Episode 37 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Gemma, this is my friend Johnny,

-and we're from Plymouth.

-Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Chris, this is my work colleague Adam,

-and we're from Grimsby.

-Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Penni, this is my sister Jo, and we're from Barry.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Leo, I'm from Nottingham,

this is my friend James from Peterborough.

And these are today's contestants.

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 - a roaming, unfeeling, knowledge samurai,

selling his masterful and brutal skills of trivia

to the highest bidder. Just don't ask him to show you his sword.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you, Rich.

-Are you well?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-Excellent.

We only got one returning pair from last time, that's Chris and Adam.

Adam made the mistake of coming onto the show with his boss,

which you must never do, must you?

Especially if you've got a round about Cockney rhyming slang

and you give an answer that doesn't rhyme...in Round One.

You get knocked out. He's got some making up to do,

I suspect, if he wants to keep his job for next week.

We always chat to everyone before the show and get their measure.

I think there's trouble on one of our podiums.

-Do you want me to guess which one?

-Yeah, what do you think?

Oh, no, I know exactly where it is! Yes, podium three.

I've got a nose for that.

-Just instantly, tell it instantly, can't you?

-Yeah.

-Kind of true.

-Maybe.

-Probably true.

-Cracking show today, though.

Round Two, before we start it, there's something I need to talk to you about

just at the beginning of Round Two, so remind me.

-Just a little something that needs addressing.

-OK.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All of today's questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

All our contestants have to do is eke out those pointless answers,

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

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

Now, Adrian and Rebecca didn't 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 this round will be

eliminated, and remember, there is

to be no conferring during the round itself.

Our first category today is...

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

who's going to second?

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

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

..as they could. 2013 Grand Slam semifinalists. Richard.

We're looking for the name of any tennis player, female or male,

who made the semifinals of any of the four Grand Slam

tournaments in 2013, please.

That's the Australian or French Open, Wimbledon or the US Open,

so the male or female tennis player who made

the semifinals of any of those four tournaments. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Johnny and Gemma, you all drew lots before the show,

and today, you are going to go first.

Now, Gemma, what do you do?

I work in a corner shop, but I also do a lot of charity work.

Good for you, very good. So, a convenience store.

-Yes, a convenience store. It's a family-run business.

-Very nice.

-That means you must know everyone. You know everyone in the area.

-I do.

I'm the hub of the community.

You know what papers they buy, what magazines they have on order.

Penny sweets, the bane of my life.

Oh, yeah, you have to shake them out.

-I have to count them.

-Oh, no!

-£2 worth of penny sweets at 3:00 with a queue full of children?

-Wow.

How many children do you allow at the shop at once?

-We don't have rules. It's carnage. 3:00, carnage.

-Free for all.

All right, Gemma. Tennis.

I think I'm going to go for...er...

See, I'm worried about his first name now.

Erm...

-Novak Djokovic.

-OK.

Novak Djokovic, says Gemma. Let's see if it's right,

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

Well, it's right. That is a very important part of your answer.

35.

We will discover how good or bad a score that is,

-but I think that's not bad at all.

-Yeah, it's a good start.

He's the only player to appear in the semifinals of all

-four of those tournaments, actually.

-Chris, welcome back to the show.

-Now. Last time, Round One...

-Yeah.

-Oh, you were all right.

Yeah, I did fine.

Now, Chris, your phone shop, the mobile phone shop you run where

you are the manager and you employ Adam, is it an independent shop?

Is it very much...you're your own bosses?

Or are you run by a particular mobile phone network?

I work for a particular network.

So your job is essentially to know a little bit about the handsets

-but a lot about the tariffs.

-Absolutely.

We need to know everything about every handset to give

-the perfect demo to the customers.

-Chris, I bet he's good.

-His customer care, I'm sensing it from here.

-Me too.

Absolutely holistic, 360 degrees, what it is. Now then, Chris, tennis.

-Ah, no.

-Really?

-I'm going to go for an answer.

-That's what I'm hoping you will.

-I'm hoping it's right as well.

-I'm going for Serena Williams.

-Serena Williams, says Chris.

Serena Williams. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 35's what Gemma scored.

You passed that, 33. Oh, it's close, though!

