0:00:15 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30and a very warm welcome to Pointless Celebrities,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's Pointless celebrities.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Couple number one...
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Hi, I'm Jayne Torvill, and together with my partner, Christopher Dean,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47we won the 1984 Olympics.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49And I'm Mary Peters
0:00:49 > 0:00:50and I won the gold medal
0:00:50 > 0:00:53in the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Couple number two...
0:00:59 > 0:01:03I'm Norman Pace. I'm one of the comedy duo Hale and Pace,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06and I don't know what happened to the other bloke.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09My name's Gareth Hale and I've solved the riddle.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12LAUGHTER
0:01:12 > 0:01:15APPLAUSE
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Couple number three...
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hi, my name is Henry Kelly.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I presented a quiz programme
0:01:21 > 0:01:23called Going For Gold
0:01:23 > 0:01:26for, I think, about 600 times and then, eventually,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28they copped on and got bored of it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And when I told people I was going to be on Pointless,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34my reputation soared.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37LAUGHTER
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Hi, I'm Tony Hawks.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I'm a comedian and author,
0:01:40 > 0:01:44probably best known for my book, Round Ireland With A Fridge,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48and for being mixed up with the skateboarder, Tony Hawk.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53APPLAUSE
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And, finally, couple number four...
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Hi, I'm Louise Wener. I was in Britpop band, Sleeper, in the '90s
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and I am now an author.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05And I'm Kate Humble. I'm on the telly,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08usually being upstaged by something with fur or feathers.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11APPLAUSE
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Thanks very much, all of you. We will find out more
0:02:13 > 0:02:15throughout the show as it goes along.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18So, that just leaves one more person to me to introduce.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Dropping more jaws than a trainee mortician,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hi.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25APPLAUSE
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Good evening, everybody.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Good evening to you.- Good evening.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32What a line-up we've got. Look at that podium one.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- Look at that.- Amazing.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Did you know Mary Peters doesn't call herself
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Dame Mary Peters as well? She just doesn't need to do it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- She knows everyone knows. - She exudes "dame."- She really does.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43How is Jayne Torvill not a dame, by the way?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46I mean, that's an oversight.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Shall we have a chat in the column about that? Just come in and...
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- But that is weird, isn't it? - It's where we have our office.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54But she is going to be in the pantomime at Christmas.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Oh, that doesn't count. - Not a dame, though.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's lovely to have you both here.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00But I think, also, podium four are going to be very strong.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Both newcomers to the show as well.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I think podiums one and four are going to put in great performances.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Podium three, Henry Kelly is back. Welcome back, Henry.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Came on last time with Matthew Kelly and has traded up now...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- Yes.- ..to Tony Hawks. See if that works for you,
0:03:12 > 0:03:15but we owe a special debt of thanks to podium two,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17to Gareth and Norman.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18They've been on before.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We had Cannon and Ball, and we had Bobby Davro and Kenny Lynch.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25In the first round, both pairs joined the 600 club.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26LAUGHTER
0:03:26 > 0:03:29It went on till about four in the morning, didn't it?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Something like that. - Something like that, yeah.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33For early orders for breakfast.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Not only did they behave themselves perfectly,
0:03:35 > 0:03:37they also held their nerve to get through to the final
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- AND they won a jackpot.- There we are.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42So... Quite. ..they are going to be very, very tough to beat.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- But, gentlemen, thank you so much for giving us a second chance.- Pleasure.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Now, as usual, all of today's questions
0:03:49 > 0:03:51have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Our contestants are looking
0:03:52 > 0:03:54for those all-important pointless answers.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56These being answers that none of the 100 people gave.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Now, today's show is a celebrity special
0:04:01 > 0:04:04and each of our celebrities is playing for a nominated charity so,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07we're going to start off with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- There it is. - APPLAUSE
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Right, if everyone's ready,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15let's play Pointless.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17CHEERING
0:04:18 > 0:04:20So, I'm sure you all know this,
0:04:20 > 0:04:21but there is only one rule
0:04:21 > 0:04:23you have to remember and it is this...
0:04:23 > 0:04:26The pair with the highest score at the end of each round,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28the highest score, will be eliminated.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31So, make sure you're not in, or of, that pair.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Our first category this evening is...
0:04:37 > 0:04:38It's sport.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49OK. The question concerns...
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Sporting families, Richard.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57On each board, we're going to show you seven pairs of sportspeople.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59They're all from famous sporting families.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01We need you to tell us the sport with
0:05:01 > 0:05:03which they're most associated, please.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Seven on the first board, seven on the second.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07So, 14 in all to have a go at home. Very best of luck.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10So, we're working for the sports
0:05:10 > 0:05:12with which these sportspeople are associated
0:05:12 > 0:05:14and here's our first board of seven.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'll read those all one last time.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34HE REPEATS OPTIONS
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Mary, a very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- It's fabulous to have you here. - Thank you very much,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- it's wonderful to be here. - I was reading about you...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I read that a lot of the facilities you used to practise on
0:05:52 > 0:05:55when you were little were built for you by your dad.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Is that right?- I got a tonne of sand for my 16th birthday...
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Yeah, we all got that. The traditional 16th birthday present.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04..and a load of cement to build a shot-put circle
0:06:04 > 0:06:05for my 17th birthday.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07You just had the sand, on its own, for a year?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09You just had to stand there?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13- Did you unwrap it or keep it all in its bow?- I had to dig it into a pit.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15LAUGHTER
0:06:15 > 0:06:19As a pentathlete, did you have a favourite discipline among them?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Well, I was quite good at the shot-put
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- because I was a British international...- Yeah.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25..but I didn't like doing it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27My favourite was really the hurdles,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29cos people watched the race.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31They didn't watch you putting the shot in the corner of the stadium.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You didn't have an audience.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Mary, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I'm going for the top spot,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39for Chris and Stewart Broad,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41and it's cricket.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42"Cricket," says Mary.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Mary. Cricket...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- 55. I think that's all right. - APPLAUSE
0:06:53 > 0:06:55That's all right, Mary, good start to the round
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- 55 for cricket.- Yeah, good start, Mary. Well played.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Father and son, of course. Chris Broad, the father.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03His daughter, Gemma, also worked with the England team as well.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Gareth, welcome back.- Thank you.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Great to have you here again. Now, Gareth, you and Norman...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I'm trying to think.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I was first aware of you and Norman as The Management.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I'm guessing, probably about '86 or '87 - something like that.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21How long had you been going when you started doing that?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I think...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26we actually became members of Equity
0:07:26 > 0:07:27in '78 or '79, so...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..yeah, quite a while.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Where did you meet?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34We met at teacher training college.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Where we actually shared a room
0:07:36 > 0:07:38on the first day away from home so...
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Yeah, for a long, long time.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43How soon after meeting did the comedy start?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I think, the second year of college.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47About a year and a half or something like that.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yeah, that was the first time we went on stage together.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Excellent. Now, Gareth, what about this board?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55This board of sporting families...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57I think the brothers,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Klitschko - boxing.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01"Boxing," says Gareth, for the Klitschko brothers.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Let's see if it's right,
0:08:02 > 0:08:06let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Gareth.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- 55... You have passed 55. 45. - APPLAUSE
0:08:11 > 0:08:12We have a high and a low.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15APPLAUSE
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Yes, sort of unstoppable, the Klitschko brothers.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22They're like the Hale and Pace of the Ukraine.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23THEY LAUGH
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Their nicknames are Dr Iron Fist and Dr Steel Hammer.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Are they in the same practice or...? - LAUGHTER
0:08:29 > 0:08:32They are. Well, I think Dr Steel Hammer is a locum
0:08:32 > 0:08:34who comes in if Dr Iron Fist is away.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I see.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Very good.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41OK, now, Tony, let's just talk about Round Ireland With A Fridge.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It was a lovely, sort of, whimsical idea.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45You went off round Ireland with a fridge.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I don't want to give too much away but...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- LAUGHTER - ..that's how it happens.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Then it went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57You must have, kind of, originally thought it'd probably sell
0:08:57 > 0:08:59maybe 10,000 or 20,000 or something.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Well, the publishers thought 5,000 or 6,000,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04but it's now up to 800,000 so they are quite pleased.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Fantastic.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07This explains the tan, I'm expecting.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And the lovely ease of manner.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Tony used to be a very different person.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13THEY LAUGH
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Then, obviously,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Playing the Moldovans at Tennis,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- you did as well.- Yes, I had a period of my life where I was...
0:09:19 > 0:09:21They were all wacky bets.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I was taking on wacky bets and I had to play and beat
0:09:23 > 0:09:26the entire Moldovan national football team at tennis one by one.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29So, that was a tall order.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- But you did it.- I did it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Have you got more wacky bets up your sleeve?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Well, I'm on here.- Yeah.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- That was a bet as well. - Pointless with Henry Kelly?
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Yes.- I don't know, there may well be something.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I still think I'd like to do something stupid
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and write another book about it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Oh, please do.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Please do, Tony. Anyway.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Now, what about this board of sporting families?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Yes, well, I think I'm going to go for...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Joe and Don DiMaggio...
0:09:58 > 0:10:00and I'm going for baseball.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01"Baseball," says Tony.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 said baseball.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Well, you've...
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Oh! You join Gareth and Norman on 45. Look at that.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- APPLAUSE - Very tight grouping, I have to say.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Commendable.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Yes, another... Vince also played top level baseball.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Thank you, Richard.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23- Kate...- Hello.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26..welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here too.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Now, Kate, so many strands to your bow, but do you have a favourite?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Do you feel there's one that's your strongest suit
0:10:33 > 0:10:36or one that's... That you go back to and it feels like home?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Well, I was told by somebody at the BBC that
0:10:38 > 0:10:40the only reason I get a job is that
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I'm the only woman they know who is happy to appear on television
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- unwashed for about three weeks. - LAUGHTER
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I love the wild lives of other people so...
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The nomadic series that I did.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53The Mongolian series was...
0:10:53 > 0:10:57It was fascinating and you find out a lot about human nature.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59When you feel a little bit gloomy about human nature,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02going and spending time with people like that really lifts your spirits.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Did you have a background in natural history?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Only that I grew up in the countryside
0:11:07 > 0:11:09and had a pocket full of snails
0:11:09 > 0:11:11and tadpoles in jars.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12I had a proper mucky childhood
0:11:12 > 0:11:15which I think everyone should be able to have but...
0:11:15 > 0:11:17That was my natural history background, yeah.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20OK. Now, back to this board.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- There are some fairly exotic creatures on the board as well.- Yes.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Do you fancy talking us through it?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28No, I know nothing, nothing about sport.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30but I think you could actually live on Venus
0:11:30 > 0:11:32and know who Venus Williams
0:11:32 > 0:11:34and her sister, Serena, are.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37John and Johnnie Beattie, and Peyton and Eli Manning,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39I don't know who they are.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42I don't know anything about football
0:11:42 > 0:11:45but I do know that Harry and Jamie Redknapp are connected to football,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48so I am going to go, Redknapps.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49I'm going to go with The Redknapps.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51"Redknapps and football," says Kate.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Let's see if she's right and how many people said it.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Wahey! There we are. 85. - APPLAUSE
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Yeah, a big score - but, as we say, better than 100
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and also better than if you'd gone for the Williams sisters as well.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- What do you think the Williams sisters scored?- 92.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- 97.- No!
