Episode 13 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show where you are rewarded for obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

My name's Michael, this is my son Luke

and we're from Upminster in Essex. Couple number two.

Hello, I'm Claire, this is my sister Emma.

And we're from Cambridgeshire. Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Mike, I live in Hull but work in Nottingham.

This is my friend Steve, who lives and works in Hull.

And finally, couple number four. Hi there, my name is Trish

and this is Derek, my housemate.

And we're from Cwmbran in South Wales.

And these are today's contestants.

We'll get to find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's a straight-talking fact man who left his patience at home

and his give-a-damn in his other pair of chinos.

It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard. Hiya.

Hi, everybody, hiya.

Oh, I always love it when people introduce themselves

and there's half-hearted whoops from the audience.

Upminster got a whoop. A half-hearted whoop, yes.

For the first time in history. They'll have to rename it.

Whoop-minster.

I've barely recovered from the last show. Oh, I know.

Wasn't that exciting? Probably one of the greatest Pointlesses in history.

Yeah, one of them. Firstly, because we had a round on types of cheese.

You missed that.

But secondly, the jackpot round, Stephen and Sarah, for only

the third time in Pointless history, got three pointless answers.

Three pointless answers! They were good.

It was amazing - nine grand, they walked away with. Very impressive.

Derek and Trish and Luke and Micky, you were on the same show as them.

You're happy for them, right? Absolutely.

They really were a great couple. Congratulations.

Yeah, almost convincing!

Almost, almost convincing. No, they were lovely.

We're going to have another cracker again today.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find obscure answers those 100 didn't get.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer -

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

and each time that happens we will add ?250 to the jackpot.

Sarah and Stephen won the jackpot last time

so today's jackpot starts back on ?1,000.

If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you.

There's to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round heads home.

Our first category today is...

Pop Music. It's Pop Music.

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

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

And the question concerns...

acts with numerical names.

Acts with numerical names, Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven UK top 40 singles.

You just need to tell us the name of the group

which had a hit with that song.

They've all got numbers in their names.

There's 14 in all to have a go at at home, so good luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So the numerically named acts who released these singles

and here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Luke and Micky, you all drew lots before the show

and today you're going to go first. Luke, welcome back.

Talk us through last time. Thank you.

We kind of went out to a topic on cheeses. Yeah.

So all that revision was pretty much thrown out

when the cheese board came up. That's the thing about Pointless,

you just can't prepare for Pointless. No, exactly.

Luke, remind us what you do.

I work for a law firm. I'm a revenue controller.

I've been doing it for the last seven years. And your hobbies?

Literally all sports, socialising, love golf. OK, music?

I don't mind music. Enough to feel comfortable with this round?

Yeah, should be OK. I just need to pick a decent answer this time.

OK, what are you going to go for?

All The Small Things, Blink-182.

Blink-182 says Luke, for All The Small Things.

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

It's right.

32.

32, not bad for Blink-182. Good start, Luke, well played.

They had nine top 40 hits, Blink-182.

Originally called Blink, had to change their name as there was an Irish band called Blink.

Like you do with a username, and it says,

"I'm afraid Alexander Armstrong's already been taken."

You try 1, it's taken. 14? Yeah, taken.

You think, "How are there 14 Alexander Armstrongs?!"

How many blinks are there? 182! Well, there were 181.

They were the 182nd. We're now up to Blink-796.

Who are a folk duo from Malvern.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Emma, welcome to the show.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Emma? I'm a letting agent.

Residential things or commercial? Yeah, residential.

Oh, that's more fun. It is.

It's a challenge sometimes, but yes,

it's not the same every day, that's for certain.

What are your hobbies, Emma? I go geocaching with my husband.

Do you know what, I've been told so many times on the show exactly what

geocaching is and every time I get told, a little bit of me forgets it.

And that's the bit of me that's in charge today. So geocaching...?

I've seen it described as using multi-million pound satellites

to hunt for Tupperware boxes in hedgerows.

See, I've forgotten already what you just said.

Right, what's usually inside the Tupperware boxes? Some flapjacks?

Sometimes there's small items that you can swap if you're caching

with children, there are little toys that you can swap around.

There's always a logbook that you sign as evidence that you found it.

So quite exciting, though. You're taking these bearings from...

Multi-million-pound satellites! Exactly.

I'd already forgotten that bit as well!

And then you find the thing, wey! Is it quite exciting, finding them?

Yeah, I think it's quite exciting.

Do other people leave things they really shouldn't be leaving in boxes?

Um, not that I've found so far. Good, good.

Emma, what are you going to go for?

Well, there's a couple on there that are my sort of era.

So I am going to go for Temptation and Heaven 17.

Heaven 17, says Emma, let's see if that's right

and how many people said Heaven 17.

It is right.

15.

15 for Heaven 17. Yeah, a number two hit from the Sheffield band.

Cracking song. There we are. Now, Steve, welcome to the show.

Great to have you. What do you do?

I'm a social worker, I work with kids in long-term foster care,

quite rewarding. Very demanding at times.

How long have you done it for? 2003.

Right, so you've seen kids right the way through now? Yeah, yeah.

That must be rewarding. And what do you do in your spare time?

I'm a keen caravanner,

I'm the guy who's in the front of the traffic,

blocking the roads, unfortunately.

At least you're aware of that, Steve. What are you going to go for?

Well, I know three of them, for definite.

One of them actually is Hull City's theme song,

the players come out to the song. I'm not going for that one.

I'm going to go for Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops.

The Four Tops, Reach Out I'll Be There says Steve,

let's see if that's right and how many people said the Four Tops.

It's right.

26.

Very well done, Steve. 26.

Well played, Steve, number one single, 16 weeks on the charts.

Thank you. Now, Trish, welcome back to the show.

Tell us about last time, Trish.

We got to the head-to-head, and unfortunately

we didn't go any further, but congratulations...

They were brilliant, though. Really good. Yeah, they were a tough pair.

Well done to them.

Now, Trish, you were telling us last time

about your interesting living arrangement,

if I can say that, between you and Derek. Yes.

We do have a bit of a strange setup, I'm afraid.

Derek and I were married in '73 but we divorced in '92.

I remarried, and that didn't work out, so...

Look out, I'm looking for Richard, number three! Anyway!

LAUGHTER

And when I was homeless, Derek said I could go and live back with him

if I wanted to. So there you are, best of friends?

Living together and apart? That's nice, very nice.

I make his life hell.

LAUGHTER

I love the way Derek just smiles, doesn't go, "No, you don't!"

He just smiles as if to say, yeah. Yeah.

Trish, this board is all yours.

Do you fancy filling in all the blanks for us?

I'm afraid I don't really know any of them.

The only one I'm going have a stab at

is Love Plus One, Unit 4 + 2?

I don't know.

Unit 4 + 2?! I'm going way back to the '60s.

Wow. I'm so glad you are.

I thought you might have just made that up. No, no.

She did that on the spot! I really have no idea.

Let's see if that's right for Love Plus One.

It'd be nice, nice little mathematical...

Let's see if it's right, anyway, Unit 4 + 2.

No, bad luck, Trish. I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's incorrect, scores you the maximum 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Trish, I'm afraid...

It's from our era, isn't it, Love Plus One?

It is, Haircut 100. Yes. Would have scored you 19 points.

How were you on the rest of these? Beautiful Day? U2. U2, yes.

Would have scored you 47 points. Do you know What's Up?

No, that's the one I don't know. It's 4 Non Blondes. There you go.

Remember them? Best answer on the board, well done if you said that.

And number one single with (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You? UB40.

UB40, yes. Would have scored 23 points.

Very well done to anyone who got all seven of the those, very impressive.

We're halfway through, let's take a look at those scores as they stand.

15 the best score of that pass, Emma, very well done,

I'd say Emma and Claire can relax on the back of that.

Then up to 26 where we find Steve and Mike, up to 32, Luke and Micky.

Would be dangerous but for 100,

which is where we find Derek and Trish.

Derek, you were asking earlier if there could be something for oldies.

That next board, maybe it will have a lovely low-scoring oldie.

What's your favourite period of music? Er, the 1850-60s?!

LAUGHTER

Well, listen, I'm sure there'll be something from way back then.

You get first pick of the board, so use it wisely,

find a nice, low score, maybe it'll be enough to keep you in the show.

Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more singles up on the board

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Derek, we are looking for these numerically named acts

that had hits with these singles in the years shown.

Remind us what you like to do with your time.

I like to go to the cinema, reading.

Television. I'm told I like to walk the dog,

but I'm not sure about that, really.

Whose dog is it?

XANDER CHUCKLES

You're told you like walking the dog as the lead is held out for you?

I enjoy it apparently, yeah. Oh, right, OK.

Is there a nice pub on the walk, maybe? Yeah.

Well, that softens the blow a bit.

Well, you're the high scorers, Derek.

We need a low-scoring answer from you. What will you go for?

Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over. Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over.

No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Dave Clark Five.

It's absolutely right, Derek.

Now ideally, this will go a long, long way down.

37.

Takes your total up to 137.

Another number one single,

knocked I Want To Hold Your Hand by the Beatles off the number one slot.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Mike, welcome to the show.

What do you do, Mike?

I work for Nottingham Trent University and my official job title

is strategic data and intelligence manager.

I think the "intelligence" might come back to haunt me.

No, strategic, I was liking, that was good. Strategic!

There are other data and intelligence people

who are much less picky.

And in your spare time, Mike, what do you like to do?

Me and Steve sit next to each other at the KC Stadium to watch Hull City.

Very good. That's one of our big passions.

I also play my wife at badminton every week

and she beats me every week. Really?

You haven't got any better? I think I've won three out of 30.

We're both quite competitive, but she's better than me.

And back you come for more punishment each time.

Well, Mike, here are lots of numbers.

See how strategic you can be with them.

I was a lot better on the other board. Yes! The other board was much easier.

When I looked at this one I thought I didn't know any, but I just realised, '80s,

then I worked out that Lessons In Love is, I think, Level 42.

Level 42. You are through to the next round.

This is good news, even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake Derek and Trish's high score.

Level 42, how many people said that, is it right?

It's absolutely right.

19.

Second lowest score of the round so far.

Well played, Mike, a number three hit for Level 42.

They have their origins in the Isle of Wight,

three members from the Isle of Wight. Now, Claire.

Welcome to the show. Thank you. What you do? I'm a letting agent as well.

Get out of here! Is it for the same agency? Yes. Well, that's nice.

I don't meet the people, though, I stay and do the admin,

upstairs out of the way. Oh, I see.

And you prefer it that way? Oh, yes.

So you're answering all the calls from tenants saying,

"We'll get the boiler fixed?" No, that's Emma. Oh, really?

Emma answers all the calls, I'm answering the calls

from the landlords going, "Oi, where's my money?" Ah!

Claire, the good news is, you're through. I'm quite relieved.

The board is getting tougher. Yes.

I almost knew Lessons In Love but I couldn't quite think of the band.

And I only know one other,

and I'm possibly slightly ashamed to admit that I'm going to go for

Don't Stop Movin' and S Club 7.

S Club 7, says Clare, for Don't Stop Movin'.

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

Let's see how many people said S Club 7.

It's correct.

29.

Takes your total up to 44, very well done.

No shame in that, Claire.

Actually, Beautiful South do a lovely country-tinged cover version

of Don't Stop Movin'. Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Micky,

we discovered last time that you are a multi-trade builder. Yes.

A master of multi-trade. Yes. A lot of people would disagree!

Don't say that! Micky, what are your hobbies? Golf. Yeah.

A little bit of cricket, not as much as I used to. Playing, or...?

Playing cricket? Yeah. Do you follow it, do you follow sports generally?

I love sports, all sorts of sports. Micky, what are you going to go for?

Talk us through this board. I'll go for the bottom one I think.

And hopefully it's The Three Degrees.

The Three Degrees says Micky, for When Will I See You Again.

No red line for you. Let's see if The Three Degrees is right

and how far down the column it takes you.

Absolutely right, Micky, well remembered.

25.

Very well done indeed, Micky, 25.

Third lowest score of the whole round. 57, your total.

Very good answer.

They've been going since 1960, The Three Degrees,

still going now over 50 years later.

Let's look through the rest of these. These are fairly tough.

No Limit, people might know. Do you know No Limit?

Do you not remember 2 Unlimited? Oh, 2 Unlimited, of course.

That would have scored 26 points.

Babycakes is one of the absolute ultimate one-hit wonders,

Babycakes, it was a number one single for 3 Of A Kind.

They never released another song,

left it at that. One number one single and out, very impressive.

And Lazy. It was David Byrne and...

David Byrne sang it with the X-Press 2.

Would have scored you three points.

The best answer up there. Well played if you said that. Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair leaving us,

head-to-headers last time,

this time leaving in round one with a high score of 137.

I'm afraid, Derek and Trish, it's you. I'm so sorry.

We've had a lovely time anyway.

It's been lovely for us to have you here.

Thanks so much for playing both shows extremely well.

Lovely contestants, Derek and Trish.

Thank you. Good luck.

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

Very well done, all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

Authors.

Authors. Can you all decide in your pairs,

who's going to go first and second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

Richard?

In 2012, the Bookseller magazine produced a list

of the top 50 most profitable authors in the UK

from 1998 all the way through to 2012.

So any of the 50 most valuable and profitable authors in that period,

that's fiction or non-fiction. So any books at all.

Some very interesting names on the list, I have to say.

Thank you very much indeed. So, the 50 most valuable authors in the UK.

Micky? Oh, dear!

JK Rowling. That's all I know.

JK Rowling, says Micky. OK, nice, obscure writer there(!)

JK Rowling.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our people said JK Rowling.

It's right. Whee! 88.

It's 12 better than 100, Micky.

I guarantee you, Micky,

you'll know a lot more than that on the list when you see them come up.

She was number one on the list.

?237.6 million raised by books in that period.

Sold over 450 million books worldwide.

Claire?

Now, Claire.

Authors. Have you gone first?

I saw there was a bit of a conflab between you and Emma.

Have you gone first because...? Not much of one,

this is way definitely her strength. Really?

So did she push you forward and say, "You go first?"

There was no question when that came up. OK.

Assuming that it's any author, not just adult fiction,

I'm going to go for Michael Morpurgo.

Michael Morpurgo, says Claire.

Let's see if it's right and who said Michael Morpurgo.

It's absolutely right, good answer.

One!

Very well done indeed, Claire.

One for Michael Morpurgo, great answer.

Terrific answer, Claire, well done.

48th on the list, Michael Morpurgo was.

Most famous for War Horse, probably.

Now then, Steve. Top 50s.

This is a tough one where you want to get someone

who's in the top 50 so therefore sells a lot of books,

but people overlook and didn't remember.

You did say it could be fact or fiction books,

so I'm going to go for Delia Smith.

Delia Smith, says Steve. Like your thinking.

Let's see if this is right, and how many people said Delia Smith.

Absolutely right, Steve. 88, our high, one, our low.

So quite a range there. You're tending towards the one.

Oh, look at that! You've passed the one!

A pointless answer, Steve.

That adds ?250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to ?1,250,

it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed.

She is 10th on the list, well done, Steve.

Good lateral thinking as well.

Her Winter Collection alone sold 2.4 million copies. Wow! Yeah.

That'll keep her warm. Thanks very much indeed.

We're halfway through, let's look at those scores.

Nothing was the best score of that pass,

Steve and Mike can relax on the back of that.

As I think can Claire and Emma with their one.

Because Micky and Luke, I'm afraid, are on 88.

Luke, we most definitely will need a low score from you.

Best of luck with that. Let's come back down the line now.

OK, we are looking for the 50 most valuable authors in the UK. Mike.

You're on nothing. That was a great answer from Steve.

What would go really well with that would be another pointless answer.

That ain't going to happen!

But before Steve said that,

I did think around the cookery sort of genre.

And I'm going to go for Jamie Oliver.

OK, another obscure author there!

OK, the high scorers on 88 are Luke and Micky,

87 or less sees you through to the head-to-head.

There's your red line.

If you can get below that with Jamie Oliver,

that is going to be splendid.

Very well done, you've done it.

Five!

Not bad at all, Mike. Five for Jamie Oliver takes your total up to five.

JK Rowling was first, Jamie Oliver was second on that list.

Over ?125 million worth of books sold in that period. Emma. Yes.

Now, Claire scored one. I know.

And I'll be honest, she said you were going to be better than her.

She lied!

I think this person is going to be on the list

but I suspect it might be quite a high score.

I'm going to go for Terry Pratchett.

Terry Pratchett, says Emma. I suspect he might be up there.

You want to score 86 or less with that.

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

There's your red line.

It's right. And you're through.

15. Consistent.

15 for Terry Pratchett takes your total up to 16.

Yes, Sir Terry Pratchett of course and he's fourth on the list.

So we've got some of the real big hitters here. Thanks very much.

Now, Luke, sorry to say, you are already the high scorers

before you've given your answer. Yeah.

But maybe you've got a pointless answer there.

You could add ?250 to the jackpot as a little parting gift.

Yeah, that'll be nice.

I was going to go for the obvious sort of authors but...

I know she's sold loads of books, so it's going to be a punt.

But Katie Price? LAUGHTER

She sells books!

Let's see if Katie Price is right and if she is,

let's see how many people said it.

No red line as I'm afraid you are the high scorers.

Absolutely right, Katie Price, very well done.

Now, that might just be a pointless answer, you never know.

Oh, eight!

Well done, great answer.

Takes your total up to 96, very well done, Luke.

That's a great answer to leave us with, Luke.

Again, some good lateral thinking there.

Before the pointless ones, I'll give you some of the low scorers.

There are some interesting names.

Stephen King would have scored you seven. Four points for E L James,

writer of 50 Shades Of Grey, that would have been a very good answer.

John Grisham, three. Two points for Patricia Cornwall,

Bill Bryson, Danielle Steel, for Nigella Lawson,

she'd have been two points, Andy McNab would have been two points.

You would have scored one point...

Michael Morpurgo, which was terrific

but also Roger Hargreaves would have been one point,

the man behind the Mr Men books.

Lee Child, Marian Keyes, Julia Donaldson,

the Gruffalo authoress, all of those one point, all of those on that list.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Very well done to anyone who got any of these.

Anthony Horowitz, who writes the Alex Rider books amongst other things. There's Delia Smith.

Jeremy Clarkson was 24th on the list. Sold a lot of books.

Josephine Cox, Michael Connelly, the crime writer,

Philippa Gregory, who writes the historical novels.

She was a pointless answer.

Sebastian Faulks, Sophie Kinsella, Stieg Larsson,

the writer of the Millennium trilogy.

Lots of pointless answers, very well done if you said any of those.

That was a good list, wasn't it? Very good list.

Yeah, good round, good round.

So I'm afraid at the end of our second round, Luke and Micky,

once again it's the curse of round two. Yeah.

Good news, Micky - you can get back on site, it's fine.

Get your hard hat on.

It's been lovely having you on both shows, Luke and Micky,

great contestants. Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Mike and Steve, Claire and Emma.

You are one step closer to the final to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at ?1,250.

We have to decide who's going to play for that money.

So you're now go to go head-to-head. This time you're allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will go through to the final.

You've seen off both our returning pairs. Very impressive.

Here you all are in the head-to-head.

Claire and Emma, you were the low scorers at the end

of the first round, Mike and Steve, you then overtook them

and were low scorers at the end of the second,

and our overall low scorers with a brilliant pointless answer

in that second round, very good.

I think this is going to be very well-matched

now you can put your heads together.

It'll be very exciting. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

Bond vehicles. Richard?

We're going to show you stills of five Bond vehicles.

You need to tell us which film they are from, please. Very best of luck.

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

We have got...

So, there we are. Five Bond vehicles.

Can you tell us which films they are from?

Now, Mike and Steve, you've played best throughout the show so far

so you get to go first.

I'm not up on James Bond. All I can say is B has got Sean Connery

so it's a very early one, and I'd hazard a guess at Dr No.

OK, you're going to say B, Dr No. B, Dr No.

Claire and Emma?

The board is all yours. Talk us through them if you can.

I'd love to, but...!

I can randomly name some Bond films for you,

but I couldn't tell you which car was in which one.

So I'm afraid we're going to have to go for the obvious which is E,

and I think that's probably going to be Skyfall.

E, Skyfall, say Emma and Claire.

So Mike and Steve said Dr No for B.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said Dr No.

Ohhh, bad luck. It's certainly a no, anyway.

Claire and Emma have said Skyfall for E.

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

It's right, very well done, that's all it needed to be.

Wow, look at that, quite a low...

Low! 20! How can it be low? It was the numberplate!

20 for Skyfall. Not bad at all.

And very well done, after one question, it wins you the point.

You're up 1-0. That is M's car in Skyfall there in E.

Now, B, it's not Dr No, it is a Sean Connery one.

It's Goldfinger.

That's the DB5. It also turns up in GoldenEye and Skyfall as well.

But the film there is Goldfinger, 15 points, it would have scored.

A is, do you know these? Living Daylights.

That is The Living Daylights. You like a bit of Timothy Dalton?

He's good, Timothy Dalton. 11 points.

C? It's the Brosnan, it was...Die Another Day.

Die Another Day, yeah, the invisible car from Die Another Day.

Would have scored you eight.

And D? It's Roger Moore. Yeah.

It's The Spy Who Loved Me. Spy Who Loved Me! There we go!

That would have scored you five.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those, that was quite tough.

Alexander, is it OK if I swap positions? I'm a bit...

Absolutely, yeah.

Mike and Steve, Mike and Steve are now changing positions.

I've got to make it official, Steve, that's all. I have to do that.

They have now changed positions, Mike and Steve.

They're now Steve and Mike. They're now...

Oh, course, yeah! Now, here comes your second question.

Steve and Mike, you have to win this to stay in the game, best of luck.

It concerns...

European cities. Richard.

We're going to show you five anagrams of cities in the European Union.

Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure?

OK, thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five European cities and here they are.

Surely, EDAM TRAMS and HENCE A PONG could be the other way round?

Anyway, there we are.

There are five European cities.

Claire and Emma, you go first this time.

I'm quite good at these at home.

But apparently not now. I know one. That's more than me.

EDAM TRAMS is Amsterdam. EDAM TRAMS, Amsterdam.

Steve and Mike, talk us through the rest of the board.

Well, to be honest, I'm normally good at these at home as well.

But I've literally just got the bottom one.

That's what I have to say,

which is Stockholm. Stockholm. EMMA: Course it is!

Stockholm say Steve and Mike. So we have Amsterdam versus Stockholm.

Claire and Emma said Amsterdam.

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

It's right. Ooh!

Well, it's not wrong. No, no. It's not wrong.

And Steve and Mike have gone for Stockholm.

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

Very well done, Steve and Mike, back in the game.

23.

Very well done. After two questions it's 1-1.

I suppose Amsterdam was easier to get

because it had Edam in it as well, as an extra hint.

There's some truth in that.

The other three, they're all cities you'll know

but it's one of those ones that until you see it...

ABLE ACORN is Barcelona.

Would have scored 10 points.

FEEL CORN is the best answer on the board.

It's Florence.

Florence for five. And HENCE A PONG is Copenhagen.

And that would have scored you 12. Thanks very much indeed.

OK, it comes down to a third question. This will be the decider.

Whoever wins this goes to the final and plays for that jackpot.

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

There's five questions about different Olympic controversies,

we just need you to give us the most obscure answer.

Best of luck to both teams. Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five Olympic controversies and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read all of those one last time.

There we are. Five clues to five Olympic controversies.

And Steve and Mike, you go first this time.

OK. I know the top four, but it's about which is the lowest score.

I'm going to go for the athlete,

and I know he has been admitted cheating, it's Justin Gatlin.

Justin Gatlin.

OK, Claire and Emma. What are you going to go for?

Do you want to talk us through the board?

Well, um...

The country that delayed their soccer game was one of the Koreas,

because they put the other one up, but we're not sure which one it was.

So we're going to go for the barefoot runner who collided

with Mary Decker, which we believe is Zola Budd. Zola Budd.

So Steve and Mike have said Justin Gatlin, let's see if that's right

and how many people said that, Justin Gatlin.

Oh, bad luck, Steve and Mike!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means, Claire and Emma,

your place in the final rests on this merely being right.

Zola Budd, you are saying, let's see if that's right,

and how many people said it.

It is right, very well done, you've done it.

53.

But it means after three questions, Emma and Claire,

you are through to the final, 2-1. Sorry, Steve and Mike.

Justin Gatlin took part in the 2004 games.

He's failed a drugs test in 2006 which he couldn't account for

but he's never admitted to cheating.

Tough one to go for. I have to say, it's a woman.

She won five medals in Sydney, first female athlete ever to do that,

three golds, and it was Marion Jones. Later went to jail.

Scored four points.

Now, I think when you were consulting, I think you know

some of the others, do you? Yeah, the second one's North Korea.

It is North Korea, that would have seen you through to the final

because it would have scored 32.

The third is boxing, would have seen you through to the final as well.

Didn't know the bottom one.

If you don't know the bottom one, your wife will know it.

Badminton! We knew that one!

Badminton, absolutely, and that would have scored 28 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Steve and Mike, but very well played.

That was an exciting head-to-head round.

I knew it'd probably be decided by a third question.

You've done so well throughout the show. You're on next time.

We look forward to that. I'm sure you'll do just as well if not better.

Thanks meantime, Steve and Mike. Thank you very much.

But for Claire and Emma it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Claire and Emma. You've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?1,250.

Well, you've done very well, fantastic.

Your first appearance, and straight through to the final.

Some lovely low scores along the way.

Michael Morpurgo, a particularly low... An educated guess!

Yeah, that's as much as we wanted, a very good educated guess.

It was educated and it was right. It was very good indeed.

Very best of luck. You start this round by choosing your category

and there are four options. Here they are.

I don't know. Have to go for ABBA. Yeah, OK.

I'm afraid, out of that selection, I don't know.

We knew we weren't going home with any money,

we were only here for the trophy. That's nice!

We'll go for that, then. OK, ABBA it is. I'll take the blame!

ABBA, Richard.

Can I just say, before I read out the three categories,

before every question you go, "We know nothing about this!"

No, we mean it now!

And you have known on every single one, so have faith, I would say.

Here are your three options.

Can you tell us the name of anybody who's ever married a member of ABBA?

Can you give us the name of any actor who was credited

in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, so any actor credited in that film?

Or actress, of course.

Or can you tell us the names of the tracks on Abba Gold,

their greatest hits collection,

which is the biggest selling CD of all time in the UK?

So anyone who's ever married a member of ABBA,

anyone from the cast of the film Mamma Mia!,

or any tracks on Abba Gold.

Very, very best of luck. Thanks very much indeed.

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

To win the jackpot, only one answer needs to be pointless.

The answers you give can come from any of these three categories.

They can all be from one category, one from each,

it's entirely up to you.

Are you ready? Yes. As we ever will be.

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

ABBA spouses will be best and I don't know any

apart from the ones that were in ABBA.

So that's no good. OK. Well, Voulez-Vous is on Gold.

Fernando? Fernando.

Super Trouper, probably. Yes, there's a Gold II, though.

Is The Day Before You Came likely to be on Gold? Yes.

Because I love that one. Well, go for that then! Shall we?

Cast of the film, I only know...

There's Julie Walters, that other woman, Meryl Streep. That's her.

I think we'll have to go, carry on thinking of tracks on...

I've got the album. Haven't listened to it for a long time. Fire away.

It's all the obvious ones, isn't it, cos it's their greatest hits.

Voulez-Vous, Fernando, and The Day Before You Came.

The Day Before YOU Came, is it? Yes. OK.

Any other...? 10 seconds left.

Voulez-Vous for Super Trouper,

or do you think that's going to be better?

Because it's a more modern one, it's an '80s one. Could do. Yeah?

OK, Fernando, Super Trouper and The Day Before You Came.

OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers, what are you going for?

We are going to go for tracks on ABBA Gold. Yeah.

And we are going to go for Super Trouper. Super Trouper.

The Day Before You Came. The Day Before You Came.

And what was the other one? Fernando. And Fernando.

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

The Day Before You Came. The Day Before You Came, OK, very good.

Which is your least likely to be pointless? Fernando.

Fernando we will put first.

OK, let's put those on the board in that order and here they are.

OK. Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Fernando,

the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

Now, if it is pointless, you will leave here with ?1,250.

What would you do with that, Claire?

Well, my son turns 17 in a few months

and he expects to learn to drive and have a car,

and I know how much that's going to cost to insure.

So possibly put some of it towards that,

and I don't think it would cover it! Emma?

I have a son in a similar position,

but I would probably just blow it on silly things, really,

bit of shopping, nice meal out with the family. That kind of stuff.

Very nice.

OK, very best of luck. Three good answers up on the board.

Fernando, for ?1,250, let's find out, is it on ABBA Gold?

Well, it is.

It is on ABBA Gold and if it goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with ?1,250.

It's still going down, through the 30s,

through the 20s, into the teens, 16!

Not bad, not bad. 16 for Fernando. Not pointless, though.

No. Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Super Trouper.

Again, if this is correct and pointless, it wins you the jackpot.

So let's find out for ?1,250, is Super Trouper on ABBA Gold?

OK, your first answer, Fernando, took you down to 16.

Super Trouper now taking you down through the 20s into the teens,

into the single figures, still going down, five, four, ooh!

Four! OK! That's more like it. It's going in the right direction.

I'll say! Exactly. You've gone to the square root of 16, fantastic.

That's maths, I'm not good at that.

It's all, as you say, going in absolutely the right direction.

Let's hope it keeps going on.

Your last answer, The Day Before You Came,

are you sure it's on ABBA Gold?

I'm not, Claire is. No, I'm not! Oh, you don't even know?

Well, no, the only reason I don't know is because

there are two ABBA Gold albums.

And so it might be on the second one.

So, let's find out. Again if it's pointless, it wins you the jackpot.

So for ?1,250, let's find out.

The Day Before You Came, is it on the ABBA Gold album?

Oh no!

Oh well. Never mind. Never mind.

Oh, I thought that was all set to be a winning answer.

The Day Before You Came, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.

Picked just because she likes it. It's as good a reason as any. Absolutely.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer which means

you don't win today's jackpot of ?1,250.

That rolls over onto the next show.

We've enjoyed having you on the show and you do get to take home

that fabulous coveted Pointless trophy each, so well done.

And we did covet it! Good!

And you're quite right, The Day Before You Came is on

More ABBA Gold, which is the follow-up one.

The other answer you almost went for, Voulez-Vous, was on ABBA Gold.

Would have scored three points. OK. So would have been a good answer

but would just have prolonged the agony, I'm afraid.

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

ABBA Gold is where people will get their pointless,

The first two categories might be too hard.

People who married into ABBA, apart from everyone

in ABBA themselves who all married each other.

Benny married Mona Norklit.

Anni-Frid married the following two,

she married Price Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen

and she married Ragnar Fredriksson.

And Tomas Sonnenfeld married Agnetha.

Well done if you said any of those, very impressive if you did.

People who were in Mamma Mia!, you could have had

Ashley Lilley, Niall Buggy, Philip Michael or Rachel McDowall.

But here's the one where people will have scored their pointlesses,

I think. Songs on ABBA Gold.

I Have A Dream was a pointless answer,

Lay All Your Love On Me was pointless,

One Of Us, and The Name Of The Game, also pointless.

Only four pointless answers, that's all of them up there.

But you would think some people at home would be getting some of those.

You would have thought so. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

We have to say goodbye to Claire and Emma

but we loved having you on the show, such great contestants.

Claire and Emma. Thank you.

Sadly, Claire and Emma didn't win the jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for ?2,250.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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