0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and a very warm welcome to Pointless, the show where obvious
0:00:27 > 0:00:30answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm Ellis. This is my friend Ellen. We're from Staffordshire.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Jack. This is my friend Shahan. And we're from Bristol.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Alice. This is my dad, Steve.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- And we're from Sheffield. - And finally, couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Danielle. This is my mother, Marian. And we're from Essex.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And these are today's contestants.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Thanks very much, all of you. A warm welcome to the show.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07the only person to get trolled on Twitter about the Ryder Cup golf
0:01:07 > 0:01:10AND the novels of Barbara Cartland. It's my Pointless friend.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11- It's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- APPLAUSE - Hi, everybody.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Some familiar faces here.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- Three returning pairs from the last show.- Mm!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23They're lining up in order of how well they did as well.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26On podium four, Danielle and Marian, who got knocked out in Round One.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Fingers crossed we'll see a bit more of you today.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Alice and Steve, who made it through to the heady heights of
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Round Two on podium three there.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And then the gentlemen on podium two there, Jack and Shahan,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37who got all the way through to the head-to-head.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Got knocked out by Ricky and Craig.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And on podium one... Our only newcomers are on podium one.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Thank you for leading us off, Ellis and Ellen.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46So it should be a lot of fun.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Round One is one of your favourites.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- ALEXANDER SIGHS Thank you.- Especially for you.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- Thank you. - My little gift to you.- Oh.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I don't know what it is, but how nice. Let's unwrap it in a second.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Thanks very much.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01So, Ricky and Craig didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05So today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- AUDIENCE:- Oooh! - There we are.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19OK, all you have to remember is this - the pair with the lowest score
0:02:19 > 0:02:22at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Keep your scores nice and low and you should be fine.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:29 > 0:02:30It's Words. A Words round.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Can you all decide in your pairs
0:02:32 > 0:02:34who's going first, who's going second?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50..as they could.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Words ending in A-L-E.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We are looking for any word in the English language,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00according to oxforddictionary.com, that ends A-L-E as of July 2015.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01As always, no proper nouns,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04no hyphenated words and we won't accept the word ale.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06All right, thank you very much. Ellen, welcome.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Ellen?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I am a student and I also work part-time in a supermarket.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- I see. So, where are you a student? - Wolverhampton University.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15I see. What are you studying?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I'm doing education and religious studies.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- I see. What year are you in? - I'm going into my third year.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22I see. OK, very good.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24And how is working in the supermarket?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- It's fantastic.- Oh, really?- It is.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Are you allowed to take anything home from the supermarket?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Only if you pay for it.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34LAUGHTER
0:03:34 > 0:03:38APPLAUSE
0:03:38 > 0:03:39I said...
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I was thinking maybe, at the end of the day,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44some of those cakes are going to be a little bit...
0:03:44 > 0:03:46They're not going to be at their freshest.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49That might be the time you're allowed to take some cakes home.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It was that, wasn't it, that made it look so dodgy?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Ellen, you're shocked. - Man, Ellen has got your number.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I'm stunned...at such a suggestion.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Do you know what, Ellen? I'm stunned as well.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Do you know what? How dare you!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06The only new pair on the whole show, this is how you begin?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09This is how you greet people, accusing them of theft?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11LAUGHTER
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Oh, Ellen, I'm sorry. So what is your job at the supermarket?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I display labels and promotions, things like that.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20That's nice. You arrange things?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Or is it just mainly labels and things?- Many, many labels.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Many, many labels, OK. Now, Ellen, words ending A-L-E?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I've only got one in my head, and I'm pretty sure Ellis is going
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- to go crazy...- One is enough.- ..cos I'm not sure if it's hyphenated.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33I'm going to say fairytale.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- Fairytale.- Yeah.- OK. Fairytale. I can see it in both ways.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I think it will be good. It could have a "fairytale" ending, this.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42- Or not. - Certainly got an A-L-E ending.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Let's see, fairytale, is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Ellen...- Sorry!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54No, that was wrong for the right reason, though.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56We like those sorts of wrong answers.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- But I'm afraid it is wrong. It scores you 100 points.- It is.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Yeah, sorry, Ellen.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Not even hyphenated, just two words, I'm afraid.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- But, you know what, you could sort of see it as one word.- Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06It's not ridiculous, is it?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Jack, welcome back.- Thank you. - Head-to-headers last time.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Did very well.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Got to be hoping to do as well, if not a little bit better, this time.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Remind us what you do, Jack. - I'm a supervisor in a retail store.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22And what do you like getting up to? What are the things that thrill you?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24A lot of films and a lot of football.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Other things as well, but a lot of football.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Being very cagey about these other things, isn't he?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- LAUGHTER - I tell you what...- Yeah.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Just to draw him out of himself, why don't you accuse him of theft?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35LAUGHTER
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Did you pay for that shirt, Jack? LAUGHTER
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I stole it from a supermarket.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43OK.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Phewee!
