0:00:15 > 0:00:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the show where obvious answers mean nothing
0:00:29 > 0:00:32and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And couple number one.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Hi, my name's Pauline, this is my husband Ian,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and we're both from County Durham.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hi, my name's Tania, this is my husband Carl,
0:00:45 > 0:00:46and we're both from Ruislip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Couple number three.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Hi, my name's Tilda, and this is my brother-in-law Tom,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53and we come from Lytham St Annes.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And finally couple number four.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Hi, I'm Sean, this is my wife Mara, and we come from Birmingham.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Thanks very much, all of you, a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07lovely to have you all here. We will get to chat to you
0:01:07 > 0:01:09throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13He is big and he is clever.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Hi, everybody.- Hiya.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Hello there.- Hello.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26So many familiar faces back with us. Three returning pairs, how lovely.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Feels like a reunion. - Doesn't it?- From the last show.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I like that the new people have just moved into podium four.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- I think they are going to fit in perfectly.- I think so.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36They seem lovely. They do, they seem delightful.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38We popped over there just to say hello beforehand.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Yes, absolutely. They could not have been more hospitable.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- They were lovely!- They are going to fit right in,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45everyone else, don't you worry about that.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Ian and Pauline, welcome back, got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Round One for Tania and Carl, I'm afraid,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51so fingers crossed we will see a bit more of you this time.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Tom and Tilda, very well played last time, through to Round Two.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Steve and Josh, the only people who are no longer with us,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59they had the jackpot round
0:01:59 > 0:02:03on the London Underground stations for £4,750.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04Yeah, oh...
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And they didn't win it,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09so that makes the party even better, doesn't it?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Good luck, everybody.- Yes, yes, yes.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15So basically what happens, therefore, is we add another £1,000
0:02:15 > 0:02:21to the jackpot from last time, so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:21 > 0:02:23CHEERING
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33You just have to remember this,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36the pair with the highest scorer at the end of each round
0:02:36 > 0:02:38will be eliminated. That is all you have to remember.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Very, very best of luck to all of you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Our first category today is...
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:48who's going to go second?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Richard.- We're going to show you seven UK top 40 hits on each board,
0:03:03 > 0:03:04they have all got long titles,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06that's how we've grouped them together.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08You just need to tell us which band or artist
0:03:08 > 0:03:11had a UK top 40 hit with these songs, please. Good luck.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13OK, and I have now got to read them out.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14See you in ten minutes.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Here is our first board...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I'm going to read those again.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Ian, welcome back to Pointless.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Lovely to have you here from Consett.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Remind us what you do, Ian.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I work for a large motor manufacturer
0:04:10 > 0:04:12in the north-east of England.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14There we are. Wow, and fun?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Yes, yes. I'm seeing the last of my days out, hopefully.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19And what are your interests?
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I do a lot of cycling, I do a lot of running, just try and keep fit,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- just keep myself ticking over. - He is in good shape, Ian.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Yeah, he's in good shape. But not just the moustache.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Not just the moustache. That is in good shape, too.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Ian, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Right, I know quite a few of these.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Obviously cannot say who they are,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42but I'm going to go for It's The End Of The World As We Know It,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44(And I Feel Fine), and that is R.E.M.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47R.E.M, says Ian. Let's see how many of our 100 people said R.E.M.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51It is R.E.M.
0:04:56 > 0:04:5726.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Good start to the round. Well done, Ian.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Yeah, a wonderful song to start the round with as well,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07the R.E.M song, terrific stuff.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11It wasn't a hit first time around, and just scraped the top 40 in 1991.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Number 39.- Wow!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Yeah.- Good song. Thank you. Tania, welcome back.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Hello.- Remind us what you do, Tania.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I'm a secondary school teacher.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22That is right. What are your interests?
0:05:23 > 0:05:28I like modern films, so I like Spanish films, French films,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I like watching those in my free time,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32spending time with my son, so...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35So, modern films, I'm just thinking, when you said modern films,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37that's not the same thing as new releases, by no means?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39No, I was thinking sort of modern foreign language films.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Yes, I see, of course. Tania teaches languages.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Yeah, I know. Brilliant.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Yes, so you go to films in arthouse cinemas?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Occasionally.- Very good.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Very nice. Now, Tania.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Yes.- How are you liking the board behind me?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Extremely long.- Not liking the board, because...
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Loving it!- No.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I did know the R.E.M one.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01I don't know any others.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04So I'm going to have to guess, completely out of the blue.
0:06:04 > 0:06:10So I will say Etta James for I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Etta James, says Tania.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Let's see what happens when we say Etta James.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20No, I'm sorry, Tania.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Maybe it will not be the last 100 points of the round.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Sorry, Tania. I tell you what, she would do a great version of it,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- or she would have done a great version of it.- She sure would.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Etta James.- Yeah. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Tom, welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Financial controller, or accountant.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39That's right, up in Lytham Saint Anne's.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- That's right.- Very good, and what do you like getting up to
0:06:41 > 0:06:43when you are not doing that?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I'm a keen follower of Blackpool Football Club,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and it is like they have pulled defeat out of the jaws of victory
0:06:49 > 0:06:51over the last four or five years, they are in a real mess.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54But you've got to do something on a Saturday afternoon
0:06:54 > 0:06:56and shopping is not going to be it!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58No. Well said, Tom.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59What would you like to go for on our board?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Well, I know one on there.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Tony Orlando and Dawn, I think it was.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Tony Orlando and Dawn, says Tom.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Tony Orlando and Dawn, let's see if that's right,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It's right!
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Well, 100 was our high score, and you have passed that immediately.
0:07:18 > 0:07:1926 is our lowest score,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and you have passed that as well.
0:07:21 > 0:07:2223.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Very well done indeed.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yeah, L Russell Brown, who wrote the song,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32he was inspired to do it when he heard exactly the story
0:07:32 > 0:07:35about handkerchiefs being tied to a tree, but that story...
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Someone said, look, don't say handkerchiefs,
0:07:38 > 0:07:39because they are for blowing your nose on,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41and also they don't scan very well.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44No. Also, a yellow handkerchief, you're not thinking of it...
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- You know.- Oh, yeah. Maybe it started white.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Yeah. There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Sean, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Good to have you here from Birmingham.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Thank you.- And what do you do, Sean?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I am a doctor, so I work for a large health service
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- which covers most, if not all, of the nation.- Oh, wow!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I work for a large health service.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10That's exactly it. Are you in a hospital or in a surgery, or...?
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I work in paediatrics, so I work in a hospital.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Very good, and what are your interests, Sean?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17When I am not also suffering as a Blackpool fan,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I am trying to get myself in better shape,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23so working out a lot and trying to eat a bit better
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- and things like that.- How long have you been doing that for?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Not very long. Not very long.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30But that's good, you're still in the early zeal stage.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Indeed.- Yes, I have been in that stage a few times.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Yeah. Oh. But, no, that's good. Keep that up.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Trying, trying. - That might be fantastic.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41So what exercise do you take?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45We are doing... We're both doing a couple of home fitness programmes,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48so competing with each other, which is very healthy.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Very good.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Now, Sean, this board,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54it still has some unanswered questions on it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It still has some unanswered questions which I think I know.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Good.- Which is promising. - Talk us through it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I can talk you through the first almost half.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, I believe, is Sir Elton John.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08But the only other one I know, which I'm going to go for,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10is If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12which I believe is the Manic Street Preachers.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- And that will be your answer? - Yes, please.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Manic Street Preachers, says Sean. Let's see if it's right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Let's see how many of our 100 people knew it.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21It is right.
0:09:21 > 0:09:2323 is still our low score.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27And you land on it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Joint low scorers in this pass.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Very well done indeed, Sean.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Yeah, very well played - the mighty Manics.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37That was genuinely the song that was playing on the radio
0:09:37 > 0:09:39before my daughter was born.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42It was literally the last song that was played before she was born,
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and in that year as well, which tells you how old she is.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Now, Elton John, you're absolutely right.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Although you very kindly called him Sir Elton John, which is classy,
0:09:51 > 0:09:53a very classy thing to do.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth was Meat Loaf.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58- Yes.- Early Meat Loaf.
0:09:58 > 0:10:0134 for that. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Max Bygraves. - Max Bygraves, 10 points for that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07And, I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Prince.- Prince, yeah. That's the best answer on the board,
0:10:09 > 0:10:112 points. Very well done if you said Prince.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15let's have a little recap of our scores.
0:10:15 > 0:10:1823 the best score of that pass, very well done, Tom and Sean.
0:10:18 > 0:10:2026, where we find Ian and Pauline.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Then it's quite a hike, I'm afraid, up to 100,
0:10:22 > 0:10:23where we find Tania and Carl.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Carl, you know what we need from you.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Fingers crossed it will be enough.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:34 > 0:10:39OK, let's put seven more unfeasibly large songs up on the board.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40And we have got...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I will read those again.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Mara.- Yes.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Mara, welcome to Pointless.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Thank you. - It's great to have you here.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26What do you do, Mara?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I am an online merchandiser for a fashion company.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Fun. Do you do that sort of freelance, or no?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35No, I work for a large retailer.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Oh, I see. And it's a large, well-known retailer,
0:11:38 > 0:11:39but you do the online side of it.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40- Yes.- Right.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Mara, I can't help noticing
0:11:42 > 0:11:45you sound like you're not from Birmingham.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'm not.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I'm from Boston.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51From Boston, how long have you lived over here?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I've lived over here for four years.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54OK.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Have your tastes until now been quite Anglophile, would you say?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Yes, I suppose you could say that.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04OK, good.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Are you liking this board?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I'm glad that I'm the first person to go.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Good. Well, you've been set up very well by Sean,
0:12:10 > 0:12:11lovely low score there.
0:12:11 > 0:12:1476 is your target, 76 or less and you go through.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18OK, I'm not sure if this is going to be 76 or less,
0:12:18 > 0:12:22but I think I will go for, I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25which I believe is the Arctic Monkeys.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28You are getting such a lovely nod there from Sean,
0:12:28 > 0:12:29he was so proud of that.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Now, here's your red line, if you get below that red line
0:12:32 > 0:12:34with Arctic Monkeys, you are into the next round.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36How many people said the Arctic Monkeys?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40It's right. And it's true.
0:12:44 > 0:12:4524.
0:12:45 > 0:12:4824, takes your total up to 47.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Normally, I say, "It's right", when the thing goes off,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57and then when it gets to the red line, I say, "And you're through".
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Yeah.- That time, for reasons best known to my brain,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I said, "It's right. And it's true!"
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- That's rather nice. - So it's both of those things.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Because it is true, I bet you do look good on the dance floor,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- that's the thing.- There you are. - Very good answer.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15There's a lovely, genuinely good cover version of that song
0:13:15 > 0:13:16by the Sugababes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19You wouldn't think it, but it is a terrific version of it.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- It's a great song. - I know, it's a great song.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Now, then, Tilda, welcome back.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Thank you.- Remind us what you like getting up to, Tilda.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31I like playing chess, I play that online,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33because I don't know anybody good enough to play it.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34There's fighting talk!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38There are chess masters in Lytham Saint Anne's right now
0:13:38 > 0:13:40sitting up and going...
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- HE CLEARS HIS THROAT - Well, I don't know them.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44But, no, you're good?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Well, I'm...
0:13:45 > 0:13:49How do you do when you're playing against your online opponent?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Is it an actual person you're playing, or is it...?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Yes, it's a person. But also I do play against the computer,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59but you can set the computer to how hard you want it,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02so when I start losing, I just make it easier.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Quite right. Now, Tilda, you're on 23.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Your target is also 76.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12What would you like to go for?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Well, there's about three that I know.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I'm getting two a bit confused.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21I'm going to play safe again, and I'm going to say,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And I think it is Billy Ocean.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Billy Ocean, says Tilda.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Here is your red line, if you can get below this with Billy Ocean,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33you are home and dry.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Billy Ocean.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's right. And you are through.
0:14:42 > 0:14:4438 is your score.
0:14:44 > 0:14:4761 is your total.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Well played, Tilda.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Used as the theme tune to Jewel Of The Nile.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito in the film,
0:14:55 > 0:14:56they all lip-sync in the video as well.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59They did, and they had Danny DeVito playing the sax solo.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Yeah.- It was fun, that, because the sax
0:15:02 > 0:15:03was just a tiny bit bigger than him.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Anyway, there we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Now, Carl. Oh, Carl.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Oh, Carl indeed.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Oh. Well, I'm looking at Pauline,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17to try and read her to see if she has got a good answer or not.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20And I just... She is giving nothing away,
0:15:20 > 0:15:21other than she is shaking her head.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23But, no... She's giving nothing away.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Carl, you know what we need from you.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27It has to be a low scorer.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Carl, quickly, before you do that, remind us what you do.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I'm a project manager for my local council.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34For your local council, that's right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35And your interests, Carl.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I'm quite a keen Blackpool fan.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I'm not, really.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45No, I am quite a big football fan.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46I like to play when I can,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49I play every week on a Sunday.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53It's the time of day I'm allowed to be let off daddy duties
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and go and run around the pitch like a maniac for a couple of hours.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And then crash on the sofa when I get home.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Very good. Now, Carl, you know what we need.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09What is going to score you a properly low score, I wonder, there?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Yes, this is a terrible one for me, I knew Arctic Monkeys,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14so I'm just going to have to have a stab.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I'm going to go with,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I Don't Know What You Want, But I Can't Give It Any More.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It sounds like a power ballad that a woman would sing, so I will say...
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- ..Celine Dion.- Celine Dion.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I Don't Know What You Want, But I Can't Give It Any More.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31No red line for you, you're the high scorers.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34How far down the column, I wonder, will we get with Celine Dion?
0:16:38 > 0:16:41No, I'm afraid not, Carl. But it was a game effort there.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Yeah, I liked your thinking.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I did like your thinking. That sounds kind of reasonable.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50But, yeah, not Celine Dion, I'm afraid.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Thank you very much indeed. Now, Pauline.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Welcome back.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Remind us what you do, Pauline.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I work in a leisure centre in Consett.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00That's right, but you don't work in the leisure side of it,
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- you are hard at work.- No, administration, business support.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06How many people do the administration?
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Just myself, mainly.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10We have a head office where there is quite a few other guys.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I see, so there's a handful of fun people there,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- it's a nice atmosphere. - It is a really nice atmosphere.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Do you ever go down and use the...
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I say down, maybe it's up, I don't know.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Do you ever go across and use the facilities?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I don't use the facilities quite as much as I should do.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Is there a pool there? - There is a lovely pool there.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27That's nice. A sauna, steam room? Things like that?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Unfortunately not, just the pool.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32A lovely fitness suite, some great outdoor sports facilities,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35I do quite a lot of running, so...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37That's good. Now, Pauline, you are through to the next round.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40This is great news. What would you like to go for?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Well...- If you fancy talking us through the board...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I have had a severe mental block,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48so I'm just going to cut to the chase and hope
0:17:48 > 0:17:51that De Do Do Do De Da Da Da is The Police.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52The Police, says Pauline.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54No red line for you as you are already through.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said the Police.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01It's right.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Look at that, 23.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Very well done indeed, takes your total up to 49.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shops Swears He's Elvis?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Kirsty MacColl. - The wonderful Kirsty MacColl.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Yeah, that would have scored you 26 points.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, do you remember this one?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- This is U2.- It is U2, yeah.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Would have scored you 4 points. Now, I was with Carl,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I Don't Know What You Want, But I Can't Give It Any More -
0:18:32 > 0:18:34to me that sounded like a power ballad.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36I thought maybe like Aerosmith or someone.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Or a female country singer, maybe? - It is not, though.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39It is the Pet Shop Boys.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- There you go.- Would have scored you 2 points,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46almost the direct opposite of what we were thinking.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Yet another, he had a huge hit, a huge Christmas hit.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Jonah Lewie.- Jonah Lewie!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55That would have scored 15 points.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Yeah, so Pet Shop Boys best answer on the board.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Thank you very much.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01So, at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home
0:19:01 > 0:19:03with their high score of 200, Carl and Tania.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'm so sorry. This is the last time we see you as well.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08It's been great fun having you, but I'm sorry we just didn't see more,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10is all I'm saying.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12But thank you so much, Carl and Tania, great contestants.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And so we're down to three pairs.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28At the end of this round, obviously, we will have to say goodbye
0:19:28 > 0:19:30to another pair. Best of luck to all three pairs,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32our category for Round Two today is...
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Can you all decide in your pairs, who is going to go first,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38who's going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:19:38 > 0:19:39please step up to the podium.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57..as they could. Richard.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Yeah, any element on the periodic table as of June 2016, please,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04that comes in the alphabet between carbon and oxygen.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- There we are.- Any of them.- Any one.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09There we go. Ian, there we go.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It is not my strong subject, chemical elements.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16And alphabetically...
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Oh, I was going to go Californium.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Californium, says Ian.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Californium.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Oh, Ian.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39I'm sorry. That scores you 100 points.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40I think you know why.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Such a brilliant answer to elements
0:20:42 > 0:20:45that aren't between carbon and oxygen.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It would have been a wonderful answer,
0:20:47 > 0:20:49but, yeah, I'm afraid it is before carbon.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52OK. Tom, what would you like to go for?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56- Lithium.- Lithium, says Tom.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said lithium.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04It's right.
0:21:08 > 0:21:0922 for lithium.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Yeah, the lightest of all the solid elements.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- Well, the most relaxed.- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23The one of the solid elements you'd most like to sit next to
0:21:23 > 0:21:26at a dinner party, because you would just have a nice time.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Yeah. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Sean.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33As soon as I saw the question,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35my mind started naming elements
0:21:35 > 0:21:39that begin with really useful letters like B and T.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45But I'm going to go for fluorine.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46You're going to go for...?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Fluorine.- Fluorine, says Sean.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Fluorine. Let's see how many of our 100 people said fluorine.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55It's right. Well, 100 is our high score,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and you passed that as we went down the tower from the top.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And you have passed the low score as well.
0:22:01 > 0:22:0210, there we are. Very good.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0510 for fluorine.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Well played, Sean.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Yeah, we just put down some wooden fluorine in our lounge.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- That's nice.- It's lovely, it's really, really nice.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Very nice.- Yeah. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21So, we are about to go back down the line.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Before we do that, shall we have a little recap of those scores?
0:22:24 > 0:22:2610, Sean, well done, the best score of that pass.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Sean and Mara looking like strong contenders
0:22:28 > 0:22:30for the head-to-head at this stage.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32As, I have to say, are Tom and Tilda, because I'm sorry,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Ian and Pauline, you are out in front there with 100.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36So, Pauline, I don't know what's going to happen
0:22:36 > 0:22:38in the next two answers, but who knows?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Find a nice low-scoring answer just in case.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Mara, there you are on 10.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56If you can score 89 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57OK.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00I just had two answers in my head,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04both of which I realised, probably at the right time,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06that they wouldn't be acceptable,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10so I'm going to have to go with something really obvious,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and say nitrogen.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Nitrogen, says Mara.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Gets you a nod from Sean.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Slightly raises the pulse of Pauline and Ian.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Let's see, here is your red line.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27If you get below that with nitrogen, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31It's right, and you're through.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Nitrogen. Oh, nitrogen look at that!
0:23:34 > 0:23:3529.
0:23:37 > 0:23:3939 is your total.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Very well played.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Yes, 78% of the entire Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I know, and yet our 100...
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- I know.- Tilda, what would you like to go for? You are on 22,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54which means 77 or less keeps you in the game.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I keep going through the alphabet,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59making sure I've got my letters in the right order.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03They are jiggling about a bit. I'm going to say iridium.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Iridium. Oh, did you hear?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Did you hear that? I don't know what causes that noise,
0:24:09 > 0:24:10but something in the studio
0:24:10 > 0:24:15when a good answer is mentioned, when it's uttered, you hear a buzz.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I think there are bees up there. I'm not sure.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20There is your red line, if you get below that red line, Tilda,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23you are through to the head-to-head. How many people said iridium?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's right. You are through.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Look about, 3, if you please, Tilda!
0:24:36 > 0:24:37The lowest score of the round so far.
0:24:37 > 0:24:3925 is your total.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44That is terrific work, Tilda. Very well played.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46A hard, silvery metal, iridium.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Thank you very much, Richard. - Pleasure.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Now, Pauline.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Oh, Pauline, I'm sorry, you are the high scorers.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I'm sorry. What would you like to go for?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Well, it was never going to be my strong subject,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02so I'm just going to have to go for magnesium.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Magnesium, says Pauline.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08No red line for you, as you are our high scorers.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11It's right.
0:25:15 > 0:25:1627.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20And that takes your total up to 127.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Yeah, unlucky on that, podium one.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It is genuinely amazing how often,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27when we have these alphabetical ones,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30that you say something outside of it, it just happens all the time,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33doesn't it? Just something goes, so it's very unfortunate.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35A couple of your favourites are Pointless answers here.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Ah, well. - Lawrencium is a pointless answer.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Livermorium is a pointless answer.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Let's take a look at some more, shall we?- Yeah.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46All pointless answers.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52There's livermorium, look.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Osmium, my favourite.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Of course. Lots and lots of other pointless answers out there.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Gadolinium, lengthanum, hathium, Neptuniam, nobelium,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08they're all pointless answers. Let's take a look at the top three.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10The ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Iron would have scored you 34.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Helium, 42.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Hydrogen on 48.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21So at the end of our second round,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25the pair we have to say goodbye to, it's Pauline and Ian.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I can't... It feels like... It's like saying goodbye to old friends.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- I know.- Oh. It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33I'm so sorry I have to say goodbye to you now,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37but thank you so much for coming to play, Pauline and Ian.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Very well done, Tom and Tilda, Mara and Sean,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:26:53 > 0:26:55for that jackpot, which stands at...
0:27:01 > 0:27:03But we've reached the head-to-head, which is lovely,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05because it means you can start playing as a pair now.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07You can chat before you give your answers,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and the first pair to win two questions
0:27:09 > 0:27:10will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Well, Tom and Tilda, your second appearance on the show,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and here you are, our golden couple in the head-to-head,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18which is a good advantage, but then Mara and Sean...
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I was worried on the first two rounds,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24just in case it was very UK-centric question on something that came up,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26but now you're playing together.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27You're a boon.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30So, yes, this, I think, will be very interesting to watch.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Richard.- We'll show you five pictures now
0:27:47 > 0:27:49of actors portraying Batman on film,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51but can you tell us the name of the actors, please?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Thanks very much indeed.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Let's reveal our five Batmans.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Batmen. I don't know.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Anyway, here they are.- Batsmen. - Batsmen.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02LAUGHTER
0:28:02 > 0:28:03We have got...
0:28:30 > 0:28:34There we are. Five Batmans.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Tom and Tilda, you are our golden couple, so you will go first.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Just say it. - I am going to say it, yeah.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Because I know it.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I am going to go for C.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I think he was called Adam West.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Adam West, say Tom and Tilda.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Now, Mara and Sean,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54do you fancy talking us through those other Batman?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I will give it a go.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58A, I believe, is Michael Keaton.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00B, I think, is Val Kilmer.
0:29:00 > 0:29:06E is Mara's city friend Ben Affleck.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09But we are going to go for D, who I think was Will Arnett.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Will Arnett, say Mara and Sean.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15So we have Adam West, and we have Will Arnett.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Tom and Tilda said Adam West for C.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24It's right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:3028.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36There we go. Adam West.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43Meanwhile, Mara and Sean have gone for Will Arnett for D.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said Will Arnett.
0:29:48 > 0:29:49It is right.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Will Arnett is a good answer.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56And it wins you the question...
0:29:56 > 0:29:58And it is a Pointless answer! Look at that!
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Very well done indeed.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07which takes the total up to £6,000.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10It scores you nothing, wins you the point.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Very well done, Mara and Sean.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13And after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15That is a terrific answer, yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Very well-known for Arrested Development, 30 Rock,
0:30:17 > 0:30:18all sorts of things, Will Arnett.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20This is when Tom and Tilda win the next two points
0:30:20 > 0:30:22and nick that 250 quid of course.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24You took us through the board very nicely.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25A is Michael Keaton.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28It would have scored you 30 points.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31You would have scored 31 for Val Kilmer.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33You were right about that as well.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36So both of those would have been beaten by Adam West.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39And E is Ben Affleck, and he would have scored you 19.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Very good. Thanks, Richard.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43So here comes your second question.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Mara and Sean, you get to answer it first.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47But Tom and Tilda, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50So very, very best of luck. Our second question concerns...
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- Richard.- Yeah, simply five clues, to facts now about Austria.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Lovely. Nice.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03That is nice. So let's reveal our five clues and here they are.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27I will read those all again.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Mara and Sean will go first.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Going to go for the racing driver.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00And I think it is Niki Lauda.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Niki Lauda, say Mara and Sean.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Niki Lauda. Tom and Tilda, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08That is the only one I knew.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Shall we have a guess at...?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14We're going to have to guess at Mozart.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Vienna for the city where Mozart was born.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21You are going to go for Vienna.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24So we have Niki Lauda and we have Vienna.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Mara and Sean said Niki Lauda,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32It's right.
0:32:37 > 0:32:3825 for Niki Lauda.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Now, Tom and Tilda have had a guess at the city where Mozart was born.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Let's see if they are right with Vienna.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51If they are, let's see how far down the column we go,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53but are they right?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Ooh! Bad luck.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58I'm sorry.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Not Vienna, which means, Mara and Sean, very well done indeed,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Yes, it's very well played.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Actually Niki Lauda is the highest scorer on that board.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13The scores go down as the board comes down here.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Because the city where Mozart was born...
0:33:15 > 0:33:16He died in Vienna, but he was born...
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Salzburg.- In Salzburg, yeah.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22That would have scored you 20, so it would have won you the point.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Do you remember this, before the euro?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- The Austrian Schilling. - The shilling. Yeah.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28That would have scored you 19.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- The chocolate cake with apricot jam? - Sachertorte.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It is Sachertorte.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35That would have scored you 11 points.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Now, this last one looks like a question
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- you should know the answer to. - Yeah.- Doesn't it?
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Cos Austria is an Alpine country
0:33:40 > 0:33:42and it has lots and lots of mountains, so you think,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44"Well, I must know the answer to this."
0:33:44 > 0:33:46But I bet you don't. It is a pointless answer.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48It is the Grossglockner.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49I'm glad I...
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- Grossglockner.- Grossglockner.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54It would be a nice surname. What is the family name?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- Grossglockner.- Grossglockner. - Oh, beautiful. How lovely.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yeah. Helga Grossglockner.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- Beautiful.- Beautiful.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04OK, so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I am so sorry, Tom and Tilda.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08It has been lovely having you on both shows,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11and you have done so well. Our golden couple in this show,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13but I am afraid this is the end of the road.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16So we have to say goodbye, but thank you so much for coming to play.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Tom and Tilda. Thank you.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23But for Mara and Sean, it is now time for our Pointless Final.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Well, what about that? Congratulations, Mara and Sean,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31you fought off all the competition
0:34:31 > 0:34:33and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42You now have a chance to win our Pointless Jackpot.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £6,000.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47CHEERING
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I mean, so many things just to run through.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55I mean, your first appearance on Pointless...
0:34:55 > 0:34:57straight through to the final.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00In the head-to-head, which by the way was a 2-0 victory,
0:35:00 > 0:35:01you found a pointless answer.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04We never get pointless answers in the head-to-head.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05We only put them in there for fun.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08You're not meant to know those.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10So here you are.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13I mean, surely we are looking at a jackpot win here.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16What would you like to see come up, Mara?
0:35:16 > 0:35:22I think probably anything with film, television, American kind of...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- American sport?- Knowledge.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28American sport would be probably better for Sean.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29- But...- Geography?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Geography would be OK, yeah.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- Sean?- Yeah, so American football.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Film.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40There's a few very big American TV series
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- that we know quite a bit about. - OK. Well, very best of luck.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Today's choices look like this.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It is kind of everything you asked for, isn't it?
0:36:01 > 0:36:02Wow. I'm not sure...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I think that looks the best of the bunch, to be honest.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Yeah. We are going to go for A's in literature, please.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15A's in literature.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17OK, it has been a brilliant performance so far from both of you,
0:36:17 > 0:36:19so fingers crossed you can continue that run now.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Very best of luck. Here are your three questions.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24We are looking for the title of any novel that has ever won
0:36:24 > 0:36:28the Booker Prize up to April 2016, please, that has an A in its title.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31We are looking for the name of any author
0:36:31 > 0:36:34who has won the Pulitzer prize for fiction from 1948,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37whose surname contains the letter A.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Or we are looking for any poet in the Nation's Favourite Poems
0:36:41 > 0:36:44that the BBC published in 1996,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46whose surname contains the letter A.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48So the titles of novels containing A,
0:36:48 > 0:36:51winners of the Pulitzer prize for fiction, surnames with A in them,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53and surnames with letter A in them for poets
0:36:53 > 0:36:57in that Nation's Favourite Poems. Very best of luck.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Now, as always, you have got up to one minute to come up
0:37:00 > 0:37:02with three answers. All you need to win the jackpot
0:37:02 > 0:37:04is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the board.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- So Booker prize winning novels... - OK, so...- To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Does not contain the letter A.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- No, it does! It does!- Yes, it does.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Amsterdam. Amsterdam has won the Booker prize.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- OK.- And is definitely right.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- OK.- I am thinking about poets.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29So Keats, I imagine, is in there.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- OK.- But probably he isn't pointless.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32OK.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37What about, like...
0:37:37 > 0:37:40The only thing I can really think of is To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42So we have got To Kill A Mockingbird,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44we have got Amsterdam.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45We have Keats as an emergency.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Harper Lewis... Did Harper Lewis write it?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Harper Lee.- Harper Lee, Harper Lee. That would still be one...
0:37:51 > 0:37:54But it is not an A in the surname.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Isn't it? Oh, it has to be in the surname, OK.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- Sorry.- I am just really...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Ten seconds left.- Really blank.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Really blank.- OK, well, shall we go with Keats, then?
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Well, we might as well. OK.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Keats. To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- And Amsterdam.- Amsterdam.- Yeah.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12OK.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14OK, I now need your three answers,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16and if you say which category you're answering in,
0:38:16 > 0:38:17that would be great.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21OK, so, from poets in the Nation's Favourite Poems,
0:38:21 > 0:38:22we will go with John Keats.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- John Keats. - For the Booker Prize-winning novels,
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- we will go for Amsterdam.- Amsterdam. - And To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- It doesn't matter.- OK, you are going to go for that one as well.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Yeah.- To Kill A Mockingbird for the Booker Prize. OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Amsterdam.- Amsterdam goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- To Kill A Mockingbird. - To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46And then we have got John Keats in the middle.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Yes.- OK, well, let's pop those answers up on the board
0:38:48 > 0:38:51in that order, then, and here they are.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52We have got...
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Well, very, very best of luck.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Three answers on the board there.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04you will leave here with that jackpot of £6,000.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07What would you like to do with that? Mara, you go first.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10We have a vacation planned...
0:39:10 > 0:39:13in the not so distant future, so I think it would be spent on that.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- Lovely. Sean? - And I think the rest of it,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I think my parents will kill me if I don't say
0:39:19 > 0:39:21it will go on our house deposit fund,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23so it'll definitely go on our house deposit fund.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25OK, well, your first answer,
0:39:25 > 0:39:27the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless,
0:39:27 > 0:39:31is To Kill A Mockingbird. If it is Pointless, it will win you £6,000,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34but let's see what happens when we say To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40No. That is an incorrect answer.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42You knew it was incorrect, but you didn't have time to change it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44So unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Let's move on to your next answer. John Keats.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50In this case we were looking for any of the Nation's Favourite Poets
0:39:50 > 0:39:52whose surnames contain the letter A.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54If this is pointless, it will win you £6,000.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said John Keats.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04It is right. Now, To Kill A Mockingbird was incorrect,
0:40:04 > 0:40:05but John Keats is absolutely right.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07If this takes us all the way down to zero,
0:40:07 > 0:40:09you will leave here with £6,000.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11We are going down through the teens.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- 16.- Not bad. It's getting better.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15APPLAUSE
0:40:18 > 0:40:20But as you were saying, that is moving in the right direction.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21But sadly not a pointless answer,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24so let's move onto your third and final answer, Amsterdam.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Now, in this case, we were looking for Booker Prize-winning novels.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29You have gone for Amsterdam.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32They had to contain the letter A, I think Amsterdam does.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35If this is pointless, it will win you £6,000.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Let's see how many of our 100 people said Amsterdam.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Is it Pointless?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It's right. To Kill A Mockingbird, your first answer,
0:40:44 > 0:40:45I'm afraid, was incorrect.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49John Keats, your next answer, took us all the way down to 16.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Now, Amsterdam takes us down, passing 16, into single figures,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54down we are going, we're still going down!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Aw!
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Oh, no!
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Oh, no, I am so sorry!
0:41:06 > 0:41:10One person got Amsterdam.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Oh, that is annoying. That is really annoying.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15You did so well there and you ordered them absolutely beautifully.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Beautifully.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19The tension in the room was extraordinary.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find
0:41:21 > 0:41:23that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25I am afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27That will therefore roll over onto the next show,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29but what a pleasure it has been to have you here.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Wonderful, wonderful low score after low score,
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Pointless answer in the head-to-head, as I said.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each
0:41:35 > 0:41:37in commemoration of at least how well you have done,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40but I am sorry it wasn't more that you were taking home.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42But Mara and Sean, thank you so much.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Yeah, that is really, really unlucky. A terrific performance.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I am glad you are laughing, at least. That is nice. You can...
0:41:54 > 0:41:57You can cry afterwards. I am sorry you've been...
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Yeah, a great performers. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03You are going to know loads of these names as well, but that 60 seconds,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06you just, your brain shrinks, time shrinks, everything does.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08So some of the Booker Prize-winning novels...
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14The English Patient. Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Everything apart from Wolf Hall, Hotel Du Lac
0:42:16 > 0:42:19The Narrow Road To The Deep North, The Luminaries, Schindler's Ark,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Remains Of The Day, and The Gathering, and Amsterdam.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Every other answer was a pointless answer. Well done if you got one.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28We will move onto the Pulitzer Prize winners.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Michael Chabon, Michael Cunningham as well, everyone there apart from
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Alice Walker and Jennifer Egan,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43everyone else was a pointless answer. And the poets.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Again, lots of famous poets here, I'm afraid.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Christopher Marlowe, DH Lawrence, John Clare,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Lewis Carroll, Louis MacNeice, Thomas Hardy, Walter Delamere,
0:42:55 > 0:42:56all pointless answers. Very, very well done
0:42:56 > 0:42:58if you got any of those at home.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Thanks very much, Richard. thank you so much, Mara and Sean,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03for being such fantastic, fantastic contestants,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05but I'm afraid you didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09when we will be playing for £7,000.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17- Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE