0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing
0:00:27 > 0:00:31and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:38First, we welcome Andrew and Lorna, our first pair on the show today.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42- Andrew, how do you two know each other?- We work together.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45I'm a manager of a local opticians and Lorna works for me.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49- And local to where, Lorna? - It's Llandudno in North Wales.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- "Clan-did-no"? "Clan-did-no"? - Llandudno.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56"Clan-did-no". Cl... I should stop trying to show off.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I got that completely wrong. Llandudno. Yes.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01What are you hoping is going to come up today, Lorna?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Literature would be good. Stephen King novels, if possible.- Very good.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Do you have a favourite Stephen King novel? - Favourite Stephen King novel?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- Well, I've just read his latest one. - 11/22/63?- That's the one, yeah.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Have you read it? - God, it's such a good book!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- It's amazing, yeah. - A fantastic book.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Yeah.- It's the first one I've read of his in a while.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- And it's...- Very good indeed. That's the one I was telling you about.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Mmm.- Yeah.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- It takes over your life.- It does. It was Andrew who read it first. - Yeah, I've read it, too.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Yeah, an amazing book. Andrew, what would you like to see come up today?
0:01:30 > 0:01:35American state capitals, I could live with. Bizarre phobias. That kind of thing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- Do you have any? - Not bizarre ones, no.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- No. But you know about them? - Yeah, I know a few.- OK, useful.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Anything else?- Er, no. That'd do.- OK. That'll do.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Anything you're hoping doesn't come up?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Not great on sport.- OK. Lorna? - Sport, especially football.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Right, OK. Best of luck. Andrew and Lorna, it's great to have you here.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Next, we welcome back Phil and Trev, who were on the show last time.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless Final.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03This is your second and final chance. Phil, remind us how you know each other?
0:02:03 > 0:02:07We've known each other since we joined the police cadets many, many years ago.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11We now sort of mix socially watching football.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12And, Trev, what happened last time?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- We fell foul of the "oo". - But two great answers from you!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18"Igloo" and "poo".
0:02:18 > 0:02:19LAUGHTER
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Guess which one landed them in it? It was actually "igloo".
0:02:23 > 0:02:26"Igloo" was the high scorer.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Phil, what's going to happen today to see you through to the final?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Cos I have high hopes for you.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I've got high hopes myself that Thunderbirds will crop up today.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Trev, what would you like to see come up?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Politics. Most sorts of popular music.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Erm... We do a lot of cruising.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47So some geography, some world ports, might be nice.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50OK. Welcome back to the show, Phil and Trev. Very best of luck to you.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54And next, we welcome back Neil and Ruth, also on the show last time.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Neil, remind us how you know each other.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Ruth and I have worked together for the last two years.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00And, Ruth, last time, head-to-head.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Yes, indeed. We were foiled by mythical creatures, unfortunately.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07So, hopefully, we can do a little bit better this time.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Absolutely. You did fantastically well last time. What do you hope is going to come up, Neil?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- What's going to be good for you? - Well, last time I said music.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16And we came a bit unstuck on the Eurovision round.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20So I'm going for TV and film this time, sort of US box sets.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- The Wire, Sopranos, West Wing, something like that...- OK.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25That would be good for you. Ruth, how about you?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Erm, I'm holding out for Harry Potter.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Absolutely love all the books, the films. Read them many, many times.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35OK. You should be on strong, safe ground there.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Well, very, very best of luck to you, Neil and Ruth.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43You were head-to-headers last time. So you've got to be confident that this time it might be the final.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47And, finally, we've got Ema and Charlie. A warm welcome to the pair of you.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- How do you two know each other, Ema? - We meet when we were 15 in a play together.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- Then, more recently, we directed a play together and we became best friends.- Ah!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- And where are you from, Charlie? - We're from Brighton.- Brighton.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- What was the play you first appeared in?- We first appeared in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- And who were you in that, Charlie? - I was Malvolio.- Oh, were you? - Yes.- Excellent.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11A massive, long speech you've got to learn halfway through. Ema...
