0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:25 > 0:00:29and welcome to Pointless, the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hi, I'm Joel, this is my girlfriend Iris, and we're from London.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- Couple number two.- Hi, my name's Steve, this is my friend Adam,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44- and we're from Liverpool. - Couple number three.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I'm Lina, this is my partner Tash, and we're from London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And finally, couple number four.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51My name is Mike, this is my lovely wife Sarah,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and we live near Otley in Yorkshire.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Thanks very much to all of you, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02We'll get to chat to you throughout the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10As wise as a Jedi, he's our Obi-Wan K-now-It-All, it's my Pointless friend,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- it's Richard.- Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Good afternoon.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Good afternoon to you, are you well?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- And you, I'm extremely well. - Excellent. Two returning pairs from the last show,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26and we didn't see a huge amount of either pair.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28On the final podium there, Sarah and Mike, welcome back,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30got knocked out in the first round.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And Iris and Joel, who got knocked out in the second round on Elements.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Mainly because Iris went to an art school from the age of four,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39in the Netherlands, which sounds like the coolest thing I've ever heard.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Absolutely.- But hopefully you'll see more of both pairs today.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45And welcome to our newcomers as well, they're on podiums two and three.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Thanks very much, Richard.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Now, Francesca and Liam didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52and this is breaking... We've been handing out jackpots.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53We had five in a row, didn't we?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56You know what, they nearly did as well, didn't they? They made a terrific attempt,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00and they knew pointless answers, they just didn't quite... They didn't go for them.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03No, it was a real shame, very unlucky. But they didn't win the jackpot.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05"Isn't that unlucky," is what you're all saying!
0:02:05 > 0:02:10So we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11There we are.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Now, remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:24 > 0:02:26will be eliminated. That's all you have to remember.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Very, very best of luck. No conferring of course,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33until we get to the head-to-head. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Famous Neils, Richard.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Yes, simply seven clues to famous people called Neil on each board.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Can you identify the most obscure?
0:02:57 > 0:02:5914 in all to guess at home, good luck.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03OK, let's reveal our first board of Neils, and here they come.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Let me read those one more time.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Iris, welcome back to Pointless.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Thank you.- Remind us what you do, Iris.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- I'm a food blogger. - You are a food blogger.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Yes.- And you blog particularly on healthy food.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Healthy food, vegan food, yeah.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Healthy, vegan food.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And when not blogging, tell me what else you get involved in.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13I love yoga, I love swimming, I like going to the gym,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16and I meet up with friends and have dinner parties, or go out for dinner.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Have dinner parties where you showcase your healthy vegan food styles?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Yes, definitely.- Now, Iris, how do we like this board?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Well, I'm not that good with names, first of all.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34And...I can't think of any that spring to the top of my head.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36So, not that good.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39There's a clue, each one starts with Neil.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I can give you that!
0:04:41 > 0:04:42I'm really not sure.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48But I'll go with the astronaut who became the first man on the moon,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and Neil Armstrong.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51That's a good name, thank you!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53A random name.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Yeah, a good surname.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yeah, it goes well with Neil.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Yeah, definitely. - Let's see if it's right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Let's see. Now, how many of our 100 people said Neil Armstrong?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06It's right.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Yeah, 90.
0:05:07 > 0:05:1190 for Neil Armstrong, I'm afraid.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14There's six flags up on the moon.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Nasa say they'll all be bleached by now, due to various space things,
0:05:18 > 0:05:19or have disintegrated.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Buzz Aldrin said that the flag that he and Neil Armstrong put up,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25he saw it had been blown over when they took off, by the rocket.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Steve, welcome to Pointless, here from Liverpool.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- What do you do, Steve?- I'm a senior supervisor in a frozen food company.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36A frozen food retail company.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Is that like a, sort of, frozen food supermarket type thing?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Yes.- Freezing!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Really cold.- Is the name of the game, pretty much, isn't it?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45You have to wear gloves and scarves, presumably.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Sometimes, yes. You're supposed to.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Wow. So, what are your interests, Steve,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51when you close the lid on your frozen food?
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Well, when I close the lid, I'm a bit of a sci-fi nerd, I like Star Wars,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- Star Trek. Who doesn't?- This plays very well into Pointless.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02You've picked the right area, is what I'm saying, Steve.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- Hopefully so.- Yeah. How are we feeling about Neils?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08There's a couple up there I know the answer to,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10but I think they're going to be high answers.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13But I think the footballer nicknamed Razor who played for Tottenham and
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Liverpool is Neil Ruddock.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Neil Ruddock, says Steve.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Neil Ruddock.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It's right. 90 was our only score so far,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and you've passed that very comfortably.
0:06:28 > 0:06:2947 for Neil Ruddock.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30APPLAUSE
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Yeah, a notorious hard man, Neil Ruddock,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37once broke both of someone's legs in a tackle.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Oi-oi-oi, that's a tackle!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Isn't it just?- Wow.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Thank you very much. Now, Lina, welcome.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47- Hello.- Great to have you here on Pointless.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- What do you do, Lina?- I work in the visa office
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- of the Australian High Commission, so...- Where is the Australian High Commission?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It's in Australia House on the Strand.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58That's a nice place to be, isn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Yeah, in theory.- In theory?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04I see, what, do you get quite a lot of irate people going, "Where's my visa, I'm flying tomorrow?"
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Yeah, pretty much.- What different types of visa do you issue?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Just everything, really, like tourist, work, family, all the boring,
0:07:13 > 0:07:14kind of, yeah...
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I see. And what are your interests, Lina?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Just, like, kind of, exploring London, really.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Making the most of living there, travelling as much as we can, so...
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Yeah.- Very good.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26How do you like our Neils?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I think I know one which is famous.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31- Good enough.- It's the last one,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33which is Neil Patrick Harris, I think.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Neil Patrick Harris, says Lina.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Neil Patrick Harris.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42It is right.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Look at that, our best score so far by quite some way...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Oh, still going down. 5!
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Lina, look at that!
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Very well done.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Great work, Lina. Brilliant actor,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59used to be a professional Alexander Armstrong lookalike.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Do you know, when I was little, people used to say I looked like... When I was little, when he was...
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- He was Doogie Howser.- He was Doogie Howser.- Many years ago, yeah.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08And isn't it funny? Yeah, I still get...
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I think I come out of that comparison better, shall we say?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Oh, he's a very handsome man.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Very handsome man.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16As are you.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Come now. If I were Neil Patrick Harris... - Do we think Xander's handsome?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20- AUDIENCE:- Yeah!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Yeah!- That was really quiet!
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Yeah, that was very nice of you, thank you.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Oh, Mike!
0:08:30 > 0:08:36Whoa! Is that the actual colour or am I looking at an infrared photograph?
0:08:36 > 0:08:37It's a beauty.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You're not kidding. It's wonderful, Mike.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Thank you so much, that has just changed my life.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Mike, you're here from just outside Otley in Yorkshire.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51How lovely. Tell us more about Otley in Yorkshire.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56It's a lovely farming town, it's got a lot of pubs.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58A lot of pubs.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Really, how many pubs have you got?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02You've never counted them? Too many?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Too many. You can't do all of them.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Wow. And you have a fabulous job up there, remind us what it is.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I'm a shopper researcher.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12So, we run a shopping research agency.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Are you actually based in Otley or...?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Based in a farmhouse just outside of Guiseley.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Guiseley, how nice.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21We have a converted cow shed.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24It just sounds like an idyllic life, that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28And every so often you pop on a loud shirt and head down to the capital!
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- That's it!- Very nice.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Scare the Londoners!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Well, thank you. It's just the sort of scare we needed, Mike.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36What would you like to go for?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38You're the last person to have this board of Neils.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40If you wanted to talk us through the ones we haven't yet answered,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- you'd be very welcome.- Right.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43I'd really like to do that.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48I've got two names, I've got Neil Diamond and I've got Neil Simon.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But I don't know whether they were associated
0:09:51 > 0:09:52with any of the things up there.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55But I'm going for the top one, I'm going to say Neil Diamond.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Thank goodness you didn't do that the other way around!
0:09:58 > 0:09:59That would have been awkward!
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Neil Diamond, let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Neil Diamond.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Yes!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Fantastic, 68 is what you score there.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And everyone is right now going...
0:10:14 > 0:10:15# Whoa, whoa, whoa. #
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Yeah.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yeah, very well played. He'd sung in the same school choir as Barbra Streisand.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- What a choir!- That's quite a choir, isn't it?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24And actually, you gave us the top two answers there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Because it is Neil Diamond, and then it is Neil Simon,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29straight after that, the playwright.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Neil Simon would have scored you 15 points.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The other singer-songwriter there is...
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Is it Neil Sedaka? - It is Neil Sedaka.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41That would have scored you 36.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- And the Scottish archaeologist is...- I can't remember his name. - ..Neil Oliver.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Of course it is. - That would have scored 11.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Neil Patrick Harris, Lina, is the best answer on the board. Well played.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51We're halfway through the round,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53let's take a look at those scores. 5, what about that, Lina?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Very, very, very much the best score of that pass.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Lina and Tash, I predict great things in terms of Round Two.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Then we travel up to 47, where we find Steve and Adam,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05very well done indeed. 68 is where we find Mike and Sarah.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I think you might just make it into Round Two this time. Here's hoping.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Iris and Joel. Now, Joel, once again,
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I think I said this to you a couple of times last time,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15we need a low score from you.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25OK, we're going to put seven more Neils up on the board,
0:11:25 > 0:11:26and here they come.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I'm going to read those all one last time.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Sarah, welcome back.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Thank you.- Welcome back.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Now, Sarah, do you also work, then, in the same company with Mike?
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Yes, it's our company.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Do you go out and...?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I'm not the front line.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- You're not the front line.- I'm very much in support of what Mike does.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Right. I see.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45How does that work? Do you then go out and tout for business with companies,
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and say, "We've got lots of information, wouldn't you like to know?"
0:12:48 > 0:12:52No... I'm a latecomer, because Mike and I haven't been together... We've been together seven years.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54So Mike started the business 20 years ago.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Right.- So he was very well established when I came on the scene.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So I really am a backroom girl,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and just help a little bit with the admin side of things.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06He's the front line, along with our lovely ladies that work for us.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Very nice indeed.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Now then, Sarah, you've got the new board here.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- I have.- Quite a high score there, you're our second-highest scorers,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16so we need a nice reassuring low score from you, Sarah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I'm going to go for the TV presenter who hosted Art Attack,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22and that's Neil Buchanan, I think.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Neil Buchanan, says Sarah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Here is your red line, if you can get below that with Neil Buchanan,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29you are well... You are definitely through to Round Two.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Not so much well on your way, you're through!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Neil Buchanan.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37- It's right.- Thank goodness.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43That's a good answer. That gets you through as well, look at that!
0:13:43 > 0:13:44APPLAUSE
0:13:44 > 0:13:4719 is your score,
0:13:47 > 0:13:48and 87 is your total.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Very, very well done indeed.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Well done, Sarah. That's more like it, isn't it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- Thank you! - Yeah, through to Round Two.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Used to be in a heavy metal band before he was a TV presenter,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Neil Buchanan.- Isn't it amazing, we all used to be in heavy metal bands, didn't we, before we went into TV?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Yes, yes, I certainly did. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Now then, Tash.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Hello.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08What do you do, Tash?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I work as a secretary in London.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12- Fun?- Yes, yes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- How long have you done it for? - Almost a year.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What sort of company, or firm?
0:14:17 > 0:14:18It's a property company.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19A property company, I see, OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23And what are your interests, when you step away from the property side of things?
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Since leaving uni, I'd say travelling's become a big priority.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I visited Lina in Chile last year, which was nice.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36That's very nice. OK, so are you already planning your next journey?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Yes, we are. Hopefully somewhere in Asia or South America again.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Very good indeed. OK, now, there you are, you're on five,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46fabulous low score there, the high-scorers are still Joel and Iris.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So 84 or less gets you through.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Yeah. That may be a problem!
0:14:52 > 0:14:56I don't actually know any of the answers.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00I recognise a name but I don't think he's got anything to do with the Pet Shop Boys,
0:15:00 > 0:15:05I'm not sure. So I'll just say Neil Morrissey for the Pet Shop Boys.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07For the Pet Shop Boys.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09OK, Neil Morrissey for the Pet Shop Boys.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Let's see if that's right.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Here is your red line, get below that red line,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15you're into the next round.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Let's see what happens when we say Neil Morrissey.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Nope, I am afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28it scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 105.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30But you're not that far ahead of our high-scorers,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33so you may still be in with a shout, there.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Yeah, sorry, Tash, I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Thanks, Richard. Adam, welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Also from Liverpool?- Yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- And what do you do, Adam? - I'm a delivery driver
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- in the same frozen food company as Stephen.- So that's how you met?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- That's how we met, yes. - So, Steve's there, you...
0:15:50 > 0:15:51# Deedle-up, deedle-up... #
0:15:51 > 0:15:54..you back up, basically, to Steve's...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And you're dropping off, or are you picking up?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- I'm dropping off.- Now then, Adam, what are your interests,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- when you're not delivering?- My interests when I'm not working are
0:16:03 > 0:16:06football, darts, snooker.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09But I'm kind of like an adrenaline junkie, as well.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12So I like to... I've done the Gloucester Cheese Rolling with Steve.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- We've done the cheese rolling. - How many times have you done that? - We've done it once.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Would you do it again?- Yes, 100%. - Awesome.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Anyway, fun. You're on 47,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24our high-scorers at the moment are Tash and Lina on 105,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28which means 57 or less sees you comfortably through.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30What are you going to go for?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I'm going to go for the actor who played Tony in Men Behaving Badly and
0:16:34 > 0:16:36voiced Bob The Builder, Neil Morrissey.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Hm, rings a bell!
0:16:38 > 0:16:39LAUGHTER
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Here is your red line,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44let's see what happens when we say Neil Morrissey this time.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48It's right.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51It gets you through, just. Look at that, 54.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54You needed 57, got 54.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58101 is your total. Very well done.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- Adam, you're through.- Yeah, very nicely played, Adam.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Sorry, Tash, that's one of those things, isn't it?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Thanks very much indeed.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Now, Joel.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Remind us what you do, Joel.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I work in software branding development.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Designing apps?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Yes.- I mean, that's... App designer!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Can you call yourself that?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I mean, technically I design the storytelling side of it,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21as opposed to the technical, algorithmic side of it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I see. The storytelling, that's the best bit.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- I think so, too.- That's the bit you see, that's the nice bit.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Yeah, exactly. User experience.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The interface, the user interface experience.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I'm just adding words together, I don't really know what they mean!
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Very good. And when you're not doing that, Joel, what thrills you?
0:17:36 > 0:17:42I enjoy playing football, badminton, and I enjoy tea as well.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Tea?- Yeah.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Good for you. I love tea.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48What's your favourite? Do you have a favourite exotic tea?
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Yeah, my favourite exotic tea is the smoky Lapsang Souchong,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54from the northern Chinese province.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Wonderful, tarry tea, isn't it? - Yeah. Very nice.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Very good indeed. OK, now, Joel, there you are on 90.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Our high-scorers at the moment are Tash and Lina on 105.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07If you can score 14 or less, through you go to the next round.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Do you want to talk us through that board?
0:18:09 > 0:18:10OK, well, yeah,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14the Welsh politician and leader of the Labour Party is Neil Kinnock.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I think other than that,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18the only other one I know is the musician who makes up one half of
0:18:18 > 0:18:21the electronic duo the Pet Shop Boys, and that's Neil Tennant.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25I would imagine that people should know who an elected leader was
0:18:25 > 0:18:30more than an electronic musician, so I will go with Neil Tennant.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Nice repetition of the "elect" there, in both cases.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Neil Tennant you're going to go for.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37There's your red line, that is what we are aiming for.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Let us hope you get down there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41How many of our 100 people said Neil Tennant?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Ooh, 32!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52APPLAUSE
0:18:52 > 0:18:54122 is your total, Joel.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Good answer. It's not quite low enough.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Yeah, sorry, Joel, valiant effort.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01You went for the right one of the ones you knew, as well.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Neil Kinnock is a much bigger scorer,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04would have scored you 73 points.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06The best answer on the board
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- is the next one, the astrophysicist who is Neil deGrasse Tyson.- Oh!
0:19:12 > 0:19:15It's a name you know, right, but then, looking at that clue,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- it's hard to bring it to mind.- Yes. - 1 point for Neil deGrasse Tyson as well.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24The author of the sci-fi and fantasy books is the brilliant Neil Gaiman,
0:19:24 > 0:19:25would have scored you 8 points.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27And the drummer in Rush is Neil Peart
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and he would have scored you 5.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34At the end of our first round, the pair we're sending home
0:19:34 > 0:19:37with a high score of 122, Joel and Iris, I'm afraid it is you.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Far too soon to be sending you away.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41There's clearly great expertise within that pair
0:19:41 > 0:19:43but I'm afraid we just haven't tapped into it on the two shows
0:19:43 > 0:19:46you've been on but thank you so much for playing. Joel and Iris.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Thank you.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:19:50 > 0:19:54But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02We're down to three pairs. That's just how it goes on Pointless.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03At the end of this round,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05it will get even tighter and we go down to two pairs.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Oh, I don't know who we'll be saying goodbye to, but, Lina,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10fantastic work from you,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13just 5 points with Neil Patrick Harris in that round, so congratulations.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Best of luck to all three pairs for Round Two.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Our category for it is...
0:20:20 > 0:20:21It's one of our Words rounds.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26who's going to go second? And whoever is going first,
0:20:26 > 0:20:27please step up to the podium.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:20:39 > 0:20:46words that fit the pattern P---E as they could. P---E.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50We're looking for any word which has its own entry
0:20:50 > 0:20:53in the British and World English section of oxforddictionares.com,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55please, that fits P---E.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words, anything like that.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Very best of luck. It's fun, isn't it?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Isn't it?- I'm going to guess yours.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- I haven't guessed one right for ages but one of these days...- Mm.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Steve, what would you like to go for?
0:21:08 > 0:21:15- I'll go for price, P-R-I-C-E.- Price. Perfect for someone who works in retail.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Price.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20How many of our 100 people said price?
0:21:28 > 0:21:3025.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31APPLAUSE
0:21:33 > 0:21:3425 for price.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Price meaning price.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- Thank you very much. - The price of something.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- You know what I mean?- I've got you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Price.- The price, yes. - The price is right.- Yes.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45In this instance.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Yeah. Thank you very much. Tash, what would you like to go for?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I think I'm going to go for prone.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54- Prone.- Prone.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Prone. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for prone.
0:22:08 > 0:22:103. What about that?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11APPLAUSE
0:22:13 > 0:22:153 for prone.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Very good answer. Likely to suffer from something
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- or to experience something regrettable.- There we are.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Excellent, thank you very much indeed.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Now, Sarah.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Hi.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28I've got a bit of a risky one.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Listen, you risk away.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- We like risk.- You do, don't you?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37I'm going to go for pease, as in PEASE and pease pudding.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- PEASE.- I'm just hoping it's...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- As in pease pudding.- Pease pudding.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43What could possibly go wrong with that?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45It sounds perfect.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47From my neck of the woods, it is.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Pease pudding. Pease, pease, pease.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- It's absolutely right.- Oh!- Oh!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02And look, there's your reward.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03APPLAUSE
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Well done, Sarah. Well done. I'm so glad that you gave pease a chance.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10LAUGHTER
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Yeah. Simply an archaic spelling of peas.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- They call it pease, like peas. - Yeah.- Just knocked an E off.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- That's extraordinary.- There you go.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Thank you.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24There we are. And scoring you 5.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Superb. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Prone, Tash, prone,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32very good indeed. Very good indeed.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Then up to 5 where we find pease,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Sarah and Mike, and then up to 25,
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Steve and Adam. That's looking like
0:23:38 > 0:23:40quite a high score now, so, Adam,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42yes, we know what we need from you.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:50 > 0:23:56OK, so, Mike, we're looking for words that fit this pattern, P---E.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I'm going to go for prile,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- P-R-I-L...- E.- ..E.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Pile with an R in.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08There we are. OK.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09What is a prile, Mike?
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- Three of a kind.- Three of a kind.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Three aces or three threes,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16depending on the game of your choice.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Is a prile? OK, there is your red line, Mike.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23If you get below that with prile, you are through to the next round.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said prile.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Oh!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Oh!- Oh!- Oh!
0:24:34 > 0:24:38That, for reasons which we will discover very shortly,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40has scored you 100 points.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I always love learning a new word.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I'm quickly going to take it out of my mental Rolodex
0:24:45 > 0:24:48if it's not good enough for our question setters.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49There will be a reason for that.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52That seems very harsh but I'm sorry, Mike, 100 points.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It scores you 105 as your total.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Yeah, sorry, Mike, keep it in your Rolodex, but it's spelt P-R-I-A-L.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59It's back in the Rolodex.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03It comes from "pair royal," so prial and error, I'm afraid.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04GROANS AND LAUGHTER
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Pair royal?- Prial.- Prial.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10There we are. Now then, Lina, good news for you,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13it means it doesn't matter what you score.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Let's see if you can beat Tash with her fabulous score of 3.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Fingers crossed. I'm going to say prose as in poetry and prose.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Prose. OK, as opposed to a collection of professionals.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I see what you mean. Yes, prose. No red line, you're already through.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Let's see how many of our 100 people said prose.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Look at that, 9.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Not bad at all, taking your total
0:25:42 > 0:25:44up to a nice round 12,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46the lowest total of the round.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Yes, written or spoken language in its ordinary form, prose.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Yes, thank you. Now, Adam,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57there we are. That's helped you out a bit there.
0:25:57 > 0:25:5825.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Your target is 79 or less.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I'm going to go for paine.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07P-A-I-N-E, as in window pane.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09P-A-I-N-E.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12P-A-I-N-E, says Adam.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13OK. Here is your red line.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15You are going to go for P-A-I-N-E.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Let's see what happens when we say P-A-I-N-E.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Bad luck there, Adam.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Oh, a lot of relief on the far podium over there from Mike and Sarah.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33But agony on the near podium there, Adam and Steve.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37I'm so sorry, that scores you 100 points and takes your total to 125.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Yes, sorry, Adam, just P-A-N-E,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I'm afraid, for window pane, so it can't be accepted.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- What's yours?- Pliee. Pliee.- Pliee?
0:26:46 > 0:26:52- How are you spelling that?- I'm guessing. I'm hoping it's P-L-I-E-E.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56I think it's P-L-I-E, plie.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Is it really?- Yes, it is.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59- That's such a shame.- There it is.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01That's me out. I'm sorry. I'm off.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I'll get my stuff. I think I've got everything.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Cheers.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- AUDIENCE:- Aw!
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Oh, that's really annoying.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I got that and I thought, "That's it."
0:27:11 > 0:27:15I was hoping to find something that had...a French past.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Like puree?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Exactly. That would have scored you 1 point.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22There you go. Oh, peise, P-E-I-S-E,
0:27:22 > 0:27:23to peise something.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26It's a pointless answer. Very well done.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28APPLAUSE
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Can I just say something?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Don't applaud him because
0:27:33 > 0:27:35that wasn't his first answer so you would never have known it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I know, it's true.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41You'd have been long gone. Let's take a look, shall we, at some of the pointless answers.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Padre, a pointless answer, would have been a good one.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Parse, to take a sentence apart grammatically.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Passe, a pointless answer.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Pekoe. Pixie. Podge.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- Yeah.- Pogue is an Irish word for kiss.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- Pudge. And purge is a pointless answer.- There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03At the end of our second round, we have to say goodbye to another of our pairs,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05as I said at the beginning of the round.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Adam and Steve, I'm sorry, it is you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08You were nearly home and dry there.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14We'll see you again next time though. We'll look forward to that very much indeed.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15- Adam and Steve, thank you so much. - Cheers.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17APPLAUSE
0:28:17 > 0:28:20But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Congratulations, Tash and Lina, Sarah and Mike,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31you are now one step closer to the final
0:28:31 > 0:28:35and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,000.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37APPLAUSE
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Well, this is nice.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43We've made it up to the base camp that is the head-to-head.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It means from here on in,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47you are allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50The first player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Best of luck to both pairs, let's play this head-to-head.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- Richard?- I'm going to show you pictures now of five Welsh landmarks.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Can you identify them, please?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15OK, let's reveal our five Welsh landmarks and here they come.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50There we are, five Welsh Landmarks.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Tash and Lina, you're our low-scorers so you will go first.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58THEY CONFER
0:30:00 > 0:30:05OK, we can guess one so we'll have to go for D,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08National Library Of Wales.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12D, the National Library Of Wales is where Tash and Lina are.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Now, Sarah and Mike?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Do you want to talk us through that board?
0:30:16 > 0:30:22I know A is something Abbey and it's going to kill me when I know it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Menai something Bridge, maybe?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Llandudno Pier.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I think D is right for the girls.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I think we'll go for E, Portmeirion.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33OK, we'll go for Portmeirion.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36So we have the National Library Of Wales and Portmeirion.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Tash and Lina, the National Library Of Wales, D,
0:30:38 > 0:30:40let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45It's right.
0:30:49 > 0:30:5125.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52APPLAUSE
0:30:52 > 0:30:5525 for the National Library Of Wales.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Sarah and Mike, meanwhile, have gone from Portmeirion for E.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Portmeirion.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04It's right.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Oh, and it wins you the point, just. Look at that, 23.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I said it would be close.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15And it is close but very well done.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18After one question, Sarah and Mike, you are up 1-0.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20You were right. A is an Abbey.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21It is Tintern Abbey.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Very well done if you said that, it would have scored you 13 points.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29And it's the Menai Suspension Bridge.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32And that would have scored 19.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Llandudno Pier is the biggest scorer up there,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39it would have scored you 44.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45So here comes your second question.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Now, Sarah and Mike get to answer it first, but, Tash and Lina,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51you have to win this one to stay in the game, so very best of luck.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Our second question this afternoon is all about...
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Richard?- Just five clues now to different facts about frogs and toads.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08We have got the following...
