Episode 2 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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.

APPLAUSE

-And couple number one.

-Hi, my name's Andrea. This is Linda.

We're work colleagues and friends from Cheshire.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Wayne and this is my partner, Matt. We're from London.

Couple number three.

I'm Mike, this is my dad, Terence, and we're from Ballymena in Northern Ireland.

-And finally couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Chris and this is Charlie.

And we're friends from Heald Green Theatre Company in Manchester.

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

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

a man known for his giant intellect,

and I know this because he edits his own Wikipedia page.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-And to you, afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent.

-Our jackpot is coming along quite nicely, isn't it?

-It is.

-It's a nice sum of money now.

-Yeah.

-No pressure for anyone here.

Coming back, we've got Charlie and Chris, who will definitely have

one eye on that jackpot, because they were terrific last time.

Got all the way through to the head-to-head.

One-all in the head-to-head and they had a final question on Tom Jones.

And I think you knew everything on the board.

Just chose the wrong one in the end.

But they are going to be very, very tough to beat.

-But up against them today we have... There's a vicar somewhere.

-Yes.

Amongst our new players there is a vicar.

There's also, for the first time ever in Pointless history,

someone wearing a peach hoodie.

LAUGHTER

First time. I won't tell you who it is!

-I'm none the wiser(!)

-No. You'll find out as you go along.

OK, I'll ask some searching questions. Thanks very much indeed.

All our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

Now, Rachel and Olwen didn't win the jackpot last time

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £7,750.

There we are.

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

OK, now, the pair with the highest score

will be eliminated at the end of the round.

Remember, there is to be no conferring during the round.

Our category for the first round today is...

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

who's going to go second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Famous Georges, Richard.

On each pass we'll give you seven descriptions of people

who are commonly known by the first name George.

Can you give us the best obscure answer?

There's going to be 14 Georges to find at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

We are looking for these famous people called George.

Our first board of seven reads like this.

I'll read them one last time.

Linda and Andrea, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you are going to go first. Linda, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-Great to have you here.

What do you do in this office you share with Andrea?

I'm a civil servant. I work for the Department of Health.

Which bit of the Department of Health?

The section I work for, we buy pharmaceuticals

on behalf of the NHS.

So do you decide which drugs are going to be bought by the NHS?

We work in conjunction with pharmacists.

They're not very good at being told what to do.

Now, Linda, I'm going to ask you something. Forgive me for this.

But during a week, any given week,

how often are you NOT approached and asked if you are Carol Vorderman?

LAUGHTER

It has been asked occasionally.

It occasionally happens that somebody doesn't ask you

-if you're Carol Vorderman.

-Yeah.

Now then, Linda... Linda, famous Georges.

I think I know a few. But I think I'm going to play safe

and go for the composer of Rhapsody In Blue.

-I am going to say George Gershwin.

-George Gershwin says Linda.

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

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

32.

APPLAUSE

Not bad.

Not a bad start. 32 for George Gershwin.

Yeah, born in 1898, George Gershwin.

It's very recently that the last person born in the 19th century

in Britain died.

-You can't meet anyone in Britain who lived in the 19th century.

-Any more.

-She was called Grace Jones.

-Was she really?

-Yeah. Not the singer.

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

-I'm an administrator for a charity in London.

-What are your interests?

-Music, really.

-OK, do you have pets, do you have...?

-I have a dog called Lola. She's a puppy.

-What kind of dog?

-She's a pug.

-I love a pug.

-She's my daughter.

-Aww!

Tell me something unusual about yourself, Matt.

I can bark like a dog and I'm double-jointed down one side.

Which of those two would you like to see evidence of?

LAUGHTER

If I'm honest, I'd like to see you bark like a dog.

-I'm not sure about the double-jointed thing.

-Down one side.

We'll go for bark like a dog, Matt.

HE BARKS

LAUGHTER

That is like a dog.

APPLAUSE

That is like a dog.

I tell you what, people often send in pictures to Twitter

of their pets watching Pointless.

There'll be a whole lot of dogs going, "Finally, something for me!"

LAUGHTER

Now then, Matt, famous Georges.

I actually, embarrassingly, only know two on there.

Well, I THINK I know two.

Um, I don't know if to chance it or not,

but I'll go with the playwright.

And I'll say George Orwell.

George Orwell says Matt. The author of Pygmalion.

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

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

Bad luck, Matt. I'm sorry.