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Jack, what would you like to go for?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51I can't really think of that many words,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54so I'm going to go with stale.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Stale, says Jack.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58OK, let's see how many of our 100 people went with stale.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13It's a nice safe answer.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16That's essentially what you meant about the supermarket thing.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- It was stale.- Stale food, things like that, at the end of the day.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Yeah, at the end of the day.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Some of those sausage rolls aren't going to be so tasty
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- the next day, are they? - Yeah, even at the start of the day
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- some of them are not great. - Yeah, this is true.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Not at your supermarket,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- which I happen to know... - Amazing sausage rolls there.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Thank you. Alice, welcome back.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Remind us what you do.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40I'm a legal-training administrator.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42So people who are doing their legal training, you look after them.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Yes, yeah.- Make sure they're happy.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47What do you like getting up to when you're not doing that, Alice?
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Yeah, a variety of hobbies. I like going to concerts and festivals.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53I like travelling.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56How many festivals do you tend to go to over a summer?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Well, I just went to the one this year.- I think one's enough.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I was going to say, any more than one surely might be...
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- Just be exhausting, wouldn't it? - Yeah.- How was the weather?
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Erm...mixture.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Fair enough. How many days were you there?- Three.- OK.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- That is sort of doable, isn't it, three?- Yeah.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Now, Alice, what would you like to go for?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Kale.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20There we are. Kale, says Alice.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Let's see how many of our 100 people went for kale.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It beats 100. SHE GIGGLES
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Oh, fifty...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Oh.- Fifty...?
0:07:32 > 0:07:3455 for kale?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Well, I'm glad people have heard so much about kale,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41because it's just become very popular recently.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Yeah, it really has. Yeah, a hardy cabbage, kale.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And the ones with one letter, they tend to be the big scorers.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48I suppose they do.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- OK, Danielle, welcome back. - Hello.- Welcome back.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Now, we discovered last time you had a great job working...
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- So, it's a wildlife hospital, is it?- Yes.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- How big is your wildlife hospital? - It's pretty large.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03We've got quite a large stable block, big paddocks and
0:08:03 > 0:08:06a big hospital building with wards and an operating theatre.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10What are the biggest animals you've had? Do you get deer in?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12We get deer in, yeah.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Fallow, muntjac deer, those are the ones we generally deal with.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Have you ever had...? We had a bird that flew into a window.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It happens all summer, doesn't it?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23But I looked up online what you're meant to do.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25We put it in a little box and we put it somewhere safe.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28We left some food and some little thing of water for it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29And it just disappeared.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I mean, it had definitely broken a wing, but it must've flown off.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36What happened to it, Danielle? LAUGHTER
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Wait, hold on. - It depends where you put the box.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Are you now accusing Danielle of something? Cos this is...
0:08:41 > 0:08:42LAUGHTER
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- We go around secretly, collecting animals...- Collecting animals.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Do they sometimes think, "Actually, do you know, I'm fine.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50"This is fine"? And off they go.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Now, Danielle, words ending A-L-E.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57A couple I'd thought of have gone,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01but I'm going to go with shale, S-H-A-L-E.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Shale. OK. Thank you for spelling it. There we are, shale.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Let's see how many of our 100 people said shale.
