Episode 19 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello,

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one?

Hello, I'm Lisa and this is Sarah, my boyfriend's sister,

-and we are from Surrey.

-Couple number two.

Hello, I'm Sharron and this is Alan, my golf-club captain,

and we are from Staffordshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Ray.

This is my cousin Paul. Paul comes from Glasgow, I come from Liverpool.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Rob, this is Kerry, and we are husband and wife from Solihull.

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.

Brighter than a fireworks display in an exploding bulb factory,

it's my Pointless friend.

-It's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you, how are you?

-Yeah, I'm very well indeed.

Now, you know the complaint we always get on this show.

What complaint do we get more than any other?

You don't even need to say it, I'll say it.

The one complaint we get all the time,

people stop me in the street, even if I'm on holiday abroad,

people just like stopping me, wherever I am, even Australia,

people have stopped me. They say,

"You do not have enough questions on your show about Lincolnshire."

LAUGHTER

All day, every day.

Round Two, we absolutely lay that to rest.

Wow, we tackle that one head on? Lincolnshire?

Yeah, absolutely, from Spalding to Grantham, there's going to be...

-They will be cheering in the street.

-I can't wait!

OK, well, let's get on with the game. All our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Sandra and Bartholomew didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

Now, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated

and also there is to be no conferring during the round itself.

OK, our first category today is...

Grand Slam Tennis.

Can you all decide who is going to go first

and who is going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We give 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

Players who have won five or more Grand Slam tennis titles, Richard?

We're looking for anyone who has won five or more singles titles

at Grand Slam tournaments, all the way up from 1924, up to 2013, please.

So, anyone who has one five or more Grand Slam titles in singles,

from 1924, all the way up to 2013. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much. Sarah and Lisa, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first. Sarah, welcome to Pointless.

-Good to have you.

-Thank you.

-Where have you come from?

-I'm from Epsom in Surrey.

-And what do you do there?

I run my own business.

We decorate venues for weddings and parties.

The best kind of decoration!

-Do you have to go and pick up the bits the next day as well?

-Yes.

Ah, that's the worst kind of decoration!

But what sort of things do you do?

Centrepieces for tables, chair covers, we do balloon decorations...

That's fun. Right, now, Sarah, there we are.

-Tennis, do you follow tennis?

-I follow Wimbledon.

-I don't really watch much of the others.

-That's good enough, though.

-That's giving you some names anyway.

-It's finding one that has had five.

Em...

I'm going to try... Martina Navratilova.

Martina Navratilova, says Sarah. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see

how many of our 100 people said Martina Navratilova.

It's absolutely right.

29.

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-Not bad.

-Not bad.

Yes, she won 18 Grand Slam titles, Martina,

including nine Wimbledons. She's also written some thrillers.

-I didn't know that.

-Yeah, she wrote The Total Zone. That's one of hers.

-She wrote Breaking Point, she wrote Killer Instinct.

-Wow!

I'm surprised she didn't go for Grand Slam.

-That'd be a good name.

-That would be good, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-Death Point.

-Death Point?

-That would be good.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Advantage Death.

-That's good. That is...

-That's good.

-That's not bad at all.

-New Death Please.

-New Death... Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Sharron.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, you were saying you've just been moving house?

-Yes.

-You poor thing! Have you finished it, though?

-Is that all packed...?

-We move in five days' time, hopefully.

Wow. So, your house is just full of cardboard boxes now?

-It certainly is.

-Well, listen, here to distract you is some tennis.

-Are you good at tennis? Is that something that occupies you?

-No.

-I do watch Wimbledon, but I don't follow it religiously.

-Right, OK.

-I'm going to see Jimmy Connors.

-Jimmy Connors, says Sharron.

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

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

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12, very well done, Sharron. Good answer.

I'd say that's a very good answer, Sharron, Jimmy Connors.

Yeah, eight major titles for Jimmy Connors, eight Grand Slam titles.

Two Wimbledons, world number one for 160 consecutive weeks.

Jimmy Connors.

-Thanks very much.

-Guess how many thrillers Jimmy Connors has written?

-Seven.

-He's written none at all.

-No?

Which is a shame because he's got lots of titles now that he could use.

Yeah. Millions.

Jimmy Connors' Strawberries And Death.

That's really good.

Mind, it is criminal, innit, the price they charge!

Am I right, guv? Anyway, where did you say you want to go?

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Paul, welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

What do you do, Paul?

I'm a director of a very small company in Glasgow,

-importing and distribution.

-What do you import and distribute?

Well, everything from cold-weather clothing to artificial grass.

Just about anything anybody wants, we'll get it.

Do you do clothing made of artificial grass?

Not yet. It's a good idea. I might actually give that a try, yes.

-A really good idea. Or grass made out of artificial clothing.

-Yeah, yeah.

-That's even better!

-Can I just write this down?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Good stuff. Well, tennis? It couldn't be a better first round.

Get through this round, Lincolnshire!

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-I'm looking forward to that, yes. Tennis isn't good for me.

-OK.

-But I'll say Billie Jean King.

-Billie Jean King, says Paul.

Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said Billie Jean King.

It's right.

22.

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Yeah, the brilliant Billie Jean King. Good answer.

12 Grand Slam titles for her.

In 1971, became the first female athlete in history

to earn over 100,000 in a single year.

She also wrote the well-known thriller...

The All-England Tennis And Death Club.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard. Rob, welcome back. Welcome back to Pointless.

Now, last time, head-to-headers, you were.

-Lowest-scoring pair, in fact.

-Yes.

-What happened?

-Well, we had...

We had a choice of answers and we just went for the wrong one.

We went for the one that we thought would be lower

and it turned out not to be, unfortunately.

-Anyway, Rob, tennis, though. It's all great! This is good!

-Hopefully.

I can think of loads of tennis players, it's just trying to think

of the one that's obviously low, but also has five Grand Slam titles.

That's the problem.

So, I'm going to go for...

Ivan Lendl.

Ivan Lendl, says Rob.

Ivan Lendl. Let's see if that's right

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

9! Well done! Best score so far, Rob.

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9 for Ivan Lendl.

Yeah, eight Grand Slam titles for Ivan Lendl. Now a coach, of course.

-And part-time author.

-He is a part-time author, yeah.

Yeah, I quite enjoyed...

-Quiet Please...Urgh!

-LAUGHTER

I thought that was... It had its moments.

Yeah, one of your favourites, wasn't it?

Yeah, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores. 9, the best score, Rob, well done.

Rob and Kerry looking extremely strong over there.

Then up to 12, where we find Sharron and Alan.

Up to 22, where we find Paul and Ray.

29, Sarah and Lisa, so, Lisa, you have a job to do.

Best of luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now, Kerry, welcome back. Now, Kerry, remind us what you do.

I'm a music teacher for preschool children.

-And what do you like doing in your spare time, Kerry?

-I like to...

Well, we've got a two-year-old, so spare time...

There's not a lot of it, but when I do get spare time, I like to dance.

Er, I like to read when I can.

Unfortunately, I don't watch tennis.

-That's what I was... I was going to bring that up.

-No.

-That's tricky.

-Yeah.

-Right.

-Yeah, it's not great.

So, Rob's nice low score

-could be all for naught.

-Could be undone here.

-It could be, yeah.

-Kerry, what are you going to go for?

-I'm going to go for Lindsay Davenport.

-Lindsay Davenport.

-Listen, Rob is nodding.

-OK, that's good!

-But he's nodding with this look on.

-OK.

I'm not sure about that, but the nod is good.

-An I'm-not-sure face.

-Lindsay Davenport.

Listen, there's your red line, Kerry, let's see

if you can get below that with Lindsay Davenport.

Oh, no!

-Oh, no! I thought Rob's nod was an endorsement there.

-Me too!

-Rob knows nothing!

-I know, I keep saying this.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer

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

-That takes you to 109.

-Really sorry, Kerry.

A really properly good guess and a nice answer.

Three Grand Slam titles she has won, Lindsay Davenport.

She... Well, you know, she makes a lot of money.

She spends a lot of her time writing, so it's difficult for her to...

She wrote Deuce Of Death.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Yeah.

-That was hers.

Thanks very much. Ray, welcome to the show.

-Ray, you are from Liverpool.

-I am.

-What do you get up to in Liverpool, Ray?

-Well, I play tennis.

-APPRECIATIVE MURMURING

-Do you now?

Yes, I know. I think it deserved that.

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-Hmmm! Sorry, mine was a bit late.

-I also do some voluntary work.

-I am retired, so I have the time.

-Yes.

I do some research into my ancestry.

How far back have you managed to go with that?

Great-great-grandparents, to Lithuania in the early 19th century.

Good stuff, OK.

So, between playing tennis and your voluntary work

and your genealogy, do you find time to follow tennis?

-I do.

-This is good. This is good news.

Right, well, 109 is your target.

86 or less sees you into the next round. Oh, Lincolnshire!

Right, well, Richard said 1924 for the starting point.

I'm going to go back to that sort of era

and say Helen Wills Moody.

Helen Wills Moody.

-That got an appreciative murmur, didn't it?

-Yeah, well...

That got exactly the same murmur as when you said you played tennis.

It was identical.

He has made it up, obviously, but still... Very exciting.

Helen Wills Moody, says Ray.

Let's see how far down the column Ray can go with Helen Wills Moody.

There is your red line.

It's right! Very well done, Ray.

Do we think this is going to go all the way down to pointless?

Yes, it is! Very well done indeed, Ray! A great answer!

A pointless answer, so it adds 250 quid to today's jackpot

and takes the total up to £2,250. There we are.

Most importantly, it scores you nothing and leaves your total at 22.

You are in Lincolnshire.

Brilliantly done, Ray! Welcome to Pointless. That's a terrific answer.

Yeah, absolutely dominated the women's game in the '20s and '30s.

Won 19 Grand Slam titles.

Charlie Chaplin once said the most beautiful sight

he had ever seen was the way she moved when she played tennis.

He was a randy old goat, wasn't he?

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Yeah, ooh, yes. Alan, Alan. You are... Yes, there you are on 12.

It's not a foregone conclusion, but 96 or less sees you through.

I have a feeling you are going to be good on this.

-You play quite a lot of golf.

-Yes.

Sharron introduced you as her golf captain.

-What...?

-Well, just captain of the golf club. It...

-You run the whole shebang?

-Exactly!

-How many members?

-300 to 400. 400.

-OK, and you keep them all in order?

-No.

-No.

-They keep me in order!

-They keep you in order.

Well, now, there you are on 12. Do you think you can get lower than 96?

Well, it's touch and go. I mean, I've just been...

When you are waiting here and you have tennis going through your head

and every name under the sun going through and then you say...

But I'm going to play it safe, I think, with Pete Sampras.

Pete Sampras, says Alan. I think that should do it.

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

There is your red line.

Very well done, Alan. That's all it needed to do.

Pete Sampras, surprisingly, still going down.

Look at that, 21 for Pete Sampras!

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That takes your total up to 33 and sees you comfortably through.

-Very well done.

-Yeah, quite a low score for Pete Sampras.

When 100 people have to name people, they've got to keep naming them

and naming them, they don't name all the ones they know, obviously,

in 100 seconds, which is why the scores are lower than you'd think,

but, yeah, one of the most successful

male tennis players of all time, Pete Sampras.

Hitherto unpublished, interestingly.

-He's got a few manuscripts in his drawer.

-I bet he has!

I'll bet he has! Thank you very much.

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

-And you go out with Sarah's brother?

-I do indeed.

-What's his name?

-His name is Rob.

-Is he here?

-Sadly, he couldn't make it today. No.

-He's at work.

-And what do you do, Lisa?

I am in advertising

and I am a theatre and arts advertising manager.

-That's fun. Theatre and arts, for a newspaper?

-That's right, yes.

-You do all the sort of... I see.

-Yes, yes.

-Brilliant.

OK, well, tennis, is that good?

-Well, I was a ball girl in the late '90s.

-Where?

-At Stella Artois, which is now Queen's Club.

-Yeah, yeah!

So, again, I have lots in my mind, but which one to go for?

Can I just quickly ask, how long are you drilled for?

Because they are SO good - the ball boys and girls

do the most incredible job

and when there are sort of new balls, it's like ballet.

Yeah, there is a lot behind it.

There is a lot of practice behind it, yes, for nine months, actually.

Yeah, you can see that, actually. It is impressive.

Anyway, listen, there you are, 29.

If you can score 79 or less, Lisa, you are through to the next round.

I am going to play it relatively safe and say Andre Agassi.

Andre Agassi, says Lisa. Let's see how many people said Andre Agassi.

There is your red line.

Well, it's right

and you are through. Well done.

17 for Andre Agassi! There we are. Well done.

-46 is your total. Through you go to Round Two.

-Well played, Lisa.

He is also married to another correct answer, Steffi Graf,

who would have scored you 11 points.

There is a few pointless answers.

I'll go through some of the low scorers before we look

at the pointless ones.

You would have got three points for John Newcombe,

two points for Margaret Court,

Justine Henin, Evonne Goolagong, Maria Bueno.

One point if you had said Frank Sedgman,

Donald Budge, Doris Hart, Ken Rosewall.

But here are the pointless answers.

Alice Marble won a lot of titles in the '30s and '40s.

Althea Gibson.

There is Helen Jacobs, who was a big rival to Helen Wills Moody.

There is Helen Wills, Helen Wills Moody.

Mats Wilander, who won a whole load of titles, but never won Wimbledon,

which is perhaps why he is a pointless answer.

Little Mo, Maureen Connolly. I'm sure lots of people said her.

She's a pointless answer.

Rene Lacoste was a pointless answer.

Roy Emerson, the Australian, as well. And Tony Trabert.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look at the top answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

We've heard one of them already.

There is Martina Navratilova, 29 points.

Bjorn Borg, 33 points.

And right at the top, Roger Federer, with 37 points.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of our first round,

I'm afraid the pair heading home with their high score of 109,

it's Kerry and Rob. I'm sorry.

You did so well last time, so well,

fantastic performance. This time, Round One.

But...it was a good wrong answer, Kerry, as your man said.

But I'm afraid it was incorrect and scores you that high...

I thought there might have been

another incorrect answer somewhere that might have helped you,

but I'm afraid we have to say goodbye. Kerry and Rob,

thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

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

And so three pairs remain. You've seen off one of our returning pairs.

Just Alan and Sharron remaining from the last show.

But, yeah, Paul and Ray, an exemplary Pointless round there.

Lovely low scoring and, Ray, a pointless answer.

We haven't had one of those for a while.

Listen, Lincolnshire awaits, so best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category, as I say, for Round Two is...

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-Famous People. It's Famous People.

-But from where?

LAUGHTER

Can you decide who is going to go first who is going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-From Lincolnshire, Richard?

-It would be good

-if I was bluffing, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-No, we are going to give you

descriptions of six famous people on each pass,

all of whom were born in the historic county of Lincolnshire.

You just need to give us the most obscure answer, please.

12 in all to get at home. 12 Lincolnshire-born people.

Very, very best of luck.

So, we are looking for the famous people from Lincolnshire

described by these clues and here is our first board of six.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, six famous Lincolnshire people.

Lincoln...shireans.

There we are. Lisa, people from Lincolnshire.

It's not my strongest category, possibly.

There are quite a lot of little categories in there, though,

-to be fair.

-Yes...

I'll be honest, there is only one that I know for certain,

so I'm going to have to go for that.

I think it's Jennifer Saunders who is the comedian.

OK, you are saying Jennifer Saunders. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many of our 100 people said Jennifer Saunders?

It's right.

71.

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-71 for Jennifer Saunders.

-A right answer, but a big score.

-Yeah, she was born in Sleaford.

-Lovely Sleaford.

-Sleaford, which is in...?

-Lincolnshire.

It is in Lincolnshire. Well done.

Alan.

Right... The priest... I think I'll leave it this time.

And I'll go for the shot putter,

twice winner of the World's Strongest Man, Geoff Capes.

Geoff Capes, says Alan. Geoff Capes. Let's see if that's right and,

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

44!

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Well played, Alan. Geoff Capes was born in Holbeach.

-Do you know are Holbeach is?

-In Lincolnshire.

-It is, well done.

Very good at this. You know what?

Genuinely, Geoff Capes was in my dream last night. Isn't that weird?

-Not doing anything...

-You had that dream again?!

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-Wow.

-Nothing untoward was going on.

-Was he pulling a car?

-You know what? No, he was just kind of standing there.

-Wow.

-That's weird, isn't it?

-That is weird. OK, thank you. Now, Paul.

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

If you like, you can fill in all those Lincolnshire types.

I'm afraid I couldn't. The two that I definitely knew have gone.

The only other one I think I might know is the actor.

Jim Broadbent.

Jim Broadbent, says Paul. Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Paul.

9! That is a wonderful answer!

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Well played, Paul. Nice way to finish the pass.

Yeah, he's was born in Lincoln,

-which is in...?

-I think that's in...

Is it Northamptonshire?

Oh, you are so close. It's Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire.

The clue is there if you think about it. Er...

Now, the comedy actor who plays Jeremy Usbourne...

Is...er, Robert Webb. Sorry.

Yes, correct answer. Would have scored you 23.

The priest is Chad Varah. He would have scored you 5 points.

And the first Briton to perform a spacewalk

is a pointless answer, actually.

Michael Foale is the answer there.

Michael Foale. Very well done if you said that. It's a terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, so we are halfway through the round of Lincolnshire people.

Let's see how those scores are.

Well, Paul and Ray, once again looking very strong indeed.

Lovely low scoring there on the far podium on 9.

Up to 44, where we find Alan and Sharron.

71 for Lisa and Sarah. We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the famous Lincolnshire people

described by these clues, and you're going to try and keep up

Paul's fantastic low scoring there from the first pass.

Right, I'm going

to go for the lyricist who collaborated with Elton John.

-Bernie Taupin.

-Bernie Taupin, says Ray.

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

There is your red line.

It's right.

You're in the head-to-head, very well done.

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-44 your total.

-I love Bernie Taupin.

The lyrics to lots of Elton's stuff are not like anybody else's lyrics,

-are they?

-OK, Sharron, you are on 44.

The high scorers at the moment are Sarah and Lisa on 71,

so 26 or less sees you through.

We are by no means safe at the moment, are we?

There's one I definitely know

but I think it will be very high-scoring,

so I'm going to go with the football goalkeeper, Peter Shilton.

Peter Shilton, says Sharron.

Peter Shilton, from '72 to '83. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said it. There's your red line.

Oh, bad luck. Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes your total up to 144.

Sorry. Peter Shilton had a much longer career than that, more caps,

and was born in Leicestershire.

OK, right, Sarah. Do you want to talk us through the board?

-I'd love to.

-Do some thinking out loud.

I did know Bernie Taupin, and I only know two others.

So I'm going to go with the top one, I think it is Nicholas Parsons.

Nicholas Parsons, you're going to say.

You want to score 72 or less with Nicholas Parsons.

There's your red line. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right. You're in the head-to-head. Very well done.

19.

19 takes your total up to a nice, round 90.

Very good answer. Safely through.

-Lovely, Nicholas Parsons, isn't he?

-Isn't he?

-Lovely man.

Born in Grantham. He went to school with the next answer on our list.

Went to school with Margaret Thatcher.

She would have scored you 71 points.

The former goalkeeper, not Shilton, another man who won

a lot of caps at the same time as Peter Shilton, it's Ray Clements.

I knew that.

11 points for that.

-The poet who wrote The Charge Of The Light Brigade...

-Tennyson.

-Exactly.

Would've scored you 21.

See, he knows when I ask the poet, not the England goalkeeper.

-Interesting, that.

-I know you, don't I?

And the motorcycle racer, he's a TT racer who's started doing TV work,

all of which is very good, actually. Guy Martin.

Would've scored you two points, 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 a high score of 144 are the returning pair.

It's like an Agatha Christie film. They're being bumped off!

This is like something Pete Sampras would've written!

Well, listen, it's been lovely having you on both shows.

It was Round Two last time, it's Round Two this time.

Sharron and Alan, I'm sorry you didn't get into the head-to-head

on either occasion but it's been great having you.

Thanks for playing, Sharron and Alan.

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

Congratulations, Paul and Ray, Sarah and Lisa,

you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,250.

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So it's now our job to decide who is going through to the final

to play for that jackpot.

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

but you're now allowed to confer before you give

your answers, and the first pair to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot.

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

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

Going to show you five images of famous redheads -

you have to tell us the most obscure of these.

Not all of them have been born in Lincolnshire.

Let's reveal our five redheads, and here they come. We have got...

There we are, five famous redheads.

Now, Paul and Ray, you've played best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

-Woody Allen's there.

-That's too easy, isn't it?

-I don't know her.

I do know who she is but I can't...

I think Robin Cook.

Er, right, we'll go for B, Robin Cook.

Robin Cook, say Paul and Ray, for B. Robin Cook.

Now, Sarah and Lisa, do you want to talk us

through the rest of the board?

-We definitely know C, D and E.

-I haven't got a clue about A.

-No.

-I think C is Paul Scholes, D is Woody Allen.

-Shall we go for E?

I think so.

-E, Lily Cole.

-Lily Cole.

-Lily Cole, say Sarah and Lisa.

So we have Robin Cook and Lily Cole. Paul and Ray said Robin Cook.

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

It's right.

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28 for Robin Cook. Now, Sarah and Lisa have said Lily Cole for E.

Let's see if that's right

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

Is that going to beat Robin Cook?

Yes it is, look at that.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Which means, Sarah and Lisa, you've stolen it.

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

Yeah, Lily Cole, the model.

Got a double first-class degree in the history of art, as well, from Cambridge.

Some going, isn't it? Let's take a look through the rest of these.

We'll leave A for a minute, cos A is a pointless answer.

You'll have heard of him, but I bet not many people recognise him.

C is Paul Scholes, as you said.

One of the greatest footballers Britain has ever produced.

He would have scored you 41 points.

D is Woody Allen.

Would've been too many points as well,

Woody Allen would've scored you 70.

And A, he is the founder of the Church of Scientology, L Ron Hubbard.

That's a pointless answer so very well done if you said that.

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

Sarah and Lisa, you get to answer this first,

but Paul and Ray, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Scouts, Richard.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about the youth movement known as the Scouts.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Sarah and Lisa, you'll go first.

We know quite a few of them -

we're just deciding which one we think's lowest.

-We could choose...

-Yeah.

We'll go for the device used to fasten the neckerchief.

Think it's a woggle.

A woggle, say Sarah and Lisa. A woggle.

Now then, Paul and Ray, that board is yours.

That's what we would've gone for.

I think the adventurer, UK chief scout,

could that be Ranulph Fiennes or someone like that?

Cos he's an adventurer. Could be, but I couldn't be sure.

But then I don't think...

The one we do know is Baden-Powell, I think, is the founder,

but I think the woggle will beat that.

So maybe we should take a guess and go for Ranulph Fiennes.

OK, you're going with...

Go for Ranulph Fiennes as the adventurer named as the...

UK's chief scout. OK, so we have woggle and we have Ranulph Fiennes.

Sarah and Lisa have said woggle.

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

It is, of course, right.

49 for woggle.

APPLAUSE

Paul and Ray have gone for Ranulph Fiennes.

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

Oh, bad luck. Not Ranulph Fiennes.

Which means, Sarah and Lisa, after only two questions,

you are through to the final 2-0.

-Well done.

-Well played.

Woggle is one of those interesting answers on Pointless, cos I bet

everyone thought they knew it and thought it'd be obscure,

cos it's the sort of thing not many people know,

but it's one of those obscure things that we all know.

The adventurer named UK's chief scout... You'll know him.

It's Bear Grylls.

Would have scored you 22 points.

And if you'd had to go for founded in this century,

what would you have gone for? Cos it would have won you the point.

19th century.

It's actually formed in 1907, so the 20th century.

That would have scored 27.

Name of the movement's founder. You're right not to go for it.

It wouldn't have helped you. It's Robert Baden Powell, of course.

It would have scored 73.

The city where the HQ is is a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said Geneva.

Thank you, Richard.

So the pair leaving us in the head-to-head round...

You've played so well throughout the show. Low score after low score.

Then you came up against Sarah and Lisa,

who were just unstoppable, I'm afraid, in this round.

The good news is, Paul and Ray, we'll see you next time,

when I'm sure you'll do as well, if not even better.

But thanks for playing. Paul and Ray.

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

Congratulations, Sarah and Lisa, you've seen off all

the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Many congratulations.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot.

At the end of today's show, that stands at...

Well, what twists and turns we've had today. I mean, Round Two...

Oh, you were quite lucky.

-Very.

-Quite lucky to survive. Jennifer Saunders, a big score.

Er, but then, in that head-to-head, 2-0. That's pretty comprehensive.

Brilliant. Best of luck.

You choose your category for this round.

They are...

-What do you think?

-Got to do The Spice Girls.

I think so, don't you?

I think it's The Spice Girls.

Spice Girls it is.

OK, Spice Girls. Richard...

We're going to give you three different options now.

Take your answers from any of these three...

We're looking for the names of any of The Spice Girls' children.

So, any of their children. Not step-children.

Any solo albums which reached the UK top 75

by any former member of The Spice Girls.

Or we're looking for any of the cast

of the film Spice World.

So, anyone, according to IMDB,

who has a credited appearance in Spice World.

Thanks very much.

As always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot - £2,250 -

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you provide

can come from any of the categories behind me.

How you spread them across the categories is entirely up to you.

They can all come from the same one, or one from each...

Entirely down to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

-Do you know any albums?

-No.

I think it's got to be the children.

I'm thinking Phoenix Chi...

-Scarlett...

-Bluebell Madonna?

I think it's Bluebell.

-Scarlett?

-I'm sure Scarlett's one.

-Victoria Beckham's ones will be too...

-Yeah, too...

What about the cast?

I think Rupert Everett's in it.

-Yes.

-Is Richard E Grant in it?

-As is Richard E Grant.

-I can't think of...

-It was in the '90s, wasn't it? Who... 1997.

-They were on that bus.

-Yeah, I just can't think who was on there.

-Solo albums - Geri Halliwell...

-I think Alexei Sayle might've been in it...

-OK.

-I don't know any albums...

-I think we should do the children.

I think we should do Scarlett, Phoenix Chi and Bluebell.

OK. Let's think of more, then.

-So...

-Um...

-Emma Bunton's children...

Ten seconds left.

Um... No. I'm sure she just had a daughter, maybe Scarlett...

What about the one with Eddie Murphy's...?

OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?

-What do you think?

-Let's do the children.

-OK.

-Let's do children.

-We're going to give you three children.

LAUGHTER

Is that...

-You know what I meant.

-Is that each?

Yes.

And they are?

Phoenix Chi, Bluebell and Scarlett.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot

-at a pointless answer?

-Scarlett.

-Scarlett we'll put last. Your least likely?

-Phoenix Chi.

We'll put that first.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order.

All three of your answers

are from the category of Spice Girls' Children.

Your first answer was Phoenix, Phoenix Chi.

You thought this was the least likely to be pointless,

but remember, only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Sarah, what would you do with your split of that?

Um, well, I really like gardening.

I've got a small greenhouse, but I'd like another little one.

And I've seen people use those old red phone boxes

as a small greenhouse, so I'd like to get one of those,

but they're really expensive. So, that would...

-go towards one of those.

-OK. Lisa, how about you?

Um, I normally go places that are warm, so I think I'd like to

take my boyfriend somewhere cold and go and see the Northern Lights.

Excellent. So, we were looking for Spice Girls' children.

You've gone for Phoenix Chi. Let's see if it's right.

Obviously, it has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £2,250, let's see how many people said Phoenix Chi.

It's right.

Now what it has to be is pointless

and you'll leave with £2,250.

It's going down.

Into single figures!

8!

But Phoenix Chi is one of those names you'll remember,

so not a pointless answer, as it turns out.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Let's have a look at your next answer - Bluebell.

Again, it has to be right.

You're pretty confident it's correct.

-Yeah.

-Fingers crossed.

For £2,250, let's see how many of our 100 people said Bluebell.

It's right.

Phoenix Chi took you all the way down to 8.

Bluebell now takes us down...

14 for Bluebell.

Better known that Phoenix?

-That's gone in the wrong direction.

-Yes.

Anyway, not a pointless answer.

So, everything is now riding on your third and final answer - Scarlett.

You were sort of unanimous that Scarlett was your most obscure.

I think so.

I remember reading something and it rings a bell...

I think it might be a younger one, as well.

So, for the third and final time, let's find out,

is it pointless, is it right?

For £2,250.

It is right.

First answer, Phoenix, took you to 8.

Second answer, Bluebell, took us to 14.

You pass 14...

You pass 8... Still going down.

Oh, 3!

Bad luck!

Listen, three very good answers there.

Nice obscure knowledge. I suppose, being Spice Girls' children,

they're always going to be that little bit better known than you'd imagine.

Oh, that is very close.

-3.

-Never mind.

-I'm sorry.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all important

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,250.

That will roll over on to the next show.

But it's been great having you on. You've done so well.

-You do, of course, get to take home a Pointless trophy, so very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Yeah, well played.

Nice category for you there, but 60 seconds not quite enough.

There's only two pointless answers for the children. Let's take a look.

Mel B's daughter Madison...

and Emma's son Tate. Both of those would have won you the money.

The top four scorers were the Beckhams' children.

Brooklyn would have scored you 45,

Romeo - 40, Harper - 27 and Cruz - 22.

Those were the big scorers.

The solo albums...

They were all there...

by various different members of The Spice Girls.

You'll know who those are by(!)

And there's lots of very good pointless answers in this category.

Barry Humphries... Dominic West, who went on to star in The Wire.

Hugh Laurie, who plays Inspector Poirot in a dream sequence.

Richard O'Brien.

You also could have had Alan Cumming, Bob Geldof, Bill Paterson,

Jason Fleming... Jonathan Ross would have been a pointless answer.

You could have had Jools Holland, Michael Barrymore, Richard Briers.

All sorts of pointless answers on that one.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Sarah and Lisa, but it's been great having you on.

Thanks for playing. Sarah and Lisa.

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

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we'll be playing for...

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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