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 > 0:00:31where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet the players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38First up, we welcome back Alex and James.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49- Alex, remind us how you know each other.- We are friends. We went to school, then uni together.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- James, what happened last time?- It was a weak subject for me, football.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I took a shot in the dark and it certainly didn't hit the target.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01It was winners of the leagues. Yeah, league winners since 2000.
0:01:01 > 0:01:08- You actually need to be quite clever to know those things.- Or like football.- Or really like football.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14- Or if he'd said Manchester United, they would have gone through. - We talked about that a lot.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20Your tactics were spot-on. What do you hope will get you through to the final, so you can win it, Alex?
0:01:20 > 0:01:25A bit of geography. It didn't come up last time. History would be nice.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27World geography, are you good on that?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Yeah, a bit of European, maybe EU or something like that.
0:01:31 > 0:01:37- James, how about you?- I hope geography doesn't come up. That's another weak one down with sport.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- Football would be a disaster. - That would be unfair. A warm welcome back.
0:01:41 > 0:01:47- Next, we welcome Julie and Hannah. How do you two know each other? - Hannah is my daughter.
0:01:47 > 0:01:53- Hannah, what do you like to get up to?- I work a lot and I look after my little boy.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- How old is your boy? - He's 20 months old now.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Children's TV will be good for you, children's books.- Yeah, I think so.
0:02:00 > 0:02:06- Yeah.- I go to the gym as well, but other than that, it's piano, things like that.- Piano?
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- How long have you been playing the piano?- I started when I was 11.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15- Do you know enough about music for it to be a strong category for you?- Maybe, yeah.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21- Julie, what's going to be good for you?- I like the American space programme.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- I love the American space programme. - That's a bit specialised. - If that came up, you'd be good?
0:02:26 > 0:02:32- I'd be really happy about that. - Don't tell me about the American space programme. I've recorded it.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I don't want to know how it ends.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- They got to the moon.- Oh, Julie! - LAUGHTER
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Anything you hope doesn't come up, Julie?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Yeah, popular culture or soaps I'm not terribly good at because I don't watch any.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- Hannah, do you?- Popular culture, entertainment.- That would be fine?
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- We're completely opposite. - You are the perfect partnership in Pointless.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Best of luck. Lovely having you on the show.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Next, we welcome back Kris and Lynn who were on the show last time.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07- Kris, remind us how you two know each other.- I worked with Lynn's husband for a few years.
0:03:07 > 0:03:13Kris, what we remember last time more than anything was your fabulous answer of Preston North End.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19- A pointless answer.- Yeah, I've been contacted by Preston to become their new Mayor. I said no.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25- You said no?- I said no. I prefer to stay over here in London.- OK, fair enough.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Lynn, what are you hoping is going to come up?- I like reading. I read a lot of crime thrillers.- Good.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34History. Geography I'm not too bad on either.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40- Some sport. Not football, not rugby. - OK, lovely to have you back on the show, Kris and Lynn.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45You did so well last time. Let's hope that luck doesn't run out for you.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Finally, we've got Allan and Evelyn. How do you two know each other?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53We got married in 1969, 43 years ago.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Wonderful.- We met in the army, in the NAAFI. Our eyes met.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Said, "Mine's a vodka and lime," and that's it. She got me.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06- Where are you from, Evelyn? - We live in Glenrothes in Fife. - What do you do, Evelyn?
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- I'm retired.- What did you do? - I worked for the local authority as an admin assistant.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Allan, what do you like to get up to?- I'm working full-time still.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- I retire in four weeks' time. - Four weeks' time?
0:04:19 > 0:04:25- I'll be 65.- Wow!- I'll probably stay on. She's a very expensive woman. - LAUGHTER
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Hillwalking when I get the chance. Scotland's fantastic for walking.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35- What are you hoping will come up? What would be your perfect category? - Military history.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40- Any particular periods? - Right back to ancient times. Roman, Greek, love it.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Swords and sandals films, love them.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48- Evelyn, what would you like to come up?- Travel. We do quite a bit of travelling, visiting the children.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- Where are your children? - We've got one in Australia and one in Hong Kong.- Wow!
