Health and Fitness Pointless Celebrities

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

And a very warm welcome to this special health and fitness -

obviously - edition of Pointless Celebrities.

This is the quiz where we have asked all the questions

to 100 people before the show, and all our celebrities have to do

is come up with the answers no-one else thought of.

Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.

APPLAUSE

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Dr Dawn, part-time GP in Gloucestershire

and part-time TV presenter and part-time author.

I'm Dr Pixie McKenna.

Like Dawn, GP, do some telly

and have absolutely no general knowledge.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Couple number two.

I'm Robin Cousins,

and I'm an Olympic gold medallist in figure skating.

And I'm Rosemary Conley, and I'm a diet and fitness expert.

APPLAUSE

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Iwan Thomas.

I used to basically run round in a circle,

got a medal from every single major championships

but it's all irrelevant cos the only medal I care about is...

Don't like to talk about it,

but I am a reigning Pointless champion with my mate, Kath.

We won this before.

-LAUGHTER

-So that's it.

Katharine Merry, fellow Olympic medallist over 400 metres,

turned broadcaster and, yes,

a proud owner of a Pointless trophy with a pointless answer.

So downhill is the only way we're probably going to go. Yeah!

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-And, finally, couple number four.

-Hello, I'm Dr Chris Steele,

I'm a retired GP and resident doctor on ITV's This Morning programme.

And I'm Lizzie Webb, a fitness teacher.

Yay! APPLAUSE

Thanks very much, all of you. We'll find out more about each of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's currently writing a novel about a quiz show host

who kills his presenter.

LAUGHTER

I can't wait to read it. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-APPLAUSE

-Hiya.

Everybody...good evening.

You say it's a novel, you just stumbled across my plan.

That was all. I just had to pretend it was a novel.

-This'll be fun, won't it?

-Yeah.

-Health and fitness.

-Yeah, I know.

-I like your headband.

-I like yours, too.

-Oh, thank you.

Like we're in different gangs.

-Oh, you're from the Hot Gang, I'm from the Cold.

-Yeah, exactly that.

-Now you, you've hurt your back, haven't you?

-I have.

-It's rather a timely show for you.

-It is timely.

I would imagine, between our doctors and our fitness experts, somebody...

-Somebody.

-..will be able to cure you.

I haven't even thought about that.

-We could exchange information, that would work!

-Yeah, yeah.

OK, I see what you're saying. All right.

I'll scratch your back, you can manipulate mine.

Perfect. LAUGHTER

If you think, for one second, that Xander has the answers,

-you have not watched this show before.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

to 100 people before the show. Our contestants here are looking for

those all-important pointless answers,

these being the answers that none of our 100 people gave.

Should you find one of those, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

all of our celebrities are playing for a nominated charity.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Well, as I'm sure you don't need to be reminded,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

So your job is to make sure you are not in that pair.

No conferring until we get to the head-to-head round. Best of luck.

Our first category this evening is...

It's a Words round. Always tough on podium one.

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

who's going to go 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...

..as they could. Words ending A-C-T. Richard.

Yep, any word in the English language ending A-C-T, please.

That's any word with its own entry in oxforddictionaries.com -

English section, please - that ends A-C-T.

As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words.

And we won't allow the word "act" itself.

OK. Now, Dawn, welcome.

-Thank you.

-A very, very warm welcome.

Now, you're Dr Dawn, Embarrassing Bodies.

What happens when you're ill?

Is there a partner in your practice that you go and see?

I'd probably phone Pixie, actually.

Or maybe just get the stethoscope, just...

HE BREATHES DEEPLY You can depress your own tongue.

Doctors fall in to two categories -

those that kind of ignore symptoms and just carry on with things

and those that every headache is a brain tumour, so I kind of...

Yeah, I don't really...

I don't really go to my own profession very often.

-Now, Dawn.

-Mm-hm?

-We can't put it off any longer.

-No, sadly!

These words ending A-C-T.

I'm going to go enact.

-Enact?

-Mm.

Enact, says Dawn.

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

It's right.

That's a good start.

It's in the right part of the tower.

Look, 36 for enact.

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36.

Yeah, enact - to bring a bill into law or to act out a role.

-A very good answer.

-OK, thanks very much indeed.

Now, Rosemary, a very, very warm welcome to Pointless to you.

-Thank you.

-The queen of the diet, I'm going to say.

Now, dieting is one of those things that, you know,

lots of different fads come and go.

Do you find that your basic principles have shifted a little bit

or have you stayed fairly solidly behind the original Conley diet?

Fairly consistently low fat is where I am singing from, really.

Any diet will work. It's a question of which is the right diet for you

and everybody, if they are trying to lose weight,

should involve some activity as well.

Now, Rosemary, words ending A-C-T.

Yes, well, I'm going to go with pact.

-Pact...

-Yeah.

-..says Rosemary.

Pact. OK.

Well, 36 for enact.

Let's see how far down we get with pact.

Ooh-ee.

Look at that, pact, 69.

69.

Yes, a formal agreement, a pact. That is a very, very big score.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Uh, now, Iwan.

You are still the British record-holder for 400 metres.

18 years.

When you're looking down the results of the end of any athletics meet,

do you think,

do you look straight down the times to see, oh...hey, it's still mine?

Last year, I had the Commonwealth Games record

and that went to the great Kirani James.

So, as a lover of the sport,

I do want it to move forward

and I'd hope a British athlete would break my record but obviously,

being selfish, I love the fact that I'm old but still was fast.

-Very good. Now, Iwan.

-OK. So, hopefully, this is right.

This is something I don't think we'll do today,

winning last time - re-enact.

OK, re-enact says Iwan.

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

Oh, no.

-Oh, no.

-No!

Everything you have done is absolutely right.

I suspect it's only because there's a double E

that they have to hyphenate it.

Yes, a good wrong answer, but, yeah, it is hyphenated, I'm afraid.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Chris, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here.

Now, about this back, erm... No, I'm not going to ask you that.

Now, Chris, I mean, you said you were a retired GP?

You no longer have a practice?

No, I've been a GP for 40-odd years

and, um, I decided to retire,

which is very pleasant indeed.

So, you haven't retired at all,

because the whole nation is now your practice.

Well, yeah, the girls will know, wherever you go,

the supermarket or train station - "Hey, doc,

"can you just check this and check that check the other?"

It happens, it's OK.

OK, now, Chris, words ending A-C-T.

What are you going to go for?

I've got to go for a medical one -

cataract.

-Cataract. Ooh.

-I only know medical words, I don't know any other words!

OK, cataract. Let's see how many of our 100 people said cataract.

It's right.

36 is our lowest score at this point from Dr Dawn.

And you've passed it.

15.

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-15 for cataract.

-Very well played, Chris.

Yeah, a condition of the eye, but, also,

a non-medical word because it is also a waterfall - a cataract.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

15, best score of the pass, Chris, very well done to you.

Chris and Lizzie looking very strong at this point, as, I would say,

are Dawn and Pixie on 36. Up to 69 we find Rosemary and Robin.

And then up to 100, Iwan and Katharine.

You never know, there might be another 100,

as long as it is not from you, Katharine.

You could get through

to the next round. It'd be lovely if you did.

Anyway, best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Lizzie, a very warm welcome to Pointless to you.

This...

This is kind of in homage to you, Lizzie, this look.

-Do you member that?

-Of course, I remember it well.

Back in the '80s, I would say those sort of

morning shows, it was as much about health and fitness

as it was about anything else.

How did you get into it?

Well, I was teaching at Pineapple Dance Centre in Covent Garden

and various other places at the time

and Greg Dyke's PA was in one of my Saturday morning classes.

And he said, "I need someone to counteract the Green Goddess.

"Who could you suggest

"that's different?" She said, "I go to this mad lady who teaches us,"

and I've been called mad ever since.

So, Mad Lizzie, you arrived as Mad Lizzie.

Lorry drivers still call out when they drive pass,

-"Hello, Mad Lizzie!"

-Aw!

I think that's nice, isn't it? Yes.

I might prove I'm going to be quite mad now.

Well, I hope not, as long as you've

got a really good word ending A-C-T, which I have

-no doubt you will have.

-I'm trying. Well, it's between two.

-I'm going to go for distract.

-Distract. Distract, says Lizzie.

Now, the high-scorers are Katharine and Iwan. Skate over that.

Um, there is your red line, if you can get below that,

you're definitely into the next round.

Let's see how many people said distract.

It's right and you're through.

Oh, we're through!

Look, look, look, look, look.

Whoa.

There you go!

Lowest score of the round so far, Lizzie.

8 for distract.

23 is your total.

To prevent someone from concentrating.

-A very good answer. A very low score, isn't it?

-Mm.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Katharine...

-Mm-hm?

-Aged 14, you were the fastest

girl in the world.

Then aged 26, you were the fastest woman in the world over 400 metres.

That's an amazing thing to be, isn't it?

It's cool.

I like that.

-But aged 14!

-I know, I was very lucky.

I was just fast when I was young.

I just ran particularly fast

-for no major reason.

-And who spotted it

-and said, "Ooh, she's fast"?

-Like most

Olympic athletes, PE teacher.

It was a PE teacher that said "You look pretty nippy,

"you should try doing a bit of athletics."

I was doing gymnastics at the time so I retired gracefully from that...

-Give that up!

-Yeah, nine and three quarters, I retired.

It wasn't a loss to the sport, trust me.

Now, Katharine, what would you like to go for?

It's probably something I'd like to do

for Iwan's answer - retract.

-Retract?

-Yeah.

-Oh, they're so good.

-Mm.

-If they don't get through this round, we will miss you.

Retract - that's good answering. No red line, I'm afraid,

as you're the highest scorers

but let's see how many people said retract.

Come on.

APPLAUSE

-Good, though, good.

-20. 120 is your total.

Yeah, you might have just done enough.

If we get another 100 here, you'll stay in

but if we don't, you won't.

That's just me commentating.

That's some colour commentary.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Robin, a very warm welcome to you.

Gold medallist figure skater.

Now, when did you start doing that?

When did you realise...? Actually, no, let's go further back.

How did you do enough skating to realise how good you were?

I did whatever I could do when I wasn't supposed to be school.

So, if it was five o'clock

in the morning, on the weekends, you grab whatever time you've got,

whatever hour it is, and you don't know what you're doing

other than the fact that you have a great time when you are doing it.

Good answer. I suppose nobody has a private ice rink of their own.

-Or maybe they do?

-No, they don't.

So, presumably you have to go to public rinks.

You go at whatever time the public aren't using it.

So, early mornings or late at night.

I think the other athletes will tell you, if you want

and if you have a passion for something,

it doesn't matter what hour or

-where it is, you get on and do it. And it's that simple.

-Wow.

Yeah. Now then, Robin, 69 is your score at the moment.

You have to score 50 or less.

Abstract.

Oh, nice one.

-Oh, very good.

-Great.

-Abstract. Abstract.

-We shall see.

There is your red line....

-It looks a bit like Richard with his headband there.

-Oh, yeah.

There is your red line.

If you get below that with abstract, you are through to Round Two.

Very well done indeed.

Good answer.

Look at that. 9!

APPLAUSE

Second lowest answer of the round.

-78 is your total. Very well done.

-Great answer, Robin.

Very well played.

Yeah, your abstract is the channel between your abs.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Pixie, welcome. Welcome, Pixie.

-Thank you.

So, Embarrassing Bodies,

has it been embarrassing for you?

-Have you had people coming up and just going...erm...erm...

-Yes.

-You are now... You have broken the taboo.

-Fair game...

-Yeah.

..especially if you're in the pub on a Saturday night.

And they're not lifting up, they're dropping down. Not good.

Oh, no, it's the dropping down!

Um, yes, now, Pixie, you have to score 83 or less.

83 or less with this answer.

Erm, I'm going to go with protract.

Wow. Protract. There's your red line.

If you can get below that, you're into the next round.

How many people said protract?

Look at that.

Brilliant! 11.

APPLAUSE

47 is your total.

-Very well played. We lose the champions.

-I know. I can't bear it.

I can't believe it. Listen,

they can't take it away from you. They can't take those trophies away.

Oh, I'm hearing they CAN take them away from you.

LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Abreact. Cataphract, which is a soldier in full armour.

Outact. That's like the sentence,

"One of the main reasons I watch the Armstrong and Miller Show

is to watch one of the performers outact the other one.

LAUGHTER

Overexact is a pointless answer.

Subcompact, which is...

Americans use that to describe some of their cars as subcompact.

And ventifact which is a geological term

which I can't go into right now.

Let's look at the top three answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

React would have scored you 62.

Pact is the second biggest answer of all on 69.

And right at the top, fact on 73.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round,

it is my unpleasant duty to say goodbye to Katharine and Iwan.

It's been lovely having you on.

I mean, you know, you have shown what excellent form you have

in these words rounds, that should

really have seen you through,

but for that little hyphen. I don't know what to say.

-You just have to come back and soon.

-Pleasure.

Lovely to see you again.

Thanks so much for playing, Katharine and Iwan.

APPLAUSE

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

We're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye to another pair.

Our category for Round Two this evening is...

Food and Drink.

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second,

and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Mm. Cookbooks. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of six cookbooks.

We'll also give you the initials of the writer of that book,

the chef or food writer.

You need to give us the most obscure answer you can, please.

Six on the first board, six on the second,

12 in all to have a go at home. Very best of luck.

OK, we're looking for the authors of these cookbooks

and here is our first board of six.

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we go. So, Pixie, we come to you first.

Reggae Reggae Cook Book,

Levi Roots.

Levi Roots, says Pixie.

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

14.

That's good.

Can't complain with 14, I'd say.

Yes, probably the most famous entrant into the Dragons' Den,

Levi Roots.

The company was worth about 38 million a couple of years

-after he'd been in there.

-Really?

-Mm.

-Mm, good sauce.

Now, Robin what would you like to go for?

I'm going to plump with Real Family Food

and Antony Worrall Thompson.

Antony Worrall Thompson, says Robin.

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

It's right.

23.

APPLAUSE

-Not bad.

-Well played, Robin.

Yes, it featured food made out of members of his family,

-LAUGHTER

-which I just think is... I don't know.

I always think that when I see "family butchers" above shops.

LAUGHTER I think, "Oh!"

Ooh, a bit distasteful.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Lizzie, do you want to talk us through the board?

No, please don't do that to me. I can do one,

which is A Chef For All Seasons, Gordon Ramsay.

Gordon Ramsay, says Lizzie, GR, sounds reasonable enough to me.

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

It is right, phew.

Ooh.

Not bad, 26.

APPLAUSE

Not bad at all.

Good answering from everybody on that round.

His daughter Matilda now has her own TV show as well.

-Matilda Ramsay?

-Yeah.

-I didn't know that.

-So, the dynasty continues.

Now, you are very good at this sort of thing. So, JO?

-Jamie Oliver.

-Of course it is. That would've scored 60.

-Now, LF, she was on MasterChef.

-Oh, lovely Lisa Faulkner.

Lovely Lisa Faulkner, should have been LLF. One point for that.

And one of the most famous chefs in America - WP.

I don't know.

-Wolfgang Puck.

-Ah.

And it's a pointless answer as well so well done if you said that.

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

Let's take a look at the scores. 14. Look at that.

Doctors Pixie and Dawn once again top of the class, well done, 14.

Now it's 23 where we find Robin and Rosemary.

Up to 26, Lizzie and Chris. I mean, you're all fairly close together.

But, Chris, you are out in front

-so a nice low, score from you should keep you in the game.

-No chance.

Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those one last time.

Chris.

I'm going to have to go for an obvious one.

How To Eat, Nigella Lawson.

Nigella Lawson, says Chris.

OK, no red line for you as you're the high-scorers.

Let's see how you do with Nigella Lawson.

Not bad at all. Look at that, 24.

APPLAUSE

Very much in the same ballpark as everyone else.

Takes your total up to 50. Well done, Chris.

Well-played, Chris, and, of course,

-How To Eat Nigella Lawson is a very different book.

-Yes.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Er, Rosemary.

Now, we have a target for you which is 26 or less.

-26 or less keeps you very much in the game.

-Right.

The awful thing is I don't buy any cookbooks

cos I don't make any of the recipes.

I'm going to go for In The Kitchen,

erm, Angela Hartnell.

Angela Hartnell. There is your red line,

if you can get below that, you're into the next round.

Angela Hartnell, is it right,

how many people said it?

Ooh.

-Yah.

-Ooh, I'm so sorry.

-Yes, I think I might know what that is.

That, I'm afraid, has scored you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 123.

Yeah, you're thinking of Angela Hartnett but it's not her either.

-I am thinking of... Yeah.

-But the initials would certainly lead you

to believe it so it's certainly a very good guess.

I won't say any more about it. I won't say any more about it.

Now, Dawn. Dawn, well, listen, I've got good news for you.

-It doesn't matter what you score...

-Mm-hm.

..you'll still go through but we would like you to

talk us through the board.

The River Cottage is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

I think In The Kitchen is Ainsley Harriott

and then I'm struggling.

Which one would you want to go for?

I'm going to go for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

because I didn't know there was another AH and I'm a bit anxious.

-Tactical.

-You're going to go for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

How many people said that? No red line, you're already through.

INDISTINCT

27. APPLAUSE

41 is your total.

Yeah, very well-played. In The Kitchen,

it is Ainsley Harriott that would've scored you...

18 points. It's annoying, the initials,

once you've seen someone else's initials,

it's very hard to get it out of your head.

-Now, the top one, Xander, is...?

-Is Clarissa Dickson Wright.

Clarissa Dickson Wright, of course it is.

Would've scored you seven points. Now, A Splash And A Dash,

very famous chef who liked to drink.

-Oh, Keith Floyd.

-Keith Floyd, of course it is.

That's the splash there, 31 points for that.

Now, this last one is a pointless answer.

She writes lots of cookbooks for babies, for children.

-Annabel Karmel.

-Annabel Karmel.

Very well done if you said that pointless answer.

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

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

with their high score of 123...

-Oh, that was so nearly a very good answer.

-Sorry!

It was so nearly a bit like a very good answer

but actually would've been wrong

but, erm, I'm afraid it was wrong

but a great shame to be sending you home, Rosemary and Robin.

Come play again, please. Rosemary and Robin, everyone.

APPLAUSE

-I'm so sorry!

-But for Lizzie and Chris, Pixie and Dawn,

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

Well done, Lizzie and Chris, Pixie and Dawn,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands...

at £2,500. There we are.

This is how we decide who's going to play for that jackpot.

We get you to play as teams, which is nice.

It means you can chat before you give your answers

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, this is going to be very, very exciting indeed.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question and it concerns...

Celebrities in Make-Up, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures now of celebrities

either applying make-up or having make-up applied.

Can you identify the most obscure of these five?

OK, let's reveal our celebrities in make-up and here they are.

We have...

There we are. Five celebrities in make-up.

Now then, Lizzie and Chris, you've been our low scorers

throughout the show so you will go first.

-(Is he Benny Hill?)

-(I don't know. I don't know.)

(All right, because we don't know, let's not go for that.)

(Yeah. What one do you want?)

-(We'll go for Nureyev?)

-(Yeah.)

-Go on.

-We'll go for D, Rudolf Nureyev.

Rudolf Nureyev, say Lizzie and Chris for D.

Now then, Pixie and Dawn, do you fancy talking us

-through all the other celebrities?

-Not in the slightest!

And telling us who they are.

I thought A was the girl who sings the Frozen Song,

Demi Lofario or Lorato or something like that.

OK. B we think is Felicity Kendal.

C is Nelson Mandela.

-And we're completely...

-Frozen.

-Go on.

-I kind of thought it looks like a fat Professor Green.

-Ooh.

-I think we'll go for Felicity Kendal, B.

-OK, B, Felicity Kendal.

So we have Rudolf Nureyev and we have Felicity Kendal.

Lizzie and Chris said Rudolf Nureyev was D, let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

It is right.

Look at that. 12 for Rudolf Nureyev.

APPLAUSE

Good answer, Lizzie and Chris.

Now, Pixie and Dawn have said that B is Felicity Kendal.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said Felicity Kendal.

Very close indeed. Look at that.

17 for Felicity Kendal. APPLAUSE

But, Lizzie and Chris, you win that one.

After one question you're up 1-0.

Nureyev was the best answer on the board as well

so very well-played, could not be beaten.

A is Ariana Grande, the singer.

Had two UK number ones, 20 points for her.

-C, isn't that an amazing photograph?

-Mm.

-Fabulous, isn't it?

Nelson Mandela, of course.

Would've scored you 73.

And E...

Do you know E?

Well, somebody was saying they thought it was Benny Hill.

-We thought it was Benny Hill.

-It could be Benny Hill.

It is Benny Hill.

-Oh, it is!

-36 points for that.

There we are, how funny.

Thank you, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Pixie and Dawn, you get to answer it first

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

It concerns...

Disco Classics, Richard.

We're now going to play you five extracts from classic songs

of the disco era. Can you tell us the acts

who performed these songs please?

OK, well, let's reveal our five tracks and here they are.

We've got A...

DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

MUSIC STOPS

Here's B.

DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

MUSIC STOPS

Here's C.

DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

MUSIC STOPS

Here's D.

DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

MUSIC STOPS

And here's E. DISCO MUSIC PLAYS

CHRIS CHEERS

MUSIC STOPS

There we go. Now, Pixie and Dawn will go first.

We're going to go A, Gloria Gaynor.

A, Gloria Gaynor, say Pixie and Dawn.

Now then, Lizzie and Chris, you can talk us through them if you like.

-CHRIS LAUGHS

-Not much to be said, to be honest.

-We recognise them but knowing the titles is another thing.

-Yes.

-We can sing them for you.

-Yes!

-We can dance...

Do you know what? Do that.

It won't score you anything.

Saturday night Fever. Yeah?

-Bee Gees.

-Bee Gees, the Bee Gees.

So we have Gloria Gaynor and we have the Bee Gees.

Now, Pixie and Dawn went for Gloria Gaynor for A.

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

It's right.

51.

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Now, Lizzie and Chris have gone for the Bee Gees.

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

It's right.

70. Well done, Pixie and Dawn.

You somehow managed to do exactly what was needed.

You're back in the game after two questions, it's 1-1.

I was terrible on that. I'm awful with intros to songs.

I can't do it at all. Again, you recognise every song.

They're all famous songs. Let's have a little listen to the three

that we didn't have, so B.

MUSIC PLAYS

That's The Hustle by Van McCoy.

And Van McCoy would've scored you nine points.

Very well done if you said that.

-The grass?

-That's all right.

He's just been baling hay.

-In Lycra?!

-Yes!

Farmers wear Lycra too.

OK.

He's got the straw and Lycra look there. C.

MUSIC PLAYS

I do know this one, Donna Summer.

Hot Stuff by Donna Summer.

Would have scored you 30.

And the fourth one...

MUSIC PLAYS

It's a song everyone knows.

-It's Car Wash.

-Oh, Rose Royce. Of course it's Car Wash.

And that would have scored you 16.

Thank you very much. OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot for their charity, best of luck.

It concerns...

GROANS AND LAUGHTER

Items found in a first aid kit. Richard.

If only we had three doctors here

trying to qualify for our jackpot round.

We're going to show you five items now that are commonly found

in first aid kits, but we've removed alternate letters from their names.

Can you tell us what they are, please?

OK, let's reveal our five items and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read them again.

There we are. Lizzie and Chris will go first.

Do you think, the first one, do you think we should say...?

Do you think people would know the digital...?

What's the one that people aren't going to know?

We're going to go for the second one down.

Cleansing wipes.

Cleansing wipes, say Lizzie and Chris.

Cleansing wipes. Now then,

Pixie and Dawn, talk us through all of the others.

Do you think we're doctors or something?

Digital thermometer, antiseptic cream,

aspirin and gauze.

What would you like to go for?

-Gauze.

-Gauze.

OK, so we have cleansing wipes, we have gauze.

Lizzie and Chris went for cleansing wipes.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said cleansing wipes.

It's right.

That's a good answer.

Down it goes.

Cleansing wipes down to 8!

Wow, practically through the floor!

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Pixie and Dawn have gone for gauze, the only one I couldn't get.

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

Ooh, look at that, 37 for gauze!

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There we have our result.

Very well done indeed, Lizzie and Chris.

After three questions you are through to the final 2-1.

I'm glad to say they were the best two answers on the board as well,

so you held up your profession valiantly.

Let's take a look at the scores for the others.

Digital thermometer would have scored you 50.

Antiseptic cream would have scored you 49,

and aspirin is the biggest scorer, would have scored you 84.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, Pixie and Dawn, it's you.

Nothing wrong with any of your answers.

Superb play right across the game.

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

Please come back and play again and take the trophy next time.

In the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Pixie and Dawn!

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But for Lizzie and Chris it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Lizzie and Chris.

You have wrestled your opponents to the floor

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy so very well done.

You now have a chance

to win our Pointless jackpot for your charities.

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

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We've put you through the paces obviously, and here you are.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in the final round?

Theatre, ballet for me.

-Maybe politics.

-OK, theatre, ballet, politics.

What about you, Chris?

Obscure gardening questions.

That's great. You cover so many bases.

OK, let's see what today's selection looks like.

I hope there's something up there you like the look of. We've got...

For me it would be the year 1970.

OK, go on. We'll go with that.

No, I'll take the blame if we don't do well!

That's right, you take the blame!

OK. The year 1970.

-The year 1970 it is. Richard.

-Very best of luck.

Three very different categories within here.

I hope one of them suits you. Maybe all three of them suit you.

Let's find out. We are looking for

any national team who played at the 1970 Fifa World Cup in Mexico,

apart from Mexico.

We're looking for any act who had a UK number one single in 1970,

so anyone who topped the UK singles chart in 1970,

any act - any band or singer.

Or we're looking for anyone, according to IMDB, who was credited

as acting in The Railway Children.

So any teams who played in the 1970 Fifa World Cup finals in Mexico,

acts with a UK number one single or cast of the Railway children.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thank you very much indeed.

As always,

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

All you need to win that jackpot for your charities

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

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

-I'm not very confident.

-I could do two names from the cast

-of The Railway Children.

-Great.

Sally Thomsett, Jenny Agutter.

-Can you think of a third?

-No, I can't, no.

What about the others?

Acts who had a UK number one single in 1970.

-The Beatles?

-That's definitely one.

The Rolling Stones.

Stones, Beatles.

Is Pink Floyd later?

Maybe not. We're talking...

40 years ago.

We haven't got too long, have we?

Beatles, Stones... ABBA, were they around, or they came later?

I think they came later.

-Number ones.

-Ten seconds left.

Of the two, I can't think of a third person from The Railway Children.

Go for that and you get two there and we'll go for acts.

That is your time up.

I'm sorry to say, your minute is up. Let's have your three answers.

I'll give two names from the cast of the 1970 film The Railway Children.

Lovely, and they are?

-Sally Thomsett and Jenny Agutter.

-Great.

And your third answer.

The act with the number one single, Stones.

Rolling Stones. OK, of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Sally Thomsett.

-Sally Thomsett, we'll put her last.

-Least likely to be pointless.

-Jenny Agutter?

Jenny Agutter. We'll put Jenny Agutter first.

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

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

Very best of luck, three good answers on the board.

I reckon all three of those should be right.

Maybe one of them might be pointless.

If one of them were to be pointless,

what would you be doing with your jackpot? What's your charities?

For me, the Berkshire Community Foundation

cos they do fantastic support for very small charities

who do amazing work in the community,

and without them, they wouldn't be able to do it,

so Berkshire Community Foundation.

Very good. Chris, how about you?

A very small charity called Chromosome 18.

I have a nephew with this rare condition which can cause

physical and mental disabilities.

A tiny charity, obviously need the money,

so hopefully go for that and collect.

Very well done. APPLAUSE

Fingers crossed one of these answers will win

that jackpot for your charities. Your first answer was Jenny Agutter.

In this case we were looking for

cast members of The Railway Children.

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

so let's see, for £2,500, how many people said Jenny Agutter?

It's right.

All it has to do now is go down to zero

and you will leave with that cheque for your charities for £2,500.

43.

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43. Call The Midwife, I blame for that.

It's a good answer but I'm afraid not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was The Rolling Stones.

We were looking for acts that had

number one singles in the UK in 1970.

It has to be pointless again for you to win.

For £2,500, let's see how many people said The Rolling Stones.

Oh, dear!

You said 100 and I'm afraid it is 100.

Look at that. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, 1970.

We will discover why that's incorrect and how far out you were,

but I'm afraid not a pointless answer which means you only have

one more shot at today's jackpot.

A really good answer in third place though.

Sally Thomsett. In this case, again we were looking

for Railway Children cast members.

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

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer Jenny Agutter took us down to 43.

The Rolling Stones turned out to be incorrect.

Sally Thomsett now going down into single figures.

Oh, nine!

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Not bad though. Really not bad.

It can be very hard sometimes

even to get single figures in this last round.

You found it with Sally Thomsett.

I'm sorry you didn't find a pointless answer though,

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

However, as it's a celebrity special, we're going to donate £500

to each pair to give to their charities.

It's been wonderful having you on the show

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

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Three good answers. The Stones' last number one was in 1969.

I suspect they might not have been pointless anyway

but it wasn't far out as a guess.

Let's start with teams at the '70 World Cup.

Six pointless answers here.

Israel, Morocco, Peru, Romania.

You also could have had Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

Well done if you said any of those.

The acts who had a UK number one single.

You've got Simon and Garfunkel with Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Voodoo Chile, Jimi Hendrix.

Dana, All Kinds Of Everything was number one in 1970.

Lee Marvin, Wandering Star.

Now, the cast of The Railway Children.

Gary Warren, Iain Cuthbertson was a pointless answer.

Sally James, later of Tiswas, was a pointless answer.

And William Mervin. In fact everyone in the film apart from

Jenny Agutter, Bernard Cribbins, Sally Thomsett, and Dinah Sheridan,

everybody else was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye but it's been fabulous

having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

Wonderful, wonderful contestants, Lizzie and Chris.

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Join us next time when we'll be

putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.

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