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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

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the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet the players.

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Welcome, Ian and Grant. You're our first pair. How do you two know each other?

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We actually met about eight years ago playing football for a mutual friend's team.

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Ian's got progressively worse over the years and is now the manager, but I still play.

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And when you're not playing football, what do you do, Grant?

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In my spare time, we love to play golf. We're quite sporty people really,

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so that's where we tend to spend most of our time.

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OK, so we've covered football and golf. What do you do in the time that's not spare?

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-What's your job?

-Work-wise, I'm a plasterer.

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So, yeah, hard work, but pays the bills.

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-Ian, how about you?

-I manage a leisure centre,

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just the day-to-day running of the building, really. Pools and gyms and things.

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So sport and leisure will hopefully be a strong topic for me, should it come up.

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Best of luck. It's great to have you here. Next we welcome Vicky and Hannah.

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-How do you two know each other?

-Can't you tell we're identical twins?

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She's dreaming there, obviously.

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You can tell with the age gap, she's my mother. Obviously.

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-LAUGHTER

-Where are you from, Vicky?

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-We're from Sheffield.

-Very good. And what do you do?

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I work in admin in an office for local authority building control.

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-Very good. How about you, Hannah?

-I'm a trade union convener.

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-What sort of things do you convene?

-I do things like disciplinaries, grievances, really easy things.

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-LAUGHTER

-What's going to be fun for you on Pointless?

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-What would be a great category for you?

-Probably Alfred Hitchcock films or something like that.

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But I don't know if it would be that specific.

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-OK, so film, particularly Hitchcock.

-Yeah. I watch random things, yeah.

-Very good.

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It's great to have you here. Welcome and best of luck.

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Next we welcome back Chris and Colin. You were on the show last time.

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Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final and this is your last chance. What happened?

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Well, last time we brought shame on our fine city of Norwich,

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or more specifically, I did, I think.

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But we went up against some really tough competition and we just didn't cut the Norfolk mustard, really.

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You didn't cut the Norfolk mustard.

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Chris, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?

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In my spare, I do like to look at some classic cars,

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particularly 70s retro cars,

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so anything there would be great, please.

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-OK. Colin, how about you?

-I'm quite into my films, so anything with Al Pacino in.

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He's acting royalty to me, so I think anything with Al Pacino and I'll have a good chance.

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Very good indeed. Best of luck. Great to have you back.

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And finally we welcome back Andy and Claire. You were also on the show last time. What happened?

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We did quite well last time. We got through to the head-to-head,

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-but we came undone on geography and literature.

-US states larger than the UK.

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That's right. We're hoping that this time round, US states smaller than the UK comes up,

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because we have loads of those, apparently.

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Very good. What would you like to see come up this afternoon, Andy?

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I had thought geography, but after last time, I'm not so sure.

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-Music, TV, film, that sort of thing.

-OK. Claire?

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Having listened to everybody, everybody seems to be into their film,

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so I don't know whether that would be a good idea. So maybe another punt at geography.

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Maybe with a question I know the answer to. That would be good.

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-Fair enough.

-LAUGHTER

-What are your interests, Claire?

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I run a guide unit. I volunteer for Girl Guiding UK,

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so I run a unit for ten to 14-year-olds.

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So that takes up a bit of my time, organising unit meetings, taking them camping

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-and doing all sorts of things. I enjoy that.

-How about you, Andy?

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I enjoy playing a bit of football, five-a-side, and squash, as well.

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Great to have you back. I'm predicting great things for you this afternoon.

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But as you know, I'm always wrong. We'll find out more about of you during the show.

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One person left to introduce. When the going gets obscure, he gets going.

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-He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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APPLAUSE

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-How are you today?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-It's show 199.

-I know.

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-199.

-Who would've thought? We've got two returning pairs.

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One of the pairs was in the head-to-head, Andy and Claire. Very strong.

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Chris and Colin slightly let themselves down.

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There's a lot of people today play five-a-side football and I'm thinking eight of them, two of us,

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a little game of five-a-side? We could be captains.

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-Rather than do Pointless.

-Let's definitely do that. Shall we?

-Do you think? Is that all right?

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-No, let's do a quiz instead.

-OK.

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Anyway, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,

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so we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

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For a chance to win our jackpot, just score as few points as you can.

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What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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Rupert and Catherine won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Right, let's play Pointless.

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In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

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Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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Our first category this afternoon is...British Actors.

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Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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And whoever's going first, set up to the podium.

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OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

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to name as many Ewan McGregor films as they could.

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Any feature film made for cinema release for which Ewan McGregor received an acting credit

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prior to April 2011. As always, short films, TV films,

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documentaries don't count, but voice performances do. Very best of luck.

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OK. Now then, Grant and Ian, you all drew lots before the show and this afternoon you get to go first.

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-Grant, Ewan McGregor films.

-Yeah, I think I've got a reasonable one.

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I remember watching it a few years back and not understanding what was going on.

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But I think the film he was in was called Big Fish.

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Big Fish. That could be a spectacular answer. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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Big Fish. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Big Fish.

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Very well done, Grant.

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-Ten!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Ten for Big Fish. Richard.

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Yeah, very well played, Grant. From 2003. Fairly incomprehensible.

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It's a Tim Burton film. Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney play younger and older versions of the same character.

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Very good. Hannah.

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-I was thinking of that one.

-Were you really?

-Yeah.

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So I'm thinking of one of his early ones, but...

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There's a couple in my head, so I'm going to go for one that's quite gruesome, Shallow Grave.

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Shallow Grave. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Shallow Grave.

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Let's see if that's a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said Shallow Grave.

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It's right.

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Down it goes. Ten!

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-Same score.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Very good result for Shallow Grave. Richard.

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Yeah, from 1994, which is a depressing 17 years ago, Shallow Grave.

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-That's when he first really had his big break.

-Yeah.

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-Now then, Chris, Ewan McGregor films.

-My two-year-old son's a big fan of this one.

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-I'm going to go with Robots.

-Robots.

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Robots. OK, you're trying to find a nice obscure Ewan McGregor film.

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You're saying Robots. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Robots.

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-Oh, very well done!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Very, very well done, Chris, that's a pointless answer and that adds £250 to today's jackpot,

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taking your total up to £1,250

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and it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed.

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-Yeah, very well played. What's your son called?

-Milo.

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I think Milo has just added £250 to the jackpot.

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Ewan McGregor voices Rodney Copperbottom, the inventor in that film. It's also got Halle Berry

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and Robin Williams and various people. Seems to me the best argument for having children,

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that it helps on Pointless quite a lot.

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There's probably other reasons, but that seems the best. Look at Vicky.

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-Hannah's even here.

-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

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Thanks very much, Richard. And well done, Chris, that's a great answer.

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Now then, Claire. Claire. A nice obscure Ewan McGregor film.

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This is going to sound like a lie, but I was thinking Big Fish, and then my mind has gone blank

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apart from a really obvious one, which I'll have to go for, and it's Moulin Rouge!

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-Moulin Rouge!

-Mm.

-OK.

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Moulin Rouge! You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Moulin Rouge!

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Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Moulin Rouge!

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It's not bad. 23.

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APPLAUSE

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23 for Moulin Rouge! I just had a horrible thought.

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-What's that?

-The reason why that's a surprisingly low score is cos it was a long time ago.

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-It was ten years ago. It's not too bad.

-Yeah, but I thought it was, like, two years ago.

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-It's ten years ago?

-And if you're watching the repeat on Challenge, that was 14 years ago!

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LAUGHTER

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-Yeah, from 2001. Plays an English writer.

-OK, we're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.

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Chris and Colin on nothing. Fantastic answer there with Robots.

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Grant and Ian and Hannah and Vicky on ten. Two good answers there.

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And Claire and Andy, that really wasn't bad at all.

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23. You're not too far ahead of the field.

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But Andy, you're going to have to make up for that. You are the high scorers.

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You have to find some nice obscure Ewan McGregor movie for the next pass.

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We come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

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OK, we are looking for Ewan McGregor films.

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Andy, you're the high scorers on 23.

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Yeah, I've got a couple of films. Two of them are very, very obvious and aren't going to be good for us.

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One would be a big gamble. I'm not confident enough in the answer,

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so I'll go for I Love You Phillip Morris.

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-I Love You Phillip Morris.

-Yep.

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OK. Let's see if I Love You Phillip Morris is right, and if it is, how many people said it.

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There's no red line for you because you are the high scorers.

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Well done, it's right.

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Still going down. Very well done, Andy!

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-That's great.

-APPLAUSE

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Five for I Love You Phillip Morris, takes your total up to 28. Richard.

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Yeah, it's a very good answer, Andy. From 2009. Starred with Jim Carrey.

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-Colin.

-Yes.

-Colin. Thanks to Chris's brilliant answer in the first pass, you are on nothing.

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-He's keeping me in the game.

-The high scorers are Andy and Claire on 28.

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If you can score 27 or less, you're definitely in the next round.

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I will go with a film I think he starred in with Cameron Diaz called A Life Less Ordinary.

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A Life Less Ordinary you're saying. OK. Here's your red line.

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If you get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

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Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said A Life Less Ordinary.

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You've done it! Very well done. Ten.

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APPLAUSE

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Ten for A Life Less Ordinary. Takes your total up to ten. You're through to the next round. Richard.

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Another score of ten. From 1997. Most of the same team that made Shallow Grave.

