0:00:16 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Hi there. I'm Shelley.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This is my wife, Mel. And we're from Brighton.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- Couple number two. - Hello, my name is Susan.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43I'm from Soberton in Hampshire,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45this is my daughter Joanna, who lives in London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Hello, I'm Don. This is my friend and neighbour, Sue.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52And we're from the village of Greetham in Rutland.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hi my name's Ayman. I'm from London.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And this is my friend Mihir, and he's from Milton Keynes.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06We'll chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So that just leaves one more person from me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10It's Tricky Dicky from...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Chiswick. But born in Billericay.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Afternoon. Good afternoon to you.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- And to you.- Three new pairs.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- I know.- Three shiny new pairs with us today.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Only one returning pair. Podium one,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28which is, of course, where they should be.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Shelley and Mel. And we didn't see very much of them.- We didn't.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32First round, knocked out.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Mel had one of those very unfortunate moments.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We had words ending -ibe, and Mel was on the first podium
0:01:37 > 0:01:41and it was very difficult without thinking time, and she said Bible.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Which, you know, it's so similar, it's got all those letters in it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50But we need to see much more of you this time, please.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Now, Amber and Liam didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57which is exciting, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00So today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01There we are.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12As ever, remember this,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:15 > 0:02:17eliminated. You just have to make sure your scores are nice and low
0:02:17 > 0:02:19and you'll be fine. No conferring, of course,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21until we get to the head-to-head round.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today is...
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It's a People round. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:02:28 > 0:02:31who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38OK. And the question concerns...
0:02:43 > 0:02:44- Famous Taylors, Richard.- Correct.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48On each board we're going to show you seven clues to famous people
0:02:48 > 0:02:50whose surname or first name is Taylor.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Can you tell us the most obscure, please.
0:02:52 > 0:02:5314 in all to have a go at at home.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- So very best of luck. - OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57So we are looking for these famous Taylors.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Here is our first board of seven.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02And it goes like this. We have got...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I'll read those all one last time.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Shelley. Welcome back to Pointless.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Thank you.- Remind us what you do, Shelley.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I work for the Environment Agency.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And in which department of the Environment Agency?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Incidents. Incident management.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17You manage incidents.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19What is a typical incident for you, Shelley?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22When we have lots of rain and floods everywhere.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I see. So you go out in your wellies and your sou'wester.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I used to. I'm more office-based these days.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29OK. You're at the command centre.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Well, yes.- Despatching teams to sort out the incident.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35And what are your interests?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I like playing hockey, play a lot of hockey.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I like travelling.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Just generally keeping fit.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Very good. Now, Shelley, how are we feeling about Taylors?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We've got to see you beyond Round One this time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I'm doing my best.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50I know a few of them.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I'm going to go with,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55along with his brothers, Isaac and Zac,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and had a UK number one, with MMMBop, I think is Taylor Hanson.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Taylor Hanson, says Shelley.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Let's see if that's right
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and let's see how many of our 100 people said Taylor Hanson.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07It's right.
0:05:13 > 0:05:1415. Not bad at all.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Great start to the round.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I think you might have done your bit to keep yourselves in.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Well played, Shelley. Great answer. There's three Hanson brothers.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Still one of the great pop singles of all time.- A great pop single.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27There was... In the back of my mind there was some Beck link,
0:05:27 > 0:05:28wasn't there, between Hanson?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31No, his surname is Hanson.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32- That's the link!- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I knew there was a Beck link.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35I imagine. I don't know for a fact,
0:05:35 > 0:05:40I imagine that must have the largest proportion of consonants to vowels
0:05:40 > 0:05:42of any UK number one single, MMMBop.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- I bet that's right. - Five-sixths of that is consonant.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Half of it is M.- Yeah, true.- 50%.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53The longest song ever with no vowels in it, or the longest title,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56do you remember Crash Test Dummies, who did... Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58which was 16 Ms.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01There we go. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Joanna.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02- Hello.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Good to have you here. You work in London.- I do, yes.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- And what do you do in London? - I'm an architectural assistant.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09That means I'm very nearly an architect
0:06:09 > 0:06:11but I'm just not quite fully qualified.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13So you're in your apprenticeship, you might say?
0:06:13 > 0:06:19Yes, I've got all my various degrees, I've just got another diploma to do.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Which you do while assisting other architects?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Yes.- And you are working for an enormous firm of London architects?
