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00:00MUSIC CONTINUES
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:27the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
00:29Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:36I'm Millie, this is my dad Tom and we're from Maidstone in Kent.
00:39Couple number two.
00:41I'm Alwyn, this is my husband Keith and we live in Monmouth.
00:44Couple number three.
00:45I'm Vicky, this is my friend Danny and we're from Worcestershire.
00:48And finally, couple number four.
00:50I'm Nkatha, this is my husband Dil and we're from south-east London.
00:54And these are today's contestants.
00:56Thank you very much, all of you.
00:58A very warm welcome to Pointless.
00:59It's terrific to have you all here.
01:00That just needs one more person for me to introduce.
01:02A broadcasting trailblazer.
01:04So bright it's only safe to look at her through a pinhole camera.
01:07It's my pointless friend, it's Angela Riffon.
01:10A pinhole camera?
01:12Yes.
01:13I haven't heard about those two.
01:15I've never had a pinhole camera, have you?
01:17Really?
01:18Did you ever have one?
01:19No.
01:20Do you know, once, when someone lent me one, when the full eclipse...
01:24Ah, yes, of course.
01:25...or mainly, mostly full eclipse, in 1999.
01:28Yes.
01:29And we stood on the ceiling of TV Centre and we looked through this
01:33homemade pinhole camera.
01:34It was very exciting and very effective.
01:36Yeah, no, no.
01:37I've had lots of cameras because I wanted to be a photojournalist.
01:40And what happened to your photojournalism career?
01:42I became a broadcaster in television instead, which I suppose
01:44is the ultimate.
01:45It is the ultimate, really.
01:46It's the ultimate photojournalism.
01:48Very good.
01:49But isn't it lovely to be back?
01:50Familiar faces, how nice to see you again and how lovely to welcome
01:53two new people to the programme, to Vicky and Danny.
01:56Welcome.
01:58Have a good programme.
02:00Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
02:01Now, Debbie and Kelly got through to the final last time
02:03and they did not win the jackpot.
02:06So we are adding another £1,000 to that.
02:08So today's jackpot starts off at £3,500.
02:13There we are.
02:14Right, if everyone's ready, let's play points.
02:22At the end of each round, as is customary,
02:24we shall be eliminating the pair with the highest score.
02:27So keep your scores nice and low and that need never be you.
02:30Best of luck to all four pairs.
02:31Our first category today is...
02:36Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:39who's going to go second?
02:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:48Let's find out what the question is.
02:49Here it comes.
02:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many US states
02:56or US state capitals that do not contain the letter E
02:59as they could, Angela.
03:01You've already said it for me, really, Xander.
03:03I think looking for the name of any of the 50 US states
03:07or indeed any of the state capitals
03:09that do not have the letter E within them.
03:12And as there are 50 states, 50 capitals,
03:15that means you've got to choice out of 100 possibilities.
03:18There we are.
03:20Er, Millie, welcome back.
03:22It's show three.
03:23Yes.
03:24My goodness.
03:25This is the one that has to count.
03:26Hopefully.
03:27I think so.
03:28There must be things you haven't yet told us about yourself.
03:30What will you tell us?
03:31So, I've said that I work in social media
03:33and I also love travelling, which is great
03:35because my job had me going travelling to Edinburgh
03:37for the first time recently.
03:38Wonderful.
03:39So that was really fun.
03:40It is the greatest city in the world.
03:41It is.
03:42Lovely city.
03:43Oh, it's so romantic.
03:45Full of ghosts.
03:46What were you doing up there?
03:47So, I was there for work.
03:48So, the brand that I work for, they're 164 years old.
03:51They've had the same store for 164 years in Edinburgh,
03:54so I got to go visit that for the first time.
03:56Very exciting.
03:57Now, Millie, what are you going to go for?
04:00We are looking at US states or state capitals.
04:03So, I know a couple, but I think I'm going to go for Honolulu.
04:06Honolulu.
04:07There's no E in that.
04:08Let's find out.
04:09How many of our 100 people said Honolulu?
04:12Look at that.
04:13Down to one.
04:14What a great start.
04:15Millie, one for Honolulu.
04:16On the button with that, Millie.
04:17Well done.
04:18Honolulu actually means sheltered bay, and about 80% of the state's population actually
04:35live in Honolulu.
04:38Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
04:40Olwen.
04:41Welcome back to Point Us.
04:42Again, it's your third show as well.
04:43It is.
04:44My goodness.
04:45Again, there must be things you're itching to tell us that you haven't yet.
04:49Well, I talked about tennis, which is mainly a summer sport.
04:53And in the winter, I read, do crosswords, but a big thing in our house is the Six Nations
05:00rugby.
05:01Yes.
05:02Peace is English, and I'm Welsh.
05:03So, it's...
05:04Oh.
05:05It's...
05:06Yes.
05:07I imagine it's probably you happiest at the end of the season.
05:09Not just recent.
05:10Just recently.
05:11Yes.
05:12Yes.
05:13Interesting.
05:14Owen, what would you like to go for?
05:15Bismarck.
05:16Bismarck.
05:17Bismarck.
05:18Shall we see how many of our 100 people said that?
05:22Bismarck.
05:23Absolutely right.
05:25Oh!
05:26Down to one.
05:27Joining Millie on one.
05:28Well done.
05:29And apparently it was named in 1873 after the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the
05:43hope that it would attract German investment on the railway line that they had there.
05:48Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
05:50Now then, Vicki, welcome to Pointless.
05:53How lovely it is to have you here.
05:54Tell us all about yourself.
05:55I love cold water swimming, open water swimming.
05:57Very good.
05:58Which I do three or four times a week if I can.
06:00What sort of body of water do you swim in?
06:01Mainly in a lake that's quite close to us.
06:03Very nice.
06:04There's a couple of lakes quite close to us.
06:05And are you somebody who hurls themselves in or do you lower yourself in slowly?
06:10Hurl myself in.
06:11I think it's probably the only way to do it.
06:12Yeah, it is.
06:13Now then, Vicki, on US states and state capitals.
06:16Yes.
06:17What are we thinking of?
06:18My spelling is not particularly good, so I'm going to go for probably an obvious one in Hawaii.
06:23Hawaii.
06:24Hawaii.
06:25Your spelling is good enough.
06:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said Hawaii.
06:30Hawaii is good.
06:34Below 50.
06:36Below 30.
06:3726.
06:38Not bad at all.
06:39Actually, Hawaii is not just one island.
06:42There are more than 100 of them in the group.
06:45They've got eight major islands and seven of them are inhabited, which means that there's
06:50plenty of scope actually to go and really get away from it all.
06:53Yes.
06:54Lovely.
06:55Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
06:57Now then, Nkafa, we come to you.
07:00Welcome back to Pointless.
07:02The second time.
07:03Tell us more about yourself, Nkafa.
07:05Well, I really enjoy travelling, so one of my favourite locations has been Lake Kivu,
07:10which is in Rwanda, and I learned how to kayak for the first time, and yeah, it was great.
07:16Wow.
07:17Excellent.
07:18Have you taken up kayaking over here as well?
07:19I have not.
07:20It's slightly colder.
07:21Because the weather is cold.
07:22Yeah, exactly.
07:23It's slightly less forgiving.
07:24Yes, exactly.
07:25You can't get in when you're doing that.
07:26Now, Nkafa, on our states and state capitals, what are you thinking of?
07:32I was actually going to go for Bismarck, but I will go for Olympia.
07:37Olympia.
07:38There we are.
07:39Shall we see how many of our 100 said Olympia?
07:52Look at that!
07:53There we are.
07:54Look at Bismarck.
07:55Olympia is a pointless answer.
07:57It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £3,750.
08:03And it scores you nothing, which is altogether terrific.
08:06Very well done indeed, Nkafa.
08:08That's a good answer.
08:09Very well played.
08:11There we are.
08:12We are halfway through the round.
08:13Let's have a quick look at those scores.
08:15Nothing the best score of the pass Nkafa.
08:16Very well done indeed to you.
08:18Then one is where we find Owen and Keith, and Millie and Tom.
08:21And then up to 26, which is where we find Vicky and Danny.
08:25I mean, you're the high scorers for now, but a nice Olympia-style low score in the next pass could turn everything around.
08:32So good luck with that.
08:34We are going to come back down the line now.
08:35Will the second players please step up to the podium?
08:37Now then, Dale, welcome back to Pointless.
08:44Good to have you with us a second time.
08:46Let's hear more about you, Dale.
08:48So, in addition to my job as a civil servant, I also enjoy playing tennis.
08:52It's one of my favourite sports to play because you can actually recognise yourself getting better because it's all about technique.
08:59And do you play singles or do you play doubles?
09:01Largely doubles, but I prefer singles.
09:04Yes, because the burden of doing something terrible when you've got someone else.
09:09If you're only letting yourself down, it's absolutely fine.
09:12I put enough pressure on myself as it is.
09:14Yes.
09:15Dale, what are you going to go for?
09:17I'm going to go for a state and I'm going to go for Arkansas.
09:20Arkansas, says Dale.
09:22Let us see if that is right.
09:24Here is your red line.
09:25Can we get you below that or close to that with Arkansas?
09:36We can get you below that.
09:37Look at that.
09:38Down it goes to 18.
09:39Very well done indeed.
09:40Adding that to and calf the score of nothing takes your total up to 18.
09:44And you'll find Arkansas in the south central region of the United States.
09:48It's landlocked.
09:49It's got six other states that border it.
09:51And some of the famous people who were born in the States include Johnny Cash,
09:55Glen Campbell and the author John Grisham.
09:58They all came from Arkansas.
10:00Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
10:02Now then, Danny, we come to you.
10:04Welcome to Pointless.
10:06Lovely to have you here.
10:07Tell us all about yourself, Danny.
10:08I'm probably the laziest, happiest retiree that you've ever met.
10:14Oh, this is terrific.
10:16Talk us through your retirement.
10:17Well, I should have retired two years before I did.
10:20Once I've retired, I thought, this is the life.
10:23And when I'm not doing nothing, I'm fishing.
10:28Very nice.
10:29And at this point, I'd like to give a shout out to anyone who's the fishing body of a wheelchair fisherman.
10:36They are golden.
10:38Oh, wonderful.
10:39Where do you fish, Danny?
10:40I fish in a place called Owl Church, three or four little lakes, with a friend, Paul.
10:46Great banter all day and a bit of competition between us.
10:50I should think so.
10:51Makes life lovely.
10:52Makes life lovely.
10:53What a perfect, perfect retirement.
10:54We're very happy to have you here, Danny.
10:56Lovely to have you.
10:57Listen, 26, you are high scorers at the moment.
10:59But let's have a wonderful answer from you, Danny.
11:01Well, I'm not the greatest on capitals, but I will try a state, Wyoming.
11:07Wyoming, says Danny.
11:09Shall we see?
11:10There's no red line for you as you're the highest scorers.
11:12Shall we see where we end up with Wyoming?
11:15Wyoming is right.
11:23Down he goes 13.
11:25Cracking answer, taking your total up to 39.
11:28Yes, you reeled in a good one there, didn't you?
11:31Wyoming, 13 people.
11:33Bottom of the list of the states alphabetically, of course, with W.
11:37And it's also ranked last in population as well.
11:40It's got one of the smallest populations in America.
11:42Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
11:44Now, Keith, welcome back.
11:47There must be things you haven't told us.
11:48Well, I always told you how we like to watch rugby in the winter.
11:51Yes.
11:52I like to watch football in the winter.
11:55I have a season ticket at Bristol City, which many people wouldn't equate to football, but I love it.
12:01Are you generally there for every home game?
12:03Every home game, if I can.
12:05Fantastic.
12:06Keith, you are on one.
12:08We are looking for a score of 37 or less from you to get you into round two.
12:12What are you thinking, US states and state capitals?
12:14I think I'm going to go for a state capital.
12:16I think I'm going to go for Annapolis.
12:19Annapolis, says Keith.
12:22You get a red line.
12:23Here it comes.
12:24Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Annapolis?
12:29Well, he's right.
12:31I suspect it will get you through, and it does.
12:34I suspect it might be pointless, and it is.
12:37Very well done indeed.
12:38Our second pointless answer.
12:40Also adding £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £4,000.
12:46Scoring you nothing, leaving your total at one.
12:49Terrific work on podium two.
12:51And Annapolis actually has a very important role in American history
12:54because after the American War of Independence, Annapolis actually served
12:59as the temporary capital of the entire country.
13:03Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
13:06Now, Tom, we come to you.
13:09Welcome back to Pointless.
13:10First things first.
13:12Tell us more about yourself, Tom.
13:14Well, I've got an Irish background, Alexander.
13:15I went to school there for a while, and I went to college in Dublin.
13:19And recently I brought my two sons aged 19 and 16 to Dublin for the first time.
13:25And it was also their first commercial flight, so we had a good time.
13:28That's very exciting.
13:30Their first commercial?
13:31Commercial flight.
13:32They've been in a helicopter before.
13:33I see.
13:34You'd sent them by freight before.
13:37Never been to Ireland before.
13:38But never been to Ireland, or more particularly Dublin, which is lovely.
13:41OK.
13:42Now, Tom, you're on one.
13:43Again, you need 37 to get through to the next round.
13:4537 or less, I should say.
13:47Millie's going to be very annoyed if we don't get through,
13:49but I'm going to go for Albany.
13:51Albany says, Tom.
13:52Albany, you get a red line.
13:54And it's exactly where Keith's red line was.
13:57Can we get you below that red line with Albany?
14:03Albany is right.
14:06And it gets you through.
14:07Ah!
14:08Scores one.
14:09It scores one.
14:10It scores one.
14:11Which is lovely.
14:12You and Millie, like as you lie.
14:13There we are.
14:14Taking your total up to two.
14:15And Albany, of course, is the state capital of New York,
14:19which does have an E in it, but Albany is a port city on the Hudson River.
14:24And there were 16 pointless answers that you could have got.
14:26We've got a couple of them already.
14:28They were all state capitals.
14:29And we have Augusta, the state capital of Maine.
14:34Columbus, the state capital of Ohio.
14:36Indianapolis, the state capital of Indiana.
14:39We've also got Lincoln, which is the capital of Nebraska.
14:43Madison, of Wisconsin.
14:45And Oklahoma City, of course, the state capital of...
14:49Oklahoma.
14:50There we are.
14:51We've got Olympia, of course, which N. Carter said,
14:53which is the state capital of Washington.
14:55Richmond in Virginia.
14:57And St Paul in Minnesota.
14:59So, well done at home if you've got any of those.
15:01And well done to everyone here, because look at the scores.
15:04Thank you very much indeed.
15:06Angela, that brings us to the end of our first round.
15:08It means we have to say goodbye to our high-scoring pair on only 39.
15:12It's hardly a high score.
15:13It's just the least low score, is what we might say.
15:16But Vicky and Danny, I'm afraid you are the holders of that score.
15:19We say goodbye to you now.
15:20We'll see you next time.
15:21Look forward to it very much.
15:22Thank you very much.
15:24Back to the remaining three pairs.
15:25Now it's time for round two.
15:32Well, here we are in the heady atmosphere of round two.
15:36Well done, everybody.
15:38Best of luck to all three pairs.
15:39Our category for round two today is...
15:45Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
15:47who's going to go second?
15:48And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
15:55OK, and the question concerns...
15:59Female crime fighters.
16:01Angela.
16:02Now, we're going to give you clues to 12 television programmes, six on each pass, which feature female crime fighters.
16:10Now, you're going to see the initials and the length of the programme titles, along with the name of the actors who actually starred in them, and the years when they were very first broadcast.
16:20So, take a look at them very carefully, and then give us the title of the television programme that you think the fewest of our 100 knew.
16:29Thank you very much indeed.
16:30Let's reveal our first board of six clues, and here they come.
16:33And here they come.
16:34All these female crime fighters.
16:36P. S. Helen Mirren, 1991.
16:40V. Brenda Blethyn, 2011.
16:44H. W. I. Patricia Routledge, 1996.
16:49T. M. B. M. Sally Lindsay, 2021.
16:54T. B. Morven Christie, Marsha Thomason, 2019.
16:59And C. A. L. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly, 1982.
17:08There we are.
17:09Millie, over to you.
17:12This isn't a great board for me, but I think I will go for the second one and take a stab at Vera.
17:18Vera, I wouldn't take a stab at her, she'll be right on to you.
17:22Let's find out how many of our 100 people said Vera.
17:29OK, 47 for Vera. Not bad, a solid start.
17:35A very solid start, and of course the character, her full name is Vera Stanhope.
17:40She comes out of novels that were written by Anne Cleaves, and Brenda has played Vera across 14 series
17:46before quite recently leaving the role. Much to my sadness, I love that series.
17:50Thank you very much indeed, Angela. Now, Keith, what would you like to go for?
17:55I think being slightly older, I'll go for the last one. Cagney and Lacey.
18:02Cagney and Lacey for the bottom one. Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
18:09Cagney and Lacey is absolutely right.
18:11Down it goes to 26.
18:14Well, Sharon Gless is the one who played Chris Cagney and Tyne Daly played Mary Beth Lacey.
18:21Now, from 1983 to 1988, the Best Actress Award in a Drama, winning the Emmy,
18:29was awarded to one of either of the two actresses for their respective roles.
18:35They really were quite brilliant in it and no-one could touch them for six years.
18:39Brilliant. Thank you very much indeed.
18:41Now then, Cartha, this is your board.
18:44Do you feel like talking us through it?
18:46Not at all. I know none of the answers.
18:48So I'll just take an educated guess and go for the B for the penaltimate one.
18:55The B. The B. Shall we see? The B. Is that right?
19:02It's not the B. I'd love it if it were, though.
19:06But I'm afraid it's incorrect. Scores you 100 points.
19:08Yes, what a shame. Let's go down through the board.
19:11The first one, of course, Helen Mirren.
19:13P.S. is prime suspect.
19:1625 people got that right.
19:19We've got the longest one there, I think, which is Hettie Wainthrop investigates.
19:23That was the wonderful Patricia Routledge.
19:25And that would have got you five.
19:27The Madame Blanc Mysteries, which is the one there in the middle with Sally Lindsay.
19:32That would have scored you seven, which leaves the last one.
19:35The... It is set in Morecambe Bay.
19:38The Bay. And it is The Bay.
19:40And that would have got you one point.
19:43Only one person out of the hundred knew that.
19:45There we are. Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round.
19:47Let's have a quick look at those scores.
19:4926, Keith. Best score of the pass. Very well done indeed.
19:52Puts you and Olwen right at the front of the field.
19:5447 is where we find Millie and Tom.
19:56And then, I'm afraid, 100 is where we find N'Katha and Dale.
20:00I mean, let's see what the next board has on it, Dale.
20:02Maybe there's something we can use there to turn everything around.
20:05Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now.
20:08Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:10Well, we are going to put six more clues up on the board,
20:15which feature female crime fighters.
20:18And here they are.
20:19We have these.
20:21H. V. Sarah Lancashire, 2014.
20:25D. R. Parmindenagra, 2022.
20:29R. A. T. Felicity Kendall, Pam Ferris, 2003.
20:36T. G. T. Jill Gascoyne, 1980.
20:41N. O. Joanna Scanlon, Elaine Cassidy, 2015.
20:46And M. S. W. Angela Lansbury, 1985.
20:53There we are. Dale, you're our high scorers.
20:57This is not going to be a recovery round, I can assure you.
21:00Oh, Dale, I'm sorry.
21:01So, the only one of these that I know is Murder, She Wrote,
21:05which is the bottom one.
21:07Murder, She Wrote for Angela Lansbury.
21:09Shall we see...
21:11No red line for you, these are the highest scorers.
21:13Shall we see where we end up with Murder, She Wrote?
21:20Murder, She Wrote is right.
21:23That goes down to 37, takes your total up to 137.
21:27And Angela Lansbury, whom I did meet when I was working in Boston for CBS.
21:33She was actually born in London and was always very, very proud of her British,
21:36her English heritage.
21:38And her portrayal of the sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, in Murder, She Wrote,
21:42ran for 12 years and a staggering 260 episodes.
21:47Wow.
21:48Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
21:50Now then, Olwen.
21:52You are on 26, which means you are through to the head-to-head,
21:55even were you to score 100 points, which I know you won't.
21:58What would you like to go for?
22:00Go for the top one, Happy Valley.
22:02Happy Valley, the Sarah Lancashire one.
22:04There is no red line for you, of course, as you are already through.
22:07Let's find out where we end up with Happy Valley.
22:09Happy Valley is absolutely right.
22:16Down it goes to 27, takes your total up to 53.
22:20Sarah Lancashire, of course, absolutely brilliant in that role she was, wasn't she?
22:25She played Police Sergeant Catherine Kaywood.
22:28It was a series created by Sally Wainwright,
22:30who also created a lot of other very, very popular series.
22:33Last Tango in Halifax, Gentleman Jack,
22:36and another female-led crime series, Scott and Bailey.
22:40So, a winning team all round, really.
22:42There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
22:45Now then, Tom, we come to you. You're on 47.
22:4889 or less is all we require to get you into the head-to-head.
22:52How do you like this board?
22:53I hate it. I really am drawing a blank on this one.
22:56Second one, I don't know, Dr Ria.
22:59Dr Ria.
23:01Dr Ria.
23:03Here is your red line.
23:04Lovely and high.
23:06It just has to be right.
23:07Dr Ria, is it?
23:11Oh, I'm sorry, Tom.
23:13I'm afraid that's incorrect and scores you 100 points
23:15and takes your total up to 147.
23:18Right, well, let's take a look and see if we can get...
23:21Are you a crime fan on television, Alexander?
23:24I can do...
23:25I can do Rosemary and Thyme for you.
23:27Yes. Third down.
23:28Felicity Kendall and Pam Ferris.
23:29Yes.
23:30We've got your 26.
23:31Jill Gascoigne.
23:32You can get that, shall we?
23:33Surely.
23:34There's something trail.
23:36No.
23:37Gentle.
23:38The gentle touch.
23:39There we go.
23:40Well done, gentle touch.
23:41Would have got you 12.
23:42There we go.
23:43The one below that with Joanna Scanlon, that was a new one to me.
23:47That is no offence.
23:48I vaguely remember that.
23:49And that scored four.
23:50I vaguely remember that.
23:51The one that is not Doctor anything, it's D-I-Ray.
23:56D-I-Ray.
23:57And that was a pointless answer.
23:59Fantastic.
24:00Angela, thank you very, very much indeed.
24:02That brings us to the end of our second round.
24:04It means we have to say...
24:05What a turnaround that was.
24:06My goodness, a nail-biter of a round two.
24:09It means we have to say goodbye to Tom and Millie,
24:11and I'm afraid this is actual goodbye.
24:13It's been lovely having you on the show.
24:14Goodbye.
24:15Thank you so much for coming to play.
24:16And I'm sorry we're not sending you home with a trophy,
24:18but Tom and Millie, brilliant.
24:21To our remaining two players, though,
24:22now time for the head-to-head.
24:29Congratulations, Orwin and Keith, and Cartha and Dale.
24:32You are now one step closer to the final
24:34and a chance to play for our jackpot,
24:36which currently stands at £4,000.
24:39However, before we play the head-to-head,
24:41we have a chance to throw even more money into that jackpot
24:44by seeing if we can find a couple of fun, pointless answers.
24:47And I really do mean fun.
24:49Here goes.
24:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many silly aisles as they could.
24:57Angela.
24:58Well, as Xander says, this is a bit of fun.
25:00We've got six options for you.
25:01Two of them are scoring, two of them are pointless,
25:04and two of them are not silly aisles at all.
25:06So can you separate the silly aisles from the silly answers?
25:11£250 in the jackpot for each of the pointless answers that you find.
25:17Perfect. Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
25:19Now, here are six possible answers.
25:21Can you find the two pointless silly aisles from these six?
25:24Here we go.
25:25OK, does anybody know anything?
25:38No.
25:39No.
25:40Not enough.
25:41Not enough.
25:42In which case, this is fun.
25:43Owen and Keith.
25:44What would you like to nominate as a pointless silly aisle?
25:47I mean, just saying the word illis wilgig...
25:50It's fun.
25:51..is probably good enough, so we go for that.
25:53Let's go for illis wilgig.
25:54Is illis wilgig a pointless silly aisle?
25:59It's a silly aisle.
26:00Oh, yes.
26:01That noise tells you everything you need to know.
26:02Very well done indeed.
26:03Now, in Carper and Dale, would you like to see if you can find the other?
26:15We'd love to.
26:16What are you thinking?
26:17I was thinking Briar?
26:19Yeah, I think Briar and Rose Veer are likely to be silly aisles.
26:23Briar?
26:24Yep.
26:25Briar.
26:26You are going to go for it.
26:27Shall we find out if Briar is a pointless silly aisle?
26:29It's a silly aisle.
26:32It's a silly aisle.
26:38So popular.
26:3917 people have heard.
26:40Very popular.
26:41Briar.
26:42There we are.
26:43Inspired going for illis wilgig because it's not actually an island,
26:47so much as part of the rocks and the reef that are to the west
26:51of Samson and Briar.
26:53And Briar as one of the main five inhabited islands.
26:57Oh, you should have gone for Rose Veer.
27:00Rose Veer was the other pointless answer in that list.
27:03And it's, again, one of the western rocks lying between Annette
27:06and the Bishop's Rock lighthouse.
27:08Now, let me tell you the ones that are not.
27:11Can I guess Delilah isn't one?
27:12Because Samson is.
27:13You'd be right to guess that because, of course, there is a Samson in the silly aisles,
27:17but no Delilah.
27:18Beru is not a silly aisle.
27:20It is an uninhabited islet that lies off Alderney, which is the Channel Islands.
27:26And we've only got one left, and that's Gu.
27:29And three people knew that.
27:31Marvellous.
27:32Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
27:34Well, very well done.
27:35You managed to find a pointless answer, which means we can add £250 to today's jackpot
27:39and take the total up to £4,250.
27:42But who will be paying for it?
27:44Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.
27:51The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
27:54and you are now allowed to confirm.
27:55You can chat before you give your answers, which is terrific.
27:58Best of luck to both pairs.
27:59Here is our first question, and it is all about...
28:07Angela.
28:08He's just doing this to his rather luxuriant facial hair.
28:13Well, what we're going to show all four of you are five photographs
28:16of creatures that do have very lavish facial hair
28:20or have features that give them that appearance.
28:23We'll also give you alternate letters in their names
28:26and we want you to tell us what are these creatures, please.
28:29Thank you very much indeed.
28:30Let's reveal our five creatures with luxuriant facial hair.
28:34And we have...
28:35A. W. L. U.
28:38B. E. P. R. R. T. M. R. N.
28:42B. E. P. R. R. T. M. R. N.
28:47C. B. A. D. B. R. E.
28:54D. O. A. G. T. N.
29:01And E. W. L. E. E. S.
29:07There we are.
29:09Five creatures with facial hair.
29:11Orwyn and Keith, you get to go first.
29:18Can we try B, which we think is Emperor Tamarin?
29:22Emperor Tamarin for B, say Orwyn and Keith.
29:25Now then, Nkatha and Dale, would you like to talk us through the rest of that board?
29:30Yeah, we think A is walrus, C is bearded something, D is orangutan and E is wildebeest.
29:40So I think we'll go for E, wildebeest.
29:42E, wildebeest.
29:43So we have Emperor Tamarin versus wildebeest.
29:46Um, Orwyn and Keith went for Emperor Tamarin for B.
29:49Shall we see how many of our 100 said that, if it's right?
29:54Emperor Tamarin is absolutely right.
30:00Down it goes to 12.
30:03Meanwhile, Nkatha and Dale have gone for wildebeest for E.
30:08Shall we see how many of our 100 said that, wildebeest?
30:10Wildebeest is absolutely right.
30:18And down that goes to 23.
30:19Very well done indeed.
30:20Orwyn and Keith, you have the lowest score there, which means after one question you are up 1-0.
30:25Yes, well, the walrus, of course, I think everybody would have got that.
30:27In fact, 65 people did.
30:30We've got the orangutan.
30:31Yes, the old man of the forest, isn't it?
30:33Isn't he adorable?
30:35He scored 69, but the one in the middle that defeated everybody, I think.
30:40Was a pointless answer.
30:41And it was the bearded barbit.
30:43There he goes.
30:44Marvellous.
30:45Thank you very much indeed.
30:46Right, here comes your second question.
30:47Now, Nkatha and Dale, you have to win this one.
30:49Stay in the game.
30:50So very best of luck.
30:51Our second question is all about...
30:55Play titles, Angela.
30:57Now, we're going to show you the titles of five plays.
31:00However, some of the words have been replaced by their initial letters.
31:05Now, we've added the name of the playwright as an additional clue, and so you need to work out the initials and the name of the play that the fewest of our 100 knew.
31:16Thank you very much indeed.
31:18So, let's reveal our five play titles with bits missing, and here they are.
31:23The two, G of V, William Shakespeare.
31:28L and I, Carol Churchill.
31:32A R in the S, Lorraine Hansberry.
31:37D of a S, Arthur Miller.
31:41And W for G, Samuel Beckett.
31:46And Cartha and Dale get to go first.
31:48A Raisin in the Sun.
31:50Death of a Salesman.
31:51What do you want to go for?
31:53A Raisin in the Sun.
31:54I think we'll go for A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.
31:57A Raisin in the Sun, say Nkatha and Dale.
32:00Now then, Owen and Keith, would you like to talk us through that board?
32:04Two Gentlemen of Verona.
32:06I don't know the second one.
32:08Death of a Salesman and Waiting for Godot.
32:10Death of a Salesman.
32:12Death of a Salesman.
32:13Death of a Salesman.
32:14OK, so we have A Raisin in the Sun and Death of a Salesman.
32:17And Cartha and Dale said A Raisin in the Sun.
32:19Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
32:25Raisin in the Sun, absolutely right.
32:31That goes down to two.
32:33Very well done indeed.
32:35Indeed.
32:36Alwyn and Keith, meanwhile, have gone for Death of a Salesman.
32:39Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
32:50Another good answer, 24, but it's beaten by two from Nkatha and Dale.
32:53Very well done indeed.
32:54You're back in the game after two questions.
32:56It's one all.
32:57Yes, well, the Gentlemen of Verona, of course, William Shakespeare.
33:0032 people knew that, which I suppose is not unexpected.
33:03And you've got Waiting for Godot.
33:0618 people knew the answer to that.
33:08In fact, there was only one answer that would have beaten A Raisin in the Sun.
33:12Have you ever come across Love and Information?
33:15No, I haven't.
33:17That would have scored you one point.
33:19So, not a terribly well-known play, obviously.
33:22Mmm.
33:23But I'm sure a brilliant one.
33:24I'm quite certain.
33:25Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
33:28Here comes the decider.
33:29Whoever wins this third question goes through to the final
33:32and plays for that jackpot.
33:34£4,250.
33:35Best of luck to both pairs.
33:37Our third question is all about...
33:40..things that rhyme with now, Angela.
33:43Yes, well, very simply, we're going to give you the clues
33:46to five things which rhyme with the word now.
33:50Just give us the answer that you think the fewest number
33:53of the 100 people that we interviewed knew.
33:55Thank you very much indeed.
33:57OK, let's reveal the five now-rhyming clues.
34:00Here we go.
34:021979 Kate Bush single from her album Lionheart, W.
34:08Fluffy rice dish with spices such as cardamom and turmeric, P.
34:15Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1979 to 1983, G.H.
34:20Sound made by a cat when needing attention or food, M.
34:25And Bavarian village which has staged the passion play every decade
34:29since 1634, O.
34:33There we are.
34:34Orwyn and Keith, you get to go first.
34:38For number three, we think Geoffrey Howe.
34:41Geoffrey Howe, say Orwyn and Keith.
34:43Now, Nkarfa and Dale, would you like to talk us through the rest
34:46of that board?
34:47Yeah, we think the first one is Wow.
34:49The second one is Pilau.
34:51The fourth one is Meow.
34:53And the fifth one, I am not entirely sure, but I think it's the only one
34:58that could possibly beat Geoffrey Howe.
35:01And I think it is Osenhow.
35:03Osenhow.
35:04Osenhow.
35:05Osenhow.
35:06So we have Geoffrey Howe and Osenhow.
35:08Owen and Keith went for Geoffrey Howe.
35:11Let's see if that is right for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
35:14Absolutely right.
35:15That goes down to 23.
35:24Now, Nkarfa and Dale, this is sort of Monte Carlo or bust, I think.
35:30Osenhow, you have gone for the Bavarian village.
35:33Let's see if Osenhow is right.
35:36Ah, no, it's not.
35:40But that's exactly the right tactics and very, very well played.
35:43I'm sorry it didn't play out well for you.
35:46But very well done indeed, Owen and Keith.
35:48That means after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
35:51Well, it was right to go for the last one on the board,
35:53but as you say, not the right answer.
35:56No, the answer is, it's called Oberammergal.
35:59That's where the passion play has been.
36:01And that would have scored you 12 points.
36:04The sound made by a cat.
36:06Goodness, who wouldn't have known that?
36:07That was the highest score, of course.
36:09And what is it, please?
36:10It is meow.
36:13It is meow.
36:14There you are, look.
36:15I'll go halfway.
36:18It's scored 82.
36:19Fluffy rice dish.
36:20Yes, you got that right.
36:21Pilau.
36:2236 for Pilau.
36:23And you got the single right, of course, from Kate Bush.
36:2630 for wow.
36:28Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
36:30Well, that means that we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs
36:32and then, Cartha and Dale, that is you, I'm afraid.
36:35You'll be back next time, though.
36:36Thank you very much for playing.
36:37And Cartha and Dale.
36:38Wonderful.
36:39For Orwyn and Keith, though, it is now time for the Pointless final.
36:46Huge congratulations, Orwyn and Keith.
36:48You've fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:59You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
37:01And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £4,250.
37:07Well, the only thing between you and the jackpot now is a pointless answer.
37:11That's just what we need.
37:13What would you like to see come up?
37:15What category would be the dream?
37:17Tennis.
37:18Football.
37:19Tennis, football.
37:20Possibly rugby.
37:21Well, you know what happens.
37:22Four things appear on the board.
37:24We just have to hope there's something up there you like the look of.
37:26Today's selection looks like this.
37:43Well, you know Bristol.
37:44Not enough, I don't think, to answer a question.
37:47Or Commonwealth leaders, but I'm not sure I know much about those.
37:51I think we might as well try Commonwealth leaders, to be honest with you.
37:54Do you want to try that one?
37:55Yeah.
37:56Commonwealth leaders, it is.
37:58So, what we are looking for is the full name of any person
38:03who held one of the following offices at any time
38:06during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
38:09The Prime Minister of Canada or the Prime Minister of India.
38:16Now, Queen Elizabeth II reigned from the 6th of February 1952
38:20to the 8th of September 2022.
38:24Very best of luck.
38:25Thank you very much indeed.
38:27As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
38:30All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
38:32to be pointless.
38:33If you can find three pointless answers, we'll throw in a £500 bonus.
38:37Are you ready?
38:38Yep.
38:39OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:41There they are.
38:42Your time starts now.
38:44They're both intruders.
38:46Pierre and...
38:47Justin.
38:48Justin.
38:49Um, Indira Gandhi.
38:50Indira Gandhi.
38:51Um...
38:52Then I start to run out of, uh...
38:55What was the name of the news before that, wasn't it?
38:57Ah, I'm not sure.
38:58Um...
38:59Oh.
39:00What's the name of the airport in, uh...
39:02Oh, gosh.
39:03Airport in...
39:04Toronto.
39:05Ah.
39:06Lester Pearson.
39:07Ah.
39:08Ah.
39:09Ah.
39:10Ah.
39:11So Lester Pearson.
39:12The older Trudeau.
39:13Pierre Trudeau.
39:14Pierre Trudeau.
39:15And Indira Gandhi.
39:16I think we're there.
39:17OK, we're there.
39:18We can stop the clock.
39:19In which case, let's have your three answers.
39:22So, Lester Pearson.
39:23Lester Pearson.
39:24For Canada.
39:25Pierre Trudeau.
39:26Pierre Trudeau.
39:27For Canada.
39:28And Indira Gandhi.
39:29Indira Gandhi.
39:30For India.
39:31Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:34Probably Lester Pearson.
39:35Lester Pearson will put last.
39:36Least likely to be pointless?
39:37Pierre Trudeau.
39:38Pierre Trudeau.
39:39And Indira Gandhi goes in the middle.
39:40OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:43And here they are.
39:44And here they are.
39:46We have got Pierre Trudeau.
39:47Indira Gandhi.
39:48And Lester Pearson.
39:49Now, £4,250 are up for grabs.
39:51If one of these turns out to be a pointless answer.
39:53What would you like to do with that if you won?
39:55Oh, and I'm going to ask you first.
39:56We've got a couple of city breaks that we'd like to do.
39:57Very nice.
39:58But probably the children and the grandchildren will have the lion's share.
40:00OK, lovely.
40:01Anything else you want to add to that, Keith?
40:02No.
40:03No.
40:04I was thinking about saying I'd upgrade my ticket at Bristol City.
40:05But perhaps that's not a good thing to suggest.
40:06I'm not sure that's gone down very well, Keith.
40:07OK, well, very, very best of luck.
40:08Your first answer was Pierre Trudeau.
40:09In this case, we were looking for Prime Ministers of Canada under Queen Elizabeth II.
40:11Let's see how many of our 100 said Pierre Trudeau.
40:12Pierre Trudeau is right.
40:13He just has a question.
40:14And the children and the grandchildren will have the lion's share.
40:16OK, lovely.
40:17Anything else you want to add to that, Keith?
40:18No.
40:19I was thinking about saying I'd upgrade my ticket at Bristol City.
40:21But perhaps that's not a good thing to suggest.
40:22I'm not sure that's gone down very well, Keith.
40:24OK, well, very, very best of luck.
40:26Your first answer was Pierre Trudeau.
40:28In this case, we were looking for Prime Ministers of Canada under Queen Elizabeth II.
40:32Let's see how many of our 100 said Pierre Trudeau.
40:36Pierre Trudeau is right.
40:37He just has to go all the way down to zero.
40:42And you can leave here with £4,250 in your back pockets.
40:45Down we go with Pierre Trudeau to 11.
40:47That's not bad.
40:48Not bad at all, but it's not pointless.
40:50So we must now move on to your second answer, Indira Gandhi.
40:53We've now moved from Canada to India.
40:55Prime Ministers of India is precisely what we're looking for.
40:58Indira Gandhi, let's see how many of our 100 said that.
41:01Might she be pointless?
41:02Well, Pierre Trudeau took us down to 11.
41:07Indira Gandhi now taking us down through the 40s.
41:10Again, if this goes down to nothing, £4,250 is yours.
41:14Down we go with Indira Gandhi to 12.
41:16You've gone up a bit.
41:19We now turn to your third and final answer.
41:21There was a great moment when you suddenly saw inspiration here.
41:25Remembered.
41:26Oh, it's the name of an airport.
41:27Lester Pearson.
41:30Lester Pearson.
41:31Prime Ministers of Canada.
41:32We're back on those.
41:33Let's see.
41:34For £4,250, might Lester Pearson be pointless?
41:40He's right.
41:42Pierre Trudeau took us down to 11.
41:44Indira Gandhi took us down to 12.
41:46Lester Pearson takes us down into single figures.
41:49Going down with Lester Pearson.
41:50Going down with Lester Pearson.
41:51To one.
41:53Oh, no.
41:54Well, that's a brilliant answer.
41:56I'm so sorry we only accept pointless answers in this final round
41:59because it would be a lovely way to go out.
42:01But I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot
42:03because you didn't find the all-important pointless answer.
42:05But you get to take home today's pointless trophies.
42:07So very, very well done indeed for that, Owen and Keith.
42:11Yes, and in fact, Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister twice, wasn't he?
42:14Indeed, as was Indira Gandhi.
42:15But let's have a look at the pointless answers.
42:18Starting with the Prime Ministers of Canada,
42:20there were only four of them.
42:22Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, and finally John Turner.
42:29Now, moving on to the Prime Ministers of India.
42:31First of all, we've got Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh, PV,
42:37Nassim Aro, and Rajiv Gandhi.
42:40And the other pointless answers were Chandra Shikhar, Charan Singh, Nanda,
42:45who was Acting Prime Minister on two occasions, Gouda, Shastri, and VP Singh.
42:51So, well done.
42:52Anyone at home, if you've got the answers.
42:54And apologies to everyone for my pouring pronunciations.
42:57Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
42:59And thank you, Owen and Keith.
43:02It's been lovely having you on the show.
43:03I'm sorry you didn't get to win our jackpot today.
43:05That will therefore roll over onto the next show,
43:07when we will be playing for £5,250.
43:12Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:14Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:16Bye.
43:17That is goodbye from me.
43:18Goodbye.
43:19APPLAUSE
43:47Bye.
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