0:04:53 > 0:05:00Welcome to the show, Allan and Evelyn. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07He's the founding member of a now defunct '80s pop band - Obscurity,
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- who, unfortunately, lived up to their name. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hiya.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16APPLAUSE Hi, everyone.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22- How are you?- I'm very well. - We still can't give away our record jackpot.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- We can't. - We still can't give it away.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Two returning pairs today. Kris and Lynn were on last time, as were Alex and James.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33I think they'll be a fairly good pair,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36although one of them wants geography and one of them doesn't,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39so I'm looking forward to Round One!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- LAUGHTER - Brilliant.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51To get to the final round, our contestants must find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56so the fewer of the 100 who knew the answer, the fewer points you will score.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew
0:06:00 > 0:06:04and each time that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000,
0:06:07 > 0:06:12so today's jackpot starts off at £17,500.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14APPLAUSE
0:06:14 > 0:06:17If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26In Round One, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34OK, our first category today is...
0:06:36 > 0:06:41Countries. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:06:50 > 0:06:56to name as many country names that contain their initial letter as they could.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- Country names that contain their initial letter, Richard? - Confused?- A bit.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06We're looking for any country in the world which starts with a particular letter
0:07:06 > 0:07:10and has that same letter somewhere else in its name.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12If Narnia were real, that would be acceptable
0:07:12 > 0:07:16as it starts with an N and has an N elsewhere in its name.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21It has to start with the letter and contain that same letter somewhere else in its name.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We're looking for the English names of any country.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- By country, what do you mean? - I'm glad you asked(!)
0:07:27 > 0:07:33- I mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right. - In its own right, good.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Thanks very much, Richard. Alex and James, you all drew lots before the show
0:07:38 > 0:07:40and today, you are going first.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So, James...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Yeah.- Yes.- As I say, geography is not my biggest subject.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52- Yeah, but names of countries isn't really geography. - No, you can work those out.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Current affairs you could almost call it.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00I think I'm going to go with the Central African Republic.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Wow, there we go, Central African Republic.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09Always a friend on this show. Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Absolutely right.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20There we are, James.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Living up to its promise there.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Lovely low score of 1. - Terrific, James.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31The Central African Republic has been our most pointless answer.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36It scores 1, so things are looking up for the Central African Republic.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41It starts with a C. It's also got a C at the end of the word Republic and in the word African.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47- Yeah, yeah, the thing is just bursting with Cs. - Got a lot of Cs.- Yeah.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54Now then, Julie, a nice, obscure country that contains its initial letter somewhere in its name.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58I'm going to go for Turkmenistan.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Turk...menistan.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Could you tell the way I said it very slowly that I was just checking, just scanning,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08thinking, "Really? Oh, yes."
0:09:08 > 0:09:14Turkmenistan, says Julie. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Turkmenistan.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17It's a good answer.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Oh, very well done indeed, Julie.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- 2 for Turkmenistan. - APPLAUSE
0:09:28 > 0:09:34Terrific answer, Julie. It's a very good round so far. Yeah, Turkmenistan in Central Asia.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40- Begins with a T, got a T in it. That's how the round works. - As simple as that. Lynn...
0:09:40 > 0:09:45We're looking for countries which contain their initial letter elsewhere in their name.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I'm going to go for a new country - South Sudan.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52South Sudan, says Lynn. South Sudan.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00There we are.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08There we are! Very well done indeed, Lynn.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17It takes the total up to £17,750
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and it scores you nothing.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Always nice to welcome a new country into the fold.
0:10:22 > 0:10:29South Sudan is very much the new Central African Republic. Brilliant scoring. They want that jackpot!
0:10:29 > 0:10:34- Yeah.- It became a member of the UN in 2011, South Sudan.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Evelyn, we come to you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Mine is not as exciting as theirs. I'm going to say New Zealand.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43New Zealand, says Evelyn.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said it.
