0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meets today's players.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hello, I'm Richard, I'm from Worthing in West Sussex
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and this is my very good friend Leon, who's from Brighton,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and we've known each other about 13 years as friends.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Couple number two.- My name's Lesley, this is my friend Sarah,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and we both live in Crystal Palace.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Couple number three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm David, I'm from Flitwick,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and this is Anthea, she's from Doncaster, South Yorkshire,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and we are... Well, she is my fiancee.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Mary, and this is my friend Sarah,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03and we're both from Manchester.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05And these are today's contestants.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Thanks very much all of you. A warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Great to have you here. We'll chat to each of you throughout the
0:01:11 > 0:01:14show as it goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to
0:01:14 > 0:01:17introduce - a man so smart he doesn't even lie on his CV.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Hello there.- Hello.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- How are you? - Do you know? I'm so well.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Excellent. That's good news.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Only one returning pair from the last show and that's Sarah and Mary
0:01:33 > 0:01:34on podium four, who were very good,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36but Sarah's gone all posh.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- She's got letters after her name now.- I know, I know.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Sarah.- Can you believe it? Sarah H.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43There's a reason. There's a reason, It's fine. That's our fault.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Lovely show last time.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Ben and Michael were super bright, weren't they,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and had that lovely final question on underground stations,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53which they smashed, and won £2,750.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- But this should be fun. Listen, it's a new dawn, it's a new day.- It is.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's a new dawn, it's a new day.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- It's a new life...- Yes, it is.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- ..for me, and I'm feeling good. - LAUGHTER
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Yeah, you are. Do you know what?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06That's good cos I didn't get a chance to ask you how you were.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- You're feeling good? Phew.- Feeling good.- Thank goodness it came out!
0:02:09 > 0:02:10- Yeah.- There we are, good stuff.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13So, Ben and Michael won the jackpot last time so we start off
0:02:13 > 0:02:15with a lovely boutique jackpot of £1,000.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26So, just remember this, the pair with the highest score
0:02:26 > 0:02:28at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29There we are, I've said it, that's all.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today is...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:38 > 0:02:39who's going to go second?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you a list of athletic disciplines
0:02:55 > 0:02:58plus the initials of a Briton who broke a world record
0:02:58 > 0:02:59in that discipline.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Can you tell us who they are, please?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09So, let's reveal our first board of athletics world record beaters,
0:03:09 > 0:03:10and here they are.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I'm going to read those all one last time.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Leon, welcome here from Brighton.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Yes. - What do you do in Brighton, Leon?
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I am a greengrocer/market worker.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- That's nice.- It's all right, yeah. - See, that is nice.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03What time does your day start?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I get up around 4.30am
0:04:05 > 0:04:08if my ten-month-old son allows me to get up that late.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10They're very good alarm clocks, ten-month-old sons, aren't they?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13They're all right at 2.00, 3.00, 4.00 in the morning.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Yeah. Very good. So, off you go, you buy all your veg.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18do you have a stall or do you have a permanent shop?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20We have a warehouse so everything comes in direct.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23We get lots of things brought in from all the growers and producers.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Very good.- We then sort it out, put it in boxes,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- load it on to vans, take it everywhere.- I see, right.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- So, you're not actually out there shouting, "Carrots"?- I've done that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I started off doing that in the shop and in the stalls.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I've done the "Three for a pound!" I've done all that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- I was going to say, he's got a good voice.- That is a good voice.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Three for a pound!- You need to get back out there, I think.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Yeah. Leon, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47There's a few I know.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49There's a couple I might have a stab at,
0:04:49 > 0:04:55but I'm going to play safe with men's javelin throw, 1992,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56and say Steve Backley.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Steve Backley, says Leon.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08That, I think, is a great answer, Leon.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Look at that, 29.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Very well done indeed. Great start to the show.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Yeah, over 90 metres, 91 and a bit metres, from Steve Backley.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- It looks very difficult... - That's a long way.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22- It is a really long way.- Yes.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- I don't know whether you've ever thrown a javelin?- No.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- It's really difficult. - Yes.- Yeah.- Really hard.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Interesting. There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Now, Lesley, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33- Here from Crystal Palace.- Yes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- What you do, Lesley? - I'm an innovation consultant.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39See, that sounds fun. What does that mean?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Well, we work with charities, so we basically do what we can
0:05:41 > 0:05:43to help charities raise more money,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45have more impact, do stuff better.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Do stuff better?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- Yes.- Do you find it's a different piece of advice you give to every
0:05:49 > 0:05:51charity or is it, by and large,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53the same sort of thing that happens again and again?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56You say, "Ah, this is where you can make yourselves more efficient"?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- A little bit of both. - A little bit of both?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Everyone's a little bit different.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Very good. Very satisfying, though?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Pleasing to see these charities turn around?- Yeah.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Lesley, what do you like getting up to when you're not doing that?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I spend most of my spare time cycling.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- Ah.- Yes. - Very good. Very good indeed.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Now, Lesley, what would you like to do with this board?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I was going to go for Steve Backley.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Mm-hmm.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19But I'm going to go for women's 400m hurdles and say Sally Gunnell.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Sally Gunnell, says Lesley.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Let's see how many of our 100 people remembered Sally Gunnell.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31It's right. 29's our only score so far.
