0:00:21 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:27 > 0:00:33where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:41Welcome, Frank and Faye, our first pair on the show today. How do you two know each other, Frank?
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- Faye's my lovely daughter. - Where are you from, Faye?
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- I'm from Grimsby.- From Grimsby. Frank?- Caistor in Lincolnshire.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- What do you do, Frank? - I'm a lorry driver.- Very good.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- What do you do, Faye? - I work at a DVD rental shop.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Very good. Do you do games as well? - We do. Lots of games.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07- Movies. It's a dream to work there. - How long have you been there? - Ten years.- Wow!
0:01:07 > 0:01:12- This will give you the best grounding in film you could wish for.- Yes.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18- Anything you hope doesn't come up today?- If sport comes up, my heart will sink.- Frank?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Cookery. LAUGHTER
0:01:20 > 0:01:24My wife does all the cooking and I must admit, I don't do anything.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- What about the eating bit of cookery?- I love the eating bit.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- But I can't tell my baked beans from my spaghetti hoops.- OK.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38Frank and Faye, lovely to have you on the show. We welcome back Matt and Tom who were here last time.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Matt, remind us how you know each other.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- We met on holiday in "Hamsterdam". - In "Hamsterdam"?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- LAUGHTER - "Hamsterdam"? That's like North London.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54It wasn't there. It was the other one.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00- Right you are. OK. - We didn't know each other and we met at a cycle hire shop.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05They didn't have any bikes left, only a tandem, and we thought we'd just go through with it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08So we rode around AM-sterdam on a tandem bike,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and we bonded... LAUGHTER
0:02:11 > 0:02:17- Good job you both wanted to go to the same places!- We've been together ever since.- What happened last time?
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, we got to the head-to-head.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I've just remembered. They're in a band called Stranger Danger.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I know. I didn't think so either.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31- Stranger Danger?- Yeah. Remember the name. Two years...
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- It rhymes. That's true. - It does rhyme.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- That's the best thing about it. - It's not the nicest association.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41No, but it's an '80s style rock band that, you know...
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Let's move on. What would you like not to come up today, Matt?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Sport.- OK.- We hate sport. - And TV soaps.- Sport and TV soaps.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Celebrities.- Sport and soaps. - OK, very good.
0:02:52 > 0:02:59You made it to the head-to-head last time. You must be favourites to get through to the final. Best of luck.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Next, we welcome Katie and Lin. How do you two know each other?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05We're related.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Sadly.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- I can't believe she just said that! We're mother and daughter.- Yes.
0:03:11 > 0:03:17- You said "mother" pointing to Katie! - We love each other really. - We're mother and daughter.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Where are you from, Katie? - We're from Epsom in Surrey.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26- Excellent. What do you do, Lin? - I'm a teacher.- What do you teach? - I teach Health and Social Care.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- Very good.- Yeah, I just love it. It's great fun.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Katie, what do you do?- I'm an assistant librarian.- At the school?
0:03:34 > 0:03:39No, I work in Surrey libraries and I'm off to university in September.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- What are you going to be doing at university?- Biochemistry.- Very good.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- So, science you think you would have...- I'd love a bit of science.- ..sewn up.- Yes.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Katie and Lin, lovely to have you on the show.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Finally, we've got Jim and Eddie. How do you two know each other?
0:03:55 > 0:04:02We met each other when we started our apprenticeships 45 years ago and we've been friends ever since.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Where are you from, Eddie? - Dunfermline in Fife.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11- And how about you, Jim?- Just next door, a little village called Kelty just outside Dunfermline.- Very good.
0:04:11 > 0:04:18- What do you do, Jim?- I'm a retired schoolteacher now, so I've had a change of career halfway through.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- What did you teach?- We call it CDT, Craft, Design and Technology.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I'm not sure what you call it south of the border.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31I thought you said something else Design and Technology. I thought, "No, I'm sure it was very good."
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- CDT - Craft, Design... - And Technology.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- That expression has been used.- Right. - LAUGHTER
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And, Eddie, what do you do?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- I do nothing.- Excellent. - LAUGHTER
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I've retired as well.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52I left 17 years ago and I went doing my hobby job which, believe it or not, is driving buses.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Oh, wonderful. - I drove buses around Edinburgh.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Good stuff. Jim and Eddie, lovely to have you on the show.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's only one person left to introduce.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09He was the kid you copied from at school. I should know, I did!
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- He's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya. Hello.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15APPLAUSE
0:05:17 > 0:05:19You copied from me at school?
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Yeah.- Despite the fact you went to an expensive fee-paying school and I went to a state school?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Yeah, that's how it works.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Just one returning pair today, Matt and Tom. They had a difficult head-to-head last time.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36But they did very well, so they are going to be tough to beat.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Round One today should be very good for Katie and Lin.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- The pressure is on.- Very good. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51To get to the final and have a chance of winning the jackpot,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55our contestants must find obscure answers our 100 people couldn't get,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00so the fewer of our 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will all score.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew
0:06:04 > 0:06:08and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000. Today's jackpot starts off at £3,500.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16APPLAUSE
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39OK, our category for Round One is...
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53OK, so our question concerns...
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- Richard?- Zander is going to show you a list of six characters,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03all of whom appear in famous series of books.
0:07:03 > 0:07:10We need you to tell us any of the individual names of the books that any of these characters appear in.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Any of the books that any of them appear in in their classic series.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Give us the names of those individual books, rather than the names of the series. Best of luck.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25OK, thanks, Richard. Frank and Faye, you all drew lots before the show and today you are going to go first.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29OK, so the six characters are...
0:07:44 > 0:07:47I'll read those all one last time.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Now, that board remains all the way through the round.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12It's those six characters that all of you will need to find books for.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18Faye, you're going first. We're looking for the titles of any novels which feature these characters.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24- Right. I never read books. I always wait for the movie, of course.- OK.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28But probably the lowest one would be Bella Swan...
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- ..from Twilight.- Twilight.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Twilight.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Absolutely right.
0:08:44 > 0:08:4617.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Well done.- Seems good.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Yes.- We're pleased with 17. Very good. Twilight?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56That was the first book in that series. Good answer, Faye.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Now then, Tom... - I'm going to go out on a limb
0:09:00 > 0:09:06and I'm pretty sure that Anthony Horowitz has written a book in the Alex Rider series
0:09:06 > 0:09:09called Scorpio Rising.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Let's see if Scorpio Rising is right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Scorpio Rising.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Bad luck, Tom.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Sorry, Tom.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Katie?
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I know that the series by Jeff Kinney is very popular in the library,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36so I'll say that Greg Heffley is a character in the book Dog Days.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Dog Days.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Absolutely right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Oh, very, very well done indeed, Katie!
0:09:52 > 0:09:59That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £3,750.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- CHEERING - And it scores you nothing. Brilliant, Katie.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Very well played indeed. It's the fourth book in the series.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Kids, that's why you should go to the library.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16Thanks very much. Now, Jim, we come to you. Is this good for you, Jim?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Well, it is now because I only know one on there.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26The rest of them I have never heard of or know anything about, but I know one or two of the Harry Potter books,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30so I'm going to go for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:4220.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed, Jim.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Yes, the sixth in that particular series. Good answer.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Katie and Lin looking very strong indeed after Katie's pointless answer in the first pass,
0:10:59 > 0:11:04then we travel up to 17 where we find Faye and Frank looking pretty strong,
0:11:04 > 0:11:09as are Jim and Eddie on 20, then, whoa, up to 100 where we find Tom and Matt.
0:11:09 > 0:11:15Who knows what will happen in the next pass, but, Matt, you have to give us a very low-scoring answer
0:11:15 > 0:11:17and hope that keeps you in the game.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:24 > 0:11:30So, we're looking for the titles of novels which feature any of these characters. Eddie?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34You're on 20. The high scorers are Matt and Tom on 100.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Score 79 or less and you are through to the next round.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42I'll try Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone. Here is your red line.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49If you can get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone - is it right, how many people said it?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Yeah, very well done.
0:11:59 > 0:12:0136.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06- Well done.- That takes your total up to 56. You are through to the next round.- Well done, Eddie.
0:12:06 > 0:12:13It was called Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone in the States, The Philosopher's Stone over here.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18Lin, the high scorers are Matt and Tom on 100. You're on nothing.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23If you can score 99 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I think I know a few of these,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29but I'm actually going to go for Katniss Everdeen
0:12:29 > 0:12:31in The Hunger Games.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The Hunger Games - how many people said it?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Absolutely right.
0:12:41 > 0:12:425.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Very well done, Lin. That takes your total up to 5. Richard?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52That's the first book in the Hunger Games series
0:12:52 > 0:12:58- and the movie of that book had the highest ever opening weekend of any film that wasn't a sequel.- Wow!
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Now then, Matt, you are the high scorers on 100.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I'm also going to have a gamble with an Anthony Horowitz book.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I'm going to say...The Skeleton Key,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- which I hope has him in it. - The Skeleton Key.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Listen, Katie and Lin are nodding. This is nothing but a good sign.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24How many people said The Skeleton Key? Is it right?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It is right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Very well done, Matt. That's a brilliant answer.
0:13:35 > 0:13:401, that scores you. It takes your total up to 101.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- Richard?- Yeah, the third of the Alex Rider books. We were in this position last time -
0:13:45 > 0:13:51100 points, then you came in with a good one and then the people on Podium One, Frank, got 100 points.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- So is it going to happen again? - Is it going to happen again, Frank?
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Is this good for you?- It's not good for me, I'm afraid, Alexander.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03You can talk us through all your thinking.
0:14:03 > 0:14:09I'm just going to go for the one that I half know. It's Harry Potter And The Fresh Blood Prince.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- And the...?- Fresh Blood Prince. - The Fresh Blood Prince.
0:14:14 > 0:14:21Let's see. Is that right? And if it is, how many people said Harry Potter And The Fresh Blood Prince?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Oh, Frank!
0:14:24 > 0:14:29- I'm sorry, Faye.- Frank, unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, so you score 100 points.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34- That takes your total up to 117. I'm sorry. Richard?- Sorry, Frank.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39It was The Half-Blood Prince and we already had it from Jim earlier.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42You're thinking of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air maybe.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I like The Fresh Blood Prince though. It could be a Twilight book as well.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52That's unlucky and it's an uncanny echo of the last show. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56There's a couple of Alex Riders and the rest are Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Crocodile Tears, that is Alex Rider.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever and Dog Days, terrific answer.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11and there's Scorpia, which is an Alex Rider book.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16And rather than Scorpio Rising, Scorpia Rising is the Anthony Horowitz book.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21It didn't matter in the end, but you could have been knocked out just by one letter.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26Let's take a look at the big answers - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, 21,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, 24,
0:15:29 > 0:15:36so we already know the top one - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, 36 points.
0:15:36 > 0:15:42Thank you, Richard. At the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us, it's Frank and Faye
0:15:42 > 0:15:46with their high score of 117. We'll see you again next time.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- Frank and Faye, meanwhile, thank you so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09so one pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:29 > 0:16:36- Richard?- On each pass, we'll show you six revolutions or revolts. Tell us in which country these occurred.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40By country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45An incorrect answer will score 100 points. An obscure answer will score the fewest points.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48There's 12 countries in all to guess at home. Good luck.
0:16:48 > 0:16:54We are looking for the modern-day countries in which these revolutions and revolts occurred.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56And we have got on our first board...
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I'll read those all one last time.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32There we are, six revolutions and revolts. Tom?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36I'll play it... I don't know if this is safe. I could be completely wrong.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42- But the Boer Revolt must surely be in South Africa.- South Africa, says Tom for the Boer Revolt.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew the Boer Revolt, South Africa.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Absolutely right.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- 39.- Not bad.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56APPLAUSE
0:17:56 > 0:18:03- Richard?- Yeah, the revolt against the British in South Africa, absolutely right.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Now then, Lin...
0:18:05 > 0:18:08OK, um, I think I know a couple.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12I think the Boxer Rebellion was China.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18The Boxer Rebellion, China, says Lin. Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people said China.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20It's right, Lin.
0:18:24 > 0:18:2624.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- APPLAUSE - That'll do.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34- 24 for China.- Yeah, that was an officially supported peasant rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40Now then, Jim, you're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through it.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I think I only know two of them, the top two.
0:18:43 > 0:18:49The Sepoy Rebellion, I think, is India and the Boston Tea Party, obviously, is America.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I'm going to go for the Sepoy Rebellion, India.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said India.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Absolutely right, Jim.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10Very, very strong indeed, Jim. Lovely low score of 8 there for India.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16Yeah, another mutiny against the British. It broke out in the Bengal Army. Very good answer.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Let's fill in the rest of the board. You were right to avoid the Boston Tea Party. It is the USA.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It would have scored 66 points. The other two are tough.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28- The People Power Revolution, do you know that one?- No.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It was in the Philippines and would have scored you 1 point.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33And the Carnation Revolution?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36You'd think you'd have heard of it. It's in Portugal.
