Episode 55 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

to Pointless. This is the show where the questions have all been asked

to 100 people before the show, and all our contestants have to do is

come up with the answers that none of those 100 people could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Steve, this is my friend Amber, and we both live in London.

Couple number two.

Hello, I'm Helen, this is my friend, colleague and neighbour Karina,

-and we're from Faversham in Kent.

-Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Jennifer, this is my granddaughter Christy,

and we come from Arbroath in Scotland.

And finally, couple number four.

I'm Tom and this my best friend Benny and we're from deepest,

darkest Suffolk.

-And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show as it goes

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

He's going for a trip into the obscure. He may be some time.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

Two returning pairs today, had very different shows last time.

Christy and Jennifer got all the way through to the head-to-head.

Did very, very well in that,

so they're going to be very tough to beat, I suspect, today.

Karina and Helen, however, we saw far less of.

They got knocked out in the first round,

so, hopefully, see a little bit more of you today. Should be a fun show.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, we've asked every question on Pointless

to 100 people before the show.

As ever, the aim of the game is to find a Pointless answer,

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

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

So, Beau and Charlie 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.

OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of each

round will be eliminated, that's all you need to remember.

Do everything you can to avoid being that pair.

Our first category today is...

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. The question concerns...

Sounds very demographic, doesn't it? Missing ABC words.

We're going to show you the names of seven books on each pass,

but we've missed out a word from each book title.

That word begins with either A, B or C.

You just have to fill in the blank, please.

There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at at home,

so very best of luck.

OK. So, we're looking for the words beginning with either A, B or C

that complete the titles of these books.

Here is our first board of seven.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Seven novels with missing words from their titles.

Amber, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do?

-I'm a freelance food and drink writer.

-Oh, that's fun!

-Yes, it is.

-For magazines?

-Magazines and restaurant guides.

-OK.

Do you ever go in as a sort of mystery diner, that kind of thing?

-I've blown my cover now, haven't I?

-I was going to say! Yes.

So, you review online?

Online, in books, in restaurant guides and magazines,

-and I also run food and wine matching events.

-Good stuff.

-Now, Amber.

-Yes?

-Do you find a lot of time to read?

Not so much these days, but I know a few of these,

so I think the one I'm going to have a pop at, the second one,

Alan Hollinghurst, The Line Of Beauty.

The Line Of Beauty, says Amber. The Line Of Beauty.

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

Absolutely right, of course.

Great answer. 5. Very well done, Amber.

Good start to the show.

Well played, Amber. That's a lovely start.

Won the Booker Prize, The Line Of Beauty.

A TV adaptation as well, with Dan Stevens starring in it,

-pre-Downton Abbey.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Karina, welcome back. Now, Round One last time.

Yes...

We liked your answer, though. At least, I did. I liked your answer.

It was wrong but it was a good wrong answer.

Spencer Perceval you gave us, always good to have him.

Now, Karina, remind us what you do?

I manage a care home for the elderly.

-And you work alongside Helen?

-I do.

Who's managing it in your absence today?

Oh, they're just running riot.

-Right.

-There's nobody there.

OK. And Helen's not there to do the bingo calling...

-It's just going to be a disaster.

-It'll be mayhem tomorrow.

Oh, Lord... Anyway, well...

What do you do to take your mind off caring?

I volunteer at the RSPCA at the weekends,

looking after some cats.

My family refer to me as the Mad Old Cat Lady.

I object to being called old, but...

-The Mad Cat Lady would have been kinder. OK.

-Yeah.

What are you going to go for on this board?

I know two for sure,

and I know two, well, a guess.

I am going to go for an obvious one.

Charles Dickens - Bleak House.

Bleak House says Karina.

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

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

Absolutely right.

64.

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64 for Bleak House.

Yeah, written in instalments across two years, Bleak House.

Voted by the Radio Times as the best ever Dickens adaptation for TV -

the 2005 version of it.

Thank you very much. Now, Christy, welcome back.

-Head-to-head last time.

-Yes, pretty happy with that.

I can't help noticing you've brought quite a lot of the globe with you

-on your arm there.

-I have, yes.

Yes, unfortunately, it doesn't have any names for me.

-However, they would also see it, as well.

-That is unfortunate.

-You could have just put capital cities on there.

-Yeah.

Do you think you could point out the Central African Republic on your arm?

LAUGHTER

I could give it a go!

In the centre!

OK, now, Christy...

what about this board of books?

Unfortunately, I was going to go for the Dickens one.

And I'm going to let down my English degree again.

I'm not entirely sure on many of the rest.

I'm going to have to go for a guess.

I'm going to go, Penny Lane.

-It's a guess.

-OK...

Our English Literature student here,

you're going to go Penny Lane.

Let's see if that's right.

Penny Lane?

It's not, I'm afraid, Christy.

No, I'm afraid that scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Are you absolutely sure your English Literature degree wasn't a con?

I'm beginning to rethink it all, to be honest, yeah.

Yeah, not Penny Lane, I'm afraid. We'll go through all of those later.

-After lessons.

-Yeah.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Tom.

Tom, welcome to the show.

What do you do, Tom?

I work for agricultural merchants, buying grain from farmers

and selling them seed and fertiliser.

OK, when you're not buying grain, Tom, what interests you?

I like to play football a lot at the weekends with Benny

and I play a lot of golf

and I like taking my dog for walks around the neighbours' fields.

OK, see what kind of grain they've got, inspect the grain.

-We've got some grain, haven't we?

-Yeah, yeah.

What are you paying currently?

-We've got a guy we sell our grain to but, you know.

-Yeah.

-We don't always have to sell it to the same person.

-No, we do not.

-We've got 14 tonnes...

-..of winter barley.

-What variety is it?

-Well, you tell me.

LAUGHTER

If you had to guess, what do you think it would be?

If it's a feed barley, it could be something like Cassia

-but if it was a malting barley...

-You've got it, first time.

-It's Cassia. We've got how many tonnes did I say?

-14.

14 tonnes of Cassia.

To be fair, quite a lot of that tonnage might be weevils.

Good stuff. Tom, you're the last person to have this board.

I'm quite glad about that.

Most of the answers on there, I have no idea what they are

and I would be absolutely guessing.

There is only one that I do know, hopefully, which is the top one

and I think it's Brave New World.

Brave New World says Tom. Let's see if that's right.

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

-57.

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Yeah, published in 1932. It's a good answer but a high scorer.

Our 100 did rather well on these, some quite well-known books up here.

-I bet you can fill in all of these.

-Yeah.

-The Quiet...

-American.

-Yeah.

-The Age Of Innocence.

-Would have scored you 16.

Now, Christy, as an English Literature student,

it's probably one of the most famous books in the history

-of English Literature.

-I know some of Thomas Hardy

but I'm not going to lie, I don't know that one.

I'm never going to live this down.

I'm going to go back to uni and I'm...

I think very few of our 100 knew it.

It's Far From The Madding Crowd and would have scored 75 points.

-It's not Penny Lane, it's...?

-Brick Lane.

-Yeah.

That would have scored 23.

Amber, best answer up there is The Line Of Beauty, well played.

Very good, thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

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

-5, Amber.

-I'm pleased with that.

-Very good.

Very good, indeed, that sets you up pretty well, I would say.

You're nearest score is 57, Tom. Not bad there.

Then up to 64 where we find Karina and Helen

and then, I'm afraid, Christy and Jennifer on 100.

Jennifer, we definitely need a low score from you on the next pass.

Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more book titles on the board

with missing words and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we go. We're looking for the words that complete

the titles of these books and here's a clue,

they all start with A, B or C.

-Benny, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you very much.

-What do you do, Benny?

-I work for a veterinary company

who provide IT solutions to practices across the UK and Ireland.

-A veterinary...

-Veterinary businesses.

That's nice to have two people from Suffolk.

One very much involved in grain

-and the other very much involved in animals.

-That's nice,

-arable and livestock.

-That's proper. That's how it should be.

OK, listen, there you are on 57, the high scorers Jennifer and Christy.

-If you can score 42 or less, you won't even be high scorers.

-OK.

-How do you find this board?

-It's a terrible subject for me

but I'm going safe and Danny The Champion Of The World.

The Champion Of The World says Benny. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many said it. There's your red line.

Get below that and you're straight through to Round Two.

It's right.

It could be a high one. No, it's still going down.

-Oh, you've done it! Look at that, 42.

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Good Lord, 42 is what you needed and 42 is what you got.

That takes your total up to 99. You are in Round Two.

Yeah, nicely played, Benny.

Again, there was a film adaptation of that in 1989, as well.

-Indeed, thank you very much. Now, Jennifer.

-Yes...

-Jennifer, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now up in Arbroath you are a very keen walker.

-I certainly am.

-You have that wonderful coastline there

and you've got beautiful country inland.

What else do you like to get up to?

I read... Oh, I maybe shouldn't have said that!

I read all the time.

-Theatre, just...family.

-Wonderful.

OK, now there you are, you are the high scorers at the moment.

All that could change.

-How are you finding this board?

-I find the board not bad.

It's just trying to pick something that's low.

Can I go for Artemis Fowl, please?

Erm, Artemis Fowl, says Jennifer.

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

No red line for you, as you are the high scorers.

Absolutely right, Jennifer.

That is going to be a great answer.

-21, very well done.

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121 is your total but that is our second lowest score

of the whole round, so very good.

-Well played, Jennifer, you've given yourself a chance there.

-Thank you.

It's the first of eight Artemis Fowl books

and he's sold over 21 million copies between them.

Mmm...

-Now then, Helen.

-Hello.

-Helen, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Oh, you made biscuits for us.

-I did!

-They were delicious.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you.

I can tell you... Yeah, biscuits last time.

I can't wait to see what she's going to produce today.

-Something amazing.

-My mouth is literally watering out here.

Just thinking, it's got to be a cake, hasn't it? Surely.

I would have thought so, or maybe a whole roast hog.

No-one has yet brought in a whole roast hog for us.

-Someone might.

-Not yet. Tom brought us a big bag of grain. That was nice.

I've eaten most of that, as well.

Not bad. Mmm. Now then, so, Helen,

the high scorers are Jennifer and Christy on 121.

-56 or less is what we need from you.

-OK...

I am going to go for...

-The Thorn Birds.

-The Thorn Birds?

-Yes.

Says Helen, The Thorn Birds. There's your red line.

Get below that, you're definitely in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said The Thorn Birds.

It's right.

You are in Round Two, very well done, indeed.

-15!

-Yeah!

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15's your score, 79 your total. Very well done.

Well done, Helen, that's where biscuits gets you.

That sold over 30 million copies, The Thorn Birds.

-Huge mini series, as well.

-Mmm.

Now then, Steve, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I do communications for a think tank.

OK, when you're not thinking in the tank,

what do you like to do?

I'm quite a foodie, as well.

I sometimes blag my way onto Amber's restaurant reviewing...

-It's always great to have friends who review restaurants.

-It is.

-Mm-mm-mm!

-I do a bit of cooking, as well.

I'm quite a big sports fan, as well and a bit of a film buff,

although that's a slight hostage to fortune

-if any film questions come up.

-Absolutely, yes.

There is good news, you are through to the next round. Even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake the high score of Jennifer and Christy.

There's that board. Do you fancy seeing how many you can fill in?

I can do a couple.

I think it's Anne Of Green Gables.

Brideshead Revisited.

The one I fancy is Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie.

-I enjoyed it, actually.

-Midnight's Children?

-Yeah.

There's no red line for you as you're through to the next round.

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

-24, very well done, indeed.

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29 is your total, the lowest score of the round by a margin.

Well played, Steve. The midnight in question is the midnight

that India became independent and the children born on that night.

It won the Booker Prize.

It also won the Booker of Bookers for the best novel ever to win

the Booker Prize. Let's fill in the rest of these.

You are right about Anne Of Green Gables. A big scorer, though.

It would have scored you...

66. You're right about Brideshead Revisited, as well.

Evelyn Waugh, that's another big scorer. It would have scored 58.

-The JM Coetzee, do you know that one?

-Waiting For The Barbarians.

That's the best answer there and would have scored five points.

-Well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much, indeed.

At the end of our first round, I'm afraid, the pair heading home

with their high score of 121 are Jennifer and Christy.

Jennifer, you did very well there. Nice low score.

Anyway, it's been lovely having you on both shows.

You were semifinalists, is that what you can call it? You were head-to-headers last time.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon this time.

-Jennifer and Christy, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

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

We're now down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we say goodbye to another pair.

Well done to all three of you. Amber and Steve, particularly.

Amber for The Line Of Beauty.

Lowest individual score and, for both of you, lowest team score.

That was very good. Karina and Helen, well done to you.

You're in Round Two. This is all wonderful.

And Benny and Tom, well done to you. That grain, brilliant! Yeah.

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

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?

Whoever is 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...

Best TV Comedy Actress at the British Comedy Awards. Richard?

Any winner of the best TV Comedy Actress at the Comedy Awards

from its inception in 1990, all the way through to the 2013 ceremony, please. Good luck.

Thanks very much, indeed. OK, now Amber, we come to you first.

Not so brilliant subject for me, this.

Um, I'm going to have a pop.

I'm going to guess at Caroline Aherne.

Caroline Aherne sounds like a brilliant answer.

Let's see if it's right.

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

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Amber.

Very well done indeed. 6 for you, Amber.

I see a pattern evolving here. That's great.

Another good answer from Amber.

Won in 1999 for her roles in The Royle Family

and Mrs Merton And Malcolm.

Got an IQ of 176.

She's incredibly bright, isn't she?

-She's rather wonderful, Caroline Aherne.

-Amazing.

There we are.

-Now, Helen.

-Yes. I am going to go for...

Ruth Jones.

Ruth Jones. Good answer. Let's see if it's right.

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

Oh!

-She was robbed.

-What a travesty.

Well, I take issue with that. I'm on your side there.

Yes, thanks.

You'd think that she would have done.

She won Best Newcomer in 2007,

but she's never won Best Comedy Actress.

They are "Ruthless", literally, the Comedy Awards people.

How many years was she not just the most eligible

but the most obvious choice?

Oh! Makes me seethe.

-Have you ever won a Comedy Award?

-Never.

-There we go.

LAUGHTER

I wondered why he was getting quite so worked up about it.

I knew I'd find out. I knew there'd be something.

Mitchell and Webb have won a lot of British Comedy Awards.

LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-It's interesting - of all those groups,

Mitchell and Webb have won a lot,

League Of Gentlemen, they've won a lot.

-David Walliams and Matt Lucas, they've won a few.

-Swept the board.

Only Armstrong and Miller really missed out.

-Yeah.

-That's weird.

-I know.

I suppose it's not weird, in that they are all terrific.

And you are... You're very good, but you're more...

..amateurish, aren't you, than they are?

-LAUGHTER

-Anyway, now, Benny...

OK, I'm going to play reasonably straight and go early '90s,

and that will be Dawn French.

Dawn French says Benny. Sounds personally reasonable to me.

Let's see how many people said Dawn French.

It's right.

49.

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-49 for Dawn French.

-Well done, Benny.

You could afford to go quite safe there.

Won in 1997 for her role in The Vicar Of Dibley.

Thanks very much. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. 6 - Amber and Steve.

Unassailable there. So very well done.

Takes the pressure off Steve,

although I'm pretty sure he'll have a good answer, too.

Up to 49 where we find Benny and Tom -

again, not looking too bad.

And Helen and Karina, well, you was robbed.

-I was.

-As was Ruth.

But Karina, I think, will have a good answer.

Let's hope it keeps you in the game. We will come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Tom, we are looking for the name of any woman who has won

Best TV Comedy Actress at the British Comedy Awards.

You're on 49.

So 50 or less is your target.

I would like to have a go at Miranda Hart.

Miranda Hart says Tom.

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

There is your red line. Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Well done.

Oh! 40 she scores.

Takes your total up to 89.

Another big score for the lovely Miranda Hart.

2010 she won it.

She won every award going in the last few years as well, deservedly so.

Absolutely right. Now then,

Karina, you're high-scorers,

which means your only way of staying here is to score five or less.

OK.

-And then Steve scores 100.

-Right.

-It's doable.

I'm going to say -

total punt - Kathy Burke.

Kathy Burke says Karina.

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

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

It's right. That is a brilliant answer, I think, Karina. Let's see.

Oh, down it goes, down it goes, down it goes! 3!

Wow, Karina.

103 is your total. You are in with a chance.

Well done.

Well played, Karina.

Nominated a few times, but won it in 2002 for Gimme Gimme Gimme.

If you want a definition of the word "unease",

you just have to look at Steve's face.

-LAUGHTER

-Yup.

-It's a tester now.

-Now then, Steve, if you can score 96 or less...

-Yes.

..you're in the head-to-head.

I'm going to have a try.

I think Joanna Lumley.

-You're going to go for Joanna Lumley.

-Yes.

OK. Helen and Karina,

heroic effort there.

Whatever happens, no-one is going to take that away from you.

There is your red line.

If you get below that, you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Joanna Lumley. Is it right?

It's right! And you're in.

16 for Joanna Lumley.

Takes your total up to 22.

Sees you comfortably through to the head-to-head. Very well done.

Well played. Talk about holding your nerve.

She won in 1993 for her role as Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous.

Would you have a little guess on this one?

I'd go for Jessica Hynes, or Stevenson, as she used to be called.

-One point.

-Oh.

-Very good answer.

But there's a number of pointless answers.

Let's take a look at them.

Ashley Jensen, who won for Extras.

Brenda Blethyn, who won for her role in Outside Edge.

Emma Chambers, who also won for The Vicar Of Dibley,

would have been a terrific answer.

Jean Boht, who won for Bread.

Pauline McLynn won for Father Ted.

Rebecca Front won in 2012 for The Thick Of It.

And Ronni Ancona who won for her role in The Big Impression.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair heading home with their high score of 103

is Karina and Helen. And... Well, there you are.

You played extremely well. I'm so sorry we have to send you home.

That should have been a great round for you. But, yeah, not your fault.

-No.

-Thank you.

Been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

Karina and Helen!

APPLAUSE

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

Well, congratulations. Amber and Steve, Benny and Tom,

you are one step closer to the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

So, now we have to decide who is going to play for that money.

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

the difference being that you are now allowed to confer

before you give your answers, and the first player

to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

This could be very exciting. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play it.

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

Flower names. Richard.

We are going to show you five images now of flowers

whose names are also commonly used as girls' names.

Can you give us that name, please? Very best of luck.

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

We have...

There you are. Five flower names.

Amber and Steve, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

-Well...

-Well...

I think we will go for E

being a lily.

OK, E, lily, say Amber and Steve. E, Lily.

Now, Benny and Tom, in a funny way,

this sort of plays to your strengths, I'd like to think,

-being sort of rurally minded.

-You'd have thought so.

My mum is probably screaming at the TV right now.

She'll have been doing that all the way through, probably.

Benny and Tom, talk us through the board, if you can.

We are pretty sure that A is a rose,

and E we are pretty sure about.

It's just working on B, C or D.

We think A will be particularly high.

Benny, what shall we have a go for here?

-C.

-May as well.

We are going to go for C, as a hyacinth.

FAINT LAUGHTER

You remember I said this played to your strengths?

OK, you are going to say hyacinth for C.

OK, so, Amber and Steve have said E, Lily.

Let's see if that's right,

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

52.

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52. Now, Benny and Tom, for fun, have said that C is a hyacinth.

Let's see if it is.

No. I'm afraid it ain't a hyacinth,

which means, Amber and Steve,

after one question, you are up 1-0.

Sorry, Benny and Tom, we've got a party in from Harrow

and they were openly mocking you when they heard that!

Don't think I couldn't hear some of the things you were whispering there.

What do you think C is?

AUDIENCE: Petunia. Petunia, yeah.

-Of course it is!

-You're helpful now!

And that would have scored you 14 points.

It would have been a very good answer.

A - you are absolutely right, it was rose.

What do you think rose would have scored?

I hope that would score somewhere in the high 90s.

-97 points.

-There we go.

-Beautifully photographed, by the way.

-Thank you. Thank you much.

-People don't realise I do all the photography on the show myself.

-Yeah.

This sort of thing is fine, but when I have to do ancient monuments

and stuff and I have to go to Petra...

-Oh, that can be a bit tiring.

-Yeah.

-B? Do you know B?

Well, it's quite... No, is the short answer.

-Jasmine.

-Yeah.

Jasmine, for five points.

-I think I know what the other one is.

-What you think D is?

-I think it's a dahlia.

-It's not a dahlia, I'm afraid.

-Oh, no!

-It's a marigold.

-Oh, it's a marigold! There we go.

They've got marigolds in Harrow, right?

Marigolds would have scored 22 points.

OK, well, there we are. Um...

Amber and Steve, very well done.

Here comes your second question. Benny and Tom, you have to win this to stay in the game.

But you get to answer it first, so that is good. It concerns...

Yeah, 50 years ago.

We're going to give you five clues now to people

and events from somewhere in 1964.

Good luck.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Benny and Tom, feel free to confer.

THEY WHISPER

It's not Prince Charles.

OK, after a bit of conferring,

we have an idea about three of them,

so we are going to go for this

pirate radio station named

after JFK's daughter - Caroline.

Caroline, you're going to say.

Radio Caroline, say Benny and Tom.

Now, Amber and Steve, the board is all yours.

-Talk us through it.

-Would that we could!

The top one I don't think

either of us know.

I think probably the prince is Edward.

He seems like he's about 50.

Asian capital...could be New Delhi.

Probably it's Richard Burton...

Richard Burton married

Elizabeth Taylor more than once,

so it's quite a good option.

-Didn't they get married twice?

-Yeah.

But don't you think we should go...?

You think that's playing it safe

or do think Queen Elizabeth II?

I think Edward.

Yeah, I think we should do that.

So we are going to give Prince Edward.

Prince Edward, you are going to say.

So we have Prince Edward versus Radio Caroline.

Benny and Tom said Radio Caroline.

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

It's right.

It's a good answer.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

Now, Amber and Steve have said Prince Edward

was the prince Queen Elizabeth II gave birth to that year.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is how many people said Prince Edward.

It's right.

And it wins you the point! Very well done indeed.

-17 for Prince Edward.

-APPLAUSE

So...

Amber and Steve, that means you go straight through to the final.

Two-nil after only two questions.

Yeah, Radio Caroline is actually the highest answer on the board,

believe it or not.

28 points.

You were right about Richard Burton. Would have won you the point.

It's a bigger score, though. It would have scored you 27.

The Summer Olympic Games were held in Tokyo.

Lucky you didn't say New Delhi. That would have scored you 20.

And the best answer on the board, the American author, is Hemingway.

Would have scored you 5 points.

-Very well done if you got that at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Benny and Tom.

The good news, you get to come back. Had you gone through to the final that would have been it.

So we look forward to seeing you again next time.

Benny and Tom, maybe you can take it one step further.

But meantime, thanks very much, Benny and Tom.

APPLAUSE

But for Amber and Steve it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Amber and Steve.

You 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 £4,250.

APPLAUSE

Well, it's a clean sweep. A clean sweep.

A little bit dodgy on the flower names there.

I think you were a little bit worried that you might be underscored,

but, no, no, no, not with hyacinth.

You were fine.

Lovely low score in the first round,

lovely low score in the second round.

What would you like to come up in this last round,

just to complete the set?

-Food And Drink!

-Food would be very good.

-And we haven't had a sniff of that yet.

-No.

-French would be nice for you.

-Yeah.

-Maybe a film question would be all right.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Well, I suspect you're going to be pretty good on all of those things.

As always, you get to choose your category.

Here are the four you can choose from.

I think... Shall we have a go at Poetry?

We could try it.

Let's have a pop at Poetry.

At least we won't embarrass ourselves so much.

-It's less embarrassing to fail at poetry.

-I think so.

-We are going for Poetry.

-Poetry it is, Richard.

-Good luck.

Here are your three choices. I think there are gettable answers here.

The first one we are looking for,

any of the titles of Seamus Heaney's 12 full collections of poetry.

We are looking for any poet named in the index

of the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry,

so any poet in that book at all.

Or the names of the poems in the Nation's Favourite Poems.

That's a BBC poll, a book that came out in 1996.

So any of the poems in the Top 40 Nations Favourite Poems.

So, Seamus Heaney titles,

Romantic Poets or the Nations Top 40 Favourite Poems. Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win the jackpot is just one of those answers

to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-As we'll ever be.

-As we'll ever be.

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

Seamus Heaney, I only know

Death Of A Naturalist.

Is that a collection?

I don't know if it's a collection,

but that's all I know about Heaney.

-Do you know any more?

-Er...

-He maybe did one about...

-HE WHISPERS

OK, so that's a possible.

Let's park that.

Penguin New Book Of Romantic Poetry, Pablo Neruda, maybe?

Big romantic.

New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry,

I'm thinking Wordsworth, Keats...

Yeah, but NEW Romantic Poetry.

-There's bound to be more modern ones.

-You think so?

-Yeah! For sure!

-I was just thinking the Romantics were...

-It's just romantic poetry,

it's not the Romantic Poets.

It is the Romantic Poets.

-Oh, right.

-So it would be Shelley,

-Keats...

-Right, the biggies.

-Yeah.

So it could be Coleridge.

I think he fits into the Romantics.

In between the opium.

The Nation's Favourite Poems.

-Ten seconds left.

-Jabberwocky...

-Jabberwocky could be in there.

-That's not bad.

-Could be in there.

Ode To Autumn?

-Could be in there.

-Yeah.

That is your time up, I'm afraid.

I now need your three answers.

We are going for Jabberwocky in the Top 40.

We'll go for Ode To Autumn in the Favourite Poems.

-In the Top 40.

-And shall we go for Coleridge?

-Let's go for Coleridge.

-We did that Coleridge walk.

-We did the Coleridge walk.

Let's just go for Coleridge.

-You never know.

-We'll go for Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the Romantics.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry. OK.

Of those three which do you think is the best shot at a pointless answer?

I think maybe... Shall we say Jabberwocky as the most likely?

-Most likely to be pointless?

-Most likely to be pointless.

-OK.

Let's put Jabberwocky last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Is Coleridge.

-Coleridge, we'll put him first.

And we'll put Ode To Autumn in the middle.

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

We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

In this instance we were looking for people included in

the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry.

Now, let's say one of these answers is right and it is pointless,

what would you do with your jackpot winnings. Amber?

I think it has to be a holiday, really.

My brother has just got back from a skiing holiday with the kids

and I'd love to take ours.

They are a bit young, they're one and two, but, yeah,

give it a year or so.

-Perfect.

-That would be fantastic.

-Nice low centre of gravity.

-Exactly!

-Easy to learn.

-Won't hurt when they fall.

-Exactly.

Steve?

Amber and I meet up to watch the Grand National together every year

and I'd said if it was £1,000, why don't we stick it all on a horse?

But it is a little bit too much money to do that,

so I think I'd like to go on holiday somewhere nice,

and maybe buy some hyacinths as well as a little celebration.

-Fill my flat with hyacinths!

-Perfect.

Well, best of luck. Samuel Taylor Coleridge,

your least confident shot at a pointless answer,

but who knows? Anything can happen in the final round.

Let us find out if he is indeed included in

the New Penguin Book Of Romantic Poetry.

If he is and it is pointless, you win the jackpot,

so, for £4,250, let's see how many people said Coleridge.

It's right, he is in there.

Unsurprisingly, I suppose. But let's see how many people said him.

He's going down through the 20s,

down through the teens into single figures.

-2!

-CHEERING

What a brilliant first answer!

APPLAUSE

Wow.

This is looking good. So, 2 for Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but still very reassuring.

Your next answer was Ode To Autumn.

We were looking for the Nation's Top 40 Favourite Poems.

Let's find out if it is in there.

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

Let's see how many people said Ode To Autumn.

It's right.

Your first answer, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,

took us all the way down to two.

Ode To Autumn now taking us down through into single figures.,

You've done it!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed!

That is fantastic. Very well done.

-Perfect.

-Thank you!

-Brilliant.

Wow.

Congratulations!

Ode To Autumn is a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £4,250.

Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

That's brilliant, Amber and Steve, well done.

You've aced every single round.

And you did exactly the right thing there, went for something

you knew a bit about that other people don't know much about.

And if other people did that we'd see more jackpots.

Absolutely the right thing to do.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers on all the categories.

For the Seamus Heaney one, you were going to go for Death Of A Naturalist.

-It would have scored you 1 point.

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

Only two Heaney things scored any points at all -

Death Of A Naturalist and Human Chain.

Every single other one of those 12 collections was pointless.

Let's take a look at a few of them.

All those other ones, apart from the two I mentioned also pointless,

so well done if you said any of them.

If they could have got some of the Romantic Poets...

Well done if you said any of those. All pointless answers.

And the Nations Top 40 Favourite Poems.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, you could have had.

Dylan Thomas. Grey's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard.

Another Keats ode there, Ode To A Nightingale.

And Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day, William Shakespeare.

Very well played. That's a terrific answer. You've been brilliant from start to finish.

-Thank you!

-Thanks very much indeed.

Thanks once again to our winning pair,

to Amber and Steve, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,250.

APPLAUSE

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.