Episode 44

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0:00:16 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE

0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.

0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

0:00:27 > 0:00:28Let's meet today's players.

0:00:32 > 0:00:36- And couple number one.- Hi, I'm Mark, this is my girlfriend, Katie,

0:00:36 > 0:00:39and we're from Chelmsford in Essex.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Steph,

0:00:41 > 0:00:44this is Charlie, and we're students from the University of Birmingham.

0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Couple number three.- Hi.

0:00:46 > 0:00:48My name is Derek, this is Kyle, and we're from Bolton.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50And finally, couple number four.

0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Mel, this is my husband Martin,

0:00:52 > 0:00:55and we're from Honeybourne in Worcestershire.

0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01Thanks very much, all of you. We'll get to chat to each 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 > 0:01:08Here to put his foot down, then his other foot, shuffle, hop-step,

0:01:08 > 0:01:11pirouette, and then finish with the splits -

0:01:11 > 0:01:14- it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.

0:01:14 > 0:01:17Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Lovely to see you. - Lovely to see you, too.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25- It's been a long time, been too long.- It... Hey.

0:01:25 > 0:01:26- Been too long.- It has.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28We should do some sort of morning show as well,

0:01:28 > 0:01:31so that we don't leave it so long between seeing each other.

0:01:31 > 0:01:33I mean, we should do that. A morning Pointless.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Or a completely different show.

0:01:35 > 0:01:39- Like guest-host Homes Under The Hammer or something.- Oh!

0:01:39 > 0:01:41- They don't have enough hosts on that already(!)- No.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44- LAUGHTER - But if Martin and Lucy want to take the summer off...

0:01:44 > 0:01:47- We could stand in, do the morning. - Dion... Dion would still be there.

0:01:47 > 0:01:50- That would be nice, wouldn't it?- It would be fun.- Maybe do Bargain Hunt.

0:01:50 > 0:01:54- Yeah. Wouldn't that be fun? - That would be a load of fun.

0:01:54 > 0:01:56- That would be. - You could be in Doctors.

0:01:56 > 0:01:57LAUGHTER

0:01:57 > 0:01:59- But let's do Pointless now.- OK.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01Mel and Martin, back from the last show,

0:02:01 > 0:02:03got through to the head-to-head.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Back, of course, from the most beautifully named place in Britain -

0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Honeybourne.- Honeybourne.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11Since the last show, I've sold our detective drama set in Honeybourne

0:02:11 > 0:02:14with you as the local cop and Kate Humble as the mayor...

0:02:14 > 0:02:16- Lovely.- ..who's always getting on your back

0:02:16 > 0:02:18- about the Honeybourne crime statistics.- Yeah.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20Too low. LAUGHTER

0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Too low. Far too low.- Too low. - She needs to justify her salary.

0:02:23 > 0:02:25- She's got the DA on her back.- Yeah.

0:02:25 > 0:02:29- That's true.- You know, which is the local Duck Authority...

0:02:29 > 0:02:30LAUGHTER

0:02:30 > 0:02:33..who are furious, because a duck has gone missing.

0:02:34 > 0:02:36Thank you very much, Richard.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39Now, listen to this, Julie and Alice didn't win the jackpot last time,

0:02:39 > 0:02:41which means we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot

0:02:41 > 0:02:46starts off at what is actually a bit of a recent record - £3,000.

0:02:46 > 0:02:47There we are.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58OK, remember this.

0:02:58 > 0:03:00The pair with the highest score at the end of each round

0:03:00 > 0:03:03will be eliminated so your job is to make sure you are not that pair.

0:03:03 > 0:03:07Best of luck. Our first category this afternoon is...

0:03:08 > 0:03:11Words. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

0:03:11 > 0:03:12who's going to go second?

0:03:12 > 0:03:15And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

0:03:21 > 0:03:25We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

0:03:27 > 0:03:29..as they could.

0:03:29 > 0:03:30E-A-T. Richard?

0:03:30 > 0:03:32We are looking for any word that has its own entry

0:03:32 > 0:03:35in the British and World English section of oxforddictionaries.com,

0:03:35 > 0:03:36please, that ends E-A-T.

0:03:36 > 0:03:39As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words,

0:03:39 > 0:03:42- anything like that. Also we won't accept the word "eat".- Hm.

0:03:42 > 0:03:44But as I... I always have to say that,

0:03:44 > 0:03:47but it would be a terrible, terrible answer, I think.

0:03:47 > 0:03:50I'll have a little predictor of the word... This is quite hard.

0:03:50 > 0:03:52- It is quite hard. Yeah. - I'll have a little think about

0:03:52 > 0:03:54- what you're going to say. - I'll keep thinking.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57Yep, thank you very much indeed. Now, Katie, welcome to Pointless.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Hello.- Lovely to have you here. Katie, what do you do?

0:03:59 > 0:04:02- I am a support worker.- Very good.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05- How long have you been doing that for?- Just over a year now.

0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Enjoying it? - Yeah, love it. It's great.

0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Very rewarding, I should think. - Very, yeah.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11And I get to go to the cinema a lot.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Oh, what about that?!- Always good. - Win-win.

0:04:13 > 0:04:16And what else do you like getting up to, Katie?

0:04:16 > 0:04:20I like to go with Mark and look at castles and aquariums and...

0:04:20 > 0:04:24- just do nice weekend stuff. - Lovely. Very nice.- Yeah.

0:04:24 > 0:04:27Now, Katie... Words. Always tough going first when it's a Words round.

0:04:27 > 0:04:30- Yes.- Always tough.

0:04:30 > 0:04:32I haven't thought of one yet.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Take a little moment to yourself. - Well, I've got one.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37Oh, take a moment back. Give a moment.

0:04:37 > 0:04:39- I'm just trying to work out the spelling.- OK.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41And I think I'm going to go for caveat.

0:04:41 > 0:04:45FAINT MURMUR Oh, that is a murmur of pure appreciation.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47That's what that is. Caveat, says Katie. Let's see if it's right.

0:04:47 > 0:04:50Let's see how many of our 100 people said caveat.

0:04:52 > 0:04:54- Oh, yes.- Yes.

0:04:59 > 0:05:002!

0:05:00 > 0:05:02Katie, that is fabulous!

0:05:02 > 0:05:04What a great start to the round

0:05:04 > 0:05:05and a great start to the show!

0:05:05 > 0:05:07That's a terrific start.

0:05:07 > 0:05:08So tough on that first podium.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11It's the most expensive pet food in the world. It's caviar for cats.

0:05:11 > 0:05:12LAUGHTER

0:05:12 > 0:05:14Thanks very much, Richard.

0:05:14 > 0:05:17Charlie, welcome to the show. Great to have you here. From Birmingham?

0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Yes.- What do you do, Charlie, at Birmingham?

0:05:19 > 0:05:21I am a student at the University of Birmingham.

0:05:21 > 0:05:25- And what are you studying?- I am studying micro-palaeontology.- Wow.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27Oh, he's my favourite of all the Pythons!

0:05:27 > 0:05:29LAUGHTER

0:05:29 > 0:05:31What sort of things are you studying?

0:05:31 > 0:05:34I'm basically studying, like, mini-fossils, micro-fossils,

0:05:34 > 0:05:38- so I spend my life looking down a microscope.- Micro-fossils.- Yeah.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40Wow. So what sort of things are you looking for on micro-fossils?

0:05:40 > 0:05:44So we look at like really, like, millions-of-years-old rocks

0:05:44 > 0:05:47and try and... I, like, try and reconstruct past environments.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Just working where they've come from, I suppose?

0:05:49 > 0:05:51Yeah, so we can find out, like, what...

0:05:51 > 0:05:54We can, like, look at the species that we find and, like, work out

0:05:54 > 0:05:58what temperature ranges they liked and work out how hot or cold it was,

0:05:58 > 0:05:59- things like that.- I see.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02So this must be quite a relatively recent science, then, I suppose?

0:06:02 > 0:06:03- Relatively, yeah.- Yeah.

0:06:03 > 0:06:05Fascinating. So, Charlie...

0:06:05 > 0:06:08Words ending in E-A-T.

0:06:08 > 0:06:12I was struggling at first, but then I've got a vaguely good one, I hope,

0:06:12 > 0:06:15- so I'm going to go with overheat. - Overheat, says Charlie.

0:06:15 > 0:06:16Let's see if that's right.

0:06:16 > 0:06:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said overheat.

0:06:30 > 0:06:314.

0:06:31 > 0:06:33APPLAUSE

0:06:33 > 0:06:344 for overheat.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Very well done.- Well played. Good round so far.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38Overheat means to overheat.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40LAUGHTER

0:06:41 > 0:06:45Thank you very much. Now, Kyle, welcome. Here from Bolton?

0:06:45 > 0:06:47- That's right.- Kyle, what keeps you busy in Bolton?

0:06:47 > 0:06:50Um, not much. I'm actually...

0:06:50 > 0:06:52I work in Warrington, so...

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Ah, what keeps you busy in Warrington?

0:06:55 > 0:06:58- The Royal Mail.- Ah. It...

0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Actually in the Post Office or is it...?- It's in the mail centre.

0:07:02 > 0:07:04Right, the mail centre there. And what do you like doing

0:07:04 > 0:07:06- when you're not doing that? - Music.- Music.

0:07:06 > 0:07:08- I'm a musician, yes.- Are you?

0:07:08 > 0:07:11- What do you play? - I play the euphonium.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Oh, right.- Yes.- Euphonium is... - You didn't expect that, did you?

0:07:14 > 0:07:16- I wasn't really expecting that. - People normally say guitar, piano...

0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yeah! Euphonium... - Euphonium - that's a big call.

0:07:19 > 0:07:21- It is.- I bet you know about it, though.- Yeah.

0:07:21 > 0:07:25- A little bit smaller than a tuba. - That's right.- That's...the thing.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29- Do you play...? Are you in a band, then?- I am. I am in a brass band.

0:07:29 > 0:07:30Lovely.

0:07:30 > 0:07:33Right, Kyle... Words ending E-A-T.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36OK. I had overheat

0:07:36 > 0:07:40but I will have a go at underheat.

0:07:40 > 0:07:43Underheat! You see?

0:07:43 > 0:07:44Underheat, says Kyle.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47Let's see how many of our 100 people said underheat.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52AUDIENCE GROANS

0:07:52 > 0:07:54Oh, bad luck, Kyle. I'm sorry.

0:07:54 > 0:07:57Underheat not quite such a word.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59- I think that's unlucky.- It is. - Do you?- Yeah.

0:07:59 > 0:08:01I thought that was going to be there, Kyle...

0:08:01 > 0:08:03Especially after overheat.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Yeah.- It's like they haven't even given it any consideration

0:08:06 > 0:08:08- that might be a thing. - LAUGHTER

0:08:08 > 0:08:09No.

0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Now then, Martin.- Hello. - Martin, welcome back.

0:08:12 > 0:08:15Our only returning pair from last time.

0:08:15 > 0:08:17Ah, that was a show, wasn't it?

0:08:17 > 0:08:19You guys, you missed a great show!

0:08:19 > 0:08:22Ah! Martin, remind us what you do.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24I'm an engineer, and I work mainly...

0:08:24 > 0:08:27mainly work in labs working on scientific equipment.

0:08:27 > 0:08:29So you make the scientific equipment or...?

0:08:29 > 0:08:33- No, we maintain and service and... - Repair?- Repair, yeah.

0:08:33 > 0:08:34So, what particular kind?

0:08:34 > 0:08:36Is it any particular field of science

0:08:36 > 0:08:38that this equipment works on?

0:08:38 > 0:08:40- It's the pharmaceutical industry. - Right.

0:08:40 > 0:08:42There's a few places in the food industry as well

0:08:42 > 0:08:45so anywhere that's got a lab, we'll try and get in there and...

0:08:45 > 0:08:47- So you get in there and maintain? - Yep, yep.

0:08:47 > 0:08:48I see. OK. Now, Martin...

0:08:48 > 0:08:51Um, I've been trying to think of some obscure ones,

0:08:51 > 0:08:55but I'm just going to play it safe now and just go with cheat.

0:08:55 > 0:08:58Cheat, says Martin. Cheat. Let's see if it is right.

0:08:58 > 0:09:01Let's see how many of our 100 people said cheat.

0:09:03 > 0:09:04It's right.

0:09:04 > 0:09:07Well, 100 was our high score, and you've already passed that.

0:09:07 > 0:09:09Then we get down to the fours and the twos.

0:09:09 > 0:09:11You come down to 20 for cheat.

0:09:11 > 0:09:13APPLAUSE Not bad at all.

0:09:15 > 0:09:18To act dishonestly, what no-one ever does on Pointless,

0:09:18 > 0:09:21- but everyone always does on Pointless Celebrities.- Exactly.

0:09:21 > 0:09:24Do you remember, we once had Keith Harris and Orville?

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Orville didn't cheat.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28- LAUGHTER - Yeah, he was very well behaved.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30- He was very well behaved. - I think that's the only one.

0:09:30 > 0:09:33We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36Well, 2, Katie - very well done. 2, the best score of the pass.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38Then up to 4. Charlie, well done, you.

0:09:38 > 0:09:41Charlie and Steph looking pretty strong there on 4.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43Then up to 20, Martin and Mel.

0:09:43 > 0:09:44Then up to 100, I'm afraid,

0:09:44 > 0:09:46Kyle and Derek. So, Derek...

0:09:46 > 0:09:47XANDER SIGHS

0:09:47 > 0:09:49..we need a low score from you.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51Good luck. We're going to come back down the line now.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53Can the second players please step up to the podium?

0:09:56 > 0:10:00Now, then, Mel, welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do.

0:10:00 > 0:10:04I am a HR manager working for a marketing agency in Cheltenham.

0:10:04 > 0:10:06That's right. We discovered last time

0:10:06 > 0:10:08- that you are going to be having a baby later this year.- Yes.

0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Many congratulations.- Thank you.

0:10:10 > 0:10:12Have you found out what sort of baby it's going to be?

0:10:12 > 0:10:15- We have, actually, last week. So we're having a baby boy.- Lovely.

0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Very nice. Have you got all the kit yet?- No. Really nothing.

0:10:19 > 0:10:22It all starts to take shape, I think, once the kit's arrived.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Until then, it's a sort of slightly nebulous idea...- Mm-hm.

0:10:25 > 0:10:27..having a baby. And then - a-ha! - it becomes real.

0:10:27 > 0:10:29Oh, how exciting! You've got all that ahead of you.

0:10:29 > 0:10:31Wonderful. Now, there you are on 20.

0:10:31 > 0:10:35- 79 or less keeps you in the game for sure.- Yeah.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38I think because of that, I'm probably going to play it safe

0:10:38 > 0:10:40and I'll say repeat.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Repeat. Repeat, says Mel.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45Here comes your red line. If you can get below that red line there

0:10:45 > 0:10:47with repeat, you're through to the next round.

0:10:47 > 0:10:49Let's see how many people said repeat.

0:10:52 > 0:10:54Very well done indeed.

0:10:58 > 0:10:5913. Look at that.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Very well done. 33 is your total.

0:11:02 > 0:11:05Yeah. To say or do something again.

0:11:05 > 0:11:08There will be one showing of this where that's not an ironic answer

0:11:08 > 0:11:11and one showing where it is an ironic answer.

0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Derek.- Yeah.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Welcome to the show.- Thank you. - Lovely to have you here.

0:11:15 > 0:11:17- What do you do, Derek? - I work in local government.

0:11:17 > 0:11:20- I work in environmental health. - Very good.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22So what area of environmental health is your particular...?

0:11:22 > 0:11:26I manage a couple of teams - dog warden, pest control -

0:11:26 > 0:11:29look after the environmental health database

0:11:29 > 0:11:31and anything else that comes my way.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34So quite varied, actually? Quite a lot of different stuff...

0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Yes, it's very interesting. - ..to keep you amused. Yeah.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38And what pleases you when you're not working?

0:11:38 > 0:11:42I like to paint - watercolours. Um...

0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Do you go out and set yourself up on an easel?- No.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48No, I-I'm not that good. No, I normally...

0:11:48 > 0:11:51I normally get the...the Lancashire Life and find a nice landscape

0:11:51 > 0:11:54and then take a page out of that and just copy that and paint that.

0:11:54 > 0:11:55That's nice.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58It's not much of a leap from that, is it, to being out in the open air?

0:11:58 > 0:12:00Or is it?

0:12:00 > 0:12:03I've never tried, but... I suppose, you know, when I retire,

0:12:03 > 0:12:05I might just... If I've got enough time, I'll probably be out.

0:12:05 > 0:12:06Yeah. Very nice.

0:12:06 > 0:12:09Now, Derek, you're the high-scorers. We need a low score from you.

0:12:09 > 0:12:11What are you going to go for?

0:12:11 > 0:12:15I don't think I've got anything that could match the first answer.

0:12:15 > 0:12:17Um... I'll go for...

0:12:17 > 0:12:20Being an ex-military person, I'll go for retreat.

0:12:20 > 0:12:22- Retreat.- Yeah.- Retreat, says Derek.

0:12:22 > 0:12:24No red line for you, as you're the high-scorers.

0:12:24 > 0:12:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said retreat.

0:12:29 > 0:12:30It's right.

0:12:36 > 0:12:3715. Not bad.

0:12:37 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE

0:12:38 > 0:12:40115 is your total.

0:12:40 > 0:12:42Yeah, retreat.

0:12:42 > 0:12:44That's a nicer name for repeat, actually.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46Re-treat, to treat oneself again.

0:12:46 > 0:12:48Yeah. Again. Thank you very much, Richard.

0:12:48 > 0:12:49Now, Steph, welcome to Pointless.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51Also here from Birmingham. What are you studying?

0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Music.- Wonderful!

0:12:54 > 0:12:57- And are you an instrumentalist as well?- Yes, I am.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00I play... It's a bit of a list, so...

0:13:00 > 0:13:04I play the violin, the clarinet, the saxophone, the piano and the flute.

0:13:04 > 0:13:06Wow. What about that?!

0:13:06 > 0:13:08So, yes, the fingering...

0:13:08 > 0:13:10Saxophone and clarinet - kind of the same thing.

0:13:10 > 0:13:12But clarinet and flute, that's...

0:13:12 > 0:13:15I mean, it's basically the same, but quite a lot of variation,

0:13:15 > 0:13:16I'd have thought.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19Yeah, sax and flute are actually almost the same fingering.

0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Oh, are they? - Well, very similar fingering, yeah.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24- So that kind of helps.- But similar must throw you, surely? Anyway...

0:13:24 > 0:13:25- Sometimes.- Sometimes.

0:13:25 > 0:13:28- And do you... Are you in an orchestra?- Yes, I am.

0:13:28 > 0:13:31Me and Charlie are both in the philharmonic orchestra

0:13:31 > 0:13:33- at our university.- Fantastic.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Do you tour and things like that? - Yes.

0:13:35 > 0:13:38Me and the orchestral coordinator member of staff,

0:13:38 > 0:13:41we've actually organised a tour to Amsterdam this summer.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44- That'll be fun. How long are you there?- Just for a week.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Under a week, with travelling. - Very nice indeed. What fun.

0:13:47 > 0:13:49So, there you are on 4. It doesn't matter what you score,

0:13:49 > 0:13:52you're still through to the next round - takes a bit of pressure off.

0:13:52 > 0:13:55What would you like to go for?

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Seeing as we are already through,

0:13:57 > 0:14:01- I'm going to go for a slightly risky one...- Good.

0:14:01 > 0:14:03..and go for baccalaureate?

0:14:03 > 0:14:04FAINT MURMUR

0:14:04 > 0:14:06Ooh! LAUGHTER

0:14:06 > 0:14:09That murmur is exciting, isn't it?

0:14:09 > 0:14:10Baccalaureate, says Steph.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12No red line for you, you're already through.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14Let's see how many people said it.

0:14:16 > 0:14:17Oh!

0:14:17 > 0:14:20Ah... Well, listen, that was a good punt to take, though. Fun.

0:14:20 > 0:14:22It scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 104,

0:14:22 > 0:14:25but you're already through, so there we are.

0:14:25 > 0:14:28A nice one to go for. That's what people should do when they're through - go for a punt.

0:14:28 > 0:14:31- It actually ends E-A-T-E, baccalaureate.- I wasn't sure.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33- It's what a lot students do instead of their A levels.- There we are.

0:14:33 > 0:14:35Thank you very much indeed.

0:14:35 > 0:14:38Now, Mark, a warm welcome to Pointless.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40Good to have you here. What do you do, Mark?

0:14:40 > 0:14:43So, I work for one of the big four

0:14:43 > 0:14:45professional services firms.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48- And what's the department you're in? - It's within corporate finance.

0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Right.- I work within a department

0:14:50 > 0:14:53that does sort of financial publications and presentations.

0:14:53 > 0:14:57- I see. And what are your hobbies, Mark?- I love playing sport.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59I play a lot of football, cricket.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01I run. I ran a marathon.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04And how far in advance do you plan a marathon?

0:15:04 > 0:15:07Have you got any coming up? Have you decided to do any this year?

0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Not this year, but I spent about six months training for...- Yeah.

0:15:11 > 0:15:12- ..the other one, so...- Yeah.

0:15:12 > 0:15:16- I managed to get under four hours, so...- Good for you. Not bad at all.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18I've got great news, Mark.

0:15:18 > 0:15:21Partly thanks to Katie's fabulous answer in the first pass

0:15:21 > 0:15:22and the high score of Derek and Kyle,

0:15:22 > 0:15:24you are through to the next round.

0:15:24 > 0:15:27- So the pressure is off.- Yeah. - But have some fun with it.

0:15:27 > 0:15:29What can you come up with?

0:15:29 > 0:15:31I was going to have retreat and then repeat

0:15:31 > 0:15:35but they've both gone so I'll go for unseat.

0:15:35 > 0:15:37Unseat. That's a good answer.

0:15:37 > 0:15:39Let us see how many of our 100 people said unseat.

0:15:39 > 0:15:41No red line for you, as you're already through.

0:15:49 > 0:15:50Oh, it's good, Mark, look at that.

0:15:50 > 0:15:5210 for unseat. Very well done indeed,

0:15:52 > 0:15:54taking your total up to 12 -

0:15:54 > 0:15:57the lowest total, by some margin, of the round.

0:15:57 > 0:16:01Great start to the round. Great finish to the round there on podium one. Very well played.

0:16:01 > 0:16:03- Now, do you have an answer? - I have.

0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Exeat.- Oh, exeat.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08That's not what I thought you were going to say at all.

0:16:08 > 0:16:10It's Shakespearean, right?

0:16:10 > 0:16:11It's a pointless answer.

0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Oh!- Very nicely done.

0:16:13 > 0:16:14- I don't know...- Brilliant.

0:16:16 > 0:16:18What did you have for me?

0:16:18 > 0:16:21I thought you were going to say...

0:16:21 > 0:16:24"Mincemeat. No, no, sweetmeat."

0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Oh, no, I should have done both of those!- Yeah, you didn't.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30Mincemeat... Sweetmeat was a pointless answer.

0:16:30 > 0:16:32- That's good.- There you go. So I was...- Thank you.

0:16:32 > 0:16:34I knew you were going to get a pointless answer,

0:16:34 > 0:16:36just completely the wrong one.

0:16:36 > 0:16:38There's some really nice pointless answers here, actually.

0:16:38 > 0:16:41Let's take a look at them, shall we?

0:16:41 > 0:16:44Any hip-hop fans... Breakbeat is a pointless answer.

0:16:44 > 0:16:46Browbeat as well - to browbeat somebody.

0:16:46 > 0:16:49Cyberthreat. That's quite cool, isn't it?

0:16:49 > 0:16:50It's a good word.

0:16:50 > 0:16:51Deadbeat.

0:16:51 > 0:16:55Escheat, which is... That's a kind of thing to do with property,

0:16:55 > 0:16:57a slightly kind of archaic property term.

0:16:57 > 0:16:58Exeat...

0:16:58 > 0:17:01that a certain Alexander Armstrong said.

0:17:01 > 0:17:04Floreat. Forcemeat.

0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Ooh, my favourite kind. - Do you think?- Mm.

0:17:06 > 0:17:08Forcemeat is the only word in the English language

0:17:08 > 0:17:10to rhyme with horse meat.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13There you go. And preheat, Kyle, is a pointless answer.

0:17:13 > 0:17:16Underheat is not there at all. Preheat was a pointless answer.

0:17:16 > 0:17:18Reheat would have scored you 2, as well.

0:17:18 > 0:17:19So there's some good words there.

0:17:19 > 0:17:22Let's take a look at the top three answers.

0:17:22 > 0:17:23Pretty much what you'd expect.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Beat, 71.

0:17:25 > 0:17:26Seat, 83.

0:17:26 > 0:17:28And meat at the top on 91.

0:17:28 > 0:17:30There we are. Thank you very much, Richard,

0:17:30 > 0:17:32so we are at the end of our first round

0:17:32 > 0:17:34and we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.

0:17:34 > 0:17:36I'm afraid, Derek and Kyle, you are that pair.

0:17:36 > 0:17:38However, we'll see you again next time

0:17:38 > 0:17:40and I am sure you'll get much further.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42In the meantime, thanks very much, Derek and Kyle!

0:17:42 > 0:17:43APPLAUSE

0:17:44 > 0:17:47But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

0:17:47 > 0:17:49APPLAUSE

0:17:52 > 0:17:55And so we are down to three pairs.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Well, very well done, everybody.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59We've made it through the Words round.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02Katie in particular, hats off to you for the lowest score of the round.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04That was fabulous. Best of luck to all three pairs.

0:18:04 > 0:18:07Our category for Round Two today...

0:18:07 > 0:18:09is Radio. Radio.

0:18:09 > 0:18:11Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

0:18:11 > 0:18:13who's going to go second?

0:18:13 > 0:18:16And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

0:18:19 > 0:18:23OK, and the question concerns...

0:18:23 > 0:18:25Radio Personalities.

0:18:25 > 0:18:26Radio Personalities, Richard.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29On each board, we're going to show you the names of six BBC radio

0:18:29 > 0:18:33programmes and the initials of the star or presenter of that programme.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35You just need to tell us who that person is, please.

0:18:35 > 0:18:37We're also going to show the year that person first appeared on

0:18:37 > 0:18:40the show, so there's 12 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

0:18:40 > 0:18:42Thanks very much indeed.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44OK, so we are looking for the personalities on these radio shows,

0:18:44 > 0:18:46and here is our first board of six.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48We have got...

0:19:03 > 0:19:04I'll read them again...

0:19:18 > 0:19:19Katie.

0:19:19 > 0:19:22- Yeah.- Katie... Are you a radio listener?

0:19:22 > 0:19:27I am, but not any of those shows.

0:19:27 > 0:19:32So I'm going to do a guess and say Just A Minute,

0:19:32 > 0:19:34Nicholas Parsons?

0:19:34 > 0:19:36Surely. Nicholas Parsons.

0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Nicholas Parsons, let's just look at that date again, 1967.- '67.

0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Isn't that amazing?- Nearly 50 years. - I know. Still going strong.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48Nicholas Parsons, is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?

0:19:50 > 0:19:51It is right. There we are.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55Not bad, 45.

0:19:55 > 0:19:57APPLAUSE

0:19:57 > 0:19:5945 for the wonderful Nicholas Parsons.

0:19:59 > 0:20:02It is extraordinary, isn't it? He's been on the show, as well.

0:20:02 > 0:20:04He's over 90, still sprightly.

0:20:04 > 0:20:07- I saw him up at the Edinburgh Festival, as well...- Extraordinary.

0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Sharp as a tack.- Yeah, amazing, isn't it?- Yeah, very impressive.

0:20:11 > 0:20:12Er, Steph.

0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Yes.- Steph.

0:20:14 > 0:20:17Erm, I think,

0:20:17 > 0:20:19I'm not 100% sure, but I think that

0:20:19 > 0:20:22Radio 1 Breakfast Show is Nick Grimshaw?

0:20:22 > 0:20:23Nick Grimshaw, says Steph.

0:20:23 > 0:20:27Let's see how many of our 100 people got Nick Grimshaw.

0:20:29 > 0:20:30Well, it's right.

0:20:30 > 0:20:3245 is our only score so far,

0:20:32 > 0:20:34and you've passed it. Look at that.

0:20:34 > 0:20:3628 for Nick Grimshaw.

0:20:36 > 0:20:39APPLAUSE AND INDISTINCT SPEECH

0:20:39 > 0:20:40You see, that's impressive -

0:20:40 > 0:20:45Nicholas Parsons outscoring the presenter of Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47I mean that's...

0:20:47 > 0:20:49- Not bad going, is it?- Not bad going.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53He was first spotted DJ-ing in a pub in Camden, Nicholas Parsons.

0:20:53 > 0:20:54LAUGHTER

0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Nick Grimshaw was.- In a DJ.

0:20:56 > 0:21:00In a DJ, yeah. No, that's where they found Nick Grimshaw.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03- He's good, Nick Grimshaw. I like him.- He is good.

0:21:03 > 0:21:04He is good. Martin.

0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Hello.- Martin, this board's all yours.- I don't know any.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09- No!- No.

0:21:09 > 0:21:11I had you down as a radio listener, as I was picturing you,

0:21:11 > 0:21:15in the lab, repairing, servicing stuff,

0:21:15 > 0:21:19with your radio, immaculate, no splatters of paint on that.

0:21:19 > 0:21:21- MARTIN LAUGHS - Erm...

0:21:22 > 0:21:27No, I don't know. Front Row, Kevin Logan? I don't know...

0:21:27 > 0:21:30Oh, I'm not sure Kevin Logan's right for those dates, though.

0:21:30 > 0:21:32That's the trouble. Front Row, Kevin Logan, says Martin.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34Let's see if that's right,

0:21:34 > 0:21:37let's see how many of our 100 people said Kevin Logan.

0:21:39 > 0:21:43I'm afraid not Kevin Logan. That, I'm afraid, scores you 100 points.

0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Sorry, Martin.- Yeah, it's a low-scorer, that one.

0:21:45 > 0:21:46Do you know that one?

0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Kirsty Lang.- It is Kirsty Lang.

0:21:48 > 0:21:50Would've scored you two points, though.

0:21:50 > 0:21:52Sports Report, this is the best answer on the board. Er...

0:21:52 > 0:21:54Er...Mark Pougatch...

0:21:54 > 0:21:58Mark Pougatch, who has done lots and lots of telly now as well.

0:21:58 > 0:21:59One point for that.

0:21:59 > 0:22:01Dead Ringers, which is the impressionist show, and that is...

0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Jon Culshaw.- Jon Culshaw.

0:22:03 > 0:22:06- 19 for that.- And In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg.- Melvyn Bragg.

0:22:06 > 0:22:08And that would've scored you ten.

0:22:08 > 0:22:09Thank you very much indeed.

0:22:09 > 0:22:11OK, well, let's take a look at the scores.

0:22:11 > 0:22:14We're halfway through the round. 28 the best score of the pass,

0:22:14 > 0:22:16Steph, very well done indeed to you.

0:22:16 > 0:22:1845, not bad, for Katie and Mark.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20And then 100 is where we find Martin and Mel.

0:22:20 > 0:22:22Now, Mel, anything could happen on the next board.

0:22:22 > 0:22:25There might be some other 100s being scored here and there,

0:22:25 > 0:22:27but we need a low score from you. Best of luck.

0:22:27 > 0:22:31We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

0:22:33 > 0:22:36OK, let's put six more radio programmes up on the board,

0:22:36 > 0:22:39and here they are. We've got...

0:22:59 > 0:23:02I'll read those all one last time...

0:23:21 > 0:23:24There we are. Now, Mel...

0:23:24 > 0:23:27You're the high-scorers, we need a low score from you.

0:23:27 > 0:23:30Yeah, that might be a bit tricky, actually.

0:23:30 > 0:23:34I don't think I've actually listened to any of those radio shows. Um...

0:23:34 > 0:23:36Let's go for The Official Chart,

0:23:36 > 0:23:39cos it's the only one I think I know, and that's Greg James.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41Greg James, says Mel, for The Official Chart.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers.

0:23:43 > 0:23:46Let's see how many of our 100 people said Greg James.

0:23:48 > 0:23:49It's right.

0:23:54 > 0:23:57Ooh, look at that. Six for Greg James.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59APPLAUSE

0:23:59 > 0:24:00106 is your total.

0:24:00 > 0:24:03You might have kept yourself in the game there, Mel.

0:24:03 > 0:24:05You've certainly done everything you could.

0:24:05 > 0:24:07Yes, he's been on the show as well, hasn't he? He's a lovely fella.

0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Yeah.- I think that GJ must be the hardest initials to say.- GJ.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13- It's quite hard, isn't it?- Yeah.- GJ.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15And also, you slightly doubt yourself,

0:24:15 > 0:24:17- you think you're going to say the wrong one first.- Yeah.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Yeah. There you go. What can you do? - What can you do? Nothing.

0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Can't do nothing.- Nothing. Nothing to be done. Charlie.

0:24:23 > 0:24:28- 28 is your score, which means 77 or less keeps you in the game.- Yes.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31The only one I knew was Greg James.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33Erm, well, I knew for certain.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36I have a name on the back of my mind for Desert Island Discs,

0:24:36 > 0:24:39I'm going to have to go with that, cos I don't know any others.

0:24:39 > 0:24:41- I'm going to say Kirsty Young? - Kirsty Young, says Charlie.

0:24:41 > 0:24:43Let's see whether that's right, here is your red line,

0:24:43 > 0:24:45get below that, you're through.

0:24:45 > 0:24:48How many of our 100 people said Kirsty Young?

0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's right and you're through. Look at that, Charlie. Well done.

0:24:54 > 0:24:5544 is your total.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57APPLAUSE

0:24:57 > 0:25:0072 is your total, I should say.

0:25:00 > 0:25:02- 44 was your score. - Well played, Charlie.

0:25:02 > 0:25:05If I was on Desert Island Discs, I would literally just take

0:25:05 > 0:25:07your album. I would just have all the tracks from that.

0:25:07 > 0:25:09- Ah.- One after the other.

0:25:09 > 0:25:11And every time she asked me about one of them, I'd say,

0:25:11 > 0:25:14"It's because it's done by a really, really good friend of mine.

0:25:14 > 0:25:16"And he's a terrific guy,

0:25:16 > 0:25:18"his name is Alexander Armstrong and this is another of his songs."

0:25:18 > 0:25:22And then I would name one of the songs from your record. Like...

0:25:23 > 0:25:27Uh... Well, exactly. I mean, which... But which one?

0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Which one would I pick?- Maybe... - What would you pick if you were me?

0:25:30 > 0:25:32LAUGHTER

0:25:32 > 0:25:35- I think, I think for you... - Yeah.

0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I bet you're going to say the one I'm thinking of.- Yeah.

0:25:38 > 0:25:39ALEXANDER LAUGHS

0:25:39 > 0:25:42I would go for Londonderry Air.

0:25:42 > 0:25:44Yeah, Londonderry Air I would definitely do,

0:25:44 > 0:25:47because it's about men in London and their backsides.

0:25:47 > 0:25:48I would, er... That's my favourite.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Yeah, that's the one I would go for. - That's the one.

0:25:51 > 0:25:52ALEXANDER LAUGHS

0:25:52 > 0:25:55Thanks very much. Now, Mark...

0:25:55 > 0:25:58Mark, that board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?

0:25:58 > 0:25:59Erm...

0:25:59 > 0:26:03It's gone blank. I knew Mark Pougatch off the first board. But...

0:26:03 > 0:26:04MARK LAUGHS

0:26:04 > 0:26:06I can't think of one. Erm...

0:26:06 > 0:26:11- No, I'll just guess at Carole Malone for On The Hour.- Carole Malone.

0:26:11 > 0:26:14Let's see that's right. Here is your red line,

0:26:14 > 0:26:17Carole Malone would have to be right to get you below it.

0:26:17 > 0:26:18Let's see if it is.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24No, I'm sorry. I'm afraid not Carole Malone.

0:26:24 > 0:26:28Bad luck, that scores you 100 points, take your total up to 145.

0:26:28 > 0:26:30On The Hour, actually the best answer on the board.

0:26:30 > 0:26:33That's the show... Armando Iannucci, and introduced the world

0:26:33 > 0:26:36- to Alan Partridge and all that kind of stuff and...- Chris Morris.

0:26:36 > 0:26:40Chris Morris. Would've scored you two points.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Woman's Hour?- Jenni Murray. - Jenni Murray.

0:26:42 > 0:26:45Dame Jenni Murray, I think, isn't it? 22 points.

0:26:45 > 0:26:47- I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue? - Humphrey Lyttelton.

0:26:47 > 0:26:50The wonderful Humphrey Lyttelton. 13 points for that.

0:26:50 > 0:26:52- And The News Quiz? - Sandi Toksvig.- Sandi Toksvig.

0:26:52 > 0:26:53Would've scored 19.

0:26:53 > 0:26:55Now presented by Miles Jupp, that show.

0:26:55 > 0:26:57Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

0:26:57 > 0:27:00So, at the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home with

0:27:00 > 0:27:04their high score of 145, Mark and Katie, I'm afraid it is you.

0:27:04 > 0:27:07However, we will see you again next time, and I'm sure you'll go even further.

0:27:07 > 0:27:10But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Mark and Katie.

0:27:10 > 0:27:12APPLAUSE

0:27:14 > 0:27:16But for Steph and Charlie and Mel and Martin,

0:27:16 > 0:27:18it's now time for our head-to-head.

0:27:18 > 0:27:20APPLAUSE

0:27:22 > 0:27:25Congratulations, Mel and Martin, Steph and Charlie,

0:27:25 > 0:27:28you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play

0:27:28 > 0:27:32for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

0:27:32 > 0:27:33APPLAUSE

0:27:35 > 0:27:37I always think it's a bit of a relief when you get to the

0:27:37 > 0:27:39head-to-head, cos from here on in, you can confer

0:27:39 > 0:27:42before you give your answers, which is very nice indeed.

0:27:42 > 0:27:44First pair in this case to win two questions will be going

0:27:44 > 0:27:47through to that final to play for the jackpot.

0:27:47 > 0:27:50Well, we've had great answers from both teams.

0:27:50 > 0:27:51Mind you, we've also had Kevin Logan,

0:27:51 > 0:27:53we've also had baccalaureate,

0:27:53 > 0:27:55so we've had some incorrect answers too.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58But I think you're quite well matched and I think this will be very hard-fought.

0:27:58 > 0:28:01But best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

0:28:01 > 0:28:02APPLAUSE

0:28:06 > 0:28:11Here comes your first question. And it concerns...

0:28:11 > 0:28:13Walruses. LAUGHTER

0:28:13 > 0:28:14- Walruses, Richard.- Yeah.

0:28:14 > 0:28:16- What else do you expect, right? - Yeah.

0:28:16 > 0:28:18Five clues now, to facts, about walruses.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21Give us the most obscure answer you can, please.

0:28:21 > 0:28:25OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come. We've got...

0:28:47 > 0:28:49I'll read those all one last time...

0:29:06 > 0:29:08There we are.

0:29:08 > 0:29:10Now then, Mel and Martin, you're our low scorers.

0:29:10 > 0:29:12You will go first.

0:29:12 > 0:29:14THEY CONFER

0:29:16 > 0:29:19I think it's Yellow Submarine, but I'm not 100%.

0:29:19 > 0:29:20INDISTINCT SPEECH

0:29:24 > 0:29:28I think we'll go for the Beatles TV film is, er, Yellow Submarine.

0:29:28 > 0:29:30Yellow Submarine, say Mel and Martin. Yellow Submarine.

0:29:30 > 0:29:33Now, Steph and Charlie,

0:29:33 > 0:29:36that board's all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?

0:29:36 > 0:29:38- It's a toughie. - I think we only know two.

0:29:38 > 0:29:43So blubber for the subdermal fat, and tusks for the teeth.

0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Which one do you want to go for? - Maybe tusks?- Yeah, OK.

0:29:46 > 0:29:49- We'll go for elongated teeth, tusks.- Tusks.

0:29:49 > 0:29:52So we have Yellow Submarine and we have tusks.

0:29:52 > 0:29:54Mel and Martin went for Yellow Submarine.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

0:30:00 > 0:30:01Ah.

0:30:02 > 0:30:06Ah. Interesting. Not Yellow Submarine, as it turns out.

0:30:06 > 0:30:09Steph and Charlie have gone for tusks.

0:30:09 > 0:30:10Let's see if that's right.

0:30:10 > 0:30:13All it has to be is right for you to win the point.

0:30:15 > 0:30:16It is right.

0:30:18 > 0:30:2057. APPLAUSE

0:30:20 > 0:30:22But the key thing is it was right,

0:30:22 > 0:30:24which means after one question, you are up 1-0.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27When you hear "Beatles film" and "walrus" and "the sea",

0:30:27 > 0:30:29you immediately think of Yellow Submarine,

0:30:29 > 0:30:31it's actually Magical Mystery Tour.

0:30:31 > 0:30:3412 points for that if you said that at home. The US soul singer?

0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Barry White.- It is Barry White.

0:30:38 > 0:30:39Would've scored 41.

0:30:39 > 0:30:42You can actually get a stuffed toy which is a Walrus Of Love,

0:30:42 > 0:30:43it's a walrus with a red rose,

0:30:43 > 0:30:45and it sings Barry White's Can't Get Enough Of Your Love.

0:30:45 > 0:30:48- LAUGHTER - That's quite cool, isn't it?

0:30:48 > 0:30:49I'd like one of those.

0:30:49 > 0:30:52The layer of subdermal fat, you were quite right, is blubber,

0:30:52 > 0:30:54actually a slightly better scorer than tusks, but no matter.

0:30:54 > 0:30:5551 for that.

0:30:55 > 0:30:58- And do you know the London museum? It's a lovely museum.- No.

0:30:58 > 0:30:59It's the Horniman.

0:30:59 > 0:31:02And that would've scored four, so very well done if you said that.

0:31:02 > 0:31:04Thanks very much, Richard.

0:31:04 > 0:31:06So, here comes your second question, Mel and Martin,

0:31:06 > 0:31:08you have to win this one to stay in the game, but remember,

0:31:08 > 0:31:10Steph and Charlie get to answer it first, so...

0:31:10 > 0:31:11good luck with that.

0:31:11 > 0:31:14Our second question today is all about...

0:31:17 > 0:31:19- Richard?- Going to show you the names, now,

0:31:19 > 0:31:21of five of those seven wonders of the ancient world.

0:31:21 > 0:31:23But we've missed one word out of each of them.

0:31:23 > 0:31:25Can you fill in that word, please?

0:31:25 > 0:31:28OK, let's reveal our five wonders with bits missing,

0:31:28 > 0:31:30and here they are.

0:31:31 > 0:31:32We have...

0:31:43 > 0:31:45I'll read those all one last time.

0:31:53 > 0:31:54There we are.

0:31:54 > 0:31:58Now, Steph and Charlie, you will go first. Feel free to confer.

0:31:58 > 0:31:59WHISPERING

0:32:02 > 0:32:04- SHE LAUGHS - Erm...

0:32:04 > 0:32:07I think I know all the first four, not the bottom one,

0:32:07 > 0:32:09and I'm going to go for the second one which I believe is the...

0:32:09 > 0:32:11Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14OK, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

0:32:14 > 0:32:17Now, then, Mel and Martin, it's over to you.

0:32:17 > 0:32:19Can you talk us through that board?

0:32:19 > 0:32:22We only know a couple of them, actually.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26And they're probably the two obvious ones, so obviously...

0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Pyramids of Giza and...- Gardens...

0:32:28 > 0:32:30But the ones we're going to go for, I think,

0:32:30 > 0:32:32is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

0:32:32 > 0:32:35OK, so, we have Mausoleum versus Gardens.

0:32:35 > 0:32:37Steph and Charlie went for Mausoleum,

0:32:37 > 0:32:38let's see if that's right,

0:32:38 > 0:32:40let's see how many of our 100 people went for it.

0:32:40 > 0:32:42Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

0:32:45 > 0:32:46SHE SIGHS

0:32:49 > 0:32:50Oh, that's a good answer!

0:32:50 > 0:32:52Down it goes. The Mausoleum...

0:32:52 > 0:32:53XANDER LAUGHS

0:32:53 > 0:32:55Five, for Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

0:32:55 > 0:32:56APPLAUSE

0:32:58 > 0:32:59Very well done.

0:32:59 > 0:33:03Mel and Martin, meanwhile, have gone for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

0:33:03 > 0:33:05Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.

0:33:08 > 0:33:10It's ri... Ooh! Look at that!

0:33:10 > 0:33:1289! My goodness me.

0:33:12 > 0:33:14Very well done, indeed, Steph and Charlie.

0:33:14 > 0:33:16That means after only two questions,

0:33:16 > 0:33:19you are straight through to the final, 2-0.

0:33:19 > 0:33:22One of our 100 on that one said the Hanging Baskets of Babylon,

0:33:22 > 0:33:24- which I... - LAUGHTER

0:33:24 > 0:33:27I suspect was absentmindedness rather than ignorance...

0:33:27 > 0:33:29You can imagine just going, "Hanging... Yep, got that

0:33:29 > 0:33:32"Yeah, Baskets, that's fine... Let's look at these others."

0:33:32 > 0:33:36Nice answer, though. The Statue at Olympia was of...

0:33:36 > 0:33:37Zeus.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41That would have scored you 34 points.

0:33:41 > 0:33:43The Pyramids of Giza, you're right.

0:33:44 > 0:33:4865 points for that, and the Temple at Ephesus...?

0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Artemis. - It is Artemis.

0:33:50 > 0:33:51And that would have scored you 14,

0:33:51 > 0:33:53so the best answer on the board there,

0:33:53 > 0:33:55the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Very well played.

0:33:55 > 0:33:56Thanks very much.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

0:33:59 > 0:34:02- I'm afraid, it's Mel and Martin. Twice in the head-to-head!- I know!

0:34:02 > 0:34:04Last time you were the slightly higher scorers,

0:34:04 > 0:34:05this time, you're the low scorers.

0:34:05 > 0:34:07HE SIGHS

0:34:07 > 0:34:09Still, I'm afraid you've been thwarted at every turn.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11I'm so sorry. It's been great having you on the show

0:34:11 > 0:34:13but I'm sorry you didn't get your hands on the trophy.

0:34:13 > 0:34:16But brilliant, brilliant play, Mel and Martin. Very well done.

0:34:16 > 0:34:18APPLAUSE

0:34:20 > 0:34:24But, for Steph and Charlie, it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:34:24 > 0:34:27APPLAUSE

0:34:27 > 0:34:29Congratulations, Steph and Charlie,

0:34:29 > 0:34:31you've seen off all the competition,

0:34:31 > 0:34:34and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:34:40 > 0:34:42You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

0:34:42 > 0:34:46and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,000.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48APPLAUSE

0:34:49 > 0:34:51Well, I mean, this is a wonderful thing.

0:34:51 > 0:34:54- You've done very well, but it's all just been on one show.- I know!- Yeah.

0:34:54 > 0:34:56I wanted to ask you all about your orchestra.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58Charlie, what do you play in the orchestra?

0:34:58 > 0:35:00I play trombone in the orchestra.

0:35:00 > 0:35:02- All right, and how big is the orchestra?- Pretty big.

0:35:02 > 0:35:04- Like 80...- 80 people. - 80, 90 people.- That's colossal.

0:35:04 > 0:35:08- A proper symphony orchestra.- Yeah. - Have you got contrabassoons?

0:35:08 > 0:35:10Talk amongst yourselves. LAUGHTER

0:35:10 > 0:35:13- We have to hire them in, don't we? - We have.- I had contrabassoons once.

0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Oh, boy!- Oof! - LAUGHTER

0:35:15 > 0:35:17You know what? Antibiotics cleared it up,

0:35:17 > 0:35:19- two weeks... - LAUGHTER

0:35:19 > 0:35:21- ..absolutely fine. - Fair enough.

0:35:21 > 0:35:25Now, in this round, anything you'd particularly like to see come up?

0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Well, classical music. - Classical music, yeah.

0:35:27 > 0:35:28Would be a gift, wouldn't it?

0:35:28 > 0:35:30- What else?- Geography.

0:35:30 > 0:35:32I'm pretty good at football, so long as it's relatively recent.

0:35:32 > 0:35:33Bad for me!

0:35:33 > 0:35:36- And then... - Films, maybe, depending what it was.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Maybe like modern pop music, as well.

0:35:38 > 0:35:39OK, well, as always, you know how it works,

0:35:39 > 0:35:42you get to choose your category from the four we throw up on the board.

0:35:42 > 0:35:45Let's see what today's selection looks like. We've got...

0:35:54 > 0:35:55Soul singers?

0:35:56 > 0:35:59I think... I think...Davis Cup might be better, might be able to...

0:35:59 > 0:36:03- Hopefully there'll be some players that I can...say.- Sure?- Yeah.

0:36:03 > 0:36:05- OK.- Yeah, we'll go 2015 Davis Cup.

0:36:05 > 0:36:07OK, Davis Cup it is.

0:36:07 > 0:36:09OK, very best of luck.

0:36:09 > 0:36:12We're looking for the name of anyone beaten by Andy Murray during...

0:36:12 > 0:36:16our winning campaign, anyone beaten in singles or doubles

0:36:16 > 0:36:19between March and November in the world group ties.

0:36:19 > 0:36:21We are looking for any team

0:36:21 > 0:36:23who played in the world group and play-off stages,

0:36:23 > 0:36:27that's the top 24 teams in the world apart from the GB team,

0:36:27 > 0:36:30so any team who played in the world group and play-off stages.

0:36:30 > 0:36:32Or we're looking for any places that hosted a tie

0:36:32 > 0:36:35during those stages as well, please, so the name of any town or city

0:36:35 > 0:36:37listed on the official Davis cup website

0:36:37 > 0:36:38that hosted one of those ties,

0:36:38 > 0:36:41so anyone beaten by Andy Murray, any teams in those...

0:36:41 > 0:36:43final world group and play-off stages,

0:36:43 > 0:36:46and any town or city that hosted one of the ties. Very best of luck.

0:36:46 > 0:36:47Thanks very much indeed.

0:36:47 > 0:36:51Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

0:36:51 > 0:36:53and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers

0:36:53 > 0:36:54to be pointless.

0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Are you ready?- Yes. - As we'll ever be.

0:36:57 > 0:36:59OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

0:36:59 > 0:37:01Your time starts now.

0:37:01 > 0:37:02- Right.- Talk at me.

0:37:02 > 0:37:03I wouldn't be able to name any...

0:37:03 > 0:37:05places.

0:37:05 > 0:37:06And I wouldn't be confident on a...

0:37:06 > 0:37:07- You could guess a team.- Yeah.

0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Maybe.- Well, the teams...

0:37:09 > 0:37:10The teams are just countries, so...

0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Yeah, OK.- We could just guess three countries.

0:37:12 > 0:37:16- But do you know any one...?- I know, like, certain teams are like...

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Oh, I didn't follow it that much, but, like...

0:37:18 > 0:37:21Belgium... Argentina were definitely in it.

0:37:21 > 0:37:23I mean, like, all the obvious ones are going to be

0:37:23 > 0:37:26- like Spain, Switzerland... - Take a punt at a country.

0:37:26 > 0:37:29Yeah, I just trying to think of like if there's any, like,

0:37:29 > 0:37:31- slightly more obscure... - Do you know any...

0:37:31 > 0:37:33Like any obscure tennis players that are from, like,

0:37:33 > 0:37:36more obscure countries that will have, like...

0:37:36 > 0:37:38OK. Do you know anyone that...

0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Andy Murray beat? Like, any obscure people?- Not for certain.

0:37:41 > 0:37:42- OK, right. OK.- So...

0:37:42 > 0:37:45- we're just going to guess three countries?- Yep.- So...- Argentina?

0:37:45 > 0:37:46Shall we go Argentina...?

0:37:49 > 0:37:50Somewhere in Africa?

0:37:50 > 0:37:53- No, shall we go for some of the Eastern European ones?- OK, quick.

0:37:53 > 0:37:55Shall we go...

0:37:55 > 0:37:57- We could say Serbia...- Yes, and...?

0:37:57 > 0:37:59SHE GIGGLES

0:37:59 > 0:38:01- You can make one up.- Just guess one.

0:38:01 > 0:38:02OK, that is your time up.

0:38:02 > 0:38:04I now need your three answers.

0:38:04 > 0:38:06Right.

0:38:06 > 0:38:08Going to have to take a bit of a guess,

0:38:08 > 0:38:10- we're just going to go for three teams and hope one of them is...- OK.

0:38:10 > 0:38:14- ..correct. So we're going to go Argentina.- Argentina.

0:38:14 > 0:38:16- Serbia.- Serbia.

0:38:16 > 0:38:18And...let's go for Croatia.

0:38:18 > 0:38:20- And Croatia.- Hopefully.- OK.

0:38:20 > 0:38:21Argentina, Serbia and Croatia.

0:38:21 > 0:38:24Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

0:38:24 > 0:38:25do you think?

0:38:25 > 0:38:27I'm pretty sure Argentina's correct, so put that last.

0:38:27 > 0:38:29Argentina goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Croatia, cos I'm not 100% sure. - Croatia. Serbia in the middle.

0:38:32 > 0:38:34OK, well, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then,

0:38:34 > 0:38:36and here they are. We've got...

0:38:36 > 0:38:38Croatia, Serbia, Argentina.

0:38:40 > 0:38:41Well, very, very best of luck.

0:38:41 > 0:38:42Three answers on the board, there.

0:38:42 > 0:38:44One of those could easily be pointless,

0:38:44 > 0:38:46and could win that jackpot for you.

0:38:46 > 0:38:50If that were the case, what would you do with your 3,000 quid, Steph?

0:38:50 > 0:38:54I would probably spend it on a well-deserved holiday

0:38:54 > 0:38:56- at the end of my degree.- Excellent.

0:38:56 > 0:38:59- City break, maybe, somewhere in Spain.- Very nice.

0:38:59 > 0:39:00Charlie, how about you?

0:39:00 > 0:39:04Well, I also play piano so I really want to buy another cool keyboard,

0:39:04 > 0:39:06like a little synthesiser thing, so that'll be nice.

0:39:06 > 0:39:08Very good. OK, well, very best of luck.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11Three answers, as I say, up on the board that, all of them,

0:39:11 > 0:39:13stand a chance of winning something for you.

0:39:13 > 0:39:15Croatia was your least confident answer. The first one.

0:39:15 > 0:39:17In all three instances, we were looking for

0:39:17 > 0:39:20any team in the final world group and play-off stages.

0:39:20 > 0:39:22If it's pointless, it'll win you £3,000.

0:39:22 > 0:39:24How many of our 100 people said it? Croatia?

0:39:28 > 0:39:29Well, it's right.

0:39:31 > 0:39:33All it has to do now is go down to zero,

0:39:33 > 0:39:35and you will leave here with £3,000.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37Croatia, taking us down through the teens into single figures.

0:39:37 > 0:39:39Down it goes, still going down...

0:39:39 > 0:39:41Three! AUDIENCE GROANS

0:39:41 > 0:39:43APPLAUSE Three...

0:39:43 > 0:39:44for Croatia.

0:39:45 > 0:39:47That's a great score.

0:39:47 > 0:39:50Think how thrilled you'd be with that, normally, in Pointless.

0:39:50 > 0:39:53Sadly, in this round, we only accept pointless answers.

0:39:53 > 0:39:55Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

0:39:55 > 0:39:57Serbia was your next answer.

0:39:57 > 0:39:58Again, it has to be pointless for you to win.

0:39:58 > 0:40:02So, for £3,000, let's see how many of our 100 people named Serbia.

0:40:06 > 0:40:07Again, it's right.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09Your first answer, Croatia, was right,

0:40:09 > 0:40:11took us all the way down to three.

0:40:11 > 0:40:14Serbia now takes us down through the teens...

0:40:14 > 0:40:15into single figures again,

0:40:15 > 0:40:17down it goes, still going down...

0:40:17 > 0:40:18There's... Ooh, three again.

0:40:18 > 0:40:20AUDIENCE GROANS

0:40:20 > 0:40:21APPLAUSE

0:40:24 > 0:40:27- I wonder if it's the same people... - Probably.- ..that put down Croatia.

0:40:27 > 0:40:28Oh, Serbia, too!

0:40:28 > 0:40:29LAUGHTER

0:40:29 > 0:40:32OK, another great answer, another great score.

0:40:32 > 0:40:33Again, not pointless.

0:40:33 > 0:40:36Your third and final answer is the one that everything is riding on.

0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Argentina. This was the one that you knew was right.- Yes.

0:40:39 > 0:40:41THEY LAUGH

0:40:41 > 0:40:42Will it be pointless, I wonder?

0:40:42 > 0:40:44If it is, it wins you £3,000.

0:40:44 > 0:40:46How many of our 100 people said Argentina?

0:40:50 > 0:40:52It's right.

0:40:52 > 0:40:54Your first answer, Croatia, took us down to three.

0:40:54 > 0:40:57Your second answer, Serbia, took us down to three again.

0:40:57 > 0:40:59Argentina now takes us down into single figures,

0:40:59 > 0:41:01down it goes, still going down,

0:41:01 > 0:41:03still going... Oh, four! AUDIENCE GROANS

0:41:03 > 0:41:05APPLAUSE

0:41:08 > 0:41:11Well, three exceptionally low scores there.

0:41:11 > 0:41:14Wonderful answers, in any other context.

0:41:14 > 0:41:15Sadly, though, you didn't manage to find

0:41:15 > 0:41:17that all-important pointless answer,

0:41:17 > 0:41:20so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.

0:41:20 > 0:41:22That will roll over onto the next show, but...

0:41:22 > 0:41:25A brilliant performance right across the show.

0:41:25 > 0:41:27Lots to be proud of there and you get to take home

0:41:27 > 0:41:29a Pointless trophy each, so very, very well done indeed.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Fabulous. APPLAUSE

0:41:34 > 0:41:36Yeah, that's unlucky. That's a tough question as well,

0:41:36 > 0:41:39and I have to say the one that you went for, which is the countries,

0:41:39 > 0:41:42probably the toughest of all when you see the pointless answers.

0:41:42 > 0:41:46We'll start with the people that Andy Murray beat, though.

0:41:46 > 0:41:48Here are your pointless answers.

0:41:48 > 0:41:49Ruben Bemelmans,

0:41:49 > 0:41:51Nicolas Mahut of France,

0:41:51 > 0:41:52Sam Groth of Australia,

0:41:52 > 0:41:55and Gilles Simon, whom Andy Murray beat

0:41:55 > 0:41:57in the singles against France.

0:41:57 > 0:42:00Here are the countries. Only four countries were pointless answers.

0:42:00 > 0:42:02You've got a long time before you've got those.

0:42:02 > 0:42:03Columbia, Dominican Republic.

0:42:03 > 0:42:06Kazakhstan were in the quarterfinals against Australia, so, you know,

0:42:06 > 0:42:08some people at home would have got that. Uzbekistan as well.

0:42:08 > 0:42:11- I know you said maybe what about one of the Stans.- One of the Stans!

0:42:11 > 0:42:13There's a lot of them, but two of them were up there.

0:42:13 > 0:42:16And maybe the countries, if you'd thought about Argentina,

0:42:16 > 0:42:17Buenos Aires was a pointless answer.

0:42:17 > 0:42:20Funnily enough, that's where Argentina beat Serbia as well.

0:42:20 > 0:42:22Liege, where the Belgians...

0:42:22 > 0:42:24all the Belgian matches were at home.

0:42:24 > 0:42:26Vancouver, Canada.

0:42:26 > 0:42:27Darwin, as well, Australia.

0:42:27 > 0:42:30That's where Australia beat Kazakhstan, funnily enough.

0:42:30 > 0:42:33Also could have had Astana, Irkutsk, New Delhi, Ostrava,

0:42:33 > 0:42:37Santo Domingo, Tashkent... So lots of pointless answers out there.

0:42:37 > 0:42:40But, yeah, unless you were going to take a punt on a Stan, I think...

0:42:40 > 0:42:42- That's a nice catchphrase. - LAUGHTER

0:42:42 > 0:42:45..I think it was a very, very tough round. Unlucky.

0:42:45 > 0:42:46Thanks very much indeed.

0:42:46 > 0:42:48Thanks so much, Steph and Charlie.

0:42:48 > 0:42:50Great to have you on the show.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52Sadly, though, they didn't win our jackpot today,

0:42:52 > 0:42:54which means it rolls over on to the next show,

0:42:54 > 0:42:56when we will be playing for £4,000.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58APPLAUSE

0:42:59 > 0:43:01Join us, then, to see if someone can win it.

0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.

0:43:04 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me.

0:43:05 > 0:43:06Goodbye.

0:43:06 > 0:43:10APPLAUSE