0:00:20 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:34the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42So first we welcome back Lydia and Ron. You were on the show last time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51We did OK on bears, weirdly enough.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Fictional bears, yes.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59But the absolute worst category that could come up came up and that was rock music and guitars.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03At least the worst category's gone and we're back to fight.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08You had Andy Summers in The Killers which I think is a fabulous, winning combination.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Ron, what are you hoping will come up this afternoon?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15That I get something I really know something about.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- You picked Barnaby as a bear. That was a pointless answer.- Yeah.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25We got our strategy wrong. The guitar heroes, I should have gone first on that.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Great to have you back. Best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33And next we welcome Christine and Ron, our second Ron in two pairs.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35So, Ron S, you shall be.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Christine, how do you two know each other?
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Ron's my granddad, so I've known him all my life, in fact.
0:01:42 > 0:01:49- Is she an exemplary granddaughter? - She is, but we have an advantage over the other contestants.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- There's three of us.- Oh, I see. Many congratulations.- Thank you.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59- Many congratulations. What do you do, Christine?- I work for a charity called Carers UK.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04- Very good. And how about you, Ron? - I'm a retired professional singer.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- You're a singer?- Yes.- You're not the retiring kind, surely?
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- You've got a song bursting to come out at all moments? - If you want me to sing, I will.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- That's not what I said. - LAUGHTER
0:02:16 > 0:02:23- Yes, I do.- So maybe a pointless answer, we might get a burst into song from you. Surprise us.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Very best of luck. Lovely to have you on the show.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32Next we welcome back Adam and Sally Ann. This is your second chance to reach the final.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Remind us what happened last time.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40We did quite well. We got to the head-to-head and just collapsed. You were throwing UK politics at us.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44We threw some really challenging questions at you.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49- Tory Chancellors, you gave us Gordon Brown.- Do you have to tell everybody?- I know.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- What would you like today, Sally Ann?- I'd like travel and I wouldn't mind music as well.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- Adam, how about you? - A little bit of Australiana. Birds maybe, something like that.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Some Australiana! - LAUGHTER
0:03:02 > 0:03:06We've never used it before and we're not using it today.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Well, whatever comes up, it's great to have you back
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- and maybe you'll make it to the final.- I hope so.- Very best of luck.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Finally, we've got Betty and Sophie. How do you two know each other?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We met at uni. We do Illustration at Lincoln.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27- Ah! There are lots of things to illustrate round there. - Yes, lots.- Cathedrals, hills.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33But when you're not in Lincoln learning to illustrate, what do you like to do, Sophie?
0:03:33 > 0:03:39Just general student activities. I play a couple of musical instruments.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- What do you play? - The flute and the melodica.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49- That's the thing with the keyboard? - Yeah.- We had one when we were little. Some of the keys fell off.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- But yeah, that was great fun.- Yeah. - And how about you, Betty?
0:03:53 > 0:03:59I like to sit in my bright pink armchair and drink a lot of tea.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- We all like to do that.- It has been christened The Throne or Gareth.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Tell us BRIEFLY why.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- The guy I bought it from was called Gareth.- OK, very good.- Yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13That is how I name all of my furniture.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17You should meet Catriona. She's lovely.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Fabulous.- Is that your toaster?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- No, microwave.- Of course.- Indeed.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:28 > 0:04:34There's only one person left to introduce. He is the nemesis of the internet search engine.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- He ranks the least popular most highly. He is my pointless friend Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41APPLAUSE
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- Well, Richard, ahoy there. - Hello to you. Are you OK?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- I'm very well, thank you.- We've got two returning pairs today.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58One of them, Lydia and Ron, got knocked out quite early, so I suspect they'll want to do better.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Adam and Sally Ann got to the head-to-head, which is a good sign.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06It'll be interesting to see who wins today. We have a new Round 1 today.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12- It'll be interesting to see how they play it.- We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew
0:05:26 > 0:05:30and each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34No-one won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37So today's jackpot starts off at £4,750.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39APPLAUSE
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05If you give me an incorrect answer, you score a maximum of 100 points.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10In this first round, we will show you two related question categories.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17The first category will be played on the first pass, the second category will be played on the second pass,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20so it's crucial who goes first and who goes second.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25It's very exciting, a new round! OK, let's reveal the two categories.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26We have...
