0:00:14 > 0:00:17APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the aim is to score as few points as you possibly can.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome Tim and Tom. You are our first pair today.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43How do you two know each other?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We both work for the Amateur Swimming Association in Loughborough.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- Right.- Tim worked in accounts and I worked as a performance analyst.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Exciting! What exactly did you do?
0:00:55 > 0:00:58People think we travel the world watching swimmers,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01but my job involves sitting in front of a computer,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03trying to predict the next gold medallist.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Who's it going to be, Tom, just between us?
0:01:06 > 0:01:11There might be Americans and Australians watching, so I'll keep that to myself.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14LAUGHTER
0:01:14 > 0:01:19OK. What would you like to see come up this afternoon, Tim?
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Er, English football or Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe books.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- Tom, how about you?- I'd like to see anything to do with sport,
0:01:28 > 0:01:29specifically swimming.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Excellent. Well, Tim and Tom,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Tim-Tom, great to have you on the show! Best of luck.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Next, we've got Kitty and Gemma. How do you two know each other?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It's a bit of a touchy subject.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Is it?- Yes. Geography, actually.- OK.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48We didn't really know one another and then, as punishment,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Mr Bateman sat Gemma next to me because we hated one another,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54and here we are, friends ever since.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Wow.- And that was 15 years ago.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- 16.- This was at school, not just a couple of weeks ago.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03BOTH: No!
0:02:03 > 0:02:07- Where are you from, Gemma? - Upper Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Upper Rotherham?- Upper Rotherham. - How much Rotherham is there?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14There's no such place. It was an attempt to make us sound more posh than we are.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- But we're from Rotherham, anyway. - OK.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19What do you do, Gemma?
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I'm training to be a solicitor, believe it or not.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- How long have you been training? - I've got my law degree.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31I've got to do a Legal Practice Course, which takes two years and I'm in my first.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- Right. So only one more year. - And I'll be let loose on the public.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Then you are the law!
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- I'll make my own laws. - I dare say you do.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- Kitty, what do you do? - I'm a radiographer.- In Rotherham? - In Rotherham, yes.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Are you going to be good on medical issues if that comes up?
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Bones.- Yes.- If you've got one on bones, I'll have that.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Very good. Gemma, what would you like to see?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I'm pretty good on music and mainstream literature.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Nothing too out there.- OK.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Kitty, Gemma, lovely to have you here.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Very best of luck.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Next, Heather and Matthew. How do you two know each other?
0:03:07 > 0:03:11We went to secondary school and we've been best friends since then.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Good. Where have you come from, Heather?- Stockton-on-Tees.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- Stockton-on-Tees. And what do you do?- I'm a sub-editor on my local newspaper.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24A really good local press story usually has a photograph that tells the story.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- There's a chef with a cup and a massive pizza.- Mm-hm.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- "Local Chef Wins Pizza Prize". - LAUGHTER
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Matthew, what do you do?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- I'm a mental health nurse. - Very good indeed.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41What disciplines do you cover? Is there anything that'll help you in Pointless?
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Probably not!
0:03:42 > 0:03:47Unless you ask me something about antipsychotic medication!
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- LAUGHTER - I might as an emergency,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53but it won't be part of the game play, I don't think.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- Will it?- You usually ask someone about it at some point during the show.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Matthew, what would you like to see come up?- Modern musicals,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04television, film.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I don't really want sport. Anything sport, I'll cry.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12Heather's shaking her head. Are you shaking on Matthew's behalf?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Equally.- OK, so sport won't be a good area for you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19It's great to have you on the show. Best of luck.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Finally, we've got Rick and Chris. How do you two know each other?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Rick is friends with my parents and we live in the same street.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- So - - Short answer, "we're neighbours".
