0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 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 > 0:00:29is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hi, my name's Emma and this is my housemate, Georgia,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- and we've come from Sunderland. - Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Hi, my name's Leila, this is my son, Hasan.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I'm from Washington and he's from Liverpool.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Sam, this is my cousin, Dan,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and we're from Northants.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Jennifer, this is my brother, Danny,
0:00:54 > 0:00:55and we're from London.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Thanks very much, all of you. We will get to chat to each of you
0:01:01 > 0:01:03throughout the show as it goes along,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -
0:01:05 > 0:01:08offering more clarity than a Hatton Garden diamond,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10and nearly as moody,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Welcome along.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21It's interesting, they caught all of the Hatton Garden jewellery raiders,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23apart from the mastermind.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Yeah, isn't it?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Funny, that. Also, I love your new car.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Amazing!
0:01:29 > 0:01:30LAUGHTER
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Thank you, Rich. - Really, really nice.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Yeah, it was a present. - I mean, good for you.- Yeah.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And talking of an awful lot of money, Sandy and Becky, last time,
0:01:38 > 0:01:39we had the lovely jackpot round on,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42it was EastEnders, Coronation Street and Neighbours,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44a lot of people's perfect jackpot round,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47four grand, they walked away with, very well deserved as well.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Two pairs back from that show, Emma and Georgia,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51who got knocked out in Round Two, on podium one,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Hasan and Leila got knocked out in Round One,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55so we're not going to have that again,
0:01:55 > 0:01:56need to see much more of you,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and we're not a million miles away from our 1,000th show now.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Ah!- We're about 20-odd away, something like that.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- Exciting, isn't it? - And yet, Dan and Sam,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06equal shortest-named contestants ever -
0:02:06 > 0:02:08we've never had less than six letters
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in a pair of contestants before.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- Brilliant. - Still waiting for a five, one day,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15like a Jo and Dan or something, but we haven't had it yet.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Yeah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Hang on. Well done!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Thanks. - Well done on your names, there.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Well, thanks very much indeed.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25So, as you will have gathered, Sandy and Becky won the jackpot last time,
0:02:25 > 0:02:28which means today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38All you have to remember is this,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:41 > 0:02:44will be eliminated, and there is no conferring in the first two rounds.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47So, best of luck with all of that. Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:48 > 0:02:51..is Fashion In Fiction.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Fashion In Fiction. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:02:53 > 0:02:56who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05OK, so, our question concerns...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Fictional bow tie wearers. Richard?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I'm going to show you 16 pictures now
0:03:12 > 0:03:14of fictional bow tie wearers, and for all of them,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16it's the character name we're looking for.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Can you name the most obscure, please?- Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22So, as Richard has mentioned, we're going to put an image up now,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24that's going to stay up for the whole round.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Let's have a look at that image, here it is.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30There we are.
0:03:30 > 0:03:3316 fictional bow tie wearers.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Emma, welcome back to Pointless.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Now, you're looking flummoxed.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Well, it's not really fashion, I do fashion journalism, so...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44You do fashion journalism? Well, you've just answered the question,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46the next thing I was going to ask you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48But the bow tie has kind of...
0:03:48 > 0:03:50It has sort of become fashionable.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Sadly, at the same time as the beard, so quite often,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56you don't see the bow-tie underneath it,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58which is, in my view, a shame.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Now then, Emma, aside from fashion, what do you like getting up to?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Well, me and Georgia actually go to bingo quite a lot.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Very good.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08How often do you do the bingo?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Once a week, ish.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Because bingo, like the bow tie and the beard...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I love a bit of bingo.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16..all the Bs, sort of came back into fashion, didn't it?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19There was a bit of a new thing, there was an upsurge in bingo.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20I love bingo, too.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22The trouble is, with bingo, though, they are so quick,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- aren't they, the people who do it? - Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Keeping up with it is unbelievable.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28It's, like, more complicated than chess...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30to win at bingo. That's my opinion.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I think it would be easier to be chess world champion
0:04:32 > 0:04:33than bingo world champion.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You might be on to something there, Richard,
0:04:36 > 0:04:37you might be on to something.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Now, Emma, what would you like to go for?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Who would you like to go for, on this board?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Well, I know quite a few of them,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46but I don't know which ones will be low.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48But I'm going to go for the Mad Hatter.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You are going to go for the Mad Hatter.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said the Mad Hatter.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It's right.
0:05:03 > 0:05:0431.
0:05:06 > 0:05:0831 for the Mad Hatter.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Played by Johnny Depp there,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12supposedly based on a real character,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15although there's two possible suspects as to who it may be.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Both from Oxford, both from your neck of the woods.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19They used to have that TV show, didn't they?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Because it used to be a very popular profession.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23So they used to have, like, a Pop Idol
0:05:23 > 0:05:24for people who wanted to make hats.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It was called 'Who Wants To Be A Milliner?'
