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00:00MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:26the quiz where the aim of the game
00:27is to find the most obscure answer possible.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:37Hi, I'm Georgia and this is my dad Jack and we are from Epsom.
00:41Couple number two.
00:42Hi, I'm Jane, this is my husband Hugh
00:44and we live in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire.
00:47Couple number three.
00:48Hi, I'm Steph and this is my husband Tony
00:50and we're from Cliddow in Lancashire.
00:52And finally, couple number four.
00:53Hi, I'm Charlie, this is my partner Nicola
00:55and we're from Dunbar.
00:56And these are today's contestants.
00:58APPLAUSE
00:58Thank you very much indeed, all of you.
01:00A very, very warm welcome to the show.
01:01It's lovely to have you here.
01:02That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:05A TV presenter with a master's degree in the theory of resilience.
01:09Yes, he's going to need that particular skill in spades today.
01:12It is my Pointless friend, it is Gethin Jones.
01:17Gethin, how are you?
01:18I'm doing good.
01:19I'm doing good.
01:19I've been really enjoying the game play so far.
01:22It's been good, hasn't it?
01:23I think it has, yes.
01:24Sometimes I forget I've got a role to play
01:25because I find myself just watching the game.
01:27Oh, no, I forgot I had a role to play a long time.
01:30LAUGHTER
01:31I think I'm there now, it's good.
01:33Very good.
01:34Well, it's all going exceptionally well, I must say, Gethin.
01:36Very well done indeed.
01:37Now, isn't he good?
01:39You haven't seen much of him yet, but take it from me.
01:42Very, very assured.
01:44Now, Hallie and Darren got through to the final last time
01:46and they won the jackpot,
01:47which means today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
01:51There it is.
01:52Ah.
01:53It'll grow, don't worry.
01:54If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:01Now, just remember that it's always going to be the pair
02:03with the highest score at the end of each round that gets eliminated,
02:05so keep your scores as low as you possibly can
02:07and that will never be you.
02:09Best of luck to everybody.
02:10Our first category today is...
02:15Electronic gaming.
02:16Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:17who's going to go second?
02:19And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:25OK.
02:26Who's going first on that far podium?
02:28Charlie.
02:29OK.
02:30OK, and the question concerns...
02:34Animals in video games, Gethin.
02:37This is what you need to know.
02:39On each pass, we're going to give you the titles of seven video games,
02:42but each is missing a single word,
02:44which is an animal or a creature, either singular or plural.
02:49We've given the years that the games were released in their original territory
02:53to what we're after is the missing animals.
02:57Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
03:00So can you supply the missing animals to these video game titles?
03:03Here we go.
03:03We have...
03:04D Kong, 1981.
03:07Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge L, 1987.
03:12Sonic the H, 1991.
03:15Echo the D, 1992.
03:18W Armageddon, 1999.
03:22Angry Bee, 2009.
03:24And Return to M Island, 2022.
03:30Georgia, welcome to Pointless.
03:32It's great to have you here.
03:33Tell us all about yourself, Georgia.
03:35So I'm a uni student, but when I'm not doing uni work,
03:38I really love the performing arts and all things drama.
03:41Very good.
03:41And where are you at uni?
03:42University of Manchester.
03:44Very nice.
03:45And what are you studying?
03:46English and Spanish.
03:47This is perfect.
03:48What year are you in?
03:49Second year.
03:49Second year.
03:50So next year, are you off to Spain?
03:51Hopefully.
03:52Or some Spanish-speaking country, maybe?
03:54Preferably Spain.
03:55Preferably Spain.
03:55But that's what we're going for, yeah.
03:56Very good.
03:57And lots of acting?
03:59Yeah, I do my uni's drama society.
04:02So acting, producing, all over the place, really.
04:05Superb.
04:05Good for you, Georgia.
04:06What about these games?
04:09I think I'm going to go for Angry Bee 2009
04:14and go for Angry Birds.
04:15Angry Birds, says Georgia.
04:16Shall we see how many of our 100 said Birds?
04:21Angry Birds is absolutely right.
04:2473.
04:25They might all be high scores though, so we don't know the context.
04:28But 73, I think, sounds like a good start.
04:30How was Angry Birds 2009?
04:32I feel like it was the last couple of years, wasn't it?
04:34It was huge at the time though, the first mobile game series
04:37to reach one billion downloads.
04:40Which then was huge.
04:42Yeah.
04:42Yes.
04:42Not bad now, but yeah.
04:43It's still not bad, but you're right.
04:45Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
04:46Now, Jane, welcome back.
04:48Good to have you here for show two.
04:49Show two.
04:50Let's hear more about you, Jane.
04:51OK.
04:52Although I've lived in England quite a long time now,
04:55people may not necessarily be aware I was born and brought up
04:59in Northern Ireland, Belfast and Therabites,
05:02and I went to the same primary school as Kenneth Branagh.
05:07He was a little bit after me though.
05:09And then when I moved to my secondary school,
05:12one of the teachers there was Mary Peters,
05:14so those are my tenuous claims to fame.
05:17What's about that?
05:18That's superb.
05:19Were you taught by Mary Peters?
05:20No.
05:21No.
05:21My sister was, my older sister,
05:23but she'd sort of moved on before I got there.
05:26Ah, but exciting.
05:27Yeah.
05:27Your paths crossed, anyway.
05:29Jane, what would you like to go for on our board?
05:31Um, it's a bit of a guess.
05:33I'll go for the bottom one.
05:35I think it's Monkey Island.
05:37I think I would go for that as well.
05:39Also, I don't know.
05:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said monkey.
05:42Let's see if it's right.
05:44It is monkey.
05:46Well, 73 is the only score we have, and you passed that, Jane.
05:48Look at that.
05:49Down it goes to 36.
05:50This is terrific.
05:52It was the sixth instalment in the Monkey Island series,
05:56which began in 1990,
05:58and the first new game in the series in 13 years.
06:01Lasted a long time, that.
06:02There we go.
06:03Thank you very much indeed.
06:04Now, Tony, welcome to Pointless.
06:05Here from Clitheroe.
06:07Yes.
06:07Lovely to have you with us.
06:08Tell us all about yourself, Tony.
06:10I'm originally from North Wales,
06:12and I like to fish,
06:15and I do that most weekends,
06:17and next month I'm off to fish for the Welsh team in Spain.
06:21Representing the nation?
06:22Off you go.
06:23Whereabouts in Spain?
06:24It's a little town called Penescola.
06:27What sort of fishing is it?
06:28It's sea fishing.
06:29Sea fishing?
06:29Yeah, off the beach.
06:31Wow.
06:32And what happens?
06:33It's the first to catch a fish?
06:34No, we fish in zones with the other countries,
06:38and there's one of us in each zone,
06:39and it's the longest length of fish,
06:43so we measure every fish that we catch and then return.
06:46And how many hours are you each given?
06:48Five.
06:49Five. Extraordinary.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Well, very, very good luck with that, Tony.
06:53I'm fascinated about that, though.
06:54Extraordinary.
06:55Now, what are you going to go for?
06:56Um, I only know one for certain,
06:59but I'm going to have a guess at World Armageddon.
07:03World Armageddon.
07:05OK.
07:06Let us see what happens when we see what kind of animal world is.
07:10Oh, damn it.
07:11I'm sorry, Tony.
07:15No, I'm sorry.
07:16I didn't know the number of times I've done that.
07:18Completely forgotten what the qualifying rules were.
07:21I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
07:22I think you know why.
07:23It's bad news when the screen is blank.
07:25Yeah, I know.
07:26Same reason.
07:27I mean, figuratively speaking as well.
07:29Yes.
07:30Thank you very much.
07:31Indeed.
07:31Now, Charlie, welcome back.
07:33I happen to know it is show three for you and Nicola.
07:35Yes.
07:35Um, so this is the show where it all has to count.
07:38Um, tell us more about yourself, Charlie.
07:39Um, up until probably four years ago, I was a keen runner.
07:42I've done, uh, two marathons for charity and a half marathon as well.
07:45This is amazing.
07:46Yeah.
07:46Knees have gone now, so...
07:47And that was it?
07:48Yeah.
07:48No more marathons.
07:49So what have you replaced, uh, running with?
07:51I alluded to last show, baking cakes and, uh...
07:53Baking cakes.
07:53Well, it's a natural progression, isn't it, I think?
07:56Very nice.
07:58Mmm.
07:58Uh, now, Charlie, you're the last person to have this board.
08:01Would you like to talk us through it?
08:02Well, I think the first one's donkey.
08:04I don't know the second one.
08:06The third one is hedgehog.
08:07Fourth one, I'm not sure.
08:09And then the fifth one, it may be whale.
08:12Whale.
08:13I may try the fifth one.
08:15I'm going to take a punt and say whale.
08:16Whale?
08:17Yeah.
08:17Whale Armageddon.
08:18Yes.
08:18What happens when we say whale Armageddon?
08:20I mean, this...
08:23Oh, no!
08:24I'm sorry, Charlie!
08:25Wow.
08:26I'm so sorry!
08:28Particularly because we've taken the kind of risk that we applaud on Pointless and I really
08:32thought that should have been, uh, right.
08:33You know what's back, don't you?
08:35It's the look from Nicola.
08:37Yes.
08:38Straight away she sees it.
08:39We're getting to know that quite well.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Yeah.
08:41We can clear up and tell you that the word you're looking for is...
08:46Worms.
08:47Oh, it's worms.
08:48Yes.
08:48That scored ten.
08:49You were right with the top one there, Charlie.
08:51It is, uh, Donkey Kong.
08:53That we've got 63.
08:55Yeah, that's a big one.
08:55Alexander, you got anything else?
08:57Uh, lizard.
08:57It's got to be, hasn't it, for the next one?
08:59Lizards is good for eight.
09:01Sonic the...
09:02All right, hedgehog.
09:02That's another big one.
09:03Yeah, that was a high score with 86 for that one.
09:0686.
09:06And then we are looking for Echo the...
09:08Echo the...
09:08I'm trying to think.
09:10Dolphin.
09:11Dolphin.
09:11Of course it's Dolphin.
09:12You all know now, don't you?
09:14Echo the...
09:15Dolphin.
09:1620.
09:16That would have got you for Dolphin.
09:18Marvellous.
09:19There we go.
09:20Thank you very much indeed.
09:21Well, we are halfway through the round.
09:23Let's have a look at those scores.
09:2436, Jane.
09:24Very well done indeed.
09:26Um, we travel from there to 73.
09:27We'll find Georgia and Jack.
09:29And then there's a bit of a party going on up there on 100,
09:31because we've got Charlie and Nicola and Tony and Steph.
09:34Nicola and Steph, I imagine it will be between the two of you
09:37to decide who stays and who leaves at the end of the round.
09:39So good luck with that little tussle.
09:41We're going to come back down the line now.
09:42Will the second players please step up to the podium?
09:48OK, we're going to put seven more video game titles with a missing animal in each case
09:52on the board.
09:53Here they come.
10:22There we are.
10:22Now, Nicola, welcome back to Pointless.
10:24Great to have you with us again.
10:26Are you despairing at the board?
10:28Somewhat.
10:29Oh, I'm sorry, Nicola.
10:30Anyway, before we turn our attention to the board, let's think of happier things.
10:33Tell us more about Nicola.
10:35Yeah, I'm not sure if it's going to be happier, but for my whole life,
10:38I've been a supporter of the Scottish rugby union team, which, as you'd imagine,
10:43has its ups and downs.
10:44It certainly does.
10:45Oi, try being Welsh.
10:47Sorry to interrupt.
10:49Yeah, so Charlie and I have been lucky enough to have seen Scotland play away a few times.
10:53We have seen Scotland win in Wales.
10:56And, you know, the atmosphere is just amazing.
10:59Always amazing.
11:00You can't beat the atmosphere at Murrayfield, that's for sure.
11:03Absolutely right.
11:04Now then, Nicola, OK, you are on 100.
11:07Tony and Steph are also on 100.
11:09We're going to have to find a nice, low-scoring answer here.
11:12What do you think you are going to go for?
11:14It's going to have to be a guess.
11:17I'm going to go for the second one from the bottom.
11:21Yes.
11:22And shark.
11:23Shark.
11:24I mean, you've got to think, what animal, beginning with S,
11:26would be a compelling star for a video game?
11:29And I think you've hit the nail on the head there.
11:31The question is, is it right?
11:32Shark.
11:33Shark.
11:34Shark 2.
11:37Oh, no!
11:38I'm so sorry, Nicola.
11:39I was with you 100% there.
11:42I'm sorry to say, that scores you 100 points,
11:43takes your total up to 200.
11:47Charlie's shaking his head now.
11:49LAUGHTER
11:51It's hard, though.
11:52It is hard.
11:53Shark's the wrong answer, we're afraid.
11:55We'll clear up the answers at the end, of course, but sorry.
11:57Thank you very much indeed.
11:58Now, Steph, welcome to Pointless, by the way.
12:01Thank you. Lovely to have you here.
12:02Tell us all about yourself.
12:02So I'm a civil servant.
12:04I've been a civil servant for a couple of years now.
12:06But outside of that, I like to travel the world,
12:08see different places.
12:10OK.
12:10Just come back from Singapore and Vietnam and Hong Kong.
12:14Very nice, just on a holiday?
12:15Yeah.
12:16Oh!
12:16Trying to tick those off my list.
12:18Very nice indeed.
12:19Where's next?
12:21I'd quite like to go to Japan or Australia.
12:23OK.
12:24We've got family over there.
12:25OK, very nice.
12:26So maybe mix a bit of both.
12:27Now, look, you're on 100.
12:28If you can score 99 or less, you are through to the next round.
12:32Yeah.
12:33Well, I was going to have a guess, but I think I might go safe now
12:36and go The Lion King.
12:38The Lion King.
12:39Well, let's hope it is safe.
12:40Yeah, I hope it is.
12:41You get a red line and it's up here.
12:43The Lion King.
12:45Please.
12:47Ah!
12:48Very well.
12:48Well done indeed.
12:49There we are.
12:4990.
12:50Safe enough.
12:51Takes your dead luck to 190.
12:52You're through.
12:53Yes.
12:53Video game adaptation of the Disney animated film,
12:56which was also released that year.
12:57A couple of levels were based on scenes that ended up being cut
13:00from the film.
13:02Thank you very much indeed.
13:03Now, Hugh, welcome back.
13:04Show two for you.
13:05Tell us more about yourself, Hugh.
13:07When I was at school some time ago, I used to be in the school
13:11military band playing the cymbals.
13:14Yeah.
13:14And each year in September, the school fronted by the military band
13:18used to go up to London and march past the mansion house
13:21where the Lord Mayor was standing there.
13:23Well, one year when we were up there, I gave it a mighty crash
13:26on the cymbals and the strap broke.
13:29And the cymbals rolled past the drum majors and headed the parade
13:32as we went past the Lord Mayor.
13:35Presumably you couldn't do any more clashing.
13:37No, that's it.
13:37That was it.
13:38A policeman gave it back to me.
13:40Hugh, you are through to round two.
13:42Doesn't matter what you score here.
13:43What are you going to go for?
13:44Well, there's one obvious one, but as I'm through,
13:47I think I'll just take a guess at Star Fox.
13:49It's the only thing I can think of that fits that.
13:51I couldn't agree more.
13:52Star Fox.
13:53Shall we see if it's right, though?
13:54Star Fox.
13:56No red line.
13:57You're already through.
13:59Absolutely right.
14:04Star Fox scoring you 28.
14:06Very well done indeed.
14:0764, your total.
14:09It was released as Star Wing in the UK.
14:12Players control Fox McCloud's spacecraft
14:14whilst various enemies try to attack it.
14:16Fox McCloud is an anthropomorphic fox.
14:19Wow.
14:20Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
14:21Now then, Jack.
14:23Welcome to Pointless.
14:24Terrific to have you with us.
14:25Tell us all about yourself, Jack.
14:28I'm Jack.
14:29I'm currently unemployed at the moment.
14:31But when I was younger, I built the country's first fully enclosed baseball diamond.
14:36And where was that?
14:37Down in Croydon.
14:39Heavens above.
14:39And presumably they're all over the place now, are they?
14:41After your...
14:42Much more common, but it was the very first one with a permanent home run fence.
14:46How incredible.
14:47And so is baseball a big passion of yours?
14:49Pretty much so, yeah.
14:50Follow it from, you know, over here.
14:52Watch what's going on in the States at the moment.
14:54Exciting.
14:55There we are.
14:55Now, you are on 73.
14:57It doesn't matter what you score.
14:58Would you like to talk us through the board?
14:59The top one is Duck Hunt.
15:02And then it's Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse.
15:05It's Crash Bandicoot.
15:06I'm not sure at all of the second from bottom.
15:10And the bottom one is Goat Simulator.
15:11I'm trying to think whether it's duck or goat is going to be the most obscure.
15:15That's duck or goat again.
15:17Classic.
15:18Pointless conundrum.
15:18I think it will be duck, being the older one.
15:21OK, we'll go for duck.
15:22Shall we see how many of our 100 said Duck Hunt for the top one?
15:25No red line.
15:26You're already through.
15:30Duck is absolutely spot on.
15:33Look at this.
15:34Down against 14.
15:36Very well done indeed.
15:3787, your total.
15:39Well done.
15:39Good answer.
15:40The rest of the board.
15:42Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse.
15:44It's giving me a big one.
15:4577.
15:47Crash Bandicoot.
15:48Also correct with a score of 51.
15:50We had a problem with this one, didn't we?
15:52I mean, it's not going to be Stote.
15:55Snake.
15:57Very good.
15:57Scored five and goat simulator would have scored 23.
16:03There we go.
16:03Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
16:04That brings us to the end of our first round and it means we have to say goodbye to our
16:07first pair.
16:07I can't bear this, Nicola and Charlie.
16:09We have to say a full goodbye to you because we won't be seeing you back.
16:13It's been lovely having you on the show.
16:14I'm sorry, we haven't seen you through to the head-to-head and beyond though.
16:18But thank you so much for playing, Nicola and Charlie.
16:21For the remaining three pairs, though, it is now time for round two.
16:29Very, very well done, everybody.
16:31You made it through to round two.
16:32You'll notice we've shared one of our pairs.
16:34That's just pointless, I'm afraid.
16:36But well done, Jack, our lowest individual scorer in that last round.
16:39And Hugh and Jane, our lowest combined scorers.
16:42Good work there.
16:42Best of luck to all three pairs.
16:44Our category for round two today is...
16:49Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
16:53And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
16:59OK, let's find out what the question is.
17:01Here it comes.
17:02We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
17:07..first names of Blue Peter presenters as they could.
17:11Gethin.
17:11Well, actually, Gethin can't be one of the answers, for obvious reasons.
17:15We're looking for the first names of any current or former presenter
17:19of the children's TV series Blue Peter.
17:22This is as listed on CBC's History of Blue Peter presenters webpages
17:27as of June 2024.
17:30No Gethin in the answer, please.
17:32Thank you very much indeed for the heads-up, Gethin.
17:35Now, Georgia.
17:37I have not watched any Blue Peter,
17:40so I'm going to have to just pick on a name...
17:44Charlie.
17:46Charlie?
17:47Shall we see how many of our 100 said Charlie?
17:51Oh, no!
17:52I'm sorry, that was just so feasible.
17:54But I'm afraid, wrong in the circumstances.
17:57I'm sorry about that.
17:58Scores you 100 points.
17:58It may not be the last 100 points.
18:01No Charlie on the list for Blue Peter presenters, I'm afraid.
18:05Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
18:06Now, Jane.
18:07I shall go with Janet.
18:09Janet, says Jane.
18:11Shall we see how many of our 100 said Janet?
18:15Janet, absolutely right.
18:16Now, 100 is the only score we have, so all of this is just three points.
18:21There we are, down to seven for Janet.
18:22Very well done indeed, Jane.
18:24Janet Ellis presented the show from 1983 to 1987.
18:29Probably best remembered for her free-fall jumps with the RAF.
18:33Yeah, we love Janet Ellis.
18:35Always.
18:35And a friend of the show as well.
18:37Splendid.
18:38Thank you, Gethin.
18:38Now then, Steph.
18:40The first name of any Blue Peter presenter, past or present?
18:43This is not a good one for me, really.
18:44Oh, this is good news for Georgia and Jack.
18:47I'm going to have to guess and just say Sue.
18:50Sue.
18:51Yeah.
18:51Shall we see if Sue is a correct answer?
18:54Sue.
18:57No, I'm sorry!
18:58Again, so feasible, but I'm afraid not correct.
19:02Back in the game, possibly, Georgia and Jack.
19:05Well, this is exciting.
19:06No Sue.
19:07Why were they not watching Blue Peter?
19:09I don't know.
19:09It's a great show.
19:11Such a cornerstone of our childhood.
19:14An institution, some might say.
19:15Institution indeed.
19:16Thank you very much.
19:17Well said, Gethin.
19:18Now, we are halfway through the round.
19:19Let's have a quick look at those scores.
19:20Seven, Jane.
19:21Very well done.
19:21Best score of the past.
19:23And then we travel up to 100 where we find Steph, Tony, Georgia and Jack.
19:27Tony and Jack.
19:28I don't think you'll have any trouble coming up with names of Blue Peter presenters.
19:33We're going to come back down the line now.
19:34Will the second players please step up to the podium?
19:40OK, now, Tony, remember, we're looking for the first name of any Blue Peter presenter
19:44or former Blue Peter presenter.
19:47I'm going to go with Valerie.
19:48Valerie, says Tony.
19:50No red line, because you're currently joint high scorers, but how many of our 100 said Valerie?
19:58Valerie, absolutely right.
20:02Down it goes to 29.
20:04129 your total.
20:06Valerie Singleton on the show for ten years, from 1962 to 1972.
20:12Of course, a lot of people will remember the elephant incident, shall we say.
20:16Elephant gate.
20:18Lulu gate.
20:19Lulu elephant gate.
20:20Yes.
20:20There used to be a shop in Clerkenwell in London called Gallery Singleton, which I always thought was a very
20:25good joke.
20:26But Gallery's spelt the French way.
20:27Oh.
20:28Very nice.
20:29Yes.
20:30Always enjoyed that.
20:31Hugh, great news for you.
20:33A, because, you know, you are of a generation to have a brilliant answer, but B, because it doesn't matter
20:38what you score here, you are through to the next round whatever.
20:41I'm going to go for Peter.
20:43Peter, says Hugh.
20:45No red line for you, as you are such low scorers and the others such high scorers.
20:49Let's see how many of our 100 said Peter.
20:54Peter, absolutely right.
20:57Down he goes to 48, taking your total up to 55.
21:01A couple of Peters.
21:03Peter Purvis, from 67 to 78, and Peter Duncan, who had two separate stints on the show.
21:09Peter Purvis returned in the year 2000 to open a time capsule.
21:12He had buried on the show in 1971, and Peter Duncan ran the first London Marathon.
21:19Legends, both of them.
21:20Thank you very much indeed.
21:21There we go.
21:22Now, Jack, this is where the business of the round happens.
21:26129 is our high score, so you have to score 28 or less.
21:30Yes.
21:31I've got a few names.
21:32I'm just trying to work out whether they're sort of the golden age with, like, Harry and Peter or something
21:35more recent.
21:37I think I'm going to gamble on something more recent and say Connie.
21:40Connie, says Jack.
21:42You get a red line.
21:43Do we get you below that red line with Connie?
21:48He's right.
21:52And you're through.
21:53Very well done indeed.
21:5419 for Connie.
21:55119 your total.
21:56You are in the head to head.
21:57The longest serving female presenter.
22:00Brilliant, Connie.
22:01I got to work with her for three years.
22:03She was superb.
22:04Connie?
22:05Just one of my favourite pointless co-hosts.
22:07Very, very funny.
22:08Yeah.
22:08Great answer.
22:10Excellent.
22:10Yeah, well done.
22:11That was a good round.
22:11Only six pointless answers.
22:14Before we see them though, here are a few of the low scores.
22:17You'd have got two points for Sarah.
22:19Sarah Green.
22:20Tina Heath.
22:20Abby Cook.
22:21Sheenie Mutu Krishnan.
22:23And Diane Louise Jordan.
22:25That would have got two points.
22:261.4 Tim.
22:27Tim Vincent.
22:29And Ratsy Chinyanganya.
22:31And then six pointless answers would have been the following.
22:35Barney Harwood.
22:36The two Joels.
22:37De Vries.
22:38And Marwini.
22:39And Liz Barker.
22:41And then there was Mwaxi Modenda.
22:44Richie Driss.
22:46And Romana Daninzio.
22:47Who was on in the late 90s.
22:49Well done if you've got some of those at home.
22:51Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
22:53That brings us to the end of our second round.
22:54And it means we have to send home one of our pairs.
22:56Tony and Steph.
22:57You've only just got here.
22:58I know.
22:59And we're sending you away.
23:00But you'll be back.
23:01Which is terrific.
23:02We'll look forward to seeing you next time.
23:03Tony and Steph.
23:04Thanks for playing.
23:05But for our two remaining pairs, it is now time for the Head to Head.
23:13Congratulations, Hugh and Jane, Georgia and Jack.
23:16You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
23:19which currently stands at £1,000.
23:22But before we play the Head to Head,
23:24we have a chance to throw some more money into that jackpot
23:26by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
23:29So here goes.
23:30Just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds
23:33to name as many...
23:36..film characters played by Meryl Streep as they could, Gethin.
23:40Hmm.
23:41You're going to see six options.
23:43Four are the names of film characters played by Meryl Streep.
23:46Two are scoring, two are pointless, and then two are red herrings.
23:51£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
23:55So can you find the pointless Meryl Streep roles from these six possibles?
24:00And I give you...
24:11There we are. Does anybody know anything?
24:13They're all sort of plausible, so it's kind of just, I guess,
24:15taking a punt, really.
24:16Bigger name, isn't it?
24:17Yeah.
24:18So, yes, Hugh and Jane, what do we think?
24:20We're going to go for Suzanne Vale.
24:23OK, Suzanne Vale.
24:25Shall we see if Suzanne Vale is a pointless Meryl Streep character?
24:30Well, you've hit a Meryl Streep character.
24:40Very well done indeed, Suzanne Vale.
24:43Right, Georgia and Jack.
24:45Shall we see if we can find the other one?
24:46Wouldn't that be nice?
24:47The only one I wouldn't go for,
24:48I think Wendy Gordon is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon in Batman, so...
24:52Let's go for Louisa Jacobson.
24:54We're going to go for Louisa Jacobson.
24:56Shall we see if that is another pointless character played by Meryl Streep?
25:01Oh, no.
25:02Oh, well, can't win them all.
25:05Get in.
25:05Yeah, you picked up the two red herrings, actually.
25:08So, that one there, Louisa Jacobson, not a character.
25:11That's Meryl Streep's youngest daughter.
25:14Ooh.
25:14And the other one you think about, Wendy Gordon,
25:17not a Meryl Streep character.
25:18Meryl Streep and Wendy Gordon started a group called Mothers and Others
25:22for a Liveable Planet to help protect the environment and support consumers.
25:26And then the top two, Gail Hartman, that is a character,
25:30the character in The River Wild.
25:31That would have scored you two points.
25:34Clarissa Vaughan is the pointless answer there.
25:37Her character in The Hours.
25:39Right at the bottom, Eleanor Shaw.
25:42Her character in the remake of the thriller The Manchurian Candidates.
25:45Two people said that.
25:47Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
25:50I mean, you actually did find a red herring, but for a completely different reason.
25:54But very well done.
25:55Your nose was right.
25:56There we are, and well done.
25:57You managed to find a pointless answer.
25:58Which means we can add £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250.
26:05Who will be playing for it?
26:06We shall find out in the head-to-head.
26:13Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,
26:16and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
26:18So best of luck to both pairs.
26:19Here is our first question, and it is all about...
26:25Gethin.
26:26Yeah, we're going to show you five types of craft that have taken humans into space.
26:32We'll also give you the alternate letters of the names.
26:35Please fill in the missing letters and tell us the names of these spacecrafts.
26:38Thank you very much indeed.
26:40So can you identify these spacecraft?
26:43Here they are.
26:44We have...
27:16There we are.
27:17Five spacecraft.
27:20Hugh and Jane, you are our low scorers, so you will get to go first.
27:25Um...
27:25Oh, dear.
27:27We'll go for D, Soyuz.
27:29Soyuz for D.
27:31Soyuz.
27:32Now then, Georgia and Jack, can you talk us through that board?
27:36Unfortunately not.
27:39The only one we know with any certainty is Mercury for C.
27:43Um...
27:44I'll just go with Mercury.
27:45Yeah, C, Mercury.
27:46You're going to say C, Mercury.
27:47So we have Soyuz and we have Mercury.
27:50Well, in the order they were given, Hugh and Jane said Soyuz for D.
27:53Shall we see how many of our 100 people said that?
27:58Soyuz is right.
28:03Down it goes to 21.
28:07Meanwhile, Georgia and Jack have gone for C and are saying Mercury.
28:11Shall we see how many of our 100 said Mercury?
28:16Mercury is right.
28:20And 34 for Mercury.
28:22Very well done indeed, Hugh and Jane.
28:24After one question, you are up 1-0.
28:27Very good.
28:27You like your spacecraft, don't you?
28:29Wow.
28:29I like that you say that.
28:30How do you know?
28:31How do you know?
28:33Because you were telling me, well, it's not quite a spacecraft.
28:35But you were telling me about Zeppelin before that you were quite in trouble.
28:37I'm a big fan of the idea of travelling by Zeppelin.
28:40I'll talk about that another time because I can bang on about it.
28:43But I know nearly nothing about spacecraft.
28:46But let's have a crack at these.
28:50Gemini would be right and would have scored 38 points.
28:54E, should we look at that one next?
28:56Because I can make the word dragon fit there.
28:59You'd be absolutely right, yeah.
29:00Dragon would have scored six points.
29:03Was it named after Puff the Dragon?
29:05I bet it was, Geffen.
29:06Named after Puff the Magic Dragon.
29:09It really was?
29:10It really was.
29:10I was joking.
29:12More for me.
29:13There we are.
29:13Thank you very much indeed.
29:14SX and Elon Musk territory.
29:16And then the best answer on the board would have been...
29:20OK.
29:20Is it a word that I would know?
29:23Russian?
29:25Ah.
29:26Vostok.
29:27Yes.
29:28I bet it's Vostok.
29:29Vostok would have scored one on the board.
29:32There we go.
29:33Well, thank you very much indeed, Geffen.
29:36Here comes our second question.
29:37Now, Georgia and Jack, you get to answer it first,
29:39but you've got to win this one to stay in the game, so good luck.
29:41Our second question is all about...
29:45National anthems of World Cup winners.
29:48We are going to play you five national anthems of countries whose football teams have won either the men's or
29:53women's FIFA World Cup or both.
29:56Please tell us the countries these national anthems are from.
30:00Thank you very much indeed.
30:01So can you identify these national anthems?
30:03Here is national anthem A.
30:21Here is national anthem B.
30:40National Anthem C.
30:43National Anthem C.
31:01Here is national anthem D.
31:08National Anthem C.
31:24And here is national anthem E.
31:43What a jolly old piece.
31:45Georgia and Jack, what would you like to go for?
31:48We're going to hope that Hugh and Jane are as flummoxed as us and play it safe and go with
31:53B, France.
31:54B, France, say Georgia and Jack.
31:58Well, it's all down to flummoxation.
32:01Hugh and Jane, would you like to talk us through those other anthems?
32:04I don't think so.
32:05In fact, the only one we actually knew was B.
32:06Was that one, yeah.
32:10But I think either D or E is Brazil.
32:14I am going to say E for Brazil.
32:17E, Brazil.
32:18So we have B, France, and we have E, Brazil.
32:22Georgia and Jack went for France for B.
32:25Shall we see how many of our 100 said France?
32:31France is right.
32:3642 for France.
32:38Everything is now riding on whether or not that jaunty little national anthem we heard at the end.
32:43That's fun.
32:43Nice quick step there.
32:45Is that the Brazilian national anthem?
32:48Hugh and Jane think it is?
32:52No, it is not Brazil.
32:54Which means very well done indeed, Georgia and Jack.
32:56After two questions, you're back in the game.
32:58It's one all.
32:58The only way I knew anything in that round was by being a rugby fan, actually.
33:02There were two that stuck out to me and this was one of them.
33:06E would have been the song of the Italians.
33:12The men have won the World Cup four times.
33:15That would have scored 17 points.
33:17You'll be good at this.
33:18Come on, Alexander.
33:19I'm really not, actually, I'm afraid.
33:20What was the...?
33:20No, I was floundering there.
33:21Yeah.
33:22Shall we put Hugh and Jane's logic to the test?
33:25Was D, therefore, Brazil?
33:29It wasn't.
33:30Oh, good.
33:30D was actually Japan, which would have scored two points.
33:35The Japanese women's team won the World Cup in 2011.
33:38The top one, A.
33:42It's the Royal March in English.
33:45The men have won it in 2010.
33:47The women won the World Cup in 2023.
33:49I'm talking about Spain.
33:51And that scored seven.
33:52And we had one pointless answer.
33:54And this is another rugby one, is it, that you know?
33:57No.
33:57No.
34:01No way.
34:02Poor Norway.
34:05Right.
34:06Yes, we love this country, is what it's called.
34:08And the women won the World Cup in 1995.
34:11There.
34:12Brilliant.
34:12Well, thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
34:14And well done, Georgia and Jack, back in the game.
34:16OK, here comes our third question.
34:17This is the decider.
34:18Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.
34:21And it is all about...
34:29We're going to give you the names of five figures that are considered
34:31amongst the principal gods or deities in various mythologies
34:34and religions, but with alternate letters missing.
34:38So we'll give you the mythology or religion.
34:40They're from.
34:41Simply give us the name of the god.
34:44Simply, he says.
34:45It'll be easy, I'm sure.
34:46Thank you very much.
34:47Well, let's see.
34:47When we reveal it on the board, maybe all will become clear.
34:50Here are our principal gods of mythology and religion.
34:54We have O-I, Norse.
34:58Z-U, Greek.
35:01B-A, Canaanite.
35:04J-P-T-R, Roman.
35:07And M-R-U, Babylonian.
35:11There we are.
35:12Now, Hugh and Jane will go first.
35:16What was the middle one?
35:18Baal.
35:18Yeah, do that one.
35:19Right, we'll go for the middle one.
35:21And we think that is Baal.
35:23B-A-A-L.
35:24Baal, say Hugh and Jane.
35:26Now then, Georgia and Jack, can you talk us through the rest of that board?
35:29We can a little bit.
35:31The Norse god is Odin.
35:33The Greek is Zeus.
35:34And the Roman is Jupiter.
35:36We are not sure about the Babylonian.
35:39Let's go for Jupiter, Roman, please.
35:42You're going to go for Jupiter.
35:43So, we have Baal and Jupiter.
35:45Hugh and Jane said Baal for the Canaanite god.
35:49Shall we see how many of our 100 said Baal?
35:53Baal is right.
35:59Down goes Baal for 11.
36:03Meanwhile, Georgia and Jack have gone for Jupiter.
36:06Shall we see how many of our 100 said Jupiter?
36:12Jupiter is right.
36:14It's a big one there.
36:1565.
36:15And it means Hugh and Jane.
36:17Very well done indeed.
36:18After three questions, you are through to the final.
36:202-1.
36:20Georgia and Jack got all the ones, but the one you needed to get through.
36:25The top one there, you're absolutely right, is Odin.
36:28That would have scored 40.
36:30Zeus would have got you 73.
36:33But with a score of one, which would have got you through to the next round,
36:37is Marduk.
36:38Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
36:40That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
36:42It means we have to say goodbye to Georgia and Jack.
36:43You'll be back next time.
36:45Look forward to seeing you then.
36:46But very well played today on your first show, Georgia and Jack.
36:50For Hugh and Jane though, now time for the pointless final.
36:57Congratulations, Hugh and Jane.
36:58You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted pointless trophy.
37:09You now have a chance to win the pointless jackpot.
37:11And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
37:17Well, you've only done two shows.
37:19You were in the head-to-head last time.
37:21This time through to the final.
37:22What would you like to see come up in this last round?
37:24For some reason, sport.
37:27Maybe geography.
37:28Geography, perhaps.
37:29That's some history.
37:31OK.
37:31Well, shall we see what's up on the board today?
37:33Four choices as ever.
37:35And today's are...
37:37The Royal Ascot Gold Cup, TV series starring Jason Bateman, photographers, female rappers.
37:45I don't know who Jason Bateman is, do you?
37:47No.
37:48I don't know who Jason Bateman is.
37:50I don't know any female rappers.
37:51Which one?
37:52Shall we do photographers?
37:53Do you know any?
37:54Well, I've heard of some.
37:56All right, then.
37:57Go on, then.
37:58OK.
37:59Shall we go for photographers, then?
38:00We are looking for the name of any photographer who features on Digital Camera World's list of the 50 best
38:08photographers ever according to the list dated August 2024.
38:14Or, we're looking for any person or group who is named alongside their portrait on British celebrity photographer Rankin's website
38:22in the Portraits 1 and Portraits 2 sections.
38:26Very best of luck.
38:28Thank you very much indeed.
38:29Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
38:32All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:36If you happen to find three pointless answers, we'll throw in a £500 bonus.
38:40Are you ready?
38:41We are.
38:41OK.
38:42Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:44There they are.
38:44Your time starts now.
38:46Andy Leibovitch.
38:48Andy Leibovitch?
38:49Andy Leibovitch.
38:50He's a very well-known photographer.
38:53Um...
38:54Are you aware of the...
38:55That ranking thing?
38:58No, I'm talking about the 50 best photographers.
39:00Yes, but I'm asking...
39:01Oh, yes.
39:01I'm trying to think you could guess a celebrity if you're aware what the ranking thing is and what's...
39:05He's a famous photographer.
39:06OK.
39:08So...
39:09You think of another name and I'll try and think of a celebrity portrait.
39:17I don't know.
39:19What era was ranking in?
39:21I don't know.
39:23OK.
39:30There's a famous photographer called Parkinson.
39:33Um...
39:34Cecil.
39:34Was it Cecil Parkinson?
39:35Ten seconds left.
39:38Well, it rings a bell, Cecil Parkinson.
39:40I don't know.
39:40Yeah.
39:42I knew someone who was in assistant.
39:45Um...
39:46OK, that is your time up.
39:48Let's have your three arms.
39:49I'll do the one for the celebrities.
39:52I'll go for Audrey Hepburn.
39:54Audrey Hepburn for ranking.
39:56Annie Leibovitz as well.
39:57Annie Leibovitz.
39:58And Cecil Parkinson.
40:00And Cecil Parkinson.
40:02Again, for the first category.
40:03OK.
40:04Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
40:08Leibovitz.
40:09OK, Annie Leibovitz we'll put last.
40:10Least likely to be pointless?
40:12Cecil.
40:12Cecil Parkinson.
40:14OK.
40:14And we put Audrey Hepburn in the middle.
40:16OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
40:18And here they are.
40:21We have...
40:22Cecil Parkinson.
40:23Audrey Hepburn.
40:24Annie Leibovitz.
40:26Well, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
40:27you'll be leaving here with £1,250.
40:30What would you like to do with that?
40:32I think we'd probably have a party for our children and grandchildren and...
40:37Yes.
40:38And I think...
40:39Um, some of it as well.
40:41There's a couple of charities that we like to support,
40:43might manage to give a little bit there as well.
40:46Very good indeed.
40:47Well, very best of luck.
40:47Let's hope one of these answers does it for you.
40:49Your first answer was Cecil Parkinson.
40:51In this case, we are looking for the 50 best photographers ever.
40:54Shall we see how many of our 100 said Cecil Parkinson?
40:57Might it be right?
41:01No.
41:02Not as a photographer?
41:03No.
41:04So, let's turn our attention to Audrey Hepburn.
41:06We're now looking at the subjects of Rankin portraits.
41:09Audrey Hepburn, might that be right?
41:11Might it be pointless for £1,250?
41:17New bedlock!
41:18We now are on much firmer ground, though.
41:21You came up with the name of Annie Leibovitz quite early on in your minute, Hugh.
41:25Shall we find out if Annie Leibovitz features on that list of 50 best photographers ever?
41:29And might she be pointless?
41:33Annie Leibovitz is absolutely right.
41:37She just has to be pointless.
41:39And you will leave here with that £1,250.
41:41And it'll be party time round Jane and Hughes.
41:44Down he goes through the single fingers.
41:45You've done it!
41:46Very well done indeed.
41:47Annie Leibovitz was a pointless answer and has just won you £1,250.
41:53Amazing.
41:54You doubted him the whole way down there, didn't you?
41:56But he's nailed it.
41:57Well done, yes.
41:58Cecil Parkinson was chairman of the Conservative Party.
42:03Maybe you're thinking of Cecil Beaton.
42:05He was a pointless answer.
42:07Let's have a look at some more pointless answers for you.
42:10The 50 best photographers ever.
42:12You could have had, well, you had Annie Leibovitz.
42:14You could have had Cecil Beaton, as I mentioned.
42:17Diane Arbus.
42:19Dorothea Lange.
42:20The only scoring answers were David Bailey.
42:23Bill Brandt.
42:24Henri Cartier-Bresson.
42:26Irving Penn.
42:27Man Ray.
42:28Martin Parr.
42:29Richard Aberdon.
42:30And Robert Capper.
42:32And then moving on to celebrity portraits by Rankin.
42:35Some pointless answers.
42:36You could have had Grace Jones.
42:39Idris Elba.
42:40Jarvis Cocker.
42:41Madonna.
42:42And the only answers that scored points were Kate Moss.
42:45Queen Elizabeth II.
42:47David Bowie.
42:48Lily Allen.
42:48And the Spice Girls.
42:50Well done if you've got a pointless answer at home.
42:52Thank you very much indeed, Gethin.
42:54And thanks once again to our winning players Hugh and Jane,
42:56who take away today's jackpot of £1,250.
43:00Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
43:03to the test on Pointless.
43:05Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Gethin.
43:06Goodbye.
43:07And it's goodbye from me.
43:08Goodbye.
43:11Dave Spencer.
43:12Thank you, Bruce.
43:38Thank you so much.
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