0:00:16 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:23 > 0:00:26and a very warm welcome to Pointless, the game where you are
0:00:26 > 0:00:30always aiming for the lowest score. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hi, I'm Felix, this is Dom, and we are from Camden.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- Couple number two. - I'm Jim, from Preston in Lancashire,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47and this is my son Mike, who lives in the Rossendale Valley,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- also in Lancashire. - Couple number three.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Hello, my name's Shaun, this is my wife Corrina,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- and we're from Bournemouth. - And finally, couple number four.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Hi, I'm Ames, this is my mum Patricia,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and we're from Beccles in Suffolk.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Thanks very much, all of you. Warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14My Chuckle Brother from another Chuckle Mother -
0:01:14 > 0:01:17it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hiya. Hello, everybody.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Ah... That's one of my favourite ever introductions, how lovely.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Ah, there we go.- Now,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28we've given away the jackpot three shows in a row...
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I know. What are we, a bank?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Exactly! We'd be out of business if we were a bank, I'll tell you that.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Ruairidh and Emma won it last time. Two players returning from that
0:01:35 > 0:01:38show - Felix and Dom who got knocked out in the head-to-head,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40very strong pairing, and there on podium two,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Mike and Jim, also very strong.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Bad news for podium three and four.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Got two very strong pairs. Jim, though,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48gave us the traditional quiz show mistake of,
0:01:48 > 0:01:49instead of saying Herbert Hoover,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53he said that HENRY Hoover had been president of the United States.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54That sucks!
0:01:54 > 0:01:57LAUGHTER
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I'll tell you, he would "clean up" if he ran, to be fair.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02GROANING
0:02:02 > 0:02:04And welcome to podium three and podium four,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06it's going to be a lovely show, I think.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Round One is an interesting one. It's going to sound complicated -
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I promise it's not as complicated as it sounds.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Thank you, Richard. Now, Ruairidh and Emma won the jackpot last time,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19so today's jackpot starts off, traditionally, back at £1,000.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30If you remember nothing else, remember this -
0:02:30 > 0:02:33the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:33 > 0:02:37eliminated, that is it. No conferring for the first two rounds.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:41 > 0:02:44is Famous Philosophers. Famous Philosophers.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49who's going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:02:49 > 0:02:50please step up to the podium.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57OK. And the question concerns...
0:02:57 > 0:03:00famous people who share a name with philosophers. Slightly better,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03isn't it? Famous people who share a name with philosophers. Richard?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06On each board we're going to show you seven pairs of names, and those
0:03:06 > 0:03:08pairs are a famous person and a philosopher,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10and they share part of their name.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Now, we have missed out the part of the name that they share.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16All you have to do is fill it in, please.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19There's going to be seven on the first board, seven on the second -
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- 14 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25So, we are looking for the common names shared by these famous people,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28and philosophers. And our first board looks like this...
0:03:28 > 0:03:30HE READS THE NAMES
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I've got to do it again! Here we go.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Easy! There we are. Dom, welcome back.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Remind us what you do, Dom.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I'm a wannabe writer, currently working with my friend Felix here.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Oh, that's nice, you work together as well.- We do.- I mean,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- you're writing screenplays...- I'm trying to.- ..but you said last time
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- that you sort of write up the novel first.- That's the idea, yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I've found the form of a screenplay quite difficult to get through,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51so I thought it would be easier to just get all the ideas down first
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- and then...- Get them all down. Yes, it's organising it all, isn't it?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Exactly.- Yeah. Absolutely.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58So, now, Dom - these names.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00How are you finding those?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I think there were two I know on the board,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06so it's a question of which would be the least well-known,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and I'm going to have to go with Nina Simone and Simone De Beauvoir.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14OK, Nina Simone De Beauvoir. There we are. Let's see if that's right.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Simone.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20It's right.
0:05:24 > 0:05:2557.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Not bad. 57.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31It's a very good way of learning about philosophy, isn't it?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Isn't it?- So, for example, if you do know who won The X Factor in 2012,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37suddenly you know Schopenhauer's first name. It's quite useful.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- It's quite useful information, isn't it?- Thanks very much indeed.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Now, Jim, welcome back.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It was Round Two, wasn't it, we said goodbye to you last time?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46The Henry Hoover debacle.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Remind us what you get up to, Jim.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I'm a reader in the Church of England,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53which means I take services in church.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I'm a toast master.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- I sing in the choir.- What sort of choir do you sing in, Jim?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It's a... We sing for charity.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06We sing popular and religious music.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08As well as that, I have four children,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- so they keep me busy as well. - Fantastic.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Now, Jim, what would you like to go for?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18The only two I know are the top one,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22the next to top one and I will go for Dylan Thomas and Thomas Aquinas.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Dylan Thomas Aquinas says Jim. Let's see if that's right. Let's see
0:06:25 > 0:06:28how many of our 100 people said Thomas.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It's right. 57 is our only score so far.
