Episode 52 Pointless

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CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the game where we are always searching for the lowest score.

-Let's meet today's players.

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-And couple number one.

-Hello. My name's Charlotte

and this is my boyfriend, Matthew, and we're both students from Cardiff.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Kevin. This is Shirley and we're a couple from Northamptonshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm also Kevin.

This is my son, Scott. And we're from Pontefract.

-And, finally, couple number four.

-I'm Sara, I'm from Caerphilly

and this is my friend and work colleague, Maxine.

-And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much. We'll find out more about each of you as the show goes along.

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

A man with so much brainpower

the government consider him an alternative fuel source.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

Excellent. We've got one returning pair, Charlotte and Matt.

And I have to say, I genuinely, genuinely didn't think

Matt could wear a lower top than he wore last time.

-But, you know, he's proved me wrong.

-Yeah.

-Cos it was pretty low last time.

-It was quite low.

And now it's almost non-existent.

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-It was a struggle to make him wear the shirt over it.

-Oh, really?

He wanted to get shirtless as well?

Where an earth would you be putting your name badge?

Charlotte and Matt Scott got through to Round Two last time,

hopefully see a little bit more of them this time.

-Certainly seen quite a lot of them already, actually.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, you're up pretty close there, aren't you?

-Yeah, certainly am.

Thanks very much indeed. As usual all our questions on Pointless

have been asked to 100 people before the show

and our contestants here are on the hunt

for the all-important pointless answers that our 100 people couldn't give.

Each time you give a pointless answer, of course,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Steve and Amy won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £,1000. There it is.

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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Remember the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated,

so do what you can to make sure that's not you.

Best of luck. Our category for Round One today is...

Pop Music. 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. And the question concerns...

1990s groups. Richard.

In a moment, we're going to show you the name of four musical groups.

We need you to tell us the name of any UK Top 40 single

they had at any point during the '90s.

So in any year from 1990 to 1999.

So any UK Top 40 hit by any of these following four groups, please.

As always, double-A sides count as separate answers.

Thanks very much indeed. So as Richard's just said, we're going to put four artists up on the board,

they will remain on the board through the round,

so they won't be changing at the top of the line, they'll stay up and down the line.

We want any UK Top 40 hit by any of these artists.

And here are those artists. We've got...

Oasis. Spice Girls. Steps. And U2.

Charlotte, welcome back to the show.

-Great to have you here. You're a student?

-I am, yes.

-What are you studying?

-Sociology of criminology.

-OK.

-Now, these bands, do you know and adore them?

-I'm a '90s chick.

I'm 1992. So I'll go with the Spice Girls.

And I'm going to go...Stop.

-Stop?

-Please.

-Says Charlotte. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

-Still going down, Charlotte! Look at that! 6!

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Excellent start to the show. Very well done.

Lovely low score there for Stop.

Well played, Charlotte. Very good answer. A No.2 hit.

It was their first single ever not to get to No.1, actually.

Thank you very much. Now, Shirley, welcome to Pointless.

-Great to have you here. What do you do, Shirley?

-I'm a freelance medical secretary

and a part-time hospital receptionist.

-And what do you like to do in your spare time?

-I read a lot.

I do needlework and we go to a lot of concerts.

-What sort of needlework?

-Tapestry.

-Tapestry? Are you involved...

I mean, do you do it communally or do you do things on your own?

No, on my own. And it takes a very long time.

You're telling me. Yeah. OK, Shirley, what about this as a round?

I ought to know U2, I saw them live a few times in the '90s,

but I've got a case of amnesia, I can't remember a single title.

So...I'll have to go for the Spice Girls again,

but I'm not sure of the exact title.

I think it's Zigazig-Ha. Zigazigha.

-Zigazigha? Zigazigha?

-Yeah.

OK, Shirley's saying Zigazigha.

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

AUDIENCE GROANING

Bad luck. Shirley, I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Shirley, not the name of a Spice Girls' hit, I'm afraid.

-We'll give all the answers at the end of the pass.

-Thanks very much.

-Now, Kevin M, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome.

-What do you do, Kevin?

-I'm a lecturer.

I lecture in electrical installation at college.

We take 16 to 18-year-olds and, hopefully, prepare them

for life as electricians if they can get apprenticeships afterwards.

-Very good. How long have you done that for?

-Five years...two months...

-What did you do before?

-..three weeks and two days.

-LAUGHTER

-So it's a job you love?

-I love it, yeah.

-Good.

OK. Now, then, Kevin, what do you make of this as a round?

I should know a couple of those.

Erm...I think I'll go for Spice Girls

and go for Mama.

OK, Mama, says Kevin. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Well, 6 is our low score from Charlotte.

Will you go down as far as that?

-23 for Mama.

-OK.

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Not bad at all.

Well played, Kevin. Their fourth single, fourth No.1 as well.

First group in history to have their first four singles all go to No.1.

-Good stuff. Maxine.

-Hello.

-Welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome. Good to have you. What do you do, Maxine?

I'm an educational development manager for the NHS,

so I teach nurses and midwives several skills.

OK. Of all the things you teach them, which is the toughest procedure?

Which is the one you think they have most trouble with?

I teach them to take blood and I let them practice on me,

that's why I've got several bruises, it's nothing untoward.

-Do you get a cup of tea and a biscuit afterwards?

-I know.

-You'd have thought.

-Wow!

-Yeah.

Whoa! Is that a bit...? Literally draining, I should think.

-LAUGHTER

-Goodness!

-Now, then, Maxine?

-Well...

I have to say Steps used to be my guilty pleasure.

So I'm wondering whether to take a risk or play it safe.

It's time to cash in your guilty pleasure, surely?

-MAXINE SIGHS

-OK, so I'm going to go with Steps.

And I'm going to say Deeper Shade of Blue.

Deeper Shade of... That is surely going to be a low score.

A Deeper...Deeper Shade of Blue.

Let's see if it's right, let's hope it's right,

and if it is let's see how far down the column it goes.

MAXINE WHIMPERS

-Oh, no!

-Oh, Maxine!

-BOTH:

-Oh, no!

-Never mind.

No, never mind. That's a shame. I thought that was going to go all the way down with a ping but no.

I'm afraid that's 100. For some reason that's incorrect.

We will discover in a second. But, yeah, 100 points.

-But you're in good company.

-Yes.

I am sorry, Maxine, it's a good wrong answer.

It was 2000 a Deeper Shade of Blue.

-No?!

-Yeah, I know.

-I feel bad now.

-You should! You should!

LAUGHTER I do. I do.

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

Charlotte, the best score of the whole round was yours.

Very, very well done. By quite a long way, 6.

Then up to 23 where we find Kevin and Scott.

Then up to 100, Maxine and Sara, Shirley and Kevin B.

Best of luck, Kevin. Best of luck, Sara.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second pairs please step up to the podium.

So then, Sara, we are looking for any UK Top 40 hit

released by any of these groups in, as we discovered, the 1990s.

-Yes.

-So, Sara, what do you do?

I work in education development in the NHS.

-With Maxine?

-I do a slightly different job,

I teach health care support workers.

-I see.

-So they're the support staff for the NHS.

-OK.

There you are on 100 points.

-OK.

-You're...co-high scorers with Kevin and Shirley there.

We need a low score from you.

I'll give it my best shot.

Erm...so I'm going to go for Oasis and Champagne Supernova.

Champagne Supernova says Sarah.

A lot of nods from along the line there. Let's see if it's right.

No red line for you as you're joint high scorers, but let's see how many people said Champagne Supernova.

-Oh, no!

-No!

-Sara!

-THEY LAUGH

Oh, my God!

I...don't know. I don't know.

We will discover...imminently why that is wrong,

but for some reason that is wrong.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200!

-THEY LAUGH

-Oh, Richard!

-I feel like everyone's getting at me today, it's not...

-No, no, no!

-Richard, you've got the sorry task of having to tell us why it's wrong.

-It was an album track.

-Not released as a single, I'm afraid, in the UK.

-Bad luck. Sorry, Sara.

But, Scott, welcome. This is nice,

I can tell you now you have made it to Round Two.

-What do you do, Scott?

-I'm a leisure centre manager.

OK. And what are the facilities in your leisure centre?

Well, we have...indoor/outdoor playing fields,

a bowling alley, four lane bowling alley,

a radio station also.

Now that...that puts you a cut above.

So you don't broadcast outside the walls of the leisure centre?

No, no, we do. It's 5TownsFM, so it's for five towns.

Wow! OK, now then, Scott, there we are, you're on 23.

-You're through but I think you'll have a great answer here.

-Well, it's taken a bit of pressure off,

so I'm going to go for a U2 song.

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

-For a moment I thought you were going to sing it there.

-LAUGHTER

# Hold me...

No red line as you are already through,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

It's right!

And it's pointless! Very well done indeed, Scott!

-That's a fantastic answer!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at 23. Superb.

Brilliant, Scott. Well played. Welcome to Pointless.

Yes, from the Batman Forever soundtrack. A No.2 hit.

Hold me, yes. thrill me, yes. Kiss me, yes. Kill me, not so much.

Yeah, not sure about that. What are you, Black Widow?!

Don't you think? That's like getting a Valentine's card

that starts really nicely and by the end you're going...Ohh!

I tell you what, that's not the only sting in the tail because it only got to No.2.

-I know.

-Oh, that must have hurt!

-LAUGHTER

-That must have killed them.

-It must have done.

Perhaps if they'd had a nicer last word. Perhaps if it was... I don't know where I'm finishing with this.

-Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me...

-Take me to the cinema.

-No.1 hit.

-Yeah. Thanks very much.

OK, now then, Kevin B, listen, we have a tussle on our hands here, Kevin.

Let's just put all thoughts of that to one side. Kevin, what you do?

-I'm an entertainer mostly.

-What sort of entertainer are you?

Well, I do the juggling, stilt-walking type stuff

and I do walking on broken glass.

-That's not entertainment!

-Eating fire and...

-Walking on broken glass?

-Yeah.

What are you a sort of Annie Lennox tribute band?

LAUGHTER

-And you... You're a jester?

-I am.

I'm Northampton's official jester, in fact.

-Is there only one in the county?

-There is only one.

-Since 2004 I've been the official jester.

-And it's you?

And you have, if you'll forgive me, a jester's beard.

-He does, doesn't he?

-It's very nice of you to say so.

Now, Sara and Maxine are on 200 points,

you have to score 99 or less.

What are you going to go for? You merely have to be correct.

All I can say is that because it was the name of their musical,

I'm going to go for the Spice Girls' Viva Forever.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right!

Very well done indeed, Kevin.

Still going down. 14!

14! Not only right, it's our second lowest score of the round.

That's very well done indeed. Takes your total up to 114.

Very well worked out as well, Kevin. Tactically very nicely done.

Thanks very much.

Now then, Matt. Time to put all thoughts of Ben Arnold to bed.

In case you weren't watching last time,

we were after people who had taken part...celebrities from Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.

-Yeah.

-Ben Arnold.

-Who were you thinking of?!

-LAUGHTER

There's these two guys on GMTV,

-one's called Ben Shepherd and one's called Richard Arnold.

-Oh.

-And...

-Listen, the good news is you're in Round Two,

but I have a funny feeling you're going to have a good answer here.

I think I'm going to go for Spice Girls' Spice Up Your Life.

Spice Up Your Life, says Matt.

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

No red line, you're already through. But, yeah, Spice Up Your Life.

It's right.

Still going down, Matt. Still going down!

18! Very well done indeed. 18 takes your total up to 24.

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Yeah, the fifth single and their fifth No.1 as well for the Spice Girls.

Now, there's a few pointless answers here. We've already heard one from Scott.

Let's take a look at some of the others.

After The Love Has Gone, that's a Steps song.

Oasis, All Around The World. U2, Discotheque.

All of those Top 10 hits.

U2 again, Even Better Than The Real Thing.

There's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.

Last Thing On My Mind, Steps, also a pointless answer.

Love's Got A Hold On My Heart, that's Steps. Say You'll Be Mine, Steps.

And Shakermaker, Oasis' second single.

There's a few more U2 ones. If God Will Send His Angels.

Last Night On Earth. Please. Staring At The Sun.

And Stay (Faraway, So Close!) All of those pointless answers.

-Very well done if you said any of them. That's all of them.

-Thanks very much indeed.

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

with our high score of 200, Sara and Maxine.

-You were unlucky there.

-Oh, that's all right.

-You were unlucky.

The good news is we will see you again next time.

-Look forward to that. Sara and Maxine, thanks so much.

-Thank you.

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

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So three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of this round we have to say goodbye to another pair

in order to have our head-to-head.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

Names. 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. And the question concerns...

So there we are. Richard?

Yes, simply going to give you six clues to famous people,

all of whom have got surnames which are commonly first names as well.

You just need to tell us the most obscure. There'll be 12 in all

to have a go at at home. So best of luck.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our first board of famous people.

And here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Six celebrities whose surnames are also commonly used as first names.

Matt, you're going to go first.

OK, well...

Right, OK, I'm going to have a guess.

Performed It's My Time accompanied by Andrew Lloyd Webber

might be Elton John.

Elton John says Matt. It's My Time, Elton John.

Let's find out if that's right and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Elton John.

I'm sorry, Matt, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Matt, but the perfect example of someone whose surname is used as a first name.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Kevin?

-I know three of them

and as always it's a matter of just working out which one is likely to be the lowest.

And I think of the three I know, they're all going to be fairly close.

But I'm going to go for...

played Dave Lister in the Sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf, Craig Charles.

Craig Charles says Kevin.

Let's see if Craig Charles is right and let's see how many people said Craig Charles.

It's right.

-42.

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Yeah, he was originally, now back again as well.

-He's been on the show, hasn't he Craig? He was very good.

-Yeah, he has.

With Danny John-Jules.

-Lovely fella.

-Hmm. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Kevin M, you're the last person to have this board,

do you fancy talking us through it?

Not particularly. Erm...

There's some of them you think you ought to know

and it's just...whether you're 100% sure.

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

Actress who played Doreen Green, Lesley Joseph.

Lesley Joseph says Kevin. Lesley Joseph.

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

-22!

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22 for Lesley Joseph.

Let's take a look at the rest of these.

-The newsreader who took over Antiques Roadshow?

-Fiona Bruce.

Fiona Bruce, yep.

She would've scored 21.

There's lots of cricket captains whose surnames are first names,

-but this particular one is Alec Stewart.

-Alec Stewart. Yep.

That would have scored 12.

The author of The White Queen and The Kingmaker's Daughter is Philippa Gregory.

That would have scored you 13. And this is a very good answer,

it was Jade Ewen who performed that song with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Best answer there. 3 points if you got that.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

22, the best score of that pass Kevin M, very well done indeed.

Scott can thank you for that.

Puts you very much at the top of the board for the next pass.

Kevin B 42, again, not bad at all.

OK, Charlotte, who knows what the next board's going to be like,

but we're definitely going to need a low score from you.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

We're going to put six more clues up on the board and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the names of these famous people

and their surnames also are commonly used as Christian names.

Scott, there you are on 22,

the highest scorers Matt and Charlotte are on 100.

So 77 or less is your target.

It looks OK. Much better than the last board. I'm glad I came second.

Erm...

I'm going to go for the creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Larry David.

Larry David, says Scott. Very well done. sounds good to me. Let's see.

There's your red line. You have to get below that.

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

It's right.

And you are through.

Good answer. Look at that, 11. Very well done.

Takes your total up to 33.

Still the lowest score on the board.

Well played, Scott. Also created Seinfeld, of course. He's so rich.

He's worth over half a billion dollars.

-Really?

-He said as he got richer

he developed an allergy to caviar, which he

said is just a metaphor for his life.

Now then, Shirley.

Shirley, you're on 42.

Again, Charlotte and Matt remain the high scorers.

How are we feeling about this as a round?

The only one I'm really sure of is the fifth wife of Henry VIII

and that would be Jane Seymour.

Jane Seymour.

Well, that certainly is a Christian name, Seymour,

so yeah, that could work.

Let's see if Jane Seymour's right

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

There's your red line.

Ooooh!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, Shirley.

Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 142.

That's a lifeline for Charlotte there.

Sorry, Shirley, Jane Seymour was his third wife, and wasn't beheaded.

OK, now, Charlotte, phew! You're back in the game.

I know who became Home Secretary in May 2010,

but his name just isn't coming to my mouth.

So I think the surname of the Henry VIII wife is Jane.

Elizabeth Jane.

-Elizabeth Jane.

-It's totally wrong.

-Elizabeth Jane.

-That's your answer.

-That's the answer.

There's your red line.

Let's see if Elizabeth Jane can get you below that red line.

Oh, bad luck! I'm sorry, Charlotte.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

-I think you probably knew that.

-I knew that, yeah.

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

-I can't believe we're losing Charlotte and Matt.

-I know.

-Can we not give them a by?

-Yeah, you would think so. You've been such fun.

Sorry to see you go.

It's not Elizabeth Jane, not Jane Seymour, it's Catherine Howard.

-Totally off.

-Would've scored you 22 points.

Now, the Home Secretary one... So you can picture him.

In your head what does he look like?

Would it help if we let Matt take his shirt off just for a minute?

No.

-Matt, would it help you?

-It would, yeah.

-Yeah, go on, then.

Yeah, before you go. Go on.

There you go.

AUDIENCE: Wooo!

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So the Home Secretary that you're picturing in your head...

it's Theresa May.

-Oh, yeah.

-Theresa May would've scored you 24 points.

The 1983 album...

What did Matt say for the first round?

Elton John.

-It was Billy Joel.

-Oh!

LAUGHTER

That would've scored you 27 points.

The co-director and star of the movie On The Town is Gene Kelly.

Theresa May...

12 points for that. Now, Scott, do you know the Australian golfer?

-Adam Scott.

-Yeah, absolutely right. He would've scored seven points.

The best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our second round the pair heading home,

I'm so sorry, it's Charlotte and Matt.

Oh, you've been such good value.

-It's been lovely having you on both shows.

-Can I say something?

-Yes, you may.

-If it's not bread...

-It's toast.

-It's toast!

That's right.

That'll do, yep.

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-I'm really sorry. You are toast now, though, Charlotte.

-Yeah. Burnt.

It's been such a joy grilling you. There we are. Thanks so much...

There you go, it worked.

Thanks so much for being on the show, Charlotte and Matt,

wonderful contestants.

But for Kevin and Scott and Kevin and Shirley

it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Kevin and Scott, Kevin and Shirley.

You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to

play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,250.

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

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

Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Welsh men and women. Richard.

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

born in Wales. Can you tell us the most obscure of these, please.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five Welsh people and here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five Welsh people.

Kevin M and Scott, you've played best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

We think that B is Terry Griffiths.

Terry Griffiths, say Kevin M and Scott. Terry Griffiths.

So, Kevin B and Shirley, the board is all yours.

Talk us through it if you can.

A could be the lead singer of the Manic Street Preachers,

but I don't know his name if it is. C we think is Dylan Thomas.

D is Neil Kinnock and E is Charlotte Church.

So, I think we're going to go for Dylan Thomas, C.

You're going to say C Dylan Thomas.

So we have Terry Griffiths and we have Dylan Thomas.

Kevin and Scott said Terry Griffiths for B.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

26.

26 for Terry Griffiths.

Kevin B and Shirley, meanwhile, have said that C is Dylan Thomas.

Let's see if that's right

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

Dylan Thomas wins it. Look at that! 17.

Well done, Kevin B and Shirley.

-After one question you are up one nil.

-Two good answers there.

There is a better answer on the board, which is A.

He is from the Manics but it's not the lead singer,

who is James Dean Bradfield, this is Nicky Wire.

The bassist. Would've scored you four points.

Well done if you got that at home.

D is the unmistakable face of Theresa May(!)

LAUGHTER

It's Neil Kinnock. Would've scored you 70 points.

E is the wonderful Charlotte Church.

She's a big scorer as well, would've scored you 53.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

Kevin M and Scott, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

First time you haven't been ahead of the game all show.

But Kevin B and Shirley will get to answer it first. Best of luck.

It concerns...

Don't say that ain't bread cos it is.

Types of bread. Richard.

We're going to show you five types of bread now

but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them, give us the most obscure answer.

Let's reveal our five anagrams, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

OK. Kevin and Shirley.

Erm...

We're going to go for number four pumpernickel.

Pumpernickel for Nicer Elk Pump. Pumpernickel.

Kevin and Scott, talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

We think number one's bagel, number two Baguette,

number three ciabatta.

And we just can't see number four,

and it'll probably be obvious to everyone else.

I think we'll go for number three, ciabatta.

Ciabatta. A Bait Cat. Ciabatta. So we had pumpernickel versus ciabatta.

Kevin and Shirley said pumpernickel. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said pumpernickel.

It's right.

41 for pumpernickel.

Kevin and Scott have said A Bait Cat is ciabatta.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

And it wins, look at that. Very well done indeed. Still going down.

Nine for ciabatta!

Which means, Kevin and Scott, you're back in the game.

-After two questions, it's one all.

-Well played.

Ciabatta, a very good answer.

Also the only bread to be the name of a Wookiee in Star Wars.

You're right about bagel, would've scored you too many points though.

Would've scored you 61.

Gate Tube is baguette, you're right about that as well.

It's a low scorer, would've scored 20.

And the bottom one is the best answer on the board.

Very well done anyone that...

They eat this is Provence, it's flavoured with olive oil

and it's a fougasse.

Two points. Very well done if you said that.

Well done to the two of our 100 as well.

Thanks very much indeed.

It all comes down to our third and final question. The decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

The Cold War. Richard.

We're going to give you five clues now to facts about the Cold War.

The team that gives us the most obscure answer

is going through to play for the jackpot.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Kevin M and Scott will go first.

INDISTINCT

Erm, just a random kind of educated guess, stab in the dark...

Saigon was renamed after this North Vietnamese leader - Ho Chi Minh.

Ho Chi Minh, say Kevin M and Scott.

Kevin and Shirley, do you want to talk us

through the rest of the board?

Unfortunately that was the one we were going to go for.

The year the Berlin wall was erected, well, it was sort of

pretty immediately after the war but I wouldn't like to say exactly when.

I'm going to kick myself about the Russian leader cos I know him,

it's just not coming. The British Prime Minister...

Could be Clement Attlee, but I'm not certain about that.

And the treaty signed by the Soviet Union

and its Eastern Bloc allies, goodness only knows what that is.

We're going to have to take a punt on Clement Attlee

for the British Prime Minister.

Clement Attlee, the British Prime Minister. OK.

Shirley thinks it's Churchill, I just heard her say. OK.

Clement Attlee says Kevin. Kevin M and Scott have said Ho Chi Minh.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

30.

Kevin B and Shirley,

you have said Clement Attlee is the Prime Minister who came up with,

er, who popularised the term the Iron Curtain.

Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, no. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points and it means, Kevin M and Scott,

after three questions you are through to the final 2-1.

Very well done indeed.

Well played, Kevin and Scott. Shirley was right, it is Winston Churchill.

It would've scored 51 points though. It would've been too many.

The year the Berlin wall was erected, it wasn't till 1961.

A good scorer, though. 11 points.

The Soviet leader, you can recognise him, you know

his face...it's Theresa May was the answer to that one(!)

LAUGHTER

It was Mikhail Gorbachev.

47. This other score would've won it for you

and I bet any money you'll recognise the answer.

-It's the Warsaw Pact.

-Oh!

-Of course.

Would've scored 13 points.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid it's Kevin and Shirley.

What an exciting head-to-head, though, you took an early

lead there, but I'm afraid that last round threw you. I'm sorry.

We will see you again next time.

look forward to that very much indeed.

Kevin B and Shirley, thanks very much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Kevin and Scott it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Kevin and Scott. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show it stands at £1,250.

You get to choose your category from four options.

Let's see what they are today.

We've got...

I don't think we need to debate very long, do we?

-British winners in sport.

-Yeah.

-British winners in sport it is.

OK, very best of luck.

We're looking for anybody representing Britain or

any of the constituent countries of Britain who have won

any of the following, please.

So any British winner of those three categories. Very, very best of luck.

You now have up to one 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.

-Are you ready?

-We're ready.

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

Your time starts now.

I think I'll struggle with marathon.

-Yeah, I don't know anything on the top one.

-Right, British Grand Prix.

So if you're looking at Graham Hill, Damon Hill, James Hunt...

-They'll all score points.

-Unless you've got any others.

-Well, golf, you know more.

-Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle...

Did Ian Woosnam ever win a British golf championship?

Sandy Lyle's more likely to be lower than Nick Faldo.

There was some Scottish... I think it were, like, four in a row...

-Yeah, but, from 1945.

-Yeah, but I think he was after that.

-No, it were the early '20s I think.

-Oh. Come on, then, British golfers.

British golfers... Ian Woosnam.

I think he might... Though he won the green jacket,

he won Augusta but did he win the British Open?

Ten seconds left.

Alliss. Peter Alliss. So...

-Yeah, I struggle with...

-Yeah. No, erm...

-Go on, just say three then that you...

-All right.

OK. I now need your three answers.

-Formula One, Graham Hill.

-Graham Hill.

-Open Golf, Peter Alliss.

-Peter Alliss.

-And also Open Golf, Sandy Lyle.

-Sandy Lyle.

OK, of those three,

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

-If Peter Alliss won it then that would be.

-OK.

Peter Alliss we'll put last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Graham Hill.

-Graham Hill, we'll put first.

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

and here they are.

We've got...

Very best of luck. Three good answers on the board there.

Your first answer was Graham Hill.

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

but let's say one of those answers is pointless on that board

and you won that jackpot, what would you be doing with that, Kevin?

Both mine and my wife's daughters are getting married next year,

so that'll be easily swallowed up and spent on those two events.

Scott?

His daughter and my sister is getting married in Florida,

so it would definitely go towards that.

For me to go, anyway.

Very good. Now, let's put this to the test.

Graham Hill, in this case we were looking for British winners

of British Grand Prix since 1950.

Let's see if Graham Hill is right and let's see if it's pointless,

and if it is, you will win that jackpot of £1,250.

How many people said it?

No, not Graham Hill.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer, and indeed your third answer, these are both

British winners of the Open Golf Championship since 1945.

Your second answer is Sandy Lyle.

Let's see if that's right, then let's find out if it's pointless.

For £1,250 how many people said Sandy Lyle?

It's right.

Your first answer Graham Hill was not right,

but Sandy Lyle most definitely is.

Down he goes through the 20s into the teens. Still going down...

4 for Sandy Lyle.

Four. That's a great answer. Sadly not a pointless answer.

Two things to discover with your third and final answer,

which of course is Peter Alliss.

Firstly is whether or not you put these two in the right order,

secondly, of course, let's find out if it's pointless.

If it is, it'll win you £1,250.

Let's see how many people said Peter Alliss.

Oh, no!

Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

You came close there with your second answer,

but I'm afraid Peter Alliss is an incorrect answer,

which means sadly you didn't manage to find that all important

pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but we have loved having you on the show.

You've been fantastic the whole way through,

and you do get to take home a Pointless trophy for your trouble.

-So very, very well done.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Unlucky, Kevin, unlucky, Scott. You played really well throughout,

I thought you had chance in that final round.

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

Let's start with the London Marathon...

Allister Hutton was a pointless answer. Eamonn Martin.

This bottom two, Joyce Smith won the first two London Marathons

and Hugh Jones won the second one.

Those two the only London-born winners of the London Marathon.

Also there you could have Mike Gratton, won in 1983,

and Veronique Marot who was born in France but was representing GB.

Let's take a look at the next category.

Formula One Grand Prix winners. John Watson won it in the early '80s.

Tony Brooks won it alongside Stirling Moss.

Lots of other answers there - Peter Collins would've scored you one,

Johnny Herbert two, David Coulthard would've scored you nine points.

25 for Damon Hill, 25 for Nigel Mansell

and 40 for Lewis Hamilton, but Graham Hill never won it, I'm afraid.

The golfers again, no Peter Alliss on this list.

Only three names on the list. All won it post-war.

Max Faulkner would've been a pointless answer, Henry Cotton,

one of the greatest players Britain's every produced won it

before the war but also won it after the war,

and the Northern Irishman Fred Daly also a pointless answer.

Well done if you said that.

You could've said Paul Lawrie, would've scored you two points.

You would've got five for Darren Clark,

14 for Tony Jacklin and 25 for Nick Faldo.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Kevin and Scott,

but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much

-for playing. Kevin and Scott.

-Thank you.

Sadly Kevin and Scott didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for £2,250.

Join us then and see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.