0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the show where the more obscure your knowledge,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's contestants.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Hello, I'm Luke. This is my friend Fibon. And we're from Gateshead.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hello, my name is Lisa. This is my friend Cormac.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And we're both originally from Omagh.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46And couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hi, I'm Graham. This is my wife, Mikiko, Miki.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50And we're from Liverpool.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hi, my name is Nikki. This is my mother-in-law, Dianne.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And we're from Wakefield.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants. APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Thank you very much, all of you. Warm welcome to the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Here to rip us a quizzical new one, it's my pointless friend.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- It's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Hey, everybody. - APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Are you well?- I'm very well.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20That's good. You look well.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23You had a little back trouble sort of a week or so ago.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- I do from time to time. - Is that any better?- No, not really.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Really?- Yeah, still there. - Repetitive strain?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Yeah. I think probably almost certainly.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Pilates.- That's what I need to do, yeah.- Yeah, that's what you need...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- I mean, not right now.- No. - But after the show.- Very good.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Two returning pairs from our last show.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We didn't see much of Luke and Fibon, on podium one now.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Welcome back, gents.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44And on the last podium, Nikki and Dianne got knocked out in Round Two.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I thought they were rather good.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Yes, I did too. - They were quite unlucky.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- There's something about them... - They showed promise.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I think they did. I think they might do rather well on today's show.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- A nice classic Pointless round to start us off with today.- Lovely.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Thanks very much indeed.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Well, Hal and Adam didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04So today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06There we are, it's creeping up.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08APPLAUSE
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Could be a nice win for someone.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Well, for the benefit of our newcomers,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I'm just going to remind you the central plank of Pointless is this.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:25 > 0:02:28eliminated. That is all you need to remember.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Countries.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,
0:02:37 > 0:02:38who's going second?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Countries whose names begin with a letter in the first
0:02:58 > 0:02:59half of the alphabet. Richard.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Yeah, simply looking for any country in the world whose usual
0:03:02 > 0:03:06short form name in English starts with A to M, inclusive, please.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07As always, by country,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13If a country starts with a "the", we ignore the "the".
0:03:13 > 0:03:15OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Now, Luke, welcome back to Pointless.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Yeah, we didn't see nearly enough of you last time round.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- No.- What was our first rounds in the last show?- Alans. Famous Alans.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25It was famous Alans!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27That's right, and you sidestepped Alan Pardew
0:03:27 > 0:03:30cos you thought everyone would know it. It turned out
0:03:30 > 0:03:31you went for Alan Carr instead.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32That was a high score.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Remind us what you do, Luke.- I am a student at Newcastle University.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37And you just finished your second year?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Just finished my second year, yes. - And you are reading?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Maths and accounting.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Maths and accounting. Now, you have one more year there?- Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Have you any idea what you might do when you leave?
0:03:48 > 0:03:54- Not 100% sure. I might try maths teaching.- OK, very good. Now, Luke.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Countries whose names begin...
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Lovely old-school Pointless question here.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Countries whose names begin with a letter in the first
0:04:01 > 0:04:03half of the alphabet - A to M.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Um... It's hard cos there's so many.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11- I'll go - Antigua and Barbuda. - Antigua and Barbuda, says Luke.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Antigua and Barbuda.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18It's right.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Not bad, Luke. Look at that,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24down it goes. Still going down.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Still going down. To 3.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Great start to the show. Very well done, Luke.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Lovely low score there.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Well played, Luke. Starting us off right.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34At the top of the alphabet as well.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That's a very solid, competent Pointless answer, isn't it?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Isn't it?- They both, if they were separate countries,
0:04:39 > 0:04:40they'd still both qualify.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Should they ever decide to go their separate ways...
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Please don't, Antigua and Barbuda, for the sake of the children.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Yeah, I mean, they would both qualify.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Or even if the and in the middle seceded from the other two,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55it would still be right at the front of the alphabet.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00- Look at that. Um, Lisa. A warm welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And you said originally from Omagh, where are you from now?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- I live in Belfast now. - In Belfast, I see.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07What do you do in Belfast, Lisa?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11I work as a production data analyst in a soft drinks company.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17- Oh, that sounds like fun.- For sure, it's a lot of fun. It very much is.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Oh, phew! I thought you were going to say,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21"And it's very much not what you think."
0:05:21 > 0:05:22No, that's great.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26And what do you do when you're not working for the soft drinks company?
0:05:26 > 0:05:31I like learning things, anything that I can read or see -
0:05:31 > 0:05:34go to museums...
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- OK. You have a thirst for knowledge is what you are saying.- I do, yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Do you go to lots of classes and things like that?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Yes, the most recent ones have been life drawing
0:05:42 > 0:05:44and flamenco, not at the same time.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48No. Well, it'd be hard, because they would keep changing.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- Now, Lisa, what are you going to go for?- I will chance with Honduras.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Honduras. Honduras, says Lisa.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said Honduras.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03It's right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Look at that, 4 for Honduras.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Lovely low-scoring start
0:06:13 > 0:06:14to this round. Very well done.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Yeah, another very good answer. Well played.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Famously went to war with another country whose name
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I won't mention, and they call it the Soccer War
0:06:21 > 0:06:23because it was supposed to be about football match.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It wasn't really, but it coincided with rioting
0:06:26 > 0:06:27between the two countries.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Was the war over in 90 minutes or was it...?- No.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Unfortunately, it ended in a draw,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- so they had to play another half an hour.- Oh, no.- Yeah.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Graham, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Great to have you here. Where are you from, Graham?- From Liverpool.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43From Liverpool. What do you do, Graham?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I'm a manufacturing consultant.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- So I help companies to work better, smarter.- I see.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51What are your interests aside from that?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I like my car. I like to mess around with the car.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56My wife probably doesn't agree with that.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57What sort of car is it?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- I've got a sports car, convertible, so...- I see.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- And I'm in an owners' club as well, so...- Oh, I see.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07There's a bit more to it than just polishing it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Wonderful. Now, Graham, what would you like to go for?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Yeah, I've got one in my head that I've had since we started,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and I think I'm going to go for that.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And it'll be Bolivia.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Bolivia, says Graham. Bolivia.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bolivia.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Very much in the right
0:07:33 > 0:07:34sort of ballpark there.
0:07:34 > 0:07:366 for Bolivia.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yeah, and other good score, Bolivia. Very well played.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- The only country in the world to rhyme with Olivia.- Yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Yes.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47In case there's any budding songsmiths out there,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- that just might help somebody. - Thank you, Richard.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Now then, Dianne, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Very nice of you to be on the same podium as last time.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Remind us what you do, Dianne.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Well, I don't have an official job title.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You used to work in a post office.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Did you work in a local post office? - I did, yes.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- And when did you stop working there? - Three years ago.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10And what do you fill your retirement with, Dianne?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Well, I am a bit of a jack of all trades.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- As most grandparents do at my age, I look after grandchildren.- Lovely.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20But for the first time in 42 years of marriage,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I've suddenly taken an interest in gardening.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Oh, really?
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Yes.- Having not previously...? - I don't know anything about plants.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I don't know anything about where to put them. But I know what I like.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36And my husband puts them where I want them to be.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37- So you just point...- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Oh, you've got a full-time gardener, that's exciting.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Well, that's brilliant. Now, Dianne.- Yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48The matter in hand is countries whose names begin with
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- a letter in the first half of the alphabet.- I know.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I'm going to go with the Galapagos Islands.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- The Galapagos Islands...- Yes. - ..says Dianne.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The Galapagos Islands. Well, let's find out if that's a good answer.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Let's see how many people said it if it is.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- Oh, no!- Oh, Dianne!
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Dianne, I'm so sorry.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11That's an incorrect answer.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- That scores you 100 points. - Sorry, Dianne,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Not a country, the Galapagos Islands.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17They belong to a country whose name I can't say,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20but they're not a country themselves.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Its name comes from the first half of the alphabet,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- so it's really hard to...- Yeah, very complicated to pronounce(!)- Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Thank you very much.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31We're halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Luke and Fibon, well done you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Very good. Lovely low score there.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38There on 3. Then we travel up to 4, where we find Lisa and Cormac.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Then up to 6, where we find Graham and Miki.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44And then up to 100, Dianne and Nikki.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I'm so sorry. That was a tough one there.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Nikki, let's see if we can find a nice low score from you.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I mean, I bet there are some pointless ones.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54There must be some pointless ones. We'll come back down the line now.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01So, Nikki, welcome back.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I'm sorry to be welcoming you back when you've got that 100
0:10:04 > 0:10:05on the podium in front of you.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Remind us what you do, Nikki.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- I'm a passenger service agent for an airline company.- Very good.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14So we discovered last time that you're part of the check-in team.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Do you then go through and get people onto the plane?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yeah, we board passengers and then we also welcome them back
0:10:20 > 0:10:23when they come back from, you know, the inbound flight.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And when you're not doing that, what do you get up to, Nikki?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Well, I'm a mum of three, so I'm quite busy there.- Yeah.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I like eating out, family, family days out and things.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Lovely.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Now, Nikki, so we're looking for any country whose name begins
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- with letter A to M. - So I've got two in mind.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43One's safe. One, a bit risky.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45It's a country in Africa.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46It's inside another country,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50so I'm not sure if it's a country outright, but my answer is Lesotho.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Lesotho, says Nikki. Lesotho.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Let's see how far down the column we get with Lesotho.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59It's right.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Look at that - 2, Nikki!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The lowest score of the round so far.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Ironically, adding to the highest of the round so far
0:11:13 > 0:11:15and taking your total up to 102.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Yeah, another good answer from Nikki as well.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19And it has the good grace to be encircled by a country
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I am allowed to name.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- It is South Africa.- South Africa. Thank you very much indeed.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Miki, a very warm welcome to you. - Hello.- It's lovely to have you here.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- What do you do, Miki? - I'm a staff nurse.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- In Liverpool?- In Liverpool.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Very big hospital.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And when you get time off, assuming you get a little
0:11:36 > 0:11:39bit of time off, what do you like to get up to?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40I like cooking.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I like reading books.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I play the piano a little bit. That's about it, really.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Now, are you teaching yourself piano,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51or have you played it all your life?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I've played piano from the age of about seven.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Oh, I see. - So, a long time ago, yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58And you've kept it up all the way through?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- Yeah, on and off.- Well, that's good enough. As long as there's an on,
0:12:02 > 0:12:03the off is fine.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05That's very impressive.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Very good. Now, what would you like to go for?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10You're on 6, which means if you score 95 or less,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12you are through to the next round.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Hm... I've got a few.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18I think I'll go for Liechtenstein.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Liechtenstein, says Miki. Liechtenstein. Here's your red line.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24If you get below this red line, nice and high,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28through you go to Round Two. I think that should be fairly easy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Let's see how many people said Liechtenstein.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33It's right and you're through.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Very good indeed. Look at that, 5.
0:12:41 > 0:12:425 takes your total
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- up to 11.- Well played, Miki.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Some lovely scoring all round here.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Liechtenstein is only 62 square miles.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50It's about the same size as Washington DC.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Cormac.- Hello.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And you're also from Omagh originally. Where are you from now?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Now I live in Manchester.- Right.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03How long have you been in Manchester?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Oh, gosh, coming up for 12 years.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Unbelievable.- Really?- Yeah. - And how are you finding Manchester?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Well, I know my way around now.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Well, that's good. That's good.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14So literally, you are finding. What brought you over there?
0:13:14 > 0:13:18As they say in Italian, "C'e' sempre una donna di mezzo."
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Oh, that's nice! I have no idea what that means. Yeah, but... Oh!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- It means there's always a woman in the middle.- Yes, exactly.- Oh.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I thought it meant you got a job at Pizza Express.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29LAUGHTER
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But how nice. What a lovely reason to come anywhere,
0:13:32 > 0:13:33but particularly to Manchester.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35And what do you do in Manchester?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I am an adult education manager.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42We have about 600 students learning English as a second language.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46People have come from all over the world - refugees, asylum seekers,
0:13:46 > 0:13:47economic migrants.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50So we give them skills to help them integrate into society,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54find employment, improve their lives and the lives of their children.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56That's very rewarding, I should think, is it? Fantastic.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- It's a job that gives a lot of satisfaction.- Good for you.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Now, Cormac, you're on 4. 97 is your total.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Lovely high target there.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- Hm.- What would you like to go for?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07There's a couple of them.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09One I've been thinking about all the time.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10And the more I think about it,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12the more I think it could just be a city.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15So I'm going to go for Guinea-Bissau.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Well, we'll find out what the other one was you were thinking of later.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22But Guinea-Bissau. Here is your red line. It's lovely and high.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Get below that with Guinea-Bissau, through you go to Round Two.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27How many people said Guinea-Bissau?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32It's right.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Well, our lowest score so far is 2 for Lesotho.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's a pointless answer!
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Very well done indeed, Cormac.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43That adds £250 to today's total,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47taking it up to £3,250.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49It scores you nothing, it leaves your total at 4.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Very well done indeed. - Terrific stuff, Cormac.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Very, very well played. Yeah, in West Africa.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It used to be called Portuguese Guinea,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57so if we were doing this show 40, 50 years ago,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- it would have been an incorrect answer.- Hm.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- You got lucky there. - LAUGHTER
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Just in on time.- Yeah. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Now, Fibon.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Welcome back to Pointless. - Thank you.- We discovered
0:15:09 > 0:15:12you were also at the end of your second year at Newcastle.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13That's correct.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- And what are you reading?- Economics. - Economics. Enjoying that?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Yeah, it's going all right, I guess. - "It's going all right, I guess."
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Now, listen, we had this last time from Luke.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24He was pretty lukewarm, I think that's what we might call it,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27on the merits of your time at Newcastle.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29We hadn't really got to... Are you really enjoying it?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- I do really enjoy it. - You're having a good time?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33I'm having a good time. I'm enjoying it.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- What would you say was the best thing?- The best thing...
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I think it's probably the nightlife, to be honest.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I mean, Newcastle, let's be honest, is a fabulous place.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I mean, there are few better cities in the world.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I'll go on record saying that.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Newcastle, a brilliant base, particularly for nightlife
0:15:49 > 0:15:50and stuff like that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- And so much culture as well. - Yeah.- Yeah! So, Fibon.- Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Countries...- Uh-huh. - ..beginning with... I mean,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00you're not in any sort of precarious position.
0:16:00 > 0:16:0298 or less will get you through.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05But wouldn't it be nice to have a pointless answer?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- It would be nice.- Wouldn't it?- Yep.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09You can almost afford to take that kind of a risk.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Luke is not looking so happy with me saying that, but take it from me.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15No, really, you can. Really.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19I've got a few in mind, especially around Africa.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I'm thinking Burundi or Burkina Faso,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24but I think I'm going to go for the Central African Republic.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26RICHARD LAUGHS Oh!
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- I think we should have some sort of choir on standby.- Yeah, we should.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34I know we've got our monks, but we should have,
0:16:34 > 0:16:35for when people say
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Central African Republic... - Glitter drop.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It would be nice if they just came down... Oh, I don't know.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Anyway, it's probably not feasible. Anyway, Central...
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Central African Republic. Here's your red line, lovely and high.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Get below that with Central African Republic
0:16:49 > 0:16:51and you are through to Round Two.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's right.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57There's that lovely ping there.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Look at that, 3.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You equal Luke's score from the first pass,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07taking your total up to 6. Very well done indeed.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08Well played, Fibon.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10It is actually almost the precise geographical
0:17:10 > 0:17:13centre of Africa as well, Central African Republic.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Funnily enough, because of its Pointless fame, it's
0:17:16 > 0:17:18actually a higher score than the other two you mentioned.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Burundi would've scored you 2 points
0:17:20 > 0:17:22and Burkina Faso would've scored you 1 point.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Yes! Yes, Central African Republic!
0:17:24 > 0:17:26There are eight pointless answers here.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29We've heard one of them already - Guinea-Bissau.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Let's take a look at some other ones.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Want to guess one?- Oh, I won't look.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Micronesia, I was going to go for.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- Micronesia is a pointless answer. - Yay!- Yeah, very well done.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Here's some others.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50And Kyrgyzstan was also a pointless answer.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Very well done if you said Kyrgyzstan.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'll go through the 1 pointers. Lots of people at home
0:17:54 > 0:17:57would've come up with obscure ones. There's quite a few 1 pointers.
0:17:57 > 0:17:581 point for....
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Dominica, for Cabo Verde. Someone said Cabo Verde.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Well done, our 100.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Comoros.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Grenada, Bhutan, Kiribati,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Laos, Haiti,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Equatorial Guinea, Belize, Djibouti and Gabon.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- All of those would have scored you 1 point.- Fantastic.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Thanks very much indeed. So at the end of our first round,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19the pair who are heading home with their high score of 102...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Bring the tone down a little bit because it's sad.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24It's Nikki and Dianne we have to say goodbye to. I'm so sorry.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Far too soon to be sending you back up to Wakefield.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29But thank you so much for playing with us.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Nikki and Dianne, wonderful contestants.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33APPLAUSE
0:18:34 > 0:18:37But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Well done, everybody. Lovely to have you all here in Round Two.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47We said goodbye to one of our pairs. We'll have to say goodbye
0:18:47 > 0:18:49to another pair at the end of this round.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50But you all did very well there.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Low scores, single-figure scores from everyone.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Cormac, special mention to you for your pointless answer
0:18:55 > 0:18:57with Guinea-Bissau. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:19:02 > 0:19:03The Academy Awards.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,
0:19:06 > 0:19:07who's going second?
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16OK, and the question concerns...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Best Director Awards. Richard.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23On each board, we'll show you the names of six films which won
0:19:23 > 0:19:24the Academy Award for Best Director.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27We'll also give you the year that the film was produced.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29You need to name the director who won that award, please.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32So there's six on each board, 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Very best of luck.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36OK, so who are the award-winning directors of these films?
0:19:36 > 0:19:38And here they are.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Our first board of six is this.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- Fibon.- Yep.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19There's only one I know on the list,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and it's probably going to be the highest scorer,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23but that's better than 100, so I'm going to go for
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Schindler's List and Steven Spielberg.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Steven Spielberg, says Fibon.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Tactically, quite a useful thing to do
0:20:29 > 0:20:31because it might be only one other people know as well.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Let's see, though, how many of our 100 people said Steven Spielberg.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's right.
0:20:40 > 0:20:4261. That's not bad at all, Fibon.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44A lot better than 100.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Yeah, you did the right thing there.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Won seven Oscars in total, that film,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51including Best Director for Steven Spielberg.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Cormac.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Cormac.- Yes.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Are you happy with this as a board, as a subject?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02When I heard the topic, I was happy. When I'd seen the board...
0:21:03 > 0:21:09..not so much, not so much. But I know two and possibly a third.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I'm going to go for Lawrence Of Arabia
0:21:13 > 0:21:14and David Lean.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17David Lean, says Cormac. Let's see if that's right.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Let's see how many of our 100 agree with Cormac.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23It's right.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Good answer. 26 for David Lean.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Nicely done.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Well played, Cormac.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And Lawrence of Arabia also won seven Oscars.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Thanks very much, Richard.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Now then, Miki, there was a look
0:21:40 > 0:21:43that I saw just pass across your face there of...
0:21:43 > 0:21:44I'm going to call it despair.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Hm, yeah, you can call it that.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Is it not a good category for you, this?- Well...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I mean, do you want to just go through the board
0:21:51 > 0:21:53and do some thinking out loud?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Not really. - LAUGHTER
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I only knew one, that was Schindler's List. That was taken.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01So I just have to make it up,
0:22:01 > 0:22:02I'm afraid.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04So Birdman -
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Thomas Mann.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Thomas Mann, or... OK. ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Sorry.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Thomas Mann, OK. No, don't worry. Thomas Mann.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16There we are, Thomas Mann, Birdman.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Yep. Oh, well, there's your answer. I'm sorry, Miki.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I'm sorry there wasn't anything left
0:22:23 > 0:22:25that you could have a reasonable go at.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27That scores you, inevitably, 100 points.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Yeah, unlucky, Miki.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35The initials are there - AGI - and it's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37So very well done if you got that at home.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Terrific stuff. It's a good film.
0:22:39 > 0:22:425 points for that. A Beautiful Mind was...
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Do you know that? You'll know him.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Very famous director.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Ron Howard.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Oh, yes!- Ron Howard.- Happy Days. - That would've scored 17.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Gone With The Wind was directed by Victor Fleming.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57And that would have scored you 8 points. And The Graduate...
0:22:57 > 0:22:58is Mike Nichols.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Mike Nichols. He would've scored you 11.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03So Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is, unsurprisingly,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05the best answer on that board.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08There we go. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10So, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1326, Cormac. Well done. David Lean
0:23:13 > 0:23:14doing you proud there.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Cormac and Lisa looking pretty solid as far as Round Three is concerned.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Then up to 61, where we see Fibon and Luke.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24And then 100, Miki and Graham. Well, maybe that was a tough list.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Maybe the next board will be the easy one.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Let's hope there's something on there you like the look of
0:23:29 > 0:23:32and you can find a nice low score. We'll come back down the line now.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41OK, let's put six more films up on the board. And here they are.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'll read those all one last time.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16So there, Graham, we are looking for the directors of these films.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Yeah.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I feel like I should know quite a few of those,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24but I'm going to sort of play safe, even though I'm on 100,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26and go for Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Clint Eastwood, well done. Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31No red line for you as you are the high-scorers,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34but let's see how far down the column we get.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37It's right.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Not bad.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45148 is your total.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Yeah, also won Best Picture and Best Actress for Hilary Swank.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Thank you, Richard. Now then, Lisa.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Lisa, good news, doesn't matter what you score,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57you're through to the next round.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Which you could look on as an opportunity to have a bit of
0:25:00 > 0:25:01a gamble, a bit of a punt.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Yes.- How are you feeling about this as a category?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I'm not great with directors, I have to say, but on the first
0:25:07 > 0:25:12board, they did start coming to me the more that I looked at the board.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Not so much coming to me now.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19So I will have to go for the third one and say Martin Scorsese.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Martin Scorsese, MS there.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24No red line for you, Lisa, as you are already through.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said Martin Scorsese.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It's right.
0:25:38 > 0:25:4022, our lowest score so far,
0:25:40 > 0:25:41taking your total up to 48.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Well played, Lisa.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Yeah, Martin Scorsese's first Academy Award as director.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Thanks very much indeed. Now, Luke, that board is all yours.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52If you fancy talking us through it,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54you'd be very, very welcome to.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- Your target is 86 or less. - I'll give it a go. I don't know any.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03But I think I'll go Casablanca
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and go Michael Caine.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Michael Caine... LAUGHTER
0:26:08 > 0:26:11He was a precocious talent, certainly. There we are.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Back in 1942. Here's your red line. If you can get below that red line,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17you're through to the next round. Michael Caine.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21No.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I'm so sorry, an incorrect answer there, scoring you 100 points,
0:26:25 > 0:26:26takes your total up to 161.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Great work on the initials, though, Luke. That was perfect.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Absolutely perfect. It is a Michael, actually.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It's the best answer on the board as well, Casablanca.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35It's Michael Curtiz.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Would've scored you 5 points.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Very well done if you said that at home.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- American Beauty?- Sam Mendes. - Sam Mendes, yep.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Went on to direct the Bond films. 25 points for that.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47The Grapes Of Wrath
0:26:47 > 0:26:49is John Ford.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Would've scored you 10. And Vincente Minnelli directed a Gigi
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and would've scored you 7 points. Tough board.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Did you say directed A Gigi? - Probably.- Did you?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- ITALIAN ACCENTS: 'No, he's a-nice. - He's a-nice.- He directed a-Gigi.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- 'He directed very well. Very good director.- Very well.- Yes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- 'Si, si, si, si.- Si. - Si, si, si, si.- Si, si.'