0:05:27 > 0:05:29LAUGHTER AND GROANING
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Thanks very much, Richard. Leila, welcome back.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Now, Leila, it was Round One last time, we said goodbye in Round One,
0:05:40 > 0:05:41we shall have no repeat of that, please.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I'm not as clever as I thought I was.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I think you are. What was the topic you went out on?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Bears.- Actually, you know, you're right, you're not as clever...
0:05:50 > 0:05:51I remember, yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55And Leila, what do you like getting up to in Washington?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Well, I'm retired now, but I do have a fair few hobbies.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I free-form knit...
0:06:02 > 0:06:03Right, let's just go into that.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Free-form knit?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08So, no discipline at all, if you want to drop stitches,
0:06:08 > 0:06:09you go right ahead.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Yeah.- What kind of things do you make as a free-form knitter?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Jumpers, layering items...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16With perhaps one sleeve longer than the other?
0:06:16 > 0:06:19No, no, nothing like that. But irregular hems...
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- OK.- ..and maybe irregular necklines as well.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- But you just don't follow a pattern? - I don't follow any pattern.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I don't know what it's going to turn out like until it's finished.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oh, that's nice. So, sort of organic, isn't it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33It takes the form it takes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- It does, yes.- Now, Leila, let's have a nice low score from you,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39from our bow-tie-wearing fictional characters.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I'm no good with cartoons at all,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45so I'm going to have to go for one of the obvious ones, I'm afraid,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and I'm going to go with Inspector Poirot.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Inspector Poirot, says Leila. Let's see if that's right
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55It is right.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Oh, 58 for Inspector Poirot.
0:07:01 > 0:07:0358.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05There he is, Hercule Poirot, on the third row.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Do you know, David Suchet played him for 25 years?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Yes.- Yeah, from 1989 all the way through to 2013.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Do you know something really fun?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17When he put the moustache on...
0:07:17 > 0:07:22IMPERSONATING POIROT: ..he became Hercule Poirot, even if his telephone rang...
0:07:22 > 0:07:24NORMAL VOICE: I...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26He would answer it and say, "'Allo?"
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And if it was his wife, he would say...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30IMPERSONATING POIROT: "Yes, I will be 'ome,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33"but I don't think we finish until half past eight.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37"Make that maybe nine o'clock, because the M25 will be murder!"
0:07:37 > 0:07:38LAUGHTER
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Isn't that hilarious? - Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- IMPERSONATING POIROT:- "Oh, I forgot to say, could you pick up the milk?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47"I forgot to get it on my way."
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Anyway...
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Dan, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Good to have you here, from Northamptonshire?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Yes. - What do you get up to, Dan?
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Um, I work in a hospital, in Northampton General.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04In between that, I've got some friends who do a rock covers band.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Well, two fun things there, so where are you in the hospital,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- which bit of the hospital? - The operating theatre. Surgeon's assistant.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Right, so, do you spend your life in scrubs?
0:08:12 > 0:08:16And... Oh, it must be quite nice to be out of the mask, I should think.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Very itchy. - Yeah, very.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20And tell me about the covers band.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Um, yeah, just a few of us doing some pub gigs.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- What do you play? - Um, vocalist.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27And a bit of the harmonica.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Excellent, that's fun.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Now, Dan.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34DAN SIGHS
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Yeah...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I might take a risk, because it could be wrong.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41But I'm going to go bottom right and I'm going to say Huckleberry Hound.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Huckleberry Hound. Huckleberry Hound, says Dan.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Huckleberry Hound.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50It is right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55You've passed 58, our highest score, you've passed 31, our low score.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Oh, look at that, 9, single figures, Dan.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- That'll do. - I doff my hat!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Great answer, Dan, very well played, yeah.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Used to sing My Darling Clementine, in that Southern drawl.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- So he did. - Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Thank you very much.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- So, Jennifer, a warm welcome to Pointless.- Hello.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Good to have you here. What do you do, Jennifer?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Relationship manager. - In a company, or in a...?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Yes.- Oh, I see. - In the financial markets.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Not sort of marriage guidance? - No, not that kind of relationship.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Not that kind. So, a relationship with clients.- Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29And what do you like doing when you put the relationship management behind you?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I love to travel, a lot.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Where do you particularly like going?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Or do you just follow your nose, go wherever?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Yeah, kind of wherever.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40The fewer people, the better.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43That's good. So, kind of backpacking level of travel, or...
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Overlanding. So, in a truck and...
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- just driving around. - Excellent. Good for you.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50OK. Now, Jennifer,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54what about all these bow-tie-wearing fictional characters?
0:09:54 > 0:10:00I know a few, and I think I'm going to play it safe and go Porky Pig.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Porky Pig, says Jennifer. Let's see if Porky Pig is right
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and how many of our 100 people said Porky Pig.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10It is right.
0:10:10 > 0:10:1358 remains the highest score, which you've passed.
0:10:13 > 0:10:149 is our low score.
0:10:14 > 0:10:1630 is where you end up with Porky Pig.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Yeah, a Looney Tunes character, of course. He was the one
0:10:21 > 0:10:23who would traditionally do the "That's all, folks!"
