0:00:22 > 0:00:26Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:32where high scores count for nothing and obscurity counts for everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Welcome, Dorian and James. How do you two know each other?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Well, we were in the same maths tutor group for our A Levels
0:00:45 > 0:00:52and then we both went to Bath University, at different times. We ended up there together.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- Are you still there?- Yes.- What year? - I'm in my third, Dorian's second.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59He's got a year ahead. How?!
0:00:59 > 0:01:06- I kind of had a hiatus year. - A hiatus? A year off!- Doing everything and nothing.- Oh, I see.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- One of those.- Where do you come from?- Penzance in Cornwall.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16- Both of you?- Yes. - So you can share the car ride up to Bath as well.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21- We've considered it. - Well, keep considering it.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Save petrol. It's madness not to. Best of luck.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30- Welcome to Joe and Helen. How do you two know each other?- We work for the same magazine company.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36- Helen got my old job.- Ah. - We had a lot of friends, so we'd meet in the pub.
0:01:36 > 0:01:42- Eventually became a couple. Started stepping out together. - Stepping out - nice.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- We recently got engaged. - Congratulations.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- APPLAUSE - Yes, quite right.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- Have you set a date? - May the...21st?- Yes!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Very good.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58"Yes!" Well, very best of luck to you on the show.
0:01:58 > 0:02:05Welcome back, Rohan and Nigel. We give everyone two shots at the Pointless final.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09This is your second and last chance. Remind us how you did.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Well, when we were answering questions on our own, we were fine.
0:02:13 > 0:02:20- As soon as we talked to each other, it all went wrong.- It didn't. You were a great team.
0:02:20 > 0:02:27- Nigel, you named some fantastic answers and plumped for an answer that was wrong.- Yep.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- You got to the head-to-head.- We did. It was good fun.- You did very well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- And, Rohan, Nigel is soon to be your father-in-law.- Soon to be.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Have YOU set a date?- Yes. - It's not May 21st?- It's not, no.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- Slightly closer.- I can't come to both of them, obviously.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Very best of luck. And, finally, we welcome back Lauren and Scott.
0:02:50 > 0:02:58- Remind us how you did.- We got a bit confused between Jordan's children and Disney heroines!
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Don't worry. She does all the time.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- What do you hope comes up today? - Em, maybe some sport.
0:03:05 > 0:03:11- Sport you say, looking at Scott. - Yes!- Do you want to pick something for Lauren?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Disney heroes.- No! - Wouldn't that be brilliant?
0:03:15 > 0:03:21Very best of luck to you. We'll find out much more about you all.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27- Just one more person to introduce. He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.- Hiya.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Afternoon.- A very good afternoon. What sort of show have we got?
0:03:35 > 0:03:42We've got two returning pairs. Rohan and Nigel were very strong. They'll want to go all the way,
0:03:42 > 0:03:48but Lauren and Scott were also rather good. But now we've got the first-ever contestant in a hat.
0:03:48 > 0:03:55That's Dorian. We've also got the first Pointless contestant in a coat. That's Dorian.
0:03:55 > 0:04:02And we've also got the first Pointless contestant that's certain to become Dr Who.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07And that's Dorian. So it's a fairly open field. Best of luck, everybody.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13What colour would you say the coat was? I'd call that Dorian grey.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15AUDIENCE GROANS
0:04:16 > 0:04:24OK. We put all of our questions to 100 people. This is Pointless, so we want answers they didn't get.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29All our players need to do is score as few points as they can. Simple.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Every time that happens, should it happen, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45Nobody has won the jackpot for five shows, so we add £1,000 to that.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48So today's jackpot starts at a very tasty £7,500.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Not bad at all.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Let's play Pointless.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01In the first round, each of you must give me one answer.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03And you cannot confer.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated,
0:05:07 > 0:05:14so be careful that's not you. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score 100 points.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Our first category is...
0:05:19 > 0:05:25International Relations. Decide who will go first and who goes second.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:38 > 0:05:42to name as many NATO members as they could. NATO members.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Richard?- Quite a tricky one. NATO - who's actually in it?