0:19:36 > 0:19:391 point as well. Very well done if you said that.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43I was going to tell you what it was, but it's very complicated.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Is it to do with condensed milk?
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:19:52 > 0:19:59Jim and Eddie looking very strong indeed after Jim's brilliant low-scoring answer - 8 points.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Then up to 24 where we find Lin and Katie,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06then up to 39 where we find Tom and Matt. Matt, he's done it again.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Once again, he's relying on a low score from you to keep him in the game.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15Good luck with that. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:20:17 > 0:20:23We're going to put six more revolutions and revolts on the board and here they come.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I will read all of those one last time.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01Remember, we are looking for the modern-day countries in which these events occurred
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and you want to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10Now, Eddie, Jim did brilliantly on that last pass. He's left you with 8 points, a lovely low score.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The high scorers on 39 are Matt and Tom.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18If you can score 30 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I'm going to go for a punt here, actually.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I'll go for the Mau Mau Uprising as Kenya.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Kenya, says Eddie for the Mau Mau Uprising. Here is your red line.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31If Kenya gets you below that, you are in the next round.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Absolutely right.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Yeah, you've done it. You're in the Head to Head. 14.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Takes your total up to 22.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Yeah. Another good answer. Who was that uprising against?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- The British? - It was. Absolutely right.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Katie, you're on 24. The high scorers are on 39. If you can score 14 or less,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04you'll avoid becoming the high scorers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10I'm afraid I'm not going to do it. There's only one I know and even that's a bit patchy.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I'll say the Bolshevik Revolution took place in Russia.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18The Bolshevik Revolution, Russia. Is it right? How many said it?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Ooh, that's a high score. 60.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Takes your total up to 84. - Yeah, the Bolshevik Revolution.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36- Also known as the October Revolution in what is now St Petersburg.- Thanks very much.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42Now, Matt, you've been thrown a lifeline. The high scorers are on 84.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46If you can score 44 or less, through you go to the Head to Head.
0:22:46 > 0:22:52They're familiar, but I'm not sure what country. It's between the top two, but I'm not sure of myself.
0:22:52 > 0:22:58I'll say the Easter Rising. No, I won't. Yes, I will. Yeah...Easter.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03Time for new things. I'm going to say...Hungary.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09The Easter Rising, Hungary. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Hungary?
0:23:13 > 0:23:15AUDIENCE: Ohh!
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Oh, dear. Matt, an incorrect answer.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23I'm afraid that scores the maximum of 100 points and takes you to 139.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26An unbeatable high score.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Sorry, Matt. It's the Republic of Ireland.
0:23:29 > 0:23:35- Oh, yeah. - An uprising of Irish nationalists in Dublin. Would have scored 26 points.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41Let's take a look at the rest. The Orange Revolution. Much more recent. Remember that?
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- Ukraine.- Absolutely right. It would have scored 2 points. The Eureka Stockade?
0:23:46 > 0:23:51- I love the sound of that! That should be a film!- Australia.
0:23:51 > 0:23:58And the Satsuma Rebellion was simply a smaller version of the Orange Revolution.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- No, the Satsuma Rebellion is in... - Don't know.- Japan.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Clue's in the name. Nine points that scored.
0:24:06 > 0:24:13- Eureka Stockade is a better name for a band than Stranger Danger. - Take that from Pointless!- OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19- The Eureka Stockade. - We might do a song called that. Or an album.- Or a world tour.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24- An Australian tour.- An Australian tour - these guys are great.
0:24:24 > 0:24:32Thank you very much, Richard. So our losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, is Matt and Tom.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38Your luck finally ran out. I'm afraid we say goodbye, but it's been great having you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.
0:24:51 > 0:24:58Congratulations, Jim and Eddie, Katie and Lin. You are now only one round away from the final
0:24:58 > 0:25:02and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £3,750.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:25:05 > 0:25:11You're now going to go Head to Head. The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15but you are now allowed to confer. It's going to be very exciting.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Let's play the Head to Head.
0:25:22 > 0:25:29OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...World Cup photographs and their years.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35World Cup photographs and their years. All your prayers have been answered, Lin and Katie(!)
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- Yeah.- Richard?- We'll show you five photographs of incidents
0:25:39 > 0:25:46that happened at different FIFA World Cup finals tournaments. You just need to tell us the year.
0:25:46 > 0:25:53OK, thanks very much indeed. So let's reveal our five incidents. Here they are. We have got...
0:26:09 > 0:26:12OK, so there are the photographs of the events.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17We would like to know which year these World Cup events took place.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Jim and Eddie, you go first as you've played best so far.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Well, we think... We think we know most of them.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30- So we're going to go for... - What? Are you going to ask me?
0:26:30 > 0:26:311970.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34OK, we'll go for that.
0:26:34 > 0:26:42- So that's what - 2010?- Yeah. - Yeah, right.- OK, we nearly had a dust-up from the yellow team.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47- It's passed without incident.- We'll go for A.- And say?- 2010.- 2010.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52OK, 2010 say Jim and Eddie for A. Now then,
0:26:52 > 0:26:58- Katie and Lin... - Obviously, we know all of these. - We're just not going to tell you.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03Yeah. We know that D is the Hand of God, Maradona.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- No idea what year it is.- But the hair looks kind of '80s.- Yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13- We know C, of course, is England in 1966.- But we'll never beat them, so might as well have a crack at D.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17So we're going to have a punt for D.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Not '66. Add four years.- '70.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23'74. 1974. D.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- D, 1974.- Yes.- Yes.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29OK, so we have Jim and Eddie, 2010.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35And we have, from Katie and Lin, 1974. So in the order they were given - 2010.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Is it right and how many people said it?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43GASPS
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- An incorrect answer.- We should have said England!- Now then,
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- Katie and Lin...- Oh, no. We should have gone with C.
0:27:53 > 0:28:00- At least we'd have got the right answer.- Instead of which you said 1974 for D.
0:28:00 > 0:28:041974. Let's see if that's right and how many people said 1974.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Oh, I'm afraid that's wrong as well!
0:28:09 > 0:28:15- So after one question it's nil-nil. Richard? - Where do we start with that?
0:28:15 > 0:28:20- Lin, what did Katie say about the haircuts?- '80s.- I said '86.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Correct answer.- No!
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Correct answer. Maradona, the Hand of God. 22 points.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35- Gents, you know A is Zinedine Zidane getting sent off for headbutting. - So it must have been 2006.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Yeah, it wasn't the last World Cup. It was the World Cup before, 2006.
0:28:40 > 0:28:47It would have scored you 14 points. B is Beckham getting sent off for retaliating against Simeone...
0:28:47 > 0:28:51in 1998. That would have scored you 9 points.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56C - you both would have won the point if you'd said this. England, 1966.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- But actually it only scored 59 points.- Wow.
0:29:00 > 0:29:06- E, you guys said it immediately. - 1970.- Pele in the final against Italy.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09That would have scored 16 points.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15OK, here comes your second question and it concerns... songs by the Rolling Stones.
0:29:15 > 0:29:22- Richard?- We'll show you five Top 20 hits by the Rolling Stones, but only the initials.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Can you work out what the songs were and give us the most obscure?
0:29:26 > 0:29:30OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five songs by the Stones.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- And we have got... - READS THE LIST
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I'll read those one last time.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55There we are. Five initials of hits by the Rolling Stones.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00- Katie and Lin, you go first. - OK, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- That's the only one I know, I'm afraid!- I'm trying to think.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10OK, we're going to go with (ICGN)S, which is (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
0:30:10 > 0:30:17(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. So, Jim and Eddie, it's over to you. Talk us through the board.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22I'm not sure about number one. JJF will be Jumpin' Jack Flash.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26FTC will be Fool To Cry. BS will be Brown Sugar.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30I think we'll go for FTC which is Fool To Cry.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35Fool To Cry. In the order they were given, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction -
0:30:35 > 0:30:37is that right? How many said it?
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Absolutely right.
0:30:43 > 0:30:4436.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Not a bad score.
0:30:49 > 0:30:56Jim and Eddie have said Fool To Cry. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Absolutely right.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Oh, it wins the point!
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Oh, look at that!
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Very, very well done indeed. A pointless answer,
0:31:10 > 0:31:16which even at this late stage will add another £250 to the jackpot to take the total up to £4,000.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Very well done.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25- Money in the pot. Jim and Eddie are up one-nil. Richard?- Very well played.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31- That was a terrific answer. IAON was their first number one. - It's All Over Now!
0:31:31 > 0:31:36From 1964. That would have scored 3 points.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40JJF would have won the point. Jumpin' Jack Flash would have scored you 32.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45And BS is Brown Sugar. That was 22. Fool To Cry the best answer there.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Well played if you got that at home.
0:31:48 > 0:31:55Thanks, Richard. Here comes your third question. Katie and Lin, you have to win this to stay in.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59It concerns... Ricky Gervais.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05- Richard?- Five clues to facts about Ricky Gervais. Can you give us the most obscure of these?
0:32:05 > 0:32:10OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Ricky Gervais.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- We have got... - READS THE LIST
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I'll read those one last time.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47There we are. Five clues to facts about Ricky Gervais.
0:32:47 > 0:32:53- Jim and Eddie, you go first. - Between us, we only know one, which is the town it was set in.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Slough.- Slough say Jim and Eddie.
0:32:55 > 0:33:01- Slough. Katie and Lin, you can talk us through the board. - I think his frequent collaborator
0:33:01 > 0:33:07is someone called Alan something. I'm not sure. The films he's been in have been The Invention Of Lying
0:33:07 > 0:33:11and Ghost Town. I don't know if he directed them. No idea about Extras.
0:33:11 > 0:33:17- I think the 2011 TV comedy series was An Idiot Abroad.- Your call. - Right, we'll go for An Idiot Abroad.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20OK, An Idiot Abroad.
0:33:20 > 0:33:27Jim and Eddie have said Slough. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said Slough.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It's right.
0:33:34 > 0:33:3523.
0:33:38 > 0:33:4023 for Slough.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Katie and Lin have said An Idiot Abroad. Confident?
0:33:44 > 0:33:49- No, that was the only one we knew. - OK, this is the one you have to win.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Very best of luck. An Idiot Abroad. Is it right? How many said it?
0:33:54 > 0:34:01Bad luck! Lin and Katie, that's an incorrect answer, which means, after three questions,
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Jim and Eddie are through two-nil. Very well done.- Well played.
0:34:05 > 0:34:12He didn't direct An Idiot Abroad. He's in it occasionally, but he didn't direct it.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16The thing he did direct was Life's Too Short, with Warwick Davis.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21- Ah, yeah, OK. - That would have scored 10 points.
0:34:21 > 0:34:28- Life's Too Short also starred his frequent writing collaborator Stephen Merchant.- That's his name!
0:34:28 > 0:34:33- Although if Ricky is watching, Alan Something!- Great name for a character. Alan Something.
0:34:33 > 0:34:38Great name for a writing partner. Ricky Gervais and Alan Something.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43It would have scored you 20 points.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48The 2009 film was The Invention of Lying. You could have gone for it.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50It would have scored 3 points.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54And the character he plays in Extras. Do you know that?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Em...
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- Oh, God! Andy Millman! - Absolutely right. Well done.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07That would have scored 5 points. Very well done if you got them at home, unless you're Ricky Gervais.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Thanks very much, Richard? So at the end of our Head to Head,
0:35:12 > 0:35:18Katie and Lin are the losing pair. Anyway, we will see you again next time.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- In the meantime, thank you for playing.- Thank you.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29But for Jim and Eddie it's time for our Pointless final.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38Congratulations. You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:44 > 0:35:50You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show it stands at £4,000.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53AUDIENCE "Ooh"
0:35:53 > 0:35:59Now the rules are very simple. All you need is a pointless answer. We've had two today, one from you.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04You only have to find one more now and you will leave with that £4,000 jackpot.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09First you have to choose a category. You have a choice of five options. They are...
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Well, I'd be tempted with maybe cartoons
0:36:22 > 0:36:28- or classic fiction. - I wouldn't go with that at all. - What would you go for?
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- I'd go for International Relations. - OK, let's go for it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- What?- International Relations. - Try International Relations.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40OK, International Relations it is. Let's see the question.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries
0:36:45 > 0:36:50that have joined the UN since 1990 as they could. Richard?
0:36:50 > 0:36:56We're looking for the current name of any country that's joined the UN from the end of December, 1989,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59and hasn't left it by January, 2012.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Essentially, any of the new countries.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07Any new country since the start of 1990, please.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17- All you need to win that £4,000 is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?- Ready.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:22 > 0:37:28- European ones since the break-up. - Oh, yes.- My favourite is the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- I'll go with that. Yeah. - Croatia, Slovakia.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Azerbaijan.- Lithuania. - No, they were in it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41- Azerbaijan. All these ones... - Georgia.- Go for that as well.
0:37:41 > 0:37:47Georgia. I'm quite happy with these. I can't think of any... Unless there's any African...
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Now a republic.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.- Right.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Georgia.- Georgia.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Slovakia.- Slovenia? - The other one I said. Azerbaijan.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- Try that.- Yep.- You're happy? We'll stop the clock. There you are.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12You didn't need your full minute. Countries that have joined the UN since 1990. Your three answers...
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.- Macedonia.
0:38:16 > 0:38:23- Georgia.- Georgia. - And Azerbaijan. - And Azerbaijan. There you are.
0:38:23 > 0:38:29- Which do you think is your best shot?- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34We'll put Macedonia last. Which is your least likely?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Probably Georgia. - We'll put that one first.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Let's pop those up on the board. And here they are.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49We were looking for countries that have joined the UN since 1990.
0:38:49 > 0:38:55Your least confident answer. I think you know it's right, but the least confident to be pointless
0:38:55 > 0:39:01is Georgia. You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £4,000.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Georgia. Is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09It's absolutely right.
0:39:09 > 0:39:15If this can take us all the way down to zero, you leave here with £4,000 in your back pockets.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19It goes down into the teens. Into single figures...
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Four! OK, very exciting. Georgia. Ho ho!
0:39:25 > 0:39:31- Ah! Four people remembered Georgia. It was on their mind. - LAUGHTER
0:39:31 > 0:39:37So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43- Jim, what would you do with four grand?- Next year is my ruby wedding. I'll take my wife somewhere special.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- Many congratulations for that. - More "aww" than that!
0:39:47 > 0:39:54- Eddie, how about you? - I'd like to restore a bus, but if the wife's listening, a holiday.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59- Listen, you could have a busman's holiday.- Absolutely!- OK.
0:39:59 > 0:40:05So we're looking for countries that have joined the UN since 1990. Let's hope no one said Azerbaijan.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Again, this has to be pointless to win that £4,000. Let's see.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Azerbaijan. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:14 > 0:40:19It's right. Georgia took us down tantalisingly low to four.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Azerbaijan is taking us down. Down into the teens.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Into single figures... Down it goes - five!
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Five for Azerbaijan.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Phew...OK.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38You only have one more chance to win £4,000.
0:40:38 > 0:40:44We are looking for countries that have joined the UN since 1990. Your third and final answer...
0:40:44 > 0:40:48A brilliant answer. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
0:40:48 > 0:40:54- You had no hesitation in putting this last. It was your most confident shot.- First answer.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59It has to be right. It then has to be pointless. If it's both,
0:40:59 > 0:41:04you walk away with £4,000 between you. OK, let's find out.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. How many people said it?
0:41:10 > 0:41:12It's right.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Georgia was right. It took us to four. Azerbaijan took us to five.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is taking us down.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- If this stops at zero... Oh, no! - Swine!
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Oh, no!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- One person!- Aw!
0:41:34 > 0:41:41Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:41 > 0:41:47- but you still take home a Pointless trophy. Very well done for that. - Thank you.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- I was convinced that was going all the way down.- So were we!
0:41:56 > 0:42:02- Richard...- That's very tough. A lot of the former Yugoslavian countries scored a few points.
0:42:02 > 0:42:09Croatia was nine, Bosnia seven. One former Yugoslavian country would have won the money - Montenegro.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11It joined the UN in 2006.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Let's look at the rest of them. Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
0:42:16 > 0:42:22Federated States of Micronesia, of course! Liechtenstein, which joined the UN in 1990.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26There's Montenegro. Namibia, Palau,
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Timor-Leste, Tonga and Tuvalu. Very well done if you said those.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34It's a tough category.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- Thank you very much. - Great contestants.
0:42:46 > 0:42:52Jim and Eddie didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over and we will be playing for £5,000.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54AUDIENCE "Oooh!"
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- Join us then. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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