0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31Welcome to Pointless, where the obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41First up, we welcome Steve and Dan. How do you know each other?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45We met at work. We were going for an interview for a job.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Dan got the job ahead of me! So it didn't start in the best circumstances!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51I hated his guts even before I met him!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Then I met him and decided he was quite a nice bloke.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- So that's why he got the job. - Yeah, exactly.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- How long ago was that. - Two-and-a-half years.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Have you been promoted so you're on a par?- No, I'm virtually his PA!
0:01:06 > 0:01:12- And I'm only six years older than him!- So not too galling! Whereabouts is this work, Dan?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- In Hastings.- Hastings in Sussex.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Very good. And what do you do, Dan?
0:01:17 > 0:01:23- I'm an accountant.- An accountant. Steve, you're a thwarted accountant? - Deputy accountant, yeah! Thwarted!
0:01:23 > 0:01:31Vice accountant! Very best of luck on the show. Next, welcome back Tony and Vicki.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35You were here before. Everyone gets two chances at the final. This is your last chance.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- Remind us how you did. - OK-ish. Got to the head-to-head.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45And I let Tony down on music, of all things!
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Which is my strong subject. - UK Christmas number ones.- Yep.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Dear, oh, dear. Mind you, Tony, you gave us antimony, in the first round.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- I'm chemistry, yeah. Can we have it again?- That would have been a hopeless UK number one!
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Yes, a great answer. A lovely pointless answer.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- Vicki, what would you like to come up this afternoon? - TV, or famous people.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Tony, what about you? You were dazzling at chemistry.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I'm hoping for some Roman history. Any chance of that, Richard?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Um... No!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Well, very best of luck to you. Lovely to have you back.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27And we welcome back Gina and Ross, also here last time.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Remind us what happened.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34It didn't go very well. We went out in the first round on chemistry.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Carbon dioxide!- It was hideous! - Carbon dioxide.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Not an element!- You did really well. - Thanks.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Ross, what would you like today?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Football, this time. Something sporty.- Sporty.- Yeah.- Gina,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49what would play to your absolute strengths?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Something literature-related.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I did a creative writing degree, I'm in a book group.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I love to read.
0:02:56 > 0:03:02- It's lovely having you back. Best of luck. Promise me you'll go further than first round!- Definitely.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Splendid.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Finally we have got Juanita and Cheryl. How do you know each other?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11We've been sisters since I was born!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- By mutual consent. Brilliant! - I don't know if it was mutual!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- She wasn't too pleased! - I didn't have a say in it!
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Juanita, do you have any Spanish in you?- I wish I could say I did!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Unfortunately not.- Juanita was a name your parents loved.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30It was an actress, but probably long before your time!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- I don't know. Try me!- 1952.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Long before my time! What do you do, Cheryl?- At the moment,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I'm a museum assistant at the Robert Burns Centre in Dumfries.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Fantastic!
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- Juanita? How about you?- I work in a further education college.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I don't teach, I help students to learn!
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- It's much more fun.- I like that. A nice distinction.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59"No, no, I don't teach. But I do help them to learn."
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- I don't have to follow the rules because I'm not a lecturer. - You're a maverick!
0:04:04 > 0:04:10- Do they ever have to throw the book at you?- Often, but I throw it back at them!- I bet you do.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you later.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18There's only one person left to introduce.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22He ain't heavy, he's my Pointless brother, friend, Richard.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon, Richard.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Should be a good show. Two returning pairs. Tony and Vicki were very strong
0:04:37 > 0:04:40and very unlucky not to go all the way to the end game.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43And we probably didn't see the best of Gina and Ross.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Gina got caught out on a subject she doesn't know as much about as other things!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52So very strong pairs for our new pairs to have a go at.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Any rounds we can particularly look forward to?- We've got one of our new Round Ones
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- where we split the subjects. - You'll love this. A new Round One.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03You have to play tactically in that round.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07A tactical round. We put our questions to 100 people before the show. But this is Pointless,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10so we want the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as possible.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,
0:05:18 > 0:05:22one that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Dave and Andy won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score the maximum 100 points. So avoid those if you can.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04In this round, we'll show you two related question categories.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The first category will be played on the first pass.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11The second category will be played on the second pass when we come back down the line.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15So as always, it's crucial who goes first and who goes second.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Let's reveal the two categories.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Water and land. These are geographical categories. Water and land.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Water will be played on the way up. Land will be played on the way down.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Can you decide who's going first and who's second.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Let's see what the first question is.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:06:51 > 0:06:55The correct answers will be natural waterfalls found on planet Earth.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58The incorrect answers will not be waterfalls.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04Thank you. Steve and Dan, you all drew lots earlier. Today you get to go first.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10For each question, we're going to give you a list of seven possible answers on the board.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Your first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'll read those one more time.