0:06:31 > 0:06:3330 for Sally Gunnell.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Can't fault you on your grouping, look at that.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Yeah, she set that record at the '93 World Championships.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43It was such a close race, not only did she not know
0:06:43 > 0:06:44she'd set the world record,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47she didn't even know she'd won when she crossed the line.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- She had no idea. She had to look at all the replays.- Exciting.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52She won and she got the world record.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Wow.- That's nice, isn't it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Very impressive. Anthea, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Good to have you here from Doncaster.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Doncaster, yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And what do you do, Anthea?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I work in a call centre, answering emergency calls.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Very good. What are your interests?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Well, I have two boys.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I have a seven-year-old and a two-year-old,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13so I mostly spend my time playing with them.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Very, very nice indeed.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Now, Anthea, what would you like to go for on our board here?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Erm...
0:07:20 > 0:07:24The only one I think I know, which is probably wrong, is decathlon.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Is it Daley Thompson?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29You're going to go for... Daley Thompson, says Anthea.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Daley Thomson, let's see if that is right for decathlon.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Daley Thompson.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37It's right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It's right. 53 for Daley Thompson.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Not bad.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Yeah, also won the Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Very hard title to defend, that.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Indeed, indeed. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Now, Sarah H.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Sarah H, welcome back.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Great to have you with us again.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Remind us what you do.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04I'm a clinical scientist,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06and I work in a hospital in south Manchester.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Very good indeed. And your interests, Sarah?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10My interests are...
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I don't seem to have any since my children require me to
0:08:13 > 0:08:17run them around the countryside to various sports matches.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20So, you have any interests in quick cut-throughs,
0:08:20 > 0:08:21rat-runs through south Manchester?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I quite like standing on the sideline of a rugby match
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- and embarrassing my son by screaming at him.- Very good.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Excellent. Now, Sarah, this all is your board.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30If you want to talk us through all those unanswered ones
0:08:30 > 0:08:32and fill in the blanks, that'd be brilliant.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I know two of the remaining answers.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The triple jump is Jonathan Edwards,
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and the men's mile is Roger Bannister.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41So...
0:08:41 > 0:08:43And I haven't got a clue about the last one.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47So, it's a case of which one's the lowest scoring.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48So...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50I'll go with Jonathan Edwards on the triple jump.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Jonathan Edwards, says Sarah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53I think Mary approves of that answer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jonathan Edwards.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00It's right.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Not bad. 44.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0944 for Jonathan Edwards.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Yeah, at time of recording still holds that world record,
0:09:12 > 0:09:13which is amazing.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14He broke it twice on the same day.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16First man ever to jump over 18 metres,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18and then immediately followed it,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21first man to jump 60 feet in the triple jump,
0:09:21 > 0:09:22and, yeah, a record he still holds,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25which is incredible these days.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Now, men's 10,000 metres,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29he's the guy, very iconic look
0:09:29 > 0:09:30with the droopy moustache
0:09:30 > 0:09:31and the red socks,
0:09:31 > 0:09:32it's David Bedford.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Bedford. That's right, yeah.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35He would have scored 15 points.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36You're quite right about
0:09:36 > 0:09:39the men's mile, Roger Bannister.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40That would have scored you 41.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And this is the best answer on the board,
0:09:42 > 0:09:43very well done if you said this,
0:09:43 > 0:09:44it's actually the first
0:09:44 > 0:09:46women's 5,000 metres world record,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and it was Paula Fudge,
0:09:48 > 0:09:49and she would have
0:09:49 > 0:09:50scored you three points.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55So, we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:55 > 0:09:5629 the best score of that pass.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Very well done indeed, Leon.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Thank you.- Leon and Richard looking very strong,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01as, I'd say, are Lesley and Sarah S on 30.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Then up to 44 where we find Sarah H and Mary,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06and then 53, Anthea and David.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08So, yes, David, you're a little bit ahead.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10We need a nice, low score from you on the next pass, so good luck.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12We're going to come back down the line now.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:17 > 0:10:21OK, let's put seven more athletics world record holders up on the board
0:10:21 > 0:10:22and here they are.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I shall read those all one last time.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Mary, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Now, you have retired, you said last time.- Yes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09What do you like doing with your retirement?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10How are you filling that?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13I like reading, and gardening, and crosswords,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15and going out with my friends and to the cinema,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18but I also have a little miniature schnauzer that I enjoy
0:11:18 > 0:11:19walking on the river every morning.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Oh, that's very nice. - We live right by the Mersey,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- so I walk along the Mersey. - Very nice indeed.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Now, what sort of crosswords do you like doing?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Do you like the quick ones or...? - The quick ones.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I'm useless at cryptic.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33I see. Now, then, Mary, there you are on 44.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35You're not the highest scorers but you're not the lowest either,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37so don't go for anything too easy, is what I'm saying.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40There's two with the same initial, and I know if I say one of them,
0:11:40 > 0:11:41I'll get it the wrong way around,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44cos I'm not quite sure which way is which.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46So, I know another two,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49the top one and the women's 5,000 metres.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50It's which...
