0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Welcome, Rik and Shirley, you're our first pair on today's show.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Where are you from? - From Scotland at the moment.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- You've lived all over?- Particularly Rik.- Where have you lived, Rik?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- GEORDIE ACCENT: - In South Africa for 21 years.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- That's not a South African accent, nor a Scottish accent. - Well, Geordie, originally.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05- How did you and Shirley meet?- We met on the net two and a half years ago.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10- On the net?- Yes, not the internet. Not on one of those dodgy chatlines.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- On the tennis court net. - That's really disappointing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:20We've played tennis together in the same club for two and a half years now.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25- What do you do, Shirley? - I'm an optical assistant in one of the major retailers.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Rik, how about you? - I'm semi-retired now.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Because I've been hairdressing for 36 years now.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I'm 51...
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- 51! Come on! Are these South African years?- No.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- 51 years. Yes! - Really?- Yes. Definitely.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The good living over there was good for me.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- Only 27 years older than you! - I know! It's absurd.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Wow. Amazing. Come back on the show when you're 100.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- OK. That's a deal.- Well, welcome.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- Great to have you here.- Thanks for having us.- Great pleasure.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07We then welcome Stuart and Jono. How do you two know each other?
0:02:07 > 0:02:11When I was about 15, 16, I joined the sixth form.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I was in a caff, having a nice little breakfast, and I met Stu.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20I was in a band, an indie rock band, and we were looking for a guitarist.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Heard Stu was playing guitar, so got him along to rehearsal.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- And he fitted right in?- Yeah.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- How many people in the band?- Four. - Indie four-piece.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- What are you called? - The Great Gatsby.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- The Great Gatsby?- Like the book, we know.- Like the book!
0:02:37 > 0:02:40It's going really well and he's now playing drums.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44On a song like Charlie, for example, you're drumming on that?
0:02:44 > 0:02:50There's no guitar on that? That fantastic rhythm guitar on there, that's...
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- That'll be Jono.- He does a little bit of singing in there.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59You're meant to be impressed that I know their back catalogue.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- They assume everyone...- Yeah. Charlie?- We looked at each other!
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- Whistle your favourite of their numbers.- Oh!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- LAUGHTER - What do you want?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- Yet Return? That one? - Yeah. Give it a go.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Well... Who can forget that captivating opening riff?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22HUMS RIFF
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- That's you, isn't it?- Uncanny. CONTINUES HUMMING
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Stuart!
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Listen, very, very best of luck on the show.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Next, welcome back Tom and Hazel. Everyone gets two chances to reach our final.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Remind us how you did. - We got to the head-to-head.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59We were quietly confident, because we scored eight points.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- But unfortunately, we were beaten. - You did very well.- We did.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Minnesota.- Yes.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Were you thinking, "Next time, I would really love...to come up"?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Questions that I know the answer to. - That's OK.
0:04:13 > 0:04:19- Brilliant.- I'm afraid I've got none of those today, Hazel. Sorry.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Tom's sporting a few new tattoos today.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Presidents of the United States and countries beginning with W.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30That was the problem last time round.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36Very good. Well, it's great having you on the show and we look forward to hearing more from you later.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41Finally, we have got Scott and Marcus. How do you know each other?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Well, my girlfriend's friends with Scott's wife.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Scott sings. He was in a club when we all went together and I got to know him.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Very good. What do you sing, Scott? - A lot of old Motown stuff.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- Any indie stuff?- Unfortunately not. It's not my genre.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Scott, what categories would be brilliant for you?- Film.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Film and music.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07How about you, Marcus?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Definitely film. I've watched the same film 200 times.- Which one?
0:05:11 > 0:05:17- The Silence Of The Lambs.- OK. - So I'm hoping something about Silence Of The Lambs comes up.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- What particularly about The Silence Of The Lambs?- I don't know.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28I'm always doing impressions to me mum when the lights are off. She gets quite scared.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32"Surprise!" What's your favourite line from it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35A census taker once tried to test me.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42APPLAUSE
0:05:46 > 0:05:52- That is a VERY good Jodie Foster impression.- We'll be finding out more throughout the show.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55There's one person left to introduce.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59When most people's knowledge-well runs dry, he has plenty to drink.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- You always have plenty to drink. He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Hello, there.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Well, hello. How are you? - Very well. How are you?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- I couldn't be better.- We've only got one returning pair, Tom and Hazel.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19They were very strong last time.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- It was a tough head-to-head. - Very tough.- I suspect they may be very hard to beat, everyone.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28No film questions, I'm afraid.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33There's a music question, depending on your definition of music!
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Now, we put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless.
0:06:37 > 0:06:44We are after the obscure answers they didn't get. Our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Each time it happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:52 > 0:07:01Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000. Today's jackpot starts at £2,250.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Right, let's play Pointless.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Our first category this afternoon is...
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Jono looking really pleased with that(!)
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Can you all decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:07:36 > 0:07:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Let's find out the question.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many birds of prey as they could.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- Richard.- All the correct answers are birds that are classified as birds of prey.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59The incorrect answers on the boards will not be birds at all.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- The more obscure ones will score fewer points. - Richard gave you good news there.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Rik and Shirley, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14In this round, we're giving you seven possible answers on each pass.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Your first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:08:25 > 0:08:27..I'll read those one more time...
0:08:33 > 0:08:39At least one of those answers is pointless, but at least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Now, Shirley, you're the first to dip into this round.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I will go for...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Goshawk.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55A goshawk. You're quite confident?
0:08:55 > 0:09:01OK, Goshawk is what you're saying. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's right!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Brilliant. Didn't she do well there?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Goshawk scores you three. Richard.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Well done, Shirley. There's about 400 breeding pairs in the UK.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- They've got bright red eyes and a big white eyebrow.- Very good.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Now, Jono. You love this subject, don't you(?)
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Love it(!)- An ornithologist, man and boy.- Love it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43I do have birds come into the garden but squirrels take their food.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- So, Jono...- There's one there that I obviously know.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52There's one I think I've heard of but I'm not 100% sure.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I'm going for it anyway.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- That's towie.- Towie. - Yeah. I think that could be.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Could be?- Could be.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Could be a brilliant answer. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Towie.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- AUDIENCE GROANS - Oooh!
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- You did the right thing. - I don't like birds!
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I'm afraid towie is an incorrect answer.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23Which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Towie is an acronym for the TV show The Only Way Is Essex.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30LAUGHTER
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- That's embarrassing.- If you had birds like that in your garden,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- you'd want the squirrels to squirrel them away.- TOWIE!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- The Only Way Is Essex. - Bad luck, Jono. 100 points!
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Stu will save me.- I know he will. - LAUGHTER
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I'm sure he will.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Tom, we come to you.- Yeah.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- A man who knows his birds.- Mm, no.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56I'm quite happy. I was going to say towie.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02It's a bit safer now, so I'm going to say buzzard.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06A bit safer. Buzzard.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11You're removing the safety net of buzzard from the table.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Let's see if buzzard is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Not bad. Richard.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33It's the most common bird of prey in the UK, buzzard.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38- Marcus, you're the last person to have this bird table!- Oh! Very good!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40APPLAUSE
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- The best till last! - Got to halfway through.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Not bad for a work experience boy.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54You're the last person to have this...suite of birds.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Why not talk us through the board?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Merlin's a wizard, I think, so I'm not sure about that one.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Bald eagle's obviously one.
0:12:04 > 0:12:10- So do I play safe?- There is at least one pointless answer.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12I'll go for dornier.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- You're going for dornier. - Yes, please.
0:12:15 > 0:12:21Let's see if dornier is right and, if it is, how many people said it. Good luck, Marcus.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25AUDIENCE GROANS
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Ooh! Bad luck!
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Unfortunately, dornier is incorrect. You score the maximum of 100 points.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36It was a plane used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41The Dornier, often known as the Fliegender Bleistift or the, as you know...?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- Pencil! Flying pencil!- Very good! How do you know that?
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- From just working it out.- How do you know the German for pencil?
0:12:49 > 0:12:54- Did you not study German at pencil level? - LAUGHTER
0:12:54 > 0:12:58When you did pencils at school, did you not learn it in all languages?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- You probably know the Latin for pencil.- I don't, actually.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Me, neither. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Bald eagle, 12 points. It's the national symbol of America.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Merlin is a bird of prey. Would have scored you four points.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21Well done if you got that at home. Bateleur is the pointless answer.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Congratulations if you got that one.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27We're halfway through the round so let's look at those scores.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Shirley and Rik, wow!
0:13:29 > 0:13:34In this very high-scoring round you are sitting fantastically pretty.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Then Tom and Hazel. Sometimes that's a high score.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42In this round, that's a safe and low score because Jono and Stuart
0:13:42 > 0:13:44and Marcus and Scott are on 100.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Stuart and Scott, you have a tussle
0:13:47 > 0:13:50to see who'll be staying and who'll be leaving.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:13:58 > 0:14:02We're going to put seven more answers on the board. We've got...
0:14:18 > 0:14:22..There we are. At least one of those answers is pointless.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27At least one of those is incorrect. Try and avoid those.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Scott, 100 points you got from Marcus.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36I don't know if it's an easy option, but I'm going to go for red kite.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45You are the joint high-scorers with Stuart and Jono, so there's no red line.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51Just hope it gets you as low as it can. Let's see if it's right and how many people said red kite.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54It's correct!
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Very good indeed.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05That might be what you needed.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Red kite scores you seven. Takes your total to 107. Richard.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13That puts the pressure back on Stuart and Jono.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19Red kites famously saved from extinction in the UK and now thriving.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Hazel, you are on 33.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27If you want to avoid becoming the high-scorers, you have to score 73 or less.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It'll be enough to get you through to the next round.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- How are you on your birds of prey? - I thought not too bad, but...
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Then you saw the board. - The first board was better for me.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43I'm going to play it safe and I'm going to say sparrowhawk.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Sparrowhawk?- Yeah.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I think you can afford to. There's your red line.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Let's see if sparrowhawk's right and how many people said it.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Well done. You're through.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Takes your total up to 56.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- Richard.- Well played. Mother and son safely through to round two.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15There's over 40,000 breeding pairs of sparrowhawks in the UK.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- It's very common.- Stuart.
0:16:18 > 0:16:26Now, then. Scott and Marcus managed to claw a total of 107.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You have to score six or less.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Right, I think there's one
0:16:30 > 0:16:33that I kind of think might be.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38I don't think it's going to get six or under, so I'll have to risk it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44Risk looking like the worst partnership in the history of Pointless, but here we go!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I'm going to go for spinney?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Spinney.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53- Yeah.- Do you want to make a noise like what a spinney might make?
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- I don't think I will.- Fair enough. That's probably the right option.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Spinney, there it is, third one down.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Very best of luck. Here's your red line.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Yes. Quite low!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Below that, you're through to the next round.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Ooh! Bad luck!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20That's a wrong answer and you score 100 points,
0:17:20 > 0:17:27taking your total up to an impressive 200. Richard, spinney.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30If you're gonna lose, lose big!
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Carol Spinney is the actor who plays Big Bird in Sesame Street.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37LAUGHTER
0:17:37 > 0:17:41That is an unbeatable score, which means, Rik and Shirley,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45you were already through after Scott and Marcus's score of 107.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48You have a free hand, Rik.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- Why not see if you can eke out a pointless answer?- Exactly.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- Talk us through the board. - An owl's an owl, which is easy.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Something from South Africa is a strelitzia, which is a flower.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03I know that's definitely not a bird. A secretary bird is a bird.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I'm going to go for lammergeier.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09There it is, three from the bottom.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Let's hope that is the pointless answer.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Lammergeier. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It's right. Well done, Rik.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27There we are!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Superb! That's a pointless answer! It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Taking the total up to...
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - ..It also scores you nothing,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43leaving your total at an impressively low three.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Richard.- Very well played, Rik. He's 51, you know!