0:06:32 > 0:06:3464 for Thomas.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Takes the pressure slightly off on podium one.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Well played. Have you read his theological digest?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Oh, have I ever(!)
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Really good stuff.- That's a cracker. - I did not work out whodunnit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- No.- Did you?- Not till the very end. - So clever. I knew there was a twist
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- and I didn't see it.- Yeah. - Very good book.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Yeah. OK, now, Shaun, welcome.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Good to have you here, Shaun, here from Bournemouth.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- What do you do?- I work at Bournemouth University
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- in the media school. - Fun place to be.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Fun faculty to be in, I should think.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Yeah, it is a nice place to work, yeah. Very laid-back and creative.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- I enjoy it.- You teach? - Technical tutor,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12so I teach technical things like video production,
0:07:12 > 0:07:16editing, some live TV studio work as well.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Nice discipline, being in your good faculty in your nice town.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23That's fabulous. Well done. You've kicked a goal there, Shaun.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- What are your interests outside that?- I am a big football fan.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I enjoy sports generally. Golf, tennis.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I try to keep myself active.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Very good. Now, Shaun, this board's getting steadily harder as it goes
0:07:33 > 0:07:36along, but I hope there are still some things on there you feel
0:07:36 > 0:07:38comfortable with.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43I can take a punt on one or play very safe on another.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48I'm going to play safe and say Elton John.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50OK, you're going to play safe and say Elton John.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Let's see how safe that was.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55How many of our 100 people went for Elton John Locke?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Yeah...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You see, there's safe and there's safe, Shaun.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I had a feeling that might happen. Yes. 94.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08So safe it's lethal.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I mean, John Locke is so well-known.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12LAUGHTER
0:08:12 > 0:08:13- I know.- That is unbelievable.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I mean, his essay concerning human understanding, I mean, that's just,
0:08:17 > 0:08:18- who hasn't read that, right?- Yeah.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21The founding father of political liberalism.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24And the other guy I don't know, but he's a singer, singer-songwriter.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I think he is. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Now, then. Patricia, welcome to Pointless.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Great to have you here from Beccles. - Beccles in Suffolk, yes.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Beccles in Suffolk. That was my next question.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Lovely to know that. What do you do in Beccles?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I'm a teaching assistant at the Sir John Leman High School in Beccles.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Oh, that's nice. They'll all be watching.- They will indeed, yes!
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- So a little bit of pressure on you. - Just a tiny bit.- Just a bit.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49And what do you do aside from assisting teaching?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I do like to sleep and drink wine, but other than that...
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Oh, the two so often go hand in hand.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I do like to do things like dance classes and Zumba,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- so I do keep fit as well. - That's good. Very good.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Patricia, you're the last person to have this board. If you wanted to go
0:09:03 > 0:09:05through it and fill in all our blanks, that would be fabulous.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I think it's Helen George and George Berkeley.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I don't know Schopenhauer.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Unfortunately, I don't watch The X Factor either,
0:09:13 > 0:09:14so I don't know who won it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I think it's James Herbert and Herbert Spencer
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and Rhys Isaac and Isaac Newton.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23But I think the one I'm going for is James Herbert and Herbert Spencer.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26OK. James Herbert Spencer says Patricia. Let's see if that's right.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Herbert.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33It's right.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40There we are. 22.
0:09:43 > 0:09:4622 for Herbert. The best score of the pass there, Patricia.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Well played. You took us through the board nicely as well.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51There's one answer you gave us that would have got an even better score,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- which is Helen George.- Really?- Yeah, that would have scored you 7 points,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57so it would have been a terrific answer. This next one down,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01I do like the fact that there are people at home who know X Factor
0:10:01 > 0:10:03who have given the answer because they know that,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and there's people at home who know Schopenhauer who now go,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08"Oh, I didn't know that James Arthur won X Factor."
0:10:08 > 0:10:10But he did indeed. James Arthur,
0:10:10 > 0:10:1614 points for that and you're right about Rhys Isaac and Isaac Newton,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18and that scores 53 points.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20So, Helen George the best answer on the board.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26We are halfway through the round. 22. There we are.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Patricia. Patricia and Ames looking very strong on the back of that.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Then we travel up to 57 where we find Dom and Felix.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Up to 64, Jim and Mike.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And then 94, Sean and Corrina.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Yes. That's 94, that's quite a long way ahead.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Corrina, quite a lot of pressure on you there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Mind you, we've had quite a range of scores on that board,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49so it should be possible for you to save yourselves if you can find
0:10:49 > 0:10:52a nice, low-scoring answer you know. So, best of luck with that.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56We're going to come back down the line now, can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01OK, let's put seven more pairs of names up on the board,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03and here they are. We have got...
0:11:03 > 0:11:05HE READS THE NAMES
0:11:43 > 0:11:45HE REPEATS THE NAMES
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- There we are. Ames, welcome to Pointless from Beccles.- Hello.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What do you do, Ames?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I'm an admin assistant for a medical company.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Right, you are. Whereabouts do you do that?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- In Beccles.- In Beccles itself? - Just a bike ride away from my house.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Oh, that's nice. Oh, not even from one end of Beccles to the other.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Well, that's a bike ride as well. - OK. There we are.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- What do you do in your spare time, Ames?- I'm a writer.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I really enjoy writing.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I'm currently working on my first screenplay
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- with hopes to potentially become successful.- Very exciting.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32And I'm also quite boring. I crochet and I like to do puzzle books, so...
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Yep.- Nothing wrong with any of those things.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Right, OK, Ames, you are on 22. You're the low scorers.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40There's a whole board of philosophers
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and other famous people. What would you like to go for?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I know a few of them.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I think I'm going to go for...
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Daryl Hannah.- Daryl Hannah Arendt. Let's see if that's right.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Here is your red line. If you can get below this red line,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57you are comfortably through to the next round.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Let's see if Hannah is right.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It is right. Very well done, Ames.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07And through you go. Round Two awaits. 59.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Nicely done. 81 is your total.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Great work, Ames. Terrific stuff on that final podium.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Safe and sound. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Now, Corrina, welcome to Pointless.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Great to have you here from Bournemouth. What do you do?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I work at Bournemouth University as well.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I'm the head of academic operations there. So, I just help implement
0:13:24 > 0:13:26the strategy that the University wants to take
0:13:26 > 0:13:28on all matters academic.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Right. How long have you been there?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31- 11 years.- Wow.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33So, who started at University first?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I think it was me. We didn't meet at the University but, yeah,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38we kind of existed at the University.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Oh, that's very nice. Do you get up to other things in Bournemouth?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43I mean, do you throw yourself...?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Presumably the University has a massive social life that revolves
0:13:46 > 0:13:48around it. What sort of things do you like getting up to?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, very boring old lady things,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53like going out for walks along the beach and in the New Forest.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55There's nothing "old lady" or "boring" about either of those
0:13:55 > 0:13:57things, let me tell you now. You are the highest scorers.
0:13:57 > 0:14:0194. We need a low score from you.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yeah, I'm hoping that none of my old university lecturers are watching,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06because I did a whole module on philosophers,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09yet the names kind of completely escape me at the minute.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I'm just going to go for a really obvious one and apologise
0:14:12 > 0:14:15in advance, and I'm going to go Chris Martin, Martin Heidegger.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18OK, Chris Martin Heidegger, says Corrina.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21No red line for you as you are the highest scorers at the moment,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but let's see, is that right? How many people said Martin?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27It is right.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Not bad. 38.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Look at that.
0:14:34 > 0:14:3638, taking your score up to 132.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Still very much in the game.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Something slightly unmemorable, isn't there, about the name?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43So, people don't bring it to mind immediately.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Chris Martin and Martin Heidegger. - Chris thingy?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Chris thingy from thingy. - From whatnot.- Yeah, exactly.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50So, Mike, welcome back.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Remind us what you do, Mike.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I work for an international charity, providing support to all sorts of
0:14:56 > 0:14:57different people throughout the
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- Lancashire and Greater Manchester areas.- So, where is that based?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- In Greater Manchester itself? - There's one in Manchester,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05one in Merseyside, one in the Lancashire, so we have various
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- different offices- I see.- I'm based in Greater Manchester at the moment.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Right you are. How far is that from Rossendale?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's a cycle ride away.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Eight miles.- Oh, you and Ames will be on your bikes every morning.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Yeah, yeah.- Nice.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I imagine that's quite a hilly bicycle ride.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- It is.- Yes. Which do you prefer? The journey in or the journey out?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I like driving there, personally.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25LAUGHTER
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Oh, so, by calling it a short cycle ride, you were...?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Yeah, I see. I completely fell for the dummy as well.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Now, Mike, 64 is where you find yourselves.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37132 is the high score at the moment.
0:15:37 > 0:15:4367 or less gets you into Round Two.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I'm going to take a punt on the third from the bottom.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Larry David and David Hume.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Larry David, David Hume, says Mike. Here is your red line.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53If you can get below that with David, you are in Round Two.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said David.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00It's right.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02And you've done it. Very well done.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06There we are. 18.