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-He plays a cleaner who takes Cameron Diaz hostage.

-So, Vicky.

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We are looking for Ewan McGregor films.

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You are on ten. The high scorers are Andy and Claire on 28,

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which means if you can score 17 or less, you're through to the next round.

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I don't know any Ewan McGregor films. Only the obvious one,

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erm, which I think will be more than I need,

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so it's going to have to be a gamble

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and I'm going to say the last Shrek film, which is Shrek 4.

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You're saying Shrek 4. All right, Vicky, there's your red line.

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Below that, you're through to the next round. Let's see if Shrek 4 is right, and if it is,

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how many people said Shrek 4.

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Ohh, bad luck, Vicky.

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I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

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That takes your total up to 110. Richard.

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Shrek Forever After is the full name of it, but he wasn't in it.

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Ian. You've just been thrown the most massive lifeline.

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You don't believe how big the lifeline is, trust me.

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Not a strong area of mine at all.

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I'm just trying to think of a film

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which has got many different stars in it that he may well have been in.

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-I'm guessing. I'll just say Love Actually.

-There's your red line.

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Let's find out. Is Ewan McGregor in Love Actually, and if he is, how many people said it? Love Actually.

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Ohh! Bad luck, Ian.

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Unfortunately, that is a wrong answer, which means you score 100 points,

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taking your total up to 110. So this is very exciting, Richard.

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Yeah, I'm afraid he wasn't in Love Actually.

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That was the film he wasn't in before he wasn't in Shrek Forever After.

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LAUGHTER

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Well, as it's a tie, your scores are going to be reset to zero

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and the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each

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and the pair that gets the highest score will be eliminated. You are now allowed to confer. OK.

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-So, Ian and Grant.

-You're on your own, mate, so whatever you think.

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I'm quite happy with that. No pressure, obviously, but...

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OK, I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think we'll go for the gamble

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and I think he's in one called The Island.

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The Island. The Island.

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Let's see if that's a right answer, and if it is, how many people said The Island.

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It's right. It's right.

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-14.

-APPLAUSE

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-14 for The Island.

-Happy with that, Alexander. Very happy.

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Well done, Ian and Grant. Now then, Vicky and Hannah.

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-14 is what you have to beat.

-There's three. There's the obvious one, there's Trainspotting,

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but then there was two that I couldn't remember the name of and Mum's come up with one.

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One with Barings Bank, Rogue Trader, and a musical with Love in the title. I can't remember...

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-Go for Rogue Trader.

-So.... Rogue Trader.

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Rogue Trader. I'd forgotten about that.

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There's your red line. Below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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Rogue Trader. Good luck. Let's see how many of our 100 people remembered that.

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Yep, there we go, it's right.

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Will it go down below 14?

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-Yes, it will! Look at that!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Very, very well remembered. That's a great answer.

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Five for Rogue Trader and that sees you through to the next round. Richard.

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Vicky, very, very well done.

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That's what Pointless is all about, things that nestle at the back of your head

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and you come up with them at the last second. It's won you a place in the next round. Unlucky, guys.

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Maybe the one with love in the title is Down With Love.

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-Ah, see. Bit rubbish.

-Let me take a look. Yep. Yeah, you're right.

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That would've scored you one point.

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There's a whole load of pointless answers here. Let's take a look.

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Blown Apart. Blue Juice, which was an early surfing film with Sean Pertwee. Cassandra's Dream. All pointless.

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Eye Of The Beholder. Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang he's in. Robots, very good answer from Milo.

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Stay. Stormbreaker, based on the Alex Rider stories.

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And he voiced one of the characters in Valiant, the pigeon animation. Very good round from everyone.

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Let's look at the top scorers. Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace would've scored you 17.

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The other two Star Wars films he's in were there, but scored less.

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Moulin Rouge! with 23. And right at the top, the one that everyone was trying to avoid

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all the way through, Trainspotting would've scored you 51 points.

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Thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Ian and Grant.

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That was very exciting. You had a stay of execution there

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and then you pulled The Island out of the bag.

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-Not quite to be, though. Maybe next time.

-Rogue Trader, though.

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Well, Ian and Grant, such a shame to be saying goodbye to you so early. But you get two chances,

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so let's hope you do better next time you are on.

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-Very well done.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving at the end of this round.

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Our category for round two is...

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Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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And whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

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And our round two question concerns...

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We're going to show you a list six districts and suburbs in each pass.

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We asked 100 people, "To which cities or metropolitan areas do these suburbs belong?"

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The more obscure answers will score you fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score 100 points.

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I'm going to give you 12 districts and suburbs in all, so 12 to get at home. Very best of luck.

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We are looking for the cities or metropolitan areas to which these districts and suburbs belong.

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And we have got...

