0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Welcome to Pointless, where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38Well, first we welcome Ken and David. How do you know each other?
0:00:38 > 0:00:42We're in the same drama group. An amateur dramatic group in Burnley.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- Very good. What do you do, Ken? - I'm retired. I was a social worker.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51And aside from your acting, what do you like to get up to?
0:00:51 > 0:00:56I'm a season ticket holder for Burnley. I have been for 20 years.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- And what did you do, David? - I was a bank manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05- And how are you filling your retirement?- I've got a narrowboat
0:01:05 > 0:01:10- and I'm doing an OU degree in History.- So history is good, Burnley, in general, football...
0:01:10 > 0:01:16- Not necessarily football. Just Burnley.- Just Burnley. Great to have you on the show.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18A warm welcome, Ken and David.
0:01:18 > 0:01:25Next we welcome back Judith and Alastair. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32- Remind us how you know each other. - He's my eldest son.- And Alastair, Paris St Germain was your undoing.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37- It didn't go well. - No, it didn't. Round One!
0:01:37 > 0:01:44- Yeah, I've got a lot of stick to go back to.- And your mum did brilliantly.- Thanks for that(!)
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- What do you hope comes up today? - History, geography, perhaps.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55- OK.- Something like that. - Judith?- I quite like science, I love travelling.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01- So that translates into geography, capital cities, airports.- Mm. - These sorts of things. Very good.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06- Anything you'd like not to come up? - Although I go regularly to films,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- remembering things I can't do. I can't remember.- Same here.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14So that sort of thing. Or books, art and literature...
0:02:14 > 0:02:19It was Round One last time. I'm sure we'll see much more of you.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Next we welcome Frances and Theresa. How do you two know each other?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- I've worked with Frances for 10 years.- Wow. And what do you do?
0:02:27 > 0:02:32- I'm a...civil servant. - Oh. With a pause, though.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Which means "spy".- Yeah. - As we always know.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- I can't believe we've got another spy!- And you're a spy, too?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Obviously.- Yes!
0:02:42 > 0:02:48- That's what spies are taught to say. Where are you from? - Penzance in Cornwall.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53My favourite part of the world after Northumberland. What do you hope comes up?
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- I used to be a head chef, so food, I like science.- Fantastic. How about you, Frances?
0:02:59 > 0:03:05- Em, geography, history. - OK. A very warm welcome to you. Very, very best of luck.
0:03:05 > 0:03:11- And, finally, Lily and Steve. How do you know each other?- You may see a slight resemblance.- Hope not!
0:03:11 > 0:03:18- He's my dad!- Lily, there's no moustache or beard.- And a slightly smaller nose.- Where are you from?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- We're from Bristol. - And what do you do, Steve?
0:03:22 > 0:03:29When I'm not cycling or running and I'm not cooking fantastic curries,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- I'm a real forensic scientist.- Wow. What area do you specialise in? - All sorts, really,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but death would sum it up.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40LAUGHTER And worse.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Death and worse?! Oh, no...
0:03:43 > 0:03:51- Wow. Oh, lordy. Lily, what do you do?- Well, I'm studying for an MSc in Ecology at the moment.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56- And what do you like to get up to? - I love to sing. Given any audience, I will sing.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- This will feed into a broad knowledge of music.- I hope so.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05I'm not so bad on classical and most popular things.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- Steve, what's your favourite category?- Em, science, generally,
0:04:09 > 0:04:14but we've got a few specialist subjects like alpacas and pylons.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Quite niche.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- Good.- I've got a good alpaca fact. - Go on.- Delicious!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Mmm.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Lovely.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30Lily and Steve, lovely to have you. We'll find out more about all of you as the show goes along.
0:04:30 > 0:04:36Only one person left to introduce. You're about to meet your obscurity nemesis.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- It's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya. Hiya.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47This is going to be lots of fun. What a lovely group of teams.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53Judith and Alastair we had last time. Alastair was absolutely gutted, I think.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58He got a football question wrong, his mum got it right... He's got something to prove.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- If he goes out in Round One now... - Oh!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Yeah. Big trouble for Alastair. - Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Round One. We have four lovely teams and Round One is a lovely question.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Oh, is it? It's been a while since we had one of those.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- A lovely question. - A lovely question.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Very good indeed. All our questions have been put to 100 people.
