Episode 51 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thanks very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the lowest scorers

are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hello, I'm Sarah, this is my husband Del and we're from Ashford in Kent.

Couple number two.

Hello, I'm Dave, this is my wife Marian and we're from Preston.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Lucy, this is my godmother Deb and we're both from Hampshire.

And couple number four.

Hi, I'm Luke, this is my dad Ian and we're both from Cardiff.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks to all of you, we'll find out more about you

throughout the show as it goes along, so that just leaves

one more person for me to introduce. Give a man a fact

and he'll look clever for a day.

Teach a man to find facts and, well, just look what happens.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

-Oh, this should be fun today.

We've got two returning pairs who had very,

very different shows last time, I have to say.

Marian and Dave covered themselves in glory,

got through to the head-to-head, did very well.

And we've got Ian and Luke.

Luke, again, I'm going to put in a camp with Marian and Dave,

covered himself in glory, did very well.

Got the lowest answer of the round that he was in, and then,

and then, and then there was Ian.

LAUGHTER

He had a little round with celebrities whose surname

started with the same letter as their first name.

There were lots of clues

and Ian managed to get you knocked out by saying Kevin Costner.

-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

Which, obviously, was a wrong answer.

-It was a wrong answer in so many ways, wasn't it?

-Yeah, yeah.

Ian, have you been forgiven yet?

He's slowly forgiving me.

-Have you come back now refocused to go all the way?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Excellent. I look forward to watching your progress.

-Luke, I don't have any worries about, you, I'm keeping my eye on.

-Thanks.

And we've got a godmother and goddaughter couple. Is that a first?

That is a first, yeah.

-That's taking godmothering properly seriously, isn't it?

-Yes.

Or perhaps it's taking goddaughtering properly seriously, we'll find out.

We will find out. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, all our questions on Pointless 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,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

Now, Olly and Helen didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £7,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

OK, 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 is...

The Movies.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first

and who's going to go second?

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

And the question concerns...

-Oh, that's good. Film taglines.

-This should be fun.

We're going to give you seven taglines to famous movies.

We just need you to tell us the name of the film, please.

We're also going to give you the star of the film,

so there's going to be 14 in all to have a go at home,

very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So we want you to tell us the names of these films.

Here are their taglines and stars.

I'll read those one last time...

Sarah and Del, you all drew lots before the show

-and today, you are going to go first. Sarah, welcome.

-Thank you.

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

I run a recruitment business with Del. I'm his boss.

-Say that again.

-I'm his boss.

-Yes. You really are the boss.

-It's my business and he joined.

-What do you do in your spare time?

Do you have spare time?

We go to quite a few concerts, music concerts.

We embarrassed our teenage son and joined him

to go to a Mumford & Sons concert recently...

Was he in a different part of the...?

-He was, but we kept going, "Ooh!"

-I bet he loved that.

-No, he didn't.

Good stuff. Now, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for...

"One Dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty Below Zero."

-John Candy. And that is Cool Runnings.

-Cool Runnings, says Sarah.

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

Absolutely right.

-31.

-APPLAUSE

Seems a good score to me. 31.

A good start, I think, Sarah.

Cool Runnings is one of those films,

it's on all the time on various channels,

but if you watch the first five minutes of it,

that's your next two hours gone.

There's no way you can turn off Cool Runnings.

Physically impossible.

-Marian, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-So, tell us what happened last time.

We lost out in the head-to-head.

We lost out in the Chancellor of the Exchequer category, and I couldn't

remember the guy from Spitting Image, which is Norman Lamont.

Norman Lamont, from Spitting Image!

-So, hopefully, this time, fingers crossed.

-This time, let's hope so.

Remind us what you do, Marian.

I'm currently on maternity leave at the moment.

-I work for a housing association.

-You have three boys?

I've got three boys. I've got my hands full.

Yeah, you certainly have. Now, what about these movie taglines?

Erm, I'm going to have to go with...

"Eight Legs, Two Fangs And An Attitude,"

and have a guess at Arachnophobia.

Arachnophobia, says Marian.

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

Absolutely right.

-10.

-APPLAUSE

Good score, Marian.

Yeah, Marian's starting where she left off on the last show,

another very good answer, the horror-comedy from 1990.

Now, then, Lucy, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Lucy?

-I'm a student at Winchester University.

-What are you studying?

Primary Teaching and Geography.

So how much longer have you got to do that for?

-Two years, I'm halfway through a four-year course.

-Enjoying it?

-Yeah, it's good.

-How good is your geography?

Are you hoping it does or doesn't come up today?

Specific parts of geography I'd say I'm good at,

but then other parts, I'd embarrass myself.

OK, and what are your hobbies, Lucy?

I like watersports, but I don't get the opportunity to do them that much,

-but I am a qualified kayak instructor, so...

-Wow. That's fun.

-Yeah, it's good to have.

-Now, what about these films?

Well, I did know those two

and I'm not 100% sure on

any of the others.

I know Hugh Grant is in Bridget Jones's Diary,

so I'm just going to have to say that.

Bridget Jones's Diary,

says Lucy, for the top one.

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

Ooh, bad luck, Lucy!

I'm not surprised.

Oh, I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry.

-Sorry, Lucy. There are at least

five good reasons to stay single in that film but, yeah,

not the film we're looking for.

Now, then, Luke, what do you enjoy spending your time doing?

I like DJ-ing and I spend my time on the hospital radio.

So a DJ, and that's kind of the thing that you'd like to pursue?

-Yeah.

-And other kinds of presenting too?

-Any type of presenting, except for sport, obviously.

-Except for sport.

OK, well, listen, that board is all yours. How are you on films?

Good. Can I take you through it?

-I'd be delighted if you did.

-LAUGHTER

So, "Five Good Reasons To Stay Single," Hugh Grant,

I think that's Nine Lives.

"We Are Not Alone" is Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

I think the Michael J Fox one is Back To The Future.

"A Tale Of Murder, Lust, Greed, Revenge And Seafood,"

I think is A Fish Called Wanda.

"You Know The Name, You Know The Number" is GoldenEye.

But I'm going to go for...

"We Are Not Alone" and say Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, says Luke.

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

Absolutely right, very well done.

10 is our lowest score so far... 19.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Luke.

As long as your dad doesn't get 100, you should be safely through.

That's not going to happen, is it, Ian?

You took us through the board pretty well.

The one you got wrong is the top one.

That's actually Four Weddings And A Funeral.

That would have scored you 24 points.

Back To The Future is the Michael J Fox one, that would have scored 53.

The John Cleese one is A Fish Called Wanda, that would have scored you 30.

The one you should have gone for is the Pierce Brosnan one,

cos you're right, it's GoldenEye.

It would have scored you 2 points.

It's the best answer on the board.

Very well done if you said that at home.

-People must have known it was a Bond film, but...

-Just which one?

-Yeah.

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

10, the best score of that pass, Marian, very well done.

Marian and Dave, once again, looking pretty strong.

Then 19 is where we find Luke and Ian. 31, Sarah and Del.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Deb and Lucy,

you are on 100. However,

there may well be another slip-up in the next pass

and, if there is, a low score from you, Deb,

might keep you in the game, so best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more film taglines on the board,

and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, seven films.

Now, Ian, why are you shaking your head like that?

Movies and films, they're not my good area at all.

-Ian, I'm trying to work out where is your good area!

-Exactly, exactly.

And if I go now, you'll never know.

-Have you heard of any of those actors?

-Yes.

-Now, then, Ian, remind us what you do.

-I'm a teacher.

-What do you teach?

-Geography.

-OK.

-There must be a geography question!

-OK.

So basically, you were just holding out for a question on capitals

and flags, is that it?

And the size of US states.

Well, now, take a long, hard look at that board.

-OK.

-There must be one on there.

I'm going to go with...

"You'll Believe A Man Can Fly."

Superman.

Oh, Ian! Oh, let's find out.

You have to score 80 or less to stay in the game, Ian.

You're saying Superman, let's see if that's right.

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

How many people said Superman?

Yay, it's right, Ian! Oh, 81.

Takes your total up to 100, Ian.

-Very well done.

-Yeah, well done, Ian.

Your best score ever on Pointless by a clear 19!

Yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Deb. What do you do, Deb?

-I'm a mum.

-A mum and a godmum.

-I am indeed, yes.

-We take it very seriously.

-Well, you do, evidently.

-Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-My goddaughter Lucy's.

"Let's fill in the application form," she said, and here we are.

-And Deb was the obvious person to bring on?

-Definitely, yeah.

-It might not be!

-She's going to dig me out of a hole.

You are joint high-scorers on 100.

The difference is, Ian has given his answer, you have yet to give yours.

What about finding a pointless answer on that board,

and then we'll have a tie-break?

I'm going to take a real risk.

The John Cusack one's driving me mad, cos it's a fantastic film.

I've seen it several times, I can't remember what it is.

But I'm going to take an absolute gamble, because we've got to,

we've got no chance otherwise. So...

"Vietnam Can Kill Me,"

the Matthew Modine one, I'm going to go for Full Metal Jacket.

Full Metal Jacket sounds like a great answer.

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

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Full Metal Jacket.

Is it right?

It is right.

That is a very good answer.

Look at that, it's pointless!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-That is absolutely brilliant, Deb.

Very well done. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £7,500.

It scores you nothing and leaves you as joint high-scorers on 100.

You are back in with a chance, very well done indeed.

What a brilliant answer, Deb, very well played.

-What a godmother to have!

-Yeah.

It's not bad, is it? That was terrific stuff, very well played.

Very good. Now, Dave.

-Suddenly puts a bit of pressure on.

-Oh, it does a bit.

Dave, remind us what you do.

I work in the NHS but, again, look after the three boys.

Does that leave time for other interests?

Sport myself, I've just done a skydive for charity.

-Wow, from what height?

-16,000 feet.

-First time you've ever done it?

-Yeah.

-Would you do it again?

I'd do it all the time, yeah. That was great,

-but standing here's a lot more nerve-racking.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

-So we want the names of each of these films.

How do you find that board?

There's two or three I know for definite.

Well, listen, you're on 10, the high scorers are on 100,

-so 89 or less keeps you in the game.

-I'm going to have a go for

"He's Having The Day Of His Life...Over And Over Again."

-Groundhog Day.

-Groundhog Day, says Dave. Let's see if that's right.

Here's your red line.

Let's see if you can get below it with Groundhog Day.

It's right and you're through, very well done.

-45.

-APPLAUSE

55, your total.

Well played, Dave, that's all you had to do there.

Yeah, he had to have anti-rabies shots during the filming,

Bill Murray, because he was bitten by the groundhog twice.

And the second time, he must just have thought,

"Come on, the irony of this is too much now."

LAUGHTER

Anyway, there we go. Thanks very much. Now, then, Del.

-Welcome to the show. What kind of boss is Sarah?

-Very demanding.

-Yeah, I was getting that.

-Tea or coffee on demand.

-Yeah.

-Answer the phone whenever she says.

-Biscuits?

If anything goes wrong, it's my fault.

How many of you are there in the office?

-Please don't say just you and her.

-Pretty much, yeah.

-OK.

-OK. But it's pretty good, the atmosphere's good?

-Yeah.

-The Christmas parties must be fun.

-Oh...

-I bet they go on all night.

-They are raucous.

-Yeah, that's good.

So we want the names of the films for which these were the taglines.

Oh, I'll tell you what.

What would be really good fun is if you scored 69

and then we have three people on 100.

-I would have loved to have done.

-I bet you would have done.

But I will go for Bruce Willis...

and Armageddon.

You're going to say Armageddon for

-"Earth, It Was Fun While It Lasted."

-Yeah.

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

you're in the next round.

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

It's right. You're through.

Good answer, 20.

-APPLAUSE

-51, your total.

Well played, Del. They say that NASA now show Armageddon

to its management trainees

and you have to spot as many procedural errors as you can.

-They've got up to 168 so far.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-That's hilarious.

-Anyway, enough of that. How about this 100-100 draw?

-This is exciting.

Well, it's a tie. Wow, OK. Yeah, it's a tie.

So the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each.

You are now allowed to confer

and the highest-scoring pair will be eliminated.

Deb and Lucy, you will go first. I'll take an answer from each of you

and then we'll put it to the tower.

Yeah.

We're going to go for the Will Smith, I Am Legend.

I Am Legend, say Lucy and Deb. Ian and Luke,

you can now talk us through the board.

Right, well, we don't know the John Cusack one,

so we're going to say...

"He Knows No Fear, He Knows No Danger, He Knows Nothing,"

-and say that's Johnny English.

-Johnny English.

So we have I Am Legend versus Johnny English.

Deb and Lucy said, I Am Legend.

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

It's right.

14.

APPLAUSE

14. Takes your total up to 114.

Now, Ian and Luke, you have a target,

you have to score 13 or less to stay in the game.

There's your red line.

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

It's right.

Down it goes, still going down.

Oh, no, 27! Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 127.

-Richard.

-Wow, what a comeback!

What an underdog story that is from Deb and Lucy, that's very impressive.

-It's like Cool Runnings all over again.

-Yeah.

Really tough luck, Ian and Luke. That was unfortunate, wasn't it?

-That really was.

-Now, we've got everything up on the board,

apart from the John Cusack one, which Deb does know,

and it's Grosse Pointe Blank.

It would have scored 3 points, it's a terrific answer.

But Full Metal Jacket is

the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our first round, oh, Ian...

Ian, Ian.

-Superman. That was a very, very high score, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

Oh, dear. And, Luke, I'm sorry.

We've had nothing but good scores from you.

Ever since you appeared on Pointless,

you've just been terrific.

I don't know what's held you... Actually, yes, I do.

LAUGHTER

Oh, well.

Anyway, Ian and Luke, it's been a great pleasure

having you on the show, thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

And so, we are down to just three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll be saying goodbye to another pair,

as we send off the highest scorers.

Now, Deb and Lucy, fantastic. Very well done indeed.

You saw off one of our returning pairs there.

-That was quite nerve-racking.

-But brilliant, Full Metal Jacket.

It was one of those moments when you remember something

without ever knowing why you knew it in the first place.

Very well done, Deb, that was fantastic.

But then you were the high scorers overall. Marian and Dave,

not bad, but quite high. Sarah and Del, very, very nice indeed.

I would say with Deb on board, that pair on the fourth podium

seem to be the ones to beat, but who knows?

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

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first

and 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, here it comes.

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

Olympic Tennis Singles Medallists.

We're looking for any man or woman who's won a medal of any colour

in tennis at the Olympics since 1988, when it was introduced.

So bronze, silver or gold for men or women since 1988.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed. Sarah.

Tennis, is this good?

It's a sport I tolerate.

-Do you tolerate it knowledgably?

-Yeah, it's OK.

I'm going to say...

-Pete Sampras.

-Pete Sampras, says Sarah.

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

Oh, Sarah, I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

it scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, it's become a slightly bigger deal since Sampras' time.

He did play once in 1992 and he got to the third round, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much. Now, Marian. Tennis?

I watch it, but I'm not very good at remembering the names.

-I've got Mark Philippoussis.

-Mark Philippoussis, says Marian.

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

Well, this is going well!

I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer,

that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

You're in very good company.

Sorry, Marian. Not won a medal, I'm afraid.

-Another two 100s, it's like the last round all over again.

-Yeah, I know.

-It's going well.

-Isn't it? Luckily, Deb...

-Any colour medal?

-Yeah. Well, gold, silver or bronze.

LAUGHTER

I'm not going to go crazy here.

It's a tricky one, isn't it?

Cos it happens only once every four years

and people don't tend to remember

the Olympic medallists quite so well.

Clearly! LAUGHTER

I'm going to go for an obvious one, I'm going to go for

the silver medallist, Roger Federer.

Roger Federer, says Deb.

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

It's right.

-39.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Deb.

She's smart, isn't she, Deb? That was tactically very astute.

Yeah, won the silver medal in 2012.

Thanks very much. Well, we're halfway through the round,

so let's take a look at those scores.

Only two scores between our three pairs.

39, the best score of that pass, Deb, very well done,

puts you and Lucy in a strong position.

Then up to 100, where we find Marian and Dave, and Sarah and Del.

So it's a Dave-and-Del playoff in this round.

Best of luck to both of you.

The one with the highest score

will be leaving us at the end of the round.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Lucy.

We would like you to name any male or female player who won

a medal in an Olympics singles' tournament.

OK, I'm going to play quite safe.

I am a fan of tennis, but I don't want to take a risk.

I'll say...Serena Williams.

Serena Williams, says Lucy.

Well, you want to score 60 or less

to avoid becoming the new high-scorers. There's your red line.

Let's see if Serena Williams is right,

let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

And you are through, very well done, Lucy.

-18.

-APPLAUSE

-57, your total.

-Well played, Lucy.

Yeah, she won the Women's gold in 2012.

Now, Dave. Now, tennis, you know about tennis.

It's whether to play it safe or see if Del knows anything better or not.

I think I will go for Venus Williams.

Venus Williams, says Dave.

No red line for you, you're joint high-scorers.

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

It is right.

Well, Serena scored 18.

Venus also 18.

APPLAUSE

There we are.

118 is your total.

-Nice to see parity between the sisters there.

-That is nice, yeah.

She won the gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Puts Del in a very interesting position, doesn't it?

It certainly does, Del.

Interesting position. You want to score 17 or less, Del.

Well, I had two in mind, both the Williams sisters, so that was good.

I'm going to take a gamble, because I've got to,

and I'm going to say David Ferrer.

David Ferrer, says Del.

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

There's your red line. Quite low.

Ooh, bad luck, Del! I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer.

Takes your total up to 200.

-Sorry.

-Sorry, Del, terrific player, but not an Olympic medallist.

Funnily enough, if you wanted to get 18 or less, there's another

Spaniard who would've scored you 16 points and that's Rafa Nadal.

It would've seen you through.

Steffi Graf would've scored you 13,

Andre Agassi would have scored you 5,

Novak Djokovic would have scored you 4.

Those were all risks that you might have taken,

but David Ferrer's not a bad guess at all.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers,

there's quite a lot of them.

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, she's won a bronze and a silver.

Elena Dementieva, she's won a gold and a silver.

Jennifer Capriati's won a Women's gold. All of those pointless.

Justine Henin, she also won gold. Lindsay Davenport won gold.

Marc Rosset won gold in 1992. That was, again,

back when slightly lesser-known players were winning it.

As did Nicolas Massu, he won in 2004.

Stefan Edberg, he got a bronze medal.

And Yevgeny Kafelnikov got a gold.

You could also have had Vera Zvonareva, Tommy Haas,

Sergi Bruguera, Monica Seles, Miloslav Mecir, Mardy Fish.

You could have had Jana Novotna, Goran Ivansevic, Gabriela Sabatini,

Brad Gilbert and Amelie Mauresmo, all of those were pointless.

Shall we look at the worst answers?

These are the ones that most of our 100 people gave.

There's Serena on 18.

Roger got 39. And by a mile,

Andy Murray, on 69 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Del and Sarah we have to say goodbye to.

That wasn't a good round for you two, but two perfectly good answers,

just - they were wrong. However, we will see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed, Del and Sarah.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing.

-Lovely contestants, Del and Sarah.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Deb and Lucy, Marian and Dave,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £7,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Now, this is crucial.

We need to decide who's going to play for that money

and, to do that, you are now going to go head-to-head.

This time, you are allowed to confer before you give your answers.

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

Now, Marian and Dave, you were here last time. How are you feeling now?

-So-so.

-Not too bad.

-What do you make of your rivals?

-They're going down!

-Yes!

-THEY LAUGH

Yeah, I think this is going to be quite close. Deb?

Full Metal Jacket, Deb!

I think she's the secret weapon here,

there's not much Deb doesn't know, I've worked out.

I think it'll be exciting. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

UK Eurovision Entries. Richard?

We're going to show you five pictures now of acts that have

represented the UK at Eurovision.

We need you to identify the most obscure.

Thanks very much indeed.

So let's reveal our five acts, and here they come...

There we are, five UK-representing

Eurovision acts. Deb and Lucy,

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

I think C. C?

We're going to go for C, and Sandie Shaw.

Sandie Shaw.

Sandie Shaw, say Deb and Lucy. Now, Marian and Dave.

Talk us through the board. Can you?

We thought C was Petula Clark.

We thought A was Sandie Shaw.

B's Blue.

And E is Englebert Humperdinck.

What do you want to do?

-Right, we'll go with B.

-Yeah, B, Blue.

B, Blue.

So we have C, Sandie Shaw, and B, Blue.

Deb and Lucy said C was Sandie Shaw.

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

It is Sandie Shaw.

Well done, 36.

APPLAUSE

36.

Meanwhile, Marian and Dave have said that B is Blue.

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

It's right.

48. Not bad though, pretty close.

But very well done, Deb and Lucy.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Two very solid answers there. A is...

Anyone know who A is?

Olivia Newton-John.

It is Olivia Newton-John.

She represented us the year ABBA won.

She would have scored you 5 points.

D, from 1982, they sang One Step Further,

and that's Bardo.

Very well done if you said that, you would have scored 4 points.

That's the best answer on the board.

And E, of course,

is Englebert Humperdinck, who represented us in 2012.

74 points for Englebert.

Thanks very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Marian and Dave, you get to answer it first,

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

It concerns...

We're going to give you five clues now to Texas.

That's the state, not the band. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Marian and Dave, you will go first.

We're going to go for the only one that we know,

and that's the last one, which is Dallas.

Dallas, say Marian and Dave.

Deb and Lucy, take us through the board, if you can.

We think the state capital is Austin.

Don't know the state bird.

Wouldn't even want to guess.

The nickname that appears on the vehicle licence plates

could be the Lone Star State.

And the war hero who died at the Alamo,

Davy Crockett, I think.

I would say Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.

OK, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, say Deb and Lucy.

So we have Dallas versus Davy Crockett.

Marian and Dave said Dallas. Let's see if that's right for the TV show.

It is, of course, right.

Oh, 76.

That's high.

76 for Dallas.

Are you sure Davy Crockett's right?

-I'm old enough to remember the song.

-Fairly confident, OK.

Well, let's find out.

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

It is right and you have won the point.

Very well done indeed. 52.

Brilliant, Deb and Lucy.

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

Terrific work.

Davy Crockett was actually a member of the House of Representatives

for eight years, before moving back to Texas

and cultivating the sort of backwards image...

I bet he didn't wear that hat in Washington.

Well, he came across as something of a maverick.

He certainly would wear a suit, rather than his racoon-skin hat.

Once again, Debbie taking us through the answers very, very nicely...

I'm not sure you would have risked it,

but it would have scored you 15 points.

The official state bird is a mockingbird.

Very well done if you said that.

-How about that for a clean sweep of a show?

-Very clean. Pristine sweep.

But the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm sorry to say, it's Marian and Dave.

You've made it to the head-to-head each time.

Deb, there was no arguing with that, I'm afraid.

Just two fantastic answers there.

Nothing wrong with your answers, you were just...

Just weren't good enough.

..underscored by Deb and Lucy there, I'm afraid. I'm so sorry, it means

we have to say goodbye to you properly this time, but it's been

great having you on the show. Marian and Dave, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Deb and Lucy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Deb and Lucy, you fought 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...

CHEERING

You have done brilliantly.

To think you were nearly out in the first round.

I said, not even knowing there was going to be a pointless answer

on the board, that you needed to find a pointless.

To be honest, I was being glib.

Yeah, I didn't think any of those were pointless.

Yeah, and then you found a pointless answer.

It's exactly what needed to happen. And we had the fun of a lockdown

tiebreak situation, which I always enjoy.

And here you are. Marian said in the last round, you were going down.

-Yeah.

-And how right she was! You went down lower...

on both your scores than they did.

Now, as always, you need to choose a category.

And you have four options to choose from. They are...

-I've no idea.

-Scandinavia?

It's geography. How bad can it be?

-OK, we're either going to know it or not. Yeah, OK.

-Scandinavia.

-The Spice Girls, you've taken a broad, wide detour there.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-OK, fair enough. Scandinavia, it is.

It's a tricky one, this. We're going to give you three categories.

Hopefully, somewhere, there's a pointless answer for you.

We are looking for...

any feature film made for cinema release in which Ingrid Bergman

has received an acting credit.

We are looking for any top 75 single by A-HA.

Or we're looking for the name of any post-war Scandinavian monarch.

That's any monarch of Sweden, Norway or Denmark from 1945

all the way up to 2013, please.

Best of luck at home and very, very best of luck in the studio.

Thanks, Richard.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and to win that £7,500, you just have to find one pointless answer.

The answers you give can come from any of these categories

and you can spread your answers across those as you wish.

So they could all come from one category, or one from each,

-or two from one, one from another. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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

Your time starts now.

Forget everything else -

-Ingrid Bergman films, OK?

-Yeah.

-So, she made loads of those.

-I've never heard of her.

-Ingrid Bergman, she was in Casablanca.

-OK.

I suggest we don't pick that one cos everybody will know it.

She made a film which I've seen a few times which, I don't know why,

-called The Yellow Rolls-Royce.

-OK.

-She's in that.

-I think we go for that, cos that sounds obscure enough.

-Mm-hm.

I'm sure she was in a film called The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness,

where she played a famous missionary.

I'm just trying to think of one of her really, really early films.

-Have you got any A-HA?

-I know Take On Me.

I think everybody's going to know that one.

And Scandinavian monarchs,

-I can only name Beatrix.

-Yeah...

Everyone will know, won't they?

So, The Yellow Rolls-Royce,

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness, and let's say...

-..Indis... No, no, no. Notorious.

-OK, are you sure?

-Absolutely, yeah.

-OK.

-Are you happy to stop the clock there?

-Yeah.

-Brilliant.

Your three answers are...?

Right, OK. They're all for Ingrid Bergman films.

So we're going to go - Notorious. The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

And The Yellow Rolls-Royce.

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

-The Yellow Rolls-Royce.

-We'll put that last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Notorious, I would have said.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order. And here they are.

Very, very best of luck. Your first answer,

the one you thought was probably

least likely to be pointless, was Notorious.

If this is right and it is pointless,

you leave here with £7,500.

That's an enormous jackpot.

What would you do with your split of that, Deborah?

Well, we have to regravel our drive,

which makes it sound like something that goes up to a stately home!

But I've also got some very special birthdays.

My husband and I have got landmark birthdays coming up,

so it'll be nice to do something really special.

-Perfect. And get that drive gravelled.

-Yes.

Lucy, how about you?

I'd put most of it into travel and take some of my friends on holiday

-as well, cos we're all students.

-Very nice.

Anywhere in particular you'd like to go?

Anywhere with sun, sea and sand.

-Blackpool!

-Scandinavia!

-Maybe.

-Well, your first answer was Notorious. Let's see if it is right.

You will the jackpot if it is pointless.

So for £7,500, let's find out if Notorious is an Ingrid Bergman film.

Yes, it is.

If this goes all the way down to zero, then you will leave here

with £7,500.

It's going down through the teens,

it's into single figures. Down it goes.

Still going down! 1!

APPLAUSE

Now, Notorious,

you knew that was the best-known of your three choices.

-Yeah.

-Only one person remembered Notorious.

Looking very good for your two subsequent answers, I have to say.

Your second answer was The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

Again, if this is right, and it is pointless,

you will win that jackpot. So for £7,500, let's find out if

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness is an Ingrid Bergman film.

It's right.

Now, Notorious took us all the way down to 1.

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness

is now taking us down into the teens.

Into single figures. Down it goes.

Will it go down to pointless?

3 for The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness.

APPLAUSE

OK, so not pointless.

Two amazing answers, though, really good low scores.

Everything's now riding on your third and final answer,

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Now, this came from a slightly further corner of your mind,

-didn't it?

-Yeah.

It's a really strange film about...

Well, it's obvious. I think she fell in love with Omar Sharif.

And he was some freedom fighter,

and she used the yellow Rolls-Royce to take him round.

It sounds incredible.

LAUGHTER

OK, well, let's find out. Best of luck.

This will be so lovely if this is a pointless answer.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce, if it is pointless, it wins you that jackpot.

For £7,500, let's find out if it is an Ingrid Bergman film.

Yes, it is.

OK, so Notorious, your first answer,

took us all the way down to 1.

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness,

your second answer, took us down to 3.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

now taking us down, down it goes...

Yes, you have done it! Very well done indeed!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you!

-Brilliant! That is wonderful.

Fantastic!

That is brilliant! Congratulations.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce was a pointless answer,

which means you leave here with that jackpot of £7,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That is truly excellent.

-Very, very well-deserved.

-That's absolutely amazing.

I'm sure Lucy won't mind me saying so,

but I think that's one of the best solo performances

we've ever had on Pointless.

Absolutely terrific. You started the show with a pointless answer

and finished the show with a pointless answer. That's the best

godmother you could possibly have. You must be enormously proud.

-I'm very happy.

-Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers

in the other categories.

She won an Oscar for Murder On The Orient Express,

alongside Albert Finney.

Hitchcock's Spellbound

would have been a pointless answer.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce not up there, of course.

And it's probably the easiest of the three categories -

top 75 singles by A-HA.

There's only one pointless answer

for the Scandinavian monarchs.

What a lovely show! You've been brilliant from the start.

Brilliant answers as well.

Lovely big jackpot to take home. Couldn't be happier, could we?

-That's lovely.

-That's just brilliant.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Deb and Lucy,

who go away with today's jackpot of £7,500.

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

-to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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