0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:24 > 0:00:29Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:35the quiz show where obscurity needs to rate high, but the scores need to be low. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Firstly, we welcome Charis and Sophie. How do you two know each other?
0:00:44 > 0:00:50We're friends from university. We met when we were at Cambridge. We've just qualified to be primary teachers.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55You have just qualified. Many congratulations. Are you in the same part of the country?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- I'm in Surrey and Sophie... - I'm in Cambridge.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Very best of luck to both of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05And welcome to Lauren III and Lauren. What happened to Lauren II? Where is he?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- He didn't have the bottle for it. - He really didn't?- No.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16- What's your full name? - It's Lauren Lloyd Brando Baron De Rothschild Allen III.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- APPLAUSE - Now, that...
0:01:21 > 0:01:26..is brilliant. Very best of luck to you this afternoon.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And welcome back, David and John. Remind us how you did last time.
0:01:30 > 0:01:37- We went out the first round. There was a bit of a catastrophe.- Bit of a children's TV programme catastrophe.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- It wasn't up our street.- Sesame Street. Never watched it?- No, never.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I hated it when I was a kid. I hate it even more now.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your final chance.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Very, very best of luck to you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57Finally, we welcome back Phil and Jamie. Phil and Jamie, how did you do last time?
0:01:57 > 0:02:02The first round, we both got a pointless answer which we were pleased with.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05That's some of your money in that jackpot.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Yeah, we're hoping to pull some of that back.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15- And maybe add a few more pointlesses this time. Let's hope we don't have any more bridge questions, eh?- Yeah.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21Best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you later. There is one more person to introduce.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- He's a one-man quest for obscure knowledge - my Pointless friend Richard.- Hiya.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29APPLAUSE
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Just a man with a man's knowledge. - On a one-man quest.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- On a one-man quest.- I thought everyone would join me, but I'm the only one who's interested.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- Sorry, what were you saying?- I keep looking behind me and no-one there.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51We've got two returning pairs. Phil and Jamie did rather well last time. They'll want to go further.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57We've had a terrible run of teachers being on the show. Every time a teacher comes on, they do badly.
0:02:57 > 0:03:03But as Sophie and Charis aren't quite teachers yet, they might be all right. Have you qualified?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Yes.- Have you had your first pay cheque?
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- No.- Have you stood in front of a class and done a register?- Yeah.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Then you're a teacher!
0:03:13 > 0:03:19We put our questions to 100 people before the show, but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players must score as few points as they can.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another 1,000 quid to that,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42so today's jackpot starts at an unbelievably high £6,750.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- APPLAUSE - Exciting jackpot.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48OK, let's play Pointless.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Whichever team has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06OK, guys, our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:08 > 0:04:11There you are, Historical Britain.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:04:23 > 0:04:27to name as many castles in the UK as they could.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Castles in the UK.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Richard?- I'm afraid we're going to have to be a bit more specific.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39All the correct answers in this round are castles in the UK.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Castles...
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Sophie and Charis, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56The first set of seven possible answers reads like this.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Now, I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23But there's at least one incorrect answer in there.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27If you pick one of those, you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Sophie?- Well, the ones that came to my mind weren't any of those,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35apart from an obvious one.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40But I'm going to go with...
0:05:41 > 0:05:43..Powderham.
0:05:43 > 0:05:49Powderham. Where do you think Powderham might be? Where would you imagine Powderham could be?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'm going to go down south somewhere.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58- Powderham down south?- Yeah.- Let's see if it's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's right.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Very good.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Very good indeed, Sophie. Well done!
0:06:11 > 0:06:15That is a pointless answer. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot
0:06:15 > 0:06:17and takes the total up to £7,000.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Most importantly, it scores you nothing. Richard?- Very good start.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Powderham is indeed down south. It's near Exeter, in fact.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- I knew that.- "Powderham" sounds like what's next to the toilet.- Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:36"I'm going to visit the 'Powderham'." People aren't expecting you to go near Exeter.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Very good. What a brilliant answer!
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Lauren III, we're looking for castles in the UK. What do you think, Lauren III?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Yeah, there's one obvious one.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50But I think I'm going to take a punt and go for Dover.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54OK, Dover Castle you're going to take a punt on.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01Let's see if it's right and if it is right, let's see how many people said Dover Castle.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04There is a Dover Castle.
0:07:08 > 0:07:1016.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12APPLAUSE
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Not a bad score at all for Dover Castle.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Yeah, well played, Lauren III.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Wonderful castle, a stronghold of medieval England that's been through all sorts of tribulations.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27We're looking for castles in the UK.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- John, this is better than Sesame Street.- Well, I've heard of them.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36There's one or two there which are obvious ones.
0:07:36 > 0:07:43What's this obvious one everyone keeps talking about? Oh, yes, I see it. Yes. Ah, yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I see what you're saying.
0:07:45 > 0:07:51I'm going to go for it, really... The Herstmonceux?
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it - Herstmonceux.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's right.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Oh, it's very good.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08It's brilliant. Look at that, John.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10APPLAUSE
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Very good. Herstmonceux scores you just one point.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- Richard?- Very good. One of the earliest brick buildings in England
0:08:18 > 0:08:24and very near where I grew up, so I went a lot when I was a child, but that wouldn't have helped you.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27OK, now then, Jamie...
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Initially, I was going to go for Dover and everyone keeps talking about this obvious answer,
0:08:32 > 0:08:37so I think I'm going to play safe and hope that Windsor is the obvious answer.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43- You're going to go for the obvious answer?- What I think might be the obvious answer. I'm not sure.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Is that how we play Pointless, Jamie?
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- Is that what we do in this game? - Probably not, but...
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Phil (your boss) is...
0:08:53 > 0:08:56He has his head now in both hands.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01I think you mean "Phil (his ex-boss)"?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- I've been promoted.- Yeah(!)
0:09:04 > 0:09:07But you've gone for Windsor.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Let's see if it's correct and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:09:19 > 0:09:2158.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Windsor has scored you 58.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30That's a surprisingly low score. Were you worried there wasn't a castle in Windsor?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I was pretty sure, but I had my doubts.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36I've got to tell you that the Queen would be furious if she turned up
0:09:36 > 0:09:40and said, "I'm almost certain there's a castle here."
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Let's take a look at the rest of the things on the board.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Leeds Castle is a real castle.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49That's in Kent just to confuse the tourists.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52It would've scored you 34 points, Leeds Castle.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57Bamburgh Castle in your neck of the woods in Northumbria.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Would've scored you 7 points.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04So, by a process of elimination, the incorrect answer was Friars Mount
0:10:04 > 0:10:10- which was a slum area of London from the 19th century. Sounds like a castle though.- Doesn't it?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20We range all the way from Sophie and Charis on a fantastic nought...
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Look at that, brilliant. Great answer from Sophie.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28..all the way up to Phil and Jamie way out in front on 58.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34Now then, Phil, you've got to hope that somebody else drops a clanger like that on the next pass.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40- You, Phil...- No, no, no.- And you, Phil, have got to try and find a pointless answer from the next list.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54We are looking for castles in the UK and we have got...
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Let me read those again.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Again I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and at least one is incorrect, so avoid those at all costs.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Phil, you know what you have to do. You're on 58, the highest scorers.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Um...
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Dunrobin. Dun-"robe"-in.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Hopefully.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Dunrobin. Let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It has to score as low as it can. It's right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49CHEERING
0:11:50 > 0:11:53You needed that. It's a pointless answer.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59Another pointless answer. It adds another 250 quid to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £7,250.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- And it scores you nothing. - APPLAUSE
0:12:02 > 0:12:07It leaves you with a total of 58. Is that going to be enough to see you through? Richard?
0:12:07 > 0:12:15- Yeah, Dunrobin was a naval hospital in the First World War. It's in Sutherland up in the Highlands.- OK.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21David, you're on 1. If you can score 56 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.
0:12:21 > 0:12:27- Yeah, OK.- So then, David, we are looking for castles in the UK. What are you going to go for?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Well, seeing as I live down the road from it,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35I'm going to gamble that it's less than Windsor and go for Warwick.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38You're going to go for Warwick Castle.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44There's your red line. If Warwick Castle gets you below that, you are through to the next round.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's right.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Good enough to get you through.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Very good answer. 22.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- APPLAUSE - Giving you a total of 23.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07- Warwick Castle, Richard? - Yeah, there's been a castle on that site since Saxon times.- Interesting.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Lauren?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Lauren, you're on 16.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16If you can score 41 or less with this answer,
0:13:16 > 0:13:2041 or less, you are through to the next round for sure.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22What do you think?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Oh, a tough one. Hmm...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- I'll go for Balmoral.- OK.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Again, shall we have a chat about Pointless?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The little, obscure castle there(!)
0:13:37 > 0:13:43Here is your red line. If Balmoral gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50This could be the life-saver that Phil and Jamie were praying for. OK...
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Let's see if Balmoral is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Wow!
0:14:05 > 0:14:06APPLAUSE
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Well...
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Well, I feel a proper idiot.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And I deserve to, I deserve to, frankly.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- Lauren, I bow down to your superior judgment.- That's OK.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24LAUGHTER
0:14:24 > 0:14:28That scores you 10 points. That takes your total up to 26.
0:14:28 > 0:14:3110 points for Balmoral, Richard?!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I think lots of people don't realise it's a castle.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39People think it's a country house, so maybe it scored a bit lower.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45But the Queen spends a lot of time there, especially since they knocked down Windsor Castle(!)
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- It's been a real bolthole for her. - We're looking for castles in the UK.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Charis?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Um, well...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I think, out of the four that's left,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00obviously one of them is definitely right.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04And Oystermouth sounds like something you'd make up.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Something I'd make up? - Yeah. I think...
0:15:08 > 0:15:14Blandings, I don't know, it's a pretty boring name, really, for a castle.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16So I'm going to go for Ludlow.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21- Sorry, Sophie.- It was like having Sherlock Holmes standing there.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23LAUGHTER
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Ludlow, you say? Ludlow. There's your red line.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- Yeah.- If Ludlow gets you below that red line, we say goodbye to Phil and Jamie
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and you remain on the show.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Above that red line, we say goodbye to you and Sophie.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Let's see if Ludlow is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Well done.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54CHEERING
0:15:54 > 0:15:58That is another pointless answer.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03It adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £7,500.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08It scores you nothing. It gives you a total of nothing. A brilliant first round!
0:16:08 > 0:16:13The future of Britain's primary school children is in safe hands.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Ludlow Castle was a Norman castle, now in ruins, up in Shropshire.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Let's take a look at the other answers. There is one obvious one which is Edinburgh.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25It would have scored you a hefty 43 points.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31- And you know what the incorrect answer is there. - Blandings is from PG Wodehouse.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33From the novels of PG Wodehouse.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37And Oystermouth is on the Gower Peninsula round near Swansea.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It would've scored you 1 point, so well done if you got that.
0:16:40 > 0:16:47Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Phil and Jamie.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53- Yeah.- Phil and Jamie, you've scored three pointlesses in your all-too-brief Pointless careers.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57That's 750 quid you've added to that board.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00How selfless! And now...
0:17:00 > 0:17:07- Enjoy it!- As last time, you've been fantastic contestants and sorry to say goodbye to you so soon.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Thanks so much for playing. Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:17:11 > 0:17:15But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:20 > 0:17:27It's time to find out which two teams go through to the head-to-head for the chance to reach the final.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The category for Round Two is...
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Pop Music.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Charis again delighted.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It's going to be about female singers and their groups.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00We're about to show you some female singers.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the bands they sing or sang in.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- Richard?- We'll give you six female singers on each pass.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14Simply tell us the group they've had Top 40 hits with as of 2010.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Obscure ones will score you fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24- See if you can get all six at home. - OK, the first six are...
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Let me just read those again.
0:18:46 > 0:18:52OK, so, Charis, I am looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56OK, I know two of them.
0:18:57 > 0:19:04So I'm going to go for Louise Redknapp and she was in Eternal.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Louise Redknapp was in Eternal, says Charis. Is that right?
0:19:10 > 0:19:15If it is, how many people knew that answer - Louise Redknapp, Eternal.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20It's right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Very good. 25. Not a bad answer, Charis.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Eternal scoring 25. Not a bad answer.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36- Well played, Charis. Louise Redknapp was Louise Nurding, then married...- Nurling?- Nurding.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Even prettier. - It's a lovely name, isn't it?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Thanks very much, Richard.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Lauren III, we are looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.
0:19:47 > 0:19:54- I think you'll be good at this. You know your music, don't you?- I do. This is a lot better than castles.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I fancy my chances.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59OK, the most obscure one you can pick, please.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05I'm going to go with Michelle Williams at the top and Destiny's Child.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Michelle Williams and Destiny's Child, says Lauren III.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- Lauren, is this a good answer, do you think?- I hope so.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Not you. Lauren. - LAUGHTER
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Lauren III, if I'm speaking to you, you'll know I'm speaking to you because I'll say your name.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Lauren, is this a good answer? - I hope so.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31So do I, Lauren. Well, Lauren III, only one way to find out.
0:20:31 > 0:20:37Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child, is it the right answer and if it is, how many people said it?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It is correct.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46It's a great answer, Lauren III.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51That scores you 7 points, Destiny's Child.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Well done. Michelle Williams was in Destiny's Child
0:20:54 > 0:20:58alongside probably the more famous Kelly Rowland and Beyonce.
0:20:58 > 0:21:05Now then, David, we are looking for the groups that these singers sing or sang with.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11Unfortunately, both of my answers have gone, so I'll have to go for one of the obvious ones
0:21:11 > 0:21:16and go for the one I think is going to get the least points out of the two.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24I'm going to go for Nicole Scherzinger in Pussycat Dolls.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Let's see if that's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:3728.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39APPLAUSE
0:21:39 > 0:21:4228 for Nicole Scherzinger.
0:21:42 > 0:21:49- Well done. Better safe than sorry. Is Nicole Scherzinger the one going out with Lewis Hamilton?- Probably.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Who's your favourite of the Pussycat Dolls?- Nicole Scherzinger.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58You know what? Mine too. Let's look at the other ones on the list.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Melanie Chisholm, who did she sing with?- Mel C?- Mel C.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- With...?- With the Pussycat Alouds. No, the Spice Girls.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Spice Girls, exactly right. Would have scored you a fairly hefty 39.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Ruth Pointer...- The Pointer Sisters. - Exactly right.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- That should've been "Automatic". - With 15.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- And Monica Irimia... - She is a Cheeky Girl.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23And if you got that at home, shame on you.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Well, interesting scores.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Lauren and Lauren III, way out in front there.
0:22:34 > 0:22:40Lauren, if you can keep up Lauren III's good work on the first pass, you'll be in the head-to-head.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45Not much really between you, Charis and Sophie and David and John.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51Let's see what happens in the next pass. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:22:52 > 0:22:58OK, we're going to put six more female singers on the board and here they are.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12We'll do those one more time.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22John, we are looking for the bands that these singers sing or sang with.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- It's not my strongest point.- You're on 28. You are the high scorers.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I don't want to pile the pressure on,
0:23:34 > 0:23:39but the lower you score now, the better your chances of staying in the game.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- I'm going to take a little bit of a gamble and go for Mary Wilson.- Mm-hm.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50- Mary Wilson and The Supremes. - Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54It's right.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Still going. 15.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04- APPLAUSE - 15 that scores you, taking your total up to 43.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11- Is that enough to keep you in the game? Richard?- Great answer - Mary Wilson, of course, in The Supremes.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Now then, Lauren...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16You are the low scorers on 7.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22If you can score 35 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head, Lauren.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29He went for the one I would have gone for. Um...
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- How is your girl band knowledge, Lauren?- Poor.- Poor.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39But I'll go for Blatt. I think it was All Saints.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43You're going to go for Melanie Blatt and you're going to say All Saints.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Here's your red line. If All Saints gets you below that red line,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Melanie Blatt was in All Saints.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It's only right.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Down it goes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05And it's good enough to see you into the head-to-head.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08That scores you 16. It takes your total up to 23.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Richard?- Yeah, he's a sly fox, isn't he, Lauren?
0:25:13 > 0:25:18Look at that little grin! "What, girl bands? No, I don't look at that sort of thing."
0:25:18 > 0:25:22"I do remember someone quite obscure from a band of ten years ago!"
0:25:22 > 0:25:28"Melanie Blatt obviously was in All Saints alongside Shaznay Lewis and the Appleton sisters,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32"but apart from that, I don't know. It's not really my area."
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Right, OK, so, Sophie, it is all in your hands.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43You are on 25. If you can score 17 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Anything more than 17 and we say goodbye.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Well, Kimberley Walsh was obviously in Girls Aloud
0:25:50 > 0:25:54and Liz McClarnon, however you say her name, she was in Atomic Kitten.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59I'm going to have to go for Liz "McClarnon-non" in Atomic Kitten.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Say it after me. McClarnon.- McClarnon.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09- McClarnon.- Liz McClarnon. - McClarnon.- In Atomic Kitten. - Write it out ten times...
0:26:09 > 0:26:13before the next time you're on and we'll say no more about it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Liz McClarnon, Atomic Kitten. There's your red line.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- It's about kitten height.- Yeah.
0:26:19 > 0:26:25If Atomic Kitten gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30Let's see if Liz McClarnon is right and if it is, how many people knew she was in Atomic Kitten.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34It's right.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Oh, so cruel, so close to the line there!
0:26:42 > 0:26:47That scores you 24 and gives you a total of 49, Sophie and Charis.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51That is the high score at the end of the round. Richard?
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Liz McClarnon, one of many people who went through Atomic Kitten.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Kimberley Walsh is from Girls Aloud, but would've scored 36 points,
0:27:03 > 0:27:08so wouldn't have seen you through to the next round. Do you know who Mollie King is from?
0:27:08 > 0:27:12She's from The Saturdays. Who wouldn't know that(?)
0:27:12 > 0:27:16That would've got you through to the next round because she scored 8.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21And Emily Robison, The Dixie Chicks, just scores 1 point, so very well done if you got that.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27oh, it's Sophie and Charis.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31It's important that everyone learns something from Pointless.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35And I would like to know what it is that you have learnt.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41- I have learnt that Mollie King is in The Saturdays.- Yeah, there you are. - I think we've all learnt that.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46We did all learn that. Sophie and Charis, I'm sorry. You did so well in the first round.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50It seems wrong to be sending you home after the second round,
0:27:50 > 0:27:55but we will see you next time when I hope you'll put all the lessons you've learnt into practice.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Thanks very much for playing now. - APPLAUSE
0:27:59 > 0:28:05For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11We've already said goodbye to two teams.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16It's time to find out which of our remaining pairs will be playing for today's jackpot
0:28:16 > 0:28:18which currently stands at £7,500.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21APPLAUSE
0:28:22 > 0:28:28Lauren III, Lauren, David and John, you are now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31You are now allowed to confer.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37You have to give me an answer to each question that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43The first pair to win two questions is through to the final to play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50Here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:28:50 > 0:28:56as many of the world's most visited countries as they could.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The world's most visited countries. Richard?
0:28:59 > 0:29:04We want any of the world's top ten most visited countries in 2009,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- according to the World Tourism Organisation.- Lauren III and Lauren,
0:29:08 > 0:29:12because you've played best throughout the show, you go first.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17We're looking for the world's most visited countries. What are you going to say?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20WHISPERING
0:29:23 > 0:29:26OK, do we have an answer?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I'm going to say China.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31China. OK, the Laurens are going with China.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34David and John?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Um...- Spain, America.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Shall we say Spain?
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Spain or America?- Spain.- Spain?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- We'll go for Spain. - OK, you're going to say Spain.
0:29:47 > 0:29:53So we have China and Spain. Let's see if China is correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55It's right.
0:29:59 > 0:30:0122.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04APPLAUSE
0:30:05 > 0:30:12Good answer. David and John went for Spain. Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:16 > 0:30:1875.
0:30:18 > 0:30:24A high-scoring answer there. So after the first question, it is 1-0 to the Laurens. Richard?
0:30:24 > 0:30:29China was a very good answer because all the obvious ones were above it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:35Four answers could have beaten it, but all of them would have been a risk. Let's take a look at them.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40Malaysia is the ninth most visited country in the world and Mexico is the tenth most.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Malaysia would have scored you 5, Mexico 10.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49Turkey with 14, Germany with 21. All of those would have been a risk, but would have won you the point.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51There's China on 22.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55And the more obvious answers up here - Italy on 35,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59the UK on 46, the sixth most visited country in the world.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02France on 68, that's the most visited in the world,
0:31:02 > 0:31:06then Spain on 75 and the USA right at the top there on 83.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11OK, we've had one question. Lauren and Lauren are ahead 1-0.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16David and John, if you don't win this point, you are off the show, we say goodbye.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Here is your second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:31:21 > 0:31:29as many animals in the traditional rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin as they could. Richard?
0:31:29 > 0:31:33We're looking for any of the animals mentioned in that nursery rhyme.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37We won't, for obvious reasons, accept Cock Robin.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40David and John, you get to go first this time.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43WHISPERING
0:31:43 > 0:31:47We're looking for the animals who killed Cock Robin.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50We'll say the sparrow.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Lauren and Lauren, they are saying the sparrow.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I'm not too sure of the rhyme myself - full stop.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05We'll just throw something out there cos we've got to say an answer, so we'll say the spider.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09The spider. OK, we have the sparrow and we have the spider.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15David and John said sparrow. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it - sparrow.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Well, it is right.
0:32:21 > 0:32:2232.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25APPLAUSE
0:32:27 > 0:32:30OK, Laurens,
0:32:30 > 0:32:35if you win this point, you are now straight through to the final.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Spider, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:32:41 > 0:32:43No.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Bad luck. So, after two questions, it's one-all. Richard?
0:32:47 > 0:32:51It's a good enough guess. There's plenty of animals in there.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Sparrow is the obvious answer, it was the top answer.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59Let's look at these animals. You'll kick yourself for not choosing a different one,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01but there's thrush with 2,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05dove, bull, rook, linnet and kite all with 3,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07beetle with 4, lark also with 4,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10wren with 5, fish with 6,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14owl with 8, fly with 15 - he was the eye witness, of course,
0:33:14 > 0:33:19and sparrow right at the top there, that naughty, naughty sparrow, 32 points.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Thanks, Richard. Third question. Whoever wins this question is through to the final
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and will be playing for that £7,500 jackpot.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:33:31 > 0:33:35as many Beyond The Fringe performers as they could.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Beyond The Fringe. Richard?
0:33:38 > 0:33:43We're looking for any of the four satirical performers who performed
0:33:43 > 0:33:47in the ground-breaking 1960s satire Beyond The Fringe.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51OK, Lauren III and Lauren, it is your turn to go first this time.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54WHISPERING
0:33:59 > 0:34:01OK, Lauren?
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Dudley Moore.- Dudley Moore, OK.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07We have Dudley Moore.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- We're going to go with the other one. - We'll go for the other one, yeah.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17- We're going for Pete.- You're going to go for...?- Pete Cook. Peter Cook.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Peter Cook, OK.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24We have Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. Lauren III and Lauren have gone for Dudley Moore.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Let's see if that's right and how many people said it - Dudley Moore.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31It's right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:3912.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41APPLAUSE
0:34:41 > 0:34:45An impressive low score there for Dudley Moore.
0:34:45 > 0:34:51David and John have gone for Peter Cook. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Oh!
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Wow!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Well done, Lauren III and Lauren.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Dudley Moore wins it for you by a whisker.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16So, after three questions, Lauren III and Lauren are through to the final 2-1.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22- Richard?- Very well played. David and John, you were trying to think of the other two.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23They were... Let's take a look.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28Jonathan Miller with 4 and Alan Bennett with 6.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32And we have Dudley Moore with 12 and Peter Cook with 13.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's David and John.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Oh, that was close.- Yeah.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- That was really, really close. - At least we improved on last time.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49You certainly did. You've done incredibly well, right through to the head-to-head.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55- It's been a very impressive round from you.- We were just planning to get them at the end.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- Congratulations.- Yeah. - Thanks. Well played.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03- You've been great contestants. Thanks very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:36:03 > 0:36:09But for Lauren and Lauren, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £7,500.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Congratulations, Lauren and Lauren III.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20You've seen off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed.
0:36:27 > 0:36:33You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at £7,500.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35APPLAUSE
0:36:35 > 0:36:38The rules are simple. To win the money, all you have to do
0:36:38 > 0:36:42is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48We've had three pointless answers on the show today. You just have to find one more to win that money.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52First, choose a category from these three options.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Universities, Languages or Hollywood Legends.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10What do you think? I'd say Hollywood Legends or Unis.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14I'll go with whatever you say.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- Really?- Yeah.- So it's on me, is it? - You're the lucky one.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22OK, Hollywood Legends, please.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:28 > 0:37:34as many films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as they could. Richard?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release
0:37:37 > 0:37:43for which Clint Eastwood received both an acting and directing credit. No short films, TV films.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Voice performances do count,
0:37:46 > 0:37:51but any film starring and being directed by Clint Eastwood. Very best of luck.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:55 > 0:38:00All you need to win that £7,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03OK, your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Right, what about obscure or before '70s, '80s, compared to now?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11You've got the one with the gorilla. What's that? The orangutan?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Every Which Way But Loose. Play Misty For Me?
0:38:15 > 0:38:20- No, he didn't direct that.- Did he not?- He starred in it.- Really?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24What about any of the Dirty Harrys? Did he direct those? Unforgiven?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Yes, Unforgiven. - Million Dollar Baby?- Yeah.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31What else? Eastwood, Eastwood. Recent...
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- Gran Torino recently as well. - Yeah, yeah.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38OK, any further back?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- We'll go with those.- Yeah, OK. Are you happy with...?
0:38:42 > 0:38:48- You're happy with those? - We'll pick a few out of there. - Stop the clock. Your time is up.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53We were looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I now need your three answers.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- One would be Unforgiven.- Unforgiven.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- Every Which Way But Loose. - Every Which Way But Loose.- And...
0:39:02 > 0:39:08- Not Million...?- Yeah.- Million Dollar Baby.- Million Dollar Baby?- Yeah.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Which of those do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Million Dollar or Every Which Way But Loose.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Unforgiven.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- LAUGHTER - You like them all.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- You don't really mind which order they go in.- No, get them up.- OK.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38We were looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44You only need one of these answers to be pointless to win that £7,500 jackpot.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Let's see how many people said Every Which Way But Loose
0:39:48 > 0:39:54and see if that is a correct answer and then maybe a pointless answer. Every Which Way But Loose.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04An incorrect answer. That wasn't pointless, obviously.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09You now only have two more chances to win that jackpot of £7,500.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12What would you spend £7,500 on?
0:40:13 > 0:40:19Well, good question. I need a new motor, to be fair. Mine's an absolute shed!
0:40:19 > 0:40:23So, yeah, my share would be going towards that.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28- Lauren Senior, what about you? - He'll have the other half. - I'm happy with that.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33You can just get a lift any time you want one.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38Your second answer is Unforgiven. We want films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Let's hope nobody said this. This has to be a correct answer.
0:40:42 > 0:40:48It then has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot of £7,500.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Unforgiven. Let's see how many people said that.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Well, it's right.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Unforgiven you've said.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05This has to go all the way down to pointless for you to win that £7,500.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Ooh!
0:41:06 > 0:41:09APPLAUSE
0:41:11 > 0:41:1518 people said that, so Unforgiven is not a pointless answer.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18This is your last chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23We're looking for films directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Million Dollar Baby is your last answer.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36It's right.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42This is your last shot at that jackpot of £7,500.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Down it goes into the 30s, the 20s.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47This is for £7,500...
0:41:47 > 0:41:49APPLAUSE
0:41:53 > 0:41:59Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £7,500 which rolls over to the next show,
0:42:03 > 0:42:08but you have been amazing and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10APPLAUSE
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- Oh, Richard...- Yes, it's a shame. - How much did you want them to win that?
0:42:16 > 0:42:21A lot. Almost as much as Lauren III wanted to win it, I think.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25He won Best Director for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29but Every Which Way But Loose was directed by James Fargo.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34There were seven pointless answers. Let's take a look at some of them.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37All of these would have won you the money -
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Absolute Power which he starred in with Gene Hackman,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Space Cowboys, The Eiger Sanction.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Honkytonk Man, Bronco Billy, Firefox,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48all of those were pointless.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52And White Hunter Black Heart.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58- Did you know any of those pointless answers? - Yes.- Which one did you know?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01All of them.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Now that I've seen them, yes, yeah.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09- Really?- Yeah.- Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Lauren and Lauren III.
0:43:09 > 0:43:16- But you have been fantastic contestants. Thank you both so much for playing. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18APPLAUSE
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,
0:43:21 > 0:43:25which means on the next show we'll be playing for £8,500.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27APPLAUSE
0:43:29 > 0:43:35- Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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