Episode 49 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points

as you can, and to do that you need to come up with the answers

no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Holly, this is my friend Kate,

-and we're both from Norwich.

-Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Georgie, this is my mum Harriet, and we're from Newport.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Dwayne and this is my friend Nick and we're from London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Candice and this my dad Chris, and we're from Huddersfield.

And these are today's contestants.

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

as it goes along. That leaves one more person for me to introduce.

They say he's got a photographic memory, and so have I.

There's one particular photograph of him in a Turkish nightclub

I will never, ever forget. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

This should be fun today.

We've got two great returning pairs coming back.

We've got Nick and Dwayne coming back,

and Dwayne has got the coolest job of anyone who's ever been on.

-Yeah, diamond broker.

-Diamond broker.

-He's a diamond broker.

-That is pretty good, isn't it?

-Yeah.

And we were worried last time, cos he hadn't brought us any diamonds.

But we're all assuming this time he's got some for us.

And we also have Kate and Holly, and Holly is Kate's son's ex-girlfriend.

-But that seems to be OK. They still seem to be pals.

-Mm.

We're trying to get Kate some voiceover work.

-She's got a brilliant voice.

-Wonderful voice.

-You'll enjoy Kate's voice.

-You'll look forward to that.

-It's lovely.

It might be wavering in terror when I look at the first question,

but... Not really. It's fine, the first question.

We've got two lovely returning pairs, so our two new pairs are going

to find it tough, I think, but the jackpot's still going up,

-so it should be a lot of fun.

-Thanks very much.

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,

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

Now, Charli and Nick didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £5,250.

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

but there is to be no conferring. Whichever pair has

the highest score at the end of the round will be heading home.

OK, our first category today...

Music. 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...

Artists with multiple UK number ones. Richard.

In a moment, Xander's going to show you a list of six musical acts,

all of whom have had ten or more number ones in the UK Top 40 charts.

You need to give us the name of any of their number one singles, please.

So any UK number one by any of the acts you're about to see

or where they are named featured artists, please.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thanks, very much indeed.

As Richard mentioned, we're going to put six names up on the board.

Those artists will remain up on the board the whole round,

so up the line and back down the line.

You just have to supply the name of any number one hit

by any of those artists. Best of luck. Here are the artists.

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Kate and Holly, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you are going to go first. Kate, welcome back to the show.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here. Remind us what you do, Kate.

-I'm a civil servant.

-There's that voice again.

-Oh, amazing, isn't it?

There's that voice again. What would you like to advertise, Kate?

I'm thinking some sort of confection.

-Righty-ho, keep going.

-OK.

Also, maybe, in case of a nuclear war or something,

you'd be a very nice voice to announce that.

Stay calm.

-Stay calm!

-A great voice to have on a...

-I don't know, on a call centre answer machine.

-Oh, yeah.

-"You're call is very, very important to us."

-See, I'd believe that.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Kate.

-Yeah.

So we want UK number ones by any of these artists.

-What do you make of this board?

-Yeah, it's OK.

My music knowledge kind of stopped when I started having babies,

so I'm going to have to go back to the old geriatric stuff,

-I'm afraid, and pick The Beatles and Get Back.

-Get Back.

-Why not?

Get Back, says Kate. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Oh, I think that's a great answer, Kate.

Look at that! Two. Brilliant.

KATE LAUGHS

What a start for the show, Kate. That's superb.

-A score of two for Get Back. Great song too.

-Well played, Kate.

Nice fist bump as well. That's the way to celebrate.

-Not the bump, it was that that I liked.

-Yeah. Very, very impressive.

Number one in 1969. All their songs are credited to Lennon-McCartney.

That's a McCartney one.

-Thanks very much. Now, Harriet, welcome to the show.

-Hello.

-Great to have you here from Newport.

-Yes.

-And what do you do, Harriet?

-I'm a civil servant.

-The civil servants!

-How about that?

-We are like a magnet for civil servants.

-We are a little bit.

-Makes you wonder who's running the country while we're doing this.

-Yeah!

Actually, Harriet, who is running the country while you're here?

