Episode 3 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless, the show where

the more obscure your knowledge, the better your chances of winning.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

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

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Hayley, this is my husband Terry

-and we're from the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales.

-Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Lesley from Tiverton in Devon

and my friend Julia from Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire.

And finally couple number four.

Hi, I'm Linda, this is my friend and colleague Andrea

and we're from Cheshire.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks to all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout

the show so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

a runaway train whose next stop is knowledge...

via Bristol Temple Meads.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

If you're a runaway train, you don't have a next stop, just so you know.

Oh, yeah, you do. Yeah, that's where you come off the rails, my friend.

Oh, OK. Some days, I feel more like a runaway rail replacement bus service.

You know what I mean? Some of those days when you wake up.

Now, we've got a nice, little jackpot building up.

-We have, it's not so little.

-No, it still hasn't been won

and we've got two returning pairs from last time -

Andrea and Linda, who got all the way to the head-to-head, did very well

so they'll be tough to beat, and Matt and Wayne, who were knocked

out in the first round, I think we're going to see more of them this time.

-Lesley and Julia look like trouble to me.

-No.

You know sometimes we have to discipline people for cheating

and all sorts of stuff and also foul language sometimes, we have.

Yeah, I know. So, there'll be none of that, OK?

I'm absolutely keeping my eye on you.

Well said. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, every question on Pointless has been asked

to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are searching for a pointless answer,

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

and each time we find one of those, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Terence and Mike, as you'll have gathered,

did not win the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that

so today's jackpot starts off at...

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

Now, the pair with the highest

score at the end of the round will be eliminated

and do remember there is to be no conferring during the round.

Our first category today is...

It's a Words round.

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

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

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

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

ALEXANDER REPEATS QUESTION

-Richard.

-Yes, we're looking for any three-letter word that

has its own entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English,

please, that is made up of any of those letters.

You can repeat letters but it has to just be those letters, please.

There's about 30-odd three-letter words in the English language using those letters.

As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words, anything like that.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Matt and Wayne, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you're going to go first. Now, remind us what you do, Matt.

I'm an administrator for a charity in London.

-That's right, for the Leverhulme Trust.

-Yep.

What do the Leverhulme Trust do?

We give grants to academics and universities for research.

OK, now, do you enjoy Words rounds when you're watching Pointless?

-Em, not really but I think I can do this.

-OK, very good.

Well, yeah, it seems on the face of it to be quite a nice,

simple one but there are going to be degrees of rightness, I suspect.

I hope so.

Hopefully, I've got this right and say fad.

Fad. A fad says Matt.

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

It's right.

49.

We'll discover how good a score that is as the round progresses

but I think that's probably not a bad score, 49 for fad.

Especially from that first podium as well,

there's much less thinking time.

Yeah, it's a brief fashion, usually a short-lived fashion, a fad.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Hayley, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

And you come from Tonypandy.

-I do.

-Is that how you say Tonypandy?

-Tonypandy.

I knew I'd have got that wrong. What do you do, Hayley?

I'm a town planner.

-In Tonypandy?

-No, in Barry.

In Barry? What a great job you've done.

-I think you've planned that beautifully.

-Thank you.

Barry now, I imagine after Gavin and Stacey,

-must have a whole new industry.

-Exactly, yeah, very popular.

-People must come in their thousands.

-Oh, the tourists are unbelievable.

Very good. And what do you like getting up to in your spare time?

-I like cleaning, I love cleaning.

-Do you?

What's your favourite bit of cleaning?

Ironing.

Oh, I could have a good day ironing away with the music on, relaxing.

That's amazing. What?

Just the satisfaction of a big bungle of clothes turning into something neat.

Yeah, just carry on, thinking about nothing, relax, enjoy myself.

-Do you watch Pointless when you're ironing?

-Yes, I do.

Have you every found yourself leaving a sort of iron-shaped

mark on one of Terry's shirts?

Anticipating the answer, waiting, hoping I'm right.

How good are you on Words rounds?

-Hm, not great.

-What are you going to go for, Hayley?

-I'm going to go for cab.

-Cab.

-Cab.

Cab says Hayley.

OK, well, fad scored 49, let's see what cab scores.

Well, it's right, obviously.

Oh, 72.

-That is quite a high score.

-Yeah, sorry, Hayley.

A cab is what's waiting outside for the team with the biggest

score in this round.

-Now then, Lesley.

