0:00:19 > 0:00:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:25 > 0:00:28where the aim is to score as few points as you can.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34To do that, you need to come up with the answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:41- Couple number one.- I'm Philip and this is my friend James. We're from Chippenham.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- Couple number two.- I'm Keith and this is Janice, my mum. We're from sunny Colchester.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- Couple number three.- We're Alan and Pam, husband and wife from Glasgow.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- And our final couple.- I'm Cat. This is my mum Sandra. We're from Windsor.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And these, ladies and gentlemen, are our contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10There's only one person left for me to introduce. Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, William Shakespeare...
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Mr Osman has heard of all of them. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Hiya. Hi, everyone. - APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Good afternoon.- And to you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- And still our huge jackpot. - It's embarrassing.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- It's almost an indecent amount of money now.- Yeah.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- But it'd be lovely to give it away. We've had some close misses.- Yeah.
0:01:33 > 0:01:40Today might be the day. We've got three new pairs. Sandra and Cat were on before. They were good.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44They could provide tough competition for our newbies here.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50One day, it's going to go. Someone will have it. Who will it be? We could be looking at them right now.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Pan across someone to be newly rich right now.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Just so long as you know stuff about everything.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02- That's all you need. - All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew and each time that happens,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14we add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Phil and Elaine didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000
0:02:18 > 0:02:22and today's jackpot starts off at £16,000.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38In this round, I'll take an answer off each of you and there's to be no conferring.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46OK, our first category today is...
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- That's narrowed it down(!) - LAUGHTER
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Richard?- Yeah, I will get more specific if you like.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Zander will show you the names of five mountain ranges.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Tell us the name of any country that any of those mountain ranges pass through,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22so any country that any of the five mountain ranges pass through.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We're going by the Encyclopaedia Britannica website
0:03:25 > 0:03:31and by countries, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN. Very, very best of luck.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37I'll put the name of five mountain ranges on the board. They will stay on the board for the whole round.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Our mountain ranges are as follows...
0:03:45 > 0:03:47I'll read them one last time.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55- James, welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.- Great to have you here. You are from Chippenham?- That's right.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- What do you do? - I'm a teacher in Swindon.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- Ah! What do you teach?- Well, it's called Global Learning at our school.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09- Global Learning?- Yeah.- That's kind of everything.- It's history, a bit of geography and religious studies.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- That covers a broad base. - It does cover a little bit.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- You're a bit scared now, aren't you? - I am, yeah.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- I'm guessing mountains kind of come into Global Learning? - It does a little bit.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- I'd say the range of mountains passes through Global Learning.- Yes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Now, James, when I read them out, did any of those leap out at you?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- Um...a couple. - What's it going to be, James?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36I'd like to go for Peru, please.
0:04:36 > 0:04:43Peru, says James. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Peru.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Absolutely right.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Not bad at all. 33. That'll do.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- Happy with that, Philip? - That's all right. He teaches it every day, but that's OK.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04- 33 for Peru.- Well played, James. You kept your reputation intact. The Andes goes through Peru.- Very good.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Now then, Keith...- Hello.- Welcome. From Colchester?- Yeah.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- What do you do in Colchester? - I run a casino comparison website.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Wow! You set this up yourself, did you?- That's right.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Yeah.- How long have you been doing that for?- Only four or five months.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24I used to work in the exciting world of insurance before I got bored,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28went travelling, and thought, "Why don't I do something different?"
0:05:28 > 0:05:34I've been on a casino comparison comparison website and yours comes out very favourably.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm so glad to hear that.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I went on a casino comparison comparison comparison website
0:05:39 > 0:05:44- and the one you went to is not the best casino comparison comparison website.- Ah...
0:05:44 > 0:05:48It's the fifth best casino comparison comparison website.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51You don't know which casino comparison website to go for,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56but a casino comparison comparison comparison comparison website could be the answer.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02I just set up a casino comparison comparison comparison comparison comparison comparison website
0:06:02 > 0:06:06which, hopefully, will solve all of these problems.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Well, a bit of a gamble! - LAUGHTER AND GROANS
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Keith, have you got a good country, a nice, obscure country?
