Episode 2 Pointless Celebrities

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a very warm welcome to a special Saturday night variety addition of Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Every single question on tonight's programme has been asked to 100 people before the show.

To be in with a chance of winning our final-round jackpot,

our celebrities need to come up with the answers that the fewest of our 100 people could think of.

Let's meet our Pointless celebrities.

Now, first we welcome Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Now, Bobby, we know you as an all-round entertainer.

-Yes.

-But most recently from Dancing On Ice, And also as Vinnie Monks in EastEnders.

-Indeed.

And Kenny, you've been entertaining us for over 50 years. You've toured with the Beatles

-and you have had two top ten singles.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

-Now then, Bobby and Ken.

-Yes.

-Between you, what are the areas

on Pointless that you reckon you've got sewn up?

-Birds.

-Yeah. Booze.

-And nightclubs.

-OK.

-Experts, we're experts.

-OK, very good.

Birds, booze and nightclubs.

And Sinatra.

-Did you ever meet Frank Sinatra?

-No.

-Not long now, then, eh?

-No, because he is getting on a bit, isn't he?

-Out of order.

Cut that bit out.

Well, a very warm welcome to you, Bobby and Kenny.

It's lovely having you on the show.

Best of luck.

Please welcome Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Tommy and Bobby, you are known by millions as Cannon and Ball,

and you've been on our screens since the '70s. Away from television,

your live shows and pantomimes have broken all box office records,

and they continue to do so across the country.

You've been on I'm A Celebrity. Oh, how was that?

-Fantastic, brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

-Fantastic.

-Did you really, really enjoy it?

-The best thing we ever done.

-It was absolutely brilliant, yeah.

Because I nearly lost Tommy in the jungle, so I thought, "Yes!"

No, we had a fantastic time. I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Tommy, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

What's a good category going to be?

I don't really want to say

because I'll probably get the question wrong!

-Sport.

-Sport I suppose more than anything.

What sports do you follow?

I follow a bit of football, golf, cricket,

but yeah, more sport, yeah.

-Bobby, what would you like to see come up?

-Mine is music.

-Music.

-Not modern, though.

-Music. Are you good at music after...

-From the '50s to the '70s.

-OK.

-Proper music.

Well, Tommy and Bobby, a warm welcome to you. It's lovely to have you here.

-Thank you, it's great.

-Next, please welcome Keith Harris and Orville.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ORVILLE GIGGLES

Oh, dear.

-Keith, you've been on our screens for over 30 years.

-30 years.

-You were part of Tony Christie's hit, Is This The Way to Amarillo.

-We were.

-Orville.

-Yeah.

-You were named after Orville Wright, one of the Wright brothers.

-I know.

-And in 1982, your song reached number four in the charts.

-It did, yes.

-It sold over 400,000 copies.

-Liar!

It's true, and if you want one, I have got a garage full.

350,000 in the garage going very cheap.

Orville, a warm welcome.

Hello, love. He's nice, isn't he?

-Yeah.

-I like him.

All right, don't flatter him. Sorry.

-Orville, what's going to be your specialist area on this show?

-Eggs.

I'm very good at eggs.

-He knows all about eggs.

-I was one once, you see.

-A long time ago, he was an egg.

-Yeah. I've always been shy.

Very shy. Six months before he came out of his shell.

AUDIENCE GROANS

-Is that a joke?

-That's a joke, yes.

-You wouldn't think so.

-No.

Oh, dear.

Orville, you don't think your youth is going to count against you at all?

I'm 45!

LAUGHTER

That's in duck years, by the way.

He's still only four, and still in nappies. Oh, dear.

Keith, anything you're hoping comes up tonight? Any particular favourite areas?

Pantomime would be great because we've done something like 49 pantos.

Yes, it's true!

This year, in Wolverhampton.

Pantomime, all variety acts and all the old variety acts.

Yeah.

So, variety. Also, pop songs, of course.

-We were in the charts there with Orville's song.

-Yeah.

-Two quite very different areas of expertise as well.

-Yes.

So it's going to complement each other.

The nice thing is, if you get through to the third round,

after that you're going to be allowed to confer.

-Well, that'll be good.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

Anyway, lovely to have you here, Orville and Keith.

-Thank you.

-A very warm welcome to you.

And finally we have got Gareth Hale and Norman Pace.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, Gareth and Norman, you were both teachers before turning to comedy.

-Teachers, of course, always do very well on Pointless.

-Yeah, up to a point, yeah.

-Up to a point.

-They're not often up against Orville.

-True.

-Right enough.

-Just a dream to realise.

You're best known, obviously, for your comedy act, Hale and Pace.

and for the characters, The Two Rons, AKA The Management.

Now, how long have you been working together, Gareth and Norman?

-Actually, it was our ruby anniversary last year, yes.

-Really? Wow.

-So, 25 years.

-So you were doing teacher training.

Counting. Don't have any mathematics questions, please.

-Mathematics bad for me, yeah.

-What kind of teaching were you?

Quite obviously PE teaching.

-You do a degree for PE teaching?

-Yes.

-Wow.

That was about two curry houses and a brewery away from that.

We both did that, yes.

OK, now what are you hoping is going to come up today, Gareth?

Very easy questions that other people don't know.

Yes, they come up.

But I don't think that's going to be the case, so natural history. That'll be quite interesting.

-TOMMY:

-Oh, that's good. That's good, Gareth. That's good.

Norman?

Uh, quantum physics and OK! Magazine.

Just for a balance, you know. Is that all right?

Yes, good, Norman.

Anything you don't want to see today, Norman?

I don't like the nature stuff, actually, Alexander.

Gareth seems to have that covered, so there you go.

-He's very good on sport, Norman.

-OK, very good on sport.

Well, look, very warm welcome to you, Gareth and Norman.

Thank you very much.

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He's the exact opposite of a page three model.

He's intelligent and he works with no trousers on.

It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

I genuinely feel like I'm a bit drunk. Do you?

A bit?

I sort of feel like this evening might be chaos.

-In the nicest way, in the nicest possible way.

-Not a chance.

Do you not think?

We love a bit of chaos, don't we, lads?

-ORVILLE:

-Yeah, chaos.

-NORMAN:

-Butterflies' wings in Africa. That's tonight.

Perhaps it won't be chaos. There's literally only one person I trust on the entire thing,

and that's Orville.

-Yeah.

-Thank you.

You know what, Orville, it's an absolute pleasure.

Thank you very much.

-If you try and keep some control over some of these people.

-Yeah, like you.

-Yeah, especially me, yes.

-Yeah, this is what Saturday night television should be.

-Absolutely.

-All these guys know what to do on a Saturday night. Genuinely got questions

I think you'll all be able to have a go at.

-But it should be an absolute cracker, I think.

-Well, thanks, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show,

but we're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game and be in with a chance

of winning our jackpot, our celebrities need to score as few points as they can.

Now, what everyone is trying to do is find a Pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens,

we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot. As today's show is a celebrity special,

and each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity,

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

There we are.

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

In this first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

If you give an incorrect answer, you'll score the maximum of 100 points.

So try and avoid those if you can. OK, our first category today is...

Pop music.

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

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

And the question concerns...

Foreign acts and their hits, Richard.

Yeah, on each pass I'm going to give you the names of seven Top 40 hit singles.

They were all hits for somebody for whom English is not their native language.

You need to tell us the name of the artist. Give us an obscure one,

you're going to score fewer points.

Give us an incorrect answer and you'll score 100 points.

14 songs in all to guess the answers for at home. Very best of luck.

-Bobby and Kenny, you all drew lots before the show, and today you're going to go first.

-I'm opening.

So we're looking for the acts who released these hits, and we've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

-Kenny. What do you make of that?

-I haven't got a clue.

I'm serious. I've never even heard of those people.

-I'm a Stevie Wonder man.

-These are the names of the hits.

Oh, they are the hits?

-LAUGHTER

-These are the names of the hits. These aren't the artists.

-Taxi for Mr Lynch!

-You have to find...

-Who sang it?

-Yeah.

Ah, that is much easier. I still don't have a clue.

That's what I just said.

Barbie Girl?

The two sisters, oh, I can't remember their names.

-Um, um... The Tweedledums.

-The Tweedledums for Barbie Girl.

-The Tweedledums, says Kenny.

-I have no idea.

Let's see if that is right. If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said the Tweedledums.

Here you are, look, I've got nothing.

-Oh, bad luck, Kenny, I'm sorry.

-The Tweedledums?

The Tweedledums is an incorrect answer.

-I'm afraid it scores you the maximum 100 points.

-I'm a jazzer.

Sorry, Kenny. The Tweedledums didn't do that song.

I don't think they've done any songs ever, as far as I am aware. They certainly didn't do that.

-Not a bad name for a group, though, is it?

-Not a bad name.

It's a very good name. I'll give the answer at the end, in case anybody else wants

-to have a go at the same question.

-Now then, Bobby.

Now, Rock Me Amadeus...

..by Amadeus.

LAUGHTER

It's going to be a long night, isn't it?

It genuinely comes to something when you're thinking, "Please, let them get to Orville."

LAUGHTER

-ORVILLE:

-Yeah, yeah!

-I'm saying Amadeus!

Rock Me Amadeus by Amadeus, says Bobby. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Rock Me Amadeus by Amadeus.

Oh, bad luck, Bobby. Bad luck.

I am afraid an incorrect answer scores you another 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Bobby. Not Amadeus.

Amadeus is the lead singer of the Tweedledums, I'm afraid.

-Can I just say, apropos of nothing, it is going terrifically well, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Orville.

-Hello.

-Orville.

-Hi.

-What do you make of that board, Orville?

Er, they're talking about the Cheeky Girls, aren't they?

-The Cheeky Girls! Let's go again.

-Oi, oi, it's not them. No, no.

The Sun Always Shines On TV. I think it was A-ha.

A-ha, The Sun Always Shines On TV.

Let's see if A-ha is right,

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

-A-ha.

-..that.

A-ha.

A-ha.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, at last. There we are.

34.

LAUGHTER

-Yeah! A-ha!

-Well done.

34 for The Sun Always Shines On TV by A-ha.

-Yeah, well played, Orville, very good answer.

-Thank you.

-The Sun Always Shines On TV is A-ha's only number one hit.

-Really?

-Yes, it was indeed.

-There we go.

Gareth, you are the last person to have this board. You can talk us through the board, if you like.

Um, there was something I really liked about that board up until just recently...

..there being only one that I had a vague clue about,

which was The Sun Always Shines On TV.

-A-ha!

-LAUGHTER

-It was more like a-ha-ha-ha, yes. So...

-A-ha-ha-ha-ha!

I will go for Rock Me Amadeus by Wolfgang.

OK, Wolfgang, says Gareth, for Rock Me Amadeus.

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

-Oh, bad luck.

-Unfair.

Another incorrect answer, Gareth, which means I'm afraid you score the maximum of 100 points.

Richard, help.

So, let me get this absolutely straight.

-We've had four answers.

-Yep.

-Three of them have been incorrect...

-Yes.

The one correct one was from a duck.

-Hey, that's showbiz! That's showbiz!

-Da-da-da-da-da!

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. There's a couple of big scorers up there.

Barbie Girl, not by the Cheeky Girls but by Aqua.

-That would have scored 54 points.

-That's the one I was thinking of.

-That's the one I meant.

OK, OK. Whenever Wherever is by Shakira, that is another big scorer,

would have scored you 40.

Now, Rock me Amadeus,

it's not by Amadeus, it's not by Wolfgang.

-It's by Falco. That would have scored you 9 points.

-That it, yeah.

He plays for Tottenham.

I had all his record.

D.I.S.C.O is by Ottawan.

That would have scored 7.

Joe Le Taxi is by Johnny Depp's ex,

Vanessa Paradis. Would have scored 14. And, Diva,

Diva is by Dana International.

Would have scored you 2 points.

-See what I mean?

-You knew Dana.

Dana International, best answer on the board.

Won the Eurovision Song Contest with that.

Thanks very much, Richard. Half-way through the round,

let's take a look at the scores, as they stand.

Only two scores between the four pairs.

Orville, looking very good, there.

-Brilliant answer from you, Orville.

-Thank you.

So, you and Keith looking very strong, on 34.

Everyone else on 100.

LAUGHTER

So...

Norman, Tommy and Bobby, it is between you three to see

who stays with us, and who leaves at the end of the round.

Best of luck, all pairs. We'll come back down the line.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more top 40 hits on the board.

Here they come. We have got...

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

Now, remember, we're looking for the acts who released

these UK top 40 hits.

Obviously, Norman, you're trying to find the one

you think the fewest of 100 people knew.

Norman, please be good at this.

I don't want to lose to a duck, to be honest.

How's that board looking to you?

Well, I'm done to play it safe, and go for Autobahn, by Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk, says Norman. Kraftwerk.

You're joint highest scorers, so there's no red line.

You just have to hope this goes down as it can.

Let's see if Kraftwerk is right,

if it is, let's see how many people said it.

-Absolutely right.

-Very good.

Get down there!

Yeah!

13, Norman. Very well done.

Takes your total up to 113.

Well played. The first human being to get a correct answer tonight.

That's terrific. Yes, Kraftwerk's first UK top 40 single.

It's three minutes long, the album version's 22 minutes long.

-Wow.

-A bit like this round.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Keith, over to you.

-Orville did very well in that last round.

-Thank you.

-34.

The high scorers are currently Norman and Gareth on 113,

you're on 34.

-If you can score 78 or less, you are through to the next round.

-Right.

Saturday Night, I think it was somebody called Whigfield, I think.

-Whigfield.

-Whigfield.

-Very similar.

-He's good.

-Whigfield.

-Whigfield. Don't confer, Orville!

-I'm not.

-Don't speak when I'm speaking.

-You're not that good.

LAUGHTER

There's your red line, Keith.

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

Let's see if Whigfield's right. If it is, let's see how many said it.

Absolutely right.

And you are through to the next round.

34.

34, exactly the same score

as Orville had.

Takes you up to 68.

Yeah, a huge hit single by Whigfield, very good answer.

-That is weird, they both got the same score.

-I know.

-Isn't it?

-Very odd.

-There's like telepathic thing going on.

Yeah, I think so. Impressive.

Now, Tommy, the high score is 113.

That's when Norman and Gareth are.

You're on a 100, if you can score 12 or less,

you go through to the next round.

I see what you're doing, Bobby.

It's a bit awkward, that, for me.

-BOBBY: You were never good at impressions, were you?

-No.

La Bamba, I'll go for.

I haven't much idea,

and I'll say Trini Lopez.

Oh, no.

LAUGHTER

Trini Lopez, La Bamba.

Trini Lopez, says Tommy.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Oh! Bad luck!

-Anyway, folks, it's been great knowing you!

-See ya!

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, not Trini Lopez. I'll give you the correct answer

at the end of the round,

in case Bobby wants to have a go.

He did record that. He was the first want record that,

if you look back in the records.

He was, 1952.

-Correct.

-1954.

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

The high scorers are Tommy and Bobby on 200. You're on 100.

If you can score 99, or less...

-Boy, if only I could score 99.

-..you are through to the next round.

I have a rough idea, 99 Red Balloons was recorded by

that funny, weird-looking woman

from some funny, weird-looking country.

Called Bjork. Bjork?

-So, you're going to go for Bjork?

-Bjork!

Let's see if Bjork is right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Bjork.

-What a team.

-The suspense is killing me.

Oh, bad luck, Bobby!

Well, who's it by, then?

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you scored

the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 200, as well.

I'm going to be brutally frank, and say this is not a problem

we normally have on the daytime version of this.

-We don't normally have a 200-all draw, do we?

-No.

But, good news is, we get a tie-break, we've got more.

Brilliant. OK, so, as it's a tie, the tied pairs have to give me

one more answer each, and the highest score will be eliminated.

But, you are allowed to confer, and Bobby and Kenny, you will go first.

Yes Sir I Can Boogie, by Tavares.

-Not a chance.

-Tavares.

Yes Sir I Can Boogie, by Tavares.

Not a chance.

Bobby and Kenny are saying Tavares, for Yes Sir I Can Boogie.

Let's see if that's right,

and let's see how many people knew that answer.

Bad luck.

-I thought you had it, Bobby.

-Bad luck.

So, Tommy and Bobby, I need an answer from you.

-You've got one, now.

-Excuse me, I'm giving the answer.

You go over there, I'll stay here.

The answer is, The Final Countdown by...

..Toto.

What, the clown? Toto the clown?

I didn't say that.

OK, the answer you are giving is Toto,

-for the final countdown.

-Yes!

-Total, he said. Toto.

-OK, Toto. There is your red line.

If you get below the line, you're through to the next round.

We're going home!

Is Toto right? How many people said it?

No, it's not right!

OK, now, because neither pair can answer this question,

we are going to resolve this board, and reveal a new question,

and the tied pairs can then have a crack at that.

-Let's fill these in. BOBBY:

-Groundbreaking television.

La Bamba was a huge number one hit for Los Lobos,

it would have scored 4.

Yes Sir I Can Boogie was Baccara,

would have scored you 11.

99 Red Balloons was the German singer,

Nena, Neunundneunzig Luftballons,

would have scored you 23 points.

Radar Love was Golden Earring,

they were Dutch, scores 9.

And The Final Countdown was Europe,

and that was a big scorer, 31 points.

OK, as it's a tie, we're going to reveal our new question,

and the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each.

Whoever gets the highest score will be eliminated.

OK, let's reveal the tie-break question, here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

..as they could. Richard.

We are looking for any TV show where Bruce Forsyth has been

credited as host, compere, or presenter,

for 10 episodes or more.

Which of the two pairs can score the lowest score in that category.

OK, now then, Bobby and Kenny, you go first.

This is the one people won't remember. This is an older one.

Yeah, you want the lowest scoring one.

The one the fewest people could remember.

-Let me have a think.

-OK, Bobby and Kenny.

Bruce's Big Night Out.

Bruce's Big Night Out.

Bruce's Big Night Out, say Bobby and Kenny.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck!

That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

So, Tommy and Bobby, we just need an answer from you.

The high score is 100,

anything less than 100 will get you through to the next round.

Sunday Night At The London Palladium.

Sunday Night At The London Palladium, say Tommy and Bobby.

Let's see if that's right,

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

-It's right!

-CHEERING

Then we are.

Fantastic. 7!

CHEERING

You want to record that applause.

Wow. 7.

-I'm going to learn the real titles.

-There we are.

Yes, what was the title of Bruce's show?

He did one about the night out.

The exact title is Bruce Forsyth's Big Night, I'm afraid.

-I'm not reading out all the answers, let's move on.

-Brilliant.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

So, at the end, eventually, of our first round,

our losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid,

is Bobby and Kenny.

Well, you gave us everything you had.

It wasn't very much, was it?

We were pretty good, weren't we?

You were fantastic.

-Consistent.

-Consistent.

-You were fantastic.

Kenny and Bobby, thank you so much for playing.

It's been brilliant having you here.

Brilliant sports, thanks so much.

-Thank you very much.

-Adios, amigos!

But, for the remaining three celebrity pairs,

it's now time for Round Two.

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

so one of the pairs in front of me will be leaving us.

I wonder which pair it's going to be. Orville, I don't think...

Bobby, come on. It's not going to be you.

-I don't know, they were rubbish, those two, but...

-We'll see.

LAUGHTER

As opposed to...? They were very good.

-Orville, you were fantastic, fantastic.

-Thank you very much.

-You and Keith got the same score.

-It's clever, isn't it?

-We think the same, you see.

-They've got the same voice.

-We think the same.

-They don't have the same voice.

Don't be silly.

Now then, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going second.

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

OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.

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

..as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any word

that has its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English,

that begins with a B, and ends with a B, please.

As always, no hyphenated words, no proper nouns, no abbreviations.

Just any word that begins and ends in a B.

Very, very good luck.

OK, then. Tommy.

Bib.

-Very good.

-Says Tommy, bib. Let's see if that's right,

and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said bib.

It's right.

17.

APPLAUSE

17, for bib.

See, it already feels more relaxing than Round One, doesn't it?

Yes, a piece of cloth tied round a child's neck,

to keep it clean while eating.

-There we are. Now then, Orville.

-Uh-oh.

What's the most obscure word beginning and ending in B,

you can think of?

-A friend of mine...

-Yeah, a friend of his... Go on.

Barbie.

-Barbie.

-OK, Barbie, says Orville.

Let's see if that's right,

and let's see how many people said Barbie.

No, it won't be.

-Oh, bad luck, Orville.

-Oh, dear.

I'm sorry. An incorrect answer,

which I'm afraid scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Oh, dear.

-You know what, Orville has let you down, there, Keith.

He has, he has. I should have come on this by myself, really.

Yeah, or brought someone different, it's not a great answer, sorry.

All right, all right, it's an OK answer.

Gareth, what is the most obscure word beginning

and ending in B that you can think of?

Well, it's also going to have to be

one that one out of 100 chooses, as well, isn't it?

-No, it can be Pointless. Even better.

-Yes?

-Yeah.

-Then you add 250 quid to the jackpot.

-Oh, right.

-It has to be correct, obviously.

-That is the problem.

-I don't want to make a boob.

-Very good, very good! Very good.

-Boob.

-Boob, there we are, says Gareth. Boob.

Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of 100 people said boob.

Absolutely right.

15!

Very well played, Gareth.

-Yes, boob, an embarrassing mistake.

-We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at the scores.

The lowest score there, 15.

Gareth and Norman looking very, very strong on that.

Then, up to 17, where we find Tommy and Bobby,

and then, I'm afraid, up to 100, where we find Orville and Keith.

-Keith, we need a low score, in the next pass.

-Right.

-Oh.

-Best of luck with that.

Coming back down the line,

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

OK, so we are looking for words that begin and end in a B.

Norman, you're on 15, Orville and Keith are the high scorers on 100,

if you can score 84, or less, you are through to the next round.

Good.

-Would you like me to say a word.

-Beginning and ending in B, yes.

-OK.

-Let's go for blurb.

-Blurb. Very good word.

Here is your red line, nice and high.

If you get below that red line, Norman,

you are through to the next round.

Blurb. How many people said it?

Absolutely right,

and you are through to the head to head.

Go, go, go.

5.

Well done.

-Five, takes your total up to 20.

-Well played, Norman.

I tell you what, on that last podium,

it's like a normal episode of Pointless, isn't it?

-A bit.

-People asked questions, and answering them.

It's rather refreshing.

Yeah, blurb, it's what's written on a back of the book,

or for a film, for promotional purposes. The blurb.

-Now, then, Keith.

-Yes.

-Keith,

you're the high scorers, on 100.

We need a low score from you.

Um...blob.

-"Blob," says Keith.

-Yes.

-Blob?

-Blob.

-Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Ooh!

20.

120 is your score.

I'm afraid that is a high total there. Richard.

Yeah, it is a high total. Orville, did you not know that one?

-No, I didn't know that one.

-Didn't know that? That's a shame.

-It would've been a good answer in the first round.

-Bird brain!

Aww... That's not very funny.

ORVILLE SOBS

-AUDIENCE: Awww.

-Sorry.

I'm only kidding!

Now then, Bobby. Bobby, you're through to the next round.

-You're through to the head-to-head.

-Are we?

-Whatever you score.

-You don't want my word?

-No, I do.

I want your word, but I'm just telling you,

even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake Keith and Orville's high score.

But I couldn't have said, "Bob," could I?

But I'm not going to say that.

I'm going to say...

..bulb.

-No, we've had boob.

-You haven't. B-U-L-B.

-Oh, bulb! I'm so sorry. Bulb!

-No, no, not "bulb".

-Not "bulb".

-BOOLB!

-"Oh, it's a bulb!" It's a boolb!

-It's a boolb!

-Bulb.

-Yes, you've got it.

-You've got it.

I've got... I think I've got it. I've got it.

OK. We're looking for words beginning and ending in B.

-And you are giving me bulb.

-Boolb.

Let's see how many people said bulb.

It's absolutely right.

Right down, right down. Go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on!

11!

11 takes your total up to 28. Very well done.

Not a word, Bob. Not a word. It's a name, innit?

Well played, Bobby, good answer.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

See if you got any of these at home. There's a few of them.

Some of them you won't have heard.

Bafflegab, which is a word for pretentious jargon, apparently.

Bathtub would've been a pointless answer, would've been an absolute cracker.

Bedaub, to daub something.

Er, bicarb, breadcrumb also would have been a very good pointless answer.

And brewpub. And bub as well - the American...

If you call someone "bub", that would've been a pointless,

so well done if you got any of those at home.

-That felt a bit like a normal show for us there.

-Little bit, yeah.

-That was weird.

-It was good. Thanks very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, our losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid, Keith and Orville, it's you. I'm so sorry.

-I mean, a lovely answer from you there, Keith.

-Thank you.

-I'm sorry, Orville. Barbie, she's let you down.

-I know.

I can't help it, you know.

I've not been well.

-I've not.

-He hasn't.

ORVILLE LAUGHS

-A-ha.

-Anyway, Keith and Orville, thank you so much for joining our celebrity special.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

Brilliant contestants, thank you.

But for the remaining two celebrity pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Gareth and Norman, Tommy and Bobby.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You'll now go head-to-head.

The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot,

but the big news is you are now allowed to confer.

OK. Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Seaside Locations. Richard.

Yes, for this question, we're going to show you five pictures

of famous locations at the British seaside.

Can you tell us in which town or city you would find the following five things?

The most obscure answer will win the point.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five locations.

And here they come - we have got...

OK, so there they are. Gareth and Norman,

you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

Do you want to go safe or do you want to go risky, Gareth?

I want to kind of go safe/risky.

Well, I know the boys will know A and D completely.

I think I know B, which I think is the hardest.

But I could be wrong.

Then go for E.

-OK. We'll go for E, then.

-Yeah.

-Think you know what it is?

-Yes.

Yes, it's the Taj Mahal.

LAUGHTER

The Taj Mahal's in Brighton?

-Oh, yeah, that one.

-E is Brighton.

OK, Gareth and Norman are saying E, Brighton.

Now, Tommy and Bobby, you can talk us through the board.

-Fill in all the blanks for us.

-What, tell you where everywhere is?

You can go through all of them, then say which one you want to submit.

A is Morecambe.

-How'd you get that?

-How'd you get that?

-What do you...?

Please, I'm doing my part here - don't interrupt.

LAUGHTER

D?

D, mm.

Toughie.

-Blackpool!

-Ah.

C.

-Tommy?

-HE LAUGHS

Oh, it's tricky.

-Scarborough? I don't know. Maybe.

-That's all right.

-Yeah.

And B, Rhyl.

Which one do you want to go for?

Oh, of course, we're going for A.

-You're going to say A, Morecambe?

-Yeah.

Right you are. So we have E, Brighton, and A, Morecambe.

Gareth and Norman said Brighton.

Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Brighton.

Absolutely right.

-41.

-Ooh!

41 for Brighton.

Tommy and Bobby have gone for Morecambe. A, Morecambe.

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

Of course, it's right. 41's what it has to beat.

68.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, boys.

Well done, Gareth and Norman. After one question, you are up one-nil.

Yeah, that was a big scorer, Morecambe.

Norman, you were thinking of going for a risky one?

I thought B might be Lyme Regis.

You are right. It is Lyme Regis.

Well done. It would've scored 10 points.

It would've been a terrific answer.

The one that everyone's having trouble with is C.

-It's not Scarborough, it's Broadstairs in Kent.

-Is it? Right.

That would have scored 3 points, so that would've been terrific.

Best answer on the board, that.

And D, as you rightly said,

Blackpool.

91 people recognising that. That's a lot.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes our second question.

Tommy and Bobby, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

-NORMAN:

-Come on, lads.

-Best of luck. It concerns...

LAUGHTER

Paul Daniels. Richard?

We'll show you five clues to facts about magician and TV presenter Paul Daniels.

Can you pick the most obscure answer?

OK, and to read out the clues to facts about Paul Daniels,

here's the man himself - Mr Paul Daniels!

Ha-haaa!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Paul, how are you? Welcome, welcome.

-PAUL:

-You're supposed to be there.

-No, no, you come here.

-Oh, I'M here?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're here.

How honoured you must be to be in my presence.

Lovely to see you, lads.

OK, the questions are all about Paul Daniels.

And these are the questions...

I married my lovely assistant in 1988.

My Polish dancing partner on Strictly Come Dancing...

which was a mistake - I asked for a pole dancer, I got a Polish dancer.

Right.

What was my first...? What IS my first given name, when I were born?

And I had a children's TV show, featured a magical, talking cone,

if you like, in about the 1980s. You know?

And then my three words in my catchphrase, that follow,

"You'll like this..."

All righty. Do you want to hear them again? Yes, you do.

OK, from the top.

What is the name of my lovely assistant who I married in 1988?

What was the name of my Polish dancing partner on Strictly?

My first given name at birth -

-which even

-I

-am struggling to remember.

My 1980s children's television show

that featured a magical, talking cone shape.

And my three words in my catchphrase that follow, "You'll like this..."

So there we are - five clues to facts about Paul Daniels' life.

This time, Tommy and Bobby, you go first.

Do it.

Er, it's...

"My lovely assistant whom I married in 1988,"

Debbie McGee. The lovely Debbie McGee.

"The lovely Debbie McGee," say Tommy and Bobby.

Gareth and Norman, you can talk us through the board, if you like.

Um, yes.

Very little talking to be done, I'm afraid.

"My Polish..." Nope, sorry.

"First given name at birth..."

-Can't say that aloud on early-evening TV.

-Nope.

"'80s..."

The talking cone...

We can only do the bottom one, I'm afraid, Paul.

"Not a lot."

OK, so Gareth and Norman are going to go for "Not a lot."

Debbie McGee versus "Not a lot."

Tommy and Bobby have gone for Debbie McGee.

Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

-Ooh, 75!

-Oh!

That's not good! You'll beat that, boys.

Now then...

-you have to win this question to stay in the game, Tommy and Bobby.

-I know.

Gareth and Norman have gone for "Not a lot."

"Not a lot." Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right. Will it beat 75?

Yes, it will. 65 for "Not a lot."

Just. Just.

Which means, Gareth and Norman, after only two questions,

you are through to the final, two-nil. Very well done.

Paul, will you fill in the board for us?

Do I know the answers? Yes, I do.

My Polish dancing partner on Strictly was Ola. Ola Jordan.

And my first given name at birth, that's a toughie.

-I think I know that. Can I have a guess at that?

-Go on, then.

I think it is Newton.

Indeed. And my real full name was Newton Edward Daniels.

Nice.

But it wouldn't fit on the poster, so that was that.

And then my 1980s children's TV show

featured a magical talking cone was Wizbit.

AMERICAN ACCENT: Hi there, my name's Wizbit.

I come from the Planet of Wow! I'm only here for a year and a day!

I'm going now.

Paul Daniels, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks so much for coming on.

Lovely to see you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Yeah, Ola would have scored five, Wizbit four

and Newton, actually the best answer on the board worth two points.

So well done if you got all five of those especially.

Thanks Richard. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Tommy and Bobby.

-Thank you.

-You've done very well, after our first round. Whoo!

-That was a marathon!

-Only because Bobby Davro were putting me off.

-I knew a lot of them!

-Yeah.

I think you did, but Tommy and Bobby,

thank you so much for playing.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Tommy and Bobby.

-Thank you.

-Thank you! Well done, lads.

But for Gareth and Norman, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Gareth and Norman,

you've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you've done so well. You've made it through the show.

-We beat a stuffed bird.

-Stuffed bird did pretty well.

-Very well!

-No more said against the stuffed bird.

And Orville!

Orville, not bad at all! Very best of luck to you.

To win the money, you have to find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any on the show tonight.

You only need to find one now

and you will go away with that £2,500 for your charities.

Firstly you've got to choose a category

and you have a choice of five options, and they are...

What do you think, Gareth?

Well, I think...the Periodic Table,

yep, maybe not.

Turner Prize, I don't know. Erm...

I certainly know that we both really love the game of golf.

Number one albums, another one, not too bad an area!

-But, erm...

-What do you think?

-I'll go with your choice.

-Don't put the weight on me!

It's crushing me with responsibility and fear. Erm...

2012 Golf. Norman, are you happy with that?

-All right, let's do the golf.

-All right, we'll do the golf.

Let's find out what the question is.

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

..as they could. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any of the 95 players

who took part in the 2012 US Masters at Augusta, please.

Any of the players who took part in the US Masters this year.

There's an awful lot of pointless answers, so very best of luck.

OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £2,500 for your charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

Okey-doke, yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

-Your time starts now.

-So, Rory.

McIlroy, we'll keep away from the obvious ones.

I know a couple of quite obscure ones.

Kevin Na, who did very well this year but I don't know

if people would have known him before that.

Manassero is a young Italian player, he's about 19, who played this year.

I think they're two that we could,

you know...most people possibly wouldn't know.

Can you think of anybody else?

Er, there was the 18-year-old amateur

who actually featured quite heavily in the coverage,

whose name is...

-Whose name is not in my brain.

-Yes!

Just escaping at the moment, which is a bit ominous.

So, I suppose...

-Bo Van Pelt? Has kind of a ring to it.

-I'd say it's got a coat to it!

NORMAN LAUGHS

-Try that.

-Try those three?

-Yeah, go for Rory first.

-Are you happy with those three?

-I think we are.

-Shall we stop the clock?

-BOTH: Yeah.

-OK, we shall.

Clock is stopped. We were looking for 2012 US Masters competitors.

I now need your three answers.

-Kevin Na.

-Kevin Na.

-Bo Van Pelt.

-Bo Van Pelt.

And Manassero is the surname, is that OK just to give you a surname?

-I need first name and surname, I'm afraid.

-Rory McIlroy.

-That's not his first name!

-Instead of...we don't know his first name.

It's something like Man... Manolo or something Manassero.

-Barry!

-But you're going to submit Rory McIlroy.

-Yeah.

-There we are.

-You got some other good answers.

-Hope so.

Of those three, which do you think is most likely to be pointless?

Kevin Na, probably.

Kevin Na, shall we put him last?

And your least likely to be pointless?

Rory McIlroy, we'll put him first.

OK, let's put those up on the board in that order, and here they are.

We have got...

There we are. We were looking for 2012 US Masters competitors.

Rory McIlroy's your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one, remember, to win that jackpot of £2,500,

so let's see how many people said Rory McIlroy.

Well, it's correct. It's a good start.

Down it goes. Into the 40s.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,500.

16!

16!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's kind of useful, that tells us

how much our 100 people know about the 2012 US Masters.

16 of them got Rory McIlroy. Not a pointless answer.

I think you'd have been surprised if that had been pointless.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Gareth, what's your charity?

-Erm, it's the British Heart Foundation.

-Very good, and Norman?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-My charity's the Meningitis Research Foundation.

-Very good.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Two excellent charities there.

Let's hope one of your two remaining answers

will win that jackpot for them.

So let's see. Your next answer, Bo Van Pelt.

We were looking for 2012 US Masters competitors.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,500, let's see how many people said Bo Van Pelt.

OK, it's right. Rory McIlroy took us all the way down to 16.

Bo Van Pelt now taking us down into the 20s, into the teens.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,500.

Yes! You've done it!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, that's brilliant.

Richly deserved, and on your second question as well.

Brilliant.

Many, many congratulations, Bo Van Pelt was a pointless answer,

which means you win that jackpot of £2,500. Very, very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Brilliantly well played, Gareth and Norman.

The show started off rather slowly, didn't it, in Round One,

but it's ended with a bang.

Very well deserved. Kevin Na, also a pointless answer.

APPLAUSE

I suspect you could have kept on giving us pointless answers.

The Italian you're thinking of is Mateo Manassero.

Didn't play this year.

Has played before, will play again, will win it one day, I suspect,

but wouldn't have been a correct answer on this occasion.

The amateur you're talking about is Patrick Cantlay who did very well.

He was a pointless answer. Lots of pointless answers, very famous...

Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia,

Charl Schwartzel, Geoff Ogilvy, Steve Stricker, all those were pointless.

Let's look at a few more up here.

All three of these former Masters champions.

Angel Cabrera, Ben Crenshaw's won it twice,

Bernhard Langer's won it twice. They would have won the money.

Edoardo Molinari, he was Italian, he did play.

Mike Weir, the Canadian former champion. Sandy Lyle.

Former champion from Scotland.

Sang-Moon Bae, the Korean player, his first Masters. Stewart Cink,

who won the Open in 2009 and the Dane Thomas Bjorn, all of those pointless.

Very well done if you got any of those at home,

but well done, guys. That is terrific.

Thanks very much. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thanks once again to our winning celebrities,

Gareth and Norman, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And a huge thank you to our other celebrity pairs,

Bobby and Kenny, Keith and Orville and Tommy and Bobby.

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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