Food & Drink Pointless Celebrities

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome

to this special culinary edition of Pointless Celebrities,

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.

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-And couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Ed Baines.

I'm chef and co-owner of Randall and Aubin in Soho, London.

Hey, that's a good promo. I'm Paul Rankin.

I'd like to be known as "Chef Legend", but actually people say,

"Oh, you're that chef fellow that makes the Irish soda bread."

LAUGHTER Good enough!

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-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Richard Burr. I'm a builder.

I make a cake every now and again.

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My name's Frances Quinn. I was a designer,

but I'm better known for designing bakes and I won Bake Off in 2013.

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-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Tony Singh.

I'm a chef and one half of The Incredible Spice Men.

And I'm Cyrus Todiwala,

the other half of The Incredible Spice Men, also a chef.

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-And finally, couple number four.

-I am Jean-Christophe Novelli.

I am French, I am a chef and I have got three childrens.

LAUGHTER

I'm Jo Pratt and I'm not French, but I'm a food writer and I cook

and I've just brought out my sixth cookbook.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

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

That just leaves one more person to introduce.

Mixing business with pleasure,

like drinking coffee through a curly straw,

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

-Hiya. Evening, everybody. Hiya.

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-Good evening to you.

-Good evening.

-This will be a fun one, won't it?

There's a little subplot on today's show

-because Paul and Jean-Christophe have been on before.

-Yes.

But the last time they came on, they came on with each other.

And I don't know what's happened,

but something has clearly happened and they've split up.

So it's going to be interesting to see who's made the right decision.

But on the other two podiums,

representatives of two of my favourite shows.

I love the Spice Men here. The Spice Boys, really, aren't they?

And Bake Off on podium two as well.

-Almost impossible to beat Bake Off, surely.

-Surely.

Surely they're the favourites.

Thank you very much.

As always, all of today's questions have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are looking for those pointless answers.

These are answers that none of our 100 people gave.

Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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. There it is.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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All you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated,

so do what you can to make sure you don't have the highest score.

Our first category for Round One this evening is...

-Oh!

-It's a Words round. Bad luck, podium one.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going 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...

Words ending -PLE. Richard.

Yes, any word in the English language that ends -PLE.

That's any word that has its own entry

in the oxforddictionaries.com website

under English that ends -PLE. As always, no proper nouns,

no hyphenated words or anything like that. Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much, Richard. Paul, welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Paul, you were the first chef in Ireland to get a Michelin star.

In Northern Ireland. First ever Michelin star for Northern Ireland.

That's exciting.

When that happened, how long was it before the phone started ringing?

-Was it almost immediate?

-It was pretty much immediate.

It was quite a shock because we thought we were doing a brasserie...

-Yeah.

-Um...

-And they wanted a trattoria.

Not so much that, it's just... I was trained with the Roux brothers.

Gavroche, Albert Roux's restaurant, was the first restaurant

I ever worked in, so I didn't really know how to do ordinary food.

I just always cooked great food, inspired by the Roux brothers,

so I owe a lot to those guys.

They really have done so much for the British culinary scene.

Beautifully put, Paul. Now, words ending -PLE.

I don't want to go too safe, so I'm going to go with "dapple".

Oh, I like that very much. "Dapple", says Paul. It's good, isn't it?

Let's see how many of our 100 people thought so.

-Look at that.

-Yes!

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Great start on that first podium. Well played.

"Dapple" is one of those menu words, isn't it?

Like a dappled strawberry, or something.

I think I might have the dappled strawberries.

I don't know what sort of restaurants you go to.

-You'd have that, wouldn't you?

-Absolutely.

-A dappled pomegranate.

-It's always good to get ideas.

-I tell you what,

dappled strawberries is the way to go, I promise you.

-Very nice indeed.

-You boys are geniuses.

-Frances, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to have you on Pointless.

When you win Bake Off...

Cos it's not like you work for Sir Alan for a year.

You don't win a contract or anything,

-you just get the most almighty pat on the back.

