0:00:22 > 0:00:26Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:33where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:43First up, we welcome Sarah and Leanne. You are our first pair. How do you two know each other?
0:00:43 > 0:00:49We used to go to school together and we now go to uni, but we're still friends.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- Sarah, have you been a team before? - I do quizzes at university,
0:00:54 > 0:00:59but this is the first one where I've actually cared about the outcome.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Thank you. That's good.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06That's very nice indeed. What do you do when you're not studying, Leanne?
0:01:06 > 0:01:13- Well, I like to do dance. Street dance. I'm in my university competition team.- Wow.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19- Do you throw people off your hands? I know all about street dance! - Yes, you do!
0:01:19 > 0:01:24- Do your back flip over the podium. It's amazing.- I will do it.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- I will. - No, I've just been told there's not enough time. Maybe at the end.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- OK, end of the show.- Sorry. - LAUGHTER
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- And very best of luck. Welcome to the show.- Thank you.
0:01:36 > 0:01:42Next we welcome back Jon and Paul. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- Remind us how you know each other. - We are brothers.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- And where are you from, Paul? - Lancashire.- What happened last time?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53A bit of a car crash, really.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59- Literature and authors with three names.- Authors with three names! A tough one.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05- That was really tough.- And your answer was...?- Antony Worrall Thompson apparently isn't an author.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Oh, dear. We had a lot of fun with him after you'd left.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12- After we left.- Yeah.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16I have high hopes for you two. High hopes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:22- I think you were thwarted most unfairly.- We let you down, we let our parents down.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27And, most importantly, we let ourselves down.
0:02:27 > 0:02:33- Listen, you are ambassadors for Lancashire. You get out there and do well.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37And we welcome back Adam and Pippa. Remind us how you know each other.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40We're engaged to be married.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Did you tell us that last time? - No.- I don't think we did.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50- When are you getting married? - Next week.- Really? Wow. OK. That's amazing.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Where are you getting married? - New York.- I tell you, Richard...
0:02:54 > 0:03:01- Just talk amongst yourselves. - You're not going to say we should get married in New York?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03LAUGHTER
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- I'd take that as a no.- No, I'm saying the Church of Pointless,
0:03:12 > 0:03:19- perhaps we could hold ceremonies here.- That's a lovely idea. - You could be some sort of registrar.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Yeah, possible. - We could do Pointless weddings.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Do you mind if we still choose New York?- Pointless weddings.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- That would be brilliant.- Amazing.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Very best of luck.- Thank you. - And finally, David and Lesley.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39- How do you know each other?- We're brother and sister.- From where?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- I've come down from Hull and Lesley from Sleaford.- Where's Sleaford?
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- Lincolnshire.- Lincolnshire. What's a great category for you, David?
0:03:48 > 0:03:54I'm really strong on history, not so bad on politics. But what I'd really, really love to come up
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- is winners of the Golden Apricot at the Yerevan Film Festival.- Wow.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03You remember this. We did it two shows ago.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- That's extremely disappointing. - You'd have been amazing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- Where's the Golden Apricot awarded? - In Yerevan in Armenia.- Right.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- For films?- It's a film festival. - And you win a golden apricot?
0:04:19 > 0:04:26- And a silver apricot as well. - Do you know who won a Lifetime Achievement award there in 2008?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- No, I'm afraid not.- Oh, David! - You'll struggle in Round 3.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Shame.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Very best of luck to you, David and Lesley.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40We'll find out more about all of you. There is only one person left.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45He's like trivia in a suit. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Hiya. Hello.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- A lively bunch, aren't they? - Aren't they?- Should be quite a show.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Jon and Paul were very unlucky.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Paul being a teacher, it's always awkward when a teacher lets themselves down.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12But they might do better this time. Adam and Pippa were great. It would be fitting if they did well,
0:05:12 > 0:05:18as our first Pointless married couple. But all four pairs are in with a chance.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Thank you, Richard. All our questions were put to 100 people,
0:05:22 > 0:05:27but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Every time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:40 > 0:05:48Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000. Today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. If you give me an incorrect answer,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15you score the maximum 100 points.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20OK, our first category this afternoon is...Football.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:06:30 > 0:06:37We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many one-word football clubs as they could.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40One-word football clubs. Richard?
0:06:40 > 0:06:46Any football club in the top four divisions of English football who have a one-word name.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51No Cities or Uniteds. We'll allow FC or AFC, but one-word names.
0:06:51 > 0:06:58And that's as of the 2011-2012 season. Very best of luck. A round people love or people hate.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03OK, now then, Sarah and Leanne, one-word football clubs.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09- Sarah, you are just bursting with ideas for this.- Oh, yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14I've got one word in my head, but it's not football teams.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Um, OK. I'm just going to have a punt
0:07:19 > 0:07:21with...
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- Norwich.- Norwich.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30Oh, no. That's... It's OK, I know it's... Oh, no.
0:07:30 > 0:07:37Norwich says Sarah. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said Norwich.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Oh!- Bad luck, Sarah.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47That's an incorrect answer. That means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:07:47 > 0:07:52- Norwich City, I'm afraid. - Yeah, as soon as I said it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:59Bad luck. I'm sorry. Paul, something tells me you're going to be quite good at this.
0:07:59 > 0:08:07I think I've fallen on my feet. My wife is a very keen football fan, a season ticket holder for Burnley.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Let's see if that's correct and how many said Burnley.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's right.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19It's very right. Look at that.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Ah! Brilliant, Paul.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27A correct answer and a lovely low score. Four for Burnley.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- I bet that feels better, Paul. - It certainly does, yeah!
0:08:31 > 0:08:38In the Championship. Started out as a rugby team called Burnley Rovers, which we wouldn't have accepted.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Often called Burnley Nil. That's the only...
0:08:45 > 0:08:52- Pippa.- Yes.- Remember, we are looking for teams in the English football leagues with one-word names.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58I can think of a couple. I'm going to play it safe with Adam's team that he supports
0:08:58 > 0:09:04- and I'm going to say Everton. - Let's see if that's right and how many people said Everton.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It's right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:1335.
0:09:17 > 0:09:24- 35 for Everton.- Well played, Pippa. In the Premiership, at time of recording.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27You never know.
0:09:27 > 0:09:34Thanks, Richard. David, what's the most obscure one-word football club you can think of?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38This is where my parents spent their honeymoon - Bournemouth.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's right!
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Four! Very well done. The joint-lowest score so far.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- Richard...- Burnley four, Bournemouth four. A very good answer.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02In League One, currently.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores. Tied lowest scores.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Paul and Jon, David and Lesley all on four. Then we go up to 35,
0:10:12 > 0:10:19and then I'm sorry, Sarah and Leanne, up on 100. What has to happen, Leanne,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23is you have to think of a pointless answer and hope someone scores 100.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26That's not going to happen, is it?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It may. Very best of luck!
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:34 > 0:10:41- OK, we are looking for one-word football clubs. Lesley, is this good for you?- Not too bad.
0:10:41 > 0:10:48Not too bad. I've got a few in mind. I think they could be fairly high-scoring,
0:10:48 > 0:10:55- so I'm going to go round the coast, like David did, and I'm going to go for Blackpool.- Blackpool,
0:10:55 > 0:11:01says Lesley. You are the low scorers on four. The high scorers are Leanne and Sarah on 100.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07If you can score 95 or less, you are through. That's what 95 looks like. There's your red line.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Below that, through you go. Is it right?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15It's right and you're through.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Very well done. That scores you eight and takes your total to 12.
0:11:32 > 0:11:39- Richard?- Safely through, Lesley. Relegated from the Premiership on the last day of 2010-2011.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43But they've still got one word in their name.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Now then, Adam. You're on 35. The high scorers are on 100.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54If you score 64 or less, you are through. Something tells me you're pretty comfortable on this.
0:11:54 > 0:12:02- I have one or two in mind.- Yeah. - My answer is going to be Wimbledon. AFC Wimbledon.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Is it right? How many people said Wimbledon?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It's right.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And you are through.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Three!
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Our new lowest score. Very well done. That takes your total to 38.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26- Richard?- Well played, Adam. They formed when the original Wimbledon went to Milton Keynes.
0:12:26 > 0:12:32- Supporters set up AFC Wimbledon. And they're now a League team. - Amazing.- It's a lovely story.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Jon, we are looking for teams in the English Football Leagues with one-word names.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44You're on four. The high scorers are Leanne and Sarah, still on 100.
0:12:44 > 0:12:4695 or less will see you through.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- I think you've got a good answer here.- Not really.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Blackpool was stolen from me.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01And my brother stole the other one and I'm going to go for...
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Liverpool.- Liverpool. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09It's right. You're through.
0:13:11 > 0:13:1348.
0:13:13 > 0:13:1748 for Liverpool takes your total up to 52.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- Liverpool, Richard. - A safe answer, but all you needed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- Very well played.- Thanks. - Now then, Leanne and Sarah,
0:13:26 > 0:13:32- I have sad news for you.- I know. - Even before you've answered, you are the high scorers.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Nonetheless, maybe there's a pointless answer.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Maybe.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45- Do you follow football? - I'm really annoyed. I should have gone first as I knew all of them
0:13:45 > 0:13:51that everyone else has said. And now it doesn't really matter, does it?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I'll just go for a random place.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59- Huddersfield?- Huddersfield. - Yeah. I don't...
0:13:59 > 0:14:02OK, Huddersfield. There's no red line for you.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Is it right? How many people said Huddersfield?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Oh!
0:14:12 > 0:14:18Bad luck! That's an incorrect answer and you score the maximum 100 points.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23- You are, though, in our illustrious 200 Club.- Yes!- Welcome.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28You'll each get a badge and a scarf for that. Richard?
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Congratulations, Leanne. Huddersfield Town. For future reference.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38There's four pointless answers. Some people might have all four.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Let's look at all four names. There's Brentford in London,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47then Morecambe and Rochdale. They're both Lancashire.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53And Stevenage, who very recently changed their name from Stevenage Borough. Well done on those.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57Let's look at the top scorers that most of our 100 people said.
0:14:58 > 0:15:05There's Liverpool that we had from Jon. Chelsea would have scored you 57.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08And Arsenal, up the top on 69.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14Lots of other names on the list - Portsmouth beat Southampton, Millwall beat Watford.
0:15:14 > 0:15:21- Quite a few names up there. - Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair is Leanne and Sarah.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25I've been to Morecambe's stadium. I've been to the ground.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30- Sarah...Sarah... - LAUGHTER
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- At least we're in the 200 Club. - And, best of all, we get to see you again next time.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing. Brilliant.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:15:52 > 0:15:58There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team leaves after this round.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Our category for Round Two is... Celebrities.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going second?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:16:14 > 0:16:22OK, our Round Two question concerns...famous people who were born with another name.
0:16:22 > 0:16:29- Richard?- On each pass, we'll give you six birth names of famous music or movie stars.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33You have to tell us the name by which they're better known.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38A nice obscure answers scores fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- 12 in all for you to get at home. - Thanks, Richard.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45So the better-known stage names of these famous people.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49HE READS THE LIST
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I'll read those one more time.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13There are your names.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18We are looking for the better-known stage names of these famous people.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Jon, what does the board look like to you?
0:17:21 > 0:17:27It's quite tricky, actually. On the face of it, you think, "Yeah, OK,"
0:17:27 > 0:17:31but looking at those I'm not feeling too confident.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36So I'm going to go for Marion Morrison.
0:17:36 > 0:17:43- And I'm going to say John Wayne. - Let's see if that's right and how many knew it. John Wayne.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47It's right! Very well done, Jon.
0:17:49 > 0:17:5041.
0:17:53 > 0:17:5441.
0:17:56 > 0:18:03- Richard?- Safe again, Jon. The famous American movie star. Won a Best Actor Oscar for True Grit.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Adam.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Marion's gone.
0:18:06 > 0:18:13I could be about to embarrass myself here, either by giving the right answer or it being a wrong answer.
0:18:13 > 0:18:20The fact I know the answer. Robert Van Winkle, or Vinkle, however it's pronounced.
0:18:20 > 0:18:28- I'm going for Vanilla Ice. - Vanilla Ice. Could be brilliant. Is it right and how many knew it?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Well done! It's right.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Oh, it's a great answer! Look at that - four!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Very, very well done.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49So well done, it almost makes up for knowing about Vanilla Ice.
0:18:49 > 0:18:55There's a certain generation who know everything about him. Ice Ice Baby was his big hit.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01The first hip hop number one on the Billboard chart. It may be more rap than hip hop.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05And I use the term rap fairly loosely.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Thanks very much, Richard.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Lesley, you're trying to find the stage names of these famous people.
0:19:13 > 0:19:20I thought, "Yay! I know celebrities," and now I think, "No, I don't know any celebrities."
0:19:20 > 0:19:26- But I think Georgios... Panayiotou... The second one. - Georgios Panayiotou?
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Yes, yes, him. I think he's George Michael.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Georgios Panayiotou. George Michael. Let's see if that's right
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and how many people knew that.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Yep, it's right! Well done.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Oh, down it goes. 30.- That's OK.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55- Not bad at all. 30 for Georgios Panayiotou, George Michael.- Well done, Lesley.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00Absolutely right. The lovely George Michael. Let's fill in the rest.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05- Do you know these? Nicolas Coppola? - That's Nicolas Cage.- It is.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Would have scored you 17. Anna Mae Bullock?
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- Tina Turner.- Yes! I did know that. - Simply the third best answer - 14.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- And Frederick Austerlitz? - Freddie Starr.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Fred Astaire!- Fred Astaire. You got there. Nine points.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Well done if you got those. Robert Van Winkle, best answer.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28We're halfway through.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33Adam and Pippa looking fantastic on four. Great answer from you, Adam. Looking strong.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39Then up to 30 to Lesley and David, then up to 41 where we find Jon and Paul.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45You, Paul, will have to find a really good answer to make sure you go through. Very best of luck.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:51 > 0:20:57OK, we're going to put six more famous people up on the board and these are their given names.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59HE READS THE LIST
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I'll read those all one more time.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20There we are. David, a score of 10 or less would see you into the Head to Head.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25We're looking for the better-known stage names of these famous people.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31I know four of them on this board. I'm going to go for Archibald Leach, Cary Grant.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Archibald Leach, Cary Grant, says David.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38If you get below the red line, you are in the head-to-head.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Cary Grant, Archibald Leach, is that right, how many people knew that answer?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It's right.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Very well done. 17.
0:21:51 > 0:21:5517 takes your total up to 47.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57APPLAUSE
0:21:57 > 0:22:02- Archibald Leach? - Absolutely right, Cary Grant. Never won a Best Actor Oscar.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05They gave him an honorary one in 1970.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Pippa, 4 is your score. The high scorers are David and Lesley on 47.
0:22:10 > 0:22:1342 or less, you're in the head-to-head.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I don't know any of them.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22I'm going to take a total stab and say George O'Dowd is George Clooney?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26George Clooney, you say for George O'Dowd. Here's your red line.
0:22:26 > 0:22:33Below that, you're in the next round. George O'Dowd, is it George Clooney, how many people said it?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Pippa, bad luck.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43That takes your total up to 104.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- Richard?- Unlucky, Pippa. Still in the game, though.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50I'm just sensing a subtle rewriting of the wedding vows.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Adam is just adding one sentence. That's all.
0:22:55 > 0:23:02Paul, Pippa and Adam are on 104. You are on 41. If you score 62 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:23:02 > 0:23:09I really don't know. I'm going to go for George O'Dowd and he is better known as Boy George.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Boy George, is it right, how many people said Boy George?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15It's right.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Well done. You are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:20 > 0:23:27- APPLAUSE - 46 for George O'Dowd, Boy George. It takes your total up to 87. Richard?
0:23:27 > 0:23:33I thought for a terrible moment you were going to say George O'Dowd was Antony Worrall Thompson's real name.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37You pulled back from the breach. Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- Robert Zimmerman?- Bob Dylan. - Yes, would have scored you 24.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Paul Hewson?- Bono.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Absolutely. That would have scored 9.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49David Robert Hayward-Jones?
0:23:49 > 0:23:56- He mentioned Robert Zimmerman in a song.- It's David Bowie.- It is David Bowie, yeah - David Jones.
0:23:56 > 0:24:013 points. And Christopher G Wallace is a pointless answer. Do you know that?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- No.- Very well done at home if you said Notorious B.I.G.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11After Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, Pippa and Adam. It wasn't going that way at all.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17- The worrying thing is there is a Boy George song on our wedding playlist. - Not any more, there isn't!
0:24:17 > 0:24:24- It's off.- Certainly not.- As long as it's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, you should be fine.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Listen, Pippa, Adam, lovely to have you on the show.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32And very, very best wishes for next week and indeed for ever.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- Thanks.- Thank you very much.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Brilliant contestants, Pippa and Adam!
0:24:42 > 0:24:47But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Congratulations, David and Lesley, Jon and Paul. You are one round away from the final
0:24:58 > 0:25:03and the chance to play for the jackpot which stands at £4,500.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05APPLAUSE
0:25:06 > 0:25:12Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it will be, you now go head-to-head.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Each pair needs to give just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25If you score less than the other pair, you win that question.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. Let's play head-to-head.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39OK, here is your first question and it concerns...
0:25:41 > 0:25:47- Letters of the Greek alphabet, Richard?- We'll show you five upper case letters of the Greek alphabet.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51You have to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people recognised.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54OK, let's reveal our five Greek letters.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57And here they are.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13OK, so there are our five Greek letters
0:26:13 > 0:26:16and we want their names.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20You'll each pick one, the one the fewest of our 100 people would know.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25David and Lesley, you've played best during the show, so you go first.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30- We definitely know what B is. - I know what B is.- OK.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32We'll go for B - omega.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36B, omega, you are saying. B, omega.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41OK, Jon and Paul, can you pick a letter and name it?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Go for "A" as beta. - Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49We're not sure on this one, really.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54We think it may be... Our best bet is "A" as beta.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56"A", beta.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00So, David and Lesley said B was omega.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said B - omega.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08It is right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:1168.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- We knew it.- Jon and Paul have said "A" - beta.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our people said "A" was beta.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means after one question,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33David and Lesley have taken the lead, 1-0.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39It's proof that Greek letters are easier to recognise when they are the logos of watch companies.
0:27:39 > 0:27:45That's far and away the highest answer, omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet. "A" is sigma.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It would have scored you a fairly low 15.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53C is psi. It would have scored you 8.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58D is theta and that would have scored you 11.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00And the last one of all,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03you might have guessed from the shape, it's delta.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07It would have scored 22 points. Very well done if you got all of those.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Jon and Paul, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Our second question concerns...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23We'll show you the names of five national parks in the UK,
0:28:23 > 0:28:27but we've only included the first two letters and the last two letters
0:28:27 > 0:28:30with dashes for letters in between.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34Can you recognise the most obscure park, as given to our 100 people?
0:28:34 > 0:28:41OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five national parks with missing letters and here we have got...
0:28:59 > 0:29:03I'll read those again with the first and last letters.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Jon and Paul, you go first this time.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22We know a few, but again it's just trying to pick out the most obscure.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25We're going to have a stab at the top one - Brecon Beacons.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Brecon Beacons, you're going for. You have to win this question.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Let's hope that does it for you.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37David and Lesley, what are you going to say? You can talk us through the board if you like.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Well, we both know the bottom two.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Snowdonia and New Forest.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47- I think the second one, is it "Cairgorms"?- Cairngorms, yeah.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Cairngorms, the second one down.
0:29:49 > 0:29:55OK, Cairngorms. So we have Brecon Beacons and we have Cairngorms.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57I wouldn't want to call this!
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Jon and Paul, you've said Brecon Beacons.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Brecon Beacons.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09It's right.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- 23. - APPLAUSE
0:30:17 > 0:30:1923 for Brecon Beacons.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24David and Lesley have said Cairngorms for the second one down.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Cairngorms.
0:30:29 > 0:30:3223 is the score you have to get lower than.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- It's right.- Well done. - How far down is it going to go?
0:30:38 > 0:30:43Oh, look at that - 36 for Cairngorms.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Very, very well done. Jon and Paul, that's exactly what you had to do.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52After two questions, you are even again, 1-1. Richard?
0:30:52 > 0:30:56Well played, both teams. One answer would have won the point.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00It's the PE...ST, which is the Pembrokeshire Coast.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02That would have scored 13 points.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07New Forest is the next one down, in Hampshire. That scored 51.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10And Snowdonia at the bottom for 64.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14That whole board is a reminder of quite how beautiful the UK can be.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17OK, here comes our third question.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23Whoever wins this question is through to the final and will be playing for the jackpot.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Our third question concerns...
0:31:26 > 0:31:29The miners' strike, Richard?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34We'll give you a list of clues to facts about the 1980s miners' strike
0:31:34 > 0:31:37but which ones do you know and which is most obscure?
0:31:37 > 0:31:42Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues about the miners' strike.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44And we have got...
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I'll read those all one more time.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22There we are. David and Lesley, you go first again.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26I don't know the bottom one.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- I know the Prime Minister. - I know the middle one.
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- Go for that.- We'll go for the full name of the breakaway union - Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40The Union of Democratic Mineworkers, the UDM, say David and Lesley.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Now then, Jon and Paul, you can talk us through the board if you like.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49OK, the top, I guess, is Arthur Scargill.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52The second one down is Billy Elliot.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55The fourth one down would be Margaret Thatcher.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- And in which year did it end, I don't know. Do you know?- No.
0:32:59 > 0:33:05So we either pick one of the three which we know or do we hazard a guess...?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- We can't hazard a guess. - Can we not?- No.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Arthur Scargill then, President of the NUM during the strike.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15We will say Arthur Scargill.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20We have David and Lesley saying UDM stands for the Union of Democratic Mineworkers
0:33:20 > 0:33:26and Jon and Paul saying that Arthur Scargill was the head of the NUM during the strike.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32OK, David and Lesley, Union of Democratic Mineworkers, is that right, how many people said it?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35It's right.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Oh, it's a good answer.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45- Look at that - 19.- Well done. - Only 19 people knew that.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50So we have two questions here.
0:33:50 > 0:33:57Is Arthur Scargill right and if it is, is that going to go down lower than 19?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Only one way to find out - Arthur Scargill, is it right?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05It's correct.
0:34:07 > 0:34:0948.
0:34:11 > 0:34:1748 for Arthur Scargill, so after three questions, David and Lesley are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23- Richard?- Well played, David and Lesley. Jon had the right idea that the answers you knew wouldn't win.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27If you had guessed the year it ended, what would you have said?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31I honestly don't know. I think I would have said '85.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35- Well, that would have seen you through to the final.- Aw!
0:34:35 > 0:34:41'85 would have scored you 8 points and the rest of them wouldn't have seen you through to the final.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- I shouldn't have said that, should I?- No, no.
0:34:45 > 0:34:51- A quiet journey home.- The film, of course, is Billy Elliot, but that would have scored you a hefty 65.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55The Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher, as you say,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57which is the biggest score at 66.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Well done if you got all five and if you got all 15 in that head-to-head.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Jon and Paul.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13- The drinks on the train back home might be on you, Paul. - Maybe.- Yeah, big time.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19Jon and Paul, you have done phenomenally well and you can be very proud of your performances.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Thank you so much, Jon and Paul, great contestants.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Well done.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30For David and Lesley, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:35 > 0:35:42Congratulations, David and Lesley. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £4,500.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00APPLAUSE
0:36:02 > 0:36:07The rules are simple. All you need to win that money is to find a pointless answer.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12We haven't had any pointless answers today. Find one now and you go home with the money.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these five options.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Hmm, maybe Sporting Awards. What would you favour out of those five?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Any of the middle three, probably Film Directors.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39- You want to do Film Directors?- If you're OK with that.- Yeah.- Fantastic.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- You'll go for Film Directors?- Yes. - Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:45 > 0:36:51to name as many Oscar-nominated UK-born film directors as they could. Richard?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55We want any film director born in the UK who has been nominated
0:36:55 > 0:37:01for the Academy Award for Best Director since 1971 all the way through to the 2011 ceremony.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08You have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13All you need to win that £4,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Are you ready?- We are.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Right, then... - Well, there's Alfred Hitchcock.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- He'll be probably quite well known. - He'll be very high, yes.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29It's not turning out to be quite such a good category.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34- Hugh Hudson, who did Chariots Of Fire, might be quite a good one.- Yes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:40- I don't think Terence Davies has been nominated.- We could put him to one side.- Yes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- And slip him in if we have to. - David Lean is another one.- OK.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49- That will be another quite high-scoring one.- Not necessarily. - No, not necessarily.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54It's since 1971 as well, so let's try and think...
0:37:55 > 0:38:01- I'll try and push some brain waves. - You'll have to because I've just about exhausted it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I don't know any. So what do you want to go for?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- David Lean.- David Lean is a good one. - Hugh Hudson.- He's a good one.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14- And Alfred Hitchcock. - We'll have Alfred first.- Yeah. We'll get it right.- I think so.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Are you happy with that?- Yes.- OK.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Before the clock has run its course, you've got your three answers.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26We were looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors. What are your answers?
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- Alfred Hitchcock.- Yeah. - David Lean.- Yeah.- Hugh Hudson.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- I suspect that's the order... - That'll be the order we put them in.
0:38:34 > 0:38:41- Hugh Hudson is your most confident punt?- If he's been nominated, he's most likely to be pointless.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52We were looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors.
0:38:52 > 0:38:58Your first answer was Alfred Hitchcock. You suspect this is right, but probably not pointless.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03I'm not even sure it's right, to be quite honest, thinking about it now.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08It'll have to be pointless if you want it to win your £4,500 jackpot. It's your first shot.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Alfred Hitchcock, is it right, how many people said it?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17There you are, not even right.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22- Not to worry.- Not a pointless answer but you still have two more chances.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28- He was only holding a space for you. - Yes.- You'd have been surprised if it had been right and pointless.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- I would've been surprised if we'd won.- What would you do with £4,500?
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- I would buy two life-sized Daleks. - Would you?- Yes.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44- Good.- I can hear my wife drawing up the divorce papers, but I would buy two life-sized Daleks.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Lesley?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50My children are desperate for Disneyland, Florida,
0:39:50 > 0:39:54so that would be a big chunk to help us on our way.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59OK, very best of luck. You have two more answers that might win that jackpot for you.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03We are looking for UK-born Oscar-nominated directors.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Let's hope nobody said your next answer, David Lean.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- We're certain he's right. - Not as certain as I was.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15It has to be right and it has to be pointless if you're to win that jackpot of £4,500.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19David Lean, is it right, how many people said David Lean?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It's right.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- That's a start.- You were incorrect with Alfred Hitchcock.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31David Lean is right and he's still going down, into the 20s, the teens.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Into single figures... 9.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- APPLAUSE - 9 is good.
0:40:36 > 0:40:389...
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Well done.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. How did you come across Hugh Hudson?
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- I just thought of who directed Chariots Of Fire. - It won plenty of Oscars.- Exactly.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58Let's hope you're right and it's pointless. A couple of life-sized Daleks are riding on this.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00No. No!
0:41:02 > 0:41:06To win that jackpot of £4,500, this has to be correct and pointless.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Hugh Hudson, is it right, how many people said it? Best of luck.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's right. Very, very well done, David.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Your first answer was incorrect, your second answer went down to 9.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Hugh Hudson - you said this was your most confident answer.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Still going down...
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- Yes, you've done it! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Very, very, very well done. - Thank you very much.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- Very well done. Superb.- Well done!
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Congratulations. Hugh Hudson was a pointless answer
0:41:41 > 0:41:45which means you go home with the jackpot of £4,500.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Well done.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49APPLAUSE
0:41:52 > 0:41:54That's amazing.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59- Richard?- We don't see a team like that often. First show, aced every single round,
0:41:59 > 0:42:05then a pointless answer and you were right - it was for Chariots Of Fire, the 1981 film, nominated for that.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Hitchcock's last nomination was 1960 for Psycho.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Let's look at some other pointless answers. People at home will have got these.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Adrian Lyne was nominated for Fatal Attraction,
0:42:17 > 0:42:23Alan Parker for Mississippi Burning and Midnight Express, Anthony Minghella for English Patient...
0:42:23 > 0:42:29John Madden directed Shakespeare In Love, John Schlesinger won for Midnight Cowboy,
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Ken Russell nominated for Women In Love.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36Kenneth Branagh nominated for Henry V, Peter Cattaneo directed The Full Monty
0:42:36 > 0:42:39and Stephen Frears was nominated for The Grifters.
0:42:39 > 0:42:45There's Charles Crichton, Mike Figgis, Peter Yates, but Hugh Hudson is the most important. Well played.
0:42:45 > 0:42:52Thanks once again to our winning players, David and Lesley, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,500.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye for me.
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