Episode 15 Pointless Celebrities

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to this special food and drink edition

of Pointless Celebrities - the show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

Couple number one.

Hello, I'm Emma Kennedy and I'm a writer. I won Celebrity MasterChef.

My name's Sean Wilson. I've been in Coronation Street once or twice.

Now I make Lancashire cheese.

Couple number two.

This is Aldo. He's a chef, and so am I.

I'm John Burton-Race.

Couple number three.

I'm Jay Rayner, restaurant critic, broadcaster,

general tart around town.

I'm Loyd Grossman.

I'm a heritage campaigner, broadcaster, and I make sauce.

And finally, couple number four.

I'm Oz Clarke. I'm the wine man. I write about it, I...talk about it.

When I need someone to drink it with...

It's me, Jilly Goolden.

I'm the wine woman, long-term screen partner with Oz.

I would like to say that's all, but I'm also steeped in wine,

up to the gills.

Love it. Every drop.

These are today's contestants.

Thanks very much.

We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Fishing for facts like my diligent garden gnome.

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

-Hiya.

Hello, everybody. Hiya.

-Good evening to you.

-Good evening.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-This should be fun, shouldn't it?

-I think so.

Old expression, too many cooks... Something about too many cooks.

-I think it's a good thing, though.

-Our broth is going to be...tonight.

Absolutely sensational.

Just looking through the menu for today.

All of our questions today are locally sourced. They're all organic.

I think you're going to like them.

I need your answers as rare as possible, please.

As it's a Pointless Celebrities,

if at any point you want a little whine, just let me know.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been

put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants must find the obscure answers

those 100 couldn't find.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 gave.

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

CHEERING

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

There's only one thing you have to remember, that is this - the pair

with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Do everything you can to make sure you're not that pair.

Our first category today is...

American Geography.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

US States containing the letters R, A and N. Richard.

Yes, simply looking for any of the 50 US States that contain all

three of those letters, please, in any order you want.

But they have to contain all three of them, please.

Thanks very much, indeed.

-Sean, we come to you first. Sean, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-There you were, started off as an actor.

-Uh-huh.

-You did Corrie. You've done things like Waterloo Road as well.

-Mm-hmm.

Then, along the way, you were sort of also a chef, weren't you?

You've done a bit of cheffing.

When I left Corrie, I went to work at a Michelin-star restaurant.

Then I was introduced to a Lancashire cheese maker, a legend,

took him for a few pints, talked him into teaching me how to make cheese.

That was eight years ago.

What are you going to say to kick the round off?

An American state with R, A and N in its name, in any order.

OK, well, I was thinking...

It's tough, especially when you're first up.

But I was thinking Maryland.

Maryland, says Sean. Maryland. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

-Oh, Emma.

-Still going down.

Look at that, Sean. Down to 14.

Well done.

Well played, Sean. Very good start, especially on podium one. Maryland.

-The state drink of Maryland is milk.

-Thanks very much indeed.

John, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

John, you've just opened a new restaurant -

The New Angel in Notting Hill. What are the things you look out for?

What are the big concerns when you open a restaurant?

-Erm, well, money.

-Clearly.

-Really. Everything costs so much money.

Staff are very expensive and you need lots of them.

Food, obviously, has gone up so much in the last few years.

So, John, US states.

Yeah, no, I'm not very good at America.

-I'll go for Arkansas.

-Arkansas, says John.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Arkansas.

John says he's not very good at US states.

I think this will be a nice low score.

14 is the only score we've got so far.

27. Not bad at all.

Well played, John. Very good answer. An R, an N. Three As well.

How about that? Almost overkill.

Do you know what the state beverage of Arkansas is?

Erm...

-Dandelion and burdock, is it? No.

-Do you know, it's milk?

LAUGHTER

-Is that allowed? Don't nick other people's state drink.

-Is it really?

Yeah. What are they thinking?

Oh! RICHARD YAWNS

I suppose the state appliance would have to be a fridge, wouldn't it?

-Yeah, of course.

-Milk's not going to keep.

-It's not going to keep, is it?

No.

OK. Jay.

-Jay.

-Xander.

-Welcome.

I know what I want to ask you. When you're...

Cos quite often you're called into MasterChef to be...

-to eat in that little room, that round table.

-Oh, yes.

-Lots of nervous people come in and put things down.

-They sweat.

How do you eat...?

I presume you can only eat a tiny little mouse mouthful.

We eat a tiny little mouthful,

unless it's good. Then we're just greedy and we scoff the lot.

It's dripping off our ears.

Very good. Now, Jay, US states containing R, A and N.

Nebraska.

-Nebraska, says Jay.

-How about that?

Let's see if that's right.

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

Well, it's right. 27 is our high score, 14 our low.

You've passed the high score.

You stop before the low.

Sean remains the king of the round so far,

but 17 for Nebraska is a great score.

Well played, Jay, another very good answer.

-Now, we need to get the US ambassador in, because...

-Oh, no.

-Yep.

State drink of Nebraska?

Milk.

THEY CHEER

Dudes! What are you - what are they thinking?

I just don't understand that.

It's like, what, did they buy a load of milk in the '60s

and they're trying to get rid of it?

Just have anything flavoured - have banana milk, for goodness' sake.

-Why not?

-Be different.

Why not? Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Oz, welcome to the show.

Now, Oz - I bet people don't know this,

but you started out as a very distinguished actor.

That's very kind of you. You can't have seen any of my performances.

Are you kidding?!

Anyone who's watched Superman or Superman II...

I was the first person ever arrested by Superman in Superman I.

-Look at that.

-Ever!

Did you get thrown at all, or...?

I got picked up by the scruff of my neck by Christopher Reeve.

It was wonderful. He was a fantastic bloke to work with,

and I remember saying to him, "It must be so wonderful

"to know that you look just like Clark Kent - there's no-one else."

And he said, "Just wait. I walked into the final audition -

"there were 20 other people who looked exactly like Clark Kent."

Did they take their glasses off...

America's full of people who look like Clark Kent.

So, Oz, we are looking, as you may remember, for...

I've got to choose one which has not got milk as its national drink.

I think that's going to be pretty much impossible.

This is going to be tricky.

I know one which has got one, but I can't say it,

so I'm going to say New Hampshire.

New Hampshire, says Oz.

New Hampshire.

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

Well, it's right! 27 remains our high score at this point.

14 our low.

You've passed 27. You've passed 14.

-7!

-Hooray!

APPLAUSE

We have a new victor of the round so far. Very well done, 7 your score.

Well played, Oz, very good answer.

Do you know what the state drink of New Hampshire is?

-Milk.

-Perry.

It is not milk. Perry's not the worst answer you've ever said.

It's apple cider. Hey, how about that?

-There we are!

-That's a proper drink.

-Yeah. Apple cider.

That'll get you drunker than milk.

-It will do, you're quite right.

-We're halfway through the round.

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

7 the best score of that pass, well done, Oz.

Then up to 14 where we find Sean and Emma,

up to 17 where we find Jay and Loyd,

then up to 27, John and Aldo.

So, Aldo, get thinking.

Let's have a lovely low-scoring answer from you,

maybe it'll keep you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Jilly, remember,

we're looking for any US state containing the letter R, A and N.

Jilly, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here again.

So, Jilly, what do you do now?

Cos obviously wine is absolutely your backbone as well.

-I'm steeped in it up to the gills, actually, yes.

-Mm.

I do a lot of wine consultancy, but my main little new project

is where I have events where people come -

individuals, corporate people -

and I host this quite lengthy

but, you can imagine, very good fun event around wine.

We taste about 16 wines, have lots of lovely times

and things to eat and drink, and it happens at my house.

Essentially what you've just described

is you inviting loads of people round to your house for some booze.

That's all you're saying. And that's a business now?

Richard, you're welcome.

I tell you, I'm actually salivating at the prospect.

-Yeah?

-I'm going to sign up for one of these events.

Jilly, listen, you're the low scorers on 7.

The high scorers are on 27, Aldo and John, there.

A score of 19 or less absolutely guarantees you

a place in the next round.

Well, I've got an answer which I'm proud of, but doubtful of -

-Rhode Island.

-We'll find out. There's your red line.

Get below it, you're definitely in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Rhode Island. Sounds good to me.

