0:00:21 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:27 > 0:00:32that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:41We start by welcoming back Paul and Shane. Everybody gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- Remind us how you know each other. - We work together at the same school.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- You're teachers.- Yeah. - Paul, you're a modern languages teacher, Shane, a maths teacher.
0:00:51 > 0:00:58- You gave us a problem last time. - I did. I cannot believe how quick Richard was with that problem.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04By the time I'd finished it, he'd told me the answer. However, you needed a bit longer.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Yeah, mental arithmetic, not so good.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Paul, what's going to be great this afternoon for you?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14- I would like some geography questions.- Spoken like a linguist(!)
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- And obviously, some language ones if there were any.- OK.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- And '80s pop music.- Who was your favourite band in the '80s?
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, all that New Romantic stuff I was into in the '80s.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33- Shane, what's going to be good for you?- I'm hoping some maths, science or geography might come up.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35If not, current music,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37especially boy bands.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42- '90s boy bands would be a good one to come up. - They do from time to time.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- Favourite boy band? - I've got to say Boyz II Men.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Now we really have come to the end of the road.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- We have.- Very best of luck to you, Paul and Shane. It's great to have you back.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Next, we welcome back Simon and David. Remind us how you two know each other.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05- We work together. - Simon, what are you hoping is going to happen this afternoon?
0:02:05 > 0:02:10We did OK on geography last time, so maybe some more of that, possibly some history ones.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Maybe more lists of countries or elements or things like that.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21- David, what would be great for you? - Politics, any current affairs. Entertainment would be good.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Current affairs, how far back? It becomes history after a while.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- I studied history at university. - You cover all the bases?- Hopefully.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Anything from sort of early man... - I wouldn't go that far.- All right.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38It's great to have you back. You were so unlucky last time.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Brilliant performance through to the head-to-head and just one point in it,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46so we have high hopes for you. Best of luck.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- Next, we welcome Alan and Jenny. How do you two know each other? - We're father and daughter.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- I'm hoping it's obvious which one is which.- You'd hope!
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- I've got good news for you. It's pretty plain.- That's good to know.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Alan, where have you come from? - St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- You're not fooling anyone. That's a West Midlands accent! - It's not as bad as it once was.
0:03:09 > 0:03:16- Really?- I'm from Birmingham originally. We've lived on the south coast for just over 20 years now.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22- What are you hoping will come up? - I used to be keen on pop music many years ago.- What's your era?
0:03:22 > 0:03:28'70s, '80s and up to the mid-'90s probably. I used to enjoy doing pop music quizzes.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31That's 15 years or so. It's kind of...
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Jenny, what do you do? - I'm a housewife.- What do you like doing? What's your escape?
0:03:36 > 0:03:41- I have a ten-month-old, so there's not much time for anything. - There's no escaping that.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47- Is that your first?- Yes. - So children's TV and books, just not quite there, are you?
0:03:47 > 0:03:53- If Raa Raa the Noisy Lion comes up, I'm sorted!- So what would you like to see come up, Jenny?
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Literature. 19th century literature or films would be good. - Excellent. Good.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05Very best of luck, Alan and Jenny. Lovely having you here. Finally, we welcome back Faith and Lorraine.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- Remind us how you two know each other.- Lorraine's my mum, so we've known each other for a while!
0:04:10 > 0:04:17- All her life.- So once again, for the second show running, we have two parent-child teams.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20A parent-child team won the last show.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Remind us how you did. - Not very well. We went out in the first round.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- It was the decades, the history question.- That's right.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- What is your strong point, Faith? - I'd love films, television, literature. That would be amazing.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Favourite film?- American Beauty.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43- Great film. Any others you'd like to name? - I like the James Bond films a lot.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46You're studying for a BA in Theology at Cardiff.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50So, anything on religion... All religions? Do you cover most bases?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- It's mainly Christianity we do. - Not Jedi?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I might be able to answer on the Jedi, but that is not related to my degree.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- Lorraine, what would you like to see come up? - Any sort of celebrity gossip -
0:05:04 > 0:05:08who's going out with who, who's had babies when, that sort of thing.
0:05:08 > 0:05:15- Who's Had Babies When - we should do that.- That's a good category.- Round 2 is Who's Had Babies When.- Yeah.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20- Who's The Father? - LAUGHTER
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- I love the royal family. - We nearly called the show Who's The Father, Who's The Daddy?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Anything like that.- Royal weddings, royal family?- Royal family.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Are you good on royal history? - No, but I love this royal family. - OK, current royal family.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37It's lovely having you both back. Very best of luck.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Let's hope we see more of you this afternoon than we did last time.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48There's only one person left for me to introduce. If obscurity is your bag, he'll pack it for you.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- It's my pointless friend Richard. - Hiya. Hello. - APPLAUSE
0:05:54 > 0:05:58I'm very much an unexpected item in the bagging area.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- Yes.- It should be a good show. We've got three returning pairs, a very open field.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06There is a case to be made for each pair winning.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11Simon and David were very close last time, really close, within one point of the final.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17Paul and Shane have got a lot of kids watching from their school, so they'll want to do very well.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Faith is going to be very happy about Round One
0:06:21 > 0:06:26and Alan and Jenny have the massive advantage of our current magic Alan run.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31In two out of the last three shows, we've had winners called Alan.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35It's like Alan is magnetically attracted to the trophy.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39If you don't win, Alan, you'll be one of the few Alans not to win.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's very Alan-friendly, this show. We are "Allen"-key.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45LAUGHTER
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- Anybody's game.- Anybody's game. Well, thanks very much, Richard.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57but we are looking for the obscure answers they couldn't get.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could give.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Every time that happens, we will add 250 quid 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 > 0:07:19Today's jackpot starts off at £7,000.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22APPLAUSE
0:07:24 > 0:07:27OK, let's play Pointless.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points, so try and avoid those.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:07:53 > 0:07:59Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Let's find out what that first question is going to be.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:08:09 > 0:08:13to name as many eponymous James Bond theme songs as they could.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Oh, Faith, this is going to be great, isn't it?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Eponymous James Bond theme songs. - I'm hoping so.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26- Richard?- We're looking for the name of any James Bond film whose theme song had the same title.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30We're looking for the 22 official Eon-produced James Bond films.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35We won't accept On Her Majesty's Secret Service because that was an instrumental.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Thank you very much, Richard.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Paul and Shane, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46So then, Shane, is this good for you, Bond films?
0:08:46 > 0:08:53- It's not good for me. - Oh, Shane, you say that every time. - I absolutely hate James Bond films.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59If any of your pupils said to you, "The reason I didn't do my homework is because it was maths,
0:08:59 > 0:09:05- "you need to give me physics homework, languages homework," what would you say to them?- I would...
0:09:05 > 0:09:09You'd say, "This is a maths lesson." And this is a quiz show.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So you will answer the question you're given.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Shall I go and stand in the corner?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Any more lip, yes. - LAUGHTER
0:09:19 > 0:09:24I'm really struggling with this. I'm trying to think, "What have I seen?"
0:09:24 > 0:09:29I can only think of one and I can't say that because it's the most obvious one.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35I'm going to have to go with the onl one I can think of. Sorry, Paul. He's going to kill me for this.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Goldfinger.
0:09:37 > 0:09:44OK, Goldfinger, says Shane. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Goldfinger.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It is right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Oh, dear!- 80.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- 80 for Goldfinger. - APPLAUSE
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Richard?- That is a big score. How many less than 100 is that?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- 20.- Correct. You see? You can do it. - Why couldn't you have given me that?
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- Shirley Bassey, Goldfinger, her biggest hit in the US. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14David, what's the most obscure James Bond film with an eponymous theme tune you can think of?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19I can think of a few, but they're al obvious. I might try Die Another Day
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Die Another Day. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27It's right.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36That's about the best answer you could have given, David.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- APPLAUSE - 3 for Die Another Day.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45They played terrifically last time. Looks like they'll do the same again. By Madonna.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50She was the first act ever to have done the Bond theme and appear in the same film.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Jenny, what is the most obscure James Bond film with an eponymous song?
0:10:54 > 0:11:00I can think of a few James Bond films, but I can't say if their theme tunes are eponymous or not.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04I'll go with a James Bond theme and keep my fingers crossed.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08So I'm going to say... Tomorrow Never Dies.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Tomorrow Never Dies. Good luck.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Yeah, it's right.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Oh, very well done.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Another low score of 3. Well done, Jenny.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Tomorrow Never Dies.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Another good answer, from 1997. It was by Sheryl Crow.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Interesting fact - she's married to the union official, Bob Crow.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- LAUGHTER - That's right. Thanks very much, Richard. Faith?
0:11:40 > 0:11:44What's the most obscure James Bond film you can think of?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47You said James Bond was your bag.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I think I've set myself up a bit.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55I know a few, but I'm trying to thin which ones people won't know.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59It looks like the Brosnan films have been scoring quite low,
0:11:59 > 0:12:04so I think I'm going to go for GoldenEye,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07which I think was sung by Tina Turner.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13You say GoldenEye by Tina Turner. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15It is right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Very well done - 12.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- APPLAUSE - Not bad at all. 12 for GoldenEye.
0:12:25 > 0:12:32- Good answer, Faith, and it was Tina Turner, written by Bono and The Edge from U2.- I didn't know that.- Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Thanks, Richard. Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Jenny and Alan and David and Simon, lovely low scores of 3 for both of you there,
0:12:42 > 0:12:47then up to 12 where we find Faith and Lorraine, then up to 80, Shane.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50What's the difference between 12 and 80?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Quite a lot.- Sixty...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- ..seven.- 68.- 68, yeah.
0:12:57 > 0:13:04Yeah, I'm good at this. Now, Paul, you know what you have to do. This feels quite familiar, doesn't it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Mm-hm.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11This feels weirdly familiar. You have to find a low-scoring answer and hope it keeps you in the game.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:13:18 > 0:13:23So we're looking for James Bond films with eponymous theme tunes.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Lorraine, you're on 12. The high scorers on 80 are Paul and Shane.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32If you can score 67 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37I can think of a couple of theme songs, but I can't remember if they were the same as the film.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I think I'm going to go for A View To A Kill.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Duran Duran, I think it was.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47You don't have to supply the artist, but nice of you to do so.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53- Thank you.- If you get below that red line, A View To A Kill will see you through to the next round.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Is it right, how many people said A View To A Kill?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It's right.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- And you are through to the next round.- Well done.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Very well done indeed - 11.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- APPLAUSE - It takes your total up to 23.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- A View To A Kill, Richard?- Well played and as you say, Duran Duran.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17It's the biggest hit of any Bond theme. It got to No.2.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Alan, you're on 3. The high scorers are Paul and Shane on 80.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26If you can score 76 or less, you are definitely in the next round.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33You have the calm look of a man, the Zen-like look of a man who has found his Bond song.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38When the subject came up, I thought of going for one of the earlier films,
0:14:38 > 0:14:45but it looks like the later ones are more difficult to guess, so I'll go for The World Is Not Enough.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50There is your red line. If you get below it, you are in the next round.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55Let's see if The World Is Not Enough is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58It's right and you are in the next round.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Oh, very well done, the lowest score.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08The lowest score so far - 2. It takes your total up to 5.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Brilliant. Richard? - Yeah, a No.11 hit for Garbage.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Simon and David, you're on 3. The high scorers remain Paul and Shane on 80.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22If you can score 76 or less, you are through to the next round. Simon?
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- Hmm...- Have you got a good one? - I did have until they said it.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32I know a few James Bond film titles, but I don't know if they're the same name as the song
0:15:32 > 0:15:38I might have to say the only one I know. It's probably quite a high one. Diamonds Are Forever.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44Diamonds Are Forever. There's your red line. If you get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Diamonds Are Forever - is it right, how many people said it?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50It's right.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52You're through.
0:15:52 > 0:15:5441. There you are. Brilliant.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56APPLAUSE
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That takes your total up to 44.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Richard?- Another Shirley Bassey song. She was the first artist
0:16:02 > 0:16:09- to do two Bond themes, but scored considerably fewer points.- Now, Paul and Shane, I hate to tell you this.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Your score, even before Paul has given his brilliant answer,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17is the highest score on anyone's board.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Paul, you gave us a pointless answer on the last show.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25- It helped Shane out there.- Just wait till we get back, basically.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30I would have said View To A Kill, I must admit, with the Duran Duran link,
0:16:30 > 0:16:35but I'm going for the '80s again and I'm going for For Your Eyes Only Sheena Easton.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40For Your Eyes Only, says Paul. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It's right.
0:16:48 > 0:16:509.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52APPLAUSE
0:16:52 > 0:16:55It's a great answer. It takes your total up to 89.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- Richard?- Good answer, Paul. Sheena Easton, No.8 hit as well.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05I do feel a bit sorry for Shane because we haven't given him a maths question.
0:17:05 > 0:17:11Can I give you a maths question? Is that OK, just to give you the opportunity? Is that all right?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- It's one of those posers. - Please get this wrong!
0:17:14 > 0:17:20If Shane scores 80 points and Paul scores 9 points, whose fault is it that they lost Pointless?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22LAUGHTER
0:17:22 > 0:17:25APPLAUSE
0:17:28 > 0:17:34There's only one pointless answer. Very well done if you said Licence To Kill which was by Gladys Knight.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38And there's The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Shall we take a look at the top answers?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Live And Let Die, 31, which was Paul McCartney and Wings.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50There's Diamonds Are Forever on 41 and Goldfinger on 80, on top of the pile.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56Thanks, Richard. At the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score is Paul and Shane.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It's the curse of the teachers!
0:17:59 > 0:18:05- It's a good score, 89. If we were playing a different game show, we'd be winning.- Yeah, yeah.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08What do you think about the score, Paul?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I'll save my comments for later.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16- We've thoroughly enjoyed it. We've had a great time.- It's been brillian having you on the show.
0:18:16 > 0:18:22I'm so sorry to have to say goodbye to you so soon. Paul and Shane, excellent contestants, great fun!
0:18:22 > 0:18:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving us after this round.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43Alan and Jenny, an amazing low score in that last round, you are clearly the pair to beat.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Our category for Round 2 is...
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Our question concerns...
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Political leaders and their countries, Richard?
0:19:03 > 0:19:10On each board, you'll see the names of six Presidents or Prime Ministers of their country at the end of 2011.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16If you give us an obscure answer, you score fewer points. A wrong answer, as always, is 100 points.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- By country, we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state. - Thanks, Richard.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27We are looking for the countries of which these people are the political leaders and we have got...
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'll read those all one more time.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04There are our six political leaders. You need to supply the name of the countries.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09You're looking for the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- David, what does that board look like to you? - There's a couple of obvious ones.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19It's whether to take a risk or go for an obvious one. I'll go for Jacob Zuma with South Africa.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Zuma, South Africa.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Yeah, it's right.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Very well done. 16.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- That's a great score, David. - APPLAUSE
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Richard?
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Well played, David. President since 2009. He's been married five times, got 20 children.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48He's currently got three wives. Beat that, David Cameron!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Jenny, is this good for you?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I only recognise one from there.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I'm afraid I'll have to go with President Nicolas Sarkozy and France
0:20:58 > 0:21:05Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer - Sarkozy, France.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07It's right.
0:21:07 > 0:21:0975.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11APPLAUSE
0:21:12 > 0:21:18- 75.- Big score, isn't it? - Hmm.- Yeah, France. Just the one wife for him.
0:21:18 > 0:21:24Now then, Lorraine, we are looking for the countries with these leaders at the start of 2012.
0:21:24 > 0:21:30Well, I was thinking of guessing this Dmitry guy. He either sounds Greek or Russian.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34And then there's Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40And...I think I'll have a punt at him and say Canadian.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Donald Tusk. You are saying Canadian.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Oh!- Sorry.- Bad luck, Lorraine.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59That's an incorrect answer and you score the maximum 100 points. Richard will tell us why.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Full marks if you got this. He's the prime minister of Poland.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- Poland. Are there many Poles called Donald?- There are a lot of connections with Scotland.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother was half-Polish, for example. A lot of Scots in Poland.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22- Very interesting.- Very well done if you got that. No clue in the name.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Dmitry Medvedev is President of Russia. Would have scored 40 points.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32Dilma Rousseff - another of the world's biggest countries. President of Brazil.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36That scored 4. Now Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadera.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- It's...it's...African. - Yeah.- For fun.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- If in doubt...- Central African Republic?- Yes.- And it's pointless!
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Very well done if you guessed that at home.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55We're halfway through the round. 16, David, as it turns out is the best score of the pass.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Then up to 75 to Jenny and Alan, then 100 for Lorraine and Faith.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03However, Faith, you get first pick of the next board.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Find a nice low-scoring answer if you can. Best of luck.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:14 > 0:23:19OK, let's reveal our next board of political leaders. Here they are.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21HE READS THE LIST
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I'll read them all one more time.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47We are looking for the countries of which these people are the political leaders.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53And you want the one that the fewest people knew. Now then, Faith, you are the high scorers on 100.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Let's have a nice low-scoring answer from you.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02I mean, I know a couple on this board,
0:24:02 > 0:24:08but they are going to be high-scoring, so I think it's probably good to avoid them.
0:24:08 > 0:24:14So I think it sort of sounds a bit like it, so I think I'm going to go for
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and guess Japan.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Japan you are saying for Yoshihiko Noda at the bottom.
0:24:22 > 0:24:29Let's see if that's right and how many said it. No red line because you are the high scorers.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Yoshihiko Noda.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It's right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:3831.
0:24:38 > 0:24:4431. Not a bad score at all, Faith. Takes your total up to 131. Richard?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- Yes. He's been Prime Minister since September 2011.- Thanks.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Now then, Alan and Jenny, the high scorers are on 131.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57If you can hit 55 or less, through you go.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Well, there's a couple I know and a couple I think I know.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Given the score we need to get, I'm going to have to say Julia Gillard, Australia.
0:25:07 > 0:25:13Julia Gillard, Australia. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18There is your red line. Below that, you're in the Head to Head.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Well done, Alan.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26You are through. 32 - exactly what you needed.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Takes your total up to 107.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Richard?- The Alan magic continues.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37The first female Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Barry in Wales.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41So, Simon, you're through whatever happens.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Lorraine and Faith.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51- Can you fill in all those gaps on the board for us? - No...is the short answer!
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Obama is obviously the USA. Hu Jintao sounds like China.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01And Sheikh Hasina sounds Arabic, but I don't know any more than that.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05I will guess at... Hu Jintao for China.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Hu Jintao, China. No red line. Let's see if it's right
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and how many people said it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's right.
0:26:19 > 0:26:2126.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- Takes your total to 42. Richard? - He's been President since 2003.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37President Barack Obama is the United States and would have scored 96.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Prime Minister Mark Rutte?- Dutch?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46He IS Dutch. Would have scored 2. And Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the best answer on the board?
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Bangladesh. The daughter of Bangladesh's first Prime Minister.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56- Very well done if you got that pointless answer.- Thanks, Richard.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01At the end of Round 2, the losing pair I'm afraid is Faith and Lorraine.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07- Not bad. 31, Noda, that was a bit of a stab in the dark.- I'd not a clue!
0:27:07 > 0:27:13A very well-informed stab! And Lorraine was unlucky. Donald Tusk - who knew?
0:27:13 > 0:27:18It was just one of those things. We've had a great time, anyway.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23I'm sorry we haven't given you better questions. That's just luck.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27But thank you very much, Faith and Lorraine. Excellent contestants.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Good luck.
0:27:31 > 0:27:38But for the remaining two pairs it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Well, congratulations, Simon and David, Alan and Jenny.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52You are one round from the final and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £7,000.
0:27:55 > 0:28:02Obviously only one pair can play for that money, so you now go Head to Head, best of three questions.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot and you're now allowed to confer.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Let's play the Head to Head.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:28:19 > 0:28:24aerial views of famous structures. Richard?
0:28:24 > 0:28:30We'll show you five pictures of famous structures from above. Can you identify the most obscure?
0:28:30 > 0:28:35OK, five pictures from above of famous structures. We've got...
0:28:49 > 0:28:53There we go. There are the five famous structures seen from above.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Simon and David, you go first.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05I think we'll go for D, Edinburgh Castle.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11D, Edinburgh Castle. You are saying D, Edinburgh Castle. Alan and Jenny, what do you think?
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Well, A is the Colosseum or the Flavian Amphitheatre,
0:29:16 > 0:29:22B is the Pentagon, C is the Statue of Liberty, D I thought was Colditz.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- And E is the Bird's Nest in Beijing. - The Chinese Olympic stadium.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Will we go for the Bird's Nest? - Is that its name?
0:29:30 > 0:29:38- E, the Olympic Stadium, Beijing. The Bird's Nest.- The Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, you are saying.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43So in the order they were given, Simon and David said Edinburgh Castle.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Is that right and how many said it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47It's right.
0:29:51 > 0:29:5340.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- 40 for Edinburgh Castle. So not Colditz.- Looks like it!
0:30:00 > 0:30:07Alan and Jenny, you have said that E is the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13Let's see if that's right and how many said that. 40 is the score you have to beat.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It's right.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Oh, you've done it!
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Wow. 19 for Beijing.
0:30:25 > 0:30:3019 beats 40, which means Alan and Jenny are ahead one-nil.
0:30:30 > 0:30:37- An interesting set of scores. - The best answers you could go for. They were all quite high-scoring.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40A, as you said, is the Colosseum.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42That would have scored 66 points.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44B is the Pentagon.
0:30:44 > 0:30:51That would have scored 60. It's got 6.6 million square feet of office space. Isn't that extraordinary?
0:30:51 > 0:30:56- 17½ miles of corridor.- Slightly bigger than Simon Cowell's house.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- C is the Statue of Liberty. - It looks so good from above.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- That's lovely, what they've done there.- Nice shot.
0:31:05 > 0:31:0793 points. Everyone recognises it.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13- And we've had the other two - Edinburgh Castle and the National Stadium, Beijing.- Excellent.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Simon and David, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Your second question concerns... David Beckham.
0:31:25 > 0:31:32- David Beckham, Richard?- We'll give you five clues to facts about David Beckham. Which is the most obscure?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35OK, here come our five clues.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- And they are... - HE READS THE LIST
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I'll read those all one more time.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08There are five clues to facts about David Beckham. Alan and Jenny, you go first.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12We only know a couple. Daughter?
0:32:12 > 0:32:14His daughter's first name is Harper.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Harper. OK, Harper.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Simon and David, talk us through it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26We know which football team he played for and we think it's MBE for the award,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30but we might take a risk and go for UNICEF. Do you want to?
0:32:30 > 0:32:36- Unless we stick with one we know and hope it's lower. Shall we try the football team?- LA Galaxy?
0:32:36 > 0:32:42- Shall we try that?- Go on, then. LA Galaxy is the football team. - LA Galaxy you are saying.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47Remember, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:47 > 0:32:55So we have Harper as the first name of his daughter. Is that right and how many people said Harper?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57It's right!
0:33:01 > 0:33:0238.
0:33:05 > 0:33:1238. Simon and David, you have said LA Galaxy as the name of the US soccer team.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. 38 is the score you have to beat.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20LA Galaxy.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23It's right.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Oh! 47!
0:33:32 > 0:33:39Which means the luck of the Alans persists. After only two questions, Alan and Jenny are through.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45- Richard?- Yeah, Harper Seven is the name of the child. The next one will be Quarter to Eight.
0:33:45 > 0:33:52Let's look at the rest of the board. Guys, if you'd said UNICEF, not only is it right,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57but it would have scored 11 points. That was the one to go for.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01The award given by the Queen was an OBE, actually.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07That would have scored 16. And his aftershave was pointless.
0:34:07 > 0:34:14I hesitate to say very well done if you knew this, but very well done if you said Instinct.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16A pointless answer.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18There you go.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24Brilliant. Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Simon and David.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- Should have taken the risk. - Head to Head last time and this.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33You've had the prize whisked away from under your noses each time.
0:34:33 > 0:34:39You've played phenomenally well. Thank you. I'm sorry we say goodbye so soon.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46But for Alan and Jenny, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57Congratulations, Alan and Jenny. You have seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £7,000.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20It's been a pretty good show for you, actually. You were the lowest scorers with 5 in the first round.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25Slightly trickier second round, but the Head to Head was 2-0.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30- We got lucky!- Extremely lucky. - You feel the hand of Alan...!
0:35:30 > 0:35:34The Pointless Alan advantage. OK, the rules are very simple.
0:35:34 > 0:35:41All you have to do is find a pointless answer. We haven't had any today. You need to find one now.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45First, though, you've got to choose a category from these five options.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48They are...
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- We'll have to go for Pop Duos. - Yeah, we'll have to.
0:35:58 > 0:36:04- Dramatists? Canadian Politics?! Good grief.- It's not my area.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- I think we have to.- UK Pop Duos.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10UK Pop Duos. OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:10 > 0:36:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Eurythmics Top 40 hits as they could.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24Any single released by the Eurythmics that was a UK Top 40 hit prior to the beginning of 2012.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27With double A sides, we will accept either answer.
0:36:27 > 0:36:33OK, thank you, Richard. You now have up to one minute to find three answers.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37All you need to win that £7,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:36:37 > 0:36:43OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:43 > 0:36:50- I'm afraid it's with you. - Sweet Dreams, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart...
0:36:50 > 0:36:54And I'm struggling to think of any others now.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart...
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Oh, goodness me.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08There's so many. Em...
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Eurythmics, Eurythmics, Eurythmics.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Er...
0:37:19 > 0:37:25It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To was, I think, Dave Stewart. And Lesley Gore.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30Em... Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, the Eurythmics...
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Er...
0:37:34 > 0:37:39- No, I can't think of any others. - Have you got three?- No, I haven't.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45- I've only got Sweet Dreams and There Must Be An Angel. - OK. There is your time up.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49We were looking for Eurythmics UK Top 40 hits.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52I now need three answers from you.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Oh, dear. I feel awful. I should be able to get more, but my mind's a blank.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Angel, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart and Sweet Dreams.- OK.
0:38:02 > 0:38:08Angel, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart and Sweet Dreams.
0:38:08 > 0:38:15- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer. - If it's right, Angel!
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- OK, Angel we'll put last. Least likely?- Sweet Dreams.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23OK, let's put them up on the board in that order. Sweet Dreams,
0:38:23 > 0:38:28There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) and Angel.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34OK, so we are looking for Eurythmics Top 40 hits. Sweet Dreams was your least confident answer.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39You only have to find one to win that jackpot of £7,000.
0:38:39 > 0:38:46Let's see how many people said Sweet Dreams. This is your first shot at that jackpot of £7,000.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Sweet Dreams is correct. It has to go down to pointless...
0:38:56 > 0:39:02- That's a lot, isn't it? 44! - It's definitely not pointless! - Has there been a higher one?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Well, we've had a lot of 100s!
0:39:05 > 0:39:09It wasn't that. It was correct. It's sadly not pointless, though.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14You have two more chances to win. Let's just imagine...
0:39:14 > 0:39:20Maybe Angel IS a pointless answer. What would you do with £7,000?
0:39:21 > 0:39:28- My son would absorb quite a bit of it.- Alan?- It's my partner Jacqui's 50th birthday.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33- I'd like to take her on the Orient Express.- Fantastic. Best of luck.
0:39:33 > 0:39:40We're looking for Eurythmics hits. Let's hope nobody said There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart).
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Let's see if it's right and how many said it. For £7,000.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Well, it is right.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Sweet Dreams only went down to 44.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55If this can go all the way down to zero, you'll leave with £7,000.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Down it goes into the teens... Oh! 9!
0:40:01 > 0:40:07- That's not an embarrassing answer. - That's not bad at all. Sadly, not pointless, though.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Only one more chance to win that jackpot of £7,000.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Now you somewhere can remember Angel?
0:40:14 > 0:40:21I'm convinced that Annie Lennox... She might have done it as a solo artist.
0:40:21 > 0:40:27- I could be completely wrong.- OK. We are looking for Eurythmics Top 40 hits. Your final answer is Angel.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33It was your most confident answer. It just has to be right and there's every chance,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37and you'll leave with that £7,000. Very best of luck to you.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Angel. How many people said it? And is it right?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43It IS right!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45It is right.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50OK, let's see how far down this goes. 44, down to 9.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £7,000! No!
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Well done, though.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Oh, for a moment I thought that was...
0:41:03 > 0:41:08I thought the Orient Express was definitely taking you away there.
0:41:08 > 0:41:15I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £7,000, which rolls over, but you've been brilliant.
0:41:15 > 0:41:21- You played so well! Three great answers there. - Three correct answers.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- You do, of course, take home our Pointless trophy.- Thank you.
0:41:28 > 0:41:34- This is the point where you kick yourself. - This is going to be tough, isn't it?
0:41:34 > 0:41:38- Richard, what were the pointless answers? - You didn't let anyone down, Alan.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43Some of the bigger answers - Love Is A Stranger, Here Comes The Rain Again, Who's That Girl.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Let's look at the pointless ones. A couple you might have got.
0:41:48 > 0:41:5617 Again, that was one of their comeback singles, Beethoven, I Need A Man - all pointless.
0:41:56 > 0:42:02These were all quite big hits. I Saved The World Today, It's Alright, Right By Your Side.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves, with Aretha Franklin.
0:42:06 > 0:42:13The King and Queen of America and When Tomorrow Comes. Very well done if you got any of those.
0:42:13 > 0:42:20- You knew a few of those. - Well, yes, now.- Now we've been shown them!- I'll never forget them!
0:42:20 > 0:42:26It's so hard when the pressure's on. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Alan and Jenny.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31It's been brilliant. Thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Unfortunately, they didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42On the next show we will be playing for £8,000.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50- Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.- And me. Goodbye.
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