Episode 27 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where we are always striving to find

the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Mike, I live in Bath.

And this is my sister, Sally,

who lives near Peterborough.

Couple number two.

I'm Lesley and this is my friend, Sharon,

and we're also from Bath.

Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Glyn. This is my best mate, Andy.

And we're both from Bognor Regis.

And couple number four.

Hello, I'm Denise and this is my daughter, Fiona,

and we're from Oldham.

-And these are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

Thanks very much,

we'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

The Optimus Prime of facts,

transforming the way our contestants think.

And blowing up a lot of stuff

in the process.

It's my Pointless friend,

it's Richard.

Hiya.

Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

Slash early evening.

Yeah, that.

-How are you?

-Good.

I'm really well, thank you.

Excellent.

We've got one returning pair from last time,

on podium four now, Fiona and Denise.

They were on podium one last time, podium four now.

Got through to Round Two.

Fiona did terrifically,

her mum let her down slightly.

-Only slightly.

-But she had it in the tank, Denise had it.

She had a good answer, didn't she?

She had a good answer but remembered it far too late, unfortunately.

That's the perils of the first podium to answer, always.

But podium four, she should be amazing.

She's going to be a knockout there.

Plenty of thinking time there, surely.

Should be a great show,

we had the two Marks yesterday,

who cut a swathe through the whole show.

They were unbelievably good throughout every round

until the jackpot, and then they were -

you'll be glad to hear -

they were less impressive

in the jackpot.

Um, well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people

before the show,

our contestants are looking for

the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Well, the Marks T and S

didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot

starts off at £2,500.

Right, if everyone's ready,

let's play Pointless.

Just one thing for you to remember

and that is that the pair

with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

TV Sci Fi.

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first.

Lesley looking so unimpressed!

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 actors

in Doctor Who Christmas specials

as they could.

Actors in Doctor Who Christmas specials.

Richard.

Yeah, it's now, a tradition for BBC One

to have a Doctor Who Christmas special, on Christmas Day.

We're looking for anyone

who has been credited

with performing in one of those

between 2005 and 2013.

Name any actor

who has appeared in any of those

Doctor Who Christmas specials, please,

according to IMDB.

Thanks very much indeed.

Sally, warm welcome.

-Thank you.

-Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Sally?

-Thank you.

I'm a group fitness instructor.

I teach exercise classes,

a variety of exercise classes,

in the community and at a local gym.

Good, so, what's your favourite exercise class?

Ooh, um, I teach...

-Is it a 'dance-a-cise'?

-No.

A 'jazz-aerobics'?

It used to be

a lot of jumping around.

These days, it's more

freestyle fitness yoga

and fitness Pilates.

I see, OK.

And what do you like doing when you're not doing that?

I'm a keen gardener

and an allotmenteer.

Oh, you're an allotmenteer?

-An allotmenteer, yes.

-Wow.

We have an allotment,

my husband and I.

I like 'allotmenteering'.

That's the first time I've heard that, allotmenteer.

-Allotmenteer, yeah.

-Well, perfect, good, good.

I play a bit of golf,

like reading, love the mountains,

so I go skiing and, um,

-trekking.

-Excellent.

-..in far away places, if I can.

I imagine, with all that fitness,

you must be, A - super fit,

but skiing's got to be a doddle for you.

Well, I wish,

but it's perhaps a bit easier

for me than some others.

Now then, Sally,

Doctor Who.

I have never watched

a Doctor Who Christmas special.

So this is a really bad category

for me.

So I will just go with

somebody I know is Doctor Who,

which is Richard Tennant.

"Richard Tennant," says Sally.

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

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

Ooh, I'm sorry, Sally.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum

of 100 points, I'm sorry.

OK.

Yeah, sorry, that sound you're hearing

is millions of Whovians

screaming at their television set now, I'm afraid. He's... LAUGHTER

Yeah, not Doctor Who, Richard Tennant.

Now, Sharon.

Welcome to the show,

-good to have you here. From Bath?

-Yes.

What do you do Sharon?

I'm a carer for my elderly parents.

And what do you do...? Does that give you much time off?

I imagine that's fairly full-time?

It's fairly full-time because

-they're very elderly.

-Yes.

But I have two dogs

and other than that, really, I don't get a lot of chance

to do anything.

I'm having a holiday now.

You're having a holiday now?

