Episode 14 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game

is to avoid obvious answers and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi. I'm Steve and this is my mate Fraser

-and we're from Edinburgh and Kinross.

-And couple number two.

Hello, Alexander. I'm David.

This is Rosie. She's my mum

and we're from Broxbourne and Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.

Couple number three.

I'm Hannah. This is Matt. He's my husband and we're from Bristol.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Dhru and this is Mitesh.

We're friends. I'm from Cheltenham and he's from West London.

And these are today's contestants.

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

as it goes along. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Unequivocally and unarguably the cleverest man on that chair,

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

Excellent. We've got Hannah and Matt back from last time.

-They were really properly good.

-They were good.

They were unlucky in that head-to-head, got knocked out.

I don't want to scare anyone else, but leading up to that,

-they were terrific all the way through.

-I think that was tactics.

-Getting knocked out?

-I think they threw it?

-Of course.

-Threw it.

Actually, of course it was. So they could come back and have

-a slightly bigger jackpot and be on telly for a bit longer...

-Yep.

..and skive off from being police officers for a bit longer as well.

-Clever.

-Clever.

-I worry about the streets of Bristol

-with both of them here, though.

-True. Yeah.

That's been two days without the law enforcement.

-The long arm of the law.

-Exactly.

Bristol is running amok.

-Bet it is as well.

-I bet it is.

-I bet even Bath is starting to get a little bit tasty.

-Edgy.

-Exactly.

Now, do you want me to talk you through some of the questions?

-Quickly, quickly.

-I can't, unfortunately, because

for once in my life I've forgotten to bring them with me.

So, while you're talking to the people on the first podium,

a magic pixie's going to bring them on for me, I'm almost certain.

-Wow.

-What do you think about that?

-That is...

I can see the magic pixie arriving.

I will talk to the guys and then I'll come back to you

-by which time you'll know all about the questions.

-Hey!

It's going to be a good show, though.

The questions are going to be amazing. Genuinely terrific stuff.

I'm looking forward to them.

We're going to do stuff about post-apocalypse Bristol.

I think it's going to be one of the rounds.

Fantastic. Thanks, Richard. As usual, all of today's questions have been asked to 100 people

before the show and our contestants here are on the hunt

for one of those all-important pointless answers,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Now, Steve and JK didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another

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

at £2,000.

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

-OK. Now, the pair...

-Can I just say?

-Yeah?

The magic pixie has just been in and I was right.

Round One is an absolute doozy.

I'm so glad I got these before I talk to you

because everyone's going to need warning about how good Round One is.

-Brilliant.

-It's a cracker.

-I can't wait. Hold that thought.

-OK.

Now, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round will be eliminated.

But also do remember there is to be no conferring during the round. OK.

So, our first category today is...

He's right. It's Famous People.

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

who's going to go second?

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

Look at that. They can hardly hold themselves back.

-You haven't seen the question yet.

-They're fighting to go first.

-Of course they are.

-I've never seen that before.

-It's amazing, isn't it?

OK. Now, the question concerns...

-That's the best thing ever.

-Thank you very much.

Worth waiting for, wasn't it?

We're going to show you seven clues to famous people known by the name

Nigel, you just have to give us the most obscure answer you can, please.

There's going to be 14 Nigels to get at home,

very best of luck on your Nigel hunt.

OK, 14 Nigels, we are looking for these famous people called Nigel,

and here is the first board of seven.

I will read those all one last time.

Steve and Fraser, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

Steve, first into the Nigels, what about that? What a treat.

-I'm ready for this.

-Steve, you are from Edinburgh.

What do you do up in Edinburgh?

I work in IT for Britain's largest fleet management company.

What do you do in your spare time?

I play a lot of sport, football, basketball, cricket.

-A little bit of home baking.

-What is your signature bake?

Apple crumble is pretty good. Victoria sponge.

-Apple crumble, I got a really good tip the other day.

-Go on, then.

This is absolutely true. You put a bit of cheddar cheese in there.

You grate a bit of cheddar cheese - not in the crumble, on the apple.

When it melts, it's delicious. I've tried it.

People take the mick out of Xander all the time, I'm sorry,

this sort of thing comes up sometimes.

I can see why.

I always like to put some blackberries in my lasagne as well.

