0:00:18 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Thanks. I'm Alexander Armstrong. A warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31the quiz show where the obvious answers mean nothing and the obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39- Couple number one.- I'm Kevin. This is Charlie.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41We're both from Hornchurch in Essex.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hi. I'm Ed. This is Alan. We're old friends from Liverpool.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hi. I'm Peter. This is my daughter, Sue, and we're from Derbyshire.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I'm Susie. This is my friend, Caroline.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54We're both from London.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Fresh from signing, oh, perhaps half a dozen autographs for his fan club, the Osmaniacs,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13it's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Hiya.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Hi, everybody.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Afternoon.- Afternoon to you. - How are you?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Yeah, I really mustn't grumble.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24That's good news.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We've got two very, very strong returning pairs
0:01:27 > 0:01:29from the last show. It'll be tough for our new pairs today.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Ed and Alan went all the way through to the head-to-head.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36They were slightly steamrollered in the head-to-head, but up to that point, did terrifically well.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Susie and Caroline were quite unlucky to be knocked out as well.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42It's going to be a tough show. And we keep giving away the jackpot.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- It's a shame.- We gave away the jackpot in the last show. That's a spoiler for you.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Thanks very much. Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Our contestants here need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Now, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer. This is an answer
0:01:56 > 0:01:58that none of our 100 people gave.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04As you will have gathered, Andy and Beth won the jackpot last time,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07so today's jackpot starts back at £1,000.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10So, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20OK, in this round, I'm going to take an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23At the end of the round, the pair with the highest score will be eliminated.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25OK, our first category today is...
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Sporting venues. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- Richard.- On each pass, we'll show you the names of seven football stadiums.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51You need to tell us which English professional teams play at those stadiums.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at at home.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I know some people will get all 14. Some people, this is the worst round imaginable, isn't it?
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Everyone looks pretty happy...apart from Caroline.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03I'm not happy at all!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07So we're looking for the names of the teams that play their home games at these grounds.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09And our first board reads like this.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31So there we are. Seven football clubs' grounds.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Kevin.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37You and Charlie all drew lots before the show, and today you're going first.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39So, Kevin, where are you from?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I'm from Hornchurch in Essex, on the outskirts of London.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- And what do you do, Kevin?- I'm a policeman in London.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Policeman in London. How long have you been a policeman in the Met? - About 24 years now.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Wow! Do you enjoy it?- Yeah, it's great fun.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54What do you get up to in your spare time?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I love going over West Ham.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Big West Ham fan.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59And when I'm not going over to the football,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I quite like going up town with the wife, take the wife out.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Go see a few shows and what-have-you.- Very good.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Very good. OK.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Well, you get first pick of this board, Kevin.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Well, luckily it was football.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Bit of a result.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Deepdale.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Preston North End.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Preston North End, Kevin says for Deepdale. Let's see if that's right,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Preston North End.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25It's right.
0:04:30 > 0:04:3117.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- 17.- Yeah, used to have the National Football Museum there as well.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Ed.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43- Welcome back to the show.- Thank you.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45So, yes, head-to-head last time.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Yeah, it was a very close tie, really.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I think...they had the advantage because they went first on the first pass
0:04:52 > 0:04:54and they went for the answer I would have said.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Then on the second pass,
0:04:56 > 0:05:01they pulled an answer out of the air, which I don't think we'd have got if we'd been here till...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Usain Bolt's world record.- Yes.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Also one of the many names of his autobiography.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Yes. Now then, Ed, remind us what you do.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I'm a retired HR manager.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Right you are. And what are your hobbies?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I'm a volunteer at Liverpool Cathedral, and I also play in a band.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Very good indeed. Now then,
0:05:20 > 0:05:21what do you make of this?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I know a few of them.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Um...
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I'm going to go for Brunton Park,
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Carlisle United.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Carlisle United, Brunton Park, says Ed.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said Carlisle United.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37It's right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Well, Kevin scored 17 with Deepdale.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Oh, yeah, four!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Four.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Kevin scored 17 with Deepdale. Four you get with Carlisle.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Fantastic. - It's the largest football stadium in England that isn't all-seater.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Brunton Park. How about that for a fact?- There we are.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Also, the East Stand is slightly askew from the West Stand.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10They were going to redevelop the whole thing, but they ran out of money,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- so they've got one stand that's slightly wonky.- Weird angle?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Not a weird angle, but it starts a bit further down the pitch than it should,
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- and ends a bit further down the other end.- It doesn't start on the pitch?! That'd be terrible.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- You'd have to have the goal somewhere in the stand.- But that's not what's happened.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Could be fun.- You'd have heard about that if that was the case. - I'm sure I would.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Peter.- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Peter, welcome to the show. - Thank you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- Remind me where you're from, Peter. - We're from Dronfield, a little town in Derbyshire.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Very good indeed. And what do you do?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40I'm retired at the moment.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42What did you do, Peter?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I was a sales manager with a pneumatics company in Sheffield.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Right you are. And what do you like to spend your retirement doing?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53We go caravanning. I do a lot of walking in Derbyshire.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55And we love going on holiday.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Excellent. Do you follow the football?- Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00- CAROLINE:- Lucky you!
0:07:00 > 0:07:01LAUGHTER
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Very closely.- OK.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- Very closely. So you've got a good answer?- Yes.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07What are you going to go for?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Well, much as it pains me to say,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday, says Peter.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:07:25 > 0:07:2633.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28APPLAUSE
0:07:30 > 0:07:3233 for Sheffield Wednesday.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35That's the largest stadium outside the Premiership. They're called the Owls,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38after one of their players once presented them with an owl.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Where do they get those ideas from?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43- And Caroline.- Yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Caroline, you're the last one to have this board.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49We've heard noises from you all the way through this round.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52They're good noises, but they all suggest that you're not perhaps
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- completely at home in this category. - I'm hoping that if I just get a right answer,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00then Susie knows a lot about football, so I'm banking on her.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02OK, So, remind us what you do, Caroline.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'm a communications manager for the NHS.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09That's right. And what do you get up to in your spare time?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Um...I like to play hockey
0:08:12 > 0:08:13and I gamble quite a bit
0:08:13 > 0:08:16And...yeah. They're probably my two main hobbies.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19So, talking of gambling, what are you going to go for on this board?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Do you fancy going through the board?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23I feel like I ought to know who plays at The Valley,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25but I don't.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Um...and the only one I know up there is Old Trafford.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30My flatmate's a big Man United fan,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33so I'm really hoping that Old Trafford is Manchester United.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Manchester United, says Caroline, for Old Trafford.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41It's right.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42- Oh, God!- 83.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44APPLAUSE
0:08:45 > 0:08:4783 for Manchester United.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50As you say, it is genuinely better than 100. Damage limitation.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54At least there's one up there you know. I always think of my mum on rounds like this.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56To her, that's literally just words.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Yeah.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Let's go through the rest of these.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The Valley... It's a London team.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02It's Charlton.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Would have scored you 24.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Matchroom Stadium is another London team.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It's Leyton Orient.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Would have scored you eight points.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Now, this last one. I once dreamt that I was on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And the million-pound question was, which team plays at Priestfield Stadium?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And I got it right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22That would be a million-pound question.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23- Is that...?- Probably not.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- It was just a dream.- It's just a dream. That's OK.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28It's Gillingham.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31So well done if you said that - you've just won £1 million.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33LAUGHTER
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- Gillingham. Brilliant.- Would have scored nine points.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Four. Ed, lovely low score there.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Ed and Alan looking nice and strong on the back of it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Up to 17, where we find Kevin and Charlie.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Up to 33, Peter and Sue.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49And then quite a hike up to 83, Caroline and Susie.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Well, Susie, Caroline says you know a lot about football.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I think we're about to find out.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Well, you get first choice of the next board, so make sure
0:09:56 > 0:09:59you pick a really low-scoring one.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01And let's hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11OK, let's put seven more football grounds up on the board. Here they come. We have got...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I'll read those all one last time.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Remember, we're looking for the teams
0:10:33 > 0:10:35that play their home games at these grounds.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Obviously, Susie, you'll try and find the one
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Susie, welcome back. - Thank you.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Yes, you've got a bit of a job to do here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I think you're up to it. What do you make of the board?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49There's one that's close to my heart,
0:10:49 > 0:10:51and one that's close to my house.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Um...
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But I think I'm going to go with the Kassam Stadium,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56which is Oxford United.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Oxford United, says Susie, for Kassam Stadium.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You are the high scorers, on 83.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04You just have to hope this goes down as far as it possibly can.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Oxford United. Let's see how many people said that.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's right.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17It's very good. Look at that. Well done - nine.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:19 > 0:11:2192 your total, Susie.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Very well done.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Terrific play, Susie. You might yet have saved yourself there. The Kassam Stadium's only got three stands.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33The gentleman behind it, Mr Kassam, said, "I'll add another one if more of you turn up."
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Well, that's an incentive, isn't it?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Well, you know, it hasn't been, thus far.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39LAUGHTER
0:11:40 > 0:11:42So the wind must just come in.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- The wind does come in, yes.- Yeah.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I forgot about your degree in architecture.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Sue.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Sue, welcome to the show.- Thank you.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56What do you do, Sue?
0:11:56 > 0:11:57I'm a retired teacher.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- What did you teach? - French and Spanish.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02French and Spanish. To what sort of age group?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Secondary, up to 18.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Very good.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07And how's your football?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09OK. I'm a big Sheffield United fan.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13- So...- OK. So what are you going to go for?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I think I'm going to go for the Lamex Stadium,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19which is, I believe, Stevenage.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21You're on 33, Sue.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24The high scorers are Susie and Caroline on 92.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26A score of 58 or less
0:12:26 > 0:12:28sees you comfortably into the next round.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Let's see if Stevenage is right, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Very well done.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Into the second round you go. Very well done indeed.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Down it goes... Look at that! Two, Sue.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:46That's a lovely score.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Our best score of the round so far.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Takes your total up to 35.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54That's a terrific answer, Sue. I'm guessing you must have been there.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I have, yes. Last season.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- How did you get on?- We won, yeah.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00If I had my own football team,
0:13:00 > 0:13:05I'm not sure I'd put the word "lame" in my ground. Would you?
0:13:05 > 0:13:06No.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Well, if I did, I probably would!
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Yeah.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Thanks very much. Now then, Alan.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15High scorers on 92. You're on four.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I reckon you can probably make it through to the next round.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21You need to score 87 or less. Before we go into that,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23remind us what you do.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24I'm a retired civil servant.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26That's right. And what was your department?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Charity Commission.- That's right.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The nice side of civil service.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Yeah, cuddly, quite small. Off the radar.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Very good. And when did you stop doing that?- About a year ago.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Very good indeed. Now then.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40What are you going to go for?
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I think, as someone who lives in the northwest,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Bloomfield Road is the obvious one for me.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50And I think that's Blackpool.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Blackpool, says Alan. There is your red line.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Get below that, you're into Round Two.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Let's see if Bloomfield Road is right for Blackpool, and if it is,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00let's see how many people said Blackpool.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03It's right. You're through.
0:14:07 > 0:14:0820.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10APPLAUSE
0:14:10 > 0:14:1124 your total.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Our lowest total so far.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20There's a groundsman called Paul Burgess, who started his career doing work experience at Bloomfield Road
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and is now head ground-keeper at the Bernabeu stadium in Real Madrid.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- That's nice.- That's quite good, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Now, Charlie.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Charlie, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- You're at university.- Yeah, I'm a student at Nottingham Trent.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- What are you studying? - Quantity surveying.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Yeah, good.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43It's usually a conversation-killer.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44And, er...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46how far are you into your course?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- I'm in second year.- You enjoying it?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51It's not bad. I'm missing a deadline to be here today.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Oh, that's good!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Glad we're contributing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59So we want you to name the teams who play their home games at these grounds.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Something tells me you're going to have a great answer.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04I watch it all the time.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06But...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I'm worried here, because
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I am going to get abuse for the rest of my life by my mates.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I can't say Villa Park or Stamford Bridge, because it's too obvious.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Well, let me just put you in the picture.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The high scorers are Susie and Caroline on 92. You're on 17.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24You can score 74 or less.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26OK, then, I will.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I'll say Chelsea for Stamford Bridge.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Stamford Bridge, Chelsea.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Yeah, 74 or less.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- There's your red line.- I've got that feeling.- I don't know.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44We'll see. There's your red line. This will be very exciting.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Below that red line, you remain.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Above that red line, we say goodbye to you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Chelsea for Stamford Bridge. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01You've done it!
0:16:01 > 0:16:0360.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04APPLAUSE
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The abuse can be postponed, Charlie.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'll still get abuse for that, I think.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Takes your total up to 77. Richard.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Well done, Charlie. Quite often we get students on this show
0:16:17 > 0:16:19and they say, "I'm missing a deadline"
0:16:19 > 0:16:20or this, that or the other,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24to come on Pointless. You think, "What if your dad found out?" You brought your dad with you.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26He doesn't seem to mind.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27That's good, isn't it?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Let's go through the rest of these.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33If you decided to avoid the two obvious ones and went for an obscure one, what would you have said?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35I would have said Burnley for Plainmoor.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You'd have just been knocked out.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- Torquay.- Torquay, yeah.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Absolutely right. Would have scored seven points.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Villa Park scores more than Stamford Bridge,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47as it has Villa in the name. Aston Villa, of course.
0:16:47 > 0:16:4867 points.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50And Home Park is Plymouth Argyle.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Ten points. So Stevenage is the best answer there, Sue. Well done.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59At the end of our first round, I'm afraid to say that
0:16:59 > 0:17:01the pair heading home with their high score of 92
0:17:01 > 0:17:02is Susie and Caroline.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04It is one of our two returning pairs.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I had high hopes for you this time.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- So did we.- So did we.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Yeah. Yeah, you were right to make those noises
0:17:11 > 0:17:13when the category came up.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'm sorry to have to say goodbye to you. This really is goodbye.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20But it's been great having you on both shows. Thanks so much for playing. Susie and Caroline.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:23 > 0:17:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37so one of the pairs in front of me will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Ed and Alan, fantastic play from you there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Sue and Peter, though.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Sue...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44with Stevenage.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Yes. I was lucky.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Would you have got Stevenage?- No.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51But, to be fair, I support a team that doesn't play in the lower leagues, so...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53AUDIENCE: Boo!
0:17:53 > 0:17:55That's unnecessary, Richard!
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I was just making a factual point, that's all.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03And Charlie and Kevin, you were the high scorers of the remaining pairs.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05So, yes, could do better, we'll say.
0:18:05 > 0:18:06Absolutely.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:11 > 0:18:15It's pop music. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:31 > 0:18:32..as they could.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Richard.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Yes, any Beatles single that starts with a consonant and has been in the official UK Top 40.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Where they had double A-sides, both of those answers will count as separate answers.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45We're not accepting EPs, so, for example,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48something like Twist And Shout wouldn't count.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52But any other Beatles single that begins with a consonant.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Very best of luck.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55OK, thanks very much.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Now then.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Kevin.- Yeah.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01So we're looking for any UK Top 40 singles by the Beatles,
0:19:01 > 0:19:02beginning with a consonant.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05What I would find really hard if I was playing
0:19:05 > 0:19:07would be knowing what was a single
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and what was...
0:19:09 > 0:19:11just a song I liked from an album.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14You know what, being a comprehensive boy,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17it'd be nice to know what a consonant meant!
0:19:17 > 0:19:19LAUGHTER
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Are you going to furnish him with that?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25I'm going to call it a non-vowel.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Anything that isn't a vowel.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28OK.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Help.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- Help.- Yeah, that was a single for the Beatles.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- I'm struggling with Beatles singles, to be honest with you. - Help, says Kevin.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many said Help.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49It's right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:5520.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56APPLAUSE
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Well played, Kevin. 20 for Help.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Number 1 in 1965. Also a film in 1965, and the accompanying album too.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Covered by Bananarama for Comic Relief.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Now then, Ed.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Ed, oh, the trouble is, you being from Liverpool and playing in a band...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I feel bad about giving you this.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- And playing at the Cavern.- Yeah.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Do you really play at the Cavern?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Do you want to take a bit more time to think about this?
0:20:24 > 0:20:29I'm going to go for... Obviously, they had all the hit singles in the '60s,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31but in the '90s, they also had a couple of other hit singles.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34So I'm going with Free As A Bird.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Free As A Bird... Oh, that's just clever!
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I mean, only Richard would have thought of something like that.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Free As A Bird. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said it.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's right.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57There we are! Ed, I had a feeling that was going to happen.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:59 > 0:21:02That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Takes the total up to £1,250.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08And it scores you absolutely nothing. Very well done indeed, Ed.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Brilliant answer.- I would've got a lot of stick if I hadn't got that!
0:21:11 > 0:21:14We would expect nothing less. Reached Number 2.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Kept off the top by Earth Song by Michael Jackson.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20That's a real Stevenage of an answer. Very well done.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Now, Peter.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26So we're looking for any UK Top 40 single by the Beatles
0:21:26 > 0:21:27that starts with a consonant.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30What are you going to go for?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I'm going to go for...
0:21:32 > 0:21:36I'm not sure which is singles and which is an album,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38but I'll say Yellow Submarine.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Yellow Submarine, says Peter. Let's see if Yellow Submarine is right. Let's see how many said it if it is.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Very well done. 20 our high score at this stage.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51And nothing... 38.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52APPLAUSE
0:21:54 > 0:21:5538 for Yellow Submarine.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Yeah, Number 1 in 1966.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59It was a double A-side with Eleanor Rigby,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- which of course begins with a vowel, so I can mention it. - Thanks very much.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05We're halfway. Let's look at the scores. Ed and Alan
0:22:05 > 0:22:08looking very strong on the back of Ed's brilliant answer there.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Nothing is their score, then up to 20,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13where we find Kevin and Charlie. Up to 38,
0:22:13 > 0:22:14where we find Peter and Sue.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Sue, we need another of your Stevenage-type answers,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20just to make sure you make it through to the head-to-head.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24We're going back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32OK, Sue, we're looking for any Top 40 single performed by the Beatles that starts with a consonant.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37I'm afraid it's not a Stevenage answer, but I'm going to go with Let It Be.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Let It Be, says Sue. Let It Be.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Now, you're the high scorers, so there's no red line.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Let's just see how far down the column it'll take us. Let It Be.
0:22:54 > 0:22:5513. Very well done.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56APPLAUSE
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Good answer. Takes your total to 51, Sue.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The last single they released before they split up in 1970.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Another Number 2 hit.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Now then, Alan.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Alan, the high scorers are Sue and Peter on 51.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16If you can score 50 or less, you are in the head-to-head comfortably.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19OK, there was another single in the '90s they put out
0:23:19 > 0:23:22just after, er...Free As A Bird, which was called
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Real Love.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Real Love.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28OK, there is your red line.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Let's see if Real Love is right, and if it is, let's see if it'll get you below that red line.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It is right.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40It gets you below the red line. Now, I have a feeling
0:23:40 > 0:23:42this may well take you all the way down...
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Yes, it does! Very well done, Alan.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:45 > 0:23:49That's another pointless answer. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Takes the total up to £1,500.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54It scores you nothing, and it leaves your total at nothing.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Very well done indeed, Alan.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Brilliant.- As soon as Ed said Free As A Bird,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I would have put good money on you saying Real Love.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Very well done. It was a year later. - Me too.- Number 4 hit.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Double pointless - we don't get them very often, do we?- No.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10First time for a very long time, so terrifically well done.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Very well done indeed. Now, Charlie.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15So, remember, we're looking for any UK Top 40 single by the Beatles,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19beginning with a consonant. The high scorers on 51 are Sue and Peter.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22You're on 20. If you can score 30 or less,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- A moment of truth here.- Yeah.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28How are you feeling?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Under pressure.- You can talk us through your answers, if you like.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I can think of two. One is really obvious.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- I'd go for the other one.- Yeah!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40I'm not entirely sure...
0:24:42 > 0:24:44..this is the title, but I'm going to say it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Come Together.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Come Together, says Charlie.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Come Together. There is your red line.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Let's find out if Come Together is right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Will it get you below that red line and into the head-to-head? Come Together.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02It's right.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07You've done it! Very well done indeed.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Still going down... It's a pointless answer!
0:25:09 > 0:25:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Very, very well done. Another pointless answer
0:25:14 > 0:25:17adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Takes the total up to £1,750.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It scores you nothing.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It leaves your total at 20, and it keeps you very much in the game.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Very well done, Charlie. That was a brilliant answer.- Cheers.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Terrific. It's a double A-side as well, from 1969. It was a double A-side with Something.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Something would have scored you something - one.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36But that's a terrific answer.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40We've heard three pointless answers out there, and there's only four on the whole board.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41So we've had 75% of them.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44So if you said one of those, or if you said...
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Baby It's You,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48it's the only other one up there.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Baby It's You, Come Together, Free As A Bird and Real Love.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Some of the small scorers - Something, as we've just said, scored one.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Ballad Of John And Yoko would have scored one.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper would have scored two each.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Hello, Goodbye and Get Back would have scored three each.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Four points for Lady Madonna, From Me To You and Back In The USSR.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Those were the very low scorers.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07Paperback Writer with eight as well.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Let's take a look at the top answers,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12the ones that most people said. She Loves You at 22.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Love Me Do at 30.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Which can only mean, right at the top...
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yellow Submarine, with 38.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24So, at the end of that round, I'm afraid it's Sue and Peter
0:26:24 > 0:26:27who'll be leaving us, with a lovely low score of 51,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28but I'm afraid
0:26:28 > 0:26:30you were betting without Alan and Ed
0:26:30 > 0:26:32and the brilliant Charlie there at the end.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35I'm afraid we have to say goodbye at this stage,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37but we get to see you next time. We'll look forward to that.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Sue, Peter, thanks so much for playing. Lovely contestants.
0:26:40 > 0:26:41APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:43CHEERING
0:26:43 > 0:26:47But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Congratulations, Ed and Alan, Charlie and Kevin.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You're one step closer to the final
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and the chance to play for our jackpot, currently £1,750.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08To decide who gets to play for that money, you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12The first pair to win two questions
0:27:12 > 0:27:14will be playing for the jackpot.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Now, listen, Ed and Alan...
0:27:15 > 0:27:19in the first two rounds of this show, you've only scored 24 points.
0:27:19 > 0:27:2224 points. Two pointless answers.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Brilliant. Now, Kevin...
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Help...
0:27:26 > 0:27:28is at hand,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30because now you can come together...
0:27:30 > 0:27:34with Charlie and actually use a bit of his knowledge.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- Puppets. Richard.- We're about to show you pictures of five famous TV puppets.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Can you simply name who they are, please.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Brilliant.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Let's reveal our five puppets. And here they are. We have got...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23There we are. Five famous puppets.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Ed and Alan, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:28:26 > 0:28:27so you get to go first.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31THEY CONFER
0:28:42 > 0:28:45We're going to go for C - Nookie Bear.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Nookie Bear, say Ed and Alan, for C.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Nookie Bear.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Now, Charlie and Kevin.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54You can do all your talking out loud now. Talk us through the board.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I only know the two obvious ones, B and E.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Yeah, I don't know...
0:28:58 > 0:29:00I don't know A.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03My favourite has to be Nookie, but they've taken it.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05We'll have to go for B.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Brains.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09You say B - Brains.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12OK, so we have Ed and Alan saying Nookie Bear,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Charlie and Kevin saying Brains.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18So, Nookie Bear. Let's see how many people said that. Is it right?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22It is right.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28It's a great answer. Look at that - 17. Very well done.
0:29:30 > 0:29:3317 for Nookie Bear.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Charlie and Kevin are saying B is Brains,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37from Thunderbirds. B - Brains.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Absolutely right.
0:29:48 > 0:29:4931.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50APPLAUSE
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Well done, Ed and Alan. After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Yes, that age-old battle between Brains and Nookie.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01And, as always, Nookie wins.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02LAUGHTER
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Let's go through the rest of these.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06A is from Pipkins - Hartley Hare.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Well done if you said that.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Viewers of a certain age would probably have got that. 12 points.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14D is one of the two Riddlers.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16It's Mossop.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I thought that was Jim from Rosie And Jim.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21But I was wrong. One point for Mossop.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25And the last one... What do you think Basil Brush would have scored?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Um...I think that's probably going to be in the 80s.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32You're absolutely right. 89 points for Basil Brush.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Basil Brush there
0:30:34 > 0:30:36in his official robes as Rector of St Andrews.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37LAUGHTER
0:30:39 > 0:30:41There we are. Here comes your second question.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Charlie and Kevin, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45It concerns...
0:30:50 > 0:30:51LAUGHTER
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Richard.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55We'll show you five foodstuffs that all featured
0:30:55 > 0:30:58on the BBC list, 50 Things To Eat Before You Die.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01We've left out alternate letters. Can you fill them in and give us the foodstuff?
0:31:01 > 0:31:06OK, let's reveal our five things to eat before you die. And here they are. We have got...
0:31:20 > 0:31:22I'll read those all again without the blanks.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34There we are. Five things to eat before you die.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Charlie and Kevin, you go first this time.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39THEY CONFER
0:31:44 > 0:31:45All right. We only know one,
0:31:45 > 0:31:47so we're going to say caviar for the middle.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Caviar. OK.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Caviar, say Charlie and Kevin.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Ed and Alan, what are you going to go for?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Talk us through the board if you can.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58We only know one more.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59We're going to go for the bottom one,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02and depending on which part of the country you come from,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04it's either scallops or "scollops".
0:32:04 > 0:32:06OK. That's the one you're going to go for.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Scallops. So caviar
0:32:08 > 0:32:09versus scallops.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Charlie and Kevin went caviar.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17It is right.
0:32:19 > 0:32:2148.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22APPLAUSE
0:32:24 > 0:32:2648 for caviar.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27Ed and Alan went for scallops.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Scallops is right.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Now, Charlie and Kevin, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:32:37 > 0:32:38I'm afraid you don't.
0:32:38 > 0:32:4036 for scallops.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42APPLAUSE
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Very well done, Ed and Alan.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48After only two questions, you're through to the final 2-0.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Let's do the rest of these.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52The first one... I thought the top one was barracuda.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53It's barramundi,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56which is a sweet, buttery fish. Would have scored three points.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Now, the other two,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00we could also just put in an animals round.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Both animals.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Reindeer?- Reindeer, absolutely.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Would have scored you 15 points.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- Kangaroo.- Kangaroo. Absolutely.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Would have scored nine points.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13The best answer up there - barramundi.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15How many of those have you eaten?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Howe many of those have I eaten?
0:33:17 > 0:33:18Two.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Anyone there eaten more than two of those things?
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- Have you? How many have you eaten? - All except the top one.- Have you?
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Yeah.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27- You've eaten kangaroo?- Yeah.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Where was that?- Australia. It was like steak.
0:33:30 > 0:33:35- Are you sure it was kangaroo?- Yeah. - Sometimes there's a bit of horse gets in there.- Yeah!
0:33:35 > 0:33:37It was jumping round the plate a bit.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Thanks very much indeed. So the pair leaving us - I'm afraid to say it's Charlie and Kevin.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48As so often happens, people come into the head-to-head having done fantastically well,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50and then they come up against a pair like Ed and Alan.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53I mean, there aren't that many options to choose from.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Nookie Bear I'm sure you would have got had you gone first.- Absolutely.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59But still, we'll see you again next time
0:33:59 > 0:34:02and I'm sure we'll see you go this far, possibly further.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Thanks so much for playing. Charlie and Kevin.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07APPLAUSE
0:34:08 > 0:34:11But for Ed and Alan, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Well, congratulations, Ed and Alan.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19You've beaten all the competition,
0:34:19 > 0:34:21and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Very well done. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:34:30 > 0:34:34and at the today of today's show, it stands at £1,750.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36CHEERING
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Now £500 of that was directly from you. Fantastic second round.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Those two Beatles ones.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Ed, you've sung a lot of Beatles songs in your time.- Yeah.- What's your favourite?
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Um...
0:34:49 > 0:34:53One that I like singing and always goes down well is I Feel Fine.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56We did a gig on Friday night,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59and it's one of those, as soon as you hear that opening chord,
0:34:59 > 0:35:00the opening riff,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02everyone seems to get up.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I don't like it. I'll tell you why I don't like it.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Cos it starts with a vowel. That's not...
0:35:09 > 0:35:12I really, really only like songs that begin with consonants.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Yeah.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Really do.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- And that song begins with that feedback.- Yes, it does.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Great song.- It's a great riff,
0:35:21 > 0:35:22and it's a great song and it's...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24It always goes down well.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29Very good. Actually, let's not overlook your brilliant performance in the first round as well,
0:35:29 > 0:35:30with the football grounds.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Yeah, two fantastic...
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Brunton Park. I went there in 1974
0:35:35 > 0:35:38to see Liverpool win 1-0.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39Phil Boersma scored.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43That's a real football fan all over, that, isn't it?
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Back in '74...
0:35:44 > 0:35:48And last time in the head-to-head, you lost 2-0.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51This time, you won 2-0. That's got to feel great.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Yes, it does. I think...
0:35:53 > 0:35:56last time we went second with the first question.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58We were first today.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- And we...- I think that can help.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02That can help in the head-to-head.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05There we are, with Nookie and scallops. Brilliant.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09OK. So, to win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11First, though, you have to choose a category,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14and you have five options to choose from. They are...
0:36:24 > 0:36:25London or Countries?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26I think so.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Countries?- I think so, yeah.- OK.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30- Let's do Countries.- Countries.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- You're going to go for Countries? - Yeah.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:36:43 > 0:36:44..as they could. Richard.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Yeah, we're looking for any country in the world
0:36:47 > 0:36:49whose land area is larger than that of Texas.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53As always, by "country", we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Very, very best of luck, guys.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00All you need to win that £1,750
0:37:00 > 0:37:03is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Are you ready?- Yeah.- Yes.- OK.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11THEY WHISPER
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Speak up!
0:37:12 > 0:37:14African countries?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Well, easy ones - Australia, Canada...
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- India.- USA.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22So, I'm not sure about African ones.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23- The Sudan.- Sudan.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Well, let's throw...
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- Let's throw Sudan in as our best one.- Yes.- Sudan.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30And then go for...
0:37:30 > 0:37:32say, Canada.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35And...it's a safe one.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Sudan, Canada...
0:37:37 > 0:37:38South Africa.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40No, not very big.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- Brazil, Argentina...- Oh, Brazil.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- Brazil?- Yeah, let's go Brazil.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Brazil, Sudan, Canada.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Yeah?- We can do better than Canada.- OK.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- Brazil and Sudan.- How many seconds have we got left?
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We've got 18 seconds.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Brazil and Sudan...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Any others?
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Any...- Ten seconds left.- What about the old Soviet Union?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Russia?- Ukraine.- Ukraine, OK.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Ukraine, Sudan...
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Ukraine, Sudan and...
0:38:11 > 0:38:13OK, that's your time up.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16We were looking for countries larger than the US state of Texas.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I now need your three answers.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20- OK.- Ukraine.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Ukraine.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Sudan.- Sudan.- Sudan.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25Um...
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- Canada?- Canada.- Canada.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33OK. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:33 > 0:38:34- Sudan?- Yeah.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Sudan we'll put last.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- What is your least likely?- Probably Canada.- Canada.- We'll put Canada first.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43OK, let's put those up on the board in that order.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47And here they are. We've got Canada, Ukraine, Sudan.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51So we were looking for countries larger than the US state of Texas.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Your first answer was Canada.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56This was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless
0:38:59 > 0:39:01for you to win that jackpot of £1,750.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04So let's see how many people said Canada.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09It's right.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Well...
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Canada taking us down through the 50s.
0:39:14 > 0:39:1647.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17That's a high score.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18APPLAUSE
0:39:20 > 0:39:23But that was holding a place for you there. You didn't really want to put Canada in there.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28- It's everyone's go-to big country, isn't it, after China, I guess?- Yes.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- Australia.- And Australia.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32So there we are. Not a pointless answer.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Now, what would you do with £1,750?
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Depending on how much we won, possibly buy another guitar. I've already got ten.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46So, you know, you can never have enough guitars. A bit like women with handbags.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Never have enough guitars. Alan, how about you?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- Travel.- Travel.- Cameras.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52All these things.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Travel cameras? There you go.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Go to Paris or Australia for the tennis.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- Very nice.- Would be nice. - Very nice indeed.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04OK, very best of luck. You have two good answers on the board.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06We are looking for countries larger than the US state of Texas.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Ukraine.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Again, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17For £1,750, let's see how many people said Ukraine.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23No.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Not the Ukraine, as it turns out.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- No.- So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32So, we are looking for countries larger than the US state of Texas.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Your third and final answer
0:40:34 > 0:40:36was Sudan.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39You thought this was your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Let's find out. To win that jackpot of £1,750,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44it has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Let's find out - Sudan.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Is it pointless?
0:40:53 > 0:40:54It's right.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56OK, so your first answer, Canada,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58took us down to 47.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Your second answer, Ukraine, was incorrect.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Sudan's taken us down to five.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Unfortunately, I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22So I'm sorry to say you don't win today's jackpot of £1,750,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- which rolls over on to the next show. But we've loved having you on the show.- Thank you.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29What an amazing performance you've put in.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- And you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34APPLAUSE
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Yeah, if Texas was a country, it'd be one of the 40 biggest countries in the world. It's very big.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48But Ukraine's slightly smaller. Texas is the size of Ukraine plus Portugal, roughly.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52I'll tell you a few of the one-point answers before we go to the pointless ones.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Bolivia, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Mali, Venezuela, Zambia. All of those one-pointers.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Right at the beginning of your 60 seconds,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02when you went for Sudan, you said, "Let's go for some African countries."
0:42:02 > 0:42:07It's probably where you should have stuck, because there's seven pointless answers - six are African.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Let's take a look at all of them.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Angola would have won you the money.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Chad would have won you the money.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Colombia would have won you the money.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16That's the one outside of Africa.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Democratic Republic of Congo,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Mauritania... Very well done if you said that at home.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Mozambique.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24And the last one of all, Namibia.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27All of those bigger than Texas. All of them would have won you the money.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Might you have got any of those?
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Mozambique got mentioned early on.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36And Eddie said no.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39I feel terrible about that.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Ed and Alan.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46APPLAUSE
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Excellent contestants.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Well, sadly, Ed and Alan didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:52 > 0:42:56which means it rolls over to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,750.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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