0:16:08 > 0:16:1018. Actually the lowest score
0:16:10 > 0:16:12of the round so far, Mike.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14So, very well done. 82 is your total.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Well played, Mike. Also the co-creator of Seinfeld, Larry David.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Yeah.- A very wealthy man. - I should think he is.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22My goodness. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Felix, welcome back to Pointless.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Back on the first podium.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28- Lucky.- So, remind us what you do.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I run a small coffee and smoothie van.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Have you fashioned it out of an old Fiat, like people always do?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Sadly, no. It's a new VW Crafter. Found it more reliable,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- since we have to drive it a few thousand miles each summer.- Yeah.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Do you have a favourite place that you've been so far,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- where you sort of set up your pitch? - Aberystwyth.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Just out in the hills, outside Aberystwyth.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51That's just an enormously fun thing to do. Presumably... Do you ever get
0:16:51 > 0:16:54flagged down by people? They see you and suddenly think, "Oh, coffee!"
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Sadly not, no. It would be better off that way, if we had, like,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00a little song we can play, like an ice-cream van.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03There you are. This is exciting. We have a game on our hands.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07There you are on 57. The high-scorers, Corrina and Sean on 132.
0:17:07 > 0:17:1074 or less is your salvation.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Do you want to talk us through that board?
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- Do some filling in of blanks.- The top one is, I believe, Friedrich.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20The second... I would take, if I was to guess,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I would say Lenny Bruce, maybe.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24George, Karl.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And I've no idea about the bottom one,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29so I'm going to go for Friedrich.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Arne Friedrich Nietzsche.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34There we are. Here's your red line. Quite nice and high. Friedrich.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37If it's right, I imagine you might get below that with it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Let's find out, though. Is it right?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42It's absolutely right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45There you are. Through you go to Round Two.
0:17:49 > 0:17:5210. Taking your total up to 67,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54the lowest total of the round.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Very well done indeed. - Great answer, Felix.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Actually the best answer on the whole board as well. I love it
0:17:59 > 0:18:02if someone gets that best answer and then you trip up on the easiest one,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05cos it's much easier than you think, the next one. It's Lenny Henry.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Oh, really? - Lenny Henry, Henry David Thoreau.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Would have scored you 83 points.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12George Karl, Karl Marx.
0:18:13 > 0:18:1555 points. And at the bottom...
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Albert.- Albert.
0:18:17 > 0:18:1816 points for that.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our first round,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24the pair we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 132,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Corrina and Shaun, I'm afraid it is you.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28You weren't that too far ahead, but there were just two...
0:18:28 > 0:18:31There were two high-scoring answers together in combination.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It was my fault. I'll take the blame for that one.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Well, that's good of you, Shaun.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36You're entirely right. It was.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38LAUGHTER
0:18:38 > 0:18:41It was a horrifically high score. It's been great having you on,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Corrina and Shaun. We'll see you next time. Thanks so much.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55And so, suddenly, we are down to three pairs.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58At the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye to another.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Our category for Round Two this afternoon...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06is countries. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09who's going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:19:09 > 0:19:10please step up to the podium.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:19:15 > 0:19:22Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Capital cities that celebrate New Year as the same time as London
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- or later.- Yeah, essentially just a time zone question, really, this.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37We are looking for the capital city of any country that celebrates
0:19:37 > 0:19:39the New Year at the same time as London or later.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40As always, by country,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45So, any of the capitals of any of those countries, please.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52A fun time zone question there, then, Dom.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Yeah... Geography really totally not my cup of tea,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58so I'm going to keep it very simple and say Belfast.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Belfast, says Dom.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02Slight murmur from the crowd there,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06but let's see what our column makes of that answer.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Belfast.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Bad luck, Dom. I'm sorry about that. An incorrect answer there.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Richard will explain why shortly. That scores you 100 points.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20As always on Pointless, it's a sovereign state that's a member
0:20:20 > 0:20:23of the UN, so the UK is the country. So, England doesn't count,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Northern Ireland doesn't count, Scotland, Wales. They don't count
0:20:26 > 0:20:30and never have done, I'm afraid. Never will do. It's just the...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- It's how we are. I'm afraid it is. - Yeah. There we are.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Sorry, Dom.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Mike, instantly let off the hook there slightly by that first answer,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43but have you got a good answer up your sleeve?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I think I'll go for Helsinki.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Helsinki, says Mike.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Helsinki.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56I said you were let off the hook.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59You've now joined Dom up there on in the hook.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03So, yeah, nice to have some company up there. 100 points, I'm afraid.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- This is going well, isn't it? - Isn't it?- Isn't it just?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Yeah, they're ahead of us, I'm afraid, in Finland.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11There they are. OK. Now, Patricia.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14This is my worst, worst nightmare.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I will say New York.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19New York, says Patricia.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20There's that murmur again.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22LAUGHTER