0:10:53 > 0:10:5432.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56APPLAUSE
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- 32 for New Zealand.- Yeah, it's a bigger score, New Zealand.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- It's going to be tough on the second pass, looking at the other scores. - It certainly is.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Thanks, Richard. Let's look at the scores. The best score, Lynn, was yours,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15so Lynn and Kris looking very strong at this juncture,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18then up to 1 where we find James and Alex,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21then up to 2 where we find Julie and Hannah,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26then, I'm afraid, up 30 to 32 where we find Evelyn and Allan.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Allan, you'll have your work cut out in this next pass, but very best of luck with it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:37 > 0:11:43OK, so we are looking for countries with their initial letter elsewhere in their name.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49Allan, you are the high scorers on 32, so we need a nice, low-scoring answer from you. Have you got one?
0:11:49 > 0:11:55I've got two. I'm just taking a chance on one. It's risky, but you're only here once.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- You'll be here twice. - That's true!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01How about Papua New Guinea?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Papua New Guinea. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08It's right.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Oh, it's a great answer, Allan. Very well done indeed.
0:12:16 > 0:12:203 for Papua New Guinea. It takes your total up to 35.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Terrific answer. You might have kept yourself in it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Now then, Kris...
0:12:25 > 0:12:29After that fantastic score from Lynn in the first pass,
0:12:29 > 0:12:34I wonder if you can equal her brilliant answer with another pointless answer.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36My brain went absolutely blank
0:12:36 > 0:12:38and I think of two.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43One is really risky because I don't think it's a country in itself.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45So I'm going to play it safe...
0:12:46 > 0:12:50..and, well, it's the best I can come up with.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- I'll just say it.- Aruba.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Aruba...- It's not a country. - ..says Kris.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02There's your red line. If you get below that, you are through.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Let's see if Aruba is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14Bad luck, Kris. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Richard?- Sorry, Kris. As you say, not a country, I'm afraid.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Now then, Hannah, you're on 2.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23The high scorers on 100 are Kris and Lynn.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Right, I'm going to say...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I think it's a country. Uruguay.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Uruguay, says Hannah. Uruguay. Here is your red line.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42If you get below that, you are through to the next round. How many people said Uruguay?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You've done it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50It's a good answer, Hannah.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- 5. Very well done indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Our lowest total so far. It takes it up to 7.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Another good answer. Yeah, Uruguay in South America.
0:13:59 > 0:14:07Alex, you're on 1. The high scorers on 100 are Kris and Lynn. If you score 98 or less, you are through.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Have you got a pointless answer, do we think?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Well, I had one that I was saving just in case it was close.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Tell us what it would have been.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Well, my long shot was Trinidad and Tobago, which I'm pretty sure is a country.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26But because I'm not certain, I'm just going to play it safe
0:14:26 > 0:14:29and hope that Argentina scores less than 98.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Argentina, you're saying. Here's your red line.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Nice and high.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37How many people said Argentina?
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Absolutely the right thing to do. It's seen you through.
0:14:45 > 0:14:4624.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- APPLAUSE - It takes your total up to 25.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Yeah, bordering Uruguay. Good answer.
0:14:53 > 0:15:00If you had gone for Trinidad and Tobago, it is a country and it was a pointless answer as well.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04It would have added £250 to the jackpot. There are only nine pointless answers.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10We've had South Sudan. Trinidad and Tobago would have been a second one. Let's take a look at the others.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Costa Rica was a pointless answer,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Equatorial Guinea, terrific if you've got that, Seychelles.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22The Solomon Islands, there's South Sudan, St Kitts and Nevis - we see that quite a lot.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27When you see St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines is usually not far behind.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32There's Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago. Very well done if you said those.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Let's take a look at the biggest scorers that most of our 100 people said.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40New Zealand scored 32, the third biggest scorer of all.