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Who were you?- Who was I? Fa... - Fabian.- Fabian.- Is it Fabian?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Fabian!- Yeah, I had a wheelbarrow to wheel around.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Do you remember that? - I don't know who Fabian is.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- A gardener. - Yeah, the biggest role(!)- Yeah!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29There we are. Good stuff. So, Ema and Charlie, plays, drama, these would be good for you, I hope.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Er...- In theory, but...- Perhaps. - Maybe. Depends on the question.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37OK. What do you like to do apart from your acting?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Well, I like to read. I like reading a lot.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45I like 20th-century literature - Virginia Woolf, Forster.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- So some literature would be nice. - OK.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49That would be good. Ema, how about you?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Oh, I'm so not as intellectual as you.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Erm, I just like to spend time with my cat.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- LAUGHTER - So if your cat were to come up...?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Oh, my God! That would be so good.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- Well, it hasn't yet. So maybe today's the day!- Please.- Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Very best of luck to you, Ema and Charlie. It's great having you on the show.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13There's only person left for me to introduce.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16He elevates the obscure and slides down the bannister of the banal.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon to you.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32All the four pairs today have got something in common. They're all friends.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36There's no relations. No-one married. No fathers and sons.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38No mothers and daughters. No grandparents.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- All friends.- Oh, there's a boss! - There is a boss.- There's a boss.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44We are friends, too.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Well, you say that, Andy. LAUGHTER
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Certainly, Lorna's very nice to you.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54We know there are many reasons for that. But all friends. It's a test of friendship today.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56It's a test of who are the best friends here, I think.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00We've got returning pairs. Neil and Ruth did terrifically well last time.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03They got all the way to the head-to-head. Very unlucky to lose that as well.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05But Phil and Trev.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08We've literally only heard one word from Trev in his Pointless career and that was "poo".
0:06:08 > 0:06:12So as an ex-copper, we're looking for a little more from him today.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Not just "poo".
0:06:15 > 0:06:16- OK?- I'll try.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- Depending on what... Yeah, you can't say "poo" to the first round! - Thanks, Richard.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Now all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27In order to get to the final round and a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people couldn't get.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will score.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40Now everyone's trying to find a pointless answer. That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49So today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51APPLAUSE
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05OK, in this first round each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round, will be eliminated. Make sure it's not you.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14OK, our first category today is Capital Cities.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Capital Cities. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:07:19 > 0:07:20WHISPERING
0:07:20 > 0:07:23And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:07:32 > 0:07:37to name as many capital cities north of London as they could.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Capital cities north of London. Richard.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Yeah, we're looking for any capital city in the world which is north of London.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Any capital city which is north of London. There are 14 in the world.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49By "country", as always, we mean a sovereign state
0:07:49 > 0:07:53that's a member of the UN in its own right. Very, very best of luck.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Andrew and Lorna, you all drew lots before the show,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and today you are going to go first.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Lorna.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I really don't know if this is going to be correct or not.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- I'm going to say Oslo.- Oslo.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Says Lorna, Oslo.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Oslo.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Absolutely right, Lorna.
0:08:20 > 0:08:2162!
0:08:21 > 0:08:25APPLAUSE
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Yes, the capital of Norway, Oslo. So it's a good answer for the first podium.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- I hope plenty of people at home are trying to get all 14 of these. - Now then, Phil.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Time to make up for "igloo" here. - OK.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Well, I'll go for a country that may or may not have igloos. I'll go for Reykjavik.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Reykjavik, says Phil.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Reykjavik. Let's see how many of our 100 said Reykjavik.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Absolutely right.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Very well done. 34.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00APPLAUSE
0:09:00 > 0:09:0234 for Reykjavik.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Yes, the most northerly capital city of them all, Reykjavik.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09It's heated by hot water piped from nearby springs.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15Thanks, Richard. So, remember, we are looking for capital cities that are north of London. Ruth.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Erm, I can think of a few that might be quite obscure.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25But I'm going to try and play it a little bit safe and hope that Neil's got something good up his sleeve.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'll go with Toronto.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Toronto, says Ruth. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 said Toronto.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Bad luck. An incorrect answer,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41which I'm afraid scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Sorry, Ruth. Toronto, not the capital of Canada, I'm afraid.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Now then, Ema.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Oh, no!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Capital cities is not good for me.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Erm...
0:09:55 > 0:10:00I'm going to go for one which I really don't know is above London
0:10:00 > 0:10:04and I really don't know if it's a capital city either, but Amsterdam.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07OK, Amsterdam, says Ema. Amsterdam.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Amsterdam.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Absolutely right, Ema. That's a great answer.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Down it goes to 9!
0:10:22 > 0:10:24APPLAUSE
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Only the best answer of the pass!
