0:00:24 > 0:00:29Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:35where points are to be avoided if the prize is to be won. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43First, we welcome back Allan and Ian. You were on last time.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48We give everyone two shots. What are you hoping comes up today?
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- Sport.- Sport.- Formula 1.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56- Richard?- There's not a huge amount of Formula 1, I'll be honest.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00There might be some buns in it for you or maybe a loaf or two.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- I don't know.- Because Ian is a baker, of course.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10I haven't yet spilt those beans, but Ian is not just a baker, he's a master baker.
0:01:10 > 0:01:17- I will make Round 2 Formula 1 champions for a box of doughnuts. - You're in!- That's a deal.
0:01:17 > 0:01:24- OK.- Although I can't actually do that, apparently.- Very best of luck to you on the show this afternoon.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Next we welcome Lauren and Jamie. How do you know each other?
0:01:28 > 0:01:36- Jamie's my brother-in-law and we also work together.- Is that bad enough? No! You work together as well.
0:01:36 > 0:01:42- Where do you work? - We've taken the mantle on to run Lauren's dad's business.
0:01:42 > 0:01:50It's a scientific company. We're involved in an industry standard for particle size. Less said the better.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54OK. Very best of luck to you on the show this afternoon.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01Next we welcome Karen J and Janice. Karen J because there is another Karen, as you are yet to find out.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06- How do you know each other? - Karen is my older daughter,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09so I've known her all her life.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16- Ahh. Karen, what do you do? - I'm a mum. I've got three children so I stay at home.- Three, yeah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21- That's a handful. Janice, what do you do?- I'm an English teacher.
0:02:21 > 0:02:29- Oh, a teacher! Richard... - The curse of the teacher. It has not gone well for teachers, I'm afraid.
0:02:29 > 0:02:36Oh, dear. However, I am confident that this afternoon you are going to change all of that.
0:02:36 > 0:02:43- Very best of luck. And, finally, we welcome back Karen T - you've got letters after your name!- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:50- Karen T and Anthony. What happened last time? - Anthony didn't know his marsupials.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52No.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58- Karen, you got a Pointless answer! - I did. Not that I knew my marsupials either.- No, and actually, Anthony,
0:02:58 > 0:03:04did a very brave thing. He went out on a limb, which you have to do if you want to win.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Sadly, you went out on a limb on a completely wrong answer.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. And now the man for whom no fact is too obscure.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18He's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Hiya.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon to you.- How are you?- Very well, thanks.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Are you well?- Very, thank you. - What sort of show have we got?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37We've got two good returning pairs. For Allan and Ian, Round 1 is about Formula 1 drivers
0:03:37 > 0:03:40and Round 2 is about baking.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46- So it should be a lot of fun. - A lot of fun. That's what Richard thinks.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52We put all our questions to 100 people, but we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58To stay in the game, all our players have to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Everyone wants a Pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Every time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14Amelia and Joe won the jackpot last time so today's starts at £1,000. There it is.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18OK, let's play Pointless.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28In the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:04:28 > 0:04:34and you cannot confer. Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score a maximum 100 points.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Right, our first category is...
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Words.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49OK, Janice? So far, so good. Words.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "..rth" as they could.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11"..rth" - Richard?
0:05:11 > 0:05:18Any word with its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. Anything with a hyphen is not allowed.
0:05:18 > 0:05:26- Very best of luck getting them at home.- Right, Allan and Ian, you drew lots and you go first.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Is that a good thing? - It's a bad thing!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Oh, dear. "..rth".
0:05:34 > 0:05:39- I think I'll go for wordsworth. - Wordsworth?
0:05:39 > 0:05:44OK, you're hoping to score as few points as possible. Is it correct
0:05:44 > 0:05:48and, if it is, how many people said wordsworth?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Ohh!
0:05:52 > 0:05:58Bad luck, Allan. Wordsworth is an incorrect answer and scores a maximum 100 points.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Richard?- Tough luck, Allan. Wordsmith is a word. Not wordsworth.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06And that means your word's worth 100 points.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08LAUGHTER
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- Jamie...- Yes.- Words ending "..rth". - I'm struggling.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21Every one I can think of seems fairly obvious. I'm going to go for berth.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23B-E-R-T-H.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Ha ha ha ha!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Very good. B-E-R-T-H.
