0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:26 > 0:00:30where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:40First, we welcome Irene and Tom. You're our first pair this afternoon.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46- How do you two know each other? - We're work colleagues and we've been best of friends for 36 years.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- Fantastic. Where do you work? - We work in our local leisure centre.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I was going to say, Tom, you use that leisure centre well, don't you?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- I get my money's worth. - You certainly do. My goodness!
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- What do you do there? - I'm a duty officer at the leisure centre along with Irene.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- And I take fitness classes, boxercise.- I'll say you do!
0:01:08 > 0:01:14- Very well attended classes, I should think.- Thank you.- It's great to have you on the show. Best of luck.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20Next we welcome back Ed and Laura. You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26We suffered in Round 2 when Laura's knowledge of rivers through capitals fell a little bit short.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It was tough. It was a very, very tough round.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- It was close, but we're back now, so second chance.- OK.
0:01:33 > 0:01:40You're a formidable team and I would predict that you are the team to watch this afternoon. Best of luck.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Next we welcome Jennie and Joan.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44How do you two know each other?
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I met Jennie about five years ago at our local golf club.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54Three years ago, Jennie was lady captain and we play quite regularly together.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Who's the better player of the pair of you?- Questionable.- She is.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- It's Joan, is it?- It is Joan. - The lady captain says it's Joan.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09- Lady captains have to be honest. - Very best of luck to you. It's great having you on the show.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15Finally, we welcome back James and Matt, back in the same position. Remind us what happened last time.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21We got stumped on Carry On films because my brother was out playing football on Bank Holiday Mondays
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- instead of staying in, watching Carry On films.- Which is what you're meant to be doing.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- Not a good category.- Matt, what would you like to see come up?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Ironically, I wouldn't mind films again, but based on last time,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37it's probably not a good one for the pair of us.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:02:41 > 0:02:47There is only one more person for me to introduce. He pours scorn on the obvious and celebrates the obscure.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51- He's my pointless friend, Richard. - Hello.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53APPLAUSE
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Hiya.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56How are you today?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00I'm very well. Last time, you weren't so. Are you any better now?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03You know what? I'm a lot better.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06You're looking much as you did.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Quite. That's make-up.- Yeah.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Yeah, we've got a really good show today.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18You know when we say, "What would you like to come up," people always say, "TV, soap operas..."
0:03:18 > 0:03:24Question two is for all those people who have been on the show and it didn't come up. It's come up today.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Two returning pairs. Ed and Laura were very strong.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Ed, you've got to forgive Laura her rivers knowledge of last time.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36That's all water under the bridge, albeit water she is unable to name.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42James and Matt, you were unlucky. They have something to prove. The two returning pairs might do well.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55The fewer people who got the answer, the fewer points awarded, the better your chance of winning.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer and when that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Nobody won the jackpot last time, so another £1,000 is added to it,
0:04:05 > 0:04:10so today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12APPLAUSE
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Right, let's play Pointless.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24In the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:04:24 > 0:04:27and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30The team has the highest score at the end of the round
0:04:30 > 0:04:33will be eliminated. Make sure that's not you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Let's find out what the question is.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Australian towns and cities...
0:04:56 > 0:05:02- Richard?- The correct answers in this round will all be towns and cities in Australia,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04including the island of Tasmania.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Irene and Tom, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15In this round, we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18The first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'll read those again.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43At least one of those answers is pointless, but there is at least one incorrect answer on the board.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Land on one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50So then, Irene?
0:05:50 > 0:05:55Well, the one that SPRUNG to mind was Alice Springs,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57so I will go for Alice Springs.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03Alice Springs. Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said Alice Springs.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's right.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Down it goes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:1125.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Not bad. Not a bad score at all, Irene.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- Alice Springs, Richard? - Yeah, very well done. Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Alice was the wife of the superintendent of telegraphs.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- Alice Springs was found when they lay the telegraphs across Australia. - Interesting.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Laura?
0:06:31 > 0:06:37- There's a couple there which either are going to be really good or sound like jokes.- Yes.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42And there are a couple of obvious ones which sprung to mind.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And I don't really want to mess it up for Ed again.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50So I'm going to go with Adelaide because at least I know it's right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56- You know Adelaide is right.- Yeah. - And of the ones you know that are right...- I think that's better.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01You think that's the lower-scoring one. Where do you think Adelaide will score?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Probably about 40. - About 40.- Maybe more.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09OK, let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people did say Adelaide.
0:07:15 > 0:07:1647.
0:07:18 > 0:07:2047, a safe answer.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Pretty big score, but better safe than sorry. Founded in 1836.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Named after King William IV's wife, Queen Adelaide.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33We are looking for Australian towns and cities.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Joan, I can't work out if you are gleeful because it's a subject you know so much about...
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Oh, I know everything about Australia(!)
0:07:41 > 0:07:45I think you're about to demonstrate how right that is.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I know so much about Australia
0:07:48 > 0:07:51that I'm confidently going to say Brisbane!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- LAUGHTER - OK. OK...
0:07:54 > 0:08:00You're going to say Brisbane. I have a hunch it might be correct. Let's see how many people said Brisbane.
0:08:07 > 0:08:0928.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18What about that, Laura? You'd have gone Brisbane if you thought it would score that low.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24I thought Brisbane would be more than Adelaide, but I expect people at home are yelling, "No, you stupid girl!"
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- What can you say? - Brisbane, 28, not a bad score.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- Richard?- It's an amazingly low score. Named after Sir Thomas Brisbane.- OK, there we are.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36James, we are looking for Australian towns and cities.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42- The three that I was going to pick have gone.- There is at least one pointless answer up there.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47I watch a lot of Ray Mears and he went round the outback with a bush tucker man.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I'm sure Wagga Wagga is actually a place.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56Wagga Wagga. Everybody who didn't pick Wagga Wagga is now nodding, going, "Yes, it is."
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Then why didn't you pick it?
0:08:59 > 0:09:05Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Wagga Wagga. Maybe this is pointless.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09It's right.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19It's not pointless, but it goes all the way down to 2. Very good answer.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Richard?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Very good answer. It's in New South Wales, Wagga Wagga.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30"Wagga" means "crow" in Aboriginal, so it means "the place of the crows".
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- Two crows.- Two crows. But Wagga Wagga sounds more fun.- Yeah.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39Everything else on that board is either incorrect or pointless.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- Do you want to see if you can sort the wheat from the chaff?- I think I can.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Quorn, for heaven's sake...
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- Is...?- Is not an Australian place.
0:09:50 > 0:09:56- Quorn IS an Australian place.- No? - It's pointless, so very well done if you said that.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Quorn is in South Australia.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- The other two? - Woomerang, I think, is nonsense.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06You're absolutely right. Woomerang is an incorrect answer.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12It was an old-fashioned name for a boomerang, funnily enough. Sounds like a female boomerang - Woomerang.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18And Rockhampton is also a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23- Rod Laver was from Rockhampton. They called him the Rockhampton Rocket. - Thanks, Richard.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33James, forced into a position of Wagga Wagga, and as it turns out, it suited you well.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37It scored you a fabulous, low 2 points.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Next up, we have Irene. 25 you scored there for Alice Springs, not bad at all.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Up to Joan and Jennie, just ahead there.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50And Laura, Adelaide, your reasoning was spot-on, but you are out in front
0:10:50 > 0:10:53by quite a way.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Best of luck on the next pass. You know what you must do, Ed.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05We're going to put another seven answers on the board.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10We are looking for Australian towns and cities and your second set reads like this.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- LAUGHTER - I don't know why you're laughing.
0:11:27 > 0:11:33At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37If you pick an incorrect one, you will score 100 points.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Right, Matt?- Um...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- You are 44... - Let's play safe - Perth.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- You're going to play safe with Perth?- Yeah.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51If you can score 44 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56There is your red line. Below that red line, through to Round 2.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Let's see if Perth is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03It's right.
0:12:04 > 0:12:0658.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Very popular, high-scoring choice there.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12That takes your total up to 60. Richard?
0:12:12 > 0:12:18That will make the round more nerve-wracking. Perth is the capital of Western Australia.
0:12:18 > 0:12:24- Big score.- You are now the high scorers, Matt and James, but you're the first to answer on this pass,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26so anything could yet happen.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Jennie...- Mm-hm. - High scorers there on 60.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33If you can score 31 or less with this answer...
0:12:33 > 0:12:36We are looking for Australian towns and cities.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I think I'm going to go for Fremantle.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Fremantle. That's a confident choice?
0:12:42 > 0:12:47- Dodgy.- Dodgy? - I think I've heard of it, but I'm not sure it was in Australia.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49OK, there is the red line.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56My feeling is if that is right, I think that will get you below that line.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02That's my hunch. Let's see if it's right and let's see how many people said Fremantle.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06It's right.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Very good. Very good indeed, Jennie.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Fremantle scores you 5. It takes your total
0:13:15 > 0:13:18up to a very safe 33.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23Jennie, great answer. Fremantle is a major seaport in Western Australia.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- Ed, you are on 47. - There's a few up there that I recognise, so that's reassuring.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34- That is reassuring.- But do you go for the one which looks like if it were right, it would be pointless,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37or do I go for something a little bit safer?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Let me help you make your decision. - What's the advice?
0:13:42 > 0:13:48My advice is you want to score 12 points or less with this answer to avoid becoming the high scorers.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Well, I'm pretty sure that Newcastle is a place.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56In England, it obviously is, and also in Australia,
0:13:56 > 0:14:02- so I'm hoping that the 100 people asked aren't from up north and I'll go with Newcastle.- Newcastle.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Here's the red line, quite far down.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Let's see if Newcastle is going to do it for you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Newcastle, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15It's right.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's right.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Oh, well done. Very good.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Nice, low score. Newcastle scores you 4.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28It gives you a total of 51. Richard?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Well played, Ed. It's one of the largest cities in New South Wales.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Established as a convict camp in 1801 and a rather unpleasant one.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38OK, so, Tom...
0:14:38 > 0:14:44Tom, you know what you have to do. The high scorers are still James and Matt on 60.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49If you can score 34 or less with your answer, you are through.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53There is at least one pointless and one incorrect answer on that board.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57You can talk us through the board because you're up last.
0:14:57 > 0:15:03I'm pretty sure of one. I just wonder if it's going to get me enough points to get us through.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- I'll have to go for it as I'm not positive enough on the others.- OK.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I'm going to go for Hobart which I think is the capital of Tasmania.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Hobart, capital of Tasmania. There is your red line.
0:15:14 > 0:15:20If you're below that red line, we say goodbye to Matt and James. Above it and we say goodbye to you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Hobart, is it right? If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27It's right.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Go, go, go! Go, go, go!
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Yeah, it's done it. Down to 16.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Very well done. That takes your total up to 41.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38So, Richard, Hobart?
0:15:38 > 0:15:43Well played, Tom. It is the capital of Tasmania. Also started life as a penal colony.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Let's take a look at the rest of the answers here.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Again everything here is incorrect or pointless. What do you think?
0:15:51 > 0:15:58I can't believe that Humpty Doo is up there without actually being a legitimate answer.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You wouldn't make up a word like Humpty Doo.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05That's a pointless answer, so well done if you said Humpty Doo at home.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10The other two are both incorrect. Uluru, we know it better as Ayers Rock.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14And Gillard is the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Matt and James.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Gutted.- What's gone wrong?
0:16:24 > 0:16:29- This number four...- I tell you, that podium...- It's no good.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I convinced myself that Uluru was Ayers Rock,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36then I thought, "No, I'll play safe," and that was the wrong answer.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- It was the wrong answer. - Yeah, it was the wrong answer.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46- He'll suffer later.- You've been great contestants. Sorry to say goodbye to you so soon.- Thank you.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.
0:16:54 > 0:17:01There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us at the end of this round.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Make sure it's not you. The category for Round 2 is...
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Decide who's going first, who's going second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19OK, this afternoon's Round 2 question concerns...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25In this round, we will show you a list of actors.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29We asked 100 people to tell us their EastEnders characters.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Richard?- We'll show you six actors in each pass.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36The more obscure the actor, the fewer points.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41If you give us an incorrect answer, you score 100 points. We would accept first names
0:17:41 > 0:17:45or names that these characters are commonly known by as well.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And we have got...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I'll read those all again.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Right, Tom?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Tom, are you a fan of the 'Enders?
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I don't watch any soaps whatsoever.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18But I've got a feeling I know at least one of those and the character.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- Good.- So I'm going to go for Anita Dobson and I think she used to play Angie Watts.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- Angie Watts?- Yeah.- Oh, well done.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34It's right. Well done, Tom.
0:18:36 > 0:18:3846.
0:18:38 > 0:18:4246, not a bad score at all. What do you think, Irene?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Not bad.- Not bad at all. - Considering he doesn't watch.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48He remembered not just one name, but both names!
0:18:48 > 0:18:54- Angie Watts?- Yeah, very well played, Tom. She was one of the original cast members from 1985.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58She had her funeral in 2002, the character.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Splendid, Richard. Thank you.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05Ed, we want the EastEnders characters played by these actors.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12- Do you watch EastEnders?- I've not seen it once. As soon as I hear that familiar drumbeat, it's channel over.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16But luckily, I'm a massive Ricky Gervais fan and in Extras,
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- I'm pretty sure that Shaun Williamson had a recurring role as a sort of bumbling assistant.- He did.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27They always referred to him as Barry because the joke was he was known as "Barry from EastEnders",
0:19:27 > 0:19:33rather than calling him "Shaun". It might be a popular answer, but I think Shaun Williamson is Barry.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- A lifeline from Shaun Williamson. - Yeah.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40OK, you're saying Barry for Shaun Williamson. Let's hope it's right
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and if it is, let's hope hardly anyone said it.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Barry - Shaun Williamson.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Not bad. Still going down.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- 30.- That's all right.- Yeah. - Good answer.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Barry - Shaun Williamson, Richard?
0:19:57 > 0:20:05Yeah, poor old Barry. He was there from 1994 until he fell to his unfortunate death in 2002.
0:20:05 > 0:20:12Right, Joan, as always on Pointless, you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people gave.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14You can talk us through this board.
0:20:14 > 0:20:21- What do you think?- It's my worst nightmare.- It's everyone's worst nightmare.- I never watch soaps.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27I also, as soon as the music strikes up, turn it off. I'm absolutely not interested.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33You know what they call it in EastEnders, the "doof, doof, doof"? The "diggity-digs" or something.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- Have you never been on EastEnders? - No, I've never been on it.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- COCKNEY ACCENT: - They've never asked me!
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Doof, doof, doof, doof-doof...
0:20:43 > 0:20:45LAUGHTER
0:20:45 > 0:20:50- Joan, sorry. What are you going to go for? - I'll just give it my best shot.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53And it's mostly a guess.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56But I'm going to hope
0:20:56 > 0:21:01that Leslie Grantham was Dennis...Watts?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Dennis Watts... Leslie Grantham.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10Let's see if that's correct and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Dennis Watts.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13It's right.
0:21:15 > 0:21:1658.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Not a bad answer at all.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25A correct answer and scoring you 58 points. Dennis...
0:21:25 > 0:21:31Well done, Joan. Good answers from three people who have never watched any EastEnders. Very impressive.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Yeah, he's been killed off twice, Dirty Den.
0:21:35 > 0:21:41Let's take a look at the rest. Bill Treacher was Arthur Fowler. That would have scored 31.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Gretchen Franklin is Ethel Skinner. That would have scored you 15.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50And the lowest score - Deepak Verma played Sanjay Kapoor.
0:21:50 > 0:21:57Way back in the early days. He was addicted to gambling, had an affair with his wife's sister
0:21:57 > 0:22:01and was arrested for the murder of his wife. That's a busy week!
0:22:01 > 0:22:09Thank you very much, Richard. So let's look at the scores. Well, Ed, as it turns out,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12fantastic answer from you. The lowest so far.
0:22:12 > 0:22:19- Tom, not a bad answer at all. Irene, do you watch EastEnders? You do?- Sometimes.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- I'm not committing myself in case I get it wrong.- Of course!
0:22:23 > 0:22:28- Jennie? How's your EastEnders knowledge?- Good. Hopefully!
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Well, it'll need to be. You are the highest scorers on 58.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:38 > 0:22:43OK, we're going to put six more actors on the board.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45And we've got...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I'll read those one more time.
0:23:01 > 0:23:08We are looking for their EastEnders characters. You're trying to find a really nice obscure one.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13- Now, Jennie...- I know all those actors and actresses,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17but I can't remember some of their names.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- In EastEnders.- So I'll have to go... - You are the high scorers.- I know.
0:23:22 > 0:23:29- I'll have to go for Martine McCutcheon. I think she played Tiffany.- Martine McCutcheon, Tiffany.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33OK. There's no red line for you.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Let's see if that's right and how many said Martine McCutcheon, Tiffany.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43It's right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:4734.
0:23:47 > 0:23:5134 that scores you. It takes your total to 92.
0:23:51 > 0:23:58- Richard?- Good answer. She was killed in 1998 and went on to have a Number One in 1999.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- How does that work?- Very good.
0:24:00 > 0:24:07- OK, Laura, you are on 30. If you can score 61 or less with this answer...- OK.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10..you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:10 > 0:24:16The two actors I wanted to come up haven't, but there are two on there where I know the actors,
0:24:16 > 0:24:21but I can only remember who one of them has played. I'll have to go for it.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26So I'm going to go for Ross Kemp playing Grant Mitchell.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32All right. There's your red line. If you get below there, you're through. Let's see.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34How many people said it?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37It's correct!
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Yes, it's got you through. 46.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Very good. Good tactics as it turns out. Richard?
0:24:48 > 0:24:54Well played, Laura. Ross Kemp has gone on to do interesting documentaries on Sky
0:24:54 > 0:24:56with gangs and soldiers.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Our high scorers are Jennie and Joan on 92.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04If you can score 45 or less, you are through.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10- Talk me through it, Irene. - I think the first two would be quite popular.- Yes.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- You can give us the answers. - That's Bianca and Pat.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- And Pat?- Yeah.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Now I think Laila Morse plays Mo.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27And I think Michael Cashman played Colin many years ago, but I'm not oversure on that.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30So I will go with Laila Morse and Mo.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Laila Morse and Mo you say. Maybe that's a pointless.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42Who knows? There's your red line. If you're below that red line, Mo has got you through.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Let's see if it's right and how many said it. Laila Morse.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49It's right! Well done.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53A home run!
0:25:54 > 0:26:02Very good. 11 points that scores you and it takes your total up to 57.
0:26:02 > 0:26:10- Richard?- Very well played, Irene. She's Gary Oldman's sister, Laila Morse.- She's not!- She is.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16Let's take a look at the rest. Pam St Clement is Pat Butcher or Pat Evans.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Pat Wicks as well, I think. 53 points.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Patsy Palmer was 50 points. She, of course, is...
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Bian'a!
0:26:25 > 0:26:32And Michael Cashman, you're exactly right. He was Colin. He had the first gay kiss on a prime time soap.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Scored 3 points. He's now an MEP, Michael Cashman.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42So at the end of Round 2, the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Jennie and Joan.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48- When you see the answers on the board, do you think, "I sort of knew that"?- I couldn't remember Colin.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- I did know Michael Cashman played that chap that had the kiss. - Joan, you're blissfully unaware.
0:26:53 > 0:27:00- On another planet!- I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon, but we'll see you next time.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Thanks so much for playing. Thank you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Well done, Tom and Irene, Ed and Laura.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair will make it to the final
0:27:26 > 0:27:31and play for the jackpot which currently stands at...
0:27:34 > 0:27:40OK, you're going head-to-head on the best of three. Each pair gives me just one answer
0:27:40 > 0:27:46and you are now allowed to confer. All you need is an answer that scores less than the other pair
0:27:46 > 0:27:51and the pair that gets the best of three will play for the jackpot.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Right, let's play Pointless.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:28:01 > 0:28:08to name as many Prime Ministers under Queen Elizabeth II as they could.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14- Richard?- Any of the 12 British Prime Ministers in office since Queen Elizabeth II was crowned
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- in 1953, up to the beginning of 2011.- OK.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Irene and Tom, you've played best, so you get to go first.
0:28:26 > 0:28:33OK. Tom and Irene seem happy with their answer. What are you going to give me?
0:28:33 > 0:28:38I think we're going to play safe a little bit and go for Ted Heath.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Ted Heath. OK, Ted Heath.
0:28:42 > 0:28:48- That was one we thought of... - What are your other ones? - James Callaghan, Harold Wilson,
0:28:48 > 0:28:55- and Macmillan.- Harold. - Is it Harold as well? OK, I'll go with Harold Wilson, I think.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- Wilson? Not Macmillan?- Either. - Oh, I don't know.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- It's definitely Harold Wilson you're going for?- Yeah.- OK.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10So we have Ted Heath and Harold Wilson. Tom and Irene said Ted Heath. Let's see if it's right
0:29:10 > 0:29:13and how many people said it.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Ted Heath - 35.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- Ed and Laura have gone for Harold Wilson- Yep. This is all on me.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33OK, Laura, you said Harold Wilson. Is it right and how many said it?
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Oh!
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Bad luck.
0:29:45 > 0:29:53- Ted Heath wins it. After the first question, it is one-nil to Tom and Irene. Richard?- Well played.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58If you'd said Macmillan, you'd have just won the point.
0:29:58 > 0:30:05And with James Callaghan as well. The only answer that would have lost it for you was Harold Wilson.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Let's look at all 12 names.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12The best answer was Alec Douglas-Home, 5 points.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Anthony Eden took over from Churchill. He was 11.
0:30:16 > 0:30:23James Callaghan, 22. Winston Churchill in his second period as PM was 24,
0:30:23 > 0:30:26as was Macmillan. Edward Heath, 35.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28And some of the more modern ones.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Harold Wilson, 39. John Major, 59.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Gordon Brown, 69, alongside David Cameron.
0:30:35 > 0:30:41Margaret Thatcher, 79. And way out at the top, Tony Blair, 92. Well done if you got all 12.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46OK, thanks very much. Here is your second question.
0:30:46 > 0:30:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many annual US federal holidays as they could.
0:30:53 > 0:31:00- Richard?- We're looking for any of the names given to days designated as annual federal public holidays
0:31:00 > 0:31:05in the United States by the US Government. We won't accept Inauguration Day,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08but any US federal public holidays,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12as of the start of 2011.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- Ed and Laura, you get to go first. - We've heard of it and we hope it's fitting for this.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- We'll go for Labor Day. - Labor Day.- Yes.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Tom and Irene, what do you think?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Founders Day.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Founders Day? - That's good!
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Labor Day and Founders Day.
0:31:33 > 0:31:40Ed and Laura, Labor Day. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It's right.
0:31:49 > 0:31:5023.
0:31:55 > 0:32:0123 for Labor Day. Tom and Irene, what do you think? 23. That's quite a tough score.
0:32:02 > 0:32:09OK, let's see if Founders Day is correct and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12- Ah!- Oh!
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Bad luck. Founders Day is an incorrect answer.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- So, Ed and Laura...- Lifeline!
0:32:18 > 0:32:22A stay of execution. It is now one-all.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27- Richard?- Unlucky. Let's look at the whole list of US holidays.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32A pointless answer - Columbus Day, for Columbus finding America.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Memorial Day would have scored 2.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Veterans Day on November 11th to celebrate the Armistice, 6.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43President's Day on George Washington's birthday, 9.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Martin Luther King Junior Day, that's 21 points.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Labor Day, there we go, with 23.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54New Year's Day they celebrate. I don't know what that's about. 27.
0:32:54 > 0:33:01Christmas Day, 53. Independence Day, 66. And Thanksgiving Day, 72. They have a lot of holidays.
0:33:01 > 0:33:08They sure do. OK, here's your third question. Whoever wins this point is going through to the final.
0:33:08 > 0:33:15OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many members of the Jackson Five
0:33:15 > 0:33:22- as they could.- We're looking for any member of the original line-up of the Jackson Five,
0:33:22 > 0:33:28- as inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There are five possible answers here.- No(!)
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Tom and Irene, you go first.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- We're very torn, but we're going to go for...- Tito.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42- Tito.- Tito Jackson. - Right, Ed and Laura?
0:33:42 > 0:33:47We did think of that as well. We'll have to go with our other one.
0:33:47 > 0:33:53- So we're going to go with Jermaine Jackson and hope that is... - We think Tito's probably better.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- So you may have stolen that from us.- OK.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04Tito and Jermaine. We'll take them in the order they were given to decide who plays for our jackpot.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09OK, Tom and Irene said Tito. Is it right and how many said it?
0:34:16 > 0:34:1822.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25OK, Tito has gone. Jermaine is the only one you could think of after Tito.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Is it right and how many said it?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32It's right.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Bad luck.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Tito beats Jermaine, 22 to 37, which means after three questions
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Tom and Irene are through to the final, two-one. Richard?
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Very well played. There were two answers that would beat Tito.
0:34:54 > 0:35:01Let's take a look. Marlon and Jackie Jackson, whose real name is Sigmund Jackson.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Tito there with 22, Jermaine with 37.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09And Michael right at the top there with 92.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Thank you. So the losing pair I'm afraid is Ed and Laura.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19- It's been a merry dance. - A game of fluke! - That's what you've led us.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25- Who's going to take the blame? - I think it has to be equal. - Hang on. Sorry?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- Let's both have our say. - LAUGHTER
0:35:30 > 0:35:37- Who's going to take the blame, Ed? - That politics question we didn't get, Laura does Law and Politics.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- It's just a thought.- Who didn't know a single American holiday?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I knew Christmas.
0:35:45 > 0:35:53- We all knew Christmas.- OK, that'll be a fun journey back to Cardiff. You can discuss that all the way.
0:35:53 > 0:35:59I'm so sorry. You have done very well. Thank you very much for playing. Great contestants.
0:36:00 > 0:36:08But for Irene and Tom it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win £3,250!
0:36:14 > 0:36:20Congratulations. You've seen off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:28 > 0:36:34Very, very good indeed. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. It stands at...
0:36:40 > 0:36:47Now the rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 got.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only need to find one to go away with that money.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57First, you must choose a category from these three options.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- One, two, three...- Dogs! - Well, that didn't take long at all!
0:37:07 > 0:37:13- Cycling and British Actors are terrible subjects? Or Dogs is brilliant?- We both love dogs.
0:37:13 > 0:37:19Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:19 > 0:37:26to name as many Crufts Best In Show terriers and spaniels as they could. Richard?
0:37:26 > 0:37:32We're looking for any breed of dog with spaniel or terrier as part of its name
0:37:32 > 0:37:38that has won Best In Show at Crufts ever since its inception in 1928, right up until 2010.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43Any Best In Show winner with spaniel or terrier in its name.
0:37:43 > 0:37:49You have one minute to come up with three answers. All you need is one of them to be pointless.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58- I'm thinking of a Skye terrier. - A Kerry Blue definitely has.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- OK. That's a spaniel, is it? - Yeah, Kerry Blue.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06It's a terrier. Borders and stuff. Irish Water spaniel.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Just say water spaniel. - OK, non-specific.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Yeah, em...- Terriers and spaniels.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Yeah. And then...
0:38:16 > 0:38:22- (Has a Bedlington terrier won it?) - You can speak up, if you like. - Has a Bedlington terrier won it?
0:38:22 > 0:38:29- We're pretty sure of two, we think. We're trying to think of a third. - What'll we go for?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- The water spaniel?- Water spaniel.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37- Your...- Kerry Blue.- And... - What about Bedlington terrier? - I don't think it's won Crufts.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42I don't think so. We'll say... Skye terrier?
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- Cocker?- OK. Have you got your three?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Stop the clock right there. Very good. Playing to your strengths.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55We were looking for Crufts Best In Show terriers and spaniels.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I now need your three answers.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03- We'll go for a water spaniel. - A water spaniel.- Kerry Blue. - Kerry Blue.- Kerry Blue spaniel.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- And...- Is that a spaniel? - Terrier.- Terrier, sorry.- And...?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- American Cocker.- American Cocker.
0:39:12 > 0:39:19OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Tom's water spaniel.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27A water spaniel. OK. We'll put that up last. What about your least confident?
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- American Cocker.- Yeah.- OK, let's put those up on the board
0:39:31 > 0:39:33in your preferred order.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49There they are. We were looking for Crufts Best In Show winners
0:39:49 > 0:39:54with the words terrier or spaniel in their name. OK, here we go.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59How many people said your first answer, American Cocker Spaniel?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Let's see if it's right.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07And if it is, how many people said American Cocker Spaniel?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Oh, no!- Oh!
0:40:12 > 0:40:17- Good start(!)- Hang on. You weren't confident about that one.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21It's an incorrect answer. You have two more chances at the jackpot.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25£3,250 - how would you spend that, Tom?
0:40:25 > 0:40:29I haven't been on holiday for about 10 years, so I might have...
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- A well-earned break.- Yeah. - How about you, Irene?
0:40:33 > 0:40:40Yeah, similar, really. And if we did win, we'd go to some sporting event, wouldn't we?
0:40:40 > 0:40:47Best In Show terriers and spaniels. Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Kerry Blue Terrier.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52This is your second of three shots at today's jackpot of £3,250.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54It has to be pointless to win.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Kerry Blue Terrier.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00It's right.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Kerry Blue, down it goes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08This for £3,250!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Still going down...down it goes!
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Oh!
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Sorry about that.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Blimey. - LAUGHTER
0:41:23 > 0:41:28I thought that was going all the way. Kerry Blue Terrier.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Scoring just 2.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36This is your most confident answer. A Water Spaniel.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41If this goes down to nothing, you are leaving here with £3,250.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44The Kerry Blue went down to 2.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49It's looking very good. This has to be pointless.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55It has to be pointless for you to win. Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Water Spaniel.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- Oh!- Oh!
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- Never mind. - We had to go for it, didn't we?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Bad luck, bad luck.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- We had to go for it.- Yes.
0:42:12 > 0:42:19Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer so you don't win the £3,250
0:42:19 > 0:42:26which rolls over to the next show, but you have been fantastic and you take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Thank you.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Richard...
0:42:31 > 0:42:38Unlucky, Tom and Irene. There were three pointless answers. A couple are very recent winners.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Lakeland terrier has won twice, the last time in 1967.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46The Norfolk terrier won in 2005
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and a Sealyham terrier won in 2009.
0:42:49 > 0:42:55- Would you have got those? - We went for what we thought was most obscure. I'd heard of those.
0:42:55 > 0:43:01Oh, bad luck. Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to Irene and Tom.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- It's been great having you on. - Thank you very much.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18so on the next show we'll be playing for...£4,250.
0:43:20 > 0:43:26- Join us next time to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.- And from me.
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