0:05:46 > 0:05:54There are 28 members of NATO as of April 2010. We're looking for the most obscure of those.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Right. Dorian and James, you drew lots and you get to go first.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Dorian, is it an area you feel any confidence in at all?
0:06:04 > 0:06:10I don't mind geography, but I've never actually come into contact with NATO. Thankfully.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17- It wouldn't have ended very well. - NATO v Dorian... - It would end badly for them!
0:06:17 > 0:06:23- A bit of a showdown. - I'm going to assume there's some relation with the Commonwealth.
0:06:23 > 0:06:29- So I will go for Canada. - OK, you're going to go for Canada.
0:06:30 > 0:06:37- Seems reasonable enough. Hoping to score as few as possible. North Atlantic. Canada.- Exactly.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Stands to reason. Let's see if it's right and how many said Canada.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46It's right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Nice low score. Look at that. 23. Not bad at all.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- So, Canada, Richard. - Yes, a very good start, Dorian.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Wearing a coat, obviously a very good idea. Canada, one of the original 12 members.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Excellent.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Now then, Joe.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14- What is your magazine?- Em, it's a true-life women's magazine.
0:07:14 > 0:07:21- True-life magazine. - So it's love, death, love rats, animals with hats on.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26That's not true life! Animals with hats on?! Photo love stories?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Animal photo love stories.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- In hats?- We had a sausage dog and I think it was a Rottweiler.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40- Did it end happily?- They had puppies.- For the Rottweiler.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- They had puppies?- Puppies.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Anyway, Joe... Sorry, where were we?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49NATO members! NATO members! OK.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- This is guesswork. - Any massive countries partnered with tiny little states?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I'm going to guess - pure guesswork - and say Netherlands.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05The Netherlands. OK. Let's see if that is a true-life story or a work of fiction.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The Netherlands.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's right.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20A very good answer indeed, Joe. The Netherlands.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25And you're appropriately attired in orange there. Richard?
0:08:25 > 0:08:30The Netherlands, also another one of the original 12 members.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Very good. That scores you 16.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Nigel.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40Now then, something tells me you're going to be quite good at this.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Something tells me I ought to be good at it, but the mind has gone blank.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- But I'll go for...Denmark. - You're going to go for Denmark.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Let's see if it's right and how many people said it. Denmark.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59That's good.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Very good answer, Nigel.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11That scores you 9.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17- Denmark. - Another of the original 12 members. Canada, Netherlands and Denmark.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24Sounds like the most reasonable organisation in the world. Lovely. We should go to a NATO meeting.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Short meeting in the morning, bit of lunch, head home, sauna...
0:09:29 > 0:09:34No sauna. Something tells me they wouldn't wear swimming trunks.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- The Danes wouldn't.- Oh-ho, no.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45Lauren, all of which preamble leads to your answer. We are looking for NATO members.
0:09:45 > 0:09:52You'll give me a nice obscure one that scores even lower than Nigel's impressive 9.
0:09:52 > 0:10:00I was thinking of perhaps some bigger countries, but I'm going to go with Nigel's lead and say Norway.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04OK, Norway, Lauren says. Hoping to score as few as possible.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it. Norway.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10It IS correct.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Looking good. 14!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Not a bad answer at all.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Norway.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Another of the 12 original members. We'll run out of those!
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- It's become Name A European Country. - It has a bit, yes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Sooner or later, one won't be in.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41It's a pretty low-scoring round. I thought 23 was good, Dorian. Turns out I was wrong. It's rubbish.
0:10:41 > 0:10:48- You're way out in front there! James, you know what you've got to do.- He will.- He will.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53OK, on the other hand, Rohan and Nigel, very good answer, Nigel.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59Keep that up and you'll be through. 14, not bad, Lauren and Scott.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05Joe and Helen on 16. You'll have to answer as cleverly as you can in the next pass.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:11 > 0:11:18OK, we are looking for NATO members. Scott, Lauren did pretty well there.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24- 14 she scored. If you can score 8 or less with your answer, you are definitely through.- OK.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- What do you do? - I'm in the automotive industry.
0:11:28 > 0:11:35- Is that the same as cars?- Yes. - So then, Scott, we are looking for NATO members.
0:11:35 > 0:11:42- What do you think?- I'll stick to an established theme and I'm going to go for Sweden.- OK.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Here is your red line. Quite low down.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Sweden might take you there. How many people said Sweden?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh, no! Scott!
0:11:58 > 0:12:05It's Disney characters all over again! That scores you 100 points. It's an incorrect answer.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08That takes your total to 114.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Richard, Sweden.- That's about as bad luck as you can get.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Norway and Denmark are, but Sweden I'm afraid are not.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22- Rohan...- He's just saved me there! I was going to say Sweden. - I tell you, Rohan,
0:12:22 > 0:12:29you can't lose. Whatever happens. You'll never overtake Scott and Lauren's high score of 114.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35Bearing that in mind, let's see if we can find a Pointless answer.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Richard's giving nothing away.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Oh, I'm just going to go...Germany.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44OK.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Could be Pointless. You never know.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52There we are. You're saying Germany. You have no red line. Score 100 and you're still through.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Let's see if it's right and how many people said Germany.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well, it is correct.
0:13:00 > 0:13:0261.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04That takes your score up to 70.
0:13:05 > 0:13:12- Richard.- Very good. You couldn't lose. They joined in 1955 as West Germany.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Very good. Thank you, Richard.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20Now then, Helen. You are on 16. If you can score 97 or less,
0:13:20 > 0:13:25you are straight through. What are your hobbies, Helen?
0:13:25 > 0:13:30- Cake decorating.- No! - I'm hoping to make our wedding cake.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Got to get a little bit of practice.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- I got all my stags to make our wedding cake.- Really?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41On my stag weekend, we made the wedding cake.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Then shortly before the wedding, we had to take a few things off
0:13:46 > 0:13:51that they thought were hilarious to have on there.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Very good. Right now...97 or less.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Right. I'm going to play it safe, too, hopefully.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04- I'm going to go for Italy.- Italy. - Yep.- There's your red line.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Nice and high. Below that red line you're through to the next round.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12How many people said Italy?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Well done.
0:14:19 > 0:14:2335 that scores you. Good answer. That takes your total up to 51.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26So, Italy, Richard.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Another of the original members.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- This is European country roulette. - Exactly.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35So far we've only had one bullet. There may be another.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Let's see. James.
0:14:38 > 0:14:4523 is where you are. If you can score 90 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:52Scott and Lauren, they mean you no ill, but they want you to score over 90.
0:14:52 > 0:14:59- I'm going to go with Spain. - You're going to go with Spain. OK, here's your red line.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08Below that, through to the next round. Span - will it do it for you? How many people said Spain?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's right. You're through.
0:15:15 > 0:15:2041 that scores you, taking your total up to 64.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26- Richard.- Spain, very well done. Didn't join until 1982, but they're safely in there now.
0:15:26 > 0:15:33Of the 28, there's the USA and Canada, obviously and everything else is European.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Most European countries are in it. Sweden isn't. Most others are.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41There were no Pointless answers.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47Let's take a look at the lowest scorers. You've got Albania who joined in 2009.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53Lovely to have you on board, Albania. Latvia and Slovenia, both joined in 2004.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Both would have scored one point.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01If we take a look at the most obvious answers. Germany with 61.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06And then France also with 61. And right at the top...
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- It's us. The United Kingdom with 70. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18- The end of Round 1. The losing pair with the highest score is Lauren and Scott.- We've done one each!
0:16:18 > 0:16:23- You have.- So that's fair.- It is. - No arguments.- No arguments.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29I just feel we haven't had anything like enough of you. Some dazzling wit,
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- but only for one round each time. - It's a sad story.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38It's the show's loss. Who will be watching at home?
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Er, family and friends. Lots of new watchers, I think.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- New watchers? - My humiliation will be complete.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Oh, dear. It's a real shame, but thanks for playing.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.
0:17:04 > 0:17:11There's only room for two pairs in the Head-to-Head, so one team will be leaving after this round.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13OK, the category is...
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Musicians. Can you decide who's going first and who goes second?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31OK, so the question is...
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Right, in this round we're about to show you some backing bands.
0:17:41 > 0:17:48We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which musicians they most famously performed with. Richard...
0:17:48 > 0:17:54We'll show you six backing bands in each pass. The more obscure they are, the fewer points they score.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00If you give an incorrect answer, you score 100 points. See if you can get them at home.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03OK, thanks, Richard. The first six reads like this.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08The Coconuts, The Shadows,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12The Revolution, The Mothers of Invention, The Wailers
0:18:12 > 0:18:17and Bad Seeds. I'm going to read those out again.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21The Coconuts, The Shadows, The Revolution,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25The Mothers of Invention, The Wailers and Bad Seeds.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30OK, we are looking for the musicians whose backing bands these are.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36- Dorian, I have a feeling you might be quite good on this. - Well, I listen to a lot of music,
0:18:36 > 0:18:41- but not pop music.- What do you listen to?- Electronic, mostly.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- People you've never heard of. - What is this electronic music?
0:18:46 > 0:18:52Well, if you look up Venetian Snares, that's about the archetype of it.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- Does it sound like the old internet dial-up?- I love Venetian Snares. - Do you?
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- Is it Venetian Snares? Have I said it right?- Yes.- I love 'em!
0:19:03 > 0:19:09- Does it sound like things falling out of a cupboard? - You might hear that at first.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13But after you listen to it about 500 times...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Em, so...
0:19:16 > 0:19:20These sort of bands, I don't see the Venetian Snares up there.
0:19:20 > 0:19:28No. I'll have to go for the only one I can recall. The Wailers, who backed Bob Marley.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Yes, I think they might have done. Let's see if it's right
0:19:33 > 0:19:38and how many people knew Bob Marley and The Wailers.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Well, it's right.
0:19:43 > 0:19:4445.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50That scores you 45. An appropriate score for this question.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55The Wailers were called all sorts of things without him,
0:19:55 > 0:20:00but most famously with Bob Marley. The Venetian Snares of their day.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- The Wailers? Very much so. - Yeah, very much so.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- The Jamaican Snares. OK, Helen.- Hi.
0:20:09 > 0:20:15- Hi.- Hi.- Dorian has taken Bob Marley and The Wailers off the board.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19There are five options left. How well do you know these bands?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Not very well. I've heard of one or two of them.
0:20:23 > 0:20:30- So...- Is music one of your interests?- I know what I like and I like what I know,
0:20:30 > 0:20:37but there's big gaps in it. I think I'm going to be all right in this round, though. OK.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Now I'm going to go for... The Bad Seeds.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46And I think that Nick Cave is most associated with them.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Getting a nod of approval from Joe.
0:20:49 > 0:20:55Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Is it right and if it is, how many people knew it?
0:20:56 > 0:20:58It's right!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Down it goes.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Not a bad answer at all, Helen. That scores 10 points.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13- Nick Cave. - Yeah, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. 14 albums they've released.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- OK, thank you very much, Richard. Nigel...- Right.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23Talk me through the board. You can do your thinking out loud.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28OK, The Coconuts is somewhere in the back of my memory, but I can't think of it now.
0:21:28 > 0:21:35The Shadows is Cliff Richard. Far too obvious. The Revolution, I should know, but I don't.
0:21:35 > 0:21:41I had been thinking about Nick Cave, but I'm left with going back and showing my age
0:21:41 > 0:21:45with The Mothers of Invention. It was Captain Beefheart.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51Captain Beefheart and the Mothers of Invention. It might be the best answer on that board,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55if it's right. Let's see if it is and how many people knew it.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Captain Beefheart and the Mothers of Invention.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01No!
0:22:04 > 0:22:11- Unfortunately, that is a wrong answer and you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?- So sorry.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13You will kick yourself. Frank Zappa.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- Bad luck.- Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25The Shadows, obviously, is Cliff Richard. Would have scored a hefty 64.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31The Mothers of Invention is Frank Zappa. It would have scored you 11.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37- The Coconuts?- Kid Creole. - Kid Creole and the Coconuts at 25 points.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43- And The Revolution? - Prince and The Revolution. - To score a very low 4 points.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Fancy! OK, let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Well, quite a full range. Rohan and Nigel on 100 points.
0:22:54 > 0:23:01Rohan, you know what you've got to do. A Pointless - nothing less, nothing more.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07It may even then not be enough. Joe and Helen, fantastic answer. Well done.
0:23:07 > 0:23:14Joe, keep up that low score and you're through. Dorian and James, 45, not a terrible score.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18James, low score and through to the Head-to-Head.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:23:24 > 0:23:30OK, we are going to put six more backing bands on the board and here they are.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35The Attractions, The Pips, The Band, Miami Sound Machine,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39The Crickets and Paramount Jazz Band.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44I'll read those again. The Attractions, The Pips, The Band,
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Miami Sound Machine, The Crickets, Paramount Jazz Band.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56We are looking for the musicians whose backing bands these are. You want the one fewest people named.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Now, Rohan, Nigel has left you with a bit of a job to do here.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05- You have to score as low as you possibly can.- Yeah.
0:24:05 > 0:24:13- What's that board looking like? - Not good. I don't know any of them. - Really?- It's my worst category.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19- Not a fan of music? - I like music, but it's not something that I've...you know...
0:24:19 > 0:24:24If it's the name of somebody and a band, you will not listen!
0:24:24 > 0:24:29I don't know. I'll have a wild stab in the dark.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31The Attractions and Diana Ross?
0:24:31 > 0:24:36The Attractions and Diana Ross. We'll see if that's right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:43If it is, how many people said The Attractions and Diana Ross? Nigel is looking at his shoes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Bad luck, Rohan.
0:24:49 > 0:24:55Bad luck. Not only is that wrong, which scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:24:55 > 0:25:00but it takes your total up to an unassailable 200.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- Richard?- She sang most famously with The Supremes, Diana Ross.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09- I won't say who was with The Attractions yet.- OK, thank you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16Joe, Helen did fantastically well with The Bad Seeds. Can you do similarly well?
0:25:16 > 0:25:21You are on 10. You are through to the next round come what may.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27Rohan and Nigel, I'm afraid, are going out in a blaze of incorrect glory.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32There's a couple I think I know. Venetian Snares and The Pips.
0:25:32 > 0:25:39- What sort of music do you like, Joe? - Anything pop, disco... That sounds terrible, doesn't it?
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Doesn't it? Do you follow the Snares?
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Yeah, I've got all their cassette singles, yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Cassette singles!
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I'm going to go for...
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. There it is. No red line for you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04You're through whatever happens. How many people said that?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Well, it is correct.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Great answer. 24 people said that. Takes your total up to 34.
0:26:17 > 0:26:24- Yeah, great answer. Gloria Estefan is married to the accordion player from Miami Sound Machine.- Really?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27He's her squeeze.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Yes, he is.- Very good indeed.
0:26:32 > 0:26:39So, James, you are on 45. It does not matter what you say here.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- However, what if there's a Pointless answer?- I think I know two there.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49I won't go for The Crickets, Buddy Holly. I'll go for The Pips, which I believe is Gladys Knight.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Gladys Knight and The Pips. Dorian nods. Let's see if that is right
0:26:54 > 0:26:57and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Well, it's right.
0:27:03 > 0:27:0841. Not a bad answer. Good enough to see you through. Takes you to 86.
0:27:08 > 0:27:15Very well played, James. Midnight Train To Georgia sold over a million copies worldwide.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21Let's take a look at the other ones. The Crickets was Buddy Holly. That would have scored you 37.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- The Attractions, Alexander? - Elvis Costello.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Of course. Would have scored you 16.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34- The Band?- Er, Bob Dylan. - Most famously, yeah. Would have scored you 8 points.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- And the Paramount Jazz Band? - I don't know.- Acker Bilk.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43His real name was Bernard Bilk. Did you know that?
0:27:43 > 0:27:49Really? So he had Bilk. If he was changing the Bernard, why didn't he change the Bilk?
0:27:49 > 0:27:53I think he liked Bilk. Currently touring with the Venetian Snares.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Other prog electronica is available.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- I'm afraid to say. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:28:02 > 0:28:08So at the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Rohan and Nigel.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- I had high hopes of you going all the way to the final.- Yeah.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- What's good is you both scored 100. - Yeah!- Yes.
0:28:16 > 0:28:24- Rohan scored a good 100, though. - Yeah, mine.- A good century.- I only knew Bob Marley and The Wailers.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30- It's been fabulous having you on. I wish you all the very best with your nuptials.- Thanks.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I'm so sorry that you're not funding it with the jackpot.
0:28:34 > 0:28:41I had high hopes, but sadly not to be. Anyway, thanks for playing. You've been great contestants.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49For the remaining two pairs it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head-to-Head.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Joe and Helen, Dorian and James, you've made it through.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for the jackpot, which currently stands
0:29:02 > 0:29:05at £7,500.
0:29:08 > 0:29:14You now go head-to-head on the best of three questions. You are now allowed to confer.
0:29:14 > 0:29:21All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores lower than the opposing pair to win the point.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27The first pair to win 2 points will go through to the final. OK, let's play Pointless.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:35 > 0:29:41to name as many Australian states as they could. Richard?
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Australia is made up of six states. We're looking for the most obscure.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Joe and Helen, you've played best, so you get to go first.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53OK, Australian states.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59- Is that the most obscure? - Just as long as it's right.- OK.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02OK? Is it right?
0:30:02 > 0:30:07- We'll go for Western Australia. - Western Australia.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Dorian and James, you can think out loud.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17Right, the other five are South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23- Which haven't you heard of? - I've heard of all of them, so I'm not a very good gauge.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26What a double act! This is great.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- It would be useful if I didn't know them all.- Shall we go for Victoria?
0:30:30 > 0:30:35- Yes, I think it's more associated with the city.- Yes.- Fine.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38It's Victoria we'll go for.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43This just sounds so expert. Joe and Helen slightly troubled.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48But it sounds like you really do know. Have you been to Australia?
0:30:48 > 0:30:54- No.- No.- I thought maybe the hat came from Australia.- It IS Australian. Made from kangaroo skin.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- Is it really?- Yes.- OK, Western Australia from Joe and Helen
0:30:59 > 0:31:03and we have Victoria from Dorian and James.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06What do you reckon, Joe?
0:31:06 > 0:31:11- It's going to be close.- It is. - People know cities more than states.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16- So fingers crossed.- I couldn't call it. Western Australia.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Well, it is correct.
0:31:28 > 0:31:3028!
0:31:32 > 0:31:3528 points for the mighty WA.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Dorian and James, Victoria. - That's very low.- It is.
0:31:40 > 0:31:47- You think because Victoria is also a city...- Yes.- It's not, is it? - It's in the Seychelles, isn't it?
0:31:47 > 0:31:52- No, it's not a city, I don't think. - You are thinking...
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- Melbourne is the city people think of.- I see. Right.
0:31:56 > 0:32:03- Yes.- You think that will win you this point. Is Victoria right and how many people said it?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08It's right.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11Oh!
0:32:12 > 0:32:1429!
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Joe, you said it would be close. You didn't think that close.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I lived there for three months.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27It doesn't matter. You won the point.
0:32:27 > 0:32:35- Richard?- The good news is Victoria is the capital of the Seychelles, but it doesn't get you a point.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39There are six states, but we've heard them all. Let's look anyway.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44A few answers would have beaten Western Australia. Tasmania - 11.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48And South Australia - 12. They'd have won you the points.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Western Australia scored 28, Victoria scored 29,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57New South Wales, 41, and top of the pile is Queensland with 44.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:32:59 > 0:33:06Now then, Joe and Helen are one point up. Dorian and James have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Joe and Helen, win this point and you are through to the final
0:33:11 > 0:33:14and that chance to play for £7,500.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18No pressure.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Here's your second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:33:21 > 0:33:27to name as many characters from Porridge as they could.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Characters from Porridge. Richard?
0:33:30 > 0:33:36We're looking for any named character who appeared in 10 or more episodes. There are five
0:33:36 > 0:33:39who appeared in 10 or more episodes.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45OK, thank you, Richard. Dorian and James, it's your turn to go first.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55- I only know one. Norman Stanley Fletcher.- Norman Stanley Fletcher.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58OK, you're going with Fletcher. Joe and Helen?
0:33:58 > 0:34:04- You can talk out loud. - This is Joe's arena, really. '70s sitcoms.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08- Really?- Yep. - So this is music to you, this.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- I think Mr Mackay, the... - Don't look at me!
0:34:12 > 0:34:17- Mr Mackay, the screw.- Yeah. You're going to go for him?
0:34:17 > 0:34:22- We'll go for him.- Mr Mackay. We have Fletcher and Mr Mackay.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Dorian and James said Fletcher. How many people said that?
0:34:28 > 0:34:30It's correct.
0:34:32 > 0:34:3360.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41It's a high score, but Mackay the screw? "Mackay the screw!"
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Let's see how many people said that.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Mackay.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50It's right.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55That'll do it. That's all it has to do. 37.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03Very, very well done. Bad luck, Dorian and James.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- Joe and Helen are through 2-0 to the final. Richard?- Well played.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Two answers would beat Mr Mackay. Let's take a look at all five.
0:35:12 > 0:35:18Bunny Warren played by Sam Kelly would have scored 2 points. Well done if you got that at home.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Mr Barrowclough, another prison officer, 16.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Mr Mackay, played by Fulton Mackay, 37.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Godber, Richard Beckinsale, 44.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31And Ronnie Barker as Fletcher, 60.
0:35:31 > 0:35:38OK, thank you very much. So the losing pair, I'm sorry to say, is Dorian and James.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- We're just not old enough. - You're not.- No offence.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48- And you knew the states of Australia too well, as you said. You were numb to them.- Yes.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50You couldn't pick the obscure one.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- Please, when you come back, still wear the hat and coat. - It never comes off.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00- Do you have them in other colours? - I have Dorian black.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05Yes, good. I'm hoping Dorian fuchsia might make an appearance,
0:36:05 > 0:36:10but I won't hold my breath. It's been great having you on.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16We have another chance to see you next time. I'm looking forward to that already. Great contestants.
0:36:17 > 0:36:24But for Joe and Helen it's time for the Pointless final and the chance to win £7,500.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32Congratulations, Joe and Helen. You've seen off all the competition.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36That coveted Pointless trophy is yours.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Oh, yes.
0:36:46 > 0:36:54You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot. It stands at £7,500.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- That would be nice.- Mm.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03You timed it really well, coming on for a juicy jackpot. The rules are simple.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07All you have to do is find a Pointless answer.
0:37:07 > 0:37:14We haven't had any on the show today. You just need to find one to go home with all that money.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17First, you choose a category.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Screen Sirens, Classical Music or Golf. Oh, Joe!
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- Does that head shake mean these aren't your favourites?- No.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Screen Sirens, Joe?- Maybe, yeah.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Maybe.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Classical Music, Helen? Golf, Helen?
0:37:40 > 0:37:47- Well, I do like to put my plus fours on of a weekend, but... - Get your cello out.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52I can see it now. No, I'm not too happy with those,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55but I think that... You decide.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00- There we are, Joe. - We're in trouble now.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05- I know nothing about classical music. - OK.- Try Screen Sirens?- OK.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10- We'll go for Screen Sirens.- Screen Sirens, by a process of elimination.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13For a moment I thought they might be dream subjects for you.
0:38:13 > 0:38:19Sadly, it's not cake decorating or animals in hats. Screen Sirens.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:38:24 > 0:38:28to name as many films of Marilyn Monroe as they could.
0:38:28 > 0:38:35- Richard?- Any feature film made for cinema release in which Marilyn Monroe received a credit.
0:38:35 > 0:38:41As always, not looking for short films, clip compilations, TV documentaries.
0:38:41 > 0:38:47Just to name check one film, Something's Got To Give was unfinished so we won't accept that.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Any Marilyn Monroe film for cinema.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:54 > 0:39:01All you need to win that £7,500 is one answer to be Pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:39:01 > 0:39:07- Some Like It Hot. That's the only one I know.- There's The Misfits. - Yeah, that's one, yeah.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- Some Like It Hot is going to be too obvious.- Yeah.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16- Misfits.- Yeah.- Fireball... I don't know. It's in the back of my mind.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- OK.- The Misfits, Fireball...
0:39:19 > 0:39:26- What's the one Madonna did Material Girl? Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? - Yeah, that sounds about right.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Films aren't my strong point.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- Let's go with those. - Have you picked your three?- We have. - Your three answers are...
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Misfits.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- Fireball.- Fireball. - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.- OK.
0:39:42 > 0:39:49We were looking for the films of Marilyn Monroe. Which of those is your most confident shot at it?
0:39:49 > 0:39:55- I think Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. - We'll put that last. Which will we put up first?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- Fireball?- Fireball.- OK.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09There they are. Films of Marilyn Monroe.
0:40:09 > 0:40:15This was your least confident answer. You only need to find one Pointless answer to win £7,500.
0:40:15 > 0:40:23- What would you spend that money on? - Lots of champagne at the wedding. And a honeymoon.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Do you know where you're going to go? Or is it top secret?
0:40:27 > 0:40:33- At the moment it's looking like... - Ibiza.- Have you been saving for a long time?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Our parents have, yes. - That's the spirit! Well done!
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Very good indeed. OK.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46Let's see what your first answer does for you. The Fireball.
0:40:46 > 0:40:52- This is the one you were least confident in. Are you sure it's a Marilyn Monroe film?- It's a film.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56But...it's a start, isn't it?
0:40:56 > 0:41:02- It's a start. It's a film. Have you seen it?- No, no, no. It was a shot in the dark.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06A shot in the dark. OK. This is your first answer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:13Let's see if it's a correct answer. And if it is, let's see if it is Pointless.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Let's find out. The Fireball.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24It's your first shot at the jackpot of £7,500.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28It's a correct answer. You didn't expect that at all.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Brilliant, Joe. Down it goes. How far down...?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:39 > 0:41:46- Many congratulations. That is absolutely superb. - Oh, my God!- Well done, you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- How did you do that? - That was brilliant.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Well done. Well done, you.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02Well done! Fantastic. Congratulations.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07You've won that Pointless jackpot of £7,500.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Superb!
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Superb.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20- I'm gobsmacked.- You just get a sense that was meant to be, wasn't it?
0:42:20 > 0:42:25- Where did The Fireball come from? - We used to work on puzzle magazines.
0:42:25 > 0:42:31- And we do lists of films for word searches.- Yeah.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- Somewhere in the back of my mind, it was there.- Absolutely meant to be.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Brilliant. What a great answer. Great couple.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- Richard.- Brilliantly done. That's exactly what Pointless is about.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Tiny things you didn't even know you knew.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Do you know anything about the film? - No.- It's my favourite.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- You better go and see it now. - It's from 1950.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01She plays Polly and, as you can tell, I've never heard of it either.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05I know nothing about it. Her and Mickey Rooney.
0:43:05 > 0:43:11- You could care less. A brilliant answer and very well deserved. Congratulations.- Thank you!
0:43:11 > 0:43:18Very many congratulations. Thanks once again to Joe and Helen who go away with £7,500!
0:43:18 > 0:43:20APPLAUSE
0:43:22 > 0:43:28- Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test. Goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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