Episode 28 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the show where

the more obscure your knowledge, the better your chances of winning.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Sharon, and this is my friend Lesley, and we're both from Bath.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Dave.

This is my partner Mandy, and we live in Wantage.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Jane.

I'm from Berkshire, and this is my friend Zoe, from Fareham.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Sally.

I live near Peterborough, and this is my brother Mike,

who lives in Bath.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you.

We'll get to find out more about each of you as the show goes along,

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

If life were a game of Cluedo,

this man would be in the library with the lead laptop.

-LAUGHTER

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everyone.

They've recently updated Cluedo. I played with the kids the other day.

It's kind of got reality stars and Premiership footballers and stuff

in it as well, instead of reverends and what have you.

-Things have got to change, I suppose.

-I guess they have.

On podium four we've got our brother and sister team, Mike and Sally,

who were unlucky in the last show. Got through to the head-to-head,

knew the best answers on both of their head-to-head questions, then lost both of them. Somehow.

I can't remember how you managed that, but you did.

They will be very tough to beat, I think.

On podium one, Sharon and Lesley are back as well,

who managed to join the 200 Club in Round Two.

Got through to Round Two though, so that's good. Not classic 200 Club.

But it's certainly something you're going to need to work on, I think.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Every question on Pointless has been asked to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Find one of those, and we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Glyn and Andy didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at a respectable £3,750.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

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

All I'm going to remind you of at this stage is the fact that the pair

with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That's all you have to remember. Our first category today is...

Music.

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

who's going to go second.

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

..as they could. Artists Of The NME's Greatest Songs Of All Time.

-Richard?

-In February 2014,

the NME published a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

We're looking for the name of any artist who had a song

in their Top 200, please. Lots of names on this list.

So anyone in the Top 200 Greatest Songs Of All Time

according to the NME.

Good round. Thanks very much. Now, Lesley, welcome back to Pointless.

Remind us what you do, Lesley.

I'm a retired person, but I do internet training for people

with laptops that their kids have probably left them,

and I help them with it.

Which I think is fantastic. How do YOU keep so up-to-date, though?

Well, I'm on the internet all the time, really. I just love it.

I've done Facebook, and...

-So when new things come through, you're an early adopter?

-I do,

-I look at what goes on.

-I think you're going to have to teach ME

-a few things on the internet.

-LESLEY LAUGHS

Anyway, listen. Lesley, the world is your oyster. 200 songs there.

We're just looking for the artists of the Top 200.

Well, there's obviously loads and loads.

You've just got to think of somebody that maybe...

Obviously the lowest one. I don't know.

-I'm going to go Frank Sinatra.

-Frank Sinatra, says Lesley.

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

-No!

-Oh, no!

This is something you're going to have to take up with

the New Music Express.

-Oh.

-I'm shocked.

-Likewise.

Frank Sinatra evidently not on that list.

100 points is your reward for that, Lesley.

He doesn't even have a song in the Top 500.

-It's the NME.

-Yeah, it's the NME.

I mean, there's lots of older stuff on there,

-but no Frank Sinatra, I'm afraid.

-No Frank Sinatra.

Now, Dave, welcome to the show. What do you do, Dave?

I'm a head of tech support for a software company.

And what do you do with the rest of your time, Dave?

My passion, besides the partner standing next to me,

is northern soul. I love my northern soul. Love going out dancing to it.

Very good. And how often do you get to do that?

Not as often as I'd like to. Maybe three or four times a year.

OK. Dave, northern soul - are there any northern soul artists...

I don't think they'll crop up in that list.

-..on the NME list, do you think?

-No.

-You never know.

-I never know.

What are you going to go for?

A little bit of pressure taken off by Lesley there.

I think I'll probably go...

something from my era of music that were in the NME a lot at the time.

-So I'm thinking, maybe The Clash?

-OK, The Clash, says Dave.

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

Yep.

Still going down.

-4.

-APPLAUSE

There we are, Dave.

-Four for The Clash.

-Well played, Dave.

Yeah, they've got three songs in that Top 200,

-London Calling being the top one at number 32.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Zoe, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do, Zoe?

-I'm an event manager in Hampshire.

What sort of events do you manage?

It's mainly corporate events for business to business, sort of thing.

We go to different places in the world, which is quite nice.

