0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33the quiz show where the stakes are high but the points need to be low. Let's meet the players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Welcome back, Charis and Sophie B, you were on the show last time.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances on Pointless. How did you do?
0:00:44 > 0:00:49- We did very well in the first round, we got two pointless answers. - Two pointless answers?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52But in the second round we didn't make it.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Bad luck! What would you like to see come up this afternoon?
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- Some movies.- Movies.- Bit of film. - Charis, what about you?
0:01:00 > 0:01:06Er...yeah, movies or maybe... capital cities, maybe...
0:01:06 > 0:01:13- I'll have a word with Richard and see what he can do. - Nothing.- No?- Sorry.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Oh, well, best of luck. And we welcome Steve and Steve.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22- How do you two know each other and where are you from?- Southampton, and we're neighbours of six years.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28Wow! Steve and Steve! Were you friends before you were neighbours or did you meet over the fence?
0:01:28 > 0:01:34- Over the fence, through the front door.- How nice!- Across the poker table.- Across the...
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- How long did it take you to get down to poker?- Very quickly from knowing each other.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- We started playing quite quickly. - Right. Fantastic! Well, best of luck to the pair of you on the show.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Next we welcome Paul and Sophie H. How do you two know each other?
0:01:47 > 0:01:52We worked on Brighton Pier together, selling food, ice creams, fish and chips, that kind of thing.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- We've been friends ever since.- You don't do that now?- Thankfully not.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01Thankfully for the waistline! I couldn't sell those things. I couldn't bear to part with them!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03So what do you do now, Paul?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- IT.- IT. And Sophie H?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I work for a legal publishers.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I see. Very good. Best of luck to the pair of you on the show.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And finally, Russell and Angela, how do you two know each other?
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- Brother and older sister from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. - Very good. What do you do, Russell?
0:02:20 > 0:02:25I work with badly behaved kids in a senior school.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Angela, does he keep you in order as well?- He can try!
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- What do you do, Angela? - I make greetings cards and wedding stationery from home.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Very good. OK, very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42There is just one more person to introduce.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46He's a textbook guide to obscurity, he's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Hiya.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58You're a textbook guide. Take your pick. I guess that's two things in one.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- It doesn't sound great, does it? - No, guidebook or a textbook. But a textbook guide?
0:03:02 > 0:03:08- Not what you'd put in a lonely hearts' ad?- Not really.- "London area, textbook guide, seeks similar".
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- No...- Although there's a lot of truth in that.- Yeah!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15We've only got one returning pair, Sophie and Charis,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19who did well last time and might do very well this time as well.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23But three very strong new pairs, I think. The first question...
0:03:23 > 0:03:28We get different reactions when you read out what the question is, usually groans from most people.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32I think the first question's going to get a disapproving tut.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- OK...- You wait and see. - Oh, can't wait.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Looking forward to it. We put our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43so we're after the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players have to score as few points as possible.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53What everyone's trying to find is a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Each time that happens we will put another £250 in the jackpot.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Nobody's won the jackpot for the last six shows and we will add another £1,000 to that,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06so today's jackpot starts off at, would you believe it...?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- APPLAUSE - Yes.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Let's play Pointless!
0:04:19 > 0:04:25Now, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35And do be careful, because if anyone gives me an incorrect answer, you'll score the maximum of 100 points.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Football! You don't know what the question is yet.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Wait for your tut.- Save your tuts. - Don't tut early.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Whoever's first, please, step up to the podium.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08Right, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You can tut now!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Richard!- Have we forgiven them?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17No, that's why I'm tutting!
0:05:17 > 0:05:23We're looking for anyone named in Fabio Capello's final 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26We won't accept Rio Ferdinand, because he was injured and replaced,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29for which I suspect he is eternally grateful!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Thanks, Richard. OK, Charis and Sophie,
0:05:35 > 0:05:39you drew lots before the show and you get to go first this afternoon.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43So, Sophie, I know this is the category you wanted to come up.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- I did watch their games.- Mm-hm? - I don't know anyone that...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51..didn't play, if you know what I mean...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53er, so...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- You don't know... Eh?- Does that make sense?- No.- Did you play?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- I played, yeah.- Yeah? I didn't. I'm afraid I didn't, you see.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I played against Slovenia.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- You weren't in the starting line-up. - I might as well have done!
