0:00:20 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Welcome, Phil and Carol. Where have you come from?
0:00:41 > 0:00:47I've come from Tunbridge Wells. And my sister, Carol, is from Harrow.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- Carol, what do you do in Harrow?- Em, well, I work at the British Museum.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52I'm a paper conservator,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55currently training how to mount Chinese scrolls.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- Wow. These are ancient Chinese scrolls?- They don't let me touch the ancient ones
0:00:59 > 0:01:03just yet. Cos it's, like, a 10-year training process.
0:01:03 > 0:01:0610 years training? OK.
0:01:06 > 0:01:12- Phil, what do you do?- I'm at university, studying advertising and brand management.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Advertising and brand management. - It's brilliant because my favourite pastime of watching TV,
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- I count that as "research". - That's brilliant.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Yes, that means you're not allowed to whiz through the ad breaks.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Yeah. Not allowed, not allowed.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33And next we welcome Phil H and Mick. Now, how do you two know each other?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Mick's my dad.- Ah!- Mick's my dad.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I've known him for 48 years,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40although the first few were a little bit hazy for me.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I've a lot of photos to sort of bring back the memories,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47but we both come from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Very good. What would you like to see come up, Phil, this afternoon?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Chinese manuscripts would be good.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Yes, I was just thinking that would be good, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Anything to do with that.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00No, again, I'd love anything to do with entertainment.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I do actually like ancient history -
0:02:02 > 0:02:06the Roman era up to the time of Julius Caesar.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08That's always been an interest for me.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- Mick, what about you? - Something that I have some slight knowledge about, I think.- OK.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I like to think I know a little bit about sport,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18little bit about geography.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Em, politics, I suppose, in a way. So, we live in hopes on that one.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- OK. A nice sort of broad field of interests.- Exactly.- Splendid.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Great to have you both here. Welcome.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Next we welcome back Mandy and Ryan. You were on the show last time.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your last chance.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Remind us how you did.- Not good. - Not very well, unfortunately.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Went out on the first round with "eek".
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Words ending in E-E-K.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Geek and leek we had from you. And they just scored very high. - They did.
0:02:52 > 0:02:58- I thought geek would be low. I thought that was one of my words. - It seems everyone's using it now.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59LAUGHTER
0:02:59 > 0:03:03What are you going to hope comes up this afternoon?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Bit of music? - Geography would be quite good.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Em, I drive quite long distances through lots of countries,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14so something to do with geography would be quite good.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Well, great to have you back on the show. We'll hope we see more of you this time. Best of luck.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And finally, we welcome back Tom and Darren.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24You were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened with you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Yes, we did quite well. We got to the head-to-head.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30But unfortunately we didn't go any further.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I honestly think the couple that beat us were very good, very good.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Excellent. Give them all credit to that.- Very good.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- Darren, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?- Maybe a bit of TV. I do like watching TV.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48I like watching my soaps a little bit. And sport as well. I watch a lot of sport on TV as well.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Good. Tom, what would you like to see this afternoon?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Well, I'd like to see maybe history
0:03:53 > 0:03:56because it's one of me major subjects.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00I'm also interested in the battles that were in the First World War
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and also the Second World War. So, really speaking, history and the war.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08OK. Best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you all here.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12We'll find out more about you as the show goes on. There's one person left to introduce.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15He toils in the engine room of the good ship Obscurity.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21APPLAUSE
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon to you.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31We've two returning pairs who had very mixed fortunes last time.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Mandy and Ryan, we didn't see much of. Would be nice to see a bit more of them today.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39But Tom and Darren went all the way through to a very tough head-to-head.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42They played well. I suspect they could do well. It might be tough
0:04:42 > 0:04:45for our two new pairs today, but should be a cracking game.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Thanks very much, Richard.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50We put all our questions to 100 people before the show. But this is Pointless,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players have to score as few points as they can.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02What everyone's trying to do, of course, is find a pointless answer -
0:05:02 > 0:05:04an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Now, David and Jane won the jackpot last time,
0:05:09 > 0:05:13so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15APPLAUSE
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22APPLAUSE
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Now, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39An incorrect answer scores the maximum of 100 points, so avoid those if you can.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41In this round, we'll show you two question categories.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45The first category will be played on the first pass, going up the line.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48The second category will be played on the second pass, coming down the line.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51So, as always, it's crucial to decide who goes first
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and who goes second.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56So let's reveal those two categories. And we have got...
