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00:02MUSIC
00:15APPLAUSE
00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
00:24and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:26the game where we are always aiming for the lowest score.
00:29Let's meet today's players.
00:34And couple number one. My name is Tony, this is my wife Deborah,
00:38and we come from Petersfield in Hampshire.
00:40Couple number two. I'm Steph, this is my husband Tony,
00:43and we're from Clitheroe in Lancashire.
00:44Couple number three. Hi, my name's Anne Nguyen,
00:47and this is my husband Richard, and we're from Penry-Daderife
00:50in North Wales. And finally, couple number four.
00:53Hi, my name's Amir, this is my friend Sylvester,
00:55and we're from South London.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
01:00Thank you very much indeed, all of you.
01:02A very warm welcome to Pointless. It's lovely to have you all here.
01:04There's just one more person left for me to introduce.
01:06A famous Welshman here to make sure things don't drag on.
01:10Drag on. Probably the worst gag I've ever made.
01:12It is my Pointless friend. It is Gethin Jones.
01:16I feel like you've been building up to that one.
01:19Building down, I think.
01:21Yes. The Welsh Dragon's here.
01:23I'm very pleased to be here as well.
01:25And marvellous it is to have you here.
01:27I was just asking you off-camera before,
01:28whether or not you've done any male voice choiring.
01:30Well, it's because, just before you come on here,
01:33I don't know if people know this, you have a little bit of a sing-song.
01:36We hear that bass baritone voice that you have to...
01:38I know. To warm up the voice?
01:40Do you know, weirdly, it's just when I'm back to do something,
01:42I just do vocal warm-ups from when I used to sing.
01:44Mmm! And they're quite weird.
01:46No! Like that. I wander around going...
01:48Mmm! Mmm!
01:50Mmm!
01:51It's lovely. Yes.
01:52I'm not quite in your range, but I do enjoy a sing-song.
01:54You're a tenner, I'm guessing, aren't you?
01:56You're brought up with it in Wales, aren't you?
01:57Well, of course you are.
01:59Tenner can't quite hit the high notes any more.
02:01That's a shame. That's a shame.
02:03You're hitting all the high notes on pointless.
02:06Let me tell you that, Gethin.
02:07That's as bad as the dragon joke.
02:09Yes, thank you very much.
02:09Now, Georgia and Jack got through to the final last time,
02:12and like everybody going through to the finals now,
02:15they won the jackpot.
02:16So today's jackpot starts off back...
02:18That was just undisguised...
02:19I mean, sometimes people pretend at least
02:23to feel some sort of warmth towards the previous winners.
02:26Anyway, yeah, I'm with you.
02:28So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
02:31Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:39Do remember, it's always the pair with the highest score
02:42at the end of each round that gets eliminated,
02:43so keep your scores as low as you dare.
02:45Best of luck to everybody.
02:46Our first category today is...
02:50..travel on TV.
02:52Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:54who's going to go second?
02:55And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
03:01And the question concerns...
03:05..celebrities who have presented travel shows. Gethin.
03:09We are going to show you a board of 16 famous people
03:12who have travelled around the UK or overseas
03:16making television documentaries.
03:18We've given you their initials too.
03:19We are after the names of these people.
03:22Thank you very much indeed.
03:24So, yes, we are going to show you an image.
03:26We're not going to be changing it halfway through.
03:27Those 16 faces will remain for the whole round,
03:29so good luck, Tony W, who's going to be going last.
03:32I hope there's someone up there you can still recognise
03:33by the time we get to the end.
03:34And, yes, you merely have to name the one you think
03:37is the most obscure.
03:38Here are those 16 faces.
04:04M-O.
04:06And a W.
04:09What a lovely bunch.
04:12Look at that.
04:14OK.
04:15Deb, welcome back to Pointless.
04:17Yes, thank you.
04:18Lovely to have you with us again.
04:19Tell us more about yourself, Deb.
04:21A couple of years ago, I decided I should get fitter.
04:25Yes.
04:25Yes, no, just get fit, I think.
04:27I'll put it that way.
04:29So I joined an over-50s boot camp thing.
04:31It sounds worse than it was, but it was pretty hard going
04:34and I broke my leg.
04:36There was an activity where, although it was for over-50s,
04:40most people were significantly younger than me
04:42and the chaps were much stronger and I just got bowled into it
04:45and I went flying and broke my femur.
04:47You broke your femur?
04:48I bet that's quite serious, isn't it?
04:50And have you been back?
04:51No.
04:52No.
04:52OK, now, Deb, what about all these travel presenters?
04:56Yes.
04:57Gosh, an awful lot of them, aren't there?
04:58There's one I was looking for, isn't there?
05:00But I'm going to go for Alan Wicker.
05:02The brilliant, the original Alan Wicker.
05:05Let's see how many of our 100 said Alan Wicker.
05:09Alan Wicker, absolutely right.
05:14And down it goes to 19.
05:16It's a great start to the show.
05:1719.
05:18Wicker's World.
05:20It was on for a while, from 1959.
05:22And before his travelling adventures,
05:24he, of course, was a war correspondent, was Alan Wicker.
05:27It's why he was so, I mean, he was so terribly debonair, Alan Wicker.
05:31There was something about him that was just terribly appealing.
05:34Very easy to watch.
05:34Stylish, yeah.
05:35Stylish, yes.
05:35Thank you very much indeed.
05:36Steph.
05:37Hi.
05:37Welcome back to Pointless.
05:38I have a horrible feeling this is your last show.
05:40It is, but they say a third time's a charm.
05:42They do.
05:43Let's hope it is.
05:44Let's make it a charm, Steph.
05:46Start the charm off by telling us a bit more about yourself, Steph.
05:48Well, as I've been getting older, I've been a bit more fearful of things.
05:52So, a couple of years ago, I decided, right, OK, I'm going to face them head on.
05:55So, one of my things is heights.
05:57Yes.
05:58So, I decided to do the zip wire in Wales, which I think is the quickest in the world
06:03and the longest in Europe, and faced my fear, and I did it.
06:07Did you just have to look up or close your eyes?
06:09I closed my eyes at the beginning, and then as soon as I got, like, a couple of seconds in,
06:13I opened them, and I really enjoyed it.
06:14And you was going again, again, again.
06:16Yeah.
06:16And then I did the one in Vegas after that, so I faced my fears, and...
06:20You've now become friends with your fears.
06:21Yes.
06:22Try your best.
06:23Now, Steph, who are you going to go for on our board?
06:27This isn't the best board for me, if I'm being honest, but I'm going to go for Zac Efron.
06:32Zac Efron, says Steph.
06:33Should we see how many of our 100 said Zac Efron?
06:37Zac Efron is right.
06:39Well, 19 is the only score we have at the moment, and Zac Efron scores you 43.
06:44I want to work out why he went for Zac Efron there, Steph.
06:47I can't imagine for one second why he went for that Hollywood movie star.
06:51He had a travel show called Down to Earth with Zac Efron,
06:55looking at sustainable ways of living around the world.
06:57I think he films it with his brother.
06:59Thank you very much indeed.
07:00Now, Anwen, welcome to Pointless.
07:03It's great to have you here, from North Wales.
07:04Nice to meet you, Anwen. Nice to be here.
07:07Well, tell us all about yourself, Anwen.
07:09In 2016, I stood for Parliament.
07:11I didn't win, but I did have a go.
07:14You had a go.
07:15I did.
07:15And how was the experience?
07:17It was brilliant, yes.
07:18Good.
07:19I mean, so how long before polling day did you announce that you were going to stand?
07:23About four months.
07:25And all of that time, you were just going around, handing out leaflets, knocking on doors?
07:28Well, I carried on working full-time, so I had to do it in between.
07:31But, yeah, it was good.
07:32In the gaps.
07:32Did you have loudspeakers on the top of a van?
07:36No.
07:36Couldn't afford them.
07:37That's why you didn't get in, Anwen.
07:39Otherwise, you'd be one of our celebrities up here.
07:42Now, Anwen, what are you going to go for?
07:45I'm going to go for Penelope Keith.
07:49Penelope Keith.
07:50There we are.
07:51Let's see how many of our 100 said Penelope Keith.
07:55Brilliant Penelope Keith.
07:57Well, 43 is our highest score, and you've passed it.
08:0019 is our low, and there you are on 20, just nestling in above.
08:04Penelope Keith's coastal villages.
08:07She even visited the place in Wales, which has the longest name for a town.
08:12Yes.
08:12Don't look at me.
08:13I know it ends goch, goch, goch.
08:14And it starts with...
08:19Goch, goch, goch.
08:20What a team.
08:21There we are.
08:21Thank you very much.
08:22You line them up.
08:23I will kick them roughly between the posts.
08:26Now, Amir, welcome back to Pointless.
08:28It's great to have you here.
08:29Tell us more about yours.
08:31I like your mint shirt.
08:32Oh, cheers.
08:33Very good.
08:33A bit stringent.
08:35Well, yeah, my dress sense isn't the greatest, but...
08:37I beg to differ.
08:38Sylvester and I actually met at university playing Ultimate Frisbee.
08:42Really?
08:43We still play on the same club team to this day.
08:46I would imagine Sylvester...
08:47I'm sure you're both very useful, but Sylvester,
08:49with that extraordinary height.
08:51That must be a huge advantage, surely?
08:53Yeah.
08:53Oh, yeah, definitely.
08:54Sometimes it's just...
08:56See the big man there, throw him the disc.
08:59That's it.
08:59Yeah.
09:00Sylvester's got it.
09:00They've won.
09:01It's very exciting.
09:02I love playing Frisbee.
09:03I've never played it as a sort of formal game,
09:05but I like throwing things.
09:07Amir, what are you going to go for?
09:09To be honest, I don't think this is our topic.
09:11Oh, no, Amir.
09:13I don't think either of us watch television that much, so...
09:14Are any of these faces looking familiar to you?
09:17I've got the big ones,
09:18but it's just figuring out what's the best answer.
09:19Which is the least big, I wonder.
09:21Yeah.
09:23Maybe Susan Coleman.
09:25Susan Coleman or Kalman, you can pronounce it however you like,
09:28but, uh, Coleman, let's see how many of our 100 said that.
09:40Well, for someone who protested that much,
09:42that's a remarkably low score, Amir,
09:44and, in fact, the lowest score of the past.
09:46Yeah.
09:47It's interesting with Susan.
09:48She changed from a career in law to comedy
09:51and she's presented all kinds of different travel shows,
09:53cruises around the Caribbean to Secrets, Scotland and lots more.
09:57Wonderful.
09:58Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
09:59We are halfway through the round.
10:00Shall we have a quick recap of those scores?
10:0214, Amir.
10:03Superb, you see?
10:04There we are.
10:05We travel from there to 19,
10:06which is where we find Deb and Tony W.
10:07From there to 20, very close by.
10:09Anwen and Richard.
10:11And then from there, up to Steph and Tony O.
10:14And you're on 43.
10:15I mean, you're not way ahead, but, yes, Tony,
10:17let's hope you've got a nice, low-scoring Susan Coleman-like answer
10:21to sort things out for you at the other end of this pass.
10:24Good luck with that.
10:25We're going to come back down the line now.
10:26Will the second players please step up to the podium?
10:31There we are, Sylvester.
10:33Welcome back to Pointless.
10:35Great to have you here for your second show.
10:37Tell us a bit more about yourself, Sylvester.
10:39Yeah, I'm a big movie buff.
10:41I used to work at the cinema when I first left uni and sort of stuck with me.
10:46I mean, that's just the dream job, isn't it?
10:48So you got to see everything several times, presumably?
10:50Pretty much.
10:51As soon as it came out, I was there.
10:52Yeah.
10:53That's just great.
10:55And so how long did you work at the cinema?
10:56I worked at the cinema for three years,
10:58so I got to learn a lot about the movie business
11:01because everyone there was, like, aspiring actors.
11:03Yeah.
11:03And I actually had a little cameo in someone's short film once.
11:07Superb.
11:08Good for you, Sylvester.
11:09Now, 14 is your score.
11:1028 or less gets you into the next round.
11:12Who are you going to go for?
11:13Yeah, I think I'm going to go with Richard Ayoade.
11:17OK, Richard Ayoade.
11:19Let's see how many of our 100 said Richard Ayoade.
11:21Here is your red line.
11:23Do we get you below that with Richard?
11:32Yes, we do.
11:33It's another great score.
11:35Nine.
11:36Taking your turn up to 23.
11:38Travelman, 48 hours in.
11:40It's when Richard spent 48 hours in Vienna with Chris O'Dowd.
11:45Bit of a disaster on that one.
11:47Chris dropped and broke a snow globe in the museum.
11:50Was it a very valuable snow globe?
11:52I can't confirm or deny.
11:54It was in a museum.
11:55It's got a mention on here, so I presume it was, like,
11:58you know, one to remember.
11:59Yeah, interesting.
12:01Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
12:03Now then, Richard, welcome.
12:04Terrific to have you here, Richard.
12:06Tell us all about yourself.
12:07I work at an outdoor education centre near where we live.
12:10We live in North Wales.
12:11And so outdoor education, as in, is this sort of like a survival?
12:14Is it like backwards skills?
12:16We do do a little bit of that, a bit of bushcraft, as they call it.
12:18Yeah, bushcraft, that's the word.
12:20But it's more climbing, canoeing, mountaineering.
12:23Very nice.
12:24Going down in the mines and things like that.
12:26Very nice.
12:26Are you sort of in or near Snowdonia?
12:28I can look out of our bedroom window and see it.
12:31Beautiful.
12:32Snowdon.
12:33Lovely.
12:33Or wherever, as it's locally known.
12:36Well, indeed.
12:36Richard, you're on 20.
12:3822 or less gets you into the next round.
12:40Whom are you going to go for?
12:42A few on there.
12:43I think I'm going to go for Joanna Lumley.
12:46You're going to go for Joanna Lumley.
12:47You get a red line, Richard, and it comes in here.
12:50Where do we end up with Joanna Lumley?
12:5947.
13:00Takes your total up to 67, Richard.
13:02Quite popular.
13:03She's in loads of travel shows, isn't she?
13:06For one documentary, she spent nine days on her own
13:08on an island off Madagascar,
13:10and she famously made a pair of shoes out of a bra.
13:14You see, that's why everybody loves Joanna Lumley.
13:17Somebody who has the wit to do that.
13:20Extraordinary.
13:21Improvisational skills.
13:21Thank you very much indeed.
13:22Now, Tony O, good to have you back for your third show.
13:26Will you tell us a little bit more about yourself, Tony?
13:28Yeah, when I was young, I played a bit of sport.
13:31So, when I was a schoolboy, I played rugby union.
13:33Made the county team, so that was good, yeah.
13:36Where did you play?
13:38I played full-back.
13:39Full-back?
13:40Yes.
13:41Good for you.
13:41And up to what age did you play?
13:43Till 16.
13:4416.
13:45And then...
13:46I went to play football.
13:47I see.
13:49Yes.
13:50Good for you.
13:50And do you still play football?
13:52I still play five-side occasionally, yeah.
13:54So, I played until I was about 31, 32, broke my leg, retired,
13:59but then played rugby again in my 40s.
14:03There we are.
14:03Well, Deb, there's a thought.
14:05Rugby.
14:06Rugby.
14:07That's the game for you.
14:08Yeah.
14:09I fully retired now.
14:11There we go.
14:11Now, Tony, what are you going to go for?
14:13Well, you're on 43.
14:1323 or less gets you into the next round.
14:16Yeah.
14:16I know a few.
14:16It's just a choice who I think is the lowest.
14:18I'm going to go for Ainsley-Harriet.
14:20Ainsley-Harriet.
14:21Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Ainsley-Harriet?
14:23You get a red line.
14:24It comes in here.
14:26Ainsley-Harriet.
14:3434 for Ainsley-Harriet, taking your total up to 77.
14:37Yeah, he did a little trip to Malta and also teamed up with fellow foodie
14:41Grace Dent on a tour of Britain's seasides.
14:44Very nice indeed.
14:46Thank you very much, Gethin.
14:48Now, then, Tony W.
14:50Yet another fantastic shirt from the wardrobe of Tony W.
14:54Tell us more about yourself, Tony.
14:55As I said, I'm retired.
14:57But in the early years of my retirement, my granddaughter,
15:00pre-school, I looked after her while the parents were at work.
15:03And there were two programmes which she loved,
15:07which I had to sit through for many, many, many, many, many, many...
15:11Oh, I can see where this is going.
15:12Yes, yes.
15:13What were they?
15:14I will say it's a toss-up between Hey Doggy and Peppa Pegg.
15:20Ah, right.
15:21So, as far as I'm concerned, it's Hey Doggy.
15:23Yeah, there's no escape, I'm afraid.
15:25Either of those.
15:26Yes, sorry.
15:26But thank you very much.
15:27Yes, Hey Doggy.
15:28Now, Tony, you're on 19th.
15:3057 or less gets you into the next round.
15:33Do you feel like talking us through the board?
15:35Michael Palin, Sandy Tosvig, Ben Fogel,
15:39Jay McDonnell, Stephen Fry, and that's it.
15:42Of those?
15:43Ben Fogel.
15:44Ben Fogel says, Tony, here comes your red line.
15:47Ben Fogel.
15:48Let's see how many of our 100 said it.
15:50He's right.
15:53He's done it.
15:55And Ben Fogel goes down to 29.
15:57Absolutely superb.
15:58Very well done.
15:59Takes your total up to 48.
16:00Gets you into round two.
16:00What has Ben not done around the world would be a better question maybe.
16:05Yes.
16:06Tony W got a few, didn't he?
16:07You got Michael Palin there.
16:09Michael Palin was 41.
16:10Julia Bradbury would have scored you five.
16:13Sandy Tosvig would have scored 19.
16:15Lovely Anita Rani.
16:17Pointless co-host of yours, of course.
16:19Indeed.
16:19Anita Rani would have got six.
16:21A good score.
16:22You know the rest, don't you?
16:23Jane McDonald, yes.
16:24Yeah, would have scored 31.
16:25Stephen Fry would be a big score.
16:27Tony W got that.
16:2851.
16:30Addy Adepitan, friend of the show.
16:32Yes, four for Addy.
16:33And finally, Makita Oliver would have also scored four.
16:38Daughter of one of my favourite Pointless co-hosts, Andy.
16:41So, there we are.
16:41Yeah.
16:42Wonderful.
16:43Thank you very much indeed.
16:44Well, that gets us to the end of our first round.
16:45It means we have to say goodbye to our first pair.
16:48Oh, Tonio and Steph.
16:51This is where we say goodbye.
16:52It's been lovely having you on the show.
16:53Thank you so much.
16:54It's far too soon for you to be leaving.
16:55I know.
16:56We've had a great time though, thank you.
16:57Well, thank you, so have we.
16:58Thank you for coming to play.
16:59Tony and Steph.
17:01But for the remaining three pairs,
17:02it is now time for round two.
17:09Very well done, everybody.
17:11That was terrifically exciting.
17:13Sylvester, our lowest individual scorer.
17:14Well done to you.
17:15And Amir, after all that guff about,
17:17oh, I don't know anything about this,
17:19you were our lowest combined scorers.
17:20It was all fantastic.
17:21Well done, everybody.
17:22Our category for round two today is...
17:27scientific words.
17:28Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
17:30who's going to go second?
17:31And whoever's going first,
17:33please step up to the podium.
17:38OK.
17:39And the question concerns...
17:42H's in science.
17:44Gethin.
17:45All about the words in this science.
17:46We're going to show you 12 clues
17:48for things associated with science,
17:50all of which begin with the letter H.
17:53We've also given you the number of letters in each word.
17:57Good luck trying to find the answers.
17:58OK.
17:59Scientific things beginning with H.
18:00Here's our first board of six clues, and we have...
18:03The maintenance of a constant internal environment in the body.
18:0711.
18:08The offspring of a cross between two different species,
18:11such as a lion and a tiger.
18:136.
18:14SI unit of frequency, abbreviated to HZ.
18:185.
18:19A proposed explanation made as a starting point
18:22for further investigation.
18:2410.
18:25A substance secreted by a gland to control the activity
18:28of an organ or tissue, 7.
18:31And colourless gas that is the lightest
18:33and most abundant element in the universe, 8.
18:38There we are.
18:39Deb, what do we think about this board of H's?
18:44I think I'm going to go for hydrogen at the bottom.
18:49You are going to go for hydrogen, the colourless gas.
18:52Shall we see if hydrogen is right?
18:54Shall we see how many of our 100 said it?
18:59Hydrogen, absolutely right.
19:02It's a good answer, Deb.
19:03Down you go, 33.
19:05Good.
19:06You're going to sound like a science teacher now when I say,
19:09on Earth, hydrogen is found in the greatest quantities
19:11as part of water.
19:12It is present as a gas in our atmosphere only in tiny amounts.
19:17Mr Jones, off duty.
19:19Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
19:22Anwen, what are we thinking?
19:24I'm going to go with the offspring of a cross between two different species
19:29and go with hybrid.
19:31Hybrid, says Anwen.
19:32Shall we see how many of our 100 said hybrid?
19:36Hybrid is exactly right.
19:3833 is the only score we have at the moment.
19:40And you're on 32. Look at that.
19:44A liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
19:48A taigon is the offspring, you've guessed it, of a male tiger and a female lion.
19:52I did not know that there was a difference.
19:54I didn't know that that was how it was organised.
19:57It's thought that probably all male ligers and taigons are sterile,
20:01but it's thought females of each may be able to produce offspring.
20:04Wow.
20:04So then, what do you call the...
20:06Let's not even go into that.
20:07No, come on, let's go there.
20:08Well, a ligeron.
20:11Taiga...
20:11Yeah, maybe we shouldn't have gone there.
20:13Tigerer.
20:14Tigerer.
20:14Hang on. No, hang on.
20:16Ligerer.
20:16No, you're lion-ing.
20:17Oh, all right.
20:18Anyway, listen, yes.
20:19Thank you very much.
20:20Now, Amir, you're the last person to have this board of Hs.
20:24Would you like to whisk through them?
20:26So, I know two for sure.
20:28SI unit, Hertz, and the one below that, Hypothesis.
20:32I think the maintenance of constant internal environment.
20:35I think when something withers, it's called atrophy,
20:37so I'm wondering if the maintenance is hypertrophy,
20:40but I don't think I want to take a risk,
20:42so I'll go for Hypothesis.
20:45Hypothesis, says Amir.
20:47Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
20:50Well, it's right, Amir.
20:5233 is our high score, 32 is our low score,
20:54and you whiz past both of those.
20:5626 for Hypothesis.
20:57Very well done, indeed.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Examples of famous hypotheses include Copernicus,
21:04who proposed that the Earth revolves around the sun,
21:06which it does,
21:07and that the sun was at the centre of the universe,
21:10which it isn't.
21:12One out of two is not bad, though, is it?
21:13You take that?
21:13Yeah, I take that.
21:14When it comes to science, 50% better than I got.
21:16So, Hertz, we have...
21:19Hertz would have been absolutely right and would have scored 39.
21:23Was hypertrophy right?
21:24No.
21:25No.
21:26It is homeostasis.
21:28Oh, that's very good.
21:30That would have scored eight.
21:32And then finally...
21:32Now, there's hormone.
21:33That I do know.
21:34Hormone would have got you 23.
21:36Thank you very much, Gethin.
21:37That brings us to the halfway mark in this second round,
21:40and I can tell you 26 I'm here is the best score of the pass.
21:42So, well done.
21:43We travel from there to 32 where we find Anwen and Richard,
21:45and just up one click from there where we find Deb and Tony.
21:48But I'm going to drop the W.
21:49It's just Tony.
21:50I think we know each other well enough.
21:52So, yes, you happen to be ahead,
21:54but a really good answer from you will solidify your place
21:57in the head-to-head, so good luck with that.
21:59We're going to come back down the line now.
22:01Will the second players please step up to the podium?
22:07OK.
22:07Let's put six more clues to words beginning with H,
22:10related to science, on the board.
22:13And here they are.
22:15The protein in red blood cells
22:17that transports oxygen in the bloodstream.
22:2011.
22:21The amount of water vapour in the air.
22:238.
22:24Region of the brain that is responsible
22:26for regulating body temperature and water balance.
22:2912.
22:30A plant or animal on which a parasite lives and feeds.
22:334.
22:344.
22:35Surname of the English physicist Robert,
22:37who discovered the law of elasticity,
22:39which was named after him.
22:415.
22:42And renewable form of energy generated from the motion of water,
22:46often involving dams and turbines.
22:4916.
22:51There we are, Sylvester.
22:53There you are on 26, which means at this early stage,
22:56were you to score six or less, you'd be straight into the head-to-head.
22:59Talk about solidifying your place.
23:02Um, yeah.
23:03So, Amir's done such a good job.
23:05I'm just going to go for haemoglobin,
23:08the protein in the red blood cells that transports oxygen.
23:12OK.
23:13Haemoglobin, says Sylvester.
23:14You get a red line.
23:15As I say, it's low.
23:16Let's see where we end up in relation to that with haemoglobin.
23:20It's right.
23:2544.
23:26Taking your total up to a lovely round 70.
23:29Bit of extra info.
23:30Haemoglobin contains iron.
23:31When it bonds with oxygen, it's bright red,
23:34and it's called oxyhaemoglobin.
23:36Terrific.
23:37Thank you for the extra information.
23:39Mm.
23:39Um, there we are.
23:40Richard, you're on 32.
23:4237 or less gets you through.
23:44I think you only actually can have a good punt at one.
23:47Uh, region of the brain, and that's the hypothalamus.
23:51Hypothalamus, says Richard.
23:52You get a red line.
23:53It comes in here.
23:54Let's see where hypothalamus gets us.
24:03Very well done, Richard.
24:04This is a great score.
24:05The ant goes to 12.
24:06Terrific work.
24:0744.
24:08Your total.
24:09It's about the size of an almond.
24:11Maybe...
24:11I don't know if this is happening with you right now, Richard.
24:13When you get too hot,
24:15it sends signals to the sweat glands to make you sweat.
24:18When you get too cold,
24:19it sends nerve impulses to the muscles to make you shiver,
24:21to warm you up.
24:23Brilliant.
24:24Um, thank you very much, Gethin.
24:25And now, Tony, we come to you on 33.
24:2836 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
24:31Do you feel like talking us through the board?
24:33No.
24:34Not at all.
24:34I'm going to go for the surname of the physicist.
24:38Robert...
24:40Holm.
24:41H-O-L-M-E.
24:43Holm.
24:43Robert Holm.
24:44Here is your red line.
24:46Let's put Holm to the test.
24:51Bad luck, Tony.
24:52I'm sorry, I'm afraid.
24:53Yes, it was a punt.
24:55I'm afraid an incorrect one.
24:56Scores you 100 points.
24:57Takes your total up to 133.
24:58Yeah, the answer you were looking for there is...
25:03Hook's Law.
25:04That would have scored seven.
25:06Going back up to the top there, the amount of water vapour in the air.
25:09It's humidity.
25:10That would have scored 25.
25:12A plant or animal in which a parasite lives and feeds...
25:15Yes, that would have scored 33.
25:17And finally, down the bottom there...
25:20Hydroelectricity.
25:20Yeah.
25:21Excellent.
25:2121 for that.
25:23There we are.
25:23Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
25:24That brings us to the end of our second round and it means we have to say goodbye to Tony
25:28and Deb for the second time next time.
25:30That will be your show.
25:32I have no doubt of that.
25:33Onwards and upwards.
25:34I think you're absolutely right.
25:35Yes.
25:36Thank you so much for playing, Tony and Deb.
25:38For our two remaining pairs, though, it's now time for the head-to-head.
25:47Congratulations, Amir and Sylvester, Richard and Anwen, you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to
25:52play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
25:56I said it would grow and grow it shall, because we now have a chance to put more money into
26:01that jackpot by finding a couple of pointless answers.
26:03So here goes.
26:04Just for fun.
26:05We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
26:09...items among the crown jewels as they could, Gethin.
26:13Yeah, so you'll see six options.
26:15Four are items among the crown jewels of the United Kingdom.
26:18Two are scoring, two are pointless and two are not items among the crown jewels.
26:23£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
26:26Good luck.
26:26Thank you very much indeed.
26:27So, let's reveal our potential crown jewels.
26:30Can you spot the pointless ones from among these?
26:33We have...
26:46There we are. Does anybody know anything at all?
26:49Any clue, guys?
26:51Erm...
26:51The...
26:52The subbing's ring.
26:53The fork.
26:54A bit dodgy.
26:55The ring and the crown probably score.
26:58Is there a sceptre or something?
27:00There's a sceptre, isn't there?
27:01That might be called the ampulla.
27:02The ampulla.
27:03The ampulla.
27:03OK, Amir and Sylvester, it's up to you.
27:05What do you want to nominate?
27:06The ampulla.
27:07Let's go with the ampulla.
27:08You think the ampulla might be a pointless item in the crown jewels.
27:11Let's see.
27:11Ampulla.
27:15It's part of the crown jewels.
27:21Oh!
27:22Three people knew about the ampulla.
27:25Now, Richard and Amir, would you like to nominate something?
27:27I think we should go for the inauguration fork.
27:30Give it a chance.
27:31I mean, if it's wrong, at least it's fun.
27:33Yeah.
27:34Let's see.
27:35Is the inauguration fork part of the regalia?
27:38Let's find out.
27:40No.
27:42No.
27:43It's fun if it were.
27:44I wish it had been.
27:45I wish it had been, too.
27:46There's a spoon.
27:47There's a coronation spoon, but no fork to mention of.
27:52Oh, God.
27:52Unlucky.
27:52The other red herring, actually, is just below it.
27:54The vorpal sword.
27:56That's a weapon in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky poem.
27:59I thought it was.
28:00Yes.
28:01And then the other scoring answer was the top on this,
28:05an Edward's crown used to crown the monarch at the moment of coronation.
28:08That got eight.
28:09The super tunica is a pointless answer.
28:12Apart of the coronation robes, the super tunica is the garment worn
28:14under the imperial mantle made for the coronation of King George V.
28:19And the sovereign's ring.
28:20You thought it was a bit too obvious, didn't you?
28:22Yeah.
28:22But it's a pointless answer, Amir.
28:23The sovereign's ring has one large sapphire with five rubies set on the top
28:27to represent the cross of St George.
28:29Thank you very much indeed.
28:32Well, bad luck.
28:32We didn't find any pointless answers, but fun, though.
28:35Let's play the head-to-head.
28:38APPLAUSE
28:41Now, the first pair to win two questions.
28:43We'll be playing for that jackpot, and you're now allowed to play as a pair,
28:45so you can confer before you give your answers.
28:47Best of luck to everybody.
28:48Our first question today is all about...
28:54..literature in limericks. Get in.
28:55We are going to show you five limericks that we have written, all describing famous novels.
29:01We'll also give you the name of each novel's author.
29:05We are looking for the titles of the novels.
29:07Thank you very much indeed.
29:09So, can you identify the novels from these limericks?
29:13And we have...
29:14A.
29:14This novel in Spanish was penned, all about Sancho Panza and friend.
29:18To read it takes ages.
29:20It's hundreds of pages, with a knight who has gone round the bend.
29:24Miguel de Cervantes.
29:27B.
29:29A dystopian tale like no other.
29:31The whole nation is watched by Big Brother.
29:33Winston's plans come undone, sat in room 101, where he finally rats on his lover.
29:39George Orwell.
29:42C.
29:43The lead of this tale was ecstatic, that his beauty would remain ever static.
29:48He still looked so pretty, but oh, what a pity he wasn't ageing so well in the attic.
29:54Oscar Wilde.
29:56D.
29:57One night, on an iconic train, Ratchet, or Cassetti, is slain.
30:03Marooned in the snow, Monsieur Hercule Poirot uncovers the twelve folks to blame.
30:09Agatha Christie.
30:11And E.
30:12A tale with the emotional clout.
30:15It features a young girl named Scout.
30:17And to the book's credit, even Posh Spice has read it.
30:20But the sequel took years to come out.
30:23Harper Lee.
30:24These are just brilliant.
30:26And just, I have to say, well done to our question setters.
30:29They are always astonishing.
30:31And that's just great.
30:32Brilliant.
30:32Now, Amir and Sylvester, you get to go first.
30:35What are you going to go for?
30:37We're going to go with E to Kill a Mockingbird.
30:41E to Kill a Mockingbird.
30:43So, Richard and Anwen, you have all the rest of the board to choose from.
30:47Would you like to talk us through the other limericks?
30:49The first one, I think, is Don Quixote.
30:51B is 1984.
30:53Can't think of C and its murder on the Orient Express as D.
30:58What do you think?
30:59Don Quixote.
31:00You're going to go for Don Quixote.
31:02So, we have To Kill a Mockingbird and Don Quixote.
31:04Amir and Sylvester went for To Kill a Mockingbird for E.
31:08Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
31:13It very much is To Kill a Mockingbird.
31:1818.
31:21Meanwhile, Richard and Anwen have gone for Don Quixote for E.
31:26Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
31:30Don Quixote absolutely right.
31:3418 is what it has to beat.
31:36And it does.
31:37Very well done indeed.
31:38Wow.
31:3811 for Don Quixote.
31:39Richard and Anwen.
31:40After one question, you're up 1-0.
31:42Yeah.
31:43And that is actually, out of the ones you knew, that's what got you through there, actually.
31:47Well played, yes.
31:48You did get 1984.
31:50That would have scored you 25, so not enough.
31:54The other one you knew was Murder on the Orient Express, which would have scored 24,
31:58which leaves the picture of Dorian Gray was the best score on the board with six.
32:04Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
32:06Now, here comes your second question.
32:08Richard and Anwen, you get to answer it first.
32:10But Amir and Sylvester, you've got to win this one, stay in the game.
32:12So, good luck.
32:13Our second question is all about sports terms.
32:17Five sporting terms named after people, Gethin.
32:19We're going to show you five sporting terms named after people.
32:24We'll also give you the initials of the sport in which each of these terms arose.
32:28We are after the names of these sports.
32:32Thank you very much indeed.
32:33So, can you identify these sports from these terms?
32:37And we have...
32:55Richard and Anwen will go first.
32:59We'll go for double axle is figure skating.
33:02Figure skating.
33:03OK, now, Amir and Sylvester, can you talk us through that board?
33:06So, Cruyff turn football, Johan Cruyff.
33:10Vault, I think, is gymnastics.
33:12Mankad is cricket.
33:15Airgate, maybe lacrosse, but we're not sure.
33:17So, I think we're going to go with Mankad and cricket.
33:21Mankad, cricket, say Amir and Sylvester.
33:24So, we have figure skating and cricket.
33:25Richard and Anwen went for figure skating for double axle.
33:28Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
33:32That goes down to 23.
33:41Meanwhile, Amir and Sylvester have gone for Mankad and they're saying cricket.
33:46Let's see how many of our 100 said cricket.
33:50Cricket is right.
33:5323 was figure skating and cricket beats that.
33:56Down it goes to 13.
33:57Very well done indeed, Amir and Sylvester.
33:59After two questions, it's one all.
34:02Amir, you had a big choice there, but you made the right decision.
34:06You talked it through beautifully.
34:07Cruyff turn football, named after Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff, as you said.
34:12That would have got 36.
34:14Sukihara Vault.
34:15You were right with gymnastics, named after Japanese gymnast Mitsua Sukihara.
34:20That would have scored 31 points.
34:22And, Airgate.
34:24You said lacrosse.
34:26It was the only pointless answer on the board.
34:29The acrobatic scoring move is a signature of lacrosse player Gary Gate.
34:34There we go.
34:36Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
34:38Right.
34:39Well, here comes your third question.
34:40Whoever wins this, decider goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
34:43Best of luck to everybody.
34:44Our third question is all about...
34:49..classical marches.
34:50Gethin.
34:51I think you'll be quite good at this one, Alexander.
34:52I think you will too.
34:54We'll see.
34:54Let's see how the guys get on.
34:55We're going to show you the titles of five marches by composers.
35:00But we're only going to give you alternate letters of one of the words in each title.
35:05To help, we'll also give you the names of the composers.
35:08We need you to fill in the missing letters and tell us the titles of these marches.
35:13Thank you very much indeed.
35:14So, let's reveal our five marches.
35:16Here they are.
35:17We have WDIG march, Felix Mendelssohn.
35:22The Stars and Stripes FRVR, John Philip Sousa.
35:28Funeral march of a MROET, Charles Gounod.
35:33Colonel B-G-Y, Kenneth Alford.
35:38And march past of the kitchen U-E-S-L, Rafe Vaughan Williams.
35:44There we are.
35:45Now then, Amir and Sylvester will go first.
35:49What do you think we did?
35:51Utensils.
35:52The kitchen is quite obvious.
35:53What was Stars and Stripes?
35:55Forever.
35:56Let's go with the Stars and Stripes Forever.
36:00Stars and Stripes Forever, say Amir and Sylvester.
36:03Now, Richard and Anwen.
36:05Do you want to talk us through the board?
36:06You can.
36:07I think the top one is the wedding march.
36:09Funeral march of a marionette.
36:11Colonel bogey.
36:12And then kitchen utensils.
36:15So, we'll go with Funeral march of a marionette.
36:18Funeral march of a marionette.
36:20So, we have Stars and Stripes Forever and Funeral march of a marionette.
36:25In the order they were given, let's go.
36:26Stars and Stripes Forever.
36:28That's what Amir and Sylvester said.
36:32Forever is right.
36:36That goes down to 45.
36:40Meanwhile, Richard and Anwen have gone for Funeral march for marionette.
36:44Let's see how many of our 100 said marionette.
36:48It is absolutely marionette.
36:52And it wins you the point.
36:55And that goes down to three.
36:57And that means, very well done indeed, Richard and Anwen.
37:00After three questions, you are through to the final.
37:02Two, one.
37:03And you chose the right answer as well.
37:05It's the best answer on that board.
37:07But actually, you could have gone for any of the others and still would have got through.
37:11Wedding march at the top there would have scored you 22.
37:15And you're right.
37:16It was Colonel Bogey.
37:17That would have scored 30.
37:19And the march past of the kitchen utensils.
37:23Great name.
37:24That would have scored 70.
37:25Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
37:26That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
37:28It means we have to say goodbye to Amir and Sylvester.
37:30This is your second head-to-head, I think, isn't it?
37:32Yeah.
37:33Next time.
37:34It's all about the third show.
37:35Amir and Sylvester, we'll look forward to seeing you then.
37:36Thank you so much for playing.
37:38But Richard and Anwen, though, it is now time for the Pointless Final.
37:45Huge congratulations, Richard and Anwen.
37:47You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless Trophy.
37:56Yay!
37:58You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
38:01And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.
38:05I mean, I'm sorry, it's not any bigger.
38:07Very nice, anyway, Xander.
38:09The trophy is all we came for.
38:10Listen, well, there we are.
38:11You've got the trophy.
38:12It would be lovely to send you home at the jackpot as well.
38:14Anything you'd particularly love to see come up?
38:16Rare breeds of chicken.
38:18Oh, that'd be good.
38:19We've had it before.
38:20I know.
38:21Geography?
38:22We have to wait and see.
38:23Shall we find out?
38:24Go on, let's find out then.
38:24Yes.
38:25Four Things, as ever, about to appear.
38:28And they are...
38:35What do we think?
38:41Ooh.
38:42Dragons on the screen.
38:43Peace and quiet.
38:44Could be anything.
38:46Could be horror.
38:47Let's go for dragons.
38:47We're going to go with dragons on screen.
38:49OK.
38:50Dragons on screen it is.
38:51Not rare breeds of dragons.
38:53Maybe.
38:54We'll find out.
38:55So we are looking for the name of anyone credited with an acting role in two or more episodes of
39:02the first two series of House of the Dragon.
39:05or the name of anybody credited with a voice acting role in the 2010 animated film How To Train Your
39:13Dragon or either of its sequels How To Train Your Dragon 2 and How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden
39:20World released in 2014 and 2019 respectively.
39:23Both of these according to IMDB as of September 2024. Good luck, guys.
39:30Thank you very much, Gethin.
39:31Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
39:34All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
39:38If you can find three pointless answers, we will throw in an added £500 bonus.
39:42Are you ready?
39:42Yeah.
39:43Yes.
39:43OK.
39:44Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
39:46There they are.
39:46Your time starts now.
39:49House of the Dragon.
39:50I can't think of any of them.
39:51No.
39:52House of the Dragon.
39:53Can't think of any off the top of my head.
39:55I'm thinking how...
39:56Jack Black.
39:57One of the voices in Train Your Dragon.
39:59Yes.
39:59Jake Gyllenhaal as well.
40:01That's a good one.
40:02Two.
40:04Just pick another name.
40:09Gwyneth Paltrow for one of the female voices.
40:13She might have.
40:13You never know.
40:14She might have done it.
40:16So, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow.
40:20Maybe.
40:21Maybe.
40:22OK.
40:24Yes.
40:25I can't think of anybody else.
40:26I can't think of anybody else.
40:27Any thoughts?
40:29None.
40:30No.
40:31We've got three, Xander.
40:32OK, we'll stop the clock.
40:33You have three answers.
40:34Let's have them.
40:36Right.
40:36Gwyneth Paltrow.
40:38Gwyneth Paltrow.
40:39Unlikely, but we're going to go with her.
40:41Jake Gyllenhaal.
40:42Jake Gyllenhaal.
40:43And Jack Black.
40:44Jack Black.
40:45And just for the record, which category?
40:48For How to Train Your Dragon.
40:49All three.
40:50For How to Train Your Dragon.
40:52Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
40:54Jack Black.
40:56OK, Jack Black goes last.
40:57Least likely to be pointless?
40:58Gwyneth Paltrow.
40:59Gwyneth Paltrow.
41:00And then Jake Gyllenhaal goes in the middle.
41:02Yeah.
41:02Yeah.
41:02OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
41:04And here they are.
41:06We have Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jack Black.
41:13Well, if one of these turns out to be pointless and wins you that jackpot, what would you like
41:16to do with £1,000, Richard?
41:18Probably a bit of travel.
41:21Travel.
41:22Good.
41:23I think Japan is somewhere we'd like to visit.
41:26Well, let's hope one of these answers wins it for you.
41:28Gwyneth Paltrow is your first answer.
41:30In this case, in fact, all three cases, we're looking for voice actors from How to Train Your Dragon and
41:35its sequels.
41:36How many of our 100 people said Gwyneth Paltrow?
41:42Not Gwyneth Paltrow.
41:43OK, let's turn to your next answer.
41:45Jake Gyllenhaal.
41:45Is Jake Gyllenhaal right?
41:47Might Jake Gyllenhaal be pointless for £1,000?
41:51No!
41:53Oh, I'm so sorry.
41:54Yeah.
41:54I'm so sorry.
41:56Jack Black.
41:57Now, you were confident in Jack Black.
41:58Yes, I'm sure.
41:59Yes.
42:00OK.
42:01Well, let's find out.
42:02We better hope Jack Black is a pointless answer.
42:04It's your last shot at £1,000.
42:06Let's see.
42:07Jack Black.
42:10Oh, no!
42:13I'm so sorry.
42:14I'm sorry that rare breeds of chicken didn't come up.
42:17Yes.
42:17I'm afraid, yes, you're not going to be taking home the pointless jackpot today.
42:20However, you are the winners of today's pointless trophies.
42:23So, very, very well done indeed for that.
42:25Richard and Anne.
42:26Super.
42:27We'll get to how to train your dragon.
42:30But if we start with the cast of House of the Dragon,
42:33here are some of the pointless answers.
42:35Millie Alcock, Paddy Considine, Therese Evans or Sonoya Mizuno.
42:41In fact, everyone was pointless apart from the following who all scored points.
42:45Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emily Carey, Emma Darcy, Eve Best and Ewan Mitchell.
42:51And then moving on to the voice cast of the How To Train Your Dragon films.
42:56You could have had the likes of Cate Blanchett, David Tennant, Kit Harrington, Kristen Wiig.
43:03There were loads of pointless answers in this round, so I'm sorry you didn't get one.
43:07Thank you very much indeed, Gethin, and thank you, Richard and Anwen.
43:11I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.
43:13That will therefore roll over onto the next show when we will be playing for £2,000.
43:18APPLAUSE
43:20Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:21Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Gethin.
43:23It's goodbye.
43:23And it's goodbye from me.
43:24Goodbye.
43:26APPLAUSE
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