Sport Pointless Celebrities

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

special sporting edition of Pointless Celebrities.

The show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.

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And couple number one.

I'm Willie Thorne, a former professional snooker player, and when on Strictly, a very bad dancer.

-I'm Tony Jacklin, a former professional golfer, and an even worse dancer.

-Correct.

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Couple number two.

I'm Andy Fordham, I'm a former 2004 world darts champion.

And I'm Deta Hedman, and I am the current worlds number one ladies champion.

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Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Tessa Sanderson, and I'm the former Olympic javelin champion.

And I'm Derek Redmond, and I'm not the former Olympic javelin champion,

but I am a world champion athlete.

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And finally, couple number four.

I'm Nick Easter, and I currently play rugby for Harlequins

in England, and I'm here representing the pink shirt brigade.

LAUGHTER

And I'm Martin Offiah, former Pointless champion...

and retired rugby player.

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Thanks very much, all of you. A very warm welcome.

We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it

goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

A photo of himself he posted online "broke the internet".

Luckily, he just turned off his Wi-Fi and turned it back on again,

it worked like a charm. It is my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya. Evening, everybody.

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Welcome along. Good evening to you.

-Good evening to you.

-I love it when we do a sports special, because all

sports people, if they are still playing, if they are retired or whatever, they are so competitive,

and they're so desperate to win.

I absolutely... It is absolutely brilliant.

And we've got some great players here as well. We've got a Pointless legend on the final podium, Martin,

who came on last time with Phil Tuffnell and won the jackpot.

So if you don't win the jackpot again this time,

we will understand that Nick Easter is not as clever as Phil Tuffnell.

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-Which is quite something.

We've also got two other people who have played before. That's Willie and Tessa.

-The last time they played together.

-Oh, yes.

They did so badly, they decided to split up and find new partners.

-We tried, didn't we, darling?

-Who has chosen better? We will find out.

But podium two, this is my favourite podium.

Now, Martin and I and various other people played Let's Play Darts For Comic Relief.

It was terrifying, it was genuinely terrifying.

I remember Andy Fordham standing there, going, "What are you worried about?

"It is easy. What are you worried about?"

And then speaking to him just now, I saw the fear in his eyes

that he must have seen in mine and Martin's eyes. He's terrified.

I have to say Deta, who was my partner in that tournament,

very much my better half, she is not terrified.

-Deta is scared by nothing at all.

-I wouldn't go that far.

I guarantee that.

-It is going to be an absolute cracker, I think.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

As usual, all of today's questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our celebrities here are looking to find those all-important pointless answers.

These are the answers that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

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

we start off with a jackpot of £2,500. There it is.

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

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All you have to remember is this, the pair with the highest

score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That's it, that's the only rule. Oh, yes, and no conferring.

Until we get to the head-to-head round. Good luck.

Our first category this evening is...

Bands Of The 1990s.

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

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Bands by surname, Richard.

Yes, on each board, we are going to show you some groups of surnames.

They all represent a band who had at least one number one hit during

the 1990s. Can you name the band by recognising the surnames, please?

There's going to be seven groups on the first board, seven on the second,

14 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

OK, so let's reveal our first board of surnames, and here it comes.

We've got...

Tony is thrilled with this, isn't he?

I'm going to read those all again, because it's fun.

There we are. Now, Tony, put this to the back of your mind for now, Tony.

Just a very, very warm welcome. It is lovely to have you here.

When did you retire from professional golf?

I played some senior golf until about...

14 years ago.

But you must still play, you must do...

-I do some corporate work, the odd days.

-Just keep to your eye.

I was reading, though, that one of your passions is marquetry.

Yes. Yeah, I make pictures out of veneers. I do real people.

I mean, celebrities, golfers especially,

some of the old golfers that are no longer with us.

I don't three-putt when I do that,

I come out with some very nice results from time to time.

Very nice. Good use for your old woods as well, actually.

Now, Tony, all these bands with lists of surnames.

-How are we feeling about that?

-Not very well.

I'm completely and utterly lost with this.

Um...

Bernard Gallacher's Band.

The Bernard Gallacher Band. Which for which one?

-I'm guessing the Gallagher, Gallagher. For that one?

-Yes, that one.

OK, the Bernard Gallacher Band. Let's take that and see if it's right.

-No, I'm sorry, Tony, it is a tough board.

-I'm even more sorry.

THEY LAUGH

-It scores you 100 points.

-I tell you what, though, imagine the racket the

Bernard Gallacher Band would make.