0:05:58 > 0:06:02So, remember, DIY will be played on the way up in the first pass.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Cookery, on the way down in the second pass.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20OK, let's find out what the first DIY question is. Here it comes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:06:23 > 0:06:26types of tool as they could.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Types of tool. Richard.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Yeah, the correct answers in this round will all be types of tool.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Hand tools, machine tools or power tools
0:06:32 > 0:06:34used in the home, garden or workshop.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37OK, thank you very much.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Now, Phil and Carol, you all drew lots before the show,
0:06:40 > 0:06:41this afternoon you get to go first.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45For each question, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Here is your first set of seven answers. And it reads like this...
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I'll read those one more time...
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I can tell you at least one of those answers is pointless
0:07:05 > 0:07:06and at least one is incorrect.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Pick an incorrect one and obviously you'll score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- So, then, Phil. - It's not looking pretty.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16So I'm going to have to take a punt
0:07:16 > 0:07:20and I'm going to have to go with adze.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Is that how it's pronounced? - Let's say "adz".
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Come on, you want to work in the ads!- Yes.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30This ought to be right up your street. OK, well done, Phil. You're saying adze.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Let's see if it's right and how many people said it if so. Good luck.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38It's right! Very well done, Phil.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- Very well done indeed. 2 points. - APPLAUSE
0:07:47 > 0:07:492 for adze.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Well done, Phil. Very good start. It's a type of axe with a curved blade at right angles to the handle.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- It's used for shaping wood, that sort of thing. You know that.- Yeah.- Yeah!
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Very good. Now, Phil, we are looking for tools.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Yeah. Um... There's a few up there that are pretty common, I think.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Quite a few I've never heard of before.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17So, I'm going to go for one of the ones I've heard for
0:08:17 > 0:08:19and I'm going to say bradawl.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Bradawl. There it is. Bradawl. Do you know what it is, a bradawl?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26It's a small boring tool, I think, for...
0:08:26 > 0:08:30It's not that boring. Probably quite exciting. OK. Bradawl.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Down it goes. 8!
0:08:44 > 0:08:47APPLAUSE
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Very well done, Phil. Another nice low score for bradawl.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Well done. There's no other way of putting it. It is a little boring tool.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58A bradawl is different to an awl because the tip is kind of bevelled.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It makes little holes in things.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Very good. Ryan, We're looking for types of tool. What do you think?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08I'm going to go for the one I know which I think is going to be
0:09:08 > 0:09:12the least common, and I'm going to play chisel.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14OK, chisel. Let's see if chisel's right
0:09:14 > 0:09:17and, if it is, let's see how many people said chisel.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22It's right.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- 35, Ryan. - APPLAUSE
0:09:30 > 0:09:3235 for chisel.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Yeah, chisel - it's a cutting tool usually used with a hammer or mallet.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- Now then, Tom.- Yes.- Types of tool. You're the last person to have this selection,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44so you can talk us through the board, if you like.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Well, the sad thing is, the ones that I do know
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- and I know nearly all of those - have gone.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52So I'm either going to have to take a punt, a guess,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57or play it relatively safe and stay in the game.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Well, I tell you what, there is at least one pointless answer on that board.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I'm going to play it safe and say jigsaw.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08You're going for jigsaw. Let's see if it's right
0:10:08 > 0:10:11and, if it is, let's see how many people said jigsaw. Good luck.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Well, it's right.
0:10:19 > 0:10:2111! Well, there you are.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23APPLAUSE
0:10:27 > 0:10:28That scores you 11.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Yeah, it's a saw used for cutting irregular patterns, the jigsaw.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It's what the jigsaw puzzle is named after - a puzzle made by a jigsaw.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Let's look at the other answers. Screwdriver is the one everyone's avoiding.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42It would have scored a very hefty 89 points.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46And of those last two, one of those is pointless, one is incorrect.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- What do you think? - Mattock is the pointless one.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Mattock is pointless. Well done if you said that. It's an early sort of hoe.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58And Burrell is... Stanley Burrell is the real name of MC Hammer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02LAUGHTER So, it's an incorrect answer.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Thanks. We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Phil P, that was a brilliant answer from you. 2.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12There you are, deservedly at the bottom of the heap,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14or top of the heap, if you see what I mean.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17And then Phil H, another good answer for you on 8.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Then up to 11 for Tom and Darren.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24And then way out in front, Ryan and Mandy with 35.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34For the second pass, the category is Cookery.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Let's see what that Cookery question is. Here it comes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:11:40 > 0:11:44ways to cook or serve eggs as they could.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Yeah, nothing to add there. The correct answers in this round just ways to cook or to serve eggs.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Brilliant. As with the first pass, we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Your set of seven answers for Cookery goes like this...
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I'll read those one more time...
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Again, I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless
0:12:16 > 0:12:18and at least one of those answers is incorrect,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21so try and avoid those if you possibly can.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Now, then, Darren, you are on 11.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25The high scorers are Mandy and Ryan on 35.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30If you can score 23 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33We're looking for ways to cook or serve eggs. You're trying to find
0:12:33 > 0:12:35the one the fewest of our 100 people said.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I do like eggs, but I usually only cook them one way which is up there,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41but I think it's probably the most popular one.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Eh, bit of a guess, I'm going to go with Benedict.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Benedict. OK, you're saying Benedict. Here's your red line.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51If you get below that red line with Eggs Benedict,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53you are through to the next round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Good luck. Is it right? How many people said Benedict?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Yup, you've done it. Very well done.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- 15. - APPLAUSE
0:13:08 > 0:13:1015 takes your total up to 26.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- You are through to the next round. Richard.- Well played.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Yeah, served on a muffin with hollandaise sauce
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and either ham or bacon.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Mandy, you are the high scorers on 35.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23You have to score as low as you possibly can.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- We're looking for ways to cook or serve eggs. What are you thinking? - A couple of definites.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I've got no idea, so I'm just going to go wild and go for
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- I can't even say it - Bourbonnais.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- Bourbonnais?- Bourbonnais! There it is. Bourbonnais, at the top.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Very well done, Mandy. That's the spirit.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Bourbonnais, you say. Let's see if it's right.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48If it is, let's see how many people said Bourbonnais.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Oh, Mandy! That's so unfair!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- Oh, he can kick me now. - Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'm afraid that's incorrect.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59You score the maximum of 100 points to take your total
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- up to an unassailable 135, I'm afraid to say. Richard. - Yeah, sorry, Mandy.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Not an egg, it's a chicken.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- It's a type of chicken from France. - What came first?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Well, I tell you now, the chicken came last.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14LAUGHTER
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Now then, Mick. You are on 8.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19The highest scorers on 135 are Mandy and Ryan.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21You won't overtake their high score.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Let's find some pointless answers.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Well, I'm glad I was on third as I was going to have
0:14:25 > 0:14:31Benedict first, and my second choice was going to be Bourbonnais.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36So I'm quite pleased I'm third. So I shall go for en cocotte.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40En cocotte. There it is, fourth one down. En cocotte.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Obviously no red line for you cos you're already through to the next round. En cocotte.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Mmh, it's right.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:14:58 > 0:15:00That's a great answer, Mick,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02and a nice, low score for you.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05That scores 3, taking your total up to 11.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Lots of different versions, but it's pouring an egg over a base
0:15:08 > 0:15:10that involves usually onions and mushrooms.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15Put it in a ramekin, put it in a bain-marie, lovely. Eggs en cocotte.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Lovely. Now then, Carol.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21There's at least one pointless answer.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22It doesn't matter what you score.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25There's no shame in taking a risk and scoring 100.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Well, I...
