0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:26 > 0:00:27and a very warm welcome to this
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Sports Personality of the Year edition of Pointless Celebrities -
0:00:31 > 0:00:33the show where the aim of the game is
0:00:33 > 0:00:35to find the most obscure answers possible.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Couple number one.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44My name's Geoff Thomas,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and I received the Helen Rollason award back in 2005.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm Jayne Torvill, and together with my partner, Chris,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55we won the Sports Personality of the Year award in 1984.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Couple number two.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Hi, I'm Paula Radcliffe
0:01:02 > 0:01:06and I won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I'm Mary Peters and I won Sports Personality of the Year in 1972.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Couple number three.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Hello, I'm Robin Cousins
0:01:19 > 0:01:23and I won Sports Personality of the Year in 1980.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Hello, I'm Fatima Whitbread and I won in 1987.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33And finally, couple number four.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Hi, I'm Maggie Alphonsi and I was part of the team that won
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Team of the Year in 2014.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I'm Greg Rusedski, I won Sports Personality of the Year in 1997,
0:01:43 > 0:01:44a long time ago.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50We'll chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56He's got the largest trophy cabinet you have ever seen.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Slightly ostentatious for a 100 metres breaststroke medal,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01but there we are. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Hiya! Hi, everyone.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Good evening to you.- Good evening.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- How are you?- I'm very well. - This is fun, isn't it?- Isn't it!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Everyone here has won an award at Sports Personality of the Year.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13- That's quite impressive.- Yeah.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And I brought along my own Sports Personality of the Year which,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18as you remember, I won in '89.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Yes.- For that time I was in a pub in Oxford and there was a German guy
0:02:22 > 0:02:24and it's winner stays on.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27And this German guy was beating everybody, everybody.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30He was really good. And I went and beat him,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32so we got the table for the evening
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37to the annoyance of David Beckham.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40But there it is. It's going to be a lovely show.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42We've had many people here on before, but some newcomers.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Paula Radcliffe is new, Geoff Thomas, we welcome, podium four,
0:02:45 > 0:02:46two newcomers there.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Quite a strong team there on podium four, I think.- Mm.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Very strong team.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53So it should be a cracker. If you stay in long enough,
0:02:53 > 0:02:54there'll be some sports stuff.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56We're not going to start with sport though.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- That would be crazy.- OK.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Will it?- Yes.- Yes, I think, maybe.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, as usual, all of today's
0:03:03 > 0:03:05questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Our contestants here looking for those all-important pointless
0:03:08 > 0:03:11answers, these are answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Now, as today's show is a celebrity special and each of our celebrities
0:03:17 > 0:03:19is playing for a nominated charity,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23we are going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24There we are.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37So, as ever, it's the pair with the highest score at the end of each
0:03:37 > 0:03:40round that we will be eliminating, the pair with the highest score.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42So keep your scores nice and low and it'll be absolutely fine.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45No conferring, of course, till we get to the head-to-head round,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48and apart from that, best of luck to all four pairs.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Our first category this evening is...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Song titles. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59who's going to go second. And whoever's going first,
0:03:59 > 0:04:00please step up to the podium.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06OK. And our question concerns...
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you a series of song titles on each
0:04:15 > 0:04:17board, and they are all Top 40 UK hits.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19They've all got repeated words in their title.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21But we've missed out what those repeated words are.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Can you fill in those gaps, please?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Excellent, thank you very much indeed.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28OK, let's reveal our board of songs with repeated words omitted.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And here they are.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31What's missing from this?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Jayne, welcome back to Pointless.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Now, Jayne, you've been to the second round, I think, haven't you?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- But never beyond the second round? - Yes. No.- Maybe this is the time!
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- I doubt it.- Maybe this is the time.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Now, you and Chris, when you won Sports Personality of the Year,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I think you're the only people
0:05:15 > 0:05:17to share a prize in the award's history.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Is that right?- Well, we were lucky enough to win it twice,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24because we won in 1984, but we also won the team award as well.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Of course.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Yeah.- What happens with the trophy?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I mean, do you share that?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Do you have six months of it in your house, and six months with Chris?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34The team award, we got one each.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Very nice.- But the other one, we didn't.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37So I've got them.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39LAUGHTER
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I like the fact, just before the show,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43everyone was looking to find their names on this trophy.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Just to make sure they really are there. It's Jayne and Christopher, 1984.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Oh, that's nice.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's very sharp, this. Gary Lineker cut himself on it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52On the last Sports Personality of the Year.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- But I have yet to cut myself. - Wow.- Because I'm a professional.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56You could actually clone Gary Lineker
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- from a little bit of his DNA. - Could do, have done!
0:06:00 > 0:06:03The money I'm making out of crisp advertising is unbelievable.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04LAUGHTER
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Now, Jayne, you and Chris, you appeared in a pantomime last year.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Yes, we did, in Manchester.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12And we loved it so much, we're doing it again this year in Bristol.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13How are you doing that? You're skating?
0:06:13 > 0:06:17We're on roller blades, off ice skates. Yeah.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Wow. Is that almost the same thing?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22It's almost. The biggest thing is that they are so much heavier than
0:06:22 > 0:06:25ice skates, so you really notice the difference, yeah.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I suppose you can't really get any lateral movement?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- Or maybe you can?- I've tried it, it doesn't work. No.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Boom!- Blimey, you've got to be careful!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Jayne, now, what about our board of repeated word song titles?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37What do you want to go for?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I'm going to go for the Beatles,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Please Please Me.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Please Please Me, says Jayne.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Jayne.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Please Please Me.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Well, it's right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:5454.
0:06:54 > 0:06:5654, not a bad start to the round.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Yes, solid start from the album of the same name, Please Please Me,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03which the Beatles recorded in one day
0:07:03 > 0:07:05and was at number one for 30 weeks.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08And it only got knocked off number one by With The Beatles,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10which then was number one for 21 weeks.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11- How about that?- How about that!
0:07:11 > 0:07:14They're good, the Beatles. You should check them out.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Oh, yeah, thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- Thank you. Mary, welcome back. - Thank you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Now, you were the first-ever winner of Sports Personality of the Year
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- from Northern Ireland.- I was, yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28It's bit of history. I received my trophy from the Princess Royal,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30who won it the previous year.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Is it the previous winner who then hands over always?
0:07:32 > 0:07:33- Not always.- Not always.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- But on that occasion. - But actually, last year,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- you were on the judging panel, weren't you?- I was.- How was that?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Very difficult.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- It must have been.- I think there were 15 judges and we all had
0:07:43 > 0:07:47a different opinion, but we came out with the right result in the end.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Are you locked in until you've reached your conclave of...?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Absolutely. - I suppose everybody's watched,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56you don't need to be reminded of the contenders, do you?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59No, if you've been in sports, you follow it for the rest of your life.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Absolutely. Mary, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07I wouldn't like to go for any of them, but I've chosen Vera Lynn,
0:08:07 > 0:08:08My Love, My Love.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10My Love, My Love, says Mary.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Let's see how many of our 100 people went for My Love, My Love.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Oh, Paula, I'm sorry!
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Ooh! An incorrect answer.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Mary. Not My Love, My Love.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Yeah, I'm sorry, Mary,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27we'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31although lovely on the show to have a dame giving a dame as an answer,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- even though it was wrong.- But the dame-to-dame crossover is nice,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- isn't it?- Yes. Two dames don't make a right.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- No.- It turns out.- In this case, no.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Now, Fatima, welcome back.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Fatima, when you won, you'd come second the year before, hadn't you?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Yeah, actually, it was quite fascinating because I came second to
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Nigel Mansell, who won the...
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Who didn't win the World Championship that year.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56He had a blowout, a tyre blowout.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00In '86, I broke the World Record and the next day,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I went back and won the European gold.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06In 1987, the year I actually won, was...
0:09:06 > 0:09:09fortunately for me, it was Britain's only gold medal that year,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13so it was a fantastic achievement, if I say so myself.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Do they let you know?
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Is there any sort of indication that you might have won?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22They don't say, "Worth turning up, Fatima"?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25No, I mean, obviously, at the end of the day, they ask
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I think the top six to get ready and prepare a speech of some sort.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Yeah. Having come second the year before, I mean, were you thinking,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33"Well, I'm not going to bother with a speech."
0:09:33 > 0:09:35"Well, it's all about last year, actually."
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Yeah, just crossed some of the words out.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Very, very exciting indeed.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42You took the trophy home.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It was a fantastic achievement
0:09:45 > 0:09:48for me because I'd always set my sights quite high and, in fact,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52I remember Mary Peters, when Mary won the Olympic Games.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55I was 11 years old at the time, Mary, sorry to say it,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00but it actually shaped the way that I moved forward and I chose to be an
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Olympic athlete. I wasn't sure what the event was going to be,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06but I wanted to be a Mary Peters.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Oh, fantastic.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Now, Fatima, what would
0:10:09 > 0:10:13you like to go for on our board of repeated words?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Tina Charles - I Love To Love.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Love, love. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Love for that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24It's right.
0:10:24 > 0:10:2754 is our low score and you pass it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:2946 for I Love To Love. Well done.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Well played, Fatima. Yeah, number one single for Tina Charles.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Knocked off number one by Save All Your Kisses For Me
0:10:38 > 0:10:39by Brotherhood Of Man.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Now, Maggie, welcome. Welcome.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46So, Team of the Year.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Yeah.- I mean, presumably they've got to tell the team of the year if
0:10:49 > 0:10:50- they've won.- Well,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54they kind of give you an idea that you potentially could win it,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57but there's obviously a few other people who are up for the award.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59You can't have four different teams there, though.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01All the dressing rooms will have gone.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03That's very true, especially with a rugby team.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- Yeah, I know.- There's 15 of us. There's a lot of us.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Backroom staff and everything. That's an enormous number of people.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11There is, but I think what's quite interesting is that you know, sort
0:11:11 > 0:11:14of, that you're in with a good chance of winning because they come
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and film you in action, so you have an idea but it doesn't mean that
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- you're guaranteed a win. - 2014 was the year you won.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Was that the year you won the World Cup as well?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I'm glad you mentioned that. Yes.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26So, in 2014, we won the Women's Rugby World Cup.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Yeah, I know. What about that?
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Very good.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Now, it must have just been the icing on the cake.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Oh, it was amazing because women's rugby is always growing and it's
0:11:37 > 0:11:38starting to grow in profile,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41but for us to win the World Cup was fantastic.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45I chose to retire after that and now I live a life of luxury.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It was great to win it and now the game is getting bigger and better,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- now that it's in the Olympics. - Fantastic. Fantastic.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Maggie, this is your board.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55You're the last person to have it so, if you wanted to,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- you could go through all of those and fill in our blanks.- OK.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I'm going to go risky.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I'm going to go with Black Eyed Peas - Pow, Pow, Pow.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Pow, Pow, Pow, says Maggie. - Pow, Pow, Pow.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14OK. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Pow, Pow, Pow.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Punchy answer there, I have to say, Maggie,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27but I'm afraid it didn't pay off in this instance.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- 100 points for you there. - Sorry, Maggie.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I have to say, a very classy thing to do, though,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33having seen Mary get 100, just think,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36"Come on, I'm going to keep her company on 100."
0:12:36 > 0:12:38No, the answer to that one is not Pow, Pow, Pow.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40This is Basil Brush's favourite answer.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Boom, Boom, Pow.- Boom, Boom, Pow.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Black Eyed Peas. Would have scored you 18 points.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49- The top one?- Wild.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Wild, Wild West.
0:12:51 > 0:12:5262. Bowie?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Ashes.- Ashes To Ashes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Would've scored you 46. We will leave Vera Lynn for a moment.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Oasis is Little By Little.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Yeah. That would've scored you 11 points.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Vera Lynn is a pointless answer...
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And it's My Son, My Son.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Thank you very much, Richard.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12So, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a quick look at our scores.
0:13:12 > 0:13:1446 - the lowest score of the pass, Fatima.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Very well done indeed.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Fatima and Robin looking very strong at this point.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20As, I have to say, are Jayne and Geoff on 54
0:13:20 > 0:13:23because 100 is where we find Maggie and Greg, and Mary and Paula.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25So, Paula and Greg, yes,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28you're going to have to duke this one out to see who stays with us and
0:13:28 > 0:13:30who leaves at the end of the round. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32We'll come back down the line now.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40So, let's put seven more song titles up on the board, and here they are.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43We have got...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04I'm going to read those all again.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Greg...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Yes.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- Great to have you here.- Thank you. - Now, Greg, when you won,
0:14:24 > 0:14:28you were the first-ever male tennis player to pick that trophy up.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Yeah, it was in 1997.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I got to the US Open finals that year.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34There was a certain rivalry with myself and Tim Henman during that
0:14:34 > 0:14:37period, where we were vying for the British number one spot,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40so it was a great period in tennis and we're very fortunate that a
0:14:40 > 0:14:43certain guy by the name of Andy Murray has come along to surpass
0:14:43 > 0:14:45everything that we've done. So, British tennis at the moment is
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- doing great.- Fantastic.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Thanks to the ground work that you put in there.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Who were your fellow nominees when you were up for the award?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I remember... Tim Henman, I finally got him for once.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57He finished second, which was very satisfying because usually he
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- always did better at Wimbledon than I did.- There you were. Presumably,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03you have to spend quite a lot of time with the other nominees.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Yeah.- Sitting around in the green room.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Is it all very good-natured back there?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Yeah, it's all very positive, all very nice.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11You don't know what's going to happen, at the end of the day.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You're not sure who's going to win, what's going to happen but what's
0:15:14 > 0:15:17great about it is that the public votes for it. As a sportswoman
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- or sportsman, it is such an honour to get it.- Yeah, fantastic.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Now, Greg, you are joint high-scorers at the moment
0:15:23 > 0:15:26with 100 points. We need a low score from you
0:15:26 > 0:15:28but you've got a brand-new, pristine board.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Oh.- What would you like to go for?
0:15:30 > 0:15:35OK, I'm going to for one that I know is going to be right,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37and I'm hoping somebody else makes a mistake.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41So, I'm going to go for Red Red Wine. UB40.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Red Red Wine, says Greg.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48No red line for you as you're joint high-scorers.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Oh.
0:15:53 > 0:15:5784. 84.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- 184 is your total.- Yeah, big score.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Correct score, but a big score, though.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Written by Neil Diamond originally, Red Red Wine.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Greg's little thing here, he's the first one on the bottom row,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Greg Rusedski. That's where you are.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10At some point, it's going to catch up.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I reckon, I've just been looking at the trophy,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14they've got 12 more years before they need a new trophy cos
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- there's only 12 more spaces left. - What if they put another tier on?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Another...- Well, I guess they're going to have to, right?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- Yeah.- Oh, yes, they'll just do that.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24That's much simpler than getting a whole new trophy.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25- Then they can do it forever. - Oh, they can.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It's going to become enormous, though.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30At the moment, Greg's got no-one next to him.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33You've got Michael Owen one side of you and no-one on the other side.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35That is a bad dinner party.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37LAUGHTER
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Thank you very much indeed. Now, Robin, welcome back.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- Thank you. - Welcome back to Pointless.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Obviously, you had your fantastic career as a figure skater,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and then you've gone on to a second career.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Just an enormous success as an impresario.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Well, pff...
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Is that the wrong word, impresario?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58It's a very nice way of putting that I have been fortunate to do
0:16:58 > 0:17:00something I love every day of my working life.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Absolutely right. You've got these production companies, haven't you?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Ice production companies.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And work with various production companies around the world.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10So, yes, I've been very lucky that I get to continue, in the afterlife,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13doing what I did in my competitive career.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15You've got two. One's called Ice Majesty.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- What's the other one called? - Ice Majesty, Electric Ice,
0:17:18 > 0:17:20and the latest project was
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- putting the herd from the Ice Age movies onto ice.- Amazing.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Well, best of luck with that.- Thank you.- The good news for you, Robin,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29you're already through. Doesn't matter if you score 100 points here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Yes.- You and Fatima will be going into Round Two.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34What would you like to go for?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36There was an iffy one, but I'm going to go for Hippy Hippy Shake -
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Swinging Blue Jeans. - Hippy Hippy Shake, says Robin.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41No red line for you, you're already through,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43but let's see how many of our 100 people said Hippy.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Look at that. Down it goes to 50.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Good score there. Taking your total up to 96.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Well played, Robin.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57The Beatles did a version of that as well.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Again, check them out if you haven't.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01I must. Yeah, everyone says they are great.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Very good. From Liverpool.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04There we are. Thank you, Richard.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Paula, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here, Paula.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11My goodness, you have won so many extraordinary awards.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13You still hold the record for women's marathon.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Where, amongst all your accolades,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19would you say Sports Personality of the Year stands?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I think it stands really, really high up there because
0:18:22 > 0:18:25it's an award that you can do, as a sports person,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28where you're used to being able to control our results and do
0:18:28 > 0:18:31the best we can, and do what we can to win something.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34With Sports Personality of the Year, you can really do nothing.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36You're just relying on the support of the public.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38That's a really good point.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I know this... We know this from Pointless Celebrities when we have
0:18:41 > 0:18:45sports personalities on. Any sort of sports personality on the show.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50The rivalry is something that is unequal to any other show we do.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52So, there you all are, and there's nothing you can do at all.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55No. No, you're just relying on people.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Is it quite relaxing? Maybe that's quite nice.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Yeah, I think it is quite relaxing.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01It's out of your control.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It makes it more of an honour.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05It's a huge honour then, to win it,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08because people have taken up the time to pick up the phone or to fill
0:19:08 > 0:19:09in the coupon and vote for you.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Fantastic. So, who do you think's going to win this year, Paula?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14THEY LAUGH
0:19:14 > 0:19:17It's going to be so tough this year.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21I think whoever you ask is going to have a really good person
0:19:21 > 0:19:25to put forward from different sports.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28To pick one above another is going to be so hard,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31because we've seen such amazing performances.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I think Tom Cairney, the Fulham captain, would be,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36to me would be a good shout.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I think he's done terrifically, just behind the striker there.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Him or Mo Farah, one of those two. - One of the two.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Paula, what would you like to go for?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46You have a target of 83 or less.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I don't know. I know that I really don't know. I have no clue.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I'm just going to have to guess, I'm afraid.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57And I'm just going to guess with It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Man's, Man's, Man's World. Complete shot in the dark for Paula there.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Here is your red line. If you can get below that red line,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04you're through to the next round.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Let's see how many of our 100 people said Man.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's right, and you're through.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Very well done indeed, Paula.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Down to 25.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Our lowest score of the entire round.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19In fact, the entire game so far.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22That's taken your total up to 125 and sees you through.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Yeah, very well done, Paula.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Written by James Brown and his then-girlfriend as well.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29They wrote it together. She came up with the title and he then,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31ironically, wrote it.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Took it over.- Nice.- But she got half the money for it, so...
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- That's good.- Yeah. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Now, Geoff, welcome to Pointless.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Good to have you here. Great Crystal Palace superstar.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Superstar.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Famously, never lost a match while wearing an England shirt.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47- Nine times. No.- But...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50all of that's been eclipsed by the fact that you are now...
0:20:50 > 0:20:53You've become a cycling charity fundraiser.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Extraordinary. You've raised millions of millions of pounds,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59and you've cycled colossal distances.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02How did this come about? What was the thing about cycling?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Really, it was...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06What could I do after football?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08My knees, my ankles, everything was shot.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Getting on a bike and engaging with various different people from all
0:21:12 > 0:21:15different walks of life and bringing them together.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Raising money but, more importantly, raising awareness about the cause.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24I was diagnosed in 2003 with blood cancer and, ever since then,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28it's working with the professors and scientists, and asking, "What next?"
0:21:28 > 0:21:34My part is to shout about it and do crazy things on bikes.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35See what happens next year.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38And you've got another ride planned, have you?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41It's in the planning stages, but very near being signed off.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43We're talking about doing all three Grand Tours next year.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- Wow.- Which is obviously Italy, France and Spain.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Yeah, it's going to be a tiring year next year.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Fantastic. Best of luck with that.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Good news, Geoff, you're already through to the next round.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57That takes a bit of pressure off. Do you fancy having a go through the
0:21:57 > 0:21:59board and answering any of those?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Not really.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05No, I think the only one I know is Bob Dylan.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I think I know. Lay Lady Lay.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Lay Lady Lay. Let's see how many people said that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13No red line for you. You're already through.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16It's right.
0:22:19 > 0:22:2143. Very good indeed.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Takes your total up to 97.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Well played, Geoff. Let's fill these in, shall we?
0:22:27 > 0:22:28We'll start at the bottom.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Say Say Say.- Say Say Say.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Would've scored you 13.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Kiss?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Crazy Crazy Nights.- Oh, of course.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Would've scored you 20.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41And the top answer is a pointless answer...
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- Round and Round. - Round and Round by New Order.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Very well done if you said that at home.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Thank you very much indeed. So, at the end of our first round,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51the pair we have to say goodbye to with their high score of 184,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Greg and Maggie, I'm afraid it is you.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Yeah, Pow, Pow, Pow.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58That's what I'm going to be ordering tonight.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Bad luck. It's been lovely having you here.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Will you please come back and play again?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Thank you for having us. - I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Thank you so much, Greg and Maggie.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08APPLAUSE
0:23:10 > 0:23:12But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19So, we're down to three pairs and, at the end of this round, obviously,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22we are going to have to say goodbye to another pair. Fatima and Robin,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25our lowest combined score there in the first round,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27so very well done. Paula, you were our lowest individual score,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30so very good indeed. It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Our category for Round Two this evening is...
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Can you all decide, in your pairs, who's going to go first,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41who's going to go second? Whoever's going first,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43please step up to the podium.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Richard.- Yeah, simply looking for the name of any nation
0:24:10 > 0:24:13which competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics
0:24:13 > 0:24:15beginning with one of those letters, please.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Any member nation of the IOC who competed at the Olympic games.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Thank you very much indeed. Jayne.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Um... I've gone completely blank.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Luxembourg.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Luxembourg, says Jayne.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said Luxembourg.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39It's right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Down it goes... Oh, look at that.
0:24:46 > 0:24:477. Very well done indeed, Jayne.
0:24:47 > 0:24:507 points for Luxembourg.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Well played, Jayne. They had ten athletes, won no medals.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Now, Paula.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- I'm going to go closer to home. I'm going to go Monaco.- Monaco.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04"Closer to home." It is home!
0:25:04 > 0:25:05Monaco, says Paula.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Let's see how many of our 100 people said Monaco.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It's right. Well, 7 for Luxembourg.
0:25:17 > 0:25:193 for Paula.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Very well done indeed.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Monaco, a great answer there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yeah, it's a terrific answer. Once again, no medals, though.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- Yet to win a medal. - How many athletes from Monaco?
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- 8,000.- Wow. - And yet not a single medal.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Fatima.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I think I'll go for Yemen.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Yemen.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44There you are. You got the Pointless buzz there, Fatima.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Yemen. Let's see how far down the Pointless column we get with that.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Yemen.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53It's right. 7's our high score.
0:25:53 > 0:25:553 is our low score.
0:25:56 > 0:25:5934 for Yemen!
0:26:01 > 0:26:03See, that's one of those weird answers.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Quite an obscure country but, the second it came up,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I thought of Yemen as well. You see Y and it comes up.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It's one of those ones that's at the forefront of your mind.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It feels like an obscure answer, but it's quite a big score.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Mm. There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:26:19 > 0:26:203, Paula, very well done.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22The best score of the pass there,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24putting Paula and Mary at the top of the table.
0:26:24 > 0:26:257's where we find Jayne and Geoff.
0:26:25 > 0:26:2734 is where we find Fatima and Robin.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Robin, let's have a nice, low score from you and see if it's
0:26:29 > 0:26:31enough to keep you in the game.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42OK. Now, Robin, there you are on 34.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Our high-scorers.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45We need a low score from you here.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I'm going to go for Macedonia.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Macedonia, says Robin.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Macedonia. No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said Macedonia.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59It's right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Well, 3 is our low score to date.
0:27:04 > 0:27:066 is what you get from Macedonia.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Very well done. Takes your total up to a nice, round 40.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Yeah, a very good answer. Again, no medals.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15We haven't had any medals at all in any of our answers.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18They've only ever won one medal at all, Macedonia,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20which was a bronze in wrestling in 2000.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22On Macedonian Pointless,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Macedonia Medallists is an incredibly short round.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Essentially, podium one goes for the one guy and then everyone else is
0:27:28 > 0:27:31like, "Well..." It's really hard work.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35He's won the Macedonian Sports Personality of the Year every year
0:27:35 > 0:27:36from...
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Literally, it's just his name over and over, and over again.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Wow.- Amazing, isn't it?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43You present the Macedonian Pointless, don't you?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- I do. Yes.- You'll do most of them if they ask you.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48In our off-season, I go down there.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51- Yeah.- Nice.- In your slightly broken Macedonian.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- But they don't seem to mind. - It's getting better.- Is it?
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Go on.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Yay! It's Alexander Armstrong...
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- HE MUMBLES ..Pointless.- That's good.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02APPLAUSE
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Not really. Mary.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10I'm going to go for L, Lebanon.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Lebanon, says Mary.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You're on 3, the high-scorers are Fatima and Robin on 40,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16so 36 or less get you through.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said Lebanon.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20There is your red line.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23It's right.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Through you go. Very well done indeed.
0:28:30 > 0:28:334. Superb answer there, Mary. Taking your total up to 7,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36which I suspect will be the lowest score of the round.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Again, no medals at all for L, Lebanon.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42El Lebanon is, of course, what they call it in Spain.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44LAUGHTER
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Thank you very much, Richard.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Now, Geoff, you're on 7.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49You need to score 32 or less.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I'm going to go pretty safe, I think,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55but hopefully stay above that red line.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I'm going to go with P, Paraguay.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Paraguay, says Geoff.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01A nice murmur from the audience there.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Here is your red line. If you get below that with Paraguay,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05you are into the next round,
0:29:05 > 0:29:08taking Jayne to her highest Pointless level.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- No pressure. - So, good luck with that.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said Paraguay.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It's right.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21You are in the head-to-head. Very well done indeed.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Down it goes to 3.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Very good scoring there.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Joint lowest score of the round, 10 is your total.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Terrific work, Geoff. And we've gone through all six answers without a
0:29:30 > 0:29:33single medal as well. No medals for Paraguay, apparently, either.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Before we do the pointless answers, there's a few,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I'll take you through the low scorers cos I know people would
0:29:37 > 0:29:39have guessed stuff at home.
0:29:39 > 0:29:422 points for Palau, Lesotho, Chad, Maldives,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Myanmar, Costa Rica, Mali, Congo.
0:29:44 > 0:29:472 points also for the Central African Republic.
0:29:47 > 0:29:511 point for Malawi, Mauritania, Micronesia, Laos, Cayman Islands,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Palestine, Mozambique and Puerto Rico.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57The ones that nobody said.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Very well done if you said one of these.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01Cabo Verde, the Cape Verde Islands.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Chinese Taipei, who won three medals...
0:30:11 > 0:30:14And Mongolia, who won two medals as well.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15We'll just take a look at the top three,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, the end of our second round,
0:30:30 > 0:30:31I'm afraid, Fatima and Robin,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34we have to say goodbye to you with your high score of 40.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Nothing wrong with 40 but just some incredibly low scores elsewhere,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40I'm afraid. But it's been lovely having you back.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Thanks so much for coming to play. Please come and play again,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44- Robin and Fatima. Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46APPLAUSE
0:30:48 > 0:30:51But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Congratulations, Jayne and Geoff, Mary and Paula,
0:30:57 > 0:31:00you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our
0:31:00 > 0:31:03jackpot, which currently stands at £2,500.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10This is where we decide who goes through to the final to play for
0:31:10 > 0:31:11that jackpot for their charities
0:31:11 > 0:31:13and we do that by making you go head-to-head. Basically,
0:31:13 > 0:31:17the first pair to win two questions will go through to the final and
0:31:17 > 0:31:19play for the jackpot. Well, this is very exciting.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Mary and Jayne, you have been here before,
0:31:21 > 0:31:24but you've never taken a trophy home. So here's a thought.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27One of the pairs will be having to find space in their trophy cupboard
0:31:27 > 0:31:31for that little Pointless trophy. See if you can fit it in anywhere.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Anyway, very best of luck to both pairs.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Let's play the head-to-head.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:31:47 > 0:31:50We're going to show you five pictures now of famous lions,
0:31:50 > 0:31:51tigers or bears from TV or film,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54can you identify the most obscure of these, please?
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Let's reveal our five pictures of lions, tigers and bears.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Here they are.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Our five famous lions, tigers or bears from television.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Now, Jayne and Geoff, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Feel free to confer.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33The first one's Winnie the Pooh.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35No, it's Tigger. I don't know B.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41C is Bungle.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Bungle.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49I'm not sure of E.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I'm going to have to go with A, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56OK, Tigger, say Jayne and Geoff.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Now, Mary and Paula. Do you want to talk us through
0:33:00 > 0:33:02the rest of those lions, tigers and bears?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Is it that? I don't know.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07You can talk us through them all, if you like.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- Me?- If you like, between you.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13This is where we decide whether to risk or go safe because, obviously,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15I know that D is Paddington.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I've no idea what B is.
0:33:19 > 0:33:20C is Bungle.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22And I think E might be Aslan.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Is Paddington less known than Tigger, to go safe?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32I would go C.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- Do you think it is? - Yeah. I don't know.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- Shall we go for Aslan?- OK.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Do you think C? Do you think it is Bungle?
0:33:40 > 0:33:41Yeah.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44OK, I'm going to go E with Aslan.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46E, Aslan. So, we have...
0:33:46 > 0:33:49We have A, Tigger, from Jayne and Geoff,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51and Aslan from Mary and Paula for E.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53In the order they were given, Jayne and Geoff said Tigger for A.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tigger.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01It's right.
0:34:01 > 0:34:0371.
0:34:06 > 0:34:0771 for Tigger.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Mary and Paula, meanwhile, have gone for E and said Aslan.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Let's see if that's right.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said Aslan.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18It's right.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19And it wins you the point.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Very, very well done indeed.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Down to 39.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26And it means, after one question, Mary and Paula, you are up 1-0.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Well played, Paula. Would have won the point with Bungle as well.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32He would've scored you 43 points.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35He looks quite menacing there, Bungle.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- Doesn't he?- I've always thought Bungle was quite menacing.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42Something about him that you just think that you wouldn't want to
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- catch him on a bad day. - It's not just the...
0:34:44 > 0:34:46It's the point, slightly, but...
0:34:46 > 0:34:48D, you were right to avoid.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50It is Paddington, of course, but it's a huge scorer.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Would've scored you 95 points.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58The best answer is B and it's the tiger from The Life Of Pi.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00It had a person's name. It had a...
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- First and second name. - Yeah, he gets mixed up, I think,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05with the person who registered him, so it's a tiger called
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- Richard Parker.- Richard Parker.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Would've scored you 7 points.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Very well done if you said that.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Best answer on the board. - There we are.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Very good. Thanks so much, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Now, Jayne and Geoff, you have to win this one.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Good luck with that. But Mary and Paula get to answer first.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Our second question today is all about...
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to give you five clues now to facts about
0:35:31 > 0:35:33the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Except I'm not going to give you the clues,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38we've got someone far better than me to do that.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40We have Sir Steve Redgrave here
0:35:40 > 0:35:42who, of course, won it in 2000.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Hi, Alexander and Richard, good to be part of the show.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Here are my five questions on the Sports Personality of the Year.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54The Odyssey Arena, in 2015,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57which city was that ceremony taking place in?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Who was the Olympic champion and Tour de France winner in 2012
0:36:02 > 0:36:04that went on to win the award?
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Which athlete beat Roger Bannister
0:36:08 > 0:36:11to the first Sports Personality award?
0:36:12 > 0:36:17Which boxer was named the Sports Personality of the Century in 1999?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Which member of the Royal family won the award in 1971?
0:36:24 > 0:36:25Good luck.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29OK, I'll read those all one last time.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57I'm going to go Chris Chataway to
0:36:57 > 0:37:01win the first Sports Personality of the Year, beating Roger Bannister.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Chris Chataway, say Mary and Paula.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Now then, Jayne and Geoff, that board's all yours.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Do you want to talk us through it?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11You go. Do you know what that first one is?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14We think we know where the first one is.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16The first one, we think, is Belfast.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Or Glasgow.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22One of the two. Of course it was Belfast.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Belfast.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27The second was Bradley Wiggins.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28The boxer...
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I'm guessing would be Muhammad Ali.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Would it be Princess Anne?
0:37:35 > 0:37:36- Yeah.- OK.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39We are going to go for Princess Anne.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43OK. Princess Anne. So we have Chris Chataway and Princess Anne.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Mary and Paula said Chris Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the
0:37:47 > 0:37:50first-ever title. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53It's right.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00That's a great score.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Look at that. 7. Very well done indeed, Mary and Paula.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Chris Chataway scoring 7 there.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Jayne and Geoff, meanwhile, have gone for Princess Anne.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Let's see if that's right for the member of the Royal family
0:38:12 > 0:38:13who won the award in 1971.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18It is Princess Anne.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20High score, though. 65.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Which means, very well done indeed, Mary and Paula.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27After only two questions, you are straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Yeah, very well played. That's the biggest scorer on the board,
0:38:30 > 0:38:31the one you went for.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34You would've got fewer points if you had gone for Bradley Wiggins,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37because he would've scored you 34. Still wouldn't have won.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41You would've got even fewer points if you'd gone for Muhammad Ali,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43because he would've scored you 31.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Belfast is the correct answer...
0:38:47 > 0:38:49and would've scored you 6 points.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Really?
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Turns out that the Odyssey Arena is less famous than Princess Anne.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59There you go.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Thanks very much indeed. So, the pair leaving us at the end of
0:39:02 > 0:39:04the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, is Jayne and Geoff.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Jayne, incrementally, you are getting there.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I'm getting there. I've had a lovely time.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Thank you.- Before you go, who are your tips for this year?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Who do you think's going to win?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16As I think Paula said,
0:39:16 > 0:39:20it's just so difficult because the team's done so well,
0:39:20 > 0:39:21and also the Paralympics.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24We're going to have loads of medals as well.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27It should almost be, like, a Team GB award, really.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Yeah, pretty much. And across so many sports as well.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31It's been a great year.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Fantastic. So, you're not going to stick your neck out?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- No.- Geoff? Geoff, do you want to make a prediction?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40I just think somebody who has been the top of his game for such a long time
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- is Mo Farah.- Yeah.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46He keeps pushing gold-medal performances year-on-year, so...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- I'm going for Mo.- Going for Mo?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Well, not long to wait now till we find out.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Please come and play again, Jayne and Geoff.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57APPLAUSE
0:39:57 > 0:40:00But for Mary and Paula, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Well, congratulations, Mary and Paula,
0:40:06 > 0:40:08you've fought off all the competition and you have won
0:40:08 > 0:40:10our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17You now have a chance to win
0:40:17 > 0:40:19our Pointless jackpot for your charities.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Look at that. Done with such consummate ease.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31There we are. Actually, no,
0:40:31 > 0:40:33we had a slight wobble in the very first round,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37but still you wrestled that back fairly, fairly safely.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Absolutely fantastic.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Great to see you on winning form again, each of you.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Definitely not music or films.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49OK, not music or films.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- Paula?- Yeah, probably not too much history either.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Yeah, Thomas the Tank Engine trains.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Now that would be nice, wouldn't it?
0:40:59 > 0:41:02As always, you get to choose your category from the four we put up on
0:41:02 > 0:41:03the board behind me.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Today's selection reads like this. We've got...
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I don't know the Formula 1.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Fictional spies, it's going to be tough, isn't it?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Christmas? There's going to be songs in there, though, isn't there?
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Yeah. We'll try it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- We'll go with Christmas. - You're going to go with Christmas.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Seasonal... Seasonal choice. OK, Christmas it is.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Absolutely. Very, very best of luck. Here are your three options.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Hopefully one of these will suit you. We are looking for...
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Any of the cast members of the wonderful Christmas film Elf
0:41:43 > 0:41:45from 2003, according to IMDB.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47The best Christmas film, in my opinion.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Apart from maybe It's A Wonderful Life.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50We're looking for any Christmas number one,
0:41:50 > 0:41:52according to the Official Charts Company,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55from 1952 all the way through to 2015, please.
0:41:55 > 0:42:00Or we looking for any piece of festive music that was included in
0:42:00 > 0:42:02the Songs of Praise Christmas Big Sing in 2015.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06So, the cast of Elf, any Christmas number one or Songs of Praise
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Christmas Big Sing 2015 pieces of festive music.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- Very best of luck.- Now, as always,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15All you need to win the jackpot is for just one of your answers to be
0:42:15 > 0:42:17pointless. Are you ready to start?
0:42:17 > 0:42:18No.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19LAUGHTER
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24OK. There's your 60 seconds. Your time starts now.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28The only one I know is Do They Know It's Christmas
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- but everyone knows that. - Songs of Praise...
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Sorry, we're trying to think. We don't know any of the cast of Elf,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37so we're stuck there.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Songs of Praise Christmas Big Sing...
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Do you know any?
0:42:43 > 0:42:44I don't even know what that is.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- You mean...- You mean...? Sorry, can I ask -
0:42:49 > 0:42:53you mean Christmas carols that were played on Songs of Praise?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Exactly.- Oh, yeah.- In 2015, yes.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Festive songs, yeah.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Silent Night, maybe?
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Yes.- So we've got to pick some not known ones.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Ten seconds left.- Shall we go with number ones?
0:43:17 > 0:43:18Do you know one?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22No. I know one and it is Do They Know It's Christmas but that's one
0:43:22 > 0:43:24everyone is going to know.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27OK, that, I'm afraid, is your minute up.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I'm now going to need your three answers and if you say which
0:43:29 > 0:43:32category you're answering, that would be great.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34White Christmas, for a Christmas number one.
0:43:34 > 0:43:35White Christmas.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Away in a Manger for Songs of Praise.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Away in a Manger.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Silent Night from Songs of Praise.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Away in a Manger and Silent Night for Songs of Praise.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50And we have got White Christmas for Christmas number one.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,
0:43:53 > 0:43:54- do you think?- White Christmas.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56OK. White Christmas goes last.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Least likely to be pointless?
0:43:58 > 0:44:02- Away in a Manger. - Silent Night goes in the middle.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Let's put those answers up on the board in that order then.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07Here they are. We have got...
0:44:11 > 0:44:12Well, very, very best of luck.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Now, if one of these answers turns out to be pointless and you win
0:44:16 > 0:44:19that jackpot, which charities are you playing for?
0:44:19 > 0:44:23- Mary.- The Mary Peters Trust, which helps young sports people in
0:44:23 > 0:44:27- Northern Ireland raise their game to a higher level.- Very good indeed.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- Paula, how about you?- Asthma UK.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Basically, showing children, especially,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35that they can control their asthma and not let it control and take over
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- their lives.- Very good indeed.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40APPLAUSE
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Two wonderful charities there.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45Let's hope one of these answers is pointless and will win the jackpot
0:44:45 > 0:44:47for those charities. Well, best of luck.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Your first answer was Away In A Manger and, in this case,
0:44:50 > 0:44:53we were looking for festive songs included in the
0:44:53 > 0:44:552015 Big Sing on Songs of Praise.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58If this is pointless, it will win you £2,500.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01How many of our 100 people said, Away in a Manger?
0:45:05 > 0:45:07No.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Bad luck. I'm afraid not Away In A Manger.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Incorrect answer. We move swiftly on to your next answer,
0:45:11 > 0:45:13which was Silent Night.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16Again, we were looking for festive songs included in the Big Sing.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Let's see if this is right.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Silent Night for £2,500.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22Is it pointless?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28It's right.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30Now, your first answer, Away In A Manger, was incorrect.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Silent Night is absolutely right.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Down it goes. If this goes down to zero,
0:45:34 > 0:45:37you leave here with £2,500 for your charities.
0:45:37 > 0:45:3920. 20 for Silent Night.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45So, everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:45:45 > 0:45:48which is White Christmas. In this case, we were looking for
0:45:48 > 0:45:51any Christmas number one in the UK top 40.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54If this is pointless, it wins you £2,500 for your charities.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Let's see how many of our 100 people said White Christmas.
0:46:01 > 0:46:02Oh, no.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Oh, bad luck.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Bad luck. I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important
0:46:08 > 0:46:12pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win that jackpot of £2,500.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14However, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:46:14 > 0:46:18we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their respective
0:46:18 > 0:46:20charities, so there you are.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22APPLAUSE
0:46:24 > 0:46:26I'm sorry you didn't get that jackpot,
0:46:26 > 0:46:28but it's been tremendous having you here.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so there you are.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Thank you very much, Mary and Paula.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35APPLAUSE
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Yeah, White Christmas was never a number one.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44Number 5 is the highest it ever got to, the Bing Crosby hit.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Let's have a look now at the cast of Elf.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Ed Asner, Jon Favreau, who directed the film as well...
0:46:50 > 0:46:51Mary Steenburgen.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Peter Dinklage, better known these days for Game of Thrones.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Everyone apart from Will Ferrell, James Caan,
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Zooey Deschanel and Bob Newhart.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Everyone else was a pointless answer there.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Christmas number ones is the sort of category people are desperate to
0:47:02 > 0:47:05come up, so I'll go through all of the scoring answers here because I
0:47:05 > 0:47:07know people will be shouting answers at the screen.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09There's some pointless answers there.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Do you know The Beatles?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19Do They Know It's Christmas was the biggest scorer on 27.
0:47:19 > 0:47:2011 - Mistletoe and Wine.
0:47:20 > 0:47:227 - Merry Christmas Everyone, Shakey.
0:47:22 > 0:47:246 for Mr Blobby.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26You'd have got 5 for Merry Christmas Everybody, Slade.
0:47:26 > 0:47:27Mary's Boy Child, 5 as well.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Stay Another Day - East 17, 4.
0:47:29 > 0:47:322 for Mull of Kintyre, Hallelujah, and Killing In The Name.
0:47:32 > 0:47:351 for Can We Fix It? - Bob The Builder.
0:47:35 > 0:47:381 for Earth Song. 1 for When We Collide, Matt Cardle.
0:47:38 > 0:47:391 for Mad World, Gary Jules.
0:47:39 > 0:47:411 for Goodbye, Spice Girls.
0:47:41 > 0:47:431 for Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).
0:47:43 > 0:47:451 for Two Become One by the Spice Girls,
0:47:45 > 0:47:47and I Have A Dream by Westlife also scored 1.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Everything else was a pointless answer.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Loads of Beatles tracks in there. Elvis tracks, all sorts of things.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53Songs of Praise now.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Songs in the festive music from the Christmas Big Sing.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10And thanks very much to our finalists, Mary and Paula.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to
0:48:12 > 0:48:15the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:48:15 > 0:48:18- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.