0:05:20 > 0:05:27To get to the final round and a chance of winning our jackpot, our contestants need obscure answers.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31The fewer of those 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one knew.
0:05:36 > 0:05:43Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000
0:05:43 > 0:05:47and today's jackpot starts off at £8,250.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09The pair with the highest score are eliminated. OK, our category for Round One is...
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Comedians. Can you all decide who will go first and who goes second?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28OK, our question concerns... members of comedy groups.
0:06:28 > 0:06:34- Richard?- In a moment, Xander will show you a board with six comedy groups or comedy troupes on it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Tell us any of the main members of any of those six groups, please.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Very best of luck.- OK.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47Right, Ken and David, you all drew lots before the show and today you are going to go first.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Our six comedy groups are... - HE READS THE LIST
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I'll read those one last time.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- Now then, Ken. - I'm going to go for The Goon Show
0:07:09 > 0:07:15- and say Michael Bentine. - Michael Bentine, says Ken. Michael Bentine.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18How many of our 100 said that?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's right.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Oh, that's a good answer.
0:07:26 > 0:07:2816. Very well done.
0:07:31 > 0:07:38Yes, Michael Bentine, The Goon Show. Back in the '60s in TV Centre, which is where we are now,
0:07:38 > 0:07:42he caused so much chaos they assumed anything that went wrong was him.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46There was a genuine armed robbery at the BBC cashiers
0:07:46 > 0:07:53and the guy ran out with a stocking over his head and the guard said, "Good afternoon, Mr Bentine."
0:07:53 > 0:07:56And saluted him on his way.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Judith...
0:08:00 > 0:08:05I think I'm going to try and play safe, which might not be.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- The Goodies - Tim Brooke-Taylor. - Tim Brooke-Taylor, says Judith.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Absolutely right.
0:08:19 > 0:08:2132.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- 32 for Tim Brooke-Taylor. - Lovely Tim Brooke-Taylor.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- His granddad played centre forward for England.- Did he really?- Yeah.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Ah. Frances?- The Goon Show -
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Harry Secombe.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Harry Secombe, says Frances. How many of our 100 said Harry Secombe?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's correct!
0:08:47 > 0:08:4835.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56- 35 for Harry Secombe. - Played Neddie Seagoon in The Goons.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02Now then, Lily. The most obscure member of one of these comedy troupes.
0:09:02 > 0:09:09OK, it was quite a good round, comedians. But I'm going to go for The League of Gentlemen
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and I'll say Steve Pemberton.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17Steve Pemberton. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said Steve Pemberton.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Absolutely right.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27One for Steve Pemberton!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30That's a great answer, Lily.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Very well done indeed.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Terrific answer. Steve Pemberton. Also well known for Benidorm, Whitechapel and on this show.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44- Yeah. And Psychoville, of course. - He's brilliant, Steve Pemberton, and a lovely fella.
0:09:44 > 0:09:51Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores. Lily and Steve looking very strong on one.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Then we travel up to 16 where we find Ken and David.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Then up to 32 for Judith and Alastair
0:09:59 > 0:10:02and just up a few more to 35 and Frances and Theresa.
0:10:02 > 0:10:09You are the high scorers. Not by much, but we need a low-scoring answer from you, Theresa.
0:10:09 > 0:10:15OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their place at the podium?
0:10:15 > 0:10:20OK, we are looking for main comedy performers in these comedy groups.
0:10:20 > 0:10:27Now then, Steve, the high scorers on 35 are Theresa and Frances. You are on one.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32- If you can score 33 or less, you will avoid becoming the high scorers.- OK.
