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00:00MUSIC
00:23Thank you very much indeed.
00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
00:26the quiz where the aim of the game
00:27is to find the most obscure answer possible.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:37Hi, I'm Fiona.
00:38This is my mum, Linda, and we are from Cheshire.
00:40Couple number two.
00:41Hi, I'm Ash.
00:42This is my partner, Chris.
00:44I'm from Warrington and he's from Salford.
00:46Couple number three.
00:47Hi, my name's the Hedgster.
00:48This is my brother, Progan, and we're from South.
00:51And finally, couple number four.
00:52Hi, I'm Nick and this is my wife, the incomparable Carol,
00:56and we're both from Liverpool.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
01:00Thank you very much, all of you.
01:02A very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:04It's lovely to have you all here.
01:05That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:06An actor who claims she's semi-retired from theatre,
01:09which explains why she's using that laptop to look up cruises in the Med.
01:13It's my Pointless friend.
01:13It's Susan Wakoma.
01:18So many to choose from.
01:20So many meds.
01:21So many meds.
01:22Look, and you're back in that lovely midnight blue.
01:25I know, you like this one.
01:26I do.
01:26There we go.
01:27I haven't commented on the necklace, the gemstone.
01:30Yeah, I know.
01:31The eye.
01:31It looks very pricey, but I did get it from Camden Market.
01:35Who's saying it still wasn't pricey?
01:37No, it wasn't.
01:37I've been down.
01:37Me.
01:38It wasn't.
01:38It was not pricey.
01:39But it's so pretty and nice, and I wear it all the time.
01:42It is.
01:42It has a glow.
01:44It does.
01:44Is it taking all the light from the studio and throwing it at me?
01:47That could be...
01:48Or does it take batteries?
01:48I think it's...
01:49Do you know what I think is my charisma that's taken all the light from the studio?
01:52Yeah?
01:52Yeah.
01:53Very nice.
01:55Thank you very much indeed.
01:56Now, Sean and Sally got through to the final last time and they won the jackpot.
01:59Keeps happening.
02:00Which means today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
02:03There we are.
02:04If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:12Just remember at all times that it's the pair with the highest score at the end of each round that
02:15gets eliminated.
02:15So, keep your scores low and that will never be you.
02:17Brilliant.
02:18Thanks of luck to everybody.
02:19Our first category today is...
02:24Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
02:28And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:34OK, and the question concerns ingredients of tacos in Spanish.
02:40Okey-doke.
02:41So, on each pass, we're going to show you seven ingredients from lots of different taco recipes found on the
02:47BBC Food website.
02:49However, we've translated the name of the key ingredient into Mexico's main language, Spanish.
02:55We'll also give you the first letters of the ingredients in English.
02:59Please tell us the English translations of the Spanish words.
03:03Best of luck to you in the studio and best of luck at home.
03:05Thank you very much indeed.
03:07Thank you very much indeed.
03:07So, we are looking for these ingredients of tacos in Spanish in English, if you see what I mean.
03:13Here we go.
03:15Our first board of seven.
03:16We have...
03:17A quarter of a teaspoon of dried red guindia flakes.
03:21C.
03:22Half a leg of cordero on the bone.
03:26Approximately 1.2 kilograms at room temperature.
03:29L.
03:3040 grams of self-raising arina.
03:34F.
03:34Bunch breakfast rabanos cleaned and chopped.
03:39R.
03:40500 grams rump or sirloin filete cut into strips or small chunks.
03:47S.
03:48One teaspoon of komino seeds, toasted and ground.
03:53C.
03:53B.
03:53And two large berenhenias pricked all over with a fork.
03:59A.
04:01There we are.
04:02Fiona.
04:02Hello.
04:03Welcome back to Pointless.
04:04Great to have you with us again.
04:06Tell us more about yourself.
04:08So, I think I mentioned last time that I was doing a degree in animal behaviour.
04:12So, in my spare time I actually volunteer with reptiles as well.
04:16Is that your favourite classification of animals from the whole animal kingdom or is it just the one that's nearest?
04:20It didn't used to be but it was kind of available at the time.
04:24You've fallen in love with them now.
04:25Yes.
04:25Favourite reptile?
04:26We all have one.
04:27I'd say it was a chameleon because there's a really nice chameleon at the rescue that I really like.
04:32That's nice.
04:33Wow.
04:34So, where did they rescue a chameleon from?
04:36Who knows?
04:36It's basically just people bringing them in.
04:39People bringing them in?
04:39Yeah.
04:40Wow.
04:41There we are.
04:41Fiona, what would you like to go for?
04:44So, I'm not overly confident on Mexican food but I'm going to go with chilli flakes for the first one.
04:50OK.
04:51Chilli for guindia.
04:52Should we see if that is right?
04:53Should we see how many of our 100 people said it?
04:55Chilli.
04:58Guindia is indeed chilli.
05:02Yeah, it only goes 42.
05:0542 for chilli.
05:06So, chilli flakes are added to beans and veg mix in Amanda Grant's Easy Vegetarian Tacos.
05:13If you add chilli flakes to a dish at the beginning, it will make everything spicy.
05:16But if you add them at the end, it gives an occasional pop of spice.
05:22Yes.
05:23So, do you want everything spicy or do you want just pops of spice?
05:26A bit of both.
05:26A bit of both.
05:27That's what I like.
05:28Basically, all the time though, you want everything spicy.
05:30Everything spicy and with pops all the time.
05:32Everything.
05:33Delicious.
05:33I know.
05:34Thank you very much indeed.
05:35Now, Chris, welcome back.
05:36This is your third show.
05:38This is it for you and Ash.
05:40It has to be.
05:40The stage is set for you to triumph.
05:42We're hoping for that.
05:43Yes.
05:44Well, we've heard a great many things about your interests and obviously your work as a scientist,
05:49your sewing and your costume and clothes making.
05:52Tell us more, Chris.
05:53There must be more to you.
05:54Yes.
05:55I also dabble into baking.
05:57You dabble.
05:57And most of the recipes that I found are also in BBC Good Food.
06:01And recently at work, we did our own version of Bake Off and managed to win Star Baker.
06:08You were Star Baker.
06:09Using Mary Berry's recipe for red velvet cake.
06:11So that's what we should all be using.
06:13That's the recipe we should be following.
06:14Yes.
06:15What was your secret?
06:15Or was it just being true to her instructions?
06:18I was being true to her instructions, but unfortunately, I did not read the fine print down at the bottom.
06:23You have to use red gel food colouring instead of just the liquid red colouring.
06:29So the cake turned out still brown inside, but still one.
06:33You still want Star Baker?
06:34Still one Star Baker.
06:35I'd love to know what everyone else made.
06:38There we are.
06:38Chris, what are you going to go for on our board?
06:40I'm going to choose the second from the top, Cordero.
06:44That is lamb.
06:46OK, Cordero, lamb.
06:47Should we see if that's right?
06:48How many of our 100 said lamb?
06:52It is lamb.
06:53Well, 42 is the only score we have at the moment from Fiona.
06:56And you pass it.
06:5734 for lamb.
06:58Very good.
07:01From Carlos Alzueta's barbacoa lamb tacos.
07:04A Mexican barbacoa is a way of slow cooking meat, traditionally in a hole in the ground for about 12
07:10hours.
07:11Mm-hmm.
07:12Oh, this is just making me hungry.
07:13Mm, it is.
07:14Yeah.
07:15Gorgeous.
07:15Well done.
07:15Thank you very much indeed.
07:17Now, Pragan, welcome back to Pointless.
07:19Oh, you were head-to-headers last time.
07:20And you were our golden couple.
07:22You were so close to going through to the final.
07:24But I'm delighted that you're back.
07:26Tell us a bit more about yourself, Pragan.
07:29Yeah.
07:29So, I touched on how I work in finance.
07:33You did indeed.
07:34You touched on that.
07:34Yeah.
07:35But I also really enjoyed travelling.
07:37So, recently, this year, I went to America for the first time.
07:41So, I went to New York.
07:42Very good.
07:43Just New York?
07:44Yeah, just New York.
07:45How long did you stay?
07:46For like a week or so.
07:48Very nice.
07:49Went round Manhattan and explored all the different sites.
07:53Very good indeed.
07:54Excellent.
07:55Um, Pragan, the board.
07:56All these Mexican ingredients.
07:59What would you like to go for?
08:00I'm thinking the second from the bottom.
08:02Go for cumin seeds.
08:04OK.
08:05For komino, cumin.
08:06Shall we see if that is right?
08:10It is, of course, cumin seeds.
08:13Very well done.
08:14Now, 42 is our high score.
08:1534 is our low.
08:16And we now have a new low.
08:18Very well done indeed, Pragan.
08:19Fantastic.
08:20Now, I love this fact.
08:22Used in Matt Tebert's deep-fried crispy tacos,
08:25in the Middle Ages it was thought that cumin kept lovers from straying.
08:29If a bride and groom carried cumin during their wedding,
08:32they'd have a happy life.
08:35Interesting.
08:35Has anyone tested that?
08:36Why would cumin keep you from straying?
08:39What do you think is in it?
08:40I don't know.
08:41I can think of some other strongly flavoured things that might...
08:44What do you think would work instead better?
08:46Well, I'm not going to go into them in case they're on this or the next board.
08:49That's very true.
08:49Let's not give you guys the answers.
08:52Exactly.
08:52Thank you very much indeed.
08:54Now, Nick, welcome to Pointless.
08:56It's great to have you.
08:57And thank you for wearing your lovely flowery shirt.
08:59That has literally brightened my moment.
09:01Excellent.
09:02Tell us all about yourself.
09:04I am a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy
09:07and have been at sea for 35 years now.
09:11Wow.
09:11So the buck stops with you.
09:13Chief engineer.
09:14Yes.
09:14Any engineering problems, come to Nick.
09:16Come to me.
09:16Wow.
09:17So what sort of size engine are you dealing with?
09:20I mean, that's at the top end of the scale.
09:22The top end I've worked with was 52 megawatts.
09:24Right.
09:25Which was a big 10-cylinder, low-speed engine.
09:28How many nicks standing on their shoulders is the size of that?
09:33Well, inside the cylinder, standing on top of the piston,
09:37you'd get two of me standing on their shoulders.
09:39Yeah.
09:39So you know your way around one of those?
09:41Yes.
09:41And presumably if the Nespresso machine, other coffee makers are available,
09:45breaks in the mess, that's also you as well.
09:48That's also down to me.
09:49Right.
09:49That's exciting.
09:50Everything, everything on board.
09:52Yes.
09:52That's superb.
09:54Very good.
09:54Now, Nick, by the way, this board is all yours.
09:56Would you like to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks?
09:59Well, I think the harina is flour.
10:04I think the rabanos may be radishes.
10:09Fillet, I'm sure, is steak.
10:11And I guess that the last one might be artichokes.
10:15But I'm going to go high on life and go for radishes for the fourth one down.
10:20For rabanos. Good for you.
10:21I hope it's right. Radishes.
10:23Is that right for rabanos?
10:24Oh, gosh.
10:26It is right.
10:28Very well done indeed, Nick.
10:33Look at that.
10:34Eleven for that.
10:35Well done.
10:36Well done.
10:37So, they are used as a topping in Anna Jones's vegetarian tacos.
10:41Breakfast radishes are milder and sweeter than common red radishes.
10:45That spiciness comes from their skin.
10:48So, if you peel the radish, it will lose most of its flavour.
10:51So, don't peel your radishes.
10:53I've just realised the word breakfast in there.
10:55Oh, go on.
10:55No, no.
10:56But, I mean, what's a breakfast radish?
10:58Had you heard of such a thing, Nick?
11:00Never.
11:00In all your travelling, all your born days?
11:02Never.
11:03Well, we learn something new every day.
11:05No.
11:05OK.
11:06Do you think you can clear the rest?
11:07Well, I think Nick's just done it, actually.
11:08Nick, you pretty much did, didn't you?
11:09OK, so we have...
11:10So, harina, flour.
11:11Yes, flour.
11:12And that scored 53.
11:14Filet, steak.
11:14It is.
11:15And that scored 50.
11:17And then...
11:18Beranienas.
11:18You thought that was artichoke.
11:20Is it artichoke?
11:21It was actually aubergine.
11:22Aubergine.
11:23Scored 8.
11:24Well done, though.
11:24Brilliant.
11:25Thank you very much indeed.
11:26We're halfway through the round.
11:26Let's have a quick recap of those scores.
11:2811 is the best score of the past, Nick.
11:29Very well done.
11:30Indeed.
11:31And then we travel from there to 27,
11:34which is where we find Pragan and Sajda.
11:37We go from there to 34, Chris and Ash.
11:39And then 42 is where we find Linda and Fiona.
11:41You're a little bit ahead, not wildly so.
11:44Linda, sometimes when you get the tail end of the board,
11:46it can force you into brilliant low-scoring answers.
11:49So, let's hope that happens.
11:50Good luck.
11:51We're going to come back down the line now.
11:52Will the second players please step up to the podium?
11:58OK, we are now going to put seven more ingredients of tacos in Spanish on the board.
12:03Here they are.
12:03We have...
12:30We have...
12:42There we are.
12:43Carol, welcome to Pointless.
12:45Great to have you here.
12:46Tell us all about yourself.
12:47Carol.
12:47Hi.
12:48I'm Carol.
12:49I'm a housewife.
12:50And I'm just a real homebody.
12:53I love being at home.
12:54But the thing I love most is the garden.
12:57I love being at home.
12:58Talk us through your garden.
12:59What is it?
13:00What is it?
13:00Well, the soil isn't very good, so there's lots of pots around.
13:04But I really wanted to have a go at rewilding.
13:07So the bit of grass that we've got, I really wanted to let it grow and Nick wanted to cut
13:12it.
13:13But it got quite a lot of...
13:14But he's away engineering.
13:15So you can just let it grow.
13:17Yeah, I'd love to let it grow.
13:19So it got quite a lot of clover in it.
13:21Very nice.
13:21And one day when he was complaining about wanting to mow it, we just looked out and there were just
13:26loads of bumblebees all over the clover.
13:29Exactly, quite right.
13:30So I won.
13:31Well done.
13:31And also clover, very good for the soil.
13:33Puts all that natural nitrogen back in, you see.
13:36Yeah.
13:37Now, Carol, you're on 11.
13:39If you can score 30 or less, you're into round two immediately.
13:43OK.
13:43I'm not sure of a lot of these.
13:45But I think I'll go for the third one down and say corn.
13:49You are going to say corn for maith.
13:51Shall we see if that is right?
13:52How many of our 100 said corn?
13:54You get a red line and it is there.
13:59Corn's right.
14:01You are in round two.
14:02Look at that, Carol.
14:03Well done.
14:03And 20 is what it scores you, taking your total up to 31.
14:06Brilliant.
14:07Excellent.
14:08Corn in Nigella Lawson's fish tacos recipe and more.
14:12There are machines that can make up to 60,000 cooked tortillas in an hour.
14:17Where is that machine and why isn't it in my home?
14:21I think that would be too many.
14:22It would be too many.
14:23You've run out of space.
14:24Your taco storage.
14:25My home and my body as well.
14:27Yes.
14:27I don't think I could fit that many.
14:28Yes, it's true.
14:29Well, thank you very much indeed.
14:30Pleasure.
14:31Sir Hedgda, welcome back.
14:32Great to have you with us again.
14:34Tell us more about yourself.
14:36Yes.
14:36So, in my spare time, I do enjoy content creating.
14:39I quite enjoy, like, my fashion.
14:42I like kind of mix and matching my clothes.
14:44Like, recently, I got into, like, thrifting.
14:46Yes.
14:47So, that's been quite fun to kind of...
14:49Which you do online?
14:50Yes, yeah.
14:51I do enjoy actually going to, like, charity shops, for example.
14:54I think that's a great way to also give back but also look around,
14:57see what kind of clothes you can find.
14:59Very good.
15:00Sir Hedgda, what would you like to go for?
15:02Well, you're on 27.
15:0214 or less is what you need to get through.
15:05I think I'll go for the fourth one and say lettuce.
15:09Lettuce for le chougas.
15:10Shall we see if that is lettuce?
15:12Here is your red line.
15:13Lettuce.
15:16It is lettuce.
15:2147 for that, Sir Hedgda.
15:23That takes your total up to 74.
15:26Used as a topping in Justine Patterson's Easy Chicken Tacos,
15:30it's also a healthy treat to feed to chickens.
15:33But iceberg lettuce can upset their stomachs.
15:36So be careful.
15:37There we are.
15:38Exactly.
15:38Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
15:40Now, Ash, welcome back.
15:41Great to have you here again.
15:41It's your third programme.
15:43My goodness.
15:44Ash, what have you not yet told us?
15:46There must be so many things you're burning to tell us.
15:49Yes, I previously lived in Stockholm, in Sweden.
15:53How long did you live there?
15:54For four years.
15:55Do you speak wonderful Swedish as a result?
15:57No, terrible Swedish.
15:58But you speak more than I speak.
16:00Yes.
16:00I don't even speak terrible Swedish.
16:02Yeah.
16:02So I try to get kind of amalgamated in various Swedish traditions.
16:06Yeah.
16:06And one of them is eating sastrammin.
16:09It's basically a fermented fish in a tin.
16:12Oh, yes, in a tin.
16:13That they have to open under water.
16:15I've seen the video.
16:16Otherwise, the smell is so bad that you physically can't eat it.
16:20Oh, wow.
16:20But once it's served with bread and mashed potatoes and onions,
16:24it's actually quite edible.
16:26Wow.
16:27You're supposed to have it with schnapps.
16:29That's your friend on that occasion, I think, yes.
16:31Now, Ash, 34 is where you are.
16:3439 is what you need to get, 39 or less, to get into round two.
16:38Yes, I think I may have to take one of the obvious ones
16:40and go with the top one being garlic.
16:43OK, ajo, garlic.
16:45Shall we see if that is garlic?
16:46Here's your red line.
16:48Garlic.
16:51It is indeed garlic.
16:5541.
16:56Taking your total up to 75.
16:59Excellent.
17:00Garlic in Danny Barnett's Smoky Tofu Tacos.
17:04The scent of garlic oil is said to be a natural mosquito repellent,
17:08but it doesn't work for very long.
17:10Thank you very much.
17:12Indeed.
17:12Now, Linda.
17:13Hello. Welcome back to Pointless.
17:15We have you here for your second programme.
17:17Tell us more about yourself, Linda.
17:18Well, one thing you might find surprising about me
17:21is a couple of years ago,
17:22having never done anything like it in my life,
17:24I took up tap dancing lessons.
17:26That surprises me.
17:28Good for you.
17:29Why particularly that?
17:30I think because all my daughters,
17:32I've got three, have done dancing
17:35and they were just offering an adult class,
17:37so I thought, why not?
17:38I'm going to do it.
17:38Yeah.
17:39So you own a pair of shoes or do you borrow them?
17:41I do.
17:41And not only that, this year they were actually doing
17:43a level one adult exam and I took it and I got a distinction.
17:48That's amazing.
17:49At what point in your tap dancing journey do they teach you to smile?
17:52Because that seems to be...
17:53Oh!
17:53When people tap dance, they're always...
17:55All the time.
17:56Yeah.
17:56..my Miss Sophie, as we call her.
17:58She's always telling us to smile.
18:00Smile.
18:00Yeah.
18:01OK, very good.
18:02Now, Linda, this is the moment of truth.
18:04Because you are on 42, you have to score 32 or less...
18:08Which I don't think is going to happen.
18:10..to get through.
18:10Well, would you like to talk us through the board
18:12and just do some thinking out loud?
18:13The bottom one is obviously cauliflower,
18:15then you've got yoghurt.
18:17It's obviously some sort of meat for the second one,
18:19but I'll go for the 200 grams grated as cheese.
18:23Oh, yeah.
18:24Shall we see if that is cheese?
18:26Here is your red line.
18:27This is what you have to get below to remain with us.
18:31Cheese, will that keep you here?
18:35Oh!
18:36No!
18:36Oh!
18:38Not cheese.
18:39Something else that we grate beginning with C.
18:41Hmm.
18:42I'm afraid incorrect.
18:43That scores you 100 points.
18:44That's right.
18:44That scores you up to 142.
18:45It's exactly what I'd have said.
18:47I must say.
18:47I'm so sorry, Linda.
18:48That was incorrect, I'm afraid.
18:52What we have actually as the answer is...
18:56Loaves.
18:56Carrots.
18:57Carrots.
18:58Which scored seven, which was actually the lowest score
19:01on the board.
19:02So, answer number two, which was pork, 11.
19:07And then, of course, you've got this right.
19:09Yoghurt.
19:09Yoghurt.
19:1054.
19:11And then the final answer was cauliflower,
19:14scoring 53.
19:16Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
19:17That brings us to the end of our first round.
19:19It means we have to say goodbye to our first pair,
19:20and it's Linda and Fiona.
19:21I'm so sorry.
19:22Again.
19:23I'm so sorry.
19:24Grated carrots.
19:25I know.
19:25I know, I know.
19:26Anyway, we'll see you next time.
19:28We'll look forward to it very much.
19:28Linda and Fiona.
19:30But for the remaining three pairs,
19:32now it's time for round two.
19:39Very well done, everybody.
19:40We've made it to round two, which is terrific news.
19:43Nick, in particular, our lowest individual scorer.
19:46And Nick and Carol, our lowest combined score is, in fact,
19:47on that far podium.
19:48So, terrific work.
19:49But best of luck to everybody.
19:50Our category for round two today is...
19:54Words.
19:55Can you all decide in your pairs?
19:56Who's going to go first?
19:57Who's going to go second?
19:59And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
20:05OK.
20:06Let's find out what the question is.
20:07Here it comes.
20:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words formed
20:12by replacing a single letter of the word bat as they could.
20:16Susan.
20:16OK.
20:17So, we are looking for any word found in the online version
20:21of the Collins Dictionary that can be formed by taking the word
20:24bat and changing one and only one of its letters.
20:28The remaining letters must keep their original positions.
20:32As ever, we will not accept capitalised words such as trademarks
20:35or any entries that appear only as abbreviations
20:39or as hyphenated words with apostrophes
20:42or two-word phrases.
20:45This is as of July 2025.
20:48Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
20:50Um, Ash.
20:51There we are.
20:52Yes, we're changing one letter of bat to make something new.
20:56Um, I think I'm going to go with tat.
21:00Tat.
21:01Says Ash.
21:02Should we see how many of our 100 said tat?
21:06Tat is right.
21:10Tat goes down to 38.
21:12Not bad.
21:14Oh, tat.
21:15Ornaments, clothes or used goods that are cheap
21:18or of poor quality.
21:20I don't know what that is.
21:22And it's also short for the word tattoo.
21:25I was going to say.
21:25Yes.
21:25Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
21:27Pleasure, pleasure.
21:27Now, uh, so Hedgetown, what would you like to go for?
21:30Well, since AI is a thing now, I might go for bot.
21:34Bot.
21:35Bot.
21:36Should we see how many of our 100 said bot?
21:44Well, 38 was our only score.
21:46We are now on 19.
21:48Very well done indeed.
21:50But a computer program designed to perform a routine task.
21:55It is also a maggot that is parasitic to horses.
21:59There you are, yes.
22:00Didn't know that.
22:01And an abbreviation for bottom.
22:04I knew you were going to say that.
22:06Well, if we're going to put tat in as an abbreviation for tattoo...
22:08That's true.
22:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:09Bottom.
22:09It just seems only right.
22:10And bottom's fine.
22:11That's fine.
22:12I know, but...
22:12That's daytime friendly.
22:13Of course it is.
22:14There we go.
22:15Thank you very much indeed.
22:16Now, Nick.
22:18I think I'll change the B for an L.
22:21Lat.
22:22Lat, says Nick.
22:24There we are.
22:25Let's see how many of our 100 said lat like this.
22:29Well, 38 is our high score.
22:3119...
22:32Exactly half of 38 is our low.
22:36And Nick is on six.
22:37Very well done indeed, lat.
22:39Great for your low score.
22:42So, lat short for the latissimus dorsi muscles in the back,
22:46which assists in movements of the shoulder and arm.
22:50Thank you for the demonstration.
22:52I know.
22:52That's nice.
22:53I was waiting to do that at some point.
22:55Really lovely.
22:55Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
22:57We're halfway through the round.
22:58Let's have a quick look at those scores.
22:59Six, the best score of the past, Nick.
23:00Very well done indeed to you.
23:0219 is where we find Sahajda and Pragan.
23:05And then 38 is where we find Ash and Chris.
23:08You're a little bit ahead there.
23:09And, Chris, this is your last show.
23:10So, this won't do.
23:11We need a lovely low score from you.
23:13So, good luck with that.
23:14We're going to come back down the line now.
23:15Will the second players please step up to the podium?
23:20OK.
23:21Now, then, Carol, remember we are forming new words
23:24by replacing one of the letters of bat.
23:27And I wonder what you have come up with.
23:30You're on six.
23:30So, 31 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
23:33OK.
23:33I think I'll change the T for a Y and say bay.
23:38Bay.
23:39Bay, says Carol.
23:40Here is your red line.
23:41Let's see if we get you below that with bay.
23:49Very well done indeed.
23:50You are through.
23:51And that's on eight.
23:52Superb work.
23:53Takes your total up to 14.
23:54Excellent.
23:55Excellent work.
23:56So, if a dog or wolf bays, it makes a loud, long cry.
24:02Mmm.
24:03And a bay window as well.
24:04Bay window.
24:05And a bay leaf.
24:05There we go.
24:06Yeah.
24:06Tons of them.
24:07There we go.
24:07Thank you very much indeed.
24:08Now, then, we come to Pragan.
24:11You're on 19.
24:1218 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
24:15Yeah.
24:16So, I'm thinking I'll switch the T as well, but for a P.
24:20So, I'll go with BAP.
24:21BAP.
24:22Very nice.
24:22Let's see how many of our 100 said BAP.
24:26Here is your red line.
24:30BAP is good.
24:33Gets you through.
24:34Very well done indeed.
24:35And a nice economy there.
24:3713.
24:38Taking your total up to 32.
24:40Wonderful.
24:41So, BAP.
24:42A soft, flatbread roll in some parts of our glorious country.
24:46Marvellous.
24:47You'll have a bacon BAP if that's my favourite BAP.
24:49Mmm.
24:49Have you got another BAP that you like?
24:51Um, pretty much any BAP.
24:52Any BAP.
24:53I'll take any BAP.
24:54Fair enough.
24:54BAPs.
24:54I'll take all comers from the BAP front.
24:56Thank you very much indeed.
24:58Now then, Chris, I'm so sorry to say this, but you are our high scorers.
25:01Even before your answer.
25:02Yeah.
25:02I'm so sorry about that.
25:03Um, so we have no target.
25:04Um, so we have no target.
25:05It's just seeing what you want to go out with.
25:08What would be your, what would be your, your 11 o'clock number?
25:10And we'll shoot for the moon and hope that this is a word.
25:13And replace T with an A and say BAH.
25:16BAH.
25:18BAH.
25:18Ooh.
25:19BAH.
25:19BAH.
25:20BAH.
25:21BAH.
25:23BAH.
25:25BAH.
25:25BAH.
25:26You don't get a red line because you are the high scorers.
25:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said BAH.
25:31I like this.
25:32I like it a lot.
25:40Down to two.
25:41Look at that, Chris.
25:42The best at the very end there.
25:45This is superb.
25:45Taking a photo up to 40.
25:47And that was brilliant.
25:48What a terrific note to go out on.
25:50BAH.
25:51Excellent.
25:51Well done.
25:52So let's have a look at other pointless answers.
25:57There were only five and here they are.
25:59They were BAH, which is a modern slang term for romantic partner.
26:04BAI.
26:05A mist occurring in China and Japan during the spring and autumn.
26:09And BAO.
26:09A steamed dumpling in Chinese cuisine.
26:12We also have.
26:13WAT.
26:13A monastery or temple in parts of Asia, as in Angkor Wat.
26:18And finally, HAT.
26:19A carved totem pole of various Native American peoples.
26:24Moving on to the ones to avoid.
26:26Here are three high scorers.
26:29SAT, which scored 53.
26:31MAT, which scored 58.
26:33And appropriately SAT, just above MAT, is CAT with 70.
26:38Lovely.
26:38Thank you very much indeed.
26:39Susan, that brings us to the end of our second round.
26:41And it means we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.
26:43And I'm so sorry, Chris and Ash, it is you.
26:45Our long-standing friends and dependable pointless quizzers.
26:48This is where we say goodbye.
26:50But thank you very much for coming to play.
26:51Chris and Ash.
26:52APPLAUSE
26:53For the remaining two pairs, now time for the head-to-head.
27:01Very well done indeed.
27:02Nick and Carol, Sir Hedgster and Tragan, you are one step closer to the final
27:06and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
27:11However, before we play the head-to-head, we have a chance
27:14to see if we can find a couple of pointless answers
27:16and see if we can't add some money to that jackpot.
27:18So, good luck.
27:19Just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds
27:22to name as many types of snail as they could, Susan.
27:28OK, so you will see six options.
27:31Two are scoring, two are pointless
27:33and two are not species of snail at all.
27:36£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
27:40Best of luck.
27:41Thank you very much indeed.
27:42So, can you find the two pointless snails from among these six?
27:55Does anybody know anything about snails?
27:57This would be a great time to speak up.
27:59Nothing.
28:00In which case, Nick and Carol, I'm coming straight to you.
28:02Which one would you like to nominate?
28:03I've got to go for candy cane.
28:05Candy cane.
28:06Candy cane snail.
28:08Shall we see if that is a pointless snail?
28:12Why not?
28:12It's a snail.
28:18It's a snail.
28:19Oh!
28:20Two people knew that one.
28:22So, Hedgel and Pragan, let's see if we can find a brilliant pointless snail.
28:27What are you thinking?
28:28Geography cone.
28:29Geography cone.
28:30Yeah, let's go with that.
28:31Geography cone.
28:32Shall we see if that is a pointless snail?
28:33Why not?
28:36It's a snail.
28:43And it's a pointless snail.
28:45Very well done indeed.
28:47Excellent work.
28:48So, Geography cone, not only is that a pointless snail, it's a heavily venomous snail as well.
28:53It hunts and kills prey using venom.
28:56Have you ever heard of such a thing?
28:58What?
28:58Ah!
28:58Being chased by a predatory snail.
29:00Ah!
29:01Oh, it's fine, actually.
29:03I didn't know such things existed.
29:04I didn't know they existed.
29:06The other pointless snail was hairy.
29:10Can you tell what is the two...?
29:12No, I'm still digesting the venomous snail.
29:16The venomous snail.
29:16What?
29:16In its jaws?
29:18What does it do?
29:18It's got a harpoon-like tooth.
29:21This is getting...
29:22Ah!
29:22That's just the most terrifying thing in the world.
29:24A single tooth.
29:25It opens its snaily gums.
29:28And there you see its tooth.
29:30That's the last thing you see.
29:32You do not want that to be the last thing that you see.
29:34OK.
29:34Oh, gosh, that's awful.
29:35Ah!
29:36I'm glad that we all know that.
29:37Let's distract ourselves with these again.
29:38OK, brilliant.
29:39Do you know what the red herrings are?
29:40Can you guess?
29:41Shall I tell you?
29:42Yes, please.
29:42OK, green sailor is a slug, not a snail.
29:45And we also have...
29:48Ambras, which is the name for Brian the snail
29:52in the original French version of the Magic Roundabout.
29:54Then we have Assassin, which scored two.
29:57Thank you very much.
29:58Brilliant.
29:58And well done.
29:59You managed to find one pointless answer,
30:00which means we can add £250 to today's jackpot,
30:03so it now stands at £1,250.
30:06Let's find out in the head-to-head who we'll be playing for.
30:10APPLAUSE
30:14Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,
30:17and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
30:19Best of luck to both pairs.
30:21Here is our first question, and it is all about...
30:25Catwalk cameos, Susan.
30:27OK, so we are going to show you five people who are not primarily known as models on a catwalk
30:33in fashion shows.
30:35Please tell us the name of the person that you think is most obscure.
30:39Thank you very much indeed.
30:40So let's reveal our five catwalk cameos, and here they are.
30:43We have...
30:45A...
30:53B...
30:59C...
31:05D...
31:13And E...
31:18There we are.
31:20Five catwalk cameos.
31:22Nick and Carol, you are our low scorers, so you get to go first.
31:25Yeah.
31:26OK.
31:27We think that D may be Gary Oldman.
31:32Gary Oldman.
31:33D, say Nick and Carol.
31:34Now, Sir Hedgeter and Pragan, what are you going to say?
31:38You can take us through the board, if you like.
31:39Yeah, so A is Serena Williams.
31:43And then E, you said Usain Bolt?
31:45Yeah, Usain Bolt.
31:46But I'm thinking that we'll go for B, Macaulay Culkin.
31:51OK, Macaulay Culkin.
31:53Right, so we have Gary Oldman and we have Macaulay Culkin.
31:56Nick and Carol have gone for Gary Oldman.
31:58For D, let's see how many of our 100 said that.
32:04Gary Oldman, absolutely right.
32:09Down goes to 19.
32:11Very well done indeed.
32:12Meanwhile, Sir Hedgeter and Pragan have gone for Macaulay Culkin for B.
32:17Let's see if that's right.
32:22It is indeed right.
32:26Ooh, 28 to Macaulay Culkin.
32:29Very well done indeed, Nick.
32:30And Powell, after one question, you are up 1-0.
32:33OK, so as you guessed correctly, A is Serena Williams, which will score you 16.
32:40And then we have C, who is Gwendolyn Christie, which is the lowest score, 3.
32:46And then finally, Usain Bolt, who would have scored you 7.
32:49So if you'd gone with either of the other options, that would have given you the lowest score, I'm afraid.
32:55Thank you very much indeed.
32:56Now, here comes your second question.
32:58Sir Hedgeter and Pragan, you've got to win this one stand again, so good luck.
33:01Our second question is all about...
33:05Mixed messages, Susan.
33:07OK, we are going to show you five different ways of sending messages and communications,
33:12but we've mixed them up so each word is in alphabetical order.
33:16Please unscramble these types of messages.
33:19Thank you very much indeed.
33:21So, can you unscramble these alphabetical anagrams?
33:26Five types of message.
33:27And we have...
33:39Sehedgeter and Pragan, you will go first.
33:41Yeah.
33:42I don't really count any more mixed messages.
33:46Oh, God.
33:47I think we'll go for the second to last Morse Code.
33:55Morse Code, say Sehedgeter and Pragan.
33:59Now then, Nick and Carol, can you talk us through that board?
34:02Well, we think the top one's smoke signals, then fax.
34:07Not sure about the middle one, but the last one's nautical, so we'll go flag semaphore.
34:12Flag semaphore. So we have Morse Code and we have flag semaphore.
34:17Now, Sehedgeter and Pragan went for Morse Code.
34:19Let's see how many of our 100 said that Morse Code.
34:24It is right.
34:2860 for Morse Code.
34:30Meanwhile, Nick and Carol have gone for the bottom one, flag semaphore.
34:34Shall we see if that is right? How many of our 100 said it?
34:39Flag semaphore is absolutely right and it wins you the point.
34:42Very well done indeed.
34:4519 for flag semaphore.
34:47And that means Nick and Carol, after only two questions,
34:49you're straight through to the final 2-0.
34:51Excellent work.
34:52So, let's clear the rest.
34:54Can you guess, Sander?
34:55What do you think the first one is?
34:57We've had smoke signal.
34:58And that would have scored 35.
35:00And we've had fax.
35:01Fax, 94.
35:02This one needs a little bit of unpacking, doesn't it?
35:06Do you want me to give you a clue?
35:07Yes.
35:07It's a communication primarily used in...
35:11Switzerland.
35:12Oh, yodelling.
35:13Yes, I see what it is.
35:15Yes, got it.
35:15Seven, the lowest score.
35:17Is that what yodelling was originally for?
35:19For sending messages?
35:20Yeah.
35:20I thought it was just people cheerily singing.
35:22Singing along, yeah.
35:23Oh, they were just having a lovely time eating chocolate.
35:25At the same time as yodelling.
35:27That would be quite hard.
35:27To clear the chocolate from the throat.
35:30Oh, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:31Very effective.
35:31Thank you very much indeed.
35:33Well, that brings us to the end of our head-to-head round
35:34and it means we say goodbye to...
35:35This is the second head-to-head round we've said goodbye to you from.
35:38It's all boding very well for your third and final show next time.
35:41I hope it is, of course.
35:43Sir Hedgster and Pragan, we will look forward to seeing you then.
35:45You've been brilliant.
35:45Sir Hedgster and Pragan.
35:47For Nick and Carol, though, now time for the Pointless final.
35:54Congratulations, Nick and Carol.
35:55You have fought off all the competition
35:57and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:06You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
36:08And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
36:13You just have to get a pointless answer in this round.
36:15The question is, what would you like to see come up?
36:19Er...
36:19Geography.
36:20Geography.
36:21Yeah.
36:21Geography.
36:22Science.
36:24Engineering.
36:24History.
36:25I don't know.
36:26TV chefs.
36:27All of these would be good.
36:29I know we've had food, but I quite like the TV chefs.
36:31There'll be four things.
36:32So, if it's not one thing, it might be one of the others.
36:34Yeah.
36:34You never know.
36:35Let's see.
36:36Four things will appear on the board.
36:37And today's four things are New Metal Bands, Ancient Egypt,
36:4340 Years of EastEnders and West Indies Cricket.
36:46Almost exactly what you asked for.
36:48Almost.
36:49But not quite.
36:50I don't even know what...
36:51I don't even know what New Metal Bands is.
36:54Ancient Egypt.
36:55Do you think?
36:56Yeah.
36:57Ancient Egypt, please.
36:58You're going to go Ancient Egypt?
36:59Yes.
36:59Excellent.
37:00Ancient Egypt, Susan.
37:01Wonderful.
37:01Okay.
37:02So, we are looking for the name of any individual god or goddess
37:07that is named as a title heading on the British Museum's
37:10student and teacher resource list of 35 ancient Egyptian gods
37:14and goddesses.
37:15This is according to the British Museum's website as of September
37:192025.
37:21Or, we are looking for any named character in the 1963 film
37:27Cleopatra other than the title character played by Elizabeth
37:30Taylor.
37:31is any character played by an actor who received an acting credit
37:34according to IMDB as of September 2025.
37:39Very best of luck.
37:40Thank you very much indeed.
37:41Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
37:44All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
37:47to be pointless.
37:47If you can find three pointless answers, we will throw in a £500 bonus.
37:51Are you ready?
37:52We are.
37:53We are.
37:53Perfect.
37:54Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
37:55There they are.
37:56Your time starts now.
37:57Okay.
37:58Okay.
37:59We've got Ra.
38:00Ra?
38:01We've got Ra.
38:02We've got Isis.
38:04And the characters in the film, I'd have a go of Pompey.
38:09Okay.
38:10Mark Antony.
38:12That's not going to be pointless.
38:15Pompey.
38:15Erm.
38:17And all the gods of the underworld.
38:19Oh, gosh.
38:19I can't think of what they are.
38:21I really don't know them.
38:21But yeah, Ra, Isis, and Pompey, I think.
38:24Ra, Isis.
38:26That's all I can think of.
38:28That's what they'll do.
38:29A little think, or are you ready to go?
38:31Oh, I'm not going to change my mind on these.
38:33I can't think of anything else.
38:35Okay.
38:35Okay.
38:36Are you happy?
38:36We're happy, yeah.
38:37Should we stop the clock?
38:38Yes.
38:38Perfect.
38:39Let's stop it.
38:40There we are.
38:40With 19 seconds to spare, you've come up with three answers.
38:43They sound good to me.
38:43What are they?
38:44Ra.
38:45Ra.
38:45And Isis.
38:46Isis.
38:47For the gods and goddesses.
38:48And Pompey for the film.
38:50Pompey for the film.
38:51Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer, do you think?
38:53Probably Pompey.
38:54Pompey goes last.
38:55Yeah.
38:55Least likely to be pointless.
38:57Ra.
38:58And then Isis goes in the middle.
39:00In the middle.
39:00Okay.
39:01Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:03And here they are.
39:05We have Ra.
39:06We have Isis.
39:07And we have Pompey.
39:10Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless, you'll be leaving here with £1,250.
39:14What would you like to do with that?
39:16Oh.
39:17Well, we have thought of it.
39:18We've got a driveway that needs sorting out.
39:20Yes.
39:21I mean, nice to have a use for it, I suppose.
39:23But can you do something...
39:25Something nice?
39:26Well, we have got a trip to Innsbruck planned for later in the year.
39:31So, maybe we'll do a zip for that.
39:33Please tell me when you go to Innsbruck, you don't have to travel down next to the engine
39:36room.
39:38No, not this time.
39:39No, not this time.
39:41Excellent.
39:42Well, let's hope one of these answers wins it for you.
39:44Your first answer is Ra.
39:45In this case, we're looking for the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses.
39:48So, how many of our 100 people said Ra?
39:53Ra's right.
40:00Ra's still going down.
40:01Look, if this goes down to nothing...
40:03Oh, 19 for Ra.
40:06OK, not a pointless answer.
40:08We stay with Egyptian gods and goddesses, and you're going for Isis for your second answer.
40:12£1,250.
40:14Might Isis be pointless?
40:17Well, 19 people said Ra.
40:21How many of our 100 said Isis?
40:24Might it be none?
40:26£1,250.
40:28That's 23, said Isis.
40:31So, we now turn to your third and final answer, Pompey.
40:35I mean, there's a naval word.
40:37Yeah.
40:38Portsmouth is...
40:39Why is Portsmouth known as Pompey?
40:40Well...
40:41Do we know?
40:41It's...
40:43Pomp and Ceremony, I believe.
40:44Is it really?
40:45I believe so, yeah.
40:46Ah.
40:47But that's obviously not...
40:48That's not a Merchant Navy.
40:49No, no, no, no.
40:50Where's the centre of operations for the Merchant Navy?
40:52Well, all over the world.
40:54But myself is up on the Western Isles of Scotland.
40:58Oh, I see.
40:59Oh, that's...
40:59So, you're sort of on the ferries?
41:01Yes.
41:01Yeah, Calmac Ferries.
41:03Lovely.
41:03Oh, beautiful.
41:04Yes.
41:04How many years have you been doing that?
41:06I've been doing that for six years now, for this particular company.
41:09Lovely.
41:10Very nice indeed.
41:12OK, there we are.
41:13Sorry.
41:13Back to the matter in hand.
41:16Pompey is your third and final answer.
41:18Now, if this is pointless, and you thought it was your best shot at a pointless answer,
41:22it will win you £1,250.
41:24Shall we find out how many of our 100 people named Pompey as a character in the 1963 film
41:28Cleopatra?
41:32Oh, well.
41:34Oh, well.
41:34Oh, well.
41:34Oh, well.
41:34Oh, I'm so sorry.
41:35Never mind.
41:36I'm really sorry.
41:37Well, I mean, fun was had, but I'm afraid you didn't win the jackpot today.
41:41You didn't find the all-important pointless answer.
41:43But do not forget, you are taking home each a beautiful, pointless trophy.
41:47So, very, very well done indeed for that.
41:50Susan.
41:51Bad luck there.
41:52I'm so, so sorry.
41:53The film begins after Caesar's defeat of Pompey, so he wasn't in Cleopatra.
41:58But let's have a look at some pointless answers, starting with ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses.
42:04We have Amun, Hathor, Noon, and Sobek.
42:10In fact, every god and goddess on that list was pointless, apart from the following who scored points.
42:15Isis, Ra, Anubis, Osiris, Horus, Seth, Bastet, Noot, Pata, and Thoth.
42:26Now, moving on to the characters in the 1963 film Cleopatra.
42:30Here are some pointless answers.
42:33We have Agrippa, Charmian, Cicero, and Flavius.
42:38The only scoring answers here were Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Brutus, and Octavian.
42:43Very well done at home if you got any pointless answer.
42:46Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
42:48And thank you so much, Nick and Carol.
42:50I'm so sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.
42:52That will therefore roll over onto the next show when we will be playing for £2,250.
42:59Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:01Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Susan.
43:02Goodbye.
43:03And it's goodbye from me.
43:05Goodbye.
43:05APPLAUSE
43:07APPLAUSE
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