0:00:20 > 0:00:24APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33the quiz show where the aim is to score as few points as you can.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Welcome, Shelley and Bryan - you're our first pair on the show today.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- How do you two know each other?- We met through a friend at university,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50who went to the same university as I did -
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Bryan went to Glasgow, so it was at a house party.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56And then one Glastonbury, it was just the two of us.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57And I worked my magic!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- Just the two of you?!- Well, there were other people there as well.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- It seemed like it was just the two of us!- That's a good Glastonbury!
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- A bit of music would be good for you?- Yes, music would be very good.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Shelley, what do you do?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I'm an usher at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- At Stormont? - Yes, I work at Stormont.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- How long have you done that for? - Just over a year.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Fantastic. Bryan, what do you do?
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I'm a civil servant, working for the DoE in Belfast.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Is it useful to have someone on the inside at Stormont?- Always useful!
0:01:24 > 0:01:25I bet it is!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Do you have any niche hobbies, any interests?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I quite like movies which are so bad, they're good.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Any other niche interests of yours, Shelley?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Probably music. I've worked in record shops from the age of 16.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I started off through Virgin, independent to HMV,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and then went into politics, so...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45If we were to start a Pointless Academy,
0:01:45 > 0:01:46along the lines of the Brit Academy,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49where they sort of hothouse people,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53you two sound like you might as well have been in the Pointless Academy.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55You've covered so many bases there.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I thought we weren't to talk about the Pointless Academy!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00First rule of the Pointless Academy...
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Don't talk about the Pointless Academy!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Second rule of the Pointless Academy - shoes off at the door.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Yeah?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Because of the parquet flooring.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Anyway, Shelley and Bryan, welcome to Pointless.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It's great to have you on the show - best of luck.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Next, welcome back Nick and Rob - you were on the show last time.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23This is your second chance. Remind us how you know each other.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26We work together for an online advertising firm.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29And Rob, what happened last time?
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Animated characters and their partners.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Ah, yes, Dixie - we put Dixie together with Top Cat.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37What would you not like to see come up, Rob?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Classical music would be bad, mythology,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42anything to do with the Bible or religion.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Nick, how about you?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The same as Rob, but I'd probably add in wildlife,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49words, food and drink, fashion...
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- LAUGHTER - A large number of subjects.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56Do you have any niche hobbies? I keep asking this,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58because usually in Pointless, this is where
0:02:58 > 0:03:00people find the most wonderful answers.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Well, I kind of like records and music,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07and have got quite an extensive collection - and film.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10So, music, you have a very good knowledge of music? Oh...
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- No, don't say that, but... - Listen, Nick and Rob,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16it's great to have you back on the show. Very best of luck today.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Next we welcome Tracy and Tora - how do you two know each other?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23We met on our first day at Sandhurst, almost 16 years ago.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Are you still in the Army?- Yes.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Tora, you, too?- Yes.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Which regiments are you in? - I'm in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- Tora?- Royal Logistics Corps. - Royal Logistics...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Can I say that again? It's "Logistic".
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Royal Logistic Corps.- Yeah.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41So, British geography - in fact world geography,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43- as a logistician.- Yes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Tracey - what do you like to do when you're not being a medic?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Er, read crime fiction and spend most of my time at the cinema.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Oh, right!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- What are your favourite films? - Mostly, anything
0:03:54 > 0:03:56with Tom Cruise - I know, I'm very shallow.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58I never saw that!
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Tom Cruise - nothing wrong with Tom Cruise.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Anything you wouldn't like to see come up, Tracy?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Erm, football.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09It's my real, er, worst subject.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12So you would be lost if there was a football question?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- And Tora, you, too? - No, I wouldn't be lost,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- so thankfully, strengths and weaknesses...- It was just empathy.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- I'd be fine!- You'd be fine. OK! Very best of luck,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Tracy and Tora - great to have you here.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And finally, Siobhan and Andy - how do you two know each other?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This is my wife - we've been married for five years now.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Many congratulations. Siobhan, where are you from?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33From Portsmouth. I moved down there for university -
0:04:33 > 0:04:35originally I'm from Guildford.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Right. And Andy, what do you do? - I'm a geography teacher.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Ah! Geography teacher!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Ah! Welcome.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Listen, welcome. And geography, of all the subjects,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48geography bleeds into everything on Pointless.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- What age do you teach? - Secondary school.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And will they all be watching now?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Yeah, I think most of them will be watching.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- OK, very good. So, let's hope some geography comes up, Andy!- Yeah!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01What do you like to do as a hobby, Siobhan?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Well, I really, really like the band Hanson.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07So, normally, dancing around my house to Hanson!
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- Ha... As in MMMBop? - As in MMMBop, yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I've seen them live seven times.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Seven times?- Seven, yep. - Andy, do your pupils
0:05:14 > 0:05:16know about this?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17They do now, yes.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- No-one's going to take the mick, are they?- It's all out,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Hanson - good stuff!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Very, very best of luck, it's great to have you here.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28We'll find out more about all of you as we go along.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33He's the Torquemada of tea-time trivia, he's my Pointless friend,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34he's Richard!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Hiya. Hello. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Good afternoon to you.- Good afternoon to you.- Now, interestingly,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45it's our 299th show today.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Ha! Is it?!- Yeah.- Wow!
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- They've gone by in the twinkling of an eye!- Haven't they just?!
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- 299th show? Hang on, hang on... - Yeah?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Our... Our next show will be our... 300th show, is that right?
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It will be our 300th show.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Now, I was going to surprise you on our 300th show,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and give you a little present.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- That was my plan.- OK, yes.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13But what I decided to do is tell you I'm going to do that,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15to put a bit of pressure on you
0:06:15 > 0:06:17to maybe think of getting me a present as well.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18LAUGHTER
0:06:18 > 0:06:21300 is going to be awesome, but 299 is going to be
0:06:21 > 0:06:24an extraordinary aperitif to the 300th, I think. One returning pair,
0:06:24 > 0:06:25that's Nick and Rob, who...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28didn't cover themselves in glory last time, a bit unlucky,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31but they look like the type of people who win Pointless, to me.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35OK. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37but we're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39To be in with a chance of winning the jackpot,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42our players need to score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48one which none of our 100 people knew, and when that happens,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02APPLAUSE AUDIENCE: Whoo!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05OK. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:07:15 > 0:07:16and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round
0:07:19 > 0:07:20will be eliminated.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22If you give me an incorrect answer,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24you will score the maximum of 100 points,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26so avoid those if you can.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Our first category today is...
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Ha-ha-ha-ha! - LAUGHTER
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Hey! It's football managers, Tracy!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:07:38 > 0:07:39and who second?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Here comes the question. We gave 100 people
0:07:47 > 0:07:51100 seconds to name as many Premier League managers
0:07:51 > 0:07:54at the start of the 2011/12 season
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- as they could. Richard... - Yes, we're looking for the name
0:07:57 > 0:07:59of any manager who was in charge of
0:07:59 > 0:08:01any of the 20 teams in the Barclays Premier League
0:08:01 > 0:08:03at the start of the 2011/2012 season, please.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06First names and surnames we need. Anyone who's in charge
0:08:06 > 0:08:09on the first day of the season. Very best of luck.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Shelley and Bryan,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Oh, Shelley!
0:08:17 > 0:08:21It's all right, it's OK, I'm not too worried about it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Right.- But I'm not sure if they were there at the very start,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27so I'm going to just take a guess...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- OK.- ..and go with Steve Bruce.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Steve Bruce, says Shelley. Let's see if that's right,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:08:36 > 0:08:37said Steve Bruce.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It's correct!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Very well done, Shelley, that's a great answer.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Lovely low score.
0:08:48 > 0:08:4911 for Steve Bruce.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51APPLAUSE
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Good start, Shelley. He was the Sunderland manager
0:08:54 > 0:08:56at the start of the season, replaced fairly quickly
0:08:56 > 0:08:59by Martin O'Neill. As we record a bit in advance, a few of these people
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I suspect may have lost their jobs by the time this goes out,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05so I'll give you odds on whether they'll still be in their jobs.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Excellent.- Steve Bruce? He's already gone.- Already gone.- Yep.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Now, then, Rob...- OK.- Is this good for you?- This is so much better,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15you can't believe it.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Good.- OK. I think I'm going to go for Brendan Rodgers
0:09:19 > 0:09:20of Swansea City.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Brendan Rodgers of Swansea City. Is it right, and if it is,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25how many people said it?
0:09:25 > 0:09:26It's right.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Oh! Very well done, Rob!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- APPLAUSE - Very well done - that's more like it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- Three for Brendan Rodgers. - Great answer, Rob.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43He's done a brilliant job at Swansea as well, Brendan Rodgers,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46so he will... Unless someone even bigger picks him up,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48he'll definitely still be there.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Guarantee. They love him down there.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- Tora?- He was the one...!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I had him in my head and I haven't got anyone else
0:09:56 > 0:09:57other than Kenny Dalglish.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Kenny Dalglish, says Tora. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04how many people said Kenny Dalglish.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05It's right.
0:10:09 > 0:10:1117!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- APPLAUSE - It's not a bad score, Tora.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- 17 for Kenny Dalglish. - Yeah, well played, Tora,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20not a bad back-up answer, it's his second spell at Liverpool.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23OK, thanks very much. Now, then, Siobhan - remember,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25we are looking for Premier League managers
0:10:25 > 0:10:27at the start of the 2011/2012 season.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29This is out of my comfort zone.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I'm going to try, and hopefully,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35it will be...an OK answer,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Harry Redknapp.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Harry Redknapp, says Siobhan. Harry Redknapp...
0:10:39 > 0:10:41It's right.
0:10:45 > 0:10:4722!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50APPLAUSE
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Not bad, as a fall-back position.
0:10:52 > 0:10:5422, for Harry Redknapp.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Safe answer. He was manager of Tottenham at the start of the season.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- When this goes out, who knows? - Who knows?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Maybe England manager.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Rob, that was a wonderful
0:11:05 > 0:11:07answer from you.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Lovely low score of three. Then we come up to 11,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12where we find Shelley and Bryan!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Then up to 17, where we find Tora and Tracy.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Then up to 22, where we find Siobhan and Andy.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Really pretty close grouping.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Rob and Nick are quite comfortably below the rest of you.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Andy, you're the highest scorers, so we'll need a lovely,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28low-scoring answer from you in the next part.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Coming back down the line,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Now, Andy, considering how far out of her comfort zone Siobhan was,
0:11:39 > 0:11:4122 wasn't a bad score at all.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Do you have a really good, low-scoring answer, though?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- I feel I need to take a bit of a chance.- You are the high scorers,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49but only by five points.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53I think the Norwich manager is Paul Lambert?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Paul Lambert, says Andy - Norwich City.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said Paul Lambert.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03There's no red line for you, as you are the high scorers.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It's right!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12That's a great answer!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- APPLAUSE - Very well done, Andy.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Our joint lowest score.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Takes your total up to 25.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Very well played, Andy.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24A sigh of relief as well. Everyone watching you is now
0:12:24 > 0:12:26going to be grudgingly impressed. Paul Lambert -
0:12:26 > 0:12:29he's going to stick around as well, he's done a very good job.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32There we are. Now, then, Tracy,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34we are looking for Premier League managers
0:12:34 > 0:12:36at the start of the 2011/12 season.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- Hm-hmm!- The high scorers are Andy and Siobhan
0:12:38 > 0:12:40at the moment, on 25, you're on 17.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42That means a score of seven or less
0:12:42 > 0:12:45will see you through to the next round.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I've got a suspicion that's not going to happen.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I knew, er, all but two of the answers given so far,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53so I'm now struggling.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Which leads me to say...
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Arsene Wenger.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Arsene Wenger, says Tracy.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04There is your red line - it's quite low.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07If you are below that red line, you're through to the next round.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Arsene Wenger - how many people said that?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11It's right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:1630.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18APPLAUSE
0:13:18 > 0:13:20That takes your total up to 47.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- Richard.- Yes, a correct answer, and it keeps you in the round.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27It's the right thing to do. Arsenal manager since 1996.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's a long old time.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I wouldn't want to predict he'll go.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33He's going to go sooner or later.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Now, then, Nick... Rob, lovely low score of three,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39that's his legacy to you. The high scorers at the moment are 47.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42If you can score 43 or less,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44you are through to the next round.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47As a Nottingham Forest fan, I don't look at the Premier League often,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51but QPR's manager at the start of the season was Neil Warnock.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Neil Warnock, says Nick.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54There is your red line -
0:13:54 > 0:13:56if Neil Warnock gets you below that red line,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00you are in the next round. Neil Warnock -
0:14:00 > 0:14:01how many people said that?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yep, you've done it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Very well done!
0:14:10 > 0:14:12APPLAUSE
0:14:12 > 0:14:13It scores you three.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Three seems to be the score for the more
0:14:15 > 0:14:17obscure football managers.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Richard.- Yes, they're looking even more like the type of people
0:14:19 > 0:14:23who win Pointless now, aren't they? Warnock was manager of QPR
0:14:23 > 0:14:26at the start of the season, but he was sacked in January 2012.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Thank you very much. Now, then, Bryan,
0:14:29 > 0:14:30everything is in your hands.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34At the moment, Tracy and Tora are the high scorers.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35You are on 11,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39they're on 47. If you can score 35 or less,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42you are through. How's football for you?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Pretty good, yeah. I've got a few,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46but I think I'll go for Owen Coyle.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Owen Coyle.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50There is your red line. Get below that,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54and you're in the next round. How many people said Owen Coyle?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Yep, you've done it.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Four!
0:15:03 > 0:15:06APPLAUSE
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Four takes your total up to 15.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Owen Coyle...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Well played, everybody, a very low-scoring round. Bolton manager,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18not having a great season, but I think he'll stick around,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20because he's very good. We've heard most
0:15:20 > 0:15:22of the low-scoring answers - Brendan Rodgers, Neil Warnock, Paul Lambert
0:15:22 > 0:15:24all scored three, no-one scored less than three.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Only one other manager scored three, the Chelsea manager,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30believe it or not, Andre Villas-Boas.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Other low-scorers - Owen Coyle, four,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Martin Jol, the Fulham manager, scored four, no-one said him -
0:15:36 > 0:15:39the best manager in the league. LAUGHTER
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Strange.- Let's take a look at the high scorers,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43that most of our 100 said.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Siobhan gave us Harry Redknapp, he was the third highest scorer.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Tracy gave us Arsene Wenger.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Who would you imagine is top there?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Ferguson, of course. - Sir Alex Ferguson, yep.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Other scores -
0:15:56 > 0:15:59we've seen Kenny Dalglish, Alex McLeish would have scored ten,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01David Moyes, eight, Steve Kean and Tony Pulis, seven,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Alan Pardew, six.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Excellent. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06At the end of the first round,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08the losing pair, with the highest score,
0:16:08 > 0:16:09is Tracy and Tora! Oh, dear!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11You did say you didn't want sport.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Arsene Wenger wasn't a bad answer,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16just a high score there. Never mind.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18We will see you again next time,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21when maybe logistics will come up, and maybe
0:16:21 > 0:16:24some medical questions, too, and you'll get past the first round.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing, Tracy and Tora!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29APPLAUSE
0:16:31 > 0:16:34For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47so one of these teams will be leaving at the end of this round.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50After that first round, Nick and Rob, whoa, what a change!
0:16:50 > 0:16:52There we were!
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- It was a good subject for us, definitely.- It was great!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Lovely low score there.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59In fact, the lowest possible score, a total of six.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02They would seem to be the pair to beat. Our category for round two
0:17:02 > 0:17:04is...
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Music. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:17:08 > 0:17:11who's going to go first and who second?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Right, so, our question concerns...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Singers and their bands, Richard.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26On each pass we'll give you the names of six vocalists -
0:17:26 > 0:17:29can you tell us the band with which they are most associated?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32An obscure one, fewer points. Incorrect answer, as always,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34100 points. 12 vocalists in all,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36to have a go at at home, see if you can get all 12.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40So, we're looking for the bands with which these vocalists
0:17:40 > 0:17:42are most closely associated,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and we have got...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'll read those all one more time.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59So, there they are.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Six vocalists - there are six bands behind them.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Bryan, you have to put the most obscure vocalist and band together.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09I don't know if it's going to be the most obscure,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12but I just can't not say Public Enemy,
0:18:12 > 0:18:14the greatest band of all time - Flavor Flav.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Flavor Flav, Public Enemy, says Bryan, let's see if that's right,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20and if it is, let's see how many people said Public Enemy.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Absolutely right.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Wow!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- APPLAUSE - Three!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Good answer. Public Enemy.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Well played, Bryan, three points.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39William Drayton is Flavor Flav's real name.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Best band of all time, you think?- Oh, yes. Certainly in my life anyway,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44the most important band of my life.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46What's your view on Public Enemy?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Erm, OK. - LAUGHTER
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I think they're... I think they're fine.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- I'm less acquainted with Public Enemy.- Are you?- It's an area
0:18:54 > 0:18:57of music... I've had Public Enemy played to me by people.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Yeah. You remind me a lot of Terminator X. You've got a lot of...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- I...- You have a lot of his bearing.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Yeah. As mean.- Yeah, that's right!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Yeah, yeah. I get that a lot.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Shall we?- Anyway, let's do it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Now, then, Nick -
0:19:12 > 0:19:14we're looking for the bands with which these vocalists
0:19:14 > 0:19:16are most closely associated.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Yeah, erm... - Does this...? Are we continuing
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- in a good vein for you? I hope so. - I hope so, yeah.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23I'm going to go with Gerard Way,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and My Chemical Romance.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance. Let's see if that's right
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and how many people knew that answer.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32It's right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Very, very well done indeed, Nick!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Gerard Way scores you six.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44APPLAUSE
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Good start to the round. Two very, very good answers.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48He's also a comic writer, Gerard Way,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50and he's got a daughter called Bandit.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Bandit Way!
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Bandit Way.- Wow!
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I'm going to come out and say I'm a very big My Chemical Romance fan.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58I know I'm much too old for it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02But Welcome To The Black Parade, you could do worse than listen to that.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I'm taking all these things away, I've got My Chemical Romance,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- I've got Public Enemy... Phfff!- Yep.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10That is me sorted for the autumn!
0:20:10 > 0:20:11LAUGHTER
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Thanks very much indeed. Now, Siobhan,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16you're the last person to have this board,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18so you can fill in all of the bands if you like.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I'm pretty sure I know the rest of those answers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25But hoping that you didn't ask a lot of teenage girls,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28I'm going to go with Harry Styles
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and One Direction.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Who's your favourite in One Direction?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I don't know because I don't really know who they are.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Really?- Yeah. I know I really like Hanson,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41but that's no reflection on the rest of my music taste.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- What about The Wanted?- I'm not really sure who they are, either!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46OK! Wow!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Pff! Fancy that!- I'm sorry!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Let's talk more about One Direction if we
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- find out if this is right or not. - OK, all right.- Get that cleared up.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Let's see if Harry Styles is indeed in One Direction.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58That's what Siobhan is submitting.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Is it right? How many people said it?
0:21:10 > 0:21:1318 points for One Direction.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Yeah, now Bryan, this is where you and I come to blows, I'm afraid.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21If you are suggesting, for one second,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24that Public Enemy's contribution to the history of recorded music
0:21:24 > 0:21:27is in some way superior to that of One Direction,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30then we are going to fall out.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32There we go.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Frankie Valli.- Four Seasons.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Absolutely right, would have scored 42.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Jarvis Cocker.- Pulp. - Yep, exactly right, 35.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- The biggest score on the board, George Michael.- Wham!
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Oh, it's Snappy Snaps, I'm afraid! No, you're right, it was Wham!
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Would have scored 91 points!- Cor.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52You know, George Michael is genuinely a national treasure, isn't he?
0:21:52 > 0:21:57- He is.- He really is.- He is. And a really, actually a very nice person.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Genuinely lovely man.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01And 91 people knew he was in Wham!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- That's pretty good name recognition. - That's lasting affection.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- Keeps himself in the news.- He certainly does.- He certainly does.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:10 > 0:22:133, Bryan, 3!
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Bryan and Shelley, once again looking very strong for the next round.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Nick and Rob on 6.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Siobhan and Andy, 18 ain't bad, but you are quite far,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25fully three times the score of your nearest rival.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28So, Andy, you know what you have to do in the next part.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29We're coming back down the line.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:33 > 0:22:37OK, we're going to put six more vocalists on the board,
0:22:37 > 0:22:38Here they come.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46I'll read those one last time.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Remember, you're looking for the bands with which these vocalists are most closely associated.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Obviously, as always on Pointless,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00you want to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Andy, you're the highest scorers on 18.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06What we need from you is a dazzlingly low score.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10I know a few, but I don't think they'll give me my dazzlingly low score.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I'm going to go to the back of my head because, for some reason,
0:23:13 > 0:23:18James Hetfield is saying Metallica, to me. So I'm just going to go with that.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Metallica, says Andy, for James Hetfield.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Metallica, is that right? How many people said it?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26No red line for you, because you are the high scorers.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29James Hetfield, Metallica?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Very well done, Andy, that's perfect, good answer.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Oh!
0:23:37 > 0:23:38APPLAUSE
0:23:38 > 0:23:41It did everything it needed to do, Andy. That's wonderful.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Scores you two, our lowest score so far.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Takes your total up to 20, very well done indeed.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50A very good answer and a very gutsy answer, Andy, very well done.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- What an awesome geography teacher. - Yeah.- Don't you think?- Yeah.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- Amazing.- I'm just wondering if I might just do a geography GCSE.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I've been making a relief map while we've been playing the round!
0:24:00 > 0:24:02LAUGHTER
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- That's not bad!- Could you do a correspondence course, Andy?
0:24:05 > 0:24:06You'd be more than welcome.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10If someone said you were the world's greatest geography teacher,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13is that something you would take on board, or would you be, bat it off?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14Depends who says it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I'm saying it! - Then I will take it on board.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23World's official... Official. World's greatest geography teacher.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24No going back.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27He can now say, "World's greatest geography teacher, BBC One".
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Exactly, you can have that.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Now then, Rob, the highest scorers are Andy and Siobhan on 20.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36You are on 6. Which means a score of 13 or less from you
0:24:36 > 0:24:39will see you through to the head-to-head.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40There's some fairly big answers there,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44so it's a case of trying to pick the one that's going to work.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45I think this is the only one that'll do it,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I think Peter Cetera is the lead singer of Chicago.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Peter Cetera, the lead singer of Chicago, says Rob.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Here comes your red line.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Below that, you are definitely in the head-to-head.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Peter Cetera, Chicago, is it right, how many people said it?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04It's right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You've done it, five.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14APPLAUSE
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Five for Peter Cetera takes your total up to 11.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Richard?- I doff my cap again.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Terrific answer, very well played. Very well played.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- This is very exciting, isn't it? - Hm.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28A real nail-biter. Shelley, it's all in your hands.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31The highest scorers are Andy and Siobhan on 20. You are on 3.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36A score of 16 or less will see you into the head-to-head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I'm not sure any of those are going to score less than 16.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- You worked in a record shop. - I know them all. Mick Jagger's the Rolling Stones.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Bryan Ferry is Roxy Music. Morrissey, the Smiths, Joe Strummer's The Clash.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48But I'm not sure which one's going to score the lowest.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I wanted Metallica, so... um.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- I'll go with Joe Strummer and The Clash.- OK.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Joe Strummer, The Clash.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Well, phew, there's your red line.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Of all the people,
0:26:00 > 0:26:04is Joe Strummer going to get you below that red line?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Joe Strummer, is it right, how many people said it?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09It's correct.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15You've done it!
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Ha ha!
0:26:16 > 0:26:17APPLAUSE
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Brilliantly done, 15 for The Clash.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Takes the total up to 18. Richard?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Brilliant round. Brilliant end to a brilliant round.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28It's the first time in the history of this round that the six answers
0:26:28 > 0:26:31have been the six best possible answers anyone could have said at any given time.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33So, terrifically played everybody.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Also, Nick, Rob and Andy have given the best possible answer
0:26:36 > 0:26:39to every single question they've answered so far as well.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Bryan had one point more in the first round. So, incredible playing by all three teams.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Really, really unfortunate to have been knocked out there.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Probably the best performance by someone knocked out, as well.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Let's take a look at the other three.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Joe Strummer's the only one who'd have won it for you, the perfect choice.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, would have scored you 89 points.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Less than George Michael!
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, would have scored you 47.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08And Morrisey, vocalist with The Smiths, most famously, 39 points.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Very well played, everybody, very well played anyone at home who got all 12 of those.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Thanks very much. What a great round, fantastically played.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Inevitably, we have to have a high scorer.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21And Andy and Siobhan, I'm afraid it's you. But, like the man says,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24you couldn't have done any better.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- No.- It was just the way it fell, I'm afraid.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Andy, Siobhan, we must say goodbye,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32but we will look forward to seeing you again next time,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35when I have no doubt you will go much, much further.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants, thank you.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:27:40 > 0:27:44For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting in the head-to-head.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Congratulations, Nick and Rob, Shelley and Bryan,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56you are one round away from the final,
0:27:56 > 0:28:01and a chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £2,250.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Only one pair can pay that money.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08To decide which pair it's going to be,
0:28:08 > 0:28:12you're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and you are now allowed to confer.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20If we add up all your points from the first two rounds,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23there's only 16 between you.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24As Richard has said,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26it's been a very, very low-scoring Pointless so far.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29But Nick and Rob just about pip it.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32It's going to be a very, very exciting third round.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45OK. Here comes your first question. And it concerns World Squares.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49We're going to show you five pictures of famous squares from cities around the world.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52All you have to do is name that square.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Name that square. OK, let's reveal our five squares.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57And here they come.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12So there we have them.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Five squares.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Now, Nick and Rob, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:29:18 > 0:29:20so you get to go first.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24OK, we hope this is right, we're going to go for B,
0:29:24 > 0:29:27and we're going to say the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Place de la Concorde, B? OK.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Shelley and Bryan, you can do all your talking out loud, if you like.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Well, we don't know A. We didn't know B.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- What did you say C was? - I think C's Red Square.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43D's Times Square. And E, which is what we're going to go for,
0:29:43 > 0:29:45we think is the Dam Square, in Amsterdam.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The Dam Square?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50So we have B, Place de la Concorde.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53And we have E, Dam Square.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55In the order they were given, Nick and Rob said
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Place de la Concorde for B. Let's see if that's right.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01If it is, let's see how many people said it?
0:30:01 > 0:30:02It's right.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Nine.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12APPLAUSE
0:30:14 > 0:30:17That's a great answer, nine for Place de la Concorde.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Now, Shelley and Bryan, you are saying Dam Square.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Is that a punt, or do...
0:30:22 > 0:30:24No, I've been to Amsterdam many times.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28But, you know, I saw it and I know it, but then it was like...
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- We didn't see it at that angle! - Yeah, we didn't see that!
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Is actually called the Dam Square?
0:30:33 > 0:30:37OK, the Dam Square, say Shelley and Bryan. Let's see if Dam Square is right.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39If it is, let's see how many people said that?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Nine is what you had to beat.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Yep, it's right.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Now, will it go down below nine?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Yes, it will. Oh!
0:30:51 > 0:30:54CHEERING
0:30:54 > 0:30:55That's a Pointless answer!
0:30:55 > 0:30:58It adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Takes the total up to £2,500.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05It scores you nothing, and it means you win that question.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08After one question, Shelley and Bryan are ahead 1-0. Richard?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Yeah, three words: Best Pointless ever!- Yeah.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Once again, two best answers on the board there.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Once again, extraordinary scoring from everybody on this show.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Let's go through the others.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Xander, do you want to have a go at the others, A?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Yes. That's our very own Trafalgar Square.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26London's Trafalgar Square. That would have scored you 27 points.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Beautiful day, where did they superimpose that?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30LAUGHTER
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- I think that's why it scored 27 points, isn't it?- I see!
0:31:33 > 0:31:34It looks like it's in Spain.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- C?- Red Square.- Red Square, as you rightly said as well.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Would have scored 43.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42And we've had that already, Times Square.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Times Square, absolutely. That's the biggest score of all.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- It would have scored you 66 points. - Wow.- Considerably more than Trafalgar Square.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Guys, brilliant answers, the two best answers on the board, as you see there.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Very good, Nick and Rob, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Here it comes, your second question, it concerns -
0:32:00 > 0:32:04We're going to show you the names of five actresses now
0:32:04 > 0:32:05who've won a Best Actress Oscar.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08But we've removed alternate letters from their names.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Can you identify the most obscure from this list, please?
0:32:11 > 0:32:13The very best of luck.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16OK, let's reveal our five Best Actress Oscar winners,
0:32:16 > 0:32:17and we have got -
0:32:36 > 0:32:40There we are. There are the five Oscar-winning actresses.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45Now then, Shelley and Bryan, you go first this time.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46SHE TALKS INAUDIBLY
0:32:46 > 0:32:50OK, Shelley and Bryan, which one are you going to go for?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52The fourth one down, Jessica Tandy.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Jessica Tandy, the fourth one down. Jessica Tandy.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59OK, Nick and Rob. You can talk us through them all, if you like?
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- That won't take long. - Well, there's only four of them.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05No, that's not the problem.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10We can see Gwyneth Paltrow there. Tessa... Er...
0:33:10 > 0:33:12We're going to have to go with Gwyneth Paltrow, I'm afraid.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14OK, Gwyneth Paltrow at the bottom.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16There we are, Gwyneth Paltrow.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18And Jessica Tandy.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21In the order they were given, Shelley and Bryan said Jessica Tandy.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said Jessica Tandy?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Yep.
0:33:32 > 0:33:3312 for Jessica Tandy.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34APPLAUSE
0:33:34 > 0:33:38Well played, Shelley and Bryan.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Nick and Bob, you've gone for Gwyneth Paltrow,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43let's see how many people spotted that?
0:33:45 > 0:33:46It's right.
0:33:48 > 0:33:49Bad luck.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51APPLAUSE
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Well done, guys.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54That means, after two questions only,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Shelley and Bryan are through to the final, 2-0. Richard?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Well played, although, for the first time, not the best answer on the board.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Number two and number three, both very famous.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06- Can you do the top one? - I can, Reese Witherspoon. - Top is Reese Witherspoon.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09You'd have scored 21, so that wouldn't have won you the point.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- Do you know the next one down? - Kate Winslet.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Kate Winslet, absolutely right. That would have scored nine points.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- But the best odds on board is third down.- Nicole Kidman.- Nicole Kidman.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Oh, Australian!
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Nicole Kidman. That would have scored you six points.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Really, really tough, that.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28The most famous actresses getting the smallest points.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Very well done if you went through that board at home, very impressive.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37So, at the end of the head-to-head, the losing pair, I'm afraid,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39it's Nick and Bob.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41You played so well throughout this show.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44It's been a really great Pointless show, this.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Such low scores from everyone.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Place de la Concorde, cracking answer in the first question.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Dam Square, a pointless answer, they just picked it up there.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57- They're very good, these guys. - They are very good indeed.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Round one last time, brilliantly through to the head-to-head this time.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I'm afraid it's the end of the road.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Nick and Rob, great contestants. Thanks so much for playing.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06APPLAUSE
0:35:08 > 0:35:12But, for Shelley and Bryan, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Congratulations, Shelley and Bryan,
0:35:19 > 0:35:20you fought off all the competition,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35In today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,500.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Well, as we've said all the way through, it's been a brilliant show.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Lovely low scores in all rounds.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47You've stormed it through.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You even found a pointless answer in our head-to-head,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53which very rarely happens.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55You truly have earned your place in the final.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57The rules are very simple. To win that money,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59you have find a pointless answer.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02We've had one pointless answer on the show today, which was yours.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05You only have to find one more and you go home with the jackpot.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Firstly, you must choose a category.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- You can choose from these five options.- They are -
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- Which one do you fancy? There's only two in there which... - What do you think?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- American boy bands. - No, I'm not having that.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- SHE LAUGHS - Politics or 20th-century novelists.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29I don't know anything about Formula One.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31If you're prepared to take the...
0:36:31 > 0:36:35- Hold on, you don't know that many American boy bands, do you? - I don't know, maybe I do.- Do you?
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Maybe they're all stored somewhere in here. I don't know.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- If you want 20th-century novelists, we'll do that.- Shall we go for that?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45We'll go for 20th-century novelists.
0:36:45 > 0:36:4820th century novelists, let's find out what question is. Here it comes.
0:36:48 > 0:36:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Graham Greene novels as they could.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Graham Greene novels, Richard?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Any of the completed full-length novels of Graham Greene.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03We won't accept any short stories, plays, anthologies, non-fiction,
0:37:03 > 0:37:05or novellas such as The Third Man.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Just any of the full-length novels of Graham Greene. Very best of luck.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Thank you very much.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17All you need to win that £2,500 is
0:37:17 > 0:37:20for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27All I know is The Quiet American, and Brighton Rock.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Is that all you know? - I think, aye.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33I only know Brighton Rock, I don't know any Graham Greene novels.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Come on. You did English. - All right, hang on.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Think out loud.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Graham Greene, Graham Greene?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Oh no, that was Anthony Burgess. Um.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Come on. You can do it.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- Is there one about a seaside? - Let's hope so.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Um...
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Countries, cars? Anything like that?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- Towns.- Um...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Movies, are there movies? - I don't know.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Um...
0:38:08 > 0:38:0910 seconds left.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11CONTESTANTS LAUGH
0:38:11 > 0:38:15This is where refusing American boy band gets you!
0:38:15 > 0:38:16All right, I'll just make one up.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Make one up. Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20OK, that's your time up.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24We were looking for Graham Greene novels. I now need your three answers.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27OK, we're going to go for Brighton Rock.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Yep.- The Quiet American. - Quiet American.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33And I'm going to make one up. Velvet Sunrise.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Velvet Sunrise!- Nice.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38We should write that, Richard.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- That's what I'm doing now.- OK.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44OK, of those three answers, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Quiet American. - Quiet American we'll put last.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- Shall we put Velvet Sunrise first? - Get it out of the way.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52OK, let's put them up on board in that order.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Here they are. We have got -
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Ah, Velvet Sunrise! We did that for A-level!
0:38:57 > 0:38:59THEY LAUGH
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Brighton Rock, The Quiet American. OK.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03We were looking for Graham Greene novels.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Velvet Sunrise was least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09You only have to find one pointless answer
0:39:09 > 0:39:11to win that £2,500 jackpot.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Let's see.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Velvet Sunrise, is that right?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Bad luck. But what a cocktail!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23THEY LAUGH
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29We knew that. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£2,500. What would you do with £2,500, Shelley?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I'd like to spend it all on clothes and shiny things.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37But I probably wouldn't be allowed to.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39So maybe put it towards a holiday.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41A holiday. Bryan?
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Clothes and shiny things!
0:39:42 > 0:39:43THEY LAUGH
0:39:43 > 0:39:48Very good. We're looking for Graham Greene novels. Let's hope nobody said your answer, Brighton Rock.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50This has to be right, it has to be pointless.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54If it's both of those things, you leave you with £2,500.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57How many people said Brighton Rock?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00It's right.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01OK, it's right, down it goes.
0:40:01 > 0:40:06If this keeps going down all the way to zero, you leave here with £2,500.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Down it goes into the teens. 15. 15!
0:40:09 > 0:40:11APPLAUSE
0:40:15 > 0:40:1715. It's a very famous book. 15!
0:40:17 > 0:40:18It's been made it into a film twice.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22It's all looking very good for your next answer, I have to say.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25So, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28There it is, The Quiet American.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30This has to be right, and it has to be pointless.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32If it's both of those things, you leave here with £2,500.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Let's find out. The Quiet American. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Very good, it's right.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Now then, Brighton Rock took us all the way down to 15.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47The Quiet American is surely going to take us much further down than that.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Down it goes into single figures, if this goes down, ooh!
0:40:50 > 0:40:525!
0:40:52 > 0:40:53APPLAUSE
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Good answer though.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, I'm afraid,
0:41:03 > 0:41:07So you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500,
0:41:07 > 0:41:09which rolls over on to the next show.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11You have been amazing contestants.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Just a brilliant performance on Pointless.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. So very well done.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:41:23 > 0:41:26You played so well throughout this really tough last category.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Velvet Sunrise, not the name of a book, as far as I can make out,
0:41:29 > 0:41:34although it is the name of a suspiciously smoky cafe on Dam Square in Amsterdam!
0:41:34 > 0:41:35THEY LAUGH
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- Let's take a look at the pointless ones.- Can I have a crack at some?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- You're going to have a go?- Yeah. - Go on then.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Honorary Consul?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Honorary Consul would have scored you 2 points.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Travels With My Aunt?- Travels With My Aunt would have scored you 3.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Our Man In Havana, no...
0:41:50 > 0:41:53No, Our Man In Havana would have scored you 10 points.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Shall we have a little look?- Yeah.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I hope you don't recognise any of these.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01A Burnt-Out Case, an architect visiting a Congolese leper colony. Didn't think of that?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03SHE LAUGHS
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Dr Fischer Of Geneva. It's A Battlefield. All pointless.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07And there's just three more.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Monsignor Quixote.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10His last ever novel, The Captain And The Enemy.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12And The Confidential Agent.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17- Well, did you know any of those? No.- No.- No.- What a relief.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19It's not so bad if you don't know them.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Shelley and Bryan.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23It's been brilliant having you.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26You've been fantastic contestants, thanks for playing. Brilliant.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Well, unfortunately, Shelley and Bryan didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34so it rolls over which means, on the next show,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37we'll be playing for £3,500.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Join us next time to see if someone can win it, on our 300th Pointless.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51APPLAUSE
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