0:21:22 > 0:21:24OK, so, New York.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Let's have some fun with that. New York.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Nope. There we go. I'm afraid
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- that's an incorrect answer and that scores you 100 points. Well...- Wow.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I like the fact you've all been wrong for different reasons.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40LAUGHTER
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Yeah, New York, not a capital city.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44In my defence, as soon as I said it, I knew it was stupid.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48She lived there for several months, so I should know better.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51That makes it worse. What you've done there is said, "In my defence,"
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- and then made it worse for yourself.- I know. Sorry.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- That was great fun.- Yeah, great fun. Thank you very much. We're halfway
0:21:57 > 0:21:59through the round. Let's take a look at all those scores.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01LAUGHTER
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Well, well done, Dom, the low score there of 100.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Then we travel across to 100, Mike and Jim,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12and then across to 100 again, Patricia and Dom.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15So, yes, Ames, Jim and Felix, I'm guessing it's going to be
0:22:15 > 0:22:18between the three of you to decide who stays and who leaves at the end
0:22:18 > 0:22:22of the round. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So, Ames, just to remind you,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32we're looking for any capital cities that celebrate the New Year the same
0:22:32 > 0:22:34time as London or later.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I think it's going to be a history repeats moment.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41I'm going to go for Rio de Janeiro.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Rio de Janeiro, says Ames. Rio de Janeiro.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46No red line for you as you're our joint highest scorers.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rio de Janeiro.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Oh! There we are.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- 200! - It's another incorrect answer.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Yep. Also not a capital city, I'm afraid.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- This is... Well, it is an education anyway.- It is.- We are learning
0:23:05 > 0:23:08an awful lot about places that aren't capital cities.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10There we go.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15Jim, I suspect you'll have a fantastic answer up your sleeve.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- Caracas.- Caracas.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Caracas. You want 99 or less to get through to the head-to-head.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Caracas. Please.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28LAUGHTER
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Oh, no.- It's right!
0:23:32 > 0:23:33CHEERING
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Oh, and it's not just right, it scores just 3.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Very well done indeed, Jim.
0:23:43 > 0:23:463, taking your total up to 103.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Oh, Jim, thank you so much.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52That is greatly appreciated. Also,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56it's a very nice comment on all the other answers in this round.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57Thanks very much.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Now, then, Felix, there you are.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04You're on 100. The high-scorers are Ames and Patricia on 200.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07If you can score 99 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11I wondered whether to play it safe or not, but...
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- 99 or less. - Here's a shot to nothing.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I'm going to say Lima. - Lima, says Felix.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19HE EXHALES
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Here's your red line. If you get below that red line,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23you're through to the head-to-head.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said Lima.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Good enough.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32There we are. Well done.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34103 is our low score.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38And you go to 10. Well done. 110.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Oh, that sorted itself out in the end, didn't it?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47The capital of Peru, of course.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Washington, DC is the capital of the United States
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and Brasilia is the capital of Brazil.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54There's loads and loads of pointless answers here.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57We'll go through a few of them. Well done if you said any of these.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Bamako, capital of Mali. Basseterre, capital of Saint Kitts.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Castries, capital of Saint Lucia.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Conakry, which is New Guinea.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Ouagadougou, the best named capital in the world. Burkina Faso.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Praia, which is Cape Verde islands.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10San Jose, Costa Rica.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Santo Domingo, which is Dominican Republic.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And Tegucigalpa, which is Honduras. Loads of others you could've had.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You could have had Monrovia, Kingstown, Georgetown, Freetown,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22St George's, St John's or Sucre. All of those pointless answers.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Let's take a look at the top three answers, the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Washington, DC - 22.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Lisbon, 27. Portugal, of course.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37And Dublin would've been a perfectly acceptable answer, 38 points.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42the pair we're saying goodbye to with a high score of 200,
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I'm afraid it's Ames and Patricia. You know what? Nothing wrong with...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48No, wait, everything wrong with your answers.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53I know... We know what you meant. You'll be back next time and I have
0:25:53 > 0:25:56no doubt you will go much further, but thanks very much for playing,
0:25:56 > 0:25:57- Ames and Patricia.- Thank you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Congratulations, Felix and Dom, Mike and Jim, you are now one step closer
0:26:12 > 0:26:15to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22There we are. Well, you've made it as far as the head-to-head round.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25You can start playing teams and the first pair to win two questions
0:26:25 > 0:26:27will be playing for the jackpot.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39OK. Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Courtroom Scenes.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Yeah, simply five photographs of courtroom scenes from films.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Can you name the films, please?
0:26:47 > 0:26:52OK, let's reveal our five courtroom scenes, and here they come.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53We've got...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20There we are. Five courtroom scenes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Now, Felix and Dom, you've been
0:27:21 > 0:27:24our low scorers so far, so you will go first.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Feel free to confer.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27THEY WHISPER
0:27:30 > 0:27:34OK, I think we're going to go for C and Presumed Innocent.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Presumed Innocent, C, say Felix and Dom.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Presumed Innocent. Now then, Mike and Jim,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42the rest of the board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?
0:27:42 > 0:27:47OK. The general chat is that we haven't a clue on any of them.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48LAUGHTER
0:27:48 > 0:27:50So, here we go.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54So, what did you say? D? Silent Witness.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Silent Witness.- B?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- D.- Oh, sorry, D.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- D.- Silent Witness.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01D, Silent Witness.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03So, we have Presumed Innocent and we have Silent Witness.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Now, Felix and Dom have gone for C, Presumed Innocent.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15It's right.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21That's a good answer.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Oh, look at that. Very, very good indeed.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Very rare in these head-to-head round,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29although we've had a couple in the last few shows.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32That is a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35takes today's jackpot up to £1,250.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Very well done indeed. Now, Mike and Jim, good luck against that.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44You have identified D as being Silent Witness.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Silent Witness. Let's see if that's right,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49let's see how where it gets you down the column.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Well, bad luck. Not Silent Witness.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57But it means, Felix and Dom, unsurprisingly, after one question,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- you are up 1-0.- Yeah, very well played, gents.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Yeah, not Silent Witness, D. It's Jagged Edge.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Jeff Bridges there with Glenn Close.
0:29:05 > 0:29:074 points for that.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Let's go back to A.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Gregory Peck there.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:29:13 > 0:29:1547 points.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16B is...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- Legally Blonde.- Legally Blonde.
0:29:18 > 0:29:2141 points for Legally Blonde.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22And E...
0:29:22 > 0:29:23You can just see Henry Fonda
0:29:23 > 0:29:24at the back there, on the right.
0:29:24 > 0:29:2612 Angry Men.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27It's the wonderful 12 Angry Men.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29And that scores 20.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31There we are. Thanks very much.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32So here comes your second question.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Mike and Jim, you get to answer this one first but you have to win it
0:29:35 > 0:29:37to stay in the game, so good luck with that.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Our second question this afternoon is all about Constellations.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- Richard.- We're going to show you the names of five constellations now,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46but we've removed alternate letters from each one.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Can you fill in those gaps, please?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52OK. Can you fill in the blanks here? And we have got...
0:29:52 > 0:29:53HE READS THE LETTERS
0:30:02 > 0:30:03I'll read those all again.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Mike and Jim will go first.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16The fourth one down, Canis Minor.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Canis Minor, say Mike and Jim.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Now, Felix and Dom, it's over to you.- Well, he took our one.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27So... I think we have to go with Andromeda.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29OK, we have Canis Minor and we have Andromeda.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Mike and Jim said Canis Minor.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37It's right.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Very good. 11 for Canis Minor.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Felix and Dom had their hand forced there and have gone for Andromeda.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:00 > 0:31:0262. There we are.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Very well done, Mike and Jim. Just what you needed there.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07You're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09And both questions so far, the team that going first has chosen
0:31:09 > 0:31:12the best answer on the board, so very well played.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14The second one down is...
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- Aquarius.- Aquarius is correct.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19That would have scored you 14.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20- The next one?- Gemini.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Gemini.
0:31:22 > 0:31:2357. And the bottom one?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25- Orion.- It's onion, I'm afraid.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26I'm so sorry.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27LAUGHTER
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- No, you're right. Orion would have scored 70.- Thanks very much.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33OK, here comes the decider. Whoever wins this question goes through
0:31:33 > 0:31:36to the final and plays for the jackpot. Best of luck, both pairs.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Our third question this afternoon concerns...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Etiquette. As it should.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- Etiquette, Richard.- Yeah, five clues to things you find in Debrett's
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Guide To Etiquette And Manners here.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Whichever team gets the lowest score are going through to play
0:31:50 > 0:31:53for the jackpot. It's awkward to know who goes first, isn't it?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Oh, I know. Isn't it?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01HE READS THE CLUES
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I'll read those all again.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Felix and Dom will go first. - What do you reckon?- I don't know.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47THEY WHISPER
0:32:50 > 0:32:54OK, yeah. We are pretty stuck, really.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56We going to have to go for the fortified wine which is
0:32:56 > 0:32:59traditionally served after pudding with cheese, which is port.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Port, say Felix and Dom. Port. Mike and Jim, do you want to talk us
0:33:03 > 0:33:05through the rest of the board?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08This should be right up my street, actually.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12I think the sign off that should be used on a letter should be
0:33:12 > 0:33:16"Yours sincerely". The grade of peerage, I think, is a Lord.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18The colour of bow tie
0:33:18 > 0:33:19is either black tie...
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Could be white tie.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24And the person who traditionally delivers the speech at the wedding
0:33:24 > 0:33:25is the bride's father.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Which would you like to go for?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- The bride's father. - OK, bride's father.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31So, we have port versus the bride's father.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Felix and Dom went for port.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40It's right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42But it's a high score.
0:33:42 > 0:33:4472 for port.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49And Jim and Mike have gone for the bride's father,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51the first person traditionally to speak at a wedding.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Let's see how many people said the bride's father.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59It's right
0:33:59 > 0:34:02and it wins you the point. Very well done indeed.
0:34:04 > 0:34:0733. And it means, Mike and Jim, after three questions,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10you go through to the final 2-1.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Very well played there, Jim. Now, you did get the top one wrong.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15It's not "Yours sincerely".
0:34:15 > 0:34:17"Yours sincerely" would be if it's "Dear Mrs" or "Dear Mr".
0:34:17 > 0:34:19This is "Yours faithfully".
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Somehow managed to get 50 points.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22I knew it was one of them.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25The grade of peerage which is above Baron but below Earl...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Viscount. - Oh, I knew you'd know that.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30It is a Viscount. That would have scored you 8 points.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Delicious biscuits as well.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33And the colour of bow tie?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- White.- White. Correct.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36That would have scored 15.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Viscount is the best answer.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Thanks very much.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45I'm so sorry, Felix and Dom, twice the bridesmaids,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47never the father of the bride.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Aw, I'm so sorry. Brilliant performance right across...
0:34:51 > 0:34:53And we had a pointless answer from you in the head-to-head.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55They happen so rarely.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Always a treat and, as I say, you have been fantastic.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01I'm so sorry, we send you home without a sniff of the final,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04but you've been brilliant contestants. Thanks, Felix and Dom.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08APPLAUSE
0:35:08 > 0:35:11But for Mike and Jim, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Congratulations, Mike and Jim, you have fought of all the competition
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and,
0:35:29 > 0:35:34at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Well, very well done indeed.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I knew that was going to be a close head-to-head.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42I knew it was. And it could have so easily gone either way.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Canis Minor was an inspired answer there, Jim.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I think we've tested you fairly robustly.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Anything you'd like to see come up in his last round?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Anything to do with cars, really, or Formula 1.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56That kind of thing. Maybe football.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Very good. Jim?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Geography, words, books, that kind of thing.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03- Literature.- As usual,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06you get to choose your category from a four we put up on the board.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Today's choices look like this.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- The Letter W.- I would say Sporting Williams or The Letter W.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- The Letter W.- The Letter W.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- The Letter W.- The Letter W it is.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24- Richard.- OK, very best of luck.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Here are your three questions.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30We are looking for anyone, according to IMDB,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34who was credited with acting in the 2008 film W.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38We are looking for any football team in the top four flights of English
0:36:38 > 0:36:42football in 2015-2016 with a W in their names.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43Or we are looking for any words
0:36:43 > 0:36:45in the English language that begin and end in a W.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48So, any word with its own entry on the British & World English
0:36:48 > 0:36:53section of Oxforddictionaries.com that begins and ends with a W.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55So, cast of the film W. Football teams with a W in them.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Or any word that begins and ends with a W.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Very, very best of luck.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Thank you very much indeed. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:04 > 0:37:06to come up with three answers and all you need to win the jackpot is
0:37:06 > 0:37:09for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17The only two words I know are Wicklow...
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Yes.- ..and willow.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Wicklow... Willow won't be one.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Wicklow is one. And we've got Wycombe Wanderers and Wolverhampton.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25I'm not sure they'll be pointless.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- Shrewsbury.- Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury Town. Yes.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30Shrewsbury Town.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Wicklow.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34What else is there? Other football teams...
0:37:34 > 0:37:36London teams.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Come on, you know these teams.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Southern teams in football.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45From the west. From the West Country.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Bristol Rovers, no.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48Southampton, Portsmouth...
0:37:48 > 0:37:50HE INHALES DEEPLY
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Uh...
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Words beginning with W, we've got 20 seconds left.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Wicklow is a good one.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01And Shrewsbury Town.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Uh...
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Wolverhampton Wanderers.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- I can't think of another football team.- There will be one.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- There will be one.- Newcastle...
0:38:15 > 0:38:17OK, that's your time up.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I now need your three answers.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- What are you going to give me? - From the bottom one...
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Dad chose - Jim chose...
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Wicklow.- Wicklow.- Wicklow.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29W-I-C-K-L-O-W.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Football teams. My brother's team, Newcastle United.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- Newcastle.- And Shrewsbury Town. - And Shrewsbury Town. OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- do you think?- Wicklow.- Wicklow. - OK, Wicklow goes last.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Newcastle.- Newcastle United. - Newcastle United.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48And here they are. We have...
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Well, if one of these answers were to win the jackpot for you, £1,250,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00what would you do with that? Mike, to you first.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Oh, I think I might put it towards a little classic car for my wife,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- probably. - Very nice.- A classic car? Oh, right.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- She'd like that.- Your dad, for some reason, doesn't approve of that.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Jim, what would you...?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14What would you do? Lead by example.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17We're still waiting to go to South Africa.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21It's one of our dreams and that would go well towards it.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Very good indeed.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25OK, so, taking your answers in the order they were given,
0:39:25 > 0:39:28your first answer was Newcastle United. In this case, we were
0:39:28 > 0:39:32looking for any football team with a W in its name.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Newcastle United you thought was your least likely shot
0:39:35 > 0:39:38at a pointless answer. Only one of them has to be pointless for you
0:39:38 > 0:39:40to win the jackpot. For £1,250,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42how many people said Newcastle United?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Well, it's right, unsurprisingly.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Down it goes. Now, if this takes us all the way down to zero,
0:39:50 > 0:39:53you leave here with that jackpot of £1,250.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Newcastle United now taking us into the teens.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Oh, 17!
0:40:01 > 0:40:0217. So, not a pointless answer,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05which means only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Your next answer, in the same category, was Shrewsbury Town.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Again, we are looking for any football club with a W in its name.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16For £1,250, how many people said Shrewsbury Town?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22It's right.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Newcastle United was your first answer.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26That took us all the way down to 17.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Shrewsbury Town now take us through the teens,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31into single figures, down it goes, still going down...
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Shrewsbury Town down to 2.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34That is a great answer.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36We're moving in the right direction.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42You'd be pleased with that score at any other point during gameplay
0:40:42 > 0:40:45but, sadly, in this round, it's only pointless answers.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48So, everything is now riding on your third and final answer.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52In this case, we were looking for words that begin and end with a W,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54and your answer was Wicklow.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55Let's find out if it's right,
0:40:55 > 0:40:58let's find out how many of our 100 people said, Wicklow.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01For £1,250, is it pointless?
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Oh!
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I'm afraid you did not manage
0:41:13 > 0:41:16to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21That will roll over onto the next show,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23but you have been fabulous on both shows.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25It's been absolutely wonderful having you here.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Thank you for playing. Great contestants. Mike and Jim.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home. So, there you are.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36You've been brilliant for two shows.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39It's been such a pleasure having you here. When you said Wicklow -
0:41:39 > 0:41:42that's an Irish county - it's a proper noun. I thought you said
0:41:42 > 0:41:45"Whitlow," which is a pointless answer. I got briefly very excited.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48The football answers are going to drive you mad, I'm afraid.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50I'll just tell you that now, because...
0:41:50 > 0:41:52They just are. They just are.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Let's start with the cast of W.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56The film W. That was about George Bush.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00George W Bush. James Cromwell played George Bush Senior in that.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Jeffrey Wright played Colin Powell.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Richard Dreyfus was Dick Cheney.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05And Scott Glenn was Donald Rumsfeld.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Everyone in that film was a pointless answer apart from
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Josh Brolin, who played George W,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Elizabeth Banks and Thandie Newton. Everyone else was pointless. Now,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16let's get the business of these football teams out of the way,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- shall we? It's the towns.- Yes.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Let's take a look at some of them.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Huddersfield Town is a pointless answer.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Luton Town. Newport County.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29You said Newcastle, not Newport County. Yeovil Town.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- There's three more. Fleetwood Town, I think you thought of.- Yep.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Mansfield Town and Northampton Town.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Now, the words beginning and ending with W...
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Not that many of them. Some nice words, though.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44Whipsaw was a pointless answer.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Woodscrew. Very well done if you said Woodscrew at home.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Woodswallow. Workflow would have been a good answer.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54There's three more. Windrow, williwaw and whitlow.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Those were the only pointless answers. Very well done if you said
0:42:57 > 0:43:00one of those at home. Gents, it's been such fun having you on the show
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- and sorry we didn't send you home with the money.- Well, Mike and Jim
0:43:03 > 0:43:06didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over onto the next show
0:43:06 > 0:43:10when we will be playing for £2,250.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye
0:43:16 > 0:43:19- from Richard.- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23APPLAUSE