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Richard.- Yes, one of those borderline ones, isn't it, Amsterdam? Just north of London.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36I expect some people at home will be thinking that was wrong, but it's a very good answer.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Amsterdam's the official capital of the Netherlands, according to the CIA World Factbook.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43The Hague has also split some of the parts of the capital,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45but Amsterdam is the official one.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49OK. So we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores as they stand. 9, Ema!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- 9!- I know!- 9! What do you think about that, Charlie?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- That's brilliant! - Brilliant low score there!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Brilliant!- You've done very, very well indeed.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00We travel up from 9 to 34, where we find Phil and Trev.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Then up to 62, where we find Lorna and Andrew.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Then up to 100, where we find Ruth and Neil.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Neil, we need a lovely low score from you in the next pass,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10to make sure that you are here for the next round. Best of luck with that.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14We're coming back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21OK, remember, we are looking for capital cities north of London.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Capital cities north of London.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Now then, Charlie, you're on 9. Lovely low score there.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32The high-scorers Neil and Ruth on 100. If you could score 90 or less,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34you are through to the next round.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Now, Charlie - from time to time, I always like to point out lookalikes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I'm going to put Charlie exactly mid-point between George Orwell
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and Stan Laurel.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46LAUGHTER
0:11:46 > 0:11:50You are literally the only person I know who would do a George Orwell lookalike.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52LAUGHTER
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Anyway, there we go.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- I'm not quite as tall as him. - Two heroes of mine. So there you are, Charlie.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02You're in good company. Now then, what are you thinking?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04It's going to be hard to follow that,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06but I think I'm going to say Helsinki.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Helsinki, says Charlie. Let's see.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Helsinki, is it right? How many people said it?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Absolutely right and you are through to Round Two.
0:12:20 > 0:12:2339 for Helsinki. Takes your total up to 48.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25APPLAUSE
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Well played, Charlie. Safely through. Known as the white city of the north.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33I've never met anybody unpleasant from Finland. They're always lovely.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'm going to say the same about Sweden.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38I've never met a Swede I didn't like.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Scandinavia, in general, they're fine people, aren't they?
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Neil.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46You and Ruth are the high-scorers on 100.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52- So I'll go a little bit more obscure...- We need a brilliant answer from you, Neil.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Not sure if it's north of London, but I'm going to go for Kiev as the capital of Ukraine.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00OK, Kiev, says Neil. There's no red line for you, as you are the high-scorers.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04You just have to hope this goes down as far as it can. Kiev, Ukraine, is that right? Kiev?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Ooh, no!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Oh, Neil! Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15That means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That takes your total up to 200.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19You are in the 200 club, Neil and Ruth.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Head-to-headers last time. 200 club this time. Bad luck.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Sorry, Neil. You did exactly what you had to do and go for an obscure one.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- It's one degree south of London. - Ooh!- Kiev. Sorry.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Bad luck. It's cos chicken Kievs come frozen, that's why!
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- LAUGHTER - That's why you said it.- Definitely.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Now then, Trev. Great news for you. You're through to the next round.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Whatever happens, you won't overtake Neil and Ruth's high score of 200.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Bearing that in mind,
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- maybe see if you can find a low-scoring answer. Take a bit of a risk.- Yeah.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I have two in mind. I was going to go for probably the safer one.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58But, as we are, I'll try Tallinn.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Tallinn, says Trev. Tallinn. Let's see if that's right.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Let's see how many people said Tallinn.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Absolutely right.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13That's a great answer, Trev!
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Very, very well done indeed. 5 for Tallinn takes your total up to 39.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19APPLAUSE
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Well played, Trev. Best answer of the round so far. Tallinn, capital of Estonia.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Used to be called Reval.- Ah, yeah!
0:14:28 > 0:14:30You remember?
0:14:30 > 0:14:31LAUGHTER
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Andrew.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I'm going to say Minsk.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38OK. Minsk, says Andrew. Let's see if Minsk is right.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said Minsk.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Absolutely right.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Oh! Very, very well done indeed, Andrew!
0:14:53 > 0:14:56APPLAUSE
0:14:56 > 0:14:59That's a really, really great answer.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05I'm sorry that it wasn't used in slightly higher jeopardy circumstances.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09But there we are. It was a great answer. Our lowest score of the entire round.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Takes your score up to 63.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16Actually, there's no pointless answer, so you could not have given a better answer than Minsk,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19the capital of Belarus on the Minsk hills.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Let's see if anyone at home got all 14. Let's look at the lowest three scores first.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24We just heard Minsk there.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Warsaw, the capital of Poland, would have scored you 3,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29and Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, also 3.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35Moving up from there, Riga, in Latvia, would have scored you 6.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Amsterdam, we've had. Berlin, 14. Dublin, 19. Stockholm, 27.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Copenhagen, 32. And the only other one we haven't had is Moscow,
0:15:44 > 0:15:49which would have scored you 38 points. So well done if you got all 14 of those. Very impressive.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52There's the top three there. Moscow on 38. Helsinki, 39,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55and Oslo miles ahead on 62.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's weird that would score so much bigger than Stockholm.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I mean, weird if you look at a globe.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03We're on a very high...
0:16:03 > 0:16:04latitude.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07We're the 15th most northerly world capital.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Well, yes!
0:16:09 > 0:16:10LAUGHTER
0:16:10 > 0:16:12One forgets that.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17We're literally only one degree further north than Kiev, in the Ukraine.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Exactly. And you think of the Ukraine being very northerly.
0:16:19 > 0:16:25You look across our latitude. We're at the same point as Siberia. I mean, we are very northerly.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28We are. It's amazing the weather's so lovely all the time.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- LAUGHTER - That's because... Seriously though.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35That's because of the jet stream and the Gulf Stream. We're very, very lucky.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Very fortunate, meteorologically.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42If you want to hear more about this, why don't you press the red button now?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44LAUGHTER
0:16:44 > 0:16:47And by the red button, I mean the one at the top that says "off"!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50LAUGHTER
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Neil and Ruth, sadly, we have to say goodbye to you. You are leaving us
0:16:53 > 0:16:57with a high score of 200, but you did exactly what you had to do.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02You tried to do the right thing there, Neil, and you were just one degree out.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You played brilliantly. Neil and Ruth, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09APPLAUSE
0:17:09 > 0:17:11But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20And so four pairs become three pairs.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23And at the end of this round, three pairs will become two pairs.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Well, that was a very interesting round. Very exciting indeed.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Phil and Trev, our lowest scorers there. Some great answers there.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33But a brilliant answer from you there. Minsk. Andrew.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Very, very well done indeed. And, Ema.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- You pulled it out the bag. Amsterdam!- I know.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42What a great answer! Well, very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Our category for Round Two today is Literature.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Literature. This is where it gets interesting.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?
0:17:52 > 0:17:55And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01OK, our Round Two question concerns...
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Writers born on the island of Ireland. Richard.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12On each pass we'll show you the name of six works written by somebody who was born somewhere
0:18:12 > 0:18:14on the island of Ireland.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You need to tell us who wrote each work.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21A nice obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23So 12 writers to guess in all, at home.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Thanks very much indeed. We are looking for the writers of these works. And we have got...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49There we are. Now then, Andrew.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I know a couple of those.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Erm, I'll say The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Oscar Wilde, says Andrew. Let's see if it's right.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Absolutely right.
0:19:09 > 0:19:1022!
0:19:10 > 0:19:13APPLAUSE
0:19:13 > 0:19:1522 for Oscar Wilde. Richard.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Yes, born in Dublin in 1854. It's his only novel.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Very good.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Phil.- Er, not too good this one.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27There's only one I think I know, so I'll go for Dracula
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and I think, hope, it might be Bram Stoker.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Bram Stoker, says Phil, for Dracula. Let's see if that's right
0:19:33 > 0:19:35and, if it is, let's see how many people said Bram Stoker.
0:19:41 > 0:19:4349.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46APPLAUSE
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Yes, Abraham Stoker, born in County Dublin in 1847.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Now then, Ema. You're the last person to have this board.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- You can talk us through it, if you like.- Oh, I don't know any.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03This is Charlie's best category and my worst category.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06So I'm going to actually have to guess an Irish name
0:20:06 > 0:20:11with a book and I'm going to go with Circle Of Friends,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Patrick O'Donaghue.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16LAUGHTER
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Patrick O'Donaghue, says Ema, for Circle Of Friends.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Patrick O'Donaghue, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Patrick O'Donaghue.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Bad luck.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30It's an incorrect answer, but it sounds right, you see.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34You should have been watching the show when a guy came up with Man Hathaway.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37LAUGHTER
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- Oh, that was much worse, wasn't it? - Patrick O'Donaghue at least is a name.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- Yeah.- And an Irish name to boot.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Unfortunately, it's an incorrect answer, which scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Ema.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- But a brave shot.- Thank you.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53It's actually by Maeve Binchy, Circle Of Friends.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55And would have scored 6 points.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Ulysses - you'll be very good at these. Ulysses?- James Joyce.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- 28.- I remember somebody telling me that should really be called "Ulisses".
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Really?- Yeah, yeah. So if you ever really want to irritate people,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12- call it "Ulisses".- So it's "Ulisses" by Patrick O'Donaghue?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13LAUGHTER
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Major Barbara?- George Bernard Shaw. - Absolutely right.
0:21:16 > 0:21:195 points. And the best answer on the board -
0:21:19 > 0:21:21The Playboy Of The Western World. Do you know that?
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- Do you know, I can't...- 3 points to anyone who said J M Synge. J M Synge.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31That's a terrific answer. There are three very low scores on that board. It's a tough board,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36- especially if you're on podium three. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:21:39 > 0:21:4222 was the best score of the pass. Andrew, that was yours.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47So Andrew and Lorna looking pretty strong for the next pass.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Up to 49 for Phil and Trev.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52And then 100, where we find Ema and Charlie.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Now, Charlie, this is where you leap into action.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58We need from you a really low score on the next board.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Ema says it's your strongest category, so let's hope she's right.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Best of luck with that. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:08 > 0:22:13OK, we're going to put six more literary works on the board. And here they come. We have got...
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33There we are. So we are looking for the authors of these works
0:22:33 > 0:22:36born on the island of Ireland. And, Charlie, you will try to find the one
0:22:36 > 0:22:39you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Charlie, you are on 100 at the moment,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45so you are the high-scorers by quite a long way.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50I know a few of them, but I think I'm going to go for The Third Policeman.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53And I believe that is Flann O'Brien.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Flann O'Brien, says Charlie, for The Third Policeman.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58There's no red line for you because you're the high-scorers.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Let's see though how far down Flann O'Brien takes you for The Third Policeman. Flann O'Brien.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's a great answer.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It's a pointless answer!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Charlie, very, very well done.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Pointless answer. That's £250 to today's jackpot.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Takes the total up to £3,250.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at 100.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Let's hope that's enough to keep you in the game. It deserves to be. Richard.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Well done, Charlie. A brilliant start to your Pointless career. Flann O'Brien.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Born in County Tyrone. That book was only published the year after his death.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43So he never saw its success, sadly.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Very well done indeed, Charlie. Brilliant answer there.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Trev. The high-scorers remain Charlie and Ema on 100, despite that brilliant answer.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55You're on 49. So a score of 50 or less will keep you in the game.
0:23:55 > 0:24:02Literature is not good for me. It may be a little bit of a gamble.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05A name has popped into my head for the top one,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08which I am going to say is J M Barrie.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12You're saying J M Barrie for The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15J M Barrie. Well, here comes your red line.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19If you can get below that red line with J M Barrie, you are through to the next round.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22OK, let's see if that's right and how many people said J M Barrie.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Bad luck, Trev. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32which scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 149.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Charlie and Ema, you are through to the head-to-head. Richard.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41J M Barrie is Scottish. I won't give the correct answer, in case Lorna wants to have a go at the same one.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Now, Lorna, good news. You are through to the head-to-head,
0:24:44 > 0:24:49whatever answer you give. Even if it scores 100 points, it won't overtake the high score of Trev and Phil.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52You're the last person to have the board. Talk us through it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57I only know two. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe I believe was C S Lewis.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02I think Gulliver's Travels was Jonathan Swift. I don't know the others.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04So I will say Jonathan Swift for Gulliver's Travels.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07OK, Jonathan Swift for Gulliver's Travels, says Lorna. No red line.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11You're already through. Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said Jonathan Swift.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Absolutely right.
0:25:20 > 0:25:2123!
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- APPLAUSE - 23 takes your total up to 45!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Yes, Jonathan Swift's another one born in Dublin, in 1667.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36You're right about The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It is C S Lewis, not J M Barrie.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Trev, sorry about that. 38 points that would have scored.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Waiting For Godot.- Samuel Beckett. - Absolutely right. 6 points.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48- She Stoops To Conqueror. - Oliver Goldsmith.- It is Oliver Goldsmith. Yeah. 5 points.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51And another very low answer, Blackberry Picking. Know that?
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- It won the Nobel Prize for Literature.- No, I don't.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- 1 point. Seamus Heaney. - Oh, Seamus Heaney!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Very well done if you got... Again, look, 1, 5, 0, 6.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Anyone who got all of those, very, very well done.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05And, of course, Charlie got the best one of the lot.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Very, very well done indeed. Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of Round Two,
0:26:09 > 0:26:14the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, it's Trev and Phil.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17149. Yes, that was a high score.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Bram Stoker, not a bad answer at all, but then...
0:26:20 > 0:26:24I think you were thinking of C S Lewis, weren't you? You knew it was two initials and a surname.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Yeah. Literature is probably the worst subject
0:26:27 > 0:26:30that could have come up for me, so that's how it goes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33That's how it goes. Trev and Phil, it's been great having you on the show.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35You made it through to Round Two this time.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37A whole round better than it was last time.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- APPLAUSE - But for the remaining two pairs,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Well, congratulations, Andrew and Lorna, Ema and Charlie.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02You are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £3,250.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:11You're now going head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14The big news is, you are now allowed to confer. Well...
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Ema...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Amsterdam. Ssssh-phewwww! - I know. It's so lucky.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Patrick O'Donaghue. Yeah! - Not quite so lucky.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26OK. Well, you've done it. You've managed to make it through and you can now talk to Charlie.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Charlie with his Flann O'Brien.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32It was our game plan to get me through the first two rounds so that Charlie can win.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37- You have done it. And, Charlie, exemplary play there. - He's amazing.- Andrew...
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Minsk in the first round. Lovely. And then, Lorna, Jonathan Swift in the second round.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Lovely low score there. So very, very well played both of you.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Now your heads go together, who knows what might happen? Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52APPLAUSE
0:27:55 > 0:27:58OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Monarchs On Film. Richard.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08We're going to show you five pictures of monarchs being portrayed in feature films.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Can you tell us which monarch is being portrayed, please?
0:28:10 > 0:28:16- Best of luck.- Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five monarchs on celluloid. And here they are...
0:28:36 > 0:28:40There we are. Andrew and Lorna, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43so you go first.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45WHISPERING
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Right, we're going to go for "A".
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- And we're going to say that's Henry V.- Henry V?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Andrew and Lorna are saying "A" is Henry V?
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Now then, Ema and Charlie, you can do your talking out loud.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02OK, we were going to go for that one, actually.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- But, erm... - I don't know any of them.- Erm...
0:29:07 > 0:29:09I guess I'll say...
0:29:09 > 0:29:12"C"... "C" and...
0:29:12 > 0:29:15You can talk us through the board, if you like.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21- Well, I think "E" is possibly Henry VIII. - I do know "D"! It's the Queen.- Yeah.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- I do know that one! Oh, my God! That must look so stupid! - Erm, Elizabeth II.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Is that "B"? Oh, no! That's "D".
0:29:28 > 0:29:31"C" maybe a George, maybe.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Do you think their answer's going to be lower?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Cos we should go for one that we... - I think that would be a low one.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- Cos "E" is quite a big one, I think. - Yeah. I think most people will know the Queen.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Yeah, I know that one.- Yeah. - You think "C" is George something?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- It may be George something. - Shall we try George something?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- But George something something. - George III, I think.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55- George III?- Yeah.- Shall we try that? - Can we say George III for "C", please?
0:29:55 > 0:30:00You're saying "C", George III. So we have "A", Henry V,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03and we have "C", George III.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Andrew and Lorna, went with Henry V for "A".
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Henry V for "A".
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Absolutely right.
0:30:19 > 0:30:2115!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23APPLAUSE
0:30:25 > 0:30:2815. Ema and Charlie have said
0:30:28 > 0:30:32that "C" is George III.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said George III for "C".
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Bad luck.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45An incorrect answer, which means Andrew and Lorna,
0:30:45 > 0:30:48after one question, you are up 1-0. Richard.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Yeah, unlucky, "C" is actually a pointless answer.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54It's Jim Broadbent in The Young Victoria playing William IV.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57So terrific answer if you got that at home. It was pointless.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58Would have added money to the jackpot.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03"B" is Judi Dench playing Queen Victoria. Would have scored you 46.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Helen Mirren, obviously, as Queen Elizabeth II.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11That would have scored you 90.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14And Charles Laughton as Henry VIII.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17And that would have scored you 65.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22- So Henry V was a very, very good answer. Well played, guys. - SIR Kenneth Branagh, of course, now.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- Sir Kenneth Branagh. - It's our first chance to say that. - And Dame Helen Mirren.- Yeah.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- Very good.- And Dame Judi Dench. - And Dame... Yeah.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36OK, here comes your second question. Ema and Charlie, you need to win this to stay in the game.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Our second question concerns...
0:31:39 > 0:31:45- Muhammad Ali. Richard. - Going to give you five clues to facts about Muhammad Ali.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Can you pick the most obscure? - Thanks, Richard.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Let's reveal our five facts about Muhammad Ali. And here they come...
