World Cup Special Pointless Celebrities

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to this special World Cup

edition of Pointless Celebrities -

the show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Hope Powell, former national coach of England ladies

and this is Casey Stoney, current England captain.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Peter Shilton, this is Steve Bull.

We were both members of the England World Cup

squad in Italy in 1990 and got to the semifinal.

-And couple number three.

-I'm Graeme Le Saux.

I'm from Jersey but I played for England in the 1998 World Cup

as well as Chelsea, Blackburn and Southampton.

I'm Jonathan Pearce, football commentator

and I commentated on that semifinal in 1990.

-And finally, couple number four.

-This is George Cohen.

I'm Geoff Hurst and we played in the 1966 World Cup final and won it.

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And these are today's contestants. Thank you all very much.

We'll get to find out more about each of you throughout

the show as it goes along.

That leaves one more person for me to introduce.

On a one-man mission to make ignorance history.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Good evening.

-Good evening to you.

-And to you!

-How exciting is this?

I've rarely been more excited on an episode of Pointless - the entire

country has World Cup fever and what an incredible line-up there.

You think this is brilliant and get to the end

and there's two guys who won the World Cup.

Blimey, that's not bad going. I've made one...

-Let's test your observational skills.

-Yes.

Because it's a World Cup special, I've made one change to my desk.

-Can you spot what it is?

-It looks bigger. What have you done?

-Taller or something?

-I'll tell you, shall I?

Instead of my computer I've got the World Cup, the actual real World Cup.

What about that?!

I say it's the real World Cup, the guy who sold it to me said it was the real World Cup.

I've no reason to dispute it. LAUGHTER

I'm also wearing... I'm not wearing normal Pointless clothes.

-I spotted that as well.

-Because it's the World Cup, I'm wearing my Vanuatu kit.

-Brilliant. Look at that.

-My favourite player.

Brian Kaltack - the centre back for Vanuatu.

-Unbelievably, Vanuatu not at the World Cup finals.

-No, not this year.

They got knocked out by Tahiti and New Caledonia, Vanuatu,

neither of which are actual countries.

-Certainly not recognised by the UN.

-Exactly. Incredibly exciting.

What an brilliant line-up. Thank you so much for coming on.

It's an exciting time and it should be an exciting show.

Very good indeed. As ever, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone is trying to find a Pointless answer -

an answer none of our 100 people gave.

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

As today's show is a celebrity special, each of our celebrities

is playing for a nominated charity. We start off with a jackpot of £2,500.

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If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless!

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

eliminated so do what you can to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is Words.

It's going to be a words round.

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in

"A-N-D" as they could.

Words ending "A-N-D".

Any word in the Oxford Dictionary Of English that ends "A-N-D".

As always, you're not allowed proper nouns like England or Scotland or trade names.

Just any word in the Oxford dictionary of English that ends

"A-N-D".

There are huge amounts of pointless answers here.

70 pointless answers on this list so there's lots of obscure ones

out there if someone wanted to take a risk.

-OK, Hope. Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome.

You've led the England ladies football team to four

-European Championships, two World Cups.

-Yes.

-And Team GB at 2012.

-How was that?

-Fantastic.

Highlight of my career, I would say.

And now you've moved on from England.

Have any men's clubs been in touch with you?

-No, no.

-That's going to happen sooner or later?

Maybe, maybe.

I think certainly in the future maybe in the lower leagues but wait and see.

Well, if they're on the phone to anyone, it will be you.

Hope, words ending "A-N-D".

-Command.

-Command. Appropriate enough.

Let's see if command is right - I think it is right - let's find out many people said command.

It's right.

11. Not bad at all, Hope.

11 for command.

Well played, Hope.

It's so scary on the first podium, especially with a words round.

It's a terrific answer. That's the answer of the manager, isn't it?

-There you go!

-Thanks very much indeed.

Bully, welcome to Pointless.

You were there in Italia '90.

It all changed after that, didn't it?

It won a whole lot of new fans for football.

Yeah, there was disruption before we went to the World Cup

with Bobby Robson and things in the press

but we put that to one side and we worked together

and played together and to be there was unbelievable.

In the club side back at Wolves you were an amazing goal-scorer.

How many goals did you score?

Er, 306 in 561 appearances.

It's like 50 goals a season.

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It's unheard of.

I don't think it would be done now with two consecutive seasons,

50 and 52, but I was lucky, I think.

Yeah, yeah.

50 in a season once may be a bit lucky but twice, that's Messi-style.

Bully, what are you going to go for? Words ending "A-N-D".

-I'll go for a plain word, bland.

-Bland.

Bland says Bully, let's see if that is right

and how many of our 100 people said bland.

27.

27, not bad.

Lacking strong features, bland. It's quite a big score.

Mm. Mm. Graeme. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you. 1998.

Do you ever think back on that Argentina game

and wonder what might have happened if you'd taken a penalty at the end?

We would still have come home on the same plane!

But it was a fantastic game.

David Beckham getting sent off, Sol Campbell,

when we had 10 men in extra time, scoring a perfectly good goal

and then as he scored, we celebrated, I had come off

and was on the bench and we all cheered,

celebrated and within two seconds we're yelling, "Get back!"

because the Argentinians were counterattacking.

And then the penalty shoot-out, so the heartache,

but it was an incredible experience being part of it

and we had a fantastic team, great team spirit.

Fantastic, well, words ending "A-N-D".

Almost as exciting!

-Yeah, more so in some ways.

-In many ways.

Um, strand.

Strand, says Graeme.

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

Well, 11 is the low score, 27 high.

You pass 27. 17.

-17.

-To leave somebody somewhere. Strand.

-It's quite hard with these rounds to define what words mean.

-Or a beach.

Yeah, or particular roads, yeah. Strand.

-Hope's score is looking better and better.

-More commanding!

Geoff. Welcome back to Pointless. Great to have you here.

Unbelievable privilege to have you here.

You won the World Cup but you scored a hat-trick in the final at Wembley.

What does life do for you after that?

I think it's not just a game of football, it's a national event.

It transcends anything...

People still talk about it even today - people in the street who

watched the game or... different parts of the world.

It's a huge event that people remember for ever.

To have given so much intense pleasure to a whole nation,

-it's incredible thing to be able to do.

-Thank you.

-Well, thank you!

Now, words ending "A-N-D".

-Overland.

-Can I just say, that is the one I was...

I had it in my back drawer. Overland, says Geoff.

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

Well, 11 our low score at the moment. Overland passes that. 5.

Very well done indeed.

5.

Well played, Geoff. That's a World Cup winner right there.

Terrific answer. To travel across land.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, we are halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

5 the best score of that pass, very well done, Geoff.

Then up to 11 where we find Hope and Casey, then up to 17, Graeme

and Jonathan, then 27, Bully and Peter.

You're not wildly out in front, Peter,

but a nice low score from you might keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line - can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, George. A very warm welcome to you. Grand to have you here.

Your family can't get enough of World Cups.

You're always winning them and in different sports as well.

Ben picked up the World Cup. He's your nephew, isn't he?

That's right. He's my youngest brother's youngest son.

Excellent.

You maintain strong links with Fulham -

you are kind of maintaining a link with Fulham today just by being here,

-Richard being a huge Fulham fan.

-I would say George...

It's all well and good winning the World Cup

but playing for Fulham trumps it!

I think Geoff would swap his hat-trick in the World Cup final

to have pulled on the lily-white shirt at some point.

-Absolutely!

-Yeah, yeah. I knew it.

Now George, words ending "A-N-D".

-Highland.

-Aw, it's good.

-Fulham, you see.

-Well, there you are.

You're on 5. The high-scorers on 27, Peter and Bully.

If you can score 21 or less, you won't even become our high-scorers.

Let's find out how many people said highland.

It's right.

You've done it, very well done indeed. Look at that! 6.

The two best scores of the round so far on the far podium.

-Your total is 11.

-Very well played, George.

They mean business on podium four. Highland which is land that is high.

-I can see that.

-You can see where they got the name from.

-That's good.

Jonathan, welcome to Pointless.

How many World Cups have you commentated on?

Um...seven, I think.

Going back to, what, '86?

No, 19... '94, eight, two... six. Six.

-Six. Were you there for all of them?

-Yes.

-That's good.

In fact I stayed in the same hotel as they did,

six of us were allowed to stay in the same hotel

and it was great fun to be that close to the players. Wonderful.

And you commentate on radio and TV, do you have a preference?

I love...I was going to say I love radio because

you use words but...

I know what you mean! Now, Jonathan. Words ending "A-N-D".

-I'm going to go for wand is in magic wand.

-Nice.

Nice to have that explained as well!

OK, there you are. You're on 17 and the high-scorers on 17, Peter and Bully.

So, 9 or less sees you through, straight through.

There's your red line - let's see how many people said wand.

Oh, 52. Wow.

52 for wand takes your total up to 69.

That is a big score, especially as the one man here who has

made his living out of wielding words.

52.

That's what happens when you don't play for Fulham, I'm afraid.

Peter.

Very warm welcome to you. You've played in three World Cups.

You played, after '66, the most famous England game,

the Hand Of God game.

-Don't remind me.

-Have you forgiven him?

No. And probably won't do.

It was a game for all the wrong reasons.

The referee and linesman let us down.

-They were really terrible on the day.

-Extraordinary.

And you were closest to it, no-one saw it more closely than you.

I didn't see it, no. I was just concentrating on the ball

and I looked at the rest of the players

and they were chasing the referee

who was flying up the pitch as quick as he could trying to get away from it.

No, it was just complete injustice in a major tournament.

Now, Peter. You're on 27, the high-scorers on 69,

Graeme and Jonathan.

41 or less keeps you in the game.

Grassland.

Oh, that is good. Grassland.

There is your red line, get below that with grassland,

I have hunch you might, and you are in the next round.

Let's see how many people said grassland.

It's right.

That's a great answer! A Pointless answer, Peter.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot taking the total up to £2,750.

It scores nothing, it leaves your total at 27.

-It's a miracle!

-Fantastic. Very well done.

A brilliant answer, Peter. Very well played.

Terrific answer and when Maradona came on Pointless Celebrities,

he got knocked out in Round One, so you've got your revenge.

-I'm pleased to hear that.

-He went for HAND in this round!

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Casey, very warm welcome.

You've been so patient waiting all this time

while we've gone all the way down the line and back up.

Great to have our current ladies football captain.

How long have you been captain for?

-Nearly two years now.

-Enjoying it?

Very much so. It's a privilege so something I love doing.

-You captained Team GB as well at London 2012.

-I did.

I was really lucky I got to walk the team out at Wembley

when we played, so it was the highlight of my career.

You had a stint as manager as well, player/manager at Chelsea.

I have, not very long, thankfully, because it wasn't something I enjoyed but...

Tough. Tough when you are part of the team as well.

Manage, play, coach. It's not easy but I did it for the team.

Very good indeed. Lovely to have you here. Real treat.

And there you are on 11, the high-scorers on 69,

Jonathan and Graeme.

You've had a little bit of time to come up with a blinding answer.

-Too long!

-What are you going to say?

-Underhand.

That was my other one. That was my other one.

Underhand. There is your red line,

if you get under that, you are through to Round Two.

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

It's right.

Through you go, very well done indeed.

12. 23 is your total,

very well done.

Well played, Casey. Safely through. Done in a secretive or dishonest way, underhand.

How many people have been captain of their football team at some point?

-Most people and what do you wear when you are?

-Armband.

Armband would have been a pointless answer. One of the many.

Let's look at the other ones...

Chateaubriand.

If someone had gone for that, that would have been classy.

I'm going for one afterwards!

That would have been a cocky one to go for in Round One.

Handstand would have been a pointless answer, you could have had...

A few more...

There's lots of others. I will give you a few.

You could have had bogland, clubland, deckhand, hatband,

kickstand like on a bike. That's pointless.

Showband, shadowland, there's loads, scrubland. All sorts.

Loads of pointless answers there.

Let's take a look at the biggest scorers,

the ones most of our 100 people said...

It wasn't quite wand. Wand was the fifth or sixth.

Band with 65, sand with 66

and right at the top, land with 74.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair we are saying goodbye to -

Jonathan and Graeme. You've only just got here. Oh, I'm sorry. Wand.

Not so magic after all! I didn't know what to say. Who knew?

I thought being "ond" instead of "and", people might have forgotten about it.

-I blame Harry Potter!

-And I did English at university as well.

-Oh, Jonathan.

-What a disgrace.

Not at all. You will have to come back.

We haven't just been beaten, we've been annihilated.

We will learn a lot from this experience and come back stronger.

-We're going to rebuild.

-We're going to take it, game by game.

When you guys come back in four years' time,

I think you're going to be a much more cohesive unit!

Well, thanks so much for playing. Jonathan and Graeme, it's been wonderful having you here.

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

And so three pairs remain. At the end of this round, we have to say goodbye to another pair.

Geoff and George, what a performance!

Our World Cup winners on podium four.

Winners of the first round as well on Pointless Celebrities. Fantastic.

-Peter and Bully. Bully, Peter saved you there.

-He did, to be fair.

-It was a struggle to start with but he come through good.

-He came good.

And very strong performance, very consistent from Casey

and Hope on the first podium.

This is going to be an excellent round, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is... Sport.

-Oh, God.

-Sport, decide in your pairs who's going first and second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

On each board, we're going to show you the names of six sporting

losers who lost in a famous sporting contest.

We need you to tell us which team or person beat them.

Six on each board, 12 in all to have a go at home. Very best of luck.

OK.

So, we are looking for the names of the people who famously beat

these opponents and here's our first board of six.

HE READS THEM OUT

I'll read those again...

OK, there we are, Now, Hope. What do you make of that board?

I think I know some of them. Two I don't think I know. It's OK.

-OK. What do you think you're going to go for?

-Olympics 1980.

-Sebastian Coe.

-Sebastian Coe, says Hope. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said Sebastian Coe.

It's right.

26.

26.

Well played, Hope. They both won each other's event in that Olympics.

Coe won the 1,500 and Ovett won the 800 which was Coe's event.

-Thanks very much. Now, Bully.

-Thanks, Hope(!)

Yes, there's a few there. Um...

The one I'll have to go for is probably,

if it's right, the Rumble in the Jungle, 1974. Is it George Foreman?

George Foreman. George Foreman, says Bully.

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

It is right. 26...

50 for George Foreman.

Yeah, the most famous fight of all time, the Rumble in the Jungle.

When We Were Kings, a documentary about it,

-is an absolutely terrific watch.

-Now, Geoff. Geoff.

This is your board.

If you want, you can talk us through all of it and fill in the blanks for us.

I know some of them.

Some of them are easy so I'm going to go and take a chance

and go what I think is the most obscure and difficult

and that's the Formula One drivers' championship.

Mike Hawthorn.

Mike Hawthorn, says Geoff. A lot of nods from people who didn't say it.

Let's see if it's right

and how many of our 100 people said Mike Hawthorn.

It is right. Well, 50 our high score. 26 our low.

You pass 50, you pass 26.

Look at that. Very well done indeed. 8.

-That's a great answer.

-Well played, Geoff.

We've had three answers from the last podium so far

and they've all been in single figures. Terrific work.

Mike Hawthorn beat him by one point and a couple of races previously

they threatened to disqualify Hawthorn for reversing

and Stirling Moss stood up for him and said, "No, I won't let you

"disqualify him," and that's what won Hawthorn the title in the end.

Let's look at the rest of the board. The Champions League final LFC is...

Liverpool Football Club. Would have scored you 43.

The NF is Nick Faldo.

He would have scored you 29 and the best answer,

the Grand National where Dick Francis was riding Devon Loch

and it collapsed by the finishing post and ESB won it

and it was ridden, I almost said driven, ridden by Dave Dick.

It's a pointless answer.

For the first time in my life, I'm going to say well done at home if you said Dave Dick.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Once again, it's the far podium leading the field,

lovely low score from you, Geoff.

8, then up to 26 where we find Hope and Casey and then up to 50,

Bully and Peter. Peter, once again, we need a low score from you.

Best of luck, we are coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more opponents on the board and here they come.

HE READS THEM OUT

I'll read those one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the names of the people who famously beat these opponents.

George.

Formula One drivers...

-I think it's Kiki Raikokken...

-Kiki?

-I think so.

-Kiki Raikokken.

Something like that.

Kiki Raikokken. Well, you are the low scorers.

The high scorers on 50 are Peter and Bully.

You want to be scoring 41 or less.

Kiki Raikokken, let's see if it can get you below that red line.

Is it right?

I'm afraid that's not quite right there, George.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm sorry.

-Takes your total up to 108.

-Can't accept it, George.

If it was up to me alone, you'd be sailing through to the jackpot round

whatever happened cos of the Fulham connection, but the BBC won't let me.

Quite right.

My hands are tied.

Now, then. Peter.

The high scorers now are George and Geoff on 108, you're on 50,

so 57 or less sees you through to the head-to-head.

Yeah, I'd have been all right on the first board, I think. Um...

There's only one I'm really sure about and that's obviously the Premier League one. Newcastle.

But I don't know if that's going to be...as low as we want.

I wish I just knew one of the others.

I'm going to have to go for the top one,

Premier League, Newcastle - Man United.

Manchester United, says Peter. OK. You're on 50.

You want to be scoring 57 or less. There's your red line.

If you get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if Manchester United can get you down there.

It's right.

Ooh, you've done it!

-53!

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53. 103!

-Very well done indeed.

-That's an unbelievable score, isn't it? 53 for that.

Yeah, Newcastle were 12 points clear at one point in that title race and managed to throw it away.

Thanks very much. Now, then. Casey.

I'm going to go Wimbledon semifinals and I believe it's Goran Ivanisevic.

Goran Ivanisevic. There you are on 26.

The high-scorers at the moment are Geoff and George on 108.

81 or less will see you through. Goran Ivanisevic.

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

How many people said it?

Very well done!

-21.

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47, your total there.

Another terrific answer, Casey. Beat him in the semifinals.

He was the only wild card ever to win Wimbledon.

It was famously rain delayed. It went over about three days and Henman was going to win

and he didn't... It was tragic. Such a terrific player, Henman,

and that was probably his best opportunity.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these. I suspect you'll know some of them.

-I couldn't take Kiki Raikkonen. It's Kimi Raikkonen, I'm afraid.

-Ooh!

The Finn. That's tough. Would have scored 20 points.

Would have been a very good answer.

Tom Watson lost in a playoff to Stewart Cink.

Would have scored you 2.

Eric Bristow lost to a man I've got a signed photo of next

to my dartboard - Keith Deller. Would have scored you 18.

And Lindsey Jacobellis lost to...

Very well done if you got this, it's a pointless answer, Tanja Frieden.

-Terrific answer, if you got that.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So at the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say the pair

leaving us with a high score of 108, Geoff and George. Oh, I'm sorry!

-Kiki... You were so close there.

-Yes.

-I thought he got the surname right.

-I know.

-Not sure of the Christian name. But very close.

-Never mind.

Well, it's been wonderful having you on.

Thank you so much for coming and joining us. Great to have you here. George and Geoff, wonderful.

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But for Peter and Bully and Casey and Hope, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Hope and Casey, Peter and Bully.

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,750.

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So now we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot

and to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.

You can now confer before you give your answers and the first pair to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot, so it's kind of half-time.

We have two titans of the ladies' game, two titans of the gentlemen's game.

Hope, what would your stirring words be at this point to Casey?

-Your team talk.

-Come on! That would be it!

LAUGHTER That's good. I've seen the inside of a few dressing rooms at half-time.

-They don't just go, "Come on!"

-I do.

-LAUGHTER

-Come on!

Peter and Bully, I mean... What's scarier?

Standing here now or, Shilts, maybe facing a penalty shoot out,

maybe, Bully, taking a penalty shoot out? What do you think?

-Standing here now, I think!

-LAUGHTER

We like to think we knew what we were doing when we played

-football, but at the moment, we don't know what we're doing.

-Well, join the club(!)

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question and it concerns:

Men as women, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures now of actors portraying women.

Tell us the name of the actor that you see.

What's the most obscure of these five actors you're about to see?

OK, thanks. Let's reveal our five men playing women and here they are.

OK, there we are. Five men as women.

Hope and Casey, you've played best throughout the show so far,

-so you will go first.

-THEY CONFER

Is A Ronnie Corbett?

C is Les whasisname.

We're going to have to go with one we know.

We're going to go B, Paul O'Grady.

B, Paul O'Grady.

OK. Now then, Peter and Bully, you can talk us through the whole board, if you like.

Just on the tip of the tongue is D, but just can't get the...

He used to say, "I love you, but I like you," or something like that.

But I can't get his name.

-We know a couple...

-We know a couple of the others, don't we?

-Are we going to go for E?

-Yeah, go on, Bully.

-Shall we?

-Yeah.

-We think we'll go for E, I think it's Danny La Rue.

-Danny La Rue.

So we have Paul O'Grady and Danny La Rue.

Casey and Hope said Paul O'Grady. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said that for B. Paul O'Grady.

It's right.

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-50.

50 for Paul O'Grady.

Peter and Bully, meanwhile, have said that E is Danny La Rue.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Danny La Rue.

It is right.

Is it going to beat 50? Yes, it is! Look at that! 42! Very well done!

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You've stolen it there, Peter and Bully,

after one question you are up one-nil.

Nicely played, both teams there.

D, the one you're thinking of, it was, "Ooh, you are awful, but I like you," Dick Emery.

Dick Emery, the name you're looking for.

Would have scored you 37 points. C is the biggest scorer on the board.

I think everyone knows that. Les Dawson, of course.

Would have scored you 57.

And A from The League Of Gentlemen and it's Steve Pemberton.

He would have scored you 3 points.

Before we do the next question, just one word each - do you think England can win the World Cup?

-LAUGHTER That's not a word!

-Hope so.

That's two words.

Hope and Casey?

-Hope so, too!

-LAUGHTER

-Casey, you're going to be the one to give me a one word answer here. That's all I need.

-No!

-There we go!

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, here comes your second question.

Hope and Casey, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Very best of luck. It concerns:

-Shakespeare plays, Richard.

-Even more fun than that, we're going to show you the names of five

Shakespeare plays now in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the name of the most obscure play?

-Very best of luck.

-Excellent.

OK, here are our five Shakespeare play anagrams. And we've got...

HE READS THEM OUT

I'll read those again.

Now, Peter and Bully, you will go first this time.

THEY CONFER

Yeah.

Um... We're going for number two, Othello.

Othello. Othello, say Peter and Bully. Now then, Hope and Casey.

-Is that...?

-That's not Midsummer Night's Dream. No, it's not.

THEY CONTINUE CONFERRING

-Yeah, go on. You go for it.

-Top one, Hamlet.

You're going to go for Hamlet for the top one.

So we have Othello versus Hamlet. Peter and Bully went for Othello.

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

-70 for Othello.

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70, that's higher than I was expecting.

Now, Hope and Casey have gone for Hamlet. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Hamlet.

You have to win this one, remember.

It's right.

Oh, and you've done it! Well done! 66 for Hamlet!

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-Back in the game! Look at that!

You have broken back. Hope and Casey, very well done.

Exactly what you needed to do. After two questions, it's one-all.

Very well done. We're going to golden goal now. Let's fill in the board.

How are you on the rest of this board?

The one from the bottom, King Lear, I can do that.

Yeah, Regal Kin is King Lear. That would have scored you...47.

-Tea Oil Is Yuk is As You Like It.

-Of course it is.

That would have scored you...10 points.

-The best answer on the board is the bottom one.

-Got it.

-Wherever Is My Sword Of Tin...

-Merry Wives Of Windsor.

-Scored 3 points.

Well done if you got all of those at home.

OK, it all comes down to our decider, the third and final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns:

-Sir Elton John, Richard.

-Just five clues now to facts about Elton John.

Which ever team gives us the most obscure answer is going through to play for the jackpot.

-Very best of luck to both teams.

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

We have got...

HE READS THEM OUT

I'll read those all one last time.

-Hope and Casey, you will go first.

-OK, go for it cos I don't know.

I'm not really up with Elton John. Neither is Hope.

So, I'm going to have a guess for the film producer with whom

he entered into a civil partnership.

I think it's David Furnish.

David Furnish, say Hope and Casey. David Furnish.

Peter and Bully, do you fancy talking us

-through the rest of the board? Any you can have a crack at?

-No.

-I can't think of his name.

-I think it's Craig Levine.

No, he's not Craig Levine!

It's Craig...

Struggling for a name here.

Struggling for one.

We're just going to say solo album Candle In The Wind.

Candle In The Wind, you're going to say for his solo album.

Now, Hope and Casey have said David Furnish,

the film producer with whom he entered into a civil partnership.

Let's see if that's right. David Furnish.

It's right.

Good answer! 31, Hope and Casey.

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Peter and Bully are hoping that Candle In The Wind is

the name of his first album. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Candle In The Wind.

Sorry. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, but very well done.

Hope and Casey, after three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Well played, Hope and Casey. Tough question to go for, that, guys.

It's the toughest question on the board. Empty Sky was the name of his very first album.

And that would have scored you 2 points.

Now, the judge you spent a long time trying to think of his name is

Craig someone. You can tell you're football players because you

went for Craig Levine, who was Hearts manager.

But it was Craig Revel Horwood was the name of the man you were looking for, but it's the wrong answer.

And the right answer was someone else you mentioned and it's Bruno Tonioli.

Would have scored you 12 points and would have seen you

through to the jackpot round, if you'd said Bruno Tonioli.

The lyricist is Bernie Taupin.

Would have scored you 20 points.

And his official name is Elton Hercules John...

LAUGHTER ..believe it or not.

Would have scored you...4 points, so very well done if you said that.

Do you think...? I was beginning to think whether it's an expense cos I'm not sure

people are noticing we've moved the entire studio to Brazil. It doesn't look like we have.

I suppose it doesn't. They can't see how hot it is.

It's boiling. If the cameras turned round... They can't unfortunately cos of time,

-but you'd see Copacabana Beach, behind us there.

-Yeah, just over there.

-That's lovely, isn't it?

They can't see the audience are all in massive feathers and quite revealing sequined costumes.

-It's like a carnival here.

-It is a little bit, yeah.

I can't help thinking we could have just done this in Elstree or somewhere.

-We could have. But where's the...?

-It's nice, though.

-And also having four weeks off afterwards seems crazy to me.

-Yeah.

-But there it is.

-There it is, nice.

Make the most of it. Anyway, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, it's Peter and Bully.

Did you know Bruno's surname?

I should know it... But, yeah. I wouldn't have guessed it tonight.

It just went out of my head.

The good news is Craig Revel Horwood will be sitting at home

and will be gutted that you can't remember his name.

He's given me stick on the programme. There's no way I was going to remember his name!

That is the best revenge you could ever have over him, I think.

Anyway, Peter and Bully, it's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you so much for playing. Peter and Bully, everyone.

-APPLAUSE

But for Casey and Hope, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Hope and Casey. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

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

charities and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,750.

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Well, what a performance and what an apt close to this game.

We have the captain of England women's football,

we have one of the most successful coaches in the women's game ever.

In the group stages, you saw off Graeme Le Saux,

you saw off Jonathan Pearce.

Quarterfinals, you saw off George and Geoff, which I still feel bad about!

LAUGHTER I'm the one who had to tell George, who's won the World Cup,

that Kiki Raikokken was not an acceptable answer.

How do you think I feel?

And then in the semis, you've seen off Shilts and Bully. How incredible!

So, here we are, essentially a sort of golden goal, isn't it?

-We're a bit in shock.

-Yeah.

We had our cab ordered for about half an hour ago.

-Our target was just not to go out first.

-Fantastic.

Well, as always, you get to choose your category for this final round.

There are four choices. Let's see what they are.

-Shall we go...Britpop's best albums?

-Er...OK.

-Are you good at music?

-No, but you are.

-So we'll go for that.

-I'm not either.

-OK, Britpop's best albums.

-It might just be on you, Casey.

-I think so!

We're going to give you three questions now. Give us an answer to any of these.

We are looking for any of the tracks on the original release of the Oasis album

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Any of the tracks on the original release of Radiohead's OK Computer.

Or any of the tracks on the original release of Suede's Coming Up.

So any of the tracks on the original releases of any of those three

albums. Very best of luck.

-Can we change our category?

-LAUGHTER

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three

answers and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

I'm pretty much going to head in the top one cos it's the only one

I know. I'm going to go She's Electric, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

and I'm going to go Champagne Supernova.

OK, shall we stop the clock right there? OK.

Brilliant.

45 seconds left. OK. Which of those do you think is your best shot?

-I don't actually know, so...

-Potentially, She's Electric.

She's Electric, we'll put last.

-And then Champagne Supernova.

-Champagne Supernova. And the least likely to be pointless?

-Probably (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

-OK.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck.

Now, let's say one of those is a pointless answer, every chance,

three good answers up there on the board, what are your charities?

-Hope?

-Mine's for Crohn's and Colitis UK, a charity very close to me.

I had a friend that unfortunately passed away due to Crohn's disease, so that's my charity.

Excellent. Casey?

Mine is Make A Wish, which is a charity for children and young

people who have got life-threatening illnesses and they make their wishes come true.

Very good indeed. Two excellent charities, there.

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Two excellent charities.

Let's hope one of these answers wins that jackpot for them. Best of luck.

As I say, your first answer (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

Probably the least likely to be pointless.

Only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,750, let's find out how many people said

(What's The Story) Morning Glory? was a track

on the album of the same name.

Oh!

Ooh!

I wasn't expecting that!

-Neither was I.

-Wow! Yes, so, for some reason, that is an incorrect answer.

We'll discover at the end why. So, only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your next answer, Champagne Supernova.

Again, looking for tracks on (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

If it's right, it will win you the jackpot of £2,750. Let's find out.

Champagne Supernova. Is it pointless?

It's right.

Well, your first answer, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

turned out to be incorrect, for some reason.

This, on the other hand, absolutely, right down it goes... Ooh, 10!

-This is more like it!

-APPLAUSE

10 for Champagne Supernova. Right, only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on your third and final answer.

Happily, it's a brilliant answer. She's Electric.

You had no doubt about putting this one last.

Let's find out. Has to be correct, has to be pointless, for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,750, let's find out, is She's Electric a pointless answer?

It's right.

OK, (What's The Story) Morning Glory? wasn't right.

Champagne Supernova was, took us all the way down to 10.

Now, She's Electric,

taking us down through the teens,

into single figures...

-Oh! 4!

-So close.

-APPLAUSE

I tell you what, 4 is a great score.

Sadly, we are only interested in pointless answers in this final round.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,750.

However, as it is a celebrity special, we're going to

donate £500 to each celebrity pair for their respective charities.

We have loved having you on the show. And you've been so good throughout the show. Very well done.

-And you get to take home a Pointless trophy.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Unlucky, not a bad category for you, Casey. The album is called (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

The track itself is just called Morning Glory. So we couldn't accept it, I'm afraid.

The other two, both very good answers.

There's only two pointless answers on that album.

There's a number one single here as well. Hey Now! and the number one single Some Might Say.

Well done if you said either of those at home.

The Radiohead album is where most of the pointless answers are.

Climbing Up The Walls.

A couple of bigger tracks - Fitter Happier and Lucky.

Subterranean Homesick Alien,

along with Electioneering, Exit Music For A Film and The Tourist.

And three pointless answers on Coming Up by Suede.

Picnic By The Motorway, Starcrazy and The Chemistry Between Us.

Thanks to everyone for coming on the show. You've been terrific.

To everyone at home, watching from England, come on, England!

From everyone watching from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, come on, Costa Rica!

And everyone watching from the Netherlands, you don't

pay your TV licence, so I've got no message for you, I'm afraid! Sorry. LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Hope and Casey.

-It's been brilliant having you on the show. Hope and Casey.

-APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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