0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Thanks very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:26 > 0:00:30and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the popular answers mean nothing
0:00:30 > 0:00:33and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:43We start by welcoming back Louise and Jon. You were on the show last time.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final and this is your last chance. How did you do?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Last time, we went out in the second round, so that was disappointing.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- AA Milne.- Yes. - You'll never forget that.- I know.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- Jon, what do you hope is going to come up this afternoon?- Geography and sport would be preferences.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- Haven't really had sport, have we? - No. Something like that would be useful.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- OK, we'll see what we can do, eh, Richard?- Yeah.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Very best of luck to you. Then, next, we welcome back Jimmy and Andy.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Fabulous to have you back on the show. Remind us how you did last time.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18We didn't do too well. We went out first round.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24- But I did score a pointless answer. - You did fantastically well. Drakensberger, I remember.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32I'm sure we'll see a lot more of you this show. I hope so. Then we welcome Ashley and Mel.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- How do you know each other? - I met Mel about seven years ago
0:01:36 > 0:01:38when she was going out with my nephew, Andrew.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Sorry.- Anthony.- I meant Anthony!
0:01:41 > 0:01:44LAUGHTER
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Just a small senior moment there.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- OK. Is there an Andrew, as well? - I do have another nephew called Andrew.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58- I guess that's some sort of relief for everyone apart from Mel. - I've not met him before!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- Who, Ashley? - HE LAUGHS
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- Or Andrew.- But the other nephew,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- the one you were going out with... - Anthony.- Anthony, yeah.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- They got married. - Oh, that's good! Brilliant!
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Very best of luck to the pair of you. Lovely to have you here. And finally, Fiona and Simon.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- How do you two know each other? - We were both at university
0:02:17 > 0:02:23- and several years later, Fiona's lucky enough to be married to me. - THEY LAUGH
0:02:23 > 0:02:26And there you have the potted history of Fiona and Simon.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Fiona, does that tally with your account of things?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Roughly. I think he's lucky to be married to me.- Quite right.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Best of luck. Great to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44There is one more person I do have to introduce. He is the man never short of an obscure fact or figure.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- In fact, he's just never short. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hiya.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53APPLAUSE
0:02:53 > 0:02:58I have to accept, I'm quite tall. I will give you that. I'm six-foot-seven.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01That should stop everybody on the street asking me how tall I am.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Six-foot-seven. There you go. That's why they have me sitting down.
0:03:05 > 0:03:11- That's right.- No-one realises you're five-foot-three. No-one will ever know.- No.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16A good show today. Jimmy and Andy were out early last time. Hopefully we'll see more of them.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21We put all our questions to 100 people, but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25The fewer people who got the answer, the better the chance of winning.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28What everyone's looking to do is find a pointless answer,
0:03:28 > 0:03:33an answer none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36No-one has won the jackpot yet this series,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38so from last time, we add another £1,000.
0:03:38 > 0:03:44That means today's jackpot starts off at £6,750.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Very nice indeed.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50OK, let's play Pointless.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09OK, guys, our first category this afternoon is...food.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many French cheeses as they could.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- Richard.- Yeah, the correct answers are all varieties of cheese that originated in France.
0:04:35 > 0:04:42As always, there's at least one pointless answer and at least one incorrect answer, so be careful.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48OK, thanks, Richard. Louise and Jon, you all drew lots before the show and today, you get to go first.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57The first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and at least one is incorrect.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21If you pick the incorrect one, you will score 100 points.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- So then, Jon, Louise has volunteered you to go first.- She has, again.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Right. How confident are you?
0:05:29 > 0:05:35I recognise some of those cheeses on there.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Have you travelled a lot in France?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Erm, a little bit.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Not as much as Louise.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- OK.- But I'm going to go for Gouts De Luxe.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Gouts De Luxe. Is it a right answer, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Gouts De Luxe.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Ah! Jon!
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Ooh, bad luck. Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:04 > 0:06:10- Richard. - Yeah, it sounds French. It is French, but it's an '80s French pop band.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12LAUGHTER
0:06:12 > 0:06:15So cheesy perhaps, but not cheese, I'm afraid.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- It translates roughly as a taste of luxury.- Wow.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21OK, bad luck, Jon. 100 points.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- On to Andy.- OK.- Do you like cheese?
0:06:24 > 0:06:30Er, I do, yeah. I like my Cheddars, my Leicesters. French cheese, don't do a lot of.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Because I'm an Evertonian, I'm going to go with Bleu De Bresse.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Bleu De Bresse. As good a reason as any to pick Bleu De Bresse.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It's right.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51It could go quite a long way down, this one.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- It's done it all the way, Andy! Well done! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:54 > 0:06:58The second pointless answer from Andy in two shows.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03That is pointless, scores you nothing and it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- takes the total up to £7,000. - APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Very, very well done indeed. Richard, Bleu De Bresse.- Yeah, turns out that's the way to play the game.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18Anything that sounds a bit like something to do with Everton. See if that works throughout the whole show.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23You never know. It's a semi-hard cheese from the Bresse province of France. Very well done.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- Thank you.- OK, Ashley. We are looking for French cheeses.
0:07:28 > 0:07:35- Er, I think I'm going to go for Comte. - You're going to go for Comte.- Mm-hm.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Let's see if it's correct, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46It's a good one, Ashley.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Very good indeed! Three points for Comte.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- APPLAUSE - Richard.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Very well played, Ashley. Very good start. Comte cheese is a French version of Gruyere.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05Now, Simon, we are looking for French cheeses. You're the last person to have this board.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11My knowledge of cheese is pretty poor, as is my knowledge of the French, so...
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- The French generally? - Generally.- Everything. - Yes.- Is that a deliberate...
0:08:15 > 0:08:20I'm not xenophobic, but it's not really a country that I've visited much.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I know that Brie is obviously a French cheese.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- There could easily be a pointless answer in there. - I'll go for Port Salut.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33You're going for Port Salut. Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many people said Port Salut.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It's right.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Down it goes to ten! - APPLAUSE
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Not a bad answer at all. Port Salut scores you ten.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53- Richard.- Very well played, Simon. Port Salut was first created in 1816 by Trappist monks,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57but they don't like to talk about it. LAUGHTER
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Brie, obviously, is a French cheese,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06would've scored you the highest score on the board of 70.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Now, Munster is a French cheese. - It is.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Believe it or not. Would've scored you a very low two points.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And Feta is an incorrect answer. It's a Greek cheese.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23There you are. OK, we're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:23 > 0:09:30A fabulous answer from Andy means that Andy and Jimmy are looking very strong with nought on the board.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Closely followed by Ashley and Mel, great answer from you, three.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Simon, ten points, not bad, either. Fiona, keep that up, you should make it through to the head-to-head.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Jon and Louise, you are a clear 90 points ahead of your nearest rivals.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49OK. Back down the line. Second players, please take your places at the podium.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57We're going to put another seven answers on the board. We are looking for French cheeses.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00And your possibilities are...
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- ..Banon! - LAUGHTER
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- I'll read those again. - LAUGHTER
0:10:23 > 0:10:26..and Banon. There they all are. Fiona.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Hello.- I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless
0:10:30 > 0:10:34and there is also at least one incorrect answer, so try and avoid those.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38You are on ten. You are 90 points behind the high scorers, Louise and Jon.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43You score 89 or less, you are definitely through to the next round. What do you think?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48Erm, I am going to play it a little bit safe
0:10:48 > 0:10:50with a correct answer and go for Roquefort.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54You're going to go for Roquefort. OK, there it is, second one down.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Good enough, Fiona.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- 20, that scores. - APPLAUSE
0:11:08 > 0:11:15- Takes your total up to 30 points. Roquefort, Richard.- Safe and sound, through to the next round.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19You've come up with a new catchphrase. Safe and sound, through to the next round.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Four series, it's taken you. - LAUGHTER
0:11:21 > 0:11:28Roquefort. Only cheese made in the ancient caves near Roquefort is allowed to be called Roquefort.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Good. That's as it should be. Thanks.
0:11:32 > 0:11:38Mel, you are a good 97 points clear of the high scorers, Louise and Jon.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44- Score 96 points or less, you are assured a place in the next round. - Sounds easy.- What are you thinking?
0:11:44 > 0:11:49- There's still a pointless answer on that board.- I'm thinking I know one that's clearly a cheese,
0:11:49 > 0:11:54but there's one that's just pulling me in and I think if it was a cheese, I'd like to try it,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57so I'm going to go for that one and that logic
0:11:57 > 0:12:02- and it's the Crottin De Chavignol. - Crottin De Chavignol!
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- Yeah, it just sounds quite nice. - Doesn't it? I'm glad you picked that, cos I quite like saying it.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13OK, let's see. Is it a cheese, the Crottin De Chavignol?
0:12:13 > 0:12:19- Possibly not.- Ashley's hoping it is. Louise is hoping it's not.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22There's your red line. That's how far you have to go
0:12:22 > 0:12:26to be through to the next round. Let's see if Crottin De Chavignol is indeed a cheese,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It's right! Well done, Mel. This could go a long way down.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40It does! Well done! Fantastic!
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- APPLAUSE - The Crottin De Chavignol is a pointless answer.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48It scores you nothing, gives you a total of three,
0:12:48 > 0:12:53and it adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total to £7,250.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55APPLAUSE
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Very, very well done. The Crottin De Chavignol.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Excellent. That jackpot is going higher and higher. How do you pronounce it again?
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- Crottin De Chavignol. - Actually pronounced "Crott-in Duh Chav-ig-nol".
0:13:07 > 0:13:09LAUGHTER
0:13:09 > 0:13:14- That's what it is.- Yeah. - No, it comes from the Chavignol, which is near Sancerre.
0:13:14 > 0:13:20- And do you know what crottin translates as?- Crottin! Non.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22It translates as horse droppings.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28LAUGHTER Yeah, "Crott-in Duh Chav-ig-nol". Lovely.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I'm having some right after this. Well done, Mel, fantastic answer.
0:13:31 > 0:13:38Our second pointless answer in this round. Now, Jimmy. Andy's found a pointless answer is the first pass.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42I have a hunch there might be a second pointless answer in this round.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45There probably is, but finding it is another question.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50There is also an incorrect answer still on the board, at least one. What do you reckon?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Cheeses, food and drink, I'm not very good at,
0:13:52 > 0:13:59but something's coming to mind. I don't know if it's the correct pronunciation, Camembert, is it?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Camembert. There it is.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07OK, you're going to go with Camembert, one up from the bottom. You are on nothing.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11If you can score 99 or less with Camembert, that's all you need.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14If Camembert is right, it's sure to get you through.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17OK, let's see if it is and how many people said Camembert.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Well done, you're through.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- 55. - APPLAUSE
0:14:25 > 0:14:29It just needed to be lower than 99.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31That scores you 55.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- Camembert. - Yeah, a big score, but safely through. Very well know, Camembert.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41Actually the subject of John Lennon's thing when he said the Beatles were more famous than cheeses.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44He was talking about Camembert.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Now, then, Louise, I'm sorry to say, the writing is on the wall for you.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58It doesn't matter what you score here, I'm afraid you are going to be saying goodbye to us
0:14:58 > 0:15:04at the end of this round. Nonetheless, there could easily be another pointless answer
0:15:04 > 0:15:11and your legacy on this show could be to leave £250 to the remaining pairs.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Erm, Langue De Chat, I think that's a biscuit, not a cheese.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Souris means mouse, but it could be a cheese, as well.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Erm, Beaufort, I think, is a cheese.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27I don't know about Banon, but I'm going to say Banon, because it's most likely to be pointless.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That's very good of you. Banon.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35Out in a blaze of glory. Let's see if Banon is a cheese, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's right.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45I have a hunch this might be another £250.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Not quite! - APPLAUSE - A very, very good answer, Louise.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Well done. That scores you two, takes your total up to 102. Richard.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Well played, Louise. And bad luck to be knocked out. It's a goat's cheese from Banon in Provence.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Louise, you've virtually done my job for me. You're exactly right.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Lange De Chat is, indeed, a biscuit, so it's incorrect.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Souris is French for mouse. Also an incorrect answer.
0:16:11 > 0:16:18And Beaufort would've scored you one point. Would've been a very good answer.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22OK, well, thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I'm afraid, is Louise and Jon. You did the right thing.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32You went out on a limb. It's been fabulous having you on the show. Great contestants. Thank you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35APPLAUSE
0:16:35 > 0:16:38But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us at the end of this round.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The category for round two is sport.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Can you decide who'll go first and who'll go second?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08And the question concerns...
0:17:12 > 0:17:18Sports people and their sports. OK, in this round, we'll show you a list of famous sports people.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21We asked 100 people to tell us which sport they play.
0:17:21 > 0:17:27- Richard.- We're going to show you six sports people in each pass and you have to tell us at which sport
0:17:27 > 0:17:31they represent or have represented their country as of the start of 2011.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The more obvious ones will score you bigger points.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39The less obvious ones will score you fewer points. If you give us an incorrect answer,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42you'll score 100 points. See if you can get them all at home.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46OK. Thanks, Richard. So, we have got...
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I'll just read those out again.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10So, then, Jimmy.
0:18:11 > 0:18:18I think I'll go with Jonah Lomu, who's rugby league.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Jonah Lomu, rugby league. - Played for New Zealand.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25As always on Pointless, you are looking for the answer that the fewest people knew.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30You're going to say Jonah Lomu. Let's see if that's right, rugby league,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33and let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:37 > 0:18:44Bad luck, Jimmy. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Richard.- Incorrect. I can't say why until the end of the round, but you may have worked it out.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Bad luck. Now, then, Ashley.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Ashley. You have six names still left on the board to choose from.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02I seem to remember, in the one before last Winter Olympics,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Rhona Martin led the Scots curling team.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Well, you're going with Rhona Martin, curling.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many people knew that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Well done, Ashley. A correct answer.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Down it goes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- 12! Well done indeed! - APPLAUSE
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Very good answer indeed. Rhona Martin, curling.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34Yeah, brilliant answer. She was the captain of the British team that won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39OK, very well done, Ashley. A fantastic answer. So, Fiona, we come to you.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- I have a feeling you are going to tidy up here. - SHE LAUGHS
0:19:44 > 0:19:48I'm trying to decide whether to gamble on Beth Tweddle.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53I think she might be a swimmer, but I'm not 100 percent sure.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58I think I'm going to just avoid a 100-point answer and got for David Beckham as a footballer.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03- You think that might avoid 100 points?- Maybe not, no, actually!
0:20:03 > 0:20:06OK, let's see. You're saying David Beckham is a footballer.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- It's not 100! - 93. You're absolutely right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20APPLAUSE
0:20:20 > 0:20:2393 is better than 100. David Beckham, football.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27He is a footballer, yes. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32LAUGHTER Seven people didn't know. I'm trying to read Simon's expression.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- I'm glad she didn't say Beth Tweddle, cos that would've been worse.- It would have,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40cos she's not a swimmer, she is a gymnast.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- OK. - And that would've scored 27 points.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Jonah Lomu, you know now, he's a rugby union player for the All Blacks.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Would've scored 50 points. A fairly hefty score.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56And two more hefty scores, Michael Phelps. He is a swimmer.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Would've scored you 56.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And Ricky Ponting, 42 points.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Very good. Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13Ashley and Mel looking fantastic on 12. Great answer from Ashley with Rhona Martin.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Fiona, well, you're right. David Beckham was better than 100 points. 93 that got you.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Jimmy and Andy, you're not that far ahead of the field.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25So, Andy, a bit of clever answering from you
0:21:25 > 0:21:29and hope that Simon makes a mistake in the next pass
0:21:29 > 0:21:33and you might be through to the head-to-head. Best of luck.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45OK, we're going to put six more sports people up on the board. And we have got...
0:22:01 > 0:22:07We are looking for the sport that they play and you're trying to find the one that fewest people knew.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13Simon, you're on 93. You are seven points behind the leaders at the moment.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18If you can score six or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the head-to-head.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Something tells me you're quite comfortable in this area.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I know all of them. I'm just trying to put them in the order
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- that's going to be the closest to pointless.- Right. - I've got it down to two.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I'm going to go for Marco Fu, snooker player.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41Marco Fu, a snooker player. OK. Let's see if that's correct.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47Here is your red line. Get below that, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Let's see if Marco Fu and snooker can do it for you.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- 38. Not a bad score. - APPLAUSE
0:22:59 > 0:23:04Marco Fu scores you 38, gives you a total of 131. Richard.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Good answer, but surprisingly high. Marco Fu is a Hong Kong-born snooker player,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10sometimes nicknamed Cue-man Fu.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- Not a terrible nickname. - I think it's quite good.- Not bad.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Now then, Mel.- Yes.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It doesn't matter what you score with your answer
0:23:20 > 0:23:23because Ashley has put you in such a sweet position, you can't lose.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26You are definitely in the head-to-head.
0:23:26 > 0:23:34Bearing that in mind, see if you can find a nice pointless answer maybe on that board. There might be one.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I recognise quite a few of those, which is quite surprising.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I do hope I'm right, cos I'm not that good with names, but Tom Daley,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44isn't he the little diver, I think?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- He's an Olympic diver. - He's a little diva.- Diver.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53- That's what you're trying to say. - I'm sure he's very young. - I'm sure he's not a diva.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58I don't know what I'm saying. Right, OK, Tom Daley you are saying is a diver.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02There's no red line for you. You're through, come what may. Let's see if you are right
0:24:02 > 0:24:04and how many people said Tom Daley was a diver.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15Not a bad score at all. 47, taking your total up to 59.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- APPLAUSE - Richard.
0:24:17 > 0:24:24Tom Daley is very well known now. He was only 14 when he competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28OK, thanks, Richard. Now then, very interesting.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32A needle match on our hands, Andy. You know what you've got to do.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38You're on 100. If you can score 30 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head
0:24:38 > 0:24:42and we will be saying goodbye to Simon and Fiona. Are you confident?
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Er, I think there's one there that may score less that 30.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Sharapova, I think she's a tennis player.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Lance Armstrong, probably one of the most famous cyclists ever.
0:24:53 > 0:25:00- One of the most famous Armstrongs, certainly.- Tiger Woods plays the greatest game ever invented, golf.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04And I think Katarina Witt is a ice skater.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10- I'm going to go with Katarina Witt. - Katarina Witt, ice skater, you're hoping for 30 points or less.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Katarina Witt, ice skater.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16There's your red line.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It's right, Andy.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Is it going to go down far enough?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yes, it is! Well done!
0:25:26 > 0:25:32- APPLAUSE - Very, very well done. Katarina Witt scores an impressively low 16,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34giving you a total of 116 points.
0:25:34 > 0:25:42That is brilliantly played, Andy. 1984 and 1988 Olympic gold-medal winner, Katarina Witt.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Won it for East Germany. Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods, golf, would've been a very big score.
0:25:49 > 0:25:5391 that would've scored you. But, surprisingly big scores from the other two.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Maria Sharapova, who is a tennis player, would've scored 73.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01And Lance Armstrong would've scored 48.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06So Katarina Witt was the only answer that would've got you through, so well done.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Very well done! Thanks, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15it's Simon and Fiona. Bad luck. What happened there?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18If I'd got the second board, I knew five of them!
0:26:18 > 0:26:25- Well, easily said. You got it right, it was just... - So did the rest of the world.- Yeah.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30- Simon, are you going to forgive her? - In time, maybe.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Well, a great shame to be saying goodbye to you so early. But this is only your first appearance,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39so we will see you again next time. Look forward to seeing you then. Thanks.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE
0:26:42 > 0:26:48For the remaining two pairs, things are going to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Well done, Ashley and Mel, Jimmy and Andy. You made it to the head-to-head.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for today's jackpot,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07which currently stands at £7,250.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE
0:27:10 > 0:27:15That's worth winning. Right, you're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31The pair who gets the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot. OK, let's play Pointless.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Right, here's your first question.
0:27:38 > 0:27:43We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:27:43 > 0:27:49Meet The Parents actors as they could. Richard.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Specifically, we're looking for the four actors who play the parents
0:27:52 > 0:27:58of Teri Polo and Ben Stiller's characters, so Pam and Greg's characters.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- The four people who play the parents of the main characters in Meet The Parents.- OK.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Thanks. Ashley and Mel, because you've played best so far,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10you get to go first. What are you going to go for?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I don't know her name.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Shall we go for Barbra?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17OK.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21We can't remember the name of the one we'd like to give,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- so we're going to give Barbra Streisand.- Barbra Streisand.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28OK. Jimmy and Andy. Barbra Streisand has gone.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Yeah, well, the others...- De Niro.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38- De Niro, Hoffman and Diane Keaton. - Diane Keaton.- Keaton.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Diane Keaton.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Diane Keaton. OK.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46We have Barbra Streisand, we have Diane Keaton. OK.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50In the order they were given, Ashley and Mel went for Barbra Streisand.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- 37. 37 for Barbra Streisand. - APPLAUSE
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Jimmy and Andy have gone for Diane Keaton. Let's see if that's right,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13and if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23Sadly, Diane Keaton is an incorrect answer. So, after the first question,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26it is 1-0 to Ashley and Mel. Richard.
0:29:26 > 0:29:32It's an interesting category. There's three very well-known answers, De Niro, Streisand and Dustin Hoffman.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36But Blythe Danner, who's Gwyneth Paltrow's mother in real life,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40would've got you nine points. Hoffman with 29. Barbra Streisand, 37.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45And Robert De Niro, top of them all with 48. Unlucky with Diane Keaton.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- You had to try and guess the... - Other one.- The other one, yep.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53OK, there we are. 1-0 to Ashley and Mel after one question. Here is your second question.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:29:56 > 0:30:01as many six-letter EU capitals as they could.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07- Richard.- We're looking for EU member states whose capital city is six letters long.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13The common English name of their capital city is six letters long, up to the start of January 2011.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17By country, we mean a member of the UN which is a sovereign state.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23Any EU country whose capital has six letters. There are nine answers. See if you can get all nine at home.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28OK, thank you, Richard. Jimmy and Andy, you are to go first.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- What's it going to be? - THEY WHISPER
0:30:37 > 0:30:40You've reached a decision nice and quickly there.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- What's it going to be? - It's going to be Lisbon.- Lisbon.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Yeah. Capital of Portugal. - Very good indeed. Lisbon.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53OK, Lisbon has gone. Ashley and Mel, what are you going to go for?
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I think we'll take a chance and hope that the capital of Monaco is Monaco.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59You are 1-0 up.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04If you win this point, you are through to the final to be playing for that jackpot.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Jimmy and Andy, you really have to hope you're going to win this point.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12You're going with Lisbon. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Lisbon.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- 26 for Lisbon! - APPLAUSE
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Seems pretty good.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32Ashley and Mel are taking a punt on Monaco. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45So, after the second question, it is one-all. Richard.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Unlucky, Ashley. Monaco, not a member of the EU,
0:31:49 > 0:31:54so we can't allow the answer. There were four answers that would've beaten Lisbon
0:31:54 > 0:31:56and seen you through to the final. Let's take a look.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Dublin would've scored you the same as Lisbon, 26.
0:32:15 > 0:32:1745 people neglected to mention London.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Very interesting. OK.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24After two questions, it is one apiece.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Whoever wins this next point is through to the final with a chance to play for that massive jackpot.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34Here's your third question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:32:34 > 0:32:39as many Abba repeated-word song titles.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- Richard.- We're looking for any Abba top 40 UK singles
0:32:43 > 0:32:49which consist entirely of the same phrase or word repeated at least once. There are four songs.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Four songs on this list. See if you can get them.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55OK, Ashley and Mel.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Oh, OK, I'm doing this one.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05It's going to be a really obvious one, but I think Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Gimme Gimme Gimme you're going for. OK.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Jimmy and Andy.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15I think the best one we're going to go for is I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I Do, I Do, I Do.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21OK, you're going for I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26Ashley and Mel went for Gimme Gimme Gimme. Let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- 18! - APPLAUSE
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Pretty good score. What do you reckon to I Do, I Do, I Do, Mel?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- I think that's going to be lower. - Lower than 18?- I think so, yeah.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Surprisingly low, 18. OK, well, only one way to find out.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do is what Jimmy and Andy said.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Let's see if that is good enough to get them through to the final. I Do, I Do, I Do.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08It's right.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Is it going to go down further than 18?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- It is! Wow, down to 8. - APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- Well done! - So, after three questions,
0:34:20 > 0:34:25Jimmy and Andy are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Well played, Jimmy and Andy. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
0:34:28 > 0:34:34reached number 38 in 1975 and is now the theme tune of the Bigamist Association.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38LAUGHTER There was one answer that would've beaten it, though.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Let's take a look. Ring Ring, Abba's second hit, that got 5 points.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, 8.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight), that got 18.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52And top of the pile, Money Money Money, 61.
0:34:52 > 0:34:58OK, thanks very much, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Ashley and Mel.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02You've done so well. Did you have Ring Ring anywhere in there?
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Not until I saw it. Then it came to me.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Too late.- Too late.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10But this, of course, was your first time on the show,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14so we will see you next time. What would be your ideal subject?
0:35:14 > 0:35:18I think a thousand years of English queens would be very good.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22A thousand years of English queens. That sounds like a book you've been writing.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It's been great having you on the show. Sorry you haven't made it through to the final,
0:35:28 > 0:35:32but there's always next time. You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34APPLAUSE
0:35:34 > 0:35:41But for Jimmy and Andy, it's now time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £7,250.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:49 > 0:35:55Congratulations, Jimmy and Andy, you fought off the competition. You win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:00 > 0:36:06That's what you came for. Now, you now have a chance to win our pointless jackpot.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,250.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - As you know, the rules are very simple.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer, an answer none of our 100 people gave.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27We've had two pointless answers on the show today. You only need one more to go home with the money.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Right, first you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33You can go for...
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Being a couple of Liverpudlians, I have a hunch
0:36:41 > 0:36:43there might be one of those that stands out.
0:36:43 > 0:36:49- It's your era.- Not my era, but... - I was born in the 60s, you grew up in the 60s.- What about politics?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Politics is not good for me, mate. - Fashion?
0:36:52 > 0:36:57- Well, obviously, yeah. - LAUGHTER - We'll pass on that one.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- 60s pop.- 60s.- Yeah.- 60s pop.- Yeah.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Very good. Let's find out what that question is.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:09 > 0:37:17as many Kinks top 40 hits as they could. Kinks top 40 hits. Richard.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21We're looking for any single released by the Kinks or had them as a featured artist
0:37:21 > 0:37:23which reached the UK top 40. We won't accept EPs.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Up to the beginning of 2011.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30They've had 20 top 40 hits. Very best of luck.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38All you need to win that £7,250 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43- Your 60 seconds start now. - Right. Lola.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- Summertime.- Summertime.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48The Kinks. Ray Davis.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Yeah, Ray Davis. Did he go with anyone else?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54In The Summertime. Lola.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Girl, You Really Got Me. - Yeah, You Really Got Me.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00They're the obvious three ones.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- I can't think of any others.- I'm not a big Kinks fan.- No, I'm not myself.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Erm...
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- Anything else?- Nothing's coming to mind, I'm afraid. - Take yourself back to the 60s.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Top Of The Pops. - It wasn't going then.- It was.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Erm...
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Anything else?- Nothing. We'll have to go for them three.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26So we're going for...
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Something blues comes to mind. Something blues.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35No? I'm absolutely stuck on this.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Five seconds.- The blues something.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40No?
0:38:40 > 0:38:45OK, there's your minute up. OK. We were looking for Kinks top 40 hits.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- I now need your three answers. - Erm...
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- In The Summertime. - In The Summertime.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- Girl You Really Got Me. - Girl You Really Got Me.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00I think... No, there's something... Blueberry Hill. Something's come to mind. Blueberry Hill.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03OK, Blueberry Hill. A last-minute entry.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Of those three, which is the one you are most confident in?
0:39:06 > 0:39:11- I'm not confident, really, on any of them.- Summertime.- In The Summertime.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Could be.- OK. We'll put that last.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Which is the one you are least confident in?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Er, Blueberry Hill.- OK.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27So, let's put those up on the board in that order. Blueberry Hill.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Girl You Really Got Me.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33And In The Summertime.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37OK, there they are. Right, we were looking for Kinks top 40 singles.
0:39:37 > 0:39:44This was your least confident answer. You only need one to be pointless to win that £7,250.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50Let's see if Blueberry Hill is right, and if it is, how many people said it. Blueberry Hill.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54This for £7,250.
0:39:59 > 0:40:07That is, unfortunately, an incorrect answer so it is not pointless. You have two more cracks at the jackpot.
0:40:07 > 0:40:107,250 quid. How would you spend that?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Quickly.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- THEY LAUGH - I'd fill the car up, I think.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- THEY LAUGH - Just get back home.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21OK. We're looking for Kinks top 40 hits.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Let's hope your next answer is correct.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Girl You Really Got Me. Let's hope nobody thought of it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Ohh!
0:40:40 > 0:40:46That, apparently, is incorrect. So, not a pointless answer.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- Are you confident?- BOTH: No. LAUGHTER
0:40:55 > 0:41:00This was your most confident answer, though. In The Summertime.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03We're looking for Kinks top 40 hits.
0:41:03 > 0:41:10If this is pointless and goes all the way down to nothing, you'll leave here with £7,250.
0:41:10 > 0:41:16In The Summertime. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's hope nobody said it. In The Summertime.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25Ohh! Ohh, back luck!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:37Well, we will discover what's happened there, but unfortunately, you didn't find a pointless answer
0:41:37 > 0:41:40so you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250,
0:41:40 > 0:41:44which rolls over to the next show. But you have been fantastic.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47You do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49APPLAUSE
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- Rich?- Yeah, unlucky, guys. But at least you're consistent.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01That's good. And at least all three were wrong for slightly different reasons.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06Blueberry Hill, as you say, was a punt. It's a Fats Domino song.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09It's You Really Got Me, not Girl You Really Got Me.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Anyway, it would've scored you 21 points.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18And the third one, In The Summertime, that's a Mungo Jerry song. I think you were thinking of Sunny Afternoon.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23- Sunny Afternoon, yeah. - Sunny Afternoon would've scored you six.- Ohh.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Lots of famous Kinks songs. Waterloo Sunset, 14.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, 11. All Day And All The Night.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34There were three pointless answers. All of these would've sent you home with £7,250.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Set Me Free and Till The End Of The Day, both top ten hits in 1965.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45And a later one, Victoria. All of those would've won the money. Well done if you got them at home.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Tough luck, guys. You played so well. - Thank you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Jimmy and Andy. You've been great. Thank you.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over.
0:43:01 > 0:43:07On the next show, we'll be playing for £8,250.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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