0:00:18 > 0:00:21APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to a Christmas edition of Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:31 > 0:00:34the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Let's meet our Pointless Christmas celebrities.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Couple number one.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- I'm Linda Lusardi.- And I'm Sam Kane.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- And he's my husband.- And we've done pantomime together every year since the beginning of time.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Aw, lovely!
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Welcome.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Couple number two.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- To you.- To me.- No, to you.- No, no. I'm Paul.- And I'm Barry.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03And we're The Chuckle Brothers.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- This year, we're playing Wishy and Washy...- In Aladdin. - ..at Darlington.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- Yes.- Couple number three.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17My name's Father Christmas, Santa, Christingle, whatever you like,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and I'm from the North Pole.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm Roy Wood, musician, from Derbyshire.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And finally, couple number four.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Well, I'm Keith Harris. - And I'm Orville!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- Thank you!- And I'm a ventriloquist.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Welcome to our country.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Eh?
0:01:44 > 0:01:48No, never mind. Anyway, we're in pantomime in Hull in Jack and the Beanstalk.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49- Lovely.- Smashing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Thank you very much. These are today's contestants.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59That leaves one more person to introduce.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Pursuing facts like a high-speed police chase
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and for once, he's not the one they're chasing!
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- It's my Pointless friend, Richard! - Hiya!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- Merry Christmas to you.- Top of the season to you!- How are you? - I'm very well.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- This is fun!- Isn't it? - I love Christmas.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20I love Christmas. I need to point out one thing to you, though, before we start.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25- You know you're wearing a ridiculous jumper, don't you?- Yeah, I do.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28- You look a buffoon. Doesn't he look a buffoon in his silly Christmas jumper!- Yeah.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32But what a line-up. One person I'm especially happy to see.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36The gentleman who brings happiness to us all at this time of year.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39The most wonderful man. Barry Chuckle. Wonderful to have you on the show!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Really is.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Really is. But genuinely lovely to have the real Santa Claus with us.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It's lovely to be here.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I would love it if Santa Claus won, wouldn't you?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Lovely.- That would be nice.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I wouldn't bet any money on it!
0:02:58 > 0:03:02I've also got the most Christmassy thing in the world, as have you. One of these.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04JINGLE OF BELLS
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- AUDIENCE:- Woo!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- That is...- You "woo" now - you'll be so bored with them by the end of the show!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Absolutely promise you!
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Thank you very much. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27one that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens, we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30As today's show is a celebrity special,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37We therefore start off with a jackpot of £2,500. There we are.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49BELLS JINGLE
0:03:49 > 0:03:54In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there is to be no conferring.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56No conferring.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00At the end of the round, the pair with the highest score will be heading home.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Try and make sure that's not you.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04OK. Our first category today is...
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Music. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Whoever's first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18OK. Our question concerns...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Band Aid 20.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Richard?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29In 2004, Band Aid 20 released their version of Do They Know It's Christmas.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34We're about to show you a photo of the musicians and singers involved in that song.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Give us the name of anybody on the photograph that you're about to see.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Wow.- Are you keeping a close eye on Keith and Orville conferring?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- I told him. I told him. - They were so good, last time.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47They are the least of our problems!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- That's true!- It's old Father Christmas I'm worried about.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It would be awful if Father Christmas cheated!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57- You wouldn't see his lips moving. - The beard, yeah. That's clever.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59So, we're going to put up a picture.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03You have to tell us the name of anyone in that picture who was in Band Aid 20.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06OK. Here is the picture.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Wow.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13So any person in this photograph. Who are they?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Dear, oh, dear!- Goodness me!
0:05:16 > 0:05:17- Oh, no.- Eugh!
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Linda and Sam, you drew lots before the show and you are going first.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Sam, what have you come as?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27This is my normal attire, Alex!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I notice you're wearing some of your bedroom wear on your...
0:05:30 > 0:05:32He left the collar off, today!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- And the mask!- I'm glad of that!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36And you're who?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I play the part of Odd Job. He's the go-between, everybody's friend.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You and Linda met doing pantomime.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- Oh, yes, we did!- He was the prince and I was Snow White, and we fell in love!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And the fairytale lives on!
0:05:50 > 0:05:53OK. Sam, what about this picture here? This is tough.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- I have to pick the most obscure person on that picture, right?- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02You know, I'm having great difficulty. I've turned into an old person now!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I'm trying to figure out who they are.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08But I'm going to go for Lemar.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Lemar. What a good answer. Let's see if it's right
0:06:10 > 0:06:14and how many of our 100 people said Lemar.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's right.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20I think it'll go a long way down, Sam.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Oh - I'm wrong!
0:06:22 > 0:06:24As it turns out! 32.
0:06:25 > 0:06:2732 for Lemar.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- I thought that would go a lot further down.- Lemar is quite recognisable.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33He's in the front row, as well. Lemar.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Thanks very much, Richard.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Now, Paul,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Welcome back. Lovely to have you here.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41You did so well, last time you were here.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- We did.- You got through to the head-to-head.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45We had Katharine Merry, Iwan Thomas,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48who just beat you, and then they lifted the jackpot.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Exactly.- So you went out to champions, there.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53So we have high hopes for you today.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Everything changes, you know. - I don't believe that for a second.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00So, any person in this photograph.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02What do you think of that little group?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Is Robbie Williams up there?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Let's find out. Is Robbie Williams there? If he is, how many people said Robbie Williams?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Oh, no!
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Oh, that's not fair.- Oh, Paul. - That's not fair.- Oh, dear!
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Oh, dear. That's an incorrect answer. That scores the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26- I'm so sorry.- Sorry, Paul. He was on that single, but he's not in that photo.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Orville is gutted!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I am gutted!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Roy, welcome to Pointless. It's lovely to have you.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37- I've got a question.- Go on. - Let's just say it were Christmas every day,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39what would your schedule be?
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Feet up with a bucket of Drambuie, I suppose!
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Roy, any person in this photograph.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52I noticed...
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- Joss Stone is on there.- Joss Stone, says Roy. Let's see how many people said Joss Stone.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It's right.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Well, 32 is our lowest score so far.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09You've passed that. Look at that. Down it goes.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11A fabulous answer, Roy. Very well done.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Five for Joss Stone.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Very good answer, Roy. Very well played.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21In the middle of the second row, Joss Stone.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Thanks very much. Now, Orville.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29- Hello!- Orville.- Ah.- You're looking very green. Have you been away, Orville?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Yes, I've been to the Canaries!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35That's all he wanted.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40So any person in this photograph.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Uh, that one!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Francis Rossi.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Francis Rossi, says Orville.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Let's see if that's right, and how many people said Francis Rossi.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Oh, no!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Oh, that is selfless.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02You've done that to help Paul.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Yeah, I did. He's cut it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer, Orville.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That scores the maximum of 100 points.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Sorry, Orville. Francis Rossi not in that song, not in that picture.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14You are going to have to rely on Keith, now, I'm afraid!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Oh, dear!
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Thanks very much. Half-way through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Five the best score of that pass, Roy. Very well done.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Then up to 32 where we find Sam and Linda
0:09:24 > 0:09:29and then up to 100, I'm afraid, where we find Keith and Orville and Paul and Barry.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32So it's a Keith and Barry contest in this next pass.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- How are you feeling, Barry? - Not too bad.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38OK. Can the second players please step up to the podium.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Right. Now, Keith. Keith, welcome back.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Thank you very much. Nice to be here.- Welcome back. Where are you appearing at the moment?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52We're in Hull, in panto. Jack and the Beanstalk.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Yes. I'm not the beanstalk. - He's not the beanstalk.- No.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Lovely. Orville, who makes all your clothes?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03We have them made together.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Yes, we go to the same tailors. We stand there and get measured up.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Sometimes, we get it wrong. He gets my costume and I get his.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It's very confusing, sometimes!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Don't be so silly!
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- I'm trying to be a comedian. - Keep trying.- I keep trying.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Keith, you've had a chance to have a look over there.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Poor Orville. I can understand him thinking Francis Rossi would be there.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Yes.- He's not. Who can you spot up there?
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I'm actually going to go for the same person I think Orville went for.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36He thought it was Francis Rossi, but I might be completely wrong,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Midge Ure.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43Midge Ure. There's no red line for you as you are joint high scorers with Barry and Paul.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Is that right? If so, how many people said Midge Ure?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49It's right.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52It's good.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It's very good. Look at that - 22!
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Well played, Keith. 122 your total.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Well played, Keith. He co-wrote the song, of course, Midge Ure.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I'm genuinely surprised Orville didn't say that.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11There you go.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Thank you very much. Father Christmas.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Hello.- It's good to have you here.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Also good to see what the proper colour of a Christmas kit should be.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Yes, this was made by the elves of the North Pole. It's lovely.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- I like your saddle bags! Very nice. - Absolutely.- What do you keep in there?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33Well, this is your problem, you see, son. You were always nosey, as a boy!
0:11:35 > 0:11:37This is it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Always nosey.- He has got you! He has got you!
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Always on that naughty list.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48I remember, you wanted the bagpipes, didn't you?
0:11:48 > 0:11:52- I genuinely did want bagpipes! - You genuinely did.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- I always wanted some bagpipes. - Yes. You never got them, did you?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- No.- And you're just as bad.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59HE MOUTHS
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Oh, yes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- I've great news for you. You're through to the next round. - That is good news!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Even if you get this wrong.- Right.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Right. Let's see.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15I think I may have seen - it's difficult because I'm very old -
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I think I saw Will Young there somewhere.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- OK. Will Young.- I'm sure I did.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23OK. Will Young. No red line for you as you're already through.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27But let's see if Will Young is right and how many people said Will Young.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- He's right.- That's a surprise!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Five is our lowest score so far, from Roy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Will Young goes past that. Four!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Amazing performance there on podium three.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Nine!
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- So have I won yet?- You're certainly through to the next round.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Oh, that's good. That's good!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Very good answer, Santa. Will Young.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54He sang "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time."
0:12:54 > 0:12:55That's the line he sang on the song.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- Now, Barry. Welcome, welcome back. - Thank you. Thank you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- I like your green boots! - Do you like those?
0:13:02 > 0:13:07- I do.- They're nice.- They weren't made by Orville's tailor as well, were they?
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- They were, actually!- They look like they might photosynthesise!
0:13:10 > 0:13:12They used to fit Orville. Now they've come down to me!
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Very nice. Now, did you have a good look at this picture, Barry?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Well, I did, yes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20All the ones I wanted have gone, now.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- Oh, no.- There's only one left for me, now.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And that's Bob Geldof.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Bob Geldof, says Barry. Bob Geldof.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Now, the high scorers on 122 are Keith and Orville.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38You're on 100. You want to score 21 or less. Let's see if you can.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40There's your red line. You have to get below that.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43It's right.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Oh, no! Barry!
0:13:47 > 0:13:5357. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm afraid that takes your total to 157.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Sorry, Barry. Right answer but a big score.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- He co-wrote the song with Midge Ure. - Thanks very much.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Now, Linda. Finally we come to you.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Who have you come as?
0:14:03 > 0:14:08I'm Carabosse, who's the wicked fairy in Sleeping Beauty,
0:14:08 > 0:14:09who doesn't get invited to the christening
0:14:09 > 0:14:14and gets very angry and puts a nasty spell on her with the spinning wheel and so on. Remember?
0:14:14 > 0:14:19Fun. Fun. Yeah. Now, you do panto every Christmas, don't you?
0:14:19 > 0:14:25I've only missed one, when I was in Emmerdale. But it's been something like 27 years.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- And you're only 33!- I am! - Very nice. Now, here we are.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32A massive group of people still unnamed.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37I'm struggling a bit, because all the people that I saw originally have gone.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I'm hoping I'm right with this one.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Cos it looks like it's her. I'm going for Katie Melua.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- Katie Melua, says Linda.- Melua, is it?- I don't know. I've never known how to say that.- No, I haven't.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Melua. Listen, you're already through.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Doesn't matter, actually, what you score.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55But I think that's a very good answer if she's in the picture.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Let's find out if she is. How many people said it. Katie "Mel-oo-a"!
0:15:01 > 0:15:02It's right.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08It's a very good one, Linda. I wonder if that's our lowest score.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Not quite - eight!
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Eight for Katie Melua. 40 is your total. Very well done indeed.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Very well played, Linda. Yeah, Katie "Mel-u-a". Correct answer.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The pointless answers here are very difficult. There's a lot of cool bands in this.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26The Darkness are all in there. Travis are in there, the Turin Brakes are all in there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Keane, Snow Patrol, they're all in there.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31If you know any members of those groups, you'd have a low score.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Here are some pointless answers in case anyone got these at home.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38The Travis guitarist Andy Dunlop. A pointless answer.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Conor Deasy, lead singer of The Thrills, the Irish band.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46A pointless answer. Frankie Poullain of The Darkness.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48At the top with the moustache.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51A pointless answer. Grant Nicholas of Feeder.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes was a pointless answer,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57as was Mutya Buena, also of the Sugababes.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Shaznay Lewis of All Saints, the only All Saint there.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03A pointless answer.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Tim Rice-Oxley of Keane.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10A few bigger scorers. Natasha Bedingfield, Ms Dynamite, 13.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Justin Hawkins from The Darkness is there for 11.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Estelle is there for eight.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Very well done if you got through that at home. That was very tough.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Very good. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25So at the end of our first round, I'm so sorry, it's Paul and Barry we have to say goodbye to.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27You've come all this way.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Brightened up our show. It's been lovely having you here.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Thanks so much for playing. Barry and Paul!
0:16:37 > 0:16:40But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48BELLS JINGLE
0:16:52 > 0:16:55LITTLE JINGLE
0:16:55 > 0:16:57So, three pairs remain.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00At the end of this round, we'll have to send another pair away.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Countries. Father Christmas, you'll be good at this!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Can you decide who's going first and who's going second.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Let's find out what the question is.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:17:24 > 0:17:30to name as many countries ending in ..AN, as they could.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Countries ending in ..AN, Richard.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37We're looking for any country in the world whose name ends ..AN, please.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40A sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44So we wouldn't allow Taiwan because it's part of another country.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47But any country in the world that ends ..AN. Best of luck.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Santa is about to fly over all of these. Every single answer.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I know. Now, Linda.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Linda.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Oh, dear.- Oh, dear, yes! Exactly.- Yes.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I'm going to go for the most obscure one I can think of,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09which is Azerbaijan.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Azerbaijan, says Linda. Very good. Let's see how many people said Azerbaijan.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Look at that. It's right.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23That's a good answer. Look at that! 11 for Azerbaijan.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Very well done.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- 11.- Well played, Linda.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Used to supply half the world's oil, Azerbaijan.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35So full of gas and oil, that sometimes the ground was so saturated it would catch fire.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Wow.- Yeah.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Thanks very much. Now, Father Christmas.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Oh, dear, dear, dear.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44This is a bit of a struggle, you see.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Because all the countries keep changing their names.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51I use a Santa Nav in the sleigh.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54So all I've got to do is press it and it takes me there.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Let me think. Countries ending in...
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Father Christmas, sorry, where, actually, do you live?
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- I live in the North Pole.- Right.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And also in Lapland and Greenland.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- Right.- But there's still only one of me.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Now, I know you have a science fiction background in the Sarah Jane Adventures,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16now, what it is...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I know this man's work.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22It's not very good, but it's consistent.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25The thing is...
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- The thing is...- Tell you what, I like Santa!
0:19:31 > 0:19:36The thing is, my house is actually on a time line.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41There's a worm hole each way. So if I go through the kitchen, I come out at Lapland.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44If I go right, and out through the lounge,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'm in Greenland, you see.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And coincidentally, it's enormously tax efficient!
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Well, of course it is.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Of course!
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- Now, what are you going to go for? A country ending in AN.- Oh, dear!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59I'm going to have to think about this one.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Oh, dear. Um.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Well, they're all on the naughty list. Nobody's mouthing anything to me!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10It's one place that's all close to our hearts.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Especially if we have people over there at this time of year.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14That's Afghanistan.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Afghanistan, says Father Christmas.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 said Afghanistan.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25It's right.
0:20:25 > 0:20:2811 is our low score at this point.
0:20:28 > 0:20:3030 for Afghanistan.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Thank goodness.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- Very well done, Father Christmas. - Very well played, Santa.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38If there are children out there with mums or dads in Afghanistan,
0:20:38 > 0:20:44- you deliver out there and all sorts of things.- Absolutely. To everyone, do have a very happy Christmas.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Love to you and all your family.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Merry Christmas, everybody!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Thanks very much. Now, Orville.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Any country whose name ends in the letters ..AN.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00I don't know much geography.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- He doesn't know geography.- No.- No.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I won't say a word.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Can you help us?- I've been trying to keep my mouth shut since we started!
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Foreign travel is very hard if you don't fly! That's the problem.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Father Christmas said... He knew that one.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19You took mine, Father Christmas!
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- I'm sorry, Orville.- It's not very nice when Father Christmas takes your answer...
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I'm so sorry about this!
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- I can't win anything. - Are you all right, Orville?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- I'm so sorry about this. - It's all right.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- I'm sure you'll win this anyway! - Ooh!
0:21:38 > 0:21:39Ooh. Isn't he fat?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Christmas puddings. Christmas puddings, Father Christmas.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I wish I could fly.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50I do!
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Orville, what are we going to have from you?
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Iran.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Iran.- Iran.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Iran. Iran, says Orville.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Iran.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08It's right.
0:22:11 > 0:22:1340.
0:22:14 > 0:22:1640 for Iran. Not bad.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Terrific answer. Very well played.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- Thank you.- It's a pleasure. And the capital is Tehran, which also ends in ..AN.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- How about that?- How about that?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- How about that as Christmas fact? - Good.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Thank you very much. Let's have a look at the scores.
0:22:29 > 0:22:3311, Linda, with Azerbaijan. What a brilliant answer.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I thought that would have been pointless.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39It's as good as pointless. It's the lowest score so far.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Then up to 30 where we find Father Christmas and Roy.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Then up to 40 where we find Keith and Orville.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Luckily, I know Keith has some good answers up his sleeve.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Best of luck, Keith. We need a nice low answer to make sure you stay at the end of the round.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Now, can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58BELLS JINGLE
0:23:04 > 0:23:05- Ah. - RICHARD JINGLES
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Keith. Keith, we're looking for countries whose names end in ..AN.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Pakistan.- Pakistan, says Keith.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17You're the high scorers, so this needs to be a very, very low score.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22No red line for you. Let's see how far down the column Pakistan goes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25It's good.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Not bad. Takes your total up to 74.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Well played, Keith. Not bad at all.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Pakistan. Two good answers from you and Orville.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Pakistan's got the world's highest polo ground.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- 3,000 metres above sea level.- That's a long way up for a polo ground.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Then you're on a horse on top of that, as well!- Yeah!
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- 3,001 metres!- Exactly. - There you are.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- Brilliant. Thank you.- Pleasure.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Now, Roy. Countries ending ..AN.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- Um, you did very well on the first round.- Too well!
0:24:03 > 0:24:08I might be dim here, but can I have Kurdistan?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Kurdistan, says Roy.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12OK. The high scorers are Keith and Orville on 74.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15You want to be scoring 43 or less. Kurdistan.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Is it right? If so, how many people said it?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- Bad luck!- Dear, dear!
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- Bad luck, Roy.- You knew!- I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Takes your total to 130.- We're off!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Sorry, Roy. It's not a country, Kurdistan.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- It's a region across several Middle East countries, I'm afraid.- Yeah.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- That's unlucky, isn't it?- Unlucky. - You could see Santa knew as well!
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Yes. On the tip of my tongue.- Yeah.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Now, Sam. Listen. Good news. Good news. You are through to the next round.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50However, we will want an answer from you.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I bet there's a pointless answer or two up there.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Countries ending ..AN.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I figured everyone would go the ..STAN route.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00So I'm going to go Japan.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Good. Hadn't thought of that. Japan, says Sam.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06No red line for you, but let's see how many of our 100 people said Japan.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09It's right.
0:25:11 > 0:25:1561. There's your answer. A lot of people went the Japan route.
0:25:15 > 0:25:1872 is your total, but you are through.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Yeah, good answer. There's only 15 countries in the world that end ..AN.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23We've had the top four already.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25There's no pointless answers at all.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Let's look at the lowest ones you could have gone for.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31South Sudan, the world's newest country, would have scored one.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Tajikistan scored two.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Kyrgyzstan would have scored three.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Kurdistan is not a country, but Kyrgyzstan is.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41You could have also had Jordan, five points,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44you could have had Uzbekistan, that would have scored six.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Turkmenistan and Oman, seven.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Bhutan would have scored eight.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Kazakhstan would have scored ten.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53And Sudan itself would have scored you 18.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56That's all the countries ending ..AN.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Thanks very much indeed.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02So I'm afraid at the end of that round it's Roy and Father Christmas we have to say goodbye to.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04- Oh, dear, dear!- I know.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Thank you both so much. It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I think though maybe we might see a bit of Roy later in the show?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12- I won't spoil any surprises. - Possibly, yes.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Of course, everybody at home can see more of Santa when Christmas arrives.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- They're not going anywhere.- No.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22But thank you so much, Roy and Father Christmas. It's been wonderful having you on the show.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Thanks so much for playing. Roy and Father Christmas, everyone!
0:26:27 > 0:26:30But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for the head-to-head!
0:26:34 > 0:26:37BELLS JINGLE
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Congratulations, Linda and Sam, Orville and Keith.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45You are one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48which currently stands at £2,500.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54We need to decide who's going to play for that money.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56So you'll now go head-to-head.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00But the big difference is you're now allowed to chat. You can confer before you answer.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- Oh, right!- The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Orville, this is the moment you've been waiting for!
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- We can confer, now.- Yes.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Yes.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15And Linda and Sam, you can confer now, as well, which is nice!
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- You can have a proper chat now. - Really good, yeah.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23You've done so well. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30OK. Here's your first question.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It concerns...
0:27:35 > 0:27:36- Scooby Doo.- Ooh!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39We'll show you five clues to facts about Scooby Doo.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Can you give us the most obscure answer to any of these. Best of luck.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Let's reveal our five facts about Scooby Doo. Here they come. We have got...
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I'll read those one last time.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Five clues to facts about Scooby Doo that we need.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Linda and Sam, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32I think we should play safe.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Yeah, we'll go for the name of Scooby's nephew.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- What was it?- It was Scrappy Doo.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Scrappy Doo.- He ruined it for me.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- And me, too.- And me!- I hated it.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Scrappy Doo.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49We're even dignifying him with a mention on this show.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I know. But he's getting a mention and everyone's saying how terrible he was.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56- That's good.- Yeah.- He was awful. - He was awful.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Sorry, Scrappy, but you were!
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Orville and Keith. Orville, is this good for you?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Uh... No.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Do you fancy talking us through the board? There are some gaps there.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13Um, I think the Frank Sinatra song.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17The Frank Sinatra song that goes # Strangers in the Night #
0:29:17 > 0:29:20# Scooby Dooby Doo, Doo-doo-de-dooby #
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Strangers in the Night. Is that what I'm looking for?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Is that what you're going for? - I think so.- Strangers in the Night.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Sounds good to me. Linda and Sam have gone for Scrappy Doo.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Keith and Orville have gone for Strangers in the Night.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Linda and Sam. Scrappy Doo. Is that right? How many people said it?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40It is right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Ooh, look. 69 for Scrappy Doo.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Keith and Orville, did you know this one,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50or is this just a bit of a shot?
0:29:50 > 0:29:54I remember the joke, cos we used to do a gag like that.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58But I don't know if it's actually from that particular song.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Let's find out. Strangers in the Night. Is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's absolutely right.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08And it wins you the question. Very well done.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Very well done.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19After one question, Keith and Orville, you are up one.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Well played, Keith and Orville. And from exactly the bit you sang.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25It's where the name comes from. Who knew that, Orville or Keith?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26I think we both knew that.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Yeah.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- If I know it, he knows it.- Really? - Yeah.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32That's weird. Telepathic, like twins.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- Absolutely.- That is interesting.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37The decade in which he made his first TV appearance...
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- '60s.- Yeah. 1969. Only just the '60s.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43But it was and would have scored 26 points.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45The name of the van - Sam, did you know that?
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- The Mystery Machine.- Yeah. A slightly better answer than yours.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50So still wouldn't have won the point.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52And the name for which Scooby is an abbreviation?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Is it Hispanic?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57No. His full name is Scoobert Doo.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- Ah.- Scoobert.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01That would have scored you four points.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Only his mum calls him Scoobert!
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07OK. Here comes your second question.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Linda and Sam, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Best of luck. It concerns...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Jumbled up Christmas songs. Richard?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Five anagrams now of Christmas hit singles.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21UK Top 40 hits at Christmas.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Can you unscramble them and tell us which is which, please?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five anagrams. Here they come.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06There we are. Five anagrams of Christmas songs.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Keith and Orville, you go first this time.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Oh, dear!
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Oh, dear!- Yes!
0:32:14 > 0:32:16He's not very good at this, are you?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18No, not at this one.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Um, Mr Blobby, I suppose.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26That's the one you want to go for? Mr Blobby.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Blob by Mr. Mr Blobby, say Keith and Orville.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Now, Linda and Sam.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34So hard to figure them out.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- We've got a couple.- I think the top one is Last Christmas by Wham!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- Um... I don't know.- Yeah, we'll go with that one.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- It's the only one I know.- You're saying Last Christmas.- Yeah.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Last Christmas. So we have Mr Blobby and Last Christmas.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Keith and Orville went with Mr Blobby.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Mr Blobby?
0:32:54 > 0:32:55It's right.
0:32:55 > 0:32:5781.
0:32:58 > 0:33:0081.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Linda and Sam have gone for Last Christmas.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Is it right? If so, how many people said Last Christmas?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11It's right. And it wins you the point. Very well done indeed.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Very good. 31.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19You're back in the game, Linda and Sam.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21So after two questions, it's one all.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Well played, Linda and Sam. That was a really hard board, I think.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- It was tough.- Really tough.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Those might be the ones that people at home got.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31The bottom one first. That would have scored 12 points.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35That's the Shakin' Stevens hit Merry Christmas Everyone.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Would have scored 12.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40The other two, Onto Freakier Flyway.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Wouldn't have got this in 100 years!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- Fairytale of New York.- Oh, no!
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Yeah. That would have scored five points.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51And the last one's even harder.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53A magical carp enslavement.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Very well done to anyone at home, and the one person in our 100
0:33:56 > 0:33:59who said A Spaceman Came Travelling.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Chris de Burgh. One point. - Brilliant.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Ooh.- Wow.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05That is difficult.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12Thank you very much. Now, here comes the third question. This is the decider.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Whoever wins this goes through to the final to plays for the jackpot for their charity.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Best of luck to both pairs.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21It concerns...
0:34:22 > 0:34:27- Richard.- I'm going to show you five pictures of famous magicians, escapologists and illusionists.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29We just need you to give us their stage name, please.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Best of luck to both teams.
0:34:31 > 0:34:37Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five magicians, escapologists and illusionists. Here they are.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38We have got...
0:34:57 > 0:35:01There we are. Five magicians, escapologists and illusionists.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Linda and Sam, you will go first this time.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09It's just... I think we know four of them.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16- OK. We'll go for B, Siegfried and Roy.- Siegfried and Roy,
0:35:16 > 0:35:17say Linda and Sam.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Keith and Orville, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Paul Daniels, of course.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- We like him.- But not a lot! - Not a lot!
0:35:27 > 0:35:28David Blaine, of course.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I'm not sure who the top one is.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34But the one I'm going to go for is Houdini. D.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- D, Houdini.- Yes.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38So we have B, Siegfried and Roy.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40D, Houdini.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44OK. In the order they were given, Linda and Sam said Siegfried and Roy.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Is it right, and if it is, how many people said that for B?
0:35:49 > 0:35:50It's right.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55That is a good one. Look at that!
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Ten. Very well done indeed.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Keith and Orville have gone for Houdini for D.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Is it right? If it is, how many people said Houdini?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's right.
0:36:14 > 0:36:1557!
0:36:15 > 0:36:1857 for Houdini. That's a big score.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Two good answer, but Linda and Sam, you win that one.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Which means after three questions you're through to the final two-one.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Nothing you could have done there, Orville or Keith. That was the best answer on the board.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- Very well played.- We knew that one, as well.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34It's tough. That's the luck of the draw.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37A is David Blaine. Would have scored 30.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41The next best answer is C, that's Dynamo.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43He would have scored 16.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48And Paul Daniels got a big score, as you'd expect. 82 points.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Very good.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head is Keith and Orville.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Ooh!
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- It's been lovely having you on the show again.- It's been great. We've really enjoyed it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- A very happy Christmas to you. - The same to you. Same to everybody!
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Thanks so much!- Happy Christmas! - Bye!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17But for Linda and Sam, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24BELLS JINGLE
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Congratulations, Linda and... - BELLS RING
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Congratulations, Linda and Sam.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38You've fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50The jackpot currently stands at £2,500.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Great.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59You've done so well. And you came from one-nil down to win by two-one.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- I'm amazed.- I'm not. I knew we'd win!
0:38:02 > 0:38:03No, I didn't!
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- We haven't won yet!- You have, you're in the final.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10As always, you kick off this round by choosing a category.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12You have four options to choose from. Here they are.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Musicals?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Musicals, I might be able to help you.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Champions League, you know a lot about football.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I'm happy to go with you with your football.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- You know a lot about football. - You think football?
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Well...
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- I think both of us know a little bit about musicals.- OK. Let's go Champions League Football.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- You know more about football.- OK. Champions League Football it is.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47We've got three different questions within this.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Take your answers from any of these. Hopefully one suits you.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52First thing we're looking for is any European country
0:38:52 > 0:38:58that didn't have any teams in the group stages of the 2012/13 Champions League.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Any European country that didn't have any teams in the group stages.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03We are looking for...
0:39:04 > 0:39:08..from the first one in 1993 all the way through to 2013.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09So any host city.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Or any player who scored in the Champions League final
0:39:13 > 0:39:15for an English or Scottish club.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Any player who scored in a final for an English or Scottish club.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Any host city, or any country in Europe
0:39:21 > 0:39:25who had no teams in the group stage of the 2012/13 Champions League.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Best of luck at home. Very best of luck in the studio as well.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32OK. Thanks very much. You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35All you need, to win that jackpot for your nominated charities
0:39:35 > 0:39:37is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40You can take your answers from any of those three categories.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43It's up to you. They can all be from one category,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46or one from each category, two from one, one from another.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49As long as it's from at least one of those categories.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Are you ready?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Your time starts now.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05I'm going for the top one. Ireland? I don't know.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Host cities of the Champions League final.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16If you go for one category, you've got more chance of an obscure one
0:40:16 > 0:40:18than if you go for three categories.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22English or Scottish players who've scored in a final.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24English and Scottish club players
0:40:24 > 0:40:26who have scored in a final.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28For English clubs or English players?
0:40:28 > 0:40:33No, any player who's scored for an English or Scottish club in the final.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36They can be any nationality if they scored for an English or Scottish club.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Kevin Keegan for the bottom.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Ten seconds left.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Steven Gerrard.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58OK. That's your time up. What are your three answers going to be?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- Ireland, the UEFA Member Associations.- Ireland, OK.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- Kevin Keegan from the bottom. - Kevin Keegan.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- OK.- And also Steven Gerrard.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10And Steven Gerrard from the bottom.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- Kevin Keegan.- Kevin Keegan we'll put last.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- Which is your least likely to be pointless?- Steven Gerrard. - Steven Gerrard.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Let's put those on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22We have got...
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Very best of luck. Your first answer, Steven Gerrard.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- You thought this was your least likely to be pointless.- Yeah.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36Obviously it has to be correct, then it has to be pointless to win that jackpot for your charities.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42So for £2,500, let's find out if Steven Gerrard scored in a Champions League final.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Oh, yes, he did! Yes, he did.
0:41:47 > 0:41:54If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £2,500 for your charity.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Still going down. 11!
0:41:56 > 0:41:5811 for Stevie Gerrard.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03So, what is your charity?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Have you got two separate ones? - No, a joint one.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08We're just going to go with the one.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- We're patrons of...- Patrons of two charities.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12But today we're going for a wonderful charity.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14The Rhys Daniels Trust.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18It builds home near hospitals for parents to live
0:42:18 > 0:42:21when their children are very ill in hospital.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- It's a home from home charity. - Very well done. Excellent.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Excellent charity, the Rhys Daniels Trust.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Two good answers remain on the board.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Let's hope at least one of those is pointless and you win the jackpot for the Rhys Daniels charity.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35OK. Your second answer was the Republic of Ireland.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37It has to be correct and pointless for you to win.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41So for £2,500 let's see if Ireland weren't represented in the group stages
0:42:41 > 0:42:43of the 2012/13 season.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Good answer. It's right.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Your first answer, Steven Gerrard, took us down to 11.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Ireland is now taking you down through the teens.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Into single figures. Down it goes.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Five! Very well done.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01This is all moving in the right direction.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Well done. Well done, though.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09You put them in exactly the right order.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13This is very good. Very exciting. Everything is riding on your third and final answer. Kevin Keegan.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- Do you know if this is right? - Yes, I know it's right.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17I think I know it's right!
0:43:17 > 0:43:20You'll have to hope that everyone else forgot about Kevin Keegan!
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Let's find out. For £2,500,
0:43:23 > 0:43:27did Kevin Keegan score in a Champions League final?
0:43:31 > 0:43:32No!
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:43:44 > 0:43:49So I'm afraid you don't win that jackpot of £2,500 for your charity.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50But as it's a celebrity special,
0:43:50 > 0:43:54we're going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their charities.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Thank you!
0:43:56 > 0:44:00We've loved having you on the show. You've been absolutely fantastic.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each!
0:44:03 > 0:44:04- Yay!- Wa-hey!
0:44:04 > 0:44:07- Brilliant.- Well done, you.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11- Very well done.- You've played terrifically throughout. It's been a great show.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13Funnily enough, you're an Everton fan, not a Liverpool fan,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15there's a lot of Liverpool names on this list.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19I'll get to them. Keegan played for Liverpool in a European Cup Final
0:44:19 > 0:44:22and also played for Hamburg but didn't score for either of them.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Let's look at all the pointless answers.
0:44:25 > 0:44:30Funnily enough, when we played the round, do you remember Linda's answer for countries ending ..AN?
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- Yes, I do.- It was...- Azerbaijan.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38It would have just won you the money! That's one of the UEFA countries not represented.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Here are some other ones.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47You could have had Albania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan as well.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55All pointless answers in that category.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Very well done if you said any of those.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59Host cities of Champions League finals.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Just Champions League.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07Those are pointless. Scorers in Champions League finals or European Cup finals,
0:45:07 > 0:45:09there are lots and lots of names on this list.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13The first man on the list scored two against Benfica for Man United.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- A pointless answer. - I should have got that.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17These next three all scored in penalty shoot-outs.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20David Luiz for Chelsea, Ian Rush for Liverpool,
0:45:20 > 0:45:21Michael Carrick for Man United.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23Lots of other Liverpool players on the list.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Dietmar Hamann, Dirk Kuyt,
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Sisay, Graeme Souness,
0:45:27 > 0:45:31Phil Neal as well. Also Owen Hargreaves, Brian Kidd, Anderson.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34George Best, as well, would have been a pointless answer.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Merry Christmas to you in the studio. Sorry you didn't walk away with the money.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- Thank you. We've had a great time. - Thank you.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. We've loved having you on the show.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- Thank you.- Thank you.- Brilliant contestants.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57But as this is a Christmas edition,
0:45:57 > 0:45:59playing us out with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
0:45:59 > 0:46:01is Roy Wood and his band.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- Merry Christmas to all of you from Richard...- Merry Christmas.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07And from me, Merry Christmas.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19# When the snowman brings the snow
0:46:19 > 0:46:22# Well he just might like to know
0:46:23 > 0:46:29# He's put a great big smile on somebody's face
0:46:30 > 0:46:33# If you jump into your bed
0:46:33 > 0:46:36# Quickly cover up your head
0:46:36 > 0:46:38# Don't you lock the doors
0:46:38 > 0:46:42# You know that sweet Santa Claus is on the way
0:46:42 > 0:46:48# Well, I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:46:50 > 0:46:55# When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
0:46:56 > 0:47:02# Oh, I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:47:04 > 0:47:07# So let the bells ring out
0:47:07 > 0:47:10# For Christmas
0:47:12 > 0:47:16# When you're skating in the park
0:47:16 > 0:47:19# If the snow cloud makes it dark
0:47:19 > 0:47:25# You know your rosy cheeks are gonna light my merry way
0:47:26 > 0:47:29# Now the icicles appear
0:47:30 > 0:47:33# And they've frozen up my ears
0:47:33 > 0:47:35# So we'll lie by the fire
0:47:35 > 0:47:39# Till the sleet simply knocks them all away
0:47:39 > 0:47:45# Come on! Well I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:47:47 > 0:47:48# When the kids start singing
0:47:48 > 0:47:52# And the band begins to play
0:47:54 > 0:47:59# I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:48:00 > 0:48:03# So let the bells ring out
0:48:03 > 0:48:06# For Christmas
0:48:08 > 0:48:10OK, you lot! Take it!
0:48:10 > 0:48:16# Well I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:48:16 > 0:48:18# Christmas, baby
0:48:18 > 0:48:23# When the kids start singing and the band begins to play
0:48:25 > 0:48:30# I wish it could be Christmas every day
0:48:31 > 0:48:37# So let the bells ring out for Christmas
0:48:39 > 0:48:45# Why don't you give your love
0:48:46 > 0:48:51# For Christmas! #