0:00:21 > 0:00:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:34the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:42- Couple number one.- Hello. My name's Mairi and this is my partner Mark. We're from Stenhousemuir in Scotland.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46- Couple number two.- Hello. My name is Eric. I'm from Evesham.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50This is my friend Mary from Bidford-on-Avon.
0:00:50 > 0:00:56- Couple number three.- I'm Cynthia. This is my husband Paul. We're from Whitley Bay in Tyne and Wear.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02- And couple number four.- Hello. My name's Alex. This is Kwok. We're best friends and neighbours from London.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:08 > 0:01:12We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15That just leaves one more person to introduce.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20If the police made up an E-FIT of what a genius with prior convictions might look like, he would be it.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- It's my Pointless friend Richard. - Hiya.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- APPLAUSE - Hi, everybody.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- Afternoon.- Top of the afternoon to you.- How are you?- I'm well.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36- We're having one of those runs where we keep giving away the jackpot.- Yes.
0:01:36 > 0:01:43We had an amazing jackpot winner last time with Dave and Claire. They had two pointless answers.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48- We've only got one returning pair. That's Eric and Mary, but they were terrific.- Very strong.
0:01:48 > 0:01:54We gave them terrible categories - football and then '90s bands. Football, sailed through.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Knocked out a team who knew a lot about football. They would have got through the second round
0:02:00 > 0:02:06if Eric hadn't got Boyzone and Westlife mixed up, which even Louis Walsh does from time to time!
0:02:07 > 0:02:13- He doesn't mind which one it is.- It all goes into the same bank account. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Our questions were put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and when that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33Claire and Dave won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44In this round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but no conferring.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48At the end of the round, the pair with the highest score leaves us.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51OK, so our first category today is...
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Antipodeans. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:09 > 0:03:14- Is there a problem, Mairi?- I don't know anybody from New Zealand. - It'll be a great round(!)
0:03:14 > 0:03:16LAUGHTER
0:03:16 > 0:03:21- Richard?- You must know somebody from... We'll find out soon enough.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27We'll show you seven clues on each pass to famous people born in New Zealand.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Give us an obscure answer. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37We'll also give you their initials after each clue. There will be 14 New Zealanders to get at home.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- If you don't know anyone from New Zealand, go and make a cup of tea and come back for round two!- Thanks.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48That doesn't sound so bad. You get initials after the name. We're practically giving you the answers.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Let's find out. Here is our first board of famous New Zealanders.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I'll read all of those clues one last time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52There we are, seven clues to seven famous New Zealanders.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Mairi and Mark, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you get to go first.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Mairi, are you feeling better now? - I think I know two of these people,
0:05:01 > 0:05:05although I didn't know that either of them were from New Zealand.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10- Tell me a bit about yourself. You're from Stenhousemuir.- Mm-hm. - What do you do?
0:05:10 > 0:05:15- I'm a lecturer.- What do you lecture in?- Psychology.- Ah!
0:05:15 > 0:05:20So this is just a game she's playing, all this "I don't know any New Zealanders".
0:05:20 > 0:05:25You say you don't know anyone from New Zealand before you even see the clues.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- That's quite self-destructive behaviour in some ways. - LAUGHTER
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I think we need to talk after the show.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36So what are you going to go for? You have two that you know.
0:05:36 > 0:05:43Right, yes. I think the one I'm going to go for is the mountaineer and say Edmund Hillary.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Edmund Hillary.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's absolutely right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:5534.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Perfectly respectable, Mairi. A good answer.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- 34 for Edmund Hillary. - He was a bee-keeper by profession,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05but more famous for reaching the summit of Everest.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09But maybe more famous as a bee-keeper in the bee-keeping community.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- ANTIPODEAN ACCENT: - "Did you know Edmund was the first guy up...?" That's not New Zealand.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20If you're still watching and you come from New Zealand, write in and let us know.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23It was a little slice of home for them.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26They read The Southern Cross and go...
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- NEW ZEALAND ACCENT: - "For a minute there, I thought I was back in Auckland."
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Very well done indeed. Now, Eric...
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- Welcome back.- Thank you. - You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46I did rather better on football than I would have believed I'd have ever done in a million years,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and then got Westlife mixed up with...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Who was it?- Boyzone.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Boyzone.- As you well know, Eric. It was Boyzone.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01- I just chose the wrong one. - Yeah. I'm not sure there is a wrong one really there.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Eric, as you told me last time, you are retired now,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08but what did you used to do?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I used to teach Religious Studies and Drama
0:07:11 > 0:07:15and enjoyed teaching Drama so much, I just went on doing amateur theatre
0:07:15 > 0:07:18and directing stuff like The Importance Of Being Earnest
0:07:18 > 0:07:25in which my friend Mary is playing Lady Bracknell which we're rehearsing at the moment.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- When you say you're rehearsing at the moment... - Well, not this precise moment.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Because it needs work if this is...
0:07:33 > 0:07:35That's Mary.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38You're brilliant, dear.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Eric, famous New Zealanders?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44This is a little bit scary, but I think I know two of them
0:07:44 > 0:07:48and I'm going to risk the one that I'm sure would be the lowest score,
0:07:48 > 0:07:56which is the physicist who gave his name, I hope, to rutherfordium, which is Ernest Rutherford.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Ernest Rutherford, says Eric. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Absolutely right. Well done, Eric.
0:08:07 > 0:08:0934 is our best score so far.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11You smash through that.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Down it goes to 1.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- APPLAUSE - Well done, Eric.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Terrific stuff, Eric. Is there nothing you don't know?
0:08:21 > 0:08:28It's not rutherfordium, it's ernestium... It's not really. It's rutherfordium. You're quite right.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Paul, welcome to the show. - Thank you.- From Whitley Bay.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39- Yeah.- Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Paul?- Well, I was a civil servant for a lot of years.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Now I just do various bits and pieces really just to...
0:08:43 > 0:08:45earn a few extra shekels.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50Very good. What are you going to go for? Which of these famous New Zealanders?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- Eric pinched my answer. It happens, doesn't it?- It does.
0:08:54 > 0:09:00- I never believe it!- So I think I'll have to go for the top one.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03The director of The Lord Of The Rings - Peter Jackson.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Let's see if Peter Jackson is right and how many people said it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Wow, 29 for Peter Jackson!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- APPLAUSE - Good choice.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Good answer. He won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King. Amazing.- Now then, Kwok...
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Yes.- Welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Great to have you here. What do you do, Kwok?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I'm retired now. I used to work in an office.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41And what do you like doing now, Kwok?
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Writing, looking after my cats, playing badminton.
0:09:46 > 0:09:52- How many cats have you got?- I used to have five, but now only three. - Aw!- But they're all Persians.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56One of them that passed away, he was a really great character
0:09:56 > 0:10:01because I was told once that I was the worst singer in the world
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and he, the cat, confirmed it
0:10:03 > 0:10:09because whenever I opened my mouth to sing, he would scream until I stopped.
0:10:09 > 0:10:15LAUGHTER So I have to admit that I am the worst singer in the world.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Now then, Kwok, you're the last person to have this board, all these famous Kiwis here...
0:10:20 > 0:10:26- Which one will you go for? You can talk us through all of them. - I wish I could. I only know two.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32So I'll have to go for the star of the films Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind -
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Russell Crowe. I think that will be very high, Russell Crowe.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42Kwok is saying Russell Crowe. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's right.
0:10:47 > 0:10:4962.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- APPLAUSE - It's not terrible. It's not too high a score.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- 62.- Not too bad. There's another guy whose singing can clear rooms, Russell Crowe.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04- If only he had more cats perhaps. - Yeah, absolutely. Let's take a look through the rest of these answers.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09I was very pleased because I got the country musician. It's Keith Urban.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12But it scores you 19 points. That's quite a lot.
0:11:12 > 0:11:19- The cricket player, you probably know that?- I can't remember what it is. Ha...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Had...
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Richard Hadlee. - 6 points it would have scored.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- And played the title role in Xena: Warrior Princess, your favourite show?- I love that show.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Lucy Lawless.- Lucy Lawless. - 14 points.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- So Ernest Rutherford is the best answer up there, Eric. Well done.- Very well done.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Let's take a look at the scores.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42As Richard said, the best score, Eric, well done.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Eric and Mary looking particularly strong on the back of that score.
0:11:47 > 0:11:5229 is the next lowest, Paul and Cynthia, then up to 34, Mairi and Mark,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55then Kwok and Alex on 62, not too far ahead.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00Alex, you'll get first dibs on the next board. Use it wisely. Find a nice, low score.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Let's put seven more clues to famous Kiwis on the board. We have got...
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I'll read those all one last time.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06There we are, famous New Zealanders.
0:13:06 > 0:13:13- Alex, try and find the lowest scoring one there. Alex, welcome. What do you do?- I'm a fire-fighter.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18- Are you? Whereabouts do you do that?- I'm in Wandsworth in south-west London.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Very good. You're the high scorers on 62, so we need a nice, low-scoring answer from you, Alex.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- I think this board is harder than the last one.- Yeah. This is not a good board.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34And I'm going to have to go with the actress turned psychologist, married to Billy Connolly,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and I'll say that's Pamela Stephenson.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40There's no red line for you as you're the high scorers.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Let's see. Pamela Stephenson, is it right, how many people said it?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46It is right.
0:13:49 > 0:13:5146.
0:13:51 > 0:13:5446 for Pamela Stephenson, taking your total up to 108.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58She once stood for Parliament, Pamela Stephenson, in 1987.
0:13:58 > 0:14:05- I didn't know that.- Yeah, for The Stuffed Pink Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Trousers Party.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Thank you very much. Cynthia, welcome to the show. What do you do?
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I'm retired now. I'm a retired civil servant.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16How are you filling your retirement?
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Well, I like to go to the theatre, the cinema. I'm learning to play piano.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- How's it going?- I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31- It's the old joke.- Yeah. - I'd like to see Cynthia and Kwok as a double act maybe.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35It's got a lovely ring to it, hasn't it?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- Cynthia and Kwok.- Yeah.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Cynthia, what do you make of our famous New Zealanders?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Well, the only one that I really know has gone.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49So I'll have to make a guess, really, at this because of the initials.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I'll go for the bottom one and say Bill Murray.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Bill Murray. Bill Murray, a shot in the dark.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00The high scorers on 108 are Alex and Kwok. You're on 29.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05If you can score 78 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Bill Murray, to your knowledge, does he have any Antipodean roots?
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- I've no idea.- Let's see if Bill Murray's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Oh, bad luck.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25Good to guess with some conviction. Bill Murray, though, an incorrect answer, scoring you 100 points.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31- Takes your total up to 129.- Sorry, Cynthia. He was born in America and he's not in Flight Of The Conchords.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- But he does have the initials "BM". - He does.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Not too bad.- Yeah.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Now then, Mary...- Hello. - Great news for you.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- You're through to the next round. - Good.- Eric has scored so low that even if you score 100 points,
0:15:46 > 0:15:51you won't overtake Cynthia and Paul or Alex and Kwok. Mary, remind us what you do.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I gave up work just over a year ago.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59I had intended to perhaps get another job, but actually I enjoy not working.
0:15:59 > 0:16:05- Oh, that sounds like fun!- It is. - Do you know many of the answers on this board, Mary?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I know the one that's gone. I knew that one.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11And there are two that I possibly know
0:16:11 > 0:16:19and I shall go for the rugby player who, in 1994, became the youngest ever capped All Black -
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Jonah Lomu.- Jonah Lomu, says Mary. Jonah Lomu.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28No red line for you, but let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said Jonah Lomu.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It is right.
0:16:36 > 0:16:3816. Very well done, Mary.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- APPLAUSE - That's a great answer. 17, your total.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- More good answering from the Eric and Mary team.- They're good.
0:16:46 > 0:16:53- Jonah Lomu, made an amazing impact at the '95 World Cup as well. He was quite something.- He really was.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Mark, welcome to the show. How did you and Mairi meet?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Well, about 30-odd years ago, I was in a band.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04What was the band called?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- The Instant Automatons. - The Instant Automatons?- Yes.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- That well-known band(!) - That's OK. That's good.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18We sent some of our tapes and recordings in to John Peel.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Mairi heard us on the radio and, strangely enough, actually liked the stuff.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27He gave out our address and she started writing to me.
0:17:27 > 0:17:34We got to become pen pals, then after a few years, we lost touch, went our own ways
0:17:34 > 0:17:40and then about three years ago, we got back in touch again and got back together.
0:17:40 > 0:17:46- Essentially, Mairi is a groupie. That's what you're telling us. - Yeah, that's the shorthand version.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- I still am.- Listen, enough of this, enough of this.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Mark, well, feasibly, you could be out this round.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57You have to score 94 or less to stay in.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01So we are looking for the names of these famous New Zealanders.
0:18:02 > 0:18:08I know that the first name of the comedy partner of Jemaine Clement is Bret,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10but I don't know his surname,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14so I'm going to have to go for the lead singer of Crowded House
0:18:14 > 0:18:17who I believe is Neil Finn.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Neil Finn, says Mark. You only needed to know one, Neil Finn.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25If you get below the red line, you're in the next round.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Let's see if Neil Finn is right and how many people said it.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Very well done.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Very well done. Look at that.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Down to 9. That's a great answer. - APPLAUSE
0:18:38 > 0:18:41It takes your total up to 43.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Very good answer, Mark. Well done. Neil Finn of Crowded House. Let's look at the rest of these.
0:18:46 > 0:18:52Do you know who had a hit with Gotta Get Thru This? You wouldn't think of him as a New Zealander.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- It's Daniel Bedingfield. Would have scored 33 points.- I didn't know he was a New Zealander.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03Played Jim Robinson in Neighbours? He's also in 24, Lost. He turns up in all sorts of things.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Alan Dale.- Alan Dale, absolutely. 20 points.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Now, the Oscar-winning comedy partner.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Do you know it? Bret McKenzie.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- Bret McKenzie. - Won an Oscar for Man Or Muppet, the song from the Muppet film.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24The female Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 is a pointless answer.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Apologies, New Zealand. Helen Clark.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31So, at the end of our first round,
0:19:31 > 0:19:36the pair who will be leaving us with their high score of 129, Cynthia and Paul.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- That was a tough, tough board, wasn't it?- That was really hard.
0:19:40 > 0:19:46We have to say goodbye, but we'll see you again next time. Cynthia and Paul, great contestants!
0:19:46 > 0:19:47APPLAUSE
0:19:47 > 0:19:52But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:19:56 > 0:20:03There will only be two pairs in our head-to-head round, so one pair will leave us at the end of this round.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09Eric and Mary, look at you cut free of the shackles of football and '90s bands!
0:20:09 > 0:20:15You're soaring up to new heights. 17 was all you scored in that round. Incredible. Very well done.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Mairi and Mark, not very far behind you,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21and Kwok and Alex... not too far ahead.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Anyway, listen, best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is...
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Let's find out what the question is.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:20:42 > 0:20:48to name as many BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees as they could. Richard?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51We're looking for the names of any of the 22 individuals
0:20:51 > 0:20:55who were nominated in 2012 for BBC Sports Personality of the Year
0:20:55 > 0:20:58or Young Sports Personality of the Year.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03So any of the 12 people on the shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year
0:21:03 > 0:21:08or any of the 10 people on the shortlist for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Now then, Mairi...
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Right, um...
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Not a great question for me. I don't know a lot about sport.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I can see someone in my mind.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26I'm not entirely sure I've got her name right.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29But I'm thinking...Ellie Simmonds?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Ellie Simmonds, says Mairi.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Absolutely right.
0:21:43 > 0:21:4517. Very well done, Mairi.
0:21:47 > 0:21:55- 17.- Yeah. She'd already won two golds at the Beijing Paralympics and added two more at London.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Now, Eric, we're looking for anyone shortlisted for Sports Personality
0:22:00 > 0:22:03or Young Sports Personality, 2012.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07The name has come to me and I hope it's right
0:22:07 > 0:22:12of a brilliant young athletics Olympic long jumper,
0:22:12 > 0:22:18- whose name I hope was Greg Rutherford.- Greg Rutherford, says Eric. Greg Rutherford.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Bad luck, Eric.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32Bad luck. An incorrect answer scoring you the maximum 100 points.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37Sorry, Eric. He was a gold medallist but he wasn't on that shortlist.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Kwok...
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I do know I have three in mind, but they will all score quite high,
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- so I will go for...Mo Farah. - Mo Farah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Is that right? How many said it? Mo Farah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Yep, it's right.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01100 our high score, 17 our low. Mo Farah takes you down to 34.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Good answer, Kwok.
0:23:04 > 0:23:11Yes, he came fourth in the vote after winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metre golds at the Olympics.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.
0:23:15 > 0:23:1917 the best score, Mairi. Very well done. Looking pretty strong.
0:23:19 > 0:23:2234, Kwok and Alex, just a little bit behind them.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27Then 100, I'm afraid, Eric. Good answer, but a wrong answer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33So, Mary, it's going to require some brilliant low-scoring from you if you're going to survive.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Remember, we're looking for anyone nominated for Sports Personality or Young Sports Personality
0:23:47 > 0:23:52of the Year 2012. Alex, you're on 34. The high scorers are on 100.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56If you can score 65 or less, you're in the Head to Head.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00I think I'm going to have to go with a high scorer.
0:24:01 > 0:24:07- I'm going to have to say Jessica Ennis.- Jessica Ennis. OK, here is your red line.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Get below that and you are through to the next round.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Is Jessica Ennis right? How many said it?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Well done. You're through.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Down it goes to 44,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27taking your total up to 78.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Safe and sound. The brilliant Jessica Ennis, who came second in that poll.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Mary, here's what has to happen.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41You have to score 16 or less and Mark has to score 100.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Mm, I don't think so.
0:24:43 > 0:24:50I'm trying to think of the Young Sportsman, but I just can't pull them out of my head.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53So I'm going to have to go...
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- David Weir.- David Weir. There's no red line for you.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03But let's see if anyone said David Weir. Is it right?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It is right.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Down it goes. Very well done, Mary. That's a great answer.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Eight points for David Weir. The lowest score so far.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19108 your total.
0:25:19 > 0:25:25- Four gold medals in 2012. He's got ten medals in all, six gold.- Amazing.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Very good going.- Now Mark...
0:25:28 > 0:25:32How good are you on this topic?
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- Very, very poor. - Well, Mary and Eric are on 108.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40You're on 17. You need to score 90 or less.
0:25:40 > 0:25:46I only know the really obvious ones, so I shall go for Bradley Wiggins.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50You're going to go for Bradley Wiggins. Here's your red line.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I think this could be quite close.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Let's find out. Bradley Wiggins. Is it right? How many said it?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You've done it!
0:26:02 > 0:26:0456!
0:26:04 > 0:26:10Not that close after all! That takes your total up to 73. You're through.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16Bradley Wiggins, who won Sports Personality of the Year and was later knighted as well.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22There are no pointless answers, but all of the Young Sports Personality were pointless.
0:26:22 > 0:26:28If you know any of them, it's pointless. I'll go through the lowest scorers on the main list.
0:26:28 > 0:26:34Katherine Grainger three, Nicola Adams seven, Sarah Storey eight, Rory McIlroy nine,
0:26:34 > 0:26:41Ben Ainslie eleven, Chris Hoy 23. Let's look at the ten people all of whom were nominated
0:26:41 > 0:26:45for Young Sports Personality. They will not be pointless for long.
0:26:45 > 0:26:53Georgia Hall, the golfer, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Josef Craig, Paralympic swimmers.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59Josef Craig won Young Sports Personality. Kimberley Woods, canoe slalom, tennis player Kyle Edmund,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Paralympic athlete Olivia Breen, they were pointless.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Quillan Isidore, the BMX rider,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11Rebecca Tunney the gymnast and Saskia Sills, the windsurfer.
0:27:11 > 0:27:18One other is Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the swimmer, also pointless. Well done if you said any of those.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Let's look at the top answers that most of our 100 people said.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Andy Murray would have scored 36.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29There's Jessica Ennis on 44 and we had Bradley Wiggins on 56.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35Thanks, Richard. Eric and Mary, you are our high scorers at the end of that round.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Lowest score of the pass, Mary. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Thank you both so much for playing. Mary and Eric!
0:27:45 > 0:27:50But for the remaining two pairs it's time for our Head to Head.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Congratulations, Mairi and Mark, Kwok and Alex. You are one step closer to the final and our jackpot
0:28:00 > 0:28:06which currently stands at £1,000. We need to decide which pair is going to play for that money,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10so you now go head to head. You are now allowed to confer.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21Two brand-new pairs. Neither have been on Pointless before. You saw off our returning pair.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- How are you feeling, Kwok? - Fine. I'm surprised.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30- Surprised? Why are you surprised? - That I'm here, still!
0:28:31 > 0:28:37- You've done fantastically well. Mairi, how are you feeling? - Good, thanks.- Very good.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Best of luck. Let's play the Head to Head.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:28:48 > 0:28:53fish. Not just fish, but...fish!
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- LAUGHTER - Richard?
0:28:55 > 0:29:01The good news for Mark is that...fish is the second Instant Automatons album!
0:29:01 > 0:29:07We're about to show you five pictures of aquatic creatures, whose name ends with...fish.
0:29:07 > 0:29:13Their names end with...fish. Can you name the most obscure of the five? Good luck.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17OK, let's reveal our five things ending in...fish.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20And here they are.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Ah!
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Eew!
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Wow. There you go.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Five things ending in fish.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Mairi and Mark, you've played best so far so you get to go first.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Right. I think we're going to go for A,
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- which we believe is catfish. - Catfish, say Mairi and Mark.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04- Now then, Kwok and Alex.- Alex...
0:30:06 > 0:30:11- Thinking.- You can talk us through all of them.- B is an angelfish.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13C, I think, is a stonefish.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16D is a dogfish.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- And E, I think, is a swordfish. - So we have catfish and dogfish. - Yeah.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23What are we going for?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- I'm going to go out on a limb and say C, stonefish.- Stonefish.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31C... That's just such a comedy ugly fish!
0:30:31 > 0:30:37- If it didn't have those blue contact lenses in, it would just... - LAUGHTER
0:30:37 > 0:30:42OK, stonefish. So we have catfish and stonefish. Let's see if catfish is right for A
0:30:42 > 0:30:45and, if it is, how many said it.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49It's right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:5441.
0:30:54 > 0:30:5741 for catfish.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Now then, Kwok and Alex have said stonefish for C.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06Stonefish. Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Oh!
0:31:11 > 0:31:15- Bad luck. Stonefish, an incorrect answer.- Is it rockfish?
0:31:15 > 0:31:19We will find out in the fullness of time, Kwok.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24Mairi and Mark, after one question you are up one-nil. Very well done.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30- What was your other answer, Kwok? - Rockfish.- Oh, if you'd said rockfish you'd have lost the point as well.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35It's a toadfish. Specifically, an oyster toadfish.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- Its other name is the ugly toad. That seems a bit harsh, doesn't it? - LAUGHTER
0:31:40 > 0:31:45It would have been a terrific answer, though. A pointless answer.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Very well done to anyone who said that at home.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51B is the angelfish. You're right.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56It would have won you the points. 21 points. A very good answer.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57D...
0:31:57 > 0:32:02If anyone at home got this I'd be very surprised. 1 in 100 got it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05That is the guitarfish.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Yep, one point. The guitarfish.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11And E is swordfish, of course.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13It would have scored 68 points.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19OK, thanks very much. Here comes your second question.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Kwok and Alex, you need this to stay in the game. It concerns...
0:32:23 > 0:32:26film titles with boys' names.
0:32:26 > 0:32:32- Film titles with boys' names. - We'll show you five film titles all with boys' names,
0:32:32 > 0:32:37but we've left out the boys' name. Can you give us the most obscure?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41OK, let's reveal our film titles minus the boys' names.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- We have got... - READS THE LIST
0:32:54 > 0:32:56I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10Kwok and Alex, you go first this time.
0:33:14 > 0:33:21Right, we're going to go for hopefully a nice low scorer, but I'm not sure.
0:33:21 > 0:33:28- We're going to go for Adam Clayton. - Adam Clayton, say Kwok and Alex. Adam Clayton.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Mairi and Mark, talk us through the board.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Well, the top one is Cool Hand Luke.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38The third one down is Edward Scissorhands.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I think Adam Clayton is right.
0:33:40 > 0:33:46Can't think what the other two are, so we'll have to go for...
0:33:46 > 0:33:48- Cool Hand Luke?- Mm-hm. - Cool Hand Luke.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54You're going for Cool Hand Luke. So we have Adam Clayton and Cool Hand Luke.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Let's see if Adam Clayton's right and how many people said it.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Oh!
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Not, as it turns out, Adam Clayton, which means, Mairi and Mark,
0:34:07 > 0:34:12you merely have to be correct with Cool Hand Luke to win that point.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Cool Hand Luke - is it right?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18It is! Very well done.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Oh, it's a high one, but who cares?
0:34:21 > 0:34:2678 it would have scored you. It did score you. And it was right,
0:34:26 > 0:34:31so after only two questions, Mairi and Mark, you're through 2-0.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37- Mark agreed it was Adam Clayton. It's a very familiar name. - He's a member of U2!
0:34:37 > 0:34:43The bassist. Absolutely right. The film, which George Clooney was nominated for, was Michael Clayton.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48And that would have scored 15 points, a very good answer.
0:34:48 > 0:34:54Let's see the one at the bottom. I Am...? Sam that was. Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn.
0:34:54 > 0:35:0011 points. The best answer on the board, a film with Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03is Marvin's Room from 1996.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08And Edward Scissorhands, of course, look at this score for it.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- 95 points!- Wow.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- That's not bad going, is it? - Not bad at all.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19So the pair leaving us, I'm sorry to say, are Kwok and Alex.
0:35:19 > 0:35:26The good news is we see you twice. Had you gone through to the final, that would have been it.
0:35:26 > 0:35:33We'll get a whole new show with you next time. Meanwhile, Kwok and Alex, thanks so much for playing.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40But for Mairi and Mark it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:44 > 0:35:50Congratulations, Mairi and Mark. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £1,000.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08If John Peel could see you now, Mark.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13- Do you keep in touch with the other Automatons?- Er, yes.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- "Yes."- Sort of on and off. - So this could kickstart a reunion.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- Possibly, yes. - I think definitely. Definitely.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. First, choose your category.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33You have five options to choose from. They are...
0:36:39 > 0:36:43It's got to be either Authors or Pop Superstars, I think.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Yeah.- I think we should go for Pop Superstars.- Do you think? OK.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- We'll go for Pop Superstars. - OK, here comes your question.
0:36:51 > 0:36:59- We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Adele songs as they could.- Over to you.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- Richard?- We're looking for the title of any song on either Adele album, 19 or 21,
0:37:04 > 0:37:09or that's been a UK Top 40 single for her or has been a B-side.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14Essentially, any of Adele's released and recorded songs, please. Very best of luck.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- All you need is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:29 > 0:37:36- There's an early one called something like Chasing Pavements. Some stupid title like that.- OK.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Other than that... Yeah, I know.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- Other than that, there's the obvious ones.- Yeah, Skyfall.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50And Rolling In The Deep, Set Fire To The Rain.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- That squeaky one.- The squeaky one?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- I can't remember the name. - Someone Like You?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Someone Like You? Yeah. They're all really obvious ones.- Yeah.
0:38:02 > 0:38:08- I can't think of any of the other early ones.- Did you say Chasing Pavements?- I think it's called that.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- Yes.- OK.- So I think that would be probably our best bet.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Will we just say Set Fire To The Rain and Rolling In The Deep?
0:38:17 > 0:38:2010 seconds left.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26- OK, right. - You seem to have reached your final three with time to spare.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31We were looking for Adele songs. I now need those three answers.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37- We're going to say two obvious ones, which is Set Fire To The Rain. - Set Fire To The Rain.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- And Rolling In The Deep. - Rolling In The Deep.
0:38:41 > 0:38:47- And I'm sure she had an early one called Chasing Pavements. - OK, there are your three.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- Which is your best shot?- Chasing Pavements.- We'll put that last.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- And your least likely? - Set Fire To The Rain.- OK.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Let's put those up on the board in that order.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09We were looking for Adele songs. Your first answer, Set Fire To The Rain, was your least likely
0:39:09 > 0:39:16to be pointless. You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,000 jackpot.
0:39:16 > 0:39:22So let's find out. Set Fire To The Rain. Is it right? How many people said it? Is it pointless?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Well, it's right.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31If this goes all the way down to zero, you'll be leaving here with £1,000.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Taking us through the 20s into the teens...
0:39:35 > 0:39:40Not quite single figures. 12. Not bad, though.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45- Not bad as a first answer. You'd be happy with that.- Yeah.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51Obviously not a pointless answer. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:51 > 0:39:58- What would you do with £1,000? - I would give the money to my mum and dad. They haven't had a holiday
0:39:58 > 0:40:03and I think it's probably time they flew the coop again. That's what I'd do with my bit.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I don't know what I would do.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Probably buy some expensive camera gear or something like that.
0:40:10 > 0:40:17Very good. Let's hope you're watching this through an expensive lens and your mum and dad watch it
0:40:17 > 0:40:19on some satellite link-up.
0:40:19 > 0:40:25OK, we are looking for Adele songs. Let's hope nobody said Rolling In The Deep.
0:40:25 > 0:40:31This has to be pointless to win, so for £1,000 let's find out how many said Rolling In The Deep.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It's also right.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Set Fire To The Rain took us all the way down to 12.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Rolling In The Deep taking us down into the 30s...
0:40:42 > 0:40:4524, wow!
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Wow. 24 for Rolling In The Deep.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00This was the one you thought was your best shot. You were pretty sure of that.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- If the title's correct. - Chasing Pavements. OK.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06It has to be right and pointless.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Chasing Pavements. How many people said it? Is it a pointless answer?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16It is right! Very well done.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21OK, Set Fire To The Rain took us down to 12, Rolling In The Deep to 24.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26Chasing Pavements. Early hit for Adele. How many people...
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Oh, 15!
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Well, three very good answers. Three perfectly good scores,
0:41:35 > 0:41:40but in this round we are only interested in pointless answers.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45You didn't win that jackpot of £1,000 and that will roll over,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49but you do take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Unlucky, guys. You played very well.
0:41:57 > 0:42:04It wasn't the category for you, but three good answers. There's ten pointless answers in all.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Let's take a look at them all.
0:42:06 > 0:42:13Don't You Remember, a track from 21. Fool That I Am, that's an Etta James cover on a B-side.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Hiding My Heart, that was a bonus track on 21.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21She had a Top 40 hit with I Can't Make You Love Me.
0:42:21 > 0:42:28I Found A Boy, another bonus track. Lovesong, a cover of the Cure song. That was on the album 21.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34Many Shades of Black, that was an additional track on the album 19.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Need You Now, another cover version and an additional track on 21.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43And Now And Then, a B-side. The only other answer was Painting Pictures, a B-side.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48Very well done to anyone who got any of those. Tough luck in the studio.
0:42:48 > 0:42:54Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Mairi and Mark, but thank you. Wonderful contestants.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Now Mairi and Mark didn't win our jackpot today so it rolls over
0:43:02 > 0:43:05and we'll be playing for £2,000.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- Join us to see if someone wins it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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