Well, I'm hoping the thing

you were really wanting to happen

on your holiday was a round about Doctor Who.

-Not exactly, no.

-Ah.

-OK, well, all holidays have a hiccup, don't they?

-They do, yeah.

Usually in the early stages.

Um, here's yours.

Do you think you might have

some sort of answer for this?

Well, I'm just going to pick

an actor that I know

he's done several roles,

and I'm going to say Edward Fox.

Edward Fox, OK.

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

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

Nooo, I'm sorry.

Another incorrect answer.

-It's going very well.

-It really is. LAUGHTER

Terrific stuff so far, isn't it?

100 points there, Sharon, I'm sorry.

There will be Doctor Who fans out there,

they'll all be switching over,

-they'll be furious.

-Hm.

..beyond words about this.

-This is like...

-Edward Fox though...

This is like, to us,

people not knowing who's in One Direction.

Yeah, exactly.

It's that sort of thing.

-As if we wouldn't know that.

-LAUGHTER

RICHARD AND ALEXANDER SIGH

Now, Andy, welcome to the show.

Good to have you here.

Andy, what do you do?

Um, I am at college at the moment,

studying electrical installations.

And when you're not studying,

what do you get up to?

Um, bar. I'm a barman as well.

-Very good.

-But also,

I'm in a band with Glyn.

Oh, you're in a band with Glyn?

-Yeah.

-What's the band?

It's, uh...

interesting.

It's a...

It's a pop punk alternative,

-kind of...

-Pop punk...

Yeah, movie soundtrack, kind of...

Pop punk alt.

-Yeah, bet that's fun?

-Yeah.

Do you do covers or do you...do you write your own...?

No, we've written all of our own stuff at the moment,

we haven't had any gigs yet, but our first one's a wedding.

-Oooh.

-Yeah.

Wow.

I always wondered why people fight at weddings.

Yeah, that's going to be the main reason, yeah.

No. So, Andy, that's fun,

that's good. When's it coming up? How long till the...?

Next month, I think.

-Have you rehearsed a lot?

-Yeah, we have.

-You've got a good schedule?

-Not so much in the past couple of months.

OK. What do you play?

I play guitar and I sing.

OK, good stuff.

Now then, Doctor Who.

-Yeah.

-It hasn't been...

I'm going to be perfectly honest,

it hasn't been an unqualified success,

-so far.

-Oh, really? OK.

Well, I'm not that fantastic

at Doctor Who either.

So I'm going to have more angry people.

But I am going to

come up with an answer

from someone,

I'm going to say Catherine Tate.

"Catherine Tate," says Andy. Let's see how many people

said Catherine Tate. Thank you, Andy.

It's right.

-31.

-APPLAUSE

31 for Catherine Tate.

Hooray. Yeah, she played

Donna Noble in 2006 and 2009.

Indeed. Now, Fiona.

-Welcome back.

-Hello.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Fiona.

I'm a law student at Oxford.

And remind us

what you like getting up to

when you're not doing that.

Love going to the theatre,

bit like my mum - big musical buffs.

So any time we can go and see

a musical, we will do.

-Now, Doctor Who.

-Yeah.

It's not looking great

-from the outset.

-Not great.

Never seen Doctor Who.

Despite having a friend, who

can't understand why.

But I was a big ER fan...

..and, I think, she was in Doctor Who.

And I'm hoping she was in a Christmas special,

I'm going to go with Alex Kingston.

Alex Kingston, says Fiona.

Alex Kingston. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how may people said Alex Kingston.

It's not looking good.

Oh, Fiona, it's looking great for Andy and Glyn,

-I can tell you that much.

-LAUGHTER

Oh, dear. Not Alex Kingston,

I'm afraid. Another 100 point score.

That's a good wrong answer though,

cos she has been quite a major character in Doctor Who, hasn't she?

River Song. But she wasn't in any of the Christmas specials, I'm afraid.

-Why?

-LAUGHTER

-Why?

-Yes.

Hold on, let me ring up...

let me ring up Doctor Who, shall I? And ask.

No, I won't ring up Doctor Who

because he's probably busy.

They are, right now, they will be.

-I know they are.

-Yeah,

I would have thought that was a correct answer, but it's not.

Sadly not. Well, thanks very much,

we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Only two scores between the four teams.

-31 the best, Andy and Glyn.

-ALEXANDER SIGHS

I'm going to predict you're going to be in Round Two.

