Kids' TV Pointless Celebrities

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to this

special children's television edition of Pointless Celebrities.

The game where we aim for the obscure and ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And couple number one.

I'm Johnny Ball and I was in children's television for about

25 years and Play School for about 16,

but that's all behind me now.

And I'm Carol Chell and I was in Play School for an awful long time,

even more than Johnny and Play Away as well, of course.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Couple number two.

I'm Ben Willbond, probably better known for Horrible Histories.

And I'm Jim Howick, also known from Horrible Histories.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And couple number three.

Hello, I'm Andrew Agnew and I played PC Plum on Balamory.

APPLAUSE

Oh, thank you!

And I'm Julie Wilson Nimmo and I played Miss Hoolie on Balamory.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, Xander, I'm Pat Sharp and I did Saturday morning telly

"What's Up Doc?" for a few years and Fun House forever.

APPLAUSE

Love him. Right, I'm Dave Benson Phillips,

I've done children's telly,

Get Your Own Back was one of my famous programmes,

also Play Days and I've also worked with Carol Chell, there you go.

APPLAUSE

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

We'll find out more about each of you as the show goes along.

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce,

always on hand with a word of encouragement, a tut of disapproval

or a withering glance of disbelief,

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Good evening.

-Good evening to you.

-How much fun is this going to be?

-Isn't this fabulous?

-Because it's a children's TV special

and everyone else has got partners, I brought along

-a little partner as well.

-OK.

-I brought along a little friend.

APPLAUSE

PUPPET SQUEAKS

This is Professor Elaine Watkins.

LAUGHTER

ELAINE SQUEAKS

So, Elaine, welcome. Great to have you here.

ELAINE SQUEAKS

-It's quite hard to make her more expressive than that.

-Yeah.

Yeah, she's going to help out during the show.

-I'm looking forward to that.

-Yeah, me too.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Yeah, now, all our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our wonderful contestants here are on the hunt for the obscure answers

our 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,

each of our celebrities here is playing for a nominated charity.

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

APPLAUSE

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

OK, the only thing you have to remember is that the pair

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

so keep your scores as low as you possibly can. Best of luck.

Our first category today is...

It's Famous Women.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Famous Jennifers. Richard.

Yeah, on each pass we're going to show you six clues...

ELAINE SQUEAKS

Sorry, seven clues to famous people who are called Jennifer.

You just need to tell us who they are, please.

The most obscure answer obviously will be the best.

There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at at home.

-You're a natural, Rich.

-It's not me, it's the professor.

-The professor!

Can I ask what her discipline is?

ELAINE SQUEAKS

Comparative religion, OK, that's...

She is going to be brilliant, isn't she? What an addition to the show.

Thank you, thank you, professor.

OK, we are looking for the famous Jennifers described by these clues.

Here is our first board of Jennifers and they look like this...

I'll read those all one last time.

Carol, how lovely to have you here from Play School.

-Did you ever do them live? You must've done them live.

-Oh, no.

-No?

-Nearly, but not quite.

-You did them just before?

-Yes.

And then they went out.

Yes, I think we had only about ten minutes between, you know...

So if we made a mistake, you didn't, you just got on with it.

-Yeah, we're like that.

-Oh, yeah.

-I've noticed.

-Oh, yeah.

We've done 750 shows now.

-We made three mistakes in that time, haven't we? That's it.

-Yeah.

That is it. ELAINE SQUEAKS

Four, it was four mistakes, I'm sorry.

-Now, Carol, there's a lot of Jennifers behind me.

-Mm.

Any of them leaping out at you?

Yes, of course they are,

but I'm going to go for Jenny Agutter in The Railway Children.

Jenny Agutter in The Railway Children, says Carol.

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

It's right, of course.

APPLAUSE

22.

22 for Jenny Agutter.

Well-played, Carol, great start to the show and, of course,

-more recently has been in Call The Midwife with Miranda Hart.

-Yeah.

Won best supporting Agutter.

LAUGHTER

-Jim.

-Hi.

-Aw, Jim, it's lovely to have you here.

-It's great to be here.

-From Horrible Histories.

Horrible Histories actually hung up its robe a couple of years ago.

-Yes, two years ago now.

-That must've been so sad.

-It was, it was.

But it was phenomenal, it really did break the mould.

I mean, children's television, children's sketch shows...

-Yes.

-..that really appealed to grown-ups.

-Absolutely.

Any grown-up who happens to be walking past while their kids are

watching it, ends up sitting down and laughing louder than the kids.

