0:00:21 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42- Couple number one.- Hi, I'm Alex, this is my Auntie Vicky and we're from Derbyshire.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- APPLAUSE - Couple number... Oh, yes. This just happens sometimes.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52- You get spontaneous applause for things like Derbyshire. But it's the way you say it sometimes.- Yeah.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- Alex, that was very impressively done.- Thank you.- Yeah, well done.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- Couple number two, beat that. - Hi, I'm Ian. This is my lovely wife Jessica.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04We're from Reigate in Surrey.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07APPLAUSE
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- It nearly didn't happen! - That was a sympathy clap, that was.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- Couple number three. - I'm Chris, this is my friend David. We're from Ryde on the Isle of Wight!
0:01:16 > 0:01:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- It's all in the inflection.- That's how they do it.- Couple number four.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Hi, I'm Sam from London. This is my friend Becci from Surrey.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30We used to work together and became firm friends.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32APPLAUSE
0:01:32 > 0:01:37And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. That just leaves one person to introduce.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47His IQ has more digits than his phone number. It's my Pointless friend Richard.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya. - APPLAUSE
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- How are you?- I'm very well. - Excellent.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- How about you?- Not bad. I just came all the way from...West London!
0:01:59 > 0:02:01CHEERING
0:02:01 > 0:02:06- Thank you. How about you? - Again from West... I can't tag on to that.- Can you not?
0:02:06 > 0:02:12I can't get a West London sort of second round clap. That's not going to happen.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16We've got two returning pairs - David and Chris and Becci and Sam.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20They were both involved in just a shocking round last time.
0:02:20 > 0:02:27- Shakespeare.- It was pretty much the worst round we've ever had on any Pointless show in history.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It was pretty bad, wasn't it?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32It wasn't that good.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Becci and Sam were the only people who came out of it with any credit,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41so I've made today a Shakespeare Special because I think we should learn...
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- I haven't really.- Thanks, Richard. All our questions were put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Our contestants must find the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens,
0:02:55 > 0:03:00we will add 250 quid to the jackpot. Cliff and Alan didn't win our jackpot last time,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts at £3,000.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06APPLAUSE
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Our first category today is...
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Song Titles. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48UK No.1s with the word "love" in the title. Richard?
0:03:48 > 0:03:53On each pass, we'll show you the name of seven groups with a year in brackets.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59Tell us the name of the No.1 single they had in that year that had the word "love" in the title.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03There are 14 No.1 singles to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09OK, we are looking for the names of these No.1 singles with "love" in the title. Here is our first board.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I'll read those one last time.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Vicky and Alex, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you're going first.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- So, Vicky...- Hello.- Remind us where you're from.- Derbyshire.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- What do you do?- I work for a bank.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- But also you are Alex's aunt? - I certainly am.- I gather that's also full-time?- Totally.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Yeah...- It's hard work.- I bet.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Really.- Whose idea was it to come on the show?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Mine, unfortunately.- And Alex, first choice?- Totally, yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12OK, good. Really?
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Now then, Vicky, singles with "love" in their title...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19This is not a good subject for me,
0:05:19 > 0:05:25so I think I'm going to have to go for The Supremes and guess at Baby Love.
0:05:25 > 0:05:32Baby Love, says Vicky. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Baby Love.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35It's right. Very well done.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41It's a good score. Look at that - 30. Not bad at all, Vicky.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- 30 for Baby Love. - Lovely start to the show, Vicky.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50It was their only UK No.1, The Supremes. They had 12 American No.1s, just one in the UK.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- Jessica, welcome to the show. What do you do, Jessica?- I'm a GP.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00- What do you like getting up to when you're not being a doctor? - I really like nature.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07We used to breed snakes, actually. That was something we stopped doing, but we did that...
0:06:07 > 0:06:13- Hang on. What sort of snakes did you breed?- We had corn snakes and trinket snakes.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Trinket snakes.- They sound sweet.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21- Yeah. What do corn snakes look like?- They're sort of orangey-red and white.- Big?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- They're not pythons?- No.- I like those Crunchy Nut Corn Snakes(!)
0:06:25 > 0:06:27LAUGHTER
0:06:27 > 0:06:30So, then, Jessica, what are you going to go for?
0:06:30 > 0:06:36Also not a brilliant round for me, but I'm going to go for Soft Cell and Tainted Love.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42Tainted Love, says Jessica. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Tainted Love.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It's right. 30 is our best score so far. Tainted Love...
0:06:47 > 0:06:4935.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51APPLAUSE
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Not bad at all.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57A big hit in the UK. It also spent 43 weeks in the US charts as well.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- That's a great song, Tainted Love. - It is a great song.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Chris, welcome back to the show. Now, remind us what happened with you last time.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11We made it look ridiculously easy and joined the 200 Club.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Yes, that's right. Chris, you're a bit more subdued today.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Yeah, I've toned it down for the second show.
0:07:18 > 0:07:25- Yeah, very good.- I thought I'd drop the role of eye candy for the show and play the intellectual card.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Very sensible. You are a teacher, as we discovered last time.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I am.- Modern languages. - Yeah.- Excellent.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37We are looking for the UK No.1 singles with the word "love" in their titles by these artists.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- What will you go for?- I would have gone for either of those two,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46but I'll go with Showaddywaddy and Under The Moon Of Love.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Under The Moon Of Love.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55It is right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Well, 30 is our best score so far.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Smashed through that. Look at that.
0:08:00 > 0:08:0318, very well done, Chris.
0:08:03 > 0:08:09- 18 for Showaddywaddy's Under The Moon Of Love.- Well done, Chris. It's their only UK No.1.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- They had 23 top 40 hits.- They only had one No.1?- Yeah.- Extraordinary.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Sam, welcome back to the show.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- Remind us what you do.- I work for a hotel company with hotels in Mauritius and the Maldives.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I do sales and marketing for the hotels, but I work here.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27What do you like getting up to in your spare time?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I like doing a bit of cycling, a bit of military fitness.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35I'm cycling from London to Paris at some point this year for charity.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- How long are you hoping that will take?- It's meant to take three days.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42It'll probably take me three weeks! Three days, hopefully.
0:08:42 > 0:08:49- You're the last person to have this board, so fill in as many blanks as you can.- I can't fill it in.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I can't remember that Leona Lewis song.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56I'll go for the Donna Summer one and, hopefully, it's I Feel Love.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said I Feel Love.
0:09:08 > 0:09:1224. Very well done. Second lowest score of the pass.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14APPLAUSE
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Good answer, Sam. Well played, everyone, in that round.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23That was her only UK No.1, I Feel Love. The rest of the board, how well are you going to do at this?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Frankie Goes To Hollywood? - The Power Of Love.- Yeah, 30 points.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Leona Lewis?- Bleeding Love. - Bleeding Love, yes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:359 points. And the best answer on the board is The Housemartins.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Oh, um, Caravan... - Caravan Of Love, absolutely.
0:09:39 > 0:09:427 points. Well done if you said that at home.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Brilliant, excellent. Halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:47 > 0:09:5218, the best score of that pass, Chris, then up to 24 where we find Sam and Becci,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56up to 30, Vicky and Alex, up to 35, Jessica and Ian.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02You're not stupidly ahead, Ian, but a nice, low score might be enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:07 > 0:10:12OK, we're going to put seven more artists on the board and here they are.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I'll read those one last time.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47Now then, Becci, you'll try and remember the name of the UK No.1 single with the word "love" in it
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- and try and guess the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.- Right.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55You're on 24. The high scorers on 35 are Ian and Jessica,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59so a score of 10 or less will stop you becoming the new high scorers.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- Becci, you are a mother. - I am.- A full-time mother at the moment.- Yeah.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Is music a big interest of yours?
0:11:06 > 0:11:11I do like listening to music in the car, on the radio. Yeah, it passes the time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Are you good at remembering things? - No.- Right.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19I'm afraid not. It goes in and goes straight out again, but I think I know two.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It's just deciding which one is the least points.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27I think I'll go for Beyonce and it is Crazy In Love.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Crazy In Love. Here is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Let's see if Crazy In Love is right, let's see how many people said it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It is right.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Oh, look at that. Wow, 5!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Well done! - Very well done indeed, Becci.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53You seem very surprised by that. 5 takes your total up to 29 and sees you through to the next round.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59Lovely low score. It was No.1 in the UK and the US, the only song to do that in that year, in 2003.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- David, welcome back to the show. - Thank you.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- You're a PE teacher, David. - I was a PE teacher, yes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13- Remind us what you do now. - I'm retired. I sing with an Irish ceili band.- So where do you sing?
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- Where do you do your singing? - Pubs, clubs, weddings, anywhere that'll have us.- Are you Irish?
0:12:18 > 0:12:23I'm not, no. I'm part Scottish, but I'm Celtic enough.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28You have to be Celtic above this "Celticness" to get in a ceili band.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- What's your favourite song that you sing?- Probably Whiskey In The Jar.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- Or Galway Girl.- How many of you are there in the band? - Seven when we're all there.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Have you got a "bodh-rone"?- A bodhran player, yes.- Bodhran, sorry.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- Yes, we have a bodhran player. - And accordions?
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- A fiddle?- Flute, fiddle, a couple of guitars, mandolin
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- and I'm a whizz on the tambourine. - Brilliant.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55We've got two bodhran players in my band.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- The Adam And The Ants of ceili bands?- Yeah, we're called "Bodhran-Bodhran".
0:13:01 > 0:13:03LAUGHTER
0:13:03 > 0:13:09David, you're on 18. The high scorers on 35 are still Ian and Jessica.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12A score of 16 or less keeps you in the game.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18I'm going to go for Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24There is your red line.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Well, it's correct. A very popular song.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Yeah, 40 is its score. - APPLAUSE
0:13:35 > 0:13:42- 58, your total.- It spent 15 weeks at No.1, the third most of any song in British chart history.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47Only beaten by Everything I Do, I Do It For You, Bryan Adams, and I Believe, Frankie Laine.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49There you are.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Ian...
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Now then, what do you do, Ian?
0:13:54 > 0:14:00I'm a director of finance for a bit of a professional services firm in London.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- A bit of a professional services firm?- Yeah, so not the whole thing.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I see. And when you're not doing that, Ian, what do you do?
0:14:08 > 0:14:12I watch a lot of football, to begin with.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18When I'm not doing that, I like English nature. I like travelling very much as well.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- How did you and Jessica meet? - We met online.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25We came together and I proposed to Jessica two days after I met her.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- Wow!- Get your tissues out.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Wow! And you said "yes" after two days?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Well, I did, but then I sort of thought, "What have I done?"
0:14:36 > 0:14:39But actually, it was OK.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45- How long ago was that?- 2001. - Well, congratulations. Very well done indeed.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50We are looking for these UK No.1 singles with "love" in their titles. Ian, what will you go for?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Not the best subject for me. I only know two on the board.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Luckily, they've not gone.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03So I think this is right. I'm going to say 10cc, I'm Not In Love.
0:15:03 > 0:15:0810cc, I'm Not In Love, says Ian. The high scorers are David and Chris on 58.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13You're on 35, so 22 or less sees you through. There's your red line.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Let's see if I'm Not In Love is right and how many people said it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19It is right.
0:15:22 > 0:15:2334.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- APPLAUSE - Never mind.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31- 34 takes your total up to 69. - It's a pretty good answer, but 34 is quite a big score.
0:15:31 > 0:15:37I've had that song in my head since the question came up. It's all I can...
0:15:37 > 0:15:43- I should concentrate on the show. It's a beautiful song, but no couple could have that as their song.- No.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48"What was the first dance at your wedding?" "I'm Not In Love, 10cc."
0:15:48 > 0:15:50LAUGHTER
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Now, Alex, you were chosen by Vicky.- Yeah.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59What's your specialist area? What will you be particularly good at? Why did she choose you?
0:15:59 > 0:16:06Well, anything to do with films, especially the Oscars, I'm quite knowledgeable of.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12British history from around 1870 to pre-war, pre-World War Two.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17- So we're looking for those two subjects.- What do you do, Alex?
0:16:17 > 0:16:23I'm just about to graduate with a PR degree and I'm also a PR executive at a PR consultancy.
0:16:23 > 0:16:29- Excellent. Right, well, that board is all yours. - OK, I knew the three that are gone.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- I know one more for definite, but it'll be a high answer. - You can talk us through them.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I think the Jennifer Rush one is Power Of Love,
0:16:37 > 0:16:42but I'm going to take a bit of a risk and go Dusty Springfield, The Look Of Love.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46The Look Of Love, The Look Of Love. OK, now, there is your red line.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50If you get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Let's see if The Look Of Love is right and how many people said it.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Oh, bad luck.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer and it scores you 100 points and that takes your total up to 130.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07That's really unlucky. She did record The Look Of Love,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11but her only UK No.1 was You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It would have scored 7 points.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17You were right about Jennifer Rush. That's The Power Of Love.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22It would have scored 41 points and it would just have seen you knocked out.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Stevie Wonder down the bottom there is I Just Called To Say I Love You.
0:17:26 > 0:17:2731 points.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- Renee & Renato, do you know that one?- Save Your Love.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35It would have scored 15 points, so the best answer is Crazy In Love.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:37 > 0:17:44At the end of our first round, I'm afraid our losing pair with a high score of 130, it's Alex and Vicky.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48That was really unfortunate. Good of you to know that Look Of Love version,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51but annoying that wasn't her No.1.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57We have to say goodbye to you now, but we'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Alex and Vicky!
0:17:57 > 0:17:59APPLAUSE
0:17:59 > 0:18:03But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14so one pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Becci and Sam, that was an exemplary first round. Lovely low score with Beyonce.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- Yeah.- I was very surprised - only five people.- I know. Popular song.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Yeah, you'd have thought.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31Well done, David and Chris. Ian and Jessica, a bit of catching up to do as our new pair. Ready for Round 2?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Very much so.- Very best of luck. Our category for Round 2 is...
0:18:37 > 0:18:43North America. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:18:51 > 0:18:58to name as many US-Canadian border states, provinces and territories as they could.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04- Richard?- We're looking for any US state or Canadian province or territory that lies on the border
0:19:04 > 0:19:06between the USA and Canada, please.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11Any US state or Canadian province or territory on that border, including land and water borders.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Very best of luck. - OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Now, Ian, how is your North American geography?
0:19:17 > 0:19:24Hopefully, pretty good. We travel to North America quite a lot. It's our favourite holiday destination.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- OK, good.- Both sides of the border. - Good. Let's have a nice, obscure answer from you, Ian.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I'm going to say...New Brunswick.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Let's see if New Brunswick is right, let's see how many people said it.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41It is right.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46It's a good answer. Down it goes...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Pointless! Very well done indeed. - APPLAUSE
0:19:49 > 0:19:55A pointless answer adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £3,250.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00And it scores you nothing. What an exemplary start! Fantastic.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Richard?- Terrific stuff, Ian. You've absolutely terrified everyone else.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08It's on the eastern seaboard of North America, New Brunswick.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Excellent. Now then, Chris...
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Yes...- Chris...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Um...
0:20:18 > 0:20:24It's not my strong point, but I'm going to have a pop at Ontario.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Ontario, says Chris. I'm trying to read Ian's face to see if that's right or not.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Let's see if it is and if it is, let's see how many people said Ontario.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36It's right.
0:20:41 > 0:20:4219.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- APPLAUSE - Not bad.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48It's a good answer. The second largest province in Canada.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54All sorts of famous people from Ontario - Jim Carrey, Mike Myers...Justin Bieber.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57We have a lot to be thankful to Ontario for.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Yeah, good. Becci, how are we feeling about this?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Not too bad. I'm just trying to picture the geography in my head.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I think I'm going to go for Michigan.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14Michigan. OK, let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18It is right.
0:21:22 > 0:21:2317.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25APPLAUSE
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Well played, Becci.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- 17 for Michigan.- Well played, everybody, on that first pass.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36- It's got 64,000 inland lakes, Michigan. - That's a lot of inland lakes.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38That's a lot, isn't it? Imagine.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- Yeah.- Also, someone counted them. That's a job and a half!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45We're halfway through the round.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51Nothing is our best score there. Ian, very well done. Ian and Jessica looking pretty good at this stage.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Then up to 17, Becci and Sam. Then 19 for Chris and David.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00So Sam and David, it's going to be between the pair of you, I'd say,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03to see who stays and who leaves.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:08 > 0:22:14OK, remember we are looking for states, provinces and territories on the US-Canadian border.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Sam...
0:22:16 > 0:22:23It's difficult to know whether to go for a Canadian or US one. I spent time in Canada in my young days.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28I think I'm going to go for Washington State.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32Washington State. OK. You're only two behind Dave and Chris.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37If you can score one or less, you will avoid becoming the new high scorers.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40There is your red line.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43How many people said Washington State?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Yes, it's right.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Not bad. 20. 20.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5537 your total.
0:22:55 > 0:23:03Another strong answer. We've got three good teams. The only American state named after a President.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04David...
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Not really sure. Some of the ones I was going to say have gone.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I'm going to try British Columbia.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16British Columbia. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20You're on 19. The high scorers are on 37.
0:23:20 > 0:23:2317 or less needed. There's your red line.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26British Columbia.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28It's right!
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Very well done! Nine!
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Good work. 28 your total.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Very well played. It's just above Washington State in Canada.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50Jessica, well, you're on nothing. The high scorers are Sam and Becci on 37.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55If you can score 36 or less, you'll avoid overtaking them.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58OK, I'll go for Manitoba.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Manitoba, says Jessica. Manitoba. Here is your red line.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08If you get below that, you're in the Head to Head. How many people said Manitoba?
0:24:09 > 0:24:11It's right.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Very well done. You're in the Head to Head. Four!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Very well played. Four is your total.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Bang in the middle of that border. Winnipeg is the capital.
0:24:28 > 0:24:35We've already heard one pointless answer, which was New Brunswick - a terrific answer.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41And there is only one pointless answer. You got the only one up there. Amazing work.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46New Hampshire would have scored one and the Yukon. Idaho was one,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49two points for Pennsylvania or Vermont.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Let's take a look at the top three answers.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Ontario we've already heard, 19. Washington we've heard, 20.
0:24:57 > 0:25:04And right at the top, Alaska, which does have a border. It would have scored you 24 points.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11Thank you very much indeed. So, Becci and Sam, you are our high-scoring pair.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Only 37, though. Not a bad total.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18But we had some really good answers. Ian set the bar at a hard level.
0:25:18 > 0:25:25We have to say goodbye to you and this is your second show. Thank you so much for playing - Sam and Becci!
0:25:27 > 0:25:30But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our Head to Head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Congratulations, Ian and Jessica, David and Chris.
0:25:39 > 0:25:45You are now only one round from the final and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £3,250.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53To decide who gets to play for that money, you now go head to head
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and you're now allowed to confer.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The first pair to win two questions plays for that jackpot.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Ian and Jessica, your first appearance and here you are
0:26:03 > 0:26:09- as the lowest scorers so far. Brilliant. The US-Canada border round!- Lucky for us.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Well, you did so well. David, last time we discovered that you write limericks.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23- I do indeed.- You're a regular limericist, if such a think exists.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29- I asked you to write one.- You did. - And I never came back to you. Did you write one?- I did.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Go on, let's hear it.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36I'm going on a game show And it really will be fun
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Quite the most exciting thing That I have ever done
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I'll try and get the answers right And avoid the strain and stress
0:26:43 > 0:26:49I won't let it spoil my special day Because that would be...pointless.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Ah, there we are. Very well done.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Excellent. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head to Head.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11OK, here's your first question and it concerns... sports commentators.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16- Richard?- I'll show you five pictures of famous sports commentators past and present.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22- Can you give us their full names, please?- OK, let's reveal our five sports commentators.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43There we are. Five sports commentators.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47Ian and Jessica, you've played best so far so you get to go first.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51We're struggling a bit here.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57We'll go with A and say it's Lisa Riley.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03A, Lisa Riley. A, Lisa Riley. David and Chris, you talk us through the board.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08- Right. B, Gabby Logan? Is it? - We think B is Gabby Logan.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- I think A is Hazel Irvine.- D is Bobby George, E is Jenny Pitman.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- And C...- Looks crickety.- Jonathan Agnew.- Which will you go for?
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- D, Bobby George.- D, Bobby George, say David and Chris.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28Ian and Jessica have said Lisa Riley for A. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Oh, it's not Lisa Riley, I'm afraid.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38David and Chris, you merely have to be correct with D, Bobby George.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Let's see if you are correct.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Yep. Well done.
0:28:47 > 0:28:4925!
0:28:49 > 0:28:5425 for Bobby George. Very well done, David and Chris. You're up one-nil.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Well played, guys.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01Yeah, Lisa Riley. That's incorrect for a number of reasons.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05I was going to go for Clare Balding.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Lisa Riley is the ex-Emmerdale actress who was on Strictly Come Dancing.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14She doesn't bear a huge resemblance to Hazel Irvine.
0:29:14 > 0:29:21That's the lovely Hazel Irvine who does golf and snooker. She's fantastic. Scored 10 points.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23B was Gabby Logan.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26She would have scored you 29.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30You were right, guys, about C. It was the best answer up there.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Jonathan Agnew, 4 points, the cricket commentator.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39There's Bobby George and E is not Jenny Pitman. It's Clare Balding, of course.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42She would have scored 52.
0:29:42 > 0:29:48Thanks very much. OK, here comes your second question. Ian and Jessica, you have to win this one.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50It concerns...Mussolini.
0:29:50 > 0:29:57- Mussolini. Richard? - From Bobby George to Mussolini. You can't say we haven't got breadth!
0:29:57 > 0:30:01We have five clues to facts on Mussolini. Give us the most obscure.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06OK, here are our five clues to facts about Mussolini.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08HE READS THE LIST
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46There we are. Five clues to facts about Mussolini. David and Chris?
0:30:56 > 0:31:03Right. I think we've learned our lesson from the last round. We'll go for Il Duce as The Leader.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08OK. Il Duce, say David and Chris. Ian and Jessica?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Talk us through the board if you can.
0:31:13 > 0:31:19Don't know the decade of the 1800s. I'd guess it would be the 1890s, perhaps.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24- Country he led is Italy, Socialist newspaper we don't know. - No, I don't know.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29I think Il Duce is right. That's perhaps what we'd have said.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- We'll have to go for Ethiopia. - Ethiopia, say Ian and Jessica.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39David and Chris said Il Duce. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43It's right.
0:31:47 > 0:31:4824.
0:31:53 > 0:32:00Ian and Jessica have said Ethiopia is the modern-day name for Abyssinia. Is that right?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04It's right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13Oh, look at that! 20! Very well done, Ian and Jessica. You won the point.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18- After two questions, it's one-all. - This is a cracking Head to Head.
0:32:18 > 0:32:25Let's fill in the rest. He was born in the 1880s. It would have scored 19 points.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Very well done to our 100 people. The country he led was Italy. That would have scored 69.
0:32:30 > 0:32:37The best answer - congratulations to anyone who knew the newspaper he was editor of was Avanti!
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It would have scored one point.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44None of our newspapers have exclamation marks. Such a shame.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- The Guardian!- That would be good. - I just think it might be.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53Here's your third question. Whoever wins this goes through.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Best of luck. It concerns... films of the 1980s.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Films of the 1980s, Richard?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04We'll show you five films from the 1980s, but all in anagram form.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Can you unscramble them and give us the correct answers?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Let's reveal our five anagrams of films from the 1980s.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15HE READS THE LIST
0:33:26 > 0:33:29LAUGHTER
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I'll read those again.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47There we are. Five film titles from the 1980s in anagram form.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Ian and Jessica, you go first this time.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01Um, we think number three is Ghostbusters.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Ghostbusters. Gusset Throbs. Ghostbusters.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07David and Chris, it's over to you.
0:34:08 > 0:34:14The top one's Aliens, the second one is Top Gun, the fourth one is Rain Man.
0:34:14 > 0:34:20- We're struggling with the last one. Let's have a punt with Rain Man. - Rain Man.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24OK, so we have Ghostbusters and Rain Man.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Ian and Jessica went with Ghostbusters. Is that right?
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Absolutely right.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Seven.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Not bad at all.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Seven.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48David and Chris have gone for Rain Man. How many people said that?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- Oh...!- 63.
0:34:55 > 0:34:5863. Very well done, Ian and Jessica.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03- You are through to the final, 2-1. - Gusset Throbs was a great answer.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Only one answer would have won there and it's the one you didn't know.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Saline, as you say, was Aliens. It scored 18.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Go Punt was Top Gun. That would have scored 23.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Now it's two points down the bottom.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Well done to anyone who said Chariots of Fire.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Chariots of Fire for two points.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- I've written a little poem. - Yes, go on.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Bobby George was very good, Il Duce very brave,
0:35:33 > 0:35:37But Gusset Throbs just won the day So farewell Chris and Dave.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Aww!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47There's not much I can add to that.
0:35:47 > 0:35:55The pair leaving us is Chris and Dave. It's been lovely having you. Thanks for playing.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:58 > 0:36:03But for Ian and Jessica, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:05 > 0:36:10Congratulations, Ian and Jessica. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £3,250.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30Well, you've done incredibly well. Some lovely low scoring,
0:36:30 > 0:36:36including a pointless answer for New Brunswick and four points for Manitoba. Brilliant round.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- Can we have it again?- Maybe!
0:36:40 > 0:36:46To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. First, choose a category.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- International borders! It's been very kind to you.- It has.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- It's extremely tempting. - But it might be a border that's not North America.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- There's always that risk.- Exactly.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14- Indie Music we like, but we'd be useless. Poetry...- No. - I've never written Jessica a poem.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Tennis Stars, don't know enough. Transport might be good,
0:37:18 > 0:37:24- but I still think International Borders.- Fine. - International Borders it is.
0:37:24 > 0:37:31We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries that border a country beginning with S
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- as they could. Richard?- Any country that shares a land border with any other country that begins with S.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43Just the main country beginning with S. No overseas territories or dependencies.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Bordering another country beginning with S.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51As always we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.
0:37:51 > 0:37:57OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win £3,250
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:38:06 > 0:38:13- OK, think of countries in Africa. - Swaziland.- Does that border Mozambique?- South Africa.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Yeah, South Africa.
0:38:16 > 0:38:23- I was thinking that South Sudan borders Sudan.- Yeah.- Gambia borders Senegal.- What else borders Sudan?
0:38:23 > 0:38:29- Eritrea?- Probably the Central African Republic.- Do you think so?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32One of Sudan or South Sudan.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36- OK.- Take the risk on that. Central African Republic.- OK.- Gambia.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- The Gambia? - It's surrounded by Senegal.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45Right, OK. Do you want to go anywhere else in the world?
0:38:45 > 0:38:49What about Suriname? What does it border?
0:38:49 > 0:38:56- Guyana. Yeah, that's a good one. Let's go for Guyana. - It won't be pointless.- We'll see.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- 10 seconds left.- Let's do those. - Anything better?- Go for those.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03No, OK.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- OK, you've fixed on your three? - Yeah.- Your time is up.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14We were looking for countries that border countries beginning with S. I now need your three answers.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- We would like to go with... Guyana.- Guyana.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- The Gambia.- The Gambia.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27And we'll take a punt on the Pointless favourite, Central African Republic.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- Central African Republic. Always the right thing to say. - Got to be worth a punt.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:36 > 0:39:41- People might start cottoning on to Central African Republic.- Yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47- Not bordering a country beginning with S.- I think Gambia as the best. - OK, The Gambia last.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Which will we put first?
0:39:49 > 0:39:55I think Central African Republic. It was a lazy answer. We just thought we'd put it in.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- OK, we'll put it first. And Guyana in the middle.- Yes.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Let's put them up on the board.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14We were looking for countries that border countries beginning with S. You only need one pointless answer
0:40:14 > 0:40:21to win that jackpot of £3,250. What would you do with £3,250, Ian?
0:40:21 > 0:40:27Everybody always says, "I'd go on holiday," but we do love travel. That's our one...
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- "We really WILL go on holiday!" - We really mean it.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36OK, well, very best of luck. Let's hope at least one is pointless.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41Your first answer, your least confident, is Central African Republic.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46Let's find out. Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Ooh, it's right!
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Now Central African Republic
0:40:53 > 0:40:58has one principal function on this game and that is to be pointless.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Is it pointless today?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Yes, it is!
0:41:03 > 0:41:08Very, very well done indeed. That is absolutely brilliant.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Very well done. Excellent. Safari, here we come!
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Superb.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23Many, many congratulations. Central African Republic was pointless.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28- You go home with our jackpot of £3,250. Very well done indeed! - CHEERING
0:41:31 > 0:41:37It sounds like your geography is pretty good. Let's find out from Richard.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43That was brilliant. We say always go for it. It's the first time it's won the jackpot.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49Very, very impressive. Your other two answers. Guyana - it's next to Suriname.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55It would have scored two points. And The Gambia, bordering Senegal, would have scored one point.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00So it was your only chance there. Very well played.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Bulgaria, which borders Serbia. Central African Republic,
0:42:08 > 0:42:13it borders South Sudan and Sudan. Chad, which borders Sudan.
0:42:14 > 0:42:20Djibouti, which borders Somalia. Guinea, which borders Senegal and Sierra Leone.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Lebanon, which borders Syria.
0:42:23 > 0:42:29Liberia, that borders Sierra Leone. Libya, that borders Sudan. And Mali borders Senegal.
0:42:29 > 0:42:36The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders South Sudan. And Macedonia borders Serbia.
0:42:36 > 0:42:42Very well done if you got those. Congratulations to you two. Central African Republic.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- I could not be happier. - APPLAUSE
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Very, very well done indeed.
0:42:48 > 0:42:55Thanks once again to our winning pair, Ian and Jessica, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250!
0:42:58 > 0:43:03- Join us next time for more obscure knowledge. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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