Episode 64 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the game where we aim for the obscure and ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hi, my name is Lorna.

This is my twin sister Ruth, and we're from Corby.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Matt.

This is my little sister Anna, and we're from London.

Couple number three.

Kevin and Ray from St Helens...

I like St Helens - and Wigan.

-And we're golf partners.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Liz. This is my husband Peter.

And we're from Pickering in North Yorkshire.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, 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 -

our resident brainbox, because he keeps his brains in a box...

next to his false teeth!

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

Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-Top of the afternoon to you.

I'm very excited, cos the last show was brilliant.

-And we've got almost everyone back from that show.

-Yeah.

We've got three returning pairs.

We've got Peter and Liz who got all the way through to the head-to-head.

Ray and Kevin also did very well.

Just got tripped up in Round Two. And Matt and Anna are back.

I think they were unfortunate to get knocked out in Round One.

Seems a little harsh on Lorna and Ruth

that everyone's been here before, but they're on podium one.

Yeah, but they are twins.

They have the unknowable advantage of being twins.

-It's a huge disadvantage.

-Is it?

-Of course it is.

Because you're essentially just one person.

-You think it's like when we had Keith Harris and Orville on?

-Yeah.

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It's not exactly like that, it's not exactly like that.

-They did really well.

-You've got some apologising to do to podium one.

-You have.

-Have I? Have I said something terrible?

-Which one of us is Keith?

-Oh, no, no, no!

No, it's just because you have this link, you see.

I mean, we'll discover. Maybe... Maybe you don't.

Round One today is a question you are going to be brilliant at, I think.

-Really?

-I wouldn't be at all be surprised if you weren't an answer in Round One.

I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Excellent. Thank you very much indeed.

Well, now, as usual,

all of today's questions have been asked of 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are on the hunt for one of those all-important pointless answers

to add £250 to our jackpot.

Now, Sam and Amy didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

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

OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated

and, as ever, there is to be no conferring during this round.

OK, best of luck. Our first category today is...

There we are. The Royal Family.

Can you all decide in your pairs

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

And whoever is 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 people in the line of succession to the UK throne

as they could.

People in the line of succession to the UK throne. Richard?

The official website of the British Monarchy lists

the first 50 people in the line of succession to the UK throne.

We're looking for any of those 50 people, please.

This is at the end of August 2013.

We won't accept the Queen,

and I can also tell you that Xander is not on the list.

He is 54th on the list!

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Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Lorna and Ruth,

you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first. And, Lorna, you first.

Now, let me just explain. Let me just get Orville-gate dealt with right now.

All I meant was you had that sort of twinny connection.

Yeah.

Have you had any instances of things where one of you thinks something

-and the other one says it?

-Quite a lot.

-We get it quite a lot.

But if you were to punch me, Lorna probably wouldn't feel it, so...

I wouldn't like that. That would be the second scandal of the show.

When I punched Keith Harris, Orville didn't feel it either,

-I'll be honest, so, um...

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You know. Er, now then, Lorna, have you got someone on this list of 50?

I've got someone in my head.

It's probably not great but this isn't great for me.

I'll say Princess Eugenie.

Princess Eugenie, says Lorna. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

41.

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-41.

-Yes, she's seventh in line to the throne.

She works in an online auction house in New York.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Anna, welcome back to the show.

-Anna, now you have a nickname - Ping.

-Yes.

-Why are you called Ping?

Cos when I was born I had a really round head

and was completely bald until I was about two.

So it was Ping-Pong Ball.

-And that got gradually shorted until I am now Ping.

-That's good.

It's a good nickname.

Now then, the line of succession.

I think I've got an answer.

She seems to pitch up to royal events and things.

So I'm hoping Zara Phillips is somewhere in that 50.

Zara Phillips somewhere in that 50... Let's find out if she is.

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

Absolutely right.

38.

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38 for Zara Phillips.

Interesting that she scores lower than Princess Eugenie.

It is interesting. I think perhaps because Princess Eugenie

-has got "Princess" in her name.

-Yeah.

I like the description of her as "pitching up to royal events"!

She is the Queen's granddaughter. I think she's allowed to!

All right, Ray, welcome back. What happened last time?

We got the wrong boards. If I'd have had the first board

and Kevin had had the second board, we'd have been OK.

-But you are golfing friends?

-We are golfing partners, yeah, we are.

-How long have you played golf together?

-Er, about four years.

-Four or five years.

-Oh, I see, so you're quite new...

OK. Now, Ray, I might be wrong, but I think you've got a good answer.

It's a bit of a boring one, actually,

based on what's gone before. It's Princess Beatrice.

Princess Beatrice. OK. Well...

Intense rivalry. I don't know if there is intense rivalry between the sisters,

but there will be now!

Let's see who scores higher,

Princess Beatrice or Princess Eugenie. Eugenie was 41.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Princess Beatrice.

48.

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48 for Princess Beatrice. There is our answer.

-I suppose she's older. Maybe that is why.

-She is.

She is number six in line to the throne.

First member of the Royal Family to complete the London Marathon as well.

There we are.

Liz... Liz, welcome back to Pointless. How lovely.

Liz and Peter... Look at that.

They've brought a little bit of gaiety into our lives

in the shape of their shirts.

-They have brightened our day.

-They look very nicely matched.

Anyway, now then, now then, Liz, the line of succession.

How do we feel about this?

I'm going to take a bit of a risk

and I'm sorry, Peter,

Prince Michael of Kent.

Prince Michael of Kent.

It sounds good to me. Let's see it's right and, if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Prince Michael of Kent.

-Oh!

-I'm sorry, Peter.

Not a correct answer, as it turns out.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Liz.

Yes. He's not in the line of succession simply because he married a Catholic.

-Oh...

-Ah, yes.

-Yes.

That was mean of him.

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Thanks very much indeed. OK, we are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

38, the best score of that pass, Anna, very well done.

Then up to 41 where we find Lorna and Ruth. 48, Ray and Kevin.

And then Liz and Peter to 100.

Now, Peter, it may just be that

if you come up with a brilliant low-scoring answer in the next pass,

maybe that might keep you in the game. I don't know.

But best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

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

OK. We are looking for people in the line of succession to the UK throne.

Now, Peter, you are in charge of dominoes in the Pickering area.

It is actually all the villages round the Pickering area...

-Right.

-..that play.

How do you deal with underground domino playing, you know,

kind of mavericks who try and set up their own organisations?

It's banned. Get the pub closed!

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-Shut down the pub.

-Shut down the pub.

Now then, Peter, the line of succession to the UK throne.

Yeah, I've got to go really out on a limb here.

But I am going to go for -

and I hope I've got her first name right - Lady Helen Chatto.

Lady Helen Chatto, says Peter.

Let's have a look and see if that is right and, if it is,

how many people said it.

There's no red line for you as you are the high scorers.

Oh, bad luck, Peter.

That was an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points

and takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Peter, 200 points.

But not the worst 200 points we've seen in this game

by a long chalk, I assure you. So tough luck.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Kevin.

-Yes.

Kevin, welcome back to the show. Good to have you here.

Now, what are your interests outside golf?

I like a lot of sports, I like travel, I like horse racing as well.

-Do you go to all the races?

-I've been to every racecourse...

-Have you really? Do you do flat, National Hunt or...?

-National Hunt.

Excellent. Good stuff. Now, there is great news for you.

Peter has taken a fall on everyone else's behalf

and you are all through to the next round.

However, you are not off the hook yet.

I want a nice low-scoring answer from you.

The answer that came into my head from the beginning,

and I'm sticking with it... Would it be Peter Phillips?

Peter Phillips. Peter Phillips, says Kevin.

No red line for you as you are already through, but let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Peter Phillips.

-Nice one.

-16!

-Nice one.

