Episode 36 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where all the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show and our contestants have to come up with the answers

those 100 people couldn't get. Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one...

Hello. My name is Richard. This is my son, Dan.

-We are from Market Harborough.

-Couple number two...

Hello. My name is Daphne. This is my husband Ray.

-We come from Whitstable.

-Couple number three...

Hello. My name's Mary. I'm from Godalming, in Surrey.

-This is my friend Jenny from London.

-And couple number four...

I'm Ciaran. This is Dave. We're from Milton Keynes.

And these are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one person for me to introduce.

More clever clogs that a coach load of Dutch astrophysicists,

it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody. APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-I can't believe we've had two shows in a row where we

-haven't given away the jackpot.

-Something's wrong.

-Something's up.

We've only got one returning pair today, David and Ciaran.

-They did very well last time.

-They were good.

-Got all the way through to the head-to-head.

-They made it seem like it was a fluke.

-Yeah. I think it was a bit of a fluke, at times.

-But you can't be flukey all the time.

-You can't be.

-Should be a cracker today.

They've got to be your favourites, but we don't know the others, other than Mary, who made us a cake.

-We've eaten it before the show.

-That's how good it was.

Yeah. Normally, we would wait, but this one...

-It was in the shape of some toast. That ain't bread!

-That's toast!

There we go. We haven't said that for a long time. We should revive...

We should get that down, that old catchphrase. I have a feeling there are some pigeons

living in parts of that catchphrase, but there we are,

we can clean it out, oil it up...and get it back on the road.

-That ain't bread.

-That's toast!

-There we go. That works.

-Still works.

It's a bit squeaky, but it's all right. Thank you, Richard.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, an answer none of our 100 people gave

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

Louisa and Dave did not win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at:

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-That's a nice jackpot.

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

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OK, in this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you,

but there is to be no conferring. At the end of the round,

whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home. So, our first category today is:

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first and second?

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

And the question concerns:

-Richard.

-Yes, a fun question.

On each pass, we're going to give you the names of seven groups.

All of those groups contain at least two brothers.

We need you to tell us the surname of the brothers in each of these groups, please.

-14 in all to have a go at at home.

-Thank you very much.

We're looking for the surnames of the brothers in each of these bands.

Here is our first board of seven bands. It reads like this...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Dan and Richard, you drew lots before the show

and today, you are going first. Richard, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do?

-I'm retired.

-What did you do?

-I was the headteacher of a primary school.

-Do you miss it?

-In some ways, yes.

-In other words, no!

-What do you do now with your time?

-Various things. I play bowls.

And I'm a greenkeeper.

I support my local rugby club. Garden, keep a few chickens.

-How many chickens?

-25-30, I'm not sure.

-That's a lot of chickens.

-It is.

-Very good. Now, what are you going to go for here?

This is my worst nightmare, but I do know Oasis. Noel and Liam Gallagher.

Gallagher, says Richard, for Oasis.

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

It's right.

-58.

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I think that could be a lot worse.

58.

Famously warring brothers, the Gallaghers. The band split up.

Liam Gallagher now in Beady Eye

and Noel Gallagher in Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

He once described Liam as being like a man with a fork in a world of soup.

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-That's mighty eloquent, isn't it?

-It's pretty good.

-Yeah.

Now, Ray. Welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do?

-I'm retired.

-And what did you do?

-I used to work in retail.

And before that, I was in reproduction furniture.

-Were you making it or were you selling it?

-I was making it.

What do you now do with your retirement, Ray?

I bowl quite a lot. I'm captain of our local bowls club this year.

-The Whitstable Bowls Club?

-Whitstable Bowling Club, yes.

-It's quite a full-on job.

-Right you are.

-Thankless.

Well, listen, on behalf of everyone, of Kentish bowlers all over,

can I say thank you, Ray?

-Thank you.

-Thank you. There you are. There's A thank.

-Thank you.

-What do you make of this board?

I don't like it at all.

The only one I did know was the Oasis. I shall just take a punt...

Sorry, dear.

I'll go for the Doves and Noakes.

Noakes, the brothers Noakes. Let's see if that's right for Doves

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

Bad luck. It was a good punt though. Nice surname to hear.

I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Ray. Imagine if that had been right though.

-It would have been brilliant!

-That would have been awesome!

-Thanks very much. Now, Mary. Oh, that cake was so good!

-Good.

You can go for whatever you like now. I'm sure it'll do very well.

What do you do, Mary?

-I'm a nutrition scientist for the government.

-The cake department?

They conflict a little bit.

I'm giving nutritional advice one day and baking the next.

So, nutrition advice. You're behind all sorts of initiatives, getting people to eat better things?

I work in a surveys team, to find out what the population are eating.

-Right. How much salt there is in our diet.

-Exactly.

-Very good.

Now, what are you going to go for?

The only one remaining that I've got half a chance at getting, I think

it's at the back of my brain, so I'm going to say...for Bros, it's Goss.

Goss.

The Goss Bros. OK, let's see if that's right, Goss for Bros.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Of course it's right.

Well, 58's our low score. You've passed that.

-Still going down. 33. Very well done, Mary.

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Good work. The Goss brothers.

Well done, Mary. They've both gone on to great things.

Luke is an actor, Matt's got a big Rat Pack style show in Vegas.

-They've done very well.

-Extremely well. David.

I have a feeling...

This time last show, you were mopping up everywhere.

I somehow have a feeling you're going to do well on this.

-I think. Am I right?

-I think you're wrong on this one.

-Really?

David, remind us what you do.

I work in a governance and assurance firm for a transport company.

OK. So each of these bands has a set of brothers in them.

-What is the surname of those brothers?

-OK.

Regrettably, the only answer on there that

I was 100% with is the Gallagher brothers.

So I'm going to have to have a complete guess and say Doves -

Saunders.

-Saunders.

-Yeah.

-Is that a completely made up guess?

-Yes.

Well, we've had the Noakeses, it wasn't them.

So, surely, it must be a better chance with Saunders.

Let's find out. Are the Saunderses in the Doves?

-Well, that's odd.

-What a surprise.

It wasn't Noakes or Saunders. Wow.

I'm afraid another incorrect answer

and that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

If it's not Noakes and it's not Saunders, what on earth could it be?

That's weird, isn't it? It is a tough one. It is the best answer on the board.

We could all come up with surnames all day. Everybody at home, I'm going to give you five seconds

and I want you to say a surname out loud. Statistically, some of you are going to get it right.

One, two, three, four, five.

-Williams.

-Well done! Two points. Very well done if you said that.

I love the fact that some people will have just said Williams.

-That's nice. The Happy Mondays. Do you know that?

-No.

-Was Shaun Ryder's brother in it?

-Shaun Ryder's brother Paul was the bassist.

So Ryder was the answer there. Four points.

-Kings of Leon? Followill.

-Followill. There's three of them.

Ten points for that. Radiohead?

-Green... Was it Greenwood?

-Yeah. Johnny and Colin Greenwood.

Would have scored five. And the Kinks?

-Ray and Dave Davies.

-Of course.

And that would have scored 28 points. So, very well done if you...

-Did you really get Doves?

-Yeah.

-How did you remember that?

-I like Doves.

-What are their names?

-I have no idea.

LAUGHTER Williams. Jez and Andy Williams.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores, as they stand.

The best score of that pass was yours, Mary. Very well done.

33, fantastic. Then, up to 58, where we find Richard and Dan.

And then up to 100, where we find David and Ciaran and Ray and Daphne.

It's going to be a Ciaran and Daphne tussle here to see who stays

and who leaves at the end of the round. Best of luck.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Let's put seven more bands on the board and here they are:

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we are

looking for the surnames of the brothers in each of these bands

and, Ciaran, you're going to need to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Tell us the story of last time, Ciaran.

We were doing OK, some would say fluke, you would say fluke,

but then we lost out to American Literature.

-Oh, yes.

-Sylvia Plath.

-OK. Ciaran, remind us what you do.

-I'm a business consultant.

And in your spare time, what do you get up to?

