0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:31the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38- Couple number one. - I'm Brian, this is Di. We're from Hereford.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43We've been married for 33 years, despite my performance on the last show.
0:00:43 > 0:00:51- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Delia. This is my work colleague, Mark. I'm from Belfast, he's from Newtownards.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Rob. This is my girlfriend, Connie. We're from Middlesbrough.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And our fourth and final couple.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm Tom from London. This is my dad, Richard.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Only one person left for me to introduce. The only person who'd be happy to fade into obscurity.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon. - Are you all right?- Yeah. - You seem in a happy mood.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- There was a weariness to you then. - To me? I'm not weary.
0:01:29 > 0:01:35- You're not weary.- I'm fine. My meds are just kicking in. I am going to be just fine.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Should be another good show. We've got two returning pairs.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- Neither of them covered themselves in glory last time.- No.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50- But that's why we have people back twice.- That's right. - We'll see how we go today.
0:01:50 > 0:01:57All our questions have been put to 100 people. Our contestants want the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Everyone's looking for a pointless answer that none of them gave. Each time that happens,
0:02:02 > 0:02:08we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot. Sarah and Joanna didn't win it last time, so we add another £1,000
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35Our first category for today is... Literature. There we are.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Connie's thrilled with that(!)
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Literature. Can you all decide who's going first and who's second?
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49OK, and our question concerns...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Novels with a name in their titles.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Novels with a name in their titles. Richard?
0:02:55 > 0:03:00On each pass, we'll show you names of seven novels, minus a word.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04That word is a personal first name. Can you fill in the gaps, please?
0:03:04 > 0:03:09The more obscure, the fewer points. An incorrect answer is 100 points.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15- 14 gaps in all to fill at home. Good luck.- OK, we want the names that complete these novel titles.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Here is our first board and we've got...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21HE READS THE LIST
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I'm going to say blank from now on!
0:03:48 > 0:03:55There we are. Brian, welcome back to Pointless. Everyone gets two chances, as Richard said.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- Brian, how are you feeling about this?- Well, I'm confident of three.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03So I'm going to go for...
0:04:03 > 0:04:09- Jude the Obscure. - Jude the Obscure, says Brian. Jude. Let's see if that's right
0:04:09 > 0:04:13and, if it is, how many said Jude.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Absolutely right.
0:04:20 > 0:04:2227!
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- Not as obscure as it might be, but not a bad score 27. - Well done, Brian.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32That can put the nerves to rest. The last of Thomas Hardy's novels.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Delia.- Hi.- Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40- What do you do?- I work at a local bank back home.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46- And what do you get up to in your spare time?- A lot of my spare time is with my two young daughters.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52- I take them Irish dancing.- Wow. - So I sort of socialise through their activities.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58- How seriously do they take that? - They regularly compete as well, so they enjoy that.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- It's a massive scene, isn't it? - It is, yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Obviously you're going to speak as a mother, but how good are they? Quite good?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09They're very good, yes, in their own wee way.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14LAUGHTER
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Quite good, I'm working out. - In their own wee way.- Yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Excellent. If you're watching, hi!
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- I like to think you're quite good in your own wee way. - LAUGHTER
0:05:27 > 0:05:34- That's better than you said last time.- I'm phrasing it differently, certainly.- Now then, Delia,
0:05:34 > 0:05:40how confident, in your own wee way, are you feeling about this board behind you?
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Not very. I know two, but I think they're pretty obvious.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49So I'm going to have to go for one of those.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51OK.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56- So I'm going to go for Charlotte's Web. - Charlotte's Web, says Delia.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Let's see if that's right and how many people said Charlotte.
0:06:06 > 0:06:0853!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Not bad.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Well done, Delia. Written by EB White, of course.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Now then, Connie, welcome to Pointless. Where are you from?
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- Originally from Inverness. - But Middlesbrough now.- Yes. - And what do you do?
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- I'm an assistant psychologist. - An assistant psychologist?- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- You're fully qualified? - I've done my undergraduate degree, not my post-grad.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- But then you'll be fully-fledged. - That's the idea.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- Very good. Lovely to have you here. How are you feeling about literature?- Not great.
0:06:45 > 0:06:52I also knew two - the one Delia said and one other. I could guess, but Rob might kill me if I did.
0:06:52 > 0:06:58- So I'm going to have to go safe and say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.- Charlie.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's right.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Our highest score so far - 77.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Well, it all hangs in the balance. It depends what Richard knows.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20- You might have taken the only answer he knew. Richard...- A pretty big score, but better than 100.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27He followed it with Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. And he'd started to write another one,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- but only finished one chapter. - Got bored?- Yeah.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Richard...
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Welcome back to the show.- Thank you. - What happened with you last time?
0:07:38 > 0:07:43We got to the Head to Head, but we lost on bones.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Yes! That's right. You lost on bones.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- We had coccyx.- That's it. - Which was quite a high scorer.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- We got beaten by a kneecap. - That's right.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00You got kneecapped. There we go. Richard, remind us what you do.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- I'm a retired purchasing manager. - Remind us what you like to get up to.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11- I play a lot of bowls.- What kind? - Flat green bowls.- Flat green bowls. - Absolutely, yes.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13We've had other bowlers on the show.
0:08:13 > 0:08:20It's almost always normal bowls and you ask what sort and everyone quite rightly goes, "Well, bowls."
0:08:20 > 0:08:25- Really?- Yeah.- I'm sure we had one who bowls on the show...
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Well, there's crown green, which is a more northern thing.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35- There's mat bowls or something? - He was a contestant. Matt Bowles. - That's right.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38And his wife Elaine.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41There we are. Richard, thank you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44And Richard, thank you very much.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48So we want the names that complete the titles of these books.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53I think I've been lucky this time. And I think it's Lucky Jim.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59Lucky Jim, says Richard. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Jim.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Absolutely right. 27's our best score.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10And you go through that. 26! Very well done.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Well played, Richard. Good answer.
0:09:14 > 0:09:21The adventures of Jim Dixon, Dixon coming from Philip Larkin's old address. He helped with it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Let's look at the rest of them.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29You're very good at books. Down the bottom, Peter Carey wrote Oscar and...?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Lucinda.- Absolutely right.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Would have scored 7 points.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Margaret Atwood wrote Alias...?
0:09:38 > 0:09:43- Grace?- No, it's Alias Bernard. I'm so sorry. No, it is Alias Grace.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44LAUGHTER
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Well done. Three points. And the best answer on the board, Virginia Woolf.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55- Virginia Woolf... - It's Jacob's Room. Two points. Very well done if you said that.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Thank you. We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05The best score of the round, 26. Well done. Richard and Tom looking pretty good on the back of that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Then 27 for Brian and Di,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12up to 53, Delia and Mark, and Connie and Rob on 77.
0:10:12 > 0:10:20So, Rob, you're not miles in front, but some good answering from you will be helpful in the next pass.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29OK, we'll put seven more novels on the board. We have got...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31HE READS THE LIST
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I'll read those all again.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03We are looking for the names that complete the titles.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10Tom, you want the one the fewest knew. You're on a lovely low score there thanks to Lucky Jim.
0:11:10 > 0:11:17You've got a little bit of a margin, a comfort zone of about 50 points between you and the high scorers.
0:11:17 > 0:11:24- Tom, remind us what you do. - I'm online project manager for a media company.- And your hobbies?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29I play a lot of golf and also I like languages. I'm currently learning Mandarin.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34- How long have you been learning Mandarin?- About 18 months.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- How far are you from being able to speak it?- I can...- Fluently.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44- When people stick to the script. - OK. A lot of it is in inflection, isn't it?
0:11:44 > 0:11:49- Yes. I could introduce Pointless. - That's exactly what I want you to do.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:11:53 > 0:11:55APPLAUSE
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- That is an eerie vision of the future, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:12:03 > 0:12:09- Now, Tom, you have the pick of the board.- Right. It's not an amazing subject for me.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Well done, Dad.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15I'm going to go with Austen and say Emma.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Emma, says Tom for the Jane Austen novel. There is your red line.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Get below that and you're through. Will Emma get you down there?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Very well done.
0:12:32 > 0:12:3431!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- 57 is your total. You're through. - Safe and sound.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46- She earned less than £40 from that book during her lifetime, Jane Austen.- Really?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Yeah.- Who was her agent? - LAUGHTER
0:12:49 > 0:12:55- Well, quite.- Rob, welcome. Also from Middlesbrough.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Yep.- What do you do, Rob?- I'm an assistant psychologist as well!
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- No! Not to the same psychologist? - No.- That would be weird.
0:13:03 > 0:13:10- Yeah.- So are you in the same year, then?- It's kind of more like an internship.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Oh, I see, right. Very good. And do you manage not to talk about psychology?
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- Yeah. We try not to talk about it outside of work.- Quite right.
0:13:20 > 0:13:27- What do you like to get up to? - I play a lot of sport. I play football and tennis regularly.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Excellent. Good stuff. How are you feeling about this category?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Not confident at all. I knew a couple on the last board.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41The only one I knew from this one's been taken, so I'll have to have a complete guess.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I'm going to go with Tom's Choice.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Tom's Choice. Styron, Tom's Choice.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51You're the high scorers, so there's no red line.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Tom's Choice. Let's see if it's right and how far down it takes you.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, scoring 100 points and taking your total up
0:14:05 > 0:14:12- to an unbeatable 177. I'm sorry. - Tom's Choice was Emma. Remember? It scored 31.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15LAUGHTER
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Mark, welcome! Now did you say you were a work colleague of Delia's?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Yes.- So you also work in a bank.- Yes.- In Belfast.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29And what are your hobbies, Mark?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- I don't really have any hobbies. - LAUGHTER
0:14:33 > 0:14:39No, that's not true. Well, I enjoy going to the cinema, the theatre, music, reading.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42And I have two daughters as well.
0:14:42 > 0:14:49- Don't tell me they're also into Irish dancing.- No, they're Guides and hockey and swimming
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- and trampolining.- Trampolining?- Yes. - In a sort of competitive way or just...?
0:14:54 > 0:15:01- Just for fun.- Oh, that's good! Now then, Mark, how are you feeling about this subject?
0:15:01 > 0:15:06Em, well, actually the one that Rob said was the one I was going to go for.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11- Don't tell me you were going to go for Tom's Choice.- No.
0:15:11 > 0:15:17- It's one of my favourite films, so I'm hoping it's Sophie's Choice. - Sophie's Choice. Di and Brian nod.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21You're through to the next round whatever, but let's see.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Is it right? How many said it?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Absolutely right.
0:15:31 > 0:15:3337.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Taking your total up to 90.
0:15:36 > 0:15:43Well played, Mark. As you say, a famous film. Meryl Streep won a Best Actress Oscar for it.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48Now then, Di, that's a relief, isn't it? It's always nice to know you're through.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53The pressure's slightly taken off. Remind us what happened last time.
0:15:53 > 0:16:00- The question was on pop. I only knew one.- A high scorer. - It was Elvis. Everybody knows Elvis.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04I'm not very good at pop. Hopefully it won't come up again.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08If you wanted, you could take us through this whole board.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12I think it's I, Claudius. Master I'm not sure.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I'm sure it's not Master Baker.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19The...Papers. Anne of Green Gables.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- I think I'll go for Anne of Green Gables.- Anne of Green Gables.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Let's see if it's right and how many said it. You're already through.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Absolutely right.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37- 66.- I knew. - Not bad at all. Takes your total up to 93.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42That's all you had to do there, Di. You were right about I, Claudius,
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Robert Graves. It would have scored you 25 points.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52The...Papers. That's Martin Amis, Kingsley Amis's son.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- Rachel.- The Rachel Papers. It would have scored 3.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Down at the bottom. Lord...
0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Jim.- It's another Jim. Absolutely right. 10 points.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07And a Booker Prize winner, posthumously, for Beryl Bainbridge.
0:17:07 > 0:17:14Master Georgie. It would have scored one point. The best answer. Very well done if you said that.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20Thank you. At the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us, with their high score of 177,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24are Rob and Connie. Well, yes, Tom's Choice.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31- The minute you heard Sophie's Choice, did that...?- No.- That didn't ring a bell.- I didn't know any.
0:17:31 > 0:17:38OK, well, that's a relief in some ways. We've hardly seen you. It's ridiculous to be saying goodbye,
0:17:38 > 0:17:44but we'll see you again next time. Thanks very much for playing meantime. Rob and Connie.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59Sadly, at the end of this round we say goodbye to another pair. You all did pretty well, though.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05No dazzling answers, but no wrong answers. Di and Brian, through to the second round.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11- How's it feeling?- Good.- You can relax a little bit now. One round away from being able to confer!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Cricket.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Cricket. Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second?
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30OK. And our question concerns...
0:18:31 > 0:18:34England's Ashes-winning team.
0:18:34 > 0:18:41- England's Ashes-winning team. Richard?- We'll show you a photograph of the team that won the 2005 Ashes
0:18:41 > 0:18:48for England, the players and coaches. We need you to name anybody on the photo you're about to see,
0:18:48 > 0:18:54- including the elderly couple in the front row.- OK. Thank you very much indeed.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58So we're going to show you an image and here it is.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Ah, yes. - LAUGHTER
0:19:01 > 0:19:03There you go.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09OK, Di. Di, how good are you on cricket? Do you follow the cricket at all?
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- Well, I can name the Queen and Prince Philip...- Oh, hang on!
0:19:14 > 0:19:20- It's not even Prince Philip?- No, you've knocked off two answers... - LAUGHTER
0:19:22 > 0:19:27I'm afraid I have to take the first of the answers you gave.
0:19:27 > 0:19:34- The Queen.- It's like they say in exams. Read the instructions. Read the question carefully.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Is it right? How many of our 100 people said the Queen?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42It's right.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Sorry, Di.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- 67.- Could have been a lot worse, couldn't it, than 67?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56If we see any 100s, that'll be a good score.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00The Queen. She had a batting average of 46.75.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02LAUGHTER
0:20:02 > 0:20:09- Now then, Delia. How pleased are you with this as a category?- Not very.
0:20:09 > 0:20:17- OK. Do you follow cricket at all? - No.- How many people in that photograph do you know?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Three.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23- And have we heard two of their names already?- Yes.- OK.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Well, there's a third. Brilliant. There's another person there.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- I'm going to go for Freddie, Andrew Flintoff.- OK.
0:20:35 > 0:20:41"Freddie" Andrew Flintoff, says Delia. Is that right? How many of our 100 said it?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It's right..
0:20:49 > 0:20:5126!
0:20:53 > 0:20:5826. For a moment, I thought he might score more than the Queen.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02That would be quite something. He was the man of the series.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06He was given the freedom of the city of Preston for his endeavours.
0:21:06 > 0:21:12- Wow. You see? It's worth it. - I bet the Queen's got the freedom of the city of Preston.- Probably.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- If she hasn't, that is some snub, Preston.- Yeah.- Blimey.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Tom...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- You do follow cricket.- I do.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28It was a great series. I could probably name most of them. It's working out the most obscure
0:21:28 > 0:21:32and to get the actual name right. I think I'll go for...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35the King of Spain, Ashley Giles.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- Ashley Giles. The King of Spain. - They got his name wrong on a mug.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46Ashley Giles, says Tom. Is that right? How many said Ashley Giles?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Three for Ashley Giles!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Very well done, Tom.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Very good answer, Tom.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11Hit the winning runs in the Fourth Test. As you say, they tried to print up mugs for him.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17He's called the King of Spin as he's a spin bowler and they printed King of Spain.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Someone at the mug factory thought, "They've made a mistake here." Fantastic. Halfway through.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Let's take a look at our scores. Three, by a margin, our best score.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Tom and Richard looking particularly good.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Delia and Mark, 26. Not bad.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Di and Brian, I'm sorry, 67.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42But Brian, you've got a little bit of time to find a really good low-scoring answer
0:22:42 > 0:22:48and maybe it'll get you through to the next round. I suspect it all depends on how much Mark knows.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Now then, Richard, that was a cracking answer from Tom.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Yeah.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- It was. Very good.- It was. And a considered answer from you.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12Good. It means you're on three. The high scorers on 67 are Brian and Di.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17If you can get a score of 63 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:23:17 > 0:23:24- I'll play it safe and say Michael Vaughan.- Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28There's your red line. Below that and you're through.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Absolutely right. You're through.
0:23:37 > 0:23:3811.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41APPLAUSE
0:23:41 > 0:23:4411 takes your total up to 14. 11 for the skipper?
0:23:44 > 0:23:51I know. Yeah, he was the captain of that Ashes-winning side back when he was a cricketer, not a dancer.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Mark, I think you probably know everyone in that picture
0:23:55 > 0:23:58and you're trying to find the lowest scoring answer.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01You're completely wrong.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Brian, phew!
0:24:04 > 0:24:10- Really?- I only know one cricketer left. There's only one I know.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- Kevin Pietersen.- Kevin Pietersen. He'll be pleased to hear that.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it. There's your red line.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23It's right.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28You're through.
0:24:28 > 0:24:3011.
0:24:31 > 0:24:3411 for Kevin Pietersen takes your total up to 37.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39You did just what you needed to do. Another one who had a great series.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44In 2012, The Guardian described him as England's greatest modern batsman. It's probably true.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Now then, Brian, this is terrible.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52You're the high scorers even before you've given your answer.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Nonetheless, dazzle us.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00All the ones I was certain of have gone,
0:25:00 > 0:25:06but I've got to make a guess and I'm not sure if he's in the picture or in that Test team,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09but I'm going to say Andrew Strauss.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12There's no red line for you. You are already the high scorers.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15But let's see what Andrew Strauss scores.
0:25:24 > 0:25:2616.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28APPLAUSE
0:25:30 > 0:25:3316 takes your total up to 83.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38Good answer, Brian. He went on to captain the 2009 Ashes-winning side, Andrew Strauss.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44I think cricketers are fairly difficult to distinguish from each other a lot of the time.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49There's four pointless answers - two backroom staff and two players.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54The England operations manager, Phil Neale, former player.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56He would have been a pointless answer.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02Duncan Fletcher, the coach. There he is next to the Duke of Edinburgh. He also was a pointless answer.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07And two players, both fast bowlers - Simon Jones of Glamorgan, there he is.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And Steve Harmison was a pointless answer as well.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15And the top three answers... the Duke of Edinburgh there. 19 points he scored.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20- Wow!- He scored less than Andrew Flintoff, who scored 26,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and the Queen right at the top there with 67.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25There she is, look, just in the middle.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31If you look in the middle, front row, we're circling her now... Her Majesty the Queen.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- In the sort of bluey, turquoise... - In the sky blue, OK.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round 2, our losing pair with a high score of 83, it's Brian and Di.
0:26:42 > 0:26:48Lovely low score for Andrew Strauss. Di, what would you have gone for, had we not pounced on you?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52I still wouldn't have known anybody except the Queen.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- Oh, really?- And her companion whose name is...
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Duncan Fletcher?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59LAUGHTER
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- That's out! - I'm not saying two names again!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04You're fine now. We're not in the round.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10It's like in an auction where somebody puts their hand up by accident and buys a massive vase.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14In your case, you've bought a massive walk out of the studio.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18I'm so sorry. Brian and Di, it's been lovely having you on the show.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Thanks so much for playing. Brian and Di!
0:27:21 > 0:27:22APPLAUSE
0:27:22 > 0:27:29But for the two remaining pairs, they're one step closer to the final as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:34 > 0:27:40Congratulations, Richard and Tom, Delia and Mark, you are now only one round away from the final
0:27:40 > 0:27:44and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £4,000.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:53Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it will be, you'll now go head-to-head.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58You are allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:27:58 > 0:28:04Richard and Tom, you've been here before. Only, you weren't the lowest scoring pair then.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09- This time, you go first. How are you feeling?- This is our last chance, so we want to do it.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- Bones aren't going to be coming back.- That's good.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- Delia, Mark, everything OK?- Yes. - Yes, thank you.- Good stuff.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Best of luck, both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22APPLAUSE
0:28:25 > 0:28:29OK, so here's your first question and it concerns...
0:28:33 > 0:28:39- Countries and capitals sharing the same initial, Richard?- One for the world capitals geeks, like me.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45We'll show you five countries. Their capitals start with the same letter as the country.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50- Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck. - OK, let's reveal our five countries.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52And here they are.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07I'll read them out again.
0:29:10 > 0:29:16Now then, Richard and Tom, you've played best throughout the show, so you get to go first.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18(Barbados is Bridgetown.)
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- (I'm pretty certain. - What's Mozambique?)
0:29:21 > 0:29:26- (Mozambique is Mombasa, I think. - Let's go for Bridgetown.- OK.)
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- OK.- OK, Richard and Tom?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32I think we'll go Barbados, Bridgetown.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38Bridgetown, say Richard and Tom for Barbados. Now, Delia and Mark, talk us through the board.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45The only two that we know is Stockholm for Sweden and...
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Belgium.- ..Brussels for Belgium.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- So...- Go with Sweden?- You say it.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58- I get the choice, so I'm going to go with Stockholm, Sweden.- Stockholm, Sweden, say Delia and Mark.
0:29:58 > 0:30:04So, Richard and Tom with Barbados, Bridgetown. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Absolutely right.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Very well done indeed. 20.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17APPLAUSE
0:30:17 > 0:30:23Delia and Mark went for Stockholm, Sweden. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Stockholm.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It is right. Now, 20...
0:30:28 > 0:30:2971.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32APPLAUSE
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Which means, Richard and Tom, after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42Well played, Richard and Tom. Cricket knowledge comes in useful - Bridgetown, capital of Barbados.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47Stockholm, 71. Brussels was a slightly better answer, but still pretty big - 69.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- Maldives, do you know that?- Male. - Absolutely right. It scored 14.
0:30:51 > 0:30:57- Mozambique?- Maputo. - Maputo, absolutely right. Best answer up there - 12 points.
0:30:57 > 0:31:03OK, here comes your second question. Delia and Mark, you need to win this one to stay in the game.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06It concerns...Mary Poppins.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- Sorry. - COCKNEY ACCENT: - Mary Poppins.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- LAUGHTER - That's good.- Not bad, is it?
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I didn't know you were a Cockney.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18We'll give you five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Can you give us the answers to these?
0:31:18 > 0:31:24OK, here come our five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Delia looking happy, I think.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56Five clues to facts about Mary Poppins. Delia and Mark, you go first.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Go ahead.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03I think I know the name of the author who wrote the original novels - EL Travers.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07EL Travers, say Delia and Mark, the author of the original novels.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13- Richard and Tom, you can talk us through the board if you like. - I wish I could.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15The surname, we don't know.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18The city? I guess that would be London.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I think it's a spoonful of sugar.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Actor? Probably Dick Van Dyke.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30So I'll hope they're wrong and say "a spoonful of sugar".
0:32:30 > 0:32:33A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
0:32:33 > 0:32:39Delia and Mark say EL Travers. Let's see if that's right for the author of the original novels.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Oh, no! Bad luck.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Bad luck, Delia and Mark.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50That sounded very plausible.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Richard and Tom have said "a spoonful of sugar".
0:32:53 > 0:32:57If you're correct, you're through to the final. Are you correct?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Yeah, you are. Very well done. Just! 89, wow!
0:33:01 > 0:33:03APPLAUSE
0:33:03 > 0:33:08You're very correct. 89 people knew that one, but all it had to be was right.
0:33:08 > 0:33:14- After two questions, Richard and Tom, you are through to the final 2-0.- Sorry, Mark.
0:33:14 > 0:33:20You join an illustrious list of past contestants who have been knocked out by getting one letter wrong.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22It's PL Travers, I'm afraid.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26I couldn't give it in case the other team wanted a go at the same one.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Let's look at the rest of these.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33The city in which it is set is London. Would have scored 64 points.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38You know it's set in London because of the absolutely perfect Cockney accent
0:33:38 > 0:33:41of the actor playing Bert who is Dick Van Dyke.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Would have scored you 52 points.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- And the surname of the family? - Banks.- Banks. Absolutely right.
0:33:47 > 0:33:5314. PL Travers would have been the best answer up there. Would have scored 8 points.
0:33:53 > 0:33:59- Really unlucky.- Thanks very much. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head... Really unlucky.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04- It's very good to know it so nearly. - I shouldn't have gone for it.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- So confident.- He was so nearly right.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11P! You just needed the plosive at the top and you'd have been fine. PL Travers.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Delia and Mark, we'll see you again next time.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18A really solid performance today, so we expect great things.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Thanks very much for playing. Delia and Mark!- Thank you.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27But for Richard and Tom, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34Congratulations, Richard and Tom, you've seen off all the competition
0:34:34 > 0:34:38and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:42 > 0:34:49You now have a chance to win our jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at an impressive £4,000.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51APPLAUSE
0:34:53 > 0:34:59Last time, you made it through to the head-to-head. This time, 2-0, you've sailed through it.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04And here you are in the final. What lessons did you take away from last time?
0:35:04 > 0:35:10I think we went for a bit more of an obscure answer in the first round than we did last time.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13We took more of a risk and it put us ahead.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- Anything you'd like to see come up?- Aston Villa.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- Aston Villa football players, TV comedies.- The rules of bowls.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- LAUGHTER - I should probably read...
0:35:23 > 0:35:28- These are all good categories. I might write these down.- Too late!
0:35:28 > 0:35:34The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer and you leave here with £4,000.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Firstly, you choose a category and here are your five options.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49- What do you fancy?- I think London. - London?- I think so. Yeah?- Yeah. - We'll go for London.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:35:54 > 0:35:59to name as many stations on the London tube map beginning with C as they could.
0:35:59 > 0:36:06- Richard?- We're looking for the full name of any station on the standard Transport for London tube map
0:36:06 > 0:36:08that was issued in July 2012, please.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13It can be London Underground, London Overground or Docklands Light Railway.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Very, very best of luck.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19You have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:19 > 0:36:24and all you need to win that £4,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yeah. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- Right, you've got Cockfosters.- Yeah. - Charing Cross.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Anywhere near where we live?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Try and think of the lines.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Near Watford...- Yeah.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- There must be millions of them. - Central London, north-west London.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I can't think of any.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58Any called Church, something Church or Christ something?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- There must be some.- West Ham... - The mind goes blank.- Yeah.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Charing Cross, Cockfosters...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Canning Town?
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Canning Town's very good. - Camden.- Camden Town, yes.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Camden Lock?- I don't think Camden Lock.- Overground?
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- I don't know. Oh, crikey, Overground!- What about east London?
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Ten seconds left.- There must be something going up to Watford.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29- We need some random towns. Charing Cross won't be pointless.- Right.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37OK, time is up. There we are. We were looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I now need your three answers.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Cockfosters.- Cockfosters.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Canning Town.- Canning Town. - Canning Town.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- And...- Camden Town.- Camden Town.
0:37:47 > 0:37:54- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?- Canning Town.- Canning Town we'll put last.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- And your least likely?- Cockfosters.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- Cockfosters, end of the line.- Yeah. - So we'll put Cockfosters up first.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05OK, let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12We're looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Cockfosters was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19You only have to find one pointless answer to win £4,000,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23so let's see how many people said Cockfosters.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Well, it's right.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33If this goes all the way down to zero, you will be leaving here with £4,000 in your pockets.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Down it goes into single figures...
0:38:36 > 0:38:378.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40APPLAUSE
0:38:40 > 0:38:42That's good.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46That's not a bad score and also Cockfosters is a well-known station.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- Yeah.- It's on the front of a lot of trains, Cockfosters.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55But not a pointless answer. You have two more chances to win the jackpot.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Tom, what would you be doing with £4,000?
0:38:57 > 0:39:01We've just bought a flat. We've been there a few months,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- so probably renovate that, a new kitchen.- Very good.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Now, Richard, how about you?
0:39:07 > 0:39:12- The next big birthday is 65, so I think we'd put it towards a bit of a do.- Excellent.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- His birthday, not mine.- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:39:15 > 0:39:20We are looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with C. You have two more answers.
0:39:20 > 0:39:26Let's hope one of those answers wins that jackpot for you. Your next answer was Camden Town.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so let's see how many people said Camden Town.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Well, it's right. Cockfosters took us down to 8.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Camden Town now taking us down through the 30s, into the 20s,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45into the teens, into single figures.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Also on 8. - APPLAUSE
0:39:49 > 0:39:51In songs and stuff.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We're stuck at 8.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59- Yeah.- Another great answer. Another great low score. Not a pointless answer though.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02We're only interested in pointless answers in this round.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06We are looking for stations on the London tube map beginning with a C.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Your most confident shot at a pointless answer was Canning Town.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16Richard, you suddenly got Canning Town in the last third of your minute, I'd say.
0:40:16 > 0:40:22That's the sort of time when good, low-scoring answers suddenly tumble out.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- Let's hope so.- Oh, let's hope so.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27To win that jackpot of £4,000, this has to be pointless,
0:40:27 > 0:40:32so let's find out how many people said Canning Town. Is it pointless?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37It's right. We've had a brace of 8s.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Cockfosters took us down to 8 and Camden Town took us down to 8.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Canning Town, your most confident shot, now taking us down...
0:40:45 > 0:40:47- Oh, 9.- Higher!
0:40:47 > 0:40:50APPLAUSE Wow! Oh, well...
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Oh, well, never mind.- Wow!
0:40:54 > 0:40:59That's not what I was expecting at all. I thought it would go much further down.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04- We've got the trophy.- Well said. Unfortunately, you didn't find that vital pointless answer,
0:41:04 > 0:41:10so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000, but you've been brilliant contestants.
0:41:10 > 0:41:17- A fantastic game you had today and you take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.- Thanks very much.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19APPLAUSE
0:41:23 > 0:41:27It was very consistent scoring, anyway, three in single figures.
0:41:27 > 0:41:33Let's go through some of the pointless answers. There'll be a few here you know, especially you, Tom.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Caledonian Road was a pointless answer, as was Caledonian Road & Barnsbury.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Camden Road on the Overground is about 400 metres from Camden Town.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Canons Park was a pointless answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49Clapham North and Clapham South were both pointless answers.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55Clapham Common and Clapham Junction would have scored you 1, but North and South were pointless answers.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Colliers Wood on the Northern Line was a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Croxley, up towards Watford on the Metropolitan Line, was pointless.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08Crystal Palace on the Overground and Cyprus which is on the DLR.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14Carpenders Park, Chalfont & Latimer and Custom House, all pointless. Any of those ring a bell, guys?
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- Oh, yeah. - My sister lives in Clapham. I probably should have got that.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22I wouldn't have thought that was pointless.
0:42:22 > 0:42:28- I worked in Watford for 20 years, so I should have known Croxley and Carpenders Park.- Oh, well...
0:42:28 > 0:42:33We have to say goodbye to you, Richard and Tom, but thank you so much for playing! Richard and Tom!
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- APPLAUSE - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44They didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over on to the next show when we will be playing for £5,000.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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