0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:33Welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39First we welcome back Lucy and Claire. You were here last time.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49- Remind us what happened. - There was a little bit of shame with the going out quite early,
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- so our school won't be proud of us. - You're primary school teachers.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- Yes.- Your classes will be watching you avidly, cheering you on.- Yep.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05- Year Three and Year Five.- Hi! - There they are.- Get the plug in.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Quickly. But it's a new show and I'm sure we'll see you triumph. In fact, I'm certain of it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- What is...- Thank you!- ..going to see you through to the final?
0:01:16 > 0:01:22- Anything to do with food. - Food.- I like to cook and I like to eat a lot.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- We're both good at eating.- Really good.- Lucy, any other hobbies?
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Well, last year we bought a 1966 split-screen camper van.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- Splendid. How far afield have you been?- We've been to Kent.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Yeah...!
0:01:39 > 0:01:44We were going to head to Cornwall, Devon, but let's be different. So we did Kent.
0:01:44 > 0:01:51- But this year it's Cornwall. - Very good. It's lovely having you. Stay longer than the first round!
0:01:51 > 0:01:57Very best of luck to you. Next we welcome back the Barrys! You were also on last time.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- Remind us what happened.- We got knocked out on the Head to Head.
0:02:01 > 0:02:08- What finally did for you? - It was European monarchs. European ruling monarchs.
0:02:08 > 0:02:15- And Australian Oscar-winning actors! - But this was after our encyclopaedic knowledge of American TV,
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- which we did very well on. - You sure did.
0:02:20 > 0:02:27- And still you insist you've never watched it.- I still maintain that. - What else would you like to see?
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- Perhaps a bit of science and nature. - Science and nature. Yes, maybe. Barry T?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Certainly nature would be a good one.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- Are you a bird watcher? - Yes, I belong to the RSPB.
0:02:40 > 0:02:47- Do you twitch?- No, no, no. That's for real enthusiasts. - Oh, I see.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Nutters almost, you could say.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51LAUGHTER
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Those views are very much Barry's own.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Not representative of Xander, myself or the BBC.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Well, listen, very best of luck, Barrys both. Great to have you back.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11- Next we welcome Joanne and Lindsay, a brand new pair. How do you know each other?- Joanne's my daughter.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16She's one of two. I have a son, Neil. And we've come from Aberdeen.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20A very warm welcome to you. Lindsay, what do you do?
0:03:20 > 0:03:26- I'm retired, but I was a lecturer at a further education college. - What was your subject?- Accounting.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32Phew! Imagine if he'd said history or geography. Everyone else would be quaking in their boots.
0:03:32 > 0:03:39- No questions on accounting? - Well, you've got to hope there's not. Imagine if you got it wrong!
0:03:40 > 0:03:45All those people you've lectured going, "I knew he was winging it!"
0:03:47 > 0:03:53- Dear, oh, dear. Joanne, what do you do?- I'm an administrator at Aberdeen Sports Village.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59- Do you have a massive keen interest in sport?- Yeah, if sport came up we'd be pretty pleased.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Pretty good. Anything else you'd love to come up?- Well, unlike Barry,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I am a big fan of American TV shows.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13And anything that involves a murder in it is up my street. So all the CSIs...
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- Anything with a murder and an American accent...- And I'm there.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23I'm afraid we did American TV last time, so it's a slender chance.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- But who knows? - Unless I've made a mistake.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Well, very best of luck to you. It's great to have you.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36And, finally, we've got John and Simon. How do you know each other?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39We're brothers and both students.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45- Where are you a student? - I'm last year of Sixth Form, but hoping to go to Oxford.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- To read what?- Mathematics.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Mathematics.- So any maths questions...- Maths, accountancy,
0:04:51 > 0:04:56what a brilliant round that would be!
0:04:56 > 0:05:04- John, where are you a student? - At Oxford. Simon missed me so much, he applied to the same uni.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- What are you reading?- Politics, philosophy and economics.