Go to the gym, act as well.

-You act up in Milton Keynes as a...?

-Shakespeare, mostly.

That's kind of my thing.

-Very good. So amateur dramatics...?

-Yeah.

-Excellent. Good stuff.

Well, we need a low score from you.

You have first pick of this board, so, yes, use it carefully.

I only really know the big hitters on there. So...

The one that I think will be lowest is probably Spandau Ballet - Kemp.

-Kemp.

-Yeah.

-OK, Kemp brothers, says Ciaran for Spandau Ballet.

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

There's no red line for you as you are joint high scorers.

It's right.

-45.

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145, your total.

Well played, Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp, of course.

-They only had one UK number one. Is that true or false?

-Did they really?

-With Gold?

-No, with True.

-Oh, it was with True. Oh.

-That was the "true or false" part of the...

-Oh, right.

-..of that little gambit.

-Oh, yes.

-They only had one number one single, true or false.

Gold. Yeah, that sums... That sums me up right there.

LAUGHS Yeah, a little bit.

Yeah.

Oh, dear!

-Now, Jenny.

-Hello.

Jenny, you're through to the next round, even if you score 100 points.

-This is great news. What do you do?

-I work for an American university.

-I'm the assistant director of their London campus.

-It's based where?

-It's based in Malibu, California.

-Nice place to be based.

-It is.

-How often do you have to go over there?

-I've only been once in five years.

-OK.

What are you going to go for on this board?

I'm really glad we're already through cos the only one left

-I know is the Bee Gees, so I'm going to say Gibb.

-Gibb.

OK, the brothers Gibb, says Jenny. No red line for you, as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said Gibb for the Bee Gees.

It's right.

-70.

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70 takes your total up to 103.

Barry, Robin and Maurice, of course.

Sold over 200 million albums worldwide.

Yeah. That's a lot.

-Now then, Daphne.

-Hello.

-Daphne, welcome to the show. You are on 100.

You now have a target, thanks to Ciaran. He's gone up to 145.

So 44 or less will keep you in the game.

-What do you do with your time?

-I'm retired.

I do work a little bit for an immigration judge, but most

of my time is spent bowling and with the Active Retirement Association.

-Right you are. So a lot of time at the bowling club.

-Yes.

-Who, between you and Ray, is the better bowler?

-Oh, Ray. Definitely.

-Really?

-Yes. Definitely.

-OK.

I love the fact that Ray put his hand up. She was going to say anyway, Ray!

-He's not proud!

-That's the one answer I did know!

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-Daphne, what are you going to go for on this board?

-It's a pure guess.

The Beach Boys, Wilson.

-Wilson, says Daphne. Pure guess?

-Yeah.

OK. Well, here comes your red line. If you get below that line, you are through to the next round.

The Wilson brothers in the Beach Boys, is that right and how many people said it if it is?

It's absolutely right, Daphne! That's a great answer!

Sees you through as well.

-18.

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Somewhere in the back of your mind, you must have known that, Daphne.

That's a brilliant answer. That takes your total up to 118.

Ray nodding very vigorously, as soon as you said Wilson.

-I presume you know Brian Wilson.

-Yeah, that was the only one I knew.

-I didn't know he had a brother.

-He had two brothers. Dennis and Carl, both in the Beach Boys.

-Coming from Whitstable, you should get the Beach Boys.

-We should!

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Dan, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Dan?

-I run my own sports coaching company.

-Wow!

Fantastic! And what does that...?

I go into primary schools and take PE lessons, run after-school clubs,

lunchtime clubs, holiday clubs, things like that.

Very good indeed. Does that leave you a lot of spare time?

Yeah, it does. Quite a bit.

-Do you then fill your spare time with more sport?

-Yes. Try to.

OK. Now, what are you going to go for?

Probably going home cos the three that I knew have all gone.

So it's going to be a real guess.

So Proclaimers, Evans.

The Evans brothers, from the Proclaimers, says Dan. OK, here is your red line.

If you can get below that, which represents a score of 86,

you are through to the next round. However, the Evans brothers has to be right. Is it right?

I'm afraid it's not, Dan. I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points,

-takes your total up to 158.

-Sorry, Dan.

-You weren't left with much there, if you don't know those ones. I love the Proclaimers.

-So do I.

-Wouldn't it be wonderful to have them on Pointless Celebrities?

-Oh, we should!

-I would die happy!

LAUGHS And were the Proclaimers to come on the show, even if it's in 30,

40, 50 years' time, I'll be able to lie back on my deathbed and say,

"Do you know what? At least I met the Proclaimers!"

It's a life well lived.

And if they were on here, they'd be Craig and Charlie Reid.

Well done if you said that at home. Would have scored three points.

-Do you know Right Said Fred?

-Yeah, I do. I can't remember. Oh...

-Something like Youngblood?

-Not a million miles away. It's Richard and Fred Fairbrass.

-Fairbrass.

-Would have scored five points.

-AC/DC?

-Um... Young.

-Yes, Angus Young and his brother. Ten points for AC/DC.

-Arcade Fire is the best answer on the board.

-I don't know.

Edwin and Will Butler.

Very well done if you got that. One point.

Thank you very much indeed.

So at the end of our first round, the pair leaving us

with their high score of 158, it's Dan and Richard.

Oh! Richard set you up pretty well there, Dan.

58 was a cracking first score.

-Might you have known the Youngs from AC/DC?

-No.

-Music's not my thing.

-OK.

It's been great having you on the show, Dan and Richard, sorry it's been so short.

We will see you again next time and I'm sure you'll do much better. Thanks for playing. Dan and Richard.

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

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So, three pairs remain and at the end of this round,

we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.

That was a fun first round.

It was quite hard though. Quite hard.

David and Ciaran, you were very lucky there!

We had Saunders and Kemp, your two answers. My solicitors, in fact!

I've got to find some new ones, they are rub...

Well, Saunders doesn't exist, which is...

-And Kemp - they're too busy touring.

-Yeah, exactly.

Goss and Gibb, from Mary and Jenny - fantastic answers there.

Lovely low scores.

And Daphne and Ray gave us...

Noakes and Wilson - erm,

costume jewellery designers, Noakes and Wilson.

And so, yes, another high score there.

But you did all right, all three pairs. Best of luck to you.

Our category for Round Two is...

Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK. And our question concerns...

-American Dynasties. Richard...

-In this round, we're going to show you

two photographs, and we need you to

name anybody in either of these photographs.

Now, each one shows a famous American dynasty,

but two very different dynasties -

one picture is going to be of the Kennedy clan,

and the other picture is going to be of the Kardashians.

You can choose from either of them.

They're not all called Kennedy or Kardashian,

but anybody you're about to see in these two pictures.

Very, very best of luck.

OK. So, as Richard has just said, we're going to reveal two images.

They will stay on the board the whole way up and back down the line.

They'll be up for the whole round.

And you just have to name anyone from either of these images.

And here are those images.

OK, so, Ray, there we are -

two images, some Kennedys and some Kardashians.

Can you name...anyone from either of those?

I think I'm going to go for... Ethel Kennedy.

Ethel Kennedy, says Ray. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

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

It's right.

That's a great answer, Ray. Look at that...!

2! Very well done indeed.

That'll do it.

Ethel Kennedy. Terrific answer, Ray, yes.

Married to somebody else in that picture, and... LAUGHTER

..there she is, there.

And Ethel Kennedy had 11 kids with the, er,

with the other person in this picture who I'm not going to mention.

-There you go.

-Yep.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Jenny. Jenny...

Are you happy with these pictures?

I am. I would just like to say, as a disclaimer,

I've never watched The Kardashians.

But I do work with 19-year-old American girls...

-CHUCKLING

-..so, that helps!

Erm, I think one of the younger Kardashians

is called Kendall Jenner?

Kendall Jenner. Kendall Jenner, says Jenny.

You so haven't made that up. Kendall Jenner.

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

how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

Well, 2 was what Ethel Kennedy scored.

What is Kendall Jenner Kardashian going to score?

8! Very well done, Jenny, not bad at all.

-That's a very good answer, Jenny. Very well played.

-So embarrassed

-that I know that, but...!

-It helps you out though.

-Not so embarrassed you're not going to say it!

-No, no!

-Exactly.

And there she is, Kendall Jenner.

Now, David. David...

So, we want the name of anyone in either of these pictures.

OK, David, what are you going to go for?

Er, the Kardashians isn't really a family I really follow or...

care about, so...

But in the picture above, I'm pretty sure

-there's a Stephen Kennedy up there.

-A Stephen Kennedy, says David.

Let's see if Stephen Kennedy is right,

and how many people said that.

Ooh! Bad luck, David!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score

the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry.

Yeah, sorry, David - no Stephen Kennedy in that picture, I'm afraid.

Well, we're halfway through the round,

so let's take a look at those scores. 2, the best score

of that pass, Ray - very well done indeed.

Ray and Daphne can relax a bit on the back of that.

Then on 8, we find Jenny and Mary. Then I'm afraid, a hike up to 100,

where we find David and Ciaran.

Coming back down the line now - can the second players

please step up to the podium?

OK. So, remember, we are looking for anyone in either of these

pictures - any of the names.

What have you got, Ciaran?

I share a similar sentiment to Dave.

However, I believe there is a Khloe Kardashian.

A Khloe Kardashian.

All right. Well, you're the high scorers,

so there is no red line for you,

but let's see if Khloe Kardashian is right,

let's see how many people said it.

30

30 for Khloe Kardashian takes your total up to 130.

Yeah, correct answer, Khloe Kardashian,

spelt with a K, of course.

Thanks very much indeed. Now,

Mary...

Mary - good news, you're through.

How are you on Kardashians and Kennedys?

Em, like Jenny, I do not follow the Kardashians

but I've absorbed a couple of their names

but since we are through,

I'll just plump for Bobby Kennedy.

Bobby Kennedy says Mary.

No red line for you because you are through

but let's see how many people said Bobby Kennedy.

It's right.

43.

51 is your total.

Yeah, well played, of course,

it was Bobby Kennedy who was married to Ethel Kennedy.

Now, then, Daphne.

Well, if you like, you could take us through all those names,

-all the Kardashians.

-I would love to.

Oh, not the Kardashians, no, I know nothing about the Kardashians.

You're such a liar. Come on.

Seriously.

I'm going to go for who I think is the father of the 11 kids

-and that's Joe Kennedy.

-Joe Kennedy says Daphne.

No red line for you either cos you're already through

but let's see if Joe Kennedy's right.

It's absolutely right.

Look at that, 5.

Very well done, Daphne, that's a lovely low score there,

7 is your total.

Very impressive.

Well played, Daphne.

Yeah, Joe Kennedy, very much the patriarch of the whole clan

and Rose Kennedy is his wife and she would have scored one point

so she would have been a terrific answer.

There's Rose, there's Joe.

Now, let's take you through both of these pictures.

The Kennedys first because the Kennedys is the only picture

where there are pointless answers, no pointless answers at all on the Kardashians.

Pointless answers you could have had, Jean Kennedy Smith.

There's Jean Kennedy Smith.

Now, she, David, was married to Stephen Smith

so not a Stephen Kennedy but Stephen Smith, I'm afraid.

There he is, he was a pointless answer as well.

Joan Bennett Kennedy.

There she is, she was the first wife of Teddy Kennedy.

Teddy Kennedy would have scored you 32.

The other pointless answer, a gentleman called Sargent Shriver.

There he is and he was married to Eunice Kennedy who would have

scored you one point.

Patricia Kennedy Lawford would have scored you four points

and her husband Peter Lawford, the Rat Pack actor,

he would have also scored you four points.

Jacqueline Kennedy, there she is, she would have scored you 47.

We'll leave JFK for a moment and go down to the bottom picture.

You could have had Kylie Jenner.

Kylie Jenner would have scored you nine.

There's Bruce Jenner, ten, and Kris Jenner, 15.

You could have Kourtney Kardashian, again spelled with a K,

the normal way.

She would have scored you 19 as well.

So there's only two people left, one in the top picture,

one in the bottom picture.

The one in the bottom picture is, of course,

Kim Kardashian and the one in the top picture is JFK.

Who'd you think got the biggest score out of those two?

-Kim Kardashian.

-No, I'm teasing you, it was JFK.

Kim Kardashian scored 70 and JFK scored 81.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of the round, I'm afraid it's Ciaran and David.

Finally, your course has come to an end

but it's been a great performance,

particularly the last show

when we had a pointless answer from you

and some fantastic low scores.

Hasn't been quite so good this time round

but still it's been great fun having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, Ciaran and David.

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

Well, congratulations, Daphne and Ray, Mary and Jenny,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £3,250.

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So what we have to do now is decide who's going to play for that money

and to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head

but the big difference is you're now allowed to confer

so you can chat before you give your answers and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

How are you feeling, Daphne and Ray? Confident?

-Not too bad.

-Fine, thank you.

-Good stuff.

-You worried about your rivals here?

-Oh, yes.

-They're quite a strong team.

-They're very strong.

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

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

Yeah, we're going to give you five questions now on two-for-one

frozen pizza offers... We're not, don't panic.

We're going to give you five clues

to facts about the country of Iceland.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

HE REPEATS CLUES

Now then, Daphne and Ray,

you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

Eh, we're going to go for the singer who reached number four as Bjork.

Bjork say Daphne and Ray. Bjork.

Now then, Mary and Jenny, the board is all yours.

Talk us through it if you can.

The capital city is Reykjavik.

I think the airport might begin with a K...

Kardashian?

..but I don't know so...

-We'll just have to go for the top one.

-Reykjavik.

OK, Reykjavik, you're going to say.

So we have Bjork and we have Reykjavik.

Daphne and Ray went with Bjork, let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

53.

Mary and Jenny have gone with Reykjavik.

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

It's right.

Oh, 61.

Not bad though, pretty close, but, Daphne and Ray, you win that one.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Well played, Daphne and Ray.

I sort of think Iceland's largest airport,

it's just like three words that kind of sum up Pointless, isn't it?

Fittingly, it is a pointless answer, actually, it does begin with K.

It's Keflavik.

Keflavik International to give it its full title,

that was a pointless answer.

Its main unit of currency is the krona.

That would have scored you 14 and the number of Yule Lads is 13

and that would have scored you one point.

The Yule Lads are their version of Father Christmas

and every night before Christmas for 13 nights, you leave a shoe

on your window and it gets filled up with sweets by different Yule Lads.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, here comes your second question.

Mary and Jenny, you will answer this one first

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

Here it comes, it concerns...

Yeah, good news,

we're going to show you the names of five famous physicists now with their

dates of birth but we've left out alternate letters from their names.

Can you fill those in, please?

OK, let's reveal our five famous physicists with bits missing

and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those again.

Now, Mary and Jenny, you will go first.

Em, I think we're going to go for the third one, Ernest Rutherford.

Ernest Rutherford say Mary and Jenny so, Daphne and Ray,

the board is all yours.

The top one's Brian Cox.

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie.

-And there's Richard...

-Richard, no idea.

-Which one do you want to go for?

-Einstein.

We're going to go for the fourth one down, Albert Einstein.

You're going to go for Albert Einstein, OK.

So we have Ernest Rutherford versus Albert Einstein.

Mary and Jenny said Ernest Rutherford,

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

It's right.

Ooh, that is good. 12, well done indeed.

12 for Ernest Rutherford.

Daphne and Ray have gone for Albert Einstein,

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

It is right.

-Yeah.

-58.

Well done, Mary and Jenny, that's what you had to do.

After two questions, you're even again, it's 1-1.

Yes, the only answer that would have beaten Ernest Rutherford is

number two. He gets more and more famous with every passing year.

I think when you look back upon this era,

he'll be seen one of the absolute greats. It's Richard Feynman.

That would have scored you ten points.

He's an American quantum physicist, all sorts of other things.

Brian Cox, you were right, but that would have scored you 42 points

and Marie Curie down the bottom there.

She would have scored 31.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, so here comes the decider.

This is question number three, whoever wins this

goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

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

We're going to show you five images now from TV or film

adaptations of Roald Dahl books.

We just need you to tell us the name of the book

that is being featured in each of these pictures, please.

-Good luck, both teams.

-Thanks very much.

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

We have got...

Five pictures of Roald Dahl adaptations.

Now then, Daphne and Ray, you go first this time.

Oh, this is a bad subject for us. I'll guess at E. Matilda.

You're going to say E, Matilda.

E, Matilda.

Now then, Mary and Jenny, talk us through the board if you can.

I think A might be James And The Giant Peach,

B, Fantastic Mr Fox,

C is The Witches

and D is Danny, The Champion Of The World.

Go on.

We'll go for D, Danny, The Champion Of The World.

OK so we have Matilda versus Danny, The Champion Of The World.

Daphne and Ray said Matilda for E.

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

64 for Matilda.

Mary and Jenny have gone for Danny, The Champion Of The World.

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

It's right.

And it wins the question for you, very well done.

Down it goes, still going down. Look at that, seven, very well done.

Very well done, Mary and Jenny.

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

That's what happens when you bake us a cake.

No, very well done, Jenny, and in that picture, actually, playing

father and son, that's Jeremy Irons and his real-life son, Samuel Irons.

Now, you're right about the others. A was James And The Giant Peach.

That would have scored you 38.

B is the Fantastic Mr Fox and that would have scored you 45.

-Have you seen that film?

-No, I haven't.

-It's really good.

Your kids would love it and you'd love it, it's really good.

C, you were right again, it's The Witches

and that would have scored 42.

So, of all the ones that you knew,

you even chose the best one up there, Danny, The Champion Of The World.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So our leaving pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid,

is Daphne and Ray.

Great performance though, three good answers

and you won with Bjork, that was a fantastic round for you,

the first question there, and then Matilda,

quite a high score there but the great news for us

is we get to see you again next time but in the meantime,

-thanks very much for playing, Daphne and Ray.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Mary and Jenny, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Mary and Jenny,

you've fought off all the competition

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

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

In a way, obviously,

I'm very pleased you made it through to the final and everything,

that's great, you've done very well and you deserve it,

you've played incredibly well, lovely low scores the whole way through.

Goss and Gibb, the Kardashians, very alliterative. I'm just a bit upset

cos I thought there might have been another cake coming next time

but, anyway, there we are.

Now, as always, you start this round off by choosing a category

and you have four choices. They are...

Not the top one.

You're quite hot on literature, aren't you?

Unless you think films maybe for both of us?

I don't know, I'm not actually good on films.

Would you feel more comfortable with romcom?

If I was on my own, I'd probably do films.

-OK, shall we just go for it then?

-Yeah, let's do films.

-OK.

OK, romcoms it is. Richard.

OK, here are your three categories.

We're looking for any actor who received

a credit in any of the following films...

So, any actor who received an acting credit in any of those three

films, please. Very, very best of luck.

Thank you very much. Now, as always,

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

that jackpot of £3,250, only one of those answers has to be pointless.

Now, remember, your answers can come from any of these categories.

They can all come from the same category or it can be one from each,

two from one, one from another, it's completely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-I've never seen Valentine's Day.

-No, me neither.

-Four Weddings had Rowan Atkinson...

-I was just thinking him.

-Kristin Scott Thomas, she was in it.

-Yeah.

-Em.

-Em. Who are the obscure ones though?

Bridget Jones.

Renee Zellweger but that's going to be way high.

Gemma, em...I can't remember her last name,

she plays her mum in Bridget Jones's Diary. She's called Gemma, Gemma...

I won't be able to get that.

We could put a red herring in there, just like a guess,

just if we're struggling.

Four Weddings, I think,

cos it's one of those films where it has all the same people in it.

Yeah.

-Shall we do a guess one as a backup?

-Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Ten seconds left.

-OK, so someone like Andrew Lincoln, Valentine's Day maybe?

-Yeah.

-I mean as a guess.

-Oh, that's quite recent.

-Yeah.

OK, that is your time up, I now need your three answers.

What are you going to go for?

-..go for Four Weddings and then...?

-Yeah, yeah.

So, we're going to say Andrew Lincoln for Valentine's Day...

Andrew Lincoln for Valentine's Day.

-..and then Four Weddings, we'll say Rowan Atkinson...

-Rowan Atkinson.

-..and Kristin Scott Thomas.

-And Kristin Scott Thomas.

-Yeah.

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

-Kristin Scott Thomas.

-Kristin Scott Thomas we'll put last.

-Your least likely to be pointless?

-Andrew Lincoln.

OK so Andrew Lincoln, Rowan Atkinson

and Kristin Scott Thomas in that order.

OK, let's play those three answers up on the board in that order

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

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Andrew Lincoln.

This was a bit of a shot in the dark but who knows?

If it's correct and then it turns out to be pointless,

you will leave here with £3,250.

What would you do with your share of that, Mary?

Probably some home improvements,

we've just had a new kitchen put in

so maybe bits and bobs for that

and my husband's keen for a new shed in the garden as well

so little bits like that.

Good stuff. Jenny, how about you?

I think I'd use it for travel.

One of our friends is moving to China

so probably a plane ticket out to see him.

Well, three good answers up there on the board, let's hope at least

one of them is pointless and wins that jackpot for you.

Well, your first answer is Andrew Lincoln.

Let's find out for £3,250 if he is in the cast of Valentine's Day.

Ooh, bad luck.

Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

I think you'd have been quite surprised

if that had turned out to be right but there we are.

Onto more solid ground now. Your second answer was Rowan Atkinson.

Again, this has to be correct

and it has be pointless for you to win that jackpot

so for £3,250, let's find out

if Rowan Atkinson was in the cast of Four Weddings And A Funeral?

Yes, he was.

So, Andrew Lincoln,

your first answer turned out to be incorrect for Valentine's Day

but Rowan Atkinson is absolutely right,

taking us down through the teens into single figures.

Six for Rowan Atkinson.

APPLAUSE

Six, that's a great answer, lovely low score.

Sadly, not a pointless answer which is all we're

interested in in this final round.

So, everything is now riding on your third

and final answer of Kristin Scott Thomas.

You were pretty confident this was your best shot at a pointless answer.

-Hope so.

-Good luck. OK, well, let's find out.

Kristin Scott Thomas, £3,250,

was she in the cast of Four Weddings And A Funeral?

Is she pointless?

It's correct.

Andrew Lincoln was incorrect, Rowan Atkinson, your second answer,

took you down to six.

Kristin Scott Thomas now taking you past six down to four.

APPLAUSE

Another great answer, another impressive low score, sadly,

not a pointless answer though, I'm sorry to say.

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

pointless answer which means you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but we've really enjoyed having you on the show and you do, of course,

-get to take home a Pointless trophy so very well done.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, unlucky. Valentine's Day, it's a US film,

it's got Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts,

all those sorts of people so not Andrew Lincoln, I'm afraid.

But let's take a look at the pointless answers

in the different categories, see how well you've done at home.

There's a few people who would have got a few of these Four Weddings ones.

David Bower was a pointless answer, John Hannah was a pointless answer,

I suspect some people would have got him,

and the first two brides, Sara Crowe is the bride in wedding one

and Sophie Thompson is the bride in wedding two, all of those were

pointless answers so well done if you said any of those.

Now, actors in Valentine's Day, as I say, it's a US film.

Bradley Cooper, pointless answer in that.

Kathy Bates, Queen Latifah and Shirley MacLaine,

all big names, very well done if you said any of those.

And for Bridget Jones's Diary, Celia Imrie would have been

a pointless answer as would Honor Blackman,

James Callis and Uncle Geoffrey played by James Faulkner,

all of those were pointless answers.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we have to say goodbye to you, Mary and Jenny,

but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, brilliant contestants, Mary and Jenny.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Mary and Jenny didn't win our jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £4,250.

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.