0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:29where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Our contestants have to come up with the answers they couldn't think of. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45- Couple number one.- Hi, I'm Charlotte. This is Sammy, my husband. And we're from south Wales.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- And couple number two. - Hi, I'm Kira. This is my friend Alan and we've come down from Dundee.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm James. This is my grandma Jean from the Wirral.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- And our fourth and final couple. - I'm Tim, this is Elton. We're brothers from Essex.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02These are our contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:04 > 0:01:11We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's only one person left to introduce.
0:01:11 > 0:01:18- Bringing people together through obscure knowledge, it's my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hiya. Hello.
0:01:21 > 0:01:28- Good afternoon.- That could be a slogan for the show when we go public, when we float it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- Bringing people together through obscure knowledge since 2009. - Pointless plc.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Imagine when it's been going for 100 years. It probably won't be us.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43- Maybe not.- You never know.- In 100 years' time, we'll be plugged in.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49- Won't that be fun? - I virtually am already, if I'm honest.
0:01:49 > 0:01:56- We've still got a big old jackpot. - It's getting bigger.- We've got two pairs who underachieved last time.
0:01:56 > 0:02:03Elton and Tim, Sammy and Charlotte. But Round 1 today is very good for Sammy and Charlotte, I think.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09They should do well on it. Absolutely lovely to have a grandmother/grandson team.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15- Always.- Jean and James, you're very welcome. A lovely couple to have on the show.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20I like everyone equally, I really do. I don't discriminate at all.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- But come on! - LAUGHTER
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34Our contestants must find the obscure answers they didn't get. Everyone wants a pointless answer,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38which none of our 100 people got. That adds 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Steph and Liz didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46So today's jackpot starts off at £13,250.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03In this round, I will take an answer from each of you and there's no conferring.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Our first category today is... Hit Singles.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going second?
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27- OK. And our question concerns... Welsh acts and their hit records. - LAUGHTER
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Welsh acts and their hit records. - No pressure, Sammy and Charlotte.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Seven hit singles in each pass, each performed by a Welsh act.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Just tell us the name of the act. The more obscure the answer, the fewer points.
0:03:41 > 0:03:48- An incorrect answer is 100 points. 14 Welsh acts to have a go at at home. Best of luck.- Thank you.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Let's put our first board of hit records up. We have got...
0:03:53 > 0:03:55HE READS THE LIST
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I'll read those all one last time.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22There we are. Seven hit singles, all by Welsh acts.
0:04:22 > 0:04:28- Charlotte, welcome back. Tell us what happened last time. - We went out in Round 1.
0:04:28 > 0:04:35- It was birds.- Well, you're back for a second time. Everyone gets two chances to get to the final.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40- Remind us what you do, Charlotte. - I work for a mental health charity.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46- What do you like getting up to? - I love swimming, going to the gym, exercise in general.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49OK. Are you good at Welsh acts?
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Well, I think I'm OK on a lot of those, even though I'm not Welsh.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- I'll put that in there. I'm going to go for Mercy and Duffy.- Duffy.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06Says Charlotte for Mercy. Let's see if Duffy's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Absolutely right.
0:05:12 > 0:05:1430.
0:05:17 > 0:05:24- 30 for Duffy. Not bad at all. Richard?- Yeah. In 2008, she had the biggest-selling album in the UK.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- And in 2009 the Royal Horticultural Society named a daffodil after her. - A Duffydil?
0:05:29 > 0:05:34That is what they called it. A Duffydil.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40- Wow. There you go.- How about that? - I came up with that as a joke just then.- Yeah.
0:05:40 > 0:05:47- They had time to think about that. - They probably thought, "Let's go with our first instincts."
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Yeah. Now then, Alan, welcome to the show. What do you do, Alan?
0:05:52 > 0:05:58- I'm a game designer.- Up in Dundee? - Yes.- Dundee, of course, becoming a bit of an enclave.