0:15:40 > 0:15:4334 for Austria
0:15:43 > 0:15:45and so no surprises what's top -
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Australia, 58.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52Thank you, Richard. So at the end of Round One, our losing pair with the highest score,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- I'm sorry to say, Kris and Lynn, it's you.- Sorry.- That's all right.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02A crying shame. It's been lovely having you on the show. Kris and Lynn, thanks so much for playing.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16There's only going to be room for two pairs in the head-to-head,
0:16:16 > 0:16:21so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round. I wonder which one it's going to be?
0:16:21 > 0:16:27Julie and Hannah, not you, surely, after that fantastic low score? 7 was your total that round.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Yeah.- Very good indeed. And not a great deal between the other two pairs.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37Very well played, Allan and Evelyn, and Alex and James as well.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55OK, our question concerns...
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Scottish singers and their hit records.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06On each pass, we'll show you the names of six hit singles and the year in which they were a hit.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Tell us the Scottish act who had a hit with that single.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will cost you 100 points.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18There will be 12 songs to guess the Scottish artists of at home.
0:17:18 > 0:17:24Thanks very much. We are looking for the Scottish acts who released these Top 40 singles.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25We have got...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I'll read those all one last time.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56There we are - six UK Top 40 singles by Scottish acts.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Alex, name the most obscure act.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Oh, no. I know...
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I know the songs. It's just, um...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07I'm not so sure of the artists.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10The one I've got my eye on is Baker Street at the bottom.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I'm not sure of his first name. Um...
0:18:14 > 0:18:17So I've got two names in my head
0:18:17 > 0:18:21and I'm just going to hope and say George Rafferty.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29George Rafferty, says Alex. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said George Rafferty.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Oh, no!
0:18:33 > 0:18:39Bad luck, Alex. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.- Hannah?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47I don't know Scottish singers at all, really.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51The only one that popped out for me there is Suddenly I See
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and I think I know the singer.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Suddenly I See, I think it's sung by KT Tunstall.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04KT Tunstall, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's right.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Very well done, Hannah.
0:19:13 > 0:19:153.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17APPLAUSE
0:19:17 > 0:19:19That's a great score.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Yeah, well done, Hannah. Kate Victoria Tunstall, born in St Andrews.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31- I love Suddenly I See.- Good song. - Great song.- Allan, you're the last person to have this board.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33You can fill in all the blanks.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton, Japanese Boy, Aneka, Love Is All Around, Wet Wet Wet,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42If I Was, Midge Ure, Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46APPLAUSE
0:19:47 > 0:19:50But it's trying to find the right one.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- I'll go with Japanese Boy, Aneka. - Japanese Boy, Aneka.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:07 > 0:20:084.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13- APPLAUSE - That's a great answer. Very, very well done indeed, Allan.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Wow!- You're not short of confidence, Allan, are you?
0:20:16 > 0:20:22You did very well. You also chose the best one you could have chosen there as well, so well done.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton, would have scored 28.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Love Is All Around, Wet Wet Wet, would have scored 31.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32If I Was, Midge Ure, would have scored 14.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Baker Street, it's not George Rafferty, it's Gerry Rafferty,
0:20:35 > 0:20:36and it scored 30.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40English masters up and down the country hated If I Was.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- Because it should be If I Were? - Yeah, subjunctive. Eluded Midge Ure there.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:20:49 > 0:20:563 very much the best score there. Hannah, very well done. Julie and Hannah looking very strong.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59As, I have to say, are Allan and Evelyn at this point.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Alex and James... Who knows what might happen on the next board though?
0:21:04 > 0:21:09There might be lots of difficult ones there that nobody knows the answer to.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13James, we need you to have a lovely low score and maybe that'll keep you in the game.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18- I hope so.- Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:21:20 > 0:21:26We're going to put six more Top 40 singles on the board by Scottish artists and here they are.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I'll read those all one last time.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58We are looking for the Scottish acts who released these singles
0:21:58 > 0:22:04and you'll try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Evelyn, you're on 4.
0:22:04 > 0:22:11The high scorers on 100 are James and Alex. Score 95 or less and you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15I know three of them. I'll go for the bottom one and say Marmalade.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Marmalade, says Evelyn, for Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:28There is your red line, lovely and high. Let's see if Marmalade can get you below it.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Absolutely right. You're through to the head-to-head.
0:22:36 > 0:22:3715.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- APPLAUSE - Very well done. 15 takes your total up to 19.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Well played, Evelyn. Written by Lennon and McCartney.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51Julie, you're on 3. The high scorers remain James and Alex on 100.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54If you can score 96 or less, you're in the head-to-head.
0:22:54 > 0:23:01I only know two, but I think Bye, Bye, Baby, was that The Bay City Rollers?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05The Bay City Rollers, says Julie. Is it right? How many people said it if it is?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Absolutely right. You're through.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1541 for Bye, Bye, Baby, Bay City Rollers. Takes your total up to 44.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- It's good enough.- Yeah, good answer. Another Number 1 single in 1975.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25- They had an American Number 1 the same year with Saturday Night. That's when you know you've made it.- Yes.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- Have you ever had a Number 1 hit in America?- Three, in fact.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- You've had three Number 1s?- Yeah. - Which ones?
0:23:32 > 0:23:38The double-A side which wasn't released over here, which was Respect and Shoo-Na-Na.
0:23:38 > 0:23:44I used to love it when you guys did Shoo-Na-Na live. Just do a little bit of it.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49I can't... Seriously, my back. I can't do that, the old Shoo-Na-Na.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Go on. Who wants to hear him sing Shoo-Na-Na? ALL:- Yeah!
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Yeah, yeah. Yeah, well, I'm afraid you're just going to have to download it.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05James, listen, terrible news. Terrible, terrible news.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10You are the high scorers even before you've given your answer.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15But maybe there's a brilliant low-scoring answer on that board that you know the answer to.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19We need the names of the Scottish acts who released these UK singles.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Scottish pop music isn't really my forte and I don't even know if I know a Scottish pop artist,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27but I'll have a stab in the dark,
0:24:27 > 0:24:33so I think I'll go for My Old Man's A Dustman, I'm not sure if he's Scottish, and Bob Dylan.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Bob Dylan. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Bad luck.
0:24:42 > 0:24:48I'm afraid an incorrect answer which scores you 100 points and takes your total up to an impressive 200.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53I think I'd be even more excited at hearing Bob Dylan singing My Old Man's A Dustman
0:24:53 > 0:24:56than I would hearing you singing Shoo-Na-Na.
0:24:56 > 0:25:02Lonnie Donegan is the answer to that one. He had a hit with My Old Man's A Dustman in 1960.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Scottish-born. Would have scored 25 points.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Do you know any of these others? You'll know a couple. Wild Horses? It was a cover version.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- Susan Boyle. - Susan Boyle is the right answer. It would have scored you 8.
0:25:15 > 0:25:21- Letter From America?- The Proclaimers.- It would have scored you 29. Feels Like I'm In Love?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- 1980, I should know that. - Kelly Marie. Kelly Marie.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29It would have scored 2 points. Best answer on the board. Very well done if you got all 12.
0:25:29 > 0:25:35Thanks, Richard. After Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's James and Alex,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37and what a score!
0:25:37 > 0:25:42- You really weren't good at that round, were you?- No. - Scottish artists...- Yeah, indeed.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Did you know any of them once they were put up on the board?
0:25:46 > 0:25:52- Maybe The Proclaimers.- Really? - But I would have had no idea that they sang that song.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Fair enough. James, Alex, it's been great having you on the show.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Congratulations, Julie and Hannah, and Allan and Evelyn.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play
0:26:19 > 0:26:22for our jackpot which currently stands at £17,750.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25APPLAUSE
0:26:27 > 0:26:32You now go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35The big difference is you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41So, Julie and Hannah... Arguably, Allan and Evelyn lucked out a little bit in that last round.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47It was Top 40 singles by Scottish artists. Anything you'd like to see come up in this round?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51I'm not saying Richard is going to pull it out of the bag for you.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57I think thanks to our jobs, we'd like a bit of biology, anatomy, things like that,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01but Bon Jovi, anything to do with Bon Jovi.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03So Bon Jovi or parts of the body.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Fair enough. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14OK, here comes your first question.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And it concerns...
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- Richard?- We're going to show you five pictures for this question
0:27:24 > 0:27:28and those pictures will represent a phrase from Cockney rhyming slang.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Tell us what that phrase refers to. Very best of luck.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five examples of Cockney rhyming slang. We have got...
0:27:54 > 0:27:56There we are.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Five pictorial clues, we'll say, to Cockney rhyming slang phrases.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06Julie and Hannah, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11WHISPERING
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Go for that one then.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16We think we'll go for E...
0:28:16 > 0:28:19because we think
0:28:19 > 0:28:23mince pies are eyes.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Mince pies, eyes.- We think.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Mince pies, eyes, OK.- She agreed.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Allan and Evelyn?- Um...
0:28:33 > 0:28:37We think... Is dog and bone - phone?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Dog and bone, phone, say Allan and Evelyn.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45So we have mince pies, eyes. We have dog and bone, phone.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51Julie and Hannah said E, mince pies, eyes. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Absolutely right.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- 56. - APPLAUSE
0:29:01 > 0:29:0756. Quite high. Allan and Evelyn have gone for dog and bone, phone, C.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said phone for C.
0:29:15 > 0:29:1685!
0:29:16 > 0:29:22So, Julie and Hannah, after one question, you are up 1-0. Richard?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Yeah, the two biggest scorers on the board.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30- Do you want to have a go at these? A is pen and ink. - Stink.- Stink, yeah.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32That would have scored 47.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- B?- Thief.- The tea leaf, yeah.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37It would have scored 38.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39The best answer on the board is D.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Which is plod, isn't it? No.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- No, it's Sweeney Todd, flying squad.- Oh, flying squad?
0:29:46 > 0:29:51As in The Sweeney. That would have scored 6 points, so very well done if you said that.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01Allan and Evelyn, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck. You get to answer it first.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03It concerns...
0:30:05 > 0:30:11- Richard?- We're going to show you five imperial units of volume used to measure liquids,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15but we'll show you the first and last letters with blanks in between.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Can you fill in those blanks and give us the most obscure answer?
0:30:18 > 0:30:24OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five units of volume and here they are.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I'll read them without the blanks, you'll be pleased to hear.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55There we are. Now then, Allan and Evelyn, you go first this time.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58WHISPERING
0:31:03 > 0:31:09We know about four of those, but I think we'll go for the third one, gill.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- G-I-L-L.- G-I-L-L, gill, say Allan and Evelyn.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18Julie and Hannah, you can talk us through the board if you like.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- I don't know one and two.- No.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Four is obviously pint. - The last one is fluid ounce.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29I think we'll go for fluid ounce.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Fluid ounce, say Julie and Hannah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35So we have gill versus fluid ounce.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40Allan and Evelyn went for gill. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43It's right.
0:31:46 > 0:31:4748.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49APPLAUSE
0:31:52 > 0:31:58Julie and Hannah have gone for fluid ounce. Let's see if that's right and how many people said fluid ounce.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02This could decide who stays and who goes through.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05It's right.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09It's gone past 48 down to 20. What about that?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12APPLAUSE
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Wow, there's a surprise!
0:32:17 > 0:32:23Goodness! Julie and Hannah, after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done.
0:32:23 > 0:32:29- Allan and Evelyn, did you know the top two? They would have won the point.- Is the second one halfyard?
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- It's not, so you would have lost the point. It's hogshead. - Is it peak or something like that?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38No, it's a peck which is a quarter of a bushel.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Hogshead would have scored 6 and peck would have scored 12
0:32:42 > 0:32:46and pint wouldn't have saved you either. It's the biggest scorer - 88 points.
0:32:46 > 0:32:52Thanks very much, Richard. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Allan and Evelyn.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57You played fantastically well. They were quite tough. Fluid ounce?
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Who would have thought that was going to score less than gill? There we are.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Anyway, we will see you again next time and that's great news.
0:33:06 > 0:33:12If you'd gone through to the final, you'd have only been in one show. We look forward to that very much.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Allan and Evelyn, thanks so much for playing. Lovely contestants.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19But for Julie and Hannah, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Congratulations, Julie and Hannah, you've fought off the competition
0:33:27 > 0:33:30and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:33:36 > 0:33:43You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £17,750.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45CHEERING
0:33:48 > 0:33:54Our biggest ever, ever jackpot. History could be about to be made, Pointless history.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59You've done so well. First round, lovely low score - Turkmenistan,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Uruguay, cracking answers.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07You weren't quite the low scorers in the second round, but then back in the head-to-head, 2-0.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11We just feel like we've been going through with luck.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16Well, you've done so well, so well. Very, very best of luck for this last round.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. We've had one pointless answer today.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27You only have to find one more now and you will go home with that money. First, choose a category.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31You have a choice of five options and they are...
0:34:39 > 0:34:42I just... I don't know.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Chemistry, isn't that all science and, um...?
0:34:45 > 0:34:49It might be things off the Periodic Table.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54- I'm not very good at that. - Contemporary Playwrights and Modern Artists aren't really me.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59Well, I would say Modern Artists more than any of the others for me.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02You think you know enough about Modern Artists?
0:35:02 > 0:35:07- I think I could do. - I don't know anything though. I'd be relying on you.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13What do you know more about? What do you feel like you know more about on there?
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- In all honesty, nothing about anything.- At least you're honest. Five categories...
0:35:18 > 0:35:23Please choose one to win 17,750.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Please don't keep saying that. - No pressure!- Modern Artists?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- Yeah.- It'll be all your knowledge, Hannah, cos I know nothing.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34OK, yeah, we're going to go for Modern Artists.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Best of luck. Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:35:39 > 0:35:45to name as many artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize as they could.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50- Richard?- We're looking for any artist who has been nominated for the Turner Prize
0:35:50 > 0:35:54from 1984, its inception, according to the Tate Britain website.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59So any artist ever nominated for the Turner Prize. Very best of luck. It's a huge jackpot.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:03 > 0:36:09and all you need to win that £17,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Are you ready?- Yes.- Right.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. And your time starts now.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- What's the Turner Prize? - LAUGHTER
0:36:18 > 0:36:24- I know one.- I'm sorry.- I know the one that everybody is going to know and that's Tracey Emin.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27What is the Turner Prize? If I can think of what it is...
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- It's the one where they win it for awful art.- Awful art?- Yes. - Bad songs?
0:36:31 > 0:36:36No, artists say it's good art, but everybody looks at Tracey Emin's Unmade Bed
0:36:36 > 0:36:39and says, "I did that this morning."
0:36:39 > 0:36:42I thought Modern Artists was like pop music!
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- No.- Oh, no!
0:36:45 > 0:36:47OK, I know nothing about art!
0:36:47 > 0:36:50All right. I guess we'll have to...
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- OK, we're going to have to make some names up then.- Right.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Modern Artists. Who was the one you said?
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Tracey Emin, but everybody will know that.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- Bill Smith?- Bill Smith. - Let's think of some artists' names.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11- Leonardo da Vinci?- Ten seconds left. - I don't think he's done it since 1984! I don't think he'll be there.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16- We'll just make up two names.- OK. - Bill Smith and, um...
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Time is up, I'm sorry to say.
0:37:19 > 0:37:25We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize. I now need your three answers.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- Hannah, I'm so sorry. - I thought it was pop.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34I did think it was a bit weird that you knew about modern artists, to be fair.
0:37:34 > 0:37:40- OK, what are your three answers? - We'll have to go for Tracey Emin. She's the only one I know.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- We'll go for somebody Smith. Think of a modern name.- Paul Smith.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Paul Smith.- Paul Smith.- Yeah, and Jones is another good name.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Yeah, um...
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- Katie Jones.- And Katie Jones.
0:37:52 > 0:37:58- Those will have to go one and two, I think.- OK, Tracey Emin, Paul Smith and Katie Jones.- Yeah.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Of those three, which do you think is your strongest answer?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Tracey Emin.- We'll put her last.
0:38:04 > 0:38:11- Which do you think is your weakest between Katie and Paul?- Paul probably.- OK, we'll put him first.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21They've spelt Katy wrong(!)
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- LAUGHTER - We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Your first answer is Paul Smith, your least confident answer.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34You only have to find one pointless answer to win £17,750.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38So let's see, Paul Smith, is it right?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42No! His painting's not that good(!)
0:38:42 > 0:38:47- Bad luck.- Just not that good at all. - I don't think he was ever really in the running.- No.
0:38:47 > 0:38:53So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:38:53 > 0:39:00One of those answers you know to be right. What if our 100 people just knew nothing about the Turner Prize?
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- It could happen.- I'd cry.- It could happen.- I would actually cry.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09It would mean that you would win £17,750. Julie, what would you do with that?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Probably go on holiday.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- Hannah?- I'd be happy with 750 quid. I'd be happy with the 50 quid.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23I can't even think about 17 grand, but I'll be giving her a couple of grand. I owe them for a car.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29Very good. Well, let's hope. Let's hope one of these two remaining answers...
0:39:29 > 0:39:34- Just maybe it might.- Yeah. - We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Let's hope nobody said Katie Jones and it's right.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42So, for £17,750, let's see if Katie Jones is right and if anyone said it if it is.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Oh!- There's a surprise(!)
0:39:47 > 0:39:52There we are - Katie also never made it on to the Turner Prize nomination list.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00This is your last answer, your most confident shot at that jackpot.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03We're looking for artists nominated for the Turner Prize.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Your final answer is Tracey Emin.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Tracey Emin, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:40:09 > 0:40:14It has to be right and pointless for you to win that £17,750.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19It is right.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21So our moment of truth.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Paul Smith and Katie Jones both let us down,
0:40:25 > 0:40:28but Tracey Emin is now taking us down into the teens.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Down she goes - 10.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32APPLAUSE
0:40:36 > 0:40:41Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:40:41 > 0:40:48- but you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very, very well done for that.- Thank you.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50APPLAUSE
0:40:51 > 0:40:57Yeah, unlucky, you had to guess. There's no Pauls, no Smiths, no Katies and no Joneses on the list.
0:40:57 > 0:41:03There's over 100 names on the list and only 12 people scored any points at all.
0:41:03 > 0:41:09If you knew your modern art, the money was there to be won. Tracey Emin is the biggest scorer on 10.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry were the only other people who got more than 2.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Let's look at some of the pointless answers.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21Some people at home will be kicking themselves that they're not here.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26Chris Ofili won the Turner Prize. He worked with elephant dung. That's what he was famous for.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32Jake and Dinos Chapman, the painter, sculptor, video artist Mark Wallinger.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Martin Creed, who turned a light on and off in his Turner Prize winning show.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42Phil Collins... If you had mentioned pop artists, you might have got him! But it's not that Phil Collins.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Richard Hamilton, the seminal British pop artist.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Simon Starling, who turned a shed into a boat, then back into a shed.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Steve McQueen, the video artist, now a film director, and Gillian Wearing as well.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59If you said anyone apart from the very well-known ones, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor
0:41:59 > 0:42:05and the ones I've said, you would have got a pointless answer and won a huge amount of money.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10- Sorry it was a bad category. - Did you know any of those?- No. - That's a sort of relief.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- Richard Hamilton...- I don't think it's that Richard Hamilton.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- Is it the Richard Hamilton from... - Top Gear?- Top Gear? - He's called Richard Hammond.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- He's Richard Hammond!- That would be quite something, wouldn't it?
0:42:22 > 0:42:26I told you we managed to come here just purely out of luck!
0:42:26 > 0:42:32Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Julie and Hannah. Thank you both so much for playing!
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- Great contestants. - APPLAUSE
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Julie and Hannah didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:42:40 > 0:42:43when we will be playing for £18,750.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46APPLAUSE
0:42:46 > 0:42:52- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me!
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