That's my prediction.

Then, otherwise,

it's going to be between Denise,

Lesley and Mike

to see who stays and who goes.

Lesley, I'm remembering that look

you gave me,

when I announced TV Sci Fi

as a category.

All I'm going to say is, good luck.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so we're looking for anyone

who has received a credit

for appearing on a Christmas Day episode of Doctor Who

since 2005.

-Denise, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, remind us about yourself, Denise.

I'm a customer adviser

for a well-known bank.

Indeed. And when not doing that?

Again, like Fiona said,

-we love going to the theatre.

-The theatre.

Restaurants, we love restaurants.

-Very good.

-My husband's a great cook, so...

-We enjoy...

-So food plays a big part?

Does he try and copy the things

that you eat in restaurants?

-Does he...?

-Yes, yes, he does.

-Does he think, "Ooh, I'll be doing that"?

-He's a good cook.

Very good.

Now, you're on 100.

-Yes.

-Like two other pairs.

We need a low score from you.

The only actor that I know

that's played Doctor Who

is David Tennant.

David Tennant.

OK, no red line for you,

you're joint high scorers. Let's see how many of our 100 people

said David Tennant.

It's right.

-61.

-APPLAUSE

-That's not bad, Denise.

-At least it's right.

It might be enough to keep you in the game,

we will discover. But 161's your total.

Yeah, David Tennant was of course Doctor Who.

Famously he got it,

he picked up a phone call at home.

And the phone call was supposed to be

for his brother, Richard,

who was supposed to go for it. LAUGHTER

But he went for the audition

and the rest is history.

Thanks very much. Now, Glyn.

Hello.

Here's the good news.

I'm going to give you that right away.

You're in Round Two.

Even if you score 100 points,

you are in Round Two.

Glyn, welcome to the show.

What do you do?

I run a wine shop in Bognor.

Oh, now, that's fun.

Part of a chain of wine shops?

Yeah, a small independent chain.

A small independent chain.

And which department do you look after?

-All of it, the whole shop.

-It's yours?

-It's my shop.

Oh, that's very nice.

So you decide what you stock?

Yes, I can do, yeah.

Get all my particular favourites in.

Now, Glyn, hmm.

31 you're on,

doesn't matter what you score, but

-I bet you've got a good answer.

-Well, I am one

of these Whovians that you mentioned, actually.

-There we are.

-So, I'm thinking,

as we are through anyway, I might take,

-I don't think it's a risk, it might be a bit of a risk.

-Take a risk.

Try and take the total up.

Um, so I'm going to say

an actor, who I'm a very big fan of,

called Alexander Armstrong.

Oh, now, listen to that.

Oh, thank you, Glyn.

-Well, you've as good as won.

-LAUGHTER

Alexander Armstrong, you're going to say.

Let's see, no red line for you as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

Look at that! Very well done, Glyn.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to £2,750.

It scores you nothing,

it leaves you with a total of 31

and earns you my eternal respect

-and admiration.

-LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Glyn.

Well done, Glyn.

I can't believe nobody else picked up on your

endless clues of "They have very good people in it, you know.

"It's amazing. So many people fighting to be in it."

-It's extraordinary.

-Yeah.

Alexander Armstrong,

the English actor and comedian,

was in the 2011 episode.

He played the back-end of a horse. LAUGHTER

You didn't play the back-end. You were rather good in it, actually.

That was one of my favourite Christmas episodes.

-It was a good one.

-You were like an airman, weren't you?

-Yeah.

-You were very good in it.

-Thank you.

Now, Lesley.

Lesley, welcome to the show.

What do you do, Lesley?

I'm retired, but I also do a bit of computer training one-to-one

-with people of my age.

-Oh, that's good.

Who've got lumbered with laptops and have no idea how to use them,

so I go and help them out with e-mail and Skype and...

That's just a brilliant idea.

Oh, what a nice way to learn.

And how on earth did you and Sharon come together?

How did you meet?

Well, we both belong to a social club in Bath

and I was the secretary

and Sharon used to write complaint

letters on behalf of most of the members

and I used the have to deal with

the letters at committee meetings.

And you became friends? I think that's nice.

It was either become enemies or friends

and I thought, "She's good, I'll be her friend."

So, Lesley, Doctor Who.

-Not good.

-Now, you have a target here - 161.

You have to score 60 or less.

