0:00:15 > 0:00:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39First up, we welcome Nick and Andrew. Nick, how do you two know each other?
0:00:39 > 0:00:41We're friends and work colleagues.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45I'm deputy head at the lovely Wigmore High School in north Herefordshire,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and we work together, but we originally met...
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- Er, I was his pupil.- Wow, what did you teach?
0:00:53 > 0:00:56At the time, I was attempting to teach him German.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- You taught him adequately enough for him to come back as a member of staff?- Indeed.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- What do you teach, Andrew? Not German.- French.- Do you really?
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Was he a good teacher?- He was, he was a great teacher, actually.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Oh, that's nice! Thank you. - You were.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- That's nice.- I don't speak any German, but...
0:01:15 > 0:01:16To this day.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Very best of luck, it's great to have you here.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Nick and Andrew.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Next, we welcome Rob and Jonathan. How do you two know each other, Rob?
0:01:23 > 0:01:24We first met around five years ago.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Jonathan was an instructor at the training college,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30teaching constables how to become detective constables.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- You're policemen.- Yes.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Was he an able pupil?- No.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- But he made the grade?- He made the grade, just.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41It's taken me five years to bring him up to a reasonable standard.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42LAUGHTER
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Whereabouts are you from? - We're from Devon.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47What do you like to get up to in your spare time?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49My favourite hobby is cycling.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I'm a very keen cyclist. Last year, we went to the Pyrenees
0:01:52 > 0:01:56and did 600 miles in ten days,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59cycling from the Pyrenees, from France across to Barcelona.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Up and down big mountains! - Good stuff.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Rob, what do you like to get up to?
0:02:04 > 0:02:07I play football, I watch football,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Liverpool football club would be my favourite subject.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Oh, really? That's your obsession, is it?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15I'm obsessed with them. I think about Liverpool,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17talk about Liverpool, read about Liverpool
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and watch Liverpool at some point every single day of my life.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Very good indeed. A warm welcome to the show, Rob and Jonathan.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Next, we welcome back EJ and Laura. You were on the show last time.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final, this is your second and final chance.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32EJ, remind us how you know each other?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35We went to university together in Newcastle.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Laura, what happened last time?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Don't know really, we're blaming it on podium one, bad luck for us!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- It was a word round, first round, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45EJ, today, completely new.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47What are you hoping is going to come up?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49I'd quite like science to come up.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Possibly music?- What kinds of music do you like?
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- Rap, R&B, pop music.- OK.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Recent things.- Recent things. Laura, how about you?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I've been swotting up on my geography so I'm hoping for that.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Good.- Definitely not sport.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Very good. EJ and Laura, last time you were first-round departers.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I think this time round, as the only returning pair,
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- you'd have to be fancied for at least the head-to-head.- Hope so, yeah.- Very best of luck.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Let's hope we see you there and maybe beyond. Finally,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22we've got Anne and Alex. How do you two know each other?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24We're daughter and mother.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- I'm the mother, she's the daughter. - Didn't need to explain that!
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Yeah... Alex, where are you from?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34We're from Northwich in Cheshire.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- What do you do, Alex?- I run a website for a motorbike company.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39What is it, motorbike equipment?
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Motorbikes and also motorbike equipment, yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Very good. Anne, how about you?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I was a teacher for many years, and I retired about three weeks ago.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Wow, three weeks ago?- Yes, and thoroughly enjoying it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Not missing it one little bit.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54What are you hoping is going to come up today, Anne?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Fiction, I like reading a lot.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Er, I'm quite keen on geography.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Not too bad on art.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Alex, anything you want to add to that?- Not geography.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Not geography.- I'm terrible at geography.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Er, music for definite. I say that, I might get an awful music question!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Anne and Alex, lovely to have you on the show.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16A very warm welcome to you. We'll find out more about all of you
0:04:16 > 0:04:20throughout the show. There's only one person left for me to introduce,
0:04:20 > 0:04:21the man putting obscurity on the map.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Sadly, no-one knows where. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Hiya. Hiya.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31APPLAUSE
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Good afternoon to you. - Top of the afternoon to you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38So, sort of a fresh line-up for us here,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42one returning pair - EJ and Laura but they got knocked out fairly quickly last time,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46so we haven't seen much of them. Hopefully we'll see more of them today.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Great to have a battle of teachers versus coppers, isn't it?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Be nice to find who's cleverer.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Yes.- Round One, I have to say, we saw EJ and Laura go out early
0:04:53 > 0:04:56last time. I fear for EJ and Laura in Round One.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I think their age may work against them.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02In every other respect in life, your age works for you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05In this regard...you might surprise me!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I think it might be a tough round for them.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15In order to get to the final round and be in with a chance of winning
0:05:15 > 0:05:17our jackpot, our contestants need to find the obscure answers
0:05:17 > 0:05:20our 100 people couldn't think of. The fewer of the 100 who knew
0:05:20 > 0:05:22the answer, the fewer points you will score.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28an answer that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Simon and Martin won the jackpot last time,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41APPLAUSE
0:05:44 > 0:05:46In this first round, each of you must give me one answer.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51You cannot confer with your partner. Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round
0:05:51 > 0:05:53will be eliminated. Try and make sure that's not you.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Our category for Round One is...
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11OK, and the question concerns...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Characters from Neighbours, Richard.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Xander is going to show you a picture on this board
0:06:20 > 0:06:24of the cast of Neighbours from 1988. We need you to identify
0:06:24 > 0:06:26any of the characters you're about to see.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28First names will be acceptable, you'll be glad to hear.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Very best of luck. See if you can get all of them,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33any big Neighbours fans at home!
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Thanks very much. Nick and Andrew, you all drew lots before the show
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and today, you are going to go first.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Here is our image of characters from Neighbours.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44There they all are.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Each of you needs to give me the name of one of those characters.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51You're going to try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Andrew, lovely picture, isn't it? - Gorgeous. Many happy memories.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I am fairly sure of a couple of them.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I think I'm going to go for...
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Helen Daniels.- Helen, says Andrew, Helen.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Helen.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13It's right.
0:07:18 > 0:07:2015.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21APPLAUSE
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- 15 for Helen.- Yeah, the matriarch, Helen Daniels, there she is,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29played by Anne Haddy.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Andrew, you fit right into the demographic of that time of Neighbours, don't you?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- I figured so.- Good stuff. Now then, Jonathan.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I can feel like crying, I really could!
0:07:38 > 0:07:43Do I take a guess or do I go safe and hope Robert can help me out?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- The only one I can say is Charlene. - Charlene.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Let's see if that's right and how many people said Charlene.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53It's right.
0:07:56 > 0:07:5839.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- A lot better than it could have been.- Happy with that.
0:08:00 > 0:08:0239 for Charlene.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04You did exactly what you had to do there, a good answer.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Charlene, played by Kylie Minogue,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10who's gone on to sell 70 million records worldwide.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Wow.- That's not bad going, is it? - Really not bad going.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15You wouldn't have guessed it back then, when you watched it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- She was a mechanic, wasn't she?- Yeah, she was.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19She went from mechanic to pop star pretty quick!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yeah, yeah! She did well.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Now then, Laura, was Richard right?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Yeah, Richard was right.- Oh, no.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I'm tempted to think of an Australian name and just say it.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Like, and just have a bit of a guess.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- I'm not sure.- This is going to be fun!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39An Australian name.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Yeah, I'm going to do that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43SHE LAUGHS
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- I'm going to go with Drew.- Drew.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Is it right though?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Drew. Let's find out. Drew...
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Bad luck.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03But I have to say, 10 out of 10 for inspired Australian name making-up.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04That's superb.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07100 out of 100 for your answer,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I'm afraid, I'm sorry, an incorrect answer, Drew.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Right, Alex, we come to you. The most obscure person in that photograph you can name.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I can name all of them and probably the actors who play them!
0:09:17 > 0:09:20This couldn't be a better round for me.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Katie Landers.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Katie, you're going to say.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Katie.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Absolutely right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Down it goes.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Oh, brilliant, Alex!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40All but pointless.
0:09:41 > 0:09:441 point for Katie.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I have to say, Alex, I'm with you, I could name all of them as well!