0:06:28 > 0:06:35Let's see if that's correct and how many people said berth. B-E-R-T-H.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It is correct.
0:06:47 > 0:06:4914, Jamie. That's a good answer.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Berth, Richard.- Well done. It's got all sorts of meanings.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00A sea room, the space between ships, all sort of different things.
0:07:00 > 0:07:07Well done. Good answer, Jamie. Janice, you've had a little time to summon your thoughts.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14A great many English students across the country are now sitting up paying attention.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17We are looking for words ending "..rth".
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Em, I'm going to play safe now and say unearth.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Unearth.- Yeah.- OK.
0:07:25 > 0:07:32You're hoping for as few points as possible. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said unearth.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Oh, very good, Janice.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44That scores you 6. Richard?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Very good. Panic over. Now just Round 2 to worry about.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Unearth - to dig from the earth or discover. To unearth.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Very good. Now Karen T. We are looking for words that end in "..rth".
0:07:59 > 0:08:04When I play Scrabble, I always use short words,
0:08:04 > 0:08:11so I'm going for a short word which I thought of before Allan said wordsworth. It's just worth.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17You want as few points as possible. Let's see if it's right and how many people said worth.
0:08:23 > 0:08:2764, Karen T. 64 that scores you.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34- Worth 64.- It IS worth 64. I'm not going to go through what worth means. Can we assume we know?
0:08:34 > 0:08:37No, that's worthy.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40OK, let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Well, it's been a punishing round in a couple of instances. Allan and Ian.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Bad luck, Allan. That was a costly error, wordsworth.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55Karen T, worth - not a bad answer, but as you see, it has cost you.
0:08:55 > 0:09:03Janice, though - unearth. Fantastic. A lovely low score. Lauren and Jamie, 14, not bad.
0:09:03 > 0:09:10So it's Anthony and Ian who have to tussle it out in this next pass to see who will be leaving us.
0:09:10 > 0:09:17OK, we'll come back down the line. Could the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21OK, we're looking for words ending in "..rth".
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Anthony, you are on 64.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31If you can score 35 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:09:31 > 0:09:3335 or less.
0:09:33 > 0:09:40- Come on.- Well, I'm going to go with the first word that came into my mind
0:09:40 > 0:09:45- when words ending with "..rth" came up and that was girth. - Girth, you're saying.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51- Your red line is about to come in. If your girth is below that... - LAUGHTER
0:09:51 > 0:09:58..you are through to the next round. OK, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- APPLAUSE - OK, Anthony, that scores you 52.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14It gives you a total of 116. The round's not over.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- Richard?- That's an impressive girth you've got there, Anthony.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- Girth is a measurement around the circumference.- Right now, Karen J.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Let me tell you the good news. You cannot lose.
0:10:28 > 0:10:35You cannot lose. Thanks, in part, to your mother's brilliant answer in the first pass
0:10:35 > 0:10:40and also to the aggregate score of worth and girth.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45So why not have a little bit of fun? Go out on a limb.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Find a word that is Pointless, add £250 to our jackpot.
0:10:48 > 0:10:54I couldn't think of a really obscure one, so I'll go for fourth as in fourth place.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Fourth as in fourth place.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03- So how are you spelling that? - F-O-U-R-T-H.- F-O-U-R-T-H. OK.
0:11:03 > 0:11:09How many people said fourth? No red line for you. You're through whatever happens.
0:11:18 > 0:11:2328. Not a terrible score at all. Takes your total up to 34.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- What are you going to say, Richard? - You were first, but fourth has made you second.
0:11:29 > 0:11:35- It's the ordinal number of the cardinal number four.- Exactly.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Lauren, you're on 14. It doesn't matter what you say - you're through.
0:11:40 > 0:11:47- Let's have a pointless answer. - Em, I'll go out on a limb and hope it's not hyphenated
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- and go with afterbirth. - Afterbirth.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56There was a sort of murmur from the boundary there.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58A sort of "Eeew".
0:11:58 > 0:12:01"Clever, but...eeew."
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Right, afterbirth. There it is. Let's see if it is correct
0:12:05 > 0:12:10and let's see how many people said it. Afterbirth.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16It's right. Well done, Lauren. I think this could be a low scorer.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Six!
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Very well done. That scores you 6 and takes your total up to 20.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- Richard?- Very well played. Not hyphenated. Probably also the name of a Midlands punk band.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- I bet it is.- Yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44Ian, now the moment of truth. If you can score 15 or less with this answer...
0:12:44 > 0:12:50I know you've been using this time to come up... You present the face of placidity,
0:12:50 > 0:12:56but I know that inside there the cogs are whirring or they have been.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- I'm looking forward to this.- I've decided to take a bit of a chance.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07- Very good.- The word I've chosen could well have an E on the end, but unless I take a chance...
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- That's the spirit. - The word I've chosen is hearth.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- You'll have to spell that for us. - H-E-A-R-T-H.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Hearth. Very good. OK.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22If hearth gets you below that red line, you're in the next round.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29So Anthony and Karen T, Ian and Allan, the moment of truth.
0:13:29 > 0:13:36One of you will be leaving us at the end of this round. How many people said hearth? Is it correct?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Well done, Ian.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Down it goes. Oh!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Bad luck!
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Hearth scores 35 and takes your total up to 135.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Richard?- Sorry, Ian. That is how it is spelt, but a big score.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01A piece of a fireplace or the place where a fire is made.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06There were huge numbers of Pointless answers. We'll take you through a few.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11All sorts of ones like ha'pennyworth and threepennyworth and all that.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Those were all Pointless answers. Let's see a few others.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Barth, which is where southerners have a bath.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- LAUGHTER - It's for cattle and sheep.
0:14:21 > 0:14:29Dearworth, which just means dearly beloved. Groatsworth, which is what you get for a groat.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Not much these days!- Not a lot.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Haleskarth, which means free from injury.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Jobsworth was a Pointless answer. Well done if you got that.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Loupegarth, a military punishment with men with sticks hitting you.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50So you're very much not haleskarth after a loupegarth, let me tell you.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55Manwyrth, which is a period of time in someone's working life.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- So I'm enjoying my current manwyrth with you.- Are you?!
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- That sounds awful!- Doesn't it? - You and I enjoying a manwyrth.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Overmirth,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11which is to gloat, to gloat over somebody. Overmirth.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15And stalworth means stoutly built or courageous.
0:15:15 > 0:15:22Stalworth. We'll do the worst now. These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:15:22 > 0:15:29These would score big points. In third it was birth with an I. Smart move to replace it with E.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32That scored 59. Earth there with 62.
0:15:32 > 0:15:39And right at the top, worth. A very familiar 64. It was the most popular of all. I'm so sorry.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair with the highest score is Allan and Ian.
0:15:45 > 0:15:52- Oh! We had you in the head-to-head last time and you lost by one point. - That's the name of the game.
0:15:52 > 0:15:59- We've had a wonderful time. Great fun.- You've been lovely contestants. Thank you so much for playing.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01APPLAUSE
0:16:03 > 0:16:07For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:16:11 > 0:16:19There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23OK, the category for Round 2 is...
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Literary Films.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43And the question for Round 2 concerns...
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Oh, Janice! I'm looking forward to this.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Film adaptations and their original authors. We'll show a list of films.
0:16:57 > 0:17:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us who wrote the books on which they are based.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Richard.- Yeah, we'll give you six films in each pass.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12The more obscure the film, the fewer points you'll score.
0:17:12 > 0:17:18An incorrect answer scores 100 points. Try for all six at home.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Thanks, Richard. The first six are...
0:17:45 > 0:17:52OK, Jamie, we are looking for the authors of the books of which these films are adaptations.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Are you familiar with these being books before they were films?- Yes,
0:17:56 > 0:18:02- but I haven't got an idea of many of the authors, sadly.- OK.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I will go for...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06To Kill A Mockingbird.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And I think it's Harper Lee.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Harper Lee. Lauren's giving nothing away. Is she pleased or not?
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Harper Lee is what you're saying. Is it right and how many people knew?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Well done, Jamie.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31Very good answer, Jamie.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Harper Lee scoring you 10 points. Richard?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Wonderful answer, wonderful book.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and the film was 1962.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46OK, thanks very much. Now, Karen J.
0:18:46 > 0:18:52We are looking for the authors of the books on which these films are based.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57I think I'll go for The Firm. And I'm sure it's John Grisham.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02There it is, second one down. Is that right and how many people knew?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It's right.
0:19:11 > 0:19:1214.
0:19:14 > 0:19:1714 that scores you.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Surprisingly low score.- Isn't it?
0:19:20 > 0:19:26- It's one of those books you saw people reading everywhere. - But he's written so many since.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32All with The something titles. And it was 1991. The film was 1993.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36OK, thanks, Richard. Now then, Karen T.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Have you read any of these? - Er...no.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47- Have you seen any of the films? - Yes, I've seen Lord of the Rings, of course.- Yeah.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I didn't see the new version of Alice In Wonderland.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57I don't think I've ever seen the other two, though. So Alice In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
0:19:57 > 0:20:04OK, Lewis Carroll you are saying. Is that right and how many people knew Lewis Carroll wrote it?
0:20:11 > 0:20:1229.
0:20:12 > 0:20:1529 that scores you, Karen.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23- Lewis Carroll, Richard. - The book was written in 1865 and had to wait for cinema to be invented.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28There was a Disney animated version in 1951, then the 2010 version.
0:20:28 > 0:20:35- Let's take a look at the rest. I'll test your knowledge. You're always very good.- Er...yes.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41- Janice is an English teacher, of course. You are an English graduate, so you should do rather well.- Yes(!)
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Lord of the Rings?- JRR Tolkien.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Would have scored a hefty 45 points.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Trainspotting?- Irvine Welsh. - Exactly right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53That would have scored you 9 points.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- And A Clockwork Orange is by...? - Burgess. Anthony Burgess.- Right.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Just 3 points. Well done if you said it.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05OK, we're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13Well, they're pretty low scores. 29, normally, Karen T, is a pretty good score.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18However, you are way out in front, so Anthony, you have a job to do.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Karen J and Janice on 14, Lauren and Jamie on 10.
0:21:23 > 0:21:30Lovely low scores, but anything can happen. Janice, we're looking for a little chalky magic from you.
0:21:30 > 0:21:37Ok, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:21:37 > 0:21:41We'll put 6 more films on the board and here they are.
0:22:04 > 0:22:11Remember, we are looking for the authors of the books of which these are film adaptations.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Anthony, have you seen any of these films?
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I have seen... three of them, I think.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- Or four of them.- OK, you're on 29. You are the high scorers.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29You have to score as low as you possibly can or it'll be goodbye.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34That's the problem. I feel like I should take a risk.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38So I'm going to have to take a risk with About A Boy
0:22:38 > 0:22:40cos I think...
0:22:40 > 0:22:47it's sitting on the bookshelf at home that we have, but I can't tell you for definite.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50It's going to be a very big risk now.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56- OK.- I will say... My mum will say it's wrong. - She's preparing herself for it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58So...
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I'm going to go with...
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Ian Rankin?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07It's wrong.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13Well, you've done exactly the right thing, Anthony. Exactly the right thing.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19You've taken a risk. You are saying that About A Boy is written by Ian Rankin.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Bad luck.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I'm afraid that answer is rankin' up with your...
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- LAUGHTER - ..exit from last time.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Unfortunately, it's a wrong answer, so you score the maximum 100 points,
0:23:39 > 0:23:44- which takes your total up to 129. Richard?- Tough luck, Anthony,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47but you did have to take a risk.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51I won't say who it is by in case Janice or Lauren want a go.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57OK, as I say, that takes your score up to 129, which I'm afraid is an unbeatably high score.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00You will, I'm sorry to say, be leaving.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Right, Janice, you are on 14 after Karen's answer of The Firm.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08What are you going to say?
0:24:08 > 0:24:14Looking at them, there's one I'd like to go for and I only know the second name.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19I've got to go with one where I know the whole name, so it'll be a popular one.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- I'll go for The Da Vinci Code and Dan Brown.- OK.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25A little-known book...
0:24:25 > 0:24:32You're hoping to score as few points as possible. It doesn't really matter. You're still through.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Is it right and how many people said it?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Wow.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48That's right and it scores you 37, taking your total up to 51.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54- That's a very low score.- Surprising. The publishing sensation of the century, The Da Vinci Code.
0:24:54 > 0:25:01- It was released in 2003. - A phenomenon?- A fairly unknown writer suddenly had
0:25:01 > 0:25:06the world's best-selling book and continued to release best-sellers.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Very good. Now, Lauren. You're on 10. It doesn't matter what you say. You can score 100
0:25:11 > 0:25:18and you'll still go through. We're looking for the authors of the books adapted into these films.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24I've seen all the films, and I've even read some of the books, but my mind's gone completely blank.
0:25:24 > 0:25:30- I'll have to go with a safe answer and go with JK Rowling. - You have to select a film first!
0:25:30 > 0:25:35- Oh, sorry! Harry Potter. - I thought it might be. Harry Potter.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Let's see how many people said that.
0:25:43 > 0:25:4849 that scored you. That takes your total up to 59.
0:25:48 > 0:25:55The second book in the Harry Potter series and the second film, directed by Chris Columbus.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01Let's clear up About A Boy first. Try to visualise that bookshelf. Any other names...?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I can see the colour of the book, but not who wrote it.
0:26:05 > 0:26:12- It is Nick Hornby.- Yeah.- He's the writer. It would have scored 4 and seen you safely through.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16- Bridget Jones's Diary? - Helen Fielding.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20That would have scored a surprisingly low 10 points.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25- Atonement?- McEwan, Ian McEwan. - Another very low score - 5.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29And The Beach, which was the lowest score of all.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- Alex Garland.- Exactly right. It would have scored you 2 points.
0:26:34 > 0:26:41Very good. Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Karen and Anthony.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Normally, actually, people surprise themselves with how much they know.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51- LAUGHTER - Not me! I've surprised myself with how little I know!
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- Will you take the blame?- I've got to!- Your mother looks forgiving.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00I don't think About A Boy is on the bookcase!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Nick Hornby is, but not About A Boy.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Oh, well. Anthony, you can read it.
0:27:08 > 0:27:15- If it's there.- It's a very good book. I'm very sorry. Once again we have to say goodbye to you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21We haven't seen you at your best, but you have been fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23APPLAUSE
0:27:23 > 0:27:28For the remaining two pairs, we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Well done, Lauren and Jamie, Karen and Janice. You made it to the head-to-head.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53You will now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:53 > 0:28:00You can now confer. All you have to do with each answer is score less than the other pair to win.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06The first pair to win two questions will be through to the final. Let's play Pointless.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Right. Here's your first person. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:28:15 > 0:28:17to name as many...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24British and Irish bodies of water. Richard?
0:28:24 > 0:28:31Any body of water - a sea, an ocean or a channel - on which mainland Britain or Ireland has a coastline.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35There are eight potential answers.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42OK, thanks, Richard. Lauren and Jamie, because you have played best so far, you get to go first.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44British and Irish bodies of water.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- OK.- OK?
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- We will go for...the Atlantic Ocean. - The Atlantic Ocean.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10OK, we have the Atlantic Ocean from Lauren and Jamie.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Karen and Janice...
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Em...
0:29:15 > 0:29:20I'm just going round the coast, seeing where I'd like to stop!
0:29:20 > 0:29:25I think we'll go the other way and we'll go to the North Sea.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29OK, we have the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Atlantic Ocean. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39It's correct.
0:29:41 > 0:29:4355.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49And Karen and Janice, you have gone for the North Sea.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Let's see if that's right and how many people went with it.
0:29:58 > 0:30:0063.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06So after our first question Lauren and Jamie are ahead.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Very close. There is actually a Pointless answer. Let's look.
0:30:10 > 0:30:17If you'd said St George's Channel, very well done. That links the Irish Sea to the Atlantic.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23And the North Channel does that for the northern part of the Irish Sea. That would have scored 1.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Celtic Sea scores 2, Bristol Channel scores 9.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Some of the big boys here. Atlantic Ocean, 55. English Channel, 60.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36North Sea, 63. And Irish Sea comes top with 65.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42OK, thanks very much, Richard. So, Lauren and Jamie, how are you brother and sister-in-law?
0:30:42 > 0:30:48- I'm married to Lauren's sister. - Right. And whose idea was this?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52It was 100% Jamie's idea! And I was roped in.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57- She's having a fantastic time. - I'm pleased I was roped in.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Doing very well. But roped in.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Almost literally.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Leave me with that image. - LAUGHTER
0:31:06 > 0:31:11Karen and Janice, whose idea was it to come on?
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- My younger daughter's. - Who's not here?
0:31:15 > 0:31:21- Yes, exactly.- So, Karen, you were taken from the bosom of your family.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- I was.- Dragged here, kicking and screaming.- Yeah.
0:31:26 > 0:31:33- Oh, dear. And the person whose idea it was isn't even here!- No. - What happened? She chickened out?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Have either of you watched this programme before?- Oh, yes!
0:31:37 > 0:31:42So it's not a complete... I see. Now here is your second question.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Karen and Janice, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:31:46 > 0:31:52Equally, Lauren and Jamie, if you win this point, you are through to the next round.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:32:00 > 0:32:06- Regular Cheers characters. - Any character who has appeared in more than 100 episodes
0:32:06 > 0:32:09of Cheers. There are eight.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14We don't need surnames. First names will suffice.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17OK, Karen and Janice, you go first.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- Right, OK. We can picture them all, but...- OK.
0:32:29 > 0:32:36Only one, apart from the main characters, comes to mind at the moment. Norm.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Norm. Lauren and Jamie?
0:32:39 > 0:32:43We think we can remember most of them. It's getting the right one.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47I think Carla's a good one. Or Diane.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51You go.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- Er...OK, we'll try Diane. - OK, Diane.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02We have Norm, we have Diane. Lauren and Jamie, win this and you are through in straight sets.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07Karen and Janice, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:33:07 > 0:33:13We have Norm from Karen and Janice. Is that right and how many people said Norm?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It's right.
0:33:20 > 0:33:2219.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24APPLAUSE
0:33:24 > 0:33:32That's a good low score for Norm. And Lauren and Jamie, you are saying Diane.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Is that right and how many people said it?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Oh, look at that! 13.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55That's a brilliant answer. Very good. And Diane sees you through to the final.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00- Lauren and Jamie are through, 2-0. Richard?- Very well done.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Two answers could have beaten that.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Rebecca at the bottom, played by Kirstie Alley.
0:34:07 > 0:34:13Cliff Clavin, played by John Ratzenberger, who is in every single Pixar movie.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Diane with 13, Carla with 16.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Woody played by Woody Harrelson was 17, Norm scored you 19,
0:34:22 > 0:34:28Sam Malone played by Ted Danson, 22, and right at the top - Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane,
0:34:28 > 0:34:32who went on to be in Frasier. He would have scored 28 points.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Thanks, Richard. The losing pair, I'm afraid, is Karen and Janice.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Dear, oh, dear. Not your subjects,
0:34:40 > 0:34:46although you acquitted yourselves pretty well. Would the other daughter have done better?
0:34:46 > 0:34:48LAUGHTER
0:34:48 > 0:34:53- I have to ask.- Wendy will be sitting there going, "I knew that."
0:34:53 > 0:34:59Wendy, all very well knowing it. You've got to turn up. You've been fantastic contestants.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Thank you for playing. We'll see you next time.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10But for Lauren and Jamie it's the Pointless final and the chance to win £1,000.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18Well, congratulations. You fought off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Many congratulations. - That's what we came for.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34The jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:37 > 0:35:44The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a Pointless answer.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48We haven't had any today. You just have to find one now.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Motor Sports, Classic Musicals, TV Panel Shows. What do you think?
0:36:05 > 0:36:11- Lauren should have brought her husband. He's a motor sport fanatic. - Right.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18I think... one of the bottom two, obviously.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21What do you think? TV Panel Shows?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24What are your interests, Lauren?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Em...
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- I like going on holiday if I can! - That's a good hobby.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36With two small children, you don't get the chance very often.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40I would like to say that I like watching classic musicals,
0:36:40 > 0:36:47- but...- That rules me out. - Yeah, and it's only a select handful.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52- If it's one I don't watch... - I think we'll go for panel shows.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- TV Panel Shows.- OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:59 > 0:37:04to name as many Buzzcocks hosts and team captains as they could.
0:37:04 > 0:37:10- Richard?- We're looking for anyone who's been a host or team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks
0:37:10 > 0:37:15up to June, 2010. We're not looking for regular panellists and guests.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17It's team captains and hosts.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27All you need to win that £1,000 id for one to be Pointless.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Obviously there's Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell.- Jupitus.
0:37:33 > 0:37:40- Bill Bailey.- Yeah.- They went through a phase of having guest hosts, so... - Angus Deayton.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Mm, I don't know.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Worth a try.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47He did more since.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- There's quite a few comedians. - Noel Fielding.- Noel Fielding.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59- Jack Whitehall presented it once. Worth a go.- Never heard of him.
0:38:02 > 0:38:0430 seconds.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06So Jack Whitehall.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Do we have another one?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- Will everyone know Noel Fielding? - Probably.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24- Mark Lamarr, people are probably going to remember, but he was back...- He was the first one.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26He might be worth a try.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29You think?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31OK, that is your minute up.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37We were looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. I now need your three answers.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41We're going to go for Jack Whitehall.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Jack Whitehall.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Go for it.- Mark Lamarr.- Mark Lamarr.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50And, em...
0:38:50 > 0:38:55- We'll try Angus Deayton. - Angus Deayton, OK.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Which of these do you reckon is your most confident shot?
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- I'm hoping Jack Whitehall. - Jack Whitehall. We'll put him up last.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09- What about your least confident? - We'll...- I think Mark Lamarr.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13OK, we have Mark Lamarr, Angus Deayton
0:39:13 > 0:39:15and Jack Whitehall.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23We were looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. This was your least confident answer.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25You only need one Pointless answer
0:39:25 > 0:39:31so let's see how many people said Mark Lamarr. Mark Lamarr.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Well, we knew it was right.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Let's see how far down it goes.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Down to the 40s.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4730s. 20s. It has to go all the way down to zero to be Pointless - 10!
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Wow.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50I tell you what,
0:39:52 > 0:39:56I don't know how many series Mark Lamarr hosted, but it was a lot
0:39:56 > 0:40:04and only 10 people thought of him. It's looking good for your subsequent answers if they're right.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- What would your partners make of this?- Us being here?
0:40:09 > 0:40:14- How you're performing in this round. - I think they'd be very proud! - I'm sure.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20- Your husband is a motor sport fanatic?- Yes, yes. I ignore it as much as I can.
0:40:20 > 0:40:26- How did you meet your husband? - I was one of the first girls allowed into the Boy Scouts
0:40:26 > 0:40:32- and that's where I met him. We were 14.- He presumably lost his job as scoutmaster.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35LAUGHTER
0:40:35 > 0:40:41- Jamie, what about your wife? Is she here?- No.- She'll be at home, watching.- Yes.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- Yelling at the screen.- Yes. - With the baby.- "What have you done?"
0:40:47 > 0:40:53OK, right. Your second answer is Angus Deayton. It's a stab in the dark?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I think so.
0:40:55 > 0:41:02OK. We are looking for Buzzcocks hosts and team captains. Let's hope nobody said Angus Deayton.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06This has to be Pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09It was worth a try.
0:41:09 > 0:41:16You have found the one panel show he has not presented. I don't know how I dare say that!
0:41:16 > 0:41:21That's neck, isn't it? Sorry, Angus. ..It's not a Pointless answer.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24You only have one final shot.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28But I think this is brilliant. You're certain this is right?
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- Yes. I think so. - So therefore you are.
0:41:32 > 0:41:39Only 10 people thought of Mark Lamarr, who must have presented at least 50 of those shows,
0:41:39 > 0:41:44if not many more. Jack Whitehall. Your third and final answer.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48This has to be Pointless to win that £1,000 jackpot.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53Jack Whitehall. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59It's right.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02So far, so very, very good.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Only 10 people remembered Mark Lamarr. Will anyone remember this?
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Down it goes into the 20s. It has to go to zero.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13And it does!
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- Very well done indeed. Very good. - I can't believe it.- Fabulous.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- Very well done. - I've never heard of him!
0:42:22 > 0:42:28Congratulations. You managed to find that crucial Pointless answer
0:42:28 > 0:42:31and you go home with £1,000.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:35 > 0:42:40- So, Jamie, you've never heard of him?- No, I haven't.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- Who is he? - Lauren, tell him.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50I think I'm getting the whole £1,000. He's an excellent comedian.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55- And very handsome, too. - Richard, anything you'd like to add?
0:42:55 > 0:43:01That's the very definition of Pointless knowledge. Some big names were Pointless.
0:43:01 > 0:43:07Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Frank Skinner, Johnny Vegas. You took us a step further.
0:43:07 > 0:43:14Jack Whitehall presented one episode in October, 2009. And he is an excellent comedian.
0:43:14 > 0:43:20Very good indeed. Thanks to our winning contestants, Lauren and Jamie, who go away
0:43:20 > 0:43:22with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25APPLAUSE
0:43:26 > 0:43:31- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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