Episode 40 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to Pointless, the show that makes big winners

out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

-And couple number one.

-Hi, there. I'm Michael.

This is my wife, Rachel, and we're from south-west London.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Hannah and this is my little brother, Adam,

and we're from Stirling.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, my name's Dave. This is Barry.

We're friends and work colleagues from Liverpool.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Patrick. This is Geoffrey.

He's my friend and we're from Nottingham.

And these are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-Thanks very much, 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 man so clever that this year, Stephen Hawking,

Brian Cox, Mensa and NATO are leading

an international fact-finding mission to him.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-Are you well?

-I am well, thank you.

-Excellent. Our jackpot is building up quite nicely, isn't it?

-Yes.

We've given it away a whole spate of times and, now, just building

-up gradually.

-I thought we were going to give it away last time.

-I was convinced we were going to.

-It was pretty close, wasn't it?

-They were quite unlucky, weren't they?

-They were.

-But they didn't get it.

-Hey-hey!

-That's good news.

-Unfortunately for them, cos they were lovely.

Oh, they were lovely. But...

Hey-hey! But spare a thought for them.

-They'd come all this way and didn't win.

-They were absolutely lovely

-and they were going to give the money to charity.

-They were?

There were delightful people. But...hey!

-APPLAUSE

-Hey-hey!

It's only Hannah and Adam back from that show.

They'll be hoping to go one better this time. They got through to the head-to-head last time.

A very, very strong pair, so best of luck against them.

-Very, very strong moustache work on podium four.

-Yes.

-I was impressed by that. Very strong.

-More of that later,

-I suspect.

-I hope so. Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been asked to 100 people before

the show. The aim of the game is 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 to the jackpot.

Now Caroline and Eleanor didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off

at a whopping £7,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be

eliminated. And, remember, there is to be no conferring

during the round itself.

Our first category today is...

The World Cup. OK.

Patrick, looking in pain.

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.

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.

I'll just read that again.

-Richard.

-So it's football but a little bit of geographical knowledge

might help you, as well.

We're looking for any town or city which hosted any World Cup game

in the 1966 World Cup finals, that was in England,

the 1986 World Cup finals, that was in Mexico,

or the 2006 World Cup finals and that was in Germany.

So the England, 1966, World Cup,

the Mexico, 1986,

or the Germany, 2006.

Any town or city that hosted a game.

Thanks very much, indeed. Rachel and Michael,

you all drew lots before the show and today you are going to go first.

-Rachel, Welcome.

-Thank you.

-First off, how do we feel about this question?

-Nightmare topic.

-Oh, no, really?

-Football and geography combined - ahh!

-Oh, really?

-Yep.

-Well, let's forget

about that for a second. What do you do, Rachel?

I work for an education charity in marketing and fundraising.

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

I'm quite a foodie.

I do quite a lot of cooking and baking and I'm quite crafty.

I do crochet and other crafts. So quite creative.

What's your signature dish, Rachel?

Ooh, well,

-I'm quite famous for making jam.

-Really?

-Yeah, I make jam and chutney, usually for a lot of my friends.

-Mm.

When you say famous...

It's like the seven degrees of Rachel's jam.

Probably someone in here has had my jam.

OK!

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Can I just put this to the test? Anyone had any of Rachel's jam?

Anyone had any of Rachel's jam? There's a few yeses.

-I've had a lot of jam.

-You know, he's had it! He's had it!

There you are, perfect! Yeah, exactly. OK, now then, Rachel.

-World Cup host cities.

-Yes.

I really have no idea so I'm going to have a guess for 2006.

You said was in Germany,

so I'm going to go for Hamburg.

Hamburg, says Rachel. Hamburg sounds reasonable enough.

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

Look at that, Rachel.

Still going down. Still going down.

13, well done, Rachel. 13.

Yeah, I'll take that.

A good start to the game, well done.

APPLAUSE

Very well played, Rachel. That's a nice start, isn't it?

Nice to get that out of the way.

Yeah, the host of the quarterfinal between Italy and Ukraine.

Now then, Hannah, welcome back.

-So last time, head-to-head.

-Yeah.

You covered yourselves in glory. We had a pointless answer from you.

Perhaps I should explain to all the other contestants.

-£250 on that jackpot came from Hannah.

-Yup.

So we have her to thank, whoever takes that away.

Oh, I told them all that they owe me £250. If they win.

-Oh, you've told them that already?

-Yeah.

-Oh, I see. OK, fair enough.

Now then, Hannah, World Cup.

-How do we feel about that?

-Um...

You and Adam both look pretty confident.

Well, I'm very glad that Richard told us where they were held

-because, otherwise, I wouldn't have had a clue.

-Right.

I was going to have a punt on a Mexican city.

But I don't know if it's in Mexico or not.

-LAUGHTER

-So...

-Ah.

-I guarantee, if it's a Mexican city,

it will be in Mexico.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah. Mm.

-Yeah.

So, I think, I'm going to play it a little bit safe

and say Dusseldorf.

-For 2006.

-OK, phew, OK.

-I was going to say that I don't think that's in Mexico.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-We'll just find out, is that right?

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

Oh, no, Hannah!

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Sorry, Hannah. It is in Germany.

It's not a bad guess, at all.

I suspect it might not be the last 100 score we get in this round.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Dave.

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

I work in a hospital. I do stocks

and deliveries and orders.

Which department are you in charge of? Which bit do you look after?

-I'm in catering.

-Catering.

-So all the deliveries come in...

-Through me.

-Mm.

What's the tastiest thing you see

delivered in bulk into the hospital?

-Oh, chips.

-Chips?

-Yeah.

But, presumably, they come in frozen so you're never going to go, "Mmm".

-No, no, chilled.

-Oh, are they just chilled?

So you could, if you wanted, just break into them and just, "Mm"?

I think I'd like to cook them first.

LAUGHTER

You didn't say they weren't cooked.

OK, now then, Dave.

I'm guessing you might have some good answers for this.

I'll go for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico

-and say Guadalajara.

-Guadalajara, says Dave.

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

It's right.

Well, 13 is our lowest score. So far, you've passed that.

Guadalajara, 1.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done, indeed.

Just one away from pointless there, Dave.

But that's a great answer.

That's a terrific answer. Well played. Northern Ireland played

their final match in Guadalajara against Brazil.

They also had the semifinals there that Germany won.

-Thanks, Richard. And now, Patrick.

-Hi.

Patrick, I'm going to be honest, there was a look of somewhere

between terror and agony on your face

when this round came up.

-Not a fan?

-Um...I know very little

about the World Cup and football.

I could guess at some cities.

Before you do that, Patrick, tell us a bit about yourself.

-What do you do, to start with?

-I'm a retired psychology teacher.

Fascinating. And what did you do in your spare time, what do you do?

-What do you fill your retirement with?

-I have an allotment.

-Yeah.

But my main passion is amateur dramatics.

Ah. Are you working on anything at the moment?

I'm trying to get the committee to go for

The Importance Of Being Earnest, cross-dressed.

LAUGHTER

OK. Which is the part you have your eye on?

-Miss Prism.

-Miss Prism?

Oh, that'd be nice.

What are you going to go for?

-It's going to be largely geography...

-It's going to be geography.

-..rather than an intimate knowledge of the match.

-I'm going to go for a city

where I know there are football teams play there.

-So I'll go for Munich.

-Munich?

Munich, says Patrick. Let's hear if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Munich.

It's right.

28, very well done, Patrick. Good enough.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, the Allianz Arena in Munich, which was built for that World Cup.

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

1, the best score of that pass, Dave. Very well done to you.

That puts Barry in a very comfortable position at this stage.

Then up to 13, where we find Rachel and Michael. Very well done.

Up to 28 where we find Patrick and Geoff and then, Hannah,

I'm sorry, not Dusseldorf, why on earth not?

I've no idea but it scored you 100 points.

Adam, I have a feeling you are the person

to dig Hannah out of this hole. Good luck with that.

Back down the line now. Second players step up to the podium.

OK, Geoff.

Welcome. Great to have you here.

Explain your fantastic beard and moustache.

-I mean, I don't know why "explain", so much, but...

-It's here.

It's, um...basically,

it's because as I'm thinning at the back,

I wanted to play around with something.

Can't do the ridiculous hairstyles,

-so go with the ridiculous facial hair.

-It's a very good look.

-Thank you.

-It's a

-good look. It is terrific, isn't it?

-Good side work, as well.

-It's very good.

-So well done.

You are to be congratulated on that, Geoff. There you are, you're on 28.

-The high score is Adam and Hannah on 100.

-Right.

So 71 or less keeps you from becoming the new high scorers.

Yes.

Not so hot on this subject.

-OK, so, again, it's going to be more geography...

-Geography, yes.

-..and a bit of a stab in the dark.

-Yes.

How is your Mexican geography?

-Uh...appalling.

-OK.

-So I'm going to go, I think...

for...

Germany, 2006 and it was, um...

Cologne.

Cologne, says Geoff. Cologne.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Cologne.

There's your red line.

It's right.

You're through.

That's a very nice low score. Look at that, 4, Geoff.

-APPLAUSE

-Second lowest score of the round, so far.

32, your total.

Well played, Geoff. The RheinEnergie stadium in Cologne.

Which, again, was rebuilt for the World Cup.

It wasn't completely built for the World Cup.

Thanks, Richard.

Barry.

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

Well, Dave explained. I work with Dave in the store.

-Oh, right, you work there together.

-..in the stores.

But, unlike Dave, I eat raw chips.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah! I mean, you would.

You've got to.

LAUGHTER

What are your interests, aside from the catering?

Food, drink. I love films.

-Sport.

-Sport?

-Yeah, yeah. I like my football.

OK. Well, listen, Dave's done so well - 1 is what he scored.

Do you think you can equal or better his score?

I'm going to play it exceedingly safe

and say Liverpool.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Liverpool, says Barry. Let's see how safe that is.

You want to be scoring 98 or less to remain in the game.

Let's see if that's right, Liverpool.

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

There's your red line.

There we are.

-22.

-APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 23. Not that safe, decent answer.

Yeah, well played, Barry.

I'd have been disappointed if you hadn't said Liverpool.

Lots of games up at Goodison Park, the Everton ground.

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

Welcome back. Now, I'm going to be honest, Adam, I don't think you...

You personally didn't cover yourself in glory last time.

-No. Not a little bit.

-This time, however, this is your time to shine.

It's basically between you and Michael.

There's a scenario in which you could stay with us

and it is where Michael scores 100 and you score 12 or less.

Well, I'm just trying to think of all the big football teams

in these countries.

And I think I'm going to go for Stuttgart.

Stuttgart. OK, Stuttgart.

No red line for you, you're the high scorers.

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

It's right.

That's what it needed to be, Adam, very well done. You've scored 4.

Takes your total up to 104.

For now, you are still potentially in the game.

That's very well played, Adam, yeah, terrific answer,

the Gottlieb Daimler Stadion.

-It's got the biggest video screens in Europe.

-Wow.

-Wow.

-Thanks, Richard.

-Now, Michael, hello. Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome to the show,

from south west London. What do you do, Michael?

I work in sales and marketing

for various sponsorship and events companies.

-And what are your hobbies?

-I watch a lot of sport.

I also like to write.

Rachel and I write and present a film quiz together,

so film might be...

So, film would be a very strong...

I probably shouldn't have said that, should I?

We're going to look particularly stupid

-if we go out on a film question.

-Where do you do your quiz?

We do it at the IMAX in central London.

That's quite highbrow, I imagine.

Is it mainly more arthouse film or is it all-encompassing?

I try to mix it up.

There's a lot of film buffs there,

so they want more high-end things.

Oh, you are going to be good, aren't you?

-So, Michael...

-Yes.

-..World Cups '66, '86, 2006.

I seem to remember the World Cup itself

was stolen in 1966, wasn't it?

Found under a bush by a dog called Pickles.

-He is going to be very good, isn't he?

-We'll see, shall we?

-OK, yeah, we'll see, we'll see.

-Since Rachel has given us such a...

..good first answer, I think I'm going to play it relatively safe

and go for an English ground.

And I'm going to say Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough says Michael, Middlesbrough.

Now, 90 or less will see you into the next round.

There's your red line.

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

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

Still going down.

4 again.

APPLAUSE

17, the lowest total of the whole round.

Very well done, Michael and Rachel. 17.

Well played, Michael, that's a terrific answer.

North Korea played a few of their games

at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough. Had a very good World Cup.

Now, all of the pointless answers are Mexican cities.

So, with apologies for my pronunciation,

let's take a look at what they were.

You could have had Irapuato. You could have had Monterrey.

You could have had Nezahualcoyotl.

I can't believe no-one said that!

I would have thought that would be a better answer than Liverpool.

Queretaro, San Nicolas De Los Garza and Toluca.

All of those were pointless answers.

Low-scoring answers, there's a couple more Mexican ones,

Guadalajara, of course, scored 1, which is a terrific answer.

But you also could have had Leon and Puebla.

Also, in Germany you could have had Kaiserslautern and Gelsenkirchen

and Nuremberg.

You could have had Sunderland, that would have scored you one point,

games held at Roker Park. Leipzig would have scored you one.

Hanover would have scored two, you would have got six for Dortmund.

Dortmund would have been a better answer than Dusseldorf,

more of a footballing city.

Frankfurt, 7, Sheffield, 11, that was a hell of a game.

You would have got 20 points for Mexico City, 22 for Birmingham.

23 for Berlin. Let's take a look at the top three answers.

We've seen one of them -

Munich, there on 28. Then Manchester, 37 and London on 55.

London actually wouldn't have been the worst answer in the world

compared to 100. But that's the top answer.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair we're sending home

with their high score of 104, our only returning pair,

it's Hannah and Adam.

You were our low scorers going into the head-to-head last time.

This time, Round One. That was valiantly done, Adam,

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

Hannah, Adam, it's been great having you on the show.

thanks so much for playing, but goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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

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

we have to say goodbye to another pair.

Patrick, well done, you made it.

You made it through football.

It was all absolutely fine and with some credit, that was good.

Barry and Dave, well done.

Dave, lowest score of the round, so well done to you.

And, Rachel and Michael, very well done, lowest altogether score.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for around two is...

Medicine.

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Whose medical history?

RICHARD CHUCKLES

The medical history of Hannah and Adam who just went out.

They don't know about it, don't tell them. No, on each pass,

we're going to show you six clues to facts about medical history.

About people or places or events in medical history,

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

There's going to be 12 in all, so very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much.

We're looking for the people and events in medical history

described by these clues. And here is our first board.

HE READS CLUES

I'll read those all again.

-Michael.

-Yes.

-How do we find this medical history board?

Not good at all.

Looking at the board...

there's only one that I know and probably two or three that

I could hazard a guess at.

So, luckily, we're going first.

So I'll play it safe and say the medical instrument used to listen

to sounds within the body is a stethoscope.

A stethoscope, says Michael.

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

It's right.

Oh, you're under... Oh, not quite under 50. 54.

APPLAUSE

54. Not bad. A lot better than 100.

It is a lot better than 100, isn't it?

It's a tough board, isn't it?

Thank you. Now, Barry.

Barry, how are you feeling?

Terrible. But the first test-tube baby was 1974, I think.

OK. So you're going to say the 1970s.

Let's see if that's right.

The decade of the first test-tube baby.

How many people said the '70s?

It's right, Barry.

You've passed 54.

21. Very respectable indeed. Decent score.

Yeah, slightly later in the '70s, but it was the '70s

and since then there's been over five million babies born worldwide

by similar methods.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Patrick...

-Yes.

-Are you on safer ground here, do you think?

-Well, there's at least two

-that I do know.

-Do you want to talk us through the ones you know

and maybe do a bit of thinking out loud for the ones you don't?

Well, the first human heart transplant was in South Africa.

The naval surgeon recommended that for rickets. Erm...

Jonas Salk...

Looking at the date, it might have been TB, tuberculosis.

But I wouldn't like to guess that and the first one I have no idea,

so I will go with rickets.

You're going to say rickets. James Lind.

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

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

Oh, Patrick...

I'm afraid rickets is an incorrect answer,

which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Patrick, I'm sure you know this one,

just getting your vitamins mixed up there.

Rickets would be vitamin D deficiency,

this is vitamin C and it's scurvy.

That would have scored you 48 points.

Now, let's go with the first human heart transplant,

you were absolutely right, it was in South Africa.

Would have been a good scorer for you, as well.

Would have scored you 28 points.

Would have been a very good thing to go for.

Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. Would have scored 31.

The physician in Soho. Do you know that one? It's the name of a pub now,

very near the outbreak.

-John Snow.

-Oh, it's Broadwick Street.

-Would have scored you 2 points.

How funny. John Snow. Thank you.

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

21, Barry. Very well done.

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

Then up to 54 where we find Michael and Rachel. Then, Patrick, bad luck.

Yes, 100 points for you there.

Geoff, who knows what the next board is going to be like,

but you'll have first dive into it, so perhaps if you find a nice

low score you may do something that keeps you in the game.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read all of those again.

-There you go, Geoff. Good luck with those.

-Thank you.

Remember, you're going to try and find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people could answer.

Yeah.

On that basis, I think I'm going to have to go for...

-Four humours.

-Four humours, says Geoff.

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

but let's see if that's right. Four humours.

It's right.

15, well done.

That, Geoff, might be the move that keeps you in the game.

Very well done. 115 your total.

That's a great answer, Geoff. Well played.

Do you know any of the humours?

Not supplementary questions!

No, not off hand. Give me enough time, I will.

Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.

Yeah, or choler and melancholy,

which are the names for black bile and yellow bile. Absolutely.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Yeah, nice.

Right up to the early 19th century,

those were still considered to be very important in medical science -

balancing those four humours.

Ah, well, there we go. Hey, ho. Thanks, Richard.

Now, Dave.

There you are on 21, Barry did pretty well on the first pass.

115 is our high score, so if you can score 93 or less, you're through.

OK, I'm going to go for what I think is the most obvious

answer on the board, if there is one.

In 1901, Karl Landsteiner categorised blood

in the ABO group system.

Blood, says Dave. Blood. There's your red line.

Get below that with blood, you're in the head-to-head.

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

It's right. Very well done.

25.

46 your total, Dave. Very well done, you're through.

Good answer. Safe and sound. Received a Nobel Prize for his work as well.

-Thanks, Richard. Rachel.

-Hello.

Rachel, you have to score 60 or less, simple as that.

Talk us through the board.

I don't think I can. I don't know about laughing gas at all.

Don't know who discovered the effects.

Edward Jenner, maybe polio or something like that,

but I don't know.

I don't know about nursing.

I'm going to have a bash at the antibiotic

discovered by Alexander Fleming and say penicillin.

Penicillin,

you're going to go for. You have to score 60 or less.

Let's see if penicillin's right and,

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

It's right.

82.

82 for penicillin, takes your total up to 136.

Yeah, a big score. Sorry, Rachel.

You definitely, definitely know who wrote the 1859 book Notes On Nursing.

I guarantee you. It's the most famous nurse in our history.

Florence Nightingale.

Would have scored you 43 points as well,

would have seen you safely through.

-Edward Jenner developed the vaccine for...

-Smallpox.

-Yep.

Would have scored 25.

I like the fact that if you're a scientist

they say you discovered the physiological effects of laughing gas

rather than the first person to get high on laughing gas,

who was Sir Humphry Davy. Would have scored you 3 points.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair that we're sending home,

with their high score of 136, I'm afraid, Rachel and Michael.

Nothing wrong with your answers. Yeah, penicillin.

Big high scorer there.

I should never have picked it cos I'm allergic to it.

-Doubly so now.

-Yeah.

You'd have got Florence Nightingale if you'd had to answer that one.

Maybe, yeah.

Well, listen, you'll be back next time.

I'm sure you'll do even better.

Meantime, thanks for playing, Rachel and Michael.

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

Congratulations, Barry and Dave, Patrick and Geoff.

You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

CHEERING

We have to decide who's going to play for that money.

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

The big difference is you're now allowed to confer

before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Very well played, Barry and Dave. Very good. Nice low scoring there.

That last round, bit of a gift, medical stuff,

working in a hospital and all.

We don't get to see any of that.

We just see raw chips.

LAUGHTER

That's all you see.

Patrick and Geoff, very well done. You've come through.

Made it through that first round. Second round, not bad at all.

Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

Wildlife TV Presenters, Richard?

I'm going to show you five pictures now of famous wildlife TV presenters.

You just have to identify the most obscure.

OK, let's reveal our five wildlife TV presenters. Here they come...

There we are. Five wildlife TV presenters.

Now then, Barry and Dave,

you've played best throughout the show so far, so you will go first.

(Bill Oddie.)

(He's the one that does the...with Richard Hammond.)

OK?

-What are you going to go for?

-A, Michaela Strachan.

A, Michaela Strachan.

Michaela Strachan, say Barry and Dave.

Patrick and Geoff, do you want to talk us

through the rest of the board?

Well, B is Bill Oddie.

D is David Attenborough.

C, I have no idea.

E, I know him, but I can't remember his name for the life of me,

which is really annoying.

So we're going to have to go for David Attenborough?

Well, yeah. Or Bill.

-Everyone'll know Bill.

-Everyone knows David.

David or Bill.

I think he looks smart and perhaps a bit...

Doesn't look like himself. OK.

That is actually a safari dinner jacket.

It's got short sleeves and lots of pockets.

So, D, David Attenborough.

D, David Attenborough.

We have Michaela Strachan versus David Attenborough.

Barry and Dave said Michaela Strachan for A.

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

let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

51.

51 for Michaela Strachan.

Now, Patrick and Geoff, you have said that D is David Attenborough.

You're hoping that some people may not recognise

it as David Attenborough.

Let's see if they did.

It's right.

Ooh.

57, there we are. Closer than I was expecting.

Good strategy, I would say. Well done, Barry and Dave.

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

I think your instinct was right.

It doesn't look exactly like Sir David Attenborough, does it?

If you know what I mean, which is why it's not way up there,

cos obviously everyone knows what he actually looks like.

But that's not the most representative picture of him,

whereas Bill Oddie just looks like Bill Oddie there.

That's reflected in his score, which is very, very high.

It would have scored you 89 points.

C is a pointless answer.

Did Chimpanzee Diary, all sorts of things. Charlotte Uhlenbroek.

Very well done if you said that.

E is such a familiar face to Springwatch, Big Cat Diary,

all sorts of things.

Simon King, I've just remembered.

Simon King is absolutely right

and would have won you the points as well.

Would have scored you 6 points.

Never mind, never mind.

Thanks very much indeed. Bad luck there, Geoff.

Here comes your second question.

Patrick and Geoff, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Good luck. It concerns...

The Chronicles Of Narnia, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to give you five names now

of the Chronicles Of Narnia novels, but we're just going to show you

the number of letters in each word in the title.

Can you work out which of the novels we are referring to here?

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five Chronicles Of Narnia novels, and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time...

Patrick and Geoff will go first.

I don't know any apart from the bottom one.

I only know... I think it's The Dawn Treader.

OK, erm, I think we're going to go for 3,4,6...

-Wait. Oh, go on.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, go on, then.

It's The Dawn Treader, 3, 4 and 6.

3, 4, 6, The Dawn Treader.

OK. The Dawn Treader.

Now then, Barry and Dave, talk us through the board, if you can.

The bottom one will be The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,

I can't really remember the name of the one above that,

and I don't know the middle one.

But we're going to go for 6 and 7, Prince Caspian.

Prince Caspian, say Barry and Dave, Prince Caspian.

So, Patrick and Geoff have said The Dawn Treader.

Let's see if that's right,

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

No!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means, Barry and Dave,

you merely have to be correct with Prince Caspian

and you will win the point and go straight through to the final.

Let's see if that's right, Prince Caspian.

It is right, very well done indeed, Barry and Dave.

It is a good answer, as well,

look at that, 24, good score.

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Which means, Barry and Dave, after only two questions,

you are straight through to the final, 2-0, very well done.

That's really unlucky, Patrick and Geoff,

-it doesn't fit the second clue, The Dawn Treader.

-No.

-But it does fit the fourth clue.

-Yes.

Which is The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.

So sorry, and it would have won you the point,

it would have scored you 17.

The bottom one is The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

That would have scored 57.

The second one is The Last Battle.

That would have scored you 8.

And the one below is The Horse And His Boy,

and that would have scored you 9 points.

The Last Battle is the best answer up there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, Patrick and Geoff. Oh!

I think, had you had a little bit longer,

-you would have got Simon King.

-Yes.

-And it all might be very different.

-Oh, yes.

However, I'm afraid, when the pressure's on

and that spotlight's shining down on you,

it's impossible to find those sorts of answers.

I'm so sorry, but it's good news for us, really,

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

Otherwise it would have been goodbye, had you been a finalist,

so there's the silver lining.

Patrick and Geoff, you played very well indeed,

-we'll see you again next time. Thanks very much.

-Thank you.

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-But for Barry and Dave it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Barry and Dave,

you've fought 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 £7,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, an astonishing performance.

Your very first answer on the show today was Guadalajara, Dave.

It scored you a lovely low score of one.

And you finished it off with a 2-0 victory in the head-to-head,

so that's pretty decisive, I'd say.

What would you like to see come up?

-Film.

-We're both quite good on film or movies.

-Film?

-Yeah.

-OK.

You've been a fantastic team, and actually I'm delighted to say

we've got a decent jackpot for you to play for.

And a great shirt, as well, to be fair.

And a cracking shirt.

It's a good combination of size of jackpot and quality of shirt, isn't it?

Which is how we judge most of our Pointless shows.

Seven a half grand and that? Yes, please!

LAUGHTER

Can I say something? That's got Bafta written all over it.

This is the one we're sending out to the committee, just so you know.

So no swearing.

LAUGHTER

Now, as always, you need to choose a category.

Your choices are these four...

-Legendary Movie Bad Boys?

-Got to be, yeah.

Legendary Movie Bad Boys.

OK, Legendary Movie Bad Boys, Rich.

OK, best of luck, guys, hope this goes well for you.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which any of the following received an acting credit...

So any films made for cinema release -

so no short films, TV films, documentaries -

for which Oliver Reed, Richard Harris,

or Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor combined

received an acting credit according to IMDb.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

As always, you have up to a minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you provide can come from any of these categories,

and how you spread them across the categories is entirely down to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-THEY CONFER QUIETLY

-Speak up.

An Oliver Reed film called Venom.

-It was rubbish.

-OK!

Richard Harris's last film was actually set in Liverpool,

-called My Kingdom.

-OK.

Based on, like, King Lear.

We'll go for them, I don't know Richard Burton or Elizabeth Taylor.

Richard Harris, Unforgiven.

-Yeah?

-The Clint Eastwood one.

-OK, The Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, the

-'90s. Yeah.

-Are we ready?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Are you happy with those?

-Yeah.

OK, we're going to stop the clock. What answers are you going to give?

-Oliver Reed did a film called Venom.

-Venom.

Which was rubbish.

Don't anyone watch it.

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Richard Harris in Unforgiven.

Unforgiven, Richard Harris.

-And a Richard Harris film called My Kingdom.

-My Kingdom.

-Which was filmed in Liverpool?

-Liverpool, yeah.

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

-I'll go My Kingdom.

-My Kingdom we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Unforgiven.

Unforgiven we'll put first.

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

We've got Unforgiven, Venom and My Kingdom.

Very best of luck.

Three fantastic-sounding answers up there on the board,

let's hope at least one of those is pointless

and wins that jackpot for you. Your first answer was Unforgiven,

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

But it's not out of the bounds of possibility that one of those

answers might be pointless and might win you £7,500.

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

I'll take you two for a drink.

-LAUGHTER

-That...

-That is good.

-..is the best answer yet.

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-Genuinely.

-Oh, I'd love that!

I tell you what, you've obviously never gone drinking with Xander,

you'll need more than that!

LAUGHTER

Dave, what would you spend it on?

I'd treat myself and my wife to a lovely holiday.

Excellent.

OK, well very, very best of luck.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless

and will win you that money. Your first answer -

in this case we were looking for Richard Harris films -

was Unforgiven.

Let's find out if it's correct,

and if it's pointless you will win that jackpot.

So, for £7,500, let's see how many people said Unforgiven.

Well, it's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here immediately with £7,500.

Down it goes.

Into single figures, still going down...

3!

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3 for Unforgiven.

A great answer, lovely low score, but not a pointless answer.

So, only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Venom.

This was a film, you said, starring Oliver Reed.

You also said it was a terrible film,

so we should all avoid it, never see it.

This has to be pointless, obviously, for you to win that jackpot.

So, for £7,500, let's see how many people said Venom.

It's right.

Your first answer, Unforgiven, took us all the way down to 3.

Your second answer, Venom, now taking us down through the teens,

into single figures, down it goes,

still going down...

You've done it!

You've done it! Very, very well done indeed, that is fantastic.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Many, many congratulations, Barry and Dave.

Venom was a pointless answer, which means you leave here

with that jackpot of £7,500.

Very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

How about that?

How about that? All the way from Guadalajara to Venom.

You barely put a foot wrong throughout, very well done, guys.

Brilliant, brilliant performance.

Just for your information, My Kingdom, your other answer -

also pointless.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-That's not bad going, is it?

-Not bad at all.

Also, for the first time ever, we get a drink out of it! LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at some pointless answers.

Oliver Reed has done so many films, there's a few of his pointless ones,

but essentially anything apart from Gladiator, Women In Love,

the Three Musketeers, Oliver, Castaway, Tommy,

Hannibal Brooks and The Devils.

Everything else is a pointless answer,

so if you said another Oliver Reed film

you just would have won the jackpot.

Let's take a look at Richard Harris.

Cry, The Beloved Country, Mutiny On The Bounty, Patriot Games,

The Field - again, very few correct answers from him.

His Harry Potter films were correct answers.

Again, Gladiator, Camelot would have scored you points,

The Wild Geese, A Man Called Horse would have scored.

Guns of Navarone, Cromwell and This Sporting Life -

everything else was a pointless answer.

And for Burton and Taylor,

Dr Faustus, The Comedians,

the Sandpiper, Under Milk Wood was pointless.

Two other pointless answers there - Boom! and Hammersmith Is Out.

Those are all your pointless answers. Very, very well done, guys.

Great jackpot, great shirt, great combination.

It feels like it's raining Baftas, doesn't it?

-Hey, doesn't it?

-Doesn't it, though?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

And thanks, once again, to our winning players,

Barry and Dave, who go away with today's jackpot of £7,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-Join us next time

when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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