Yeah. It had such a wide appeal and we'd often get stopped by people

that didn't actually have any children so it was great fun.

-Brilliant show. Now, Jim.

-Yes.

-A lot of Jennifers.

Hell of a lot of Jennys there.

I'm going to go for "Had a number 1 hit with

"The Power Of Love in 1985,"

and it's Jennifer Rush.

Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said Jennifer Rush.

It's entirely right.

22 is our only score so far.

Jennifer Rush, 36. Well done, Jim.

APPLAUSE

Nothing wrong with your Jennifer.

Yeah, her real name is Heidi Stern.

-No!

-Yeah, but she changed it just so she could be on this board.

-Julie, welcome.

-Hi.

-Lovely to have you here from Balamory.

-Aw.

-Aw, fantastic. When did Balamory finish?

-About...

-I need to check. Five...

-Ten.

-Is it?

-Ten years.

-I'm saying five, ten years ago now.

-No!

Yeah, but it's weird because we made 256 episodes

-and it's still on...

-Yeah.

-..which is fantastic for us.

All the new generation of kids are getting to see it which is lovely.

OK, all right, now, what about our Jennifers?

I wish I knew the bottom one cos I would be really impressing folk

at home, but I don't,

so I'm going to go for "Married Ben Affleck"

and I'm going to say Jennifer Garner.

Jennifer Garner says Julie. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 22 our low score.

Don't quite go down there but you beat our high score.

APPLAUSE

Yep, they met on the set of Daredevil, the 2003 film.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-It's a pleasure.

-Now...

You're getting freaked out by the professor, aren't you, a little bit?

I'm going to be honest, yes, I'm finding...

Do you know, it's just the language barrier?

Oh, no, I like her, I like her and I've read some of her papers.

ELAINE SQUEAKS

I've got a question for you, she'll be able to answer this one.

What's Alan Partridge's catchphrase?

ELAINE SQUEAKS TWICE

-Is the right answer. Dave, welcome.

-Hello!

-Welcome, all those years...

-Yes?

-..when you were surrounded by children going, "Way!"

-Yeah?

Did it ever get quite annoying?

No, it's all part of the job, sir.

All part of the job.

That's a lovely thing to say, that's why you're so perfect in that job.

Well, listen, Dave, you are the last person to have these Jennifers.

There are four Jennifers awaiting you there.

There are four Jennifers and it's a real shame

-because I knew the others that have been gone for...

-Yeah.

The sports one I don't know.

The Australian tennis player I do not know.

Snog, Marry, Avoid I never watched. Erm...

So I'm really sorry about this.

I'm just going to have to plump for Jennifer Saunders. I know...

Listen, it's all right, it's OK. Jennifer Saunders,

-let's see how many people said Jennifer Saunders.

-Oh, go on.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

-There we are.

-I'm sorry.

-80 for Jennifer Saunders.

It's the best thing to do, Dave, in that situation.

If you go for a complete guess, you're going to score 100

and 80 is better, gives Pat a better chance on the next board

because you've got first choice. We'll fill in the rest for you.

The presenter of Snog, Marry, Avoid, been on this show, it's Jenny Frost.

-Lovely Jenny Frost.

-Would've scored 18.

The American who's won more swimming golds is a pointless answer,

she's won eight golds, it's Jenny Thompson.

So very well done if you said Jenny Thompson, terrific answer.

-And the tennis player is Jennifer Capriati.

-Oh!

She would've scored 19.

You should've said it if you knew it, you should've said it!

-It's just one of those. When you see it in front of you...

-Yes.

It's a lot easier at home when you watch this.

Cos you just shout any answer and it's like you can't hear it

so it's like whatever you say.

-On the next pass we'll show you the answers first...

-Please!

But you have to be absolutely honest if you knew them or not.

-That's a good way to play it.

-Ooh, he's tough, isn't he?

-Ooh, he's tough!

-Oh, bad news.

-Yes.

Professor Elaine Watkins has got to go to a symposium.

-So she's going to say goodbye.

-OK. Bye, professor.

Yeah, aw.

ELAINE SQUEAKS

There she goes.

Listen, we're halfway through the round.

Time for me to go through the scores

and just let people know where they stand.

22, the best score of that pass, Carol. Very, very well done indeed.

Then we go up to 28 where we find Julie and Andrew.

Up to 36 where we find Jim and Ben

and then a bit of a hike up to 80

where we find Dave and Pat.

Pat though, you're the first person to answer from the next board

so let's hope there's a nice low-scoring Jennifer there for you

that might get you through. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more Jennifers up on the board

and here they come. We've got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Pat, welcome back to Pointless.

-You've been here before.

-Thank you, yes.

You've walked the course, you know exactly what to expect.

Pat, you had a music career,

you had a Stock Aitken & Waterman contract, didn't you?

Well, not a contract,

we made some records for Capital Radio's charity Help A London Child.

We did a record every year for six years

and had a few top ten hits and raised 300 grand.

So like every other Stock Aitken & Waterman act, you just went in,

recorded the song rigorously then three minutes later, left.

-Do you know it was about 15 minutes to do each record?

-Seriously?

They had it all ready and they just told me to,

at one point they told me to stand back from the mic a little bit

and I said, "How far?" And he said, "How about Glasgow?" So...

OK, Pat, what are you going to go for? It has to be a low score.

Yeah, the only problem is, to be honest with you,

looking at those, as Richard said before, you're better to go one that

you know rather than have a guess at one you're not sure of,

even though I might get more points, so I'm going to have to go

for the music one which is Jennifer Lopez as in Jenny from the block.

Jennifer Lopez, let's see if that's right.

There's no red line for you as you're the high scorers

but let's see how far down the column you get with J-Lo.

J-Lo gets you yea-low.

75 takes your total up to 155, Pat.

Yeah, another big scorer but as I say, correct answer

but, yeah, big scorer.

She began as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Andrew.

-Yes.

Balamory, where did you film that?

We filmed on Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

-Actually on Tobermory?

-Yeah, we filmed the exterior things that...

-Yeah.

-Everything, all the interiors, studio was in Glasgow, so we did...

We were up there quite a bit in Mull which was nice.

It's done amazing things for the tourist industry on Mull, hasn't it?

-Even now.

-I think so.

-Seriously?

-Oh, massive, through the roof.

-Yeah.

Because kids want to go there and even as a parent,

-you look at it, you think it's so beautiful.

-Yeah.

-The houses weren't painted those colours, were they?

-Yeah.

-They were already?

-There were a few that they painted

for the programme but the majority of them were exactly like that.

-Oh, really?

-Yes.

-Interesting.

-Well, listen, I've got great news for you, Andrew.

-Yes.

You are through to Round Two, doesn't matter what you score,

-you are both in Round Two.

-OK.

-But I bet you've got a knockout answer.

I think so.

I'm going to go with it because I do think it's right,

I want to go with the opera singer that was nicknamed

the Swedish Nightingale, which I think was Jenny Lind.

-Jenny Lind.

-Yeah.

-Jenny Lind. There's no red line for you

for the lovely reason that you're already through

but let's see how many people said Jenny Lind. Is it right?

How many people said it?

It's right, Andrew, very well done indeed.

It's going to be a low-scorer.

Jenny Lind, down she goes.

It's 3! Look at that.

The lowest score of the round by a very, very long way

and it takes your total up to 31. Very well done.

That's a very good answer, well done. Born in Stockholm.

Started getting a round of applause as the column was going down,

-that's very rare, that's how good that was as an answer.

-Mm.

-Now, Ben.

-Hello to you.

-Ben, hello to you.

-I've got great news for you as well!

-Mm.

-Already through.

-Great.

You've got a buy to Round Two.

Now there's been a lot of talk, Ben, about a Horrible Histories movie.

Where are we on that?

-Well, I tell you where we are with a movie...

-Yes.

-..

which we just wrapped on,

we just finished making a film about William Shakespeare

and his lost years

and it's with the same cast as Horrible Histories,

-but it's not a Horrible Histories film.

-And it's serious, right?

-It's really, really serious.

-Good.

-It's a very, very serious period drama.

-No jokes?

-No jokes.

They just happen to have all the Horrible Histories cast in it,

-just coincidentally.

-Yeah, just...

-They're also phenomenal actors,

all of them tragedians as much as comedians really.

-To do comedy, you've got to be able to do tragedy.

-I know, yeah.

I can reassure everyone there are lots of jokes, I hope.

-Anyway, listen, you're through, as I say.

-Great.

-But for fun, let's have a good answer.

-For funsies.

Now look, for some reason, don't ask me why,

the BBC's royal correspondent from 1989 to 2003,

-Jenny Bond popped into my head.

-She will.

-JIM:

-She does that.

-She does do that so that's what I'd like to go for.

There you go, Jenny Bond. No red line for you, you're already through

but let's see how many people said Jenny Bond.

Is it right?

It's right. It's what it is.

32.

-APPLAUSE

-32 takes your total up to 68.

Well played, Ben. That is a new BBC service.

If you press your red button,

BBC correspondents will pop into your head. It's very impressive.

Yes, I've had that with Nicky Witchell several times.

-Thanks very much indeed. Johnny.

-Hello.

Johnny, you and Carol must have overlapped on Playschool at some time.

Yes, Carol was at my audition in '67, 1967.

How did it go? I think I know the answer, you got the job.

I didn't want the job, so I got it. It's always the same in this business.

If you don't want a job, you get it.

He was cracking jokes the whole time.

And I thought, to be kind to him, I would laugh.

And I laughed and I laughed. My cheeks.

Yes, but I was a stand-up in those days,

so it was completely different.

Somebody recommended me and I did it. And the thing is, I liked it.

And I stayed for 16 years.

And that led to the other children's television programmes I did.

Yes, the many, the many. Now, good news, Johnny, you are through.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake

the high score of 155 over there on the far podium.

These are all your Jennifers.

Do you want to talk us through them, then say which is the lowest score?

I knew Jenny Lind, I knew Jennie Bond,

I don't know any of the others.

I'll say Jennifer Anstead.

Is that the right word? But I don't know whether it is.

It's the only Jennifer I can think of.

Which one are you submitting, Jennifer Anstead?

-Who got the Oscar for best actress?

-Shall we go for that one?

-Yes.

OK, Jennifer Anstead. No red line for you, you're already through.

But let's see if Jennifer Anstead is right.

Jennifer Anstead didn't win that Oscar.

It's scores you 100 points, takes your total to 122.

You are through anyway, couldn't matter less.

It doesn't matter, you're thinking of Jennifer Aniston.

-Aniston, I was.

-Thus far has been cruelly overlooked by the Academy.

Never won best actress Oscar. She will do, she will do.

But this was Jennifer Lawrence, was the answer there.

It would have scored you 19 points.

Been a regular presenter of Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

-Lovely Jenni Murray.

-I'm ashamed.

-That would be 10 points.

-I'm ashamed I didn't get that one, I really am.

Played Baby in Dirty Dancing is Jennifer Grey.

It would have scored you 27.

And the artist, the best dancer there, it's a pointless answer

if you knew, it was Jenny Saville.

Very well done if you said that.

Any Manic Street Preachers fans might know that. But a tough answer.

Thank you very much indeed. So at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 155 are...

I hate it on these celebrity shows where we've got wonderful people

who've come in to the show and we always have to say goodbye

to two of them when the show has barely got under way.

-But I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

-Thank you anyway.

It seems ridiculous. Anyway, thank you for playing.

Dave and Pat, wonderful contestants.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

So we're down to three pairs. At the end of this round,

we'll be down to two pairs in time for our head-to-head round.

But very well done, Julie and Andrew. Proper knowledge there.

Jennifer Lind. My goodness!

Jim and Ben, playing it very seriously,

-proper middle-of-the-bat stuff.

-Straight bat.

Nothing showy at this stage, not taking any undue risks.

Carol and Johnny likewise. Johnny obviously took a risk there

because he knew he was already through.

I think it's going to be very tight, this,

all I can say is best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...

Food and Drink.

It's Food and Drink. Can you decide who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

And whoever is 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...

..as they could.

Countries with one of the world's 50 best restaurants. Richard.

Every year, the magazine Restaurant publishes its list

of the 50 best restaurants in the world.

We're looking for any country that had a restaurant in that list in 2013.

So any country apart from the UK with a restaurant in the world's top 50.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, Carol, yes.

We are looking for the name of any country in which you will find

-one of the world's top 50 restaurants.

-I would think...

Spain because it has the El Bulli.

Hmm, Ferran Adria.

Yes, let's see if that's there.

Spain, is that on Restaurant's 50 best restaurant list?

It is. Phew!

39.

-OK.

-39 for Spain.

-Great answer, Carol,

it's got five on that list, including three in the top 10

and including the number one as well

which is El Celler de Can Roca in Girona.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, now, Ben.

I'm going to take a risk here.

-Good.

-I am going to say Denmark.

I know the restaurant you're thinking of, but if that's not

on that list, I will eat all the courses on a tasting menu.

Let's see if Denmark is on the list.

Let's see how many people said Denmark.

Absolutely right.

Look at that, 14.

-There we are.

-Yes, Noma is the name of the restaurant.

Number two on the list. Been number one three times before,

but it's number two this year.

Andrew.

-Yes.

-What are we thinking of?

I'm thinking I've been to Bruges a few times, there are some

lovely restaurants I've been to,

so I'm hoping that Belgium is on the list.

Belgium.

I think, if it is on the list, it may well be a low score.

Let's find out. Belgium, is it right? How many people said it?

It's up there, Andrew.

39 is our high score at this point.

14 our low. You've passed 39, you've past 14... 10.

-APPLAUSE

-Once again, Andrew,

setting out your stall.

-The low scorers so far, anyway, 10 for Belgium.

-Very good answer.

Not in Bruges, in a place called Kruishoutem.

It's called Hof Van Cleve.

-Didn't know that one, did you?

-No.

-25 on the list.

Thanks very much, halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

10, the best score of that pass, Andrew and Julie.

Once again looking very strong indeed.

Then up to 14 where we find Ben and Jim.

Then up to 39 where we find Carol and Johnny.

Johnny, you've got a bit of time to come up with a really nice

low-scoring obscure answer. Best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line.

Will the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now, Julie, we are looking for the country in which

one of the world's best restaurants is located.

I've got two in my head.

I'm probably going to pick the wrong one.

I can just say...

-Brazil.

-Brazil.

Brazil.

There's your red line, you have to get below that red line

to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.

Basically, you have to score 28 or less. Let's find out.

Brazil, is it right? If it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

And you are through. 14.

Very, very well done indeed. Brazil.

That takes your total up to 24.

-Cracking performance on that last podium.

-Terrific answer.

It's got two restaurants on the list, both in Sao Paulo,

including one number six on the list, DOM.

There's another one on the list called Mani,

-which does a baked manioca tuber.

-Manioca tuber.

-It does it in a tucupi froth.

-Oh, tucupi froth!

-Imagine that now. I mean, I like manioca tubers, right?

-Yes.

Grill them, I like them. Roast them, I like them.

Bake them, I really like them. Happy to eat them without a froth.

But if you've got a froth, I would go for tucupi every day of the week.

-That is top-50 business all day long. All day long.

-Yep, yep.

Yep. Jim.

-Hey.

-Now, Jim, the high scorers

are still Johnny and Carol on 39.

You are on 14, so 24 or less,

you are waltzing through to the head-to-head.

Um...I'm going to go for Japan.

Well, let's hope that Japan gets you below that red line.

-It seems reasonable enough, doesn't it?

-Yes.

-Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

Still going down, Jim. Still going down,

you've done it. 20.

34 is your total. You are in the head-to-head.

-Very well done, Jim and Ben.

-Very good answer.

It's got two restaurants on the list, both in Tokyo.

Thanks very much indeed. Johnny.

The sad news is, I'm afraid your score is already the highest score

before your answer even.

I think I will go for a low scorer with Monaco.

OK, now, Monaco.

No red line for you as you are the highest scorers,

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

Oh, well, out in a blaze of glory there, Johnny.

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, scores you 100 points,

takes your score up to 139.

It's a very clever answer

because obviously French restaurants are on the list, there's a big score

for France for 80, but no Monaco restaurant in that top 50.

Now, there are no pointless answers at all.

The best answer by quite some way,

it's got two restaurants on the list, in its capital Lima, and it's Peru.

Very well done if you said Peru.

You would have got two points for that,

you'd have got six points for Singapore.

And you'd have got seven points for Thailand,

seven points for the Netherlands and seven points for Austria.

Other low scorers, Belgium we've already had for 10,

and 11 points for Mexico, Portugal and Switzerland.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

with their high score of 139 is Johnny and Carol.

Oh, I'm sorry. But I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

Johnny and Carol, wonderful contestants, thank you.

APPLAUSE

But, for Julie and Andrew, Jim and Ben,

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

Congratulations, Julie and Andrew, Jim and Ben,

you are now one step closer to the final and the chance

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

This is the moment where we decide who goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. We do that by making you go head-to-head.

The difference is you can now confer

and play as a pair before you give your answers,

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

Best of luck to both pairs. I know this is going to be hard fought.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Noel Edmonds.

Noel Edmonds.

Now, obviously, I could tell you what to do in this round,

of course, but why should I bother

when I know a person who loves this subject more than anything else.

Hi, Alexander and Richard, I'm sorry I can't be with you,

but here are five questions all about me.

What was the name of the purple dinosaur

on the Multicoloured Swap Shop?

What was the name of the band that I performed in

with Keith Chegwin and Maggie Philbin?

Which European radio station did I join in 1968?

What was the name of the House Party character

who had a Christmas number one in 1993?

In which county was I born?

Good luck.

OK, I'll just read those questions one last time.

Now, Julie and Andrew, you have been our low scorers so far,

so you will go first.

Do we answer all of them?

THEY CONFER

I don't know, I can't remember it.

What about the dinosaur?

We are struggling slightly with this one.

But the one we have to go for, and it's going to be quite high,

is Mr Blobby for the character that had the Christmas number one.

Christmas number one by Mr Blobby.

Now, Jim and Ben, that board is all yours.

Fill in all the answers you can.

We knew Blobby, we knew Blobby.

Yeah. He's a great guy.

I can see him, but I can't name him.

European radio station I'm thinking is Luxembourg.

And the county, I thought, I was going to say Buckinghamshire,

I don't know why that came into my head, I don't know why.

He just seems like a Buckinghamshire kind of guy.

LAUGHTER

-Go for broke with Luxembourg.

-Yes.

We are going to go for broke with Luxembourg.

OK, Radio Luxembourg, say Jim and Ben.

So we've got Mr Blobby and we've got Radio Luxembourg.

Julie and Andrew went for Mr Blobby, let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right, oh, look at that, 80 for Mr blobby.

Now, Jim and Ben have gone for Radio Luxembourg,

the station he joined in 1968.

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

It's right. And it wins you the point, well done. Down it goes.

36.

Which means, Jim and Ben, after one question,

you take an early lead of 1-0.

Well played, Jim and Ben.

I think Mr Blobby made millions upon millions for the BBC

and it was a huge hit. That's what I was rather hoping for.

If you missed the start of the show, I had my own character

who was Prof Elaine Watkins, who was a theology professor.

I don't think it really caught on with the kids.

-I've come up with a new character.

-Yes.

-I think it's going to be more kid friendly.

-Yes.

And this is Prof Deirdre MacDonald from...

She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Brunel University.

PUPPET SQUEAKS

She's got a lovely voice.

Yes. So, I think... I have an enormous hit on my hands.

-I've certainly got something on my hands.

-Yes.

-Good.

-What's that?

Oh, the professor has to go to a symposium

on mechanical engineering in Copenhagen.

Oh!

-Goodbye, Prof Deirdre.

-Bye now. Look at that, that's a winner, isn't it?

-That's a winner.

-I've only got seven more of those.

Let's fill in the rest of this board, shall we?

The name of the purple dinosaur, it was almost Swapshop backwards.

It's Posh Paws, was the answer to that.

10 points. There are some gasps of recognition there.

The band he formed with Keith Chegwin and Manny Philbin was Brown Sauce.

That would have scored you seven points.

And the county in which he was born, he's an Essex boy, Noel.

It would have scored you 12.

Thanks very much. OK, here comes your second question.

Julie and Andrew, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

so best of luck. It concerns...

One word film titles made by chemical symbols, Richard.

We're going to show you some chemical elements

and if you take all of their chemical symbols and add them together,

you get a one-word film title.

And there's five sets here,

so can you tell us the names of any of these, please?

OK, let's reveal our one-word film titles made up of chemical symbols.

And here they are.

I'll read those again.

I was going to give you a month to confer.

Jim and Ben.

You will go first this time.

Where are you going?

I mean, carbon and hydrogen.

That's like...

-CH...

-I was never very good at chemistry at school.

But I think I might have one.

The third one down -

carbon, hydrogen, iodine,

carbon, silver, oxygen.

Fargo.

Fargo. OK, Fargo, say Jim and Ben, Fargo.

Now, Julie and Andrew, do you want to talk us

through as much of the board as you can?

-Oh, that would be all right!

-That won't take long.

-Oh!

-The one at the top, if it could be U and P, it might be Up.

The second one might be Titanic. I don't know if there's maybe...

Shall we just go for the top one and just say Up

and see if maybe U and then P and just leave it at that?

-Shall we do that?

-OK.

-Let's go for the top one and go for Up.

You're going to say Up for the top one.

So we have Fargo for the middle one and we have Up for the top one.

Jim and Ben said Fargo. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Fargo.

-Oh!

-Oh!

Sadly, not Fargo. Julie and Andrew have said Up for the top one.

Let's see if that's right.

It just has to be right for you to win the point.

-And it is!

-Oh!

-Very well done indeed.

-I can't believe it.

Look at that, 17 for Up.

Excellent performance from Balamory there.

-It brings you back into the game after two questions.

-It's 1-1.

-Well worked out, Andrew. That's terrific work.

-That's amazing.

Not Fargo -

you're right it ends in an O, but if we go through the letters,

carbon is C, hydrogen H, iodine I, carbon C, silver is AG - Chicago.

-Chicago.

-Would have scored 24 points.

As I say, full marks for the question-setters here.

Let's look at the bottom one as well, which is even better.

PO, plus CA, plus HO, plus N, plus TA, plus S is Pocahontas...

-That's brilliant.

-..in chemical symbols. 21 points for that.

Er, the second one, tin is SN,

then AT, then C, then H.

It's Snatch.

Would have scored you 10.

And the fourth one, S, plus H, plus RE, plus K

is Shrek.

And that's the best answer up there, 8 points.

That is a brilliant round.

-That took someone a long time to think up.

-Yes, didn't it just?

-But now we've done it, wouldn't it be fun to do that again?

-No.

-No.

No, it would, it would. Anyway, we're not, we're not going to.

Here comes your third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot for their charity.

Best of luck, both pairs. It concerns...

-Yes!

-Reptiles! Richard?

We are going to show you five pictures of reptiles now,

which will be nice, but we've left out all

the letters of their name except the first and the last.

Can you fill the gaps and tell us which is the most obscure?

The team that does is going through to play for the jackpot,

so best of luck to both teams.

OK, let's reveal our five reptiles and here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five reptiles.

Now, Julie and Andrew, you will go first this time.

I know C. Seven...

Which one do you want to go for, then?

THEY WHISPER

OK, I kind of think I know E,

but I'm not 100%,

so I'm going to have do C,

-Komono dragon.

-Komono dragon.

Komono dragon, say Julie and Andrew. Jim and Ben, the board is yours.

We think it might be Komodo dragon

rather than Komono...

..so can we say Komodo dragon?

You're going to say Komodo dragon,

yes, you're perfectly welcome to do that.

So, Julie and Andrew have gone from Komono dragon.

-JULIE SOBS

-Let's see if Komono dragon is right.

-No.

-Sorry.

-No, I'm afraid Komono dragon isn't right,

which means, Jim and Ben, you merely have to be right with Komodo dragon

and you'll be going through to the final and playing for that jackpot.

Let's find out. Are you right?

Yep, well done.

And Komodo dragon goes down to 54.

There we are, but all it had to be was right. Very well done.

Horrible Histories through to the final, 2-1, after three questions.

Yeah, that's unlucky, Julie,

and that was brutal from the Horrible History boys, wasn't it?

But you've got to do it, you've got to do it.

Yes, they can reach three metres in length and 13 stone, Komodo dragons.

They're capable of killing water buffalo.

Now, let's go through the rest of this board.

A is the king cobra, very big score,

though, would have scored you 91 points.

We'll leave B for a moment,

because it's the best answer.

D, you might have been able to fill

in the gaps here. It's an iguana.

It's a desert iguana, but well done

if you said that. 14 points.

And the last one

is a saltwater crocodile.

Would have scored 27.

Now this second one, it's a lizard

we can work that out.

It gets its name from...

It sits up and looks up at the sky all the time

and it's called a sungazer lizard

So well done if you said that at home, no points at all,

pointless answer, that one.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round is

-the Balamory team.

-Aw-w!

Julie and Andrew, it's been lovely having you on the show.

You been superb all the way through and just lovely people as well.

It's been great having you here. Thank you so much for playing.

-Julie and Andrew, thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But, Jim and Ben, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jim and Ben. You fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Ah-h!

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at the £2,500.

Well, Messrs, Howick, Willbond, the Horrible Histories team,

you've done so well. Well, as always,

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

Let's hope there's at least one up there you like the look of.

Best of luck.

We've got...

-Wow!

-Well, the... top one I'm keen on.

-Yeah.

If you're really confident with Guitar Heroes,

then we should do that

cos I could embarrass myself very nastily

-on Classic Mythology In The Movies. Have a go, Jim.

-OK, Guitar Heroes.

-Yes, try that.

-You're going to go with Guitar Heroes.

-Yes.

-Yes.

OK, very best of luck, here are your three options.

We're looking for any UK top 40 single

by Mark Knopfler or Dire Straits,

we're looking for any UK top 40 singles by Eric Clapton

or by Derek And The Dominoes or by Cream, he was a member of both bands,

or we're looking for any top 40 single by Jimi Hendrix or

The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

So Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Derek And The Dominoes and

Cream, or Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, top 40 UK singles.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, now, 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 respective charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-I think so.

-Yes, sir.

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

-There they are, your time starts now.

-Talk to me, Jim.

-Well, I think I can do a Cream single.

-Yes, which is?

-Er...

-Well, there's a few.

-OK.

-But the one I'm thinking about is Badge.

-Great.

-Sounds good.

-And Jimi Hendrix, I think...

You've got your Hey Joes, you've got your Purple Hazes, erm...

-But I'm going to go with...

-Just reach, reach really deep.

Yeah. Crosstown Traffic and All Along The Watchtower.

Actually, no, I'm not going to go with All Along The Watchtower,

I'm going to go Crosstown Traffic and The Wind Cries Mary.

Actually, no, I'm not. I'm going to go back to Cream.

I'm going to do another Jimi Hendrix and say Crosstown Traffic

and Cream...

..I Feel Free.

-Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.

-I feel nervous.

LAUGHTER

Your minute is now up.

I'd love to know what your three answers are going to be.

They are the Eric Clapton singles which are the two

-Cream tracks which are Badge...

-Badge.

-..and I Feel Free...

-I Feel Free.

..and then the Jimi Hendrix single would be

-Crosstown Traffic.

-Crosstown Traffic.

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

answer, do you think?

-I think Badge.

-Badge we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-I Feel Free.

-I Feel Free and then Crosstown Traffic in the middle, OK.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then,

and here they are. We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Three excellent answers up there.

Now your first answer was I Feel Free.

You thought this was probably the least likely to be pointless,

but remember only one of them has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot for your charity.

Incidentally, what are your charities, Jim?

The charity for both of us, actually,

is Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We visited many times and we've seen

first-hand the work they do, so, yes.

An excellent charity there, Jim and Ben. Very well done indeed.

Needs no introduction of course.

APPLAUSE

Let's hope at least one of these three excellent answers wins

the jackpot for Great Ormond Street.

I Feel Free, as I say, was your first answer in this case.

It's a Cream single, but, yes, is under the Eric Clapton banner.

Let's see if it's right. Let's see if it's pointless.

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

Let's find out how many people said I Feel Free.

It's right. If this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with that jackpot for your charities.

It's going down through the teens

into single fingers, still going down,

down it goes, still going down...

-Oh, no, 1.

-No!

What?

Oh! Unbelievable.

Oh, no.

I was drawing breath to say, "You've done it," I thought you had done it,

but no, 1, that's fine, that's good, that's a very respectable answer.

Your second answer, Crosstown Traffic. In this case,

we were looking for Jimi Hendrix or Jimi Hendrix Experience singles.

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

If it is, it will win you £2,500 for your charity.

How many people said Crosstown Traffic?

It's right. Well, I Feel Free took us all the way down to 1.

Crosstown Traffic now takes us down through the 20s into the teens

into single fingers, still going down, down it goes...

-4.

-Oh, Jim, Jim, Jim.

OK...just shake it out there.

Everything is now riding on your third

and final answer which was Badge.

It has to be right, then it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things,

you will leave with £2,500 for your charity.

How many people said Badge?

Well, it's right as well.

I Feel Free, your first answer, took us all the way down to 1.

Your second answer Crosstown Traffic took us down to 4.

Badge now taking us down through the single...

Oh, no!

Wow! Oh-h!

Oh, I'm sorry, I was convinced you were going to win that

and you knew so many answers there.

Well, we'll discover if any of those were right.

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

which means you didn't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

However, as it is a celebrity special

and each celebrity is playing for a charity,

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

for their respective charities, so there you are.

APPLAUSE

We really have loved having you on the show

and you get to take home a Pointless trophy, so there you are.

Yeah, fantastic.

You were brilliant, guys, you really were and 1, 4 and 5

in the jackpot round is terrific stuff. Well played.

Hopefully, none of these singles will ring a bell.

I'll go through all the different answers in the different categories.

First of all, Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.

Darling Pretty is a Mark Knopfler single,

the other three all '80s hits for Dire Straits,

Skateaway, So Far Away,

Your Latest Trick, also Boom, Like That was a pointless answer there.

Now, let's look at Eric Clapton and Cream.

You could have had Bad Love, Behind The Mask,

Love Can Build A Bridge he released with a bunch of other people,

Strange Brew was a pointless answer for Cream singles.

You also could have had Circus, Comin' Home, It's Probably Me,

My Father's Eyes, Promises, Runaway Train and Wrapping Paper

and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot as well, a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those at home and Jimi Hendrix,

Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Gypsy Eyes,

Johnny B. Goode and Remember. The ones that you gave us,

you went through a lot of his bigger songs,

All Along The Watchtower would have scored you 14, Hey Joe would have

scored you 10 and The Wind Cries Mary would have scored you 3 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say

goodbye to you, Jim and Ben. We have loved having you on the show.

It's been absolutely fantastic and you've done such a great job,

so very, very well done. Jim and Ben, everyone.

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.