And this, I gather, is almost the last thing you do in this country.

It will be, yes. I'm emigrating to Australia in 11 days.

So, yeah.

You might be glad of that, or you might not,

-depending on your result today.

-Yeah!

-People might think that was the reason why.

-That might be, yeah.

Yeah. OK - now, Zoe, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to play it pretty safe and try and go with Queen.

Queen, says Zoe. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Queen.

It's right.

Now, 4 is our low score...

28 for Queen.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, they only just crept in there, actually, number 184

-with Under Pressure.

-Interesting.

-Thanks very much indeed. OK - now, Sally, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, Sally, remind us what you do.

I'm a group fitness instructor, so I teach a variety of different

exercise classes to the community,

and at a gym where I live.

OK. Do you follow music?

Do you think you've got a good grounding in this?

-Well, music's a big part of what I do, exercise to music.

-Of course it is.

But here, I'm struggling to think.

But I'm going to say Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd, says Sally.

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

Oh!

A bit prog, maybe, for NME. I wonder.

Pink Floyd, not in the Top 200. Scores you 100 points.

I'm more surprised by that, in a way.

Again, didn't have any tracks in the Top 500, let alone the Top 200.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores.

The best score of that pass, Dave, was yours.

Dave and Mandy on four.

I think you'll make Round Two.

As indeed will you, Zoe and Jane. Lovely low score of 28.

Then up to 100, where we find Sally and Mike, and Lesley and Sharon.

Mike, Sharon, it's going to be between you two.

So yes, get thinking. We need a low score from both of you.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, we're looking for the name of any act who had a song

in the Top 200 of the NME's All Time Greatest Songs.

Mike, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Now, Mike. You, of course, are a DJ.

What's sort of on your set list when you're playing? What kind of songs?

Oh... All kinds of electronic pop music, obviously,

-anything that gets people dancing, basically.

-OK.

When you were at Glastonbury 2008, what was the last thing you played?

What was your last track?

Well, I thought I'd try and play something that no-one had

probably ever played at Glastonbury before.

So I chose to play the Hokey Cokey.

AUDIENCE TITTERS

Now, that's clever.

-That's gutsy, isn't it?

-Yeah. I thought so.

And they loved it, I bet?

Both people in the audience loved it, yeah!

LAUGHTER

Well, listen, Mike, you're joint highest scorers on 100.

We have to have a low score from you to keep you in the game.

I can remember reading a review of this,

which gave it a lot of praise, so I'm going to say Television.

Television, says Mike. Now, that could be a brilliant answer.

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

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

Oh, Mike, I'm sorry. That's a high score there.

200 is your total. I'm afraid Television an incorrect answer.

-A very considered answer.

-Yeah, two good wrong answers there.

When you hear some of the names on this list, you will kick yourself.

There's so many names here. But yeah, Marquee Moon, the Television album,

is always on the list of best 100 albums,

but none of the individual tracks, unfortunately, in that Top 200.

-Thanks, Richard. Now then, Jane.

-Hi.

-Jane, what do you do?

I do the same as Zoe. I'm an event organiser.

Did you meet at an event?

We actually met on something called a familiarisation trip,

which took place in Mauritius.

Oh, that sounds like hard work.

-It was tough.

-I'm amazed you even had time to bond.

Yeah. It was very, very tough, has to be said.

-How many days were you are out there for?

-A week.

-Oh, that is awfully tough.

-That's a shame. That is difficult.

-And did you get familiar?

-That's how we bonded.

-We bonded over our love of Pointless.

-Excellent.

Well, delighted to have you here.

You are through to the next round. Even if you score 100 points

-you won't overtake the high score on podium four.

-Good.

Jane, what are you going to go for?

Yeah, I've given this some thought.

Surprised at some of the answers that haven't been there.

I think I'm going to play it fairly safe, I hope, and say Radiohead.

Radiohead, says Jane. No red line, as you're already through.

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

It's right.

-5.

-APPLAUSE

Second lowest score of the round. Very well done.

33 your total there, Jane.

A pretty rock solid answer. The Earth would spin off its axis

if Radiohead weren't in NME's Top 200 tracks.

-Creep and Paranoid Android both in the Top 200.

-Thanks, Richard.

-Mandy.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show. Mandy, what do you do?

-I'm a doctor,

-I work in the Great Western Hospital in Swindon.