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11At the end of our second round, the pair we're saying goodbye to...
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I'm afraid this time it really is goodbye, Luke and Fibon.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19but I'm afraid this is the end of the line. Luke and Fibon.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE
0:27:23 > 0:27:25But for Cormac and Lisa, Graham and Miki,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Very well done, Cormac and Lisa, Graham and Miki.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37You are now one step closer to the final
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42which currently stands at £3,250.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Well, you know the story.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50From here on in, you can start playing as a couple.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53You can confer before giving your answers. First pair to win
0:27:53 > 0:27:55two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Well, very well done. We've had a couple of moments...
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Miki, you had to take a bit of a punt in that last round.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04But actually, there's always been a core of good
0:28:04 > 0:28:06answering at the heart of each of those teams.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Now you can pool your resources, you should be very, very well placed.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Lovely low-scoring, as I said, in that first round.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28World Cup Players, Richard.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We'll show you five pictures now of people who've appeared
0:28:30 > 0:28:33in a FIFA World Cup final. We'll also give you their initials.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Can you tell us who they are, please?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38OK, let's reveal our five World Cup players. And here they are.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39We have got...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05There we are.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Five players from World Cup finals.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Now, Cormac and Lisa, you are our low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Feel free to confer.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16THEY WHISPER
0:29:23 > 0:29:28Yeah... Hope this is right. I think D is Carlos Alberto.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Carlos Alberto, say Cormac and Lisa. Carlos Alberto.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Now, Graham and Miki, that board is all yours.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Do you want to talk us through it?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Yeah. Jurgen Klinsmann for A. Diego Maradona.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46C - I know his face and I can't think of his name.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48And E is Geoff Hurst.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51I think we'll have to go for Jurgen Klinsmann, A.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Jurgen Klinsmann, say Graham and Miki for A.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57So we have Carlos Alberto and Jurgen Klinsmann.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Cormac and Lisa went Carlos Alberto for D.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Let's see if that's right.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Let's see how many of our 100 people said Carlos Alberto.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It's right.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12That's a good answer.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Look at that, down it goes to 3.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Very well done indeed.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20I guess that was the one to go for, Carlos Alberto.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23It'll be tough to beat. But, Graham and Miki, let's see.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Jurgen Klinsmann you've gone for for A.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Let's see if you can get close to it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37That's another good answer.
0:30:37 > 0:30:3927 there for Jurgen Klinsmann.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Well done, Cormac and Lisa. After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Well played, both teams.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Yeah, Carlos Alberto, best answer on that board,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48so you couldn't have beaten it even if you had known C,
0:30:48 > 0:30:49who we'll get on to.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52You're right about Diego Maradona.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Big scorer.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Would've scored you 60 points.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Now, Cormac and Lisa, did you know C?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- Mario Gotze?- Mario Gotze, yeah,
0:31:00 > 0:31:01the German. Very well played.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03It would've scored you 5 points.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And Sir Geoff Hurst there at the end.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Would've scored you 40.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13OK, here comes your second question.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Graham and Miki, you get to answer it first.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18But you have to win it to stay in the game, so very best of luck.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Our second question is all about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Richard.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Five clues now to facts about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
0:31:27 > 0:31:28which takes place every year.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34OK, let's reveal our five Fringe facts. And here they are.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Graham and Miki.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20THEY WHISPER
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Right, OK.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32OK, the last one, playwright.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34I'm not 100% sure,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37but I think it's Sam Stoppard.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43- Sam Stoppard.- Hm.- Sam Stoppard, say Graham and Miki.- Or Tom.- Right.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Cormac and Lisa, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50The Newsnight presenter, Jeremy Paxman.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54The review group, we think is The Cambridge Footlights.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56The month is August.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58And the decade, I don't know.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00So we're going to try The Cambridge Footlights.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03OK, The Cambridge Footlights, say Cormac and Lisa.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05So we have Sam Stoppard and The Cambridge Footlights.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Graham and Miki said Sam Stoppard for Rosencrantz And Guildenstern.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Let's see if that's right.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Oh, I'm so sorry. So close, Graham and Miki.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Very close indeed, but a wrong answer there.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Which means, Cormac and Lisa, you merely have to be right with
0:33:21 > 0:33:24The Cambridge Footlights and you'll go through to the final.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Let's see, is it right?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Yep, it is absolutely right.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Takes us it down to 21.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39But the key thing is it was right.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It means, Cormac and Lisa,
0:33:41 > 0:33:44you are through to the final after only two questions, 2-0.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Well played, Cormac and Lisa. Unlucky, Miki.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50If you'd had a second guess at his name, what would you have gone for?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Tom.- Tom Stoppard is exactly right.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- Would've won you the point as well cos it's 10 points.- Aw.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57It's really, really unlucky.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00And well done for taking a risk as well.
0:34:00 > 0:34:0210 points for that.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Paxo is of course Jeremy Paxman, at the top there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:0764 points.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09The month is August.
0:34:09 > 0:34:1137 for that. And the decade?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13If I had to guess, I'd probably say the '60s.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- It's the '40s.- The '40s?!
0:34:15 > 0:34:191947 was the first-ever Fringe Festival.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22And 3 points if you said that. Very well played.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I'm sorry to say, Graham and Miki.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31We're very sorry to see you go, but there is consolation for us
0:34:31 > 0:34:33cos we get to see you again next time.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Had you gone through, that would have been it.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36We'll look forward to that very much indeed.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39In the meantime, thank you very much, Graham and Miki.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42APPLAUSE
0:34:44 > 0:34:47But for Cormac and Lisa, it's now time for a Pointless final.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Very, very well done, Cormac and Lisa.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54You've seen off all the competition
0:34:54 > 0:34:56and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,250.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Well, I don't know, if I were a betting man,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16I'd say that momentum was on your side.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You know, cos this is your first appearance on Pointless,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21straight through to the head-to-head,
0:35:21 > 0:35:23straight through the head-to-head 2-0,
0:35:23 > 0:35:25and here you are in the final.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26What would you like to see come up
0:35:26 > 0:35:29on this board?
0:35:29 > 0:35:33I would like a bit of history, maybe? Or languages.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36OK. Cormac?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Sport, again, would be nice to see, or possibly some history as well,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43maybe 19th-century British or European history.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Very best of luck. Let's hope there's something up there
0:35:46 > 0:35:48you like the look of. Today's selection reads like this.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58The letter S in science could be anything.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Police also is quite sort of... Could be almost anything.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- Police.- Police?- OK.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- We're law-abiding people. Police. - ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:36:07 > 0:36:10As law-abiding people, you have nothing to fear.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Police, OK. Well, Police it is.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15OK, three very different questions here.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16I hope at least one of these suits you.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20We're looking for anybody who's credited in acting in more
0:36:20 > 0:36:23than 100 episodes of The Bill, according to IMDB.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26That's 100 episodes or more of The Bill.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29We are looking for anyone who's ever been Metropolitan Police
0:36:29 > 0:36:33commissioner from 1829 up to June 2015, please.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Or we are looking for any tracks on The Police's album
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Outlandos d'Amour.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41So any tracks on the original release of Outlandos d'Amour.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43So, cast of The Bill, 100 episodes or more
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Metropolitan Police commissioners,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48or tracks on The Police's Outlandos d'Amour. Best of luck.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Thank you very much indeed. Now, as always,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52you've got one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55All you need to win the jackpot is for just one of your answers
0:36:55 > 0:36:57to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Yes, we're ready.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01There they are. Your time starts now!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04OK, cast of The Bill. It's Todd Carty.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Gillian Taylforth, I think, was in quite a lot.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08The guy with the moustache, I can't remember of his name.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I'm clueless about The Bill.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Police commissioners, there was the fella who ran for mayor as well.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16I can't think of his name.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Robert Peel started the police,
0:37:17 > 0:37:20but I don't know if he was police commissioner.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22I don't think he would qualify. Police songs.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- HE MUMBLES - That's King Of Pain.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26The album is King Of Pain?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- No, that's the name of the song. - King Of Pain then.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- I don't know if it was on that album.- What's that...?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- That was an album title, I think.- Right.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Any other Police songs, then?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Ooh... Apart from the obvious ones.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42- Roxanne.- Yeah.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- King Of Pain.- Might not be the album, but...
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- I can't think of that guy's name. - Ten seconds left.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- Michael... Did he appear in The Bill?- No.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Todd Carty, he's definite. Gillian Taylforth and...
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I can't think.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04OK, that is your time up. Let's have your three answers.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06If you can say which category you're answering,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- that would be brilliant. - OK, for cast of The Bill,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10we'll go for Todd Carty...
