0:00:15 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:29Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:34the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43Firstly we welcome back Dale and Mary. This is your second chance to reach our Pointless final.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. Remind us what happened last time.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Dale, in your own words.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- Shall I let the boss speak? - He's not allowed to speak.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- It was one of your own words that got you into trouble.- I know. I've suffered since!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- Oh, dear.- Yeah.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05"Lult". Words ending in "ult".
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Dale?- Lult! Yep.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I got it mixed up with "lull".
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Yeah. Ah, well.- I got stuck.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Listen, that was last time. Today's a new show.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- What do you hope will come up today? - Anything to do with music, films.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Even geography.- Or literature. - Or literature.- Yes.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- Very best of luck to you this afternoon. Good luck.- Thanks.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Next, welcome back Hayley and Daryl, also on the show last time.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35This is your second time. Remind us what happened to you.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41We got to the head-to-head. We were doing OK. We were drawing with the other people.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- Then we got a U2 question. - We just didn't know at all.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- So we guessed. Daryl guessed. It was Daryl!- An intelligent guess. - But a guess.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Yeah, U2 - You, Too.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- Never mind. It was a good guess. - Yeah.- A good guess.- Just unfortunate.- Just unfortunate.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- What do you do for a living, Hayley? - I'm a youth worker.- Youth worker.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- And you, Daryl?- I'm a railway technician/ engineer.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- She colours in all the underground maps!- Ignore her! I don't work on the underground.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17- Do you wear a fluorescent jacket? - Yeah, I wear all orange trousers and orange jacket.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Smart.- And a hard hat.- Which bit of railway do you work on?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- The Swindon area, where I live. - Right.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I gather it's incredibly well looked-after. The best railway in the country.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- The cleanest railway ever. - They do say.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37They do say. Very good. Great to have you back. Best of luck this afternoon.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Next we welcome Stacey and Fred. How do you know each other?
0:02:40 > 0:02:45This bundle of joy is my eldest of three children, Stacey.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51What about the other two? Did they not pass the stringent Pointless test?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53They weren't bullied into it like I was!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57No, I actually wanted to come on the show and dragged him along.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- It was your choice?- I just wanted to see Richard!
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- I can go home a happy girl now. - She's only human. Only human.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Well, now you've seen him, how does he measure up?
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Measure up? About seven foot!
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Not far off!
0:03:17 > 0:03:22- Very good. What do you do, Fred? - I'm a police officer, in the Intelligence Department.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Very good. I'm not going to make any gag about that.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I'm not going to say anything! I imagine you work very hard!
0:03:29 > 0:03:36- Stacey, what do you do?- I'm a student, doing a Masters degree in forensic psychology.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Oh, you're a crime-fighting duo!
0:03:38 > 0:03:42That's fantastic. Of course you've grown up hearing about forensics.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47I always wanted to be a psychologist, but the criminal stuff comes from him.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52Very interesting. You could be the subject of a fantastic long-running Sunday evening drama!
0:03:52 > 0:03:58Brilliant. Father and daughter. The father a hard cop who doesn't play by the rules - I'm guessing.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- The daughter a forensic psychologist.- Who DOES play by the rules.- Does play by the rules.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Yes!- That's a hit. I'm watching that!- Best of luck. Great having you on the show.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And finally we welcome Trevor and Alan. How do you know each other?
0:04:11 > 0:04:16Alan and I grew up on the same estate in Dumfries, Scotland.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We've been friends for almost 50 years.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24We're part of a working group called The Intrepid Explorers.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29How far afield from Dumfries have you walked, Alan?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33We've walked up the north of Scotland, down to the Lake District,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- but mainly in Galloway.- Right. - Where it's nice and quiet.- Lovely.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41If you walk in the Lake District, you meet thousands of people.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- You do.- But in Galloway it's nice and peaceful.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Very good. Trevor, what would you love to see come up today?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Absolutely no doubt, Tamla Motown.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- That's it.- That's your thing. Richard?- Just that?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Well, you can throw in a few others! - OK.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- What about you, Alan?- Maybe history, sport, football.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09The local team, Queen of the South is the only team mentioned in the Bible.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- "The Queen of the South shall rise up."- Do they rise up?
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- I'm afraid not, no! - Their time will come, Alan!
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I don't want to disappoint you, but there are more teams mentioned in the Bible.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- Really?- Ooh!- There's Bury.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Mentioned a number of times in the Bible!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29There is... It is!
0:05:29 > 0:05:33There is Reading, or used as the word "reading".
0:05:34 > 0:05:38And there's also generally a reference to "a man's field",
0:05:38 > 0:05:40so Mansfield also in the Bible!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Very good!- Boo!
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Sorry!
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Well, that's you put straight, isn't it?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50There's also a mention of Hamilton Academicals, but that's...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Just towards the end of Revelations, that is!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Right. I'll look it up!
0:05:56 > 0:06:01It's brilliant having you on the show. We'll find out more about all of you later.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05There's only one person left to introduce, a big fish in an obscure pond.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- He's my Pointless friend, Richard! - Hiya!
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Richard, good afternoon. - Good afternoon. How are you?
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- Very well, thanks. Are you? - Very well. We've got two returning pairs today.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Hayley and Daryl were in the head-to-head last time.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27It usually means you go one further the next time.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31And Dale and Mary. Dale let Mary down very badly! Very badly.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35So I suspect, for the sake of their marriage, he'll do better today.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Two very strong new pairs as well.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41We've got someone from the Intelligence Division here!
0:06:41 > 0:06:46The good thing, Fred, if you get knocked out early, fellow officers will be very gentle with you.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51No ribbing. No-one will mind. It's almost as bad as being a teacher on this show.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57You have to go back to school and everyone's awful. Going back to the police station must be bad.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59But I'm sure you won't put a foot wrong!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04But a good show. The first round is one that may trip a few people up.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Round One.- Round One. OK. Be careful, Round One.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14We put all our questions to 100 people earlier but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20So to have a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add £1,000 to that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36So today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Let's play Pointless!
0:07:47 > 0:07:51In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Whoever has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Try and make sure it's not you.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00OK. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Can you decide who's going first and who second?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Let's find out what the question is.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Richard?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27The correct answers in this round are all Italian terms used in musical notation
0:08:27 > 0:08:32to show how a piece should be played. They can refer to the speed, volume or interpretation.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Italian terms in musical notation. Very best of luck.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Right, Dale and Mary, you drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45You lucky things! In this round you get a choice of seven possible answers
0:08:45 > 0:08:49in each pass. The first set of seven reads like this.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11At least one of those answers is pointless.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15But be careful because at least one of those answers is wrong.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Pick a wrong one and you score the maximum 100 points.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Dale. You know music well.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24You played in a band for how many years?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Many years, but not classical.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Maybe you have some Italian terms there to tell you how to play?
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Yes.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I think I'll go with allegro.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37You're going with allegro.
0:09:37 > 0:09:43As always, the most obscure answer scores the fewest points. That's what you want. Allegro.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said allegro.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48It's right.
0:09:53 > 0:09:5532.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Not a bad score for Dale. 32 for allegro. Richard?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01A fairly safe start from Dale.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05To be played in a brisk or lively manner from the Italian for cheerful.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07OK. Hayley?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Hayley. I have a feeling you'll be quite good at this.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I took music as an A-level.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19I think pizzicato, I'm going to go for.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Pizzicato.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Yes.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said pizzicato.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's correct.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39That's a great score, Hayley.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- Pizzicato.- Well played, Hayley. It's the plucking of a stringed instrument that's usually bowed.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Now, Fred, we are looking for Italian musical terms.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53We've had allegro and pizzicato.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57There are certainly more on the board that are correct.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00There's at least one pointless answer.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02What are you thinking?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I'm thinking of eating most of those!
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Or watch them play football.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- Yeah.- But music's not my stuff.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16I don't want to let Stacey down, but I'll plump for canestrato.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Canestrato.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19It's nice with chips!
0:11:19 > 0:11:22OK. You're going for canestrato.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said canestrato.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Bad luck, Fred!
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer so it scores the maximum 100 points. Sorry, Fred.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42- Richard.- Sorry, Fred. Probably would be nice with chips. It's an Italian cheese!
0:11:42 > 0:11:47OK, so we come to you, Trevor. You're the last to have this selection of musical terms
0:11:47 > 0:11:51and pretend musical terms. So you can talk us through them.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Well, Roberto Baggio was an Italian footballer.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Placido Domingo was a singer.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Glissando, I don't know.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Well, it's either a car parked or a term for Italian football,
0:12:05 > 0:12:06I'll go for adagio.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08You're going for adagio. OK.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Very good reasoning there.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Let's see if adagio is right and if so, how many people said it?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Adagio.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16It's right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Very well done, Trevor. A lovely score.
0:12:24 > 0:12:2617 for adagio.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- Richard?- Adagio - played at a slow, leisurely pace. Well done.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34You cleverly avoided the wrong answers.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Let's take a look at the rest and see how you did at home.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Baggio, as you say, an Italian footballer. Roberto and also Dino Baggio.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Of the other two,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46they are both pointless answers.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Very well done if you said placido, which means placid and tranquil.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- And glissando, which is a gliding scale.- Slide.- Well done.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Both of those pointless answers. - Very good. Thanks, Richard.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Let's look at the scores half-way through the round. Best score from Hayley with ten.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Then up to Trevor on 17. Lovely score.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Up to 32, Dale and Mary. Then Fred. You were trying hard to do the right thing.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15I'm afraid it cost you dear. You're on 100 points.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Stacey, I hope you know your Italian musical terms.- No pressure!
0:13:19 > 0:13:23No pressure! OK, can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32OK. Seven more answers on the board. We're after Italian musical terms.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33We have got...
0:13:42 > 0:13:44I'll read those one more time.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I can tell you at least one of those answers is pointless,
0:13:54 > 0:13:59but at least one of those answers is incorrect, so try and avoid those.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Now, Alan. Didn't Trevor do well? - Mmm, very well.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06What are you going for? Do you know your musical terms?
0:14:06 > 0:14:13Not too well, I'm afraid, but I'll go for andante.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Andante. OK. Andante.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19The high scorers on 100 are Stacey and Fred.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25You're on 17, so if you score 82 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Here's your red line.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Well done!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Whoa! 16!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Very well done, Alan. 16 takes your total to 33.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48Well played, Alan. Safely through. Moderately slow, andante, from the Italian for walking pace.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Now, then, Stacey. We are looking for Italian musical terms.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57There's one I recognise, but I think it's quite a popular answer.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01I'll go for the one that I think is right, and that's crescendo.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Crescendo. There you are.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07Crescendo.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Wow!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18That's superb, Stacey. Well done!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Six points. Let's hope that's good enough.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Your total is 106. Richard?
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Yes, very low score for crescendo. Maybe people thought it was the end of a piece rather than a direction.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- It means getting louder, from the Italian for growing.- Daryl.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38You are on ten. The high scorers are still Stacey and Fred on 106.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45How good is your music?
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Well, I did music GCSE, but that was a while ago.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52GCSE music should be enough to cover most of these. I hope so.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Do you think you can find a pointless answer on that board?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I don't want to chance it cos I don't want to get a wrong answer.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02So I'd rather go safe.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04OK. Very sensible.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- I'd like to go for forte.- Forte.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09OK, you're going for forte.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Is it correct and if so, how many people said it? Here's your red line.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Just below the pink one.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Well done.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Very low score for forte, 26, taking your total to 36.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- Richard?- Well played, Daryl. Forte meaning loud, of course.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Pianoforte meaning soft/loud.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Mary.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43The high scorers are still Stacey and Fred on 106.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49You're on 32. If you can score 73 or less with this, you're through to the next round.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52What are you thinking? Talk us through the board.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Tutti I'm thinking all I can think of is Tutti Frutti.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I don't think that's got anything to do with music, but it might have!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Legato, I don't know, it sounds like a stocking.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Escamillo. That could be a mushroom.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Scorretto.- I hope God was like this when he was naming things!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14"Um... Sea. Air. Birds."
0:17:15 > 0:17:19"Mushroom. Mushroom." That doesn't quite work!
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Oh, dear. OK. Legato.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27You're going for legato.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Could be a brilliant answer. Let's see. Legato.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Is it right and if so, how many people said legato?
0:17:35 > 0:17:39There's your red line. If you get below it, you're in the next round.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Well done!
0:17:41 > 0:17:44You're through to the next round.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46You might be adding some money to the jackpot.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Very, very well done indeed.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Legato takes your total up to 40.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Richard?- Well played, Mary. You dodged a bullet there.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Legato is a smooth linking of notes, the opposite of staccato.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Of the other three where you could have done serious harm,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08the rest of those are either pointless or incorrect.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Alexander? Do you want a go?
0:18:09 > 0:18:17Tutti is "for all" when you've had a ripieno, which is a few people playing. Tutti means the whole lot.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Right. Tutti is for all instruments or voices, a pointless answer.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- The other two?- The other two I think are incorrect.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Yes, Escamillo is a character from Bizet's opera, Carmen.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34- And Scorretto is the Italian for incorrect, or false!- Brilliant.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- I rather hoped somebody would pick it, but they didn't.- Thanks.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Stacey and Fred.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48- Fred, you were trying to do the right thing with canestrato. - I'll have to eat it!
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I bet it's delicious. Any information on that cheese, Richard?
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- I don't have any...- Is it a hard cheese, which would be appropriate, considering!
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Well, the consolation for us is we get to see you next time, which will be great.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07In the meantime, we have to say goodbye. You've been great contestants.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13For the remaining pairs, it's time for Round Two!
0:19:19 > 0:19:24There are only two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Try and make sure it's not you. Our category for Round Two
0:19:28 > 0:19:29this afternoon is...
0:19:31 > 0:19:36Can you decide in your pairs who's first and who's second?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Whoever's first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Our Round Two question concerns...
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Richard?
0:19:50 > 0:19:56We'll give you a list of sitcom characters. We asked 100 people which sitcom did they appear in.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02An obscure answer scores a few points, an incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Thanks, Richard.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07We are looking for sitcom characters and their sitcoms.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I'll read those one more time.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31So, then, Dale, there are your six sitcom characters.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36You just have to find the com to sit them in.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- It's not an easy one.- Not as easy as you'd think, is it?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Did you think when it came up, "Ah, this will be easy."
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I thought Eric Morecambe, that sort of thing.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50OK, I'll take an educated guess.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Ben Harper. Worst Weekend.... No, Worst Week Of My Life.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Ben Harper, Worst Week Of My Life.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01There was a half-nod from Mary.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05OK. It's a guess. Ben Harper, Worst Week Of My Life.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19Bad luck, Dale! Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer. You score a maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:21:19 > 0:21:25Sorry, Dale. I won't say the show in case Hayley or Trevor want a go.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Ben Miller was in Worst Week Of My Life.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- He was.- Your comedy partner. You're the straight man?
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- Very much the straight man. - He's good.- Isn't he?- Very funny.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I like it when he does stuff by himself, like that show.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42- Yeah.- Know what I mean?- Yes.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- You see what he's all about. - What he can do when he's not held back!- Brilliant.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Right, now.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Hayley. Hayley.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57How good are you on sitcoms and the characters they're in?
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I'm really pleased cos the only one I recognise is Ben Harper.
0:22:01 > 0:22:09So I was praying it would still be there! I'm pretty sure it's My Family.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Ben Harper, My Family. There it is at the top.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Ben Harper, My Family. Is it right? You're pretty sure.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20If it is right, how many people knew Ben Harper was in My Family?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It's right.
0:22:25 > 0:22:2739 for Ben Harper.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Richard?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Ben Harper was a big score.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38They did 11 series of My Family, a very successful show.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Very good. So we come to you, Trevor.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45You're the last person, so you can talk us through all the characters.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- How good do you feel about this? - I have an answer.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Dorien Green, no. Tim Canterbury, no.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Gary Sparrow. Betty Spencer was Frank Spencer's wife.
0:22:56 > 0:23:03But she was the nurse about whom Arkwright had continual lustful thoughts,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Gladys Emmanuel, Open All Hours.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Gladys Emmanuel, Open All Hours.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Well done, Trevor.
0:23:20 > 0:23:2429! Great answer. Best score of the pass.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27- Open All Hours, Richard? - Well played, Trevor.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Played by Linda Barron. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35There's one very low score. Betty Spencer, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Michelle Dotrice. That would have scored a hefty 43 points.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Dorien Green is the neighbour from Birds of a Feather.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Dorien would have scored 61 points. A phenomenal score.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Gary Sparrow was Nicolas Lyndhurst in Goodnight, Sweetheart.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54A time-travel comedy on BBC One. That would have scored 16.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56And the best answer is Tim Canterbury.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59That is better known as Tim from The Office.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03That scored one point. Well done if you said Tim Canterbury.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Thank you, Richard.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Half-way through the round. Let's see the scores as they stand.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Trevor, the best score of the pass, 29.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Up to Hayley, 39, and then up to Dale. Bad luck. It was a good guess.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Sadly a wrong guess and it's cost you 100 points.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25So, Mary, you know what you've got to do on the next pass.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Six more characters on the board. Here they are. We have got...
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I'll read those once more.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00We're looking for the TV sitcom in which these characters first appeared.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Alan, how's that field looking to you?
0:25:08 > 0:25:13I'm not confident at all. Nora Batty is the easy one.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18And I have not got the name of the series in my head.
0:25:18 > 0:25:27Which is terrible! I'll have to have a guess and say Alec Callender, Rising Damp.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Alec Callender, Rising Damp, you're saying.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34There's your red line. If you get below that red line,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36you're in the next round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Alec Callender, Rising Damp. Is it right? How many people said it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46You knew that was an incorrect answer, so you score a maximum 100 points.
0:25:46 > 0:25:53- Your total is 129. Richard?- I won't give the answer in case the others want a go at that.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58If you come up with the other answer, put your hand up so we know when the penny's dropped!
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Now, then, Daryl. The sitcoms these characters appeared in.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09You are on 39. The high scorers are Alan and Trevor on 129.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13If you can score 89 points or less, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18I recognise more on this screen than I did on the other.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- Yes.- But I'm...- Is this a good category for you?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I thought it was. Now I'm looking at the names, the same problem as Alan.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30I can't quite match them up with their programmes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35But I'm almost certain that Alice Tinker is the Vicar of Dibley.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Alice Tinker, Vicar of Dibley. Hayley's confident.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Is it right and if so, how many people said Vicar of Dibley.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44There's your red line.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Well done, you're in the head-to-head.
0:26:49 > 0:26:5137 for Alice Tinker.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Takes your total up to 76.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Richard, Vicar of Dibley.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Well played, Daryl. Head-to-head for the second show in a row.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Played by Emma Chambers, the verger.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06So, Mary, this is where it all gets decided.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The high scorers are Alan and Trevor on 129.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14You have to score 28 or less to get through to the head-to-head.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16What do you think about this category?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Well, there's five up there, and I know four of them.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23That's terrible news for Alan and Trevor.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Talk us through, then pick the one you want to submit.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Well, Daisy Steiner, never heard of her.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Nora Batty is Last of the Summer Wine.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Thank you!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Timothy Lumsden I think was in Sorry.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Richard Bucket is in... I can't remember the name now!
0:27:44 > 0:27:49I was going for Alec Callender but I can't remember if it's May to September or May to December.
0:27:49 > 0:27:54So I think I'm going to go for Timothy Lumsden in Sorry.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Timothy Lumsden, Sorry, is what you are going to say.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01As I say, 28 points or fewer, you're in the head-to-head.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Below that red line, you stay.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Above that red line, you go. Timothy Lumsden, Sorry.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:28:11 > 0:28:13It's right.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Will it go down low enough?
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Yes, it will! 26!
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Very well done!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Very well done. Bad luck, Alan and Trevor.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28126 is a good enough total to see you through.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33That's cutting it fine! Ronnie Corbett played Timothy Lumsden in Sorry.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Last of the Summer Wine - did it come back to you?- No, it didn't!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It was a pretty big score, Last of the Summer Wine.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44It would have scored you 76 points.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Very popular show. Richard Bucket was in Keeping Up Appearances.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52That would have scored a hefty 42.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Alec Callender was May to December. That would have scored 12.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00And Daisy Steiner was the best answer. Well done if you got this.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Do you know Daisy Steiner?
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- Um, is it Spaced?- Played by Jessica Stevenson in Spaced.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10That would have scored three points, so well done if you got that.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score
0:29:15 > 0:29:18I'm afraid is Trevor and Alan.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22What are you going to take away and bring back to your next appearance?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24I'm taking him away!
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- Make sure you bring him back! - I will bring him back!
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I'll bring him back!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Any tactics?
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- It's the luck of the draw. We'll be back for the next round and we're happy to do that.- Good!
0:29:37 > 0:29:41We're delighted we'll see you again. Thanks for playing.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49For the remaining two pairs, things will get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Congratulations, Hayley and Daryl, Dale and Mary.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03You're in the head-to-head. Only one pair can make it to the final
0:30:03 > 0:30:07and play for the jackpot which stands at £4,500!
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17Each pair just needs to give me one answer and you may now confer.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Let's play Pointless!
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Here is your first question.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:30:45 > 0:30:50- Richard?- Any country that has hosted at least one summer and one winter Olympics.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55There are six countries on that list. Some at home will get all of these.
0:30:55 > 0:31:02A sovereign state which is a UN member. Six countries that have hosted summer and winter Olympics.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08Thanks very much, Richard. Hayley and Daryl, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Up to you. Go for it.- America. We'd like to go for America.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- You go for America.- Yes, please.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17OK,
0:31:17 > 0:31:22Dale and Mary, Hayley and Daryl have said America. You can confer out loud.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24We don't really do sport!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- I don't know any others. Shall we just say Canada?- Mm-hmm.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- We'll say Canada.- You say Canada.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36We have America, we have Canada. In the order they were given,
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Hayley and Daryl, America. Is it right and if so,
0:31:39 > 0:31:42how many people said America?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Well done!
0:31:48 > 0:31:5032 for America.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Dale and Mary have gone for Canada.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Canada.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Will it go lower than America?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Yes, it will! 27. Very good!
0:32:10 > 0:32:1327 beats 32.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18So after the first question, Dale and Mary are up one-nil. Richard?
0:32:18 > 0:32:24Well played. Canada's hosted a summer Olympics in Montreal and two winter in Calgary and Vancouver
0:32:24 > 0:32:29up to 2011. The USA have had four of each. Four summer, four winter.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Let's look at all six answers.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34The best answer was Italy.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35That scored four points.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Hayley and Daryl, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Non-eponymous Charles Dickens novels. Richard?
0:33:02 > 0:33:08Any full length novel by Charles Dickens which doesn't include the name of a character in the title.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Only full-length novels, not journalism or short novels.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16So we wouldn't accept A Christmas Carol or The Chimes or Sketches by Boz.
0:33:16 > 0:33:23So any full-length Charles Dickens novel without a character's name in the title.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25This time, Dale and Mary get to go first.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30I'm not really sure on this. I've got loads of books but they're more modern.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36- Take your time.- I'm not sure if he wrote it, but A Tale of Two Cities.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37A Tale of Two Cities. Very good.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40OK. Hayley and Daryl.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45- We thought of A Tale of Two Cities. Then Hayley thought... - Great Expectations.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49But I'm not sure Charles Dickens wrote it. But it's all we've got.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I believe in Hayley. I trust Hayley.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54I've got faith in you.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Great Expectations.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Great Expectations it is.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Hayley and Daryl, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10Dale and Mary, very best of luck. You've gone for A Tale of Two Cities.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said A Tale of Two Cities.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Well done.
0:34:24 > 0:34:2824 for A Tale of Two Cities.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Do you think that's good enough?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I don't know.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34How about you, Hayley, Daryl?
0:34:36 > 0:34:37I just don't know.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40You've gone for Great Expectations.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Is it by Charles Dickens, and if it is, will it beat 24 points?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Great Expectations. How many people said it?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Oh, bad luck!
0:34:58 > 0:35:02A good answer, but not good enough, I'm afraid,
0:35:02 > 0:35:06which means after two questions Dale and Mary are through to the final.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Richard?- Another very close one. Well played, Mary.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15Those were the top two answers on the board. People at home would have scrabbled to get all six.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Let's see. Six in all. Let's see the more obscure ones.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Very well done if you got all six of those.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head are Hayley and Daryl.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43This is the end of the road for you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- You've done incredibly well. - And we've had fun.- So much fun.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49You've made the head-to-head in both shows.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53And they're such great people, so we don't mind at all.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- We're glad they're going through. - Very glad.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01- It's been lovely having you on the show. Thanks for being great contestants.- Thank you.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06But for Dale and Mary it's time for our Pointless final
0:36:06 > 0:36:09and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,500.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20Congratulations, Dale and Mary. You've beaten the competition and won our Pointless trophy.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:36:34 > 0:36:38There it is. Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41To win, all you need is a pointless answer,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44one that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now
0:36:48 > 0:36:54and you go home with that money. First, choose a category from these options. They are...
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- It can't be footballers. - Can't be footballers, no.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09- I think we know more about politicians than comic strip books. - OK. Politicians.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Shall I make it your choice, then I won't get blamed!
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- It's a long drive home! Politicians.- Yes.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19OK, you're going for politicians. Let's see the question.
0:37:19 > 0:37:28We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Blair Babes as they could. Richard?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32When Tony Blair first led Labour to election victory in 1997
0:37:32 > 0:37:37he brought with him 101 female MPs who were dubbed the "Blair Babes".
0:37:37 > 0:37:44We're looking for any of those 101 female MPs as of 2nd May, 1997.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45OK. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50You have one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £4,500
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- is for just one of those answers to be pointless.- OK.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57We've got Blair Babes.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Who? Any?- I'm trying to think.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Who was...- I can't think of any!
0:38:06 > 0:38:10What about the Speaker of the House? Is that a politician?
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Betty Boothroyd.- Betty Boothroyd? She's not a Blair Babe!
0:38:14 > 0:38:20- She's too old!- They don't have to be young, just one of the ones... - Who's the one who caused trouble
0:38:20 > 0:38:21with the...
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Tessa Jowellett?- That's one of them.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Hugh...
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Begins with an H. - I don't know who you mean.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I can't think of any name.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Who's the one who caused trouble with...
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- What, with her husband? - Yeah, with her husband.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40I don't know her name.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Harriet Harman.- That's one.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- Is it?- Yeah.- Harriet Harman. - Tessa Jowell.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Is it Jowellett?- Five seconds.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Tessa Jowell and...
0:38:52 > 0:38:54There is your minute gone.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Goodness!
0:38:56 > 0:39:00That was a tough one! That's time up. Looking for Blair Babes.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- I now need three answers from you. - OK.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Well, um...
0:39:04 > 0:39:10We were going to say Betty Boothroyd, although Dale says she's not a babe!
0:39:10 > 0:39:13And we're going to go with Tessa Jowellett.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- And Harriet Harman. Right?- Yeah.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20OK, those are your three. Betty Boothroyd,
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Tessa Jowellett. And Harriet Harman. - Harriet Harman.- Of those three,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- I think Tessa. - We'll put Tessa Jowellett last.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- OK. And your least likely, shall we say Betty?- Betty.- Betty Boothroyd.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40OK. Betty, if you're watching, I think you are a babe!
0:39:40 > 0:39:46OK, let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55OK. We were looking for Blair Babes.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00You said this was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer
0:40:00 > 0:40:02to win that £4,500 jackpot.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07OK. Betty Boothroyd. Big question, was she a Babe?
0:40:07 > 0:40:12Is it a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said Betty Boothroyd.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16This is your first shot at that £4,500 jackpot.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- Bad luck.- I didn't think that was.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25That is not a correct answer or, indeed, a pointless answer.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31OK, we're looking for Blair Babes.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Let's hope nobody said your next answer which was Harriet Harman.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39Harriet Harman. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £4,500.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- It's right.- That's something!
0:40:44 > 0:40:48It's right. It just has to go all the way down to zero
0:40:48 > 0:40:52and if it does, you leave here with £4,500.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Bad luck.
0:40:56 > 0:40:5926 people said Harriet Harman.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03So only one more chance to win today's jackpot. How confident are you feeling?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- Not at all.- You said this was the answer you had most faith in
0:41:07 > 0:41:09to be pointless.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12This is for the jackpot of £4,500. Tessa Jowellett.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:41:20 > 0:41:21Bad luck!
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Unfortunately, it's incorrect which means you haven't found a pointless answer.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31So you don't win today's jackpot of £4,500.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33That will roll over to the next show.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37You've been fantastic contestants. You take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Thank you.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Richard?
0:41:44 > 0:41:50Let's clear up a couple of those incorrect ones. It's not Tessa Jowellett, it's Tessa Jowell.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53It would have scored one point if you'd said Tessa Jowell.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Betty Boothroyd would have been a very popular answer, but as Speaker, she's not officially a Labour MP.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00She's not counted.
0:42:00 > 0:42:06There were a huge amount of pointless answers. Out of 101 MPs, there's 75 pointless answers.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Harriet Harman far and away the most popular answer.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Only Hazel Blears scored double figures apart from her.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15She scored ten. Let's see some of the pointless ones.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19There are some big names, but I suspect people at home may have named local MPs as well.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Barbara Follett, wife of Ken Follett, the author.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Claire Ward, the youngest MP at that election,
0:42:26 > 0:42:31MP for Watford, Dawn Primarolo, a minister from '97 through to 2010.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37She was a pointless answer. Gwyneth Dunwoody, Julie Morgan,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40wife of Rhodri Morgan, Welsh first minister.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Margaret Hodge, Patricia Hewitt.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45A high-ranking cabinet minister.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48And Ruth Kelly who joined the cabinet at 36, also Education Secretary.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Some big names would have won the money. Well done if you got any at home.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Thank you, Richard.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58You recognised Patricia Hewitt. She was slightly there in your answer.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- Yes.- Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- It's been fantastic. Thank you both for playing.- Thank you.
0:43:08 > 0:43:13Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over to the next show when we'll be playing for...
0:43:17 > 0:43:21- Join us again to see if someone can win. So it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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