SHE LAUGHS

Well, in Wales, that's, erm... Oh, gosh, what's his name?

LAUGHTER

There you go.

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

-Oh, dear.

It's going to have to be Cliff Richard, Millennium Prayer.

Millennium Prayer, says Harriet. 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, two is our lowest score, and indeed our only score so far.

Four for Millennium Prayer. Well done!

Good answer.

From 1999. It was his last number one to date.

He'd had number ones in all the successive decades

and didn't have one in the noughties.

-Now then, Nick. Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Nick, what do you do?

-I'm a student.

-And you're studying?

-Script writing for film and TV.

-In your spare time, what are your interests, Nick?

-I love sports.

I used to work at Arsenal with Dwayne.

I work at Lord's Cricket Ground in the summer,

-so that's a big passion of mine. I like food, cooking.

-Excellent.

Good stuff. OK. Now, what are you going to go for on this board?

Quite a broad range of artists there.

My mum's a big fan of The Beatles

and my sister's a big fan of Take That.

So I will go with Take That and go Rule The World.

Rule The World, says Nick. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Rule The World.

No. Ooh-wee! Nick.

Evidently not a number one.

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

Sorry, Nick.

A wonderful song, Rule The World, but it peaked at number two, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Chris.

-Oh, that's taken the pressure off a bit, hasn't it?

-Yes.

I'm sorry, Nick, to use you as a pressure release, but it has.

-Chris, what do you do?

-I'm a health and safety advisor.

Whereabouts do you do that?

I work in the health care services,

-it's a local health care in Kirklees.

-Good stuff.

Now what are your hobbies, Chris?

I watch Huddersfield Town, season ticket holder there,

and my wife and I, we follow soul music, so we go to soul venues.

Now how about any of these artists here?

Any particular favourites of yours there?

Well, I was a little bit concerned,

cos I know hundreds of Beatles records, but, erm...

Were they number one?

It's hard with Beatles records to know what was actually

a single and what's an album track, actually. Hard to remember.

So, I'm going to say A Hard Day's Night.

Hard Day's Night. OK, let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said A Hard Day's Night.

That's absolutely right.

Nine. Very well done, Chris. Good, safe answer there.

Good answer. Number one from 1964. One of their earliest hits.

Recorded in three hours. John Lennon wrote the lyrics,

scrawled them on the back of a birthday card

for Julian, who was one.

-So that's how long ago that was.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much indeed.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

Two, the best score of that pass. Very well done, Kate.

Kate and Holly can relax a little bit on that.

Then up to four, where we find Harriet and Georgie.

Up to nine, Chris and Candice, and then up to 100, Nick and Dwayne.

Dwayne, it can't happen again.

It can't be another round one exit for you. It simply cannot happen.

What has to happen in the next part is,

you have to have a lovely low score, someone else has to make a mistake.

-Deal?

-It can happen.

-I think it will. Best of luck with that.

Back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Candice. Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Now, you are looking for any UK number one single

released by any of these artists. What do you do, Candice?

-I'm a student at the moment.

-What are you studying?

I study geosciences

and I'm doing an extracurricular module in astrophysics as well.

-Just for fun!

-Yeah.

Cos otherwise it would all be a bit niche, wouldn't it? Yes.

What are your hobbies, Candice?

Well, I play the piano and I play the saxophone

and a lot of video games as well.

How long have you played piano and saxophone?

Ever since I was at junior school, I think around year three,

so it's been a long time.

-I'm guessing you're quite good at both of those.

-Erm...

-I'd like to think so.

-Yeah! Good stuff. There you are.

You're on nine. The high scorers, Nick and Dwayne on 100.

-If you can score 90 or less, you're in round two.

-Yeah.

I've got two possible answers that I've been debating in my head.

One, I'm not too sure if it's a UK number one single,

but I know it's the name of an actual song,

and, the other one, I don't know if it's the name of the actual song,

-but I know, like, it was a UK number one single.

-OK.

-Listen, Dwayne and Nick are loving this conversation, Candice.

-I know.

And you thought astrophysics was complicated.

LAUGHTER

So, I might go with Madonna and Justin Timberlake's Four Minutes.

-Four Minutes.

-Yeah.

OK, let's see if Four Minutes is right,

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

It's right. And you're through to the next round.

I think this might be a brilliant answer. Let's just find out.

Look at that! Best answer so far, Candice.

Very well done. Takes your total up to ten.

Well played, Candice.

That's her 13th UK number one. It was also her 37th US top ten.

-She holds the record for that as well, overtaking Elvis.

-Blimey.

Dwayne, welcome back.

-Hello.

-So, diamond broker Dwayne.

Last time we were anticipating maybe the end of round one,

little velvet pouch with maybe a gold drawstring to be produced

from Dwayne's pocket and just tossed carefully over to Richard.

-"I wonder if Sir would like to examine this."

-Yeah.

That would've been a cool thing to say.

You've even brought your little eyepiece.

Oh, I'm so excited about that.

Can't wait to see all the diamonds he's brought us.

Dwayne, also a writer, we discovered last time, like Nick.

How did you and Nick meet each other?

-Have you known each other for years and years?

-Yes.

We met each other at Arsenal Football Club, working together.

And what was the job you did there?

We worked on the turnstiles as well as during events.

"I was a leftback, he was our striker."

LAUGHTER

So then, Dwayne, we're looking for any UK number one singles

released by any of these artists. What are you going to go for?

We need a low score from you, remember that.

I'm going to have to take a punt, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm not sure whether they were UK number ones.

I'm going to go for Cliff Richard.

I'm going to go for Suddenly, featuring Olivia Newton-John.

Suddenly, says Dwayne. OK.

No red line for you as you're the high scorers, but let's see.

-Is that a confident answer?

-I...

-No.

-Well, best of luck any ways. Let's find out. Suddenly.

Is that a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, no! Dwayne, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. That's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to an impressive 200.

LAUGHTER

Sorry, Dwayne, not a big hit at all, that, I'm afraid.

-Number 15, that was, in 1980.

-OK.

Georgie, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Georgie?

-I'm a student at the moment.

-And what are you studying?

I've got a few more days left of school,

-but hopefully, I'll be studying maths at university.

-Good stuff.

Now then, you are on four. You are through to the next round.

This is great news.

However, I wouldn't be surprised

if you had a brilliant answer up your sleeves for ones of these.

Oh. I got a couple.

I'm not sure if they're number one or

if I've got the right title in my head.

I think I'm going to take a risk and go for You Raise Me Up by Westlife.

You Raise Me Up, says Georgie. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said You Raise Me Up.

It's right.

Well, one is our best score so far.

Look at that! Two. Very well done indeed, Georgie.

Six is your total.

Very well played. Yeah, huge hit for Westlife.

They use it endlessly on every reality TV show.

Not written by them.

-It's based, some of it is based on Danny Boy.

-Now, Holly.

-Hi.

-Holly, welcome back.

-Thanks.

Holly, remind us what you do.

I'm just about to graduate, so I'm technically still a student.

-And you're studying?

-Film and English.

-And what are you hoping to go on and do with that?

-I don't know.

Film maybe? Does that interest you, the industry?

It does, it does, but I just don't know what yet.

-But around that area would be nice.

-OK. Well, very , very best of luck.

-You're through to the next round. This is also good news.

-Yes.

You're on two. Fantastic low answer from Kate in the first pass.

Well, I was going to do a Beatles one, but it is...

You don't know if it's a single or not, so...

I'm going to take a risk cos I'm not sure this is the title.

But I'm going to say Like A Prayer by Madonna.

Like A Prayer, says Holly. Like A Prayer. OK, no red line for you.

You're already through. But let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it.

Of course it's right.

Ten.

-KATE:

-Well done!

Well done, Holly. Ten takes your total up to 12.

Well played, Holly. Yeah, a sixth UK number one, also a US number one, Like A Prayer.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers. There's plenty out there.

Very well done if you said any of these.

Elvis with A Fool Such As I, the Beatles, Can't Buy Me Love was a

pointless answer, Can't Help Falling In Love was another Elvis number one.

Fool Again, that was Westlife, I Feel Fine, the Beatles,

Sure by Take That was a pointless answer.

Swear It Again, another Westlife one, The Ballad of John And Yoko,

that's the Beatles, The Wonder Of You, that is Elvis, of course. There's a few others.

Cliff Richard, you could have had Travellin' Light or The Next Time, The Minute You've Gone

and Please Don't Tease would have scored you 1 point.

For Elvis, you also could have had Little Sister, that would have

been a pointless answer, and You're The Devil In Disguise.

Rock-a-hula Baby, also a pointless answer.

Madonna, no pointless answers. 4 Minutes is the best answer you could have given us for Madonna.

1 point also for Sorry and Who's That Girl for Madonna.

Take That, Sure is the only pointless answer.

1 point for How Deep Is Your Love and Greatest Day.

Beatles, we've seen all the pointless answers for them. Hello Goodbye and We Can Work It Out, 1 point.

Westlife, The Rose was also a pointless answer. That's all the pointless answers.

Let's take at the ones most of our 100 people said.

Mistletoe And Wine, Cliff Richard, would have scored you 23.

Living Doll, 24. Cliff again, of course.

And right at the top, Jailhouse Rock by Elvis.

-The biggest of all those answers, 26 points.

-Thanks very much.

So, at the end of our first round, it's Dwayne and Nick

who are going to be leaving us. Dwayne...

He's not going to give us diamonds now, is he, you fool!

We discussed this before the show.

When Dwayne says to you, Suddenly with Olivia Newton-John,

you say, "So, you said Swear It Again by Westlife. Let's take a look if it's up there."

Have I just...?

Oh....

LAUGHTER

Dwayne and Nick, I'm sorry. We have to say goodbye to you. Ridiculous.

Round one last time, round one this time. Sorry we haven't given you better subjects.

It's been great having you on the show, albeit briefly. Thanks for playing.

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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. At the end of this round, we'll have to send home another pair.

-Candice, best score of the round, 4 Minutes.

-Thank you.

That was very impressive.

Georgie and Harriet, you were our lowest scoring pair, so well done to you.

Kate and Holly, our only remaining returning pair.

It's a new round, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Meanings of countries' names. Richard.

-Yes, a lovely round.

You'll have fun with this one at home. On each board, we're going

to give you six translations of the meanings of the names of countries.

Tell us what the country is, please.

We'll show you the translation, tell us the country.

We're taking as our reference, the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names.

12 in all to have a go at at home. Some are quite easy, some are very tough.

Some of them, you'll be delighted if you work it out.

OK, fun. Let's reveal our six meanings of countries' names.

Our first six, and here they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Holly, I'll give you just a moment or two to digest those ones.

I don't know. Um... I'm just going to say Low Lands is England.

Low Lands, England.

-"Eng" being the word for "low"...

-HE CHUCKLES

..in our native tongue.

Let's find out. Low Lands, England?

No. Bad luck, Holly. I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

100 points is what that scored you. Sorry, Holly.

Yeah, we're the Land of the Angles, I'm afraid.

England.

-Now, then. Georgie...

-Yeah.

-Georgie...

I am terrible at geography.

I know a bit of chemistry though and I know the symbol for silver is Ag.

So I'm going to go for Argentina for Silvery.

Let's see if that's right for Lander of Silver/Silvery

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

It's absolutely right. Very well reasoned.

Very good indeed. 13, Georgie. Good answer.

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Well worked out, Georgie.

Argent meaning silver, meaning money also in lots of different languages.

Thank you. Now, Chris. Now, here's fun.

You're the last person to have this board.

Why not take us on a tour around the world

and have a shot at some of those that you feel able to?

I'll stab a guess at three for Cape Verde.

Cape Verde, you're going to say, for Green Cape.

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

Good guess.

Well, 13's our low score at the moment. You don't quite pass that.

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-Very well done, Chris.

Well played, Chris. You see, you can work them out, some of them,

with a bit of language knowledge. It's not green at all, Cape Verde.

It's very brown and volcanic. Another of those countries that are misnamed.

-Now, do you know any of the rest of these? Low lands?

-Netherlands.

The Netherlands, yeah. Absolutely. That would have scored 39.

-Little Venice?

-It's going to be Venez...ia... Ven...

-No, I know exactly where it is! Venezuela!

-Exactly.

-I'd never thought of that.

-A country of the world that's Venez...something...

I don't know what, though. 3 points, that would have scored you.

Lion Mountains is Sierra Leone. Would have scored you 3 points.

And The Bearded Ones, there's no way of working out, unless you know it.

-Well, you could do, I suppose.

-Barbary Coast. No, Barb...

Barbados.

-Oh! Barbados!

-And that would have scored nothing at all. That's a pointless answer.

Well done if you worked some of those out.

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

13, the best score of that pass, Georgie. Well done. Up to 14, where we find Chris and Candice.

Then up to 100, I'm sorry, Holly.

Once you got the hang of it, did they become a little less scary?

I should have known the Netherlands. I should have known it cos I lived there for six months.

You really didn't have to tell us that.

Well, listen, Kate, we need a low-scoring answer from you.

You never know what the next board will be like.

Anything could happen. You may still be with us at the end of the round.

Best of luck. Can the second pair please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more meanings up on the board and here they come.

We have...

I'll read those all again.

There we are.

Remember, we are after the meanings of these names of countries and,

Candice, you are going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Anything under 85 points keeps you in the game, Candice.

I'm trying to employ my Spanish...

-to help me here, but...

-Good!

At the moment, I'm just plonking Spanish words together.

But because I've been to the second one, I'm going to have to go

with Rich Coast, Costa Rica.

Costa Rica, says Candice. Here is your red line.

Get below that with Costa Rica and you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right and you're through. Well done, good, safe answer.

Not a bad score at all - 10.

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Our lowest score so far, in fact. 24 your total.

That's a lovely low score. Is that a better board for you?

-Are you happier?

-That's much better, yeah.

-You can get a few of those?

Yeah.

Thank you very much. Now, Harriet.

Candice, thank you for taking that one,

because I don't know any of the other ones apart from the top one.

Really?

-Only the top you know?

-I'm sure I probably know the others, but...

I won't say any more, but 86 or less sees you through, Harriet.

Well, I'm going to say Ecuador for the top one.

Ecuador for Equator. Here comes your Red Line.

If you get below that, you are fine.

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

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

-21!

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, only 21 for Ecuador. Took your total up to 34.

Yeah, I think our 100 people panicked on some of these

when you look at some of the scores.

-They've got a Middle Of The World Park in Ecuador.

-As you would.

But the actual monument where the Middle Of The World is isn't in right place.

They think there's a ravine and the builders found it easier to put it where they put it.

They blame the builders.

Now, Kate, you are our high scorers.

We haven't even had your brilliant answer yet.

But I know there is a brilliant answer there.

-Would you like to talk through the board?

-I would love to. Not.

I have no idea. I kind of worked out Ecuador, possibly Costa Rica.

The Northern Way I guess is Norway?

I'm a bit stumped on White Russia. Maybe Alaska?

I should be able to work out New Sea Land, but I can't.

Eight Standing Together, that's going to really annoy me. So just...

It doesn't matter, I appreciate, so I'll go for Alaska for White Russia.

-White Russia, Alaska.

-It isn't, is it?

-Well, let's find out.

No red line for you, because you are the high scorers,

but let's see if Alaska is right for White Russia.

No. Bad luck.

I'm afraid any incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 200. Sorry, Kate.

-Not Alaska, I'm afraid. Not a country.

-Of course it isn't.

Alaska means "great land". I like a White Russian cocktail. Do you?

Yeah, I like a White Russian.

-Anyway, White Russia is the name for Belarus.

-Ohhh!

Belarus would have scored you 9.

I wouldn't have got that.

I'm enjoying how much difficulty people are having with New Sea Land.

Yeah!

Which is New Zealand.

-You're joking!

-Only 52 knew...?

I think everyone's trying to work it out in their head.

They going, "New...Sea...

"What could that be?"

Because some of them are so hard, the obvious ones are passing people by.

Because Norway for the Northern Way would have scored you 4 points.

-You're joking!

-Yeah. Four points for that.

You're excused for Eight Standing Together.

No-one will get this unless they know it.

And, if you do know it, I'll be very surprised. So a pointless favourite.

It's Tuvalu. Pointless answer.

There's eight inhabited islands in Tuvalu, Eight Standing Together.

Thank you, Richard.

So, at the end of that round, I'm really sorry to say

it's our second and final returning pair leaving - Kate and Holly.

200 as well. 200 last round,

200 this round.

What are you doing with these rounds, Richard?

In my defence, I did put New Sea Land up on the board.

-I did everything I could.

-Yeah, you did.

-Even you got that.

-I did!

-LAUGHTER

Kate and Holly, I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

I had high hopes of you going all the way today.

-Instead of which it's 200.

-It's been great fun.

-We've really enjoyed ourselves.

-Thank you.

It's been lovely having you. Thanks so much, Kate and Holly.

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

Congratulations, Chris and Candice, Georgie and Harriet.

You're 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 are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions plays for the jackpot.

I think this is going to be very close.

Chris and Candice, you've had the lowest score individually,

and Georgie and Harriet, you've had our lowest team score.

I reckon this will go down to a third question.

That's what I'm saying.

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

OK, here's your first question and it concerns...

Actors in costume, Richard.

I'm going to show you five pictures of actors in costume dramas.

Just tell us the names of the actors, please. Good luck.

Let's reveal our five actors in costume. Here they come.

We have got...

There we are, five actors in costume.

Chris and Candice, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

-Do you know any?

-I know one.

-I know two.

-Who do you know?

-HE WHISPERS:

-Jeremy Irons.

-I don't know who he is.

-Right. We'll go with B, then - Jeremy Irons.

Jeremy Irons,

say Chris and Candice. Georgie and Harriet?

-Do you want to go?

-OK.

We know three of them.

A is Damian Lewis. We don't know C.

D is Sean Bean and I think E is Carey Mulligan.

I think we are going to go for E, Carey Mulligan.

E, Carey Mulligan.

So we have Jeremy Irons and we have Carey Mulligan.

Chris and Candice said Jeremy Irons. Let's see if that's right for B,

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

It's right.

-46 for Jeremy Irons.

-APPLAUSE

Meanwhile, Georgie and Harriet have said Carey Mulligan for E.

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

Absolutely right.

And it wins you the question. Very well done. Down it goes.

Brilliant. Nine. Single-figure answer there.

Well played, Georgie and Harriet. You've broken their serve.

After one question it's 1-0 to you.

Good answer there, Carey Mulligan.

A, as you know, is Damian Lewis.

He would have scored you 30 points.

C is a pointless answer.

Playing Dorothea Brooke

in Middlemarch is Juliet Aubrey.

Very well done if you said that. Terrific answer.

D, as everyone knew, is Sean Bean.

Big score for Sean Bean, 83 points.

Good for him.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Chris and Candice, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Wimbledon, Richard.

We're going to give you five clues to facts about the Wimbledon tennis

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

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Wimbledon

and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

Five clues to facts about Wimbledon.

Georgie and Harriet, you go first this time.

-OK, I think the first two are pretty obvious and the last one.

-Mm-hm.

On the edge of our tongue, Nicholas Mahut's opponent,

and of course we can't remember it, so we are going

to go with the player who toppled Pete Sampras's record -

Roger Federer.

Roger Federer, say Georgie and Harriet.

Chris and Candice, can you talk us through the rest of the board?

Well... I know that strawberries are popular at Wimbledon.

Is it strawberries?

-John McEnroe said "You cannot be serious."

-Did he?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

-Well, then... Are you sure?

-Yeah, but I think the ladies have got it.

Yeah, John McEnroe, definitely.

You want to go with John McEnroe, the player who famously said,

"You cannot be serious." So we have Roger Federer versus John McEnroe.

Georgie and Harriet said Roger Federer. Let's see

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

It's right.

-27.

-APPLAUSE

27 for Roger Federer.

Now, Chris and Candice said John McEnroe was the player

who said "You cannot be serious."

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

It's right.

But it has to beat 27 and it doesn't. 72.

APPLAUSE

I said this was going to go to three questions. I was wrong.

Georgie and Harriet, you've seen them off in only two. Straight sets.

Very well done. A 2-0 victory to you in the head-to-head.

Yeah, two super-obvious ones up there - McEnroe and strawberries.

Strawberries would have scored you slightly more, 76 points.

The player who played against Nicholas Mahut was John Eisner,

the American.

It was 11 hours five minutes.

The previous record for any Grand Slam match was six hours 33 minutes.

70-68 in the last set.

And that set itself took longer and had more games than

any other game in Grand Slam history, just that one set.

Absolutely extraordinary. Eight points that would have scored you.

The man who achieved the fastest serve - a pointless answer.

If you had a guess who would you go for?

I'd say either Buster Mottram or Mark Philippoussis.

Buster Mottram is so far from the truth.

Philippoussis is a better answer.

It's actually the American, Taylor Dent.

Very well done if you said Taylor Dent.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Chris and Candice.

You played very well so far throughout the show.

I'm afraid you met your match with Georgie and Harriet.

But it's great for us, it means we see you again next show

and look forward to it very much.

-Meantime, thanks very much for playing, Chris and Candice.

-APPLAUSE

But for Georgie and Harriet, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, George and Harriet. You fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so congratulations.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

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

APPLAUSE

You've done so well, though. You've been absolutely fantastic.

And what's been brilliant, you've been a proper team.

We've had two great answers from you, Georgie -

Argentina and You Raise Me Up -

and brilliant tennis knowledge from you as well, Harriet.

So very, very well done.

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

I'm good at the elements, chemical elements.

And geographic maybe,

just because I want to say Central African Republic something.

-Why not? What about you, Harriet?

-Board games.

-Board games.

-Yes.

Well, very best of luck.

As always you kick this round off by choosing a category

and you have a choice of four. Here they are.

OK, um... I know a few country music people...

-..but it depends who comes up.

-That is just awful.

-Chick-lit is going to be about...

-You just read so much chick-lit.

-What about South America?

-OK, let's just ignore those two.

OK, Chick-lit or Country Music?

Chick-lit is going to be books

and books that people have written, probably.

-I don't know...

-As opposed to...

-LAUGHTER

..as opposed to books people have not yet?

-Well, characters and books. I don't know.

-Country Music.

-Don't hate me if it screws up.

-No, go on. Over to you, Macduff.

We'll go for Country Music.

You're going for Country Music. Well, listen, best of luck.

Richard, Country Music.

Yeah, here are your three different questions.

We are looking for any album released by Johnny Cash

that got into the UK top 40.

We're looking for any single by Taylor Swift that has

got into the UK top 40.

Or we're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Dolly Parton received an acting credit.

That's up to February 2013

for all three of those categories.

You've got up to one minute to come up with all three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot, £5250,

is to find one pointless answer among those three.

Remember, those answers can come from any of these categories.

You can spread them across the categories as you wish.

They could all come from one category, one from each,

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

-Are you ready?

-OK.

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

Your time starts now.

-Dolly Parton - Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.

-OK.

Taylor Swift, Red. I'm trying to think be top 40.

There's Red, there's Speak Now, there's Lucky One, there's McGraw,

-there's Love Story. They'll be quite big. I think Red, definitely.

-OK.

That's her albums. I'm trying to think of another one.

She did one with Ed Sheeran. I can't think what that's called. Um...

OK, so Red, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and...

Oh, what's the one with Ed Sheeran? Can't remember. Speak Now, maybe.

There was a thing in the title, though, so it was quite high.

It doesn't matter.

People might not remember anything about Taylor Swift.

I mean, I know nothing.

So, Red, Speak Now and Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. OK.

-You're happy with that?

-We're happy.

-So we'll stop the clock.

-Yes.

Very well done. OK, let's have your three answers.

-We are doing two from Taylor Swift.

-Red and Speak Now.

-Speak Now.

And one Dolly Parton film - The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.

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

-Um... Speak Now.

-Speak Now we'll put last.

-Which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Red.

OK, Red we'll put first.

-Shove Dolly Parton in the middle.

-Dolly Parton in the middle.

OK, lets put those answers up on the board, and here they are.

Red, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and Speak Now.

Very best of luck. Your first answer was Red.

If this is correct and it is pointless,

you will leave here with that jackpot of £5,250.

-What plans would you have for that, Georgie?

-Shoes and...

I'm finishing school soon,

so me and my friends are planning on going on holiday.

So, spoil them and go somewhere really nice.

Harriet, how about you?

I would definitely go on a cruise with my husband

and I might take her with me if she's nice.

If I win the money, you're taking me with you!

-Actually, she's got a good point there.

-OK, well, best of luck.

Let us find out. Red, for £5,250, is Red a Taylor Swift UK top 40 hit?

Yes, it is.

Now, then, Red.

If this takes us all the way down and says zero,

you will leave with £5,250.

It's now taking us down into single figures... Still going down...

Two!

APPLAUSE

Well done!

That's a great answer. And that's a lovely low score.

Absolutely brilliant.

Sadly, we are only interested in pointless answers in this round,

so only two more shots at this jackpot.

The next answer, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, again,

if it is pointless, you will win the jackpot.

Let's find out, for £5,250,

if The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas is a Dolly Parton film.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer was Red, which took us all the way down to 2.

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas is taking us

down through the 20s...

into the teens... into single figures...

Down it goes - five!

APPLAUSE

And we've still got five more answers.

OK, so again, not a pointless answer.

Still another lovely low score.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer - Speak Now.

This has to be right and it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you will win the jackpot.

For £5,250, let's find out if Speak Now is a Taylor Swift UK top 40 hit.

Is it pointless?

-Oh, no!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

Oh, no. Georgie, bad luck.

Never mind.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought that was going to be a pointless answer.

Two brilliant answers, though.

Lovely low scores for your first two answers.

But I'm so sorry, that last one was incorrect.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £5,250.

That will roll over on to the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you on the show, as you played so well

and you get to take home a Pointless trophy.

-So very well done.

-That's what we came for!

APPLAUSE

Oh, we so wanted you to win, Georgie and Harriet. I'm so sorry.

Let's start, though, with the Johnny Cash albums.

Did anyone at home get any of these as pointless answers.

A Thing Called Love was a pointless answer.

His first UK top 40 hit album, Everybody Loves A Nut -

ain't that the truth - was a pointless answer.

From Sea To Shining Sea.

You could also have had pointless answers for American IV,

American V, American VI, all terrific albums.

All of those pointless.

Let's take a look at some of the Taylor Swift singles.

Begin Again was a pointless answer. Mine was a pointless answer.

State Of Grace was a pointless answer.

You Belong With Me was a pointless answer.

Speak Now was a Taylor Swift album.

There is a track called Speak Now on it but it wasn't a UK top 40 hit.

She also had a hit with BOB called Both Of Us,

and that was a pointless answer as well.

Sorry.

Let's take a look at the Dolly Parton films. Frank McKlusky CI.

Gnomeo & Juliet - she has a voice role in that.

Rhinestone and Straight Talk as well. All pointless answers.

Talk us through your reaction to that Taylor Swift board.

I knew all of them.

I wasn't sure if they were top 40, that's the problem.

And in 60 seconds is very difficult.

I just bought the albums, so I didn't see what they were.

-Oh, bad luck.

-Well, thank you so much.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but it was brilliant having you on the show. Thank you so much.

-You've been brilliant contestants. Georgie and Harriet!

-APPLAUSE

Well, very sadly, Georgie and Harriet didn't win

our jackpot today, which means it rolls over

on to the next show, when we will be playing for...

Join us next time, see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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