Family Pointless Celebrities

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to this

special family edition of Pointless Celebrities,

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

Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.

And couple number one.

I'm Louis Theroux and I make documentaries.

And I'm Nancy and I'm married to Louis.

Couple number two.

I'm Michael Underwood, TV presenter.

I'm Angellica Bell and we're husband and wife.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Calum Best, TV personality and son of the late,

great George Best.

And I'm Angie Best, his mum.

And finally, couple number four.

I'm Gary Lineker and I do a bit of football.

And I'm his son, Harry.

Thanks very much, all of you. We will find out more about you as the show goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He is so clever he even knows how many roads a man must

walk down before you can call him a real man.

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

-Hiya.

Good evening, everybody. Good evening.

-It's 46.

-Is it really?

-Isn't this lovely?

-I know.

Husbands and wives, fathers and sons, mothers and sons.

Some big hitters as well, some clever people.

Some clever people on today's show.

Thanks, Richard.

All of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are looking for those pointless answers,

these being answers that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

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

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

As I'm sure you're aware, the only thing you have to remember

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

There's no conferring till we get to Round Three.

Our first category this evening is...

It's Song Titles.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

That's nice. Songs About Relatives.

To celebrate our family special, on each board, we're going to

show you seven names of songs which have the name of a relative

in their title but we've missed out the name of that relative. Can you fill in the gaps?

There's going to be seven on each board,

14 in all to have a go at at home, so best of luck.

OK, seven songs each with a missing family member - that sounds sad!

-Aw!

-Aw! But we're going to supply it, hurrah!

OK, here's our first board of seven and it looks like this.

I'll read those one last time.

Louis, a very, very warm welcome. It's lovely to have you here.

You've been making documentaries for quite a long time now.

-About 20 years.

-Really? 20 years.

-Coming up on, yeah.

Do you find - cos you embed, don't you?

You get sort of right in...how do you keep yourself subjective?

How do you keep yourself...?

It's a bit scary, cos you're very civil to the people.

Well, there's a certain part of me that goes native

and I think, in a weird way, that's part of what makes it work.

The other part of it is I'm with a crew.

At the end of the day, we get to decompress

and sort of return to normality.

Louis, what would you like to go for on this board?

I think I'm going to go for...

Shakespeare's Sister.

Shakespeare's Sister by The Smiths.

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

It's right.

Look at that - 73.

We don't know how that's going to compare to the other scores.

It might be brilliant. But it gets us off to a good start.

I thought that would be a lower scorer.

I think that's cos the band, Shakespeare's Sister,

were named after the song so people...

But I was thinking people might have forgotten about that.

-I tell you what, 27 people have.

-Phew. There's your answer.

Yeah. Thank you, Richard. Michael, welcome back.

Last time it was a Round One exit. High score of 100.

-It was bad. It was bad.

-But listen, you're back with Angellica.

What could possibly go wrong? It's going to be wonderful.

-Michael, you started out wanting to be a teacher.

-That's right.

And then you won the opportunity - I think this is right -

to present on CBBC for maybe six weeks or something

and then what happened?

Well, I mean, yes, I won that opportunity,

did six weeks at CBBC.

Stayed there for three years.

Then defected to ITV for three years.

-But you're a trained teacher, so this should be...

-So, yeah...

Are you trying to stitch me up?!

-LAUGHTER

-It was a long time ago!

I've forgotten a lot of that knowledge.

Michael, I hope you haven't forgotten any of this knowledge.

What would you like to go for?

I'm going to go fairly safe.

I'm hoping it's not going to be as high as 73. I'd love it to be lower.

-Salt into the wound there, Louis.

-No, but you know what I mean.

Boney M. Daddy Cool.

Daddy Cool, says Michael. Let's see how many of our 100 said Daddy Cool.

It's right.

85!

In your face, Michael!

85! I think they're all going to be high-scorers,

apart from the ones we've never heard of. 85.

Nancy and Louis, very happy there.

Yeah, Daddy Cool, it's also the name of a Boney M musical

-which ran in the West End.

-Very good indeed.

Angie, welcome. Oh, Angie, what's wrong?

My heart's beating so fast, I don't know any - he took the one I wanted.

Even if you score 100, you're in pretty good company.

They're only 15 behind you.

Angie, let's just talk a little bit,

I've got various things I want to know.

You were a model in the '70s.

-You were a personal trainer to - among other people - Cher.

-Yes!

She was, and is, absolutely amazing, physically fit her whole life.

It was just the best fun in all the world because we were

competitive together, so we pushed each other and it was amazing.

Do you mind if I concentrate on what I'm doing now?

Because if I have to think and think...

-You think, you think.

-OK.

An obvious one - Does Your Mama Know, ABBA.

Does Your Mama Know.

This could be a lifeline for Michael and Angellica.

You're not much taller than me, so just be careful.

You've done well, you've done well.

OK, Does Your Mama Know.

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

Oh!

High-five.

Oh, Angie. 100.

I'm sorry, an incorrect answer.

Yeah, can't accept Mama, I'm afraid, and I am taller than you, so...

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed. Gary, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to have you here.

For heaven's sake, for, I should think,

a good generation of people, you are the embodiment of sport on the BBC.

Famously never booked, Gary, in your time as a footballer.

-Do you think if you played now, that would be different?

-Oh, definitely.

They book people just for having large ears, for example.

-Don't they just?

-I imagine it would be impossible.

-Yeah.

-It's changed a little bit.

-Yeah.

Gary, you have this board. You could go through all of those if you like.

The truth is - we had a conversation before, we said if we get music,

we're completely done, cos neither of us know anything.

I am completely clueless.

I've looked at that board and there's a Vengaboys thing

at the bottom but I don't think that's anything to do with Arsenal.

LAUGHTER

I'm going to shift up to Of My Father, Chicory Tip.

Surely it has to be Son or Daughter so I'm going to go Son, as a guess.

-Son.

-50-50.

Son Of My Father says Gary. Let's see how any of our 100 people said Son.

It's right. Well done.

You're passing all the other scores, leaving them in your wake.

50.

You said it was 50-50

and sure enough, it is. Look at that.

Exactly 50. Well played, Gary. Son of My Father by Chicory Tip.

You'd know that song if you heard it, Son Of My Father.

-Mmm.

-I promise you,

if you download that now, you would recognise it in a heartbeat.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

We'll start with ABBA, it's Does Your MOTHER Know,

rather than Does Your MAMA Know.

Only would have scored you 43.

Oh, that's not on!

LAUGHTER

-Next time.

-Have to send that to the third umpire.

Apparently it's on.

The top one - There's No One Quite Like Grandma. Quite a low scorer.

Would have score you 55.

O My Father Had A Rabbit. I don't know that one.

A few people did cos it would have scored you 5 points.

-And it is Uncle John from Jamaica.

-I thought Auntie.

-By the Vengaboys. 23 points.

-Thanks, Richard.

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

Well done, Gary. The best score of that pass was yours.

Gary and Harry looking strong at this point over there.

Then we travel up to 73, quite a hike,

where we find Louis and Nancy.

Then up to 85, Michael and Angellica. Then 100.

Really not that far ahead, Calum,

so a nice low score from you should be enough to keep you in the game.

Best of luck. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more song titles on the board

and here they are.

I'll read all of those again.

-Harry, a very, very warm welcome to you.

-Thank you.

Amongst all the males in your family, who is the best footballer?

Probably my younger one, third out of the four was a good player.

He was academy player.

Then the other three, we played a bit at school

but never really got to the high standard.

Harry, if I'd grown up in a house

where I could have eaten all the crisps I like...

LAUGHTER

You'd need some kind of hydraulic machine to get me in here.

-Fast metabolism.

-Congratulations, hats off to you.

Now, 50 is your score. Calum and Angie currently on 100.

If you can score 49 or less,

you would even be troubling the high-scorers.

I think I know one.

Music's not my best one.

-Clive Dunn...Grandad.

-Grandad says Harry.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Grandad. There is your red line.

It's right.

I think that's good enough -

65, takes your total up to 115.

Well played, Harry.

-They're good, the Linekers, just very unshowy, unflashy.

-Mm.

-Solid.

I suspect that'll see them straight through to the next round.

-I should think so.

-So dangerous.

That's the thing - like Gary,

sometimes you do nothing for 85 minutes, then boom!

In you pop.

How does he do it? Like a smiling assassin.

-Calum, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

How is it being back at Elstree? You were here last year.

I was. I actually had to make sure security didn't stop me running up

and jumping into the other studio where I filmed Big Brother.

-It's tempting.

-How long were you in for?

I was in for a month, from day one to day finish. It was hard work.

-Do you look back on it fondly?

-Yeah, no, it was a great experience.

I think I was very lucky in the fact that they picked

so many people that were quite nuts, it made me look quite normal.

LAUGHTER

-Now...

-Yes.

..you have to score 14, Calum.

I know Iron Maiden's quite a hardcore group

and I think it's quite random...

I'm going to go for the tricky one.

But I think it is Iron Maiden and I think it's Bring Your Daughter.

-It would rhyme.

-Let's go for it. What have we got to lose?

If you can get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

Let's see how many people said daughter.

It's right. Very well done.

60.

APPLAUSE

160 is your total. The round is not over, though.

Yeah, it was their one number one single, Iron Maiden -

Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, which contravenes

all sorts of health and safety regulations.

-Thank you, Richard. Angellica.

-Yeah.

-Welcome back.

What are you up to at the moment, Angellica?

Looking after my children - or OUR children.

LAUGHTER

And also I work on The One Show and I just do bits and bobs.

I think my main priority is looking after my family

and then I try and fit in jobs when I can.

Are you allowed to suggest things you really want to do?

I like the way The One Show is run, in that one week I can do something

on history and the next week, I can be looking at a litter of puppies.

So it keeps my brain active and I learn new things.

And I meet amazing people who aren't celebrities.

Wonderful. Now, what are you going to go for? You're on 85.

The high-scorers are Calum and Angie on 160

so 74 or less gets you through.

I don't know any of these, really.

I know the obvious one.

I could go for the obvious one, so Son Of A Preacher Man.

Son Of A Preacher Man. Here's your red line.

If you can get below that with Son, you're home and dry.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Son Of A Preacher Man.

Ah, no, no.

92.

92 takes your total up to 177, I'm sorry.

That's a very big score. Very well-known song.

Yeah. Thank you very much, Richard. Nancy, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-How did you and Louis meet?

We met about 13 years ago along the corridors.

I used to work at the BBC and I passed Louis' office

almost every day and apparently he clocked me.

-Aww!

-We really met at Christmas.

Yes, we met properly,

we were introduced at a Christmas party.

-Before then, I just stalked you.

-Yeah.

Anyway, Nancy, good news, doesn't matter what you score -

you're still through to the next round.

But bad news, we do need an answer.

I think I'm going to go with the one - I know one.

It's Brother Louie, I know, cos we played it at my wedding,

my brother played it at our wedding.

Appropriately, that's great.

Welcoming me to the family, it was a very nice moment.

-It's Brother Louie, I think. I hope!

-If we get that wrong...

Let's hope it's right. No red line, you're already through,

but let's see how many of our 100 said Brother Louie.

It's right.

36. Not only right,

it's the lowest score of the whole round!

That bodes well, doesn't it?

Very well done, 109 is your total.

Great answer, well played. I'm glad it was Brother Louie,

otherwise you'd have to marry someone else.

At this late stage, it's complicated.

Let's fill in the rest of these. Damien Rice, do you know that one?

It's The Blower's Daughter. Would have scored you 19.

-Father's.

-My Father's Eyes by Eric Clapton.

That would have scored you 10. Best answer on the board, actually.

And My Perfect Cousin. Brilliant song by The Undertones -

-would have scored you 29.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home...

..with the high score - oh, Michael,

it's not looking good on your Pointless record book at all.

-It's not good.

-Oh, dear.

-You're both just going to have to come back...

-You're joking!

Lovely having you on. Thank you so much.

Angellica and Michael!

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

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

we'll have to say goodbye to another of the pairs.

-Hats off to you, Nancy, best score of that round.

-Oh, was it?

The lowest individual. In fact, you and Louis were the lowest total.

But well done, all of you. Well done, Calum as well.

You managed to get over the line

despite an incorrect answer from Angie, so very good indeed.

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

It's Words. Can you all decide who's going to go first and second?

And 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...

Words ending in U-T-E as they could. Words ending U-T-E, Richard.

We're looking for any word which has its own entry

in the oxforddictionaries.com

as of March 2015 that ends U-T-E, please.

No proper nouns, hyphenated words and we won't accept the word "ute."

Oh, that's a shame.

-It would score a few points.

-It probably would.

-Thank you very much. OK, Louis, words ending U-T-E.

-OK.

I know I have to just say one word,

and I'm going to take a risk with this one.

It's a word I remember from chemistry

and the word is solute.

Solute.

Solute. That's either brilliant or terrible.

But I think it's probably brilliant.

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

It's not terrible!

That means it can only be one thing.

Brilliant, look at that! Very well done.

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

It scores you nothing and earns you a massive pat on the back,

not least of all from your chemistry teacher.

-Richard.

-Very well played. It's something to do with chemistry.

LAUGHTER

You and I could talk about it for weeks, Louis,

but we've got to get on with the show.

-Nancy and Louis are a good team, aren't they?

-Yeah, absolutely.

Now, Calum.

-Yes.

-Calum.

-That's the one.

-Yeah. Words ending U-T-E.

-OK.

I've got one in my mind but...I'm worried.

I think it's... I'm worried that it's extended,

that it goes on longer but I'm going to risk it,

cos we made it past the first round -

that's all we wanted to do!

So I'm going to go for it, and I probably got this wrong

cos it's a bit longer in full, I think, but I'm going to say glute.

-Glute.

-That's the one.

-But what if they spell it G-L-O-O-T?

-They don't.

-They don't. They wouldn't.

Why would they do that?

Let's see if it's right. Let's see how any of our 100 people said glute.

It's right!

Hey.

There you go!

Glute.

It scores 1!

-Very well done, Calum. I'm impressed.

-Great answer, very well played.

It's just a short term for gluteus maximus.

Which, as you know, is your elbow.

LAUGHTER

I do get them confused, yes. Thank you. Gary.

Oh, we're in trouble.

I haven't got anything really clever like those two. Got lots but...

The short words seem to be working so I'll go astute.

-Whether that's astute or not we'll find out.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

I hope it is, Gary. What do you mean, "oh"? That's great!

Let's see if it's right.

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

27.

27 for astute.

Yes, having the ability to assess situations and work them to your advantage.

Amazing scores on the first two podiums.

27 - normally on a Pointless Celebrities word round,

that would be winning by a mile.

Yeah. Well now, thank you very much. We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores.

Nothing was the best score of that pass. Well done, Louis and Nancy.

1 is where we find Calum and Angie.

And then 27, Gary and Harry.

So, Harry, let's have a really low score from you

and let's hope that keeps you in the game.

Can you second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so, Harry, words ending U-T-E.

The short ones work quite well

but I'm going to go for a bit of a longer one and hope it gets low.

I'm going to say institute.

Gets a round of applause from Calum...

LAUGHTER

No red line for you as you are the high-scorers at this point

but let's see how far down the column we get with institute.

Oh, it's good.

Oh, it's very good. Very well done indeed, 5 for institute.

32 is your total, Harry. You're back in with a chance.

Really given yourself a chance there, Harry, very well played.

A full 22 points better than your dad.

-As expected.

-That's gotta be good. Now, Angie, words ending U-T-E.

We need a score of 30 from you.

Um...

Salute.

Salute says Angie.

Salute. Here is your red line.

If you cam get below that red line with salute...

We've already had one solute, we've now got a salute.

Let's see how far down the column you get with it.

It's right.

You've done it! Salute - 24!

Yes!

25 is your total. Very well done.

Well played, Angie, terrific answer.

-You know what a salute is, don't you?

-I do.

It's what you force every member of the production team to do to you every morning.

I don't force them to. I suggest it would be nice.

You suggest it would be nice.

-It's the full salute without eye contact, that's the key.

-Yes.

-Thank you, Richard. Now, Nancy...

-Yeah.

You have to score 31 or less.

I'm going to go with the word that first popped into my head

when I first saw it and, um... hirsute.

Oh! There's your red line.

If you get below that with hirsute, you are through to the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 said hirsute.

Well done! You're through.

And it's 6. Very well done indeed.

6 is your total.

Very well played, Nancy.

Means a woman's suit, hirsute.

Let's show you some of the pointless answers.

These would all have been good ones,

would have added £250 to the jackpot.

Choucroute, a type of pickled cabbage.

To deattribute - if you've attributed something

and you decide you've made a mistake,

you would deattribute it.

I don't imagine it's going to happen often. Depollute.

Malamute, which is a dog.

Misroute. Persecute, a pointless answer. Amazing.

Reinstitute, Harry, would have been a pointless answer.

Would have been too big a risk to go for.

Scute, which is a bony plate on the back of a turtle.

And telecommute which is essentially a very fancy word

for working from home.

Thanks, Richard.

So the pair leaving us - not a high score, it has to be said, 32.

-Really a very respectable performance.

-What can you do?

What can you do, with what you were given?

I mean, really, you did incredibly well.

At least he can blame me.

It's worth noting, Gary,

that Robbie Savage got one round further than you.

LAUGHTER

Against far inferior opposition.

You know what, that is definitely true.

Harry and Gary, it's been a real treat having you on.

Thank you so much for playing, Harry and Gary!

Good luck, guys.

For Calum and Angie, Louis and Nancy, it's now time for our head-to-head.

Well done, Louis and Nancy, Calum and Angie.

You're one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot

which currently stands at £2,750.

So this is the point where we decide who goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot,

and we do it by making you go head-to-head.

The difference is you can play as a team - you can confer before you answer.

The first player to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot for their charities.

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

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

LAUGHTER

Friends of Puppets. We are going to show you five pictures of puppets

with their human friends.

You need to name one of the human friends, please. Very best of luck.

Here are the friends of puppets. We have...

There we are - five puppets with their friends.

So, yes, Louis and Nancy, you will go first.

WHISPERING

I think we're going to...

Could go risky... We're very sure of two of them. We think we know D.

We definitely know A but we're going to go with B.

-Yeah.

-And that is...

-Jim Henson.

Jim Henson. Louis and Nancy are saying Jim Henson.

Now, Calum and Angie, you can talk through the board.

-Well...

-I've got nothing to say, to be honest with you.

Jim Henson was the only one I knew.

Are they all English?

-Yeah.

-Mm.

-No?

-Well, Jim Henson isn't.

And we knew him, cos we were in America.

That's where I was born and raised!

-A looks like silver fox guy.

-Phil...

Can we go with Phil?

You might need another name.

Oh, come on, I know it, I was just... Uh!

Phil Schofield, A.

Phil Schofield. OK, so we're going to have Jim Henson and Phillip Schofield.

You think it looks like Phillip Schofield.

I think. I could be wrong.

In the order they were given, Louis and Nancy have gone for Jim Henson.

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

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

It's right, it scores you 27.

Calum and Angie have said Phillip Schofield for A.

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

It's absolutely right, it is Phillip Schofield.

55.

Not a bad answer at all, but well done, Louis and Nancy -

after one question you're up 1-0.

I'd say that is almost an impossible question for someone who was

born and raised in America.

It's very difficult, especially when Louis and Nancy

-then take the only American off the board.

-Exactly.

-Very clever.

The one you have to say about Phillip Schofield - he's a very

-handsome man - but he looks amazing with silver hair as well.

-He does.

-He looks great. Really suits it.

-Suited me fine.

But Philip with grey hair - much better.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these. C is the best answer.

The puppet is Lenny the Lion.

His human friend is Terry Hall.

Not the one from The Specials.

The Beatles, one of their first ever TV appearances

were on Terry and Lenny's show in 1963.

D, if you'd gone for that, Louis and Nancy?

Roger De Courcey?

Roger De Courcey with Nookie Bear.

Would have scored 16.

And E is Matthew Corbett.

Sooty and Sweep!

There we are.

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

Calum and Angie, you get to answer it first

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so choose well.

It concerns...

Music From Best Picture Oscar Winners.

We're going to play you five bits of music now.

They all featured in Oscar-winning films.

Can you name the films, please?

OK, let's play our five excerpts, and here they come. We've got...

THEY WHISPER

Here's B.

THEY WHISPER

Here's C.

Here's D.

THEY WHISPER

And here's E.

THEY WHISPER

OK, there we go. Calum and Angie will go first.

I think here's where we bow out gracefully, cos I can't tell you

the answers to any of those, unfortunately.

The first one's a Robert Redford movie

but I've got no clue what the title is.

-Unfortunately, we don't know any of them.

-OK.

-I'm going to throw out a guess.

-OK, lovely. For which one?

I think we're going to go with E,

and I think I'm going to say...Star Wars.

Star Wars. OK, Calum and Angie are saying Star Wars for E.

Louis and Nancy, do you fancy talking us through all those excepts?

Yeah, we think A is The Sting.

Angie was right, a Robert Redford film.

Thank you, Louis.

-NANCY:

-C was...

-Was that the Chariots Of Fire?

-Chariots Of Fire, I think, was C.

I can't remember which order...

-D was...

-Gone With The Wind.

-And E...

-We weren't sure.

I'm picturing Omar Sharif and I thought it might be Doctor Zhivago.

-Shall we go with...?

-A. The Sting.

The Sting. So we have E, Star Wars and A, The Sting.

In the order they were given, Calum and Angie said Star Wars.

Let's see if that's right for E and if so, how many people said it.

No, I'm sorry, not Star Wars.

But Louis and Nancy have gone for A, The Sting.

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

It's right.

It scores 41 but all it had to be was right for you to win

and you go straight through to the final, 2-0, after two questions.

Well played. The Entertainer by Scott Joplin featured in The Sting.

Let's take a little listen and give you the answers to all of them.

So B...

It was the best answer on the board. That is from The King's Speech.

Very well done if you said that. Would have scored you 3 points.

Terrific answer.

C...

Nancy and Louis already gave us that it is Chariots Of Fire.

Vangelis.

Would have scored 66 points. Big scorer.

You were right again about D.

This is Tara's Theme from Gone With The Wind.

Would have scored 32.

And the final one, not Doctor Zhivago...

-It is Omar Sharif, though, isn't it?

-Lawrence of Arabia.

-Yes!

And that would have scored you 18 points.

Brilliant. Thanks very much.

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

Calum and Angie, it's been wonderful.

Great performance the whole way through.

Really nice, low scoring but I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye

but it's been wonderful having you on the show.

-Calum and Angie, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

But for Louis and Nancy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well done, Louis and Nancy, you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot for your charity

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

I think it's a fitting end to the show.

I don't there was ever any doubt.

What would you like to see come up in this last round?

You know what they're like, these final round questions.

I'm quite good on politics. I know that sounds boring.

I'd like another words round.

We know you know a lot so let's hope there's a subject up there

among the four that you like the look of.

Today's selection reads like this...

X-Men Stars, I don't think we could do.

No, I haven't seen enough of the films.

I think it has to be The Year 2001.

-Yeah.

-2001. OK, Richard.

-OK, three questions on different topic here.

Let's hope one of them has something to do with politics.

Oh, look, it does.

The first question -

we're looking for anyone who was in the 2001 Cabinet,

so anyone post the election in 2001 who was in that Cabinet.

We're looking for anyone who received an acting credit

in the cast of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

We're looking for anyone beaten by either Goran Ivanisevic or

Venus Williams at Wimbledon on their way to winning those titles.

So the post-2001 Cabinet,

the cast of The Philosopher's Stone according to IMDb,

or anyone beaten by Ivanisevic or Williams.

There we go. Thanks, Richard.

OK, you've got a minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Um...not especially ready.

-OK, we're ready.

OK, you're now ready. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

OK...I can't remember anyone.

-It was...Tony Blair was Prime Minister.

-Yeah.

We can't be too obvious and go for...I don't know if that's...

-I think...

-Nigel, um...

Have you got something? I've got nothing.

Tony Benson, Nigel Benn...

-Hilary Benn?

-Hilary...

-LAUGHING:

-Oh, my God...!

-Was he in the Cabinet? Um...

-Sounds like a good answer.

-Yes, he was.

Nigel Benn was a boxer.

I'm looking at the Wimbledon thing and thinking maybe...

I like Harry Potter, though.

-You said Richard Griffiths is the dad, isn't he?

-Yeah.

He's the uncle, he's going to get...

No, he's not, he's the...

Yes, he's the dad... He's...

-He's the Dursleys'... He's the nasty dad.

-Yes, the uncle.

Harry's adoptive father.

-I think we should go with...

-Ten seconds left.

Martina Hingis.

OK. I don't know...a man...OK.

THEY TALK QUIETLY

OK, that is your time up.

-What three answers...?

-It goes fast.

-Doesn't it just?

-Shall we go Hilary Benn?

-OK, sounds like an obscure answer.

-OK, Hilary Benn?

-Yes.

-OK, there's one.

-Hingis?

-OK, I like it.

Martina Hingis, OK, there's your second.

Um...Richard Griffiths is a good answer, isn't it?

-We need one that we know is right.

-OK, what about...

-Harriet Harman? OK, you think Richard...?

-It's too...

-Let's go with one Potter one...

-OK.

-..that we know is right.

-OK.

We're going with a safe one.

-Richard Griffiths?

-Richard Griffiths.

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

-I mean, I like Hillary...

-Probably Hilary Benn. I mean...

-Shall we put him last?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-OK, Hilary Benn goes last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Richard Griffiths?

Richard Griffiths goes first

-and then Martina Hingis in the middle.

-Yeah.

-Perfect.

OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order - here they are.

Well, three answers up there. I mean, let's hope they're all right.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless

and will win that jackpot for your charities.

Actually, what charities are you playing for? Louis?

I'm playing for the Trussell Trust,

and they run food banks around Britain for families in crisis.

Nancy?

It's for a local charity where we live called Lift, which helps

homeless and disadvantaged people get their lives back on track.

Very well done. Two excellent charities.

Two excellent charities there.

Let's hope one of these answers is pointless

and will win that jackpot for you.

Your first answer was Richard Griffiths,

in this case we were looking for the cast members of the first

Harry Potter film from 2001.

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

so for £2,750, let's see how many people said Richard Griffiths. Please, can it be pointless?

It is right.

We knew it was right. It has to go all the way down to 0.

If it does that, you leave here with that jackpot

of £2,750 for your charity. Into single figures,

still going down, still going down, still going down...

-No!

-That's impossible! Can't believe that!

One.

-Oooh!

-That's quite surprising.

That is quite... Now I'm thinking maybe Harry Potter as well.

-We should have focused all our attention...

-Maybe.

-Oh, er...

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Martina Hingis is your next answer.

In this case, we were looking for any rival at Wimbledon of Venus Williams.

Anyone she played on her progress through that tournament.

Let's see if it's right.

Let's see if it's pointless for £2,750.

How many people said Martina Hingis?

Oooh!

Bad luck. Martina Hingis, an incorrect answer.

Which means everything is now riding on your third

and final answer which is Hilary Benn. Hilary Benn.

We were looking for Cabinet members from the 2001 election.

Was Hilary Benn right? Is it pointless for £2,750.

How many people said Hilary Benn?

ALL: Ooh!

Sorry.

-Oh, I'm sorry.

-Sorry!

I'm so sorry.

Aw! And so close with your first answer.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,750.

However, as it is a celebrity special

and each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity,

we're going to donate £500 to each pair for their charities.

It's been fabulous.

And you get a Pointless trophy each as well. So some consolation.

Aw, so hoping for a win there.

You've been brilliant.

There's a couple of categories there, there are answers a-plenty

in those two categories that you are going to know.

Nancy, I think your instinct was right about the politics.

Really, there's lots of pointless answers out there.

Let's take a look at the election Cabinet.

You also could have had Charles Clarke, Estelle Morris,

Lord Irvine, Robin Cook was a pointless answer.

Stephen Byers. Also a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.

Lots of names you know here as well.

James and Oliver Phelps, the twins are both pointless.

John Cleese played Nearly Headless Nick.

David Bradley was pointless, Elizabeth Spriggs, Fiona Shaw, Geraldine Somerville, Ian Hart,

Leslie Phillips, Verne Troyer as well was a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the tennis. I think we're on safer ground here.

It's all quite difficult.

Also could have had, if you're playing along at home,

Moya, Hantuchova, Likhovtseva, Johansson, Petrova and Asagoe.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Tough luck but with a one-pointer and I know you knew loads of those

answers as well but you've been absolutely fantastic throughout.

-Thank you so much for playing.

-No worries.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Really tough, isn't it, looking at those boards?

Have to say goodbye to Louis and Nancy.

It's been wonderful having you on the show.

Such a strong performance.

Please come back and do it all again and win.

But meantime, thank you so much, Louis and Nancy. Superb.

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.