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- I'm going to say Chile.- Let's see if Chile's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23It's absolutely right.
0:06:27 > 0:06:2821.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- APPLAUSE - Very good. A new low score.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39A very strong answer, Keith. There's about 1,300 volcanoes in Chile.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Pam, what do you do up in Glasgow?
0:06:43 > 0:06:48I've got two kids, but I work at night as a technical help desk adviser.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- How old are your children? - I've got a five-year-old daughter and an 18-month-old son.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55How about your mountains?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I have absolutely no knowledge of mountains at all.
0:06:58 > 0:07:06- You've heard of all these?- No.- We're looking for any country that any of these mountain ranges pass through.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Em...I'm really struggling. My answer was going to be Peru.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I've absolutely no idea.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17I'm going to take a terrible guess and it's going to come up with a big, red cross.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19I'm going to say...Malaysia.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25Let's see if Malaysia is correct and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Malaysia.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- I knew that was going to happen. - Bad luck, Pam.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- I'm afraid none of those mountain ranges go through Malaysia.- Sorry.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- Sorry. None of those five passing through Malaysia.- Thanks, Richard.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Now then, Cat, welcome back to Pointless. Tell us what happened last time.
0:07:46 > 0:07:53- We got knocked out in the first round.- It was a "words ending in" round.- "Words ending in I-N-T".
0:07:53 > 0:07:58- You scored 13. It was a cracking score.- We were really disappointed, but we're back.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03- Remind us what you do, Cat. - I'm a sports science student at Coventry University.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Mountains don't really come into that.- Not in the slightest.
0:08:07 > 0:08:13- Not in the sports, nor the science part of your degree. - Nor the Coventry.- No.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Not at all. Not a single range passes through Coventry.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Coventry? Virtually Holland!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22LAUGHTER
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- How are you feeling about this? - Geography is not my strong point. I got told to drop it at school.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- You were told to drop it? - I wasn't that good at it.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I've got a strong feeling that one of them goes through Nepal.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39OK, let's see if Nepal is correct and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Nepal.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It's right.
0:08:45 > 0:08:4736.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- APPLAUSE - There we are, 36.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Very well done, Cat. Correct answer.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Nepal?- The Himalayas cover 75% of Nepal, in fact.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Nepal is basically Himalaya? - It is largely Himalaya-based, yeah.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Thanks very much. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:04 > 0:09:0921, very much the best score of that pass. Very well done, Keith, with Chile.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Then up to 33 where we find James and Philip, up to 36, Cat and Sandra,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and, oh, Pam, Malaysia!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- Now, Alan, no pressure, but quite a bit of pressure. - Work to be done.- Yeah.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Let's just say that - work to be done. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:30 > 0:09:35We are looking for any countries through which these mountain ranges might pass.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Now then, Sandra...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Yes.- What are your hobbies?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44I love tennis. I can't play it, but I love following it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- You follow it.- Yes, and I love going to watch it live.- Excellent.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54Sandra, I think you're going to do very well. Our best score so far has been Chile on 21.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57I'll be honest. I'm sorry about this, Keith.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03It's disappointing. I'm disappointed we haven't yet had an answer I wasn't particularly sure of.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07I think you're the person to provide that answer, Sandra.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13Cat said the one I was going to and I've got just one other that's going round my head
0:10:13 > 0:10:16that might be obscure and that's Andorra.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22Andorra, says Sandra. Now, you're on 36. The high scorers are Alan and Pam on 100.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28If you can score 63 or less with Andorra, you are in the next round. There's your red line.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33You want to be below that. Let's see. Andorra, is it right? How many people said it?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35It's absolutely right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And you are through to the next round.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45That's a very, very good answer, Sandra. That's what I was after.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49It scores you 8. It takes your total up to 44. Brilliant.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Well done, Sandra. Andorra lies completely within the Pyrenees.
0:10:53 > 0:11:00Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital in Europe. The Pyrenees are older than the Alps.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02They were in the year above them at school(!)
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Wow!
0:11:04 > 0:11:11- Now then, Alan... What do you do, Alan?- I'm a data analyst at a contact centre for a bank.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17- Very good. So you work by day and Pam by night?- Yeah, a kind of tag team.- That is a bit of a tag team.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It's nice of you to see each other on Pointless.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Alan, mountains...- I'm kind of lost, so I'm going to have to take a punt
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- and I'm hoping that Bolivia might be...- Bolivia?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33Bolivia, says Alan. You're very much the high scorers on 100 points.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Your nearest rivals are Sandra and Cat on 44.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41Let's see if Bolivia is right and how many people said it. No red line for you as you are the high scorers.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Absolutely right.
0:11:46 > 0:11:498 has been our lowest score so far.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Oh, you've beaten that - 7.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Well done, Alan. That's a great score.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57APPLAUSE
0:11:57 > 0:12:02Is it going to be enough to save you? Your score is now 107. Richard?
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Well played, Alan. The capital, La Paz, in Bolivia is in the Andes.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10That's more than 9,000 feet higher than Andorra la Vella in Europe.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- That's a proper high capital. - That is high.- It's over 12,000 feet above sea level.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Yeah. There you are.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Now, Janice...- Hello.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- What do you do?- I temp. - You temp?- I'm a temp, yes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- What do you like to get up to in your spare time? - I like to read and listen to music.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33How is your mountain range knowledge? How comfortable are you feeling in this round?
0:12:33 > 0:12:39I'm not too sure. There's one I know for definite, but I don't know whether to take a punt.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Well, Keith did very well. He was the low scorer in the first pass.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I'm going to say...Laos.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Laos. OK, the high scorers on 107 are Alan and Pam.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56If you can score 85 or less with Laos, you are through to the next round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59There is your red line. Below it, you are through.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Is Laos right? How many people said Laos?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Bad luck. Bad luck. I'm afraid Laos is an incorrect answer, Janice.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 121.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19- Richard?- Sorry, Janice. Laos is in the right neck of the woods, but none of those five pass through it.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25- Now, Philip, what do you do? - I'm training to be an accountant in London.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Enjoying it? - I don't enjoy the long hours.- No.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- It's hard work. - It is hard work.- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Very good. Now, time to shine here, Philip...
0:13:37 > 0:13:42The only way I get geography questions right is through sport and football
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and knowing where countries are near each other,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49so when I heard Andorra, I know that's near Spain.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Has Spain got a mountain range? I'm not sure.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56I'll go with a European country that I know has mountains. That would be Switzerland.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01The high scorers on 121 are Janice and Keith. You're on 33. Good answer from James there.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04If you can score 87 or less, you're through.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08You think Switzerland. Let's have a shot at that then.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14Here is your red line. Below that and you are through. Does Switzerland have any of these?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Let's find out.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Alps.
0:14:19 > 0:14:26- It's the Alps, isn't it? Yeah. - I'm afraid that's incorrect and that scores you 100 points.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33- It takes your total up to 133, Philip.- Sorry, Philip. You should have trusted your sports knowledge.
0:14:33 > 0:14:40Andorra's between Spain and France. Both of those were acceptable and would have seen you through.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45There's no pointless answers at all so very well done to our 100.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Let's look at the lowest answers.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54Canada would have scored you two. The Cascade mountains are in Canada and go down into the USA.
0:14:54 > 0:15:01Bhutan would have scored two for the Himalayas and Algeria three for the Atlas mountains.
0:15:01 > 0:15:08Let's look at the top three. Nepal is the third answer, but you were safely through.
0:15:08 > 0:15:1236 points. India would have scored you 40 points.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19And right up the top, France. 75 points - a big score, but would have seen you through.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So the pair who will be leaving us with a high score of 133
0:15:25 > 0:15:30is Philip and James. Bad luck, Philip. I thought you were home and dry.
0:15:30 > 0:15:37We'll see you again next time. Meantime, thank you for playing. Philip and James!
0:15:38 > 0:15:43But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53Sadly, at the end of this round another pair will be leaving us.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Very best of luck. Our category for Round 2 is...
0:15:56 > 0:16:03fictional characters. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who is going second?
0:16:03 > 0:16:07And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:12 > 0:16:17fictional private eyes, secret agents and spies. Richard?
0:16:17 > 0:16:22On each pass we'll show you six fictional private eyes, secret agents and spies.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26You have to tell us in which movie, TV show or book they first appear.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32A nice obscure answer scores fewer points. As always, an incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35There's going to be 12 in all. Best of luck.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41Thanks. So we want the book, film or TV show in which these characters first appeared
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- and we have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I'll read those one last time.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04There we are. Six secret agents, spies and private eyes.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- Janice, what do you make of that list?- Em, I think I know one.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- That's all you need! - Yeah. Hopefully, it's right.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It's John Steed with The Avengers.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22The Avengers for John Steed. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25It's right.
0:17:27 > 0:17:2855.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35- 55, Richard. - Played by Patrick Macnee, of course.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Pam.
0:17:37 > 0:17:44I think Ethan Hunt is who Tom Cruise played in Mission: Impossible.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Very well done. 55 our best score so far.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Down you go, brilliant.
0:17:57 > 0:17:5920.
0:17:59 > 0:18:0420 for Mission: Impossible. Well played, Pam.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10Well played, Pam. More like it. That's the Tom Cruise character. The first film, Brian De Palma directed.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16Now then, Sandra. You are the last with this board, so you can talk us through it.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20There's two I think I know, two I definitely don't.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26- I think I know Vesper Lynd and Agent K.- Fill in the blanks then say which one you want.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31I think Vesper Lynd is Casino Royale and Agent K is Men In Black.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I'm going to say Casino Royale.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40Casino Royale for Vesper Lynd. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Absolutely right. 20 the best score so far.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Oh, down it goes. Very well done!
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Three, Sandra!
0:18:55 > 0:19:00There we are. Consistent low scoring from that last podium. Three, Sandra. Brilliant.
0:19:00 > 0:19:07Terrific answer. Well done. Played by Ursula Andress in the original Casino Royale, then Eva Green.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11You were right about Agent K as well. It's Men In Black.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17Played by Tommy Lee Jones. 10 points. A role that was supposed to go to Clint Eastwood.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Adam Carter, that's a British TV one. Rupert Penry-Jones.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Oh, Spooks.- Spooks. Absolutely. That would have scored two points.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32And Harry Tasker is the best answer. Played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies. Well done with that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38Thanks very much. OK, let's look at the scores, halfway through.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Sandra and Cat look extremely strong. Lovely low score of 3.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Up to 20 for Pam and Alan.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Then a bit of a climb up to 55. Janice and Keith a little exposed.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Keith, you'll have to find a great answer on the next board.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03OK, we're going to put six more characters on the board.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29There we are. Six spies, private eyes and secret agents.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- Now then, Cat, how are you feeling about this board?- Not good.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Well, thanks to your mother's brilliant answering, you have a safety margin.
0:20:40 > 0:20:47The high scorers are Keith and Janice. If you can score 51 or less, you are comfortably through.
0:20:49 > 0:20:55The only one I recognise is Jack Bauer and I can't think what he's in.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I'm going to have a go at...
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Silent Witness.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Cat is saying Silent Witness for Jack Bauer. Silent Witness.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Here is your red line. Quite nice and high-ish.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Get below that, you're through. Silent Witness. Is that right?
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Oh, bad luck, Cat.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22I'm afraid that's incorrect and scores the maximum 100 points.
0:21:22 > 0:21:29- Takes your total to 103.- Sorry, Cat, but it might not be the last 100. I'll give the answer at the end.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Now then, Alan, the high scorers are now Cat and Sandra on 103. You're on 20.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39So a score of 82 or less and you are through. How are you feeling?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43There's one I definitely know and one I think I know,
0:21:43 > 0:21:48but I'm not 100% positive on. We might have enough of a leeway
0:21:48 > 0:21:52for me to go with Jack Bauer being in 24.
0:21:52 > 0:21:5424 you're saying.
0:21:55 > 0:22:01OK, there is your red line. Below that you are through. 24 for Jack Bauer. Is it right?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Well done, you've done it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Surprisingly low.
0:22:09 > 0:22:1324 scores you 37 and takes your total to 57.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20Good answer. Very good team performance. Jack Bauer played by Kiefer Sutherland.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25- So, Keith...- Yes.- A little bit of pressure off you now.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Well...- You're on 55. The high scorers are on 103.
0:22:29 > 0:22:36- If you can score 47 or less, you're through.- It would be if I knew any answers.- Ah.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40We might end up in a bit of trouble. The only one I knew was Jack Bauer.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44So I'll have to take an absolute punt.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Oh, Cat and Sandra...!
0:22:48 > 0:22:53I don't know. I think I'm going to go with... George Smiley, James Bond.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59George Smiley, James Bond says Keith. Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03George Smiley. Is that in James Bond?
0:23:05 > 0:23:12Oh, bad luck, Keith! An incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes you to 155.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18- Richard?- Yeah, sorry, Keith. George Smiley is the John Le Carre character,
0:23:18 > 0:23:24but which book did he first appear in is very tough. A pointless answer.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Everyone knows the character, but what was the first book?
0:23:28 > 0:23:34- Smiley's People?- It wasn't. It was written while John Le Carre worked for British Intelligence.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39It's Call For The Dead. Very well done if you got that. A pointless answer.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Maxwell Smart, he was in Get Smart. It would have scored you 12 points.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51- Xander Cage. Do you know that? - We used to have one on this show. - It was very useful.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- Yeah...I don't mourn it. - LAUGHTER
0:23:55 > 0:24:00You're much better behaved now. Xander Cage is played by Vin Diesel in XXX.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Would have scored you five points.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Billy Costigan? Another tough one.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11That's from Martin Scorsese's The Departed, the Oscar-winning movie, and would have scored one.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16- And Jill Munroe was Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels.- Yes.
0:24:16 > 0:24:22- Four points.- Thank you.- Tough board. - A really tough board. Nothing over 37.
0:24:22 > 0:24:30- If anyone got all six of those, I doff my spy/secret agent/private eye hat to you.- Thanks, Richard.
0:24:30 > 0:24:37At the end of Round 2, our losing pair with a high score of 155 is Keith and Janice.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39That was a really tough board.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44The only nice, easy one was Jack Bauer. And it wasn't THAT easy, Cat.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- No, it wasn't.- Not that easy, no.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52And once he'd gone, it was very testing indeed.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58As soon as I saw that board, I thought, "It's curtains for us." Never mind.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- We will see you again next time. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, Keith and Janice.- Thank you.
0:25:05 > 0:25:12But for the two remaining pairs, they're one step closer to the final and that mahoosive jackpot
0:25:12 > 0:25:14as we enter the Head to Head.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Congratulations, Sandra and Cat, Pam and Alan. You are now only one round away from the final
0:25:24 > 0:25:28and the chance to play for that jackpot of £16,000.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Now only one pair can play for that. To decide which pair, you now go head to head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:43This time you're allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Anything can happen. Let's play the Head to Head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:58OK, here is your first question. And it concerns...famous UK buildings and structures.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03- Richard?- We'll show you five pictures of famous buildings and structures in the UK.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Can you identify the most obscure? Good luck.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11OK, let's reveal our five pictures of famous buildings and structures.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30There we are. Five famous buildings or structures in the UK.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Sandra and Cat, you've played best so you get to go first.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36THEY CONFER
0:26:43 > 0:26:44OK.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47We know a couple of them,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52but we think the one we'll go for is E, which we think is the Liver Building.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56The Liver Building. OK, Pam and Alan.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01- Also we know a couple of them. - You can talk us through the board.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06A I believe to be the Gherkin. D, is that the Eden Project, possibly?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10B, a cathedral of some sort, possibly York Minster,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13but I'll go for C. Hampden Park, Glasgow.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16C. Hampden Park in Glasgow.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21So Sandra and Cat have said the Liver Building for E.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Absolutely right.
0:27:32 > 0:27:3424.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Not bad at all. 24 for the Liver Building.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Pam and Alan have gone for Hampden Park for C.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51It's right.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Very well done! You've done it. Four for Hampden Park.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06Very well done. That means after one question, Pam and Alan, you are up one-nil. Richard?
0:28:06 > 0:28:11That fell very nicely. The Royal Liver Building also a good answer.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Let's take a look at the rest. You've taken us through all of them, Alan. A is the Gherkin.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20That was a big scorer, though. 54.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23B, you're quite right, was York Minster.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27That would have scored you 7. Very good answer.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31And D is the Eden Project, which scored 49.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35So actually Hampden Park is the best answer on the board.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42Thanks very much. Here comes your second question. Sandra and Cat, you have to win to stay in the game.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47It concerns... medieval England.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52- Medieval England.- Simply five clues to five facts about medieval England. Very best of luck.
0:28:52 > 0:28:59- OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about medieval England. - HE READS THE LIST
0:29:10 > 0:29:13I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Now then, Pam and Alan, you go first.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35I don't know. What do you think? Can you think of a better one?
0:29:35 > 0:29:41We're not too sure about too many of them. The only two sticking out...
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- The figure from folklore who robbed from the rich - Robin Hood.- No!
0:29:45 > 0:29:52- Sorry.- I have to accept that, I'm afraid. So Robin Hood, the figure from folklore.
0:29:52 > 0:29:59- Sandra and Cat, talk us through the board.- We haven't got a clue about the poem, so discount that.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Em, Battle of Hastings, we're pretty sure was 1066.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07And I think the king was William the Conqueror,
0:30:07 > 0:30:12but we'll go for the one at the top. The French peasant girl, Joan of Arc.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16OK, we have Robin Hood and Joan of Arc. Pam and Alan said Robin Hood.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23It's right. Oh!
0:30:23 > 0:30:28There's a big score. Sandra and Cat, that's what you have to beat with Joan of Arc.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Let's see if you can do it.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35You've done it! Back in the game.
0:30:35 > 0:30:3752.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43So after two questions, it's one-all.
0:30:43 > 0:30:50- The year of the Battle of Hastings is the sort of thing everyone should know.- I would have thought.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- So what do you think the score is? - Well, it's going to be extraordinary.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01Either extraordinarily high, in which case 99, or it will be 47.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04OK, well, I have to say it's quite good news.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09- 95 that would have scored you. So that is encouraging.- It is.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13That is quite good. The first Norman King of England was William.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16It was a better score. 37 points.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- And the medieval poem is... - Beowulf.- Absolutely right.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- That's the best answer. 16 points. - OK, well done, both pairs.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29You are absolutely even right now. This third question is the decider.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for £16,000.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37OK, it concerns... BBC Breakfast presenters. Richard?
0:31:37 > 0:31:41We'll show you five current BBC Breakfast presenters.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47Weather, sports... We're just giving you the first two letters of both of their names. Fill in the blanks,
0:31:47 > 0:31:53- and pick the most obscure. - OK, let's reveal our presenters.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Now, Sandra and Cat, you go first again.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- We don't watch breakfast TV! - I do.- OK, if you do...
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Go on, you say.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Em, right, well, we think we know two of them,
0:32:33 > 0:32:38- but we're going to go with... Susanna? Suzanne?- Susanna, yeah.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Susanna Reid.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Susanna Reid. Susanna Reid, say Sandra and Cat.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49- Now then, Pam and Alan, can you fill in the missing presenters?- No.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Em...
0:32:50 > 0:32:52LAUGHTER
0:32:52 > 0:32:56To be honest, I'm not really familiar with any of them.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02I'm going to have a punt again at the third one being Bill Turnbull.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Bill Turnbull. OK, Bill Turnbull you are saying.
0:33:06 > 0:33:12Susanna Reid, Bill Turnbull. This to decide... Neither of you is very confident!
0:33:12 > 0:33:17This is to decide who plays for that £16,000 jackpot. A lot rides on it.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22Sandra and Cat, you have said Susanna Reid. Is it right? How many said it?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26It's right.
0:33:29 > 0:33:3125.
0:33:35 > 0:33:42Now then, Pam and Alan, you said Bill Turnbull. Is that right and how many said it? 25 to beat.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46It's right.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Ooh, 33!
0:33:54 > 0:34:01Very well done, Sandra and Cat. That means after three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Very well done.- Oh, that was close. They've both been on the show.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- Bill Turnbull won the jackpot. - He certainly did.- He did very well.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Someone else who has been on is Louise Minchin.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17She would have scored 11 points.
0:34:17 > 0:34:22One of the sports presenters on BBC Breakfast is Mike Bushell.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24That would have scored you 7.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30And the best answer on the board is the financial journalist Naga Munchetty.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- That would have scored you 3. - Thank you, Richard.
0:34:34 > 0:34:40So the losing pair, I'm afraid, it's Pam and Alan. You've come right through it.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44That was so close, a proper fight we had there.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49We'll see you again next time, though. Thanks for playing, Pam and Alan!
0:34:51 > 0:34:55But for Sandra and Cat, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:58 > 0:35:04Congratulations, Sandra and Cat. You fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:09 > 0:35:15You can now win our Pointless jackpot, which at the end of today's show stands at £16,000.
0:35:18 > 0:35:26You were so unlucky last time. You were out in Round One, but with a very low score of 13.
0:35:26 > 0:35:32I mean, really unlucky. But you've come back and delivered so very well done.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer. Do that and you leave with £16,000.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Firstly, choose a category. Here are your five options.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46HE READS THE LIST
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- I'm not confident of any of those! - The bottom two.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Which one? You choose. You'll be stronger on either of them.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- No pressure(!)- No pressure!
0:36:02 > 0:36:07- Sports awards? Yeah, we'll go for sports awards. - OK, let's see what the question is.
0:36:07 > 0:36:14We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year
0:36:14 > 0:36:17as they could. Richard?
0:36:17 > 0:36:25We're looking for any sportsman who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award from 1954 to 2011.
0:36:25 > 0:36:30- Very best of luck. - OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35All you need to win that £16,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:36:35 > 0:36:42- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yeah. - OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48- How many from the 1980s do you remember?- I don't know. Michael Owen is the first one to come to mind.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- Michael Owen.- Chris Hoy's too recent.- Yeah, too recent.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57- In the '90s.- There's got to be some other footballers in there.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Alan Shearer?
0:36:59 > 0:37:05- Did he win it?- Possibly. - Or motor racing. James Hunt. - James Hunt?- Could be one.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- OK.- Yeah? - Are there any more you can think of?
0:37:08 > 0:37:12There can't be any tennis ones. We haven't been that good.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- Tom Daley hasn't won it, has he? - No, he's won the junior one.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- OK. I think we've got to go with Michael Owen.- Yeah, Michael Owen.
0:37:24 > 0:37:31- Alan Shearer.- Alan Shearer.- And that motor racing one.- James Hunt? - Yeah. I haven't heard of him.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3310 seconds left.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- Who would you take out? - Shearer, probably.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Take out Shearer?- Oh... - Go with those three.- James Hunt?
0:37:41 > 0:37:47OK. Your time is up. We wanted male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- I now need your three answers. - OK, Michael Owen.- Michael Owen.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- Alan Shearer.- Alan Shearer. - And James Hunt.- James Hunt.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01- Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?- The last one. - James Hunt.- We'll put him last.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- Which is least likely? - Michael Owen.- We'll put him first.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Let's pop those up in that order.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17We were looking for male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22Your first answer was Michael Owen, your least confident shot.
0:38:22 > 0:38:28You only need to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £16,000, so...
0:38:28 > 0:38:35- Let's see. Michael Owen. You're pretty sure this is right. - We just don't think it's pointless.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Let's see how many people said Michael Owen.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Well, it is right.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46Down it goes through the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s...
0:38:46 > 0:38:51Into the 20s. Into the teens. Single figures. Going down...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Four! Wow!
0:38:55 > 0:38:56Wow.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Four people out of 100 said Michael Owen.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07And that was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.
0:39:07 > 0:39:13- But we're not confident that those two won it. - Who cares? This is exciting!
0:39:13 > 0:39:19Not a pointless answer, but this is exciting. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot,
0:39:19 > 0:39:26- which, need I remind you, is £16,000. Sandra, what would you do if you won?- Treat the whole family
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- and have a wonderful holiday somewhere hot.- Cat?
0:39:29 > 0:39:36- I'd definitely put some towards my wedding. I recently got engaged. - Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- That'll pay for a few things. - I think it probably might.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46We're looking for male winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Now Alan Shearer.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- It's a good punt. - Yeah.- Hope so.- Hope so.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Let's find out. It has to be right and pointless.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57For £16,000, let's see how many people said Alan Shearer.
0:40:02 > 0:40:08- Bad luck. An incorrect answer. So everything is riding on James Hunt.- That was your answer.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13- I know. If it goes wrong, it's my fault.- Yeah.- And if it goes right...
0:40:13 > 0:40:18- maybe you'll split the winnings a bit more heavily towards Sandra?- Yeah.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23OK, your final answer. Male winners of Sports Personality of the Year.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29Your third and final answer was James Hunt. It felt more pointless.
0:40:29 > 0:40:34I remember there being a really exciting end to the F1 season when he won it.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- It was a big hoo-ha. - I've never heard of him.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- It just seems to stick in my mind. - OK, there we are.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47To win that jackpot of £16,000, this has to be pointless.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51James Hunt. Is it right? How many people said it? Good luck.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Ohh! Bad luck.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Well, unfortunately, you didn't find that vital pointless answer,
0:41:05 > 0:41:12so you don't win today's jackpot of £16,000, which rolls over, but you've been brilliant contestants
0:41:12 > 0:41:17and you do take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26James Hunt came second in Sports Personality of the Year in 1976 when he won that world title.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31He came second to a pointless answer, figure skater John Curry.
0:41:31 > 0:41:38That was a pointless answer and would have won you the money. Sterling Moss would have scored one.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42- Oh, no.- Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:42 > 0:41:48Brendan Foster, the 5,000m and 10,000m runner. He was a pointless answer.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53Christopher Chataway won the first in 1954. He beat Roger Bannister
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- in the year Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile.- Amazing.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Dai Rees, the golfer. He won one of the early ones.
0:42:00 > 0:42:07David Broome, the show jumper, David Hemery, who won the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Olympics.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Gordon Pirie, the long distance runner, from 1955.
0:42:12 > 0:42:18Jim Laker won in the year he took all 10 wickets in a Test innings. There's John Curry.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Another motor racer in cars and on bikes, John Surtees.
0:42:23 > 0:42:30Also the Scottish swimmer Ian Black and Tom Simpson, the cyclist. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, but it's been great. Thank you for playing.
0:42:40 > 0:42:47Sandra and Cat didn't win our jackpot, which rolls over and we'll be playing for £17,000.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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