-That's right. A cake stand.

You get a cake stand, literally a cake stand.

-And you have to keep a secret for four months.

-How do you do that?

I know. I always said if all the baking fails,

-MI5 beckons cos it shows I can keep a secret. Poker face.

-Absolutely.

Well, it's brilliant to have you here, Frances.

I'm sorry that we're throwing you a words round first off,

-unless you love words rounds.

-I do love words.

I love playing with words.

-I'm going to say, "dimple".

-"Dimple", says Frances.

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

-28.

-Nice one.

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26 and 28 our only scores so far.

Another good answer, Frances, well done. Another good menu word.

Maybe assorted caramel parfaits with dimpled shortbread.

-Like it!

-Mmm.

-Mmm.

Cyrus, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you.

Among the many things I was reading about you, one thing I discovered

is you're a Deputy Lieutenant of the City of London.

-Yes, I am.

-What does that mean?

So, the Deputy Lieutenant's responsibilities are,

when there is a royal presence,

to be around to welcome the royal person, whoever that is,

to introduce them to...whoever the event is in aid of

or to host events or to handle the security, look after...

I see, I see. Now, Cyrus.

-Yes.

-Words ending -PLE.

I think I'll go for one that every teenager hates. A "pimple".

A "pimple".

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

-Don't say it's 100!

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It's not. 28's our high score. 26 our low.

You passed both of them. 25, look at that! Very well done!

-Best score so far, Cyrus.

-Not bad.

Some good scoring. Very, very close between everybody there.

Also, the best thing to get rid of pimples,

if teenagers are watching, is a lovely pomegranate exfoliant.

-It clears it up.

-Turmeric powder.

-And t...

Really? Blimey!

-You get yellow skin after that.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Jean-Christophe.

-Alexander, how are you?

Welcome.

Now, Jean-Christophe, you have your Academy, don't you,

where you train young apprentice Novellis?

No, it's not just apprentices.

What we have is a cookery school open to anybody.

I suppose some people just do it for fun,

but some people then go on, take it into the professional sphere?

I think it should be for fun.

But we do it in such a way...

I've got a very good team of people working with us and it's just fun.

It's brilliant, lots of tips and eating healthy. Very important.

-Very good indeed.

-Pomegranate...

-LAUGHTER

-..on the menu.

Jean-Christophe, what are you going to go for?

First, I would like to say... I don't want to give you some credit,

but you did very well so far and that annoyed me very much.

LAUGHTER

Because myself, as a very simple Frenchman,

I'm about to give you "simple" in French. "Simple".

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

Ooh.

It's not bad. Look at that! APPLAUSE

-39.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

"Simple". You don't need me to explain what "simple" means, do you?

Do you know, I do. LAUGHTER

No, no, I'm fine. Thank you, Richard.

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

The best score of the pass

was yours, Cyrus. Well done. 25.

Then up to 26, Paul and Ed. Up to 28, Frances and Richard,

then 39 for Jean-Christophe and Jo. Jo, we need a low score,

it's as simple as that.

-Best of luck.

-Thank you.

-We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Jo, welcome.

-Welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.

-Thank you.

Tell me about your new thing at Terminal 2.

You've got this new enterprise.

Yeah, it's called The Gorgeous Kitchen

and there's four of us, four female chefs,

so instead of the Two Spice Boys, as we've been calling you tonight,

it would be the Spice Girls in the restaurant world.

Four women and it's in the Queen's Terminal.

It's got beautiful views and it's fine-dining

as you're about to go onto a beautiful flight

-on your way wherever around the world.

-Beautiful.

Now, you're on 39. As I mentioned before,

you are the high-scorers. We need a low score, Jo.

I'm thinking of a word... There are plenty of foodie ones

-but this one's not foodie. I'm thinking "cripple".

-"Cripple".

-Yeah.

OK, "cripple" says Jo. No red line for you,

as you're the high-scorers. Let's see how many people said "cripple".

Well done to you. Well done to you.