Great barking, less good on the answering, I'm afraid.

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

-Sorry, Matt. It turns out you didn't know two.

-No.

Thanks, Rich. Terence.

-Hi, Alexander.

-There we are. There we are.

Welcome to the show. Where are you from?

We live in Belfast but we're originally from Ballymena.

And you are a vicar.

I am a part-time vicar nowadays,

but I was a full-time vicar for many years.

-And I see one of my bosses actually in the...

-Certainly you do.

..in the list.

And what are your interests other than vicaring?

Obviously, vicaring takes up... Vicaring? Honestly!

-Is that the best I can come up with?

-That's good.

-I was going to tell you I hatch, match and dispatch.

-Indeed.

-Hatch - baptisms.

-Match - marriage. And dispatch.

-Yeah.

-Then burial.

And dispatch - you run a courier company!

Other than that, I enjoy cooking, and occasionally eating it.

And I enjoy the foreign cuisine.

I'll come to Mike on the next pass and see if he backs this up.

What do you think is your best dish?

Er...

I like cooking paella.

-Right.

-SPANISH ACCENT:

-Paella.

-Excellent.

-Without the accent.

-Exactly.

-LAUGHTER

Now, Terence, there is a board of Georges, a whole board of Georges.

Only one of them has gone.

Which one are you going to go for?

Well, being a vicar,

there are two of them there

that I SHOULD know the answer to.

I think that I will plump for the Archbishop of Canterbury,

George Carey.

George Carey says Terence.

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

Well, you're already lower than our highest score.

Will you go lower than 32?

Yes, you will. You are our new low scorer on 10. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Good work.

Yes, he was the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury.

Was he a good boss, Terence?

I never saw him much, really.

-That's what I call a good boss!

-He was slightly elevated.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Charlie, welcome back.

Tell us the story of last time.

Well, we got through to the head-to-head.

As Richard said, we got Tom Jones. I was really pleased.

We knew four of the answers

and we plumped not for the lowest answer.

Now, we know that you are Mr Theatre up there in Manchester.

How long have you been running the theatre?

Running the theatre... HELPING to run the theatre.

Helping to run the theatre.

I've been a member of the theatre for about 15 years,

but I've only joined the committee this very year.

-So it's been a baptism of fire.

-Very good indeed.

Now, Charlie, you are the last person to have all these Georges.

Do you fancy talking us through as many of them as you can?

I think I know most of them.

I think the first one's George Clooney.

I don't know the preacher.

George Foreman.

I think it's George Lucas,

and the answer I'm going for, the last one,

which is the playwright, George Bernard Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw, says Charlie. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said George Bernard Shaw.

Well, of our correct answers 32 is the highest scorer, 10 the low.

38 for GBS.

APPLAUSE

Yes, the only person in history to win a Nobel Prize and an Oscar,

George Bernard Shaw. How about that?

Let's go through the rest of this board.

It was George Clooney who played Danny Ocean.

Would have scored you 42 points. The 17th-century English preacher,

this is the best answer on the board...

It was George Fox.

Very well done if you said that. 5 points for that.

The stage name of the comedian, of course, George Formby,

When I'm Cleaning Windows. 61.

And the Hollywood director was George Lucas

-and he would have scored you 23.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores as they stand. 10, Terence.

10, Terence. That was a cracking answer there.

Lovely low score, well done.

That puts you and Mike in a very strong position at this stage.

Then we go up to 32, where we find Linda and Andrea,

then up to 38, where we find Charlie and Chris.

Then all the way up to 100, Matt and Wayne.

So, yes, Wayne, we need some low scores from you.

Or, in fact, just one low score from you.

That's enough to see you through.

Best of luck with that, we're going to come back down the line,

can the seconds players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put seven more characters on our board of Georges.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are. Seven more famous Georges.

And, Chris, you're going to try to find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew. Chris, welcome back. Welcome back.

I think Charlie was a bit surprised

by how high George Bernard Shaw scored in that last pass.

That was quite a high score. Now, Chris, remind us what you do.

-I'm a retired teacher.

-Retired teacher.

But also you help run the theatre

and, in your case, you are the overall boss.

-I'm the chair.

-Exactly.

Exactly. And what are your hobbies aside from the theatre?

Apart from amateur dramatics I do youth work.

I'm a Girls' Brigade senior leader.

Good stuff. Well, there you are on 38,

the high scorers Wayne and Matt on 100,

which means 61 or less sees you into the second round.

Which of the Georges are you going to go for?

The author, I think.

-I think it's George Eliot.

-George Eliot, says Chris.

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

There's your red line, get below that and you're in Round Two.

Well done, you've done it.

-George Eliot, 28.

-APPLAUSE

66 your total.

Well played, Chris. Yeah, she lived quite an eventful life.

She moved in with a married man and then when he died

she moved in with a man 20 years younger than her as well.

-Good for her.

-Good for her.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Mike.

-Alexander.

-Welcome. Welcome to the show.

-First question - how's your dad's paella?

-Very nice.

-Oh, it's good?

-It is all it's cracked up to be.

-I don't know if I'd be saying that if he wasn't standing here though.

OK, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

OK. Mike, what do you do?

I work in a further-education college in the finance department.

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

Massively into rugby and football as well.

-Big fan of Newcastle United.

-Are you? Newcastle, that's your team?

Mike... Mike would be quite scary,

running at speed towards you with a ball.

-Mm. Yeah.

-Maybe not to you,

but to me, I would be tempted to run the other way.

Now then, Mike - Georges.

I think I know two...

I'm convinced I know two or three of them,

but I think I'm going to go for the bottom one, 007,

-and go George Lazenby.

-George Lazenby.

You want to score 89 or less

to avoid becoming the new high scorers.

There's your red line.

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

Very well done.

56.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total to 66, exactly the same total as Chris and Charlie,

and you are through to the next round. Well done.

Yeah, he was in On Her Majesty's Secret Service,

and 007 Magazine voted it the best Bond film of all time.

Really? That's a purist line to take, isn't it?

What did George Lazenby get up to after that?

-Lazenby? All sorts.

-Did he? I mean in a professional capacity?

Oh... I don't know. LAUGHTER

Now then, Wayne. Wayne, you have a task.

You have a task here...

-I do.

-..which is, you have to score hardly anything.

-Right, good.

Wayne, if you had to describe the colour of your top -

searching question - what would it be?

-Well, I would say it's more orange to be honest with you.

-More orange?

Do you know, I said it was orange. And our producer said it was peach.

-I thought it was orange.

-It was orange when I bought it, it might have faded.

-Yeah, it's been through the wash.

-Sorry.

-Yeah.

-We'll go with peach.

-But it's him, isn't it? It's him.

-It is him.

-I knew. I thought it was. Well done, well done.

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I thought it was him.

-Wayne, what are you going to go for from the Georges?

-Hmm.

Well, my answer's gone, so I think...

I think the producer of The Beatles was...

-George Martin.

-George Martin, says Wayne.

No red line for you as you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said George Martin.

It's right.

-19.

-APPLAUSE

Wow.

19 is the second-lowest score of the round so far -

for George Martin?!

I would have thought in the high 90s.

-For George Martin?!

-George Martin!

-Not really.

-Yes.

-A, it's quite a long time ago. B, the name is...

It's quite a...normal name, isn't it?

Very easy name to forget, George Martin.

30 UK number one singles, George Martin.

That's a very good answer from Wayne,

did exactly what you had to do there to keep yourself in the game.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Andrea.

Andrea, you've been so patient, you've waited all this time.

There you are on 32, 119 is the highest score,

which means 86 or less will see you through.

But first, Andrea, tell us about yourself.

I'm a civil servant,

I've worked with Linda for about 12 years now.

I work for the Department of Health as well.

Exactly the same department as Linda?

We do slightly different jobs. I work with NHS procurement policy,

helping trusts to buy better as a National Health Service

and in my spare time I've got two children,

-so I don't have much spare time.

-No.

But I've taken up running.

I say running, I mean jogging.

What sort of length of jog? Do you do it in distance or in minutes?

I did the Great North Run twice, but that is not a usual run!

-OK.

-I would stop after the first time, if I'm honest with you.

If they did a Great North Jog I would do that, you see,

but it's the "run" bit that puts me off.

You can jog it, that's fine.

Anyway, there we are. We need 86 or less from you, Andrea.

This is all yours, this board is all yours -

only three Georges have gone, the rest are all yours.

-Do you fancy talking us through them?

-A lot of mine have gone.

I think...fought Muhammad Ali in the Rumble In The Jungle

is George Foreman.

I don't know the American band leader.

President of the USA - George W Bush.

English horse painter - no idea.

