMBER:- Yes. - They like that. I like that.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37LAUGHTER There is your red line.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40If you can get below that red line,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43you have essentially landed on Free Parking.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Let's see. Free Parking, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It's right.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57You've done it! 13.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00APPLAUSE You needed 14.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01You got 13, Hal. Very well done indeed.
0:24:01 > 0:24:0351 is your total.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Oh, phew.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Very well played, Hal. Terrific stuff.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I'll tell you what, if you're going to update Monopoly,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- surely the first square to go would be Free Parking.- Yeah.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15You might as well still have Early Closing Wednesdays.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- LAUGHTER - There's no pointless answers at all,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21which goes to show what a good answer Super Tax was.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24There is one 1-point answer and that is...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Whitehall. Whitehall.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Very well done if you said that.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Electric Company would've scored you 4,
0:24:30 > 0:24:31Euston Road would've scored you 4,
0:24:31 > 0:24:345 points for Marlborough Street and Pentonville Road,
0:24:34 > 0:24:366 for Income Tax and Northumberland Avenue,
0:24:36 > 0:24:387 for Liverpool Street Station.
0:24:38 > 0:24:419 for King's Cross Station and Fenchurch Street Station.
0:24:41 > 0:24:4511 for Waterworks, 18 for Chance.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Then you've got 20 for Piccadilly and The Angel Islington,
0:24:47 > 0:24:5121 for Whitechapel Road, In Jail, 23.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Marylebone Station, 27.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55And the top three, let's take a look at them.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Pal Mall. 38. Actually the third biggest scorer.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Park Lane, 51. What do you think is top?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Well, I'm going to say Mayfair. - Mayfair, yeah. 58 points.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Well, at the end of our second round, I'm very sorry to say,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Nikki and Dianne, we have to say goodbye to you.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I mean, really, very, very close indeed.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15But we will see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18In the meantime, thanks very much. Nikki and Dianne.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20APPLAUSE
0:25:20 > 0:25:23But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Very well done, David and Izzi, Hal and Adam,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32you are now one step closer to the final and a chance
0:25:32 > 0:25:36to play for that jackpot, which is still standing at £2,000.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37There it is.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42This is where you start playing as a team.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44You can chat before you give your answer. First pair to win
0:25:44 > 0:25:47two questions go through to the final and play for that jackpot.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49It should be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Eurovision Song Contests. Richard.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08We're going to show you some bar graphs that show you the top five
0:26:08 > 0:26:11finishers in different years of the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13We need you to say who won in those particular years, please.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15You'll see the flag of the winner at the top.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It's only the act who won the Eurovision Song Contest
0:26:18 > 0:26:20in that year, please.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21This is the most exciting thing ever.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I've never said this in 900 plus Pointless shows.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Let's reveal our five graphs.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30Oh! Wow. There's A.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56We want you to name the winning act
0:26:56 > 0:26:58on each of those graphs
0:26:58 > 0:27:00in each of those years.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Now, David and Izzi, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Feel free to confer.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Do you know...?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10The...the... I'm not sure.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11D, I'm not sure.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Britain have won that...
0:27:13 > 0:27:14I know what E is.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16We're going to go with E
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and we think that's Conchita Wurst.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23OK, Conchita Wurst. Conchita Wurst, say David and Izzi.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Now, Hal and Adam, talk us through the graphs.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Yes...- Mm-hm.- Yeah.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Big yes.- They are lovely graphs.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Oh, thank you.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36It's going to be a bit of a guess.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38But it's going to be A and
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Bucks Fizz.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42A and Bucks Fizz.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46There we are. So we have Conchita Wurst and Bucks Fizz.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48David and Izzi went for Conchita Wurst for E.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Let's see if that's right,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52let's see how many of our 100 people said Conchita Wurst.
0:27:54 > 0:27:55It's right.
0:28:00 > 0:28:0114.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03APPLAUSE
0:28:03 > 0:28:0614 for Conchita Wurst. That is a good score.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Hal and Adam have gone for Bucks Fizz for A.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Let's see how far down the column we get with Bucks Fizz.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18It's right.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Oh, that's also going to be a good score.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Look at that. Very close indeed.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25APPLAUSE 19.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Very well done indeed.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Congratulations to both pairs for grasping this with both hands,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34this new format of round. Wasn't that fun?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Particular congratulations, though, to David and Izzi.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- After one question, you're up 1-0. - Yeah, very well played.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Now, there's a couple of answers there
0:28:41 > 0:28:43that would've won you the points.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45B would not cos that is Abba.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48With 25 points.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51C, it's Johnny Logan with Hold Me Now.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54The second of his wins. 8 points for that.
0:28:54 > 0:29:00And who could forget, in 1968, Spain won with La, La, La by Massiel?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Massiel. Very well done if you said that. 1 point.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04There we are. Thank you very much.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Here's your second question. Hal and Adam, you get to answer it first,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10but you have to win it to stay in the game so best of luck.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11It concerns...
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- British islands. Richard. - We're going to show you the names
0:29:16 > 0:29:19of five British islands, or Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories,
0:29:19 > 0:29:21but we've missed out alternate letters.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Can you fill in those gaps, please? - Thanks very much.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Let's reveal our British islands with bits missing,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28and here they are. We've got...
0:29:40 > 0:29:41I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Hal and Adam will go first.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54I know three, four and five.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Go with whichever one you think.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57What's the second one?
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Cayman Islands. Do you think
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Saint Helena is a good answer?
0:30:01 > 0:30:03I think we're going to go
0:30:03 > 0:30:04right down the middle and say
0:30:04 > 0:30:09- Saint Helena.- Saint Helena, say Hal and Adam. Saint Helena.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11David and Izzi, do you want to talk us through
0:30:11 > 0:30:13the rest of those islands?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16We'd love to, but we're struggling, to be honest with you, on them.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18And the only one
0:30:18 > 0:30:20we can definitely get, I hope,
0:30:20 > 0:30:22is the Isles of Scilly.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24OK, the Isles of Scilly.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26So, we have Saint Helena and the Isles of Scilly.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Hal and Adam went for Saint Helena.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Let's see how many of our 100 people spotted that.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34It's right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41That is a great score,
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Hal and Adam. Very well done indeed.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45APPLAUSE 10.
0:30:45 > 0:30:4710 for Saint Helena. Now, David and Izzi, meanwhile,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50have gone for the Isles of Scilly. Let's see if that's right,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53let's see how many of our 100 people said the Isles of Scilly.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57It's right.
0:30:59 > 0:31:0160 for the Isles of Scilly.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04APPLAUSE There we are.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Hal and Adam, back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Very well played. Yes, Saint Helena,
0:31:08 > 0:31:11obviously where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- Now the top two are...- Pitcairn. - Pitcairn Islands. 24 points.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17I'm struggling with the second one.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- It's got more registered businesses...- Cayman!- ..than people.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- Cayman.- Cayman Islands. Yeah.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Notorious tax haven. 45 points.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25- And the bottom one.- Jersey.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Jersey. Yeah.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28That would've scored 79.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31So, Saint Helena, best answer on the board, guys, well played.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Well, it comes down to our third question.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Whoever wins this one, the decider, goes through to the final
0:31:38 > 0:31:40and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Our deciding question concerns...
0:31:45 > 0:31:48People with palindromic names. Izzi.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I know, Izzi should be good at this. We're going to show you
0:31:50 > 0:31:53five descriptions of people whose first names are palindromes.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Can you tell us these names, please? Very best of luck.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59OK. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00We have got...
0:32:16 > 0:32:18I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35David and Izzi will go first.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- Do you know any?- Elle Macpherson.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Yeah. Do you know any of the others?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Do you know the S Club 7?
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Rachel Stevens.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Erm, I think we're going to go with the Australian model
0:32:50 > 0:32:52and presenter of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model
0:32:52 > 0:32:53and Elle Macpherson.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Elle Macpherson, say David and Izzi. Elle Macpherson.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Now, Hal and Adam, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- No.- No. Not at all. - LAUGHTER
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Although, as I sit here, one has just popped into my mind.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- The bottom one...- Yeah?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I think Otto von Bismarck.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12OK. I like the Bismarck. You're going Otto.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15So we have Elle and we have Otto.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Now, David and Izzi went for Elle.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said Elle.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Elle is right.
0:33:29 > 0:33:3025.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32APPLAUSE
0:33:32 > 0:33:3625 for Elle. Now, Hal and Adam have gone for Otto.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Let's see if that's right,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39let's see how many of our 100 people said Otto.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43It's right.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46It's got to beat 25.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48Which it does.
0:33:48 > 0:33:4915 for Otto.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Very well done indeed, Adam. APPLAUSE
0:33:51 > 0:33:54That popped in in the nick of time there, and it means,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57after three questions, Hal and Adam are through to the final 2-1.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Two good answers there. Well played both teams.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03The biggest scorer on the board is the S Club 7 one, funnily enough,
0:34:03 > 0:34:04which is Hannah Spearritt.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07And that would've scored 29.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And the top one...is Ava Gardner.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Would've scored you 11.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16And the actor is the lovely Nitin Ganatra.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- And that would've scored you 3 points.- There we are.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:24 > 0:34:25I'm so sorry, David and Izzi.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Two very solid performances on the show.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Lovely to have you in the head-to-head on both of those.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33And you just came up against our palindromic names, Izzi,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- ironically, was where you fell. - I know.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39David and Izzi, it's been wonderful having you. Thank you for playing.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40David and Izzi, wonderful contestants.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44APPLAUSE
0:34:44 > 0:34:47But, for Hal and Adam, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52What about that?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Hal and Adam, you've seen off all the competition
0:34:54 > 0:34:57and you have now won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:05 > 0:35:09and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Well, I think there's something poetic about this.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Lovely to have you here in the final round.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20What would you like to see come up in this final round?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- Football. - LAUGHTER
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Adam?- Easy.- Well, that was said with so much authority,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- I don't feel I can argue with that. - LAUGHTER
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Let's hope there's something there you like the look of.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33There's usually something vaguely football-related,
0:35:33 > 0:35:34but not always, by any means.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Today's selection looks like this.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47I think ice-skating might be football-related. Don't you think?
0:35:47 > 0:35:48- LAUGHTER - OK.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Diamonds - obviously big in both our lives.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- Can't get enough of ice-skating. - I like...books.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- You do like crime books.- Yeah. - American authors?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Oh, can't move in my house for American crime authors(!)
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Not great on music. - Erm...music, I'm pretty bad at.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06It's got to be one of the middle two, I think.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10But, Howard, you host the drive-time show on BFBS.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Yeah, I know where this is going.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13How can popular albums of 2014 be so forbidding?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I know exactly where this is going, and I anticipated this question.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19You know, you don't really have to listen to the music,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- you just talk after the songs. - LAUGHTER
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Got to be albums, I think. - That's what it's going to be?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- It's got to be albums.- Sorry, Hal.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29A bit more pressure on you there, but albums popular...
0:36:29 > 0:36:31But it's popular albums. That's handy, isn't it?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33At least it's not the unpopular ones.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36LAUGHTER Popular albums of 2014. Richard.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39We're looking for any tracks on the original release of...
0:36:48 > 0:36:50So, three massive albums there.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Any tracks on the original releases of Caustic Love,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Wanted On Voyage or In the Lonely Hour.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Very best of luck.- There we go.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:36:59 > 0:37:02to come up with three answers and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:02 > 0:37:04is for just one of your answers to be pointless.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08LAUGHTER
0:37:08 > 0:37:12OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13Your time starts now.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16I think...George Ezra
0:37:16 > 0:37:18did...Cassy O'.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19That'll do. I like that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20- We'll have that.- Let's go with that.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- It's an answer.- It's something. - Some of this must've sunk in.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24No, none.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26LAUGHTER
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Yep. I mean, do we talk for the whole 60?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Popular...popular titles
0:37:30 > 0:37:32always include the word love.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Love, yeah.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Yeah, love. Something with love in.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37- Mm.- Ring any bells?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- I'm probably going to lose my job after this.- Probably.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- LAUGHTER - And you'd be right to.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43I'm very witty in between the songs,
0:37:43 > 0:37:44very witty.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46So, we've got...
0:37:46 > 0:37:47What was the George Ezra one?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Cassy O', I think.- Cassy O'.- Yeah.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Sam Smith?- Oh, yeah, he's on there.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56LAUGHTER
0:37:56 > 0:37:58These are the wrong three artists
0:37:58 > 0:37:59for me, you may have gathered.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00My mother bought me
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Paolo Nutini's album.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Sorry, Mum, haven't listened
0:38:03 > 0:38:04- to it yet.- Ten seconds left.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Yeah, we'll have to go with Cassy O', I think.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- Yeah. And any more?- Nope.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11We need two more.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13We need two more?! Oh.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Great.- There's your time up. Good.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Well, that's in the nick of time there.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22What answers would you like to give me? Three of them.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Well, I think we have one that might actually be a song.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- And that is Cassy O'.- Cassy O'. - By George Ezra.- OK, Cassy O'.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34And playing on the theme that, you know, love is a popular...title,
0:38:34 > 0:38:38I'm sure Paolo Nutini must have sung a song called A Thing Called Love.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- A Thing Called Love.- And also...
0:38:42 > 0:38:46..that very popular cover he did of Love Is In The Air.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- Love Is In The Air, also by Paolo Nutini.- Yeah, yeah.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Probably the right one. - Probably Cassy O'.- Cassy O', OK.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- LAUGHTER Cassy O' last.- Hang my hat on.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59OK. What do you want to put first? Least likely?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- I don't remember the other two songs.- A Thing Called Love?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Maybe we should go for that. OK. - I'm not feeling that one.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07OK. Well, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10and here they are. Look at these.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16There we are. Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Three wonderful answers there on the board.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20If one of these happened to be pointless - I have to ask you -
0:39:20 > 0:39:21what would you do with the money?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I would pay you off so you never aired this episode.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27LAUGHTER
0:39:27 > 0:39:31APPLAUSE
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I'll tell you what, there speaks a man who does not know your price.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Yeah.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39LAUGHTER
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Adam?
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Oh, I would definitely indulge in
0:39:41 > 0:39:44all Paolo Nutini's recent works, I think.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46- And maybe a bit of George Ezra.- OK.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Well, let's go through this.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Your first answer was A Thing Called Love by Paolo Nutini.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53We were looking for any tracks on the album Caustic Love.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Only one of these has to be pointless
0:39:55 > 0:39:56for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Let's see how many people went for A Thing Called Love.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01If it's pointless, it'll be worth £2,000 to you.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05No, I'm afraid not there.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- AUDIENCE:- Aw! - I'm afraid not there.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Your next answer was the cover of Love Is In The Air,
0:40:10 > 0:40:14also on Caustic Love by Paolo Nutini.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17It has to be there, then it has to be pointless
0:40:17 > 0:40:19for you to win that jackpot of £2,000.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Let's see how many people said Love Is In The Air, is it right?
0:40:22 > 0:40:26CHUCKLING
0:40:26 > 0:40:27- I fear not. AUDIENCE:- Aw!
0:40:27 > 0:40:30No, there we are. OK, now...now, come on.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Here we are on terra firma here.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35We're back in the world of actual things.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Your third answer...your third and final answer is Cassy O',
0:40:38 > 0:40:41and in this case we were looking for George Ezra tracks
0:40:41 > 0:40:44on Wanted On Voyage. Cassy O'.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £2,000,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49but let's see how many of our 100 people said Cassy O'.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Is it pointless?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's right. There we go. Now, A Thing Called Love,
0:40:56 > 0:40:57I'm afraid, was incorrect.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Love Is In The Air, likewise, incorrect.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Cassy O', though, down it goes.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Through the teens, into single figures.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Still going down.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Oh, 6.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08APPLAUSE
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Listen, there we are. That was a valiant attempt
0:41:11 > 0:41:13when presented with things you didn't know.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find
0:41:15 > 0:41:17that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20That will roll over onto the next show,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23but it has been fabulous having you both on the programme - twice!
0:41:23 > 0:41:26And through to the final this last time. Enormous fun.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Thank you for coming and playing so well and being such good sports,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and you take home a Pointless trophy each, so there you are.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34It hasn't all been in vain. Hal and Adam.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36APPLAUSE
0:41:36 > 0:41:39I think that's what we call a valiant effort, gents.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Very well played. You've been great fun.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Let's take a look at the pointless answers for Paolo Nutini first.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46You could've had...
0:41:48 > 0:41:50You could've made up those. One Day, Someone Like You.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Also could've had Bus Talk.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54That would've been harder to make up, probably.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Diana, Fashion and Superfly.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Let's take a look at George Ezra. This is another lovely album.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Also Spectacular Rival and Stand By Your Gun.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Those were pointless answers for George Ezra.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And only three pointless answers on the Sam Smith album.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Gents, you've been very, very entertaining.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Hal, I'm so sorry you've lost your job.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- And... - LAUGHTER
0:42:22 > 0:42:25The worst thing about that, of course, British Forces Broadcasting,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28they don't fire you, they court-martial you. It's much worse.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30You may not know about music, but you've been
0:42:30 > 0:42:33so genuinely entertaining, you both have. I can see why they employ you
0:42:33 > 0:42:35and I'm sure they will do for many years to come.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Thank you so much, gents.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40APPLAUSE
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Hal and Adam,
0:42:43 > 0:42:45but it's been fab having you on the show.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Thank you both so much for playing. Hal and Adam.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48Wonderful, wonderful contestants.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51APPLAUSE
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Well, sadly, Hal and Adam 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'll be playing for £3,000. There it is.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.