0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing, and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Welcome, Nadia and Yasmin. You are our first pair on the show. How do you two know each other?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47We're sisters. One of four sisters.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- I'm the oldest and Yasmin...- Sorry, surely two of four sisters?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Two of four sisters... Yes. - Yes.- You said... Yes. Not one.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59- Surely two.- Two of four sisters. Two of four sisters.- Yes!- She's the oldest and I'm the middle.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- And where have you come from? - West Sussex.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03West Sussex. And what do you do, Nadia?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm a sales manager for a high street retailer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09What kind of high street retailer?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11A chemist, pharmacy retailer.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13And Yasmin, how about you?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I'm a primary school teacher.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Very good. What age?
0:01:16 > 0:01:22I teach... At the moment I'm supplying, so five to 11 years old.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Five to 11. What's your favourite age group of that?- Um... I prefer the smaller ones, really.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- They're just a bit... - Easier to tame!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Yeah!- Pliable.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Absolutely, yeah.- I'll tell you what, the great thing about being a primary school teacher
0:01:34 > 0:01:37is by and large, your pupils probably won't be watching.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Yes. So that's a good thing.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Phew-ee.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I say that - you're going to dazzle us this afternoon, I think.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Lovely to have you here.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- Thank you.- We'll be finding out more about you throughout the show, but best of luck.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And next, we welcome back Liz and Tom. You were on the show last time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final, and this is your last chance.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03- Remind us what happened.- Well, we did very badly. Well,- I- did very badly - Tom did quite well.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Yes, we went out on the first round, unfortunately.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Well, you know, we gave you a very difficult question -
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- flags with green in them.- Yeah.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16What are we going to see this afternoon that's going to get you into the final?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Film, probably.- Yeah, film is obviously a topic that comes up a lot.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24But you ask us to name topics we're good at, we could probably name topics we're bad at a lot.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- OK, so what topics would you hate to see come up? - Geography would be nasty.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Science, we're not overly confident on.- Politics.- Nature, politics...
0:02:33 > 0:02:38- You have both worked, at some stage, in a bookshop.- Books is a bad one as well, yeah!- Books would be bad.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- Yeah, yeah.- Have you ever thought maybe a quiz show is not the best place for you?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Yeah!- I think this is a learning curve that we're going to...
0:02:45 > 0:02:51- If the question was about different quiz shows, we'd be good.- So you're very good on other quiz shows.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- No, we're good at watching.- Yeah, we know the names of them!- OK. What's your favourite quiz show...?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57What a silly question!
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha! As if there's be any other answer.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- It's The Weakest Link.- Yeah.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- LAUGHTER - After Pointless, what's your quiz show of choice?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- University Challenge. - Yeah.- We get all those right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11SHE LAUGHS
0:03:11 > 0:03:13AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Um, well now, Liz and Tom,
0:03:15 > 0:03:20I have every faith that you'll prosper in this edition of Pointless.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- Next, we welcome Nick and Charlie. Now, how do you two know each other? - We are brothers from Bath.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Yes, I thought you might be.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- And we now live together as well in Bristol.- Yes.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- What are you doing in Bristol? - We're both students.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- I see. What are you studying, Nick? - Spanish and Portuguese.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- What stage are you in your degree? - I'm in my final year.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Charlie, what are you doing?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- I'm doing medicine.- You're doing medicine, and what year are you in? - I'm in my third year.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- When you're not studying, what do you like to do, Nick? - Um... I'm quite into foreign cinema,
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- which kind of goes hand in hand with what I study, really. - OK, foreign cinema. That...
0:03:54 > 0:03:56never comes up!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59But occasionally... No, it does very occasionally.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Any categories you've seen on Pointless in the past and thought, "Ooh!"?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- We haven't seen Harry Potter, and we quite want it to come up. - Have you watched all the films,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- or read all the books, or both? - Both.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- Very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Finally, we welcome back Pat and Rob. You were also on last time.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23- This is your second chance to reach our final. Remind us how you did.- We went out in the head-to-head round.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Yes, that was tricky. Tilda Swinton.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So, yes, we're expecting great things of you this afternoon.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- I think finalists. That's what I think.- Any time you pick somebody to go to the final,
0:04:32 > 0:04:37- they go out in the first round, so...- I'm afraid that does almost always happen, yes.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40But this time it's not going to. Pat, what's going to see you through to the final?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- What category is going to propel you that far?- Um...
0:04:43 > 0:04:48If books do come up, it's not that bad, since everybody else hates them.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Yeah. Rob, how about you? - Sci-fi.- Sci-fi?- Yes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Really?- Yeah. Well, sort of, yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Which areas of sci-fi? - Anything, really.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I've always been a bit of a dab hand.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Fifties...- Any preference for film or books, or...?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Films, anything.- Comics?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Uh, yeah, a little bit, when I was younger, yeah.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Mm-hmm. OK.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Very good indeed.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Well, we will find out more about all of you throughout the show as it goes on.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19There's only one person left for me to introduce. His favourite sci-fi film is 2001: A Space Oddity.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- LAUGHTER - He's my Pointless friend, here's Richard.- Hiya.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23APPLAUSE
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- Hello there. How are you this afternoon?- I'm extremely well, thank you, Richard, how about you?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Not bad at all. We've got two returning pairs today.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Pat and Rob were in the head-to-head last time, and played very well,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40so I suspect they'll be difficult to beat.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46But Liz and Tom, we still don't know quite how good they are, do we, because they went out very soon.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Round One I think is a lot of fun. It could be a slight car crash, but it should be fun.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51A fun car crash?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- LAUGHTER A fun car crash.- My favourite kind.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Like in bumper cars or something.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Now, we've put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:05:58 > 0:06:02but this is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04To stay in the game,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24so today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26APPLAUSE
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Right! Let's play Pointless.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38In the first round, each of you must give me
0:06:38 > 0:06:40one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,
0:06:45 > 0:06:50they will score 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53You will see two related question categories.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56The first category will be played going up the line,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59the second category will be played on the second pass
0:06:59 > 0:07:01coming back down the line.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03So as always, it's crucial to decide who goes first
0:07:03 > 0:07:05and who goes second.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Let's reveal those two categories, and we have...
0:07:10 > 0:07:15So remember, French comic books will be played going up the line
0:07:15 > 0:07:17and British comic books will be played
0:07:17 > 0:07:19coming back down the line on the second pass.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Can you decide who is going to go first and who is going to go second?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34OK. Let's find out what the first question is.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:07:38 > 0:07:41as many characters from Asterix as they could.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- Richard.- The correct answers will all be characters
0:07:44 > 0:07:47featured in the English translations of the Asterix the Gaul books
0:07:47 > 0:07:49written by Goscinny and Uderzo.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The English-language translation of the Asterix books.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54OK, right, Yasmin and Nadia,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58you all drew lots before the show, you get to go first.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59For each question,
0:07:59 > 0:08:03we are going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07you will be relieved to hear. Here is the first set of seven answers.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31At least one of those answers is pointless, but be very careful,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33because at least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Pick an incorrect and you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Yasmin, are you an Asterix fan? - I'm not really, no.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- It's not my strongest point. - Have you read Asterix ever?
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- No, I haven't.- OK, well, here's fun. This is the car crash element.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- There you go. But it's fun. - Yeah, fun.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Um, I'm going to go for Omnitrix.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Omnitrix.- Yeah.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Let's see if Omnitrix is correct,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and if it is, let's see how many people said Omnitrix.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Bad luck, Yasmin! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Very bad luck indeed. Richard.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Yeah, the bad news is Omnitrix is a watch-like alien device
0:09:19 > 0:09:23form the kids' TV show Ben 10 which allows its user to transform
0:09:23 > 0:09:24into various alien species.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28The good news is, you're not a primary school teacher. Oh, hold on.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35OK, Tom. We are looking for characters from the Asterix books.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Um, now, then.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I only knew one answer before it came up,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44and I'm going to say it's Asterix, and I believe it's Obelix.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- Is his partner in crime.- OK, Obelix.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Tom, what have you got on your hand there? Is that a three-finger ring?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It is a three-finger ring, yes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- I should have kept it behind the podium.- No, it's good!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You haven't been tempted to get some diamond-encrusted thing
0:10:02 > 0:10:03saying "Tom"?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06If we win, that is the first thing to I'll be buying,
0:10:06 > 0:10:10but I think it's a long shot for us, but you never know.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Well, with an answer like Obelix, maybe you are on your way.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Let's see if Obelix is right,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20It's right.
0:10:27 > 0:10:3124. That's surprisingly low. Very well done.
0:10:31 > 0:10:3324 for Obelix.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Well played, Tom. He's Asterix's constant companion.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Owes his strength to the fact he fell in a cauldron of magic potion as a boy.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Nick, characters from Asterix.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I have a hunch that you know Asterix quite well.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- Your hunch is horribly wrong. - Really?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52I'm dragging something deep from my memory
0:10:52 > 0:10:54and I think I'm going to say Dogmatix.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Dogmatix. OK, let's see if it's right,
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and if it is, let's see how many people said Dogmatix.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Yes.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07If Obelix got 24...
0:11:14 > 0:11:17That's a great answer and a great score. 7. Richard.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Yeah, well played, Nick, and it's good pointless knowledge.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It's the village dog, Dogmatix. Even had his own series of books as well.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29The village... I thought it was Obelix's dog.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Yeah, but he belongs to the village.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35The village dog has odd connotations I'm not entirely sure I like.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Should I say he's Obelix's dog? Would that make it sound less rude?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Maybe. Maybe. No, it's fine, it's fine.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Pat, you are the last person to have this board.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Please, mop up. Tell us all the answers.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- I know all these names.- Good.
0:11:51 > 0:11:57- You're joking, aren't you? - The ones that sounded vaguely non-silly have gone.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01So I've got to go for something that sounds like it shouldn't be in a comic book.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'll go for Vitalstatistix.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Vitalstatistix. - You never know.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Let's see if that's correct. If it is, how many people said Vitalstatistix?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Yes, of course it's right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Very well done, Pat!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:26 > 0:12:28That scores you four.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Well played, Pat. Vitalstatistix is the chief of the village,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34married to Impedimenta. Is that right?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It is right. Have you not read Asterix either?!
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Course I have! If I hadn't read Asterix, how would I know all the stuff I've been saying?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It would be impossible.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48Other than the fact I was dipped in a cauldron of magic potion as a boy.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Yes.- Take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Justforkix likes fast chariots - that would have scored you one point.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Do you know the other two?
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- Do you think they are pointless or incorrect?- I think they are both right.- You're right.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Prefix is a Druid, a pointless answer.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10And Alcoholix is the wine merchant, as you might expect, and a pointless answer.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Well, Pat and Rob, looking great, with just 4.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Nick and Charlie, on 7.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Then 24 for Tom and Liz, and then - ooooh! -
0:13:25 > 0:13:27up to 100 for Yasmin and Nadia.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32We'll have to see what British comic books are like
0:13:32 > 0:13:36on the way back down. You're going to have to find
0:13:36 > 0:13:40a really obscure answer and hope that someone else makes a mistake.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43OK, can the second players take their places?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51For the second pass, the category is British Comics.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Let's find out what the question is.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:13:56 > 0:13:59to name as many characters from the Dandy as they could.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Characters from the Dandy.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04The correct answers in this round are all individuals or groups
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- who've had their own strip in the Dandy comic.- Thanks very much.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11We're looking for characters from the Dandy.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16The seven answers are...
0:14:26 > 0:14:27I'll read those again.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41And at least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Try and avoid the incorrect ones, or you'll score of 100 points. Rob,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49thanks to Pat's excellent answer, you are on 4.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54The high scorers are Nadia and Yasmin on 100. If you can score 95 or less,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56you are through to the next round.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I know the ones that I think AREN'T.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So...I'll go for...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05what I think might be a low one.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Brassneck.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Brassneck. There's your red line.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12If you can get below that with Brassneck,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14you're through to the next round.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Let's see if it's right, and how many people said it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21It's right, and you're through.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Down it goes! Look at that! Rob, very well done.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30APPLAUSE
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- 1 point for Brassneck takes your total up to an impressive 5. - Well played.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38He's a robot schoolboy with telescopic limbs.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41He first appeared in the early '60s.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Very good indeed. Charlie, did you choose this category,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47or did Nick choose Asterix?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51We decided I wouldn't know any French comics,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55and he doesn't speak any French, so that was really useful. I'm going to play it safe
0:15:55 > 0:16:00- and go for Desperate Dan. - Desperate Dan.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04You're on 7. The high scorers are Nadia and Yasmin, on 100.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08There's your red line. If you go below that, you're through to the next round.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Desperate Dan, says Charlie. Let's see if it's right, and how many people said it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Well done, you're through.
0:16:17 > 0:16:1964!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21APPLAUSE
0:16:21 > 0:16:25It's a high score. But it's low enough to see you through.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Good tactic. Appeared in the first-ever Dandy.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Still appears now. There's a statue of Desperate Dan in Dundee,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34where the publisher is.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- Oh, really?- Yeah. That's nice, isn't it?- Yeah, it is nice.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39OK, Liz.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43The high-scorers are still Nadia and Yasmin.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45You are on 24, they are on 100.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50If you can score 75 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Yeah.- What are you thinking?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56I think there is a cat on the front cover of some of them,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59so I was going to go with Korky The Cat, but I'm not sure.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00OK, Korky The Cat.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Let's see if it's right, and how many people said Korky The Cat.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11It is right. You're through to the next round, very well done.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- 23 for Korky The Cat. - APPLAUSE
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Very well done. That takes you up to 47. Richard.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24He appeared on the cover of the very first issue, Korky The Cat.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30In 2005, they had a readers' poll seeing who was the most popular character in Dandy history.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Korky The Cat got 0%!
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- LIZ:- Awwww!
0:17:34 > 0:17:36We love him!
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Now then, Nadia and Yasmin, I have terrible news for you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44You are the high-scorers, even before you've given your answer.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48But I have great news for you as well.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51You can leave a present of £250 for the remaining players
0:17:51 > 0:17:56- by finding a pointless answer on that board.- Again...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I've no idea. But I'm going to go with...
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Marvo The Wonder Chicken!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Good. Marvo The Wonder Chicken.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Let's see if that's right, and let's see if Nadia is doing them
0:18:08 > 0:18:13the most selfless of acts, and leaving a £250 legacy.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Marvo The Wonder Chicken. Good luck.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21It's right! Very well done.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Let's see how far down this goes.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Look at that! - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Well done!
0:18:30 > 0:18:34That is a pointless answer, which adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:18:34 > 0:18:39and takes the total to £4,250. It scores you nothing,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43leaves your total at an unbeatable 100.
0:18:43 > 0:18:48- Richard.- Nice way to leave the show. Yasmin, very unlucky in the previous round.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Marvo The Wonder Chicken is one of the more modern characters,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- with his sidekick, Henry. - What is Henry?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- He's his sidekick.- I know! But is he some kind of poultry or...?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Let's fill in the rest of the board then I'll tell you what Henry is,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07if you really want to know.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Beryl The Peril was a Dandy character,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and that would have scored you 1 point.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Of the other two, one is pointless, one is incorrect.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20- What do you think?- I think... I sort of remember Hungry Horace.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Hungry Horace is a pointless answer.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Gypsy Rose Lee, a famous burlesque entertainer -
0:19:25 > 0:19:28what middle-class people call a stripper.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32What's she doing on this board?! Normally there's a link.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Comic STRIP, you see!
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Oooh! That's clever.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38That is genius.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- You asked me what Marvo The Wonder Chicken's sidekick was.- Henry?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- What is he?- He's called Henry Thrapplewhacker XLIX...
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Seriously?- Yeah. Henry Thrapplewhacker XLIX. And he's a little pink bird.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Pink bird.- Yep.- That's nice.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54That's good. A good thing to be.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57At the end of Round One, the losing pair
0:19:57 > 0:20:02with the highest score is Nadia and Yasmin. I'm very sorry.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03- This was a tough round.- It was.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Richard said it would be a fun car crash, and it has been!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11But I'm really sorry that you have to leave at the end of this round.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16We will see you again next time, and I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20- Thanks very much for playing. Nadia and Yasmin. - APPLAUSE
0:20:21 > 0:20:24For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31APPLAUSE
0:20:31 > 0:20:37There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us at the end of this round.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Our second-round category is...
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Famous People. Decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Our Round Two question concerns...
0:20:53 > 0:20:57People known by their initials.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00People known by their initials. Richard.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I'm going to give you six clues on each pass.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08We asked 100 people to whom do these clues apply? The answer is someone known by two initials and a surname.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12If the clue was, "author of War Of The Worlds," the answer would be HG Wells.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17If you give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22There are 12 people to guess at home.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27So, we are looking for people known by two initials and surname.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28And we have got...
0:21:46 > 0:21:47I'll read those again.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02There are your clues.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07We are looking for people known by two initials and surname.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Tom, why are you smiling?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12It's one of those again that I'm not too keen on, to be honest.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I don't think you'll find a question we are going to be keen on,
0:22:15 > 0:22:21but I believe Johnny Depp played the author of Peter Pan in Finding Neverland,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24and, working in a bookshop, I should really know.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I'm going to say JM Barrie.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31You're saying JM Barrie. Let's see if that's right. How many people said it?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Well done.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Very well done.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- That's a great answer. - APPLAUSE
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Brilliant answer, brilliant score. Richard.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49James Matthew Barrie. In later life he developed such bad writer's cramp
0:22:49 > 0:22:53that he used to write with his right hand, then with his left,
0:22:53 > 0:22:58and said there was a demonstrative difference between his books in the left hand and right hand.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Nick, we are looking for people known by two initials
0:23:03 > 0:23:06and a surname, who are described in these clues.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10I think it's going to be very high, I'm going to have to say the inventor of Quidditch,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12being JK Rowling.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16JK Rowling, says Nick, for the inventor of Quidditch.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19If it is right, let's see how many people said it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:2545!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27APPLAUSE
0:23:29 > 0:23:3245, that seems oddly low.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35If you'd said the author of Harry Potter, it would have been high,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39but "the inventor of Quidditch" might be slightly harder. Joanne Kathleen.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Nice one. Joanne Kathleen.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Now, Pat, you're the last person to have this board. Talk us through all the names that are missing.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I really don't know any!
0:23:50 > 0:23:52There's only one that maybe it is.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56If not, it makes me sound really dumb,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59and that's legendary blues guitarist being BB King.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Let's see if that's right, and how many people knew the answer. Sounds brilliant to me.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07It is right.
0:24:10 > 0:24:1222!
0:24:12 > 0:24:15APPLAUSE
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- Very well done. 22 for BB King. - Well played. Born Riley B King in Mississippi.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24All his guitars were called Lucille, every one of them.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28No-one's gone nearest the biggest answer on the board - Larry Hagman's TV character.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- JR Ewing.- Would have scored 55. Adam Dalgliesh was her detective?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- PD James.- PD James, that would have scored 11.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40And the best answer on the board - shared the Nobel Prize with Mandela in '93?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- FW de Klerk.- Exactly right. That would have scored 4 points,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46so well done if you got that.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Thanks very much. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Tom and Liz, lovely low score of 10!
0:24:53 > 0:24:5722 for Pat and Rob, and in front, Nick and Charlie.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03You're going to have to find an obscure answer on the board if you're going to survive this round.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14We're going to put six more clues on the board. We have got...
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I'll read those one more time.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44We are looking for the people known by two initials and surname.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Rob, the high-scorers on 45 are Charlie and Nick. You're on 22,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56which means if you can score 22, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58I'll have to go for...
0:25:59 > 0:26:02.."Christopher Robin was his son".
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I'll go for AA Milne.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07AA Milne, you are saying. OK. Here comes your red line.
0:26:07 > 0:26:13Below that red line, you're through to the next round. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It is right.
0:26:21 > 0:26:2531! Not bad. That takes your total up to 53.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31- Richard.- Not bad at all. Alan Alexander Milne.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- He wrote all the Winnie the Pooh books.- Thanks very much.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Charlie, the high-scorers are Rob and Pat on 53.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43You're on 45. You need to score 7 or less to get to the head-to-head.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47This is annoying because I know one of the answers,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51but I don't know the initials. Which is kind of a problem in this.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- I would define that as NOT knowing one of the answers!- I know who he is!
0:26:56 > 0:27:01So I'm going to kind of guess his initials and hope it's right.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I'm going to go for the BBC Sports Personality,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08which was AJ McCoy?
0:27:08 > 0:27:11AJ McCoy says Charlie. Let's see if that's right.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18No, unfortunately, AJ McCoy is an incorrect answer,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22which means you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 145.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Sorry, Charlie, I won't give the answer
0:27:25 > 0:27:28till the end of the round in case Liz wants to have a go at it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Well, you never know.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Now, Liz, I've got some brilliant news -
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- you are through to the head-to-head.- OK.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It doesn't matter what you score here,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43you'll never overtake Charlie and Nick's high score of 145.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47You're also the last person to have this board, so you can fill in all the gaps for us.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50I wish I could, I'm sorry.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Cats - I like the musical, and I think I bought the poems,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57so I think - I don't know,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01PG Wodehouse for Cats.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02I don't know, though.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05OK, well, you're saying PG Wodehouse for Cats.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Good luck, Liz.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer
0:28:16 > 0:28:18which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23That takes your total to 110, but it doesn't matter, you're through to the next round.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Richard.- I don't say it often, but come on, everyone, really?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33The musical Cats is based on the work of TS Eliot.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- That would have scored 13 points. - He was a poet.- Yeah.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38More importantly, an anagram of toilets.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40LAUGHTER
0:28:40 > 0:28:45The BBC sports personality of the year, Charlie, is Tony McCoy,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47as you know, he's AP McCoy.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51That would have scored 8 points. It's Anthony Peter McCoy.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Created Lady Chatterley - really, no-one?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- DH Lawrence. - Exactly right, for 26.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Starred in My Little Chickadee, Xander?
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- No, they don't know.- WC Fields, would have scored 11 points.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- And the writer sister of Margaret Drabble.- AS Byatt.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Exactly right, 2 points, well done if you got AS Byatt at home.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Thanks, Richard, at the end of Round Two,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15the losing pair with the highest score is Nick and Charlie.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18That was a tough board for you there.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- When the answers came up, I knew them all, so...- Yes.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- Probably would have worked better the other way round. - I knew the guitarist...
0:29:25 > 0:29:28We'll see you next time when I hope you'll go much further,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31but meanwhile, thanks very much for playing, Charlie and Nick.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33APPLAUSE
0:29:33 > 0:29:39For the remaining two pairs things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Very well done, Pat and Rob, Liz and Tom,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for the jackpot
0:29:52 > 0:29:55which currently stands at £4,250.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:30:00 > 0:30:03For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer,
0:30:03 > 0:30:07but you can now confer. All you have to do is come up with an answer
0:30:07 > 0:30:10that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13The first pair to win two plays for the jackpot.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Let's play Pointless.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19APPLAUSE
0:30:20 > 0:30:22OK, here is your first question -
0:30:22 > 0:30:28we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Royal parks in London as they could.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Royal parks in London, Richard.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Yeah, we're looking for any of the nine Royal Parks in London
0:30:34 > 0:30:36as listed on the Royal Parks website, please.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41OK, Pat and Rob, because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Royal Parks in London.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- We know one.- That'll do.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's got to be Regent's.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Regent's Park, say Pat and Rob.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00So, Liz and Tom,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03if you need to confer any further, you can do it out loud.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Um, you think Hyde Park is going to be higher than that?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11I think it might be. Do you know any more? Is Kensington a park?
0:31:11 > 0:31:16I'm not sure. I know there's one where the king had all the flowers taken out
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- because his wife had an affair. - Which one's that?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I think it's called Green Park cos there are no flowers,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- but I'm not sure.- Let's do it.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Well, we're happy to be here and that's enough for us,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29so we're going to say Green Park.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32We have Regent's Park, we have Green Park.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Pat and Rob went with the Regent's Park,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many people said it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40It's right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:4549 for Regent's Park.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46APPLAUSE
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Now, Liz and Tom, are going out on a bit of a limb
0:31:49 > 0:31:54and saying Green Park, because, Liz, you remember a story.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Yeah, but I might have made it up, I tend to do that!
0:31:59 > 0:32:04OK, let's see if it's right and if it is let's see how many people said Green Park.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09It is right. It is right.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13And it beats Regent's Park, down it goes.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Very good, 22.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16APPLAUSE
0:32:16 > 0:32:18You see, that's how you win Pointless,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22it's remembering odd little tidbits of information like that. Richard.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Very, very well played, Liz, very good answer, and almost the right reason, as well.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30It's Catherine of Braganza got all the flowers removed from Green Park
0:32:30 > 0:32:34because Charles II had been picking them for another of his illicit lovers.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38There is a bunch of answers that would have beaten Green Park, though,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41nine in all, let's see how many you got at home.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Brompton Cemetery is a Royal park, that would have scored you 1.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Imagine how disappointed your kids would be if you promised them a trip to the park
0:32:48 > 0:32:50and ended up in Brompton Cemetery.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Bushy Park in West London would have scored you 2, Greenwich Park, 5,
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Kensington Gardens, 9,
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Richmond Park, with 2,500 acres is the biggest Royal park, with 15.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Green Park, 22, St James's Park, 33,
0:33:03 > 0:33:07The Regent's Park - its official name - 49,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09and Hyde Park, 82.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11So, here is your second question.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Pat and Rob, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:33:18 > 0:33:22of the first 20 elements of the periodic table as they could - Richard.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27we're looking for any of the first 20 elements of the periodic table as verified by the IUPAC.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Those are the ones with the atomic numbers 1 to 20.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34OK, Liz and Tom, you go first this time.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- We don't know if it's going to be the best, but what are we saying, Liz?- Beryllium.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Pat and Rob, you can do some chatting out loud
0:33:42 > 0:33:44if you have further discussion.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46What about Californium?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48THEY DISCUSS QUIETLY
0:33:51 > 0:33:53We'll have to go for selenium.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57OK, we have beryllium, we have selenium.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Liz and Tom have said beryllium.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Is it right? How many people have said it?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06It's right.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Brilliant.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:34:16 > 0:34:193 for beryllium.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21No pressure, Pat and Rob.
0:34:21 > 0:34:253 is what you have to beat, but you've gone for selenium.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28Sounds like an excellent answer to me.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31But remember, I know nothing.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Pat and Rob, selenium, is it right? Will it get you below 3?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Very, very best of luck, selenium.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Oh, bad luck! Rob and Pat, that's an incorrect answer,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Which means, after only two questions,
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Liz and Tom are through to the Final, 2-0, very well done.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53APPLAUSE
0:34:55 > 0:35:00- Very well played, Liz, I think we can forgive you for TS Eliot now.- Thank you!
0:35:00 > 0:35:03So, 'berylliant' answer.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Oh, come on!
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Yeah, very well done, selenium is atomic number 34, I'm afraid.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14I know some people at home will be able to reel off this whole top 20,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17I hope you've had enough time to write them down or get them in your head.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Phosphorus - pointless answer, well done if you said that...
0:35:42 > 0:35:47Very well done if you got all of those, especially if you got phosphorus.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Pat and Rob.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54You've been patted and robbed.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56GROANING LAUGHTER
0:35:56 > 0:35:59I mean, sadly there's no prize for you to take away
0:35:59 > 0:36:01in recognition of your achievement,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04because it is an achievement, very solid, consistent,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08very, very good team, but I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Brilliant contestants, though, thank you so much for playing.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14APPLAUSE
0:36:16 > 0:36:19But for Liz and Tom it's now time for our Pointless Final
0:36:19 > 0:36:21and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,250.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Congratulations, Liz and Tom, you fought off all the competition
0:36:31 > 0:36:36and have won our coveted Pointless Trophy, so very, very well done.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37APPLAUSE
0:36:39 > 0:36:42You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:42 > 0:36:46and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £4,250.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Now, the rules are very simple -
0:36:51 > 0:36:54to win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59We've had one pointless answer today,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02you only have to find one more to go home with that money.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04First you've got to choose a category,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and you can choose from these three options - they are...
0:37:12 > 0:37:14This is all on you, babe, because I honestly...
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Shall we just say not singer-songwriters?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Yeah, not singer-songwriters. - OK. What do you want?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22You pick and I'm absolutely fine with it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26I think crime novels could be anything, theatre...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28OK, let's go for theatre.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Theatre, please, Alex.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Theatre it is.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:36 > 0:37:41as many Broadway plays of Tennessee Williams as they could.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Broadway plays of Tennessee Williams - Richard.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47We're looking for any play by Tennessee Williams
0:37:47 > 0:37:50that's been performed on Broadway up to April 2011, please.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53This does not include performances of one-act plays.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56The plays of Tennessee Williams performed on Broadway.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03All you need to win that £4,250 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- I have none. - I know, I don't have a clue!
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Did he write Death Of A Salesman? - No, that was Miller.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Of course it was. Any answers?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Um, I'm trying to think.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19I could name ones and they might not be by him.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22If you can name three, that's better than naming none.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25OK, there's The Mousetrap...
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Iceman cometh? I don't know.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31These are fine, because, you know what,
0:38:31 > 0:38:35if we stop the clock now we'd be no better than we were before if left it all.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Let's try and think of another one.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Can you think of anything that might be on Broadway, specifically Broadway?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45You've been to New York, what did you see that was on there? Anything that catches you?
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- I only saw musicals. - Anything that jumps out?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52I'm not sure.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56- Streetcar Named Desire? - Possibly, yeah, let's go for that!
0:38:56 > 0:39:00OK, we'll do those three and then see.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Five seconds left.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Right, well...
0:39:04 > 0:39:07OK, right, that's your minute up.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10We were looking for Broadway plays by Tennessee Williams,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I now need three answers.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14We're going to say...
0:39:14 > 0:39:16The Mousetrap,
0:39:16 > 0:39:18The Iceman cometh,
0:39:18 > 0:39:22and what was the other one?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- A Streetcar Named Desire. - Streetcar Named Desire.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27OK, there are three answers.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Of those three which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I think, Alex, if we're honest, any order will be fine for us.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Let's pick one to go last, shall we?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Shall we do The Mousetrap?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Mousetrap last, Streetcar first, we think that might be.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Iceman Cometh, in the middle, and The Mousetrap.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46OK, there we are.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50OK, let's put them up on the board in that order, here they are...
0:39:56 > 0:40:01You said this was your least confident answer, Streetcar Named Desire.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot - £4250.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09So, let's see if Streetcar Named Desire is a correct answer,
0:40:09 > 0:40:11and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16It's right.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20It's right, that was the first thing it had to be.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The only other thing it has to be is pointless.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Down it goes.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28APPLAUSE
0:40:28 > 0:40:2918.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, which means you only
0:40:33 > 0:40:35have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39What would you do if you won £4,250?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I want a bar of gold.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46I don't know how much they're retailing at nowadays,
0:40:46 > 0:40:49but it definitely might go towards a bar of gold.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Yeah.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- LAUGHTER - Nice paperweight...
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Anyway, sorry, Pointless - we were looking for Broadway plays by Tennessee Williams,
0:40:57 > 0:41:00let's hope nobody said your next answer.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, £4250.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05The Iceman Cometh, you say.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Let's see if it's right, and if it is let's see how many people said the Iceman Cometh.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Bad luck, I'm afraid, that's an incorrect answer,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Your last answer, The Mousetrap.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Which you nominated to go third,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31which is traditionally where we put our most confident answers.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34We thought we'd be different.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37This as to be on Broadway AND by Tennessee Williams,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40AND pointless if you're going to win that jackpot of £4250.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Very, very best of luck.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45The Mousetrap - is it right? How many people said it?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Oh! Bad luck.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53APPLAUSE
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Well, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:56 > 0:42:00so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250,
0:42:00 > 0:42:03which rolls on to the next show, but you have been fantastic contestants
0:42:03 > 0:42:08and you do of course get to take home our Pointless trophy, so well done.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:10 > 0:42:16Yeah, tough category, guys. the Iceman Cometh is Eugene O'Neill, The Mousetrap is Agatha Christie.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21I know some people at home will have got some of these.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Camino Real, a very complex play about a mythical town;
0:42:24 > 0:42:29Orpheus Descending, Out Cry - which is a sort of unsuccessful '70s comeback -
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Period of adjustment - which is called a serious comedy -
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Summer And Smoke - a follow-up to A Streetcar Named Desire -
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Sweet Bird of youth - another of his very big hit plays -
0:42:39 > 0:42:43The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More - quite the opposite, it was quite a flop,
0:42:43 > 0:42:46The Night Of the Iguana - his last big hit -
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and You Touched Me, one of his very early...1943, I think, a comedy.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Well, you made it to Round One in your first show
0:42:56 > 0:42:59and all the way to the final this show, so very well done for that,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02but unfortunately we have to say goodbye,
0:43:02 > 0:43:05it's been brilliant having you on the show, thank you very much for playing.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15which means on the next show we will be playing for £5,250.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:22 > 0:43:23Goodbye.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26..and it's goodbye from me - goodbye.
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