0:00:23 > 0:00:28Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. A warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45First we welcome Jill and Frances. You are our first pair today. How do you two know each other?
0:00:45 > 0:00:49- We went to library college together 30 years ago.- Library college?- Yes.
0:00:49 > 0:00:56- We bonded over the Dewey Decimal classification system.- Does it say, "Silence is golden"?- Of course!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- We get stamping lessons. - "Ssh!" Wow.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- Why didn't we go to library college? - That would have been awesome.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10- What do you hope will come up, Jill? - I'd like geography to come up. - That's your strong suit?- Yeah.
0:01:10 > 0:01:17- Very good. Frances, how about you? - I'd like literature to come up.- Wow(!)- Of course.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm in a book group, so I'm hoping the books we do will come up.
0:01:22 > 0:01:28- A bibliophile through and through. - Indeed, yes.- Very best of luck. It's great having you on the show.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Next we welcome Nina and Matt. How do you know each other?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We met two years ago at a Shaking Outs gig, which is my band.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I was just about to say you should be in a band.
0:01:40 > 0:01:47- And now we live together, so yeah.- The Shaking Outs. You are Matt of the Shaking Outs.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- You were wondering who it was. It's me.- Very good.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- Where are you based? - We're based in sunny Leeds.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- Excellent. Nina, what do you do? - Em, I'm a student.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04- I'm doing a Master's in Events Management.- In Leeds?- Yes.- Good.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11- What do you hope will come up? - Hopefully something to do with Brazil, cos I'm from there!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14When did you leave Brazil?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- When I was seven.- I see. - And I went to Barcelona.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20When did you leave Barcelona?
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- I left when I was 17 and came to London.- To London.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- So any of these three...- So how long have you lived in England for?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31About four years now.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36You speak it brilliantly, might I just say.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38It's brilliant having you here.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44Next, we welcome back Andy and Ian. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50- This is your second chance. Remind us what happened last time. - We started very well.- Mm-hm.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Sport, then literature and then we nose-dived somewhat.
0:02:55 > 0:03:03- Andy, remind us what you do. - I'm a geography teacher. - A teacher.- A geography teacher.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Not an English teacher.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11But you must have rubbed against a bit of English academia along the way.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17I did my English GCSE without reading any of my books at all, so it didn't bode well.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- What sort of grade did you get? An A!- I did get an A.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26- Without reading any books at all. - Without reading any of the literature set books.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Also, you've just told every one of your GCSE students
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- that... - LAUGHTER
0:03:33 > 0:03:38- ..you did no coursework whatsoever. - Yeah, I didn't think that through.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Andy, what are you hoping will come up to redeem yourselves?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- I'd like sport, really.- Sport. Ian, how about you?- A bit of music.
0:03:49 > 0:03:57- Anything on Doctor Who, please. - Doctor Who. The new version or the old one or all Doctor Who?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- All Doctor Who, yeah.- Right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06- Fingers crossed. Any Doctor Who? - No, well, he'll be unannounced if he does.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10He may come in from another dimension. You never know, do you?
0:04:10 > 0:04:16Very best of luck to you. And finally, Kevin and Aimie. How do you know each other?
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Well, as Aimie's my daughter, I've known her since she was born.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- What about that!- She is the second daughter of a second son.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30They're supposed to be incredibly lucky, so we've come here to see.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Has this borne fruit? - Well, not historically!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Have you ever heard your dad say that before?- No.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43- That's probably why I've not noticed before.- This is the first time you've been produced as a talisman.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- Good luck with that. Aimie, what do you do?- I work for the council.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I provide a service for homeless people, people with disabilities,
0:04:52 > 0:04:58- admin, school assistants. Pretty much admin with any part of the council.- Right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:05- What do you like to do? - When we're not working, we both partake in a pantomime society,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- which has done quite recently... - Last night.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13You were just telling me you were on stage last night in Sheffield.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18We were, with the little pantomime society that we both enjoy.
0:05:18 > 0:05:26- What's the name of it?- FOPS - Frecheville Original Pantomime Society.- Will the Fops be watching?
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Yes, they asked us to say a little something for them! Fingers crossed.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36We will find out more about all of you. There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40When the going gets obscure, he gets going.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Hello.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Should be a good show. Only one returning pair.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Andy has got some making up to do in front of his many pupils.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06We've got three librarians or ex-librarians. They'll enjoy Round One.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Thank you, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Everyone's trying for a pointless answer, that none of them gave.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Then we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 and today's jackpot starts off at...
0:06:28 > 0:06:31£8,500.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54The team with the highest score will be eliminated. An incorrect answer
0:06:54 > 0:06:58will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03OK, our first category this afternoon is...Words.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15OK.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Let's see what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:07:19 > 0:07:27to name as many words ending in "ower" as they could. Richard, what can you add to that?
0:07:27 > 0:07:33Well, we're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary ending "ower".
0:07:33 > 0:07:39- We won't allow hyphenated words, abbreviated words or proper nouns. - OK. Right, Jill and Frances,
0:07:39 > 0:07:45you all drew lots and this afternoon you get to go first.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Frances...I just think this is a dream question for you.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54I'll saw bower.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Bower?- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Let's see if that's right and how many people said bower.
0:08:05 > 0:08:0635.
0:08:10 > 0:08:1335.
0:08:13 > 0:08:20- For bower, Richard. - It can mean all sorts of things - a dwelling, someone who makes bows.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Now then, Nina...- Yeah.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Mine is probably quite typical.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- I'll saw borrower. Someone that borrows.- Borrower.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33No, that's good.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38She's lived in this country for four years.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41She's already come up with a better answer than me.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Well done, Nina.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52Let's see if borrower is correct and how many people said it. ..It's correct.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Very, very well done, Nina!
0:09:03 > 0:09:11- Very well done, indeed. Borrower scores you two points. Richard?- Yeah, great answer, Nina.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16It shouldn't be a Brazilian getting that. It should be a librarian.
0:09:16 > 0:09:23There you go. So then, Andy, what's the most obscure word ending in "ower"?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I can think of a few.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31I think I'll have to gamble a little bit as there's been good answers. Bellower.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- A bellower. - Someone that bellows.- Indeed.
0:09:35 > 0:09:41You are hoping to score as few points as possible with bellower. Borrower scored only two.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Let's see how bellower does.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Very well done.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Down it goes! Oh! Very well done, indeed.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59That's a great answer.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- One point for bellower.- Yeah, very well played. Nina scored two,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- but you went "below her". - LAUGHTER
0:10:09 > 0:10:12That's very good.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Thank you.- No, very good. - One who bellows.
0:10:15 > 0:10:21They define bellowing as making the sound of a cow or bull when it's excited.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- Aimie?- Well, em... As the question was words ending in "ower",
0:10:28 > 0:10:34I'm hoping that a different sound might help with a low answer, so I'm going to say tower.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40You want as few points as possible. Let's see if it's right and how many people said tower.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44It's right. ..Oh!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Sorry.
0:10:46 > 0:10:53- That's quite a high score there. It was a good avenue to try, but high-scoring.- It didn't work.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- 78 that scores.- Yeah, a big score. It can also be someone who tows.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02It's one of these ones that means all sorts of different things.
0:11:02 > 0:11:08Well, thank you, Richard. Halfway through. Let's take a quick look at the scores.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12On one point, Andy and Ian, looking very strong indeed.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Up one from that, Nina and Matt on two. Very, very, very well done.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Then we travel up to 35, Frances and Jill. Not a terrible score.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Then we go up to 78 where Aimie and Kevin are sitting.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33Kevin, you'll have to find a really, really obscure answer to stay beyond this round.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:38 > 0:11:43OK, remember we are looking for words ending in "ower".
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Kevin, you're the high scorers on 78.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54I can only think of the look that I gave to Aimie when she said tower, so I'll go for glower.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Glower. Let's see if it's right and how many people said glower.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01It's right!
0:12:06 > 0:12:0819 that scores.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11It takes your total up to 97.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19- Richard.- Yeah, good answer, Kevin. An angry or fierce look. A glower.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25Now then, Ian, you're on one. You're the low scorers. The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36The minute you said it, all sorts of words popped through my head that I'm not sure are words!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40You suddenly doubt your spelling under the studio lights, so...
0:12:40 > 0:12:46Since the studio lights are quite overpowering, I'm going to go for overpower.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52Overpower. If that scores you under 95, you are through. Here's your red line.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Let's see how overpower does. Overpower.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01You're through to the next round. Well done.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Very good!
0:13:09 > 0:13:16Wow. That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to £8,750.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21It scores you nothing, leaving you at a very impressive low one.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Very well played, Ian and Andy. Fantastic scores.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28To defeat someone or something with superior force.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33Very good. So then, Matt, we're looking for words ending "ower".
0:13:33 > 0:13:37You are on two. The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie on 97.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41If you can score 94 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47I won't impress you as much as Nina did. I'm going to play it safe-ish, even though now
0:13:47 > 0:13:54- I don't know any words ending "ower". I thought I did, but...- Suddenly...- They're all gone!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57They've all gone. Em, but living in Leeds,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01and being a Manchester United follower, I get a lot of abuse.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04So I'm going to go with follower.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Follower. There is your red line. If you can get below that,
0:14:08 > 0:14:14you are through to the next round. Very best of luck. How many people said follower?
0:14:14 > 0:14:18There you are. You're through. Well done.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Down it goes to seven. That's a great answer, Matt.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30Lovely low score. It takes your score up to an impressive single figures nine.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35Yeah, well played. Nina scored two and you couldn't quite follow 'er.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39I'll tell you what follower means if you want. Somebody who follows.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44- I've got to work with what I've got here.- You're doing great stuff.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49A kind of alchemy. Now then, Jill, you're on 35.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie on 97. If you score 61 or less,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56you're through to the next round.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01We're big Scrabble fans. We play with each other all the time.
0:15:01 > 0:15:09- Trying to get a low score and a high-pointing Scrabble score, I came up with dower.- Dower.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14There is your red line. If you can get below that, you are through.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Let's see if it's right and how many people said dower.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Through to the next round you go.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Ah!
0:15:28 > 0:15:34- Very well done, Jill. Dower scores you 15 and takes you up to 50.- Well played, Jill.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Dower - the act of giving a dowry.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43Also the proportion of a husband's will left to a wife. And a Scrabble word!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45LAUGHTER
0:15:45 > 0:15:50There's lots and lots of pointless answers, some very well known words.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Cauliflower, a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Horsepower, again. Swallower - someone who swallows,
0:15:58 > 0:16:03or it's a deep sea fish which eats fish that are bigger than it.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05LAUGHTER
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- Imagine such a thing.- How?! - It's got a distendable stomach.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- What about its jaws, poor thing? - Let's look at some more.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Miaower. Somebody who miaows. Makes me miss my cats.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Narrower is a pointless answer, sunflower. Very well-known words.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Tomorrower. That's somebody who puts something off to tomorrow.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Wallflower and powwower. That's another lovely word.
0:16:34 > 0:16:40Somebody who powwows. Well done if you got those at home. Some surprisingly well-known words.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46- Yeah.- Let's look at the most popular answers, which most of our 100 people said.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51In third it was mower, which would have scored you 70 points.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58Then power, 76. And I'm sorry, Aimie - top of the pile was tower with 78.
0:16:58 > 0:17:04Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score - Kevin and Aimie.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06You were on stage last night!
0:17:06 > 0:17:13Only a matter of hours ago, you were picking up gladioli from the stage, waving them.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- What would you like to see next time?- That again, actually!
0:17:17 > 0:17:24- I'd know next time! - On that note, we will see you again next time. I look forward to that.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Great contestants. Thank you.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Only two pairs can make it through to the Head to Head, so one will leave after this round.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Television.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Can you all decide who is going to go first, who'll go second?
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01OK, our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...
0:18:01 > 0:18:04TV shows and their settings.
0:18:04 > 0:18:11We'll show you a list of TV shows. We asked 100 people to tell us in which UK town or city
0:18:11 > 0:18:18- each of them is mainly or wholly set. Richard?- We'll show you six shows on each pass.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24The more obscure answers score fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:18:24 > 0:18:30- Have a go at home.- Thanks. So we're looking for the UK town or city each of these TV shows
0:18:30 > 0:18:35is mainly or wholly set in. And we have got...
0:18:35 > 0:18:37HE READS LIST
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I'll read those one more time.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56As always, you are looking for the answer the fewest people knew.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- So then, Frances, we come to you. - Right.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- Do you watch a lot of television? - I do, yes, but I can't remember where these were set,
0:19:06 > 0:19:13so I'll go with the one I'm sure of. Our Friends In The North, it starts off in Newcastle.
0:19:13 > 0:19:20OK, Newcastle. Let's see if that is right and how many people said Newcastle.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Good luck, Frances.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Very well done.
0:19:28 > 0:19:3013!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34A great score, Frances. Very well done.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- 13 for Our Friends In The North. - Yeah, well played, Frances.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43From the '90s. It featured a future Doctor Who and a future James Bond.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49- Extraordinary. And...- Christopher Eccleston and Daniel Craig. - And Mark Strong.- And Gina McKee.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54- For heaven's sake, what a cast! Matt...- Right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59There are the TV shows. You need to supply me with the UK city or town
0:19:59 > 0:20:02where the most obscure one was set.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08I should know Inspector Morse. My dad has the soundtrack. But I don't.
0:20:08 > 0:20:15I'm debating between Fawlty Towers and Phoenix Nights. I'm not so confident on Fawlty Towers,
0:20:15 > 0:20:20- so Phoenix Nights, Bolton. - Phoenix Nights, Bolton, you say.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Is that right and if it is how many people said it?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It's right.
0:20:31 > 0:20:3422 for Phoenix Nights.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Not a bad score at all, Matt. Very well done.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Phoenix Nights, 22. - Good answer. Peter Kay's show.
0:20:41 > 0:20:47Set in his home town, Bolton. It's also Vernon Kay's home town, but they are not related.
0:20:47 > 0:20:54- You wouldn't know by looking at them.- You'd never think they're twins.- Could be brothers.- Wow.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00OK, now then, Ian. You're the last person, so talk us through them if you like.
0:21:00 > 0:21:07I want you to find the most obscure one and tell me which UK town or city it is set in.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I know Taggart, I think, is in Glasgow.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16I'm fairly sure Inspector Morse is Oxford. I once passed through the filming of it there.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20I feel Boys From The Blackstuff is Liverpool,
0:21:20 > 0:21:25but...I think I'm going to go for Fawlty Towers.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29I hope people remember the action, but forgot the town.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35- And I hope also it was set in Torquay.- Torquay, you're going to say for Fawlty Towers.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38HE SIGHS
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Let's see if Fawlty Towers is set in Torquay and how many people knew that answer.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Very well done, Ian.
0:21:49 > 0:21:5033.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Right on one score, possibly less right on the other. 33.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03- Torquay.- Well played, Ian. You gave us correct answers for them all.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09Let's see if that was the answer you should have given. Taggart is Glasgow. That scored 53,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13so you did well to avoid that. Inspector Morse is Oxford.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16That would have scored 47. Again, well done.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21Boys From The Blackstuff, Liverpool. That would have scored you 20.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26But you didn't do too much damage. Our Friends In The North was the best answer, Frances.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32Thanks, Richard. Let's look at the scores. On 13, Frances and Jill,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34looking very strong there.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Up to Matt and Nina on 22. Not bad.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Up a little bit more, Ian and Andy quite far ahead on 33.
0:22:42 > 0:22:49None of those are bad scores, but, Andy, you have the biggest job in the next pass, so good luck.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:56 > 0:23:00OK, we'll put six more TV shows on the board. Here they come.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02HE READS LIST
0:23:07 > 0:23:09I'll read those one more time.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19We're looking for the UK town or city in which these are mainly set.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You want the one the fewest knew.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Andy, you're the high scorers on 33. You have to find the best answer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Yeah, I think I know three of them, actually.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36One is very obvious. I'll avoid it. The one I'll play is Torchwood,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39which I believe is set in Cardiff.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Torchwood, Cardiff. Let's see if that is right. There's no red line for you.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50How many people said Torchwood, Cardiff?
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It's right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:5826,
0:23:58 > 0:24:02that scores you, taking your total up to 59.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07- Torchwood in Cardiff, Richard.- Well played. The Doctor Who spin-off.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- It's set and filmed in Cardiff. It's an anagram of Doctor Who.- Nina.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18The high scorers are Andy and Ian on 59. If you can score 36 or less with your answer,
0:24:18 > 0:24:23you are through to the Head to Head. Did you know any of these shows?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:31I actually quite liked The Office, but I can't... I've gone blank to where that is.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35And I actually knew Torchwood, but that's gone.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I watched Queer As Folk. Not a clue.
0:24:38 > 0:24:44So I'll have to go with the really obvious one and say EastEnders, London.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46EastEnders, London.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49OK, well, let's see if that's right
0:24:49 > 0:24:55and, if it is, how many people said EastEnders, London? There's your red line, Nina.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00If you can get below that red line, you are definitely through.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04How many people said EastEnders, London? Is it right?
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Ohh!
0:25:12 > 0:25:19Oh, that is high. That, I'm afraid, scores 93 points and takes your total up to 115.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I'm afraid we'll be saying goodbye to you. Richard.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Unlucky, Nina, especially when you did so well in the previous round.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Set in Walford, EastEnders.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Thanks very much.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37Well, Jill, you are through, but let's see how well you know your TV show settings.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Talk us through those shows.
0:25:40 > 0:25:47Apart from EastEnders, I haven't seen any of them. I know The Office is set in either Slough or Reading.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Bread, I think, was in Liverpool.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Queer As Folk, I think, is in Manchester.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59And Rebus is a Scottish detective, so somewhere up in Scotland.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04- Queer As Folk, Manchester. - OK, Queer As Folk, Manchester.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Is that right and how many said it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Wow! Very, very well done, Jill.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23That scores you five and takes your total up to 18.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- Richard.- Very good answer, Jill. Again, best answer on the board.
0:26:28 > 0:26:35There's also an American version set in Pittsburgh. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Bread is set in Liverpool, the Carla Lane sitcom. It scored 58.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44The Office is in Slough and would have scored 27.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48And Rebus, based on the Ian Rankin novels, is set in Edinburgh.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52And that would have scored 20. Queer As Folk, best answer.
0:26:52 > 0:26:59Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, is Nina and Matt.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05- Nina, did you recognise those? - Em, yeah, Queer As Folk, there's an American version, which I watched.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- So I was a bit puzzled by it. - Right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I should have gambled, really.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Well, you did incredibly well, but we'll see you again next time.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23For the remaining two pairs, it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Very well done, Andy and Ian, Jill and Frances. You've made it through.
0:27:33 > 0:27:40Only one pair can make it through to play for today's jackpot, which currently stands at £8,750.
0:27:45 > 0:27:51You're now going head to head on the best of three questions. Each pair gives me just one answer
0:27:51 > 0:27:58and you are now allowed to confer. Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01The first pair to get to the best of three will play for the jackpot.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Let's play Pointless.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12OK, here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:28:12 > 0:28:19- to name as many "Monday" singles as they could.- Yeah, we're looking for any UK Top 40 single
0:28:19 > 0:28:25with the word Monday in its title, up to the start of 2011.
0:28:25 > 0:28:31That's according to the music website Every Hit. If the title's been used by more than one act,
0:28:31 > 0:28:38we'll only accept it once. There are seven UK hits with Monday or one of its derivatives in them.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43OK, Richard. Andy and Ian, you've played best so far and get to go first.
0:28:46 > 0:28:53Difficult call. We are going to take a little risk and...
0:28:53 > 0:28:55say Monday Monday.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Monday Monday.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05- Jill and Frances, you can now talk out loud.- I wouldn't say pop music was our strong suit.- No.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10We could only think of two and that was one, so we'll go with our other answer!
0:29:10 > 0:29:16- Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays. - Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays. OK.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18We have that and Monday Monday.
0:29:18 > 0:29:25Andy and Ian have gone with Monday Monday. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28It's right!
0:29:30 > 0:29:3146.
0:29:36 > 0:29:3946 for Monday Monday.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Jill and Frances have gone for Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49- Think that'll be higher or lower? - Higher. It'll be really popular.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays. Is that right and how many said it?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Good luck, Jill and Frances.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Oh!
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Very, very close indeed.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13Tell My Why I Don't Like Mondays scoring 50, but just beaten by Monday Monday on 46.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- So Andy and Ian are ahead one-nil. Richard.- Yeah, very close.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats and Monday Monday by the Mamas and Papas. The two top answers.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27There are a few others. There is a pointless answer.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32It's by the Britpop band Rialto. Monday Morning 5.19.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Very well done if you got that one.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38New Moon On Monday, Duran Duran, would have scored one.
0:30:38 > 0:30:46Monday Morning by the Candy Skins scored three. Blue Monday, a hit for Fats Domino and then New Order.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Manic Monday by the Bangles, 41.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53And Monday Monday, 46. I Don't Like Mondays right at the top on 50.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59OK, here is your second question. Jill and Frances have to win it to stay in the game.
0:30:59 > 0:31:06Andy and Ian, if you win it you are straight through to the final to play for that massive jackpot.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many European teams
0:31:11 > 0:31:18- who played in the 2010 World Cup. Richard?- We want any of the 13 European nations whose team played
0:31:18 > 0:31:23in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. See how you do at home.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26OK, Jill and Frances, you go first.
0:31:30 > 0:31:37- Right. Well, my sports expert has given me a few. We'll go for Greece. - You're going to go for Greece. OK.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- We have Greece, Andy and Ian. - I know a lot of football nations.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47It's just what nations made it to the World Cup and what ones didn't quite make it and fell by the wayside.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53At the moment, I'm tempted to go Serbia. I think I'm going to play it.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58It was the first thing that came into my head, so I'll play Serbia.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00OK. We have Greece and Serbia.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06Jill and Frances, Greece. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Greece
0:32:06 > 0:32:08for Jill and Frances.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10It's right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Nice low score. Fantastic! Lovely low score for Greece.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Very, very well done.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Well then, Ian and Andy.
0:32:26 > 0:32:32If Serbia is right and it can beat 10, come lower than 10, you are through to the final.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Let's see if Serbia is right and how many people said it.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38It's right.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Yes! Wow!
0:32:49 > 0:32:55Almost a pointless answer. Serbia - just one person said it. Brilliant.
0:32:55 > 0:33:02And it beats 10, I'm afraid, Jill and Frances, which means Andy and Ian are through, 2-0.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- Richard.- Yeah, Greece was a very good answer, but Serbia was best.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Unbeatable. Very well played, Andy.
0:33:09 > 0:33:15Let's look at all 13 answers. Serbia on one, Slovenia on three and Slovakia on five.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Then Greece on 10, Switzerland, 13,
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Denmark, 14. Then a big leap up to Portugal on 43,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26the Netherlands on 45,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Italy, 59, Germany, 71,
0:33:28 > 0:33:33Spain, the winners, on 74, France, 75, had a terrible World Cup,
0:33:33 > 0:33:36as did the top answer, England on 86.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41- I don't recall us being there. Were we there?- Briefly.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46So the losing pair at the end of the Head to Head is Jill and Frances.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Very tough categories, particularly in this round. Mondays?!
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- Did you know any of the others? - Manic Monday. That was it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57We're too old.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Then Greece was a brilliant answer.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Yeah, the guys just did better. - Yeah.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Serbia, there's no beating that kind of knowledge,
0:34:07 > 0:34:12but you played brilliantly and we shall see you again next time.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23But for Andy and Ian, our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £8,750.
0:34:28 > 0:34:35Congratulations, Andy and Ian. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:34:47 > 0:34:51which stands at a dizzying £8,750.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:00 > 0:35:08We've had one on the show today, from you with overpower in the first round, appropriately.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12You only have to find one more pointless answer.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Firstly, choose a category from these three options.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22What do you think?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Composers is going nowhere with us, really.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Politicians... If it's very recent we might, but I don't think so.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35We don't know anything about music awards either!
0:35:35 > 0:35:41So...shall we split the middle and go music awards? Happy with that?
0:35:41 > 0:35:46I'm happy. You'd be going fairly solo, but I'll give you confidence.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I will happily crash and burn.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- And there's a dog collar riding on this.- There is.
0:35:53 > 0:36:00This is from last time's promise. Was that if you got to the final or you needed divine inspiration?
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I think you said if you got through to the final. I think.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08You are a mine of pointless information, Richard.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Let me check on my computer.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- Yeah, you said if you got through to the final.- Are you sure?- Mm.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Right, on it goes. OK.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21While you're putting that on...
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Look at that.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Ready for action.- Wow. - LAUGHTER
0:36:26 > 0:36:32OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:36:32 > 0:36:37as many Mercury Music Prize winners as they could.
0:36:37 > 0:36:43We're looking for any artist or group who have won the Mercury Music Prize from its inception in 1992
0:36:43 > 0:36:48through to and including 2010. There are 19 artists or groups on the list.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58All you need to win that £8,750 is for one to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- Do you know anything?- No. - Good. Neither do I.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- Elbow won something.- Right. - But that's quite popular.
0:37:07 > 0:37:13There was a band with Xs in their name. It might have been The XXX. Or The XXs or The X.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15That would be three guesses.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Um...
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Going back further in time,
0:37:19 > 0:37:24I can only think of random people like Aphex Twins.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29And possibly... somebody like Cud.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- I'm happy with your guesses. I don't know.- I'm not happy!
0:37:36 > 0:37:43- Elbow is good, but people will say Elbow.- Right.- I wish I could remember this band, The XX or X.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49The Aphex Twins either didn't win it or nobody's heard of them.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- So we've got three.- Cud. - Cud just sounds really good.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- We could guess at Cud... - Five seconds.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- Apart from that... - Sorry I couldn't help you.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07- OK, there is your minute up.- OK. - We were looking for winners of the Mercury Music Prize.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I now need three answers from you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- OK, Elbow.- Elbow.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17We are going to go for... We'll try Aphex Twin.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- Aphex Twin. - And we are going to try...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- The XX.- The XX.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Of those, which is your best shot?
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- If they won, the Aphex Twin. - We'll put them last, then.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Em...
0:38:33 > 0:38:39- Elbow, I'm fairly sure they won, but they're very well known. - So we'll put that first, shall we?
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Very good. We'll put them up in that order. And here they are.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Now then, we were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners.
0:38:52 > 0:38:59This was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win that £8,750.
0:38:59 > 0:39:05- Your first answer, Elbow, you think a lot of people know that. You know that's right.- We think.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0790%.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11Let's see how many people said Elbow. Very best of luck.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Well done, it's right.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18That's the first thing it has to be. The second thing is pointless.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23It has to go all the way down for you to leave with £8,750.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Sadly, not on this one.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- Not bad, though.- Not bad. - You thought it would be well known.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Six people knew that.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- You knew it wouldn't be pointless. - I think we did.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45You only have two more chances. £8,750. What would you do with that?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- £8,750.- Andy?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52There's a bit of a mortgage to pay. I'd pay off a little chunk.
0:39:52 > 0:39:59I've been out in Africa in the summer and a chap is building a school in Zambia. I'd give some to him.
0:39:59 > 0:40:06- Those two things, probably. - OK. Ian?- There's got to be some money going to something good,
0:40:06 > 0:40:12then I might try to find myself a trip to see my good friends in America.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17- Very good, a proper trip. - Make a fortnight of it.- Excellent.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23Very good. We were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners. The XX is your next answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29Let's hope nobody said that. This has to be pointless to win that £8,750.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Let's see if it's right and how many people said The XX.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Again, it's right.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41It's right. Elbow, your first answer, went down to eight.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46The XX, you weren't sure of the name, but you got it right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Down to three!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Ho ho ho!
0:40:55 > 0:41:01- He's done well, fantastic. - Fantastically well. You've done incredibly well.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- We started with eight. Down to three.- This is where it goes to a flight of fancy.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11- I'm not sure.- It came into your mind very quickly.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16- Yes, there's a lot of Mercury-nominated stuff out there. - You're right so far.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21Ok, there's only one way to find out if Aphex Twin is right or not.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26It is your last chance to win our jackpot today of £8,750.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31We were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners. You said instantly...
0:41:31 > 0:41:37First you said this very quickly and you also said that this was your most confident shot.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- If they won, yeah, maybe, but... - All right.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Let's find out. Aphex Twin.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it? For the jackpot of £8,750.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Oh!
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Bad luck.
0:41:59 > 0:42:07Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer, so you don't win the jackpot, £8,750,
0:42:07 > 0:42:13which rolls over to the next show. You have been amazing contestants and take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25- This is the tough bit. Richard? - Yeah, very well played, Ian.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Very good answers there.
0:42:27 > 0:42:34Anyone who can namecheck Aphex Twin and Cud will recognise these names. There's lots of pointless answers.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Let's take a look at a few of them. The indie band Gomez won it, the Klaxons, M People.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45All of those were pointless. PJ Harvey, Portishead,
0:42:45 > 0:42:51Primal Scream won the very first one. That was a pointless answer.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Pulp won it for Different Class. Roni Size and Reprazent and Suede,
0:42:55 > 0:43:01who gave their prize money to charity. Very nice people, especially the bassist, my brother.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03LAUGHTER
0:43:03 > 0:43:09- There you are. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you. Did you recognise those?- Yeah.
0:43:09 > 0:43:15- I recognised some of those!- Bad luck. Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Nobody's won our jackpot, so it rolls over.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26On the next show, we will be playing for £9,750.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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