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00:00MUSIC CONTINUES
00:23Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
00:26the quiz where the aim of the game is to find
00:28the most obscure answer possible.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:37Hi, I'm Fiona, I'm from Stirling,
00:39and this is my dad Miles from Port Mahalmach
00:41in the Scottish Highlands.
00:42Couple number two.
00:44Hi, my name's Jamie, and this is my wife Vicky,
00:46and we're from Exeter.
00:48Couple number three.
00:49My name's Camelia, this is my husband Curtis,
00:52and we're from Leeds.
00:53And finally, couple number four.
00:55Hello, I'm Samantha, I'm from Oxfordshire,
00:57and this is my lovely mum Sue, who's from Gloucestershire.
01:00And these are today's contestants.
01:03Thank you very much indeed.
01:04All of you are very, very warm.
01:05Welcome to Pointless.
01:06It's lovely to have you all here.
01:07That just leaves one more person left for me to introduce,
01:09one of our nation's most accomplished comedians.
01:12So perhaps he can help me write a punchline to finish this set-up.
01:15It is my Pointless friend, it's Tom Allen.
01:17Oh.
01:19That's very nice.
01:20I'm sorry I can't help you.
01:22No, nor should you.
01:23But it's been a lovely time, I have to say, being here.
01:26Good, good.
01:26You do have to say.
01:27I literally have to, I'm contracted to say that.
01:31But I've just downloaded a yoga app.
01:33Have you?
01:34So I'm very excited.
01:36Yeah, very excited about that.
01:37Are you a yoga obituary?
01:39Are you?
01:39No, no, no.
01:40I've got the app, so I don't need to do it.
01:42Oh, there you are, don't need to do it.
01:42Just got it.
01:44Yeah.
01:44And then that's as good as, right?
01:45That's as good as, yeah.
01:46Nod's as good as a wink.
01:48That's what they say.
01:49There we go.
01:50Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
01:51Now, Adam and Elle got through to the final last time
01:53and they did win the jackpot.
01:55So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000, right?
01:59There we are.
02:00If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:07I am duty-bound to remind you that it will always be the pair
02:11with the highest score at the end of each round that gets eliminated.
02:13If you don't wish to be that pair,
02:14keep your scores as low as you possibly can.
02:16Very best of luck to everybody.
02:18Our first category today is...
02:22..world geography.
02:23Can you all decide on your pairs?
02:24Who's going to go first?
02:24Who's going to go second?
02:26And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:31OK, let's find out what the question is.
02:33Here it comes.
02:34We gave 100 people 100 seconds.
02:36To name as many...
02:39..countries that are smaller than the United States
02:41but larger than the United Arab Emirates as they could, Tom.
02:45We're looking for the name of any country other than the UK
02:48that is smaller in area than the United States
02:52but larger than the United Arab Emirates,
02:56according to the CIA World Fact Book.
03:00For reference, the United States is the third largest country
03:03and the United Arab Emirates the 113th largest,
03:07according to said book.
03:08As ever, by country we mean a sovereign state
03:11that is a member of the UN in its own right.
03:14Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
03:16Fiona, welcome back.
03:18Hi.
03:18We are both aware this is your last time on the show.
03:21So, yes, this is your last chance to shine.
03:24You live in Stirling, I gathered.
03:26Yes.
03:27But I spent quite a lot of time living over in Asia,
03:30predominantly in Thailand for about nine years.
03:32Was this part of your holiday and tourism business?
03:35Yes.
03:36So, part of my work, I was running tours in Thailand, Laos,
03:40Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Sri Lanka.
03:44Wow.
03:45Well, those are all...
03:46OK.
03:46And a question on world geography.
03:48How exciting to reel off so many countries.
03:52LAUGHTER
03:53OK.
03:55Fiona, what would you like to go for?
03:57I mean, you're going to know lots of countries.
03:59Well, you do know lots of countries, obviously.
03:59I'm going to go for a European country as opposed to an Asian country.
04:03I'm going to say France.
04:04France, says Fiona.
04:06Shall we see how many of our 100 people said France?
04:11Well, France is right.
04:14And there it is, 55.
04:16For France.
04:1743rd largest country, France.
04:19Slightly smaller than Texas.
04:21Ooh.
04:22Yeah.
04:22That's the state, not the home care shop.
04:25Oh, I see.
04:26Yes.
04:26And both of them have a Paris, which is nice.
04:28France is home to one of the world's largest underground cave systems.
04:32The Padirac Chasm.
04:33Chasm.
04:34Chasm.
04:34Chasm.
04:35Chasm.
04:35It's so big that there is a subterranean lake in it and tourists
04:37can take an underground boat ride.
04:39I think I've been there.
04:39Wonderful acoustic.
04:41Oh, I bet it would be nice.
04:42You can get your clarinet out there.
04:44Steady now.
04:45Now, Vicki, welcome to Pointless.
04:48Good to have you here.
04:48Tell us all about yourself.
04:50So, we recently celebrated our second wedding anniversary.
04:53Huge congratulations.
04:55Did you mark it in any special way?
04:58I mean, did you go anywhere?
04:59Did you do anything?
04:59Did Jamie produce a lovely present?
05:01Or did you just have a nice supper?
05:03I think it was just a nice takeaway in the end.
05:05That'll do.
05:06Oh.
05:07But when we actually got married, we eloped, didn't tell anyone,
05:10came back and announced it.
05:12So, yeah.
05:13Wow.
05:13It went down reasonably OK.
05:16Excellent.
05:16Vicki, these countries?
05:19I'm just going to go for Latvia.
05:22Latvia?
05:23Yes.
05:23Latvia gets a big nod from Jamie.
05:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said Latvia.
05:32Oh, dear.
05:33I'm so sorry.
05:34That's incorrect, Vicki.
05:35That scored you 100 points.
05:36Sorry.
05:37Latvia was 122nd on the list.
05:41Yeah, Latvia is smaller than the UAE.
05:44The UAE is not big.
05:45It's not big.
05:46But it is still bigger than Latvia, which is even smaller.
05:49Thank you very much.
05:50Camelia, welcome back.
05:52Tell us more about yourself, Camelia.
05:54Well, I mentioned I was on maternity leave.
05:57But when I...
05:58If I wasn't on maternity leave, I'd be working in cyber security,
06:02which is what I was doing before, and what I'll be going back to.
06:06Wow.
06:07Do you do that at an official level?
06:09I'm not sure I should be asking you these questions,
06:12putting you on the spot like that.
06:14So, I'm an apprentice.
06:16Right.
06:17So, it is, like, on an official level.
06:20I'm still learning a lot.
06:22But what I do is basically...
06:25It's more on the preventative side rather than the reactive side.
06:27Right.
06:27So, I don't respond to hackers or anything like that.
06:31No, but you learn to recognise and defend against.
06:34Yes.
06:35Wow.
06:35Amazing, Camelia.
06:36Yeah.
06:37What are you going to go for?
06:38This sounds a bit banal.
06:39Now, I'll ask you just to name a country.
06:41It's a bit of a guess.
06:42I hope it's right.
06:43But I'm going to go for Marley.
06:46Marley, says...
06:46Camelia, should we see how many of our 100 said Marley?
06:51Marley's right.
06:52100 is our high score, 55 is our low score, and you pass both of them.
06:56In fact, you pass them by a long way because you get that.
06:59Very well done indeed, Camelia.
07:01That's a pointless answer.
07:02And that, therefore, adds £250 to today's jackpot.
07:05Taking the total up to £1,250 scores you nothing and is wonderful.
07:10I hope that starts a whole slew of pointless answers.
07:14Yes, Marley.
07:15Great choice.
07:1523rd largest country.
07:17There's an amphibian there called the Marley Screeching Frog
07:19that is found nowhere else, in no other country.
07:22The Marley Screeching Frog.
07:23I wonder what kind of noise it makes.
07:25I'm guessing it's a...
07:27Well, frogs sort of make a rabbit sound, don't they?
07:31Yeah, but a screeching ribbit.
07:32Damn it!
07:33Yes, that's good.
07:35I don't know.
07:36I've never seen one.
07:37No?
07:38Thank you very much indeed.
07:39Sue, welcome back to Pointless.
07:40Lovely to have you with us again.
07:41It is also your third show.
07:43Yeah.
07:43My goodness.
07:44Tell us more about yourself, Sue.
07:47I've got a slightly unusual age range in my family.
07:51Yes.
07:51I've been married to Charlie for 60 years
07:54and our three lovely children have given us six beautiful grandchildren,
07:59ranging from 31 down to little Jing Jing,
08:02who's five and lives in Singapore.
08:04Jing Jing.
08:05Oh, is that Jing Jing?
08:05Well, hello, Jing Jing, when you watch this on Catch Up.
08:08That's a wonderful spread of ages.
08:11Famous, how often do you all get together?
08:13Once a year.
08:14That's good.
08:15At least.
08:15Very good.
08:16Do you sometimes go out to Singapore?
08:17Sometimes, yes.
08:18And bring everyone with you.
08:19What a lovely thing to do.
08:21No.
08:21No.
08:21I'm not going to do that.
08:23Sue, what are you going to go for?
08:25We've had a pointless answer.
08:26I think you can follow suit.
08:28You're quite good at pointless answers.
08:30I think I'll go for Poland.
08:32Poland, says Sue.
08:33Should we see how many of our 100 said Poland?
08:38Poland is right.
08:40Passes our high score and our middling score.
08:44It comes in quite close to our bottom score, 14.
08:47Good one.
08:4969th largest country.
08:50In Poland, wild garlic is known as bear's garlic.
08:54It's good for making pesto or mixing with cream cheese.
08:57Yeah, that's not specifically Polish bear's garlic, though, is it?
09:00Any wild garlic.
09:01I mean, bear's garlic, they call it in Poland.
09:03Bears in Poland?
09:04Slightly whiffy breath.
09:06Yeah, but they make a lovely pesto.
09:08You should see their pesto.
09:09That's very true.
09:10It's to die for.
09:11Lovely.
09:11Thank you very much indeed.
09:13Now we're halfway through the round.
09:13Let's have a quick look at these scores.
09:15Nothing, the best score of the pass.
09:16Very well done indeed, Camellia, which happened from there to 14,
09:18where we find Sue and Samantha.
09:19From there to 55, where we find Fiona and Miles.
09:22And from there, up to 100.
09:23Yes, we cover both extremes here, Vicky and Jamie.
09:27There you are.
09:28Let's have a lovely low score from you, though, Jamie,
09:30just in case it might keep you in the game.
09:32Good luck with that.
09:32We're going to come back down the line now.
09:33Will the second players please step up to the podium?
09:39Samantha, welcome back.
09:41Well, we've heard all about your comedy, Samantha.
09:44Tell us more, maybe something we don't know.
09:47Well, I guess one of the really nice things about not being
09:50an accountant any more is I can indulge my passion for weird
09:54and unusual fashion.
09:55And these shoes that I've got on are 3D printed shoes.
09:59Oh, wow!
10:00But what's lovely about making shoes and other clothes
10:04out of one material is it's fully recyclable.
10:08So when those are done, you can lob them back into the feed
10:11of the 3D printer and turn it into a hat.
10:14Yes.
10:15Very nice.
10:16What are you going to go for, Samantha?
10:17You are on 14.
10:1985 or less gets you into round two.
10:21OK.
10:22I am going to go for Kenya.
10:25Kenya says, Samantha, you get a red line and it comes in here.
10:29Where does Kenya get us?
10:34That's good.
10:35Gets us through.
10:39Goes down to three.
10:42So that gives you a score of 17.
10:44Yes, Kenya, 49th largest country.
10:46Kenya is about seven times the size of the UAE.
10:50Do you know what?
10:50This can sometimes be a round where we just...
10:53It's a raid.
10:54You go in and you just get pointless answer after pointless answer
10:57and fill up that jackpot.
10:59Yes.
10:59I don't know that that's happening.
11:01We're going for quite the...
11:02We've got a lot of low-hanging fruit here.
11:04But we have Curtis.
11:06And, Curtis, it is your second show.
11:08Tell us more about yourself, Curtis.
11:10Yes.
11:10So, as Camelia said last time, we recently had our first baby,
11:14our daughter.
11:14Very exciting.
11:15So I've been trying a lot of new hobbies,
11:17like things that will be easy to put down quickly,
11:19you know, quiet things,
11:20so I can sort of keep taking up much space.
11:22So I've been doing a lot of painting,
11:23a lot of, like, arts and crafts and stuff like that.
11:25Very, very good.
11:26Crosswords?
11:27Those sort of puzzles, maybe?
11:28Yeah, a bit of everything, yeah.
11:29Very good.
11:29As long as it's quiet, you know,
11:30a baby can sleep through it, then...
11:32Very good.
11:33Now, Curtis, you're on nothing.
11:3699 or less gets you through,
11:38but only nothing will be good enough, we know.
11:41So there's a lot of pressure.
11:42There is.
11:43Not least from me.
11:45So, um, geographies are really weak, sir.
11:48So I'm going to just have to name a country that I think is...
11:51..in between, so I'll say Mexico.
11:54OK.
11:55Mexico.
11:56Let's see how many of our 100 said Mexico.
11:58You get a red line, it's right up there.
12:00Mexico.
12:03Mexico's right.
12:08And it scores 11.
12:09And it takes your total up to 11.
12:12Yeah, Mexico, 13th largest country,
12:14has the greatest number of species of cactus of any country.
12:18That doesn't surprise me.
12:19Yeah.
12:20Well, it would surprise you if you put your finger on one.
12:22Mmm.
12:23Mmm.
12:23Thank you very much indeed.
12:24Now, Jamie, welcome to Pointless.
12:27Please tell me you love geography
12:28and you studied the countries of the world
12:30before coming on Pointless.
12:31It's my favourite subject.
12:32I'm so pleased to hear that.
12:33Jamie, tell us all about yourself.
12:35So, I am a bus driver from Exeter.
12:39Very good.
12:40Do you...
12:41What's the sort of...
12:41I mean, what's the zen for a bus driver?
12:44What's the...
12:45What gives you your pleasure?
12:46Is it just going around the roads and doing stuff?
12:48Because, obviously, you know, you're not in any hurry.
12:50No.
12:51Definitely not.
12:51You have to completely retrain your mind,
12:53not to be impatient, presumably.
12:55Sometimes it's tougher than others, but...
12:57Yeah, I can believe that.
12:58A few angry customers here and there, but...
13:00Oh, gee, that's annoying.
13:01But I hope, equally, there are lots of nice passengers.
13:04There are plenty, yes.
13:05This is good.
13:05Good.
13:06Now, Jamie, countries of the world.
13:08There'll be many, many, many, many pointless countries there.
13:12Yes.
13:12Well, Vicky has put me under a bit of pressure here,
13:14so I suppose I'd better take a risk.
13:16Mm-hm.
13:16I just don't know how big it is, but I'll go Guinea-Bissau.
13:20Guinea-Bissau.
13:21You see, that's the kind of answer I was hoping for.
13:23There's no red line for you because you are...
13:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said Guinea-Bissau.
13:30Oh, no!
13:32Oh, it's gone the way of Latvia.
13:34Oh...
13:34Oh, I can't bear that.
13:35I'm so sorry.
13:36I love Guinea-Bissau as an answer.
13:38I just...
13:38And I was thinking that...
13:39Well, yeah, I'm...
13:41Yeah.
13:41Didn't want to make Vicky feel too bad.
13:43So, that was very decent of you.
13:44That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.
13:46Newest members of the 200 Club.
13:47This is good.
13:48You know, you took a risk and that's what the game's about.
13:51Yeah, it is 134th largest country.
13:54Oh, dear.
13:54There we are.
13:55Miles, welcome back.
13:56And it is your third appearance on the show.
14:00We've collected mountains, we've collected waterfalls.
14:03Tell us other things about you, Miles.
14:05Well, my day job is I do governance and leadership development
14:10in the charity sector, mainly in the arts and heritage parts.
14:18And to keep my hand in, I'm on the board of two arts organisations.
14:22I'm on the board of Eden Court Theatre in Inverness and I'm chair of the board
14:25of Scotland's only disabled-led theatre company, Birds of Paradise,
14:29and they are awesome.
14:31Fabulous.
14:31Two brilliant things to do.
14:33Eden Court Theatre, have you played the Eden Court in Inverness?
14:36Yeah, I was there not long ago on my tour.
14:41Yeah, it was lovely.
14:42It's such a beautiful place in Inverness.
14:43Yeah, we saw Russell Crowe just there recently in his band.
14:46What a shame you didn't come and see me there.
14:47Well, you must have been there just before I was.
14:50Ah, surely that was why.
14:52Russell Crowe's band, which is famously excellent.
14:55Well, I know how good a singer he is from the film Les Mis.
14:58Well, there you are.
15:00Yes, very good indeed.
15:02Now, Miles, you are on 55.
15:04You are through, by the way, to the next round.
15:05It does not matter what you score, but it does matter what you score,
15:08particularly someone as well-travelled as you.
15:10Let's have a pointless answer.
15:12Well, it does allow me to take a risk,
15:14because I was going to go for a safer one,
15:15but I am going to try a risk of Suriname.
15:19Suriname.
15:19Shall we see where Suriname gets us?
15:21There's no red line for the lovely reason you're all ready, etc.
15:24Suriname.
15:26It's right.
15:34Miles, that is simply superb.
15:37Very well done indeed.
15:38Another pointless answer.
15:39It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
15:42taking the total up to £1,500.
15:44Scores you nothing, leaves your total at 55,
15:47and gets you brilliantly into round two.
15:49Superb.
15:50Well done, Miles.
15:50Suriname, 90th largest country.
15:53There, they have giant armadillos, which are native to Suriname,
15:59although they can grow to five feet in length.
16:01There were nearly 50 pointless answers you could have had here,
16:04including Laos, where Fiona, I know you'd visited.
16:07And, Jamie, had you just said Guinea, which is a lot bigger than Guinea-Bissau,
16:12that would have been pointless.
16:15But let's have a look at some more, shall we?
16:17We could have had Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador,
16:21Honduras, Mongolia, Nicaragua,
16:25also Senegal, Tunisia, Venezuela.
16:28Well done at home if you got one of them,
16:30or one of the other five million choices you could have gone with.
16:33Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
16:34That brings us to the end of our first round.
16:36It means we have to say goodbye to...
16:37Oh, I'm sorry, Jamie and Vicky, you've only just got here,
16:40and we're sending you away again.
16:42But it's au revoir. We'll see you next time.
16:43We'll look forward to it very much indeed.
16:44Jamie and Vicky.
16:46But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
16:54Oh, well done.
16:55I mean, you're all superstars, geographically speaking,
16:58but no-one more super or star-like than Camellia or Miles,
17:01who are our joint lowest individual scorers,
17:03and Curtis and Camellia, our lowest combined scorers.
17:06So very well done there. But well done, everybody.
17:08Best of luck for round two.
17:09The category for round two today is...
17:13..singles and albums.
17:15Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first,
17:17who wants to go second?
17:18And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:24OK, and the question concerns...
17:28..groups that have had a UK number one single and album
17:31at the same time, Tom.
17:33Yes.
17:34On each board, we're going to show you six pairs of singles and albums
17:38that were released by the same act and were at number one
17:42in their respective UK charts at the same time.
17:45Please give us the name of the act that you think the fewest
17:47of our 100 people knew.
17:49To help, we'll also give you the years in which these singles and albums
17:52simultaneously topped their respective charts.
17:55Here is our first board of six clues.
17:58And on it we have...
18:00Good Night Girl, High on the Happy Side, 1992.
18:04Push the Button, Taller in More Ways, 2005.
18:09From Me to You, Please Please Me, 1963.
18:12China in Your Hand, Bridge of Spies, 1987.
18:16Knowing Me, Knowing You, Arrival, 1977.
18:20And Little Things, Take Me Home, 2012.
18:26Miles.
18:28Yes, that's a concerned face.
18:30It is a concerned look, yes.
18:32Hmm.
18:33Because I know two high-scoring ones.
18:35That's the bore, isn't it? I know, yes.
18:37I'm going to have to go then with...
18:42From Me to You and Please Please Me as The Beatles.
18:45The Beatles, says Miles.
18:47Shall we see how many of our 100 said The Beatles?
18:51It's right.
18:55Down that goes to 41.
18:57That's not too bad.
18:5841.
18:59Yes.
19:00Please Please Me was recorded in one day, one single day.
19:03It spent no fewer than 30 weeks atop the UK album chart
19:07and then was knocked off that top spot by the group's follow-up
19:12with The Beatles.
19:14So, what a time.
19:16What a time.
19:17What a time to be.
19:17What a time.
19:18What a time to be in The Beatles.
19:20Yes.
19:20It's been great.
19:21Yeah.
19:22Thank you very much indeed.
19:23Now, Curtis.
19:26Right.
19:26I don't reckon there's a single one of these.
19:29So, I think we're just going to go for a guess...
19:332005.
19:34So, we'll push the button taller in more ways.
19:35I'll say Spice Girls.
19:37OK.
19:39Spice Girls.
19:39Should we see if that's right?
19:40Should we see how many of our 100 people said The Spice Girls?
19:46No.
19:48I'm sorry.
19:49Not The Spice Girls.
19:50That scores you 100 points.
19:52Yeah, sorry about that.
19:53Wrong.
19:54Get the answer at the end of the round.
19:56Your weight.
19:58Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
20:01Samantha, this is your board.
20:03Would you like to fill in all the blanks for us?
20:05I think China In Your Hand is T'Pau.
20:09I think Knowing Me Knowing You is ABBA.
20:13I think Push The Button might be Girls Are Loud.
20:17I'm not sure about the other ones.
20:20So, I think I'm going to go for China In Your Hand, T'Pau.
20:25T'Pau.
20:26Bridge Of Spies and all that.
20:28Let's see how many of our 100 said T'Pau.
20:36T'Pau, absolutely right.
20:3832.
20:39Very well done indeed.
20:40Yes, yes.
20:42Good one.
20:43Well done.
20:43China In Your Hand was the last song to be added to the Bridge Of Spies album
20:46and was only called upon when another song had to be cut.
20:49It became their only UK number one single.
20:52So, what do you like with the others?
20:53Well, you know, push the button.
20:56All I can think of is Mucha.
20:57I can't remember what...
20:58Sugar Babes.
20:58Sugar Babes, that's what they're called.
20:59Sugar Babes, they would have scored you 19 if you'd say so.
21:03There is ABBA.
21:04We'd better fill that in because we've had that.
21:06Well, 62 of our 100 people did get that one.
21:09There we are.
21:09ABBA.
21:10And then at the top one, High On The Happy Side, 1992.
21:14I mean, early 90s.
21:15This is old Marty Pello.
21:17Oh.
21:18Wet, wet, wet.
21:19You got it in one.
21:20Come on.
21:21That's right.
21:21And that was known by 15 people who knew that.
21:23Yeah.
21:24Lastly though, Little Things and Take Me Home brought out in 2012.
21:29This is One Direction.
21:30And that's One Direction.
21:31Only eight people knew that though.
21:32Really?
21:33Yeah, I was surprised by that.
21:34Bizarre.
21:35Thank you very much.
21:35We're halfway through the round.
21:36Let's have a quick look at those scores.
21:3732 is the best score.
21:39Very well done indeed, Samantha.
21:4041 is where we find Miles and Fiona.
21:41And 100, I'm sorry to say, is where we find Curtis and Camellia.
21:45So, yes, who knows what will happen on the next board,
21:47but let's have a low score from you.
21:48We're going to come back down the line now.
21:50Will the second players please step up to the podium?
21:56OK, we are going to put six more clues to groups that have had a UK
21:59number one single and album at the same time.
22:02Here they are.
22:03We have...
22:05Sex on Fire, Only by the Night, 2008.
22:08Don't You Want Me, Dare, 1982.
22:11Heart of Glass, Parallel Lines, 1979.
22:15Crazy, St Elsewhere, 2006.
22:18Don't Look Back in Anger, What's the Story, Morning Glory, 1996.
22:23And Pure and Simple Pop Stars, 2001.
22:27There we are.
22:29Sue, over to you.
22:32I'm not very good on pop songs.
22:34I think I know one of them.
22:35Well, 67 or less gets you into the next round.
22:38OK, hopefully.
22:39Heart of Glass, Blondie.
22:41Blondie, says Sue.
22:42Here is your red line.
22:45Can we get you below that with Blondie?
22:50Yes, we can.
22:53Down to 47.
22:54Very well done indeed.
22:55Taking your total up to 79.
22:57Heart of Glass was Blondie's attempt at breaking into American radio,
23:00moving away from their sort of punk and into disco.
23:03An early demo of the song recorded by the band even had the subtitle
23:06The Disco Song.
23:08Thank you very much.
23:10Camellia, now you are our high scorers on 100.
23:13Let's have a lovely low score from you.
23:15Who are these groups with the double whammy number ones?
23:18Um, I definitely know two of them.
23:22I'm going to say Crazy, St Elsewhere.
23:25I'm going to guess Niles Barkley.
23:28Niles Barkley, says Camellia.
23:30You don't get a red line because you're the high scorers,
23:32but what happens when we say Niles Barkley?
23:35Niles Barkley, absolutely right.
23:41It's a very good answer.
23:43Down it goes to eight.
23:44Our best score of the whole round so far.
23:47108 your total.
23:49Yeah.
23:49Yeah, Crazy as well.
23:51It's very interesting because it was the first UK number one single
23:56to hit the top of the chart based on downloads alone.
23:59The beginning of the, you know.
24:00Gosh, new world.
24:02The new world of downloads rather than records.
24:05Yeah.
24:06Then Niles Barkley became CeeLo Green.
24:09I don't know how that...
24:09Niles Barkley is actually a musical duo consisting of CeeLo Green
24:12and Danger Mouse.
24:13Oh, I see.
24:14And then I think Penfold came along and they fell out.
24:18Yeah.
24:18Thank you very much indeed.
24:19Now, Fiona, you're on 41.
24:22We need a score of 66 or less.
24:23Would you want to talk us through the board, in fact?
24:25I think I know a few of them.
24:27I think Sex on Fire is Kings of Liam.
24:30I'm singing Don't You Want Me in my head,
24:32but I can't reach out to what it is.
24:35But I think Don't Look Back in Anger is Oasis.
24:37And I think Pure and Simple is Hearsay.
24:40So I think I'm going to go with Pure and Simple Hearsay.
24:42OK, Hearsay says Fiona.
24:44Shall we see your red line first?
24:45Here it comes.
24:48And let's see where Hearsay ends up in relation to that red line.
24:55Very much below it, which means you are into the head-to-head.
24:58Well done, Fiona.
24:59Down it goes to 19.
25:00Brilliant.
25:01Taking your total up very neatly to 60.
25:04Yeah.
25:04Pop Stars was the name of the television show
25:06on which Hearsay was formed.
25:07The show also made stars of Liberty X,
25:09who were the five finalists who failed to make it into Hearsay.
25:13Do you want to fill in the rest of the board?
25:14Yes, I do.
25:15Sorry, so we've had Oasis.
25:16Oasis, yeah, everyone knows that.
25:18Yeah, 51 people knew that.
25:19We've had Kings of Leon at the top.
25:21Yes, good one.
25:22That would mean 23 if you'd said Kings of Leon.
25:24And this, one of my first albums I really, really, really fell in love with,
25:28Dare, The Human League.
25:30The Human League is correct.
25:31And that would have scored 26.
25:33Thank you very much indeed.
25:35Right, that brings us to the end of the second round.
25:36And it means, Camelia and Curtis, we have to say goodbye to you.
25:39This is your second exit from the show.
25:41Next time we see you, we have to make it count.
25:43Anyway, thank you so much for playing, Camelia and Curtis.
25:46For the remaining two pairs, it is now time for the head to head.
25:55Huge congratulations, Samantha and Sue, Miles and Fiona.
25:58You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:01which currently stands at £1,500.
26:06However, we might have a chance to put some more money into that jackpot
26:09by seeing if we can just find a couple of pointless answers.
26:12Very easy.
26:13We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
26:18Attitude magazine cover stars.
26:20Tom.
26:21Yes.
26:22You're going to see six options.
26:24Two are scoring, two are pointless,
26:26and two have never been featured on the cover of Attitude magazine at all.
26:30250 quid in the jackpot for each pointless answer is the bit I wanted to say as well.
26:35Excellent.
26:36I don't know if I needed to say that because you sort of said it.
26:38I know, but it's nice.
26:39Nice to be reminded.
26:40Nice to be reminded.
26:40What's at stake?
26:42I'll tell you what is at stake here, though.
26:43Tell me.
26:44My ego.
26:45Why?
26:46Are you not on the list?
26:47I've been on the front cover of it.
26:49Are you like this?
26:51Yeah, yeah.
26:52I've got my muscles out.
26:53No, I'm walking a dog, actually, in it.
26:55I got put on the front cover and they said,
26:57we sort of made a mistake, we've also got Dua Lipa on the cover as well,
27:01and most of the covers were with Dua Lipa,
27:03but some collector's editions had me on it.
27:06Had you.
27:07Yeah.
27:07That's nice.
27:08Lovely magazine.
27:09Lovely people.
27:10Thank you very much indeed.
27:11So, can you find the Pointless Attitude cover stars
27:14from these six possibles?
27:16And we have...
27:25Do you know any of these at all?
27:27I've never...
27:28I know Cathy Burke. She's an actress.
27:30I would put Nthuti Gatwa.
27:32I would say he's probably been on one of the more recent ones
27:35because he got really famous being the Doctor, didn't he?
27:37OK.
27:38OK.
27:38Samantha and Sue, who would you like to nominate?
27:41You decide.
27:41Um, I will go for...
27:45Grace Jones.
27:46OK.
27:46Shall we find out if Grace Jones is a Pointless cover star of Attitude magazine?
27:52No!
27:54Uh, Miles and Fiona, who do you want to put forward?
27:57Um, we're going to go with Nthuti Gatwa.
28:00Nthuti.
28:01Let's see.
28:01Is Nthuti Gatwa a Pointless cover star?
28:07Definitely a cover star of Attitude magazine.
28:13Ah!
28:14And one of those.
28:15Very well done indeed.
28:16Look at that.
28:17Very good.
28:18Yeah, he was on the cover in 2024.
28:20And as for Grace Jones, I'm afraid she's never appeared on the cover of Attitude.
28:24Uh, she was on the cover of Gay Times.
28:27So, you could have gone with Lewis Smith, the Olympic gymnast who was on the cover in 2014.
28:31And Lewis was a Pointless answer.
28:34Kathy Burke would have scored one.
28:35She was on it in 1999.
28:37Jonathan Bailey from Bridgerton.
28:39He was on it in 2021.
28:41Would have scored you two.
28:42And if you said Lennon Nimoy, you'd be wrong.
28:44He played Spock, Lennon Nimoy in the original series of Star Trek.
28:48Never appeared on the cover of Attitude.
28:49But Zachary Quinto, who played Spock in the rebooted film series, has.
28:54Yes.
28:55You're welcome.
28:55No mention of me, but that's fine.
28:57There we are.
28:58That's fine.
28:58But people now know they can find it back catalogue collector's edition.
29:02Collector's edition.
29:03Very rare.
29:05And well done.
29:06You managed to find one Pointless answer, which means we can add £250 to the jackpot,
29:09taking the total up to £1,750.
29:13But who will be paying for it?
29:13Well, let's find out in the Head to Head.
29:21Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,
29:24and you are now allowed to play as a pair and confer before you give your answers.
29:28Best of luck to everybody.
29:29Here is our first question, and it's all about...
29:34Tom?
29:36Yes, that famous gourd family.
29:39Oh, gourd.
29:40Oh, gourd.
29:41We're going to show you five pictures of fruit and vegetables that are members of the gourd family,
29:46along with their first and last letters.
29:48Please give us your most obscure gourd member.
29:51Thank you very much indeed.
29:53Here are the gourd family members.
29:55And we have...
29:57A.
29:57W.
29:58N.
30:01B.
30:03C.
30:04E.
30:08C.
30:09C.
30:10E.
30:13B.
30:14D.
30:15L.
30:16H.
30:18E.
30:21B.
30:22T.
30:23S.
30:24H.
30:26E.
30:36B.
30:38H.
30:38C.
30:38E.
30:39Oh, do I know it.
30:41Shall I take a risk or not take a risk, mum?
30:44No, do one that you now.
30:46Do one that we know.
30:47OK, we will go for E, butternut squash.
30:53E butternut squash, say Samantha and Sue.
30:56Now, then, Miles and Fiona, can you talk us through that board?
30:59A is going to be Watermelon.
31:01B is Courgette. Yep.
31:03Do you know C or D?
31:05I don't know C or D.
31:07Um, no, so I think it's got to be B, I would imagine.
31:12We're going to go with B, Courgette.
31:13OK, B, Courgette. So, we have Butternut Squash and we have Courgette.
31:17In the order they were given, Samantha and Sue went Butternut Squash for each.
31:21Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
31:25Butternut Squash is right.
31:28APPLAUSE
31:2867 for Butternut Squash.
31:31Meanwhile, Miles and Fiona have gone B, Courgette.
31:36How many of our 100 said Courgette?
31:40Courgette is right.
31:42Oh, my goodness, Courgette.
31:44Oh, 66 to 67. Very well done indeed.
31:46Miles and Fiona, after one question, you're up 1-0.
31:49That was close, wasn't it? Was it not?
31:52Yeah.
31:52Samantha, what was the riskier one you were thinking of?
31:55I'm so glad I didn't do it.
31:57I was going to say Cabbage for C.
31:59Well, yeah, you were right to not go with that.
32:03LAUGHTER
32:03That was Chayote and that would have been a pointless answer.
32:07But everyone knew the top one, including most of the people in the 100 polled.
32:12There were 90, that would have scored you 90 for Watermelon.
32:16Beautifully designed, look at that.
32:17Beautifully.
32:18The last one that no-one seemed keen to get, poor Dee, would be loofah.
32:24And that was 43.
32:25There we go.
32:26A loofah.
32:26Thank you very much.
32:28It's not the same as a loofah.
32:29Is it not?
32:30Yes.
32:31It is.
32:32It just dries out.
32:33Yeah.
32:33That's where they get them from.
32:35Oh, we all know about loofahs now.
32:37Oh, yeah.
32:37Oh, right.
32:38I just don't know what they look like on the outside, but...
32:40Yeah.
32:41OK.
32:41Gosh, I'm glad I'm on this side of the table and not over there.
32:44Well, here comes your second question.
32:47Samantha and Sue, you need to win this one to stay in the game,
32:49so good luck.
32:49Our second question is all about events on gladiators.
32:55Tom.
32:56OK, we're going to show you five events from the BBC reboot
33:00of gladiators, but we've rearranged the letters of each word
33:02into alphabetical order.
33:04Just tell us the name of these events.
33:06Thank you very much indeed.
33:08OK, let's reveal our five gladiators' events, and here they are.
33:14We have...
33:25There we are.
33:26Miles and Fiona will go first.
33:29Well, there's the only one I know at the top, which is Jewel.
33:32And the wall.
33:34Number two is going to be the wall.
33:36Kind of.
33:37Let's go with that.
33:37Yeah.
33:39So, we think number three is hang tough.
33:43Hang tough, say Miles and Fiona.
33:45Now then, Samantha and Sue, can you talk us through the board?
33:49Not really.
33:51The better one is the wall.
33:53Yeah.
33:53The only other one I knew was hang tough.
33:55Is that one like the tram...
33:58Oh, no, it doesn't even work.
34:01We'll go for your one, ma'am.
34:03We'll have to go for the wall.
34:05You're going to go for the wall for the second one.
34:08OK.
34:09So, we have hang tough versus the wall.
34:12Miles and Fiona went for hang tough.
34:15Let's see how many of our 100 said hang tough.
34:19Hang tough is right.
34:24And it goes down to 31.
34:27Meanwhile, we have the wall for...
34:30Let's see how many of our 100 said the wall.
34:34The wall is right.
34:3875 for the wall.
34:39And that means very well done indeed.
34:41Miles and Fiona, after only two questions,
34:43you're straight through to the final.
34:442-0.
34:45Yeah, very, very well played.
34:47I think, Samantha, maybe you were thinking of the travelator,
34:50which is part of the bottom one there,
34:52which is actually the eliminator.
34:54Ah, yeah.
34:55And if you'd said that, that would have got you 12.
34:57And the one at the top?
34:59Dual.
34:59Dual.
35:00Spotted that.
35:0138 people said that.
35:02But the one to get really was collision.
35:06Ah.
35:07And that would have scored you one point.
35:09Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
35:11Well, that brings us to the end of the head-to-head round.
35:13It means we have to say goodbye to Samantha and Sue
35:14and I'm afraid this really is goodbye.
35:16You've been amazing.
35:17It's been so lovely having you on the show.
35:18We've had lots of pointless answers from you,
35:20lots of lovely low scores,
35:21and you were our golden couple coming into the head-to-head.
35:23It was that butternut squash that did for you.
35:26But thank you so much for coming to play, Samantha and Sue.
35:30For Miles and Fiona, though, now time for the pointless final.
35:37Congratulations, Miles and Fiona.
35:39You have fought off all the competition
35:40and you have won our coveted pointless trophy.
35:49Yay!
35:51Wow.
35:51That's what I came for.
35:53Well, hooray.
35:54You now have a chance to win the pointless jackpot.
35:56And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,750.
36:01The only thing between you and the jackpot is a pointless answer.
36:05So we have to hope something comes up on that board that you feel comfortable with.
36:09What would you like to see?
36:10I like cooking.
36:11And so anything to do with cooking or ingredients or anything like that,
36:14that might be helpful.
36:16Then I could embarrass myself.
36:17But anyway.
36:18Fiona?
36:20I am a little bit of a jack-of-all-trades master of none.
36:23This is perfect.
36:24Perfect pointless fodder.
36:25Perfect.
36:26I know lots of useless information and nothing that will actually be useful at any point.
36:31Well, in that case, you might enjoy what appears on this board.
36:33Let's hope so.
36:34Four choices as ever.
36:35And today's are...
36:47Do you know anything about Mean Girls?
36:49Not enough to be confident on it.
36:50I think the wild card is Motorways.
36:52That's what I was going to say.
36:53Should we do Motorways?
36:54Let's go Motorways.
36:55Shall we do Motorways?
36:56We've both driven up and down the UK a lot.
36:58Let's go.
36:59Great.
37:00OK.
37:01Well, we are looking for any word that appears in the name of any official motorway service
37:07area in the UK, according to Motorwayservices.uk.
37:12As of the beginning of October 2024, we will accept official service areas on the A1M and
37:19A74M, as well as the other motorways.
37:22Or we are looking for any word of four or more letters that appears in the lyrics of the
37:271977 UK Top 10 single 2468 Motorway by the Tom Robinson Band, where an expression is hyphenated.
37:35Each word of four or more letters within that expression will count as an answer in its own right.
37:40Best of luck.
37:41Thank you very much indeed.
37:43Now, as always, you have got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
37:47All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
37:50If you could find three pointless answers, we will throw in a £500 bonus.
37:54Are you ready?
37:55As we'll ever be.
37:57OK.
37:57Let us put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:00There they are.
38:00Your time starts now.
38:02Do you know the song, 2468 Motorway?
38:04Only the rhyme at the end, and so it's not going to be that.
38:07I don't know.
38:07We can use, like, random words.
38:09Road, path, like, side.
38:12Yep.
38:12Or, but I'm thinking words in the names of UK service, but is it stop?
38:16Because that's, like, going to be fuel stop, like...
38:18Words in the names of...
38:19Oh, yes, stop.
38:20I was thinking T-Bay is one.
38:23The services, do you know any others?
38:24Bay is good.
38:25Yeah.
38:25So bay could be a good one, stop could be one.
38:27Oh, T-Bay is the whole word, I think.
38:29A T-Bay.
38:30Oh, and I'm thinking remote where we could do something like lane or something.
38:33Yes, lane, yep.
38:35Erm, so do you have, like, anything that you want to add to that?
38:37Because I am just going out on a win here.
38:40No.
38:40I'm trying to hum the song as well, and it's just there but not,
38:44you know, as it always is.
38:46Erm...
38:48Erm...
38:48Dagenham for...
38:49Forrest?
38:50Forrest, yes, Forrest, good, excellent.
38:52So...
38:52Ten seconds left.
38:53Should we go with Forrest?
38:54Forrest, T-Bay.
38:55T-Bay.
38:56And lane.
38:57And lane for the bottom one.
38:58Yes.
38:59OK. OK.
39:00I think we're good with that.
39:01There we are, and there come the lights.
39:03Brilliant, your minute is up.
39:04Let's have those three answers again.
39:06So for words in the names of UK motorway service areas,
39:09we're going for Forrest and T-Bay.
39:12T-Bay.
39:12And then for the song, we're going for the word lane.
39:16Lane.
39:16Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:19Lane.
39:20OK, lane goes last.
39:21Least likely to be pointless?
39:23T-Bay.
39:24T-Bay, because I'm not sure it's right.
39:26T-Bay, and then Forrest.
39:26So T-Bay, Forrest, Lane.
39:28Yes.
39:28Let's put those answers up in that order, then.
39:31And here they are.
39:32We have...
39:33T-Bay, Forrest, Lane.
39:37If one of these turns out to be pointless,
39:39you'll be leaving here with £1,750.
39:42What would you like to do with that?
39:43Miles, I'm going to ask you first.
39:44I think I'd like to give a donation to our heritage centre,
39:49the Tarbot Discovery Centre in Port Mahomet.
39:51It's a fantastic wee museum.
39:53And also then, perhaps, if there's anything left,
39:55go and have a nice slap-up meal somewhere.
39:57Very nice indeed.
39:59Perfect.
39:59Fiona, how about you?
40:01I'm going on holiday after this,
40:03so I would just put it towards some fun activities while I'm away.
40:06Perfect.
40:06Well, there we are.
40:07Let's hope one of these answers wins it for you.
40:09They look like lovely answers from where I'm standing,
40:11but then, obviously, I know nothing.
40:13T-Bay was your least-confident answer.
40:15In this case, we're looking for words in the names of UK motorway service areas.
40:19Let's see if T-Bay is right.
40:20You weren't entirely sure if it was.
40:22Let's see if it's pointless.
40:24T-Bay.
40:27Well, T-Bay's right.
40:29If it goes all the way down to zero,
40:30you'll be leaving here with £1,750.
40:33Down we go with T-Bay into single figure.
40:36Still going down with T-Bay.
40:37Still going down with T-Bay to three!
40:39Oh!
40:40OK, not a pointless answer.
40:41So we now move on to Forest.
40:43Exactly the same criteria.
40:44Motorway service areas.
40:45Let's see how many of our 100 said Forest.
40:52Yes.
40:53Well, Forest is absolutely right.
40:54We went down to three with T-Bay.
40:57Can we go lower with Forest?
40:59Down we go through the teens.
41:01Still going down.
41:01Might this be pointless?
41:02Still going down with Forest to two.
41:03OK, that's enough.
41:05It's a good answer.
41:06And, I might add, all moving in the right direction.
41:10This bodes very well for Lane.
41:12Now, Lane, this is...
41:13You don't really know the song particularly.
41:15You can vaguely remember the tune.
41:17But you've reasoned that Lane...
41:19Surely it's in the song.
41:20Shall we find out?
41:21Lane, is it a pointless answer?
41:22Please.
41:24£1,750.
41:30Lane is in the song.
41:32Down we go.
41:33We're down to three with your first answer, T-Bay.
41:35Down to two with your second, Forest.
41:37Lane taking us down through into single figure.
41:38Still going down.
41:39Passing three.
41:39You've done it!
41:40Look at that!
41:41Very well done indeed!
41:43Lane has just won you £1,750.
41:48And beautifully reasoned, if I may say.
41:50Very well done.
41:51Very well done.
41:52Great performance.
41:53Shall we have a look at some more of the pointless answers
41:56for anyone playing along at home?
41:57Starting with words in the names of UK motorway service areas,
42:01you could have had...
42:04Annandale in Annandale Water.
42:07Water, of course, would also have been pointless.
42:08Beaconsfield on the M40.
42:11Lee, as in Lee Delamere.
42:14Delamere was also pointless.
42:15And Woolly, as in Woolly Edge.
42:17Edge as well would be pointless.
42:19And that's on the M1.
42:20Shout out to anybody on the M1.
42:22There were lots of actual pointless answers you could have gone for,
42:25including Blackburn, Cardiff, Doncaster, Durham, Exeter, Gretna and Green.
42:30Leeds, Oxford, Swansea and Toddington.
42:33Lane was also pointless in this category.
42:35As was Scotland, as in the heart of Scotland service station.
42:40And then for the words of four or more letters in the lyrics of 2468 Motorway.
42:46You could have had companion, lorry, stardust, window.
42:51The only scoring answers here were late, never light, white, little, morning, coming,
42:55drive, night, road, trucking, line, cruiser, driving, radio, shining, single, station,
43:00truck and yaw.
43:01Everything else was pointless.
43:03And if you were playing along at home, well, I hope you were dancing around the living room.
43:07Thank you very much indeed, Tom.
43:09And thanks once again to our winning players, Mars and Fiona,
43:11who take away today's jackpot of £1,750.
43:15APPLAUSE
43:16Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
43:20Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Tom. Goodbye.
43:22And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
43:25APPLAUSE
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