0:00:15 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game
0:00:26 > 0:00:28is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hello, my name's Ellen. This is my mum, Julia,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40and we are from Hornsea in East Yorkshire.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Hi, my name is Jake.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46This is my friend, Joe, from Bristol, and I'm from Cheltenham.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Couple number three.- Hello, my name is Brian. This is my wife, Fiona,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51and we're from Falkirk.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hi, my name is Mitch. I'm from Slough.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And this is my friend, Sandeep, from London.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Thanks very much, all of you. A warm welcome to the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13As well-liked as a photo of a newborn baby on Facebook,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Hi, everybody.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20APPLAUSE
0:01:20 > 0:01:24You do feel duty-bound to press "like", don't you, when someone does that?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25You just have to. You can't not.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Even if it's the 700th baby you've seen that year.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- Yeah.- And even if you are thinking...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33"Whoa!"
0:01:33 > 0:01:36That's the best photo you've got?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Ah...- But you know what? I always think it's for your entire life.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43When I had pictures of my kids when they were babies, everyone was nice about them,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- so I shall be nice about other people's.- Pay it forward, Richard.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48They were all very kind to me.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50We must always be nice about other people's babies.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52There we are. We've learned something already.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Although when you showed me pictures of yours, I actually did like them.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Ah!- Beautiful. So beautiful.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Gorgeous. Now, only one returning pair from the last show.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07That's Sandeep and Mitch, who got knocked out in Round Two.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11So a lot of unknown quantities on those first three podiums.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Should be fun, though, shouldn't it? - I think it should.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- You never know.- I think it should.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Beth and Lianne, by the way, didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23So today's jackpot starts off...
0:02:23 > 0:02:24at £3,000.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Yeah. APPLAUSE
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32APPLAUSE
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Now, remember this, if nothing else,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Just make sure you're not in that pair. Best of luck.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Michael Jackson. Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05OK. And our Michael Jackson question concerns...
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Liberian Girl cameos, Richard.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Yeah, I have to say Michael Jackson and Liberian Girl are slight red herrings.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Liberian Girl famously had lots of cameos from '80s stars in it.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20We're going to show you a picture of 15 different people now,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23all of whom had a cameo in the Liberian Girl video.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Can you identify any of the 15 people you're about to see?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28There we are. OK.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30So we're going to put up an image of 15 people.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34That will stay up for the whole round. We won't be changing it halfway through the round.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36We just need the name of anyone who's on this image.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38And here it is...
0:03:38 > 0:03:39There we go.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42So who are all these celebrity cameos?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Julia,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48What do you do, Julia?
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I'm a GP.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Where are you a GP?- I'm a GP in Beverley, in East Yorkshire.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54About half an hour from where we live.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57In Beverley. Is that a rural area, or is it a very...?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Yeah, pretty much.- So quite a large area that you cover.- Yes.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02And how long have you been doing that?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Oh, I've been a GP for about 15 years.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07But a doctor for a bit longer than that, so...
0:04:07 > 0:04:08I see. OK.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And beside medicine, what do you get up to?
0:04:11 > 0:04:17I enjoy reading and film and theatre and travelling, yeah.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22OK. Now, when you look at this board of faces,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24are you excited by that
0:04:24 > 0:04:27or is it slightly scary prospect?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I know a few of them.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Erm...
0:04:33 > 0:04:38I'm going to go with the man on the middle row, on the far right...
0:04:39 > 0:04:42..which I think is Richard Dreyfuss.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Dry-fuss? Dreyfuss.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Richard Dreyfuss. Sometimes people pronounce it Dry-fuss but, yes, Richard Dreyfuss.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Let's see how many of our 100 people said Richard Dreyfuss.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55It's right.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Oh, that's a good answer. Look at that, Julia, very well done. 15.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Great start to the round, great start to the show. Richard Dreyfuss.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Yeah, well played, Julia, very nice answer.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12From Jaws, Close Encounters, and won an Oscar for The Goodbye Girl, Richard Dreyfuss.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- I'm going to say Dreyfuss. - I'll stay with Dreyfuss.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Dreyfuss. What do you think, Jake? Dreyfuss.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I've never heard of him.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23LAUGHTER
0:05:23 > 0:05:26THEY MOUTH
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Have you seen Jaws? - Jaws? Yeah, I've seen Jaws.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Steven Spielberg, is it, the film?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Do you recognise him from Jaws? - No.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36"We're going to need a bigger boat."
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Oh, the man with the gun! - He was the shark. He was the shark.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41LAUGHTER
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Now, Jake, welcome to the show. Great to have you here. What do you do, Jake?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I am soon to be a primary school teacher. In September.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I thought you were going to say Prime Minister there.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52I was just thinking, "Wow!"
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Primary school teacher starting in September?- Yeah.- Wow.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56So what were you doing before?
0:05:56 > 0:06:01I was working in residential care homes with children in childcare.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Right you are. OK, so a bit of a move, but not a massive move,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- but a bit of a change. - Not massively. Age has gone down.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Yeah. Looking forward to it?- Really looking forward to it, yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I've got a nice reception class.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Only eight pupils, as well, this year.- Wow.- Yeah.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Wow. But that's going to be interesting.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Have you met any of the pupils coming...?- I have met them, yes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Because it was a school I was training in during my PGCE year,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27so we've had some of the preschoolers come up into the classroom I was in,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- so I've had the opportunity to meet them. They're lovely. - Very nice indeed.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Now, Jake. This board. This board of people.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Yeah, I don't recognise a lot of them.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I've never heard of Liberian girl.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Erm...
0:06:40 > 0:06:46One of them that I do recognise, though, is Paula Abdul.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Paula Abdul.- I'm hoping she's the first one on the second row.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Paula Abdul. There she is, we hope.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Well, let's see. Is it Paula Abdul and, if it is, how many people said Paula Abdul?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It is Paula Abdul, Jake.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Beats 15, look at that, down to 10, a new low score.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10APPLAUSE
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Yeah, dancer, choreographer and singer Paula Abdul.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Absolutely right, first on the middle row.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Of course, you won't be called Jake for long, you'll be known by your surname for many years now.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Even if you see your teachers from school now in the street,
0:07:24 > 0:07:25even from your primary school,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28you have to call them Mrs or Mr and whatever their name is.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- You could never call them by their first name.- No, never could.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And however much you say, "No, no, no, call me Colin.!
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I said, "I don't think so! I'm not going to call you Colin, Mr Bumford!"
0:07:36 > 0:07:39LAUGHTER
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Thanks very much. Now, Fiona, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Great to have you here, too.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- What do you do? - I'm a freelance trainer consultant in the area of dementia,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52so I train staff who work with people who have dementia.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- And you're from Falkirk?- Yes. - So you work mainly in that sort of district?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58No, I work all over. No, I work all over the country, I go anywhere.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And what are your interests, Fiona, what do you like getting up to?
0:08:01 > 0:08:07I'm really into Pilates and yoga and into reading and writing.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I've written a book and e-published it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12What is your book, to start with?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Well, it's women's fiction, you know, it's the usual stuff.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- When did you finish it? - Years ago, actually.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20How's it done, how's it been?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I think I made about £5.50.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I think, you know, all in all, I'm happy with that.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Not bad. But have you been tempted back to the word processor?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I do... I have got lots of bits of books started.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Lots and lots of bits of books.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36So I don't know whether they'll ever get finished.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38But it's very busy, life's very busy.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40So, yeah. So I'm hoping they will.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Still, nice to have them there, anyway.- Thank you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Now, Fiona, who are you going to go for on this board?
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Dan Aykroyd, I think, is the guy down on the left at the bottom.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51You think Dan Aykroyd, bottom left.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Dan Aykroyd.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It does look like him. It is him!
0:09:02 > 0:09:03- Phew!- Phew!- Phew!
0:09:06 > 0:09:0816.
0:09:08 > 0:09:1116. APPLAUSE
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Another very good answer.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Yes, star of the Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters and Trading Places.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18If you're going to star in three films...
0:09:18 > 0:09:20That's a great parting he's got there, isn't it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I mean, that's a Red Sea of a parting, isn't it?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24It really is, yes.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26OK. Thank you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Now... So, Mitch.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Welcome back.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- Mitch, remind us what you do. - I'm a medical student in Sheffield.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35A medical student in Sheffield.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Have you been doing all your training in Sheffield?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Yeah, and the surrounding towns. - And the surrounding towns.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Are you enjoying Sheffield?- Yeah, it's great, yes.- Fabulous place.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47And what do you like getting up to when you're not doing your training?
0:09:47 > 0:09:52Usual things, watch TV and films, collect records.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Vinyl?- Yeah.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56How big's your collection?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59It's quite modest. I'd say at the moment, about 150.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03But fun, though. Lots of people are going back to vinyl.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Yeah, big time, yeah. - Yeah, exciting.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Now, Mitch, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13There's few I think are going to be quite high.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I'm going to go with Olivia Newton-John.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Olivia Newton-John, says Mitch.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Olivia Newton-John.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's right.
0:10:33 > 0:10:3518.
0:10:35 > 0:10:3718 for Olivia Newton-John. APPLAUSE
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Yeah, there she is in the second row, in black and white.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46One of only two people who elected to do that.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Exactly. And we had phoned every single one of these people up before the show and said,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"Would you like to be in colour or black and white?"
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- BAD AUSTRALIAN ACCENT: - She said, "Black and white, please."
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Of course! I forget she's South African, isn't she? She's er...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00LAUGHTER
0:11:00 > 0:11:02There we are. Thanks very much indeed.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:11:05 > 0:11:0710, well done, Jake. The best score of the pass so far.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Then we travel up to 15, Julia and Ellen.
0:11:10 > 0:11:1316, Fiona and Brian.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14And 18, Mitch and Sandeep.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18So really very, very close. Nice little family scoreboard there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20But, Sandeep, you are at the top of that family.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23We need a low score from you in the next pass. So good luck with that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32OK, Sandeep, welcome back.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- Remind us what you do? - I'm a planner at a content agency.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38so I mostly do research type stuff.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- You particularly like paint. - Yes, definitely.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Mainly because it's an excuse to travel to Amsterdam.- Hopefully.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47I'm not even sure I'd be able to if I get on that account, but that's the plan anyway.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Oh, so you haven't even joined the paint camp yet?- No, not yet.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- When will you discover? - In the next few weeks, probably.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- Is that up to the paint people or the people your end?- I think it's up to the people my end.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01OK. Well, good luck for the paint.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Sandeep, tell us what else you like getting up to.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I really like live music.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I try to go to at least two or three gigs a month.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11That's good going. Around London?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Around London mostly now, but I went to university in Sussex, in Brighton,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16which also had a pretty lively scene,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20so I occasionally go back down to Brighton because it's slightly cheaper there, as well.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Very good indeed.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Now, there you are on 18.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29We need a low score, Sandeep. So who are all these celebrity cameos?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I know a few, but they're probably going to be really high-scorers.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34There's one which I think I know,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36but I might have also mixed up his real name
0:12:36 > 0:12:40for the name of the character in The Simpsons who parodies him.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'm going to go for Don King.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Don King. Don King, says Sandeep.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47No red line for you, as you're the high-scorers,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49but let's see how far down the column we get with Don King.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It's absolutely right, Don King.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Oh, 23.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01APPLAUSE
0:13:01 > 0:13:05A big score, though, for Don, taking your total up to 41.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Yeah, boxing promoter, extraordinary career for lots of reasons, Don King.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13We've almost got a bingo line on our middle line, now.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14- Oh, we have!- Very, very close.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Very, very close indeed.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Now, Brian, welcome.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20What do you do, Brian?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I'm a service user involvement worker,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26so I work with vulnerable people
0:13:26 > 0:13:30who receive support in order to give them a voice in the organisation,
0:13:30 > 0:13:34because it is important that what they want within the organisation is heard.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36So that's basically what I do.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39OK. Now, I'm deducing that you're not,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42neither of you are from Falkirk originally.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43So what took you up there?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46We've travelled a fair bit around England,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49in various parts of England,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52and then we went from Cambridgeshire to New Zealand,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55where we lived for 18 months.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Didn't quite work out. And we'd holidayed a lot in Scotland.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02When we left New Zealand, we ended up in central Scotland.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- And that has worked out? - Well, yeah, we've been there for almost 12 years now.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Oh, fantastic. That really has worked out. Fantastic.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Now, there you are on 16. The high-scorers now behind you, Sandeep and Mitch on 41.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15So 24 or less is what you're going to need, Brian.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18OK. Well, I know a few,
0:14:18 > 0:14:22but I'm going to take a bit of a gamble with this one.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Which is on the top row, cos I'm thinking Hulk
0:14:25 > 0:14:30and I'm thinking the one second from the right.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I'm thinking Lou Ferrigno.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Lou Ferrigno. Lou Ferrigno. Here is your red line.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39If you can get below that with Lou Ferrigno, you're into the next round.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44It's right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Very well done indeed. That's a great answer, 10.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Equalling our lovely low answer from Jake in the first pass. 26 is your total.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Yeah, anyone of a certain age,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03which, let's face it, a lot of us are, would remember him as green.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Indeed.- As the Incredible Hulk.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Joe, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Good to have you here. What do you do?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I work in a printing company.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16What's your role in the printing company?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I'm a manager and just kind of make sure everything runs smoothly,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22and we make things like masks and personalised mugs and...
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Kind of anything you want to put your picture on, we can...
0:15:24 > 0:15:28That's fun. Jo, what do you like doing otherwise, what else do you get up to?
0:15:28 > 0:15:32I like taking my dog out. We've got a little Italian greyhound.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Oh, what sort of size is an Italian greyhound?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37He is about that big.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38- Oh, tiny.- Yeah.- Sweet, though.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40But exactly the same shape?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Yeah, just like you've kind of put him in the washing machine for too long.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- He's shrunk down.- What colour is he?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49He's like a kind of smoky blue colour.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51That's a great colour. Good colour.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- What's his name?- Hugo.- Hugo.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I do hope he'll be watching. He'll be going...
0:15:56 > 0:15:57HE MAKES GENTLE BARKING NOISES
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- They don't race Italian greyhounds, do they?- No, he tries to, but...
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Ah, Hugo....
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Ah...
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- He can't, he's too little. - He's too little.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- He can't race. - Only if he finds other Italians.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Other Italian greyhounds. - Yeah, that's what I mean!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15He doesn't just find Italians and race against them, I'm guessing.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Yeah, no, no.- Has he got any Italian greyhound friends?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20No, we don't see too many of them around, so...
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Maybe just down by the coffee shop.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Round the back, there's a couple of Italian greyhounds.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Oh, do you think? That would be nice.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- And they could have a tiny little mini racetrack. - Oh, that would be lovely.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- We could all go down there and have a little flutter.- A tiny bet. - A tiny bet.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Now, Joe, what would you like to go for?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41You're on 10. The high-scorers on 41 are Sandeep and Mitch.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45So if you can possibly score 30 or less, you're into Round Two.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I recognise three or four,
0:16:49 > 0:16:53but most of the ones I recognise, I think would be quite high-scoring.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57So I think I'll have to go for the riskiest one.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01And I think the fourth one along on the bottom is Brigitte Nielsen.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Brigitte Nielsen.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Let's see if that's right. There is your red line.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Get below that with Brigitte Nielsen and you are through to next round.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12It is Brigitte Nielsen.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17That gets you through. Very well done.
0:17:17 > 0:17:1916 is what it scores. 26 is your total.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21APPLAUSE
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Good work.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Well played, Joe. Some very good answers from everybody in this round.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28She was married briefly to Sylvester Stallone.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Now, Ellen...
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Ellen, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36What do you do, Ellen?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I'm a student at Newcastle University
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and I study English language and literature.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- And what year are you in? - I've just finished my first year.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48So you've been all the way around the course once now. How do you like it?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52It's been so good. I've just enjoyed it so much, it's so interesting.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I especially liked learning about sociolinguistics,
0:17:55 > 0:18:00which is like the study of accent and dialect across Britain and the world.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03That's why we love the North East, some great dialect up there.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06- And how are you loving Newcastle? - Again, it's really, really good.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08It's a very interesting place.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Lovely. Lovely.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15Now, Ellen, do you feel like having a bit of a mop-up operation here?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Most of the ones I knew, other people have already said them.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23There are two I definitely think I know.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29Then there's one which would be a bit more of a risk, so...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Well, your target is 25. 25 or less.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I think I'm going to say Whoopi Goldberg.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Whoopi Goldberg, says Ellen. Let's see if that's right.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. There is your red line.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It's right.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Oh, dear.- Oh, dear, Ellen, 79 for Whoopi Goldberg.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56That's a colossal score, taking your total up to 94.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- I'm so sorry.- She's actually the biggest scorer on the whole board,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Whoopi Goldberg, believe it or not.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Instantly recognisable, I suppose.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Now, let's go through the rest of these.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09There's actually only one answer up here in single figures.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12No pointless answers. The top row, there, top left?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- David Copperfield.- David Copperfield would have scored you 11.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Next to David Copperfield is?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Steve Guttenberg.- Steve Guttenberg, he would have scored you 13 points.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Top right is Corey Feldman.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25He would have scored you 12.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Let's complete the bingo on the middle line
0:19:27 > 0:19:29with John Travolta there in the middle.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3373 points for him, the second biggest scorer.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37And on the bottom row, next to Dan Aykroyd, the best answer on the board, Quincy Jones.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Quincy Jones would have scored you 2.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Next to him, we heard him mentioned earlier, Steven Spielberg. 42 for him.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And bottom right?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Jackie Collins, the authoress.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Jackie Collins, yeah. 11 points for Jackie Collins.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52There we are. Jackie Collins.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58So at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home with their high score of 94,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'm so sorry, Ellen and Julia, it's you.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Ellen, did you know any of those lower-scoring ones?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05No, they had all been said, unfortunately, so...
0:20:05 > 0:20:06That's tricky. That is tricky.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09That was a tough way to leave, but we'll see you again next time.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Thanks so much for playing. Ellen and Julia.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14APPLAUSE
0:20:14 > 0:20:17But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21APPLAUSE
0:20:21 > 0:20:26There we are. Very well done, everyone. You've made it through to Round Two.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Particular mention to Fiona and Brian and Jake and Joe, who had exactly the same scores.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32A 10 and a 16, adding up to 26.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34So there we are. Spooky!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Best of luck to all three pairs for our next round.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Our category for Round Two today is...
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Literature. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55OK, and the question is all about...
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Non-fiction Works, Richard.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03On each board, we're going to show you the titles of six works of non-fiction and their authors.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04We've missed out a word from each title.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Can you fill it in, please? 12 in all, to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, so what are the missing words from these titles?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12And we've got...
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I'll read those all one last time.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Joe...
0:21:44 > 0:21:46you are first.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Quite a difficult question for me.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53I think I might know two.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I'm going to go for the Charles Darwin...
0:21:58 > 0:22:00..On The Origin Of Species.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Species, says Joe.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Let's see how many of our 100 people went with "Species".
0:22:10 > 0:22:1145.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16APPLAUSE
0:22:16 > 0:22:18That's quite a low score, isn't it, for that one?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Something's happening with evolution, I don't know what.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Something is.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Now, Brian...
0:22:24 > 0:22:27What are the missing words from these non-fiction titles?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I'm debating. I know a few. So which one's the lowest?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I think I'm going to go with the top one, The Female Eunuch.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38The Female Eunuch, says Brian. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Eunuch".
0:22:41 > 0:22:43It's right.
0:22:43 > 0:22:4645 is our only score and you've passed that.
0:22:46 > 0:22:4837 for The Female Eunuch.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50APPLAUSE
0:22:50 > 0:22:55Yeah, published in 1970, became an international bestseller.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Thanks very much, Richard. Mitch, this board is all yours.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01If you felt like going through it, you'd be very welcome.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Yes, it's not a strong point for me.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I don't really have a clue for the bottom two.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I think the fourth one is Tweleve Years A Slave.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12But I think that will be probably the highest.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14So I'm going to have a go...
0:23:15 > 0:23:18..at Dreams From My Father for Barack Obama.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Dreams From My Father, says Mitch.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Father".
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It is right.
0:23:27 > 0:23:3045 our high score, 37 our low.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32You've passed 45. You've passed 37. Down it goes.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Look at that, 11. Very well done indeed, Mitch.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37APPLAUSE
0:23:37 > 0:23:4011 for Dreams From My Father.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Well played, Mitch. Yeah, the first of his autobiographical works.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46It first came out in 1995 and it didn't sell a lot of copies.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And then he became President just so he could sell more copies.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- That would do it.- It really worked!
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Let's take a look at the rest of these.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55You're right about 12 Years A Slave.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Quite a big scorer, 68.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- A Room Of One's...? - Own!- A Room Of One's Own.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Virginia Woolf, 40 points.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- And the best scorer on the board? - Homage To Catalonia.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell. That would have scored 4 points.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11- Very well done if you said that. - Thank you. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:24:11 > 0:24:1311 the best score of the pass. Very well done, Mitch.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Mitch and Sandeep looking pretty strong from that.
0:24:16 > 0:24:2037 is where we find Brian and Fiona. 45 is where we find Joe and Jake.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Not too far ahead there, Jake, but let's have a low score from you. That should keep you in the game.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33OK, let's put six more titles up on the board.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Here they are...
0:24:50 > 0:24:51I'll read those one last time.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Sandeep, we come to you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13I'm just trying to decide which one might have the lowest score.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I'm going to go for The Communist Manifesto.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18The Communist Manifesto, says Sandeep.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20You want to score 33 or less. Here's your red line.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Below that, you're in the head-to-head.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24How many people said "Manifesto"?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28It's right.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32You've done it!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35You've done it. Very well done indeed.
0:25:35 > 0:25:3715, taking your total up to 26.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39APPLAUSE
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Yeah, a pamphlet written by Marx and Engels,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45served as the basis for the Communist League.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Thanks, Richard. Fiona...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Fiona, now, you need to score 7 or less, ideally.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Yes, and I knew all of them on the previous board.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I don't know so many on this. It's no good.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01And I think... The one that I think will score the less that I know,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05and I think it's right, is Eat, Pray, Love.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Eat, Pray, Love, for Elizabeth Gilbert.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Love". Here's your red line. Quite low.
0:26:19 > 0:26:2123. 23.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Taking your total up to a nice, round 60.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30Yeah, a 2006 memoir, later into a film with Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Now, Jake, you have to score 14 or less, here.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Do you feel like talking us through that board?- I can try.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Non-fiction's also not a strong point of mine.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48A Brief History Of Time, that's the Stephen Hawking one.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50But I think that's going to be quite high, with the movie.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53The Diary Of A Young Girl?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I'm not even sure if it is, but I know that that one's going to be very high,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00many people are familiar with Anne Frank's diary.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I'm going to go for...
0:27:02 > 0:27:06The God Gene, Richard Dawkins.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The God Gene, says Joe. The God Gene.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Here is your red line, it's quite low.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13You have to get below that with The God Gene.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Is it right?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Bad luck, Jake.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 145.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Yeah, The Selfish Gene is one of Richard Dawkins' books.
0:27:30 > 0:27:36This is The God Delusion and would have scored you 14 points.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40You were right about Anne Frank, it's The Diary Of A Young Girl.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44It would have scored you 40 points. That would have scored you too many.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48A Brief History Of Time, that would have scored you 43 points, also too many.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52And the best answer on the board, which is a wonderful book,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- do you know this one?- H Is For Hawk?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57H is for Hawk. Yeah, and that would have scored you 7 points.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Very well done if you got that one. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04So at the end of our second round, I'm afraid to say it's Jake and Joe we have to send home,
0:28:04 > 0:28:06with their high score of 145.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Anyway, we say goodbye now, we'll see you again next time. Look forward to that very much.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12In the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Jake and Joe.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16APPLAUSE
0:28:16 > 0:28:20But for Sandeep and Mitch, Fiona and Brian, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24APPLAUSE
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Very well done, Sandeep, Mitch, Fiona and Brian.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29You're now one step closer to the final
0:28:29 > 0:28:34and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37APPLAUSE
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Well, you know the deal. From here on in, you can confer before giving answers.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43First pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Now, no-one's been here before.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Fiona and Brian, for the excellent reason this is your first appearance on Pointless,
0:28:48 > 0:28:53and, Sandeep and Mitch, for the excellent reason that you were kicked off in Round Two last time.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55How that has changed!
0:28:55 > 0:28:59A much better performance, much stronger, much lower scores, very, very well done.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03I think this should be very close. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07APPLAUSE
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Here's your first question.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12And it concerns...
0:29:13 > 0:29:15It concerns Sooty, Richard.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Five clues now to facts about the television puppet Sooty.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20What's the most obscure answer?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues. And here they come...
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Now, Sandeep and Mitch, you're our low scorers, you will go first.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Do you know any of these?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Yeah, the second one...
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Yeah.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17I think it might be Daniel Corbett.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Shall we go for that?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Or go with Weakest Link, maybe.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31We're going to say The Weakest Link
0:30:31 > 0:30:35for the quiz show presented by Anne Robinson.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37OK, The Weakest Link.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Now, then, Fiona and Brian.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Do you want to talk us through the rest of that board?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Well, it was "Izzy, wizzy, let's get busy."
0:30:45 > 0:30:47I wish I could remember his troublemaking cousin,
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- because I kind of remember him. - The decade must be the '60s.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52And I think it might be the '50s.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56But I think we're going to go for Harry Corbett's son, which I think is Matthew Corbett.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Matthew Corbett. So, we've got Weakest Link and we've got Matthew Corbett.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Sandeep and Mitch went for The Weakest Link.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many people said it.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07It's right.
0:31:10 > 0:31:1150.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15APPLAUSE
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Fiona and Brian, meanwhile, have gone for Matthew Corbett.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Let's see if that's right, let's see how may people said that.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23It's right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28And it wins you the point. Very well done.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Matthew Corbett scoring 31.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31APPLAUSE
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Which means, after only one question, Fiona and Brian, you are ahead 1-0.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Very well played. It's actually a stage name.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41His real name is Peter Corbett. But Matthew Corbett, obviously, is how we know him.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43And Soo won a puppet version of Weakest Link.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46She beat Roland Rat in the final.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50- Used to be on at 5:15, didn't it, The Weakest Link?- It did, yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- I miss it. - APPLAUSE
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Well, you would, cos you're here! - That's true.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Yes, you're quite right. You're quite right.
0:31:56 > 0:32:02"Izzy, wizzy, let's get busy" would have scored you 87 points.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04You were right about the decade, it was the '50s.
0:32:04 > 0:32:071952 was the very first time Sooty appeared on television.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Had his own show from '55. 32 points for that.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16And the name of the troublemaking cousin introduced in the '90s was Scampi.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19And that's the best answer on the board, 7 points. Well done if you said that.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Thank you very much indeed. So here comes your second question.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Fiona and Brian, you get to answer it first.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Sandeep and Mitch, you have to win it to stay in the game, so good luck.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29It is all about...
0:32:31 > 0:32:32World Record Transfers, Richard.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35We're going to show you five pictures now of footballers
0:32:35 > 0:32:39who have been reported at one point or another as breaking the world transfer record.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Can you identify one of these, please?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43OK, let's reveal our five footballers.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44And here they come...
0:32:45 > 0:32:46We've got...
0:33:08 > 0:33:10There we are. Five footballers.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Fiona and Brian, you will go first.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14I think the first one's Roberto Baggio.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17And I think that will be the lowest. I may be wrong.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18- OK, all right. Let's try it.- OK.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I may be wrong on this one. I know...
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I know all bar one, but I'm going to take a...
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Well, I think I know. This one's a bit of a gamble.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I'm going to go for A, Roberto Baggio.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Roberto Baggio, say Fiona and Brian for A.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Roberto Baggio. Now, Sandeep and Mitch, that board's all yours.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Talk us through it.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Well, C we know is Gareth Bale.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42E is Alan Shearer.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43B is... We don't know.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45No, don't know.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48And D... This is a bit of a guess. Actually, a complete guess.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Just say Di Stefano. - Yeah, Di Stefano.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Di Stefano.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56OK, Di Stefano you're going to say for D.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00So we have Roberto Baggio and Di Stefano.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05Fiona and Brian, you have said Roberto Baggio for A.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's right, Roberto Baggio.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18And it's a low score. Look, it is a low score.
0:34:18 > 0:34:208! Very well done indeed.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23APPLAUSE
0:34:23 > 0:34:29Meanwhile, Sandeep and Mitch have said that D is Di Stefano.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Bad luck. That is incorrect.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40But well done, Fiona and Brian.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42That result means that, after only two questions,
0:34:42 > 0:34:44you are straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49Yeah, Roberto Baggio's a great answer. It's the second-best answer on the board, after D.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Much closer to home than Alfredo Di Stefano.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53It is...
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Signed for Arsenal in 1928, David Jack.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58And he is a pointless answer.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Very well done if you said that. He signed for £10,890,
0:35:02 > 0:35:06which was, at the time, a world record.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08B is, of course, Johan Cruyff.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11He would have scored you 26.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17And C sold for £86 million to Real Madrid.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Gareth Bale, as you knew.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Big scorer, though, 46.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22And Alan Shearer.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25£15 million price tag at one point.
0:35:25 > 0:35:2762 points for him.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Thanks very much, Richard.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33OK, so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Sandeep and Mitch.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I'm so sorry. Our low-scoring pair,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39but Fiona and Brian just pipped you on both those answers.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43We say goodbye for now. It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing, Sandeep and Mitch!
0:35:43 > 0:35:45APPLAUSE
0:35:45 > 0:35:49So, for Fiona and Brian, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50APPLAUSE
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Very many congratulations, Fiona and Brian,
0:35:56 > 0:36:00you have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01Yay!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:10 > 0:36:13and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,000.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16APPLAUSE
0:36:16 > 0:36:17You've done incredibly well.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Your first appearance on Pointless, straight through to the final.
0:36:20 > 0:36:222-0 in the head-to-head.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I mean, there's no arguing with that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- What would you like to see come up in this round?- I'd like to see...
0:36:28 > 0:36:34literary prizes, perhaps music prizes, something to do with music.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37I'd like to see "what is in my house?"
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Do you think that might come up?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- No, it came up two shows ago, I'm afraid.- Oh, no!
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Well, you get to make your choice from the four we put up on the board, as you know.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Let's see what's up there today.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53We've got...
0:37:00 > 0:37:02What do you reckon?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- Not jazz.- Not jazz, definitely.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06I'm not too sure about "Girl"...
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Abraham Lincoln I don't really know. I know who followed him.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Do you want to try 20th Century Literature?- Give it a go?- Yeah.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14What you reckon?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Yeah. Yeah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18We're going 20th Century Literature, please.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24Yeah, we're looking for any novel published by any of the following three authors, please.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26We are looking for any novel written by...
0:37:31 > 0:37:32So any novel.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35No novellas, plays, non-fiction, anything like that or anthologies.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Just novels written by any of those three,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40including posthumous ones up to June 2015.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Very best of luck.- Thanks very much.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49And all you need to win the jackpot is for just one of your answers to be pointless.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Are you ready?- Yes.- I think we're going to spread them very thinly.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54OK! Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56There they are. Your time starts now!
0:37:56 > 0:37:58What do you reckon?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00What about Virginia Woolf?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I only know To The Lighthouse.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03So I only know To The Lighthouse
0:38:03 > 0:38:05and I don't think that would be pointless.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07How about Ernest Hemingway? I really don't...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I don't know any of these.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- No.- Any of them.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13No. So we're really stuck.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- What about Ernest Hemingway?- I don't know any by Ernest Hemingway.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18God...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I know William Faulkner, I saw on something else the other day...
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- But I'm trying to... - We really are struggling, aren't we?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Yeah, we are.- Yeah.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29So... We're to have to make it up.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Yeah. We are. Because I don't know any.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Apart from To The Lighthouse.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38That won't be pointless.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Well, give it a go.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Yeah. I think we'll just stop, just because we'll just make up some.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- We've got to, yeah. - We're going to make some up.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Ten seconds left.- OK.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50What you reckon?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Ernest Hemingway wrote To Have Or Have Not.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Give it a whirl. - Give it a whirl. What the hell, eh?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59OK, that is your time up. I now need is your three answers.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02And if you could say which category you are answering, as well.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Well, Virginia Woolf.- To The Lighthouse.- To The lighthouse.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Yeah. - And the next two are guesses.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- To Have And Have Not. - To Have And Have Not.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Though, I don't think that's right. - You're going to say that for who?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Hemingway.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17I know it's not him, because it was Andre Gide,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19but I keep on getting Strait As The Gate.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Do you want to try it? - Yeah, no, it's none of those.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24But I'll go Ernest Hemingway, Strait As The Gate.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Strait As The Gate, Ernest Hemingway.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29OK, now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I think our only shot is Virginia Woolf.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33OK, To The Lighthouse goes last.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Which is your least likely of the other two?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Strait As The Gate. - Strait As The Gate goes first.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39And the other goes in the middle.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42OK, well, lets put those answers on the board in that order, then, and here they are.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44We've got...
0:39:49 > 0:39:53OK, now, if one of these turns out to be pointless
0:39:53 > 0:39:57and wins you that jackpot of £3,000, what would you do with it?
0:39:57 > 0:40:01I think we'd put it towards a holiday...
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- Yeah.- ..for the family.- Yeah.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I think, probably, towards something in Florida,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08or maybe we'd be selfish and go to India, the two of us.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- Yeah.- That would be nice, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Well, best of luck. Let's just keep fingers crossed.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Your first answer was Strait As The Gate.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19In this case, we are looking for novels by Ernest Hemingway.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Strait As The Gate is your least-confident answer.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that jackpot of £3,000.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Let's see if Strait As The Gate is right.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Nope. I'm afraid not.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Your next answer was To Have And Have Not.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39In this case, we were also looking for Ernest Hemingway novels.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43Let's see if that's right, too, shall we, for £3,000?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49It is right.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51- Now...- It won't be pointless.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53..if this goes all the way down to zero,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56you will be leaving here with £3,000.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Down it goes, through single figures, still going down, still going down...
0:40:59 > 0:41:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:01 > 0:41:02There you are!
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- That...- Oh, thank you!
0:41:07 > 0:41:08- Thank you!- Very well done!
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- How about that?- Congratulations!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18I don't believe it!
0:41:18 > 0:41:21To Have And Have Not was a pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27That means you are going away with our jackpot of £3,000.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- I can't believe it!- Brilliant!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Never in doubt. Never in doubt, was it?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40You must have known. Somewhere in your head, you knew, you knew that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42So, 1937 novel by Hemingway,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44of course, made into a film with Bacall and Bogart.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47But a pointless answer. Terrific work, very well done!
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Yeah, I thought it was by him, but I never thought it would be pointless. I thought... Never.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53To The Lighthouse would have scored you 7 points.
0:41:53 > 0:41:557? 7 points.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57But it doesn't matter. Who cares?!
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Let's look at the pointless answers in the different categories. We'll start with Virginia Woolf.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04You could have had Between The Acts, Jacob's Room,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Night And Day, The Years. Also Flush, and The Voyage Out.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Those were the six pointless answers.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Well done if you got one of those. William Faulkner, now.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13Absalom, Absalom!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Light In August. His first-ever novel, Soldiers' Pay,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19and his last novel, that won the Pulitzer Prize, The Reivers.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Those were the only four pointless answers in that category.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Ernest Hemingway, now.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Islands In The Stream. Of course, later covered by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32You could have had The Garden Of Eden,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34you could have had The Torrents Of Spring,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36And there's To Have And Have Not.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38How about that? Two other pointless answers.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Across The River And Into The Trees, and True At First Light.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Thanks very much.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Well, thanks, once again, to our winning pair, Fiona and Brian,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52- Very well done!- Thank you.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!
0:43:03 > 0:43:06APPLAUSE