0:05:08 > 0:05:15- So any questions about economics to go with maths and accounting... - That would be just brilliant(!)
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Simon, what are your other interests?- I play lots of sports.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Football and cricket. And I play a bit of jazz piano. - Jazz piano?- Yeah, I dabble.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Are you self-taught?- Er, no.
0:05:28 > 0:05:35- So you just learned normal piano, but...- No, I'm taught. - You're taught jazz piano?- I was.
0:05:35 > 0:05:43- No longer.- I didn't know you could be taught jazz piano. - Everyone's saying "jazz piano"!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Quite funny, isn't it?- Call it JP.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Done. John, does he impress girls with it?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- I mean... - His JP is not THAT good!
0:05:54 > 0:06:01- Are girls impressed by his JP? - He doesn't get much chance to get his JP out.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Right, OK. - LAUGHTER
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Yeah. I hope the girls are impressed by your performance on Pointless,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14if not the JP. Very best of luck. It's great to have you here.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18We'll find out more about all of you. One person left to introduce.
0:06:18 > 0:06:25- He has so much obscure knowledge, if he were an anorak, he'd be a cagoogle.- Oh.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- He is my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya. Thank you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Very good.- Very good indeed.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39People have asked me for economics, accounting and maths questions.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Looking down at the list, I've got a very different show in mind.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46You'll be delighted to hear.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51OK. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56We put all our questions to 100 people, but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:07:09 > 0:07:16Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000 to that and today's jackpot starts at £5,250.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32In the first round, you each give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38Whichever team has the highest score at the end will be eliminated. An incorrect answer scores 100 points,
0:07:38 > 0:07:44so try to avoid those if you can. OK, our first category this afternoon is...British Actresses.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:07:56 > 0:08:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Keira Knightley films as they could.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Keira Knightley films. Richard? - Any feature film made for general cinema release
0:08:08 > 0:08:13for which Keira Knightley's received an acting credit prior to May, 2011.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries, but voice performances do count.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24OK, thank you. You all drew lots before the show. Lucy and Claire, this afternoon you go first.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30- So Keira Knightley films. Is this good for you?- Yes, although not having much thinking time
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- is proving tricky.- Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39So...I'm going to go with Love Actually.
0:08:39 > 0:08:46- You've seen Love Actually. - Yeah. Now I'm doubting myself, but it's my answer, so...
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Claire thinks it's good. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It is a good answer.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Let's see how good. Down it goes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:0026. Not bad at all.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Good score. 26 for Love Actually.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Yeah, very good answer, Lucy. All the kids will be cheering you on.
0:09:10 > 0:09:17- 2003. She plays a woman whose husband's best friend is madly in love with her.- Very good.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24Now then, Barry H. What is the most obscure Keira Knightley film you can think of?
0:09:24 > 0:09:30- They're all obscure as far as I'm concerned.- Oh, here we go again! - The thing about Barry is
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- he's never been to the cinema. - No, never been. He pronounces it "kinema", in fact.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39But this time you might believe me.
0:09:40 > 0:09:47All I can think of is Pirates of the Caribbean, but I'm not sure if there's a subtitle.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Is that acceptable? - Let's find out!
0:09:51 > 0:09:58You're saying Pirates of the Caribbean. Let's see if it's correct and, if so, how many people said it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It's right.
0:10:03 > 0:10:0565.
0:10:08 > 0:10:15- That may not be the highest score in this round. You never know. Richard?- Yeah, from 2003.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Also called Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Now, Lindsay, you I happen to know are a massive Keira Knightley fan,
0:10:26 > 0:10:32and so you have some splendidly obscure Keira Knightley films up your sleeve.
0:10:32 > 0:10:38Well, I've got a short leet of two, neither of which I'm 100% certain about,
0:10:38 > 0:10:44- but I think one of her very first films was Bend It Like Beckham. - Bend It Like Beckham.
0:10:44 > 0:10:51Let's see if that's right. You're hoping to score as few points as possible. How many said that?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Very well done.
