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Pointless - Season 34 Episode 9
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00:00MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
00:26the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
00:28Let's meet today's players.
00:30APPLAUSE
00:33And couple number one.
00:35I'm Jane, I'm from Brighton.
00:36This is my little brother, Philip, and he's from Arundel.
00:39Couple number two.
00:40Hello, I'm James and this is my gran, Marjorie,
00:43and we're from Sunderland.
00:45Couple number three.
00:46Hi, I'm Rick.
00:47This is my partner, Jayden, and we're from London.
00:49And finally, couple number four.
00:51Hi, Xander, I'm Ade and this is my beautiful wife, Andrea,
00:55and we're from the West Midlands.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
00:59APPLAUSE
01:00Thank you very much, all of you.
01:01Very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:02It's terrific to have you all here.
01:04That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:06She was the voice on The Wall, a game show fronted by TV hardman Danny Dyer.
01:10So to make her feel at home, I'll be referring to her as babe, darling and Angela.
01:15It is my Pointless friend, it's Angela Rippon.
01:19APPLAUSE
01:21Well, I can tell that you have been rehearsing and practising the accents.
01:26Oh, like mad.
01:27Yes, yes.
01:28Well, with the dialect coach.
01:29He's fun, though, isn't he?
01:30He's great fun.
01:31I've never worked with him, but he always strikes me as a fabulous fellow.
01:33He is great fun.
01:34And how lovely to see some new people.
01:36Welcome, all of you, and I hope you have a lovely programme today.
01:39Thank you very much indeed.
01:40Now, Ellie and Imran won the jackpot.
01:42In fact, they didn't just win the jackpot.
01:44They won it with three Pointless answers.
01:46So we threw in the little £500 bonus.
01:48It's been a while since we've put that to good use.
01:50Anyway, that does mean that today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
01:55But it'll grow.
01:56Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:04Just remember, at the end of each round, as is customary,
02:07we will be expelling the pair with the highest score.
02:11So just make sure you keep your scores low, is what I'm saying.
02:14Best of luck to everybody.
02:15Our first category today is...
02:19D words.
02:21Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first?
02:23Who's going to go second?
02:24Two on the ground.
02:25And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:31OK, and the question concerns...
02:33..the letter D in abbreviations and acronyms, Angela.
02:38Now, on each board, we're going to show you seven abbreviations
02:42or acronyms that appear in the Collins Dictionary.
02:45We are also going to tell you what these letters stand for
02:50in each instance, except for the word beginning with the letter D.
02:54You just have to fill that one in.
02:56So please, give us the missing D words.
02:58Thank you very much indeed.
03:01So here is our first board of seven clues.
03:03DEFRA.
03:07Blank for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
03:10PDF.
03:12Portable blank format.
03:14AD.
03:16Anno blank.
03:18DIY.
03:19Blank it yourself.
03:21PDSA.
03:23People's blank for sick animals.
03:25ISDN.
03:28Integrated Services blank network.
03:31And GDP.
03:33Gross blank product.
03:36There we are.
03:37Philip, welcome back.
03:39Show two for Philip and Jane.
03:40Yeah.
03:41Tell us more about yourself, Philip.
03:42I'm 65.
03:43I'm retired.
03:44I love horse racing.
03:46Oh, do you?
03:47I do.
03:48And one of my bucket list things was to own a racehorse,
03:52which is a little bit beyond my means,
03:54but I am now in a very friendly syndicate
03:57and we have two horses.
03:59That's nice.
04:00Yes.
04:01So do you get to travel all over and see the horse?
04:02Yes, yes.
04:03We've seen, been to quite a few race courses
04:05over the last three years.
04:06It's been great fun.
04:07Any winners?
04:08Yeah, a couple, a couple.
04:10Yeah, well, this is very exciting.
04:12OK, now, what would you like to go for?
04:14OK.
04:15I know a few of them, but I'm going to go for PDSA,
04:19People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.
04:22Dispensary, says Philip.
04:24Sounds like a lovely low score to me.
04:26If it's right, let's see if it is right.
04:27How many of our 100 said Dispensary?
04:31Dispensary is absolutely right.
04:35Down it goes to 44.
04:3644.
04:37It's a terrific charity, actually, and it was founded in 1917
04:41by a lady called Maria Dickin.
04:44She also introduced the PDSA Dickin Medal
04:48in honour of the work of animals, particularly in World War II,
04:51but it's gone on to become the sort of Victoria Cross
04:53for the animal world, for any animal that is brave.
04:56Thank you very much.
04:58Marjorie, welcome back.
04:59Lovely to have you here again.
05:00Tell us more about yourself.
05:02Well, I used to be a Keep Fit leader
05:04with the Keep Fit Association.
05:07Did you?
05:08Where did you do that?
05:09In Sunderland.
05:10And every year, we went down to London
05:13to perform at the Royal Albert Hall.
05:15How wonderful.
05:16How many times did you do that?
05:17I did that about four or five times.
05:20It's very exciting, the Royal Albert Hall, isn't it?
05:23I mean, being backstage there is one thing,
05:25but then when you come out...
05:26You get lost.
05:27Oh, you do.
05:28Absolutely.
05:29It's the most beautiful venue.
05:30Very exciting.
05:31Marjorie, what would you like to go for on this board?
05:34I'm afraid I don't know many of them.
05:36I'll go for department, for environment, for rural affairs.
05:41For DEFRA, department, says Marjorie.
05:44Should we see if that's right?
05:45How many of our 100 people said department?
05:50Department is right.
05:5144 is the only score we have at number 67.
05:54For department.
05:55Well, when I first started in journalism,
05:58we always used to refer to it as the Minervag and Fish,
06:01because it was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,
06:03but they changed the name to Department for Environment,
06:06Food and Rural Affairs.
06:07And we have to remember, responsible for all sorts of things,
06:10including advice on bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret
06:14into Great Britain.
06:15So if you've got a ferret and you want to bring it here,
06:17go to DEFRA.
06:18Down the trousers.
06:19Down the trousers.
06:20No, don't do that.
06:22For a number of reasons.
06:28Now, Jayden, welcome to Pointless.
06:29Hello.
06:30Terrific to have you here.
06:31Tell us all about yourself, Jayden.
06:32Hi, I'm Jayden.
06:33I'm 27 years old and I'm a speech and language therapist
06:37from, well, working in the NHS.
06:39Good for you.
06:40I mean, that's a terrific thing to do.
06:42I mean, presumably, it must be the most rewarding thing imaginable.
06:45It is.
06:46It's always very rewarding to go in there.
06:48Yeah.
06:49I bet.
06:50And what do you like getting up to when you're not doing the speech therapy?
06:52Well, I like learning languages, I would say.
06:55Well, I've been learning Japanese since I was 13.
06:58Wow.
06:59Yeah.
07:00Do you do that in class?
07:01Do you do that as one-to-one or do you do it on an app?
07:03Nowadays, I just use the apps too.
07:05Very good.
07:06You're good enough now.
07:07LAUGHTER
07:08Jayden, what are you going to go for on our board?
07:10I know a few of these, but I'm going to go for A-D.
07:15Anno Domini?
07:17Domini?
07:18Anno Domini or Domini.
07:20You can pronounce it either way.
07:21Anno Domini.
07:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
07:24Anno Domini.
07:25That goes down to 48.
07:32Very well done indeed.
07:34Yes, indeed.
07:35And in fact, it's a Latin phrase, of course, Anno Domini.
07:38It means in the year of our Lord,
07:40which is used to refer to the years after the birth of Christ A-D.
07:45And it can be replaced, actually, by C-E for Common Era
07:48because that doesn't hold any religious connotations.
07:52Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
07:54And now, Andrea.
07:56Welcome to Pointless.
07:57Wonderful to have you here.
07:58Tell us all about yourself, Andrea.
07:59Well, you can probably tell from the accent I'm not from here.
08:02I'm from the United States, Cincinnati, Ohio specifically.
08:06And I'm a communications student at the University of Cincinnati.
08:09But it's all online because that would be some kind of commute,
08:11wouldn't it?
08:12So what brought you here, then?
08:13My husband did.
08:16But did you meet before you came here?
08:18Yeah.
08:19Well, we met here.
08:20So I have friends in the Northeast.
08:22I was in Newcastle.
08:23Yeah.
08:24I had on a Cincinnati Reds t-shirt, actually.
08:25But it just said Reds.
08:26He spotted me.
08:28And he was like, hey, would that be the Cincinnati Reds?
08:31And I'm like, yo, I'm thousands of miles away.
08:33How do you even know?
08:34So we started talking just basically ragging
08:37on each other's sports teams.
08:38Yeah.
08:39And now we've been married for two years.
08:41Wow.
08:42And here you are on pointers.
08:44Yeah.
08:45Amazing.
08:46Do you feel like going through the board here
08:48and filling in some of our blanks?
08:49I'll try.
08:50So PDF, that's portable digital format.
08:53DIY, do-it-yourself, and GDP is gross domestic product.
08:57I think I'll go with PDF, portable digital format,
09:00because nobody really calls it that.
09:01They always just say PDF.
09:02OK.
09:03So we'll see.
09:04So digital is what you're saying for that particular D.
09:05Should we see how many of our 100 people said that?
09:07Digital.
09:10Oh!
09:12Oh, it's mine!
09:13Yo!
09:14Sorry, that scored you 100 points.
09:15You chose the one option to which you did not know the correct answer.
09:19Good!
09:20What?
09:21You got all the rest right, but we'll go through the board.
09:23Xander, which one would you go for?
09:25Well, funnily enough, the one I was thinking,
09:27I was imagining it was digital in the ISDN.
09:29I thought that was probably digital.
09:31It was digital.
09:32And that was the lowest score.
09:35Oh!
09:36It got nine!
09:37Sick!
09:39Shall we clear the rest of the board for you?
09:41You've kind of already got them.
09:42PDF is document.
09:45Oh!
09:46That would have scored you 21.
09:47Do-it-yourself, obviously you got that, yes.
09:50Most people know that, I think.
09:51That would have been 94.
09:53And GDP, gross domestic product.
09:57That was a 36.
09:59Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
10:00Well, by half we threw the round, let's have a quick look at those scores.
10:02Philip, you and Jane are the low scorers at this point.
10:0544.
10:06Very well done indeed.
10:07We travel from there to 48, where we find Jaden and Rick.
10:09From there to 67, where we find Marjorie and James.
10:11And from there to 100, where we find Andrea and Ade.
10:14Ade, you get the new board.
10:16If you can find a lovely low score there, you can even things up beautifully.
10:19So, good luck with that.
10:21We're going to come back down the line now.
10:22Will the second players please step up to the podium?
10:24OK, let's put seven more clues to abbreviations or acronyms with the letter D involved.
10:33Here they come.
10:34There we are, Ade.
10:49Warm welcome to Pointless.
11:04Great to have you here.
11:05How did you know about the Cincinnati Reds?
11:07I'm a major American sports fan.
11:09I follow the New York Mets, who are historically terrible.
11:12That's how I knew the Cincinnati Reds, because they're equally as bad.
11:15Yeah, that's how you knew.
11:16There we are.
11:17So, Ade, now then.
11:18You are on 100.
11:19You're a high scorers.
11:20But if you could find a really lovely low score, there's a route through, I think.
11:24I'm going to go for the top one, light-emitting diode.
11:28Diode, says Ade.
11:30Shall we see how many of our 100 said diode?
11:32There'll be no red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the highest scorers at the moment.
11:37Diode.
11:38How far down the column can we get with that?
11:4145, taking your total up to 145.
11:46And, as you probably know, as you came up with that answer, an LED is a type of semiconductor device which emits light when a current flows through it.
11:56They're found in all kinds of things, from car-indicated lights to electronic signs and also in clock displays as well.
12:02Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
12:04Now then, Rick.
12:05Welcome to Pointless.
12:06Hello.
12:07Terrific to have you here.
12:08Tell us all about yourself, Rick.
12:09Hi.
12:10Yes, I'm Rick.
12:11I'm an occupational therapist from London and in my spare time I like to play badminton, do a bit of coaching as well.
12:18Very good.
12:19It's a very good game, badminton.
12:20It's fast.
12:21Very fast.
12:22Very fast.
12:23Very fast indeed.
12:24Now then, you are on 48.
12:2696 or less.
12:27We'll get you through.
12:28So, yeah, I know a few, but I think I'm going to go for DLR, which is Docklands.
12:34Docklands.
12:35In this case, Docklands, you get a red line and it's here.
12:38Can we get you below that with Docklands?
12:41Absolutely we can.
12:42Absolutely we can.
12:47Down goes Docklands to 25, taking your total up to 73.
12:51Yes, and that's a light railway that an awful lot of people living in London will be familiar with.
12:55It was opened in 1987 as part of the redevelopment of that whole Docklands area in East London.
13:01Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
13:03Now then, James, welcome back.
13:05Show three.
13:06There'll be things we don't know about you, James.
13:08Do tell us.
13:09Me and me, well, now wife, we do like to do quite a lot of travelling and going on holidays.
13:14So what's been the most adventurous?
13:16We did Asia a couple of years back and we started off in, like, Japan, China and Singapore and stuff.
13:21Oh, wow.
13:22But I think we both just love Japan, I think.
13:24Yeah.
13:25So how long was the trip from start to finish?
13:27It was more how long the money lasted.
13:29Yeah, right.
13:30I think we did about six or seven months, I think.
13:34Oh, wow.
13:35I think so, yeah.
13:36Well done.
13:37Fantastic.
13:38Good for you.
13:39Now then, James, you're on 67.
13:4077 or less gets you into round two.
13:42Hopefully I'm going to be right, but MDF on the bottom, I think, is medium density.
13:47Medium density fibre board.
13:49Shall we see if that D stands for density?
13:51You get a red line and it's coming in here.
13:53Density.
13:56It's good.
13:57It gets you through.
13:59With room to spare.
14:0039.
14:01Very well done indeed.
14:02Takes your good luck to 106.
14:05Hardware shops nationwide apparently saw a boom in the sales of MDF in the 1990s and the early noughties.
14:12Thanks largely to its regular use in the BBC television series Changing Rooms.
14:18Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
14:20Now then, Jane, welcome back to Pointless for your second show.
14:24Well, we heard all about your singing with the Brighton Festival Chorus last time.
14:27Tell us more about you.
14:28I'm enjoying retirement after a career in the law and living in Brighton, one of the things I very much like to do is swim in the sea, which I do all year round without a wetsuit with my friends from the Brighton Swimming Club.
14:40Is that a weekly or a daily thing?
14:42Two or three times a week.
14:43Two or three times a week.
14:44Do you do it early morning, before breakfast?
14:46It varies.
14:47It varies.
14:48Because I'm retired, I can go whenever I like.
14:49You can go when you like.
14:50And if it's really nice, you can go back in later.
14:52Yes.
14:53Nothing nicer than that.
14:54Up in Northumberland, we always try and do that every morning.
14:56Yes.
14:57144.
14:58Yes.
14:59Which means you are through.
15:00Doesn't matter what you score.
15:01Would you like to talk us through the board?
15:02I think I probably can, actually.
15:04The second one is Director of Public Prosecutions.
15:06The fourth one is Ministry of Defence.
15:09The third one, I think, is probably high definition.
15:12But I'm going to go for something coming back from my maths O level, which is quad erat demonstrandum.
15:18Quad erat demonstrandum.
15:19I hope so.
15:20Very good indeed.
15:21There's no red line for you, as you are already through.
15:23Let's see how many of our 100 people said it, though.
15:25Demonstrandum.
15:26It's absolutely right.
15:33Down it goes.
15:34Look at this marvellous single-figure score.
15:37Very well done.
15:38Seven, taking your total up to 51.
15:40Well, it was the lowest score on the board.
15:42And you were so right to go back to your mathematic heritage, as it were,
15:46because it is a phrase which means that which was to be demonstrated,
15:50used particularly in mathematical proofs at the end of it,
15:54to say that it proves exactly what you were trying to prove.
15:58And Jane, you took us through the board absolutely perfectly and you picked the best answer on board, as we've seen.
16:04But let's see the scores for the remaining answers.
16:07It was the director of public prosecutions.
16:10That would have scored you 30.
16:12We've got HDMI, high definition.
16:16That was 37.
16:18And, of course, the Ministry of Defence, which I think a lot of people got 81.
16:23Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
16:24That brings us to the end of our first round.
16:26And it means...
16:27Oh, Aidan, Andrea, I'm so sorry.
16:29We have to say goodbye to you.
16:30But there we are.
16:31A little baptism by fire there.
16:33Next time, you can storm through the show and take a trophy home at the end of it.
16:37Anyway, thank you so much for playing.
16:38Aidan, Andrea, we'll see you next time.
16:41But for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
16:49Very well done indeed, everybody.
16:51We made it into round two.
16:53But best of luck to all three pairs.
16:55The category for round two is...
17:00Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
17:03And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:06OK, and the question concerns...
17:13Modern female icons.
17:16Angela.
17:17Well, the March 2024 issue of the fashion magazine British Vogue
17:24had on its cover 40 iconic women.
17:28And the magazine, incidentally, was the very last edition
17:31that was edited by M. Edward Inninful.
17:34But we are going to show you on the board 16 of those famous women.
17:39Please tell us the name of the one that you think
17:41the fewest of our 100 people recognised.
17:44Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
17:46So, as Angela's just said, we're going to put an image up with 16 faces on.
17:50So, let's reveal that image.
17:53Here they are.
17:54Just give you a moment or two to absorb.
17:59There we are.
18:00OK.
18:04Jane, I'm going to come to you first.
18:07Struggling a little bit with this.
18:10Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to go with Victoria Beckham.
18:13You're going to have to go with Victoria Beckham.
18:16OK, let us see how many of our 100 people said Victoria Beckham.
18:20Victoria Beckham is right and goes down to 54.
18:27Not bad.
18:28No, not bad at all.
18:30In fact, she is the only member of the Spice Girls who never reached the number one.
18:34The closest she managed, I'm afraid, was just a number two hit with
18:37Out of Your Mind with True Steppers and Dane Bowers.
18:42Now, Marjorie.
18:46I think that's Oprah Winfrey.
18:48Oprah Winfrey, says Marjorie.
18:51Shall we see...
18:52Or Oprah Winfrey.
18:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said Oprah Winfrey.
18:56Absolutely, Oprah Winfrey.
18:59Oh, she's not fooling anyone with those specs.
19:02Down, she goes 56.
19:04Very well done.
19:05Her name actually isn't Oprah.
19:07It's Orpah Gail Winfrey.
19:10And apparently, she was named after Orpah,
19:13who's a biblical figure in the Book of Ruth.
19:15But apparently, nobody knew how either to spell that name
19:18or to pronounce it, so she became Oprah.
19:21Thank you very much indeed.
19:23Now, Jaden.
19:24Jaden, who would you like to identify from our board here?
19:30I'm going to go for Anya Taylor-Joy.
19:33Anya Taylor-Joy.
19:35Anya Taylor-Joy.
19:36Should we see how many of our 100 people said that?
19:40Anya Taylor-Joy, absolutely right.
19:42Well, 56 is our high score, 54 is our low.
19:45Quite a narrow bound, and you pass that.
19:47Oh, down to one.
19:49Very well done indeed, Jaden.
19:51Anya Taylor-Joy.
19:52Just one other person recognising Anya Taylor-Joy.
19:55She's probably best known for playing Beth Harmon in the Netflix series
19:59The Queen's Gambit.
20:01But she's also been in Peaky Blinders, and of course,
20:03she made her breakthrough in the horror film The Witch.
20:06Thank you very much indeed.
20:07Well, halfway through the round, let's have a quick look at those scores.
20:10One, the best score of the pass, Jaden.
20:12Very well done indeed to you.
20:14We travel from there to 54, where we find Jane and Philip,
20:17and from there, just a hop and a skip up to 56,
20:19where we find Marjorie and James.
20:21So, yeah, James, you're not that far ahead.
20:23Nothing you can't put right with a judicious choice on the next pass.
20:26Hopefully.
20:27Good luck with that.
20:28We're going to come back down the line now.
20:29Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:35OK, so, Rick, remember we are looking for the names of these women
20:38who featured on Edward Ennenfall's final British Vogue cover.
20:42And you're on one, 54 or less, sees you happily into the head-to-head.
20:47I know a few of them, but the names aren't quite there,
20:50so I might play it a bit safe.
20:52So, I'll go for Kate Moss.
20:55Kate Moss, says Rick.
20:57You get a red line and everything. Here it is.
20:59Let's see if we can get you below this red line with Kate Moss.
21:04Kate Moss, of course, right?
21:06Gets you through as well, which is perfect.
21:08Down you go to 29, which takes your total up to a lovely round 30.
21:12Actually, I'm surprised, Xander, that more people didn't recognise
21:16Yes.
21:17Because she's actually appeared on the cover of British Vogue
21:19more than any other model.
21:21She's appeared over 40 times.
21:24And she made her first appearance back in 1993,
21:27when she was just 19 years old.
21:29Thank you very much indeed, James.
21:32Yes.
21:33There you are. Our high score is on 56.
21:35Yes.
21:36What have you got?
21:37So, I think my wife might roll her eyes at this one,
21:40but I'm going to say Maya Jammer.
21:43Maya Jammer.
21:44Maya Jammer says James.
21:46You don't get a red line because you're the highest scorer at the moment.
21:48Let's see how many of our 100 said Maya Jammer.
21:53Maya Jammer is absolutely right.
21:59And down it goes to 14.
22:01Very well done indeed.
22:02Taking your total up to a lovely round 70.
22:04Yes.
22:05And she began hosting Love Island in 2023, taking over from Laura Whitmore.
22:10And in 2024, she made it onto the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Europe.
22:16So, no rolled eyes from your wife because you picked a good one there.
22:19Thank you very much indeed.
22:21Now then, Philip, you're on 54.
22:2315 or less is what we require.
22:26I know two for certain, I think.
22:29Second along third one down, Cindy Crawford.
22:32Below her, I think, is Lady Gaga.
22:34I'm a bit torn, but I think the only one that could score that is next to Cindy Crawford.
22:38I'm hoping that's Jane Fonda.
22:40Jane Fonda, says Philip.
22:42Well, let's keep fingers crossed.
22:44You've got a red line.
22:45Let's see if we can get you below that with Jane Fonda.
22:49It is Jane Fonda.
22:55And it gets you through.
22:56Look at that.
22:57Down it goes to 13.
22:58Very well done indeed.
22:59Taking your total up to 67.
23:01Jane Fonda, yes.
23:02Actually notable for an awful lot of things.
23:04All of the films that she's been in.
23:06And, of course, her Keep Fit exercises.
23:08But Jane Fonda got you right.
23:10Shall we go through the rest of the board?
23:12That is one of the Williams sisters.
23:14And it's Serena.
23:15Yes, and she would have scored 17.
23:17Across from there is Dua Lipa.
23:19She scored 18, another quite low score.
23:22Laverne Cox.
23:23She would have scored you just one.
23:26We've then come down onto the second row.
23:28We've got Jodie Comer.
23:29Jodie Comer.
23:30Absolutely.
23:31And Jodie Comer scored two.
23:33That's Cynthia Erivo.
23:35And she was a pointless answer.
23:37Wow.
23:38Yeah.
23:39Jane Fonda, we've got 13, of course.
23:40Next to her, Cindy Crawford.
23:41You were absolutely right there.
23:43That would have scored you seven.
23:44And on the bottom line, we've got Naomi Campbell.
23:47Again, a very, very famous model.
23:49That would have scored you 11.
23:50It's not the most recognisably Naomi Campbell-looking photograph, is it?
23:53No.
23:54She's usually got her hair scraped back, hasn't she?
23:56Miley Cyrus.
23:5721 points there.
24:00And Gigi Hadid.
24:02And she would have scored you seven.
24:05And finally, we've got the final pointless answer.
24:10She is Simone Ashley.
24:12There we are.
24:13Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
24:15That brings us to the end of our second round.
24:16And it means the pair we have to say goodbye to.
24:18Oh, no.
24:19James and Marjorie, it's you.
24:20Yes.
24:21It's been so wonderful having you on the programme.
24:22This is farewell, I'm afraid.
24:24Yes, it is.
24:25But thank you so much for coming to play.
24:26It's been lovely having you.
24:27And I'm sorry we're not sending you back to Sunderland with a trophy.
24:30But as I say, you've been absolutely wonderful.
24:32So, James and Marjorie, a huge thank you.
24:34For the remaining two pairs, though, it's now time for the Head to Head.
24:43Congratulations, Rick and Jayden, Jane and Philip.
24:46You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
24:50which currently stands at £1,000.
24:53However, we now have a chance to throw some more money into that jackpot
24:57by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
24:59So, this is just for fun.
25:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
25:06..Minecraft biomes as they could, Angela.
25:10So, you're going to see six options.
25:12Now, two of them are scoring, two are pointless,
25:15and two are neither biomes nor regions
25:18in the Minecraft video game series at all.
25:21And, as Xander says, we're going to add £250 in the jackpot
25:24for each pointless answer you come up with.
25:27Thank you very much indeed.
25:28So, can you identify the two pointless Minecraft biomes from these six?
25:34Frontlines, Cherry Grove, Savannah, Badlands, Seaside, Lush Caves.
25:42Now, does anyone know anything about this?
25:44Any wisdom to impart?
25:46I've played Minecraft before. I don't even know what a biome is.
25:49All Minecraft. It's like a different area.
25:51In which case, I'm going to come straight to you.
25:53Rick and Jayden, would you like to nominate one?
25:55We'll go Savannah, please.
25:57You're going to go Savannah.
25:58Shall we see if Savannah is a pointless Minecraft biome?
26:01It's a biome from Minecraft.
26:06Down it goes to five.
26:12There we are.
26:14Jane and Philip.
26:16You'd like to go with Lush Caves?
26:18Well, it sounds the least obvious.
26:20We'll go Lush Caves.
26:21Lush Caves.
26:22Lush Caves.
26:23Is it a pointless Minecraft biome?
26:27Oh.
26:28It's a Minecraft biome.
26:33And it's a pointless one as well.
26:35Very well done indeed.
26:36Well done, Philip, and well done, Jane, for going with Philip.
26:39Ah, marvellous.
26:40A terrific guess.
26:42Yes, indeed.
26:43Lush Caves.
26:44And the seaside, you were right not to go with that.
26:46There is a biome called Beach in Minecraft.
26:49Frontlines, definitely not a biome from the game.
26:52It's a game on the Roblox online gaming platform.
26:57Badlands.
26:58Badlands scored 13 because it is a biome.
27:01But we have got there one other Cherry Grove.
27:04That is the other pointless answer on the board.
27:07Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
27:09Well done, you managed to find one pointless answer,
27:11which means we can add £250 to the jackpot,
27:13taking the total up to £1,250.
27:16But who will be playing for?
27:18Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.
27:25Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
27:28You are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
27:30Best of luck to both pairs.
27:31Here is our first question.
27:33And it's all about...
27:35The Archers, Angela.
27:38And we're going to give you five clues to facts about the popular BBC Radio 4 soap opera called The Archers.
27:47So, please just give us the answers.
27:49Thank you very much indeed.
27:50Let's reveal our five Archers clues and here they come.
27:55This colour follows Barwick to create the title of The Archers' famous theme tune.
28:00Presenter Rylan Clark appeared in a 2023 episode themed to coincide with this annual competition's return to the UK.
28:08The decade in which the show first aired nationally.
28:11The pub in Ambridge shares its name with this type of male animal.
28:16And Friday Night Dinner star who began playing Debbie Aldridge in 1991.
28:22There we are.
28:23Rick and Jaden.
28:25Over to you.
28:26Hmm.
28:27So, I think...
28:28I know two.
28:30I'm going to go with the Friday Night Dinner star.
28:32I think that's Tamsin Greg.
28:35Tamsin Greg.
28:36Say Rick and Jaden.
28:37Tamsin Greg.
28:38Now, Jane and Philip, can you talk us through that board?
28:41I can't.
28:42I think I can.
28:43The first one is Barwick Green.
28:45The second is The Flower and Produce Show.
28:48The third is The 1950s.
28:50And the fourth is The Bull.
28:51Is it Flower and Produce Show?
28:53Shall we go with The Flower and Produce Show?
28:54Is it not the Eurovision Song Contest?
28:56No, Rylan Clark appearing on The Archers.
28:58OK.
28:59Go on.
29:00OK.
29:01Go with that.
29:02Well, now I'm not sure.
29:03The Flower and Produce Show.
29:04The Flower and Produce Show.
29:06For the second one, the Rylan Clark one.
29:08So, we have Tamsin Greg versus The Flower and Produce Show.
29:12I don't know what's wrong.
29:13OK.
29:14Rick and Jaden...
29:15Ah!
29:16Rick and Jaden.
29:17Let's see.
29:18Tamsin Greg.
29:19Is that right for the Friday Night Dinner star?
29:21How many of our 100 people said Tamsin Greg?
29:25Tamsin Greg is right.
29:27Oh, it's a very good answer.
29:28Down it goes to one.
29:29My goodness.
29:30Tamsin Greg.
29:31Winning answer there.
29:32Jane and Philip, meanwhile, have gone for The Flower and Produce Show for the episode
29:42in which Rylan Clark appeared.
29:44Shall we see how many of our 100 people said The Flower and Produce Show?
29:47Is it right?
29:48No!
29:49Bad luck.
29:50Um, Rick and Jaden, very well done indeed.
29:55After one question, you are up 1-0.
29:58Actually, Jane and Philip, there was nothing you could do because one is the lowest score
30:02which they'd already got.
30:03But, Jane, you should have listened to your little brother.
30:05I know.
30:06It was indeed the Eurovision Song Contest which would have scored you 8.
30:09Jane, you did actually talk us through the board.
30:11You certainly got the colour that follows Barwick and it is green.
30:15That would have scored you 12.
30:17And the decade in which the show aired nationally was indeed the 1950s.
30:21And that would have scored you 22.
30:24And the pub.
30:25Yes, everybody goes down the bull at lunchtime, don't they?
30:27And that would have scored you 13.
30:28Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
30:30OK, here comes your second question.
30:32Jane and Philip, you've got to win this one.
30:34Stay in the game.
30:35Good luck.
30:36Our second question is all about...
30:38Angela Rippon's West Country landmarks.
30:43We're going to show you five drawings that I've made of landmarks in the West Country.
30:48Now, I must warn you that I come from the Cartoon School of Art,
30:52which means I hope that I've given you enough clues in what I've drawn,
30:56but we've given you the alternate letters in each landmark's name,
31:00so please identify the most obscure of these five drawings.
31:06Very good.
31:07OK, so let's reveal Angela Rippon's five West Country landmarks.
31:11Here they are.
31:12We have A.
31:13S-M-C-A-L-M-U-T.
31:20And it's beautiful.
31:21Lovely, lovely perspective.
31:23Beautiful green.
31:25Look at those shades of green.
31:26B.
31:27G-A-T-N-U-Y-T-R.
31:29G-A-T-N-U-Y-T-R.
31:36C.
31:37T-E-E-E-P-O-E-T.
31:45D.
31:46T-E-M-N-C-T-E-T-E.
31:47T-E-M-N-C-T-E-T-E.
31:51That's lovely.
31:52Beautifully captured.
31:53And E-L-N-S-E-D.
32:01And you've put the roads in too.
32:03Wonderful.
32:05Lovely.
32:07I'm never going to win the Turner Prize.
32:09Let's be clear about it.
32:10Well, it's the Turner Prize.
32:11I think you just might.
32:12Amazing.
32:14Now then, Jane and Philip.
32:15Come on, Jane.
32:16Yeah.
32:17The Minack Theatre.
32:18You can do that.
32:19OK.
32:20We're going to go with the Minack Theatre, please.
32:22For D.
32:23The Minack Theatre.
32:24Wonderful.
32:25Now then, Rick and Jaden.
32:27Can you talk us through the board?
32:28Definitely not.
32:29But nothing to do with your fantastic drawings, though.
32:33It's just, we don't know.
32:34So, I think the only one that we do know is E.
32:37Land's End.
32:38Land's End.
32:39So, we have the Minack Theatre and we have Land's End.
32:41Jane and Philip went for the Minack Theatre.
32:43Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
32:44For D.
32:48The Minack Theatre is absolutely right.
32:54It's a great answer.
32:55Look at that.
32:56Down to two.
32:57Goodness me.
32:58Rick and Jaden, meanwhile, have gone for Land's End.
33:02And for E.
33:03Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
33:07Land's End is right.
33:10That.
33:11Goes down to 52.
33:12Very well done.
33:13Jane and Philip back in the game after two questions.
33:15It's one all.
33:16Guys, you couldn't do anything because, of course,
33:18that was the lowest score, the Minack Theatre.
33:20St Michael's Mount at the beginning, which was 29.
33:23You got Glastonbury Tour, which was 13.
33:28You got the Eden Project, which was 16.
33:31And Land's End, guys, you got that and that was 52.
33:35So, I'm not going to have an exhibition.
33:37Well, you should.
33:38Well, you should.
33:39Well, if you consider this your private view.
33:42Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
33:44Right, it all comes down to a third question.
33:45Whoever wins this one goes through to the final
33:47and plays for that jackpot.
33:48Best of luck to both pairs.
33:49Our third question today is all about...
33:54Robin Hood's companions, Angela.
33:56And we're going to show you five names
33:58of Robin Hood's band of outlaws.
34:01However, we've replaced one word in each name
34:04with a very brief definition-type clue of that word.
34:09So, please work out what the defined words are
34:11and tell us the name of the character
34:13that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
34:17Thank you very much indeed.
34:18Let's reveal our five Robin Hood Merry Men clue.
34:21Here they are.
34:23There we are.
34:39There we are.
34:40Rick and Jayden, we come to you.
34:42We do know three and maybe four,
34:44but we're going to play it safe, I think,
34:46and go for Will Scarlett.
34:49Will Scarlett, say Rick and Jayden.
34:51Now, then, Jane and Philip, can you talk us through the board?
34:54Well, it's Maid Marian, Little John,
34:57and I'm hoping you know the city in South Yorkshire
34:59that hosts the St Ledger Horse Race.
35:01I do. Go on, then.
35:02David of Doncaster.
35:04David of Doncaster.
35:06So, we have Will Scarlett and David of Doncaster.
35:08Rick and Jayden went for Will Scarlett.
35:10How many of our 100 said that?
35:15Will Scarlett is right.
35:16And that goes down to 44.
35:19Meanwhile, Jane and Philip have gone for David of Doncaster.
35:24Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
35:29Doncaster.
35:30Absolutely right.
35:32And it wins you the point.
35:35And it goes back to five.
35:37Very well done indeed.
35:38After three questions, Jane and Philip look through to the final.
35:402-1.
35:41Philip, that was a question that was a gift to someone
35:43who's a horse racing fan, isn't it?
35:45Yes.
35:46David of Doncaster, absolutely right.
35:47You got Maid Marian.
35:48That would have got you 65.
35:50You got Little John, small in size.
35:53That would have given you 68.
35:55The one that you missed out, Arthur A.
35:58Dull.
35:59He is Arthur Bland.
36:01That was the one you didn't get.
36:02Arthur A.
36:03And that would have given you an even lower score of two.
36:05I didn't know that.
36:06There we are.
36:07Thank you very much indeed.
36:08That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
36:10It means we have to say goodbye to Rick and Jayden,
36:12our golden couple on this occasion,
36:13but you'll be back next time.
36:15We'll look forward to that.
36:16But meanwhile, thank you very much, Rick and Jayden.
36:18APPLAUSE
36:19For Jane and Philip, though now time for the Pointless final.
36:25Congratulations, Jane and Philip.
36:26You have fought off all the competition
36:28and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:31Excellent.
36:32You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
36:40And at the end of today's show,
36:41the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
36:45APPLAUSE
36:47All we need is for you to find a Pointless answer.
36:49So, very best of luck.
36:51As always, you get to choose from this delightful selection
36:53of four that we will put up on the board.
36:55We just have to hope there's something there that tickles your fancy.
36:58And we can offer you these.
37:13The Beatles compilation albums?
37:14Let's do the Beatles, yeah.
37:15We'll do the Beatles compilation albums, please.
37:17OK, Beatles compilation albums.
37:19It is...
37:21In 2023, to celebrate 50 years
37:24since the release of the Beatles' Red and Blue albums,
37:27they were remixed and re-released
37:30with the addition of new tracks.
37:32So, we'd like you to name any track
37:34on either of these expanded versions.
37:37So, that is the Red album,
37:38which covers songs from 1962 to 1966,
37:42or the Blue album,
37:44which is songs that were released from 1967 onwards.
37:48And the very best of luck.
37:50Thank you very much, Angela.
37:52Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
37:54to come up with three answers.
37:55All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
37:58to be pointless.
37:59If you can find three pointless answers,
38:01we will throw in a £500 booster.
38:03Are you ready?
38:04I think so, yes.
38:06Yes.
38:07Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:08There they are.
38:09Your time starts now.
38:10I'm trying to think of some of the newer ones,
38:12like Paperback Writer.
38:14That's the problem.
38:16I don't know which of the years they're coming.
38:18Oh, I see.
38:19In the early one, there's Girl.
38:20Yes.
38:21And I Love Her.
38:22Yes.
38:23In the later one, there may be Across the Universe.
38:27Yes.
38:28They're good.
38:29I'm trying to think of another one that would be later.
38:31But I'm thinking of albums.
38:32I'm thinking of Rubber Soul and Mid-Album.
38:34They're albums of them.
38:35Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:36Girl would be a good one for earlier.
38:38Yep.
38:39I Feel Fine was a nurse, quite well too well known.
38:42Yeah.
38:43Well, let's definitely have Girl.
38:45And I Love Her.
38:46And I Love Her.
38:47And is there another really obscure early one?
38:50No.
38:51Not early.
38:52The later ones, I think, are more obscure.
38:53The only one I can think of was Paperback Writer.
38:55Well, that was 66, I think.
38:56What about Blackbird?
38:58Was that The Beatles or was it Paul McCartney?
38:59That was later.
39:00That came out later.
39:01But is it The Beatles?
39:02Yeah, but it won't be on the Red.
39:0467 onwards?
39:05Yeah, but no.
39:06Okay.
39:07Might be on the extra tracks.
39:09Shall we go Blackbird then?
39:10No.
39:11Okay.
39:12That is your minute up.
39:13Let's have your three answers.
39:14What can you give me?
39:15And if you could say in each case, which category?
39:17Um, we'll go for two from the Red Album.
39:20Girl.
39:21Girl.
39:22And I Love Her.
39:23And I Love Her.
39:24And we'll go Across the Universe from the Blue Album.
39:28Across the Universe.
39:29Okay.
39:30Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:32Girl.
39:33Yeah, Girl.
39:34Okay, we'll put Girl last.
39:35Least likely to be pointless.
39:36And I Love Her.
39:37And I Love Her.
39:38Put that first.
39:39And then we've got Across the Universe in the middle.
39:40Okay.
39:42Okay, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:44And here they are.
39:45We have And I Love Her, Across the Universe, and Girl.
39:50Let's put them to the test.
39:52What would you do if one of these turns out to be pointless
39:54and wins you the jackpot of £1,250?
39:58I would invest, for want of a better word, in my syndicate's next horse.
40:04Oh, very good.
40:05Very nice.
40:06Jane, how about you?
40:07I have two grown-up daughters, Rebecca and Freya.
40:10Freya got married recently.
40:11And we've always gone away together, every year, to St Ives in Cornwall.
40:15And I'd put it towards our next trip.
40:17Very nice indeed.
40:18Perhaps you could borrow Angela's drawings of some of the West Country monuments
40:21to help you navigate your way around.
40:24Be very helpful.
40:25Okay, well, very, very best of luck.
40:27Let's hope one of these answers brings it home for you.
40:29Your first answer was And I Love Her.
40:31In this case, we're looking for tracks on the Red Album.
40:33Let's see how many of our 100 people said it, And I Love Her.
40:36Might it be pointless?
40:40And I Love Her is absolutely right.
40:42It just has to go all the way down to zero and you will leave here with £1,250.
40:48We go down into single figures.
40:50Still going down with And I Love Her.
40:51Still going down, still going down to one.
40:53Okay, that's a very good indication though, isn't it?
40:57And I Love Her.
40:59That was your least confident shot at a pointless answer, scoring only one.
41:03Anyway, let's see what happens with Across the Universe.
41:06We're now going to the Blue Album.
41:08And we have to hope that nobody came up with this answer.
41:11It's pointless.
41:12£1,250 is yours.
41:14How many of our 100 people said it, Across the Universe?
41:20Well, Across the Universe is also right.
41:23It just has to go all the way down for you to win that jackpot.
41:26If you went down to one with And I Love Her, down we go.
41:29Single figures still going down, still going down.
41:30You've got it!
41:31I won out indeed!
41:32This is terrific news for that Cornish holiday and for sellers of nags.
41:41Absolutely marvellous.
41:42Very well done.
41:43You have just won £1,250.
41:45Brilliant, Angela.
41:46Well, I think this time, Philip, you should have listened to your sister.
41:51No, Blackbird.
41:52Because Blackbird is on the expanded version of the Blue Album.
41:57Not only that, it was pointless.
41:59So you could have got the bonus for three pointless answers.
42:03Oh, well.
42:04Because Girl is also a pointless answer.
42:07But well done.
42:08Other pointless answers were, starting with tracks on the Beatles' Red album,
42:13You Could Have Had, Can't Buy Me Love, Day Tripper, Nowhere Man,
42:18And We Can Work It Out.
42:20They were all pointless answers.
42:21Lots more pointless answers, including All My Loving, Drive My Car,
42:25Here, There and Everywhere, I Feel Fine and I Saw Her Standing There.
42:31Moving on now to some of the tracks from the Blue Album.
42:34And here are some of the pointless answers you could have had from that album.
42:38Come Together, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Obladi, Oblada, Strawberry Fields Forever.
42:45And again, there were a lot of gettable pointless answers, including A Day in the Life,
42:50Across the Universe, Blackbird, which you should have gone for, Dear Prudence,
42:54Magical Mystery Tour, The Fool on the Hill, and With a Little Help from My Friends.
42:59But well done.
43:00You've got the jackpot.
43:01And well done to all of you at home that managed to get some of those pointless answers.
43:05Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
43:07And thanks once again to our winning players, Jane and Philip,
43:09who take away today's jackpot of £1,250.
43:12Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on pointless.
43:16Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:18Goodbye.
43:19And it's goodbye from me.
43:20Goodbye.
43:21APPLAUSE
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