APPLAUSE

Winner of the French and the US Open, Serena Williams.

-Also got four gold medals in the Olympics.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Penni, welcome.

-Hi.

-Welcome to the show. What do you do, Penni?

I've got my own business.

I run classes, bilingual classes, for babies and little ones,

where we teach language through music.

It's a lovely job, it's brilliant.

And the languages being, I'm guessing, Welsh and English.

-Exactly right.

-So you sing songs. Do you do...

# Gee ceffyl bach yn cario ni'n dau

# Dros y mynydd i hela cnau

# Dwr yn yr afon a'r cerrig yn slic

# Cwympo ni'n dau Wel dyna chi dric. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Do you do that?

-Yeah, we do!

-There we go.

-Not as good as that.

-OK.

-Fair play!

-Good. So, Penni, excellent. Thank you.

-What are you going to go for?

-I'm going to say Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal.

Let's see if Rafael Nadal is right,

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

It is of course right. Now, 35 is our high score, 33 our low.

I wonder...

Ooh, 39. You're in the 30s. This is all good.

You're four ahead.

-Not bad at all.

-Yeah, Rafa Nadal, Penni, very good answer.

I feel bad for saying you were going to be trouble,

-you're no trouble at all. You even let Xander do a Welsh song.

-See?

-A little spotlight.

-Lovely.

-Yeah. Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, James, welcome. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

-James, what do you do?

-I'm a service manager in the animal feed industry.

What are your hobbies away from animal feed?

Play football, squash, anything competitive, really.

I normally play against Leo and beat him quite convincingly, so.

I tell you what I'm sensing from the fourth podium,

an answer that's going to score less than 33. That's what I'm thinking.

Based on the fact that I know Leo's going to do really well at this,

-I'm going to take a punt, I think, and say Li Na.

-Li Na.

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

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

It's right! Well done, James, good answer.

As I say, 33 is our low score so far.

You whizzed past that...

..to 3!

Very well done, James.

That's a very good answer on that last podium.

-She was a semifinalist in the US Open.

-Thank you very much.

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

3, James, very well done.

Lot of threes in this round.

Then we travel up from there to 33, where we find Chris and Adam,

up to 35, where we find Gemma and Johnny,

then up to 39, where we find Penni and Jo. So, Jo.

-Now you're looking troubled.

-Oh, I am troubled.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Why? What, tennis?

I only know two, and Penni said one of them

and the other one is just terrible.

Well, that's OK, as long as it's terrible and right.

-It might be fine.

-OK.

Listen, best of luck.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players step up?

Now, Leo, remember, we're looking for the name of anyone who's

reached the semifinal of a Grand Slam tennis tournament in 2013.

Welcome to the show, Leo. What do you do?

Please, don't boo me, but I'm an accountant, I'm afraid.

No-one really would've minded, actually.

-I think accountants are great.

-Everybody likes accountants.

Everyone likes accountants. I think that's a very outmoded reference.

I think people like accountants.

-They like accountants, they don't like tax collectors.

-No!

I like to think I'm not a stereotypical accountant.

I'd like to think you're not as well.

I think that goes without saying.

So, Leo, there you are, you're on 3.

High scorers on 39, Jo and Penni. You've been billed

as the great eminence grise of tennis,

so I'm looking forward to this.

I'm about to shatter some illusions there, I think.

I'm going to play relatively safe

-and I'm going to go for Roger Federer.

-Roger Federer.

There is your red line.

Roger Federer, will that get you below that red line? Let's find out.

No, 40.

43 is your total.

Yeah, it's a big score.

He had a terrible season in 2013 by his standards.

The only semifinal he made in the Grand Slam was Australia.

Now, then, Jo, look. What a lifeline you've been thrown. What about that?

43. We have new high scorers, Leo and James. Welcome to the show.

Welcome. What do you do, Jo?

Will I say librarian or will I say information professional?

I'm not sure.

LAUGHTER

I'm a librarian, I can't get away from it.

An information professional. Is that one of the...

CILIP is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information

Professionals, and it sounds a little better than "librarian".

-I think librarian's a great job!

-Librarian sounds great.

-Cracking job.

What is it with accountants

and librarians being down on themselves all of a sudden?

Librarians, in my experience, have always been fantastic people.

Now, Jo, Jo, listen,

if there's a world in which you could score 3 or less,

that'd be a world in which you went through to the next round.

Be ace. Ooh...

I'm going to say Andy Murray.

Because he's the only other tennis player I know.

Andy Murray.

OK, well, let's see if you can score 3 or less with Andy Murray.

There's your red line.

Let's find out, how many people said Andy Murray?

It's right.

71.

71 takes your total up to

a neat 110.

-Want to make things tidy.

-But you're not out of the game yet.

He's a correct answer and he'll be around for a long time to come, I suspect.

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

We discovered last time that you and Chris became firm friends when

you were a customer in the shop, and you went skydiving with him.

Exactly, it just goes to show what crazy things can happen

when you go in to buy a mobile phone.

Next week, you're hurling through the air at 10,000 miles an hour.

-You just never know.

-Now, has Chris kept up that level of excitement?

Well, he's a fantastic manager,

and he always keeps everyone happy in the office.

Basically, he has the best talk with the customers I know as well.

Wow, you may yet keep your job.

-LAUGHTER

-I'm fighting for my job.

OK, you're on 33, the high scorers at the moment

are Jo and Penny on 110, so 76 or less will see you through.

I have a feeling you're going to be all right on this.

OK. I'm just going to throw it out there, and I'm going to go for...

Tim Henman.

Tim Henman. It's quite nice and high, your red line.

-I mean, really it should be an easy journey, that.

-I've got the faith.

Let's see if Tim Henman can get you below that red line.

Chris, what do you think?

-No!

-LAUGHTER

Let's find out. Tim Henman, is that right?

No, I'm sorry, Adam.

You have just made Jo and Penni extremely happy.

But I'm afraid that has scored you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 133 - but the game is not over yet.

You're not out of the game quite yet.

Sorry, Adam, he retired in 2007, I'm afraid, Tim Henman,

though he WAS a tennis player.

Chris, I have one question for you.

When is Adam's next appraisal?

-LAUGHTER

-Very, very soon.

You're getting me a bit hot under the collar here.

So we come to you, Johnny. What do you do?

I'm a web programmer for a market research company.

We do online surveys, actually.

OK. And what are you going to go with?

I think there was a lady in the semifinals -

Flipkens, I think she's called. Kirsten Flipkens.

But I'm going to go bit safer and go for Sabine Lisicki.

Sabine Lisicki.

OK, there is your red line.

If you get below that with Sabine Lisicki,

you are through to Round Two.

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

It's right. Very well done, Johnny.

3.

You equal our other low score. That takes your total up to 38,

the lowest total of the whole round. Very well done.

Well played, Johnny, as you say she made the final.

You were right about Kirsten Flipkens as well -

she would have scored you 1 point.

-Oooh!

-Would have been a terrific answer.

Let's take a look at the two pointless answers.

Flavia Pennetta who got through to the semifinals of the US Open,

and Sloane Stephens, who got through to her first Grand Slam semifinal

2013 in the Australian.

Other low scorers you could have had -

Sara Errani would have scored you 1,

Richard Gasquet would have scored you 1.

Flipkens would have scored you 1 as well.

Stanislas Wawrinka would have scored you 2.

Let's take a look at the top three...

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our first round

the pair heading home with their high score of 133,

it's Chris and Adam.

I am so sorry.

It's been Round One each time, which is too little time.

Well, we've had a giggle. That's the main thing.

-Yeah, you have, Adam.

-LAUGHTER

And you are a member of our...

Personally, you are in the 200 Club.

We've had two answers from you and we've had 100 points for each.

But it's fine. You've got a nice journey back to Grimsby,

you can spend all of that working out what your next job's going to be.

LAUGHTER

It's been an enormous pleasure having you on.

Adam and Chris, thanks for playing.

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

And so, three pairs remain.

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

in time for our head-to-head round.

Well, Johnny and Gemma - great low score from you, Johnny

and from you, James, with Li Na. Fantastic.

Oh, and Penni and Jo...

-What a relief, eh?

-A little close, huh?

-Little bit close.

Well, best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

It's History.

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

who's going to go second?

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

And this is the bit where I wanted to say to you at the start of Round Two, that I have an issue with.

Cos we always do, what's it about and what's the specific question.

-Yeah.

-So it's History, right?

-So I'm polishing up my Tudors and what have you...

-Yeah.

Let's take a look at what the question is.

OK. And the question concerns...

LAUGHTER

-Ah...

-You see, to me that's current affairs, that's topical!

Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah.

Anyway, on each pass we're going to give you six clues to people

or events that happened in the 1970s.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you're going to score fewer points.

Going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home,

best of luck with this "historical round". XANDER CHUCKLES

So remember, we're looking for the people and events of the 1970s described by these clues.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

-Oh, Gemma, you don't look happy.

-I'm really struggling here.

My history wasn't this, really!

But I'm a huge fan of the '70s

-MUSIC-wise.

-That's a good way in.

I know, but none of the answers

-are Paul McCartney and Wings.

-Sssh!

I'm just going to have to guess...

Name given to the Communist party

that ruled Cambodia is

the Red Party.

The Red Party, you're going to say.

-I'm so sorry.

-No, that's not a terrible guess.

The Red Party, let's see if that's right.

I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer, Gemma.

Scores you 100 points, but...

-It's not a stupid incorrect answer. It's a clever incorrect answer.

-I'm not sure about that.

Sorry, that is genuinely a tough board if you weren't around at the time.

All of the answers are things that were on the news

when we were growing up so we'll know them all,

but that is actually a tough board.

That may well not be the last 100 points, Gemma, so take heart. Jo...

It won't be the last 100, I promise you.

Are you struggling with them all?

There's two that I should know,

but they're just not coming to me.

They're just not there.

I'll never speak to you again

-if you get it wrong.

-I know...

-No pressure.

-I know!

I'm going to say the Red Army for the Communist party.

I don't know if it's right or not.

The Red Army.

OK, the Red Army for the Communist party in Cambodia.

Well, let's see if that's right, the Red Army.

Oh, I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, Jo,

scores you 100 points as well.

-Sorry.

-Sorry, Jo, not Red Army either.

We'll find out that elusive name at the end of the pass.

Tell you what, though, James -

-you can talk us through the board. That board is all yours!

-LAUGHTER

Yeah, I'm assuming this was

some kind of sick joke, really.

So what I'm going to do is say

the Egyptian who succeeded Nasser

as president,

and I'm going to say confidently,

so in a kind of Derren Brown thing

you actually get it right...

So I'm going to say it's al-Hassan.

Al-Hassan. OK, let's see if that's right, shall we?

if it is, how many people said it.

Oh, no.

I don't know what's going on, there must be a tower malfunction,

but that is registering as wrong.

Despite my brain telling me that was right.

Don't know what's going on. I'm afraid that scores you 100.

-Yeah, can we check the tower...?

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER Is there a...?

Now, the name of the Communist party

is Khmer Rouge. Would have scored 22.

The Egyptian who succeeded Nasser?

-Was Sadat.

-Anwar Sadat, yeah.

For 7. The revolutionary group -

this is where music can help you out.

-Contras. No...

-It was the Sandinistas.

Oh, Sandinistas!

Which of course is a Clash album. Does that help(?)

That would have scored you 3 points.

Sandinista National Liberation Front,

I'd have given you Sandinistas.

If you're going to guess something, guess a country,

cos there's not as many - guess one that's near Pakistan.

Bangladesh is the answer to that one.

That would have scored 21.

The general who seized power...

-Idi Amin.

-Idi Amin. There you go.

I was going to say but I didn't know if I had it right.

Oh, you should have said it.

Oh, that's annoying.

And the art historian...

-Anthony Blunt.

-Anthony Blunt was the art historian, yeah.

-And he would have scored you 16. So 100 did all right there.

-They did.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores cos it's close(!)

Well, very well done, Gemma and Johnny, the lowest score

and the highest score in that round.

Ditto, Jo and Penni and ditto, James and Leo -

you're all on 100, which means, Leo, Penni and Johnny,

it's all between you

to decide who leaves us at the end of the round.

Think it'll go to lockdown?

I think it feels like it's going to a '70s-style lockdown.

Which would be a gas-powered lockdown.

Oh, that would be fun, wouldn't it?

Sort of, slash power cut. That's great.

OK, can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more clues on the board

and let's pray some of us know these.

I'll read those all one last time.

Six clues to six more people and events of the 1970s.

Leo, you're on 100 points,

you're joint high-scorers along with everyone else.

We need a score of less than 100. I think you can do this, Leo.

-I'm not so sure.

-Oh, come on. Come on, there are some easy ones there.

I could look really foolish but I'm going to take a guess.

I don't know when the Winter of Discontent was,

but I'm going to guess it was during the early

-reign of Margaret Thatcher.

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

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

No. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

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

-We've never had a 600-point Round Two before.

-Nope.

I would bet we won't have a 600.

I think Penni and Johnny - one of them - is going to get one of these.

I think so.

-Penni, is it you?

-Do you know what? I wouldn't bet on me.

But I'm going to have a go.

I'm going to go with the Prime Minister and I'm going to go

that it was Harold Wilson in the Winter of Discontent.

Cos he had a pipe - trustworthy.

MILD LAUGHTER

-Kind of true.

-Harold Wilson. Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line.

-No!

-Oh!

I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

We are guaranteed lockdown now.

# Ooh, lockdown. #

Johnny, no pressure, but...

-Come on.

-Come on, Johnny, pull it out the bag.

Fiona Bruce has got news to read.

The first board was a stinker. This one's a stinker, too.

I'm going to have a guess at a country for the Cod Wars.

I'm going to go for Norway.

OK, Norway, says Johnny for the Cod Wars.

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

said Norway. There's your red line.

No, bad luck, Johnny. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

We have reached lockdown.

We really have reached lockdown.

As it's a tie, the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each,

and they are allowed to confer.

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

Johnny and Gemma, you will go first.

-I've gone...

-Gone blank?

Tom's going to punch me.

Gemma's trying to wrack her brain for the golfer, but it's not coming.

And we're sort of agreed on Edward Heath.

-For the Prime Minister.

-Ted.

-Ted Heath.

OK, you're going to say Ted Heath. Now then, Penni and Jo.

Put your heads together and come up with an answer.

You want to go for James Callaghan.

He's the only other one I can think of from the '70s.

Macmillan. What's his name? Harold Macmillan.

-Harold was in the '60s, wasn't he?

-I don't know.

-James Callaghan for the Prime Minister.

-James Callaghan. OK.

Leo and James, we need an answer from you, from this board.

We're going to go for the golfer.

The only problem is, we're not even sure he's British.

We're going to go for Tony Jacklin.

Tony Jacklin. So, in the order they were given,

Johnny and Gemma have submitted Ted Heath as the Prime Minister

during the Winter of Discontent.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Ted Heath.

Nope! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Takes your total up to 300.

OK, Penni and Jo have said the Prime Minister

during the Winter of Discontent was James Callaghan.

Let's see if that's right,

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

There's your red line. Get below that, the head-to-head beckons.

It's right! It's right!

We have a correct answer!

James Callaghan.

15. Well done!

CHEERING

215 is your score.

He was essentially the last person who was Prime Minister in the '70s

who hadn't been mentioned yet.

We've had every single other Prime Minister in the '70s apart from him.

OK, now then.

Leo and James have said Tony Jacklin

as the male golfer who won the US Open in 1970.

Tony Jacklin. Here's your red line. Let's see if Tony Jacklin's right.

It's right! Very well done indeed.

We have a result.

14.

APPLAUSE

214 your total.

Leo and James, thank you so much!

And thank you to Tony Jacklin as well.

Shall we go through the rest of this board? We better do it quickly!

What's the country, the Cod Wars?

-Iceland.

-Yes.

That's why the shop is called Iceland.

Would have scored you 32.

-The exiled cleric?

-Ayatollah Khomeini.

Yeah, who was around in all of your lifetimes. So no excuses there.

Would have scored you 16.

-Prime Minister of Rhodesia?

-Ian Smith.

-Yeah, well done.

20 points. And the Chilean president?

Salvador Allende.

That's a tough answer - 4 points. The best answer on the board.

But our 100 doing very well there.

Thanks very much. So, eventually, at the end of our second round,

the pair leaving us with a high score of 300, it's Johnny and Gemma.

That was a really tough board. That was really, really tough.

We put you through the wringer there. No shame in that high score.

We'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that, but thanks very much for playing.

Johnny and Gemma.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Leo and James, Penni and Jo,

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

our jackpot, which currently stands at £4,250.

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.

You're now allowed to confer.

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

It's boys versus girls. Friends versus sisters.

After that last round, this is going to be a breeze.

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

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

We're going to show you five visual clues to the titles

of Take That Top 40 singles. Can you name the singles, please?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five visual clues.

Leo and James, you played best so far,

so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

B is It Only Takes A Minute.

I don't know C at all.

We do know a couple of them.

The one we're going to go for is B.

We believe that is It Only Takes A Minute.

It Only Takes A Minute.

Now then, Penni and Jo, talk us through the rest of the board.

Right, we're going to say A is Patience.

D is Pray.

And E is possibly Relight My Fire.

Out of those, what one do you want to go for?

Patience?

We're going to go A, Patience.

OK, Patience.

We have It Only Takes A Minute versus Patience.

Leo and James said It Only Takes A Minute.

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

It's right.

11.

Penni and Jo, you've gone for Patience

and you are saying that A is Patience.

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

It's right.

Oh, look at that - 14.

Three behind but very well done.

Leo and James, after one question, you are up 1-0.

That was a close one. We'll leave C till last.

You were right about the other two.

-Any ideas on C?

-Pachyderm.

It's not Pachyderm.

The elephant is a clue but the flowers are also a clue.

Oh, I know what it is. That's clever. Forget-me-nots.

Well, here comes your second question. Penni and Jo,

you have to win this one to stay in the game.

You will get to answer it first, though. It concerns...

-Well done. Worthy winners.

-Richard.

Going to show you five clues now to facts about Sir Alex Ferguson.

Can you give us the most obscure answer from this board?

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Penni and Jo go first.

-Do you know any England managers?

-No.

There was one that was good but I don't know.

-Right.

-Is it Wayne Rooney?

I was thinking Gareth Bale but he's too young, isn't he?

-We'll go for...

-Wayne Rooney.

-Wayne Rooney.

-OK.

We don't know if that's right. The striker that Ferguson signed.

OK, you're going to say Wayne Rooney.

Leo and James, talk us through the rest of the board.

We think we know them all. The top one we think is Aberdeen.

Club he referred to as "noisy neighbours" is Man City.

Assistant manager is Steve McClaren.

But we're going to go with the team Man United drew with, West Brom.

West Brom. So, we have Wayne Rooney and West Bromwich Albion.

Penni and Jo, you've gone with Wayne Rooney.

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

It's right.

32.

Leo and James have gone with West Brom.

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

It's right.

And if this goes below 32, you are straight through to the final.

And you are! Very well done indeed.

Leo and James, after two questions, straight through you go, 2-0.

Well played, that was Fergie's 1,500th game in charge of Man United.

His first game, he lost 2-0 to Oxford United.

-That sort of result would get you sacked these days.

-Yeah.

You're right about Steve McClaren. Would have scored you 14.

You're right about Man City as well. That would have scored you 51.

And you were right about Aberdeen. That would have scored you 25 points.

Very well done to anyone who got all five of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. So, the pair leaving us at the end of the round,

I'm afraid it's Penni and Jo.

A great performance through the show. Great entertainment from you.

And we get to see you next time.

It would have been too sad

if you'd only been here for one show.

Thank you so much for playing. Penni and Jo. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

For Leo and James, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Leo and James, you've seen off all the competition

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

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and that stands at £4,250.

Wow, what a campaign it was to get to here.

We'll never forget that Round Two in a hurry.

So, yes, well done. 2-0 in the head-to-head. Scored 11 on each one.

Ooh. Something going on there.

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

-Same again, really.

-Manchester United.

-Yeah, basically.

-Music and football.

-Excellent.

You get to choose your category and there are four options,

and they are...

Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals.

I think the only one I could take some reasonable guesses at

-would be the London Underground.

-Yeah.

-But if you've got any others...

-No, no. I've been there.

-So, that's my best guess, really.

-OK?

-London Underground.

-Richard.

We'll give you three different options now.

We're looking for any London underground station that includes

the word "Hill" anywhere in its name, including as part of a longer word.

Any London underground station that contains the word "Park."

Or any station containing the word "Wood."

So, Hill, Park, or Wood, and that's just the London underground,

on the tube maps, so not the London Overground, Tramlink,

Cable Car, National Rail Network, or DLR. Very, very best of luck.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with

three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot of £4,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, the answers can come from any of these categories.

How you spread them across the categories is down to you.

They can all come from one or one from each. Entirely up to you.

Are you ready?

-Yep.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

OK. A couple of ones that stand out on Park are Regent's Park.

-Hyde Park will be too obvious, I think.

-Is Wood Green a station?

We'll go for it, sounds familiar.

Cos then I know St John's Wood, but again that's too popular.

-Primrose Hill, possibly, for the top one?

-Yeah.

So, Hyde Park, no.

-Hillside or something...

-Hillside...

I can't think of any other Hill.

I'm trying to think of a Monopoly board.

-But...nothing.

-Mallory Park?

-That's Leicestershire.

-Fair enough.

-Erm...

I think that's about as good as we get. So...

Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, and what did you say?

-Wood Green?

-Wood Green, sorry, yeah.

-I think that's about as good as we're going to get.

-Yeah.

Ten seconds left.

I know St John's... Something like St John's Hill...

No, we'll go with Primrose Hill, Regent's Park and Wood Green.

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

OK, I think we're going to go for Hill will be Primrose Hill.

-Primrose Hill.

-We'll try Regent's Park.

-Regent's Park.

-And we'll try Wood Green.

-Wood Green.

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

-Probably Wood Green, isn't it?

-We'll say Wood Green.

OK, we'll put that last. Least likely to be pointless?

I'd say Regent's Park.

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

We've got Regent's Park, Primrose Hill, Wood Green.

Best of luck. Your first answer was Regent's Park. This was the one

you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of these has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot.

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

Lot of things going through my mind, but I think it would have to be...

I've always wanted to go to Vegas and just gamble it away.

-That would be it. A trip to Vegas.

-OK. James?

Luckily for Leo, a friend of mine's getting married next year

and his stag party's going to be in Vegas,

so, you know, he could always come along to that.

And the other half would probably go to, well, family holiday.

Very good. OK, best of luck. Your first answer - Regent's Park.

This is a London underground station containing the word "Park."

Let's find out if that's right, and if it is, let's find out

if it's pointless. If it is, it will win you £4,250.

How many people said Regent's Park?

Well, it's right.

If this goes all the way down to the bottom, you leave here with £4,250.

Down it goes, through the 30s, through the 20s, into the teens...

Oh, not quite into single figures.

I would say - obviously I know nothing, remember that - but

I would say Regent's Park probably one of the most famous parks.

Of all the London underground stations. Only 12 people got it.

I think that's a good sign. Anyway, it's not a pointless answer,

so we only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Primrose Hill. This, of course,

being an underground station with the word Hill in it.

It has to be correct then it has to be pointless

for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £4,250, let's see how many people said Primrose Hill.

No, bad luck.

Not an underground station.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot. Everything is riding

on your third and final answer, which is Wood Green.

This was the answer you thought you had most faith in

when it came to being pointless.

If it is pointless, it will win you £4,250.

Let's see how many people said Wood Green.

It's right.

Your first answer, Regent's Park, took us down to 12.

Your second answer, Primrose Hill, was an incorrect answer.

Oh! 27. Bad luck.

That was quite a tough category.

That minute really flew by, not really long enough.

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

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you on the show

and you've done incredibly well. And you get to take home

a Pointless trophy each so very well done.

Well played, guys. Primrose Hill, there's no tube station there.

Wood Green actually the highest scorer of any of the ones

with Wood in it. St John's Wood was second.

Green Park was the biggest scorer of all. Would have scored you 41.

Also could have had Northwood Hills.

Not sure I know Northwood Hills.

Let's take a look at the next one. This is Park.

Also could have had Belsize Park, Moor Park, Ravenscourt Park

or Tufnell Park.

And containing the word Wood, there's only three...

-Very well done if you said any of those.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

but it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, Leo and James. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Leo and James didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over to the next show,

and we will be playing for £5,250.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.