0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Now, first up we welcome back
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Sarah and Wendy. You were on the show last time.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless Final. This is your second chance.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Sarah, remind us what happened last time.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49We got through to the head-to-head...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Oh, it was a needle head-to-head, as well.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- It was, yes, we lost by one point on one round.- Yeah, the artists.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- Yes.- Wendy, remind us how you know each other.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- We are sisters.- Very good indeed.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02OK, so you made it through to the head-to-head last time.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05This time, what's going to be your dream Pointless category?
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Musical theatre.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08We've had it before as a category.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- It has come up. Maybe it will come up again.- Hopefully.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Certainly.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Best of luck, Sarah and Wendy. It's lovely to have you back on the show.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20We also welcome back Jonathan and Steve. Remind us what happened with you last time.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22We took home the bronze medal.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24What was it? I can't remember what the round was.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26So do I. So do I. Totally forgot.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Oh, yes, I can.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Chemical elements.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32We came up with a new one, didn't we? Called Ilium.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Very much so.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Now then, Jonathan, what do you do? Where are you from?
0:01:37 > 0:01:41We are both from York and I work as a project controller
0:01:41 > 0:01:44looking after finances on railway projects.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- You were a stuntman? - In a previous life.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Many years ago I trained to be a stuntman over in Australia,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52getting set on fire and dragged behind speedboats,
0:01:52 > 0:01:54knocked over by cars, that sort of thing.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Fantastic. Steve, what do you hope is going to come up today?- Not...
0:01:57 > 0:02:00elements.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Not films.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Not a lot of things, to be honest.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10OK, well, very, very best of luck. Let's hope we see more of you this time round.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14And next, we welcome Ann and Pam. How do you two know each other?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Well, we've been friends for nearly 20 years.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We met through The Samaritans, actually.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Do you still work for The Samaritans?- No, we both retired.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26What did you do before you retired?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Oh, I was a schoolteacher.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32You know, one of the retired schoolteachers
0:02:32 > 0:02:35who do so well on Pointless, don't they?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They always do. They always do. What did you teach?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I taught little ones. Infants.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41What did you do, Pam?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46I used to work with some people with learning disabilities
0:02:46 > 0:02:48and I used to drive a truck
0:02:48 > 0:02:53and we used to go out into the community, doing gardens.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Excellent. - So, that was great, that was good.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Well, very best of luck to you, Ann and Pam. Lovely to have you here.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And finally, we've got Maria and Jamie. How do you two know each other?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03We are husband and wife.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04And where are you from, Jamie?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- We are from Carmarthen in south-west Wales.- Excellent.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08What do you do there, Jamie?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I'm a diagnostic radiographer in Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Will they all be watching, do you think?- Yes.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Very good. So, no pressure then?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- No pressure at all, no. - How about you, Maria?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I've just finished university, studying professional Welsh.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24So you are now professionally Welsh?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I am, yeah. You can't get much better than that.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I don't think you can. I just don't think you can.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Jamie, what do you like to get up to in your spare time?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, I'm a DJ and a semi-professional music producer.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Wow, what kind of music do you produce?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- House music.- Right.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Radiography, is there any crossover?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46None at all, no. Sounds like it is, but it's not, unfortunately.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Bleeps and whistles and things. - Yeah, I suppose.- Yeah.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Very good. Well, very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's a good job he knows so much because his people skills are terrible.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Hello.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- Afternoon to you.- And to you. - Should be a fun show today.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Sarah and Wendy did very well last time, didn't they?- Yeah.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17All the way to the head-to-head, so they'll be hard to beat.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21And Jonathan and Steve, I thought, were very good. Steve slightly let himself down but,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25you know, look at them. Cheeky chappies, aren't they? Smiling away.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27They've got the faces of smiling assassins, I think.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29They might do very well for themselves.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Of course, Ann and Pam, uniquely in Pointless history,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36the only pair of contestants we've had who once founded an international airline.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Yeah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Only ones.- Very good. Well, thanks very much, Richard.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48To get to the final round and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:04:48 > 0:04:52all our contestants have to do is find the obscure answers that those 100 people didn't get.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54So, the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56the fewer points they will score.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59What everyone's trying to do is to find a Pointless answer.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and, each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Dougie and Cath won the jackpot last time
0:05:07 > 0:05:10so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20In this first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:05:20 > 0:05:22and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated
0:05:26 > 0:05:30so try and make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...
0:05:33 > 0:05:36If you all decide who's going to go first and who's second.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39And whoever is going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:05:49 > 0:05:51..as they could.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Male tennis Grand Slam Number One Seeds. Richard.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55We're looking for any man
0:05:55 > 0:05:58who's ever gone into a Grand Slam tennis tournament
0:05:58 > 0:06:00since the Open era began in 1968,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03who has been number one seed for that tournament, please.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Grand Slam tournaments, of course,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So any man who's been number one seed
0:06:10 > 0:06:13for any of those tournaments since 1968, please.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16OK, Sarah and Wendy, you all drew lots before the show
0:06:16 > 0:06:19and today you are going first.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Sarah. Is tennis good for you?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23No, no. Not at all. Erm...
0:06:24 > 0:06:27..can't play it, don't watch it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30I think...Pat Cash.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Pat Cash...- Yeah.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35..says Sarah. Pat Cash. Let's see if that's right
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Bad luck, Sarah. An incorrect answer,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45which scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- Not Pat Cash.- Yeah, sorry, Sarah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50The Australian famously won Wimbledon
0:06:50 > 0:06:54but has never gone into a Grand Slam tournament as number one seed.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Now then, Jonathan.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I'll play it safe, I think, and go for
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- Pete Sampras.- Pete Sampras, says Jonathan. Let's see if that's right
0:07:02 > 0:07:06and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Pete Sampras.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Absolutely right.
0:07:11 > 0:07:1223.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Not bad at all. 23 for Pete Sampras.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Well played, Jonathan. He was number one seed
0:07:20 > 0:07:23for numerous Grand Slam tournaments and won 14 of them.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Ann.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28We're looking for male Grand Slam number one seeds.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Is this a good area for you?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Well, it's a long time since I've played, Alexandra.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37But I do quite enjoy tennis.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40So I think I will go for...
0:07:41 > 0:07:43..Arthur Ashe.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Arthur Ashe. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50let's see how many of our 100 people said Arthur Ashe.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Absolutely right.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Ooh, it's a good answer.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Look at that. Two!
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Very, very well done indeed, Ann. That's a great answer.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05And a great low score. Richard.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Very well played, Ann.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11He has been a number one seed, also won three Grand Slam tournaments.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13You can tell Ann is a primary school teacher
0:08:13 > 0:08:15for two reasons. One, very good answer.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Two, she called you Alexandra.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Absolutely classic teacher, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- I might call you that.- I shouldn't.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26What'cha going to do?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Well, you'll probably get a stiffly-worded letter.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You can call me what you like, Ann.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Maria.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Erm, I've got a couple.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I think I'll go for Novak Djokovic.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Novak Djokovic. Let's see if that's right
0:08:45 > 0:08:49and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Well done, Maria, look at that. Nine. Single figures.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Very good answer. Novak Djokovic. - Well played, Maria.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Very steady start. He's won five Grand Slam titles to date,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10though I suspect he'll add to that and he'll be the number one seed
0:09:10 > 0:09:12in many tournaments in the future, I suspect.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15We're halfway through the round.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Ann and Pam looking very, very strong indeed.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Lovely low score of 2.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Then up to 9, where we find Maria and Jamie.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Up to 23, where we find Jonathan and Steve.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28And then, I'm afraid, quite a hike up to 100,
0:09:28 > 0:09:30where we find you, Sarah and Wendy.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32But the round is but young, Wendy,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36and I'm sure you have a brilliant, obscure answer up your sleeve.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:09:40 > 0:09:43OK, so we are looking for
0:09:43 > 0:09:47male tennis number one seeds in Grand Slams.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Jamie, you are on 9.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Wendy and Sarah are the high scorers on 100,
0:09:51 > 0:09:55which means a score of 90 or less will keep you in the game.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I think I'm just going to play it safe,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and I'll say Rafael Nadal.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03OK, Rafael Nadal, says Jamie. There is your red line.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Come below that, you're through to the next round. Nadal.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Is it right? How many people said it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Very well done, you're through.