0:04:29 > 0:04:31We're neighbours.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Rick may tell you an earlier event how he knows me.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I swear I used to chase him out of my garden when he was about ten.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- Neighbours... - LAUGHTER
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- He'll deny this.- I was present, but I didn't participate.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- Rick, where are you from? - We're from Hull,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52the capital of Yorkshire, the beating heart of Great Britain.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54OK. Chris, what do you do?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I am a financial administrator, which is about as unexciting as it sounds.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02And, Rick, what do you do?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I'm retired. Every day's a weekend.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- It's fantastic. Can't beat it. - Lovely.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Have you taken anything up since retirement?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12A lot of daytime TV, actually.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- I've got nothing against daytime TV. - It's well worth it. - It's certainly worth it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Chris, what are your hobbies? What do you love to do?
0:05:20 > 0:05:26I recently attempted a world record. I get funny ideas and it snowballs.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28There was a world-record attempt I made
0:05:28 > 0:05:33for the fastest person to change a double duvet.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A solo double-duvet change?
0:05:35 > 0:05:39It was an unofficial attempt. It wasn't adjudicated by Guinness or anything.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I'm the current world-record holder. Seven-and-a-half minutes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46LAUGHTER Beat that. Imagine that.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Mind you, for you, your arm-span would probably go from one corner to the other.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- They call it the Albatross. - The Albatross?- That's the technique.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57What is your technique, Chris?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Inside-out first.- Oh! - Grab a corner...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I did it. The record was 63 seconds.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07In my own little world, I did it in 61.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13- APPLAUSE - That's good. That is good.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Rick and Chris, it's lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20We will find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24There's only one person left for me to introduce, a man so intelligent
0:06:24 > 0:06:27we only get to see the top half of him.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.- Hello!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Hiya!
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Afternoon.- Good afternoon to you. - Four brand-new pairs.- I know.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It was a rarity. Now it's happening all the time.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50Virgin territory. No-one here has answered a question yet. It's an absolutely open field.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54The first round is a round for geography teachers everywhere.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57OK, well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00All our questions have been put to 100 people.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03We are looking for the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06To stay in the game and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09they need to score as few points as they can.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, an answer that no-one gave.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Nobody won last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Today's jackpot starts off at a whopping £8,000.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Right, let's play Pointless.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52If you give an incorrect answer, you score the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Our first category is:
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many:
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Richard!- Yes, it's a tricky one.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25We're looking for any country that's either wholly or partly in Europe
0:08:25 > 0:08:27that is not a member of the EU.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30And that's up to the end of 2011.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34By country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Thanks very much. Tim and Tom, you all drew lots before the show
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and this afternoon, you get to go first.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48- So, Tim?- There's a few that I can think of, a few obvious ones,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50but...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Oh, no. Erm... I'm going to go for...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56..Norway.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Norway, says Tim. Let's see if Norway's right
0:09:00 > 0:09:04and how many of our 100 people said Norway.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It's right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- It's a great answer. 20. - APPLAUSE
0:09:15 > 0:09:1920 for Norway.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Well played, Tim. Very solid start. It's nerve-racking being at that first podium.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Kitty. - THEY LAUGH
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Oh, Kitty. This is a tough one.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It is. I've got an idea in mind, though,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35because I'm thinking about travel insurance
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and places that are included in travel insurance that are European,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42but aren't actually European.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46As in Turkey.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- You're going to go for Turkey. - And keep my fingers crossed.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55OK. Let's see if Turkey's right and how many people said Turkey.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It's right.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00Phew!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- 20. Identical scores. - APPLAUSE
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Very well done. Richard.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Well done, Kitty. Solid answer. They'd like to be in the EU, but aren't, as of the end of 2011.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18We're looking for European countries that aren't members of the EU.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23- Matthew.- Geography's not my special subject! Erm...
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I'll guess at Croatia.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Croatia, says Matthew.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Let's see if that's right and how many people said Croatia.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's right!
0:10:39 > 0:10:4420 seems to be the score... Oh, you've gone way below that! 8!
0:10:44 > 0:10:46APPLAUSE
0:10:46 > 0:10:49That's a great answer, Matthew. 8 for Croatia.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Well played, Matthew. It will become a member in July 2013.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Rick. We're looking for European countries that are not members of the EU.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I'm going to ride on a very high horse and hope I don't fall off.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- I'm going to go Belarus. - Belarus, says Rick.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13Let's see if that's right and how many people said Belarus.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15It's right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Very, very well done indeed, Rick!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27That's a cracking high horse. 5 points for Belarus.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Richard.- Well played, Rick. Very good round so far, isn't it?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Yes.- It's a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Former part of the Soviet Union.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Good!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- I haven't got a lot of Belarus material.- No.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- The capital is Minsk, I'll tell you that.- Mint?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- No. Minsk.- Minsk.- Yes.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55The lowest score - Belarus. Rick, fabulous score. 5.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Then up to 8, where we find Matthew and Heather.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02And then 20, where we find Kitty and Gemma and Tim and Tom.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06So it's between Tom and Gemma, I would say, in this next pass.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09You've got to each find a really good, low-scoring,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12obscure, non-EU European country.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- So, Chris, that was a cracking answer from Rick there.- It was.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27You're on 5. The high scorers on 20 are Tim and Tom, Gemma and Kitty,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29which means a score of 14 or less from you
0:12:29 > 0:12:33will see you through to the next round.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35OK. Erm...
0:12:35 > 0:12:41A friend of mine is going to go to this place in October
0:12:41 > 0:12:45and I'm pretty sure he told me it's not an EU country.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48So I'm going to have a try at Hungary.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Hungary.- Hungary. - OK, here's your red line.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56If you get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Is it right? How many people said Hungary?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Ooh! Bad luck, Chris!
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Bad luck, Chris. It's good news for your friend's travel insurance!
0:13:09 > 0:13:12But, unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- I clearly wasn't listening. - That takes your total up to 105!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The round's not over yet.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Richard.- Unlucky, Chris.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25It joined in 2004.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27So, Heather, the great news is
0:13:27 > 0:13:31that Chris and Rick are a long way ahead on 105.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34A score of 96 or less
0:13:34 > 0:13:36will see you through to the next round.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39I'm thinking Eastern Europe,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41but I've no idea, so I'll go with the Ukraine.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Ukraine.- Uh-huh.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47OK. Listen, I can tell you now, Rick is nodding.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50My rule of thumb is, Rick nod - good!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- Rick shake - bad! - LAUGHTER
0:13:53 > 0:13:56There's your red line, lovely and high.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Let's see if the Ukraine gets you below that red line.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It's right! You're through!
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Ah, look at that! Lovely score! 6.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- That takes your total up to 14. - Well done!
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- Richard.- Very well played, Heather. Do you know an interesting fact about the Ukraine?
0:14:19 > 0:14:23It's where Chris's friend is going on holiday this year!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Now then, Gemma.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31The high scorers on 105 are Chris and Rick. You're on 20,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33which means a score of 84 or less
0:14:33 > 0:14:37will see you through to the next round.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I'm going to say Romania.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Romania. - It isn't even a European country!
0:14:43 > 0:14:47There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Is it right? How many people said Romania?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- It's wrong.- Oh, no! Bad luck, Gemma!
0:14:55 > 0:15:01Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03That takes your total up to 120. Richard.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Sorry, Gemma. It joined in 2007.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10To be fair, a long time after you were in geography class.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Maybe that's the problem.- Yes. - Geo-political shifts of...
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I don't think geography teacher should be responsible for things that happen after...
0:15:17 > 0:15:21The school run. Anything that happens after three o'clock.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Yes! Pretty much! - LAUGHTER
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Now, Tom,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- you work in swimming. - I do work in swimming.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31You'll know all about European countries.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I've also got a degree in geography, so...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36LAUGHTER
0:15:36 > 0:15:39I didn't mention that one! Er...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I have in my head got some more far-flung answers,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46but I think I'll play it safe. I'm going to go for Switzerland.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Switzerland, says Tom.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I tell you what, Rick says yes!
0:15:51 > 0:15:56Switzerland. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Switzerland.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Your red line is up there, right below the pink one.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Yes, you've done it.
0:16:06 > 0:16:0823.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12You did what you had to do. Takes your total to 43.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Richard.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Well played, Tom. Safe answer. Actually, the biggest answer of all.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21But you didn't need to take a risk. What would you have gone for?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I was thinking Armenia, Estonia.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29If you'd said Estonia, you'd have been out of the round.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Armenia was a great pointless answer.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Armenia, Kazakhstan, a very small part of Kazakhstan is in Europe,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41and Moldova, all pointless.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Some of the other low scorers - Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Andorra,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48San Marino, Belarus we've had, all good answers.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And we've heard all three of the top answers.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55Kitty gave us Turkey for 20. Then Tim gave us Norway for 20.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57And we've just heard Switzerland on 23.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Very well done if you got any of those pointless answers at home.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07Thank you very much, Richard. At the end of the First Round, the losing pair is Kitty and Gemma.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Aww! - APPLAUSE
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- At least we've still got each other. - You've got each other.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18It wasn't bad at all. I thought Romania was a correct answer.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Ah, thank you!- Well, I know nothing.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I wouldn't take too much solace from that! But there we are!
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Listen, Gemma and Kitty, we'll see you again next time.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32I'm sure you'll go a lot further. We'll give you a much better question.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Meanwhile, thanks for playing, Gemma and Kitty.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38APPLAUSE
0:17:38 > 0:17:41For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Our Round Two category is:
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Our Round Two question concerns:
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Literary Rogues and Villains.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- Richard.- We're going to show you a list of six literary rogues or villains.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Tell us the name of the first book or play in which they appeared.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27The very best of luck.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Thank you. We are looking for the play or book in which these rogues or villains first appeared.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35And we have got:
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I'll read those all one more time.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57There they are. There are our rogues and villains.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Tim.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I'm really...
0:19:01 > 0:19:05I've just started reading a book with one of those characters in it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10I don't think the book I'm reading is the first time he appears.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14I'm not sure if I should gamble... or not.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I'm going to gamble, Tom.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- I'm going to go for... - LAUGHTER
0:19:20 > 0:19:24..Tom Brown Notes is the answer I'll give for Harry Flashman.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27OK, Tom Brown Notes says Tim.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Bad luck, Tim.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40which means you score the maximum of 100 points. So sorry.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- Heather.- Mm.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- Heather. How does that board look to you?- Not good.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I'm going to have to play it safe and hope that Fagin is Oliver Twist.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Oliver Twist, says Heather, for Fagin.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Fagin. Oliver Twist.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03It's right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:0463.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07APPLAUSE
0:20:07 > 0:20:12- Not bad. Richard.- Leader of a den of child pick-pockets.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Big score, but when there's 100, quite a good tactic.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- So, Rick, I have a feeling you'll know a fair few of these. - I know one.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Only one.- Really?- Mm.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25That's from a favourite black-and-white film of mine.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- Pinkie Brown. Brighton Rock. - Brighton Rock. Pinkie Brown.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36It's right.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Ooh, that's a great answer! - APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:458 points.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- 8 points.- If you only know one of them, it's a good one to know.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55The leader of the Brighton gang in Graham Greene's novel.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Played by Richard Attenborough, and Sam Riley in the 2010 remake.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It's not Tom Brown's Notes.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Tom Brown's School Days was the answer.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10- I thought you were going to get that right!- I thought you were. 12. It would've been a good answer.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Any of the these, Xander? Dr Hannibal Lecter?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14What's the first book?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18I don't know what the first book was. It wasn't Silence of the Lambs.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22No, it wasn't. It wasn't Manhunter, the first film. It's Red Dragon.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Well done if you got that. It would've scored four points.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Annie Wilkes?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30More famous as a film, possibly. A Stephen King novel.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Misery. 6 points.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36She's the character that Kathy Bates plays.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- Kevin Khatchadourian? - We Need To Talk About Kevin.- We Need To Talk About Kevin Khatchadourian.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45- We need to talk about how to pronounce his surname.- Pointless answer. Well done if you got that.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Very good. Thank you. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Rick and Chris looking very strong on 8.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Then up to 63, where we find Heather and Matthew.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Then up to 100, where we find Tim and Tom.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Tom, we're going to be looking for a really good obscure answer from you
0:22:03 > 0:22:06and hope that's enough to see you through to the head-to-head.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16OK, let's put six more villains up on the board.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Here they go.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I'll read those all one more time.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37There we are. We are looking for the book or play
0:22:37 > 0:22:39in which each of these villains first appeared.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- Chris, you're in a very strong position, thanks to Rick.- I am.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50You're on 8. The high scorers are Tom and Tim.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- A score of 91 will see you through to the head-to-head.- OK.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00I've got an idea of one of them and I'm embarrassed to admit it,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04but I think Daniel Cleaver is Bridget Jones's Diary.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Daniel Cleaver. Bridget Jones's Diary.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12There's your red line. Why are you so embarrassed by Bridget Jones's Diary?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- It's not a very butch film, is it? - LAUGHTER
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Let's see if you get below the line. Bridget Jones's Diary for Daniel Cleaver.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22How many people said it? Is it right?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's right and you're through to the next round.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Not bad at all. 14. - I've redeemed myself.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38You've done extremely well there. Takes your total up to 22.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44It was at the back of your head. You did well to bring it out. I think that puts you safely through.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Appeared in Bridget Jones's Diary, first published in 1996.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Matthew, you're on 63. The high scorers are Tim and Tom on 100,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57which means a score of 36 or less will definitely see you into the next round.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59We're looking for the books or plays
0:23:59 > 0:24:02in which these rogues or villains first appeared.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I've absolutely no idea on any of those!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I'm going to take a guess.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady, you are saying.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18That's what your red line looks like.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21If you get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Alfred Doolittle, My Fair Lady.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29- Bad luck, Matthew.- Sorry!
0:24:29 > 0:24:34I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37That takes your total up to 163.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Tom. Phew! There was a lifeline.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44The high scorers are Matthew and Heather on 163. You're on 100.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48A score of 62 or less will see you straight through to the next round.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I had an inkling of Daniel Cleaver, but of the others,
0:24:52 > 0:24:58there isn't any synapses going on in my head for any book.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00The one I'm thinking of is Count Fosco
0:25:00 > 0:25:04and I will go with Dracula.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Count Fosco, Dracula.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11There's quite a famous Count in Dracula.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Can't remember what his name is. - Neither can I!
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Let's discover. There's your line. Let's see if it's right
0:25:19 > 0:25:23and how many people said Count Fosco, Dracula.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Bad luck, Tom.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34That takes your total up to 200.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39- Richard.- Not a million miles away in terms of style from Dracula,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43but it's Wilkie Collins, The Woman In White.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46It would've scored 1. Very good answer if you got that at home.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Matthew, Alfred Doolittle is in My Fair Lady, but it's based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- Oh, yes. - That's the answer we're looking for. That would've scored you 8 points.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Shylock, Alexander? - The Merchant Of Venice.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01That's the easiest one on the board for 35.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Nurse Mildred Ratched? - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Would've scored you 10.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09This is the hardest one. This is a pointless answer. Svengali.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12We all know the term and the character, but what's the book?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Trilby.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Correct. Very well done. Pointless answer.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19APPLAUSE
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair, it's Tim and Tom.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32But what a high score!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35If you are going to go out, for goodness sake, go out on 200.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- That was a tough round.- Yes.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- I thought you were going to get there. You said Tom Brown Notes? - Yes.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Thinking maybe it must be... - I couldn't quite think of the rest.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I would've done better on the second board.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- I would've done better on the first. - LAUGHTER
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Had you only chosen which order to go in better, you might still be with us.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Tim and Tom, we look forward to seeing you again next time.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Meanwhile, thanks for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:27:04 > 0:27:07For the remaining pairs, things are about to get more exciting
0:27:07 > 0:27:10as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Congratulations!
0:27:17 > 0:27:22You are one round from the final and a chance to win that jackpot, which currently stands at:
0:27:24 > 0:27:26There we are!
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Only one pair can win that money.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36To decide which pair, you will go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42You are now allowed to confer.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47It's been a fascinating game. Heather and Matthew, wonderful first round.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Lovely low score from you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Then you came slightly unstuck
0:27:51 > 0:27:54and were saved by Tim and Tom's high score.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Rick and Chris, consistent low scores from you.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01You were a little bit unlucky with the non-EU members,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04but you were fantastic in that second round.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06So it's going to be a very interesting third round.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18OK, here is your first question. It concerns:
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Types of dog, Richard. - If it was up to me,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26this show would consist entirely of us showing you pictures of dogs,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29but we've just got five of them for you.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- Different show, that. - It would be good, though.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Just look at cute dogs and go, "Ahh!"
0:28:33 > 0:28:37We're going to show you five types of dog now.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Can you pick the most obscure of these five? Best of luck.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46Thank you very much, Richard. Here come our five types of dog.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48We have got...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Aww! LAUGHTER
0:28:51 > 0:28:53ALL: Ahh!
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- ALL: Ahh! - I dare you all to go, "Eurgh!"
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- Eurgh! - LAUGHTER
0:29:06 > 0:29:08ALL: Ahh!
0:29:08 > 0:29:12- There are your five types of dog. - That's a show, isn't it?- It is!
0:29:12 > 0:29:17It is. Rick and Chris, you played best throughout, so you get to go first.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24- St Bernard.- Go on, then.- Yes.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28I think we're quite moronic on this, actually.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Our brains have come up with D.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- Yes?- St Bernard.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36D, St Bernard.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39OK, so we have D, St Bernard from Rick and Chris.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Heather and Matthew, you can do all your talking out loud.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47We... We knew D. Or at least we thought we did.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- We did.- They stole our answer!
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Er, we also know E, but we think that's going to be an obvious one.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56I do know C, but I don't remember.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I had a neighbour who had those dogs.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- Can't remember what they're called? - No.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06BOTH: We'll have to go for E.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08BOTH: E, Dalmatian.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12E, Dalmatian. So it's between the St Bernard and the Dalmatian.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Rick and Chris are saying that D is a St Bernard.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It's right. Oh. OK, 87.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Heather and Matthew said Dalmatian. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31E, Dalmatian.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Eee!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36My, that's a popular dog!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Very well done. You pip it with the St Bernard.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43After just one question, you are ahead 1-0.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48- Richard.- It's a big score - 97. Only four away from 101 Dalmatians!
0:30:48 > 0:30:50LAUGHTER AND GROANS
0:30:51 > 0:30:54They're actually the top answers on the board.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57"A" was a high scorer, as well. That's a Boxer.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Would've scored you 62.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Now, B is the best answer on the board.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06It's quite a high score, though. 22 points for a Shar Pei.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08It's cute, isn't it?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11And C is the Chow Chow.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Would've scored you 28 points. Good answer.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Well done if you got all five. Well done if you've got any of those five.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- Imagine if anyone's got all five. - Some people will.- Do you reckon? - Yes.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- Heather and Matthew, did you know any? Chow Chow? You remembered it? - And Boxer.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28I can't believe I didn't know Boxer.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31That's the reason why this show is not going to be all about dogs.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35People like them, they just don't really know what they are!
0:31:35 > 0:31:40LAUGHTER Well, 62 people knew Boxer.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45Here comes your second question. Heather and Matthew, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47It concerns:
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Britpop Bands.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Richard. - We'll show you five Britpop bands.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57We'll give you the initials of one of their top-40 singles.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Can you name that single, please?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- HE SIGHS - OK.
0:32:02 > 0:32:08Let's reveal our Britpop bands and the initials of their singles.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I'll read those all one more time.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Now then, Heather and Matthew, you go first.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39You're looking for the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- I only know one.- I think it's probably one of their biggest songs, though, isn't it?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Blur? Are you sure?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49We're going to go with Blur, Country House.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Blur, Country House, say Heather and Matthew.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Rick and Chris, over to you.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I'll sit this one out.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Er... Oasis, I'm struggling with.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05I probably know it, but I can't find it in my filing cabinet.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Shed Seven, I was never really a fan.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I know Pulp would be Common People.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15Blur will be middle of the road, so I'm going to have a stab at Radiohead.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I think it's Paranoid Android.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Paranoid Android, Radiohead, you are saying.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24OK. We have Country House and we have Paranoid Android.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Heather and Matthew, you've gone for Blur, CH, Country House.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34You have to win this to stay with us.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Country House. Is it right?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Yes, of course it is right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- 19. - APPLAUSE
0:33:48 > 0:33:5119. Not a bad score at all.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Rick and Chris, you are saying Paranoid Android for PA by Radiohead.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:59 > 0:34:0419 is the score you have to beat. If you do, you'll be straight through to the final.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It's right.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- You've done it. 13! - APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Very well done.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25Very well done, Chris. That means you are through to the final 2-0.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29- Richard.- Well played, Chris. It's Radiohead's biggest hit. Number three in 1997.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33The Oasis one is the one that was in competition with Country House for number one.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Roll With It would've scored 20, so the Gallaghers have the last laugh.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42It came number two to Blur's one, but one more person remembers it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Pulp was the biggest answer. That's Common People. 36.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51- I don't think we've ever mentioned Shed Seven.- Love them.- We should.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- GFG?- Going For Gold.- Going For Gold.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57- Would've scored 7.- Cracking band. - Well done if you got all of those.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Wonderful. Thank you very much.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Heather and Matthew.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Well, your scoreboard belies a phenomenal Pointless talent
0:35:09 > 0:35:11that you revealed earlier in the show.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13It happens in the head-to-head.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17You'll have two subjects that you don't know particularly well.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20But you performed so consistently well throughout.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22The good news is, we get to see you again
0:35:22 > 0:35:25when I'm sure we will see just as much, if not more of you.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Meanwhile, Heather and Matthew. Thank you so much for playing.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31APPLAUSE
0:35:32 > 0:35:35But for Rick and Chris, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Congratulations, Rick and Chris. You have fought off the competition
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54You have a chance to win our jackpot.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £8,000.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00APPLAUSE
0:36:03 > 0:36:08You've made a very good account of yourselves. You've come in pretty much flawlessly.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12One incorrect answer from you in the first round, but a very tricky question.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16But other than that, a fairly clean sweep up to the head-to-head,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19where you were through in straight sets, 2-0.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24So it's all looking pretty good for that jackpot.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28OK, the rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30We haven't had any pointless answers today.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34You only have to find one and you will go home with that £8,000.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39You've got to choose a category. You can choose from these options:
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Oh, dear. What are we going to do?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53I'm happy to go with your best guess.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- HE HUMS TO SELF - Literary Fiction.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00OK, Literary Fiction it is. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Salman Rushdie Novels as they could.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Salman Rushdie Novels. Richard.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13We're looking for any novel or novel for children.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16We won't include short-story collections or non-fiction.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Just any of Salman Rushdie's novels. Very best of luck.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20OK. Thank you very much.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26All you need, to win that £8,000,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- I hope you've got one!- I know one! - Really?
0:37:41 > 0:37:45The whole world and their granny knows this one.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50I've got nothing. Who is Salman Rushdie?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53See, I've only got one.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- You've got one. - One. That's all there is to it.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Name some books!
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Well, you can name any books, but, er...
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Even Thomas Hardy or someone would've been...
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- Afraid not. - I can't even tell you who he is.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09No. No idea.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Stop the clock and...- OK.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17You're going to have to give me three answers. OK. There we are. We're going to stop the clock.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Give him the one you've got. - Right.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22We'll go for The Brothers Karamazov.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- The Brothers Karamazov!- Erm...
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Far From The Madding Crowd.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Far From The Madding Crowd. OK. - LAUGHTER
0:38:32 > 0:38:34The Midnight's Children.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- The Midnight's Children?- Yes.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- at a pointless answer? - Rock, paper, scissors?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47It's a toughie! Erm...
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- We'll go for Midnight's Children. - Midnight's Children. OK.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We'll put that one last.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Which one do you want first?
0:38:55 > 0:39:00- We'll go for The Brothers Karamazov. - OK. We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Here they are.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10OK. We were looking for Salman Rushdie novels.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13The Brothers Karamazov was your first answer.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £8,000.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22But let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Yes. Well, we knew that. Yes, I'm afraid...
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I know! I couldn't believe it either.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- LAUGHTER - Not a Salman Rushdie novel.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Not a pointless answer. Only two more shots.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Let's just say... - LAUGHTER
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Let's just say you leave here with £8,000,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45what would you spend it on? Chris?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49A collection of Salman Rushdie novels.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I'd like to learn to play the guitar, because there's a frustrated rock star inside me,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56trapped in this talentless, tone-deaf exterior.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- HE SIGHS - Other than that, I don't know.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- I might go to Hungary. - LAUGHTER
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I gather the insurance is cheap.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Rick, how about you?
0:40:07 > 0:40:13Season tickets for my five sons and me at the mighty Tigers, Hull City.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- The mighty Hull City. - The mighty Tigers.- Very good indeed.
0:40:16 > 0:40:22Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Far From The Madding Crowd! I suspect they didn't.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Let's see if it's right.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Yes. I think we probably knew.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Only one more chance to win. We are in proper Pointless territory.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Midnight's Children. We are looking for Salman Rushdie novels.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39This, you said, was your best shot as a pointless answer.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Let us see. It has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45If it's both, you will win the jackpot of £8,000.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Let's see. Midnight's Children for £8,000...
0:40:51 > 0:40:54There we are. That's more like it.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58So down it goes. Going down at a good speed, through the 40s, through the 30s.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01If this goes down to zero, you'll leave with £8,000.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Into single figures... 6!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:11That's a perfectly creditable score.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- Leave on a high note. - Leave on a high.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18That's really not a bad score. Think how pleased you'd be with that in normal game play.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21It's just, you have to find a pointless answer.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30You won't be leaving with today's jackpot of £8,000, which rolls over onto the next show.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32But you have been brilliant contestants.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36You do, of course, get to take away the Pointless trophy.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38APPLAUSE
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Richard.- Tough luck, guys. Wrong category for you.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky. Far From The Madding Crowd, Hardy.
0:41:51 > 0:41:57Midnight's Children won the 1981 Booker Prize, and went on to win the Booker of Bookers Prize.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Far and away the biggest scorer was Satanic Verses, the biggest by a mile.
0:42:01 > 0:42:07There's only three pointless answers. Let's take a look at all three.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Haroun And The Sea of Stories, his novel for children.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The follow-up, 20 years later, Luka And The Fire Of Life.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16The winner of the 1995 Whitbread Prize, The Moor's Last Sigh.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Very well done if you got any of those at home. Tough category.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Very tough indeed. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27It's been lovely having you on. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29- Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Unfortunately, Rick and Chris didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over,
0:42:35 > 0:42:40which means on the next show we will be playing for £9,000.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:42:43 > 0:42:47- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye. - APPLAUSE
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