0:06:29 > 0:06:35So Boy Bands will be played on the first pass and Rock Bands will be played on the second pass.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42And whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50OK, so our first category is Boy Bands. Let's find out what the question is.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:06:53 > 0:06:58to name as many Westlife UK top 40 singles as they could.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04- Richard?- We're looking for any single released by Westlife or which has them as a featured artist,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08which has reached the UK top 40 prior to April 2011, please.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Lydia and Ron, you all drew lots before the show and you go first.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Now, Lydia...
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I do have one answer. I think quite a lot of people will know it,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25but I think it's right and that's Uptown Girl.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Uptown Girl.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's right.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Still going down... 16. Very well done, Lydia.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Uptown Girl scoring you 16. Richard?
0:07:45 > 0:07:50Well played, Lydia. It's the Comic Relief song from 2001, one of their many No.1s.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Thank you very much. And so, Christine, we come to you. Westlife...
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- Are you a Westlife fan? - Not really. I think I can come up with one, though.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And I think...You Raise Me Up?
0:08:03 > 0:08:08You Raise Me Up. You're hoping that will score you as few points as possible.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said You Raise Me Up.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's right.
0:08:21 > 0:08:2314.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- APPLAUSE - Very well done, Christine.
0:08:26 > 0:08:2914 for You Raise Me Up. Richard?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Another No.1 single, this time from 2005. Good answer.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38OK, Sally Ann, Westlife, we come to you, possibly the biggest fan of Westlife.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42My mind has gone absolutely blank about Westlife songs.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I love the group and I just can't...
0:08:45 > 0:08:51The only song I can think of, I don't know whether they sang it, but I think they did, is Mandy.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Adam, what do you think? - I have no idea.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- Have you heard of Westlife? - I have just.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03Let's see if Mandy is a correct answer and if it is, how many people said Mandy.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's right.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Very well done, Sally Ann.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- APPLAUSE - Well done, you. That scores you 11.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Richard?- Well played. The scores just keep getting better.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Another No.1 single, a cover of the Barry Manilow song, from 2003.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28So, Sophie, we are looking for UK top 40 hits from Westlife.
0:09:28 > 0:09:35I think I'm going to go with... I remember they did this with Mariah Carey, I think - Against All Odds.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Against All Odds. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41It's right.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Well done, down it goes. Fantastic!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- APPLAUSE - Look at that!
0:09:50 > 0:09:55That's a wonderful answer. It scores you only 2 points. Against All Odds, Richard?
0:09:55 > 0:10:00Yeah, well played, Sophie. It was with Mariah Carey from 2000.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Guess what number it got to? - 1.- No.1. Exactly right.
0:10:03 > 0:10:0611 of their first 13 singles got to No.1.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Wow!- Who do you prefer? Westlife or Boyzone?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15There's... There's not... There's not much in it.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Up to this point, did you think they were the same group...?
0:10:21 > 0:10:27Westlife have released some pointless singles. Let's see if any Westlife fans got these at home.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Very well done if you got any of those at home.- Thank you, Richard.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Sophie and Betty on 2, Sally Ann and Adam on 11,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Christine and Ron S on 14, Lydia and Ron W on 16.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Ron, rock bands, you'll have to pull one out of the bag.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:05 > 0:11:11So for the second pass, the category is Rock Bands. Let's just see what the question is.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:11:14 > 0:11:19to name as many Status Quo UK top 40 singles as they could.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- Status Quo, Richard? - Very much the Westlife of the '70s, Status Quo.- Oh, yes.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30We're looking for Status Quo singles that have been in the UK top 40 prior to April 2011.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Again if it's a double-A side, we'll count either of those.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38It's Status Quo by themselves or as a featured artist. Best of luck.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Very good. So, The Quo, it is, Betty. The Quo.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Are you now wishing you'd done boy bands?- No, cos I hate them.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- Rock and a hard place! - Oh, to be back in Gareth now!
0:11:52 > 0:11:54LAUGHTER
0:11:56 > 0:12:00The high scorers are Ron W and Lydia on 16. You are on 2.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05If you can score 13 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10All we need from you is a UK top 40 single from The Quo.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16I think there was a song that they did on an advert for a well-known supplier of household goods.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Mm-hm.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Is it Whatever You Want?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Let's see if that's right. There is your red line.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29If Whatever You Want gets you below it, you are in the next round.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- OK.- Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Whatever You Want.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Well done. It's right.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Down it goes... 24. Not a bad score at all.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- APPLAUSE - Not bad at all, Betty.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46That takes your total up to 26.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50That may be enough to keep you in the game. Richard?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Well played. Top ten hit from 1979. That's what Pointless is about -
0:12:54 > 0:12:58getting that nugget of something you know at the back of your head.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02- Very good. So then, Adam? - I'm struggling. Put it that way!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I'm going to have to make something up and I'll go with...
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Love Me.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- That's my...- Love Me?- It could be a good song, couldn't it?
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Could be. Let's see if it's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23The high scorers are Betty and Sophie on 26.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26There is your red line there.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31If Love Me is by Status Quo and you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Good luck. Love Me...
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Bad luck, Adam.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42I'm afraid that is incorrect, so you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44That takes your total up to 111.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Richard?- Yeah, it wasn't so much an answer as a cry for help.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Yeah, not a Status Quo single. Sounds like it could be one,
0:13:53 > 0:13:58but we're not accepting answers that sound like they could be Status Quo singles in this round.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04Now then, Ron S, you are on 14. The high scorers are Adam and Sally Ann on 111,
0:14:04 > 0:14:10which means if you can score 96 or less with your answer, you are through to the next round.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14The only one I can think of is Rockin' All Over The World.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Rockin' All Over The World.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Well done, Ron.
0:14:26 > 0:14:2844. That's good enough.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31It takes your total up to 58.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Richard?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Well played, Ron. It was a No.3 hit in 1977,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41but probably more famously opened Live Aid in 1985.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Thanks very much, Richard. And so, Ron W...
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Remember, we're looking for UK top 40 hits from The Quo.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I was going to have what Ron S had, but he's put me under pressure now.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59- This might be a lifeline for Adam and Sally Ann.- Yeah.- They are the high scorers on 111. You are on 16.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You need to score 94 or less.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07- I'm not sure, but I think they did something called Down The Dustpipe. - There is your red line, Ron.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11If Down The Dustpipe gets you below that, you are home and dry.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13If it's wrong,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16you are down the dustpipe.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Down The Dustpipe. Good luck, Ron.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28You're right and you're through to the next round. Very well done.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33APPLAUSE
0:15:34 > 0:15:37That's a pointless answer.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £5,000.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It scores you nothing - your second pointless in two shows,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49and it leaves your total at 16.
0:15:49 > 0:15:56- Very well done, Ron. Richard? - Fantastic. Down The Dustpipe was one of their first singles from 1970.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58No.12 hit. Very well done.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers. Some people at home will have got some of these.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Roll Over Lay Down was a pointless answer and Running All Over The World
0:16:16 > 0:16:20which was a re-release of Rockin' All Over The World.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25Very well done if you got a pointless Quo answer and a pointless Westlife answer.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29That must be a very, very small group of people, I suspect.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Adam and Sally Ann.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36But you have done phenomenally well.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41You made it through to a nail-biting head-to-head in the last show.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46- I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.- That's OK. We've had a fantastic day.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- Thanks to everybody.- It's been lovely having you here. Thanks for playing. Great contestants.- Thank you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55APPLAUSE
0:16:55 > 0:16:59But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:05 > 0:17:12There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving us after this round.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15OK, our category for Round 2 this afternoon is...
0:17:17 > 0:17:24British Geography. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...
0:17:37 > 0:17:43- Richard, wow!- We should pause in case anyone's at home in the kitchen and you want to call them in.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Just say, "Look, they're doing UK postcodes."
0:17:46 > 0:17:49We'll show you six postcodes on each pass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53We've asked 100 people which towns belong to those postcodes.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Tell us the town or the city at the centre of that postcode area.
0:17:56 > 0:18:03The more obscure answers will score you fewer points. An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:18:03 > 0:18:10Thanks very much, Richard. We are looking for the towns or cities at the centre of these postcodes.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12And on our list we have got...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I'll read those again.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Now then, Ron, there are the postcodes.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34You are going to give me the name of a town or city
0:18:34 > 0:18:37at the middle of the most obscure one you know.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40I'll go for the PR...
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Preston.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer. PR, says Ron W - Preston.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Oh, it's right. Well done.
0:18:54 > 0:18:5641.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58APPLAUSE
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Not a bad score. 41 for Preston. Richard?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Yeah, well played, Ron - Preston. This is rather a good round.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Like a cryptic detective puzzle, trying to work out what they are.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Could you get all six of those? - I could have a pop at them.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- You could have a pop at them, but would it be right?- That's the thing.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Christine, are you going to have a pop at one of those? You're going to have to.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Geography is probably my worst subject ever,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30but for some reason, I seem to know quite a few of the postcodes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I don't know why.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36I'm going to go for TQ and I think it's Torquay.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39TQ, Torquay, at the top of the table there.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - Torquay.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Yep, it's right.
0:19:47 > 0:19:4964.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- APPLAUSE - Quite a high score there - 64.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- For Torquay.- A pretty high score, Christine - 64 for Torquay.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01It could be nothing else with TQ in it, I guess.
0:20:01 > 0:20:08So then, Betty, we're looking for the towns or cities that lie at the centre of these UK postcodes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- I'm not promising any miracles, but I do like snail mail.- Yeah.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15So I'm going to make a bit of a guess
0:20:15 > 0:20:18and HU...
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Possibly maybe Huddersfield? Is that right? Tell me if it's right.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Do the points.- That's the one you're going with? HU for Huddersfield?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Yeah.- OK, very good.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35Let's see if that is right and if it is, let's see how many people said HU - Huddersfield.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Oh, bad luck, Betty!
0:20:41 > 0:20:47I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Bad luck.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52- HU, not Huddersfield, Richard? - Sorry, Betty. It's a tough round. It's Hull.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Would have scored you 34 points, that.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Have a go at the rest of the board. - I was thinking G was Guildford.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- It's Glasgow.- Of course it's Glasgow. Would have scored you 32.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- LU?- Luton?- Luton is the correct answer. That's 57, a big score.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- And DE?- Derby? - Derby is the right answer, yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:1626. Derby is the best answer, so well done if you said that at home.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20OK, let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:21:20 > 0:21:26Ron W and Lydia, 41. Who would have thought that would be the lowest score in this pass? But it is.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Then up to 64 for Christine and Ron S.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Then Betty and Sophie, oh!
0:21:32 > 0:21:38- Sophie, I really hope you work for the Post Office in your spare time. - Yeah, me too.
0:21:38 > 0:21:45OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:45 > 0:21:49We'll put six more postcodes on the board and here they are.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I'll read those one more time.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06We are looking for towns or cities at the centre of these postcodes.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10And you want the ones that the fewest people knew.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16- Sophie, you're the high scorers on 100 points.- Yes. - We need a low score from you.
0:22:16 > 0:22:23- Right. I don't know any of them. - Looking good(!)- Yeah, promising(!)
0:22:23 > 0:22:28I'm going to go for EX and Exeter.
0:22:28 > 0:22:34EX, Exeter. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. Good luck.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38It's right.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Oh! It's a high score, I'm afraid, Sophie.
0:22:42 > 0:22:4471.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49And I'm afraid that takes your total to an unbeatable 171.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- Richard?- Yeah, that's a big score for Exeter.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Founded by the Romans as Isca Dumnoniorum, when presumably ID was its post code. But EX now.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Thank you very much. So, Ron, we come to you. The good news is you are in the Head to Head.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10You'll never overtake Sophie and Betty's high score there.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15So why not have some fun and see if you can get a really low score with the pressure off?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16FY...
0:23:16 > 0:23:21I'll go for...Filey.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27- Filey. Filey in Yorkshire.- Yes. - Let's see if Filey is right and how many people said it.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Filey.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33No! Bad luck. Mind you, that was a fun punt to take.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39As it happens, it's incorrect. It scores you 100 points and takes your total to 164.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45- FY.- Yes, I won't tell you the correct answer in case Lydia wants to have a go.
0:23:45 > 0:23:52- So then, Lydia, again. You're through to the Head to Head. - OX I'm guessing must be Oxford.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56FY I don't know. BT...I think might be Brighton.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00MK is Milton Keynes, I'm guessing.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05But I'm going to go for IV. I'm wondering if it's St Ives.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Ohh.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09St Ives. Very good.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Let's see if IV is St Ives and how many people said it.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23- Ohh.- Well, no, we'll all learn something. Thank you. That scores you 100 points,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28but it doesn't matter. Your 141 sees you through.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Richard?- Let's look at all of them.
0:24:30 > 0:24:36- Alexander, have a go. Some are obvious. OX?- Oxford. - It is Oxford, yeah.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- It would have scored 84, though. MK?- Milton Keynes.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Exactly right. Would have scored 50. Now IV. Not St Ives.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Well, it was either going to be...
0:24:49 > 0:24:55Iver in Buckinghamshire, but that wouldn't have a thing.
0:24:55 > 0:25:01- Inverness in Scotland is the only one I can think of. - Lydia just said the same thing.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05It is Inverness. It scored 33.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- BT. Anybody?- Belfast? - Belfast is exactly right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12It would have scored 15. And FY. Not Filey.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15I do not know.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20Very well done at home if you said Blackpool.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26- Is there any reason...? - Yes, it's Fylde it's named after, but Blackpool is at the centre.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32So it scores 7 points The best answer on both boards. A very good answer.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair is Betty and Sophie.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Want to know the worst thing? I was born and bred in Milton Keynes.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- Oh, that is bad. - LAUGHTER
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I don't know what to say.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55- We've had fun.- We've had lovely fun. I can't bear to have to say goodbye after only two rounds.
0:25:55 > 0:26:02However, good news - you'll be back again next time and I'm sure you'll do much better.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07It's been fabulous having you. Tremendous contestants. Thank you.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15But for the remaining two pairs things get more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28Very well done, Lydia and Ron W and Christine and Ron S.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34Obviously, only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at...
0:26:34 > 0:26:35£5,000.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46You're going head to head on the best of three questions. Each pair gives me just one answer,
0:26:46 > 0:26:53but you're now allowed to confer. Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59The first pair to get to the best of three will play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07OK, here is your first question.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:09 > 0:27:15to name as many A-Team actors as they could. Richard?
0:27:15 > 0:27:21We're looking for any actor who has played any of the four members of the A-Team -
0:27:21 > 0:27:27Hannibal, BA Baracus, Murdock and Face - in either the 1980s TV series or the 2010 movie.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30So there are 8 answers in all.
0:27:30 > 0:27:37OK, Richard, thank you very much. Lydia and Ron, you've played best so far so you get to go first.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40A-Team actors.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- OK?- Yeah.- We have an answer?- Yeah.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- What's it going to be? - Peter Graves.
0:27:52 > 0:27:59Peter Graves. I've never heard of him! But that could be brilliant.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05- Christine and Ron, Peter Graves has gone.- I have no idea of any of the TV series at all,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09but I've got a feeling that Bradley Cooper is in the film.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13- I think that's his name. What do you think?- Mr T's the other one.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19- He was on the television. - Go for that?- Go for Mr T. - Go for Mr T.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- If you're not sure. - I'm not sure if he's on it or not.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- Yeah, we'll go for Mr T. - You're going for Mr T.
0:28:27 > 0:28:33So we have Peter Graves from Lydia and Ron W and Mr T from Christine and Ron S.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Peter Graves. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:28:44 > 0:28:51Peter Graves, an incorrect answer. So Christine and Ron, you merely have to be correct. Mr T you said.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56Is it right and how many people said it? ..Of course, it is right.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Down it goes, surprisingly low. 38.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Very well done. After one question,
0:29:08 > 0:29:13- Christine and Ron S are up on-nil. Richard?- Well played.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Should have listened to Christine, though. Bradley Cooper was a much better answer.
0:29:18 > 0:29:24Peter Graves, I think you're getting mixed up with George Peppard. There's a physical similarity.
0:29:24 > 0:29:31- George Peppard played Hannibal. Peter Graves was the pilot in Airplane.- Oh, I see! Yes, yes.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Let's look at all eight answers.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39Sharlto Copley played Murdock in the film, the 2010 film.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Very well done if you said that.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Quinton "Rampage" Jackson played the BA Baracus role.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49There's Bradley Cooper. He played Face in the 2010 film.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Dwight Schultz was the original Murdock and would have scored 12.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01Dirk Benedict, the original Face, 15. Liam Neeson, who was Hannibal in the film, would have scored 20.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03George Peppard, there he is, 31.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08And Mr T right at the top with 38. Well done if you got an obscure one.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Thank you very much, Richard.
0:30:11 > 0:30:18- So here is your second question. Lydia and Ron W, you have to win this to stay in the game.- Yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:22 > 0:30:29to name as many coronation decades as they could. Coronation decades. Richard?
0:30:29 > 0:30:35Any decade in the 20th century in which the coronation of a British monarch took place.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Thanks very much.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41OK, Christine and Ron S, you go first this time.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48- 1950s.- You're going to say the 1950s.- Yes.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50OK, 1950s.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- Now Lydia and Ron W.- Well...
0:30:53 > 0:30:58I know that Queen Victoria popped her clogs, passed away, in 1901,
0:30:58 > 0:31:05so I'm guessing someone must have taken over. One of the Georges, I expect. So the 1900s.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10The 1900s. OK, so we have the 1950s and the 1900s.
0:31:10 > 0:31:141950s say Christine and Ron S. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:31:18 > 0:31:2171. It's right,
0:31:21 > 0:31:24but a popular choice.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30Lydia and Ron W are saying the 1900s. Let's see if that's right.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35It's right. Edward.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It beats 71. Down it goes. 23.
0:31:44 > 0:31:5023, well done. That wins it for you. So after the second question it's one point each.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Very good answer. The coronation of Edward VII was 1902.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57There's four answers, in fact.
0:31:59 > 0:32:041910s, that was George V in 1911. 1900s was Edward VII.
0:32:04 > 0:32:091930s, that was George VI in 1937 and the '50s, of course,
0:32:09 > 0:32:14- with Elizabeth II in 1953. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:32:14 > 0:32:21So here is the third question. Whoever wins this is through to play for that £5,000 jackpot.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:24 > 0:32:29to name as many countries that border Brazil as they could.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Countries that border Brazil. Richard?
0:32:33 > 0:32:38Any of the countries on mainland South America that have a land border with Brazil.
0:32:38 > 0:32:44There are nine of those countries, meaning a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50- See how many you get at home. - OK, thank you very much. Countries that border Brazil.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Lydia and Ron W, it is your turn to go first.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Are you sure, though?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01OK, we'll take Ron's answer. If he's wrong, it's his fault.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- Em, Paraguay?- Paraguay.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06OK, Paraguay.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Christine and Ron S?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Geography - my favourite subject(!)
0:33:11 > 0:33:17- My worst!- That's what I mean. I was being sarcastic. - I can't even find my way home.
0:33:17 > 0:33:23- Argentina? Argentina is my best guess.- Chile? - Chile or Argentina.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29- Let's go for Argentina.- Argentina. - OK, Argentina.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34So we have Paraguay and Argentina. Lydia and Ron W said Paraguay. Let's test that first.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Is it right and how many people said it?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40It's right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Down it goes.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Oh, very well done. 18.
0:33:48 > 0:33:5118 for Paraguay.
0:33:52 > 0:33:58- Christine and Ron have said Argentina. How do you feel? - Very bad.- Not very confident.
0:33:58 > 0:34:05Not very confident. OK. Is Argentina right and how many people said it? Good luck.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Well, it's right.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Will it go down as far as Paraguay? 43.
0:34:17 > 0:34:2143, beaten by 18. So after three questions
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Lydia and Ron W are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?
0:34:26 > 0:34:33Very well played. Virtually every country borders Brazil, except Chile and Ecuador.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Let's see the list here.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Guyana is the best answer there with one, Suriname with 2, Venezuela 13,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Paraguay 18. A very good answer. Only three beat it.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Colombia 18,
0:34:45 > 0:34:53Uruguay also 18, Bolivia 23, Peru 41, Argentina top of the board there with 43.
0:34:53 > 0:35:00OK, thank you, Richard. So the losing pair is Christine and Ron S.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06- What would you like to see next time?- Egyptology, from the 6th AD.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09LAUGHTER
0:35:09 > 0:35:14It's been brilliant having you. We will see you again next time.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Thanks, meanwhile. Great players.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26But for Lydia and Ron, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £5,000.
0:35:33 > 0:35:39Congratulations, Lydia and Ron. You fought off all the competition to win our Pointless trophy.
0:35:45 > 0:35:52You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. And the jackpot stands at £5,000.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:03 > 0:36:10We've had one pointless answer today and that was yours, Ron. You came up with Down The Dustpipe.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15What a song to come up with! You only need one more pointless answer.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20Firstly, choose a category from one of these three options:
0:36:26 > 0:36:32- What do you think?- Neither of us knows anything about golf. - So it's the other two.
0:36:32 > 0:36:38- British actresses? - Are you sure? Because I think I could do American novelists.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- If you're certain.- It could be something we don't know.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- I've got a chance with British actresses.- British actresses.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50OK. British actresses. Let's find out the question.
0:36:50 > 0:36:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Maggie Smith films as they could. Maggie Smith films.
0:36:57 > 0:37:03- Richard?- We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release prior to April 2011
0:37:03 > 0:37:11for which Maggie Smith has received an acting credit or a voice credit. No documentaries, short films, TV.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15So any film starring Dame Maggie Smith prior to April, 2011.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Thank you very much, Richard.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win £5,000
0:37:24 > 0:37:30- is for one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.- Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I think she may be in Vanity Fair.
0:37:33 > 0:37:39- I don't know if I've seen her in Vanity Fair.- I think so,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42but I might be completely... Oh, what's that one?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Something Park. I can't remember.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47What were her films?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Oh, gosh. She's in The Secret Garden.- Yeah.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57- And Vanity Fair. - And The Little Princess.- Sorry?
0:37:57 > 0:38:03- The Little Princess. - What shall we go for? Vanity Fair. - The Secret Garden.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- The Secret Garden. And Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.- Yeah.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11OK, we'll stop the clock there. Stop the clock.
0:38:11 > 0:38:18We were looking for Maggie Smith films. I now need three answers. Give me three answers now.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- All right. Secret Garden. - Secret Garden.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Gosford Park? - Gosford Park.- And...
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- The Prime of...- I can't say that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. - Good.
0:38:31 > 0:38:38- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer. - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. OK, we'll put that last.
0:38:42 > 0:38:49- Which is your least likely? - Gosford Park. I'm not sure if it's a film. It just came out.- OK.
0:38:49 > 0:38:56I'll put Gosford Park first, then The Secret Garden and then The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00OK, let's put them up in that order and here they are.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11We were looking for Maggie Smith films. This was your least confident answer.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £5,000.
0:39:16 > 0:39:23Let's see. Gosford Park. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Gosford Park.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Well, you're right. It is a film.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33And down it goes. This has to go all the way down to zero to win the jackpot.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Into the teens, single figures...
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Six!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Very well said!
0:39:42 > 0:39:46That's a great answer. Unfortunately, not a pointless one.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56- £5,000 is a whopping jackpot. What would you do with that?- Spend it!
0:39:56 > 0:40:00I would really like to buy a Bedlington terrier.
0:40:00 > 0:40:08- I'm passionate about dogs and a Bedlington terrier looks a bit like a lamb.- Like a lamb.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14- You'd like a Bedlington terrier. - Yes.- Ron, what would you do? - I won't get my hands on the money!
0:40:14 > 0:40:18- They're not cheap!- OK. - LAUGHTER
0:40:18 > 0:40:25We're looking for Maggie Smith films. Let's hope nobody said your next answer The Secret Garden.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27There it is.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33Let's see if Secret Garden does indeed star Maggie Smith and how many people said it.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36The Secret Garden.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39It's right. It's right.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Your first answer went down to six.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46This has to go all the way down to zero
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- to go home with that £5,000. Down it goes!- Oh!
0:40:51 > 0:40:53APPLAUSE
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Oh, God.
0:40:59 > 0:41:06I thought that was going to go all the way down. One person - not such a secret garden after all.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Not a pointless answer. You only have one more chance.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17There is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. That's the one you decided to put last.
0:41:17 > 0:41:23This has to be pointless if you're going to leave with that jackpot of £5,000.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Let's find out. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
0:41:28 > 0:41:35Is it right and how many of our 100 people said The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie? This is your last shot.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Well, it's right.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43You scored six with Gosford Park. You scored one with Secret Garden.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47If this goes all the way to zero, you leave with £5,000...
0:41:48 > 0:41:50I knew it.
0:41:55 > 0:42:01Unfortunately, 21. Yes, that's not a pointless answer, I'm sorry to say.
0:42:01 > 0:42:07You won't be leaving with today's jackpot of £5,000, but you've been fantastic.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12- You do, of course, take home our Pointless trophy. - APPLAUSE
0:42:14 > 0:42:17We get the trophy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- So, Richard... - Let's look at the pointless answers.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Some surprising names up here. Becoming Jane, about Jane Austen.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30California Suite, she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for that.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35Death On The Nile, Evil Under The Sun also. Well done if you got them.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39The next page is amazing. All three of those were pointless.
0:42:39 > 0:42:47Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Prisoner of Azkaban would have won £5,000.
0:42:47 > 0:42:54Let's look at the next page. Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang, The Pumpkin Eater and Travels With My Aunt.
0:42:54 > 0:43:00Well done if you got those at home. Really bad luck with The Secret Garden.
0:43:00 > 0:43:07- And you knew some of those films. - I thought everyone would name the Harry Potter ones. Clearly not.
0:43:07 > 0:43:13Oh, dear. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been fabulous having you.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Brilliant contestants. Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:24So nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:43:24 > 0:43:28where we'll be playing for £6,000.
0:43:31 > 0:43:38- Join us next time. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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