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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 Bidsfordshire.
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 and 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.
01:08So I'd love one of those.
01:09Ideally, they'd also try on the clothes and pay for them as well.
01:13It is my new Pointless friend, it's Angela Scanlon.
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.
01:41I was 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 and whoever's going first,
02:36please 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.
03:10Thank you very much indeed.
03:12Here is our first board of seven clues.
03:14And we have...
03:16Large 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.
03:36Eight.
03:37Coating of plaster applied to the exterior of a building.
03:41Six.
03:42Word 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.
04:09I 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.
04:34Render.
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
04:55that we eventually see on screen.
04:57There 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.
05:13And Maximilian.
05:14Dude.
05:15And Maximilian.
05:16Two cracking names.
05:17Is it named after?
05:18Sir?
05:20Um...
05:20Yes, that laugh.
05:22I'll take that as a no.
05:24That's...
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.
05:31Indeed.
05:31Kelly, what are you going to go for on our board?
05:33I 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, I know, recovered by licensing some of their characters
06:03to film companies and then took out a loan to film Iron Man.
06:07The rest is history.
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.
06:50We never got to make ice cream in science.
06:52Nor me.
06:53Bunsen burner.
06:54Yeah.
06:54Was it just vanilla?
06:56Yes.
06:57It was delicious, actually.
06:59You're telling me.
07:00It's ice 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.
07:38Very 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.
07:46Got 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,
08:00but 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 loyal.
08:20To 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.
08:30Roar, obviously, is going to be a big one.
08:32Of course.
08:3285 for Roar.
08:36Reservoir.
08:36Reservoir.
08:3765.
08:3865.
08:38And then the last one.
08:39You know that one?
08:41The...
08:41I mean, I'm trying...
08:43I'm just racking my brains for types of Penguin.
08:46It's a rock hopper.
08:47For six.
08:48You 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.
08:55Thank 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.
09:15And we'll see you in round two.
09:17Good luck with that.
09:18We're going to come back down the line now.
09:19Will 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.
09:30Mammal traditionally said to pull Santa Claus's sleigh.
09:33Eight.
09:34An addition to an entertainer's performance contract,
09:37often listing requirements such as food and drink.
09:40Five.
09:41Word that follows Venus in the name of the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Trophy,
09:46Silver Salver.
09:48Nine.
09:48Term used for a slice of bacon.
09:51Six.
09:52Dental device used after braces to help keep teeth in position.
09:57Eight.
09:57Breed of large, powerful dog that takes its name from a town in southwest Germany.
10:02Ten.
10:03And elastic material produced from latex obtained from a South American tree.
10:09Six.
10:10Six.
10:11There we are.
10:12Stacey, welcome to Pointless.
10:14Great to have you here.
10:15Tell us all about yourself, Stacey.
10:17So, I'm Stacey.
10:17As I said, I'm coming from County Durham.
10:19I live with Roger and our two children, Olivia and Alfie.
10:23Olivia, hello.
10:23Alfie, hello.
10:25And we also have a three-legged cat called Gary.
10:28Gary, hello.
10:30Unfortunately, he was hit by a car.
10:32Oh, dear, Paul.
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.
10:39Of 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, so 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, but we hope we go a long way down the column
11:05with retainer.
11:09Retainer's good.
11:12Down he goes. 35.
11:14This 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.
12:11Rider.
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 ventured last time that we like to travel.
13:01One 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...
13:11The 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.
13:29He looks at it 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, says Tony.
13:49You get a red line.
13:49It's nice and high.
13:51Is it rubber high though?
13:53Rubber.
13:55That's right.
13:56Yay, it is.
13:57There we are, 59.
13:59This is superb.
13:5979 your total.
14:01There 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.
14:12It 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, welcome 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 play 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.
14:48OK.
14:48So they have different properties.
14:49So the balls are not your choice.
14:50I see.
14:51Yeah.
14:51But you take it very seriously and you're trying to get things through windmills.
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.
15:3749 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?
15:53Let's get the scores for that.
15:54I was thinking Williams too, if it's any consolation, John.
15:58Reindeer, 77.
16:00Rasher.
16:01Rasher.
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...
16:11No.
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 high scorers.
16:25I'm sorry about that.
16:25You were in the head-to-head last time.
16:27I was, yeah.
16:28Far too soon to be sending home.
16:29Next time.
16:29OK.
16:30We'll make it all count then.
16:31Thank you so much, meanwhile, 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,
16:54who wants to go second?
16:55And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:02OK.
17:03And the question concerns...
17:07Literary 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' 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.
18:13Nicholas.
18:13Says Kelly.
18:14Shall we see how many of our 100 people?
18:16Nicholas.
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,
18:37watched over two nights.
18:39It was such a success, it transferred to Broadway and Roger Rees,
18:43who played Nicholas Nickleby.
18:45He was brilliant.
18:46That's the one.
18:46Won an Olivier and a Tony.
18:48Thank you very much indeed.
18:49Now then, has.
18:52I think I'm going to go really obvious and go for Oliver.
18:56Oliver.
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.
19:13It has been suggested that Twist is based on a Robert Blinko,
19:16who 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,
19:23and we thought that Dickens would have read that.
19:26Thank you very much indeed.
19:28Stacy.
19:29Hi.
19:30So, anything that fits into one of these categories?
19:34I'm going to say David Copperfield.
19:38David, says Stacy.
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, Stacy.
19:53Lucky for more than just you, Stacy.
19:55When he was nine, Daniel Radcliffe played David Copperfield
19:58in a TV adaptation and it said that that is what led to him
20:02being 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.
20:09We 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 Stacy 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.
20:27Will 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
20:41gets you into the next round.
20:44I think Thomas Harris' novels, I'm going to go Hannibal Rising.
20:50Hannibal Rising, says Roger.
20:52You get a red line.
20:54And your red line comes in here.
20:57Hannibal Rising.
20:58Where do we end up with that?
21:01Hannibal Rising is right.
21:05You're in the head-to-head.
21:08Oh, 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,
21:16taking the total up to £1,250, scores you nothing,
21:21leaves 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, you are.
21:34He's missing out.
21:35Thank you very much indeed.
21:37Now then, Nat, you 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,
21:54with The Blind Assassin.
21:57The Blind Assassin is right.
22:04It'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,
22:24and a novel within a novel.
22:26Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
22:27Now then, Tony, look 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.
22:42Mm-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.
22:51Swing 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, leaves 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 Jules 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,
24:10which Roger had, were both pointless.
24:12And for Zadie Smith, finally,
24:14White Teeth was the top score for Zadie.
24:17And NWN Swing Time, 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, it's now time for the head-to-head.
24:43APPLAUSE
24:48Huge congratulations, Tony and Kelly, Stacey and Roger.
24:51You 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...
25:11..Wes 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
25:31from these six potentials?
25:33And I give you...
25:43Now, does anybody know anything or have any thoughts at this stage?
25:51Do share. Gail Weathers.
25:52Gail Weathers is from Scream, so...
25:54And I think she'll be scoring.
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...
26:02Oh, it's a red herring.
26:03Yes, yes.
26:03Oh, yeah, sorry.
26:05OK, in which case, Tony and Kelly,
26:06I'm going to come to you first.
26:07Which one would you like to nominate?
26:10We'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.
26:35Social Services is a pointless answer.
26:38OK, Stacey and Roger, who would you like to nominate?
26:41I haven't got a clue.
26:42You decide.
26:43Go Mathilde Palace.
26:45Mathilde Palace.
26:47Shall we see if that is a pointless Wes Anderson character?
26:54I had a hunch that might be the case.
26:57Not 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.
27:15Eli Cash up the top.
27:17Owen Wilson in the Royal Tenenbounds.
27:20Royal Tenenbounds.
27:20Absolutely brilliant.
27:21That scored one.
27:23And then Schubert Green, Adrian Brody in...
27:26That's in the grand Budapest Hotel.
27:28Asteroid City.
27:29Oh, Lord.
27:30Yeah.
27:30And that scored one.
27:31And then...
27:32Any ideas?
27:33One of your faves, Xander.
27:35It's Cate Blanchett and it's...
27:40The Life Aquatic.
27:41With Steve Zissi.
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...
28:17Fish with occupational names.
28:20Yes, we are 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 have 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...
28:45We have...
28:47P.
28:48L.
28:49T.
28:49Fish.
28:51B.
28:52N.
28:53R.
28:54E.
28:55Shark.
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.
29:24Nurse shark.
29:25The last one is surgeon fish.
29:26That's wrong.
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, can you talk us through the rest of the
29:37these fish?
29:38Not so much.
29:40Um...
29:41I think we just know the one.
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 is absolutely right.
30:07Oh, it's a brilliant answer as well.
30:09Two for surgeon fish.
30:10APPLAUSE
30:12Very well done.
30:13Stacey and Roger, meanwhile, have gone for sand diver for C.
30:16Should we see how many of our 100 said sand diver?
30:20Diver.
30:22Is absolutely there.
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.
30:30Opposite ends of the spectrum there, but 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, you 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.
30:52Right, D.
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 indeed.
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.
31:46Song B.
31:47Take it like a man, baby, if that's what you are
31:51Cos I'm moving on up, you're moving on now
31:54Moving on up, nothing can stop me
31:59Moving on...
32:00Song C.
32:01In my lifetime, you 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
32:34Cos 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
32:50Adam 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
33:11Stacey and Roger are saying E was Adam Levine
33:27Well 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
33:38Stacey 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, there's a similarity there
33:52Yeah
33:53The tamb is a bit Cher-like
33:56Adam Levine from Maroon 5
33:58Memories, that reached number five in 2019
34:02Xander
34:03Yes
34:04Any of the rest of these?
34:05Yes, A is Noddy Holder
34:08Absolutely, Slade
34:10Come on, feel the noise
34:11Reached number one in 1973
34:13That scored 29
34:15Then we have C was
34:19Oh, this is Sianine Sipateri
34:20Yeah, from Texas
34:22In our lifetime
34:22Reached four in 99
34:24And we have scored 12
34:26And I knew this one as well
34:28Oh yeah, it's Chrissie Hine
34:29Chrissie Hine, The Pretenders
34:30Talk of the Town
34:32Number eight in 1980
34:34And that was 16
34:36There we are, thank you very much indeed
34:37Right, here comes our third question
34:39Whoever wins this goes through to the final
34:40And plays for that jackpot
34:41Best of luck to both pairs
34:42Our third question is all about
34:47Italian 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
34:55You 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
35:06Pedone
35:08Torre
35:10Alfier
35:12And 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?
35:20Yeah
35:22We'll go for the second one and say Pawn
35:25Pedone
35:26Pawn
35:26Now then, Stacey and Roger, can you talk us through those others?
35:31No
35:31No, not so many
35:33Donna might be Queen, Bella Donna, I don't know
35:36OK
35:37Yeah
35:38I don't know at all
35:39We'll try
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
36:09Very well done indeed
36:13Scores you 48 though
36:14And that means very well done
36:15After three questions, Tony and Kelly
36:17You are through to the final 2-1
36:19Sandra, can you do the rest of these? How's your chess?
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
36:3022
36:31And
36:33So 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
36:45Stacey and Roger
36:46I mean, it's a shame
36:48But it's good news for us
36:49It means we get to see you next show
36:50Excellent
36:50Thank you
36:51So, hooray
36:51Thank you very much for playing Stacey and Roger
36:54Thank you very much for Tony and Kelly
36:55It is time for the Pointless final
36:57APPLAUSE
37:01Huge congratulations Tony and Kelly
37:02You have fought off all the competition
37:04And you have won our coveted Pointless trophy
37:07You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot
37:16And at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing neatly at 2,000 pounds
37:22All we need from you is a Pointless answer
37:23What would you like to see come up in this last round?
37:28American geography would be great
37:29American basketball
37:30American history
37:31Yes, American sport
37:32Kanye West 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
37:45The year 2022
37:48Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales
37:50And TV series starring Jason Bateman
37:53I mean, it's like a dream come true, isn't it?
37:56Oh, yeah
37:57Do you want to try the year 2022?
38:01Shall we?
38:02Yeah
38:03Shall we do that?
38:04The year 2022?
38:04See what's behind that door
38:05We 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
38:17We'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
38:26In studio
38:27And to those of you playing at home
38:29Thank you very much
38:30Now, as always
38:31You'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
38:37To be pointless
38:37Are you ready?
38:39Yes
38:39OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock
38:43There they are
38:43Your time starts now
38:46So
38:47You want to do albums?
38:48I mean
38:48Yeah, albums
38:49I don't know any
38:50I mean
38:50I'm going to take a stab at Drake maybe
38:51Maybe Drake
38:52Maybe Nicki Minaj
38:54I don't know
38:55She's had anything recently
38:56Yeah
38:56Um
38:57Recent ones
38:59Um
39:01Do you believe that?
39:03Do you believe that?
39:03I don't know
39:04Taylor probably had one
39:05Um
39:07I'd say Adele
39:08Um
39:08Hmm
39:10I'm trying to think
39:11Drake did one with someone
39:13Number one
39:14Hmm
39:14Yeah
39:15Anyone who did join albums
39:16Who did join albums
39:17Uh
39:18Hmm
39:20Maybe Miley Cyrus
39:21I just
39:21I don't know
39:22Flowers
39:23Later
39:24Maybe uh
39:25Maybe uh
39:26What's his name?
39:27Um
39:27Uh
39:29Not the dream
39:30Um
39:31The lights one
39:32Um
39:33His name is uh
39:34Uh
39:35Ten seconds left
39:36Coldplay maybe
39:36Coldplay maybe yeah
39:37Yeah
39:37Um
39:38Um
39:40Uh
39:41Not something
39:42The Weekend
39:42Weekend
39:43The Weekend
39:43Oh yeah
39:44Okay that is your time up
39:48Uh
39:49Let's have your three answers
39:51Uh
39:52I will go for
39:53All in category one
39:55Weekend
39:55The Weekend
39:57Yep
39:57Drake
39:58Drake
39:59And
40:00Coldplay
40:01And Coldplay
40:02Of those three which is your best shot at a pointless answer
40:04Weekend
40:05Weekend
40:06Okay Weekend
40:07We'll put last
40:08Least likely to be pointless
40:10Coldplay
40:10Coldplay
40:11And then Drake goes in the middle
40:12So Coldplay Drake
40:13The Weekend
40:13Okay well let's put those answers up on the board in that order
40:16And here they are
40:18We have Coldplay
40:19We have Drake
40:20And we have The Weekend
40:23Uh
40:23If one of these turns out to be pointless you will be leaving here with 2,000 pounds
40:27What would you like to do with that?
40:29Uh well we're eligible for um British citizenship soon to apply for it so um and that's actually
40:36Very costly so I think the money will probably go toward application fees
40:40I'm deeply proud that that's what you're going to spend your winnings on um lovely
40:44Well welcome
40:45Okay now uh your first answer was Coldplay
40:48Shall we find out if they had a number one album in 2022 how many of our 100 people said
40:53Coldplay
40:58No
41:00Not Coldplay
41:01Not a pointless answer
41:03Let's find out
41:03Well not a correct answer
41:04Let's find out if Drake is a correct answer for 2022 in a number one album for 2,000 pounds
41:10how many people said Drake?
41:14Drake's right
41:16Coldplay incorrect as it turned out
41:19Drake now taking us down through the 20s into the teens into single figures with Drake still going down with
41:25Drake
41:25Okay
41:25Four for Drake
41:28Oh very well done though good score good call as well
41:32Okay we now turn our attention to The Weekend this is the answer you put last you thought your best
41:36shot at a pointless answer
41:37Let's find out if it's right let's find out if it is pointless for 2,000 pounds The Weekend
41:45The Weekend is right
41:472,000 pounds on this if it goes all the way down to zero Coldplay was a non-starter Drake
41:52took us down to four
41:54The Weekend now taking us down through the single figures passing court to two oh that's annoying
41:59Two exceptional answers there I'm afraid you didn't find the all important pointless answers I'm afraid you don't win today's
42:05jackpot but you do very deservedly win today's pointless trophy so well done for that Tony and Kelly
42:11Hard look Coldplay had number one albums in 2021 and 2024 but not one in 2022
42:20Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers shall we starting with acts that had a UK number
42:25one album in 2022
42:27Central Sea his album was 23 Florence and the Machine with Dance Fever
42:34Jamie T the theory of whatever any of these ringing a bell no
42:38Wet Leg their self-titled debut album Wet Leg
42:42Moving on to players with two or more goals at the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup
42:49Here are some of the pointless answers Bruno Fernandes Portugal Cody Gakpo Netherlands Raphael Leao of Portugal and Richarlison of
43:03Brazil
43:03Well done at home if you got a pointless answer
43:06Thank you very much indeed Angela and thank you so much Tony and Kelly
43:10I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today that will therefore roll over onto the next show when we will
43:14be playing for 3,000 pounds
43:18Join us then to see if someone can win it
43:20Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela
43:22Bye-bye
43:22And it's goodbye from me
43:24Goodbye
43:24Thank you
43:26I'm sorry
43:27I'm great
43:29I'm great
43:42I'm great
43:43I'm great
43:46I'm great
43:51You
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