0:07:35 > 0:07:42At least one of those answers is pointless. But there is also at least one incorrect answer there.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45One of those will score the maximum 100 points.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Steve.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52I know a couple that definitely are. But there's one whether I should try and risk it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I'm going to go for it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'm going for Devil's Appendix.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01- Devil's Appendix.- If it's a wrong answer, it really is a wrong answer!
0:08:01 > 0:08:05It's a brilliant answer. Let's see. Devil's Appendix.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Is it right. How many of our people said Devil's Appendix?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's right! Well done, Steve.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Very well done indeed.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Yes!
0:08:20 > 0:08:23That's superb. It's pointless.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25It adds £250 to the jackpot.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33It scores you nothing. What a start to the game! Brilliant, Steve.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Great start, Steve. Worth the risk. It's one of Britain's tallest waterfalls, in Snowdonia.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Just behind the Devil's dictionary, at the back of that!
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Thanks very much. Now, Tony.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49Six more potential waterfalls on the board.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Is this a good subject for you? - I know a few, but they may be high-scoring.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I guess we need to take a bit of a risk.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01It's not one I've heard of before, but I'll try Iguazu Falls.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Iguazu Falls.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05One up from the bottom.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Iguazu Falls.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It's right.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Look at that! Very, very well done, Tony!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Another pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Fabulous. It also scores you nothing. Richard.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Blimey, what a start! Tony, two shows in a row with a pointless answer.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Iguazu Falls are on the border of Brazil and Argentina.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43You see them in all sorts of films.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Recently they were in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53- In The Mission, all sorts of things. - Made in Dagenham, as well. - Made in Dagenham, yeah.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Very good.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00OK. Well done, wow, look at that. Two pointlesses on the trot. Ross, no pressure!
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Yeah!- No pressure.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07I feel it would be silly now there's two pointless answers on the board.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14So I'm going to go safe and say...
0:10:16 > 0:10:18..Victoria Falls.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24Victoria Falls. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Victoria Falls.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26It's right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Not a terrible score, but in the context, quite substantial! Richard.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Better than scoring 100, though. The largest falls in the world.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49- On the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. - Thank you, Richard.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54So, Cheryl. Remember, we're looking for waterfalls of the world.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58I know that Angel Falls is definitely one but I think it might be a high score.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04It's whether to gamble. I'm going to gamble and say the one that doesn't say Falls.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Because I'm awkward!
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Hawryluk.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11You're going for Hawryluk. There it is at the top.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Hawryluk. Good luck, Cheryl.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Oh, dear!- If you're going to fail, fail spectacularly!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- A piece of "hawry luk" there! - I'd have said that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- Bad luck. Hawryluk.- Sorry, Cheryl.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Not a falls. Joseph Hawryluk, an American who swam across Niagara Falls
0:11:37 > 0:11:40in the '50s. Let's take a look at all the answers.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Angel Falls was a fairly safe answer, but not a huge scorer.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It would have got you 27 points, the tallest falls in the world.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51One of those two is an incorrect answer, Alexander.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54What do you think? Which one is a real waterfall?