0:10:32 > 0:10:38- I'll take one from Monty Python and I'll go Terry Gilliam. - Terry Gilliam, says Steve.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Terry Gilliam. How many of our 100 people said Terry Gilliam?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46There is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50It's right.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Very well done. 16 for Terry Gilliam.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Takes your total up to 17.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Very strong answer. The American Python who did all the animation.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09His first directing credit was Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Now then, Theresa, you're the high scorers so we need clever answering.
0:11:14 > 0:11:21- Is this a good round for you? - Not really. I'll take a risk with The Goodies and Graeme Garden.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24No red line for you, Theresa, as you are the high scorers.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Just get down as far as you can. Graeme Garden.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It's correct.
0:11:35 > 0:11:3719.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43- 19 for Graeme Garden takes your total up to 54. - Yes, a good, solid answer.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48The nicest man in show business. Tim Brooke-Taylor's granddad played for England.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Graeme Garden's son plays keyboards for The Scissor Sisters.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57- Really?- He does, yeah. - Brilliant. I had no idea.- Yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Amazing.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Alastair, you're on 32. If you can score 21 or less,
0:12:04 > 0:12:10you will avoid overtaking the high scorers, who are Theresa and Frances on 54.
0:12:10 > 0:12:16We are looking for the main performers in these comedy groups. This is where we redeem ourselves.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- This is not a good round for me.- No, this is where we redeem ourselves.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26I seem to remember someone in The Goon Show with the name Andrew Shovel, but I'll play safe
0:12:26 > 0:12:32and say Monty Python, Michael Palin, because I just can't think of anything else.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Michael Palin, Monty Python. There is your red line.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44This is the line you have to get below. Michael Palin. Is it right? And how many people said it?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It's right.
0:12:51 > 0:12:5338, Alastair.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Takes your total up to 70.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- Richard?- A pretty big score. Maybe a fatally high score.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05The youngest of the Pythons, who went on to do lovely travelogues.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11Now, David, you're on 16. The high scorers are now Alastair and Judith On 70.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15If you can score 53 or less you are through to the next round.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Talk us through the board if you like.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I was going to say Terry Gilliam. I thought that was a good one.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28- I'll come down to The League of Gentlemen, Mark Gatiss. - Mark Gatiss, says David.
0:13:28 > 0:13:35If you can get below that red line with Mark Gatiss, you are through. How many people said Mark Gatiss?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Absolutely right.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And you are through to the next round.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Two! What a great score.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- Two takes your total up to 18. - That's a terrific answer. - A great low score.
0:13:54 > 0:14:01- I'd hope Mark Gatiss would deserve more than that.- He also created Sherlock along with Steven Moffat.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05He plays Mycroft in the Sherlock things.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12- And a brilliant writer, actor, performer.- Brilliant man.- Now there's only one pointless answer
0:14:12 > 0:14:18- and that's the non-performing member of League of Gentlemen.- Ah! - Wonderful writer...- Jeremy Dyson.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22He was a pointless answer. Steve Pemberton one, Rob Newman one.
0:14:22 > 0:14:29From The Mary Whitehouse Experience. The other members were Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and David Baddiel.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34They all scored two points. Reece Shearsmith scored four.
0:14:34 > 0:14:41The best answer in Three of a Kind, with Tracey Ullman and Lenny Henry, was David Copperfield, five points.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Lenny Henry 10, Tracey Ullman 11.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Terry Jones was the best Python. He scored 15 points.
0:14:49 > 0:14:55And Michael Bentine was the best of the Goons on 16. Let's look at the worst answers.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Michael Palin, 38, was the third-highest answer of all.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Bill Oddie, 43, from The Goodies. And who tops this one?
0:15:07 > 0:15:12- John Cleese.- Absolutely right. And he would have scored 62 points.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16David Copperfield. When is there a limit to who has that name?
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- There about five famous Michael Jacksons.- Three is the limit.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25You've got Dickens' David Copperfield, the magician and the TV guy.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30Mike Read is another one. Mike Read the DJ, Mike Reid from EastEnders and Mike Reid the golfer.
0:15:30 > 0:15:37And that was it. That door was shut. So three is the internationally-recognised limit.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Fair enough. That's good.
0:15:39 > 0:15:46Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Alastair and Judith again!
