0:00:15 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Welcome to Pointless, where the obvious answers mean nothing
0:00:28 > 0:00:32and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet our players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40First, welcome Ian and Steph back to the show. You were on last time.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your second and final chance.
0:00:45 > 0:00:51- Remind us how you know each other. - Boyfriend and girlfriend. Been together a year and a half.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53From Belfast. What happened last time?
0:00:53 > 0:00:58- Barbers. We weren't so hot on famous barbers.- Famous barbers.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- You didn't get them wrong.- No, just the highest answers on each pass.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04They were famous barbers.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Steph, barbers are out of the way. You're studying film.- Yes.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13- So it was a dream first round.- A dream. Tim Burton films.- Definitely.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15What do you hope comes up today?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18After Tim Burton, Johnny Depp films would be great!
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- It's kind of the same thing!- Yes!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Outside of film?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Maybe something general, like US states. You can always guess.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Have you been to America?- Yes.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33So your American knowledge is good. Ian, how about you?
0:01:33 > 0:01:39Science fiction didn't come up last time. So it's a possibility. That's what I'm hoping for.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Ian and Steph, welcome back. I hope we see lots of you.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- Please can you get through to the final.- We'll try!- Please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51- Next we welcome Maxwell and Elliott. How do you know each other? - We're both brothers.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Ah.- We're both brothers, yeah(!)
0:01:54 > 0:01:56You're both brothers!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Not just one of us!
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- It sort of works that way. - It can do!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Where are you from, Maxwell? - Luton.- Elliott, what do you do?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09I'm an art director in a creative agency.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- And Maxwell?- I'm a project manager for an engineering company.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- What kind of engineering? - Building Management Systems.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- I don't know if that means anything to you.- I know what buildings are.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24And I have an idea what management might be. And systems I think are brilliant!
0:02:24 > 0:02:27So I, yeah, win, win, win.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Maxwell, what would you like to see come up today?
0:02:30 > 0:02:36- Anything with a scientific background. Bit of a nerd.- OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Elliott, anything else to bring to the party?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I've got two small daughters, so I'd like children's TV.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47- I play Pointless at home with my two-year-old!- Junior Pointless.
0:02:47 > 0:02:53I play the parts of Alexander and Richard and she guesses characters from Dora the Explorer.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Very good. Maxwell and Elliott, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Next we welcome Alan and Phil. How do you know each other? - Father and son.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- And where are you from, Phil? - A little place called Leigh, near Manchester.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- Alan?- I'm just retired from being a Methodist minister.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19I did most of my ministry down in the Devon, Cornwall area.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22What are you doing in your retirement? Any hobbies?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I'm doing a bit of gardening now and I've started writing a book.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Have you? What sort of book is it?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It's all about Christianity in Roman times.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's going to be a fictional one
0:03:35 > 0:03:40based on a man named Germanicus, a Roman soldier.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Kind of a thriller? A historical thriller?
0:03:43 > 0:03:49Something like that. Basically showing how Christianity was at that time of history.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55- Phil, what do you do?- I'm a train driver.- That's a job we'd all love!
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- Do you ever, for fun, work out how many thousands of miles you've covered?- No.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04No, it was my fault for putting "fun" in there!
0:04:04 > 0:04:10- I can't think of anything more fun than driving a train. - It's quite cool, isn't it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13It's not so good when you're getting up at quarter to three!
0:04:13 > 0:04:19That's true. But you forget all of that when you watch the country go "Wee-oo!"
0:04:19 > 0:04:23What's a good category for you, Alan? I'm guessing Roman history?
0:04:23 > 0:04:29- Sport.- Sport.- General knowledge. I like to keep on top of affairs, that sort of thing.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Good.- Weaknesses perhaps science and that sort of thing.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37- But maybe Phil that's where you come in, to field the loose balls Alan lets pass.- No!
0:04:37 > 0:04:44- No, no.- If you were really quick, you'd be good at British geography.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46As things go past.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Anything blurred I'll be good at!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52APPLAUSE
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Oh, gosh.- Great having you on the show. Welcome to Pointless.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Finally we welcome back Jude and Chris. This is your second shot at the final.
0:05:03 > 0:05:09Remind us how you know each other. We met at college when we were training to be teachers.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11We've known each other for over 40 years.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Remind us what happened last time.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16We were fairly... We were absolutely hopeless.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Never even heard of the guy.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- It was Tim Burton.- Didn't have a clue. Tim Burton, no idea.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28Jude, what's going to happen today to make up for that? We want you to go as far as you can.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I thought I was good on geography, but I doubt myself these days.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36- Geography questions are OK.- Chris, do you want to lob in a few...
0:05:36 > 0:05:42Sport again. Nature, animals, that sort of thing.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46It's lovely having you back, Jude and Chris. Very best of luck.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51We'll find out more about all of you later. Only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Some of the things he knows are so obscure,
0:05:54 > 0:05:59even he's not sure if he actually knows them. He is my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Hiya!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Richard.- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- The curse of the returning pairs continues.- It goes on!
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Ten shows in a row now we've had first-time winners.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17We haven't had a returning pair win for ten shows.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22So, Ian and Steph, and Jude and Chris, we need to break this at some point.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26However, it'll be hard today because Alan and Phil, Maxwell and Elliott,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29a couple of brilliant first-time pairs.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35And with two of the greatest jobs of all time. A train driver and a building management systems engineer.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40But it would be lovely, much as I love our two new pairs,
0:06:40 > 0:06:45you can come back and have another go next time. It would be lovely to break our duck.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- Wouldn't it be nice?- It really would be nice. Thanks, Richard.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55We want the answers they didn't get.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01For a chance of winning our jackpot, all you need to do is find the obscure answers
0:07:01 > 0:07:06that those people couldn't get. Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08one that none of our 100 people knew.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48OK. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Let's see what the question is. Here it comes.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:08:06 > 0:08:11as many countries that have hosted a Formula One Grand Prix as they could.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Countries hosting a Formula 1 Grand Prix.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Any country other than the UK that has hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix
0:08:18 > 0:08:21all the way from the Drivers' World Championship in 1950
0:08:21 > 0:08:24through to the end of the 2011 season.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29By country we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state in its own right.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32We won't accept San Marino or Luxembourg.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35They've had grand prix named after them but not held there.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Thanks. Ian and Steph, you all drew lots before the show.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Today you are going to go first. Steph.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48- Do you follow Formula 1? - Not one bit. I'll just name a random country
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and hope they've hosted Formula 1.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- So I'll go for Mexico.- Mexico.
0:08:54 > 0:09:02Let's find out. Is it correct, and if so, how many people said Mexico.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04It's right!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Very well done, Steph.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11As shots in the dark go, that's a pretty good one.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Very well done. Four for Mexico.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21If you're having a wild guess, that's a good guess to have!
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Nigel Mansell won the last one in 1992.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Steph, if you'd just said Mexico,
0:09:27 > 0:09:32we would now be thinking, "She knows so much about Formula 1."
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Very clever.
0:09:33 > 0:09:41Maxwell. The most obscure nation that's hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I can think of a lot, but I want to go as obscure as possible
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- so I'm thinking - they're fairly new to it as well - Turkey.- Turkey.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Is it right and if so, how many people said Turkey?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Very well done, Maxwell.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Brilliant. Oh, look at that! Very well done indeed!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08That is a pointless answer and adds £250 to today's jackpot
0:10:08 > 0:10:10taking the total to 2,250.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15And it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed. Richard?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Great introduction to the show. They held their first in 2005
0:10:19 > 0:10:21but off the roster now for various reasons.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Very good.- When he engineers a building management system, it stays managed!
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Oh, yeah. Alan. Do you follow Formula 1?
0:10:30 > 0:10:34No. No, I don't. But I do know places where they've had them.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- I'm going to plump for South Korea. - South Korea.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44Let's see if it's right and if so how many people said South Korea.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's right.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50We've had four and a pointless so far.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53South Korea's going the right way. Look at that!
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Very well done. Lovely answer. Two for South Korea.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Everybody's brilliant!- I know!- They held their first Grand Prix in 2010.
0:11:05 > 0:11:12Three incredible scores. Incredible. A four, a pointless and a two. Chris.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I'm not piling the pressure on or anything, but...
0:11:15 > 0:11:21- I can think of all the obvious ones, but I'll go for Dubai.- Dubai.
0:11:21 > 0:11:27Dubai. Let's see if that's a correct answer and if so how many people said Dubai?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Ooh, bad luck, Chris!
0:11:31 > 0:11:37I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points. Sorry.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Richard?- It hasn't had a Grand Prix - and it isn't a country!
0:11:40 > 0:11:45- Of course.- So a double whammy! - Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Well, the grouping at the bottom of the table is fantastic.
0:11:49 > 0:11:55Maxwell and Elliott looking strong on nothing. Alan and Phil on two and Steph and Ian on four.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Anything can happen there.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03But maybe you don't need to worry. Chris and Jude have put themselves so far ahead on 100.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07But that could all change if you find a pointless answer, Jude.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12It could be enough to see you through. Can the second players please take their places.
0:12:14 > 0:12:20OK, we're looking for countries that have hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Jude, you're the high scorers on 100.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Have you had some ideas? - Yes, I have.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Do you follow Formula 1? - I do watch it, most of the time.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- But I can never remember who's doing what, where and when.- Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36But I think I know two that might be quite good answers.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41So we'll go with one of them and I'm going with Qatar.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Qatar, you're saying. OK, there's no red line for you.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48just hope this is right and goes down as far as it can.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Qatar. Is that right? How many people said it?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Oh, no! Jude!
0:12:54 > 0:13:00Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- That takes your total up to 200. - I'm sorry, Jude.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10I think also that gives you membership of our coveted 400 club!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- Wonderful!- Yes!
0:13:12 > 0:13:17We meet regularly. We just watch Tim Burton films and chat about Formula 1!
0:13:17 > 0:13:24It's fun! Now then, Phil, we come to you. The good news is you're through to the next round.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27But I bet there are other pointless answers in this round.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Well, I had a few lined up. Some safe ones.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37- But I'm going to have a stab at Canada.- Canada. Canada,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41says Phil. No red line for you, you're through whatever happens.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Canada. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45It's right.
0:13:54 > 0:13:5620 for Canada takes your total up to 22. Richard?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Held in Montreal at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Elliott, we're after countries that have hosted the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09You're on nothing. The high scorers are so far out of your reach.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14You could just say a safe answer, or follow Maxwell's example
0:14:14 > 0:14:17and see if you can find a pointless answer.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- Do you follow Formula 1? - I don't. I never watch it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Max is the boffin on this one.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27But I'm going to go for a wild stab in the dark.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I have a few that I know are definitely Formula 1 countries.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35But I'm going to go for the United Arab Emirates.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36The United Arab Emirates.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Is it right and if so, how many people said the United Arab Emirates?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43No red line. You're through anyway.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45It's right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Down it goes!
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Still going down. Two!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56That was a phenomenal answer, Elliott.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01All the better for being a guess. It takes your total to two. Richard?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Well played. First held in 2009 in Abu Dhabi.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Dubai, of course, Chris, part of the United Arab Emirates.- Ian?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10You're through to the next round.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15I'll just take a stab at a country. I know a couple.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17So I'll say Portugal.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23Portugal says Ian. Let's see if that's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said Portugal.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's right.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34It's a brilliant answer. Fantastic, Ian.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Seven. That takes your total up to 11.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43The second lowest score of the round. Well done. Richard?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Again, not for a while. 1996 was the last Portuguese Grand Prix.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52You are our standard bearers to get rid of the curse of the returning couples!
0:15:52 > 0:15:57There is only one pointless answer in this round. Maxwell picked the only one off the board.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00That was Turkey. Let's see the other low scorers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Other low scorers, Sweden, South Africa, Netherlands, Switzerland.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Well done if you got any of those.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Let's see the most popular answers that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27the losing pair with the highest score again is Jude and Chris.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31We've had thoughtful and considered answers from you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36For the right reasons, you've scored the maximum scores!
0:16:36 > 0:16:42They were the right reasons. You thought hard to try and reason a good answer.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Jude and Chris, sorry we won't see more of you this time.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Sorry you won't be breaking our jinx of the returning pairs.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Thank you so much for coming. Jude and Chris. Great contestants.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58For the remaining three pairs, time for Round Two.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head
0:17:07 > 0:17:10so one of the teams will be leaving at the end of this round.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30OK, our Round Two question concerns...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- Musical boys and girls, Richard? - Yes.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39On each pass we're going to show you six UK hit singles
0:17:39 > 0:17:42with the word boy or girl in the title.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45All you have to do is tell us which act performed that song.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48An obscure answer will score fewer points.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51An incorrect answer, as always, is 100 points.
0:17:51 > 0:17:5312 boys and girls to get at home.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57We want the artists who sang these songs with boy or girl in the title.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I'll read those one more time.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29There are the girl or boy singles.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33We need the name of the artist of the most obscure one you know.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The one the fewest of our 100 people got.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- Steph?- I was happy when I heard pop music come up,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and now it's literally I don't know any.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Two Little Boys - was it Rolf Harris?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Two Little Boys, Rolf Harris. Is it right and if it is,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55It's exactly right.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07It's quite a high score, but a lot better than 100. 64, Two Little Boys.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Yes. A number one single in 1969. Two Little Boys.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15Elliott? There are our songs about boys and girls.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Right. I know a couple on that board.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22It's just trying to work out which one will be the most obscure.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I'll go with Candy Girl at the top
0:19:25 > 0:19:26and say New Edition.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31New Edition, Candy Girl, says Elliott. That's good.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Is it right and if so how many people knew that answer.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37It's exactly right.
0:19:43 > 0:19:50Very well done indeed. Six for Elliott. New Edition, Richard.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Elliott and Maxwell are good, aren't they?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Properly good. From 1983. Absolutely right. Bobby Brown.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00There we are. Now, then, Alan. The artists who had hits with these songs.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06Featuring the words boy or girl. You're the last person to have this board.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10It's a bit out my depth, this. I'm not sure on any of them.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14But I'm going to have a guess at Bad Boys.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Duran Duran.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Bad Boys. Duran Duran.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Duran Duran says Alan for Bad Boys.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25If it's right, how many people knew that answer?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- I'm not surprised.- Bad luck, Alan. That's an incorrect answer
0:20:32 > 0:20:35so you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Richard?- Sorry, Alan, not Duran Duran. It's the same era.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It's Wham! I'm afraid.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Wham! would have scored you 12 points.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Alexander, West End Girls? 1975. - Pet Shop Boys.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Pet Shop Boys had a hit with it in that year.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Sunday Girl.- Blondie. - Absolutely. Scored 27.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- And Goodnight Girl from '92? - That one I don't know.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- Wet Wet Wet.- That's probably why I don't know that one!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The best answer there Candy Girl. Well done, Elliott.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Well done if you got that at home.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Thank you, Richard. A brilliant score there from Elliott.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14It places Elliott and Maxwell in the position of being at the bottom of the table
0:21:14 > 0:21:20with only six points. A long way up we come to Steph and Ian on 64
0:21:20 > 0:21:23and then quite a long way up, Alan and Phil on 100.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Phil, we're relying on you in the next pass.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38We're going to put six more hit singles with boy or girl in the title. Here they come.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I'll read those one more time.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10We want the acts that performed these songs.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Phil, is this a kindly board?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21The other one was better. I'm not sure of any of them, to be fair.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26I'm going to have a punt. Uptown Girl, Billy Joel.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Billy Joel. Uptown Girl. No red line, as you're the high scorers.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Let's see how you do with Uptown Girl, Billy Joel.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It is right.
0:22:42 > 0:22:4658 takes your total up to 158. Richard.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52- It just about still keeps you in the round. Number one in 1983 for Billy Joel.- Maxwell.
0:22:52 > 0:22:58If you needed this safety net, you have it. You're through to the next round.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01But I have a feeling you're going to get the best answer.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Definitely the previous board was better for me.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09But I think I'm going to go with My Boy Lollipop and Shirley Temple.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14I don't know about your brother's expressions, but he's making this face!
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I take it that's wrong!
0:23:17 > 0:23:22We'll see. My Boy Lollipop, Shirley Temple.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Is it right, and if so, how many people said it?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Shirley Temple.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Bad luck. It's incorrect. Scores you 100 points.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Takes your total to 106, but you're through to the next round anyway. Richard?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Possibly you're thinking of On The Good Ship Lollipop.- Ah!
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Now, then. Ian.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46You're the last person to have this board. The high scorers are Phil and Alan.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50You're on 64, which means 93 or less will see you into the head-to-head.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- Fill in all those blanks if you like.- There's only one that I know.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58That's China Girl, David Bowie.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Is it right and if so, how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Below that red line, welcome to the head-to-head. China Town, David Bowie.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It is right. You're through.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Very well done. You're in the head-to-head. Richard?
0:24:20 > 0:24:25David Bowie, 65 years old! He's had over 50 Top 40 hits.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- Wow.- Not bad going, is it? - Just you shut your mouth!
0:24:30 > 0:24:35- Yeah, I'll happily do that.- No, that's...- It's from the song.- Yes.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Alan, can you tell us who in 1984 had a hit with The Wild Boys?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- Duran Duran!- Exactly, yes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Exactly right. That would have scored 42 points.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54My Boy Lollipop sold over seven million copies worldwide.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58It was a hit for Millie in 1964. 29 points.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Japanese Boy was Aneka.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05The stage name of Mary Sandeman, a Scottish folk singer. Six points.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07And Star Girl. Do you know? 2006.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- McFly.- Yes. McFly. Two points.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I'll put my neck on the line and say that's a brilliant song by McFly.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19Genuinely a big fan. The best answer on the board. Well done if you got it at home.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25Thank you very much. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score is Alan and Phil.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Had you got Wham! you'd probably still have lost.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31But still...
0:25:31 > 0:25:36It would have been. I still think that was very impressive, though.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Along the right lines. That was the song you were thinking of?
0:25:40 > 0:25:45My daughter, she was into... She'll kill me cos she was into Wham!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Ah, well. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53We'll see you again, which is great news for us.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- You've been excellent contestants. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Congratulations, Ian and Steph, Maxwell and Elliott,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14you're now only one round away from the final
0:26:14 > 0:26:19and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,250.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Clearly only one pair can play for that money.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31To decide who it'll be, you now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34The first pair to win two questions plays for the jackpot.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37The good news is you're now allowed to confer.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Let's play head-to-head.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Here comes your first question. It concerns...
0:26:54 > 0:27:00- Richard?- We'll show you five pictures of current or former presenters of the Today programme.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Can you name the most obscure of these, please?
0:27:03 > 0:27:08OK. Thank you. Let's reveal our five Today programme presenters.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28There they are. Ian and Steph, you've played best so far.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31You are our best bet we've had for a long time
0:27:31 > 0:27:36to break this run of newcomers going through to the final.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So please consider hard and answer well.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41But you get to go first.
0:27:45 > 0:27:51Well, I thought C was George Galloway, but apparently it's not!
0:27:51 > 0:27:53That's the only answer we have!
0:27:53 > 0:27:57So let's hope he's done enough. George Galloway.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02C, George Galloway. That's not a terrible call, actually!
0:28:02 > 0:28:07There we are. Maxwell and Elliott, talk us through the board.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- We've been let off the hook here. - I certainly recognise the faces.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15I know A does Mastermind, but I can't remember his name.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I know E, but I can't remember her name.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I think she might be a food critic as well.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- But we know C definitely isn't George Galloway, it's Des Lynam. - Des Lynam.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28So we have George Galloway, we have Des Lynam
0:28:28 > 0:28:31jockeying to be the name behind C.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36In the order they were given, George Galloway, gorgeous George Galloway,
0:28:36 > 0:28:41say Ian and Steph. Is it right and if so, how many people said George Galloway.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44No, I'm afraid!
0:28:44 > 0:28:49Looking good for Maxwell and Elliott. They also chose C.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51They said that's Des Lynam.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54At this stage, all it has to be is correct. Is it?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Yep, it is.
0:28:57 > 0:29:0165 people out of 100 knew that to be Des Lynam.
0:29:01 > 0:29:07Very well done, Maxwell and Elliott, by the skin of your teeth there.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10After one question you're up one-nil.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Yes, it was Dishy Des rather than Gorgeous George.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I'm worried the curse of the returning contestants is not going to be broken!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Let's go through the board.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22A is indeed the man who does Mastermind.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30We've seen Des Lynam on 65.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Do you recognise D?
0:29:32 > 0:29:36- I sort of do recognise D.- He presents Hard Talk on BBC News.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41The best answer on the board. Well done if you said that at home,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44unless you are him, in which case, come on, recognise yourself!
0:29:44 > 0:29:46- And E is...- Jenni Murray.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49She also hosts Women's Hour.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- Well done if you got all five. - Thank you.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Now, here comes our second question.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Ian and Steph, you know what you have to do.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01We are relying on you. You have to break this jinx!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Our second question concerns...
0:30:05 > 0:30:08George Clooney, Richard.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11We'll see five clues, facts about George Clooney.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Which is the most obscure fact on this board?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Let's reveal our clues to facts about George Clooney. Here they come. We have got...
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I'll read those one more time.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Five clues to facts about George Clooney.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Elliott and Maxwell, you go first.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04You want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07We've got a slight inkling on a few.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Nothing really positive on any.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13We'll go with the Italian lake and Garda.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Garda. Lake Garda you are saying.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Ian and Steph,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20you can take us through the board, if you like.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25It won't take long as we don't know a single one!
0:31:25 > 0:31:29One time I begged Ian to get me a pot-bellied pig and I used George Clooney as an example.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- I don't know the name of it. - You don't know the name?
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- No!- The late pot-bellied pig. - Let's guess the name of the pig.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41The pot-bellied pig, we're going to call it Percy.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Percy the pot-bellied pig, you are saying. Percy the pig.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48So in the order they were given,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Maxwell and Elliott have said the Italian lake on which his villa stands
0:31:52 > 0:31:54is Lake Garda.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Is it right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said that?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Ian and Steph said George Clooney's late pot-bellied pig
0:32:05 > 0:32:08rejoiced in the name of Percy.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Is it right, and if so, how many people said it? Percy the pig.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Richard?
0:32:17 > 0:32:21It's a tough board. The highest score is 15. Let's take you through.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25The Italian lake, it's not Garda, it's Lake Como.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36His aunt who guest-starred in ER was Rosemary Clooney.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39She had number one hits with This Old House and Mambo Italiano.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Was in White Christmas opposite Bing Crosby.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53And the name of his late pot-bellied pig is the same as our favourite member of The Wanted,
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- the answer is...- Max.- Absolutely right. A pointless answer.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- Well done if you went through the board. Obscure answers there. - There we are.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07After two questions, the score is still one-nil to Maxwell and Elliott.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09You had a reprieve there, Ian and Steph!
0:33:09 > 0:33:14You know what you have to do. Here's question three. It concerns...
0:33:16 > 0:33:21We'll show you the names of five Shakespeare plays, but only the initials.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Tell us the name of the play. The most obscure answer scores a point.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Let's reveal our Shakespeare plays in initial form.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I'll read those one more time.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Ian and Steph, you go first again this time.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55- Do we have an answer?- Yes.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59I would say AMND, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04A Midsummer Night's Dream. Thank you. Maxwell and Elliott, what will you go for?
0:34:04 > 0:34:08We're going to go with KJ. It's not about John Humphrys,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11but it's about King John.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15King John. So we have A Midsummer Night's Dream and we have King John.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Ian and Steph, A Midsummer Night's Dream for AMND.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Is it right? If so, how many people said it?
0:34:23 > 0:34:24It's right.
0:34:33 > 0:34:3635 for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40King John say Maxwell and Elliott for KJ.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43If you win this, we send our returning couple home
0:34:43 > 0:34:45and you go through to the final.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48King John. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Well done. It's right.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I think... Yes, it sees you through to the final.
0:34:56 > 0:34:5912 people got King John.
0:34:59 > 0:35:05Which means after three questions, Maxwell and Elliott are through to the final two-nil.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Midsummer Night's Dream was the biggest answer on the board.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12- TT is...- The Tempest. - Would have scored 34.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- MAAN.- Much Ado About Nothing.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Right. That would have scored 22.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- TAC.- Troilus and Cressida.- That was the best answer with nine points.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Well done if you got all of those. - Thanks, Richard.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Ian and Steph.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35Well, you've done very well through to the head-to-head.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39- But they were tough. Do you ever listen to the Today programme?- No.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- How were you meant to know what they look like? - Des Lynam's been on telly.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47True, but Des Lynam was the... George Galloway! But still.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Tell you what, somewhere there's a small Scotsman going, "Yes!"
0:35:53 > 0:35:58"Yes!" But I'm sorry to say we have to say goodbye to you here.
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Our jinx continues.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04But it's been lovely having you on the show. Ian and Steph!
0:36:04 > 0:36:08But for Maxwell and Elliott it's time for our Pointless final.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18Congratulations, Maxwell and Elliott. You fought off the competition and won our trophy.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19Well done.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Now a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,250.
0:36:35 > 0:36:41You've done very well. An amazing low score in that first round. The Formula 1 round.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45You had a pointless answer, so you're responsible for the 250 quid.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Through Round Two and a clean sweep in the head-to-head.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Looks good. The rules are simple to win that money.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54All you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Our one pointless answer today came from you.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01You only have to find one more and you go home with the money. Choose a category.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04You can choose from these five options.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I don't think literary awards is us. Not sure about politics.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- Seventies music is a bit before me. - I could give it a go.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- I think it's going to be actresses because it's the one...- We can both have a stab at.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Actresses it's going to be.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Let's find out what your question is.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:32 > 0:37:36as many Renee Zellweger films as they could.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- Renee Zellweger, Richard.- Any film made for general cinema release
0:37:40 > 0:37:44for which Renee Zellweger has received an acting credit up to the end of 2011.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47No TV films, short films or documentaries.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Voice performances do count.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52You have one minute to find three answers.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58All you need to win that £2,250 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03There they are. Your time starts now.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Bridget Jones and the other one. I don't know what the second one was.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Um... There's... God, I had it a second ago.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- Jerry Maguire.- Yes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Any time you fancy saying something...
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I'm sure she's done the voices of... Not Shrek.
0:38:25 > 0:38:31- But...- What was the...- Something... Something like that.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Renee Zellweger.- Renee Zellweger.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- I'm sure she's been in Pixar or something.- Chick-flick stuff.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Renee Zellweger.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47Was she in any Jim Carey ones?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51No, that's Cameron Diaz.
0:38:51 > 0:38:57- We haven't got much time. - Ten seconds.- What's the second one? The second Bridget Jones?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- The Edge of Reason.- Yeah.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02That's going to have to be our three.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05There's your time up.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10We were looking for Renee Zellweger films. I need your three answers.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Well, shall we go for Bridget Jones. - The Edge of Reason.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20- Gnomeo and Juliet. - Gnomeo and Juliet.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- And Jerry Maguire.- Of those three,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- We'll stick Bridget Jones at the end.- Put Bridget Jones at the end.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- Because it was a guess, Gnomeo and Juliet.- Gnomeo and Juliet we'll put first.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Let's put them up in that order. Here they come.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45We were looking for Renee Zellweger films.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50Gnomeo and Juliet was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Obviously it has to be correct and pointless to win that £2,250 jackpot.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Is it right? If so, how many people said Gnomeo and Juliet.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08What would you do with £2,250?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11I'd go on holiday. Somewhere nice.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- And mine would probably be sunk into my money-pit of a house!- OK.
0:40:15 > 0:40:21We're looking for Renee Zellweger films. Let's hope nobody said Jerry Maguire.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25This might be right, but it has to be pointless to win the jackpot.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29So for £2,250, how many people said Jerry Maguire?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31It's right.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Down it goes.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38You felt this might be quite well known
0:40:38 > 0:40:41but it's going down into the 20s, into the teens. Jerry Maguire.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Look at that - nine!
0:40:47 > 0:40:49That's quite surprisingly low.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- Lower than I thought.- Maybe it's looking good for your last answer.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59One more chance to win today's jackpot of £2,250.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04We are looking for Renee Zellweger films. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Is it right and how many people said it. Best of luck.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08It's right.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Down it goes. We went down to nine for Jerry Maguire.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Might this take you down to zero and win you that £2,250...
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Bad luck. Unfortunately you didn't find that all-important pointless answer
0:41:29 > 0:41:34so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,250 which rolls over to the next show.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38You've been brilliant contestants and you do take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:42 > 0:41:48- Richard?- Unlucky, Maxwell and Elliott. You played very well throughout.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54Bridget Jones's Diary was the biggest scorer, the first film there. Chicago and Big Mountain.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Three animated films. Monsters vs Aliens and Shark Tale scored two
0:41:58 > 0:42:02and another which is a pointless answer. Let's see the pointless ones.
0:42:02 > 0:42:08A Price Above Rubies with Christopher Eccleston. Appaloosa. Bee Movie, the Jerry Seinfeld animation.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13That would have won you the money. Liar. One True Thing with Meryl Streep.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Winona Ryder film Reality Bites was pointless.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18The Bachelor with Chris O'Donnell.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. How could you guys forget that?
0:42:23 > 0:42:25And The Whole Wide World.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- Well done if you got any at home. - Thank you. Unfortunately,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32we have to say goodbye, Maxwell and Elliott.
0:42:32 > 0:42:38It's been brilliant having you here. Superb contestants. Thanks for playing. Maxwell and Elliott.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Maxwell and Elliott didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over to the next show
0:42:46 > 0:42:50when we will be playing for £3,250.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57- Join us then to see if someone wins it. But it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58And goodbye from me. Goodbye!
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