Now that's just silly. Anyway, I give you that for nothing.

Now, Steve, which of these Nigels?

Who knew there were so many Nigels?

There's a couple I know,

but I think I'm going to go for the Popstars judge,

-which I think was Nigel Lythgoe.

-Nigel Lythgoe says Steve.

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

It's right.

Not bad. 18 for Nigel Lythgoe.

Yes, he's done all sorts, Nigel Lythgoe.

He started out as a dancer, was a TV executive, judge,

-all sorts of things.

-OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now, David, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

You've come from Broxbourne. What do you do up there?

I don't do it there,

my office is in Crowborough, where I look after the sales

and marketing for a small little engineering distribution company.

OK, but when you're not doing that, you are to be found

back in Broxbourne - you run the local pub quiz. Is that right?

-Yes, yes, for my sins.

-OK, at the Golden Lion. It's famous.

-In the whole Broxbourne area, one of the most famous pub quizzes.

-Top 20.

Yes, in the Broxbourne district.

-I think 1492, the pub.

-1492, is she? Really?

-One of the oldest pubs.

Now then, David. Nigels, we're onto Nigels.

I'm racking my brain for the snooker player,

but I can't think of it, so I'm going to play a bit safe

and says Sir Humphrey was played by Nigel Hawthorne.

Nigel Hawthorne, Nigel Hawthorne.

OK, let's see if that is right,

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

That's a good answer, 24. Very well done.

Well done, David. That was his big TV break, Yes Minister.

He went on to all sorts of amazing things.

-Nominated for an Oscar - lost out to Tom Hanks.

-Of course.

-There we are. Now, Hannah, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Hannah, last time what an exemplary turn you put in on Pointless.

Yes, I'm rather gutted, because I can't believe how

-much of a blank I'm drawing on the rest of the board.

-On the Nigels?

Yes. Nigels are not a strong point.

So, I'm going to go, ironically, for a politician,

because that was not a strong point last time round.

The British politician, resumed leadership of UKIP in 2010.

It's a bit of a punt, but I think it might be Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage, you're going to say. They know their politicians.

-That was all just a complete game, wasn't it?

-Oh, yes.

Nigel Farage, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right,

and how many of our 100 people said Nigel Farage.

Absolutely right.

Well, 24 is our high... Ooh! Look at that. 62 for Nigel Farage.

Wow, I wasn't expecting it to stop so soon.

That's a very big score, isn't it?

He's got very good name recognition - all over the telly

-and stuff like that.

-Certainly has. OK, Dhru. Welcome to the show.

-What do you do?

-I'm a data analyst for another large IT company.

Oh, yes, Steve, IT. Exactly.

But they were more a large fleet company, rather than IT company.

Much better at getting people from A to B, whereas you

are an actual IT company dedicated to improve people's lives online,

which is great.

Now, you are the last person to have this board, so, if you fancy it,

you could talk us through all the Nigels that are as yet unclaimed.

Well, I'm afraid I don't know any famous Nigels who are on that board.

So I'm going to take a stab

at the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer as Nigel Harris.

Nigel Harris. Nigel Harris.

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

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

Bad luck, I'm sorry,

an incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Sorry, not Nigel Harris, it's quite a big scorer, it is of course...Lawson.

Nigel Lawson. Nigella Lawson's father as well.

54 points that would have scored you.

There is another quite big scorer down there, the violinist,

that's Nigel Kennedy. He would have scored you 39.

The other two are the best answers up there. The snooker final...

I know you were trying to think of the snooker player.

Some people at home will have got this, it was Nigel Bond.

Very well done if you said Nigel Bond, it would have scored you eight.

The screenwriter, do you know that?

He was married to Judith Kerr, who wrote The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

-Oh, it's...um...

-Nigel Kneale.

That would have scored you two points,

so well done if you said that, it's the best answer up there.

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

let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

18, the best score of that part, Steve. Very well done indeed.

And then up to 24, we find David and Rosie.

62, where we find Hannah and Matt,

and up to 100 where Mitesh and Dhru currently reside.

Now, anything might happen.

Frankly, if we can wrangle enough Nigels and put them on the board,

there are going to be some pretty obscure Nigels there, in my opinion.

So, find one of those and get it right and maybe that will keep you

in the game. Best of luck, we're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more Nigels on the board,

and here they are.

I will read them one last time.

Now, remember, we're looking for the surnames of these famous Nigels,

and you're going to try to find us the one that you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew. Mitesh, what do you do?

I'm currently a student,

but I'm actually on placement here at the moment,

working as a credit risk coordinator for a multi-industrial company.

OK, good stuff. Well, there you are, you are high scorers on 100.

What we need from you is a low score.

How do you find this second board?

Not very good, because I was born in the '90s,

so if you look at a few of those dates, they're not very kind to me.

But there is one there I think I can have a stab at.

I'm going to go with the 1992 Formula One World Drivers' champion,

Nigel Mansell.

Nigel Mansell, says Mitesh.

No red line for you as you are the high scorers,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Nigel Mansell.

It's right.

57.

157 is your total.

Yes, it took him 13 years to win that title, Nigel Mansell.

He nearly won it six years previously

and then his rear tyre famously exploded in the final Grand Prix.

OK, thank you very much indeed. Now then, Matt, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-So, here you are,

leaving Bristol to fight crime on its own for another day.

What happened last time?

We had a blinding first round, bit of luck with a couple

of questions, and a good second round, got to the head-to-head, had

a nightmare with politics, and then we lost by a hair's breadth

on hairstyles.

But it is all Nigels now, which is great.

I had three in my head on the first pass.

One has come up and been taken,

the other two aren't there. But, luckily...

What are you saying, there's a couple of Nigels we let slip?

-Absolutely.

-I want to hear those at the end of the round.

I will let you know, and you will know the names as soon as you hear.

The Young Ones was filmed in Bristol and I've been past the house

and I know the actor who played Neil Pye was Nigel Planer.

Nigel Planer, says Matt.

Well, you're on 62, you want to score 94 or less to stay in.

There is your red line. Let's see if Nigel Planer gets you down below it.

It's right and you are through.

32 for Nigel Planer.

-It takes your total up to 94.

-Well played, Matt.

Again, Matt and Hannah starting as they mean to go on.

They did well last time, they'll do well this time.

I just thought of a Nigel as well.

-There is a surfeit of Nigels all of a sudden.

-Who knew?

More than enough Nigels to go around. What about that?

I have great news for you, Rosie, you are through to the next round.

I mean, you have to give an answer, but even if you get it wrong

you won't overtake the high score of Dhru and Mitesh.

So what do you get up to?

I work as a receptionist in a local solicitors' company, which is

very nice for me. I like quizzes, especially the quizmaster.

-At the Golden Lion?

-Yes.

Now, Rosie, what about all these Nigels?

Oh, it's such a shame, they were the two I knew, actually.

I don't really know the other two at all.

Oh, I do!

LAUGHTER

-The last one is Nigel Slater.

-Nigel Slater, Rosie.

-That suddenly arrived.

-Yes!

-I think that's a good answer. Let's see.

There's no red line for you as you are already through,

but let's see how many people said Nigel Slater.

Look at that.

Perfectly right.

21, that's a lovely score, Rosie. 21 takes your total up to 45.

Very well done, glad that came to you.

He doesn't have a restaurant, or any commercial connections at all,

Nigel Slater. He just calls himself "a cook who writes".

That's nice, isn't it? Enormously popular, as well.

So then, Fraser, we come back to you. What do you do, Fraser?

-I'm a pharmacist.

-Excellent.

And what do you do when you are not pharmacing?

When I'm not pharmacing as a pharmacist, I pretty much play

basketball, coach basketball, live, eat, sleep and breathe basketball.

-OK. And any baking at all for you?

-Yes, I bake as well.

The Great British Bake Off

encouraged me to get my fingers in the dough.

Can I recommend something?

If you are making a cherry pie, put a little bit of broccoli.

LAUGHTER

-I'll bear that in mind, Richard.

-Anyway, Fraser, Nigels.

Do you fancy talking us through the board

and filling in the Nigels that we haven't landed on yet?

Thankfully, as I was watching the names disappear, I thought,

at least I still know one up there.

One of my favourite films, Chariots Of Fire,

one of my wife's favourite actors as well - Nigel Havers.

Nigel Havers - there's no red line as you are already through,

but let's see how many people said Nigel Havers.

Absolutely right, of course.

There we are, 28.

28 takes your total up to 46. Well done, Fraser.

Well played, Fraser, an incredible career, Nigel Havers.

He's done all sorts of things. He was in Corrie last year.

Now, let's take a look at the rest.

Talking of Corrie, the actor who has appeared as Terry Duckworth

is Nigel Pivaro.

Well done if you said that, that would've scored 15 points.

The chess player is Nigel Short. That scored eight.

And the best answer up there, the locomotive engineer,

Nigel Gresley would've scored five points.

Well done if you said that, that was the best answer there.

Thank you, Richard.

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

with a high score of 157, it's Mitesh and Dhru.

I'm so sorry, we threw Nigels at you and it was tough.

We will see you again next time,

we look forward to that very much indeed, but thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we have to say goodbye to another pair

in time for our head-to-head round.

Hannah and Matt, the super stars of the last show,

you were the high scorers in that round.

But Dave and Rosie, Steve and Fraser, only a point between you,

and Dave and Rosie you did the best, so very well done indeed.

Best of luck to all three pairs, our category for Round Two...

Matt looking quite happy with that.

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

who is going 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 2013 Formula One

drivers as they could. 2013 Formula One drivers.

We are looking for the names of any of the 22 drivers who started

the 2013 Formula One season, please.

OK, thanks very much indeed. Steve. Is this good for you?

-Not really.

-STEVE SIGHS

Someone sighed very heavily, I think it was you. Now I hear it again.

Yeah, it was me.

Cos I think you didn't mind it when it came up as a general

-but then when it was more specific...

-Yeah.

..then we got the sighs.

I'm just going to go with a very obvious one,

I'll go for Mark Webber.

Mark Webber.

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

It's right.

35.

That's not too bad.

Perfectly respectable, Steve.

It was his last season, Mark Webber,

the Brazilian Grand Prix was his 215th and final Grand Prix.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, David.

-Hello.

-David, Formula One.

Now, I didn't hear anything from you, no sighs, no whoops,

I have no idea.

I would've said this is a good subject and my mind has gone blank.

-Ah.

-I'll go Kimi Raikkonen.

Kimi Raikkonen.

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

It's right.

35 is our only score so far, you've past that.

18.

APPLAUSE

18 for Kimi Raikkonen.

Yeah, Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, former world champion as well.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Matt. Matt, you seemed very happy with this.

I like a lot of Formula One.

I was hoping for an older question about previous races but I'm

surprised at how low Webber scored so I'm going to go with Max Chilton.

Max Chilton says Matt.

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

Very well done. Well, 35's our highest score, 18 our low.

You pass 35,

you're pass 18.

5.

That's the way to do it, Matt. Back on top.

Well played, Matt.

Yeah, British driver, Max Chilton, drives for Marussia.

He was permanently at the back because of the car

but he finished every single race,

the first rookie ever to do that in Formula One history.

-That is impressive.

-It is impressive, isn't it?

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

let's take a look at those scores. 5, Matt, what about that?

See, this is what it was like back in the glory days of last time,

do you remember? Yes, you and Hannah looking very strong.

Then up to 18 where we find David and Rosie

and then to 35 for Steve and Fraser so,

Fraser, I hope your Formula One is good enough

and you can find something that will keep you in the game. Best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

Hannah, we are looking for 2013 Formula One drivers.

29 or less keeps you from becoming the high scorers.

I'm going to go with...a driver that I know is driving

so I can name a few but I just want to make sure that he is still

driving so I'm going to go for Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso says Hannah. There's your red line.

Get below that, you are definitely in the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

You've done it. Very well done, Hannah,

28.

You needed 29 or less, you've got it.

33 is your total.

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso.

Very good answer, you did exactly what you needed to do.

-Thanks. Now, Rosie. How are you feeling about this?

-Em, OK, a bit.

OK, a bit? Good.

Well, you're on 18. The high scorers are still Fraser and Steve on 35.

If you want to avoid overtaking them

before they've given their answer, 16 or less.

-Jenson Button.

-Jenson Button says Rosie.

There's your red line, that's quite low.

Let's see how far down the column you get with Jenson Button.

It's right.

Oh, it's a high one, I'm afraid, Rosie.

That takes your total up to 84.

Another former world champion

but just ninth in 2013 for Jenson Button but very big name recognition.

Mm.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Fraser, if you can score 48 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

What do you think?

I think I'll play it relatively safe

and go for the Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo.

Daniel Ricciardo says Fraser.

There's your red line,

let's see if you can get down below that with Daniel Ricciardo.

It's right.

You are in the head-to-head, well done.

And how! Look at that, 5. That's a great score.

5 takes your total up to 40.

Joint lowest scorer of the round there, Fraser.

Well played, Fraser, terrific answer.

As you say, he drove for Toro Rosso in 2013.

Destined for very great things, I think.

Now, there's no pointless answers cos our 100 are very good at this

sort of thing but there's a couple of one-pointers.

If you said Jules Bianchi, very well done,

the Marussia driver, the team-mate of Max Chilton.

And Esteban Gutierrez also would've scored you one point.

And Nico Hulkenberg would have scored you two points.

Other low scorers, Valtteri Bottas would've scored you

three as would Pastor Maldonado, Jean-Eric Vergne

and Giedo van der Garde, all of them would have scored three.

Charles Pic would've scored you four.

Romain Grosjean would've scored you nine points.

13 for Massa and Rosberg. Let's take a look at the top three scorers.

Here's what most of our 100 people said.

Vettel would've scored you 48,

Jenson Button, 66,

and right at the top, Lewis Hamilton with 67,

just pipping Button there.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid the pair heading

home with a high score of 84, it's Rosie and David.

Well, really, nothing wrong with your answering there.

I guess Jenson Button was just a bit of a high score but it doesn't matter.

The great news is we get to see you again next time.

We look forward to that. Rosie and David, thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Steve and Fraser, Hannah and Matt,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

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

The good news is you are now allowed to confer and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

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

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

We're going to show you five outfits,

costumes or items now famously worn by a particular pop artist.

You just need to tell us who they're worn by, please. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much. So, let's reveal our costumes and here they come.

We have got...

There we are, five pop costumes.

Now, Steve and Fraser, you've played best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

We're going to go for E, a personal favourite of ours, Kylie Minogue.

Kylie Minogue say Steve and Fraser.

Now, Hannah and Matt, do you think you can talk us

through the rest of that board?

Yeah, I've got an inkling that A might be Shakira or

Christina Aguilera but it would be a bit of a punt.

I'm not sure about B, I don't recognise that at all.

We're confident that C is Freddie Mercury and D is Madonna.

I don't mind. Go on.

Let's go D. D, Madonna.

D, Madonna. OK, so we have Kylie Minogue, we have Madonna.

Steve and Fraser said Kylie Minogue for E.

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

It's right.

67 for Kylie Minogue. That's quite high, isn't it?

Hannah and Matt meanwhile have said that D is Madonna.

D, Madonna, let's see how many people said that.

That's right.

79 for Madonna.

Very well done, Steve and Fraser. After one question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, Hannah and Matt, I think I would have done what you did there,

I would have avoided Freddie Mercury cos I would've thought it'd be

a big score but, actually, it would've won you the points.

It is Freddie Mercury, it would've only scored you 52.

Isn't that amazing?

Now, for the first one.

If you'd had to choose between Shakira and Christina Aguilera,

-which would you have chosen?

-Shakira came into my mind first.

OK, it was Britney Spears. Would've scored you nine points.

And B is Katy Perry. That's the best answer up there, one point.

-I was sure that was Shakira.

-You thought it was Shakira?

Yeah, the one on the left.

Em, how extraordinary? Well, there we go.

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

Hannah and Matt, you get to answer this one first

but you have to win it to stay in the game so very, very best of luck.

Here it comes, it concerns...

We're going to show you five clues now to films that either have

red, white or blue in their title.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

ALEXANDER READS CLUES

I'll read those all one last time.

ALEXANDER REPEATS CLUES

Hannah and Matt, you'll go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

Yeah, we're going to go for the Mafia comedy with Hugh Grant,

we think it was Mickey Blue Eyes.

Mickey Blue Eyes say Hannah and Matt. Now, Steve and Fraser.

Well, the top one is The Hunt For Red October.

The second one, I think, is Red Dragon.

The third one is White Christmas. And you're on your own.

Nope.

The bottom one I can't remember at all.

I just can't think of it.

I think we'll go for prequel in which Anthony Hopkins

reprised his role and we'll go for Red Dragon.

OK, so we have Mickey Blue Eyes and Red Dragon.

Now, Hannah and Matthew, you've said Mickey Blue Eyes.

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

It's right.

23.

APPLAUSE

23, that seems OK, but you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Steve and Fraser have gone for Red Dragon.

Let's find out, Red Dragon, is it right?

Will it beat Mickey Blue Eyes?

Oooh, look at that!

Wow, 24.

Very well done, Hannah and Matthew, that was incredibly well reasoned.

By the skin of your teeth, you are in the game still.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Well, last time, Hannah

and Matt avoided an answer that would've won them the point.

This time, you've done it because The Hunt For Red October would have seen you through.

-BOTH:

-Are you kidding?

-Yeah, seven points for that.

It's a famous film

but maybe people didn't recognise the description of it, I don't know.

The festive favourite starring Bing Crosby, I think you all knew,

is White Christmas.

Big scorer, though, 86 points for that.

The Michael Haneke film,

very well done at home if you got this, The White Ribbon.

Terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes the decider. This is your third question.

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

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

We're going to show you five types of Mexican food now but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer?

The team who does is going through to play for the jackpot.

Thanks very much, let's reveal our five anagrams of Mexican food

and here we have...

There we are, Steve and Fraser, you will go first this time.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

The bottom one is chimichanga.

Chimichanga say Steve and Fraser.

Now then, Hannah and Matthew.

Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

We had just worked out chimichanga.

I think the second one down is burrito and we're going to

have to go with it, aren't we? I can't think of anything else there.

Can you think of any others that might fit?

The only things I can think of is churros and enchiladas.

-No. It'll have to be burrito.

-OK, you're going to go with burrito.

So, we have chimichanga and we have burrito.

Steve and Fraser said chimichanga.

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

It's right.

Wow, very well done. 15.

15 for chimichanga. Now, Hannah and Matt, you have said burrito.

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

It's right.

Oh, 19 for burrito.

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Very close, as it has been the whole way through this head-to-head.

Absolutely fantastic head-to-head.

Very well done to both pairs but after three questions,

Steve and Fraser, it's you who go through to the final 2-1.

Terrific stuff, well played, all four of you.

All of the other three answers would have won the points, actually.

The top one, I thought

was easy but a lot of our 100 people had trouble with it.

I think quite often when they're plurals, people have trouble.

-It's nachos.

-Oh, for goodness' sake.

-Did you not get it either?

-No.

Yeah, 11 points.

"At toads", do you know that?

Tostada.

Tostada would've scored you six points.

Now, this other one is a pointless answer.

If you like Mexican eggs,

you like huevos rancheros.

Pointless answer, very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard,

so at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid the pair

heading home, twice the bridesmaids, never the bride.

Oh, dear, Hannah and Matt.

So close and what a brilliant head-to-head you gave us that time.

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

it seems such a shame, but thank you so much for playing.

Hannah and Matt.

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But for Steve and Fraser, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and Fraser,

you've fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

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You've done so well, really, really well.

Consistent good scoring throughout the show

and you've seen off our returning pair,

our previous head-to-headers, in fact, and here you are in the final.

What would you like to see come up in this round?

-He wants US sport, specifically basketball.

-No surprise there.

-Steve?

-Geography.

-Geography would be good.

-OK, good.

Well, very best of luck.

As always, you start this round by choosing your category

and here are your four options. They are...

I think I want to go out on sport, you know.

-I think I'm probably leaning to go for that.

-Go on, then.

-I think English sport in the 1990s.

-English sport in the 1990s, OK.

This is perfect for a couple of Scots because we're looking for three

different things all about English teams that lost.

So, we've got three losing English teams. We're looking for any of...

So, three defeated England teams for two Scots.

The 1991 Rugby World Cup final, the 1992 Cricket World Cup final,

and the semifinal of the 1990 World Cup.

Very best of luck, guys.

OK, thank you very much.

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

and to win that jackpot,

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

Now, remember your answers can come from any of these categories.

How you spread them across the categories is entirely up

to you, it could be one from each, two from one and one from another.

Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-Right, are we just going to forget about rugby?

-No.

I think rugby,

I would probably go for someone like Wade Dooley or Rob Andrew.

They're not going to be pointless, though.

-Wade Dooley potentially could be.

-Cricket from '92?

-Cricket's your sport so...

-I don't know about the vintage, though.

-What about the football?

-Right, so that's Gascoigne in tears, isn't it?

So, that's Gascoigne, Lineker, David Platt.

Mark Wright?

-Mark Wright was that era as well, yeah.

-Who was in goals?

-David Seaman would probably be the goalkeeper.

-Um...

-Is that Beardsley? Would he have been playing?

-Yeah.

Ten seconds left.

-Chris Waddle?

-Chris Waddle would have played as well.

I'm sure he missed one of the penalties.

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

Can I pick one rugby player, then?

-Go on, then.

-Wade Dooley.

-Wade Dooley.

-For England player in the 1991 IRB World Cup final.

-OK.

-Mark Wright, did he definitely play?

-We'll go for Mark Wright, yeah.

-Mark Wright.

-And Beardsley.

-And Peter Beardsley.

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

-Mark Wright, I think.

-OK, Mark Wright, we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Peter Beardsley.

We'll put Peter Beardsley first.

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

We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Three perfectly good answers up there.

Now, remember, only one of those has to be pointless for you to

win that jackpot of £2,000. What would you do with that, Steve?

I've got a bit of decorating on the cards

so it's just going to go to my local big DIY store, I think.

-OK, Fraser, how about you?

-That would be in the holiday fund.

Excellent. Well, best of luck. As I say, three perfectly good answers.

Peter Beardsley was your first answer,

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

Let's find out. Obviously, it has to be correct

and then pointless for you to win the jackpot, so for £2,000,

how many people named Peter Beardsley as a player

in the 1990 World Cup semifinal?

It's right. It's right.

Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here straightaway with £1,000 in your back pocket.

It's going down, still going down.

You've done it! You have done it!

-That is fantastic, very well done indeed.

-I can't believe that.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Superb. Massive congratulations, Steve and Fraser.

Well, the DIY store will be rubbing their hands.

Literally cannot wait to get the stepladders out.

Peter Beardsley was a pointless answer which means you leave

here with that jackpot of £2,000. Very well done indeed.

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Very well played, guys. I'm sad that Steve and Fraser aren't back next time.

That's the only bad thing when people get through to the final.

You've been terrific. You know what?

We should give Scottish people losing English teams more often

because Peter Beardsley was pointless and Wade Dooley was also pointless.

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And for the sake of Scots everywhere, Mark Wright was also pointless.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Three pointless answers, it happens very rarely on this show

so congratulations, guys, you should be very proud of yourselves,

you've done terrifically all the way through. Terrific way to end as well.

Let's take a look at the other pointless answers,

I know people at home will have got others.

There's Rob Andrew as well who you also said in your 60 seconds.

Dewi Morris, Jason Leonard would've been a pointless answer.

Jonathan Webb, you could have had David Pears, Dean Richards,

Gary Pearce, Jeff Probyn would've been pointless.

Mike Teague, Nigel Heslop, Paul Ackford, Peter Winterbottom,

Richard Hill, Simon Halliday, all of those are pointless.

I think, it's exactly as you were saying,

when you date-stamp them, people forget who was in particular eras.

You remember the players,

but can't remember exactly the years they played in.

Let's take a look at the cricket ones cos you didn't give us any from here.

All sort of all-rounders, these four, Chris Lewis, Dermot Reeve,

Phil Defreitas and Richard Illingworth, the spinner.

Also, Neil Fairbrother,

the batsman, also would have been a pointless answer there.

And for the football question.

You could have had Chris Woods, the goalie,

who lots of Scottish football fans will remember.

Des Walker, there's Peter Beardsley, Trevor Steven as well,

who played up in Scotland too.

Could also have had Steve Ball, Steve McMahon or Tony Dorigo.

Very well done to anyone who got a pointless answer at home but I don't

know if anyone got three pointless answers like Steve and Fraser did.

Brilliant, well played, guys.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Steve

and Fraser, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,000.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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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