So I think I will go for the top one and George Foreman.

George Foreman.

OK, are you sure you don't want to change that to George Formby?

It is available to you if you'd like to. George Foreman. There is your red line,

get below that and you're in Round Two.

George Foreman. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right and you're through, very well done, Andrea.

-39.

-APPLAUSE

71 your total.

Well played, Andrea. Two-time World Heavyweight Champion.

Let's fill in the rest of this board.

The President of the USA was George W Bush,

actually would have seen you through

because it would only have scored you 72 points.

The American band leader of Parliament and Funkadelic,

-do you know that?

-George Clinton.

-It is George Clinton, yep.

That would've scored you 7 points. And the English horse painter?

-George Stubbs.

-George Stubbs is the right answer,

and that would've scored you 12.

So the best answer up there is George Clinton, well done if you said that.

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

the pair heading home with a high score of 119,

it's Wayne, in the peach hoody, and Matt.

Far too soon to be saying goodbye to you,

but we will see you next time,

when I hope you'll be with us for much, much longer.

But in the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Wayne and Matt, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

And so three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round,

we will have to say goodbye to another pair

in time for the head-to-head.

Well, it's very, very close. Very, very close.

Andrea and Linda, you were just, by a margin, our highest scorers there.

But Terence and Mike, Charlie and Chris all on the same score of 66.

It's fair to say there's barely a paella rice grain between you.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

..Snooker.

Can you all decided in your pairs who's going first, who's going 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...

..as they could.

Players who completed in the 2013 World Snooker Championship.

-Richard.

-Yep, we're looking for the names of any of the 32 players

who reached the televised stages of the 2013 World Snooker Championships

at The Crucible, please. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now then, Andrea. Snooker.

-Yes.

-It's a dream come true, isn't it?

-No. More of a nightmare, really.

I don't even know if this guy is a snooker player,

but it sounds plausible.

I'm going to say Marco Fu.

Marco Fu.

-Yeah.

-Marco Fu. Let's see if that's right

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

He's right.

Very well done, Andrea.

Still going down. 3! Very well done indeed.

Now, that's how you play Pointless, very well done.

That's 3 for Marco Fu.

That's a terrific answer, Andrea. Yeah, born in 1978 in Hong Kong.

Normally when people say, "I don't know if this person is a snooker player,"

they just come up with something or other, but that's a very good answer.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Terence.

Are you going to be good at this, Terence?

-Hmm...

-I'm going to say yes.

-Maybe, maybe.

I would have known a few maybe 20, 30 years ago,

but not so many in 2013.

I'm going to guess.

Mark Allen.

Mark Allen says Terence. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right. Well, 3 is our high and low score at this point.

Mark Allen takes us...

down to pointless! Look at that, Terence. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £8,000.

Most importantly, it scores you nothing.

Very well done indeed, Terence, great answer there.

Well played, Terence. "The Pistol", Mark Allen, and where's he from?

-He's from Antrim in Northern Ireland.

-He sure is.

-Yeah.

-And I used to be his vicar!

-No!

-Yes.

-Did you?

-Yes, I did.

-That's quite cool, isn't it?

-That is quiet cool.

That's the first time that someone has given us an answer,

someone they used to be the vicar of.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Charlie.

Does that expression on your face mean

that this is not an ideal round for you?

I have absolutely no idea of any snooker player from 2013.

I can only think of people from the past

who are definitely not playing now.

So we're going to be in the making up a name.

This is always my favourite phase of the game.

Particularly when it's making up a snooker name.

I want to know what Charlie's kind of a snooker name...

-Yeah, where do you start?

-Yeah.

-I'm going to go for Smith.

And I'm going to go for...

Mike Smith.

I'm... I'm disappointed.

LAUGHTER

-That's all I'm going to say. Mike Smith. Smithy?

-The Smithster.

Smithy, the Smithster.

Let's see if Mike Smith is a snooker player

and, if he is, let's see if he played in the 2013 championship.

Mike Smith - is it right?

No.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, Charlie,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Charlie, famously beaten 10-9 by Mark Allen

in the final qualifying round, Mike Smith.

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Well, Terence, what can I say?

That was a splendid answer there,

Terence and Mike looking pretty strong at this stage.

Then up to 3 - Andrea and Linda, what can I say?

Andrea and Linda looking pretty strong at this stage of the game.

Charlie, what can I say?

Mike Smith.

Yeah, I'm afraid snooker, you either know it or you don't.

But there we are. Now, Chris, something could be salvageable here

if you know your snooker.

-Yeah(!)

-If you can find a pointless answer,

and Linda has a nightmare in the next pass,

it could happen that you'll make it through to the head-to-head.

Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium.

Now then, Chris.

We're looking for 2013 World Championship Snooker players.

Oh, yeah, I know loads(!)

That's what I'm hoping you'd say.

I only know one from the past.

He may still be playing, I don't know.

Steve Hendry.

Steve Hendry. OK, Chris said Steve Hendry.

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

but let's see if that's right.

No. Bad luck, Chris.

I'm sorry, that's another incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

Yeah, he bowed out the previous year, I'm afraid, Stephen Hendry.

With a 147 as well, at The Crucible.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Mike, good news,

you are through to the next round. But how well did your dad do?

-Did pretty well. He did well.

-Yeah, that was pretty impressive.

That was the answer I was going to give, but!

There might be another pointless answer in there, Mike.

You've got to find it.

I don't think this'll be pointless,

but I'm going to go for Neil Robertson.

Neil Robertson. OK. Let's see if that's right

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

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

That's a nice reason not to have a red line.

But let's see how many people said Neil Robertson.

That's a good score, down it goes, look at that.

Very well done indeed. 3.

Great score, Mike. That takes your total up to 3.

Well played, Michael.

Yeah, the 2010 World Champion from Australia.

Lost in the first round in 2013.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Linda,

-great news, you're through to the head-to-head.

-That's good.

Snooker not such a...?

Nightmare. Nightmare.

There is one name jingling around in my head

and I'm going to go for it as we're through anyway.

-Peter Ebdon.

-Peter Ebdon.

OK, let's see if that's right.

No red line for you because you're through.

Let's see if anyone said Peter Ebdon. Is it right?

It's right.

Look at that, 7. Very well done indeed, Linda.

Great performance,

really proper Pointless performance there on the first podium.

10 is your total.

Very well played, another former World Champion from 2002.

There's plenty of pointless answers and people who know their snooker

will definitely have got one of these. Let's take a look.

You could have had Sam Baird, you could have had Michael White.

Matt Selt would have been a pointless answer.

Martin Gould was a pointless answer, good snooker player,

good darts player as well. Used to be a croupier. There's Mark Allen.

Marcus Campbell, the Scot, a pointless answer.

You could have had Ben Woollaston, you could have had Barry Hawkins,

who got into the final -

he got beaten in the final and he was a pointless answer.

Ricky Walden, who was in the semifinal, was also a pointless answer.

And another Scot there, Alan McManus was a pointless answer.

You also could have had Robert Milkins,

you could have had Dechawat Poomjaeng,

he would have been a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the three biggest scorers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

8 points for the third biggest scorer, Mark Williams.

And then two more familiar names, John Higgins with 16,

and up the top, Ronnie. I can't believe no-one said him.

49 points for Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Chris and Charlie, finally hit the buffers.

You've gone strong through one and a half Pointless shows.

Brilliant performance last time

and today I'm afraid it was all going so well

until you ran into snooker.

But there we are. A valiant performance nonetheless

but I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.

Thanks so much for playing - Chris and Charlie.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Mike and Terence, Andrea and Linda,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £8,000.

CHEERING

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

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

The big difference is obviously you are now allowed to confer

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, both of you have done very, very well indeed.

Mike and Terence, fantastic performance,

and a pointless answer there, that really was great play.

But, Andrea and Linda,

considering snooker wasn't really your strong suit,

I think you did phenomenally well in that last round.

This is going to be a needle head-to-head.

Best of luck to both pairs, let's play it!

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

reunions.

-Reunions. Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures of bands

that have reunited since the year 2000.

Can you name the most obscure of these?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, let's reveal our five reunions,

and here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five reunions.

Mike and Terence, you've played best throughout the show,

so you will go first.

(A is Take That, B is Stone Roses.

(C is...Spandau Ballet. D is Steps.

(E is...Blue.)

It's between B and C, then? (Between B and C?)

-(Aye.

-Which one would you...)

(I'll go B.)

I'm going to go for...

Sorry, WE'RE going to go for B - The Stone Roses.

Stone Roses, say Mike and Terence.

B and The Stone Roses.

Now then, Andrea and Linda.

D'you fancy talking us through the rest of the board?

OK, this is more up our street, to be honest.

We think A is Take That.

C is Spandau Ballet.

D is Steps and E looks like Blue.

But it's what to go for. Spandau Ballet?

-Yeah.

-They look quite different.

Yeah, we'll go for C - Spandau Ballet, please.

OK, C - Spandau Ballet, say Andrea and Linda.

So we have The Stone Roses versus Spandau Ballet.

Mike and Terence said The Stone Roses was B.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said that?

It's right.

-14.

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Well played, Mike.

That's a good score.

Now, Andrea and Linda,

you thought this was probably the hardest one to recognise.

Spandau Ballet, you're saying.

For C, let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

32.

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32, which means, Mike and Terence, after one question you are up 1-0.

Yes, I think both teams knew all of them there

and both teams picked the best answer they could do,

cos they're the best two answers on the board.

A is Take That, it's a big scorer though,

it would have scored you 80 points.

D, you're right, is Steps.

Quite a big scorer, actually, for Steps.

It would have scored you 51.

And you're right about Blue as well,

and Blue would have scored you 47, another hefty score.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now here comes your second question.

Andrea and Linda, you'll get to answer this one first,

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

Potato varieties, Richard.

Does anybody need five minutes to calm down or are you OK? Shall we...

We're going to show you five varieties of potatoes,

but we've mashed them up, they're all anagrams.

LAUGHTER Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer, please?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five anagrams and here they are. Anagrams of potatoes.

I'll read those one last time.

And Andrea and Linda, you will go first this time.

"Dongle" is "golden".

An anagram of "downer" - "Golden Wonder".

You sure? Is the second one better?

-OK, we'll go for the...second one down?

-Mm-hm.

-..As a Maris Piper.

Maris Piper, say Andrea and Linda. Maris Piper.

Now, Mike and Terence,

Maris Piper has gone.

What about those other ones? Do you fancy having a crack at those?

How many of them can you fill in, do you think?

The bottom one's King Edward.

Rooster, Estima, Maris Piper...

..and...I know the top one.

I've forgotten it now. But we'll just go Estima. We'll go Estima.

-Estima?

-Yeah.

Estima. So we have Maris Piper and we have Estima.

Andrea and Linda said Maris Piper. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

-59.

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Now, Mike and Terence have said Estima.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said that?

It's right. Is it going to beat 59? Yes, it is, look at that.

Down it goes.

-6.

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Very well done, Terence and Mike,

after two questions only you are through to the final 2-0.

Very well played, gents, yeah,

there's only one answer that would have beaten it, it's the top one.

We've all eaten plenty of them.

I think, Linda and Andrea, you might know it.

-Yeah, Golden Wonder. Oh!

-It would have scored you 3 points.

The best answer up there. And we know the bottom two - Rooster is right.

Quite a low scorer though, it would have scored you 15.

And "New Dark Dig" is King Edward and would have scored 37 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Andrea and Linda, but in a way it's good news,

cos it means we get to see you again next time.

Had you gone to the final that would have been it.

But as it is you'll be back and we've got a whole new show to enjoy with you,

which we'll do very much.

Thanks so much for playing, Andrea and Linda. Great performance.

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But for Mike and Terence it's time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Mike and Terence.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have 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 £8,000.

There we are.

-AUDIENCE:

-Whoo!

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Of course, part of that jackpot is down to you and your pointless answer.

But d'you know what? I think it's fallen pretty well for you

because let's just cast our minds back.

-We had your boss in Round One, George Carey.

-Yeah.

-Then we had a parishioner of yours, Mark Allen.

-Yeah.

-Loosely speaking.

-Loosely speaking.

-Then we had Stone Roses, which was a little bit of Mike's 20s.

-Potatoes.

And then we had potatoes.

-About which you knew everything.

-Everything.

It was like you'd written the book.

So if we just follow this trajectory,

what would you like to see come up in this last round?

The disciples?

-LAUGHTER

-Now, wouldn't that be a thing?

Yeah, that would be a thing. "Name the 12 disciples!"

OK. Well, as always, you kick-start this round by choosing the option

and you have four of them.

They are...

Roaring Twenties.

Men's Running Records.

Goon Films...

The Disciples.

-LAUGHTER

-Male Music Legends.

-What's it going to be?

-Not Roaring Twenties.

-No. Goon Films? No.

-Male Music Legends?

-No. So it's between Men's Running Records...

-No idea.

-We're going to go Male Music Legends.

-Male Music Legends.

-OK, Richard.

-Good luck. We'll give you three options. Take your answers from any of these.

We're looking for any UK top 40 single

by any of the following:

All members of the Traveling Wilburys. Any UK top 40 hit by...

Very, very best of luck.

OK, now, as ever, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers, and to win that jackpot

all you need is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

The answers you provide can come from any of these categories,

it's up to you how you spread them across the categories.

They can all come from the same one or one from each, two from one, one from another, it's up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-Is it only as singles? As single performers?

-Top 40 singles.

-Soloists, yeah.

-Yeah, soloists.

-No idea.

-Bob Dylan.

The Times... The Winds Are A-Blowin'.

-That's not pointless.

-No.

Roy Orbison. The only one I know's Pretty Woman!

-George Harrison - My Sweet Lord.

-Cryin'. My Sweet Lord.

-I know... I know...

-We'll go Bob Dylan.

-We need pointless answers!

Like A Rolling Stone. Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

Just looking for a punt that's, like, even close.

We'll just go with the ones we have now. We'll just go with them.

My Sweet Lord, will that be...?

-Let's do Tambourine Man.

-Yeah. Keep going.

Ten seconds left.

Right, Cryin'. Tambourine Man, and...

..Knockin' On Heaven's Door?

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

What are you going to go for?

-We're going to go Roy Orbison's single, Cryin'.

-Cryin'.

-Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man.

-Mr Tambourine Man.

-And Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

-Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer, do you think?

-I think Mr Tambourine Man.

-Mr Tambourine we'll put last.

Mr Tambourine Man. Your least likely?

I can't remember what the third one we said was!

-You had Cryin', Knockin' On Heaven's Door...

-Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

We'll put that first.

OK, let's pop your answers up on the board in that order

and here they are.

We've got...

Well, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

You thought this was probably your least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of those answers has to be pointless for you to win

that jackpot of £8,000. What would you do if you won that, Mike?

First train to King's Cross, go out in London. Spend the whole thing.

-Really?

-I wouldn't see too much of it.

I'd give him the two trophies to hold onto.

-LAUGHTER

-OK, well, best of luck.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door, your first answer. Let's find out.

Obviously, it has to be correct

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

So, for £8,000,

let's see how many people thought Knockin' On Heaven's Door

was a Bob Dylan top 40 single.

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

Now, down it goes, through the 50s, through the 40s...

If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave with £8,000.

Still going down, still going down... 4!

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Now, how's about that? 4 for Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

And you thought that was probably your least likely to be pointless.

So that bodes pretty well for your next two answers.

But unfortunately, it wasn't pointless.

Two more shots at today's jackpot. Your second answer was Cryin'.

Obviously, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless.

Let's find out. For £8,000, how many of our 100 people said Cryin'

was a Roy Orbison single?

Again, it's right.

Your first answer, Knockin' On Heaven's Door took us

all the way down to 4.

Cryin' now taking us down through the 20s,

through the teens to 16.

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OK. Only one answer left, everything is now riding on Mr Tambourine Man.

Again, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Let's find out.

How many of our 100 people for £8,000 said Mr Tambourine Man

was a Bob Dylan top 40 single?

Oh, no!

-Oh, bad luck.

-APPLAUSE

Well...nothing wrong with two of those answers

and we'll discover what was wrong with the third in a moment,

but unfortunately, you didn't manage to find a pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £8,000.

That will roll over on to the next show, but we've really enjoyed having you on the show.

Thank you for playing and you get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so very, very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Unlucky, guys. Mr Tambourine Man, of course, written by Bob Dylan,

but it was a hit for The Byrds in the UK. Number one for The Byrds.

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

One of the first records I ever bought:

George Harrison - All Those Years Ago. That was a pointless answer.

Any Road, also a pointless answer. Ding Dong and You.

Those are the only pointless answers for George Harrison.

Roy Orbison, you could have had...

You could have had Say You're My Girl, Blue Angel,

Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart. You could have had Running Scared. All of those were pointless answers.

And Bob Dylan, some big names here.

Also could have had Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

You could have had One Of Us Must Know

or Rainy Day Women was also a pointless answer for Bob Dylan.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Mike and Terence,

-but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Mick and Terence.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately, Mike and Terence didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £9,000.

-AUDIENCE:

-Whoo!

-APPLAUSE

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.

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