Episode 45 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong.

A warm welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one?

Hello. I'm Alice and this is my housemate, Dan,

and we live in Hackney.

-Couple number two?

-My name's Charlotte.

This is my father, Derek, and we're from Birmingham.

-Couple number three?

-Hi, I'm Louise.

This is my boyfriend, Gareth. We're from North London.

And finally, couple number four?

Hello. I'm Dave and this is my friend Keith

and we're from Cheltenham.

And these are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

the pater familias of the Pointless family.

So no matter what anyone does today,

he'll still be disappointed in us.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

-Afternoon to you.

-And you.

-Are you well?

-Yeah, I am well. Thank you.

We've got two pairs back from last time. Gareth and Louise -

they were very, very unlucky to get knocked out last time.

-Yes.

-Gareth gave us a terrific answer on a sports/geography round.

And he unfortunately got 100 points

but I think they're going to be tough to beat.

And we've also got Dave and Keith on that final podium.

We didn't see much of Dave and Keith last time.

But you remember Jeff and Tom, you guys?

Lovely Jeff and Tom, Tom the teacher?

Got through to the jackpot round.

-Three pointless answers.

-Wow!

-Three pointless answers.

-What about that?!

-Doesn't happen very often, does it?

-No, they were brilliant.

-They did really, really well.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, all our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Of course everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

As you've heard, Jeff and Tom won the jackpot last time

so today's jackpot starts off at...

There we are. 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 within the pairs.

And at the end of the round,

whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

US politics. 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 the question concerns...

Presidential campaigns, Richard?

On each pass, we're going to show you seven years

in which presidential campaigns were held.

We need you to tell us the name of the person

who won the presidency in that campaign, please.

There's going to be 14 years in all to have a go on at home.

Some of them tough, some of them a bit easier.

Thank you very much indeed.

So we're looking for the names of the presidents

who were elected into office in the years shown.

And here is our first board of seven. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Dan and Alice, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you're going to go first. Dan, welcome to the show.

Good to have you here. What you do, Dan?

I work in comms at the National Union of Students

and I run a film website.

Of the two of those things,

can I just have a stab at which one I think you prefer?

I'm going to go with the film website.

That's my hobby, yeah.

-Yeah.

-I enjoy the film website.

-But you run the website?

-Yeah.

Did you set it up yourself?

Yeah, I set it up like seven years ago

and now I've got a team of volunteer writers

who go out and review films, interview people

-and all that kind of stuff.

-But you do things like...

There was a thing I was reading about - you do a Mad Men...?

Yeah. So this is, kind of, another side project.

A friend of mine hadn't seen any of the latest series of Mad Men.

-Yeah.

-And so I thought I would catch them up

by doing one episode on a post-it note,

or a season on a post-it note,

and then texting them the post-it note.

And then it got kind of... It spiralled out of control

and all of a sudden it was in The Radio Times

-and Grazia...

-Fantastic! Can't argue with that.

-Now, how's your American politics?

-Erm...

Only recent politics is one I can, kind of, take a stab at, I guess.

-Like, I'm lost on the 1800s and stuff.

-Yeah.

I'd probably have to go with 1996

and Bill Clinton.

OK. You're going to say 1996, Bill Clinton.

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

how many of our 100 people said Bill Clinton.

It's right.

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-32.

32 for Bill Clinton.

Good answer, Dan. Well played.

Yeah, that was Clinton's second term.

He once said being president is like running a cemetery.

You've got lots of people underneath you

but no-one's listening to you.

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Thanks very much. Derek, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a solicitor.

And what do you do in your spare time?

I work for a murder mystery company.

It presents murder mystery events.

And you have scripts to learn?

-It's just like...

-We have a plot, we actually improvise dialogue.

But I usually finish up dead. So I never see the end.

That's quite nice - means you can slip away.

Well, up to a point, yes.

But imagine you had to stay till the end! You'd be there till Sunday every week.

I miss the pudding, though.

But you can go round and eat the pudding in the kitchen.

What, as a ghost? I suppose, yeah.

Has anyone ever got cross about being killed too early

and refused to die?

-That's what I want to know.

-Some people try and get all their meals at the starter

and take it all with them -

a bit of a giveaway they're not going to live long.

-It's all food related with you, isn't it, Derek?

-Largely, yes.

-Yeah!

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

Is American politics a good realm for you?

Not really, no.

I'm going to go for 1948,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. No-one ever says FD Roosevelt.

-Do they? Everyone always says Franklin Delano.

-Mm, they do.

I know you are very particular, Alexander.

I know, I approve of that but thank you very much.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Let's see if that's right for 1948.

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

Oh!

Oh, bad luck, Derek. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yeah, sorry, Derek. Not 1948, I'm afraid.

I'll give you the answer at the end of the round.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Gareth, oh, you were unlucky last time.

-Just a bit.

-Yeah.

We wanted teams in the Spanish league

but it wasn't the teams,

-it was actually the cities where they were based.

-That's right.

-And I went too obscure.

-You went too obscure.

-Yeah.

So, Gareth, remind us what you do.

I am a full-time student and part-time swimming teacher.

You're funding your studies with the swimming teaching.

-That's right.

-What are you studying?

-Business.

-That's right.

OK, so we're looking for the names of the presidents

who were elected into office in the years shown. Is this a good...?

I did American history for A-level so...

Oh, well, this is just perfect.

My Year 13 history teacher, Mr Winton,

is probably screaming at the TV right now!

I'm going to go with 1864

and Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln, 1864.

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

Look at that! What a brilliant answer.

-4, Gareth.

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Hats off. That's a fantastic answer and a brilliant low score, as well.

Well played, Gareth. Very nicely played.

Yeah, that was the start of his second term as well.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Dave. Welcome back.

Now, what happened last time, Dave?

We went out in the first round, unfortunately.

A subject that didn't quite suit your knowledge.

But there we go, back for another go.

There we are, back for another go. What do you do, Dave?

I am a credit controller for an agricultural company.

And when you're not doing that, I remember you're a gambler.

-Well, I like my racing, yeah.

-There we are! OK, Dave,

what are you going to go for? This is your board.

You can talk us all the way through it, if you like.

Cor, I'll have a job!

US politics wouldn't be my thing.

Curiously, I've got an inkling for 1980,

only from a Frankie Goes To Hollywood music video.

-And I'll say Ronald Reagan.

-RICHARD LAUGHS

Is it largely down to Frankie that you know that one?

-Absolutely! Wouldn't have a clue, otherwise.

-For the Two Tribes one?

-Yes.

-With the scrap with Yeltsin?

-That's what I'm thinking,

-it's about that year.

-That's good.

-It's a good video, that.

-Oh, excellent.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's see if that's right. 1980, Ronald Reagan.

If it is, how many people said it?

It is absolutely right.

Well, 4 is our lowest score to date.

-25, you get for Ronald Reagan.

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Well done, David.

He won an absolute landslide that year against Jimmy Carter.

He was America's oldest president

and then beat his own record four years later.

He wasn't in the Frankie Goes To Hollywood video.

Somebody who didn't look THAT like him.

And it was the real... Actually, it wasn't Boris Yeltsin, it was...

-Chernenko.

-Chernenko, exactly.

-That's a good quiz question - "Who was the Russian president in that?"

-Yeah, Chernenko.

-And he got his ear bitten off, I seem to remember.

-Yeah, he did.

-It was terrible.

-Yeah.

-They kept that in the video.

-I couldn't believe it.

-I know. Oh.

Amazing. And it single-handedly ended the Cold War, that video.

-Yeah, it did, it did! It did.

-Literally,

-within nine years, the Berlin Wall was down.

-Glasnost was ushered in

pretty much on the back of the chart success of Two Tribes.

-Amazing.

-Let's take a look at the remaining answers up here.

Now, 1948 was not FDR,

it was Harry S Truman.

Harry S Truman in 1948 would have scored you 5 points.

2008, unsurprisingly, Barack Obama.

And that would have scored you 74.

1789

was George Washington.

That would have scored you 10.

And right at the top there, 1828, very, very well done to anyone

who got Andrew Jackson.

You just got a pointless answer so very well played.

Thanks, Richard. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores. 4 - the best score of that pass.

Gareth, very well done indeed.

Thwarted last time, this time not making the same mistake twice.

Then up to 25, where we find Dave and Keith,

up to 32, Dan and Alice.

Then I'm sorry, Derek and Charlotte,

it's a big trot up to there,

up to 100, where we find you.

I wouldn't be at all surprised

if that's the last incorrect answer, though,

so a low score from you, Charlotte, might keep you in the game.

Best of luck with that. Back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more years on the board. And here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, remember we are looking for the presidents who were

elected into office in the years shown, and obviously you're going

to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Now then, Keith, welcome back. You're retired, Keith.

-I am indeed.

What do you do with your time?

Well, I look after my mum, who's elderly,

but in my spare time I like playing poker,

and music's a big thing for me, I go to a lot of concerts.

What was the last gig you went to?

-I went to see a singer called Faith Hill in Las Vegas.

-Wow.

Oh, that's good. Did you come back having scored a million?

-No, I lost a few hundred dollars.

-But still, great trip.

Anyway, there you are on 25, the high-scorers are on 100,

so a score of 74 or less

will keep you from becoming our new high-scorer.

I'm hoping not to join my own personal 200 club here.

I'm going to go for 2000 and George W Bush.

Here comes your red line. If you get below that, you're in Round Two.

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

Very well done, you've done it.

51. 76 your total.

Well played, yeah, that was the election that there was

all sorts of controversy over, whether he won, whether Gore won.

There we go, thank you very much. Now, Louise.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Louise?

-I'm an admin manager for a Harley Street clinic.

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

I like travelling, mostly, socialising and travelling.

Two excellent hobbies. What's the furthest afield you've been?

Furthest and best, probably Uganda a couple of years ago.

It was jam-packed with safaris, bungee jumping,

white-water rafting, and just a beautiful country.

Very good. Have you ever studied American history? No.

-Politics, no.

-Gareth did incredibly well in that first pass.

I'm clinging to that one.

Yeah, well, I think he's put you in a pretty safe position.

If you can score 95 or less...

I'm going to join his 100 club from last time, I think.

So I'm going to take a stab in the dark and go by era, and I'm going

to pick the senior version of George W,

and possibly go for 1960.

-1960 for...

-George W Senior. George W Bush, 1960.

-George W Bush Senior, 1960.

-Mm-hmm.

-Well, here is your red line,

if you get below that, you're through to the next round.

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

Ohhh, bad luck!

Bad luck, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer,

scoring you the maximum of 100 points, takes you up to 104,

but I think you are going to be all right.

Sorry, Louise, a long, long time before his time I'm afraid,

that would in fact have been George Bush Senior Senior Senior.

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Thanks very much.

Charlotte, which presidents were elected into office in these years?

Oh-ho-ho-ho, we have a game on our hands here.

The high-scorers on 104 are Louise and Gareth.

If you could score three or less...

I bet you there's going to be another low-scoring answer

on that board, but it all comes down to your American history.

My American history's absolutely nil.

I've got a few presidents I can think of, but I really am

in the dark as to where their presidency begins and ends, so...

I'm going to have another stab at my dad's suggestion,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

-And I'm going to say 1932.

-1932, FD Roosevelt, here comes your red line.

More of a red carpet...

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-..than a line. But anyway, if you can get below that

you're through to the next round.

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

It is right, well done, Charlotte.

Oh, it's a good score, down it goes...

Oh, and six!

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Brilliant answer, so nearly.

-Yeah.

-Mind you, the round's not yet over.

-How about that, Derek?

Yeah, that's when FDR won the 1932 election.

-Thanks, Richard. Alice.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless, what do you do, Alice?

I study photography at the University of Westminster.

And what are your hobbies?

I also travel quite a lot,

and when I was younger I decided I wanted to be a film extra as much

as possible, so I managed to be in Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon.

There you go.

And also, I fell over,

but I thought that might make me easier to spot when I watched

it back, but then when I re-watched it, I just fell asleep.

-You didn't even see your scene?

-No.

And what about American history, is this good for you?

-Well, technically, I did history at A-level...

-American history?

There was some American history in there...I think,

I didn't go to school very much though.

-Erm...

-She's a woman of mystery.

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She was busy falling over on the set of Vanity Fair, I think.

OK, so there you are, you're on 32,

the high-scorers on 106 are Charlotte and Derek.

If you can score 73 or less,

-you're in the next round.

-OK.

Talk us through the board, do you think you can?

-Well, I could guess.

-That'll do!

If I was going to guess, I would guess John F Kennedy for 1960,

maybe Woodrow Wilson for 1916...

maybe Lyndon B Johnson for 1968.

And John Quincy Adams for 1800, but that is a real guess.

I don't know if any of those are right, so I'm going to say...

..Lyndon B Johnson for 1968?

Here comes your red line, get below that, you're in the next round.

Lyndon B Johnson, how many people said it, is it right?

Ooh, no!

Great news for Charlotte and Derek, terrible news for you, Alice.

I have a feeling some of those answers you gave were good,

but that one wasn't one of them.

That scores you 100, takes your total up to 132, sorry.

Alice, it's really unlucky given some of the other answers you gave.

Lyndon B Johnson was the outgoing president then,

obviously took over from Kennedy, and it's Richard Nixon who won in '68.

Would have scored you 14 points and, of course, Kennedy was

elected in 1960 - which you knew - and that would have scored you 33.

Would have seen you safely through.

You also knew Woodrow Wilson, 1916, terrific answer,

would have scored you three points.

1904 was Theodore Roosevelt, would have scored you three.

You weren't quite right about John Quincy Adams, it's about the

right time, it goes Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson.

He would have scored you nothing at all,

so very well done if you said that.

-That was unlucky, wasn't it?

-I know, cracking answers,

Woodrow Wilson - phwoar, that would have been a great score.

Anyway, I'm afraid that at the end of our first round

we have to say goodbye to you, Alice and Dan,

but we'll look forward to your return

because we know how much you know.

It's going to be very good indeed,

Pointless owes you one on your return.

Thanks very much for playing though. Alice and Dan, great contestants.

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

Ooh, and now only three pairs remain.

At the end of this round we have to say goodbye

to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

Dave and Keith, our returning pair, lovely low scoring there.

As a pair, you were our lowest-scoring pair,

but then we had some individual flashes of brilliance.

Gareth - fantastic. Brilliant answer from you.

And, Charlotte, lovely low score with FDR, when it came out.

-Derek, bad luck there.

-Yes.

-Better luck next time.

Anyway, it promises to be a cracker, this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

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, let's find out what the question is.

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

That's a bit gentler, isn't it?

We're looking for any single released by Take That that's reached

the UK top ten prior to March 2013, please. Very best of luck.

Derek really, really thrilled that he put Charlotte first, because

by the time it gets back to him, who knows where we'll have got to?

Anyway, Charlotte, Take That, is this good for you?

I was a big fan in the '90s, but then who wasn't?

-Yeah, it's not the worst.

-What are you going to go for?

I'm going to say - and I hope it was top ten - Pray.

Pray, let's see if that was top ten.

If it was, let's see how many of our 100 people said Pray.

Absolutely right.

It was their first ever number one, in fact, from 1993.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Louise...Take That.

Sorry, boys, but I was an East 17 fan.

Em, quietly confident, I don't know whether to do Gareth's trick

and take a punt, but we all know how that ended up, so I think

I'm going to play it safe and go for another one-worded one with Babe.

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

how many of our 100 people said Babe.

It's right. Well, 22 is our lowest score, our only score.

You passed that with Babe...

ten. Well done, Louise.

Babe, yeah, another number one single, although there was

a big chart battle, between Take That and Mr Blobby.

Released in the same week, Mr Blobby went to number one,

then next week Babe knocked Mr Blobby off,

and then the week after - which was Christmas number one -

Mr Blobby came back and knocked them back off.

-Oh, you remember that, right?

-Like it was yesterday.

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Thank you very much. Now, Keith.

-Yes.

-Take That, eh?

-Not good.

Not my genre at all.

Somewhere in the back of my mind,

I'm sure they had a single called Shine.

That's my guess.

Shine, let's see if it's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

Absolutely right. 22 our high, ten our low...

17 for Shine.

Another number one single, sung by Mark Owen,

it's never been off adverts since, has it?

-Never.

-Brit Award for Best Single in 2008.

-Released in 2007.

-Thank you.

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

Ten, the best score of that pass. Very well done, Louise,

putting you and Gareth once again in pole position.

Then up to 17, where we find Keith and Dave,

then up to 22, Charlotte and Derek.

Thank goodness we've got you there, Derek.

HE SIGHS

I mean, you know all their album tracks and everything, don't you?

-Yep.

-So that should be fine.

We're going to come back down the line,

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

OK, so we are looking for UK top ten singles released by Take That.

Dave, you're in a medium-strong position.

That was a fantastic answer from Keith,

considering it wasn't his genre.

It's not mine either.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I think I'd have preferred US politics again, to be honest.

Really, really struggling, the only one I can think of,

and I'm not sure how it'll score, would be Patience.

OK, there is your red line.

Get below that, you're definitely through to the next round.

But hovering a little bit above it won't be

the end of the world either.

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

Look at that, not bad at all, 19.

-Takes your total up to 36, Dave.

-Well done, Dave.

Yet another number one, that was their comeback single,

hadn't had a number one for ten years.

He's quite a songwriter, Gary Barlow, isn't he?

Amazing songwriter, you're right. Now then, Gareth. Gareth...

Every answer you've given has revealed

a certain amount of expertise.

Is this is where we come to the end of the Gareth line?

Erm...no. Shamelessly, I've been to see them.

LAUGHTER

The only problem is whether they were top ten singles.

So I'm going to go with...

Erm, I'm going to with The Flood.

Here is your red line.

The high-scorers, Dave and Keith, on 36, you're on ten.

Get below that, you're in the next round.

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

Very well done, through you go. Ten for The Flood.

Your total goes up to 20.

And that's another great song, the first one they released

when Robbie came back to the group, reached number two.

There's absolutely no shame

in having gone to see Take That.

Anyway, there we go, 22 is your score, Derek.

The high-scorers are Dave and Keith on 36,

so if you can score 13 or less...

you're in the head-to-head. Derek,

talk us through your thinking.

Well, there's a few I think I know,

but I think they're all going to score too high.

Relight My Fire, the duet with Lulu, there's Never Forget...

I think that's going to be

too high as well. Erm...

Trying to think of anything more obscure than that,

but it's got to be top ten, hasn't it?

It's got to be well-known,

but one of the more obscure...well-known hits.

Relight My Fire.

OK, here is your red line. Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

What do you think, Charlotte?

I think that's a very popular song, but we'll see.

OK, Relight My Fire, how many people said it?

Ooh, 23!

23, takes your total up to 45.

Sorry, Derek, that's tough luck.

It was a number one single for Take That and Lulu.

If you'd said Never Forget, would have scored you 17,

too many points as well, unfortunately.

Hope that makes you feel slightly better rather than slightly worse.

There's only one pointless answer, it's a recent one.

It's the recent single Said It All, which is another great song actually.

You'd have got low scores for Love Ain't Here Anymore,

How Deep is Your Love.

Other scores that would have seen you through - It Only Takes A Minute

would have scored three, Sure would have scored four, Greatest Day, five,

Everything Changes would have scored six,

A Million Love Songs would have scored 15,

Could It Be Magic would have scored 15 as well, Rule The World -

another brilliant song - would have scored 16.

Let's take a look at the top three, the ones most of our 100 people said.

-What do you think the number one is? GARETH:

-Back For Good.

-Back For Good.

-Absolutely right, would have scored you 26 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our second round it's

Derek and Charlotte we have to say goodbye to.

Not a bad score, 45, but I'm afraid you were underscored by the others.

-Dave and Keith, couple of dark horses there.

-KEITH:

-Miracle!

Oh, I don't know, two very good answers there.

Two pretty good answers from you, Charlotte and Derek,

but I'm afraid they were just too high-scoring.

We'll see you again next time but, in the meantime,

thanks very much for playing. Derek and Charlotte.

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

Congratulations, Dave and Keith, Gareth and Louise,

you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

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

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

The big difference is you're now allowed to chat

before you give your answers, and the first pair to win

two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

It's been a long time since we've had

a head-to-head round with two returning pairs.

-I know, it's true.

-Yeah, long, long time.

Neither of you been here before. Round One for you last time,

Dave and Keith, and Round Two for you.

Yeah, I think this is going to be interesting.

We've had some dazzling moments from Gareth in both shows, and we've had

some very good strategic answering from Dave and Keith, who've

revealed that they do actually know quite a bit more than they let on.

So I think this is going to be a very close round. Best of luck

to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.

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

Going to show you five flags of EU countries, just need you to

tell us the most obscure country you're about to see, good luck.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five flags.

There we are, five EU flags.

Dave and Keith, you've played best

throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

-That gives more of a clue, cos it's got the country.

-We'll go D, Cyprus.

-Now, Gareth and Louise, can you talk us through the board?

-No.

I had a dream/nightmare that I was on here and this was my question.

And I downloaded an app that would help me through,

and my mind now is...

-not helping.

-So you were forewarned of this in a dream?

I had a premonition!

And then you, well, you didn't ignore it, but you got the app,

and thought having got the app, that's probably fine.

-I guessed a few.

-What happened next in the dream?

I woke up.

-Ah.

-There's a few on there that we have an idea of.

Go on, tell us what they are, you can go through them.

C, I'm guessing you think, what do you think it is? Germany or Belgium.

Yeah, I'm guessing the latter.

-E, Italy.

-It's not Italy.

-And A, for some reason I think it's Croatia.

And I would say Macedonia.

So we're going to battle here.

B, I know I wrote in my app, but I couldn't tell you what it is now.

Yeah, go on, then.

C, Belgium.

So we have D, Cyprus and C, Belgium.

Now, Dave and Keith said Cyprus, let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Cyprus.

It's right.

31 for Cyprus.

Now, Gareth and Louise, you have said that C is Belgium.

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

-No.

-Germany.

Yeah, not Belgium.

Which means, well done,

Dave and Keith, after one question you are up 1-0.

Sorry, Gareth and Louise, I can say this because you've

been so good in every other round,

you did about as badly as it's possible to do on that one, I think.

So the one round where you download an app is the one you do worse in.

That's Germany.

Would have scored you 76 points.

The Belgian one is vertical stripes.

Now, A, it's not Macedonia, it's not Croatia,

the thing in the lop-left corner...

-Malta.

-..is the George Cross, which was awarded to Malta, yes.

And that would have scored you 11 points.

B, one of the Baltic States...

it's Estonia.

Used to be a flag of a student union, that did,

now the flag of an entire country. Five points.

And E, not Italy as some might people might think -

cos again, Italy is vertical - that is Hungary.

Would have scored you seven points.

Very well done if you got all five of those.

Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your second question. Gareth and Louise, you get to answer

this first, but you have to win it to stay in the game. It concerns...

Yeah, we're going to give you five clues now, all about jazz,

all of these are covered on the jazz app that you can download

anywhere on your smartphone.

Very best of luck to both teams.

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

There we are, five clues to facts about jazz.

Gareth and Louise, you will go first.

This may be the round in which we go out, erm...

We're going to have a punt at

"American city known as the birthplace of jazz"

and say St Louis.

Now, Dave and Keith, the board is all yours.

Talk us through it.

We think we'll go for the

"American city known as the birthplace of jazz"

and say New Orleans.

So we have St Louis versus New Orleans.

Gareth and Louise said St Louis, let's see if that's right.

I'm afraid it's not.

Which possibly may mean that Dave and Keith are right, which is

all they need to be at this stage.

New Orleans, is that right?

Yes, it is, well done, you've won that point,

let's see how many people said it. 54.

The crucial thing, it was right. Dave and Keith, well done,

after only two questions you are through to the final, 2-0.

Very well played, let's go through the rest of this board then.

The first ever full-length talking picture, The Jazz Singer,

and it starred...

-Al Jolson.

-Yes.

Would have scored 24.

And the person who most famously sang Strange Fruit, Elinore Harris was...

-Billie Holiday.

-Yep.

Would have scored six. The character name of the singer and pianist?

-Sam, I don't know what his surname is.

-Nope, it just needs Sam. 38.

That's from Play It Again, Sam, they never said

"Play it again, Sam", but that's the line that's always famously quoted.

-And Louis Armstrong has a cameo appearance in...?

-Don't know.

Hello, Dolly!

And it's the best answer there,

-would have scored three points, well done if you said that.

-Thank you.

So the losing pair at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Gareth and Louise. But what a performance, this show.

We had Take That, you showed some great football knowledge

last show, and I'm afraid you then came up against flags and jazz.

It's been great to have you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

Gareth and Louise.

But for Dave and Keith, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dave and Keith, 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

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

I don't know why this happens but it keeps happening, that people

go out in the first round, come back, and go through to the final.

-That seems to be the pattern.

-More relaxed, I guess.

Maybe, maybe that's it, but we've tested you today.

We've had US politics, Take That singles, flags, jazz...

-And here you are.

-Somehow.

2-0 in the head-to-head, that's not to be sniffed at, so very well done.

What would you like to see come up in this last round?

-Some national hunt racing would be nice.

-Not out of the question.

'70s and '80s heavy metal, that'd be good.

OK, well, as always, you start this round off by choosing

a category, and you have a choice of four options.

They are...

'70s heavy metal. Uh, sorry, misread that. Madrid...

-Pretty much what you wanted, wasn't it?

-Not really.

Madrid, can't see us going for that, can you?

I mean, you're strong on film. Middle two we don't want, do we?

We'll go for British cinema, Alexander, please.

Three very different options for you here, guys, good luck with these.

We are looking for the name of any David Lean film that has

a personal name in its title, so the name of a character.

We're looking for any actor credited in Withnail And I.

Or any feature film made for cinema release in which Jim Broadbent

has received an acting credit.

-Very best of luck, guys.

-Thank you.

Now, as always, you've got

up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot of £1,000 is for just

one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you give can come from any one of these

categories, and it's up to you

how you spread them across the categories.

They can all be from one if you like, or you can have one from each.

Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

Jim Broadbent, was he in Love Actually, things like that?

Notting Hill?

Maybe Notting Hill, I thought he was in something, was it Mrs Brown?

-With Billy Connolly.

-Uh, Withnail And I is, um...

-Who's in that?

Richard E Grant.

He's in it I think, but there's another guy who's name

I can't remember.

I've not even heard of David Lean.

-I don't know David Lean films.

-Can you think of a personal name?

George or something?

I know Keira Knightley is in a film called Jack Ryan,

but I don't know whether that's a David Lean film.

-Or does he do war films?

-Don't know. I'm struggling a bit.

Jim Broadbent, Jim Broadbent, Jim Broadbent...

-What's Withnail And I about?

-I've never seen it actually.

-Ten seconds left.

-Weird film.

So what shall we go for, one of each?

We'll go for Jack, Richard E Grant and Mrs Brown for Jim Broadbent.

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

what are you going to give me?

We'll have one from each category, please.

-Jack Ryan.

-Jack Ryan, the David Lean film.

Withnail And I, Richard E Grant.

-And Jim Broadbent films, Mrs Brown, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

OK, of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-We'll say Mrs Brown.

-OK, we'll put that last.

-Your least likely to be pointless?

-Richard E Grant.

OK, let's put those answers up on the board, and here they are.

We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Richard E Grant.

Obviously, if this is correct and it's pointless,

you will win that jackpot of £1,000.

A bit of an entry-level jackpot there, but still, nice little win.

What would you do with that, Dave?

We're just moving house,

so I'd probably treat myself to a new television.

Very good indeed, and something to watch this on

-when it comes out.

-Absolutely.

-Keith.

Uh, I know it's a traditional answer,

but I'd put it towards my next trip to America.

Good stuff. Three good answers on the board,

let's hope one of those is pointless. So let's find out.

As I say, if Richard E Grant is pointless

it will win you that jackpot.

So for £1,000, was Richard E Grant in Withnail And I?

Yes, he was.

The next thing this has to do is go down to zero

and you will win that jackpot of £1,000.

Down it goes, into the 20s.

-Good effort.

-Not, I'm afraid, a pointless answer there.

OK, your second answer was Jack Ryan.

Now where did this come from, Keith?

Simply from a recollection that Keira Knightley was in a film called

Jack Ryan, and it was the only thing we could come up with.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

There was no particular link to David Lean.

But you remembered that Keira Knightley had been in a film...

-I think so.

-And if she's in it, it's got to be right.

Let's find out.

Jack Ryan, if this is pointless it'll win you the jackpot of £1,000.

Is Jack Ryan a David Lean film?

Oh, bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

So everything is now riding on your

third and final answer, which was Mrs Brown.

And again, if this is pointless, you will win that jackpot of £1,000.

Is Jim Broadbent in Mrs Brown?

No! Bad luck.

Bad luck. Well...

One good answer there, but we'll discover from Richard

how close you were with those other answers.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000,

and that will roll over onto the next show.

-We've loved having you on the show both times.

-Thank you.

Of course you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each,

so very well done.

Unlucky, guys, not the best category for you.

I think, I could be wrong,

but I think Keira Knightley was born after David Lean died.

So it's not a right answer.

I think there are gettable pointless answers

in all three of these categories actually.

Let's take a look at the David Lean films.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Not Jack Ryan's daughter, unfortunately. Tom Ryan's daughter.

-That's what I was thinking about.

-OK.

Let's take a look at actors in Withnail And I.

Daragh O'Malley, he's more famously in Sharpe these days.

A couple there people may have got, Michael Elphick is in it,

and Ralph Brown, who plays Danny, the inventor of the Camberwell Carrot.

Let's take a look at some Jim Broadbent films,

there's lots in this category.

He plays William IV in The Young Victoria,

and he plays Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame in Topsy-Turvy.

You also could have had Arthur Christmas,

Brazil, Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway,

Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,

the Damned United, Time Bandits, Vera Drake, and most famously of all,

he was in that amazing scene in Vanity Fair, when Alice fell over.

Surprised that was a pointless answer, aren't you?

Unlucky, guys, but hope you got some of those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Dave and Keith,

but it's been great having you, thank you both so much for playing.

Well, Dave and Keith didn't win our jackpot, which means it

rolls over into the next show, where we will be playing for £2,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.