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00:00MUSIC
00:23Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:27the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:36And couple number one.
00:37Hi, I'm Tony, this is my wife Steph and we're from Clitheroe in Lancashire.
00:41Couple number two.
00:42I'm Deb, this is my husband Tony and we're from Petersfield in Hampshire.
00:46Couple number three.
00:47Hi, I'm Amir, this is my friend Sylvester and we're from South London.
00:51And finally, couple number four.
00:53I'm Georgia and this is my dad Jack and we're from Epsom.
00:56And these are today's contestants.
00:59Thank you very much, all of you.
01:00A very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:01It's wonderful to have you here.
01:02That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:04A TV host who broke six bones while presenting Blue Peter.
01:08That's what happens when you cross Connie Huck.
01:10It is my pointless friend.
01:11It is Geth and jokes.
01:13Yeah.
01:15I actually think Connie was there for most of them, watching me.
01:18Each of those bones.
01:19Yeah, I think she was.
01:20Well, welcome back.
01:21Really enjoying it.
01:22Some big wins as well.
01:23It's been great, isn't it?
01:24We've had some great wins, yes.
01:26There we are.
01:27Spoiler there.
01:28Because Hugh and Jane won the jackpot last time.
01:30We are giving it away a lot.
01:32So that could be going to any pair standing in front of me right now.
01:35So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
01:37Yes, I needed to mention that.
01:38There it is, £1,000.
01:39Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
01:41APPLAUSE
01:47Now, at the end of each round, we will eliminate the pair with the highest score.
01:50So if you don't wish to be that pair, simply keep your scores low.
01:53It's as easy as that.
01:54Best of luck to everybody.
01:56Our first category today is...
02:00Italian desserts.
02:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:03who's going to go second?
02:04Here we go second.
02:05And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:11OK, and the question concerns...
02:13Ice cream flavours in Italian. Gethin.
02:18On each pass, you'll see seven ice cream flavours
02:21that have been translated, literally, into Italian.
02:25We want you to translate them back into English.
02:28You'll see the initials of the English names.
02:30I think you're going to enjoy doing this round, Alexander.
02:33In many ways, yes.
02:34We are, of course, looking for the names of these ice cream flavours.
02:36There we are.
02:37Can you identify these ice cream flavours?
02:39Here is our first board of seven flavours.
02:41Tony, welcome back to Pointless.
03:03Good to have you with us again.
03:04Let's hear a bit more about you, Tony.
03:06In 2001, I had the great privilege of working
03:10at Wimbledon Tennis for the summer.
03:12Did you? What were you doing?
03:13I was on the ground staff.
03:15Wow!
03:16And you were just there for the tournament?
03:17Yes.
03:18So how long before the tournament do you...?
03:19We were there in April and I finished in September.
03:21Right, OK.
03:22So there was a lot of work to be done in preparation.
03:24Yeah, absolutely.
03:25So what were you particularly in charge of?
03:26I was mowing cards six and seven.
03:29Wow.
03:30And how often do you have to do that?
03:31Every day.
03:32Every day.
03:33I suppose you have to, yes.
03:35It has to be regulation length.
03:36Sure.
03:37Wonderful.
03:38Now, Tony, ice cream time.
03:39Oh, it's not a good board.
03:41I'll go for the fourth one down.
03:43I think it's rum and raisin.
03:44Rum and raisin, says Tony.
03:46Shall we see how many of our 100 said rum and raisin?
03:51Rum and raisin is right.
03:56Down to go to 44.
03:57Not bad.
03:58Not bad at all.
03:59Very good, yes.
04:00Rum and raisin ice cream has origins in Sicily
04:03where they soaked raisins in local rum.
04:06Also, the Sicilians also had another recipe
04:08where sweet local wine was used instead.
04:11Sounds delicious, doesn't it?
04:12Mmm.
04:13I really like the idea of them steeping the raisins in rum.
04:15I didn't realise it was so involved.
04:17I thought it was just a bit of rum and a bit of raisin.
04:20A lot of people think that you have rum in your cup of tea.
04:22Well, because I tell them, proudly.
04:26Thank you very much.
04:27Now, Tony, welcome to Pointless.
04:29It's terrific to have you here.
04:30I very much like your shirt.
04:32I'm just trying to see...
04:33Thank you. Is it feathers?
04:34It's feathers.
04:35It's beautiful.
04:36Yeah.
04:37Very nice indeed.
04:38Anyway, Tony, tell us all about yourself.
04:39I'm now retired.
04:40Prior to that, I was bar steward
04:43at our local golf club for 20 years.
04:45Very nice.
04:47Doing 60 to 70 hours a week.
04:49Crikey.
04:50Finding you up.
04:51Yeah, but that's a really important thing.
04:52It's an exhausting business, I should think.
04:54It is.
04:55Oh, I bet they miss you.
04:56Now, Tony, what are you going to go for?
04:57What can I serve up for?
04:59I'm going for the third one down, Neapolitan.
05:02Neapolitan for Torone.
05:04Shall we see how many of our 100 said Neapolitan?
05:09Oh, no!
05:10Oh, no!
05:11You said that with such assurance.
05:12I did.
05:13I thought, gosh, he's clever.
05:14Not Neapolitan.
05:15I'm sorry, it scores you 100 points, Tony.
05:17That's completely sideswiped.
05:19Yeah, yeah, same actually, yeah.
05:21Unlucky with that one.
05:22We'll clear it up at the end, as always.
05:24I better start thinking about what that might be.
05:26Sylvester, welcome to Pointless.
05:27It's lovely to have you here.
05:28How's it going?
05:29Do you know it's going well?
05:30It's going well.
05:31I'm particularly enjoying the ice creams.
05:32I mean, I know we're not actually having ice creams,
05:34but it's just cheered me up a bit.
05:37Sylvester, tell us all about yourself.
05:39I'm Sylvester.
05:40I'm from South London.
05:41I work as a software engineer for a car manufacturer.
05:44So, what's the software precisely look after that you're in charge of?
05:47So, yeah.
05:48So, I help design systems to help the dealers sell cars.
05:51I see.
05:52So, you ever go into a dealer and he's trying to give you a good deal.
05:55Yeah.
05:56That's because of you.
05:57You come up with the algorithm.
05:58Now, Sylvester, what are you going to go for on our board here?
06:01I'm going to go for the second one from the bottom.
06:05I'm going to go Hazelnut.
06:06For Nocciola.
06:07Nocciola.
06:08Hazelnut, says Sylvester.
06:10Should we see how many of our 100 said Hazelnut?
06:14Hazelnut's right.
06:15100 is our high score.
06:1644 is our low score.
06:17And you've whizzed past them both, Sylvester.
06:20Look at that down to 12.
06:21Very well done indeed.
06:22Hazelnut, Nocciola.
06:24You also chose my favourite too.
06:26Yeah.
06:27It's the best nut.
06:28You agree?
06:29I think it is, yes.
06:30I don't think there's many nuts to come close to it.
06:33No.
06:34Come close to it.
06:35No.
06:36Absolutely right.
06:37Extraordinary.
06:38Georgia, welcome back.
06:39Hi.
06:40Great to have you here. Show two.
06:41Georgia, tell us more about yourself.
06:42Well, on the topic of Italian desserts and food,
06:44I've been getting a bit more into cooking
06:46now that I'm not with my parents who can cook dinner for me.
06:49Yeah, so this is quite advanced.
06:52You're actually making pudding.
06:54Well, not at the moment, but I want to get there.
06:56Yeah.
06:57Making cakes, maybe even an Italian ice cream.
06:59What?
07:00Oh, maybe.
07:01Well, as we're talking about them, would you like to talk us through the board?
07:04So, the first one, I think, is cookies and cream.
07:07The second one, strawberry.
07:08No idea about the third.
07:11Café being coffee and limone being lemon.
07:15But I think I will go for fragola strawberry.
07:18Fragola strawberry.
07:19Shall we see if that's right?
07:20How many of our 100 said strawberry?
07:23Strawberry is absolutely right.
07:26Well, 12 is our lowest score.
07:2834 is what you end up with strawberry.
07:30What a strawberry.
07:31Georgia, you went through that board really, really well, actually.
07:35But you could have gone for cookies and cream, which would have got you a score of 13.
07:42Now, we've got to get to the root of Torone.
07:44Is it nougat?
07:47It is nougat.
07:48Well done.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Six points for that.
07:51You said coffee.
07:52You would be right with that.
07:54Georgia, that would have got 70 points on the board.
07:57And limone, of course, is lemon.
08:00Probably thought that was obvious.
08:01So, 67, you're right to go for the other one.
08:04Well done.
08:05Thank you very much indeed.
08:06We're halfway through the round.
08:07Let's have a look at those scores.
08:08I can tell you 12.
08:09Sylvester, very much the best score of the past.
08:10Well done, you.
08:11We travel from there to 34.
08:12Where we find Georgia and Jack from there to 44.
08:14Tony O and Steph.
08:16And then up to 100, Tony W and Deb.
08:19Now, don't be put off.
08:20You did exactly the right thing.
08:21We applaud risk-taking.
08:22It was a sort of calculated risk.
08:24Because, you know, you named an ice cream.
08:26It just wasn't what Torone was.
08:28It was, that's the only thing.
08:29Anyway, so don't be put off taking risks.
08:31Deb, good luck on the next pass.
08:32We're going to come back down the line now.
08:33Will the second players please step up to the podium?
08:39OK, let's put seven more ice cream flavours
08:41that have been translated into Italian back on the board.
08:44Here we go.
08:47Vanilla, V.
08:49Coco, C.
08:51Strada Rochiosa, RR.
08:54Chocolato, C.
08:57P.
08:58Pistacchio, P.
09:00Caramello Salato, S.
09:02C.
09:03And Lampone, R.
09:05There we are.
09:06Jack, welcome back.
09:09Good to have you with us again.
09:10Tell us a bit more about yourself, Jack.
09:12In my spare time, I'm a keen amateur poker player.
09:15Are you now?
09:16Indeed, yes.
09:17Very good.
09:18I was on holiday, entered a tournament in Las Vegas last year
09:21and won all of $300, which I felt quite chuffed about.
09:24So how far did you get before the end to win $300?
09:27Fourth place.
09:28Fourth place?
09:29Yes.
09:30So what did the winner walk away with?
09:31They walked away with about, I think it was 650.
09:34OK, so a nice low stakes Vegas game.
09:37Yes.
09:38But nice to feel that you've come through a tournament and you're on the last table.
09:41Yeah.
09:42Very exciting indeed.
09:43Now, Jack, you're on 34.
09:4565 or less gets you into round two.
09:48There's several I know that are fairly obvious and high scoring.
09:53I'm going to go for the bottom one, Lampone, which I believe to be Raspberry.
09:58Raspberry.
09:59So Lampone, Raspberry, says Jack.
10:01Here's your red line.
10:02Let's see if we can get you below that red line with Raspberry.
10:06Raspberry, absolutely on the money.
10:09Gets you into round two.
10:10Very well done indeed, Jack.
10:12And down it goes to 12.
10:14Yes, you are co-low scorer there with that.
10:18With Sylvester there, taking your total up to 46.
10:21Full of fibre in your ice cream, but also the tiny beads on a raspberry are known as druplets,
10:26each contained in its own sea.
10:28The average raspberry contains around 100 druplets.
10:31I mean, these are things we just simply don't think about as we pop one of those in the mouth.
10:36Anyway, thank you.
10:38Amir, welcome.
10:39Good to have you here.
10:41Tell us all about yourself, Amir.
10:42So I work, similar to Sylvester, I work in cars.
10:45I work at a company called Formula E, which is essentially a...
10:49The electric.
10:50Electric Formula One.
10:51Formula One.
10:52This is exciting.
10:53So with Formula E, do the cars have sort of simulated noise or do you just watch it without the thrill of...
10:59No, it's not quiet at all.
11:01Like, the thrill, the fast cars are really good.
11:04I mean, it's zero to 60 faster than an F1 car.
11:07It's very fast.
11:08Yeah, it's very fast.
11:09It's the...ness of it.
11:10Yeah.
11:11Anyway, there we are.
11:12I'm probably wrong.
11:13Amir, you're on 12.
11:1487 or less, round two.
11:16We are looking for the English names for these ice cream flavours.
11:20I'm just going to go for a quite obvious one because Sylvester did so well.
11:25Let's go with Caramello Salato for salted caramel.
11:28Salted caramel.
11:29Salted caramel, says Amir.
11:30Here is your red line.
11:31Lovely and high.
11:32Shall we see what happens to that red line when we say salted caramel?
11:37Through you go.
11:39Look at that, Amir.
11:40Brilliant.
11:41Down to 41, taking your total up to 53.
11:44Very well done.
11:45Imagine being the person who invented salted caramel.
11:49That would be quite cool.
11:50His name was French chef Henri Leroux.
11:53In the 1980s, he combined caramel with salted butter
11:56that was famed for its high quality in his home of Brittany.
12:00I think it would be a lot of people pleased that he did put the two together.
12:03Yes.
12:04I'd imagine most people...
12:05Yeah.
12:06No?
12:07No.
12:08I think caramel on its own is great.
12:09Why add the salt?
12:10Amir raises a valid point.
12:12I'm with Amir.
12:13I'm with Amir.
12:14OK.
12:15Now, right, thank you very much indeed.
12:16Now, Deb, I'm afraid you are still our high scorers.
12:18But enough of that.
12:19Look at the beautiful symphony of colour between you, Deb and Tony.
12:23Absolutely marvellous.
12:25Will you introduce yourself to us?
12:26Tell us all about yourself.
12:27Yes.
12:28My name's Deborah.
12:29I decided to become Deb when I got old,
12:32because I thought Deborah sounded too much like an elderly aunt.
12:35And Debbie has other connotations, so we'll forget that.
12:38So, if you don't even drop Deb, you have to go for Deb.
12:41Just stick with Deb.
12:42Yes.
12:43Exactly.
12:44What a brilliant thing with retirement.
12:45Drop the aura.
12:46Yes.
12:47Now, Deb, you're on 100.
12:48We need a low score from you.
12:49Yes.
12:50So, I'm going to go for broke completely.
12:52And I'm going to say Strada, Rocchiosa, Raspberry Ripple, which could be awful.
12:57Raspberry Ripple.
12:58OK.
12:59Listen, it fits.
13:00It fits.
13:01The question is, is it right?
13:02But you're forced into this position by your high scores.
13:05So, listen, I applaud risk-taking.
13:07Is it Raspberry Ripple?
13:11No.
13:12I'm afraid it's not Raspberry Ripple.
13:15That scores you 100 points.
13:16It takes your total up to 200.
13:17I did it.
13:18But that's very sweet of you, to join Tony up there.
13:20Yeah, unfortunately, it's not the right answer.
13:23Mm.
13:24There we are.
13:25Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
13:26Now then, Steph, welcome back.
13:27Hi. Thank you.
13:28Great to have you with us again.
13:29Thank you very much.
13:30What do you think about yourself, Steph?
13:31So, I like to plan events and parties and things like that.
13:34And I used to work at a company where we planned an event
13:37and filmed, like, videos and things.
13:38And we got a special guest in, Steve Davis,
13:40and they were filming a session on snooker
13:42and how you can use it to maths.
13:44And I was like, oh, ready for that?
13:45And then somebody didn't turn up, so they pulled me into the video.
13:48So, it's on YouTube.
13:49It's not great to watch.
13:50I don't bother.
13:51So, were you his opponent?
13:52Yeah, I played alongside him and about five others.
13:55I didn't disgrace myself, but I wasn't the best, clearly.
13:58Oh, well.
13:59Yeah, posterity.
14:00Yeah, absolutely.
14:01Wonderful thing.
14:02Now, listen, Steph, you're through to the next round.
14:04It does not matter what you score.
14:05Good.
14:06So, 44 is what you're on.
14:07Do you want to talk us through the board and then pick one of the answers?
14:10Yeah.
14:11I think the top one's vanilla.
14:12Then chocolate.
14:14The fourth one, I'm not 100% sure.
14:16I was going to say caramel, but I don't know where that goes.
14:18And then pistachio.
14:19But I'm going to risk the third one and go Rocky Road.
14:22Rocky Road.
14:23Strada.
14:24Oh, that's funny.
14:25Rockios.
14:26Shall we see if Rocky Road is right?
14:28There's no red line for you as you walk through anyway.
14:31It is Rocky Road.
14:35It is Rocky Road.
14:36And it's a good answer as well.
14:38Down it goes to three.
14:39Oh, that's Steph.
14:40It's an excellent answer, taking your total up to 47.
14:42It is a brilliant answer, isn't it?
14:44Indeed.
14:45Gethan, I have to ask you.
14:46We have cocco and we have chocolato.
14:49Yes.
14:50I mean, they can't both mean the same thing.
14:52I would have done exactly the same as what Steph has done there.
14:54I would have said, choco, you'd have gone chocolate.
14:57But actually, it was a really good score of nine if you said coconut.
15:01Ah.
15:02Vanilla, you were absolutely right.
15:0446 at the top.
15:06Just start saying the Italian names again, Alexander,
15:08because I'm sorry, I was really enjoying it before.
15:10Go on.
15:11Chocolato.
15:12Chocolato is 40.
15:13Score 40 for chocolate and...
15:14Yes, and this one, I don't know if anyone would be able to work this one out,
15:17but it's pistacchio is what it is.
15:19I don't know how...
15:2138 people couldn't guess pistachio.
15:25Pistachio, 62.
15:27Thank you very much indeed.
15:28Gethan, that brings us to the end of our first round.
15:30It means we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.
15:32And Deb and Tony, I'm sorry you've only just arrived from Hampshire
15:34and we're standing you down.
15:36We will see you next time, though.
15:37We're looking forward to that already.
15:38Tony and Deb, thank you very much for playing.
15:40For the remaining three pairs, though, now it's time for round two.
15:49Very well done, everybody.
15:51We have emerged into the sunlit uplands of round two.
15:54Fabulous.
15:55And Steph, not just emerged, but emerged with great credit.
15:58You were our lowest individual scorer there.
16:00Lovely.
16:01Low score for Rocky Road.
16:02Well done with that.
16:03And Georgia and Jack, you were our lowest combined scorers,
16:05so good work on that far podium as well.
16:07And Amir and Sylvester, just brilliant work generally.
16:09Great to have you with us.
16:10Our category for round two today is...
16:15Short song titles.
16:16Can you all decide in your pairs?
16:17Who's going to go first?
16:18Who's going to go second?
16:19And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
16:26OK, and the question concerns...
16:34In a moment, Xander is going to show you a board
16:36of five successful chart groups that span the decades.
16:40We are looking for any UK top 40 single by or featuring
16:45any one of those acts that has three or fewer words in its title.
16:49This is according to officialchart.com.
16:52Thank you very much indeed.
16:54So, as Gethin mentioned, I'm going to put up a list of these chart acts
16:58and we just need a UK top 40 single with three words or fewer in its title.
17:03Here we go.
17:04We have Boney M, Madness, Oasis, Destiny's Child, Little Mix.
17:15Tony.
17:18I'm struggling on this one.
17:22I'll go with I O U by Destiny's Child.
17:26I O U says Tony.
17:28Should we see if that's right?
17:32Oh.
17:34Sorry, Tony.
17:35Nope, I'm afraid not.
17:36That scores you 100 points.
17:37Sorry, Tony.
17:38He's thinking he owes Steph one now after that, isn't he?
17:41Yeah.
17:43That may not be the last 100 of the round though, Tony.
17:45Take heart from that, maybe.
17:46Amir.
17:47Yeah, it's not a really good board for me, but I'll go for the young people
17:53around, Little Mix, Black Magic.
17:55Black Magic, says Amir.
17:57Shall we see how many of our 100 said Black Magic?
18:01Black Magic is right.
18:07Down it goes to 17.
18:08Very well done, Amir.
18:09Good answer.
18:10Number one in 2015 for three weeks.
18:13Well played.
18:14Thank you very much, Gethin.
18:15Now, Georgia.
18:16So, yes, we're looking for any UK Top 40 single by one of these bands
18:20with a short title.
18:23I am also going to go with the young people and pick Little Mix again
18:26and go with Hair.
18:28Hair, says Georgia.
18:29How many of our 100 said Hair?
18:34Hair's right.
18:35100 are high score.
18:3717 are low.
18:40Look at that.
18:41Down to four.
18:42Four.
18:44Brilliant work, Georgia.
18:45The young people's clearly where the low scores hang out.
18:47I think you're right, yeah.
18:48A Little Mix song that got to number 11 in 2016.
18:52And the song features Sean Paul.
18:55Thank you very much indeed.
18:56Well, we're halfway through the round already, I know.
18:58Let's have a look at those scores.
18:59Four.
19:00The best score of the past.
19:01Very well done indeed, Georgia.
19:02George and Jack looking very strong on the back of it.
19:0417 is where we find Amir and Sylvester.
19:07And then up to 100 where we find Tony and Steph.
19:10So a little bit ahead.
19:11Steph, get thinking of an ace answer and maybe that will be enough to save your bacon.
19:16Good luck.
19:17We're going to come back down the line now.
19:18Will the second players please step up to the podium?
19:24Now then, Jack.
19:25We are looking for any UK Top 40 by any of these acts or featuring any of these acts.
19:31But no more than three words in the title of the single.
19:34Well, I think we've had too much of the young stuff.
19:36Oh, no, that's quite right.
19:37So I'm going to go with some of the older stuff.
19:38Good.
19:39I'm going to go with Madness and My Girl.
19:41My Girl says Jack.
19:43My Girl.
19:44Remember that?
19:45Here is your red line.
19:46It's right up there.
19:48What happens when we say My Girl?
19:51My Girl is absolutely right.
19:58Oh, very well done indeed.
19:59Four for My Girl.
20:01Exactly the same score as Georgia had.
20:03Taking your total up to eight.
20:05Actually got to number three in the charts in 1980.
20:07Written by keyboard player Mike Barson.
20:09After a phone call he'd had with his girlfriend.
20:13Thank you very much indeed.
20:14Now, Sylvester.
20:16Yeah.
20:18You're on 17, by the way.
20:1982 or less gets you into the next round.
20:22So can you think of any short songs by these bands?
20:25I'm going to go for Destiny's Child, Survivor.
20:29Survivor.
20:30Shall we see where your red line is on the column?
20:34It is right there.
20:35Can we get you below that with Survivor?
20:37Survivor.
20:40Survivor's right.
20:41And you are through, Sylvester.
20:42Look at that.
20:43Very well done.
20:45With room to spare.
20:46Down it goes to 20.
20:47Take your total up to 37.
20:49You're probably saying, I'm a survivor.
20:51But I'm thinking, I am a survivor.
20:52Could have been forward and then you've been out.
20:54Anyway, I'm glad I'm not in your head.
20:56You got the right answer.
20:57Well done.
20:58Survivor by Destiny's Child reached number one in 2001.
21:02There we are.
21:03Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
21:04Now then, Steph.
21:05I'm afraid you are our high scorers on 100 points,
21:08even before your brilliant answer.
21:10And I know you've got a brilliant answer.
21:12I don't know about that.
21:13What can you give me?
21:14I was going to say, some might say.
21:16Some might say.
21:17Some might say.
21:18Some might say.
21:19You don't get a red line, I'm afraid,
21:20because you are the high scorers.
21:21But what happens when we say, some might say?
21:23Some might say.
21:25It's right.
21:31It's a really good answer.
21:33It's one of those, Steph.
21:34Look at that.
21:35It's been an innings of extremes, you might say.
21:38That is a pointless answer and it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
21:42takes the total up to £1,250, scores you nothing,
21:46leaves your total at 100 and leaves a lovely warm sensation
21:50with everybody else you leave on the show.
21:52Thank you, Steph.
21:53Brilliant.
21:54It was their first number one single.
21:56Yeah.
21:57Yeah.
21:58Brilliant answer.
21:59You're so generous.
22:00I think I've got a pointless answer.
22:02Cardiac Arrest by Madness.
22:05Pointless.
22:06Yeah.
22:07Good.
22:08Well done.
22:09A round of applause.
22:10Nice.
22:11Pointless answers for Boney M.
22:13Belfast, Painter Man and Sonny for Madness.
22:19Cardiac Arrest, you're right.
22:20Shut Up.
22:21Uncle Sam.
22:23And then for Oasis, as we heard from Steph, some might say,
22:28The Hindu Times and whatever.
22:31And for Destiny's Child, you could have had Emotion,
22:34Jumping, Jumping and Lose My Breath.
22:38And some fans of Little Mix with us today.
22:41A few more pointless answers.
22:43Breakup Song, Cannonball and Confetti.
22:48Well done.
22:49And well done if you've got some of those at home too.
22:51Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
22:52That brings us to the end of the second round.
22:53Means we have to say goodbye to Steph and Tony with our high score of 100.
22:56Lovely to have you with us.
22:58Thank you very much.
22:59We will see you again next time for your third show.
23:01Yeah.
23:02Fingers crossed.
23:03Fingers crossed indeed.
23:04Looking forward to that.
23:05Thanks so much for playing Steph and Tony.
23:07But for our two remaining pairs, now time for the head-to-head.
23:08Congratulations, Georgia and Jack, Amir and Sylvester.
23:18You're now one step closer to the final.
23:20And a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.
23:27But before we play the head-to-head, we now have an exciting chance
23:30to throw some more money into that jackpot
23:32by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
23:34So just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
23:39Famous internet memes as they could, Gethin.
23:43You're going to see six options.
23:45Four are common names for famous internet memes.
23:49Two are scoring answers, two are pointless answers,
23:52two are wrong answers.
23:54£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
23:58Thank you very much indeed.
23:59So can you find the two pointless internet memes from these?
24:03This Is Fine, Kombucha Girl, Lola Nibbled My Toe, The Selfish Gene,
24:12Distracted Boyfriend and How Do You Do Fellow Kids?
24:17Does anybody know anything?
24:19Yes.
24:20Well, this is fine, the dog, right?
24:21This is fine.
24:22Wait, can I know which two are the red herrings?
24:24Lola Nibbled My Toe and The Selfish Gene and not...
24:26Lola bit my finger, wasn't it?
24:27No, Charlie bit my finger.
24:28Charlie bit my finger.
24:29I don't know which would be pointless.
24:32Distracted Boyfriend has to be one of the scores.
24:35Yeah, everyone knows.
24:36Does everyone know this is fine?
24:38That dog in the...
24:39Yeah, the dog in the fire.
24:40Fiery house.
24:41Oh, it sounds like you've narrowed it down to our two pointless answers,
24:44then.
24:45So, Kombucha Girl?
24:46Yeah.
24:47Yeah, go for it.
24:48Yeah, we'll go for Kombucha Girl.
24:49So, Kombucha Girl, is that a pointless meme?
24:52It's a meme.
24:54It's a meme.
25:02Oh!
25:03It's a pointless meme.
25:04Very well done indeed.
25:05So, Amir and Sylvester, sounds like you've narrowed it down to the only other one.
25:09How do you do, fellow kids?
25:11How do you do, fellow kids?
25:12Is that a pointless meme?
25:16It's right.
25:17Oh, look at that.
25:18Well done indeed.
25:19That, I can say, is the first time since we introduced this bonus round,
25:31that anybody has actually used a process of elimination to narrow it down.
25:36Actually, actual science went into that.
25:38Well, not science, but you know what I mean.
25:40Really impressive.
25:41Teamwork makes the dream work there, doesn't it?
25:44Yeah, the two you got.
25:45Kombucha Girl.
25:46It's the girl scrunching her face up and then looking really impressed at the end.
25:50And then the other pointless answer, again, how do you do, fellow kids?
25:54That's one with the middle-aged Steve Buscemi.
25:57With the skateboard.
25:58Yeah, that's right.
25:59Holding the skateboard.
26:00He's actually still from the TV series 30 Rock.
26:03Well played.
26:04And then you spotted the red herrings as well, didn't you?
26:07So, the two red herrings are Lola nibbled my toe.
26:10There is the famous Charlie bit my finger video, but there is no Lola nibbled my toe.
26:17And the selfish Jean, a red herring also.
26:21That's the book in which Professor Richard Dawkins originally coined the word meme.
26:25And then the two scoring answers at the top there.
26:27This is fine.
26:28That's the one with a cartoon dog trying to assure himself that everything is fine.
26:31It's by sitting in a room that is engulfed in flames.
26:34You'd have got one point for that and also five points for distracted boyfriend.
26:39That's the one with a man looking backwards towards another woman.
26:42Well worked out.
26:43Thank you very much indeed, Gethin, and very well done.
26:46You managed to find both pointless answers, which means you've added £500 to today's jackpot.
26:50So, it now stands at £1,750.
26:53But who will be playing for it?
26:55Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.
27:02Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,
27:04and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
27:07So, you can play as a pair.
27:09Best of luck to both pairs.
27:10Here is our first question, and it's all about...
27:12TV couch potatoes, Gethin.
27:16We're going to show you pictures from five TV sitcoms
27:19where some or all of the characters are sitting on couches.
27:24You'll all see the initials of each show's title.
27:27We're looking for the sitcoms, please.
27:29Thank you very much indeed.
27:30So, let's reveal our five TV couch potatoes.
27:34Here they are.
27:35A, G.
27:40B, FND.
27:46C, EHC.
27:52D, V.
27:58And E, TRF.
28:05There we are.
28:06Now, Georgia and Jack will go first.
28:10We think we know four of them,
28:12so it's trying to gauge which we think might be the lowest scoring.
28:16And we're going to go for C, Everybody Hates Chris.
28:19Everybody Hates Chris, say Georgia and Jack.
28:22Now then, Amir and Sylvester,
28:24can you talk us through the rest of that board?
28:26Sure.
28:27Go on.
28:28So, I think B is Friday night dinner.
28:31E, The Royal Family?
28:33I think of E, yeah.
28:34No.
28:35You think so?
28:36Yeah.
28:37All right.
28:38Okay, which one do you want to go for?
28:39Let's go with The Royal Family.
28:40Okay, you're going to go for E, The Royal Family.
28:42So, we have Everybody Hates Chris and The Royal Family.
28:44Georgia and Jack went for C, Everybody Hates Chris.
28:48Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
28:52Everybody Hates Chris is right.
28:58And down it goes to ten.
29:00This is a great score.
29:02Amir and Sylvester, meanwhile, have gone for E and are saying The Royal Family.
29:07Should we see how many of our 100 said The Royal Family?
29:11The Royal Family, absolutely right.
29:1553 for The Royal Family.
29:17Very well done indeed.
29:18Georgia and Jack, after one question, you are up 1-0.
29:21Yeah.
29:22The Royal Family had to be in there, really, doesn't it?
29:23And Sylvester probably had the better answer there.
29:26If you'd have gone for Friday Night Dinner, which was B, you would have got 27 points.
29:31Still not enough to win.
29:33But if you'd gone for D, Vicious, then you would have scored 4, which leaves just A to conclude, which was?
29:43Ghosts.
29:44Ghosts, which would have scored 24.
29:46Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
29:49Now, here comes your second question.
29:51Amir and Sylvester, you get to answer this one first, but you've got to win it to stay in the game.
29:54So, good luck.
29:55Our second question is all about Welsh names for UK cities.
30:02Gethin.
30:03Yes.
30:04I'm hoping I'll do it right in this round, if I'm honest.
30:07Yes.
30:08I might need you, perhaps, to read these out for us.
30:10I doubt it very much.
30:11So, we're going to show you the Welsh language names for cities elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
30:17We're looking for the English names of these cities.
30:20Thank you very much indeed.
30:22So, let's reveal our five Welsh names for UK cities.
30:26And we have...
30:28Gethin, I am going to ask you, actually, to do this, because you're going to do it beautifully.
30:31From top to bottom, then.
30:33Yes, please.
30:34Mancanion, Caeredin, Briste, Henford and Aberplum.
30:43Beautifully done.
30:44Thank you very much indeed.
30:46So, what do we think, Amir and Sylvester?
30:50OK, we are going to go for Aberplum and go for Plymouth.
30:58Plymouth.
30:59Aberplum.
31:02Ooh.
31:03Nice.
31:04Plymouth, say Amir and Sylvester.
31:07Now then.
31:08Georgia and Jack, can you talk us through that board?
31:12Oh.
31:13We think the first one would be Manchester and the third one, Bristol.
31:18No idea on the second.
31:19And I think Dad's got the fourth, he says.
31:22I'm going to say, hopefully, Hereford.
31:24Hereford.
31:25Hereford.
31:26So, we have Plymouth and we have Hereford.
31:28Amir and Sylvester went for Plymouth for Aberplum.
31:31Let's see if that is right.
31:32Let's see how many of our 100 said Plymouth.
31:34That was so cleverly worked out.
31:37Really, really brilliant.
31:3913 for Plymouth.
31:40Meanwhile, Georgia and Jack have gone for Hereford for Henforth.
31:46Let's see if that's right.
31:47Let's see how many of our 100 said Hereford.
31:51Hereford is right.
31:52Hereford is right.
31:5347 for Hereford.
31:54Very well done indeed.
31:55Amir and Sylvester back in the game after two questions.
31:56It's one all.
31:57Aberplum is genius, boys.
31:58Obviously, you would have known the top one, Georgiou.
31:59You're studying at Prevost Goal Mancanion at the moment is Manchester.
32:04That would have scored 71.
32:06Careddin?
32:07Edinburgh.
32:08Yes.
32:09Edinburgh would have scored seven.
32:10A really, really good score.
32:11And Briste, as was mentioned, is Bristol.
32:12Would have scored 76.
32:13Yeah.
32:14Aberplum on the Rivermouth.
32:15Well worked out.
32:16Yeah, superb.
32:17Thank you very much indeed.
32:18Thank you very much indeed.
32:19You're all in the game after two questions.
32:20You're all in the game after two questions.
32:21You're all in the game after two questions, it's one all.
32:23Aberplum is genius, boys.
32:24Obviously, you would have known the top one, Georgiou.
32:26You're studying at Prevost Goal Mancanion at the moment is Manchester.
32:29That would have scored 71.
32:31Caraddin?
32:33Edinburgh.
32:34Yeah, superb. Thank you very much indeed.
32:36Right, here comes your third question.
32:37Whoever wins this decider goes through to the final
32:39and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.
32:41Our third question is all about...
32:47We're going to show you the names of five bones
32:49that are found in the human skull.
32:52However, we've removed alternate letters.
32:56Please fill in the gaps and give us these bones of the human skull.
32:59Thank you very much indeed. So, let's reveal the five bones.
33:02Here they come.
33:04We have M-X-L-A, Z-G-M-T-C, N-S-L, M-N-I-L and V-M-R.
33:17There we are. Georgia and Jack will go first.
33:21Um, that might become too sure.
33:23Um... If you know of anything, cos I don't know, I can't.
33:26No.
33:27We are absolutely stumped on this one,
33:30but we're going to go with the third, Nasal.
33:33Nasal, say Georgia and Jack. Nasal.
33:37Now then, Amir and Sylvester, can you talk us through the board?
33:40No. We only knew the third one as well.
33:43Do you want to have a guess at any of those others?
33:46You got anything?
33:47For the fourth one, we're going to go...
33:52Mandela.
33:54Mandela.
33:56So, we have Nasal and we have Mandela.
33:59Georgia and Jack went Nasal.
34:01Should we see how many of our 100 people said Nasal?
34:07Nasal's right.
34:08Nasal goes down to 48.
34:14Meanwhile, Amir and Sylvester have gone for Mandela.
34:19Should we see if Mandela is right?
34:24No, not Mandela, which means very well done indeed.
34:27Georgia and Jack, after three questions, you are through to the final.
34:302-1.
34:31Yeah.
34:32You kind of almost worked it out with Mandela,
34:34cos you're somewhere between the two.
34:36Mandible.
34:37Yes.
34:38That would have scored 19 and got you through.
34:40And that's your lower jaw.
34:42There.
34:45Or the top answer.
34:46Maxilla, that's kind of here.
34:50And that would have scored 23.
34:52I like the sound of the second one.
34:54Which is?
34:55I don't know. Zygomatic?
34:57Sounds fun.
34:58Zygomatic would have scored five,
35:00and that's kind of near your cheekbones here.
35:03And then there is a pointless answer,
35:05and that's the final one,
35:06which is...
35:07I mean, put your vowels in.
35:08I mean...
35:09I think it's that bit.
35:11Is it that bit?
35:12Voma.
35:13Voma.
35:14There we are.
35:15A pointless answer.
35:16Brilliant.
35:17Thank you very much indeed.
35:18That means the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round.
35:21Amir and Sylvester.
35:22I mean, I'm still in awe of your brilliance with Aber Plum.
35:27That was just superb.
35:28I'm looking forward to seeing you next time.
35:29Cheers.
35:30You're going to continue to be brilliant.
35:31Thanks so much for playing Amir and Sylvester.
35:33But for Georgia and Jack, it's now time for the Pointless final.
35:41Huge congratulations, Georgia and Jack.
35:43You have fought off all the competition,
35:44and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
35:53You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
35:55And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,750.
36:00I mean, all we need from you is a pointless answer,
36:03and you can take that jackpot home.
36:05What would you like to see come up?
36:07That's the question.
36:09There's bits and pieces we like between sort of music,
36:11movies, literature.
36:13I like some sports, et cetera.
36:15I do not like some sports, et cetera.
36:18I guess we just have to put our heads together,
36:19because we usually fill in the gaps.
36:21We probably don't want history, I think.
36:23That's one thing we... That's good.
36:24Well, as long as you're happy to let the other person take over,
36:26if that's necessary.
36:28Yeah, very good luck.
36:29Four things for you to choose from, as ever, and they are...
36:44What do we think?
36:45I think we can discount the bottom two.
36:47I would, too.
36:48You wouldn't know European Premier League footballers.
36:50No, I wouldn't know books,
36:51because you've read books for me when I was young, a while back.
36:56OK, we'll go for books for very young children, please.
36:58Books for very young children, it is.
37:00We are looking for the title of any individual
37:03that's not my touchy-feely book series written by Fiona Watt,
37:07as listed on the Usborne website as of August 2024.
37:13Each title consists of
37:16That's Not My, followed by the name of typically an animal, object, person, or mythical creature.
37:23Or, we're looking for the title of any of the children's books by David McKee,
37:28featuring Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
37:32That's as listed on elmer.co.uk.
37:35Best of luck, gang.
37:36Best of luck, gang.
37:37Thank you very much indeed.
37:38So, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
37:41All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
37:44Are you ready?
37:45Yes.
37:46Let us put 60 seconds up on the clock.
37:49There they are.
37:50Your time starts now.
37:52Um, Tharium reindeer.
37:53We can discount the Elmer books, because I didn't read them to you.
37:56Oh, no.
37:57Well, yeah, but we can just...
37:58That's not my...
37:59What I used to do...
38:00Yeah, That's Not My Dolly.
38:01You said Reindeer.
38:02There's Dolly definitely one.
38:03Yeah, I used to read to you all the time.
38:04Okay, Dolly.
38:05Didn't we have Reindeer?
38:06I think I've seen Fairy.
38:07Fairy, that's Fairy as well.
38:08There's also, like, pet ones.
38:10There's That's Not My Dog.
38:11Dog cat.
38:12And all these things.
38:13Which things do we think?
38:14I think Dolly's a strong one, because it's a bit like...
38:16Reindeer, I think it's probably good as well.
38:18Reindeer.
38:19If we cannot think something better than Fairy,
38:21but what kind of things do we think would...
38:23Um...
38:24I imagine Dragon would be on there with that.
38:26Funny enough, I thought of that,
38:27but I don't remember ever reading it to you.
38:29But it occurred to me as well.
38:31Shall we go Dragon?
38:32Oh, that would be more risk, because I...
38:34Fairy or Dragon?
38:35Just Fairy.
38:36I think we'd be more confident on Fairy.
38:38Yeah, I'm trying to think of anything else I might have seen,
38:39because, you know, when you're, like, at a friend's house with kids...
38:41Ten seconds left.
38:42Yeah.
38:43Um...
38:44Anything else would be a guess or obvious,
38:46like, you know, That's Not My Cat.
38:48Yeah, exactly.
38:49Which I'm not sure it would be against.
38:50OK, I think we've got them then.
38:51Yeah.
38:52OK, that's your time up.
38:53Let's have your three answers.
38:55I think we're definitely going Dolly and Reindeer.
38:58Yeah.
38:59These are for the top categories.
39:00I'm only for the top category.
39:01All for the top category.
39:02All three for the top category.
39:03That's Not My Cat.
39:04So Dolly, Reindeer...
39:05Fairy.
39:06And we're going to go Fairy.
39:07Of those three, which do you think is your best shot
39:09at a pointless answer?
39:10Dolly.
39:11Dolly we'll put last.
39:12Least likely to be pointless...
39:13Fairy.
39:14Fairy and Reindeer in the middle.
39:15OK, well, let's put those three answers up on the board in that order.
39:18And here they are.
39:20We have That's Not My Fairy.
39:22That's Not My Reindeer.
39:23That's Not My Dolly.
39:25Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
39:27you will be leaving here with £1,750.
39:30What would you like to spend that on, Georgia?
39:33Well, I think one of the main things we know is that we share money,
39:36so probably a nice dinner, also with the mum as well.
39:40For me personally, though, a couple of new items for the wardrobe
39:43is never a bad thing.
39:45Very nice. Jack?
39:46Georgia, earlier this year, missed out on a family sort of heritage chore
39:51back to Nigeria.
39:52So I think maybe trying to get her back to Nigeria at some point
39:55to experience family and friends over there,
39:57which is not done yet.
39:58Brilliant. Well, good luck.
40:00It would be just perfect if one of these answers brings that home for you.
40:03Um, That's Not My Fairy is your first answer in all three cases
40:06we're looking for.
40:07The more obscure That's Not My book for preschool children.
40:10Let's see how many of our 100 said That's Not My Fairy.
40:13Might it be pointless?
40:16Well, it's right.
40:18It just has to be pointless.
40:19And if it is, £1,750 is yours.
40:23We go down with That's Not My Fairy,
40:25down through into single figures, still going down,
40:27still going down with That's Not My Fairy to three.
40:31OK, so not pointless, but very close.
40:35Have you ordered these correctly?
40:37That's the question.
40:38That's Not My Reindeer is your next answer.
40:40Exactly the same criteria.
40:41Shall we see if that is pointless?
40:45That's Not My Reindeer is right.
40:46So That's Not My Fairy took us out to three.
40:49That's Not My Reindeer could be pointless.
40:52£1,750 on it if it is.
40:55Down we go.
40:56Still going down through the single passing three to one.
41:02OK, well, so far you have ordered these exquisitely.
41:06We've gone down from three to one.
41:07Please, can we continue in that vein?
41:09Because That's Not My Dolly is a brilliant answer.
41:11It would be so lovely to send you home with that jackpot.
41:13£1,750.
41:15Might Dolly be pointless?
41:20Well, third correct answer.
41:23Fairy took us to three.
41:25Reindeer took us to one.
41:27Dolly now.
41:28You put it last because you thought it was your best shot.
41:30Down we go. Through the single figures.
41:31Still passing three.
41:32He's done it very well.
41:33He's done it very well.
41:34Huge congratulations.
41:35Surely it was a pointless answer.
41:37You have won today's jackpot of £1,750.
41:41Brilliant.
41:42That was such good drama, wasn't it?
41:44Yeah, great order.
41:45It was so cute watching you work it all out as well.
41:47Bringing back memories, I'm sure.
41:49There are other pointless answers in there.
41:51That's Not My Sequence.
41:54That's Not My Christmas Tree would have been one.
41:56That's Not My Dragon.
41:58Pointless answer.
41:59That's Not My Goat.
42:00Goat comes up a lot on pointless.
42:02Oh, you'll find it does, yes.
42:04And That's Not My Tractor is in there as well.
42:07Loads of pointless answers.
42:08That's Not My Badger,
42:10Bee,
42:11Hamster,
42:12Sloth,
42:13Zebra,
42:14Rocket,
42:15Fire Engine
42:16and Christmas Fairy.
42:17You talked about the fairy, didn't you?
42:19There's loads more there.
42:21You didn't want to go anywhere near the Elmer books,
42:23but if you had, there's some pointless answers here.
42:26You could have had Elmer again, Elmer and the Hippos,
42:30Elmer and Wilbur, Elmer in the Snow,
42:33and some scoring answers would have been Elmer and the Lost Teddy,
42:37Elmer's Christmas, Elmer on Silts, Elmer's Birthday, Elmer's Friends,
42:42and Elmer's Weather, but no Elmer's Goat.
42:47Thank you very much indeed, Gethin,
42:49and thanks once again to our winning players, Georgia and Jack,
42:52who take away today's jackpot of £1,750.
42:55Brilliant.
42:56Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
43:00to the test on Pointless.
43:01Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Gethin.
43:03Goodbye.
43:04And it's goodbye from me.
43:05Goodbye.
43:06APPLAUSE
43:26I'll see you next time.
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