Episode 7 Pointless Celebrities

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to a special Saturday evening celebrity edition of Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

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

To have a chance of winning our final round jackpot,

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

Let's meet our Pointless Celebrities.

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First up, please welcome Edwina Currie and Diane Abbott.

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Now, Edwina, you're a former MP, also a novelist, a broadcaster,

and Diane, you are still a Labour MP and currently Shadow Minister for Public Health,

but you are also a broadcaster.

Edwina, we've seen you doing Strictly Come Dancing.

You have indeed.

-Look at that.

-That's about all I can do.

-How long did you last, Edwina?

Not very long. I hope I last longer on Pointless.

I'm sure you will. Now, Diane, any current affairs questions you should be all over.

-I hope so.

-And politics surely.

-I hope so.

Edwina and Diane, it's lovely to have you on the show. Thank you very much for joining us.

Next, please welcome Jane McDonald and Dave Spikey.

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Now, Jane, you are an actress and singer. You made your name on the docu-soap The Cruise.

-Mm-hm.

-Occasionally, even a Loose Woman.

-Hmm.

And Dave, you were a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats. Obviously, we know you from Phoenix Nights.

-How do you know each other? Have you worked together?

-We were evacuated together in the war!

Our paths have crossed occasionally on Loose Women and stuff like that.

I recently wrote a sitcom with Neil Fitzmaurice than Jane read a part for.

-Jane and Dave, lovely to have you on the show. A warm welcome to you.

-Thank you.

Next, please welcome Lizo Mzimba and Ellie Crisell.

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Lizo, the entertainment correspondent for BBC News

and obviously, both you and Ellie presented Newsround together.

-Between us, most unpleasant person you've interviewed?

-They're always really nice.

-Yeah, most unpleasant, go on, who was it?

-Seriously, though.

-Just tell us.

-I literally cannot think of anybody who hasn't been...

-Yeah, yeah.

-I'm not joking.

-Tell them later.

As soon as you say, "We're from BBC News," they say, "Fantastic, BBC."

Or, "You're the guy that used to do Newsround." Either way, it wins.

Are you telling us that Tom Cruise says, "You're the guy that used to do Newsround"?

He thought it was Blue Peter, but I pointed him in the right direction.

Ellie, you've stopped working on Newsround. You now work on news proper.

I divide my time between the newsroom and being at home with my pre-school child,

so I suppose my speciality areas are current affairs and CBeebies.

Peppa Pig. Very best of luck to you. It's lovely to have you on the show.

And finally, we've got Kim Woodburn and Kerry Katona.

Now, Kim, you came second in the jungle in 2009

and were half of the team that presented How Clean Is Your House?

-Kerry, Queen of the Jungle.

-What can I say?

Queen of the Jungle, Celebrity Big Brother, Dancing On Ice, Atomic Kitten, you've done it all.

-I have.

-Is there anything you don't feel you'll be able to face up to?

I think all of it.

-I'm actually really nervous about tonight.

-Don't be.

-I don't know anything, really.

Considering what I do as a living...

My favourite subject, if it comes up, would be about myself.

-At least she's honest!

-I know all the answers to that.

OK. Kim, how good would you be on Kerry Katona though?

-I need subjects on How Clean Is Your House, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

-OK.

-Give me a mop and I'm anybody's!

-Ooh!

Best of luck, Kim and Kerry. It's lovely to have you here.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

He sits there like an intelligent newsreader, making me feel like his weathergirl.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hello, everyone.

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-Good evening to you.

-Top of the evening to you.

-Are you well?

-I'm very well.

-This is fun. Normally, we do this show with ordinary members of the public.

And today, it's Kerry Katona versus Diane Abbott.

These people are normally answers on the show, answers to our questions.

A lot of people here have been answers on the show. You won't be answers this evening.

If you give yourself as an answer, you've got it wrong. I'll warn you now.

-It should be fun.

-I should say!

Thanks, Richard. Our questions were put to 100 people before the show,

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

To be in with 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 this is a celebrity special and each celebrity is playing for a nominated charity,

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

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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 it's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

-Richard?

-In a moment, Zander is going to show you a board with the names of six famous bands.

We need you to tell us any member of any of those six bands.

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

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Edwina and Diane, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.

So here are our six bands and they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Edwina...

Well, I actually went to school with a couple of The Beatles.

-I didn't know that.

-That's the only group of which I could name all four.

On the other hand, I've worked with members of McFly and Queen.

So I'd like to try McFly if I may.

-Harry Rudd.

-Harry Rudd, says Edwina. Harry Rudd.

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

Oh!

-Oh, Edwina!

-It's Harry something else, isn't it?

-Careful now. Someone else might want to go for it. That's an incorrect answer. I'm sorry.

-Sorry!

-That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Edwina. I wonder who Edwina's been working with?

LAUGHTER

-Dave...

-You know you get to a certain age and your mind goes blank?

You remember people's initials, but not their names for some reason.

I'll go McFly cos when you said Harry, I thought... Harry Styles.

Harry Styles, says Dave. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said Harry Styles.

I'm afraid that's also an incorrect answer, Dave.

-Who's Harry Styles?

-That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-This is going terrifically well(!)

-LAUGHTER

Harry Styles is from One Direction, Dave. Come on, Dave, you know One Direction!

Now then, Ellie...

There's a few I know, but given how well it's going so far, I'm going to take a punt at McFly as well.

I'm going to go for Harry Judd from McFly.

Harry Judd, says Ellie. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said Harry Judd.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, Ellie.

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-That's more like it.

4 points for Harry Judd.

Finally, the mystery of what Harry from McFly is called has been solved - Harry Judd.

He's the drummer from McFly and won the 2011 Strictly Come Dancing.

Now then, Kerry...

I haven't got a clue.

The only band I can think of is The Beatles and I'm trying to think who was the least popular one.

I'm going to go...

George Harrison. Agh!

George Harrison, you are saying. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said George Harrison.

-It's right.

-Yes!

56.

It's a whole lot better than 100, Kerry. 56.

-56 is an alarmingly low score for George Harrison.

-For a Beatle, yeah.

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

Very much the best score of the pass was yours, Ellie, a lovely low score of 4,

then we travel up to 56 where we find Kerry and Kim,

then up to 100 where Edwina and Diane and Dave and Jane are to be found.

Jane and Diane, it's a tussle between you to see who will leave us after this round. Very best of luck.

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

We are looking for members of these famous quartets. Kim...

The high scorers are Diane and Edwina and Jane and Dave on 100. You're on 56.

If you score 43 or less, you will avoid becoming the high scorers yourselves.

So we are looking for any member of these famous four-piece bands.

Freddie Mercury, Queen?

Freddie Mercury, says Kim. Let's see if that's right.

If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round. Will Freddie Mercury get you below it?

64.

64 takes your total up to 120, Kim. That might be good enough to see you through.

-Freddie Mercury scoring higher than George Harrison?

-Yeah, but he's the first name you think of in Queen.

-Makes the end of the round very interesting. There's three teams in it now.

-Thank you, Richard.

Lizo, 4 is your score, courtesy of Ellie's brilliant answer in the first pass.

Even if you score 100 points, you are still through to the next round

because you won't overtake Kim and Kerry on 120.

So, shall we maybe see if we can find a pointless answer?

It's really weird at these times.

Your memory plays tricks and things you were certain of ten minutes ago, you're not certain of any more.

I'm going to go for Queen and John Deacon.

John Deacon, says Lizo. There's no red line for you, but let's see how many people said John Deacon.

Absolutely right.

9. Very well done indeed.

9 for John Deacon. It takes your total up to 13.

Well played, Lizo. Your job is safe. What a terrific score, 13 between them!

He's the Queen bassist, the youngest member of Queen.

Now then, Jane, we now have a contest on our hands. We need a brilliant low score from you.

I love Queen, my favourite band.

I'll go Roger Taylor cos I've got a thing about drummers.

Roger Taylor - how many people said it?

You've done it! Very well done - 13.

APPLAUSE Thank God for that!

Drummers have served you well, Jane. That takes your total up to 113. Well done.

-That's a great answer. Dave, you look very relieved.

-Yes.

-Roger Taylor's the drummer.

-He also wrote Radio Ga Ga, A Kind Of Magic and These Are The Days Of Our Lives.

-Thanks, Richard.

Diane, the moment of truth. The high score is 120 from Kim and Kerry.

You are on 100. If you can score 19 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'm going to go for Led Zeppelin.

I'm going to go for Jimmy Page.

Jimmy Page, says Diane for Led Zeppelin.

Your red line is quite low.

That's how far down Jimmy Page has to take you. How many people said it? Is it right?

It's correct.

You've done it. Wow, 12!

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-12! What about that?

Brilliant answer, Diane! Jimmy Page takes your total up to 112 and sees you into the next round.

-Brilliant end to the round.

-Well played, Diane.

Any member of Led Zeppelin would have seen you through.

Robert Plant scored 17, John Paul Jones scored 6 and John Bonham 9.

No pointless answers on this board.

Let's take a look at the most popular answers, the ones that most of our people said.

Other big scorers - Freddie Mercury with 64, Brian May scored 43.

-Chris Martin of Coldplay scored 29.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our first round, our losing pair with their high score of 120 points,

I'm afraid it's Kim and Kerry.

-AUDIENCE: Aw!

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-I was thinking this was a gift for you.

-No.

If it was for anyone, it was for you, this round.

-That's what I thought.

-No.

-Two correct answers.

-Two good answers.

-We tried. We had lots of fun.

-A great deal of fun. It's been wonderful.

It's been lovely having you on our celebrity special.

-Brilliant contestants. Thank you!

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

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

so one pair will be leaving us.

Very best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

-Richard?

-This is a round about famous on-screen partnerships.

On each pass, we'll show you the names of six actresses

with the name of the film in which they first starred with someone they had an on-screen partnership with.

Can you name their famous film partner?

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

There will be 12 across two passes to have a go at at home. Good luck.

OK, we are looking for the names of the actors who complete these famous film partnerships.

We have got on our first board...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, six actresses and the names

of the first films in which they formed long-term film partnerships.

Diane, can you supply the name of the actor of the most obscure partnership you can find?

-Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

-Spencer Tracy, says Diane, for Katharine Hepburn.

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

It's right.

It's a good answer, Diane.

Down it goes, 11. Very well done.

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Good answer - 11 for Spencer Tracy.

Another good answer from Diane. They appeared in nine films together, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

-Now then, Dave, is this good for you?

-No, no, no.

On films, I'm hopeless. That was the one I would have gone for. It's easy to say that after the event.

-It is.

-And there's one that you think, "I know, but that's probably the most obscure, so do I gamble?"

I'm going to go with Maureen O'Hara

and John Wayne.

Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, says Dave.

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

Very well done, Dave.

-19.

-Well done.

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-Well done.

-Not bad at all.

-19 for John Wayne.

-Well played, Dave. That's a terrific answer.

John Wayne called Maureen O'Hara "the only woman in his life he could call a real friend".

Ellie, we are looking for the names of the actors who complete these famous on-screen partnerships.

You're the last person to have this board, so you can take us through it.

I'm now doubting myself because the one I was going to go for,

I'm now thinking that actually in that particular film, it wasn't that particular partnership,

so I think I'm going to have to go for something a bit more obvious -

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky.

OK, you're going to say Sylvester Stallone for Talia Shire.

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

It's right.

32.

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32 for Sylvester Stallone.

Well played, Ellie. Good answer. She's in the first five Rocky films, Talia Shire. Plays Adrian.

She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for the first one.

She's Francis Ford Coppola's sister and Nicolas Cage's aunt.

-I never knew that.

-Francis Ford Coppola's sister.

-Brilliant.

-That's nice.

-That is nice.

-Let's go through the board. Which other one were you tempted to go for?

-Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

-But I suddenly doubted...

-No, that's right. These are their most famous partnerships.

It was Fred Astaire, but that would have scored 42 points, so Sylvester Stallone was a better answer.

Liz Taylor is Richard Burton. That would have scored 48.

And Judy Garland, do you know that?

-I don't, I'm afraid.

-We do! Mickey Rooney.

-It is Mickey Rooney, Jane.

-Absolutely right. Terrific answer. 2 points as well.

-Oh, damn it! That's the only thing I'll know.

-It would have been the best answer on the board as well.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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

11, very much the best score of that pass, Diane, so Diane and Edwina looking pretty strong at this stage,

then up to 19 where we find Jane and Dave, again not bad. 32, Ellie...

Lizo, we need a good, low-scoring answer from you

and hope that keeps you in the game. Best of luck.

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

We'll put six more film partnerships on the board.

We have got...

I will read those all one last time.

There we are. We are looking for the names of the actors who complete these famous film partnerships.

Lizo, you need to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. You're the high scorers on 32.

What do you make of that board?

It's tricky trying to get the most obscure one from the ones that you think you know.

Sondra Locke, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Clint Eastwood.

Clint Eastwood for Sondra Locke, says Lizo.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers. Let's see how far down the board it takes you.

Absolutely right.

37.

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37. Takes your total up to 69.

Good answer, but another pretty big score. She appeared in six films with Clint Eastwood.

Had a 12-year relationship with him which didn't end well.

Now then, Jane, the high scorers are Lizo and Ellie.

If you can score 49 or less... 49 or less, Jane, you're through to the next round.

OK. I'm going for Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, The Long Hot Summer.

OK, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, says Jane.

Here is your red line. If you can get below that, you are through.

Paul Newman. Is it right?

Absolutely right.

Through you go to the next round.

16!

Superb. Takes your total to 35. Very well done.

-Oh, my God.

-Well played, Jane. They starred in 10 films together and were married for 50 years.

Now, Edwina, you are on 11. The high scorers on 69 are Lizo and Ellie.

Score 57 or less and you're in our Head to Head.

We are looking for the names of the actors who complete these famous screen partnerships.

I'm not entirely sure about the Vivien Leigh one.

I haven't the foggiest idea about Nicole Kidman or Veronica Lake,

-so I'm going to go for To Have And Have Not, Humphrey Bogart.

-Humphrey Bogart says Edwina.

Let's see if that's right. Below that red line, you are through. How many people said Humphrey Bogart?

Absolutely right.

And you're through. Very well done.

Down it goes - 24. Taking your total up to 35.

Well played, Edwina. Another good answer. They married the next year.

She was 19, he was 45.

-He was still gorgeous.

-Aww, isn't that sweet?

-LAUGHTER

-It's certainly something.

Let's take a look through the rest.

Nicole Kidman - that's the biggest scorer. It's Tom Cruise, of course. 47 points.

-Vivien Leigh. Do you know that one?

-Laurence Oliver.

-Right. Two points.

And Veronica Lake is a pointless answer. Very well done anyone at home who said Alan Ladd.

Alan Ladd. Who is also the drummer in McFly.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So our losing celebrity pair with a high score of 69

is Lizo and Ellie. And a film round as well! But they were quite tough.

Brilliant contestants - Lizo and Ellie.

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

Congratulations, Edwina and Diane, Jane and Dave. You are only one round away from the final

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

The first pair to win two questions plays for that jackpot,

but the big news is you are now allowed to confer. Oh, it's very close.

When we add up all your points, there's only one point between you. That's how good you both are.

Well, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head to Head.

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

hats. It concerns hats. Richard?

I'll show you five pictures of famous people wearing different hats. Can you name the headgear?

OK, let's reveal our five hats and here they come. We have got...

So there we are. Five hats.

This is one of the best rounds we've ever done! Like types of lettuce.

-I know Dave didn't want bands or films, but he looked forward to hats.

-Definitely.

Edwina and Diane, you - by one point - have played best so far, so you get to go first.

-What about Tommy Cooper? That's a fez. F-E-Z.

-Mm.

All right. Go with what you want.

I think we're going to go for A.

And he's wearing a deerstalker.

OK, A, deerstalker say Edwina and Diane.

A, deerstalker. Jane and Dave, talk us through the board and then pick one.

Well, C, no idea. It looks like a bucket on her head.

It's finding the most obscure of the other three.

-Are we going for D?

-D, yeah, fez.

-Go for D, fez.

OK. D, fez. So we have A, deerstalker, and D, fez.

Edwina and Diane said A was a deerstalker. Is that right? How many people said deerstalker?

It's right.

65.

So Jane and Dave have said fez for D.

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

65 is what you've got to beat.

Well, it's right.

Oh, 70!

70 for fez, which means, Edwina and Diane, after one question you are up one-nil. Richard?

-What would you have said for E?

-Sombrero?

-Yeah, and it would have won the point by a mile.

Thanks for your help, Richard(!)

-What was the Pope doing in a sombrero?

-It's not Photoshopped. Genuinely, the Pope in a sombrero.

-He's got such a sense of fun.

-Hasn't he? Little Benedict.

He was on... No, that's on a stag do.

LAUGHTER

B was the bowler. That wouldn't have won. It would have scored 71.

And C is a cloche.

That's the best answer up there and would have scored 11 points.

-Catherine Zeta Jones there.

-Catherine Zeta Jones!

-It is.

OK, well, there we are. Edwina and Diane are up one-nil.

Here comes your second question. Jane and Dave, you have to win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...potatoes.

What we're going to do now is give you anagrams of five dishes made of or containing potatoes.

-Can you unscramble the anagrams and give us the most obscure answer?

-Wow.

-I know!

OK, let's reveal our five potato dishes in anagram form.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Jane and Dave, you go first this time.

I can't see Shepherd's Pie up there!

-I'll stick my neck out.

-Go on!

Elect Rat is raclette.

Raclette, say Jane and Dave for Elect Rat. Raclette.

Edwina and Diane, it's your turn.

Well...there's one that we both think that we know,

which is Debunk A Squabble. I have to confess that I can't recognise the others. Diane?

No, I can't.

So we'll go for Debunk A Squabble.

-Which is?

-Bubble and Squeak.

-Raclette versus Bubble and Squeak.

Jane and Dave have gone for raclette. Let's see if it's right.

This will decide whether or not you stay in the game.

It's right!

Oh, it's a good one.

Oh, look at that! It's a pointless answer! Very, very well done.

Raclette adds £250 to today's total.

It takes the total up to £2,750.

Very, very well done. It scores you nothing,

making you almost impossible for Edwina and Diane to beat,

but who knows? We could see something extraordinary with Bubble and Squeak.

Bubble and Squeak - how many people have said that?

Well, it's right.

39.

There's no arguing with raclette. Very well done, Jane and Dave.

-After two questions it's one-all.

-Terrific answer, Dave.

It's cheese mixed with potatoes.

-Did you know any of the others?

-Rosti.

Absolutely right. The top one. That would have scored 15.

-Colcannon.

-Absolutely right. Irish potato dish. 20.

-And Poetic Gate?

-I never looked at that. No.

-Cottage Pie.

-Oh! I were nearly there!

-I were nearly there.

-Nearly there.

But you got a pointless answer, so it all turned out OK in the end.

So here comes your third question. Win this to go through.

This is our decider. Best of luck to both pairs. And it concerns... It concerns Greece.

-Greece, Richard.

-We'll give you five clues to facts about Greece. The most obscure answer goes through.

-Very best of luck, both teams.

-Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Greece.

I will read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Greece. Edwina and Diane?

-Do that one.

-Em, first name of its last king.

-King Constantine.

-Constantine, say Edwina and Diane.

Constantine. The first name of its last king. Jane and Dave, the board is yours.

I think that's a great answer. It's difficult to beat, that one.

-I think its largest island is Crete.

-Yeah, go for that. Largest island, Crete.

-OK, largest island, Crete, say Jane and Dave.

-No, I've changed my mind...

-Oh.

-Can I change my mind?

-I'm afraid you can't.

-Oh, flippin' heck.

-I'm sorry.

-Is there one bigger?

-What were you going to change it to?

It was that or Olympus, the mountain. I'm happy with Crete.

OK, Edwina and Diane have said Constantine,

the first name of its last king. Let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

13.

-13. So, Jane and Dave, that's what you have to beat.

-We've got no chance here now!

Let's find out. Is it right? How many said it? Crete.

Well, it's right.

Is it going to go down lower than 13?

No, it's not! 24!

Bad luck, Jane and Dave.

That means, after three questions, Edwina and Diane are through to the final, 2-1. Well done.

Well played. King Constantine was king from 1964 to 1973. One of Prince William's godfathers.

-Jane, you very nearly changed your answer to Mount Olympus.

-Yeah.

If you had...you'd have scored 19, so you wouldn't have gone through.

-So phew!

-Phew, yeah.

I like the way you did that. Very reality show.

-Do you think?

-"If you'd said that... you'd still be going!" Oh, that's...

-Do you think?

-Yeah, yeah.

-I should have left it.

-A pause, yeah. Do it again.

-I'll do it now.

-Jane...

-Yeah?

..if I asked you what the capital of Greece is, what would you answer?

Athens.

-Jane, I asked you what is the capital of Greece. You said to me Athens.

-Yeah.

I can tell you...

Athens is a correct answer.

And it scored...

-82 points.

-Oh, wow. 82. Very good. Wow.

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-Don't do that again, Richard! Never again.

-Tense, isn't it?

You would've actually won the point if you'd given us the year it first held the modern Olympics. Dave?

-1896.

-Oh, 1896 is the right answer!

-It says so.

-He just saw it. LAUGHTER

Very good indeed. Thanks very much, Richard.

-So our losing pair is Jane and Dave!

-Never mind.

-Awww.

-Never mind. I enjoyed that, though.

-Do it again now, can we?

Well, you played fantastically. It's been lovely having you.

Jane and Dave!

But for Edwina and Diane, it's time for our Pointless final!

Congratulations, Edwina and Diane. You have fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

So very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. The jackpot stands at £2,750.

We've taken you round the houses. We've had hats, we've had potato dishes. It's been wonderful.

What would you like in this round? What would be great?

-Politicians!

-I don't know why I even asked. I walked straight into that.

To win the money, just find a pointless answer.

We've already had one today. Find one now and you will leave with that money for your charities.

First, choose a category. You have five options. They are...

Albums of the Noughties probably not quite my time. I don't know about Diane's.

Oscar-winning films. I would probably do a Harry Rudd again.

I'd get the right one, but get one letter wrong.

Moons?

The only one I can think of is Keith Moon from The Rolling Stones.

Countries and Capitals, they'll have probably changed it by the time we think about it.

So English Playwrights looks like a good bet for us.

Let's find out what our question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Noel Coward plays

as they could. Noel Coward plays.

We're looking for the title of any plays written or co-written by Noel Coward

between 1917 and 1968, according to the Noel Coward Estate.

So the title of any Noel Coward play. Very best of luck.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win £2,750

is for just one to be pointless. Are you ready? OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

Private Lives.

Blithe Spirit.

-Hay Fever.

-You've got a minute to...

Those are the ones we're pretty sure of. He did a lot of obscure stuff.

I would hesitate... He did wonderful movies like In Which We Serve and so on,

but I don't think they were films... er, I don't think they were plays.

And I go blank apart from any others. Diane?

-Which one should we choose, do you reckon?

-Oh, the most obscure?

-We want three answers from you.

-Those are our three answers.

-OK.

We will stop the clock there on 21 seconds. Noel Coward plays. I now need your three answers.

-Hay Fever.

-Hay Fever.

-Blithe Spirit.

-Blithe Spirit.

-Private Lives.

-Private Lives. OK.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Blithe Spirit.

-OK, put it last. Which would you like to put first?

-Which is least likely to be pointless?

-Private Lives.

OK, let's put those up in that order. And here they come.

We were looking for Noel Coward plays. Private Lives you thought was least likely to be pointless.

You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,750 for your charities.

How many people said Private Lives?

Well, it's right.

That was the first thing it had to be. If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £2,750.

Still going down into single figures. Four! Very well done.

That's a great score.

Sadly, we're only interested in pointless answers at this stage.

You only have two more chances. Edwina, what's your charity?

My charity is Blythe House Hospice in the High Peak, very close to where I live. They do a great job.

Very good.

-And, Diane, what's your charity?

-The Sickle Cell Society.

Sickle cell is a very horrible blood disease. A lot of people in my constituency suffer from it.

-I want to raise some money for them.

-OK, very well done.

Two excellent charities there. Let's hope one of your two remaining answers wins them that jackpot.

We are looking for Noel Coward plays. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Hay Fever.

This has to be correct and pointless. So, for £2,750, how many people said Hay Fever?

Well, it's right.

Your first answer took us all the way down to four.

Let's see how far Hay Fever can take us. Still going down.

Into single figures... Six!

They're both brilliant scores.

OK, so not a pointless answer. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on your third answer, Blithe Spirit. This was your most confident shot.

It has to be pointless to win that £2,750.

Let's find out. Blithe Spirit - is it a pointless answer? Good luck.

Again, it's right. Three correct answers.

Private Lives took us down to four. Hay Fever took us down to six.

Blithe Spirit now taking us down... Oh, 18!

Bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find a pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot,

but you do go home with a Pointless trophy each. However...

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

A gesture from Pointless.

-Now, Richard.

-Tough luck. You were terrific throughout.

You settled on those very quickly. There might be some pointless answers that you know. Let's look.

Come Into The Garden, Maud, a satire on vulgar Americans.

Design For Living, Easy Virtue,

Look After Lulu, Mild Oats, an early one-act play,

Post Mortem, also pointless,

Relative Values was pointless, Still Life and his first big success, The Vortex, also pointless.

Some Other Private Lives was also pointless. Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks very much, indeed. We do have to say goodbye, but it's been wonderful having you.

Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.

All that remains is to say thank you to all our celebrities - Kim and Kerry, Lizo and Ellie, Jane and Dave

and our finalists, Edwina and Diane.

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

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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