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Sophie... - I'm just going to have to say...
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Joe Cole.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Joe Cole? Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Joe Cole.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Well, it is right...
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Not a bad answer at all, Sophie B.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Joe Cole.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Yeah, very good answer, Sophie. He missed the first two games.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43He ignored the whole country that said, "Pick Joe Cole."
0:06:43 > 0:06:48He played in the next two and made absolutely no difference whatsoever!
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Steve... Why do the Sophies get a letter after their names and the Steves are just Steve?
0:06:54 > 0:07:01- What number do you live at in the street?- Number 1.- And you're number 3?- Number 2.- Number 2!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05OK, Steve 1 and Steve 2, that'll be simple, won't it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08What sport do you like, Steve?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Er...football!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- Yeah!- Yeah, football's the favourite one, I suppose.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So let's have a really obscure member of the squad.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25- I'll choose somebody who didn't play and we'll say Michael Carrick. - Michael Carrick.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Michael Carrick. Let's see how many people said him.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34It's right!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Oh, he's good! - APPLAUSE
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Very good answer, Steve number 1.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53Very well played, Steve 1. Michael Carrick, the Man Utd midfielder, didn't play a single minute,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56and was later voted England's man of the tournament.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05- Thank you very much. Now, Paul... - Yeah?- So we're looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09What are you going to go for? Did you follow the World Cup?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I watched the first game and then gave up. Not really going nowhere.
0:08:13 > 0:08:19- Not a fan or such a committed fan you couldn't bear to see what we did?- I couldn't bear to watch it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- What's it going to be, Paul? - I'm going to go with James Milner.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28James Milner. OK, let's see how few points James Milner can score for you.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39APPLAUSE
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Good answer, Paul. James Milner.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Yeah, James Milner set up the goal against Slovenia...er...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52..and sort of padded about a bit after that
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and then got on the plane home with the rest of them.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Thanks, Richard.
0:09:00 > 0:09:06OK, Angela, we are looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10What's the most obscure member of that squad
0:09:10 > 0:09:14with the exception of Joe Cole, Michael Carrick and James Milner?
0:09:14 > 0:09:19- I was going to have Joe Cole... - Yeah?- But he was taken.- Yeah...
0:09:19 > 0:09:23So I'm going to have to hope my team-mate does an amazing job
0:09:23 > 0:09:29and I'm going to have to go for someone that did play but... and very well,
0:09:29 > 0:09:34- but for that one horrible mistake and I'll have Rob Green.- Rob Green.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39OK, Rob Green. You're hoping to score as few points as possible...
0:09:40 > 0:09:45I wonder how many points you might just spill out of your hands with this one!
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Rob Green. How many people said it, Rob Green?
0:09:57 > 0:09:58APPLAUSE
0:10:01 > 0:10:03One of the better-known players.
0:10:03 > 0:10:1029. Interesting, I suppose. That was early on enough in the tournament for us to think it was important.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16We thought it was somehow important he'd let a goal in. It was going to make a difference to our World Cup.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21I think what we thought it was was a harbinger of doom. And I think what it was was a harbinger of doom!
0:10:23 > 0:10:27But I think 29's a pretty big score because of his newfound name recognition.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Rob Green, not a bad answer, Angela, but 29. You are the high scorers this round,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40closely followed by Sophie B and Charis.
0:10:40 > 0:10:48The other two pairs looking quite nice and low, Steve and Steve, 4, Paul and Sophie H, 9.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52But, Russell and Charis, you're going to have to find nice low scores on the next pass.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56We're going to come back down the line. Second players to the podium.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- So, then, Russell...- Hello. - You're on 29.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08You are the highest scorers. Robert Green hasn't done you any favours.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Again!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Did you watch the World Cup?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Yeah, dribs and drabs of it.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- Weren't impressed, but still watched it.- You still watched it? So, Russell, what's it going to be?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- I'll go for the third-choice keeper, Joe Hart.- Joe Hart.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29OK, that's what you are saying. Let's see if that is right.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33There's no red line for you because you are the high scorer. Joe Hart.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Good answer! Scores you 7.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48That gives you a total of 36.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Richard?- Yeah, very good answer. Would have started as third-choice goalie,
0:11:51 > 0:11:56I suspect he was second-choice goalie fairly quickly. Kept a clean sheet throughout the tournament.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02OK, Sophie, we are looking for members of the England 2010 World Cup squad. You're on 9.
