0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39First, we welcome back Candice and Pippa.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44You were with us last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Remind us what happened.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49We did really badly.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55- It was just a ploy so we could spend more time with Richard.- It worked!
0:00:55 > 0:00:59It worked phenomenally well. You didn't spend much time last show.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02This time, you're going to have to try harder.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- What would you like to see come up this afternoon?- Entertainment.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Still entertainment. - Films or Richard.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13A topic all on Richard. Candice would be brilliant.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- That comes up with monotonous regularity(!)- I can't deny it.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The topic of Richard.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25Keep your fingers crossed! Maybe that'll come up. The very best of luck.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32Next, we welcome back Paul and Richard, who did incredibly well. Remind us what happened.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34We got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Unfortunately, I overruled Paul on one answer and we lost.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It was neck-and-neck.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Three points either way on all three questions.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48You narrowly failed to make it to the final.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- What's going to see you through? - Keep him shut up!- Keep me shut up!
0:01:52 > 0:01:58I mean, he had some cracking answers early on. Three, four-pointers so...
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Next, we welcome Adam and Sally Ann. How do you know each other?
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Funny story. I was walking home in the rain with a massive umbrella.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16I saw Sally with two friends and a tiny, broken umbrella.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20One yelled out, "Can we do a swap?" So I swapped over.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25I walked with them to the bar, had a beer and we've friends ever since.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- What do you do, Sally Ann? - I work as a clerical supervisor during the week.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32At weekends, I become...
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- SING-SONG:- Sally Sunshine, a female clown.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- LAUGHTER - And fully enjoy it.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41"Fully" enjoy it? I like your...
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- SING-SONG - "Sally Sunshine! Female clown!"
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Very good indeed. What do you do, Adam?
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- I'm a computer nerd. - That's now a job, isn't it?
0:02:53 > 0:02:59And at the weekends, while Sally Ann is brightening the lives of our youth?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03I'm an amateur photographer. I get into wildlife photography.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Specifically birds.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- It's great to have you on the show. Welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13And finally, we have got Lydia and Ron. How do you know each other?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Step-father and step-daughter.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Lydia, what do you hope Ron is going to bring to the party? Not in the family!
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- I mean, on Pointless. - Definitely age.- His experience.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27That's what you mean, his wealth of experience.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- What do you do, Ron? - By day, I'm a civil servant.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33But I'm a photographer as well.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Do you do wildlife photography?- No.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40I do birds of the other kind. LAUGHTER
0:03:40 > 0:03:45- What are you saying?- I do wedding, glamour and fashion and events.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48I see. Goodness. Lydia, what do you do?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52I'm a research scientist, physics by degree.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I work for the defence engineering sector.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58That's fascinating. I'd love to ask you more.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- But you would have to kill me.- Yes. - LAUGHTER
0:04:02 > 0:04:07- Go on. Ask her more! - LAUGHTER
0:04:07 > 0:04:11It's great having you on the show. Welcome to it and enjoy it.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19At this year's Obscurity Convention, he was the keynote speaker.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya. Hello.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Hello, there.- Hello, THERE.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34We've got two returning pairs who had very different shows last time.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Candice and Pippa got knocked out early. I suspect they won't make the same mistake.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Paul and Richard were a very strong pair. Who's going to win?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46We would need some sort of psychic.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Do we have any psychics? I'm getting a sense we do.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Yes, Richard. I'm quite psychic.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- There we go.- How did you know that?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It's a...skill I have. Like a sixth sense.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Who's going to win, Sally Ann? - Us, of course!
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Let's find out either way how good you are!- OK.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Good luck with that, Sally Ann.
0:05:09 > 0:05:16We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless, so we are after the obscure answers.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20All our players need to do is score as few points as they can.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Each time, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Today's jackpot starts at...
0:05:37 > 0:05:39AUDIENCE WHOOPS
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55In the first round, each of you gives me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:05:55 > 0:06:01Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. Our first category is...
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:14 > 0:06:23We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many fictional bears as they could.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27- Richard.- You don't get that on University Challenge!
0:06:27 > 0:06:33All the correct answers will be fictional bears featured in books, comics, films or TV.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38All the incorrect answers on the board will not be bears at all.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Pippa and Candice, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47We are going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50The first set of answers reads like this...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00..I'll read those one more time...
0:07:06 > 0:07:13At least one of those is pointless, but at least one is incorrect.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- Pippa, fictional bears.- I'm going to have to play it safe, I think.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- I don't want to go out first round again.- No, you can't!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I'm going to go for...
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Yogi.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Yogi Bear.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36It's right.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- APPLAUSE - It's right!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Just quite a high score.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Pretty big score! Appeared in his own series
0:07:49 > 0:07:52after being on the Huckleberry Hound Show.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55So, Paul, we come to you. Fictional bears.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01I'm going to try - he's going to hate me if I'm wrong - Shardik.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Let's see if that's right and, if it is,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06let's see how many people said Shardik.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Well done! It's right, Paul!
0:08:12 > 0:08:15That could be an excellent answer!
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Yes! - CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Very, very well done indeed. That adds £250 to the jackpot.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29It takes the total up to £3,500.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It scores you nothing! Well done, Paul.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Shardik was created by Richard Adams,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37as a follow-up to Watership Down.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Fantastic! Our first pointless for a while.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- So, Sally Ann. - Right, I'm going to pick Baloo.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I think it's a bear in Jungle Book, but I'm not sure if it's a monkey.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- You're going for Baloo and hoping it's a bear.- Yeah.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Let's see if it's right and how many people said Baloo.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- APPLAUSE - Not a bad answer.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Baloo.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14- Well done, Sally Ann. As you say, from The Jungle Book.- So, Lydia.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16We're looking for fictional bears.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Fozzie, I think, might be a Muppet.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Whether or not it's a Muppet bear, I'm not sure.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Obviously, Rupert the Bear.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Columbus, I'm wondering if it's from the Golden Compass series.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32But I'm not confident, so I'm going to go for SuperTed
0:09:32 > 0:09:36and hope there weren't young people answering.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- So SuperTed, please. - Let's see if SuperTed is right.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42If it is, how many people said it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It's right.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Wow! Look at that, Lydia!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- APPLAUSE - That's a fantastic score!
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Yeah, well played, Lydia. Obviously, it's a generational thing.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04SuperTed and his arch nemesis, Texas Pete.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Voiced by Derek Griffiths, SuperTed, way back, when.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Rupert Bear, obviously, would have scored a hefty 49 points.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Fozzie Bear is a bear. The clue's in the name. Would have scored three.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25If you HAD said Columbus, you'd be on 100 points.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28The birthplace of Jack Nicklaus, the Golden Bear.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32- Not a fictional bear. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Let's take a look at the scores.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Paul and Richard, you have the best score. Nothing!
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Then up to Lydia and Ron on two. Sally Ann and Adam on 16.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Then, Pippa and Candice,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49way out ahead.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Candice, you have to be brilliant on your fictional bears!- I'll try.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00It's all I'm saying. OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03We're going to put seven more answers on the board.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07We were looking for fictional bears. Our second board looks like this...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18..I'll read those again...
0:11:25 > 0:11:29..Again, at least one of those is pointless.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32There is also at least one incorrect answer.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36If you pick one of those, you will score 100 points.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Now, Ron, Lydia did incredibly well with SuperTed.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45She scored two points! The high-scorers are Candice and Pippa.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49If you can score 60 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I'll go for Barnaby.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Barnaby, is that right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Well done, Ron.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Wow!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12That is a pointless answer.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- It adds £250 to today's jackpot. - AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Takes the total up to £3,750.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And it scores you absolutely nothing.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Well played, Ron. A singing, dancing and juggling bear from an early '70s TV show.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- From the '70s?- From the '70s. - That's why you brought Ron, Lydia!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- There you go! - That's what he's here for.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37He has performed perfectly.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42That jackpot is now bigger and your score is fantastically low.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Adam. Adam.- OK.- Your score is 16.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50The high-scorers remain Candice and Pippa.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Should you score 46 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58What do you think?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01There's not a whole lot of names ringing out of bears.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I'll go with the one I do know.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- Which is Boo Boo. - OK, is Boo Boo right?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11How many people said it? Boo Boo.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19You are through to the next round.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Takes your total up to 35.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- Boo Boo, Richard. - Boo Boo to you, too.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Yogi Bear's side-kick in Jellystone Park.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- Yogi Bear's "psychic"?- Sorry? - Yogi Bear's "psychic"?- Yeah.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39He used to tell Yogi, "I think the ranger's coming.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44"I'm pretty sure he is." Yogi Bear's SIDE-KICK, as well you know.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Thank you very much, Richard. We come to Richard and Paul.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52You are on nothing, thanks to Paul's excellent answer.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56The high-scorers remain Candice and Pippa.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Which means 62 or less
0:13:58 > 0:14:01will be enough to see you through.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04There might be another pointless answer.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09- I'm not going to risk it. I'm going for Bungle off Rainbow.- Bungle.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Is it right and, if so, how many people said it?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Very well done.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18You're through!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23What an excellent answer, Richard!
0:14:25 > 0:14:29One point!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Takes your total to one, the lowest score in the round.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- How is Bungle only scoring one point?- Because we're old, Richard.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- LAUGHTER - Oh, yeah. I forgot!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Friends, of course, with Zippy and George.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Candice and Pippa.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52- I have terrible news for you. - THEY GIGGLE
0:14:52 > 0:14:55No, no. I have terrible news for you!
0:14:55 > 0:14:59You haven't even submitted your second answer and you are already
0:14:59 > 0:15:02the high-scorers.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Way to make you feel good(!)
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Candice, here's what you could do. - I know.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12You can talk us through the board and, maybe, truffle out a pointless.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16There might be another pointless answer. There just could be.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I am going to try to get a pointless answer.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Paddington, everybody knows. Everybody knows Sooty.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26I'm going to go for Fargas.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28And it's probably going to be wrong!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And it'll be 100 again!
0:15:30 > 0:15:36You're going to go for Fargas. Let's see if it's right.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer, Fargas.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- THEY LAUGH - Ooh, I'm sorry!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Fargas is an incorrect answer.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52You did the right thing, trying to find a really obscure answer.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It was so obscure, it was wrong.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59It scored you 100 points. Takes your total to 163.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02There is another pointless answer, but it's not Fargas.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- Antonio Fargas played Huggy Bear in Starsky And Hutch.- Oh!
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Let's take a look at the rest. Paddington, a very high scorer. 70.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Sooty, an incredibly low score.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Perhaps people didn't realise he's a bear.- No, no.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Perhaps it's because we're old!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25People knew Sooty! Just out of acclamation, who here knew Bungle?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28AUDIENCE: Yes!
0:16:29 > 0:16:32That's more than one person.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Anyway, Iorek Byrnison, from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39pointless answer, amazingly.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Voiced by Sir Ian McKellen in the films.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45That would have added £250.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51So, at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- THEY LAUGH - It's Candice and Pippa.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Dear oh, dear. Oh, dear. What were we NOT going to do this show?
0:16:58 > 0:17:05- Go out first round. - What have we done? - Go out first round.- Yes!- Sorry.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09I'm very sorry we have to say goodbye so early, again.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- It has been a pleasure having you on the show. Thanks so much.- Thank you.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33One of the teams in front of me will be leaving at the end of this round.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Our category for round two is...
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:17:42 > 0:17:47And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Our round two question this afternoon concerns...
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- ..Richard.- We'll show you a list of six guitarists on each pass.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03We asked 100 people, "With which band are these guitarists most commonly associated?"
0:18:03 > 0:18:09The more obscure answers will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11There's 12 to have a go at at home.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17So we are looking for the bands most closely associated with these guitarists. And we have got...
0:18:26 > 0:18:29..I'll read those one more time...
0:18:33 > 0:18:40..Paul, we are looking for the band most closely associated with these guitarists.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45- You are not looking thrilled with that list.- No. I know two of them.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48They're the two that everybody would know.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Keith Richards...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Rolling Stones.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Is it right? If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It's right.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08It's under 50, Paul. 46 for Keith Richards.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Rolling Stones. Richard. - A pretty safe answer.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14An avid antique book collector, Keith Richards.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Do you mean antiquarian books or antique books?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20No, he's an antique book collector.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23He collects normal books, but he's quite old.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27LAUGHTER
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Sally Ann. Sally Ann.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Now, you're a psychic?- I am.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38I can't tell the future but I can tell the present and the past...
0:19:38 > 0:19:44- LAUGHTER - I'm a bit psychic as well!- I've got an uncanny ability to tell the past.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49If they let you bet on previous Grand Nationals, I would make a fortune!
0:19:49 > 0:19:55Do your psychic powers extend to...guitarists?
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- And bands? - Ah! Not really, Alexander.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01But I do know two names on there.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06I'm going to go with the most common one I think I know.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11That's Brian May, and I think the group is Queen.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Brian May. Queen.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Is it right and, if it is, how many people said Brian May, Queen?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27APPLAUSE
0:20:27 > 0:20:2945 for Brian May, Queen.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34He's recently completed his doctoral thesis in astrophysics, Brian May.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Very good answer.- Thank you.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- Now then, Lydia.- There couldn't be a worse category for me.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- To be perfectly honest. - What? Andy Summers? Kirk Hammett? Slash? Thurston Moore?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I just about knew Brian May. I'll just come up with a band.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Andy Summer, the Killers. I just don't know.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Andy Summers, the Killers. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Ooh, bad luck, Lydia! - What a surprise(!)
0:21:05 > 0:21:09I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, as you probably surmised.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11That scores you 100 points.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Richard.- He was the guitarist in The Police.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Andy Summers would have scored you 11 points.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Let's take a look at the rest of them.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27Slash is the hard-living guitarist in Guns 'N' Roses. Scored 38 points.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Thurston Moore, very well done if you said Sonic Youth,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35the New York post-punk band, six points.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Kirk Hammett scored less than Thurston Moore, surprisingly.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Five points. Well done if you said he was from Metallica.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Thank you so much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Sally Ann and Adam,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51the lowest score in the pass.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Paul and Richard, not far ahead of them.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Then, quite a way ahead, Lydia.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02So, Ron, come on! It's all down to you in this next pass.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:07 > 0:22:11We're going to put six more guitarists on the board,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13on the fret board, and here they are...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22..I will read those one more time...
0:22:29 > 0:22:33..We are looking for the bands most closely associated with them.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Ron, you are the high-scorers.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45You're going to have to score as low as you possibly can,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48and hope that somebody else makes a mistake.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Right, I'll go with
0:22:50 > 0:22:54the...Noel Gallaghers.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Oasis.- You're going with Noel Gallagher, Oasis.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Noel Gallagher, Oasis.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06It's right.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13- Yeah. - APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I'm afraid that is an unbeatably high score, 173.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Noel Gallagher, Oasis.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24VERY high score. Higher than Brian May or Keith Richards.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- No longer with them, of course. - OK, Adam, we come to you.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32The high-scorers are Ron and Lydia. Even if you score 100,
0:23:32 > 0:23:36you will not overtake them.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38You are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40With that cheering news,
0:23:40 > 0:23:45see if you can find a nice obscure band for any of these guitarists.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50I wish I was in the last round. I knew Slash. It's more my era.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- I'm going to go George Harrison, Beatles.- George Harrison.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Beatles?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- A little-known combo(!) - LAUGHTER
0:23:59 > 0:24:04No red line for you. George Harrison, Beatles. How many people knew that?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15APPLAUSE
0:24:15 > 0:24:21- 50? Sally Ann!- I know! The best group to come out of Liverpool!
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- The best group to come out of the world!- True. Very true.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30Perhaps people don't realise George Harrison's a guitarist, maybe?
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I'm not as upset about that as Bungle getting one!
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- LAUGHTER - But it has shaken me a bit.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Very well done, Adam.
0:24:39 > 0:24:4395, not a bad score. So, Richard, we come to you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Again, doesn't matter what you say.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Let's clean up. Take me through the board.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Never heard of Jamie Cook.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Never heard of Ritchie Blackmore.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56The Edge is U2.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I think David Gilmour might be Pink Floyd.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- What will you go for? - David Gilmour, Pink Floyd.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06OK, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Very good. 13.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- APPLAUSE - Takes your score up to 59.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Dave Gilmour, Pink Floyd.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Well done, Richard. It was the right one to go for.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30Your other answer, the Edge, U2, would have scored you 34 points.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Ritchie Blackmore.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Once the Guinness Book of Records' loudest band in the world.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Deep Purple, seven points.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- The lowest score on the board, Jamie Cook?- Arctic Monkeys.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Very well done if you said Arctic Monkeys at home.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51it's Lydia and Ron.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56We haven't seen the best of you. What a team you were last round.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Fantastic team.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02A pointless answer from you, Ron, but we have to say goodbye now.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07We will see you again next time. Thank you very much for playing.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08APPLAUSE
0:26:10 > 0:26:15For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Very well done, Paul and Richard, Adam and Sally Ann.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35which currently stands at £3,750.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38AUDIENCE: Woooo!
0:26:40 > 0:26:45You're going head-to-head on the best of three questions. Each pair gives me just one answer.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48You are now allowed to confer.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Find an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The first pair to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Let's play Pointless.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Here is your first question.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Trumpton firemen as they could.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- Richard, that's brilliant. - Good question, isn't it?
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Any of the firemen who featured in the children's TV series Trumpton.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23If a surname is shared by more than one person, we'll count it once.
0:27:23 > 0:27:29Every single person at home is desperately going through the same form of words!
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Thank you very much, Richard.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Paul and Richard, because you've played the best so far, you go first.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Paul.- I'm speechless here. Doesn't happen very often.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- We're going with Dibble.- Very good.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48Dibble has gone. Adam and Sally Ann, we are looking for Trumpton firemen.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- I think it's going to be Hugh. - Hugh?- Yes.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56There we are. We have Dibble and we have Hugh.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Paul and Richard, Dibble.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see how many people said Dibble.
0:28:12 > 0:28:1540 for Dibble.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18We'll see how it fares in context. You're saying Hugh.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Let's see if that's right
0:28:21 > 0:28:23and how many people said Hugh.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Oh, sorry!
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Ooh! That is an incorrect answer.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Which means, after one question, Paul and Richard are up, one-nil.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44There's no Hugh. There's two Pughs. It starts Pugh, Pugh not Hugh, Pugh.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53Well done if you said one of them, but there is a pointless answer.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55It's Captain Flack.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Captain Flack was back at the station answering the phones...
0:29:06 > 0:29:08..Thanks very much, Richard.
0:29:08 > 0:29:15Here's your second question. Adam and Sally Ann, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18OK, here's your second question.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:29:22 > 0:29:25boxers who defeated Mike Tyson as they could.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29We're looking for the name of any opponent who's defeated Mike Tyson
0:29:29 > 0:29:34in a professional boxing match up to April 2011.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38There are five. I suspect people will have a go at getting all five.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43Now, Adam and Sally Ann, you get to go first this time.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47WHISPER
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Um, it's not a good subject for us.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55The only boxer I know,
0:29:55 > 0:29:59and I think he's too old, is Alan Minter.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- You're saying Alan Minter?- Yes.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Paul and Richard, you can now talk out loud.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07We've got Evander Holyfield
0:30:07 > 0:30:11and Tim Witherspoon, where he bit his ear off!
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- So...- Tim Witherspoon? - Tim Witherspoon.- Tim Witherspoon.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20We have Alan Minter. We have Tim Witherspoon.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Let's put them to the test. Adam and Sally Ann, Alan Minter.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Bad luck. Alan Minter, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Paul and Richard, Tim Witherspoon merely has to be correct.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42If it's correct, you are straight through to the final.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Tim Witherspoon.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49AUDIENCE GROANS
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Also an incorrect answer.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56So, after two questions, the score remains Paul and Richard, one-nil.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Richard.
0:30:57 > 0:31:03Should have gone with Holyfield. Alan Winter's a British middleweight boxer from a different era.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07If he's sitting at home, he'll be over the moon!
0:31:07 > 0:31:12You thought he'd beaten Mike Tyson. What a wonderful afternoon he'll be having.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Let's take a look at the list of five men who beat Tyson.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Two were in comeback fights. Kevin McBride, he gave up after.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25Danny Williams, the London boxer, he knocked Tyson out.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Buster Douglas, first man to beat Tyson.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Lennox Lewis beat him, and Holyfield beat him twice.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Second time because Tyson bit a chunk out of his ear.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Tim Witherspoon never beat him.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46Here is your third question. Adam and Sally Ann, you've been thrown a lifeline.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50You have to get this question right. Here's your third question.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:31:54 > 0:31:59countries beginning or ending in O as they could.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03Any country whose usual English name begins or ends in O.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06As always, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10These spellings are from the UN English language page of countries.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Paul and Richard, you get to go first again.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18WHISPER
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- Puerto Rico.- Puerto Rico.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Puerto Rico.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Adam and Sally Ann.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- All we've got is Mexico, so we're going to go with that.- Yeah.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Mexico. We have Puerto Rico and we have Mexico.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42OK, Paul and Richard, Puerto Rico. Is it right?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45How many people said it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- AUDIENCE: Oooh! - Bad luck!
0:32:50 > 0:32:54I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. Adam and Sally Ann.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59You have gone for Mexico. If it's correct, you win the point. You are still in the game.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Well done. You win the point.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09APPLAUSE
0:33:09 > 0:33:14Surprisingly low score, but all it had to be was correct.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16After three questions, you are even.
0:33:16 > 0:33:23- One-all.- Richard. Unlucky again. Puerto Rico's a US territory, not a country in its own right.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27There's only one country that begins with O but plenty that end in O.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Let's take a look at the board.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Montenegro was a pointless answer.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Would have added money to the jackpot...
0:33:51 > 0:33:55..The only country to begin with O, Oman, at the top with 24.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00Thank you very much, Richard. Whoever wins this question
0:34:00 > 0:34:03is through to the final.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:34:07 > 0:34:11post-war Conservative Chancellors of the Exchequer as they could.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Post-war Conservative Chancellors of the Exchequer.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20We're looking for any Conservative MP or peer who's held the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:34:20 > 0:34:24from the General Election of 1945 through to April 2011.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Thanks very much. Adam and Sally Ann, you get to go first.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Right, the only one... I'm not sure whether he was Conservative.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38- Gordon Brown.- OK, you're going to say Gordon Brown.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Gordon Brown.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Paul and Richard.- John Major.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48John Major. OK, we have Gordon Brown. We have John Major.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54Gordon Brown, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Gordon Brown.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01I'm afraid, yes, Gordon Brown not a Conservative.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Paul and Richard have gone for John Major.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said John Major.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12If you win this, you are through to the final. John Major.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Yes, well done. You are through to the final.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- 17 for John Major! - APPLAUSE
0:35:27 > 0:35:33After four questions, we eventually have a winner. Paul and Richard are through to the final.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39- Richard.- Yeah, Gordon Brown, I'm afraid...not Conservative!
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Probably more likely to beat Mike Tyson than be a Conservative.
0:35:44 > 0:35:50Lots of people at home would have got very obscure ones. See if your one's on the list.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52There's four pointless answers...
0:36:14 > 0:36:19..and George Osborne, who became Chancellor in 2010, on 22.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Thank you very much, Richard.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Adam and Sally Ann.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Conservative Chancellors of the Exchequer, not strong for you.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35No. Not at all. Especially with Adam being from Australia.
0:36:35 > 0:36:41We say goodbye, but we will see you again when you have your second chance to reach the final.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Thanks very much for playing. - Thank you.
0:36:47 > 0:36:54For Paul and Richard, it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £3,750.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Congratulations, Paul and Richard, you fought off the competition
0:37:05 > 0:37:09and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:37:11 > 0:37:15You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,750.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22AUDIENCE: Wooo!
0:37:24 > 0:37:28The rules are simple, all you have to do is find a pointless answer
0:37:28 > 0:37:30that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36We've had two pointless answers on the show. One was yours, Paul, with Shardik.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Find one more and you will go home with that money.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43First, you've got to choose a category from these three options...
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- Right...- Right then, Richard... - Wipe the football out.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59British actresses can go. It's got to be the geography.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Yeah.- European geography. - Let's find out what the question is.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:38:07 > 0:38:10regions of Spain as they could.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Richard.- We're looking for any of the 17 regions that Spain
0:38:14 > 0:38:18is divided into, known as autonomous communities.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26All you need is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Right, Andalucia.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Jerez.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Jerez, Andalucia...Catalonia.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41Catalonia's north, isn't it? That's where the Basque comes under it.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46No. That's another separate region, isn't it?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Jerez is where the sherry comes from.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Jerez is sherry. Andalucia, that's horses.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Valencia.- Valencia, that's the wine.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Yeah. Oh, hang on.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Everyone knows those. - They're the only ones- I- know.
0:39:01 > 0:39:06Right. That's two more than I knew so we might as well stop the clock.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11- We've got three that we know. - That's...- We will stop the clock.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15We were looking for regions of Spain.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- I now need your three answers. - Right...- Jerez.- Jerez.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Andalucia.- Andalucia.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- Valencia.- Valencia.
0:39:23 > 0:39:30- Of those, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer? - Jerez, the sherry.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- And which do you think is your least likely?- Valencia.- Yeah.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38We'll put them on the board in that order...
0:39:43 > 0:39:45..There they are.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50We're looking for regions of Spain. This is your least confident answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £3,750 jackpot.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Well, your first answer, Valencia. Let's see if that's right.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03If it is, how many people said Valencia?
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Well, it's right.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13If this goes all the way to zero, you leave with £3,750.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Down it goes into single figures...
0:40:17 > 0:40:20APPLAUSE
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Ooh, I think we've got a final on our hands here!
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Four for Valencia?
0:40:29 > 0:40:33It's very exciting. Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Andalucia.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43This has to be pointless if you're going to win that £3,750 jackpot.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Andalucia. Good luck.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53It's right.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Now, your first answer, Valencia, went all the way down to four.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02This may go down even lower.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Oh!
0:41:03 > 0:41:07APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:12That's unexpected. 21 from Andalucia.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17- Not a pointless answer.- No.- OK. we're looking for regions of Spain.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21You said this was the answer you had the most faith in to be pointless.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Jerez, if this is right and goes down to zero,
0:41:25 > 0:41:29you leave here with £3,750.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34- How are you feeling?- Apprehensive. - Paul?
0:41:34 > 0:41:38After that Andalucia one, I don't know. It's up in the air.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Could be anything, couldn't it?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Oh! It'd be brilliant! Please can this be pointless?
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Jerez. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- What?- Oh, no! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- APPLAUSE - Oh, NO!
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Never mind.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07That is an incorrect answer.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16You don't win today's jackpot, which will roll over onto the next show.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19But you do take home our pointless trophy.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- APPLAUSE - We're quite happy with that!
0:42:27 > 0:42:32- So, Richard.- There's a few pointless answers. I'll just take you through the wrong ones.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Jerez is a city which is in Andalucia.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Oh, right.- But it's not a region. Let's look at the pointless answers.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45If you've holidayed in any of these, I suspect you'd have said them.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50Castile-La Mancha, which is in central Spain.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55Cantabria, which is where Santander is, on the Bay of Biscay.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Asturias, that's in northwest Spain.
0:42:58 > 0:43:04Very unlucky, guys. You played so well across both shows. Tough category. Well played and bad luck.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Thanks very much.
0:43:06 > 0:43:12- Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. It has been fabulous having you on the show.- Thank you.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14APPLAUSE
0:43:16 > 0:43:20Nobody's won our jackpot so it rolls over, which means on the next show
0:43:20 > 0:43:24we will be playing for £4,750!
0:43:24 > 0:43:27AUDIENCE: Wooo!
0:43:27 > 0:43:31- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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