0:32:02 > 0:32:04I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20There we are. Five clues to facts about Muhammad Ali.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Now, Ema and Charlie, you go first this time.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27WHISPERING
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- OK.- OK. We're going to go for his original surname,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34and say Clay.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Clay, say Ema and Charlie is his original surname.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Clay. Andrew and Lorna.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- Talk us through the board. - Right. Go for it.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Opponent in "Thrilla in Manila", not sure.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47"Rumble in the Jungle", not sure.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51I think the British boxer might be Henry Cooper but I'm still not sure.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54US state I think is Kentucky.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59- Happy with that?- Yeah, I'm happy. - OK, you're going with Kentucky, the US state he was born in.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01We have Clay and Kentucky.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Ema and Charlie, this is the one you have to win to stay in the game.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Clay you were saying is his original surname. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11And if it is, let's see how many people said Clay.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14It's right.
0:33:14 > 0:33:1664.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18APPLAUSE
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Andrew and Lorna have said that the state he was born in is Kentucky.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Kentucky.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Oh, it's right. Will it beat 64?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Yes, it will.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Wow, 6!
0:33:40 > 0:33:41APPLAUSE
0:33:41 > 0:33:43That's pretty unequivocal.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46OK, that means Andrew and Lorna, after two questions,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48you are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Very well done. - Well played, Andrew and Lorna.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54They called him the Louisville Lip. Louisville, Kentucky, was where he was born.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59His opponent in "Thrilla in Manila" was Joe Frazier. Won that in 14 rounds.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Would have scored you 14 points as well.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04The city in which the "Rumble in the Jungle" took place was Kinshasa.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08That was in Zaire at the time. Now in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11It's where he fought George Foreman. That would have scored 3 points.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13And the British boxer who floored him in '63.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Absolutely right, Sir Henry Cooper. That would have scored you 47 points.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20So Kinshasa the best answer there, but Kentucky a close second.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Thanks very much, Richard. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I'm afraid it's Ema and Charlie.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29You were victims of the order in which you played there.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32You were put in a really tough position, actually,
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Henry V having been picked in that first round.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37You had to go for the pointless answer or bust. That was it.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Yeah.- And bust.- Bust. - Bust it was.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43That's exactly who I thought it was. George III. Looked like George III.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- Maybe George IV. Who knew? - I thought it was a George, but no.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52There we go. William IV. Anyway, we'll see you again next time, Ema and Charlie.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants!
0:34:54 > 0:34:57APPLAUSE
0:34:57 > 0:35:01But for Andrew and Lorna, it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10Congratulations, Andrew and Lorna. You've fought off all competition to win our coveted Pointless Trophy.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Well, you've done very well indeed. From Round Two onwards,
0:35:32 > 0:35:36you've been our lowest scorers. We've had some pretty good scores in the first round as well.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Then a straight sets, 2-0 victory in the head-to-head. Fantastic!
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- Two opticians?- Well, yeah. - You should have seen this coming.- Indeed.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46AUDIENCE: Aaaw!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Not heard that one.- Sorry.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52The rules are very simple. To win the jackpot, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57We've had one pointless answer today. You need one more and you'll leave with that money.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02First, you've got to choose a category and you have five choices. The options are...
0:36:08 > 0:36:10LAUGHTER
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- Right. Well... - I think Funky Music's out.- Out!
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- Yeah.- Yeah.- Modern Playwrights I don't think I'd be too keen on.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Scottish Sportsmen? - Scottish Sportsmen, ugh!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- Sports our weakest subject anyway. - Yeah. No, no.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- Classic Literature. - Classic Literature or British Actors, what do you think?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31- Classic Literature? - Go on, yeah.- Yeah?
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Yeah.- OK. Classic Literature, please.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Classic Literature it is. OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:39 > 0:36:43to name as many Iris Murdoch novels as they could.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- Richard.- Yeah, any full-length novel written by Iris Murdoch, please.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51No short stories or collections or any of her philosophical or non-fiction work.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55So any full-length novel written by Iris Murdoch. Very best of luck.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00OK, thanks very much. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03All you need to win that £3,250
0:37:03 > 0:37:05is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Are you ready?- Yep.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Your time starts now.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- It's down to you. - I don't know any.- Oh, great!
0:37:15 > 0:37:17THEY LAUGH
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- I think we're going to have to... - Don't know any at all?- No.- Erm...
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- There was a film, wasn't there? - Yeah, about her.- About her.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Yeah.- Have you seen it?- Er, no. - Erm...- Er...
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- She was married to somebody... - Somebody?- ..Famous. - Who was she married to?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- I don't know. Can't think of his name.- OK.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- Er, what sort of stuff does she write?- I don't really know.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- I've not read anything of hers. Erm...- Erm...
