Episode 4 Pointless

APPLAUSE & CHEERING

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one... I'm Andrew, this is my friend Steve and we're from Brighton.

Couple number two... I'm Alex, this is my wife Sophie and we're from Whitley Bay.

Couple number three... I'm Dayle, this is my father Keith and we're from Coventry.

And finally, couple number four...

I'm Estelle, this is my good friend Kath and we live in Cheshire.

These are today's contestants. APPLAUSE

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

That leaves one person for me to introduce -

a bureau de change whose currency is cold, hard facts,

and I can tell you, they're currently trading at 4.25 to the pound -

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

Hi, everybody! APPLAUSE

Good afternoon to you. And to you. How are you?

I'm really very well. How about you? Very, very good, thank you.

We've only got one returning pair, Andrew and Steve, who we saw last time, but not for long.

They got knocked out in the first round last time.

This time, they're seasoned pros. Oh, yes.

Well, not seasoned pros because you were with us for about 4.5 minutes,

but you know what I mean.

It's a lovely first question today. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

Our contestants have to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Lee and Simon won the jackpot

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

I'll take an answer from each of you but there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home, so make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Sitcoms.

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

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

And the question concerns...

Richard... We're going to show you the character names

of seven sitcom couples from British sitcoms.

Tell us the shows they appeared in, please.

There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

Thanks very much indeed. We're looking for the sitcoms which featured these couples.

Here they are on our first board...

I'll read those one final time.

There we are. Andrew and Steve, you all drew lots before the show and you are going to go first.

Andrew, tell us about last time.

I let the side down last time with the periodic table.

You didn't let the side down! It was an incorrect answer,

but you went about it the right way. We like people who take risks!

Remind us what you do, Andrew. I run a recruitment agency business.

And what do you get up to when you're not recruiting?

I'm an avid football fan. We're season-ticket holders at Brighton & Hove Albion.

That's probably what I spend most of my spare time doing.

How do you feel about sitcoms?

I was thinking of going risky again

but after what happened last time, the nerves have set in a little bit

so I'll, er, play relatively safe

and I'll say Hyacinth Bucket and Richard Bucket,

Keeping Up Appearances. Keeping Up Appearances, says Andrew. Let's see if that's right

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

Look at that! 55! APPLAUSE

Not bad, and by no means the highest score on that board, I suspect.

A fairly safe answer from podium one.

Five series, 44 episodes of Keeping Up Appearances.

Thanks very much. Sophie, welcome. Great to have you here.

What do you do? I'm a midwife.

How long have you done that for?

I have been a midwife for seven years.

Which hospital? The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. The RVI.

And how long have you been there - the full term? Yes.

So to speak! To use a midwife term there!

What do you do when you're not doing that?

I have a little boy who's ten months old, so I do a lot of things with him,

and I'm currently training for the Great North Swim in Windermere.

Hoo! What time of year?

June, but I don't think that makes much difference. No, not much.

And it'll be raining! It's in Windermere! Very good!

Now, Sophie, what do you make of this board of sitcom couples?

I am struggling a little bit.

I'm going to go with Victor Meldrew and Margaret Meldrew

as One Foot in the Grave.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

55, our score so far.

76 for One Foot in the Grave. APPLAUSE

As you say, I suspect there's going to be some big scorers up there.

Written by David Renwick, who also created Jonathan Creek.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, Dayle, a warm welcome to you.

What do you do? I'm a computer technician.

In your spare time, what do you get up to? I dabble in a bit of song writing.

I can't sing for the life of me, so I'm not even going to try!

That's interesting! You don't write them for yourself?

No. I actually, erm, through a mutual friend, got in touch with a girl in America

who has become my vocalist, if you like. Fantastic.

Good stuff. We're looking for the sitcoms that featured these couples.

When I first saw Sitcoms, I thought, "I should be all right with this"

but then it became British sitcoms, and no...!

I have to go with the one that I do know - Rodney and Cassandra Trotter

and Only Fools and Horses.

Only Fools and Horses, says Dayle. Let's see how many people said Only Fools and Horses.

It's ri... Ooh! Look at that!

I didn't even get to the end of the word "right".

94 for Only Fools and Horses.

That's some recognition, isn't it? Isn't it?

They meet in the same episode that Del falls through the bar.

That's nice, isn't it? I think it's nice. Yuppie love.

Estelle, welcome to you. Great to have you here.

What do you do? I am the head of procurement policy and financial policy

for a government department that might be involved in educating children.

That might be? Other government departments are available.

I see! Fair enough!

What do you get up to in your spare time?

I am into, for my sins, model railways.

How long have you done that?

Oh, goodness! Only a few years. About three or four years.

What got you into it? Well, my son, who's nine, started to get into it,

and I went along for the fun of it and now I appear to have taken over.

He's not allowed into the room any more! Not really.

He might mess it up, so... OK. Fair enough!

Estelle, you're the last person to have this board. Can you talk us through it?

Goodness. Erm...

I've got a complete blank on Frank Spencer and Betty Spencer.

I know that's really obvious and I've seen awful lots of them.

But thank goodness I do know Tim Canterbury and Dawn Tinsley

are from The Office.

The Office, says Estelle. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

6! APPLAUSE

Wow! There had to be a low score in there somewhere, Estelle, and you found it.

Very well done. 6 for The Office.

If you're going to know one, that's the one to know.

Played by Martin Freeman and Lucy Davis.

Lovely relationship in that sitcom.

Frank Spencer and Betty Spencer is...

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, yep. Would've scored you 64 points.

Ria Parkinson and Leonard Dunn, again, from the same period.

It's Butterflies. Ahh!

Ria, of course, played by Wendy Craig.

I bet you know Adam Smallbone and Alex Smallbone. I do.

It's from a very modern show. It's Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman. Oh, it's Rev! Yes.

That would've scored you 2. That's the best answer up there.

Very good indeed. Let's take a look at those scores.

6 is the best score of that pass. Estelle, well done to you.

I'd say you and Kath can relax on the back of that.

Then up to 55, where we find Andrew and Steve,

76, Sophie and Alex

and then 94, I'm afraid, Dayle and Keith.

Keith, we need a low score from you if you're going to stay with us beyond this round.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more sitcom couples on the board.

We have got...

I'll read those one final time.

There we are. Remember, we are looking for the sitcoms that feature these couples.

Kath, you need to find a nice low-scoring one, as ever.

Brilliant score from Estelle in that last pass.

Thankfully! Very good indeed. That's taken the pressure off you when the time comes.

You only need to score 87 or less. That will see you comfortably into the next round.

But first, Kath, tell us what you do.

I'm the finance director for a company that makes light-up balloons.

Light-up balloons. Yep.

Like what? What, that you light yourselves?

You pull a tab and an LED goes on in the balloon

and then you inflate them.

They're good for parties at night. They sound fantastic! They are. They're amazing.

I want one now. Well, not right now, but I think that sounds like a fantastic thing to have.

OK, now then, what about this board?

This board is not the best for me. I much preferred the last one.

Thankfully, there is one that I do know, I hope.

Vince Pinner and Penny Warrender are from Just Good Friends.

Just Good Friends, says Kath.

Here comes your red line. If you get below that,

you are in Round Two.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Just Good Friends.

It's right. Very well done indeed. You're through.

18. APPLAUSE

18 takes your total up to 24. Very well done, Kath.

Good answer. Written by John Sullivan, who wrote Only Fools and Horses.

Played by Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis. Thanks very much.

Keith, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

Your son has left you a bit of a mountain to climb. Yes.

What do you do? I'm a builder, kitchens and bathroom fitting.

What do you get up to in your spare time?

I try and play golf as often as I can - with Dayle.

And I'm also trying to learn to play the guitar in my shed.

So you go off and practise the guitar!

Trying to! Very good. I'm not getting very far.

Does Dayle ever let you play guitar on his songs? Er, no.

LAUGHTER Keith, what are you going to go for?

I do know a couple of them. I'm just...

I'm going to go for Sergeant Wilson and Mrs Pike as in Dad's Army.

Dad's Army. You're the high scorers. This needs to be a low score.

Let's hope it is. Dad's Army - how many of our 100 said that?

It's right.

82!

That's another high score. APPLAUSE

It takes your total up to 176.

There are some properly big scorers. We British people love our sitcoms.

Certainly do. Now, Alex...

Hello. Welcome to the show.

What do you do? I work in the energy business,

looking at renewable energy and how you can save energy in homes.

When you're not doing that, what do you like to get up to? I'm a big football fan.

Big supporter of Middlesbrough Football Club, for my sins.

I also am in training with Sophie for the Great North Swim.

I'm learning a bit of French, as well, at the moment. Wow.

So, the Great North Swim and learning French?

That's a mountain to climb! Multitasking! Absolutely. You've got to when you're married.

You are on 76. The high scorers are Keith and Dayle on 176.

If you can score 99 or less,

you are in Round Two.

Yep. OK, I think there's a couple up there that I know.

The one I'm going to plump for is Mark Corrigan and Sophie Chapman

and say Peep Show.

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

Very well done. You're through.

5 for Peep Show! APPLAUSE

Very well done, Alex. Takes your total up to 81.

Well played, Alex.

Yes, the brilliant Olivia Colman, this time with the equally brilliant David Mitchell.

Steve!

Your reward for waiting so patiently is that you are through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Keith and Dayle on 176.

Steve, remind us again what you do. I'm a self-employed decorator.

What do you like doing with your time?

Like our friend along there, I am learning to play the guitar.

I also do pub quizzes. I set pub quizzes.

You set the quiz! How long have you done that for? Oh, probably 20 years.

Do you find that the general knowledge sticks in there?

Some of it does, others doesn't. You can ask the same question three times

and still not remember the answer. I know that one!

So, Steve, which were the sitcoms that these couples were in?

Erm, Ben Harper and Susan Harper,

it's something Family, or The Family, is it? I don't know.

Basil Fawlty, down the bottom, of course, is Fawlty Towers.

I think I'll go for Rene and Edith Artois -

'Allo 'Allo!. 'Allo 'Allo!, says Steve.

No red line for you. But let's see how many people said 'Allo 'Allo!.

It's right.

67. APPLAUSE

I thought it would be high. Takes your total up to 122.

Let's take a look at the rest. Ben Harper and Susan Harper,

you were nearly there, it's My Family. My Family.

Would've scored you 50 points.

Basil and Sybil Fawlty - what do you think that would score? I would hope 97.

Even more than that. Good. It scores, it doesn't happen very often, 100 points.

Brilliant. 100 points for Fawlty Towers.

And best answer on the board

is Beverly Lincoln and Sean Lincoln, another modern sitcom.

This is the brilliant Episodes. Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig.

Episodes. Would've scored 1 point. Well done if you said that.

It's a terrific answer. Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the pair who'll be heading home,

I'm afraid to said it's Keith and Dayle.

Ooh! You were right. Two perfectly good answers, but very high-scoring ones.

We'll see you again next time. We'll look forward to that.

Thanks very much. Great. APPLAUSE

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

So only the pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we'll say goodbye to another pair.

Andrew and Steve, welcome to Round Two. Thank you. This is what it looks like.

Estelle and Kath, lovely low scores from you. Very well done.

You would appear to be the pair to beat.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

Awards. Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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...

Honoured 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes. Richard...

Yes, in her 2013 New Year's Honours List,

the Queen honoured over 60 UK athletes who took part in the Olympics or the Paralympics.

We're looking for any of them, please.

Any UK competitor in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

who got an MBE, OBE, CBE, knighthood or damehood in the 2013 Honours List.

We're not looking for anyone who had one beforehand, like Sir Chris Hoy.

Anyone who was honoured in that 2013 list.

Very best of luck. Thanks very much indeed.

As the man said, any 2012 Olympic or Paralympic athlete

honoured in the 2013 New Year's Honours List.

Andrew...

XANDER LAUGHS Is this a really terrible category?

This is a really terrible category. OK.

Well, I'll give you a moment or two just to think back

to the glorious summer of 2012.

I don't know who was honoured. I've just got to think of somebody that did fairly well,

and I'll say Tom Daley.

Tom Daley, says Andrew.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Tom Daley.

Oh, bad luck, Andrew.

That may well not be the last incorrect answer of this round.

But bad luck, it scores you 100 points.

There are over 60 names on this list, there's a lot of people, but perhaps he was too young,

or perhaps the Queen had watched Splash!.

LAUGHTER He was not honoured.

Thanks very much indeed. Alex, what are you going to go for?

It's quite a tricky one, this, actually,

because I've got a couple of names that I think are quite safe

and then a couple that I think are a bit risky.

I'm going to play what I hope is safe and say Mo Farah.

Mo Farah, says Alex. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

Absolutely right.

33. Good answer, Alex. APPLAUSE

CBE for Mo Farah. Well played.

Estelle...

Estelle, did you watch the Olympics? Er, yes,

although that seems to be paying me no dividend whatsoever!

Any names springing to mind?

Well, I know that the Paralympic cyclist Sarah Storey

is Dame Sarah Storey,

it's whether or not it happened then or whether it happened before,

but that's the only name coming to mind so I'll go with that.

Sarah Storey, says Estelle. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it if it is. Sarah Storey.

It's right. Very well done, Estelle. That's a great answer.

Down it goes to 8! Brilliant score! APPLAUSE

Very well done.

It's a terrific answer. She got four golds at the 2012 Olympics.

bringing her total to 11 in all, which is amazing stuff.

She started as a swimmer when she was 14,

got an ear infection so couldn't go in the pool, swapped to cycling,

and 11 gold medals later she's a dame, and rightly so.

Let's take a look at those scores.

8 the best score of that pass, Estelle. Very well done.

Once again, Estelle and Kath can relax a bit on the back of that.

Up to 33 - Alex and Sophie.

Then up to 100, I'm afraid, a long way up, Andrew and Steve.

Steve, if you have a brilliant answer

and someone else makes a mistake,

there's no reason why you shouldn't be through.

Best of luck.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Kath, remember, we're looking for any 2012 Olympic or Paralympic athlete

on the 2013 New Year's Honours List.

You're in a very good position. You're on 8.

The high scorers on 100 - Steve and Andrew.

91 or less keeps you in the game.

Mm...

Erm, I watched the Olympics,

but I didn't really pay attention to who was honoured afterwards,

so I'm just going to have to pick someone and hope that they were.

Erm, I'm going to go for Nicola Adams.

Nicola Adams, says Kath. Estelle is nodding. She likes that.

There's your red line. Get below that with Nicola Adams and you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said Nicola Adams. Let's see if it's right.

It's right. And you are through. Very well done, Kath.

That's a brilliant score!

2 for Nicola Adams! Takes your total up to 10.

Wonderful low total.

Yes, great answer. Nicola Adams won gold in the flyweight women's boxing.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Sophie,

you want to score 66 or less with this to keep in the game.

I can think of quite a few people

who did very well in the Olympics.

One that's coming to mind,

I don't know whether they may've been honoured prior to 2012,

but I'm going to go with it and say Ben Ainslie.

Ben Ainslie, says Sophie.

There's your red line. Get below that with Ben Ainslie, you are through to the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done.

12 for Ben Ainslie. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 45.

Gold medals in four consecutive Olympics for Ben Ainslie,

or as he now is, Sir Ben Ainslie.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Steve, I'm sorry to say you are the high scorers

and you haven't yet given an answer.

Have you got a good one? No!

Well, that's kind of a relief, I suppose!

Have you got one? I have an answer. OK. That's good.

I now wish I'd watched it more than I did, that's all I can say!

I'm going to go for Jennifer Ennis.

Jennifer Ennis, says Steve. No red line for you.

But let's see if Jennifer Ennis is right.

Bad luck, Steve!

Sorry, that's an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.

You do go out with a bang!

You are our newest members of the 200 Club. Congratulations.

It's extraordinary what the studio lights can do to you.

I know you know for a fact she's called Jessica Ennis.

There's a few pointless answers. Let's take a look at a few. An awful lot of people were honoured.

Two rowing OBEs here - Alex Gregory and Anna Watkins.

The boxer Anthony Joshua was made an OBE, as well. In fact, all of these were OBEs.

Danielle Brown. Heather Stanning, another rower.

Jonnie Peacock, the Paralympic sprinter was also honoured.

You could've had Katherine Copeland. Another boxer, Luke Campbell.

The gold medal-winning shooter Peter Wilson.

You could've had Alistair Brownlee. It would've been a pointless answer.

Charlotte Dujardin was a pointless answer. Etienne Stott. Helen Glover.

There's allsorts of pointless answers out there.

Let's take a look at the top three.

There's Mo Farah on 33.

Jennifer Ennis's sister Jessica, with 36 there!

Right at the top, Sir Bradley Wiggins on 50.

Thanks very much, Richard. I'm afraid it's Steve and Andrew, our returning pair,

we have to say goodbye to with their high score of 200.

That was a tough one. We joined the 200 Club at least!

Andrew, as the round went on, did you think of lots of people you could've said?

No! LAUGHTER

That's kind of a relief, isn't it? Yes! But I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

But for the remaining two pairs,

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

Congratulations, Estelle and Kath, Sophie and Alex.

You're one step closer to a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

To decide which pair will play for that money, you're going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer.

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

Now then, you've seen off our only returning pair.

They've gone, and here you are.

Estelle and Kath, fantastic performance throughout.

Low scoring consistently in every round.

Sophie and Alex, very well done, as well. Very strong indeed.

You can now talk about your answers before you submit them,

which takes some of the pressure off.

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

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

Birds Beginning with "C". Richard...

We're about to show you five images of birds.

They all begin with "C". We need you to tell us the most obscure.

They've all got one-word names, according to RSPB website.

Best of luck. OK. Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five birds beginning with "C".

We have got...

There we are, five birds beginning with "C".

Now, Estelle and Kath, you played best throughout the show so you get to go first.

(I know two of them. I know A and C.)

(Is C is a curlew?) (Yes, it is. But "A" is a capercaillie.)

I haven't actually seen any "A"s in my garden,

but I reckon "A" is a capercaillie.

A capercaillie for "A", say Estelle and Kath.

Now, Sophie and Alex,

do you fancy taking us through the rest of the board?

I'd love to try, Xander!

I think we're going to plump with B,

which we're going to say is a chaffinch.

B, a chaffinch, say Sophie and Alex.

We have capercaillie versus chaffinch.

Estelle and Kath said capercaillie for "A". Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right. Very well done indeed, Estelle.

That's a brilliant answer.

Look at that - 9! Very well done. Lovely low score there.

APPLAUSE

Sophie and Alex have gone for chaffinch for B.

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

It's right, but it's got to beat 9.

No. 43. APPLAUSE

43 for chaffinch.

Still a good answer. Estelle and Kath, very well done.

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

The chaffinch is the second-commonest breeding bird in the UK.

The capercaillie, however, is declining very rapidly.

It's in danger of leaving the UK altogether. It's on the red list. Very good answer, though.

C is... It's a curlew. It is a curlew, yes.

That would've scored you 22.

D is a cuckoo.

Cuckoo would've scored you 20.

And E... Is that a crane?

It is a crane, yes. That would've scored you 31.

Well done to anyone who got all five. The best answer was the capercaillie, so good work.

Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Sophie and Alex, you need to win this to stay in the game, but you do get to answer first.

It concerns...

British Landmarks.

Richard. We'll show you five anagrams of famous landmarks from around the UK.

Where they have "the" in front, we've removed it but other than that, it's an anagram.

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five anagrams of British landmarks.

Here they are...

I'll read those again.

There we are, five anagrams of British landmarks.

Sophie and Alex, you'll go first this time.

(Stonehenge is the first one.)

THEY WHISPER

We're struggling a little bit with this one.

I think we're going to go with Honest Gene

as being Stonehenge.

Stonehenge. Honest Gene - Stonehenge.

So then, Estelle and Kath,

you can take us through the board if you like. Ha!

Someone needs to take us through the alphabet. Erm...

We're going to have to have a total guess. I don't know.

The middle one...

..Tower of London.

Tower of London, you're going to say,

for Worst Chief Fivefold. Tower of London.

So we have Stonehenge versus Tower of London.

Sophie and Alex said Stonehenge. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Stonehenge.

It's right.

26. APPLAUSE

Now, Estelle and Kath, you have said the Tower of London for the middle one.

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

Bad luck! Well done, Sophie and Alex, you're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Such a difficult round, that one. There's so many UK landmarks,

you can't even do the thing of thinking of the landmark first and seeing if it fits a clue.

The bottom one, some might've got.

It's Loch Ness. Oh!

Would've scored 30 points,

so wouldn't have won you the point.

Now, Loonies Far Up Thames - there's a clue in the question.

Where would you find loonies up the Thames?

The Houses of Parliament.

Oh, look at that! LAUGHTER

That would've scored you 4 points. Well done if you said that.

Worst Chief Fivefold?

It's in a famous song.

When you're coming on the ferry, you see...?

The White Cliffs of Dover! The White Cliffs of Dover. How difficult is that? 2 points.

Up Rampant Chocolate is a pointless answer.

It's a big stately home, a big royal residence.

It's Hampton Court Palace. That's a pointless answer.

If anybody got that, I doff my cap to you. That's terrific work. Wow!

Here comes your third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

It concerns...

LAUGHTER Big Pointless favourites.

Richard. Xander and I are big fans of One Direction,

so I hope everyone's going to get all of these.

At home, I hope there are a number of people who are going to get all five.

We'll give you five clues to facts about One Direction.

Can you give us the most obscure? Best of luck. Thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about One Direction.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about One Direction.

Estelle and Kath, you go first.

Is it Caroline Flack? It is. The one above is, erm,

What Makes You Beautiful.

OK, go for that one. OK.

We think we know the bottom two,

but the one we think that least people might know

is the song that won Best British Single at The Brits,

and we think that that is What Makes You Beautiful.

What Makes You Beautiful, say Estelle and Kath.

Sophie and Alex, the board is yours.

Right. If there's one band you could've put up there which doesn't tick my box,

it would probably be One Direction! Fortunately - Ssh!

Don't say that! You'll get in such trouble!

Sophie's quite a fan.

I wouldn't go that far.

I know one other answer on there,

and so that's the one we're going to go for -

'The Xtra Factor' host once romantically linked with Harry Styles

as being Caroline Flack.

Caroline Flack, says Sophie.

So we have What Makes You Beautiful versus Caroline Flack.

What Makes You Beautiful, say Estelle and Kath.

Is that right and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, look at that! Brilliant!

4! That's a fantastic answer, Estelle and Kath.

4 for What Makes You Beautiful.

Sophie and Alex, that's what you have to beat with Caroline Flack.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

It has to beat 4, though, if you're going to stay in the game.

Still going... Oh, 16! APPLAUSE

Very well done. That means, Estelle and Kath,

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

Nothing you could've done there. What Makes You Beautiful was the best answer up there.

The year the band competed in 'The X Factor'

was 2010.

Would've scored you 13 points.

The number of bad members? Five, obviously.

Would've scored you 46 points.

The judge who mentored the band on the show?

Simon Cowell, I think. It was Simon Cowell, yes.

Would've scored you 12 points.

What Makes You Beautiful sold five million copies worldwide.

It sold three million in the US alone.

That's a hit.

Wow. Yep. Thanks very much indeed.

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

the pair leaving us is going to be Sophie and Alex.

You did very well. Three correct answers there,

but I'm afraid they just really undercut you there!

Capercaillie and What Makes You Beautiful just unbeatable answers there.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you for now, but we'll see you again next time.

Thanks very much for playing. Meanwhile, Sophie and Alex...

APPLAUSE

But for Estelle and Kath, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Estelle and Kath.

You've seen off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, it stands at £1,000.

You kick this round off by picking a category.

Here are your four choices. They are...

Er... Well, I don't know anything about Sheffield.

I work in Sheffield once a week but all I see is a train and then an office.

I could probably have a go at US Politics.

Could you? Probably not, no.

For me, it's either Opera and I'll have a go,

or US Politics and you'll have a go.

Shall we try Opera? OK.

I bow to your opera knowledge. Oh, dear!

OK, you're going to go Opera. Yes.

Richard, they're going with Opera! Good for you.

When things like Sheffield come up, it's sort of the way to go

because there's things hidden under those categories that you might like.

Let's give you your three categories here.

We're looking for any opera composed by Puccini,

any opera composed by Rossini

and any opera individual opera composed by Wagner.

So Puccini, Rossini and Wagner operas.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need, to win that jackpot, is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

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

They can be from the same category, one from one, two from another, completely up to you.

Are you ready? Yep.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

Right, Puccini did La boheme, Madame Butterfly.

Rossini did Barber of Seville.

Wagner did The Ring, but that's going to be a really big answer. The Ring of the Nibelung?

Did he do that? Der Ring des Nibelungen, something like that!

Erm... Did he do Die Fledermaus,

or is that a different Wagner? No, that's Mozart.

Is it? I think so, yes.

Oh, no, it's Strauss.

Don't listen to me! Anyway, it's not them!

So possibly best chance might be with Rossini, Barber of Seville.

We've got... We might as well keep going.

Puccini... Tristan and Isolde, is that Wagner?

I don't know. Erm...

Puccini wrote loads. La boheme you said, didn't you?

In the Hall of the Mountain King, but that's not an opera, is it? No.

Erm...

10 seconds left. Turandot!

Is that Rossini? That is Puccini. Puccini. Yep.

So Turandot, Barber of Seville and...

Let's go for a Wagner. Let's go for The Ring of the Nibelung.

OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?

Right, we're going to go for, er, Puccini operas,

we're going to go for Turandot.

Turandot. Probably pronounced very badly.

And what was the other one? Barber of Seville.

For Rossini, Barber of Seville. Barber of Seville.

And for Wagner -

Tristan and Isolde. Go on, have a guess.

Tristan and Isolde.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot?

I don't think any will be pointless, but we could try Turandot.

We'll put Turandot last. Which is your least likely?

Tristan and Isolde because I don't know if it's right!

Tristan and Isolde we'll put first, and we'll put Barber of Seville in the middle.

Let's put those up on the board in that order. We have got...

Very, very best of luck.

Let's take your first answer, Tristan and Isolde.

You weren't sure if this was right.

We will find out. If it is right and pointless, you'll be leaving here with £1,000.

What would you do with that, Estelle?

Er, it sounds very boring,

but I'd buy a window for my house.

Nothing boring about a window. Kath, how about you?

I'd buy champagne. Excellent idea!

And I'd help her drink it. No. I don't share.

OK, well, very best of luck.

Three good answers. Your first, Tristan and Isolde, let's see if that's right.

If it is and it's pointless, it will win you the jackpot.

For £1,000, let's find out if it is a Wagner opera.

Yes, it is. Yay! Good answer.

Tristan and Isolde very much a Wagner opera.

Down it goes, through the 40s, through the 30s.

If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £1,000.

It's in single figures!

4! APPLAUSE

Good answer. Brilliant score.

Now, your second answer was The Barber of Seville.

Again, if it's right and pointless, it will win you that jackpot.

For £1,000, let's find out if The Barber of Seville is a Rossini opera.

It very much is. Your first answer, Tristan and Isolde,

took you down to 4.

The Barber of Seville taking you through the 20s, into the teens,

into single figures...

7. APPLAUSE

7 for The Barber of Seville,

which means everything is now riding on your last answer - Turandot.

You were fairly confident about putting this one last.

I don't think it'll be pointless, though. You don't?

Well, only one way to find out. Let's see.

If it is pointless, it will win you the jackpot.

For £1,000, let's find out if Turandot is a Puccini opera.

It's right.

Tristan and Isolde took us down to 4.

The Barber of Seville took us down to 7.

Your final answer, Turandot,

taking us down past... Ooh! To 3!

APPLAUSE

I tell you what, three brilliant answers there.

I'm pretty sure if that minute had gone on a bit longer,

you might've come across a pointless answer!

Unfortunately, you didn't in the minute provided

so I'm afraid the jackpot of £1,000 will not be yours today.

That will rollover.

We have loved having you on the show and you have done so well!

You do, of course, get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

BOTH: Thank you. APPLAUSE

Richard...

Very well played. You got one from each category, which was nice.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers and hope there's none you recognise.

Puccini operas... Edgar.

Gianni Schicchi would've been pointless.

La rondine. Manon Lescaut was pointless,

as were Il tabarro and Suor Angelica.

All of those were pointless. Well done if you said any of those.

For Rossini...

Well done if you said any of those. Some people may've got a couple.

And Wagner...

Das Liebesverbot, based on Measure for Measure.

Rienzi, The Fairies and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.

All those pointless answers. You could've also had Tannhauser for Wagner, as well.

I hope people at home got some of those. Sorry you didn't here.

You've done so well. We do have to say goodbye to you.

Thank you so much for playing.

Great contestants. Estelle and Kath! BOTH: Thank you.

Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot, which means it rolls over,

when we will be playing for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard... Bye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye. APPLAUSE

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