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Pointless - Season 35 Episode 25
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00:00MUSIC CONTINUES
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
00:26the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
00:28Let's meet today's players.
00:31APPLAUSE
00:34And couple number one.
00:36Hello, my name's Helena and this is my good friend Sue
00:39and we both come from Kessingland in Suffolk.
00:42Couple number two.
00:43Hi, I'm Harry and this is my new wife Amy
00:45and we're both from West London.
00:47Couple number three.
00:49Hi, I'm Ed, I'm from Sheffield and this is my friend Deepak,
00:52also from Sheffield.
00:53And 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.
01:04Lovely 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.
01:17APPLAUSE
01:17Hello.
01:18Hello, 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.
01:28I'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.
01:35Enforce 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 be serious about it.
01:45Let's do this.
01:45Let'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 at the end of each round
02:07will 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,
02:12and it'll never be you being eliminated.
02:13Just remember that.
02:14Our 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.
02:37Yes.
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...
03:26And there we are, Sue. Welcome to Pointless.
03:28Thank you. It'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.
03:41Ah.
03:41No, 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.
03:56I'm a member of the WY, but I don't make any jam.
03:59I know that's awful.
04:00That was going to be my first question.
04:01Yeah.
04:01No, but that's OK.
04:02Go for the lunch.
04:03Go for the lunches and the fun.
04:05Good meetings.
04:05Yeah.
04:06I go ten-pin bowling.
04:07I do short-back bowls.
04:09Yeah.
04:09I shanty-sing.
04:10Oh, yeah.
04:11Go shanty-singing.
04:12Yeah.
04:12That got the...
04:13Oh, dog training.
04:14Didn't get any from Susan.
04:15No.
04:16Couldn't care less.
04:16Shanty-singing.
04:17Suddenly.
04:18It's exciting shanty-singing.
04:19And we're a member of the quiz team.
04:22Brilliant.
04:22Brilliant.
04:23Called The Wooden Tops.
04:24Very good.
04:27Now, then, our board of massively streamed songs.
04:31Unfortunately, I haven't got a clue on any of them,
04:34because I listen to you all the time.
04:36That's the...
04:37You...
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 fun.
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 alright.
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.
05:35Lucky with the weather.
05:36Absolutely fantastic.
05:37Can have asked for a better day.
05:37And did you go somewhere lovely on honeymoon?
05:39We haven't gone yet.
05:40It depends if we win.
05:41Well, we're here now.
05:42Oh, that's true.
05:43We were supposed to go on honeymoon, but we're here.
05:45Oh, no, you're here.
05:46I see.
05:46This is our honeymoon.
05:47I see.
05:47This is your honeymoon.
05:48Well, I can think of worse honeymoons.
05:51Amy, 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.
05:58Let's see how many of our 100 said Seven Rings.
06:02Ariana Grande is right.
06:07Down it goes.
06:08Very well done indeed to 24.
06:09Superb.
06:11So, Seven Rings borrows musical elements from My Favourite Things,
06:16from The Sound of Music.
06:18Because 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 quite a lot.
06:27Yeah.
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.
06:33Now we are.
06:33Anyway, brilliant.
06:34Thank you very much.
06:35You're welcome.
06:35Indeed.
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.
06:41Recently 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.
06:52I'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.
07:04You can chat to.
07:04From 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,
07:19so 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.
07:3638 for Tracy Chapman.
07:37I was expecting that to be a bit higher than that.
07:39But no, third yet, I guess that's right.
07:40Well done.
07:41Good.
07:41So, Tracy Chapman came to fame after she stepped in,
07:45I didn't know this, for Stevie Wonder at Nelson Mandela's
07:4870th birthday concert at the last minute.
07:51A hard disc, remember those, containing Stevie's backing track,
07:55went missing and she was asked to fill in because she could
07:58come on quickly with just her guitar.
08:01Because 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.
08:09Second 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.
08:17Yeah, we 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 bay 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.
08:42Okay.
08:42Yeah.
08:43Yeah, a slightly trippy dog walk then.
08:45Kind of, yeah.
08:46Nice.
08:47Good.
08:48Anyway, now, Jo, what are you going to go for?
08:50The board is all yours.
08:50Okay.
08:52I am going to go for the last one, driver's licence.
08:55Olivia Rodrigo.
08:57Olivia Rodrigo.
08:58Let us see how many of our 100 people said that.
09:02It's absolutely right.
09:08And down it goes for 17.
09:10Just happens to be the best score of the whole class.
09:12Very well done indeed, Jo.
09:14Well done, Jo.
09:15So, in January 2021, driver's licence racked up the most dreams
09:20on Spotify in a single day in the UK for a non-Christmas song,
09:25with people playing it 2.4 million times.
09:29How cool is that?
09:30Why?
09:31They just heard it and they thought,
09:32we have to hear that again.
09:33Like, 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.
09:46Amy Winehouse, Back to Black.
09:48Yes.
09:4845.
09:49And just give me a reason.
09:51Not Pamela.
09:51Prudence.
09:52No.
09:53I'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.
10:1038 is where we find Ed and Deepak.
10:12And then 100, Sue and Helena.
10:15Anything could happen in this next pass, Helena.
10:17And quite often it does.
10:18Yeah, it probably will.
10:19Well, let'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.
10:32And here they come.
10:32We have got
10:34Running Up That Hill.
10:35A Deal With God.
10:36KB.
10:371985.
10:38I Want To Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me.
10:40WH.
10:411987.
10:42Complicated.
10:43AL.
10:442002.
10:45Hips Don't Lie.
10:46S.
10:472006.
10:48Call Me Maybe.
10:49CRJ.
10:502012.
10:51RAW.
10:52KP.
10:532013.
10:54And Don't Start Now.
10:56DL.
10:582019.
10:59Jason, 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?
11:10Well, I've got quite a big birthday this year.
11:13So, a lot of time's been spent getting ready for that.
11:16A big birthday?
11:17Yeah.
11:18Believe it or not, I'm going to be 50 this year.
11:20Really?
11:21Yeah.
11:21Because you're youthful.
11:22I was genuinely thinking 40.
11:24That's very kind.
11:25Yeah.
11:26But preparing for a party, bucket list stuff,
11:29I'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 step, 48.
12:01Our highest scoring correct answer.
12:04There we are so far.
12:05Anyway, that takes your title up to 65.
12:07So, Kate Bush originally wanted to call it a deal with God,
12:11which would make sense, but 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.
12:22I 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.
12:33Excellent.
12:34Who was also on Pointless some 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.
12:43But how lovely to run a bar with your brother.
12:47Is it as much fun as it sounds?
12:49Yeah, I 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 to the bank
12:56when we asked for a loan.
12:58Imagine Sean Connery's library.
13:00But done very cheaply.
13:02Very nice.
13:04Yeah, I like that.
13:06You've got a globe somewhere in the corner.
13:08We did have one and it broke because it was cheap.
13:11Yeah.
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.
13:21Mmm.
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?
13:39WHISTLE BLOWS
13:40Down against 23.
13:41Superb work.
13:42Saving 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.
14:01Good on you.
14:02Well done, Avril.
14:03Now, Harry.
14:05Welcome back.
14:06Congratulations.
14:07Married life the first few months.
14:08Has it just been a field of buttercups?
14:10Um...
14:11Well...
14:12Yes, I guess so.
14:13Amy had the pleasure of going from a wife straight into a bridesmaid
14:17at another wedding.
14:18Wow.
14:18Which is partly why we didn't do a sort of a honeymoon straight away.
14:21You couldn't do it straight away, of course.
14:23Yes.
14:23But it's been great.
14:24Of course it has.
14:25Yeah.
14:26Of course it has.
14:26Well, listen, Harry, on 24, if you can get 75 or less
14:29with your answer to this, you are straight into round two.
14:32What would you like to go for?
14:33Right.
14:33I think I'm going to go for don't start now and go Dua Lipa.
14:38Dua Lipa.
14:39Yeah.
14:40Says Harry.
14:40Here's your red line.
14:42Shall we see if we can get you below that with Dua Lipa?
14:46We can.
14:51This is superb.
14:52Down it goes to ten.
14:53Ten.
14:54Our lowest answer so far.
14:56Lowest score.
14:57Very well done.
14:58Taking your total up to 34.
14:59Brilliant.
15:00Congratulations, Harry.
15:01Well done.
15:02Good answer.
15:02Now, finally, Helena.
15:05Welcome.
15:06Tell us all about yourself, Helena.
15:08I'm also retired.
15:10Moved to Kessingland during retirement and 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.
15:22Right on the coast.
15:23It's the most easterly village in the whole of the country.
15:26But how amazing.
15:27So we get to see the sun come up before everybody else.
15:29How lovely.
15:30Yeah.
15:30Your 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.
15:40And it'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, I'm afraid, as 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,
16:10Whitney 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, it wasn't really landing in your particular
16:33specialist 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.
16:39Helena and Sue.
16:40Brilliant.
16:41Back for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
16:45APPLAUSE
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.
16:56Harry 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 that follow
17:28the pattern blank, AC, blank, as they could.
17:33Susan.
17:34OK.
17:35We are looking for any four-letter word in the online version
17:38of the Collins Dictionary with the middle letters A and C
17:42in 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.
18:20PACKED.
18:20PACKED.
18:21Shall we see how many of our 100 people said packed?
18:30Not bad.
18:3120 for PACKED.
18:35PACKED.
18:35A serious agreement between two or more people.
18:39Well done.
18:39Really great choice.
18:40Thank you very much indeed.
18:41No.
18:43Deepak.
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.
18:51Tacks into the wind.
18:51I don't know how they do it.
18:52Across the point of sail.
18:54OK, tack.
18:55Should 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 interesting.
19:07Generally, 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.
19:17Um, not too dissimilar to Harry's, but I'll just change one letter.
19:22TACKT.
19:23TACKT.
19:24Very interesting to see on the TACKT PACKED derby who's going to win.
19:27Let's see.
19:28How many of our 100 said TACKT?
19:34Well.
19:37There we go.
19:3813, as it turns out.
19:40TACKT.
19:42Really brilliant choice.
19:44So, if someone has TACKT, they are considerate when dealing
19:47with others and careful not to cause offence like you.
19:50Oh!
19:51I'm glad you think I'm tacked for.
19:53I know.
19:53We've only just met.
19:54Yeah, I know.
19:54You'll learn.
19:55I could be wrong.
19:57Thank you very much indeed.
19:58Well, we're halfway through the round.
19:59Let's have a quick look at those scores.
20:0013, the best score of the past.
20:01Jason, very 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,
20:25A-C blank.
20:27There we are.
20:27You're going to try and find the lowest scoring one you can think of.
20:31Joe, you'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.
20:45How many of our 100 said lack?
20:50Lack'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.
21:13That was mine.
21:14Was that yours?
21:15No, it was mine.
21:16No.
21:17By which I mean, I think it's very good.
21:20Here's your red line.
21:21Let's see.
21:22Will racy get you below that red line?
21:30Yes, it will.
21:32Oh, it's a pintless.
21:34Oh, goodness.
21:36If you please.
21:37Oh, I'm aware that as I celebrate that, I'm celebrating my own answer as well.
21:40So, 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.
22:02Well, congratulations, Ed, and congratulations, Sander.
22:05Pointless answer.
22:06Racy describes anything daring and risque like me.
22:10Perfect.
22:11She says in a sundress.
22:15Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
22:16Now, Amy.
22:17Yes.
22:18You 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, there it is.
22:33Shall we see where we end up with taco?
22:40Gets you through.
22:42Oh!
22:43Look 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.
23:00I literally had one last night.
23:01So, well done, Amy.
23:02Do you watch me?
23:04Like this.
23:05She does.
23:06Thought so.
23:06OK.
23:07So, let's have a look at some pointless answers.
23:11So, we could have had Maka, Natch, Packer.
23:15You also could have had Paco, Pacey, Racy, 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...
23:39Sack.
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, it's wonderful.
24:08The 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, which currently stands
24:22at £1,250.
24:24But before we play the head-to-head, just for fun, we can see if we can't boost that jackpot
24:29by finding a couple of pointless answers.
24:32So, as I say, just for fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many tie-knots as
24:39they could.
24:40Susan.
24:40OK.
24:41So, 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.
24:53Yeah, good luck.
24:53Thank you very much indeed.
24:55So, can you find the two pointless answers among these potential tie-knots?
24:59And we have Eldridge, Krasny Hourglass, Sandringham, Onassis, Prusik and Four-in-Hand.
25:07Does anyone 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.
25:17Yeah.
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.
25:32It only 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?
25:46Because a really boring man came into the bar the other day and as part of his really boring spiel
25:52showed me a video of 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 because we learn everything there.
26:05It involves going like over and around like four times.
26:08It's got lots of layers at the top.
26:09Exactly.
26:10Sorry, sorry, sorry.
26:11Right, okay, Eldridge.
26:12I 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?
26:19That'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!
26:30Oh, 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 invented by a man named Geoffrey Eldridge in 2007.
26:42Wow, to invent a knot that was then taken up sufficiently to be used on the board of pointless.
26:48Well done, Geoffrey Eldridge.
26:51Congratulations.
26:52Yeah.
26:52So, two of these are pointless knots and two of them are not knots.
26:58I think Sandringham is a red herring because people are going for Windsor.
27:02And that is right.
27:04Good.
27:04Completely right.
27:05What else do you think is a red herring?
27:06I think...
27:07I think Onassis might be a red herring.
27:09That is actually a pointless answer.
27:11That is a pointless answer.
27:12The knot named after Aristotle, Onassis, who helped popularise the style.
27:16Okay.
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.
27:28Ah.
27:28A knot named after his inventor's name and the shape that it resembles,
27:31which means that the red herring was leprussic.
27:33That's a type of knot that's used in climbing.
27:36There we go.
27:37There we are.
27:37Well done, both guys.
27:38Thank you very much indeed.
27:40Boy, for a round that yielded no pointless answers.
27:42We have chewed all the mint out of that gun, haven't we?
27:46Well done.
27:47We didn't find any pointless answers, but let's play the head Ted nonetheless.
27:52APPLAUSE
27:56Now, 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...
28:06..tall flowers.
28:07Susan.
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.
28:18Thank you very much indeed.
28:19So, let's reveal our five tall flowers.
28:21And here they come.
28:22We have...
28:23A-S-R.
28:29B.
28:30G-K-L-E.
28:36C.
28:37L-N.
28:42D.
28:43A-M.
28:48And E.
28:49R-D.
28:50H-T.
28:51P-R.
28:54There we are.
28:55Now, Harry and Amy are our low scorers, so you get to go first.
28:59D.
29:01Allium.
29:02OK.
29:02No, they don't know the other ones.
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.
29:12Say 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.
29:22I 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.
29:33Lycan.
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.
30:05Great.
30:06Which 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.
30:42If 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?
30:56Anyway, here comes our second question.
30:58And it concerns...
31:05OK.
31:06We're going to show you the names of five locations of the seven wonders of the ancient world, but we've
31:12removed every other letter.
31:13Please fill in the gaps and give us the names of the locations.
31:18Thank you very much indeed.
31:19Let's reveal our five locations of the seven wonders, and here they come.
31:24H-L-C-R-A-S-S-O-Y-P-A-R-O-E-B-B-L-N and A
31:33-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.
31:44I think we're going to go for the bottom one.
31:48We'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 Halakarnassus and then Olympia, Rhodes and Babylon.
32:03What do you think?
32:03Top one?
32:05I think we go for Halakarnassus at the top.
32:07You're going to go for Halakarnassus.
32:08So we have Alexandria and Halakarnassus.
32:10Deepak and Ed went Alexandria at the bottom.
32:13Let'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 Halakarnassus at the top.
32:29Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
32:34Halakarnassus is right.
32:38It's going to be close.
32:39Eleven for Halakarnassus.
32:42Very well done indeed, Ed and Deepak.
32:44After two questions, you're back in the game.
32:45It's one all.
32:47Brilliant.
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.
32:58We have Rose, the Colossus of Rose, which is worth 45.
33:01And we have Babylon, worth 73, the Hanging Gardens.
33:07So congratulations on both your choices.
33:09Congratulations at home.
33:10Thank you very much indeed, Susan.
33:12Right, here 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...
33:20..most iconic video game characters.
33:23Susan.
33:24Brilliant. OK.
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.
33:37Please 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.
34:05Teenage 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.
34:19L.
34:19Harry and Amy, you get to go first this time.
34:22Link.
34:23Link or Ellie?
34:24Link.
34:24Has this been the TV show?
34:26Yes.
34:27I'm just saying, people might know a bit.
34:28Which one should we go for? A 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.
34:36Say Harry and Amy, Link.
34:38Now then, Ed and Deepak, talk us through the rest of that board.
34:41So, the plumber is Mario.
34:44The Tomb Raider is Lara Croft.
34:46And Deepak said he knew both of those, so we're not going with either of them.
34:50And then I think everyone's going to know Ellie.
34:54So 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.
35:16He's very good.
35:1712 for Link.
35:20Meanwhile, 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.
35:34Solid Snake.
35:35Oh, you've done it.
35:37Look at that.
35:37Seven for Solid Snake.
35:38Very well done indeed.
35:40Ed and Deepak, after three questions you are coming to the final 2-1.
35:44Congratulations.
35:44You picked actually the only answer that would have won.
35:48Because, as you guessed correctly, our first answer was Mario.
35:52And that was 55.
35:54And then Lara Croft, which was, well, 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.
36:09Oh, Harry and Amy.
36:10This is it.
36:11Hello.
36:11Hello.
36:12This is it.
36:12This is what you gave up your honeymoon for.
36:15Well, we're third-time runners-up.
36:17Third-time runners-up.
36:17That's good.
36:18That is very good.
36:19I mean, you've done phenomenally well.
36:20And it's been lovely having you on the show.
36:21Thank you so much for coming today.
36:23Lovely to meet you.
36:23And very, very best of luck with wonderful married life.
36:25Harry and Amy.
36:27Fred and Deepak, though, now time for the pointless final.
36:34Congratulations, Ed and Deepak.
36:36You have fought off all the competition
36:37and 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,
36:50the 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 and it'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
37:24and we just drink them all and go.
37:26Nice.
37:26It's good.
37:28Mmm.
37:28Pointless actors in Bill Films, Kill Bill.
37:31We should go Bill Films.
37:32Bill Films, please.
37:33Okay, Bill Films it is.
37:34Susan.
37:34Okay.
37:36So, we are looking for any feature film which has been released in the cinemas
37:40or on a streaming platform 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 Tarantino's Kill
37:59Bill 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.
38:24Let'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.
38:33There's an accident in Aliens.
38:34Yeah.
38:35And I'm struggling to think of anything.
38:38Things 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.
39:03There's someone famous as one of those masked, crazy 88 gang members.
39:08Monica...
39:08Monica Bellucci is...
39:12Monica Bellucci has just come into my head.
39:15Oh, Vivica A. Fox is in a...
39:18Okay.
39:18Early in this one.
39:19Ten seconds left.
39:19Vivica A.
39:21Can we take a punt on Monica Bellucci?
39:23Sure.
39:23David Carradine's definitely not pointless.
39:28Okay, that 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?
39:38Sorry, second category, yes.
39:39Okay.
39:39Should we put Monica Bellucci up there?
39:41Yep.
39:41Vivica A. Fox.
39:42Vivica A. Fox.
39:43There's another cast of Kill Bill Volume One.
39:46Vivica A. Fox.
39:48David Carradine.
39:49David Carradine.
39:50David Carradine.
39:50So, all three of these in the second category, the Kill Bill casts, which of those do you think is
39:55your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:56Monica Bellucci.
39:57Okay, Monica Bellucci goes last.
39:59Least likely to be pointless?
40:01David Carradine.
40:01David Carradine.
40:02Vivica A. Fox goes in the middle.
40:04Okay, well, 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, so we might make that a big
40:27trip.
40:27That would be a terrific thing to do with your winnings.
40:30Deepak, anything 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 of either
40:46of 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 figures.
41:00Still going down with David Carradine.
41:01Still going down to two.
41:02Look at that.
41:03I think you're right.
41:04David Carradine is 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 in the
41:15same category.
41:16Casts of Kill Bill.
41:18How many of our 100 people said Vivica A. Fox?
41:24Well, 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 are in single figures with Vivica A. Fox still going down.
41:34Still going down to pointless answer.
41:35Very well done indeed.
41:37Very brilliant.
41:38I'll see you in the highest.
41:39Huge congratulations.
41:41Vivica A. Fox has just won you £1,250.
41:46That's a battle.
41:47Susan.
41:48Wonderful.
41:49So Vivica A. Fox popped into your head right at the last minute and was pointless.
41:54However, 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, here 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 Hannah.
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.
43:07And we'll see you later.
43:31And this will be our 30.
43:34Thank you very much.
43:37Thank you so much for watching.
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