0:06:25 > 0:06:26It's quite large, yes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29So this is not, sort of, residential architecture so much?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I do work in residential, but it's large scale.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- I see.- It's apartment blocks and housing developments.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37And, from the way you're talking about it, I suspect you like it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- I'm getting that.- I do, yeah. It's really fun.- Excellent.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Well, that's fun. When do you think you will get your diploma?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Do you know yet?- I'm starting a year-long course soon,
0:06:45 > 0:06:46so a year after that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Quite a long time away.- So starting some point in the future,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52and at some point after that. Well, good for you.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Fantastic. Joanna, how are you feeling about our Taylors?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Our board of Taylors?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Well, Shelley took the one that I was going to say.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01So I only know three others.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I think I'm going to play it safe
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and go Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black in Twilight.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Taylor Lautner.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Yes. Or Lowt-ner.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Lautner.- I think Lautner. - Yeah, I know who you mean.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Let's see if it's right,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15let's see how many of our 100 people went for Taylor Lautner Lowt-ner.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It's right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:2115 is our only score so far.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Oh, and you pass that. Look at that. 13.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Turns out Shelley did you a favour there, Joanna.
0:07:28 > 0:07:2913 for Taylor Lautner.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Yeah, he's very serious in those films,
0:07:32 > 0:07:36but then he's in Cuckoo with Greg Davies on BBC Three.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38And he's absolutely brilliant.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And you wouldn't think it. He's very handsome,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42very, very talented AND very, very funny.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44He's like a kind of American Ben Miller.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Oh, that's good. That IS good.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50That's placed it for me. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Sue. Welcome to Pointless.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Good to have you. From Rutland.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- That's right.- What was the name of your village?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Greetham.- Greetham. Aw!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I've never heard of Greetham.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01It sounds...
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Rutland itself is not a massive county. Famously not.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- It's very beautiful there.- And Greetham, how massive is Greetham?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Quite small. About 600 people live there.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13But it has got three pubs.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15What about that?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17200 people per pub.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Are you loyal to one particular pub or do you spread your...
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- spread the love? - I try and patronise them all.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Excellent. Which you've kind of just done as well.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Sue. What would you like to go for on our board of Taylors?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I shall go for the drummer in the band Queen,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- and I think that's Roger Taylor. - Roger Taylor, says Sue.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Roger Taylor.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45It's right. Well, 15 is our high score.
0:08:45 > 0:08:4915 WAS our high score, 57 is now our high score.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Roger Taylor. - Yeah, his son is also a drummer.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Rufus Taylor. He joined the Darkness in 2015.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Quite a lot of sons of drummers become drummers.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I say that, I can think of one other.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- But, yeah.- I can think of others.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Ringo Starr's son became a drummer.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- That's the one I'm thinking of. - John Bonham's son became a drummer.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08There you are. There's another.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Um...
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Roger Taylor's son became a drummer.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Yeah. There we go.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Thanks much very much indeed. Now then, Ayman, welcome to Pointless.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Hi.- Great to have you here. Also from London.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- That's correct. - What do you do, Ayman?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I work as a tax consultant in London.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25How long have you been doing that?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Only a couple of months.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Very recent.- Wow. How is it so far?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Enjoying it?- It's going all right, trying to pick up things quickly.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Picking up things quickly is kind of the name of the game, isn't it?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36So after every Budget or Budget review,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39you have to sort of tweak your advice, presumably.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- That's correct, yeah.- What are your interests, away from the office?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45In my spare time I like to go swing dancing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Wow!- Yeah.- Now, that's fun.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Yeah.- That's kind of...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52So dancing from the '50s?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Essentially. Like Lindy hop and the Charleston.- Yeah.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58It's quite complicated, isn't it, swing dancing?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It is, yeah. I couldn't... I picked it up at university because I had,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03like, two left feet
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and I've really grown to enjoy it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07You kind of swing the people around, don't you?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Yeah.- Yeah, it's fun, great fun.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Now then, Ayman. You are the last person to have this board.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16So if you were itching to fill in all those as-yet unanswered Taylors,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18this would be your chance.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20OK. I only know two on there,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23so I'm going to have to go, I think, the singer who topped the US charts
0:10:23 > 0:10:28was Taylor Swift. But I'm going to say the British-born actress
0:10:28 > 0:10:30who stars as the title character,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and say Elizabeth Taylor.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35You're going to go for Elizabeth Taylor? OK.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Now, let's see how many of our 100 people said Elizabeth Taylor.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43It's right. Oh, 85!
0:10:43 > 0:10:4985. A tough board for you there, Ayman, not a great deal left on it,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51but that was a punishing high score.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53That is a big score.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55You'd have been better off going for Taylor Swift.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It's a big score, but nowhere near 85.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Taylor Swift would have scored you 58.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Let's go down the bottom, the 12th President of the United States.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Zachary Taylor.- Zachary Taylor.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08A pointless favourite. 11 points for that.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11And the US comedian, there's a clue with the confetti.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Rip Taylor.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17He's got the big moustache. Would have scored you 1 point.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Very well done if you said that.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21There we are. Thank you, Richard. Halfway through the round.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Let's look at our scores. 13, Joanna. How about that?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26The best score of the pass. Well done, Joanna and Susan,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29on the back of that. Then 15, very good on podium one.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I think we'll see you in Round Two and beyond.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33That's just my hunch at this stage.
0:11:33 > 0:11:3557 is where we find Sue and Don.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And then 85, Ayman and Mihir.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So, yes, Mihir, you're the first person to have the new board,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44so make sure you go as low as you dare, find a low-scoring answer.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Maybe it will be enough to keep you in the game.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48We'll come back down the line now.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55OK, let's put seven more Taylors up on the board.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57And here they come...
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I'll read those all one last time.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Mihir, welcome.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Welcome. Good to have you here from Milton Keynes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- And what do you do, Mihir? - I'm a trainee financial advisor.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I see. So you and Ayman in sort of similar kind of...
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- similar kind of sphere, you might say.- Yeah,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I advise people and then he checks their taxes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Right, so he keeps you on your toes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And how do you and Ayman know each other?
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Uni, basically. Walked in, first week of uni into a class,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29the seat next to him was the only one available so I sat down
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- and we got talking, and here we are. - And been friends ever since.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Yeah.- Very good. And what are your interests, Mihir?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Basically everything. Like, football,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I write a blog as well, which I really enjoy doing.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I set it up with a couple of friends.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Does that have a particular focus or is it fairly general?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Most of it is sort of current affairs and sort of social trends.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Yeah, stuff like that.- Very good.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54OK. Now, Mihir, you know what you have to do here.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59I think I have an inkling for four or five of them.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03But because I have to take a little bit of a risk,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'm going to go for the first one.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I'm going to go for the American tennis player who set the record
0:14:08 > 0:14:11for Wimbledon's fastest-ever serve as Taylor Dent.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Taylor Dent, says Mihir.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15No red line for you because you're the highest scorers,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18so nothing really to guide you down that column.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20We just have to hope that goes a long way down.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Taylor Dent.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Well, it's right. That was the first thing it had to be.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31It's a nice low score, Mihir.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Look at that. Down to 8!
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Lowest score of the round so far. Exactly what we needed from you.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Taking your total up to 93.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- Great answer, Mihir. Yeah, 148mph. - That's faster than a train -
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- 148?- Well, it's faster than a train going slower than 148mph, yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51It's slower than a train going over 148mph.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55And it's the same speed as a train going at 148mph.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- That is true.- It doesn't go as far as a train, though.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Depending on your train. - No, that is definitely true.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- Yeah, yeah.- Also, it's easier to return, even at that speed,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07it's easier to return a Taylor Dent serve than a train.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- With a...- Yeah, I think that's...
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Imagine that - "15-love."
0:15:13 > 0:15:17That's like when that InterCity 125 won Wimbledon in 1982.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Yeah, yeah. Thanks very much indeed.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Don, Welcome to Pointless.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Great to have you here. Now, you are from Rutland, self-evidently -
0:15:24 > 0:15:27you said - but you don't sound like it.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28That's not the Rutland accent, is it?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Where are you from originally? - I'm from Northern Ireland.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Originally from Derry City.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Very good indeed. What keeps you busy in Rutland, Don?
0:15:35 > 0:15:36I've got two jobs.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I'm a part-time electrical engineer and I'm a part-time vicar.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Are you?- Yeah.- That's fun.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- And I'm a drummer.- So three jobs.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Really? That's just for fun? - The drumming is for fun.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- Yeah.- So, part-time vicar.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Yeah.- How long have you been a vicar for?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54- Two years.- Really?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I'm still a curate, I'm still in training, yeah, still in training.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I bet Don does a good sermon.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Oh, yeah.- I bet he does. All based in Rutland?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04All based in the village of Greetham, yeah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06In the village of Greetham.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Do you ever play at one of the three pubs?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Yes.- And do you spread the music across the pubs?
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Yeah, we try to. One particular pub, yeah.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Now, Don, you're on 57.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Our highest-scorers at the moment are on 93, behind you.
0:16:19 > 0:16:2035 or less keeps you in the game.
0:16:20 > 0:16:2235 or less, Don.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24I know two, but I'm not sure
0:16:24 > 0:16:26which will be the lowest.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30I think Watford football club,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Graham Taylor.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Graham Taylor, says Don.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Here is your red line.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It could be higher, I'm going to say.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40If you get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Graham Taylor.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Oh, it's 55 for Graham Taylor.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Great news on podium four, but that takes your total up to 112.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Big score for Graham Taylor.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59He was originally appointed by Elton John,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01when Elton John was chairman of Watford.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03There we are. Susan, welcome to Pointless.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- Good to have you here, from Hampshire.- Yes.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07And what keeps you busy in Hampshire?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I work in interior design and I run a soft furnishing workroom.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- So I make curtains.- So is it your interior design company?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I work part-time for somebody else
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- but I run my own workroom making the curtains.- Making the curtains.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19That's the hard bit.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Yes.- And also the expensive bit as well, as I've discovered.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- It's not THAT expensive. - No, not that expensive.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28It's worthwhile because obviously you get TAILOR-made...
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Sorry, just to, you know...
0:17:30 > 0:17:31- Which is lovely.- Yes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34But do people tend to come to you with the fabric already chosen?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Or do you help them? - I help them.- You help them.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- You take swatches over, hang them up around their rooms.- Yes.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43That's nice. It also means you get to poke around people's houses.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Exactly.- Which is nice, you know. Always fun.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48And what do you do for other fun?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I play tennis, I love dancing and I do amateur dramatics.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Do you do swing dancing?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I do modern jive dancing.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Oh, hang on. I can see one way this programme might end.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I am looking forward to the head-to-head, I can tell you that.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Susan, what about our board of Taylors?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You're on 13. I mean, really, you have to score 98 or less.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I would like to think you could walk through.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13OK, well, I did know more on the other board.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16There is one left that I do know, so I am going to go with that,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18and that is the snooker champion,
0:18:18 > 0:18:19and that's Dennis Taylor.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Dennis Taylor, says Susan. Here comes your red line.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Nice and high.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26If you get below that with Dennis Taylor, you are into Round Two.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27How many people said Dennis Taylor?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Very well done. Did everything you needed.
0:18:32 > 0:18:3372.
0:18:35 > 0:18:3872, taking your total up to 85.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- Very well played. Been on the show, of course, Dennis Taylor.- He has.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Lovely.- A lovely man. He is a lovely fellow, actually.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Very funny. He once said to me,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47"I sent off for a hearing aid a month ago,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49"I haven't heard anything since."
0:18:49 > 0:18:51LAUGHTER
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Thank you. Mel, welcome back.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Hiya.- Welcome back to Pointless. Now, I mean,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58slightly slim pickings on the board behind me,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02but I am so hoping that you've got a good Taylor up your sleeve
0:19:02 > 0:19:05to get you through to the next round. Before that, though,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07remind me what it is you do, Mel, down in Brighton.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11I work with Shelley looking at how we can use technology
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- to help sort out and manage incidents better.- Right.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17What sort of technology are you using at the moment?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We're using a lot of stuff about how to alert people better if they are
0:19:20 > 0:19:24getting flooded and through social media and other things.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26As well as how we can go out and better look after...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30So more about getting the message out, rather than detecting things as they come in.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33We do the detecting bit as well. So a lot of work looking at
0:19:33 > 0:19:36river levels to see when things might get a bit high.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Very good. And what are your interests?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Kick boxing is back on my...
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- You've taken a break from kick boxing?- I had a little break
0:19:44 > 0:19:47for about four years and then I thought it would be good to go back.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Excellent. So you are back on it.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Back on it.- How far had you got with your kick boxing before?
0:19:52 > 0:19:53I got up to my blue belt.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- So, I guess about halfway.- OK.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00And now you just hit the ground kicking and boxing.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Kicking and punching. I try not to hit the ground.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04No, don't hit the ground! What am I talking about?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Don't hit the ground. Avoid hitting the ground running.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08But, anyway, you've gone right back in there.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- It's great being back, yeah. - Good stuff.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Now, Mel, there you are. You are on 15.- Yes.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Our highest-scorers are on 112,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18which means 96 or less gets you through.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It's fine - nice, high score you need to get.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Yes. I only know for sure,
0:20:23 > 0:20:24I think, one that's left.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- OK, that's pretty good.- So I'm going to go with that one, and that is
0:20:27 > 0:20:30the 16-time world darts champion
0:20:30 > 0:20:32nicknamed Phil "The Power" Taylor.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Phil "The Power" Taylor.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37OK. Here's your red line. Get below this with Phil Taylor and you are
0:20:37 > 0:20:40through to the next round. How many people said Phil Taylor?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44It's right and you're through. Very well done.
0:20:46 > 0:20:4758.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51Very good indeed. Taking your total up to 73.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Great stuff, Mel. Well done. He used to make
0:20:53 > 0:20:55ceramic toilet roll handles.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Phil Taylor.- I think that's a shame
0:20:57 > 0:20:59he doesn't still. But I'm glad he's playing darts.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Well, he might do it as a hobby these days. I don't know.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05He's from Stoke, so he worked in the ceramics industry
0:21:05 > 0:21:08before becoming a darts player, or a professional.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Now, the rest of these, there's some tough ones here.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The lightweight boxing champion. All of Ireland will know this one.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Katie Taylor. Would've scored you seven points.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18A lovely clip of her meeting Michelle Obama,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20because Michelle Obama used to box as well.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22There's a lovely thing of the two of them meeting.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The actress who married Ben Stiller is Christine Taylor.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Would have scored you five points.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29And a pointless answer up there.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Lead singer of the band Hot Chip - Alexis. Alexis Taylor.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Very well done if you said that at home.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38So at the end of our first round, the pair we have to send home
0:21:38 > 0:21:41with their high score of 112, Don and Sue, I'm so sorry, it is you.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Great shame to be sending you home,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45but really looking forward to seeing you again next time.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Thank you very much indeed. Don and Sue.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51APPLAUSE
0:21:51 > 0:21:54But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00And so we're down to three pairs.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03At the end of this round, we will be down to two pairs.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Shelly and Mel. Welcome to Round Two.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07That's the big headline for today.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Ayman and Mihir, very well done.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Here you are in Round Two, despite Liz Taylor.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15There we are. Very well done.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Can you all decide in your pairs
0:22:22 > 0:22:24who's going first, who's going second...
0:22:24 > 0:22:27And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Countries with five or more vowels, Richard.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Yes, we're looking for any country in the world that has
0:22:45 > 0:22:48five or more vowels in its usual English short-form name, please.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state
0:22:51 > 0:22:53that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Thank you very much indeed. OK, Shelley.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I'm not quite sure whether it's got five or not,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02but I'm going to go with Afghanistan.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Afghanistan, says Shelley.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Let's find out if it's got five or more vowels in it.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08How many of our 100 people said it? Is it right?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Oh, I'm afraid an incorrect answer, Shelley.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Not Afghanistan. Of course, that scores you 100 points.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Yeah, sorry. It's long enough to have five.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23It's only got four. It's got three As and an I, Afghanistan.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Thanks, Richard. Joanna.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Hello. Um, I think...
0:23:28 > 0:23:31this definitely has more than five.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I'm going to say Antigua and Barbuda.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Antigua and Barbuda, says Joanna.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Let's see if it's right,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40let's see how many of our 100 people said Antigua and Barbuda.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43It's right.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50That's a great answer. Look at that.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It's a pointless answer as well! Very well done indeed, Joanna.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55That adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Takes the total up to £3,500.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Scores you absolutely nothing. Very well done.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Very well played. That's got eight vowels in it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08How about that? It's got five As - it's got five As! Two Us, an I...
0:24:08 > 0:24:11You could get into some of our top universities with that.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- No, you need A-stars, unfortunately, these days, I'm afraid.- Oh, you do.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17There we go. Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Now, Ayman, it's countries with five or more vowels in their name.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Along the same kind of lines,
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I think I'm going to go with Trinidad and Tobago.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Trinidad and Tobago.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30OK. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Trinidad and Tobago.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Oh, 1! 1 for Trinidad Tobago.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45That's a great answer. Very well done indeed.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Very well played. That's got seven vowels in it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So far in this round, we've had 19 vowels
0:24:52 > 0:24:54and none of them have been an E.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- I know.- I mean, what's that all about, right?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Wow. There we are. Thank you, Richard.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Now, we're halfway through the round.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Let's take a quick look at our scores and see where we are.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Nothing was the best score of that pass, Joanna.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Very well done indeed, Joanna and Susan.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I think you shall make it to the head-to-head.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Ayman and Mihir, I'm going to say much the same to you as well.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Now, Shelley and Mel,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I'm less certain.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Mel, let's have a nice low-scoring answer from you, please,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22on the next pass. And let's see what happens.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32OK. Now then, Mihir.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Fabulous low score from Ayman - can you beat it, I wonder?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38A country with five or more vowels in its name.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Along the same lines of massive countries,
0:25:41 > 0:25:42massively worded countries,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I'm going to go for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Oh! All these lovely places!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Here is your red line.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56How many people said Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
0:25:58 > 0:25:59It's right.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Oh, it's another 1!
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's another 1. There you are.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Perfectly matched. Taking your total up to 2.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Very well done indeed.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Ten vowels there. And finally the Es have turned up.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Four in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19We always say if Pointless had a house band, they'd be called
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Susan.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I'm going to come away from the Caribbean because most of mine
0:26:28 > 0:26:30have gone, and I'm going to take South Korea.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32South Korea, says Susan.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34South Korea. Here is your red line,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37get below that, the head-to-head awaits.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39How many people said South Korea?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43It's right and you're through.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Four for South Korea.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Taking your total up to 4.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Very well played. Very tightly packed in as well -
0:26:56 > 0:26:58five vowels in ten letters.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Oh, I thought you meant the people of South Korea.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- Well, they are.- They are.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- It's a big population.- Yeah.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Now, Mel. I'm afraid you're going to be leaving us at the end of this round,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12however, there are pointless answers out there, as we've seen.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Wouldn't that be a nice thing to leave?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It would be, but I can't think of any of them, so sorry.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I'm just going to go for South Africa.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23South Africa, says Mel.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25No red line, I'm afraid, as you're already our high-scorers.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But let's see how many people said South Africa.
0:27:36 > 0:27:3816.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Taking your total up to 116.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Five vowels there.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Talking of countries with a lot of vowels and not many letters,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Saudi Arabia takes the biscuit - 7 of its 11 letters are vowels.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- How about that?- Yeah. - I think when they struck oil,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55they also struck vowels at the same time.
0:27:55 > 0:27:597 out of 11, would've scored you 1 point as well, Saudi Arabia.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I think 10 is the most, I'm just trying to count them all up,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Equatorial Guinea.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Yeah.- Which is also a pointless answer, that has ten vowels.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Let's take a look at the other pointless answers, there's quite a few.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18It's what we call the Ivory Coast now.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, the end of our second round,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31and the pair we have to send home with their high score of 116,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Mel and Shelley, I'm so sorry, it is you.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Afghanistan - I'm afraid it let you down.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I'm afraid that's why we have to say goodbye,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40lovely low-scoring round otherwise.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I'm so sorry, it's been lovely having you on the show -
0:28:43 > 0:28:45far too short, I would say, on both instances,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47but thank you so much for playing. Mel and Shelley, thank you.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50APPLAUSE
0:28:50 > 0:28:53But, for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Congratulations, Susan and Johanna, Ayman and Mihir.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:29:04 > 0:29:08for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,500.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Well, we've reached the head-to-head,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16which means you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20and the first player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot. Well, this is exciting -
0:29:20 > 0:29:22two newcomers in our head-to-head,
0:29:22 > 0:29:24two pairs of newcomers, I should say.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Very, very impressive low scores from each pair.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Susan and Joanna, though, I think it's fitting
0:29:30 > 0:29:32that you are our golden couple, with Joanna giving us
0:29:32 > 0:29:34our only pointless answer,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36but I think this is going to be very close indeed.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Richard.- I'm going to show you five pictures of different types of bread
0:29:53 > 0:29:56and also give you alternate letters of their names,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58but what are they, please?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Very exciting, let's reveal our five types of bread, and here they come.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34There we are, five types of bread,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Susan and Joanna, you've been our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Feel free to confer.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48We know three of them and we're going to go with A, sourdough.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Sourdough, say Susan and Joanna.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Ayman and Mihir, do you want to talk us through the other breads?
0:30:53 > 0:30:57It's not really a strong point of ours, if we're being honest.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58We did know A
0:30:58 > 0:31:00and we think we know C,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02so we're going to have to go with C,
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- which is focaccia.- Focaccia.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06So we have sourdough and focaccia.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Susan and Joanna went for sourdough.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Let's see if that's right.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Let's see how many of our 100 people got it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16It is right.
0:31:19 > 0:31:2134 for sourdough.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24No arguing with that, seems a reasonable sort of score.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28The question is, will Ayman and Mihir's answer of focaccia
0:31:28 > 0:31:30be higher or lower than that?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Let's find out how many of our 100 people said focaccia for C.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38It's right.
0:31:41 > 0:31:4341. There's your answer.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45And it means well done, Susan and Joanna,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47after one question you are up 1-0.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51There's only one answer that would have beaten sourdough, which is B,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53we'll get onto that. We'll hear the other two first,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55D is a cottage loaf.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Would've scored you 53.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- And E...- soda bread.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05That looks lovely, doesn't it? That would've scored you 85.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- And do you know B? - I don't know what that is.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Traditionally eaten on the Jewish Sabbath, it's the challah.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15- Challah.- And that would've scored you six points,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17very well done if you said that at home.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Ayman and Mihir, you get to answer it first, but you have to win it
0:32:23 > 0:32:25to stay in the game, so very, very best of luck.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Our second question today is all about...
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- Richard.- Simply five clues now to facts about Colin Firth,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Thanks very much, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00I'll read those again.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23There we are. Ayman and Mihir, you will answer first.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28We're going to go with the first one,
0:33:28 > 0:33:30which we believe is The King's Speech.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32The King's Speech, say Ayman and Mihir.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Now, Susan and Joanna,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37talk us through as much of that board as you can.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41We think the romantic comedy is Love Actually,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45he played Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride And Prejudice,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Tom Ford was the fashion designer,
0:33:47 > 0:33:48and I think he possibly has
0:33:48 > 0:33:50the freedom of Winchester,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52as that's where he grew up.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55But what we going to go for?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57We're going to go for Tom Ford,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59the fashion designer who directed A Single Man.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Tom Ford. So we have The King's Speech, we have Tom Ford.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Ayman and Mihir said The King's Speech,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08let's see if that's right for the Oscar-winning role.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11It is right.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Not bad, 27...
0:34:18 > 0:34:20..for The King's Speech.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Tom Ford is Susan and Joanna's answer,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26the director of A Single Man -
0:34:26 > 0:34:29let's see how many of our 100 people said Tom Ford.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It's right.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37And it wins you the point
0:34:37 > 0:34:39and sees you through to the final,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41very well done indeed. Four for Tom Ford.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Very well done, it means, after only two questions,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Susan and Joanna are through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Very well played. Blimey, Susan, those...
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Colin Firth, very impressive.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Jamie was in Love Actually.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58That would've scored you 18 points and seen you through.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Fitzwilliam Darcy, you're absolutely right,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04would've scored you too many points, though. That would've scored you 54.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08And it's not Winchester, it's London.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10And would've scored seven points.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13So Tom Ford is the best answer on the board, very well played.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Thanks very much indeed. So the pair leaving us at the end
0:35:15 > 0:35:18of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Ayman and Mihir, it is you,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21but my goodness, what a strong performance across the show,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and on the strength of that, I think we'll see you go
0:35:24 > 0:35:28quite a long way next time. The head-to-head, maybe even further,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30but in the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Ayman and Mihir.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32APPLAUSE
0:35:34 > 0:35:37But, for Susan and Joanna, it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Well, congratulations, Susan and Joanna, you fought off
0:35:43 > 0:35:47all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Yes!- You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,500.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Well, even before I know
0:36:05 > 0:36:08what the options are going to be on the board behind me,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10I have to say, the chances are looking pretty good,
0:36:10 > 0:36:12it's your first appearance on Pointless,
0:36:12 > 0:36:16we've already had a pointless answer from you and a 2-0 head-to-head -
0:36:16 > 0:36:17I mean, really no arguing with that.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Unexpected.- I don't know.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22You've come and the trajectory has been extraordinary
0:36:22 > 0:36:23right the way across the show.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26What would you like to see come up on the board -
0:36:26 > 0:36:27any particular subjects?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- We've had countries and we're quite good at that.- Literature.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- OK.- No sport.- No sports.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Not sport. Or music.- OK, nor music.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Interesting. Interesting.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40OK, well, let's see what's on the board.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Let's hope there's something among those four options that pleases you.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Today's selection looks like this - we have got...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Right...
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Not Sporting Runners-up. - Not sporting runners-up.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Oh, well, maybe Sporting Runners-up.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Not Films About Film.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Are we going to go Sporting Runners-up, even though we said
0:37:09 > 0:37:10- we didn't want sports?- Well...
0:37:12 > 0:37:13You decide.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Films About Film. I have no idea why.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Films About Film. - Films About Film. Good luck.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Yeah, good luck. We're looking for anybody, according to IMDb,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24who appeared in any of the following three films, please.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28So we're looking for any cast member of the 2016 film Hail, Caesar.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32We're looking for anyone in the 2002 movie Adaptation,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36or anybody from the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, please.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Very best of luck.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Susan, that face doesn't look terribly confident.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- It's not.- OK, to win that jackpot, all you need is
0:37:50 > 0:37:53for just one of your answers to be pointless, just one of them.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- We need an answer.- Are you ready?
0:37:56 > 0:37:57No.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- Yes.- Yes.- Thank you.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock, there they are.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Your minute starts now.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07I have no idea what Adaptation is.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- 1950.- 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- No idea.- How old is John Travolta?
0:38:15 > 0:38:16No, he's not...
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- Hail, Caesar is a new film, it's a recent film.- Who's quite popular?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Who's quite popular?- Russell Crowe played a gladiator before...
0:38:23 > 0:38:25So maybe...
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I think it's fair to say we don't actually have any idea whatsoever,
0:38:28 > 0:38:33- so let's just pick some actors of now, today.- What about...?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Well, I quite like Helen Mirren, so let's say her.- Say Helen Mirren.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42They might have squeezed in a role for Colin Farrell?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- I have no idea. - Yeah, put him in there.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47And let's just go Ewan McGregor.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Definitely not.- OK. - I don't think he could be a Caesar.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Sunset Boulevard...
0:38:51 > 0:38:53A 1950s...
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Ten seconds left.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Who's the lady with the pearls?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- I don't know who you're talking about.- No, she wouldn't be pointless,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02not that I can remember her name.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06I'm going to say Tallulah Bankhead, just as an old name.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07OK. There we are.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Your minute is now up, I'm afraid I now need your three answers.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Well, to be fair, we don't know anything about those.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Fair enough. It's a tough category.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19So, for Sunset Boulevard, we're going to say Tallulah Bankhead.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- For Hail, Caesar, we're going to say Helen Mirren.- Helen Mirren.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- And Colin Farrell.- Colin Farrell.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31OK, of those three, shall we put one as our most likely to be pointless?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- Tallulah Bankhead.- Tallulah Bankhead, let's put her last.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36OK, least likely to be pointless?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Colin Farrell. - Of course, Colin Farrell.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40The most obvious person in that film.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46and here they are. We have got Colin Farrell,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Helen Mirren and Tallulah Bankhead.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51That was a really hard round.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- I haven't got my hopes up. - Really hard.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57OK, well, let's just imagine one of these answers came good
0:39:57 > 0:39:59and was pointless, and won you that jackpot,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02what would you do with £3,500?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- Susan?- I would dance my way across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Lovely. Joanna, how about you?
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Well, I was dreaming about a really nice new pair of shoes.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15But I don't think I'm going to get them!
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Well, let's find out.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Let's not write anything off at this stage.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Your first answer was Colin Farrell.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23In Colin Farrell and Helen Mirren's case,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27we were looking for cast members of Hail, Caesar, the 2016 film.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32If this is right, and it is pointless, it will win you £3,500.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35How many people named Colin Farrell as a cast member?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40No, I'm afraid not Colin Farrell.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Your next answer was Helen Mirren.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Again, we're looking for cast members of the 2016 film
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Hail, Caesar. Let's find out
0:40:49 > 0:40:52how many people said Helen Mirren for £3,500.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57No, I'm afraid not Helen Mirren.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01We now move to Sunset Boulevard cast members,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05and you have named Tallulah Bankhead as an actor from that cast.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Let's find out if it's right.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10For £3,500, is it pointless?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Oh, bad luck! I'm sorry.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20Well, I have to say, that was a game effort.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23And a really, really tough round if you didn't know those films.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30so you don't win today's jackpot of £3,500.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32However, what a performance.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34You can be very proud of that. And in recognition of that,
0:41:34 > 0:41:36you get to take home a Pointless trophy each,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40which you can carry above your heads. Very, very well deserved.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42APPLAUSE
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Yeah, one of those occasions where a team absolutely storms through
0:41:49 > 0:41:51to the final and then a very, very tough jackpot round.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Very tough, especially if you haven't seen the films.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55That makes it particularly difficult.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56All great films, actually.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Let's look at some pointless answers in all the different ones.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Hail, Caesar, the Coen brothers' movie.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Christopher Lambert, the wonderful Frances McDormand,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06she's in lots of their films. Jonah Hill was a pointless answer,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Michael Gambon who does the narration.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Everyone in that film, a pointless answer, apart from George Clooney,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13who is the lead, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, who's brilliant,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15does a fantastic dance routine.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Josh Brogan and Ralph Fiennes.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Everybody else a pointless answer,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20so well done if you said anyone else.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Adaptation, another terrific film,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24let's take a look at the pointless answers here.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Brian Cox, not that one.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Curtis Hanson, the film director, is in it.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Everyone there pointless, apart from Meryl Streep,
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Nicolas Cage and Chris Cooper.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Sunset Boulevard, lots of people play themselves in Sunset Boulevard.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Buster Keaton, for example, he was a pointless answer.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Cecil B DeMille as well, the film director.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Erich von Stroheim, another film director, is a pointless answer,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47and Hedda Hopper, the Hollywood gossip columnist
0:42:47 > 0:42:49who plays herself in that movie.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Everyone a pointless answer there,
0:42:51 > 0:42:53apart from Gloria Swanson, William Holden and Nancy Olson.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Very, very well done if you got a pointless answer at home.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Susan and Joanna, I'm afraid, didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03which means it rolls over on to the next show,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05when we will be playing for £4,500.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Join us then to see if someone could win it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.