0:00:19 > 0:00:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28A very warm welcome to this special Christmas edition of Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30the show where the aim of the game
0:00:30 > 0:00:32is to avoid the obvious answers and find the obscure ones.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39And couple number one.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hello, I'm Dame Jeffrey Holland,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and this is my friend.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48And I am Su Pollard, Wicked Queen. Ha-ha!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Couple number two!
0:00:53 > 0:00:54I'm Alison Hammond,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57and I'm The Slave Of The Ring.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- And this is...- I am Robin Windsor and I am The Man In The Mirror.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Couple number three!
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Hi, I'm Ian Krankie and I'm Mr Smee.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10And I'm Wee Smee.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Yeah, Jimmy Krankie.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18And, finally, couple number four.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Hello, I'm Louise Jameson. I'm Good Fairy.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Hello, I'm Colin Baker and I am Herman the Henchman.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Thanks very much all of you.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32We will find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37He's walking along, singing a song, basking in a Pointless hinterland...
0:01:37 > 0:01:40It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Hiya, Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Merry Christmas.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- A very merry Christmas to you. - And to you. Happy New Year.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51How much fun is this?! Oh, I love Christmas.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Oh, don't you just! - I only wish people had dressed up.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Seems a shame they came in their work clothes.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59But it's so lovely, I've got special Christmas-themed questions.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I love your Christmas-themed desk, as well.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It's quite something, isn't it?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And, you yourself, as well. Look at you.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Go on...! I made a bit of an effort for Christmas.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Now, Richard...- You have come as Guy At Christmas Party.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Office party.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Literally come from work, yep.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Er, Richard, I...
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Sorry, I...- You got me a present? - ALL:- Aw...!
0:02:20 > 0:02:21- I got you a...- Aw, that's nice.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Yeah, don't get too close, you'll get glitter all over your...
0:02:24 > 0:02:26What have you got me?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28That is just a little token of my...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30See, it's something I thought maybe you needed.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Very nicely wrapped.- Isn't it?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34LAUGHTER
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Oh, that's absol... That's lovely.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Isn't it?
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Look at that, a tie!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41AUDIENCE WHOOPS
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Now, do you know what? I brought you a present, as well.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I think you might like it!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48This is lovely - it's not going to be better than this. But, look.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Oh, that is... That's beautiful. What is it - biscuits?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And that, you see? That's gaffer tape.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54LAUGHTER
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Because always...on Christmas Eve, one of the presents has to be
0:02:57 > 0:03:00done with gaffer tape because you've run out actual Sellotape.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Listen, I'm flattered that I'm the one that got the gaffer tape.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04HE MOCK GASPS
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You got a tie, as well.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Not just a tie!
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Come on...! Look at that!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Yeah, I got you something else. - Socks!- Oh, I got you socks.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16And more socks! Oh, Richard, that's amazing.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Cos you know I don't have any socks.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20You see? And all I got was a tie.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22That's indicative of our relationship.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Well, I'm going to wear my tie. I'm going to put my...
0:03:25 > 0:03:27That is so. Because I've never worn one before.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29OK. It's the smartest tie I ever...
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Yeah, no kidding.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Yeah.- OK.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Now, that is...
0:03:34 > 0:03:35That's beautiful.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38It looks so good on you, that's the thing! There we go.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39So, we look great.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And what a lovely line-up we've got, as well.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Jeffrey and Su have been on before.- Yes.- Together.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46And they joined the 200 Club in Round One.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Yes, we did.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Oh, the dreaded... "I'm afraid you're going home."
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Exactly that.- Within five minutes.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54So almost impossible...
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- ALMOST impossible for them... Well, impossible for you to do worse.- Yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- Got to get better.- Fingers crossed, let's get better.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Lovely to have Robin and Alison. Welcome along to the show.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Never been on before. The Krankies on podium three. Newcomers.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And two old hands as well, on that last podium -
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Colin and Louise both been on before.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Never been in a head-to-head, though.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Never been in a head-to-head,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16so virgin territory for our winners here.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Now, we also have a couple of very special guests during the show.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I can't tell you who they are, you know who one of them is.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I do. We've got one that any child watching...
0:04:24 > 0:04:26We've got a very, very special guest
0:04:26 > 0:04:28who is coming on to ask one of our questions later.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And, anyone who ISN'T a child, we've got a very, very special guest
0:04:31 > 0:04:33coming on at the end to sing with Xander.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34ALEXANDER GASPS
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Yeah! Yes.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I have rarely seen you as excited
0:04:39 > 0:04:42as you are at the prospect of who you're singing with.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- He's VERY excited.- It's true! - It's like... You're like, what...?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- A kid at Christmas?- Yes!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54As usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Our contestants here are looking for those all-important pointless answers,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00those being the answers that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Now, as today's show is a celebrity special,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10So we start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12There we are.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23So, all I have to tell you is this -
0:05:23 > 0:05:26the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:05:26 > 0:05:28will be eliminated. Very best of luck.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30No conferring until the head-to-head round, please.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Our first category this evening is...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first, and who second?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47Here it comes.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:05:50 > 0:05:54as many...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Ding-dong Merrily On High words.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Need everybody desperately, in their heads,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01to sing through the entire lyrics of Ding-dong Merrily On High.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03We're looking for any word of five letters or more
0:06:03 > 0:06:05that occurs somewhere in that song.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07So any word of five letters or more.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09that appears in Ding-dong Merrily On High.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13We've taken our version from the 1924 Cambridge Carol Book.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Now, Su, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17What have you come as, Su?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Well, I have come as somebody...
0:06:19 > 0:06:22If I do my job correctly, when I'm the Wicked Queen and everything,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24she thinks she's the most beautiful person in the world,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26which, I obviously am,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and I love it when I get really horrible
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and when the parents take out the crying child,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33out of the theatre.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Because I know then I'm doing my job right.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I love it, though. Do you like panto?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39- ALL:- Yes!
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Oh, no, you don't.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42- ALL:- Oh, yes, we do.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- That's good!- They are good!
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Now, Su, words to Ding-dong Merrily On High?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- Yes.- Now, then. Words of five letters or more.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52OK.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- Bells.- Bells.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Su says "bells".
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Let's see if "bells" is right.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58How many of our 100 said "bells"?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03"Bells" is right.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- 43.- Isn't bad.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- It isn't bad, Su. - Not too bad.- Isn't bad.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Great start to the round. 43 for "bells".- Good start, Su.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Well played, yeah - "bells".
0:07:13 > 0:07:16"Bells" also the correct answer for items that used to be
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- on my grandad's Christmas list. - Yes!- He'd ALWAYS ask for a bottle.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Always.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Thanks very much, indeed.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Robin, welcome to Pointless!
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Hello.- Great to have you here.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The first, I hope, of many appearances on the show.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Is this your first year in pantomime? - It is, yes.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I'm playing The Man In The Mirror at Llandudno
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. - Oh, that's exciting.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Now, how does it work, your first year?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Is it like those early MI5 recruitments?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Someone just comes and sits next to you on a bench
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and says, "Babes In The Wood"?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Or does it just come through fairly normal channels?- Normal channels.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I was very excited to be asked.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's a first time for me - my first time singing.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53So everybody is going to be in for a real treat.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55What a treat! Obviously, they've seen your dancing a lot,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58but you're singing, Robin...!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Now, Robin, words to Ding-dong Merrily On High.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02How well do you know that carol?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Not particularly,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07so I'm going to go with "skies".
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Robin says "skies". Let's see how many of our 100 people said "skies".
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Oh...!- Thanks, son(!)
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Not "skies".
0:08:22 > 0:08:23- Not "skies", no.- Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Jimmy!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Oh, Jimmy, welcome to the show. Lovely to have you here.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Now, do you know what, I always used to think that your surname was Krankie.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Did you?- I always thought it was!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35But I've discovered today your surname
0:08:35 > 0:08:37is actually Tough.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Yes. Spelt T-O-U-G-H.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Me with a name like Mrs Tough!
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Mrs Tough...! No-one's going to argue with that!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46So, where did Krankie come from?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Well, the Krankie came from a pantomime in 1963
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- that I was in in Scotland...- Wow!
0:08:50 > 0:08:53..with a comic called Jack Milroy
0:08:53 > 0:08:55who was a very famous Scottish comic,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and I was one of the Krankie kids in the show.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01So when we formed the act, we carried the word on - Krankie.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03So we've been The Krankies since...
0:09:03 > 0:09:051966.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- 1966...- 50 years this Christmas.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Ah, that is wonderful!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11APPLAUSE
0:09:12 > 0:09:15And they said it'd never last!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17It's such a treat to have you here.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18- Now, Jimmy.- Uh-huh?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21What would you like to go for from Ding-dong Merrily On High?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Erm...
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Heaven?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Heaven. "Heaven," says Jimmy.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said "heaven".
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Now, 43 is our only score so far and you whiz past that...
0:09:35 > 0:09:3840. Very good indeed.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Well done, Jimmy. 40 for "heaven".
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I've surprised myself!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Very good answer - "heaven",
0:09:43 > 0:09:46which is where the bells are, of course, in the song.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Exactly. Good place for them. Good place.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- Louise!- Hello.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Louise, welcome back to Pointless. - Thank you.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Louise, do you have a favourite pantomime?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Is there one that... Because there are tons of them!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I think it's the one I'm in, which is Cinderella.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Yeah, rags to riches.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Do you think that's the one that really gets people?- Yeah.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09And when the transformation scene really... It's just magic, isn't it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And for a lot of kids, it's their first time in the theatre.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- Get 'em young, I say. - Yes, absolutely right!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16So they'll keep coming. Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17That's a very good point. It is.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It's the flypaper, isn't it, that gets them in?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Yeah, I think there's a real responsibility to doing panto -
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- just to really get them in that bubble, you know?- Absolutely right.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Now, Louise, Ding-dong Merrily On High...- Yes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I'm going to go with "excelsis".
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Excelsis!
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Oh, what about that?! Excelsis!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Let's see how many of our 100 people said that!
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Well, 100 is our high score, you pass that immediately.
0:10:46 > 0:10:4740 is our low score,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49you've passed that very comfortably.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51APPLAUSE
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Very nice indeed. 25, Louise.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Very nicely done, Louise.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Brought some sophistication to proceedings.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00- Thank you.- Excelsis -
0:11:00 > 0:11:02it means "used to play for Chelsea".
0:11:02 > 0:11:04LAUGHTER
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08We're halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:11:08 > 0:11:1125 - we just heard the best score of the pass. Very well done to Louise.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Thank you.- Hats off. Then up to 40, where we find Jimmy and Ian.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Then up to 43, Su and Jeffrey.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Then up to 100, I am sorry to say, Robin and Alison.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Mind you, that might not be the last 100 of the round.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24As long as the next one isn't yours, Alison...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27you're in with a shout. So best of luck finding a nice low score.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30We're going to come back down the line now.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Colin, a very warm welcome back to Pointless.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Lovely to have you here. - How very kind of you. Thank you.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Now, how does Christmas work in the Baker household?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44In the Baker household?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Yes.- Well, most years,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I am not there because I am doing panto.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51So I come back for Christmas Day,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53and get very grumpy because I have to go away again on Boxing Day.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- Or you just pack it all in to Christmas Day.- Yes.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Just get as much... I was going to say as much down your neck,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I don't really mean that, you understand. I'm thinking... Mm!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05But I can't, because I'm driving at the crack of dawn.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Oh, of course!- Head off for a matinee on Boxing Day.- Oh!
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- So what do you do to make it special?- Bliss, isn't it(?)
0:12:10 > 0:12:12All those parties you can't go to!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Oh, I know, but...
0:12:15 > 0:12:17I tell you what, there's an awful lot of people at home now thinking,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- "I wouldn't mind that."- Exactly! - "Sounds great."
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Do you do you still like panto after Christmas?
0:12:22 > 0:12:26I always think panto before Christmas has got all the build-up, then...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Panto the whole time is...is... is exactly what Louise just said.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31It is the way theatres stay alive,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34because they do half their business sometimes
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- over the Christmas period. - Yes.- And without panto,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42an awful lot of theatres around the country wouldn't survive.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So I would heartily encourage everyone who says,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49"Oh, I used to have a lovely time, but I can't be bothered going now."
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Go back. You'll have a lovely time again!
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Yes, well said. Well said.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Yes, if you haven't been already, do support your local panto.- Yep.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Quite right. OK, Colin, you're on 25.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Brilliant low score from Louise.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Didn't she do well? - Didn't she, though?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04The high-scorers are Robin and Alison on 100, so 74 or less at this stage
0:13:04 > 0:13:07assures you of a place in the next round.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10What would you like to go for from our Ding-dong Merrily On High words?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Oh, it's the same song?
0:13:11 > 0:13:12Oh, joy(!)
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Erm...
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Hosanna!
0:13:15 > 0:13:16Hosanna. Hosanna.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19They're very highbrow on that far podium, aren't they?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Hosanna. Here's your red line, Colin.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If you can get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said "hosanna".
0:13:35 > 0:13:3725! There you are!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39You match each other.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Perfectly, perfectly placed there.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Beautiful balance on podium four. 50 is your total.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Well played, Colin. Louise set you up very nicely, didn't she?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49"Hosanna in excelsis."
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Which is Enrique Hosanna - he used to play left back.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53LAUGHTER
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Ian.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Yes.- Welcome, welcome back.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Now, do you have a favourite pantomime?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02How many pantomimes have you done over the years?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Well, together we've done 36.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Janette's done 40.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Er, my favourite's Aladdin.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Aladdin.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I like playing, er,
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Widow Twankey.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16- But I think the best pantomime IS Cinderella.- Yeah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19We have done Pinocchio which was excellent for us.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21It was written for us in Scotland. That was excellent.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24As Geppetto and Pinocchio.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Lovely!
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Now, there you are. You're on 40.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28The high-scorers are still Robin and Alison on 100.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32So, 59 or less, Ian, gets you into the next round.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34- Angels.- Angels.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36OK, here is your red line.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Let's see if "angels" can get you below that.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Look at that, very well done, indeed! Through you go to Round Two.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47"Angels" still going down!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- 20!- Oh!- "Angels", if you please!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53The lowest score of the round so far, I might add, Ian.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Very well done indeed. 60 is your total.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Great answer, Ian. Very well played.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Erm, OK, Alison.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Hi!- Alison, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- It's lovely to have you here. - Thank you.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Now, you...
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- I suppose a lot of people will say they remember you from Big Brother... - Yes.- ..which you did.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13- What series was it that you did? - I was in series three in 2002. - Series three.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14- It was like a mini holiday really. - LAUGHTER
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- It was great.- Did you love it?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- SHE LAUGHS - I did really enjoy it,
0:15:18 > 0:15:23because those two weeks I had full budget on the food allowance,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25so I just ate and ate and sunbathed, it was just great.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27HE LAUGHS
0:15:27 > 0:15:28It was like a holiday.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30But you were a child actress before that, weren't you?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Yeah, I was in something called the Central Television Workshop
0:15:33 > 0:15:36and landed my first part at the age of 14
0:15:36 > 0:15:38in a show called Palace Hill.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Fun.- So, I started quite early on. It was good fun.- Yeah, very good.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42- Brilliant. Now, Alison.- Yes.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44You are our high-scorers,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47but if you can find a low score, anything that's less than 42,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50let's say, then there is a world in which you could be with us
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- in the next round.- I had all those answers beforehand. I'll be honest.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57All right, but I'm going to go for "ringing".
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Ringing?- Yeah.- "Ringing", OK.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01No red line for you as you are the high-scorers.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Let's see how many of our 100 people said ringing.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- 54.- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:16:12 > 0:16:14154 is your total.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Yeah, and neatly completes the line as well,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- "..in heaven the bells are ringing." - There we are. Isn't that nice?- Yeah.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Isn't that nice? Jeffrey.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Jeffrey. Welcome back.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Lovely to have you here again.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- You're not in the 200 Club. - Not this time.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- You are not in the 200 Club. - Not this time, no.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- You're through to the next round too.- The scars have healed.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34LAUGHTER
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Now, there you are, dressed as the Dame, Jeffrey.- Yes.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Do you normally play the Dame in pantomime?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- I have done for the last 26 years, yes.- Goodness.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45So, what are the Jeffrey Holland rules of Dame-hood? How do you do it?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Stay fit.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48And brace yourself.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49LAUGHTER
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Twice a day for...
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Well, as long as it lasts, it's... - Wow!- ..it's hard work.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58The actual performance itself, does it vary from show to show massively?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00No, not really. It shouldn't.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02It shouldn't if the actors behave themselves.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Now, Jeffrey.- Yes?- Good news.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Doesn't matter what you score, you're still in Round Two...
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- Wonderful.- ..which is marvellous.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- However, here's your opportunity to come up with a lovely low score.- OK.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Well, I think I'm going to go for "dutifully".
0:17:15 > 0:17:18"Dutifully," says Jeffrey. Let's see how that works.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20No red line for you, you're already through.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29- AUDIENCE:- Ooooooh....
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Look at that! "Dutifully!"
0:17:31 > 0:17:332! Yes! Yes! Yes!
0:17:33 > 0:17:34LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:17:34 > 0:17:35That is a fantastic answer!
0:17:36 > 0:17:39All recollections of the 200 Club banished!
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Takes your total up to 45.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43"May dutifully prime?"
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- RICHARD:- Dutifully prime, yes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Now, there are three pointless answers here.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Very well done if you said "chime", that's a pointless answer.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54"Beautifully" is a pointless answer.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56"Dutifully" is not, but "beautifully" is a pointless answer.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58And "matin" is a pointless answer.
0:17:58 > 0:18:031 point for "ringers", "singers", and "evetime".
0:18:03 > 0:18:06You'd have got 2 points for "prime", for "steeple".
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Three points for "sungen" and "swungen".
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Both great words. Don't use those enough these days.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And for "priest". 4 points for "below" and "people".
0:18:13 > 0:18:1413 for "verily". "Gloria", 26,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17and the top three answers we've had - "heaven", "bells" and "ringing".
0:18:17 > 0:18:19There we go. Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So, at the end of our first round,
0:18:21 > 0:18:25the pair we have to send home with a high score of 154, I'm so sorry,
0:18:25 > 0:18:26- Robin and Alison.- Oh!
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- AUDIENCE:- Oh!
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- But don't worry, you can come and see us at the panto.- Well, we shall!
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Where are you?- I'm at the Empire Theatre doing Aladdin.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- In Sunderland? No?- In Sunderland, yeah.- Yes! Oh, wonderful!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- I can't wait.- Fabulous.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- And Robin, in Llandudno? - Llandudno, yes.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Fabulous.- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- There we are. - I'm really good at this at home!
0:18:44 > 0:18:46LAUGHTER
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Listen, please come and play again, it's been a treat having you. - We will.- We will.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52But in the meantime, thanks very much indeed. Alison and Robin!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Sorry!
0:18:55 > 0:18:58But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59APPLAUSE
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Well...
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Well done, everyone, you've made it round to Round Two,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09which is fantastic. I mean, Su and Jeffrey, Round Two.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- Look!- Oh, never been here before! - Yeah!- Look what we've done to it! Yeah!- It's exciting!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16So, this is virgin territory for all of us, so well done.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Our category for Round Two this evening is...
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:19:24 > 0:19:27who's going to go first, who's going to go second,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33OK. And the question concerns...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Famous Marys and Josephs. That's brilliant. Richard.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- See, I'm trying to keep it all Christmassy.- I love that!
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Don't forget, still got those two special guest stars to come. - ALEXANDER GASPS
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- One for the kids in the next round, and at the end...- One for the dads.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- ..one for everyone else. One for you, certainly.- Yes, one for me.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52But very, very excited about both.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- They are both backstage right at the moment.- Very exciting.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57We are going to show you six clues on each board
0:19:57 > 0:19:58to famous people known as Mary or Joseph.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01You just need to give us the most obscure one, please.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03There's six on the first board, six on the second,
0:20:03 > 0:20:0512 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our first board of famous Marys and Josephs,
0:20:08 > 0:20:09and here they come.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I'll read those all again.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Su.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Right, then.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09I'm going to go for...
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- ..the retail consultant... Yeah. - The retail consultant.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Mary Portas.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Mary Portas.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Let's see if Mary Portas is right,
0:21:17 > 0:21:18let's see how many people said Mary Portas.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22SHE SIGHS It's right, Su.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Come on!
0:21:26 > 0:21:2824! That's a great answer! APPLAUSE
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Great score!
0:21:29 > 0:21:30APPLAUSE
0:21:30 > 0:21:3124 for Mary Portas.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Very well played, Su. Yes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Started her career as a window dresser.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Mary Portas.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Has gone on to do very great things in lots of areas.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Hasn't she just? Now, Ian.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Marys and Josephs.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Baking Bible. Mary Berry.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The Baking Bible. Mary Berry.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Let's see if Mary Berry is right,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54let's see how many people said Mary Berry.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It's right.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So Mary Portas was 24,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Mary Berry is 52.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03APPLAUSE
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Another good answer. She's got her own range of sauces and salad dressings now, Mary Berry.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I didn't know that. Sauces?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- You like a chilli, or something like that.- Oh, I do!- You should bring out a nice salsa.- Oh, I should!
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Get someone who's got a good salsa, put your face on the front of it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22On a saucer, did you say? LAUGHTER
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Salsa.- A saucer?- A salsa. - Oh, a salsa, I see what you mean!
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Sorry, I thought you meant a saucer. I was thinking... Well...
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- LAUGHTER I like chilli sauce, so I can have a saucer.- No, you don't...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34You put a cup on a saucer, you don't put a mug on a saucer.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36LAUGHTER
0:22:36 > 0:22:38APPLAUSE
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Er... Louise. You're the last person to have this board.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- If you wanted, you could talk us all the way through it. - Oh, no, I can't do that.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- I don't know anything! - LAUGHTER
0:22:50 > 0:22:51I think...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53I think I might be a decade out,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- but I'm going for Mary Quant for the first one.- Mary Quant.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58That seems reasonable to me. The Chelsea look. Mary Quant.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Let's see if that's right. How many people said Mary Quant?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Oh!- It's right. - Phew!- Well done, Louise.- Thank you.
0:23:04 > 0:23:0652 is our highest score. You pass it.
