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00:00MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:26the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
00:29Let's meet today's players.
00:34And couple number one.
00:35Hi, I'm Alex, this is my friend Kimia and we're from Manchester.
00:38Couple number two.
00:39Hi, I'm Diane, this is my husband David and we're also from Manchester.
00:43Couple number three.
00:44I'm Clive, this is my lovely wife Ruth and we're from South Wales.
00:47And finally, couple number four.
00:49Hi, I'm Tia, this is my friend David and we're from Chipping Norton.
00:53And these are today's contestants.
00:55Thank you very much indeed, all of you.
00:57A very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
00:58It is lovely to have you all here.
01:00That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:02She's a regular on Loose Women and wonderfully irregular here.
01:06It is my Pointless friend, it's Judy Love.
01:08Hi!
01:09Oh, Judy.
01:12Judy, Judy.
01:14Oh, Xander, the fans out.
01:16Yeah, I see that.
01:17Just feeling warm, bringing out all these warm, beautiful memories from this moment.
01:21Oh, yes.
01:22That lovely moment.
01:23Do you know what I realise?
01:24Yes.
01:25We need to create more moments.
01:26Obviously this is a whole moment.
01:27Sure.
01:28But we need to create some more.
01:29Where would you take me next?
01:31Wolverhampton, of course.
01:32Wolverhampton.
01:33Well, yeah, because it came up the other day and I didn't recognise it.
01:36I thought it was Wigan.
01:37I would have preferred a Chipping Norton if I was on it.
01:39OK.
01:40I tell you, Chipping Norton.
01:41You get headgear in Chipping Norton.
01:42It's lovely.
01:43I've been there once.
01:44It's absolutely lovely.
01:45I loved it.
01:46Lovely.
01:47So maybe we could do that.
01:48Should we be the new Chipping Norton set?
01:49I'm telling you, yes.
01:50Yes.
01:51Done.
01:52Done.
01:53Absolutely done.
01:55There we are.
01:56Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
01:57Now, Sheishi and Chris got through to the final last time and they failed to win the jackpot,
02:00which means we add another £1,000 to that.
02:02So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
02:06Right.
02:07If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:14Now, just remember, I know you know this, but one's inclined to forget things under these bright lights.
02:19It's always the pair with the highest score at the end of each round that gets eliminated.
02:22So keep your scores as low as you dare and everything should be tickety-boo.
02:26Best of luck to everybody.
02:27Our first category today is...
02:29Elevated people, places and things.
02:34Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
02:37And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium, why don't you?
02:40OK, and the question concerns...
02:46Famous hills. Judy.
02:50On each board, we're going to give you seven clues to people, places and things whose two-word names all end in the word hill.
02:59We'll also give you the initial letters of each answer.
03:03Please tell us the names of the hills.
03:06Thank you very much indeed.
03:07So, we are looking for the names of these, the full names of these hills.
03:11Here's our first board of seven clues.
03:13Children's television drama series set in a comprehensive school that ran from 1978 to 2008, G.H.
03:21Nickname given to the Aorangi Terrace at Wimbledon in the 1990s after a British tennis player, H.H.
03:28Actor known for playing Yossa Hughes in the 1982 TV drama, Boys from the Black Stuff, B.H.
03:34Platinum-selling hip-hop group formed in California in the late 1980s, whose members include Be Real and Send Dog, C.H.
03:44UK winner of the 1996 Formula One Drivers' Championship, a title previously won by his father Graham, D.H.
03:51Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh, the site of the National Monument and the City Observatory, C.H.
03:59And the first major battle of the American Revolution fought near Boston on the 17th of June, 1775, B.H.
04:08OK. Alex, welcome back to Pointless.
04:11It hasn't escaped my notice, this is your last time.
04:13This is the last show for which we will have Alex and Kim here.
04:16Tell us a bit more about yourself, Alex.
04:18So, something else I like to do in my spare time or at least spend some of my spare cash on is I'm a big fan of Formula One
04:26and I collect model cars, particularly model F1 cars.
04:31So, I've got something like 60 to 70 at the moment at home.
04:35Wow.
04:36And I'm quickly running out of places to put them all.
04:38Well, I was just thinking, I mean, do you make the models yourself or do you buy them ready-made?
04:41They're bought ready-made, so they're just, I just take them out of the box.
04:45You just take them out of the box? Do you have them on shelves?
04:47Yes.
04:48Artfully lit?
04:49Not artfully lit, but...
04:50Too smart for lighting, Alex.
04:51I shall try, but...
04:52Maybe that's what, once you've reached peak car, I think you then go into lighting.
04:58Yes, maybe.
04:59That's going to be the next obsession, I think.
05:00Maybe, yes.
05:01Just to get the chrome, the gleam.
05:02Mmm, yes.
05:03Now, what are you going to go for?
05:05So, I think I'm going to go for the platinum-selling hip-hop group, which I think is Cypress Hill.
05:13Cypress Hill.
05:14Cypress Hill says, Alex, let's see how many of our 100 said that's Cypress.
05:18Cypress Hill is absolutely right.
05:23And down and down that goes.
05:25This is a terrific answer, down to five, Alex. What a start to the show, Julie.
05:29Fantastic.
05:30Probably best known for their song, Insane In The Brain.
05:34They named themselves after Cypress Avenue, a street in LA where some members of the band grew up.
05:40There we go.
05:41I mean, they're repping for their ends.
05:43They are, quite right.
05:44Mm-hmm.
05:45Did you know what I meant by that?
05:46I think I got the inference.
05:49LAUGHTER
05:50Thank you very much indeed.
05:52Now, then, Diane.
05:53Hello.
05:54Welcome to the show.
05:55It's lovely to have you here.
05:56Tell us all about yourself.
05:57I'm Diane.
05:58I come from Manchester.
05:59I'm a commercial insurance broker and I like to sing.
06:03I mean, this is a separate thing.
06:04You don't sing at the insurance, at the brokerage?
06:06I've been known to, but...
06:07Oh, that'd be a nice thing to do.
06:09I think if more brokerages had music, they'd be better places.
06:12LAUGHTER
06:13So, what do you do, Diane, with the singing?
06:15Is there a choir?
06:16I was in two church choirs.
06:18Yes.
06:19Soprano.
06:20But I also like to do a bit of karaoke as well.
06:22Very nice.
06:23That's a very good pairing.
06:24One offsetting the other beautifully.
06:26Diane, what are you going to go for on our board?
06:29Oh, well, I think I'll probably go for the third one down.
06:33I think that is Bernard Hill.
06:36Bernard Hill.
06:37The brilliant Bernard Hill.
06:38Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
06:40Bernard Hill.
06:42It is right.
06:44Five is the only score we have to mark it against,
06:46so let's see how far.
06:47Down we go.
06:4829 for Bernard Hill.
06:51Bernard Hill.
06:53He also starred in Lords of the Ring films
06:55and played Captain Smith in Titanic.
06:58So he did.
06:59I'd forgotten about that.
07:00Yeah.
07:01Yeah, very, very good actor.
07:02He took a lot of memories.
07:03Yes.
07:05Spied up like boats.
07:06Thank you very much indeed.
07:07Ruth, welcome back to Point Us.
07:09It's your last show.
07:10It is.
07:11Well, listen, we have to make this very special.
07:12Either because you go all the way through to the final
07:14or just we have to make it very special.
07:16I don't know.
07:17It is.
07:18Take your pick of those two.
07:19Tell us, for the last time, a little bit more about yourself.
07:22One of my passions, our passions, is live music.
07:26We've seen ACDC Tony Hadley and we're due to see Culture Club this year.
07:33Our first date was back in 2002.
07:37Clive said he had tickets for Oasis.
07:39We were living in Germany at the time.
07:42Famously, they fell out.
07:45So our first date ended up being Bryan Adams, which was a good show.
07:50I mean, listen, that's a good fallback.
07:52Yeah.
07:53You weren't at the gig as Liam and Noel were slugging it out, were you?
07:56No.
07:57No.
07:58No.
07:59Ruth, the board, what are you thinking of going for?
08:02Which are these hills?
08:04I'm going for the top one safely, I hope, and that's Grange Hill.
08:10OK.
08:11I hope it's not too safe.
08:12Not so safe that it's dangerous, if you know what I mean.
08:14Let's see how many of our 100 said Grange Hill.
08:19It's absolutely right.
08:2020.
08:21Ooh.
08:22Ooh.
08:23Yes.
08:24Sometimes safe answers can do that.
08:2673 for Grange Hill.
08:27Oh, that's very high.
08:28Grange Hill.
08:29I mean, one of my favourite shows when I was young.
08:31Yeah.
08:32I really wanted to be in that show.
08:34I would have been great, wouldn't I?
08:35You'd have been brilliant in that.
08:36You really would have been.
08:37Do you think I would have been like a naughty kid or...?
08:39I think it's probably fair to say, don't you think?
08:41Really?
08:42Little rebel.
08:43I think so.
08:44You think so?
08:45I think, Judy, I think so.
08:46Don't tell me off, sir.
08:47Do you see?
08:50Thank you, Judy.
08:51And now, David P.
08:53I like it when we have initials after people's names.
08:55Tell us all about yourself, David.
08:57I'm working in business development for a technology company
09:00near Oxford and, yeah, living in Chipping Norton.
09:03And when you're not doing that, David, what do you like to get up to?
09:05I do quite a lot of rowing.
09:07A few other sports.
09:08Where do you do your rowing?
09:09Stratford-on-Avon.
09:10I see.
09:11OK.
09:12Very good.
09:13On the Avon itself.
09:14On the Avon, yeah.
09:15There we are.
09:16Very good, David.
09:17Now, you're the last person to have this board.
09:18Do you feel like filling in all these blanks for us?
09:20Most of them.
09:21So, I think the first one's Henman Hill.
09:23The next one down is Damon Hill.
09:25I'm not sure about the Edinburgh one.
09:27And then I think the bottom one's Bunker Hill.
09:29I'm going to go...
09:31Bunker Hill.
09:33I think that's the right one, if it's right.
09:34I mean, let's find out if it's right.
09:35If it's right, yeah.
09:36I think that's a great answer.
09:37Let's see how many of our 100 said Bunker Hill.
09:39Sounds good.
09:40Ah!
09:41Look at that, David P.
09:4911 for Bunker Hill.
09:51Superb.
09:52Wow.
09:53Your arms and rowing skill is on point, but so is your knowledge,
09:56because Bunker Hill was a part of what was called the Siege of Boston.
10:02I think I can fill in all of these.
10:04Yeah, because David did pretty well, actually.
10:06He did pretty well.
10:07Yeah.
10:08Henman Hill.
10:09Yeah?
10:10Yeah.
10:11That was great.
10:1233.
10:13Damon Hill.
10:14Not quite as big as that, but quite big.
10:15Quite big.
10:16It was 45 points.
10:17Oh, no, it's bigger than that.
10:18Very big.
10:19This one is Carlton Hill.
10:20Absolutely right.
10:21One point.
10:22I love Edinburgh.
10:23Oh, I so do I.
10:24You see, every bit of it.
10:25Food is luscious down there.
10:26Ooh.
10:27Everything down there.
10:28Down there.
10:29Yeah, everything down there is quite good.
10:30It's good.
10:31Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
10:33We're halfway through the round.
10:34Let's have a look at those scores.
10:35Look at that.
10:36Alex and Kimia.
10:37Superb.
10:38Five is where you're sitting.
10:39Eleven is where David P and Tia are.
10:41Twenty-nine is where we find Diane and David V.
10:43And seventy-three is where we find Ruth and Clive.
10:46So Clive, yes, a little bit of work to be done on the next pass.
10:49Good luck with that.
10:50We're going to come back down the line now.
10:51Will the second players please step up to the podium?
10:56OK.
10:57We're going to put seven more clues to people, places and things
10:59whose names end in the word hill on the board.
11:02Here they come.
11:04District of Washington, D.C.
11:06Around the building that houses the meeting chambers
11:08of the U.S. Congress.
11:10C.H.
11:11Philanthropist and social reformer
11:13who was one of the founders of the National Trust in 1895.
11:16O.H.
11:18Comedian who became presenter of Junior Bake Off in 2019.
11:22H.H.
11:231999 film starring Hugh Grant as a bookseller
11:27who falls in love with a film star played by Julia Roberts.
11:30N.H.
11:31Ancient meeting place where the Manx Parliament
11:34has gathered for over a thousand years.
11:36T.H.
11:37Single that was the highest U.K. chart entry for the rock and roll singer
11:41Fats Domino.
11:42B.H.
11:43And erotic novel from the 1740s by John Clayland
11:47that was banned in the U.K. until 1970.
11:51F.H.
11:53Tia.
11:54Yes.
11:55Welcome to Pointless.
11:57Very good to have you here.
11:58Tell us all about yourself, Tia.
11:59I'm from South Africa.
12:00I'm actually here on a scholarship studying at Warwick University.
12:04And I am doing MISTI, which is, if I get it correctly,
12:08Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation.
12:11Wow.
12:12You did get that right.
12:13MISTI.
12:14MISTI.
12:15Yes.
12:16Tell us more, then.
12:17When you're not studying, what do you get up?
12:18So, do you commute from Chipping Norton to Warwick?
12:21Yes.
12:22I have a tiny smart car to do that every day.
12:24That's exciting.
12:25It's not too bad, is it?
12:26Not too bad as the journey goes.
12:27Not really.
12:28I mean, it amps you up in the morning because all I do is blast music
12:31my entire way there and my entire way back.
12:33Very nice indeed.
12:34Now, Tia, you're on 11.
12:3661 or less gets you into the next round.
12:40I am not an exemplary scholar because I have no idea what these things are.
12:46Yes.
12:47Literally, with everything you read, my heart was sinking further down into my shoes.
12:51Right.
12:52I am going to go for ancient meeting place.
12:58I will say Tower Hill.
13:00Tower Hill.
13:01There we are for the Manx Parliament.
13:03Shall we see if Tower Hill is right?
13:04You get a red line.
13:05Tower Hill.
13:07No, I'm sorry, Tia.
13:10Not Tower Hill.
13:11Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 111.
13:14The round is not over yet, though.
13:16Oh, that's a shame.
13:17We'll have to give you the right answer at the end of the round.
13:20Thank you very much indeed.
13:22Now then, Clive.
13:24Clive, tell us a little bit more about yourself.
13:26This is your last chance to fill us in on Clive.
13:29Well, apart from going to concerts, we like a walk in the Welsh countryside
13:34and we're currently doing the Brecon Canal Walk over five-mile stages.
13:39Beautiful.
13:40Which we forget that you have to walk back to the car.
13:43Oh, yes, of course you do.
13:44That's annoying.
13:45You can only do it in a few-mile stretches to the nearest watering hole
13:49and then back to the car.
13:50And then back.
13:51Yes.
13:52So it's taken a while.
13:53It's taken a while, but then you remember where you got to
13:54and you start from there for the next time.
13:56It's very satisfying.
13:57It's lovely, yes.
13:58Have you finished it yet?
13:59No.
14:00We're about halfway.
14:01About Abergavenny.
14:02Oh, lovely.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Beautiful.
14:05Now, Clive, you are on 73.
14:0637 or less gets you into the next round.
14:09I did say anything could happen.
14:11Yes.
14:12I know a few.
14:13What are your high scorers?
14:15I'm going to go for the single that was the highest UK chart entry
14:19and that's Blueberry Hill.
14:21Blueberry Hill.
14:22You get a red line.
14:23It comes in here, Clive.
14:24Blueberry Hill.
14:26Can we get you below that with Blueberry Hill?
14:28Very well done indeed.
14:34Perfect economy as well.
14:3537 required, 34 attained, taking your total up to 107.
14:40In 1986, Fats Domino became one of the first people to be added
14:45to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
14:47Thank you very much indeed.
14:49Judy, now then, David V. Welcome to Pointless.
14:52Great to have you here.
14:53Tell us all about yourself, David.
14:54Welcome.
14:55I'm David.
14:56I'm a Credit Controller for Manchester.
14:58And I season six get a hold at Manchester City.
15:01Very good.
15:03Love it.
15:04Yes.
15:05Robustly supported by Diane, I see that.
15:07Who is a Manchester United supporter.
15:09Right.
15:10Wow.
15:11I mean, how do you accommodate that?
15:12I used that pair, as you can tell.
15:13Yeah.
15:14Yeah.
15:15When we first met, it was absolutely fine
15:19because United were winning everything.
15:21And it's not so good now.
15:22Oh, not so good now.
15:23It's called Roll Reversal Speed Tats.
15:24Yes.
15:25When you get used to it.
15:26Oh, wow.
15:27So the wheel turns.
15:28It creates bans at the end of the day.
15:29Yeah.
15:30David, listen, you're on 29.
15:3281 or less gets you into the next round.
15:34So what are all these hills on this board?
15:38I've never actually read the book, but it sounds very interesting.
15:41It's the erotic novel.
15:42I think it's Fanny Hill.
15:43Fanny Hill says, David V, you get a red line.
15:47It's way up here.
15:48Let's see if Fanny Hill is right.
15:50Will that get you into the next round?
15:52It is Fanny Hill.
15:54It does get you into the next round.
15:59And down it goes to 21.
16:00Taking your total up to a lovely neat 50.
16:03Now, look, surprisingly to many, but not to us, it was banned, OK?
16:09Because it had some very graphic details of certain body parts in the book.
16:16Thank you very much indeed.
16:17Now then, Kimia, welcome back.
16:19It is your last show, isn't it?
16:21Yes.
16:22Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Kimia.
16:24So I've got very many strange hobbies that have nothing to do with each other.
16:29I've had my poetry published a few times.
16:32I've tried to learn up to 20 languages, dead and alive.
16:36I mean, just to stop you there, you speak five fluently.
16:38Oh, yeah.
16:39And the other 15 I've dabbled in.
16:42You dabble.
16:43Yeah.
16:44I mean, what's the most exotic of those languages?
16:46The most exotic would be Sanskrit, which is not a living language,
16:52but through the pandemic I went through a sort of midlife crisis
16:57where I thought I have to learn Sanskrit, Ancient Greek and Latin,
17:00so I'd do it.
17:01Wow.
17:02There we are, gosh.
17:03Good for you.
17:04Now, five is your score.
17:05It doesn't matter what you score here,
17:06you're through to the next round come what may.
17:08Would you like to talk us through the board and fill in the blanks?
17:11The only two I know with confidence are Harry Hill and Notting Hill.
17:18I think they're both quite popular.
17:21I'm going to have to go Harry Hill.
17:23Harry Hill says, Kimia, you don't get a red line for the lovely reason
17:26you are already through to round two.
17:28How many of our 100 said Harry Hill?
17:32Harry Hill is right.
17:35Goes down to 57 and takes your total up to 62.
17:38Lovely.
17:39I would like to know, Kimia, do you speak pigeon language, though?
17:42No.
17:43You don't speak...
17:44You can't...
17:45Do you know pigeon?
17:46I do know pigeon, yeah.
17:47But this guy...
17:48I can't speak...
17:49Have a go.
17:50Have a go.
17:51Have a go.
17:52Have a go.
17:53Have a go.
17:54Have a go.
17:55Have a go.
17:56Have a go.
17:57Have a go.
17:58You've a go.
17:59You've a go.
18:00It means, how are you?
18:01Oh, I see, there we go.
18:02Yeah?
18:03Yeah.
18:04It's a language I learnt when...
18:05Beautiful.
18:06When I was at school when I should have been listening,
18:07I wasn't listening to the teacher, me and my friends were talking about it.
18:09Yeah.
18:10It's a beautiful language.
18:11Sounds lovely.
18:12Absolutely lovely.
18:13Now then, shall we...
18:14Now, how are you with the rest of these?
18:15Now, I'm not brilliant on these.
18:16The US Congress, the District of Washington.
18:20It was in a lot of newspapers some years ago.
18:23Oh, hang on.
18:24I know what it is.
18:25Sorry.
18:26No, this is easy.
18:27Capitol Hill.
18:28Yes, that's right.
18:29Oh, for goodness sake.
18:3025 points, Capitol Hill.
18:31Sorry, sorry.
18:32Got it.
18:33The next one...
18:34I mean...
18:35Olivia Hill.
18:36Close.
18:37Octavia.
18:38There we are.
18:39Marvellous.
18:40Four.
18:41And that was four.
18:42Notting Hill.
18:43Yeah, Notting Hill, where the carnivals are.
18:45And that was 61 points.
18:47And the meeting place is...
18:52Tinwold.
18:53Tinwold.
18:54Tinwold Hill.
18:55And that was actually the lowest...
18:56At one point.
18:57Tinwold Hill.
18:58Mm, good one.
18:59Not bad.
19:00Not bad.
19:01Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
19:02That brings us to the end of our first round.
19:03We have to say goodbye to our first pair, Tia and David.
19:05We have to say goodbye to you.
19:06I mean, maybe this was a bit UK-centric, Tia.
19:08Very much so.
19:09It was a bit.
19:10I'm sorry.
19:11Better luck next time.
19:12We'll see you next time and look forward to it.
19:13Thank you so much, Tia and David.
19:15For the remaining three pairs, though, it's now time for round two.
19:18Very, very well done, everybody.
19:26We did phenomenally well on those hills, I don't mind telling you.
19:29Alex, better than anyone else, our lowest individual scorer.
19:32And David and Diane, superb.
19:34You're our lowest combined scorer, so good work from the Manchester team there.
19:37I'm not going to say which one.
19:39Best of luck to all three pairs.
19:42Our category for round two today is...
19:45Indoor sports.
19:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
19:49who's going to go second?
19:50And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
19:56OK, let's find out what the question is.
19:58Here it comes.
19:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds.
20:01To name as many...
20:04World Snooker Championship finalists as they could, Judy.
20:08We are looking for anyone who has played in the final
20:11of the World Snooker Championship from 1977.
20:16The first time it was held at the Crucible up to the 2024 final.
20:22Thank you very much.
20:23Indeed.
20:24Now, Alex.
20:26Snooker finalists at the World Championships.
20:29I'm going to go for Peter Ebden.
20:36Peter Ebden, says Alex.
20:38Shall we see how many of our 100 said Peter Ebden?
20:42Absolutely right.
20:46And down it goes.
20:48Oh, down to one, Alex.
20:50This is superb.
20:52Very well done indeed.
20:53Peter Ebden.
20:54He won the tournament in 2002 and also came runner-up twice.
21:00Very passionate man he is.
21:02He's a vegan and is passionate about veganism so much
21:07that he will shout vegan power after a winning match.
21:12I mean, that is dedication.
21:13Isn't it?
21:14Proper.
21:15Isn't it? Proper.
21:16Thank you very much indeed.
21:17Now, Diane.
21:20What are you thinking?
21:21I'm thinking...
21:23No, I'm thinking.
21:24I know one that may be a bit risky.
21:27I'm not sure.
21:29So, please don't divorce me.
21:32I shan't.
21:34Joe Johnson.
21:35Joe Johnson, says Diane.
21:37Shall we see if that's right?
21:38Shall we see how many people said it?
21:39Joe Johnson.
21:40Joe Johnson.
21:43Oh, Diane.
21:47Well, one's the only score we have at the moment.
21:50And Joe Johnson's three.
21:51Very well done indeed.
21:52Diane is superb.
21:54Well, Joe Johnson, he definitely beat the odds.
21:56When he won in 1986, the odds of him winning were 150 to one.
22:02So, it was a huge shock when he actually won.
22:05Thank you very much indeed.
22:07Now then, Clive.
22:08So, snooker finalists.
22:11What are we going to go for?
22:14I've got a few.
22:16Sean Murphy.
22:17Sean Murphy, says Clive.
22:19Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Sean Murphy?
22:25Sean Murphy is right.
22:31Oh, down to two.
22:32Look at that.
22:33Filling in the blank in between our other scores.
22:35Very well done.
22:36Two for Sean Murphy.
22:37Sean Murphy was nicknamed the magician.
22:40He won the tournament in 2005 and came runner-up three times.
22:45Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
22:46Well, we're halfway through the round.
22:47Let's have a look at those scores.
22:48One, the best score of the past, Alex.
22:50Very well done indeed to you.
22:52Alex and Kimmy are looking very strong.
22:53I mean, there's not much in it.
22:54I'll be perfectly frank.
22:55We travel from there to two, where we find Clive and Ruth.
22:57And from there to three, where we find Diane and David V.
23:00I'm going to drop the V, David.
23:01I think we know each other well enough now.
23:02That's clear.
23:03David, you are our high scorers.
23:05I mean, you know, it's cheese pairing, but you are still our high scorers.
23:09So let's have a lovely low score from you.
23:11Thank you very much.
23:12Good luck with that.
23:13We're going to come back down the line now.
23:14Will the second players please step up to the podium?
23:16So, Ruth, we're looking for any finalists at the World Snooker Championships since 1977.
23:27Definitely not my subject, but I'm going to go for a local boy, Mark Williams.
23:33Mark Williams, says Ruth.
23:35You're getting a very keen nod from David and Diane.
23:38You sort of have a notional red line, but it's on the point of pointless.
23:44Let's see how many people said Mark Williams.
23:50Mark Williams is right.
23:57Down he goes to five.
23:58Not bad, taking your total up to seven.
24:00Well, Mark Williams, he was a runner-up in 1999.
24:04Then he won the tournament in 2000 and 2003 and 2018.
24:10Thank you very much.
24:11Thank you. Indeed, Judy.
24:12Now, David.
24:14David, you're on three.
24:15You need to score three or less to get into the head-to-head.
24:18So, snooker finalists.
24:20That's what we're after.
24:22I've got a couple.
24:25I want to go for Nigel Bond.
24:27Nigel Bond, says David.
24:29Here is your red line.
24:30Can we get you below that red line with Nigel Bond?
24:34Nigel Bond.
24:37Nigel Bond is right.
24:43Oh!
24:44Down to one.
24:45Very well done indeed, David.
24:46Taking your total up to four.
24:47You are in the head-to-head.
24:48Well, he was a runner-up in 1995.
24:51But because of, you know, the iconic surname, his nickname was 00147.
24:57Yay!
24:58That's just great.
24:59Love it.
25:00What would your nickname be?
25:01Just the double A, I think.
25:02The battery.
25:03The battery!
25:04Oh, right.
25:05So, you've got a lot of energy.
25:06A lot of power.
25:07Oh, okay.
25:08Yes.
25:09Yes.
25:10What would my nickname be?
25:11Grrrr!
25:12Oh!
25:15Seven R's.
25:16I like that!
25:17There we go.
25:18No!
25:19There we go.
25:20Grrrr!
25:22Now then, Kimia.
25:24You're on one.
25:25We need a score of five or less from you.
25:27Do you watch a lot of snooker?
25:29Not at all.
25:30I couldn't tell you the first thing about snooker, unfortunately.
25:34Ruth and Clive's pulses have just gone up very, very slightly.
25:38So, I'm very sorry to have to just guess a name.
25:43Paul Davis.
25:45Paul Davis.
25:47Paul Davis.
25:48You get a red line.
25:49Shall we see if Paul Davis is right?
25:54No.
25:55I'm sorry, Kimia.
25:56I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points,
25:58takes your total up to 101.
26:00Sorry.
26:01We only have five pointless answers,
26:03so let's have a look at them.
26:04Barry Hawkins,
26:06Doug Mountjoy and Jack Jones.
26:09And two more.
26:11Luca Brissell, who won in 2023.
26:15And Perry Mons, runner-up in 1978.
26:18Thank you very much indeed.
26:20That brings us to the end of our second round.
26:21It means we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.
26:23Oh, Kimia and Alex, I'm so sorry.
26:25I'm afraid it is you with your high score of 101 we have to send back.
26:29And this is where we say a proper goodbye.
26:31It's been lovely having you on the show.
26:32Thank you so much for playing.
26:34You have been brilliant.
26:35I'm sorry we're not sending you home with a trophy,
26:36but thank you.
26:37Kimia and Alex.
26:39Thank you very much for the pairs, though.
26:40It's now time for the Head to Head.
26:47David and Diane, Clive and Ruth,
26:49very well done indeed.
26:50You are now one step closer to the final
26:51and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:53which currently stands at £2,250.
26:56However, before we play the Head to Head,
26:59we now have a chance to throw some more money into that jackpot
27:01by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
27:03So, just for fun, you understand,
27:06we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
27:11..characters in Dante's Inferno as they could, Judy.
27:14This is my favourite part of the game.
27:16You'll see six options.
27:18Two are scoring, two are pointless
27:20and two are not characters in Dante's Inferno.
27:24250 quid in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
27:28Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
27:30So, can you find the pointless characters from Dante's Inferno
27:33from these six potentials?
27:35I give you...
27:46No.
27:47I'm just glad it's not one of the actual questions.
27:48Does anybody know anything at this stage?
27:50Absolutely not for me.
27:52No-one's spotting any red herrings.
27:54Yeah, we'll go look at the red herrings, I suppose.
27:56I know.
27:57Nimrod might be a red herring.
27:58Well, we'll do all say that then.
27:59What are you going to go for, David and Diane?
28:01Would you want to nominate one?
28:02Viantha?
28:03Viantha?
28:04No.
28:05You're going to go for Viantha?
28:06I don't get much of a choice.
28:07You didn't get a choice there at all.
28:09Shall we see if Viantha is a pointless character from The Inferno?
28:13No.
28:14Bad luck.
28:16Why did you listen to me?
28:18Now, Clive and Ruth, would you like to nominate your one?
28:24Well, for us it's a guess as well.
28:27And we're looking at Hannan.
28:30Hannan?
28:31OK, shall we see if Hannan is a pointless character from The Inferno?
28:38No.
28:39No.
28:40I spotted that one.
28:42Did you?
28:43That's Neil Hannan, the lead singer of the Divine Comedy.
28:45That's right, Xander.
28:47Viantha, who was a red herring, that was from Dan Brown's Inferno.
28:51A very different book.
28:53A very different book.
28:54Could you get any of these?
28:55No, I knew that.
28:56Let's say Tice and Ulysses.
29:01Tice was a pointless answer.
29:04And Ulysses does appear in The Inferno and was a pointless answer.
29:09Yay!
29:11Nimrod at the top scored one.
29:14And Beatrice scored 13.
29:18Thank you very much indeed.
29:19Well, bad luck.
29:20We didn't find any pointless answers.
29:21But we have learnt a lot about Dante's Inferno.
29:24Let's play the head-to-head.
29:30Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
29:33and you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
29:35Best of luck to both pairs.
29:36Here is our first question, and it is all about...
29:42Judy.
29:43We are going to show you pictures from five films which all feature dinosaurs.
29:48We have also included their initials and the years of their release.
29:52Please give us the answer you think scores the least.
29:55Thank you very much indeed.
29:57Can you identify these dinosaur films?
29:59And I give you...
30:00A.
30:01TGD, 2015.
30:09B.
30:10TLTTF, 1974.
30:16C.
30:17JP, 1993.
30:19D.
30:20D.
30:21N-A-T-M, 2006.
30:26And E.
30:29T-V-O-G, 1969.
30:38There we are.
30:39Now, David and Diane, you get to go first.
30:42All right.
30:43Yeah.
30:44Uh...
30:45We know a few.
30:46We know the obvious ones, unfortunately.
30:49We're going to go for A, yeah?
30:50Yeah, go on.
30:51We're going to go for A, the good dinosaur.
30:53The good dinosaur, say David and Diane for A.
30:56Now, Clive and Ruth, can you talk us through that board?
30:59Ooh.
31:00The obvious one.
31:02Jurassic Park, Night at the Museum.
31:06Which probably won't beat A, so we may have to take a chance on one of those.
31:13So, we're going to go with E and the Valley of Giants.
31:17E, the Valley of Giants.
31:20So, we have the good dinosaur and we have the Valley of Giants.
31:24David and Diane went for A, the good dinosaur.
31:26Should we see if that's right?
31:27Should we see how many people said it?
31:31The good dinosaur is right.
31:36That goes down to 30.
31:39Not bad.
31:40Meanwhile, Clive and Ruth are taking a punt on E and saying the Valley of Giants.
31:45I mean, if this is right, that would be fantastic.
31:49It just has to be right.
31:50Let's find out.
31:51Is it the Valley of Giants?
31:52If it's...
31:54No, bad luck.
31:55No.
31:56Had to take a chance.
31:57Not the Valley of Giants.
31:59That means, well done, David and Diane.
32:01After one question, you are up 1-0.
32:03They had to take the risk because it's a very hard one.
32:06It actually was the Valley of Grand G.
32:08Oh.
32:09It was a pointless answer.
32:10Yeah, it would have been a great one.
32:12It would have been.
32:13Oh, you got the Valley of.
32:14Yeah.
32:15B, I know what that is.
32:17Do you know this one?
32:18That is the land that time forgot.
32:20Yes.
32:21And that was one of the low ones.
32:23That scored four.
32:26C, as we've covered, Jurassic Park.
32:28Jurassic Park, and that scored 84.
32:30And D, Night at the Museum.
32:33Definitely.
32:34And that scored 59 points.
32:37There we are.
32:38Thank you very much indeed.
32:39OK, here is our second question.
32:40Clive and Ruth, you've got to win this one to stay in the game.
32:42Good luck.
32:43Our second question is all about...
32:45Astronomical terms that come from classical languages, Judy.
32:51We're going to show you five definitions of terms from astronomy,
32:55along with a brief explanation of where the word comes from.
32:59We'll also give you every other letter in each term.
33:02Lowest scores wins the point.
33:05Thank you, Judy.
33:06OK, let's reveal our five astronomical questions and here they come.
33:10An object orbiting the sun that appears with a long tail,
33:16from the Greek for long-haired, C-M-T.
33:20A body which orbits a larger one, from the Latin for attendant or bodyguard.
33:25S-T-L-I-E.
33:27A system containing billions of stars held together by gravity,
33:31from the Greek for milk, G-L-X.
33:35A luminous circle observed around the sun during total eclipses,
33:40from the Latin for crown, C-R-N.
33:43And one of the eight major celestial objects that orbit the sun,
33:48from the Greek for wanderer, P-A-E.
33:54There we are.
33:55Now then, Clive and Ruth will go first.
34:00OK, I know them all but one.
34:04And we're thinking which the second one?
34:08Yep.
34:09We'll go for the second one, which we think is satellite.
34:13You're going to go for satellite.
34:15Now then, David and Diane, can you talk us through that board?
34:19I'll have a go.
34:20I think the top one's comet.
34:21The next one down that we agree with satellite.
34:24The one after that is galaxy.
34:26The bottom one is planet.
34:28What we think we're going to go for is corona.
34:31Corona.
34:32OK, you're going to go for corona.
34:34We think we think.
34:35So we have satellite and corona.
34:37Clive and Ruth went for satellite.
34:40Let's see how many of our 100 said satellite.
34:43Down to 45.
34:50Meanwhile, David and Diane are going to go for corona, for the luminous circle.
34:57Should we see if that's right?
34:58Should we see how many people said corona?
35:00Yeah.
35:05Very well done indeed.
35:07Look at that.
35:08Down to 28.
35:09And that means, after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
35:15Vegan power.
35:21You ran us through the board really well there.
35:23We had comet at the top.
35:24We did, which was 53 points.
35:26And then the next one, you're right, was galaxy, which was 67 points.
35:32And last but not least, you're right, planet, which was 34 points.
35:36There we are.
35:37Thank you very much indeed.
35:38Well, that brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
35:40The pair we have to say goodbye to.
35:41Oh, Clive and Ruth, I'm so sorry.
35:43This is where we say goodbye.
35:44It's been lovely having you on the show.
35:45Thank you so much for playing.
35:47And you've been brilliant.
35:48I'm sorry you're not going home with a trophy.
35:49Clive and Ruth.
35:50For David and Diane, though, it's now time for the Pointless final.
35:58Huge congratulations, David and Diane.
36:00You have fought off all the competition and you have won
36:03our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:11Well, just for fun, you now have a chance to win
36:14our Pointless jackpot.
36:15And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing
36:17at £2,250.
36:21What would you like to see come up in this last round?
36:24What would be the ideal category?
36:26I like to think of a variety of noise, but mainly probably sports,
36:30natural sciences, maybe a bit of music, a bit of geography.
36:35OK.
36:36In general.
36:37Music for me.
36:38Geography, definitely not for me.
36:39But music, probably for me.
36:41Literature, perhaps.
36:42Let's hope something lovely comes up on the board today.
36:44There will be four choices as ever.
36:46And today's four are...
36:58What do we think?
36:59Capitals of Culture?
37:00No, I don't think so.
37:01Blastonbury?
37:02No.
37:03No, I don't know.
37:04I only know a couple of Jason Bateman.
37:05That's Ozark.
37:06I wouldn't know the characters from that.
37:07Ozark, yeah.
37:08Yeah, so.
37:09Gastonbury could be a big open-the-box in respect to who's
37:12a headline, certain stages and stuff like that, I suppose.
37:15And books are young children.
37:17We had a young child once, but not so much anymore.
37:19If they were from 27 years ago, we'd be all right.
37:21What do you want to go for?
37:22Oh, I don't mind.
37:23Go on, you choose.
37:24Yeah, go on.
37:25Glastonbury.
37:26OK, Glastonbury it is.
37:27OK.
37:28We are looking for the name of any act that has headlined
37:32the pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival since 2000
37:36up to and including 2024.
37:39Or, we're looking for any name, stage or area
37:44other than the pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival
37:47as listed on the 2024 line-up page.
37:52Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
37:54Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up
37:56with three answers.
37:57All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those
37:59answers to be pointless.
38:00Are you ready?
38:01Yeah.
38:02No.
38:03Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:06There they are.
38:07Your time starts now.
38:08Right.
38:09It'll have to be headliners, won't it?
38:10Travis.
38:11What have they?
38:12Yeah, they've been on there, yeah.
38:13Sure they have.
38:14What about that rapper who was there a couple of years ago?
38:16What was he called?
38:17Who?
38:18No, no, no, no, no.
38:19I don't know.
38:20What's his name now?
38:21Erm...
38:22Did Carly do the...
38:24She'll be...
38:25I don't think she...
38:26Didn't she do it something with the Scissor Sisters?
38:28They headlined as well, didn't they?
38:29Didn't they?
38:30They were there, though, weren't they?
38:31I don't know.
38:32What about, erm...
38:33Oh, no, they didn't headline.
38:35I like them, Jonathan, is it?
38:36Van Morrison.
38:37Van Morrison, is it?
38:38Van Morrison, yeah.
38:39Van Morrison, and who else?
38:40Obviously 2000, I'm not sure about 2000.
38:41Van Morrison, and who else?
38:42Erm...
38:43Travis.
38:45Erm...
38:46Big bands.
38:51I can't think.
38:52Coldplay.
38:53Try those three, then.
38:54Try those three, yeah, yeah.
38:55Yeah, OK.
38:56OK, you happy?
38:57We're going to stop the clock.
38:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:59You've got three good answers.
39:00Let's hear those answers.
39:01So...
39:02And for which category?
39:03Oh, sorry, it's all the top categories.
39:04Yeah, they're all the headliners.
39:05Headliners.
39:06Travis.
39:07Travis.
39:08Coldplay.
39:09Coldplay.
39:10And you said, provided it's...
39:12Is it before...
39:13Well...
39:14Van Morrison.
39:15Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:17Travis.
39:18Travis.
39:19Travis will put last.
39:20Least likely to be pointless.
39:21Van Morrison.
39:22Van Morrison.
39:23And then Coldplay goes in the middle.
39:24OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
39:26and here they are.
39:27We have...
39:29Van Morrison, Coldplay, and Travis.
39:33Well, three excellent answers there.
39:35£2,250 is up for grabs if one of these turns out to be pointless.
39:39What would you like to do if you won that money?
39:43Well, we were going to go...
39:45Oh, yeah.
39:46..on holiday last year to Lake Garden, the area around Italy then,
39:50and all through Italy, Verona, and go to Venice and stuff like that.
39:53Lovely.
39:54But...
39:55No, we had to cancel, because, unfortunately, I was poorly got cancer,
39:58so we had to postpone.
40:01So that's what we want to try and do, because I'm all clear now.
40:04Hooray.
40:06Hooray.
40:07Yeah.
40:08Oh, that'd be wonderful to go on the holiday you didn't have
40:10that stole from you last year.
40:11Yes.
40:12Having said that, though, we probably won't end up doing that,
40:14because our son's just about to buy his own flat,
40:16so it'll probably go to us.
40:18No, he can find some money elsewhere.
40:20You've got to celebrate these things.
40:21They're very, very important.
40:23Well, very, very best of luck.
40:24It would be so lovely, so lovely,
40:26if we could reinstate that holiday
40:29and maybe, I don't know, maybe chip something in
40:31towards the new house purchase.
40:33Van Morrison was your first answer.
40:35In all three cases, we're looking for pyramid stage headliners.
40:38Might Van Morrison be pointless for £2,250?
40:44No.
40:45Not Van Morrison.
40:46So we turn our attention to Coldplay.
40:48Exactly the same criteria for £2,250.
40:51Might Coldplay be pointless?
40:55Coldplay's right.
40:56It just has to go all the way down to zero.
40:59It was quite recent, though.
41:01Maybe people have forgotten about...
41:03Oh, no.
41:0432 people remembered Coldplay.
41:05Oh.
41:06So not a pointless answer.
41:08Everything is now riding on Travis,
41:10which I think you said quite early in the minute.
41:12Yeah.
41:13Travis.
41:14We'll see.
41:15Let's see if Travis is right.
41:16Let's see if Travis is pointless for £2,250.
41:21Well, Van Morrison was wrong.
41:23Coldplay was very right.
41:2532 people got that.
41:26Travis takes us down through the 20s, through the teens.
41:29We're in single figures with Travis still going down with Travis still going...
41:32You've done it!
41:33Look at that!
41:34Very well done indeed.
41:35Huge congratulations.
41:37Travis is a pointless answer and has just won you £2,250.
41:44Absolutely amazing.
41:46Van Morrison last headlined in 1980s.
41:50You also mentioned Stormzy.
41:51He has headlined Glastonbury, but he would have scored two.
41:55The Scissor Sisters has never headlined Glastonbury.
41:58No, no.
41:59Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers.
42:01Oh, please.
42:02Starting with the pyramid stage, headliners since 2000.
42:06David Barry.
42:07Oh, let's be pointless.
42:08Kendrick Lamar.
42:09Kendrick Lamar.
42:10Scissor.
42:11The Cure.
42:12And I'll give you a few more pointless answers.
42:15Arcade Fire.
42:16Blur.
42:17Guns N' Roses.
42:19The White Stripes.
42:21Oh.
42:22And The Who.
42:23They were all pointless.
42:24Oh.
42:25And moving on to the stages in the areas of Glastonbury 2024.
42:28Here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.
42:31Avalon stage, left field, West Holt stage and Woodseeds.
42:37The only scoring answers were other stage, acoustic stage and the park stage.
42:44Everything else was pointless.
42:46Well done at home with your tea and biscuits if you've got a pointless answer.
42:50Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
42:52And thanks once again to our winning players, David and Diane, who take away today's jackpot
42:56of £2,250.
42:58Thank you very much.
42:59Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
43:03Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Judy.
43:04Bye.
43:05And it's goodbye from me.
43:07Goodbye.
43:08APPLAUSE
43:09APPLAUSE
43:10Thank you very much.
43:12That's so funny.
43:13Thank you very much.
43:14Thank you, Susan.
43:15Thank you very much.
43:16It's really fascinating, students of all the time.
43:20There's a great experience.
43:25Thank you very much.
43:30And for now, we'll be getting started, I'll be able to take it out.
43:35We'll be getting started.
43:36We'll be getting started.
43:37Thanks, Dave.
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