0:09:19 > 0:09:2119 for shale.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Finely stratified sedimentary rock, shale.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Thank you. Well, we're halfway through the round,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30let's look at our scores so far. 19, shale.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33There we are, the best score of the round so far.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Danielle and Marian, very well done.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Then up to 38, where we find Jack and Shahan.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Up to 55, Alice and Steve.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41And then Ellen and Ellis, out there in front, I'm afraid,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44fairytale letting you down badly.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46But, Ellis, who knows what might happen in the next pass?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49A nice low score from you might be enough to keep you in the game.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50You never know. Best of luck.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51We come back down the line now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Marian, welcome back.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Hello.- How good was that? Danielle, 19.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Very good.- Lowest score of the pass.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I think you're going to be in Round Two, and beyond.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07That's my hunch.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Remind us what you do, Marian.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I'm a support worker with people with learning disabilities.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Is that sort of a school?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- No, it's in their house.- Oh, I see.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You don't sort of stick to term times,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21that's something you do all the year round?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24You do a shift like three in the afternoon right the way
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- round till three the next day. - I see. OK.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28- So very demanding.- Can be.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- But quite rewarding, I should think, at times.- Yes, very. I do enjoy it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And what do you like getting up to when you leave work?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38I love bird-watching and quizzes and walking and that sort of thing.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Are you a sort of twitcher? Do you look at rare birds?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Or are you just quite happy with...? - No, I'm not a twitcher.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- I just go out and enjoy the countryside and see what I can see, really.- Very good.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49OK, now, Marian, you're on 19.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53If you happen to score 80 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56The only one I can think of is whale.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- Whale.- Yes.- OK, Marian is going with whale.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Here is your red line. If you can get below that with whale,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04you're through to the next round.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's right. And you're through.
0:11:15 > 0:11:1839 takes your total up to 58.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Well played, Marian. A whale.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- You know, a big...- Big. - ..mammal-type...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- Mammal.- ..thing.- Yeah.- In the sea.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- That's the one.- From the sea. - That's the fellow, yeah.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Steve, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Remind us what you do, Steve. - I'm retired.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- What DID you do?- I used to advise people about jobs and training.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- Now, what do you like doing now, Steve?- Play some golf, badly.- Mm-hm.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45- A bit of tennis, not so well. I like walking.- You like walking.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I mean, interests other than active sports?
0:11:48 > 0:11:53- I'm a big Plymouth Argyle fan. - There we are. How is that going?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Not so well at the moment,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58but we got into the playoffs in League Two last season.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00OK, there we are. That's good.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Steve, you're on 55.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04If you can score 44 or less,
0:12:04 > 0:12:05you are through to the next round.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Bale. As in bale of cotton.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Bale.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12OK, there is your red line. If you can get below that with bale,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14you are through to the next round.
0:12:22 > 0:12:2658, taking your total up to 113.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Yeah, we're not really digging into the low numbers here.- Not really.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30- No.- In this round.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Not so much, no.- Are you thinking of one?- Oh, I've had one for a while.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Oh, have you got one?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- I'm a little bit pleased.- I've written down what I think it is.- OK.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- If you've got this one, you are spookily brilliant.- Oh, really?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Yeah.- OK.- Yeah, OK.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- OK, now, Shahan.- Hi, Alex.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Hi, Shahan, nice to have you back. Remind us what you do.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I'm a data executive for a supplier of office materials...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I'm going to stop you right there... LAUGHTER
0:12:56 > 0:12:59..because last time you told us exactly what you do.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03But in your spare time, very keen on music. Do you play music?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Are you in a band or anything?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I used to play guitar when I was at uni,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11but I just gave up when I became a real adult.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- A real adult.- Yeah.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Is it still at home in its case, or have you actually got rid of it?
0:13:17 > 0:13:22No, I sold it and I used the money for...something, I don't remember.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Being very cagey about what he used the money for.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- LAUGHTER - I know, right?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Shahan, there you are.
0:13:27 > 0:13:2938. Your target is 74
0:13:29 > 0:13:32or less. What would you like to go for?
0:13:32 > 0:13:37OK, so the word I'm thinking of is exhale. E-X-H-A-L-E.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Welcome to the Words round.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Exhale. There we are. Here is your red line.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Get below that with exhale, through you go.
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Well done.
0:13:58 > 0:13:5959 is your total.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Well played, Shahan.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Yes, still plenty of very low scorers out here, though.- Yeah.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04To breathe out.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- There we are. Now, Ellis.- Hello.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do, Ellis?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I'm a student and I also work at the same supermarket.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16At the end of the day, do you ever...?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18LAUGHTER Do you ever just take
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- armfuls of st...? - No, I work on the pharmacy.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Even better! LAUGHTER
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Yeah. OK, so, what are your hobbies otherwise, Ellis?
0:14:28 > 0:14:33I like to read a lot. I write short stories, poems and stuff.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Excellent. Good for you.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Now, we have a challenge here. You have to score 12 or less.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40No-one has yet done it, but then no-one
0:14:40 > 0:14:42has been very adventurous with their wording, I'd say.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- Yeah.- We are looking for some proper Words-round words, Ellis.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Fatale, as in femme fatale.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Like that.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56There we go. One person gave you a "Mmm!"