Well,

I've never watched a Christmas special

and the only one I knew was David Tennant, and he's gone.

So there's two names I've got,

and I don't know if I've made one up.

But I'm going to think, maybe, Billie Piper.

Billie Piper, says Lesley.

There's your red line.

If you can get below that with Billie Piper, you are in Round Two.

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

It's right.

-And you're in Round Two.

-Oh, wow.

-Very well done, Lesley.

-APPLAUSE

-No complaints there.

37. 137 is your total.

I didn't expect that.

Yeah, Rose Tyler, of course,

played by Billie Piper.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, Mike, welcome to the show, great to have you here.

What do you do, Mike?

I'm elected official of the National Union Of Teachers.

Very good indeed. When you're not involved...

I imagine that must take up a lot of your time and energy.

Well, it's only a part-time job, but it does take up

-most of the time, yes.

-Yeah, I should think so.

But, you have all sorts of other interests as well.

I happen to know you're a DJ.

I love DJing, yes.

I don't do it so much these days,

but I have done quite a bit in the past.

I still do it occasionally.

And, just to give us some sort of idea,

-what's the biggest stage you've played?

-Well, I suppose

the biggest stage I ever played

was at Glastonbury in 2008,

which was one of my great ambitions.

Yeah, I see. Where else do you go after that? Ibiza? Probably.

I haven't gone anywhere else after that.

Put your feet up I should think.

Anyway, listen, there you are. You're on 100.

The high scorers, at the moment, on 161 are Denise and Fiona.

60 less is what we require from you,

unless we have to say goodbye. I think you're

going to know something here, Mike. You've got some good answers.

I can remember watching one a few years ago,

and I think my answer will be

Kylie Minogue.

Kylie Minogue.

There is your red line.

If Kylie gets you below that red line,

you are in the second round.

Sally is looking perplexed by this.

SALLY BREATHES DEEPLY

Let's see if Kylie Minogue's right and how many of our people said it.

It's right.

You're in round two, very well done, Mike.

Phew!

-22.

-Well done!

122.

Well done, Mike.

Well played, Mike, yeah, Kylie Minogue. The DJ's friend.

She played Astrid, which is an anagram of TARDIS.

There's quite a few pointless answers alongside Alexander Armstrong.

A few of the one pointers for Whovians out there.

Geoffrey Palmer, Bill Bailey, Russell Tovey would've scored you one.

Timothy Dalton, your favourite Bond, would've scored one point.

You'd have got one for Dervla Kerwin and Claire Bloom,

but let's take a look at some pointless answers.

You could have had the comedian and actress Arabella Weir.

Dan Starkey, the brilliant David Harewood.

Also in Homeland and many other things, David Harewood.

June Whitfield was a pointless answer.

The Phonejacker Kayvan Novak was a pointless answer.

Neve McIntosh.

Also could have had Nicholas Briggs,

Nicholas Witchel played himself, Orla Brady.

You could have had the brilliant Sean Gilder,

Brian Cox was a pointless answer. Clive Swift,

Tessa Peake Jones as well, all of those pointless.

Let's take a look at our top three answers,

we've heard two of them already.

Billie Piper, of course, 37, and then, the other Doctor Who

who's been in this recent one, Matt Smith,

and he would have scored you 38 there, just beats Billie Piper

and David Tennant at the top on 61.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the pair who are heading home with our high score of 161,

Denise and Fiona. I'm sorry.

At least it was my fault this time.

-Well, there's a symmetry in that, I guess.

-We've evened it out.

But, oh, I'm sorry all the same.

I thought you were going to go all the way through to the final.

Well, it's been lovely having you on both shows, albeit briefly,

but thanks for playing. Denise and Fiona.

BOTH: Thank you.

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

So, we're down to three pairs. At the end of this round,

we have to say goodbye to another pair.

Anyway, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today...

It's Art.

All decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Famous Artists And Their First Names.

Simply going to show you the surnames of some famous artists.

Tell us their first name, or the name by which they are

most commonly known. Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, we're looking for the first names

by which these famous artists were known

and here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all again.

Mike.

Yes, it's not too bad

a board for me. I think I know...

definitely know four.

Possibly five,

but one might be a bit of a gamble.

But I'm going to go with

-Antony Gormley.

-"Antony Gormley," says Mike.

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

Antony for Gormley.

It's right.

16.

-16. For Gormley.

-Well played again, Mike.

Yes, Antony Gormley, he's now, of course,

probably most famously sculpted the Angel Of The North.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Lesley.

Well, I don't know any of those first names.

I recognise all the second names,

obviously, but I have no idea.

I'm just going to take

a complete guess

and say John Gainsborough.

"John Gainsborough," says Leslie. Let's see if John Gainsborough

is right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said that.

Oh, I'm sorry, Lesley, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yes, sorry, John Gainsborough is actually Richard Tennant's

great, great, great grandfather.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Thanks very much, indeed.

Now, Andy, you're the last person to have this board.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to fill in the bits for us?

Unlike Lesley, I don't know any of

these last names either, really,

so...

I think the first names I'm just

going to have to have a punt at.

-OK.

-I'm going to say...

..Peter Gainsborough.

-Peter Gainsborough?

-Why not.

-Sounds...

I think that's my old teacher, but I could be... Could work.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Now, let's see if Peter Gainsborough is right and if it is let's see

how many of our 100 people said Peter Gainsborough.

No, I'm afraid it's not Peter Gainsborough either.

That scores you 100 points.

He was amazing in Genesis, wasn't he?

-Peter Gainsborough.

-Yeah.

Now, let's clear up Gainsborough's name, he's called Thomas.

The great Thomas Gainsborough. 13 points.

If we'd had, like, 400 contestants, we'd have got there eventually.

Now, John is a correct answer, but not for Gainsborough,

for Constable, yeah.

John Constable would have scored you 52 points.

Degas...is Edgar.

Good scorer, would have scored you 6. We'll go down to the bottom now.

Pollock, it's Jackson Pollock, of course.

-CONTESTANTS:

-Jackson. Oh, of course.

-38.

And the best answer on the board,

the winner of the 2013 Turner prize, in fact, is Laure Prouvost, and that

would have scored you 1 point. Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard. Well, we're halfway through

the round, let's take a look at those scores.

16, Mike, well done. Good score there.

Looking very strong at this point, I would say,

because then we go up to 100, where we find Lesley and Sharon

and Andy and Glyn. So Sharon and Glyn,

it's between the pair of you.

But, Glyn, you get first dibs on the board, so use that well.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players

please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Glyn, remember, we're looking for

the first names of these artists,

you're going to try and find the one

you think the fewest of our 100

people knew. It's quite hard,

actually, isn't it?

Yeah, I think I know three because

I... I think I'll just try and get

the lowest score, and

I'm pretty certain...

I think it's Edvard Munch.

"Edvard Munch," says Glyn.

OK, well, no red line for you as you are the joint highest scorers,

but let's see if Edvard Munch is right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right, Glyn.

-That's a great score, well done.

-APPLAUSE

17. 117, your total.

Very good answer, yeah, his most famous work is The Scream.

He produced four versions of it, two in paint, two in pastel.

And one of the pastel ones was sold in 2012 for 120 million.

-One of them got nicked as well.

-One got nicked. Was it found?

Uh...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-Um... Sharon, now, Sharon, you have a job here.

-I do.

You have a job to do. 16 or less.

I knew...I knew Edvard Munch

but I don't know some of the others.

Um... I know a couple of them.

I'm trying to work out which one

would be the lowest scorer.

Or I might just take a punt at one.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-I think I'm going to go for Cezanne,

I'll say...that it's Paolo Cezanne.

Paolo Cezanne. Here's your red line.

Let's see if Paolo Cezanne gets you below that.

Oh, I'm sorry, Sharon, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, sorry, Sharon, we're not having an awful lot of luck with first names

on today's show. I'll give you the correct answer

at the end of the pass.

Thanks very much. Now then, Sally.

-Sally, this board's all yours.

-Um...

Do you want to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks?

All the ones you can.

Well, I only know two for definite,

and one's gone.

I thought it was PAUL Cezanne,

but I'm not sure.

-So I'm going to say Claude Monet.

-"Claude Monet," says Sally.

You're already through, no red line for you, but let's see

how many people said Claude Monet.

It's right.

-49.

-APPLAUSE

65 is your total. Well done, Sally.

Yeah, you're right about Cezanne as well, it was Paul Cezanne,

would have been a better score - would have scored you 20 points.

-How are you on the rest of these?

-I think I'm OK apart from Sisley.

-Ah, good. Well, Magritte?

-Rene?

-Rene Magritte, yeah.