0:18:46 > 0:18:51- Get out of town!- Well done if you got lammergeier at home.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Rik has taken us through most of the board,
0:18:54 > 0:18:59but the strelitzia, as you say, the bird of paradise, is a plant.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Owl we know, a hefty 60 points.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08The secretary bird is a bird of prey and was another pointless answer.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Very well done if you said secretary bird at home.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18It's got the longest legs of any bird of prey, but good shorthand.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- Stuart and Jono!- We've had fun! IN AUDIENCE: Ah!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You get an "ah"! Not every pair gets that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The great news is, we see you again next time.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- Please make sure you're through to the final, at the very least. - We will.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Thanks very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:19:45 > 0:19:49For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59One team's leaving us at the end of this round.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Our category for round two is...
0:20:04 > 0:20:08..Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Our round two question this afternoon concerns...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25..We're going to show you two lists of six literary villains.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29We asked 100 people, "In which work did these villains first appear?"
0:20:29 > 0:20:34It can be the first novel they were in, play or the name of a series.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37The more obscure answer, the fewer points.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42See how many you can get at home.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48We are looking for literary villains and the works in which they appeared.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51And here is our first list. We've got...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00..I'll read those once more...
0:21:06 > 0:21:14..There is our list. As always, you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Shirley, what are you thinking?
0:21:16 > 0:21:21I'm going to go for one that I'm reasonably confident with.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Rik is more the risk-taker.
0:21:24 > 0:21:30I'm going for Mrs Danvers, who was in Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Mrs Danvers, Rebecca. Let's see if it's right.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37And, if it is, how many people knew Mrs Danvers, Rebecca.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Well done. It's right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Very good indeed.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Ten points.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Ten points for Rebecca. - Very well played.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Published in 1938.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Now, Tom. - I have no idea on any of these.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Something in the back of my head, a complete guess.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09I have a feeling Miss Trunchbull was the teacher in Matilda.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Miss Trunchbull, Matilda.
0:22:12 > 0:22:18Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew it. That could be a brilliant answer.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Yes! Very well done!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29That's a whole lot better than 100! Miss Trunchbull, Matilda.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Surprisingly well played, Tom. Quite a big score.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36She's the cruel headmistress in Matilda.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Good answer, anyway, Tom. Scott, we come to you.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44We're looking for the literary works in which these villains appeared.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49You are the last person to have this board, so talk us through it then pick a favourite.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I haven't got a scoobie about any of them.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57There's only one that sticks out and it was because...
0:22:57 > 0:23:04I've never read the story, but I was in the play at school - Oliver Twist, Bill Sikes.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Let's see if that's right and, if it is,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Not a bad score at all. Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Surely one of the greatest villains in British literature?
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Just 31 points? It's amazing. Let's look at the rest of the board...
0:23:40 > 0:23:42..George Wickham?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Pride And Prejudice.- It is.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Terrible scoundrel.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Best answer on the board is Milady de Winter. Any idea?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54It's a tough round this.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Three Musketeers.- Right answer.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- Very well done if you got that one. - Thank you so much, Richard.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06We are halfway through the round.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11Again, Shirley and Rik looking very strong at this halfway point.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Then Scott and Marcus on 31.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Hazel, you've got a bit of a job to do,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20but I have absolute faith in you doing it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30We're going to put more villains on the board and here they are...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42..I'll read those one more time...
0:24:46 > 0:24:50..We are looking for the works in which they first appear.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55You are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Marcus.
0:24:55 > 0:25:02Right, I'm not going to have a guess so I'm going to play safe and go for Treasure Island, Long John Silver.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Long John Silver, Treasure Island.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09You want to score 21 or less to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Let's see if that's right and how many people said Treasure Island.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Will it be enough, I wonder?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Richard.- Yes. It's a pretty big score, isn't it?
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Published in 1881 in serial form, then as a book in 1883.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38We're looking for the literary works in which these villains appear.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Hazel, Marcus and Scott are now the high-scorers.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45If you can score 32 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I think you're going to do it.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50There's only one that I'm positive about.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55There's one that I'm not certain about and the rest I've no idea.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00I'm going to take a chance. Uriah Heep, David Copperfield.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Uriah Heep, David Copperfield. Here's your red line.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Below that, through to the head-to-head.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13It's right!
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Very well done... You're through to the head-to-head!
0:26:18 > 0:26:21What a good answer! Brilliant!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I knew you had it in you, Hazel.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Takes your total to 56.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Well played, Hazel, from David Copperfield.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37- The very 'umble scheming clerk. - Now, Rik.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41The high-scorers remain Marcus and Scott.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47If you can score 75 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51I think you might be able to score considerably less.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I'm not so sure. I'm going to stay very safe.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- Shere Khan from The Jungle Book. - Shere Khan, The Jungle Book.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Here is your red line. It's nice and high.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07Shere Khan ought to get you below that and should see you through to the head-to-head.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Well done! You're through!
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Shere Khan takes your total to 59.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- Richard.- Well done, Rik. Shere Khan the tiger in The Jungle Book.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Let's take a look at the rest of the answers, though.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35- Do you know Mrs Coulter? - It's from the Philip Pullman...
0:27:35 > 0:27:39His Dark Materials trilogy. That would have scored 14 points.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45- Iago is...- Othello.- That would have scored you only ten points!
0:27:45 > 0:27:49And very well done if you said Mr Kurtz. Do you know Mr Kurtz?
0:27:49 > 0:27:55- I don't know.- There's Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Heart Of Darkness scored one point.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Very well done if you got that at home.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score -
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Scott and Marcus, I'm sorry to say.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- Scott, are you going to forgive him for Long John Silver?- Yeah.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Literature's not a strong point for either of us.
0:28:17 > 0:28:23We will see you again, when I hope you'll go further than the second round. Thanks very much for playing.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25APPLAUSE
0:28:25 > 0:28:31For the remaining pairs, things get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Very well done, Rik, Shirley, Tom, Hazel, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:28:43 > 0:28:51Only one pair can make it to the final and play for today's jackpot, which currently stands at £2,500.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58You now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Each pair gives me just one answer and you are allowed to confer.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Find an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Let's play Pointless.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21OK, here is your first question.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:29:29 > 0:29:31..as they could.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Any single released by Take That or which has them as a featured artist,
0:29:35 > 0:29:41which has reached the UK Top 40 prior to April 2011, which has one word as a title.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44There are six names on the list.
0:29:44 > 0:29:51Six names. Rik and Shirley, you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- Have you come up with an answer? - Rik has!- But I'm not sure!
0:29:55 > 0:30:01It's such a hard category so we're just going to stake a stab and say Patience.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Patience. OK.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Tom and Hazel.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11As you can see, I'm a massive Take That fan(!)
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- You are.- Me too(!)
0:30:13 > 0:30:18- We honestly don't know any. Um... - LAUGHS
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Just say a word.- Baby.- Baby.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23No idea.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Rock on! - LAUGHTER
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Patience and Baby.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Rik and Shirley went for Patience.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Patience.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38It's right!
0:30:46 > 0:30:5014 for Patience.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- CHUCKLING:- Tom and Hazel have gone for Baby!
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- Baby!- Right, well, let's see if Baby's right.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Wouldn't that be brilliant if it were?- It's not going to be.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Might be. Did they release a single called Baby?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Did it make it to the Top 40? Will it beat Patience on 14?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18There's a surprise(!)
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Gary, if you're watching, Baby could...