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I think it deserved more than that. There is your red line.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Let's see if fatale gets you below it.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Oh!
0:15:09 > 0:15:10That scores you 100 points,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12takes your total up to 200.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm sorry, Ellis, I thought that was a good answer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Yeah, I think that's unlucky. Femme fatale you can have,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18but you can only have fatale with femme, I'm afraid.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I'll give you a few answers... Well, give me your answer first.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Biennale.- Oh, biennale, as in the Venice Biennale?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Yeah, or as in festivals, yes, that happen every two years.- 2 points.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Ah.- Very good. And I didn't predict it.- Ah.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34I thought you'd say Provencale.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Oh, Provencale!- Oh, do you like that?- That would be very good.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Oh, you flatter me.- Yeah, cos that was a pointless answer.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Now, you needed to have scored 12 points.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I'll tell you some of the answers that would have scored less than 12.
0:15:46 > 0:15:4811 points for finale.
0:15:48 > 0:15:519 points for nightingale. 8 for regale.
0:15:51 > 0:15:544 for resale, for wholesale,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56upscale, downscale.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You'd have got 2 points for rationale,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00which would have been a very good answer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Descale, broadscale, limescale would've scored you 2 points.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Morale would have scored you 2 points. Terrific answer.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10But there's a load of pointless answers. Let's take a look at them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Farthingale, which is a type of petticoat.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Guanciale, which is a cured pork.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Martingale, which is a type of...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20A bit of a horse's bridle, the martingale.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Musicale, which is just a musical recital.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Nanoscale, which is a very small unit of measurement.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Presale, a pointless answer.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Would have been a very nice one. A few more. There's Provencale.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- I can't believe you didn't say that. - I know, I'm sorry.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37And kale, if it's in the sea, is seakale.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Seakale would have been a pointless answer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41And tattletale, which is another word for telltale.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43That would've been a lovely one.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Well done if you said that. Let's take a look at the top three
0:16:46 > 0:16:48answers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Some very big scorers on this round.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57And alpha male up the top there. 76.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01So, at the end of our first round, the pair we have to send away,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05I'm so sorry, our newcomers, Ellis and Ellen. Fatale, I'm sorry.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Anyway, we can discuss this next time we see you,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10but in the meantime, thanks very much for playing.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Ellis and Ellen, everyone. APPLAUSE
0:17:15 > 0:17:18But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Well done, everyone. Well done. We've made it through to Round Two.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Listen, I say well done - I feel terrible.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I mean, our newcomers, our only newcomers,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I accused them of being thieves and you knocked them off the show.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36LAUGHTER It hasn't been brilliant, has it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39But, Danielle, very well done, our lowest score in that round.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48who's going to go second?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00TV cookery programmes, Richard.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02On each board, we'll show you the names of six TV cookery programmes.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05We're also going to give you the initials of someone who's been
0:18:05 > 0:18:07a host or a judge on one of those programmes at some point.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You just need to tell us who they are, please.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12There will be 12 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16OK, here comes our first board of six clues.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29I'm going to read them again.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- Jack. - I do not watch cookery programmes.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- Oh, well, you should.- I should! - They're great.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Um...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48So the only one is the most obvious,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and that is going to be the top one - Ready, Steady, Cook,
0:18:51 > 0:18:52which is Ainsley Harriott.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Ainsley Harriott, says Jack.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said Ainsley Harriott.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01It's right.
0:19:05 > 0:19:0762, not bad.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Yeah, hosting it for seven years, Ainsley Harriott.- OK.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Thank you, Richard. Now, Alice.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17We're looking for these cookery presenters, who are they?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Yeah, I know a few on there.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I think I'll go for the bottom one.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Caribbean Food Made Easy -
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Levi Roots.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Levi Roots, says Alice.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Levi Roots.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It's right. It passes 62.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Oh, look at that.
0:19:38 > 0:19:4010 for Levi Roots! That's a great score.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Well done.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Well played, Alice.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Yeah, famous for Reggae Reggae Sauce,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51that he pitched at Dragons' Den.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Whenever you watch Dragons' Den, Bob Mortimer always tweets along.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56And every single invention...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59If it's a bicycle, he will literally just tweet, "Reggae Reggae Bicycle."
0:19:59 > 0:20:02If it's a windbreaker, he'll say, "Reggae Reggae Windbreaker."