0:23:06 > 0:23:0724 is our lowest. APPLAUSE
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Right, 44.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10There we are. Nicely in the middle.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12APPLAUSE
0:23:12 > 0:23:14And 44 is your total.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Well played, Louise. We've taken all the Marys off the board
0:23:17 > 0:23:19and left all the Josephs up there, so let's fill these in.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- The surgeon and pioneer... - I'm going to say Joseph Lister.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24It is Joseph Lister. Yup.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Would have scored you 18. The Nigerian footballer is Joseph Yobo.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Would have scored 8 points.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33And this last one is Joseph Simmons.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37He's now an ordained minister. He is a pointless answer, as well, so well done if you said that.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Thank you, Richard.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Well, we're halfway through, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4324, the best score of the pass. Well done, Su.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44You're just unstoppable, you two.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Absolutely fantastic. 24, then up to 44,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48where we find Louise and Colin,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51then 52, not far ahead, Ian and Jimmy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Jimmy, let's have a low score from you in the next pass.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55We hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56We're coming back down the line now.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04OK, we're going to put six more clues to Marys and Josephs up on the board.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Here they come.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07We have got...
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'll read those all one last time.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04There we are. A board full of famous Marys and Josephs.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Colin, how are you feeling?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I know a few of them, but...
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I'm trying to think which is...
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I'm going to go for the animator.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Joseph Barbera.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Joseph Barbera, says Colin.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Sounds good. Now, you want to be scoring 7 or less
0:25:23 > 0:25:24to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25There is your red line,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28let's see if you can get below that with Joseph Barbera.
0:25:35 > 0:25:3644. COLIN GASPS
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Once again, you equal Louise's score. Look at that!
0:25:40 > 0:25:4188 is your total.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- I know, that's very weird, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Yeah, Hannah Barbera, of course.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- Famous from our childhood and beyond.- Indeed. Now, then,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Jimmy, what would you like to go for? You have a target.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57You have to score 35 or less, if you can, to remain with us.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- It's not the easiest board, I'll be honest.- No.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04The general secretary of the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Joseph Stalin. OK. Here is your red line.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08If you can get below that, with Stalin,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10you are through to the head-to-head.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Let's see if Joseph Stalin is right, let's see how many people said it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16It's right.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22You are in the head-to-head, look at that! Just!
0:26:22 > 0:26:23APPLAUSE
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You needed 35, you got 32, your total is 84.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27I salute you. Well done.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32You know, I so wish that 20 years ago I'd put on a bet
0:26:32 > 0:26:34that one day Jimmy Krankie would say Joseph Stalin to me.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36LAUGHTER
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- Imagine the odds. - A ten-year-old knowing that!
0:26:41 > 0:26:42LAUGHTER
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- Jeffrey.- Hello. - This is all your board.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Do you want to talk us through it, and fill in all the blanks?
0:26:49 > 0:26:51You want to be scoring 63 or less.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Two of the three that I knew have gone.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57So I have to go with the third one that I think I know,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59and I think it's the British athlete who won the pentathlon
0:26:59 > 0:27:01is Mary Peters.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Mary Peters.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05The wonderful Dame Mary Peters. Indeed, she is.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08There is your red line. If you can get below that red line, Jeffrey,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11you are through to the head-to-head. How many people said Mary Peters?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15It's right.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- It gets you through. Look at that!- Go on!
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Fabulous performance on the first podium, there.
0:27:22 > 0:27:2427, taking your total up to 51. APPLAUSE
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Very good indeed.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27APPLAUSE
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Very nicely done, Jeffrey. Well played.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32She came on the show, didn't she, Dame Mary Peters, and was lovely.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- She was furious with me that I'd never done discus.- Yeah.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Because of my long arms, she thought it was a loss to British athletics.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Perhaps it was.- Do you know, it is. It is. Still could do it.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Still could.- Yeah!- Yeah! Maybe. You never know.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Now, let's look at the rest of these. It's quite a tough board.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- The bottom one, people know this one.- Turner?
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Yes, it's Joseph Turner.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55That would have scored 15. The top one, you could probably work out.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Just think of the most famous president around at the time
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- and put Mary in front of it. It's Mary Lincoln.- Lincoln.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Yes, of course it is.- That would have scored you 3 points.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06The other one's a tough answer, this, a pointless answer.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Well done if you said Mary Barra.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Terrific answer.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12There we go. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16So, at the end of our second round, I'm so sorry, Colin and Louise,
0:28:16 > 0:28:17not this time.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20You'll have to come back another time to make it to the head-to-head.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- We shall.- Colin and Louise, thank you very, very much for playing, it's lovely to see you.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25- Good luck! - APPLAUSE
0:28:26 > 0:28:28But for Ian and Jimmy, Su and Jeffrey,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32APPLAUSE
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Very, very, very well done Su and Jeffrey, Ian and Jimmy.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39You are now one step closer to the final,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43and a chance to play for our jackpot which still stands at £2,500.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44There it is.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Well, this is the round where we decide who goes to the final
0:28:50 > 0:28:53and plays for that jackpot. We do it by playing head-to-head.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57You can start playing as a pair, now, which is nice. You can chat before you give your answers.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01First pair to win two questions will go through to play for the jackpot for their charities.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05APPLAUSE
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Films that feature animation and live action. Richard.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Yeah, we're going to show you five stills now from films with animation and live action in them.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26We just need you to name the most obscure of these, please.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28OK. Let's reveal our five stills, and here they come.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29We've got...
0:29:49 > 0:29:51There we are. Five stills from films
0:29:51 > 0:29:53featuring animation and live action.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58Now, Su and Jeffrey, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59- JEFFREY:- OK.- SU:- OK.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Shall we go with E?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- I think so, yeah, yeah.- All right.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04We are going to go with E,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06which is Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Who Framed Roger Rabbit. OK.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Ian and Jimmy, that board is all yours.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Do you want to talk us through it? - Hmm.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Is A Mary Poppins?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21You're going to go for Mary Poppins.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23So we've got Who Framed Roger Rabbit and we've got Mary Poppins.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Su and Jeffrey said Who Framed Roger Rabbit for E.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Let's see if that's right
0:30:27 > 0:30:29and let's see how many people said Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
0:30:36 > 0:30:3937 for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Not bad, Su and Jeffrey.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Ian and Jimmy have gone for Mary Poppins for A.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Let's see if that's right.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Mary Poppins - how many people said it if it is?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54It's right. Oh, 80.
0:30:54 > 0:30:5680 for Mary Poppins, which means, Su and Jeffrey,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04B - that is Michael Jordan in Space Jam.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07It would have scored you 32.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- C is the brilliant Lego Movie. - Fantastic.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Would have scored you 57.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17D is the best answer, which is The Three Caballeros.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20That would have scored you 1 point.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23There we are. Thank you very much. Here comes your second question.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Ian and Jimmy, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:31:26 > 0:31:27but you get to answer it first.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29A little bit of an advantage. Best of luck.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31It concerns...
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Christmas Cracker Jokes, Richard.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37We are going to give you the openings
0:31:37 > 0:31:39of five Christmas cracker jokes.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43You need to provide us with the punchlines, please.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Very best of luck.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Oh, you're 'aving a laugh!
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Fingers crossed, Su, yeah.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Listen, rather than have me read out these questions for you,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58we've got a very special guest.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Really special. - A very, very special guest.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01- I mean... - About as special as it gets.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03About as special as it gets.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Yes, please, a huge welcome to Father Christmas!
0:32:07 > 0:32:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Hello, everyone!
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Father Christmas!
0:32:17 > 0:32:18How are you?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Well, you've asked me to come in and do this question
0:32:21 > 0:32:25because comedy is not your strong point, is it?
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Here we go. Christmas Cracker Jokes. Here are the questions.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Who hides in a bakery at Christmas?
0:32:39 > 0:32:43What does Miley Cyrus have at Christmas?
0:32:43 > 0:32:48Why is a broken drum the best Christmas present?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52And what do you get when you cross a bell with a skunk?
0:32:52 > 0:32:56There we are. Well, thank you very much for that, Father Christmas.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- We'll see you next year. - Lovely to see you.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Thank you very much. - Merry Christmas, everyone!
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Good luck, bye-bye.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Aw!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12I'm going to read those out again for you.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16You'll notice this time round you get some clues as to the answers.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Ian and Jimmy, you will go first.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Take a little while just to chat that through.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51You'll have to go for that one.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Eh, What does Miley Cyrus have at Christmas?
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Twerky.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Twerky. Twerky. Twerky.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00OK. Now, Su and Jeffrey.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Do you want to talk us through the board?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03I don't know what the top one is.
0:34:03 > 0:34:09I think the second one down would be a mince spy.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14But I think we'll go for the bottom one. That will be jingle smells.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Jingle smells. Of course it is. Jingle smells.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18We've got Twerky, we've got Jingle Smells.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Ian and Jimmy went for Twerky.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Twerky.
0:34:30 > 0:34:3124.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I'm doing it now.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43That'll haunt me for ever.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Su and Jeffrey have gone for jingle smells.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Let's see if that's right,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50let's see how many of our 100 people said jingle smells.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57That's right.
0:34:57 > 0:34:5852.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Very well done. Ian and Jimmy back in the game.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Just what we needed from you. After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06There was an answer that would have beaten Twerky
0:35:06 > 0:35:07and would have seen you in the final.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09It was a mince spy.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12It would have scored 12 points, would have seen you through.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17- You did know it. The top one is... - Frostbite.- Frostbite.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20That would have scored you 37.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Why is a broken drum the best Christmas present?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- You can't beat it. - You can't beat it.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28That would have scored you 30 points.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I would say a broken pencil is the best Christmas present.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Because it's pointless.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34GROANING
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Thanks. Here comes your third question.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Seasonal Names, Richard.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52We're going to show you five clues now to people
0:35:52 > 0:35:54who have one of the four seasons in their name.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Can you name the most obscure of these?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59People who have one of the four seasons in their name.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01OK, let's reveal our clues. Here they are.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26I'll read those all to you one last time.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Su and Jeffrey will go first.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I'm going to say...Donna Summer.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- For?- Hot Stuff. Oh, sorry...
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- EMPHATIC TONE:- ..Hot Stuff!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Donna Summer for Hot Stuff from Su and Jeffrey.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Ian and Jimmy, talk us through that board.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11- Singer who had a top UK hit... - Preacher Man.- ..Dusty Springfield.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13That's the one you're going to go for.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We have Donna Summer, we have Dusty Springfield.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Su and Jeffrey went for Donna Summer.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Donna Summer.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I think it's going to be big, isn't it?
0:37:25 > 0:37:26At least it's right.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3043.
0:37:30 > 0:37:3243 for Donna Summer.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Ian and Jimmy, meanwhile,
0:37:35 > 0:37:38have gone for Dusty Springfield for Son Of A Preacher Man.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Let's see if that's right,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43let's see how many of our 100 people said Dusty Springfield.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45It's right.
0:37:47 > 0:37:4854.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Good answer, but Donna Summer was better,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55which means, Su and Jeffrey, after three questions,
0:37:55 > 0:37:56you are through to the final 2-1.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Great head-to-head. Very well played, everybody.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Let's fill in these gaps. The best answer on the board is the top one.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05That is Autumn Reeser. Well done if you said that, very good answer.
0:38:05 > 0:38:062 points for that.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- The former Arsenal left-back? - Winterburn.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Nigel Winterburn.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Would have scored you 17.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- The musician?- Bruce Springsteen.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Bruce Springsteen, of course it is. That would have scored you 26.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I'm sorry to say it's Ian and Jimmy. What a treat it's been having you on.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Thank you very much, we've enjoyed ourselves.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Thank you so much for coming and playing, please come and do it again.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Thank you.- Brilliant to have you here, Ian and Jimmy.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:38:35 > 0:38:37But for Su and Jeffrey, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Well, congratulations, Su and Jeffrey,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48you have floored all your competition and you have won.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Like the orange at the bottom of a stocking,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52you have won a coveted Pointless trophy.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Listen, you now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot
0:39:01 > 0:39:02for your charities.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07There it is.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Anything you particularly want to see come up, Su, in this round?
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Well, I'd like maybe TV presenters.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Let's see what today's selection of categories looks like.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Let's hope there is something you like the look of there. We've got...
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- My goodness.- They are so obscure.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Sporting Williams - I haven't got a clue.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- I think we're going to have to go for '86.- Yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- We were both there. - Yes. I think so.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- You were both there.- We were both there.- We were both there.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- Have you decided what one you want to go for?- The year 1986, I think.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- Yes, let's go.- There we are. - OK, good luck.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Questions in three very different areas here -
0:39:52 > 0:39:53I hope one of these will suit you.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56We are looking for the name of any actor
0:39:56 > 0:39:59who has appeared in 50 or more episodes of Casualty
0:39:59 > 0:40:02from 1986 through to 2014.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06We are looking for any tracks on Madonna's 1986 album True Blue.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Any tracks on the original release of True Blue.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Or we're looking for any of the 26 nations or teams
0:40:11 > 0:40:15who took part in the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17So, actors in 50 or more episodes of Casualty,
0:40:17 > 0:40:18tracks on True Blue
0:40:18 > 0:40:20or any of the 26 nations or teams
0:40:20 > 0:40:22who took part in the Commonwealth Games.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Very, very best of luck to you both. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31All you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:40:31 > 0:40:34is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Yes. As ready as we'll ever be.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Your time starts now.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- You see, I was thinking... - True Blue album, know any of those?
0:40:42 > 0:40:47- I'm sure one of them has got to be Papa Don't Preach.- OK.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48I'm sure it was a True Blue one.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Commonwealth Games teams?- Oh...
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Well, look, for a start, it's not Africa,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55because it's not in the Commonwealth, so it can't be them.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I'm trying to think about...
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Jamaica or somebody remote like that.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Exactly.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Zambia, Mozambique.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Casualty actors?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Casualty actors - blimey.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Derek...
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Yeah, it could be Derek, because he's been there such a long time.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13He's still there now. Bless him.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Do you just get half a point if you just have one name, would that help?
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- We'll say no.- No, he's saying no. You've been no help at all.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- Commonwealth Games teams. Jamaica, Mozambique?- Yes, yes.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29I'm sure... Oh, please.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Ten seconds left.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- I'm sure...- You name that track.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Yeah, you go for that, cos I don't know.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40# True blue, baby, I love you. #
0:41:40 > 0:41:41OK, that is your time up.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Let's have your three answers, Su and Jeffrey.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45What are you going to go for?
0:41:45 > 0:41:50True Blue album - I think, em... Papa Don't Preach.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51Papa Don't Preach.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Commonwealth Games teams, I don't know...
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- We were saying, weren't we, that... - Jamaica.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Jamaica.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- And Mozambique.- Mozambique.- Yes.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02OK. We've got Papa Don't Preach, Jamaica and Mozambique.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Mozambique.- Mozambique, put last.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- Least likely to be pointless? - Jamaica.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Yeah.- Jamaica, Papa Don't Preach, Mozambique.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then. Here they are.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17We have got...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Three perfectly good answers up there.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- I think at least one of those might be pointless, don't you?- I hope so.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28I think Mozambique is a great answer. Just has to be right.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Let's say one of these wins that jackpot for you -
0:42:30 > 0:42:33what charities are you playing for? Su?
0:42:33 > 0:42:38It's very dear to my heart, this one. It's Age UK.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41APPLAUSE
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Very good. Jeffrey?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44The old saying goes that charity begins at home,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47so my charity is Acting For Others,
0:42:47 > 0:42:50which is an umbrella for all the theatrical charities.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52APPLAUSE
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Very good indeed.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57I thought you were going to say, "I'm going to take that money home,"
0:42:57 > 0:42:58but no. Two wonderful causes there.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Let's hope one of these answers wins that jackpot for you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03OK, in the first instance, we were looking
0:43:03 > 0:43:04for Commonwealth countries that took part
0:43:04 > 0:43:08in the Commonwealth Games in 1986. You've gone for Jamaica.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09You thought this was the one
0:43:09 > 0:43:12that was probably least likely to be pointless, but let's find out.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15If it is pointless, it will win you £2,500. How many people said Jamaica?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19No, bad luck.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Not Jamaica in 1986, I'm afraid.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25That's not a correct answer, so therefore not a pointless answer.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Your second answer was Papa Don't Preach.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34We were looking for tracks from the Madonna album True Blue.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37If it's pointless, it will win you £2,500 for your charities.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Let's see how many people said Papa Don't Preach.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43It's right.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Now, all it has to do is go down to 0 and you will leave here
0:43:46 > 0:43:49with that jackpot of £2,500 for your charities.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Down goes Papa Don't Preach.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Not quite into single figures.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55There you are - 13.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57Never mind.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58Oh, well.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Only one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Everything is now riding on Mozambique.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09It sounds like a great answer, is it right? That's the point, though.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10Is it right, Mozambique?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12If it is and if it is pointless,
0:44:12 > 0:44:14it will win you £2,500 for your charities.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16How many people said Mozambique?
0:44:19 > 0:44:20Oh, no!
0:44:20 > 0:44:23- Oh, bad luck.- Never mind.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25APPLAUSE
0:44:25 > 0:44:29Listen, I'm sorry you didn't manage to win that jackpot of £2,500,
0:44:29 > 0:44:30but as today is a charity special,
0:44:30 > 0:44:32all of our celebrities are playing for charity,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35we're going to donate £500 to each celebrity pair
0:44:35 > 0:44:37for their respective charities, so there you are. You get that.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Thank you.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41And, in addition,
0:44:41 > 0:44:44you have been fantastic right the way across the show,
0:44:44 > 0:44:47superb performance, and you get a Pointless trophy each,
0:44:47 > 0:44:49- so there we are.- Yes! It's like a chequebook and pen!
0:44:49 > 0:44:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:54 > 0:44:55Yeah, you were very unlucky.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Both of your wrong answers were very unlucky wrong answers.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Mozambique - they've been in every Commonwealth Games since '98,
0:45:00 > 0:45:03but weren't in '86. Jamaica boycotted the '86 Games,
0:45:03 > 0:45:05so they weren't there either, I'm afraid.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Let's look at the pointless answers in the different categories,
0:45:07 > 0:45:09see how well people did at home.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11There'll be people you know in the Casualty one, I'm sure.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Catherine Shipton, who played Nurse Duffy, was a pointless answer.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Clive Mantle, plays Mike Barratt.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19You could have had Kwame Kwei-Armah, he played Finlay Newton.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21You could have had Will Mellor, who played the receptionist Jack.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25In fact, every actor apart from Derek Thompson, Brenda Fricker,
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Michael French, Sunita Sarkar,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Sue Devaney, and Patrick Robinson, everyone else is pointless.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Well done if you said any other answer.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Let's take a look at True Blue.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Only three pointless answers on that album...
0:45:39 > 0:45:41For Commonwealth Games teams,
0:45:41 > 0:45:43there's quite a few pointless answers here.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45Isle of Man would have been a pointless answer.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Won one gold at that Commonwealth Games.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Malta, Singapore, Vanuatu, an old Pointless favourite.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52You could have had the Cayman Islands, the Cook Islands,
0:45:52 > 0:45:56the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Lesotho, Malawi,
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Maldives, Norfolk Islands, Samoa or Swaziland.
0:45:59 > 0:46:00Very, very well done and merry Christmas
0:46:00 > 0:46:02if you got any of those pointless answers.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Jeff and Su, you've been absolutely brilliant throughout.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- I'm sorry you didn't get a pointless answer.- Never mind.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Su and Jeffrey,
0:46:10 > 0:46:12but it's been wonderful having you on the show.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Thank you for playing and merry Christmas.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- Merry Christmas to you. - Merry Christmas. Thank you.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19APPLAUSE Join us next time
0:46:19 > 0:46:22when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. - Merry Christmas.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27And it would be goodbye and happy Christmas from me, but before we go,
0:46:27 > 0:46:30it's only fair that we end this special Christmas show with a song,
0:46:30 > 0:46:31don't you think?
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Please welcome Kim Wilde who will be joining me in singing
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Rockin' Round The Christmas Tree from her new album Wild Winter Songbook.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:46:47 > 0:46:49# Yeah, yeah
0:46:49 > 0:46:51# Ho-ho-ho
0:46:51 > 0:46:54# Rockin' around the Christmas tree
0:46:54 > 0:46:56# At the Christmas party hop
0:46:58 > 0:47:01# Mistletoe hung where you can see
0:47:01 > 0:47:03# Every couple tries to stop
0:47:04 > 0:47:07# Rockin' around the Christmas tree
0:47:07 > 0:47:11# Let the Christmas spirit reign
0:47:11 > 0:47:14# Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
0:47:14 > 0:47:18# And we'll do some carolling
0:47:18 > 0:47:22# You will get a sentimental feeling
0:47:22 > 0:47:24# When you hear
0:47:24 > 0:47:28# Voices singing Let's be jolly
0:47:28 > 0:47:31# Deck the halls with boughs of holly
0:47:31 > 0:47:34- BOTH:- # Rockin' around the Christmas tree
0:47:34 > 0:47:36# Have a happy holiday
0:47:38 > 0:47:41# Everyone's dancing merrily
0:47:41 > 0:47:43# In the new old-fashioned way... #
0:47:43 > 0:47:44Come here, Xander.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02# ..You will get a sentimental feeling
0:48:02 > 0:48:04# When you hear
0:48:04 > 0:48:08# Voices singing Let's be jolly
0:48:08 > 0:48:11# Deck the halls with boughs of holly
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- ALL:- # Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
0:48:14 > 0:48:17# Rockin' around the Christmas tree
0:48:17 > 0:48:21# Have a happy holiday
0:48:21 > 0:48:24# Everyone's dancing merrily
0:48:24 > 0:48:28# In the new old-fashioned way
0:48:28 > 0:48:30# Rockin' around the Christmas tree
0:48:30 > 0:48:34# Have a happy holiday
0:48:34 > 0:48:37# Everyone's dancing merrily
0:48:37 > 0:48:39# In the new
0:48:39 > 0:48:40# Old
0:48:40 > 0:48:41# Fashioned
0:48:41 > 0:48:45# Way. #
0:48:45 > 0:48:46Hey, Merry Christmas, Xander.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49Right back at you, Kim!
0:48:49 > 0:48:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE