Episode 45 Pointless

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

where obscurity counts for everything and high scores count for nothing. Let's meet our players.

-Welcome, Adam and Simon. How do you two know each other?

-This is Adam, my son.

Obviously I've known him since birth. He's also my best mate.

Aww! What about that?

-That's like me and you, apart from the father and son thing.

-Wow.

-You're not my... Are you?

-Not your son?

-You're not about to reveal that you're my son, are you?

-Maybe in Round 2.

-I'll look forward to that!

-What do you do, Adam?

-I'm an art worker/graphic designer.

Art worker-slash-graphic designer?

Graphic design IS art work, surely. Come on. Let's sort this out.

There is a bit of a difference.

Art work is more technical. Graphic design just goes, "Pretty!"

I'd have thought completely the opposite. Excellent.

I will remember that. Simon?

-I'm a driving instructor.

-No!

-Daredevil!

-No! How long have you been doing that?

-About ten years.

-Any near misses?

-Oh, daily.

-Daily?

-Daily!

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-James and Karen, our next pair. How do you know each other?

-I met Karen 13 years ago at a pub quiz.

And I can't have done that badly. A year later she married me.

-Were you on the same team?

-No.

-No.

-Are you fiercely competitive?

-Yes.

-Very.

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Liz and Becky, welcome back. Everyone gets two shots, of course.

This is your second and final go. How did you do?

We lost the head-to-head on an Olympics question.

-Just unlucky.

-Olympics(!)

-What are you hoping will come up today?

-Something to do with food. You're good at food, aren't you?

-Yeah.

-Food. Do you like cooking it or eating it?

-Both!

That was a really stupid question. "No, I cook it, then starve."

Very good. Best of luck to you on the show. I hope you enjoy it.

And Amelia and Joe. How do you know each other?

-We're husband and wife. Married a year.

-Congratulations.

-Joe, what do you do?

-I'm a salesman in an electrical shop.

-Very good. And Amelia?

-I'm a student and a mother.

-How many children?

-Two.

-What age?

-Five and 18 months. Two little girls.

-Good Luck!

-What are you doing as a student?

-Midwifery.

-Oh, that's good!

Best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you on the show.

There's just one more person for me to introduce. Here's the man who enjoys fading into obscurity.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

-APPLAUSE

-Hello.

-I think you...

I'd say you enjoyed wallowing in obscurity.

I'm not fading into obscurity. I started in obscurity

and I'm remaining firmly there. We've got a good little show today.

Only one returning pair, but it's Liz and Becky who did very well last time.

And Round 2 is about food,

so the other three pairs might have a battle on their hands.

Very good indeed.

We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless,

so we're after obscure answers that they didn't get.

All our players need to do is score

as few points as they possibly can. What everyone wants is a Pointless answer that nobody gave.

Each time this happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we will add another £1,000 to it.

So today's starts off at...£5,000! There.

So let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

Anyone who gives me an incorrect answer will score the maximum 100 points.

OK, our first category is...

Decide who will go first and who'll go second.

Whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many of the busiest airports

in the UK as they could.

-Busiest airports in the UK, Richard?

-Yeah.

Any of the 20 busiest airports in the UK. In 2009, they all had passenger numbers over 1.5 million.

We all know the bigger airports, but what are the more obscure ones in the top 20 busiest airports?

Adam and Simon, you all drew lots and you get to go first.

-So, Adam, airports.

-Yes.

We're looking for an obscure airport out of the top 20 airports in Britain.

-I'm going to go for... one in East Anglia. I'm going to go for Norwich.

-Norwich.

I happen to know they fly an express service from Norwich to Amsterdam!

-I don't know why!

-To be fair, you know a lot of routes to Amsterdam.

LAUGHTER

Yes, I do...

Right. Adam? Norwich. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Norwich.

Let's see if it's right. Is it in the Top 20, but obscure enough to score you low?

Oh!

Bad luck. That's wrong for all the right reasons, but it is incorrect.

-It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

-Yeah, too small.

-Not anywhere near that top 20.

-More flights to Amsterdam and they might make it.

It has less than 500,000 passengers. It's a long way off the list.

OK, now James. Airports.

This, I can't help thinking, is something you might know.

-Why?

-You just have that look of someone...

-Thank you.

-..who might know.

-What line of business are you in?

-I'm a director of a timber merchant.

-You see!

-You got it in one.

-Timber, flying. What are you going to say, James?

-I'm going to go for...Stansted.

-Stansted.