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Todd Carty.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- ..and Gillian Taylforth. - Gillian Taylforth.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17And tracks on The Police's album, we'll try King Of Pain.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18King Of Pain.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,
0:38:21 > 0:38:22do you think?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- What would you say? - BOTH:- King Of Pain.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- King Of Pain we'll put last. Least lately to be pointless?- Todd Carty.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Todd Carty we'll put first and Gillian Taylforth in the middle.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34OK, well, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order then.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36And here they are.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Well, very, very best of luck.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44You managed to find three answers on that board.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46One of those could easily be pointless
0:38:46 > 0:38:50and could win you that jackpot. It is quite a nice jackpot now, £3,250.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53What would you do if you won that today?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56We celebrate our 40th birthday this year,
0:38:56 > 0:39:00so we're going to have a party, and the bigger the amount of money
0:39:00 > 0:39:02that can go towards the party, the bigger the fun.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04That's how it works.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09- Lisa, what about you?- Yes, I think I would probably chip in as well.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11It's all of us who went to school together, we are
0:39:11 > 0:39:16- all turning 40 within the next six to eight months, so...- Very good.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18That will be a great celebration. Let's hope...
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Let's hope one of these answers wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22In the first instance,
0:39:22 > 0:39:26we were looking at Todd Carty as a cast member of The Bill.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30If this is right and it's pointless, it'll win you £3,250.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32How many people said Todd Carty?
0:39:36 > 0:39:37It is right.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Now, Todd, all he has to do is take us down to zero
0:39:40 > 0:39:42and you will leave here with £3,250.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Todd Carty now going down through the teens
0:39:44 > 0:39:45and into single figures.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Down it goes. Still going down. Oh, 4.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51APPLAUSE
0:39:51 > 0:39:534 for Todd Carty.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Unfortunately, however good a score that might be,
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I'm afraid it's not a pointless answer.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00The only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Your next answer was Gillian Taylforth.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Again, we were looking for cast members of The Bill,
0:40:05 > 0:40:10from 100 or more episodes. If it's pointless, it'll win you £3,250.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Let's see how many people said Gillian Taylforth.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17No!
0:40:19 > 0:40:20It sounded like a very good guess to me,
0:40:20 > 0:40:24but I guess maybe she was in it but wasn't in 100 episodes?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26I don't know, we'll discover it at the end.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30But it means you've only got one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Everything now rides on King Of Pain.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34We were looking for tracks from
0:40:34 > 0:40:36The Police's album Outlandos d'Amour.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40If this is right and it's pointless, it will win you £3,250.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Very best of luck. How many people said the King Of Pain?
0:40:43 > 0:40:44Is it pointless?
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Bad luck. I mean, a good guess, but I'm afraid a wrong answer.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02I'm sorry, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06That will roll over on to the next show.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08But such a great performance across the show.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11It's been great having you, so thank you both so much for playing.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14And you get a Pointless trophy each, so there you are.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17APPLAUSE
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Yeah, it's been a storming performance, Cormac and Lisa.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Very well played. And how much fun does that party sound?
0:41:23 > 0:41:25I know we haven't given you any money towards it,
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- but that will be a laugh. - Yeah.- Imagine that.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Now, King Of Pain was from Synchronicity, The Police album.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And Gillian Taylforth was in The Bill.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36She had about 55, 56 episodes, got nowhere near the 100, I'm afraid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Let's take a look at...
0:41:38 > 0:41:40We'll start with The Bill, with the pointless answers.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Eric Richard, who played Bob Cryer.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Kevin Lloyd is the gentleman you're thinking of.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46He played Tosh Lines. He was a pointless answer.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Lisa Maxwell, who played DS Nixon.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Mark Wingett, who was Jim Carver.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Lots of other big names from The Bill.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Alex Walkinshaw, Andrew Paul, Beth Cordingly, Chris Jarvis,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Huw Higginson, Jon Iles, Nula Conwell, Roberta Taylor,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Samantha Robson, Tony Scannell.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05All of those are pointless answers. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Let's take a look now at Metropolitan Police commissioners.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Charles Rowan, the very first Metropolitan Police commissioner.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Joseph Simpson. Paul Stephenson,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17who was the commissioner from 2009 two 2011, very recent.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20And Peter Imbert, who was '87 to '93.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22The only people who scored there at all were Ian Blair,
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Bernard Hogan Howe, Paul Condon and John Stevens.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Everyone else was a pointless answer.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Tracks on Outlandos d'Amour.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Can't Stand Losing You was a pointless answer, amazingly.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Huge hit single.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Three more pointless answers.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Be My Girl, Born In The '50s and Masoko Tanga.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Cormac and Lisa.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51It's been fabulous having you. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Cormac and Lisa. APPLAUSE
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Well, Cormac and Lisa didn't win our jackpot today, which means
0:43:00 > 0:43:04it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £4,250.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.