0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the aim of the game
0:00:29 > 0:00:33is to score as few points as you possibly can. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome, Fiona and Paul. You're our first pair on the show.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43How do you two know each other?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45We're married and we're bridge partners.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- Good! Which came first? - The bridge partners.- Really?- Yes.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- And where are you from, Fiona? - We're from St Albans, Hertfordshire.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59- St Albans in Hertfordshire. And what do you do when you're not playing bridge?- I'm a JP.- Right.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- A magistrate.- Yes, of more than 21 years' experience.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Paul, how about you? What do you do when you're not playing bridge?
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I like to keep fit, and it's quite a job looking after Fiona, basically.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Being married now, my second marriage,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I have to do a lot of interesting stuff.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- I think it's, "I have to do... what I'm told."- Yeah!
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Well, listen, lovely to have you on the show. The very best of luck.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And next we welcome back Ray and Marion.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30You were on the show last time - we give everyone two chances to reach the Pointless final,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34this is your second chance. Remind us how you two know each other.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We met at the amateur operatic society.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40The thing you need to know about Ray and Marion
0:01:40 > 0:01:42is that they rehearse a lot together.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- You met rehearsing.- On Carousel.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48You became great friends, rehearsing.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And now you're together.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I had to carry her off into the woods during Carousel,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- and that was it.- OK!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- The woods in the show, or actually, literally...?- In the show.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04OK, in the show. And remind us how you did last time, Ray and Marion?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- We got to the head-to-head.- You did! - Yes!- You did very well indeed.- Yes!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11It's lovely to have you back on the show. The very best of luck
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and let's hope we see you in the head-to-head and maybe even beyond.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Welcome, Steve and Gareth. How do you two know each other?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I've known Steve a couple of years. He's also my sister's boyfriend.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24And where are you from, Steve?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26South Wales, about halfway between Newport and Chepstow,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28a little village called Rogiet.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Called Rogiet?- Rogiet.- And what are you hoping's going to come up?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Sport, maybe a bit of music.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Films, I suppose.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Quite broad in all three subjects, I would say.- OK.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44How about you, Steve?
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- I'm really geeky about geography. - Like what?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Like, I used to carry an atlas around with me, which I still have,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- when I was about five. - To be familiar with where you are, or the world in general?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Just the world in general, and I've still got it,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- and it's falling apart.- Very good.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I think my parents hoped that this would work on us.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06We used to have a poster of, you know, of the world, flags,
0:03:06 > 0:03:07kings and queens.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I LOOKED at them... I never remembered any of it.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15The very best of luck to you, Steve and Gareth. Great to have you here.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And finally, we've got Mark and Bevis.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19How do you two know each other?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I've been waiting years to say this, but Bevis is my pointless brother.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25LAUGHTER
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- So, Mark.- Yes.- Where are you from? - I'm from Epsom in Surrey.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Epsom. And how about you, Bevis?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- I'm from London originally, and Torquay in Devon now.- Right you are.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- And what do you do down there? - I work for a social housing company.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- I'm a housing support worker. - How about you, Mark? What do you do?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- I'm a police photographer. So I specialise in crime scenes.- Wow!
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Do you do other photography too?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I've been asked to do weddings, but sometimes I like it
0:03:49 > 0:03:52when they lie down and I just draw a line round them.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- It's easier.- Mark and Bevis, it's great to have you here.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The very, very best of luck.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The knowledge pours out of him
0:04:02 > 0:04:05like water from a Harlem fire hydrant on a hot summer's day.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10- My pointless friend, here he is. - Hiya. Hello. Hiya.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - There you go!
0:04:14 > 0:04:17We've only got one returning pair today, that's Ray and Marion,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19who were very good last time. They were unlucky in that head-to-head.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24They're going to take some beating today. Can I ask Mark and Bevis a question?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- How old are you?- I'm 47.- 46.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33- They don't look 40.- No, they don't at all.- What's the secret?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Moisturiser. - LAUGHTER
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So it's moisturiser and photographing corpses.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I knew it! I knew it. Two very different rounds -
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Round One and Round Two today will take very different specialisms.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50So anyone who gets through to the head-to-head will have earned it today, I think.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Thank you, Richard. All our questions are put to 100 people before the show,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57but we're looking for the answers they didn't get. To stay in the game and be in
0:04:57 > 0:05:01with a chance of winning our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer - an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09And each time that happens we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Nobody won the jackpot last time so we'll add another £1,000 to that,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16so today's jackpot starts off at £4,250.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:05:32 > 0:05:34and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points,
0:05:41 > 0:05:42so try and avoid those if you can.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44OK, our first category is...
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first
0:05:49 > 0:05:51and who's going to go second?
0:05:52 > 0:05:54And whoever is going first please step up to the podium.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:06:01 > 0:06:05as many Ben Stiller films as they could. Richard.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release for which
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Ben Stiller has received an acting credit, up to the end of 2011.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries
0:06:15 > 0:06:18or playing himself, but voice performances do count.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20OK, thank you very much. Now then, Fiona and Paul.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25You all drew lots before the show and today you go first.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30So Fiona, are you a fan of Ben Stiller?
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- I have never even heard of Ben Stiller.- Good-oh(!)
0:06:35 > 0:06:40So this is going to be quite tricky.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Yes, I think we could be entering the 200 Club fairly quickly.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52I'll just have to make a guess at the only comedy film that I know of.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56"Airplane!"
0:06:56 > 0:06:57- "Airplane!"- Yes?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Have you not seen a comedy since the very early '80s?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06I think I've only been to the cinema four times in the last eight years.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Paul? You heard that. Come on.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11OK, Fiona is saying "Airplane!"
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Let's see if "Airplane!" is right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said "Airplane!"
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- That doesn't surprise me. - I'm very sorry. Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer, Fiona.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26You score 100 points, I'm sorry. Richard.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Sorry, Fiona, from 1980, "Airplane!" But if you've never heard of Ben Stiller,
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- there's a lot of good films to catch up on.- Yeah! Ray. Have you heard of Ben Stiller?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I've heard of him, yes, but whether it's the person
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I've got in mind for this film is another question.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I'm going to have to try
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Night At The Museum 2.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Let's see if that's right,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53It's right!
0:07:58 > 0:08:0014.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Good answer, Ray.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09And if I may say, wonderful use of the sequel there.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14That's professional Pointless playing. From 2009, very well done.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- He plays a security guard, Larry Daley.- Thank you.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Gareth, we're looking for Ben Stiller films.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Erm... I'm going to go for Tropic Thunder.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31Tropic Thunder, says Gareth. Very good. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Six! - APPLAUSE
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Very well done. That's a great answer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- Tropic Thunder.- Good answer, Gareth. He plays Tugg Speedman.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Robert Downey Jr got a nomination
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- for Best Supporting Actor for the same film. He directed it as well, Ben Stiller.- Mark.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Not a big fan of Ben Stiller.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06But I do believe he had a voiceover role in Madagascar.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Madagascar, is it right? If it is, how many people said Madagascar?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Oh, very well done, Mark! Phew!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Nine! - APPLAUSE
0:09:24 > 0:09:27It all paid off. A lovely low score there.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- Well done. Madagascar. - Well done. He voices Alex the Lion. Chris Rock does a voice,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen does one.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40The lowest score so far, Gareth.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Gareth and Steve looking particularly strong.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Then up to nine, where we find Mark and Bevis.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Up to 14, where we find Ray and Marion.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Fiona and Paul, you are a long way ahead on 100.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Paul, I'm hoping you have an obscure Ben Stiller film stashed away that might be a pointless answer.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We'll have to hope that's enough to see you through to the next round.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10We're looking for Ben Stiller films. Bevis, you're on nine.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13The high-scorers are Paul and Fiona on 100.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16If you can score 90 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I'm going to play it safe, now Mark's done the hard work.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21I'll say Dodgeball.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Dodgeball. There is your red line, nice and high.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30Get below that and you're through to the next round. Dodgeball. How many people said that?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's right and you're through.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Seven. - APPLAUSE
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Second lowest score so far, takes your total up to 16.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Very well done. - Yes, safely through.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Dodgeball, A True Underdog's Story. He plays White Goodman.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- It's a good film. Have you not seen it?- No.- You'd love Dodgeball.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57- Seen the trailer. - Oh, you don't need to see the rest. It's like that, but longer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Steve. Six is your score, 100 remains the high score.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Paul and Fiona on 100. 93 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Hopefully, I should be OK. I'm not a massive fan.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I'm going to say Meet The Fockers.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Yep. And you're through.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30- 15. - APPLAUSE
0:11:30 > 0:11:3315 takes your total up to 21. You're through to the next round.