-Yep.

-OK.

We are looking for the busiest airports in the UK.

You are saying Stansted. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

-APPLAUSE

-That scores you 70, James.

-Stansted, Richard.

-Third busiest airport in the UK with 20 million passengers.

-Just a bit bigger than Norwich.

-A little bit. Not far from it.

-You can fly to Amsterdam from Stansted.

-Do you know, you can?

Throughout the day.

-Right, now Liz. Airports.

-Mm.

-I fly quite a lot with work.

-What is your work, Liz?

-I'm a medical rep.

So I fly to and fro quite a little bit.

-Within the UK?

-Yes.

-So this is a perfect question for you.

-Well, I think back

to a few months ago when we went to Wales for a conference.

I seem to remember that there weren't many flights going into Cardiff,

-but quite a few people flew into Bristol, so I'm going to say Bristol.

-OK, you're saying Bristol.

Hoping to score as few points as possible. How many said Bristol?

Look at that, Liz! Brilliant answer.

23!

23 for Bristol.

-Richard?

-Yeah, it's a great answer, Liz. Over 5.5 million passengers use Bristol.

The ninth-busiest airport in the UK. And you can get flights to Amsterdam from there.

You can. Quite good deals at weekends as well.

Amelia. We're looking for the busiest airports in the UK.

-Do you fly often?

-Not really. I can probably count on one hand the flights I've taken in 10 years.

-Right.

-So not a great topic.

-OK.

UK airports, though. Are you aware of a handful of them?

Yes, we've got one that is one of probably only three that I've ever flown out of

which is quite local to us. So it's not too bad and that'll probably be the answer I give.

-And the answer Joe would have given as well!

-Probably, yes!

-All right. What's it going to be?

-East Midlands.

-East Midlands.

-Joe, you'll have to think again.

-I've never been abroad! She stole my answer.

East Midlands. Let's see if it is correct and how many people said it.

East Midlands.

It's right, Amelia.

32.

East Midlands scores you 32.

Well played, Amelia.

Very much looking forward to hearing what Joe has got to say next.

-East Midlands airport. It's up in the...East Midlands.

-LAUGHTER

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

It's been a high-scoring round, particularly for Adam and Simon.

James and Karen, 70. Pretty high.

Liz and Becky, fabulous low score there.

Amelia and Joe, not too bad on 32.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Right now, Joe, you are on 32.

If you can say something that scores 67 or less,

you're through to the next round.

Em, I'd have to say Luton.

Luton's the only one I can think of apart from the big obvious ones.

So Luton, please.

OK, we are looking for the busiest airports in the UK. Joe says Luton.

There's your red line. If Luton gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

It's right!

Good enough! 62. Look at that.

Very good.

That gives you a total of 94.

Another big score.

It's the fifth-busiest airport in the UK.

OK, we're looking for the busiest airports in the UK.

Now, Becky, 23 you are.

76 is all you have to score.

I've got one in mind that I've flown from a few times.

-So I'm going to go for that one.

-OK.

-Liverpool John Lennon.

-Liverpool John Lennon.

-OK. Simon, don't tell me that was yours!

-Going fast, they are!

Oh, dear. You'll have to make one up! OK, Liverpool John Lennon.

There is your red line, Becky. If you get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

How many people said Liverpool John Lennon, if it's right?

It's right!

And you're through.

39.

Very impressive score. Gives you a total of 62.

-Richard?

-Yes, very good answer. Very well played by both of you.

It was opened in 1933 and renamed in 2002. They've got a big statue of... It's one of the Beatles.

One of the Beatles. I think maybe Ringo.

Becky, very good answer. Through to the next round. OK, gloves come off.

Karen, you are on 70. You have to score 29 or less to be sure of a place in the next round.

This could be really embarrassing if it's wrong.

-Have you had lots of ideas that others have nicked?

-Yeah, my dad was an air traffic controller.

-You might have said!

-If I get this wrong, I'll never live it down!

I can think of a lot of airports, but whether they're in the top 20 is another matter. I'll play safe

-with one I think will be low-scoring.

-Very good.

-Aberdeen.

Oh!

-That is the daughter of an air traffic controller speaking there.

-Isn't it?

-Aberdeen.

-He'll be at home now, twirling his military moustache...

Twirling his moustache, ignoring the voices on his headphones.

Aberdeen. There's your red line.

Below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

Is Aberdeen correct? And how many people said it?

Well done, Karen.

Brilliant answer!

Oh!

