Episode 3 Pointless Celebrities

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to a Saturday night soap opera edition of Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

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

To have a chance of winning our jackpot,

our celebrities need to come up with the answers that the fewest of those 100 people thought of.

Let's meet our Pointless celebrities.

APPLAUSE

First up, we welcome Ken Morley and Steve Arnold.

APPLAUSE

Ken and Steve, we know you from Coronation Street

where Ken played Reg Holdsworth and Steve played Ashley Peacock.

Ken's character Reg left the show in 1995 to start a new life in Lowestoft.

Any chance of returning?

Who can say? I don't know. I've aged a bit since then. I'm almost 53 now.

-Lowestoft will do that to a man.

-It's the fish.

-It is, yes.

-What will be good for you, Ken?

-Canals.

-No-one's said that before.

I like the way he said that so quickly as well.

Like a man suspiciously looking at my question sheet.

-Steven?

-Boxing and football. Sport, basically.

-OK.

-Boxing particularly? That came out first.

-Yeah.

-Are there any things you're dreading?

-Yeah, pretty much everything bar that.

-LAUGHTER

-Very best of luck, Ken and Steven. It's lovely having you on the show.

-Next, please welcome John Altman and Dean Gaffney.

-APPLAUSE

Obviously, we know you from EastEnders

where John, you played Nasty Nick Cotton, the son of Dot, and Dean, you played Robbie Jackson.

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

-Rivers.

-To go with Ken's canals?

-I'm joking.

Anything to do with movies and, like Steven, anything to do with sport.

OK, movies and sport. Any other surprising areas of expertise?

Um...no.

-John, what would be great for you?

-A bit of gardening maybe. I'm quite a keen gardener.

I've got a patio garden and it's amazing the wildlife you get on a patio garden.

For example, the stag beetle. Have you ever encountered one?

-Yeah, they're quite scary.

-If they were as big as a tank, they'd be lethal.

LAUGHTER

-It's true.

-He's good, isn't he?

Yeah, because that is actually true. If the stag beetle was as big as a tank, it would be lethal.

-Terrifying.

-That's official. An ant as big as a tank would be fairly frightening.

-Don't you think?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-A koala, lovely...

-Uh-huh.

-But the size of a tank?

-Aaaagh!

-Terrifying.

-Killer Koala - coming to a movie house near you!

You know what? We're in a room full of actors.

Killer Koala - is anybody in?

-You want to make some money?

-There we go. That's how I can tell you're actors. Yeah, yeah.

-Killer Koala, I could do it. Sounds good as well. Killer Koala?

-Not bad, is it?

-Yeah.

John, Dean, very best of luck. Lovely having you on the show.

-Next, please welcome Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries.

-APPLAUSE

We know you both from Hollyoaks where Matt played Max Cunningham and Darren played OB.

-Matt, there's no going back for Max. He got hit by a car on his wedding day.

-It happens.

I bet you could come back. Just come back with a crutch.

There have been a few ghosts in Hollyoaks. It would probably be a ghost thing.

-Darren, you could return.

-Yeah, maybe, maybe. I couldn't leave Matt.

-No.

-I could never do it. If Matt can't go back, I can't go back. That's how it is.

-Wow!

-That's it?

-We're joined at the hip.

OK. How do you fancy Hollyoaks's chances today?

We've heard from Corrie, we've heard from EastEnders. What do you think?

-We're quietly confident. It can go either way.

-Don't say that.

We're not confident at all. It could go really wrong.

-Let's lower our expectations.

-We didn't talk about this.

-No.

There are certain subjects we might be quite good on.

-Tell us what they are.

-Straight to video, '80s action films that were available in my local Blockbuster

between the years of '89 and '94.

They'd be good.

-We did that on the last show, didn't we?

-Without being too specific(!)

-We did, yeah. Sadly.

-We're film buffs, aren't we?

-You've said that now!

-Anything goes.

-You've said the B-word.

-Buff. He said "buffs".

-We are quite buff.

LAUGHTER

Matt, Darren, a warm welcome to Pointless. Very best of luck.

-Finally, we've got Dean Sullivan and Paul Usher.

-Hello. APPLAUSE

We know you from Brookside where you, Dean, played Jimmy Corkhill and, Paul, you played Barry Grant.

We've heard from the other teams. What do you think of your rivals?

I think we're going to have our work cut out here, Paul, do you think?

I think we are. I've seen John with all kinds of books and this and that in the green room.

-He's been swotting up beforehand?

-Yeah.

-Looks like it, yeah.

-What's going to be good for you, Paul?

-Train times.

Any particular line?

Well, just so we can get home.

-Anything you'd particularly not like to see?

-I wouldn't like to see you in the nude.

LAUGHTER

I didn't mean that.

Take that back. You would, you would. Come on.

-All right then, I would.

-Really...

-Listen, listen.

Everybody here would like to see you in the nude. Everyone would, wouldn't they?

CHEERING

Yeah, good, good. I'm not going to do it again(!)

Welcome to the show, Dean and Paul. Very best of luck.

Between them, our celebrities have murdered people, buried bodies under patios, been addicted to drugs,

set fire to people's businesses, tried to kill their own mothers, taken dogs hostage,

-all of which reminds me I've still to introduce my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

-APPLAUSE

-Hiya.

So, four soap operas?

-Yeah.

-I sometimes think that Pointless is like a soap opera too.

-It is.

-In that you don't realise that I'm sleeping with your wife.

You find that out in about six episodes' time.

-Do I?

-You are furious!

Do I set fire to your dressing room?

-You try to, but unfortunately...

-I come round drunk one night and try and make it up to my wife.

-And I try to glass you.

-She's round at mine, by the way.

-Yeah.

-Where she's been the last couple of years, with all due respect.

That's another one to add to the list of people who don't want to see you naked.

LAUGHTER

It should be a cracking show today, shouldn't it?

-You know the people I don't buy at all?

-Who?

Dean and Paul, being all cool, being all, "Well, whatever happens."

-Look at them. You've never seen two more steely gazes! They're in this to win this.

-Thanks, Richard.

Our questions have been put to 100 people before the show, but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.

To have a chance of winning our jackpot, our celebrities must score as few points as they can.

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

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

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

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

APPLAUSE

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 with your partner.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category for Round One is...

American Soaps. 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.

OK, so our question concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, what we're about to do is show you an image

of characters from the soaps Dallas and Dynasty.

You need to identify any of the actors.

Give us the name of any of the actors or actresses you see.

A nice, obscure answer will score very few points, but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

Very, very best of luck.

Now then, Steven and Ken, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going first.

We are going to show you our two images and we have got...

These two. We're looking for the name of any actor or actress from either of those pictures.

There you are, Steven. Feast your eyes.

The only one I actually know is really obvious, but I've got to go with Joan Collins.

-So many people have said that.

-LAUGHTER

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

Absolutely right.

56.

-APPLAUSE

-It ain't bad, Steven, 56.

Well done, Steven. You did what you had to do. You avoided scoring 100 points.

She played Alexis Carrington. That role was offered to Elizabeth Taylor, but she turned it down.

Then Sophia Loren also turned it down.

-Wow!

-Yeah.

-Excellent. Now, John, a nice, obscure actor or actress from either of these pictures.

How about Charlene Tilton?

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

Absolutely right.

21.

APPLAUSE

-He has been reading, hasn't he?

-Get that out of one of your books, did you?

-OK, OK.

She played Lucy Ewing in Dallas.

-Matt?

-Never even... No. I've not got a clue. I don't even think we were born.

-No.

-No.

-They don't know they were born.

LAUGHTER

Was Linda Evans in any of these soaps?

-Linda Evans, says Matt.

-That's all I've got. That's all I've got.

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

It's right... Matt!

Oh, wow, and down it goes. Look at that!

8.

APPLAUSE

-8 of your points. Look at that! Well done, you. 8, that's brilliant.

-Yeah, absolutely.

-She played Krystle Carrington, so a very good answer.

-Right.

-That's a relief, isn't it?

-A big relief.

Can you pick her out for us there?

Is she the one in the white dress?

-Yeah, why not? Why not?

-All right, yeah.

-Yeah, great.

-There we go.

OK, brilliant. Very good. Now, Paul, is this good for you?

You know when you're a kid and the names come on the screen, I think this one stuck in my head.

I hope I'm right. John Forsythe.

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

It's right.

That's a good answer, Paul.

7.

APPLAUSE

7. The best score of the pass, Paul. Very well done. John Forsythe.

Great answer, Paul. Best answer so far. He was Blake Carrington in Dynasty.

-Linda Evans' character was originally his secretary.

-Hmm.

-You'd have loved it.

-Already I want to know more. Linda was his "secretary"?

The stuff this lot got up to, honestly!

I don't know how you would describe it. It was like a soap opera, some of the stuff that went on.

Thanks very much. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Paul and Dean looking very strong indeed on 7,

Matt and Darren looking... Well, Matt looking very good on 8.

-Darren, that means if you go out, it's going to be all your fault, Darren.

-Yeah, I'm feeling that.

With that score though, it might be enough to keep you in.

You never know. Then we come up to 21 where we find John and Dean,

then up to 56 where we find Steven and Ken. Ken, we need a low-scoring answer from you.

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

So, remember, we're looking for the names of any of these Dallas or Dynasty actors or actresses.

Now then, Dean...

Paul got us off to a fantastic start and I really don't want to throw that away

because I'm torn between two answers,

one that I'm nearly 100% certain of

and the other one that I could guess at, which I think would be right

and would be a low score, but I don't want to take that gamble,

-so I'm going to go for the one I think...

-Take the gamble.

-No, no.

-Linda Gray.

-Linda Gray, says Dean. Linda Gray.

Here comes your red line. If you get below it, you are in the next round.

Linda Gray, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

-You're in the next round. Very well done.

-Yes!

-17. Brilliant.

-APPLAUSE

It takes your total up to 24, Dean.

Well done, Dean, safely through. Linda Gray played Sue-Ellen.

-It was her legs on the poster for The Graduate.

-No, was it?

-Yeah.

Good, good. Now, Darren, the moment of truth.

The high scorers remain Ken and Steven on 56. You're on 8.

If you can score 47 or less, you are in the next round.

I think one of these people was in a reality TV show

in the past sort of five years maybe,

and I think it's the lady behind Joan Collins, but I don't know her name.

Oh!

Then I'm thinking of a name... I don't even know if they're on there,

but it's a name I know was associated with these kind of shows in the '80s, I think,

so I'll say Farrah Fawcett.

-Farrah Fawcett?

-I think so, yeah.

-Is it right, how many people said Farrah Fawcett?

Oh, bad luck, Darren.

-So who's Farrah Fawcett?

-Hey, well, there's a mystery.

Unfortunately, that's incorrect, so you score the maximum of 100 points. That takes your total up to 108.

-Richard?

-Yeah, tough luck. You've made Ken very happy.

Farrah Fawcett, or Farrah Fawcett-Majors as she became, was an American actress

at exactly the right time, but not in those pictures.

-She was in Charlie's Angels probably most famously.

-Of course, yes.

-Along with John Forsythe.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Dean, 21, you are. The high scorers are Darren and Matt on 108.

A score of 86 or less will see you into the next round.

I'm just going to have to go for a punt because that's the idea of the show,

so I think I'm going to say Patrick Duffy.

Is it right? How many people said Patrick Duffy?

It's right and you're through.

35.

Not bad at all. It takes your total up to 56.

Well played, Dean. He played Bobby Ewing. He gives hope to anyone. He got killed in a soap opera.

-How many times did he get killed?

-He got killed, but he came back

and the previous few seasons were written off as a dream.

-Clever, isn't it?

-That's good. OK, now then, Ken, your score is exactly the same as Dean and John's,

but you've got to give an answer. The high scorers are Darren and Matt on 108.

If you can score 51 or less, you are through to the next round.

I only have one name. I never watched Dallas. I only know one guy who was famous for other things as well.

It's Larry Hagman, isn't it? But everybody knows this.

Let's see, Larry Hagman, how many people said it?

It's right, obviously.

You've done it! 46.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Ken. That takes your total up to 102. You're through.

Well done, Ken. You only knew one, but you only needed to know one. He played JR Ewing, of course.

-When he was shot, 350 million people watched that worldwide.

-Wow!

There are three pointless answers up there, one from Dallas and two from Dynasty.

Very well done to anyone who said Jock Ewing who was played by Jim Davis.

There is Claudia Blaisdel who was played by Pamela Bellwood. That was pointless.

And the last pointless answer, Pamela Sue Martin who played Fallon.

I'll take you through the rest of them. Heather Locklear would have scored you 3.

Barbara Bel Geddes, who played Miss Ellie, scored 10, Victoria Principal scored 17

and the rest we've already seen.

Very well done if you got them all.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of the first round, our losing pair with the highest score, Darren and Matt.

Bad luck. You did very well. That was a valiant attempt to get something right.

Farrah Fawcett was bang on in terms of vintage.

Darren and Matt, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye, but great to have you on the show. Thanks for playing.

-Darren and Matt, great contestants!

-APPLAUSE

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

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

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

That was a very revealing first round. Dean and Paul, you were right, very low scores.

24 was your total. Look at that. Look at that steely resolve!

Just absolutely solid as a rock, the two of them.

-Amazing, amazing. John and Dean also pretty solid as well, quite consistent there.

-Yeah.

Ken and Steven, not bad, but you had to go with Larry Hagman which brought your score up.

My favourite thing about soap operas is when a brand-new actor comes back to play an old, established part.

It's a part you know and a completely new actor turns up and nobody bats an eyelid at all.

You'd never get away with that in our Pointless soap opera.

We'd never get away with that, but well spotted if you saw that at home. I'm having a hot flush!

-Thanks, Richard.

-APPLAUSE

So the category for Round Two is...

Europeans. 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.

OK, our question concerns...

Famous French People. Richard?

On each pass, we'll give you six clues to the identity

of famous people born in France or on French territories.

Can you name one of those famous French people? The more obscure your answer, the fewer points you score.

-Surnames will be accepted.

-OK, thanks very much, Richard.

We are looking for the names of these famous French people.

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. Six clues to six different famous French people.

Now then, Steven...

I'll go with the President of France in 2007 and it's...

Is it Jacques...

OK, I'm just going to say...

Jacques Claude.

-Jacques Claude?

-That was close.

Jacques Claude, says Steven. Jacques Claude, President of France in 2007.

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

-Bad luck, Steven. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, as you probably knew.

-Yes.

-That scores 100 points.

-I'll give the correct answer after the pass

-in case someone else wants to answer the same one.

-OK.

Dean, how are the famous French looking behind me?

The most frustrating thing is that when you tell me the answer of "sex symbol known as BB",

I will know it.

-You will after I've told you it, yes.

-Of course.

But I'm going to tackle the question of President of France in 2007

and I'm taking a punt, it's just a name I've heard, I don't even know if this person is French,

but I'm going to go with it. Nicolas Sarkozy?

Nicolas Sarkozy, says Dean. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right, Dean.

24.

APPLAUSE Wow!

24.

Good answer. Well played, Dean. This game does funny things to the brain. You can doubt yourself so easily.

-Steven, I think you were thinking of Jacques Chirac.

-Yeah.

He was a President of France.

Dean, you're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through it if you like.

Fill in any blanks.

Well, I think I know the answers to a few of them.

The Emperor exiled to Elba is Napoleon.

The sex symbol known as BB is Brigitte Bardot.

And I think I'll go for the singer who was known as Little Sparrow - Edith Piaf.

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

Absolutely right.

23.

APPLAUSE Not bad.

Best score of the pass, Dean. 23 for Edith Piaf.

Well done, Dean. Took us nicely through the board as well.

At her funeral in 1963, it was the first time they stopped the traffic in Paris since the end of the war.

That's how regarded she was in France.

The Emperor exiled to Elba, absolutely right, was Napoleon. That would have scored you 46 points.

You were right about Brigitte Bardot but that's a huge score - 66 points.

The Impressionist with the famous garden was Claude Monet. That would have scored you 12 points.

And the director of Breathless is the best answer on the board.

It is Jean-Luc Godard. 4 points. Very well done if you got that at home and if you got all of them.

Thanks, Richard. Let's have a look at the scores.

23, the best score of the pass, Dean and Paul looking pretty strong on the strength of that.

Dean and John looking good on 24,

then Steven and Ken quite a long way ahead there with 100, but anything can happen in the next pass.

Ken, if we can have a low-scoring answer from you, it might be enough to keep you in the game.

Good luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, let's put six more famous French people on the board. Here they are. We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the names of these famous French people and the one the fewest people knew.

Paul, you're on 23. The high scorers are on 100. A score of 76 or less from you

-will keep you from becoming the new high scorers.

-I think I know a couple of them.

I'm going to play safe, I hope.

The first one, nicknamed Maid of Orleans, is it Joan of Arc?

Joan of Arc, says Paul. Here is your red line, Paul. Get below that and you are through.

Joan of Arc. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right... and you are through. Well done.

-50.

-Well played.

50 takes your total up to 73.

Well played, Paul. Tactically very astute.

She was burnt at the stake in Rouen in 1431.

Good answer, Paul. Great score. Now then, John, the high scorers remain on 100. You're on 24.

75 is your target score for this answer and you're through.

-What do you think of that board?

-There's a couple there that I like.

I'm going to go for one that I think a lot of people wouldn't know, but I know

because he became an actor. Eric Cantona.

-Eric Cantona, you're going to say.

-The footballer at Manchester Utd.

Eric Cantona. Is that right? How many people said it?

Yup, you're through.

29 that scores you.

Takes your total up to 53.

Well played, John. One of the greatest foreigners ever to play in the Premiership.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Ken...

-Yes.

-I'm afraid I have grave news.

-Oh, go on.

-You are our high scorers even before I take your answer.

-Yes.

-But, on a brighter note, maybe there's a nice low-scoring answer

that you can go out in a blaze of glory. You can talk us through it and fill in any blanks.

Well, I'm... The bottom one is Stravinsky's old girlfriend,

Chanel, I think.

The philosopher who wrote, "I think therefore I am," is possibly Sartre.

And the philosopher who wrote The Second Sex I think is his girlfriend Simone...Signoret?

I can't remember her name properly now. So it's a bit dodgy, really.

The easy one is Chanel, I suppose.

"I think therefore I am." Descartes?

Oh... Well, I'll have to go for the easy one. Coco Chanel.

She launched the scent No.5 in the 1920s. Is Chanel right and how many said it? No red line

because you're our high scorers.

It's right.

47.

-47 takes your total up to 147.

-Yes, it does.

-Richard?

-Well played, Ken. You could have risked, "I think therefore I am." It is Descartes.

-Was it?

It would have scored 11 points.

The philosopher who wrote The Second Sex was Simone, but it was Simone de Beauvoir.

That would have scored 4 points. The best answer was the skier.

-It was Jean-Claude Killy.

-Of course(!)

-For one point.

Very well done if you got those.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round 2, the losing celebrity pair I'm sorry to say is Ken and Steven.

When you're stood up here, your mind goes completely blank.

-It's been lovely having you. Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you. Cheers.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Dean, Paul, John and Dean. You are one round from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £2,500.

So you are now going to go head to head and the first pair to win two questions

will play for the jackpot. You're now allowed to confer. That's the good news.

Well, we've got Dean and Paul, consistently low scoring. You've had a great show, actually.

If this was a soap opera fight, who would you fancy?

-And what would your tactics be?

-I still fancy you.

-Come now...

Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns... wartime slogans.

-Wartime slogans, Richard?

-Five slogans commonly used in WWII, but we've left out the last word.

-Can you fill it in and pick the most obscure?

-OK, let's reveal our five slogans with missing words.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Dean and Paul, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

Em... There's a couple of obvious ones.

Probably about three obvious ones and two pretty obscure ones.

But I think we'll go for make do and mend.

Make do and mend say Dean and Paul.

Now then, John and Dean, you can talk us through the board.

Coughs and sneezes spread... It's so obvious. Is it germs?

I love that coughs and sneezes spread.

-Remember I wasn't born at this point.

-What?! I wasn't either!

-I'll let you...

-I'm torn between two, actually.

One I've not heard, but I'm taking a wild guess at the last letter. It's the bottom one.

It's a rhyming thing, I think. But it's not as common as the top one.

-Lend a hand on the land.

-Lend a hand on the land, say John and Dean.

So, Dean and Paul have said make do and mend. Is that right and how many people said it?

71.

71. That's high for make do and mend. 71.

Now then, John and Dean. You said lend a hand on the land.

Is that right? How many said it? 71's what you've got to beat.

It's right.

And you've won the question.

17!

-Well played, John and Dean. 1-0.

-I'd never heard it before.

-But you were right about the rhyme.

-Yeah, thank God. It's not a very common one, is it?

It's not. It scored 17 and I guess a lot were going with the rhyme.

It was from the Ministry of Agriculture and helped bring in a record harvest in 1942.

250,000 schoolchildren and 100,000 adults helped bring in that harvest.

Dig for victory. That was another Ministry of Agriculture one. You whispered that to Dean. 47.

You also whispered the biggest answer - coughs and sneezes spread diseases - which scored 83.

-Of course!

-And the best answer on the board was look out in the blackout.

-Ah!

-Just three points. Well done if you got that.

Thanks very much, Richard. Dean and Paul, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns...Cliff Richard.

-Oh!

-Cliff Richard, Richard.

-Moving gradually through the decades here.

We'll give you five clues to facts about Cliff. Pick the most obscure.

OK, here come our five facts about Cliff Richard.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all again.

-There we are. Five clues to facts about Cliff Richard. John and Dean, you go first this time.

-OK.

-Do you want me to go?

-Yeah, please.

-I'm going to go for India.

-OK.

-The country Cliff was born in, India.

The country Cliff was born in. India. Right, then.

Dean and Paul, talk us through the board. Fill in all the gaps.

-I think his birth name is something Webb.

-Harry.

-Harry Webb? Yeah, it is Harry Webb.

Yeah. A lot of people would know the band who backed him on his early hits, The Shadows.

-You said... What did you say?

-His highest-charting single in the US.

-I think it's We Don't Talk Any More.

-I think he's been knighted for a couple of decades.

-So that would make it the...

-'90s, is it? Or would it be the early 200s?

-I think we should forget that one. How sure are you about that single?

-I'm not 100%.

-Should we go for Harry Webb?

-Go on.

-Do you think a lot of people know he was born in India?

-No, I don't.

-We'll go with Harry Webb. Shall we?

-Yeah.

Harry Webb, say Dean and Paul. Harry Webb, his birth name.

So we have India, we have Harry Webb. John and Dean said India.

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

Absolutely right.

46.

OK, Dean and Paul. Playing to stay in the game. Harry Webb as his birth name.

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

Absolutely right.

Will it go below 46? Yes, it will!

30!

-Just about!

-Oh!

Paul and Dean are back in the game. After two questions, it's one all.

Yeah, that was very, very close. The band who backed him, you were right to avoid The Shadows.

It would have scored you 69 points.

The decade in which he was knighted. You were right. It was the '90s. It would have scored you 15.

-Aww.

-But the highest-charting US single... You'd have been knocked out because it's Devil Woman.

Devil Woman. It would have scored three points.

-But Harry Webb did the job for you.

-Very well done, Dean and Paul.

Here comes the decider. Whoever wins this question goes through to play for that jackpot.

Here it comes. It concerns... Premier League managers as players.

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five images of football players who became Premier League managers.

Can you identify the most obscure? Very best of luck to both teams.

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five managers. And here they are.

So there we are. Five managers shown when they were players.

Dean and Paul, you go first this time.

I'm not sure whether the public would recognise a photo of someone from a while ago.

-Know what I mean?

-There's obvious ones up there.

But which would be the least recognisable.

-I'm going to let you go for it.

-We'll go for A, Harry Redknapp.

-A, Harry Redknapp.

Harry Redknapp, say Dean and Paul.

John and Dean, talk us through the board. Fill in the blanks.

Well, C is Di Matteo, D is Kenny Dalglish, E is Mark Hughes.

The reason I've left B out is because I'm not too sure, but we think John knows him personally.

I think we're going to go for B, Tony Adams.

B, Tony Adams.

B, Tony Adams. So we have A, Harry Redknapp, and B, Tony Adams.

Dean and Paul have said A, Harry Redknapp. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

It's right.

Ooh, it's good. Wow - eight!

Dean and Paul, eight for Harry Redknapp. That's an amazing score.

So Tony Adams has to beat eight. B, Tony Adams, say John and Dean.

Is that right? How many people said Tony Adams?

-Oh, no!

-Ah!

Wow. Well, there's a surprise. An incorrect answer. Dean and Paul, you are through to the final.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, that one was all about B, I'm afraid.

-It's got a look of Tony Adams.

-They convinced me!

He was Portsmouth's manager, briefly.

Anybody at home scores three points who recognised that this,

-playing for Rangers, was Sir Alex Ferguson.

-Wow!

-Good God.

-Alex Ferguson. That's the best answer on the board.

Dean, you filled in the rest admirably. Roberto Di Matteo, the Chelsea manager.

That would have scored 15 points.

Kenny Dalglish, obviously, Liverpool, would have scored 57.

And if you'd said Mark Hughes, you still would have got knocked out -

it's 25 points. Harry Redknapp was the best, apart from Alex Ferguson.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair, bad luck, John and Dean.

It had to be B. It was all about B there.

-John, Dean, thank you so much for joining us.

-Thank you for having us.

-John and Dean!

-Brilliant contestants.

-APPLAUSE

But for Dean and Paul it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dean and Paul. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

CHEERING

You breezed through that. You made it look very, very easy.

-Well, I don't know about that!

-We ARE actors.

-You didn't fool us at all. Richard spotted that.

-Right from the word go.

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

You only have to find one now to get £2,500 for your charity.

First you've got to choose a category from these five options. They are...

-You've got to be going for thespians.

-Thespians, yeah.

I think we've got to go for that.

-We don't want Katie Price, do we?

-No one wants Katie Price.

There's only one... Let's go for thespians, yeah?

-Take a chance.

-Yeah, I think.

-You agree?

-Yeah.

OK, thespians it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Laurence Oliver films as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Laurence Olivier received an acting credit. No TV films, short films or documentaries.

Very best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £2,500

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

-Yeah.

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

-Three that jump into my mind are The Entertainer, Henry V...

-Henry V's the one I had.

And the other one's just gone completely out of my head.

Just relax and it'll come back.

The Entertainer...

Was he in that Arthur?

-No.

-No?

Oh...

Henry V for definite.

The Entertainer...

What's the one he was in with the...

Wasn't he in one with Marilyn Monroe? They made a movie about it.

The Prince and The Pauper. That'll do it. Those three, yeah.

-OK.

-No, not The Prince and The Pauper. It's... The Prince and The Showgirl.

-10 seconds left.

-With Marilyn Monroe?

-Yeah.

-And The Entertainer and Henry V.

OK. OK.

Good answers. Your time is now up. Laurence Olivier films.

I now need those three answers.

-Henry V.

-Henry V.

-The Entertainer.

-The Entertainer.

-And The Prince and The Showgirl.

-Of those three, what's your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Is Prince and The Showgirl the right title?

-I don't know.

-I'm doubting it. That's the least.

We'll put that one last. Which is your least likely to be?

-Henry V.

-That's the most obvious one.

Henry V first, The Entertainer, The Prince and The Showgirl.

Let's put them up in that order.

We have got...

We wanted Laurence Olivier films. Henry V was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only need one to win £2,500 for your charities.

So let's see. Henry V. Is it right? How many people said it? Henry V.

OK. This is your first shot at that jackpot of £2,500.

Henry V taking us down into the 30s. Into the 20s.

Still going down. Oh, 14!

14. So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer,

but probably the most famous film he made. Only 14 people got that.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£2,500. Dean, what charity are you playing for?

-The Wirral Autism Society.

-And, Paul, how about you?

I'm playing for my mother-in-law's charity, which is the MS Society in Tunbridge Wells.

Two excellent charities. Well done.

So we are looking for Laurence Olivier films. Let's hope nobody said The Entertainer.

It has to be right and pointless. So for £2,500, let's see how many people said The Entertainer.

Well, it's right.

Henry V took us all the way down to 14.

The Entertainer taking us down into the 20s, the teens...

Still going down, still going down!

-One!

-One?!

-Very good.

-Can't believe that.

-All going in the right direction.

And that's quite a well-known film. It's your last chance to win today's jackpot for your charities.

The Prince and The Showgirl. This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless. For £2,500, this is your last shot.

The Prince and The Showgirl. Is it right? How many said it?

OK. Well, it's right.

Down it goes. Henry V took us down to 14.

The Entertainer took us down to one.

This is your most confident shot. Down it goes... Oh, no!

That was unlucky.

Four. Unfortunately, four people remembered that.

-All from Laurence Olivier's family.

-We use a lot of them.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer so you don't win today's jackpot.

-But you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each. A little gesture from us.

-A consolation!

At least we got to the final.

And as it's a celebrity special, we'll donate £500 to each pair for their respective charities.

Thank you.

That was very unlucky. I think The Prince and The Showgirl scored more because of the film

My Week With Marilyn, but let's look at some pointless answers and hope you haven't seen any of these.

As You Like It, Van Helsing in Dracula,

General MacArthur in Inchon - he got the Golden Raspberry for that.

Oh! What A Lovely War was pointless, Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice,

he was Nelson in That Hamilton Woman. The Seven-per-cent Solution, where he plays Moriarty.

War Requiem, his last film, and Wuthering Heights.

There was also The Jazz Singer, The Bounty, The Betsy, Bunny Lake Is Missing. You chose three good films.

-That was tough.

-Really tough. Unfortunately, Dean and Paul, we have to say goodbye to you.

-You've been fantastic.

-It's been great.

-Thank you.

-Dean and Paul!

-APPLAUSE

All that remains is for me to thank all our celebrity pairs - Matt and Darren, Ken and Steven,

John and Dean and our brilliant finalists, Dean and Paul.

Now usually I say goodbye from me and goodbye from Richard,

but tonight I am going to say Richard, I'm pregnant, I'm your real dad, I'm gay

-and it was me who started the fire.

-EASTENDERS DRUMS

And it's goodbye from me.

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