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00:22MUSIC CONTINUES
00:23Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:27the quiz where knowing the obvious is actually a disadvantage.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:36My name's Martin, this is my beautiful magical assistant Robin
00:40and we're both from Hitchin.
00:41Couple number two.
00:42Hello, I'm Roger and this is my wife Stacy
00:44and we're from County Durham.
00:46Couple number three.
00:47Hello, I'm Harry, this is my girlfriend Amy
00:49and we're both from West London.
00:51And finally, couple number four.
00:53Hello, I'm John and this is my father-in-law Lawrence
00:55and we're from Leafy, Bedfordshire.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
00:58Thank you very much to all of you.
01:00A very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:02It's wonderful to have you all here.
01:04That just means there's only one more person for me to introduce.
01:07She's Virgin Radio's voice of Saturday and Sunday mornings.
01:10Does that mean exhausted, needing a break, hiding from the kids?
01:13It is my Pointless friend, it is Angela Scanlon.
01:16Hello.
01:18Yeah, I mean people say, oh you've got to get up early.
01:21I've got two small kids so I'm up early anyway but it means I can,
01:24you know, wee in peace and be back in time for brunch.
01:26Absolutely right.
01:27Ideal.
01:28Are you well though?
01:29I'm very well, very, very well.
01:31Good.
01:31Enjoying this immensely.
01:33So am I.
01:34Yeah, it's a lot of fun.
01:35There we are.
01:35Thank you very much indeed.
01:36Now, Tony and Kelly got through to the final last time and they did not win the jackpot
01:40so we are adding another £1,000 to that.
01:42Which means today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
01:47There we are.
01:48Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
01:56Do just bear in mind at all times that the pair with the highest score at the end of each
02:00round
02:00will get eliminated so therefore if you are not ever that pair with the highest score
02:04you should be in the final.
02:07Think that one through.
02:08Best of luck to everybody.
02:09Our first category today is...
02:13World Geography.
02:14Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:15who's going to go second?
02:17And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:23OK, let's find out what the question is.
02:25Here it comes.
02:25We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many capital cities that do not contain the letter E as
02:35they could.
02:36Angela?
02:36Yes, we're looking for the name of any national capital that when spelt in standard English
02:41does not contain the letter E.
02:43By national capital we mean the capital city of a country that is a sovereign nation, that is a member
02:48of the UN...
02:50In its own right.
02:51In its own right.
02:51Yes.
02:52Thank you very much.
02:53Robin.
02:54Welcome to Pointless.
02:56I have just clocked.
02:58You have playing cards on your dress and Martin has playing cards there and what looks horribly like a wand
03:07in his pocket.
03:10Explain.
03:10We're going full on cheesy.
03:12We are the cheesy magicians.
03:13Oh, I was hoping you'd say that.
03:15Oh, that's just a total joy.
03:17Tell us all about yourself.
03:19Well, Martin calls me his magical assistant.
03:21I would call it wife.
03:23I tend to do a lot of this.
03:26In the home or...?
03:28Well, anywhere really.
03:29Wherever we're told to go.
03:31How many times have you been sawn in half?
03:33A few.
03:34A few.
03:34A few, yeah.
03:36It's becoming a bit rude now.
03:40I think it's time I sawed him in half.
03:43I think it's high time you sawed him in half.
03:45Lydon Martin.
03:46Magical assistant needs to fight back.
03:48Excellent.
03:48Now, Robin, we're looking for these capital cities that don't have an E in their name.
03:53What are we thinking?
03:54I'm not good at geography at all.
03:57And the only one I can think of, and I'm hoping that it's right, is Riga.
04:02Riga, says Robin.
04:04It's a great answer.
04:05Either way, let's see how many of our 100 people said Riga.
04:09It very much is right.
04:17And look at that!
04:18A pointless answer straight out of the hat.
04:21Very well done indeed, Robin.
04:23Being a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot,
04:26takes the total up to £3,250, scores you nothing,
04:30and gets us off to the most fabulous start.
04:33Thank you very much indeed, Robin.
04:35Magical.
04:36The capital of Latvia, Riga, is.
04:38The city is home to the European Union's tallest television tower,
04:42but only on very hot days as the metallic tower expands,
04:45allowing it to beat its closest rival by two inches.
04:50Thank you very much.
04:51Now, Roger, welcome back.
04:52Hello.
04:52It is your second show.
04:54Tell us more about yourself, Roger.
04:57In my spare time, I love to go to gigs.
05:00Some of those gigs I go to with our children, Olivia and Alfie.
05:04Yeah, we said hello to Olivia and Alfie, but I will say it again.
05:06Hello, Olivia.
05:07Hello, Alfie.
05:07All's well.
05:09Yes.
05:10So, how far do you tend to go for these gigs?
05:12Across this country, I've never been abroad for a gig,
05:16other than when I was on holiday once, saw Stevie Wonder.
05:19But...
05:19Where was that?
05:20Barcelona, in the bullring.
05:22That must have been incredible.
05:25It was indeed, yeah.
05:26A long time ago.
05:27Wow.
05:28Very good indeed.
05:29Roger, any world capital without an E in its name?
05:35Tricky one.
05:36I'm thinking Brasilia.
05:38Brasilia.
05:39Do you see?
05:39Let's see how many of our 100 said Brasilia.
05:43Brasilia is right.
05:45Nothing is the only score we have so far.
05:49Let's see how Brasilia measures up against that.
05:51Oh, one for Brasilia.
05:54There we are.
05:55Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.
05:57It was inaugurated as the capital in 1960, replacing Rio de Janeiro.
06:01Thank you very much.
06:03Amy, welcome to the show.
06:04It's lovely to have you here.
06:05Tell us all about yourself.
06:06Yeah, so I work for a company that design and develop
06:09connected experience, so digital experiences for brands.
06:12I recently climbed Kilimanjaro in August.
06:15You made it to the top?
06:16Yes, I did, and all of my family members have done it.
06:19Harry's done it as well, so I was the last one to kind of tick it
06:22off the list, so I had to make it.
06:23Very well done indeed.
06:25It's that beautiful moment where you come out and you suddenly
06:26get that view and you can see the whole of, I don't know,
06:29about five countries all spread out beneath you.
06:32Amazing.
06:32Anyway, Amy, what are you going to go for?
06:34I'm hoping I got the spelling right, but I am going to go for Talyn.
06:39Or Talyn, but Talyn or Talyn.
06:41Let's see if Talyn is right.
06:45Absolutely right.
06:52Oh!
06:52Two people got Talyn.
06:54That's a great answer, though.
06:56Brilliant.
06:56The capital of Estonia.
06:58Thank you very much indeed.
06:59Now, John, welcome back.
07:01It is your third show.
07:02Yes.
07:03Tell us a bit more about yourself, John.
07:05Well, last time I mentioned to you that I play on the British Mini Golf Tour.
07:09Yes.
07:09In 2005, I won the British Mini Golf Championships.
07:13The tiny trophy?
07:13The mini trophy?
07:14Yes.
07:15Brilliant.
07:16Well done you.
07:17That's enormous.
07:17I mean, sorry, enormous achievement of a mini golf.
07:20Do you play actual golf as well?
07:21I try.
07:22And is your putting phenomenal?
07:24My putting's fantastic, but off the tee, awful.
07:27Yeah.
07:28Yeah.
07:28Extraordinary.
07:29Good for you.
07:29Anyway, John, what are you going to go for?
07:31I'm thinking I'm going to go for, I hope I pronounce it correctly, Tbilisi.
07:36Tbilisi?
07:37Tbilisi.
07:37But yes, let's see how many of our 100 people said Tbilisi.
07:43Tbilisi is right.
07:45Two is our high score, nothing is our low.
07:50And there you are, joining Robin on nothing.
07:53Superb work.
07:54That is another pointless answer and it adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
07:58taking the total up to £3,500 and it scores you nothing.
08:02Very well done indeed.
08:03How satisfying that we bookend this pass with pointless answers.
08:07Tbilisi is the capital of Georgia and Georgia is thought to be
08:10the birthplace of wine as archaeologists have traced the world's first known
08:15winemaking back to the Georgia region in 6000 BCE.
08:20Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
08:21Well, we are halfway through the round.
08:22Let's have a quick look at those scores.
08:24Nothing was the best score of the past.
08:25Robin and John.
08:26Very well done indeed.
08:27Then we travel to one where we find Roger and Stacey.
08:29Then to two where we find Amy and Harry.
08:31So all splendidly consecutive at this stage.
08:34But Harry, for whatever reason, you find yourselves way in front there.
08:38So let's have a lovely low score from you.
08:39Good luck with that.
08:40We're going to come back down the line now.
08:41Will the second players please step up to the podium?
08:47Lawrence, welcome back to Pointless.
08:49Great to have you with us again.
08:51Tell us a bit more about yourself, Lawrence.
08:53Well, when I was working in a bank and I saw a TV programme, The News, and there's this chap
09:03on there, a bit of a plonker actually.
09:06So I commented to people that work with me and said, did you see that plonker last night?
09:13And one of the girls said, yes, he's my boyfriend.
09:16Oh.
09:17Dear oh dear.
09:18Yes.
09:19Did you ever make it up?
09:20Did you go to the wedding?
09:21She spoke to me afterwards.
09:22All right.
09:22Must be okay.
09:23You smoothed it over.
09:24Lawrence, you are on nothing.
09:26A brilliant answer from John in the first pass.
09:28We're looking for a score of one or less from you, Lawrence.
09:31Any capital city without an E in its name?
09:34I'm sorry.
09:35Addis Adaba.
09:36Addis Adaba.
09:37Yes.
09:38Lots of A's, no E's.
09:39Here is your red line.
09:41Right at the bottom there.
09:42Addis Adaba.
09:48I'm so sorry, Lawrence.
09:49I thought that was the capital of Ethiopia.
09:51That is wrong and it scores you 100 points.
09:53I'm sorry.
09:54We will clear that up at the end of the round.
09:57Thank you very much indeed.
09:58Now then, Harry, welcome to Pointless.
10:01Great to have you here.
10:01Tell us all about yourself, Harry.
10:03I'm Harry.
10:04I'm a tech consultant.
10:05I work in bank, coincidentally.
10:09And I met Amy in Salisbury, where we both live.
10:12She was my next door neighbour.
10:13Fabulous.
10:14How long ago were you neighbours?
10:1615 years ago, probably.
10:17Yeah.
10:18We only started dating three years ago.
10:20That's what I was going to say.
10:21When did you become special neighbours?
10:22I see.
10:23Very nice indeed.
10:24Okay, Harry, you are on two.
10:26If you can score 97 or less, there is a place for you in round two.
10:31I think I'm going to go for Ulaanbaatar.
10:35Ulaanbaatar, says Harry.
10:37Here is your red line.
10:38Where does Ulaanbaatar get us in relation to that?
10:43It is right, you are through.
10:51And that's another of those.
10:52Very well done indeed, Harry.
10:53Another pointless answer adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
10:57taking the total up to 3,750.
11:02Scores you nothing, leaves your total at two and gets you into round two.
11:06Lovely.
11:06It's the capital of Mongolia and the city's name means Red Hero in Mongolian
11:12and honours the national hero who, with the Soviet Union,
11:14helped liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation in the early 1920s.
11:20Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
11:22Now then, Stacey, welcome back from County Durham.
11:25Tell us more about yourself, Stacey.
11:27I am a dental nurse in a mixed NHS and private dental practice
11:32and the thing that we love more than anything is good on holiday as a family.
11:37Lovely.
11:37Greek islands, definitely.
11:39Oh, that's just the most perfect place.
11:41Almost unbelievable blue, that sea.
11:43Oh, yeah.
11:45Now then, Stacey, you are on one.
11:47If you can score 98 or less, there's a place for you in round two.
11:51I am really not good at geography.
11:54So, I am going to say, hopefully, Kingston.
12:00Kingston?
12:01Yeah.
12:01Kingston.
12:02There was a moment there where Lawrence and John's pulses went up.
12:05Then he said Kingston.
12:08Let's see.
12:09Here is your red lines, nice and high.
12:10Can we get you below that with Kingston?
12:13Yes, we can.
12:20It's a terrific answer, Stacey.
12:22How do you like that?
12:24It's a pointless answer and being another pointless answer,
12:27it adds another £250 to our jackpot,
12:29taking the total up to a lovely round, £4,000.
12:33Scores you nothing, leaves your total at one.
12:37Yeah, Kingston, the capital of Jamaica
12:39and has been part of UNESCO's Creative Cities Network since 2015.
12:44This connects cities all around the world that want to exchange experiences and strategies and ideas in the field of
12:51contemporary art and culture.
12:53Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
12:56Now then, Martin, welcome to Pointless.
12:59And what kind of magic do you specialise in?
13:01I do close-up magic, I do stage, but I do all sorts, parlour magic.
13:04I've done magic for quite a lot of famous people as well.
13:07Is it really cheesy if I ask Martin to do something?
13:11Oh, it's absolutely necessary.
13:12Is there anything you can very quickly do?
13:14I can do it.
13:15Have you got a favourite playing card, Alexander?
13:17Yes, I do.
13:18What is your favourite playing card?
13:21I'm going to tell you, it's Jack of Diamonds.
13:22The Jack of Diamonds, I don't believe this.
13:23Robin, could you just hold that for me?
13:25Not the King of Hearts, that would be good, wouldn't it?
13:27You said to me your favourite playing card was indeed the Jack of Diamonds.
13:31Oh, there's the Jack of Diamonds here.
13:33So, Robin, could you just hold that there?
13:35Now, if you said to me, Martin, the card that I wanted was the King of Hearts, which you could
13:39have done.
13:39Yes.
13:39It's got a blue back.
13:41This card has a blue back.
13:42In fact, every card has a blue back.
13:45I took one card early from a red deck and I put it in here.
13:47Yes.
13:48Have you any idea what that could be?
13:49It's going to be the Jack of Diamonds.
13:50Robin, do your...
13:52Ah!
13:54It's magic!
13:56Oh, that's extraordinary.
13:57Thank you very much indeed.
13:58Wonderful.
14:00Oh.
14:01It's got to calm down from that.
14:03Martin, what are you going to go for?
14:05You're on nothing.
14:06We're looking for a score of 99 or less.
14:07I have got lots of safe answers, but Robin knows I'm not a safe person.
14:11It's probably a watchful here.
14:13So, I'm going to go...
14:16I'm not sure the right pronunciation.
14:17I'm going for Sanaa.
14:18S-A-N-A-A, which is the capital of Yemen.
14:22Sanaa.
14:22Sanaa.
14:23Sanaa.
14:24Here is your red line.
14:25Should we see what happens when we say Sanaa?
14:30Very well done.
14:31You're through.
14:36And it's another of those.
14:37Very well done, Martin.
14:38I'd have been disappointed if it hadn't been, I'll be honest.
14:40But there we are.
14:41That's another pointless answer and it adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
14:45Taking the total up to £4,250 scores you nothing and leaves your total at nothing.
14:53Brilliant.
14:53The capital city of Yemen.
14:55As you said, it's been inhabited for over two and a half thousand years.
15:00Now, Lawrence, you were so unlucky.
15:02Just a little slip of the tongue there.
15:04You said Addis Adaba and it's Addis Ababa.
15:08So we cannot allow that.
15:11I'm sorry.
15:12How many points was that?
15:13It would have scored one.
15:17But not meant to be today.
15:19There were lots of pointless answers.
15:21So let's have a little look at some of them.
15:24Bratislava in Slovakia.
15:26Caracas in Venezuela.
15:28Havana in Cuba.
15:30Khartoum in Sudan.
15:32Kingston, which Stacey said.
15:35Ljubljana in Slovenia.
15:39Nassau in the Bahamas.
15:41Riga, which Robin had.
15:43And there's Ulaanbaatar, which Harry said.
15:46Well done if you had any of those.
15:48Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
15:50Well, that brings us to the end of our first round.
15:51And it means we have to say goodbye to our first pair, Lawrence and John.
15:54I'm sorry, this is the grand farewell as well.
15:56Thank you so much for coming to play.
15:57It's been great having you on.
15:58Lawrence and John.
16:00But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
16:08I mean, you were all amazing.
16:10Let me just get that right out there.
16:12You are all absolutely amazing and you've come through that first round with flying colours.
16:16Our lowest individual scorer, it's a joint award, goes to Martin, to Robin, to Stacey and to Harry.
16:22Very well done indeed.
16:24All of you are nothing.
16:25And therefore, unsurprisingly, our lowest joint award goes to Martin and Robin.
16:30So, spectacular work there.
16:31Best of luck to everybody.
16:33Our category for round two today is...
16:38Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
16:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
16:48OK, and the question concerns...
16:52Famous people born in Ireland.
16:54My favourite.
16:55On each pass, we're going to give you six clues to famous people, all of whom were born in Ireland.
17:01Before you ask it, I probably do know them.
17:03We'll also give you their initials.
17:05Please tell us the names of these notable Irish-born people.
17:08Thank you very much indeed.
17:10Here is our first board of six clues, notable Irish-born people.
17:14Peaky Blinders star, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2024, CM.
17:20Lawyer, who was elected President of Ireland in 1990, MR.
17:25TV presenter and radio DJ, who was the first host of the TV game show Blankety Blank, TW.
17:31Former Munster and Ireland Rugby Union player, who in May 2024 announced his retirement from the sport, SZ.
17:38Red, singer who had a UK Top 10 single in 2000 entitled Gotta Tell You, SM.
17:44And former Mock the Week host whose tours include Crowdtickler and So Where Were We, D.O.B.
17:53There we are. Robin, over to you.
17:57OK.
17:58I think I know a couple of them.
18:00I think the one I need to go with is the top one, and I think it's Cillian or Cillian
18:07Murphy.
18:08I don't know how you pronounce it.
18:09OK, Cillian Murphy, I think.
18:11Let's see how many of our 100 people said Cillian Murphy.
18:17Cillian Murphy is right for the top one.
18:21Down it goes to 39. Very well done.
18:24He became the first Irish-born actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor
18:29when he won for playing the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer.
18:34In case you're wondering, Daniel Day-Lewis was born in London.
18:38Thank you very much indeed.
18:40Now, Roger, what are you going to go for?
18:43Tricky, but I think the bottom one is Dermot O'Brien.
18:49Dermot O'Brien, says Roger.
18:51Shall we see if Dermot O'Brien is right for the Mock the Week host?
18:57Roger, I'm sorry.
18:58I'm afraid that's not right. That scores you 100 points.
19:02We will clear that one up at the end of the pass.
19:05Thank you very much indeed.
19:06Amy, you are the last person to have this board.
19:09Would you like to fill in all the blanks for us?
19:12Um, I am struggling, but I think I'm going to have to just take a stab in the dark
19:17and go for the second one, the lawyer who was elected President of Ireland,
19:22and just say Matthew Rogers.
19:26Matthew Rogers. Shall we see if that's right?
19:29Shall we see if it's right?
19:33No, I'm sorry, not Matthew Rogers, Amy.
19:36That scores you 100 points.
19:37It would have been Michael, at least, if you were going to guess.
19:41Roger, I think you've mixed up Dermot O'Leary and Dara O'Brien,
19:46which is what we were looking for there.
19:47You would have scored 25 for Dara O'Brien.
19:51So, the TV presenter and radio host...
19:55Terry Wogan.
19:56Hosted blankety-blank indeed, Sir Terry Wogan.
19:5873 for that.
20:01Not Matthew Rogers, it was Mary Robinson.
20:05First ever female President of Ireland.
20:07Mary Robinson scored seven.
20:09Samantha Mumba, five for that one.
20:12And Simon Zebo.
20:14Would have got you two.
20:16Thank you very much indeed.
20:18Well, we're halfway through the round.
20:19Let's have a look at those scores.
20:2039, the best score of the pass.
20:22Robin and Martin, very well done indeed,
20:24because we join Amy and Harry and Roger and Stacey on 100.
20:29So, Stacey and Harry, it is going to be between the pair of you,
20:32I suspect, to see who stays and who goes at the end of the round.
20:35Best of luck with that.
20:36We're going to come back down the line now.
20:37Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:42OK, let's put six more clues to famous people born in Ireland on the board,
20:47and here they come.
20:49Author of the plays Pygmalion and Major Barbara, GBS.
20:53Politician who served as Ireland's Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020
20:57and from 2022 to 2024, LV.
21:02Singer who had a UK number one in 1988 with the song Orinoco Flow, E.
21:07Jockey who won the 2021 Grand National riding Manila Times, R.B.
21:13Actor who starred in the TV series The Woman in the Wall
21:16and played Jeb in the 2024 film Twisters, D.M.
21:21And chat show host who became the UK's Eurovision Song Contest commentator in 2009, G.N.
21:29There we are.
21:30Harry, your joint high scorers, we need a low score from you.
21:35What are you going to go for?
21:37Well, I think I get in trouble for not answering this one
21:40because I went to university in Dublin.
21:41So I'm going to go for the top one and go George Bernard Shaw.
21:45Shall we see how far down the column we get with George Bernard Shaw?
21:48No red line for you as your joint high scorers.
21:52GBS is indeed George Bernard Shaw.
21:56That goes down to 38, taking your total up to 138.
22:00You must have been to the pub, the George Bernard Shaw, were you?
22:03The Bernard Shaw, yeah.
22:04Very, very good.
22:05Now George Bernard Shaw is one of just two people to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an
22:11Oscar.
22:12Not for Best Actor.
22:13He won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Oscar for Best Writing of a Screenplay when he adapted Pygmalion
22:20for Screen.
22:21Fast forward to 2016, he was joined in this elite group by Bob Dylan when the Oscar-winning singer also
22:28won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
22:31Very good. Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
22:34Now then, Stacey, this is where the competition happens.
22:38138 is the score behind you.
22:40You're on 100.
22:41You have to score 37 or less.
22:43OK.
22:44I would like to go for the singer who had the UK number one in 1988 as Enya.
22:50Enya.
22:51Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Enya?
22:54Here is your red line.
22:56Coming in there.
22:57Can we get you below that with Enya?
23:00Enya is right.
23:0551 for Enya, taking your third block to 151.
23:08I would, but I feel like Enya doesn't need me to sing her song.
23:12Orinoco Flo spent three weeks at the top, just three weeks at the top of the UK singles chart.
23:17Interestingly, she has the same amount of UK top 40 hits as Orinoco from the Wombles as they both entered
23:24the chart countdown 11 times.
23:28Who knew?
23:29Thank you very much indeed.
23:31Now, Martin, you are through to the next round.
23:34It doesn't matter what you score here.
23:37There's the board.
23:37Fill it.
23:38I know two of them.
23:39The bottom one is Graham Norton.
23:41And I'm pretty sure the Jockey League one, the Grand National League one minute at a time, was Rachel Blackmore.
23:45So I shall go for Rachel Blackmore, please.
23:47Rachel Blackmore says Martin.
23:49No red line.
23:49You're already through.
23:50How many of our 100 said Rachel Blackmore?
23:54Rachel Blackmore is absolutely right.
24:00Very good answer.
24:01And Martin Danniger to three.
24:02This is terrific.
24:03Taking your third block to 42.
24:04Yes, legendary.
24:05The first female jockey to win the Grand National in 2024.
24:09She finished third on a different horse, Manila Indo.
24:13I'm going to say Manila Ice.
24:15A different thing altogether.
24:17Shall we clear up the board?
24:18Let's do that.
24:19Well, Graham Norton we've got at the bottom there.
24:21Yes, 50 for Graham Norton.
24:24Leo Varadkar.
24:25The Taoiseach.
24:26The Taoiseach.
24:27Yeah, at 10.
24:28And then the actor who starred in a TV series.
24:31DM.
24:31He was also in a film with Emma Thompson.
24:35Good luck to you, Leo Grand.
24:38Anyone?
24:39I remember the film.
24:40Daryl McCormack.
24:41Daryl McCormack.
24:42Yes.
24:42There we are.
24:43He scored two.
24:44Thank you very much indeed.
24:46Angela, that brings us to the end of our second round.
24:47And it means we have to say goodbye to Stacey and Roger.
24:49This is the second farewell.
24:51We only get one more of these.
24:53So, next show, we have to go all the way.
24:55We will.
24:55Stacey and Roger, lovely having on.
24:57Thank you so much for playing.
24:58Stacey and Roger.
24:59But for our remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
25:08Martin and Robin, Harry and Amy, huge congratulations.
25:12You are now one step closer to the final.
25:14And a chance to play for our jackpot,
25:15which currently stands at £4,250.
25:19I don't think it's going to stand there for long.
25:21Because this is where we can fill our boots with other pointless answers for free.
25:27£250 for each pointless answer you can find.
25:29We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many acts who have played the BBC Six Music Festival as
25:38they could.
25:39Angela.
25:39You will see six options.
25:41Two are scoring, two are pointless, and two are not acts who have played the BBC Six Music Festival.
25:46So, we've got a little £250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
25:50Thank you very much.
25:51So, can you spot the pointless acts from these six?
26:04There we are.
26:05Does anybody want to share anything now?
26:08Kenickie was a character in Grease, but I'm not sure if it still might be a person who played there.
26:12Thunder Cat is an act.
26:14Yeah, the White Stripes are quite...
26:15And Mystery Jets are definitely an act.
26:18Oh, OK.
26:18Thunder Cat is an act.
26:19I've seen them as Underworld are definitely an act as well, but I don't think White Stripes would be pointless.
26:23OK, so, Martin and Robin, what would you like to nominate?
26:28I'm thinking just Christine and the Queen's because it's my mum's name.
26:32That's as good a reason as any.
26:33It's as good a reason as any.
26:34I think that's good.
26:35Should we do that?
26:36Should we go Christine and the Queen's?
26:38Is Christine and the Queen's a pointless act who's played the BBC Six Music Festival?
26:43Christine and the Queen's.
26:46That's right.
26:53Oh!
26:54Oh, no!
26:55I was ready to shout my joy.
26:59One.
27:00Sorry, Mum.
27:01Never Mum.
27:02That's all right.
27:03Harry and Amy, what would you like to nominate?
27:05Do you want to go Mystery Jets or Thundercat?
27:07Thundercat?
27:08Thundercat.
27:09If you...
27:09I'm not doubting myself.
27:11OK, let's go Thundercat then.
27:12OK.
27:13Thundercat.
27:13Is Thundercat a pointless BBC Six Music Festival act?
27:20Thundercat is also right.
27:26Ah!
27:27Nice.
27:28There we are.
27:29That's the noise we wanted to hear.
27:31Absolutely.
27:31Thundercat 2017 in Glasgow.
27:34He was pointless.
27:35Christine and the Queen's played in Manchester in 2023.
27:39Kenickie, you mentioned, was a Grease character but also a 90s...
27:42Lauren's back.
27:44Lauren Laverne, who hosts The Breakfast Show on Six Music.
27:48So a red herring in there.
27:49And the White Stripes, a red herring.
27:51They headlined the first Radio 1's Big Weekend but they never played the Six Music Festival.
27:57Underworld would have got you four points.
27:59They played in 2016 in Bristol and then that second pointless answer was Mystery Jets.
28:062016 in Bristol.
28:08Thank you very much indeed, Angela, and well done.
28:11You managed to find one pointless answer which means we can add £250 to the jackpot and it now stands
28:15at £4,500.
28:18But who will be playing for it?
28:20Well, you can only find out from the head to head.
28:26Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot and you are now allowed to
28:30confer before you give your answers.
28:32Best of luck to both pairs.
28:33Here is our first question.
28:35And it's all about...
28:39...molecular models, Angela.
28:40Good luck with this one.
28:42We are going to show you five pictures of models of molecules in all of these molecules.
28:47A white sphere represents a hydrogen atom, black represents carbon and red represents oxygen.
28:53We'll also give you the first and last letters in the names of these molecules.
28:58Please fill in the missing letters and give us the one that you think the fewest people knew.
29:02Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
29:04So let's reveal our five molecules.
29:06Here they come.
29:07And we have A, W, R.
29:13B, B, E.
29:19C, P, E.
29:25D, C, N, D, E.
29:32And E, E, L.
29:36Look how cute that is.
29:38Very cute.
29:39A little molecule.
29:40Remember, white is hydrogen, black is carbon and red is oxygen.
29:46Well, Martin and Robin will go first as our low scorers.
29:51Yep.
29:51I think we go for E and we think that is ethanol.
29:55Ethanol.
29:56Say Martin and Robin.
29:57Ethanol for E.
29:58Now then, Harry and Amy, would you like to talk us through that board?
30:04It's been a while since I've done chemistry, but A is water, D is carbon dioxide and I believe B
30:11is butane and C is propene.
30:16So I think we're going to go for B, which is butane.
30:20OK.
30:21B, butane.
30:22So we have ethanol and butane.
30:24Martin and Robin went for ethanol for E.
30:28Shall we see how many of our 100 people said ethanol?
30:40Ethanol is right and it scores you 13.
30:43Meanwhile, Harry and Amy are going for B and they are saying butane.
30:48Shall we see if that's right?
30:49Shall we see how many people said butane?
30:53Oh!
30:55Not butane.
30:56Very well done indeed, Martin and Robin.
30:58After one question, you're up 1-0.
31:00Butane is C4H10 and doesn't quite fit the letters either.
31:04That was benzene, C6H6, 6 carbon, 6 hydrogen.
31:09Would have got you 4 water, 35, 2 hydrogen, 1 oxygen, H2O.
31:18You are absolutely right about carbon dioxide.
31:21CO2, 1 carbon, 2 oxygen.
31:23Would have got you 33.
31:25And then propane.
31:29C3H8, 3 carbon, 8 hydrogen, 1.
31:32There we are.
31:33Thank you very much indeed.
31:35Here comes your second question.
31:36Harry and Amy, you've got to win this one.
31:38Stay in the game.
31:39Good luck.
31:39Our second question is all about...
31:43Architectural styles without bricks.
31:46We are going to show you the names of five styles of architecture
31:49but with the letters brick and S removed.
31:53Please tell us these architectural styles.
31:56Thank you very much indeed.
31:58Let's reveal our five architectural styles and here they are.
32:01We have O-O-O-A-T-D-E-O-A-F-T-M-A-N-P-E-P-E
32:12-N-D-U-L-A and T-O-Y-O-O.
32:18There we are.
32:20Harry and Amy.
32:23So we are going to go with the last one and we think that that is storybook.
32:29Storybook.
32:29Storybook.
32:30Say Harry and Amy.
32:31Storybook.
32:31Now, Martin and Robin, can you talk us through that board?
32:35It's an awful board for us because we can't get along,
32:38so we are going to play safe with Art Deco because we know it's right.
32:41Yeah.
32:41OK, you are going to go for Art Deco.
32:42So we have storybook and Art Deco.
32:44Harry and Amy went storybook.
32:45Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
32:49Storybook is right.
32:56Very, very well done indeed.
32:58Three for storybook.
33:00Meanwhile, Martin and Robin have gone Art Deco.
33:03Let's see how many of our 100 said Art Deco.
33:07Art Deco is right.
33:13Down it goes for 31.
33:14Very well done indeed.
33:15Harry and Amy, you are back in the game.
33:17After two questions, it's won all.
33:19So, storybook architecture refers to whimsical kind of fairy tale.
33:23Lots of thatched roofs and decorated tiles and it was the best answer on the board.
33:30Xander, any idea on the rest of these?
33:32Yes, I think I can do that.
33:33Rococo.
33:34That's the one.
33:34Eight for Rococo.
33:37Craftsman.
33:38Craftsman.
33:3926.
33:40And perpendicular.
33:4244.
33:43There we are.
33:45Thank you very much indeed.
33:46Right.
33:46This is the third question.
33:48Whoever wins this goes through to the final and gets to play for that jackpot.
33:51Best of luck to both pairs.
33:52Our third question today is all about jewellery.
33:58We are going to give you five clues to things relating to the art of jewellery making, along
34:02with alternate letters in their names.
34:05Please give us the most obscure answer.
34:07Thank you very much indeed.
34:08Let's reveal our five jewellery clues.
34:11Here they come.
34:12We have the process by which a metal is coated in a thin layer of another metal to improve
34:17durability and appearance.
34:19P-A-I-G.
34:21Little metal tubes that can be tightened to secure strands of wire for a neat finish.
34:26C-I-P-B-A-S.
34:29Mild acid solution that is used to clean and remove oxidation from soldered metal.
34:34P-C-L.
34:36A pattern embossed onto metal to indicate type, purity and maker.
34:41H-L-M-R.
34:43And traditional technique where threads of metal are woven together to form elaborate patterns.
34:48F-L-G-E.
34:51Martin and Robin get to go first.
34:54The bottom one to filigree.
34:56OK.
34:56Yeah, OK.
34:57Go on, you say it.
34:58We know a couple of them, but I think the lowest one we can try for is filigree for the
35:04bottom one.
35:06Filigree for the bottom.
35:07Filigree.
35:08Now then, Harry and Amy, can you talk us through that board?
35:11So, I think the first one is plating.
35:14The second one I'm not too sure on.
35:17Third, not too sure on either.
35:19And then the fourth, hallmark.
35:21I think we're going to go with the first one, plating.
35:25Plating, say Harry and Amy.
35:26So, we have filigree and plating.
35:28Martin and Robin went for filigree.
35:30Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
35:35Filigree is right.
35:4024 for filigree.
35:43Meanwhile, Harry and Amy have gone for plating at the top.
35:47Shall we see how many of our 100 said plating?
35:50Plating is right.
35:55Oh, this is close.
35:5725 for plating.
35:59Very well done indeed, Martin and Robin.
36:02After three questions, you're through to the final.
36:042-1.
36:04I can't believe that.
36:06Well, you were right to dodge hallmark.
36:09Hallmark scored 52.
36:10So, the mild acid solution.
36:13This is a new one on me.
36:15Pickle.
36:15Like your cucumbers, I guess.
36:174 for that one.
36:20And the little metal tubes that can be tightened to secure strands of wire for a neat finish.
36:26Something beads.
36:26Crimp beads.
36:28Crimp beads.
36:29A pointless answer.
36:30There we are.
36:31Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
36:33That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
36:35It means we say goodbye to Harry and Amy.
36:36We'll see you next time.
36:37And look forward to that very much.
36:39But you played incredibly well, Harry and Amy.
36:41Superb work.
36:41Harry and Amy.
36:43For Martin and Robin, though, it's now time for the Pointless final.
36:50Huge congratulations, Martin and Robin.
36:51You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:56That's what we come for.
37:03You now have the chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
37:06And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £4,500.
37:13It would be lovely to send that jackpot home with you.
37:15I mean, this is your only show.
37:16You've come, you've been, you've seen, you've conquered.
37:19What do you want to see come up?
37:21So, anything sport-related would be fine for me.
37:23Pop music we're quite good on.
37:24Anything you want?
37:25Yeah, I like a bit of Disney or food and drink, that kind of stuff.
37:28We spread our knowledge.
37:30We're quite varied.
37:31Very varied.
37:32Yeah.
37:32This is good.
37:33This is perfect, in fact.
37:34Well, you know what happens.
37:35Four things will appear on the board behind me.
37:37Let's hope there's something you want to have fun with here.
37:40Today we can offer you Ancient Egypt female rappers,
37:45films by Wolf Hall actors, the 2023 Netball World Cup.
37:51Oops.
37:51You asked for sport.
37:54That wasn't quite the sport I had in mind.
37:56Not really what you wanted, is it?
37:57I'd say it's top or bottom, but World Cup, you can just guess some countries, can't you?
38:02If it's players, though, you're going to be?
38:03If it's players.
38:03We could be in a spot above her, yes.
38:05I do know one.
38:06What would you like to go for?
38:07I think we should go for the bottom one and we can just guess some countries.
38:10Hopefully it's countries.
38:11Are you happy to go for it?
38:12Yes, yeah.
38:13OK.
38:14You're going to go for the 2023 Netball World Cup.
38:17Australia met England in the final of the Netball World Cup held in July and August 2023.
38:24We are looking for any of the 30 players in their two squads, including travelling reserves, even if they didn't
38:30actually play.
38:32Or we are looking for any of the other 14 national teams, so not England or Australia, that played in
38:39the tournament.
38:40Very best of luck.
38:42Thank you very much.
38:43As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
38:45All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:49Are you ready?
38:50You ready?
38:51As I'll ever be, yeah.
38:52OK.
38:53Well, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:55There they are.
38:56Your time starts now.
38:57Right, so obviously we need...
38:59You know one player, you said so.
39:00Yeah, I forget the player because it was very famous.
39:02So obviously we need countries that play basketball or netball as such.
39:07Yeah, it could be.
39:08It's the same thing in my eyes.
39:09Japan play a lot of basketball, so I reckon we can go for Japan.
39:12New Zealand, I think, would be a good shout.
39:16The Philippines play a lot of basketball as well.
39:21I'm trying to think what else.
39:22Do you think because they play basketball, they'll play netball?
39:25They'll have a fund.
39:25OK.
39:26I think the Philippines is good.
39:27I like that.
39:28Yeah, you like the Philippines?
39:30I think Japan, to say, they do participate in most things.
39:34And, yeah, New Zealand, they do a lot of cricket, they do a lot of basketball.
39:37If Australia won, though, will New Zealand be pointless?
39:39Yes, it might not be a point of science, so I'm quite happy to get rid of it.
39:42What else have you got?
39:44Er...
39:45Oh, Spain we could try.
39:47And seconds left.
39:48Go for somewhere more random.
39:50More random than Spain.
39:51Portugal.
39:52Yeah.
39:53Yeah, OK.
39:54Or Brazil.
39:55Yes.
39:56Yeah.
39:56Yeah, Brazil.
39:57OK, that is your time up.
39:59Let's have your three answers.
40:01What are you going to go for?
40:02Philippines.
40:02Philippines.
40:03Philippines.
40:03Brazil.
40:04And Japan.
40:06And Japan.
40:07Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
40:10Philippines.
40:10Philippines we'll put last.
40:11Yeah.
40:12Least likely to be pointless.
40:13Brazil.
40:14Brazil, and then Japan goes in the middle.
40:15Yeah.
40:16So, Brazil, Japan, Philippines.
40:18OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
40:21And here they are.
40:22We have...
40:25Brazil, Japan, and the Philippines.
40:28Well, if one of these turns out to be pointless, you'll be leaving here with £4,500.
40:33What would you like to do with that, Martin?
40:34Oh, before Martin, because Martin always decides what we do with the money, I think it's time for me to
40:40cut him in half.
40:41Yes.
40:42So, I would like some sort of box that I can put him in, put swords in and make him
40:47jump out of in a different outfit.
40:49Oh, very good.
40:50I think it's time.
40:50I think the time has absolutely...
40:51We need more women in magic and we need to be coming forward more, not standing at the back doing
40:55this.
40:55To be fair, that's not a bad shout.
40:57I could put my hands up, but I'm not sure what dress is going to suit me, but we'll cross
41:01that bridge if we come to it.
41:02Very good indeed.
41:03OK, well, very best of luck.
41:05Tick on the back of that.
41:06Your first answer is Brazil.
41:08In all three cases, we're looking for teams that played in the 2023 Netball World Cup.
41:12Brazil, your least confident answer, but let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
41:17Brazil.
41:19Oh.
41:21OK.
41:22One down.
41:23Two more to go.
41:24£4,500 up for grabs if Japan is a pointless answer.
41:29Exactly the same criteria.
41:30Japan.
41:33No, not Japan!
41:36Which means everything is now riding on the Philippines, which is a cracking answer.
41:39£4,500 if the Philippines is a pointless answer to teams that took part in the 2023 Netball World Cup.
41:49No!
41:50I'm so sorry!
41:52Well, there we are.
41:53I'm afraid you didn't manage to find any pointless answers.
41:55It was a really tough category for you.
41:57And though you haven't won the jackpot, you very much have won today's pointless trophy.
42:01So very, very well done indeed for that, Martin and Robin.
42:04Hard luck.
42:05Well, let's have a look at some of the pointless answers.
42:08Starting with players in the Australia or England final squads.
42:13Courtney Bruce, Jeeva Mentor, Helen Housby, Imogen Alison.
42:19In fact, everyone was pointless apart from the following who scored points.
42:24Amy Carter, Francesca Williams, Liz Watson and Steph Wood.
42:28Moving on now to teams that played in the 2023 Netball World Cup.
42:33Up here are some of the pointless answers.
42:36Barbados, Fiji, Malawi, Trinidad and Tobago.
42:41And there were four more pointless answers.
42:44There were Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tonga and Zimbabwe.
42:47Very well done if you've got any of those at home.
42:50Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
42:52And thanks once again, Martin and Robin.
42:53I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.
42:55That will therefore roll over onto the next show,
42:57when we will be playing for £5,500.
43:02Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:04Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:05Bye-bye.
43:06That is goodbye from me.
43:07Goodbye.
43:09APPLAUSE
43:37Bye-bye.
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