0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:31the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Welcome, Jimmy and Sara. You are our first pair today. How do you know each other?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45We met at the University of Exeter in halls in the first year.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47What year are you in now?
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I'm doing a post-grad at the moment in Classics and Ancient History.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55- Jimmy, you're in the fourth year? - I'm studying languages, French and Spanish.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- What do you get up to when you're not studying languages? - Mainly listening to music.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- '80s music.- Very good.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Can I ask what year you were born in?- 1990.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14- Oh!- Just missed out. - That's a blow, isn't it?- I was 20!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18I was 20, when you came out, mewling and puking!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I know. I mean, I was seven. It's pretty bad.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29LAUGHTER
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Good stuff. Welcome, Jimmy and Sara.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38We welcome back Richard and Gail. Everyone gets to chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42- This is your second chance. Remind us how you know each other. - Husband and wife,
0:01:42 > 0:01:48- 25 years now, isn't it?- Where did you meet him, Gail?- At a bus stop.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51He was carrying a plastic bag with his sandwiches in
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and I felt really sorry for him. That was it really.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59You took him in and here we are 25 years later.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I was a down and out!
0:02:01 > 0:02:05If I stand here, looking at Jimmy and Sara and then Richard and Gail,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09you're like a sort of russet and lime Battenberg.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Well!
0:02:10 > 0:02:14If you get into the head-to-head, it's going to look amazing.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19For that reason at least, come on, guys. I have high hopes.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25Very nice to have you back. Very best of luck. Let's hope we see you go all the way this time.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28We welcome Mike and Catherine. How do you know each other?
0:02:28 > 0:02:33I met Catherine's daughter on a bus a few years ago and fell in love and got married.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- She is my mother-in-law. - Where was the bus going to?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38It was going to Stevenage.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- That's just the most romantic thing ever.- I think so!
0:02:41 > 0:02:46A bus to Stevenage. And, Catherine, where are you from?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Originally Newcastle upon Tyne,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51but today I've come from Halstead in Essex.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- You've been living there for a long time?- Coming up six years.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- You left Newcastle only six years ago?- No, I've moved 15 times.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Where's the best place you've lived? Newcastle upon Tyne!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- I love Newcastle the best.- Yes. - It's my roots. Why aye, man.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- That's right, aye.- Aye. Canny aye.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- That's where I'm from.- Brilliant!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- SPEAKS IN GEORDIE DIALECT - Eh? Ah, right.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- LAUGHTER - No idea what she said there.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Well, welcome to the show, Mike and Catherine.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Finally, we've got Philip and Michael.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- How do you two know each other? - We are brothers.- Brothers.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- And where are you from?- South-west London.- What do you do, Philip?
0:03:35 > 0:03:41I'm a salesman for the country's largest furniture retailer.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- Is that the one that always having a sale?- That's the one.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49The sale did end though.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55Yeah, at midnight and then started again at five past midnight.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- The next day! Michael, what do you do?- I work in investments.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Which is every bit as exciting as it sounds, actually.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07- The tax side of them.- The tax side of investments. Useful thing to do.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10What are you hoping is going to come up today?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Sport, Summer Olympics, I'm good with years,
0:04:13 > 0:04:19I'm good with quotes and boxing. Films. Anything like that.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22It's lovely to have you on the show. A very warm welcome to you.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26We'll find out more later. There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28He's the Miss World of obscurity.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- It's my pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35APPLAUSE
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- Good afternoon. How are you? - Very well indeed.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Should be a good show today.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Richard and Gail are our returning pair. They were brilliant last time.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Question one is going to be good news for a number of people today.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- Very, very good news for one of our contestants.- How exciting.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03but we're looking for the answers they didn't get.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17an answer that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Nobody won the jackpot last time. We add £1,000 to that.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Today's jackpot starts off at £9,750.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28APPLAUSE
0:05:30 > 0:05:34We are just one pointless answer away from five figures.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Very exciting. OK, let's play Pointless.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40APPLAUSE
0:05:43 > 0:05:48In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated. If you give me an incorrect answer,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Try and avoid those if you possibly can.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Our first category today is:
0:06:04 > 0:06:09The Olympics. Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:13 > 0:06:20We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Summer Olympic Games,
0:06:20 > 0:06:25- as they could. Richard. - We're looking for the host city and the year of any Olympic Games
0:06:25 > 0:06:30from the first modern Olympic Games all the way through to the end of 2011. The host city and the year.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35If we were including 2012, London 2012 would be the answer.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39The host city and year of any modern Olympics please.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Thanks very much, Richard. Jimmy and Sara, you all drew lots before the show
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and today you are going first.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51This is a guess. Oh, no. 2000...and Athens?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Let's see if it's right.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Athens 2000. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- Bad luck, Jimmy.- Bad start. - Bad luck. An incorrect answer.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07You score 100 points. I'm sorry. Gail.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12Erm... I'm going to say Moscow 1980.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18Moscow 1980, says Gail. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Absolutely right.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Six, Gail!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32APPLAUSE
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Very well done indeed. Great score, great answer.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Well played, Gail. Straight back into the groove. 1980 Moscow.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41The US boycotted. Alan Wells won the 100 metres.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Coe and Ovett shared the 800 and 1,500. Great days.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52Mike, we're looking for the years and host cities of summer Olympic Games.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56OK, I'm going to say Seoul 1988.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Seoul 1988, says Mike.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Is it right, how many people said it?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Absolutely right.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Six!
0:08:12 > 0:08:16- APPLAUSE - Very well done, Mike. Six.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24Perhaps the most famous for Ben Johnson winning the 100 metres, setting the world record,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28and later being banned and we won the men's hockey gold as well.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Philip. Do you think you might have a pointless answer?
0:08:32 > 0:08:38I've got a couple of answers in my head, but I'm going to go for 1904,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40which was St Louis.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42St Louis, Missouri.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46OK, St Louis, Missouri. 1904. Let's see if that's right
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It's right.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05Very well done indeed, Philip! Exactly what we needed. That's a pointless answer.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes it up to £10,000.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14There we are. Five figures. It also scores you nothing. Richard.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Very well played, Philip. 1904, St Louis.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21The first Olympics ever where they awarded gold, silver and bronze medals.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Philip and Michael looking extremely strong after that excellent
0:09:26 > 0:09:30answer from Philip, with a score of absolutely nothing.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Then we come to Mike and Catherine with six.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And also Gayle and Richard on six.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40And then a hop and skip up to 100, where we find Jimmy and Sara.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Sara, you know what we require of you.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49We require two things, a lovely low score from you and a miracle.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I don't think either of those will happen.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Well, we shall see. Very best of luck.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Now then, Michael. I've got great news for you.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10The high scorers are Jimmy and Sara on 100. If you can score 99 or less,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14you are definitely through to the next round.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- That should help. 1992 Barcelona. - There's your red line.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25Get below that red line, you are definitely through to the next round. 1992, Barcelona. Is it right?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Yep.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Very well done indeed. 17, Michael. 17 takes your total up to 17.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39APPLAUSE
0:10:39 > 0:10:46Good answer. Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell winning gold for Britain in those Olympics.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Catherine. You're on six.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52The high scorers still are Sara and Jimmy on 100.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56A score of 93 or less from you will see you through to the next round.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I know there was an Olympics straight after the war
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and I know that was in London.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I think that's 1948, if I've got that right.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11You're going to say 1948 London.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Let's see if 1948 and London is right.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Absolutely right. Very well done.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- 18. - APPLAUSE
0:11:27 > 0:11:3118 takes your total up to 24. Well done, Catherine.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Well played. Safely through. A great answer, well done.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Richard. The high scorers are still Sara and Jimmy on 100.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40You're on six.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Again, a score of 93 or less will be enough to see you through to the next round.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Remember, we're looking for the years
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and host cities of the summer Olympic Games.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54I'm going to play safe and go for 2008 Beijing.
0:11:54 > 0:11:582008 Beijing, says Richard. Let's see if it's right
0:11:58 > 0:12:02and if it is, let's see how many people said 2008 Beijing.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Yes, well done, Richard. You're through.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- 28. - APPLAUSE
0:12:12 > 0:12:1528 takes your total up to 34.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Yes, safely through again. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Usain Bolt beat the 100 and 200 metres world records. Team GB came fourth in the medals table.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Exciting. Sara. There are two ways of looking at this.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34The first way is, you're already the high scorers on 100.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36The second way is, nothing to lose.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41It's fine, it's not my fault we're going out.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So I'm going to have to guess as well.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49You're going to put a city and the date together.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Yeah, why not? Let's stick with Athens again.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I don't know if this was an Olympic year. I'm going to say 1950.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- OK.- If were going to go out, let's go out with a bang.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07OK, you're going to say 1950, Athens.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Athens 1950. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Bad luck, Sara.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20I'm afraid, an incorrect answer scores you the maximum 100 points.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Takes your total up to a majestic 200.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Sorry, Sara. Athens held the Olympics in 1896 and 2004.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30They did not hold it two years after the 1948 Olympics, I'm afraid.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34There are a whole bunch of other pointless answers as well.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Amsterdam, 1928.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41That's where the Olympic flame made its first appearance. Antwerp, 1920.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Helsinki, 1952.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Los Angeles, 1932 and there is St Louis, 1904.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Very well done to anyone who said those at home.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Let's take a look at the most popular answers.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Barcelona, 1992, the third most popular answer. London, 1948. 18.
0:14:00 > 0:14:07We've seen all three of these. The top one is Beijing, 2008.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09At the end of the first round,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13the losing pair with the highest score, Jimmy and Sara.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15That wasn't your round at all.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It wasn't, but at least we're equally bad.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Yeah, exactly. There is great merit in that.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26We look forward to seeing you again, but in the meantime, thanks very much for playing.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29APPLAUSE
0:14:29 > 0:14:35But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41There's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45so one of the teams will be leaving as at the end of this round.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Our category for round two is:
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05OK, our question concerns TV shows and their title characters.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10- Richard.- We're going to see show you a list of names on our first pass and you have to tell us
0:15:10 > 0:15:13how were these characters described in the title of a TV series.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18For example, if the names were Sabrina, Jill and Kelly, the answer would be Charlie's Angels.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Six on each pass. 12 TV programmes to guess in all. Very best of luck.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30Thanks. We are looking for the TV shows in which these characters are described by the title.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33And we have got:
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I will read them one last time.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01There we are.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Six characters, or groups of characters,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07who are described by the title of the show they appeared in.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11You are trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Gail, is this a good category for you?- Not bad. I recognise a few.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20I think I will go with Terry McCann, Minder.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Terry McCann. Minder, you are saying. Let's see if that's right
0:16:24 > 0:16:28and if it is let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It's right.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34APPLAUSE
0:16:34 > 0:16:3654.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- Quite high.- It is high but it ran for ten series, from 1979,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51all the way through to 1994. It was hugely popular. Dennis Waterman playing Terry McCann.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Mike, we're looking for the TV shows in which these characters
0:16:54 > 0:16:57are described by the title of the show.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01There is one thing that rings a bell but this is a real guess.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Steve Austin, Stone Cold.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06OK, Stone Cold, says Mike.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Let's see if that's right and if that is how many people knew the answer.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Bad luck, Mike. I'm afraid that's incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Yes, there is a Stone Cold Steve Austin, a wrestler.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- But it's not a TV show, I'm afraid.- Now then, Michael.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29And then to say Steve Austin, The Fall Guy.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32The Fall Guy. Steve Austin, says Michael.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Let's see that's right and if it is let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Sorry.- It's not a million miles off a correct answer.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55The Fall Guy was Colt Seavers, but played by Lee Majors
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and Lee Majors also played the 6 Million Man.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Steve Austin was the 6 million man. It would have scored you 32 points.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Jim, Barbara, Denise and Anthony? - I'm not good at this at all.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- It's The Royle Family. Jaime Sommers? - No.- She was The Bionic Woman.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19It would have scored you 11. Bob Ferris and Terry Collier?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- The Likely Lads.- Absolutely right, would have scored 33.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The best answer, Percy Toplis.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29He was The Monocled Mutineer. Very well done if you remember that one.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Thanks very much, Richard. Halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Gail and Richard, true to form, lovely low score of 54.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42And then we go up to 100, where we find Mike and Catherine
0:18:42 > 0:18:44and Michael and Philip.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46It's going to be a tussle between you
0:18:46 > 0:18:50to see who stays with us and who leaves at the end of the round.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:18:58 > 0:19:03We'll put six more characters on the board and here they come. We have got:
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I'll read those all again once more time.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29So there they are.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32You're looking for the TV shows in which these characters
0:19:32 > 0:19:36are described by the title of the show they are in.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39You're trying to find the one the fewest of 100 people knew.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- Philip, you're the joint highest scorers.- OK.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'm not very confident.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49There's a couple that I might know but I'm going to play it
0:19:49 > 0:19:54relatively safe and say Robert McCall, The Prisoner.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Robert McCall, The Prisoner.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Let's see if it's right and if it is, how people said it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Bad luck, Philip.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11An incorrect answer, it scores you 100 points
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and takes your total up to 200.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17So, Catherine. Philip and Michael are now the high scorers on 200.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21A score of 99 or less will see you into the head-to-head.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23We're looking for the TV shows in which these
0:20:23 > 0:20:26characters are described by the title.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I should know the Granger one,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30but for some reason it's gone out of my head.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I went away from the Clampett family but I've come back.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I'll say 1.4 children.
0:20:37 > 0:20:411.4 children for the Clampetts. Let's see if that's right
0:20:41 > 0:20:43and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50OK, unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer,
0:20:50 > 0:20:55which means you score 100 points, taking your total up to 200.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Now then, great news.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Richard and Gail, whatever happens, you're through to the next round.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The Clampett family, The Beverly Hillbillies.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09The Beverly Hillbillies, says Richard, for the Clampett family.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Let's leave it right and if it is, how many people said the Beverly Hillbillies.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It's absolutely right.
0:21:19 > 0:21:2432. Very, very well done, Richard. That takes your total up to 86.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28APPLAUSE Well played, Richard.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32A sitcom about a country family who moved to LA after they strike oil.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Very exciting, we have a tie.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38This happens very occasionally on Pointless and when it does,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40our pairs have to give me one more answer each
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and the highest pair gets eliminated.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45The difference is you are now allowed to confer.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Catherine and Mike, you're going to answer first.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- What do you think?- I don't know.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Can you think of an American show, do you want to guess?
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Do we have an answer?- Not really, we're going to have to guess.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Good-oh!- Fingers crossed.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08And we'll say, Robert McCall, The Singing Detective.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12OK, let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many
0:22:12 > 0:22:19of our 100 people said Robert McCall was The Singing Detective.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Bad luck. I'm afraid, an incorrect answer scores you 100 points
0:22:26 > 0:22:29and takes your total up to 300.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32LAUGHTER
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Now then, Philip and Michael, you're the last people to have this board.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Please know something on it. - We should.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41This is normally the kind of thing I know all the answers to.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46But we don't. We're going to guess.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51- We're going to say Will, Jay, Neil and Simon...- The Inbetweeners.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- Yeah, I don't know.- Will, Jay,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Neil and Simon, The Inbetweeners.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00There was a pleasing murmur from the audience there.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The Inbetweeners. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Well done, it's right.
0:23:09 > 0:23:1122.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Take your total up to 222 and sees you into the head-to-head.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Well done.- Very well played, Philip and Michael.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27That pleasing murmur was of an audience that thought they were never going to get home.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Let's take a look. The Singing Detective was Philip Marlowe,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34in Dennis Potter's play. Let's take a look at the rest of them.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39- Another quite high-scoring board. Geraldine Granger, do you know that one?- It's The Vicar Of Dibley.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Absolutely right. Would have scored 34. Eddie Fitz Fitzgerald?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Better known as Fitz Cracker. Would have scored 23.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Kelly, Curtis, Alisha, Simon and Nathan?- No.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- Won a Best Drama BAFTA in 2010. Misfits.- Yes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Would have scored you five and Robert McCall is a pointless answer.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Very well done if you know that was Edward Woodward playing The Equaliser.
0:24:04 > 0:24:11- Very good.- At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Catherine and Mike.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16- That was a punishing round, wasn't it?- Too busy watching Pointless.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18There we are.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21There is great news, we get to see you in a second time.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24You'll be back for our next show and we look forward to that.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I'm sure you'll go much further. Thanks so much for playing.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Lovely contestants.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33APPLAUSE
0:24:33 > 0:24:38For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42APPLAUSE
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Congratulations, Richard and Gail, Philip and Michael.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50You're now only one round away from the final and a chance
0:24:50 > 0:24:54to play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £10,000.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57APPLAUSE
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Only one pair can play for that money.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05To decide which pair, you're now going to go head-to-head on the best-of-three questions.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The first pair to win two plays for the jackpot.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13You are now allowed to confer. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16APPLAUSE
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Here comes your first question. And it concerns:
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Fish, Richard?- I don't want anyone to get too excited or excitable,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33but I'm about to show you five pictures of edible fish.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I know.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39We're not going to do fish every day. Maybe just on Fridays.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43OK, thanks. Let's reveal our five fish. Here we are. We have got:
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Oh, yes.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Old friend.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03No fish selection would be complete without E, I think you'll agree.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Richard and Gail, you've played best so far. You get to go first.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15OK. I'm going to go for C, tuna.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22C, tuna, say Richard and Gail. Philip and Michael, you can talk this through the rest of the board.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26They all look the same to me.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30I've no idea. A is pretty ugly.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Is that like a bottom thing, like a deep sea fish,
0:26:33 > 0:26:35like monkfish or something?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39I don't really know. What about D?
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- I think it's herring.- OK. - Go with that.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46We're going to say D is herring.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49D, herring, say Philip and Michael.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Richard and Gail have said that C is tuna.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Absolutely right.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06APPLAUSE
0:27:06 > 0:27:0823.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18And Philip and Michael are saying D is a herring.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32Unfortunately, an incorrect answer. That means Richard and Gail, after one question, you're ahead one-nil.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- Richard. - A, do you want to have a guess?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I wouldn't be at all surprised if that were a monkfish, in fact.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44It scores 18 points and it's a monkfish.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Boo!- Sorry, guys.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51There it is. B is a sea bream.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- It's lovely to see them all in their natural habitats, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58One point for sea bream.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02D is not a herring, that's a sea bass.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04That would have scored you two points.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07E is the biggest score, do you know what it is?
0:28:07 > 0:28:11- It's a plaice.- It is a plaice. Absolutely right.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13It would have scored 42 points.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16A lot of people know their plaice in Britain(!)
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Very good. Here comes your second question.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Now then, Philip and Michael,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It concerns:
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- Florence Nightingale, Richard. - We're going to give you five clues
0:28:33 > 0:28:38- to facts about Florence Nightingale, can you pick the most obscure? - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Florence Nightingale. Here they are.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I will read those one last time.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14There are our five facts
0:29:14 > 0:29:16about Florence Nightingale.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Philip and Michael, you have to win this question, remember.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23OK, we're going to go with she was on the £10 note.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Bank of England note on which she appeared, £10 note.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27OK, the £10 note.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Richard and Gail, you can talk us through the rest of the board,
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- if you like.- We're struggling. We're coming to educated guesses.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40The first one, I think, won't be good enough, the Crimea War.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43St Bart's, perhaps?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47But Scutari, I've got an idea, that's an Italian word. Yeah, Gail?
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- You go with it.- We'll go Italy.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54You're going to say Italy for Scutari barracks.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58OK, we have the £10 note and we have Italy.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Philip and Michael, £10 note she appeared on.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Absolutely right.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- 24. - APPLAUSE
0:30:18 > 0:30:2024. Richard and Gail,
0:30:20 > 0:30:24you are saying the Scutari barracks that she founded were in Italy.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32No, bad luck.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36An incorrect answer, which means after two questions, you are 1-1.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Very good. Richard.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42£10 note, she was replaced in 1994 by Charles Dickens.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Those barracks are in the Asian sector of Istanbul.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48They were in Turkey. That would have scored you eight points.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Well done if you said that at home.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53You were right not to go for the Crimea War.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It would have scored you a fairly hefty 49 points.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00She founded a training school at St Thomas's rather than St Barts.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05That would have scored four. Do you know which modern-day country Florence Nightingale was born in?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- There is a clue in her name. - Italy.- That is right.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10She was born in Florence and named after it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Seven points that would have got you. - Thank you, Richard.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Here comes your third question, the decider.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22Whoever wins this question goes through to the last round and plays for that £10,000 jackpot.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It concerns:
0:31:27 > 0:31:29UK Eurovision entrants, Richard.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32We're going to show you five UK Eurovision entrants.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36We'll show you their initials and the year in which they represent the UK.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Identify the most obscure. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Let's reveal our Eurovision entrants from the UK. And we have got:
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:12 > 0:32:17Now then, Richard and Gail, you answer first again this time.
0:32:17 > 0:32:23OK, we're going for KATW, Katrina And The Waves.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28OK, Katrina and the Waves, you are saying. Philip and Michael, you can do your talking out loud.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32We think the BF is Bucks Fizz. I remember that one.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37I'm just trying to work out the pronunciation of the J one.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Say it out loud. - I'm pretty sure it's Javine.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45- Just so we don't get 100, shall we say Bucks Fizz? That is 1981.- No.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- You don't know any of the others. - No, I disagree.
0:32:49 > 0:32:55Listen, if it is what you thought J, and we don't go for it, we're even.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57We should go for Bucks Fizz.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah, we're going for Bucks Fizz.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04OK, Bucks fizz, say Philip and Michael.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I wouldn't like to call this one at all.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Richard and Gail have said Katrina and the waves, KATW.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18It's right.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- 39. - APPLAUSE
0:33:25 > 0:33:29So 39 for Katrina and the Waves.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Are more or fewer people going to remember Bucks Fizz and remember Katrina and the Waves?
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Anyway, let's find out. Bucks Fizz, say Philip and Michael.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39How many people said it?
0:33:41 > 0:33:45It's right. Will it go down below 39?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- Yes, it will! - APPLAUSE
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- Yes!- Calm yourself.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Very, very, very well done indeed.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Well, that means after three questions, Philip and Michael are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Richard.- You almost talk yourself into going for Javine,
0:34:07 > 0:34:12the name of the lady who represented the UK in 2005.
0:34:12 > 0:34:19It would have scored you 100 points. Because in 2003, Jemini, is the name of the band, we came last,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24and they become the first entity in history ever to score nul points
0:34:24 > 0:34:30in the Eurovision Song Contest and be a pointless answer. I don't know if they'll feel good or bad about that.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Nul points on this show is a very good score.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36B is...
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- Do you remember from 2011?- Blue. - Absolutely right.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45That would also have won the points with 20. And BL from 1979?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- No idea. - They sang the song Mary Ann in 1979.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- More famous in the '80s for releasing Agadoo.- Black Lace?!
0:34:52 > 0:34:57That would have scored you four points. Those answers would have won you the points.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Hopefully none of them were too familiar to you.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05At the end of the head-to-head round, our losing pair, Richard and Gail.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09This is so unfair. You were in this position last time.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15- Our star pair throughout the show and you came up against Philip and Michael.- We've had a great time.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19They whipped it off you like the skirts of the two girls in Bucks Fizz.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22But it's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27- Richard and Gail, thank you for playing.- Thanks very much.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29APPLAUSE
0:35:29 > 0:35:34But for Philip and Michael, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37APPLAUSE
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Congratulations, Philip and Michael. You fought off the competition
0:35:42 > 0:35:46and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at a colossal £10,000.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01APPLAUSE
0:36:01 > 0:36:07The rules are very simple. To win that many, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11We've had one pointless answer on the show today, from you, Philip.
0:36:11 > 0:36:17If you can find one more pointless answer now, you will leave you with that £10,000 jackpot.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21You've got to choose a category and you can choose from these five options.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33I personally think, country music. Radio could be anything.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- European playwrights.- I like country music, I've got a lot of country music albums at home.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- I'm happy with country music. - You are?- Yeah.- All right, great.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47- We'll go country music.- You're going to go country music. Good luck.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52- LAUGHTER - Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many females
0:36:56 > 0:37:00inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as they could.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- Richard.- We're looking for the name of any female solo recording artist
0:37:04 > 0:37:09or songwriter or any other individual who has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame,
0:37:09 > 0:37:14all the way through from 1961, up to and including 2011. Best of luck.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:18 > 0:37:22and you need one of those answers to be pointless to win £10,000.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Are you ready?- Yes. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:26 > 0:37:32- Your time starts now.- Dolly Parton has been. But that's quite famous.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35I don't know if Reba McEntire has.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41- I haven't seen the CMA Awards since 2004 or something.- Think way back.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- KT Oslin, maybe. - How far back does she go?
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Erm... Mary Chapin Carpenter.- Yeah? - She's a writer as well.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54Yeah. She's been doing stuff for a long time.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Nanci Griffith.- How far back? - Quite far back.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02But if they're in the Hall of Fame, you would get the old-timers.
0:38:02 > 0:38:08- How famous is Nanci Griffith? - She's famous.- OK, Nanci Griffith.
0:38:08 > 0:38:14- That would be a safe answer. - I don't know. Has Gillian Welch?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16She's a bit too...
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- Ten seconds left.- I would say... - Mary Chapin Carpenter.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26Mary Chapin Carpenter... Nanci Griffith. So...?
0:38:28 > 0:38:33- OK.- OK, time is up. I now need your three answers.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- We should say Mary Chapin Carpenter. - Really? OK. Mary Chapin Carpenter.
0:38:37 > 0:38:44- Mary Chapin Carpenter.- Nanci Griffith?- Yeah.- Nanci Griffith.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49- Who is the other when we said? - I can't remember. KT Oslin?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52KT Oslin. OK, now, of those three,
0:38:52 > 0:38:55which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:55 > 0:39:00Maybe Mary Chapin Carpenter. She is respected.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04We'll put her last. Which do you think is your least likely?
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- Nanci Griffith?- Nanci Griffith. - We'll put Nanci Griffith first.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11We'll put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21We were looking for females inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Nanci Griffith was your first answer, your least confident.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30Let's see. Nanci Griffith. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:39:32 > 0:39:36OK, unfortunately, an incorrect answer, but you did not have a lot
0:39:36 > 0:39:41of faith in Nanci Griffith being pointless, even if it was right.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45There we are. Nothing lost. You have two chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- £10,000, that jackpot! What would you do with that? - I'd take my wife to New York.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54- She's been on at me for ages to go to New York.- Excellent.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Michael, how about you?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00I would probably pay some debts, very depressing.
0:40:00 > 0:40:07- Well, very best of luck. - Not very interesting.- And then run up lots more! Brilliant.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11OK, we're looking for females inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Let's hope nobody said your next answer, KT Oslin.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19It has to be correct and it has to be pointless to win that jackpot.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22For £10,000, let's see how many people said KT Oslin.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- Not good. I was sure she had been. - Oh dear.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38We're looking for females inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
0:40:38 > 0:40:44Your final answer was Mary Chapin Carpenter. You said this was your most confident answer.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49You only have to find one pointless answer to win a £10,000 jackpot.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52It has to be right and pointless, let's find out. Mary Chapin Carpenter,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54for £10,000, is it pointless?
0:40:58 > 0:40:59No!
0:40:59 > 0:41:01That's a real pain.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04APPLAUSE
0:41:04 > 0:41:10- Never mind.- Oh, bad luck.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Unfortunately, three great sounding answers,
0:41:13 > 0:41:19but you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless, or indeed correct answer.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £10,000,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26which will roll on to the next show. You have been fantastic contestants.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30You do of course take home our Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32APPLAUSE
0:41:35 > 0:41:40This bit is going to be quite uncomfortable listening for you, quite probably.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- Richard?- You played in exactly the right spirit all the way through.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48I'll take through some of the ones you did mention and give you the scores.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Dolly Parton would have scored 47. Loretta Lynn would only score three.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Tammy Wynette, 23.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00Reba McEntire, you almost went for that, it was a pointless answer.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- I should have said that. - It would have won you £10,000.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Inducted in 2011. Let's take a look at some of the other answers.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Emmylou Harris, a pointless answer. She's done a huge amount of work.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18Frances Williams Preston, an executive of the AMC. Jean Shepard.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Joe Walker-Meador, Minnie Pearl and there's Reba McEntire.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Very sorry, guys. Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:27 > 0:42:34You said Reba McEntire. Ouch. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Philip and Michael,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41APPLAUSE
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Unfortunately, Philip and Michael didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47so it rolls over.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50On the next show, we will be playing for £11,000.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52APPLAUSE
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.