0:31:22 > 0:31:27..be a brilliant seller, Baby. Bad luck. Not a Take That single.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29So, after one question,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Rik and Shirley are ahead one-nil.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38We always say, sooner or later, somebody will make up a right answer and you very nearly did.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Cos Babe is a one-word Take That hit single.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46- Wouldn't have won you the points, though.- That's all right, then.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49There's one very good answer, Promises, their first Top 40 single.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Would have scored one point. Very well done if anyone got that.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Sure with four. Shine got 11, surprisingly low.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02There's Patience on 14, Babe on 17 and Pray, top of the pile on 18.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Thanks so much, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12Tom and Hazel, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Australian state capitals as they could.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Any of the capitals of the six Australian states,
0:32:22 > 0:32:26the six original colonies, not any of the territories -
0:32:26 > 0:32:32the Northern Territory or Australian Capital Territory - just the six Australian states.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Thank you, Richard. Tom and Hazel, you go first.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- Do you know any? - WHISPERS: Canberra.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Mm-hm. Yeah. Go on.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- We're not entirely sure but we're gonna say Canberra.- Canberra.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Tom and Hazel are saying Canberra.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Adelaide?- Yes.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- Yeah. OK. We're going to say Adelaide.- Adelaide?- Yeah.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00We have Canberra. We have Adelaide. Tom and Hazel went with Canberra.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Canberra.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07You have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Oooh!- Oh, well.- Bad luck.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16An incorrect answer. Rik and Shirley have gone with Adelaide.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23It's right.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Very good. 32.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40- Bad luck, Tom and Hazel. Richard. - Well played, Rik and Shirley.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45Adelaide's the capital of South Australia, named after the wife of William IV.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50Canberra is the capital of the Australian Capital Territory, not one of the states.
0:33:50 > 0:33:57The best answer is Hobart, capital of Tasmania, 16.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Brisbane is the capital of Queensland.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Perth, which is Western Australia, 49.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Melbourne, which is Victoria, 57.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09And Sydney, at the top, 71.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- The capital of New South Wales. Well done if you got all six.- OK.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17At the end of that round, the losing pair, I'm afraid, Tom and Hazel.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21Two very tough categories for you.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25You made it to the head-to-head in both games. You've done phenomenally well.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Very unfortunate not to make it to the final last time.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33You answered very well. You just happened to be beaten in the event.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Lovely contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:34:36 > 0:34:43But for Rik and Shirley, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,500.
0:34:49 > 0:34:56Congratulations! You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:35:02 > 0:35:09Now you have the chance to win our jackpot and, at the end of the show, the jackpot stands at £2,500!
0:35:09 > 0:35:11AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:35:14 > 0:35:20All you have to do is find a pointless answer that no-one else could think of.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25We've had one pointless answer today from you, Rik, in the first round.
0:35:25 > 0:35:31Find one more and you will go home with that money. First, choose a category from these options...
0:35:37 > 0:35:40There's two categories that I quite like there.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Pop divas very good for me.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross. Hollywood legends?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50I'm brilliant with the women but not so good with the guys.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56- It's over to you because I am rubbish on all three categories. - Hollywood legends.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- Hollywood legends?- Yeah.- What would you like the question to be?
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- An area within Hollywood legends. - I'm good on the women side.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10A Mae West movie would be good for me, something obscure on that side.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15- A classical Hollywood legend would be good.- Very best of luck.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Let's find out what that question is.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Cary Grant films as they could.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30Any feature film made for cinema release for which Cary Grant received an acting credit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:37We're not accepting short films, TV films or documentaries or any uncredited appearances.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- Very best of luck. Very best of luck at home as well.- OK.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44You have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48All you need is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:50 > 0:36:56There's Arsenic And Old Lace, that's a very well known one.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00The most obscure one that I can come up with is
0:37:00 > 0:37:05And She Did Him No Wrong, which was a Mae West and Cary Grant movie.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08I know that. And, um...
0:37:15 > 0:37:17North By North...?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20North... North...
0:37:20 > 0:37:24By Northwest. North By Northwest, which was an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- I think I can get three. - You've got three?- Yes.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Happy to stop the clock?- Yeah. - OK, very good.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36We were looking for Carry Grant films. I need your three answers.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- The first one, Arsenic And Old Lace. - Arsenic And Old Lace.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44Which was quite popular. The second one, what did I say?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- North By Northwest. - North By Northwest. - Which was Alfred Hitchcock.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Yeah. Yeah.- And then...
0:37:51 > 0:37:57She did...? I've got a Mae West movie from the very early '30s that he appeared in.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00And...either He or She Did Him No Wrong.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03He, I think. And He Did... She Did...