That would be fearsome. I tell you something that is interesting about Tony,

golf is so huge these days. Tony won the US Open back when Europeans simply didn't

win the US Open. And then he won the Ryder Cup

when we simply didn't win the Ryder Cup as well.

Now we take it for granted, but back in the day he was an absolute

pioneer in both of those fields, I think it is fair to say.

And we give him a question like this. I'm sorry, Tony.

-It is ridiculous.

-I'm sorry. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Andy, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here. "The Viking", Andy.

-Yeah.

-Talk to me about "The Viking".

-When I started playing in '95,

-my first Lakeside, there was talk about nicknames.

-Yeah.

-And...

I think Tony Green was going to call me "The New Age Traveller".

Then they were going to call me "Bluto",

the one that used to mess about with Popeye's missus.

Then my mate turned up in a full Viking outfit to support me,

-and it...and it just stuck.

-Simple as that, "The Viking".

I mean, what happens if you turn up in professional darts without a nickname?

You would soon get one, don't worry about that.

-Better go with "The Viking" than something else.

-Yeah.

I mean, I'm quite happy with it.

Andy, how are you finding this board here?

I've got to go with that Gallagher, Gallagher thing. And go with Oasis.

Oasis, says Andy. Oasis. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Oasis.

It's right.

-Oh, 82.

-I don't care, that'll do.

-It is a good answer.

-It is good news for Tony as well.

-Yes, correct answer, though.

And they've had various line-ups over the years,

but that's when they had their '90s number one singles. Oasis.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Derek.

Welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.

Oh, the great memory I have of you is Barcelona in 1992.

-Being beaten by my dad in the semifinal?

-Yes.

I mean, that is just one of those absolutely wonderful,

timeless moments, isn't it?

Well, it wasn't my best hour, if I'm really honest with you.

Yes, the hamstring, that's got to have hurt. But it was lovely,

melted everybody's heart.

I tell you, if anyone hasn't seen it, you must Google it. "Derek Redmond Barcelona".

There is not a person alive who can watch that without them

-having to weep.

-And then ring their dad.

-Yes, exactly.

It is an extraordinary bit of television, it was.

And then after running around for fun, you've played basketball.

-Yeah.

-You've played rugby.

-Yeah.

-Quite a high level.

-Relatively high.

-Yes, quite high level. And now you're doing kick boxing as well.

-Yes.

-Something sedate now.

-Where are you going to go after that? Curling?

-Exactly, yes.

-How do you like this board?

Um, there's only one I really know the answer is,

and I have a feeling it is going to be a high score, because if I know it, everybody is going to know it.

So I'm going to have to go with the top one, which is the Spice Girls.

The Spice Girls, says Derek. Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people

said the Spice Girls.

Well, it's right and it has passed our high score.

Down to 71, we have a new low score, Derek.

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Nothing wrong with that.

Yes, scores lower than Oasis. I guess because of the Gallagher, Gallagher combination.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, now, Nick, a very, very warm welcome to Pointless to you.

Now then, I'll be honest, we've had a few rugby players on Pointless, and I think it is

fair to say it's one of those sports that attracts characters.

-Yeah, a game for all shapes and sizes.

-Indeed.

-Everyone comes from different backgrounds.

-Yes.

If the rugby club dinner is on, you want to stick around and see what happens, don't you?

-There is never a dull moment.

-Never a dull moment.

Obviously, in the line-up of the dressing room, where were you?

Were you the sort of jester end of the spectrum?

I would say so, but I'm getting on a bit now in my profession,

so I've got to be seen as a little bit more of a responsible figure.

Yeah, well you were captain in 2011.

Well, yeah, and seniority, as well.

I'm still on the back of the bus

and the young lads still try and take the back of the bus but there's no giving that up.

You've also got to that stage where you've got record numbers

-of caps. I think you're the most capped Harlequin...

-That's right.

-..in recent times.

-Just over 250 last year, I think.

You've got 51 England caps, I think.

-Yeah.

-Is that right?

I mean, how much longer do you think you'll keep going?

The body's good at the moment as far as injuries are concerned.

You know, erm...

It's holding well.

Erm, it's more the mind, whether I can get over this subject

of '90s bands because I know I'm old in my profession,

but I'm not sure if my knowledge stretches as far back

as some of those names.

OK, listen, do you want to talk us through the board.

You can go through all of those, if you like, and give suggestions for any of them.

Music is not a subject I particularly wanted to come up.

