Episode 9 Pointless

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Thank you 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.

And couple number one...

Hi there, my name's Hannah, this is my boyfriend Andy

and we both live in small villages in Sussex.

Couple number two...

Hi, I'm Simon. This is my friend and work colleague Steve.

Steve's from Malvern and I'm from Bicester.

Couple number three...

I'm Heather and this is my friend Nicki and we're from Birmingham.

And finally, couple number four...

I'm James, this is Tom and we're old school friends from Salisbury.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's a man so clever he convinced HMRC that THEY owed HIM taxes.

Here's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everyone.

Hiya.

Hello to you. Hello, good afternoon.

How are you? I'm-I'm well.

Excellent. We've got some familiar faces.

Three returning pairs, which is always quite nice.

James and Tom have come back. James is a pilot, isn't he?

That's right. That's like an actual job, isn't it?

Yeah. That is a job. That's a proper job. Yeah.

But we've also got Andy and Hannah back.

They got knocked out in the first round last time. And they went to my old school.

Warden Park. Warden Park School in Sussex,

which, as you know, has a reputation for fierce intellect.

LAUGHTER Yeah. I think they deliberately went out

because another sign of an ex-Warden Park pupil is class,

and respect for others and, you know, humility.

But this time, as it's their last chance, I know for a fact that they're going to win.

But Round One today they're going to have to show their mettle, I'm afraid.

Round One's one of those ones where, let's say, it's high culture.

Sometimes high culture rounds are quite interesting. Certainly are.

For all the wrong reasons. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer - one that none of our 100 people gave,

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

Now, John and Anne didn't win the jackpot last time so we add

another ?1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at ?6,000.

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

OK, in this first round I want an answer from each of you,

but there has to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so do what you can to make sure that's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

CONTESTANTS LAUGH There we are, Culture.

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...

(Whoah!)

..Operas, Richard. Yes, on each pass we're going to give you the English names of seven

operas or operettas, but we've missed a word out from each one.

Can you tell us that word, please.

There's going to be 14 titles to complete in all. Good luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. So we're looking for the missing word

from the English translations of these opera titles.

And here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time.

Hannah, welcome back.

Hi. Hi!

What happened last time?

Erm...robbed. Blindly robbed.

No, it was just, it was a game of luck and we didn't have any.

No, you had two really good answers.

I was very surprised by the high scores. Yeah.

Now, Hannah, what are you going to go for on this board? Is opera good?

Yes, actually. I know four of them.

I think I'm going to go for Madame Butterfly.

Madame Butterfly. Madame Butterfly, says Hannah.

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

how many of our 100 people said Madame Butterfly.

Oh! Oh, yay, look at that!

93 for Madame Butterfly.

Hannah...come on!

It was the wrong choice, obviously.

The right answer, correct answer though. Great answer.

You've got to hand it to her education that it's a correct answer. Yep!

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Steve, welcome to the show.

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

I'm a web developer. I make things on the internet. Good stuff.

And when you're not doing that, what do you like to get up to, Steve?

Well, we've got a small baby at home so most of my spare time is spent

sleeping or changing nappies and that kind of thing,

but when I can, we live somewhere

wonderful and hilly so we get up and out walking, that kid of thing.

Lovely. Yeah. Outside is good.

Now then, Steve, what about opera?

Mixed. Of what's left, three of them I feel OK about.

I think I'm going to go with Tristan and Isolde.

Tristan and Isolde, says Steve. Tristan and Isolde.

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

Absolutely right.

43.

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43 for Tristan and Isolde.

Yeah, an opera in three parts, Tristan and Isolde.

The original draft was Tristan and his older brother.

LAUGHTER She changed the plot.

Thank you very much indeed!

Heather, welcome back. What happened with you last time?

I was cursed by Harry Potter.

Yes, Harry Potter. Yes, that was a tough round.

Heather, remind us what you do.

I'm an accountant for a construction company.

And in your spare time what do you like to do?

In my spare time we like to go to a lot of parties,

a lot of fancy dress parties.

Ah, yes, that's right, fancy dress parties.

Does opera come into your hobby list at all?

Not especially, not especially.

I think there's one that I definitely know.

I'm going to go for William Tell by Rossini.

