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00:13MUSIC CONTINUES
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
00:26the show that rewards obscure answers
00:28rather than the obvious ones.
00:30Let's meet today's play.
00:35And couple number one.
00:36Hi, I'm Lawrence, this is my son-in-law John
00:39and we're both from the Council of Bedsfordshire.
00:42Couple number two.
00:43Hi, I'm Tony, this is my wife Kelly and we live in London.
00:46Couple number three.
00:47Hi, I'm Nat and this is my partner Haz and we're from Hull.
00:50And finally, couple number four.
00:52Hi, I'm Stacey, this is my husband Roger
00:54and we live in County Durham.
00:55And these are today's contestants.
00:58Thank you very much indeed.
01:00A very, very warm welcome to you all.
01:01It's lovely to have you all here.
01:03That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:05A TV and radio presenter who used to work as a personal shopper.
01:08See, I'd love one of those.
01:09Ideally, they'd also try on the clothes and pay for them as well.
01:12It is my new Pointless friend, it's Angela Scant.
01:16Yeah, that's the dream, isn't it?
01:18Oh, isn't it though?
01:19But then they'd probably also walk off them.
01:21Yeah, and they might be a little short.
01:22Yeah, they wouldn't fit.
01:23Yeah.
01:24I did love it though.
01:25I used to do a lot of mileage around shopping centres.
01:28I bet you did.
01:28Yeah, but I realised that people then just kept asking me,
01:32what should I be wearing this season?
01:34That's annoying, yes.
01:35And my answer was always, honestly, I couldn't care less.
01:41It's like, wear whatever makes you happy.
01:43Yeah, whatever makes you happy.
01:45Yeah, so it was fabulous, actually.
01:46Because, you know, all sorts.
01:48Weddings and mother of the brides and work interviews
01:50and, like, pivotal moments often.
01:52Brilliant and lovely.
01:53Yeah, it was good.
01:54I enjoyed it until I didn't.
01:55A big journey to be on with them.
01:55Yes.
01:56Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
01:57Now, Graham and Lesley got through to the final last time
01:59and they did win the jackpot.
02:01So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
02:05There it is.
02:06Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:14It is to be borne in mind at all times
02:16that the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
02:18will be eliminated.
02:19That's it.
02:20It just happens.
02:21So keep your scores as low as you possibly dare
02:23and let's hope you are never that pair.
02:26Best of luck to everybody.
02:27Our first category today is...
02:32Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:34who's going to go second?
02:35Yes, it is.
02:35And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:42OK.
02:43And the question concerns...
02:46Words that begin and end with R.
02:49Here we go.
02:50Brace yourselves.
02:51On each board we are going to show you clues to seven words
02:54that both begin and end with the letter R.
02:58We will also provide the number of letters in each word.
03:01Please tell us what these R words are, as it were.
03:08That's just the best thing ever.
03:09Thank you very much indeed.
03:12Here is our first board of seven clues.
03:14And we have...
03:17Large artificial or natural lake for storing water.
03:20Nine.
03:21Type of sword that is used in an idiom for a person with sharp wit.
03:25Six.
03:26Word that follows southern and northern in the names of two types
03:30of crested penguins.
03:32Ten.
03:33Someone appointed to manage the financial affairs of a bankrupt company.
03:37Eight.
03:37Coating of plaster applied to the exterior of a building.
03:40Six.
03:41Word used in radio communication to show a message has been understood.
03:46Five.
03:47And loud, deep sound made by a lion.
03:52Four.
03:53Lawrence.
03:54Lovely to have you back.
03:56Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Lawrence.
03:58Well, I won a radio competition and the prize was going to America.
04:06What fun.
04:08It was, yes.
04:08I mean, are you a regular phoner in for competitions?
04:12Well, yes and no.
04:13There's one on that I go in for once a week to win lots of money,
04:19but so far they haven't run me back.
04:21Ah, it's just annoying.
04:23Lawrence, what are you going to go for on our board here?
04:25Ah, right.
04:27Well, all these words begin and end with R.
04:30What are they?
04:32Coating of plaster, which I think is render.
04:35Render, says Lawrence.
04:37Shall we see how many of our 100 said render?
04:45Render is good.
04:46Down it goes to 44.
04:47Good start to the show.
04:49Also a term used in animation.
04:51It's the process of turning data models into the 2D images that we eventually see on screen.
04:58There we are.
04:59Kelly, welcome back to Pointless.
05:01Lovely to have you with us again.
05:02Tell us a little bit more about yourself.
05:04So, we have two kids who are hopefully watching at home.
05:08I'm sure they are.
05:09What are their names?
05:10The youngest one is actually Alexander.
05:12Alexander.
05:13Alexander.
05:14And Maximilian.
05:14Dude.
05:15And Maximilian.
05:16Two cracking names.
05:17Is it named after?
05:20Um...
05:22I'll take that as a no!
05:24No, no, no.
05:25You at least didn't disqualify the name.
05:28That's a lovely way of putting it.
05:29Thank you very much.
05:30Indeed.
05:31Kelly, what are you going to go for on our board?
05:34I will go for the fourth one down and say Receiver for Bankrupt Company.
05:40Receiver, says Kelly.
05:41Should we see how many of our 100 people said that?
05:46Well, 44 is our only score at the moment.
05:49And you pass that.
05:51Down to 20 for Receiver.
05:52Very well done indeed, Kelly.
05:54Unbelievably, in 1996, Marvel Comics filed for bankruptcy.
05:59The company...
06:00I know.
06:00Recovered by licensing some of their characters to film companies
06:04and then took out a loan to film Iron Man.
06:07The rest is history.
06:08Wow.
06:08It took about $600 million and received two Oscar nominations.
06:13What a turnaround.
06:14Back in business.
06:15There we are.
06:16Thank you very much indeed.
06:18Now then, Haz, welcome back to Pointers.
06:20It is your last show.
06:22We have to make this one extra special.
06:25Tell us a bit more about yourself, Haz.
06:27So, when I was 15, I spilled ice cream on Princess Anne
06:31and I'm pretty sure she didn't notice.
06:34I bet she did.
06:35She thought, ooh, I'll have that later.
06:37Where did you spill it?
06:38She came to open my school and she came into our science lesson
06:42and we were making ice cream with liquid nitrogen.
06:44I see.
06:45I thought, what are you doing with ice cream in a...
06:46Lots of stirring.
06:47See, that's a fun science lesson.
06:50Well, you never got to make ice cream in science.
06:52Nor me.
06:53Bunsen burner.
06:54Wow.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Was it just vanilla?
06:56Yes.
06:57It was delicious, actually.
06:59You're telling me.
07:00Ice cream.
07:01Homemade.
07:02Lab made.
07:03But actually, that doesn't sound good.
07:05Right, Haz, what are you going to go for on our board?
07:08I think this is right.
07:10I want to go for the second one with rapier.
07:14Rapier, says Haz.
07:16Shall we see how many of our 100 said rapier?
07:21Rapier is absolutely right.
07:2344 is our high score.
07:2520 is our low.
07:2628 is where you end up with rapier.
07:29Well done.
07:30Good answer.
07:31Roger, welcome to Pointless.
07:33Hello.
07:33And not just that, but from Durham as well.
07:36Absolutely.
07:36From County Durham?
07:37Yep.
07:37Very nice.
07:38Now, you're not from the north-east, are you, Roger?
07:40No, I'm from the south-west originally.
07:42I was going to say.
07:43I've been there about 30 years, but I can't lose this accent.
07:46Oh, no, you mustn't.
07:47Got to hold on to your roots.
07:48Now, Roger, you're the last person to have this board.
07:51Would you like to talk us through it?
07:53The top one, I believe, would be Reservoir.
07:56I'm not sure about the third one down.
07:58At the bottom is Roar, but I think I'm going to go for the one above that.
08:02Thought you might.
08:03And go Roger.
08:04Roger, says Roger.
08:05Shall we see how many of our 100 people also said Roger?
08:11Roger's right.
08:11Well, 44 is our high score.
08:1355 for Roger.
08:15I love that.
08:16You might have had lower scores available, but you stayed long to Roger.
08:21Roger, you took us through the board really well there.
08:23Actually, your name was the best of the answers that you knew.
08:28Xander, any ideas?
08:29Well, yes.
08:30Well, Roar, obviously, is going to be a big one.
08:32Of course.
08:3285 for Roar.
08:36Reservoir.
08:36Reservoir.
08:37Reservoir, 65.
08:38And then the last one.
08:39You know that one?
08:41Well, I mean, I'm trying, I'm just racking my brains for types of penguin.
08:46It's a rock hopper for six.
08:48Can you imagine?
08:49A rock hopper?
08:49What, like Tommy by The Who?
08:51That was a rock hopper.
08:53Yeah, slightly different flavour.
08:55OK, thank you very much indeed.
08:57We are halfway through the round.
08:58Let's have a quick look at those scores.
09:00Kelly, very well done indeed.
09:0120, the lowest score of the past.
09:0428 is where we find Nat and Haz.
09:0644 is where we find Lawrence and John.
09:08And then 55 is where we find Stacey and Roger.
09:11I mean, Stacey, you get the new board.
09:13Just find the rock hopper on that board and we'll see you in round two.
09:17Good luck with that.
09:17We're going to come back down the line now.
09:18Will the second players please step up to the podium?
09:24OK, let's put seven more clues to words that begin and end with r on the board.
09:29Here they are.
09:29Mammal traditionally said to pull Santa Claus's sleigh.
09:33Eight.
09:34An addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often listing requirements such as food and drink.
09:40Five.
09:41Word that follows Venus in the name of the Wimbledon ladies' singles trophy silver salver.
09:47Nine.
09:48Term used for a slice of bacon.
09:51Six.
09:51Dental device used after braces to help keep teeth in position.
09:56Eight.
09:57Breed of large, powerful dog that takes its name from a town in south-west Germany.
10:02Ten.
10:03And elastic material produced from latex obtained from a South American tree.
10:09Six.
10:11There we are.
10:12Stacey, welcome to Pointless.
10:14Great to have you here.
10:15Tell us all about yourself, Stacey.
10:16So, I'm Stacey.
10:17As I said, I'm coming from County Durham.
10:19I live with Roger.
10:20And our two children, Olivia and Alfie.
10:22Olivia, hello.
10:23Alfie, hello.
10:25And we also have a three-legged cat called Gary.
10:27Gary, hello.
10:30Unfortunately, he was hit by a car.
10:33Oh, dear.
10:33Poor Gary.
10:34Well, he's still there.
10:36He's got eight more lives.
10:36It's all fine.
10:37He's fast as lightning on them three legs.
10:38Oh, of course.
10:39Of course.
10:40Makes you wonder why they even have four.
10:44Stacey, you are on 55.
10:46You are the high scorers.
10:47Mm-hmm.
10:47So, we must get a low score from you.
10:49OK.
10:49Have you found what you think might be a low-scoring answer?
10:52Well, I hope so.
10:53So do I.
10:53I would like to go for the dental device used after braces,
10:58which is a retainer.
10:59A retainer, says Stacey.
11:01You don't get a red line.
11:02But we hope we go a long way down the column with retainer.
11:09Retainer's good.
11:12Down he goes. 35.
11:13This is good.
11:1535 takes your total up to 90.
11:18In the music video for her song Dark Horse, Katy Perry wears a retainer
11:22encrusted with diamonds and precious gemstones made by a cosmetic dentist
11:28and worth a million dollars.
11:30Wow.
11:31Thank you very much indeed.
11:33Now then, Nat.
11:34Welcome back.
11:35Hi.
11:36Lovely to have you with us.
11:37It is the third show for you as well.
11:39Your last chance to tell us more about yourself, Nat.
11:42I'm a bit...
11:43We're a bit together of an amateur bat watcher.
11:46We like to go...
11:47Bat watcher?
11:47Mm-hmm.
11:48We like them so much that our wedding favours were from the Bat
11:51Conservation Trust.
11:52They were little pin badges of UK native bat species.
11:56Very good.
11:57But they're, yeah, amazing creatures.
11:5928.
12:00Is your score 61 or less gets you into round two?
12:03I think I know most of them, but I'm going to go for the second one,
12:07which I hope would be a lower scorer and rider.
12:10Rider.
12:12Says Nat.
12:13Shall we see how many of our 100 people said rider?
12:15Here's your red line.
12:21Get you through.
12:2524.
12:26Taking your total up to 52.
12:29Most riders I think we think of have, like, food and drinks on them.
12:33Cher, on her 99 World Tour, requested a separate room on her rider backstage just for her wigs.
12:41Nice.
12:41I have the same.
12:43Do you know?
12:44Yes.
12:44Yes.
12:45How many wigs?
12:46Just the one, but it's very, very particular.
12:49It's very large.
12:51Yes.
12:51Thank you very much indeed.
12:53Tony, welcome back to Pointless.
12:55Great to have you here.
12:56We need to know more about you.
12:57Yes.
12:58So, Kelly mentioned last time that we like to travel.
13:00One time we took a cruise and one of the stops was the Vatican and we had a great tour.
13:06And we get back to the ship and it's taking off and my wife realizes that...
13:10The Pope's next her watch.
13:13Exactly.
13:14It was like a very expensive watch that I had bought her.
13:16And so she calls the Vatican and they worked it out and they actually mailed it to us.
13:22So, I learned that the Pope will give you back your watch if you leave it there.
13:29She looks and goes, yeah, all right.
13:30Yeah.
13:31I'm going to store that story away.
13:33That's superb.
13:34Tony, listen, you're on 20.
13:35Yes.
13:35If you can score 69 or less, you are through to round two.
13:38Yeah, we'll see.
13:39Well, do you know your Rs from your elbows?
13:43I think I might have to go for the last one and say rubber.
13:47Rubber.
13:48Says Tony.
13:48You get a red line.
13:49It's nice and high.
13:51Is it rubber high though?
13:52Rubber.
13:54That's right.
13:56Hey, it is.
13:57There we are.
13:5859.
13:59This is superb.
13:5979 your total.
14:00There is a berth for you in round two.
14:04Now, though they're made of plastic now, the original rubber ducks were actually made of hard rubber in the 1800s,
14:10but they didn't float.
14:11It wasn't until the 1940s when they were made out of plastic that they started being used for bath time.
14:18Thank you very much indeed.
14:19Oh, you're very welcome.
14:21John.
14:22Welcome back to Pointless.
14:23Good to have you with us again.
14:24We need to know more about you, John.
14:26More.
14:26At weekends, I played competitive mini golf on the UK mini golf tour.
14:32Wow.
14:32I had no idea such a thing existed.
14:35I mean, so you must therefore be quite good at mini golf.
14:38I'm not bad.
14:39Do you bring your own club?
14:40Yes.
14:41Yes.
14:41In mini golf, as opposed to in golf, you have just one club.
14:45Just the one.
14:45But several balls that you can choose from.
14:47OK.
14:48So the balls are not your choice.
14:49So they have different properties.
14:50I see.
14:50Yeah.
14:51But you take it very seriously and you're trying to get things through windmills and...
14:55Sometimes there are windmills.
14:56Yeah.
14:57But always the courses are skill-based.
15:00There we are.
15:00Skill-based.
15:01John, you're on 44.
15:0345 or less gets you into round two.
15:06Look at the board.
15:07Talk us through the board.
15:08The top one's very obvious as reindeer.
15:11The third one down, I was tempted to say Williams and then I realised that doesn't begin or end with
15:15an R.
15:16A slice of bacon is a rasher.
15:18But I'm going to plump for the second bottom, which must be Rottweiler.
15:23Rottweiler.
15:24Says John.
15:25Shall we see if Rottweiler gets you below this red line?
15:28Here it is.
15:29Rottweiler.
15:3749 for Rottweiler, taking your total up to 93.
15:41John, you took us through that pretty well, choosing the lowest score of the answers that you knew.
15:47Do you know the Wimbledon ones, Andrew?
15:49Do you know?
15:50I'm just...
15:50I'm going to keep thinking on that one.
15:51Shall we do the reindeer first?
15:52Let's get the scores for that, shall we?
15:54I was thinking Williams too, if it's any consolation, John.
15:56Yes, I know, same.
15:58Reindeer, 77.
16:00Rasher.
16:00Rasher.
16:01A great word.
16:02Underused.
16:03Delicious.
16:0474.
16:05And this is the one you needed, John.
16:06What is the silver salver?
16:08What does it look like, that thing?
16:09Is that thing that they then...
16:10No.
16:11Yeah.
16:12It is the Venus rosewater dish.
16:16Wouldn't have known that.
16:17That scored four.
16:18I'm not sure I'd have stuck my neck out with that one.
16:20Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
16:21That brings us to the end of our first round.
16:22It means we have to say goodbye to John and Lawrence, who are our high scorers.
16:25I'm sorry about that.
16:25You were in the head-to-head last time.
16:27I was, yeah.
16:27Far too soon to be sending home.
16:29Next time.
16:29OK.
16:30We'll make it all count then.
16:31Thank you so much.
16:31Meanwhile, John and Lawrence.
16:33But for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
16:42Very well done, everybody.
16:43Here we are in round two.
16:45Only three pairs now.
16:46Best of luck to everybody.
16:47Our category for round two today is...
16:51Fiction.
16:52Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first, who wants to go second?
16:55And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:02OK.
17:03And the question concerns literary sixes, Angela.
17:08In a moment, Xander is going to show you six categories relating to six famous authors,
17:13all of which have exactly six answers.
17:16We would like you to give us the most obscure answer for any of these categories.
17:21Thank you very much indeed.
17:23This will all make sense when I reveal the board.
17:26I am hoping.
17:28Here is the board.
17:29We have the six first names of characters that appear in the titles of Charles Dickens novels,
17:36George Orwell's six novels,
17:38Helen Fielding's six novels,
17:41Margaret Atwood's six novels nominated for the Booker Prize,
17:44Thomas Harris's six novels and Zadie Smith's six novels.
17:50For Margaret Atwood, we are including nominations from when it was called the Man Booker Prize.
17:56The other categories are according to Fantastic Fiction as of mid-August 2024.
18:02Best of luck.
18:03Thank you very much indeed.
18:05Kelly.
18:07I think I will go for a Dickens novel, Nicholas.
18:12Nicholas.
18:13Says Kelly.
18:14Should we see how many of our 100 people said Nicholas?
18:20Nicholas.
18:20Nicholas is right.
18:26Five for Nicholas.
18:28Very well done indeed.
18:29From the Dickens novel, Nicholas Nickleby.
18:32In 1980, the RSC staged an eight-and-a-half-hour adaptation of the novel, watched over two nights.
18:39It was such a success.
18:40It transferred to Broadway and Roger Rees, who played Nicholas Nickleby.
18:45Nicholas Nickleby. He was brilliant.
18:45That's the one.
18:46Won an Olivier and a Tony.
18:47Thank you very much indeed.
18:49Now then, has.
18:52I think I'm going to go really obvious and go for Oliver.
18:57OK.
18:58You are going to go Oliver.
18:59Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Oliver?
19:06Oliver is right.
19:07Well, five is the only score we have at the moment.
19:0940 for Oliver.
19:11From the Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, it has been suggested that Twist is based
19:15on a Robert Blinko who went from a workhouse to work in a mill at the age of just seven.
19:20His story was published by a newspaper, first of all, and we thought that Dickens would have read that.
19:26Thank you very much indeed.
19:28Stacey.
19:29Hi.
19:30So, anything that fits into one of these categories?
19:34I'm going to say David Copperfield.
19:38David, says Stacey.
19:40Shall we see how many of our 100 said David?
19:44David is absolutely right.
19:4540 remains our high score.
19:48And you pass it.
19:5011 for David.
19:51Well done, Stacey.
19:53Lucky for more than just you, Stacey.
19:55When he was nine, Daniel Radcliffe played David Copperfield in a TV adaptation
20:00and it's said that that is what led to him being cast as Harry Potter.
20:04I didn't know that.
20:05Nor did I.
20:06There we are.
20:07Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
20:08We are halfway through the round.
20:09Let's have a quick look at those scores.
20:10I can tell you five is the best score of the pass.
20:12Very well done indeed, Kelly.
20:14Then we travel to 11 where we find Stacey and Roger.
20:16Superb.
20:17Then it's up to 40 where we find Haz and Nat.
20:20So, Nat, anything might happen in the next pass?
20:23Anything might happen, but we need a low score from you.
20:25So, good luck with that.
20:26We're going to come back down the line now.
20:28Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:34OK.
20:35So, remember, we are looking for these literary sixes.
20:37And, Roger, you are on 11, which means 28 or less gets you
20:41into the next round.
20:44I think Thomas Harris's novels, I'm going to go Hannibal Rising.
20:50Hannibal Rising, says Roger.
20:52You get a red line and your red line comes in here.
20:57Hannibal Rising, where do we end up with that?
21:01Hannibal Rising is right.
21:05You're in the head-to-head.
21:07Oh, Roger! Look at that!
21:10I haven't heard that music for a long time.
21:13That's a pointless answer and it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
21:17taking the total up to £1,250.
21:20Scores you nothing, leaves your score at 11 and is just brilliant.
21:24Well done.
21:25Relatively little known about Thomas Harris or his writing techniques.
21:29In fact, as he very rarely gives interviews and doesn't do book signings.
21:33Oh, there you are.
21:34He's missing out.
21:35Thank you very much indeed.
21:37Now then, Nat.
21:38You are on 40.
21:39We need a low score from you.
21:40So, anything that answers one of these six categories?
21:44I think I'll go for the Margaret Atwood novel, The Blind Assassin.
21:48The Blind Assassin, says Nat.
21:50There is no red line for you.
21:52Let's hope we go a long way down the column, though, with The Blind Assassin.
21:56The Blind Assassin is right.
22:03It's another of those.
22:05Very well done indeed, Nat.
22:07Another pointless answer, adding another £250 to today's jackpot,
22:11taking the total up to £1,500.
22:14Scores you nothing, leaves your total at 40 and is fabulous.
22:18Very well done indeed.
22:19Very well done.
22:20It is about an 82-year-old Iris Chase, her sister and a novel within a novel.
22:26Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
22:28Now then, Tony.
22:29Look at this amazing score from Kelly.
22:3234 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
22:35I wonder what you would like to go for.
22:38I think I'm going to go with swing time.
22:41Swing time.
22:41Mm-hm.
22:42You get a red line.
22:44Here is your red line.
22:46Shall we see if we can get you below that with swing time?
22:50Swing time is right.
22:54Gets you through as well.
22:56And it's another of those.
22:58Very well done indeed, Tony.
23:00Another pointless answer adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
23:04Taking the total up to £1,750.
23:07Scores you nothing.
23:08Leaves your total at five.
23:10Gets you into the head-to-head and is fabulous.
23:13Now, shall I give you the best and worst answers from each category?
23:15I should like that of all things.
23:17OK, so starting with the Dickens title characters,
23:20Oliver, which has said was the top scorer,
23:22the only pointless answer was Edwin,
23:24as in the mystery of Edwin Drood.
23:27For George Orwell, 1984, An Animal Farm.
23:31Unsurprising.
23:32Top scorers there.
23:33A clergyman's daughter was the only pointless answer.
23:37For Helen Fielding's novels, Bridget Jones' Diary,
23:40top of the bill.
23:42And Olivia Jewels and the Overactive Imagination.
23:45And the Bridget Jones' novel, Mad About the Boy,
23:49were both pointless.
23:51For Margaret Atwood's Booker-nominated titles,
23:54The Handmaid's Tale was the top score there.
23:56And Oryxon Craik and The Blind Assassin,
23:59which Nat said, were both pointless.
24:02For Thomas Harris, Hannibal was the top score.
24:04Surprisingly, The Silence of the Lamps only scored three.
24:08Carrie Mora and Hannibal Rising, which Roger had,
24:11were both pointless.
24:12And for Zadie Smith, finally, White Teeth was the top score for Zadie.
24:17And NWN Swingtime, well done, Tony, were pointless.
24:21Well done at home if you got a pointless answer.
24:24Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
24:26That brings us to the end of our second round
24:28and it means we have to say goodbye to Nat and Haz.
24:30I'm so sorry with your high score of 40.
24:33This is where we say a final goodbye,
24:34but it's been lovely having you on the show.
24:36Thank you so much for coming to play, Nat and Haz.
24:39For the remaining two pairs, though,
24:40it's now time for the head-to-head.
24:48Huge congratulations, Tony and Kelly,
24:50Stacey and Roger, you are now one step closer to the final
24:53and a chance to play for the jackpot,
24:55which currently stands at £1,750.
24:59We have a chance now to put even more money into that jackpot
25:02by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
25:04So here goes, just for fun.
25:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
25:11Wes Anderson characters as they could. Angela.
25:15You will see six options.
25:16Two are scoring, two are pointless
25:18and two are not the names of characters from films
25:20directed by Wes Anderson at all.
25:23£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
25:26Thank you very much indeed.
25:28So can you find the pointless Wes Anderson characters
25:30from these six potentials?
25:32And I give you...
25:47Now, does anybody know anything or have any thoughts at this stage?
25:51Do share.
25:51Gail Weathers.
25:52Gail Weathers is from Scream, so...
25:54And I think she'll be scoring.
25:55No, there's...
25:56No, she's a...
25:57Wes Craven.
25:58Wes Craven.
25:59So she's from Scream.
26:00That means that Gail Weathers is a...
26:01Oh, it's a red herring.
26:03Yes, yes.
26:03Oh, yeah, sorry.
26:05OK, in which case, Tony and Kelly are going to come to you first.
26:07Which one would you like to nominate?
26:10Uh, we'll say Social Services.
26:12Social Services.
26:14Shall we see if that is a pointless Wes Anderson character?
26:19Social Services is absolutely right.
26:25And very well done indeed.
26:27Finally, we've broken...
26:29It's been eight long shows since we've seen a pointless answer
26:34in this bonus round.
26:35Um, Social Services is a pointless answer.
26:37OK, Stacey and Roger.
26:39Um, who would you like to nominate?
26:41I haven't got a clue, you decide.
26:43Go Mathilde Palace.
26:45Mathilde Palace.
26:46Shall we see if that is a pointless Wes Anderson character?
26:54I had a hunch that might be the case.
26:57Um, not Mathilde Palace.
26:59No, Mathilde Palace is a luxury hotel in Budapest.
27:03So it's a grand Budapest hotel,
27:05but not in the way we were looking for.
27:08Gail Weathers, bang on with your theory around that.
27:11It was Wes Craven, of course, and not Wes Anderson.
27:14Right.
27:14Eli Cash up the top.
27:17Owen Wilson in the Royal Ten and Bounds.
27:20Royal Ten and Bounds.
27:20Absolutely brilliant.
27:21That scored one.
27:22And then Schubert Green.
27:25Adrian Brody.
27:26That's in the Grand Budapest hotel, isn't it?
27:28Asteroid City.
27:29Oh, Lord.
27:30Yeah.
27:30And that scored one.
27:31And then, any ideas?
27:33One of your faves, Xander?
27:35It's Cate Blanchett and it's, um, The Life Aquatic.
27:41With Steve Zissou.
27:42Very well done.
27:43And that was pointless.
27:44There we are.
27:45Splendid.
27:46Thank you very much.
27:47Indeed.
27:47Well done.
27:48You managed to find a pointless answer.
27:49This is fabulous news.
27:51Not only because we haven't had one for so long,
27:53but also because it adds another 250 pounds to today's jackpot
27:55and takes the jackpot up to a lovely round 2,000.
27:59But who will be playing for it?
28:00Let's find out in the head-to-head.
28:07Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
28:10and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
28:12Best of luck to both pairs.
28:14Here is our first question and it is all about...
28:20Yes, we're going to show you five pictures of fish with names
28:23that all refer to some sort of occupation.
28:26Presumably not ones that they hold themselves.
28:30Although...
28:30Oh, hmm.
28:31We've missed out alternate letters from the occupational part of each name.
28:36Please give us the most obscure occupational fish.
28:40Thank you very much indeed.
28:41So, let's reveal our five fish.
28:43Here they come.
28:44We have...
28:46A.
28:47P.
28:48L.
28:49T.
28:49Fish.
28:51B.
28:52N.
28:53R.
28:54E.
28:57C.
28:58Sand.
28:59D.
29:00V.
29:00R.
29:03D.
29:04A.
29:05C.
29:06E.
29:07Fish.
29:09And E.
29:10S.
29:11R.
29:12E.
29:13N.
29:13Fish.
29:16There we are.
29:19Tony and Kelly, you will go first, but feel free to confer.
29:23Island fish, nurse shark.
29:25The last one is surgeon fish.
29:26This one.
29:28We'll go with E.
29:29Surgeon fish.
29:31Surgeon fish.
29:32Say Tony and Kelly for E.
29:34Now then, Stacey and Roger.
29:36Can you talk us through the rest of these fish?
29:38Not so much.
29:40Um...
29:41I think we just know the one.
29:43That's...
29:43Well, we think C is sand diver.
29:47You're going to go for sand diver for C.
29:49OK, so we have surgeon fish and we have sand diver.
29:52Tony and Kelly went for surgeon fish for E.
29:55Shall we see if that is the right profession for that fish?
30:01Surgeon fish.
30:01Surgeon is absolutely right.
30:06Oh, it's a brilliant answer as well.
30:09Two for surgeon fish.
30:10APPLAUSE
30:11Very well done.
30:12Stacey and Roger, meanwhile, have gone for sand diver for C.
30:16Shall we see how many of our 100 said sand diver?
30:21Diver is absolutely right.
30:23The occupation there.
30:2562 for that.
30:26Very well done indeed, Tony and Kelly.
30:27After one question, you're up 1-0.
30:29Opposite ends of the spectrum there.
30:31But nothing you could have done anyway.
30:32That was the best answer on the board.
30:35Surgeon fish at two.
30:37Pilot fish.
30:38Yep, yep.
30:38Up top.
30:39You knew that one.
30:40I had one I had.
30:4126 for pilot fish.
30:43Nurse shark.
30:45I wouldn't fancy waking up to her after an anaesthetic.
30:48Honestly, frightening.
30:5024.
30:52Um, right.
30:53D.
30:53I'm not seeing a profession there.
30:55It uses water instead of arrows.
30:57Does that help at all?
30:58Archer.
30:59Archer fish.
31:00Archer fish.
31:01Seven.
31:02Thank you very much.
31:03Indeed.
31:04Right, here comes your second question.
31:05Stacey and Roger, you've got to win this one to stay in the game,
31:07so best of luck.
31:08Our second question today is all about...
31:15Angela.
31:15Lead singers, we are going to play you five tracks from bands
31:19and we want you to give us the name of the lead singers.
31:22As usual, the lead singer that the fewest of our hundred knew
31:26is what we're looking for.
31:28OK, so can you identify the lead singers of these bands?
31:31And here is song A.
31:33I feel the noise.
31:36Girls, rock the boys.
31:39We get whoa, whoa, whoa.
31:42We get whoa, whoa, whoa.
31:46Song B.
31:47Take it like a man, baby.
31:49If that's what you are.
31:51Cause I'm moving on up.
31:53You're moving on up.
31:55Moving on up.
31:57Nothing can stop me.
31:59Moving on up.
32:00Song C.
32:03You have seen what I've seen.
32:06You will always swim for sure.
32:10Once in my lifetime.
32:13Song D.
32:27And song E.
32:29Toast to the ones in the day.
32:31Toast to the ones that we lost on the way.
32:34Cause the drinks bring back all the memories.
32:36And the memories bring back, memories bring back your...
32:40There we are.
32:41Now, Stacey and Roger, you go first.
32:44Shall we go for E?
32:47We would like to go for E, which I think is Adam Levine.
32:51Adam Levine, say Stacey and Roger.
32:54Now then, Tony and Kelly, can you talk us through the rest of those songs?
32:59Yeah, I mean, E was the only one we thought we knew.
33:01I mean, maybe you want to try and share?
33:04We're going to take a punt and say B for Cher.
33:07OK, Cher for B.
33:09So we have Adam Levine and we have Cher.
33:11Um, Stacey and Roger are saying E was Adam Levine.
33:14Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
33:18Adam Levine is absolutely right.
33:25Four for Adam Levine.
33:27Very well done indeed, Stacey and Roger.
33:29Meanwhile, Tony and Kelly are saying B could be Cher.
33:34Could it?
33:37No, not Cher on this occasion.
33:39Um, Stacey and Roger, very well done indeed.
33:41You're back in the game after two questions.
33:42It's one all.
33:43It was Heather Small.
33:45Yes.
33:45People moving on up nine.
33:48Although I would love to hear Cher's version of this.
33:50It's not.
33:51There's a similarity there.
33:53The Tamb is a bit Cher-like.
33:56Adam Levine from Maroon 5 Memories.
33:59That reached number five in 2019.
34:02Xander.
34:03Yes.
34:04Any of the rest of these?
34:05Yes.
34:06A is Noddy Holder.
34:09Absolutely.
34:10Slade.
34:10Come on, feel the noise.
34:11Reached number one in 1973.
34:14That scored 29.
34:15Then we have...
34:17C was...
34:19Oh, this is Sian Intipateri.
34:21Yeah, from Texas.
34:22In our lifetime reached four in 99 and we scored 12.
34:26And I knew this one as well.
34:28Oh, yeah.
34:28It's Chrissie Hine.
34:29Chrissie Hine, The Pretenders.
34:31Talk of the town.
34:32Number eight in 1980 and that was 16.
34:36There we are.
34:36Thank you very much indeed.
34:37Right.
34:38Here comes our third question.
34:39Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
34:41Best of luck to both pairs.
34:43Our third question is all about...
34:46Italian chess.
34:48We are going to show you the Italian names of five chess pieces.
34:53Please give us the usual English name of the piece you think the fewest of our 100 knew.
34:58OK, thank you very much indeed.
35:00Let's reveal our five Italian chess pieces.
35:04We have Cavallo, Pedone, Torre, Alfier and Donna.
35:14Tony and Kelly will go first.
35:17Pawn, of course.
35:18Which one?
35:19Which one?
35:19Do you want to say one or two?
35:20Yeah.
35:22We'll go for the second one and say Pawn.
35:25Pedone, Pawn.
35:27Now then, Stacey and Roger, can you talk us through those others?
35:31No.
35:32No, not so many.
35:34Donna might be Queen, Bella Donna.
35:36I don't know.
35:37OK.
35:38Yeah?
35:38I don't know at all.
35:39I'm trying.
35:40Donna the Queen.
35:41You're going to go Donna the Queen.
35:42So we have Pawn and the Queen.
35:45Tony and Kelly went Pawn for Pedone.
35:48Should we see if that's right?
35:49Should we see how many people said it if it is?
35:54Pawn is right.
35:58That goes down to 27.
36:01Meanwhile, Stacey and Roger have selected Donna for Queen.
36:05Should we see if that's right?
36:06Donna.
36:08It is the Queen.
36:10Very well done indeed.
36:13Scores you 48 though and that means very well done.
36:15After three questions, Tony and Kelly, you are through to the final.
36:182-1.
36:19Sandra, can you do the rest of these?
36:21How's your choice?
36:21Well, I can have a go.
36:22I would say Cavallo is going to be the knight.
36:25It is.
36:2624 for the knight.
36:27Torre is going to be the rook.
36:29Indeed.
36:3122 and...
36:32So Alfiere.
36:35It's got to be the bishop.
36:38Bang on.
36:39Bishop.
36:4017.
36:41There we are.
36:42Thank you very much indeed.
36:43Well, that means the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
36:46Stacey and Roger.
36:47I mean, it's a shame, but it's good news for us.
36:49It means we get to see you next show.
36:50Excellent.
36:50So, hooray.
36:51Thank you very much for playing Stacey and Roger.
36:54For Tony and Kelly, it is time for the Pointless Final.
37:01Huge congratulations, Tony and Kelly.
37:02You have fought off all the competition and you have won
37:05our coveted Pointless trophy.
37:13You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
37:16And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing neatly
37:18at 2,000 pounds.
37:21All we need from you is a Pointless answer.
37:24What would you like to see come up in this last round?
37:27American geography would be great.
37:29American basketball?
37:30American history.
37:31Yes, American sport.
37:32Kind of wear songs.
37:33As you well know, we have a lot of American things,
37:36particularly in this last round.
37:37So, let's hope today is one of those days.
37:39Four things will appear on the board behind me.
37:41And they are...
37:44Gilbert and Sullivan, the year 2022,
37:48secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales,
37:51and TV series starring Jason Bateman.
37:54I mean, it's like a dream come true, isn't it?
37:56Oh, yeah.
37:57Do you want to try the year...
37:592022?
37:592022?
38:002022?
38:01Shall we?
38:02Yeah.
38:03Shall we do that?
38:04The year 2022?
38:04Who's behind that door?
38:06We are looking for the name of any act
38:08that had a number one in the UK Albums chart
38:11at any point during 2022,
38:14according to OfficialCharts.com,
38:16or we're looking for the name of any player
38:19who scored at least two goals
38:21at the 2022 Men's FIFA World Cup.
38:25Best of luck to you in studio
38:27and to those of you playing at home.
38:29Thank you very much.
38:30Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
38:32to come up with three answers.
38:33All you need to win that jackpot
38:35is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:38Are you ready?
38:39Yes.
38:40OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:43There they are.
38:43Your time starts now.
38:46So...
38:47Do you want to do albums?
38:48I mean...
38:48Yeah, albums.
38:49I don't know any...
38:50I'm going to take a stab at Drake, maybe.
38:52Maybe Drake.
38:53Maybe Nicki Minaj.
38:54I don't know if she's done anything recently.
38:56I don't know if she's done anything recently.
39:02Maybe...
39:03I don't know if she's done anything.
39:03I know.
39:04Taylor probably had one.
39:07I'd say Adele.
39:10I'm trying to think.
39:11Tariq did one with someone.
39:13I don't know when.
39:14Yeah.
39:15Anyone who did join albums.
39:16They did join albums.
39:20Maybe Miley Cyrus, I just...
39:21I don't know who flowers his later...
39:24maybe uh maybe uh what's his name um uh uh not the dream um the lights when um his name
39:33is uh
39:34uh uh okay that is your time up uh let's have your three answers uh i will go for
39:54all in category one weekend the weekend yep drake drake and what did you say cold play and cold
40:02play of those three which is your best shot at a pointless answer weekend okay weekend we'll put
40:07last least likely to be pointless cold play and then drake goes in the middle so cold play drake
40:13the weekend okay well let's put those answers up on the board in that order and here they are
40:18we have cold play we have drake and we have the weekend uh if one of these turns out to
40:24be
40:24pointless you will be leaving here with two thousand pounds what would you like to do with that
40:29uh well we're we're eligible for um british citizenship soon to to apply for it so um and
40:35that's actually very costly so i think the money will probably go toward application fees i'm deeply
40:41proud that that's what you're going to spend your winnings on um lovely well welcome okay now uh your
40:46first answer was cold play shall we find out if they had a number one album in 2022 how many
40:52of our 100
40:53people said cold play
40:59no not cold play not a pointless answer let's find out well not a correct answer let's find out if
41:05drake
41:05is a correct answer for 2022 in a number one album for 2 000 pounds how many people said drake
41:13drake's right cold play incorrect it turned out drake now taking us down through the 20s into the
41:22teens into single figures with drake still going down with drake okay four for drake
41:29very well done those good score good call as well okay we now turn our attention to the weekend this
41:35is
41:35the answer you put last you thought your best shot at a pointless answer let's find out if it's
41:39right let's find out if it is pointless for 2 000 pounds the weekend weekend is right
41:472 000 pounds on this if it goes all the way down to zero cold play was a non-starter
41:52drake took us
41:53down to four the weekend now taking us down through the single figures passing port to two oh that's annoying
42:00two exceptional answers there uh i'm afraid you didn't find the all important pointless answers i'm
42:04afraid you don't win today's jackpot but you do very deservedly win today's pointless trophy so well
42:10done for that tony and kelly hard look cold play had number one albums in 2021 and 2024 but not
42:17one in
42:182022 let's have a look at some of the pointless answers shall we starting with axe that had a uk
42:25number
42:25one album in 2022 central sea his album was 23 florence and the machine with dance fever jamie t the
42:36theory
42:36of whatever any of these ringing a bell no wet leg their self-titled debut album wet leg moving on
42:43to
42:43players with two or more goals at the 2022 fifa men's world cup here are some of the pointless answers
42:51bruno fernandez portugal cody gacpo netherlands rafael leao of portugal and richarlison of brazil
43:03well done at home if you got a pointless answer thank you very much indeed angela and thank you so
43:09much tony and kelly i'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today that will therefore roll over onto the next
43:13show when we will be playing for three thousand pounds join us then see if someone can win it
43:20meanwhile it's goodbye from angela and it's goodbye from me goodbye
43:43you
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