Pointless Season 34 Episode 13

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00:00MUSIC

00:22Thank you very much indeed.

00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

00:26the quiz where the aim of the game is to find

00:28the most obscure answer possible.

00:30Let's meet today's players.

00:36And couple number one.

00:38Hello, I'm Camilla and this is my husband Tony

00:40and we're from Firstown.

00:41Couple number two.

00:42Hi, I'm Sam from Tooting and this is my lovely wife-to-be,

00:45Catherine, from York.

00:47Couple number three.

00:48Hello, I'm Amy and this is my brilliant dad, Barry,

00:50and we're both from Margate.

00:52And finally, couple number four.

00:54Hi, I'm Nitesh, I'm from Birmingham and this is my Pointless friend,

00:56Graham from Staffordshire.

00:58And these are today's contestants.

01:00Thank you very much indeed, all of you.

01:01A very, very warm welcome to Pointless.

01:03It's terrific to have you all here.

01:04There's only one person left for me to introduce,

01:06a DJ and presenter who used to collect stamps.

01:09So to make him feel welcome, I think we'll all line up

01:11and take turns to lick his face.

01:12It is my Pointless friend, it is Trevor Nelson.

01:14LAUGHTER

01:17Do you see his face?

01:19LAUGHTER

01:20Where did you get a stamp collecting one from?

01:23I don't know.

01:24Of all the ephemera that one can find out about Trevor Nelson.

01:27It is true.

01:28Yeah.

01:29When did you stop collecting stamps?

01:30Pure geek.

01:31When I was about 12, probably.

01:32Yeah.

01:33I got into chess.

01:34Yeah.

01:35And I went through all the geeky things.

01:36And good for you.

01:37Yeah.

01:38And that's how I've got here today.

01:39And that is why you're so good at it.

01:41That is exactly why I love this show.

01:43Marvellous.

01:44Yeah.

01:45And the show loves you, Trevor.

01:46Yeah, lots of newbies on today.

01:47I know.

01:48We're outnumbered.

01:49These all friends that we don't yet know,

01:50but they'll be on our Christmas card list.

01:51Yeah, but by the end of the show,

01:52you know how friendly this show is,

01:53by the end of the show we'll be knowing all their nicknames.

01:55Of course we will.

01:56Yeah.

01:57Thank you very much indeed.

01:58Now then, Laura C and Laura W.

02:00What a run they had through to the final last time

02:02and they did not win the jackpot.

02:04So we are adding another £1,000 to that.

02:06So today's jackpot starts off at £5,750.

02:10Yep, that's a jackpot.

02:11If everyone's ready, let's play pointers.

02:19Now, it is the custom on this show,

02:21at the end of each round,

02:22I can't remember where it came from,

02:23but it's just what we do,

02:24it's the tradition,

02:25we eliminate the pair with the highest score.

02:27So my word of advice to all of you is,

02:29keep your scores low.

02:30They won't be you.

02:31Phew!

02:32Glad we got that out of the way.

02:33Best of luck to everybody.

02:34Our first category today is...

02:40World Geography.

02:41Can you all decide in your pairs

02:42who wants to go first,

02:43who wants to go second?

02:44And whoever's going first,

02:45please step up to the podium.

02:50Barry, where are you going?

02:52Where's he off to?

02:53I know it's World Geography,

02:54I don't mean you have to get out there.

02:56OK, let's find out what the question is.

02:58Here it comes.

02:59He gave 100 people, 100 seconds,

03:01to name as many...

03:02..countries that begin with a consonant

03:06and end with a vowel as they could.

03:08Everyone's got a good chance with this one.

03:10Everyone's got a country.

03:12We're looking for any country

03:14whose usual short-form name in English

03:17begins with a consonant and ends with a vowel.

03:20So that's ending with an A-E-I-O-U.

03:23As always, by country we mean any sovereign state

03:26that is a member of the UN in its own right.

03:29Thank you very much indeed.

03:31Concise, pithy, brilliant.

03:32That's what I'm about, mate.

03:35Now, Tony, welcome to Pointless.

03:37Hello.

03:38Great to have you here.

03:39Tell us all about yourself, Tony.

03:40Recently retired,

03:41worked for 35 years in financial publishing.

03:44Yes.

03:45And now just enjoying life.

03:46I mean, were you self-employed as a financial publisher or you...?

03:49No, I co-ran a company with a colleague

03:52which we sold about three years ago

03:54and we specialised in responsible investing

03:57and sustainable finance.

03:58Happy days, Tony.

04:00Not only have you sold your business,

04:01but your business was doing worthy things.

04:03Yep.

04:04What a lovely retirement you're going to have.

04:05What have you done so far?

04:06Well, talking about geeky things earlier on,

04:09I joined a backgammon league.

04:11So I played backgammon online

04:13and it's what they call the Swiss system for leagues.

04:16I've got up about six leagues in the last two years.

04:19That's a lot of leagues.

04:20I started at about 17, so it's not that good.

04:22Wow. OK.

04:23That's how the Swiss system works, you know.

04:25It's always people shooting up and down.

04:27There we go.

04:28Now, Tony, what are you going to go for?

04:29Countries that begin with consonants and end with vowels.

04:32Yes.

04:33I've had a while to think about it,

04:34so I'm going to go for Kenya.

04:35Kenya, says Tony.

04:36Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Kenya?

04:43Kenya's right.

04:44Keep going, keep going.

04:45And Kenya's still going down.

04:46Keep going, keep going.

04:47And down against the five.

04:49This is a terrific start.

04:50Very well done indeed, Tony.

04:52Great start, Tony.

04:53Great start.

04:54Geeks rule the world.

04:55Indeed.

04:56We do.

04:57Little known fact about Kenya,

04:58the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize came from Kenya.

05:02Her name's Wangari Matai.

05:03She won in 2004 for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy and peace, which is bang up your street.

05:12Very good.

05:13Thank you very much indeed.

05:14Now, Sam, welcome to Pointless.

05:16Terrific to have you here.

05:17Tell us all about yourself.

05:18So, I currently work for a homelessness charity that's UK wide, but I'm in the fundraising team.

05:24Good for you.

05:25And what do you like to do when you are not working for the charity?

05:27Well, at the moment, myself and Catherine are getting married in two weeks.

05:30Two weeks?

05:31Yeah.

05:32So, every sort of waking hour is wedding prep, really.

05:35Yeah.

05:36And presumably there are a lot of things on the list which are marked if we win Pointless.

05:40Yeah.

05:41Yeah.

05:42Yeah.

05:43OK, here's to it.

05:44A massive congratulations.

05:45What a lovely beacon on the horizon that is, Sam.

05:47Yeah.

05:48Now then, what are you going to go for?

05:49Do you know what?

05:50I bet there'll be some Pointless answers out there.

05:52And if you get a Pointless answer, I mean, that could mean, I don't know, that could mean a bit more cold salmon.

05:58Yeah.

05:59Just putting it out there.

06:01I'm going to go for Lesotho.

06:04Lesotho.

06:05Very good.

06:06Lesotho.

06:07Let's see how many of our 100 said that.

06:09Lesotho is right.

06:10Five is the only score we have at the moment.

06:14And look at that!

06:16Look!

06:17There's more salmon for everyone suddenly.

06:19Magically.

06:20Very well done.

06:21Being a Pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to a lovely round £6,000.

06:29It also scores you nothing, Sam, and is all round terrific.

06:33Well done.

06:34Another African country.

06:35Well done.

06:36Lesotho, known as the Kingdom in the Sky, is the only country in the world that lies entirely over 1,000 metres above sea level.

06:41Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

06:42Amy, welcome.

06:44Great to have you here, Amy.

06:45Tell us all about yourself.

06:46So I graduated from university about a year ago where I studied acting and then I performed at Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe just to keep the acting thing going.

07:03Keep it going.

07:04Yeah.

07:05Very good.

07:06So what's the plan from here on?

07:07So I'm just saving money right now in a lovely little cafe.

07:10Very nice.

07:11And then after that I'll learn a few skills, learn how to sing.

07:14Learn some skills?

07:15Yeah.

07:16Absolutely.

07:17Quite right.

07:18Amy, what are you going to go for, country-wise?

07:20So I'm hoping, I'm not going to take my dad's answer here, but I'm going to say Papua New Guinea.

07:24Papua New Guinea?

07:25Yes.

07:26Papua New Guinea.

07:27Let's see how many of our 100 said that.

07:29Papua New Guinea is right.

07:34Five is our high score, nothing is our low.

07:37Oh, two for Papua New Guinea.

07:40Very well done.

07:41Good answer, definitely.

07:43Papua New Guinea, by the way, has more than 800 languages.

07:47That's a lot.

07:48That's ridiculous.

07:49That's crazy.

07:50And now then, Nitesh, welcome back to PointQ.

07:53It's great to have you here.

07:54We discovered last time Nitesh went around the world in 42 days.

07:57There and thereabouts.

07:58I mean, it's incredible.

07:59It's a brilliant thing to have done.

08:01It was an amazing experience, yeah.

08:03Yeah.

08:04Tiring, but absolutely.

08:05Yeah, I mean, the definition of whistle-stop, but yeah.

08:07Yes, the 13th or 12th country I visited was Japan.

08:10And while visiting Tokyo, I tried to impress the locals by saying, arigato.

08:16However, instead of arigato, I accidentally said, origami.

08:20Oh.

08:21Were they polite?

08:22They were very polite.

08:23Yeah.

08:24Very good.

08:25Now then, you are perfectly equipped, therefore, to give us a country of the world.

08:29Right.

08:30Beginning with a consonant, ending with a vowel.

08:32I'm hoping this is a UN-acknowledged country.

08:35Burundi.

08:36Burundi, says Nitesh.

08:38Shall we see how many of our 100 said Burundi?

08:42There we are.

08:43Consider that a UN acknowledgement.

08:44Uh-oh.

08:45Two, Nitesh.

08:46Two for Burundi.

08:47That's a brilliant answer.

08:48The Burundi beats, the mash drum sound of Burundi musicians, was an influence on several

08:51British groups of the early 80s, notably Adam and the Ants.

08:53If you remember the way he used lots of drumming.

08:54Yeah, yeah.

08:55And Bow Wow Wow.

08:56There we are.

08:57Thank you very much indeed.

08:58We are halfway through the round.

08:59Let's have a quick look at those scores.

09:00I can tell you nothing is the best score of the past, Sam.

09:01Very, very well done indeed to you.

09:02Then two is the second best score, and that's where we find Nitesh and Graham and Amy and

09:18Barry.

09:19And then five, a little bit ahead, are Tony and Camilla.

09:21But Camilla, you've got time to dream up a brilliant pointless answer.

09:25So good luck with that.

09:26We're going to come back down the line now.

09:27Will the second players please step up to the podium?

09:29Now then, Graham, welcome back.

09:34Great to have you with us again.

09:36Tell us a bit more about yourself, Graham.

09:38I'll tell you a little bit of an experience I had in my early teaching days, which saw

09:43me treading the boards for a time, purely by accident, because we planned a panto, Cinderella

09:48by name, and the two lads who were going to play the Ugly Sisters pulled out in the week

09:53of the performance.

09:54So a colleague and myself had to step into the Ugly Sister roles.

09:58And then I found myself playing the Dame for the next two years at the school panto.

10:03You were bitten by the panto bug, is what you're saying, Graham.

10:06Yes.

10:07Yes.

10:08Did the two boys pull out or were they poisoned, Graham?

10:11No comment.

10:12Now listen, you are on two.

10:14We are looking for a score of two or less to get yourself into the next round.

10:18I'm going to go with Zimbabwe.

10:21Zimbabwe.

10:22Zimbabwe, says Graham.

10:24You get a red line, it's low.

10:26But an answer like Zimbabwe, I hope, will be a low score.

10:29Look at that.

10:30You needed two, you got two.

10:31Take your total up to four.

10:32You are in round two.

10:33Well done, guys.

10:34Zimbabwe, yes, has 16 official languages.

10:36The most widely spoken of these is Shona.

10:37Thank you very much.

10:38Indeed.

10:39OK.

10:40Now, Barry, welcome to Pointless.

10:41Great to have you with us.

10:42Tell us about yourself, Barry.

10:43I've been retired for a couple of years.

10:46Lovely.

10:48Yeah, and I spent those two years trying to do as little as possible

10:52and I succeeded.

10:53Largely succeeded.

10:54Oh, well done you.

10:55What were you doing before?

10:56I spent all my working life in IT.

10:58Right.

10:59For the last 20 years working in a secondary school as an IT

11:05and a customary title.

11:07So, all these two of us are described as well as the other two ways.

11:11working in a secondary school as an IT technician.

11:14Do people still come to you with IT problems?

11:16Oh, yes. Of course they do. Oh, yes.

11:18So it's a bit like retirement, but not fully.

11:20No, and I don't get paid, of course, for the...

11:22No, of course. No, I can imagine.

11:24Now, listen, Barry, you're on two, and again, like Graham,

11:27two or less gets you into the next round.

11:29What are we thinking?

11:30This is one that I'm hoping is a correct answer.

11:33It's Tuvalu. Tuvalu.

11:36Tuvalu, an old, pointless friend. Here is your red line.

11:39Can we get you below that with Tuvalu?

11:42Tuvalu's right.

11:49Oh, look at that, it's one of those. It's one of those orange answers.

11:52Very well done indeed.

11:53That is a pointless answer. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

11:57takes the total up to £6,250, scores you nothing,

12:02leaves your total at two, and is just brilliant. Well done.

12:05What a brilliant answer. Tuvalu.

12:07It's composed of nine small coral islands in the Pacific Ocean.

12:11That's a brilliant answer. Never heard of Tuvalu.

12:14First time for now.

12:15There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

12:17Now then, Catherine, we come to you.

12:19How are you, Catherine? Welcome to Pointless.

12:21I'm well, thank you.

12:22Good. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

12:24So, like Sam, I also work for a charity,

12:26and we actually met playing in a charity softball league

12:29against each other.

12:30That's nice.

12:32How many other people, I wonder, have met in charity softball scenarios?

12:36Quite a few to be honest.

12:37I wonder maybe, on that very night.

12:39All of them getting married in two weeks.

12:40Extraordinary. Like a moony wedding, all together.

12:42Catherine, what do you love to do?

12:44Well, obviously play sport. I do a bit of running.

12:47I ran the London Marathon earlier this year.

12:49Oh, well done.

12:50You must have got terrific four days afterwards.

12:52Four days afterwards.

12:53Yes, yeah.

12:54That's nice.

12:55Now, listen, Catherine, you're on nothing.

12:56Four or less gets you into the next round,

12:58but that's not going to be good enough.

12:59Sam got nothing.

13:00No pressure.

13:01I think we need nothing.

13:02I think we'll try Guatemala.

13:03Guatemala, says Catherine.

13:05You get a red line?

13:06Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Guatemala?

13:13Guatemala's right.

13:15All those lovely vowels.

13:17Oh, look at that! It's just that!

13:19I said that was orange before, it's not.

13:21It's gold, of course.

13:22Gold.

13:23That's another pointless answer.

13:24It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

13:26takes the total up to £6,500,

13:29scores you nothing and leaves your total at nothing.

13:32Superb.

13:33Unbelievable.

13:34Guatemala, the country's name comes from an indigenous word,

13:37meaning place of many trees.

13:39Oh, they call that right.

13:41There's tons of trees.

13:43Rainforest.

13:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.

13:45You been?

13:46No.

13:47I've seen pictures.

13:48Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

13:50Camilla, welcome to Pointless.

13:51Lovely to have you here.

13:53And I'm sorry, the very first thing I do after welcoming you

13:55is tell you that you're on your way out.

13:59I mean, you know, such is life.

14:02But tell us all about yourself, Camilla.

14:04So, my three lovely daughters are now grown up and independent,

14:07so I have time to explore my own hobbies.

14:09Lovely.

14:10One of which is walking.

14:11Lovely.

14:12And this summer I walked part of the Northumbrian coastal path

14:15from Walkworth to Berwick.

14:17See, that is fabulous.

14:18That's entirely my favourite spot.

14:20That's where I'm from.

14:21You covered my entire home area there.

14:23Which was your favourite bit of that path?

14:25Holy Island, because we stayed for two days on Holy Island,

14:27which is just absolutely beautiful.

14:29Lovely.

14:30Gosh, well done you.

14:31Now, you're on five.

14:32I'm afraid you are the high scorers.

14:33There's no getting away from that.

14:34However, perhaps you might leave as a little legacy,

14:37a little pointless answer.

14:38Well, I'm not sure whether this is a capital or a country,

14:40but go for broke.

14:41We shall soon find out.

14:42Palau.

14:43Palau, says Camilla.

14:45Shall we find out?

14:46There's no red line for you.

14:47Shall we find out how far down the column we get with Palau?

14:52It is a country.

14:59Oh, look at that!

15:01Your last act on this programme.

15:03A very selfless one, if I may say, Camilla.

15:05That is a pointless answer.

15:06It adds £250 to today's jackpot,

15:08takes the total up to £6,750, scores you nothing,

15:11leaves your total at a perilously high five.

15:14Very, very well done indeed.

15:15Very impressive.

15:16You did well there.

15:17Fantastic.

15:18There were lots of pointless answers for this question.

15:19We've already seen four of them, so let's look at some more.

15:22Quite a few.

15:23Belize, Costa Rica, Guinea, Haiti, Mozambique,

15:28St Lucia, Suriname, Tuvalu, which Barry said.

15:33And another pointless favourite, Vanuatu.

15:36So, well done to anyone at home if you got any of those right.

15:39Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

15:40That brings us to the end of our first round,

15:42which was altogether satisfactory, but for one thing.

15:44It means we have to say goodbye to Camilla and Tony.

15:46I'm so sorry.

15:47The good news is we'll see you next time.

15:48Look forward to that.

15:49But thank you so much for playing, Camilla and Tony.

15:51But for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.

15:58And here we are in the heady atmosphere of round two.

16:03Very well done indeed.

16:05Massive congratulations to hand out.

16:07Barry, Catherine and Sam were our joint individual low scorers.

16:12And Catherine and Sam were our lowest combined scorers.

16:15So, very, very well done there.

16:17But well done, everybody.

16:18Best of luck to you all.

16:19Our category for round two today is...

16:22Words within words.

16:25Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first,

16:26who wants to go second?

16:28And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

16:34OK, and the question concerns...

16:38..words that contain the names of musical acts, Trevor.

16:41Yeah.

16:42On each board, we're going to give you six clues

16:45to words that all contain the name of a musical act

16:49hidden within them.

16:50But we have removed the name of the act in each instance.

16:53We'd like you to give us the name of the act

16:55that is missing from these words.

16:58Very good, thank you.

17:00I'm going to reveal our first board of six clues.

17:02And here they come.

17:03Leafy vegetable that has Savoy and Conehead varieties.

17:10C-G-E.

17:13A term used to describe a person or being sent to set people free,

17:17particularly used in religion.

17:19M-E-S-H.

17:22A section of narrow, sharp bends used in motorsport.

17:25A-N-E.

17:27Title of the BBC series that ran for over 30 years

17:30and featured celebrities reading stories to children.

17:33J-A-C-R-Y.

17:36A waxy substance that exists in the fat of the blood in the human body.

17:41C-S-T-E-R-O-L.

17:45And a long-winged bird of prey that can be used for hunting.

17:49N.

17:50There we are.

17:52Catherine, over to you.

17:55I think I'm going to go for the title of the BBC series.

17:59As K-A-N-O.

18:02K-A-N-O.

18:03Very good.

18:04Let's see if that's right.

18:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said K-A-N-O.

18:09K-A-N-O is absolutely right.

18:11And if I may say, a brilliant answer.

18:13Down to go to 42.

18:14Very well done indeed.

18:15Catherine.

18:16Well done.

18:17K-A-N-O.

18:18His 2016 album, Made in the Manor, was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize

18:21and he's branched out into acting now.

18:23He's a big star in top.

18:24Big star.

18:25Yes.

18:26Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

18:28Amy.

18:29I'm going to go for the second one, a term used to describe a person.

18:34Sia.

18:35Sia.

18:36S-I-A.

18:37Sia.

18:38Amy says Sia.

18:39Shall we see if that's right?

18:40How many people said it?

18:41Well, K-A-N-O is right.

18:42Scored 42.

18:43Sia is right.

18:44And scores 47.

18:46There we are.

18:48Incredibly talented artist, Sia.

18:51Did you know, little known fact, Sia's Godfather was in that famous Australian band

18:56that did a tune called Down Under.

18:59Man at work.

19:00There you go.

19:01You did know.

19:02A smaller known fact is once I had Sia in my office.

19:06Yeah.

19:07She was auditioning for me to sign her and I passed on her.

19:12And she became an international superstar.

19:14Yeah.

19:15Yeah.

19:16I said, I can't see it.

19:17I said, I can't see it.

19:18You go out.

19:19And she went.

19:20And ten years later, she was a superstar.

19:22Unbelievable.

19:23Unbelievable.

19:24It's like the time where Richard Osman and I were at university together, same college,

19:29and I was booking acts for our big summer ball.

19:32And he came forward and said, you know, my brother's in a band, Suede.

19:36And he said, look, they're getting really good reviews.

19:38Here's a tape.

19:39And I listened to it.

19:40The trouble is, I'd already got our top three headline.

19:42It's your excuse.

19:43So, basically, my excuse was, I needed a comedy band.

19:46So, I went for a band called Death Bang Party.

19:48And I didn't go for this band.

19:52What are they called?

19:53Suede.

19:54What are they called?

19:55I mean girls.

19:56Oh, I've got loads of stories like that.

19:58I'll save them for later.

19:59I've got a lot of a few like that.

20:01Anyway.

20:02Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

20:03Now then, Graham.

20:04This board is all yours.

20:05Would you like to talk us through it from top to bottom?

20:08Top one's ABBA.

20:09Third one is Chic Hole for the cholesterol one.

20:13And I believe the last one is Falco.

20:16So, out of that, I'm going to go with Falco.

20:19Falco.

20:20Falco.

20:21Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Falco?

20:24There we are.

20:27Absolutely right.

20:28Well, 47 is our high score.

20:3042 is our low score.

20:31Look at that, Graham.

20:32Down you go to 26.

20:33Here you are.

20:3426 for Falco.

20:35And thank you for getting us all singing Rock Me Amadeus.

20:38Well done, Graham.

20:39Best known for his 1986 hit Rock Me Amadeus, a tribute to fellow Austrian Mozarts.

20:45Let's go for the board now.

20:46I think Graham got them all, actually, I think.

20:48He did.

20:49He did very well, didn't he?

20:50Top one, he said was ABBA.

20:51That scored 59.

20:52You impressed me with the most was Chicane.

20:54Chic.

20:55That would have got you 20.

20:57Low score on board.

20:58And a waxy substance.

20:59Hole.

21:00Hole.

21:01Which is a band.

21:02And Hole scored 54.

21:03Thank you very much indeed.

21:05But we're halfway through the round.

21:06Let's have a quick look at those scores.

21:08I can tell you, 26, Graham.

21:09Very well done indeed.

21:10The best score of the past.

21:11Then from there we travel to 42, where we find Catherine and Sam.

21:14And from there up to 47, where we find Amy and Barry.

21:17So, yes, you're a little bit ahead, but not wildly so.

21:19So, Barry, nothing you can't take in your stride, is what I'm saying.

21:22So, good luck on the next pass.

21:24We're going to come back down the line now.

21:25Will the second players please step up to the podium?

21:30Now, we're going to put six more clues up on the board.

21:32Clues to words that are missing musical acts from the middle of them.

21:36And here we are.

21:39A term used to describe a human corpse,

21:41especially one used for scientific dissection.

21:44C-A-R.

21:47The principal port of Hawaii that is also its state capital.

21:51H-O-N-O.

21:54A brief description used to promote a book, usually seen on the jacket.

21:59B.

22:00The activity of speaking to a god or another higher being.

22:04P-R.

22:07Term used to refer to the day before today.

22:09T-E-R-D-A-Y.

22:12And a small sponge cake of French origin,

22:15usually shaped like a shell.

22:17M-I-N-E.

22:19There we are.

22:20Now then, Nitesh.

22:22You're on 26.

22:2320 or less gets you straight into the head-to-head.

22:26I'm going to go for the principal port of Hawaii.

22:29That is also its state capital.

22:31And that's Lulu.

22:33Lulu, says Nitesh.

22:35You get a red line.

22:36Here it comes.

22:37Let's see if we can get close to or even below that with Lulu.

22:41T-E-R-D-A-Y.

22:4648 for Lulu, taking your total up to 74.

22:50Lulu was only 15 years old when her hit record Shout got in the charts in 1964.

22:56Unbelievable.

22:57And it's still a signature song to this very day.

22:59Yeah.

23:00There we are.

23:01Thank you very much indeed.

23:02Now, Barry.

23:03You're on 47.

23:0426 or less gets you into the next round.

23:07I'm struggling a bit because there's one that I know.

23:10It's one of my favourite groups.

23:12But it won't get me through.

23:13So I'm going to try something which I can't see how it fits.

23:16But I know the answer.

23:19It's Adele for a small sponge cake of French origin.

23:23Hmm.

23:24Adele for the bottom one.

23:25Shall we see how many people said that?

23:26You've got a red line.

23:27Here it comes.

23:28Can we trouble that red line with Adele?

23:36Yes, we can.

23:37Down it goes to 16.

23:39That takes your total up to 63.

23:41Well done.

23:42You're in the head-to-head.

23:43Well worked out there, Barry.

23:44Her second album, 21, is the fourth best-selling album of all time in the UK.

23:48Great work.

23:49Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

23:50Now then, Sam.

23:51You're on 42.

23:52We need 31 or less from you to get you into the head-to-head.

23:55Here is your board.

23:56Talk us through it, if you like.

23:58Top one might be Dava, Cadaver.

24:01Then it's Blur, Speaking to God.

24:04I was thinking Pastor, but I've never heard of him use Quack.

24:07And then Yes for Yesterday.

24:09So I'm going to take a risk and go for the top one.

24:13So Dave.

24:15Dave.

24:16Yeah.

24:17Dave, you're saying.

24:18OK, you get a red line.

24:19Can we get you below that with Dave?

24:21Dave's good.

24:26It gets you through.

24:28Very well done indeed, Sam.

24:29That's perfect.

24:3027.

24:31Taking your total up to 69 and getting you into the head-to-head.

24:33OK, let's go through the board.

24:35Let's have a look.

24:36Shall we work our way down?

24:37We have Blur.

24:38Yep, 29.

24:39That's nice and simple for you.

24:40And the next one?

24:41This one is Ray.

24:42Yes.

24:43Ray scores you 49.

24:45And there's Yes.

24:4667.

24:47There we go.

24:48Thank you very much indeed.

24:50Now, that brings us to the end of our second round.

24:52And it means we have to say goodbye to another pair.

24:54Oh, Nitesh and Graham.

24:55I'm afraid it is you.

24:56We've got one more show with you, though.

24:58So, phew.

24:59But it's been lovely having you on.

25:00We'll look forward to seeing you next time.

25:01Nitesh and Graham.

25:04For our two remaining pairs, though, it is now time for the head-to-head.

25:07Congratulations, Amy and Barry, Catherine and Sam.

25:15You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that jackpot,

25:19which currently stands, would you believe it, at £6,750.

25:23I mean, that's just grown before our very eyes.

25:26Before we play the head-to-head, though,

25:28we have a chance to put even more money into that jackpot

25:30by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.

25:32So, just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds

25:35to name as many important Viking figures as they could, Trevor.

25:41Yeah, this is always fun.

25:43You'll see six options, four are names of important Viking figures,

25:47two are scoring, two are pointless, and two are just made up.

25:52£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.

25:56Can you spot the pointless Viking figures from these six?

26:01Ziggy Wilf, Swain Forkbeard, Goodrid Thorbjana Dotir,

26:08Leif Eriksson, Harold Bluetooth, Frida Gustafsson.

26:14Does anybody know anything at this point?

26:16I know a little bit.

26:17Yeah, Leif Eriksson, obviously.

26:19Yeah.

26:20Fine Forkbeard, I think.

26:22I think Bluetooth is the Icelandic guy who Bluetooth's named after.

26:26Yeah, and I think Frida is from ABBA, isn't she?

26:28You're right, yeah.

26:29Don't know about Ziggy Wilf 4.

26:31OK, so, Amy and Barry, it's over to you.

26:33You pick.

26:34Let's go for Swain Forkbeard.

26:38Swain Forkbeard.

26:40Shall we see if that is a pointless Viking?

26:45It's a Viking.

26:46An important Viking to boot.

26:52And it's a pointless Viking. Look at that.

26:55OK, it's been a while since we've had double pointless here.

26:57Let's see if we can go for the double.

26:59What do you think?

27:00Go for either Goodrid or Leif.

27:02Let's go Goodrid, it's a good old name.

27:04Shall we go to Goodrid Thurbanadjotir?

27:08Um, that.

27:10Is Goodrid a pointless Viking?

27:15Goodrid Thurbanadjotir is a Viking.

27:21And a pointless Viking too! Look at that!

27:23There we are!

27:24This is too exciting for words.

27:27It was a well played ball, wasn't it?

27:29It really was beautifully done.

27:31OK, let's have a look at the rest of the board.

27:33Ziggy Wolf.

27:34Yeah, I love the way you pronounce stuff.

27:36Ziggy Wolf, not a Viking figure.

27:38He's the owner of the NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings.

27:41Leif Erikson.

27:42Believed to be the first European to visit North America.

27:45The score is 6.

27:46Harold Bluetooth.

27:47Harold Bluetooth.

27:48Bluetooth technology was indeed named after him.

27:50The score won.

27:51Yes, and the sign is the runic sign for Harold Bluetooth.

27:55And finally...

27:56She's not from ABBA.

27:57She can't be.

27:58No, she's not from ABBA.

27:59She's not.

28:00She's not from ABBA.

28:01No, because she would otherwise begin with A, B or A.

28:02Not a Viking figure, Swedish model and actor.

28:05She stars in the TV series Vikings.

28:07Bahala.

28:08There you go.

28:09Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

28:11And well done.

28:12You managed to find both pointless answers there.

28:14Which means you have added £500 to the jackpot,

28:16taking the total up to £7,250.

28:19But who will be playing for it?

28:20Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.

28:28Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

28:31You're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.

28:33Best of luck to both pairs.

28:35Here is our first question, and it concerns...

28:41Horned baddies, Trevor.

28:42Horned baddies.

28:43We're going to show you five pictures of characters with horns

28:46who have all been depicted as villains on screen.

28:49The horns may already be a part of their body or worn as an accessory.

28:53We're also going to give you the initials of the character names.

28:56So please tell us the names of these villains.

28:59Thank you very much indeed.

29:01Let us reveal our five horned baddies, and here they come.

29:04We have A, M, R.

29:10B, H.

29:12C, B.

29:23D, M.

29:29And E, D, M.

29:31D, M.

29:35There we are.

29:36Five horned baddies.

29:37Now, Amy and Barry, you're our low scorers, so you get to go first.

29:44OK.

29:45We're going to go for E, Darth Maul.

29:46Darth Maul.

29:47Darth Maul.

29:48Darth Maul.

29:49So Amy and Barry.

29:50Now, Catherine and Sam, can you talk us through the board?

29:53Not sure from A, but that's from Temple of Doom.

29:56B, I think, is Hera.

29:59C is Bowser.

30:00And D is Maleficent.

30:02We'll go for C, Bowser.

30:04Bowser for C.

30:05So we have Darth Maul for E and Bowser for C.

30:08Amy and Barry said Darth Maul for E.

30:10Should we see how many of our 100 said that?

30:14Darth Maul.

30:15Darth Maul.

30:16Absolutely right.

30:20Down.

30:21That goes for 31.

30:23Meanwhile, Catherine and Sam have gone for C and are saying Bowser.

30:27How many of our 100 said Bowser?

30:31Bowser.

30:32Absolutely right.

30:36And it wins it.

30:37Down goes for 22.

30:38Very well done indeed.

30:39Catherine and Sam, after one question, you are up 1-0.

30:42Should we go through this board?

30:44Yes, we should.

30:45Let's start with...

30:46Should we start with D?

30:47Maleficent.

30:48Yes.

30:4955.

30:50That would have scored you.

30:51B, it's Hella not Hera.

30:53I scored 11.

30:54That was a good score.

30:55Look at it.

30:56I mean, if you were to wear a hat like that to a party,

30:58I would worry people would hang their coats on you.

31:00They would.

31:01They would.

31:02Just walk out.

31:03With their coats.

31:04With their coats.

31:05Nice.

31:06Amazing look.

31:07Now, A is really vivid and strong.

31:09People remember that image.

31:10Yes.

31:11The name is Mola Ram.

31:12And it would have scored you one.

31:14Wow.

31:15There we go.

31:16Thank you very much indeed.

31:17Right, here comes your second question.

31:18Amy and Barry, you've got to win this one to stay in the game.

31:20Catherine and Sam get to answer it first.

31:22Our second question is all about...

31:26...fronts.

31:27Trevor.

31:28We're going to show you five definitions of phrases or things

31:31that all contain the word front.

31:33We'll also give you the initial letters of the words in the phrases.

31:37So please, tell us the answers.

31:39Thank you very much indeed.

31:40Let's reveal our five front clues.

31:42And here they are.

31:43German film that won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film

31:47at the 2023 ceremony, AQOTWF.

31:52MPs, who are government or shadow ministers,

31:55so-called because of where they sit in Parliament, FB.

32:00The civilians who remain in a country at war

32:03when its armed forces are in combat abroad, HF.

32:06Compilation album by Lionel Richie that was number one

32:10in the UK Albums Chart for six weeks in 1992, BTF.

32:15And a high-speed swimming stroke in which the swimmer is face down

32:19and makes strokes with alternate arms, F-C.

32:24There we are.

32:25Catherine and Sam, you get to go first.

32:27We know some of them, but we're going to go for the top one.

32:30All Quiet on the Western Front.

32:32All Quiet on the Western Front, say Catherine and Sam.

32:35Now, Amy and Barry, can you talk us through the board?

32:38Yeah.

32:39The second one is Front Bench.

32:42Third one is Home Front.

32:44I don't know the Lionel Richie one.

32:46I'd guess Back to Front.

32:47And the high-speed swimmer is... Front Cronk.

32:49You want to go try for the Lionel Richie one.

32:51The others are not going to beat, so... Yeah.

32:53Back to Front.

32:54Back to Front.

32:55We have All Quiet on the Western Front and Back to Front.

32:57Catherine and Sam went for All Quiet on the Western Front.

33:00Let's see how many of our 100 said that.

33:05Down it goes to 19.

33:10Meanwhile, Amy and Barry are taking a guess at Back to Front

33:14for the Lionel Richie album.

33:16Let's see how many of our 100 said that.

33:20Back to Front, absolutely right.

33:25And it wins the points.

33:26Well done.

33:27Nine.

33:28And it means you're back in the game, Amy and Barry.

33:29After two questions, it's one all.

33:31Well done, Amy, there.

33:33That is the only answer that would have beaten...

33:35Catherine and Sam.

33:37You and all the others, should we clear this up?

33:39Let's start with MPs who are government or shadow ministers.

33:42Front Bench or Front Benchers.

33:44That score is 42 if you went for that.

33:47And civilians who remain in the country at war.

33:49Home Front, 37.

33:51The final one...

33:52Front crawl.

33:53Yeah, 47 for that.

33:55There we are.

33:56OK, it all comes down to a third question.

33:58Whoever wins this goes through to the final

33:59and plays for that massive jackpot.

34:01So best of luck to both pairs.

34:03Our third question is all about

34:07Open Championship golf clubs or links without holes.

34:11Trevor.

34:12We're going to show you the names of five golf clubs

34:15or links that have hosted golf's Open Championship.

34:19However, we've removed all the letters from the word holes.

34:23That's H-O-L-E and S from their names.

34:27Please name these golf clubs.

34:29Thank you very much.

34:30Let's reveal the five golf clubs and here they are.

34:33P-R-T-W-I-C-K, R-Y-A-P-R-T-R-U, T-A-N-D-R-W, C-A-R-N-U-T-I, and R-Y-A-I-V-R-P.

34:54There we are.

34:55Now, Amy and Barry, we'll go first.

34:58Can we go Carnoustie?

34:59Yeah, I think we'll go for Carnoustie.

35:02Carnoustie for the one up from the bottom.

35:04Yeah.

35:05Catherine and Sam, do you want to talk us through that board?

35:07So I think it's Prestwick, Royal Portrush, St Andrews,

35:12and the bottom one's Royal Liverpool.

35:15We'll go for Royal Portrush.

35:16You're going to go for Royal Portrush.

35:18So we have Carnoustie and we have Royal Portrush.

35:20In the order they were given, Amy and Barry went for Carnoustie.

35:23How many of our 100 said that?

35:29Carnoustie is right.

35:32And that goes down to 17.

35:34Wow.

35:36Meanwhile, Catherine and Sam have gone for Royal Portrush.

35:39Shall we see how many of our 100 people spotted that?

35:44Royal Portrush is a good answer.

35:48It's going to be close and it wins.

35:49Look at that, down it goes to three.

35:51Fantastic work.

35:52And that means, Catherine and Sam, after three questions,

35:54you're through to the final 2-1.

35:56Unlucky, Amy and Barry.

35:58That was pretty tough.

35:59But should we go through the board now?

36:00Yeah.

36:01All right.

36:02Prestwick would have scored you 28.

36:04St Andrews, not the most popular answer.

36:0724.

36:08Surprising.

36:09This, I thought, would have challenged a lot of people.

36:11This one at the bottom, Royal Liverpool.

36:12A lot of people don't know that's a golf course.

36:1411, that would have scored you, Royal Liverpool.

36:16So really well played.

36:17There we are.

36:18Thank you very much indeed, Trevor.

36:19That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round

36:21and the pair leaving us, Amy and Barry.

36:23You've done phenomenally well today.

36:25We'll see you again next time.

36:26It's only your first show.

36:27We can expect great things, I think.

36:29But it's been lovely having you on.

36:30Thank you so much, Amy and Barry.

36:32For Catherine and Sam, though, now time for the Pointless final.

36:39Congratulations, Catherine and Sam.

36:41You have fought off all the competition

36:43and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

36:45You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

36:54And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £7,250.

37:00I mean, that's not just more salmon.

37:03I reckon people get nice napkins for that.

37:05Maybe you get that saxophonist in the band.

37:07I don't know.

37:08OK, four things will appear on the board behind me.

37:10Let's hope something on that board sings out to you.

37:14Our four options are...

37:26What do we think?

37:27So, London Transport, basketball, don't know enough.

37:30Bob Marley.

37:31Don't know enough about Bob Marley.

37:33But nothing at all.

37:34Not when it comes to prizes.

37:35Yeah, well, give it a go.

37:36London Transport.

37:37We live there, we've got to try it.

37:38Yeah.

37:39Got to try it.

37:40London Transport.

37:41Good luck with this.

37:42We're looking for any station on the London Overground

37:45that is at the end of any line or branch.

37:48By end we mean that the line does not continue beyond that point.

37:53Or any station on the London Underground that is served by only one line.

38:00That is, passengers cannot change onto another underground line at that station.

38:04They can however change onto National Rail, the Overground, the DLR or the Elizabeth Line,

38:10which is not classed as an underground line.

38:12Best of luck.

38:13OK.

38:14As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

38:17All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

38:21If you can find three pointless answers, we will throw in a £500 bonus.

38:25Are you ready?

38:26Yes.

38:27Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

38:29There they are.

38:30Your time starts now.

38:31I think London Underground's...

38:33Yeah.

38:34Haynault, I think, is on the central line.

38:36Is it at the end?

38:37Oh, no, it's only...

38:38Sorry.

38:39It's set by one.

38:40Before Batsy Power Station.

38:42It is...

38:45Black Horse Road.

38:46No, that's on your one.

38:47That's a man, yeah, but that could be a good shout.

38:48Yeah.

38:49We could go Colliers Woods.

38:51Mm-hmm.

38:52We could...

38:53Where's the one you go up at the end of the Northern Line where you might...

38:56Bellsides Park.

38:57Bellsides Park.

38:58Yeah.

38:59There might be...

39:02There's normally sort of like a Finchley Road.

39:06Yeah.

39:07About any one line there.

39:09I'm trying to think.

39:10Anything else on there?

39:11One of the Finchleys could be a good shout because there's so many.

39:14Yeah, what about any that's like a South or a North East?

39:18East Finchley is definitely one.

39:20Yeah, right.

39:21That's ten seconds loud.

39:22So, Haynault, East Finchley.

39:24Bellsides Park.

39:26Yeah, or Black Horse Road.

39:29Should we go Black Horse Roads?

39:30Yeah.

39:31Yeah.

39:32OK, that's your time up.

39:33Let's have your three answers.

39:34What are you going to give me?

39:35Haynault.

39:36Haynault.

39:37Black Horse Road.

39:38Black Horse Road.

39:39And I've just forgotten...

39:40East Finchley.

39:41And East Finchley.

39:42Yeah.

39:43And these are all for the London Underground station set by only one line.

39:46Which of those is your best shot at a pointless answer?

39:49Haynault.

39:50Haynault, if that's right.

39:51Haynault, we'll put last.

39:52Least likely to be pointless?

39:53Black Horse Road.

39:54Black Horse Road.

39:55And East Finchley goes in the middle.

39:56So, Black Horse Road, East Finchley, Haynault.

39:58OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,

40:00and here they are.

40:02We have Black Horse Road, East Finchley and Haynault.

40:08Three lovely-looking answers up there.

40:10Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless and wins you £7,250,

40:14what would you like to do?

40:16I sort of know the answer, but Catherine?

40:18Well, obviously, wedding's coming up.

40:20We'd love to go on a honeymoon as well, so...

40:22I think you can.

40:24OK, let's see.

40:25Black Horse Road is your first answer.

40:27In all three cases, we're looking for London Underground stations

40:29served by only one line.

40:30Black Horse Road is your first answer.

40:32Let's see if it is right.

40:33Let's see if it's pointless.

40:34For £7,250.

40:40Black Horse Road is right.

40:42It just has to go all the way down to zero,

40:44and you can leave here with £7,250 in your back pockets.

40:48Down we go.

40:49Single pickers with Black Horse Road.

40:50Still going down.

40:51Still getting...

40:54Huge congratulations!

40:56Black Horse Road is a pointless answer,

40:58which means you are taking home today's jackpot of £7,250,

41:02or at least £7,250,

41:04because you now have the opportunity to boost the jackpot

41:07if you have three pointless answers.

41:09Let's have a look.

41:10East Finchley.

41:11Let's put that to the test.

41:12Is that a pointless answer?

41:15East Finchley is also correct.

41:20It just has to go all the way down to zero,

41:22like its friend Black Horse Road did.

41:24Down we go.

41:25Single pickers with East Finchley.

41:26Still going down.

41:27Still going down.

41:28Still going down.

41:29Yep, that is another pointless answer.

41:31That's two out of three.

41:32If the third one is pointless,

41:34you'll be taking home that bonus as well.

41:36Haynault, please, can this be a pointless answer?

41:39Please, for the bonus.

41:42Well, it's right.

41:45Just has to go to zero.

41:46And we can give you that little £500 bonus

41:49to take your total up to £7,750.

41:51Down we go.

41:52Single pickers with Haynault.

41:53Still going down.

41:54Still going down with Haynault.

41:55Still going...

41:56Oh!

41:57Who cares?

41:58Congratulations.

41:59You've just won £7,250.

42:04Thank you so much.

42:05Trevor.

42:06Trevor.

42:07I thought Katherine was going to have a heart attack there.

42:09You jumped so high.

42:11You jumped out of your skin, didn't you?

42:12Well...

42:13Massive congratulations.

42:14Well done.

42:15That category fell well for you.

42:16It's a massive jackpot.

42:18Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers,

42:20starting with London over Grand Termini.

42:22Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace, Romford, Watford Junction.

42:27You could also have had Barking, Riverside, Chesent, Chinkford, Enfield Town, Gospel Oak, New Cross and West Croydon.

42:34Moving on to London Underground Station, served by only one line.

42:38Here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.

42:40Clapham South, Fulham Broadway, Knightsbridge, Marble Arch.

42:44There were loads of pointless answers here.

42:46I'll give you some more.

42:47Camden Town, Canada Water, Golders Green, Kennington, Maida Vale, Mill Hill East, Parsons Green, Waltham Stowe Central, Warwick Avenue and Wimbledon to name a few.

42:58But very well done to anyone at home who got any of those pointless answers.

43:02Brilliant.

43:03Thank you very much, Trevor, and thanks once again to our winning players, Catherine and Sam,

43:06who take away today's jackpot of £7,250.

43:11Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on pointless.

43:15Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Trevor.

43:17And it's goodbye from me.

43:19Goodbye.

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