William Tell, says Heather. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said William Tell.

It's right.

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70 for William Tell. Yeah, William Tell Overture.

Of course, one of the most famous pieces of classical music.

It's the Lone Ranger music.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Tom.

Tom, welcome back to the show. What happened with you last time?

Girls Aloud did it for us.

You were in the head-to-head. Yeah.

Erm, anyway, anyway. Tom, remind us what you do.

I work in financial services.

But you said last time, I seem to remember,

that your interests were highbrow.

Yeah, I might take that back now. Not this highbrow.

THEY LAUGH

Not quite this highbrow. You are the last person to have this board.

You can fill in all those blanks there.

I would love to...

but I can only fill in the bottom one,

which I think is the most obvious. Right.

I'm going to go for The Pirates Of Penzance.

The Pirates Of Penzance, Tom. The Pirates Of Penzance.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said The Pirates Of Penzance.

Oh, that's high.

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Well, what a high-scoring round that's been. No wrong answers but a high scorer.

Now, the rest of these. You'll probably know some of these.

I can do, I think I know all of those. OK. Duke Bluebeard's...

Castle. Is correct. Would've scored you 7.

Lady... This is the one I'm less sure of. I think it's Lady Macbeth.

You are correct. It is Lady Macbeth. Shostakovich, 5 points.

And Dido And Aeneas. Yes.

Which is slightly more, 17 points, so the best answer is Macbeth.

Well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.

The lowest score of that pass was yours, Steve.

Very well done, 43, good score.

Then we travel up to 70

where we find Heather and Nicki,

up to 87 where we find Tom and James,

and then 93, Hannah and Andy.

Well, actually, thank goodness for The Pirates Of Penzance.

They have joined you. They're just a step below you.

So you have company up there.

Sometimes people are quite far ahead

but a little bit less pressure on Andy here.

How are you on opera? Oh...rubbish.

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Well, listen, very best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

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

OK, let's put seven more operas on the board and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, remember we are looking for the missing words

from these operas' names.

James you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, James, when you're piloting and you're doing,

let's say you're doing your little thing before you take off.

Cos that's a fairly standard voice, what's the pitch there?

Fairly low, like baritone.

And you sort of affect, even if it's all a little bit sweaty

and everyone's a bit panicky up back.

I don't know why you'd be panicky necessarily before you've taken off, but still.

You affect a sort of nonchalance.

That's right.

Does anyone actually teach you how to do that?

That's the majority of the training, of the two years.

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Good stuff. Now, James, you're the first person to have this board,

so what is the complete name for each of these operas?

OK. I'm going to go for Gershwin and I'm going to say Porgy and Bess.

Porgy and Bess, says James. Porgy and Bess.

Well, let's see how many of our 100 people said Porgy and Bess.

Here is your red line, quite low.

It's right.

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78 takes your total up to 165.

They're good our 100, aren't they?

Yeah, they've done very well. Erm, yeah, Porgy and Bess, it's an opera,

but it was on Broadway as well and they avoided ever calling it

an opera just so more people would go and see it.

But it's an opera.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Nicki.

Hello. Nicki, welcome back. What do you do?

I'm a PA at Birmingham University.

And in your spare time what do you do?

Me and Heather generally dress up quite a lot.

A lot of dressing up. Yeah.

I mean, really, how often do you dress up?

As often as possible.

The likes of weekly?

I actually do it more than Heather

cos I work for a murder mystery company in my spare time as well.

Now, that's fun! Have you ever been on a murder mystery evening where

someone's just refused to do what the script told them to do? Yeah.

There were two occasions I had to murder my husband.

LAUGHTER I'm assuming he was part of the murder mystery weekend.

Yeah. Good. Phew. LAUGHTER

Now then, Nicki, what are you going to go for in this opera board?

You are, by the way, on 70 and the highest scorers are on 165.

94 or less sees you through.

Oh, OK. You're in a good position.

Well, there's two I definitely know and one I maybe know.

And I don't know whether I'm willing to risk the maybe.

Hmm.

I think I'll go for Hansel And Gretel.

Hansel And Gretel, says Nicki. Hansel And Gretel.

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

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Hansel And Gretel.

It's right and you are through! JUST though. Look at that, 90.