0:32:31 > 0:32:33I'll read those one last time.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Sarah and Mike will go first.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58THEY CONFER
0:33:03 > 0:33:07OK, we'll go for the top one, The Wind In The Willows.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09The Wind In The Willows say Sarah and Mike.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11The Wind In The Willows.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Now then, Tash and Lina,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16do you want to talk us through the rest of that board?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20We thought the third one could be something like The Princess And The Frog but we're not sure.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Maybe the last one.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- Shall we go for that?- Yeah, let's go for tadpole, the last one.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27You're going to go for tadpole?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29So we have The Wind In The Willows and we have tadpole.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31Sarah and Mike went for The Wind In The Willows.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38It's right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:4355 for The Wind In The Willows.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45APPLAUSE
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Quite high there.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Tash and Lina, meanwhile, have gone for tadpole.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said tadpole.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58It's right.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Oh, 77 for tadpole which means... What about that,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Sarah and Mike?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07So nearly leaving us in the second round and there you go,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09through to the final after only two questions.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- 2-0.- Very well played but you knew one of them.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It's The Princess And The Frog, was a correct answer.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17That would have scored you 22 points as well.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It would have won you the point.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21The name of the largest species,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24there's only one real giant biblical warrior.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- Samson. No...- Goliath.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Oh, that one, yes, sorry, I've got you.- You're right though,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32there's more than one. Goliath, so it's the Goliath Frog.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It would have scored 24.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37The English author, very well done if you got this.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- George Orwell?- It is George Orwell, yeah, one point for that.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I'm afraid without a point on their board,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48though nothing wrong with either of your answers.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Very, very close in fact in the first answer.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Tash and Lina, we have to say goodbye to you.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54It is great news, we get to see you again next time.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57We look forward to that very much. In the meantime, thanks so much. APPLAUSE
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Good luck, guys.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03But for Sarah and Mike, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Well, congratulations, Sarah and Mike,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13who have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing
0:35:24 > 0:35:25at £2,000.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You owe it all to paine.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35That's what got you here, paine.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40It was all but over. That was it, the obituaries were being written,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Sarah and Mike, but then you pulled it back and not only that,
0:35:43 > 0:35:45you were 2-0 in the head-to-head.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46That's just extraordinary.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Absolutely fantastic.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51What would you like to see come up on the board, any strong suits?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- Oh...- Sport.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Rugby or golf would be good.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Military history.- Oh, yes, that would be good for you.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01These all sound like very good prime Pointless categories to me.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03You know what happens, we put four things up on the board,
0:36:03 > 0:36:06you have to choose the one that scares you the least.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10It's as simple as that. Let's see what today's selection looks like.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12We've got...
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Post-Punk Albums - good for you, Mike, I know.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16US Crime Writers,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Stephen Sondheim,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Women's Grand Slam Tennis.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Oh...
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- we might have to do the Grand Slam Tennis.- Yeah.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29No, I think we'll have to have a stab at that.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- OK, the tennis it is. Richard?- Very best of luck.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34We're looking for any woman who won a singles title at any
0:36:34 > 0:36:37of the Grand Slam tournaments, that's the Australian Open,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open
0:36:39 > 0:36:41in any of the following decades, please.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45So any female singles Grand Slam tennis winners of the 1950s,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48of the 1970s, or of the 1990s.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Very best of luck.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:54 > 0:36:58and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- Are you ready?- We are ready.- We are.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- There they are. Your time starts now.- Smashing.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Evonne Goolagong, '50s. - Evonne Goolagong.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Um... I'm thinking '70s
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- was all about...- Chris Evert.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Chris Evert Lloyd as she was.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Um...
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Oh, let's think.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Anne something. Anne.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27There was Billie Jean King.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- OK.- She was '70s.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Um...
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Who else was in the '70s?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36'70s is a long time ago, that's 50 years.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Yeah, but I'm sure '70s was Billie Jean King.
0:37:39 > 0:37:411990s?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43You think about that. I can't think.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Oh, gosh, it goes so quickly. - Steffi Graf?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Yeah, she would be '90s.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Oh, gosh.- Davenport. - Lindsay Davenport.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Ten seconds left.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57She might be '70s.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- No.- She's later. Is she '90s? - She might be later than that.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Right. I'm going to go Billie Jean King.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06That is your time up, I'm so sorry.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08What are your answers going to be?
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- I think let's go Evonne Goolagong for the...- Evonne Goolagong.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14- ..'50s.- For the '50s.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Lindsay Davenport.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I think she's more '70s.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20You think '70s, OK.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Lindsay Davenport...- Put '70s.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26How about Arantxa Sanchez Vicario?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28She's just come into my head...
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. - ..for the '90s.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Of those three, which do you think is your best shot
0:38:32 > 0:38:33at a pointless answer?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Er...- The last one, if it's right.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Arantxa Sanchez Vicario goes last.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40The least likely to be pointless?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Evonne Goolagong, because I'm not sure.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44And then Lindsay Davenport goes in the middle.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then
0:38:47 > 0:38:48and here they are.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51We've got Evonne Goolagong,
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Lindsay Davenport
0:38:53 > 0:38:56and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Very, very best of luck.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Three good answers on the board.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02We just have to hope they are correct and pointless.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05If one of those works out to be pointless,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07what will you do with your winnings?
0:39:07 > 0:39:08You've got £2,000.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Our favourite place in the world is Northumberland and when we go up,
0:39:12 > 0:39:14we take a cottage right on the beach
0:39:14 > 0:39:17and so we'll go up there with all the family.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19So, that would be the best thing,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22and then we're going to Italy in September so something towards that.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24OK, very best of luck.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Three good answers, as I say.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Your first answer was Evonne Goolagong.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30In this case, we were looking for Grand Slam winners from the 1950s.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, remember.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Let's find out if it's going to be the first one, Evonne Goolagong.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Is it right for the 1950s?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41How many people said it, for £2,000?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46No, bad luck.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48She might be '60s, actually.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Bad luck, not in the 1950s, I'm afraid.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54Unfortunately not a pointless answer, which means we move swiftly on to your next answer
0:39:54 > 0:39:56which was Lindsay Davenport.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59In this case, we were looking for Grand Slam winners from the 1970s.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03If this is right, and if it is pointless, it will win you £2,000.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05How many of our 100 people said Lindsay Davenport?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Ouch! I'm afraid that is also an incorrect answer.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17But we move swiftly on to your third and final answer.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was your final answer.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25In this case, we were looking for Grand Slam winners from the 1990s.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29If this is right and if it is pointless, it will win you £2,000.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, is it pointless?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- It's right.- Oh, my goodness.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Now, your first answer, Evonne Goolagong, was an incorrect answer.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Your second answer, Lindsay Davenport, was incorrect.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is absolutely right.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Down we go through the single figures. Still going down.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Oh!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51APPLAUSE
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Oh, no!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56One person.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Who is it?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00- One person got that. - I'm so pleased we got one right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05That's a great answer and to come so close must be quite painful
0:41:05 > 0:41:08but you've been so brilliant across the show.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Three good answers, nothing wrong with those apart from the decades,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I think.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find
0:41:15 > 0:41:17that all-important pointless answer
0:41:17 > 0:41:19so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22That will roll over onto the next show but it's been such a pleasure
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- having you on. Not just for your shirt, Mike!- Fabulous.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Listen, you get to take home a Pointless trophy,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29so very, very well done for that. Sarah and Mike.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Brilliant contestants.- Thank you.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Yeah, very well played and a very exciting finish for us as well,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41thank you very much. You were just out on your decades there.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42You had Evonne Goolagong in the '50s,
0:41:42 > 0:41:45she was born in the '50s and won six titles in the '70s.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Won another one in the '80s as Evonne Cawley as well, in 1980.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Lindsay Davenport, you had in the '70s.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53She was born in the '70s, won two titles in the '90s
0:41:53 > 0:41:56and won in the 2000s as well, Lindsay Davenport.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:42:00 > 0:42:031950s, well done if you got some of these.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Althea Gibson won five titles in the '50s.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Angela Mortimer, the Brit.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Doris Hart won five titles as well.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Louise Brough won three.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Mary Carter and Thelma Long both won two Australian Open titles.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Shirley Fry won four titles.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Christine Truman, another Brit, was a pointless answer.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Let's move on to the '70s now.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Kerry Reid who won the Aussie Open.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Mima Jausovec, who won the French.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26US Open, Tracy Austin was a pointless answer.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Now does a lot of commentary work.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Virginia Ruzici.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32You also could have had Barbara Jordan and Chris O'Neill,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35both of whom won the Australian Open in the '70s.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38The '90s now, there's only three pointless answers here.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40So Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was a very good answer.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Gabriela Sabatini, the Argentinian.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Iva Majoli
0:42:43 > 0:42:45and Jana Novotna, who famously won Wimbledon,
0:42:45 > 0:42:46and she was a pointless answer.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Well, Sarah and Mike, very sadly,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54you didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over
0:42:54 > 0:42:58onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59APPLAUSE
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.