0:12:02 > 0:12:09Great answer from Paul. If you can score 26 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.
0:12:11 > 0:12:17- Well, I was absolutely dreading football questions because I don't really follow it...- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:24And I can either think of really obvious people or someone's first name and someone else's second name.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- That's generally a footballer, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Someone's first name, someone else's first name, still a footballer!
0:12:32 > 0:12:38I'm going to go for...and if they're not in it, Paul, don't hate me!
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Gareth Barry.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Gareth Barry.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43OK. There's your red line.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48If you come below that red line with Gareth Barry, you are through to the next round.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Let's see if it's right and how many people said it, Gareth Barry.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Well, it is correct!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02A great answer, Sophie! 3!
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Takes your total up to 12. Such a good opportunity! Why not Gary Barry?
0:13:11 > 0:13:18They do sometimes call him Gary Barry...they do. Gary Neville, you know what his dad is called?
0:13:18 > 0:13:23- Neville.- Neville Neville, yeah. He is.- Neville say Neville!
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Gareth Barry, good answer, the lowest score yet. Gareth Barry, Man City midfielder.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33A brilliant answer, Sophie, you are through to the next round, come what may. Now...
0:13:33 > 0:13:37OK, so we're looking for members of England's 2010 World Cup squad.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Steve 2...- Yes?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44You're on 4 thanks to Steve 1's brilliant Michael Carrick.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50Is there anyone left who you think might score less than Gary Barry?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Everyone scored less when they were there!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- I'm going to go with Ashley Cole. - Ashley Cole.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06OK, there is your red line.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11If Ashley Cole gets you below that red line, then you are through to the next round.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Ashley Cole, let's see how many people said him.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It is correct.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Oh, very good indeed.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- 23, gives you a total of 27. Richard?- Safely through.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Ashley Cole didn't play at all badly in the World Cup,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- maybe because he was the one who least wanted to go home.- Yeah.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42- Charis, you're on 21.- Yeah. - You're on 21. If you can score 14 or less... I know you can!
0:14:42 > 0:14:48- Thanks.- ..By naming a member of the England 2010 World Cup squad... - Yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54..Slightly more obscure than Joe Cole which is what Sophie B went for.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I'm going to go for...but please don't laugh if it's wrong...
0:14:58 > 0:15:03- Emile Heskey, but I think... - Emile Heskey?- Yeah. - You're going to say Emile Heskey.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08- You're on 21.- Yeah.- Let's see if Emile Heskey can get you below
0:15:08 > 0:15:14that red line, score you 14 or less, if it's correct, and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Emile Heskey.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20It's right.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Oh, bad luck.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32He scores you 24 points, takes your total up to 45. Richard...
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Emile Heskey?- It's a big score for Emile Heskey, surprisingly big.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40So, Richard, what were the answers that they should all have gone for?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44There was actually a pointless answer which would have added £250 to the jackpot.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Paul, you went for James Milner. If you'd gone for another Villa player at the time,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- you'd have won the money, Stephen Warnock.- Yeah. - He was a pointless answer.
0:15:53 > 0:15:59And the lowest other scores, Ledley King, the Spurs defender, and Gary Barry there with 3.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03And the most obvious answers, these are the ones that most of our 100 people said...
0:16:03 > 0:16:07In third, it was the captain Steven Gerrard, 37.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Then it was Frank Lampard, they were joint second, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14And then Wayne Rooney was top with 80.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round 1, the losing pair with the highest score...
0:16:18 > 0:16:23it's Charis and Sophie. You did incredibly well, actually. You're not really that far out in front.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28We didn't have film. We didn't have... What was it you wanted, Charis?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Capital cities.- Capital cities. - Yeah.- I feel we've let you down.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Yeah, I would say so.- Yeah.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39- I don't think it was your game play, it was the ball.- Yeah. - That's what I'm going to say!
0:16:39 > 0:16:43It's such a shame to say goodbye. This is your second chance, so this really is goodbye.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You've been brilliant. Thanks for playing.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48APPLAUSE
0:16:48 > 0:16:51For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round 2.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head
0:17:01 > 0:17:03so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05OK, your category for round 2 is...
0:17:09 > 0:17:15Fictional heroes and villains. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's second?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26And your round 2 question concerns...
0:17:30 > 0:17:36Superheroes and their nemeses. In this round, we're about to show you a list of fictional villains.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the superhero or superhero groups
0:17:41 > 0:17:45with whom they are most closely associated. Richard?
0:17:45 > 0:17:50We're going to give you the names of six villains here. The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53If you get any of them wrong, you'll score 100 points, so be very careful.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Your first six are...
0:18:15 > 0:18:21Steve 1, Steve number 1, we are looking for the superhero or superhero group
0:18:21 > 0:18:25that these baddies are pitted against. OK. What are you going to go for, Steve 1?
0:18:25 > 0:18:31- I'm going to go for Ming the Merciless and I think it was Flash Gordon.- Flash Gordon.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Steve 2's nodding. Let's see if Flash Gordon is right
0:18:35 > 0:18:41and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that Ming the Merciless was the nemesis of Flash Gordon.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It's correct.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Something tells me that is not going to be the highest score this round.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Ming the Merciless. - Yeah, pretty safe answer. He was Emperor of the planet Mongo.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And then was later leader of the Liberal Democrats.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Sophie H...
0:19:14 > 0:19:21so we are looking for the superheroes or groups of superheroes who fought these baddies.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27- I'm just going to call you Sophie now.- Thank you.- The other one's gone. Sophie B, she's toast!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Well...- Something tells me you might be quite good at this.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Unfortunately, you're completely wrong.- Really? Are you sure?
0:19:36 > 0:19:42I haven't heard of anyone apart from the Joker. So Paul's going to have to rescue this for us.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48- But I will have to say that the Joker, it's Batman.- OK.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew he was Batman's nemesis.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- Well, that's like a correct answer. - It's better than getting it wrong!
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Better than getting 100. - It is...it is 7 better!
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- Batman, the Joker. - Yeah, the Joker. 93 is a very, very high-profile criminal.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Of course, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for playing him on film.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18That scores you 93.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- Now, Russell, did you read comics? - No, not at all. - D'you read them now?- No, not at all.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Luckily, I've watched a few films. - Ah!- Could be all right.- OK.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I can see my nephew screaming at the television to go with Whiplash,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35but I'm going to go with Victor von Doom, the Fantastic Four.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Victor von Doom, the Fantastic Four. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It's right.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Our best answer so far. You're all right, Russell. 7 points.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Victor von Doom.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Good answer, Victor von Doom, also known as Dr Doom which is why he lost his job as a GP.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03LAUGHTER Thanks.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Alexander, this might not be one of your areas of expertise.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Do you know any of those? Do you know Dr Octopus? He's from Spiderman. Well done if you said that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21- My older son does call octopuses "doctopuses".- Does he?- Yeah.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Has he seen that film Doctopussy?
0:21:26 > 0:21:33That would have scored you 14 points. Captain Cold, the nemesis of the Flash, would've scored you 1 point,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36and Whiplash was a pointless answer. Very well done if you got that.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42He's from Iron Man 2, Mickey Rourke plays him, so he's Iron Man's nemesis, Whiplash.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Fantastic answer from Russell there, scoring just 7 points.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Paul and Sophie,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56that was an expensive safety shot.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Paul, you've got a mountain to climb at the next pass.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Steve 1, Steve 2,
0:22:01 > 0:22:0429, looking pretty good. OK...
0:22:04 > 0:22:07We're going to come back down the line. Second players to the podium.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13OK, we'll put six more villains on the board, and here they are.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Remember, we are looking for the superhero or superhero groups these baddies are famous for fighting.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38We're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43So, then, Angela, you are on 7. If you can score 85 or less
0:22:43 > 0:22:48with this answer, 85 or less, you are definitely through to the head-to-head.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49What do you reckon?
0:22:49 > 0:22:56I reckon I'm going to take a chance and possibly get killed by Russell
0:22:56 > 0:23:00and go for one of the slightly less well-known ones.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06I know that they had a bad guy called Shredder...
0:23:06 > 0:23:07but...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11whether they're classed as superheroes or not is to be seen.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17So Shredder is the villain in the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles,
0:23:17 > 0:23:22or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, depending on whether you're American or not.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25That's just so much information!
0:23:26 > 0:23:34- That is brilliant. Thank you very much. Teenage Mutant Hero - slash - and/or...- Ninja.- ..Ninja Turtles.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Yeah.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38OK. What do you think, Russell?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- She's good, I think.- Well, let's see, there's your red line.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44If you come down below that, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50Let's see if Shredder is indeed from those Teenage Mutant etcetera Turtles.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54It's right, and you're through to the next round.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Yeah!- Very good answer indeed. Takes you to 24.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04The Shredder.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Shredder, absolutely right. And as you say two different names...
0:24:07 > 0:24:11the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14OK, Paul. You are on 93.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17You are way out in front.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23- You are 63 points clear of the Steves. - No pressure, then?- None at all.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25What's it going to be, Paul?
0:24:25 > 0:24:32- I'm going to go for Poison Ivy. - Mm-hm?- And I believe she's played by Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Poison Ivy, Batman.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39OK, let's see if that's right and if it scores few enough points
0:24:39 > 0:24:44to see you through to the next round. Poison Ivy, Batman.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48It's right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59That scores you 25, takes your total up to 118. Poison Ivy, Richard?
0:24:59 > 0:25:05Played by Uma Thurman. Poison Ivy is a scientist who is accidentally infused with plant hormones.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06I hate it when that happens!
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- That's why I don't garden. - You're right.- That's why you should always wear gloves
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- when you garden. - Absolutely. Remember that!
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Steve 1, Steve 2,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21you are on 29. If you can score 88 or less
0:25:21 > 0:25:27with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head. I think you might be quite good at this.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- You might be wrong again.- Really?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34So we are looking for the superheroes
0:25:34 > 0:25:36or groups of superheroes
0:25:36 > 0:25:39who fought these baddies.
0:25:39 > 0:25:46Luckily they've left one for me! Yeah, one...or two. I knew the Teenage Mutant one.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I was also very sad and watched cartoons as a child.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56Er...I'm struggling with any others apart from Lex Luthor, the easy one.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Superman.- Lex Luthor,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Superman...you are saying?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04There's your red line. If Lex Luthor can get you below that red line...
0:26:07 > 0:26:12..you're through to the head-to-head. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It's right, and you're through.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19APPLAUSE
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Just!
0:26:21 > 0:26:25That scores you 68, takes your total up to 97. Richard?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Not a low score, but low enough. Played by Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey in films.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Lex Luthor, very good answer.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Do you know Green Goblin?
0:26:35 > 0:26:41- No.- He's another of Spiderman's many nemeses, would have scored you 33 points. Galactus?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45That is, of course, the Fantastic Four.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50The only thing or person to survive the destruction of the universe that existed before the Big Bang,
0:26:50 > 0:26:57and Black Adam was a pointless answer, so very well done if you said Captain Marvel. Very good answer.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Very good. Thanks, Richard. So at the end of round 2, the losing pair with the highest score
0:27:02 > 0:27:06is Paul and Sophie. Oh, dear! We weren't kind to you at all.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Superheroes and their nemeses.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- What were we thinking of?- Football. - Football.- Superheroes.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- You were all right on football. - Yeah, but it didn't do much good
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- in the end, did it?- What would you have loved to come up?
0:27:18 > 0:27:23- I think I would quite like capital cities, geography, things like that. - Good. Paul?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I was quite happy with what came up.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- Yeah, didn't do so badly. Are you...?- That's some rare honesty!- Yeah, it's good.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37"What came up was pretty good. I thought I did pretty well. Acquitted myself pretty honourably."
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Thanks for playing, you've been great.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Thank you.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head!
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Well done, Russell and Angela, Steve 1 and Steve 2.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair can go to the final and play for the jackpot,
0:27:59 > 0:28:04which, in case you had forgotten, currently stands at...
0:28:04 > 0:28:07APPLAUSE
0:28:08 > 0:28:11You're now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15You are now allowed to confer. All you have to do is come up with an answer each time
0:28:15 > 0:28:19that scores less than the opposing pair and you will win that question.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Right, let's play Pointless!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27APPLAUSE
0:28:27 > 0:28:29OK, here's your first question.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many planets with moons as they could.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- Planets with moons, Richard. - We're looking for any planet in the solar system that is orbited
0:28:40 > 0:28:46by one or more moons. Just to warn you, we won't accept Pluto because that's no longer a planet.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50All right, Russell and Angela, you have played the best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55We are looking for planets with moons. Simple as that.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- Do you know many?- Er...
0:28:57 > 0:29:00INAUDIBLE
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- OK?- We're going with Jupiter.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Steves?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10We believe Earth has one but we're not sure of the others.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14THEY CONFER
0:29:16 > 0:29:21- A bit of Hobson's choice here! We're going to go for Saturn. - Saturn?- Saturn.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26OK, let's see if Russell and Angela are right with Jupiter and, if they are, how many people said Jupiter.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30It is correct.
0:29:31 > 0:29:3369.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35APPLAUSE
0:29:36 > 0:29:40And Steve 1 and Steve 2 have gone for Saturn.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47It's right.
0:29:48 > 0:29:5075.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55So, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Russell and Angela.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Richard?- Let's take a look at all the planets that have moons.
0:30:05 > 0:30:12Earth and Saturn scoring the same amount there, 75, so 25 people when asked for planets with moons...
0:30:12 > 0:30:14didn't say Earth.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20- Curious. Hmm.- Perhaps they asked during the daytime. People forget.
0:30:20 > 0:30:27It would take you 130 days to drive to the moon, depending on what sort of car you had and how fast you went.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32- Roughly 130 days?- Yeah. - How late am I allowed to drive?
0:30:32 > 0:30:37You'd have to do that non-stop, so you'd have to have a co-driver so you could sleep. No service stations.
0:30:39 > 0:30:45- There's one...- Presumably there's no speed limit. That's just... - No, there's a speed limit.- Is there?
0:30:45 > 0:30:4670.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Right.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I probably won't do it, then.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56OK, second question.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02Steve and Steve, you have to win this point to get through to the final. OK...
0:31:02 > 0:31:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12..songs from Mary Poppins.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16We're simply looking for any of the songs from the film/musical Mary Poppins.
0:31:16 > 0:31:21We won't accept reprises, instrumentals, overtures, that sort of thing,
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- just the songs from the film/musical Mary Poppins.- Steve 1 and Steve 2, you get to go first this time.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Well, luckily, my daughter of five has non-stop sung this for the last seven days.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Just the last seven days? - We've been on holiday.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- Did she sing all of them?- No, just this one that I can remember.- OK.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Let's Go Fly A Kite.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Let's Go Fly A Kite. OK...
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Russell and Angela, what will you go for? You can talk out loud now.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50There's Feed The Birds. We could say that one.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- My favourite one is when they're stuck to the ceiling.- But it's not your favourite, is it?
0:31:55 > 0:32:01- Yeah, but that's my favourite scene, innit, when they're all stuck to the ceiling.- OK, go with that, then.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07So...I'm pretty sure the song is called I Love To Laugh... ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I Love To Laugh.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Yeah.- OK, this will decide if you stay in the game, Steve and Steve.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17Let's Go Fly A Kite, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20It's right.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Down it goes! Oh, down to 10!
0:32:30 > 0:32:36That's a very nice low score. Russell and Angela have gone for I Love To Laugh.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40OK, so we're looking for songs from Mary Poppins.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- You sure that's the name of the song?- No.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50- I can sing it, but that really won't help anyone! No, seriously... - Come on. Let's...
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Don't!- No.- How does it go? I Love To Laugh...
0:32:54 > 0:32:58# ..Ha-ha-ha-ha, long and loud and clear
0:32:58 > 0:33:03# I love to laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha, so everybody can hear. #
0:33:03 > 0:33:05APPLAUSE
0:33:05 > 0:33:08She's damn good, nothing wrong with that at all.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14If it's right, I think it might be a low scorer. That's my hunch. But it has to be right.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Let's see if it is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26This will decide if you go through to the final. It's right!
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Look at that! 3!
0:33:36 > 0:33:41Turns out that was a brilliant answer, Russell and Angela.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46That means you have won 2 points in just 2 questions. You are through to the final, playing for the jackpot.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Richard, I Love To Laugh.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- I know you do. You're in the wrong place, aren't you?- Yeah!
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Very well played, Russell and Angela.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Let's take a look at all the songs from Mary Poppins. There are two pointless answers.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Very well done if you said Fidelity Fiduciary Bank or Sister Suffragette, they were pointless.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10There's I Love To Laugh, very good answer with 3.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Feed The Birds which you were going to say would have lost you the points, 26 points.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Chim Chim Cher-ee which won the Oscar for best song, 38.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33And A Spoonful Of Sugar at the top with 47.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37OK, thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Steve and Steve.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43- I always like to ask what people take away from their experience on Pointless.- I need a new partner!
0:34:43 > 0:34:49Too late for that, Steve! Very well done to the pair of you. You got to the head-to-head, no mean feat!
0:34:49 > 0:34:54We will see you again next time and hopefully you'll get to the final. Thanks very much for playing.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57APPLAUSE
0:34:57 > 0:35:03But, for Russell and Angela, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £8,500.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Congratulations, Russell and Angela, you've seen off all the competition
0:35:10 > 0:35:14and you have won our coveted and beautiful Pointless trophy.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20APPLAUSE
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:33 > 0:35:38Now, the rules are very simple. All you have to do to win that money is find a pointless answer,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42an answer that none of our 100 people could think of. We haven't had any today.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47You just have to find one now to go home with that money. First, you have to choose a category.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You can go for any one of these three options.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59What do you think?
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- It's going to have to be TV... - TV treasures, without a shadow of a doubt.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- We know nothing about the other two. - Fair enough. TV treasures it is.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13Let's find out what that question is going to be. What would you like it to be?
0:36:13 > 0:36:20- What do you think, Angela? - I will have...mid-'90s sitcoms.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- Mid-'90s sitcoms?- Yeah.- Specific! - OK.
0:36:24 > 0:36:31Let's see what it is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:36:36 > 0:36:43- Richard?- Any television programme for which Dawn French has received an acting credit up to April 2010.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Not looking for anything where she played herself or anything uncredited but voice performances do count.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52So any TV show for which Dawn French has received an acting credit.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win the £8,500
0:36:58 > 0:37:01is for just one of the answers to be pointless. Your time starts now.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07- Any ideas?- She might have been in Robbie The Reindeer.- Robbie The Reindeer.- That Christmas thing.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- She might have been in Chef because she was probably with Lenny Henry at the time.- Yeah.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16And she was in something like, not Lark Rise To Candleford, but some old thing like that.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18She was in that murder thing...
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- Er...- Murder Most Horrid?- Yeah.
0:37:21 > 0:37:28- That was quite a while ago. - Go with that?- Vicar Of Dibley, obviously. And...
0:37:30 > 0:37:35I think that's it. Robbie The Reindeer, Chef and Murder Most Horrid?
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- You're not happy with Robbie The Reindeer? - Yeah...well...three guesses.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45- All right.- Three guesses.- Let's stop the clock. 20 seconds left on it. With time to spare,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47you've come up with three answers. What are they?
0:37:47 > 0:37:53- We've got a definite one we know she was in, Murder Most Horrid. - Murder Most Horrid.- And then...
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- we've gone with Robbie The Reindeer. - Robbie The Reindeer.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00And then, hopefully, she might have had a bit part in Chef at some point.
0:38:00 > 0:38:07In Chef. OK, of those three, which do you reckon is probably your best shot at a correct pointless answer?
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- Probably Murder Most Horrid. The other two I imagine would be wrong. - Yeah!
0:38:12 > 0:38:15OK. Murder Most Horrid, we'll put that last.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Which do you reckon is your least likely to be a pointless answer?
0:38:20 > 0:38:25- Chef, because I doubt she was in it. - OK. Let's put them on the board in that order.
0:38:32 > 0:38:37OK. Now you see them up there, they look kind of good, don't they? They look like really good answers.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40We're looking for Dawn French TV shows.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45This was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- Complete stab in the dark, but it stands to reason.- Yeah.- They often appeared in each other's shows.
0:38:51 > 0:38:57- Who knows?- Ade Edmondson, to whom I would say you bore a passing resemblance, Russell...
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- If I did have a skin, I would look like him in Bottom, yes.- I think you possibly would.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- He often appeared in Jennifer's shows, didn't he?- Yeah.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10So why on earth wouldn't Dawn appear reciprocally in one of Lenny's?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Let's see if that's right. You only need one pointless answer.
0:39:14 > 0:39:21That's all you have to find to win £8,500. Your first shot at that is by saying Chef.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27No!
0:39:28 > 0:39:33- That was exactly the right kind of punt, though, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39- If that had been correct, that would have been pointless, I think.- If! - Safe to say. I think you'd agree.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I'm right...probably.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45OK. So, Angela, who's taking the blame for that answer?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Russell puts his arm up before she's even said anything!
0:39:50 > 0:39:56He's lovely and he'll take the blame for all of it even when it is my fault, whether he likes it or not.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- OK. Whose idea was it to come on the show?- Mine.
0:40:02 > 0:40:08Who else could have been your partner? Anyone other than Russell, would you ever have thought...?
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Would you ever have considered anyone else?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- No, not really.- Very well done. Well said. See, Russell? Fine.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21And who will carry the can if you don't win the jackpot?
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- Russell!- Yeah.- Yeah.- You've only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30We are looking for Dawn French TV shows. Let's hope nobody said your next answer.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot. You've gone for Robbie The Reindeer.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40Let's see how many people said Robbie The Reindeer for £8,500.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Oh!
0:40:47 > 0:40:51OK, you've each picked an incorrect answer. There you are, it's 1-1.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Everything is now riding on your last answer. Robbie The Reindeer is not a pointless answer.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05OK...we were looking for Dawn French TV shows.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11You said this was the answer you were most confident in being pointless.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16Murder Most Horrid. This has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot of £8,500.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21You know it's correct. Let's see how many people said it. Murder Most Horrid.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27So it's right.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29There we are in the 70s.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32In the 60s. In the 50s.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Down it goes. It has to go all the way down to zero to win the £8,500 jackpot. Still going down...
0:41:45 > 0:41:50Well, unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54so I'm afraid you don't leave with today's jackpot. However...
0:41:54 > 0:41:59you have been fantastic and you do go with our wonderful Pointless trophy.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01APPLAUSE
0:42:03 > 0:42:07So, Richard, what answers should they have gone for?
0:42:07 > 0:42:11I think it was unlucky. Chef was a very good guess because of Lenny, obviously.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Robbie The Reindeer, Jane Horrocks was the main voice in that, she didn't appear in it.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16Let's look at the pointless answers.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21Right at the top of the list is one of the sketch shows, A Bucket Of French & Saunders.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Let Them Eat Cake which was the French Revolutionary sitcom with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders,
0:42:26 > 0:42:32the very definition of a mid-'90s sitcom, Let Them Eat Cake, but only ran for one series.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35She was in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39She was Vicky Pollard's mum in Little Britain Abroad.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Pongwiffy, she played a witch in that animated show.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45She was in David Copperfield, all of these are pointless.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47She was in a sketch in Harry Enfield And Chums...
0:42:49 > 0:42:53All of those would have won you the money. Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57OK, thanks very much, Richard. So, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Russell and Angela, you've been fantastic contestants. Thanks. You do take away our Pointless trophy.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06APPLAUSE
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Once again nobody has won our jackpot,
0:43:09 > 0:43:14so that will roll over to the next show when we'll be playing for...
0:43:16 > 0:43:21- Join us and see if somebody can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And from me, goodbye.
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