That's an excellent answer, Karen. It scores 2 and takes your total up to a very impressive 72.

-Richard?

-The best answer yet, by a mile. The 14th-busiest airport.

-Aberdeen.

-Now, Simon and Adam, the writing, I'm afraid,

is on the wall.

The vapour trail.

You are on 100. You are already our high scorers and you haven't given your second answer yet.

There's no shame in that.

Look for a pointless answer and add 250 quid to our jackpot

-as a little parting gift.

-Well, I was left with three.

-One was mentioned earlier.

-Yeah.

-Cardiff.

We were told it's not that busy, but I thought it was.

And we've got Bradford and Glasgow. If I want to just take a chance, I'm going to go for Cardiff.

OK. No red line for you, I'm afraid,

but maybe this will be a glorious departure. Or out in a blaze of glory.

Cardiff, let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Cardiff. ..It's right!

Simon!

As it happens, a very good answer. It scores you eight.

-It takes your total to 108. Richard?

-Very good. It's the 20th-busiest airport in Britain. Cardiff airport.

There were no pointless answers. Aberdeen was two points. Two answers both got one point.

Let's take a look at them.

Belfast City, which is now named after George Best, of course.

And Belfast International, where you'd fly to Amsterdam from.

-You can. Interestingly, Belfast City also does a hopper service...

-Does it?

-..to Amsterdam.

Let's look at the most popular answers.

Manchester was 73.

Then...

Gatwick was 87.

And right up at the top was Heathrow with a mighty 95.

Mighty, indeed. So at the end of Round One, the losing pair are Adam and Simon.

-There you go.

-Norwich did for you.

-It did, yeah. As always.

-You don't support Norwich, do you?

-No.

-Not any more!

-A great shame to be saying goodbye, but you've been great contestants,

you've shown your mettle, a fabulous low score from Simon.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team leaves us at the end of this round.

OK, the category for Round Two is...

Food and Drink.

Can you decide who is going to go first and who is going second?

Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

And the question for Round Two concerns...

Foods beginning with C.

In this round, we'll show you a list of foods beginning with C.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which types of food they are.

-OK, Richard.

-We're going to give you six foods in each pass. You need to tell us what type of food they are.

If we say Granny Smith, we'd need apple, not fruit.

Obscure ones score the fewest points.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points. Try to get them at home.

OK, the first six are...

-Now then, Karen. How's that looking?

-Not too bad.

A couple of things I don't know, but there are enough I do know.

-You like food and drink. Do you cook?

-Yes, lots.

-I am going to go for cep...

-Cep.

-..which is a type of mushroom.

Cep, a type of mushroom.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.

Cep.

It's good!

13, Karen! That's a great answer.

13 points for cep mushroom.

Yeah, very well played, Karen.

A creamy yellow mushroom with a fat stem.

Called porcini in Italy.

-Same thing?

-Yes.

Two identities. Is that allowed?

-Different languages, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

But if I had a different identity in every country, that would be frowned on, probably illegal.

-You do have a different identity in The Netherlands, of course.

-True.

-LAUGHTER

Where you're known as Professor Arthur Rowbotham.

Not any more I'm not. That's all changed. Right, Liz...

We are looking for the types of food that these items beginning with C are.

-This is exactly what you wanted, wasn't it?

-Yep.

-Have you eaten everything there?

-I think so,

with the exception of the bottom one,

which I may have eaten without knowing!

So I definitely know what the second, third and fourth ones are.

And I think I know what the top one is.

So given that a quite low one has already gone,

I will go for cavolo nero.

And I will say that it is, em, a leaf. Like a salad leaf.

A salad leaf, you say.

OK, let's see if that is right. You're hoping to score as low as possible. A salad leaf.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer, so you score 100 points.

-Richard?

-I won't say what it is in case Amelia wants a go at it.

Amelia, we are looking for types of food beginning with C.

I'm not going to be taking the answer over from Liz. I have no idea what that is!

But the second, third and fourth, I think I know them all.

I think ciabatta will be high. I'm torn between the other two.

I don't really know which one is most likely to be lower.

I think I'm going to go for choux, which is a type of pastry.

OK, choux. Let's see if that's correct and how many people said it.

57.

APPLAUSE

Not a terrible answer at all.

57 is a high score, but it's the best answer out of those three.

Cavolo nero. We couldn't accept salad leaf. It's cabbage.

-Oh.

-Cavolo nero. And cabbage is what choux means in French. Did you know that?

-Yeah.

-Good.

Let's look at the rest of them. Cavolo nero would have scored a healthy 2 points.

Very well done if you got it.

Ciabatta would have scored more than choux. That scored 84. It's an Italian bread.

Caerphilly also would have scored more - 66. Welsh cheese.

And does anybody know what Casaba is?

It's a melon. A type of winter musk melon.

-Winter musk?

-Winter musk melon.

-A type of winter musk melon?!

-Yeah, a type of melon.

Does that make it any clearer for anyone?

-It sounds good, though.

-It sounds delicious!

Slash horrid.

That would have scored you 4 points.

OK, let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

Well now. It's been a pretty high-scoring round in the main.

Liz and Becky, really bad luck. You were on the right lines and played exceptionally.

Your tactics were brilliant. You just happened to be wrong.

57 for Amelia and Joe. Not bad, but Joe will have to score low on the next pass.

Karen and James looking great on 13.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we'll put six more foods beginning with C on the board. And here they are...

Remember, we are looking for the types of food that these items are.

You want the ones that the fewest people knew.

Joe, you're on 57. If you can score 42 or less with this,

you are through to the head-to-head.

I know what two of them are, so I will go with chapati.

A kind of bread, I think.

Chapati, a type of bread. Here is your red line.

Below that and you are through. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

53 that scored you, for a total of 110.

-Richard?

-Popular answer, chapati. Unleavened flatbread from India and Pakistan.

Becky, if you can score 9 or less,

you are definitely through to the next round.

OK, we are looking for the types of food that these items beginning with C are.

I'm not sure I can get below 9, but I'll give it a go. I know a couple.

I'll go for the one I'm not 100% on because I've got to give it a go.

I'll go for Chantilly, a type of cream.

Chantilly, a type of cream. There's your red line, Becky.

If Chantilly creams gets you below, you are through to the head-to-head. Quite a long way down.

Maybe Chantilly can do it for you.

It's right.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Oh, bad luck. That scores 32, taking your total up to 132.

Chantilly cream.

Yes, "shon-tee" cream or "shan-tilly" cream.

A sweetened whipped cream, often with vanilla in it.

Now, James, all of this mere preamble for you to dazzle us

-and maybe find a pointless answer. Do you know your foodstuffs beginning with C?

-I thought I did.

Obviously not now.

I have no idea what Carlingford is.

Cabrales, nope. Don't know that one.

Cannelloni is obviously a pasta,

but I may as well have a guess. I think Comice might be a pear.

Comice pear. Doesn't matter what you score. You're on 13. It doesn't matter.

If you score 100, you are still in the head-to-head.

Comice pear. Let's see if it's right and how many people said that.

Well, it is right.

44.

That takes your total up to 57.

Richard?

Surprisingly high score on that, I think. A high-scoring pear for a low-scoring pair.

-LAUGHTER

-That's a little wrap-up there.

There is a pointless answer there.

It's not cannelloni, which is pasta and would have scored a fairly hefty 76 points.

Cabrales. Do you know what that is?

-Cabrales I know is cheese.

-A soft cheese. It scored 6 points.

Carlingford is a Pointless answer.

-Do you know Carlingford?

-No.

-Anybody?

It's a potato. A soft, white potato.

Very good.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair is Liz and Becky! Oh, this isn't right!

-I know.

-You were meant to be being carried round on people's shoulders after this round!

-Never mind.

-Becky, are you going to forgive Liz?

Oh, yeah, of course.

Definitely. Maybe in time!

Maybe over time. Maybe over time.

-You have been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, James and Karen and Amelia and Joe.

Only one pair makes it to the final and plays for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £5,000.

APPLAUSE AND GASPS

You're now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You can now confer. Give an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you win that question.

First pair to win two questions will go through to the final.

OK, let's play Pointless.

Right, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words in the acronym OPEC

-as they could. OPEC. Richard?

-Simply looking for any of the four individual words in that acronym.

Which is the most obscure of those?

OK, James and Karen, you get to go first.

Words that make up the acronym OPEC.

Yeah, yeah.

OK. A lot of yeses from James!

We're going to go for Exporting.

Exporting. Very good. Amelia and Joe...

-We don't know what it is, so we have no idea.

-We really don't, do we?

-I suppose "company" or something that might be in an acronym.

-Council or...what did you say?

-Company.

-I am listening, honest.

Mm, gosh.

-We don't know, so...Council?

-Yeah.

-Council. OK.

We have Exporting, we have Council.

James and Karen said Exporting. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Exporting.

Good!

Very good, indeed. 20.

Exporting scores 20. Amelia and Joe have gone for Council.

-Stab in the dark?

-Completely.

-Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Bad luck.

Council is incorrect.

So, after the first question, James and Karen are ahead, one-nil.

OPEC is the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

The only thing that would have beaten Exporting was...Organisation

which would have got you 16. Petroleum 24 and Countries right up at the top there with 40.

OK, here is your second question. Amelia and Joe, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

James and Karen, should you win this point, you are through to the final to play for that £5,000 jackpot.

Second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

founding members of the Football League as they could. Founding members. Richard?

We're looking for any of the 12 English football cubs who took part in the first league season of 1888.

Amelia and Joe, you can go first this time.

Is this better for you, Joe?

I prayed for a football one all day

and it's the worst football question ever, but never mind.

1888, Joe?! Come on. You remember.

Em, I'm going to say Notts County just because that's the most obvious. Notts County, please.

Notts County. OK. Notts County.

-James and Karen?

-We were going to go for Notts County, too!

-It's sunk that idea!

-Em...

-Blackpool's the only one I can think of that I'm pretty certain of.

-Yeah.

-We'll go for Blackpool.

We have Notts County and Blackpool.

Let's see if Notts County is correct and how many people said it.

Amelia and Joe, this has to win this point for you.

It's right, obviously.

How right?

Oh, brilliant!

That's a superb answer. Notts County scores only 11.

James and Karen have gone for Blackpool. Is that right and how many people said it?

Bad luck.

Bad luck, but well done, Joe and Amelia. That's what you had to do.

You are absolutely even. One-all. Richard?

It's unlucky, Blackpool. There's a lot of Lancashire teams in there.

Right at the bottom, Derby County is a Pointless answer.

Plenty of Derby fans will be used to seeing Derby County nil. Sorry to show it to you again.

West Bromwich Albion scored 1, Stoke City scored 2. Accrington 2 as well.

Wolves and Burnley both with 4.

Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers both on 6.

Blackburn Rovers on 8, Notts County on 11.

Everton 12, Aston Villa 14. What a match that was!

OK, here is your third question. Whoever wins this is through to the final. Simple as that.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...multiple Eurovision winners

as they could. Multiple Eurovision winners. Richard?

Yes, any country that's won the Eurovision Song Contest twice or more since 1956

through to 2010.

OK, James and Karen, you go first again.

We're not very sure. We know some that would be high-scoring, so we'll gamble and say Germany.

Take a gamble on Germany. OK.

Amelia and Joe, what'll you say?

Em, we've got to gamble with the same and we'll say Turkey.

Turkey? OK.

Germany and Turkey. We have two gambles there.

This will decide who goes through to the final and plays for that £5,000 jackpot.

James and Karen said Germany. Is it correct and how many people said it?

It's right.

24.

OK. 24.

Turkey, say Amelia and Joe.

Let's see if it's a correct answer and if it beats Germany on 24.

Ooh! Bad luck, Amelia and Joe. I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer.

James and Karen win that point and are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

That's tough. Turkey have won it just once, in 2003.

-Weird when you think of all the big rock acts from Turkey.

-I know! They've only won it once.

Only once. There are 13 answers.

Unlucky if you sat through all of them. Let's take a look.

Denmark at the bottom with 3, Italy with 4, Luxembourg with 5 -

and they've won 5 times, Luxembourg. Israel with 6, Switzerland 8,

Netherlands 9, Norway 13.

Spain 21, there's Germany on 24,

France with 27, Sweden 28, the United Kingdom - we've won five times - on 39,

and Ireland have won it seven times and would have scored 65 points.

OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair, I'm sorry to say, is Amelia and Joe.

Council I thought was a good stab. Who's going to take the blame?

-Em...

-I think I probably should. It was more my answers than yours, but we're a team.

-We fluked our way to this point!

-Yeah.

-We were hoping for some lucky topics at the end.

The good news is we get to see you again. If you'd gone through to the final, that would be it.

Next time you can put all these things into practice. Maybe you'll know all of them then.

I think that's how it works. Anyway, thanks very much for playing. Brilliant contestants. Thank you.

For James and Karen, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £5,000.

Congratulations, James and Karen. You fought off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

Now, though, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, it stands at £5,000. There we are.

AUDIENCE: OOH!

The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people got.

We haven't had any today. You just have to find one now to get that money.

First, you choose a category. Here are your choices.

You can go for...

-What do you think?

-Try geography. Children's literature, if it's very modern we have no chance.

-Discount that. American sport or geography.

-Geography.

-Geography?

-Give it a go.

-Give it a go.

-We'll try World Geography.

-Very good. OK.

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

British overseas territories as they could.

-British overseas territories. Richard?

-Any of Britain's overseas territories or Crown dependencies.

One thing we won't accept is our bases on Cyprus.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win £5,000 is one answer to be Pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

What ones have the Union Jack on the flag? Fiji has, doesn't it?

Is that an overseas territory?

-There's Vanuatu.

-Yes.

-There's Bermuda, I think.

-Yes.

-Nauru, is that one?

-Yeah.

-Is that an overseas territory?

-I think it might have the Union Jack on it. Those are ones to stick with.

-St Helena? Is that not one?

-Let's see. St Helena.

-30 seconds gone.

-Nauru?

-Nauru.

-Or would you rather go for Vanuatu?

-Vanuatu.

-St Helena, Vanuatu.

-That's two.

-Or should we play it safe with Bermuda?

-I'm sure Fiji is an overseas territory.

-OK, go Fiji.

-So Vanuatu...

-Fiji.

And what was the other one we said? St Helena!

-Yeah, go with those.

-OK, do you want me to stop the clock? Very good, very good.

Let's see if we can remember. British overseas territories. Now give me your three answers.

-St Helena.

-St Helena.

-Vanuatu.

-Vanuatu.

-And Fiji.

-And Fiji. OK, those are your three answers.

Which do you reckon is your best shot at a Pointless answer?

-St Helena?

-Yeah, probably. Of any of them.

-St Helena. We'll put that last.

-And which is your least?

-Fiji?

-Vanuatu. I think Vanuatu.

-Fiji.

-Well, one of the two!

-OK.

-They could all three be wrong!

-We'll put Fiji first.

-OK.

-Vanuatu, St Helena.

-Yeah.

-We'll put them up on the board.

There we are. We wanted British overseas territories.

This was your least confident answer. Fiji.

You only need to find one. Only one to win that jackpot.

Are you confident?

-No.

-No.

-You were very good, though. You had a lot of names there.

-A lot of geography,

-not necessarily right.

-Fiji and Vanuatu are in the Commonwealth.

Whether they count, I don't know.

£5,000.

What would you do with £5,000?

-It seems a long way off with those answers!

-Maybe we'll go to Fiji.

OK, right. Fiji you've said first. Let's see if that's a correct answer

and, if it is, how many people said Fiji? This is for £5,000.

AUDIENCE GASP

-Right. Well, you're not going there.

-No, no!

-We didn't want to, anyway!

-You didn't want to.

That was your least confident answer. Sadly, that was not a Pointless answer.

We have two more chances to win. Your second answer is Vanuatu.

If it's right, it's got pointless written all over it. British overseas territories.

You have said Vanuatu. This has to be pointless to win that £5,000 jackpot.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is, see how far down it goes.

Oh, no!

Didn't want to go there, either.

Unfortunately, Vanuatu is also not a pointless answer.

-We think that's another sovereign state, do we?

-Yeah.

-St Helena. How's that looking?

-Looking good!

-I'm fairly hopeful that's not a sovereign state.

You only have one more chance. We are looking for British overseas territories.

This was the answer you were most confident with. It has to be pointless to win.

Is it right and how many said it?

It's right!

It's right. We cleared the barrels with the first two.

Now we're actually in business.

St Helena, down it goes. Into the teens...

Oh, no!

Argh!

Oh, bad luck.

I thought that was going to go all the way down. Unfortunately, it didn't,

so you don't leave with today's jackpot of £5,000, which will roll over to the next show.

You do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-Richard?

-You played so well throughout, James and Karen.

St Helena includes Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.

There are all sorts of answers from the Falklands and Gibraltar down to Bermuda.

Then the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey. That sort of thing. Fiji and Vanuatu are sovereign states.

There were three Pointless answers. A couple are gettable. Well done at home if you said any of these.

British Indian Ocean Territory, about 1,700km from the Seychelles.

Then the Turks and Caicos Islands in the West Indies.

And Pitcairn Islands, less than 50 people living there.

Well done if you said any of those.

-Did you think of any of those?

-No.

-No.

-Does that make it easier?

-Yes.

-If we had 10 minutes, we might have got Turks and Caicos,

but not the other two.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye.

Fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over and on the next show we'll be playing for £6,000.

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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