0:10:23 > 0:10:25at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Thanks very much. Well, we're halfway through the round,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:29 > 0:10:319, the best score of the pass - Dan, very well done to you,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34by some distance, I would say, Dan and Sam.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Then over to 30 is where we find Jennifer and Danny,
0:10:37 > 0:10:3931, Emma and Georgia.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Now, Hasan and Leila, 58!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Oh!- Ooh!
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Now, yes, Hasan, I hope you have identified
0:10:45 > 0:10:48a wonderfully low-scoring, bow-tie-wearing fictional character.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Yeah.- Low enough to keep you and your mum in the game.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01OK, Danny, so, remember, we're looking for names
0:11:01 > 0:11:04of these fictional bow-tie-wearing characters.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Danny, welcome here, from London.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- What do you do, Danny?- I work for the Northern line, service control,
0:11:10 > 0:11:11in the London Underground.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So, service control means you sort of follow everything in the...?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Yes, we've got diagrams of all the trains,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20and we deal with any incidents that happen on our duty.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22And you see all the trains going along, following them around?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Yes, on the diagram, we've got all the signals and...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- Oh, now you're talking. - Do you know what I would do,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29if I had that diagram, I had that signal?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I would put fields all around it, and little sheep,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- made out of cotton wool. - That would be lovely.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I would do that on the actual underground.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38You could do it on the actual underground!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40You could sort of build canals, you could have...
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- It would be beautiful. - Yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Lovely. OK, right, Danny, we come back to our bow ties.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Right, um... There is a risky one, which I really want to go for,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52but I think I'm going to play it safe and go for Krusty the Clown.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Krusty the Clown, says Danny.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Now, here is your red line.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59If you get below that red line, you're definitely into Round Two.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Let's see how many of our 100 people said Krusty the Clown.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05It's right.
0:12:08 > 0:12:0944.
0:12:11 > 0:12:1444, taking your total up to 74.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Not a bad answer at all, his real name is Herschel Krustofsky.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20There you are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Now, Sam, welcome to Pointless.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Good to have you here from Kettering.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26What keeps you busy in Kettering, Sam?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Well, I'm actually studying in Sheffield, so I'm a student.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- I see.- So, out of town.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32And what do you study?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Physiotherapy, so I'm in my second year,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36so we're just going through our placements.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I presume you're very popular with all your friends?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40You're always being asked for...
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Everyone's got an elbow problem all of a sudden, knee pain...
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Actually, Sam, it's a little bit...
0:12:47 > 0:12:48So, what would you like to go for, Sam?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52You're on 9, 74 is the highest score, 64 is your target.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Tempting to say a couple here, um...
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I think I'm going to go for Count Duckula...
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- as a childhood cartoon. - Count Duckula, says Sam.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said Count Duckula.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07There's your red line, nice and high,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09on the back of Dan's answer earlier.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's right.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Through you go.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19There we are, Round Two awaits, 28.
0:13:19 > 0:13:2037 is your total.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Great work, Sam. Yeah, it was a spin-off from Danger Mouse.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- He was, yeah. - I did not know that.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31There we are. Now, Hasan.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Hasan, welcome back.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Remind us what you do.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I'm a manager for an events space restaurant, bar, kind of...
0:13:38 > 0:13:40See, I love the sound of your events space in Liverpool.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- Is it huge?- Oh, it's massive, yeah, it's, like, three giant warehouses.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Oh, wow.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It's also kind of joined up by a lobby bar in the middle as well.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51But it's cool, it's a cool place to work.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52And what are your interests, Hasan?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Well, apart from the work side of things, I do love my music,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58so I do a bit of bedroom DJ-ing and...
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Bedroom DJ-ing? - Yeah, mix tapes as well.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01I haven't ventured out into public yet.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Is bedroom DJ-ing just for the benefit of those
0:14:03 > 0:14:05who are in your bedroom at the time?
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Well, yeah, I think my missus,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I've bombarded her with quite a few obscure songs before.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Do you find you have to keep getting up to change the...?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Oh, no, no, it's all hi-tech now.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18"I'm just coming, I'm just coming, yeah." OK, very good.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Now, there you are on 58.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21This is exciting. We have to keep you in the game,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24we can't say goodbye to you at the end of this round for a second time.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The high scorers are Danny and Jennifer on 74,
0:14:27 > 0:14:3015 or less is what we require from you, Hasan.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Right, OK, so, there's a few.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34And I think...
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Because he's out of costume on this one,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I'm going to go with Indiana Jones.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45Indiana Jones. There is your red line, let's see if that's right,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47let's see if Indiana Jones can get you below that red line.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48Good luck.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Oh, look at that, 31.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Oh, Hasan.
0:15:01 > 0:15:0289 is your total.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Mind you, you're still in the game. The round is not yet over.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06And you're absolutely right,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10it's a much lower score than you would expect Indiana Jones to get.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Thank you very much, Richard. So, now, Georgia.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Georgia, welcome back.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Thank you. - Remind us what you do, Georgia.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I've just graduated in magazine journalism.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20And you're also looking for work?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Yeah.- Do you go and do lots of freelance things in the meantime,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- to get your name out there? - I try to, yeah.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27What sort of areas do you like writing about?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Um, celebrity gossip.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I like feature writing more than, like, hard news.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Now, where do you get your celebrity gossip from?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Are you allowed to reveal your sources?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Or is this, um...?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Just, like, social network sites.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Good stuff. Now, Georgia, you're on 31,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47the highest scorers are behind you now, Hasan and Leila on 89.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50So, 57 or less is your target.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51I'm struggling. I knew a few,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54but obviously, the lower answers have gone.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I don't know if the top left is Mary Poppins.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Obviously, Donald Duck and Pinocchio....
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I think I'm going to go with Pinocchio.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09OK, Pinocchio, says Georgia.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12There is your red line, get below that, you're through to Round Two.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15A lot hanging on here.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17How many of our 100 people said Pinocchio?
0:16:21 > 0:16:22It's right.
0:16:24 > 0:16:2667 for Pinocchio.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31That's great news for Hasan and Leila,
0:16:31 > 0:16:32but I'm afraid terrible news for you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34That takes your total up to 98.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Yeah, unlucky there.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Now, there's no pointless answers at all up here.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41In fact, Dan, the best option on the board is Huckleberry Hound.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43So, very, very well played.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Let's fill in all of them.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47You've got Mary Poppins there, as you say, 73.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Next to Mary Poppins is Brains, 46.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Do you know the bear?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Boo-Boo, a CGI Boo-Boo.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Terrible, isn't it? Ten points for that.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00James Bond, 85.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Really?- Yeah. James Bond beaten by Donald Duck, who scored 90.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05That's a film I'd like to see!
0:17:05 > 0:17:08James Bond beating Donald Duck.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09Another good scorer...
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Billy Bunter?- Billy Bunter, would have scored you 13.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18Then next to Count Duckula, you've got the Penguin, 26 points for that.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23And on the bottom line, Lurch for 15, and that's all your answers.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So, yeah, best answer on the board, Huckleberry Hound.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29So, at the end of our first round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31with their high score of 98, Georgia and Emma, I'm so sorry.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It was Round Two last time. This time, I'm afraid, Round One.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Did you know any of those when we went through them?
0:17:36 > 0:17:37- Did any of them suddenly...? - No.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39I was going to say Indiana Jones and if I had,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41I'm pretty sure you would have got Mad Hatter, wouldn't you?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Yeah.- Oh, well, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46It's been great having you on, thank you so much for playing. Georgia and Emma.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48APPLAUSE
0:17:48 > 0:17:51But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59And so, we are down to three pairs. At the end of this round, obviously,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01we will have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Sam and Dan, if that round was anything to go by,
0:18:04 > 0:18:05I don't think it's going to be you.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07We had our lowest individual score
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and our lowest combined score from you, so very well done.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Best of luck to all three pairs,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16our category for Round Two this afternoon is Geography.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Geography. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:18:19 > 0:18:20who's going to go second?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Ports. Richard?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35We've got a list of the world's 50 busiest container ports.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37On each board, we are going to show you six of those ports,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40you just have to tell us what country they're in, please.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43So, six ports on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Best of luck. As always, by country we mean a sovereign state
0:18:45 > 0:18:47that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49There we are, thank you very much indeed.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52So, we're looking for the country in which you would find these ports.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Here's our first board of six.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I'll read those again.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11There we are.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Hasan?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Yeah...
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Mm!
0:19:17 > 0:19:19There are some nice easy ones and some fiendish ones there.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Um...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I'm going to go for Shanghai, China.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Shanghai, China.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Well, you might be removing
0:19:28 > 0:19:30the only one everyone knows from the board there,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32so tactically, not a bad thing to do.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said China.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37It's right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:4168. That could have been a lot worse, I think.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Very surprised at how low that scored.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It's the biggest container port in the world, Shanghai.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51OK, thank you very much indeed. Now, Dan.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Um...
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I could take a gamble on one of them, but I'm not 100% on it,
0:19:56 > 0:19:57so I'm going to go for...
0:19:58 > 0:20:00..Durban, South Africa.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Durban, South Africa, says Dan.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09It's right. Well, you've passed 68.
0:20:09 > 0:20:1156.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Very well played. It's 50th on the list, so only just sneaks in.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Thanks very much.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Now then, Danny, this board's all yours.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25If you wanted to talk through it and fill in all the blanks,
0:20:25 > 0:20:26you'd be most welcome.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Erm, I'll just go for the one I know, I guess.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Maybe Hamburg is Germany but I'm not sure,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35but I'm going to go for Colombo, which is Sri Lanka.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Sri Lanka, says Danny, for Colombo.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Sri Lanka.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45It's right. 68 is our high score, we have passed that at speed,
0:20:45 > 0:20:4756 likewise...
0:20:47 > 0:20:5021, very well done for Sri Lanka!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Good work on that far podium.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Yeah, well played. Now, there's a couple of tough ones up here,
0:20:57 > 0:20:58which we'll get to.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01So, Hamburg - Hamburg's the biggest scorer, even bigger than China,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03would have scored you 77 points.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Now, Laem Chabang is in Thailand.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Absolutely delicious(!)
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Would have scored you 11 points.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11XANDER CHUCKLES
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Oh, I couldn't have a whole Chabang!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17No, you couldn't, no. Chicken Chabang is slightly nicer.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Now, Port Klang... We must go and visit Port Klang.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Shall we have a little trip to Port Klang?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25To do that, we would have to go to Malaysia.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27That would have scored you three points.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Thanks very much. OK, we're halfway through the round,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31let's take a look at those scores. 21, well done, Danny.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33The best score of that pass was yours,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35putting you and Jennifer at the front of the field,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38then 56 is where we find Dan and Sam
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and then 68, Hasan and Leila.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Once again, you're teasing with us here, I can see.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45We're going to have to have a low score from you to keep you in the game.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I'm sure you can do it, but best of luck.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48We're going to come back down the line now,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51would the second players please stand up to the podium?
0:21:54 > 0:21:58OK, here come six more ports and they are...
0:22:05 > 0:22:06I'll read them again.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Jennifer? We're coming over to you,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16we are looking for the countries in which you would find these ports.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19And you're going to find the most obscure one you can on that board.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Unfortunately, the obscure ones I don't know.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- So... - That's the trouble, isn't it?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I'm going to go Manila and the Philippines.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Manila, Philippines, says Jennifer.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32You want to score 46 or less if you can. There is your red line.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Let's see how many people said the Philippines.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38It's right.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Not bad. 51.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I think that's good enough.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45That will take you to up to 72.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Well played, Jennifer.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It's a bit less terrifying, this board, isn't it?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50A little bit, yeah.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Thanks very much. Now, Sam.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55How pleased are you with this board?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Erm, average to not very.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59XANDER CHUCKLES
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I think I'll go for Belgium...
0:23:05 > 0:23:06..for Antwerp.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09OK, now, ideally, you'll be scoring 15 or less.
0:23:09 > 0:23:1215 or less, that's quite a low red line.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Let's see how far down the column you get with Belgium.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18It's right.
0:23:22 > 0:23:2350.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Takes your total up to 106.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- The round's still going. - Isn't it just?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Not a bad answer at all.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32It's huge, Antwerp port,
0:23:32 > 0:23:3416th biggest in the world.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Now, Leila, you're on 68. You have to score 37 or less.
0:23:39 > 0:23:4137, I think, is kind of doable.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43What are you going to go for on this board?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Do you want to talk us through it?
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Erm, Rotterdam, it sounds like Norway or Sweden
0:23:50 > 0:23:54or Denmark, somewhere like that? Valencia...
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Italy or Spain?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58I think I'll go for Valencia and...
0:24:02 > 0:24:03..Italy.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Italy, Italy, says Leila, for Valencia.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08There's your red line. You have to get below that red line.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Ooh, Sam and Dan!
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Hasan and Leila!
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Italy, is it right for Valencia? How many people said it?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Ooh, I'm sorry!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I'm so sorry, I'm afraid you picked the wrong one there.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27That scores you 100 points,
0:24:27 > 0:24:28takes you up to 168.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Yeah, the two biggest scorers up the top there, Valencia is Spain,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and that would have scored you 67 points
0:24:35 > 0:24:36and Rotterdam is the Netherlands
0:24:36 > 0:24:39and that's an even bigger score, would have scored 69.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Now, Nagoya would have seen you through.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43If you'd had to guess, Leila?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Erm, Africa somewhere?
0:24:46 > 0:24:47- Japan.- Japan!
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Oh...- And that would have scored you 24.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53And the best answer on the board by a mile is Ambarli
0:24:53 > 0:24:54and that is in Turkey.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57And that would have scored you two points, so,
0:24:57 > 0:24:58very well done if you said that.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Thank you very much, Richard.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03So, at the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say, Hasan and Leila,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06we have to say goodbye to you. It's been great having you on both shows.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Thank you so much for coming to play. Hasan and Leila!
0:25:11 > 0:25:15For our remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Congratulations, Sam and Dan, Danny and Jennifer,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24you're now one step closer to the final
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and the chance to play for that jackpot,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28which still stands at £1,000.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Well, this is the point where we work out
0:25:30 > 0:25:31who goes through to the final,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34you start playing in pairs, you can confer before you give your answers.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Well, I mean, two new pairs.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41You've seen off our returning pairs, so, yes,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43one of the pairs in front of me now
0:25:43 > 0:25:45will only get to play on Pointless once,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48which is a shame in many ways but very well done,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50really good answering from both of you, actually,
0:25:50 > 0:25:51at points during the game
0:25:51 > 0:25:53so, I think, now you get to pool your resources,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55this ought to be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Here is your first question and our first question this time round
0:26:07 > 0:26:10concerns Modern Artists.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Richard?- We're going to show you five pictures now of modern artists,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15we're going to ask you to identify the most obscure.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five modern artists
0:26:17 > 0:26:19and here they come...
0:26:48 > 0:26:51There we go. Five modern artists.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, Sam and Dan, you've been our low scorers today,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56so you will go first.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Bit stuck because I know C...
0:27:01 > 0:27:06Erm, the only one I can say with any certainty is C, Tracey Emin.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08C, Tracey Emin, say Sam and Dan.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Tracey Emin. Now then, Danny and Jennifer,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13do you fancy talking us through that board?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14- Do you know any?- No.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Tracey Emin was the one that I knew.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I think E is Damien Hirst.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22I think A is Grayson Perry, so I think we should go for that.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Because I think that's right. I'm 90% sure.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- Yeah, we'll go with that.- We're going to go with A, Grayson Perry.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30A, Grayson Perry, say Danny and Jennifer.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, we have Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Sam and Dan went for Tracey Emin.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Let's see if that's right for C. Let's see how many people said it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39It is right.
0:27:42 > 0:27:4444.
0:27:46 > 0:27:4844 for Tracey Emin.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Now, Danny and Jennifer, meanwhile,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52have gone for Grayson Perry for A.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01It's right. Now, it has to beat 44...
0:28:01 > 0:28:03and it does, look at that!
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Grayson Perry, down to 23!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09You nabbed it there, Danny and Jennifer, very well done indeed.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Yeah, very well played, one of our 100 people thought Grayson Perry
0:28:13 > 0:28:15was Laura Ashley.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17LAUGHTER
0:28:17 > 0:28:18- A similar style. - Very similar.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I suspect Grayson might quite enjoy that.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23We'll leave B for a second because it's a pointless answer.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25D is a very young David Hockney.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29He would have scored you 11.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31You're right about E, it is Damien Hirst.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Scores slightly fewer than Grayson Perry, scores 20 points.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- And B is the American artist... - Jeff Koons.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Jeff Koons. Correct.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Very well done if you said that - pointless answer.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Thank you very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Sam and Dan, although you don't answer it first,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50you have to win this one to stay in the game, so, good luck with that.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Our second question this time concerns...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I'm going to show you five clues now to facts about bells.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Just give us the most obscure answer you can, please.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05OK, let's reveal our five facts about bells, and here they are.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Danny and Jennifer, you will go first.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55- I'm not 100% sure.- Cockney, it's got to be something in the East End.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Yeah.- I can't think of anything in the East End.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Erm, we're not sure about any of them, so, we're guessing that...
0:30:03 > 0:30:06the true Cockney born will hear these bells
0:30:06 > 0:30:11and the only thing we can think of kind of east is St Paul's.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14OK, the bells of St Paul's, say Danny and Jennifer.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Now then, Sam and Dan, do you want to talk us through that board
0:30:17 > 0:30:22- and fill in all the bells that are missing?- Erm...
0:30:22 > 0:30:26The second one down, word for the art of bell-ringing is wassailing,
0:30:26 > 0:30:27I think, or I could be wrong.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29The large bell could be, I think, is the Liberty Bell.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Yeah.- Because it cracked.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34And bottom one, I couldn't, I can't remember her name.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36We'll go for the Liberty Bell.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Liberty Bell, say Sam and Dan.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41So, we have the bells of St Paul's and the Liberty Bell.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Danny and Jennifer, you've gone for the bells of St Paul's,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I'm afraid not St Paul's.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Sam and Dan have gone for the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Let's see if that's right.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:31:08 > 0:31:0940.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12But crucially, it was right, so, very well done, Sam and Dan,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Yeah, and no-one getting that top one,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18which is the biggest answer on the board by some way.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19- Bow Bells.- Bow Bells, yeah.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And actually, the church was also designed by Sir Christopher Wren,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24the church where the Bow Bells were.
0:31:24 > 0:31:2563 points for that.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27The art of bell-ringing is not wassailing.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- Campanology.- Campanology, yeah, that would have scored you 38.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34The poet, John Betjeman, would
0:31:34 > 0:31:35have scored you 12.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- And do you remember the singer? - I can't.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39It actually scored 15 points. Anita Ward.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41So, John Betjeman, the best answer there.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your third question,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47whoever wins this one goes through to the final place for that jackpot.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Best of luck to both pairs. Our third question is all about...
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Sharks, Richard?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Cool, right?- Ya-hah!
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Yeah! We're going to show you the names now of five species of shark
0:31:58 > 0:32:00but we've removed alternate letters from the names.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Can you fill in those gaps, please?
0:32:02 > 0:32:07OK, so let's reveal our five filleted sharks and here they are...
0:32:19 > 0:32:20I'll read those all again.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35There we are. Sam and Dan will go first again this time.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40We...
0:32:40 > 0:32:43We're quite confident on the second one down but I'll let Dan say it
0:32:43 > 0:32:45because I won't be able to pronounce it.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49It could be wrong. Erm, I'm going to go with tasselled wobbegong.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- Exactly.- Tasselled wobbegong.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Tasselled wobbegong.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Be funny if it's not! - There we are.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Now then, Danny and Jennifer.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Erm, the first one should be whale shark.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Erm, great white shark for the next one.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Not too sure about the next two.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I think the last one is something tip.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Something tip.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Sss... Yeah, don't know.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22OK, we're going to have to go for whale shark.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25OK, whale shark, say Danny and Jennifer.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Whale shark. So, we have the wonderful tasselled wobbegong
0:33:28 > 0:33:30and we have the whale shark.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Sam and Dan went for tasselled wobbegong, let's see if it's...
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Let's see if it's right.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38It is the tasselled wobbegong!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Very well done indeed, Sam and Dan.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Down it goes...
0:33:44 > 0:33:46all the way to nought! Correct, very well done indeed!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:33:48 > 0:33:51A pointless answer. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54taking the total up to £1,250.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58It scores you nothing, which makes you look pretty unbeatable
0:33:58 > 0:33:59at this stage, I would say.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03But who knows? Everything is riding on whale shark.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Maybe it will be a joint pointless answer.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08We shall see. Erm, whale shark, said Danny and Jennifer.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Whale shark is right.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I didn't think it was going to go all that far down
0:34:18 > 0:34:21but there we are, 43, not a bad answer at all.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24But very well done, Sam and Dan.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25And to go through in such style,
0:34:25 > 0:34:29you go through to the final after three questions, 2-1.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Not a lot you could have done, was there?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Very well played. Of course, erm,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Dan knows that because tasselled wobbegong
0:34:35 > 0:34:37is the name of his rock covers band.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39That's where he knew the name from.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Erm, great white shark, big scorer, would have scored 63.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Basking shark underneath that, 32,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48and you weren't a million miles off that bottom one,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50it is a something tip shark.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Silvertip shark. - Oh, it's a silver... of course!
0:34:53 > 0:34:54That would have scored one point.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- That would have been exciting. - Ah, there we go.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58Thank you very much indeed. OK,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I'm afraid, it's Danny and Jennifer.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Well, the great consolation for us
0:35:03 > 0:35:04is it means we get to see you next time
0:35:04 > 0:35:07and I'm sure you'll be back in the head-to-head,
0:35:07 > 0:35:08if not going one step beyond.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10But meantime, we say goodbye to you.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Danny and Jennifer, well done!
0:35:12 > 0:35:14APPLAUSE
0:35:16 > 0:35:19But for Sam and Dan, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Congratulations, Sam and Dan, you have seen off the competition
0:35:26 > 0:35:29and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42Very, very well done.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Well, you started with the lowest answer on the board,
0:35:45 > 0:35:49with Huckleberry Hound, and you finished with tasselled wobbegong.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50I mean, what about that?
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Very good sign of things to come, I think.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Keep up, keep up that low pointless scoring
0:35:55 > 0:35:58and you should be absolutely fine getting this jackpot.
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Anyway, very, very best of luck.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01As always, you get to choose your category
0:36:01 > 0:36:03from the four slightly dodgy ones we put up on the board.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Let's see what's up today.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I'm tempted to say the Army.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18I know you're thinking football, isn't it, but I'm useless.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Yeah, I'm big on Champions League football but...
0:36:22 > 0:36:25How confident would you be about Army?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Pretty confident. I think Army.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31OK, you got the pointless answer, so let's go with the Army.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Tasselled wobbegong speaks.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35LAUGHTER
0:36:35 > 0:36:38OK, very best of luck, gents, three very different questions here.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40We are looking for anyone credited
0:36:40 > 0:36:44in the cast of the 1979 release of Apocalypse Now.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45Any actor in that film.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Looking for any infantry regiment in the British Army,
0:36:48 > 0:36:52in the British Army Order of Battle as of 1st of January 2016.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57Or we are looking for any artist who has had a Top 40 single in the UK
0:36:57 > 0:37:00with the word Army in the title, according to officialcharts.com.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03That's up to December 2015.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05So, cast of Apocalypse Now from '79,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07infantry regiments in the British Army
0:37:07 > 0:37:10or artists who have had Top 40 singles with Army in their title.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Now, as always, you've got one minute
0:37:14 > 0:37:15to come up with three answers
0:37:15 > 0:37:17and all you need to win the jackpot
0:37:17 > 0:37:20is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21- You ready?- Yeah.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Your time starts now...
0:37:26 > 0:37:29So, artists, top 40...
0:37:29 > 0:37:31White Stripes, Seven Nation Army.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Yeah, that would be... Could be quite high, though.- Yeah.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Infantry regiments, we've got Royal Anglian.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Erm, Royal Highland Fusiliers.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- Welsh Guard, is that one? - Erm, Welsh Guard...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Apocalypse Now, erm...
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Who was the doctor from Scrubs? He was in that.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Plays a bit of a... - Oh, I've forgotten his name.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Yeah, we can't say the doctor from Scrubs.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54It's got a young Laurence Fishburne in it.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Wow, that could be good.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- Shall we go with one of those? - Yeah.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58Laurence Fishburne.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- It's been a while since I've seen that film.- Yeah.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Regiments, regiments...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Royal Anglian,
0:38:09 > 0:38:10you've got the Rifles.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Do you want to say one from Apocalypse Now...?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Ten seconds left.- Regiments... - Because that will be too high.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- So, go with Laurence Fishburne? - Yeah.- OK.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28OK, your time is now up.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30What would you like to go for?
0:38:30 > 0:38:36So, we'll put one from the top category, erm, as Dan mentioned,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38a very young Laurence Fishburne.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Laurence Fishburne.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43And then two from the second category, which are...
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Erm, Royal Highland Fusiliers.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Royal Highland Fusiliers.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- Royal Anglian Regiment. - And Royal Anglian Regiment.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Erm, hopefully Highland Fusiliers.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Highland Fusiliers goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- Erm, Laurence Fishburne, I would have thought?- Yeah.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03OK, we'll put Laurence Fishburne first
0:39:03 > 0:39:05and Royal Anglian Regiment in the middle.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08OK, well, let's put those answers on the board in that order,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and here they are. We have got Laurence Fishburne,
0:39:11 > 0:39:16the Royal Anglian Regiment and we have the Royal Highland Fusiliers.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Well, three good answers on the board there.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Now, what if one of these comes in
0:39:20 > 0:39:22and brings that jackpot home for you,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25a nice pointless answer, what would you do with 1,250 quid?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Sam, you first.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Erm, I guess, I can already subconsciously feel my arm
0:39:30 > 0:39:32being twisted behind my back. My friend is getting married, so,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35he's got a stag do in Las Vegas next year.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37So, all on red.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39LAUGHTER
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- Dan, how about you?- We've got a nice family holiday coming up quite soon
0:39:44 > 0:39:46and it would be quite nice to be able to splash out
0:39:46 > 0:39:49and not worry about buying things and just drinks,
0:39:49 > 0:39:50boat trips, that sort of thing.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Very nice. OK, well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Three good answers, as I say.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Laurence Fishburne is your first answer.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59In this case, we were looking for cast members of the film Apocalypse Now.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Remember, only one of these has to be pointless
0:40:01 > 0:40:02for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03But let's try out Laurence Fishburne.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06If it is pointless, it will win you £1,250.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08How many people said Laurence Fishburne?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It's right.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17Now, all it has to be is pointless and you leave here with £1,250.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Laurence Fishburne takes us down into the teens,
0:40:20 > 0:40:21into single figures...
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Still going down, down it goes, still going down to...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25two for Laurence Fishburne!
0:40:27 > 0:40:28What about that?
0:40:30 > 0:40:31A fantastic low score.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Sadly, not a pointless answer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37It's only pointless answers we're interested in in this final round,
0:40:37 > 0:40:39which means we have two more shots at the jackpot.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Your next answer was the Royal Anglian Regiment.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45In this case, we were looking for infantry regiments
0:40:45 > 0:40:46in the British Army.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53So, for £1,250, how many people said the Royal Anglian Regiment?
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Well, it's right.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Your first answer was Laurence Fishburne.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01It took us all the way down to two.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04The Royal Anglian Regiment now takes us down through the 20s,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06into the teens, into single figures...
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Down it goes, still going down...
0:41:08 > 0:41:11There we are, very well done!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Superb! Very well done! - Thanks very much.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Strong performance there. Fabulous!
0:41:16 > 0:41:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Congratulations! The Royal Anglian Regiment was a pointless answer,
0:41:25 > 0:41:29which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Just brilliant!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36That's the way to play Pointless. That's terrific stuff.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38You didn't put a foot wrong the whole show.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I'm surprised you didn't get Port Klang!
0:41:40 > 0:41:42It was amazing, the stuff you did.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Now, the Royal Highland Fusiliers would have been an incorrect answer.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47It's been amalgamated with The Royal Regiment of Scotland,
0:41:47 > 0:41:48which would have been a pointless answer,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51so the Royal Anglian doing you a great deal of good there.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Let's take a look at those pointless answers.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56We'll start with the cast of Apocalypse Now.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Everyone in the film was a pointless answer apart from Brando,
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Laurence Fishburne and Harrison Ford.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08We're back to him again. So, well done if you said another answer.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Now, the infantry regiments...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You also could have had the London Regiment, The Mercian Regiment
0:42:18 > 0:42:19and the Royal Anglian Regiment.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Those were the pointless answers there.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23And artists with those Top 40 singles...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25The Corps of the Army Choir
0:42:25 > 0:42:26had a hit with In The Army Now with Status Quo.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Status Quo were high scorers. Lee Ryan, Army of Lovers.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Marcus Collins was an X-Factor contestant.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32He had a hit with Seven Nation Army,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34a cover version of the White Stripes song.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36They would have scored ten points. Mungo Jerry as well.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39A few other answers. Andy Cameron, who did Ally's Tartan Army,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42the Scotland World Cup song, was a pointless answer as well.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44So, very well done if you said that. And congratulations in the studio.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- What a performance! - What a performance indeed.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49And thanks once again to our winning players, Sam and Dan,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54APPLAUSE
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Very well done indeed.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:42:58 > 0:43:01to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06APPLAUSE