0:00:17 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39So welcome back, Emma and Sarah.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- We did quite well.- You did! - We did better than we thought.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46We got to the head-to-head round
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and then we got some questions that we weren't very good at.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- They were really tough questions. - Yeah.- Snooker!- Oh!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I mean, for heaven's sake. Remind us what you're studying at university.
0:00:57 > 0:01:02- I study drama at university.- And I'm studying English and writing.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06What are you hoping is going to come up? What would be your dream round one topic?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Since I do English, I feel I should say literature but...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- No, no, no.- I'm hoping something to do with television
0:01:13 > 0:01:16or something like that - we do watch too much TV.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Well, the very best of luck this afternoon.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Next, we welcome Linda and Paul. How do you two know each other?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Well, 15 years ago I put an advert in the local paper
0:01:25 > 0:01:29and unbeknown to me, Lin was PA to the managing director at the paper.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34She got first dibs at the paper, saw my advert, replied to it,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36a little bit later we got married
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and 15 years on, she's still lumbered with me.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Ah! That's wonderful. - APPLAUSE
0:01:44 > 0:01:48And the advert - did you ever sell that drill?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54What do you do in your spare time, Linda and Paul?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- We go geocaching.- We all do that. - Yeah!- What?!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Geocaching.- Tell me about it.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03It's like a treasure hunt.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05You have a GPS, hand-held GPS.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08You put in the waypoints and you follow the arrow
0:02:08 > 0:02:09and that's it, really.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- I have never heard of it. - No, you're not alone.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16It sounds like competitive sat nav to me.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- You feed stuff in and follow the arrows?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- And wherever they take you, you must go?- Yes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23"It says Mogadishu. This way."
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Maybe we'll find out a little bit more as the show goes on.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- We welcome back Nick and Louise. Great to have you back.- Hello.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- Remind us how you did last time. - We crashed and burned in the first round.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I think you went out in a blaze of glory is what you mean.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41What was it that did for you, remind us?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- It was a Maltese Falcon that wasn't. - Ah, of course!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Siamese.- Siamese twins.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Louise, what would you love to come up this first round?
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Theatre, musicals, movies. I like nature.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Bit of this, bit of that, bit of music.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Bit of music. How about you, Nick?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Ooh, a bit of horticulture, maybe. - Very good.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- If it there's. - A bit of horticulture.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It's been a while since we've had any horticulture.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- I'm looking through to see if we've got any horticulture.- No.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15It's been a while since we've had any culture.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20And finally, we welcome back Luke and Nyil.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You were on the show last time. How did you do?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26We thought we were doing pretty well and gave three quite good answers
0:03:26 > 0:03:30but unfortunately then I spoiled it by not saying Something Stupid.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Ah, round two, yes, of course. That was a really tough round, though.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Yeah.- Very tough for us. Makes us feel so old.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42We had all these duos and there were lots of hits from the '80s.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Nobody knew them.- They weren't born when they were released.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47- They weren't born.- Even worse.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53There is only one person left for me to introduce,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56the man whose obscure knowledge knows no bounds.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Hiya. APPLAUSE
0:04:03 > 0:04:06We've got three returning pairs, which is quite unusual.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Only Linda and Paul are new.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Two of those pairs, of course, are students.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13There's a new rule brought in since the last show.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Anyone born after 1982, not allowed to win.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Sorry about that. Just for, you know... Just because it's sickening
0:04:21 > 0:04:25that anyone was even born after 1982, let alone are taking home some money.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- They've got plenty of time to earn money, those guys.- Yeah.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32So I think it's very much between Linda and Paul and Nick and Louise
0:04:32 > 0:04:34and the others of you should respect your elders
0:04:34 > 0:04:38and watch on and just give polite answers but wrong ones.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- That would be a nice way to play. - A failsafe way.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Good. Well, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show
0:04:44 > 0:04:48but this is Pointless, so we are after the obscure answers they didn't give.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:04:52 > 0:04:55and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06CHEERING
0:05:06 > 0:05:07There we are.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20OK, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second
0:05:36 > 0:05:39and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:46 > 0:05:51to name as many herbs used in cooking as they could.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Richard, can you elaborate on that? - Not much to add.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57All the correct answers will be herbs commonly used to flavour food
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- during cooking. - Very good. Thank you. Thank you.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Emma and Sarah, you all drew lots before the show
0:06:03 > 0:06:05and you get to go first this time.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09In this round, you're going to get a choice of seven possible answers
0:06:09 > 0:06:10in each pass.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- A bit of relief, there, Sarah.- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Your first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24I shall read those again.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Now, I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless
0:06:33 > 0:06:38but do be careful - at least one of those answers is also incorrect.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Pick one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- So, then, Sarah. - I have heard of a few of those
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and there's some I'm not sure about.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52I think I'm going to go for marjoram.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53- Marjoram.- If I've said it right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57So, marjoram, let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It's correct.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Eight! - APPLAUSE
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Marjoram scores you eight points. A great score. Richard?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Yeah, a very good start to the show.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Marjoram. Popular in Mediterranean cookery.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Linda, what we are looking for is herbs used in cooking.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26I recognise most of them, yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Feeling confident?- Yeah, I am. I think this is a good subject.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- A very good subject for you. - A very good subject.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- I'm going to go with borage.- Borage. - Mm-hm.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40OK, well, let's see if borage is a correct answer
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Borage.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46- Oh!- It's right!
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Down it comes. A very good answer, Linda.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Very good. Well done. - CHEERING
0:07:57 > 0:08:00That's a spectacular answer. It's pointless,
0:08:00 > 0:08:06so it adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £2,500.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- CHEERING - And it scores you nothing.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Very good.- Thanks.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Yeah, that's the way to introduce yourself to the show, Linda.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Yeah, borage. I have a lovely bowl of borage every morning.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19- Yeah.- Gorgeous.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I used to grow it. You grow a pole of borage.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- A pole of borage. - A pole of borage.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26LAUGHTER
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Borage is a cucumber-like plant
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and the flowers are used in salads and drinks and so on.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Now, then, Nick.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37There's no saying there isn't another pointless answer
0:08:37 > 0:08:38on that board.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Do I want to risk it, really?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43How good is your knowledge of the herb garden?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It should be good. I've grown most of them.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49The one I'm confident on there would be chervil.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Chervil. There is it at the bottom.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I think that could be a nice low scorer for you there, Nick.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said chervil.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06It's going steadily down...
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Down to three. Wonderful answer, Nick.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Very well done.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- So chervil, Richard? - Well done, Nick.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It originates in central Asia. Often used in sauces and omelettes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26Luke, the problem is, everyone's picked off the low scorers, there.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Yeah.- Unless there's another pointless on the board.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I was going to go for marjoram and I was going to go for chervil,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36so it leaves me with a bit of a problem.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Talk us through all the things on the board.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- I think I know that "parzley" and coriander are.- "Parzley"?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Might I just step out for a moment just to commend you
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- on your pronunciation of "parzley". - Oh!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55I assume lemon balm's one. I've heard of it before
0:09:55 > 0:09:57unless it's... I don't know.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59I'll go for it. Lemon balm.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Lemon balm!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Lemon balm.- Have I said that wrong as well?- No, you're right.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Lemon balm, lemon balm.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Well done, it's right.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Very well done, Luke. This could go a long way down.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- All the way to the bottom. - APPLAUSE
0:10:23 > 0:10:27That's a spectacular answer, there, Luke. Lemon balm scoring you two.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Richard?- How about that for a low-scoring round?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Eight was the highest score.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Lemon balm is, of course, a member of the mint family.- Indeed.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Yeah. And it's used in perfumes as well as in cooking.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Let's fill in the rest of the board. There's a couple of obvious ones.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Parzley or I believe the French call it parsley.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Coriander, also a herb, that would have scored you 42 points.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Big scores.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56And by a process of elimination, copperbottom is an incorrect answer,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- so well avoided, everyone. - Thanks, Richard.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Well, let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Well, like Richard said, who'd have thought, Sarah...- I know!
0:11:06 > 0:11:08..your spectacular score of eight
0:11:08 > 0:11:11would leave you way out ahead of the field?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- And I was so pleased with myself. - I know.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Your nearest rival is less than half your score.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- That's true. - Nick with his chervil, three.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Then next up, Luke did fantastically. Lemon balm, two.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Linda and Paul looking fantastic.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Linda pulled a brilliant pointless answer out of the bag.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Emma, you have to make sure
0:11:30 > 0:11:34that you are not the highest scorers at the end of this round.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46We are looking for herbs used in cooking and we have got:
0:11:54 > 0:11:55I'll read those one more time.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02And at least one of those answers is pointless
0:12:02 > 0:12:07and at least one of those answers is wrong, so be very careful.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10So, then, Nyil. What are you thinking?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Well, I know a few of them
0:12:13 > 0:12:16but as it's such a low-scoring round,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- I'm tempted to take a punt. - You might have to.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- What are your hobbies, Nyil? - Erm, not really cooking.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I like eating but I'm not a huge cooker.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28I'm not sure I'd know the one I'm about to say
0:12:28 > 0:12:30but I'm going to go for it
0:12:30 > 0:12:33because it looks a bit too wacky to be made up
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and that's golden bandicoot.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Golden... You see, I just applaud that. I applaud that derring-do.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44It deserves to be a pointless answer.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45There's your red line.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50If you can get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Let's see if golden bandicoot is correct
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Golden bandicoot. Good luck.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Oh, no! Nyil!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer, unfortunately,
0:13:06 > 0:13:11which means you score 100 points and takes your total up to 102.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- Richard?- Yes, a golden bandicoot is a small Australian marsupial...
0:13:16 > 0:13:20so if someone is giving you a salad sprinkled lightly with golden bandicoot,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I would turn it down, if I were you.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- Louise.- I've got my favourite herb up there but I'm not going for that.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29That's nice, though. It's always nice to see your favourite herb.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Ah, it's a friend, you know? - Yeah, just passing...
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Oh, hello!
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I'm going to play safe and I'm going to go for dill,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41which you'd have with salmon.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45I like these serving suggestions. Keep them coming.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Well, the high scorers are Nyil and Luke on 102.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52You have to score 98 or less with this.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55There is your red line. If you come below that, you are through.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Let's see if dill is right and how many people said it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03And you're through.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Very well done. That scores you 34, taking your total up to 37.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Richard?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Dill, very well done and often served with salmon.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I tell you what else is very nice with dill
0:14:19 > 0:14:22is a lovely roasted golden bandicoot.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23A little bit of dill on top - gorgeous.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26OK, remember, we are looking for herbs used in cooking.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Paul, this is your moment, as Martine McCutcheon would say.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Erm, I, too, like cooking. I've used most of those herbs there.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40I'm going for hyssop.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You're going to go for hyssop.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Have you cooked with hyssop? - No, I haven't.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Do you know or do you suspect it's right?- I know it's right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51You know it's right. You have no red line, you're through come what may
0:14:51 > 0:14:54because the highest scorers are so far ahead
0:14:54 > 0:14:56you couldn't overtake them even if you scored 100.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Is hyssop right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02It's right.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Down it comes.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Yes! Very well done. - CHEERING
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Very, very well done.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17That's a pointless answer. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20taking the total up to £2,750
0:15:20 > 0:15:24and it scores you nothing, leaving you with a total of nothing.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Brilliant. Richard? - A double pointless
0:15:27 > 0:15:29on your very first round of your very first show.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- That's very impressive.- Very.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Hyssop is a pungent Mediterranean herb.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It was popular in the Middle Ages
0:15:35 > 0:15:38but is now more commonly used in distilling liqueurs.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Chartreuse they use hyssop in, for example.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Very, very well done. Now, then, Emma.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46What we are looking for is herbs used in cooking.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Emma, you are the last person to have this board,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51talk us through every inch of it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54For some reason, I don't think orzo is one.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I think I'm going to have to play it safe
0:15:57 > 0:15:59and go for sage.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see if sage gets you below that red line.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It does!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Very well done. 51. - APPLAUSE
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Sage did what it had to do. It takes your score up to 59.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Richard?- Yes. A big score but that was the right thing to do.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24You couldn't go out unless you got a wrong answer,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27so better safe than sorry. Better sage than sorry, in fact.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Basil is a big scorer
0:16:31 > 0:16:32on 66.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Lovage is a very low scorer on two.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Orzo, Alexander. Is that incorrect or pointless?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I think orzo's a pointless.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44You're wrong. It's a rice-shaped pasta, orzo,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- so well done if you avoided that. - A what-shaped pasta?- Rice shaped.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Like grains of rice.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51That's just trickery.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Shaping pasta like rice.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56And just to round things off,
0:16:56 > 0:17:01it's worth getting the answer to the question that the whole of Britain wants to know.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Yes.- Louise, what is your favourite herb?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- AS SYBIL FAWLTY: - Basil!- Basil. There you go.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Thanks very much, Richard.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12So at the end of round one, the losing pair are Luke and Nyil.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Luke, are you going to forgive Nyil?
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Mm...
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Yeah, yeah.- Ah, thanks, mate.- Yeah!
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It's just as well. Just as well.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- You have been fantastic. Thanks so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30APPLAUSE
0:17:30 > 0:17:34But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Well, there's only room for two pairs in the head to head,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46so one of you three pairs is going to be leaving us
0:17:46 > 0:17:49at the end of this round, so make sure it's not you.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52The category for round two is:
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Decide who's going first and who's going second.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06And our round two question this afternoon concerns...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Films and their directors.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14In this round, we're going to show you a list of films.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17We asked 100 people to tell us who directed them.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Richard?- We're going to show you the names of six films in each pass
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and obscure answers will score fewer points.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28An incorrect answer, the wrong director, will score 100 points.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- See how well you can do at home on these.- OK, thanks, Richard.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34We are looking for the directors of these films
0:18:34 > 0:18:36and so we have:
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I'll read those one more time.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- So, then, Sarah.- There's a couple I'm pretty sure I know.- Mm-hm?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57But they're quite obvious.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- Have you see all these films? - I've seen one of them.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I've only seen one of those films.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I'm going to go for one I haven't seen
0:19:07 > 0:19:12and I'm going to go for Tootsie and I think it might be Woody Allen.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- Tootsie and you're going to say Woody Allen.- I am, yes.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Woody Allen. OK.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22You're hoping that this will score you as little as possible,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25you're hoping it's a nice obscure answer
0:19:25 > 0:19:27and you're hoping it's correct.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Is it a right answer and if so, how many people said Tootsie, Woody Allen?
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- Oh, no!- Oh! Bad luck, Sarah. Bad luck.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43A very brave punt, which is a good thing,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46but sadly it was incorrect, which is a bad thing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- That scores you 100 points. Richard?- Unlucky, Sarah.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53I won't say who it is in case Linda or Louise want to have a go at it.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58Now, Linda and Paul, you are yet to score a point
0:19:58 > 0:20:00on this show.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Do you think you can keep this up, this low-scoring nonsense?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- I doubt it very much with these questions.- Really?
0:20:07 > 0:20:12- Is film not your forte? - Directors, no.- No.- Not really.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Do you know some of the directors on the board?- I know one.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- Well, I think I know one. - You think you know one.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- So I'm going to play safe. - And go with that one.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Well, we have a high score, there.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27I'm going to go with ET and I think it's Steven "Schpielberg."
0:20:27 > 0:20:31You think it's Steven I-like-your-pronunciation "Schpielberg".
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Schpielberg.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39OK, well, let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said Steven...
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Spielberg.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Oh!- Well done.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49- APPLAUSE - 55.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- Not a bad score, comparatively. Richard?- Certainly better than 100.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03It's actually pronounced Schteven Schpielberg.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Thank you, Richard.- Pleasure.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Louise. Remember, we are looking for the directors of these films.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13I'm going to play safe, in view of the girls have got 100.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18I've seen them all but I never look at directors.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Hopefully, Titanic is James Cameron
0:21:20 > 0:21:24but if the Hurt Locker comes up who I think it was, I'll be kicking myself.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26OK, let's see if that's right
0:21:26 > 0:21:30and if it is, let's see how many people said James Cameron for Titanic.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33It's right.
0:21:38 > 0:21:4026.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49- Not a bad score at all. Richard? - Well played, Louise. Who did you think directed The Hurt Locker?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I'm not sure. I thought I read somewhere it was Clint Eastwood.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Well, I have to say it would have scored you one point if you got the right answer
0:21:57 > 0:21:59but the right answer is Kathryn Bigelow,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01who is James Cameron's ex-wife.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03She won the Best Director Oscar for that.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09Braveheart is Mel Gibson. That would have scored you 18 points.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Bridge On The River Kwai was David Lean. Sir David Lean.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15That would scored you four points.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Now, Tootsie was a pointless answer,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20so not only did you not know who directed it, nobody did, which is good.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24It was Sydney Pollack. Very well done if you got Sydney Pollack at home.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Very well done. Well, let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29We're halfway through the round.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32A broad field, one would have to say at this stage.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Louise, a fabulous low score there, 26.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Amazing. Titanic only 26.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I thought it was going to be much higher than that.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Linda, 55, not a bad score at all for ET.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- And, Sarah, bad luck. Well, you did what you had to do.- Yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50This game is all about taking risks and that's what you did.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52But pressure on you, Emma.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56You're going to have to find a nice low-scoring answer to save your bacon.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Right, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05OK, we're going to put six more films on the board.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08We want to know their directors. Here they are.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I'll read those one more time.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28We are looking for the directors of these films
0:23:28 > 0:23:32and you want to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Now, Nick, you are the low scorers.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39I happen to think you're going to pull quite a cunning one out here.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I think you're going to be good at this.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- There's a couple I recognise.- Yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- But it's risk-taking.- Mm-hm.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Erm...- So what are you going to go for, Nick?
0:23:49 > 0:23:54I'm going to go for a safe one. Pulp Fiction and Quentin Tarantino.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57You're going for Quentin Tarantino and there's your red line.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01If you're below that red line, you're through to the next round.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05You need 73 or less to be through to the next round for sure.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08OK, let's see if that's right. Quentin Tarantino.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Very well done.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19APPLAUSE 37, it scores you, taking your total up to 63.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Richard?- Nothing to add except well played.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28A very good answer. You're safely through to the next round.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Now, then, Paul. Remember, we are looking for the directors of these films.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38We need a nice 44 points or less answer from you
0:24:38 > 0:24:41to make sure you're through to the head to head.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I was pretty sure with one question but that's already gone.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Erm... And I think The Producers may be Mel Brooks.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55The Producers, Mel Brooks. Very good. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59The high scorers, of course, are Emma and Sarah on 100.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Let's see if you can avoid overtaking them with Mel Brooks.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Below the red line, you are through to the head to head.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Let's see how many people said it. Mel Brooks.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Very well done.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- 16. A very good score indeed... - APPLAUSE
0:25:21 > 0:25:22..taking your total up to 71.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Mel Brooks, a very good answer. Well played. Safely through.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Very well done.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Now, Emma and Sarah, I'm afraid the writing is on the wall for you.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36You are unassailably ahead
0:25:36 > 0:25:39and you haven't answered yet your second question.
0:25:39 > 0:25:45So why not see if there's a pointless answer on the board
0:25:45 > 0:25:48that maybe you can dredge up from the back of your mind...
0:25:48 > 0:25:53- Erm...- ..and add a 250 quid bonus for the people you leave behind?
0:25:53 > 0:25:58OK, I'm just going to completely pick a name out the bag here.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04I'll go for Martin Scorsese for The African Queen.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Martin Scorsese's The African Queen.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I would sleep on the pavement...
0:26:12 > 0:26:13LAUGHTER
0:26:13 > 0:26:17..for a seat in that cinema.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21That is a remake I would like to see.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- A lot of us would. - That's a great idea.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Even if you've got this completely wrong,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28you've sown a seed, there, Emma.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Let's see if it's right... Who cares?
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Let's see how many people wanted to see
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Martin Scorsese's The African Queen.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Oh! Bad luck but brilliant, brilliant.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58Unfortunately, it is an incorrect answer, which scores 100, taking your total up to 200.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Richard?- Yes, sorry, Emma. John Huston is the director.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Martin Scorsese is the director of the forthcoming African Queen II,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10with a reanimated Humphrey Bogart in the lead role,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11which is going to be great.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Slumdog Millionaire. Do you know that one, Xander?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- Danny Boyle.- Danny Boyle, of course. 18 points.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Do you know Halloween?- No. - It's John Carpenter,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24which scores you five points.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28And do you know Brokeback Mountain? Anybody here know?
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- MAN: Ang Lee! - Anybody on the panel know?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Ang Lee.- I think it was Ang Lee.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37It's Ang Lee. APPLAUSE
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And Ang Lee would have scored you three points,
0:27:44 > 0:27:48so that and African Queen were the best answers - well done if you got those.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50OK, thanks, Richard.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55So the losing pair with the highest score, I'm so sorry, Emma and Sarah.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- You were head to head in the last game.- At least we did well on one of them.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- It saves face a bit. - It was film! It was film!- Yeah.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07It was a very tough version of film, of course, very tough indeed.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Who's going to be watching this at home?
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- No-one. I'm not going to tell them. - What do you mean?!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Of course you are. Emma, who's going to be watching at home?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Well, my family, my friends.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Well, that was your second chance to make it through to the final
0:28:22 > 0:28:24and we have to say goodbye to you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27You've been great contestants. Thank you for playing.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28- APPLAUSE - Thank you.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34For the remaining two pairs, things are going to get even more exciting
0:28:34 > 0:28:35as we enter the head to head.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41CHEERING
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Very well done, Paul and Linda, Nick and Louise,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46you've made it to the head to head.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51Obviously, only one pair can make it through to the final and play for the jackpot of:
0:28:53 > 0:28:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:57 > 0:29:01You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer
0:29:04 > 0:29:07and you are now allowed to confer, that's the good news.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11If your answer scores less than the other pair, you win that question.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15The pair who get the best of three will be playing for the jackpot.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:29:22 > 0:29:24OK, here's your first question.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:27 > 0:29:33to name as many African countries beginning with a vowel as they could.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36African countries beginning with a vowel, Richard.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Any African country that begins with a vowel.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43By country we mean a member of the UN which is a sovereign state in its own right
0:29:43 > 0:29:45and we're taking the English list of how it's spelt
0:29:45 > 0:29:47from the UN website.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49So we won't accept Ivory Coast
0:29:49 > 0:29:53because its English name is actually Cote d'Ivoire, believe it or not.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Any African country whose name begins with a vowel.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01OK, thank you, Richard. Linda and Paul, you've played best so far,
0:30:01 > 0:30:03so you get to go first.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06We are looking for African countries beginning with a vowel.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08THEY WHISPER
0:30:08 > 0:30:11OK, Paul and Linda?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13We're going for Eritrea.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Eritrea. OK, we have Eritrea.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Nick and Louise, you can talk out loud if you like.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Nick's better on geography than I am, so I'm not much use to him.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28There would have been lots of Asian countries.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29You go for it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I'll go Ethiopia.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35OK, we have Eritrea, we have Ethiopia.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Let's take them in the order they've been given.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Eritrea. Let's see if it's right and if is, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45It's right.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49It's a good one.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Very good. 13 for Eritrea.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Nick and Louise have said Ethiopia.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Let's if that's right and if it is, how many people said Ethiopia.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07It's right.
0:31:08 > 0:31:1056.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17OK, so after the first question, it is one-nil to Paul and Linda.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Richard?- Yeah, Eritrea, a very good answer.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23It was a province of Ethiopia before it gained independence.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26There were two answers that would have beaten Eritrea,
0:31:26 > 0:31:28one of which I think is virtually impossible.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30United Republic of Tanzania
0:31:30 > 0:31:33is its official name according to the UN.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36That was a pointless answer, perhaps understandably.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Equatorial Guinea would have won you the points as well.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42There's Eritrea, 13, Angola, 27,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Algeria, 29, Egypt, 46,
0:31:45 > 0:31:50Uganda, 53, and right at the top, in fact, Ethiopia with 56.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55OK, thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:57 > 0:32:03to name as many BBC Sports Personalities of the Year since 2000
0:32:03 > 0:32:05as they could. Richard.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09We're looking for anyone who's won BBC Sports Personality of the Year
0:32:09 > 0:32:12from the year 2000 to the year 2010.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Who is the most obscure sports person on that list?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Now, I just need to draw your attention to the fact,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Paul and Linda, that if you win this question,
0:32:24 > 0:32:26you are through to the final.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Nick and Louise, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Nick and Louise, it's you to answer first.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Erm, I think we'll go for Zara Phillips.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Zara Phillips, OK. Paul and Linda?
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- Erm, I don't know really know but I think Phil Taylor.- Yeah?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- He won it recently.- OK.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Not too good on this one but I think Phil Taylor...
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Erm... Steve Taylor, Phil Taylor...
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Phil Taylor.- Phil Taylor.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00OK, we have Zara Phillips and we have Phil Taylor.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Nick and Louise went first with Zara Phillips, so let's put that to the test.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10It's right!
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Wow.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22That's a great answer, Nick and Louise.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24A lovely low score there of eight.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Paul and Linda went for Phil Taylor.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Phil Taylor.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41After two questions you are one-all.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- Richard?- Yeah, he came second in 2010, Phil "The Power" Taylor
0:33:45 > 0:33:47but he's never actually won it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Let's look at all 11 names on the list.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Right at the bottom there, Paula Radcliffe and Chris Hoy on four.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Jonny Wilkinson, 6, Joe Calzaghe, 7 -
0:33:55 > 0:33:58all of those would have beaten Zara Phillips.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Kelly Holmes there with 11.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Steve Redgrave and Andrew Flintoff both with 16.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Tony AP McCoy with 24, Beckham on 33
0:34:08 > 0:34:11and Ryan Giggs the most popular answer of all, 34.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13OK, here is your third question.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Whoever wins this question goes through to the final
0:34:17 > 0:34:20to play for that £2,750 jackpot.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Here we go.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:34:24 > 0:34:29to name as many Great Lakes as they could.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Great Lakes. Richard?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33We're looking for any of the five Great Lakes
0:34:33 > 0:34:36situated on the border between the USA and Canada.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- See if you can get all five at home. - OK, thanks, Richard.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Paul and Linda, you are to go first again this time.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I think we're going to go for Huron.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Huron.- Huron.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53OK, Nick and Louise, they've gone for Huron.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Talk us through your options.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57I know there's Lake Superior.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00- Michigan.- There's Lake Michigan.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04The only other one I can think of is Lake Erie. I can't think of a fifth one.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06We'll have to go with Lake Erie, I think.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11Lake Erie. We have Lake Huron and we have Lake Erie.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Linda and Paul, Huron, let's see if it's right
0:35:15 > 0:35:17and if it is, how many people said Lake Huron.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22It's correct.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28- Very good. - APPLAUSE
0:35:31 > 0:35:3320 for Lake Huron.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38- Nick and Louise, what do you think? Lake Erie?- Hard pushed.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39I think it'll be close.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44OK, Lake Erie. Let's see how many people said Lake Erie.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48It's correct.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- APPLAUSE - 37.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Well, after three questions,
0:35:59 > 0:36:04Paul and Linda are through to the final, two-one.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- Richard.- Yes, there are some surprising answers here.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12I expected Huron would be lowest but it's not, it's Superior.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14- Mm.- Mm.- At 19 points.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18There's Huron on 20. Ontario was the one you couldn't think of.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20That scored 25, as did Lake Michigan,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and Lake Erie was the most popular of all, with 37.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26So, the losing pair after the head to head, I'm afraid,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28is Nick and Louise.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- What would you have loved to come up?- Cinema, food.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Basil.- Basil! Oh, dear.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Well, it's been fantastic having you on the show.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43You've played creditably all the way through.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Thank you for playing. Great contestants.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- Well played.- Best of luck.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52But for Paul and Linda, it's now time for our Pointless final
0:36:52 > 0:36:55and a chance to win our jackpot of £2,750.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Well, congratulations, Linda and Paul.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05You have fought off all the competition
0:37:05 > 0:37:09and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:37:18 > 0:37:23and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at an impressive:
0:37:23 > 0:37:25APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:37:27 > 0:37:30To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33that's an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37We've had two pointless answers today and you are responsible for both of them.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39You've added £500 to that jackpot.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43To win it, though, you have to find a pointless answer.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49You can go for:
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Ooh.- Mm.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- What do you think of those? - I know nothing about cycling.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Classic pop - pretty minimal.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Go for politics?- Politics, yeah? - Risk it.- Yeah.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- We'll go for politics. - You're going to go for politics.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Here is your question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:38:14 > 0:38:20to name as many election runners-up as they could. Richard?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Yeah, we're looking for any party leader
0:38:22 > 0:38:26whose party came second by number of seats in any UK general election
0:38:26 > 0:38:28from 1900 through to 2010.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32The only election where it's complicated is 1918,
0:38:32 > 0:38:36when the coalition was made up of the leading two parties, so discount that.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39But any other election, the leader of any party that came second
0:38:39 > 0:38:42by number of seats in a UK general election.
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Very best of luck.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:38:48 > 0:38:51and all you need to win that £2,750 jackpot
0:38:51 > 0:38:54is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- Erm...- What about the ones that...?
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Yeah, I mean, I was thinking, Attlee was in power,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07so I've got a feeling he might have gone for power and missed.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08What about that Bonar Law guy?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11No, I don't think Bonar Law got the...
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Was he not a runner-up at some stage?- No.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Erm...
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Who else would have gone there?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Who have you said? Attlee?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Attlee, yeah. Clement Attlee.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30I can't think. Liberals would have been around, 1900.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34- So we could have... - We've got three answers to get.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35I know. Erm...
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Herbert Atkins is probably one Liberal.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Clement Attlee and who else?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Go for Hugh Gaitskell, Labour.- OK.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Yeah?- Mm-hm.- Got three answers?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- We think so.- Yeah. - OK, we'll stop the clock
0:39:49 > 0:39:51with seven seconds in hand.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57OK, we were looking for leaders of the runner-up parties
0:39:57 > 0:39:59at elections since 1900.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I now need your three answers.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Hugh Gaitskell.- Hugh Gaitskell.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Herbert Atkins.- Herbert Atkins.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- And Clement Attlee. - And Clement Attlee.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Herbert Atkins.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Herbert Atkins. We'll put him last. - Yeah.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- Who's your least confident? - Hugh Gaitskell.- Hugh Gaitskell. OK.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26So let's put them up on the board in that order.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32There they are.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Now, we were looking for leaders of runner-up parties.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42What would you do with £2,750?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45We live in Poole. We've got a rickety old boat,
0:40:45 > 0:40:46so we'd like to upgrade that.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49De-ricket the boat. Same boat, just fix it?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51No, we'd like to upgrade a little bit.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56- Chuck it out and get a new one.- Get a new one.- That's very good.- Yeah.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01- We might be able to go out the harbour, then, without worrying about sinking.- Ah!
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Where would the fun be in that, Paul?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06This was your least confident answer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10You only need one to be pointless. How hard can it be?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- Oh, yes.- Only one of them needs to be pointless
0:41:12 > 0:41:15for you to win that £2,750 jackpot.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19So, let's see if Hugh Gaitskell, your first answer, is correct
0:41:19 > 0:41:22and if it is, how many people said it?
0:41:26 > 0:41:27- It's correct.- Ooh!
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Very, very good guess. This is your first shot at the jackpot
0:41:32 > 0:41:34to win £2,750.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35It's still going down.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Down it goes. It's still going down.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- It's there! - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Very well done!
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Well done, that's fantastic.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Well done.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49CHEERING
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Brilliant.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Very, very well done. - Oh, wow.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04Wow. So the sailing ship Gaitskell will be seen.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Yeah, name's going right along it. I hope it's big enough.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11- It's quite a long name.- Yeah. How fantastic.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- Well done.- That's a surprise.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I can't fault you on your logic and reasoning.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20I wonder if any of your other choices were pointless as well.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- Maybe they were. - It was tough to think of them.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26- We were grasping at straws. - But they were great straws.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31Top straws. You managed to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Absolutely fantastic.
0:42:32 > 0:42:38You will go home with that £2,750 jackpot. Absolutely wonderful.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- So, Richard, how about that? - Brilliant.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44You started with two pointlesses and you finished with a pointless.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Hugh Gaitskell was the leader of the Labour party who lost the 1959 election.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52There are loads of pointless answers.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, Arthur Balfour,
0:42:56 > 0:42:57all pointless answers.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Attlee would have scored you four
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- and Herbert Atkins was an incorrect answer, so...- Wow.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- Yeah.- ..you went with the right one.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Very, very, very well done.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Thanks once again to our winning players, Linda and Paul,
0:43:10 > 0:43:14who go away with today's jackpot of £2,750.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28CHEERING
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