Sport Relief 2014 Pointless Celebrities

Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to this special Sport Relief

edition of Pointless Celebrities -

the show where we are always striving

to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's Pointless Celebrities.

My name's Rowland Rivron.

For a long while, my middle name was Pointless,

so it's ironic that I'm on this show.

Now move aside.

I'm Mark Durden-Smith

and my greatest sporting achievement is winning the wellie boot

throwing contest at the Wandsworth 345 Nursery Sports Day 2007.

There we are - couple number one.

And couple number two.

Hi, I'm Karen Pickering and in a past life,

I was a world champion swimmer.

I'm Mark Foster.

I'm known as a really, really bad dancer from Strictly Come Dancing,

but I also used to be a very good swimmer as well.

Couple number three.

I'm Rory McGrath. In a past life, I was a world champion swimmer.

And I'm Nick Hancock and I'd like to use this day to tell

everybody that I am Rory McGrath's life partner.

And couple number four.

I'm Louise Hazel, Commonwealth heptathlon champion,

and also, world champion belly dancer.

-Wow!

-Yeah.

I'm Pete Reid.

I'm Olympic champion in the rowing, coxless four from 2008

and 2012, and I'm also a sailor.

And these are today's contestants!

Thanks. We'll find out more about you as the show goes on.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

If humans did indeed evolve from apes,

then this man's ancestor was one gifted gibbon,

and presumably quite tall.

It's my Pointless friend Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good evening.

-And to you.

-How are you?

-I'm really well. Looking forward to this.

-This should be fun.

-I think so.

-Between them on our panel,

we've got nearly 50 Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medals.

If you were to add in...

If you add in Nick and Rory, that rises to nearly 50.

That's a lot of medals.

I think it's going to be an immensely competitive show.

We've got some proper world-class sports people here,

and some great brains as well.

It's going to be exciting. We've asked every question in Pointless to 100 people before the show.

As ever, the aim of the game is to find a pointless answer -

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add 500 quid to the jackpot.

As today's show is a celebrity special for Sport Relief,

we start off with a jackpot of...

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be

eliminated and remember, there is no conferring during the round itself.

Our first category today is...

Political Geography.

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

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

Capital cities of countries that use the euro.

Richard.

Work out what countries use the euro and tell us the capital.

So the capital city of any country that uses the euro.

As always, by country,

we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

Best of luck.

Thanks very much.

Mark and Rowland, you drew lots and you're going to go first.

Rowland, welcome to the show.

The champion of Let's Dance for Sports Relief last time.

-Yes.

-Yes. How was that?

Bad. Very bad on the knees.

What did you have on your knees?

-Apart from some skin to start...

-Unfortunately nothing.

-No?

-Nothing.

-Nothing at all?

-No.

Just sheer adrenaline between you and the floor.

Just focused on me knees.

I was using bits of my body I'd never used before,

and I shouldn't have. That's a lesson to you all.

Rowland, what about this question? What are you going to go for?

-Barcelona. Is that one?

-Barcelona...

Barcelona, says Rowland. Let's see if that's right

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

-I'm sorry, Rowland.

-Yeah.

An incorrect answer there.

Scores 100 points.

Sorry, Rowland, not a capital city, I'm afraid.

Anyway, thank you.

Mark, across a career spanning 22 years,

you were, on three occasions, the fastest person through water.

'93, '98 and 2001.

What do you do when you get out

and are told you're the fastest person through water?

It was a misspent youth.

I spent a lot of time in a lot of swimming pools,

counting an awful lot of tiles.

It's like with anything, when you set your sights to achieve something,

it's amazing when you do get there.

Swimming must have taken you around the world -

I'm segueing almost seamlessly into the round.

Maybe to some capital cities that were in the euro zone.

It did, quite a few.

I've just been toying with a few cos I can't remember the capital names.

I'm going to have a go at...

Slovakia and...

Sorry, Bratislava.

Bratislava.

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

-It's right.

-It was a gamble!

It was a gamble.

Down it goes.

Very well done indeed.

That is a fantastic answer. Very well done indeed.

That's a great answer, well played.

They joined the euro in 2009.

Thank you, Richard.

Rory, welcome to the show.

Your connection with comedy and sport is They Think It's All Over.

Indeed. And it is now, I think...

Rory, amongst other things, you are a bit of a polymath -

you know an awful lot.

But here we are - we've got capital cities that use the euro.

Now...

I was in Croatia recently,

and they were just about to turn over to the euro.

Unfortunately, I can't remember

whether they actually did in the end.

I was saying, "Don't do it, it'll be the death of your country."

I'm tempted to say Zagreb, which is the capital of Croatia.

OK. Zagreb.

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

Oh, no! Rory!

They believed me!

They were about to go to the euro and I said, "Don't do it!"

Well, they didn't.

That scores you 100 points, but you're in very good company.

They don't have the euro yet.

What was the delay, because they were ready for it when I was there?

There's being ready and there's being READY.

They just weren't quite ready.

Thanks, Richard. Pete, welcome to Pointless, again.

Gold medal in Beijing and in London 2012, the coxless fours.

You were here last time with Samantha Murray, what happened then?

We got through to the head-to-head. We knew all the answers actually.

It was a picture round, five pictures

and we selected the wrong one, they selected the right one.

-We were robbed.

-Fair enough.

Pete, what are you going to go for?

Uh, two good answers. Zagreb was great, but wrong.

-Oh, dear.

-Thanks, mate!

-I'm going to go for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

-Ljubljana.

Ljubljana, says Pete.

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

It's right!

OK. Well, five is our current low score. Make that four!

Very well done indeed!

Ljubljana, l-jubli answer, l-jubli low score.

That's a terrific answer. Well played, joined in 2007.

Thanks very much.

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

Four, Pete, very well done. Then up to five for Mark and Karen.

Then up to 100, where we find Rory and Nick

and Rowland and Mark Durden-Smith. We're coming back down the line now.

Can the seconds players, please, step up to the podium?

Louise, 2010 Commonwealth gold.

-Yes.

-But you have now retired, haven't you?

Yes, I've retired at the tender age of 28.

To think of the discipline involved in the heptathlon,

which you've been doing since the age of 15.

Yeah, seven events, it's hard work.

What do you do with that when you retire?

How do you fill your time?

Often, go to supermarkets and if people aren't forming a line,

I threaten them with a javelin.

-Woe betide you...

-That's all I can do.

Louise, you're on four.

You have to score 95 or less to avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Oh, gosh.

Erm...

I'm thinking I'll maybe just go safe with this one.

I'm going to go with Paris.

OK, Paris, says Louise.

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

Get below the red line, you're in round two.

It's right and you are through - just.

Look at that - 92.

95 you needed, 92 you got.

Your total is 96. Well done, you're through.

See that's a proper sports person, isn't it?

If you can get that sort of score, just get that.

Don't do anything else. Don't put in another ounce of effort.

Nick, obviously, They Think It's All Over, which you were on with Rory.

I was, yes. Pinnacle of my career.

Stoke City fan, of course.

Yes, for my sins.

And also, you were part of a sketch show I came to see

-when I was about 12 or 13.

-Yes, I was.

-It made me want to go into comedy.

-I remember.

I remember being introduced to you. In Newcastle.

That's right. Anyway, you have a task here.

-OK.

-You have a task.

You have to score less than what you think

Mark Durden-Smith is going to score.

So 99.

I'm going to go for one that I know is right,

but I'm hoping people might not naturally go for.

I hope it's right, having said that.

And if it isn't, we'll be in the bar in a minute.

I'm going to go for Bern.

Bern.

No red line for you, you're joint highest scorers.

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

LAUGHTER

You!

Nick, I'm so sorry.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

-Very proud.

-I am sorry.

Bern is the capital of Switzerland but Switzerland uses the Swiss franc.

Doesn't use the euro.

But we could still get a tie if Mark gets 100 points.

OK.

Karen, welcome to Pointless.

Eight gold medals.

Four Commonwealth golds and four World Championship golds.

-That's right.

-Fantastic.

And last Sport Relief, you were teaching Frank Skinner to swim. How did that go?

It was really interesting actually,

cos it wasn't just teaching him to swim, he had a fear of water.

With the first lesson, he didn't actually get in the pool,

so it was challenging, but it was very rewarding.

Ultimately, he swam 25 meters.

Here's good news - you are straight through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Nick and Rory.

However, let's have an answer from you.

Brilliant low score from Mark with Bratislava.

-Do you think you can beat that?

-No.

In a word. So...

I think I'll probably just play safe...

..and go with the capital of Spain, which I think is Madrid.

Madrid. No red line, you're already through.

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

It's right.

71.

76 your total - through you go to round two.

Well played, Karen.

Again, the sports team doing exactly what they had to do.

Very good indeed.

Mark, you officiated at the boxing match between...

The big one.

..him off S Club 7 and him off The Osbournes.

The word you're looking for is Bradley McIntosh and Jack Osbourne.

-Yeah.

-Mother in the audience,

screaming blue murder through the entire contest.

Very off-putting as the man who was trying to control proceedings.

It was a great contest.

You are on 100 - you have to score 99 or less

to avoid overtaking Nick and...

You can't overtake them, but you could equal their high score.

I hate to do this to you, but I'm going to play safe here.

I'm going to say Dublin.

You're going to say Dublin?

Dublin.

There is your red line. Dublin, says Mark.

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

Very well done. It's right and you're through.

53 is the score.

153, your total.

Well played.

You've put the pre-tournament favourites to the sword -

Nick and Rory - a big shock in round one.

There were a couple of pointless answers.

Very well done if you said either of these.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 200 - I'm so sorry,

-Nick and Rory.

-We miss you already.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

-Come back and do it again.

-In about five minutes?

Perfect. Meantime, thanks for playing.

Nick and Rory, everyone.

For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

Back to the game. Three pairs remain, obviously,

we will be saying goodbye to another pair at the end of this round,

in time for our celebrity head-to-head.

Best of luck. Our category for round two today is...

-Way-hey!

-Sport.

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

THEY CHATTER

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

OK. And the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each board we're going to show you the names of six teams

that have won the World Series in baseball.

We'll give you the city and the first letter, you fill in the rest.

Six on each board, the more obscure your answer,

the fewer points you score. Give us an incorrect answer,

you'll score 100 points.

12 in all to have a go at. Best of luck.

We're looking for the words that complete the names of these teams.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all again.

There we are. Rowland...

-..you go first.

-OK.

I'm just going to play super-safe.

-New York Yankees.

-New York Yankees.

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

how many people said the New York Yankees.

It's right. It's a big score - 82.

It's a lot better than 100, Rowland.

82 for the Yankees.

They've won it 27 times - more than any other team.

They're the fourth most valuable sports team in the world in 2013,

according to Forbes.

Thanks, Richard. Mark.

Mark. Do you follow baseball?

No. I spent a bit of time in the States, but I don't really watch it.

Um...

OK.

OK.

-Florida Marlins.

-The Florida Marlins.

Karen likes that. The Florida Marlins.

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

how many people said the Marlins.

It's right.

And you pass 82.

That is a great answer - six for the Florida Marlins.

Well played, Mark.

They won in 1997 and 2003.

They are the Miami Marlins now.

-Why?

-They play in Florida, still, but in Miami.

Yeah.

Indeed.

Anything else you want to know about baseball?

I would have thought that was a big deal, to change a name.

They quite often do. That's a much smaller deal than usual.

Quite often, they'll move all the way down the other end of the country.

-Really?

-Yeah, they just change the franchise.

-Woh!

-Yeah.

-Wow. OK.

Louise, you're the last person to have this board.

Do you follow baseball?

Well, if there's one sport that I've wanted to try, it's baseball.

-Do I follow baseball? No.

-Not so much.

I'm going to go San Francisco Giants.

The San Francisco Giants.

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

It's right.

82 our high score, you passed that.

Six is our low score.

29 you score.

-29. Very well done.

-Well played, Louise.

They, for example, used to be the New York Giants

-and moved to San Francisco.

-Oh, they were the same Giants?

-Same team, yeah.

-And being giants, that was just a couple of steps.

Yeah, didn't take 'em long.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

-Cleveland - anyone know Cleveland?

-Indians.

Cleveland Indians, yeah, absolutely. That would have scored you 21 points.

Pittsburgh...

-Pirates?

-Pittsburgh Pirates is the right answer.

That would have scored 14.

The best answers on the board - Kansas City Royals.

Well done if you said that at home - one point.

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

Six, the best score.

Well done, Mark, putting you and Karen right at the top of the table.

Then up to 29, where we find Louise and Pete.

And then up to 82 - Rowland and Mark.

Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?

We're going to put six more baseball teams

up on the board and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Remember, we're looking for the word that completes the name.

Pete, 29, the high scorers at the moment on 82.

52 or less gets you through.

Yeah, it's on me now, isn't it?

Let's go with Chicago White Sox.

Chicago White Sox.

I could just about perceive a nod from Karen there.

I think. There's your red line.

Get below it, and you're in the head-on head.

Let's see if the White Sox is right for Chicago.

It's right!

And you're through. Well done, Pete.

-28.

-How about that?!

-Well done, Pete!

-57 is your total.

Well played. They've won three World Series.

And nearly 90 years between their second and third World Series.

Thanks, Richard. Karen, there you are on six.

82 is the high score.

I think you have no problem with this at all.

You seem to know your way around all these teams.

I wouldn't say I follow baseball, but I like American sport.

I don't think I want to go too safe...

..just to be sure. I'm going to go for the Atlanta Braves.

The Atlanta Braves says Karen.

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

There's your red line, below that, you're in the head-to-head.

It's right.

And you're through.

14.

Takes your total up to a nice, neat and very low 20.

Very well played, Karen.

All four medallists through to the head-to-head.

All the civilians have gone. That's very impressive.

The Atlanta Braves - they've only won it once, in 1995.

That's a franchise that's been in three cities,

all of which have won the World Series.

Originally the Boston Braves, then the Milwaukee Braves,

then the Atlanta Braves. All of them have won the World Series.

Thanks.

Mark, the writing is...

-Pretty much on the wall...

-No! No!

Yeah. Yeah.

This could be the greatest sporting comeback of all time.

It'd be the most unusual sporting comeback of all time.

I want to try and beat 82.

I'm going to say the Boston Red Sox.

Boston Red Sox, says Mark.

No red line as you are the high scorers.

Boston Red Sox - how many people said that?

It does beat 82 - look at that. 54.

-Not bad, Mark.

-Well done.

136 your total.

They've also won it seven times - won it in 2013.

They had another long gap between winning it - about 85 years.

They call it "The Curse of Bambino"

after someone who was sold in 1918...

OK, fill in the rest of the board. Anybody want to have a go at Arizona?

Destroyers!

-No, Rowland.

-Good.

It's named after a rattlesnake -

it's the Arizona Diamondbacks.

They won in their fourth season in Major League baseball.

Would have scored six points. Los Angeles...?

-Dodgers.

-Dodgers is the right answer.

Would have scored nine points. Very low score.

And Oakland...?

It's the Oakland Athletics.

And would have scored you two points.

Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair heading home - I'm sorry,

Mark and Rowland.

-Please, don't apologise.

-It's a tough round.

We were always up against it.

These guys have been there, done that, won the gold medals.

It's time for us to leave and good luck with your onward journey.

Graciously said. Mark and Rowland, lovely to have you on the show.

-Thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for the head-to-head.

If you'd like to donate to Sport Relief right now, just text

SPORT to 70005 and Sport Relief will get £5 to help transform the

lives of poor and vulnerable people all over the UK and across Africa.

Congratulations, you are one step closer to the final and a chance

to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £5,000.

We have to decide who is going to play for that money,

and to do that, you are going to go head-to-head.

This time, you're allowed to confer before you give your answers and

the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

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

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

-Richard.

-Going to show you five pictures of musical duos.

Can you identify them and name the most obscure? Best of luck.

Let's reveal our five duos, and here they come.

There we are - five musical duos.

Karen and Mark, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK. Struggling a little bit.

We're going to go with C and we think that's Rizzle Kicks.

C - Rizzle Kicks.

Rizzle Kicks, say Karen and Mark.

Louise and Pete, do you fancy talking

us through the rest of the board?

Um... OK, so I know D is Jedward.

Everyone's going to know Jedward.

This is the thing, everyone's going to know Jedward, but you didn't.

E looks like Sonny and Cher - I'm only joking, it totally doesn't!

B, I mean they're DJs.

A, I think, Pet Shop Boys.

-May as well take a risk.

-We'll go A - Pet Shop Boys.

A - Pet Shop Boys. We have Rizzle Kicks and Pet Shop Boys.

Karen and Mark said Rizzle Kicks.

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

It's right.

22.

22 for Rizzle Kicks.

Louise and Pete have said Pet Shop Boys for A.

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 22. 48.

We'll take it. It's respectable.

48, which means, Karen and Mark, you are up 1-0.

Yes, a very good answer.

You were right not to bother with Jedward, you had to go for a risk.

Jedward would have scored you 85 points.

-That's depressing.

-That's a big score.

-E, from the '50s.

-Sonny and Cher.

Louise, however often you say it, it's not Sonny and Cher.

It's Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson.

Would have scored you seven points.

And B, you'll know the name.

It's Groove Armada.

Groove Armada and it's a pointless answer.

Here comes your second question.

Louise and Pete, you get to answer this one first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game.

It concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five clues

to facts about Sport Relief.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Here to tell you the clues, who better than Davina McCall?

Hiya, Xander. Hiya, Richard.

I'm sorry I can't be there this evening,

but as you can see, I'm filming for the Sport Relief Games.

However, I've got five clues to questions all about Sport Relief

and all you have to do, is come up with the most obscure answer.

Helen Skelton broke two world records

when she kayaked over 2,000 miles down which South American river?

McFly covered which Queen song in 2006 for Sport Relief?

In 2009, which comedian completed 43 marathons in 51 days?

John Bishop cycled, ran

and rode his way from which European capital city to London in 2012?

David Beckham was interviewed by which Fast Show character in 2004?

OK, I'll just read through all those questions again...

Five clues to five facts about Sport Relief.

Louise and Pete, you will go first.

Which one do you want to go for?

It's what people know

and it's putting pressure on these guys as well.

John Bishop, Paris.

-Paris. OK.

-Hope that's right.

Louise and Pete say Paris.

Karen and Mark, talk us through the board.

Uh...

Helen Skelton, that is the Amazon.

McFly, were not sure about but we think...

What was the one we said?

I Want To Break Free.

The middle one's Eddie Izzard.

Do you want to go with that, I Want To Break Free?

Yeah, I think we have to cos the other two are too obvious.

I Want To Break Free.

I Want To Break Free was the McFly Queen single. OK.

Now, Louise and Pete have said Paris for John Bishop.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Paris.

Paris is right.

38.

OK.

OK.

38.

As a matter of interest, Louise and Pete,

what did you think was the Queen single that McFly covered?

I would have said We Are The Champions.

I'd have gone with him.

Karen and Mark have said I Want To Break Free. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said I Want To Break Free.

No. Incorrect, I'm afraid,

which means, well done, Louise and Pete. You're back in the game.

After two questions, it's one-all.

Louise and Pete, you chose the right one. You put them under

a lot of pressure which was exactly what you were trying to do.

The two ones they knew, neither of them would have seen them through.

Helen Skelton, it is, of course, the Amazon

but would have scored you 42.

And Eddie Izzard is the comedian, but he would have scored even more.

He would have scored you 46.

So you did the right thing.

-Now, you would have gone for We Are The Champions?

-Yes.

It's Don't Stop Me Now.

Don't Stop Me Now was the answer there.

Would have scored you seven.

And David Beckham was interviewed by the Paul Whitehouse character

Ron Manager,

and it's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. It all comes down to a third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Dishes on The Great British Bake Off. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five dishes

baked as technical challenges on The Great British Bake Off,

but we've removed alternate letters from each one.

Can you fill in the gaps and give us the most obscure answer?

-Very, very best of luck to both teams.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our dishes with bites taken out and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Karen and Mark, you'll go first.

THEY WHISPER

MARK CHUCKLES

We've got lots of new cakes coming here!

Um...

-All right. We'll go with it. We've got one.

-OK.

-Go on, Karen.

-The second one down, biscuits,

we're going to go for brandy snaps.

Brandy snaps, you're going to say, the second one down. Brandy snaps.

Now, Louise and Pete, talk us through the rest of the board.

-That's a good answer.

-OK.

So, we've got creme caramel.

And jam doughnuts. I mean, if you've got sweet dough in the clue,

-you're going to get jam doughnuts, aren't you?

-Yeah.

-We're in trouble.

-We're in trouble.

-Creme caramel.

-OK, what's it going to be?

-Creme caramel.

-Creme caramel.

-Oh, wait!

Have you got it?

No, but that bottom one did look like something sandwich.

-S-A-N... Hang on.

-OK. You've said creme caramel.

-I'm going to have to take creme caramel, I'm afraid.

-Oh, no!

-I'm really sorry.

-No, Victoria sandwich!

-I'm really sorry.

-Oh, no.

I'm really, really sorry.

-Oh, no.

-So, we have brandy snaps and we have creme caramel.

You never know, creme caramel may be a surprise winner.

-It'll going to be close.

-Karen and Mark have gone for brandy snaps.

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

It's right.

Ten.

Ten, I'm so sorry.

You were seconds away from getting Victoria sandwich,

but you went for creme caramel.

Let's see how many people said creme caramel.

Four.

It's right.

Oh! 36.

APPLAUSE

Which means very well done indeed, Karen and Mark.

After three questions, you're through to the final 2-1.

Well played, Karen and Mark. Now, Louise, you got Victoria sandwich

perhaps about one second after you gave your other answer.

-It always happens.

-After I jumped in. Too hasty.

If you'd said it, it would have scored you...

-31 points.

-Wahey!

-Wouldn't have seen you through.

-Fair enough.

That's a relief, I hope. That's a relief.

Jam doughnuts was an even bigger scorer.

Jam doughnuts would have scored you 42.

-Now, this other one.

-Flaxseed cakes.

It's a fraisier cake. Fraisier cakes...

-Wouldn't it be fraisier gateau?

-..would have scored you 1 point.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's you, Louise and Pete. But what a heroic performance

across the show from you. Very, very well done.

Brilliant. Great performance. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye,

-but thank you so much for coming on the show. Louise and Pete...

-Thank you.

-..wonderful contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Karen and Mark, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Karen and Mark.

You've fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot for Sport Relief,

which at the end of today's show stands at £5,000. There it is.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You've done really well. It's been such a good performance.

You've been the lowest scorers in every single round.

As always, you get to choose your category for this round.

-Swimming!

-There are four options.

Wouldn't that be nice! Fingers crossed. Let's see what your options are...

Not so many swimmers out here.

If it was me, out of those four I'd go straight away for Pop Groups.

-Yeah, I think so.

-You've chosen 1980s Pop Groups. Richard.

OK, you've got three different options here.

I hope one of these suits you. Take your answers from any of them.

We're looking for any top 75 hit single by...

So, any Top 75 Single by Bros, Ultravox or Spandau Ballet.

When they've got double A sides, either answers counts separately.

Very, very best of luck, we're all behind you.

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

To win that jackpot for Sport Relief all you have to do is find one

pointless answer among those three.

Remember, the answers you provide can come from any of these three categories.

It's up to you how you spread them across the categories,

they can all be Ultravox, all Spandau Ballet, or one of each, entirely down to you.

Are you ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

I only know one Bros, When Will I Be Famous?

That'll be quite popular. Spandau Ballet, Through The Barricades.

Yeah, Vienna.

Vienna for Ultravox.

Spandau Ballet - True.

-No. 1 Chant. Work Till You're Musclebound.

-OK.

Erm...

The one Tony Hadley sang

at the Olympics.

-Gold!

-Yeah.

Obvious. Maybe people don't now know Bros.

That could be...

-I don't know any other Bros songs.

-I don't either.

They used to wear bottle tops in their shoes.

-Ultravox. Through The Barricades...

-I think...

-Spandau Ballet, what did you say?

-Work Till You're Musclebound.

I think there's one called No. 1 Chant or something.

Erm, Through The Barricades...

They're three that I think are pretty obscure-ish.

-I don't know if they were in the top 75. They were.

-They will be.

Do you think they're more obscure than a Bros single?

-When Will I Be Famous?

-For the audience?

Possibly.

OK, that's your time up. I need your three answers.

What are you going to give me?

I think if we go for three Spandau

we've got a chance of one being right.

-OK. I'll go with that.

-OK, what are they going to be?

Work Till You're Musclebound.

-There's a song called No. 1 Chant.

-No. 1 Chant.

-And Through The Barricades.

-Through The Barricades.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

do you think?

-No. 1 Chant, if it's a song!

-OK, we'll put that last.

Least likely, would you say?

Through The Barricades would be the most well-known of those three.

Through The Barricades, we'll put first.

We'll put them up on the board in that order. Here they are...

OK.

So we were looking in all these cases for Spandau Ballet, UK Top 75

singles. Your first answer was Through The Barricades.

You thought this was least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one answer has to be pointless for you to

win that £5,000 jackpot for Sport Relief.

Let's see how many people said Through The Barricades.

Is it right, is it pointless?

It's right.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave with that cheque for Sport Relief for £5,000.

Down it goes, into single figures,

still going down. 6!

6 for Through The Barricades.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer but as you said,

-you thought that would be quite well-known, didn't you, Karen?

-Yeah.

Six of our 100 people knew that answer.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot for Sport Relief.

Your next answer, Work Till You're Musclebound,

again Spandau Ballet Top 75 UK hit. Let's find out.

It has to be pointless for that jackpot.

For £5,000, how many people said Work Till You're Musclebound?

Ooooh!

I'm guessing that's going to be one of those tricksy title things...

-Didn't make Top 75?

-Well... I'm pretty sure it might have done.

It might not have been called that though.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot,

and it's all riding on your third and final answer, No. 1 Chant.

This was your most confident answer,

the one you thought most likely to be pointless.

It has to be pointless.

It has to be correct as well for you to win that jackpot of £5,000.

Let's find out how many people said No. 1 Chant. It is pointless?

No!

GROANING FROM AUDIENCE

Oh, no! Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot of £5,000.

However, as this is a Sport Relief special, we are

going to donate £2,500 to the charity. We really enjoyed having

you on the show and you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

-So very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

I think that is genuinely unlucky.

Work Till You're Musclebound is just called Musclebound,

and would have scored you one point.

-But No. 1 Chant, is called Chant No. 1, I'm afraid.

-Ohhhh!

Not only that, that's a pointless answer so...

I would say, we're going to give you 2,500,

I'm happy - if Xander is happy as well - that we'll make up the

difference and give you five grand because I think that's incredibly unlucky.

Absolutely! Done!

APPLAUSE

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.

I think you'll know some of them,

those Bros songs you'll know and a couple of Spandau Ballet.

We'll start with Bros...

These are all top 10 hits for Bros.

Sister was a number 2 hit. All of those were pointless.

Let's take a look at Ultravox...

Dance!

And Spandau Ballet. There you go - Chant No. 1.

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

Chant No. 1, No. 1 Chant, I think it's fair enough. That'll do for me and congratulations,

you've been brilliant right from the start. Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Karen and Mark, we've loved having you on the show.

You've been fantastic the whole way through, thank you so much for playing.

Karen and Mark, everyone, brilliant contestants.

APPLAUSE

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.