0:05:58 > 0:06:05Yeah, for about the past 10 years Dundee has been producing hit video games.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- How long have you been doing it? - Just over four years.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- In your spare time, do you also play?- Constantly, but that's research.- Of course!
0:06:15 > 0:06:21Of course it is. Now then, Alan, how are you on your Welsh acts?
0:06:21 > 0:06:28I think there's three there that I know. Two I'm definitely confident, one not so much.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30But I'm confident I can get one.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35It's a safe one, but Have A Nice Day and Stereophonics.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41Stereophonics says Alan. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Absolutely right.
0:06:46 > 0:06:4830 our low score so far.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53You've gone through that. 14. Very well done, Alan.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- Stereophonics.- Well played, Alan. Quite a low score for a big hit. - That's quite depressing.
0:07:01 > 0:07:07- That was 2001! - A long time ago, yeah.- Long time. 12 years ago.- Can you imagine?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:17- So you'd have been what? 12 years ago...- 18.- 37? - LAUGHTER
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- What are you now? Early 50s? Is that right?- Thanks, Richard.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29Now, James, welcome to the show. You're from the Wirral.
0:07:29 > 0:07:36- I am.- What do you do there? - Well, I currently commute to college doing a sport performance diploma.
0:07:36 > 0:07:43- What are you hoping to do after that?- I'm hoping to do a degree in sport coaching.
0:07:43 > 0:07:49- Any particular sport?- Football. - Excellent. You'll be hoping football comes up today.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- I am, yeah.- OK, very good. Now, James, Welsh acts.
0:07:53 > 0:07:59- What did you think when this came up?- I knew three. Two have been picked and one's the most obvious!
0:07:59 > 0:08:05There's two there I'm thinking I could have a little stab in the dark and go for it,
0:08:05 > 0:08:12then rely on my lovely grandma to get me out of trouble. So It's Not Unusual, Tom Jones.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18Tom Jones says James. Let's see... I think that might be right. How many said it?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22It's right. Oh!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I didn't even get to the T of "right". 89.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- Wow. Well, it's a lot better than 100.- Not a LOT better than 100. - Well, it is.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37- It's world away.- It is better. His first UK hit in 1965. A number one single.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- That's genuinely endured. - It has.- 89 points.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47OK, thanks very much. We're looking for the Welsh acts who had hits with these records.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53Tim, welcome back to the show, on exactly the same podium and almost exactly the same shirt.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Yes, it's a job lot. LAUGHTER
0:08:56 > 0:09:04- Tell us what happened last time. - Last time I went for the most popular answer in the first round.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Blue tit. But the killer one was Carol Vorderman.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15- Take us through the board. - Em, my answer... Walking In The Air is probably Aled Jones.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I could be wrong.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21The Masses Against The Classes is Manic Street Preachers,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24but I'll go with Crazy Chick. Charlotte Church?
0:09:24 > 0:09:31Crazy Chick, Charlotte Church. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Absolutely right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:39I think this is a great answer, Tim. Let's see how far down it goes. 22.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- Very well done, indeed. - Yeah, a number two hit from 2005.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53You'd have been better off going with your other answer. Cooler and lower-scoring.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58The Masses Against The Classes would have scored you 8 points.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Walking In The Air was Aled Jones. That would have scored 48.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06And the best answer on the board is Tell Laura I Love Her.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12Ricky Valance. Two points. Very well done if you remembered that as some people just have now.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Thanks. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23Alan, 14. Very much the best score of that pass. Alan and Kira looking strong.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Up to 22, Tim and Elton, also pretty good.
0:10:27 > 0:10:2930, Charlotte and Sammy.
0:10:29 > 0:10:36Oh, James, you weren't kidding. Jean's got a job on her hands here., but I think Jean can do it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39If anyone can, Jean can. Best of luck.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places?
0:10:45 > 0:10:50OK, we'll put seven more hit singles on the board. Here they are.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52HE READS THE LIST
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18We're looking for the Welsh acts that had these hit records.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Elton, you want the one the fewest of the 100 people knew.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Tim did very well, didn't he?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29He did. Fair play to him. There's something in there that's working.
0:11:29 > 0:11:36- We discovered last time that you're a car salesman. - Not a very good one.- Really?- I try.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- What are your tricks? Any good sales tricks?- It's my charm.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Could you do me a deal? - For you, anything, yeah.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47That is actually on camera.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51- LAUGHTER - That is binding now.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Fantastic, Elton. We'll talk later. Now then, Elton, you have the pick of the board.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- I do. - They're all yours. Tim did well. - I'm hoping I can beat him.- Really?
0:12:01 > 0:12:07He's left you in a very good position. You're on 22. The high scorers are on 89.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13If you can score 66 or less, through you go to Round 2.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18Em, I'm going to go for Road Rage and Catatonia.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Road Rage and Catatonia. Here's your red line.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Get below that and you're through. Let's see if it's right and how many said Catatonia.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Absolutely right.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And you're through. Very well done.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Are you going to beat Tim's score? Yes! 19. Very well done.
0:12:39 > 0:12:4241 your total.
0:12:42 > 0:12:48Well played, Elton. Catatonia, fronted by Cerys Matthews who now DJs on 6 Music.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Lovely Cerys Matthews.- She's great.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- She's lovely. - All right! Get a room.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00What? On my own? Now Jean...
0:13:00 > 0:13:05James has left you with a bit of a mountain to climb.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- Tell me, what do you do? - Before I retired, I was in nursing.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16- And how do you spend your time now? - I like to holiday, cruising. I like travelling.
0:13:16 > 0:13:22I do some voluntary work at our local oncology unit, just to keep in touch with the profession.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27- Very good. And James lives with you now?- He does, yes.- That's nice.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- So you keep James in order. - Well, I try.- Other way round.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Other way round?! That's only because we're here and I can't get at him.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Wait 'til I get him home.- Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- Well, he's left you a job to do. - He has.- You're the high scorers.
0:13:45 > 0:13:51- But I think you'll know a really good answer.- Well, I don't know. I know a couple, I think.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57- I think I'll try Green Door, Shakin' Stevens.- Shakin' Stevens says Jean for Green Door.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Let's see if it's right and how many people said it. There's no red line for you.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It's right.
0:14:08 > 0:14:1040.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Taking your total up to 129.
0:14:15 > 0:14:22That's a good answer, Jean. Well played. The Welsh Elvis. The biggest UK singles artist of the 1980s.
0:14:22 > 0:14:28- The Welvis.- Outsold Michael Jackson in the '80s.- Really?- Yeah.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Thank you very much. Now then, Kira, great news.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- You're through to the next round. - Yay!- The high scorers are Jean and James on 129.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44- Even if you score 100, you're through.- That's a relief! I'm not feeling very confident.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49- Kira, what do you do? - I'm a web developer on a family genealogy website.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- You're not from Scotland. - I'm a Yorkshire lass.- OK.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01- How are you feeling about this board?- The only one I knew is gone, so not very good.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08Goldfinger's been bugging me because I can hear it so clearly in my head, but can't put a name to it
0:15:08 > 0:15:14so I'll have to have a complete guess. I don't think this guy is even Welsh, so...
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I'll just say Cliff Richard for It's a Heartache.
0:15:17 > 0:15:24Cliff Richard for It's A Heartache. OK, there's no red line for you because you're already through.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29So that's a relief. Cliff Richard - is that right? How many people said it if it is?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Ooh, bad luck!
0:15:34 > 0:15:40Cliff Richard, no Welshman he. That scores you 100 points, takes your total to 114,
0:15:40 > 0:15:46- but you're through anyway. Richard?- Not Cliff Richard. I'll give you the answer at the end,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- but you're safely through. - Now then, Sammy.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- Relieved. - Well, I wouldn't be too relieved. You have to score 98 or less.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02I loved the first board. I could have given you 6 out of 7.
0:16:02 > 0:16:08- This board came up and there were only two I could think of. Luckily, one is still there.- OK.
0:16:08 > 0:16:15So I'm quite grateful that Goldfinger I can still say Shirley Bassey.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Shirley Bassey. You've got to hope that this scores 98 or less.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Kira couldn't remember her name, so maybe the 100 might not have.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29There is the red line. Below that, you're through.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Shirley Bassey says Sammy. Is it right? How many said it?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Absolutely right and you're through.
0:16:38 > 0:16:4177. Takes your total up to 107.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Yeah, did what you needed to do there. Let's look at the rest.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52It's A Heartache. Not Cliff Richard. It's Bonnie Tyler.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58Would have scored you 28 points. I Hear You Knocking was number one when I was born. By Dave Edmunds.
0:16:58 > 0:17:04Six points for that. Those Were The Days, Mary Hopkin. 13 points.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09And If I Ruled The World was Harry Secombe. 19 points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11So the best answer, Dave Edmunds.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round, the losing pair with a score of 129 is Jean and James.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'm afraid it's you.
0:17:20 > 0:17:27Oh, James. That was a high score there, wasn't it? Tom Jones. He's such an institution.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And that song has lasted and lasted. Everyone knows it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- There were no others you knew? - Only the two mentioned previous.
0:17:35 > 0:17:42Oh, dear. Bad luck. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Jean and James.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Sadly, at the end of this round another pair will be leaving us.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05Sammy and Charlotte, you were a bit lucky there. Did you think Bassey would do it?
0:18:05 > 0:18:09I thought she'd get less than 98. I was surprised I still had her,
0:18:09 > 0:18:15- but I was going to take a punt on Bonnie Tyler, so I was all right. - Fair enough.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Elton and Tim, very much the low scorers.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22OK, our category for Round 2 is...
0:18:22 > 0:18:27The USA. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?
0:18:27 > 0:18:33And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35OK, our question concerns...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39triple letter US states.
0:18:39 > 0:18:46- Triple letter US states. Richard? - Any US state whose name contains the same letter repeated three times.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51If we were looking for countries, Canada would be an example. Three As.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Any of the US states whose name contains the same letter at least three times. There are 13 in all.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59See if you can get all 13.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Thank you very much, Richard. Oh, this is good.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09We're looking for US states which have at least one letter repeated three times.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Now then, Sammy. There are some easy ones and some less easy ones.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I don't think I could name all 13.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I'm going to go for Tennessee.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Tennessee. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Tennessee.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37There we are. 14.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43I think that's a good score. We'll see. Richard?
0:19:43 > 0:19:50Yeah, four Es in Tennessee. Contains Memphis, birthplace of the blues and rock'n'roll.
0:19:50 > 0:19:57- Kira?- I've got a couple in my head, but I think I know which one I'm going to go for. Alaska.
0:19:57 > 0:20:04Alaska says Kira. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Alaska.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Absolutely right.
0:20:09 > 0:20:1114 our best score so far.
0:20:11 > 0:20:1425 for Alaska.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23Yep, three As in Alaska. Purchased from the Russians in 1867 for two cents an acre.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- Two cents...?- An acre.- Wow.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Now then, Tim.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35We're looking for US states which have at least one letter repeated three times.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I'm going to kick myself because I like anything to do with America.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44I've got two possible answers.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I'm gonna go with...
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Alabama.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58Alabama says Tim. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:21:05 > 0:21:0734.
0:21:10 > 0:21:17Yeah, a pretty big score for Alabama. With all the As, I guess. The Heart of Dixie they call it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19The heart of the southern states.
0:21:19 > 0:21:26OK, we're halfway through. Let's look at the scores. Sammy, very good answer as it turns out. 14.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Lovely low score. I think you and Charlotte can relax a little bit.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Then up to 25 where we find Kira and Alan, then 34 where we find Tim and Elton,
0:21:36 > 0:21:42so, Elton, we need you to answer very shrewdly in this next pass or we may be saying goodbye to you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:48 > 0:21:55OK, now, Elton, you've had a little bit of time to get your thoughts in order. How are you feeling?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I've been struggling with this one. Tim came up with a good one.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03There's only one I can think of and it's the most obvious.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07And that'll be Mississippi.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Mississippi, says Elton. There's no red line for you as you are the high scorers.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Let's see how many people said Mississippi.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It's right.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2148.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25There we are, yes. That is a high score.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- APPLAUSE - That takes your total up to 82.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Yeah, four S's and four I's, but at least it's correct.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36These states can trip people up, so there may still be a 100 to come.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Now then, Alan...
0:22:38 > 0:22:44Elton and Tim are on 82. You're on 25. If you can score 56 or less, you are in the head-to-head.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Quite exciting, now we have that massive jackpot.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50There's two that I'm quite confident about.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54I'm going to go with the one I think will get less and that's Illinois.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Illinois, says Alan. Illinois.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Here is your red line. Below that with Illinois, Round 3.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Let's see if it's right and let's see how many people said Illinois.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13You've done it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19It's a great answer, Alan. Very well done. 5 takes your total up to 30.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21APPLAUSE
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Well played, Alan. You're having a solid show. Illinois, three I's.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama lived in Illinois when they were elected President.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37OK, Charlotte, have you had lots of brilliant answers that everyone else has said?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40I've had some that others have said, yeah.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45One I am fairly sure on, but I don't know if I want to go with it. It's Connecticut.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I'm pretty sure it's spelt Con-NECT-icut.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I think I'm going to go a little bit safer with Massachusetts.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57Massachusetts, says Charlotte. The high scorers are Elton and Tim on 82. You're on 14.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02If you can score 67 or less, you are through to the head-to-head. Below that red line, through you go.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Massachusetts, says Charlotte. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Absolutely right.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12And you're through. Very well done.
0:24:15 > 0:24:167.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20That's a great score. It takes your total up to 21. Very good indeed.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26- Richard?- Four S's and Connecticut would have been an even better answer. It has three C's.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30It would have scored 4 points. It would have been a great answer.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34You've heard seven of the answers. Let's see if we can hear all of them.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The best answer would have been West Virginia. It scored 2 points.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Pennsylvania scored 3, Connecticut scored 4.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Colorado for 5, Illinois for 5.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49New Jersey is also a correct answer. It's got the E's in it. That would have been 6.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Arkansas 10 and Virginia 11.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You've had all 13 there.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with their high score of 82, it's Elton and Tim.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08That was tough. I'm afraid two of the really big scorers there you had. Bad luck.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13But two correct answers. There are only 13 there and you found them, so, you know...
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Think big.- Yeah, you can walk off with your heads held high.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20You're not members of the 200 Club. This is fine.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25It's been great fun having you on the show. Thank you for playing, Elton and Tim!
0:25:25 > 0:25:27APPLAUSE
0:25:27 > 0:25:33But for the two remaining pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44Congratulations, Sammy and Charlotte, Alan and Kira. You are only one round away from the final
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £13,250.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51APPLAUSE
0:25:51 > 0:25:57Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it will be, you now go head-to-head.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03This time, you can confer. The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Sammy and Charlotte, you're our returning pair. Alan and Kira, you're new to Pointless,
0:26:08 > 0:26:14- but neither pair has been here before. How are you feeling?- Happy to be at this stage.- Yeah.- Good.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Here at least, you can share the pain. Or the glory.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Alan and Kira, how are you doing?
0:26:22 > 0:26:28- Again happy to be at this point. - It's very close. On aggregate, there's only 16 points between you.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Good round.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52Yeah, we're going to show you five photographs of famous people whose surnames derive from occupations.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Can you tell us the surnames, please?
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five photos. We have got...
0:27:24 > 0:27:26OK, there we are.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Five famous people whose surnames derive from jobs.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35Sammy and Charlotte, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40- (A is a Prime Minister from the Second World War.- Gladstone?- No.)
0:27:40 > 0:27:42WHISPERING CONTINUES
0:27:42 > 0:27:47Well, one of our answers isn't a job, so that's definitely wrong.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53So we're struggling a little bit. We're going to go for C...
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Sienna Miller.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Sienna Miller, you're going to say for C.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Now then, Alan and Kira, the board is yours. Talk us through it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:07I would love to talk you through it, but unfortunately, I don't know any of the faces.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Kira knew one and that one's gone.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14I think we can have a guess at B.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18This doesn't sound like a job to me, but...
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- Are you happy with us to...? - Go for it.- Sue Barker for B?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Sue Barker.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Sue Barker.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30OK, so we have Miller and we have Barker.
0:28:30 > 0:28:37Sammy and Charlotte, let's see if Miller is right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Miller.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41It's right.
0:28:45 > 0:28:4721.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50APPLAUSE
0:28:50 > 0:28:5521. Alan and Kira have gone for Barker for B.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00Let's see if Barker is right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Barker.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04It's right.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Is it going to beat 21 though, I wonder?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Oh, no, 39. Sorry.
0:29:09 > 0:29:1539 for Barker which means, Sammy and Charlotte, after one question, you are up 1-0. Very well done. Richard?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Yeah, a barker is a tout at a sideshow or a circus.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23Whoever says, "Roll up, roll up," that's a barker. Also another name for a tanner.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Somebody was whispering the answer to A. Who was that?- I said Neville Chamberlain.- That's right.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32It would have been a very good answer. Would have scored 14 points.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36A chamberlain is someone who works in a royal household,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40looking after the affairs of the monarch in different areas.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Now, D is a pointless answer.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47She provides the voice for Bart Simpson on The Simpsons.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49That's Nancy Cartwright.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54I'm sure some people got that at home. Very well done if you did.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59- Do you know what a cartwright makes? - Someone who makes carts. - Yeah.- Makes them "right".
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Another very low scorer for the actor Dominic Cooper.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Would have scored you 3 points.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10A cooper is someone who makes casks and barrels and so on.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- A tough board.- Very tough. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:30:13 > 0:30:20Here comes your second question. Alan and Kira, we need you to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22It concerns...
0:30:23 > 0:30:25The Ryder Cup.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31- Richard?- We'll give you five clues to facts about the Ryder Cup here, all of which are correct as of 2012.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Very best of luck.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Ryder Cup. Here they are. We have got...
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Now then, Alan and Kira, you go first this time.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18I think my dad will disown me after this question.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22(Is the top one St Andrews?)
0:31:23 > 0:31:25(I'm not sure.)
0:31:25 > 0:31:29I think we'll go with the two teams that contest the Ryder Cup
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and say the USA and Europe.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37The USA and Europe, say Alan and Kira for the two teams that contest the Ryder Cup.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42Now then, Sammy and Charlotte, how good are you on your Ryder Cup facts?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Well, my dad is obsessed with golf,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47I mean seriously obsessed.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53And we went to see the Ryder Cup when it was in the Celtic Manor in Newport two years ago.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I play golf.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Talk us through the board, Sammy.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04The Scottish venue, I did not realise it was going to be in Scotland.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09- Would it be St Andrews? - It could be any number of places. They've got a lot of good courses.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16The Northern Irishman I'm assuming was Rory McIlroy, the world number one.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21First name of the man who donated the trophy, I don't know.
0:32:21 > 0:32:27I'd take a punt on the English competitor who holds the record as Nick Faldo.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31But I don't know. I'm going to go for Rory McIlroy, Northern Irishman.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36OK, you'll say Rory McIlroy, the Northern Irishman who was the youngest competitor in 2012.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40So we have Europe and the USA and Rory McIlroy.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Alan and Kira, you need to win this to stay in the game.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Europe and the USA, is it right? How many people said it?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Absolutely right.
0:32:52 > 0:32:5360.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56APPLAUSE
0:32:58 > 0:33:03OK, Sammy and Charlotte, you've said Rory McIlroy, the youngest competitor in 2012.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09It's right. If this beats 60, you're in the final.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Yeah, you are. Very well done.
0:33:11 > 0:33:1330.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16APPLAUSE
0:33:16 > 0:33:23Sammy and Charlotte, very well done. After only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0. Richard?
0:33:23 > 0:33:28Really good teamwork from Sammy and Charlotte. Well played. Let's take a look through the answers.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34The Scottish venue, you did well to avoid it. Gleneagles Hotel will host it in 2014.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Would have scored 16 points.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39The English competitor who holds the record is Nick Faldo.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Played in 11 Ryder Cups and would have scored 11 points.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46And the first name of Mr Ryder who donated the trophy was Samuel.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Well done if you said that at home. You would have scored 4 points.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Alan and Kira.
0:33:55 > 0:34:01But it means you come back to fight another day. Otherwise, we'd be saying goodbye to you.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07It would have been all too brief. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Alan and Kira!
0:34:07 > 0:34:09APPLAUSE
0:34:09 > 0:34:12But for Sammy and Charlotte, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Congratulations, Sammy and Charlotte. You've fought off all the competition
0:34:20 > 0:34:23and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £13,250.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42I tell you what, that first round feels a long time ago now.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46- Duffy, Shirley Bassey... - Hmm.- Still saw you through.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49But after that, you've brushed it all aside
0:34:49 > 0:34:53and a 2-0 clean sweep in the head-to-head.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58- How are you feeling? - To be honest with you, just happy to have got this far.
0:34:58 > 0:35:04The categories have been great for us, so hopefully, there'll be one up on the board there that we can...
0:35:04 > 0:35:09What would you love? What would be a really good category? They're always tough.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- Countries and states.- Brad Pitt films.- Brad Pitt films, yeah.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Do that and you'll go home with that £13,250.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Firstly, you've got to choose a category and here are your five options. They are...
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- There's not another list of five we can have?- Yeah.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40We can do another list(!)
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Of course there's not another list!
0:35:43 > 0:35:48- I don't know. - I used to play basketball, but I wouldn't have a clue.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53It's really tough. I'd go for Music Awards. I think the BRITs, MOBOs...
0:35:53 > 0:35:55OK, let's go for Music Awards.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Yeah, we'll go with Music Awards.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Music Awards it is. Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:04 > 0:36:08to name as many hosts of the BRIT Awards as they could.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13- Richard?- We're looking for anyone credited as the main host of the BRIT Awards since 1977, please.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17It's just the main host, not voiceover or backstage artists.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21When there's been more than one, we'll accept either name.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26Anyone who's been the main host of a BRIT Awards from 1977 through to 2012. Very best of luck.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:30 > 0:36:36and all you need to win that £13,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:36 > 0:36:42- Are you ready?- Yeah.- We're ready. - OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Fearne Cotton?- I don't think she would have presented it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49It's comedians. Peter Kay did it the other day.
0:36:49 > 0:36:54- A few years ago.- Ricky Gervais? - James Corden did it recently. Ricky Gervais hasn't done it.
0:36:54 > 0:37:00- Who would have been about in the '90s like Lenny Henry? - Marcus Brigstocke?- I don't know.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Alexander Armstrong...? Could be.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05LAUGHTER
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Come on, older...
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Graham Norton? Would they get him in? I don't know.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- I think... - So it's not really music-related?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18It's not music-related. I think it's comedians.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Random comedians? - Or maybe presenters.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Who does stuff like...? David Tennant maybe.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Terry Wogan might be right, but it wouldn't be a good answer.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Chris Moyles? Any Radio One DJs?
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- Let's go Chris Moyles, James Corden...- Ten seconds left. - And a random one.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Lenny Henry?
0:37:43 > 0:37:49OK, that's time up. We were looking for hosts of the BRIT Awards. I now need your three answers.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- OK, we're going to go for Chris Moyles.- Chris Moyles.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- Lenny Henry.- Lenny Henry. - And James Corden.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Now, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- I think James Corden.- James Corden? - I'm not 100% sure that's right.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11We'll put him last. Which is your least likely to be pointless?
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- You love Chris Moyles. Has he done it?- I don't know.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21If Lenny Henry has done it, I think people would remember him doing it, so I'll put Lenny Henry least likely.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27OK, Lenny Henry, Chris Moyles, James Corden. Let's pop them up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34OK, so we were looking for hosts of the BRIT Awards.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Lenny Henry, your least confident answer, your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42But if it's right, it could be a brilliant answer.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £13,250.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52So let's see how many people said Lenny Henry. Is it right?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Oh...
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Not Lenny Henry.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Unfortunately, an incorrect answer. Quite a good guess though.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Now, Charlotte, £13,250...
0:39:10 > 0:39:13That's a lot. What would you do with that?
0:39:13 > 0:39:17It would be good for a deposit for another house.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Our house is fairly small and we're thinking of having more children.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23A slightly bigger house would be nice.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Very good. Sammy, anything else?
0:39:26 > 0:39:29I think the same. That would be a big chunk of it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- We'd just splurge a little bit on... - Treats.- Treats.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Gadgets, you know. Fun things probably.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Very good. Best of luck. You have two more answers to win the jackpot.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44We're looking for hosts of the BRIT Awards. Let's hope nobody said Chris Moyles.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48It has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53So, for £13,250, let's see how many people said Chris Moyles.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Oh!
0:39:58 > 0:40:04Bad luck. Another incorrect answer. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09We're looking for hosts of the BRIT Awards. Your third and final answer is James Corden.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11How confident are you?
0:40:11 > 0:40:17I'm not very confident, to be honest with you. I remember him presenting something recently.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23- I think that's plausible.- This was your most confident answer, your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Let's see. It has to be right, then it has to be pointless.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30If it's both of those things, you leave here with £13,250.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35Let's find out. How many people said James Corden? Is it right?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41It's right. Your first answer, Lenny Henry, was incorrect.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Your second answer, Chris Moyles, was incorrect.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47James Corden is right. Down it goes. Still going down.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Oh!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51APPLAUSE
0:40:55 > 0:40:5814. That's a good answer.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03- Too recent. - Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:03 > 0:41:09so you don't win today's jackpot of £13,250, which now rolls over on to the next show.
0:41:09 > 0:41:15You've been brilliant contestants and you do get to take home your Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17APPLAUSE
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Richard?
0:41:18 > 0:41:25That was a valiant effort, Sammy and Charlotte. James Corden was the third highest scorer on the list.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Can you guess by miles who the two highest scorers on the BRIT Award presenters list are?
0:41:29 > 0:41:35- They presented it in 1989 rather disastrously.- Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood. The autocue broke down.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40By a mile. I'll go through some familiar names. None of these are pointless.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45Chris Evans did it many times. He scored 9 points. Russell Brand scored 6.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Ant and Dec scored 5, Cat Deeley 4, Frank Skinner 2, Davina McCall 4,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Zoe Ball 2, Ben Elton 1.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57The veteran DJ David Jacobs was a pointless answer.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Jack Osbourne... You'll be seeing that surname again as well.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Johnny Vaughan presented it in 1999. That's a pointless answer.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11Kelly Osbourne presented it with her brother. Noel Edmonds presented it a few times in the '80s.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Ozzy Osbourne presented it. There'll be another Osbourne to come.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Richard O'Brien, the Crystal Maze presenter. There's Sharon Osbourne.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- In 1983 and 1984, Sir Tim Rice presented it.- We love Tim Rice.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27We do love Tim Rice. Well done if you got a pointless answer at home.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31There's stuff up there you could have got, but you've done so well.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Did you remember any of those?
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Noel Edmonds was an easy guess, but I never would have guessed it was pointless.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- That's what he does. He presents.- Yeah.
0:42:41 > 0:42:47Unfortunately, we say goodbye, Sammy and Charlotte, but thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants!
0:42:47 > 0:42:49APPLAUSE
0:42:49 > 0:42:55Sammy and Charlotte didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:42:55 > 0:42:58when we will be playing for £14,250.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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