0:11:54 > 0:12:00I'll give you a clue. One is a film and one is a waterfall off the A5 in Wales.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Let's go Swallow Falls for the A5 in Wales.- Exactly right.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07That would have scored six points. Well done if you got that at home.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Seraphim Falls is a Liam Neeson film.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- Not a real waterfall. - Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Let's see the scores as they stand.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23Well, look at that! Steve and Dan on nothing, Tony and Vicki on nothing.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Two fantastic scores there. Then up to Ross and Gina on 63.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Which was standing out quite a way, then to your rescue came Cheryl and Juanita
0:12:34 > 0:12:36with their 100. So, yes,
0:12:36 > 0:12:42if the contest is between anyone, it's between Gina and Juanita in this next pass.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53So, for the second pass, the category is land.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Let's see what the question is.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:13:01 > 0:13:06- Richard?- Nothing really to add here. All the correct answers will be deserts.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Has that helped focus anyone's mind at all?- Mine!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- So you know what we're doing? - A little bit.- Excellent.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18There's a choice of seven answers on the board.
0:13:34 > 0:13:41At least one of those answers is pointless and there's also at least one incorrect answer on the board.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45An incorrect answer scores the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46So, then, Juanita.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52I think I know three of them, two of which will be high-scoring.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56So I hope that the third one is right. It's Mojave.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Mojave. There it is. Three up from the bottom. Mojave.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02You are, sorry to say, the highest scorers.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05You have to hope you'll score as low as you possibly can.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11There's no red line for you to come under. Is Mojave right and if so, how many people said it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13It's correct!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Very well done, Juanita, single figures!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Let's hope that is good enough.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- Scores nine, takes your total to 109. Richard?- Well played.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33That puts the pressure on Gina. It's in California,
0:14:33 > 0:14:36much of it under the jurisdiction of the US military.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Gina, we come to you. Juanita has put the pressure on you by scoring only nine.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44You're on 63. They're the high scorers on 109.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You want to score 45 or less with this.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52I only know two, which I think will be high scoring.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54So I don't know whether to just take a risk.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Because we'll probably go out anyway if I don't.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04So I'm just going to go for is it Sonoran?
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Sonoran.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07There you are. Second one down.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Sonoran, you're saying. There is your red line. Below that, you're in the next round.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Sonoran.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Well done, Gina, it's right!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22You are through to the next round!
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- I'm so glad!- Very, very well done indeed.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32That scores you two and takes your total to 65.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36The writing, I'm afraid, is on the wall for Juanita and Cheryl.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- 65. Sonoran.- That's a good, low-scoring answer. Very well done.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45It covers bits of Arizona and across the border into Mexico.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50OK. Thank you very much. And so, Vicki, we come to you. Remember,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52we're after deserts of the world.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56As has happened before, Tony has left you in such a strong position
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- it doesn't matter what you score. - Thank goodness!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Even if you score 100, you're through to the next round.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I'll just go for a strange one, then.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09I don't know any of them, so I'll go for - I can't say it - the third one.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Mawsynram.- Yes!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I'm not sure I can say it, either!
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Mawsynram. Let's see if it's right.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19There's no red line for you. You're through.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27A-ha!
0:16:27 > 0:16:32That's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum of 100 points
0:16:32 > 0:16:35taking your total up to 100, Vicki.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Worth a go. Mawsynram is in India and is one of the wettest places on the planet!
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- They have over 17,000 millimetres of rain a year!- Very good.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Thank you, Richard. So, then, Dan and Steve.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52We come to you. Steve scored pointless on the first pass.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Dan, there's another pointless on that board. See if you can find it.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I'm going to go for Kanafeh.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Kanafeh. OK. No red line. You're through, whatever happens.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Kanafeh. Is it right, and if so, how many people said Kanafeh.
0:17:09 > 0:17:16Ooh, how about that? That is an incorrect answer, so you also score 100 points. It doesn't matter.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19You're through to the next round. Your total is 100.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Again, worth the risk, though.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Kanafeh is actually an Arabian dessert! LAUGHTER
0:17:26 > 0:17:30With cheese and syrup and pistachio and filo pastry.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35Sorry about that! Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37There was a pointless answer, if you'd said it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Chihuahuan. That would have added £250 to the jackpot. Well done if you said that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45That's in Texas and across the border into Mexico.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47El Paso is in the Chihuahuan Desert.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Gobi was a big scorer. It would have got you 50 points.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59And Kalahari wasn't a bad answer to give, because it only scored 26!
