0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:26 > 0:00:30where the lower the points, the higher the chance of winning.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:41First, we welcome Linda and Nigel. How do you two know each other?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45We met round the pool table about 24 years ago and we're still playing.
0:00:45 > 0:00:51That's a hell of a frame, isn't it? Blimey! You want to pot some balls!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54I've been trying for 24 years and I'm still not very good.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- Who's the better player?- Nigel. - Is she being nice or is that actually true?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- It's true.- Definitely true.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Where are you from? - Weston-super-Mare.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10Very best of luck to you. Great to have you here. Next, we welcome Chris and Ryan.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15- How do you know each other? - We're father and son from Cardiff. Ryan's my youngest son.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- How many other sons have you got? - Only one, ten years older. - Why did you pick Ryan?
0:01:20 > 0:01:26- My elder son forced him to come on here cos he wouldn't come, so Ryan volunteered.- Stupidly.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Yeah, good luck, Ryan. Very best of luck to you.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Next we welcome Guy and Simon. How do you two know each other?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We met about 15 years ago. A friend introduced us.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Simon draws comics and I was writing at the time and still do.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47- You write comics?- We work together, yeah.- Books for kids, comic strips.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Simon, you're the illustrator? - Yeah, I do all the hard work.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Guy, you do all the hard work, really hard work.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00- I write for 20 minutes, then it's two weeks' work for Simon.- That's how it goes.- That's how it works out.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06Very best of luck to you. Finally, we welcome back Karen and Janice. You were on the show last time.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We got through to the head-to-head, but we got beaten.
0:02:14 > 0:02:21- You got beat. What happened?- We lost 2-0, didn't we? We just couldn't come up with those good answers.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- I can't remember what did for you. - Cheers.- It was characters from Cheers.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31That's right. Hopefully, we've got them out the way now. They won't be coming back.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40One more person to introduce - the man who steps forward when obscurity beckons.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- These are not my words. He is my pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hello.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48APPLAUSE
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Apparently, you step forward when obscurity beckons.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58You've had to introduce me 48 times already this series, so you may be running out of things to say.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01How does obscurity beckon?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Obscurely?
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Yeah.- I guess.- Yeah.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09And what sort of show have we got, Richard?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12We've only got one returning pair, Karen and Janice.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16They were very good, so the other three have their work cut out.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22The Welsh always do rather well on this show and father-and-son teams do well, so no pressure.
0:03:22 > 0:03:28Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:31 > 0:03:38To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52Lauren and Jamie won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- APPLAUSE - Very good.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58OK, let's play Pointless.
0:04:02 > 0:04:09So, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Our first category this afternoon is...Fashion.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23You will decide in your pairs who is going to go first, who is going to go second.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32OK, let's find out what the first question is.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many types of hairstyle as they could.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Types of hairstyle. Richard?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44All the correct answers will be types of hairstyle.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50If you need more detail, by "hairstyle", I mean "style of hair" and by "correct", I mean "right".
0:04:50 > 0:04:57Thanks, Richard. Linda and Nigel, you all drew lots before the show and today, you get to go first.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00We'll give you a choice of seven answers in each pass.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04The first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I'll read those one more time.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26At least one of those answers is pointless, but at least one of those answers is also incorrect.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32Land on one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points. Linda, types of haircut?
0:05:32 > 0:05:38I'm going to go for one that I know is right, although I'm not sure it will be a low score.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I'm going to go for "beehive".
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Beehive. There it is, three up from the bottom.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said "beehive".
0:05:53 > 0:05:5529, Linda.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Scores you 29. Not a bad answer at all.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- Richard?- Yeah, very safe start. Beehive - a very tall, beehive-shaped hairdo.
0:06:04 > 0:06:10- Any Winehouse is probably the most famous beehive wearer.- We're looking for types of hairstyle, Chris.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16- Rather smart hairstyle you have there yourself.- What could I possibly know about hairstyles?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20But if I did have a hairstyle, I'd probably go for the bob.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24One up from the bottom. Let's see if that's right
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and if it is, let's see how many people said "bob".
0:06:28 > 0:06:30It's right.
0:06:32 > 0:06:3461, Chris.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37So, a bob, Richard?
0:06:37 > 0:06:44Yes, a big score for "bob". It was developed in 1909 by a Parisian hairdresser called Antonine.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46- Antoni?- Antonine.- Oh, Antonine.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Yeah, and his assistant Bob.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53Guess who did all the work in that relationship!
0:06:53 > 0:06:58OK, now, Simon, remember, we are looking for types of hairstyle.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01On that board, there are still five choices.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Nobody has eked out the pointless one. There's at least one pointless answer there.
0:07:06 > 0:07:13I don't think it's the height of fashion at the moment, so it could be fairly pointless - pageboy.
0:07:13 > 0:07:20Pageboy. Let's see if that's correct and if it is, let's see how many people said "pageboy".
0:07:21 > 0:07:23It's right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:306.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32APPLAUSE
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Pageboy, Richard?- Very good answer.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44It's a smooth, jaw-length haircut with a horizontal fringe, a pageboy haircut.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- Maybe I'll go for that next time. - It's less fashionable now than once it was, I think.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Right now, Karen. Remember, we are looking for types of hairstyle.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I don't recognise those ones.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I knew the other ones.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03The Hoxton Fin sounds like it might be a Mohicanny-type thing.
0:08:03 > 0:08:10The only one I'm going to take a chance on is Rachel and hope it was from when Friends was really big.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I was thinking that. It's a Jennifer Aniston haircut called a Rachel.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Everyone had that. I had that.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You had a Rachel. You suited it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24- Didn't I?- I had a Phoebe. - I'd say that suited you less well.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- Come on.- It wasn't a good look.- I think your pageboy cut...- I went for the Roseanne and it was much better.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I'm looking forward to your Marge.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38LAUGHTER
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Karen, you are going to go with Rachel.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Rachel.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48It's right.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Oh!
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Brilliant answer, but not pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:09:00 > 0:09:03That scores you 2, Karen.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- Richard?- Yes, named after Jennifer Aniston's character in Friends.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Out of those three, there are two pointless answers and one incorrect answer.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Hoxton Fin, which Karen talked about, is a pointless answer.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23The Hoxton Fin is two partings here and push it up in the middle.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28It's paying a hairdresser £50 to make it look as if you've just got out of bed.
0:09:28 > 0:09:34Casquette and fontange, one of those is incorrect and one is pointless. What do you think?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36I think fontange is a haircut.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40The fontange is indeed a haircut, so very well done if you said that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46And "casquette" is French for "cap". It's also a cycling helmet, so it was an incorrect answer.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56We started off with some big scores. Guy and Simon and Karen and Janice had the right idea.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02Some lovely low scores there. Chris and Ryan, that was a big one. Ryan, you've got a mountain to climb.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Nigel, keep it nice and low and you should be all right.
0:10:05 > 0:10:11We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:13 > 0:10:19We'll put seven more answers on the board. We're looking for types of hairstyle and we've got...
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Let me do that again.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Again at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39so try and avoid that or those.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Right now, Janice, didn't Karen do brilliantly?
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- She did very well.- Didn't she do brilliantly? Can you do as well?
0:10:47 > 0:10:54I doubt if I can do as well because I think the ones that I recognise are going to be popular answers.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00You're on 2. If you score 58 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05I think therefore I will go safe and go for the mullet.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- That awful... - When has anyone ever said that?
0:11:09 > 0:11:15- That's what I say to my barber every time.- "I'll go safe."- "I'm just going to go for the mullet again."
0:11:15 > 0:11:18There is your red line.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22If you are below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Let's see if "mullet" gets you down there.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Well, it is right.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32You're through.
0:11:34 > 0:11:3816. That takes your total up to 18.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- Mullet, Richard? - Yeah, mullet, short at the front and sides and long at the back.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50Guy, you are on 6. If you can score 54 or less with this, you are through to the next round.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Lovely low score from Simon. That's his legacy.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00However, I think you can go one better. I think you can truffle out the pointless answer on this board.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02You knew the Hoxton Fin, didn't you?
0:12:02 > 0:12:08I did. I'm not brave enough to truffle out the pointless answer on this board though.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14I think I'm playing it safe-ish. There are two I've never heard of and one of them is pointless.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19But I'm not brave enough to go for it. I'm not going super-safe, but I'm going to go "suedehead",
0:12:19 > 0:12:25- which I think is like a female skinhead with a bit fluffy on top. - Sounds lovely. It sounds very nice.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27LAUGHTER
0:12:27 > 0:12:32That is what I'm going to ask for next time I go to the hairdresser's.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- Finally, I have my haircut.- Yeah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- You have your haircut. - Yeah. That's a relief.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41OK, suedehead. There is your red line, Guy.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46If you're below that red line with "suedehead", you are through to the next round.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said "suedehead".
0:12:50 > 0:12:52You're right.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56And you're through to the next round.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Not only correct, that is a pointless answer.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15It scores you nothing and it takes your total up to 6. Excellent answer - suedehead.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20That's definitely a safe-ish answer. It's a very closely cropped cut,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23beloved, as you say, of '70s female punks.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27OK, now, Ryan, you are on 61.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29You are our high scorers.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35We are looking for types of hairstyle. You have to score as low as you can with this answer
0:13:35 > 0:13:38and hope that Nigel picks something that's incorrect.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Yeah, I'm really torn, actually, what to choose.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- I'm going to choose the flat-top... - I don't think it would suit you!
0:13:46 > 0:13:51I saw it in an episode of Prince Of Bel-Air or something like that, Will Smith.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- "Flat-top" you're going to say.- Yes.
0:13:53 > 0:13:59Let's see if "flat-top" is right and if it is, how many people said it. No red line for you.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03You're the high scorers. Let's see how many people said "flat-top".
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It's correct.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13That's a great answer.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Very good. That scores you 5. It takes your total up to 66.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24- Richard, flat-top?- Yes, well played, Ryan. It's like a crew-cut, but designed to look flat on top.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28You see, flat-top, I can see where that comes from.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- Mullet... Why was mullet called mullet? - Why is a mullet called a mullet?
0:14:33 > 0:14:39- Yeah.- I think it's cos whenever you see someone wearing one, you want to slap him round the face with a fish.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Very, very good score there, Ryan.
0:14:41 > 0:14:4366 - is it enough to save you?
0:14:43 > 0:14:48Only Nigel can tell us. Nigel, talk us through the board.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I definitely think "wedge" is a cut.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54The devilock I like the look of.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57That might be because of the devil in me.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Skinhead, I think maybe a culture more so than a cut.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Hmm. You seem to have left out Bubi there, Nigel.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I haven't got a clue what that is at all.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I'm going to go for... I'm going to go for the devilock.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- The devilock?- Yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22If you score 36 or less with this, you are through to the next round.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26If you're below that red line, you are through to Round 2.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said "devilock".
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's right.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Good enough.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Look at that. Well done, Nigel.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43APPLAUSE
0:15:43 > 0:15:49"Devilock" is a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking it up to £1,500.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54It scores you nothing and it leaves you on 29 points. Very good. Richard?
0:15:54 > 0:16:00Big risk to take, but it paid off. The devilock was developed by the US punk band, The Misfits.
0:16:00 > 0:16:06It's no hair at the back and there, but basically, all of it combed forward in front of your face
0:16:06 > 0:16:08into sort of a spike, essentially.
0:16:08 > 0:16:14- They called it the wave and one of their mums suggested they call it the devilock. Isn't that sweet?- Yes.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17One of The Misfits' mums, well done.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Let's take a look at the other answers.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Nigel, as you rightly say, the wedge is a haircut.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27It would've scored you a miserly 7, so it would've been a safe answer.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Skinhead, it is a sub-culture, but it's also a haircut.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33It would've scored you 28,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36which means that Bubi is an incorrect answer.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40It's actually one of The Hair Bear Bunch from the '70s.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Ah! You were right to avoid it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Chris and Ryan.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Father and son...- Sorry, mate.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56- Who's going to take the blame for this, Ryan?- Definitely my dad. - In other words, you. Good.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01We will see you again next time. Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07I hope next time we have you for a lot longer. You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10APPLAUSE
0:17:10 > 0:17:14For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25It's time to see which two teams will go through to the head-to-head for the chance to reach the final.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27OK, the category for Round 2 is...
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46And the question for Round 2 concerns...
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Disney Songs And Their Films. We're about to show you a list of songs.
0:17:54 > 0:18:01We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which Disney animated movie they are from. Richard?
0:18:01 > 0:18:06We'll give you six songs. Tell us the movie they were on the soundtrack of.
0:18:06 > 0:18:12The more obscure ones will score you the fewest points, but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15See if you can get them all at home.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17OK, your first six are...
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I'll read those one more time.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Nigel, we're looking for the Disney animated films that these songs came from.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Are you a fan of animated films?
0:18:46 > 0:18:51- No.- Really? Not even the classic Disney animated films?
0:18:51 > 0:18:56- No, it's just not my thing. - Not your thing. Never was?- No.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- My son would tell me every one of those, but he's not here. - What are you going to go for?
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- Circle Of Life, The Lion King. - Circle Of Life, The Lion King. OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that. Circle Of Life from The Lion King...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's right.
0:19:18 > 0:19:2060.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26So that's 40 better than 100. It's very easy to score 100 in this round.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- Richard, Circle Of Life?- Yeah, of course, by Tim Rice and Elton John.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36It was nominated for an Oscar, but beaten by their other song, Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Fair enough. Simon... Now then, animated Disney films.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47- Mm-hm.- And the songs associated with them. Is this a subject close to your heart?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50The animated films is not much of a problem.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- The songs might be though.- Yes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56I've got a sneaky feeling about one,
0:19:56 > 0:20:01but I'm worried that it's going to be a very high score if I'm wrong.
0:20:01 > 0:20:07But I'm going to play safe-ish and go for When You Wish Upon A Star in Pinocchio.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11When You Wish Upon A Star and Pinocchio, you're saying.
0:20:11 > 0:20:17Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said When You Wish Upon A Star was from Pinocchio.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It's right.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Good answer, Simon.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Well done. That scores you 23 points.
0:20:29 > 0:20:36- Richard, Pinocchio?- That earned Disney their first Best Song Oscar, When You Wish Upon A Star from 1940.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41- How many Oscars have Disney films won?- They've won eight Oscars up to 2010.
0:20:41 > 0:20:48- Get out of here!- For Best Original Song. They've won others for Best Original Score as well.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54Now then, Janice. We are looking for the Disney animated films that these songs were first in.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00Right, yeah, there's one there that's very obvious and I imagine it's going to be quite high,
0:21:00 > 0:21:03which is The Bare Necessities.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Mm-hm.- And I have to be absolutely honest,
0:21:07 > 0:21:13Go The Distance and I'll Make A Man Out Of You, I can't for the minute think where they come from.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18But I'm going to have a go because I think I know where The Unbirthday Song came from
0:21:18 > 0:21:23and I think it was in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice In Wonderland.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- I'm risking that. I'm not 100%... - Guy's giving you a nod there.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I think that's a cracking answer.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35- The Unbirthday Song you think might be from Alice In Wonderland. - Yeah, it rings a bell.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Let's see if that's right. That might score you very low if it is.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Alice In Wonderland, The Unbirthday Song, let's see if it's right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's right.
0:21:50 > 0:21:5218, Janice.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Brilliant answer. 18 for The Unbirthday Song from Alice In Wonderland.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03Very well played. Best answer of the round. It's from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice In Wonderland.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Let's take a look at the other answers.
0:22:06 > 0:22:13The Bare Necessities is fairly obvious, The Jungle Book, and would have scored you a hefty 81 points,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15so it was very well avoided.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21- Do you know what Go The Distance is from?- I'm going to take a guess because it's a running thing.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26- It's Hercules. Is it? - It is Hercules. Well done. Would've scored you 3 points.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32- I'll Make A Man Out Of You? - I would have said Pinocchio. - It does sound like Pinocchio.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37But it's Mulan. That would have scored you 1 point. Very well done if you got that.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46It's a lower-scoring round than the first round.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Linda and Nigel - 60. Linda, you've got a job to do in the next pass.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Guy and Simon, Karen and Janice, nice and low there.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:00 > 0:23:05OK, we're going to put six more songs on the board and here they are. We've got...
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I'll read those one more time.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26We are looking for the Disney films that these songs were first in.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37- OK, Karen, do you like animated Disney films?- I love them and my three children love them.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43- So you know them all pretty well? - There's one usually on about every night.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49- So this is a perfect round for you. What's that board looking like to you, Karen?- Yeah, pretty good.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56One that's coming out at me, I'm sure it's off a film that my girls love - Pocahontas, Colours Of The Wind.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Colours Of The Wind, Pocahontas, you're saying. Top of the board.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Well, let's see. You are on 18.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09If you can score 41 or less with this, you are through to the next round. There's your red line.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Let's see if Colours Of The Wind is indeed from Pocahontas.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It's right.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Very good.
0:24:21 > 0:24:2614 that scores you. It takes your total up to 32. Richard?
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Yeah, well done, safely through. From 1995, Pocahontas, the end title version sung by Vanessa Williams.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Not the tennis player. - LAUGHTER
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- Interesting.- Venus Williams did When You Wish Upon A Star from Pinocchio.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Yes.- That was one of hers.- Serena Williams has never found that hit.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47She makes a terrible racket, doesn't she?
0:24:47 > 0:24:51That was a back-handed compliment!
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- LAUGHTER AND GROANS - Oh...
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Now then, Guy. Guy, you're on 23.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02If you can score 36 or less with this, you are through to the next round.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06We are looking for the Disney films that these songs first came from.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11I'm not going to score 36 or less. There's only one that's nailed on.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16There's another one, I can hear it in my head, but I don't know what film it's from.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22There's another one where the title, I'm thinking, "That's got to be from..." But I'm not going for that.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- I'm going to say Whistle While You Work is from Snow White. - Snow White, you're saying...
0:25:28 > 0:25:32If you come below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36If you're above that red line, it's not all over, actually.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41It just depends how well Linda knows her Disney animated classics.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46Let's see if Whistle While You Work is from Snow White and if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:49 > 0:25:5474 that scores you, Guy. That takes your total up to 97.
0:25:54 > 0:26:00Yeah, a really big score. Whistle While You Work, unless you work in a library, in which case...
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Keep it down. People are trying to work. 1937, that film was from. 1937.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Now then, Linda. You're on 60.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15If you can score 36 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and we say goodbye to Guy and Simon.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20How good is your Disney knowledge?
0:26:20 > 0:26:26There's only two there that I know which film they come from and I think they'll both be quite popular.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32I'm going to go for Under The Sea, Little Mermaid.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35We have Under The Sea and you are saying Little Mermaid.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39If you are below that red line, you stay with us.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Above that red line and we say goodbye.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Let's see if Under The Sea is Little Mermaid and how many people said it if it is.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51It's right.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Oh! A nail-biting close to the second round there.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08You score 38 with that, Linda, and I'm afraid that takes you just into the red.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14- You are our high scorers. Richard, Little Mermaid?- Tough luck. What was the other one you were thinking of?
0:27:14 > 0:27:20- Whole New World from Aladdin.- If you'd said that, it is from Aladdin, you'd have scored 32 points.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23And you'd be through. I'm so sorry.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Baby Mine, do you know where that's from?- No.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30That's from Dumbo. Well done if you said that cos it's 3 points.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34I Wonder is a pointless answer. Do you know where it's from?
0:27:34 > 0:27:40- No.- It's from Sleeping Beauty. Very well done if you got I Wonder.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score...
0:27:44 > 0:27:50Oh, that was close! ..Linda and Nigel. Nigel, what would have been an ideal round for you?
0:27:50 > 0:27:57- Swing music.- Swing music. - Frank Sinatra films would have been a good one.- Linda, how about you?
0:27:57 > 0:28:04- What would you like to have seen? - Possibly something about some TV programmes. I watch a lot of telly.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10Maybe next time. Nigel, Linda, sorry to say goodbye to you, but we will see you next time.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15- Thanks very much for playing. You've been great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:28:15 > 0:28:21For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26We've said goodbye to two teams.
0:28:26 > 0:28:33It's time to find out which pair will be playing for today's jackpot which currently stands at £1,500.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Karen and Janice, Guy and Simon, you are now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44You are now allowed to confer.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50You just have to give an answer each time that scores lower than the opposing pair to win that point.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55The first team to have two points will be through to the final to play for that jackpot.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Let's play Pointless.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:05 > 0:29:10to name as many US states beginning with a vowel as they could.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13US states beginning with a vowel, Richard?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16There are 12. We are looking for the most obscure.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Karen and Janice, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24We are looking for US states beginning with a vowel.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27WHISPERING
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I'm going to start pushing for an answer. We've got one.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- We've got quite a few. - Yeah, that's the problem. - What are people thinking?
0:29:36 > 0:29:41We've gone through quite a few because there's quite a lot.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Do you know the States well?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Reasonably well. We've been learning them.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51My brother lives in the USA, so he talks a lot to me about the USA.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- We're going to go with Iowa.- Iowa.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59Guy and Simon, that was the one they had primed up. It's just been blown out the water.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02OK, so Iowa has gone.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- What was our back-up? - Oregon or Idaho?
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I like Oregon because it sounds like a city, rather than a state.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17- I like Ohio. I can't think of anything that comes from Ohio. - Cincinnati, Ohio.- Ohio, yeah?- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20OK, Ohio, it is.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- Not Oregon. Ohio.- Yeah.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26You're going Ohio. We have Iowa and we have Ohio.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Iowa, say Karen and Janice. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33It's right.
0:30:36 > 0:30:3922.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41APPLAUSE
0:30:43 > 0:30:4822 for Iowa. Let's see if Ohio scores more or less than that. What do you reckon?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- It's going to be close. - I think more, unfortunately.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57Let's see if it scores higher or lower than Iowa. Ohio...
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Come on, baby. One less, one less.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10- 33. - APPLAUSE
0:31:10 > 0:31:13After the first question, 1-0 to Karen and Janice. Richard?
0:31:13 > 0:31:20There were three answers that would have beaten Iowa. If you'd gone with Idaho, you'd have won the point.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Let's take a look at all 12 of the states.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Illinois at the bottom, where Obama was senator, with 11.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Oklahoma 12, Idaho 21,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Iowa and Indiana both 22,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Alabama with 29,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Alaska with 30,
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Arkansas with 32, Ohio with 33, as we've heard,
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Oregon 35, Arizona 36 and right at the top there, Utah with 48.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Very interesting. OK, here is your second question.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Guy and Simon, you must win this point to stay in the game.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Karen and Janice, if you win this point, you are through to the final.
0:31:56 > 0:32:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many George Eliot novels as they could.
0:32:03 > 0:32:09- George Eliot novels, Richard?- Yeah, we're looking for any of the seven full-length novels by George Eliot.
0:32:09 > 0:32:14We won't accept collections of short stories like Scenes Of Clerical Life.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19We're looking for one of the seven full-length novels written by George Eliot.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23OK, Guy and Simon, you get to go first this time.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25OK, we think we know one.
0:32:25 > 0:32:31- Possibly two.- Both the ones you're thinking of are written by the same person and it's not George Eliot.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36- I can't remember who it is. - Fair enough. I'll go with you on that one, yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- It's going to be bad. - It's the only one we know.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45Apart from The Da Vinci Code, what else is there(?)
0:32:47 > 0:32:52- We have to go for it.- What's it called? The Mill On The Floss? - Yeah, The Mill On The Floss.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Karen and Janice, Mill On The Floss is what Guy and Simon have said.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59WHISPERING
0:32:59 > 0:33:05Yes, we both had one in our heads and we both said exactly the same one, so we've got to go for this.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09It's one that I have to confess that I read at school
0:33:09 > 0:33:13which was Silas Marner and I didn't like it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- The name sticks in my mind, but nothing about the novel. - Silas Marner.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23Let's see if Mill On The Floss is right and if it is, how many people said Mill On The Floss.
0:33:29 > 0:33:3117.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Not bad at all.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Not a bad score. 17 for Mill On The Floss.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45Let's see if Silas Marner is right and let's see if it is low enough to beat Mill On The Floss.
0:33:45 > 0:33:51This, if it does go lower than Mill On The Floss, will see you straight through to the final.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54It's right.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Oh, look at that! Silas Marner scores only 10.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04APPLAUSE
0:34:05 > 0:34:11So, after two questions, Karen and Janice are straight through to the final, 2-0. Richard?
0:34:11 > 0:34:17Well played, Karen and Janice. There'll be plenty of names on this board that you'll recognise.
0:34:17 > 0:34:24It's inexcusable to not know much about George Eliot. I think he's a wonderful writer(!) I really do.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I take my hat off to him. Let's take a look at all of them.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32There's a pointless answer, Felix Holt The Radical. Well done if you got that at home.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Daniel Deronda and Romola would have both scored you 2.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Adam Bede and Middlemarch both would have won you the points.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Silas Marner on 10 and Mill On The Floss at the top.- Thanks, Richard.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Guy and Simon.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55- Just not your categories, I'm afraid.- What was it? Felix...? It wasn't on the tip of my tongue.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- We were outclassed.- Yeah, no chance.
0:34:57 > 0:35:03- What were the two you were thinking of?- Tess Of The D'Urbervilles. - Thomas Hardy.- Mayor Of Casterbridge.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10- And The Da Vinci Code.- Hopefully, we'll get Thomas Hardy questions. - Angels And Demons not up there?- No.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13But Digital Fortress was a pointless answer(!)
0:35:13 > 0:35:19We'll have you back next time. What would you have liked to have come up?
0:35:19 > 0:35:24- What would have been ideal? - Asterix.- Suggest what you like and we'll see what we can do.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30You had Asterix in the last series. I was screaming at the telly and nobody ever picked it.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- Now we're not going to get it. - It's on a shelf somewhere unused.
0:35:34 > 0:35:40I don't think I've ever not been reading an Asterix book. Since the age of 14, I've had one on the go.
0:35:40 > 0:35:47- You started at 14? Wow!- Yeah.- This is like being at a tremendously boring dinner party.- Isn't it? Yeah.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49LAUGHTER
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Tremendous.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56All I can see is a series of bored women rolling their eyes.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02We will see you again next time when, hopefully, you'll go all the way through to the final.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07- Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:36:08 > 0:36:14But for Karen and Janice, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £1,500.
0:36:16 > 0:36:23Congratulations, Karen and Janice. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:30 > 0:36:36You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38the jackpot stands at £1,500.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41APPLAUSE
0:36:41 > 0:36:47To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53We've had two pointless answers today. You just have to find one more now and you'll win that money.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Yeah, I'm terrible at geography, so Asia would be bad.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18Motor Sport, we don't really know many winners of Formula One and stuff.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23- We probably know slightly more about Classic Musicals.- It's more by a process of elimination
0:37:23 > 0:37:27than an absolute favourite thing. Classic Musicals.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Classic Musicals, it is. Let's find out what the question really is.
0:37:31 > 0:37:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many songs from My Fair Lady as they could.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44- Richard?- We're looking for any of the songs from the original stage or film versions of My Fair Lady.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Well, there's The Rain In Spain. - Falls Mainly On The Plain, yes.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Wouldn't It Be Loverly?- Yeah. - All the obvious ones.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Keep going then. - I can't think of any more.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I'm trying to think through the film.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- I've just got, "By George, she's got it."- Is that one?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16That's The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22When they're outside doing the flowers and that?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Is that Wouldn't It Be Loverly?- She sings Wouldn't It Be Loverly, yeah.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- I can't think. I can only think of two.- I can only think of them two as well.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- We're stuck with two. And they're not going to be pointless.- No.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- Just You Wait, Henry Higgins, is that one?- We'll just say that, yes.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45That'll be our third.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- OK.- OK, you've got your three. We'll stop the clock.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Your three answers are...?
0:38:51 > 0:38:57- The one that's going to not be pointless...- Wouldn't It Be Loverly? - Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- The Rain In Spain.- The Rain In Spain.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- Just You Wait, Henry Higgins. - Just You Wait, Henry 'Iggins.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08Which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- The last one. - Just You Wait, Henry Higgins.
0:39:11 > 0:39:17- Your least confident answer? - Wouldn't It Be Loverly?- OK, we'll put them up in that order.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23There they are.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26We're looking for songs from My Fair Lady.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31You only need one of these to be pointless to win that £1,500 jackpot.
0:39:31 > 0:39:37Let's go with your first one. Let's see how many people said Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Well, it's right.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45It's your first shot at that jackpot of £1,500.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48It has to go all the way down to zero.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Still going down through the 20s, the teens...
0:39:51 > 0:39:5310.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55APPLAUSE
0:39:56 > 0:39:5910, not a bad score at all.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Not a pointless answer, but you knew that wouldn't be pointless.
0:40:03 > 0:40:09- Did you expect it to be as low as 10?- No, I thought it was so popular. - How well do you know the musical?
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- Have you seen the film?- Many times. - Oliver would have been nicer.
0:40:13 > 0:40:19When you hear the names of the pointless songs, assuming there aren't two behind me on the board,
0:40:19 > 0:40:25- you will probably know them all. - Yes.- You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29- £1,500 - what would you spend that on?- A holiday would be nice.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- Yes, towards holidays. - A holiday.- Holidays, yes.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Very good. You know what you'd listen to in the car on the way.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40We're looking for songs from My Fair Lady.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46Let's hope nobody said The Rain In Spain. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49There we are, it's right.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Wouldn't It Be Loverly went all the way down to 10.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Where do we think this one will stop? Rain In Spain...
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Down through the 20s, teens...
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- APPLAUSE - 13.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Weirdly, more people knew that than Wouldn't It Be Loverly? Strange...
0:41:08 > 0:41:10You are strange.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15The Rain In Spain, not a pointless answer.
0:41:15 > 0:41:21Only one more shot at that jackpot - £1,500. Where would you go on your holiday?
0:41:21 > 0:41:25- Where would you go?- I'd go to Disneyland.- I'd go to Spain.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Disneyland and Spain.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Very good.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Just You Wait - this is your most confident answer.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Just You Wait has to be pointless for you to win that £1,500.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Let's see how many people said it - Just You Wait.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Well, it's right.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53It's right. It has to go all the way down to zero, obviously.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58This is your third and final shot at the pointless jackpot of £1,500.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Oh!
0:42:01 > 0:42:04APPLAUSE
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Oh, that was very, very close indeed,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11but unfortunately, you didn't find that crucial pointless answer,
0:42:11 > 0:42:17so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,500 which will roll over to the next show.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22- You have been fantastic and you take home the Pointless trophy. - APPLAUSE
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- So then, Richard?- That was tough luck. Lots of well-known songs.
0:42:29 > 0:42:35The most popular answers were On The Street Where You Live and I Could Have Danced All Night.
0:42:35 > 0:42:42There were three pointless answers which, if you know the film, you'll probably know. Let's take a look.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46There's Show Me, sung by Freddy and Eliza, Without You, sung by Eliza,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50and You Did It, sung by Pickering and Higgins.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- I hope none of those ring a bell. - Yeah, they do.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59- Do you know all of those? - Two of them.- Yes, you do now.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02A minute, it's very hard when the spotlight's on you.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Karen and Janice,
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- but thank you so much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:43:09 > 0:43:13So nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over
0:43:13 > 0:43:18and on the next show, therefore, we will be playing for £2,500.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:43:20 > 0:43:26- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me.
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