Episode 61 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers

and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Karim, I'm from Cambridge,

and this is my friend, Rory, from London.

Couple number two.

I'm Pearl, hello, and this is my friend, Stephanie,

and I hope we're going to do better than we did before.

LAUGHTER

Couple number three.

My name is Ruth. This is my daughter, Sarah.

I'm from Liverpool and Sarah lives in Coventry.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Sam, and this is my girlfriend, Ami,

and we are from London.

And these are today's contestants!

Thanks. We'll get to find out more about you throughout the show as it

goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's a man who needs no introduction but I'm contractually

obliged to give him one anyway, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya! Hi, everyone. Hi, everybody.

Really looking forward to today's show.

We've got two great returning pairs. We've got Karim and Rory.

-We only saw them for one round. Rory really badly let Karim down.

-Yeah.

Like, really badly. But they were great fun.

They're going to be great on the show.

And we've got Stephanie and Pearl back.

Now, we said last time that everyone had to let Pearl win,

so I hope that's all right with our new pairs.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, round one, you're going to have to buckle up.

-It is quite spectacular.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Well, thank you very much indeed. I'm looking forward to it.

Every question on Pointless has been asked to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Now, Lee and Hannah didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that. So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

Now, the pair with the highest score will be

eliminated at the end of the round.

I'm sure you all know that, but also, I'm going to remind you,

there's to be no conferring between the pairs.

Our first category today is...

Famous people. Can you all decide in your pairs

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

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Famous people called Brian or Bryan.

On each part, we're going to show you seven descriptions of people

who are famously known as Brian.

You need to give us the most obscure answer, if you can.

So there's going to be 14 Brians in all to have a go at, at home.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So, we are looking for these famous Brians.

Here's our first board of Brians.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, seven Brians.

Now then. Karim and Rory, you all drew lots before the show,

and today, you are going to go first. Karim, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Now, remind us what you do. It's a great job.

Yeah, I own a watch company.

You turned something that was a hobby of yours,

all your life, into your career.

-That's a real treat, to be able to do that.

-Yeah.

I was looking to buy one a year ago,

and just couldn't find the one I wanted, so decided to design it.

-And what did you do before you did that?

-A brand agency, so marketing.

Oh, right, so it was perfect.

-All the while, you've used your branding nous...

-Indeed.

..to get the watch thing up and running. Many congratulations.

-Thank you.

-Good luck with it. Now, Brians. Look at all these Brians.

I know a couple.

Not sure which one's going to be the most obscure

but, being a rugby fan, and an Ulster fan, I'm going

to stick with the Irish link and go for Brian O'Driscoll.

Brian O'Driscoll, says Karim.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Brian O'Driscoll.

Good answer.

Not bad at all. 17, Karim.

Good score, to kick us off.

Well played, Karim. He was Lions captain for the 2005 tour.

He injured his shoulder two minutes into the first game.

He wasn't captain for long.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Stephanie. Welcome back.

Tell us what happened last time.

We had a pop question, a pop music question, and it went a bit wrong.

Yes.

Now, who's going first among you, this time?

I'm afraid it's me.

Pearl! Don't be afraid at all.

I don't recognise anything.

The only one I can truly think of,

and I don't know if he was in Flash Gordon, is Brian Aherne.

Brian Aherne. Let's find out.

Is that right, Brian Aherne?

No! I'm sorry, Pearl!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

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

Richard, not Brian Aherne.

Not Brian Aherne, he's married to Joan Fontaine, Brian Aherne.

Yes, I know. I knew that as well.

-Oh!

-We can give her some points for that.

It's annoying, because round two is The Husbands Of Joan Fontaine!

LAUGHTER

Ah, that is frustrating.

You know, we could well see another 100 points,

-as long as it's not from Stephanie.

-Shut up!

So, anybody on this show... Did you tell me to shut up?

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Don't think I haven't got your number, Pearl!

I'll leave it there. I'll leave it there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, then, Sarah. Welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

-What are your hobbies, Sarah?

-I fire-poi.

Yeah, well, we all do that! You what?!

-I dance with flames and stuff.

-Wow!

Do you sort of swing things around, that are burning? Wow!

There's numerous incidents of me injuring myself.

No lasting burns, though.

A few haircuts have had to happen because of it!

And some loving friends have put some videos

on the internet, of me burning my arm.

Excellent. I'll go and look those up! Now, then, Sarah.

Dragging it back to Brians for a minute,

what do you make of this board of Brians?

One I'm certain of, but I think it'll be a really high score,

and there's two I'm kind of thinking, might be.

And I'm going to go for the Canadian rocker,

because I've not heard of the song,

but the Canadian rocker kind of gives the clue,

that it might be Bryan Adams.

Bryan Adams, says Sarah. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Bryan Adams.

It is right.

55. Not bad at all.

Not a bad score at all.

And Chicane is not the name of the song, it's the name of the band,

he had a number one with, Don't Give Up, with Chicane. 55 points.

Normally, when people tell you their hobbies you think, yeah,

I know that, but fire-poi, that's a new one on me.

My favourite one is, "I love baking",

because that's usually quickly followed by, "And here's a cake!"

We've eaten a lot of cakes in our time, haven't we?

Nice slice of...ah! Mmm, it's coffee and walnut! I like that.

Do you? See, I'm not so big with the coffee, I like lemon drizzle.

-Lovely lemon drizzle cake.

-Richard, that IS good. Mmm!

RICHARD LAUGHS

You're such a good actor. I always forget(!)

LAUGHTER

-Er, thanks very much. Now, then, Sam. Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

What do you do, Sam?

I'm an events manager for an underground venue in London.

Literally underground?

As in literally underground.

-Not illegally.

-An underground venue.

We're not going to talk about it. It has been banned!

-But, where is it?

-It's just underneath Waterloo train station.

-Yeah, in the tunnels there?

-Yeah.

I think I might have been to an event there. In fact. Anyway.

What do you make of these Brians, Sam?

I think I know three, but two I'm not really sure on.

I think that the lead vocalist of Roxy Music

might have been Bryan Ferry, and I think

the American Olympic champion was Bryan Otan.

But I'm not really sure on either of them, so I'm just going to play

safe, and go with Brian Blessed for the English actor in Flash Gordon.

The English actor, Brian Blessed.

Always love to have Brian Blessed come up on the show.

-Ah, it's nice. I wish one of us could do an impression of him.

-I know, ah.

I wonder how he'd say, "Let's see if it's right!"

"I wonder how he'd say it?!"

Woo!

-AS BRIAN BLESSED:

-Shall we see if that's right?

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-HEARTILY:

-Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Enough, enough! OK, Brian Blessed. Let's see if that's right.

30! Very well done indeed, Sam.

30 points for Brian Blessed.

Amongst his many other achievements,

the oldest man to reach the Magnetic North Pole on foot, Brian Blessed.

Let's take a look through the rest of these.

Now, the London mayoral candidate,

Brian Paddick,

he would have scored you 13 points.

The lead vocalist from Roxy Music,

that was Bryan Ferry.

He would have scored you 61.

The Evening Standard art critic,

also quite famous on television...

Brian Sewell.

Yes. Very well-spoken, Brian Sewell. 11 points.

Now, the American figure skater, it's not Brian Otan. I only know this

because they do a song about him on South Park.

-And it's Brian Boitano.

-Ah!

And it would have scored you two points.

That's two South Park fans right there, I'm guessing.

Thanks very much indeed. So, let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round. 17 the best score.

This is more like it, Karim, very well done.

Then we travel up to 30, where we find Sam and Ami.

Up to 55, Sarah and Ruth.

Stephanie and Pearl, it's 100 points, I'm afraid.

But who knows what might happen in the next part? Anything could.

Could the second player please step up onto the podium?

OK, let's put seven more famous Brians on the board,

and here they come.

I'll read those all through one last time.

Now, remember we are looking for all those famous Brians.

Ami, you're going to try and find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Ami, hello, welcome to Pointless.

-Hi!

-What do you do, Ami?

I'm a producer for a theatre company.

What's it called?

-All The Pigs.

-ALL the Pigs?

All The Pigs, not just one, all of them.

Now, what's that refer to?

It's kind of affectionate names for people,

always ended up like something Pig, so it became "All The Pigs".

Excellent, well, that's all good. Now, Brians, Ami,

you're the first person to dive into this board of Brians.

I'll go for a total guess,

which will be Westlife's Brian O'Dowd.

-Brian O'Dowd.

-Yeah!

Oh, it's Westlife,

so Brian O'Dowd. OK, now then.

The highest scores at the moment are Pearl and Stephanie,

you're on 30, Pearl and Stephanie are on 100, which means, if you can

score 69 or less with Brian O'Dowd, you are through to the next round.

Let's see. There's your red line.

That's what 69 looks like.

Let's see if you can get below that with Brian O'Dowd. Is it right?

No! I'm afraid it's not.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points,

take your total up to 130, sorry.

Yes, sorry, Ami. No Brian O'Dowd.

George O'Dowd is Boy George, isn't he? But, yeah.

There we are. Now, Ruth. Welcome to the show. What are your hobbies?

I like jolly days and holidays.

-Jolly days?

-Yeah.

-That's good.

-Jolly, just cos they're jolly?

-Cos they're jolly, yeah, enjoyable.

-Enjoyable.

-I like a Golly day, which is one you don't expect!

LAUGHTER

Yeah! Now, then, Ruth. Brians. Brians, Brians.

I'm really struggling with this board.

So I'm going to go for narrator of children's classic, Trumpton,

and I'm going to say Brian Cox.

OK, Brian Cox, says Ruth. Let's see if that's right

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

There's your red line. Get below that, you're in round two.

No! Bad luck!

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

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 155.

For a guess answer, Cox is the best, because there's two famous ones.

But neither of them narrated Trumpton, I'm afraid.

What a shame. Now, Stephanie.

Not one but two lifelines you've been handed there.

54 or less sees you into the next round.

Now, you were saying last time,

one of your hobbies is flying. You fly aeroplanes.

Do you fly as a means of getting from A to B

or do you just take a plane up and fly around and land?

Yes, for a bit of fun, West Country, Cardiff.

-It's a great way of getting around.

-Isn't it?

You can go to the Isle of Wight from here. 20 minutes.

Have a bacon sandwich and come back again.

-Some of the best bacon sandwiches in the Channel!

-To die for!

Oh, I tell you where you should go for a bacon sandwich

in the Isle of Wight. Have you been to All The Pigs?

Oh-ho!

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Anyway, now then, Stephanie. Brians.

I think I know Cloughie.

The manager of Nottingham, Brian Clough.

Brian Clough, there we are,

manager of Nottingham Forest FC from 1975-1993.

Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line, get below that with Brian Clough

and you are through to the next round.

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

Oh, 62!

62! That takes your total up to 162.

Oh, Richard.

Yeah, correct answer, but a big score, isn't it?

One of the most famous managers of all time, Brian Clough.

Now, then, Rory. Welcome back to the show. Good to have you here.

What are your hobbies, Rory?

I like to play rugby but I also like to bake.

I'm a muffin fiend.

I didn't bring any, because I didn't, is the answer!

LAUGHTER

(That's weird!)

I'm quite busy at the moment.

I'm taking care of my little boy. I'm on paternity leave.

-OK, what's your little boy called?

-Luxor.

-Good name.

Well, that's the middle name, the name I'm pushing for,

-but his actual name is Frederick.

-Now, I've got great news.

You are in round two, come what may.

So we're looking for these famous Brians.

I think I know one, and I'm going to plump for it.

-The West Indian cricketer, Brian Lara.

-Brian Lara, says Rory.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line for you, as you're already through,

but I think Brian Lara could be a very good score here. Let's see.

It's right.

36!

That takes your total up to 53.

Yeah, Brian Lara posted the biggest ever first-class score of 501,

biggest ever test score of 400. What a player he was. 36 points.

-Now, the narrator of Trumpton was?

-It could be Brian Cant?

It was, also known for Playschool.

The lead singer of AC/DC?

-Brian Johnson.

-Yes, absolutely.

Now, Westlife. It's not Brian O'Dowd.

No, it's Brian McFadden.

Yeah, a big scorer.

The presenter of the Today programme?

-Brian Redhead.

-Yes.

And the winner of series two of Big Brother?

I knew you wouldn't know this one!

Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair heading home,

I can't even bear saying this, with the highest score of 162,

it's been lovely having you both on the show.

You've been wonderful and I'm sorry we're saying goodbye to you.

Stephanie and Pearl, lovely people.

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

And so three pairs remain,

and none of you have been in round two before.

But very best of luck to all of three pairs.

I think this could be very close. 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.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many UK political parties as they could.

UK political parties. Richard.

We're looking for the name of any political party which,

at the end of October 2013, holds at least one seat

in the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament,

the National Assembly for Wales

or the Northern Ireland Assembly, please.

So any political party that holds at least one seat

in any of those parliaments. Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Karim.

What do you think you're going to go for?

I'm going to go for the Northern Ireland Assembly,

-and I'm going to say the Democratic Unionist Party.

-The DUP.

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

It's right. I think this is going to be an excellent answer.

Very well done indeed. Three, Karim. That's the way to do it.

-Three for the Democratic Unionist Party.

-That's a very good start.

They've got 38 seats in the Northern Irish Assembly,

the largest party there.

They've also got eight in the House of Commons.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Ruth.

I don't think it's brilliant, but at least I have got an answer.

-And I'm going to say the Green Party.

-The Green Party, says Ruth.

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

51 for the Greens.

Yes, they have seats in three of those parliaments.

They have one seat in the House of Commons for Caroline Lucas.

They've got two in the Scottish Parliament for the Scottish Greens,

and the Green Party in Northern Ireland

also have a seat in the Northern Ireland assembly.

Thanks very much. Now, Ami.

-I've had my two answers stolen.

-No!

And there's another one that I know and can't think of the name of,

so I think rather than doing something really easy,

I have to go for death or glory and potentially look stupid.

So, they may not have a seat,

but I might as well go for the Monster Raving Loony Party.

-Death or glory.

-Yeah!

Let's find out if that's correct, shall we,

the Monster Raving Loony Party.

No!

That kind of attitude deserved a better score than that,

but I'm afraid it is an incorrect answer

and scores you the maximum of 100 points.

No Monster Raving Loony Party.

It would have been on the news if they'd won a seat.

It would be quite a big deal, wouldn't it?

Well, halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.

Three for Karim. That's a great score.

Then we go up to 51, where we find Ruth and Sarah, not bad.

Then up to 100, sorry, Ami and Sam.

Sam, we need a really low score.

That may be enough to keep you in the game

if someone else goes large like Ami did.

Can the second players now step up to the podium?

-OK, Sam, as you know, we are looking for political parties.

-Yep.

I went to university in South Wales, so I'm going to go with Plaid Cymru.

Plaid Cymru, says Sam.

No red line for you as you're the highest scorer

but let's find out how many of our 100 people said Plaid Cymru.

It's right.

32. Takes your total up to 132.

Good answer, Sam. They have 11 seats in the Welsh Assembly

and three in the House of Commons.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sarah, what are you going to go for?

I can only think of the obvious ones,

and the one that springs to mind is,

because I parked my car next to one of their cars yesterday,

so it's recent, and it's UKIP, the UK Independence Party.

OK, you're going to say UKIP.

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

There's your red line. Below that, you are in the head-to-head.

It's right.

You are through.

38. 38 takes your total up to 89.

Yeah, it's a high score.

UKIP don't have any seats in the House of Commons,

but they do have one seat in the Northern Ireland assembly.

So I would say that's quite lucky.

-Yes!

-There we are. Now, Rory.

I have cracking news for you. You are in the head-to-head.

I'm going to say Sinn Fein.

Sinn Fein. No red line for you,

for the wonderful reason that you are already through.

Let's see how many people said Sinn Fein.

It's right.

20. Very well done indeed. That's a great answer.

Properly low score as well.

Yes, 29 seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly,

and five in the House of Commons, although they don't take those up.

There are two pointless answers here.

Both parties are represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly. They are:

Well done if you said either of those.

I'll take you through the other scores.

The Alliance Party would have scored you one.

The SDLP would have scored you five.

Respect, who have a seat in the House of Commons with George Galloway,

would have scored you six points.

The Ulster Unionists would have scored you 13.

And the Scottish Nationalists would have scored 38. And the top three:

There you are.

So, at the end of our second round, the pair heading home

with our high score of 132, I'm afraid it's Sam and Ami.

Monster Raving Loony Party. They did for you. Dear, oh, dear.

Well, it's been lovely having you on the show. We will see you next time.

I look forward to that. Sam and Ami.

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

Congratulations, Karim and Rory, Sarah and Ruth.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

Now, we have to decide who is going to play for that money.

To do that, you are now going to head-to-head.

Obviously, you are now allowed to confer,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

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

Here comes your first question, and it concerns:

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five visual clues

to words that went into the Oxford Dictionary online in 2013.

Can you tell us what those words are, please?

We'll give you the first and last letters of each.

Let's reveal our first five visual clues. We have got:

There we are, five new words with visual clues.

Karim and Rory, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

We know three, but we're going to go with C, which is selfie.

Selfie, say Karim and Rory.

Now, Sarah and Ruth, I'm still struggling with a couple of these.

Fancy talking us through the board?

We knew C was selfie, and we think A is twerk.

I hope it is anyway, because other than that,

I can't work out what the others would be at all.

OK, you're going to go for A, twerk. So, we have selfie and twerk.

Karim and Rory with selfie, let's see if that is right

and if so, how many people said it.

It's right.

40 for selfie.

And Sarah and Ruth have gone for twerk.

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 40, though.

And it does! 35. Well done. Twerk!

Which means, Sarah and Ruth, after one question, you are 1-0.

Well played, Sarah and Ruth.

Twerking is a sexually provocative form of dancing involving squatting.

Now, do you know B?

-No.

-What's he wearing?

-Oh, double denim.

-Absolutely.

Now, E is the best answer up there.

If I told you it was a romantic or relaxing holiday

taken before a child is born, what might that be called?

I can see what it is called.

I've never heard that before.

-Terrific answer if you said that at home.

-There we go.

Thank you very much. Here comes your second question.

Karim and Rory, you've done so well so far.

You have to win this question to stay in the game.

Best of luck with that. It concerns:

-Richard.

-We are going to show you five clues now

to facts about Sigmund Freud.

Can you give us the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about Sigmund Freud.

Sarah and Ruth, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

(..but he's a presenter, isn't he, not an artist?)

We think we know a few of those. We think the name of the grandson

who became a famous British painter is Julian Freud.

Julian Freud, say Sarah and Ruth.

Now, Karim and Rory.

We thought the cemetery was Highgate Cemetery, the only cemetery we know.

-Freudian slip.

-We thought the bottom one might be Vienna.

And you thought his grandson was Lucian Freud.

-But what are we going to go for?

-We'll go with Highgate.

So we have Highgate and Julian, but in the other order.

Sarah and Ruth said Julian Freud.

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

how many people said Julian Freud.

Oh! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Now, you're saying Highgate Crematorium

is where his ashes are interred.

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

Oh! Well, this is going very well. Richard.

The north London crematorium is Golders Green. It's a tough answer.

You would have got the points for the unintentional error. Big scorer.

It's not Julian Freud, it is...?

-Lucian Freud.

-Of course it is.

-The European university where he first studied was?

-Vienna.

Of course it was.

-And the Swiss psychologist, do you know, Xander?

-I don't.

So the crematorium was the best answer up there.

Well, that has left us exactly where we were before,

but it means after two questions, Sarah and Ruth are still ahead 1-0.

Here comes your third question.

Again, Karim and Rory, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns:

-Richard.

-We are going to show you

the names of five famous fashion models now,

but we've left out alternate letters.

Can you fill them in and give us the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues to fashion models. Here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Karim and Rory, I know this is right up your street. You get to go first.

OK.

THEY WHISPER

We only know two of them,

but we're going to go with the bottom one, which is David Gandy.

David Gandy. Now, Sarah and Ruth, the board is yours.

We only knew one on the board

and we're relieved that you didn't go for it!

-The one above that is Agyness Dean.

-Agyness Dean.

Agyness Dean and David Gandy.

Karim and Rory said David Gandy. Let's see if that's right

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

Three! Wow.

Three for David Gandy. That's a great score.

Sarah and Ruth spotted Agyness Dean. I didn't spot it, that's clever.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right, but it's got three to beat. Might it do it?

Oh! 5. Wow.

Two great answers there. Karim and Rory, well done.

Good fashion knowledge. That means after three questions, it's 1-1.

For two teams who didn't know any of them,

you got the best answers on the board, which is very impressive.

Do you know the rest of these?

-Cara Delevingne.

-She is the top one, yeah.

Next one?

-Tyra Banks.

-Oh, yeah.

-And the biggest answer on the board?

-Gisele Bundchen.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, the scores are absolutely even. We go to a decider.

Whoever wins this point goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. Our fourth question today concerns:

Greek islands, Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five Greek islands now,

but we've missed out alternate letters.

Can you fill in those gaps, please?

Let's reveal our five clues to Greek islands. Here they come:

I'll read those one last time.

Ruth and Sarah, you go first this time.

We are going to go with the top one, Mykonos.

Mykonos, say Sarah and Ruth. Karim and Rory?

-Want to talk us through the board?

-We don't know the second.

The third one is Kos. The bottom one is Corfu. We'll go with Corfu.

We have Mykonos and Corfu. Sarah and Ruth went with Mykonos.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Mykonos.

It's right.

55.

Now, Karim and Rory, you have gone with Corfu at the bottom.

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

how many of our 100 people said Corfu.

This is to decide who goes through to the final.

Ooh, there's your answer!

60 for Corfu, 55 for Mykonos.

Which means, Sarah and Ruth, after four questions,

you are through to the final, 2-1. Well done.

Such a close head-to-head, and two great pairs.

You've both done well and it was close right up to the last minute.

Kos was a big scorer. Did you know the second one, Xander?

No.

Thanks very much indeed. So, I'm afraid the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head round is Karim and Rory. All you had to do

was give one of the answers you knew on Sigmund Freud.

We'll be dreaming about that all night now.

It's been great having you on both shows.

Thank you for playing, Karim and Rory. Brilliant contestants.

But for Sarah and Ruth, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sarah and Ruth.

You have seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

I think we've tested you enough this time,

and here you are at the end of it,

in the final, playing for a jackpot of £2,000.

As always, you kick this round off by choosing a category

you are going to answer, and you have four choices.

They are:

What do you make of that?

It's a long time since I've watched Neighbours.

-Men's running records?

-Wouldn't be good.

I think it'd be chick-lit or Neighbours.

-I don't read chick lit.

-We'll go for Neighbours, I think.

Neighbours, Richard.

We are going to give you with three different categories

to choose from here, all concerned with the TV programme Neighbours.

We are looking for the name of any cinema release

for which Guy Pearce has received an acting credit up to August 2013.

We are looking for any recurring cast member of Neighbours

who has appeared in more than 500 episodes up to August 2013.

Or we're looking for any Kylie Minogue UK Top 40 singles

with four words in its title, please.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

As always, you have got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot of £2,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you provide

can come from any one of these categories.

They can all come from the same category, if you like. Ready?

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

-Any films?

-I have no idea who Guy Pearce is,

but I'm sure someone from Neighbours was in the Matrix trilogy,

so we could risk saying Matrix Reloaded and hope he was in it?

Right. Recurring characters?

-I can think only of the Robinsons.

-Madge?

-Was she a Robinson?

-Don't know.

We need to give some answers.

-Four-worded Kylie?

-Kylie is not my strong point.

What about going back to the films?

I don't know who he is, so we're going to struggle.

It's lucky we were in this for the trophy and not the money!

We've got what we came for.

I reckon try Matrix Reloaded and hope that he was in The Matrix.

And Jim Robinson, just because he was in it a lot?

-Yeah. Does Bouncer count, the dog?

-I don't think so.

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

What are you going to give me?

For the Guy Pearce films, Matrix Reloaded

and hope that he might possibly have been in it.

And then if he was in Matrix Reloaded,

-he might have been in The Matrix.

-The Matrix.

And which character did you want to go for, Jim Robinson?

Yeah, Jim Robinson.

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

-Jim Robinson's right.

-We'll pop that at the end.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Matrix Reloaded.

Let's put those on the board in that order. Here they are. We have got:

Very best of luck.

Your first answer was The Matrix Reloaded,

the one you thought was least likely to be pointless,

but let's just imagine.

What would you do with that £2,000 jackpot if you got it?

We'd squander it on food and drink.

Perfect, what a great thing to do.

-Think of all that cake.

-Oh! Mmm.

LAUGHTER

That orange semolina cake. Nice.

So, Matrix Reloaded. Let's find out.

Is that a film starring Guy Pearce? Is it correct?

Is it pointless, for £2,000?

No, bad luck!

An incorrect answer, so not a pointless answer.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot of £2,000.

Let's see, The Matrix. Did anyone remember that?

Is that a film with Guy Pearce in?

No! Bad luck.

So everything is now riding on Jim Robinson,

your third and final answer, your last crack at that £2,000 jackpot.

Good luck. Let's find out.

Was Jim Robinson one of the recurring characters in Neighbours?

Did anyone remember him? It's right!

So your first answer,

The Matrix Reloaded, was incorrect,

as was your second answer, The Matrix.

However, your third and final answer, Jim Robinson,

has taken us down through the single figures to four!

-Ooh!

-Wow.

Very good. That's a good answer,

but I'm sorry to say, unfortunately,

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

That will roll over to the next show,

but we've had a really fun time with you on the show,

and you have won a Pointless trophy,

so at least you've got that to take home.

Richard, let's look at all the pointless answers.

There are plenty in these categories.

There are some big Guy Pearce films here.

He played Andy Warhol in Factory Girl.

In The King's Speech, he played Edward VIII.

In fact, every single one of his films

other than The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert,

Memento, LA Confidential, Prometheus and Iron Man 3,

everything apart from those was a pointless answer,

so well done if you said any of them.

Now, the recurring characters.

Des Clarke, the bank manager, was a pointless answer.

Helen Daniels was a pointless answer, amazingly.

Lyn Scully, who was married to Joe Scully and to Paul Robinson.

Philip Martin, who was married to Julie Robinson.

You could also have had Andrew Robinson, Callum Jones,

Charlie Hoyland, Chris Pappas,

Daniel Fitzgerald, Declan Napier, Michael Williams.

Well done if you said any of those.

Some of those are from a more recent era of Neighbours,

which I know a lot of people watch.

And our final category, the Kylie singles.

Well done if you said those at home.

There were plenty of pointless answers.

Not quite the right category for you. You were terrific throughout,

-but just took a wrong turn at the end.

-Thanks very much.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Sarah and Ruth,

but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing. Sarah and Ruth!

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Sarah and Ruth didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

and we will be playing for £3,000.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.