0:10:57 > 0:10:5930.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Very well done, Lindsay.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10- Richard.- Well played, Lindsay. A good start to the show. From 2002. A real breakthrough film.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16- Now then, John... - Yeah, I can't really think of any good, obscure ones,
0:11:16 > 0:11:23to be honest, but Barry's given me a bit of a hand with his Pirates of the Caribbean.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28I think there was a sequel with the subtitle Dead Man's Chest.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33- So Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.- Dead Man's Chest.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39You're right.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Oh, very well done! Very well done, John.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Good tactics and well rewarded.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54- Scores you 18. The lowest score. - Well played, John.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59The second Pirates film. It made 100 million in its first two days.
0:11:59 > 0:12:05- First film ever to do that. - Not even you make that much. - In two days?- In two days.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09We don't have an accountant here, do we?
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Thank you. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19John and Simon look very strong after John's excellent answer there.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Then we come up to 26, where Lucy and Claire are resting temporarily.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Then up to 30 with Lindsay and Joanne and then, oh, up to 65,
0:12:28 > 0:12:36where Barry H and T are currently residing. Barry T, you'll have to try really hard.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40You need a really obscure Keira Knightley film.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:45 > 0:12:50OK, we are looking for Keira Knightley films. Your score, Simon, is 18.
0:12:50 > 0:12:58High scorers are the Barrys on 65. That means if you score 46 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Well, I'm also struggling, but I'll take the example of John
0:13:02 > 0:13:07and go for Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12So the subtitle you are giving it is...3.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Yeah.- Good luck with that. - LAUGHTER
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- We shall see.- Good luck. We most certainly shall.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25There is your red line, Simon. Below that and you are through.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31It's right!
0:13:33 > 0:13:37And it gets you through to the next round. Very well done. 18!
0:13:37 > 0:13:43You are equalling John's low score there. It takes your total to a very impressive 36.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49- Richard?- Yeah, Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End. She plays Elizabeth Swann.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Now, Joanne, the high scorers remain the Barrys on 65. You're on 30.
0:13:54 > 0:14:01- If you can score 34 or less, you are through to the next round.- OK. - So Keira Knightley films.- Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- What do you think?- Well, it's funny because Steve, my husband, and I
0:14:06 > 0:14:10on about our second date went to see a Keira Knightley film.
0:14:10 > 0:14:17And neither of us particularly enjoyed it, but because it was our second date, I do remember it.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- And it was Domino.- Domino. Isn't that a murmur of appreciation from the audience?
0:14:23 > 0:14:29They love a good obscure answer. You're sure that wasn't the pizzeria?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33There is the red line. If you go below that, you are through.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37This might be one of those answers that goes a long way down.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Domino. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:44 > 0:14:49You've done it, Joanne! Very well done. 17 - brilliant answer.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- 47 is the total that takes you to. Richard?- Yeah, well played.
0:14:54 > 0:15:00From 2005. Keira Knightley plays a model who give it up to be a bounty hunter.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03That's a date movie, isn't it?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Wow. I would love to see that film.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Sorry - hate to. I got that completely wrong.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Thank you. Now, Barry T, you are still the high scorers on 65.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19And I have a nasty feeling we may remain so
0:15:19 > 0:15:25as I have no idea, but I'm going to come up with something which is a long shot.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Extremely long shot. I'm going to say Paradise Island.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Ohh, bad luck, Barry.
0:15:39 > 0:15:46That's a brilliant sounding film and if no one has written it, please go ahead and write it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:53It's incorrect, so that takes your total up to 165, having scored you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Sorry, Barry. If you're still doing the bluff that you haven't seen her films, you've taken it too far now.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Well, I've got great news for you, Claire and Lucy.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09- You are in the next round. - Thank goodness.- So then,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14- I think, Claire, you might have a really good obscure one.- Do you?
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Yes, I do. - I'm going to say...
0:16:18 > 0:16:22dodgy horror film, I'm sure she was in it when she was quite young,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I think it was called The Hole.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- The Hole.- I think so.- Let's see.
0:16:28 > 0:16:35If it's right, it could be the lowest score. Who knows? Is it right and how many said it?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39It's right!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Very well said, Claire.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Down it goes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49The lowest score of the round! Very well done. 15. Takes your total up to 41.
0:16:50 > 0:16:57- Richard?- Very good answer, Claire. From 2001, about a group of public school pupils stuck in a bunker.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03- To me it sounds like a comedy, but...- It sort of was. - There's only two pointless answers.
0:17:03 > 0:17:08There's all sorts of others, lots of quite high-scoring films.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14These are the two pointless ones. In 2002 she was in Pure, where she played a drug addict.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19And Stories of Lost Souls, which was eight short stories.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23And The Jacket she was in, which would have scored two points.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29She's also in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, which scored three. Let's look at the most popular.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31We've heard a couple of these.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37Lindsay gave us Bend It Like Beckham for 30. Atonement was second highest and scored 34.
0:17:37 > 0:17:44And right at the top we had Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, it's the Barrys.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56- Keira Knightley tripped you up. - Absolutely.- She's been the downfall of many a man, I'm sure.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02- Paradise Island, Barry T. - It sounded good, didn't it? - Doesn't it?- He fooled me!
0:18:02 > 0:18:09- I thought it was one.- Yeah. - Is that a film you've written that you want to get to her?- Yeah.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Keira, if you're watching, give it a read. Think about it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- I know who'd be a good co-star. - Who?- I would.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20LAUGHTER
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Seriously. Think about that, Keira.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29Listen, Barrys, it's been brilliant having you. Thank you for playing.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34I'm sorry we say goodbye to you so soon. Barry and Barry.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:46 > 0:18:53There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58Our category for Round Two is... Fictional Characters.
0:18:58 > 0:19:05Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second? Whoever's going first, step up.
0:19:08 > 0:19:14OK, so our Round Two question concerns...fictional sleuths and their creators.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20Fictional sleuths and their creators. Richard.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25We'll show you six fictional sleuths on each pass. We asked 100 people to tell us who created each of them.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31You want a nice obscure answer. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35There's 12 fictional sleuths in all, 12 creators to guess. Best of luck.
0:19:35 > 0:19:42OK. So we are looking for the creators of these fictional sleuths and we have got...
0:19:42 > 0:19:44HE READS LIST
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I'll read those all one more time.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01So, Claire...
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Oh, dear. Well, I've heard of Inspector Morse.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Marlowe I thought was a Shakespeare contemporary.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16I'm going to have to go, I think, I hope I'm right, Sherlock Holmes -
0:20:16 > 0:20:21- Arthur Conan Doyle.- OK. Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28It's right.
0:20:30 > 0:20:3248.
0:20:34 > 0:20:3548.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Richard?- Well done, Claire. Surprisingly low score.- Isn't it?
0:20:41 > 0:20:45First appeared in 1887 in A Study In Scarlet.
0:20:45 > 0:20:52- OK, Joanne, you said anything with a murder.- Yes.- So this plays to your strengths.- It does, yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56There are three there that I know for sure.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02Because I'm Scottish I've got to go for the Scottish one. John Rebus - Ian Rankin.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Ian Rankin, John Rebus. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Yes, it's right.
0:21:14 > 0:21:1619!
0:21:16 > 0:21:20There's your reward. 19, a lovely low score.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- Richard?- Yeah, first appears in 1987 in Knots and Crosses.
0:21:24 > 0:21:30- Great books, the Ian Rankin books. Do you read them?- Yes, I do. - They're good.- Brilliant.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Now then, John.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Surely an Oxford undergraduate must know at least one of these.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41You'd hope so, but I don't, unfortunately.