0:10:14 > 0:10:1629.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19APPLAUSE
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Not bad at all. That takes your total up to 38.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well played. Just the right tactics.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25The king of clay, Rafael Nadal.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Pam, how brilliant was Ann's answer?!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Oh, fantastic! Fantastic!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Very, very good indeed! Can you equal it? Maybe even better it?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36I'm not sure. Erm...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Bjorn Borg.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Bjon Bjorg. Bjon Borg.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Bjorn...Bjorn Borg.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Bjorn Bjorg...
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- him! - LAUGHTER
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Let's see how many people said it.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Very well done.
0:10:56 > 0:10:5829.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59APPLAUSE
0:10:59 > 0:11:0129, takes your total up to 31.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03You are through to the next round.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04- Richard?- A very good answer.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Of course, the darling of Wimbledon for many years. Bjorn Borg.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10First became world number one in August, 1977.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Now makes pants. - He does make pants, yeah.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- LAUGHTER - Now then, Steve. You're on 23.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Wendy and Sarah remain our high scorers on 100.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23So a score of 76 or less, you're in round two.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27So remember, we're looking for number one seeded
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- male tennis players in a Grand Slam. - I'll go...
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Jim Courier.- Jim Courier.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34- Yeah.- OK.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- Ooh, bit of a buzz! - AUIDENCE QUIETLY OOHS
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Never sure what that means!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- HE LAUGHS - Let's find out!
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Jim Courier. There's your red line.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Is it right? How many people said it?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Yep, very well done. And you're through.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51HE LAUGHS
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Oh, very, very well done indeed, Steve!
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - Only the lowest score of the round!
0:11:58 > 0:12:011 for Jim Courier.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02That's a good answer, Steve.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03An aficionado's answer.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Actually won four Grand Slam titles, though less remembered these days
0:12:07 > 0:12:09than some others. Was world number one, briefly,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13which is why he was seeded number one for Grand Slam tournaments.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Now then, Wendy and Sarah, I have grave news.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20I'm afraid you come into this answer
0:12:20 > 0:12:22already as the high scorers.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25But an opportunity, maybe, to come up with a pointless answer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Maybe there's a pointless answer and you could bequeath £250
0:12:28 > 0:12:30to our remaining players.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I could, if I knew ANYTHING about tennis!
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Ah!- I'm going to try Andre Agassi.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Andre Agassi. Let's see if it's right,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41and how many people said Andre Agassi.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Absolutely right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:5016. Not a bad score at all.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54APPLAUSE
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Takes your total up to 116. Richard?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57A good answer to leave us on, Wendy.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Andre Agassi won eight career Grand Slam titles. Very well played.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Let's take a look at some pointless answers. There's a whole bunch,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07so well done if you said any of these at home.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Guillermo Vilas won four Grand Slams in his career.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Gustavo Kuerten, the Brazilian, played very well on clay.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Jan Kodes, who won three Grand Slam titles.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Johan Kriek, the South African.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If you got that one, hat off! That's a terrific answer.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Won two Grand Slams in his career. John Newcombe, the Australian -
0:13:28 > 0:13:30part of one of the great doubles partnerships
0:13:30 > 0:13:33of all time with Tony Roche, who's also a pointless answer.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Both of those were number one seeds going into Grand Slam tournaments.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Vitas Gerulaitis, and the Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42who won two Grand Slams and a gold medal at the Olympics in 2000.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- Terrific answers. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49So at the end of our first round,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51the losing pair with the highest score,
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I'm afraid, it's Wendy and Sarah.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- AUDIENCE: Aw! - Exactly. Yes. The stage was set for you to be finalists.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05They're going to have to re-engrave the trophy and everything. We had it all planned. What a shame.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Thank you so much for playing.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12APPLAUSE
0:14:12 > 0:14:16But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Obviously, only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head round.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28One of the pairs will be leaving at the end of the round.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Very best of luck. Our category for round two today is:
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first, who is going second?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44OK, our question concerns...
0:14:48 > 0:14:54- Richard.- On each pass, we're going to show you six countries which currently use the euro.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Tell us the name of their currency before they joined the euro, the main unit of currency.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02If it was the USA, we would be looking for dollar rather than cent.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Six on each pass, an obscure answer will score fewer points, incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- See how many of these you can get at home. 12 in all.- Thanks, Richard.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17We are looking for the currencies used by these countries before the euro and we have got:
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I'll read them once again.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Now then, Jonathan. There are the countries.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Steve, what's wrong?- Brutal!
0:15:38 > 0:15:44I must admit, I was hoping for one or two different countries to appear there. I really was!
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Just because I thought I might have had a nice obscure answer.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53If I'm being honest, I only know a couple of those.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58I will go with Germany and the Deutschmark.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00The Deutschmark for Germany, says Jonathan.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:16:08 > 0:16:1057.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12APPLAUSE
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- I'll take that. - Not that bad. 57.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17A big score, but certainly not 100.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20They used the Deutschmark up to 2001.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26- Very good. Now then, Pam. - I know how to spend it...
0:16:30 > 0:16:36I'm stuck with one I know I'd get or risking it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38And I think I'm going to risk it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Erm... Austria, the schilling?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The schilling, says Pam, for Austria.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Absolutely right, Pam. Very well done.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- 19. - APPLAUSE
0:16:58 > 0:17:02That's a great answer and a great score. A risk well worth taking.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Well played. Full marks for good knowledge
0:17:04 > 0:17:06and also for having the guts to take a bit of a risk.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Took over in 2002, the euro, in Austria, from the schilling.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Jamie, we're looking for the pre-euro currencies of these countries.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Luckily, Pam left me the one answer I presume she was going to leave.
0:17:20 > 0:17:26- And I will say France is the franc. - The franc, says Jamie.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Absolutely right.
0:17:33 > 0:17:3678.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37APPLAUSE
0:17:37 > 0:17:4178, isn't that weird? For once, Germany not the highest scorer.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45I know, who'd have thought! The French beating the Germans!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49It's the first time in history that has ever happened.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53The franc, 78 points.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Cyprus and Malta, you might have got mixed up which is which.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02What do you think Cyprus's currency was before the euro?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- It's a familiar one to you and I. - It's the pound.- It's the pound.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09It would have scored you 28 points. Well done if you said that.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Malta is the lira. They used the lira.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17One point for Malta. And Slovakia, two points, the koruna.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23- The koruna.- Very well done if anyone got all of those at home. Very impressive.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25OK, halfway through the round, let's take a look
0:18:25 > 0:18:28at the scores as they stand. Once again, Pam and Ann looking
0:18:28 > 0:18:32very strong at this stage. 19.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Then up to 57, Jonathan and Steve. Then up to 78, Jamie and Maria.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41You're not miles ahead, Maria, but ahead enough...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Yeah!- ..for a little bit of pressure to be on you.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53OK, we're going to put six more countries on the board and here they are:
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'll read them one last time.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09There they are. We are looking for the currencies these countries
0:19:09 > 0:19:12used before the euro and you're trying to find
0:19:12 > 0:19:15the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Maria, you're the high scorers on 78.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22We need a really nice, low-scoring answer.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Yeah.- What would a professional Welsh person make of that?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Um, not... Erm...
0:19:29 > 0:19:36I think Portugal might be the lima. Maybe? I don't know.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The lima. Let's see, the lima, let's see if that's right.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44And if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47There is no red line for you, as you are the high scorers.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Bad luck, Maria. An incorrect answer.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56You score the maximum of 100 points. That takes you up to an
0:19:56 > 0:19:59unbeatable 178. I'm sorry.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Richard.- Yes, Lima is the capital of Peru. For some reason,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06the Portuguese did not name their currency after the capital of Peru.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Obviously, there was a faction that said they should. But they were shouted down.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16We'll find out what they did call it at the end of the round. But it's not a South American capital.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Or...a small mammal.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Yeah, lemur.- "Lemur." Don't get many of those to the pound either.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24LAUGHTER
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Thank you, Richard. Now then, Ann,
0:20:26 > 0:20:33great news, you're through to the next round. Less good news, we need an answer.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Well, Alexander...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37LAUGHTER
0:20:37 > 0:20:39..I do know a few,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43and I think Portugal is the escudo.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The escudo, says Ann. How many people said it?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Absolutely right.
0:20:54 > 0:20:5611. That's a great answer.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Lowest score of the round so far, takes your total up to 30.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Richard.- Well done. The escudo, it's Portuguese for shield.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07It was also the second choice of Peru for the name of its capital.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Just beaten by Lima.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17Steve, you are also through to the next round. You have made it to the head-to-head. Congratulations.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21You're the last person to have this board. If there are any there you'd like to fill in for us,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- please help yourself.- It's one of my all-time favourite ones, this.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Greece, is it drachma?
0:21:29 > 0:21:35Italy, not a clue. Slovenia, not a clue. Spain... Peseta?
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- Belgium, no clue. We'll go drachma, Greece.- Greece, drachma.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said drachma for Greece.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Absolutely right.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Down it goes, 36.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55APPLAUSE
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Very well done indeed. 36. Takes your total up to 93.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03It's a good answer, Steve. Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Do you want to have a go at this? Italy?- Lira.- Absolutely right.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Would have scored 60 points.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Spain, Steve got absolutely right, it's the peseta. 65 points for that.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19- Belgium?- It was a Belgian franc, wasn't it?- Absolutely right.
0:22:19 > 0:22:2437 points and Slovenia? Won't surprise you to know that's the best answer on the board.
0:22:24 > 0:22:30Congratulations anyone who said tolar. Two of our 100 people knew it.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Wow! Good for them. - LAUGHTER
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39the pair with the highest score, who will be leaving us, I'm afraid...
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- Maria and Jamie. - AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Aw! Maria and Jamie, we will see you again next time.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52APPLAUSE
0:22:52 > 0:22:55But for the remaining two pairs, things are about
0:22:55 > 0:22:57to get even more exciting now, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00APPLAUSE
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Congratulations Ann and Pam, Jonathan and Steve.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,000.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17You're going head-to-head and the first to win two questions will play for that jackpot.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21The great news is you can now confer.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So, Ann and Pam... As a retired schoolteacher, Ann,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29you are doing your profession a great service. Fantastic.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Did you think you would make it this far?- No.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Steve and Jonathan -
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- "Ilium" is just a dim memory now, isn't it?- What?!
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Yeah! Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45APPLAUSE
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Here comes your first question and it concerns:
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Richard.- We're going to show you five photos of actors
0:23:59 > 0:24:03who began their career in the era of silent films.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Can you name those actors or actresses and tell us the most obscure? Good luck.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Thanks. Let's reveal our five silent film stars, and here they come. We have got:
0:24:26 > 0:24:30There we are. Five silent film stars.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Pam and Ann, you've played best so far. You get to answer first.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I think C is Stan... Shall we go for that?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44We're going to go for C, Stan Stennett.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Stan Stennett. Stan Stennett, C, say Ann and Pam.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Jonathan and Steve, you can talk us through the board.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56You can also go for C, if you think it's a different name.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01We think A is Stan Laurel. We think E is Charlie Chaplin.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05We're not too familiar with the ladies up there.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08I thought C was Harold Lloyd.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- We either take a risk and say... - Risk it.- We're gamblers.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- We'll go C.- OK. Harold Lloyd.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22OK, two names, jockeying for C.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Stan Stennett or Harold Lloyd. Ann and Pam have said Stan Stennett.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Oh, no.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Doesn't necessarily mean anything, Jonathan and Steve.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But it's not Stan Stennett. Is C Harold Lloyd?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Let's see if that's right
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and if it is, how many people said Harold Lloyd.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56It's Harold Lloyd.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Very well done indeed. All it had to be was correct.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- APPLAUSE - It's 15.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10Well, fortune favouring the brave. After one question, Jonathan and Steve, very well done,
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- are up 1-0.- Well played, gents. Harold Lloyd made nearly 200 films.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- Always used to have them on in the mornings during the school holidays. - Yeah, they did.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Love Harold Lloyd. - Pam and Ann, you might have been thinking of Mack Sennett,
0:26:22 > 0:26:27a famous silent movie star. Stan Stennett does exist. He is an actor and comedian.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31A Welshman, in Coronation Street, Crossroads, all sorts of things.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Let's go through the rest of the answers.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36A, I think you both knew -
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Stan Laurel.- A Geordie.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Would have scored 63. He was actually born in Cumbria.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47- There is a statue of him in South Shields because he lived there for a couple of years.- That'll be why.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50B is Louise Brooks.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52She scored four points, Louise Brooks.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56D, Greta Garbo.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Would have scored nine points. Very well done if you said that.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06And E, I suspect most people got, Charlie Chaplin. 85 points.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Very well done to anyone who got all five of those.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15Here comes your second question. Pam and Ann, we need you to win this question to stay in the game.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Very best of luck. Here it comes. It concerns:
0:27:20 > 0:27:23It's not a good one for you, Steve!
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- Richard.- We're going to show you the titles of five plays,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33all listed by the National Theatre as among the 25 most significant plays of the last century.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39We've left out alternate letters in those plays. Can you name the plays and pick the most obscure?
0:27:39 > 0:27:44OK. Let's reveal our five modern plays and we have got:
0:28:11 > 0:28:14And I'll just read those again!
0:28:14 > 0:28:15LAUGHTER
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I'm just going to read the letters,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20take the blanks as read. I hope that's all right.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37There we are. Jonathan and Steve, you go first this time.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Seriously, we're struggling here.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45- OK, we're going to go for Pygmalion on the first one.- Pygmalion, OK.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Pygmalion.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51- Ann and Pam, you can talk us through the board, if you like.- OK.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55- Literally fill in all the blanks. - OK, yes.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58We think the second one is Private Lives.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02The third one is Death Of A Salesman.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- The next one is An Inspector Calls. - And the last one is The Caretaker.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12But we're going to go for Death Of A Salesman.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Death Of A Salesman, say Ann and Pam. Let's see.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Jonathan and Steve went with Pygmalion.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Let's see how many people said Pygmalion.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It's right.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Wow! 17!
0:29:31 > 0:29:34APPLAUSE
0:29:36 > 0:29:4117 for Pygmalion. Now then, Ann and Pam. You have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47Will Death Of A salesman do it for you? It has to go down below 17. Good luck.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51How many people said Death Of A Salesman?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Absolutely right.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Yep. You've done it. Very well done.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01APPLAUSE
0:30:01 > 0:30:0412 for Death Of A Salesman, beats 17 for Pygmalion.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08After two questions, you are absolutely even, 1-1. Richard.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Well played. I think this one deserves to go to a final question.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Pam and Ann, you got all of them right.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16The only thing we need to fill in is what scored what.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19It's quite difficult to call which of these is good to be the most obscure.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Which do you think would score the most points?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26It's Private Lives, the Noel Coward play, An Inspector Calls and the Pinter play, The Caretaker.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32- Maybe The Caretaker might be the hardest one to recognise? - Exactly the other way round.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36The Caretaker would have scored 40 points. The biggest scorer.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39And Private Lives on 26.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42The best answer on the board, An Inspector Calls,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44the JB Priestley play.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Six points. Very well done if you got all six of them.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53Thanks very much. Here comes your third question, the decider.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Here it comes. It concerns:
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- William the Conqueror.- Against teachers!- Yeah - school teachers!
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Love the fact that Steve just went, "Teachers!"
0:31:06 > 0:31:08LAUGHTER
0:31:08 > 0:31:09No pressure.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We're going to show you five clues to facts about William the Conqueror.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Can you give us the most obscure answer, please? Best of luck, both teams.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22OK, let's reveal our five facts about William the Conqueror and here they come. We have got:
0:31:37 > 0:31:40I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Now then, Ann and Pam, you go first again this time.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Um, yes. We'll go for the name of the great land survey
0:32:07 > 0:32:10commissioned by William - the Domesday Book.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14The Domesday Book. The Domesday Book, say Ann and Pam.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Now, Jonathan and Steve, take us through your thinkings.
0:32:17 > 0:32:22Um, OK, well, we think the year of the Battle of Hastings is 1066.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27Famous embroidered linen hanging, we think that's the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Bayeux Tapestry, yeah.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Now, I thought modern day country of his birth.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35I thought it was Normandy, which is France, is it?
0:32:35 > 0:32:39My mind's going a bit blank now, so really...
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- Bayeux Tapestry.- We've got to go for Bayeux Tapestry.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Yeah, but we think it's not going to get us there.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46OK, you're going for the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49So, we have the Domesday Book. We have the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52This will decide who goes through to the final.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Ann and Pam said the Domesday Book
0:32:54 > 0:32:57was the name of the great land survey conducted by William.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said the Domesday Book.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Absolutely right.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Down it goes.
0:33:10 > 0:33:1214! Wow!
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Nice low score there. Domesday Book. 14.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Now, the Bayeux Tapestry, it has to beat 14.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- Will it? - BOTH: No!
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Let's see how many people said the Bayeux Tapestry.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31Absolutely right.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Will it go down as far as...?
0:33:34 > 0:33:3650.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Hard luck, guys.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40No, it was a good answer.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Well, a very exciting head-to-head, but in the end,
0:33:44 > 0:33:48after three questions, Ann and Pam are through.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Teachers!- Taught us a lesson.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Ann and Pam are through to the final. Richard.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Great head-to-head, and special mention to Jonathan and Steve, who have not stopped smiling
0:33:58 > 0:34:03at any point during their two shows, through triumph and disaster.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Well played, Pam and Ann. The Domesday Book, absolutely right.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09It was originally known as the description of England.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12It's where most of English towns or cities can trace their history back to.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18You're right, Jonathan, he was born in Normandy in France,
0:34:18 > 0:34:19so France would have been the answer,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23but that would have scored 24 points, so wouldn't have won.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26The year of the Battle of Hastings, again, 1066,
0:34:26 > 0:34:27but that would have got 87.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30The answer that would have seen you through to the final was
0:34:30 > 0:34:33the hill on which Harold set his defence at the Battle of Hastings.
0:34:33 > 0:34:34Do you know that one?
0:34:34 > 0:34:35- I don't. - You'll recognise the name.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38It's Senlac Hill.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- Senlac Hill. - Two points that would have got you.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Very well done if you got all of those.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48At the end of our head-to-head, our losing pair,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I'm afraid, Jonathan and Steve.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Such a shame. You've done so well. Brilliant performance today.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Absolutely fantastic, and as Richard said,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59you haven't stopped smiling the whole way through.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00More through nerves, I think.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Lovely having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Come here. Give me a cuddle!
0:35:07 > 0:35:09APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:11But for Ann and Pam, it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Many congratulations, Ann and Pam.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21You've seen off all the competition
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Well, very best of luck. The rules are simple.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47If you can find one now, you will go home with that £1,000 jackpot.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Firstly, you have to choose a category. You have five options.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51They are...
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- Sci-fi films, I know nothing. - Nothing about that.- Geography is...
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- Political roles. Hmm. Country music. - No.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Unless it's Dolly Parton, I wouldn't even have a go.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11European playwrights.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- Is it worth a go at that?- European playwrights? Or political roles.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21- Yeah, either of those two. - Perhaps...political roles.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Political roles. OK. Very good.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:36:29 > 0:36:32members of the Shadow Cabinet as they could.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Members of the Shadow Cabinet. Richard.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Yeah, we're looking for any member of Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet
0:36:38 > 0:36:41as announced in October 2011, please.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43No-one who's been subsequently reshuffled into it,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47but anyone announced in his Cabinet of October 2011.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- Good luck and good luck at home. - Thank you.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Thank you very much indeed.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:53 > 0:36:55and all you need to win that £1,000
0:36:55 > 0:36:58is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- Are you ready?- Yeah.- Yes. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- OK.- Ed Balls, obviously. Ed Balls.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- Yes, and his wife is... - Yvette Cooper.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I'm not very good on any obscure ones.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- Is John Denham in the Shadow Cabinet?- Yes, I think he is.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20That's three.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Um, who else? The Health chappie.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Can't remember his name. I can't remember...
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- The Education one, I can't remember him.- The Health one?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I think we'll have to stick with those three.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Yeah, well, that's three we know, isn't it? Ed Balls,
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Yvette...- Cooper.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43..Cooper and...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45What was the third one?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- John Denham.- John Denham.- Yeah. I think we've got three.- OK.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I don't think we'll need any more time.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53OK, we'll stop the clock there.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57We were looking for members of Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet
0:37:57 > 0:38:01following the reshuffle after the October 2011 conference.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05I now need your three answers. What are they?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Um, Ed Balls.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Yvette Cooper.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11And John Denham.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15And out of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17BOTH: John Denham.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19John Denham. We'll put him last.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Your least likely?- Ed Balls.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24OK, very good. We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Ed Balls first, John Denham last, and Yvette in the middle.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30THEY CHUCKLE
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Don't know why that's funny, but it is!
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- A mental picture.- Yeah, there we go. Won't erase that one for a while.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39LAUGHTER
0:38:41 > 0:38:46We have got Ed Balls, Yvette Cooper and John Denham. There we are.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Members of the Shadow Cabinet.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Ed Balls you thought was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56to win that £1,000 jackpot.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Ann, what would you do with £1,000?
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Well, probably a little treat for my husband and I.- I should hope so.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07- How about you, Pam? - Shoes, to begin with.- Important.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Then some treats for the grandchildren.- Very good.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Will all the grandchildren be watching?- Certainly will.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15OK, Ed Balls, your first answer. Let's see if it's right
0:39:15 > 0:39:17and if it is, how many people said Ed Balls?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Absolutely right. Ed Balls.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25This is your first shot at that £1,000 jackpot.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Ed Balls still going down.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Ooh! 43.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Not bad for Ed Balls.
0:39:32 > 0:39:3643. That's incredibly high. Normally, when people are asked
0:39:36 > 0:39:38to name politicians,
0:39:38 > 0:39:42our 100 people don't do particularly well on that.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4543. He'll be pleased.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53We're looking for members of Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet
0:39:53 > 0:39:58following the reshuffle after the October 2011 conference.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02You next answer was Yvette Cooper. This has to be correct, obviously.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot. Let's see.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Yvette Cooper. How many people said that?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Again, absolutely right.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Her husband Ed Balls took us down to 43.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Yvette has gone down past him.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Down she goes into the 20s, into the teens. Still going to down.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Single figures. 7!
0:40:22 > 0:40:24This is more like it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Thank you, Yvette. That was a great performance there.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35OK, you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. £1,000.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38We're looking for members of the Shadow Cabinet.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Your third and final answer,
0:40:39 > 0:40:43your most confident shot at a pointless answer was John Denham.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Now, you said that quite confidently.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- Do you know John Denham? He's not your MP?- He is.- For Southampton.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Southampton. But I know there was controversy,
0:40:53 > 0:40:59and whether or not he left after Gordon Brown and before Ed Miliband,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02that I can't quite remember.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Right, OK.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Now, to win the jackpot of £1,000, this has to be pointless.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Let's find out. John Denham.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11How many people said it? Is it right?
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Oh, no! Not to worry.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24- Oh, what a shame. - Well done.- It's all right.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, so unfortunately,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29you didn't find that pointless answer.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30You don't win today's jackpot of £1,000,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32which will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36You've been brilliant contestants. Fantastic performance on Pointless,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39and you do get to take home the Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41APPLAUSE
0:41:46 > 0:41:49That's a shame. A terrific show, and you played so well throughout.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51John Denham WAS in the Cabinet.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53He was Business, Innovations and Skills,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55but left before that reshuffle, of his own accord.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Let's take a look at the pointless answers
0:41:58 > 0:42:00and hope you don't recognise too many of them.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Well done to anyone who said Angela Eagle,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04who's the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Baroness Royal of Blaisdon.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Caroline Flint, who is the Energy Shadow.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Makes her sound like a superhero - the Energy Shadow.- Hmm.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12She's not.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Chuka Umunna, who is Business Shadow.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Liam Byrne, who is Work and Pensions, or certainly was
0:42:21 > 0:42:22when the reshuffle was made.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Margaret Curran, Scotland. And Vernon Coaker, Northern Ireland.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Also in that Cabinet there was
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Lord Bassam of Brighton, Peter Hain, Rachel Reeves and Tom Watson.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- Very well done if you said any of those.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Ann and Pam,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- but it's been wonderful having you on the show.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48So, nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over
0:42:48 > 0:42:52onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Join us to see if someone can win it.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.