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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to a special celebrity edition of Pointless,

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the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

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Every question on Pointless has been asked to 100 people before the show.

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To have a chance of winning our final round jackpot, our celebrities must come up with the answers

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that the fewest of our 100 people could think of. Let's meet our Pointless celebrities.

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APPLAUSE

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First up, we welcome Lorraine Chase and Anne Charleston.

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APPLAUSE

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Lorraine, we know you as Steph Forsythe from Emmerdale,

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-and Anne, we know you best as Madge Bishop from Neighbours.

-I know, yeah.

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-You worked together on Emmerdale?

-We worked together last year.

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Is there anything you're dreading, any subject?

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-Sport.

-Lorraine?

-No good with sport.

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Sport, geography, maths,

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French...

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-English?

-Shall I go on?

-I don't want your school timetable.

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That's about covered it, I think!

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We shall see. Very best of luck, Lorraine and Anne. It's lovely having you here.

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-Next we welcome Neil Fox and Emma Forbes.

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Neil, we know you from The Magic Music Breakfast Show and you've been on everything.

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-Emma, we know you from children's television, particularly Going Live, Live & Kicking.

-Yeah.

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-Fantastic. Between you, I think you cover pretty much everything...

-Quite a lot.

-Yeah, actually.

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-Quite a lot of pointless TV.

-Quite a lot of pointless TV has been done just by you and I.

-Absolutely.

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-We did work together on something years ago.

-What was that?

-A teenage problem programme.

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-We weren't teenagers at the time. We were offering advice scarily called Speakeasy.

-Speakeasy.

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-And we offered advice to teenagers.

-Right.

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Can I just comment on Neil... Look at Neil.

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That's a proper flat-top. What wouldn't you give for one of those?

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I know. It's very impressive.

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-Very impressive.

-All that and a doctor too!

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I know! Neil and Emma, very best of luck. Lovely to have you on the show.

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-Next we welcome Joel Defries and Andy Akinwolere.

-Hey, hello.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, you are both ex-Blue Peter presenters. That's what we know you from chiefly.

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Much though I might say that Neil and Emma have got it covered,

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Blue Peter is basically boot camp for Pointless.

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He loves this show and he knows a lot about a lot of things.

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I'm just his little sidekick. I just like being here.

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-I am worried you're dead weight.

-We've had this conversation.

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I said, "Revise up pointless stuff." He went, "I can't, man. I'm busy."

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-Dead weight. And that's exactly how he speaks.

-So he's carrying us.

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Joel and Andy, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

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Finally, we've got Michelle Heaton and Kelli Young.

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APPLAUSE

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We know you both from the spectacular group Liberty X

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who had ten consecutive Top 20 hits.

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-That's no mean feat. What are you up to now, Michelle?

-I had a baby girl a few months ago.

-Congratulations.

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So right now I'm a mummy, first and foremost.

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Very good indeed. And Kelli, you're about to be a mother?

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Yes, I'm very close to being a mother of twins.

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Welcome to you both. It's lovely to have you here.

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We'll discover all your hidden knowledge throughout the show.

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There's only one person left for me to introduce. If knowledge is power, he's like a national grid.

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-He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya. Hello. Hiya.

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APPLAUSE

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-It's going to be fun.

-I think so.

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-I sort of secretly want everyone to win.

-Yeah.

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Even more secretly, I want Lorraine and Anne to win.

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Don't you? That'd be nice. That's what the fans want to see, isn't it?

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-Definitely.

-I'm worried about question one with a couple of our pairs.

-Oh!

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-Don't say this!

-Is it one of those questions where it might be evenly spread, the despair?

-No.

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It's one of those questions where there will be little pockets of despair and pockets of elation.

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Thank you, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,

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but we want the obscure answers that they didn't get.

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To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot, our celebrities need to score as few points as possible.

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Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew

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and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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As today's show is a celebrity special and each celebrity is playing for a nominated charity,

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we start off with a jackpot of £2,500.

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There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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In this first round each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

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The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

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If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those.

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Our first category today is...

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It's football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds

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to name as many teams that have lost an FA Cup Final as they could.

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Teams that have lost an FA Cup Final. Richard?

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We're looking for any team that has been a runner-up in an FA Cup Final from the first competition in 1872

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right up to and including the 2012 Final, so any team that's ever lost an FA Cup Final.

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They might have won in other years as well, but any team that's ever lost an FA Cup Final. Best of luck.

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Lorraine and Anne, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.

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So these are football teams that have lost an FA Cup Final.

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-Arsenal.

-Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

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It's right.

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Very well done, Anne. Still going down...

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31.

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-APPLAUSE

-There we are.

-Well done.

-Brilliant.

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31.

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Very well done, Anne. They've lost seven finals in their history, but they've won ten.

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More importantly. Now then, Neil, the most obscure team to have lost an FA Cup Final...

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I went to an FA Cup Final and saw Manchester United beat Crystal Palace,

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so I'm going to go Crystal Palace.

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Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Crystal Palace.

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6!

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-APPLAUSE

-Wahey!

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Very well done, Neil.

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-6 for Crystal Palace.

-Well played, Neil. That's a great answer.

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Lost in 1990 to Man United, as you say, in a replay after a 3-3 draw in the first one.

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Andy, what is the most obscure team that has lost an FA Cup Final that you can think of?

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Aston Villa?

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Aston Villa, says Andy. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

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Absolutely right.

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10.

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APPLAUSE

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Not a bad score whatsoever, Andy. 10 for Aston Villa.

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Well played, Andy. Lost three finals. They won seven though, but not so much lately.

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Thank you, Richard. Now then, Kelli...

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-Is this good for you?

-No, it's terrible. It's the worst possible question for me,

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so I'm going to say Tottenham.

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Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Tottenham Hotspur.

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Absolutely right.

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27.

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APPLAUSE

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-27 for Spurs.

-They've only ever lost one final. They've won eight of them, Tottenham.

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Well, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a little look at our scores.

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Oh, Neil, 6, lovely, lovely low score, then we go up to 10 where we find Andy and Joel,

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up to 27 where we find Kelli and Michelle, and then just up a touch to 31.

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Now then, Lorraine, luckily I know that you have a fantastic knowledge of obscure FA Cup-losing teams.

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Very best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

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OK, we are looking for names of football teams that have lost an FA Cup Final.

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Now then, Michelle, the high scorers are Lorraine and Anne on 31. You're on 27.

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If you can score 3 or less, you'll be through to the next round for sure.

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-I'll go with Everton.

-Let's see if Everton is right and if it is, how many people said it.

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It's right, Michelle.

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22.

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-APPLAUSE

-That's OK.

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There we are.

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22, not a bad score at all. It takes your total up to 49. Very well done.

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They've lost more FA Cup Finals than any other team. Sorry to bring that up, Evertonians - eight finals.

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Wow! OK.

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Wow, wow, wow. Now then, Joel...

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The high scorers are now Kelli and Michelle on 49. You're on 10.

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A score of 38 or less sees you through to the next round.

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-I've been stewing it over in my head.

-Mm-hm.

-And I am a big Fulham fan.

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And I think, this is clutching at straws, that we did lose to West Ham in like 1967.

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So I'm going to go Fulham, but I'm nervous. I want to be adventurous.

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-OK.

-Play the game.

-Go on, son.

-Fulham, says Joel.

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There's your red line. You've got to get below that with Fulham.

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Fulham, is it right, how many people said it?

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It's right. Very well played, Joel.

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And you are through.

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3!

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-APPLAUSE

-What about that?

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Only the lowest score of the round so far, Joel!

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3 for Fulham.

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-Who'd have thought Fulham would be the best answer we could have had?

-Gosh!

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You're quite right, they lost to West Ham, but in 1975 it was.

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-Very good. Fulham, Fulham, well done, well done.

-Come on, you whites!

-Come on, you whites!

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Now, Emma, you're on 6. The high scorers on 49 are Michelle and Kelli.

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-Joel's staring me out.

-If you can score 42 or less, you are through to the next round.

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No-one has scored 42 yet, to give you some idea.

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The only team, really, that I have any kind of loyalty to

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is my dad's team, West Ham.

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West Ham, says Emma. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said West Ham.

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It's right.

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You've done it.

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Still going down. 12, look at that!

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-APPLAUSE

-Very, very well done, Emma. 12 takes your total up to 18.

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-Thank you, Dad!

-Thank you to my dad. How brilliant that he supports a losing team!

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-A winning losing team.

-A winning losing team. Well played, Emma.

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They lost two finals, including the first ever Wembley final.

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-We come now to the moment of truth. Lorraine...

-Oh, dear me!

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You're not the high scorers. The high scorers are Michelle and Kelli on 49. You're on 31.

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If you can find a team that scores 17 or less, you are through to the next round.

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Once upon a time when my lovely boyfriend was alive, we did support a team,

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but I can't imagine them getting as far as the FA Cup.

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I'm trying to think of the last match that was played at The Den and think maybe that team might have...

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-Newcastle?

-Newcastle, says Lorraine.

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-Joel thinks that's hilarious.

-No, just because she said The Den and then Newcastle.

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-Well, that was the last one that Millwall did against...

-OK, Newcastle, is it right?

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Please be right and please go down below 17. Newcastle...

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It's right. It's right, Lorraine, look. Where is it going to stop?

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Down it goes.

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You've done it! 8!

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APPLAUSE

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-Absolutely brilliant. Very well done. 39!

-Oh, sorry.

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39. 8 for Newcastle, only the third lowest score of the whole round, Lorraine.

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-Absolutely exemplary play.

-If I had said Millwall, would that have been one an' all?

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Yeah, it would have scored 6 points. Lost in 2004 to Man United.

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-There you are, two choices!

-Newcastle United lost seven finals.

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Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There's ten of them.

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Well done if you said any of these.

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Clapham Rovers lost one final in 1879, also won a final.

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Old Etonians lost four FA Cup Finals. Now they're running the country!

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LAUGHTER

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Oxford University lost three finals.

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Queen's Park, the Scottish team, lost two finals and Sheffield United lost two finals.

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Bristol City was the other pointless answer.

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We got no incorrect answers there.

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-I'm not sure we've done a celebrity special without an incorrect answer in Round One.

-Never.

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Our losing pair with the highest score is Kelli and Michelle.

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I'm so sorry. Listen, Kelli, you get to sit down.

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I could do with a seat. I'm boiling under these lights!

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But 49 is a brilliant score. That shouldn't be a losing score at all.

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Yeah, we got right answers, so I'm really happy.

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-I'm happy that we got it right and we can go home with our head held high.

-Definitely.

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-Michelle and Kelli, thanks so much for joining us. It's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you.

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But for the remaining three celebrity pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

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There's only room for two celebrity pairs in our head-to-head round,

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so one team in front of me now will be leaving us at the end of this next round.

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The category for Round Two is...

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Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

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OK, so our question concerns...

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-Richard?

-On each pass, we'll show you the names of six characters from children's books.

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Tell us the name of the author who created them.

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A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will be 100 points.

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There will be 12 characters in all, 12 authors to guess at home.

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Thanks, Richard. We are looking for the authors who created these characters and we have got...

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I'll read those one last time.

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There we are, six characters from children's literature.

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Just give me the author who created the most obscure one on the board you can name.

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What are you thinking, Lorraine?

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Right, so I know Shere Khan is from Jungle Book.

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I believe it's Disney, but I don't know who wrote it,

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so I'll say Disney.

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-OK, Disney for Shere Khan. Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

-No.

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-I knew it wasn't.

-Bad luck, Lorraine, I'm afraid an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.

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-But who knows what might happen yet in the round?

-All right.

-Neil...

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Yeah, um...

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I'm going to choose Caractacus Pott.

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Now, I think Caractacus Pott was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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and I think Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, amazingly, was written by James Bond's creator Ian Fleming,

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so I'm going to go Caractacus Pott, Ian Fleming.

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Caractacus Pott, Ian Fleming, says Neil. Is that right? How many people knew that answer?

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Absolutely right, Neil. Very well done.

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7.

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-That is brilliant.

-There we go, 7.

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Fabulous score.

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Great answer, Neil. Great answer in Round One and in Round Two.

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Ian Fleming did James Bond and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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The film was also produced by the James Bond producer, Cubby Broccoli.

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Joel, you're the last person to have this board, so you can fill in all the bits we don't have.

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-I know two.

-OK, tell us the two you know.

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I don't even know... Is Tom Sawyer Charles Dickens?

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I'm not going for that. I'm going for Shere Khan because that's the only one I properly know.

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Shere Khan, I think, is Rudyard Kipling as it is from The Jungle Book.

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Rudyard Kipling, Shere Khan. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

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Absolutely right.

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22. Not bad at all.

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APPLAUSE

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-22.

-Well played, Joel. You knew it the second he said it, Lorraine, Rudyard Kipling?

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Don't you just want to spit?

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Not here!

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Caractacus Potts is his name in the film, but in the book created by Ian Fleming, he's Caractacus Pott.

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-Let's go through the rest of this board. Mr Bump?

-Roger Hargreaves.

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Absolutely, author of the Mr Men series. Would have scored 18 points.

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-Tom Sawyer, it's not Charles Dickens, it's Mark Twain.

-My girlfriend will kill me!

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19 points. Fungus The Bogeyman?

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-Raymond Briggs.

-The wonderful Raymond Briggs. Would have scored 3.

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And Dickon Sowerby is a pointless answer. Do you know Dickon Sowerby?

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-Is it from The Secret Garden?

-It is from The Secret Garden.

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-Thingy Hodgson Thingy Bennett.

-Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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A pointless answer. Well done if you got that at home and if you went through the board.

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Very good. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores as they stand.

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Neil and Emma are on 7, up to 22 where we find Joel and Andy,

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-then quite a hike to 100, Lorraine, where we find you and Anne.

-Disaster struck!

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Disaster might strike someone else in the next pass and maybe Anne will find a pointless answer.

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We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

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We'll put six more characters from children's literature on the board and we have got...

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I'll read those all one last time.

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We are looking for the authors who created these characters

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and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

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Andy, you're on 22. The high scorers are Anne and Lorraine on 100. 77 or less will see you through.

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I guess the one I feel most comfortable with

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might not be the pointless answer. It would be Tracy Beaker.

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-By Jacqueline Wilson?

-Jacqueline Wilson, you are saying, for Tracy Beaker.

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Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it. There's your red line.

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Below that, comfortably through.

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You've done it.

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Still doing it... 12.

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-Look at that. 12 takes your total up to 34.

-APPLAUSE

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Very, very well done.

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Well done, Andy. Yeah, the wonderful Jacqueline Wilson, the Children's Laureate from 2005 to 2007.

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Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Emma...

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We are looking for the authors who created these children's literature characters.

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-I'm fairly confident on one, I think.

-Good.

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Jemima Puddle-Duck. Beatrix Potter.

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Beatrix Potter, says Emma. You're on seven. The high scorers, Anne and Lorraine, remain on 100.

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You want to be scoring 92 or less. Is it right? How many said it?

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Absolutely right. And you are through.

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33.

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Takes your total up to a lovely, round 40.

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-Beatrix Potter.

-Very well played. It's sad that Jemima Puddle-Duck has knocked Lorraine and Anne out.

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Of all the things it could have been. That's a job for the Gruffalo.

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Not Jemima Puddle-Duck. Really, Jemima?

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What a shame!

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-Ah, well.

-We'll have to finish the round.

-I guess we will.

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-Anne, the sad news is the writing is already on the wall.

-Yes.

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Even before your answer.

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However, maybe there's a pointless answer that you might know and you can leave a little bequest

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for our remaining two pairs.

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-The only Matilda character from my childhood was written by Hilaire Belloc.

-OK.

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-Is that your answer?

-That's my answer.

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Hilaire Belloc, you are saying. Is it right? How many people said it?

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It's wrong.

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Bad luck, Anne. I'm sorry to say that is an incorrect answer and takes your total up to 200.

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-I'm sorry.

-That's all right.

-There's two wonderful Matildas.

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-One Hilaire Belloc and one by Roald Dahl.

-I should have known that!

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Now a musical in the West End. It would have scored 17 points.

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-Alexander, do you know the rest? Cruella de Vil?

-The Dalmatians.

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Absolutely right. So who wrote 101 Dalmatians?

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-It's a tricky one. A book everybody knows...

-I know it.

-Dodie Smith.

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-Dodie Smith! There we go.

-Would have scored four.

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-The Gruffalo?

-Julia Donaldson.

-Absolutely right. Every parent in the country is shouting it.

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Six points. And Ugenia Lavender is a pointless answer.

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-One of those celebrity children's authors.

-Oh, I know...!

-Any idea?

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-Geri Halliwell.

-Geri Halliwell. Absolutely right.

-Who got that?

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-Me.

-Andy. Oh, Andy and Emma.

-And Emma, my dear.

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-Very well done if you got all those at home.

-Splendid. Thanks, Richard.

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-So the losing celebrity pair, I'm sorry, it's Lorraine and Anne.

-Yes, sadly.

-Oh, dear.

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-That wasn't a good round for you.

-No!

-I thought you'd have it sewn up.

-I was amazed to get the football,

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-so I'm feeling all right.

-You've done incredibly well, but this is where we say goodbye.

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-Thank you both so much.

-Bye-bye!

-Thank you.

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But for the remaining two celebrity pairs, it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.

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Congratulations, Joel and Andy, Neil and Emma.

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You are only one round from the final and a chance to play for that jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

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You're now going to go head to head and the first pair to win two questions will be playing

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for the jackpot. The great news is you can now confer. From here on in, you are teams.

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Let's play Head to Head.

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OK, here comes your first question and it concerns... creepy crawlies.

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-Creepy crawlies. Richard?

-We'll show you five photos of insects.

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You have to identify them and pick the most obscure. Good luck.

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OK, very good. Let's reveal our five photos of insects. We have got...

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OK, there we are. Five photos of insects.

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-Joel and Andy, you go first.

-OK.

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I think we're going to go for E.

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-Prying mantis?

-Praying.

-The praying mantis.

-Yes.

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Praying mantis. A prying mantis would be quite good.

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-The prying mantis I can live without.

-Moving leaves aside.

-Yeah.

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Neil and Emma.

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-B we think is stick insect.

-Yes.

-D we think no one would know,

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-but, to be fair, we don't either.

-We don't know what it is!

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-I think C is a mosquito.

-I think C IS mosquito.

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-I think more people would probably go...

-Stick insect.

-Than mosquito.

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Let's say C, mosquito.

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-More kids have a stick insect.

-I think so.

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-Yeah, fewer kids keep mosquitos.

-LAUGHTER

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-Not willingly. They're not a cute pet, let's be honest.

-Fair enough.

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-OK, there we are.

-C, mosquito.

-Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

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Right, then, Joel and Andy, you have gone for praying mantis. You said E is a praying mantis.

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Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

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Well, it's right.

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53!

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53 for the praying mantis. Now then, Neil and Emma, what do you think? 53.

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-Mosquito is where on that?

-A little bit lower, maybe.

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Let's find out. Is it right, firstly? And if it is, how many people said it?

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It's right.

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Will it go lower than 53? 54!

0:27:370:27:40

-Would you believe it?!

-Are you kidding me?!

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Very well done.

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-After your first question, Joel and Andy are up one-nil.

-This is tough, man.

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That was very close. Well played. Let's look at the rest of them.

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A would have won you the points. That is a cockroach.

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It would have scored you 31 points.

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You were right to avoid stick insect. That would have scored a fairly massive 87 points.

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And the best answer, it won't surprise you to learn, is D,

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which is, as everyone at home will tell you, a giraffe weevil.

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-A giraffe weevil!

-It would have scored 2 points.

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Look at the mechanics there. Amazing.

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It's hard to tell there, but it's actually the size of a giraffe.

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It's on an enormous leaf there.

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Here's your second question. Neil and Emma, you have to win this to stay in the game. Simple as that.

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-It concerns...

-Don't look at them!

-..soup.

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-Soup?

-OK!

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You don't get questions on soup on other quiz shows. We'll give you five soups in anagram form.

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Can you solve the anagrams and pick the most obscure? Good luck.

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OK, here we are. Five anagrams of soups and we have got...

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HE READS THE LIST

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I'll read those one last time.

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There we are. Five soups. Neil and Emma, you go first.

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-Crikey!

-No, I think...

-The bottom one?

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-Guilty Lawman.

-Guilty Lawman.

0:29:300:29:33

-I think it's mulligatawny.

-Mulligatawny, Guilty Lawman.

0:29:330:29:38

-Now then, Joel and Andy, talk us through the board as you're thinking.

-Oh, well...

0:29:380:29:43

-Oxtail. I think that's the best one.

-That's all we've got, really.

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OK, oxtail, you are saying, for Oil Tax.

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So we have mulligatawny and oxtail.

0:29:520:29:55

Neil and Emma, you have to win this.

0:29:550:29:57

Mulligatawny you are saying for Guilty Lawman. Is it right?

0:29:570:30:02

It's right.

0:30:030:30:05

Keep going, keep going...

0:30:050:30:08

Down it goes. Still going down. Look at that - 14!

0:30:080:30:11

Oh!

0:30:130:30:14

Not bad at all. Mulligatawny. Really not bad.

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Oil Tax, oxtail, say Joel and Andy. Is that going to beat 14?

0:30:190:30:24

Is it right? How many said oxtail?

0:30:240:30:26

It's right.

0:30:270:30:29

-Oh, 78!

-We were resigned to that.

0:30:290:30:32

-Even Stevens. We like this.

-Very well done, Neil and Emma.

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You're back in the game. After two questions, you're one-all.

0:30:370:30:41

Very well done. The other three would all have won you the point.

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-Oh Sissy Vice - know that?

-Vichyssoise.

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-Of course!

-Eight points. Do you know Confined Horn?

0:30:490:30:53

Everybody will know it when I say it. It only scores one point.

0:30:530:30:57

-French Onion.

-Of course it is! There we are.

0:30:570:31:01

French Onion. Well done, everyone. And Bathe Pal is a pointless answer.

0:31:010:31:07

It's alphabet soup.

0:31:070:31:09

Oh, God! Which is, essentially, what the whole round has been.

0:31:090:31:14

Now then, OK. The decider. Whoever wins this question plays for that money for their charity.

0:31:140:31:20

OK, here comes the third question and it concerns...

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-Mexico.

-My favourite country.

-From insects to soup to Mexico. That's why it's difficult to revise.

0:31:240:31:31

We're going to show you five clues to facts about Mexico.

0:31:310:31:35

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

0:31:350:31:39

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Mexico. We have got...

0:31:390:31:44

HE READS THE LIST

0:31:450:31:47

I'll read those all one last time.

0:31:590:32:01

OK, there we are. Five facts about Mexico.

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Joel and Andy, you go first.

0:32:180:32:21

-I have a feeling I know when the Olympics was held.

-I have a feeling I know the dog.

-Go for the dog.

0:32:210:32:27

OK, this is a wild guess and I'm sure it's not right,

0:32:270:32:31

-but is...

-Should we not go for the safest option?

-OK.

0:32:310:32:36

The country it shares its border with is the most obvious, but it's one we know - USA.

0:32:360:32:42

-OK, the country it shares its shortest border with - the United States.

-It's not short.

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I don't know. Do you know how long the other borders are? Neil and Emma?

0:32:510:32:56

-Em...

-Which one do you want?

-We'll go for the state that shares its name with a dog breed.

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-We both knew that. Chihuahua.

-Chihuahua.

0:33:020:33:05

-Chihuahua.

-Why didn't we go for that?!

-You don't listen to me!

0:33:050:33:09

OK, Joel and Andy, in the order they were given, Joel and Andy have said

0:33:090:33:15

-the border was the United States.

-Oh, Joel.

0:33:150:33:18

Joel, Joel.

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No. I'm afraid, as you know, an incorrect answer. Neil and Emma,

0:33:210:33:27

all you have to be is right and you are through. Chihuahua - is it right? That's all we need.

0:33:270:33:33

-Beagle.

-Absolutely right.

0:33:330:33:36

Well done.

0:33:360:33:38

Oh, and down it goes. 27.

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For what it was worth, it was 27 points.

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But it only needed to be correct and it was, so Neil and Emma are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

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Sorry, Joel and Andy. Not America. It's actually got a border of 156 miles with Belize.

0:33:550:34:02

-I knew that!

-That would have scored three points. Its border with America is JUST bigger(!)

0:34:020:34:09

-A little bit.

-Nearly 2,000 miles long.

0:34:090:34:12

-LAUGHTER

-But, you know...

0:34:120:34:15

What were you going to say for the year they held the Olympics?

0:34:150:34:20

You said '80. I think it was either Moscow or Montreal that was '80.

0:34:200:34:24

-Moscow was '80.

-'84?

0:34:240:34:27

-'86 was the World Cup in Mexico.

-Ah, right. '70?

-'70 was the World Cup in Brazil. '68.

0:34:270:34:34

-Mexico Olympics.

-EMMA: Close.

0:34:340:34:37

That would have scored 10 points. Main unit of currency is the biggest answer. Alexander?

0:34:370:34:43

-Pesos.

-Peso, yeah.

-Oh, the peso, of course.

0:34:430:34:47

That would have scored 33. And the conquistador? Cortes.

0:34:470:34:51

It would have scored 9 points. So Belize was the best answer. Very well done if you got that.

0:34:510:34:57

So the losing pair, I'm sorry, Joel and Andy.

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No Blue Peter badge for you guys.

0:35:010:35:04

-I've got a gold one!

-Take it off!

0:35:040:35:07

It's been nothing but a pleasure.

0:35:070:35:10

You've been fantastic. Thank you so much for coming on.

0:35:100:35:15

Thanks for having us. Good luck.

0:35:150:35:18

But for Neil and Emma it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Neil and Emma. You saw off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:35:270:35:33

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities and it stands at £2,500.

0:35:390:35:46

-Well, listen. Very closely fought, but you've triumphed, vanquished.

-We're here.

-You've conquistadored!

0:35:500:35:57

-Ready.

-We're ready.

-The rules are very simple.

-OK.

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To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. We haven't had any so far.

0:36:010:36:07

You only have to find one now to get that money for your charities.

0:36:070:36:12

First, choose a category and you have a choice of five options.

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-I...I think it should be...

-We should go...

-British Musicians.

0:36:240:36:29

-Yes, because I think you will know that answer. No pressure!

-I SHOULD know that.

0:36:290:36:35

-And if you don't, I don't have to feel bad.

-British Musicians.

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The very best of luck. Let's find out what the question is.

0:36:400:36:44

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Phil Collins UK Top 40 singles as they could.

0:36:440:36:52

-Richard?

-We're looking for any single released by Phil Collins which has reached the UK Top 40

0:36:520:36:58

-prior to May 2012. With double A sides, we'll accept either answer.

-OK.

0:36:580:37:05

Nothing when he was part of a group. Just solo UK Top 40 singles. Very best of luck.

0:37:050:37:11

I can't help thinking this has fallen into your lap. You have one minute to get three answers.

0:37:110:37:17

All you need to win that £2,500 for your charities is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

0:37:170:37:23

-Ready?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

0:37:230:37:29

-He did a movie that I loved the song off.

-OK, Buster. And that was... OK.

0:37:290:37:36

He did that one. One that I think will be quite obscure is the one he did with Phil Bailey, Easy Lover.

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Yes, Easy Lover. Definitely. That was one I was thinking.

0:37:430:37:48

-He did a beautiful duet with Marilyn Martin called Separate Lives.

-Yes.

-From a beautiful film.

0:37:480:37:54

And there's another film he did. The great love song that he did. I can't think.

0:37:540:38:00

Oh, gosh. OK, Groovy Kind of Love was another big one he did. That was a cover version.

0:38:000:38:07

He did that from Buster. In The Air Tonight, the one with the drums from the Cadbury advert.

0:38:070:38:12

-That's probably quite popular.

-I want to think of that film. I loved that film!

-OK...

0:38:120:38:18

-10 seconds.

-Another Day In Paradise. He's had so many hit songs.

-Is that too obvious?

0:38:180:38:24

-I think that's a big one for him. My goodness. It's pathetic.

-OK, that's time.

0:38:240:38:30

Phil Collins Top 40 singles. I now need your three answers.

0:38:300:38:34

-I would go for Easy Lover.

-Yes, and the one with Marilyn...

-Marilyn Martin. Separate Lives.

-Yes.

0:38:340:38:42

-And I think maybe Groovy Kind of Love.

-Groovy Kind of Love.

-OK, there are the three.

0:38:420:38:49

-Which do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless?

-Groovy Kind of Love is our least confident one.

0:38:490:38:55

-OK, we'll put it first, then.

-Yeah, OK.

-And Easy Lover last?

-In the middle.

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-In the middle.

-And Separate Lives. If we lose, we'll be leading separate lives!

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Going our separate ways with our trophies, never speaking again.

0:39:050:39:10

OK, let's put them up in that order. We have got...

0:39:100:39:14

OK. We were looking for Phil Collins Top 40 singles.

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Groovy Kind of Love. You only need one pointless answer to win that £2,500 jackpot.

0:39:220:39:29

How many people said A Groovy Kind of Love? It has to be right and pointless.

0:39:290:39:34

OK, well, it's right.

0:39:360:39:38

We now need to see how far down it's going to go. This will show us how much our 100 people know.

0:39:380:39:45

Still going down. Single figures! There we go - seven! Seven!

0:39:450:39:50

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but quite a good indicator.

0:39:500:39:55

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. Neil, what's your charity?

0:39:550:40:00

-Prostate Cancer charity for me.

-Emma?

-Mine is a brand-new charity I'm patron of called Alice's Escapes.

0:40:000:40:08

Very, very well done. Good. Two excellent, excellent charities.

0:40:080:40:13

Let's see what your next answer does. Phil Collins Top 40 singles. Your next answer was Easy Lover.

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For £2,500, how many people said Easy Lover?

0:40:220:40:26

OK, it's right. A Groovy Kind of Love took us all the way to seven.

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Easy Lover, which so many people might have forgotten.

0:40:320:40:36

If this goes all the way to zero...

0:40:360:40:39

-Oh, no!

-No!

-Five!

0:40:390:40:42

-I can't bear it!

-You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

0:40:420:40:47

-Everything is riding on Separate Lives.

-Please, please.

0:40:470:40:52

Your third shot at that jackpot of £2,500. How many people said it?

0:40:520:40:57

-It's right.

-It's right.

0:40:590:41:02

It's right. So A Groovy Kind of Love took us down to seven. Easy Lover then down to five.

0:41:020:41:08

Here we have Separate Lives. It's still going down. Come on!

0:41:080:41:12

-Oh, no!

-No!

0:41:120:41:15

-Oh, no!

-I can't bear it!

-Who was that person?!

0:41:160:41:21

-That's Phil Collins.

-You didn't find that all-important pointless answer,

0:41:240:41:28

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

0:41:280:41:33

However, as it's a celebrity special, we will donate £500 to each pair for their charities.

0:41:330:41:39

-Oh, good.

-There's something.

-Thank you very much.

-Very kind.

0:41:390:41:44

-Come on.

-I'm really sorry. That was a terrific three answers.

0:41:490:41:53

You played so well throughout and don't deserve to have left without the pointless answer.

0:41:530:41:59

You'll have played a lot of these. Let's take a look.

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Both Sides of the Story, that was a Top 10 hit.

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Hang In Long Enough, If Leaving Me Is Easy,

0:42:080:42:12

I Missed Again was a pointless answer, It's In Your Eyes, I Wish It Would Rain Down.

0:42:120:42:18

-That's a good one.

-Something Happened On The Way To Heaven was pointless.

-You'll Be In My Heart!

0:42:180:42:24

-The song he won the Oscar for from Tarzan.

-That's the one.

0:42:240:42:29

Every Day and Home both pointless. Ones you could have got,

0:42:290:42:35

but you did terrifically well. Well done if you got any at home.

0:42:350:42:39

-Bad luck. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, but it's been fabulous.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Brilliant contestants.

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APPLAUSE

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All that remains is for me to say thank you to all our celebrities - Michelle, Kelli, Lorraine, Anne,

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Joel and Andy and, of course, our brilliant finalists Neil and Emma.

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Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

0:43:010:43:05

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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