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OK, Hannah. There are your districts or suburbs.

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Oh, dear. This is why I went first, cos I'm horrendous at...

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-They're really hard.

-I'm really good at maps, but tell me somewhere and I've not got a clue.

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But I have been to one of them and that's the bottom one,

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so I'm going to go for that, Moss Side. I think that's in Manchester.

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Moss Side, Manchester, Hannah says. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people knew that.

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Moss Side, Manchester.

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It's right.

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-43.

-APPLAUSE

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Yeah, well done, Hannah. That's a good answer but quite high scoring.

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-Chris, how does that list look to you?

-Pretty scary.

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I'm going to have to go for the big hitter,

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it's going to be Chelsea, London.

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-Ooh, yeah. Someone actually tutted you there, Chris.

-LAUGHTER

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Chelsea, London, you're saying. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

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-APPLAUSE

-76.

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-That is better than 100, Chris.

-It is.

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Could've scored a lot more. Chelsea was once a very bohemian part of London, now very well-to-do.

0:20:470:20:53

So, Andy, you are the last person to have this board so talk us through all of these

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-and fill in the metropolitan areas to which they belong.

-It won't take me very long.

0:20:570:21:02

I have no idea on Holgate, no idea on Moseley.

0:21:020:21:05

Headingley is a cricket ground, but I don't know where it is.

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And Splott, I think it's Cardiff.

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Splott, Cardiff.

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Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Splott, Cardiff.

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It's right! It's right, Andy!

0:21:220:21:25

Very, very, very well done indeed! That's a brilliant answer.

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Splott is indeed in Cardiff and it scores you six. Richard.

0:21:330:21:38

-Yeah, very well played, Andy. Where did that one come from?

-The traffic report in Radio 2 is from Splott.

0:21:380:21:44

LAUGHTER

0:21:440:21:46

Excellent. There's a few theories as to why it's called Splott.

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One is that it was originally built on land owned by the Bishop of Llandaff

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and people said maybe it's from "God's plot". But also, when the houses were being build, supposedly,

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it said "5 plot" and that was misread. But who knows?

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-We may never know.

-Who knows?

-The Old English for patch of land is splott, so I'd say that's more likely.

0:22:060:22:12

Let's fill in the rest of the board. Headingley is a cricket ground,

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that's a big clue for most people. It's in Leeds. Would've scored you 29.

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Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham. Would've scored you 11.

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And Holgate. Do you know Holgate?

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Holgate is a pointless answer, so very well done if you said Holgate.

0:22:250:22:29

And if you did, I suspect maybe you live in York, cos that's what it is. Pointless answer.

0:22:290:22:35

Very good. Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.

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Andy and Claire looking very solid there thanks to Splott.

0:22:390:22:44

Then up to Hannah and Vicky on 43.

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And then up to 76 for Chris and Colin.

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So Vicky and Colin, I guess it's going to be between you two to decide who stays and who goes.

0:22:500:22:55

OK, we'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

0:22:550:22:59

OK, we're going to put six more districts or suburbs on the board and here they are.

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We have got...

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We are looking for the cities or metropolitan areas to which these districts or suburbs belong.

0:23:220:23:28

Claire, you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

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How does that look to you?

0:23:320:23:34

-Terrifying.

-Really?

-You say I'm trying to find the one with the fewest,

0:23:340:23:38

I'm trying to find the one that I recognise and that's proving challenging enough.

0:23:380:23:43

I'm going to go with Craigleith

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because the suffix leith sounds Scottish.

0:23:460:23:50

I'm going to go for...Glasgow.

0:23:500:23:55

Craigleith. Glasgow you are saying. There's your red line. If you get below that, you're through.

0:23:550:24:02

Glasgow, Craigleith. Is that right? How many people said it if it is?

0:24:020:24:06

Oh, Claire! Oh, bad luck, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

0:24:070:24:12

You scored a maximum of 100 points, that takes your total up to 106.

0:24:120:24:17

The round is not over yet. Just bear that in mind. It's a difficult board.

0:24:170:24:22

-Richard.

-Difficult board and Andy's score was so good, you're still in it.

0:24:220:24:26

I won't give you the answer in case others want to have a go.

0:24:260:24:29

Colin, so remember, we are looking for the cities in which you would find these areas.

0:24:290:24:34

The high scorers on 106 are Andy and Claire. You're on 76 which means if you score 29 or less,

0:24:340:24:41

you are through to the next round.

0:24:410:24:44

The only one that I'd take a punt at will be Govan. It sounds Scottish to me.

0:24:440:24:51

Sounds like a Rab C Nesbitt type of thing.

0:24:510:24:54

-So I'm going to go similar to Claire and say Glasgow.

-You're going to say Govan, Glasgow.

0:24:540:25:00

There's your red line. Get below that line you're through to the head-to-head.

0:25:020:25:07

Let's see if Govan and Glasgow go together, and if they do, how many people knew that.

0:25:070:25:11

It's right! Very well done, Colin. It's right, is it right enough?

0:25:120:25:16

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

0:25:160:25:20

Well, that scores you 35. Takes your total up to 111. Slightly pyrrhic victory, that one.

0:25:260:25:32

-A brilliant answer.

-Yes.

0:25:320:25:35

-Is it enough to see you through to the head-to-head?

-We shall see.

-We shall see.

0:25:350:25:39

-Richard.

-Yeah, a few too many points. It is in Glasgow and it is where Rab C Nesbitt is set, as well.

0:25:390:25:44

Vicky. The high scorers are now Colin and Chris on 111.

0:25:440:25:49

You're on 43, which means you need to score 67 or less to be in the head-to-head.

0:25:490:25:54

Do you think you can do it? How's that board behind me?

0:25:540:25:57

I do know Toxteth and I was like that with Craigleith.

0:25:570:26:03

But it's definitely Toxteth. There were riots there in the early 80s.

0:26:030:26:09

-And that's Liverpool.

-Toxteth, Liverpool, you're saying.

0:26:090:26:14

Here's your red line. Nice and high. Below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.

0:26:140:26:20

Toxteth, Liverpool. Is it right? And if it is, how many people said it?

0:26:200:26:24

It's right, Vicky!

0:26:240:26:26

-And you're through to the head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE

0:26:260:26:29

Very, very well done.

0:26:290:26:32

46. Takes your total up to a brilliant, low 89. Well played.

0:26:320:26:38

Well played. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

0:26:380:26:41

-Gosforth, that's your neck of the woods.

-Newcastle.

-Newcastle. 14.

0:26:410:26:45

Craigleith, as I suspect Andy knew, it's not Glasgow, it's Edinburgh. Would have scored you five points.

0:26:450:26:51

-Headington, do you know Headington?

-Well, no, I was about to say Leeds but that's Headingley.

0:26:510:26:56

-Oxford! It's Oxford.

-It is Oxford, yeah.

0:26:560:26:59

That would have scored you three. And Drypool is another pointless answer. Any ideas?

0:26:590:27:04

-Drypool.

-Not a word, however, everybody in Kingston-upon-Hull will be saying that's where it is.

0:27:040:27:11

-Why would they know?

-Because it's Hull.

-Oh, I see, right, yes.

-LAUGHTER

0:27:110:27:15

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

0:27:150:27:20

-it's Chris and Colin. Oh, dear.

-AUDIENCE SIGH

0:27:200:27:23

Yes, exactly. Quite right. Quite right. I'm sorry we didn't have any Norwich suburbs there.

0:27:230:27:30

-I don't think we'd know them.

-I don't think we'd know them anyway.

-LAUGHTER

0:27:300:27:34

Well, I predicted great things for you. And you made it through to round two, which is good.

0:27:340:27:40

-It's certainly better than we did last time.

-Better than you did last time.

-Yes.

0:27:400:27:44

We've got to see a little bit more of you, but I still don't think we've had your best.

0:27:440:27:48

-But that's it. That's the end of your Pointless road.

-Lovely.

0:27:480:27:52

Thanks very much for playing, Colin and Chris. You've been brilliant contestants.

0:27:520:27:56

APPLAUSE

0:27:560:27:58

But for the remaining two pairs, things will get even more exciting now in the head-to-head.

0:27:580:28:03

APPLAUSE

0:28:030:28:06

Very well done, Andy and Claire, Vicky and Hannah, you made it through to the head-to-head.

0:28:100:28:15

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,250.

0:28:150:28:22

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:28:220:28:25

Now you go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

0:28:270:28:30

For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer and you are now allowed to confer.

0:28:300:28:35

All you need is an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

0:28:350:28:40

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

0:28:400:28:44

APPLAUSE

0:28:440:28:47

OK, here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

0:28:510:28:57

as many of the 'big five' African safari animals as they could. Richard.

0:28:570:29:01

We're looking for any of the 'big five' African safari animals. The phrase was coined by hunters,

0:29:010:29:06

as these were the most difficult to catch.

0:29:060:29:09

These days more often used for tourists, they're the ones you want to see.

0:29:090:29:12

We are looking for the 'big five' as outlined on the Kruger National Park website.

0:29:120:29:18

OK, Andy and Claire, cos you played best throughout the show, you go first.

0:29:180:29:22

We are looking for the 'big five' African safari animals.

0:29:220:29:26

-I'm not happy with giraffe.

-Yeah.

0:29:260:29:28

-OK.

-OK?

0:29:280:29:31

-We're going to go for rhinoceros, please.

-Rhinoceros. OK, rhinoceros.

0:29:320:29:37

Vicky and Hannah, you can confer out loud.

0:29:370:29:40

We're thinking, because of what Richard said, that a rhinoceros might be a bit too slow,

0:29:400:29:44

so they might be quite easy to catch. I don't know. So we're thinking something faster.

0:29:440:29:49

Like a cheetah. Shall we go cheetah or lion? Play it a bit safer, I don't know.

0:29:490:29:55

-You can choose. No pressure.

-Cheetah.

-It better be right.

-Cheetah.

0:29:550:29:59

She'll get it if it's not right, I tell you. She'll be in a home.

0:29:590:30:04

LAUGHTER

0:30:040:30:08

-She'd loved that.

-Oh, there's so much riding on this.

0:30:080:30:12

Right, Andy and Claire, you have said rhinoceros. Let's see if that's right,

0:30:120:30:17

and if it is, let's see how many said rhinoceros.

0:30:170:30:20

It's right.

0:30:210:30:23

-50!

-APPLAUSE

0:30:250:30:28

50 for rhino.

0:30:290:30:32

Now, Vicky, you've said cheetah.

0:30:320:30:35

-It's all depending on this, isn't it?

-So much is depending on this.

0:30:350:30:40

-Hannah, what do you think?

-It ought to be cheetah, for my mum's sake.

0:30:400:30:47

Is it right, and if it is, how many people said cheetah? Good luck, Vicky.

0:30:470:30:53

-Ah!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

0:30:530:30:56

Well, that means that after the first question, Andy and Claire are ahead 1-0.

0:30:560:31:00

-Richard.

-Well played, Andy and Claire. Let's take a look at all five of them.

0:31:000:31:05

The ones at the bottom are quite difficult. Well done if you got all five of these.

0:31:050:31:09

Buffalo is the best answer on seven.

0:31:090:31:11

Leopard would have scored you 16, there's rhino on 50, then elephant, 86.

0:31:110:31:16

And lion right at the top on 88.

0:31:160:31:19

Right. Here is our second question.

0:31:190:31:22

Vicky and Hannah, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

0:31:220:31:27

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

0:31:270:31:31

as many Shakespeare plays set in Italy as they could.

0:31:310:31:36

We're looking for any Shakespeare play, there are quite a few of them,

0:31:360:31:39

that is wholly or partly set in the country we now know as Italy.

0:31:390:31:43

Not including any of Shakespeare's lost plays. Any play set wholly or partly in Italy, please.

0:31:430:31:50

Vicky and Hannah, you get to go first this time.

0:31:500:31:53

-Julius Caesar.

-Julius Caesar.

-Yep.

0:31:530:31:57

Julius Caesar. Andy and Claire, you can talk out loud if you like.

0:31:570:32:01

Erm, well, we're thinking we're going to stay away from Merchant Of Venice, Romeo And Juliet.

0:32:010:32:07

They're big ones that will probably score quite highly.

0:32:070:32:12

-We're going to go for Two Gentlemen Of Verona.

-Two Gentlemen Of Verona.

0:32:120:32:18

We have Julius Caesar, we have Two Gentlemen Of Verona. Let's see, in the order they've been given,

0:32:180:32:24

Vicky and Hannah Julius Caesar, is it right? How many people said it?

0:32:240:32:28

It's right.

0:32:290:32:31

-Ooh, look at that! 17.

-APPLAUSE

0:32:350:32:39

17. Great score.

0:32:420:32:44

Andy and Claire, Two Gentlemen Of Verona, is it right? How many people said it?

0:32:440:32:49

It is right.

0:32:490:32:51

Can it do it?

0:32:530:32:55

-Oh! 21.

-APPLAUSE

0:32:550:32:58

21. Which means, after two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.

0:33:000:33:07

Good answers from both teams. There's quite a few. There's 12 plays on this list.

0:33:070:33:11

Let's take a look at a few of them.

0:33:110:33:13

One point for Titus Andronicus. One for Much Ado About Nothing. Two for The Winter's Tale.

0:33:130:33:18

Three for Coriolanus. Four for All's Well That Ends Well.

0:33:180:33:21

Eight for The Taming Of The Shrew. All set or partly set in Italy.

0:33:210:33:25

Nine for Antony And Cleopatra. 15 for Othello.

0:33:250:33:29

There's Julius Caesar on 17.

0:33:290:33:31

Andy had taken us through all of these. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, 21. Merchant Of Venice, 47.

0:33:310:33:37

And Romeo And Juliet, 73.

0:33:370:33:39

Thank you very much, Richard. OK, here is your third question.

0:33:390:33:43

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

0:33:430:33:46

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

0:33:460:33:51

as many nationalities of 2011 Formula 1 drivers as they could.

0:33:510:33:56

-Richard.

-We're looking for the nationalities of any of the 22 Formula 1 drivers

0:33:560:34:01

who started the 2011 season. So anyone who drove in that first Grand Prix. Any of their nationalities.

0:34:010:34:08

OK, Andy and Claire, you get to go first this time.

0:34:080:34:12

We're toying with two but we're going to go for Japan.

0:34:120:34:16

-Japanese.

-Japanese. Vicky and Hannah, what are you thinking?

0:34:160:34:21

Mark Webber is Australian, so I'll say Australian.

0:34:210:34:24

Australian. OK, Australian.

0:34:240:34:27

We have Japanese. We have Australian.

0:34:270:34:31

Right, whoever wins this goes through to the final. Let's find out who it's going to be.

0:34:310:34:35

Japanese, said Andy and Claire. Is it right? If it is, how many people said it? Japanese.

0:34:350:34:40

Yep, it's right!

0:34:410:34:43

-18!

-APPLAUSE

0:34:470:34:49

18 for Japanese.

0:34:490:34:52

Vicky and Hannah, Australian,

0:34:530:34:57

is it right? And if it is, how many people said Australian?

0:34:570:35:01

It's right!

0:35:020:35:04

-APPLAUSE

-30.

-18-30!

0:35:080:35:11

30. Which means, after three questions, Andy and Claire are through to the final, 2-1.

0:35:150:35:20

-Richard.

-Good head-to-head. Kobayashi is the Japanese driver in Formula 1. He won you the points.

0:35:200:35:27

Let's take a look at them all. Maldonado, Venezuela, that was a pointless answer.

0:35:270:35:31

The Mexican would have scored you two points.

0:35:310:35:34

Sebastien Buemi, the Swiss, would have scored you three. Belgian, five.

0:35:340:35:38

Russian six, that's Petrov. Heikki Kovalainen is Finnish, that's 15.

0:35:380:35:42

Japanese, 18, as we've just seen. Australian Mark Webber, 30.

0:35:420:35:47

Italian Jarno Trulli, 40. Brazilian, 41. Spanish 48, Alguersuari and Alonso.

0:35:470:35:53

German, they had six drivers in that first Grand Prix, on 70.

0:35:530:35:57

And three Brits, Hamilton, Button and di Resta, 96 points for that.

0:35:570:36:01

-Very well done if you got one of those low scorers.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

0:36:010:36:06

-Hang on, you said Venezuelan.

-I didn't say, "I think." I said, "There's got to be a Venezuelan."

0:36:060:36:12

But I went, "Ah, but I don't know."

0:36:120:36:15

So we went, "We'll go for Australian cos there definitely is one."

0:36:150:36:19

You will be coming back, and on your next appearance on Pointless, let's hope we see you in the final.

0:36:190:36:24

-But thanks for playing, Vicky and Hannah. Brilliant contestants.

-APPLAUSE

0:36:240:36:29

But for Andy and Claire, it's time for our Pointless final,

0:36:300:36:34

-and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

-APPLAUSE

0:36:340:36:39

Well, congratulations, Andy and Claire. You have fought off all the competition

0:36:430:36:47

-and won our coveted Pointless trophy. So, very well done.

-APPLAUSE

0:36:470:36:51

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at £1,250.

0:36:550:37:01

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:37:010:37:04

Now, the rules are very simple. To win, all you need to do is find a pointless answer,

0:37:060:37:11

that's an answer that none of our 100 people said. We've had one pointless answer today.

0:37:110:37:15

You only have to find one more now and you will go home with that money.

0:37:150:37:19

First though, you've got to choose a category. You can choose from these three options.

0:37:190:37:23

You're quite good at music.

0:37:280:37:31

-You are.

-Yeah. Shall we try that?

-Yeah.

-Shall we give that a go.

0:37:310:37:35

-Yeah. Well, I'll try and help.

-OK.

0:37:350:37:39

We'd like to try Pop Duos, please.

0:37:390:37:42

OK, Pop Duos. Let's find out what the question is. Good luck.

0:37:420:37:46

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

0:37:460:37:49

as many Pet Shop Boys UK Top 40 singles as they could.

0:37:490:37:53

-Pet Shop Boys. Richard.

-We're looking for any single released by the Pet Shop Boys

0:37:530:37:57

or which had them as a featured named artist

0:37:570:38:00

which reached the UK Top 40 up to April 2011.

0:38:000:38:04

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

0:38:040:38:07

All you need to win £1,250 is for just one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

0:38:070:38:13

-Right.

-OK. Well, I only know the obvious ones like, erm,

0:38:130:38:20

West End Girls, and Go West, is that one?

0:38:200:38:24

-I think they covered an Elvis song, as well.

-Did they? Which one?

0:38:240:38:28

-You Are Always On My Mind.

-Oh, yes!

-That might be worth one.

0:38:290:38:33

Then, do you remember they had one out Christmas 2010

0:38:330:38:38

that they did a sample of a classical piece?

0:38:380:38:42

-You're going to ask me the name.

-Yeah, it's from Peer Gynt. Do you remember it?

-Er, no.

0:38:420:38:48

-There's also the one called Se A Vida E or something.

-Oh, yes, I recognise that.

0:38:480:38:53

-And there's another one out near that time called Bilingual, I think.

-That sounds good.

0:38:530:38:58

-I don't know why...

-LAUGHTER

0:38:580:39:01

-So shall we try those three, You Are Always On My Mind, Se A Vida E and Bilingual?

-Yeah.

0:39:010:39:05

-Unless you can remember that other one. I think it's more random.

-I don't know.

-Five seconds left.

0:39:050:39:10

I can't remember what it is. We'll just go with those three.

0:39:100:39:14

Your time is up. We were looking for Pet Shop Boys UK Top 40 singles. I now need three answers from you.

0:39:150:39:20

-OK, we're going to go for You Are Always On My Mind.

-You Are Always On My Mind.

-Se A Vida E.

-Se A Vida E.

0:39:200:39:27

-Bilingual.

-And Bilingual.

-Yeah.

0:39:270:39:29

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

0:39:290:39:33

-Bilingual, I think.

-Bilingual. Put that last.

-Then...

0:39:330:39:36

-Which is your least likely?

-You Are Always On My Mind.

-You Are Always On My Mind.

0:39:360:39:41

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they come.

0:39:410:39:45

We were looking for Pet Shop Boys UK Top 40 singles.

0:39:500:39:53

-You said this was your least confident answer.

-Yeah.

0:39:530:39:56

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,250 jackpot.

0:39:560:40:03

Let's see how many people said You Are Always On My Mind.

0:40:040:40:07

This has to be right and it has to be pointless.

0:40:070:40:11

Ooh. Unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer.

0:40:130:40:18

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

0:40:180:40:21

We are looking for Pet Shop Boys UK Top 40 singles.

0:40:210:40:25

Let's hope nobody said your next answer. This has to be pointless to win the jackpot.

0:40:250:40:29

For £1,250, let's discover if Se A Vida E is correct,

0:40:290:40:36

and how many people said it. What would you do with £1,250?

0:40:360:40:40

We could do a bit to our back garden, which at the moment is a bit of a state.

0:40:400:40:43

-Or we could go on holiday.

-Or we could go on holiday, which is probably what we would do.

0:40:430:40:48

-And come back and do the garden.

-See the garden and go, "We had a nice holiday."

0:40:480:40:52

-Yeah. Exactly.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, probably that.

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Very good. £1,250 is riding on this.

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Se A Vida E, is it right? Is it pointless?

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Let's discover. Se A Vida E, how many people said it? Is it right?

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Ooh, it's right. Se A Vida E is right.

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That's the first thing it had to be, the second thing is pointless.

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It has to go all the way to zero and if it does, you leave here with £1,250. Still going down!

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-Yes!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Very, very well done!

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Just brilliant. Very, very well done indeed! Brilliant!

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Ah, congratulations!

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That's wonderful. You managed to find that all-important pointless answer.

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-Which means you go home with the jackpot of £1,250.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Brilliant.

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-Richard.

-We've had the jackpot won on the last three shows now.

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Very well done. Se A Vida E, that's the way life is, it was from the album Bilingual.

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Never a single called that. They did do one called Single-Bilingual. Let's see all the pointless answers.

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Before, Can You Forgive Her, Flamboyant, all pointless. Well done if you said those.

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How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?, I'm With Stupid, which was their song about Bush and Blair.

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Left To My Own Devices, a cover version of Somewhere, Yesterday When I Was Mad,

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and You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk, which was their story... Their song about you and I.

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-Love you!

-We didn't accept...

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I love you, too. We didn't accept You Are Always On My Mind, it's just Always On My Mind.

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-But, you know what? Like you could care less.

-Exactly.

-LAUGHTER

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Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Andy and Claire,

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-who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Join us next time for our 200th edition of Pointless. How about that, Richard? 200 episodes!

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-I know, 200, it's amazing, isn't it? It honestly doesn't feel like we've done any more than 195.

-I know.

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-Round about, yeah.

-Exactly. It's going to be a special, stand-alone show with some memorable contestants.

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So it will be a one-off. It's all people, because it's our 200th show,

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that scored 200 in round one, which is the worst you can do in Pointless. We've invited them back.

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LAUGHTER I hope some of them get 200 again.

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-LAUGHTER

-Then they can come back for our 400th show!

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It will be a one-off special. Don't miss it! Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

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-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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