0:37:41 > 0:37:43We're just going to have to think of some...
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- Well, we'll have to think of some titles that are possibles.- Yep.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- Erm...- Erm...- What sort of style, what kind of thing did she write?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Erm... I think it...
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- I don't know.- Let's just think of some titles then.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Something about flowers.- I was going to say that.- Ten seconds left.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- The Black Dahlia.- Good. The Rose Garden.- OK.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07- And...- And...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09SHE LAUGHS
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- My Back Garden. - My Secret Garden!- There we go!
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Your time is up.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18OK, bad luck. Oh, it's awful when that happens.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22We were looking for Irish Murdoch novels. I now need three answers from you.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24My Secret Garden.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- My Secret Garden.- The Black Dahlia.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- The Black Dahlia. - And... What else did you say?
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- The other one was... Roses In May. - LAUGHTER
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And Roses In May.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42OK, there we are. Three titles of books.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Do you want to put one last? Your least unlikely?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Erm, The Black Dahlia, because I think it actually IS a book.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- The Black Dahlia we'll put last. First?- My Secret Garden.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59My Secret Garden. OK. let's put them up on the board in that order. And here they are. We have got...
0:39:02 > 0:39:07So we were looking for Iris Murdoch novels. Have you read any Iris Murdoch?
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Clearly not.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11LAUGHTER
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- But you've seen the film? - I know there was a film.- OK.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Your first answer was My Secret Garden. The first one you made up.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25You only have to find one pointless answer. What if you do? Maybe you will find a pointless answer.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- The Black Dahlia, you know, that's a novel.- Yeah.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34What if that turns out to be by Iris Murdoch and is one of her lesser known works,
0:39:34 > 0:39:36and, er, everyone forgot it
0:39:36 > 0:39:40and you walk off with £3,250? It would be amazing.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Andrew, what would you do with that £3,250?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I've just become a granddad recently for the first time.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- So I think I could spend some money there.- OK. Good.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54- Lorna?- I'd probably put a bit of it into working on our extension on our house.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59Excellent. Good. Let's just keep our fingers crossed. You never know.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Quite often you do know, but sometimes you never know!
0:40:02 > 0:40:07It could come good. Let's see how many people said My Secret Garden. Is it right?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Ooh! Bad luck. OK.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Not a pointless answer. Not a correct answer, as it turns out.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Your next answer Roses In May.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Good Mike Leigh sort of film sounds like, doesn't it?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- It might be what I was thinking of. - Anyway, well...
0:40:24 > 0:40:29Sounds a bit like that. This has to be pointless to win that jackpot.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32For £3,250, let's see. Is it right? Roses In May.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Bad luck.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43The Black Dahlia is your third and final answer.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Your last shot at that jackpot of £3,250.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Let's just see. Maybe it's right. Maybe it's a correct answer.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52The Black Dahlia. Let's find out. Is it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56No!
0:40:57 > 0:41:01APPLAUSE
0:41:02 > 0:41:05It is going to happen, one day.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10When we make an infinite number of Pointlesses, we are going to find someone's made up an answer
0:41:10 > 0:41:13that actually is correct. Unfortunately, it wasn't today.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17So I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- But you do still get to take home our Pointless Trophy, so very, very well done.- Thank you.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26APPLAUSE
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Yes, you were unlucky with the category there.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Very, very tough luck. The Black Dahlia is a wonderful book by James Ellroy.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36The Secret Garden is Frances Hodgson Burnett.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Roses In May? I've got nothin'.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42I've got nothin'. Let's take a look at the pointless answers here.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46The biggest scoring answers were The Bell and The Sea, The Sea. Those were the two highest scoring.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49The Sea, The Sea is a wonderful book. Well worth reading.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55All of those were pointless answers.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Her last ever novel Jackson's Dilemma.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Flight From The Enchanter, that was her second novel.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03And The Green Knight, her penultimate novel.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11You could also have had The Message To The Planet, The Nice And The Good
0:42:11 > 0:42:16and The Sacred And Profane Love Machine. Well done if you got any of those at home. Tough category.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Very, very tough category and if you haven't read them,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24- it's just impossible to be put on the spot.- I hadn't heard of any of those!- That's some consolation.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Andrew and Lorna.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31But it's been great having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34APPLAUSE
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Andrew and Lorna didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over to the next show,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41when we will be playing for £4,250.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44AUDIENCE: WOOOOH!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Join us to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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