0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39First we welcome back Sue and Paul, you were on the show last time.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43This is your second chance.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Now, Sue, remind us how you know each other.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Paul's about to be my son-in-law.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52About to be, all depending on how he performs this afternoon.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- Of course, yes.- Paul, you were on the show last time, what happened?
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Train stations, tie-break, so near, yet so far,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- so better luck this time. - Today's a new day.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Sue, what do you reckon would be a great category for you today?
0:01:06 > 0:01:12Erm, I wouldn't mind '60s and '70s music, would be quite good.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Favourite band from the '60s and '70s?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- I like The Beatles, of course, as everybody did.- Absolutely.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21We discovered last time, you were a secondary school head teacher
0:01:21 > 0:01:25for a number of years, found yourself at the front of lots of different classes.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- Yeah.- So a very, very broad base of knowledge.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- Maybe.- Anything you'd particularly not like to come up today?
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Erm, politics.- OK.- Yeah.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Now then, Paul, what would you like to see come up?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm currently doing a degree in English Language and Literature,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45- so anything within that genre would be pretty handy.- All right.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Well, very, very warm welcome back to the show, Sue and Paul.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- You deserve better luck this time. - Thank you.- Let's hope you get it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Next we welcome John and Stuart. Now, how do you two know each other?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Well, we met at school in our home town of Plymouth
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and we've remained friends ever since.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05And what do you do now, John?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07At the moment I work for my local council,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10but I recently trained as an English teacher,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14so my ambition is to go abroad and teach English somewhere.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- As a foreign language? - Yes, as a foreign language.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Stuart, what do you do?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I'm currently doing a PhD at Cardiff University.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- I have to just say, well done on that shirt, Stuart.- Thank you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28We get far too few, it's all a bit monochrome, normally, on Pointless.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And that, it's good. I like a shirt that's going
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- to give our cameramen a headache. - STUART LAUGHS
0:02:34 > 0:02:37John, what would you like to see come up?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Well, I have, in fact, we both have, a mutual passion
0:02:40 > 0:02:42for classic rock music so...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Do you?- ..it would have to be that. - Favourite band?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Classic rock band, I would have to say ZZ Top.- Really?- Yeah.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Good stuff. And, Stuart, you're broadly in agreement there, are you?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Yeah, yeah, love a bit of classic rock,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58but my favourite band would be the Manic Street Preachers,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00who I'm fanatical about
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and if any question came up on them, I would be over the moon.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Welcome to the show, great to have you here, very best of luck.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11And next we welcome Judy and Claire. Now, how do you two know each other?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15We've been friends since we were in secondary school at 13 years of age,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17so about 40 years.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Where are you from, Judy?- Mumbles. - From Mumbles. And, Claire?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Well, I'm near Mumbles, in-between Mumbles and Swansea.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- Excellent, and what do you, Claire? - I'm a behaviour specialist teacher.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Behaviour specialist?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So I help them a lot with things like anger management
0:03:33 > 0:03:35and social skills.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Very good. Judy, what do you do? - I do homeopathy
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and I'm returning to cooking.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I used to have a restaurant, then I had children,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47and now I'm hoping to open up a pop-up restaurant,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- or pop-up restaurants, for charity.- Wow.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Can I...? Sorry, I was commending Stuart on his shirt.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I've just noticed you're both covered in butterflies.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59It wasn't planned. We didn't look at what each other had brought, either.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03That's really nice. That's fantastic, butterflies.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I hope they'll bring you a lot of luck, Judy and Claire,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07lovely to have you here. Welcome to Pointless.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Thank you. - And, finally, we've got, once again,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12we've got a pairing with the same name.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Wow, double Dan. So, Dan A, where are you from?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20I'm from London, but up at Cambridge at the moment.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- You're at university at Cambridge? - Yeah.- Which college are you?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Downing.- What are you reading?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- Classics.- Ah, very good. And, Dan, Dan, Dan S.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30How about you? Where are you from?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I'm from Woking, but at the moment I'm studying at Cambridge as well.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35- You're also, also at Downing?- Yes.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- What are you reading?- Physics. - OK, natural scientist.- Yes.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43What about that? Fantastic. So nice, broad base of interest there.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Dan A, what do you like to get up to when you're not doing your Classics?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Well, I play a lot of sport, particularly rugby,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I'm the vice captain of my college team.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Now, Dan S, how about you? What do you like to get up to?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I'm probably more into the music side,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59so I play guitar and piano and a bit of ukulele.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What kind of music do you particularly like?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Kind of alternative modern rock.- OK.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The Dans, it's great to have you here. Very, very best of luck.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as we go along.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Only one person left for me to introduce,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14appearing in his own reality show The Only Way Is Obscurity,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- it's my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hello.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Hiya.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22APPLAUSE
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Should be a cracking show today.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Only one returning pair, Sue and Paul,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- they were good last time, weren't they?- Yeah.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Sue, you can tell she's a secondary school headmistress, can't you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Absolutely tell. But I suspect they might go all the way today.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38But three new pairs. Literally anything could happen.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Two classic Pointless rounds to start with.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Proper, old school Pointless, the first rounds.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Good stuff, thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50but we're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53To stay in the game and be in with a chance of winning,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58But what everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:06:00 > 0:06:04and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11So today's jackpot starts off at £7,500.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12APPLAUSE
0:06:13 > 0:06:15That'll do.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:06:27 > 0:06:29and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35If you give an incorrect answer, you score the maximum
0:06:35 > 0:06:38of 100 points, so try and avoid those at all costs.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41OK, our first category today is...
0:06:44 > 0:06:47The USA. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49who's going to go second.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:07:00 > 0:07:03landlocked US states as they could.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Landlocked US states, Richard.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08We're looking for any of the US states that are truly landlocked,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11that is they have none of their borders on any sea
0:07:11 > 0:07:12or on any of the great lakes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Very best of luck.- Thanks very much.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Now then, Sue and Paul, you all drew lots before the show
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and today you go first.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24North Dakota.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26North Dakota says Sue.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28North Dakota, let's see if it's right
0:07:28 > 0:07:30and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33It's right.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- APPLAUSE - Great answer, Sue.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- 8 for North Dakota. - Good start, Sue, well played.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Bordered by three US states and two Canadian provinces.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54A 2011 study found it was the friendliest state in America.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55John.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59A nice, obscure, landlocked US state.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Easy.- OK.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'm going to have a stab with Iowa.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Iowa says John. Let's see if that's right
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Iowa.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Absolutely right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- APPLAUSE - 11 for Iowa.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Good answer. Very solid start to the round by everybody.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Bordered by six states, Iowa.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Claire, what's the most obscure, landlocked US state you can think of?
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- I'm going to go for Wyoming. - Wyoming, says Claire.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Wyoming. Let's see if that's right
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's absolutely right.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Where will it stop?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51APPLAUSE
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- 12 for Wyoming. - Well played, another good answer.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58According to that same survey I was just reporting,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Wyoming is the least kinky state in America.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02LAUGHTER
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- The least kinky?- Yeah.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- I don't know which researcher's carrying that out, but...- How? What?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- ..he must have had a busy year.- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:09:13 > 0:09:16There you go, least kinky state.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Dan A, Dan A.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Well, I used to live in America for a few years,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23so I probably should know this better than I do,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26but I'm pretty sure this is right. I'm going to go for Montana.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Montana says Dan A. Montana, let's see if that right.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Let's see how many people said it.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Absolutely right.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43APPLAUSE
0:09:43 > 0:09:4410 for Montana.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Montana borders three different Canadian territories,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52actually, Montana. And it has 1.4 elk per square mile.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54LAUGHTER
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Wow.- And I tell you what, the guy who found that out
0:09:56 > 0:09:59had less fun than the guy that found out that Wyoming was the least kinky state.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01LAUGHTER
0:10:01 > 0:10:05This is, this is, sort of, quite weird, this,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08because these are all good answers, they're all landlocked
0:10:08 > 0:10:10and completely arbitrary scoring system, really.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15I mean, how would you know which state's going to beat which other?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Well, quite. What we did, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to...
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- LAUGHTER - Yes, I know, I know,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24but there doesn't seem to be... You know, if it's right,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27it's then just a complete lottery as to which people...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- There is a broad sweep of scores. on the list.- Yes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We're just not a broad sweep of scores on the podiums.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Oh, I see. Right, you are. OK. Well, there they are.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Very, very, very close scores from the first pass.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43So 8, we find Sue and Paul, then up to 10 for the Dans,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45up to 11 where we find John and Stuart
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and up to 12 where we find Claire and Judy.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So, I mean, Judy, you are the high-scorers.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53There's not really much in it, but you just have to hope
0:10:53 > 0:10:55that the landlocked state you choose,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57arbitrarily has a low score.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You know what? Don't present it then.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04LAUGHTER
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Right, we're going to come back down the line.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Will the second players, please, take their places at the podium.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Dan S, we are looking for landlocked US states.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20You're on 10, the high-scorers on 12
0:11:20 > 0:11:23are Judy and Claire.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Ideally, if you could score only one point,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27that would be a great way of ensuring
0:11:27 > 0:11:30that you'd go through to the next round, Dan S.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I'm going to go for Nevada.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35You're going to go for Nevada. Nevada says Dan S.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39There is a red line there,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41it's right at the bottom of the column. Nevada.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Is it landlocked? How many people said it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47It is landlocked.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Ooh.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54APPLAUSE
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Scores you 25.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Takes your total up to 35.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01It's interesting, isn't it?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04When you pick a more famous US landlocked state, you score more.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07More of 100 said it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I wonder if there's a show in that.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11LAUGHTER
0:12:12 > 0:12:17OK. Now then, Judy and Claire, you're no longer the high-scorers
0:12:17 > 0:12:19because it's the Dans who are now the high-scorers on 35.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23You're on 12, which means a score of 22 or less will be enough
0:12:23 > 0:12:26to see you comfortably into the next round.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Judy.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Idaho.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Idaho. OK, Idaho says Judy. Let's see if that's right
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36There's your red line.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39It's right.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Very well done.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48APPLAUSE
0:12:51 > 0:12:5213 for Idaho, takes your total up to 25.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Safely through.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Well played, Judy.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59I admit, that's quite similar to some of the scores in the first round.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02LAUGHTER
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Stuart.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The highest scorers on 35 are the Dans. You're on 11.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11That means a score of 23 or less from you
0:13:11 > 0:13:13will see you into the next round.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- I think I'm going to play Missouri. - Missouri, says Stuart.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Get below that red line, you're in the nest line. Missouri.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22How many people said that?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Very well done.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36APPLAUSE
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Missouri, bang on that round about score
0:13:40 > 0:13:43of all those states in the middle.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46It scores you 11, exactly the same as John's score in the first pass.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Takes your total up to 22. Richard, am I making my point?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51LAUGHTER
0:13:51 > 0:13:54No, a lot of things are scoring similarly,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58but as you can see from Nevada, there are bad answers
0:13:58 > 0:14:01and there are also good answers which no one has come up with yet.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Do you see?- Well, I do see, but then again I don't have
0:14:04 > 0:14:06the sheet in front of me with all the scores on.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Now then, Paul. You are on 8.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The highest scorers on 35 are the Dans.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15You need a score of 26 or less.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Pick a state that's landlocked and you'll probably score 12.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23LAUGHTER
0:14:24 > 0:14:28I can think about five that probably are.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32I'm hoping Oregon.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Oregon, says Paul.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37OK, here's your red line. Let's see if you can get below it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39If you do, you are into the next round.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Oregon, how many people said that? Is it right?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46GROANING
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Oh, bad luck, Paul. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It means you score 100 points.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55That takes your total up to 108.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Richard?- Sorry, Paul. Oregon's got a Pacific coastline.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- What were the other ones you were considering?- I was thinking Delaware.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03I'm afraid that's also incorrect.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- Georgia?- Also incorrect.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07LAUGHTER
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Oh, well. There's no pointless answers as you might imagine,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13but a few low-scoring ones. Let's take a look at the best answers.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Well done at home for anybody who said Vermont,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18which would have scored you 3,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21West Virginia 4 and Oklahoma would have scored you 6.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Nevada was actually the biggest scorer of all on 25.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Anyway, thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I'll be honest, I feel undermined.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34LAUGHTER
0:15:34 > 0:15:38At the end of the first round, our losing pair with the highest score
0:15:38 > 0:15:41are Paul and Sue, our returning pair.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44This wasn't in the script at all, but Paul,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- your North American geography's even worse than mine.- Yeah!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Never mind. Lovely having you on the show.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50So sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52It's been brilliant though.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Paul and Sue, thanks so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57APPLAUSE
0:15:57 > 0:16:00For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Now obviously there's only going to be room for two pairs
0:16:08 > 0:16:10in our head to heads.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12One of the teams in front of me will be leaving us
0:16:12 > 0:16:15at the end of this round. Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Musicals.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Can you all decide who is first and who is second?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29OK, our question concerns...
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Musicals based on literary works. Richard?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40We're going to show you the names of six authors and a year.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42You need to give us the name of a musical
0:16:42 > 0:16:45that was based on a literary work by that author in that year.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Give us a nice obscure answer and you'll score fewer points.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Give us an incorrect answer and that'll be 100 points.
0:16:51 > 0:16:5512 authors in all with a year, 12 musicals to guess at home.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02We're looking for musicals based on literary works by these authors.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03And we have on our list...
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I'll read those all one last time.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34So there are the names of the authors
0:17:34 > 0:17:36and the years in which the works were written.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39You have to supply the name of the musicals
0:17:39 > 0:17:42that were based on those literary works.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Stuart?- Hm.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I'm going to try and play tactically
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and maybe take the obvious one off the board.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54That would be Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist or Oliver!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57OK, Oliver!
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03It is right.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It keeps going down.
0:18:07 > 0:18:0839. Not bad, Stuart.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11APPLAUSE
0:18:11 > 0:18:1239 for Oliver!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Yes, Lionel Bart's musical based on Oliver Twist,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- the Charles Dickens novel. - Now then, Claire.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22There's only one I know I can answer, so I'll go for that.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25TS Eliot, Cats.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28TS Eliot, Cats. Let's see if that's right.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31If it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Absolutely right.
0:18:38 > 0:18:4023.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43APPLAUSE
0:18:43 > 0:18:4523 for Cats. Richard?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Yes, the book was Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
0:18:47 > 0:18:49and the musical was Cats.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Absolutely right. Ran for 21 years in the West End.- Wow, 21 years!
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Long time, isn't it? - Dan S?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I did know those two, but I don't know any of the other four.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Purely because Gaston Leroux sounds French, I'm going to go
0:19:04 > 0:19:06with that and say Les Miserables.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09OK, you're going to say Les Miserables.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13I can't quite work out whether to say Les Miserables or...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15FRENCH ACCENT: Ley miserableaux!
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Ooh, that's good.- Do you think? No, I think Les Miserables.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Les Miserables for Gaston Leroux.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Let's see if it's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Bad luck, Dan.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33An incorrect answer, I'm afraid. That scores you 100 points.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- I'm sorry. Richard.- Sorry, Dan.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38You're right, he is French, but the answer is Phantom of the Opera.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Based on a Gaston Leroux novel of the same name.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44It would have scored 5 points as well,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46very good answer if you got that at home.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- George Bernard Shaw, want to have a go at that?- My Fair Lady.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Absolutely right, based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
0:19:52 > 0:19:5419 points there.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55- Damon Runyon?- Guys And Dolls.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Absolutely right, 1 point.- Wow.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Thornton Wilder is a pointless answer.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03No idea.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Hello, Dolly! Is the answer. Very well done if you got that.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07A pointless answer.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Excellent. Thank you, Richard. Halfway through the round.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Let's look at the scores.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Claire and Judy looking particularly strong.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Cats, who'd have thought? 21 long years in the West End.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It was the lowest score in our pass.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22So 23, looking very good indeed.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Then up to 39, where we find Stuart and John.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Then up to 100, where we find the Dans.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31But listen, Dan A, take solace from this.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35A - you'll get first dibs on the board, and B - I don't think anyone
0:20:35 > 0:20:37really knows much about musicals.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Here's hoping!
0:20:40 > 0:20:43OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50OK, let's put six more authors on the board. Here they come.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08I'll read them one last time.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Remember, we are looking for the name of the musical on which
0:21:26 > 0:21:29a work written in the year in brackets was written.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30You're trying to find the one
0:21:30 > 0:21:32you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Dan, what's the board looking like to you?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I do know a bit about musicals and I think I recognise a few up there.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42I'm going to go for one I think most people won't know.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Ian Fleming and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Ian Fleming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. No red line for you,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51because you're the highest scorers. Let's see if it's right
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and if it is, how many people said it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Absolutely right, Dan.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Very well done indeed.
0:22:05 > 0:22:0816, great score. Takes your total up to 116. Richard?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Well played, Dan. Both the musical and the book
0:22:10 > 0:22:13are called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Published in the year
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Ian Fleming died, 1964.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Now, Judy. The high scorers are still the Dans on 116.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23You're on 23, which means 92 or less
0:22:23 > 0:22:26will see you into the head to head.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Somewhere in the back of my mind,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I'm thinking Christopher Isherwood
0:22:31 > 0:22:34wrote my favourite musical, maybe.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Cabaret, Christopher Isherwood.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Christopher Isherwood, Cabaret. Here's your red line.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45You get below the red line, you're in the head to head.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Is it right? How many people said Christopher Isherwood, Cabaret?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Absolutely right, well done. You're through to the head to head.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- 6! - APPLAUSE
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Cracking score, takes your total up to 29.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Great answer, Judy. Very gutsy decision to take.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye To Berlin, which was turned into a play
0:23:10 > 0:23:13called I Am A Camera, which was then turned into Cabaret.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Now then, John.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Everything is in your hands.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Listen, the high scorers are the Dans on 116. You're on 39.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27If you can score 76 or less, you make it into the head to head.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32The Von Trapp family is The Sound Of Music
0:23:32 > 0:23:37and I'm going to have to use that as the logic for my answer.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Maria Von Trapp, The Sound Of Music.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42OK, Maria Von Trapp, The Sound Of Music.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Here's your red line. It's quite high.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48OK, Maria Von Trapp, The Sound Of Music. Is it right?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50How many people said it?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55You've done it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- 59. - APPLAUSE
0:23:58 > 0:24:02That takes your total up to 98. You are in the head to head.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Very well done. Richard?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Yes, Maria Von Trapp's memoir from 1949
0:24:06 > 0:24:08called The Story Of The Trapp Family Singers,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11turned into the Sound Of Music. Very well played.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Let's look through the rest of them.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18That would've scored 28 points.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- PL Travers?- I don't know.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Mary Poppins. Absolutely right,
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Pamela Lyndon Travers.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Gregory Maguire, do you know that?
0:24:27 > 0:24:28A more recent musical, this.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- I have no idea. - He wrote the books
0:24:31 > 0:24:33that Wicked is based on.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37That's a pointless answer, so very well done if you knew that.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Very good. Well, thanks very much. At the end of that round,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43the losing pair with the highest score are the Dans.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Quite tough boards, but anyway we will see you again next time.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We look forward to that very much,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53when I can almost certainly promise you we won't have any musicals.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Take that away with you.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Thanks so much for playing. Dan A, Dan S. Great contestants.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01APPLAUSE
0:25:01 > 0:25:03But for the remaining two pairs,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06things are about to get exciting as we enter the head to head.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Congratulations Judy and Claire, John and Stuart.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Only one round away from the final and the chance
0:25:17 > 0:25:21to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £7,500.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24APPLAUSE
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Obviously only one pair can play for that money.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28To decide who it's going to be,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31you're now going to go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34That basically means the first pair to win two questions
0:25:34 > 0:25:36will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39You are now of course allowed to confer. Let's play the head to head.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...
0:25:50 > 0:25:52England Football Managers.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Richard?
0:25:54 > 0:25:58It is terrific news, isn't it, Judy? We'll show you five pictures now
0:25:58 > 0:26:01of men who've managed the English national football team.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Can you name the most obscure please?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05OK, thanks. Let's reveal
0:26:05 > 0:26:08our five England football managers.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26There we are, five England football managers.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Judy and Claire, you played best through the show, so you go first.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- Well, we know all of them.- Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37But we can't remember their names.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39LAUGHTER
0:26:39 > 0:26:41OK.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Because of his private life, we're going for number C.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Number C?!- Yes.- OK.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52LAUGHTER
0:26:52 > 0:26:56I just realised - LETTER C.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Sven Goran Eriksson.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Sven Goran Eriksson, you are saying.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03John and Stuart.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Well, pretty sure that we know them all.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10A is Graham Taylor,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13B is Terry Venables, D is Alf Ramsey
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and E I'm pretty sure is Don Revie.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Because we're not 100% sure that he is Don Revie,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23we're going to go for A and say Graham Taylor.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27OK, you're going to say A and go for Graham Taylor.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30So we have Sven Goran Eriksson from Judy and Claire.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Let's see if that's right. They are saying C is Sven Goran Eriksson.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Is it right? How many people said it?
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Absolutely right.
0:27:43 > 0:27:4456.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:4956 for Sven.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Now then, John and Stuart have gone for Graham Taylor,
0:27:53 > 0:27:57which you reckon will go lower than Sven's score.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00OK, let's see. Graham Taylor, is it right? How many people said it?
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Absolutely right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07And you've done it!
0:28:08 > 0:28:1016!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13APPLAUSE
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Very well gauged. And it wins you the point.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18After one question, John and Stuart are up 1-0.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Richard.- Well played, and you went through the board perfectly.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Let's look at some of the scores up there. Graham Taylor was 16.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Terry Venables, as you rightly say, but he would have scored you 42.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Sven Goran Eriksson with the biggest score of all, actually - 56.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36D is Sir Alf Ramsey.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39He won the 1966 World Cup but he only scored 19 points
0:28:39 > 0:28:41and E, absolutely right,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44is Don Revie, who would have scored you 14 points
0:28:44 > 0:28:48as the best answer on the board. Have you seen The Damned United, the film?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- No, I haven't.- He's very memorably portrayed by Colm Meaney.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55- It's very good.- Excellent. - He was a huge rival of Brian Clough.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Anyway, thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Judy and Claire... I want to say Judy and Clary.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04LAUGHTER
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- OK.- Judy and Clary, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10OK, our second question concerns...
0:29:12 > 0:29:16We'll always have Paris. Richard.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Yep. Quite simply, we've got five questions about Paris.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Can you answer the most obscure of them?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22- Good luck.- Very good luck indeed.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Paris, and we've got...
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I'll read those one last time.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57There we are. Five facts about Paris.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00John and Stuart, you go first this time.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02(I think...)
0:30:02 > 0:30:04(The only thing I've heard or that I can recall)
0:30:04 > 0:30:07(is that the French President lives on this Champs Elysee...)
0:30:07 > 0:30:09(Yeah... 100%?)
0:30:11 > 0:30:14OK, we've got a few,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17which we're only about 75% sure on,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20so we're going to pick what we think is the most obvious one again.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21It's an unpleasant tactic
0:30:21 > 0:30:24but we'll go for the river running through it - the Seine.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28OK, you're saying the Seine runs through it.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Judy and Claire.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31We only really know the two,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34so we're going to go for the cathedral on Ile de la Cite
0:30:34 > 0:30:35which is Notre Dame.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Notre Dame, the cathedral on Ile de la Cite.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40OK, so, John and Stuart,
0:30:40 > 0:30:43you went with the Seine as the river that runs through Paris.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Let's see if that's right and how many people said the Seine.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Absolutely right.
0:30:53 > 0:30:5571.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56APPLAUSE
0:30:56 > 0:30:5971 for the Seine.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Judy and Claire have said Notre Dame
0:31:02 > 0:31:05as the cathedral on Ile de la Cite. Let's see if that's right
0:31:05 > 0:31:07and if it is, how many people said it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11It's right.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13And it beats the Seine!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Look at that! 44!
0:31:16 > 0:31:18APPLAUSE
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Very well done,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23which means, after two questions, you are one-all. Richard.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Well played, Judy and Claire.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29If you had a go at the president's palace, guys, you had a guess in mind. What was it?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30The Elysee Palace?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Would have just seen you through to the final. Absolutely right,
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Elysee Palace, home of the French President,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37would have scored you 10 points.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- The cemetery with Oscar Wilde's grave, do you know it?- Pere Lachaise.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Pere Lachaise. Jim Morrison's grave also there. 8 points.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45And the last host of the Summer Olympics
0:31:45 > 0:31:48and the best answer on the board, would have scored you 4 points
0:31:48 > 0:31:52if you said 1924. Very good answer.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Thank you very much. So, it all comes down to this - the decider.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00OK, here comes your third question. It concerns...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Richard.- We'll show you the names of five films
0:32:07 > 0:32:10for which Dustin Hoffman receives an acting or voice credit
0:32:10 > 0:32:12but we'll only give you the initials of those films
0:32:12 > 0:32:15and the year in which they were released. Can you name the films?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19OK, so let's reveal our five initials of Dustin Hoffman films.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21And we have got...
0:32:32 > 0:32:34I'll read them one last time.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Judy and Claire, you go first this time.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51It's the first naughty film I ever saw.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53LAUGHTER
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Underage, I was.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00We're going for the bottom one. TG - The Graduate.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03OK, The Graduate, say Judy and Claire.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Now then, John and Stuart.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08We think the top one is Rain Man,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12then Tootsie. We don't know KFP.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I think the O is Outbreak
0:33:14 > 0:33:17and that's what we're going to play.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19You're going to go for Outbreak.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22OK, so we have The Graduate and we have Outbreak.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Whoever wins this goes to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Judy and Claire went with The Graduate. Let's see if it's right
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and how many people said The Graduate.
0:33:36 > 0:33:3839.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40APPLAUSE
0:33:40 > 0:33:4139 for The Graduate.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43John and Stuart,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45you have said Outbreak.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Let's see that's right, and let's see if it can beat 39.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51If it can, you go through to the final.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Yep! You've done it.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Very well done. Seven!
0:34:03 > 0:34:04APPLAUSE
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Cracking answer. 7 for Outbreak.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Which means, after three questions,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12John and Stuart, you go through to the final 2-1.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Richard.- Yes, Outbreak from 1995. A terrific answer, guys.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Only KFP would have won you the point but let's go through the rest of them first.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23RM, as you just said, gents, is Rain Man.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25That would have scored 53.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26T is Tootsie.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28That would have scored 40.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Now, KFP, from 2008, would have scored one point.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- It's a voice-over in... - Oh, it's not Kung Fu Panda?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Kung Fu Panda, Judy. Absolutely right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Kung Fu Panda would have seen you into the final.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Oh, well.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Well, at the end of our head-to-head round,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47the losing pair today is Judy and Claire.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Oh, Kung Fu Panda! Did you know he was in it?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I was just working out what the letters were,
0:34:53 > 0:34:55just realised, yeah, but hey ho.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Well, you played so well, so well, but I'm afraid
0:34:58 > 0:35:01this is where we say goodbye to you, but we'll see you again next time.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05We look forward to that. Meanwhile, Judy and Claire, great contestants.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Thanks for coming. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH
0:35:09 > 0:35:13But for John and Stuart, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Congratulations, John and Stuart. You fought off all the competition
0:35:20 > 0:35:23and you've won our coveted Pointless Trophy.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,500.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39APPLAUSE
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Well, you've had quite a good Pointless career.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44You were the low scorers in the first round,
0:35:44 > 0:35:48then second round, you had a lucky escape with The Sound Of Music,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50much like the Von Trapps themselves, in fact.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Yeah, you just made it through.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54It was life imitating art.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Absolutely! Now, the rules are very simple.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59To win the money, you have to find a pointless answer.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and you will go home with that £7,500 jackpot.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09First, you have to choose a category. You can choose from these five options...
0:36:17 > 0:36:19I would probably say TV Writers.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21If we pick TV Writers, I think
0:36:21 > 0:36:24you're pretty much...on your own.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25OK. Well...
0:36:25 > 0:36:27would you rather do Seventies Music?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- Are you confident we can both have a go at Seventies Music?- Yeah.- Yes.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- I think we can, can't we?- Yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- Reluctantly, I think, we're going to pick Seventies Music.- OK.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Let's find out what question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:41 > 0:36:42to name as many solo artists
0:36:42 > 0:36:47who had a UK number one album in the 1970s as they could. Richard.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53Yeah, we're looking for any solo artist who had a UK number one album in the official charts
0:36:53 > 0:36:56between 1st January 1970 and 31st December 1979.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Live albums and greatest hits do count,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02but compilations and various artists albums do not count, I'm afraid.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Very, very best of luck.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:07 > 0:37:10and all you need to win that £7,500
0:37:10 > 0:37:12is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Your time starts now.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22OK, obviously John Lennon, Paul McCartney would probably be...
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- Bowie, too obvious as well.- Yeah.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Iggy Pop, do you think?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Or would that count as a band? Would it be Iggy Pop and the Stooges?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- The Stooges, I think, yeah. - Cliff Richard is obvious.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- I'm not thinking of anything...- OK.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Lulu, maybe, someone like that.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Sandie Shaw, would that be that sort of era?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I think we need to start throwing in some pointless-sounding names,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47so something like that, yeah.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48Sandie Shaw. Erm...
0:37:48 > 0:37:51I'm not getting much else.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Can you think of anyone from bands
0:37:53 > 0:37:55who might have had solo hits? Like any...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Have any of Abba done anything solo?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Um...
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- Shall we go for Agnetha...Faltskog? Is it Faltskog?- Yeah, why not?
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- One more answer, quickly, then. - Agnetha Faltskog, Sandie Shaw and...
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Ten seconds left.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12No, um... Mick Jagger?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Might be worth... No. - They're all guesses, aren't they?
0:38:16 > 0:38:17We've got...
0:38:18 > 0:38:20OK, that's time up.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24I now need your three answers.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- OK, so Sandie Shaw.- Sandie Shaw.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Agnetha Faltskog.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Agnetha Faltskog.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35And Mick Jagger.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38And Mick Jagger. There's a dinner party.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40LAUGHTER
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Of those three answers, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:44 > 0:38:49I think Sandie Shaw's probably got the best chance of actually being right out of the three of them.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- We'll put that one last. - So we'll put Sandie Shaw last.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Sandie Shaw last.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Shall we have Agnetha in the sandwich in the middle?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- OK, yeah.- An Agnetha sandwich!
0:38:57 > 0:39:01We'll put Agnetha Faltskog in the middle
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- and Mick Jagger first.- Yes.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08We've got Mick Jagger,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Agnetha Faltskog and Sandie Shaw.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13There they are. We were looking for solo artists
0:39:13 > 0:39:16who had a UK number one album in the 1970s.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Mick Jagger was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22You only have to find one pointless answer,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24remember, to win that £7,500 jackpot.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Let's see - is Mick Jagger right? How many people said Mick Jagger?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35OK, an incorrect answer, so unfortunately, not pointless.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42£7,500, now that's a jackpot.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Stuart, what would you do with that?
0:39:44 > 0:39:47I'd probably take my wife and son to Disneyland.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Excellent. John, how about you?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Well, as we've learned already today,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I'm a big fan of football, of European football.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I've never actually been to a big European game
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- so go to the Bernabeu or San Siro, somewhere like that.- Very good.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01OK, we're looking for solo artists
0:40:01 > 0:40:04who had a UK number one album in the 1970s.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Agnetha Faltskog.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11This has to be pointless, has to be correct
0:40:11 > 0:40:14for you to win that jackpot of £7,500. Let's see - is it right?
0:40:14 > 0:40:18How many of our 100 people said Agnetha Faltskog?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Bad luck. Another incorrect answer,
0:40:24 > 0:40:29which means you only have one last chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Everything is riding on Sandie Shaw. We were looking for solo artists
0:40:33 > 0:40:35who had a UK number one album in the 1970s.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Your third and final answer, Sandie Shaw,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40was your most confident answer.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Well, to win that jackpot of £7,500,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44it has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Let's find out - Sandie Shaw, how many people said it? Is it right?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Oh, bad luck! Really bad luck.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56APPLAUSE
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Well, unfortunately,
0:41:00 > 0:41:04three very considered guesses there but unfortunately, you didn't find
0:41:04 > 0:41:07that pointless answer, so you don't win the jackpot
0:41:07 > 0:41:10of £7,500, which will roll over onto the next show,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12but you have been fantastic contestants
0:41:12 > 0:41:15and you do of course take home our Pointless Trophy, so well done.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16That's what we came for.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20APPLAUSE
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Well played throughout. You did exactly the right thing
0:41:25 > 0:41:29in that final round, going for obscure ones rather than ones you knew were right.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Mick Jagger's first solo album was in the mid-80s.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Sandie Shaw had a number three hit album in '65.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Neither of them troubled the '70s.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39The others you said, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard,
0:41:39 > 0:41:43none had number one albums in the '70s. Elton John and others you mentioned did.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Let's look at some pointless answers.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49There's ones people will definitely have got up here.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Andy Williams had two number one albums in the '70s,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Greatest Hits and Home Lovin' Man.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Barbra Streisand, one of her greatest hits collections, also number one.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle in 1979.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Glen Campbell - 20 Golden Greats, still making great albums in 2012.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells was in the chart
0:42:10 > 0:42:14for over 250 weeks during the '70s, number one.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Nat King Cole - 20 Golden Greats, that was a number one album.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Neil Young - Harvest in 1972, that was a pointless answer.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Perry Como had two number one albums
0:42:22 > 0:42:25and Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 1974,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28also pointless. Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Neil Young.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Yeah, should have got Neil Young.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, John and Stuart,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38but it's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you both for playing.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Very well done.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43APPLAUSE
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Unfortunately, John and Stuart didn't win our jackpot today
0:42:46 > 0:42:49so it rolls over, which means on the next show,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51we will be playing for £8,500.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53APPLAUSE
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- Join us to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01APPLAUSE
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