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- This wasn't meant to happen.- This wasn't a good idea, coming on.- No!
0:15:51 > 0:15:57- I'm joking!- We had a ticker tape parade and everything planned for the last round.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01- We thought you'd get that jackpot. - Yeah.- Look on the bright side.
0:16:01 > 0:16:08- Your mum has done brilliantly.- Yeah. - Every cloud.- She has been brilliant. Oh, Judith.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13They'll be putting the bunting up for your return. Not yours, Alastair.
0:16:13 > 0:16:20- You didn't do badly, Two good, correct answers, but they were high scorers.- Mm-hm.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26It's been lovely having you. I'm sorry it's been so brief, but thank you so much for playing.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:36 > 0:16:43Sadly, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us. I wonder which pair it will be.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47We had one returning pair and you're all completely new.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52You've kicked them off. So anything can happen from here on in. Very best of luck.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Our category for Round Two is... horse racing.
0:16:55 > 0:17:02Horse racing. Can you all decide who's going to go first and who goes second?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12OK, our question concerns... horseraces and their racecourses.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- Richard?- On each pass we'll give you the name of six British horseraces.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21You need to give us the name of the racecourse on which they are run.
0:17:21 > 0:17:28An incorrect answer will score 100 points. A nice, obscure answer will get you fewer points.
0:17:28 > 0:17:35This is a category where some people will get all 12. For others, it will be damage limitation.
0:17:35 > 0:17:42OK, thanks very much. So we are looking for the UK racecourses that host these famous races.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45HE READS THE LIST
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I'll read them one last time.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05There we are. Six horseraces. You need to give me the name of the UK racecourse
0:18:05 > 0:18:12that hosts each of them. You want to pick one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Ken...
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I know one or two, but they're going to be high-scoring.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21So I'm going to really have a punt and say...
0:18:21 > 0:18:23The Sussex Stakes.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- Goodwood.- Goodwood. The Sussex Stakes, says Ken.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Sounds reasonable to me. Is that right? How many people knew that?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Absolutely right, Ken. Good guess, if it was a guess.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Six!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45That's how you do it. Six for Goodwood.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53Great answer. The Sussex Stakes is the feature race at Glorious Goodwood, on the second day there.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Frankel won it in 2011, the extraordinary racehorse.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- They call it the world's most beautiful racecourse.- Stunning. - It's lovely.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08- Theresa. We're looking for any UK racecourse that hosts these races.- Yes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13Not a good subject for me, I'm afraid.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17I might have to make an educated guess. I'll go for The Oaks, Epsom.
0:19:17 > 0:19:24The Oaks, Epsom, says Theresa. Let's see if it's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28It's right!
0:19:32 > 0:19:3413, Theresa!
0:19:38 > 0:19:44- That was very, very, very cleverly guessed.- I don't think it was lucky. It was somewhere in your head.
0:19:44 > 0:19:51That's Pointless for you. It's arguably the top race for fillies in Europe, The Oaks.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Now then, Lily, you can talk us through the board
0:19:56 > 0:20:01or at least do your reasoning out loud as you go down.
0:20:01 > 0:20:07Well, I'm not embarrassed to say this is a bad round for me. I'll just pick one I'm not sure of
0:20:07 > 0:20:12and pick a racecourse. So... between Champion Hurdle and Coronation Stakes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17And I'm going to say... Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham, says Lily. Let's see if that's right
0:20:21 > 0:20:24and how many people knew that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30- Absolutely right, Lily! - What?! That's crazy.- Amazing.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Nine!
0:20:36 > 0:20:42- How extraordinary. Very well done indeed. Amazing. Brilliant. - Very well done.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46The shortest and fastest race at the Cheltenham Festival.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The Grand National is the most obvious. Aintree. 70 points.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Scottish Grand National. Do you know that one?- I don't.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58It's Ayr. It would have scored 16. The Coronation Stakes?
0:20:58 > 0:21:03- Ascot.- Absolutely right. Three points. Well done if you said that.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Thanks, Richard. Let's look at those scores.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Six is the best score so far. Ken and David looking pretty good.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17Then up to nine, Lily and Steve. Lily, you did brilliantly. Fantastic guess.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21And Theresa, fantastic guess. You're all still in the game,
0:21:21 > 0:21:28although, once again, Frances, you are the high scorers. So we need some clever answering.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37We'll put six more horse races on the board. Here they are.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I'll read those all one last time.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Remember, we are looking for the UK race courses that host these races
0:21:58 > 0:22:04and, Steve, you'll try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08You're on 9. The high scorers on 13 are Frances and Theresa,
0:22:08 > 0:22:13so a score of 3 or less would stop you becoming our new high scorers.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Yes, I think my daughter doth protest too much.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20I'll be looking through her bin when I get home for betting slips.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22LAUGHTER
0:22:22 > 0:22:26But I will go the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31Chepstow, says Steve, for the Welsh National. Here is your red line, very low indeed.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Chepstow for the Welsh National, is it right, how many people said it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Absolutely right.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Very, very well done indeed. That's a great score - 13.
0:22:50 > 0:22:56- 13 for Chepstow takes your total up to 22.- Well played, Steve. Good team performance there.
0:22:56 > 0:23:02- The first Welsh National at Chepstow was in 1949 and won by Dick Francis, the author/jockey.- Hmm.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Now then, Frances... Frances, you're not the high scorers any more
0:23:07 > 0:23:11because Steve and Lily currently are on 22. You're on 13,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15which means, if you can score 8 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- OK...- Is this good for you, Frances?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Hmm...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The last board was good for me. This board isn't.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28I'm going to take a punt and I'm going to say the Dee Stakes...
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Chester.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33The Dee Stakes, Chester.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Is that right for the Dee Stakes? Let's find out.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It's right.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48And you are through to the next round.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- APPLAUSE - Wow!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Very, very well done indeed, Frances.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Everyone's just pretending. They all know damn well, don't they?
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- They're all betters. - Do you think?- Yeah. - It's a terrific answer, Frances.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Probably in the back of your mind, the River Dee goes through Chester.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The first race in Chester was 1539,
0:24:11 > 0:24:17- sanctioned by the Lord Mayor there, Henry Gee, which is where we get "gee-gees" from.- Really?- Yeah.
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- I thought it was because you said "gee up" to a horse.- No.- Are you sure?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- Yeah, I'm certain. - Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32- David, we are looking for the race courses that host these famous races. Is this good for you?- No.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36The two that I knew or was willing to guess on have gone.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I think the 1000 Guineas is Newmarket.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I'm not sure of the Eclipse. The Derby is obviously Epsom.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52I've got a feeling... I'm going to go for it because I've got to get a low score.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I'll go for the St Leger. I think it's Doncaster.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00The St Leger, Doncaster, says David. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03It's right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Oh!
0:25:10 > 0:25:15David, bad luck. That scores you 19 and takes your total up to 25.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22That was a terrific round from all six of you. Well played, everybody.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27It's unfair that anyone has to leave. You were right about the 1000 Guineas, Newmarket,
0:25:27 > 0:25:32and if you'd said that, you'd now be in the head-to-head because it only scored 10 points.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36The Derby, as you say, is Epsom. That would have scored you 39.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Do you know the Eclipse Stakes? - No.- Sandown.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Named after the horse Eclipse. 3 points.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Wow, what a brilliant, brilliant round! Thanks very much, Richard.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54At the end of that round, David and Ken, you end up being the high scorers, but it's so close -
0:25:54 > 0:25:5821, 22, 25, and you knew an answer that would have got you through.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02That was like a fabulous six-furlong race. Really good.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07- You know what the problem is though? - What?- I bet on those guys.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- On David and Ken? - Yeah, I just lost four grand.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- LAUGHTER - Oh, no.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- They looked good in the paddock earlier on.- They did.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23Just before the show, we get the contestants to wander round this little circle and we have a look.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28- And have a little flutter. - I said, "A straight four grand on the nose, Ken and David."
0:26:28 > 0:26:34- Sorry.- That's all right. Now I think about it, David actually looked a bit skittish in the ring.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Just a bit. Didn't he?
0:26:36 > 0:26:42- Yeah.- He was just gnawing at his bit occasionally.- Sometimes that's a good sign.- I know.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Thanks, David and Ken. You played brilliantly.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50It seems very unfair that you leave on such a low score, but we have high hopes for you next time.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54- Thanks very much for playing, David and Ken. - APPLAUSE
0:26:54 > 0:26:59But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:03 > 0:27:08Congratulations, Lily and Steve, Frances and Theresa, you are now only one round away from the final
0:27:08 > 0:27:13and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £8,250.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:27:16 > 0:27:22You're now going to go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that money,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26but the big news is you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:26 > 0:27:32It's been a very good contest. Lily and Steve are our lowest scorers on aggregate, but it's pretty close.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37I don't know who everyone was trying to kid when they said they knew nothing about racing.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43Everybody knew all those answers there. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:54 > 0:28:00- Richard?- We'll show you five images of famous people who have appeared on Bank of England banknotes.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Can you pick the most obscure? Good luck.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08Let's reveal our famous people on banknotes and here they are. We have got...
0:28:25 > 0:28:31There we are, five people who have appeared on Bank of England banknotes.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37- Now then, Lily and Steve, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.- OK.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39WHISPERING
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Yes, we're going to go for E, Walpole.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49E, Walpole.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Now then, Frances and Theresa, talk us through the board.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55OK, um...
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- B is Shakespeare? - Looks like him.- Yeah.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02C is Florence Nightingale.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- Not sure of D. - We don't know about D.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07But I would...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Are we going to go for A?- Go for A.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14We'll go for A. I think A is Elizabeth Fry.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16You're going to say Elizabeth Fry for A.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19So we have Walpole for E and Elizabeth Fry for A.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Lily and Steve said Walpole. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it if it is.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28No.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Not Walpole, as it happens.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Now, Frances and Theresa, you only have to be right and you've said Elizabeth Fry for A.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Is it right?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42It is right.
0:29:47 > 0:29:4915 for Elizabeth Fry. Good answer.
0:29:49 > 0:29:55- Most importantly, a right answer, so after one question, you're up 1-0. Richard?- Very well played.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00She's on the current £5 note. This is in May 2012, of course.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02It's not Sir Robert Walpole.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08It's the image that used to be on the £1 note before it was withdrawn in 1988 - Sir Isaac Newton.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10It would have scored 11 points.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Such a familiar image we haven't seen for many years, the £1 note.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18B is William Shakespeare, as you say. Used to be on the £20 note.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20It would have scored you 54.
0:30:20 > 0:30:26C is Florence Nightingale. You were right about that as well. She was on the £10 note until 1994.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32Now, D, well done for two reasons if you know this is James Watt.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Firstly, because he's a pointless answer, so it's terrific,
0:30:36 > 0:30:39and secondly, because he's on the current £50 note.
0:30:39 > 0:30:45- So if that's how you knew it... - Good going.- Yeah. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Lily and Steve, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Best of luck. It concerns...
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- Egg dishes.- Yeah, egg dishes.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02- Yeah, egg dishes.- I'll give you the names of five food items which have an egg as part of their ingredients,
0:31:02 > 0:31:07but we've missed out alternate letters of their names. Can you fill in the blanks?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11OK, let's reveal our five food items. Here they are. We have got...
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Now then, Frances and Theresa, you go first this time.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48WHISPERING
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Oh, yes, I know it. We'll go for the third one down. It's Scotch woodcock.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Scotch woodcock, say Frances and Theresa.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06Now then, Lily and Steve, talk us through all the egg dishes that are still on the board.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10We know all the rest, but I'm pretty sure that will win the point.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- We know frittata, kedgeree, omelette and meringue.- OK, on you.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19We'll say frittata because I do make a really nice frittata.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22For that reason, you're going to go for frittata.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25We have Scotch woodcock, we have frittata.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Frances and Theresa, if you win this one, you go straight through to the final.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Scotch woodcock, is it right, how many people said it?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37It is right.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Wow!