-Hello.

A warm welcome to Pointless, great to have you here from Tiverton.

-Yes.

-And what do you do with yourself in Tiverton, Lesley?

Well, amateur dramatics, walking,

the Mid Devon Messenger which is a talking newspaper for the blind.

So, you go round and tell people what's up?

Every week, there are eight teams of four people...

-Yeah.

-..and on a Tuesday night, we record an hour's news from our

local papers and then the next day, it's put onto memory sticks

and it's sent out to about 80 people.

That's such a brilliant idea. Oh, good for you.

Now then, Lesley, what are you going to go for?

There are your seven letters you can make three-letter words from.

-I reckon you might have quite a good one.

-I'm going to go for gab.

-That's the one I was going to go for.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I have got one other stashed away

but gab is the one I'd have gone for.

Excellent choice if I may say, Lesley, probably a winning one.

Let's find out how many of our 100 people said gab.

Well, our high score is 72, our low, 49,

you've passed both of those with gab.

-35.

-That's all right.

Very well done, Lesley.

To talk at length, to gab, as in the gift of the gab.

-Thank you very much, Richard. Andrea.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Now, last time, head-to-head.

-Yes.

-What happened?

Potatoes cropped up, incidentally.

Yeah, we went out on a question on potato varieties.

-It was really hard.

-Yes.

-Potato anagrams.

Everyone else could see them, I couldn't.

I could only see the one you went for, in fact.

Now then, we're looking for any three-letter word that can be

made from A, B, C, D, E, F or G. What are you going to go for?

I think I will go for ebb.

Ebb says Andrea.

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

It's right.

35, our low score so far.

Ooh, and you've passed that and how. Look at that.

Ebb, 3!

There we are. Very well done, Andrea.

-Well played, Andrea. That's a low ebb, isn't it?

-Isn't it? Yeah.

-In a good way.

-In a good way, yeah.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores.

3, the best score of that pass by a country mile.

Very well done indeed, Andrea.

Linda, that's set you up pretty strongly,

I'd say, for the next pass.

Then we travel up to 35 where we find Lesley and Julia, up to 49,

Matt and Wayne, then 72, Hayley, so, Terry, we need a low score.

You've got a little bit of time to think about it so, yes,

let's see something decent from you

and let's hope it's enough to keep you in the game. Best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

-OK. Now then, Linda, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Now, you have worked with Andrea for 12 years, is it?

-Yes.

-Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-It was a joint effort.

We happened to be talking about Pointless in the canteen

and then there was a kind of joint "I love Pointless" moment

-and it sort of escalated from there.

-I see.

So, Linda, there we are, three-letter words,

three-letter words containing these letters.

-I'm going to go for gag.

-Gag.

Gag, says Linda.

OK, well, the high-scorers on 72 are Terry and Hayley.

That means you need to score 68 or less and there's your red line.

Let's see how many people said gag.

Very well done, you're through.

13. Takes your total up to 16, very well done.

It's very well played, isn't it?

A joke or a piece of cloth to put over someone's mouth to

stop them speaking.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Julia, welcome.

-Thank you.

-And what do you do with yourself, Julia?

-Well, I'm retired.

What did you do?

I used to work with books and before that,

I worked for a very well-known photographic company.

And how do you and Lesley know each other?

Well, we know each other through amateur dramatics of that

well-known photographic company.

Oh, so the company laid on its own dramatics?

-Yes, we had our own theatre.

-Oh, very good.

-It was wonderful.

-So you worked together there and you joined the amateur dramatics?

-Yes.

-Yes, and we met our husbands there as well.

-Goodness.

-Yes, we did.

-Oh, wonderful.

Now, Julia, we want a nice low-scoring three-letter word

made of some of these letters.

-I'm going to say ace.

-Ace says Julia, ace.

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

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

It's right.

39, I think that's going to be all right. 39.

Takes your total up to 74.

Well played, Julia, good answer.

-Puts a lot of pressure on Terry now, though, doesn't it?

-Certainly does.

So, yes, Terry. Now, what do you do in Tonypandy?

I'm a community nurse.

And how long have you and Hayley known each other?

-Em, good question.

-About 12 years.

-12 years.

-12 years?

-Yeah.

-Was it love at first sight, Terry?

-For me, yes.

I did all the chasing.

It took a bit longer for me but once I got there, I fell and that was it.

Awww, that's nice.

Now, Terry, there you are on 72.

The high-scorers are Julia and Lesley on 74.

If you can find an answer that scores 1, you're home and dry.

What do you reckon?

I'm going to take a shot in the dark.

Gea.

How are you going to spell that?

I think it's clarified butter. I think it's G-E-A.

-G-E-A.

-Yeah.

-OK, gea, says Terry.

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

You see that sort of red colour at the very bottom of the column,

that's your line. Get below that and you are in Round Two.

I mean, if anything's going to get you down there,

it's going to be a word like gea.

It just has to be correct. Is it?

Oh, bad luck, Terry.

I mean you didn't have much choice there, you had to

go for something really obscure

but I'm afraid that was just too obscure.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total to 172.

Yeah, ghee is G-H-E-E, I'm afraid.

It fails on two counts.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Wayne.

-Hello.

Wayne, hey, I've got good news, you're in Round Two.

Whatever happens, you are in Round Two.

You won't overtake the high score of Terry and Hayley.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Wayne.

-I'm a manager at a media company.

-What sort of media is it?

I read newspapers all night. That's basically what I do.

And the idea is what?

Any story, you think, "Oh, that's good, I'll make a note of that."

Yeah, pretty much.

Anything that might be of interest to any of our clients,

-we sort of, like, send it their way.

-So, like a sort of clippings thing?

Yeah, to save them going through all the papers themselves.

-And do you enjoy that?

-Yes, of course, I do.

I'm on national TV, I love my job.

No, but I mean that's a lot of newspapers you have to read.

And do you have a set order you read them in?

Yes, I start with the Guardian.

And how far down before you come to The Tablet?

The Hertfordshire Mercury?

The Hexham Courant?

-I mean they all have to be read.

-Well, I work the night shift

so the day shift deal with the regional newspapers.

I see. OK, now, there you are on 49.

You're already through but let's have a nice, low score.

-Let's see if you can get a lower score even that Matt.

-OK.

Well, I think I'm going to go for...

-..cad.

-Cad, says Wayne, cad. No red line, you're already through.

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

46. Lower than Matt.

-That's all that matters.

-Takes your total up to 95.

Well done, Wayne.

It's a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman, a cad.

Now, there's no pointless answers at all.

As I say, there's 30-odd words and no pointless answers.

Terry needed to score one point

and there's two answers that would have scored one point.

The words eff and dee would both have scored one point each.

Def, which is slang from something which is excellent,

as in that was a def round, I'm sure you'd agree,

would have scored you two points.

You would also have got two points for aga. Not the range, the title.

There's a few other small scorers.

Dag, which we often hear in Australian soap operas

but that's in the Oxford English Dictionary, would've scored you four.

-What noise does a sheep make?

-It's baa.

-Would've scored you seven.

Deb would've scored you seven as well.

Add would've got you 15, egg would've got you 18. Bee would've got you 20.

There's all sorts of other ones but let's take a look at the top

three, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

In third place was bag for 64.

Cab was 72, the second-highest scorer.

And right at the top,

-bad answer, would've scored you 80.

-Oh, bad.

It's a brilliant round this one for Scrabble players

because there's all sorts of three-letter words they know

because they're in the dictionary and you can use them.

-Clever.

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair heading home with

a high score of 172, I'm afraid to say it's Terry and Hayley.

-Oh, I'm so sorry. Well, yes...

-My fault.

Ghee, we've all learned how not to spell ghee so that's good.

Thank you, an invaluable lesson to ghee users up and down the country.

Anyway, we will see you again next time.

Terry and Hayley, thanks so much for playing. Lovely contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

So, three pairs remain. Very sadly,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.

I wonder who that's going to be.

-Matt and Wayne, welcome to Round Two.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

-How'd you like it?

-Yes, it's very nice.

-Yeah, very nice.

Lovely, solid performance from Lesley and Julia in that round.

Yes, Andrea and Linda, very much the pair to beat

but best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Artists.

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

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

And the question concerns...

Famous works of art, Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six famous

works of art and we're going to give you

the initials of the artist who created them.

We just need you to give us the names of those artists, please.

There'll be 12 in all to guess at home, best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we are looking for the name of the artist who created these

famous works of art and here's our first board of six.

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

ALEXANDER REPEATS OPTIONS

Now, Matt, how are you on art and artists?

This is probably the worst round you could have given me.

I have no idea and that's terrible.

OK, well, you've got some clues there.

So, at least when you make something up, you can

make something up which starts with the right letter which is nice.

Em, yeah.

I will say...

..The Night Watch...

..and say Renaissance. I don't know.

-Renaissance. Rene Sance.

-Yes.

OK, let's see if Renaissance did paint The Night Watch

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

Ooh, bad luck, Matt.

Tough if you don't know that area

but I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

but a game effort, 100 points, it scores you.

-Yeah, not Renaissance.

-No.

Not quite sure where to begin with why that's not a correct answer

but it's not.

Lesley.

I don't know whether to go for a definite one or a not-so-sure one.

I think I'll go with The Scream, Edvard Munch.

Edvard Munch says Lesley.

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

Oh, it's a good answer, very well done indeed, Lesley.

32. Well done.

Yeah, terrific answer.

There's four versions of it in existence, three of them are in

Norwegian museums, one was bought by an American financier for 74 million.

Wasn't one stolen and then returned quite recently?

That's right, yeah, in Norway.

-By me.

-Yes, of course, I forgot.

They haven't caught up with you yet though, have they?

Well, because I always bring them back.

I do it to test their security and to show my ingenuity.

Oh, so you're like a white-cap thief?

Well, I kind of am but I do it to mock them

from my volcano hideaway...

surrounded by great works of art.

And then I break back in and put them back on.

And the security guard comes back in the morning and goes...

-Like that. Yeah, and I'll do it again.

-Yeah, I bet you will.

Yeah, I will do.

Good job nobody knows it's you.

Oh, hold on.

Ah, now, Linda. This is all for you.

There are five of them for you to have a go at.

If you want, you can fill them all in.

That would be great, wouldn't it? It's not going to happen.

I feel like I should know The Kiss but I can't remember.

So, there's two that I feel like I know

and I'm going to go The Night Watch, Renoir.

You're going to say Renoir for The Night Watch.

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

Ooh, bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which scores you

the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Linda.

-Oh, sorry, Linda. What a good round Lesley's had.

-I know.

It's very impressive.

Yeah, The Night Watch has caused us all sorts of trouble.

It's not Renaissance, it's not Renoir, it is...

-Rembrandt.

-Rembrandt, yes. Would've scored you 24 points.

Now, The Starry Night.

Vincent Van Gogh, of course.

That would've scored 55. The Kiss.

Was it Gustav Klimt?

It was, Lesley, yeah.

It would've scored you fewer points, it would've scored you 19.

-The Persistence Of Memory?

-Salvador Dali.

Would've scored you 13.

The best answer on the board, The Great Wave At Kanagawa?

I almost know this one.

-It's Hokusai.

-Hokusai.

I say "Hokusai," I was thinking Hakasan or something like that.

It would've scored you two points as well,

so very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

Only two scores between the three teams.

Lesley and Julia

looking very strong after Lesley's good answer,

32 for you.

And then up, tied on 100, Matt and Wayne and Linda and Andrea

so, Andrea and Wayne,

it's between you.

Andrea, you will get first dibs on the next board so, yes,

use it wisely. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more works of art up on the board and here they are.

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

ALEXANDER REPEATS OPTIONS

Now, remember, we're looking for the name of the artist who created

these famous works of art and, Andrea, obviously, you're going

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

OK, now, there you are, you're on 100 points,

joint high-scorers so it's quite key what you score at this point.

It's thrown me slightly that there's two JVs so I'm going to go

for one which I think I'm certain on which is Water Lilies, Claude Monet.

Claude Monet says Andrea for Water Lilies.

No red line as you're the joint high-scorers

but let's see how many people said Claude Monet.

Absolutely right.

61.

161, your total there.

Yes, in 1999, when they had the Monet Exhibition in London,

it stayed open for 34 hours straight at the end because just

-so many people wanted to go and see it.

-That's amazing, isn't it?

Yeah, all day, all night, all day.

Now then, Julia.

This is where I'm going to let Lesley down

because I can't remember the first names.

Let me tell you some good news, this will gladden your heart.

You are through to the head-to-head whatever you score

so a little bit of pressure off there.

Well, I've forgotten his first name,

but I think The Singing Butler is, I believe, John Vetriet.

John Vetriet says Julia, John Vetriet.

Not sure of his first name?

-I'm not sure of his last either.

-Not sure of either of his names.

-Let's be honest.

-John Vetriet.

OK, well, there's no red line for you for the lovely reason that

you're already through

but let's see how many of our 100 people said John Vetriet.

No, bad luck, Julia, an incorrect answer as it happens.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 132 but you're through.

Couldn't matter less.

Yes, unlucky, Julia,

but obviously Lesley's fine work in the previous round.

But you've got some making-up to do in the head-to-head.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Wayne, the high-scorers are Andrea and Linda on 161,

you're on 100.

You need to score 60 or less. Can you do it?

Almost certainly not but I'll give it a go.

-Do you want to talk us through the board?

-I would love to, dearly.

I think I know two.

I think the Creation Of Adam might be Michelangelo and Guernica,

possibly Pablo Picasso, I'm just toying which one to go with,

which one's the most famous.

We'll go with...

-Guernica, Pablo Picasso.

-Pablo Picasso, says Wayne.

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

you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said Pablo Picasso for Guernica.

It's right.

And you're through, very well done indeed.

Very well done, 44 it scores you. 144, your total.

Good work, Wayne.

Well played, Wayne.

It just expresses Picasso's disgust at the destroying of the Basque

town of Guernica. Very well done. Matt, you got very lucky there.

I did indeed.

Let's fill in these.

Now, The Singing Butler, not John Vetriet,

-you're not a million miles away - Jack Vettriano.

-Oh, yes.

The Scottish artist, would've scored you 10 points.

The other JV up there, Girl With A Pearl Earring?

Vermeer, Jan Vermeer.

Johannes Vermeer, also would have taken Jan Vermeer.

Would've scored you 18.

The Creation Of Adam, it was Michelangelo.

Well done, would've scored fewer points, it would've scored 22.

And American Gothic?

I don't know.

It's Grant Wood.

Very well done if you said that, it's the best answer on the board,

it would've scored 2 points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

a high score of 161, Andrea and Linda, I'm afraid it's you.

-Head-to-head last time.

-BOTH:

-I know.

I thought you were going to go all the way. I really did.

But I'm afraid the artists did for you. Oh, yeah, Renoir.

How close were you to saying Rembrandt?

Not very at all, if I'm to be honest.

OK, well, that makes it a bit easier, I suppose,

but we've loved having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

Andrea and Linda, lovely contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Lesley and Julia, Matt and Wayne,

you're one step closer to the final

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

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 being that you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

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

Jackanory readers.

We're going to show you five pictures now of famous people who've

read stories on the BBC series Jackanory.

-Can you identify the most obscure of these five?

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five pictures and here they are...

There we are, five Jackanory readers.

Now, Lesley and Julia, you've played best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

LESLEY AND JULIA CONFER QUIETLY

We're going for E, Alan Bennett.

Alan Bennett, say Lesley and Julia for E.

Now, Matt and Wayne, do you want to have a shot at the others?

-I think I know two.

-I think I know D but I'm not 100% certain.

Shall we go for it, yeah? All right, I think D is Peter Purves.

-Peter Purves. OK.

-Is it?

-We shall discover.

Alan Bennett versus Peter Purves, oh, that's a scrap I'd like to see.

-You could do pay-per-view on that.

-Oh, wouldn't it?

Now then, Lesley and Julia said Alan Bennett for E.

Let's find out if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Alan Bennett.

It's right.

30.

APPLAUSE

30 for Alan Bennett.

Now then, Matt and Wayne, you have said that D is Peter Purves.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Peter Purves.

Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Which means, Lesley and Julia, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Very well done.

Yes, Alan Bennett appeared on Jackanory 19 times.

-He also did the very, very last Jackanory.

-Did he?

Read The House At Pooh Corner. Yep.

Now, D - I think, Lesley and Julia,

you might have known who that is. It's not Peter Purvis.

-Martin Jarvis.

-It's Martin Jarvis. Absolutely.

Better answer, as well, would have scored you 13 points.

Would have been a very good answer.

A - this gentleman did over 70 episodes of Jackanory.

It's Kenneth Williams.

Would have scored you 71.

Big score.

B, Geraldine McEwan.

She would have scored you 5 points,

she's the best answer up there.

And C, of course, is Judi Dench.

What do you think Judi Dench scored?

Um...it's going to be in the 80s.

It's not in the 80s.

It's in the 90s.

-Yeah, 92 points.

-Aw, lovely.

-Quite right, too.

-Brilliant.

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

Matt and Wayne answer this first

but you have to win it to stay in the game. Best of luck.

It concerns...

-Birmingham.

-Birmingham.

-Richard?

-Simply five clues now to facts about the city of Birmingham

and things associated with it. Can you give us a nice obscure answer?

Thanks very much indeed.

So, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Birmingham -

and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are - five clues

to facts about Birmingham.

Matt and Wayne, it looks like you've decided on an answer.

-We have.

-Yeah...

I think we know two - I could probably guess at three.

Yeah.

We're going to go for the comedian

who starred with Robert Powell

is Jasper Carrott.

Jasper Carrott, say Matt and Wayne. Jasper Carrott.

Now, Lesley and Julia, do you fancy talking us through the board

-and seeing if you can answer several of them?

-We wish we could!

Um, Birmingham New Street.

And...the second one is Edgbaston.

Edgbaston.

What are we going to go for?

I know that the Birmingham group sang Flowers In The Rain,

but I can't remember the name of the group.

-Um...we'll go for Birmingham New Street.

-Yeah, we'll have to.

OK, Birmingham New Street, say Lesley and Julia.

So, Matt and Wayne said Jasper Carrott,

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

It's right.

That's a good answer.

42 for Jasper Carrott, well done.

Lesley and Julia have said Birmingham New Street,

the busiest railway station in Birmingham.

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

It's right. But it has to beat 42.

-Oh, which it does!

-Oh, it does!

-Wow!

34 for Birmingham New Street.

Wow, very well done, Lesley and Julia.

You are straight through to the final after only two questions, 2-0.

Very well done.

Yes, unlucky, gents, and well played Lesley and Julia.

Actually, your other answer, Edgbaston, was also right

and also would have seen you through to play for the jackpot,

because it would have scored 30 points.

Now, the first song to be heard on Radio 1 WAS Flowers In The Rain,

as you rightly say.

And the group was...

-The Move.

-Oh!

-Oh, yes, of course.

The Move, there, would have scored you 9 points.

The best answer was the one at the bottom,

the lord mayor of the city who later became Prime Minister

was Neville Chamberlain.

Would have scored 6 points.

So very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid to say it's Matt and Wayne.

Well, Jasper Carrott - I mean, obviously very well-known comedian,

and I suppose in that role, particularly well-known,

but who'd have thought that it was even better known than

the name of the main station?

-Yeah, we knew that one as well, but...

-Yeah, yeah.

Well, on such things are Pointless decisions made, I suppose.

We have to say goodbye. It's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you.

-Thank you playing, Matt and Wayne.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But, for Lesley and Julia, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Lesley and Julia,

you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £9,000.

APPLAUSE

As always, you kick this round off by choosing a category,

and you have four options to choose from,

and they are...

What do you think, Lesley? What's your best?

I'm an addict, but it depends.

-What, Formula 1?

-I love F1.

F1, British Formula 1, please.

-Formula 1.

-I hope I don't disgrace myself!

Way to go, that's impressive. Good stuff, Julia.

-Very best of luck. Richard, it's Formula 1.

-Yes.

Not often I'm taken by surprise by, er...

LAUGHTER

-..but, Julia, you've managed it.

-So am I!

Now I'm worried.

OK, we're going to give you three different questions here,

can you give us the answers to any of these, please?

In the 2008-2009 Formula 1 seasons won by Button or Hamilton,

we're looking for anyone who was on the podium

in any Grand Prix race, please.

We are looking for any circuit where Jackie Stewart won a Grand Prix.

Or we are looking for any winner of the British Grand Prix

when it was held at Aintree or Brands Hatch.

So, anyone who was on the podium in 2008 or 2009,

we're looking for any Jackie Stewart Grand Prix victory,

any track where he had a victory,

or any winner of an Aintree or Brands Hatch British Grand Prix.

-Very best of luck.

-Now, as always,

you have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

And to win that jackpot all you need to do is find one pointless answer.

Now, remember,

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 one, you can have one from each,

two from one, one from another. Entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes, thank you.

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

There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Kimi Raikkonen, but then...

-Kimi Raikkonen.

-Felipe Massa.

-Yeah. Um...

Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen...

-Michael Schumacher...

-Yes, I think he was, in that time.

-Michael Schumacher...

-Not Vettel.

-No.

-Desperately trying to think.

-Can't think of any more.

-Got to get another one.

-I can't think of the other ones.

-I think that's the only one...

-Felipe Massa...

Um...

-Alonso.

-Alonso, yeah.

-Fernando Alonso.

-They're three that people would know.

Yes, I know they are.

I can't think. Um...

Just trying to think of any other ones.

Um....yeah, I am.

Michael Schumacher...

Fernando Alonso...

Felipe Massa, definitely.

Ten seconds left.

-I can't think of another one.

-No, I can't.

No, it won't come to me. We'll have to say...

OK, well, that is your time up.

I now need to know which answers you're going to give me.

Button and Hamilton podium places, all three.

-Felipe Massa.

-Felipe Massa.

-Kimi Raikkonen.

-Kimi Raikkonen.

-Alonso?

-Um...

-Fernando Alonso.

-And Fernando Alonso.

-OK.

-Yes, I'm not sure about that one.

Now, of those three,

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

-Felipe Massa.

-So, Felipe Massa we'll put last.

-Yes.

-Which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Kimi Raikkonen.

-Kimi Raikkonen we'll put first.

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

We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Kimi Raikkonen.

This is one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless,

but remember, only one of those answers has to be pointless

for you to win the jackpot of £9,000.

Really decent jackpot today!

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

Well, I've got nine grandsons,

so I think the families might get some of it,

but I think we enjoy having weekends away,

long weekends away, so we might have a couple of those, as well.

Lovely. Excellent. Julia, how about you?

Well, I'd use some of mine to go and see my friends in America.

-Perfect.

-Yes.

-Well, very best of luck.

Three perfectly good answers on the board.

Let's hope one of those is pointless.

OK, your first answer was Kimi Raikkonen.

Now, this has to be correct, then it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot, so, for £9,000, let's find out

if Kimi Raikkonen was ever on the podium in 2008 or 2009.

It's right.

OK, this is where we discover how much our 100 people

know about the history of Formula 1.

Down it goes, through the 20s, through the teens, into...

Almost in to single figures.

10.

APPLAUSE

10 for Kimi Raikkonen.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer, Kimi Raikkonen.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Fernando Alonso.

Again, it has to be correct,

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

So, for £9,000, let's see how many people remembered

Fernando Alonso being on the podium in 2008 or 2009.

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Kimi Raikkonen, took us all the way down to 10.

Your second answer, Fernando Alonso, taking us down...

Oh, to 20!

20 for Alonso.

Which means it is all now riding on your last answer,

-which is Felipe Massa. You thought this was your best shot...

-Hope so!

..at a pointless answer. Let's hope you put it in the right place.

OK, this has to be correct,

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

For £9,000, how many people said Felipe Massa

being on the podium for 2008 or 2009?

It's right.

So, your first answer, Kimi Raikkonen, took us down to 10.

Your second answer, Fernando Alonso, took us down to 20.

Your third and final answer...

Oh, 6!

Oh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £9,000,

which rolls over to the next show.

But we've loved having you on the show,

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

-Thank you.

-Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Sorry, Lesley and Julia, clearly you know your stuff on Formula 1,

but 60 seconds is not a long time to think of the right answers.

So sorry. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

You'll recognise the names up here, as well, cos you know your F1.

Giancarlo Fisichella had one podium.

Heikki Kovalainen, another of the Finns, he had a win.

Timo Glock, of course,

had such an important role at the end of Hamilton's season.

And Nelson Piquet Junior.

Also you could have had Jarno Trulli or Nick Heidfeld, as well.

They would have been pointless answers.

Jackie Stewart Grand Prix victories,

let's take a look at some of the courses.

Jarama in Spain,

the Kyalami circuit in South Africa,

Montjuic Park in Barcelona,

and Mosport Park.

Also could have had Zandvoort in Holland

and the Paul Ricard Circuit in France,

would have been pointless answers.

And winners of the British Grand Prix at Aintree or Brands Hatch -

Carlos Reutemann, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter,

all of those in the '70s, all of those at Brands Hatch,

and Wolfgang von Trips, who won at Aintree in the '60s.

Well done to anyone who got those at home,

I know there's an awful lot of F1 fans who will have loved that.

I've seen some unlucky players in my time, but that's really unlucky.

You've been terrific throughout, I hope you've enjoyed it.

-Yes, thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you for playing so well.

Brilliant contestants - Lesley and Julia.

APPLAUSE

Well, Lesley and Julia,

very sadly they didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £10,000.

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.