Academics Pointless Celebrities

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-Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to this special academic edition of Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Graeme Garden and I work on the wireless.

Hello, I'm Clemency Burton-Hill and I also work on the wireless.

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Couple number two.

Susie Dent, Countdown's resident genius.

Dan Snow is the history man on TV.

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Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Steph McGovern, the girl who gets up at 3.30 every morning

to do the business news on breakfast telly and this is my mate.

I'm Robert Peston, BBC's Business Editor.

We've been a team in the past because Steph kept me out of trouble

as my producer at the height of the financial crisis.

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And finally, couple number four.

-I'm Germaine Greer and I live at Exit 9 of the M11.

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I'm Michael Mosley. I do science and I enjoy self-experimenting.

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

That just leaves one more person to introduce,

recently the focus of some self-generated rumours that he'll be the next James Bond.

-It's my Pointless friend, Double-Oh Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Wow, what a line-up today!

-I know.

-I think this is like the cleverest Pointless ever.

-We're up to capacity on brains.

-It's quite scary.

-Very.

-I'm worried the show may break.

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You know we're much more used to the Chuckle Brothers. You know that's where we're happy, don't you?

But to add to the pressure, I've got Susie Dent, the greatest sidekick in game show history.

-All I've got is a computer that's not turned on. We've got Susie Dent on the show.

-Thank you, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

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

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

OK, in this first round, I want an answer from each of you, but there is to be no conferring.

At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

Our category for Round One is...

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.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-In a moment, Xander's going to show you a list of letters on the board

and we're looking for any country of the world that begins with those letters.

By country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right. Best of luck.

Thanks very much. As Richard just mentioned, we will now put some letters on the board. Here they are.

So, any countries that begin with those pairs of letters.

-Graeme and Clemency, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going to go first.

-Right.

-Graeme, what a treat it is to have you here!

-A pleasure to be here.

You've been a fixed star in the comedy firmament ever since The Goodies.

A falling star today, I feel.

By no means.

How do you feel about these letters?

Some I could have a go at.

I'm going to take a punt at a tricky one, I think.

I'll go to Africa for "CO" - Cote d'Ivoire.

Cote d'Ivoire, says Graeme. Cote d'Ivoire earns him a purr of appreciation from the audience.

Let's see if it's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Cote d'Ivoire.

It's right.

-Very well done. It's pointless. What a start to the game, Graeme!

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A pointless answer adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £2,750.

It scores you nothing and gets the ball rolling. Very well done indeed, Graeme. Richard?

Wow! How else would you start the cleverest Pointless of all time?

Well played. Cote d'Ivoire - we used to call it the Ivory Coast. World's largest producer of chocolate.

Who knew that? A second purr from the audience. I like that. Chocolate?

-Yes, chocolate. You're aware of it?

-Yeah. Who knew that?

-Cocoa is what they produce.

-I see.

It's the same thing, right?

Eventually, yes.

Yes...

-Susie, welcome to the show.

-Thank you. How can I follow that?

-A bit of pressure off after Countdown.

-I hope.

-You can follow that easily enough.

Susie, I want to know, on Countdown, things happen phenomenally quickly. Is it just brain power?

There's no computers at all and it is in the 30 seconds,

but it's practice and also we come up with the same words again and again,

so if you know the dictionary, which is a bit sad.

-If you know the dictionary!

-All you need on that is to know the whole dictionary(!)

-My specialist subject.

-Brilliant. What are you going to go for, Susie?

I was going to go for "CO" as well, but I'm not sure if I give you one, whether it's the full name

and I don't know if Richard would allow it or not, so I'm going to play safe and go "SE" - Senegal.

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

52.

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-52 for Senegal.

That's quite high.

-That seems unjustly high.

-That's a big score. There are some big scores on the list.

Senegal in Africa, but 52 points more than Cote d'Ivoire.

-Robert, welcome to Pointless.

-A pleasure to be here.

Of course, the business correspondent of the BBC.

Probably one of the most interesting times in the BBC's history.

It's certainly one of the most interesting times in MY history.

Robert just sounds like he knows what's going on.

All of that is going to be dispelled in the course of this show.

I don't believe that. I always think I don't need to know what's going on in the economic crisis

because I've got Bobby P picking up all the loose balls.

But it's terrifying. When he starts talking, you think, "Oh, what now?"

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-Try working with him!

OK, so what do you think you're going to go for?

Well, I am going to take a punt because of Graeme's spectacular start,

so I'll go with "TU" and Tuvalu.

Tuvalu, a great Pointless friend. Tuvalu.

-I like a groan like that from the... It's not a groan. A moan perhaps.

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

Nothing is our low score, 52 our high. You've passed the high score.

8 you get for Tuvalu.

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Still a great score though, Robert. 8 for Tuvalu.

Yeah, a great score. In the early days of Pointless, that would have been a pointless answer.

-People are catching on to Tuvalu now, aren't they?

-Yeah.

Michael, welcome. A great polymath there on Podium Four.

You started out as a banker. You then for fun thought you'd become a doctor.

Then, why not, thought you'd become a TV producer.

And then for fun became a dietician. Where next?

A quizmaster, I think, is where I'm heading for.

-Ah!

-It's the person that brings it all together.

-OK...

-Hardest job in the world.

-I can see.

Hardest job in the world.

Michael, you've had a little bit of time to think of a good country.

I'm going to go for "LI" and I'm going to go for Liechtenstein.

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

-12.

-Well done.

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-12 for Liechtenstein.

Very well played. It's only 24 kilometres long, Liechtenstein. It's smaller than Washington DC.

If they ran a marathon, they'd have to turn round and come back a bit.

-They would.

-Extraordinary. Quite a lot, in fact.

Halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

-Cote d'Ivoire!

-Not that we expected anything less from Graeme. That's the point.

-Yeah.

Graeme and Clemency looking supreme, then up to 8 for Robert and Steph,

up to 12 for Michael and Germaine, then up to 52 for Susie and Dan.

Dan, you'll have time to think of an absolutely epic answer here.

Best of luck with that, Dan. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Germaine, welcome to Pointless.

One of the great academics and feminists of our time there on Podium Four.

You started out, like Graeme did, in the Cambridge Footlights years and years and years ago.

Did you at any stage think you might follow some sort of comedy path?

Yes.

I was aware that I was something of a joke.

-But that didn't mean that I wasn't serious. The best jokes are really serious.

-Yes, indeed.

You're on 12. Our high scorers are Dan and Susie on 52,

so a score of 39 or less sees you through to the next round.

OK, I'm going to say Mauritania.

Mauritania, says Germaine. That got a buzz from the other contestants, not from the audience.

-This is like Super-Pointless.

-This is great. Mauritania.

-What's that doing there?

-There is your red line. If you get below... Is that what you mean?

That's the temperature in the studio at the moment.

If you get below that red line, you go through. Let's see if Mauritania will get you down there.

Maybe it's not even a country.

It's right.

And you're through to the next round, Germaine.

-Oh, 1!

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1 for Mauritania. It takes your total up to 13.

-Second lowest score of the round. Very well done.

-Very well played.

This is terrifying. Everyone's playing terrifically well.

Two-thirds of Mauritania is desert and it's getting more and more each year as the desert creeps further.

-It has one of the longest trains in the world - three kilometres long.

-Where's the buffet car in that?

Right down the far end.

-Can you believe that?

-It's almost time for the next meal by the time you've got back to your seat.

-Keep you fit.

-Exactly.

-Perhaps we should have that on our trains.

-Enough of this. Steph...

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless.

So, yes, we've heard you're a producer.

Obviously, you were also a business presenter and sometime anchor.

Which do you prefer? Is it nicer being on for the whole show or...?

It's nice to get a bit of the credit that Robert always used to get.

No, I'm joking. I like both. You have more control behind the scenes over some things that go into what you do.

-You had no control over me.

-I did, a little bit. You just wouldn't admit it.

Before you did all of that, I read somewhere that you used to do Irish dancing.

Yes, I did. This always creeps out. You're not going to ask me to dance?

-No.

-It's already sweaty enough in here.

How on earth did you get into that?

It was just because my family are Irish and I just wanted to do something a bit different.

No offence to any ballet or tap dancers, but it's a lot harder to do Irish dancing. I like a challenge.

Steph, you're on 8. The high scorers on 52, Dan and Susie. 43 or less sees you through.

I was going to say Tuvalu because we were chatting about the economy in Tuvalu before we came on set.

Robert, what's happening... Quick, this just in.

Robert, what's happening in the Tuvalu economy?

-I'm moving there.

-So it's all looking up.

Steph, what are you going to go for?

-I'm going to go for Liberia.

-Liberia.

Here is your red line. If you get below that, you are in the next round.

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

Very well done indeed.

-18 takes your total up to 26.

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Very well played, Steph. Very good answer. The pygmy hippopotamus is the national symbol of Liberia.

-That's nice.

-That's a nice symbol.

-Yeah.

-Dan, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-The rising star of history documentaries.

-Thank you.

The generation above you of Snows have marked out current affairs.

-Yes.

-Did that drive you to history?

My mum's also a current affairs journalist, so I had Jon, my dad and my mum,

so I rebelled completely and went into a totally different area.

But brilliant, I loved the Locomotion show. I thought that was extremely good.

Now then, Dan, through no fault of yours or Susie's... Senegal, I thought, was a great answer.

Our 100 had obviously just seen something about Senegal on the news, probably presented by Robert.

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-So they remembered it.

So, Dan, you need to find a low-scoring answer here.

Well, a great general once said that in battle, the boldest plans are probably the safest.

So I'm going to go with a country that I'm not sure has UN representation - the Cook Islands.

-The Cook Islands?

-AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Oh, we've got stereo "oohs" there. That's amazing.

-Can we snatch defeat from the jaws...

-OK, the Cook Islands?

-Yeah.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers. Let's see. This could be a brilliant answer.

-Is it brilliant or is it wrong?

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Oh, Dan, I'm sorry.

That was a very brave, very Pointless, gutsy thing to do, but I'm afraid it was wrong.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Your total is 152.

Sorry, Dan. You did what you had to do. The Cook Islands is not a country in its own right.

Thanks very much, Richard. Clemency, finally, we come to you.

Now, Clemency, just for fun, I'm going to try and remember some of the things you do.

You won the Hugh Bean Prize for the violin, the best prize at the Royal College of Music.

Can we go up against the Irish dancing?

-We could form a partnership.

-You could, actually.

-I'm up for that.

You're an anchor... "Anchor" sounds like an awful thing to call someone.

-Very American.

-You're an anchor on the Wall Street Journal. You present many shows. You've been an actress.

-A long time ago.

-You've written lots of books. Do you ever worry it's all just a bit trammelled?

-A bit narrow, your field?

-I'm just interested in everything. That's the problem.

Amongst these contestants, I feel it's just scratching the surface

and everyone does too many remarkable things, really, to count.

The good news is you can't fail to go through to the next round.

Our high scorers Dan and Susie are out of your reach.

OK, in that case, I'm going to go back to Africa

and I'm going to say Congo-Brazzaville.

Let's see if Congo-Brazzaville is right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Congo-Brazzaville.

It's right.

Now, zero is our lowest score so far...

15 is what Congo-Brazzaville gets.

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-Very well done indeed.

15 is your total.

Well played. Normally just known as Congo, but Congo-Brazzaville also another name for it.

There's only three pointless answers on the whole board, so Cote d'Ivoire was a terrific answer.

The other two were the Comoros Islands in Africa and the Marshall Islands.

Let's take a look at the biggest answers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

-Unbelievably, Senegal is the third highest scorer.

-I thought Serbia would be more obvious than Senegal.

-How wrong was I?

-Isn't that weird? I don't know. It seems unfair to me. 52 points for that.

You would have scored 60 points for Tunisia

and the worst answer of all would have been Colombia for 70 points.

Thank you, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,

the pair who will be heading home are Dan and Susie.

Senegal - I'm still baffled by that.

-I put my hands up. I'm sorry, Dan.

-It was a good answer.

-I got one wrong!

Come back. Come back and play any time.

Come back when we've got, you know, people from TOWIE on.

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-Honestly, do that.

-It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing, Dan and Susie!

-Thank you.

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

Just three pairs remain. Very sadly, at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Michael and Germaine, you were the lowest scoring pair in that round, so very, very well done.

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

Actors & Actresses. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six films,

all of which star someone who is more famous as a musician.

We need you to tell us who that person is. We're giving you their initials as well.

Six on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at at home.

Thank you. We want the names of these famous musicians turned actors who starred in these films.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all one final time.

A lot of single initials there, aren't there?

Clemency, what do you make of that?

I... Yeah, you're right, a lot of single initials.

Is that because musicians so often become icons? There's definitely an icon in there or two.

I'm going to go with Dancer In The Dark. That was Bjork.

Dancer In The Dark, Bjork.

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

It's absolutely right.

Oh, look at that, 1! Clemency...

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-The Garden-Burton-Hill team once again!

-I know. How about that?

Yeah, she's in Lars von Trier's film Dancer In the Dark. That's a terrific answer.

-Now, Robert...

-Yes. I think I might as well go home now.

I know a few of these

and the difficulty is thinking about who your 100 people are.

I'm going to go Dune, Sting.

Dune, Sting.

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

It's right.

Still going down.

There we are, 19.

APPLAUSE We're still in.

-19 for Sting.

-That's a pretty good answer, Robert. Directed by David Lynch, Dune.

He turned down the chance to direct Return Of The Jedi to direct Dune.

-I'd love to see David Lynch's Return Of The Jedi.

-No kidding!

Wow! Now then, Michael, you're the last person to have this board.

Do you feel like talking us through it?

OK, the only one I know left is Funny Girl and I think it's Barbra Streisand.

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

Well, 19's our high score and 1 is our low...

53 for Barbra Streisand.

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-That's high.

-It is high. It was her first ever film, Funny Girl.

-The rest of them, do you know any of these?

-I think I know them all.

-OK, 8 Mile?

-Eminem.

-Yeah, that's another big scorer though - 49.

-Mermaids?

-Cher.

-Cher, yeah.

That would have scored 44. And it's a low scorer, this one, The Prestige.

-David Bowie.

-David Bowie, yeah. That would have scored you 4 points.

-I knew that one.

-That would have been a terrific answer.

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

Clemency and Graeme, once again looking fantastic on 1,

then up to 19 where we find Robert and Steph, then 53, bad luck, Michael and Germaine.

Germaine, you'll get first pick of the next board, so use it wisely and find a nice, low-scoring answer.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, let's put six more films on the board and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Germaine, we are looking for the names of the famous musicians who starred in these films.

You've got their initials to help.

I'm just trying to figure out if it's better to crash and burn by being completely wrong

or if I say the one I know and get 99.

I'm going to have to say the one everybody knows which is Madonna in Evita.

Evita, Madonna, says Germaine. No red line for you as you are the high scorers.

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

It's right.

-76.

-Not as bad as I thought.

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-76. It takes your total up to 129.

-Yeah, that's much better than 100, Germaine. And good to go out on a correct answer.

-Exactly.

-Steph...

-Hello.

-Here's good news. You're through to the head-to-head.

-Very good.

-Yes.

-Although I do know a couple of them.

-This is good.

-I think I'll go with The Social Network, Justin Timberlake.

-Justin Timberlake, says Steph.

No red line for you, but let's see if that's right and how many said it.

Absolutely right.

29.

Not bad at all. 48, your total, Steph.

Another great answer, Steph. Plays Sean Parker.

Thanks, Richard. Graeme.

-Sir.

-You are also through to the head-to-head. However,

do you think you could talk us through this board and fill in some of those blanks?

The first two I'm pretty hazy about.

Videodrome is Debbie Harry.

And The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the one I would go for, since I can take a punt now,

-as Tom Waits.

-Tom Waits says Graeme. No red line for you because you are also already through,

but let's see if Tom Waits is right.

It IS right.

It's another great Garden answer!

Look at that - it's pointless again!

Graeme, amazing! Another pointless answer adds another £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £3,000.

-And it scores you nothing and leaves your total at one.

-Wow!

-Oh, Graeme, that's brilliant.

-We are not worthy.

-No.

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You could see him see Clemency get one and think, "I'll show you."

-I'm basking in his reflected glory.

-That's an amazing score, one point from two podiums.

You got the best score in both passes. Terrifically well done. He essentially plays the Devil,

Tom Waits. Wow. That's good, isn't it? Especially as you didn't know the top one.

It's Beyonce Knowles.

Beyonce Knowles, 24. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Can you get that?

-I don't know.

-Anyone?

-Chris Isaak.

Absolutely. Two points. And Graeme was right about Videodrome.

Debbie Harry. Would have scored four points. Very well done if you got those at home.

Thanks very much indeed. So, Germaine and Michael, it's you we have to say goodbye to.

I'm sorry. It wasn't a good round for you. Please come back and play another time. Thank you so much.

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

Congratulations, Clemency, Graeme, Robert and Steph.

You're one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £3,000.

Now we have to decide who'll play for that money,

so you will go head-to-head, but you are now allowed to confer.

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

-Graeme, you haven't even troubled the scorers yet.

-Sorry.

-Clemency,

16 points you've scored, which is very impressive.

Robert and Steph... It comes to something when the high scorers are the BBC Business Correspondents.

-I've let the side down.

-This, I think, will be the hardest-fought head-to-head in Pointless history.

Averaging a high score in an incredibly low-scoring show is not a bad thing to be.

Not at all. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here is your first question and it concerns... celebrities wearing kilts.

Celebrities wearing kilts. Celebrities wearing...kilts.

We'll show you five pictures of celebrities wearing kilts. Can you name the tartan, please?

No, can you name the celebrity, please? Good luck.

Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our five kilted celebrities. Here they are...

There we are. Five celebrities in kilts.

Clemency and Graeme, you've played best so far, so you will get to go first.

I'm not going to argue with Mr Pointless himself, so...

Right.

Fingers crossed that D is Kyle MacLachlan.

Kyle MacLachlan says Graeme. Graeme and Clemency go for Kyle MacLachlan.

-Robert and Steph, can you talk us through the others?

-The first one is Brian Cox, Sean Connery...

-What's he called? E. I've forgotten his name now.

-Samuel...

-Samuel L Jackson.

And C could be...

The Tears For Fears lead singer. I can't remember his name.

So we'll have to go A, Brian Cox.

-Brian Cox for A, say Robert and Steph.

-Have I got that wrong?

-We'll find out.

-I think so.

So Clemency and Graeme have said Kyle MacLachlan. Is that right? How many people said it for D?

It's right.

Eleven for Kyle MacLachlan.

Very good indeed. Now Robert and Steph have said Brian Cox for A. Is that right?

-How many of our 100 people said Brian Cox?

-It's probably wrong.

-It's right! Is it going to beat eleven?

-It's not.

Yes, it is! Look at that - five! Very well done, indeed!

You've broken their serve, Robert and Steph.

-After one question, you are up one-nil.

-Surprise, surprise. The best two answers on the board.

Well done, both teams. Kyle MacLachlan actually wore a kilt in Sex and The City, onscreen.

Perhaps people remembered it. B was Sean Connery.

It would have scored you 85.

Robert, C was the lead singer of Tears For Fears, then he became...

-the most successful cyclist...

-Sorry!

-..in Olympic history.

-Sorry, Chris Hoy!

-What a career

-that guy has had.

-He's hit the fake tan!

-Exactly.

He looks even more different than Brian Cox. That's stargazing!

Chris Hoy scored 23. And E is Samuel L Jackson. He would have scored 39 points.

Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question. Clemency and Graeme must win this.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Robert Winston.

-What?!

-Robert Winston. So who better to ask you five questions about Robert Winston

than a man whose specialist subject is Robert Winston? Professor Lord Winston.

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Hi, Richard and Zander.

Here are five questions about me. Sorry I can't be with you in person.

Question one. What was the name of the series I presented with which we won three BAFTAs in 1998?

Question two. Which political side of the House of Lords do I sit on?

Question three. At which TV chef's Dream School did I teach?

Question four. What was the name of the series I front

which follows 25 people born at the millennium?

And question five. Which member of One Direction asked on Twitter for a mask of my face?

Well, good luck. I hope you win!

OK.

I will just recap those questions.

HE READS THE LIST

There you are. Five questions about Robert Winston. Robert and Steph, you go first.

Well, we're not desperately sure about any, which is shaming.

-We'll go for the one we're most sure about. Happy with that? Go for C?

-Yeah, C, TV chef.

So my memory is that that is Jamie Oliver.

Jamie Oliver's Dream School say Robert and Steph.

-Clemency and Graeme, do you fancy taking us through the board?

-No, we can't.

-Do you want to chew over them for fun?

-I think maybe the last one.

-Yeah, really?

-It's a massive punt. If you're certain...

-No, I'm not.

-This is your moment.

-I'm not certain on any of them!

-Go for it.

-How embarrassing.

Only because it's the only member of One Direction whose name I know,

-embarrassingly, I'm going to say Harry Styles.

-Harry Styles, says Clemency.

So Robert and Steph said Jamie Oliver. Clemency and Graeme said Harry Styles.

Your survival depends on Harry Styles, Clemency.

It's a fitting state of affairs. It's where I thought I'd end up.

Robert and Steph have said Jamie Oliver. Is that right? How many people said it?

It's right.

43. 43 for Jamie Oliver. A high score.

-Clemency and Graeme... Is that a complete guess?

-Total. The only one I knew was Jamie Oliver.

OK, Harry Styles. Is that right? How many of our 100 people said it?

-It's right!

-Well done!

-Will it beat 43?

Yes, it will! Well done - just. 35.

-You're back in the game, Clemency and Graeme.

-Harry Styles, if you're watching...

Just kidding, just kidding.

-She's so not kidding.

-Not at all.

-Come on, Harry, do us a favour.

-Give us a tweet.

Clemency and Graeme won that one. After two questions, it's one-all.

Let's fill in the rest of this board. The best answer up there is the BBC documentary, The Human Body.

It would have scored 20 points. He represents Labour in the House of Lords. 44 points.

And the TV show following 25 children is Child Of Our Time.

That would have scored 38.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, it all comes down to a third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final. Best of luck. It concerns...

The Muppets.

-The Muppets, Richard.

-What better way to settle this?

Five clues to facts about the Muppets. Can you give us the most obscure answer? Best of luck.

Thanks. OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Clemency and Graeme, you go first again.

(OK, which one?)

-Scrooge? I'm pretty sure...

-You're pretty sure about the film?

-Pretty sure.

-You don't think more people would know that?

-Will we go with creator?

-I think people might know that.

-Well...we're actually going to go for the creator of the Muppets. Jim Henson.

-Jim Henson,

say Clemency and Graeme. Now, Robert and Steph, talk us through the rest of the board.

The Muppet who famously flirted is Miss Piggy.

The director of the 2011 film I'm hoping comes back to me.

He's a brilliant young American comedian. He's also in it.

If my boys are watching this, they'll kill me. They worship him and worship the Muppets.

It's incredibly upsetting. Robin is the nephew.

Will that be the lowest score? Robin is the nephew, Miss Piggy was on Parkinson.

-That's definitely right?

-Will Robin...?

-Yeah.

-I didn't know, not that my brain is...

-My memory is that the nephew is called Robin.

You're going to say Robin for the nephew. So we have Jim Henson versus Robin.

Clemency and Graeme have gone for Jim Henson. Is that right? How many people said it?

It's right.

49. 49 for Jim Henson.

-So Robin is a bit of a punt. You're not entirely sure.

-It just rings a bell.

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

It's right!

-No way!

-Is it going to beat 49? Yes, it is! Very well done indeed.

13 for Robin the frog.

Which means Robert and Steph, very well done. After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Very well played indeed. Terrific. Let's look at the rest of these.

Clemency and Graeme, you were thinking of going for the actor?

-Michael Caine?

-It is. A better score, but it wouldn't have won. 24.

The Muppet who famously flirted was Miss Piggy. A huge score - 92.

And if you do remember the name of the actor you're thinking of, I wouldn't say it.

-It was directed by a very talented young Brit, James Bobin.

-I got it wrong. Sorry.

That would have scored three points.

Thanks, Richard. So the pair leaving us is Clemency and Graeme!

-Somewhat against the grain of play up to this point.

-A fall from grace.

It's no fall from grace. You're still on grace, don't worry.

But, very sadly, we have to say goodbye. Robert and Steph just pipped you.

Great answers from you, though. Brian Cox and Robin the frog. Fabulous.

-Wherever it came from.

-I'm wasting my time as Business Editor.

-I wasn't going to say that.

-I AM a Muppet, many people think.

-Clemency and Graeme, you have made your mark

in the Pointless annals throughout the show. Thanks so much, Clemency and Graeme!

-Thank you. Good luck.

-But for Robert and Steph it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Robert and Steph. You fought off all the competition

and have each won a coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities and it stands at £3,000.

You have done so well. Not least of all, you have seen off the master of Pointless, Graeme.

-What a star! What a genius.

-And Clemency.

-And Clemency.

-I don't know what happened there.

-Robin the frog, that's what happened.

-That's it. It's about knowing Tuvalu and Robin the frog.

Very best of luck. You start by choosing a category.

You have four options. Here they are.

-Will you get a pointless answer?

-Which one would you be good on?

-Well, I think...

-Contemporary Pop Acts.

-Does it mean now? This second?

-I would guess.

I'd be no use. We could both probably do Oscar-winning film directors. Or you couldn't?

-If you're completely immersed in contemporary pop.

-I love my cheesy pop.

-You'll be on your own.

Yeah, OK. Well, Contemporary Pop Acts.

-And if I mess this up, our friendship is over.

-No, it's not.

-Contemporary Pop it is. Good luck.

-We've got three different options.

I hope you find a pointless answer among these.

We're looking for any UK Top 40 single by JLS, or which names them as a featured artist.

Any UK Top 40 single by Katy Perry or with her as a featured artist.

Or any Top 40 single by Justin Bieber.

-So JLS, Katy Perry or Justin Bieber, Top 40 singles. Very, very best of luck.

-OK.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need for the jackpot

is one answer to be pointless. Your answers can come from any of these categories.

All from one, one from each, entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Right.

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

JLS - Everybody In Love. Katy Perry - Wide Awake, I Kissed A Girl, but loads of people will know that.

Justin Bieber - Beauty and a Beat. I think Katy Perry's probably the stronger one, so...

-We want a zero. Think of a Katy Perry song...

-I'm trying to sing them in my head.

-One that people wouldn't know it.

-Let me think of other ones.

-Doesn't matter if we get it wrong. Just name...

-Right, shut up. LAUGHTER

Other Katy Perry ones...

-The one where she's dancing in a park in the video...

-Everybody knows that song.

But you don't. I think Wide Awake is going to be our better one for Katy Perry.

-Not many people would know that one.

-OK.

-10 seconds left.

-Justin Bieber, Beauty and a Beat.

-OK.

-JLS, Everybody In Love. Everyone will know that one.

-I don't!

-You're on your own!

-JLS, Beat Again.

-OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

-Katy Perry, Wide Awake.

-Wide Awake.

-JLS...

-What's the least-known JLS that you know?

-Beat Again.

-Beat Again.

-Beauty and a Beat, Justin Bieber.

-Which do you think's your best shot?

-Wide Awake, Katy Perry.

-OK, put that last. Which is your least likely?

-Everyone will know the Bieber one. Beauty and a Beat.

-Put it first.

OK, put them on the board in that order.

Good luck. Your first answer was Beauty and a Beat.

If this is correct and pointless, you will win that jackpot. Robert, what's your charity?

We've got the same charity. The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. My wife died of lung cancer.

It's the only important lung cancer charity in the country, so fingers crossed we win some money for it.

Let's hope you do. Well done.

OK, your first answer was Beauty and a Beat.

Let's find out, for £3,000, if that is a Justin Bieber UK Top 40 hit.

It's right! Beauty and a Beat taking us down through the 60s, the 50s...

If it goes to zero, you leave with £3,000 for your charity.

Still going down...! Three!

-You're a genius!

-Ooh!

-That's a great answer, Steph.

-Great answer!

Look at him now. He's shocked! "You actually got a good answer!"

-Phenomenal.

-Sadly, not pointless. Only two more shots at today's jackpot. Very best of luck.

Your second answer is Beat Again. Obviously, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Let's find out. For £3,000, Beat Again - was it a JLS UK Top 40 hit?

It was.

Your first answer, Beauty and a Beat, took us down to three.

Your second answer, Beat Again, taking us down through the teens...

Oh!

-Seven.

-We're not going to quite make it, are we?

-I don't know.

-Is this not a popular song?

-Seven. I don't think you were sure of the ranking for the first two,

-but this was your best bet.

-It's a song I really like.

-We'll see.

-OK, very best of luck.

Everything is now riding on your final answer, Wide Awake.

For £3,000, is Wide Awake a Katy Perry UK Top 40 hit?

It is.

Beauty and a Beat took us to three. Your second answer, Beat Again, took us down to seven.

Katy Perry's Wide Awake taking us past seven... Oh!

Three again.

That was a really good try.

-Really good try.

-Three brilliant answers.

-Yeah, they were.

All single figures. Fantastic. You'd be thrilled with those at any other point in the game.

Sadly, we only want pointless answers and you didn't find one

and don't win today's jackpot of £3,000. As it's a celebrity special,

we'll donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their charities.

We have loved having you. Thank you.

And you get a Pointless trophy each. Something to remember it by.

Thank you.

It's been a pleasure having you on. Thank you so much for coming along.

Katy Perry was probably the harder one. JLS, a lot of people would have got a pointless answer.

There's two number one singles in their pointless answers. Four in all.

Eyes Wide Shut, a big hit, Top 10.

Love You More and She Makes Me Wanna. Both were pointless and both were number one singles.

And Take A Chance On Me.

There's only one Katy Perry pointless answer. Waking Up In Vegas.

That was the one you were talking about in the video.

And Justin Bieber. It would be wrong to get a pointless on Justin Bieber, so I'm glad you didn't.

You could have had Eenie Meenie, Live My Life, Next 2 You,

One Time. You could also have had All Around The World, Die In Your Arms and Turn To You.

-Well done if you got a pointless answer. Thank you for coming. It's been great fun.

-Thank you.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant.

-Thank you so much for playing. Great, great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-Join us next time to test more obscure knowledge. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye!

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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