0:21:41 > 0:21:47I knew Sherlock Holmes, but that's gone, so I'll have to have a complete stab in the dark,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51so I'll go for Lord Peter Wimsey and hope it's Agatha Christie.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Agatha Christie, says John, for Lord Peter Wimsey.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer, John.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07You score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Unlucky, John. There'll be people at home who know it's Dorothy L Sayers.
0:22:11 > 0:22:18She was one of the first women ever to be given a full degree from Oxford. Would've scored one point.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Very well done if you got that. Do you know any of these?
0:22:22 > 0:22:28- Colin Dexter I can do for Inspector Morse.- Absolutely. Would have scored 18 points.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Philip Marlowe?- Philip Marlowe is...
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- Raymond Chandler.- Exactly right. Would have scored 5 points.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37And Reginald Wexford?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- I have no idea.- Ruth Rendell. That would've scored 2 points.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43My mum would have got all six of those.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Joanne and Lindsay looking very strong, lovely low score of 19,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54then up to 48 for Claire and Lucy,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58then John and Simon way ahead of the field, I'm afraid.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:04 > 0:23:09OK, we're going to put six more fictional sleuths on the board and here they come.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Jules Maigret, Tom Barnaby,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Jack Frost, Jane Tennison,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Kurt Wallander and Hercule Poirot. I'll read those all again.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32We are trying to find the authors of these fictional sleuths
0:23:32 > 0:23:36and you want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41- Simon, you're the high scorers on 100.- Yes, that may continue. I'm struggling here.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46I don't think I know any of those, so I'm going to have to take a guess
0:23:46 > 0:23:50and go for Jules Maigret and again with Agatha Christie.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Jules Maigret, Agatha Christie, you say...
0:23:54 > 0:24:00Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Agatha Christie for Jules Maigret.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Ooh! Bad luck, Simon.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08That's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points,
0:24:08 > 0:24:12which takes your total up to an impressive 200. Richard?
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Sorry, Simon. It's turning into a show where brothers come on, say Agatha Christie and get 100 points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24- Is there a show in that?- Yeah.- I won't give the right answer in case Lindsay or Lucy want to have a go.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29OK, Lindsay, the good news is you are through to the head-to-head, whatever happens.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33- So what are you going to say? - I recognise all the names.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36And I do know for sure two of them.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39And it doesn't much matter,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44but I'll go for Jules Maigret and I think that was Georges Simenon.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Georges Simenon.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52It's right.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's a lovely, low score. That's wonderful.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Single figures, 9 for that. It takes your total up to 28.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Well played, Lindsay, and a great team effort between the two of you.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Appeared in 75 novels between 1931 and 1972, Maigret.
0:25:12 > 0:25:18Now then, Lucy, you are through to the head-to-head, whatever happens. That's the good news.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Talk us through the board and fill in any of the blanks.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26This is when my reading choices are questioned.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31I've heard of a couple of the characters, but I don't know who wrote them,
0:25:31 > 0:25:33so I'm going to go with Poirot
0:25:33 > 0:25:37and go along with the theme of Agatha Christie.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42I'm embarrassed already because I just look like a dope, but that's my answer.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie, is it right, how many people said it?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- It's right.- Oh, my God!- About time!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54There we are, 62. Very well done.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57It takes your total up to 110.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Richard?
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Yes, she had to have written something, eventually.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10I think the rest of the board is pretty tough. Anything you want to have a go at? Jane Tennison?
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- Lynda La Plante. - Yes, from the Prime Suspect series. Would have scored 18 points.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Kurt Wallander? - I can't remember what he's called.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Henning Mankell, again very good novels, would have scored you 5.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29Jack Frost, played by David Jason on TV, but written by RD Wingfield. Would have scored 2 points.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34And Tom Barnaby, very famous, he's the John Nettles character in Midsomer Murders,
0:26:34 > 0:26:40appears in seven novels by Caroline Graham, a pointless answer. Very well done if you said that.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score is John and Simon.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52You now are members of our prestigious 200 Club. It's a nice club.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57We all get together from time to time and play cricket for charity.
0:26:57 > 0:27:03- It's brilliant.- I think you might be our first serving Oxford student to be in the 200 Club as well.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08Very good. You've made it through to the second round which is no mean feat,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12but next time, I hope we will see you go a lot further.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15John and Simon, great having you on the show!
0:27:17 > 0:27:23For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Well done, Joanne and Lindsay, Lucy and Claire, you have made it to the head-to-head.
0:27:34 > 0:27:41Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £5,250.
0:27:45 > 0:27:52For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05APPLAUSE
0:28:07 > 0:28:09OK, here's your first question.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:28:11 > 0:28:18to name as many EU countries on the North Sea as they could. Richard?
0:28:18 > 0:28:24Yeah, any of the six countries in the European Union that have a coastline on the North Sea.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30- See how many you can get at home. - Joanne and Lindsay, you've played best so far, so you go first.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32WHISPERING
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- Do we have an answer? - We do have an answer.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42What is it?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- It's Denmark.- Denmark.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Lucy and Claire, you can confer out loud if you need to keep conferring.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- We're between Norway... - And Finland.- Finland.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Although I think there's... Are we on the North Sea? There's us, Scotland...
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- Let's do...- Norway.- Norway.- OK. - Norway?- Norway.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06We have Denmark and Norway.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Joanne and Lindsay, Denmark. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13It's right.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- 45. - APPLAUSE
0:29:19 > 0:29:24There are only six countries, so that's probably about right.
0:29:24 > 0:29:31Norway is what Lucy and Claire have said. Is that right and if it is, how many people said Norway?
0:29:35 > 0:29:41Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer. After question one, Joanne and Lindsay are ahead 1-0. Richard?
0:29:41 > 0:29:47You're right. It does have a coastline on the North Sea, but not a member of the EU, Norway.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Let's take a look at all six answers.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Now, here is your second question.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:06 > 0:30:12to name as many Frankie Goes To Hollywood UK Top 40 singles as they could.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- Richard?- We're looking for any single released by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
0:30:17 > 0:30:21that made the UK Top 40 prior to May 2011, please.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Lucy and Claire, you go first this time.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28WHISPERING
0:30:33 > 0:30:35We're going to go for Two Tribes.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Two Tribes. OK, Joanne and Lindsay...
0:30:38 > 0:30:45That leaves us with one because that was one of our two, so we're going to have to go with Relax.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48You'll go with Relax. We have Two Tribes and Relax.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Lucy and Claire, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Two Tribes, let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It's right.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- 43. - APPLAUSE
0:31:04 > 0:31:0743.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Joanne and Lindsay have gone with Relax.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Relax.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19LAUGHTER
0:31:19 > 0:31:21OK...
0:31:22 > 0:31:27Very well done. That means after two questions, you are one-all. Richard?
0:31:27 > 0:31:32Yeah, both big No.1 singles. Let's take a look at all the names on the board.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Thank you very much, Richard. Here is your third question.
0:31:44 > 0:31:50Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot of £5,250.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:53 > 0:31:59to name as many Chelsea managers under Roman Abramovich as they could.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Chelsea managers under Roman Abramovich.
0:32:02 > 0:32:08- Richard?- Yeah, any of the six managers of Chelsea FC from when Roman Abramovich took over in 2003
0:32:08 > 0:32:15up to the end of the 2010-2011 season. We won't accept Ray Wilkins who was a caretaker for one match.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So any of the six managers, please.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22OK, Joanne and Lindsay, you go first this time. What are you going to give me?
0:32:22 > 0:32:25I think we'll go with Avram Grant.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Avram Grant.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29OK, Lucy and Claire...
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Good Lord, football again?!
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Yeah!
0:32:34 > 0:32:39This is possibly the worst subject that could have come up
0:32:39 > 0:32:42and the only person that I can think of is...
0:32:42 > 0:32:46I don't even know if I've pronounced his name right - Jose Mourinho?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Jose Mourinho... All right, well, we will see.
0:32:50 > 0:32:57Avram Grant we have from Joanne and Lindsay and Jose Mourinho we have from Lucy and Claire.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03Let's see if Avram Grant is right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- 11. - APPLAUSE
0:33:13 > 0:33:1911 for Avram Grant. OK, Lucy and Claire, you've gone with Jose Mourinho.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28This will decide who stays with us and who leaves. Good luck.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It's right.
0:33:36 > 0:33:3819.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41APPLAUSE That was a good answer.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46Surprisingly close, but Avram Grant wins it for Joanne and Lindsay,
0:33:46 > 0:33:52which means Joanne and Lindsay are through to the final 2-1. Very well done. Richard?
0:33:52 > 0:33:57Yeah, correct answer, but too many points. Let's take a look at all of the answers.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01There are only six because the list doesn't include Andre Villas-Boas
0:34:01 > 0:34:05as this question was asked to our 100 people before he took over,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07so let's take a look.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Luiz Felipe Scolari had the shortest tenure of anyone on that board.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Claudio Ranieri, the first one who Abramovich sacked, would have scored you 9,
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Guus Hiddink, who managed Russia, would have scored 10,
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Avram Grant, 11, Carlo Ancelotti, sacked after the 2010-11 season, 16,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26and Jose Mourinho on 19.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- Very well done if you got all six. - Thank you.
0:34:29 > 0:34:35So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry to say, Lucy and Claire.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37The children will be so sad.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Oh, they will.- So disappointed.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Oh, dear. A few tears now...
0:34:43 > 0:34:48- 220 tear-stained cheeks. - You make it sound like it's our fault, not your fault.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50LAUGHTER
0:34:50 > 0:34:55You've done fantastically well. It's been a great game, this one.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- We have to say goodbye.- Thank you. - Lucy and Claire, great contestants!
0:34:59 > 0:35:01APPLAUSE
0:35:02 > 0:35:07But for Joanne and Lindsay, it's now time for our Pointless final
0:35:07 > 0:35:10and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,250.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Congratulations, Joanne and Lindsay. You've made it through to the final.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £5,250.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39APPLAUSE
0:35:40 > 0:35:46To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:35:46 > 0:35:51We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05I think it's got to be...
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Well, as far as I'm concerned, World Politics.- Yeah.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12It has to be World Politics,
0:36:12 > 0:36:14but you're going to be on your own.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20- OK, so it's World Politics by a process of...- Elimination. - Default.- Yeah.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:24 > 0:36:31to name as many countries that have had a female leader as they could. Richard?
0:36:31 > 0:36:35We're looking for any country of the world which has had a female leader,
0:36:35 > 0:36:39a President, Prime Minister or a Chancellor, up to May 2011.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45We won't accept acting leaders. By country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:50 > 0:36:56and all you need to win that £5,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Your 60 seconds start now. - I know quite a few.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- There's Australia.- Australia.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- Iceland had one.- That's a good one.
0:37:03 > 0:37:09- Burma had one. Mrs Bandaranaike or something.- What about Pakistan? - Pakistan had one, India had one.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- I think Pakistan would be better than India.- OK.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18- So Pakistan...- Burma and Iceland? Are you sure about Iceland?- Yeah.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- I'm pretty sure.- If it's right, then it could well be pointless.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Is there any others?
0:37:25 > 0:37:31- There's only obvious ones I know like Australia.- And Germany. No point in going with them.- No.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- I think we'll go with these three. - Yeah.- Are you happy with those three? - Yes.- Let's stop the clock. Very good.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43We were looking for countries that have had a female leader. I now need your three answers.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Pakistan, Burma... - Iceland.- And Iceland.
0:37:47 > 0:37:53- Pakistan, Burma and Iceland. Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?- Iceland?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- I think Burma.- OK, we'll go with Burma.- We'll go with Burma.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- Which is your least likely to be pointless?- Pakistan.- Pakistan.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13There they are. We were looking for countries that had female leaders.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16You said this was your least confident answer.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- You think it's right, but you think it might be quite well-known.- Yeah.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24OK, your first answer, Pakistan. It has to be right and pointless.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29Let's see if it is. Pakistan, how many people said it, is it correct?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Yeah, of course it's right.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Down it goes. It has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41If this goes down to zero, you'll be leaving here with £5,250.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Down it goes into single figures. 9.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- APPLAUSE - Wow!
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Wow! Now...
0:38:50 > 0:38:56It's looking very good, isn't it? You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00£5,250 - Joanne, what would you do with that?
0:39:00 > 0:39:06My husband and I are going to Italy, so it would pay off the rest of that holiday and give us spending money.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Fantastic. Lindsay, what about you?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Yeah, a nice holiday and maybe some new golf clubs. I need a new driver.
0:39:13 > 0:39:19OK, let's hope one of these two remaining answers will deliver those things for you.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25We were looking for countries that have had a female leader. This is your next answer - Iceland.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30This sounds like a cracking answer. You said this with a degree of certainty.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I don't have the same certainty now, but...
0:39:34 > 0:39:39Iceland, is it right, how many people said it? Very best of luck, Lindsay and Joanne.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45It is right. If only nine people knew about Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan,
0:39:45 > 0:39:49how many people are going to remember Iceland? Down it goes.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Into the teens. If this goes all the way down to zero...
0:39:53 > 0:39:56APPLAUSE
0:39:59 > 0:40:02I blame Kerry Katona and all those adverts.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04LAUGHTER
0:40:05 > 0:40:10Seven people?! Oh, really! I thought that would go all the way down.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14But obviously, that's not a pointless answer.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20You only have one answer left. We were looking for countries that have had a female leader.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24You thought this was your best shot at a pointless.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- Burma... You're absolutely certain it's right?- I'm pretty sure, yeah.
0:40:28 > 0:40:34- Joanne, you're going along with what Lindsay says.- I've got faith in him. I do what I'm told.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Let's see, Burma. It has to be right and it has to be pointless
0:40:38 > 0:40:43and if it is both of those things, you will leave here with £5,250.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Burma, is it right and how many people said it?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Oh, no!
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- Oh, no. - APPLAUSE
0:41:00 > 0:41:05Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09You don't win the jackpot of £5,250 which rolls over to the next show,
0:41:09 > 0:41:14but you have been fantastic contestants. That's small consolation after that excitement.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20I thought you were going to walk off with that, but you do take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22APPLAUSE
0:41:28 > 0:41:31That was very unlucky. Three good answers there.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36Iceland had the world's first ever female elected President in 1980
0:41:36 > 0:41:39and Johanna Sigurdardottir has been Prime Minister since 2009.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45I guess with the ash clouds she's been on TV a lot. Burma never had a female leader.
0:41:45 > 0:41:51Aung San Suu Kyi did win an election, but she was placed under house arrest for many years.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Let's take a look at some of the pointless ones up here.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Bulgaria had a female Prime Minister in the '90s.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03Central African Republic - Elisabeth Domitien was the first African female Prime Minister.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Michelle Bachelet was President of Chile.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Haiti have had one female President and two female Prime Ministers.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Portia Simpson Miller was Prime Minister of Jamaica.
0:42:13 > 0:42:19Malta's President once was Agatha Barbara. We've had a lot of Agatha on the show today.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Poland also and the Ukraine - Yulia Tymoshenko has been Prime Minister there twice.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:27 > 0:42:33- Did you know any of those?- No. I'm now thinking it was Ceylon I was thinking of, not Burma,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36but Ceylon hasn't appeared there.
0:42:36 > 0:42:42If you had said Sri Lanka, which is Ceylon, it would have scored you one point.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Joanne and Lindsay,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50but you've been fantastic contestants. Thank you!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53APPLAUSE
0:42:54 > 0:43:02Nobody has won our jackpot today, so it rolls over on to the next show when we will be playing for £6,250.
0:43:03 > 0:43:09- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And goodbye from me.
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