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Skin of your teeth, Nicki. 160 your total but you are through.

Yeah, very well played. Goodness me, some high scorers, aren't there?

Mmm. Some big scores but still no incorrect answers.

Simon, before you say anything, I can tell you, you are through to Round Two.

The highest scorers are on 165, you're on 43.

Good answering from Steve in the first pass there.

Simon, what do you do?

I'm a software developer, same as Steve. Good stuff.

And so you work on projects. Presumably you don't really...do you meet up when you're working

on things together or are you just in touch online?

Yeah, we do sometimes. Sometimes we've both worked on-site together,

other times we just contact each other online.

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

Well, we've also got a young baby,

and atually she's a big Pointless fan,

so a lot of my spare time is spent sat with Lucy, watching Pointless.

Right, Simon, what about these operas?

I could go for the one I know but I think if we're through anyway,

I'll guess and hope that I get a Pointless answer

and we crank the jackpot up a bit.

This is totally a guess, the last one on the board.

Rise And Fall Of The City Of Rome.

Rise and Fall Of The City Of Rome. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

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

Ohhh, bad luck!

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

scoring you the maximum of 100 points. 143, your total.

Good for you, Simon.

It was a nice thing to try, you knew it was a tough one.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now, Andy. Yes. Andy.

We have a game on our hands. Indeed. Not a fun one.

We have a game on our hands.

Not only are you an ex-pupil of Richard's old school... Mm-hmm.

..you now teach there.

I'm a teaching assistant there, yes. A teaching assistant there. Yes.

I mean, you have brought the spirit of Warden Park

right here to the studio.

Yeah, you have. You know what you have to do.

You went our Round One last time. It cannot happen this time.

It can!

You're on 93, you have to score 71 or less. That's quite easy.

On another round, maybe.

Talk us through the board, Andy.

Erm, I don't know any of them, I'm afraid.

Erm...The Music Of Figaro?

I'm going to skip that one. Betty Grimes, that sounds fun.

Murder On The Beach, that sounds fun as well.

The Cunning Little Rabbit, perhaps.

Erm, but the one I'm going to go for,

or the one I'm going to guess, is the last one.

Good luck. I'm going to say, Rise And Fall Of The City Of Atlantis.

The Rise And Fall Of The City of...? Atlantis. That's my guess. Atlantis.

OK, here comes your red line.

You get below that, you're in the next round.

Atlantis, is that right? The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Atlantis.

If it is right, how many people said it?

Andy-y-y...

I'm sorry to say an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points and takes your total up to 193.

I'm really sorry. Oh, well.

Oh, Andy, Andy, Andy...

Honestly, if I could think of anything to say to make it

better I would, but I can't.

So, Rise And Fall Of The City Of...well, we know it's not Atlantis.

We know it's not Rome. There's very few cities left.

It is of course, Rise And Fall Of The City Of...?

It's the only one I don't know on that board. Mahagonny.

4 points it would've scored, so very well done if you got that.

The City Of Mahagonny. There we go. something to remember. There you go.

It's not the Music Of Figaro it's... Marriage.

Marriage Of Figaro and would've seen you through cos it's only 67 points.

And the next one down is... Peter Grimes.

Betty Grimes' husband, yep, would've scored you 28.

It is not Murder On The Beach. It's Einstein On The Beach.

Yeah, 6 points. And The Cunning Little... Vixen.

No, it's rabbit, I'm afraid.

LAUGHTER It's vixen, 17 points for that.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, at the end of our First Round.

Oh, this is terrible.

Last time, First Round, this time First Round, Andy and Hannah,

two clearly bright contestants,

I'm afraid opera is what we threw at you. Oh, well.

The Marriage Of Figaro, did that somehow ring a bell?

Kind of, I'm not really an opera buff to be honest.

Fair enough. Well, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you this time and it really is goodbye.

We've loved having you on the show, briefly, each time.

Andy and Hannah, thanks so much for playing.

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

Three pairs remain and at the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to ANOTHER pair.

Well, that was an incredible round.

I have to say, with remarkably few incorrect answers.

It was our highest scoring round, PROBABLY ever!

LAUGHTER

Best of luck to all three pairs. 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.

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 a many players who've

defeated Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament as they could.

Players who've defeated Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any player who has beaten

Andy Murray in a singles event in a Grand Slam tournament since

he turned professional in 2005,

all the way through to April 2013, please.

So it's any of the Grand Slam tournaments,

which are the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and The US Open.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. So we're looking for any tennis player who's defeated Andy Murray

in a Grand Slam tournament since 2005.

Now, Simon, tennis good for you?

No, tennis is terrible for me.

And I'm sure this is going to be a very high scorer

but the only name I can think of is Roger Federer.

Roger Federer, says Simon.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Roger Federer.

It's right.

54! Not too bad.

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54 for Roger Federer.

Yes, the Madame Butterfly of answers in this round, Roger Federer.

Yeah, he's beaten Murray three times.

All three times in finals, actually, Wimbledon, US Open and French Open.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Nicki.

Nicki, tennis?

Reasonable. No, I meant, tennis?

We've got some rackets and a court back here...

Do you mind...if we just went and had a quick knock up?

You go right ahead. As long as you don't mind us carrying on with the show.

No, I think we'd better remain. Back to plan A.

Nicki, we want the name of any tennis player who's beaten

Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament.

What are you going to go for?

I could go for one of the really obvious ones.

Well, no, don't do that!

But I'm not going to. I think I'm going to go for Jo Wilfried Tsonga.

Jo Wilfried Tsonga, says Nicki, let's see if that's right.

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

He has.

3, Nicki.

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Very, very well done. That's a great answer. Jo Wilfried Tsonga.

Very well played, Nicki. Yeah, Murray's beaten him

a couple of times but Tsonga beat Murray in the first round

of the Australian Open in 2008.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Tom.

So any tennis player who has beaten Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament.

I'm going to go for Stanislas Wawrinka.

OK, just say that really slowly for me. Stanislas Wawrinka.

Stanislas Wawrinka.

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

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

It's right.

Two!

Two, Tom, for Wawrinka. Very well done indeed.

Yeah, he beat him in the last 32 of the US Open in 2010.

Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Two, the best score of that pass for Tom, very, very well done indeed.

Then Nicki and Heather on three

and then all the way up to 54 where we find Simon and Steve.

Steve, are you good on tennis?

Simon makes me look good at tennis so,

not feeling good about what's coming.

I have a feeling I might know what's going to happen in this next pass.

Anyway, we're going to come back down the line.

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

James, we're looking for any tennis player who has defeated

Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament since 2005.

OK, not my best subject by a long shot. This is a bit of a punt.

I'm going to say Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic, says James.

Well, you're on two. The high scorers are Steve and Simon on 54.

If you can get below that red line, scoring 51 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Djokovic, is it right and how many people said it?

It is right.

And you are through to the head-to-head, very well done.

Still going down, look at that, 26. Very well done. 28, your total.

Yeah, Djokovic beat Murray three times, all in Australia.

He beat him in the final in 2011 and 2013

and in the semifinal in 2012 as well.

Murray, of course, famously beat him in the US Open in 2012.

Thanks, Richard. Heather?

Oh, no, is this bad for you? Yeah.

All you have to score is 50 or less

and you are through to the next round.

So, any tennis player who has beaten Andy Murray in a Grand Slam tournament?

Em, is Andy Roddick a tennis player?

I don't know who you're asking! Just thinking out loud.

No-one is allowed to tell you! Andy Roddick.

Andy Roddick, says Heather. Well, there is your red line.

Below that and you're in the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

And you are through on the strength of it.

Seven, the third lowest score of the round, Heather.

10 is your total. A stab in the dark.

That is another suspiciously good answer, isn't it?

Yeah, he famously broke British hearts by beating Murray

in the semifinals at Wimbledon in 2009.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Steve.

There is grave news to be imparted.

I'm afraid you are the high scorers, even before you have answered.

However, what would you have gone for? Or what will you go for?

We still need an answer.

It's tricky.

As I said, my knowledge of tennis is worse than that of Simon's.

So I might say Leyton Hewitt. Leyton Hewitt, says Steve.

Leyton Hewitt, let's see if that's right.

No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the high scorers already,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Leyton Hewitt, let's see if it's right.

No! Bad luck, Steve.

Incorrect, it scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 154.

Sorry, Steve, worth a punt.

They've never actually played in Grand Slams.

They've played in lots of tournaments but never in Grand Slams.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers. There's nine of them.

There's not that many who have beaten Murray. It's usually one of the big guys who does.

Some of these were from earlier in his career. Some big-name players.

Arnaud Clement beat him in his first US Open.

David Nalbandian, the Argentinian, beat him in his first Wimbledon.

The Chilean, Fernando Gonzalez,

beat him in the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Verdasco beat him in the Australian Open.

Gael Monfils, the Frenchman, beat him in France.

Hyung-Taik Lee beat him in the last 32 of the US Open.

Juan Ignacio Chela beat him in Australia.

Nicolas Almagro, the Spaniard, beat him in France,

and Davydenko beat him in the US Open in 2006.

Let's take a look at the top three answers, we've already heard a couple of them.

Djokovic, 26.

The other famous tennis player, Rafael Nadal,

would have scored you 42. Right at the top, Federer, 54.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Steve and Simon who'll be leaving us

with their high score of 154.

The old tennis, that didn't play very well into your hands, I'm afraid.

We're not doing much for the stereotype of software people, are we? No.

To be honest, I wasn't really sure what the stereotype was.

That's very kind.

Anyway, Steve and Simon, we'll look forward to seeing you next time

when I'm sure you'll do much better,

but thanks very much for playing meanwhile. Steve and Simon!

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

Congratulations Nicki and Heather, James and Tom,

you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at ?6,000.

To decide which pair is going to play for that money, you're now going to go head-to-head.

The difference being that now you are allowed to confer.

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.

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

Famous foodies, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of famous chefs and cooks.

Can you name the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our five famous foodies and here they are.

We have got:

There we are. Five famous foodies.

Nicki and Heather, you've played best throughout the show so far

so you get to go first.

Excellent. Are you pleased with this?

It could be worse. It could be tennis players!

Do you know any of them?

I know two of them. I would say three.

OK, we'll go for A is Raymond Blanc.

A, Raymond Blanc.

Now, James and Tom?

We thought we had an answer for A which is different to that.

You can submit another answer for that if you like but talk us through the board.

You can say who you thought A was.

Going for French chefs, we thought Marco Pierre White.

B, we think possibly Mary Berry.

E, Gary Rhodes, and C and D, we're not sure.

What do you reckon?

We're going to go for B, Mary Berry.

B, Mary Berry, say James and Tom.

Now, Nicki and Heather had said Raymond Blanc for A.

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

Oh, not Raymond Blanc, I'm afraid.

James and Tom, you merely have to be correct with B, Mary Berry,

and if it's right, you will have won this question.

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

It is of course right, very well done.

54 for Mary Berry.

After one question, James and Tom, you're up 1-0.

The lovely Mary Berry. She came on the show, didn't she with Paul Hollywood?

Wasn't she nice? Wasn't she nice? She was delightful.

A is not Raymond Blanc, I'm afraid. It is a French chef so, guys, it is?

Marco Pierre White. No, he's English.

It's Jean-Christophe Novelli.

He would have scored you eight points.

He's been on as well.

C is the first man to get a Michelin star in Northern Ireland.

He looks as if he's in a Genesis tribute band there. It's Paul Rankin.

He would have scored you six.

D is the lovely Lorraine Pascale, she would have scored you 18.

E is, as I think both teams new, Gary Rhodes.

He would have scored you 37,

so the best answer on that board is Paul Rankin.

Thanks very much, so here comes your second question.

James and Tom, you get to answer it first, but Nicki and Heather,

you have to win it to stay in the game. Good luck.

It concerns Big Ben.

Big Ben, Richard.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about the London landmark

that's commonly known as Big Ben. Can you provide us with the best answer?

Thanks very much indeed, let's reveal our five clues

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There you are, five clues to facts about Big Ben.

James and Tom, you go first.

Go for it. Can we go for the occasion

for which Big Ben's were first broadcast?

I think the news.

The news.

The news. The occasion for which Big Ben's chimes were first broadcast

was for the News.

Now, Nicky and Heather, the board is all yours.

We don't know the anniversary.

The number of years the bells were silenced during the First World War,

we were guessing four but we're not sure about that.

We're thinking the language is probably Latin, and the Queen...

Is the Queen. ..is the current Queen Elizabeth II.

But we were thinking the occasion is New Year's Eve...

at midnight. The midnight New Year thing.

OK, New Year. OK. New Year, say Nicky and Heather.

James and Tom saying the News.

Nicky and Heather saying New Year's Eve.

Let's see if the news is right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said, "The News."

No. No.

Let's see if New Year's Eve is right and, if it is right,

and that's all it has to be,

Nick and Heather, it will win you the question.

Absolutely right. Very well done.

Seven. Good answer. Good score.

And exactly what you needed to do.

After two questions, you are back in the game. It is one-all.

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

The special anniversary it celebrated was 150 years -

14 points for that.

It was only silenced for two years during the First World War,

so would have been a tough one to go for - 9 points.

The language, it is Latin.

That would have scored you 45.

And the Queen is the current Queen, Elizabeth II.

That would have scored you 50.

So, New Year's Eve is actually the best answer on the board,

so very well played. Thanks very much, Richard.

So, it comes down to a third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot of ?6,000. Best of luck, both pairs.

Your third question concerns...

films with a nationality in the title.

Films with a nationality in the title, Richard.

We're going to show you the titles of five films with one word missing,

and that word in each case is a nationality.

Very best of luck filling in the gaps.

OK. Let's reveal our five films with a nationality missing

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Nicky and Heather, you go first this time.

Ooh.

We only really know two.

Should we go for the wedding one, then?

Go for the wedding one. We'll go for My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

OK. Greek. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, say Nicky and Heather.

James and Tom.

Well, I think we know a few.

The Mexican is the top one...

The Italian Job. And I think I'm going to go for the high-brow one.

I'll go for Slap Her, She's French!

Slap Her, She's French!, say James and Tom.

Slap Her, She's French! So, we have My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

It's right.

66.

James and Tom are going for Slap Her, She's French!

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right. If it beats 66 - and it does -

it sees you into the final.

23.

Very well done, James and Tom.

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

Well played. My Big Fat Greek Wedding grossed nearly $370m worldwide.

Slap Her, She's French!, less so.

It scored less.

You were right about The Mexican.

It would have been a very good score as well - 10 points.

The Italian Job, it's the biggest scorer up there,

perhaps unsurprisingly 87.

And the best answer on the board, starred George Clooney as well,

it was The Good German. 5 points if you said that. Very well played.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, Nicky and Heather. It was a great head-to-head round

and you played incredibly well.

New Year's Eve was a particularly good answer.

Very well played the whole way through today's show.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now.

It's been great having you on.

Thank you so much for playing, Nicky and Heather.

APPLAUSE

But for James and Tom, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, James and Tom. 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 ?6,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, I have to say, it's been a very high-brow show today(!)

Very high-brow indeed(!)

Yeah, I think you deserve a break in this round.

You've done very, very well and extremely well played throughout.

Now, as always, you start this round by choosing a category

and you have a choice of four options. They are...

Wow. Ooh.

Er, we're thinking the lesser of those four evils might be dance.

Ha-ha!

Really? Depends how evil it is.

They're all as bad as each other. Let's say dance.

Good. Good.

You're going to go with dance. They've gone with dance, Richard.

We're going to give you three categories now,

hopefully it will make your jobs slightly easier.

It might make your job slightly harder, but let's take a little look.

Can you give us the name of any film for which Fred Astaire

and Ginger Rogers both received an acting credit according to IMDB?

Can you give us the name of any professional dancer who has

won Strictly Come Dancing?

So, any of the pros who dance with the celebs

who have won Strictly.

Or any ballet which Darcey Bussell has been the principal

dancer or soloist for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.

So, any ballet for which Darcey Bussell

has been the principal dancer.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films,

professional winners of Strictly and Darcey Bussell performances.

Very, very best of luck, guys.

OK. As always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

And to win that jackpot of ?6,000,

all you have to do is find just one pointless answer.

Now remember, the answers you give can come from any of those

categories. They can be three from one, one from each,

two from one, one from an another,

it's entirely up to you. Are you ready?

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Any Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films?

I can think of Top Hat. That's the only one I know.

That's going to be quite a high score.

We'll work out way down. I never watched Strictly Come Dancing.

Flavia Cacace is a professional dancer on Strictly.

Anton Du Beke...

You wouldn't...? I've never watched it.

Erm...

And Darcey Bussell... Just think of famous ballets.

I think avoid that.

I think professional winners of Strictly Come Dancing.

Anton Du Beke, Flavia Cacace... Who are the others?

Who is the guy who danced with Lisa Riley?

Cos they were in it for ages.

Australian dancer, wasn't he?

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

There's a song, The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing,

but I don't think... Ten seconds left.

No. I think we'll take the one film, which I think might be wrong,

and two dancers. Yeah, go on then.

OK. That's your time up. I'm afraid I now need your three answers.

What are you going to say?

OK. I'm not sure that this is a film - it may be a song from a film -

but I'm going to say The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing.

The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing. OK.

And professional winners of Strictly...

Flavia Cacace... Flavia Cacace.

..and Anton Du Beke. And Anton Du Beke.

OK. There are your three answers.

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

Probably Flavia Cacace.

Flavia Cacace we'll put last. Your least likely to be pointless?

Probably The Night They Turned...

The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing. OK.

Let's put those answers up on the board in that order

and here they are.

Well, very best of luck.

Your first answer was the one you thought was probably

the least likely to be pointless.

The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing.

OK. Now, if this is right and it's pointless it will win you ?6,000.

What will you do with that, James?

I think our girlfriends will probably have spent

it by the time we get home.

Erm...but possibly a deposit for a house,

something like that.

Tom? Furnish the flat I've got.

Erm...probably put some actually furniture in it, maybe.

It's just completely empty, is it, now? You'd be surprised.

Well, very best of luck.

Three perfectly reasonable looking answers on the board there.

This first one though...

And it's just some song you know...

and you think it could be the name of a show.

You never know.

It could be very, very exciting if it were. Let's find out.

For ?6,000, was The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing

a film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers?

Ooh, bad luck. Bad luck, an incorrect answer.

So, onto your next answer.

We were looking, in this instance,

for professional dancers on Strictly.

You have gone for Anton Du Beke.

Again, if it's right and if it's pointless, it will win you ?6,000. Let's find out.

Anton Du Beke, was he a professional winner on Strictly?

Oh, bad luck.

Two incorrect answers.

Everything is now riding on Flavia Cacace, your third and final answer,

but you thought this was your best shot at a pointless answer.

So, if this is right...

that's all it needs to be really.

You can see how far down the column you get.

If you get down to the bottom, you leave with ?6,000.

Let's find out. Flavia Cacace,

was she a winning professional on Strictly Come Dancing?

Yes, she was, very well done indeed.

Your first answer, The Night They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing, was incorrect.

Your second, Anton Du Beke, was incorrect.

But Flavia Cacace is taking you down into single figures.

Down she goes, is she...? Oh, no! Bad luck.

That's a good score.

5 is a good score whichever way you look at it.

Sadly, in this last round, we are ONLY interested in pointless scores

and I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that pointless answer.

You don't win today's jackpot of ?6,000,

which will roll over onto the next show.

We've loved having you on the show

and you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

Thank you.

Yeah, unlucky, guys.

Strictly winners wasn't the worst category in the world for you.

Anton Du Beke has never won Strictly -

third place is the best he's ever done there with Lesley Garrett.

And it was Since They Turned Loch Lomond Into Swing and it is a song.

It's from a film called Carefree, which would have scored you 1 point.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers.

Some people would have done well on a couple of these categories I think.

Well done if you said any of those.

The professional dancers - there's only three pointless answers here.

Aliona Vilani,

who danced with Harry Judd would have been a pointless answer.

Camilla Dallerup - she won it with Tom Chambers in 2008.

And Darren Bennett won the second series with Jill Halfpenny.

He would have been a terrific answer.

Let's take a look now at the Darcey Bussell ones.

These are ones that people could have had a guess at some of these ballets.

All would have been pointless answers,

so well done if you got any of those at home.

There's stuff up there you could have got

but you played well throughout two shows, so well done, guys.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing - James and Tom!

Well, sadly James and Tom didn't win our jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for ?7,000.

AUDIENCE OOHS

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

It's goodbye from Richard... Goodbye.

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

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