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00:22Well, thank you very much indeed.
00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:26the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.
00:29Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:37Hi, my name's Karen, this is my partner Colin
00:39and we're from Northwich in Cheshire.
00:42Couple number two.
00:43Hi, my name's Robert, this is my daughter Kat
00:45and we're from Southfields in London.
00:47Couple number three.
00:49Hi, my name's Nat and this is my partner Haz
00:51and we're from Hull.
00:52And finally, couple number four.
00:54Hi, my name's Abbas, this is my friend Amir
00:56and we're from South London.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
01:00Thank you very much, all of you.
01:01A very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:03It's lovely to have you all here.
01:05That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:07A TV presenter who apparently burns sage
01:09to rid spaces of negativity and bad karma.
01:12Hence the lovely Sunday roast smell in the studio.
01:15It's my Pointless friend, it's Angela Scan.
01:18I can confirm that I do.
01:20It's not apparently any more.
01:22It is definitive.
01:23How often do you do it?
01:24A lot.
01:25One today, at least.
01:26Really?
01:26Yeah, I also burn frankincense.
01:28It kind of smells like a funeral, but weirdly comforting to me.
01:31I don't know why.
01:32So you take sage with you everywhere?
01:34I take sage with me and...
01:35You light it and then blow it out and then just waft it round.
01:38Wafty waft.
01:39And it works?
01:40Palo Santo, who knows?
01:42Palo Santo?
01:43Also a little stick.
01:44It's less likely to set the smoke alarm off.
01:48I see.
01:48Clever.
01:49So I bring one of them in my pocket.
01:50Very nice.
01:51How brilliant.
01:53I think so.
01:54Keep the chakras turning, you know?
01:55No, it's very important indeed.
01:57Absolutely.
01:58Yeah.
01:58Do you grow the sage yourself?
02:00Or do you have an extremely rich sage dealer?
02:03I have a couple of sage dealers.
02:06Excellent.
02:06Bales of sage being chopped.
02:08Oh, delicious.
02:09That's what you'll get me for Christmas, lads, if anyone's wondering.
02:12Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
02:14Well, David and Angie won the jackpot in terrific style last time.
02:18So today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
02:21There it is.
02:21It's only small, but it'll grow.
02:23If everyone's ready, let's play points.
02:30Now, just remember, it's always the pair with the highest score
02:33at the end of each round that gets eliminated.
02:35I'm looking at our new people.
02:36So keep your scores as low as you possibly can
02:38and everything will be terrific.
02:40Best of luck to everybody.
02:41Our first category today is...
02:46Television.
02:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first?
02:49Who's going to go second?
02:50And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:57OK, and the question concerns...
03:01Actors who directed their own TV shows.
03:03On each board, we are going to show you seven clues about actors
03:07who directed episodes of television series in which they also starred.
03:11We will give you the initials of the show, the name of the actor
03:14and the year the programme was first broadcast.
03:17Although this is not necessarily the year that the actor directed their episodes.
03:21Please give us the titles of the TV shows.
03:24This is according to imdb.com as of June 2024.
03:27Thank you very much indeed.
03:29OK, so let's reveal our first board of seven shows plus actor,
03:34directed, etc.
03:34Here we go.
03:36C, Peter Falk, 1971.
03:40F, Kelsey Grammer, 1993.
03:44T, R, F, Carolina Hearn, 1998.
03:49H, Adrian Lester, 2004.
03:53T, O, Mindy Kaling, 2005.
03:57B, B, Brian Cranston, 2008.
04:02And T, H, T, Elizabeth Moss, 2017.
04:08There we are.
04:09Now, Cole, welcome back to Pointless.
04:11This is your third show.
04:12This is the one where it has to happen.
04:13I'm going to be saying that to two pairs, obviously.
04:15Please don't be offended when I say it's to the other pair.
04:18It's your last chance to tell us a little bit more about Colin.
04:20Let's hear.
04:21I once did a half marathon.
04:25Due to an admin error, when I turned up to get your bib number,
04:28they gave me the number six,
04:30which all the top runners had all the low numbers.
04:33Right.
04:34And I'm a bit of a slow runner.
04:36OK.
04:36So I thought, shall I tell them?
04:37Or no, no, I'll keep the number.
04:39I'll keep the number, says Cole.
04:40What could possibly go wrong?
04:42Go wrong.
04:42So put the thing on.
04:43You can see people in the changing room looking at your number,
04:45thinking, well, this fellow must be quite handy.
04:48Presumably there's some amazing marathon runner going,
04:502754, hang on, what's this?
04:52So I made my way to the start line,
04:55got on the front row, set off,
04:57arms going like a windmill for the first 100 metres,
05:00and then I went like chariots of fire mode
05:02and went back and back and back and back and back.
05:04I did finally finish.
05:05You did finish?
05:06About 2,314.
05:08There we are.
05:10Fun to be at the top.
05:11It was fun.
05:11For a little bit.
05:12Yeah.
05:12For the first 10 seconds.
05:14That's right.
05:15There we go.
05:16Carl, what are you going to go for on our board here?
05:18I've got a couple of favourites up there.
05:20Let me think.
05:21Let's go for the third one down.
05:24Carolina Hearn, The Royal Family.
05:26The Royal Family, says Cole.
05:27Shall we see how many of our 100 people went for that?
05:29The wonderful Royal Family.
05:31The Royal Family is absolutely right.
05:35Gets us off on exactly the right foot.
05:37Look at that, 39.
05:38Well done, Carl.
05:39Yes, Carolina Hearn directed 11 episodes.
05:41She co-created and co-wrote The Royal Family with co-star Craig Cash.
05:46They came up with the idea after two series of The Mrs Merton Show
05:49and she was keen to develop something that didn't have an audience.
05:52Oh, that had a massive TV audience, of course.
05:55Big time.
05:55Growing all the time.
05:57Robert, welcome to Pointless.
05:59It's great to have you here.
06:00Tell us all about yourself, Robert.
06:01I'm an estate agent.
06:03I have been for about 40 years, so I'm getting used to a bit of criticism.
06:08And we live in London and we've been there all of Kat's life.
06:13Very good indeed.
06:14When you are not selling houses, Robert, what do you like to do?
06:18I enjoy sport very much.
06:19Used to play more.
06:21I play less now and watch more.
06:23But I still like to get around to golfing.
06:26Very good indeed.
06:27Robert, I'm going to step aside.
06:29What would you like to go for on our board?
06:31I think I'm going to go for the last one, The Handmaid's Tale.
06:35The Handmaid's Tale, Elizabeth Moss.
06:37Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
06:39The Handmaid's Tale.
06:42It's right.
06:43Now, 39 is the only score we have at the moment.
06:46And you pass that.
06:48Yeah, that's very good indeed.
06:50Well done.
06:50Single digits.
06:51Eight for The Handmaid's Tale.
06:53Elizabeth Moss, she directed several episodes of The Handmaid's Tale
06:56and she said that directing other actors in a scene
06:58whilst your acting is harder than directing yourself.
07:02I should think that's right.
07:03Do you know what I would love to see?
07:04Is somebody being the first AD on their own show.
07:08Because obviously the director is the person who sort of lines up all the shots,
07:11works out exactly what that sort of artistic side of it.
07:14First AD does all the admin.
07:16Does all the sort of, OK, quiet please on set.
07:18Yes, silence, sorry, no drinks on set.
07:20All that sort of stuff.
07:21And they do all the sort of the shouting on set.
07:23That would be hilarious.
07:24Imagine being first AD on your own show.
07:26And then jumping into character.
07:28And then jumping into role.
07:28OK, turning over.
07:30OK.
07:31Then getting meekly into place.
07:33That would be hilarious.
07:34Anyway, sorry, where was I?
07:35Haz, welcome to Pointless.
07:37It's lovely to have you here.
07:38Tell us all about yourself, Haz.
07:40Hi.
07:40I really like to wear Japanese street fashion.
07:43So this dress I'm wearing is inspired by Victorian and Rococo fashions.
07:49Lots of my friends wear it as well.
07:50And we go to events and have afternoon tea and make trips to museums
07:55and other interesting places.
07:57That's fun.
07:58So the trip's always to nice, sort of, genteel places like museums?
08:02Not always.
08:03Some people go axe-throwing.
08:05But axe-throwing in that dress feels wrong.
08:09Usually you have much poofier petticoats as well.
08:11Wow.
08:12I love a petticoat.
08:13Very good.
08:14Well, it's a terrific look, Haz.
08:15Very strong indeed, if I may say.
08:17What would you like to go for on our board?
08:19So, I think I need to know two of them.
08:22And I'm only certain about one of them.
08:25So I'm going to go with T.O.
08:27The Office.
08:29The Office for Mindy Kaling.
08:31Shall we see if The Office is right?
08:32How many of our 100 said it?
08:35The Office absolutely right.
08:3739 is our high score and you pass it.
08:41Look at that down to four.
08:43That's superb work.
08:45That was, of course, the US version of The Office.
08:47Mindy Kaling directed two episodes and wrote 24 episodes.
08:52She was only 24 years of age when she first joined as a writer.
08:55Well, how fantastic.
08:57What a lovely gig.
08:58Mmm, nice gig.
08:59Overachiever she is.
09:00Yes.
09:00I like her.
09:01Very much indeed.
09:03Now then, Abbas, great to have you back for your third show.
09:08This is the show, Abbas.
09:11This is the show.
09:12It has to happen this time round.
09:14Yep, for sure.
09:14Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Abbas.
09:17So thinking back to sort of my childhood or early teens, one thing that me and my cousins
09:22used to do is make sort of fun remakes of classic films or current TV shows.
09:26So we did a whole Home Alone trilogy and we also did The Apprentice as well.
09:30So that was something that was really fun.
09:31That's amazing.
09:32So you were an actor and director?
09:34Yeah.
09:34I did everything.
09:35Acting, directing.
09:36Directing, writing.
09:36The whole credits were just my name just throughout.
09:38It was just you?
09:39Yeah, yeah.
09:40Have you ever watched these back?
09:42Yeah, I have actually recently.
09:44It's fun to kind of look back on stuff from years and years ago, especially The Apprentice one,
09:48because obviously I had to dress my little cousin up, who was about that tall at the time,
09:51in a whole suit and get him to come out of the car and act like Lord Sugar.
09:55Oh, so he was Lord Sugar?
09:57Yeah, he was Lord Sugar.
09:57The little cousin.
09:58Same height too.
09:59Yeah, exactly.
10:01Abbas, you are the last person to have this board.
10:04So if you like, you could fill in all our blanks.
10:06What would you like to go for?
10:07I have potential answers for three of them, but I'm not actually sure if they're right.
10:11So for some reason, the H 2004, I'm thinking Homeland, but I'm not sure.
10:16For Bryan Cranston, that's going to be Breaking Bad.
10:19And for Kelsey's grandma, I'm assuming that's Friends.
10:21But yeah, I think I'm going to play a slightly safe option and say,
10:24Friends for Kelsey's grandma.
10:26You're going to say Friends for Kelsey's grandma.
10:28Well, let's see if that is a safe option.
10:32No, I'm so sorry.
10:34I'm sorry, Abbas, that's not right.
10:37That scores you 100 points.
10:39Sorry about that.
10:40Do you know that one?
10:41I do, it's Frasier.
10:42Mmm, score is 41.
10:44And Columbo at the top.
10:4656.
10:47Um, what was it called?
10:49Hustle, it was called.
10:50Yes.
10:51That would score you 15.
10:52Superb.
10:53And then Breaking Bad, which you had 22.
10:56There we go.
10:57Thank you very much indeed.
10:59Well, we're halfway through the round.
11:00Let's have a look at those scores.
11:02Has.
11:03Very well done.
11:03The lowest score of the pass.
11:05Four for you.
11:06Superb.
11:06Eight is where we find Robert and Kat.
11:0839 is where we find Cole and Karen.
11:10And then up to 100, Abbas and Amir.
11:13I'm so sorry, you're way ahead there.
11:15But who knows?
11:16There could be another slip up in the next pass.
11:19Amir, let's get a lovely low score from you.
11:21Good luck with that.
11:21We're going to come back down the line now.
11:22Will the second players please step up to the podium?
11:28OK.
11:29I am now going to put seven more clues to actors
11:31who starred in and directed their own TV shows.
11:35Here is our next board of seven.
11:37We have...
12:07Now then, Amir, welcome back to Pointless.
12:10First off, tell us more about yourself, Amir.
12:13This is your last chance to fill us in.
12:15So, one thing I really enjoy is playing football.
12:17Recently, me and Abbas have entered a football tournament
12:20and it started off a bit slow,
12:22but the team slowly getting the hang of it
12:24and we're getting better.
12:25This is very good.
12:26So, you're still in the tournament, are you?
12:27Yeah. It's ongoing.
12:28Yeah.
12:28And you're all learning each other's strengths.
12:30Exactly, yeah.
12:31Starting to play as a team.
12:32Yeah.
12:32Very good. Well, that's the way to do it, Amir.
12:34You're on 100 at the moment.
12:35You are our high scorers.
12:37But you've got this lovely new board.
12:38Yeah.
12:39How is that board looking for you?
12:41I know a couple only, but they're probably very high.
12:44So, I think I'm going to go with how I met your mother.
12:49Neil Patrick Harris.
12:52When we were much younger, Neil Patrick Harris and I,
12:55we don't know each other.
12:57But when you do Doogie Howser,
12:59and we were really quite young,
13:00everybody said that we looked the same.
13:02And as we've got older,
13:03we've sort of continued to look a bit...
13:05I'm flattering myself here.
13:06I mean, you know, I'm aware of that.
13:08But I get it all the time.
13:09All my life, I've had Neil Patrick Harris.
13:12More so than Mark Rylance.
13:13More than Mark Rylance.
13:15But both of them flatter me.
13:16Yeah, great.
13:17Must be said.
13:18Take whatever.
13:19I'll take them both with both hands.
13:20So, yes.
13:21How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris.
13:23Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
13:25No red line for you as you're the high scorers.
13:31It is right.
13:34And down he goes to 21.
13:36Taking your total up to 121.
13:39Yes, your twin directed one episode.
13:42There were 208 episodes in total made,
13:44with 196 of those being directed by the executive producer,
13:48Pamela Fryman.
13:50And Neil Patrick Harris was the only cast member
13:52who got a chance to direct.
13:53Who was allowed to do it.
13:54And they only let him do it once.
13:55Just the once.
13:56That'll do.
13:57Just the once.
13:57Enough damage.
13:58Yeah, you have to go back and say,
13:59Can I do it again?
14:00Yes, of course.
14:01Of course.
14:02Maybe not this series.
14:03Next time.
14:04Next time.
14:04Thank you very much indeed.
14:06Nat, welcome to Pointless.
14:09Wonderful to have you here.
14:10Tell us all about yourself, Nat.
14:12So, last year, Haz and I adopted a cat.
14:14When we were training him to be on his own,
14:17we used to put your radio show on for him.
14:19So, the first time that we watched Pointless,
14:23he was convinced you were in the room
14:25and tried to climb behind the TV
14:27so he could probably rub around your ankles.
14:30He's that kind of cat.
14:31But that's the loveliest thing ever.
14:33What's your cat called?
14:34Sir Lancelot.
14:35Sir Lancelot.
14:37No, no, here's Sir Lancelot.
14:38Oh, there we are.
14:39Hi there.
14:39Ooh!
14:41That was me being tickled by a bit.
14:45How exciting.
14:45And also wonderfully stylish.
14:47Tell us about what you are wearing.
14:48What mood?
14:49I'm wearing vintage reproduction fashion,
14:51which is another thing that we both do together.
14:53But less of a community there.
14:55Well, there should be.
14:56Bring them together.
14:58Nat, I have terrific news for you.
15:00You are on four.
15:01Even if you were to score 100 points,
15:03you are through to round two, come what may.
15:05So, what would you like to go for on our board?
15:07I think maybe H and Hugh Laurie for House.
15:11House you're going to go for.
15:12Shall we see?
15:13How many of our 100 said House?
15:14No red line for you.
15:15You're already through.
15:16House is right.
15:21That goes down to 32.
15:23Taking your total up to 36.
15:25This is terrific.
15:26Hugh Laurie directed two episodes in February 2008.
15:30House was awarded a Guinness World Record
15:32for being the most popular show on TV.
15:35Then in 2011, Hugh Laurie received a world record
15:38for being the most watched leading man on telly
15:41due to the show's popularity.
15:43That's extraordinary.
15:44Isn't it?
15:44I mean, what an accolade.
15:45Yeah.
15:46I mean, I know he's brilliant,
15:47but I didn't know he got all of that as well.
15:49I didn't know it was that big.
15:51Well, yes.
15:52There you go.
15:53Wow.
15:53If Guinness tells you it is, it is.
15:55It is.
15:56Thank you very much indeed.
15:58Now then, Kat, welcome to Pointless.
16:00Great to have you here.
16:01Tell us all about yourself, Kat.
16:02I've just started university in Hull,
16:05studying environmental science.
16:06Very good indeed.
16:07In Hull.
16:08That's where you are.
16:09If you ever want some tea and some crinolines,
16:13there we are.
16:14OK, Kat, that's very exciting.
16:16You've literally just started.
16:17Literally a couple of weeks ago.
16:18So just as you were settling in,
16:20beginning to get to know people
16:22and understand your routine,
16:24we've wrenched you out to come and answer quiz questions.
16:28Sorry about that.
16:28It's OK.
16:29But it seems to be going OK.
16:30Yeah.
16:31And they seem to be nice.
16:32Everyone's lovely, actually.
16:34Good.
16:34Yeah.
16:35You're on eight, by the way.
16:37You're through to the next round.
16:38Doesn't matter what you score.
16:39What would you like to go for?
16:40I'd like to go with TB, the bear.
16:44TB, the bear, for Ayo Adeburi.
16:47Shall we see if the bear is right?
16:49You don't get a red line because you're through.
16:54The bear is right.
16:57The bear is very right.
16:59That gets five right.
17:01Very well done indeed.
17:02That takes your vote up to 13.
17:04Superb.
17:05Ayo Adeburi directed one episode in 2024
17:08and after being offered the opportunity,
17:10she joined the Directors Guild of America
17:12and took one of their courses.
17:14Have you seen the bear?
17:15I've not seen the bear.
17:16It's so good.
17:18Oh, good.
17:18So good.
17:19Such a good tip.
17:20It's very frantic.
17:21The first episode feels like an assault on the senses,
17:24which is not really my, you know, flavour of telly,
17:27but actually you can ease into it.
17:31That's good.
17:31Thank you very much indeed.
17:32Now, Karen, welcome back for the last time.
17:35The last time we'll get to have our little chats
17:37at the top of a show.
17:39What have you got to tell us today?
17:41I used to sing on stage in pubs and clubs in my younger days.
17:47What sort of... Were you sort of jazz?
17:48I did a lot of jazz and blues.
17:51Oh, you must have had an amazing...
17:52Well, I bet you still have an amazing voice.
17:54It's wonderful. I can hear it.
17:55Not as good as it used to be.
17:58My claim to fame is I actually had an audition...
18:01Well, I didn't realise it was an audition with the group Berlin.
18:05Wow.
18:05And they offered to take me over to America to cut a record.
18:09But the person I was engaged to at the time said,
18:11if you go with them, we're finished.
18:13So I chose him and they cut Take My Breath Away.
18:17Take My Breath Away.
18:19Oh, Karen.
18:21Oh, no.
18:22But here you are on Pointless with lovely Cole.
18:25And I met him.
18:26Actually, you know, where are they, Berlin?
18:28Yeah.
18:29Have they got over Take My Breath Away?
18:31Will they ever stop talking about it?
18:32No!
18:34Not even a great song.
18:35Exactly.
18:36You know, I mean, you've got Cole.
18:40OK.
18:41Now, Karen, you're on 39.
18:4381 or less gets you into the next round.
18:46Yes.
18:46Talk us through the board.
18:47I only know a couple.
18:49I know Angela Griffin's Waterloo Road,
18:52but because that's been revamped,
18:54she'll most probably be well-known.
18:57And the only other one is Larry Hagman, Dallas.
19:00OK, that's the one you want to go for.
19:02Dallas, Larry Hagman.
19:04Here is your red line.
19:06Lovely and high.
19:07Can we get you below that with Dallas?
19:10We can and we do.
19:12Look at that.
19:12Very well done indeed, Karen.
19:14That goes down to 51.
19:15Takes your total up to a lovely round 90.
19:18Larry Hagman, who played Jay Orr, of course,
19:21directed 32 episodes.
19:22Patrick Duffy, who was his brother Bobby,
19:25that was not a great accent, directed 29.
19:27And Linda Gray Sue Ellen directed five.
19:31Do you know the rest?
19:33Friends, David Schwimmer, yeah.
19:36Yes, that would get you 68.
19:39Waterloo Road, as Karen said.
19:41Actually, it would have been a much better answer for you guys.
19:4415.
19:45And then Empire.
19:47Is Taraji P. Hanson.
19:49Yes, for seven.
19:50Thank you very much indeed.
19:51Well, that brings us to the end of our first round.
19:53It means we have to say goodbye to our first pair.
19:54And Amir and Abbas, I'm so sorry.
19:57This is the end of the road for you.
19:58It's been brilliant having you on the show.
20:00Thank you so much for coming to play.
20:01I'm sorry we haven't seen you into the head-to-head and beyond.
20:04But as I say, it's been great having you.
20:06Amir and Abbas.
20:08But for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for round two.
20:11APPLAUSE
20:16Well, look at that.
20:18Through we come to round two.
20:19And as ever, I've got some plaudits to hand out.
20:22Has, you were our lowest individual scorer in that round.
20:24Very well done indeed.
20:26Cat and Robert, our lowest combined scorers.
20:29So, terrific work on that middle podium.
20:30Terrific work everywhere, to be honest.
20:32But well done.
20:33Our category for round two today is...
20:37American politics.
20:38Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first,
20:40who wants to go second?
20:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
20:48OK, let's find out what the question is.
20:49Here it comes.
20:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
20:55US presidents with two or more different vowels in their surname
20:58as they could, Angela.
21:00We are looking for just the surnames of presidents of the United States
21:04whose surnames contain two or more different vowels.
21:07This is up to September 2024.
21:09Good luck.
21:10Thank you very much indeed.
21:12Now, Karen, who would you like to go for?
21:15Washington.
21:17Washington.
21:18Very good.
21:19Washington.
21:19Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
21:23Washington is right.
21:27Down he goes for 34.
21:29Solid start.
21:31George Washington was the first president and the only one not ever.
21:34to have lived in the White House.
21:35It was completed when his successor was in office.
21:38So where did he live, I wonder?
21:39I don't know.
21:40Maybe commuted in from outside?
21:41Possibly.
21:42Came out on the coach.
21:42Yeah.
21:43Or a different coloured house, maybe?
21:45Maybe.
21:45Yes.
21:45Just a brown house.
21:46Just a brown house.
21:47So many are.
21:48Thank you very much indeed.
21:50Now, Robert, whom would you like to go for?
21:53Coolidge.
21:55Coolidge, says Robert.
21:56Shall we see how many of our 100 said Coolidge?
22:01Coolidge is right.
22:0234 is the only score we have at the moment.
22:05And you pass that with Coolidge.
22:07Look at that.
22:08Down to two, Robert.
22:09This is very strong.
22:11Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his own father in the family home at nearly 3am after the
22:18previous president had died in office.
22:20Oh, I see.
22:21It's like an emergency birth.
22:22Yeah.
22:23Call in the father to take the swearing in.
22:26Or the opposite of a citizen's arrest.
22:28Yes.
22:28Yes.
22:29Yeah.
22:29I'll do it.
22:30I'll swear you in.
22:30Exciting.
22:31Wow.
22:32Yeah.
22:33Thank you very much indeed.
22:34Nat, who are you going to go for?
22:37McKinley.
22:38McKinley, says Nat.
22:40This is just fantastic.
22:41Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
22:42McKinley.
22:44McKinley's right.
22:4634.
22:47Still our high score.
22:48Two are low.
22:49You passed the high score.
22:51You passed the low as well.
22:52Look at that.
22:53Very well done indeed, Nat.
22:54One for McKinley.
22:55This is superb.
22:55William McKinley, assassinated in 1901.
22:59And from that point on, all US presidents had round-the-clock
23:03Secret Service protection.
23:05Wow.
23:05I kind of imagined they would have anyway.
23:07Wow.
23:08In those days, they didn't have little wires.
23:09They had cups on string.
23:12Which they hung off their ears.
23:16What goes on in your noggin?
23:17Thank you very much indeed.
23:18We're halfway through the round.
23:19Let's have a quick look at those scores.
23:21One is the best score of the past.
23:22Very well done indeed.
23:24Nat.
23:24Two is where we find Robert and Kat.
23:2734 is where we find Cole and Karen.
23:29You're a little bit ahead, but anything could happen in the next pass.
23:32But let's have a lovely low score from you, Cole.
23:35We're going to come back down the line now.
23:36Will the second players please step up to the podium?
23:42OK, now, Haz.
23:43Look at that.
23:44You've been set up so beautifully by Nat.
23:46One is your score at the moment.
23:4832 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
23:52So, Nat actually took my answer.
23:54Oh, I can't believe it.
23:56So, I'm going with Jackson.
23:59Jackson.
24:00It's another great answer.
24:01Here is your red line.
24:03Can we get you below that with Jackson?
24:10Yes, we can.
24:13Ah!
24:13Down to go to three.
24:14This is absolutely terrific.
24:15Taking your total up to four.
24:17Andrew Jackson was a strict officer during the War of 1812,
24:22which gave him the nickname Old Hickory,
24:24since he was unbending as a tree and as tough as wood.
24:29Mmm.
24:30Tough as wood.
24:30I like that.
24:31As tough as wood.
24:32I always heard as tough as old boots.
24:34As tough as iron, maybe.
24:34Or as tough as iron.
24:35As tough as wood.
24:36Yeah.
24:37I mean, if wood is wet, it's actually not that tough at all.
24:40Well, it depends what wood it is.
24:40Balsa, really not that tough.
24:42I guess.
24:42I mean, there are tough woods.
24:43We know.
24:44Oak, tough enough.
24:45Certainly tough.
24:46Mm-hm.
24:47Seasoned oak.
24:48Yeah, absolutely.
24:49Very tough.
24:49Tough as wood.
24:52Now, Cat, you're on two.
24:54Another terrific score in the first pass,
24:56which means if you can score 31 or less,
24:59through you go.
25:01I think I'm going to go with Eisenhower.
25:04Eisenhower, says Cat.
25:05You get a red line.
25:07There it is.
25:08Eisenhower.
25:10Eisenhower is right.
25:14through you go.
25:16Down it goes to 13.
25:18Very well done indeed.
25:19Taking your total up to 15.
25:21This one's for you, Robert.
25:23Dwight Eisenhower was an avid golfer
25:25and had a putting green installed on the White House lawn.
25:28And he got rid of squirrels as well because they were wrecking it.
25:31Really?
25:32They wreck putting greens?
25:33I suppose they do.
25:34They're not big into golf, apparently.
25:35No, they're not.
25:36No, I've seen that.
25:37No.
25:38Thank you very much indeed.
25:39Now, um, Cole.
25:41Cole, you're on 34, I'm sorry to say, which is our high score,
25:45even before you've given a brilliant answer.
25:47What brilliant answer would you like to give?
25:51Er, last one.
25:52Checkmate, so let's go for...
25:55I think he was the first one, was it?
25:57Adam, John Adams.
25:58OK, Adams, says Cole.
26:00No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are the high scorers,
26:02but let's see how far down the column we get with Adams.
26:07No!
26:08I'm so sorry, that scores you 100 points,
26:11takes your total up to 134.
26:13Sorry.
26:13It's just the one vowel, Adams, isn't it?
26:16There were only nine pointless answers,
26:19so before we look at them, I'll give you some of the low scorers.
26:22Five points for Wilson, three points for Madison,
26:25two points for Harrison and one point for Arthur,
26:28as in Chester, Arthur, and Munro, as in James Munro.
26:32And here are the pointless answers.
26:46Well done if you got one of those at home.
26:48Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
26:50That brings us to the end of our second round,
26:51and it means we have to say goodbye to Cole and Karen.
26:54And again, it's another of these firm farewells.
26:56I'm sorry, we're not sending you home with a trophy,
26:59but it's really lovely to have had you on the show.
27:01Thank you so much, Cole and Karen. You've been terrific.
27:04But for our two remaining pairs, now time for the head-to-head.
27:13Very well done indeed, Cat, Robert, Nat and Haz.
27:16You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
27:19which currently stands at £1,000.
27:23However, before we play the head-to-head,
27:25we have a chance to put some more money into that jackpot
27:27by seeing if we can truffle out a couple of pointless answers.
27:30So just for fun, here goes.
27:31We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many songs from animated films
27:38as they could, Angela.
27:40You'll see six options.
27:41Two are scoring, two are pointless and two are not titles of songs
27:44written for animated film soundtracks at all.
27:48£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
27:51Good luck.
27:52Thank you very much indeed.
27:53So can you find the two pointless songs from animated films among these six?
27:58And I give you, accidentally in love, everything is awesome,
28:04they'll soon discover, tomorrow comes today, try everything,
28:09two hops behind.
28:12There we are. Does anybody know anything?
28:15Now is a good time to share it with the room.
28:17Try everything's from Zootropolis.
28:20Everything is awesome, presumably.
28:22That's the Lego film, the Lego movie.
28:24Which is an animation. Yes.
28:26But probably not pointless.
28:27I don't know. I thought I'd be better at this.
28:29I thought you'd be better at this one.
28:30Yeah, two hops behind might be from that.
28:32Oh, Hops, the rabbit, Easter film.
28:35OK, well, I'm going to come to you first then.
28:37Cat and Robert, what would you like to nominate as a pointless song
28:40from an animated film?
28:41Go for that one.
28:41Two hops behind.
28:42I don't think...
28:43No?
28:44I don't know. Do you want to...
28:45You, you...
28:46Two hops behind.
28:47OK, two hops behind.
28:48Is that a pointless song from an animated film?
28:52Oh, no, bad luck.
28:54Bad luck.
28:55Nat and Haz.
28:56What do you think?
28:57What are you thinking of?
29:01Accidentally in love sounds plausible.
29:02It sounds like it could be plausible.
29:04Accidentally in love?
29:05Yeah.
29:06Should we do that?
29:06Is accidentally in love a pointless song from an animated film?
29:11It's a song from an animated film.
29:13It's so long since we've had a pointless answer in this bonus round.
29:17I'm really hoping this is going to be it.
29:19Oh, no!
29:20OK.
29:21There we are.
29:22That is by Counting Crows from Shrek 2.
29:26But not pointless.
29:27Two hops behind.
29:28There's no such thing.
29:29But one jump ahead is a song from Aladdin.
29:32But I don't think that's what you were thinking of either.
29:34And the other red herring is Tomorrow Comes Today.
29:38And that is a UK Top 40 single by Gorillaz, an animated band.
29:43Everything Is Awesome is by Tegan and Sarah featuring The Lonely Island
29:49from The Lego Movie.
29:50That was mentioned.
29:50Would have scored you two.
29:51And then the two pointless answers they'll soon discover.
29:55That's by The Shins from the SpongeBob SquarePants movie.
29:59And Shakira from Zootropolis.
30:01You had it right.
30:02Try everything.
30:03Also pointless.
30:05Thank you very much indeed.
30:06And I'm afraid the drought goes on.
30:09One day, one day we'll get a bonus round round.
30:12All right.
30:13I'm afraid we didn't find any pointless answers.
30:15Let's play the head-to-head.
30:20Now, as ever, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
30:24And you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
30:26Best of luck to everybody.
30:28Here is our first question.
30:29And it's all about winter sports.
30:33Angela?
30:34We're going to show you five pictures of people taking part in winter sports,
30:38along with each sport's initials.
30:40Please name the sports.
30:42Thank you very much indeed.
30:43Can you name these five winter sports?
30:45And here they come.
30:45We have...
30:46A.
30:48I.
30:49C.
30:52B.
30:54P.
30:55I.
30:56H.
30:59C.
31:01S.
31:04D.
31:07R.
31:08R.
31:12And E.
31:14S.
31:18There are our five winter sports.
31:21Now, Cat and Robert, your are those scorers.
31:23You get to go first.
31:24Do you know I?
31:26No.
31:27So it's ice climbing.
31:28Then something ice hockey.
31:29I say para ice hockey.
31:31Shall we go for para ice hockey?
31:33Should we go ice hockey?
31:34I think so.
31:36Uh, we're going to say para ice hockey for B.
31:40Para ice hockey for B.
31:43Now then, Nat and Haz, can you talk us through the rest of that board?
31:48Well, I think A is probably ice climbing.
31:51That makes sense.
31:52Yeah.
31:53C is speed skating.
31:55That fits.
31:56I don't know D.
31:57I don't know D.
31:58And obviously, A is snowboarding.
31:59Yeah.
32:00So, I don't think any of those would be better than para ice hockey, if that's right.
32:04So do you want to go for speed skating and take a risk in case?
32:07Yeah.
32:08Is that what you think?
32:09Speed skating for C.
32:10Speed skating for C.
32:11Say Nat and Haz.
32:12We have para ice hockey and we have speed skating.
32:15Cat and Robert went for para ice hockey.
32:17Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
32:21That's right.
32:22That's right.
32:27Very good indeed.
32:28Down.
32:29That goes to 14.
32:31Meanwhile, Nat and Haz taking a bit of a punt here on C and going for speed skating.
32:36Is it right, speed skating?
32:37And if it is, how many people said it?
32:40Speed skating.
32:41Absolutely spot on.
32:44Down.
32:45That goes to 42.
32:46That means very well done, Captain Robert.
32:48After one question, you're up 1-0.
32:51You nailed that board.
32:52Almost.
32:53You could have gone for snowboarding.
32:5536.
32:55It would have been a slightly better score.
32:58Ice climbing was 49.
33:00And then the only pointless answer...
33:02On the board, ringette.
33:05A fast, non-contact sport similar to ice hockey but with a ring instead of a puck.
33:11There we are.
33:12Well, thank you very much indeed.
33:13Now then, here is our second question.
33:15Nat and Haz, you've got to win this one and stay in the game.
33:17So, good luck.
33:17Our second question is all about...
33:21Social Media Challenges.
33:23We are going to give you five descriptions of popular TikTok challenges along with alternating letters of their names.
33:30Please tell us the name of these challenges.
33:32Thank you very much indeed.
33:33So, can you identify these social media challenges?
33:37And we have...
33:38A plastic container filled with water is thrown into the air so that it rotates and lands upright.
33:45B-T-L-F-I.
33:47Impossible puzzle involving two people holding two interlocked pieces of cloth which they must try to untangle.
33:54T-W-L.
33:56Set to the song by Sierra, pets jump over walls of toilet roll that gradually increase in height.
34:02L-V-L-U.
34:05People mime the words to popular songs and speeches while the original audio plays in the background.
34:11L-P-S-N.
34:13And, while using a filter which gives the illusion that they can't see, the user pretends to guess how many
34:19fingers someone is holding up.
34:21C-O-E-E-E.
34:24There we are.
34:26Now, Nat and Haz will go first.
34:39I think we're going to go for towel for the second one.
34:42You are going to go for towel for the impossible puzzle involving two people holding interlocked pieces of cloth.
34:48Now, then, Cat and Robert, can you talk us through that board?
34:53I think the first one is bottle flip.
34:55Mm-hm.
34:55I think the third one is level up.
34:58And then the fourth one, lip sync.
35:00Mm-hm.
35:01And then I can't think what the last one could be. Can you?
35:03I have no idea.
35:04I can't, like...
35:05Do you think?
35:06Yeah, I mean, that's just what I feel like would fit with a blank.
35:08Go for it.
35:08So, we'll go for third, level up.
35:11OK, level up.
35:12So, we have towel and we have level up.
35:15Nat and Haz went for towel.
35:17Shall we see how many of our 100 people said that?
35:19Towel.
35:22Towel is right.
35:27Good answer.
35:28Down goes towel to 22.
35:31Meanwhile, Cat and Robert have gone for level up for the middle one.
35:36Shall we see how many of our 100 people said level up?
35:41Level up is right.
35:4522 is what it has to beat.
35:46And it does.
35:47Down it goes to 17.
35:48Very well done indeed, Cat and Robert.
35:51After only two questions, you're straight through to the final.
35:532-0.
35:55Do you know any of these, Sandra?
35:56You big TikToker?
35:58Massive TikToker.
36:00Massive.
36:00I have an enormous following on TikTok.
36:03OK, you and Gordon Ramsay.
36:05Yes, me and Gordon Ramsay.
36:06Bottle Flip.
36:07Cat went through these brilliantly, I think.
36:09Yes.
36:09Bottle Flip.
36:1027 for Bottle Flip.
36:12Lip Sync, absolutely.
36:1447.
36:15And the final one, Nat and Haz, I heard you two saying it.
36:19Closed.
36:19Closed Eyes.
36:20Closed Eyes.
36:22Scored one.
36:24I know, I could hear you guys.
36:27Closed Eyes.
36:28Closed Eyes.
36:28Closed Eyes.
36:29There we are.
36:29Well, thank you very much indeed.
36:30The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round.
36:32I mean, you're both on your first show.
36:34And here you both are in this exciting head-to-head.
36:37But I'm afraid Nat and Haz, this is where we say goodbye to you.
36:40We'll see you next time.
36:40Look forward.
36:41Can't wait to see what you're going to be wearing.
36:42Can't wait to see anything else.
36:43But meanwhile, thank you very much for playing Nat and Haz.
36:46For Cat and Robert, though, time for the Pointless final.
36:53Well, huge congratulations, Cat and Robert.
36:55You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
37:07You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
37:10And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.
37:15So the big question is, what would you like to see come up?
37:18What's going to help you win that?
37:20Geography.
37:21Geography?
37:22Maybe.
37:22OK, yeah, yeah.
37:24Bit of history, maybe.
37:25Cricket, maybe.
37:26Pop culture?
37:28Is that a category?
37:29Pop culture.
37:30Yeah, you can do that one.
37:31OK, well, shall we see what the four choices are going to be?
37:35As ever, there will be random, and possibly quite baffling,
37:40race across the world, art and literature prizes,
37:44German experimental rock and electronic music,
37:47and the 2023 Men's Rugby Union World Cup.
37:52What do we think?
37:54We're going to go with rugby, aren't we?
37:57We'll go with rugby, please.
37:59OK, the 2023 Men's Rugby World Cup.
38:02OK, we are looking for the name of anybody who played
38:05for either South Africa or New Zealand
38:07in the 2023 Men's Rugby Union World Cup final.
38:11This includes the starting 15s and anyone who came on
38:15as a replacement.
38:17Or we are looking for the full name of the head coach
38:20of any team at the time it participated
38:22in the 2023 Men's Rugby Union World Cup.
38:26The very best of luck.
38:28Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
38:29Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up
38:31with three answers.
38:32All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
38:35to be pointless.
38:36If you come up with three pointless answers,
38:38we will throw in a £500 bonus.
38:41Are you ready?
38:42Yes, sir.
38:43OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:45There they are.
38:45Your time starts now.
38:48OK, so this is where I've gone completely blank on players.
38:51I'm thinking head coach is Andy Farrell.
38:57OK.
38:58It's a possibility.
39:01Probably Warren Gatland.
39:04Mm-hm.
39:05And probably Eddie Jones, I think, might have been involved.
39:10Yeah, maybe.
39:12But I can only...
39:13The only players...
39:14I can barely think of any players in those teams,
39:16and if I could summon one to mind,
39:19it certainly wouldn't be pointless.
39:21That's OK.
39:21Can you remember the names I've already told you?
39:23Because I probably can't.
39:24Um, I think we, er...
39:27Yeah.
39:28Sure.
39:29I think we have a plan.
39:30Yeah?
39:30Yeah.
39:31I think so.
39:32Solid-ish.
39:32OK, are you happy?
39:34Shall we stop the clock?
39:35There we are.
39:36We'll stop the clock.
39:37Let's have your three answers.
39:39I'm going to go for three coaches.
39:41Yes.
39:42Andy Farrell.
39:43Andy Farrell.
39:44Warren Gatland.
39:45Warren Gatland.
39:46Eddie Jones.
39:47And Eddie Jones.
39:48Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:52Andy Farrell.
39:53Andy Farrell will put last.
39:54Least likely to be pointless?
39:56Eddie Jones.
39:57Eddie Jones.
39:58And Gatland goes in the middle.
39:59Yeah, yeah.
39:59OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
40:02and here they are.
40:03We have...
40:05Eddie Jones.
40:06Warren Gatland.
40:07Andy Farrell.
40:08Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
40:10you'll be leaving here with £1,000.
40:12What would you like to do with that, Kat?
40:15I mean, selfishly, it would help with the uni.
40:17Well, wouldn't it?
40:18Yeah.
40:20Erm...
40:20I think you probably want to put it towards, like, a nicer kitchen
40:24or a holiday.
40:25I suspect it's going in your direction, isn't it?
40:27It's probably going towards me.
40:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:28Maybe a holiday.
40:29Maybe a holiday.
40:31Well, that would be nice.
40:31Well, let's hope one of these answers does it for you.
40:34Eddie Jones is your first answer.
40:35In all three cases, we're looking for the head coaches
40:37from the Rugby Union World Cup 2023.
40:40Shall we find out how many of our 100 people said Eddie Jones?
40:46Eddie Jones is right.
40:49If Eddie Jones goes all the way down to zero,
40:51you will be leaving here with £1,000.
40:53We go down through the teens.
40:55Any single figure still going down, still going down with Eddie Jones.
40:58And to two, OK.
40:59APPLAUSE
41:00That's better than you might have expected, I think, isn't it?
41:03Yeah.
41:04Yeah.
41:04Very good indeed.
41:05So, we now move on to Warren Gatland.
41:07Let's see how many of our 100 people named Warren Gatland
41:10as a head coach for £1,000.
41:12Might he be pointless?
41:17Warren Gatland, also a correct answer.
41:19Well, Eddie Jones took us down to two.
41:22Warren Gatland now taking us down into single figure.
41:25Still going down with Warren Gatland.
41:26Still going down, passing two to one.
41:28APPLAUSE
41:29OK.
41:31If you've ordered this well, by rights,
41:34Andy Farrell should be on the money.
41:36Should win you that £1,000.
41:38Should we find out?
41:39Andy Farrell, again, same criteria.
41:41How many people named Andy Farrell as head coach?
41:47Well, Andy Farrell is also right.
41:49Eddie Jones took us to two.
41:50Warren Gatland took us to one.
41:53Andy Farrell taking us down dutifully through the teams.
41:56It's single figure.
41:56Still going down, still going down, passing two.
41:58You've done it there!
41:59Well done!
42:00Beautifully ordered!
42:03Huge congratulations we got there.
42:05I mean, just perfect ramping there.
42:08Yes, Andy Farrell has just won you £1,000.
42:11Huge congratulations.
42:14Excruciating, but pride well and truly intact, Robert.
42:17Well done.
42:17And you won with the Ireland coach as well.
42:19Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers, shall we?
42:23Starting with players in the final.
42:25So, you could have had...
42:33In fact, everyone was pointless apart from Shannon Frizzell.
42:37Moving on to the head coaches.
42:39Here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.
42:41There he is now.
42:43Andy Farrell up top.
42:45Fabien Gautier, France.
42:47Michael Cheka of Argentina.
42:51And Simon Raiwaloui of Fiji.
42:53The only scoring answers here were Eddie Jones, head coach of Australia.
42:57Gregor Townsend for Scotland.
43:00Steve Borthwick, England.
43:02And Warren Gatland, Wales.
43:03Everyone else was pointless.
43:05Well done at home if you got a pointless answer.
43:08Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
43:09And thanks once again to our winning players, Kat and Robert,
43:12who take away today's jackpot of £1,000.
43:14APPLAUSE
43:16Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
43:18to the test on pointless.
43:20Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:21Bye-bye.
43:22That is goodbye from me.
43:24Goodbye.
43:25APPLAUSE
43:26We're on Facebook.
43:29Thank you very much.
43:35Thanks.
43:43We're here now.
43:48We love each other.
43:49With the power of Fiji.
43:50We love each other.
43:51This will wave of half to Fiji.
43:51We love each other.
43:51Harmony Gatland.
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