0:32:45 > 0:32:50I thought for a moment that was going to go all the way down, but that's a 1.
0:32:50 > 0:32:551 for Scotch woodcock, which means, Lily and Steve, only a pointless answer will beat it.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58However good your frittata is,
0:32:58 > 0:33:01will it go down that far?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Let's see, Lily and Steve, frittata, how many people said it?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Absolutely right.
0:33:11 > 0:33:1335 for frittata.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15APPLAUSE
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Bad luck. Not much you could do in the face of Scotch woodcock,
0:33:19 > 0:33:24so after two questions only, Frances and Theresa are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:24 > 0:33:30As soon as you came up with Scotch woodcock there, the wind instantly went from Lily and Steve's sails.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36Scotch woodcock is an anchovy paste on toast covered with scrambled eggs made with cream...
0:33:36 > 0:33:38sort of thing.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43Kedgeree, you're absolutely right. You gave us all the right answers, in fact, Lily.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47That would have scored you 51. Omelette would have scored you 79.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50And meringue was the best of the other answers.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52It would have scored 28.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of the head-to-head, our losing pair,
0:33:57 > 0:34:02I'm afraid, is Lily and Steve. You played so well throughout the show.
0:34:02 > 0:34:08We will see you next time. If you find yourself at a loose end, we love frittata, don't we?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Yeah, and I also like new £50 notes as well.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Either of those. Sorry to say goodbye to you, but we'll see you again next time.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- Lily and Steve, great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:34:19 > 0:34:24But for Frances and Theresa, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Congratulations, Frances and Theresa.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £8,250.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50APPLAUSE
0:34:51 > 0:34:57You've done so well, played it very nice and steady. You were the low scorers in our race course round.
0:34:57 > 0:35:03That round, you must have thought all your dreams had come true, Theresa, as an ex-head chef.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08- Yeah.- Egg dishes.- I like words as well and I like unscrambling... Unscrambling words!
0:35:08 > 0:35:13- You see?- If Frances hadn't said Scotch, I wouldn't have got it. - So, teamwork?- Yeah.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Proper teamwork. Very best of luck.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25We haven't had any pointless answers today. Find one now and you will go home with that money.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28First, choose a category from these five options.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- Possibly Fiction?- Hmm.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41That'll probably be my main one.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Yeah, Bestselling Fiction, I think.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Yes, I think so. Bestselling Fiction.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Let's find out what the question is.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:35:53 > 0:35:59to name as many James Patterson novels as they could. Richard?
0:35:59 > 0:36:04We want any full-length novel for which James Patterson has received a writing credit,
0:36:04 > 0:36:09including in collaboration, up to the end of 2011. We're not looking for any manga or graphic novels.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14- Very best of luck. - You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18All you need to win that £8,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22- Are you ready?- Yes. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- Have you read any?- Along Came A Spider.- Three Blind Mice.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue? - Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Kiss The Girls? - Yeah, that'll be popular.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39What was the name... Something about a cradle?
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Um...
0:36:41 > 0:36:46It's a nursery rhyme one like The Cradle Fell Down or something like that.
0:36:46 > 0:36:52- Most of his are... - They're nursery-rhymey. Three Blind Mice is quite good.- Yeah.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55That was a fairly obscure one.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00I can't think of any others. Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue - was that the whole title
0:37:00 > 0:37:06- or was there one Roses Are Red and one Violets Are Blue? - No, I think it's the whole title.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10So, Three Blind Mice and Roses Are Red. And what did you say for the first one?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- Um...- Sorry.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- It's gone.- Ten seconds.- Along Came A Spider.- Along Came A Spider.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Popular...? We'll go for it.- Yeah. Go for it?- Yeah.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- You've got your three?- We're not going to get any better than that.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Very well done indeed. Your time is now up. We were looking for James Patterson novels.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- I now need your three answers. - We're going for Along Came A Spider,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue and Three Blind Mice.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Three Blind Mice. - We'll put that last.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Which is your least likely?- Along Came A Spider.- We'll put that first.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Let's pop those up on the board and here they are.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59OK, we were looking for James Patterson novels.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05Your first answer, Along Came A Spider, was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:05 > 0:38:11You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £8,250.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16Along Came A Spider, let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how may people said it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18It is right.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22OK, this is your first shot at that jackpot of £8,250.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Along Came A Spider, down it goes.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28If this goes down to zero, you will leave here with that jackpot.
