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00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
00:25and welcome to Pointless, the quiz,
00:26where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
00:28Let's meet today's players.
00:34And couple number one. Hello, my name's Helena,
00:37and this is my good friend, Sue,
00:39and we both come from Kessingland in Suffolk.
00:41Couple number two. Hi, I'm Harry,
00:43and this is my new wife, Amy, and we're both from West London.
00:47Couple number three. Hi, I'm Ed.
00:49I'm from Sheffield, and this is my friend, Deepak,
00:51also from Sheffield. And finally, couple number four.
00:54Hi, I'm Joe, and this is my husband, Jason,
00:56and we're from Tunbridge, Wales and Kent.
00:58And these are today's contestants.
01:00APPLAUSE
01:01Well, thank you very much indeed.
01:02A very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:03Lovely to have you here.
01:05That just needs one more person for me to introduce an actor
01:07who starred in hit show Cheaters.
01:09Although we'll be having none of that nonsense today,
01:11this is a proper quiz with rules and everything.
01:13It's my Pointless friend, it's Susan Wakoma.
01:17Hello. Hello, Susan.
01:19Welcome.
01:20How lovely to have you here.
01:21Oh, it's such a pleasure.
01:23I'm so excited.
01:24I promise I'll refrain from cheating and helping you guys out.
01:27I'm really sorry.
01:28I can't be an ally in that sense, I'm afraid.
01:31Oh, that's a shame.
01:32I'm here to help enforce the rules.
01:34Enforce the rules, exactly.
01:35That's what we're doing.
01:36Quite right.
01:37Yes.
01:38Keep the boundaries.
01:39So serious.
01:40Yes.
01:41I've been waiting for a co-host like that.
01:43All right, let's do this.
01:44Let's do it seriously.
01:46That's a really good point.
01:47Let's do it seriously.
01:48Stop all this mucking about.
01:50Now, Stacey and Roger won the jackpot last time,
01:53so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
01:55Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:03That didn't last very long, did it?
02:04Right.
02:04Remember, the pair with the highest score
02:06at the end of each round will be eliminated.
02:07Yes, that's the serious part of the game.
02:09Best of luck to everybody.
02:10Keep your scores nice and low
02:11and it'll never be you being eliminated.
02:13Just remember that.
02:13Our first category today is...
02:18..pop music.
02:19Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:20who's going to go second?
02:21And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:28OK, and the question concerns...
02:33..songs by female artists with over a billion streams, Susan.
02:37Wow.
02:37Yes.
02:38So, on each board, you will see seven tracks by female artists
02:42that have been streamed over a billion times,
02:44according to Spotify.com.
02:46We have added the initials of the artist
02:48and the year the song first entered the UK charts.
02:52Please give us the names.
02:54Thank you very much indeed.
02:55OK, so we are looking for the songs by female artists
02:58with over a billion streams that are on this list,
03:00and here they come.
03:01We have...
03:02..Fast Car, TC, 1988.
03:05Baby One More Time, BS, 1999.
03:08Crazy In Love, B, 2003.
03:11Back To Black, AW, 2007.
03:14Just Give Me A Reason, P, 2013.
03:18Seven Rings, AG, 2019.
03:22And driver's licence, OR, 2021.
03:26And there we are, Sue.
03:27Welcome to Pointless.
03:28It's great to have you here.
03:29Tell us all about yourself, Sue.
03:31I'm retired.
03:32I'm a retired dog trainer.
03:33I live in Kessingland and loving every minute of it.
03:36It's a beautiful village up in Suffolk.
03:38Very nice indeed.
03:39Have you always been there?
03:40No.
03:40No, I moved up from North London three and a half years ago.
03:44To escape the dogs.
03:45Because otherwise the dogs will follow you.
03:46No, I took my dogs with me.
03:48Oh, I see.
03:48But all those dogs you've trained.
03:49Yes, they're all still here.
03:51They're all still there.
03:51Yeah.
03:52Excellent.
03:52And what are you filling your retirement time with?
03:54Oh, way too much.
03:55I'm a member of the WY, but I don't make any jam.
03:59Excellent.
03:59I know that's awful.
04:00That was going to be my first question.
04:01No, but that's OK.
04:02Go for the lunch.
04:03Go for the lunches and the fun.
04:04That's it.
04:05Good meetings.
04:05I go ten pin bowling.
04:07Yeah.
04:07I do short mac bowls.
04:09Yeah.
04:09I shanty sing.
04:10Oh, do you?
04:12Yeah.
04:12That got the...
04:13No.
04:13Dog training.
04:14Didn't get any from Susan.
04:15No.
04:16Couldn't care less.
04:16Shanty singing.
04:17Suddenly.
04:18Yes.
04:18It's exciting shanty singing.
04:19And a member of the quiz team.
04:21Brilliant.
04:22Brilliant.
04:23Called the Wooden Tops.
04:24Very good.
04:26Now then, our board of massively streamed songs.
04:31Unfortunately, I haven't got a clue on any of them because I listen to you all the time.
04:38That's a pointless answer.
04:39You'll go to the next round.
04:41So, I'm afraid I've got no idea at all.
04:43OK.
04:44Well, this is fine.
04:44You can make some names up based on those initials.
04:48The P for Pamela.
04:49For Pamela.
04:50Just give me a reason.
04:51Yeah.
04:51Why not?
04:52Pamela.
04:52Pamela.
04:53Just give me a reason.
04:53Is it right?
04:54No.
04:56Oh, no, it's not Pamela.
04:58I'm so sorry, Sue.
04:59It's all right.
05:00I'm sorry.
05:01That scores you 100 points.
05:02So sorry, Sue.
05:03I love your name.
05:04So that name, Sue, is a good name, but that was the wrong name.
05:07And we will tell you the right name at the end.
05:09Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
05:11Now then, Amy, welcome back.
05:13Now, we have had a recording break, by the way.
05:17There's been an appreciable gap.
05:18Everyone just looks, if anything, younger than last time.
05:21But actually, nearly a year has gone by.
05:23And in that intervening year, I think you have got married.
05:26Well, I know, because you said.
05:27Yes.
05:28How was it, Amy?
05:29Yeah, it was amazing.
05:30It was in Salisbury Cathedral.
05:32Ah.
05:32So really, really nice.
05:34Beautiful day as well.
05:34Lucky with the weather.
05:36Absolutely fantastic.
05:37And did you go somewhere lovely on honeymoon?
05:39We haven't gone yet.
05:40Depends if we win.
05:41Well, we're here now.
05:42Oh, that's true.
05:43That's true.
05:43We were supposed to go on honeymoon, but we're here.
05:45Oh, no, you're here.
05:46This is our honeymoon.
05:47I see.
05:47This is your honeymoon.
05:48Well, I can think of worse honeymoons.
05:50Amy, what are you going to go for on our board?
05:53I'm going to go with Seven Rings, Ariana Grande.
05:56Ariana Grande for Seven Rings.
05:57Let's see how many of our 100 said Seven Rings.
06:02Ariana Grande is right.
06:07Down it goes.
06:08Very well done indeed.
06:0924.
06:09Superb.
06:11So, Seven Rings borrows musical elements from My Favourite Things,
06:16from The Sound of Music.
06:17Because of that, it's reported that 90% of its royalties
06:21go to the estates of Rogers and Hammerstein.
06:24So, that's a lot of money.
06:26That's a lot of cash.
06:26No, it's quite a lot.
06:27But it's probably fair enough.
06:29I think it's fair.
06:30They did quite a lot of the hard work there.
06:31They did.
06:31They did.
06:32Fair enough.
06:33There we are.
06:33Brilliant.
06:34Thank you very much indeed.
06:36Deepak, welcome.
06:37It's great to have you here.
06:38Tell us all about yourself from Sheffield.
06:39That's where I am.
06:40Lovely.
06:40Recently retired health visitor.
06:42Yes.
06:43Live with Alison.
06:43Between us, we've got three adult children.
06:46Very good.
06:46And I spend my time with my nose up at the front window,
06:50waiting for somebody to walk up the driveway.
06:51I'm still getting used to retirement.
06:54Oh, I see.
06:55So, you need something to do?
06:56I dabble in portraiture.
06:58Yes.
06:58I read a lot.
06:59They're quite solitary, these things, though.
07:01I mean, portraiture, at least you have somebody there.
07:04No, from a photograph.
07:06Oh, from a photograph.
07:07Oh, Deepak, you need to do some short mat bowling.
07:10Or quiz team.
07:11Go and join the Wooden Tops.
07:12That's an idea.
07:13It's a good idea, Deepak.
07:15Anyway, what are you going to go for on our board?
07:17I don't really listen to anything beyond the 70s, so I'll go with the oldest one there,
07:21which is Fast Car, Tracy Chapman.
07:24Tracy Chapman at the top there, Fast Car.
07:26Shall we see if that's right?
07:26How many of our 100 said Tracy Chapman?
07:31That's right.
07:34Oh, it's not bad.
07:3538 for Tracy Chapman.
07:37I was expecting that to be a bit higher than that, but no, 38.
07:39I guess that's right.
07:40Well done.
07:40Good.
07:41So, Tracy Chapman came to fame after she stepped in, I didn't know this, for Stevie Wonder
07:46at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday concert at the last minute.
07:51A hard disc, remember those, containing Stevie's backing track went missing and she was asked
07:56to fill in because she could come on quickly with just her guitar.
08:00Because she just...
08:02Wow.
08:03There we are.
08:03Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
08:04And now, Jo, welcome.
08:08Welcome back for your second show.
08:10Second show.
08:10We discovered you like forest bathing.
08:13Yes.
08:13Yes.
08:14Have you done any more of that since we last spoke?
08:15Oh, yeah.
08:16Oh, really?
08:16It's pretty regular, yeah.
08:17We have a forest just down the road.
08:19So, yeah.
08:20Just waiting to dive in.
08:21Just dive straight in, yeah.
08:22Still got the clothes on.
08:23Good.
08:24And do you take dogs and things?
08:25Yeah.
08:25We do take dogs, yeah.
08:27What's the difference between a forest bathe and a walk in the woods?
08:31Well, a forest bathe is a bit different because you might stop,
08:34um, hug a tree.
08:36Yeah.
08:37Just touch.
08:38Watch how the leaves move.
08:40Ah.
08:40Look at the sun.
08:41All those things.
08:42OK.
08:42Yeah.
08:43Yeah.
08:43A slightly trippy dog walk then.
08:45Kind of, yeah.
08:46Nice.
08:47Good.
08:48Anyway, now, Jo, what are you going to go for?
08:49The board is all yours.
08:51OK.
08:52I am going to go for the last one, driver's licence.
08:55Olivia Rodrigo.
08:56Olivia Rodrigo.
08:58Let us see how many of our 100 people said that.
09:02That's absolutely right.
09:08And down it goes for 17.
09:09Just happens to be the best score of the whole part.
09:12Very well done indeed, Jo.
09:14Well done, Jo.
09:15So, in January 2021, driver's licence racked up the most streams on Spotify in a single day in the UK
09:23for a non-Christmas song, with people playing it 2.4 million times.
09:29How cool is that?
09:30Why?
09:31Why?
09:31They just heard it and they thought, we have to hear that again.
09:33Would you do, like, repeat?
09:34Yes.
09:34Put that on repeat.
09:35Very good.
09:35I think I can probably do the rest of these.
09:37Oh, could you?
09:38Britney Spears, baby one more time.
09:39Correct.
09:4051.
09:41People getting that.
09:42Beyonce, crazy in love.
09:43Correct.
09:44That's 58.
09:45Amy Winehouse, back to black.
09:47Yes.
09:4845.
09:49And just give me a reason, not Pamela, prudence.
09:52No, I'm joking.
09:54I'm going to say pink.
09:55And that is correct with 18.
09:58Look at that.
10:00There we are.
10:00Thank you very much indeed.
10:02Well, we're halfway through the round.
10:03Let's have a quick look at those scores.
10:0517.
10:06Very well done indeed, Jo.
10:07This is a terrific low score.
10:0824 is where we find Amy and Harry.
10:0938 is where we find Ed and Deepak.
10:12And then 100, Sue and Helena.
10:15Anything could happen in this next pass, Helena.
10:16And quite often it does.
10:18Yeah, it probably will.
10:18Let's see.
10:19Good luck with the next board.
10:20We're going to come back down the line now with the second players.
10:22Please step up to the podium.
10:27Let's put seven more songs by female artists with over a billion streams up on the board.
10:31And here they come.
10:32We have got...
10:34Running Up That Hill, A Deal With God, KB, 1985.
10:38I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me, WH, 1987.
10:42Complicated, AL, 2002.
10:45Hips Don't Lie, S, 2006.
10:48Call Me Maybe, CRJ, 2012.
10:51Raw, KP, 2013.
10:54And Don't Start Now, DL, 2019.
11:00Jason, welcome back to Pointless.
11:02Great to have you with us again.
11:03Tell us a little bit more about yourself.
11:05We were hearing about your golfing last time.
11:07What else do we need to know about you, Jason?
11:09Well, I've got quite a big birthday this year.
11:12So, a lot of time's been spent getting ready for that.
11:16A big birthday.
11:17Yeah.
11:17Believe it or not, I'm going to be 50 this year.
11:20Really?
11:21Yeah.
11:21Gosh, you're youthful.
11:22I was genuinely thinking 40.
11:24That's very kind.
11:26Preparing for a party.
11:28Bucket list stuff that I'm trying to tick off.
11:31Yeah.
11:31To do with golf.
11:32That's good.
11:33So, yes, big parties.
11:34Yeah.
11:35Now, Jason, what are you going to go for on this board?
11:37You're on the 17, by the way.
11:3882 or less gets you into round two.
11:41OK.
11:42I think I'll try and play it a little bit safe
11:44and go with Kate Bush for the top.
11:47OK, running up that hill.
11:48Kate Bush, you get a red line and it comes in there.
11:51Let's see if we get you below that with Kate Bush.
11:55It does get you through.
11:59And with room to spare, 48.
12:01Our highest-scoring correct answer.
12:03There we are so far.
12:05Anyway, that takes your total up to 65.
12:07So, Kate Bush originally wanted to call it a deal with God,
12:11which would make sense.
12:12But her record label made her change it
12:14because they didn't think radio stations would want to play a song
12:17with the word God in the title.
12:20Interesting.
12:20I don't think that's true.
12:21I don't think so.
12:22No.
12:23Thank you very much indeed.
12:25Now then, Ed, welcome to the show.
12:27Great to have you here.
12:28Tell us all about yourself, Ed.
12:29I'm from Sheffield.
12:31I run a bar with my brother, X, who was also on Pointless
12:36some 15 years ago when he was at university.
12:39What was his name?
12:40Doug.
12:40I remember him, Doug from Sheffield.
12:42Of course you did.
12:43No, I don't.
12:43I don't.
12:44But how lovely to run a bar with your brother.
12:47Is it as much fun as it sounds?
12:49Yeah.
12:49I actually like it.
12:50How would you describe it as a bar?
12:52If anyone's been in, I'd describe it how Doug pitched it
12:55to the bank when we asked for a loan.
12:58Imagine Sean Connery's library.
13:00But done very cheaply.
13:02Very nice.
13:04Yeah, I like that.
13:05Have you got a globe somewhere in the corner?
13:08We did have one and it broke because it was cheap.
13:10Yeah.
13:11There you go.
13:12There you go.
13:13Anyway, listen, you are on 38.
13:1561 or less gets you into the next round.
13:16What are you going to go for?
13:17I'm struggling.
13:18I'm trying to guess which one's the better answer.
13:20Mm.
13:21And I think I'm going to go with Complicated by Avril Lavigne.
13:27Avril Lavigne.
13:28Complicated.
13:29Here is your red line, Ed.
13:30Shall we see if we can get you below that with Avril Lavigne?
13:35I think we're going to...
13:37Oh, what did we do?
13:40Down it goes to 23.
13:41Superb work.
13:42Taking your total up to 61.
13:45So, as well as being a rocker chick, Avril Lavigne played ice hockey
13:50in high school and was named most valuable player for two years
13:53in a row while playing in a boys league, which is basically
13:57the music business.
13:59Wow.
13:59Yeah.
14:00So she wins.
14:01Exactly.
14:01Good on you.
14:02Well done, Avril.
14:03Well done, Avril.
14:04Now, Harry, welcome back.
14:06Congratulations.
14:07Married life, the first few months, has it just been a field
14:09of buttercups?
14:10Um, well...
14:11Yes, I guess so.
14:13Amy had the pleasure of going from a wife straight into a
14:16bridesmaid at another wedding.
14:18Wow.
14:18Which is partly why we didn't do a sort of a honeymoon straightaway.
14:21You couldn't do it straightaway, of course.
14:22Yes.
14:23But it's been great.
14:24Of course it has.
14:25Yeah.
14:25Of course it has.
14:26Well, listen, Harry, you're on 24.
14:27If you can get 75 or less with your answer to this,
14:31you are straight into round two.
14:32What would you like to go for?
14:33Right, I think I'm going to go for don't start now
14:36and go Dua Lipa.
14:38Dua Lipa.
14:39Yeah.
14:39Says Harry, here's your red line.
14:41Shall we see if we can get you below that with Dua Lipa?
14:45We can.
14:50This is superb.
14:52Down it goes to ten.
14:53Ten.
14:54Our lowest answer so far.
14:56Lowest score.
14:57Very well done.
14:57Taking your total up to 34.
14:59Brilliant.
15:00Congratulations, Harry.
15:01Well done.
15:02Good answer.
15:03Now, finally, Helena.
15:05Welcome.
15:06Tell us all about yourself, Helena.
15:08I'm also retired.
15:10Moved to Kessingland during retirement
15:12and I've been there coming up for nine years now
15:16and we absolutely love it.
15:18Kessingland.
15:18I'm not sure I've really heard of it.
15:20Is it near the coast?
15:21It's on the coast, right on the coast.
15:23It's the most easterly village in the whole of the country.
15:26That's how amazing.
15:26So we get to see the sun come up before everybody else.
15:29How lovely.
15:29Your days start earlier.
15:31Very nice indeed, Helena.
15:32You're on 100.
15:33There's no getting away from that.
15:34I'm afraid you are the high scorers.
15:35Would you like to mop up here and tell me all of those answers?
15:39Two I think I know.
15:40It's the case of which one I think might be the best.
15:43I think I'll go with Katy Perry for Raw.
15:46Katy Perry for Raw.
15:48Shall we see?
15:49No red line for you.
15:50I'm afraid you are the high scorers.
15:51Let's see how much we score with Katy Perry.
15:59Oh, it's not bad.
16:0042.
16:00Not bad at all.
16:01Taking your total up to 142.
16:04OK, so let's have a look at some of the other answers.
16:08We have I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me, Winnie Houston.
16:11That scored 66.
16:13Hips Don't Lie by Shakira Shakira with 50.
16:17And Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen with 16.
16:22Well done, everybody.
16:23And well done, everyone at home.
16:24Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
16:26Well, that brings us to the end of our first round.
16:27And I'm sorry to say the pair heading home with the highest scorer,
16:30Helena and Sue.
16:31It wasn't really landing in your particular specialist area there.
16:34No, not really.
16:34So we have to hope for better things next time on Pointless.
16:37And I'm sure we shall get them.
16:38Anyway, we'll look forward to seeing you then, Helena and Sue.
16:40Brilliant.
16:41But for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
16:49And there we are.
16:50Through the magic of television, we've been reduced to three pairs.
16:53We've got plaudits to hand out for round one.
16:55Harry on two scores.
16:57Lowest individual scorer, Harry.
16:59Very good.
17:00And lowest combined scorers, Harry and Amy.
17:02So fantastic work on that near podium.
17:04But best of luck to all three pairs.
17:06Our category for round two today is...
17:10Four-letter words.
17:11Can you all decide in your pairs?
17:12Who's going to go first?
17:13Who's going to go second?
17:14And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:21OK, let's find out what the question is.
17:22Here it comes.
17:23We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words
17:27that follow the pattern blank, AC, blank.
17:31As they could.
17:33Susan.
17:34OK, we are looking for any four-letter word
17:37in the online version of the Collins Dictionary
17:40with the middle letters A and C in that order.
17:43As ever, we will not accept capitalised words
17:46such as trademarks or any hyphenated words
17:49or words containing apostrophes.
17:51We will accept plurals.
17:53This is as of June 2025.
17:57Good luck at home.
17:58Thank you very much indeed.
18:02Harry.
18:03You'll notice I'm on sort of slightly slow-drive mode
18:06because most of my brain is now trying to devise words
18:09that go blank, AC, blank.
18:11But Harry, what are you thinking?
18:14I've got a few, but I think I'm going to go with my gut
18:17and go for packed.
18:19Packed. Packed.
18:20Shall we see how many of our 100 people said packed?
18:30Not bad. 20.
18:32But packed.
18:34Packs.
18:35Serious agreement between two or more people.
18:39Well done.
18:39Really great choice.
18:40Thank you very much indeed.
18:42Now, Deepak.
18:44What are you thinking?
18:45I think sailing boats tack.
18:48Tack.
18:49In a wind.
18:49Yes, into the wind.
18:50That's right.
18:50Tacks into the wind.
18:51I don't know how they do it.
18:52Across the point of sail.
18:54OK, tack.
18:55Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
18:5920 is the only score we have at the moment.
19:0332 for tack.
19:04I'll take that.
19:05There we are.
19:06Really cool.
19:07So, generally, a tack fastens things together.
19:10In sewing, a tack is a loose, temporary stitch.
19:14Thank you very much indeed.
19:16Now then, Jason.
19:18Not too dissimilar to Harry's, but I'll just change one letter.
19:22Tact.
19:22Tact.
19:23Very interesting to see.
19:25On the tacked-packed derby, who's going to win?
19:27Let's see.
19:28How many of our 100 said tacked?
19:34Well...
19:37There we go.
19:3813, as it turns out.
19:40Tact.
19:42Really brilliant choice.
19:44So, if someone has tact, they are considerate when dealing with others
19:47and careful not to cause offence like you.
19:50Oh, I'm glad you think I'm tactful.
19:52I know, we've only just met.
19:54Yeah, I know, you'll learn.
19:54I could be wrong.
19:55Yeah.
19:57Thank you very much indeed.
19:58Well, we're halfway through the round.
19:58Let's have a quick look at those scores.
20:0013, the best score of the past, Jason.
20:01Very well done indeed for that.
20:0320 is where we find Harry and Amy.
20:0532 is where we find Ed and Deepak.
20:07So, Ed, get thinking of a nice obscure word that follows that pattern
20:12and see if it's enough to keep you in the game and get you into the head tech.
20:15Good luck with that.
20:15We're going to come back down the line now.
20:17Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:22So, remember, we are looking for words that follow the pattern blank, A-C blank.
20:26There we are.
20:27You're going to try and find the lowest scoring one you can think of.
20:31Joe.
20:31You're on 13.
20:33Ideally, 18 or less is what we're looking for.
20:36That, at this stage anyway, gets you into the head to head.
20:39OK, I'm going to go for lack.
20:41Lack.
20:42Here is your red line.
20:43If you get below that, you are definitely into the head to head.
20:45Ed, how many of our 100 said lack?
20:49Lack's good.
20:5444 for lack, taking your total up to 57.
20:58So, the word lack refers to a shortage or absence of something.
21:03Well done.
21:04Thank you very much indeed.
21:06Now then, Ed, 24 or less gets you into the head to head.
21:10I'm going to go with racy.
21:11Racy.
21:13That was mine.
21:14Was that yours?
21:15No, it was mine.
21:16No.
21:16By which I mean, I think it's very good.
21:20Here's your red line.
21:21Let's see.
21:21Will racy get you below that red line?
21:30Yes, it will.
21:32Oh, it's a pintless.
21:34Oh, goodness.
21:35If you please.
21:37Oh, I'm aware that as I celebrate that, I'm celebrating my own answer as well.
21:41So, there we are.
21:41There's a little bit of self-congratulation in there too, which obviously we'll just have to ignore.
21:45That being a pointless answer adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £1,250, scores you nothing,
21:54leaves your total at 32 and gets you into the head to head.
21:58There we are.
21:59Very well done indeed.
22:01Brilliant.
22:01Well, congratulations, Ed, and congratulations, Sander.
22:05With a pointless answer.
22:06Racy describes anything daring and risque like me.
22:10Perfect.
22:11She says in a sundress.
22:14Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
22:16Now, Amy.
22:17Yes.
22:17You are on 20.
22:19We have to score 36 or less to get you into the head to head.
22:23OK.
22:24Hopefully this is right, but I'm going to go with taco.
22:28Taco.
22:30Taco, says Amy.
22:31You get a red line.
22:32There it is.
22:33Shall we see where we end up with taco?
22:40Gets you through.
22:42Oh, look at that.
22:43Down it goes to two.
22:44Very well done indeed.
22:45Take your total up to 22.
22:47Really great choice.
22:49So, tacos are soft or hard folded tortillas filled with a variety of savoury ingredients and sauces.
22:55I literally had one last night.
22:57Did you?
22:58Genuinely had one.
22:59You literally had it.
22:59I literally had one last night.
23:01So, well done, Amy.
23:02Do you watch me?
23:04I feel like this.
23:05She does.
23:05Thought so.
23:06OK.
23:07So, let's have a look at some pointless answers.
23:10So, we could have had Maka, Natch, Packer.
23:15You also could have had Paco, Pacey, Racey, which was both your answers.
23:21And then we could have Sacks, Tace and Zack.
23:25Moving on to the three high scorers that we have back, which scored 42.
23:31Please tell me it's sack.
23:32Oh, no.
23:34Lack.
23:35Hold your horses.
23:36Deep breath.
23:3744.
23:38And...
23:38Sack.
23:39There we go.
23:4045.
23:42There we are.
23:42So, well done if you're playing at home, if you've got a pointless answer.
23:46And avoided getting back, lack and sack.
23:51Thank you very much indeed.
23:52That brings us to the end of our second round.
23:54It means we have to say goodbye to another pair.
23:56And Joe and Jason, I'm afraid you are our high scorers.
23:59We will see you again next time for your third and final attempt at the pointless trophy.
24:05But thank you so much for playing.
24:05Joe and Jason.
24:06Wonderful.
24:07For the remaining two pairs, though, it's now time for the head-to-head.
24:15Congratulations, Harry and Amy, Ed and Deepak.
24:18You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
24:21which currently stands at £1,250.
24:25But before we play the head-to-head, just for fun,
24:27we can see if we can't boost that jackpot by finding a couple of pointless answers.
24:32So, as I say, just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
24:37..tie-knots as they could.
24:40Susan.
24:40OK, so you'll see six options.
24:44Two are scoring, two are pointless and two are not tie-knots at all.
24:49£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
24:53Good luck.
24:53Thank you very much indeed.
24:54So, can you find the two pointless answers among these potential tie-knots?
24:58And we have Eldridge, Krasny Hourglass, Sandringham, Onassis, Prusik and Four-in-Hand.
25:07Don't everyone know anything about tie-knots?
25:09Good.
25:11In which case, I'll go straight to you, Harry and Amy.
25:15I think Eldridge sounds quite good.
25:16Yeah.
25:17Or like Four-in-Hand?
25:18Let's do Four-in-Hand.
25:19OK, yeah.
25:20Four-in-Hand.
25:21Shall we see if a Four-in-Hand is a pointless tie-knot?
25:23Four-in-Hand.
25:26It's a tie-knot.
25:29You avoided one of the incorrect ones.
25:32Down, it goes nine.
25:35Wow, nine!
25:37I've never heard of it.
25:38Ed and Deepak, which one would you like to go for?
25:41Eldridge.
25:42Yeah, it's too lucky to be true.
25:44We're going to go for Eldridge.
25:45Was there a reason why you won't go?
25:46Because a really boring man came into the bar the other day
25:49and as part of his really boring spiel showed me a video
25:53of this guy tying weird tie-knots you've never heard of.
25:56One of them was called the Eldridge.
25:59This is why we should all be running bars.
26:03Because we learn everything there.
26:04It involves going like over and around like four times.
26:07It's got lots of layers at the top.
26:09Exactly.
26:10Sorry, sorry, sorry.
26:11I wish I'd watched the rest of the 45-minute video now.
26:15The Eldridge, it's a tie knot, so it's not incorrect.
26:18Is it pointless?
26:18That's the point.
26:22I think that there's something too coincidental about this.
26:26It has to be pointless, surely.
26:28Oh, no, it's not too!
26:30I thought that was.
26:31Oh, well, there we are.
26:32No pointless answers there, but fun.
26:34Very fun.
26:34Now, it's a recent knot in the family of knots
26:38invented by a man named Geoffrey Eldridge in 2007.
26:42Oh, to invent a knot that was then taken up.
26:44Yeah.
26:45Sufficiently to be used on the board of pointless.
26:48Well done, Geoffrey Eldridge.
26:50Congratulations.
26:51Yeah.
26:52So, two of these are pointless knots.
26:56Mm.
26:57And two of them are not knots.
26:58I think Sandringham's a red herring because people are going for Windsor.
27:01And that is right.
27:03Oh, good.
27:04Completely right.
27:05What else do you think is a red herring?
27:07I think Anasis might be a red herring.
27:09No.
27:10That is actually a pointless answer.
27:11That is a pointless answer.
27:12It's a knot named after Aristotle Anasis, who helped popularise the style.
27:16OK.
27:17There we go.
27:18And then the red herring, can you guess which one it will be?
27:21Well, maybe Krasny Hourglass sounds too like a knot.
27:24So, maybe that's a red herring.
27:25Ah, you've been foiled.
27:27It is a knot.
27:27Ah.
27:28A knot named after his inventor's name and the shape that it resembles,
27:31which means that the red herring was the Prussic.
27:33That's a type of knot that's used in climbing.
27:36There we go.
27:37There we are.
27:37Well done, though.
27:38Thank you very much indeed.
27:39Boy, for a round that yielded no pointless answers.
27:42We have chewed all the mint out of that gun, haven't we?
27:46Whoa!
27:46Well done.
27:47We didn't find any pointless answers.
27:48But let's play the head Ted nonetheless.
27:53APPLAUSE
27:55Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
27:58and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
28:01Here comes your first question and it is all about...
28:05Tall flowers.
28:06Susan.
28:07Lovely.
28:08So, we are going to show you five pictures of tall flowers,
28:11as well as the first and the last letters of each word in their common names.
28:16Please give us their names.
28:17Thank you very much indeed.
28:19So, let's reveal our five tall flowers.
28:21And here they come.
28:22We have...
28:48And E, R, D, H, T, P, R.
28:54There we are.
28:55Now, Harry and Amy, you are our low scorers, so you get to go first.
29:00D from Allium.
29:02OK.
29:02I hope they don't know the other one.
29:03I don't know.
29:04OK, you say it.
29:06Um, I think we are going to go for D and we are going to go for Allium.
29:11Allium.
29:11Say Harry and Amy for D.
29:14Now then, Ed and Deepak, can you talk us through that board?
29:18That's the one I wanted to go for.
29:19I know Sunflower.
29:21I know Red Hot Poker.
29:22And I think I've got a guess for C.
29:24I think Red Hot Poker is going to be more points than Allium.
29:27OK, let's go for the guess then.
29:28I think it's called a Lycan.
29:30L-Y-C-A-N.
29:31Yeah, we're going to go with C.
29:33OK, Lycan.
29:34OK, so we have Allium and we have Lycan.
29:36In the order they were given, Harry and Amy went Allium for D.
29:41How many of our 100 people said that?
29:45Allium, absolutely right.
29:5123 for Allium.
29:53Meanwhile, Deepak and Ed have gone for Lycan for C.
29:58Shall we see if that's right?
29:59How many people said it, if it is?
30:02Not a Lycan.
30:04I am afraid.
30:05Which means very well done indeed, Harry and Amy.
30:08After one question, you are up 1-0.
30:10Yes, it's not Lycan.
30:12It's actually Lupin, which would have been worth 40.
30:16So that wouldn't have been enough for you to get through anyway.
30:19Let's have a look at the rest of the board.
30:21Top one, you were right, with Sunflower, which would have been worth 86.
30:27And then B, Gooseneck Loosestrife, which was a pointless answer.
30:33Look at it, though.
30:34Look at it.
30:35It was toilet cleaner.
30:38I would have thought that was, like, nature's cotton bud.
30:41Well, cotton bud.
30:41If you like it to really go in.
30:43Yeah.
30:44That's it, yeah.
30:45Nice little bend.
30:46Brilliant.
30:46And we have here the Red Hot Poker, which was worth 33.
30:52Also known as the torch lily, which makes sense.
30:55Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
30:55Anyway, here comes our second question.
30:58And it concerns...
31:04Susan.
31:05OK.
31:06We're going to show you the names of five locations of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
31:11But we've removed every other letter.
31:14Please fill in the gaps and give us the names of the locations.
31:17Thank you very much indeed.
31:19Let's reveal our five locations of the seven wonders.
31:22And here they come.
31:24H-L-C-R-A-S-S-O-Y-P-A-R-O-E-B-B-L-N and A
31:32-E-A-D-I.
31:35And this time, Ed and Deepak, you get to go first.
31:38What's the bottom one?
31:40The lighthouse at the Library of Alexandria.
31:44Oh, yeah, it is.
31:44I think we're going to go for the bottom one.
31:47We're going to go for Alexandria.
31:50Alexandria, say Ed and Deepak for the bottom one.
31:53Now, Harry and Amy, can you talk us through the rest of that board?
31:55I think so.
31:57I think it's Halicarnassus and then Olympia, Rhodes and Babylon.
32:03What do you think?
32:03Top one?
32:05I think we go for Halicarnassus at the top.
32:07You're going to go for Halicarnassus.
32:08So we have Alexandria and Halicarnassus.
32:10Deepak and Ed went Alexandria at the bottom.
32:12Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
32:22Down it goes to nine.
32:23Very well done indeed.
32:26Meanwhile, Harry and Amy have gone for Halicarnassus at the top.
32:29Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
32:34Halicarnassus is right.
32:38It's going to be close.
32:39Eleven.
32:40We've got Halicarnassus.
32:42Very well done indeed.
32:43And Deepak, after two questions, you're back in the game.
32:45It's one all.
32:46Brilliant.
32:47Well, congratulations both teams because you actually got the two lowest answers of what was available.
32:53So we have Olympia, the statue of Zeus, which was worth 77.
32:57We have Rose, the Colossus of Rose, which is worth 45.
33:01And we have Babylon, worth 73, the Hanging Gardens.
33:06So congratulations on both your choices.
33:09Congratulations at home.
33:10Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
33:12Right.
33:12Here comes the decider.
33:13Whoever wins this third question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
33:16Best of luck to both pairs.
33:17Our third question is all about...
33:23Susan.
33:23Oh, brilliant.
33:24OK.
33:25In 2024, a BAFTA poll revealed the 20 most iconic video game characters of all time.
33:30We're going to give you clues to five of the characters on that list, along with the initials of each
33:35character.
33:36Please give us the names of the characters.
33:39Thank you very much.
33:40Oh, well, let's reveal our five characters, shall we?
33:43And here they are.
33:43We have Italian plumber, dressed in red and blue, who made his debut in the 1981 game Donkey Kong, M.
33:51The hero of the Tomb Raider games, making her first appearance in 1996, L.C.
33:57Real name David, this stealthy super spy, has appeared in over ten games in the Metal Gear series, S.S.
34:04Teenage girl, who has to be escorted across a post-apocalyptic United States in The Last of Us, E.
34:11And the silent protagonist of the Legend of Zelda franchise, who fights to save the land of Hyrule from the
34:17evil Ganon, L.
34:19Harry and Amy, you get to go first this time.
34:22Link. Link or Ellie?
34:24Has this been the TV show? Yes.
34:26I'm just saying, people might know a bit.
34:28Which one should we go for, fourth or fifth?
34:29I don't know, you decide.
34:31So I think we're going to go for the bottom one and go for Link.
34:35Link. Say Harry and Amy, Link.
34:38Now then, Ed and Deepak, talk us through the rest of that board.
34:41So the plumber is Mario, the Tomb Raider is Lara Croft, and Deepak said he knew both of those, so
34:48we're not going with either of them.
34:50And then I think everyone's going to know Ellie.
34:53So we're going to go with real name David, Solid Snake.
34:57Solid Snake.
34:58So we have Link and we have Solid Snake in the order they were given.
35:01Harry and Amy went Link for the silent protagonist of Legend of Zelda.
35:06How many of our 100 said that?
35:14Link.
35:16Very good.
35:1712 for Link.
35:19Meanwhile, Ed and Deepak have gone for Solid Snake for real name David.
35:24Stealthy Super Spy.
35:25How many of our 100 said that?
35:27Solid Snake.
35:35Oh, you've done it. Look at that. Seven for Solid Snake.
35:38Very well done indeed, Ed and Deepak.
35:40After three questions, you are coming to the final 2-1.
35:44Congratulations.
35:44You picked actually the only answer that would have won because, as you guessed correctly, our first answer was Mario
35:51and that was 55.
35:54And then Lara Croft, which was worth 47.
35:58And the teenage girl, Ellie.
36:00Last of us, 14.
36:01So congratulations.
36:03Huge, huge well done.
36:04Thank you very much indeed.
36:05Well done, everybody.
36:06That means the pair leaving us at the end of this round.
36:08Oh, Harry and Amy.
36:10This is it.
36:11Hello.
36:11This is it.
36:12This is what you gave up your honeymoon for.
36:15We're third time runners-up.
36:16Third time runners-up.
36:17That's good.
36:18That is very good.
36:19You've done phenomenally well.
36:20And it's been lovely having you on the show.
36:21Thank you so much for coming today.
36:22Lovely to meet you.
36:23And very, very best of luck with wonderful married life.
36:25Harry and Amy.
36:27Brett and Deepak, though.
36:28Now time for the Pointless final.
36:34Congratulations, Ed and Deepak.
36:36You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:46Yes.
36:47You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
36:49And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
36:56As always, you get to choose a category from the four we put up on the board.
37:00And your choices today are...
37:13I think we'd have to go with the wine.
37:15It's all on you, Ed.
37:16No, don't do that.
37:17Oh, what Bill?
37:18What's your wine list like?
37:19It's pretty good.
37:20Oh.
37:21But it's largely picked by some guys who know lots more than us and we just drink them
37:25all and go.
37:26Nice.
37:26It's good.
37:28Pointless actors in Bill Films kill Bill.
37:30I think we should go Bill Films.
37:32Bill Films, please.
37:33Okay, Bill Films it is.
37:34Susan.
37:35Okay.
37:36So, we are looking for any feature film which has been released in the cinemas or on a streaming
37:41platform for which Bill Paxton has received an acting credit.
37:45We won't accept any short films, TV films or documentaries, but voice performances do count.
37:52Or, we're looking for the name of anybody with an acting credit in either or both of Quentin
37:58Tarantino's Kill Bill Films, released in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
38:04That's all according to IMDb.
38:06Best of luck.
38:07Thanks very much indeed, Susan.
38:09Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
38:12All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:16If you happen to get three pointless answers, we will throw in a £500 booster.
38:20Are you ready?
38:21No.
38:23Yes.
38:24Okay, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:26There they are.
38:27Your time starts now.
38:30Oh, dear.
38:31I know.
38:31Oh, dear.
38:32It wasn't better.
38:33Paxing in Aliens.
38:34Yeah.
38:35And I'm struggling to think of anything.
38:37You've seen things to do in Denver when you're dead?
38:40I love it.
38:41Put it on there as a guess.
38:44I'm struggling to name anyone from Kill Bill that isn't quite famous.
38:50David Carradine.
38:51Was it David or Keith?
38:52It was David Carradine.
38:54There's a punt.
38:55David Carradine.
38:56Put it in there.
38:59And then...
39:02I'm racking my brains.
39:03Oh.
39:03There's someone famous as one of those masked, crazy 88 gang members.
39:09Monica...
39:09Monica Bellucci is...
39:12Monica Bellucci has just come into my head.
39:15Vivica A. Fox is in a...
39:18Okay.
39:18Early in this one.
39:18Ten seconds left.
39:19Vivica A.
39:20Can we take a punt on Monica Bellucci?
39:23Sure.
39:23David Carradine's definitely not pointless.
39:27Then...
39:28Okay.
39:29That is your time up.
39:30Let's have your three answers now.
39:32What are you going to go for?
39:34The name Monica Bellucci has just popped into my head.
39:37In the second category?
39:38The second category, yes.
39:39Okay.
39:39Should we put Monica Bellucci up there?
39:41Yep.
39:41Vivica A. Fox.
39:42Vivica A. Fox.
39:44There's another cast of Kill Bill Volume One.
39:46Vivica A. Fox.
39:48David Carradine.
39:49David Carradine.
39:50So all three of these in the second category, the Kill Bill casts.
39:54Which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:56Monica Bellucci.
39:57Okay.
39:58Monica Bellucci goes last.
39:59Least likely to be pointless?
40:01David Carradine.
40:01David Carradine.
40:02Vivica A. Fox goes in the middle.
40:03Okay.
40:04Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
40:06And here they are.
40:07We have David Carradine, Vivica A. Fox and Monica Bellucci.
40:12Well, if one of these turns out to be pointless, you'll be leaving here with £1,250.
40:16What would you like to do with that money if you were to win it?
40:20Ed, I'm going to ask you first.
40:21Deepak's always been itching to take us to a cricket game in India.
40:25So we might make that a big trip.
40:27That would be a terrific thing to do with your winnings.
40:30Deepak.
40:30Anything else you want to add to that?
40:32Oil painting supplies or a test match in Dharamsala.
40:35Himalayas in the background.
40:36Beautiful.
40:37Marvellous.
40:38Well, very, very best of luck.
40:39Now, David Carradine was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
40:42Let's find out how many of our 100 people named David Carradine as one of the cast members
40:46of either of the Kill Bill films.
40:50David Carradine is right.
40:53Down we go with David Carradine.
40:55If this goes all the way down to zero, you will be leaving here with £1,250.
40:59Down to single finger.
41:00Still going down with David Carradine.
41:01Still going down to two.
41:02Bit of that.
41:04It's David Carradine as two.
41:06Very, very well done indeed.
41:07Not a pointless answer, though.
41:09Let us move on, therefore, to Vivica A. Fox and see how many people named Vivica A. Fox
41:14in the same category.
41:16Casts of Kill Bill.
41:18How many of our 100 people said Vivica A. Fox?
41:23Well, again, it is correct.
41:26And again, if it goes all the way down to zero, you will be leaving here with £1,250.
41:30We are down through the teens.
41:31We're in single figures with Vivica A. Fox still going down.
41:34Still going down to pointless answer.
41:35Very well done indeed.
41:37Congratulations.
41:38I'll see you in the house.
41:39That's a huge congratulations.
41:41Vivica A. Fox has just won you £1,250.
41:46Fabulous.
41:48Wonderful.
41:49So Vivica A. Fox popped into your head right at the last minute and was pointless.
41:53However, the other name that popped into your head, Monica Bellucci, was wrong.
41:58Not that it matters.
42:00So well done.
42:01Let's have a look at some more of the pointless answers starting with Bill Paxton films.
42:06So you could have had A Simple Plan, Commando, Predator 2 and we have The Terminator as well.
42:13In fact, the only films that scored points were Twister, Aliens, Titanic, Apollo 13, The Circle, Thunderbirds, Tombstone and True
42:21Lies.
42:22Every other film he was in was pointless.
42:25OK, next.
42:26Here are some of the pointless answers from the cast of Kill Bill.
42:30Chiaki Koriyama, Michael Madsen, Sunny Chiba, Vivica A. Fox, which you said.
42:36And the only scoring answers here were Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Samuel L. Jackson, David Carradine and Daryl Hanna.
42:43Everyone else was pointless.
42:45Wow.
42:45Congratulations and well done to everyone at home if you got a pointless answer.
42:49Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
42:52And thanks once again to our winning players, Ed and Deepak, who take away today's jackpot of £1,250.
42:57Very well done indeed.
42:59Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on pointless.
43:03Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Susan.
43:05And it's goodbye from me.
43:07Goodbye.
43:07APPLAUSE
43:09APPLAUSE
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