Episode 12 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hello, my name is Robin, this is my wife, Mary,

-and we are from Northampton.

-Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Tom, this is my girlfriend, Anna.

-I'm from Birmingham and she's from Cambridgeshire.

-Couple number three.

I'm Tim and this is...Bob and we're from South London.

You had to think about that one, Bob.

-And, finally, couple number four.

-I'm Joanna, this is Nat.

I'm from Cambridge, she's from London and we are sisters in law.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks, 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.

James Bond has Q,

Danger Mouse has Penfold,

Paul Daniels has Debbie McGee.

Put them all in a blender and you'd come up with this man,

it's my pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

That's nice. That's quite a nice introduction.

Putting them all in a blender? It's not that nice really, now I think about it.

It should be a lovely show. We keep giving away the jackpot, don't we?

-I know, I wish we wouldn't do that.

-Oh, I like it. You hate it.

-You don't like giving away money, do you?

-I hate it, hate it.

-No, you love it.

-I do.

-It was lovely the last time because it was Elliott and Michael,

-who were terrific.

-They were brilliant.

They did brilliantly well in the jackpot round, as well.

Robin and Mary, you were just knocked out last time

by Elliott and Michael in that head-to-head.

It was a very close one so I suspect you may do well today.

Tim and Bob, it's a distant memory those two, isn't it?

Because you were knocked out in the first round.

You can barely remember them but, hopefully,

stick around for a bit longer today. That would be fun.

-Have we had sisters-in-law on the show before?

-Yeah, I think so.

It's not a sort of charged partnership

like a father-in-law, son-in-law.

I don't like one of those. I get really scared when that happens.

But anyway, perhaps they hate each other, you never know.

Nat and Joanna, they might have all sorts of issues but we'll find out, won't we?

They don't hate each other yet.

I think that's the point. Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are trying to find one of those rare

pointless answers, one of the answers none of our 100 people gave.

Find one of those and we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Elliott and Michael, as you will have gathered,

won the jackpot last time so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.

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OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round

will be eliminated and also do remember there is to be no

conferring during the round itself. Other than that, best of luck.

Our first category today is...

Can you all deciding 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, let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

A very apt question for Pointless this, scoring nul points.

We are looking for the name of any country who scored nul points

in the Eurovision Song Contest all the way through from 1957 to 2013.

So any of those Eurovision Song Contests.

We're looking for the name of the country as it was

when it scored nul points. So very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, you all drew lots before the show and today,

Mary and Robin, you're going to go first. Mary, welcome back.

-Now, Mary, remind us what you do.

-I'm a billing analyst.

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

-I go to the gym three or four times a week.

-That is good.

-Consistently throughout the year?

-Pretty much, yeah.

I go to the gym three or four times a week in January,

usually from about 5th of January to about the 12th.

OK, now, we are looking for nul points scorers.

-Do you follow Eurovision at all?

-Not really.

-Well, it's...

I'm guessing we can probably hazard an educated guess, I think.

-Er, Georgia, I think I'll go for.

-Georgia, says Mary.

OK, let's find out if Georgia is right

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

Oh, no. Oh, bad luck, Mary.

-An incorrect answer, that scores you 100 points.

-I love Georgia.

I love Georgia so much I've got a Georgian house.

Yeah, I mean, I have it on my mind, certainly. Thanks, Richard.

Now, Anna, welcome to the show. What do you do, Anna?

I'm currently a project manager.

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

I'm actually a Brownie Guide Leader in my spare time.

-No, that's brilliant!

-I am Tawny Owl.

-How long have you done that for?

-A couple of years now actually.

-Do you love it?

-I do.

It's quite a lot like crowd control but we get to do good stuff.

We get to do crafts and I've taken them to

the Natural History Museum for a sleepover with the dinosaurs.

-You slept over with the dinosaurs!

-It's actually quite scary.

-I bet it was.

-Right next to the dinosaurs.

-Right under that massive diplodocus or whatever it is.

-And they come to life at night, as well.

It really is properly scary.

Anyway, we want countries who scored nul points

in the Eurovision Song Contest.

I do watch Eurovision, particularly the scoring,

but I'm going to go for a country which normally does quite well

but I think when the twins with their spiky hair did it

they didn't do so well. So I'm going to say the Republic of Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland, says Anna.

Fingers crossed, let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Republic of Ireland.

Oh, bad luck, Anna.

Even the twins with spiky hair scored points.