0:38:03 > 0:38:08- And She Did Him No Wrong. - And She Did Him No Wrong.- Yeah.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10And She Did Him No Wrong, those are your three answers.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15- Which is your best shot for the pointless answer?- The last one.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18And She Did Him No Wrong. We'll put that third.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Which is your least likely? - Arsenic And Old Lace.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23We'll put those up on the board.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32We're looking for Cary Grant films.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38to win that £2,500 jackpot.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44So, let's see how many people said Arsenic And Old Lace.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50This is the one you said you had the least confidence in.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56Always good to test how much our 100 people know about Cary Grant films.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02APPLAUSE
0:39:05 > 0:39:10- Three for your first answer. That's pretty good!- Thank you.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- We try! - All set fair for the next two.
0:39:13 > 0:39:20You knew it wasn't going to be pointless. You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23£2,500. What would you do with that, Shirley?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27I've always wanted a nice Persian rug for my living room.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31That's one idea. Might well go on something completely different.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33IF we got it!
0:39:33 > 0:39:38- How about you, Rik? - Three bottles of my favourite EDTs.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Eau de toilettes. Very good.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- I'm addicted to them. - They're quite expensive.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Yeah. The ones I like are!
0:39:46 > 0:39:49We are looking for Cary Grant films.
0:39:49 > 0:39:55Let's hope nobody said your next answer. It has to be pointless to win the jackpot of £2,500.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02It is right? If it is, how many people said it? North By Northwest.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06It's right.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10You got three with Arsenic And Old Lace.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14A bit more faith in this answer. Let's see how far it goes down...
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Oh! 13!
0:40:16 > 0:40:18APPLAUSE
0:40:20 > 0:40:2213.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24So we've gone the other way. 13.
0:40:24 > 0:40:30You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32£2,500.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36There's just And She Did Him No Wrong standing between you
0:40:36 > 0:40:39and that jackpot.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44- This was the answer you had most faith in. Are you confident? - Yeah. I've seen the movie.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47The title might be wrong.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50But I can see the movie and I think I am right.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- Your faith in Rik is absolute, Shirley?- Oh, yes.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59I have seen Arsenic And Old Lace but I'm not good on films, so very much relying on Rik.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05And She Did Him No Wrong. Is that the right name for the film?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08And if it is, is it pointless?
0:41:08 > 0:41:11And She Did Him No Wrong. How many people said it?
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- AUDIENCE GROANS - Oh, no!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- APPLAUSE - Well, we tried.- Oh, no!
0:41:23 > 0:41:30I was picturing a Persian rug and a tiny bottle of very expensive aftershave there!
0:41:30 > 0:41:36Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer so you don't win today's jackpot.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41That goes over to the next show. You've been amazing contestants and you do get our Pointless trophy.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43APPLAUSE
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Richard.- Yeah, tough luck on And She Did Him No Wrong.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54There was a 1933 film with Mae West,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Cary Grant, pointless answer.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- She Done Him Wrong.- Oh, well! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:42:01 > 0:42:03She Done Him Wrong. Really bad luck.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Let's look at some pointless answers. I suspect some people at home got a few.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Alice In Wonderland, he played the Mock Turtle.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13An Affair To Remember with Deborah Kerr.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Father Goose, set in World War II.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19His Girl Friday was a pointless answer, amazingly.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Very well done if you got any of these.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Penny Serenade, he was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for that.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29This Is The Night and Walk Don't Run,
0:42:29 > 0:42:33one of his last films, set at the 1964 Olympics.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Ah! Well now!
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Did you know any of those?
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- No.- No. - Well, that's some consolation.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- She Done Him Wrong. - I'll remember that now.
0:42:45 > 0:42:51And She Did Him No Wrong is more poetic and better English, frankly.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56We do have to say goodbye. Such a shame. We've only had you on once.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59You were too good. You came straight to the final.
0:42:59 > 0:43:04- Otherwise, you'd have had two bites at that cherry. - It's been a great day.- Good fun.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Thank you so much for playing.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09APPLAUSE
0:43:09 > 0:43:17So nobody's won our jackpot, which means it rolls over to the next show when we will play for £3,500.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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