0:12:11 > 0:12:1397 points.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15That is some name recognition, isn't it?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17The last two answers here, the ones that are left,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19are the best answers on the board, as you'd expect.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Peyton and Eli Manning, that is...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- Darts! - RICHARD LAUGHS
0:12:24 > 0:12:26They are a father and son darts team.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28It is not darts. It is not darts, I'm so sorry.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30It is American football.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Two of the most famous American footballers in history,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35but don't worry about that. 18 points.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37And John and Johnnie Beattie...
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Lots of people will know this, especially our Scottish viewers.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Rugby union, father and son.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Seven points for that, best answer on the board,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- so well done if you got that. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:12:48 > 0:12:5145 was the best score of that pass and Tony and Henry,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and Gareth and Norman share the honour of holding 45 points.
0:12:54 > 0:12:5755 is where we find Mary and Jayne and 85... Look at all these fives.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Kate and Louise over on the far podium.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I mean, very nicely tightly together there, which I think is good.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06No-one running too far ahead, no-one lagging too far behind.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09But, Louise, if you find a nice, low-scoring answer on the next board
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- that would be very nice.- I will try. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14We're going to come back down the line now.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23OK, well, let's put seven more pairs of sportspeople up on the board
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and here they are. They are...
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- I'll read those one last time. - HE REPEATS OPTIONS
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Louise, welcome. It's lovely to have you here...
0:13:50 > 0:13:51- Thank you.- ..on Pointless.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Oh, I was a huge Sleeper fan.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Yes, me too.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The highlight for me in the 1990s
0:13:57 > 0:14:00was actually 1996. You pinched my bottom on TFI Friday...
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- I did not.- You did. I was standing in the bar...- Seriously?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04..and you walked past...
0:14:04 > 0:14:07"Ow!" But then I saw it was you and it was fine.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08It was fine.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10What a great time that was.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Not the TFI Friday, it was great for me but...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Do you have any standout memories of...?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Do you know,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19it was just a brilliant laugh and...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22we toured a lot, we went all over America and Japan and the Far East.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I think that was the best thing, just getting to perform,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- play your songs to people...- Yes.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30..and tour all over the world. It was amazing. Yeah.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Absolutely wonderful.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34And then, you've gone on and become a very successful novelist.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I started writing. It's... I love it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Had you always thought, somewhere in you, there are a handful of books?
0:14:41 > 0:14:46I think, cos I'd always written lyrics and I loved doing that.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I thought I'd, sort of, broaden out and see if I could write a book,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- and I just really enjoy it. - Fantastic.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Well, well done, you.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Now, you have a task ahead of you, Louise.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57You're the high-scorers on 85. We need a low score, please.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00This is my worst subject. This is the subject I was dreading,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02that there would be a sport one first
0:15:02 > 0:15:03but I'm going to go with...
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Rory and Tony Underwood...
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and hope that that's rugby.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Rugby?- Yeah.- "Rugby," says Louise.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12No red line for you as you're the high-scorers but
0:15:12 > 0:15:15fingers crossed rugby is right and a low scorer.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17How many of our 100 people said rugby?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24That's not bad, Louise, look at that. 48. Good.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25APPLAUSE
0:15:25 > 0:15:2648.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Only three away from our lowest score, in fact. 133 is your total.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Well played, Louise.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Yeah, both represented England and both represented The Lions.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Both winners, they're both pilots, how about that?
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Good...is what it is.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Henry, welcome back to Pointless.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Thank you, sir. - Lovely to have you here.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Now, Henry, you've...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I'm trying to think. You've got such a broad spectrum of career.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- You've been a serious journalist.- Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52You were part of, I should say, probably,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55the most successful light entertainment programme
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- of a generation... - Of its time.- Of its time.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Game For A Laugh, yeah.- Absolutely.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Then you have been a quizmaster,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- which, as we all know, is a venerable profession.- Indeed.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Very difficult as well.- Very.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Harder than being a serious journalist, I would say,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- being a quiz show host. - Much harder.- Oh, yes.- Much harder.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16Is any sphere you feel you perhaps might like to go into?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18I think, maybe,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20the Kelly tongue and face
0:16:20 > 0:16:24may be heading towards, just, you know...
0:16:24 > 0:16:26maybe bowling or something like that.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28There you go. Short mat bowling, crown...
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- I mean, the choices are endless. - Absolutely.- Fabulous.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Now, Henry, listen, you're on 45. We have high-scorers behind you...
0:16:34 > 0:16:35Louise and Kate on 133.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38If you can score 87 or less,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40you're through to the next round.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Do you mean 87 or fewer?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44No, I really don't. I mean 87 or less.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- "Less" is allowed.- All right.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48LITERALLY, it is allowed.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Anyway... Henry, what would you like to go for?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Scoring 87 or...
0:16:53 > 0:16:55I'm not going to say it. Less.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57There's one pair there that I'd love to pick
0:16:57 > 0:16:59but I daren't take the risk
0:16:59 > 0:17:01because, if we get 100,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04he'd be blaming me in his next book,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06so I'll go for Keke and Nico Rosberg
0:17:06 > 0:17:08and motor racing.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10"Motor racing," says Henry. Motor racing.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Here's your red line. If you can get below that with motor racing,
0:17:13 > 0:17:14you're into Round Two.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17How many people said motor racing for the Rosbergs?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Very well done, Henry. You've done everything you needed to.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Ooh, 67. - APPLAUSE
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Again, it's close. It is nice.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29A family scoreboard here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30112 is your total.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Well done, Henry. Did all you needed to do there.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34Of course, Keke Rosberg, a world champion,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Nico Rosberg, at the time of recording, hasn't been -
0:17:37 > 0:17:39but it wouldn't surprise anyone if he was.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- Thank you. Keke's a good name. - Keke is a very good name.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- It seems to have fallen out of favour.- Hasn't it?
0:17:44 > 0:17:47My school was full of Kekes. Really? LAUGHTER
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Less of them.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49There we go. Thanks very much.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Norman! Welcome back.- Thank you.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55So, you and Gareth, you got back together
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and toured in Australia a few years ago.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Yeah, we actually did our farewell tour.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- Oh, it was called "The Farewell...?"- Yeah.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Mainly for reasons of the weather.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Oh, right.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Why Australia? You must have a huge following out there.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Yeah, we've been going down there
0:18:11 > 0:18:14since I think about 19... No, 1989.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Yeah.- '89, yeah, and had about ten tours down there
0:18:18 > 0:18:19and they welcomed us.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- So, it was like a second home for that time, really.- Oh, that's nice.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25And have you got projects lined up together as well?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Do you make sure you keep things...?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Well, after 40 years of working together,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32we decided it might be refreshing to do the occasional thing separately.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I'm sure you feel the same.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I mean, I'm aware you have another life, but...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I'll tell you who will sympathise with that, Ben Miller.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Ben Miller, I know, would agree with that very strongly.- Absolutely.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Yeah, we've spoken to Ben.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48He is a terrific guy, isn't he?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- What a lovely guy. So talented. - Cracking bloke.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- I prefer the other one.- Aww!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- There's a first.- I know, no-one's ever said that before.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Gareth, it is impossible for you to
0:18:58 > 0:19:00have got up in my estimation but...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02if you could have, you would have.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Now, listen, you're on 45.- We are.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08If you can score 87... It's the same score as they had to score.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10..87 or less,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12you're through to the next round.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I don't know which one to pick. I know a couple of them.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I'll go for Greg and Jonny Searle - rowing.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19"Rowing," says Norman.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Greg and Jonny, Jayne looking like she was going to say that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23LAUGHTER
0:19:23 > 0:19:26You have just poached The Torvill's answer. Good luck.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30There is your red line, if you get below that, you're into Round Two.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Let's see how many people said rowing.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Very well done.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43APPLAUSE
0:19:43 > 0:19:4515. The best score of the round, in fact,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Norman, taking your score up to 60.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Great answer, Norman. Very well played. They are brothers, of course.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Their most famous moment, I suppose, was the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56The coxed pairs.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Imagine being their mum and you've the two brothers in the boat
0:19:59 > 0:20:01and they were behind the Italians...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03It was an extraordinary bit of rowing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- But if you were their mum... - Wouldn't that be amazing?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I mean, if you were their dad, it'd be good as well,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- but their mum especially, I think. Don't you think?- Yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Very good. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Now then, Jayne, welcome to Pointless.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- Lovely to have you here.- Thank you.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Dame Jayne does have a lovely ring to it.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- THEY LAUGH - Dame Jayne. Yes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23You can call me that if you like.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24I shall, Dame Jayne.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I mean, your name, of course,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29will forever be linked with Christopher Dean's.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Do you choose that partnership or are you put together?
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Because you obviously have skated with other people before...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Well, initially,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Chris's coach was looking for a partner for him and,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44sort of, saw me, we were training at the same rink, and put us together.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Obviously, you have to like each other. You have to get on.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Yeah, we were very shy initially.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53We didn't speak very much, just listened to the coach
0:20:53 > 0:20:54and got on with it, but...
0:20:54 > 0:20:56We've changed a lot.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Extraordinary. But you were skating together for nine years
0:20:59 > 0:21:01or something, before you won gold...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03We both skated around aged nine and ten,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07but we've skated together for, like, 31 years now.
0:21:07 > 0:21:0931 years now. Goodness.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11OK. Now, Jayne, moment of truth,
0:21:11 > 0:21:1277 or less.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Yeah, well...
0:21:16 > 0:21:21..I'm going to go with Alistair and Jonny Brownlee
0:21:21 > 0:21:23for triathlon...
0:21:23 > 0:21:24"Triathlon," says Jayne.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Here is your red line, if you can get below that, Jayne,
0:21:27 > 0:21:28you are into the next round.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31How many people said triathlon for the Brownlees?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35It's right.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Well, 15 is our lowest score so far.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- 37, you get... - APPLAUSE
0:21:40 > 0:21:42..for triathlon.
0:21:42 > 0:21:4492 is your total.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Very well played, Jayne.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48They were brothers as well, of course, and, in the London Olympics,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50got their gold and bronze, respectively,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- in the triathlon - which must be harder for their mum...- Oh, yes.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56At least, the Searles both got a gold medal, so everyone's happy.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Imagine Christmas at their house.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00One of them's got a bronze medal
0:22:00 > 0:22:02but is always slightly afraid to get it out.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04HE FAKES YAWN "Oh, bronze"
0:22:04 > 0:22:06The one who got the bronze is always going to be
0:22:06 > 0:22:07standing there like this,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09while the one who got gold gets a tighter squeeze for the...
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- And a better present. - A slightly better present.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Yeah, there it is.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Now, let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18We'll start with Muhammad and Laila Ali. Of course, it's boxing.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2195 points for that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Joe and Kobe Bryant is basketball...
0:22:25 > 0:22:28..which scored you 23. Now, the best answer is at the top there.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29It's Albert and Eduard Azaryan.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31They're father and son.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Both gold medallists.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Albert was known as "The Lord of the Rings"
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- and they are both gymnasts.- Ahh!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Very well done if you said it at home. One point.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Terrific answer.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46We've come to the end of our first round and I'm horrified to say,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Louise and Kate,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50such a treat having you on the show.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51- I'm gutted.- I'm sorry.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54I'm sorry, you'll just have to come back and play again
0:22:54 > 0:22:55but it's been lovely having you on.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Louise and Kate, thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01APPLAUSE
0:23:01 > 0:23:05But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12And so, suddenly, we are down to only three pairs.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15And at the end of this round, we'll be down to only two.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- Well, Gareth...- Shouldn't that be "two only", not "only two"?
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Exactly right. And our category for Round Two is...
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Countries. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Countries whose names contain the letters J, Q, X or Z. Richard.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57We're looking for any country of the world whose normal short form
0:23:57 > 0:24:00name in English contains one of those letters, please.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Now then, Jayne, this is fun.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's not, it's not fun!
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Countries containing one of those letters.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Azerbai-yan.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Azerbaijan, says...- "Bai-jan", even!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24You can pronounce it "Azerbai-yan".
0:24:24 > 0:24:26If you're allergic to J...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Erm, Azerbaijan, says Jayne.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Let's see if that's right,
0:24:29 > 0:24:33and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Azerbaijan.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- MARY:- Oh, well done.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Oh, well done.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- That's a very good answer... - Oh, well done!
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Look at that, 5, Jayne. - APPLAUSE
0:24:44 > 0:24:45I don't know how I knew that.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Very good indeed.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50That's very well played. On that first podium as well, with less thinking time.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53It has a Z and a J in it. If it was called "Qazerbaijan",
0:24:53 > 0:24:55it would have a Q in it as well!
0:24:55 > 0:24:56LAUGHTER
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Gareth...- Yes. - ..what would you like to go for?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Erm...
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Jordan.- Jordan, says Gareth.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Let's say many of our 100 people said Jordan.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- APPLAUSE - 22 for Jordan.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Well played, Gareth.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Another very good answer.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Of course, the UN still call it Jordan. We call it Katie Price.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27LAUGHTER
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Tony.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I'm going to go for...
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Iraq.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Iraq, says Tony. Iraq.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Let's see how many of our 100 people said Iraq.
0:25:46 > 0:25:4810!
0:25:48 > 0:25:50APPLAUSE
0:25:50 > 0:25:5310 for Iraq. Well said, Tony.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55But I think we have three formidable teams in front of us here.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I think we do, most certainly. Most certainly. Thank you very much.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Let's just see how formidable they are. The scores now are...
0:26:01 > 0:26:045 for Jayne and Mary, looking very strong at this point.
0:26:04 > 0:26:0610 for Tony and Henry.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08And then Gareth and Norman on 22.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11All very nice and close together, but Norman, you are ahead.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14So we need a nice low score from you on the next pass to keep
0:26:14 > 0:26:17you in the game, please. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:26:21 > 0:26:26So, Henry, it's countries whose names contain any of the letters
0:26:26 > 0:26:28J, Q, X or Z.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30It's too obvious,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34but, at the moment, the only one I can think of is New Zealand.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36New Zealand, says Henry. New Zealand.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Well, here is your red line.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39If you happen to get below that red line with New Zealand,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41you'd definitely be in the head-to-head.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Let's see many of our 100 people said New Zealand.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45All of them.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Not all, by any means. Look at that, Henry.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52New Zealand, 18.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55APPLAUSE
0:26:55 > 0:26:58There you go. 28 for New Zealand.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Yeah, interesting score, that, isn't it?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I think cos the Z is not right at the beginning,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04it's lower than you would think.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06It is. Thank you, Richard.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- Now, Norman, you want to be scoring 5 or less.- Really?- Yeah.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15I'm going to have to gamble, then, aren't I? So I'm going to have to...
0:27:15 > 0:27:17And I hope it is a country.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I have to go for Equatorial Guinea.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22That's the one I would've gone for. Equatorial Guinea!
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It's the one I had all stored up and ready to go
0:27:24 > 0:27:27when Richard asked at the end what I was going to go for.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- If I'm wrong, Gareth, I am so terribly sorry.- Equatorial Guinea.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Great answer, I think. Who knows?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33There's your red line.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35If you can get below that with Equatorial Guinea,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37into the head-to-head you go.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49You got it! Look at that, 2 for Equatorial Guinea, Norman.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50APPLAUSE
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Beautiful teamwork on the middle podium,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54taking your total up to 24. Very well done.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Very well played, Norman. They are good, Norman and Gareth, aren't they?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- A terrific answer. - Equatorial Guinea, there we go.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- It's got a Q in it.- There we go.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04And it is very much a country. Look at that.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Mary, Mary, lovely low score from Jayne in the first pass there,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10which means 22 or less
0:28:10 > 0:28:12gets you through.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I'm going to go for Zaire.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Zaire, says Mary.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Zaire. Now, here is your red line.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Nice and high, but you have to get below that with Zaire.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Oh!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Oh, Jayne, I'm sorry!
0:28:34 > 0:28:38That would've been a brilliant answer.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- It would have been. I'm afraid no longer is...- It's not a country?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43No longer. That scores you 100 points.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- I'm sorry, takes your total to 105.- Ohh!
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Yeah, sorry. It's now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51It has been for a long time now, I'm afraid, so can't accept it.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52It has got a Z in it,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I will give you that.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It has got a Z in it, but not a country any more.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Now, the only pointless answer in the whole world...
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Country containing those letters - Tajikistan.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Tajikistan. Very well done if you said that.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07A couple of low-scorers.
0:29:07 > 0:29:101 point, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, both would've scored you 1.
0:29:10 > 0:29:132 points, we already heard Equatorial Guinea from Norman.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16You also could have had Fiji, Djibouti
0:29:16 > 0:29:17and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
0:29:17 > 0:29:203 points for Belize and Czech Republic.
0:29:20 > 0:29:224 points for Brazil.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- That's an incredibly low score for Brazil.- Wow, yeah.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Now, let's take a look at the top three scorers.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29The ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Zambia would've scored you 43.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Qatar would've scored you 46.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38And right at the top, right at the top, Jamaica on 48.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42So, at the end of our second round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45I am so sorry, Mary and Jayne.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Lovely to have you on the show, but with your high score of 105,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I'm afraid we say goodbye.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Wonderful contestants. Mary and Jayne, everyone!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55APPLAUSE
0:29:55 > 0:29:58But, for Gareth and Norman, and Tony and Henry,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02APPLAUSE
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Well, many congratulations, Gareth and Norman, Henry and Tony.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to
0:30:11 > 0:30:15play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,500.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16There we are.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:19 > 0:30:22So we've reached the point where we decide which pair goes through
0:30:22 > 0:30:24to the final to play for that jackpot.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26And we do that by making you go head-to-head.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29But the good news is, you can start conferring from here on in.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31You can have a good chat before you give your answers.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Best of luck to both players. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37APPLAUSE
0:30:39 > 0:30:43OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Actors when they were young.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51We're going to show you five pictures now of actors when they were young.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54You just need to tell us the most obscure of these five, please.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five young actors. Here they are.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27There we are. Five actors when they were young.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32Gareth and Norman, you're our low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38Just trying to see what the scarf is on C. Might be a clue there.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Millwall, maybe?
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Erm...
0:31:42 > 0:31:43A looks like...
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Yeah, go for A.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52A, we think it's Leonardo DiCaprio.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Leonardo DiCaprio, say Gareth and Norman for A.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Now, Tony and Henry, do you want to talk us
0:31:58 > 0:32:00through the rest of the board?
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- No.- Not particularly, no. - No? You could just do...
0:32:02 > 0:32:04We were in trouble.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08We thought that was Jason Donovan, A, so we were in trouble.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12How can you tell the little fella in the stripy shirt at the beach?
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- How do you know what he's going to look like?- I think it's a girl!
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- Isn't it?- Well, you see what I mean! - Yeah. Shall we go with our E one?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- It's a safe...- E.- Yeah.
0:32:21 > 0:32:22We think... Well, Henry got this.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- No, no, don't blame me if it's wrong!- No, I think it's right.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I think E, Hugh Grant.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32E, Hugh Grant.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36OK. So we have Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Grant.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Now, Gareth and Norman said A was Leonardo DiCaprio.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Let's see if that's right. Maybe it is Jason Donovan after all!
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Let's see how many of our 100 people said Leonardo DiCaprio.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49It is Leonardo DiCaprio.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- 70.- Wow!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54APPLAUSE
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Surprised me that it's 70.
0:32:55 > 0:33:02OK, now, Tony and Henry have said that E is Hugh Grant.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- See, that's not who I thought it was.- Oh, really?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- No.- Who did you think it was? Just for some jeopardy.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- Russell Crowe. - LAUGHTER
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- HENRY:- Russell Crowe?!- Yes!
0:33:14 > 0:33:17God, if this is Russell Crowe, I'm leaving.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19I thought it was Geoff Hurst!
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Paul McCartney?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Let's find out who it is. Is it Hugh Grant?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Yes, it's Hugh Grant. And it wins you the point.
0:33:31 > 0:33:3446, very well done indeed, Henry and Tony.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Very good work. After one question, Henry and Tony, you are up 1-nil.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- Russell Crowe!- It could've been!
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Now, let's start with D. D is...
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Kirsten Dunst.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Kirsten Dunst, very well done.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Yeah, she would have scored you 13.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Now, C, the scarf is a clue, actually...
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Danny Dyer? Too late.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Danny Dyer is the right answer, yes.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Would've been a terrific answer. Would've scored you 33.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Now, B... Now, Henry and Tony, I need an agreement with you.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Do you think that is a man or a woman?- A woman.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Well, this one, that is Marilyn Monroe.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11- Ah!- Ah, yes, that changes things, doesn't it? Marilyn Monroe aged four.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I have to say, though, one of our 100 people
0:34:13 > 0:34:15said it was Jeremy Clarkson.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17LAUGHTER
0:34:17 > 0:34:18So, two points for Marilyn Monroe.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Could be... I'll tell you who it looks a bit like - Russell Crowe.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23LAUGHTER
0:34:23 > 0:34:25OK, here comes your second question.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Henry and Tony get to answer it first,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30but Gareth and Norman, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Best of luck. It concerns...
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Richard.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40We're going to show you the names of five British seaside resorts now
0:34:40 > 0:34:42but they are in anagram form, I'm afraid.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- Can you unscramble them and tell us where they are?- Ah, ah!
0:34:45 > 0:34:49OK, so let's reveal our five jumbled-up seaside towns and cities,
0:34:49 > 0:34:50and here they are.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I'll read those all again.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Henry and Tony, you'll go first.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09(Team Rag got to be the easiest.)
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Do you know who it is?- No.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Erm...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18We think the bottom one, which is
0:35:18 > 0:35:21probably the easiest, is Margate.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Margate...say Henry and Tony.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Now then, Gareth and Norman.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27We're going to have to go for the first one,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30which we think is Great Yarmouth.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32So we have Margate, Great Yarmouth.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Henry and Tony have said Margate - let's see if that's right,
0:35:34 > 0:35:36let's see how many people said it.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Margate...
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Not bad, 52.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Gareth and Norman, you have to win this one.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Great Yarmouth, let's see if that'll do it for you.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56It's right.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Well done.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06You're back in the game, Gareth and Norman.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- After two questions, it's 1-1. Very exciting.- It's a good one, isn't it?
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Couple of answers, actually, that would have beaten Great Yarmouth.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17The middle one wouldn't have - that, ironically, is Brighton. Big North.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Would have scored you 38. Nude Host?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Southend.- Ah... - That would have scored you 16.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Now, the best answer on the board is Goobers Grin.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30Bognor Regis.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33LAUGHING: Bognor Regis, yep.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- And that would have scored 10.- There we go, thank you very much indeed.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40OK, here comes the decider, whoever wins this third question goes
0:36:40 > 0:36:43through to the final and plays for that jackpot for their charities.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Richard.- Yep, we're going to show you five occasions
0:36:53 > 0:36:56that take place in the same month each year, just need you to
0:36:56 > 0:36:58tell us the name of the month any of these occurs in, please.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Very best of luck.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03OK, so let's reveal our events, and here they are.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Gareth and Norman will go first.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22THEY WHISPER INDISTINCTLY
0:37:22 > 0:37:24(Edinburgh Fringe is August.)
0:37:24 > 0:37:25(That's for sure.)
0:37:25 > 0:37:28(How many people would know that?)
0:37:28 > 0:37:32(Shall we go for that, cos we know it's true and it's not Halloween?)
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Edinburgh Fringe festival, August.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36August, say Gareth and Norman.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Now then, Henry and Tony...
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Well, we might have gone for that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Been there a few times.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I, tragically, don't know when International Women's Day is.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Nor do I.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- I'm glad there is one, though. - Shouldn't every day be women's day?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Doesn't matter whether we win or not now, we've got so many friends.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Halloween is not our answer,
0:38:04 > 0:38:06but we think it's October.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08VE Day we think is June,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10and St George's Day we think
0:38:10 > 0:38:11is April, is that right?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- Hmm.- So which one?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I think St George's Day.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Shall we go with it?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Go, give it a go.- St George's Day.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- We don't know when it is. No, April. - April.- April.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26So we have August and we have April.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Gareth and Norman said the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
0:38:29 > 0:38:31was in August every year.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Henry and Tony have said that St George's Day is in April,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51let's see how many people knew that.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56It's right. Ooh!
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Very well done indeed, Gareth and Norman. Double trophy time.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06After three questions, you're through to the final - 2-1.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07Very well played, gents,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10that was a race to the Edinburgh Festival, I know Tony would
0:39:10 > 0:39:13have known that as well, I'm sure you've all performed there.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15There is actually an answer that would have beaten it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Not VE Day, VE Day is May.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20That would have scored you 59.
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Halloween is of course October,
0:39:21 > 0:39:25that would have scored you a very scary 96.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27International Women's Day
0:39:27 > 0:39:29is in March,
0:39:29 > 0:39:30and it's the best answer up there
0:39:30 > 0:39:32as you might expect,
0:39:32 > 0:39:33would have scored you 16 points.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Henry and Tony.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43Well, a stalwart performance, I have to say, very, very close,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46might you have punted for International Women's Day?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- No.- Wouldn't have had a clue.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But you kind of won anyway with your lovely comment there, Henry.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54You just have to come back and go one better next time.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- We certainly will.- It's been such a treat having you on the show.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Thank you so much. Henry and Tony. - Pleasure. Thank you.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07But for Gareth and Norman, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09AUDIENCE: Woo!
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Well done, Gareth and Norman, you've done it again!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16You've fought off all the competition and you have each won -
0:40:16 > 0:40:19for the second time in your Pointless careers -
0:40:19 > 0:40:20a Pointless trophy.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:40:29 > 0:40:31for your charities, and at the end of today's show
0:40:31 > 0:40:33the jackpot is standing at...
0:40:34 > 0:40:35There we are.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Just astonishing, great, very assured performance
0:40:41 > 0:40:44all the way through, low scoring every round.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47And now what do you want to see in this last round?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Entertainment-based, perhaps...
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Literature, maybe, we know a little about that, but...
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Who knows? Sport would be my main one, but we've had sport already.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Well, sport might be up there, you never know.- It could.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Let's see what today's selection looks like,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04let's hope there's something you like the look of.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- HE SIGHS - Well, we've got...
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- That's fun.- I wonder what Norman's veering towards(!)
0:41:20 > 0:41:22What would you go for?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25American singer-songwriters.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30Oh, well, you know, my specialist subject has never been the letter O.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32I'm under pressure now.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34You choose, and I'll go with whatever you choose.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36OK, we're going to go with sportsmen.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Sportsmen with surnames beginning with the letter O. OK.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I think you won the jackpot on sport last time,
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- was it a golf question?- Yeah.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Well, fingers crossed this time, no golf but three different sports.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50We are looking for...
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Any professional football club that Martin O'Neill
0:41:53 > 0:41:55has played for or managed during his career.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Any professional football club he's played for or managed.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59That's club or international.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Any nation who Brian O'Driscoll has scored
0:42:02 > 0:42:04a try against playing for Ireland.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Or any player who Ronnie O'Sullivan has
0:42:07 > 0:42:09beaten during one of his World Championship years,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12during one of the five times he won the World Championship.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14So teams that Martin O'Neill has played for or managed,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17teams against whom Brian O'Driscoll has scored a try
0:42:17 > 0:42:19or people Ronnie O'Sullivan beat
0:42:19 > 0:42:21on the way to his World Championship wins.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Very best of luck.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25As always you've got up to one minute to come up with
0:42:25 > 0:42:28three answers and all you need to win that jackpot for your charities
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock, your time starts now.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39We can choose any one of them, Gareth, so we could choose
0:42:39 > 0:42:41two countries beginning with O that Brian O'Driscoll has...
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Have you got any ideas for that?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- O'Driscoll tries...- Yeah.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53- Eh... New Zealand, the All Blacks. - Doesn't begin with O.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- They don't have to begin with O. - Oh! So, eh...
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Right, so definitely New Zealand, the All Blacks.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05He's scored against all the home nations, Scotland...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Choose somebody more obscure.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- So Italy or Portugal.- Samoa.
0:43:11 > 0:43:17Italy, Portugal... Who else is pretty obscure? Spain.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Who they would have played, so Argentina.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24That's more obvious, yeah, Australia obviously.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26- I think...- Ten seconds left.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28We'll go for the obscure ones.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30OK, so I'll go for Italy.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33OK, we don't have to do it until Xander tells us, so...
0:43:35 > 0:43:36And he's going to tell us NOW.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- THEY LAUGH - OK, your time is now up.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Gareth, Norman, what are your three answers going to be?
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I think we're going to go for Brian O'Driscoll
0:43:43 > 0:43:45scoring against countries.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47- Italy...- Italy.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51- I'm going to go for Samoa.- Samoa.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55- (Romania?)- OK.- Romania.- OK.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Now, of those three, your best shot at a pointless answer would be..?
0:43:58 > 0:44:03- Probably Romania.- Let's put Romania last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- Italy.- OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then,
0:44:07 > 0:44:10and here they are. We've got...
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Very best of luck, three good answers on the board there,
0:44:16 > 0:44:19let's hope at least one of those is pointless
0:44:19 > 0:44:21and wins you that jackpot for your charities.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Gareth, what charity are you playing for?
0:44:23 > 0:44:27The British Heart Foundation, which, I think we're all
0:44:27 > 0:44:29very aware of how worthy it is,
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- and the more money, the better. - Quite right.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- Norman. - Meningitis Research Foundation.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38My daughter Holly had meningitis when she was four weeks old
0:44:38 > 0:44:42and is disabled because of it, so that's my charity.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43Very good.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51Two worthy causes there, let's hope one of these answers
0:44:51 > 0:44:54will win you that jackpot to share between them.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57OK, your first answer was Italy - in this case, in fact,
0:44:57 > 0:45:00in all causes we were looking for nations against whom
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Brian O'Driscoll has scored a try.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Only one of these answers has to be pointless for you
0:45:06 > 0:45:07to win that jackpot.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10For £2,500, let's see how many people said Italy.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15It's right.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,
0:45:18 > 0:45:21we can send you home with that jackpot straightaway.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23Down it goes, through the twenties.
0:45:25 > 0:45:2727 for Italy.
0:45:29 > 0:45:35OK, only two more shots at today's jackpot. Your next answer was Samoa.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Again, we're looking for countries against whom Brian O'Driscoll
0:45:38 > 0:45:41has scored a try. Has to be pointless.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44So, for £2,500, let's see how many people said Samoa.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- Didn't score any, Samoa. - Ooh, hasn't scored against Samoa.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55Which means everything is now riding on
0:45:55 > 0:45:58your third and final answer, which is Romania.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01Again, countries against whom Brian O'Driscoll has scored a try.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Let's see how many people said Samoa.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06If it's pointless, it wins you £2,500. Good luck.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11It's right.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Now, Italy took us all the way down to 27,
0:46:14 > 0:46:18Samoa turned out to be incorrect, but Romania now taking us
0:46:18 > 0:46:21way past 27, into single figures, still going down...
0:46:21 > 0:46:22ALL: Ohh!
0:46:23 > 0:46:25Ohh!
0:46:25 > 0:46:30- Unlucky, mate.- A good effort.- I tell you what, that's a fantastic score.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Tragically not pointless, though, which would have just been perfect.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36A double jackpot win for you.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40You do get a Pointless trophy each, though, so there you are.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41Bookends, as we said before.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43NORMAN LAUGHS
0:46:45 > 0:46:48But I tell you what, as it's a celebrity show
0:46:48 > 0:46:50and each celebrity pair is playing for a nominated charity,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53we are going to donate £500 to each pair
0:46:53 > 0:46:55- to split between their charities, so there we are.- Thank you.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57A gesture from us.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Let's start with Martin O'Neill.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07He started his management career at Grantham Town,
0:47:07 > 0:47:11started his playing career at Lisburn Distillery...
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Gents, I cannot believe you didn't say Shepshed Charterhouse.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15LAUGHTER
0:47:15 > 0:47:18Now known as Shepshed Dynamo, of course, they had a rebrand.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21But even some obscure answers people at home would have thought
0:47:21 > 0:47:24were absolute bankers for pointless answers, you have Fulham,
0:47:24 > 0:47:26Notts County, Chesterfield, all would have scored you one.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Wycombe Wanderers, six, and then up from there.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Brian O'Driscoll, there's only one pointless answer,
0:47:31 > 0:47:33it is one of the very minor nations
0:47:33 > 0:47:35that play rugby union, and it's Namibia.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37So some people might have guessed it
0:47:37 > 0:47:39but I suspect lots of people would have said Romania.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42You think of those very obscure teams who do play tests occasionally.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45Now, snooker, there are eight pointless answers here,
0:47:45 > 0:47:47so snooker fans might have
0:47:47 > 0:47:48got some of these.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Stephen Maguire probably the most famous answer on the list,
0:47:54 > 0:47:55he was a pointless answer.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Anthony Hamilton, David Harold and Liu Chuang,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00all of those are pointless answers, very, very well done today
0:48:00 > 0:48:03if you got one, and tough luck in the studio, I thought
0:48:03 > 0:48:05they were particularly difficult.
0:48:05 > 0:48:06Thanks very much, Richard.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Gareth and Norman, but we have loved having you on the show, fabulous.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- Come back, come and win a third time.- Yeah, great pleasure.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Gareth and Norman.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Well, join us next time
0:48:20 > 0:48:23when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE