Episode 1 Pointless Celebrities

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a very warm welcome to a special music edition of Pointless,

the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

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

To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our celebrities need to find the answers the fewest of our 100 people could think of.

Let's meet our Pointless celebrities.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

First up, we welcome Scott Mills and Huw Stephens.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

We know you from Radio 1, Scott, where you present the afternoon show

and Huw, you present two shows, one late at night and one at the weekend.

You're all over the radio schedules between you.

You do a lot of presenting. Scott, you've made documentaries.

What do you hope is going to come up today?

I would like if it was some music questions and...

just bad TV programmes.

LAUGHTER I'm a big fan of those.

It's a pleasure to welcome you on to the show, Scott!

LAUGHTER

-Huw, you present new, undiscovered bands.

-That's right.

-This is going to be a strong area, a really obscure area of music.

-Yeah. Fingers crosed.

If we get a mix of questions about Lady Gaga and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

we'll be all right on Pointless today.

I play all the bands no-one's heard of...yet,

but who will one day be massive.

-The perfect Pointless answers, in other words.

-Yeah.

Scott, Huw, lovely to have you on the show.

Next, please welcome Sinitta and Chico!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you.

Sinitta, we know you from lots of things, including the '80s hits So Macho and Toy Boy.

Chico, we know you best for the X Factor and the Number 1 single It's Chico Time.

Look at that shirt! Saturday night's entertainment starts right here!

-Oh, dear! Now, Sinitta.

-Mm-hm.

-What's going to be good for you?

What areas do you feel 100% comfortable with?

The '80s would be good.

Anything from the '80s - fashion, music, TV.

-What else? Food!

-Do you cook a lot?

Eating food. ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Chico, how about you?

-All-round, really.

-All-round?

-Yeah. I know a little bit about everything.

-Ooh!

-This is good.

-Yeah, this is good.

-We are going to win, of course.

-Yeah. Sounds like you are.

You are the first ex-girlfriend of Brad Pitt we've had on the show.

-Really?

-I'm NOT! Kidding!

Seriously.

-What about Elaine from Coventry the other day?

-After Elaine.

-After Elaine.

-Apart from her. Obviously.

Sinitta, Chico, a very warm welcome. Lovely to have you on the show.

-Next, welcome Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon.

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

We know you best as two-thirds of the fantastic all-girl Atomic Kitten,

who had three Number 1 singles and countless albums.

How long ago did you stop doing Atomic Kitten?

2004, 5?

Coming up to ten years. Ish.

-God, already? Ten years?

-Yeah.

But since then, you've both done a lot of things. A lot of acting, appearing in musicals.

-Liz, winner of Celebrity MasterChef.

-Yeah.

-Woo!

-I know. Amazing!

-APPLAUSE

But that's about the most difficult thing in the world.

I think it's the second hardest thing I've ever done - after the first time I came on Pointless.

Of course! You've been on before. As I always say, everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

-This is your second chance!

-It is my second chance.

-It was a very unfortunate question.

-It was a bloomin' hard question!

-You two are going to be very good.

-Politics and science would be good for us.

-The ASKED for politics and science, or is she joking?

-I THINK joking.

-I'm only joking!

-I wasn't in on that one.

Lovely to have YOU back, Liz, and lovely to welcome you, Natasha. Very best of luck.

Finally, we've got Faye Tozer and Ian H Watkins.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Obviously, we know you as two members of Steps,

who sold a staggering 20 million records worldwide.

You recently reformed and embarked on a 22-date sell-out tour.

What's that like? Is it the same routines or completely new stuff?

-It's gone a bit mental.

-It's had a make-over.

It's the core of the old with a bit of a freshening-up round the edges.

We're getting on a bit now, so we've adapted them.

With Zimmers. I'm joking.

Faye, what would you like to see come up?

What would be your ideal subject?

-Me.

-I know a lot about you!

Um... Music, of course. Theatre.

Languages, I'm not too bad on. Geography, sometimes I surprise myself. Sometimes, I don't.

H, anything you're hoping doesn't come up?

Anything to do with football or a bat or a football boot

or a pitch or shorts - no!

-Shorts are good, but...!

-LAUGHTER

-You want to take shorts back?

-Keep them in, yes.

Rescind the shorts. OK. Well, very best of luck, Faye and H.

We look forward to discovering your hidden knowledge throughout the show.

There's one person left to introduce.

With his intelligence, he could be finding cures for illnesses or solving climate change.

Instead, he's here. He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Are you saying that solving global warming is more important than asking Chico stuff?

-Noo.

-I don't think so. It's lovely being in on Saturday night.

Normally, 5.15 every weekday, you'll find us here.

It's much more glamorous, isn't it? Very glitzy. Look at everybody.

-Everybody will want to know about THAT shirt, don't you think?

-Yes.

-So, Huw, where is it from?

-LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

We are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

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

AUDIENCE: Woooo!

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

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

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

OK, the question concerns...

USA For Africa artists. Richard.

We're going to show you a picture on the board

of artists involved in the USA For Africa single, We Are The World, from 1985.

-Can you identify the most obscure person on this picture? Very, very best of luck.

-Excellent.

Scott and Huw, you all drew lots before the show and you are going to go first.

So, here is our image.

There they are.

Now, Scott, you need to give me the name of the most obscure artist

you can see on that picture.

Give me the name of the person you think the fewest of our 100 people would have known.

OK, I'm going to say John Oates.

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

Absolutely right.

Three for John Oates. Very well done, indeed.

Three points.

A terrific answer. Part of a famous double act, who I can't mention.

-Very nicely chosen.

-VERY nicely chosen.

-Good.

Sinitta, we are looking for the artists who appear in this image.

These are the artists who sang on the USA For Africa single.

Quincy Jones.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done, indeed, Sinitta!

That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot.

Takes the total up to...

And it scores you absolutely nothing. Brilliant.

Very well played. That's the way to play Pointless.

And he co-produced the single, Quincy Jones.

-Now, then, Liz.

-Ugh!

-Who's the most obscure artist on there?

I don't know any obscure artists on there.

I'm just going to go for... Hoping people didn't kind of see them at the back, maybe?

-And go for Lionel Richie.

-Lionel Richie.

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

-Absolutely right.

-Ooh!

Oh, no!

42!

It's a big score. He's the co-writer of the song, Lionel Richie.

-Do you know when Nelson Mandela was released from prison, famously?

-Yeah.

-Lionel Richie styled him for that, chose his shirt and tie.

-Is that really true? No.

-Yeah!

He sent a letter from Robben Island saying, "I'm coming out of prison.

"Of all the people in the world, I would like a Commodore"?

Yeah.

Why didn't he send a letter to a stylist?

Yeah. Whoever dresses Chico, for example, might have been...

H. I want to say H from Steps.

-H from Steps.

-It's obviously my surname.

-H from Steps.

I think this person is this person,

but they are kind of half obscured by another person.

And I'm SURE it's this person.

-So, I THINK it's Dionne Warwick.

-Dionne Warwick.

-Or Dionne WAR-wick.

-That one.

-As she likes to call herself.

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

Absolutely right, H.

APPLAUSE

-A great answer, H.

-How did that happen?

-Four for Dionne Warwick.

-Yes!

Very well played, Ian. There she is.

Her surname was misspelled on her first single with a W and she stuck with it since.

-It's not really spelled like that. It's W-A-R-R-I-C-K.

-Wow!

Another fact.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Sinitta and Chico, looking absolutely fabulous up there.

No score at all. Then up to three, where we find Scott and Huw.

Then up to four, where we find H and Faye.

Then up to 42, Liz and Natasha.

Listen, anything could happen in the next pass.

What we need, Natasha, is a low-scoring answer from you.

No pressure.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We are looking for names of artists who appeared on the USA For Africa single depicted here.

Now, Faye.

H did incredibly well. A lovely low score of four.

The high-scorers are Liz and Natasha.

If you can score 37 or less, you are through to the next round.

I've got a choice of two.

My problem is, the one that's more obscure

his face is pulled all over the shop so I'm not sure it's really him.

-"His face is pulled all over the shop?"

-One of those shots.

-I see.

-Caught in the middle of a face.

The other one's a bit more obvious.

I kind of want to go for the not so obvious one,

but I don't want to screw it up.

I'm going to be brave. Ready?

I hope it's him. Michael McDonald?

Michael McDonald, says Faye.

If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Michael McDonald, is that right? How many people said it?

Oh, no! Faye!

-Never mind.

-I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Oh, that was brave!

-Gutted.

-We're in the bar.

-LAUGHTER

-It's a tragedy.

-GROANS AND LAUGHTER

I'm sorry, Faye. Not involved in the single and not in the picture.

-Right era, though.

-Absolutely.

-Right beard.

Right beard, era, nationality.

-You got it all, apart from the correct answer.

-It wasn't him!

-SIGHS

-Well, wow! That's what we call a lifeline, Natasha.

-Yes.

The high-scorers are now Faye and H.

If you can score 61 or less,

you are through to the next round.

I am going to go with...

-Tina Turner.

-Tina Turner.

Let's see. Is Tina Turner in that picture?

If she is, how many people said it?

It's right.

And you are through to the next round.

Brilliant!

That takes your total up to 46.

-Richard.

-Well played, Natasha. Very good answer.

Tina Turner's 72 now.

-No?

-Yeah. 72. They scientifically proved that birds hate Tina Turner.

At airports, they use special noises to try and scare off birds.

The music of Tina Turner is scientifically more effective than those special noises.

Chico.

Chico, you are on nothing, thanks to Sinitta's brilliant answer.

You are through whatever answer you give, even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Faye and H

on their high score of 104. I'm sorry, Faye.

Remember, we are looking for the artists who appear in this image.

I'm going to go for Cyndi Lauper.

Cyndi Lauper, says Chico.

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

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

-Not bad at all.

-CONVERSATION INAUDIBLE

Well played, Chico. She's got a four-octave vocal range and perfect pitch.

-Much like Chico.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then, Huw. You're through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points, you're not going to overtake Faye and H.

Mind you, have some fun with this. Take us through the board.

Then you can just pick one, submit the one you think is most obscure.

-It's a chance for you to show off.

-Well, there's Michael Jackson.

-Ooh!

There's Stevie Wonder. There's one of the Chuckle Brothers at the front.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

I'm going to go for Paul Simon.

No red line for you. You're already through.

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

Absolutely right.

Not bad at all. 12 takes your total up to 15.

There he is, Paul Simon. He's also over 70, believe it or not.

-If you'd said Daryl Hall, the partner of John Oates, he would have scored three points.

-Oh, no!

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, the ones that none of our 100 people said.

Dan Aykroyd, the actor who sung on the chorus is a pointless answer.

Harry Belafonte, one of the guys behind the song.

Hughie Lewis is there. Five members of The News around him as well.

Not surprisingly, they're pointless answers, too.

Lindsey Buckingham off of Fleetwood Mac.

Marlon Jackson was a pointless answer,

as were Randy Jackson and Jackie Jackson.

Ruth Pointer and Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters,

both "Pointerless" answers.

Tito Jackson and Willie Nelson.

I think the person you think is Michael McDonald is Kenny Rogers.

Let's take a look at the answers that most of our 100 people gave.

Stevie Wonder would have scored you 57.

Right at the top of the pile, Michael Jackson, 76.

A few other names in there, Latoya Jackson's in there.

Bob Geldof is in there. Kenny Loggins is in there for four.

-Who's recognising Kenny Loggins?

-Kenny Loggins from Footloose!

-Yeah.

Bette Midler would have scored ten. Bruce Springstein scored eight.

Bob Dylan would have scored you one point, as would Smokey Robinson.

Ray Charles was a bigger scorer. He would have scored you 23.

-Well played, everybody.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So, our losing pair with the highest score, it's Faye and H!

-I'm gutted. I'm sorry.

-It's all right.

It was quite fun that round. Did you have other low scorers?

-Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper. I've worked with Cyndi Lauper.

-No?

Faye and H, thank you so much for playing. It's been lovely having you on the show.

But for the remaining three celebrity pairs, it's time for round two!

Obviously, there's only room for two celebrity pairs in our head-to-head,

so one of the pairs will be leaving us at the end of this round.

That was a great first round. Very well done, everyone.

-Liz.

-Hm!

-That was quite high-scoring. QUITE high-scoring.

But I had Bette Midler, but I thought that was too obvious.

Well, you owe Natasha one. I'm sure you'll have the opportunity to pay her back.

-Sinitta, a pointless answer.

-Wow, very lucky.

I thought because he was side-on that he wasn't as visible.

And Scott and Huw, lowest scorers on aggregate. Very solid performance.

You seem to be the pair to beat.

Anyway, our category for round two is...

Musical theatre. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

Our round two question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass, we'll show you six songs.

You just have to tell us in which musical they first appeared, please.

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

There's going to be 12 to have a go at at home. Good luck.

So, we are looking for the musicals in which these songs first appeared.

And we have got...

..I'll read those all one last time....

-..Huw, you happy with this?

-I'm not a big musical man.

I've seen Les Mis. I had a lovely time. Other than that...

I'm not entirely sure I'm going to get this at all right.

I will go for Cell Block Tango.

Which I'm guessing is to do with being in a prison.

I haven't seen a musical based in a prison.

But I know there is a musical called Chicago out there.

-I'm going to go for that.

-You're going for Chicago.

-Yeah.

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

Faultless reasoning, there. Let's see if it's right. Chicago.

-It's absolutely right.

-Oh, wow!

-Very well done, you.

Very well done, indeed!

APPLAUSE

Seven points well-earned.

-Dug yourself out of a hole there. Impeccable logic.

-Thanks.

Very well done, indeed. Sinitta. Is this better for you than for Huw?

No, because two of the songs, I can't remember the name of the musical.

So I'm going to have to go for Truly Scrumptious

and Chitty Bang Bang.

-Chitty Bang Bang.

-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

-OK.

Let's see if that's right. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. How many people said it?

It's not the right answer.

It's right!

-Not bad.

-That's good. That's not altogether bad, Sinitta.

Not bad at all. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

You did the right thing, Sinitta.

You've got to go for one you're certain of.

Now then, Natasha. Is this all right for you?

-Not really. Liz might need to save me this time.

-OK.

The Last Supper,

I'm just thinking, you know, it's about the last supper

and there's a musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Maybe that's from there, but I'm not sure.

Feed The Birds, in my head, I'm placing that song in Oliver.

But I'm not sure if that's right, either.

It's between The Last Supper and Feed The Birds.

And I think Feed The Birds is more obvious.

So I'm going to go with The Last Supper and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Jesus Christ Superstar, The Last Supper.

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

Absolutely right. Brilliant, Natasha! Well done.

The best score of the round! Very well done!

-Oh!

-How about that?

Natasha and Huw both taking big risks on that pass

and both of those paying off, so well done, everybody.

If you had gone with Feed The Birds,

-you'd have scored 100 points.

-It was the wrong musical.

-Mary Poppins.

That would have scored 39 points.

Sinitta, I Know Him So Well was the one you were thinking of?

Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson. It's from...

-Cats?

-Chess.

-I got them all wrong!

Would have scored you 12 points.

The only other one on the board, the best answer,

is from Starlight Express. Very well done if you said that at home.

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

Natasha and Liz looking fantastic on only six points.

Very well done, indeed, Natasha.

Then up to seven, where we find Huw and Scott.

Then up to 30, Sinitta. Chico, we need a really low-scoring answer.

We've got to hope that's going to keep you in the game.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more songs from musicals on the board.

We've got...

..I'll read those all one last time...

Now, Liz, we are looking for the musicals

that these songs originally came from.

Find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I actually have no idea with any of these.

LAUGHING: Ooh!

I wish we'd have done it the other way round.

You got a good score, so no.

Maybe...

if it's like the film...

..then maybe The Rain In Spain is My Fair Lady?

My Fair Lady, says Liz, for The Rain In Spain.

That is a GOOD answer!

By George, she's possibly got it! There is your red line.

Get below that red line,

you are through to the head-to-head.

The Rain In Spain, is it from My Fair Lady? How many people said it?

Absolutely right, Liz!

-This is good.

-That's OK.

-Takes your total up to 37.

You are currently the highest scorers, but the round is not over. Richard.

-Might have kept yourself in it, Liz.

-Now, Chico.

The high-scorers are Liz and Natasha.

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

We are looking for the musicals these songs come from.

It's a real wild guess.

I'm going to have to go with my wife's favourite musical,

which is Cats and that is The Rum Tum Tugger.

It's a wild, wild guess. I haven't got a clue any of the others.

The Rum Tum Tugger, Cats.

Is it right? How many people said The Rum Tum Tugger from Cats?

It's right.

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on...

Ooh, you've done it!

-Yes! My wife to the rescue!

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

That is fantastic! Five takes your total up to 35.

-You are very much still in the game.

-Your wife will be delighted.

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat, and quite an obscure one.

-And quite an obscure one.

-Yeah.

-The moment of truth, Scott.

-How are your musicals?

-I'm generally not a fan.

Of musicals.

And I don't know any of those...

I know some songs, but I can't tell you what musicals they're from.

Liz and Natasha, this might be good news.

You're the high-scorers on 37.

Scott, if you can score 29 or less,

you are in the head-to-head.

I've got to that point where I can't even think of any musicals, but I'll have a go.

I know that You'll Never Walk Alone is by Gerry and the Pacemakers.

That doesn't lead me to think of any musicals.

It's going to have to be a complete guess.

I'll say There Is Nothin' Like A Dame, Starlight Express.

Is it right? If it is, how many people said it for There Is Nothin' Like A Dame?

AUDIENCE GROANS

Bad luck, Scott. I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

It takes your total up to an unbeatable 107. I'm sorry.

Sorry, Scott. You weren't left with much there.

It's from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific.

Would have scored you 14 points.

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, Happy Talk also from that.

You'll Never Walk Alone was a hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963

but was written in 1945 by Rodgers and Hammerstein for Carousel.

That would have scored you 16.

Send In The Clowns, you probably know that one.

-A Little Night Music.

-Yeah, Stephen Sondheim.

Would have scored you six.

And The Final (A Game Of Two Halves) is about football.

Ben Elton and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote The Beautiful Game.

One of our 100 people knew that. Well done to that one person.

So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

-it's Scott and Huw.

-All my fault!

-I was thinking you might have gone for a football thing and come up with a brilliant answer.

-No.

Sport, especially football, is not my forte, either. So we were a bit stuck there.

-Would you have known them, Huw?

-No.

-Seriously?

-Seriously, no idea.

Mine was a complete guess as well.

Scott, Huw, thank you so much for playing. Great, great contestants. Thank you.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Sinitta and Chico, Natasha and Liz.

You are only one round away from the chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at...

AUDIENCE: Wooo!

You now go head-to-head, and the first player to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

The big news is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.

You start playing as a team. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question, and it concerns New York State.

New York State. Richard.

We're about to give you five clues to facts about New York State.

Can you answer the most obscure, please? Very best of luck.

Let's reveal our five facts about New York State. We have got...

..I'll read all of those one last time...

..Sinitta and Chico, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

But it's got to be the most obscure answer.

-WHISPERS: Go for the lowest one.

-I think I know the most obvious one.

We think the festival which took place in upstate New York in '69

-was Woodstock.

-Woodstock, say Sinitta and Chico.

-LAUGHING:

-Now, Natasha and Liz.

-SINITTA: Sorry, ladies!

That was your one, was it? Talk us through the board.

We are having a debate about the capital of the state.

-It's New York.

-And I think it's Manhattan.

Oh, I'm confused!

The longest river. What's the river? The Hudson.

-It might not be the longest river.

-But it's a river!

-It's a good start.

-It's a big river, it goes all the way round.

-Do you want to go with that?

-Let's go with Hudson.

-The Hudson. Longest.

You're saying the Hudson for the longest river.

Sinitta and Chico have said Woodstock

for the festival that took place in upstate New York in 1969.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

Not too bad.

25 for Woodstock.

Natasha and Liz are saying the Hudson for the longest river.

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

It's right.

Will it go down past 25?

Yes, it will!

Wow.

-Wow. Very, very well said.

-CHICO: That's amazing!

Natasha and Liz, the Hudson beats Woodstock.

Which means, after one question, you are up, one-nil.

Two good answers.

-Well, New York City is not the capital of New York State.

-A-ha!

It's Albany. Well done if you said that. Would have scored 14 points.

The location of the US military academy.

You'll have heard of it, but who knew it was in New York?

That scored nine points.

The location of two winter Olympics, Lake Placid.

And that's four points.

-Very well done to anyone who got all five of those.

-Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Sinitta and Chico, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...fruit.

Oh!

-Richard.

-Couldn't be simpler, could it? Fruit.

-It could not.

We're going to show you the names of five fruits in anagram form.

Can you unscramble the letters and pick the most obscure?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five fruits in anagram form.

Here they are. We have got...

..I'll read those all one last time...

..Five anagrams of fruits. Natasha and Liz,

you can have a moment to look at this then you go first.

-What's "enrage egg"?

-I'm trying to think of that one.

We're going to go with "plane pipe".

And we're going to say...

-..pineapple.

-Pineapple, "plain pipe".

Now, Sinitta and Chico.

There's only one that we can't work out.

It's probably the lowest answer, but still can't work it out.

But the third one is greengage.

The fourth one is pomegranate.

The last one is obviously strawberry.

What do you think will be less, pomegranate or greengage?

I know pomegranate but I don't know greengage, so greengage.

If you're 100% that it's a fruit.

LAUGHTER It's definitely a fruit. Greengage?

Yeah, let's go for greengage. We'll risk it. We're going all-out.

-Just say it.

-Greengage.

-You're going to say greengage.

So, we have pineapple. We have greengage.

Natasha and Liz said that "plane pipe" is pineapple.

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

It's right.

Not bad.

APPLAUSE

Chico and Sinitta said greengage. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Will it beat Pineapple?

It's right.

And it beats pineapple.

Fantastic!

-That's great.

-Very, very well done, Sinitta and Chico.

You're back in the game. After two questions, it's one-all. Richard.

Named after Thomas Gage, who introduced it in the early 18th century.

You're right about "magenta rope". It is pomegranate.

-It scored a tiny bit more.

-Good!

-"Starry brew", obviously strawberry.

That was the biggest scorer on the board.

The second one down is the best answer on the board.

-Some people will have worked it out at home. Have you?

-I have. Yeah.

As soon as you see it's got "berry" in it, you see it's loganberry.

It would have scored five points, so it's a terrific answer.

Thank you very much Richard. So, it comes down to a decider.

Our third question is the one that will see who stays who leaves us.

Very best of luck to both pairs. Our third question concerns...

-SINITTA: Ooh.

-OK.

We're going to show you five pictures of stills or publicity shots of Tom Hanks movies.

Can you name the most obscure? Very best of luck, both teams.

Let's reveal our five stills or publicity shots from Tom Hanks films, and we have got...

..There we are, five stills from Tom Hanks films.

This time, Sinitta and Chico, you start.

It's the one where he had Aids, wasn't it?

-Philadelphia.

-Was it Philadelphia?

We know, pretty much, four of them.

One we can't make it out, cos he's obviously just sitting down.

-LAUGHTER

-So...

-That's not why, though.

-Also, it's knowing the title, the real name of the film.

-Yeah.

-We're going to go with A.

-And it is?

-Big.

Big. Big, say Sinitta and Chico for A.

Now, Natasha and Liz. Talk us through the board.

You have to win this to go through to the final.

We had A, which was Big. B is Castaway.

C is Forrest Gump.

E, we think is Splash.

We think we know what D is, but we're not sure.

-This is our gamble.

-We're going to gamble.

-I think it's...

-The Terminal.

-Or it could be...

I don't know the full. It's Larry Cra... No. Larry King?

I don't know.

So... But we're going to go with The Terminal, which is D.

-You're going to say The Terminal for D.

-Yes.

Natasha and Liz say The Terminal. Sinitta and Chico said Big for A.

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

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

-NATASHA: Can we change?

-Why?

-We're just worried now.

-We're worried now.

We've made a gamble. Maybe we should have gone for something we did know.

-Be a bit more safe.

-Well, let's find out.

You said The Terminal. Let's see if The Terminal's right and, if it is,

let's see if it beats 33.

Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh, no! It's the other one!

-Now she says the full title.

-What do you think it is?

The Larry Crown Affair? Or something like that?

We'll find out in one second.

Well, I'm afraid that means, I'm sorry, Natasha and Liz,

the winners are Sinitta and Chico, who go through to the final two-one.

-Very well done, Sinitta and Chico.

-NATASHA: Well done.

-LIZ: Well done.

-We should have gone for Splash.

The name of the film, you have said it, is Larry Crowne.

-2011. Would have scored one point.

-ALL GROAN

Would have been a terrific answer. Even worse than that,

you knew Splash and that would have seen you into the final as well.

The other answers. B is Castaway. Would have scored too many points.

And C, obviously Forrest Gump, would have scored you 73.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm sorry to say, is Natasha and Liz.

-Ah! What a shame!

-Finally, the luck ran out.

But you had Splash. That would have seen you through.

-I only saw that two weeks ago, and I was like, "It's Splash!"

-Ah!

That was a really fantastic, very, very close head-to-head. Very well played, both pairs.

-But thanks so much, Natasha and Liz. Lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For Sinitta and Chico, it's time for our Pointless final.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Sinitta and Chico, you fought off all the competition

-and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yay!

-Fantastic!

-We finally win something!

-LAUGHTER

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

-AUDIENCE: Wooo!

-Brilliant.

You've done it so well. In every round apart from the first round, you've been our lowest scorers.

The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer, and that was from you, Sinitta.

Find one more, and you'll go home with that money.

First, you choose a category from a choice of five options, which are...

British actors? I know, slightly, the older ones.

-Beautiful people?

-Want to do beautiful people?

Well, everybody knows BEAUTIFUL people, I guess.

Let's look at beautiful people. CHICO LAUGHS

-Let's look at beautiful people.

-Yes.

-Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-..as they could. Richard.

-It's got to be the lowest answer?

We're looking for the name of any women who appeared on FHM's list of 100 sexiest women in the world

published in May 2012, please, so any woman on that list.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need, to win that £2,750 is for one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Er... Yes.

-Yeah.

-OK! You sound it(!)

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts...now.

I can think of all the obvious ones. J Lo is in there. Kelly. Tulisa.

-Cheryl's always on it.

-Yeah.

-Angelina.

-What about...beautiful actress? Eva...?

Halliford? No.

Er... Oh, God!

She's like a J Lo, but a beautiful actress.

-She's one of my favourites! How can I forget?

-Say her name.

She's the one. I don't know where you are with this.

Gloria... No. Gloria Hanniford?

-Is she current?

-Yeah, yeah.

-She's, oh...

-What was she in?

Oh!

-Do you know what?

-OK, I'm going to say something like Helen Mirren.

They always talk about how beautiful she is, but she's not obvious like Kylie, Kelly.

-Do you like Helen Mirren?

-Yeah.

-Ten seconds left.

Ah...

Gloria Gunniford!

-No, no.

-Not Gloria Hunniford.

-She's not an actress.

-No. She's Cuban. Beautiful.

Your time is up. So we are looking for FHM's sexiest women 2012.

I now need your three answers.

Lindsey Lohan, she's in there. She's got to be in there somewhere.

-People might not have...

-OK.

-Lindsay Lohan.

-Lindsay Lohan's one.

-Lindsay Lohan, here we go.

-Blake Lively.

-Blake Lively.

Eva Mendes!

-Eva Mendes.

-Eva Mendes.

OK, which do you think is your most likely pointless answer?

-Lindsay Lohan.

-OK.

-Oh, really?

-Nah.

-You think she'd be the most popular?

-She's always in the paper.

He needs to do this. He's a man. He gets it.

You do it.

-The first answer is the one that you chose.

-Blake Lively.

Then we go Lindsay Lohan. Then Eva Mendes.

Well, let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they are...

..We were looking for people on FHM's list of sexiest women 2012.

Blake Lively, you said was your least confident answer.

-You only have to find one pointless answer to win the jackpot of £2,750...

-OK. Just one.

..for your nominated charity. Sinitta, what is your charity?

It's called World Children.

It's a charity that helps children who have nowhere else to go

that can't afford treatment anywhere else, so that's the only criteria.

Very good indeed. Chico, what's your charity?

It's my own one which I started at the end of the X Factor, called the Rainbow Child Foundation.

We give 100% of the money away, and we provide water, sanitation,

seed banks for farmers and HIV awareness programmes in South Africa, Malawi and the like.

-Two fabulous charities.

-APPLAUSE

Fingers crossed one of your three answers will be pointless,

so you can take that money back for your charities.

-Here is your first answer. You thought this was your least likely pointless answer.

-Yeah.

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

-Oh!

-Ooh, no!

-She didn't even make the list?

-Evidently, not.

-Blake Lively not on the list.

-Cos they're all American!

Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer. You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for people on FHM's list of sexiest women 2012.

Your next answer was Lindsay Lohan. Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Lindsay Lohan.

-What?

-No!

-Li-Lo is not on there!

-LAUGHTER

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for people on FHM's list of sexiest women 2012.

Your third and final answer, your most confident shot at a pointless answer, is Eva Mendes.

Come on. This has to be right. It then has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, £2,750.

Let's find out. Eva Mendes - is she pointless?

-Oh, no!

-What?

-APPLAUSE

-I can't believe that!

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,750.

You do both go home with a Pointless trophy each.

Now, we are going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their respective charities.

-Fantastic. Absolutely brilliant.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done.

-Thank you.

-Now, here is the moment of truth. Richard.

-They're all good answers.

They've all been on the list, but none of them this year.

British was probably the way to go, if you look at some pointless answers.

Carey Mulligan, pointless answer.

Cher Lloyd came 25th in the top 100. Christine Bleakley.

Emma Watson was a pointless answer. Holly Willoughby.

Kate Garraway, she's been on the show, alongside Helen Skelton, also in the top 100.

-Rosie was pointless?

-Rachel Riley, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

-I thought they'd be at the top.

-I thought she would have been number one.

Karen Gillan, Nicki Minaj...

-How about Helen Mirren?

-She's not on the list at all, I'm afraid.

-Oh.

-She'd be on my list.

-Shame on them. LAUGHTER

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Sinitta and Chico.

-It's been lovely having you.

-It's been great fun.

-Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you very much.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

All that remains for me is to say thank you to all our celebrity pairs, Faye and H, Scott and Huw,

Natasha and Liz, and our brilliant finalists, Sinitta and Chico.

Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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