It's right, Jilly!

Closing in on the red line.

Well done, you're through.

7.

-APPLAUSE

-You've equalled the low score of Oz.

Very well done indeed. 14 is your total.

Well played, Jilly, terrific work on podium four, there.

Very well played, both of you.

Now, Rhode Island, I think we have to say fair play to. State drink?

Wine.

Coffee milk. LAUGHTER

Coffee milk - which is like chocolate milk, but coffee flavoured.

-Coffee milk!

-Delicious.

-Mm.

There we are. Loyd, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to have you here.

-Now, when you watch MasterChef - the current MasterChef...

-Yes.

Do you... Cos when you did it, it was a much more genial affair...

This is what lawyers would call a leading question.

I don't think so. I just think, do you watch,

do you think, "Oh, I'd have quite liked it like that."

Cos the pressure seems to be much greater than it was.

-I think that it's exactly right for its time.

-Yeah.

As the original MasterChef was right for its time.

And, you know, relatively speaking,

the original MasterChef was very high pressure

-compared to what else was going on in food programmes.

-That's true.

But certainly MasterChef had to evolve and had to become...

louder, more sort of in-your-face.

Cos that's the way television's gone. Like this programme.

-That's a very skilful answer to a leading question.

-Wasn't it?

That was like a defendant's answer.

Yeah, there we go.

Well, Loyd, now you have to give us

an answer that's going to keep you in the game. You're on 17.

The high scorers still Aldo and John on 27, so 9 or less at this point

guarantees you a place in the next round.

-North Dakota.

-Oh, no!

That's the one I would have given.

North Dakota, says Loyd. There's your red line.

Get below that with North Dakota, you're definitely in the next round.

Let's see how many people said North Dakota.

It's right.

Look at that! 10!

-APPLAUSE

-You needed 9, you've got 10.

You are on 27. I think you've done enough, Loyd.

Terrific answer, Loyd, very well played.

State beverage...milk again.

Come on!

-Oh, Loyd!

-Guys! We talked about this.

-Yeah.

-We talked about it, didn't we?

-Yeah, yeah.

With respect to them, though,

their state fruits they seem to be much smarter on -

their state fruit is the chokecherry.

Have you had the chokecherry, Oz and Jilly?

You can make wine out of it - you can make cherry wine.

-Joke cherry?

-Chokecherry.

Oh - there is a winery in North Dakota.

Even though nine months of the year it's under snow,

there's a winery there. So it's probably chokecherry wine they make.

-Chokecherry wine!

-Mm.

Now, then. Aldo, welcome back.

Great to have you back on Pointless.

You were on one of our very earliest Celebrity Pointlesses.

When you're at home, on your own,

with a box set to watch for the evening, what

would you cook for yourself?

What's home cooking for a chef?

My diet is fish. I love fish, I eat a lot of fish.

And I do tend to work with a lot of vegetables as well,

-so, you know, quinoa, I think of grains...

-Mm.

-Eurgh!

I think of beans, I think of all those kind of foods.

That food sounds delicious.

What are you going to go for?

You're joint high scorers at this point.

They've pretty much all gone for the answers that I had in mind,

so it leaves me with very little,

considering I've only been to the States once, and I'm Italian.

New Jersey would spring to mind.

OK, you're going to go for New Jersey?

OK, let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said New Jersey.

I'm sorry, Aldo!

I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 127.

I'm sorry, Aldo.

-Yeah, sorry, there's no A in New Jersey.

-Nothing's changed.

And New Jersey's state drink isn't milk -

despite the fact that Jersey cows come from New Jersey.

-What is the state drink? We don't know.

-Of New Jersey?

-Yeah.

-They don't have one.

Hey, good for them. Good for them.

-Thank you very much. Now, Emma.

-Yeah.

Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-You were on Celebrity MasterChef and won!

-Yes!

-You won it!

-I know!

-That's extraordinary. Did you know you had that in you?

-No.

-I hadn't even made a sauce when I went on.

-Wow.

I mean, I literally thought I was going to be on it for a week.

And you were on with my friend, Jamie.

Yes, Jamie Theakston, who was adorable.

I was paired up with him when we went away from the studio

on an awayday,

and we were really excited because we'd been driven to Dover.

-That's right!

-We thought, "We're going to Paris!

"It's going to be amazing!" No, we just literally served

lunch on the cross-Channel ferry, we didn't even see France.

It was madness.

OK, Emma, great news, you're through. You're in Round Two.

But let's have an answer from you.

I'm going to go for North Carolina, where my aunt lives.

Oh, that's nice.

That is Aunt who?

-Marion.

-Aunt Marion.

-Yes, Aunt Marion.

-Oh, that's nice.

Well, let's see how many people said North Carolina.

It is right.

-Another good score, look at that - 18. Well done.

-That's all right!

-Good girl, well done.

-32 is your total.

Not bad.

Well played, Emma, safe and sound.

Now, you've also nicely brought the round to an end

with another state whose state beverage is milk.

-No way!

-Thank you so much, North Carolina.

-As your Auntie Marion no doubt has told you before.

-Yeah.

Now, there's no pointless answers at all.

In fact, the best answer you could have got would have been 6 points,

so Rhode Island and New Hampshire are both terrific answers.

So, 6 points if you'd said West Virginia.

Oh, I was going to say West Virginia!

-And Emma was going to say it - but you didn't.

-I know.

If you had said Virginia, it would have scored you 14 points.

There's not that many states we haven't said.

South Carolina would have scored 16 points, a very good answer.

And the only two other states we didn't have - Arizona, 29,

and California, right at the top, with 53.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of the first round, I'm afraid the pair heading home

with their high score of 127, it's Aldo and John.

-I'm sorry.

-Ohh!

-Ahh!

-That was a tough round, there.

Do you know, I just knew it.

LAUGHTER

Well, you'll just have to come back again.

-I will.

-No, no. Please, no!

LAUGHTER

It's been wonderful having you on.

Thank you so much, Aldo and John. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

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're going to have to say goodbye

to another pair. Oh, this is going to be messy!

I can see three pairs who really, really want it.

Everybody is trying to make it look like they don't care,

apart from Jay.

Sorry?

But you do! Sean and Emma, look at that!

-Ooh...

-They want that trophy.

-Yes.

-Oz and Jilly, the class swots of that round.

Lovely low scoring there -

but no-one wants it more than Jay and Loyd.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Music Artists.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Colourful Artists. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names

of six top ten UK hit singles.

We need you to tell us the acts who had top ten singles with them.

All of those acts have colours somewhere in their name.

So, six going up, six coming back, 12 artists in all to guess at home.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, so we want the name of the music acts,

all with colours in their name, who had hits with this songs.

Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

Emma, we come to you first.

I definitely know two.

I think one is such an iconic song that I'm not going to say that one,

so I'm going to say Fairground, Simply Red.

Simply Red, says Emma.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Simply Red for Fairground.

It's right.

Not bad, 31.

APPLAUSE

31 for Simply Red.

Well played, Emma. Their only number one, actually.

It was at number one for four weeks.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Loyd.

I'm going to say Living In America,

James Brown.

James Brown, says Loyd.

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

Well, Simply Red scored 31 -

interesting to see what James Brown scores.

It passes 31.

-Wow! 5!

-APPLAUSE

Well chosen, Loyd. That's a great answer.

-5 for James Brown.

-Great answer, Loyd, very well played.

It's actually his biggest ever hit in the UK, Living In America.

Number five, yeah.

Appropriately. Jilly, you're the last person to have this board.

Do you want to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks?

Ha-ha-ha(!)

Well, I'm very pleased I can do one, actually.

So I think I'll just quit while I'm ahead.

I'm going to say Another Brick In The Wall is Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd, says Jilly. Let's see if that's right,

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

Well, 31 is our high score at this point...

-Oh!

-No, it's not. 72 is our high score.

APPLAUSE

Big score, there, for Pink Floyd.

Sold over four million copies worldwide, that song. Amazing.

Let's fill in this board.

-Where Is The Love...

-Black Eyed Peas.

-The Black Eyed Peas.

Would have scored you 34. Give It Away.

-Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

-Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Would have scored 20. And Let's Stay Together.

-Al Green.

-Al Green.

12 points. So the best answer on the board, Loyd, is James Brown.

-Well played.

-Very good. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores.

5, Loyd, well done. Loyd and Jay looking strong at this point.

Then up to 31, where we find Emma and Sean.

Then up to 72, Jilly and Oz.

Now, Oz, you'll get first bite at the new board.

So use it well.

Find a nice, low-scoring answer you know,

and let's hope it'll keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line -

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more songs up on the board. And here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Oz.

Um...

Just one more chance, or Just One More Night.

I think I'm going to have to go for Just One More Night.

The kind of person who would've sung it

is Barry White.

Barry White. Just One More Night.

It's around about the right sort of time, isn't it? 1978.

Barry White. Prime White territory, there.

Let's see if you're right.

No red line for you, as you are the high scorers.

But let's see if it's right, how many people said it if it is.

Oh, no!

-Bad luck.

-A good guess for lots of reasons,

-but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

-It would've been good, though.

100 is what you've scored. Yes, it would've been.

Takes your total up to 172.

Yeah, not a bad guess at all for a great singer,

and, of course, also the world's most famous Welsh wine.

Barry white.

LAUGHTER

Comedy gold.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Jay, I have brilliant news for you.

-Tell me.

You are through to the head-to-head.

-Indeed.

-Through to the head-to-head, but...

-Through his good services.

Yes, indeed, but not before you've given a brilliant answer here.

-Rip It Up, Orange Juice.

-Orange Juice, says Jay.

No red line for you as you're already through.

Let's see how many people said Orange Juice.

Ooh.

Well, 5's been our lowest score so far.

Where are you going to end up? Will Orange Juice beat...?

-Oh, 5 again! Look at that!

-APPLAUSE

Jay and Loyd, an unstoppable force.

10, your total.

Well played, Jay. Good work on podium two.

Edwyn Collins' band, Orange Juice.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Sean, you're the last person to tackle this board -

you're also through, so don't worry.

-Well...

-Whatever you score, you are through.

But take us through the board and fill in all the blanks.

The only one that I know - well, I think I know -

although 1970's throwing me a little bit -

was Paranoid, er...

I'm thinking Deep Purple.

Deep Purple.

Deep Purple, says Sean.

OK, well, let's find out. Is it right?

No, I'm afraid not Deep Purple.

Scores you 100 points, takes you up to 131.

You won't be the only person to say Deep Purple,

though, but it's very similar -

-Black Sabbath.

-Of course it's Black Sabbath!

-Course it is.

Once you've got Deep Purple in there, there's no way to dislodge it.

-Course it's Black Sabbath.

-31 points.

Now, Breakfast At Tiffany's.

Are they called Deep Blue...something?

They were exactly called Deep Blue Something.

Not even Deep Blue...something - Deep Blue Something.

-Deep Blue Something, yeah.

-11 points. American Idiot.

-Green Day.

-Green Day. Big scorer, that, though - 44.

Seven Nation Army.

-White Stripes.

-White Stripes!

-Yep.

29. And the best answer on the board, Just One More Night,

well done if you remembered this one,

Yellow Dog.

Yellow Dog, 2 points, so that's a terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with our high score of 172...

It's Oz and Jilly, I'm so sorry!

-We've gone.

-It's been lovely having you on the show.

Oz and Jilly, please come back and play again.

-We will.

-Brilliant contestants. Well done.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for Jay and Loyd and Sean and Emma,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations Jay and Loyd, Sean and Emma,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

So now we have to decide who's going to get to play for that money.

To do that, we're going to make you go head-to-head.

The difference is, you can now confer before you give your answers,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Sci-fi TV Theme Tunes - Richard.

Yeah, we're now going to play you excerpts form the theme tunes

to five TV sci-fi series.

You just need to tell us what those series are, please.

-Very best of luck.

-Let's reveal our five sci-fi TV themes.

# It's cold outside

# There's no kind of atmosphere

# All alone

# More or less

# Let me fly far away from here

# Fun, fun, fun

# In the sun, sun, sun... #

B.

MUSIC: "Babylon 5 Theme"

C.

MUSIC: "Blake's 7 Theme"

D.

MUSIC: "Doctor Who Theme"

E.

MUSIC: "Twilight Zone Theme"

OK, wow.

Jay and Loyd, you've been our lowest scorer so far, so you will go first.

-Um, I think we should go for...

-C?

-C.

And we think C is Blake's 7.

Blake's 7, say Jay and Loyd.

Blake's 7.

-Now, Sean and Emma.

-Yes.

-OK...

The rest are all yours. Talk us through them.

Um, A was...

Oh, we did know them all, didn't we?

-Yes, we did!

-Now I can't remember what they...

-E is Twilight Zone.

-Yes.

-D is Doctor Who.

-Yes.

B we think is Quatermass.

-A is Red Dwarf.

-So A is Red Dwarf, yeah.

So, we had a chat, and we think we want to risk it.

-We're going to risk it for a biscuit.

-We're going to risk it.

And we're going to say B, Quatermass.

B, Quatermass, say Sean and Emma. B, Quatermass.

So, we have Blake's 7 and we have Quatermass.

Jay and Loyd said Blake's 7, let's see if that's right,

and how many people said it.

It's right.

-15.

-APPLAUSE

15. Now, Sean and Emma, taking a bit of a punt here,

saying that B is Quatermass.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Quatermass?

Oh, it's not Quatermass, I'm afraid!

Which means Jay and Loyd take an early lead after one question.

They're up 1-0.

Yeah, you had to take the risk, because Blake's 7 was a good answer.

And actually only B would have beaten it.

I used to love Blake's 7! So much.

That's what we used to play in the playground at school,

at primary school. We used to play Blake's 7.

I was always Avon, who was second in command.

Er, now...

A was - let's have a tiny listen...

# It's cold outside... # It was, of course, Red Dwarf.

Would have scored you 45.

Now, B...

Let's Have a little listen. Not Quatermass.

MUSIC: "Babylon 5 Theme"

Babylon 5.

-Oh!

-Babylon 5. It's a pointless answer, as well.

So very well done if you said it at home.

Terrific answer.

D... MUSIC: "Doctor Who Theme"

Doctor Who, of course.

-Only scored 51, though.

-Wow!

-Unbelievably.

Perhaps it's because that's a slightly older version.

And E...

is The Twilight Zone.

And that would've scored you 18.

Well, thank you very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.

Sean and Emma, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game. The best of luck.

It concerns...

Hmm. Cooked Eggs. Richard?

Actually, it concerns scrambled eggs,

cos we're going to show you five cooked-egg dishes now,

but in anagram form.

-Can you tell us what they are, please?

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five anagrams. And here they come. We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Emma and Sean, you will go first.

THEY CONFER

What are you going to go for?

I think we're going to go for the third one down,

-we're going to go for Benedict.

-Benedict?

-Yes.

Say Sean and Emma. Benedict.

Now then, Jay and Lloyd, over to you.

Talk us through the board and fill in all those blanks.

-THEY LAUGH

-Yeah...

-They went for the easy one.

-Yeah, they did, didn't they?

They stole it from us.

-A POINT...

-A POINTLESS THEME.

A POINTLESS THEME is some sort of omelette.

-Potato omelette.

-SEAN:

-Oh, come on, boys!

-Potato omelette.

-You're going for potato omelette?

OK, so we have Benedict versus potato omelette.

Sean and Emma said Benedict. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Benedict.

It's right.

45.

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Do we need to continue...?

We know it's wrong!

Hey, hey, let's find out.

-You never know.

-Let's do that.

-Anagrams can be strange creatures.

-Can't they just!

Well said. OK, so, potato omelette, say Jay and Lloyd.

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

No!

I could've sworn it was potato omelette!

I'm afraid potato omelette doesn't win it for you.

So, well done, Sean and Emma, back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Well played. Egg anagrams don't get any harder than this.

I tell you what, Loyd, you'd done the hard work on that bottom one

of working out that "omelette" was there.

It's the lowest-scoring answer on the board.

2 points for Spanish omelette.

Oh! Well, that's a potato omelette.

Oh, Lloyd...

2 points.

And look at those "S"s as well, look at them there,

nestling in the word Spanish.

COD HEAP is...

-Poached.

-Poached, of course.

71. The next one is very hard,

unless you've got someone from across the Atlantic on your team.

-Easy over...

-Over easy.

Would've scored you 21.

And NEON FILTER - Florentine.

Would've scored you 5 points. It's a very good answer, actually.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot for their charities. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Women Named In The 2014 New Year Honours List.

Going to show you five pictures now of women named in that list,

you just have to give us the most obscure answer.

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK. Let's reveal our five women - and here they are...

There you are.

Five women named in the 2014 New Year Honours list.

Jay and Loyd, you will go first.

-Erm...

-We're going to go for B...

Jean Marsh.

Jean Marsh, say Jay and Lloyd.

Jean Marsh for B.

Now, Sean and Emma.

A, Ruth...Jones.

Which is what we're thinking.

C, Karren Brady. D, Lynda Bellingham.

And E, Katherine Jenkins.

Are we going to...

I think we're already beat with the Jean Marsh, so...

-Shall we go A?

-OK, yeah.

A, Ruth Jones.

OK, so, we have Jean Marsh

from Jay and Lloyd.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Jean Marsh.

Oh! Oh, but it's not Jean Marsh.

Which means, Sean and Emma, you merely have to be right

when you say that A is Ruth Jones and you go through to the final.

Let's see if that's right. How many people said it if it is?

Ooh, it's right. Very well done.

-33.

-Yay!

But, crucially, it was right.

Which means, Sean and Emma, after three questions,

-you're through to the final, 2-1.

-Well played, Sean and Emma.

Jay and Lloyd, you went for a big risk there.

Didn't pay off, unfortunately. Would've been a great answer.

It is actually Dame Gillian Lynne,

who is Britain's leading omelette chef, I'm so sorry.

No, she's a choreographer.

C, you're right, is Karren Brady. Made her CBE.

She would've scored you 39.

D is Lynda Bellingham.

She got an OBE for her charity work.

That would've scored you 22.

And an OBE for services to music and charity for Katherine Jenkins,

quite right.

She would've scored 54.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head - oh, Jay...

and...Loyd.

Listen, you're just going to have to come back and win it next time.

It's been lovely having you on the show, you've been absolutely fantastic.

Jay and Lloyd, brilliant contestants.

But, for Sean and Emma, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Sean and Emma,

you've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Thrilled.

-Very good!

-Thrilled.

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 £2,500.

-That would be nice, wouldn't it?

-That would be lovely.

You've done brilliantly. You have done brilliantly.

You saw off our restaurateurs, you saw off our wine people,

then you saw off our critics.

-I didn't think we'd see the critics off.

-Good riddance to them.

As always, you get to choose your category from the four we put up on the board.

Let's hope there's something up there you like the look of.

Here they are.

Cliff Richard, Modern Female Novelists,

Actors With Multiple Oscar Nominations,

Spanish Sport.

Modern Female Novelists... maybe, but it would be obscure.

Actors With Multiple Oscar Nominations...

-Probably have a stab at that.

-Spanish Sport.

Spanish Sport, I know nothing.

I literally know nothing about Spanish sport.

OK, well, it's Actors With Multiple Oscar Nominations, methinks.

OK, you sure? That's the one it's going to be.

As always, you pass across the two things you know about

and choose the one thing you both know a tiny bit about.

Let's go for this. No, you might do rather well on this.

We are looking for any film for which any of the following three actors

received an Oscar nomination, please, for Best Actor,

Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress.

Katharine Hepburn - any Oscar nominations.

Jack Nicholson - any Oscar nominations.

Or Marlon Brando.

So, any films for which any of those three

received an acting nomination at the Oscars. Very best of luck.

OK. Now, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that money for your charities

is for just one of them to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-OK.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Do you think Katharine Hepburn got one for Bringing Up Baby?

-Oh!

I was thinking maybe African Queen.

-Or I was thinking On Golden Pond.

-On Golden Pond.

So that's three. Jack Nicholson.

-Maybe Chinatown.

-Ooh, good one, Emma.

Marlon Brando...

Is it On The Waterfront, was it Marlon Brando, was that one?

Streetcar Named Desire.

-Streetcar Named Desire.

-What do you think?

We need to go for pointless.

Shall we try Chinatown, Bringing Up Baby,

-On Golden Pond?

-Yes.

-Great shout.

-Those three?

-Yes.

-OK, are you happy to stop the clock?

-Yeah.

-I think so.

-OK, we'll stop the clock.

Ain't going to get any better!

OK, let's hear what your three answers are.

We've got two for Katharine Hepburn. We're going for Bringing Up Baby.

-Bringing Up Baby.

-And what was that...?

-On Golden Pond.

-On Golden Pond.

-And with Jack Nicholson,

-we're going to try Chinatown.

-Chinatown.

Not sure if he got an Oscar nomination, but I'm going to try it.

OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

-do you think?

-On Golden Pond.

-Maybe On Golden Pond.

OK, On Golden Pond we'll put last.

Least likely?

Probably...

mmm, Chinatown.

Chinatown we'll put first.

I'm not sure about Bringing Up Baby, but, you know, it's a punt.

OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then -

and here they are. We have...

Very, very best of luck.

Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot.

What are your charities? Sean, what's yours?

Mine's the Christie hospital, cancer hospital in Manchester.

And, Emma, what's yours?

And mine is the Beatson cancer trust, who are based in Glasgow.

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-Very good.

Excellent. Two wonderful charities there.

Let's hope one of these answers behind me

will win that jackpot for them.

Your first answer was Chinatown.

This is probably your least confident shot

at a pointless answer.

But, remember, as I said, only one of them has to be pointless.

In this case, we were looking for Jack Nicholson films.

Let's find out if it's right, let's find out if it's pointless.

If it's both of those things, you will win £2,500 for your charities.

How many people said Chinatown?

-It's right.

-Ooh, it's right!

-It's right.

Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £2,500 for your charities.

Chinatown now going down through the teens, single figures,

down it goes, still going down...

-Oh! 1!

-No!

-No!

-No!

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No way!

Oh, man!

One person said Chinatown.

-One person!

-I hate that person!

-Where are they?

-Make yourself known.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer.

So you have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Bringing Up Baby.

In this case, we were looking for Katharine Hepburn films.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot,

so, for £2,500, let's see how many people said Bringing Up Baby.

-Ooh, I'm sorry.

-It's all right.

An incorrect answer there.

Which means you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

On Golden Pond.

OK, well, to win the jackpot of £2,500,

On Golden Pond has to be pointless.

Is it?

(Make it right.)

It's right.

So, your first answer, Chinatown, took us all the way down to 1,

your second answer, Bringing Up Baby, was incorrect,

but your third and final answer, On Golden Pond is...

-Oh, no!

-No!

-Oh, no!

-Oh, never mind.

-Never mind.

-Never mind.

-11.

That was a great answer. Two brilliant answers there.

-Thank you.

-I'm afraid, though,

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

But as it is a celebrity special,

we're going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair

-for their respective charities.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

And we have loved having you on the show.

And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so it hasn't all been in vain. Well done.

-It's been fabulous, thank you.

-It's been a terrific performance.

You saw off some very, very strong teams as well. Chinatown - very, very close.

Bringing Up Baby, not nominated for any Oscars at all.

Such a terrific film. Let's take a look at some other answers.

There's some big films on some of these lists as well.

Well done at home if you said...

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

You could've had Morning Glory. Suddenly, Last Summer.

The Lion In Winter, Alice Adams, Long Day's Journey Into Night -

all of these Katharine Hepburn nominations.

Summertime, The Rainmaker, and Woman Of The Year.

All of those were pointless. Let's look at Jack Nicholson now.

A Few Good Men is a pointless answer.

Five Easy Pieces, Prizzi's Honor,

Terms Of Endearment, Ironweed,

Reds, and The Last Detail.

All of those were pointless. Now Marlon Brando.

There's only four here.

A Dry White Season, Julius Caesar,

Sayonara, and Viva Zapata!

Nominated for all of those, and they were all pointless answers.

That's such tough luck. Terrific performance, very well played.

-Thanks a lot.

-Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but we have loved having you on the show. You've just been brilliant.

So, thank you so much. Sean and Emma - wonderful contestants.

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-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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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