-Would have scored you 13. Kahlo?

-Frida.

-Frida Kahlo, yeah.

Would have scored you 12. And this is an English painter

but spent most of his life in France. It's Alfred Sisley.

Would have scored you 2 points, so terrific answer.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

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

with a high score of 200, I'm sorry, Sharon and Lesley.

Oh, you were nearly there.

You just had the, sort of, wrong nationality, I think, with Paolo.

-I think so, yeah.

-I mean, sometimes, there's a, sort of, there's a...

there's a degree of margin we can allow on that,

-but I think Paolo... It's a whole extra syllable, Sharon.

-It is, yes.

I'm afraid.

And I'm afraid, yes, you've got a couple of extra syllables

-on the end of your score there as well.

-Oh, yes, definitely.

-Yeah.

But we will...we will look forward to seeing you again next time.

I'm sure you'll do even better.

But, Sharon and Lesley, thanks very much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Glyn and Andy, Mike and Sally,

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

for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

So we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot. To do that,

you're now going to go head-to-head. Of course, the difference is you're

now allowed to confer before you give your answers.

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

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

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

Silhouettes, Richard.

We're going to show you five silhouettes, now, of famous people.

You just need to tell us who that famous person is, please.

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

We've got...

OK, there we are. Five silhouettes of famous people. Glyn and Andy,

you've scored lowest throughout the show so far, so you will go first.

Do you know C?

What are we thinking?

Right, um... We think...

We knew four of them, but we're just

trying to think of the lowest

out of those. We think we're going

to go for A is Andy Murray.

"A, Andy Murray," say Glynn and Andy. A, Andy Murray.

Now, Mike and Sally, over to you. Talk us through

the rest of the board.

Um, well we knew A was Andy Murray,

we think B is Elvis Presley,

D is Tiger Woods and

E is Barack Obama, but...

I'm going to take a bit of a punt,

C is...

I think it might be Rowan Atkinson.

OK, "Rowan Atkinson," say Mike and Sally.

Glyn and Andy have said that A is Andy Murray. Let's see

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

It's absolutely right.

-39 for Andy Murray, well done.

-APPLAUSE

Now, Mike and Sally have said that they think C is Rowan Atkinson.

Let's see if C is Rowan Atkinson, let's see how money people said it.

No, not Rowan Atkinson as it turns out, which means

Glynn and Andy, after one question, you're up 1-0, very well done.

Well played, Glyn and Andy. Now, B, you're right, was Elvis Presley.

You know who I thought that might have been?

Would have one you the point as well. 34. Who did you think it was?

Oh, well, it could have been Tony Hadley, I thought.

Yeah, little bit.

-34 for that. Now, C...

-Oh.

-Which Bond do you think that is?

Well...is it a Bond? I thought that was Alan Titchmarsh.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-It is Alan Titchmarsh, five points, as well.

-Oh, it is Alan Titchmarsh?

-Ohh, phew.

-Very well done. And it would have scored you five points.

So it would have been a very good answer.

D is Tiger Woods, very big scorer.

I tell you what, look at that gathering storm there, he is...

he is being reckless there.

Yeah, he really is. Well, golfers quite often get hit by lightning.

-Lee Trevino was struck by lightning twice.

-You can see why.

85 points for that. It's an old golfing joke, but Lee Trevino

would always take a one iron out in a lightning storm.

He said, "Even God can't hit a one iron."

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

And E is Barack Obama, and it would have scored you 67 points.

Thanks very much, indeed. Now, here comes question number two,

Mike and Sally. You need to win it to stay in the game so good luck.

It concerns...

The Rolling Stones, Richard.

Just going to show you five clues, now, to facts about

The Rolling Stones and their members.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues to facts

about The Rolling Stones, and here they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about

The Rolling Stones.

OK, Mike and Sally?

Do you know where they met? The station?

No, the only one I know

is Ruby Tuesday and Glastonbury.

Yeah, and Charlie Watts... Yes.

Um, we think we know...

Well, we definitely know three.

Unsure about the other one,

but I think we're going to go

for the top answer, which is Tuesday.

"Tuesday," say Mike and Sally. Tuesday.

Now, Glyn and Andy, do you fancy talking us

through the rest of the board?

Well, we were going to go for

the top one. We thought it could be

a good one, but... I can't remember

the title of the recent...

There's loads of compilations

of Rolling Stones, I can't remember

the 2012...2012 one.

Glastonbury is the festival.

Don't know the station, but we think

we'll go for the drummer, yeah?

Yeah.

-Um, Charlie Watts.

-"Charlie Watts," say Glyn and Andy.

So, we have Tuesday versus Charlie Watts.

Now, Mike and Sally said Tuesday, 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.

-APPLAUSE

-23.

-GLYN AND ANDY: Well done. SALLY:

-Thank you.

OK, and Glyn and Andy have gone for Charlie Watts, the drummer.

Let's see if that's right and if it is let's see how many of our

100 people said Charlie Watts.

It's right.

It's got to beat 23, though.

Ooh, which it does, look at that.

-Charlie Watts, down at 16.

-APPLAUSE

Good work, Glyn and Andy.

That means, after only two questions, you are straight

through to the final. 2-0.

Very well played, Glyn and Andy, especially as you would've gone

for the top one as well. That is Ruby Tuesday.

There's a couple of answers that would have beaten it.

The second one would have beaten it. The greatest hits compilation

-was called GRRR!

-GRRR.

That would have scored you 2 points.

The UK Festival wouldn't have beaten it, that was Glastonbury.

Would have scored you 50.

Now, Mike and Sally, if you had to have a guess for the railway

station, what would you have gone for?

We were thinking somewhere in the South East,

like Dartford or Chatham, somewhere like that.

Well, they met on platform two

of Dartford Station. AUDIENCE: Ohhh.

And it was a pointless answer, as well.

-Ohh.

-AUDIENCE: Ohhh.

-What about that?

-Yeah.

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

I'm afraid, is Mike and Sally.

A perfectly good performance right the way throughout the show.

Got you into the head-to-head round. But, yeah, Glyn and Andy, I think

the advantage of going first for them in that first silhouette round.

You nearly could have got that back with Dartford, just didn't quite

have the courage to go for it. We will see you again next time,

and I'm sure you'll go as far if not further. But it's been great

having you on the show. Thanks so much, Mike and Sally.

-Thank you. Well done, guys.

-APPLAUSE

But for Glyn and Andy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Glyn and Andy, you've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at...

OK, well, as always, you get to choose your category.

Here are the four options you can choose from, and we've got...

Right. Oh, yeah...

It has to be '74 then, hasn't it, 1974?

Yeah, it could be...it could be...hopefully if it's...

Yeah, yeah, we have to do that. Yeah, the year 1974...

We're hoping if it has films or something in it or music.

-You're going to go 1974?

-Yeah, 1974.

-OK, 1974 it is, Richard.

OK, very, very best of luck, three very different questions here.

Hopefully, one of them will suit you.

We are looking for any player who scored a goal in the 1974

FIFA World Cup championship in West Germany, so anyone according

to the FIFA website who scored a goal during that whole tournament.

We are looking for any member

of either of Harold Wilson's 1974 cabinets - he was elected

twice in that year. So any members of either of those cabinets.

Or we're looking for any act or artist

who had a UK number one single in 1974.

So, World Cup goal-scorers,

members of the Cabinet or UK number one singles in 1974.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, now, as always, you've got 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?

-Yeah.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-OK, well it's going to be...

-I don't know any of them, so...

UK number one singles.

Think of bands from around 1974.

Like maybe like...

Obviously Elton John, Queen, things like that, Roxy Music.

Don't know if Genesis would've had number one around then.

-Let's not talk about Genesis.

-More pop sort of acts.

Mike Edmonds was around then?

'73, '74.

The Sweet.

-Stuff like that.

-Yeah, I know.

GLYN WHISPERS

I'm trying to think of big albums I've got.

-FIFA World Cup scorers?

-I don't know any, no.

I couldn't guess any.

No, I think the music one's the best.

Yeah, so we've already got, ourselves about two, do you reckon?

-Yeah.

-Ten seconds left.

It's think Mike Edmonds...

Roxy Music, maybe.

The Sweet...

OK, that's your time up.

Let's have your three answers.

Right, erm...

-I'd say Mike Edmonds.

-Mike Edmonds.

-Erm... The Sweet.

-The Sweet.

-And Roxy Music.

-And Roxy Music.

And these are all 1974 UK number ones?

Yes, oh, sorry, yes, they are, yes.

Of those three, best shot at a pointless answer?

-Prrrh.

-Mike Edmonds?

Mike Edmonds. I love the way Andy went, "Prrrh!"

-I'm just here to look good, you know.

-Mike Edmonds we'll pop last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-BOTH: Roxy Music.

-Roxy Music. We'll put The Sweet in the middle.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order,

and here they are.

We've got Roxy Music, The Sweet, Mike Edmonds.

Very, very best of luck.

Three, bit of a punt in each case,

but perfectly good. Very reasonable assumption

to think that one of those might have been number one in 1974.

Now, remember, only one of them has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot.

£2,750, it's not a terrible jackpot.

What would you do if you won that, Glyn?

It might be nice to put it towards something to do with our band.

Do some, like, recordings

and things like that

or a little trip to New York. Something like that, maybe.

Very nice.

Andy?

Well, my girlfriend lived in France for 16 years

and she lives in England now

and really misses it, so

I'd like to take her back for a bit.

Not leave her there, but go with her.

LAUGHTER

You know, if she'd come over from Brazil,

that would be a really generous thing to do.

From France, well, OK, yes, that's nice. Take her back to France.

But bring her back, of course.

Now, OK. Roxy Music was your least confident answer,

or the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

Let's find out if it's right.

Did they have a UK number one in 1974,

and if they did, how many people said it?

For £2,750.

No.

Not Roxy Music. Not at number one.

Not in that year, sadly, so only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was The Sweet.

Again, perfectly reasonable answer.

Let's find out.

Were they number one in 1974?

How many people said it? For £2,750.

No!

OK, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which was Mike Edmonds.

It has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for you to win a jackpot for 2,750 quid.

How many people said Mike Edmonds? Is it pointless?

No! I'm sorry.

Three perfectly good answers,

but I'm afraid three incorrect answers, though.

You didn't find a pointless answer, which means

you don't win today's jackpot of 2,750 quid.

That rolls over onto the next show, but it's been great

having you on the show. You've done so well all the way throughout.

Only one appearance on Pointless as well,

but 2-0 in the head-to-head, there's no arguing with that,

and you get a Pointless trophy to take home, so

it hasn't all been in vain. Very, very well done.

Well played, guys. Roxy Music only ever had

one a number one, that was Jealous Guy in 1981.

The Sweet was a better answer.

They did have a number two hit in 1974, Teenage Rampage.

They also had a number one the year before with Blockbuster.

I don't think they would have been pointless,

looking at some of the people here. And Mike Edmonds...

I think you were maybe thinking of Dave Edmonds,

who didn't have a hit there.

He was number one when I was born, in 1970,

but no number ones in 1974.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers.

I suspect people would have done well

on this first category, the goal-scorers.

Fabio Capello, who went on to manage England,

scored for Italy in that World Cup.

Lato of Poland was the top scorer in the whole tournament, seven goals.

Deyna, from Poland, was also a pointless answer.

Jairzinho. Also could have had Rivellino for Brazil.

Joe Jordan was pointless. Well done if you said that.

Peter Lorimer also a pointless answer.

Also, some of the big German players, Breitner, Bonhof,

Hoeness and Overath, all of those were pointless answers.

My favourite name here is the Argentinian Carlos Babington.

If you said Carlos Babington, very well done, I doff my cap.

Let's take a look at Harold Wilson's Cabinet.

Anthony Crosland, Fred Peart.

You could've had Peter Shore, you could've had Roy Mason as well.

Let's take a look at these number ones next.

This is the category you went with.

Barry White would have been a pointless answer.

Carl Douglas had a number one with Kung Fu Fighting in 1974,

if you don't recognise the name.

Charles Aznavour, Suzi Quatro, who had Devil Gate Drive that year.

You also could have hard John Denver, Annie's Song.

You could have had Ken Boothe, who sang Everything I Own.

You could've had Paper Lace, Billy Don't Be A Hero.

Ray Stevens, who had another novelty hit with The Streak.

And The Rubettes, Sugar, Baby, Love. That was a number one in that year.

As I say, I don't think The Sweet... There's one point for George McCrae,

Three Degrees, Alvin Stardust, Sweet Sensation, Terry Jacks

and The New Seekers.

So, I don't think that Sweet would have been a pointless answer,

but great answer nonetheless.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye,

but it's been great having you on.

-Thank you so much for playing.

-Cheers.

Well, Glyn and Andy didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing

for £3,750.

Join us next time to see someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.