0:11:33 > 0:11:39He plays Gaylord Focker in that film. The American censors forced the filmmakers to find a real person
0:11:39 > 0:11:44in America with that surname before they allowed the title through. That's quite good, isn't it?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Gaylord just got waved through. - Yeah, that's fine.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51He calls himself Greg in the film.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Now then, Marion. Your score is 14.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Paul and Fiona remain the high-scorers on 100.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03If you can score 85 or less, you're through.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- Ben Stiller films. - I'm just going to have to go with...
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Night At The Museum.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Ray, you did something so selfless there.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18I thought that was tactics, coming in with a sequel when in fact,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21you were doing something absolutely brilliant.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You were laying a little clue there.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I thought the others might take it as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28What a gent.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Night At The Museum. There's your red line.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Yep, you've done it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- 28. - APPLAUSE
0:12:43 > 0:12:4628 takes your total up to 42. Richard.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- That's teamwork, isn't it?- Yeah. - That's impressive.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55From 2006, the original Night At The Museum, with Robin Williams amongst others.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- I haven't seen that either. - Have you not?- No. Children.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03- When your kids get a little bit older, you've got some treats in store.- Yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07It'll be payback time for about four years of not seeing any films.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- Yeah, and having to watch Peppa Pig endlessly.- Nothing wrong with Peppa Pig, Richard.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16LAUGHTER The stories are good. It's the voice work in Peppa Pig.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Nothing wrong with the voice work.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23- There's a dog in it. What's the name of the dog?- Captain Dog.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Played by somebody with a passing acquaintance with the English language.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32And some sort of appalling voice defect. LAUGHTER
0:13:32 > 0:13:35That was what I was trying to achieve with Captain Dog.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- Captain Dog.- Captain Daddy Dog, yeah. - Captain Daddy Dog.- Yup!
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Ask the question in the voice of Captain Daddy Dog.- No. - LAUGHTER
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- AS CAPTAIN DADDY DOG:- Now, Paul...
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE - He's a sailor.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Thank you very much. Erm...Paul.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03I'm afraid you are the high-scorers even before you've answered.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06So in many ways it's irrelevant what you say.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11You will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15So a lovely opportunity for you to find an absolutely pointless
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Ben Stiller film and add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- Can you do it?- I can try There's Something About Mary.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26There's Something About Mary, says Paul.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Let's see how many people said it. No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the high-scorers.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35It's right.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Down it goes, look at that! Ten! - APPLAUSE
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's a great answer, Paul.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- 110 is your total. Richard. - Good answer.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It bodes well for next time we see you.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57With Cameron Diaz as Mary in that film. Some good answers there.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02- Some very good answers. - And "Airplane!" LAUGHTER
0:15:02 > 0:15:07There are some pointless answers. Let's take a look at some of them. Well done if you got any of these.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Anchorman, he's got a part in that, as has his dad, Jerry Stiller.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16- He's also in Empire Of The Sun. - Who knew that?!- No-one.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21- Well, there you are! - Hot Pursuit, a pointless answer.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26Next Of Kin, Reality Bites, School For Scoundrels, all of these Pointless.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29The Suburbans, Your Friends And Neighbours and Zero Effect.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35Well done if you got those. Let's see the most popular answers, the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40- Now that's a good film. Have you seen Zoolander?- I have.- Not a fan?
0:15:40 > 0:15:47- Not so much.- Really?- Yeah. He's not a tremendously subtle comic actor.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53Whoo! That is... That is quite something, coming from you.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55LAUGHTER
0:15:55 > 0:16:00If you look at something like, I don't know, Captain Daddy Dog...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03A masterclass in subtlety.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Oh-aahr!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09That would have scored you 17 points.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Meet The Parents with 18, the original of Meet The Fockers.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15And Night At The Museum, right at the top on 28.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Thank you, Richard.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22So at the end of Round One, the losing pair, I'm afraid, it's Fiona and Paul.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28- Did you recognise any of those? - I think I've vaguely heard of Night At The Museum, but nothing else, no.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33- Paul, take Fiona to the cinema, for heaven's sake!- I do! - It's time she saw some comedies.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Anyway, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40but I feel sure next time we'll see a great deal more of you.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- Thanks for playing. Paul and Fiona. - APPLAUSE
0:16:45 > 0:16:49For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01One of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17So our question concerns...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22European Writers. Richard.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28We'll show you six works whose writers were born on the continent of Europe. Tell us who the writer is.
0:17:28 > 0:17:34If you give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37For the purposes of this question, Russia is part of Europe.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43So we're looking for the European authors of these literary works and we have got...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'll read them all one more time.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05There we are. There are our European works of fiction.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08We are looking for the authors.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Ray. - I'm going to have to try The Iliad.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16And Homer.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Homer, you're saying. Homer for The Iliad.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27It's right.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- 27. - APPLAUSE
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Homer scores you 27. Richard. - A safe start for Ray. Well done.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43From the 8th century BC, one of the oldest existing works of Western literature.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Indeed. Now then, Steve.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50We're looking for the European authors of these literary works.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- How does that board look to you? - Horrible.- Really?- Yeah.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- Do you know any of the ones on it? - No.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Do you think you might have a glimmer of a clue?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02I'm going to go for the French one, The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06and pick a French writer that I know, which is Jules Verne. I know that's wrong.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10OK. Jules Verne, you are saying, for The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Bad luck, Steve. An incorrect answer, as I think you knew.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25It scores you 100 points. OK, Bevis. The board is yours.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29- You can fill it in, if you like. Or talk us through it anyway. - I'm not too sure.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame, I'm going for that one. I think it's Victor Hugo.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Victor Hugo, for The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame. Let's see if that's right
0:19:38 > 0:19:42and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It's right.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- 13. - APPLAUSE
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- There's a great answer. Victor Hugo.- Yeah, well done, Bevis.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Quasimodo's named after Quasimodo Sunday, which is the Sunday after Easter in France.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Is it? But only in France? - That's the day he was born.- Ah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Let's fill in the rest of the board, see how well you did at home.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- The Little Mermaid?- The only one I don't know.- A Danish writer.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19Hans Christian Andersen. Would have scored you 19.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- Then Crime And Punishment. - Dostoevsky.- From Russia, 9 points.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- The Divine Comedy?- Dante.- From Italy. Would have scored you five.
0:20:28 > 0:20:34- The best answer, Death In Venice? - Thomas Mann.- Yeah, the German writer. Four points.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Very well done if you got all six of those.- OK, we're halfway through the round.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Let's take a look at the scores. Bevis and Mark, the low-scorers.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Looking strong on 13.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Then up to 27, where we find Ray and Marion.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Then up to 100, Steve and Gareth.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Gareth, we need a brilliant low-scoring answer from you
0:20:52 > 0:20:56and hope that's somehow going to be enough to see you into the next round.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05OK, we're going to put six more literary works on the board and here they come.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06We have got...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I'll read them one more time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28We're looking for the European authors of these literary works.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32You're trying to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Mark, you're on 13. The high-scorers on 100 are Gareth and Steve.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41A score of 86 is all you need to get through to the head-to-head.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Yes, I'm going to have to try
0:21:44 > 0:21:48and remember The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...
0:21:48 > 0:21:51is...Stephen Stieg.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Stephen Stieg, you are saying, for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03There is your red line. Below that, through to the next round.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Stephen Stieg, says Mark.
0:22:08 > 0:22:14Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17113 is your total. This could be good news for you, Gareth.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21Sadly, it's not. I think me and Steve are going to prove our ignorance here
0:22:21 > 0:22:24when it comes to literature. I can't even think of a name.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30I'm going for War And Peace and I'm going for Richard Alexander.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You might notice what I've done there.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- It's quite exciting. I want to find out now. - LAUGHTER
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Richard Alexander. Is that right and how many people said it?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Oh, bad luck, Gareth.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48That scores you 100 points
0:22:48 > 0:22:53and I'm afraid takes you up to an unassailable 200.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Marion, we're looking for the European authors of these works.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03I think The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is Stieg Larsson.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Stieg Larsson. There's no red line for you, for the best reason.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Gareth and Steve.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17You are through whatever happens. Stieg Larsson sounds like a good answer. How many people said it?
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- Ten! - APPLAUSE
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Ten takes your total up to 37. Very well done, Marion. Richard.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Well played. The late Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43It sold over 30 million copies, that book. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48War And Peace, it's not Richard Alexander, but it's a hearteningly high score.
0:23:48 > 0:23:5147 people knew it was Leo Tolstoy, the Russian.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53The Count Of Monte Cristo?
0:23:53 > 0:23:59- I think it's Alexandre Dumas.- It is, the French writer. The Metamorphosis?
0:23:59 > 0:24:05- Ovid?- Franz Kafka.- Oh, sorry. - Would have scored you seven.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Born in Prague, which was then in Austro-Hungary but now is the Czech Republic.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14- Remembrance Of Things Past? - Marcel Proust.- The Frenchman, would have scored five.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17The best answer is The Unbearable Lightness Of Being.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- Another Czech writer. - Can't remember.- Milan Kundera.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24That's the best answer - would have scored you two points.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Very well done to anyone who went through both boards.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair, Steve and Gareth.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38This is your first time on the show. Anything you've learned from this?
0:24:38 > 0:24:45- Any tips you'll bring back next time?- Maybe we should read a bit. - Yeah.- Bit late for that(!)
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Next time, I hope we'll see much more of you. Thanks, Gareth and Steve. Great contestants.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54- APPLAUSE - For the remaining two pairs, it's about to get even more exciting,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Congratulations, Ray and Marion, Mark and Bevis.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09You are one round away from the final and a chance to play
0:25:09 > 0:25:14for the jackpot, which currently stands at £4,250.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16APPLAUSE
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Only one pair can play for that money. To decide which pair it's going to be,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25you're now going head to head on the best of three questions.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33You're now allowed to confer. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35APPLAUSE
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Royal Residences, Richard.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54We're going to show you five pictures of royal residences, either official or privately owned.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Can you name the most obscure?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five royal residencies.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03And here they are. We have got...
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Ray and Marion, you played best throughout the show, so you go first.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Do you recognise any of them?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Is A Glamis Castle, where the Queen Mum used to stay?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32We've got an answer. Whether it's right or not is another thing.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38But we're going with A and Glamis Castle.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Glamis Castle, you are saying for A.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47A, Glamis Castle. Mark and Bevis, you can talk out loud now.
0:26:48 > 0:26:54- I was going to say maybe A was Balmoral. - C looks more like Balmoral to me.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- For the stonework.- We can go with that if you like.- C, Balmoral.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01OK, C, Balmoral.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Ray and Marion said Glamis for A. Let's see if that's right
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Bad luck. That's incorrect, which means, Mark and Bevis,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20you only have to be right when you say that C is Balmoral.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Is it Balmoral? How many people said it?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Yep, you've done it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- 11. - APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:4211, which means, after one question, Mark and Bevis are ahead 1-0.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Richard.- A was actually the best answer on the board.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Glamis Castle was the Queen Mother's childhood home, but this was one of her holiday homes in Caithness.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53It's the Castle of Mey.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57It's the most northerly mainland inhabited castle.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Two points, so it would have been a brilliant answer.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04B also would have won the point. It's in Norfolk. It's Sandringham.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Ten points, it would have scored you.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10And the last two are the biggest scorers. D is Windsor Castle.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14It would have scored you 62. And E, Buckingham Palace.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16That would have scored you 83.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22Here comes your second question. Ray and Marion, you need to win this second question.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Your second question concerns...
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Richard.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32We'll give you the names of five songs with a number in their title.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36We're only giving you the initials. Can you tell us what the songs are?
0:28:36 > 0:28:37Pick the most obscure.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Thank you. Songs with a number in the title. Here they come.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44We've got...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I'll read those all again.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Mark and Bevis, you go first this time.
0:29:13 > 0:29:19OK, we're going to go for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Two Tribes, say Mark and Bevis. Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28Now then, Ray and Marion, we have to have a correct answer
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and we have to have a winning answer.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35That was the only one we knew. So we'll have to go with Sting and...
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- Are you going to make it up?- Yes.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Seven Days.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49Sting and Seven Days. That's a pretty good made-up title.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Anyway, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes, say Mark and Bevis.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Two Tribes.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03It's right.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- 29. - APPLAUSE
0:30:13 > 0:30:1529.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Ray and Marion, in what I think might be a brilliant
0:30:17 > 0:30:20bit of deduction, have said Seven Days for Sting.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Let's see if that's right. This is going to be brilliant, if it's right.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30It IS right!
0:30:30 > 0:30:33It is right, so 29's the score to beat! And you've done it!