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I'm sorry to say is Juanita and Cheryl.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Oh, dear!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- C'est la vie!- C'est la vie! Yes, I'm afraid.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15It's been fantastic having you on the show. Leaving at the end of the first round is a great shame.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18We'll see you again next time, though,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21when I hope you'll be with us for much longer.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25But thanks very much for playing. Fantastic contestants.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Only room for two pairs in our head-to-head,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44so one team will leave us at the end of this round.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00And our second round question concerns...
0:19:04 > 0:19:10- Richard?- In each pass we'll show you six singles that have sold over a million copies in the UK.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13We've asked 100 people which act was responsible for those singles.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19The more obscure answers will score fewer points but an incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22There are 12 in all for you to have a go at at home.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28Thanks, Richard. We want the artists who released these UK million-selling singles.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And we have got...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I'll read those one more time.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52We're after the names of the artists who released these singles.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54So, Steve.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59I'm going for the band that had a long career and did really well for themselves!
0:19:59 > 0:20:04I think Pure and Simple was Hear'Say.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Hear'Say. Hear'Say you say for Pure and Simple.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14It's right.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Very well done.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Very good score. 20 for Hear'Say. Richard?
0:20:26 > 0:20:31Well played, Steve. Hear'Say, the band formed from the first of the Popstars series.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33They had just hundreds of hits!
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Albums. Still selling out arenas to this day(!)
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Vicki, we come to you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Now, then. Five songs left on that board.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I think you will know all of those.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I'm a bit concerned about the fifth one.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Cos there's a lot of songs called that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:57- I'm going to go for Barbie Girl and Aqua.- Barbie Girl, Aqua.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- I know, it's awful, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05It's probably a good low score, but you have just admitted that you knew...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I have! Sorry!
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Barbie Girl, Aqua. Is that right, and how many people knew that answer?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13It's right.
0:21:15 > 0:21:1820 is the one to beat. 46 for Aqua.
0:21:20 > 0:21:2446. Not a bad score, all the same.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29Number one in 1997 for the much underrated Danish band Aqua.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- Aqua, oh!- Did a lot of good stuff. - Brilliant.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Some good albums.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40Gina. We're after the artists who released these UK million-selling singles.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I'm going to take a risk and hope that it's right.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Think Twice. No Doubt.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Think Twice. No Doubt.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54Is it right and if so, how many people said it. Think Twice, No Doubt. Good luck, Gina.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Bad luck, Gina. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry. Richard?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Sorry, Gina. At least No Doubt is an ironic incorrect answer!
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I'll go through the board. Their biggest hit was Don't Speak,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- which is the same syllables. - Maybe I was thinking that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Think twice, next time!
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Sorry!
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Let's fill in the board. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 57 points.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Think Twice is actually Celine Dion.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Her first number one single. Scored 34 points.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Rock Around The Clock, not a big scorer. Bill Haley and the Comets, scored 45.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41And Believe was the Cher version.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44That scored 28 points.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49The best answer on the board is Pure and Simple. A good one to go for first.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Thanks, Richard. Let's see the scores halfway through the round.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Pure and Simple, the best score there. Up to 46 for Vicki and Tony.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03Gina and Ross on 100. Bad luck. But Ross, luckily, I think you know this stuff.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09It may be enough to save your bacon. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16OK. Six more UK million-selling singles on the board.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I'll read those one more time.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38We want the artists who released these singles.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Try to find the one that the fewest of our people knew.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Ross, you are the high scorers on 100, but you also happen to be brilliant on this.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51You'll know all of these. So, then.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56I just think it has to be Spaceman, Babylon Zoo.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Babylon Zoo, Spaceman. Let's see if it's right,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04No red line for you, you are the high scorers.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Spaceman, Babylon Zoo.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Well done. It's right.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Down it goes.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Very good. 14.