I think the second one,

just looking at the first name,

Damon Albarn - Blur maybe.

Marti Pellow, fourth one down, Wet Wet Wet.

And then...

..not sure about the Detroit one.

Harvey, maybe East 17.

I'm not sure that's his first name or his last name.

I think we'll go - Pellow, Cunningham, Clark, Mitchell -

-Wet Wet Wet.

-Wet Wet Wet says Nick.

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

Well you pass the high score of 100

and you pass the low score of 71. Look at that!

Very well done, indeed. Oh, Nick!

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-Look at that!

-I thought that might have been '80s.

Martin has chosen well. 37 for Wet Wet Wet.

Very well played. You took us through the board quite nicely.

You were right about the other two.

Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree are Blur.

It would've scored you more points, it would have scored 46.

We'll leave the next one for a moment.

Fahey and Detroit?

-Shakespears Sister.

-Shakespears Sister.

Nine points for that.

It's Brian Harvey, Terry Coldwell, John Hendy and Tony Mortimer,

East 17. That would have scored you ten points.

There's a pointless answer. McCary, Morris, Morris, Stockman.

-I know some people would have got it. It's Boyz II Men.

-Ah.

Boyz II Men, very well done if you got that.

Thanks very much, indeed. We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Oh, Nick, 37. The best score of the pass

by quite a margin. Very well done,

putting you and Martin at the top of the tree.

Then up to 71, Derek and Tessa.

Then up to 82, where we find Andy and Deta.

And then 100, Tony and Willie. The good news is, Willie,

you're not that far ahead.

They're all just in your slipstream there. So best of luck.

We're coming back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put seven more groups of surnames up on the board.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Martin, welcome back to Pointless.

Champion returning - wonderful to have you here.

Now, Martin, you played both disciplines of rugby.

What would you say is the tougher of the two disciplines?

I think both codes have evolved.

You know, it's probably like asking

Hamilton what's tougher, rally driving or Formula One?

You know...

They're different, they're both tough in different ways

and, you know, there's probably a lot more high speed collisions

-in League...

-Yeah.

-But the fitness aspect of Rugby Union now

is far superior to anything that I encountered when I was playing.

Do you find one or other more exciting?

I enjoy watching both.

If I'm honest I watch more international Rugby Union

and more club Rugby League.

-That's where my allegiances lie.

-That makes sense.

Listen, Nick has set you up incredibly well here.

If you can score 62, or less,

you're into the next round.

What do you want to go for there, Martin?

There's a couple of them I think I know.

Seeing as my good friend has done so well,

I think I'll just play safe

and I'll go for the second to last one,

Scott-Lee, Watkins, Richards,

Latchford-Evans and Tozer.

-Steps.

-Steps says Martin.

Here is your red line.

You have to get below that to be sure of a place in the next round.

Let's see how many people said Steps. Is it right?

It is right, well done.

Through you go.

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The lowest score yet, taking your total up to 65.

Well played, Martin.

Very, very big in the rugby community, Steps.

-They are!

-You won't have the mick taken out of you by anyone

for getting that one.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

Ah, Tessa, welcome back.

Thank you.

I was reading, you were at six Olympic Games.

From 1976 to 1996.

Do you have a favourite one?

-'84.

-I was going to say.

-I won my gold medal then.

-Sure.

It was a fun Games because it was the first time

we had sort of like a big, communal area

and all the things that was going on there.

The Games were great.

The first time I think they did the relay baton race.

Daley was there doing his backflip after he won.

I mean, it was just fab times.

It was great Games, great Games.

And I won... Phew!

-..which I was really pleased about.

-And you won gold.

-Yeah.

Erm, well, Tessa if you can score 28 or less

you are through to the next round.

How do you like this board?

-Awful!

-Is it?

Awful. Awful. Awful.

Number four I was really, really trying to remember

because I recognise the names but I can't recognise the group.

So I think I'm going to have to go with the obvious

and I think a lot of people would have got this. So, erm...

I think I'm going to go with number two,

Gary Barlow and Mark Owen.

So I'm going to go for, erm,

Take That.

Take That says Tessa.

Here's your red line. Get below THAT with Take That

and you're definitely into the next round.

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

-Oh!

-75, that's not bad.

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That's not bad.

146 is your total.

It's not bad given there's some tough ones still left on the board.

They have had 12 number one singles, seven number one albums, Take That.

-Still going strong.

-Mmm.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

Now, Deta, it's lovely to have you here. Very, very warm welcome.

-Thank you.

-One of the best female darts players of all time, Deta.

-Thank you very much.

-It's a great treat to have you here.

Also, much more importantly, you were a team-mate of Richard

"The Chiswick Flyover" Osman...

At this moment in time, I wish I was as clever as he is.

I bet you are! I bet you are!

Deta, I want to know, how was he? How was he as a pupil to start with?

He was very good, actually.

He picked it up really, really quickly.

I just tried to calm him down a bit.

And how is his mental attitude to the game?

-He was very good, actually.

-I tried my best.

He was trying everything that we told him to do, he had a go at it.

He was better than me, anyway.

We're not going to go there, Martin!

ALL LAUGH

Yes, he was!

Yes, he was very, very good.

Do you like this board?

No, I don't like this board at all.

Sorry!

The only one I did know was Take That.

There's another one, number four, but I'm not quite sure.

I might be the first one to score a tonne,

which is very good for my sport. Obviously...

..but not for this one.

But, number four I think

is Eternal. I think...

-Eternal?

-Yes.

I don't know the names of the girls because I'm not pop music,

I'm more soul and reggae,

as you know, and calypso, that kind of stuff.

OK, Deta, there is your red line.

You have to get below that red line to get through to the next round.

-Let's see...

-Fingers crossed.

-How many of our 100 people said Eternal.

It has to be right, though.

Oh, Deta, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You're exactly in the right sort of area

but I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 182.

Yeah, it's a very good wrong answer, Deta, actually.

They were Bennett, Bennett, Bryan, Nurding - Eternal.

-Nurding, yes. There we are.

-And Louise Redknapp.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

Now, Willie, welcome back.

Welcome back, now...

Willie, how many maximum breaks have you scored?

-198 but I haven't played for 16 years...

-198.

Had it been 197 it might have been a fluke

-but 198 I think that's...

-Yeah, yeah.

-You were good.

Well, I was good in practice.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

And what are you up to at the moment, Willie?

I'm going to play lots of golf, lots of corporate events

and a very bad commentator at the sport but I enjoy it.

Great fun, though. You must get to meet some interesting people?

Well, especially in the sporting industry.

There's not too many sportsmen or women I haven't met before.

-That's nice.

-Now, Willie...

This is where we have a game on our hands

because the high-scorers are behind you, Deta and Andy on 182.

You're on 100.

81 or less, which is essentially, I would say, a correct answer.

What do you want to go for there?

There's only really the top one that I think I know

but I used to get past the first round occasionally in snooker.

I got past the first round in Strictly.

If I get this wrong I'm obviously going out in the first round.

I'm just hoping the top one is Boyzone.

I might be wrong but I think it might be Boyzone.

-You're going to go for Boyzone.

-Yeah.

-OK, here's your red line.

Nice and high. You have to get below it with Boyzone.

Let's see if you can.

-Oh, Willie!

-What's the other group.

-So near.

-RICHARD:

-It's the other one.

-So far.

-I couldn't think of the other name.

I'm afraid that scores you 100.

-I'm sorry, Willie.

-I know all the group so well, as well.

Oh, 200 is your total.

Yeah, plenty of people will be saying, is it Boyzone

or is it...

Westlife.

And it's Westlife, I'm afraid.

It would have scored you 46 points as well.

Deta, the Appleton, Appleton one, not Eternal, it is All Saints.

All Saints.

27 points for that.

I bet you know Ashcroft, Jones etc.

-The Verve.

-Exactly, yeah, The Verve.

It would have scored you ten.

Let's go down to the bottom now.

Carter, Dorough etc.

It's the Backstreet Boys.

-Right.

-Six points.

The best answer on the board, I would say, well done if you got this

but when you hear the answer I'm not sure you should be that proud,

Rasted, Norreen, Nystrom, Dif.

The singer's of Barbie Girl - Aqua.

-Aqua.

-Aqua, one point.

-They scored one!

-They scored one.

-That's nice.

-That is nice.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the pair who are heading home with their high score of 200

Willie and Tony. I'm so sorry.

Such a treat to have you on the show.

I'm really sorry to be sending you home far too soon.

Thank you for gracing us with your eminent presences.

-Thank you.

-Wonderful, wonderful contestants, as always. Willie and Tony.

-Thank you.

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

Look at that, suddenly we are down to three pairs.

At the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to another of the pairs in front of me.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Oh, I hate...

-World Geography.

-Oh, no!

Oh, gosh!

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

Countries whose names contain the letters W, X, Y or Z. Richard.

Yeah, looking for any country in the world whose common name in English

contains one of those letters please, anywhere in its name.

W, X, Y or Z.

As always, by country,

we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

OK, thank you very much. Now, then, Andy.

No.

ALEXANDER CHUCKLES

I just can't think of one. No... Zaire, or something? I don't know.

OK. Zaire. Says Andy. Zaire.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Sorry, Andy. An incorrect answer.

-It has got a Z in it.

-Yes.

But I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, good wrong answer.

Zaire used to be a country, now it's the Democratic Republic of Congo.

-It's one of the countries that got renamed.

-There we are.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Tessa, any country with a W, an X, a Y, or a Z in its name.

Er...

Let me go for...

-ooh...Zambia.

-Zambia, says Tessa.

Let's see if Zambia is right,

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

-It's right!

-Oh, we're off!

Go, go, go.

59.

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That's not bad, 59.

-I hoped it would be less than that.

-59. 41 better than 100.

Zambia, absolutely, it has a Z right in the beginning there.

-which is why so many people said it.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, now, Martin.

Spelling wasn't my strong point at school.

But I did like geography.

Well, one evens up the other, doesn't it?

LAUGHTER

I hope it is a country, I think it's a country. With Z in the title.

-Uzbekistan.

-Uzbekistan, says Martin. Uzbekistan.

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

Well, 100 is our high, you beat that.

59 is our low, you beat that.

Uzbekistan, now, heading all the way down

into single figures, to 4!

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There we go, Martin.

Very good indeed, 4 for Uzbekistan.

So that is why he is a Pointless champion. Very well played, Martin.

-Terrific answer.

-Thank you very much indeed.

We are halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Martin and Nick looking very strong over there on 4.

Then up to 59, Tessa and Derek. And then up to 100, Andy and Deta.

Anything can happen in the next pass, Deta,

but if we have a nice low score from you, it might keep you in the game.

So very best of luck. We are going to come back down the line, now.

Can the second player please step up to the podium.

So, Nick, Martin has left you a very, very strong position there.

-95 or less gets you through.

-I'm playing safe.

I'm saying this, it might not be an obvious answer, which is

obviously the point of the game.

But only because my brother was born there.

-Swaziland.

-Swaziland, says Nick.

Here is your red line. Nice and high.

Get below that with Swaziland and you are through to the next round.

Is it right?

It is right.

Look at that, six!

Unstoppable on that far podium there.

Total of ten. Very well done indeed.

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Terrific stuff, gents. Very well played.

Ten points between two players is very impressive.

-Impressive to have a brother born in Swaziland, as well.

-Yeah.

-Quite cool, isn't it?

-That is cool.

-My brother was born in Stevenage.

-LAUGHTER

-Begin with the same letter.

-Exactly right, you are right.

-Where were you born, Nick?

-Epsom, Surrey.

It's got a Y in it.

ALEXANDER CHUCKLES

Now, Derek, countries with W, X, Y, or Z in their name.

-What would you like to go for?

-Oh...

The only time I actually think of other countries

is during the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games or something!

As good a reason as any. You can picture them.

I'm going to go with Uruguay.

That's a good answer, Uruguay... Or is it? Sorry, bit of jeopardy.

I don't know, maybe it's wrong! Uruguay, says Derek.

Here's your red line. You have to get below that to be

in the head-to-head. Will you, with Uruguay?

-Go on, go on.

-TESSA:

-Come on, come on.

Go on, go on!

-You got it!

-Yes!

Well done, 15. For Uruguay. Great answer.

74 is your total.

Some very nice scoring going on now. Very well played, Derek.

I always say, in fact, at the start of any Commonwealth Games

or Olympic Games, I always tweet, make sure you take notes

when these countries go past.

-Yes.

-Incredibly useful for Pointless, isn't it?

-Very.

Good for flags, too.

Now, Deta.

Deta, I have bad news for you.

I'm afraid you are the highest scorers,

even before we have had your wonderful answer.

SHE CHUCKLES

-OK.

-What are you going to go for?

To be fair, those countries so far,

I wouldn't have thought about anyway. I'm very much in Europe.

-I will go for Hungary.

-Hungary?

-Yes.

-Hungary, says Deta.

No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers,

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

Good answer, Deta. Look at that! Down it goes, 8.

CHEERING

That's a fabulous answer.

Third lowest score of the round takes your total up to 108.

-Very well done.

-Terrific answer, Deta.

Very, very well played, Hungary.

And a 108 checkout for you and Andy as well,

which is not bad going, is it?

There is only one pointless answer.

-Aha.

-Kuwait. Very well done if you said that.

I'll go through some of the low scorers from 4 downwards.

Four points for Venezuela, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania,

Rwanda, Seychelles.

Three points for Malaysia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Botswana, Malawi, Guyana.

Two points for Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.

And one point for Belize.

-Which is also...

-I knew Belize!

-..a very good answer.

Let's take a look at the top three answers.

The ones that most of our 100 people said.

Right at the top, Zambia the biggest scorer of all.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with our highest score of 108.

I'm sorry, Deta and Andy, it's you.

It's been such a treat having you on. Thank you so much.

-Andy and Deta. Wonderful.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much.

But for Martin and Nick, Tessa and Derek,

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

Very well done, Martin and Nick, Tessa and Derek.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot for your charities.

The jackpot currently standing at...

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

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

The difference is that you can start playing as teams now.

You can confer before you answer and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK.

Here is the first question in our Olympians versus rugby-ians

head-to-head.

And it concerns...

Children's TV Shows. Richard?

We are going to show you five images now from children's TV shows.

You need to name the most obscure show, please.

OK, let's reveal our five images and here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five images from children's TV shows.

Martin and Nick, you've been our low scorers so far,

so you will go first.

HE SIGHS

THEY WHISPER

NICK: (I think D.)

I think Pingu.

Do you want to say it, or me? No, you go.

There was one that stands out

but we're not going to risk that at this stage. Don't know two of them.

Pretty unsure about another two but...

-D, we are going to go for, Pingu.

-D, Pingu.

D, Pingu. Now, then.

Tessa and Derek, do you fancy talking us through

the rest of that board?

Er... C is too obvious, it's Rainbow.

A, we thought was Hong Kong Phooey.

Have no idea who B is. Um...

But E, it's the first one I knew, and I'm going to show my age here,

but E is the one we are going to go for, I think it's The Clangers.

The Clangers. So we have Pingu, we have The Clangers.

Martin and Nick said Pingu for D.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It is right.

74 for Pingu.

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74 for Pingu. Now Tessa and Derek have gone for the The Clangers.

For E. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 said The Clangers.

Yes!

-Yes!

-Oh, you've done it. Very well done indeed. Look at that. 44.

Come on!

Tessa and Derek. You have broken their serve after one question.

You are up 1-0. Very well done.

Pingu Versus The Clangers is a show I would watch. That sounds like fun.

They brought The Clangers back of course in 2015

with Michael Palin narrating.

A is Hong Kong Phooey.

It is a better scorer, but you have won the point anyway.

It would have scored you 31.

The best answer on the board is B, which is Phineas and Ferb.

Yep. Would have scored you 8.

And Rainbow, do you think Rainbow scored more less than Pingu?

-Probably more.

-Slightly less, scored 71.

Huge victory for Pingu.

There we are. Resounding. Look at that.

Thanks very much indeed. Here's your second question.

Martin and Nick, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

So best of luck. It concerns...

Memorable seconds.

We're going to show you five clues now

to people who famously came second in something.

Can you answer the most obscure of these?

Thanks you very much. Let's reveal our five clues and here they come...

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Now, Tessa and Derek, you go first this time.

-DEREK:

-Do you know about X Factor? I know nothing about X Factor.

-My wife would be screaming at me.

-The second Tudor king of England...

I don't know... Which could be the most obscure.

-That boy band who are... What they called? JLS?

-Which one?

-JLS.

-Heart Skips A Beat, it's JLS.

-Were they X Factor?

-Yeah. They were.

-I think they were, yes.

-Go for it, that's all we can think of. Go on.

OK, we're going to go for the third one.

-JLS?

-JLS, say Tessa and Derek. JLS.

OK. Martin and Nick, talk us through that board, if you can.

Um, Martin is saying the first one is on the tip of his tongue.

-But we're...

-I don't know, if it's someone beginning with H...?

We think the X Factor one is Olly Murs.

But the second one up there is Greg Norman.

So I think that's going to be our answer.

You're going to go for Greg Norman? So we have JLS, we have Greg Norman.

Now, Tessa and Derek said JLS.

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

Yeah, no...

Oh, bad luck, not JLS.

Which means, Martin and Nick, you merely have to be correct

with Greg Norman and you score the point.

You've done it!

That is a good answer, look at that.

9 for Greg Norman.

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You have broken back, Martin and Nick. After two questions it is 1-1.

Yeah, Greg Norman is the best answer on the board as well,

because famously he lost to Nick Faldo in that tournament.

Let's fill in all of these, the top one is...

-ALEXANDER AND RICHARD:

-..Captain Scott.

Robert Scott.

The X Factor runner-up, it was Olly Murs, gents,

you are absolutely right. Would have scored you 54.

The second Tudor king of England is Henry VIII.

Would have scored you 25.

-And the astronaut was...

-Buzz Aldrin.

-Buzz Aldrin.

And that would have scored you 42.

There we are. Thanks very much.

So it all comes down to a third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays

for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question concerns...

-Richard.

-We are going to show you the names

of five parts of the human body now, but all in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the lowest answer?

If you can, you're going to be playing for the jackpot.

Thanks very much. OK, let's put up our five anagrams of body parts.

Martin and Nick will go first.

THEY WHISPER

(I think we're about 30 ahead.)

(Doesn't matter, we just got to beat them on this.)

I think we have got three of them,

probably going to go with the last one.

Which is, we think, armpit.

Armpit, say Martin and Nick.

Now then, Tessa and Derek, can you talk us through the board?

Tessa already spotted the third one, which is a bit too easy,

cos that's knee, even I could spell that.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

We didn't want to go with that.

-We're going to go for the fourth one - tongue.

-Tongue.

OK, so there's armpit and there's tongue.

Now, Martin and Nick went for armpit, let's see

if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said armpit.

It's right.

Oh, 32!

32 for armpit.

Look at the difference...

Now, Tessa and Derek have gone for "ego nut" being "tongue".

Let's see how many people said tongue.

-It's right.

-Come on, come on.

Ooh, 72, there's our answer!

Very well done indeed.

Nick and Martin looking quite surprised there,

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

Thought shoulder was too easy.

Well played, gents, there is one answer up there that would have

beaten armpit, it's not shoulder, shoulder would have scored too many.

Knee obviously is a big scorer.

The best answer on the board is "fearing nil", which is...

fingernail.

DEREK AND TESSA GROAN

There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

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

Can't believe that, oh, dear.

You have done very well though.

Very well, great performance, it has been wonderful

-having you both on.

-We have loved it.

Please come back and play again, but lovely to see you, as ever.

-Tessa and Derek. BOTH:

-Thank you.

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But for Martin and Nick, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Many, many congratulations, Martin, Nick, you have seen off

all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have the chance to

win our Pointless jackpot for your charities.

At the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at...

There it is.

Now, we have lined you up against the very best.

International snooker players, golfers, darts players, Olympians...

You have just seen them off with consummate ease, and here we are.

Let's see what is on the board this time,

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

Today's selection reads like this.

Mmm.

Horses, that's a... Might as well let me sit down over there.

LAUGHTER

If it was Californication, that'd be good, I watch that.

-The only thing we're going to have a hope in is British Boxers.

-Films.

-Colour Films? OK.

-But what's the inverted colour...?

Films with colour in, that's what I'm saying,

so random, at least we have a chance with the boxers.

Yeah, but how many pointless British boxers do you have? Obscure.

-Yeah, go Colour Films then.

-Colour Films?

-Yeah.

-Go Colour Films.

-OK, Nick taking the lead there...

Can tell which one was captain!

That was an object lesson in two men that know

a bit about boxing going for films.

There it is, up to you, gents.

We are looking for anyone that has received an acting credit,

according to IMDB, in any of the following three films, please.

Anyone who received an acting credit in The Green Mile from 1999.

Anyone who received an acting credit in A Clockwork Orange from 1971.

You see what we're doing here.

Or anyone with an acting credit in The Hunt For Red October,

please, from 1990.

So anyone with an acting credit in any of those three films

according to IMDB, very best of luck.

OK, as always you have got up to a 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?

-Ready as I will ever be.

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

Your time starts now.

Green Mile, you've got Tom Hanks.

Who was the big massive black geezer?

Michael Duncan Clarke, or Clarke Duncan.

-Well done.

-Whichever one it was.

Clockwork Orange was Malcolm McDowell, wasn't it?

He's the only one I know from that.

Hunt for Red October - Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin.

-Is that the submarine?

-Yeah, James Earl Jones was in that as well.

Mate, you're good.

We've got 30 seconds. We've got Green Mile, erm...

The big security guard - David Morse.

-Take that one.

-OK.

Wow. Mate, you're good.

-Which ones you got?

-I'm just in awe of you!

Erm... I don't think many of them, any of them will be pointless.

-Ten seconds left.

-David Morse...

Malcolm McDowell is the star in that though, isn't he?

-What about the big geezer from...?

-Michael Duncan Clarke.

OK, that is your time up. Let's have your three answers.

-Green Mile...

-Green Mile.

Hope I've got it right, David Morse might be the other security guard.

David Morse, OK.

-Michael Duncan Clarke.

-Michael Duncan Clarke.

And Hunt For Red October, we'll go James Earl Jones,

-he had a small part in that.

-James Earl Jones.

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

I think David Morse.

-David Morse goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

-James Earl Jones.

James Earl Jones we put first.

OK, let's put those answers up on the board

in that order then, and here they are.

Well, very, very best of luck. Really good answering there, Nick.

Turns out you DO know your films quite well.

Now, if you win the jackpot - in your case, again, Martin -

what charities are you playing for?

I am playing for the same charity I played with last time,

Joining Jack, which is a charity helping to raise funds

to cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Excellent. Nick, how about you?

Mine is Parkinson's UK, which is a neurological condition,

doesn't have a cure as yet, and it is something that is

very personal to me, and that is the charity I will be playing for.

Very good, well done.

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It's been a pleasure.

Best of luck, two brilliant charities there,

two wonderful causes. Let's hope one of these answers

wins that jackpot for you to split between them.

OK, in the first instance, we were looking for cast members

for The Hunt for Red October.

You have gone for James Earl Jones.

You thought this was your least likely to be pointless.

Only one of these has to be pointless for you to win, remember.

For £2,500, let's see how many people said James Earl Jones.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

OK, it is right, now,

if this goes all the way down to zero

you leave with that cheque for £2,500. Down it goes.

Through single figures, still going down, still going down...

-Oh, one! AUDIENCE:

-Ohh!

There is one person that is going to know all of this, isn't there?

-1 for James Earl Jones.

-1? 1?

-One person.

-That is a fantastic answer. 1?!

But sadly, it is not a pointless answer.

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

Your second answer was Michael Duncan Clarke.

In this case, we were looking for cast members from The Green Mile.

It has to be correct, then it has to be pointless for you to

win that jackpot. So, for £2,500,

let's see how many people said Michael Duncan Clarke.

No, bad luck!

What do you think it is?

I think we probably got his last two names mixed up, possibly.

OK, I'm afraid that is incorrect, which means everything is now

riding on your third and final answer, which is David Morse.

We were looking for cast members from The Green Mile.

In this case, you have gone for David Morse.

If it is pointless, it wins you £2,500.

Let's see how many people said David Morse.

It's right. Now, James Earl Jones, your first answer,

took us all the way down to 1.

Michael Duncan Clarke was incorrect.

David Morse takes us into single figures.

Still going down, still going down...

Oh, no! 2!

Listen...

That's an incredible performance.

So unlucky though,

a 2 and a 1 in this final round without getting the pointless

is really cruel, but brilliant, brilliant film skills there, Nick.

And Martin, well done letting Nick choose that there,

that was a very impressive final round.

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

so you don't win that jackpot of £2,500

for your charity, but as it is a charity special,

we will donate £500 to each celebrity pair

to split between their charities, so there we are.

-It's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thanks.

Absolutely fantastic, and you get to take a Pointless trophy

-home each, so very, very well done indeed.

-Yeah, well played, gents.

Nick, I take it back, you really do know your films.

Very unlucky there with a two-pointer and a one-pointer.

It was Michael Clarke Duncan, as I think you suspected,

would have scored you 6 points anyway.

So let's take a look at the pointless answers,

hopefully no-one you recognise.

Sam Rockwell was in it, would have been a great answer.

Everyone was pointless apart from Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan,

David Morse, Harry Dean Stanton and Bonnie Hunt.

Let's move on to Clockwork Orange.

David Prowse, better known as Darth Vader of course.

Again, everyone apart from Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke,

Patrick Magee, Miriam Karlin and Adrienne Corri.

Everyone else was pointless.

Let's take a look at The Hunt for Red October.

Everyone apart from Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Tim Curry,

James Earl Jones and Scott Glenn.

Very, very well done if you got one at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Well, unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Martin and Nick,

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

Great performance from start to finish,

thank you so much for playing. Martin and Nick, everyone.

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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