-Now, that is our lowest score

by quite a long chalk, Kevin. So very well done.

16 takes your total up to 64.

Yeah, he's number 12 on the list.

Married Autumn Kelly, who had the good grace to convert from Catholicism

so he could stay on the list.

Liz, that's the kind of... That's the sort of gesture you want, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

-Thanks very much.

-Now, Matt, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Matt, you are a solicitor.

-I am.

And when you are not doing that, what do you love to do?

I am also a golfer and I also have a three-and-a-half-month-old daughter.

-That's lovely. How old is she?

-Three and a half months.

-I'm sorry...

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I mean...

What I meant was...

-What I meant was, what is she called?

-She is called Thea.

-Thea. Good. Good stuff. Well, congratulations.

-Thank you.

You're on 38. Whatever you score, you are through to the next round.

Thankfully.

But maybe you might have a good answer for this.

I'm just going to have to say an easy one and not get 100 points.

Prince Harry.

Prince Harry. OK, Prince Harry. No red line. You are already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Prince Harry.

-94. There you go.

-It's not 100.

It's not 100. You are through to the next round.

132 is your total.

Number four in line to the throne, Prince Harry,

or Prince Henry as he is officially called in that line.

-Now then, Ruth, what do you do?

-I work in a distribution company.

I am called a vendor manager,

so looking after our suppliers and building relationships with them.

OK, and when you're not doing that, what do you generally do?

I've got a really strange like of sherry.

-Um...

-I like sherry. Proper sherry?

-No, not like the trendy dry stuff you get.

-Granny sherry?

Proper granny sherry, the sweeter, the better. Like your granny drinks.

And when I go out and try to get my friends to drink it,

no-one will join my sherry club!

LAUGHTER

I know sherry as a hobby is not great.

OK, now then, 41 is your score.

You're through to the next round, whatever happens.

Yeah, I could say a really obvious one, but I might just make...

-You're through anyway.

-I might make something up

that I've never heard of and, you never know.

So, the Duke of something sounds good to me. The Duke of Sussex?

No idea. But why not?

-The Duke of Sussex. Let's see...

-Why not?

..if he has made it onto the list. The Duke of Sussex.

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

-No.

-I'm flabbergasted.

Well, there we are. It's a good idea.

-You never know.

-Why not?

It could have been. 141 is your total.

Now, Peter, let's go back to you. Sad to leave you.

-You said Lady Helen Chatto.

-Sarah Chatto.

It's Sarah Chatto, Lady Sarah Chatto, who would have scored you one point.

AUDIENCE GROANS

There is also Lady Helen Taylor.

And she would have scored you no points at all.

It's a pointless answer.

Um, there's quite a few pointless answers here,

as you can imagine, amongst these 50.

-I bet you've got some good answers.

-I'm going to go for...

Just got to go through the contacts list on your phone!

LAUGHTER

Nick and Paola Windsor have a son called Albert.

Albert Windsor is a pointless answer.

Get in there!

Very well done.

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Did you just call Lord Nicholas Windsor "Nick Windsor"?

Nick. Nick, yes.

Nice(!)

Yeah, Nick. Let's take a look at some more pointless answers

Cassius Taylor is a pointless answer,

Isla Phillips is a pointless answer.

Lady Helen Taylor. Well done if you said her.

Lady Rose Gillman, Lord Frederick Windsor.

Marina Ogilvy is a pointless answer.

Maud Windsor, that's Frederick Windsor's daughter.

Savannah Phillips.

And Zenouska Mowatt is also a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

There's a few others as well.

Albert Windsor we just heard from Xander. Alexandra Ogilvy.

Christian Mowatt, Columbus Taylor, Eloise Taylor, Estella Taylor.

Flora Ogilvy, Lady Amelia Windsor,

Lady Cosima Windsor,

Leopold Windsor.

-Lord Culloden.

-Lord Culloden.

-Should have got him. How is he?

-He's fine.

-Sorry.

-He did actually say to say hi. I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said Lord Culloden. I should have said Steve.

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Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Prince Harry, or Prince Harry, 94.

The Prince of Wales in second place, with 95.

Beaten by his son, the Duke of Cambridge, on 96.

-Good name recognition there. Look at those scores.

-Yeah, that is good.

Well, thank you, Richard. So at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with their high score of 200 -

it shouldn't be but it is - it's Peter and Liz.

And also, Peter,

you conflated two brilliant answers to get your wrong answer.

Um...

Really unfair. But it's been great having you on both shows.

-Peter and Liz, thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

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

So three pairs remaining. And we will be saying goodbye to another pair

at the end of this round.

I wouldn't like to say who that is going to be.

Ray and Kevin, our best scorers in that round. Great answers there.

Peter Phillips the lowest scorer.

So that was good.

The Duke of Sussex... Who knows!

He was only six points behind Prince Harry. So...

You know, he must be doing something right.

Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

It's Pop Music. Oh, Ray, I'm sorry!

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who is going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Million Selling Singles. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six singles that

have sold over a million copies in the UK.

We just need you to tell us the name of the artist or group

who released that single in the year shown. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much.

We're looking for the bands or artists who released these million-selling singles.

Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all again.

There we are.

Six million-selling singles.

Lorna, how many of those singles do you own?

None.

LAUGHTER

Erm, you know what, I'm struggling.

I thought I'd be good at this!

I know two for definite.

I'm sorry, Ruth, I'm going to have to go for an obvious one.

-Erm, Angels, Robbie Williams.

-Robbie Williams, says Lorna, for Angels.

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

Absolutely right.

Oh, 75.

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75. that's a big score there.

It is a big score, isn't it? Yeah, sold over well over a million copies.

-And it only got to number four in the charts.

-Did it?

Never got higher, yeah. Just stuck around for a very, very long time.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Anna, how do you feel about this?

I was a bit worried when pop music came up,

-but actually, I think I know all of those.

-That's good.

I'm going to go with Call Me Maybe and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Carly Rae Jepsen, says Anna. Let's see if that's right,

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

Carly Rae Jepsen.

It's right. 75 our only score, and you've whizzed past that.

Down it goes.

Very well done indeed,

and I think you've chosen very wisely. 11 points.

Well played, Anna. Yeah, sold even more than Angels, Call Me Maybe.

Carly Rae Jepsen first came to fame on Canadian Idol,

their version of Pop Idol.

Ah. Thanks, Richard. Now, Kevin.

Kevin, you're the last person to have this board.

Fill in all the blanks for us, will you?

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-I think I only know three of them.

-That's OK.

Careless Whisper was George Michael.

I don't know The A Team.

Gangnam Style, I think that's Psy.

I've got to go for this one.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight, I think it's Tight Fit.

OK, Tight Fit, says Kevin.

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

It's right.

75, you whizzed past that as well.

11 is our low score.

Oh, you were nearly down to that.

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Very well done. 16, Kevin.

That puts you in pretty good shape.

Very well played, Kevin.

For a man shaking his head at the appallingness of pop music,

you seemed to go through the board fairly well.

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

You're right, Gangnam Style was Psy.

That would have scored you 37. Careless Whisper was George Michael.

A big-scorer, that.

Would have scored you 58.

It's the 34th biggest-selling single in UK history, that.

-And The A Team. Do you know The A Team?

-No.

-Anyone know The A Team?

-Ed Sheeran.

-Ed Sheeran, yes.

Ed Sheeran's absolutely right.

Would've scored 13 points.

Carly Rae Jepsen is the best answer there. Picked the right one.

Thanks very much indeed. Well, let's go through those scores.

We're halfway through the round.

Anna and Matt, looking pretty strong on 11.

Then up to 16 where, for the moment, Kevin,

it is all looking rosy.

And then up to 75 where we find Lorna and Ruth.

That is quite a long way ahead.

But anything can happen.

We will definitely need a low score from you, Ruth, come what may.

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 six more songs on the board. And here they are.

I will read those all one last time.

Remember, Ray, we're looking for the bands or artists

who recorded these million-selling singles.

As ever, you're going to try and find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-I think that board's all right, isn't it, Ray?

-It's not bad.

It's not bad.

There's one there that's slightly irritating me

because I know who it is and I can't think of her name.

How long have I got?

I'm not a doctor. I can't...

LAUGHTER

I'll go for Green, Green Grass Of Home, Tom Jones.

-Tom Jones, says Ray.

-Best I can do under the circs.

Green, Green Grass Of Home. There's the red line.

Get below that red line with Tom Jones

and you're definitely into the head-to-head.

Let's see if that's right,

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

74 for Tom Jones takes your total up to 90.

That may be enough. That may be enough to see you through.

Yes, a big score, but you have kept yourself in the game there.

It was seven weeks at number one, Green, Green Grass Of Home.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Matt. Matt, there you are on 11.

Ray and Kevin, our new high-scorers on 90,

which means 78 or less sees you through.

I think...

Ride On Time is Black Box.

Black Box, says Matt.

There's your red line, Matt.

Get below that red line and you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if Black Box can do it for Matt and Anna.

It's right.

And you are through. Very well done.

30.

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41, your total.

Yes, very well done.

Very famously sampled Loleatta Holloway's Love Sensation

-on that track.

-Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Ruth, your task is this -

you have to score 14 or less. Simple as that.

Look, there's the board.

-Talk us through it.

-I honestly can't.

Erm, I know Can't Buy Me Love is the Beatles

and I know Do They Know It's Christmas?, I think, is Band Aid.

I'm going to have to go for that because I don't know the other two.

-OK, you're going for Band Aid.

-I think so.

-OK, Band Aid.

Here's your red line. It is quite low.

Let's find out how Band Aid does. Is it right, many people said it?

It is right.

50.

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Takes your total up to 125, Ruth.

Ray looks like his opponent has just missed a birdie putt at the 17th.

LAUGHTER

Absolutely delighted. Well, let's go through the rest of this board.

You're right about Can't Buy Me Love, it's the Beatles.

Would've scored too many points as well, though,

so would've scored you 79.

-Don't Cry For Me Argentina was...

-Got it, Julie Covington.

Julie Covington, yes, absolutely. Would have scored 12 points.

-And Ghostbusters, everybody knows the song.

-Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr, yes. That would have scored 14.

So, Julie Covington is the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home

with a high score of 125, I'm afraid it is Ruth and Lorna.

Oh, dear.

Yes, two big scores, nothing wrong, but just two quite high scores.

-Our twin powers let us down today.

-Yeah, they did, they did.

Anyway, there we are, we look forward to seeing you next time.

-In the meantime, thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Ray and Kevin, Matt and Anna.

You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £4,000.

There it is.

Now, to decide who's going to play in the final for that money,

you are now going to go head-to-head.

The big difference is you are now allowed to confer.

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

Well, I think this is going to be close. Very close.

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

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

European Rivers.

We're going to show you the names of five European rivers

but we have missed out alternate letters.

Can you fill in the gaps, please?

OK, thanks very much indeed.

So, let's reveal the five rivers, and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Ray and Kevin, you've played best in the show so far,

so you get to go first.

-HE WHISPERS:

-And what are you saying it is?

What have you got for the third one?

It's in... It's in...

Yeah, OK.

Yeah, we'll go for the middle one.

And we think it's the Ebro.

The Ebro, say Ray and Kevin.

Now then, Matt and Anna, the board is all yours.

-I think we know some of the obvious ones. Danube and Seine.

-Seine.

-Erm, we think...

-We've got to go for it.

-I think that's quite a good answer.

-I might have made it up, though!

We're going to have to go for it.

And we think it might be the River Vostuba at the bottom.

-The Vostuba?

-Is that right?

You're going to say Vostuba? OK.

Ray and Kevin have gone for Ebro.

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

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

8! Very well done indeed.

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Good answer, great score.

That is going to be tough to beat.

But maybe the Vostuba can do it.

Oh, the mighty Vostuba! Oh!

We had to take a gamble with Ebro.

Danube or Seine was never going to beat it, so...

There's a lovely little sort of taverna you can stay in,

just very close to the delta of the Vostuba.

At this time of year...

-The Vostuba Delta is lovely, isn't it?

-It is. It's very nice.

It's absolutely stunning, because in the evenings, you can

sit out here and you hear the... hear all the waterfowl on there.

-You hear the migrating ahchukar bird, don't you?

-Yeah.

Ah-chukar, ah-chukar!

-Yeah. That's the noise they make, isn't it?

-Ah-chukar!

-Ah-chukar!

That's where they get their name from.

I'm beginning to think you don't believe our answer.

LAUGHTER

I have no idea! It's just...

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I like the sound of any river with "tuba" in it. I think that's good.

OK, let's find out if it it's right,

and if it is, let's see if it might beat the Ebro.

-Oh, no!

-Shocker.

-Unbelievable.

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm afraid the Vostuba is incorrect, which means,

Ray and Kevin, all you really had to be was correct,

but it turns out you were more than that.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Yes, Ebro is the best answer on the board, gents, so very well played.

You're right, the Danube and Seine wouldn't have won you the point.

The Seine would've scored you a fairly mighty 74.

The Danube, even more points that would have scored you. 82.

Now, the one at the bottom, it's not the Vostuba, it's the Vistula.

It's the longest river in Poland.

Would've scored 20 points.

Now, the top one is the third-longest river in Europe.

After the Volga and the Danube.

It runs through Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Remember this one, because it will be good in a pub quiz.

The Dnieper, the third-longest river in Europe. 12 points for that.

So, Ebro, best answer up there, guys.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here's your second question.

Matt and Anna, you get to answer first

but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Screen Sisters, Richard.

Going to show you five images now of actresses playing screen sisters.

you just need to tell us the name of the film they are in, please.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our screen sisters, and here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five sets of screen sisters.

What are the films they are in? Matt and Anna, you go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

It's either Sense And Sensibility or Emma, but I think...

Erm, we're going to go with D as The Other Boleyn Girl.

The Other Boleyn Girl, say Matt and Anna for D.

Now, Ray and Kevin, do you fancy taking us through the board?

Well, A is The Railway Children. That's Jenny Agutter, isn't it?

Erm, not sure about C.

I think E might be Pride And Prejudice,

but I think we're going to go for B - "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?"

"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?", you are saying, for B.

So, Matt and Anna have gone for The Other Boleyn Girl, D.

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

16.

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Not bad at all. 16.

Now, Ray and Kevin have said "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" for B.

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

let's say how many people said that.

Matt and Anna, you have to win this one, remember.

It's right.

Is it going to beat 16?

Oh! 21.

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Two very, very good answers there, but well done, Matt and Anna,

you went out there, you've done what you needed to do,

you're back in the game.

It is 1-1 after two questions.

Really good head-to-head so far.

Only one answer would have beaten The Other Boleyn Girl.

The top one, you're right, guys, was The Railway Children.

That's Sally Thomsett and Jenny Agutter.

Would've scored 44 points, though.

We'll do E first. It's Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.

It's not Pride And Prejudice,

it's Sense And Sensibility.

That would've scored you 27.

So the best answer is C.

Oh, and famous actresses, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton there.

In a film called Marvin's Room.

It was a pointless answer,

so very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, here comes the third question, the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for jackpot.

Best of luck, both pairs. It concerns...

The British Home Front. Richard.

I'm going to show you five clues relating to the British home front

during the Second World War.

The team that gives you the most obscure answer is going to go through

to play for the jackpot, so good luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Ray and Kevin,

you will go first this time.

-Is it the Anderson shelter?

-Anderson shelter.

Are you sure?

We're hoping... Ray's probably old enough!

Ha-ha-ha(!)

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Number four, is it the Anderson shelter?

The Anderson shelter, say Ray and Kevin, the Anderson shelter.

Matt and Anna.

Yeah, we think that's probably right.

The top one is Luftwaffe.

Prime Minister I think is Neville Chamberlain.

Group of Whitehall basement offices we think is Cabinet War Rooms.

We could guess at the bottom one...

We're hoping that people forget it because it's German,

we're going to go with the Luftwaffe for the German Air Force.

OK, the Luftwaffe, you're going to say.

So we have Anderson shelter versus Luftwaffe.

Ray and Kevin said Anderson shelter, let's see if that's right

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

said Anderson shelter.

Oh, no.

Oh, you think maybe they're the outside ones?

Ah, there's an inside one.

Matt and Anna have said the Luftwaffe

attacked London in what became known as the Blitz.

Let's see if that's right

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

All it has to be at this stage is correct.

It is correct. Very well done, you win the point.

46.

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But the important thing is,

very well done, Matt and Anna,

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

Well, that was such a high-quality head-to-head

and, Ray and Kevin, that's really unlucky,

you won't be the only people to have said Anderson shelters,

but they were the outdoor ones, of course, and they came in in 1939.

In 1941, named after the Home Secretary Herbert Morrison,

they were the Morrison shelters, were the indoor ones. Four points.

So if you got that at home, very, very well played,

it's a terrific answer.

The group of Whitehall basement offices

are the Cabinet War Rooms.

That would have scored you nine.

The PM who announced on radio

that Britain was at war with Germany was Chamberlain.

Absolutely right, would have scored you 35.

And in 1940, bacon, butter and which product?

What do you think? Sugar?

It was sugar, yeah. That would have scored you 24 points.

So the Morrison shelter, unsurprisingly,

the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid it's Ray and Kevin.

You've done so well, right across the two shows you've been on,

but Matt and Anna have pipped you to it, I'm afraid to say,

so we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you on the show,

thank you both so much for playing, Ray and Kevin.

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But, for Matt and Anna, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Matt and Anna,

you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £4,000.

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Well, you were incredibly unlucky last time you were on.

You had a bit of a guess with Mongolia

when we were looking for neighbouring countries

-to other landlocked countries.

-Yes.

-Geography's not good with me.

-But there we are.

-Today, a very different story.

-Exactly.

As ever, you always start this round off by choosing the category you want to answer on

and you have four options to choose from, and they are...

-I know nothing about Italy.

-I think we're going to have to go Italy.

I don't know any of them. Religious History, British Formula One.

-We'll go Italy.

-You're going Italy. OK.

We're going to give you a proper range on this question,

so if you specialise in one area you should be OK.

Can you answer any of the following three?

We're looking for any of the 20 administrative regions of Italy.

We are looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Federico Fellini had credit as director.

Or we're looking for anyone who's been in the starting 11

of an Italian World Cup-winning team.

So the four times they've won the final,

anyone who was in the starting 11, please.

Any region of Italy, any Federico Fellini film,

or anyone who's been in the starting 11

of an Italian World Cup-winning team.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK.

Now, as always, you've got up to a minute

to come up with three answers to win that jackpot of £4,000.

You just need one of those answers to be pointless.

Now, remember, the answers you provide

can come from any one of these categories.

You can spread them across the categories however you like.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

Don't know any of the films.

Regions of Italy, I think we can get some.

Puglia...they're quite good.

There's Napoli and stuff, but they're too obvious.

Sicily...there might be... Is that a town?

-I don't know.

-I'm not sure.

Italian World Cup-winners.

You must be able to come up with some of them?

I probably know some of the more famous ones.

Dino Zoff...

-But I don't know.

-You could be...

-Let's go to regions.

-Puglia.

-Puglia and Abruzzo?

-Pronunciation is probably horrible.

-I think Abruzzo's a region.

-OK, I don't know.

-Shall we go for a footballer?

-Just choose a footballer and go with it.

Trying to think of one... Dino Zoff.

That sounds good to me, but I wouldn't have heard...

Ten seconds.

So, Abruzzo, Puglia, Dino Zoff.

-OK.

-It's as good as any.

-OK.

OK, it sounds like you've got your three answers

and your time is now up. What are those answers going to be?

OK, we'll do two from the regions of Italy.

-We'll go Abruzzo.

-Abruzzo.

-And Puglia.

-Puglia. And?

And Italian World Cup-winner, we'll have a guess at Dino Zoff.

And Dino Zoff.

OK, of those three,

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

-Abruzzo.

-Abruzzo we'll put last.

-which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Dino Zoff.

Dino Zoff, OK, we'll pop him first.

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

We have got Dino Zoff,

Puglia and Abruzzo.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Dino Zoff's your first answer,

the one you think was probably least likely to be pointless.

But what if he were?

What if he suddenly were pointless?

You'd win four grand. What would you do with that? Anna?

Well, after Christmas I'm off on my student elective

and I'm going to the Bahamas.

-OK, so that would help you with your elective.

-Yeah.

-Matt?

-The correct answer is I'll spend it on my family,

but secretly it's golf clubs.

OK, well, Dino Zoff, let's find out.

We're looking for any player in a starting line-up

for an Italian World Cup-winning team and you've said Dino Zoff.

Is it right, is it pointless?

If it's both of those things you will leave here with £4,000.

It is right. That's the first thing it had to be.

The next thing it has to be is pointless.

It's all moving in very much the right direction, I have to say,

down it goes, through the teens,

into single figures, still going down.

Five! Look at that.

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-Very well done.

Five for Dino Zoff.

Unfortunately that was not a pointless answer,

but we now turn to Puglia.

We're looking for the regions of Italy.

Obviously this has to be correct

and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So, for £4,000, let's find out how many people said Puglia.

Is it correct, is it a region of Italy, is it pointless?

It is a region of Italy.

And down it goes through the 60s, through the 50s.

Your first answer, Dino Zoff, took us down to five.

Your second answer Puglia takes us down past five...

Oh, and five.

There we are, we stop at five again.

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OK, everything is now riding on Abruzzo.

That is your third and final answer. It was the one you thought

was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be correct, it has to be pointless for £4,000.

Let's find out, is Abruzzo an official region of Italy?

It is. This is the... We're all a bit surprised by that.

Down it goes, Dino Zoff stopped at five, Puglia stopped at five.

Will Abruzzo go through the five barrier? Yes, it will!

Down it goes, still going down, you've done it!

Very well done indeed.

That's brilliant. Very well done. Very well done.

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That'll pay for my flights!

Congratulations Abruzzo was a pointless answer

which means you are going home with £4,000. Very well done.

-Richard.

-How brilliant was that? That's terrific news.

Very well played, guys, really, really well deserved.

It's a great answer. Abruzzo or Abruzzi, there's various different pronunciations of it.

Let's look at some more pointless answers in case you got some of these at home.

There's the regions of Italy.

Abruzzi, Basilicata, however you want to pronounce that next one -

your guess very much as good as mine there.

And Molise. All of those were pointless answers.

You could also have had Trentino-South Tyrol,

that was a pointless answer as well.

Those are the five pointless answers there. Federico Fellini...

All of those were pointless, well done if you said that.

And for Italian World Cup-winners,

I know lots of people would've gone for this category.

All of these from 2006 atually...

In fact, everyone apart from Buffon, Rossi,

Zoff, Pirlo Cannavaro,

Tardelli, Totti and Materazzi,

everybody who's started a World Cup final for Italy was a pointless answer there,

so very well done if you said any of those.

But brilliantly done in the studio, that's terrific.

What a lovely end to a lovely show.

Thanks very much indeed.

And thanks once again to our winning players, Matt and Anna,

who go away with today's jackpot of £4,000.

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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.

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