-Yay!

Very popular. Very popular. Which department are you in?

I'm hardcore front door, so I do acute medicine, and I treat adults

who come in and need hospital admission for medical conditions.

Hardcore front door.

I go to a club called Hardcore Front Door down in Vauxhall. LAUGHTER

Yeah. OK, listen. There you are.

You're on 4. You're through to the next round.

Let's have a nice low score from you. Dave managed 4.

Do you think you can do 4, or even lower?

No, he knows much more than I do about music. But...um...

I think I'll go Paul Simon.

Paul Simon, says Mandy. Paul Simon. Let's see if that's right,

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

No red line as you're already through.

Ooh! Again,

I think NME is the answer to that one.

I'm afraid scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 104.

But you're through.

He was somewhere in the Top 500, though, at least, Paul Simon,

with Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard. But not in the Top 200.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sharon.

This is where we have a proper contest on.

You have to score 99 or less. Basically you have to be right.

I have to be right. OK.

-Tell me about your relationship with music.

-With music? I love my music.

-But not sort of up-to-date music.

-OK.

Have you ever been a subscriber to the NME?

-I used to read it in my...sort of teens...

-OK.

..when it first started coming out. But I don't really...

There's several things going through my head, but I'm just thinking...

-Greatest artist... I'm going to go for ELO.

-ELO.

ELO, says Sharon. Let's see if ELO is right.

There is your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.

No! Not ELO, I'm afraid.

Wow. Well, a lifeline

to Mike and Sally.

You're on 200 each.

Again, they did have a track in the Top 500, Mr Blue Sky, about 292,

but not in the Top 200, I'm afraid.

I think if this was MOJO's 500 Best Songs Of All Time,

all of these would have been the right answer. But not NME.

So we have ourselves a little lockdown situation.

Which means it's a tie.

As it's a tie, the tied pairs

each have to give me one more answer,

and the pair with the lowest score gets through

and the pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

Now, Sharon and Lesley, you go first. You can confer.

-SHE WHISPERS:

-I think Stevie Wonder, because it's like...

INAUDIBLE

-OK.

-OK.

-We're going to go for Stevie Wonder.

-Stevie Wonder.

Now, then. Mike and Sally.

-We're going to go for Nirvana.

-Nirvana.

Sharon and Lesley first. Let's see, Stevie Wonder. Is that right?

How many people said it, if it is?

It's right! Stevie Wonder is right.

How many people said Stevie Wonder? It's going down, down...

-1!

-Woo!

-APPLAUSE

1!

Your total is 201.

Which means, Mike and Sally,

only a pointless answer will save you at this point.

-Easy, easy...

-Nirvana.

Let's find out how many people said that.

Nirvana is right.

Down it goes, still going down...

14 for Nirvana.

214, your total.

Stevie Wonder's song Superstition was on that list.

And actually, Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

was the number one song out of all the 500.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

There's lots and lots of pointless answers here.

Dizzee Rascal, Fix Up, Look Sharp was on the list,

Son Of A Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield,

Step On by the Happy Mondays.

Video Games by Lana Del Rey, Ace Of Spades by Motorhead,

West End Girls, Pet Shop Boys. All of these were on the list.

All of them pointless answers.

PJ Harvey, Sheela-Na-Gig, Virginia Plain, Roxy Music,

No Good (Start The Dance), The Prodigy.

Also could have had Bob Marley, he was a pointless answer,

Franz Ferdinand, Glen Campbell, Jeff Buckley, Massive Attack, all of them pointless answers.

Teenage Fanclub, The Charlatans, The Undertones, Vampire Weekend

and Warren G. All of those pointless answers. Lots of others as well.

-Who would you have gone for, just out of interest?

-Um...

-Been through a lot, haven't I?

-I'd have said Talking Heads.

-Ooh.

-2 points. Once In A Lifetime was in the Top 200.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Well, at the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home with their high score of 214,

Mike and Sally.

You were caught just on the wrong side

of the NME there, I think, weren't you?

But I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you in Round One,

I'm so sorry.

Mike and Sally, it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you. Well done.

APPLAUSE

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

And so we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round we have to say goodbye

to another pair.

Well... I mean, Zoe and Jane, lovely low scoring there,

not an incorrect answer.

Mandy and Dave, we had a high score with Paul Simon.

-Sharon and Lesley, you actually did join the 400 Club.

-Yes!

But then, Sharon,

you got the lowest score of the whole round With Stevie Wonder.

Yeah, that's quite rare.

You've scored 400, and have lived to tell the tale.

-Yes, exactly.

-Our category for Round Two is...

20th Century History. Can you decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-The Interwar Years. Richard.

-We're just going to show you a series of questions

concerning people and events of the interwar years.

We just need you to give us the most obscure answer.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much indeed.

So we're looking for the answers to these clues

relating to events that took place during the interwar years.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those one last time.

Lesley.

I know a couple of them on there. Um...

I'm going to go for...Jesse Owens won the 100 metres gold in...

-Berlin.

-Berlin, 1936 Olympics.

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

It is right.

-40.

-APPLAUSE

40 for Berlin.

Yeah, he won four golds there -

the 100, the 200, the relay and the long jump.

Thanks, Richard.

-Now, Dave.

-Yes.

I know a couple of the answers on there

but I think they're both well-known and could well be high-scoring.

So I think I will go for the British Prime Minister

who promised "peace in our time" as Neville Chamberlain.

Neville Chamberlain, says Dave.

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

It's right. Well, 40's our only score on the board at this stage.

You've passed 40...

-28 for Neville Chamberlain.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, forced to resign, of course, in May 1940,

and replaced by Winston Churchill.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Zoe.

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

If you fancied it, you could do some talking out loud for us.

I'm afraid the only two answers I knew have already gone.

I'm going to have to give an answer I know that's properly not correct,

I'm just going to have to guess at an artist.

I'll go with Pablo Picasso. I know it's probably not right.

You're saying Picasso for Guernica in 1937.

Probably not right, you think. Let's find out. Is it right,

how many people said Pablo Picasso?

It's absolutely right, Zoe.

Well, 40, our high score, 28 our low. You've passed both of those.

Down you go to 17. That's a great answer, Zoe.

APPLAUSE

-That was a stroke of luck, wasn't it?

-It was!

If I want any events organising soon, I'll ask you.

That's tremendous stuff.

Now, the man who became the first person to fly nonstop

across the Atlantic was... Charles Lindbergh,

would have scored 11.

-Do you know the architect?

-No.

-It's Gropius, Walter Gropius.

-Right.

-Would have scored you 3 points,

terrific answer. And the man who became Chancellor of Germany...

-Adolf Hitler.

-Adolf Hitler, yeah.

And he would have scored you 42 points.

Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round,

let's look at those scores.

17, Zoe. Very well done there.

Pablo Picasso, riding to your rescue. You knew it really.

That puts you and Jane

at the top of the table. Well done.

Up to 28, where we find David and Mandy.

Then 40, Lesley and Sharon. A lucky escape last round,

can you do it again this time, Sharon? Best of luck.

We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put six more clues on the board. And here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Jane. Remember, we're looking for the answers to these clues,

-all of which relate to the interwar years.

-Right.

OK. Um...I know a couple of them,

it's just trying to decide which I think would be lowest.

I think I'll go for the British monarch.

Edward VIII.

Edward VIII, says Jane, the British monarch who abdicated in 1936.

There is your red line. Get below that with Edward VIII

and you are definitely in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said Edward VIII.

Pretty good...

Yes, you've done it! Look at that, 17.

-APPLAUSE

-You match Zoe's low score from the first pass. 34 is your total.

-Well done, Jane.

-Another good answer, yeah.

His reign lasted 325 days. He was never actually crowned.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Mandy. Mandy.

We have a goal for you.

40 is the high score.

Sharon and Lesley, there they are.

You're on 28. So 11 or less ensures you a place in the head-to-head.

Well, I know three, but I don't know which order to put them in.

So I'm going to go for the stock market crash

and say Wall Street.

Wall Street, says Mandy. There is your red line.

Get below that red line, you're in the head-to-head for sure

but let's see how far down the column Wall Street takes you.

It's right.

-46.

-APPLAUSE

46, takes your total up to 74.

Yeah, October 24th, 1929, the stock market

crashed 11% in one day.

Led to depression that lasted till the early '40s.

At one point, 25% of Americans were out of work.

-So at least we learned our lesson, eh?

-Yeah!

-AUDIENCE TITTERS

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sharon.

Oh, this is exciting.

-You have to score 33 or less, Sharon. There's no ifs, no buts.

-OK.

33 or less.

OK.

I do know one, definitely,

and I've got a fair idea of another.

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

Cos I think the other one is going to be high.

So I am going to go for the jazz composer,

and I'm going to say Duke Ellington.

Duke Ellington, says Sharon.

Get below that red line with Duke Ellington, you're in the head-to-head.

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

It's absolutely right, Sharon.

You're in the head-to-head! Look at that. Very well done.

That's a great answer.

-3!

-APPLAUSE

3 for Duke Ellington. Takes your total up to 43.

Well done.

Great answer, Sharon. What was the other one you were thinking of going for?

The Empire State Building.

Would have scored you 35 points, would have seen you

knocked out by two.

It's a right answer, but too many points. 35 for that.

-The film awards?

-It's got to be the Oscars, hasn't it?

Yeah, the Academy Awards. 27 points for that.

"April is the cruellest month", the opening words of...?

-The Waste Land.

-The Waste Land, yes. That would have scored 9.

So the best answer on the board is Duke Ellington.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Mandy and Dave. Not a terrible score, 74.

The good news is we get to see you again. Look forward to that.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

But for Jane and Zoe and Sharon and Lesley,

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

Congratulations, Jane and Zoe, Sharon and Lesley,

you're one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £3,750.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

That's turning into quite a nice little jackpot.

Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that,

and do that you're now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is you can now have a conference before you give

your answers, and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for the jackpot.

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

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

Oscar-Nominated Animated Films, Richard.

We're going to show you five stills now from films that have been

nominated for Oscars, animated films,

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

OK, let's reveal our five stills, and here they come. We've got...

There we are.

Five stills from animated films,

all of whom have been nominated

for an Oscar.

Jane and Zoe, you will go first.

It's not Coraline, is it?

THEY WHISPER

-Um...

-JANE LAUGHS

After much conferring, we are going

to go for E, Shark Tale.

OK.

E, Shark Tale.

Now, then.

-Sharon and Lesley, the rest of the board is all yours.

-Yes.

This could come as a bit of a shock to you.

We actually don't know any of them!

I have actually watched D and I have no idea what it's called.

-So we're going to...

-I think we're going to have to go for...

Oh... C...

It's like a sort of chameleon animal. A Bug's Life?

A Bug's Life, yeah. We're going to go for C and say it's A Bug's Life.

OK, you're going to go for A Bug's Life.

So we have a Shark Tale and A Bug's Life.

Jane and Zoe said Shark Tale, let's see if that is right for E,

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

It's right.

-52.

-APPLAUSE

52 for Shark Tale.

Now, Sharon and Lesley have said that C is A Bug's Life.

Let's see that's right,

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

No, I'm afraid it's not A Bug's Life.

Which means, Jane and Zoe, very well done,

after one question you're up 1-0.

APPLAUSE

-Yes, C actually is an Oscar winner. Did you know that one?

-Is it Rango?

It is Rango, Zoe. Absolutely.

Would have scored 34 points.

Now, A is the Tim Burton film

Frankenweenie. Would have scored 16 points.

B is the wonderful Howl's Moving Castle.

Japanese animation.

Would have scored you 8 points.

-And D is the biggest scorer of all, another winner.

-Up.

-Up, absolutely.

It was also nominated for Best Picture, that.

Would have scored you 69 points.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

Sharon and Lesley, you have to win this one to stay in the game

so best of luck. It concerns...

The 'Z' List. Richard.

We're going to give you five clues to people whose surnames

begin with Z. Can you name the most obscure?

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five people whose surnames begin with Z.

Sharon and Lesley, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

-Go on, then.

-Shall we do that?

We'll do that, yeah.

Well, we know a couple of those.

But we're trying to figure out

which would be the lowest score,

if it's right.

We're going to go for the top one,

the French novelist, Emile Zola.

Emile Zola, say Sharon and Lesley. Emile Zola.

OK. Now, Jane and Zoe, the rest of the board is yours.

Right...

We think the second one is Frank Zappa.

We think the last one is Zinedine Zidane.

The American director we think is somebody Zimmerman.

And the street magic...

I've gone blank. I do know.

I do know him.

-I think we should go with your one.

-Frank Zappa.

You're going to go for Frank Zappa.

So we have Emile Zola and Frank Zappa.

Now - Sharon and Lesley said Emile Zola,

let's see if that's right for Germinal,

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

It's right.

-Very well done, 18.

-APPLAUSE

18 for Emile Zola.

That's what you have to beat with Frank Zappa, Jane and Zoe.

Let's see if Frank Zappa's right,

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

Frank Zappa is right.

If this goes down below 18, you will go through to the final.

Ooh, 25.

Very well done. Sharon and Lesley, great answer there.

That gets you right back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, good head-to-head.

Zinedine Zidane is right, would have scored too many points though.

Would have scored you 42 points. The American director, not Zimmerman.

It's the same guy who directed all the Back To The Future...

-Robert Zemeckis.

-Robert Zemeckis, yep.

Would have scored you 9 points.

-Do you know the British magician?

-No.

Used to play the circuit, did lots of TV. Paul Zenon.

Oh, not the person I was thinking of.

1 point for that, so well done if you said that. Terrific answer.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your third question -

whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

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

Test Cricket Captains Of England And Australia. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for five test cricket captains of where Zoe lives

and where Zoe's about to live.

We're going to give you the first letter of their first name

and surname, and tell you which team they were captain of.

-Can you tell us who they are, please? Best of luck, both teams.

-Thanks.

OK, let's reveal our five cricket captains, and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Jane and Zoe will go first.

We think we're going to go with the third one down,

for Australia 2004,

-Ricky Ponting.

-Ricky Ponting.

Ricky Ponting, say Jane and Zoe.

Now - Sharon and Lesley, the rest of the board is yours.

Yeah. I think we're going to have to go for the second one down,

Michael Vaughan,

for England 2003.

OK, you're going to say Michael Vaughan.

So we have Ricky Ponting versus Michael Vaughan.

OK, Jane and Zoe said Ricky Ponting -

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

It's right.

-20.

-APPLAUSE

20 for Ricky Ponting.

Now, Sharon and Lesley, you've gone for Michael Vaughan -

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.

-Ooh, 39 for Michael Vaughan.

-APPLAUSE

Well done.

Very well done.

Jane and Zoe, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

Yeah, Ricky Ponting loses to Michael Vaughan, not for the first time.

Alastair Cook is the top one.

That would have scored you 25,

so would have beaten Michael Vaughan, but not Ricky Ponting.

Do you know WH? One of the greats of English cricket.

-Wally Hammond.

-Wally Hammond.

-Would have scored you 8 points.

And the bottom one, terrific answer if you got this -

it's a pointless answer - if you said Herbie Collins. No points at all.

Known as Horseshoe Collins, because he was very lucky winning the toss.

-He was a bookmaker as well.

-Thanks very much.

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

I'm sorry to say, it's Sharon and Lesley.

Well, it's been a heroic game.

You've taken us on a bit of a roller coaster ride, shall we say?

But I'm afraid this is the end of the road, this is where we say goodbye

but it's been lovely having you.

-Thank you for playing. Sharon and Lesley.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for Jane and Zoe, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jane and Zoe,

you've fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,750.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

Do you know what, you've come in, low-scored through all the rounds,

straight through. It's almost like you've got somewhere to go, Zoe.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah. I know!

-Well, best of luck.

As always, you get to choose your category from the four we give you.

So here are those four.

We've got...

THEY WHISPER

If you're confident on that. I'm OK with the Premier League.

-Which do you think you'd be better at?

-Shall we go with Andrew Lloyd?

-I couldn't help on...

OK, let's go with Andrew Lloyd. We'll go with that one.

-Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals?

-Thank you.

-OK. Richard?

OK, very best of luck. We're looking for any named character

in the productions of any of these three, according to the Really Useful Group website.

So any named character in Cats,

any named character in Phantom Of The Opera,

or any named character in Jesus Christ Superstar.

-So Cats, The Phantom Of The Opera or Jesus Christ Superstar.

-Thanks.

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?

-Yes.

-We're ready.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

We should stick with Phantom Of The Opera.

I was going to say Caiaphas, Jesus Christ Superstar.

That's quite a good one. Who do you know in Phantom Of The Opera?

There's Raoul. But he's quite obvious.

What about the one that owns the... The French lady, Madame...

-Can't remember her name.

-I can't.

Cats, you've got Grizelda, you've got Mr Mistoffelees,

but I think they're going to be quite well-known.

-Jesus Christ Superstar, you've got Pontius Pilate, Herod...

-OK.

Um, Mary Magdalene. That's going to be fairly well-known. Judas...

-What was the first one you said?

-Caiaphas.

I think Caiaphas is quite a good answer.

-Raoul...?

-Well, we can have it, but it won't be pointless.

-I've gone a blank on Phantom Of The Opera.

-Madame something,

I can't remember her name.

-There's also the two that own the actual theatre.

-10 seconds left.

-Oh...

-Do you know them?

-Yes, I do.

but I can't think what they're called.

-I can't think what they're called either.

-OK. So if we say...Raoul?

-Yeah...

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

-OK, we're going to give you one from each.

-Very good.

We're going to go for Grizelda...

-Grizelda.

-..from Cats.

-From Cats.

-Raoul...

-Raoul.

-..from Phantom Of The Opera,

-and Caiaphas, Jesus Christ Superstar.

-Caiaphas.

-OK. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Caiaphas.

-Caiaphas we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Probably Raoul.

Raoul we'll put first, and Grizelda in the middle.

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

We've got...

-Best of luck.

-Thank you.

-Three good answers up there on the board.

Only one of them has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot. Quite a nice jackpot, 3,750 quid.

What would you do if you won that, Jane?

Well, I think I would have to spend my share on a ticket out

-to visit Zoe in her new home.

-Zoe, how about you?

I know the right answer to my parents watching at home

would be to help pay for THEIR flight to come and see me as well.

-So I'll go with that.

-What would you LIKE to do with the money,

if you won? No, that's a lovely thing to do

-and you'll be so pleased to see them.

-Yeah - otherwise I don't know,

-probably just enjoying the lifestyle out there.

-Absolutely right.

Well, best of luck. Three good answers, as I say.

Raoul you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

Let us find out how many people said Raoul.

If it's nobody, then you win £3,750 straight off. Let's see.

Is Raoul pointless?

Well, it's correct. That was the first thing it had to be.

If Raoul takes us down to zero

you leave with £3,750.

Down it goes, into single figures.

Still going down. Down still

-to 4.

-It's not bad.

-Not half bad.

-APPLAUSE

OK, only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

In this case, we are looking for characters from Cats.

Let's find out. You've gone with Grizelda. It has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot for £3,750.

Let's see how may people said Grizelda.

-Ooh!

-Oh, no.

-Ooh. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

We will discover why in a moment.

But that means you've only got one chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on your third and final answer,

which was Caiaphas from Jesus Christ Superstar.

It has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Very, very best of luck.

Let's see, for £3,750, if Caiaphas is pointless.

It's right.

Well, Raoul was your first answer,

only four of our 100 people knew that.

Grizelda, your second answer, was incorrect.

Caiaphas now taking us down into single figures.

Down it goes, passes 4, down.

-You've done it! Very, very well done.

-APPLAUSE

That is fantastic. Brilliant.

-Very well done indeed.

-Thank you!

Superb.

I can't really believe that.

Well, congratulations.

Caiaphas, a pointless answer, which means you leave here with £3,750.

APPLAUSE

This is great news for all those airlines that fly to Australia.

-Brilliant.

-Committed to it now.

-Fantastic.

-Great performance from start to finish.

It's not Grizelda, it's Grizabella. Would have scored you 3 points,

doesn't matter anyway.

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

We'll start with Cats.

Bombalurina was a pointless answer. Bustopher Jones.

Growltiger, Old Deuteronomy, also a pointless answer.

Skimbleshanks also a pointless answer on that category.

Let's take a look now at Phantom Of The Opera.

Don Attilio, Madame Firmin - is that the one you were thinking of?

That's the one I was trying to remember.

You'd have won twice as much... No, you wouldn't have won twice as much money.

Monsieur Reyer, and Passarino.

And let's look at Jesus Christ Superstar.

Bartholomew, Esther and Ruth.

All named characters since the 2011 revival, actually.

And Thaddeus as well.

So very well done if you said any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

Well, thanks again to our winning players, Jane and Zoe,

-who go away with today's jackpot of £3,750.

-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.