0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And first up, we welcome back Sasha and Claire.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41This is your second and final chance.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Sasha, remind us how you know each other.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We're best friends and we met when we were pregnant with our first child.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And, Claire, what happened last time?
0:00:50 > 0:00:55We had a question on art. Sasha did very well and I didn't do as well.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57What are you hoping is going to come up today, Sasha?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Science or food and wine.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Do you cook a lot? - Yeah, a lot - a lot, a lot.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Do you watch a lot of food things on telly?
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It's probably the only TV I do watch, yeah.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Claire, what do you hope is going to come up?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I don't want science because if we get science, we will be out
0:01:12 > 0:01:18but I would like maybe soaps on TV or reality TV.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Anything you're really dreading?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Politics.- Mm. Both of us.- History. - OK.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Well, welcome back to the show. Let's hope we see more of you than we did last time.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And next we welcome Rob and Callum. How do you two know each other?
0:01:30 > 0:01:32We're mates from college.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- Whereabouts are you at college, Callum?- Winstanley College in Wigan.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38So, Rob, what are you hoping is going to come up?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I'm hoping something on either English or politics
0:01:41 > 0:01:44because they're the subjects I study at college.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Callum, how about you?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Geography wouldn't be too bad.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Anything except lakes and ponds and rivers.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52OK, lakes, ponds... Ponds.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Yeah. No ponds, yeah?- No ponds. - No ponds. OK.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Fair enough.- The under-20s, they don't go big on ponds, do they?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Ooh, never have, never have.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05When we were in our teens we were pond crazy.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Well, I think that's because we were spoon-fed by our parents.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- I seem to remember it was pondemonium when we were kids. - GROANING
0:02:11 > 0:02:13That's...
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- Did that deserve a groan that size? - That was good!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Well, Rob, Callum, a very warm welcome to Pointless
0:02:20 > 0:02:22and very best of luck to you.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Lynne and Pat, welcome back. You were also on the show last time.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31- Remind us how you know each other. - We're in an amateur dramatic company together.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33And, Pat, what happened last time?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Football happened. We went out in the second round.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Any other things you'd particularly like to see come up?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Erm, I think I'd like, literature, which I enjoy.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48I enjoyed the art question but that probably won't come up again, so...
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Other than that, possibly history, I'm quite fond of.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Anything to add to that, Pat? - Musicals would be really good.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Have you been in many? - I've been in a few, yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- What was your favourite? - Blood Brothers. That was brilliant.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- A warm welcome back to you, Lynne and Pat.- Thank you.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Let's hope we see you go all the way to the head-to-head and beyond.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And finally, a very warm welcome to Suz and John.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- How do you two know each other, Suz? - Well, we are married.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- What do you do, John? - I work in communications.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- And, Suz, what do you do? - I'm a primary school teacher.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Good for you. Primary school teachers always cover themselves in glory on Pointless.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27We love primary school teachers on Pointless.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- You're tempting fate, now. - I don't know. It's fair enough.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32What are you hoping is going to come up, Suz?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Erm... Buffy The Vampire Slayer. - Good. Yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37That would be my dream round.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- John, how about you? - Well, I did politics at university
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and I'm also standing for Durham County Council next year,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47so I'm the second person today to say politics.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Good stuff. A warm welcome to you, Suz and John.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Very, very best of luck to you on Pointless.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59He's become known as that bloke in the glasses who knows stuff.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Hi, everybody.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Good afternoon to you. - Best of the afternoon to you, sir.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Are you well?- Yeah, I am well. - That's good.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Nice salmon pink shirt, there. White collar.- Yeah.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- It's a good look.- Yeah. - You are rocking that look.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Thank you.- We've got two returning pairs today, both the pairs of ladies,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24who we didn't see as much of as we should have done.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29They were both unfortunate to be knocked out - they tripped up on rounds that weren't for them.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31None of them got a wrong answer, which is quite rare,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34so I think they're going to be tough to beat.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Always lovely to have a primary school teacher on the show.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- They do tend to do quite well. - Mm. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42All of our questions were put to 100 people before the show.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46To get through to the final round and have the chance to win the jackpot,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49our contestants need to find the obscure answers our 100 people couldn't get.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51The fewer of our 100 people who knew the answer,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53the fewer points you'll score.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,
0:04:56 > 0:04:58an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01and each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09APPLAUSE
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27so make sure that isn't you.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29OK, our category for round one is:
0:05:33 > 0:05:37The UK. Decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45OK, our question concerns:
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Richard?- In a moment, Xander is going to show you a board
0:05:51 > 0:05:53containing six letters of the alphabet.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57We're looking for any city of the UK that starts with one of those six letters.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Any city that starts with any of the following letters.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05and we are including the cities awarded city status in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10OK. Thank you. Sasha and Claire, you drew lots and you're going first.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12So our six letters are...
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Ah, that's nice.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Claire and Sasha met as parents for the first time.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Suz and John, recent parents, nine months ago.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26You and I expecting our first.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29That's nice. Callum and Rob.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Callum and Rob. - Both of whom have parents.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Both of whom have parents. Quite recently born.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38When were you born, Callum and Rob?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Erm, 1994.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Oh!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Oh! Ouch!
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- OK.- OK.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53So there we are. Claire, we are looking for cities of the UK
0:06:53 > 0:06:55that begin with any of these letters
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and you're going to try and find a really nice obscure one,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00very low scoring.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I've gone really blank.
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Erm... But I will try Newcastle.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Newcastle, says Claire. Newcastle.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Newcastle.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18It's right.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- 26. - APPLAUSE
0:07:26 > 0:07:2826.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Well played. Tough one, that first podium. You've got so little time to think.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34OK, now, Callum.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38A city in the UK beginning with one of these letters.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I think I'm going to go for Exeter.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Exeter, says Callum. Sounds good to me.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said Exeter.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Absolutely right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Eight! - APPLAUSE
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Wow!
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Eight for Exeter.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Now, then, Pat.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Yes. I'm going to take a bit of a punt here,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11because I'm not 100% sure if it is actually a city
0:08:11 > 0:08:14but I'm going to go for Aberystwyth.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Aberystwyth, says Pat. Aberystwyth.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Let's see if it's right because if it is, it should be a good scorer.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Aberystwyth.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Oh, no, Pat! Bad luck.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Aberystwyth not a city as it turns out,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- I'm sorry.- Yeah, sorry, Pat. A brave answer. It sounds right, doesn't it?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- Yes.- Not a city, I'm afraid. It's a market town.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Suz?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I'm almost relieved. I was going to say Aberystwyth.
0:08:43 > 0:08:49I will also take a bit of a gamble and say Aberdeen.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Aberdeen, says Suz.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Let's see if Aberdeen's right and if so, how many of our 100 said that.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It is right.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- 32. - APPLAUSE
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- 32 for Aberdeen.- Well played, Suz.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11It became Scotland's fourth city in 1891.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13OK, let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Very much the best score of the pass was Callum's, with that excellent answer, Exeter.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21So, yes, Callum and Rob looking very strong.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Then up to 26, where we find Claire and Sasha,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25up to 32, where we find Suz and John
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and I'm afraid all the way up to 100,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29where we find Pat and Lynne.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31But it could easily happen again in the next pass.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Lynne, a nice low score from you could see you through to the next round.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Very best of luck with that.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46OK, we're looking for any city in the UK that begins with one of these letters.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51John, you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people said.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53The high scorers are Lynne and Pat on 100.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58You're on 32, so 67 or less will see you through to the next round.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Amazingly, I was also going to go with Aberystwyth,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02so I'm incredibly relieved now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07So instead I'm going to go with the one I assumed Suz would go for
0:10:07 > 0:10:09and go with a fine city, Norwich.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Norwich. Norwich, says John.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13There is your red line.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17If you get below that red line, you will avoid becoming our new high scorers.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Let's see if Norwich is right. Let's see how many people said Norwich.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25It's right.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And it sees your through. Very well done.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- APPLAUSE - 29.
0:10:33 > 0:10:3529 takes your total up to 61.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Good answer, John. It became a city in 1194, Norwich.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43It was the second biggest city in the UK, behind London.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Wow. Now, when John said, "A fine city,"
0:10:45 > 0:10:50that sounds like the sort of thing you sometimes see on signs as you drive in.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Their official slogan?- It could be.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Norwich's official slogan is, "Norwich, it's not Ipswich."