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Just for every single one.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Thanks, Richard. Marian.- Hello.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Marian, do you fancy talking us through this board and
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- filling in our chefs? - Not really, no.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13There's only two that I know, and they are both, I think,
0:20:13 > 0:20:14going to be quite high.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17So I'll go for the one I think that won't be as high,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19and that's Bread - Paul Hollywood.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Paul Hollywood, Bread.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people
0:20:23 > 0:20:24went with Paul Hollywood.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Not bad at all, 35.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- 35 for Bread.- Well played, Marian.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Everyone successfully avoiding the big obvious one -
0:20:41 > 0:20:43The Naked Chef, which of course is...
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Jamie Oliver.- Jamie Oliver. 85 points for that.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48The second one, The Taste.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51It is actually a very low score for someone so famous.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53It would have scored you 26 points
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- if you'd said Nigella Lawson.- Mm!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- And Tasty Travels is...- I'm going to guess Ruth Rogers.- It is not.- Oh!
0:20:59 > 0:21:03It's the American cook Rachael Ray, and it's a pointless answer.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05So very well done if you said that.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Thank you very much. So, we're halfway through the round,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09let's look at those scores.
0:21:09 > 0:21:1210, well done, Alice. Best score of that pass is yours.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Alice and Steve could be on their way to the head-to-head round,
0:21:15 > 0:21:16on the back of that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Then up to 35, Marian and Danielle. Well done.
0:21:18 > 0:21:2162, Jack and Shahan, our head-to-headers from last time.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23We need a low score from you. Good luck with that.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25We'll come back down the line now.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they are.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48I'm going to read those one last time.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Danielle.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04You're not the highest scorers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07If you can score 26 or less, even at this stage,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I can guarantee you a place in the head-to-head.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15There's two I'm sure of, one I'm not. I'm going to play it safe.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I'm going to go with The Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Mary Berry. OK, there's safe... and there's Mary Berry.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26There's your red line.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Let's see how far down the column we get with Mary Berry.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33It's right.
0:22:35 > 0:22:3762. That's not too bad.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41It takes your total up to 97.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45It's given some hope to Shahan there. Mary Berry.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50There we are. Now, Steve, what would you like to go for?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Lovely margin you've got thanks to Alice's low score in the first pass.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5586 or less.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Not a strong area for me.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02But I'll have a go for Fjord Fiesta, Keith Floyd.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Keith Floyd. Now, that's...
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You said it's not a strong area for you,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09that's a great answer if it's right. There is your red line.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11If you get below that with Keith Floyd,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13you're through to the head-to-head.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Very well done indeed. You are through.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26That's a magnificent answer, Steve. Very well done indeed.
0:23:26 > 0:23:295 it scored, which is the lowest score of the round so far,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32taking your total up to 15, the lowest total of the round so far.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Great work, Steve.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35The show is actually called Floyd's Fjord Fiesta,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- which is very, very difficult to say.- It is.- At the best of times.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- It is.- After a bottle of red wine...
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Oh... That's why he never said it.- Yeah.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- It's quite good.- It's a good name. - Yeah.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Fjord Escort, someone showing you around the fjords.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Oh, I see, yes. Yes, I saw that, yes.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Fjord Focus, which could be anywhere.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Really good. Just focusing on fjords.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Focusing on fjords.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Model T Fjord, where you take Tyra Banks to Norway.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Fjord Mustang, where you have to train a horse, you have to break it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12That's a good one.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Shahan. Now, this is exciting.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Shahan, you have to score 34 or less. We can do this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22We can do this. 34 or less. Shahan, talk us through that board.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25OK, like Jack, I don't really watch cookery programmes,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29but at least I know of them. The Chopping Block, I don't really know.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Kitchen Nightmares I believe is Gordon Ramsay.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Kitchen Notebook, the title sounds familiar, but that's it.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I'm going to go for Christmas Cooks and Antony Worrall Thompson.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Antony Worrall Thompson, says Shahan.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44You're on 62, you have to get below that red line to be with us
0:24:44 > 0:24:46after this round.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Antony Worrall Thompson, how many people said it?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53It's right.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Oh, you've done it. Look at that, 26!
0:24:58 > 0:25:0326. 88 is your total. Very well done, Shahan.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Yeah, well played, Shahan. You chose that very, very well.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10The Chopping Block can only be, with those initials...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Marco Pierre White. - Marco Pierre White.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13It would have scored 27.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Kitchen Nightmares, quite right, is Gordon Ramsay.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18It would have scored you far too many points, 74.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Do you know Kitchen Notebook?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I think I'm sure I do...
