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00:18Thank you very much indeed.
00:19Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:22the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
00:24Let's meet today's players.
00:26APPLAUSE
00:29And couple number one.
00:31Hi, I'm Alex, this is my friend Kimia and we're from Manchester.
00:34Couple number two.
00:35Hi, I'm Diane, this is my husband David and we're also from Manchester.
00:39Couple number three.
00:40I'm Clive, this is my lovely wife Ruth and we're from South Wales.
00:43And finally, couple number four.
00:45Hi, I'm Tia, this is my friend David and we're from Chipping Norton.
00:48And these are today's contestants.
00:50Thank you very much indeed, all of you.
00:52A very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
00:54It's lovely to have you all here.
00:56That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
00:58She's a regular on Loose Women and wonderfully irregular here.
01:02It is my Pointless friend, it's Judy Love.
01:04Hi!
01:05Oh, Judy.
01:07Judy, Judy.
01:09I was on, are the fans out?
01:11Yeah, I see that.
01:12Just feeling warm, bringing out all these warm, beautiful memories
01:15from this moment.
01:16Oh, yes.
01:17That we had.
01:18That lovely moment.
01:19Do you know what I realise?
01:20Yes.
01:21We need to create more moments.
01:22Obviously this is a whole moment.
01:23Sure.
01:24But we need to create some more.
01:25Where would you take me next?
01:27Wolverhampton, of course.
01:28Wolverhampton.
01:29Well, yeah, because it came up the other day and I didn't recognise it.
01:31I thought it was Wigan.
01:32I would have preferred a Chipping Norton if I was on it.
01:34OK.
01:35I tell you though, Chipping Norton, you get headgear in Chipping Norton.
01:38It's lovely.
01:39I've been there once, it's absolutely lovely.
01:40I loved it.
01:41Lovely.
01:42So maybe we could do that.
01:43Should we go and be the new Chipping Norton set?
01:44I'm telling you, yes.
01:46Done.
01:47Done.
01:48Absolutely done.
01:50There we are.
01:51Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
01:52Now, Shay Shay and Chris got through to the final last time
01:54and they failed to win the jackpot,
01:56which means we add another £1,000 to that.
01:58So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
02:02Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:10Now, just remember, I know you know this,
02:12but one's inclined to forget things under these bright lights.
02:14It's always the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
02:16that gets eliminated,
02:17so keep your scores as low as you dare
02:19and everything should be tickety-boo.
02:21Best of luck to everybody.
02:22Our first category today is...
02:27Elevated people, places and things.
02:30Can you all decide in your pairs?
02:31Who's going to go first?
02:32Who's going to go second?
02:33And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium,
02:35why don't you?
02:36OK, and the question concerns...
02:41Famous hills. Judy.
02:46On each board, we're going to give you seven clues
02:48to people, places and things whose two-word names
02:53all end in the word hill.
02:55We'll also give you the initial letters of each answer.
02:59Please tell us the names of the hills.
03:01Thank you very much indeed.
03:03So, we are looking for the names of these,
03:05the full names of these hills.
03:07Here's our first board of seven clues.
03:09Children's television drama series set in a comprehensive school
03:12that ran from 1978 to 2008, G.H.
03:16Nickname given to the Aorangi Terrace at Wimbledon in the 1990s
03:20after a British tennis player, H.H.
03:24Actor known for playing Yossa Hughes in the 1982 TV drama
03:27Boys from the Black Stuff, B.H.
03:30Platinum-selling hip-hop group formed in California in the late 1980s
03:34whose members include Be Real and Send Dog, C.H.
03:39UK winner of the 1996 Formula One Drivers' Championship,
03:42a title previously won by his father Graham, D.H.
03:46Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh,
03:49the site of the National Monument and the City Observatory, C.H.
03:54and the first major battle of the American Revolution fought near Boston
03:58on the 17th of June, 1775, B.H.
04:03OK.
04:04Alex, welcome back to Pointless.
04:07It hasn't escaped my notice, this is your last time.
04:09This is the last show for which we will have Alex and Kim here.
04:12Tell us a bit more about yourself, Alex.
04:14So, something else I like to do in my spare time
04:17or at least spend some of my spare cash on is I'm a big fan of Formula One
04:21and I collect model cars, particularly model F1 cars.
04:26So, I've got something like 60 to 70 at the moment at home
04:31and I'm quickly running out of places to put them all.
04:34I was just thinking, do you make the models yourself
04:36or do you buy them ready-made?
04:37They're bought ready-made, so I just take them out of the box.
04:41You just take them out of the box?
04:42Do you have them on shelves?
04:43Yes.
04:44Artfully lit?
04:45Not artfully lit, but...
04:46Do you do some art for lighting, Alex?
04:47I shall try, but...
04:48Maybe that's what...
04:49Once you've reached peak car, I think you then go into lighting.
04:53Yes, maybe.
04:54That's going to be the next obsession, I think.
04:55Maybe, yes.
04:56Just to get the chrome, the gleam.
04:57Mmm, yes.
04:58Now, what are you going to go for?
05:01So, I think I'm going to go for the platinum-selling hip-hop group,
05:06which I think is Cypress Hill.
05:08Cypress Hill.
05:09Cypress Hill says, Alex, let's see how many of our 100 said that.
05:11Cypress Hill is absolutely right.
05:14And down and down that goes.
05:17This is a terrific answer, down to five, Alex.
05:18What a start to the show, Duke.
05:19Fantastic.
05:20Probably best known for their song, Insane In The Brain.
05:23They named themselves after Cypress Avenue, a street in LA
05:26where some members of the band grew up.
05:28There we go.
05:29I mean, they're repping for their ends.
05:30They are.
05:31Quite right.
05:32Mm-hm.
05:33Did you know what I meant by that?
05:34Got to do it.
05:35I think I got the inference.
05:36Thank you very much indeed.
05:37Now then, Diane.
05:38Hello.
05:39Welcome to the show.
05:40It's lovely to have you here.
05:41Tell us all about yourself.
05:42I'm Diane.
05:43I come from Manchester.
05:44I'm a commercial insurance broker and I like to sing.
05:46I mean, this is a separate thing.
05:47You don't sing at the insurance, at the brokerage.
05:48I've been known to, but...
05:49Oh, that'd be a nice thing to do.
05:50I think if more brokerages had music, they'd be better places.
05:51So, what do you do, Diane, with the singing?
05:52Is there a choir?
05:53Is there a choir?
05:54Well, I was into church choirs.
05:55Yes.
05:56Soprano.
05:57But I also like to do a bit of karaoke as well.
05:58Very nice.
05:59That's a very good pairing.
06:00One of the things that I like to have you here.
06:01Very good.
06:02I'm very good, everyone.
06:04I'm very good.
06:06So, for today's the show, Diane, I'm going to make a show
06:07a show of my show.
06:21offsetting the other beautifully.
06:22Diane, what are you going to go for on our board?
06:25Oh, well, I think I'll probably go for the third one down.
06:29I think that is Bernard Hill.
06:32Bernard Hill, the brilliant Bernard Hill.
06:34Let's see how many of our 100 said that. Bernard Hill.
06:38It is right.
06:40Five is the only score we have to mark it against,
06:42so let's see how far.
06:43Down we go, 29 for Bernard Hill.
06:47Bernard Hill.
06:48He also starred in Lords of the Ring films
06:50and played Captain Smith in Titanic.
06:53So he did, I'd forgotten about that.
06:55Yeah.
06:56Yeah, very, very good actor.
06:57He's got a lot of memories.
06:58Yes, thank you.
06:59He's quite like boats.
07:01Thank you very much indeed.
07:02Ruth, welcome back to Point Us.
07:04It's your last show.
07:05It is.
07:06Well, listen, we have to make this very special,
07:08either because you go all the way through to the final
07:10or just we have to make it very special.
07:11I don't know.
07:12It is.
07:13Take your pick of those two.
07:14Tell us, for the last time, a little bit more about yourself.
07:17One of my passions, our passions, is live music.
07:21We've seen ACDC, Tony Hadley, and we're due to see Culture Club this year.
07:28Our first date was back in 2002.
07:32Clive said he had tickets for Oasis.
07:35We were living in Germany at the time.
07:37Famously, they fell out.
07:40So our first date ended up being Brian Adams, which was a good show.
07:45I mean, listen, that's a good fallback.
07:47Yeah.
07:48You weren't at the gig as Liam and Noel were slugging it out, would you?
07:51No.
07:52No.
07:54Ruth, the board, what are you thinking of going for?
07:58Which are these hills?
08:00I'm going for the top one, safely, I hope, and that's Grange Hill.
08:06OK, I hope it's not too safe.
08:07Not so safe that it's dangerous, if you know what I mean.
08:10Let's see how many of our 100 said Grange Hill.
08:14It's absolutely right.
08:16Twin.
08:17Ooh.
08:17Ooh.
08:18Yes.
08:19Sometimes safe answers can do that.
08:2173 for Grange Hill.
08:23Oh, that's very high.
08:24Grange Hill, I mean, one of my favourite shows when I was young.
08:27I really wanted to be in that show.
08:29I would have been great, wouldn't I?
08:31You really would have been.
08:32Do you think I would have been like a naughty kid or...?
08:34I think it's probably fair to say, don't you think?
08:36Little rebel.
08:37I think so.
08:38You think so?
08:39I think, Judy, I think so.
08:41Don't tell me off, sir, do you see?
08:45Thank you, Judy.
08:46And now, David P.
08:49I like it when we have initials after people's names.
08:51Tell us all about yourself, David.
08:52I'm working in business development for a technology company near Oxford
08:56and, yeah, living in Chiffing Norton.
08:58And when you're not doing that, David, what do you like to get up to?
09:01I do quite a lot of rowing.
09:02A few other sports.
09:04Where do you do your rowing?
09:05Stratford-bon-Avon.
09:06I see.
09:07OK, very good.
09:08On the Avon itself?
09:09On the Avon, yeah.
09:10There we are.
09:11Very good, David.
09:12Now, you're the last person to have this board.
09:13Do you feel like filling in all these blanks for us?
09:16Most of them.
09:17So, I think the first one's Henman Hill.
09:19The next one down's Damon Hill.
09:21I'm not sure about the Edinburgh one.
09:23And then I think the bottom one's Bunker Hill.
09:25I'm going to go...
09:28Bunker Hill.
09:28I think that's the right one, if it's right.
09:30I mean, let's find out. If it's right.
09:31I think that's a great answer.
09:32Let's see how many of our 100 said Bunker Hill.
09:35Sounds good.
09:36Ah!
09:38Look at that, David P.
09:3911 for Bunker Hill.
09:47Superb.
09:48Wow.
09:49Your arms and rowing skill is on point, but so is your knowledge,
09:52because Bunker Hill was a part of what was called
09:56the Siege of Boston.
09:58I think I can fill in all of these.
10:00Yeah, because David did pretty well, actually.
10:01He did pretty well?
10:02Yeah.
10:03Henman Hill.
10:04Yeah?
10:05Yeah, that was great.
10:06It's going to be a big one, I imagine.
10:0733.
10:08Damon Hill.
10:09It's not as big as that, but quite big.
10:11Quite big.
10:12It was 45 points.
10:13Oh, no, it's bigger than that.
10:14Very big.
10:15This one is Carlton Hill.
10:16Absolutely right.
10:17Yeah.
10:18One point.
10:19I love Edinburgh.
10:20You see, every bit of it.
10:21Food is luscious down there.
10:22Ooh.
10:23Everything down there.
10:24Down there.
10:25Yeah, everything down there is quite good.
10:26It's good.
10:27Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
10:29We're halfway through the round.
10:30Let's have a look at those scores.
10:31Look at that.
10:32Alex and Kim here.
10:33Superb.
10:34Five is where you're sitting.
10:35Eleven is where David P and Tia are.
10:36Twenty-nine is where we find Diane and David V.
10:38And 73 is where we find Ruth and Clive.
10:40So, Clive, yes, a little bit of work to be done on the next pass.
10:44Good luck with that.
10:45We're going to come back down the line now.
10:46Will the second players please step up to the podium?
10:48OK, we're going to put seven more clues to people, places and things whose names end in the word hill on the board.
10:57Here they come.
10:58District of Washington, DC, around the building that houses the meeting chambers of the US Congress, CH.
11:06Philanthropist and social reformer who was one of the founders of the National Trust in 1895, OH.
11:12Comedian who became presenter of Junior Bake Off in 2019, HH.
11:181999 film starring Hugh Grant as a bookseller who falls in love with a film star played by Julia Roberts, NH.
11:26Ancient meeting place where the Manx Parliament has gathered for over a thousand years, TH.
11:33Single that was the highest UK chart entry for the rock and roll singer Fats Domino, BH.
11:39And erotic novel from the 1740s by John Clayland that was banned in the UK until 1970, F.H.
11:48Tia.
11:49Yes.
11:50Welcome to Pointless.
11:52Very good to have you here.
11:53Tell us all about yourself, Tia.
11:54I'm from South Africa.
11:55I'm actually here on a scholarship studying at Warwick University.
12:00And I am doing MISTI, which is, if I get it correctly, Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation.
12:07Wow.
12:08You get that right.
12:09MISTI.
12:10Yes.
12:11Tell us more, then.
12:12When you're not studying, what do you get?
12:13So, do you commute from Chipping Norton to Warwick?
12:16Yes.
12:17I have a tiny smart car.
12:18That's exciting.
12:19To do that every day.
12:20It's not too bad, is it?
12:21Not too bad as the journey goes.
12:22Not really.
12:23I mean, it amps you up in the morning because all I do is blast music my entire way there
12:27and my entire way back.
12:28Very nice indeed.
12:29Now, Tia, you're on 11.
12:3261 or less gets you into the next round.
12:36I am not an exemplary scholar because I have no idea what these things are.
12:42Yes.
12:43Literally, with everything you read, my heart was sinking further down into my shoes.
12:47Right.
12:48I am going to go for ancient meeting place.
12:54I will say Tower Hill.
12:56Tower Hill.
12:57There we are for the Manx Parliament.
12:59Should we see if Tower Hill's right?
13:00You get a red line.
13:01Tower Hill.
13:02No, I'm sorry, Tia.
13:05Not Tower Hill.
13:06Scores you 100 points.
13:07Takes your total up to 111.
13:09The round is not over yet though.
13:11Oh, that's a shame.
13:12We'll have to give you the right answer at the end of the round.
13:15Thank you very much indeed.
13:17Now then, Clive.
13:19Clive, tell us a little bit more about yourself.
13:21This is your last chance to fill us in on Clive.
13:24Well, apart from going to concerts, we like a walk in the Welsh countryside
13:29and we're currently doing the Brecon Canal Walk over five-mile stages.
13:34Beautiful.
13:35Which we forget that you have to walk back to the car.
13:38Oh, yes, of course you do.
13:39That's annoying.
13:40You can only do it in a few mile stretches to the nearest watering hole
13:44and then back to the car.
13:46Yes.
13:47So it's taken a while.
13:48It's taken a while.
13:49But then you remember where you got to and you start from there for the next time.
13:51Correct.
13:52It's very satisfying.
13:53It's lovely, yes.
13:54Have you finished it yet?
13:55No.
13:56We're about halfway.
13:57About halfway.
13:58About Abergavenny.
13:59Oh, lovely.
14:00Beautiful.
14:01Now, Clive, you are on 73.
14:0237 or less gets you into the next round.
14:05I did say anything could happen.
14:07Yes.
14:08I know a few.
14:09What are your high scorers?
14:10I'm going to go for the single that was the highest UK chart entry.
14:15That's Blueberry Hill.
14:16Blueberry Hill.
14:17You get a red line.
14:18It comes in here, Clive.
14:20Blueberry Hill.
14:21Can we get you below that with Blueberry Hill?
14:28Very well done indeed.
14:30Perfect economy as well.
14:3137 required.
14:3234 attained.
14:33Taking your total up to 107.
14:35In 1986, Fats Domino became one of the first people to be added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
14:43Thank you very much indeed.
14:45Judy, now then, David V.
14:47Welcome to Pointless.
14:48Great to have you here.
14:49Tell us all about yourself, David.
14:50Welcome.
14:51I'm David.
14:52I'm a Credit Controller for Manchester.
14:53And I season six get a hold at Manchester City.
14:56Very good.
14:58Love it.
15:00Yes.
15:01Robustly supported by Diane, I see that.
15:03Who is a Manchester United supporter.
15:05Right.
15:06Wow.
15:07How do you accommodate that?
15:08I used that pair, as you can tell.
15:09Yeah.
15:10Yeah.
15:11When we first met, it was absolutely fine, because United were winning everything.
15:16It's not so good now.
15:17Not so good now.
15:18It's called Roll Reversals.
15:19Yes.
15:20You get used to it.
15:21Oh, wow.
15:22So the wheel turns.
15:23It creates bants at the end of the day.
15:25Yeah.
15:26David, listen, you're on 29.
15:2781 or less gets you into the next round.
15:29So what are all these hills on this board?
15:32Erm...
15:33I've never actually read the book, but it sounds very interesting.
15:36It's the erotic novel.
15:37I think it's Fanny Hill.
15:38Fanny Hill, says David V.
15:41You get a red line.
15:42It's way up here.
15:44Let's see if Fanny Hill is right.
15:46Will that get you into the next round?
15:48It is Fanny Hill.
15:50It does get you into the next round.
15:54And down it goes to 21.
15:56Taking your total up to a lovely neat 50.
15:58Now, look, surprisingly to many, but not to us,
16:03it was banned, OK?
16:05Because it had some very graphic details
16:08of certain body parts in the book.
16:11Thank you very much indeed.
16:13Now then, Kimia, welcome back.
16:15It is your last show, isn't it?
16:16Yes.
16:17Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Kimia.
16:19So I've got very many strange hobbies
16:22that have nothing to do with each other.
16:24I've had my poetry published a few times.
16:27I've tried to learn up to 20 languages, dead and alive.
16:31I mean, just stop me there.
16:32You speak five fluently.
16:33Oh, yeah.
16:34And the other 15 I've dabbled in.
16:37You dabble.
16:38Yeah.
16:39I mean, what's the most exotic of those languages?
16:41The most exotic would be Sanskrit, which is not a living language.
16:47Yes.
16:48But through the pandemic, I went through a sort of midlife crisis
16:52where I thought I have to learn Sanskrit, Ancient Greek and Latin.
16:56So I did.
16:57Wow.
16:58There we are.
16:59Good for you.
17:00Now, five is your score.
17:01It doesn't matter what you score here,
17:02you're through to the next round, come what may.
17:03Would you like to talk us through the board and fill in the blanks?
17:06The only two I know with confidence are Harry Hill and Notting Hill.
17:13I think they're both quite popular.
17:16I'm going to have to go Harry Hill.
17:18Harry Hill.
17:19Says Kimia, you don't get a red line for the lovely reason
17:21you are already through to round two.
17:23How many of our 100 said Harry Hill?
17:28Harry Hill is right.
17:30Goes down to 57.
17:31Takes your total up to 62.
17:33Lovely.
17:34I would like to know, Kimia, do you speak Pidgin language?
17:37I don't know.
17:38You don't speak...
17:39You can't...
17:40Do you know Pidgin?
17:41I do know Pidgin, yeah.
17:42But this guy...
17:43I can't speak...
17:44Have a girl, have a girl, have a girl, you've a girl.
17:46Have a girl, you...
17:47Have a girl.
17:48Have a girl.
17:49Have a girl.
17:50Have a girl.
17:51Have a girl.
17:52Have a girl.
17:53Have a girl.
17:54You've a girl.
17:55You've a girl.
17:56You've a girl.
17:57It means, how are you?
17:58Oh, I see, there we go.
17:59Yeah?
18:00Yeah.
18:01It's a language I learnt when...
18:02I don't even know if it's a language when I was at school
18:03when I should have been listening, but I wasn't listening to the teacher.
18:05Me and my friends were talking about it.
18:06Yeah.
18:07It's a beautiful language.
18:08Sounds lovely.
18:09Absolutely lovely.
18:10Now then, shall we...
18:11Now, how are you with the rest of these?
18:12The US Congress, the District of Washington.
18:15It was in a lot of newspapers some years ago.
18:18Oh, hang on, I know what it is.
18:19Sorry.
18:20No, this is easy.
18:21Capitol Hill.
18:22Yes, that's right.
18:2325 points, Capitol Hill.
18:24Sorry, sorry.
18:25Got it.
18:26The next one...
18:27I mean...
18:29Olivia Hill.
18:31Close.
18:32Octavia.
18:33There we are.
18:34Marvellous.
18:35Four.
18:36And that was four.
18:37Notting Hill.
18:38Yeah, Notting Hill, where the carnivals are.
18:40And that was 61 points.
18:42And the meeting place is...
18:47Tinwold.
18:48Tinwold.
18:49Tinwold Hill.
18:50And that was actually the lowest...
18:51At one point.
18:52Tinwold Hill.
18:53Mm, good one.
18:54Not bad.
18:55Not bad.
18:56Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
18:57That brings us to the end of our first round.
18:58It means, though, we have to say goodbye to our first pair,
19:00Tia and David.
19:01We have to say goodbye to you.
19:02I mean, maybe this was a bit UK-centric, Tia.
19:04Very much so.
19:05It was a bit.
19:06I'm sorry.
19:07Better luck next time.
19:08We'll see you next time and look forward to it.
19:09Thank you so much, Tia and David.
19:11For the remaining three pairs, though, it's now time for round two.
19:19Very, very well done, everybody.
19:21We did phenomenally well on those hills, I don't mind telling you.
19:24Alex, better than anyone else, our lowest individual scorer.
19:27And David and Diane, superb.
19:29You're our lowest combined scorers.
19:31So, good work from the Manchester team there.
19:33I'm not going to say which one.
19:34Best of luck to all three pairs.
19:37Our category for round two today is...
19:42Indoor sports.
19:43Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
19:45who's going to go second?
19:46And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
19:52OK, let's find out what the question is.
19:54Here it comes.
19:55We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
20:00World Snooker Championship finalists as they could, Judy.
20:03We are looking for anyone who has played in the final
20:07of the World Snooker Championship from 1977,
20:11the first time it was held at the Crucible up to the 2024 final.
20:16Thank you very much.
20:18Indeed.
20:19Now, Alex.
20:20Snooker finalists at the World Championships.
20:24Um...
20:26I'm going to go for...
20:28Peter Ebden.
20:30Peter Ebden, says Alex.
20:32Shall we see how many of our 100?
20:34Peter Ebden.
20:38Absolutely right.
20:42And down it goes.
20:44Oh, down to one, Alex.
20:45This is superb.
20:46Very well done indeed.
20:48Peter Ebden.
20:49He won the tournament in 2002 and also came runner-up twice.
20:55Very passionate man he is.
20:57He's a vegan and is passionate about veganism so much
21:02that he will shout vegan power after a winning match.
21:06I mean, that is dedication.
21:08Isn't it?
21:09Proper.
21:10Isn't it? Proper.
21:11Mm-hm.
21:12Thank you very much indeed.
21:13Now, Diane.
21:15What are you thinking?
21:16I'm thinking...
21:18No, I'm thinking.
21:19I know one that may be a bit risky.
21:23I'm not sure.
21:24So, please don't divorce me.
21:27I shan't.
21:29Joe Johnson.
21:30Joe Johnson, says Diane.
21:32Shall we see if that's right?
21:33Shall we see how many people said it?
21:34Joe Johnson.
21:38Oh, Diane.
21:42Oh.
21:43Well, one is the only score we have at the moment.
21:45And Joe Johnson's three.
21:46Very well done indeed.
21:47Diane is superb.
21:49Well, Joe Johnson, he definitely beat the odds.
21:51When he won in 1986, the odds of him winning were 150 to one.
21:57So, it was a huge shock when he actually won.
22:00Thank you very much indeed.
22:02Now then, Clive.
22:03So, snooker finalists.
22:07What are we going to go for?
22:09I've got a few.
22:11Sean Murphy.
22:12Sean Murphy, says Clive.
22:14Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Sean Murphy?
22:21Sean Murphy is right.
22:22Oh, down to two.
22:23Look at that.
22:24Filling in the blank in between our other scores.
22:25Very well done.
22:26Two for Sean Murphy.
22:27Amazing.
22:28Sean Murphy was nicknamed the magician.
22:29He won the tournament in 2005 and came runner-up three times.
22:31Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
22:32Well, we're halfway through the round.
22:33Let's have a look at those scores.
22:34One, the best score of the past, Alex.
22:35Very well done indeed to you.
22:36Alex and Kimmy are looking very strong.
22:37I mean, there's not much in it.
22:38I'll be perfectly frank.
22:39We travel from there to two where we find Clive and Ruth
22:40and from there to three where we find Diane and David V.
22:43I'm going to drop the V, David.
22:44I think we know each other well enough now.
22:45That's clear.
22:46David, you are our high scorers.
22:47I mean, you know, it's cheese pairing but you are still our high scorers.
22:52So, let's have a lovely low score from you.
22:53Thank you very much.
22:54Good luck with that.
22:55We are going to come back in the middle of the round.
22:56I'm going to take a look at that.
22:57So, we've got a good score from you.
22:58Thank you very much.
22:59Good luck with that, we're going to come back in the middle of the round.
23:01And then I'm going to take a look at that.
23:02You know, it's cheese pairing, but you still are high scorers.
23:05So, let's have a lovely low score from you.
23:07Thank you very much. Good luck with that.
23:08We're going to come back down the line now.
23:09Will the second players please step up to the podium?
23:15So, Ruth, we're looking for any finalists
23:17at the World Snooker Championships since 1977.
23:22Definitely not my subject,
23:24but I'm going to go for a local boy, Mark Williams.
23:29Mark Williams, says Ruth.
23:30You're getting a very keen nod from David and Diane.
23:33You sort of have a notional red line,
23:37but it's on the point of pointless.
23:39Let's see how many people said Mark Williams.
23:45Mark Williams is right.
23:52Down he goes to five.
23:53Not fast, taking your total up to seven.
23:56Well, Mark Williams, he was a runner-up in 1999.
23:59Then he won the tournament in 2000 and 2003 and 2018.
24:05Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
24:08Now, David.
24:09David, you're on three.
24:11You need to score three or less to get into the head-to-head.
24:14So, snooker finalists, that's what we're after.
24:17I've got a couple.
24:20I want to go for Nigel Bond.
24:22Nigel Bond, says David.
24:24Here is your red line.
24:26Can we get you below that red line with Nigel Bond?
24:32Nigel Bond is right.
24:34Oh, down to one.
24:40Very well done indeed, David.
24:41Taking your total up to four.
24:43You are in the head-to-head.
24:44Well, he was a runner-up in 1995,
24:47but because of, you know, the iconic surname,
24:50his nickname was 00147.
24:53Yay.
24:54Love it.
24:54That's great.
24:55What would your nickname be?
24:56It's just the double A, I think.
24:57The battery.
24:58The battery.
24:59Oh, right.
25:00So, you've got a lot of energy.
25:02A lot of power.
25:03Oh, okay.
25:03Yes.
25:04You took it there.
25:05What would my nickname be?
25:07Grrrr.
25:08Oh, right.
25:10Seven R's.
25:11Get my fat out.
25:12I like that.
25:12There we go.
25:13No.
25:14Yeah, there we go.
25:18Now then, Kimia, you're on one.
25:21We need a score of five or less from you.
25:23Do you watch a lot of snooker?
25:24Not at all.
25:25I couldn't tell you the first thing about snooker, unfortunately.
25:30Ruth and Clive's pulses have just gone up very, very slightly.
25:33So, I'm very sorry to have to just guess a name.
25:39Paul Davis.
25:41Paul Davis.
25:42Paul Davis.
25:43You get a red line.
25:45Shall we see if Paul Davis is right?
25:49No.
25:50I'm sorry, Kimia.
25:51I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points,
25:54takes your total up to 101.
25:55Sorry.
25:56We only have five pointless answers,
25:58so let's have a look at them.
26:00Barry Hawkins, Doug Mountjoy, and Jack Jones.
26:05And two more.
26:07Luca Brissell, who won in 2023,
26:10and Perry Mons, runner-up in 1978.
26:14Thank you very much indeed.
26:15That brings us to the end of our second round.
26:17It means we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.
26:19Oh, Kimia and Alex, I'm so sorry.
26:21I'm afraid it is you with your high score of 101 we have to send back.
26:24And this is where we say a proper goodbye.
26:26It's been lovely having you on the show.
26:27Thank you so much for playing.
26:28You have been brilliant.
26:30I'm sorry we're not sending you home with a trophy,
26:31but thank you, Kimia and Alex.
26:33For our two remaining pairs, though,
26:34it's now time for the head-to-head.
26:42David and Diane, Clive and Ruth, very well done indeed.
26:45You are now one step closer to the final
26:47and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:48which currently stands at £2,250.
26:52However, before we play the head-to-head,
26:54we now have a chance to throw some more money into that jackpot
26:57by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
26:59So, just for fun, you understand,
27:01we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
27:06..characters in Dante's Inferno as they could, Judy.
27:10This is my favourite part of the game.
27:12You'll see six options.
27:14Two are scoring, two are pointless,
27:15and two are not characters in Dante's Inferno.
27:19£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
27:24Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
27:25So, can you find the pointless characters from Dante's Inferno
27:28from these six potentials?
27:30I give you...
27:41No.
27:42I'm just glad it's not one of the actual questions.
27:43Does anybody know anything at this stage?
27:46Absolutely not for me.
27:48No-one's spotting any red herrings?
27:49Yeah, we've got to look at the red herrings, haven't we, I suppose.
27:51I know.
27:52Nimrod might be a red herring.
27:53Right, well, we'll do all say that, then.
27:55What are you going to go for, David and Diane?
27:57Would you want to nominate one?
27:58Viantha?
27:59Viantha?
27:59No.
28:00You're going to go for Viantha?
28:01I don't get much of a choice.
28:02You didn't get a choice there at all.
28:04Shall we see if Viantha is a pointless character from The Inferno?
28:08No.
28:12Bad luck.
28:13Why did you listen to me?
28:15Now, Clive and Ruth, would you like to nominate your one?
28:20Well, for us, it's a guess as well.
28:22And we're looking at Hannan.
28:26Hannan?
28:27OK, shall we see if Hannan is a pointless character from The Inferno?
28:33No.
28:34No.
28:36Do I spotted that one?
28:37Oh, no.
28:37Did you?
28:38That's Neil Hannan, is the lead singer of the Divine Comedy.
28:41That's right, Xander.
28:43Viantha, who was a red herring, that was from Dan Brown's Inferno,
28:47a very different book.
28:48A very different book.
28:49Could you get any of these?
28:50No, I knew that.
28:51Let's say Tice and Ulysses.
28:57Tice was a pointless answer.
29:00And Ulysses does appear in The Inferno and was a pointless answer.
29:05Yay!
29:06Nimrod at the top scored one.
29:10And Beatrice scored 13.
29:13Thank you very much indeed.
29:15Well, bad luck.
29:15We didn't find any pointless answers.
29:17But we have learnt a lot about Dante's Inferno.
29:20Let's play the head-to-head.
29:21APPLAUSE
29:22Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
29:29and you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
29:31Best of luck to both pairs.
29:32Here is our first question.
29:33And it is all about...
29:34We are going to show you pictures from five films which all feature dinosaurs.
29:43We have also included their initials and the years of their release.
29:47Please give us the answer you think scores the least.
29:51Thank you very much indeed.
29:52Can you identify these dinosaur films?
29:55And I give you...
29:56A. T.G.D. 2015
30:01B. TL. T.T.T.F. 1974
30:08There we are.
30:34Now, David and Diane, you get to go first.
30:38All right.
30:39Yeah.
30:41We know a few.
30:43We know the obvious ones, unfortunately.
30:45We're going to go for A, yeah?
30:47Yeah, go on.
30:47We're going to go for A, the good dinosaur.
30:49The good dinosaur, say David and Diane for A.
30:52Now, Clive and Ruth, can you talk us through that board?
30:55Ooh.
30:56The obvious one.
30:58Jurassic Park.
31:00Night at the museum.
31:02Which probably won't beat A, so we may have to take a chance on one of those.
31:08So, we're going to go with E and the valley of giants.
31:13E, the valley of giants.
31:15So, we have the good dinosaur and we have the valley of giants.
31:19David and Diane went for A, the good dinosaur.
31:22Should we see if that's right?
31:23Should we see how many people said it?
31:27The good dinosaur is right.
31:32That goes down to 30.
31:34Not bad.
31:36Meanwhile, Clive and Ruth are taking a punt on E and saying the valley of giants.
31:40I mean, if this is right, that would be fantastic.
31:44It just has to be right.
31:45Let's find out.
31:46Is it the valley of giants?
31:47If it's...
31:48No, bad luck.
31:51I have to take a chance.
31:52I have to take a chance.
31:52Not the valley of giants.
31:54That means, well done, David and Diane.
31:56After one question, you are up 1-0.
31:59They had to take the risk because it's a very hard one.
32:02It actually was the valley of Granji.
32:04It was a pointless answer.
32:06Yeah, it would have been a great one.
32:07It would have been.
32:08Oh, you got the valley of.
32:10Yeah.
32:11B, I know what that is.
32:13Do you know this one?
32:13So, it was the land that time forgot.
32:15Yes.
32:17And that was one of the low ones.
32:18That scored four.
32:21C, as we've covered.
32:23Jurassic Park.
32:24Jurassic Park.
32:24Then that scored 84.
32:27And D, night at the museum.
32:29Definitely.
32:29And that scored 59 points.
32:32There we are.
32:33Thank you very much indeed.
32:34OK, here is our second question.
32:35Clive and Ruth, you've got to win this one to stay in the game.
32:37Good luck.
32:38Our second question is all about...
32:42..astronomical terms that come from classical languages.
32:46Mm.
32:46We're going to show you five definitions of terms from astronomy,
32:51along with a brief explanation of where the word comes from.
32:55We'll also give you every other letter in each term.
32:58Low scores wins the point.
33:00Thank you, Judy.
33:02OK, let's reveal our five astronomical questions,
33:05and here they come.
33:08An object orbiting the sun that appears with a long tail
33:12from the Greek for long-haired, C-M-T.
33:15A body which orbits a larger one from the Latin for attendant
33:19or bodyguard, S-T-L-I-E.
33:22A system containing billions of stars held together by gravity
33:27from the Greek for milk, G-L-X.
33:31A luminous circle observed around the sun during total eclipses
33:35from the Latin for crown, C-R-N.
33:39And one of the eight major celestial objects that orbit the sun
33:43from the Greek for wanderer, P-A-E.
33:48There we are.
33:50Now, then, Clive and Ruth will go first.
33:55OK.
33:56I know them all but one.
34:00And we're thinking which the second one?
34:04Yeah.
34:04We'll go for the second one, which we think is satellite.
34:09You're going to go for satellite.
34:11Now, then, David and Diane, can you talk us through that board?
34:14How will I go?
34:15I think the top one's comet.
34:17Next one down that we agree with satellite.
34:20The one after that is galaxy.
34:22The bottom one is planet.
34:25What we think we're going to go for is corona.
34:27OK, you're going to go for corona.
34:29So, we have satellite and corona.
34:32Clive and Ruth went for satellite.
34:35Let's see how many of our 100 said satellite.
34:37Down to 45.
34:48Meanwhile, David and Diane are going to go for corona, for the luminous circle.
34:52Should we see if that's right?
34:53Should we see how many people said corona?
34:55Very well done indeed.
35:02Look at that.
35:03Down to 28.
35:04And that means, after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
35:10Vegan power.
35:11You ran us through the board really well there.
35:18We had comet at the top.
35:20We did, which was 53 points.
35:22And then, the next one, you're right, was galaxy, which was 67 points.
35:27And last but not least, you're right, planet, which was 34 points.
35:31There we are.
35:32Thank you very much indeed.
35:34Well, that brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
35:35The pair we have to say goodbye to.
35:37Oh, Clive and Ruth, I'm so sorry.
35:39This is where we say goodbye.
35:39It's been lovely having you on the show.
35:40Thank you so much for playing.
35:41I do.
35:42And you've been brilliant.
35:43I'm sorry you're not going home with a trophy.
35:45Clive and Ruth.
35:46For David and Diane, though, it's now time for the pointless final.
35:54Huge congratulations, David and Diane.
35:56You have fought off all the competition.
35:58And you have won our coveted pointless trophy.
36:06Well, just for fun, you now have a chance
36:09to win our pointless jackpot.
36:11And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,250.
36:17What would you like to see come up in this last round?
36:20What would be the ideal category?
36:23I'd like to think of a variety of knowledge,
36:24but mainly probably sports, natural sciences.
36:28Maybe a bit of music, a bit of geography.
36:31Okay.
36:31But in general.
36:31Music for me.
36:32Geography, definitely not for me.
36:34But music, probably for me.
36:36Literature, perhaps.
36:38Let's hope something lovely comes up on the board today.
36:40There'll be four choices, as ever.
36:41And today's four are...
36:43Capitals of Culture, TV series starring Jason Bateman,
36:49Glastonbury, and books for very young children.
36:53What do we think?
36:55Capitals of Culture?
36:56No, I don't think so.
36:57Glastonbury?
36:58No, I don't know.
36:58I only know a couple of Jason Bateman,
37:00and that's Ozark, and I won't know the characters from that.
37:02Ozark, yeah.
37:03Yeah, so.
37:05Glastonbury could be a big open-the-box
37:06in respect to who's a headline,
37:08certain stages and stuff like that, I suppose.
37:11And books for very young children.
37:12We had a young child once, but not so much anymore.
37:14If they were from 27 years ago, we'd be all right.
37:17What do you want to go for?
37:17Oh, I don't mind.
37:18Go on, you choose.
37:19Yeah, go on.
37:20Glastonbury.
37:20Okay, Glastonbury it is.
37:22Okay.
37:23We are looking for the name of any act
37:25that has headlined the pyramid stage
37:28at Glastonbury Festival since 2000,
37:30up to and including 2024.
37:35Or, we're looking for any name, stage or area
37:39other than the pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival
37:42as listed on the 2024 line-up page.
37:47Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
37:49Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
37:51to come up with three answers.
37:52All you need to win that jackpot
37:54is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
37:56Are you ready?
37:57Yeah.
37:57No.
37:58Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:01There they are.
38:02Your time starts now.
38:03Right, it'll have to be headliners, won't it?
38:05Travis.
38:05Travis?
38:06Well, I think.
38:06Yeah, they've been on there, yeah.
38:08Travis.
38:09What about that rapper who was there a couple of years ago?
38:11What's he called?
38:12Who's the one who's there?
38:13No, no, no, no, no.
38:14I don't know.
38:15What's his name now?
38:18Did Kylie do the...
38:19She'll be...
38:20I don't think she...
38:21I think she did something with the Sister Sisters.
38:23They headlined as well, didn't they?
38:24Did they?
38:24On the day...
38:25They were there, though, weren't they?
38:27I don't know.
38:27What about, um...
38:29Oh, no, they didn't headline.
38:30I like the Jonas, wasn't they?
38:31Van Morrison.
38:32Van Morrison, is it?
38:33Van Morrison, yeah.
38:33Van Morrison, and who else?
38:34Off since 2000, I'm not sure about 2000.
38:36Van Morrison, and who else?
38:38Um...
38:38Travis.
38:39Travis.
38:40Um...
38:41I think Big Bans.
38:46What do I think?
38:47Oh, come on.
38:48Tie those three, then.
38:49Tie those three, yeah, yeah.
38:50Yeah, OK.
38:51OK, you happy?
38:53We're going to stop the clock.
38:54Yeah, yeah.
38:54You've got three good answers.
38:55Let's hear those answers.
38:57So...
38:57And for which category?
38:58Oh, sorry, it's all the top.
38:59Yeah, they're all the headliners.
39:01Travis.
39:02Travis.
39:03Coldplay.
39:05Coldplay.
39:05And you said, provided it's...
39:07Is it before...
39:08Well, Van Morrison.
39:10Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:13Travis.
39:13Travis.
39:13Travis will put last.
39:15Least likely to be pointless.
39:16Van Morrison.
39:17Van Morrison.
39:17And then Coldplay goes in the middle.
39:19OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
39:21and here they are.
39:22We have...
39:23Van Morrison, Coldplay, and Travis.
39:28Well, three excellent answers there.
39:31£2,250 is up for grabs if one of these turns out to be pointless.
39:35What would you like to do if you won that money?
39:38Well, we were going to go on holiday last year to Lake Garden,
39:43the area around Italy, then the north of Italy,
39:47Verona, and go to Venice and stuff like that.
39:49But...
39:50No, we had to cancel, because unfortunately I was poorly, got cancer,
39:54so we had to postpone.
39:56And so that's what we want to try and do, because I'm all clear now.
40:00Hooray.
40:02Hooray.
40:02Oh, that'd be wonderful to go on the holiday you didn't have that stole from you last year.
40:06Yeah.
40:07Having said that, though, we probably won't end up doing that,
40:09because our son's just about to buy his own flat, so it'll probably go to us there.
40:13No, he can find some money elsewhere.
40:15You've got to celebrate these things.
40:16It's very, very important.
40:17Well, very, very best of luck.
40:19It would be so lovely, so lovely, if we could reinstate that holiday
40:24and maybe, I don't know, maybe chip something in towards the new house purchase.
40:29Van Morrison was your first answer.
40:30In all three cases, we're looking for pyramid stage headliners.
40:34Might Van Morrison be pointless for £2,250?
40:39Nope.
40:40Not Van Morrison.
40:41So we turn our attention to Coldplay, exactly the same criteria.
40:45For £2,250, might Coldplay be pointless?
40:50Coldplay's right.
40:52It just has to go all the way down to zero.
40:55It was quite recent, though.
40:57Maybe people have forgotten about...
40:58Oh, no, 32 people remembered Coldplay.
41:01So not a pointless answer.
41:03Everything is now riding on Travis, which I think you said quite early in the minute.
41:08Yeah.
41:08Travis.
41:09We'll see.
41:09Let's see if Travis is right.
41:11Let's see if Travis is pointless for £2,250.
41:16Well, Van Morrison was wrong.
41:19Coldplay was very right.
41:2032 people got that.
41:22Travis takes us down through the 20s, through the teens.
41:25We're in single figures with Travis still going down with Travis still going...
41:28You've done it!
41:28Look at that!
41:29Very well done indeed.
41:30Huge congratulations.
41:32Travis is a pointless answer and has just won you £2,250.
41:37Thank you, Van.
41:38Thank you, Van.
41:39Absolutely amazing.
41:41Van Morrison last headlined in 1980s.
41:45You also mentioned Stormzy.
41:46He has headlined Glastonbury, but he would have scored two.
41:51The Scissor Sisters has never headlined Glastonbury.
41:54Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers.
41:56Oh, Cleve.
41:57Starting with the Pyramid stage.
41:59Headliners since 2000.
42:01David Barry.
42:02Oh, they're so pointless.
42:03Kendrick Lamar.
42:03Kendrick Lamar.
42:05Scissor.
42:06The Cure.
42:08And I'll give you a few more pointless answers.
42:10Arcade Fire.
42:12Blur.
42:13Blur.
42:13Guns N' Roses.
42:15The White Stripes.
42:16Oh.
42:17And The Who.
42:18They were all pointless.
42:19Oh.
42:20And moving on to the stages and the areas of Glastonbury 2024,
42:24here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.
42:27Avalon stage.
42:29Left Field.
42:30West Holt stage.
42:32And Woodseeds.
42:33The only scoring answers were other stage,
42:37acoustic stage and the park stage.
42:40Everything else was pointless.
42:42Well done at home with your tea and biscuits
42:43if you've got a pointless answer.
42:45Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
42:47And thanks once again to our winning players,
42:49David and Diane,
42:50who take away today's jackpot of £2,250.
42:54Thank you very much.
42:54Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
42:57to the test on pointless.
42:58Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Judy.
43:00Bye.
43:01And it's goodbye from me.
43:02Goodbye.
43:09Thank you very much.
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