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- There was a Drew as well.- There was, but not in this era unfortunately.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54He came into it around the late '90s.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57There's Katie Landers, right at the front, the young girl there.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Alex and Anne, lovely score of 1.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Then we travel up to 15, where we find Andrew and Nick.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Then up to 39,
0:10:06 > 0:10:07where we find Jonathan and Rob.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Then, I'm afraid to say, a long way up to 100,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13where, through no fault of their own, we find Laura and EJ.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16EJ, I don't know if you can do anything in the next pass,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20but whatever you do, it will require a low-scoring answer from you
0:10:20 > 0:10:22to stay in the game. Very best of luck.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32We are looking for the Neighbours characters in this picture.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Anne, Alex has set you up so well there.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Lovely low score. Didn't she do brilliantly?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Yes, she did, actually.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40She's always loved Neighbours.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Did you ever watch Neighbours, Anne?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44I'm afraid, as a mum, I was forced to,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46when cooking tea while the kids watched it.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49This is great news. You are completely comfortable
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- with these people.- I know some of them, yes.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- I'll say Des Clarke. - Des, says Anne. Des.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57There is your red line. If you can get below that red line,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59you are through to the next round.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Let's see how many of our 100 said Des.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Very well done, you're through.
0:11:11 > 0:11:128!
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Brilliant, Anne. 8 plus 1,
0:11:15 > 0:11:16takes your total up to 9.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Well played, Anne. Des is one of the original cast members.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23He married the stripper from his stag party...
0:11:25 > 0:11:27..who later died in a car crash.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- There you go.- Cautionary tale. - Thank you, Richard.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Now then, EJ, you're on 100, you're the high scorers.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Yep, Laura's set me up really well!
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Are you going to have to make up another name?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Or do you know anyone on that picture?
0:11:40 > 0:11:44No. I do know some names from Neighbours,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46so I'm just going to guess as well.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49And I'm going to go for Karl.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Karl, says EJ, Karl. There's no red line for you,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54you just have to hope this goes down as far as it possibly can.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Let's see if Karl's right and how many people said Karl.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Bad luck, EJ, I'm afraid
0:12:03 > 0:12:04it's another incorrect answer,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08which, I'm sorry to say, takes your total up to 200.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Sorry, EJ, there was a later addition to the Neighbours cast,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Dr Karl Kennedy, of course.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Rob, I've got great news, you are through to the next round,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19whatever happens. Even if you score 100, you won't overtake
0:12:19 > 0:12:22EJ and Laura's high score.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24What are you thinking? You must know some of them.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I watched it religiously as a teenage boy.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I can only remember the girls' names, unfortunately!
0:12:32 > 0:12:36I know a few, but I'll say Jane.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Jane, says Rob. Rob says Jane. Let's see if that's right,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41let's see how many people said Jane.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Absolutely right.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Very well done, Rob.
0:12:51 > 0:12:546 for Jane takes your total to 45.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Terrific answer, Rob, well done.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01"Plain Jane Superbrain" they used to call her. There she is.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Now, Nick, also you are through.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I honestly haven't a clue who is on the photograph,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I'm ashamed to say I was never a particularly big fan.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15The only name I can think of from Neighbours,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18around about that time, would be Harold.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Harold, says Nick. No red line for you, you're already through.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Let's see how many people said Harold.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Absolutely right.
0:13:30 > 0:13:3142.
0:13:31 > 0:13:3442 takes your total up to 57.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Harold Bishop, good answer. There he is, highlighted.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I'll take you through everybody.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- The pointless answer is Mrs Mangel, Nell Mangel.- No!
0:13:44 > 0:13:46There she is, yep.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Someone in the audience just said "yes!"
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Served her right, Mrs Mangel.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Let's take a look at some other very low answers.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Beverly Marshall would have been a very good answer, 1 point.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Katie Landers we've already had, a terrific answer, 1.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02And her brother, Todd Landers, 2 points he would have scored.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Mike Young, a young Guy Pearce there.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Now a huge film star, star of Memento, all sorts of other things.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10He played Mike, would have scored 5 points.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13You could also have had Gail Robinson up there,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15who was married to Paul Robinson, there they are as the couple.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Gail would have scored you 6, Paul would have scored you 40,
0:14:18 > 0:14:19a very big scorer.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Henry Mitchell would have scored you 7, next to Plain Jane there.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Jim Robinson, 25 he would have scored you.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Scott Robinson, Jason Donovan there, would have scored 32.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Madge Bishop, 37, and we've heard everybody else.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Well done if you got any of those low ones.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It's quite weird, how young they look!
0:14:37 > 0:14:41- Paul Robinson, in his early 40s, he looks about 20 there.- Yeah.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44What did Paul actually do?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46He shuffled paper and had important meetings.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- That's what business is.- Is that what they do?- Yeah!
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Basically paper.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Hold on...
0:14:56 > 0:14:57That's good, isn't it?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Could you take that? Lovely, thank you.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01OK, I'll go and do that.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05OK, and I'm going to knock off!
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- I'll see you tomorrow. - See you tomorrow.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Oh, I've never shut that before!
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Oh, phew!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21the losing pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23double round-one exit!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Our newest members of the 200 club.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27EJ and Laura, I'm so sorry,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29you were ill-served by that question.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- What a disaster.- I know,
0:15:31 > 0:15:32but thanks very much for playing.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34EJ and Laura!
0:15:34 > 0:15:36APPLAUSE
0:15:37 > 0:15:39But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Now, obviously there's only going to be room for two pairs
0:15:47 > 0:15:50in our head-to-head round so one of the pairs will be leaving us.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54I wonder who that pair are going to be?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Our category for Round Two is...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11OK, and our question concerns...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Writers and their initials. Richard.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six books.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23They're all written by people who are known by initials and a surname.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Can you tell us the names of the authors of these books, please.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's going to be 12 authors to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36We are looking for the initialled authors of these literary works.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38We have got, on our first board...
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I'll read those all one last time.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56There we are, six literary works.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00We need to know their authors. Nick.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06I do not know all of them but I do know a few of those.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08It's just a question of which one to choose.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I think I will go with A Room With A View,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14which I'm pretty sure is EM Forster.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18EM Forster, says Nick. EM Forster, let's see if that's right,
0:17:18 > 0:17:19let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Absolutely right.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Very well done indeed, Nick, 10.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Nothing wrong with that. 10 for EM Forster.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Well played, Nick, good answer.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41There's always such pressure on teachers when you've got a question like that,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44a subject you're supposed to know about. You passed with flying colours.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45It's Edward Morgan Forster.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Now then, Rob.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I'm struggling, I'm afraid.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54I know one of them for sure, but I'm certain it'll be a high scorer.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57But I'm going to have to go with Winnie The Pooh,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and I think it's AA Milne.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01AA Milne, says Rob, AA Milne.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Absolutely right.
0:18:10 > 0:18:1146.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- It's a big one. Richard.- Well done.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Yes, Alan Alexander Milne, author of the Winnie The Pooh stories.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Anne.- I'm going to say the bottom one.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Death Comes To Pemberley, and it's PD James.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30PD James, says Anne, for Death Comes To Pemberley.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Let's see if that's right and how many people said PD James.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Absolutely right.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Wow, 1!
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Something about that far podium.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Another score of 1 in another round, very well done, Anne.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Yes, one of her recent ones, set just after the end
0:18:55 > 0:18:56of Pride And Prejudice. Let's look through
0:18:56 > 0:19:00the rest of these answers. You'll be good at these. Catcher In The Rye?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Salinger, JD Salinger.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06JD Salinger, 18 points.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Time Machine?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- HG Wells.- HG Wells, absolutely right.
0:19:09 > 0:19:1143 points, that's a big scorer.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- And Possession?- AS Byatt.- Absolutely right, that would have scored 2.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17The best answer on the board is Death Comes To Pemberley,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19so well played, Anne.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Thanks. We're halfway through the round. Let's see the scores. Lovely low score from Anne,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26so Anne and Alex looking particularly strong on 1,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28then up to 10 where we find Nick and Andrew, not bad.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Then up to 46, so yes, Rob and Jonathan, quite far ahead there.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Jonathan, we need a really good low score from you in the next pass.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38We have to hope that's enough to keep you in the game. Good luck.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47We're going to put six more literary works on the board.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Here they are. We have got...
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12There we are. Remember, we are looking for the initialled authors
0:20:12 > 0:20:17of these literary works. Alex, you're going to try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19You're on 1, once again in a very strong position,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22halfway through the round. The high scorers are Jonathan and Rob, on 46,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26so a score of 44 or less from you will see you into the next round.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30This is where I trample on my mum's good work, I think!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I know one for definite but I'm going to go and say
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The Inimitable Jeeves, PG Wodehouse?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38PG Wodehouse, says Alex. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Here is your red line - get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44PG Wodehouse, how many people said that?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Absolutely right, through.
0:20:52 > 0:20:5422.
0:20:56 > 0:20:5822 takes your total up to 23
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and sees you into the head-to-head.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Very well done, Alex.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Yeah, the wonderful PG Wodehouse. - Now then, Jonathan.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06You're the high scorers on 46.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08We need a very low-scoring answer from you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10You'll get an answer but not a very good one.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- Er, Sons And Lovers is, I think, DH Lawrence.- DH Lawrence,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18says Jonathan for Sons And Lovers, let's see if it's right,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20no red line for you as you're the high scorers but let's see
0:21:20 > 0:21:22how many people said DH Lawrence.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Absolutely right.
0:21:29 > 0:21:3134.
0:21:31 > 0:21:3334 takes your total up to 80.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38A good answer, you've still got a chance of staying in this.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40David Herbert Lawrence.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Now then, Andrew. You're the last person to have this board.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46The high scorers are Jonathan and Rob on 80.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49You're on 10. If you can score 69 or less,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- you are through to the head-to-head. - I've got two options, I think.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Go for the only one I know and get a definite score,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59which is nice and high and sends us home early.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Or I randomly select two letters of the alphabet,
0:22:03 > 0:22:06and we go home early.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08LAUGHTER
0:22:08 > 0:22:11So...it's win-win, really.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Can I ask a question?
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- Yes.- Do I need the surname?- You do as well, I'm afraid, yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Which, in some ways, makes it even harder!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Yeah. In that case, I'm delighted
0:22:24 > 0:22:26to tell you that the author
0:22:26 > 0:22:28of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
0:22:28 > 0:22:35is that very underrated author, JK Rowling.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38JK Rowling, says Andrew. Here comes your red line.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40It's...higher than me.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45But then...JK Rowling.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Let's see JK Rowling. How many people said JK Rowling?
0:22:53 > 0:22:54You've done it!
0:22:55 > 0:22:59You have done it. 55.
0:22:59 > 0:23:0255 takes your total up to 65
0:23:02 > 0:23:05and sees you comfortably through to the head-to-head. Very well done!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Exactly the right tactics there,
0:23:07 > 0:23:08you did what you had to do.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10But it's a surprisingly low score.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Let's take a look at the rest of them. The Darling Buds Of May?
0:23:14 > 0:23:18- Bates, HE Bates.- Absolutely right, that would have scored 8.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Disgrace?- JM Coetzee.- Absolutely right, he would have scored 2.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24And High-Rise, best answer on the board?
0:23:24 > 0:23:29- I don't know.- Well done at home if you said JG Ballard, 1 point.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Anyone who got all 12 of those has done a cracking job.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Thank you very much indeed.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36The end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:23:36 > 0:23:37I'm afraid, Jonathan and Rob.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It looked for a moment like you were going to make it through.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41- Had a chance.- Oh...
0:23:41 > 0:23:44But yeah, JK Rowling, only 55!
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Sadly, she also did the trick tonight for Andrew,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51so I'm afraid we say goodbye to you now, Jonathan and Rob,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55but we will see you again next time. We look forward to that very much. Jonathan and Rob, great contestants.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57APPLAUSE
0:23:57 > 0:24:01For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03as we enter the head-to-head.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Congratulations, Anne and Alex, Nick and Andrew,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12you are only one round away from the final
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You're now going to go head to head.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
0:24:21 > 0:24:25but the big difference is, from now on, you're allowed to confer.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28You can pool all your knowledge.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Best of luck to both pairs.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Let's play the head-to-head.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38OK, here comes your first question.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39It concerns...
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Operas. Richard?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45We're going to show you the names of five operas now,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47but with alternate letters missing.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Can you fill in those blanks and give us the most obscure? Good luck.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Let's reveal our five operas with missing letters.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Here they are...
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I'll read those out without the blanks.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27There we are. Anne and Alex,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30you have played best throughout the show so you get to go first.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- I know all of them.- Which one is the most obscure? I don't know any!
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Er, I think we'll go for Porgy And Bess.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Porgy And Bess, say Anne and Alex. Porgy And Bess.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Nick and Andrew, you can talk us through the rest of the board,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46do your thinking out loud, if you like.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49I wouldn't claim to be an expert on opera
0:25:49 > 0:25:51but I do think I probably know them all.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I think they're right with Porgy And Bess.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54I think the top one's Aida.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57The next after Porgy And Bess is Hansel And Gretel,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I think it might be Rigoletto and the last one might be Fidelio.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04I think we might say Fidelio. What do you think?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- Yep, very happy, sounds good. - Fidelio.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11You're going with Fidelio. We have Porgy And Bess, and Fidelio.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Anne and Alex said Porgy And Bess, let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18It's right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:257!
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Good going.
0:26:27 > 0:26:307 for Porgy And Bess.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Nick and Andrew have gone for Fidelio, let's see if that's right,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37let's see if it'll beat 7 if it is.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Absolutely right.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Ooh, 27.
0:26:48 > 0:26:5127. Which means, Anne and Alex,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54after only one question, you are up 1-0.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- Richard.- Yes, Porgy And Bess is the best possible answer
0:26:56 > 0:26:59in this round, so it's three rounds in a row you've done that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Very, very impressive. Fidelio, good answer, Beethoven's only opera.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Let's take a look through the rest of the board.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06You went through it perfectly, Nick.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Aida would have scored you 49.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Hansel And Gretel would have scored you 12.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18And Rigoletto would have scored you 59 points, the biggest one there.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Do you know who composed Hansel And Gretel?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- Engelbert Humperdinck. - Absolutely right.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- But the original.- The original, the man he got his name from.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Yeah, anyway, brilliant, good.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Thanks very much, Richard.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Here comes your second question. Nick and Andrew,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36you need to win this question to stay in the game.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Very best of luck. Our second question concerns...
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Planets, Richard.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46We're going to show you five pictures of planets in our solar system.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Can you identify these and pick the most obscure?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- That's fun, isn't it?- This is fun.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54This is good. Let's reveal our planets, here they come.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56We have got...
0:28:08 > 0:28:10LAUGHTER
0:28:12 > 0:28:15OK, there we are. Nick and Andrew, you go first this time.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19I think B is probably Neptune, which might be the most obscure.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Do you not think it might be Venus?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Which is Venus?
0:28:25 > 0:28:30I think we're going to go for B, which we think is Neptune.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35B, Neptune, say Nick and Andrew. B, Neptune.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Now, Anne and Alex...
0:28:39 > 0:28:42I don't think planets are our strong point!
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- I know E!- We know E.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Er...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I'll let you choose, I'm rubbish.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52We say, we take a punt. C, Venus.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55C, Venus, say Anne and Alex.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57C, Venus.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00So we have Neptune and Venus.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Nick and Andrew have said that B is Neptune.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Oooh!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Incorrect. Anne and Alex therefore took a punt
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and said that C was Venus.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Ooh!
0:29:24 > 0:29:28So after two questions, it is 1-0 still to Anne and Alex.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- Richard.- Yes, ironically, you'd now be in the final if you'd be able to identify your home planet.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35LAUGHTER
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Nick, it's not Neptune,
0:29:39 > 0:29:40that is a picture of Uranus.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42LAUGHTER
0:29:44 > 0:29:47And...Uranus would have scored 10.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48LAUGHTER
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Let's take a look at the rest.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54A is Jupiter.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55That would have scored 32.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58So all of these would have won the point for anybody.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59C is Mars.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Not Venus, it's Mars.
0:30:02 > 0:30:0443 points, that would have scored.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07D is Mercury.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Would have scored you 7 points.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13So E is, I'm not giving away any clues when I say it's Earth.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- Score?- I would hope in the high 90s.
0:30:17 > 0:30:1989.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21LAUGHTER
0:30:26 > 0:30:27- 89.- Wow.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Here comes your third question.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33And it concerns...
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Richard.- Yes, just five clues to facts about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42The most obscure will win you the points.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
0:30:46 > 0:30:47Here they are.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18There we are.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Five facts about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Anne and Alex, it's your turn to go first again.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Er...the politician who beat her to the Democratic nomination
0:31:31 > 0:31:33is Barack Obama.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Barack Obama, you are saying.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Nick and Andrew, talk us through that board and do your thinking out loud, if you like.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41We could, yes, you're right.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Well, the law school's Harvard.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Was Condoleezza Rice even a secretary of state, or was it just before?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52I think Condoleezza Rice could be a really good answer.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- What do you think? Go on.- Yeah, fine, let's have a stab
0:31:55 > 0:31:59- at Condoleezza Rice.- OK, you're going to say Condoleezza Rice.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03So, we have the politician who beat her to the Democratic nomination
0:32:03 > 0:32:06in 2008, Barack Obama, say Anne and Alex.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12It's right.
0:32:16 > 0:32:1731.
0:32:21 > 0:32:2331, quite a low score, that.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Nick and Andrew are saying Condoleezza Rice
0:32:26 > 0:32:28is the politician she succeeded as secretary of state.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Let's see if that's right, and how many people said Condoleezza Rice.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Absolutely right.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Yep, you've got it, well done.
0:32:40 > 0:32:419.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47You're back in the game. Which means, after three questions,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49it's 1-1. Richard.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Very well played, I think Andrew pulled that one out of the bag.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I think you were also tempted to go for the law school she attended,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56which is an even better score.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- You'd have gone for?- Harvard. - Harvard.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Yale, so lucky you went for Condoleezza.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It would have scored 5 points if you'd got it.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08The state she became senator of in 2001 was New York state.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09It would have scored you 14 points.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13The best answer on the board was the title of her 2003 memoir,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16which was Living History, would have scored you 1 point.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Well done if you got that at home.- Thanks, Richard.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Here comes your fourth question.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Whoever wins this question goes through to the final
0:33:23 > 0:33:27and plays for our jackpot. OK, it concerns...
0:33:29 > 0:33:32England rugby union captains. Richard.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35We're going to show you the names of five men now
0:33:35 > 0:33:38who've been England rugby union captain at some point since 1970.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41We're giving you the first two letters of their first name and the first two of their surname.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Whoever gets this is going through to the final, very best of luck.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Let's reveal our England rugby captains. Here they are.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I'll read those again, without the blanks.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Nick and Andrew, you go first this time.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20OK, I only know two. Martin Johnson.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I don't know any others.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- Shall we go for the bottom one? - Yeah...
0:34:25 > 0:34:29OK, we're going to go for the bottom one, which we think is Will Carling.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31You're going to say Will Carling. OK, Will Carling.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Anne and Alex, the board is yours.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35You can talk out loud if you like.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Well, we know... I say "we", I only know two.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- Matt Dawson.- Oh, do you? I didn't know him.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43I know Martin Johnson.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- I'd say Matt Dawson's more... - Who do you know?
0:34:46 > 0:34:47I don't know any of the others.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51- Shall we go for Matt Dawson? - I think so.- Matt Dawson.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54You're going to say Matt Dawson. We have Will Carling playing Matt Dawson.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Whoever wins this goes through to the final.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Nick and Andrew said Will Carling, let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Absolutely right.
0:35:05 > 0:35:0754.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:1354. Anne and Alex have said Matt Dawson.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Let's see if that's right and how many people said Matt Dawson.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Absolutely right.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Very well done, you've done it!
0:35:24 > 0:35:2614!
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Very well done. After four questions,
0:35:32 > 0:35:33we finally have an outcome.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36You are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Well played, Anne and Alex, that's another great answer.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42The other one, Martin Johnson, also would have seen you through to the final
0:35:42 > 0:35:44cos he would have scored you 22 points.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46The other two are the best answers on the board, actually.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50The top one there is Mike Catt, that would have scored you 9.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53The fourth one is the captain of the 2011 Rugby World Cup squad,
0:35:53 > 0:35:57the England squad, Lewis Moody. That would have scored you 3 points.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Very low score. Well done if you got all of those.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Nick and Andrew.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05You had Martin Johnson, didn't you?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- I could hear you saying it.- Yes.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12But you thought Will Carling might be a lower score cos he was longer ago.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15We will see you again next time, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye now,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18but we'll look forward to that very much indeed. Great contestants.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Thank you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22APPLAUSE
0:36:22 > 0:36:25But for Anne and Alex, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Congratulations, Anne and Alex. You fought off all the competition
0:36:32 > 0:36:35and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Did you ever think you'd make it through to the final
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- on a question about rugby? - Not at all.- Not in a million years.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59I know nothing about rugby!
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- And where you got Matt Dawson from, I don't know.- MasterChef.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05There we are, that's how Pointless works.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07The rules are very simple. To win the money,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12If you can find one now,
0:37:12 > 0:37:14you will leave here with that money.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Firstly, you have to choose a category.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18You have a choice of five options. They are...
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Right, OK. Well, horse-racing we're out.- No.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- European theatre.- We're out.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Pop divas. Maybe?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Actresses, you're pretty good on that.- Not too bad.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- Classic literature, you're good at. - I don't know.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- They could ask anything.- Shall we do the one we're both all right at,
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- actresses?- Actresses. We'll try actresses, please.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47OK, actresses it is. Here it comes. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:49 > 0:37:54as many Helena Bonham Carter films as they could. Richard.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00for which Helena Bonham Carter has received an acting credit,
0:38:00 > 0:38:01up to the beginning of May 2012, please.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04No TV films, short films, or documentaries
0:38:04 > 0:38:05but voice performances do count.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Very, very best of luck.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13All you need to win the £1,000 jackpot is for just one
0:38:13 > 0:38:14of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18- Are you ready?- Yes. She's more than ready!
0:38:19 > 0:38:23OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Your time starts now.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.- Oh, she did the voice.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Er, I think...- Sleepy Hollow?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33No, I think she was in Lady Jane.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Lady Jane Grey.- She was in Alice In Wonderland.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Yes, but that's a popular one, isn't it?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42It's got to be obscure, hasn't it?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Er...- Er...
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Well, she was in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory as the mum.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- OK, OK.- Do you want to do those three?- Yes, OK.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54We do.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Are you happy? You don't want any further time?
0:38:57 > 0:38:58- No, we don't need it.- There we are.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00We'll stop the clock, look at that.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- We have Wallace And Gromit... - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10- Lady Jane.- Lady Jane.- And Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11And Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13There are your three answers.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15We were looking for Helena Bonham Carter films.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- I'd have said Lady Jane, possibly. - Or Wallace And Gromit.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- You think?- Wallace And Gromit, I think.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- OK, you say that.- Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, we'll put that last.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Which do you think is your least likely?- Lady Jane?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Yeah.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- We don't mind.- We don't mind, anything.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39We'll put Lady Jane first, shall we?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43We have got...
0:39:48 > 0:39:51We are looking for Helena Bonham Carter films,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Lady Jane was your least confident answer.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,000 jackpot.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Anne, what would you do with £1,000?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Well, Alex is just about to move house,
0:40:06 > 0:40:10so I think it would give her a bit of help with furniture
0:40:10 > 0:40:14and a few little things, and treat the family.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17- Have a little party!- Very nice.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- Alex?- I need a shed.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23- You need a shed?- It's not glamorous but that's life.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Very good. Let's hope one of these answers gets you a shed.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33OK, let's see. Lady Jane. Is it right? If it is,
0:40:33 > 0:40:35how many people said it?
0:40:35 > 0:40:38If it's pointless, it will win you that jackpot. Lady Jane.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Ooh, it's right.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46So this was your first answer, the one you thought was least likely
0:40:46 > 0:40:47to be pointless.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero,
0:40:50 > 0:40:51you will leave here with £1,000.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52It's still going down. Down it goes...
0:40:57 > 0:41:00There you are! Very, very well done!
0:41:00 > 0:41:01Brilliant!
0:41:01 > 0:41:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Very, very well done.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Congratulations!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Oh, the shed is yours!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Lady Jane was a pointless answer, which means you go home
0:41:20 > 0:41:23with that jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Great answer there.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33There is a shed salesman in Northwich rubbing his hands right now!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36That's a terrific answer, you've been so brilliant all the way through,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39it's another great answer. Every subject we've thrown at you,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42you've come up with brilliant things. Really well deserved jackpot.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45It's her second-ever film, Lady Jane, so it's a terrific answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48To go through your other two answers, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
0:41:48 > 0:41:50would have scored you 7 points. And Wallace And Gromit,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Curse Of The Were-Rabbit would have scored you 1 point.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- You were right!- Lady Jane doing the business for you.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Let's look at some of the other pointless answers.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Howards End, the EM Forster adaptation, back to him.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07She was Emma Thompson's younger sister in Howards End.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Would have been a terrific answer. Keep The Aspidistra Flying,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13from the George Orwell novel, starred with Richard E Grant.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Lady Jane, just won you a shed.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17The Woody Allen film, Mighty Aphrodite,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19would have been a pointless answer.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Sixty Six, about a boy's bar mitzvah, which clashes with the World Cup final.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25That was pointless. Toast, the Nigel Slater autobiography
0:42:25 > 0:42:27turned into a film, that was pointless.
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Twelfth Night, where she plays Olivia.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Where Angels Fear To Tread, another EM Forster adaptation,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34these have come up a lot today. And Women Talking Dirty, all pointless.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Congratulations to you two, it's been a pleasure having you on the show.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Thank you, we've really enjoyed it.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Thanks once again to our winning players, Anne and Alex,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49APPLAUSE
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
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