-7!

-Well done to you!

Well done, Jo. APPLAUSE

That kind of scoring might well keep you in the game. 46 is your total.

Very good answer.

To cause someone to be unable to walk - to cripple somebody.

-A strong answer. Best answer so far.

-Best so far, indeed. Now, Tony.

A very warm welcome to Pointless to you.

-You cook many different styles of food.

-Yes.

What's your favourite style to cook?

-Anything that's really tasty, I like.

-Good answer.

I like stealing ideas and techniques from all over.

But you do European cooking

-and Asian-style cooking.

-I was trained as a French chef,

Then background is Sikh, mum's cooking, so I learnt all that.

But anything that's really tasty. People travel,

you have people that come and work for you

and you pick up everything they've got,

-so anything that tastes good, I'll steal the idea.

-You'll throw it in.

Now, Tony, words ending -PLE. We've got a new target for you.

-You have to score 20 or less.

-So, I'm dyslexic,

-so "banana" is wrong then?

-LAUGHTER

OK, I'd say "wimple".

"Wimple". Here's your red line.

Get below that, we'll be seeing you in Round Two.

How many people said "wimple"?

It's right.

Well done. Round Two, here we come. 13.

Second lowest score of the round. Takes your total up to 38.

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-Great answer, Tony. Well played.

It's a lovely word as well, "wimple".

-It's a cloth headdress, worn by nuns most commonly, these days.

-Yes.

-They love a wimple, don't they? Still very on trend for nuns.

-Yes.

Richard, you, of course, were a very successful, established builder -

a plasterer, a bricklayer, if we're going to get down to brass tacks.

How has it been suddenly having this huge accolade of the Bake Off?

It's been brilliant. I'm living two lives.

But every job I do, I have to bring cake now,

so it's doubled my workload really.

And turning up on site, presumably, with cakes, handing them round.

There's a weight of expectation.

Builders are often very honest in their response

when you give them cake, so they've tempered me quite a lot.

-What's the most popular cake on site then?

-Builders love a doughnut.

-I think our main diet is doughnuts really.

-That's an easy ride for you.

That gets you out of a whole lot of trouble. Now, listen, you're on 28.

You have to score 17 or less.

-17 or less, otherwise you will be the high-scorers.

-Oh.

-This cannot happen.

-Now I'm seventh person to give an answer,

-I feel like most of mine have been taken.

-Oh, no!

But I did have multiple answers, so I'll go for "multiple".

-I'll stick with that one.

-Very good indeed.

AUDIENCE MURMURS Oh, they like that!

"Multiple answers" very popular there. Here's your red line.

Quite low. If you can get below that with "multiple", you're home and dry.

Well done! Look at that! 10!

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-38 is your total.

-Well played, Richard. Great answer.

"Multiple" - more than one.

As in, if you have Richard and Frances on your show,

-you will get multiple cakes.

-LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed. Ed, welcome to Pointless.

-Great to have you here.

-Indeed.

You namechecked your restaurant earlier.

I love that sort of clean marble thing that you've gone for.

It looks beautiful.

It's very old-school.

It was originally built in 1908, so I was very fortunate.

Just restored the whole place and put it back on the map.

As a chef, and also as a father and a husband,

do you find there's great pressure on you at home?

Toad-in-the-hole is just not enough.

Actually, toad-in-the-hole would be delicious. But beans on toast, say.

Not really. You take a different mind-set when you cook at home.

As long as it's healthy and it's clean

-and I don't make too much mess, everything's fine.

-OK, now, Ed.

You have to score 19 or less. 19 or less.

What are you going to go for?

It's going to be very simple and it's not "simple", it's "staple".

"Staple". Ooh, this is going to be exciting.

Here is your red line. Quite low.

You have to get below that with "staple". Can you?

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

It's right.

Still going down... Oh, no!

-We're out?

-It's 33, I'm afraid, which takes your total

up to an unbeatable 59. APPLAUSE

Yeah, sorry, Ed, another big scorer. Another food word, of course.

You've got your staple food - meat, bread, pomegranates.

-The three staples.

-Yeah.

-Let's look at the pointless answers,

the ones that none of our 100 people said.

To empurple.

"Fipple" is a mouthpiece for an instrument.

"Oversimple" would have been a pointless answer.

"Popple", which is the running of a stream

"Roseapple" is a lovely word.

"Scrumple", which is another word for "crumple".

Well done if you said that. Let's take a look at the top three answers

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

-Right at the top, unsurprisingly, "apple" on 80.

-There we are.

Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,

the pair we're saying goodbye to, I'm so sorry, Ed and Paul.

Always tough on that first podium in the first round. I'm so sorry.

It's been great having you here.

Come back again.

Thanks very much indeed to Ed and Paul.

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

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Look at that! Suddenly, we're down to only three pairs

and at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair

in time for our head-to-head round. Congratulations to everyone.

Jo, congratulations to you for our lowest-scoring individual answer.

And you guys tied, tied, as our low-scoring pairs.

That's how exciting this game is! Best of luck to all three of you.

Our category for Round Two this evening is...

UK Top 40 Singles.

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

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

And the question concerns...

Songs containing food or drink in their title. Richard.

On each board, we'll show you the names of six Top 40 singles

that have food or drink in the title. We need you tell us

the act who had a Top 40 hit with that song in the year shown.

There will be six on each board, 12 in all to have a go at home.

OK, here is our first board of six songs

with food or drink in their title.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Frances. How happy are we at this point?

Um...mixed feelings.

-Um, OK, Blur.

-For...?

-Coffee + TV.

-Coffee + TV.

Excellent song, excellent answer. Let's see how many people said Blur.

It's right.

It's a great answer, look at that. 11, Frances. Good score.

-Good band as well.

-Mmm.

-11 for Blur.

-Great song, great answer.

I told you Bake Off would do well, didn't I?

I told you.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Tony.

-Tony.

-I love music, rubbish at names.

I'll go 1971, Brown Sugar. Is it Stranglers?

Stranglers, says Tony. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said The Stranglers for Brown Sugar.

AUDIENCE GROANS Bad luck, Tony.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Sorry, Tony. I think you're thinking of Golden Brown by The Stranglers,

not Brown Sugar.

Thanks, Richard. Jo.

This board's all yours, if you wanted to talk us through it.

I cannot, for the life of me, think of the artist for all of them

and I'm going to go for a really obvious one, I'm afraid,

because Strawberry Fields Forever, I think, is The Beatles.

Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles, says Jo.

That's good damage limitation.

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

72. Not bad.

APPLAUSE 72 for The Beatles.

Certainly better than 100. Well played, Jo.

Now, Brown Sugar was the Stones, The Rolling Stones.

Let's take a look at Milkshake. It's the next high scorer.

"Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard."

Sweet Like Chocolate, we discussed the other day.

That was our old band. Shanks & Bigfoot was the name of our band.

We had a hit with Sweet Like Chocolate. We should reform one day.

-We must. Oh.

-And Popcorn is the best answer on the board.

Everyone knows that song. If you don't think you know it, look it up.

It's instantly familiar and it was by Hot Butter

and would have scored you 1 point.

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

11 - well done, Bake Off team. Frances, superb.

11 - lovely low score.

We then travel up to 72 where we find Jo and Jean-Christophe

and then up to 100, Tony and Cyrus. Cyrus, you're not way out in front.

Let's see how we do

on the next board. Best of luck. We need a low score from you,

-otherwise we'll have to say goodbye.

-Well, it's goodbye.

Will the second players please step up to the podium?

We're going to put six more songs with foodstuffs in the title

on the board and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

-Jean-Christophe, that board's all yours.

-Thank you so much.

Um, Vindaloo. I like football, I think I have an idea.

-Keith Allen.

-OK, Keith Allen, says Jean-Christophe.

Is it right for Vindaloo?

How many people said it? There's your red line.

You have to get below that with Keith Allen for Vindaloo. Is it right?

Ooh, I'm sorry, Jean-Christophe.

Not Keith Allen. Scores you 100 points.

-Takes your total up to 172.

-Sorry, Jean-Christophe.

He was in the act, but it was not a Keith Allen song,

-I'm afraid.

-I'm sorry. I'm deaf that's why.

-Now, Cyrus.

-You've been thrown a lifeline, Cyrus.

-Lifeline?

If I only know one artist,

there's only one artist there I know. That's American Pie.

Mr Don McLean.

-Don McLean, says Cyrus.

-The others I'm lost.

Here's your red line. You've got to get below 71.

If you get below that...

I doubt very much.

..you're through to the next round. How many said Don McLean?

-Everybody.

-It's right.

You've done it!

Very well done indeed! 44.

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144 your total. Well done, Cyrus.

-Very exciting.

-Well played, Cyrus. Nicely played.

He sold the lyrics to it - he'd written down the lyrics -

he sold them at auction in 2015 for 1.2 million.

-Yeah.

-How about that?!

Yeah, OK.

Now, Richard, great news.

You're through. Doesn't matter what you score,

you will still go through to our head-to-head.

Do you want to talk us through that board? There are several unanswered ones.

You can supply answers for all of them.

I'll go for the only one that I think might be right

and it's Sugar. I think that's Maroon 5.

Maroon 5. No red line. You're already through.

Let's see how many people said Maroon 5.

-It's right. Good answer, Richard.

-Good answer, going do-do-do-do...

Yet another low score on that first podium. Down it goes.

7, look at that!

18 is the total for Richard and Frances.

Superb. APPLAUSE

That is a great combined score as well.

Well played on podium one. Let's fill in the rest of this board.

Baby Cakes is a terrific answer, if you knew this one.

It is 3 Of A Kind, a one-hit wonder.

4 points for that. Vindaloo.

Keith Allen was in the band, but they were called Fat Les.

Would have scored you 11.

Candy is Robbie Williams. Would have scored you 22.

And My Boy Lollipop is Millie and that would have scored you 24.

-So, best answer on the board, 3 Of A Kind.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home

with a high score of 172,

Jean-Christophe and Jo, I'm afraid it is you.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Come and play again.

Jean-Christophe, we've got to get you to the final one time.

-Thank you, Jean-Christophe and Jo.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

For Frances and Richard, Cyrus and Tony,

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow, very well done indeed, Frances and Richard, Cyrus and Tony.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot which

currently stands at £2,500.

APPLAUSE

This is the point where we decide who stays with us

to play for that jackpot and who leaves us.

We do that by making you go head-to-head.

But you can now start playing as a team, so you can confer

before you give your answers which takes quite a lot of pressure off.

The first player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,

so it's very exciting.

Great British Bake Off versus The Incredible Spice Men.

It should be quite close. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Fictional Hat Wearers, Richard.

You don't really need me to say anything, do you?

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal...

We're going to show you five pictures now of fictional characters

who are famous for wearing hats.

-Can you identify the most obscure of these?

-Fabulous.

Let's reveal our five hat wearers from fiction and here they are.

We have got...

There we go. Five fictional wearers of hats.

Frances and Richard, you've been our low scorers

throughout the show, so you'll go first. Feel free to chat.

INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION

We're going to go for D, Dick Tracy.

D, Dick Tracy. D, Dick Tracy, say Frances and Richard.

Cyrus and Tony, do you fancy talking through

-all of those other hat wearers?

-All the others.

-You've got Indiana Jones, Mary Poppins...

-Mary Poppins.

C is Oddjob, D is Dick Tracy

-and E is Speedy Gonzales.

-IN MEXICAN ACCENT:

-Speedy Gonzales.

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go for him.

-We'll go for E, Speedy Gonzales.

-E, Speedy Gonzales.

So, we have Dick Tracy and Speedy Gonzales.

Frances and Richard said Dick Tracy for D.

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

It is right.

That's a low score. Look at that. 15.

15 for Dick Tracy. APPLAUSE

Cyrus and Tony gave us Speedy Gonzales,

in more ways than one, for E.

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

It's right.

Should be close, this. Let's see...

Ooh, maybe not that close. 36. APPLAUSE

36 for Speedy Gonzales. Two good answers though.

Well done, Frances and Richard. After one round, you're up 1-0.

I think you both knew all of them

and you chose the best two answers on the board as well,

so you couldn't have played the round any better than that.

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

Cyrus and Tony, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

but you get to answer it first. Best of luck. It concerns...

-Wedding music.

-Oh!

-Oh! Wedding Music, Richard.

We are going to play you five extracts now

from classical pieces that are often played at weddings.

You need to tell us the name of the composer.

We've also given you the initial of the composer's surname

-with each one.

-Let's play our five excerpts of music.

This is nice, isn't it? We get some nice music.

-Can we ask the audience?

-LAUGHTER

-Phone a friend?

-No. Here is piece A.

MUSIC: Bridal Chorus

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

-So upbeat, isn't it?

-Isn't it? Here's B.

MUSIC: The Four Seasons, Spring

Same cake, I see.

Here's C.

MUSIC: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major

Here's D.

MUSIC: Trumpet Voluntary

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

And here's E.

MUSIC: Wedding March

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

-OK, there we go.

-Oh, we are first?

-So, Cyrus and Tony will go first.

So, since I can't ask the audience, we think we'll go for E.

We'll take a big risk. I think that's Mendelssohn.

Mendelssohn, say Cyrus and Tony. Mendelssohn.

Now, Frances and Richard, which of these bakes do you think is better?

LAUGHTER

I'm more familiar with wedding cakes than wedding music.

Which would you like...?

Do you want to talk through all of them and have a think?

-We thought B was possibly Vivaldi.

-C, Handel.

And then we couldn't think of any composers beginning with C,

-so we went for Chopin.

-Yeah.

So, we're just going to guess one of them.

-We're guessing our way through.

-Which would you like to guess?

-B, Vivaldi.

-We'll go for B, Vivaldi.

-Do you reckon?

B, Vivaldi. So we have Mendelssohn and Vivaldi.

Cyrus and Tony said Mendelssohn for E.

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

It's absolutely right.

That is the Wedding March.

42.

APPLAUSE

It wouldn't go lower.

Your elation just turned to bitter disappointment like that, Cyrus.

-42 is OK.

-The elation was that I got the name right.

-It's good.

It's a good answer. Frances and Richard have said Vivaldi for B.

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

71 for Vivaldi. There we are. APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Cyrus and Tony, you're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yes, Mendelssohn's Wedding March, of course. A very good answer.

I always think it's going to turn into Rocky.

-I went to a wedding where it did.

-I'd love that!

-It was brilliant.

-You must be disappointed when it doesn't now.

-So exciting.

Those cakes all look the same but our photographer's so good,

they're all different. The first is fruit cake, the second is sponge...

He's just decorated them all exactly the same,

but he promises me they're different. Now, A is...

-That is Wagner.

-Wagner, of course it is.

-C...

-Is Handel.

-You're right.

Would have scored you too many points though.

The only answer that would have beaten the Spice Men was D.

-It's not Chopin. It is...

-MUSIC:

-Trumpet Voluntary

-And it is...

-Jeremiah Clarke.

-Jeremiah Clarke, absolutely.

-5 points for that.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, here comes your third question. Very exciting indeed.

I knew this was going to be close!

Whoever wins this third question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot for their charities.

Best of luck to both pairs. Our third question concerns...

LAUGHTER Muesli ingredients.

-I love muesli.

-Muesli ingredients, Richard.

We are going to show you five ingredients you might find

in a muesli but we're showing you them in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them? If you give the most obscure answer,

-you'll be playing in the final.

-Wow.

OK, can you unmix these muesli ingredients? Here they are.

Frances and Richard will go first.

-I've suddenly gone off muesli.

-Yeah, me too.

Shall we pick one of the other three then?

OK, we're giving in cos we can't get the bottom one,

but we're going to go for the first one. Sultana.

-Sultanas.

-Sultanas.

OK, yes, sultanas. Now, Cyrus and Tony.

OK, so we have a couple of them. So, we've got number two - hazelnut.

Sultanas, hazelnuts, don't know, raisins, don't know.

-Shall we say raisins?

-OK, go for raisins.

-Raisins, number four.

You're going to go for raisins. So, we have sultanas and raisins.

Frances and Richard said sultanas.

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

It is right.

30. APPLAUSE

30 for sultanas. Now, Cyrus and Tony have gone for raisins for "in saris".

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

Everybody said raisins.

Ooh, not everybody. Still...

Oh. 63 for raisins. APPLAUSE

You did it, Frances and Richard. Very well done.

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

Hazelnuts wouldn't have saved you either

cos hazelnuts is the biggest scorer on the board.

Frances and Richard, have you worked out the bottom one yet?

-No, it's dried something.

-It's dried something. It is dried apricot.

-ALL:

-Oh!

-Would have scored you...

-Now...

-Well, there's "wheat" in there.

-There IS "wheat" in there.

This other one is very, very difficult.

Anyone in the audience worked out that one?

Nobody. Usually somebody does. Wholegrain wheat.

-ALL:

-Oh!

-And, unsurprisingly, a pointless answer,

so very well done if you got that at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

That was very close, very exciting indeed.

Cyrus and Tony, you've come so far, but this is where we say goodbye.

Please come back and play again. It's been lovely having you on the show.

-Cyrus and Tony, wonderful contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For Frances and Richard, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

What about that?

Frances and Richard, seasoned competition winners that you are,

you've seen off all the other contestants

and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Superb.

-That's good.

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

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We've put you through your paces. We started off with words ending -PLE,

then we had songs with food in them, then we had people wearing hats,

then we had wedding music

and then we finished off with muesli ingredients.

-It's a perfect day.

-Typical Bake Off.

Is there anything we've missed out?

As always, you get to choose your category

from the four that go up on the board behind me,

so let's hope there's something you like the look of.

Today's selection looks like this.

-I've been to Canada.

-I love Canada.

-Shall we do Canada?

I'm going to be useless at it. And Cats?

But it's only for 100 people in THIS country,

-so we'll be equally as useless as people...

-OK, Canada.

-We're going to go Canada.

-We'll try Canada.

-Canada it is. Richard.

-Best of luck.

Three very different questions here. Hopefully, one of them suits you.

We are looking for...

This one might be slightly simpler.

It travels through loads of places.

So, words of four or more letters in the first verse of O Canada,

stations served by The Canadian or tracks

on Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits from 2009. Best of luck.

As always, you have up to a minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot for your charities,

-just one of those three answers has to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now.

-OK.

-I don't know the Canadian national anthem.

-OK.

And I'm not that good on Leonard Cohen, so shall we do...?

-Stations.

-Yeah.

-Stations.

-We've both been.

We've both been to Canada. Yeah, OK.

-Um...

-Shall we just start saying them?

We can think about it.

-Is Saskatchewan...?

-There's Saskatchewan or Halifax.

-Calgary, Vancouver.

-Calgary. Um, Winnipeg.

-Winnipeg.

-Is that Canada? That is Canada, isn't it?

-Yeah, it is.

-Um...

-I like Winnipeg.

Um, everyone's heard of Toronto.

-Most people know about Toronto, don't they?

-Um...

-Let's go Winnipeg...

-Whistler...

-Saskatchewan.

-Whistler. Is there a station at Whistler?

-No, that's the...

-That's the mountain, isn't it?

-Or Victoria?

-Ooh, lovely.

-Yeah.

-Is that a state though...?

-Ten seconds left.

-No.

-Um...

OK, so Saskatchewan...

-Winnipeg...

-Winnipeg...

OK, there's your time up, just as you come up with your three answers.

-What are you going to give me?

-Er, three Canadian stations.

-Three Canadian stations. And they are?

-Winnipeg.

-Winnipeg.

-Halifax.

-Halifax.

-And Saskatchewan.

-And Saskatchewan.

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

-All of them are going to be pointless, obviously.

-Winnipeg.

-They might be.

-Winnipeg.

-Winnipeg we put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Halifax? Shall we go for that?

-Yeah.

Halifax, OK. Halifax and then Saskatchewan in the middle.

Let's pop those answers up on the board in that order

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

Congratulations. Three places from Canada. That's... Places from Canada.

They look good, a safe bet. Surely one of them has to be pointless.

Let's say one of them is and you win that jackpot for your charities,

what charities are you playing for? Frances?

I'm playing for The Campaign for Drawing, which is just that,

and they've got a big thing called The Big Draw,

just encouraging people to draw, even those that think they can't.

Wonderful. Richard?

I'm playing for the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund.

Melanoma skin cancer is the malady that affects builders

and outside workers the most, so I'm looking after my brethren.

Very good indeed. Well done. APPLAUSE

Two great causes there.

Let's hope one of your answers will win that jackpot for those causes.

Now then, we are looking for stations,

cities which The Canadian railway line stops.

Your first answer was Halifax,

the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

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

Let's see, for £2,500, how many people said Halifax.

Ooh, bad luck! Not Halifax.

Which leaves two more answers. Your next answer was Saskatchewan.

Great name for a place. Does The Canadian intercity line stop there?

Let's find out how many people said Saskatchewan.

Is it pointless for £2,500?

Ooh, I'm afraid this train doesn't stop there.

You only have one more chance now to win today's jackpot.

You're third and final answer was Winnipeg.

Everything is now riding on this. It has to be pointless.

For £2,500, let's see how many people said Winnipeg.

It's right.

So, your first two answers, Halifax and Saskatchewan,

were incorrect, but Winnipeg is absolutely right.

Down it goes through the teens. We're into single figures.

Still going down...

Oh, you've done it!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That is superb! Brilliant work! Superb!

I'm heading straight to Winnipeg right now.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations. You couldn't find dried apricot,

but, boy, could you find Winnipeg!

They've got loads of pomegranate in Winnipeg as well.

It's a pointless answer, which means you win

that jackpot of £2,500 for your charity. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

-Very well played.

-That's brilliant. Congratulations.

It's been brilliant right from the start.

Lovely to see you win the jackpot but also very good of them

to put them in the right order.

Made it much more exciting, not putting Winnipeg first.

Absolutely brilliant.

Let's look at the pointless answers for the different categories.

We'll start with O Canada.

And there was one other pointless answer on that which was "wide".

Well done if you got any of those.

Let's look at this Canadian intercity train.

It goes all the way from Toronto to Vancouver

and I've got a list of some of the names.

It just makes you want to go on it cos there's a few up here.

-Armstrong.

-Sounds fun.

-Lovely.

Saskatoon is in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is the province, so it's not a correct answer.

But you can also call at - all of these are pointless -

Allanwater Bridge, Boston Bar, Brereton Lake,

Chilliwack, Copelands Landing, Felix,

Sioux Lookout, Winnitoba and Sudbury Junction.

All of those are pointless answers.

Just makes you want to get on the train, doesn't it?

Let's take a look at Leonard Cohen. Some big songs here of his.

Also, Chelsea Hotel No. 2, Closing Time,

Dance Me To The End Of Love, The Future,

Waiting For The Miracle and Who By Fire.

All of those were pointless answers, but congratulations on Winnipeg.

A brilliant answer from a brilliant team.

Thanks so much, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning contestants, Frances and Richard,

who go away with today's jackpot of £2,500 for their charities.

Brilliant. APPLAUSE

Join us next time,

when we'll be putting more knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE