0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:24 > 0:00:26the show where the more obscure your knowledge,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And, couple number one...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hi, I'm Gyasuddin and this my sister Kulsum,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- and we're from Blackburn, in Lancashire.- ..couple number two...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hello, I'm Nigel and this is my wife, Sue
0:00:42 > 0:00:44and we're from mighty Leicester.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46..couple number three...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Hello, my name is Aled, this is my best mate Tom,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and we're from Pontypridd.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52..and finally, couple number four...
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm Linda and this is Liz, and we're friends from Lockerbie.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Well, thanks very much all of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05A very, very warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06We'll get to chat to each of you
0:01:06 > 0:01:08throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13If you play our theme tune backwards on vinyl, people say you can hear
0:01:13 > 0:01:15him reciting the scores for Scrabble.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- And you.- Linda and Liz, our only returners from that last show,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- but they got through to the head-to-head.- Yeah.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- That's not bad going, is it? - Not bad.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30But three new pairs.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Yes.- What magic may they weave?
0:01:33 > 0:01:34- Who knows?- Who knows?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Heroes, villains.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Anything could happen. Not ANYTHING could happen.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41If certain things happened we'd be taken off air -
0:01:41 > 0:01:45but anything within broadcast regulations could happen
0:01:45 > 0:01:46in the next 45 minutes.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Can you imagine?- Such poetry.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50- True, though, isn't it?- It is.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Yeah.- Yeah, if something awful happens, then we would be...
0:01:53 > 0:01:56you know, if someone started swearing or something like that...
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Yeah.- Which you've been known to do.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Yeah.- This whole place would be shut down.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02We are such stuff as...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- within-regulations dreams are made on.- Yeah.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Exactly it. It'd probably just be a regular episode of Pointless.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10There'd be some good answers, some bad ones, but you never know.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- You never know. - It is up to you guys, really.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14No pressure. We could get a BAFTA.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17We could get the BAFTA for this show if you pull your fingers out.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Something truly magnificent could happen.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Now, Roger and Lauren didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off
0:02:27 > 0:02:29at £2,000.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30That's where we are.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42So remember this, the pair with the highest score
0:02:42 > 0:02:44at the end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Keep your scores low, you'll be fine.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49No conferring until we get to the head-to-head.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Best of luck. Our first category today is...
0:02:54 > 0:02:57It's Football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59who's going to go second,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01and whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:03:08 > 0:03:12to name as many football teams in the Premier League
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and the Championship as they could.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- Richard.- Yeah, looking for any of the teams in the Premier League
0:03:18 > 0:03:23or the Championship in English football in the 2015-2016, please.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25All right. There we go.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Kulsum, welcome to Pointless.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Good to have you. From Blackburn?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- That's right. - What do you do, Kulsum?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I work in a stroke research department at a university.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Right you are. And what are your interests when not at work?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I like to keep active, do a bit of running, go to the gym.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Very good indeed.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Now, do you follow football?
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- Yes.- With a passion or sort of fairly passively?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- With a bit of a passion.- What would you like to go for?- Erm...
0:03:54 > 0:03:56..I'll go for Bournemouth.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Bournemouth, says Kulsum.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58OK, let's see if that's right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bournemouth.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07There we are. Bournemouth is right.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Very well done indeed. 13 for Bournemouth.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15APPLAUSE
0:04:16 > 0:04:18That's a lovely start, Kulsum. Well played.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Yeah, went up to the Premier League and did very well in it, as well.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Thanks, Rich. Now, Sue, welcome to Pointless.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Great to have you here from Leicester.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Marvellous. What keeps you busy and happy in Leicester, Sue?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I work at De Montfort University
0:04:33 > 0:04:36helping students with their study skills
0:04:36 > 0:04:38who have dyslexia, dyspraxia
0:04:38 > 0:04:44and anything that they need to help them fulfil their degree.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Extraordinary. So you must have wide experience
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- of all the different disciplines? - Yeah. It can be from art,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- it can be from law, engineering - which I really struggle with.- Yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So you're a bit like a sort of Pointless presenter, in that sense,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59that all this general knowledge is flowing through you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- And it all goes...- Exactly the same.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02I know. If only some of it stuck.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Just think of all the doctorates you could have otherwise.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Absolutely.- Ah! Amazing.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Sue, what would you like to go for?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11I'll go for Stoke.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Stoke, says Sue.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Let's see how many of 100 people said Stoke.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's right. 13 is our only score thus far.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Stoke takes us to 19.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27There we are. Not bad. APPLAUSE
0:05:27 > 0:05:30A promising start to the round, I have to say.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Founded in 1863, the second oldest football league club in existence.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36After...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39After the team they had to play endlessly until somebody else...
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Yeah.- That's a dull fixtures list, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Yeah. Who have we got this week?
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Stoke again?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47HE CHUCKLES Hey-hey!
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Thomas, welcome to Pointless. - Thank you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Great to have you here from Pontypridd.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53What do you do, Thomas?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I'm currently a master's student in the University of South Wales
0:05:56 > 0:05:59studying sport health, sport and exercise science.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03How much of your coursework is spent with a heart monitor on?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04To be fair, not much, this time.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05My undergraduate was,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08but this time it's more health.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11So, with your master's, what do you want to go on and do?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14At first I wanted to be an exercise physiologist
0:06:14 > 0:06:16and do the heart and the brain and so on,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but now I've moved into public health and want to help...
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Oh, I see, so moving away from sport, do you think or...?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24No, there will be aspects of sport, but it's more along the health.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28OK, to encourage all of us to be a little bit more sporty and active.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33OK. Now, Thomas, what would you like to go for?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I'm struggling to remember if this team is in the Championship
0:06:37 > 0:06:40or the League One, but I'm going to go for MK Dons.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42MK Dons, says Thomas. Let's see if that's right.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49It's right.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Look at that. Thomas,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01I salute you. 1 for MK Dons. APPLAUSE
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Great work, Thomas.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06He knows he's done a good job there, with that nod.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09They were actually relegated from the Championship in that season.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Thanks very much, Richard.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Now, Linda. Linda, remind us what you do.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I work for the local authority as a roads technician.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21A roads technician.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Now, I asked you all about that last time,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25so we'll move on to something else this time.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26What are your interests, Linda?
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Socialising, walking my dog, exercise.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Listening to music. - Listening to music.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Whose idea was it to come on the show?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36A bit of both, I think.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40A bit of both. Was this while you were working on road business?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Or perhaps it was in one of your breaks, maybe?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Yes, yes. When the plan was put together.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Linda, what would you like to go for?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I'll go for Norwich City.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Norwich City, says Linda. Let's see if it's right.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said Norwich City.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04It's right. 19 still our high scorer, 1 our low score now.
0:08:06 > 0:08:0823 for Norwich City.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09APPLAUSE
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Yeah, their chairman is now Ed Balls.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- Yes.- I actually went to a match...
0:08:17 > 0:08:18a Norwich match that he was at,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and he's very knowledgeable and is very entertaining company.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- At Carrow Road? - No, at a different ground.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Right. I see. And you fell into conversation with him?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30With the gentleman in...
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Oh, I can say his name, I can say Ed Balls, that's fine.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Yeah, he knows what he's talking about.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38There we are. Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Let's take a quick look at those scores. 1, Thomas.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Fantastic. Thomas and Aled,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I have a hunch you might be in Round Two.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Mind you, that might rest on your shoulders, Aled.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48But they look broad.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I'm sure that'll be fine.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Then we travel up to 13 where we find Kulsum and Gyasuddin.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Then up to 19 where we find Sue and Nigel.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Then up to 23 where we find Linda and Liz.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Now, Liz, you're not that far ahead,
0:09:01 > 0:09:02but a nice low score from you
0:09:02 > 0:09:04would just ease the pressure a bit, I think.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05So let's come back down the line now.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Marvellous. Liz.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Now, remind us what you do.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- I'm retired.- You're retired, but you were also on the road?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Yes.- On the...- On the admin side.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22On the admin side of the road.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Just making sure the road was ticking over,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and all aspects of road were good and proper.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32And your retirement now is full of what delights?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Walking in the country and doing crosswords and sudoku.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Yes.- Going to the horse racing.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Very good. And how far afield do you go racing?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Local. Ayr, Musselburgh.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Kelso, is that near you or is that...?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- Kelso, yes.- Kelso.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Very good. Do you ever go south of the border?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53We've been to a couple down in Yorkshire, as well.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- OK.- Catterick and Ripon. - And Newcastle, Hexham, Sedgefield.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Lots of lovely racing round there.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Anyway, listen, there you are on 23.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04You're the highest scores. You need a low score here.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Yes.- What would you like to go for?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08I'll go for Burnley.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Burnley.- Yes.- OK. Burnley.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Let's see... No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16but let's see how far down the column we get with Burnley.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20It's right.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Now, we want to go as far down as we possibly can here, Liz.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26And down it goes. Look at that. 10.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Second lowest score of the round so far.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32So, 33 is your total.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Yeah, they won the Championship, Burnley, in 2016.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Championship champions.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Thank you very much.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Now then, Aled. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43Now, what do you do?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I'm a teacher's assistant at a nursery and a primary school.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47What age children are they?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50They're, like, three to four. Possibly five.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Oh, that's very nice!
0:10:51 > 0:10:53And will you stay with that age group, do you think, for now?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I don't know, Xander.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- We'll see what happens. - See what happens.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59OK. But you're there for how long?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Your plan at the moment is?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Xander, I don't know.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06It sounds like he's been suspended or something, doesn't it?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- I'm a bit of a wild one, Xander, you see.- OK.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10What would you like to end up?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12You want to end up teaching though?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Well, yes, no?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- I don't know. - HE LAUGHS
0:11:16 > 0:11:18What would you love to do?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21You see, I don't know. I'm a man of many talents.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Yes, what are...?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24None of them apparent.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28What would you say was the chief talent you would like to exercise?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30I'll tell you what, Xander, I'll be honest, I love radio.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33I would love to get into radio at some point.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Oh, for heaven's sake, shouldn't he be on radio?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Aled, you'd be brilliant on radio.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Thank you. That's lovely. That's very kind of you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- He's got a good voice. - He's got a lovely voice.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Full of bags of character there, Aled.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47I suppose the usual route is local radio, hospital radio,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49then you sort of... Have you started doing things like that yet?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Well, I've done local radio for about...five, six years now.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Since I was about 16.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56So it's about time the break came.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- Yes.- What time of day are you on?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Seven till ten.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Oh, that's fun. On a weekday?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02On a Tuesday.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- On a Tuesday night?- Tuesday night.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Well, listen, best of luck.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Aled, what would you like to go for in this round?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12I was going to play it too safe, but too safe is too safe now,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16so I'm going to go for the only other team that's in my head.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17It's risky.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Sorry, Tom, if it's not right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Dagenham & Redbridge.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Dagenham & Redbridge.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- Possibly. I don't know.- Thomas seems really pleased with that(!)
0:12:26 > 0:12:27I think it's fine.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Dagenham & Redbridge.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Here is your red line.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32There you are. You just have to get below that
0:12:32 > 0:12:35with Dagenham & Redbridge. Let's see if it's right.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Oh, Aled.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Oh, Aled.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Well, listen, we can talk more when you come back next show about...
0:12:47 > 0:12:50about local radio. I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 101.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Yeah, sorry, Aled, both Dagenham AND Redbridge both wrong.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00They're about as far away as you can get, unfortunately, in...
0:13:00 > 0:13:01Yes, I'm sorry.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04But, you know, Dagenham & Redbridge FC Radio
0:13:04 > 0:13:08would be delighted to have that sort of enthusiasm, I suspect,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10in their half-time show.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Nigel. Welcome.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17What do you do, Nigel?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20I work for the Leicestershire County Council
0:13:20 > 0:13:23in a department called Assistive Technology.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Assistive?- Assistive, yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29So we put in equipment to help people live independently.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Oh, excellent! - Things like Pendant alarms.- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Memory jogging devices, trackers,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38all sorts of things to help people stay out of hospital.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Brilliant. Wonderful thing, giving people independence -
0:13:41 > 0:13:45and presumably these kind of gadgets are developing all the time,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47so there will be new things appearing
0:13:47 > 0:13:49in your assistive department.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51More and more stuff goes...
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- kind of, phone-app based.- Of course.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- It does more and more things.- Yeah.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Now then, Nigel.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00You are on 19,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02which means if you can score 81 or less,
0:14:02 > 0:14:03you're through to the next round.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07I can only thank Aled, because he's given me the luxury of mentioning
0:14:07 > 0:14:09mighty Leicester City.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Leicester City.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which has to be my answer if there is a bit of a no-risk, really.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15OK. There we are. Well, 81.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Let's see. Here is your red line.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19You have to get below that with Leicester City,
0:14:19 > 0:14:20but I think you may.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27It's right. Yep, good enough.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There we are. 46. APPLAUSE
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Very well done indeed.
0:14:33 > 0:14:3465 is your total.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Yeah, well played, Nigel.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Well played, Leicester, as well. I know you're a fan - and, at 46,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41genuinely an awful lot higher than Leicester have ever scored
0:14:41 > 0:14:46in any question before, as well, so you can tell it's had an impact.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Yes.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- Now, Gyasuddin. Welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Great to have you here. What do you do?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I'm a pharmacist. I work in the community village pharmacy.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59That's fun. So you're in the backroom, are you?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Putting the bags of pills and things together?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Well, we have colleagues to do that now.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07They actually want the pharmacists to be at the front of the shop
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- and giving advice out.- Oh, I see.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Are you in an independent pharmacist
0:15:10 > 0:15:12or are you part of a large, well-known chain?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I actually work for an independent pharmacy.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18And what are your hobbies, Gyasuddin?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Well, at the moment, I don't have much time for hobbies.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Oh - you've had a baby!
0:15:23 > 0:15:24- I have.- You had a baby boy.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Yes, he takes a lot of my time up,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but I do try and fit in a bit of tennis with Kulsum
0:15:29 > 0:15:31and play football when I can.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Very good. How old is your baby?
0:15:34 > 0:15:35He's eight months old at the moment.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Lovely. And you're just about getting some sleep I imagine?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Just about.- Just about.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Oh, lovely. A wonderful thing to experience.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47How thrilling. Now, there you are on 13.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The highest scorers at the moment are Alex and Thomas on 101.
0:15:49 > 0:15:5387 or less gets you through, so quite a nice...
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Yeah, it's a nice buffer.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I'm just going to go for my hometown, Blackburn Rovers.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Blackburn Rovers, says Gyasuddin.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Let's see if that's right.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Here is your red line, nice and high.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04How many people said Blackburn Rovers?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10It's right and you're through. Very well done.
0:16:15 > 0:16:177. APPLAUSE
0:16:17 > 0:16:20The second lowest score of the whole round.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Very well done indeed.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Taking your total up to 20, the lowest total of the round.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Terrific answer. Well played. Nice that we had the two hometown teams
0:16:26 > 0:16:29on the last two podiums as well. Now, poor Thomas.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31His tragedy made even greater
0:16:31 > 0:16:34by the fact that there's only one pointless answer in the whole thing,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37so MK Dons was an unbelievably good answer.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39The one pointless answer in either of those leagues -
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Huddersfield Town.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Very, very well done if you said that.
0:16:42 > 0:16:461 point for MK Dons, Preston North End or Brentford.
0:16:46 > 0:16:503 points for Bristol City, Rotherham, Brighton.
0:16:50 > 0:16:524 points for QPR and Reading.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Fulham got 5 points. - LAUGHTER
0:16:56 > 0:16:58It's good. They got more points than QPR
0:16:58 > 0:17:00and they got a lot more points than Brentford.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03You'd have got 6 points
0:17:03 > 0:17:05for Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers.
0:17:05 > 0:17:077 for Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and 8 for Wolves and Ipswich Town.
0:17:10 > 0:17:129 for Hull. Those are the best answers.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14We'll take a look at the top three answers,
0:17:14 > 0:17:15the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It is the usual suspects, I'm afraid...
0:17:21 > 0:17:25..and you can't dislodge them, Manchester United on 81.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- At least you can beat them in the league.- Absolutely.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I've settled for that.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our first round,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the pair we have to send home with their high score of 101,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37what a shame, Aled and Thomas, been great fun having you here,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39even for this short round, but we'll see you again next time.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Look forward to that very much indeed. But, in the meantime,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44thank you so much. Aled and Thomas. APPLAUSE
0:17:47 > 0:17:48But, for the remaining three players,
0:17:48 > 0:17:49it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56So, we're down to three pairs.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Gyasuddin and Kulsum, I just don't think it's going to be you.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Amazing low scoring from you there,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06individually and together.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Yeah, our low scorers by quite a long way.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10And, Nigel, thank you for bringing in Leicester, there.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Very nice.- Thank you. - Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20English Language. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:18:20 > 0:18:22who's going to go first, who's going to go second,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34"Ban" words.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- Richard.- On each board we're going to show you definitions of six words
0:18:38 > 0:18:39which start B-A-N.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Can you tell us what those words are, please.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42We're just going to show you
0:18:42 > 0:18:44the number of letters in each word as well.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45So 12 in all to have a go at home.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50So here is our first board of clues for "ban" words -
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and here they come.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Hm. Let's read those again.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Gyasuddin, which of our "bans" do you feel like going for?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I can only...
0:19:46 > 0:19:47think of two of them, actually.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52So it's a matter of which is going to score the lowest.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57I'm going to go for, "A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang."
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Bandit.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Bandit, says Gyasuddin.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Let's see if that's right,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03let's see how many of our 100 people went for bandit.
0:20:07 > 0:20:1079. 79. APPLAUSE
0:20:10 > 0:20:12They may all be high-scorers in this round,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14you never know, but 79 for bandit.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Normally in these words rounds I get to define what the words are.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20My thunder has slightly been stolen here.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I know. What can you do?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I could talk about my time as a bandit...
0:20:26 > 0:20:29..in New Mexico in the late 19th century.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Tell us more stories about that.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37I used to rob stagecoaches and give to the poor, to be fair.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- So I was a bandit but with a heart. - Yeah, yeah.- I never harmed anybody.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Never did. You weren't particularly successful though, were you?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45I was very successful.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- You just wouldn't know, because I was masked at all times.- I see.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- No-one ever caught me.- Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54And I will be at each of the following things, I will also...
0:20:54 > 0:20:57stories from my life, like Slumdog Millionaire.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Oh, that's very nice.- Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Sue.- Erm...
0:21:05 > 0:21:09"An elaborate and formal evening meal for many people."
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- A banquet.- A banquet, says Sue.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said banquet.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19It's right. 79 is our only score so far.
0:21:19 > 0:21:2176. There we are. APPLAUSE
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Well, it's going in the right direction, Sue.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I once threw a banquet for the Mayor of Albuquerque
0:21:28 > 0:21:29in order to make good my escape...
0:21:31 > 0:21:34..from a New Mexican stockade.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I arranged it from inside the stockade.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41- Clever.- And I was brought on stage to show off that he had arrested me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44It was the last mistake he made.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46But you never hurt him.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Oh, no, he was fine, he just never made another mistake.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50It was amazing after that.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52He lived for another 30 years, faultlessly.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Liz. This board is all yours, if you'd like to talk us through it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00I think the first one is banal.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03The second one, bandwagon.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Get rid of - banish.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11And the bottom one, banana.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Oh, banana!
0:22:13 > 0:22:15LAUGHTER
0:22:15 > 0:22:18So I think I'll go for the second one, bandwagon.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Bandwagon, says Liz.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Let's see how far down the column we get with bandwagon.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27It's right.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Wow. Look at that. 20 for bandwagon. APPLAUSE
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Well done, Liz.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And that, of course, is what I escaped in,
0:22:41 > 0:22:42so thank you for mentioning it.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It's actually far and away the best answer on the board, as well,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47so it's a very good choice of all of them.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48You're right about banal.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49That would've scored you 51.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53You're right about banished, as well.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55That would've scored you 68.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57What do you think banana...?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- I can reveal that you're right about that.- Yeah.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- What do you think banana scored? - You've got to hope in the 90s. 96.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Let's take a look.
0:23:05 > 0:23:0696.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Well done. How about that? - Look at that!
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13let's look at the scores, 20 the best score of that pass.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Liz, very well done, Liz and Linda.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I think the head-to-head awaits for you a second time.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Then we travel up to 76, where we find Sue and Nigel.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Then just to 79 where we find Gyasuddin and Kulsum.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27So, yes, you are out in front, Kulsum, we need a low score
0:23:27 > 0:23:29from you, if you can find it. Good luck with that.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31I hope the next board has some fun things on it.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32We're coming back down the line.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41OK, let's put six more ban word descriptions up on the board
0:23:41 > 0:23:43and here they come.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I'm going to read those again quickly.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37There we are. Linda, on 20.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Now, if you can possibly score 58 or less
0:24:39 > 0:24:43you are definitely through to the next round.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I'll go for the third one down and say bandana.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Bandana, says Linda. Here's your red line.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52If you can get below that you're definitely through.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54How many of our 100 said bandana?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Oh. 84 for bandana, taking your total up to 104.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06The world record for the largest gathering of dogs wearing bandanas
0:25:06 > 0:25:09is 764, in Australia.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12To raise money for the Australian version of the RSPCA.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16There you go. That's true.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I'm not saying that my other stuff
0:25:19 > 0:25:22about the banquet and what have you wasn't true, but that is true.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Thank you, Richard. Now, Nigel. There you are on 76.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27You have to score 27 or less.
0:25:28 > 0:25:3127 or less. What are you going to go for?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I think possibly one that I think is slightly risky, I hope it's right.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37And I hope you don't want me to spell it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40The fourth one down I believe is bandicoot.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Bandicoot.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Bandicoot. Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Get below that with bandicoot you're in the head-to-head.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49How many people said it?
0:25:51 > 0:25:52It's right.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Very well done, Nigel.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57I suspect that gets you through.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58And it does.
0:25:58 > 0:26:0016 with a little bit of room to spare.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02APPLAUSE Taking your total up to 92.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Very well played, Nigel.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Yeah, it comes from...
0:26:06 > 0:26:08It essentially means pig rat.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Bandicoot sounds nicer than pig rat.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Yes. Yes.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Thank you very much, Richard.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Kulsum, there you are on 79, the high-scorers are on 104.
0:26:18 > 0:26:2224 or less, so a little bit of pressure on you there.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Do you feel like talking us through the board?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Um...
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I think I know three of the remaining ones.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The top one I think is bangle.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Declared in law as unable to pay their debts - bankrupt.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39And the structure formed on a staircase is banister,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42and I think I'm going to have to go with that one.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45You're going to go for banister. OK. Here is your red line.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47It's quite low.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Let's see how far down the column we get with banister.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56It right.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Oh, 63 for banister, Kulsum.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05A big score there taking your total up to 142.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Yeah, big scorer for banister.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Not the biggest scorer up there.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The ornamental bands are bangles.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15You're quite right. Would have scored you 75.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17You're right as well about bankrupt.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18That would have scored you 70.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20The best one left on the board, this bottom one,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23it's a complicated sounding clue but the word is very familiar.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Bandwidth.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Bandwidth, exactly that. That would have scored 38.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30So bandicoot, Nigel, best answer on the board.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Thank you very much, indeed.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34At the end of our second round the pair we're saying goodbye to
0:27:34 > 0:27:36with their high score of 142, I'm afraid,
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Kulsum and Gyasuddin it is you.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39We'll see you again next time.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Look forward to that very much - but, in the meantime,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44thanks very much for playing, Kulsum and Gyasuddin.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49But for the remaining two players it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Congratulations, Linda and Liz, Nigel and Sue.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57You are now one step closer to the final
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02which currently stands at £2,000.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09This is exciting. We've made it as far as the head-to-head round,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11which means you can start playing as pairs now -
0:28:11 > 0:28:12you can confer before you give your answers.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Linda and Liz, we have been here before.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20But this is a promotion for you,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22because you were our blue pair last time
0:28:22 > 0:28:24now you are our yellow pair, our golden couple,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28our low-scoring pair. Nigel and Sue, first appearance on the show,
0:28:28 > 0:28:29very impressive to have you here
0:28:29 > 0:28:31straight through to the head-to-head.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Great answers from both pairs throughout the game so far.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36I think this should be close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Here is your first question.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46And it concerns...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49UK buildings and their architects.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Richard.- We're going to show you five pictures, now,
0:28:54 > 0:28:55of buildings in the UK
0:28:55 > 0:28:57and we're going to show you alternate letters
0:28:57 > 0:28:59of the surname of their architects.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Can you name those architects' surnames, please?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five buildings.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07And here they come. We have...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33There we are. Now, then, Linda and Liz,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36you're our low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38We'll go for E, Mackintosh.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Mackintosh say Linda and Liz.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Now, then, Nigel and Sue, that board is all yours.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Do you fancy talking us through it?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Um, I don't know the first one.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I don't think we know that between us.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Rogers I think is B.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Wren is C.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Foster is D.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59I'm not convinced any of them are going to be better than Mackintosh.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02I think it's between B and D, Sue, which do you think?
0:30:02 > 0:30:03- B.- OK.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- We'll go for B, Rogers.- OK, Rogers.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08So, we have Mackintosh and Rogers.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Linda and Liz said Mackintosh for E.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Let's see if that's right,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14let's see how many of the 100 people said Mackintosh.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18It's right.
0:30:24 > 0:30:256.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26APPLAUSE
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Look at that. 6 for Mackintosh.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Nigel and Sue, meanwhile, have said Rogers for B.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Let's see if that's right,
0:30:33 > 0:30:34let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39It's right.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44There we go. 26.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46APPLAUSE
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Well done, Linda and Liz.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Mackintosh wins you the first question,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52which means after one question you're up 1-0.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Yeah, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, best answer on the board by a mile.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Very beautiful building, as well, the Glasgow School of Art.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59A is the next best answer.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01That is Zaha Hadid,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04he sadly passed away in 2016.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Would have scored you 18 points.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09You're quite right about Christopher Wren.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14He would have scored you 59.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16You're also right Norman Foster.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Would have been a slightly lower score,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21but still wouldn't have won you the point. 19 points for that.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26So here comes your second question. Nigel and Sue, you get to answer
0:31:26 > 0:31:28it first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Very best of luck. Our second question is all about...
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Sting.- Yes, we're going to show you five clues now,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39all relating to the British musician Sting.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:31:41 > 0:31:45OK, let's reveal our five clues - and here they come.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Let me read those one last time.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16There we go. Nigel and Sue, you go first.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19I think we're going to have to go for the decade, aren't we?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- The only other one we know is the band, don't we?- Mmm.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26What decade are we going for? It could be the '50s.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28'60s... '40s?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33We're guessing here.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36The fifth one down, we're going to go for the '50s.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37The '50s.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41OK, now, then, Linda and Liz.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Right, the actress and producer, Trudie Styler.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48His birth name, Gordon Sumner.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50And The Police.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52So, it's just what one we go for.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54What will we go for?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Trudie Styler?- Trudie Styler.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- OK, Trudie Styler.- So we have the '50s and Trudie Styler.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Nigel and Sue went for the 1950s, the decade he was born in.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Let's see if that's right,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10It is the '50s.
0:33:12 > 0:33:1543 people got the '50s.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Linda and Liz, meanwhile, have gone for Trudie Styler,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23the actress and producer he married in 1992.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30It's right.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Oh, and it wins you the point again.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Look at that, 17 for Trudi Styler.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Very well done indeed, Linda and Liz.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42That means, after only two questions,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Beautifully played. Very well done.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Born in 1951.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50His birth name, you were right, is Gordon Sumner.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53That would have scored you 21.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56You were also right that he was in The Police
0:33:56 > 0:33:58with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00That would have scored 62.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I was just reading a very good book about Kim Philby, the spy,
0:34:03 > 0:34:06and Stewart Copeland's father, Miles Copeland, is in it quite a lot
0:34:06 > 0:34:08because he was very active in US intelligence.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Very interesting. It is a wonderful book as well, by Ben Macintyre.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15And the best answer on the board by quite some way
0:34:15 > 0:34:18is the 2014 Broadway musical. You don't know this?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- I don't.- The Last Ship -
0:34:21 > 0:34:23and that would have scored you 3 points.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25There we are. Thank you, Richard.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28So the pair leaving us at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30it's Nigel and Sue. It's not terrible news
0:34:30 > 0:34:31because this is perfect training
0:34:31 > 0:34:34to come back into the head-to-head round next time and win,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36as our winners will attest.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38At its most basic it means we get to see you again next time.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Otherwise it would have all have been over in one brief appearance,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43and that would have been far too little. Now, Nigel and Sue,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants.- Thank you.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51But for Linda and Liz it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Congratulations, Linda and Liz.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00You have seen off all the competition
0:35:00 > 0:35:02and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15At the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £2,000.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21And so we come to the end
0:35:21 > 0:35:25of the beautifully technicianed and administered road.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29It's been fantastic. Superb. 2-0 in the head-to-head.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I mean, that sort of trajectory you can't really argue with -
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and by and large it carries people in to a successful final round.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38What would you like to see up on that board?
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Films and music for me.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Films for me, as well, actually.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44You get to choose your category.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I say you get to choose your category -
0:35:46 > 0:35:49you get to choose your category from the four impossible things
0:35:49 > 0:35:52we put up on the board behind me. Good luck.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Here is what today's board looks like. We have got...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- Er...- Shall we do Dramas or Men's Grand Slam?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Do you know enough names?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Men's names.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I don't know. We'll we just go for Dramas?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Sorry, just talk among yourselves.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20LAUGHTER
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Comedy Dramas.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- Comedy Dramas.- Comedy Dramas.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27OK, very best of luck.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29This was hidden away on our jackpot round for a long time
0:36:29 > 0:36:31under the name Nora Ephron films,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33and people didn't know who Nora Ephron was -
0:36:33 > 0:36:34and when you see these films,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36she's one of the great film-makers of her times.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40We're looking for the cast of any of the following three films, please.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42We're looking for any of the cast Julie & Julia,
0:36:42 > 0:36:45which was written and directed by Nora Ephron...
0:36:45 > 0:36:47we're looking for any of the cast of You've Got Mail,
0:36:47 > 0:36:49also written and directed by Nora Ephron...
0:36:49 > 0:36:53or we're looking for any of the cast of When Harry Met Sally,
0:36:53 > 0:36:54which was written by Nora Ephron.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57So according to IMDb, anybody who is credited
0:36:57 > 0:36:59with appearing in any of those three films, please.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Julie & Julia, You've Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04- Very best of luck.- Thanks, Richard.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Now, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:37:07 > 0:37:08and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:08 > 0:37:11is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- Yeah.- Yeah.- OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- I don't know the top one. - We don't know the top one.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22So, You've Got Mail.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Billy Crystal.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I think we'll just have to guess, because I don't know the films.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32No, I don't know.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38- Oliver Platt, maybe, for the bottom one.- Maybe.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Erm...
0:37:39 > 0:37:42You've Got Mail, I'm trying to think.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Meg Ryan was in When Harry Met Sally.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Who else was in it?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- I'm trying to think of remote... - Yeah.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Think of actors or actresses.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59We'll say Bill Nighy for the top one.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03What else?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- Meg Ryan's going to be obvious.- Aye.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Ten seconds left.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13It'll just have to be Billy Crystal. It'll be too obvious.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Sorry.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19OK, that is your minute up, I'm afraid.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21What three answers are you going for? If you say which category.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23We don't know these films very well.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25So for the top one we'll guess Bill Nighy.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Bill Nighy.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31For the bottom one, I'll say Oliver Platt
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- and Billy Crystal.- And Billy Crystal also for the bottom one?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Yes, please.- OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- do you think?- Bill Nighy. - Bill Nighy goes at last.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Billy Crystal.- Billy Crystal. We'll put him first. OK, well,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49And here they are.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53We have got Billy Crystal, Oliver Platt and Bill Nighy.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Very best of luck. Three answers are on the board.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Let's hope one of those turns out to be pointless
0:38:58 > 0:39:00and wins you that jackpot.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03If that were to happen and you got your £2,000 prize,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05what would you do with it, Linda?
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- Put it towards a holiday. - Very nice. Liz?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12My house needs decorating, so, use it for decorating.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14OK. Best of luck.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Your first answer was Billy Crystal.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18In this case we were looking for cast members
0:39:18 > 0:39:19from when Harry Met Sally.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24For £2,000 let's see how many people said Billy Crystal? Is it pointless?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Well, it's right.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30All it has to be now is pointless.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33If it goes all the way down to zero you leave with £2,000.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Billy Crystal passing the 50 mark.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Down it goes through the '30s.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37To 33.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38APPLAUSE
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Not a bad score, but unfortunately not a pointless answer,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Your next answer is Oliver Platt.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51In this case you were looking for cast members
0:39:51 > 0:39:52from When Harry Met Sally.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Again, it has to be pointless for you to win.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Let's find out for £2,000 how many people said Oliver Platt.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Nope. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:07 > 0:40:08which was Bill Nighy.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11And in this case we were looking for cast members from Julie & Julia.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15This was a bit of a stab in the dark. You never know.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16He might easily have been in it.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19We have to find out. Is it a pointless answer?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21If it is it will win you £2,000.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22How many people said Bill Nighy?
0:40:26 > 0:40:27No.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30A valiant effort there.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Not bad at all. You got one good answer there with Billy Crystal,
0:40:36 > 0:40:37but I'm afraid you didn't manage to find
0:40:37 > 0:40:39that pointless answer you needed,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43That will roll over onto the next show -
0:40:43 > 0:40:46but what a performance across the show. Very, very strong indeed.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Particularly in that head-to-head round. So, very well done.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You can hold your heads up high as you go back to Lockerbie -
0:40:51 > 0:40:53with your Pointless trophies, I might add.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Very well done.- Thank you.- Linda and Liz, lovely to have you on.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58APPLAUSE
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Lovely, as well, to celebrate the work of Nora Ephron,
0:41:03 > 0:41:04who was a genius, I would say.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Let's go through the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09We'll start with Julie & Julia.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Fans of American TV will get a few of these.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Chris Messina is on The Mindy Project.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Jane Lynch, better known as Sue Sylvester on Glee.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Mary Kay Place,
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Mary Lynn Rajskub, who was Chloe O'Brian on 24.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24In fact, everybody in that film was a pointless answer
0:41:24 > 0:41:28apart from Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Everyone else a pointless answer,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32so if you got any other people according to IMDb, look it up,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34then you just got yourself a pointless answer.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- Well done. - Now, the cast of You've Got Mail.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Dabney Coleman, the stand-up Dave Chappelle.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Brilliant stand-up, Dave Chappelle.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46John Randolph, Steve Zahn, you see him now on Modern Family.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Again, very few scoring answers here.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Tom Hanks would have scored you 54.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51Meg Ryan would have scored you 49.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Then all the way down to Parker Posey who would have scored you 2,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57and Greg Kinnear, who would have scored you 1.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Everybody else a pointless answer there.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00Now for When Harry Met Sally.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02We were talking about this the other day.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06The famous line where the old woman says "I'll have what she's having,"
0:42:06 > 0:42:09in the diner is read by Rob Reiner's mother,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11and that is Estelle Reiner.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13She was a pointless answer, so, well done if you said that.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16You can go and sit in that diner now in New York
0:42:16 > 0:42:17and it shows you the table.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21There's a plaque on the table where Meg Ryan does her business.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26It's an amazing diner, I have to say, she was not kidding.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Everyone in that film pointless, apart from Meg Ryan,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37who would have scored you 50. Billy Crystal, we've seen already,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40scored 33 - and then Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby were the only other
0:42:40 > 0:42:43answers on that board. Everyone else was pointless.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Well done if you said any of those at home.- Thanks very much, Richard -
0:42:46 > 0:42:48and thanks very much, Linda and Liz,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50who I'm afraid didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52which means it rolls over onto the next show
0:42:52 > 0:42:54when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.