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- It's Rachel Khoo.- Oh, no, I don't.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Rachel Khoo. 4 points, well done if you said that at home.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29There we are. Thank you very much.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32At the end of our second round, I'm so sorry, Danielle and Marian,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35our lovely low scorers from the last round,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37we have to say goodbye to you. I'm so sorry.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It's been lovely having you on both shows,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41but thanks so much for playing.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Congratulations, Alice and Steve, Jack and Shahan - you are now
0:25:57 > 0:26:00one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that jackpot,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03which currently stands at £3,000.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Well, you have made it this far.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11This is the point after which you can now chat to each other
0:26:11 > 0:26:13before you give answers,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15which I always think is a cause for some sort of celebration.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20First player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Alice and Steve, very well done,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23great to have you here in the head-to-head as our
0:26:23 > 0:26:25lowest-scoring pair, but be warned -
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Jack and Shahan have got previous. They've been here last time.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Jack and Shahan, you were, last time, standing there
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and we had to say goodbye to you.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Is that going to happen again? - No.- Nope.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40OK. Best of luck to both players. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Here is your first question. It concerns...
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Famous Garys, Richard. - Yeah, what else?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55We're going to show you five pictures
0:26:55 > 0:26:56of famous people called Gary.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Can you identify the most obscure of these Garys?
0:26:58 > 0:27:03OK. Let's look at our Garys. Here they are.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32There we are. Five people called Gary.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Alice and Steve, you were our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:27:55 > 0:27:57We're going to go for D, Gary Player.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Gary Player, say Alice and Steve, for D.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Now, then, Jack and Shahan.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Do you fancy talking us through all those other Garys?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Well, A is Gary Oldman. B is Gary Lineker.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12C is the late Gary Coleman,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15but the answer Jack and I are going to go for is Gary Lightbody.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18- For E.- Yes, for E.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22OK, Gary Lightbody, say Jack and Shahan. Gary Lightbody for E.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Now, then, Alice and Steve went for Gary Player.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Let's see if that's right for D.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Gary Player, 32.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Jack and Shahan, meanwhile, have gone for Gary Lightbody for E.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49You took us through the board pretty confidently.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Let's see if Gary Lightbody is right.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Let's see how many people said it.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Look at that. Wins you it.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Ooh, that's a great answer.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Very well done indeed, Jack and Shahan.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Yeah, lead singer of Snow Patrol there, Gary Lightbody.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14You gave us all five correct answers and you chose the best answer,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16so you can't play a round better than that.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18A is Gary Oldman, as you said.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20He would have scored you 50.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Gary Lineker is the biggest scorer
0:29:23 > 0:29:25on the board, unsurprisingly.
0:29:25 > 0:29:2792 for Gary Lineker.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29That is a big score.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30C, as you say,
0:29:30 > 0:29:32is the late Gary Coleman.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34A good score for that, 12 points.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Very well done if you said Gary Coleman.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Particularly well done if you said Gary Lightbody.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Alice and Steve, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Good luck. Our second question today is all about Statues.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- Statues, Richard.- I'm simply going to give you five clues now
0:29:51 > 0:29:53to facts about famous statues.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58OK, let's reveal our five statue facts. Here they are.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I'm going to read all those again.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Jack and Shahan, you will go first.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Yeah, myself and Jack,
0:30:54 > 0:30:58we've kind of struggled to recognise all five of these statues,
0:30:58 > 0:31:00but one of them we do recognise is the footballer
0:31:00 > 0:31:04who has a statue outside Wembley Stadium, which is Sir Bobby Moore.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Sir Bobby Moore, say Jack and Shahan.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Sir Bobby Moore.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Alice and Steve, talk us through that board, if you can.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15We think the giant statue by Antony Gormley
0:31:15 > 0:31:17is The Angel Of The North.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22We don't know the artist. Comic-strip character is Andy Capp.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24We don't know the mountain in Brazil,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26so we're going to go for Andy Capp.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Andy Capp, say Alice and Steve. We have Bobby Moore and Andy Capp.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Jack and Shahan went Bobby Moore.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38It is right.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Ooh, that's not bad. 30 for Bobby Moore.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Alice and Steve have gone for Andy Capp.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Let's see if that's right for the cartoon character.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56It's right.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01And it beats Bobby Moore. Well done.
0:32:02 > 0:32:0612 for Andy Capp. Well done, Alice and Steve, you're back in the game.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- After two questions, you're level on 1-1.- Very well played.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13There is a better answer on the board, we'll get to it in a second.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15The giant statue is The Angel Of The North,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19that would have scored you 57 points. The artist is...?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- Rodin. Is it Auguste?- Yeah, Auguste Rodin, would have scored you 25.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25It's Mount Corcovado.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Oh, I was going to say the Sugarloaf, that's not the same thing, is it?
0:32:29 > 0:32:32No. 4 points for that, very well done if you said that.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So here comes your third question.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Whoever wins this goes through to the final
0:32:37 > 0:32:40and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Our third and final question of this round is all about...
0:32:45 > 0:32:47We're going to show you the names of five capital cities
0:32:47 > 0:32:50beginning with K, but we've left out alternate letters from their name.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Can you fill in those gaps?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54The team with the best answer is going through to play for
0:32:54 > 0:32:56that jackpot, so very best of luck to you all.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Thanks very much.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Let's reveal our five capitals beginning with K, and here they are.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11I will read all of those again.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Now, then, Alice and Steve, you will go first.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:33:33 > 0:33:35We're going to go for the top one, Kigali.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Kigali, say Alice and Steve. Kigali.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Now, Jack and Shahan, talk us through the other Ks, if you can.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45OK, so the second one is Kuala Lumpur.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Not sure about the third one.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49The fifth one is Kathmandu.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52But we're going to go for the fourth one, Kabul.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54"Ka-bul", "Kaa-bul". OK, Kabul.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Now, Kigali. Alice and Steve,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00let's see how many of our 100 people went with Kigali.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04It's right.
0:34:09 > 0:34:1217, very well done indeed. 17 for Kigali.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Jack and Shahan, meanwhile, have gone for Kabul,
0:34:17 > 0:34:19the one up from the bottom. Let's see if that's right,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26It's right.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Ooh, 71. 71, which means very well done, Alice and Steve.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Yeah, and Kigali's the best answer on the board.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Nothing you could have done about it. Terrific head-to-head.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Well played, both teams. You're right about Kuala Lumpur.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46That would have scored you 25. We'll leave the middle one for a second.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49The one at the bottom, as you said, was Kathmandu.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52That would have scored 77. Do you know the middle one?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- Capital of Jamaica...- Oh, Kingston.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Yeah, Kingston. That would have scored 21.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00There we are. Thank you.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I'm so sorry, two head-to-head rounds consecutively
0:35:05 > 0:35:06you've been in, Jack and Shahan.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09You played incredibly well in both shows, but I'm afraid this is
0:35:09 > 0:35:12where we have to say goodbye, but it's been great fun having you on.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Thank you so much, Jack and Shahan.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:16 > 0:35:20But for Alice and Steve, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Well done, Alice and Steve, you've seen off all the competition
0:35:27 > 0:35:31and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at...
0:35:41 > 0:35:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Well, it was Round Two we had to say goodbye to you last time.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52This time through the head-to-head.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56It would be so lovely to see this jackpot go at the end of this show.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58What would you like to come up on that board?
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Football.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Football. Alice?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Music or films.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07It sounds like you've got it all covered. Football, music and films.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09It's all you need for these rounds, in my opinion.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Best of luck, let's hope there's something up there
0:36:11 > 0:36:13that answers one of those at least.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Here is today's selection. We've got...
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Do you know your hospital-based TV shows?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- Erm, no...- No. I don't know any '50s jazz albums.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Between Barack Obama and global distances.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Maybe...- Global distances?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Yeah.- Global distances.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Global distances it is, Richard.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Excellent. It's a fun one, this, if you know your geography.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47We're looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50We're looking for any capital city which is within 2,000 miles
0:36:50 > 0:36:53of London, so any capital city within 2,000 miles of London.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Has to be the capital of a sovereign state
0:36:55 > 0:36:57that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Any US state which is within 1,000 miles of Washington, DC,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05so any US state that has any border within 1,000 miles of Washington, DC.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08We're looking for any African countries
0:37:08 > 0:37:10within 1,000 miles of Bangui.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13As every Pointless viewer knows, that's the capital of the Central African Republic.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Bang in the middle of Africa.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17So capital cities within 2,000 miles of London,
0:37:17 > 0:37:20US states within 1,000 miles of Washington, DC,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23or African countries within 1,000 miles of Bangui.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Very best of luck.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Yeah. Now, as always,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29All you need to win that jackpot
0:37:29 > 0:37:31is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Are you ready? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Your time starts now.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Riga. Vilnius.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Tallinn?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Rhode Island, maybe, for Washington, DC.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53That's within 1,000 miles.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- I don't know any capital... - Is Seattle...?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00No, that's the other way.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03It could be, actually, it could be.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06But I think Riga.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08There's another one. Yerevan.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14How about the capital cities within 2,000 miles of London?
0:38:14 > 0:38:21That's the one. Riga is 2,000 miles from London. Vilnius.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23What's the other one? Tallinn.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Let's go for those three.- Yeah.- OK.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29OK, you're happy? We'll stop the clock if you are. OK, there we are.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Let's have your three answers, then.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Tallinn.- Tallinn. If you say which one category each one is.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- Yeah, sorry. Within 2,000 miles of London.- Tallinn.- Tallinn.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Vilnius. - Vilnius.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- And Riga.- And Riga.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50All three of those are capitals within 2,000 miles of London.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Riga.- Riga goes last. Least likely to be pointless?- Tallinn.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Tallinn goes first.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01OK, well, let's put those answers on the board in that order, then.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Here they are.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07We've got Tallinn, we've got Vilnius and we've got Riga.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Very best of luck. Three good answers on the board, there.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Let's hope at least one of those is pointless and will win that
0:39:12 > 0:39:16jackpot for you. £3,000 would be quite a nice jackpot to take home.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Alice, what would you like to do with your share of that?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Well, me and my fiance are just buying a house at the moment.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26We'd like a cinema room, if possible.
0:39:26 > 0:39:33Very good. 5.15 every day, sit down with some biscuits and a cup of tea.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34- Big screen.- Very good.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Maybe that's not such a good idea, the big screen. Steve?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I've never been to the Grand Canyon and I'd really like to go,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45so that would go a long way towards a good holiday there.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Very good. Well, very best of luck. Three good answers there.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Your first one was Tallinn.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51In the case of all of these answers,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55we were looking for capitals within 2,000 miles of London.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57If Tallinn is pointless, it will win you £3,000.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tallinn.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04It's right.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Now all it has to do is go down to 0 and you can leave here with £3,000.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Tallinn now takes us down through the teens,
0:40:11 > 0:40:13into single figures, we're still going down.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Down it goes, down it goes. Oh, 1!
0:40:17 > 0:40:21APPLAUSE
0:40:21 > 0:40:27Oh, that's a good answer, though. That's a good answer. Tallinn.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Not a pointless answer, sadly.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32But superb. Anyway, two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Vilnius was your next answer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Again, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £3,000.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Let's see how many people said Vilnius. Please can it be pointless?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45It's right. Well, Tallinn was right,
0:40:45 > 0:40:50it took us right to the very brink of the jackpot, down to 1.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Vilnius now takes us down through the teens and into single figures.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Down it goes, still going down, still going down,
0:40:55 > 0:40:56still going down, down it goes, down...
0:40:56 > 0:40:58You've done it! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Brilliant.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13That is superb. Congratulations, Vilnius was a pointless answer.
0:41:13 > 0:41:19That means you get your cinema room, you get to the Grand Canyon,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21you go home with that jackpot of £3,000.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Very well done, Alice and Steve. Superb.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Very, very well played.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Yeah, Vilnius, of course, the capital of Lithuania,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37and Riga, the capital of Latvia, also a pointless answer.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:40 > 0:41:43That's the one where most of the pointless answers are
0:41:43 > 0:41:44in that category.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Let's take a look at a few of them, these capital cities.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Algiers is a pointless answer,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Minsk in Belarus, Rabat in Morocco, Sarajevo.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Also could have had Andorra la Vella, Ankara, Belgrade,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Bratislava, Nicosia, Podgorica, San Marino. You could have had
0:41:58 > 0:42:03Sofia, Tirana, Tripoli, Tunis, Vaduz, Valletta, Warsaw and Zagreb.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05All of those are pointless answers.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Let's take a look at the US states.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12There's five pointless answers here. You could have had...
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Also could have had Missouri. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Only three pointless answers for the African countries...
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I'll just mention one other capital city that's within 2,000 miles
0:42:30 > 0:42:32of London, cos it's the easiest one to remember.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34It's Chisinau, which is the capital of Moldova,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37as in the expression, "They think it's Moldova, it Chisinau."
0:42:37 > 0:42:39LAUGHTER
0:42:39 > 0:42:42APPLAUSE
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Thank you very much.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Alice and Steve, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Brilliant.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE