World Champions Pointless Celebrities

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. A warm welcome to this sporting edition of Pointless,

the quiz where you're rewarded for knowing obscure answers.

Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

APPLAUSE

-Couple number one?

-I'm Helen Glover and I won Britain's first gold of London 2012.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hi, I'm Sophie Hosking and I won gold on Super Saturday in Women's Lightweight Double Scull.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And couple number two?

I'm Phil Vickery, ex-England rugby international.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I'm Ravi Bopara. I play cricket for Essex and England.

Apparently, we're both World Cup winners.

CHEERING

And couple number three?

I'm Joe Calzaghe, former undefeated World Champion.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'm Phil "The Power" Taylor and I'm still 16-times World Champion!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

And finally, couple number four?

Hi, I'm Sarah Storey and I won four gold medals at London 2012.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Geoff Hurst, hat trick in the World Cup Final.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

These are today's contestants. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That leaves one more person to introduce.

He is so smart, he finished War And Peace in half the time it would take you or me -

-by reading every other page. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hi, everybody.

-Ah! Good evening.

-Wow!

-How about this line-up?

-I know.

Eight World Champions, a real-life Sir, Sir Geoff Hurst.

A real-life Dame - Phil "The Power" Taylor.

LAUGHTER

-They said to me I had a choice...

-Yeah.

-..on today's show.

I could have a fight with Joe Calzaghe or play darts against Phil Taylor.

-You had a chance of winning him!

-I said, "I've trained a bit."

-You're a middleweight, Joe.

-I used to be. Not now. I'm probably a heavyweight.

And I'm a big lad. So all I can say is...

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Let's do it.

Such a pleasure to have all eight of you. Let's have fun.

Absolutely. Well, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone's 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, each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.

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

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round, I want an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

-LAUGHTER

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

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

The question concerns...

..People who've had more than one career. Richard?

We'll show you seven descriptions of people who've been successful in more than one field.

Just tell us who they are. There'll be 14 to have a go at at home. Best of luck.

We want the names of these people and here are the clues to them.

The first board reads like this...

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

..Seven famous people who've had more than one career.

Helen and Sophie, you all drew lots and today you are going first.

Helen, am I right in thinking you started rowing in 2008?

-Yeah.

-Four years before the Olympics.

-Anything you fancy getting up to gold-medal standard in four years, Richard?

-Yeah.

Rowing. Sounds like it might be pretty easy.

LAUGHTER

Had people said, "You should row. Really, you should be rowing"?

Not really. I've done lots of different sports, just never come into contact with rowing.

-It's something I'd never tried.

-What got you in a boat?

I answered an advert. I'd just finished uni, trained to become a PE teacher.

-Then switched my career to rowing when I was selected.

-Wow!

-And all the rest is history.

-Mm.

OK, well now. Let's add to that history with a brilliant answer.

Um...

Yeah, it's not great.

OK, there's one that I can think of the answer, but I'm 50-50.

I'm going for a British army captain with an album Back To Bedlam.

-James Blunt.

-James Blunt, says Helen.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said James Blunt.

It's right.

Still going down... 14! Great answer, Helen!

-APPLAUSE

-Good start to the show.

Terrific start. It can be tough on that first podium.

He was a soldier for six years before becoming a musician.

Thanks, Richard. Ravi.

Ravi, you're a World Cup 2020 winner.

Obviously, cricket is fantastic for you.

Sport I'm imagining is going to be a good category for you.

What do you fill your time with, apart from cricket?

-Apart from cricket, obviously, I like to keep fit for my sport.

-Sure.

I like to help out my local community around Newham.

I'm a Newham boy, so whatever I can do for the kids growing up,

hopefully there can be another World Cup winner from Newham.

Good for you. Now then, what about this board? How do you find that?

-I've got absolutely no idea.

-Oh, Ravi!

When I saw "celebrities", I said, "I've got this."

-LAUGHTER

-And then I saw this.

-Yeah.

I'm just going to take a massive guess

on the first female Speaker of the House of Commons.

-Can I go Margaret Thatcher?

-LAUGHTER

Yes, you can, Ravi.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people of our 100 people said Margaret Thatcher!

Oh, bad luck!

You tell me what it is!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Scores a maximum 100 points.

-If I was going to take a risk, Ravi, I'm not sure that's the one I would have chosen.

-I don't know the rest.

I'll give you all the answers at the end of the pass, so all will be revealed.

Thanks very much. Joe?

-Hello.

-Joe, welcome to Pointless.

Unbeaten! Unbeaten in any fight.

That's correct. RICHARD CHUCKLES

Are you going to be unbeaten at the end of this round, Joe?

I'm hoping so. Just trying to work my mind out...

-You were on Strictly Come Dancing.

-Yeah, thanks for bringing that up(!)

LAUGHTER Can't be good at everything, I suppose.

-How was that? Was that fun?

-It was hard.

It was very nerve-racking so... Yeah, tough.

OK, well, Ravi found this board tough. How do you find it?

OK. I'm going to go for star of over 50 Hollywood movies.

-I think it's Ronald Reagan?

-Ronald Reagan, says Joe.

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

It's right.

AUDIENCE GROANS/APPLAUDS

64 for Ronald Reagan.

Well played, Joe. It's much better than getting 100.

You had a proper long career. He's properly one of the best British fighters of all time.

Didn't lose to anyone and fought proper people as well.

-He was proper hard, Joe Calzaghe.

-WHISTLES

You were having a little pop at him in the dressing room.

I said, "Don't have a go at Joe Calzaghe, mate!"

-LAUGHTER

-You were saying that you could take him and I thought, "I don't..."

With respect, I don't think you could.

LAUGHTER

Geoff! Welcome to pointless. What do you hope is going to come up in Pointless today, Geoff?

Sport mainly, I guess. Possibly films.

You've done many things. You played first-class cricket briefly.

-Very briefly.

-You had a spell as a manager.

-Very briefly.

-LAUGHTER

Geoff, what are you going to go for?

We want the name of the celebrities who each had more than one career.

The Question Of Sport one, I think I know.

And the other one is the actor who was a carpenter.

Possibly became Han Solo, but that's a risky one.

I'll play safe and go for the French Open tennis champion

and Question Of Sport presenter, Sue Barker.

Sue Barker says Geoff. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Sue Barker.

-Wow! 26.

-APPLAUSE

INAUDIBLE

Well done, Geoff. 26 for Sue Barker.

She won the French Open in 1976 when she was 20. She was ranked as high as three in the world.

-Ravi, you must have been on Question Of Sport.

-They were recording today, but I chose this one!

-LAUGHTER

-I'm regretting it now.

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go through the rest of this board.

Han Solo, of course, was played by...?

-Harrison Ford.

-Yeah. Would have scored you 39 points.

Do you know the law professor?

Alexander McCall Smith.

Yeah. Well done if you said that at home. Seven points.

-Host of Only Connect?

-Vicky Coren.

-Victoria Coren.

She would have scored eight points.

Now, the Tiller girl who became the first female Speaker

is Betty Boothroyd, not Margaret Thatcher.

Would have scored you 35 points.

The best answer, Alexander McCall Smith. Well done if you said that.

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

Helen and Sophie looking strong.

Great answer there, Helen.

Then up to 26, where we find Geoff and Sarah.

Up to 64, Joe and Phil.

Then up to 100, where Ravi and Phil V are found.

-Phil, a good answer from you might be enough to keep you in the show.

-That is the problem.

LAUGHTER I'm not going to give up.

That was a hard board. The next board might be easier. Best of luck.

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

We're going to put seven more clues up on the board. Here they are...

..I'll read those one final time...

..Now, Sarah. Sarah, you have 11 gold medals.

You are now a Dame. ..Are there any ambitions you have left?

-To do it again!

-So, 22 gold medals and a double Dame!

-Why not?

I just love racing. I'm kind of addicted to it, really.

-I'm not racing at the moment, obviously!

-No.

-You're expecting a baby soon.

-Yeah.

-Very exciting indeed.

Got everything ready?

Getting there. We bought some furniture that takes two hours to build each item.

So we're doing it a week at a time!

-Everything you buy for the child will take a day to build.

-Yeah.

Anyway, what about this board? It's all yours.

Where are you going to go with it?

No idea!

My husband's going to kill me cos he knows everything about Queen.

The boxing, I can only think of one,

but I'm pretty sure he's not very good at cooking.

Joe will know that answer as well! LAUGHTER

-Um... I'm just going to have to say Mike Tyson.

-For which one?

-The boxing one.

-The two-time heavyweight...

I'm pretty sure he wasn't in Queen. LAUGHTER

-Oh, I'd like to see that.

-That would be quite something!

They are looking for a replacement for Freddie.

You're saying Mike Tyson, two-time heavyweight boxing champion also known for his cooking grill.

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

Let's see if it's right, though, Mike Tyson. How many people said it, if it is?

Ooh, bad luck, Sarah.

That's an incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It may not be the last 100 scored this round, so don't worry.

Sorry, Sarah, good guess. You've still got 11 more gold medals than me and Xander put together!

-Thanks very much indeed. Phil.

-Hello.

-The greatest darts player the world has yet known.

-Thank you.

-You watch Pointless.

-I love Pointless.

-What are your favourite rounds?

This isn't too bad for me. Everything, really.

I'm not brilliant on authors, I'll be honest. Joe is, though, see?

-JOE SCOFFS

-He's reading all the time(!)

What are you going to go for here, Phil?

There's a few I know. I might go for the England rugby captain.

-LAUGHTER

-But I won't.

I'll go for the comedienne, star of Through The Cakehole.

-Jo Brand.

-Jo Brand, says Phil...

-I love her.

-She's brilliant. There's your red line.

Let's see if Jo Brand can get you below it.

Very well done. You're through.

And comfortably. 28's your score.

-APPLAUSE

-92 the total.

Very well played. Double 14. Got it first time.

She's my type of girl. I love her.

-Spent more than a decade as a psychiatric nurse.

-She's great.

Thanks very much, indeed. Now, Phil. I want to ask about Celebrity MasterChef.

-Yes.

-You won it!

-Yes, I did.

-You won it!

That's no mean feat. Obviously, you also won the rugby World Cup!

-That was slightly harder, I have to say.

-Yeah.

-What are you going to go for?

-I'm thinking that I have to go for one which I think people won't know.

I think the grill is an obvious one. A lot of people will know that.

I'm going for the rugby question cos my partner was pretty pathetic in the first round.

LAUGHTER It's forced my hand.

The only rugby player I know that's an RAF pilot,

he got more than 50 caps - whether or not it was the first -

was one of the Underwood brothers.

There was Tony and there was Rory Underwood.

I think it was Rory, the older brother. I'm going for Rory Underwood.

You want to score 25 or less to avoid overtaking Sarah and Geoff.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

how many people said Rory Underwood. There's your red line.

It's right.

Yup, you've done it! Brilliant answer there!

-APPLAUSE

-110 your total.

You're back in the game.

Well played, Phil. That's some proper calmness under pressure.

He scored 49 tries, which is still a record.

Thanks very much, indeed.

Sophie, I've got great news. You're through to round two.

-Great.

-Even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake Sarah and Geoff.

-You have retired from rowing?

-Yes, I have.

-What are you doing now?

-I'm waiting to start studying law in September.

-Is that going to be full time?

-Yeah. Full-time studying. I'm looking forward to it.

-Three years?

It's going to be three and a half years till I'm fully qualified.

This board is yours. You can fill in all those blanks, if you fancy it.

I would, but I don't want to show people up, so I'm going with the easy one.

The only one that I actually know

is the boxing champion - or I THINK I know.

And I'd say George Foreman?

George Foreman, says Sophie. No red line, as you're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said George Foreman.

APPLAUSE

55 takes your total up to 69.

Won his first world title in 1973

and won his last one in 1994 as a 45-year-old.

That's some going! We'll fill in the rest of these.

Sarah, the name your husband is shouting at the screen is Brian May from Queen.

Would have scored you 42 points.

Let's take a look at the others. Starred in Not The 9 O'Clock News?

-Pamela Stephenson.

-Yes. Would have scored 18.

-The thriller writer?

-Dick Francis.

-Would have scored 21.

-The best answer on the board. Do you know this?

-Jonathan Miller.

Would have scored seven points. Well done if you said that.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair heading home with their high score of 126,

-I'm afraid it's Sarah and Geoff.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

We got you ALL the way here, two legends, and we send you away at the end of the first round.

It's shaming - I mean, for us. Not for you, you understand!

But thank you so much for playing.

-Sarah, Geoff, it's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you.

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

Three pairs remain. Obviously, another pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Phil and Joe, lovely round there.

-CHUCKLING:

-Two correct answers!

-Ravi and Phil... Phew!

-LAUGHTER

We've had a team talk. We're on the right track.

One more round before you can confer.

And Helen and Sophie, fantastic! Lovely combined low score.

You're our lowest scoring pair overall, so very well done.

You seem to be the pair to beat.

Best of luck. Our category for round two is...

..Actors. 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.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

..Brad Pitt films since 2000.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release since 2000

for which Brad Pitt has received an acting credit - no TV films.

If he's done a voice in an animation film, that counts.

So any Brad Pitt film since 2000.

The last film that wouldn't count would be Fight Club in 1999.

So any film he's made and released since then. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, indeed. So, Helen, once again it's you to start.

A Brad Pitt film since 2000.

Um...

How do you relax after rowing?

Do you settle down, put a Brad Pitt film on?

Obviously not! I might start now, in case he comes up again.

Start watching a bit more Brad Pitt. Um...

I can't think of anything else, so I'm going with Mr & Mrs Smith.

Mr & Mrs Smith, not a bad answer at all.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad at all.

-41 for Mr & Mrs Smith.

-Well played, Helen, from 2005.

He starred opposite Angelina Jolie, but he was married to Jennifer Aniston.

He's had a terrible life, hasn't he(?) Poor old Brad(!)

Yeah. Now, Ravi.

We want the name of any film starring Brad Pitt made since 2000.

-Do you watch a lot of films?

-No.

RICHARD LAUGHS

I'm sorry. Nowhere on this.

-Just take your time.

-Yes, listen to Phil. Take your time.

Have a little think about it. At home, girlfriend, glass of wine.

Bit of a chick flick, Brad Pitt, get in the mood.

I love how you take the "no conferring" rule so seriously.

LAUGHTER

He's been very careful. He hasn't mentioned any Brad Pitt films.

-You'd be a good sport psychologist, Phil.

-Yeah.

I can't even think of making up one. I can't think of what to say.

Brad Pitt Does Christmas?

-LAUGHTER

-That's a good answer(!)

Brad Pitt Does Halloween?

LAUGHTER

Let's find out if Brad Pitt Does Halloween...had Brad Pitt in it.

And how many of our 100 people said it.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Oh, I'm sorry, Ravi.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you the maximum 100 points.

I'm sorry, Ravi. Weirdly, he's never been in any films called "Brad Pitt Does..." anything!

You would think. Cos most actors are, at some point in their career.

-Now, Joe.

-I'm struggling.

-Really?

-I think it's before 2000, but it's all I can think of.

I'm going for Legends Of The Fall?

Let's see if Legends Of The Fall's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck, Joe.

Legends Of The Fall an incorrect answer, scores you the maximum of:

Sorry, Joe, it is a Brad Pitt film, though, but from 1994.

-The full title was Brad Pitt Does Legends Of The Fall.

-LAUGHTER

We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores. 41 the best score of that pass.

Helen and Sophie once again in that position.

Then up to 100 where we find Ravi and Phil and Joe and Phil.

So it's the battle of the Phils.

Whoever gets the lowest score remains with us.

We're coming back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now, Phil.

-Phil, you're joint high-scorers.

-We are.

-We need a low score from you.

-I thought it was a correct answer!

-Phil, what are you going to go for?

-Um...

There's a couple I can think about. They're going to be big answers, big points.

-I'll go for Troy.

-Troy says Phil. Let's see if Troy is right.

There's no red line, as you are joint high-scorers.

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

APPLAUSE

22 for Troy takes your total to 122.

Not bad!

Well played, Phil. From 2004. He played Achilles.

And he tore his achilles during filming. Yeah. How about that?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Phil, we have a game on here.

122 is the high score. You're on 100.

21 or less sees you through to the head-to-head.

-I'm trying to think of one...

-You've got Brad Pitt Does Christmas.

Yeah, I know, but that's obviously a safety.

-There's a lot of holidays he's done.

-Um...

Audience, feel free to join in, by the way.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I don't know. This is absolutely ridiculous!

-OK, Phil, you've got home, poured yourself a glass of wine...

-LAUGHTER

You're putting on a DVD. Oh, there's the wife with Brad Pitt.

I'm just going to go with... total random...

I don't think he was in it,

but I'm going to go with my first feeling of Con Air.

-Con Air?

-Yes.

-Con Air, says Phil. Let's see if that's right.

Here is your red line. Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Con Air, is it right? How many people said it?

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Ooh, bad luck!

I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer.

-Takes your total up to 200.

-Sorry, Phil. It IS a better answer than Brad Pitt Does Halloween.

It's Nic Cage in Con Air, and John Cusak.

I'll go through the Brad Pitt films. There'll be stuff you know.

It goes out of your head the second you're asked.

Sophie, listen, once again I come with good news.

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

-However, we need an answer from you.

-OK.

Um... I'm not sure, but I think he might have been in Snatch?

Snatch. Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

how many of our 100 people said Snatch - no red line for you.

He is in Snatch. Great answer, Sophie.

I have a feeling this'll be our best answer of the round.

Look at that! Eight!

That's an exceptionally good answer.

A lovely low score.

49 is your total, Sophie. Well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Brilliant, Sophie! That was from 2000, so just on the line.

The Guy Ritchie film, Snatch. He plays Mickey O'Neil.

There's only two pointless answers. We'll go through those then some of the well-known ones.

Very well done at home if you said...

..Terrific answers. Other low scorers, one point for Spy Game

or for his voice performance in Sinbad, Legend Of The Seven Seas.

Happy Feet Two and Megamind would have scored you two points.

The Mexican, he starred in with Julia Roberts, scored three.

Babel would have scored four. Seven for Moneyball, where he plays the baseball coach.

Burn After Reading would have scored eight. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button would have scored 13.

Any of the Ocean's films - Ocean's 11 would have been 31.

Ocean's 12 would have been 31. Ocean's 13 would have been 26.

The biggest scorer was Mr & Mrs Smith, but saw you safely though.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of that round, I'm afraid, Phil and Ravi.

-You knew a load of those, didn't you?

-I recognise the names. I've never watched an Ocean's film.

-But I obviously recognise them.

-Yeah.

Phil and Ravi, before you go, we've got something very exciting

-in the shape of this darts match.

-Ah!

-Do you need to prepare?

-You all right, Phil?

No.

-Yeah, I'm not going to play darts in this.

-Really?

No way. I'm going to nip off for two seconds.

You nip off.

So, Phil... Oh!

-Has anyone explained the rules to you, Phil?

-No.

-It's going to be three darts each.

-Yeah.

-And lowest score wins.

-Wins what?

-Glory.

-LAUGHTER

Any darts miss the board - 100 points.

-OK.

-Rich, are you ready?

-I'm ready.

-Ho! Look!

-Let's do this!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

WHISTLES

-Look at that!

-You ready, Phil?

-What's your darts name?

-My darts name?

-Yeah.

Richard "and by country we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right"

Osman.

Phil, come on.

MUSIC: "I've Got The Power" by Snap

Good luck.

First, Richard "and by country we mean a sovereign state

"that is a member of the UN in its own right" Osman.

-Oh!

-Two.

-AUDIENCE: Oooh!

-Four.

-Oh!

-AUDIENCE: Oooh!

-APPLAUSE

-18. That's 22.

-That's good!

-22.

-How many did he get, then? 22 was it?

-22.

-Oh, no!

-LAUGHTER

-It's good, that.

-17.

-AUDIENCE: Oooh.

20.

-38.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Oh, very well done! Come here!

Oh! Phil, you threw that!

LAUGHTER

Yes!

Phil and Ravi, thanks so much for playing. It's been great having you on the show. Phil and Ravi.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Helen and Sophie, Phil and Joe.

You are one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

We need to decide which pair is playing for that jackpot

and to do that you're going to go head-to-head.

The difference is you're now allowed to confer, so you can chat before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Helen and Sophie, you've played fantastically, correct answers everywhere.

And the only incorrect answer from you, Joe, was Legends Of The Fall, and that was kind of half right.

-It was mostly right.

-Just six years too early.

Exactly. It wasn't Brad Pitt Does Easter, was it?

-No. I guess not.

-Well, very, very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

..Counties of the UK.

-Richard.

-I still haven't relaxed, if I'm honest.

-No. That was exciting.

It's the first time I've ever had my tattoos exposed on the show.

-SOME of your tattoos, Richard.

-Exactly. I've got my Fulham tattoo.

There you go. Lovely. I've got "Mother".

LAUGHTER

On the other arm I've got anchor.

And I've got my special new one, which is Xander.

ALEXANDER LAUGHING

-Anyway, let's play Pointless, shall we?

-OK. Yes.

We're going to show you the names of five traditional counties in different countries of the UK.

We've left out alternate letters from their names. Can you tell us what these counties are, please?

Let's reveal our five counties with gaps, and here they are...

..I'll read those all again...

..Helen and Sophie, you've played best so far, so you go first.

WHISPERING

THEY LAUGH

We are going to go with the bottom one.

We think it's Tyne and Wear.

Tyne and Wear say Helen and Sophie.

Phil and Joe, the board is yours. You can talk us through it.

You can chat for a bit first, though.

-Joe's got the best one, definitely.

-You reckon?

-I think so.

-Want to go for that?

-Er... Yeah.

-We'll go for Gwent.

-Gwent, say Phil and Joe. Gwent.

Tyne and Wear versus Gwent. Helen and Sophie said Tyne and Wear.

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

Absolutely right, of course.

-APPLAUSE

-28 for Tyne and Wear.

Phil and Joe have said Gwent.

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

It's right.

-Go on!

-Is it going to beat 28...?

APPLAUSE

40 for Gwent.

Very well done, Helen and Sophie. After one question you are up one-nil.

A couple of answers could have won the point.

Some of these are former counties.

The one at the top, one of the six of Northern Ireland.

-Fermanagh.

-Well done, Xander. Would have been eight points.

-The next one down?

-Somerset.

-That would have been 62.

-And a former Scottish county.

-Sutherland.

Sutherland, no more. Three points. Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, indeed. Here comes your second question.

Phil and Joe, you have to win this, but you get to answer it first.

It concerns...

-..Richard.

-We're going to give you five facts about Nobel prizes.

-We need you to give us the most obscure fact.

-Let's reveal our five clues.

We have got...

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

..Phil and Joe, you go first.

INAUDIBLE

-Very difficult. Shall we try that one at the bottom?

-Go on.

Winner of the Physics prize in 1921.

-Isaac Newton.

-Isaac Newton, say Phil and Joe.

Helen and Sophie, the board is yours.

WHISPERING

-We want to go for that as well...

-HELEN LAUGHS

..and say it's Einstein.

OK, Einstein.

Einstein. So we have Isaac Newton versus Einstein.

-PHIL CHUCKLES

-You can't both be right.

Although in a funny way, you can.

-That's the Theory of Relatively for you.

-Yeah.

Phil and Joe said Isaac Newton. Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.

Ooh, bad luck.

Bad luck. Helen and Sophie have said Albert Einstein.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right. It's all it had to be.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Helen and Sophie.

After only two questions, you are through, two-nil, to the final.

-Sorry, Phil and Joe. Tough board.

-It was for us.

I always love it when a team goes for the same question.

People always feel bad doing it, but it's the right thing to do.

You can tell you're sports people. You didn't even blink.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

The first name of the founder is Alfred. Would have scored you 15.

The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo. Would have scored you eight.

The first female winner of a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie.

That would have scored 12.

And the category of prize added in 1968 is for Economic Sciences.

Very well done if you got that. Two points.

-Did you know Oslo, Phil?

-No. Marie Curie I did.

-Yeah.

-And Alfred.

-Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry to say, it's Phil and Joe.

Fantastic performance the whole way through the show.

Made it through to the head-to-head. Did you know any other counties?

-I did, once you told us the answer.

-Yeah,

-I

-knew them then.

I know Sutherland, cos my family used to work in Sutherland so I knew that one, but I didn't realise.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye, but it's been brilliant having you on the show. Phil and Joe!

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

For Helen and Sophie, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Helen and Sophie, you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

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

The jackpot stands at £2,500!

CHEERING

Two of our gold medal winning rowers from London 2012,

you've stormed through this show.

Two-nil in the head-to-head and the winners of every single round.

What would you like to see come up in this last round?

Um...

-Questions on rowing, I think.

-Yeah. LAUGHTER

-Women's pair events in the 2012 Olympics!

-OK. Fair enough.

As always, you start this round by choosing your category.

You have four options and here they are...

..Ooh. Don't know. What do you reckon?

-Do you know anything about those four categories?

-Not loads, no.

I wouldn't know anything about Alan Bennett, anything about Irish music.

Wrestlers... I couldn't even think what it would be that I could know.

-I guess it's France, then!

-I don't know anything about France!

-What do you think?

-France?

-Do you know anything about France?

Mm... Not masses, but I think it's probably our best.

-I used to like WWF.

-We could do wrestlers, then.

-Yeah.

-Shall we go with that?

-Your call. HELEN LAUGHS

-Yeah, let's try wrestlers!

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS/GASPS

Good luck. They've gone wrestlers, Richard.

Excellent! We're going to make things either easier or harder by giving you the three categories.

You can choose your answers from any of these...

..Any feature film made for cinema release for which The Rock has received an acting credit...

..Any wrestler who has won the Royal Rumble from 1988 to 2013, please.

Very, very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that jackpot for your charities is for one of those answers to be pointless.

The answers can come from any category.

It can be one from one category, two from another, one from each, all three from one.

Just say which category when you give your answer.

-Are you ready?

-Yup.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

I think Bret "The Hitman" Hart was a wrestler who's won the Royal Rumble.

-OK. That's one answer.

-Do you know anything about The Rock?

No. I can picture a film he was in. I don't think I'll think of a title.

-And Hulk Hogan...

-He probably won the Royal Rumble as well.

-OK.

-So we could say two.

-That's another answer.

Can you think of another one that's won the Royal Rumble?

Even if you're not sure.

Then it'll be a bit more obscure, if you think "maybe".

I'm trying to rack my brains from the figurines I had when I was little!

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

What about Hulk Hogan films?

I don't know any. I'm trying to think of the one from The Rock.

Wasn't he in...?

Ten seconds left.

-..some kind of Aztec film?

-I thought he was in one with little kids in.

-I don't know.

-The Nanny?

-Something like that.

-Yeah. OK.

That's your time up. I now need your three answers.

-What are you going to give me?

-We're going for The Nanny for the film that The Rock was in.

-The Nanny.

-Yeah. What were the other two?

Then wrestlers who've won the Royal Rumble, Hulk Hogan and Bret "The Hitman" Hart.

-And Bret "The Hitman" Hart.

-SOPHIE LAUGHS

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

-Er, Bret "The Hitman" Hart winning the Royal Rumble.

-We'll put last.

Which is your least likely, do you think?

-Maybe The Rock film wasn't called The Nanny.

-Yeah.

-That might be incorrect.

-So we'll put The Nanny first.

-Yeah.

Let's put those up on the board in that order...

..Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was The Nanny, one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

If it is correct and it is pointless it will win that jackpot.

-What are your charities, Helen?

-We're playing for Parkinson's UK.

-My aunt has Parkinson's and I think it's a charity that does some great work towards it.

-Very good, indeed.

Well, best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Let's hope one is pointless.

Your first answer, The Nanny, if it's pointless will win that jackpot for your charity.

Was The Nanny a Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson film?

No! Bad luck.

An incorrect answer. So two more chances to win that jackpot.

Your second answer was Hulk Hogan himself.

You thought he might have won the Royal Rumble. Let's find out.

Again, if it's correct and pointless, it will win you that £2,500.

Hulk Hogan, did he win the Royal Rumble?

He did.

Your first answer, The Nanny, was incorrect.

Your second answer is bang on the money.

Hulk Hogan takes us through the 20s...

-APPLAUSE

-Good answer.

Perfectly respectable score. Sadly, though, not pointless.

Only one more chance to win that jackpot for your charities.

Your third answer, the one you thought was possibly your best shot at a pointless answer,

was Bret "Hitman" Hart.

If this is pointless, it'll win you that jackpot of £2,500.

Bret "Hitman" Hart, did he win the Royal Rumble?

Yes, he did.

The Nanny was incorrect.

Hulk Hogan took us down to 15.

Bret "The Hitman" Hart is taking us through the teens...

AUDIENCE GROANS AND APPLAUDS

Well, of those three answers, two of those were fantastic answers.

That last one, impressive low score. Three - you'd be thrilled with that any time.

Sadly, it's only pointless answers we're interested in.

I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer and you don't win today's jackpot.

As it is a celebrity special, we are going to donate £500 to each pair for their respective charities.

We've loved having you on the show and you do get to take home a Pointless trophy, so very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well played throughout. There might be a couple who have won the Royal Rumble that you recognise.

Some people will have just switched on and they're thinking, "That guy off Pointless has had a breakdown."

I was playing darts earlier... You don't need to know.

-I beat Phil "The Power" Taylor!

-LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the Dwayne Johnson films.

Doom, loosely based on the video game, from 2005.

He was in Gridiron Gang with Xzibit.

Well done if you said either of those.

All the rest of his films scored points.

I can't believe you didn't say 3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain! Obvious, surely!

Gnomeo & Juliet, he has a voice part in.

He also did a film called Mr Nanny, which scored seven points.

I don't know if you were thinking of that or Tooth Fairy, the Rock film.

Tooth Fairy would have scored you 11 points.

Let's take a look at some of these wrestlers who won the Royal Rumble.

The first one was won by "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.

Lex Luger won it jointly with Bret "Hitman" Hart.

-Does that ring a bell?

-Yeah.

Vince McMahon is the co-founder of WWE, he won it one year.

Yokozuna won it as well.

You could also have had Alberto Del Rio or Big John Studd, of course.

-Lex Luger, is that ringing a bell?

-Yeah. Lex Luger rings a bell, but...

-Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, but we've loved having you on the show.

Brilliant contestants - Helen and Sophie.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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