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed! 11 for Seven Days.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Very, very well done indeed. That was exactly what you needed to do.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50- You're back in the game after two questions.- Unbelievable!
0:30:50 > 0:30:56I'm trying to decipher that look on Mark and Bevis's face. Easier to decipher the look on Marion's face.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- Don't ask us to sing it! - Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:30:58 > 0:31:0129 is the highest score up there.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Katie Melua is Nine Million Bicycles. - Nine... Nine Million Bicycles.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11Would have scored 28. The Commodores is Three Times A Lady. Would have scored you 18.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15The best answer on the board, Mark Owen, Four Minute Warning.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18That would have scored you eight points.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Here comes your third question.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and will be playing for that jackpot.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Your third question concerns...
0:31:30 > 0:31:33A kind of busman's holiday for you, Mark. Richard.
0:31:33 > 0:31:39For this deciding question, we're going to show you five clues to facts about blood.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Can you give us the answers and pick the most obscure? Very best of luck.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Let's reveal our five clues to facts about blood. We have got...
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I'll read those all one more time.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26There we are, our five facts about blood.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Now then, Ray and Marion, you go first this time.
0:32:32 > 0:32:38- What helps blood to clot?- I can't really think, but I think we'll have to go with the straw-coloured
0:32:38 > 0:32:44clear liquid that carries the solid cells and go with plasma.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Plasma, say Ray and Marion,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51for the straw-coloured clear liquid that carries solid cells.
0:32:51 > 0:32:57- Mark and Bevis, talk us through the board.- The first one is probably...
0:32:57 > 0:33:02- We're thinking rhesus for the first one.- The vessels that carry blood to the heart is arteries.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06- They're the easy ones. And then...- Go for rhesus.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09That's going to be a more obvious one.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14- I think we may as well go for it, shall we?- Yep.- Yeah?
0:33:14 > 0:33:20- You can talk us through your answers.- We're probably wrong and we don't want to look silly.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23So we'll go for... This may be wrong as well.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28I think the common name for thrombocytes which help blood to clot could be haemoglobin.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32OK, you're saying haemoglobin, the common name for thrombocytes.
0:33:32 > 0:33:38We have plasma and haemoglobin. Ray and Marion said plasma for the straw-coloured clear liquid.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Plasma.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47It's right.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- 42. - APPLAUSE
0:33:55 > 0:33:5942. Mark and Bevis have said haemoglobin is the common name
0:33:59 > 0:34:03for thrombocytes, which help blood to clot.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15Oh! Bad luck, Mark and Bevis. That's an incorrect answer.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20After three questions, Ray and Marion, you are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23APPLAUSE
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Very well played, Ray and Marion.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Haemoglobin is a right answer to a different question.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36It's the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39It would have scored you 34 points.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42And the thrombocytes which help blood to clot are platelets.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44That would have scored 15.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49You're right about RH, that stands for rhesus. That would have scored you 63 points.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52And the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54if you'd said arteries, you'd have scored 100.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57They're the veins. Arteries carry blood from the heart.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Veins would have scored 28.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Platelets being the best answer on the board.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- Well done if you got all five. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Mark and Bevis.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Well, you've played phenomenally well.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18You seemed to be cruising it until Ray and Marion suddenly picked Seven Days out of nowhere.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23We'll see you next time when I'm sure we'll see you do just as well, if not better.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Thanks for playing. Mark and Bevis. - APPLAUSE
0:35:30 > 0:35:33But for Ray and Marion, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35APPLAUSE
0:35:39 > 0:35:46Congratulations, Ray and Marion. You fought off all the competition and you won our Pointless trophy.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £4,250.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01APPLAUSE
0:36:04 > 0:36:09The rules are very simple. To win that jackpot, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14We haven't had any pointless answers. Find one now and you'll go home with the money.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18First, you've got to choose a category. You can choose from these five options.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Well... What would you fancy?
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- Well...- I think it's got to be Literature or Football Managers.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40- What do you think?- I think we'll go for Football Managers. - Football Managers.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:36:43 > 0:36:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many FA Cup winning managers since 1970 as they could.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55- Richard.- Any manager who's guided a team to an FA Cup final victory
0:36:55 > 0:36:58from 1970, all the way through to 2011.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07All you need to win that £4,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Are you ready?- Okey-doke. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- Do you know any?- Bob Stokoe.- Oh, that sounds good.- Tommy Docherty?
0:37:21 > 0:37:29- OK.- People like Alex Ferguson are going to be too obvious. Erm...
0:37:29 > 0:37:35- I was thinking of Bill Nicholson, but that was the '60s. '61.- Yeah.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- Well, Bob Stokoe is good. - Bob Stokoe is good.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Bob Stokoe, Tommy Docherty... Can you think of...?
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Who is that Scottish one...? - Oh, Gordon Strachan?
0:37:45 > 0:37:50- Was he...? - I know he was at Wembley.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Was he doing a Scottish team or an English team? Who's taken over...?
0:37:54 > 0:37:59The Irishman that's taken over... With the glasses.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Oh, Martin O'Neill.- Yeah, has he won one?- I wouldn't know.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08- Shall we put him in? - Ten seconds left.- Martin O'Neill.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14- Is Bob Stokoe very old, though? - Well... Yeah, we'll go for him.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16OK, your time is up.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25- I need your three answers.- We'll go with Bob Stokoe.- Bob Stokoe.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- Tommy Docherty.- Tommy Docherty.- And Martin O'Neill.- And Martin O'Neill.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- The best one would be Bob Stokoe. - Bob Stokoe, we'll put last.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- Your least likely?- Tommy Docherty? - Yeah, Tommy Docherty.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46We'll put him first. Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they come.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49We have got...
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Tommy Docherty was your least confident answer.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £4,250.
0:39:02 > 0:39:09Let's see if Tommy Docherty's right and if it is, how many people said it. Tommy Docherty.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14It's right.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Oh!
0:39:25 > 0:39:27APPLAUSE
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Wow!
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Unfortunately, not a pointless answer. By the skin of your teeth!
0:39:37 > 0:39:42One person said Tommy Docherty. That's a great answer. That was your least likely punt.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46That was the least likely shot at the jackpot, so it's looking very good.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- £4,250, what would you do with it, Marion?- Oh, jewellery!
0:39:50 > 0:39:52LAUGHTER
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Ray, what would you do with it?
0:39:54 > 0:39:59- Probably go towards a camera, but...- Camera and jewellery.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Or a nice exotic holiday.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Very nice indeed.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Well, it's all hanging on Martin O'Neill and Bob Stokoe.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13We're looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970. Your next answer is Martin O'Neill.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17This has to be right and pointless for you to win that jackpot, £4,250.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Let's see if it is right and how many people said Martin O'Neill.
0:40:25 > 0:40:30Oh, bad luck. Bad luck. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35Everything is riding on Bobby Stokoe. How did you come by this?
0:40:35 > 0:40:41I just remember him running around the pitch. Ecstatic that he'd won.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- Which you might see me doing if it's a pointless answer!- OK.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55Your final answer, the answer you decided was your best shot, was Bobby Stokoe.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00To win that jackpot of £4,250, it has to be pointless. Let's see.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Bob Stokoe.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08It's right! It's right. Well, Tommy Docherty took you down to one.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Martin O'Neill was an incorrect answer, but Bob Stokoe, down he goes.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17If this goes down to pointless, you leave here with £4,250. Oh, no!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21APPLAUSE
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Unfortunately, I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38You don't win today's jackpot. It will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43You have been fantastic contestants. You take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45APPLAUSE
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- Richard.- Yeah, very unlucky. You played very well for two shows.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Bob Stokoe won for Sunderland in 1973.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01He managed Sunderland and Tommy Docherty, Man United in '77.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Martin O'Neill's never won the FA Cup. He's won a couple of League Cups.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Let's take a look at all the pointless answers. Bobby Gould, who won for Wimbledon, in '88.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Dave Sexton won with Chelsea in 1970. Guus Hiddink also won with Chelsea.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Joe Royle won it with Everton in 1995. John Sillett, Coventry in 1987.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Keith Burkinshaw won it twice for Spurs, 1981 and 1982.
0:42:23 > 0:42:30Terry Neil for Arsenal in '79 and Terry Venables for Spurs in '91.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- Very well done if you got any of those at home. - Well, thank you, Richard.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39We have to say goodbye to you, Ray and Marion, but it's been a pleasure having you on the show.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- Thank you for playing. Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Ray and Marion didn't win our jackpot today.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53It rolls over, which means on the next show, we will be playing for £5,250.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- APPLAUSE - Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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