0:11:50 > 0:11:51SHE EXHALES
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I think I'll go with the top one cos that such an iconic name,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58the 1985 one, so I'll go with Mary Peters, the women's pentathlon.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Lovely. Mary Peters, says Mary.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Now, there is your red line.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03It's quite low, but let's see
0:12:03 > 0:12:05how far down the column we get with Mary Peters.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's right.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14There we are. 27.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Not bad at all.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Our lowest score so far, in fact,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and that takes your total up to 71.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21I think you've done enough there, Mary.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Yeah, Dame Mary Peters, of course,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25broke the world record at the Munich Olympics.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Thanks very much, Richard.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28- David, welcome.- Hello.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30It's great to have you here from Flitwick.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- What do you do, David? - I'm a tattooist.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34- That is...a tattoo artist?- Yes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- A skin artist?- Yes.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37And do you have your own parlour?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Yes, I do.- How long have you had your own parlour?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Four years.- That's exciting.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Is it just you in the parlour or do you have...?
0:12:44 > 0:12:45No, I have other artists as well.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Very good. How long have you been doing tattooing?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49About six years.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51So, not that long. What were you doing before that?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I used to be a machine setter.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I used to work for various companies -
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Japanese, Israelis.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Before that, British Army.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59- I've done many things.- OK.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01But all the while you were doodling?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Yeah, at school, I was always drawing on the textbooks,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05hence why I don't know the board very well.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08All your doodles basically said "Mum".
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- LAUGHTER - Yeah, sure.- And an anchor.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Now, David, there you are. You're no longer the high scorers.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17If you can score 17 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19What would you like to go for?
0:13:20 > 0:13:21This is scary.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Erm...
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I think I know the men's 800 metres but I've got to play it safe.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30The only other one I really do know would be
0:13:30 > 0:13:31the 1986 women's javelin throw.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I'd imagine it's a high score
0:13:33 > 0:13:35but I'm going to have to go for it - Fatima Whitbread.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Fatima Whitbread, says David.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Here is your red line. If you can get below that
0:13:39 > 0:13:41with Fatima Whitbread, you are through to the next round.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Let's see what happens. Fatima Whitbread.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47It's right.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52APPLAUSE 51 for Fatima Whitbread.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54104 is your total.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Yeah, set that world record at the European Athletics Championships -
0:13:58 > 0:14:00in the qualification rounds, she set it.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01She went on to win the gold medal,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- but not with as long a throw as that.- Yeah.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Now then, Sarah S, welcome to Pointless.- Hello. Thank you.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Sarah?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I work for a mental health charity in south London.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Very good indeed. - Particularly people who have been
0:14:15 > 0:14:17suffering from depression and anxiety.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I see. How long have you been involved with that?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- About three years.- Very good.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Very important. Good work to be doing.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Sarah, what are interests outside of your charitable work?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Mainly cycling, hence that's why I know Lesley.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33So, what, you just met in the cycle lanes, or you...?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Through a cycling club.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36So, what sort of cycling to you do?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Do you cycle at weekends?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Do you cycle long distances, or...?
0:14:39 > 0:14:40A mixture.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Some long distances, a bit of velodrome,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44A bit of track cycling...
0:14:44 > 0:14:45See, that's fun.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Occasionally BMX. - First time you went in a velodrome,
0:14:48 > 0:14:50how long does it take to get used to it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Maybe about 10-15 minutes, I guess.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Yeah, you don't want to fall off on a velodrome, do you?- No.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58No. Yes, well, that's exciting.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Now, Sarah, there you are on 30.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02If you can score 73 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05How are you finding our board?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Well, there's a couple there,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11one I think I know, though I'm not absolutely sure.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14There's one I'm certain of, which would be playing it safe.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20So, I think I'm going to play it safe and I'm going for
0:15:20 > 0:15:21the women's 5,000 metres,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23and that's Zola Budd.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Zola Budd, says Sarah S.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27There is your red line. If you get below that with Zola Budd,
0:15:27 > 0:15:28you are through to Round Two.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Let's see how many people said Zola Budd.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's right,
0:15:34 > 0:15:35and you're through! Well done.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41There we are. 41 for Zola Budd takes your total up to 71.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Well played, yeah. She broke the previous record by ten seconds,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- and she was running barefoot as well, of course.- I know, barefoot!
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Now, Richard, welcome to Pointless. - Afternoon.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Good to have you here from Worthing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Indeed, yes.- And you've just moved to Worthing, have you?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Recently. Yeah, I lived in Brighton for about 13 years,
0:16:03 > 0:16:04which is how I met Leon.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06We were introduced by a mutual friend.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And how's the Worthing move been?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's a lot quieter than Brighton, you could say.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Is it quieter in a way that you're enjoying?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yes, now that I'm reaching my middle years,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18it's more suitable, I think...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- OK. More suitable? - ..to a gentleman of leisure.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22You're not pining for the thud of Brighton, really?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24No, not really. I do go back occasionally.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25We occasionally go out and have a beer.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- But not so far apart at the end of the day.- No.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29What do you do, Richard?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I'm a layout sub-editor for a national newspaper.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35So, you are working till what time every night?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39My strange working hours are usually from about 3pm until 10.30pm.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Well, that's not too bad.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- No.- Do you ever get called in when there's an emergency?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45"Oh, we've got our second edition, It's going to have to have..."
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Not really, no.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Our second edition goes about 15 minutes after the first one.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Oh, I see. OK. Fine. Phew.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54There we are. Now, Richard, you are on 29.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57You have to score 74 or less to remain with us.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58- Yes.- I think you can do that.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01This board is all yours, if you want to talk us through it.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05OK. Well, most of the ones I instantly knew have been taken.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Now, I have an inkling that I know the men's 800 metres,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14so I'm going to say Sebastian Coe for the 800 metres.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- For the 800 metres, Sebastian Coe, says Richard.- Yes.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Here is your red line. Nice and high.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Let's see if you can get below that with Sebastian Coe.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's right, and you're through.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27- Well done.- Ooh.- Nicely done.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30There we are, 33.
0:17:31 > 0:17:3433, taking your total up to 62.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Yeah, well done.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39There's that slightly shaky thing of the two SCs there,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and we know who both of them are but which is which?
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Seb Coe is absolutely right.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Ten people on that one said it was Steve Cram.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Too early for Steve Cram.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49But the men's 1,500 metres in '85 was Steve Cram,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and would have scored you 19 points.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55And 24 people said that one was Seb Coe,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57so there you go.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Now, the men's 5,000 metres in '54 was Chris Chataway.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- Oh, yes!- He beat Roger Bannister to Sports Personality of the Year
0:18:04 > 0:18:06in that year. 15 points for that.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10And the women's 1,500 metres in 1967 was Anne Smith.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Very well done if you said that cos it's a pointless answer.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Good work.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18So, we are at the end of our first round and the pair we have to
0:18:18 > 0:18:20say goodbye to with their high score of 104,
0:18:20 > 0:18:21David and Anthea, it's you.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Nothing wrong with either of your answers there,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25they were just slightly higher scores than everyone else's
0:18:25 > 0:18:27but we will see you again next time.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- Thank you.- We'll look forward to that very much. David and Anthea.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41And, so, we're down to three pairs.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43At the end of this round we will be down to two pairs.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Leon and Richard our lowest-scoring pair in that round,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47very well done to you.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Mary, our lowest-scoring individual.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Mary Peters, your answer there. Lovely.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Well, very, very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Can you all decide in your pairs
0:19:01 > 0:19:03who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20LAUGHTER
0:19:23 > 0:19:26OK, so it's Mr Men characters that come alphabetically
0:19:26 > 0:19:28between Mr Clever and Mr Tall. Richard.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Yeah, we're looking for any of the 43 Mr Men books
0:19:30 > 0:19:32written by Roger Hargreaves.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33The first one he ever wrote was Mr Tickle,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35and the last one ever was Mr Cheerful.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Any of the books he wrote whose names come between
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Mr Clever and Mr Tall, please,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44so none of the ones that were written after his era.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Now, then, Richard...
0:19:50 > 0:19:51What would you like to go for?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I have a bit of a mental block.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I'm going to have to play it safe with the only one
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I'm absolutely certain of, which is Mr Happy.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Mr Happy. Mr Happy.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01The first one I thought of as well.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see how many of our 100 people thought of Mr Happy.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It's right.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10Oh, it's fine. Look, down it goes.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Mr Happy, 49. Brilliant.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14APPLAUSE
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Yeah, he lives in Happyland.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I'm not sure there is such a place.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23Then where does Mr Happy live?
0:20:23 > 0:20:25LAUGHTER Well, I don't know.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I don't think the UN would recognise Happyland.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Or maybe they have. I don't know.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Oh, no, it's not a sovereign state that's a member of the UN
0:20:31 > 0:20:34in its own right, but it's more of a city state.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- I see.- Yeah, it was formed after a very bitter civil war.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39LAUGHTER Thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Sarah, who would you like to go for?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I'm going to go for Mr Messy.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Mr...? Ooh, she knows her Mr Men.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Mr Messy, says Sarah.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Very much up there.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Mr Messy.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03There we are, 18.
0:21:05 > 0:21:0718 for Mr Messy.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08It's a good answer, Sarah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Mr Messy's my favourite, in terms of the drawing of him.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13It's just some squiggles with eyes.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Lionel to his friends.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Yes, Lionel is his first name, yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20LAUGHTER AND GROANING Thank you very much.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Mary...
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Mary...
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Mr Messy was in my mind. Erm...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Not any more.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I think I'll go for Mr Jelly.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Mr Jelly. Mr Jelly, says Mary.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said Mr Jelly.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's right.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Well, 49's the high score,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43which we pass.
0:21:43 > 0:21:4518 is our lowest score, which we pass.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Eight, Mary!
0:21:46 > 0:21:48CHEERING
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Mr Jelly scoring the lowest point of the pass.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Very well played, yeah. He's frightened of everything, Mr Jelly.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59He lives in a wood miles from anyone because he's frightened.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00That's his first error.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- That would be frightening as well, I think.- Yeah, don't do that.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06You know? He's only got one friend...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- Mr Ice Cream. - LAUGHTER
0:22:08 > 0:22:11He used to hang out with Mr Evaporated Milk.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12When you're a kid, did you have...
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Did you have jelly and evaporated milk?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Yeah.- That's a great pudding.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17They should bring that back, I think.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Haven't seen evaporated milk for a long time.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It's amazing, that. What is it?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22I don't know. Brown.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I guess it's evaporated milk.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- But it's amazing.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Eight, the best score of the pass.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Very well done, looking very strong at this juncture.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Then 18's where we find Sarah S and Lesley.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38And then 49, Richard and Leon.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Little bit ahead there.- Not too good.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Leon, a nice, low-scoring Mr Man is what we need from you.- I'll try!
0:22:43 > 0:22:44So, good luck with that.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46We're going to back down the line now.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53So, then, Sarah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Time for me to mess it up again.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Sarah.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Mr Men characters that come between Mr Clever and Mr Tall,
0:22:59 > 0:23:00alphabetically.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Well, that was a lovely score from Mary, set you up beautifully there.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08If you can score 40, you won't even be a high scorer.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's a long time since my children were that age.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13I'm hoping this is right.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Is there a Mr Small?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Mr Small? Surely there's a Mr Small.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20There is your red line.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Let's see how many of our 100 people said Mr Small.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's right.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And it gets you straight through. Look at that.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Through you go, 18 for Mr Small.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36APPLAUSE
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Your total is 26, you are in the head-to-head.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Yeah, he's as big as a pin, Mr Small.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Though quite how big the pin is, I don't know
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- but he can sit inside a thimble.- Yeah.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48He got a job in a sweet shop, didn't he, in that book?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50- And he falls into the sweets.- Mmm!
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Health and safety.- You know what I always liked about those Roger
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Hargreaves stories? The shoes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Wonderful detail on the shoes.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- Oh, really?- Yeah.- OK.- Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03There are little mischievous characters that pop up.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Usually magicians.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08Unbelievably beautifully drawn, and they're graphically very strong.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12I worry about the structural integrity of the narrative
0:24:12 > 0:24:15in some of them, if I'm honest.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- But they look amazing.- They do.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Now, Lesley.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Lesley, there you are, you're on 18,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23which means 30 or less keeps you in the game.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I've got two that are almost exactly the same,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30but starting with different letters...
0:24:30 > 0:24:33..if that makes sense, and I'm not sure which one's right.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36So, I'm going to go for Mr Greedy.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Mr Greedy, says Lesley.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Here is your red line. If you can get below this red line
0:24:40 > 0:24:42with Mr Greedy, you are into the head-to-head.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45How many of our 100 people said Mr Greedy?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50It's right.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Very well done.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Just! Look at that.
0:24:55 > 0:24:5821, you got. Takes your total up to 39, very well done.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01APPLAUSE
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Yeah, very well played, safely through.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- He's lost a lot of weight, since... - I know!
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- Have you seen him recently?- I have.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I think he looks a little gaunt now.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11It's funny. That flesh hangs off him a bit, doesn't it?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It does a little bit but, you know, there it is, it's... Good for him.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Yeah. Good for him.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Did the London Marathon last year. - Yeah?- Yeah.- I sponsored him.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- Yeah. It's amazing. Did you?- Yeah, yeah.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Leon.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Yes.- Yes, Leon, I'm afraid you are the high scorers.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- Even before you give your answer. - OK.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30What would you like to go for?
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I've got a couple, I think.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'm going to go for Mr Silly.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38- Mr Silly?- Yes.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Mr Silly, says Leon. No red line, you're the high scorers.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43But let's see how far down the column we get with Mr Silly.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47It's right.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Look at that! 12!
0:25:55 > 0:25:59Second lowest score up of the round, taking your total up to 61.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00APPLAUSE
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Yeah, he lives in Nonsenseland, Mr Silly.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06If you reread it, it's unbelievably similar to modern-day Shoreditch.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Because dogs wear hats.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10You think, yeah, you'll see that.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12He says he likes marmalade in his coffee.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15You think, "Yeah, I'm almost certain there's a hipster kind of roastery
0:26:15 > 0:26:18"somewhere where you have marmalade in your coffee."
0:26:18 > 0:26:21It's incredibly prescient of today's...
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- Nonsenseville.- ..hipster culture. There it is.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Let's take a look now.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29There is a pointless answer out there on these books.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32I'll tell you what the low scorers are first.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Five points for Mr Impossible, four points for Mr Mean,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38three points for Mr Snow and Mr Noisy,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41two points for Mr Rush and Mr Sneeze,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43one point for Perfect, Slow, Quiet,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Muddle, Skinny, Nonsense and Grumble.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50How is Mr Nonsense different to Mr Silly?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Where is HE living?- I don't know. - One pointless answer, though.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56And I know some people at home will have got it.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Very well done if you said Mr Mischief.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00That is a pointless answer.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01So, very well played.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Let's take a look at the top three scorers,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07We've seen two of them already.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Mr Grumpy would have scored you 20, then the top two we know,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Mr Greedy and Mr Happy.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Thank you very much, Mr Richard.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17There we go.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19LAUGHTER
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23So, we are at the end of our second round and the pair we have to
0:27:23 > 0:27:25send home with their high score of 61, I'm afraid, Leon and Richard,
0:27:25 > 0:27:26it is you.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Nothing wrong with either of your answers,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30just Mr Happy was the high scorer there.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- Yes, a bit obvious.- I suppose a bit obvious, but anyway,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35we'll see you next time. I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37But meantime, thank you very much indeed, Leon and Richard.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40APPLAUSE
0:27:40 > 0:27:44But, for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Congratulations, Sarah and Mary, Sarah and Lesley,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our
0:27:53 > 0:27:56jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Well, here we are in the head-to-head.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01That means you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Best of luck to both players. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Richard.- We're going to show you five pictures now of North American mammals,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23hopefully cute ones. You have to tell us what they are, please.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25We'll give you the first and last letters of their names too.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28OK, let's reveal our mammals, and here they are.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29We have got...
0:29:01 > 0:29:03There we are, five North American mammals.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Sarah H and Mary, you're the low scorers, so you will go first.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10THEY WHISPER
0:29:20 > 0:29:24OK, we'll go with B. We've both swum with one of these.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- It's a manatee.- A manatee.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Manatee. Now then, Sarah and Lesley.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Do you want to talk us through that board?
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Well, E is raccoon.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41C, we weren't quite sure about.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45D, we couldn't decide whether it was a striped skunk or
0:29:45 > 0:29:49some other kind of skunk. So we're going to go for A, groundhog.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51A, groundhog.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53So, we have manatee and we have groundhog.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Manatee say Sarah H and Mary.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said manatee for B.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04It's right.
0:30:07 > 0:30:0848 for manatee.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10APPLAUSE
0:30:13 > 0:30:16There we are. 48 for manatee. Rather a higher score than I was expecting there.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Lesley and Sarah have said groundhog for A.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said groundhog.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26It's right.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31And it wins you the point. Look at that. Groundhog, 33.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36There we are. Very well done, Sarah S and Lesley.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Yeah, also known as a woodchuck, a groundhog.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Yeah, manatee scored more than I would have thought.- Yeah. - Yeah, there it is.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48They say Christopher Columbus said he saw mermaids and it's believed
0:30:48 > 0:30:51that what he saw were manatees.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53That's not how I would hope a mermaid would look.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55LAUGHTER
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Well, he'd been at sea a long time, to be fair to him.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59This is true, this is true.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Now, we'll leave C for a moment.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04D, you're quite right, striped skunk.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And it would have scored you 18 points.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10E is a raccoon.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13It's a big scorer. Would have scored you 90.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16And C, I think is really cute.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Don't you think?- Yeah.- Imagine if that came in your house,
0:31:19 > 0:31:21you'd be very happy. And it's very rare, actually.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25It's a very rare North American carnivore and it's called a fisher.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27It's a member of the weasel family and it's a pointless answer.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30So very well done if you said it.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34So, here comes your second question.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Sarah S and Lesley, you get to answer it first, but Sarah H and Mary,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40you have to win this one to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Our second question is all about...
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- Richard.- Yep, five clues now to facts associated with the word "diamond".
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19I'll read those all again.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Sarah S and Lesley will go first.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46THEY WHISPER
0:32:56 > 0:32:58We're going to have to go for David Bowie for the artist who had a UK
0:32:58 > 0:33:00number one album with Diamond Dogs.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02OK. David Bowie, say Sarah S and Lesley.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Now then, Sarah H and Mary, over to you.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Talk us through the board. - The top one's carbon.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Diamond Jubilee was a couple of years ago, wasn't it?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Anyway, we'll think about that.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Anne Diamond and Nick somebody?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- Nick...- And it's Titanic, isn't it?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Titanic is the last one.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Yeah, it was a couple of years ago, the Diamond Jubilee.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23'14, then?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- I think that will be popular as well, anyway. Go for...- Carbon?
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Yeah. We'll try for carbon.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29OK, you're going to go for carbon.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31OK, so we have David Bowie and we have carbon.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Sarah S and Lesley went for David Bowie for Diamond Dogs.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40It's right.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Not bad at all, 30 for Diamond Dogs, David Bowie.
0:33:49 > 0:33:54Now, Sarah H and Mary have gone for carbon for the top one, the most concentrated form of this element.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said carbon.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01It's right.
0:34:03 > 0:34:0460 for carbon.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Big score there.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09But very well done, Sarah S and Lesley. After only two questions,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12you are straight through to the final 2-0.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Yeah, very well played. Now,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16either question two or question three would have won you the points
0:34:16 > 0:34:18there if you'd had a guess at any of them.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20If you had to guess the year?
0:34:20 > 0:34:21- '14.- About four years ago.
0:34:21 > 0:34:27- 2014...- 2011 or... No, 2012, it was the same as the Olympics, wasn't it, I think?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31So, 2012. Yeah, well, you'd have won the point if you'd said 2012.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Cos it's exactly right and would have scored you 16 points.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Anne Diamond, you knew it was a Nick.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37And it's Nick Owen.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41His autobiography was called In The Time Of Nick.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Ah! Ah!
0:34:44 > 0:34:4614 points for Nick Owen.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48And the James Cameron film was Titanic, of course,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- and that would have scored you 39. - BOTH: Oh.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Thank you very much, Richard.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Sarah and Mary, it is you. It's been wonderful having you on the show.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00And you've played so well right the way across it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- Thank you.- I'm sorry you didn't get to make it through to the final,
0:35:03 > 0:35:05but as I say, it's been great having you here.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Thanks so much.- Thank you very much. - Sarah and Mary.- Thank you.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:12But for Sarah S and Lesley, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Congratulations, Sarah and Lesley.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20You've seen off all the competition
0:35:20 > 0:35:21and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29You now have a chance to win our jackpot.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Well, you've done it, in one visit.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Just one show, right the way through to the head-to-head -
0:35:38 > 0:35:41which you won, by the way, 2-0.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44And here you are, in the final. I mean, that usually is the...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46This is the precursor to a jackpot win, I would say.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50But who knows? What would you like to see come up on the board behind me?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- Cycling?- Cycling, yeah.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Cycling. That would be good.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I wouldn't mind the movies of Gene Kelly.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- I like a musical.- OK. OK.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Musicals would be good. - Cycling or musicals.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Sarah, anything else you want to throw in there?
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Maybe some literature questions, sort of Victorian literature, maybe?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10OK. Well, let's see what's on the board.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Very best of luck. Today's selection looks like this. We've got...
0:36:18 > 0:36:21For a moment, I thought that said "most CAPED international rugby players",
0:36:21 > 0:36:24but it isn't, it's most capped, obviously.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Ooh.- Crikey.- Crikey.- There are some of those we can...
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- Well, definitely not boy bands.- No.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32Rugby players...
0:36:32 > 0:36:35That would all be on me, and...
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Cocktails? I drink them, but I don't really know them.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- Um...- Got to be Poets.- I think we're going to have to go for Poets, yeah.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Yes, I think it's going to have to be Poets.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- OK, Poets it is. Richard. - OK, good luck.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51In 1997, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney published The Schoolbag,
0:36:51 > 0:36:55which was their kind of history of poetry in Britain and British verse.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59And we're looking for any poet represented in that volume, please,
0:36:59 > 0:37:01that fulfils any of the following three criteria.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Any poet...
0:37:03 > 0:37:06..who had the first name John or Jonathan,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09any poet in that anthology with the first name Robert, or any poet in
0:37:09 > 0:37:11that anthology with the first name William.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15They are the most popular three first names of anyone in that anthology.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19So anyone in that anthology with the first names John, Jonathan,
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Robert or William.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:26 > 0:37:30and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32BOTH: Yes. Very good indeed.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- John Donne?- Yes, John Donne was...
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- I was immediately thinking of.- For some reason, I'm thinking Robert Frost.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45But I don't know if he's a poet or an author.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46William Shakespeare?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- Yes.- Bit left-field.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Yeah, William Shakespeare, possibly a little bit too popular.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Mm-hm! Think...- Any more Johns?
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Um...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Er...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Er...
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- I can't think of any Roberts, apart...- Any Williams?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Apart from the obvious?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- No.- Oh, gads!
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Um...- Well, apart from Wordsworth.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Yeah.- John Donne, John...
0:38:12 > 0:38:14William Wordsworth, John Donne...
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Is there a John Smith?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Possibly. Somewhere.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Is there a John Smith?- Um... Um...
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- That's the only one I can think of, is John Donne.- Yeah, I'm stuck on it.- Yeah.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Ten seconds left.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29William Shakespeare, er, William Wordsworth, and...
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Robert... Bob?
0:38:35 > 0:38:40OK, I'm afraid that's your time up. Let's now have your three answers.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- We're going to go for John Donne. - John Donne.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44William Wordsworth.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- William Wordsworth.- Will we have a crack at Robert Frost?
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Oh, yeah, Robert Frost.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Robert Frost. OK, of those three answers, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- John Donne, probably.- John Donne we'll put last.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Least likely to be pointless? - Wordsworth?- Wordsworth.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Wordsworth. Then Robert Frost, we'll throw in the middle.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are. We've got...
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Well, three answers on the board. Let us see how good those answers are.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14But if one of those wins you that jackpot, what would you like to do with it?
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Sarah, you first.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19I would spend it on a titanium bike frame to add to my collection of
0:39:19 > 0:39:21various cycling paraphernalia.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Very good indeed. Lesley?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Er...
0:39:25 > 0:39:29I would probably do the same, or go to Berlin to watch a thing
0:39:29 > 0:39:32called the six-day racing which is a track cycling event.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Very good indeed. Well, best of luck.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38Let's hope one of these answers wins you that jackpot. Your first answer was William Wordsworth.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42In all three cases, we were looking for any poet featured in The Schoolbag anthology.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45And, in this case, we were looking for ones with the first name William.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48If it is pointless, William Wordsworth, it will win you £1,000.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49How many of our 100 people said it?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55It's right.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Let's just see how far down the column we get with William Wordsworth.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00If it goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £1,000.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Down we go, through the 20s...
0:40:02 > 0:40:0328 for William Wordsworth.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05APPLAUSE
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I think we'd all have been surprised if that had been a
0:40:09 > 0:40:12pointless answer. Let's move quickly on to your next answer, Robert Frost.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Now, you weren't sure if Robert Frost was a poet.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- No, but...- So we'll discover something at this juncture,
0:40:17 > 0:40:22and we'll see, if he is a poet, how far down he gets on that column.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24If he's pointless, he wins you £1,000, of course.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said Robert Frost.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31It's right.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Well, William Wordsworth took us all the way down to 28.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Robert Frost now takes us down through the 30s, through the 20s,
0:40:38 > 0:40:39passing 28. Down through the teens...
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Ooh! Not quite single figures.
0:40:41 > 0:40:4211 for Robert Frost.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44APPLAUSE
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Good going.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Sadly, though, not a pointless answer,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52so let's move on to your third and final answer, John Donne.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Now, you had no hesitation putting John Donne last as your most
0:40:55 > 0:40:57likely answer to be pointless.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59If he is pointless, he will win you £1,000.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Let's see how many of our 100 people said John Donne.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06It's right.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08So, 28 was what William Wordsworth scored.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1011 was what Robert Frost scored.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13John Donne takes us down through the 20s, into the teens.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Down we go, we're passing 11.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Down we go, single figures. Still going down...
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Three for John Donne!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22APPLAUSE
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Very exciting indeed and immaculately ordered, may I say?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29It came down beautifully. The tension rose for each one.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32But you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so
0:41:32 > 0:41:34I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37That rolls over on to the next show, but well done.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38Great performance, right across the show.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home in recognition of that.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43So very well done. Sarah and Lesley.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Yeah, a valiant effort. Well played. And you put them in the right order too which we always like,
0:41:52 > 0:41:56so thank you for that. Let's take a look at the pointless answers here in the different categories.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01For John first, you could have had John Bunyan, John Davidson -
0:42:01 > 0:42:03who went on to host Generation Game and Big Break.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05LAUGHTER
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Dryden was a pointless answer, John Webster.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10All the Johns are pointless apart from John Keats, Sir John Betjeman,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Jonathan Swift, Milton, John Masefield,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14John Donne, of course, and John Clare.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Every other John in that anthology was a pointless answer.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Let's go on to Robert.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Robert Hayden, Robert Lowell, Robert Penn Warren, the American.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Robert Southwell. Everyone there was pointless apart from Robert Burns,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Frost, Robert Browning, Robert Graves and Robert Southey.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Everyone else was a pointless answer.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32And William.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36William Allingham, WB Yeats, a pointless answer.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38William Cowper, William Stafford.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42All the Williams pointless apart from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Blake and McGonagall.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Well, Sarah and Lesley, it's been lovely having you here.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Sadly though, they didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55which means it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57APPLAUSE
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.