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- LAUGHTER - I think. I think it is.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59But it is a fine city. It's a lovely place.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- It is a fine city.- As is Ipswich. - As is Ipswich. Both of them fine.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Lynne. You're the high scorers on 100.- Yes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11But a low score from you at this point would put you in a good position
0:11:11 > 0:11:13should either Rob or Sasha give an incorrect answer.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I thought I'd have to take a punt, really, again
0:11:16 > 0:11:18so I thought I might try Ely.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Ely. The ship of the fens.- Yes.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24OK. Well, there's no red line for you as you are the high scorers
0:11:24 > 0:11:26but let's see if Ely is indeed a city
0:11:26 > 0:11:29and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Oh, it's right!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Very well done indeed.
0:11:38 > 0:11:4110! That's a great score. Very, very well done indeed.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44110 is your total.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Yeah, good answer, Lynne. You did all you could do, there.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54In Cambridgeshire, long been considered a city but wasn't made a city until 1974.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Now, then, Rob. You're on eight, a brilliant score from Callum,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01which means that even if you score 100 points,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03you are still through to the next round.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I think that I'm going to go with a bit of a risky one
0:12:06 > 0:12:08because it's quite near to Wigan.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I think it became a city quite recently. I'm going to say Preston.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Preston, says Rob. Preston.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Let's see if Preston's right and how many people said it.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18No red line. You're already through.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Well done, Rob. Preston is right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Ten. - APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Another brilliant low score,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33taking your total up to a very impressive low 18.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Very well done.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Another good answer, Rob. It was made a city in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's got Europe's largest bus station, Preston.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- How about that?- That is good.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Either a lot of people want to go there or a lot of people want to leave there.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49It's one or the other.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Now, then, Sasha.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55You're on 26. The high scorers on 110 are Lynne and Pat.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59If you can score 83 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01It might score quite highly
0:13:01 > 0:13:04but as far as I'm aware there is a cathedral there
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and I'm going to go with Truro in Cornwall.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Truro. Truro, says Sasha.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12There is your red line. Nice and high.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Sasha is saying Truro. Let's see if that's right
0:13:15 > 0:13:18and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Truro.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- It's right.- Yay!- Very well done. And you're through to the next round.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Ten! Another brilliant answer takes your total up to 36.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Well played, Sasha. Yes, Cornwall's only city, Truro.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42There's only two pointless answers in this round,
0:13:42 > 0:13:47both in Northern Ireland, so well done if you said either Armagh or Newry.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Both of those are pointless answers.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I'll take you through some of the other answers.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Lots of people will have been trying to name all of these.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Ripon would have scored you two points -
0:13:57 > 0:14:01one for the horse-racing fraternity. Newport would have scored you four.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Perth, 14, which is one of the new cities in 2012,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08alongside St Asaph and Chelmsford, which wouldn't have counted.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Plymouth, 16, Peterborough, 24,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15then we've heard everything else apart from the top three answers,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Portsmouth with 32.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Nottingham with 32 as well.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27And top of the bunch, Edinburgh on 41.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Well done to anyone who got all of those - very impressive.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36So at the end of our first round, the losing pair, I'm so sorry to say, it's Lynne and Pat.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40We have to say goodbye to you far too soon
0:14:40 > 0:14:43but thank you so much for playing. Lynne and Pat! Great contestants.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45APPLAUSE
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And so four pairs has come down to three pairs
0:14:58 > 0:15:00and at the end of this round, three pairs go down to two.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Which pair could be leaving us at the end of this round?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Rob and Callum, I don't think it's going to be you. Fantastic.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11You scored 18 between you, which, coincidentally, is your age.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I never even thought of that. I was just concentrating on getting the answers.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Brilliant. Two fantastic answers. Preston and Exeter.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25And also some really impressive handshakes from you as well,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27so let's hope we see more of those throughout the show.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Very, very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Our category for round two is:
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Soap stars. Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49OK, the question concerns:
0:15:52 > 0:15:55EastEnders characters and their actors.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Callum doesn't look happy at all. - He really doesn't, does he?- No.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00There was a real mix of reactions, there.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03On each pass, we're going to show you six EastEnders characters.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05We need you to tell us the actor who played them.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07A nice obscure answer will score you fewer points
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and an incorrect answer will score you 100.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12There are 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Some people will be able to do all 12.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Everyone else, damage limitation, see if you can get any of them.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Thanks very much indeed.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22So we are looking for the names of the actors who played these characters
0:16:22 > 0:16:24and our first board reads like this.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32I'll read those all one last time.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41There we are. Six characters from EastEnders.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Oh, Sasha not looking at all happy with that.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I don't watch EastEnders.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Have you ever?- A long time ago.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Whenever I go and visit my mother, which is once a year, I watch it then,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56so once a year.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- For the Christmas special? - Yes, basically.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I think I know one but it's going to be really high scoring,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09so I'm going to go for Bianca Jackson, Patsy Palmer.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Bianca Jackson, Patsy Palmer, says Sasha.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Let's see if Patsy Palmer's right and how many people knew that answer. Patsy Palmer.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Absolutely right.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Not a bad answer at all, Sasha. 23. - APPLAUSE
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Very well done.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Yeah, perfectly good answer, Sasha.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36She won the best actress at the 2000 British Soap Awards. Patsy Palmer.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Are you thinking what I'm thinking? - It's quite a while ago.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42No, I was thinking, blimey, Callum and Rob were six.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Oh, certainly, yes, yes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Rob.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I don't think I've ever watched EastEnders in my life,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51apart from at my gran's house.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53So I know two on there but one's gone,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57so I'm going to have to go for Kat Slater and hope that it's Jessie Wallace.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- Jessie Wallace. - Kat Slater, Jessie Wallace.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people knew that answer. Jessie Wallace.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10It's right.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- 17. - APPLAUSE
0:18:17 > 0:18:19That's a great answer, Rob.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Richard?- Yes, she arrived with the rest of the Slater family
0:18:24 > 0:18:27on the day of Ethel Skinner's funeral in 2000.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29This always happens on soap rounds.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Everyone goes, "I don't watch it, I'm afraid.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35"I occasionally see it if I'm round at a relative's house but it's not for me,"
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- and then they come up with good answers.- Yeah.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- I don't buy it. Do you?- No.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Suz.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46You're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through it and fill in all the blanks.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I wish I could.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I thought for a while that David Wicks might be Michael Kemp
0:18:51 > 0:18:55but then I thought, "Is he the one from Spandau Ballet or not? I don't know."
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Dot Cotton I know is June Brown. That's my safe answer.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Mo Harris, I know what she looks like but I don't know her name.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06So because I think Dot would be higher,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I'm going to go for Kathy Beale and Gillian Taylforth.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Gillian Taylforth says Suz for Kathy Beale.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people knew that. Gillian Taylforth.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- 21. - APPLAUSE
0:19:25 > 0:19:28It's another great answer. Very well done, Suz.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Well played, Suz. Gillian Taylforth appeared in the very first episode back in 1985.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38And you were right to avoid Dot Cotton.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41You got the right answer, June Brown, but that would have scored you more points - 33.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45David Wicks - not Michael Kemp but it is a Michael - Michael French.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48He's gone on to appear in all sorts of other things. That scored four.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52And Mo Harris is Gary Oldman's sister, Laila Morse.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Oh, of course.- She would have scored you six.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Michael French is the best answer. Well done if you got that.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:00 > 0:20:0217 the best score of the pass.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Once again, Rob and Callum looking very strong indeed.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Callum, you've got to keep your end up here. Rob's done 17.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You have to do well in the next pass.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Then it's up to 21, where we find Suz and John
0:20:15 > 0:20:18and then up to 23, where we find Sasha and Claire,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20so really, you're not that far ahead.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23You are ahead, though. Claire, I think you said you're good on soaps?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Yeah, but the pressure's on now. - It really is.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29But you're going to have to find a low-scoring answer
0:20:29 > 0:20:31and I think if anyone can, it's you.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40OK, let's put six more characters on the board. Here they come.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41And we have got:
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59John, we're looking for the actors who played these EastEnders characters
0:20:59 > 0:21:02and you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06You're on 21. The high scorers on 23 are Claire and Sasha.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10If you could score one or less, you'd avoid becoming the new high scorers
0:21:10 > 0:21:12but that's asking a lot.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15My school was next door to where they film EastEnders,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19so I don't watch EastEnders but I have been in it once.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I was at Michelle Fowler's graduation
0:21:21 > 0:21:23because it was in my school hall.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25But that's Susan Tully and it's not there.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29So I'm going to have to say that I think Tiffany Mitchell was Martine McCutcheon.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Martine McCutcheon, says John, for Tiffany Mitchell.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37There is your red line, right at the bottom.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Well, let's see.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Martine McCutcheon. Let's see how close to that red line it takes you.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47It's right.
0:21:51 > 0:21:5413! The best score so far, John.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57It takes your total up to 34.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59This round is going to be super-close, I think.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03Martine McCutcheon. Since EastEnders she's had a number one single.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06She's won an Olivier Award. She's been Hugh Grant's love interest.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- Not bad at all.- Advertises yoghurt. - So, yes.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Callum.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I hate to contradict what Richard said but this isn't going to be a close round.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I don't watch soaps. My nan is going to be at home
0:22:21 > 0:22:23wishing that I'd watched more with her.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I'm going to take someone that I know plays a character in a soap
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and apply it to one of the answers and hope it's correct.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36So I'm going to have to go for Heather Trott and Barbara Windsor.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39NERVOUS LAUGHTER
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- They're laughing because it's right, you know, Callum? - LAUGHTER
0:22:42 > 0:22:45This is why I was so dismayed at the start of the round.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Oh, Callum! Well, we'll find out. Heather Trott, Barbara Windsor.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Is this right? You have to get below the red line to remain in the game.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Barbara Windsor - is it right?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Bad luck, Callum, bad luck, bad luck.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Unfortunately an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I'm sorry. It takes your total up to 117.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Yeah, sorry, Callum. Barbara Windsor is Peggy, I'm afraid.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You'll have to spend more time round at your nan's house.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Claire.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21You're on 23. Callum and Rob are on 117,
0:23:21 > 0:23:22which means a score of 93 or less from you
0:23:22 > 0:23:24will see you through to the head-to-head.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Talk us through the board. You might know all of these.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28I don't know all of them.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Sasha looked at you and you shook your head at the top of the round.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I know. I don't even know who Ray Dixon is.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38He might be in it at the moment but I don't know the actor.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I think Sharon Watts was played by Letitia Dean.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Alfie Moon is Shane Ritchie.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Pat Butcher is Patricia somebody. I don't know her surname.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50I'm not sure who plays Heather Trott.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I don't know whether to play it safe and go with Shane Ritchie
0:23:53 > 0:23:57or it might be really high and probably be 95 or something,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00so I'll go for Sharon Watts and Letitia Dean.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Letitia Dean for Sharon Watts says Claire.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Here is your red line. Very high.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Below that you're through to the head-to-head.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15It's right and you're through. Very well done indeed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:2119. That's a great answer, Claire. Very well done indeed.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24That takes your total score up to 42. Richard?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Great stuff, Claire. Safely through. Well done.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Alfie Moon would have seen you through as well.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33You're right, it's Shane Ritchie. He would have scored you 40 points.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Now, Pat Butcher is Pam St Clement. That would have scored you 26,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41a recent recipient of the lifetime achievement award at the British Soap Awards.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Heather Trott, Cheryl Fergison. That would have scored you four.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48And Ray Dixon - he joined this year, Ray Dixon.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Chucky Venn is the answer to that and that's a pointless answer,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54so well done if you said that, that's a terrific answer.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Well done if you got all 12.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01So at the end of round two, our losing pair are Callum and Rob.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But listen, Callum, no shame at all in that.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Soap operas - it's a world you know all about if you watch that soap opera
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and nothing about if you don't.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Next time, can you do sci-fi, Richard, please?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- I shouldn't have thought so. You never know, though. - You never do know.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20But I tell you what, on the strength of a more general round,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23where you came out by far and away the best scorers,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25we will expect fireworks from you next time
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and I'm sure you'll go all the way.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Meantime, Callum and Rob, it's been great having you on the show.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Thank you for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:25:34 > 0:25:38But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting
0:25:38 > 0:25:39as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48So, congratulations, Sasha and Claire, Suz and John.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50You are now only one round away from the final
0:25:50 > 0:25:54and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56CHEERING
0:25:58 > 0:26:00You're now going to go head to head
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot
0:26:03 > 0:26:05but the difference is you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08You can pool all your knowledge.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Here comes your first question and it concerns:
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Air guitarists. Richard? - Yeah, absolutely right.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32We're going to show you five pictures now of famous people performing on the air guitar.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Can you name the most obscure of these five, please?
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Let's reveal our five air guitarists and here they are. We have got:
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- That's not air.- What is it? - It's a racket.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48So is it a guitar?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50No.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52OK. Moving on.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08There we are. Five people playing air guitar.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Sasha and Claire, you've played best so far,
0:27:11 > 0:27:12so you go first.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15SHE WHISPERS
0:27:15 > 0:27:17I definitely know who A is.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- You think you know who D is.- Yeah.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25But we both agree on C and we think it's Lesley Garrett.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Lesley Garrett.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30C, Lesley Garrett.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Suz and John, talk us through the board.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37OK, we also think C is Lesley Garrett.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Which is a shame.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42- B is Bill Nighy. - A, we think is Serena Williams.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46E, don't know, so we're going to go with D.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50He's pretty famous but he's not known as a guitarist.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51I think it's Ringo Starr.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55You're going to say Ringo Starr for D. D, Ringo Starr.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00OK, so, Sasha and Claire have said Lesley Garrett for C.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Let's see if Lesley Garrett is right
0:28:02 > 0:28:03and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09It is right.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- APPLAUSE - Very well done indeed.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Five for Lesley Garrett.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Suz and John have gone for D, Ringo Starr.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Let's if that's right and how many people said Ringo Starr for D.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- SHE SIGHS - Absolutely right.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35- 60. - APPLAUSE
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Pretty comprehensive, there.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Sasha and Claire, very well done.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43After one question, you are up one-nil.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Yeah, Lesley Garrett was a great answer.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- The only answer that could beat it...- I'm so glad I'm not playing.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50I'd have said Hillary Clinton.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- Would you?- Yeah. How embarrassing would that have been?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Well, it would have been all right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- It depends who you partner was. - Yeah.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01If you were playing with me, I'd have gone, "Don't be an idiot, it's Lesley Garrett."
0:29:01 > 0:29:04And I'd have told you who E was and that's a pointless answer.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06We'd have been just fine.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10A is Serena Williams. You were right. She would have scored you 18.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13B is Bill Nighy. You're right about that.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17That would have been 17. It still wouldn't have won you the point.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- And E.- I've no idea.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22It's the country singer, Faith Hill.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Very well done if you said that at home.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- Faith Hill.- Faith Hill. Yep.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33So here comes your second question.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37This is one that you, Suz and John, have to win to stay in the game.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Best of luck. It concerns:
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Garden birds. Richard?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47We're going to give you the name of five garden birds but in anagram form.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Can you unscramble them and pick the most obscure?
0:29:49 > 0:29:53OK, let's reveal our five anagrams of garden birds and here they come.
0:29:53 > 0:29:54We have got:
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- LAUGHTER - I'll read those all again.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Suz and John, you go first.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Blackbird for BALD BRICK. ANT GIRLS is starling.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Oh, greenfinch, HER FENCING.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18HER FENCING, greenfinch.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23Greenfinch, you're going to give, for HER FENCING
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Sasha and Claire?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- I'm terrible with anagrams.- So am I.
0:30:27 > 0:30:33I've spotted one, which is TILE TUB, which we think is blue tit.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Blue tit, TILE TUB, blue tit.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40So we'll take them in the order they were given. Suz and John said HER FENCING is greenfinch.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said greenfinch.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Absolutely right.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Oh, it's a great answer. Look at that - eight!
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Eight for greenfinch.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Sasha and Claire have said blue tit for TILE TUB.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12It's right.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- 53. - APPLAUSE
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Very well done, Suz and John. You did what you had to do.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21It's one all. Richard?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Yeah, greenfinch is the best answer on the board, actually,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27so very well played, John.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29ANT GIRLS. Do you want to have a go at some of these?
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- Starling.- Absolutely right. That would have scored you 24.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36BALD BRICK? Oh, you'll kick yourself. Blackbird.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Blackbird! - That would have scored 43.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- And WIPED ON GOO? - Wood pigeon.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Wood pigeon - absolutely right. 11 points that would have scored.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Greenfinch was the best answer. Well done if you got all five.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51So it comes down to a decider.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Whoever wins this question goes through to the final
0:31:53 > 0:31:55and plays for our jackpot.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59OK, here comes that third question and it concerns:
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Anne Boleyn. Richard?
0:32:03 > 0:32:06We're going to show you five clues to facts about Anne Boleyn.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10The team who can give us the most obscure answer will play for the jackpot.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Very best of luck to both teams. - OK, thanks very much.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Anne Boleyn.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17We have got:
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42OK, Sasha and Claire, you go first this time.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- The castles? - They're the castles in Kent.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47I think it's Scotney.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Yeah?- Yeah.- Well, do you want to go for that?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- If we go for the king, it's going to be really high.- Exactly.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56We're going to have a real punt
0:32:56 > 0:33:01because Sasha used to live in Kent and knows the castles
0:33:01 > 0:33:03but we don't know which one she was brought up in
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- but we're going to guess at... - Scotney.- Scotney.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Scotney Castle.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- Suz and John?- I've taught the Tudors
0:33:13 > 0:33:16but I'm going to embarrass myself, I think.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18She was obviously married to King Henry VIII,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22beheaded, I presume, by an axe.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Born at the start of this century.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29The Tudors came in 1485, so she wasn't born at the start of the 15th,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31so she would be born at the start of the 16th.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34And the surviving child, we think, is Elizabeth I.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- So...- 16th.- 16th century, please.
0:33:37 > 0:33:4316th century, say Suz and John. 16th century and Scotney Castle.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Sasha and Claire are saying Scotney Castle.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54This to decide who goes through to the final.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Oh, bad luck! Scotney Castle's got nae hope, I'm afraid.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03LAUGHTER
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Suz and John have gone for born at the start of the 16th century.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said the 16th century.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14It only has to be right, obviously, at this stage.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Absolutely right. Very well done, Suz and John.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Oh, it's a good answer as well. Ten points. Very well done indeed.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Which means Suz and John are through to final two-one.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Very well done. Richard?
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Well done, Suz. You didn't let yourself down at all.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40I'm sure your kids will be very proud of you, watching at home.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Let's take a little look at the ones you got.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46You said she was married to Henry VIII. That would have scored 79.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Only surviving child, Elizabeth, as you said.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51That would have scored 29.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54She wasn't beheaded by an axe, she was beheaded by a sword.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58That would have scored you nine points.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00And she was brought up in this Kent Castle.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03It's not Scotney, it's Hever Castle.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07But it would have scored 11 points. It wouldn't have seen you through.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:11 > 0:35:12I'm afraid it's Sasha and Claire.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:35:15 > 0:35:20Well, sporting applause there from Suz and John and richly deserved.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23You've done so well this show. You've played brilliantly.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Round one last time but right through to the head-to-head in some style
0:35:27 > 0:35:29and I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Thank you both so much for playing. Sasha and Claire.- Thank you.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35APPLAUSE
0:35:35 > 0:35:38But for Suz and John, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Congratulations, Suz and John. You've fought off the competition
0:35:46 > 0:35:48and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Yay! That's all we came for.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:36:01 > 0:36:05and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07CHEERING
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Well, we've tested you pretty thoroughly.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15We've had soaps, we've had cities.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17We've had garden birds,
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Anny Boleyn, air guitarists.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22For heaven's sake, I'm not sure there's much we haven't tested you on.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- That's a lot of pointless knowledge, isn't it?- Yes, a lot
0:36:25 > 0:36:28and you've come through, covered yourselves in glory.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32To win the jackpot, you have to find a pointless answer.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34We haven't had any pointless answers today
0:36:34 > 0:36:37but if you can find one now, you go home with that money.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39First, you have to choose a category.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42You have a choice of five options and they are:
0:36:51 > 0:36:53- I think...- It's, it's... Yeah.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Film actors we could go for but it's too broad
0:36:56 > 0:37:01and really, John did a politics degree and then a masters degree...
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Which will make it even more humiliating... - When we lose.- When we lose.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07So we can only really go with cabinet ministers.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Cabinet ministers it is. OK.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Very, very best of luck. Let me say that now.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:15 > 0:37:20to name as many members of Tony Blair's first cabinet as they could.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Richard?- We're looking for any full member of Blair's first cabinet
0:37:24 > 0:37:27after he came to power in 1997, please.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Any full member of that first cabinet when they came to power in 1997.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Very best of luck.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:35 > 0:37:40and all you need to win that £2,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Are you ready?- Mm-hm.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- I could pretend I know some but... - Health, Frank Dobson.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- OK.- Defence was George Robertson.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55OK.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57And then...
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Could we go for Hilary, as I know her?
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- Because you know her? I think, out of respect...- Out of respect.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- She'd probably be a pointless answer if she's there.- OK.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Well, perhaps go for her. - International development, Clare Short.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- It's up to you, really. - Frank Dobson and George Robertson left quite quickly.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19- And then Hilary Armstrong as the Hail Mary.- OK.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20- OK, then.- OK.- Right.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- OK, we're going to stop the clock. - Yeah.- We have three solid-sounding answers there.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27We were looking for members of Tony Blair's first cabinet.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I now need your three answers. What are they?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Health, Frank Dobson. - Frank Dobson.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34I like that he's giving us the departments, as well.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Defence, George Robertson. - George Robertson.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41And this is my shot in the dark, Hail Mary,
0:38:41 > 0:38:45and also because I know her and I don't want her to be cross next time I see her,
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Hilary Armstrong, who either would have been agriculture or chief whip.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Hilary Armstrong. OK. So there we are.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Of those three, which one do you think is your best shot at a Pointless answer?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58If it's right, Hilary Armstrong.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- But it could be wrong, so we'll put that first.- We'll put that first.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- So we'll put Hilary first? - She's the most likely to be wrong.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07OK. Hilary Armstrong we will put first.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Right now she's shouting at the telly. "What do you mean, wrong?"
0:39:09 > 0:39:13- I don't know her. I can say that. - Who shall we put last?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Erm, I think George Robertson left quite quickly to go to NATO,
0:39:19 > 0:39:24- so... If I've got his name right. - George Robertson. Let's put him last.- Oh, don't say that.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29OK, let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are. We have got:
0:39:33 > 0:39:37OK, we were looking for members of Tony Blair's first cabinet.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Hilary Armstrong you said was your least confident answer.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,000.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50So let's see how many people said Hilary Armstrong. Is it right?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- Oh! - GROANING
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Not right. But you know what, that's really good news.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02She'll be really flattered that you thought she was a full cabinet member
0:40:02 > 0:40:06and next time you see her, she'll say, "Oh, I can't believe you thought..."
0:40:06 > 0:40:09So there we are. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11You only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Let's say you do - mm, there's a good chance -
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Suz, what would you do with two grand?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I think we'd probably go on holiday.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23I know that's a common answer but as you know, we've just had a little boy, Noah,
0:40:23 > 0:40:25so we haven't been on holiday for a couple of years
0:40:25 > 0:40:28and I think it would be a good excuse to take off somewhere sunny
0:40:28 > 0:40:29and have some time away.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Very good indeed. John, anything to add to that?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I'm currently rocking a bespoke suit that I bought in Vietnam
0:40:35 > 0:40:39and it's getting considerably less sharp than it was
0:40:39 > 0:40:41so if there's any money left over,
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- I will probably cost me less than 40 quid to replace it, so perhaps that. - Very, very good indeed.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Very best of luck. We are looking for members of Tony Blair's first cabinet.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Frank Dobson - health.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55This has to be correct and it has to be pointless
0:40:55 > 0:40:57for you to win that jackpot of £2,000.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01So let's see how many of our 100 people said Frank Dobson.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09It's right. Now, Hilary Armstrong, your first answer was incorrect
0:41:09 > 0:41:12but Frank Dobson is absolutely right and down it goes.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15We're in single figures if this goes down to zero...
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- Yes! Very well done. - CHEERING
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Very, very well done indeed. Fantastic.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Two grand to the good. Superb.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Brilliant. That's a brilliant answer.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Congratulations. Frank Dobson was a pointless answer,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43which means you go home with a jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Very, very well done to you.- Yes!
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- Richard, what about that? - Brilliantly done.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51You've been brilliant all the way through.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53As you say, he was secretary of state for health.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56George Robertson, also a pointless answer.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58CHEERING
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- And Hilary Armstrong was a cabinet minister but not until 2001.- 2001.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Let's take a look at the other pointless answers. There are seven and you got two of them.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16David Clark was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19There's Frank Dobson. Gavin Strang was transport secretary.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23George Robertson. Lord Richard. That's got a ring to it.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25LAUGHTER
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Just saying.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32He was the leader of Lords.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Nick Brown was the chief whip in Tony Blair's first cabinet.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39And the final pointless answer was secretary of state for Wales, Ron Davies.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Very well done if you got those at home.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Thanks once again to our brilliant winning pair, Suz and John,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- who go away with our jackpot of £2,000. - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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