0:38:28 > 0:38:294.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31APPLAUSE
0:38:31 > 0:38:344.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- I can't believe that.- Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.- No.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- You weren't expecting that to be pointless or to be as low as 4? - No. It's a film as well.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- That's good.- Yeah, that's a film, so...- That's amazing.
0:38:48 > 0:38:54OK, so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot - £8,250.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Frances, what would you do with that?- What would I do with it?
0:38:58 > 0:39:03I'd... I'd use part of it to renovate my MGF sports car.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07I'm going to France in September, so I'd use part of it for that.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12And the rest I would put towards my luxury dream kitchen.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Wow! Very good indeed. Theresa, how about you?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I've got a daughter who's 16.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25She's wanting to go whale-watching and we've never taken her abroad yet, so that would be really nice.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31OK, very best of luck. Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will win that jackpot for you.
0:39:31 > 0:39:37We are looking for James Patterson novels. Let's hope nobody said Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of £8,250.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Let's see. How many people said Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Ohhh!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- Wow!- Hmm.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57That's a turn-up.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00That's an incorrect answer. We will discover why shortly.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Everything is now riding on your last answer. We're looking for James Patterson novels.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14Your most confident answer, the one most likely to win you that jackpot is Three Blind Mice.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18It has to be right and pointless if you're going to win that £8,250.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Three Blind Mice, is it right, how many people said it?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Oh!- Oh!
0:40:26 > 0:40:32- No.- Perhaps it was longer. - Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- But you still get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very, very well done for that.- Thank you.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40APPLAUSE
0:40:43 > 0:40:49I've seen some bad luck in this final round before now, but I think you have topped it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Absolutely. It's not Three Blind Mice, it's Four Blind Mice.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- Oh!- And it was a pointless answer. - Oh, no!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00See How They Run was also a pointless answer.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- I've read both.- No! - Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue are two separate novels.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- I said so.- Both of which are pointless answers.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10GROANS FROM AUDIENCE
0:41:10 > 0:41:15They sometimes put Roses Are Red and Violets Are Blue together as an omnibus,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18but they're two completely separate novels, I'm afraid.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21You talked about some other nursery rhyme ones.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Cradle And All and Pop Goes The Weasel were pointless answers.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Let's take a look at a few more of them.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32From the Women's Murder Club series, 10th Anniversary,
0:41:32 > 0:41:34from the Alex Cross series, Cross,
0:41:34 > 0:41:39and his first collaboration with Michael Ledwidge, Step On A Crack, were pointless answers.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X, the first one in that series,
0:41:43 > 0:41:47The Lake House, The Quickie, which he also wrote with Michael Ledwidge.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51The Thomas Berryman Number was the first novel James Patterson wrote.
0:41:51 > 0:41:5531 publishers turned it down before he got it accepted and now look at him!
0:41:55 > 0:42:01Violets Are Blue from the Alex Cross series and Worst Case as well, all of those are pointless answers.
0:42:01 > 0:42:07- Have you ever seen anything quite that unlucky?- No.- That's the closest I've seen anybody...
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- I'm so sorry.- That's all right. - That's the way it goes.
0:42:10 > 0:42:16After I gave the answers, I said to Theresa, "I've just thought of another one." It was The Lake House.
0:42:17 > 0:42:23- Just in case you weren't unlucky enough!- Serves you right, doesn't it? Thank you ever so much though.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Frances and Theresa, we have to say goodbye, but you've been brilliant.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Superb contestants. Thank you so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Sadly, Frances and Theresa didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over
0:42:38 > 0:42:41to the next show when we'll be playing for £9,250.
0:42:43 > 0:42:49- Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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