0:24:18 > 0:24:2214 is a low score. Takes your total up to 114.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Is that low enough, I wonder.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- Richard?- Well played, Ross. A debut single from 1996 by Babylon Zoo.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31It's featured on a jeans advert.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36A brilliant first ten seconds that was on the advert, and a disappointing rest of the song
0:24:36 > 0:24:38which wasn't on the advert!
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Yes, indeed. Tony.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44114 is the high score. Ross and Gina, just behind you there.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49You're on 46. If you can score 67 or less, you're in the head-to-head.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52How is this as a category for you? I imagine pretty good.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Not bad. I'd have preferred soul music.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59I Just Called To Say I Love You, Stevie Wonder.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Here's your red line. Below that red line,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I Just Called To Say I Love You, by Stevie Wonder
0:25:05 > 0:25:08will see you through to the head-to-head. Good luck.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Yep, you're through.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Very, very well done indeed.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- That scores 46. Takes your total up to 92. Richard?- Well played,
0:25:20 > 0:25:25very good answer. Stevie Wonder's only solo number one single, that one.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31- That's absurd, isn't it?- Yes, he had Ebony and Ivory with Paul McCartney, but otherwise none at number one.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- That WAS absurd. - Well, I think it was beautiful!
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Dan, Dan, Dan. You're last to have this board, so talk us through all of them!
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Fill in the blanks and pick the one you want to submit.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50Before you do that, I remind you the high scorers are still Ross and Gina
0:25:50 > 0:25:53on 114. You're on 20, so if you score 93 or less,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56you're through to the head-to-head.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The top one is Human League.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Then The Village People.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03At the bottom, it's Kylie Minogue.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08But I think the lowest will be Natalie Imbruglia with Torn.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14- Natalie Imbruglia you think is the lowest.- Out of all of those. - Torn, Natalie Imbruglia.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17How many people said it?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19You're through to the head-to-head. Well done.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27That takes your score up to 60.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Richard?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Well played, Dan. Another debut million-seller, from 1997.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Here's the rest.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Don't You Want Me, the Human League, scoring 30.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42YMCA, The Village People, 58.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45And Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Kylie Minogue.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47That scored 56.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49So Babylon Zoo the best answer on the board, Ross,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52but I know it's no consolation.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Gina and Ross.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00What have you learnt from your two appearances on Pointless?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Well, I'm not always right, which...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07he'll be glad to hear me say!
0:27:07 > 0:27:12It's been brilliant having you here. Thanks for playing. Brilliant contestants. Thanks.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting now in the head-to-head!
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Well done, Steve and Dan, Tony and Vicki. You're in the head-to-head.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for the jackpot
0:27:35 > 0:27:37which currently stands at...
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you may now confer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56Just find an answer which scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01The first pair to get to the best of three will play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08OK. Here is your first question.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:28:17 > 0:28:20We're looking for any of the seven men who have won
0:28:20 > 0:28:25each of the singles' titles at the Australia Open, US Open, French Open and Wimbledon
0:28:25 > 0:28:29over the course of their careers, completed the career Grand Slam.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33That's prior to April 2011. See how many you can get at home.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Thanks, Richard. Steve and Dan, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Male tennis career Grand Slam champions.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- Have you got an answer? - Yes, we have.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Very good indeed.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52We know one that's certain but we think it might be a high scorer.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55There's one that we know he won three definitely
0:28:55 > 0:28:57and possibly all four.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- So we're going for Andre Agassi. - Andre Agassi you are saying.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Andre Agassi. Tony and Vicki.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- I'm thinking Rod Laver.- Who I've never heard of cos I'm too young!
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- And...- I'm going to go with you cos I know the obvious ones.- Sure?
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I said Andre Agassi as well. Then I was thinking of Bjorn Borg and so on.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- We'll go with you.- Rod Laver.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Rod Laver. We have Andre Agassi. We have Rod Laver.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28In that order. Steve and Dan, you've gone Andre Agassi.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Andre Agassi. Good luck.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35It is right.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39How far down is it going?
0:29:41 > 0:29:4429, Andre Agassi.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Not a bad score at all.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Tony and Vicki. Rod Laver. Do you think it's a right answer, Tony?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53I hope it is!
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Rod Laver.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Well done, Tony. Look at that.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Very well done, indeed. Still going.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14That's an excellent score. Eight beats 29.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19So, after the first question, Tony and Vicki are up one-nil.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Richard?- Well played, Tony. He won 11 Grand Slam titles in all.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26He won two true Grand Slams, which is winning all four in one year.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29A pointless answer here as well. Let's have a look at all of them.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Don Budge who won all four titles in 1938. A pointless answer.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Well done if you said that.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Steve and Dan, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Songs from Oliver! Richard.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Simply any song from the original stage soundtrack version of the 1960 musical Oliver!
0:31:12 > 0:31:15There we are. Tony and Vicki, you start.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19OK.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20You have an answer?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I've got half of each song, the title!
0:31:25 > 0:31:28We're going to go with You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35Sounds good to me. Steve and Dan. Songs from Oliver!
0:31:35 > 0:31:38My sisters used to watch this all the time as kids.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Where Is Love?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Where Is Love? You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47And Where Is Love?
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Steve and Dan, you have to win this point, remember,
0:31:51 > 0:31:55to stay in the game. Tony and Vicki say You've Got To Pick a Pocket or Two.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59It's right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:1138 for Pick A Pocket or Two.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Steve and Dan have said Where Is Love?
0:32:15 > 0:32:16This has to go lower than 38
0:32:16 > 0:32:21or we say goodbye to you. Where Is Love? Is it right, how many people said it?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23It's right.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Well done, you've got it.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35So ten for Where Is Love beats 38 for Pick a Pocket or Two.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- After two questions, you are one-all. Richard? - Well played, Steve and Dan.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45There was a host of answers that would have beaten that. Let's see how people did at home.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48My Name, one point. Well done if you said that.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Thank you very much, Richard.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25So here is your third question.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Whoever wins this will be in the final, playing for the jackpot.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Richard?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40The G8, or Group of Eight is a global political body
0:33:40 > 0:33:45consisting of eight of the world's most industrialised nations. Any of those nations, please.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49OK. Steve and Dan, you kick off this time.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Yeah, OK. I don't know. I'm with you.- OK.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56I just... I'm going to go with Italy.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Italy.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01OK. Italy, Steve and Dan have said.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Tony and Vicki, what are you thinking?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Germany, definitely.- Go on.- But I'd risk France as a lower score.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Whatever you think.- France. - You're going for France.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13OK. We have Italy, we have France.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17In the order they've been given, Steve and Dan have said Italy.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Italy.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25It's right.
0:34:36 > 0:34:3933 for Italy. Tony and Vicki have gone for France.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41You have to go lower than 33.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45France. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49It's right.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50- Ooh!- Ooh!
0:34:52 > 0:34:5582 for France, a very popular choice there.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Steve and Dan beat that with 33, which means after three questions
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Steve and Dan are through to the final.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Yeah, unlucky, Tony and Vicki.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08It's probably easier to work out five or six, but it's those last few.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11There's one answer that would have beaten Italy.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14So if you had said Canada.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16That would have seen you through.
0:35:29 > 0:35:36So at the end of the head-to-head, the losing pair I'm afraid is Tony and Vicki. Well!
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You've been in the head-to-head in both Pointlesses,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42each time thwarted at the last minute.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45This is where we say goodbye to you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- Thank you, you've been brilliant contestants.- Thank you.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58For Steve and Dan, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win a jackpot of £1,500!
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Congratulations, Steve and Dan. You've beaten the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy!
0:36:15 > 0:36:21You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot which stands at £1,500.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37We've had two pointless answers today. Just find one more
0:36:37 > 0:36:38and you go home with that money.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42First, choose a category from these three options.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Literature is probably our weakest subject.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54It's mine, definitely.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57CONFER QUIETLY
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Films?- OK, films. Yeah, films.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- The Oscars, sorry.- The Oscars.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11You're going for The Oscars.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16Let's see the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- Richard?- We want any British-born actress who's been nominated for an Oscar
0:37:25 > 0:37:28in an acting category but has never won.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Any British-born actress who's been nominated for an Oscar but never won.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35That's up to the start of April 2011.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38You have up to one minute to find three answers.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Helena Bonham Carter.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Helen Mirren?- She's won one for The Queen.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58And also Kate Winslet. What's that lady that was in The Railway?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Has she been nominated?- Don't know.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04British-born. We need to go much further back.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Liz Taylor has won one.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Did she win one?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- I'm really struggling here. - It is a struggling one.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Anyone in the '90s that was... Kate Winslet.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20What about British but went to America?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Kate Winslet?- She's won one, yeah.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30- This is... This is not good!- No!
0:38:32 > 0:38:35It always goes to American actresses. Jenny Agutter?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Yeah. I wonder if she was nominated?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Five seconds left.- Dame Judi Dench?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I think she's won one. Go with Judi Dench.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48OK. There is your minute up.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52We are looking for unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54I now need your three answers.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Jenny Agutter, we'll go for.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Jenny Agutter.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- Dame Judi Dench? - I think she's won one.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Let's put her down. - Judi Dench. Dame Judi Dench.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Judi Dench.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12And has Helena Bonham Carter won one?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Did she win one for Remains of the Day?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- I need your answer.- Helena Bonham Carter.- Helena Bonham Carter. OK.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- Shall we say Jenny Agutter? - Let's put her last. Jenny Agutter.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Who's your least likely?
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- I think Helena Bonham Carter has won one.- Least likely, Helena Bonham Carter.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36We'll put her first and Judi Dench in the middle.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43There they are.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50This is the answer you had the least faith in, to be pointless.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53You only need one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Let's see how many people said Helena Bonham Carter.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Is it right, how many people said it.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01It's right.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04It's right. That's the first thing it had to be.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07The second thing it has to be is pointless.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11It has to go all the way down to zero. If it does, you win £1,500.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Five!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16That was our best chance.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Five!
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- That's a great score.- We've changed our order. That was our best answer!
0:40:22 > 0:40:26It's not pointless. This was your least confident answer.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Two more chances to win today's jackpot. 1,500 quid. What would you do with that?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34We'd take our families away for little breaks.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- Somewhere.- Lovely. - Yes, for all of us.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Very good indeed. Good luck.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Here is your second answer. Judi Dench.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Judi Dench.
0:40:51 > 0:40:57Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer so you only have one chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Everything is resting on Jenny Agutter.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Hmm!
0:41:03 > 0:41:09- Are you fans of Jenny Agutter? - In American Werewolf in London, yes. She was...- Yeah.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13We're looking for unsuccessful British actresses at the Oscars.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Jenny Agutter. You said this was the answer you were most confident with.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Let's see if that confidence was well-placed.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25Jenny Agutter. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Jenny Agutter.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Bad luck!
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- Bad luck.- We gave it a go.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer
0:41:43 > 0:41:47so you don't win today's jackpot which rolls over to the next show.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- You've been brilliant contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.- Thank you.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Richard?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Three good answers. Judi Dench has been nominated six times
0:42:01 > 0:42:06but did win Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11Jenny Agutter never nominated. She won a BAFTA for Equus but never nominated at the Oscars.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15There's a bunch of pointless answers. See how you did at home.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Angela Lansbury was nominated in 1962 for Manchurian Candidate.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Deborah Kerr, nominated five times but never won.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Imelda Staunton nominated for Vera Drake and lost out to Hilary Swank
0:42:26 > 0:42:27in Million Dollar Baby.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Janet McTeer in Tumbleweed lost out to Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Joan Plowright lost out to Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Miranda Richardson, nominated for Tom and Viv. Never won an Oscar.
0:42:39 > 0:42:45Pauline Collins nominated for Shirley Valentine. Samantha Morton, beaten by Charlize Theron.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49And Sophie Okonedo, nominated for Hotel Rwanda.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:07Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over. On the next show we'll be playing for...
0:43:12 > 0:43:15Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- So it's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And goodbye from me. Goodbye!
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