0:15:28 > 0:15:32We know poached, we know sunny side up,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I think a la Florentine is with spinach
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and maybe also with hollandaise sauce.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41I've got no idea what Creole would be.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I'm going to go for a la Florentine.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49A la Florentine you say.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Let's see if a la Florentine is right. If it is, let's see how many people said it. Good luck.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Oh! 1 point.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Very well done, Carol. - APPLAUSE
0:16:05 > 0:16:07The lowest score of the whole round.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Takes your total up to 3. - Yeah, 3 points between them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15That's a team to be reckoned with. You were right. It's with spinach, but usually a Mornay sauce,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18rather than hollandaise. But I won't penalise you for that.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Just remind us what a Mornay sauce is, will you?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23A Mornay sauce has cheese in it, doesn't it?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Yes?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Is that... Yes.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Usually gruyere or parmesan. Now, let's look at the rest of the board.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- It is!- Good.- Poached egg,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39which is obviously the basis of a la Florentine but also Eggs Benedict.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41That would have scored you 91 points.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Very big score. Sunny side up is a way of cooking a fried egg.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It would have scored you 7 points. And Creole is the pointless answer.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50That's a boiled egg cooked in various different things.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Very well done if you said Creole at home.- Very good.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58I'm amazed. Sunny side up. You should have gone for that, Mandy.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59I know. Crazy.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- I might as well go out with a bang. - You've gone out with a bang.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That's true. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Mandy and Ryan.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- There's no getting away from it. - We're not very good, are we?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Listen, Mandy, you did exactly the right thing.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19In Pointless, you have to go out right to the edge of the ice.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Yeah, but sunny side up. - Only 7. I know, it's madness.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And, to be fair, you would have lost anyway.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Yeah, because of his rubbish chisel answer.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- It's swings and roundabouts, isn't it?- It is. Very much.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Well, thank you very much, Mandy and Ryan.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It's a shame not to have seen more of you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38You've been brilliant contestants. Lovely having you. Thanks.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39APPLAUSE
0:17:39 > 0:17:44- But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two. - APPLAUSE
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Only two pairs can play in the head-to-head,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54so one team is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58OK, our category for Round Two this afternoon is...Theatre.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:04 > 0:18:06OK, and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Splendid.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Our Round Two question concerns...
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Famous plays and their playwrights.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Famous plays and their playwrights. Richard.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22We'll show a list of six plays on each pass.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27We asked 100 people which British-born playwright wrote those plays.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32If you give an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. If you give a wrong answer, you'll score 100.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35There's going to be 12 plays in all. 12 playwrights to guess.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Very best of luck. - OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42We're looking for the British playwrights who wrote these plays. We have got...
0:18:52 > 0:18:53I'll read those one more time...
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- There we are. There the six plays. Now, Carol.- Em...
0:19:05 > 0:19:10I'm going to go for The History Boys,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Alan Bennett.- The History Boys, Alan Bennett, you're saying.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17OK, well, let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It's right.
0:19:25 > 0:19:278! Very well done.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30APPLAUSE
0:19:30 > 0:19:33A single-figure score. 8 for The History Boys, Alan Bennett.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Yeah, well played, Carol.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38He won both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for best play.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43- Turned into a film as well. - Very good indeed. Now then, Mick.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45There is an obvious one,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and I suppose there's one slightly less obvious
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and, I'm afraid, that's the one I've got to go for.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- JM Barrie wrote Peter Pan. - JM Barrie, Peter Pan, says Mick.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's right.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- 27. - APPLAUSE
0:20:07 > 0:20:11That's not terrible, though.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- 27 for Peter Pan.- Well done. Quite a surprisingly low score, isn't it?
0:20:14 > 0:20:19First appeared in a novel called The Little White Bird, Peter Pan, before JM Barrie put him in the play.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25OK. Tom. You are the last person to have this list.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26So, if you like, you can
0:20:26 > 0:20:29talk us through it and fill in the blanks.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Em... I think there's only one on there
0:20:32 > 0:20:34which I could really have a go at.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Obviously, I think it's going to be relatively high.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41And that's Much To Do About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare, you are saying. Well, let's see if that's right
0:20:46 > 0:20:51and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Good luck, Tom.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- Wow. - APPLAUSE
0:21:00 > 0:21:0255.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Well, you got off pretty lightly there, I'd say. 55.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07I would say so, yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Shall we have a minute's silence for the fact that 45 people
0:21:10 > 0:21:13don't know Much Ado About Nothing's by Shakespeare?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15SNIGGERS
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Oh! We've had Spice Girls singles score higher than that, I think, in our time.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Yeah...- Let's fill in the rest of the board, though.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I suspect you might be quite good at this. An Inspector Calls?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- JB Priestley.- Exactly right.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Would have scored 6 points. Abigail's Party?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Is Mike Leigh. - Exactly right. 3 points.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And there's a pointless answer up there, Beautiful Thing.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39If anyone knows that at home, well done. Do you know that one?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Jonathan Harvey.- Jonathan Harvey, exactly right. Pointless answer.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Very well done if you got that.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Thanks, Richard. We are halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the score.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Carol and Phil, brilliant
0:21:50 > 0:21:53low score there. 8 points.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Looking very strong for the head-to-head.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Then we go up to Mick and Phil H on 27.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02And then we go up quite a leap to Tom and Darren on 55,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05so, yes, Darren, you have a bit of a mountain to climb on this second pass.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15OK. We're going to put six more plays on the board.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17And here they are. We have got...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I'll read those one more time...
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Remember, we are looking for the playwrights who wrote these plays, and you're trying to find
0:22:40 > 0:22:42the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Darren, you're the high scorers on 55.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Nothing for it, but to try and find the most obscure answer you can.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I think it's going to get even higher
0:22:50 > 0:22:51as I don't recognise any of them.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54It's probably my weakest subject you could have possibly picked.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Genuinely no idea. I'm just going to guess
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Shakespeare again for Edward II.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01OK. Edward II, Shakespeare, you are saying.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Let's see if that's right
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09There's no red line for you, obviously, as you are the highest scorers.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Edward II, Shakespeare, says Darren.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Bad luck.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I'm afraid that's incorrect, scoring the maximum of 100 points.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24That takes you out of everyone else's reach to 155. Richard.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Sorry, Darren. I won't give you the right answer just in case either of the Phils want to have a go at that.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Phil H. You are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Darren and Tom on 155.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40There is one that I know. But it's obvious.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42But I'm going to say
0:23:42 > 0:23:44The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48No red line for you, you're already through.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54It's right.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58- 34. - APPLAUSE
0:23:58 > 0:24:0234, which adds to your 27 and takes your total up to 61. Richard.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08Yeah, well done, Phil. It's been on in London's West End since 1952.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Um, so then, Phil, we come to you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Phil P. You're the last person to have this board,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16so feel free to mop up.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19My summary of this board isn't going to be great.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The only one I knew was The Mousetrap,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23but only as I was dragged to it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I haven't even heard of these other plays.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Em, so I'm going to have to go with
0:24:27 > 0:24:31A Chorus of Disapproval, and that was by Gordon Taylor.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33RICHARD LAUGHS
0:24:33 > 0:24:34A Chorus of Disapproval
0:24:34 > 0:24:37by Gordon Taylor. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40And, if it is, let's see how many people said Gordon Taylor.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48No! Bad luck, Phil P.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Unfortunately that's wrong, as you may have suspected.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53It scores the maximum of 100 points,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56taking your total to 108. But you're through to the head-to-head,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59so it doesn't matter. Richard.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04One of my favourite wrong answers. Gordon Taylor - where did you get that from? I like it.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09A Chorus of Disapproval is actually by Alan Ayckbourn. It would have scored you 5 points.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Alexander, I might test you again.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Go on, then.- Blythe Spirit?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Noel Coward.- Yeah. Would have scored you 11.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Shirley Valentine?- Willy Russell.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- Absolutely right. Would have scored you 6. Birthday Party?- Harold Pinter.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Yeah. Would have scored 4. Now, Edward II is a pointless answer.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Do you know Edward II? - I don't know, I don't know.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Christopher Marlowe.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Very well done if you said Marlowe at home.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36OK, thank you, Richard. So, at the end of Round Two,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40the losing pair with the highest score, it's Tom and Darren -
0:25:40 > 0:25:44I'm sorry to say. that was a very tough round for you, wasn't it?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Unfortunate with the questions. Not really into theatre.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Don't read a lot, so it was a big struggle for me.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54It was one of the subjects which I was hoping wouldn't come up,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56but that's the way it happens.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye. It's been great having you.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Thank you for coming along and playing. Great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:26:04 > 0:26:08For the remaining pairs, things get exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10APPLAUSE
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Very well done, Mick and Phil, Phil and Carol. You're through to the head-to-head.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Obviously, only one pair can make it through to play for the jackpot,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29APPLAUSE
0:26:30 > 0:26:33For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34You are now allowed to confer.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36All you have to do is come up with an answer
0:26:36 > 0:26:40that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44The first pair to win two questions will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46APPLAUSE
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Here's your first question.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Chas & Dave UK Top 40 hits as they could. Richard.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Yeah, we're looking for any single released by Chas & Dave
0:27:05 > 0:27:11or which had them as a named featured artist which has reached the UK Top 40, prior to May 2011, please.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Mick and Phil,
0:27:14 > 0:27:19you have played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- OK.- OK, Phil.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31We're going to have to apologise for the pronunciation,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33but we're going to go for Gertcha.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Gertcha.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Gertcha.- Gertcha, cowson.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41All right. Mick and Phil have gone for Gertcha.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Phil and Carol, should you need to confer any further, you can do it out loud now.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49- I don't think we need to confer. - We've got no idea.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- I did see them play the other year.- Did you?
0:27:52 > 0:27:57- No, but I wasn't listening. Luckily, I wasn't listening.- Oh, Phil!
0:27:57 > 0:28:02- Can you not remember any words?- I'm confusing them with Right Said Fred.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- I mean... - LAUGHTER
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Oh, imagine Chas & Dave playing shirtless!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10LAUGHTER
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- Oh, my goodness. I think this is probably some Edwardian pub song. Roll Out The Barrel?- Go for it.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Roll Out The Barrel.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Roll Out The Barrel. It's not a bad suggestion at all.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25We have Gertcha from Mick and Phil
0:28:25 > 0:28:28and we have Roll Out The Barrel from Phil and Carol.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Mick and Phil, let's see. Gertcha.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Is it right? How many people said it?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Yup, it's right.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Go on, go on.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:28:44 > 0:28:4612.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51Particularly well chosen Chas & Dave number there, if I may say.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Phil and carol have gone for Roll Out The Barrel. Let's see if that's right and,
0:28:55 > 0:28:59if it is, let's see how many people said Roll Out The Barrel.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Bad luck, bad luck, but well tried. I'm afraid an incorrect answer,
0:29:07 > 0:29:11which means that, after one question, Mick and Phil are up 1-0. Richard.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Not a bad guess. They did a version of Roll Out The Barrel on an album.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- Of course they did.- But not one of their famous singles, I'm afraid.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Let's take a look at their five UK Top 40 hits.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Stars Over 45 was a pointless answer.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- Ain't No Pleasing You, which got to number two.- Can I put my hand up and say I love that song?
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- It's a brilliant song. - It's one of my favourite songs.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37An absolute non-novelty song, just a straightforward brilliant song. Gertcha, less so.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40But, you know, still a nice song. 12 points.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Snooker Loopy, which was the Matchroom Mob featuring Chas & Dave.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- Can I put my hand up and say I love... No, I'm sorry, I'm joking. - LAUGHTER
0:29:46 > 0:29:49And Rabbit, right at the top there. 53 points.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52There's nearly as many people know Chas & Dave did Rabbit
0:29:52 > 0:29:55as know William Shakespeare did Much Ado About Nothing.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57LAUGHTER
0:29:57 > 0:29:59OK, now. Here is your second question.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Phil and Carol, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Very, very best of luck. Here it comes.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:30:09 > 0:30:12European countries with a monarch as they could.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Richard.- Yeah, we're looking for any European country
0:30:15 > 0:30:19that has a reigning monarch as of April 2011. As always, by country,
0:30:19 > 0:30:22we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state in its own right.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26OK. Now then, Phil and Carol, you go first this time.
0:30:34 > 0:30:41- Em... we're going to go for Sweden. - OK, Sweden. Mick and Phil?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43You've said Sweden, haven't you?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45So we'll go for Norway.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49OK, you're saying Norway. We have Sweden, we have Norway.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51In the order they were given,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Phil and Carol said Sweden. Let's see if that's right.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58It's right!
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- 30. - APPLAUSE
0:31:05 > 0:31:0830.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Mick and Phil are saying Norway.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Is it right? How many people said it?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18It's right.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Come on!
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Well done, Phil and Carol. That's exactly what you needed to do.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Brilliant answer there.
0:31:30 > 0:31:3530, Sweden, wins it for you - just.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- So, after two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.- Well played.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Let's look at all European countries with a monarchs.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43There's Lichtenstein and Andorra. Both scored 2.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Well done if you said either of those.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Luxembourg and Belgium on 12. Sweden 30.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52Netherlands, 31, alongside Norway - also 31. Then Denmark, 32.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Monaco, 41. Spain, 61. And the UK, 90.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Thanks very much, Richard. OK, here is your third question.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05Whoever wins this question goes through to the final. Here it comes.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:32:08 > 0:32:12Conservative Michaels in Government as they could.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Conservative Michaels. Richard.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Looking for any Conservative politician called Michael or commonly known as Michael who's held
0:32:19 > 0:32:24any Cabinet post from 1979 right through to April 2011, please.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26OK, Mick and Phil go first this time.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39OK. We're going to go for somebody who's actually in government now.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41And we're going to say Michael Cove.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Gove!- Gove, sorry.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Michael Gove, say Mick and Phil. So, Phil and Carol?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I think we're going to have to go with Michael Howard.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Michael Howard, you're saying.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54So, we have Michael Gove, we have Michael Howard. Mick and Phil.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57You've gone for Michael Gove.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Whoever wins this question is through to the final.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Michael Gove. Is it right and, if it is, how many people said him?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Yup. It's right.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Go on!
0:33:12 > 0:33:13- Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:33:13 > 0:33:1615 for Michael Gove.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Phil and Carol have gone for Michael Howard.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21Let's see if he's right
0:33:21 > 0:33:26and, if he is, let's see how many people said Michael Howard.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29It's right.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- 21! - APPLAUSE
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Very well done, Mick and Phil. Michael Gove, 15.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47So, after three questions, Mick and Phil are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Well played, guys. Well played, both teams. Really good head-to-head.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55There were three killer answers that would have beaten even Michael Gove. Let's take a look at them.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Michael Jopling, now Baron Jopling, was chief whip under Thatcher.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Lord Havers, who was Attorney General and Lord Chancellor under Thatcher.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Both were pointless. Well done if you said either of them.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Michael Forsyth, John Major's Scottish Secretary, scored 2.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12There's Michael Gove, Cameron's first Education Secretary, 15.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Michael Howard, 21. Michael Portillo, 41.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And Heseltine was actually right at the top of the list with 48.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23OK, thank you very much, Richard. So, the losing pair
0:34:23 > 0:34:26at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Phil and Carol.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29But the good news is we will see you again next time
0:34:29 > 0:34:33when I hope we see you go through to the final. Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- Phil and Carol, brilliant contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:34:39 > 0:34:41For Phil and Mick, it's time for our Pointless final
0:34:41 > 0:34:43and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,000.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45APPLAUSE
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Congratulations, Mick and Phil.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54You have fought off all the competition
0:34:54 > 0:34:57and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59APPLAUSE
0:35:02 > 0:35:05You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09And, at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000. There it is.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:13 > 0:35:17The rules are simple. To win that money, just find a pointless answer -
0:35:17 > 0:35:21an answer none of our 100 people could think of. We've had no pointless answers today.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25You only have to find one now and you go home with that money. First, choose a category.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28And you can choose from these three options. They are...
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Acting dames are not necessarily film-stars,
0:35:37 > 0:35:39which would be your forte.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Well, I don't know. Singer-songwriters?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Sportsmen - I don't like the look of sportsmen. I reckon acting dames.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Go on. Yes, I'm game...for a dame. - Singer-songwriters?
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- What do you think? - No. We'll go for acting dames.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Acting dames, very good. Let's find out what the question is.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- We gave 100 people... - Can we change our minds after?- No!
0:36:00 > 0:36:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Helen Mirren films as they could. Helen Mirren films. Richard.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10We're looking for any film made for cinema release for which
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Helen Mirren has received an acting credit, prior to May 2011.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16No short films, TV films or documentaries,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19but voice performances do count.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27And all you need to win that £1,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- Right...- The Long Good Friday. - Yeah, pretty obvious.- Oh, is it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38If we go recently, she's just done that one with Bruce Willis called Red.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Oh, yes, she has.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43If we go back a few years, there was that Peter Greenaway film,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47em, The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and Her Lover.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52- I like that one.- You like the film? - No, the idea!- That one, Red.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57Another Helen Mirren film. Wasn't she in Caligula?
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Wasn't she in the original Caligula with Malcolm McDowell? - Ah, was that on telly, though?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05No, no, no. It was a feature film. It was banned for ages, wasn't it?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- So, shall we go for The Cook, The Thief, Caligula and Red?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- Them three? OK.- You've got your three? We're going to stop the clock.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19You've got three answers. We were looking for Helen Mirren films.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- OK, we're going to for Red.- Red.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Caligula.- Caligula.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.- Yeah.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- OK, of those three, which do you think is the best?- That one.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- We'll put that one last.- OK.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44We think Red will be most popular as it's the most recent.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- Go for Caligula in the middle.- And Caligula in the middle.- Yeah.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52OK. Let's put them up on the board in that order. And here they are...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59OK. We were looking for Helen Mirren films.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02You said this was your least confident answer.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Remember, you only have to find one pointless to win that £1,000 jackpot.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10So, let's see. Red, you've said. Let's see if that's right.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13And, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Very best of luck. Red.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19It's right. That was the first thing it had to be.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22The second thing it has to be is pointless.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24We will discover how much our 100 people
0:38:24 > 0:38:26know about Helen Mirren films here.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Down it goes. 12! - APPLAUSE
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Not bad at all. You put that first. You said that was the one that...
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- That's not bad for the least confident.- Exactly. There you are.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- 12 - it's a great starting point. - OK.- Unfortunately therefore not a pointless answer.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46What would you do with £1,000?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50I think I would take my wife out and probably the family as well
0:38:50 > 0:38:52and have a good slap-up night out.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56- Fantastic.- I'd save mine cos I'm part of that family.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00I'd expect him to treat me with his share of it and I'd keep mine.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I don't know - spend it on crisps and sweets or something.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I know that he would help me out.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Very good. Oh, I hope, I really hope, you get to do that.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11We are looking for Helen Mirren films.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Let's hope nobody said your next answer. This has to be pointless - Caligula.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19If you are to win that £1,000, Caligula has to be right and pointless.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Let's see, for £1,000, how many people said Caligula.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Well, it also is right.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Your first answer, Red, quite a recent film.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Caligula - let's see how far this goes down. Still going down.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Single figures. Down it goes!
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- Oh! Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:39:42 > 0:39:452.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- It's an improvement, isn't it? - I tell you what, this is all going in the right direction. Fantastic.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Right, OK. Your last chance.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00We're looking for Helen Mirren films.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03You said this was your most confident answer.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- I think it's the less well-known of the three, I would have thought. - I'd never heard of it!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- So I live in hopes now! - Fantastic. Exactly.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15- I mean, Caligula - there are all sorts of reasons why people might remember Caligula.- Yes. Yeah.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18This has to be pointless. Your last chance to win the jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. Is it right
0:40:21 > 0:40:26and, if it is, let's see how many people said it? Very best of luck, Mick and Phil.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It's right! It's right.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34So, we've come from 18 on Red, down to 2 for Caligula.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Let's see how far this could go.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £1,000.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Oh, no!
0:40:41 > 0:40:43APPLAUSE
0:40:43 > 0:40:44Oh, ho, ho!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win
0:40:56 > 0:41:02today's jackpot which rolls over onto the next show. You have been really brilliant contestants.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, of course. - APPLAUSE
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Very well done. Richard.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18Guys, I'm so sorry. You've been so good throughout. Brilliant answers. You've been such fun as well.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21It's about to get a tiny bit worse as well.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25The very first thing you said when this came up - Mick you said...
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Oh, no, don't tell me that was 0. - You said The Long Good Friday.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32Phil, you said, "No, no, no, that's too obvious."
0:41:32 > 0:41:36It was a pointless answer. It would have won you the jackpot.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41- Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers as well. - I shan't say anything to him.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46Eh, 2010, which was a sci-fi thriller from 1984 about
0:41:46 > 0:41:48how unbelievably modern 2010 would be.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was a film version of a play by a little known
0:41:52 > 0:41:57English playwright named William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. LAUGHTER
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Mosquito Coast with Harrison Ford, that was pointless.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03The Long Good Friday - there it is.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06That, of course, was about Bob Hoskins trying to redevelop
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- the docklands as a site for a future Olympic Games.- He was.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Probably a more accurate reflection of 2010 than the original film.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17The Madness of King George - she played George's wife, Queen Charlotte.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20And she was the Queen of Egypt in The Prince Of Egypt as well.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26Guys, really bad luck. You played so terrifically. Great answers in this round as well. Really bad luck.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Thank you.- Thank you. - Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- That's hard, isn't it? You said that.- Yeah.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37I over-ruled him. Well, I didn't really over-rule you, did I?
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Well, you did, really.- I think you sort of talked yourself out of it.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I shan't say a word to him.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44I'm sure you'll be as good as your word, Mick.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48He'll just have to wait with his two brothers when they read the will.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50LAUGHTER AND GROANING
0:42:50 > 0:42:52HE LAUGHS
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Yeah... Well, you've done incredibly well.
0:42:55 > 0:43:00Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you. But it's been such a pleasure having you on the show.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06- You've been brilliant contestants. Thank you both for playing.- Thanks. - APPLAUSE
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,
0:43:09 > 0:43:15- which means on the next show we will be playing for £2,000. - APPLAUSE
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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