-Who would have thought?

-I know.

That scores you quite a lot of points, 100 for you, I'm afraid.

Yeah, sorry, Anna, as well as winning it lots of times, never got nul points.

And Jedward, who I think that's who you're talking about

unless I'm mistaken, did rather well, both times they were in it.

-Oh, yeah, of course, they had them back.

-Yeah, yeah.

That's a country that really wants to lose, isn't it?

Anyway, Bob, welcome back. What happened last time?

-It was Round One.

-Round One, total disaster.

-He cuts quite a figure, Bob, doesn't he?

-Yeah.

He's quite a stylish man there.

If you were to tell me that Bob had won the Eurovision Song Contest

in 1962, I'd go, "Oh, OK."

Or perhaps just been in the charts in about 1981-82.

-As the keyboardist out of Visage.

-Exactly, exactly.

-Steve Strange's right-hand man.

-Yeah, I'd buy that.

-I'd buy that.

I DID buy that. It's a cracking song. Fade To Grey.

Anyway, Bob, what are you going to go for? I mean, it is a bit random.

I'm going to pluck something out of the air and it's bound to be wrong.

-Iceland.

-Iceland, says Bob.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right. Very well done indeed, Bob.

I'd almost forgotten what that tower sounded like.

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Good answer.

Well played, Bob. They never won and they got nul points in 1989.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Nat, welcome to the show.

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

I'm a communications manager.

What do you like getting up to in your spare time, Nat?

I run a music festival, voluntarily, with some of my friends.

-What kind of music?

-Sort of indie. Sort of indie music.

Fantastic. Where is it?

It's actually on a steam railway in Derbyshire so...

That sounds fantastic.

So we have bands playing on steam trains, we have a little railway...

-They play on the trains.

-They do, yeah.

-Is that Indietracks Festival?

-It is.

-It's very cool.

-You know it?

-Yeah.

And you run it? You set it up with some friends?

It's not just me, it's me

and a group of friends and we do it all in our spare time.

-And Rich knows it.

-Yeah.

-You should come.

-Well...

If you need someone to drive a train, could me and Xander come?

-It could be arranged.

-That would be good, wouldn't it?

Yeah, that would be great fun.

-We could drive a train with Sonic Youth playing on it.

-Done.

I'm guessing these are quite big trains.

Yeah, quite big, quite old, just a steam train.

-You could shovel some coal maybe.

-All right, well, there we are.

Listen, Nat, what are you going to go for?

Do you follow the Eurovision Song Contest avidly?

Not really, I'm afraid. No.

I think I'm going to guess maybe a bit of a random country and say Latvia.

OK, Latvia, says Nat, and let's see if it's right

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

There we are, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, Nat.

-It scores you 100 points.

-Sorry, Nat...

Look at Joanna, she looks furious!

Oh, man, look at her. Just got revenge written all over her.

She's fuming beyond words.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

Bob and Tim on 14, very well done indeed.

And then Nat and Joanna, Anna and Tom, Mary and Robin, all on 100.

So, yes, Joanna, Tom, Robin, we need to start thinking of really good correct answers.

At this stage they merely have to be correct, I'd say. Best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

Joanna, welcome to Pointless.

Obviously, we're looking for countries that scored nul points

in Eurovision Song Contests.

Joanna, what do you do?

-I'm a wedding photographer.

-Oh, that's fun.

-Yeah.

Running round, standing right next to couples just as they are saying their vows.

I've been to a few weddings recently where people have said,

"I thought the photographer was very intrusive."

Do people ever say that?

That is my USP, is that I am not intrusive.

Disguise yourself as a pillar.

It's not a bad idea, come in disguised as a rude screen or

any part of a church and you can get away with murder.

-Not literally, but...

-I try not to be intrusive.

Now, there you are, you are on 100 points.

How good are you on Eurovision, do you think?

Well, I do watch it, occasionally,

I don't usually get to the end. I fall asleep.

-That's the crucial bit, the scoring bit.

-Yeah.

The Eastern European countries kind of stick together,

so they always get point even though perhaps, you know, they wouldn't.

I was thinking that, but I wasn't giving that away.

So I'm going to just put the country and say...Finland.

Finland.

Finland. Let's see if that is right

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

No red line for you as you're joint high scorers.

It's right! You've plucked well.

14 is our lowest score. Correct score.

19 is our highest correct score.

Very well done indeed. 119, your total.

Well played, Joanna, they got nul points three times.

Only won it once with Lordi, the hard-rock band.

Of course, Finland were always the famous nul points

when we were little, I think, I seem to remember. Maybe not.

Let's not discuss what countries may or may not have been.

no, I was deliberately stepping around that minefield.

-OK. Now then, Tim, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-We discovered last time that you are a bookkeeper.

-Yes.

We also discovered last time that this is not the same thing

as a bookmaker, I discovered that.

I just wondered what odds he was going to give me, that's all.

Anyway, it's fine. And your big passion is line dancing.

A little bit disappointed you're not wearing your

line dancing shirt again, but there we are.

-What else do you like to do with your time?

-Travelling, when I can.

Excellent. OK, Tim, it is over to you. What are you going to say?

I think I remember this once happening, I think it was Norway.

Norway. Norway. I think I remember that.

Anyway, the good news is you are through.

Even if you score 100 points

you wont overtake our current high scorers, Joanna and Nat.

But let's see, is Norway right? And if it is, let's see how many people said Norway.

It's right!

39 for Norway.

Takes your total to 53.

Well done, Tim and Bob, you're through. Norway.

They're the famous ones.

Exactly. Yes, because they got nul points four times,

they're the record holders for the most nul points of all.

-They've won it three times, as well.

-Fair enough.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Tom. Tom, welcome to the show. What do you do, Tom?

-I work in marketing for an SME in Birmingham.

-For a what?

An SME, small-medium-sized enterprise.

Well, make your minds up, would you! An SME?

-SME, did you know what an SME was?

-I do now.

-Any other acronyms you can throw at me and slightly confuse me?

-No.

When you are not marketing, Tom, what do you get up to?

I play football, I'm sure you've heard that one before.

Football I know, yeah.

I like to cycle and I campaign for a climate change group.

What form does your campaigning take?

It's kind of across Europe,

we try and mobilise young people across Europe.

And are you pro-climate change or anti?

Yes, we want more ambition in EU policy.

More ambition in EU policy.

OK. Now, Tom, there is a high score which is 119.

You want to avoid overtaking that high score otherwise

you might be leaving us at the end of the round.

What are you going to go for?

I'm thinking that a lot of countries that border each other

often vote for each other so I'll go for an isolated country, Malta.

Malta. Malta.

Poor Malta on its own being picked on, nul points like that.

I'm sorry, Malta.

There's your red line, if you get below that red line

you are through to the next round for sure.

Let's find out how many people said it.

Oh, no, bad luck!

I'm sorry, Tom, I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer

which scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

-They did come last three times but never scored nul points.

-Fair enough.

Thanks very much indeed.

Robin, there you are on 100. Our high scorers at the moment are

Tom and Anna on 200, 99 or less gets you straight into the next round.

Now then, Robin, remind us what you do.

I'm a service delivery manager for a well-known high street retailer.

Do you watch Eurovision?

Yes, I usually skip the songs and go straight to the voting.

-So I should do really well.

-That is good of thing to do. Very good.

There's one that I'm pretty sure did get nul points

because it was on the news.

-So actually I am going to say the United Kingdom.

-The United Kingdom.

OK, you have to get below that red line with the United Kingdom

and if you do you're through to round two.

Let's find out if the United Kingdom is right, let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right, Robin,

very well done. I'm amazed someone hadn't said before.

58. Takes your total to 158, through you go to Round 2.

Very well played, Robin, exactly the right tactics there.

Gemini, of course.

There's no pointless answers at all, a couple of low ones, though.

Let's look at those.

Yugoslavia would have got you 2,

Monaco would have got you 2 and Austria would have got you 6.

The key thing was avoiding all the newer countries because they've

been in it fewer times and there are so many more votes these days.

It's much, much harder to get nul points.

And the top three, there's only one of these we haven't seen

so far, the third one. Spain with 21.

Then it was Norway, 39 and Robin has just given us Royaume Uni.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round I am afraid the pair heading home

with their high score of 200, I'm afraid are Tom and Anna.

Listen, you used fantastic logic, but I am afraid you were wrong.

I feel Pointless owes you one, is all I am saying,

so next time I hope it will all land much better for you.

But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing,

Tom and Anna, great contestants.

But for the remaining three pairs it is time for Round 2.

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And so, three pairs remain.

At the end of this road we have to say goodbye

to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

Tim and Bob, very well done.

The class swots of that round.

Nat and Joanna were the next best performing pair on 119

and 158 from Robin and Mary.

I don't know, who knows what the next round will be

but best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category is...

So from Eurovision to Europe.

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, the question concerns...

Great Danes, Richard.

On each pass we will show you descriptions of six famous

people were born in Denmark.

Can you give us the most obscure answer to one of these?

There are 12 Danes to guess at home. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

As Richard said we are looking for the names of these famous

Danish people described on these boards. Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

-There we are, six famous Danes. Robin.

-Yes.

-Over to you first.

How are you feeling about things?

Not bad, a bit worried when it came up

-but I think there's one or two I might know.

-Excellent.

So, I'm going to go for the drummer

and founding member of Metallica as Lars Ulrich.

Lars Ulrich, says Robin.

Let's see if that is right,

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

Absolutely right, Robin.

That's a great answer, Robin, very well done indeed.

9 for Lars Ulrich.

A very good start to the round.

Lars Ulrich was a very good tennis player when he was a child,

almost professional level for his age

but then went to see a Deep Purple concert and everything changed.

-Mum must have been pleased.

-Yeah. Anyway, there we go. Sorry, Bob, over to you. Great Danes.

I have always said sport and pop music are my worst subjects,

so that rather cut it down a bit.

So I am hoping I am going to be right

with the scientist who won the Nobel Prize for physics was Niels Bohr?

OK, so Bob has says Niels Bohr. Let's see if that's right and

if it is let's see how many of 100 people said that.

It is right.

Good answer! Very well done indeed, Bob. 4 for Niels Bohr.

Great answer, Bob, very well played.

Won the award for his work on the structure of the atom.

-Bohrium is named after him.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Joanna, this is all yours. This board. These famous Danes.

Take us through as many of them as you can and tell us

-which one you will submit.

-I can't, I can't.

I know the first one but I can't think of his name.

I know this answer, I will say an answer to the second one

but I know it is wrong. But I will say Bjork.

You're going to go with Bjork.

OK, let's see if Bjork is right.

Did she knock Wet, We, Wet off the top of the charts,

was she born in Denmark? Bjork.

Bad luck, Joanna. You knew it was wrong, I am afraid you were right.

It's 100 points for you, sorry.

Sorry, Joanna. Icelandic, as I'm sure you know.

It was Saturday Night by Whigfield.

Would have scored you seven points.

Number one for ever and ever and ever,

straight after Wet, Wet, Wet.

-The goalkeeper...

-Peter Schmeichel.

-It was Peter Schmeichel.

Quite a low score for Peter Schmeichel. 28 points.

The biggest scorer in the board was the Red Sonja actress.

-Brigitte Nielsen.

-Brigitte Nielsen.

She would have scored you 38. And this is a pointless answer,

the actress who played Sarah Lund,

and it was Sofie Grabol.

If you said that, very well played. It's a pointless answer.

Don't you just wish we had things like

-those whistles and bells in our alphabet?

-I know.

You could hang that surname up for a Christmas decoration.

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-Put some thread through that thing on the A...

-That's a lovely idea.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at the scores as they stand. 4 the best score -

Bob and Tim,

they're just on fire today.

Just fantastic. Very well done indeed.

Then up to 9

where we find Robin and Mary, and then I'm sorry,

Joanna and Nat, it's up to 100

where we find you. Who knows what might happen in the next pass,

but Nat, if you find a really low-scoring answer, maybe it'll be enough to keep you in the game.

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

OK, let's put six more famous Danes on the board, and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Six famous Danes. Nat,

you need to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I think I actually only know one.

I'm going to say the supermodel

who's appeared in the music videos,

Helena Christensen?

Helena Christensen, says Nat.

No red line for you

but let's see how many people said Helena Christensen.

Ooh, it's a good answer. Well done, you.

8.

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-That just keeps you in the game.

Till the end of the round, maybe...

A very good answer. Puts a lot of pressure on Mary on the last podium.

Yeah, she was in Duran Duran's Girl Panic video

where she played the drummer, Roger Taylor.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Tim - good news.

You're in the head-to-head thanks to Bob's excellent answering

in the first pass.

How are you feeling about this?

There's one easy one

and another one I THINK I know.

I think the News Quiz presenter

is Sandi Toksvig.

Sandi Toksvig, says Tim.

No red line for you,

you're already through, but let's see how many of our 100 people said Sandi Toksvig.

Absolutely right.

19.

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-Takes your total up to 23,

sees you very comfortably into the head-to-head.

Very well played. They continue their

-great run on that middle podium.

-They do.

Yeah, when we were kids she was on No.73. Do you remember that?

-What, the bus?

-No. The children's television programme.

-I didn't see that, No.73.

-Really?

You probably weren't allowed to watch ITV.

It wasn't that, we didn't really get it. We had a little...

We'll go into this another time. Northumberland, is all I can say.

Now, Mary - you have to get this answer right.

That's the level of jeopardy we're at. It has to be correct.

An incorrect answer from you, we'll be saying good night, Mary and Robin.

-This is a terrible one for me.

-Oh, no!

Nat and Joanna,

you heard what she said.

Talk us through the board, Mary. Just do your thinking out loud.

I'm a massive Breaking Bad fan

and I can't think who plays Gus.

I don't watch Strictly,

and the author who wrote

The Little Mermaid,

all I can think of for that one,

and that's going to be my answer,

is Hans Christian Andersen.

OK, that's all you can think of.

Hans Christian Andersen.

Well, there's your red line.

Get it right, and you're through to the head-to-head.

Is Hans Christian Andersen right?

Course it is! Well done, Mary. That was all you needed.

Hans Christian Andersen...

35.

Takes your total up to 44,

sees you into the head-to-head. Well done.

Oh, you could see the exact moment

when Joanna and Nat's heart broke.

"I can't think of anyone

"but I'm just going to say Hans Ch..."

It was just as you got to that, they just both went, "Oh..."

Let's look through the rest of these.

The ballroom dancer is Camilla Dallerup.

She would have scored you 7 points.

The female author at the bottom there is Karen Blixen,

very well done if you said that, 6.

And the actor who played Gus is a pointless answer,

and you'd be naming stereotypical Danish names for a long time

before you got to Giancarlo Esposito.

CHUCKLING

Pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

their high score of 108

I'm afraid it's Nat and Joanna.

Oh, you were teased there by Mary,

she played you.

But the good news is you'll be back next time.

We'll look forward to seeing you,

thanks very much for playing.

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

Congratulations, Tim and Bob, Robin and Mary,

you're one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.

Now, we have to decide who's going to go through to the final

and to do that you're now going to go head-to-head.

The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that £1,000,

I think this is going to be very exciting.

Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head!

OK. Here comes your first question. And it concerns...

..TV Historians.

Simply going to show you five pictures now of TV historians -

can you tell us the name of the most obscure, please?

Let's reveal our five pictures, and here they are. We have got...

Tim and Bob, you've played best so far

so you will go first.

(A, I know her face, but...)

(Oh, what's her name? Lucy...?)

(Begins with W...)

We're going to go for B,

-and that's David...

-Starkey.

David Starkey, say Tim and Bob. Now then, Robin and Mary,

-do you think you can talk us through the rest of the board?

-Ah...

A, I know -

I've seen her, can't place her name.

C, I think, is Simon Schama.

D, again I've seen her programme

and I can't think.

E, is possibly going to be my guess,

I'm not sure what he looks like

but I know there was

a black-and-white TV historian

called AJP Taylor,

and I'm not if I should go for that

or go for the other one, so

I'm going to go for C, Simon Schama.

C, Simon Schama. OK, so we have David Starkey and Simon Schama.

Tim and Bob said David Starkey for B, let's see if that's right

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

It's right...

10.

10 for David Starkey.

Robin and Mary have said that C

is Simon Schama. C, Simon Schama.

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

It's right...

Not far off. But 19.

Which means, Tim and Bob, after one question you are up 1-0. Richard.

Well played, both teams.

It would have been no risk to say AJP Taylor - there was a historian

of that vintage shall we say called AJP Taylor, and that is him.

Would have scored you 8 points.

Would have been a big risk to take.

A, I think you all recognise her

and you're getting towards a name somehow.

-Lucy Worsley.

-Exactly. She would have scored you 7 points.

And D is

Bettany Hughes.

And would have scored you 6 points,

so low scores all round from our 100 there.

Thanks, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Robin and Mary, you'll get to answer it first

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

It concerns...

..Board Games.

-Richard.

-Going to show you five clues to facts about board games -

can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

OK, let's reveal our five clues,

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Robin and Mary, you will go first this time.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

We're going to go for

the murder victim in the UK Cluedo,

and we're going to say Dr Black.

Dr Black, say Robin and Mary.

Now, Tim and Bob, can you talk us through the rest of the board?

How much of it can you fill in?

The top one I think is ludo.

The chess piece is the bishop.

The... I think it's something like

Jailhouse Jack or Jake or

something like that, I'm not sure.

The black-and-white game is Othello.

I think the one we should go for is

ludo.

OK, you're going to say ludo.

So we have Dr Black,

and we have ludo.

OK, Dr Black say Robin and Mary.

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

It's right. Very well done.

Down to 10.

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Tim and Bob, you have gone for ludo,

the counters and dice game that is Latin for "I play".

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

It's right.

Is it going to go down below 10?

No, it's not. 40 for ludo.

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Well done, Robin and Mary.

After two questions you're back in the game, it's one-all.

It is a good head-to-head, this. Let's take a look at the other names.

You're right about the chess piece, it's the Bishop,

that would have scored you too many points.

It would have scored you 51.

You were right about Othello, as well.

That would have scored you 23 points.

Now, the name of the character in jail in Monopoly -

if you'd had to have a guess, what would you have gone for?

Jailhouse Jake?

Jake the Jailbird is the answer.

You obviously knew it, it wasn't quite the right words.

Three points for that, so that would have been a great answer,

well done if you said that at home.

OK, it's all coming down to a decider.

It's the third question. Whoever wins this one goes

through to the Final and plays for that jackpot.

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

ABBA Singles Titles. Richard.

We're going to show you the name of five ABBA top 40 singles now,

but we're just showing you the number of letters in each word of the title.

Can you decipher what the title is from these clues?

OK, thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our clues to ABBA singles titles, and here they are...

I'll read in those all again...

There we are, five ABBA singles.

Tim and Bob, you will go first.

Money, Money, Money, but I don't know what the bit in brackets is.

Erm...

I'll try, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

for the fourth one down.

OK, you're going to go for I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.

Now, Robin and Mary, talk us through the board.

OK, I think the first one is

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).

I think the second one is Dancing Queen.

5,3 I think is Mamma Mia.

4,4 is not coming to me right now.

So I'm going to go...

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).

OK, so Tim and Bob have said I do, I do, I do, I do.

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

It's right.

Very well done, 29.

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Robin and Mary have gone for Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight).

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 29...

And if it does...

Which it does! You are through to the Final.

-Very well done indeed, 15.

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Very well done.

After three questions, Robin and Mary,

you are through to the Final, 2-1.

Brilliant head-to-head, well played, Robin and Mary.

7,5 we've already heard is Dancing Queen.

That would have scored you 41.

5,3 is Mamma Mia.

That would have won the point, as well, actually,

because it only scored 24 points.

And the bottom one is the best answer up there

it was one of their very, very early songs - Ring Ring.

That would have scored you 5 points.

-Well done if you said that at home.

-Thanks very much in need.

At the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the pair leaving us, Tim and Bob, what an exciting

head-to-head that was, some great answers from both pairs.

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

Came so close, but it's been great having you on our show.

Thank you so much for playing, Tim and Bob.

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But for Robin and Mary it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Robin and Mary, you fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £1,000.

There it is.

Well, you've done one better, it was head-to-head last time.

And you were sort of the underdogs in the head-to-head slightly.

-And you stormed it.

-Yeah.

OK, well, good luck.

As always, you get to choose your category,

and here are your four options...

-HE SIGHS

-There's a few.

-Gosh.

OK, Belgium I think I'm not familiar,

-so might have to leave that.

-No, I don't think we should go for that.

Boxers is a possibility for me.

-Bestselling Albums...possibly for both of us.

-Yes.

You'd be quite good at obscure boxers, though, wouldn't you?

I might be OK at Boxers, although it's pretty much me then, isn't it?

Yeah, but I'd prefer something like that.

-OK, it's on me then?

-Yeah.

-Great.

It's on me, Alexander, we'll go for Boxers.

It's Boxers.

We're going to show you three different options now,

take your answers from any or all of these.

We're looking for anyone ever defeated

in a professional bout by Henry Cooper,

anyone ever defeated in a professional bout by Joe Calzaghe,

or anyone defeated in a professional bout by Ricky Hatton.

Anyone defeated by any of those three guys,

Henry Cooper, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton

in a professional boxing bout. Very, very best of luck.

OK, as always you have up to one minute to come up with

three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot is for

just one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, also, the answers you provide can come

from any of these categories, completely up to you. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

OK, Henry Cooper, right, I'll do some thinking out loud.

Most famously fought Muhammad Ali...

Um, he lost to, erm...

a few people in the '70s. I think Brian London.

The only one I can think of for Henry Cooper is Brian London.

Joe Calzaghe beak Chris Eubank

and would have beaten a lot of middleweight boxers.

I don't think he beat Nigel Benn or Mike McCallum.

Mikkel Kessler, he would have beaten.

I might have to go for that one, that's probably popular.

And Ricky Hatton I know he beat Kostya Zu and then lost

to Mayweather and lost to, erm...

a Filipino boxer, as well.

I'm trying to think of someone like Herol Graham or someone

he would have fought earlier in his career,

because that's going to get a pointless answer, isn't it?

-I'm going to say maybe Herol Graham.

-Ten seconds left.

Mikkel Kessler and Brian London

-for those three. OK.

-Yeah. That's great.

-OK, now, Robin. Phew!

-Phew!

Now, let's have your three answers.

When you give your answers will you say which category you are answering?

OK, in the Henry Cooper category I'm going to say Brian London.

Brian London.

In the Joe Calzaghe sector I'm going to say Mikkel Kessler.

Mikkel Kessler. And in Ricky Hatton, going for a guess, Herol Graham.

Herol Graham. OK, of those three,

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

It's either going to be the best or it'll go boom,

so I'll Herol Graham.

Herol Graham we'll put last - least likely to be pointless?

-Mikkel Kessler.

-Mikkel Kessler.

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

We have got Mikkel Kessler, Brian London, and Herol Graham.

Very best of luck. Your first answer was Mikkel Kessler.

This was the one you thought was probably least likely

to be pointless. Is it that you weren't sure if it was correct?

Yeah, and he seemed to fight him I think

near the end of his career, and I think it was quite

a well-known fight, so I think a few people might know him.

Well, remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

It's £1,000, what would you do with that?

Mary, what would you do with your share of that?

The crazy thing would be to go on holiday.

Robin would probably be like, "No, we have to put it towards moving,"

so it would go on new furniture and things.

Well, it'll be nice new furniture,

-and it'll last longer than a holiday.

-Exactly.

We hope. Depends where you get it from, obviously.

But anything else, Robin? You have a burning desire for?

I think probably going back to New York.

We've been there a couple of times, absolutely love it,

so we could probably have an expensive holiday there.

There are three good answers on the board,

let's hope at least one of those is pointless.

Mikkel Kessler, your first answer.

Obviously it has to be correct,

and pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £1,000, let's find out how many people said

Mikkel Kessler lost to Joe Calzaghe.

It's right.

That was the first thing it had to be.

The second it has to be is pointless for you to win that £1,000.

Down it goes, through the teens.

Into single figures, we're on the right track now,

down it goes...

You've done it! Very well done indeed!

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What about that! Fantastic! Very well done.

That is brilliant.

Very well done indeed.

And congratulations, your new flat is going to have furniture!

LAUGHTER

That's fantastic. Yes, Mikkel Kessler was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

Very well done indeed, Robin and Mary.

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That's terrific work.

We're giving away a lot of jackpots at the moment

and that was a well-deserved one.

Yeah, Kessler, unbelievably a pointless answer.

There are lots of pointless answers on all of these lists.

Brian London would have scored you 4, he did fight Cooper,

and Herol Graham didn't fight Ricky Hatton,

they were slightly out of each other's eras, I think,

so Mikkel Kessler was your main shot there.

During the 60 seconds you mentioned Kostya Zu,

who fought Ricky Hatton, of course, very famously,

but not that famously because that was a pointless answer, as well.

Oh!

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in all the different categories.

For Henry Cooper, very famous title fight at Wembley where

he beat Billy Walker.

Chip Johnson, Joe Bygraves, who then beat him in a rematch.

Joe Erskine, as well -

Cooper beat him three times for the British Empire title.

There's Joe Calzaghe, Kabary Salem, the Egyptian,

Mikkel Kessler, Paul Hanlon and Robin Reid.

He won the world title on split points decision against Robin Reid.

That was a pointless answer.

And Ricky Hatton you could have had Colin McAuley,

Jose Luis Castillo, Louis Collazo,

Paul Denton, you also could have had Paulie Magnilaggi,

Juan Urango, and as I said before, Kostya Zu,

also a pointless answer for him.

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

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Robin and Mary,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

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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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