0:00:22 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and
0:00:25 > 0:00:28welcome to Pointless, the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hi, my name's Matt, I'm from Birmingham.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This is my friend George. He's from Coventry.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hi, my name's Brian, this is my wife Pamela,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45and we're from Fetcham, near Leatherhead.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Hi, my name's Kayleigh.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50This is my boyfriend, David, and we're from Luton.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Kate from London and this is my mum, Lyn, from Dorset.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Thank you very much, all of you. A warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as
0:01:02 > 0:01:05it goes along. So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07He's debonair and has three-foot hair.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya, hey, everybody.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Good afternoon.- Afternoon, sir.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Good afternoon. Now. - It's exciting today, I think.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- Isn't it? - What, three returning pairs,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21which we always like cos we know people very well.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Pamela and Brian got all the way through to the Head-To-Head
0:01:23 > 0:01:25last time. They were the class of the field.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And Kate and Lyn, knocked out in the first round, so hopefully
0:01:28 > 0:01:30we'll see a bit more of you. Welcome, David and Kayleigh,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34our only new pair. But the jackpot, it's a nice size now, the jackpot.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- It is.- Isn't it? It's getting almost troubling, the size of the jackpot.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- Yeah.- The sort of jackpot that if you win,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42people start ringing you up and saying,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44"We really enjoyed you on Pointless."
0:01:44 > 0:01:46"Oh, thanks, thanks."
0:01:46 > 0:01:49"Anyway, My lawn mower's broken down, I wonder..."
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I would say there's lawn mower money now in this jackpot.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55It's not life-changing, it's garden-changing!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Yeah. There's a garden-changing jackpot ahead of you.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You'd get a strimmer out of this, I think.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Oh, I think you could.- You know, how much do sprinkler systems cost?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05They're probably quite expensive.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09- I think you could stretch to that, yeah.- Amazing.- Well, there we are.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Cathy and Chris. All this is just our way of saying Cathy and Chris
0:02:12 > 0:02:14didn't win the jackpot last time, so we're going to add another
0:02:14 > 0:02:17£1,000 to it. So today's jackpot starts off, look at this,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20at £8,250. There we are. APPLAUSE
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Remember this,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:31 > 0:02:34will be eliminated, so just low, low scores and you should be fine.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37No conferring till we get to the Head-To-Head round, of course.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Our first category today is...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45There we are, nice, traditional Pointless round - Capital Cities.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50who's going to go second and whoever is going first, please,
0:02:50 > 0:02:51step up to the podium.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:03:01 > 0:03:06capital cities whose first vowel is an A as they could.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Capital cities, first vowel an A, Richard.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Yes, simply looking for any national capital of the world
0:03:11 > 0:03:14whose first vowel is an A, please. As always, it must be a capital of
0:03:14 > 0:03:16a country that's a sovereign state and a member of the UN
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- in its own right. - Lovely. Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Matt, welcome back to Pointless.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Good to have you here again. Now, Round Two,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25we had to say goodbye to you last time. Remind us what you do, Matt.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- So I'm a graphic designer. - A graphic designer.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30So is it just you working on your own,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33or do you have a team of other designers with you?
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Yeah, just me doing it on my own.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I'm a bit of a control freak, so I don't think I could
0:03:37 > 0:03:40employ someone cos I'd just be watching over them all the time!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44So you have to limit the jobs you do to stuff that
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- you can do yourself?- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48And what are your interests aside from that, Matt?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50So I like going out with my friends,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I like travelling and a big fan of the Eurovision as well.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Very good indeed. Now, Matt, what would you like to go for?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Eurovision is a great help, I'd have thought, with something like this.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01- Yes.- Capital cities.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Well, I'm thinking of a city which I don't think it's going
0:04:03 > 0:04:06to be very obscure but I'm going to go for...
0:04:08 > 0:04:09- ..Madrid.- Madrid says Matt.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said Madrid.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15It's right.
0:04:20 > 0:04:2326. APPLAUSE
0:04:23 > 0:04:2626 for Madrid. Not bad.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27Yes, that's Spain.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Yep, that's the one!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Yeah.- Thank you very much indeed.- Pleasure.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- Pamela, welcome back. - Thank you.- Welcome back.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- You gave us a pointless answer last time.- I did.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Remind us what sort of things you like getting up to.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40I enjoy gardening,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44so I could sympathise with your gardening information earlier.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Well, there you are, exactly. Do you have an irrigation system?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- I don't, no.- I'd like to have an irrigation system.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I have a natural one that falls out of the sky.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54There that, there's that.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57But you know, you only have to miss a couple of days of watering,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- if it's a nice hot... - I know.- It just wilts.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Oh! Very satisfying, though.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Pamela, what would you like to go for?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I'd like to go for Tallinn.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Tallinn. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tallinn.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17It's right.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Tallinn.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Look at that, a pointless answer, Pamela.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Fabulous, that adds another £250 to the jackpot,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32takes our total today up to £8,500,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35scores you nothing and earns you our undying respect.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36That's incredible, Pamela.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- What about that?- I know, 500 of those pounds all come from you.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42That's terrific stuff. You ask Pamela a city,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44she gives you a pointless answer, that's how that works.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46That's how it works. Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- David, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Welcome. What do you do?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I am a freelance jazz trombonist.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57And that is the best answer I've ever been given to that question!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00A freelance jazz trombonist.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- Yep.- What a fantastic thing to do.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Have you been playing the trombone since you were tiny?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Yes, I started when I was about eight or nine, I think.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Now, there have been some famous band leaders who are trombonists,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13obviously. Do you see yourself being
0:06:13 > 0:06:15up front and centre with the trombone?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- I don't know, really. - Have you ever done that?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Have you done it, sort of Glenn Miller style?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I've done a lot of big band stuff and,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26well, just a massive variety of playing, really.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I just love playing, so that's what I want to do.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Well, good luck! David, what would you like to go for?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36I think it might get quite a high score, but I know it's right.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38At least I hope it's right!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41So I'm going to go for Washington, DC.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44That's not the one I thought you were going to say, so that's good.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Washington, DC, says David.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said Washington, DC.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52It's right.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Down it goes, down it goes, to 12!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Now that's a surprise. That is a surprise.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Madrid scoring 26, there we are.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- 12 for Washington.- There's so many answers, that's the thing.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10The Washington National Cathedral has gargoyles on it and it ran a
0:07:10 > 0:07:13competition for children to decide who the gargoyles were going to be,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16which is why the Washington National Cathedral has
0:07:16 > 0:07:19a Darth Vader gargoyle, if you want to look closely enough.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21That is great. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Now, Lyn, welcome back.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Thank you.- Oh, Lyn, I feel like we hardly saw you last time.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- I know!- You were just getting into your stride.- Yeah.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Anyway, you're here from Dorset.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Yes.- Where... I was going to say you run a guesthouse but you don't,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34you run a hotel. What's the difference
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- between a guesthouse and a hotel? - A very difficult one.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39A very difficult one. We run a bed, breakfast...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42We have a bed, breakfast and bar set-up.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- A bath?- Bar. No, bar.- So you get bed, breakfast... Oh, and a bar?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I see. OK. Are you behind the bar as well?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Sometimes. It's been known, yeah.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Of course, the thing about bars in places where people are staying is,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54they stay open until the last person goes to bed.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Never close, that's it. - That's quite annoying, isn't it?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01You learn a way of persuading them that they've got a really early start to enjoy the sun the next day.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Like hoovering. "Lift your legs, please."
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.- That does it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09OK, now, Lyn, what would you like to go for?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Valletta.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Oh! That would have been one of mine. I've got one left now
0:08:14 > 0:08:18in my stock cupboard. Valletta, very nice indeed.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Valletta.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Look at that! Down to two. Very well done indeed, Lyn.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Two for Valletta.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Yeah, capital of Malta. Pope Pius IV sent his foremost engineer
0:08:40 > 0:08:42to go and design it and build it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Did you know that the Viennetta was invented
0:08:44 > 0:08:48half in Valletta, half in Vienna? That's where it got its name from.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Let's take a look at all those scores.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Zero was the best score of that round, a pointless answer from
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Pamela, very well done indeed. Then Lyn came up with two.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59I think we'll see you into Round Two on this basis, Lyn,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02very well done indeed. Up to 12 where we find David and Kayleigh.
0:09:02 > 0:09:0326, Matt and George.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05A little bit ahead, George?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Yes, we need a low score from you at the end of this round
0:09:07 > 0:09:09to keep you in the game, so very, very good luck with that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11We're going to come back down the line now.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Kate, welcome back. - Hello.- Welcome back.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Remind us what you do.- I do logistics for a training company.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Logistics for trainers, that's just fabulous.- Yes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29When you're not doing that, Kate, what do you like to get up to?
0:09:29 > 0:09:34I like to run. I've recently been playing tennis, had some lessons.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Had you not really played much before?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39No, I love watching it, and everyone assumes I can play, but I can't.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Same.- So I thought I'd rectify that by actually learning.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Yeah. I'm still learning.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47One day I'll be just a bad tennis player.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Same.- That's what I aspire to. Kate, there you are, you're on two.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Great!- A fabulous low score from Lyn.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54What would you like to go for?
0:09:54 > 0:09:58If you can score 23 or less, you're definitely in the next round.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59OK. Hopefully.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I'm going to say Brasilia.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Brasilia?- Yeah. - Says Kate, Brasilia.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Here is your red line.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Get below this red line with Brasilia and you're into Round Two,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10as I say. Let's see how many people said it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Look at that.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19You've done it, very well done indeed.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Down it goes. Look at that, six. Not bad at all.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Eight is your total.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Yes, the capital of...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Wait a second...
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Brazil.- There we are.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Kayleigh, welcome.- Hi. - Kayleigh, what do you do?
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I'm a music student at the University of Nottingham.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Now, did you and David meet through music?
0:10:42 > 0:10:43- Yes, we did.- That's nice, isn't it?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Playing in the same orchestra?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Sharing a platform?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49You, with the cellos, I'm trying to think.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The cellos... The trombones are not quite behind you, are they?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55They're a little bit over there, aren't they?
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But not close enough for the spit to hit the back of the neck.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01No, it happens, it happens, brass instruments.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02It does.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Anyway, Kayleigh, you're on 12.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Should you score 13 or less with this answer,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09you are definitely into the next round.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Yeah, I don't think that's going to happen but my two were actually
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Washington, DC and then Valletta.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- So...- Valletta was one of mine.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Um...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I'm going to look so silly if this isn't right. Amsterdam?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Amsterdam?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Amsterdam.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Let's find out if it's right, shall we?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Here's your red line. If you get below that with Amsterdam,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32that'll be amazing.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Not bad actually, 26 for Amsterdam,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47taking your total up to 38.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49You might have done enough there, Kayleigh.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Of course, Dutch trombonists play with the TWO LIPS of Amsterdam!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56LAUGHTER
0:11:56 > 0:11:57See, that is right.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Yeah.- They do.- Yeah, they do.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Exactly. Thank you very much indeed.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Brian. Brian, remind us what you do.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09I run robotics activity days for children in schools
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and I also do some IT training.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Talk us through the robotics activity days.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15You're building robots, are you?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Yes, there's a kit made of well-known plastic bricks.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23They build their robot, they learn how to programme it,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- complete some challenges with it. - That is so cool, isn't it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29All we had at my school was a man dressed as a squirrel,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- telling us how to cross the road! - Oh, Tufty Club!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34We had him, too.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Oh!
0:12:35 > 0:12:38There we are. Now, Brian, now, you're on nothing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Pamela's answer on the first pass was just superb.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Yeah.- Should you score 37 or less, you're into the next round.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48I will say
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Caracas.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Oh, Caracas.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Here is your red line, let's see what happens when we say Caracas.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58If you get below this red line, you step forward to Round Two.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00How many of our 100 said it?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Very well done indeed.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Oh, look at that, down to one!
0:13:12 > 0:13:16So close. So close but Pamela reigns supreme.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18One is your total.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Yeah, I like Brian but he's no Pamela!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Let's be honest. Yeah, capital of Venezuela.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Now then, George,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30remind us what you do, George.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- I'm a private investigator. - You see, this is fun.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35How many investigations do you have live at any stage?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Or do you just work on one at a time?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40I just work on one at a time, see how many we get done in a day,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- I suppose.- Very good,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and what are your interests when the investigation is behind you?
0:13:45 > 0:13:49I'm a big fan of Star Trek so I do like watching a bit of Star Trek.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Do you go to the conventions?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- I'm going to go to one this year. - Very good. Do you know who's going
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- to be there from Star Trek? - Quite a few different actors,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- They'll all be there? - Yeah, they will be.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02That's incredible. Incredible.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04That'll be fun. Now, you're on 26.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Our high-scorers at the moment on 38 are Kayleigh and David.
0:14:06 > 0:14:0911 or less is what we need from you.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12I'm going to try...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I'm not very good at this.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I'm not even sure if this is the right answer but I'll go with
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Karachi.- Karachi, says George.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Karachi. Here is your red line.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25If you can get below this red line with Karachi,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28this very timid red line there...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31..yeah, you're through to the next round.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Karachi.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Oh, no, George, bad luck.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Good for you, though, that was a punchy call there, Karachi,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45and could have been great, but I'm afraid it's not a capital city
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 126.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Yeah, Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan, I'm afraid, not Karachi.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53There are so many pointless answers.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56People who know their capitals would absolutely fill their boots
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- on this one. Have you got an answer? You look like you have.- Vaduz.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Is a pointless answer. Very well done, very well done.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06There are absolutely loads, let's take a look at a few of them.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11So, Baghdad, capital of Iraq, a very beautiful city is a pointless answer.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Bamako, which is Mali.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Castries, St Lucia.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Dhaka. You could have had Kathmandu, which is Nepal.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20La Paz, Bolivia.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Majuro. Sarajevo is a pointless answer.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25There's Vaduz, very well done.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Bagui, capital of Central African Republic, that's a pointless answer.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Loads more.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Abuja, Amman, Andorra la Vella,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Apia, Asmara, Asuncion,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37You could have had Banjul. Bratislava is a pointless answer,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I'm sure lots of people have been there. Brazzaville.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Damascus is a pointless answer. Kampala in Uganda.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Khartoum - Sudan is a pointless answer.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48San Jose. Santiago - Chile, that's a pointless answer.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Tashkent is a pointless answer. Loads and loads and loads
0:15:51 > 0:15:53of pointless answers so if you know your obscure cities,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55you definitely would have got one there.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57There we are, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00We are at the end of our first round and I'm afraid we have to say
0:16:00 > 0:16:02goodbye to one of our pairs and that pair, I'm sorry to say,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06is George and Matt. I'm so sorry but Karachi, it was bold, George,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09which is what it needed to be, but sadly, it was also wrong,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- which it didn't need to be. - I know, yeah.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13So, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been great having you
0:16:13 > 0:16:15on the show. Thank you so much, George and Matt.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23APPLAUSE
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And look at that - we're suddenly down to three pairs,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30so at the end of this round, we'll be down to two pairs.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Best of luck to all three pairs, though. Our category for Round Two
0:16:32 > 0:16:34this afternoon is...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40That's a nice general round, a People round.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Are you people people?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46who's going to go second and whoever's going first,
0:16:46 > 0:16:47please, step up to the podium.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51OK, and our question concerns...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Successors. Richard?
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Yeah, it's a nice one, this.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59We're going to show you six jobs or titles or awards
0:16:59 > 0:17:02or positions and we're going to show you two people who've held that job
0:17:02 > 0:17:07or that title, but we've left blank the next person in the list.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09OK, so you'll see two people who've held a certain position.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Who's the next on the list for each of these?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14OK, very good indeed.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17So we are looking for the missing next person
0:17:17 > 0:17:20on each of these clues, and here is our first board of six.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23And we've got...
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Let's have a look at those again.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Pamela.- Yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Well, I've got two names but I'm not sure whether
0:18:21 > 0:18:27either of them are right. So I'm going to go for James Bond
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and I know he was a James Bond but I'm not sure that
0:18:30 > 0:18:32he was the next one, but Pierce Brosnan.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Pierce Brosnan, says Pamela.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37You get a nod from Brian and a nod from Brian
0:18:37 > 0:18:39is a highly coveted thing.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Very.- Let us see how many of our 100 people said Pierce Brosnan.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It is Pierce Brosnan.
0:18:50 > 0:18:5330 is what you score for Pierce Brosnan.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5430.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well played, Pamela. He trained as a fire eater in his teens,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Pierce Brosnan, but went into acting instead.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Yeah. There we are.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Now, Kayleigh,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06what would you like to go for here?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I'm not sure if this is right but I know he won it at some point
0:19:10 > 0:19:13so I'm going to say celebrity winner of Strictly Come Dancing,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15is it Louis Smith?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Louis Smith. Louis Smith, and that would have been 2015.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Let's see if that's right, Louis Smith.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24How many of our 100 people got it, if it is?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Oh, Kayleigh, I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Not Louis Smith.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33That scores you 100 points.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Sorry, Kayleigh, I'll give all the correct answers
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- at the end of the pass. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Now then, Kate.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Well, the top one I think is Bill Clinton and then I think
0:19:44 > 0:19:47the second one is Adele cos she wins everything!
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Then I think I know the bottom one and we were, weirdly,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53talking about it this morning.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I'm going to go with that one cos I have a guess.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- So, Jay McGuinness.- Jay McGuinness.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Jay McGuinness.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jay McGuinness?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's absolutely right. Very well done indeed, Kate and Lyn.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Nothing weird about that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Two!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Two, very much a Pamela or Brian kind of a score, that.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Very well done. Two for Jay McGuinness.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Yes, best answer on the board. Very well played.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Louis Smith won in 2012. He was a winner but not 2015, though.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29You are absolutely correct about Bill Clinton.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Clinton would have scored you 36.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34You are also right about Adele.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Would have been a nice answer, would have scored you 22.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40The England football manager after Sven Goran Eriksson was
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Steve McLaren, would have scored you eight.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- The UK Prime Minister? - Winston Churchill.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Churchill, yeah. That's the biggest scorer up there, 47.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Thank you very much indeed, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Let's take a quick look at those scores. Two, Kate, two.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54The best score of the pass. Very well done indeed.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Particularly when seen in light of the fact that
0:20:56 > 0:20:58your nearest rivals are Pamela and Brian on 30
0:20:58 > 0:21:01and their nearest rivals are Kayleigh and David on 100.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04So, yes, David, there you are out in front.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06We're going to come back down the line now.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14OK, let's put six more chains of successors up on the board
0:21:14 > 0:21:16and here they are.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45I'll read those all again.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07So then, Lyn, look at that.
0:22:07 > 0:22:0997 is your target.
0:22:09 > 0:22:1197 or less gets you through.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I will go for the Mayor of London,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Sadiq Khan.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Sadiq Khan, says Lyn.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Here is your red line. Nice and high.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Get below that, you're into the Head-To-Head.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29You are into the Head-To-Head.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Very well done indeed.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Sadiq Khan.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Takes us down to 37. 39 is your total.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Well played, Lyn. There's something about that job that always has
0:22:39 > 0:22:41very interesting incumbents, doesn't it?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44You can say what you like about any of those people but
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- they'd be interesting to sit next to at a dinner party.- Never dull, yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Thanks very much, Richard.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Now then, David, remember we need a low score from you here.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It's unfortunately not going to happen
0:22:55 > 0:22:57cos that's the only answer I knew
0:22:57 > 0:22:59so I'm just going to have to make up a funny name, I suppose!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I'll go for the last one, Monarch of England,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05and I'm going to say Elizabeth II.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10That's a long reign!
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Let us see.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16You are the
0:23:16 > 0:23:18high-scorers so no red line for you.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Let's see what happens when we say Elizabeth II.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Oh.- No, I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27takes your total up to 200.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29It feels to me maybe you chose
0:23:29 > 0:23:32the only monarch you knew definitely wasn't the answer to that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I would have maybe gone for another one if I was going to make one up.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Brian, no pressure on you there obviously now.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44You are through to the next round whatever you say
0:23:44 > 0:23:46but it might be quite fun for you to take us through the board.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The first one I would think is Gordon Brown.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The second one might be Jimmy Carter if he went on to become President.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Chancellor of Germany is Angela Merkel.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Doctor Who, David Tennant.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Possibly James I for the last one.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I don't suppose any of them are pointless.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08It doesn't matter to me, does it?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09So I'll go, Jimmy Carter.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Jimmy Carter, says Brian.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:24:14 > 0:24:15said Jimmy Carter.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17No red line, you're already through.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Nope, not Jimmy Carter.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 130
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- but you're through anyway. - And Brian,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28you got every single one of the other ones right,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32so it's the only one you didn't know, it turns out.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34You're quite right about Gordon Brown,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37obviously the 1997 Labour government.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39It would have scored you 11 points.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41You're right about Angela Merkel as well.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Quite a big scorer, would have scored you 34.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47You're right about David Tennant, it would have scored you 22.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51You were right about James I as well. He would have scored you 15.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53The only one you were wrong about,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55this was Nixon's vice-president who took over,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Gerald Ford, and that was the best answer on the board, 5 points,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- so well done if you said that at home.- Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Well, we're at the end of our second round and I'm afraid the pair
0:25:04 > 0:25:06we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 200,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09it's David and Kayleigh. However, we'll see you again next time.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12We'll look forward to that very much. In the meantime, thanks very much, David and Kayleigh.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15APPLAUSE
0:25:15 > 0:25:18But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our Head-To-Head.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Congratulations, Kate and Lyn, Pamela and Brian,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for
0:25:28 > 0:25:32that jackpot which currently stands at £8,500.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Well, we're at the Head-To-Head, which means you can start playing as
0:25:37 > 0:25:39a team now, which is nice. You can chat before you give your answers.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Best of luck to both pairs. This should be very exciting.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Let's play the Head-To-Head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Here is your first question and it concerns...
0:25:58 > 0:25:59- Richard?- We're going to show you
0:25:59 > 0:26:01five pictures now of Johnny Depp characters.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Can you give us the full name of the most obscure character
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- you're about to see? - Thanks very much indeed.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Let's reveal our five pictures of Johnny Depp In Character
0:26:09 > 0:26:11and here they are. We've got...
0:26:33 > 0:26:37There we go, five pictures of Johnny Depp In Character.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38What are the characters?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Kate and Lyn, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47We know the obvious one,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51so we're going to go for a different one and say,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53A, Mad Hatter.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56A, Mad Hatter.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58A, Mad Hatter, say Kate and Lyn.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01So, Pamela and Brian, can you talk us through these other characters?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04B is Captain Jack Sparrow.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Don't really know D but if I was to guess,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09might say Edward Scissorhands.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12But I think we're going to go for E, Willy Wonka.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14E, Willy Wonka.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16So we have Mad Hatter and we have Willy Wonka.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Kate and Lyn said Mad Hatter.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Let's see if that's right for A.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- It's right.- Good start.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30It is the Mad Hatter and that takes you down to 50.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Meanwhile, Pamela and Brian have said Willy Wonka for E.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Let's see if that's right.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said Willy Wonka.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42This should be close.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It's right. It is Willy Wonka.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50And, oh! Look at that! 56 for Willy Wonka.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Mad Hatter wins it for Kate and Lyn, very well done.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- After one question, you're up, 1-0. - You would not have won it with B,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58it is Captain Jack Sparrow but it's a big scorer,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00would have scored you 80 points.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Now, C, it's a wonderful film,
0:28:04 > 0:28:09it's Donnie Brasco and would have scored you 3 points.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13And D, you won't be the only person thinking maybe it's
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Edward Scissorhands. It's not, it's from Dark Shadows
0:28:15 > 0:28:17and he plays Barnabas Collins.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Very well done if you got that at home, 2 points,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- best answer on the board. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So, here comes your second question.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Pamela and Brian, you get to answer it first but you have to win it
0:28:28 > 0:28:31to stay in the game, so good luck with that.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Our second question today is all about The Beatles.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- Richard?- Simply five clues now to facts about the Beatles.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Thanks very much indeed.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Let's reveal our five Beatles facts, and here they come. We have got...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Pamela and Brian will go first.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I think we're going to take a risk and go for it
0:29:35 > 0:29:37since we've got to win this one.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41We will go for name on the gravestone, Eleanor Rigby.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Eleanor Rigby, say Pamela and Brian.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Eleanor Rigby on the gravestone in Woolton.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Kate and Lyn, would you like to talk us through that board?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Well, the top one, Liverpool,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55the second one we think Michael Jackson.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57The fourth one we think George Harrison.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59And the fifth one, Penny Lane.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- We'll go for Michael Jackson.- You're going to go for Michael Jackson.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05So we have Eleanor Rigby and we have Michael Jackson.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Pamela and Brian went for Eleanor Rigby.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:30:17 > 0:30:1933 for Eleanor Rigby.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23I have no way of calling this.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Who knows where this will end up?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Kate and Lyn have gone for Michael Jackson
0:30:27 > 0:30:30buying the Beatles back catalogue. Let's see if it's right.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's right.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Now this could be close.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Oh!
0:30:41 > 0:30:4334, 33. I said this would be close.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45We had 50 and 56 in the first question,
0:30:45 > 0:30:48and we've got 33 and 34 here.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50After two questions it's 1-1.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53A very high quality Head-To-Head, everybody. Well played.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55The city in which the band formed was of course Liverpool.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57It would have scored you 89 points.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01George Harrison, it is indeed the first one to have a UK number one
0:31:01 > 0:31:03with My Sweet Lord. He would have scored you 50.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06And the street is Penny Lane, and that would have scored you 40.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09There we are, thank you very much indeed.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Now, here comes your third question. Whoever wins this goes through
0:31:12 > 0:31:14to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Best of luck to both pairs.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Our third question today is all about Farm Animals.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Richard.- We're going to give you five Oxford Dictionary definitions
0:31:23 > 0:31:25now of various farm animals.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27We're also going to give you some of the letters of their names.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29But what are those animals?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Whichever team wins this point is of course going through to
0:31:31 > 0:31:33play for that very, very nice jackpot.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Excellent. Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Let's reveal our five clues to Farm Animals, and here they are...
0:31:59 > 0:32:00I'll read those all again.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17So, Kate and Lyn will go first.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Number one's a shearling, I think.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- The other two I don't know. - Three is bantam.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I don't know four.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I think we'll go for shearling.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Shearling, say Kate and Lyn.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Shearling. Now Brian, there was a momentary smile on your face.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Was that the one you were going to go?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Was that something you were going to say? No?- I think so.- Possibly.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41I think that was probably our favourite.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Do you want to talk us through that board and see if
0:32:43 > 0:32:45there's anything else you want to have a go at?
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Chicken is bantam.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48And the young female horse is filly.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54We don't know the bullock, and the turkeycock, toying with saying spat.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- We're not sure about that. - Don't want to.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- We'll go bantam.- You're going to go for bantam.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00So, we have shearling and we have bantam.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Kate and Lyn said shearling. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said shearling.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09It's right.
0:33:12 > 0:33:1434 for shearling.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Pamela and Brian, meanwhile, have gone for bantam.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Let's see if that's right.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Let's see how many of our 100 people said bantam.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27It's right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Is this going to be... Oh, no,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31not quite as close as we've got used to.
0:33:31 > 0:33:3464 for bantam, and that means very well done indeed,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Kate and Lyn, after three questions you're through to the final, 2-1.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Very well played. That round was much harder than you thought
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- it was going to be, wasn't it? - Much harder.- Very unlucky.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Filly would have scored you a huge amount of points as well.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47That would've scored you 87,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49so it's down to these last two.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Now a yearling bullock or heifer is a stirk.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57A stirk. That's 8 points.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01And the turkeycock over one-year-old, it's not a spat.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Perhaps you were thinking of spatchcock
0:34:03 > 0:34:05and you are sort of reaching for something there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It's actually a very common name.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09It's just a stag, believe it or not,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12and would've scored you seven points, so the best answer up there.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15There we are, thank you very much indeed.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17So the pair leaving us at the end of the Head-To-Head Round?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Oh! Pamela and Brian.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I mean, amazing, amazing Pointless career you've had
0:34:22 > 0:34:23across these two shows.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Pointless answers in each show.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Anyway, it's been wonderful having you on the show.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Thank you so much for playing and playing so well.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Pamela and Brian, brilliant contestants.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33APPLAUSE
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38But for Kate and Lyn, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Congratulations, Kate and Lyn.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44You have fought off all the competition
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54My life is complete.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56But it could be even completer,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59because you now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:59 > 0:35:02which currently stands at £8,500.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06What about that?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09What a performance, what a turnaround.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Round One last time. This time, we've seen the real Kate and Lyn.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13You know what happens in this round.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Four things appear on the board behind me.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17You have to pick one of them and we just have to hope
0:35:17 > 0:35:20it's one that you can do well in. Good luck.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Fingers crossed. Let's see what's on the board today.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24We have got...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- Well, we can't do opera.- No.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Films is not our strong point.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Well, but you never know. We can't do football.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43And literary awards, we might, but...
0:35:43 > 0:35:46I think that's the best one that we have, to be honest,
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- out of those four.- Yeah. OK.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- Literary awards. - Literary awards it is. Richard.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I always like when you get to the part when you go, "We can't do that,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55"we can't do that, we can't do that, and we can't do that,"
0:35:55 > 0:35:58and you think, "That's all four of them!" Yeah, Literary awards.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Fingers crossed, something in your brain for one of these.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02We're looking for any of the following, please...
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Winners of the TS Eliot Prize For Poetry, please, from 1993,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08when it was first awarded, right through to the ceremony in 2016.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12We are looking for any author or illustrator who's ever won a
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize
0:36:14 > 0:36:15or the Smarties Book Prize, as was.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17That was 1985-2007.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Or we're looking for the name of any author who's won
0:36:21 > 0:36:23the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction,
0:36:23 > 0:36:24or Pulitzer Prize For The Novel,
0:36:24 > 0:36:28as it used to be called, from 1918 all the way through to 2016.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three
0:36:40 > 0:36:43answers. All you need is just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- Are you ready?- Yes. - As we'll ever be.- Good.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- OK, right.- So, children's books, that's the only thing I know.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54- OK.- Jacqueline Wilson?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Jacqueline Wilson, but well-known.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- JK Rowling, well-known. - JK Rowling, well-known.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- Michael Morpu...- Michael Morpurgo? Also well known.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05But quite likely.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Cathy MacPhail
0:37:06 > 0:37:11won the Carnegie Medal for Children's, for one of hers.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13If she won the Children's Book Prize.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16What was the dates on the children's book prize, Richard?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- It's 1985-2007.- OK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19- Um...- Um...
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- What else?- It might be worth a punt because...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26OK, we've only got 30 seconds.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Pulitzer Prize...- I don't know any.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Seamus Heaney? - Yeah, maybe Seamus Heaney.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33I don't... I don't know.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35He could have done poetry.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39We need somebody else.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Ten seconds left. - Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45All the things I can think of are Booker.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Children's, come on, quickly. Another children's one.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52OK, that, I afraid, is your time up.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I now need your three answers.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56So, if you could say which category you're answering in,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- that would be great. - Children's book, Cathy MacPhail.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Cathy MacPhail. - It just might be right.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04And I think we should say Michael Morpurgo.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Michael Morpurgo for that one. - Michael Morpurgo.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Seamus Heaney? - And Seamus Heaney for poetry.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10And Seamus Heaney for poetry, OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Cathy MacPhail, if it's right. - Cathy MacPhail goes last.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Michael.- Michael Morpurgo. - Michael Morpurgo.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Seamus Heaney comes in the middle.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:38:24 > 0:38:25and here they are...
0:38:25 > 0:38:26We've got...
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Three good answers on the board there. Let's hope they're all right.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Let's hope at least one of them is pointless
0:38:34 > 0:38:37and will win you that jackpot.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39£8,500, what would you do with that if you won it, Kate?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I would probably go to the Australian Open.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Tennis, in Melbourne.- Fabulous.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Because I've always wanted to go but it's quite far away.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Quite a long way to go, but it would be fun though?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Wouldn't that be great? - Yeah, amazing.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53And, Lyn, how about you?
0:38:53 > 0:38:57There's a train goes through the Rockies and I've always wanted to do it.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00And it's the sort of money that you just don't spend on a holiday.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- No.- But if it's special money...
0:39:02 > 0:39:05You could afford to go to the buffet car as well. Probably.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- I could go too! - Maybe, let's not push it.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Can I come too?- We'll talk about that.- OK, well, very best of luck,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14as I say, three good answers, let's hope one of them will be pointless
0:39:14 > 0:39:16and will win that jackpot for you.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Your first answer was Michael Morpurgo.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19In this case, we were looking for
0:39:19 > 0:39:22winners of the Gold Award in the Nestle Children's Book prize.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26If this is pointless, it will win you £8,500.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Michael Morpurgo.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35It's right. First answer, straight out of the traps, down we go.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Through the 50s.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Michael Morpurgo takes us through the 30s, into the 20s.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41Down through the teens.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44We're into single figures. Down we go. Still going down, down...
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Oh! One!
0:39:53 > 0:39:54- Wow.- Yeah.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56That's with your first answer.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Michael Morpurgo taking us down to one.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00You have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Let's see what happens when we put up your next answer, Seamus Heaney.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07In this case we were looking for winners of the TS Eliot Poetry Prize.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11If it is right and if it is pointless, it will win you £8,500.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Let's see how many of our 100 people said Seamus Heaney.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19It's another right answer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Seamus Heaney
0:40:21 > 0:40:22takes us down through the 50s.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Michael Morpurgo took us down to 1,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Seamus Heaney takes us down through the teens now.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29We're into single figures, yes, we are.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Down we go, still going down.
0:40:31 > 0:40:333 for Seamus Heaney.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39These are all very good answers.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41There or thereabouts.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42- They're going up.- They're going up?
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- Well, that's OK. That's OK. They're still very, very low.- Yeah.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Sadly in this last round they have to be pointless.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Cathy MacPhail though, is your last answer.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53You thought this was your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- If it's right. - Let's see if you were right.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58If it is right and it is pointless, it wins you £8,500.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Let's see how many of our 100 people named Cathy MacPhail
0:41:01 > 0:41:04as another Gold Award winner in the Nestle Children's Book Prize.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Is it pointless?
0:41:09 > 0:41:10Oh, no!
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Not right.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Oh, bad luck.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- Oh, well.- Bad luck. Three good answers,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22two fantastic answers but I'm afraid you didn't find the pointless answer
0:41:22 > 0:41:27so I'm afraid your jackpot of £8,500 rolls over on to the next show.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30But it has been fabulous having you here, really strong play,
0:41:30 > 0:41:31particularly in today's show.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34And you get a Pointless trophy in recognition of that, to take home,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37so very, very well done indeed. Kate and Lyn, brilliant.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39APPLAUSE
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Yeah, three very strong answers that, capping off a very, very
0:41:43 > 0:41:46impressive performance all the way through. So very well played.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47I'll take you through the answers now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50We'll start with the TS Eliot Prize For Poetry.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Alice Oswald was a pointless answer, Derek Walcott, Don Paterson,
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Paul Muldoon. Everybody apart from Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes,
0:41:58 > 0:41:59Carol Ann Duffy and Sarah Howe.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Everybody else is a pointless answer.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03So very well done if you got any others.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06The Gold Award winners now, there's all sorts of pointless answers here.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- Oh!- Anne Fine.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Jill Murphy, Lauren Child, the wonderful Michael Rosen.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14So many... It's the books we got to read to our kids and all sorts
0:42:14 > 0:42:17of things over the years. The only people who scored points there,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Roald Dahl scored points, JK Rowling scored points,
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Quentin Blake, Philip Pullman,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Jacqueline Wilson scored points, she would have scored you three.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler both scored points, David Almond,
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Michael Morpurgo, who you said, they were the only point scorers there.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32And the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, again, lots and lots of pointless answers here.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35There'll be names you know as well. Cormac McCarthy, a pointless answer.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Donna Tartt, E Annie Proulx, John Steinbeck.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40You could have Philip Roth, Saul Bellow,
0:42:40 > 0:42:42William Faulkner, Margaret Mitchell.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44The only ones who scored points there were Hemingway,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Harper Lee, Norman Mailer, John Updike,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Elizabeth Strout and Edith Wharton.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Everybody else was a pointless answer.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Very well done if you got one at home and unlucky here in the studio.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Well played.- There we go.- Thanks very much, Richard, and thank you
0:42:56 > 0:42:58so much, Kate and Lyn. It's been wonderful having you here.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01But very sadly, they didn't win the jackpot today which means it
0:43:01 > 0:43:05rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £9,500.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07APPLAUSE
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.