Episode 32 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. Hello!

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, my name is Clemency,

this is my dad Roy and we are from Basingstoke.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Kathryn and this is my housemate Allie

and we're from Surbiton.

Couple number three.

Hi, my name is Angus and this is my good friend Tom

and we're both from London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Steve, this is make good friend Arwel

and we are from Southfields, South West London.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's got the eye of the tiger, the brain of the dolphin

-and the inside leg of the giraffe.

-LAUGHTER

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

Hiya. Hi, everyone.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Now, last show we made Pointless history.

-We did, we did.

First time we've ever given away four jackpots in a row.

Four shows in a row we've given away the money.

Never, ever happened before.

We're getting like a bank, aren't we?

-A little bit, yeah.

-We're just doling it out.

We could make even more Pointless history today

if we give away five in a row. Be quite something, wouldn't it?

Arwel and Steve did terrifically last time.

Got knocked out in that head-to-head two-one,

so there are going to be very, very tough to beat, I think.

And Round One, looking at some of the podiums,

there will be people who are tempted to say, "This was before my time,"

but they will be very, very severely penalised if anybody does.

OK. Thanks very much indeed. Every question on Pointless

has been to put to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants, indeed like all contestants,

are looking for a pointless answer,

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

Do that and we will add £250 to the jackpot.

As you'll have gathered, Rich and Abbey won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

Now, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will,

of course, be eliminated,

so it is your duty to make sure it is not your pair.

Our first category today is...

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

who's going to go second.

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

HE CHUCKLES

Richard.

We're going to show you seven clues on each pass,

events or people connected with the 17th century.

You need to give us the most obscure answer, please.

It will be 14 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

OK, so we're looking for the important events or people

described by these clues, and here is our first board of seven.

I'll read through those one more time.

Clemency, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here. What do you do?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

-I study zoology.

-That's fun. Isn't it?

-Yeah, I really like it.

Which bit of zoology are you specialising in?

-Or have you not specialised yet?

-Not yet.

Hopefully marine biology I want to go on and do.

Oh, that's fun. Have you had experience with marine biology?

Yeah, I spent some time doing research for some people in Belize

-a couple of years ago, which was great.

-Oh, that's fun! In Belize.

-And what were you working with there?

-Sharks, mostly.

-Got to tag them and everything.

-We work with sharks, don't we?

-Yeah, we tag them, don't we?

-Yeah.

Now, then, Clemency. How are we feeling about

17th-century history?

I know a couple, but I don't want to

try and risk anything

so I think I'm going to go for the

Massachusetts town and say Salem.

Salem, says Clemency.

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

It is, of course, right.

44.

APPLAUSE

44 for Salem.

Even the Governor of Massachusetts, even his wife was implicated

in witchcraft as well, so lots of people locked up.

The Salem witch trials.

It was a witch-hunt, essentially, the whole thing, from start to finish.

-A complete witch-hunt.

-It really was.

-Yeah.

-OK, thanks very much indeed. Now, Kathryn, welcome.

-Hello.

-Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Kathryn?

-I am also a student.

-What do you study, Kathryn?

-I study law.

-Are you enjoying law?

-I am,

-even though there is quite a lot of reading.

-A lot of reading.

-A lot of reading.

-How far are you into law?

-I'm in my second year.

-Right.

So how much longer before you'll be practising in one form or another?

I'm not 100% sure that's what I want to do yet,

but I've got one more year of my university course left.

Very good. Good stuff.

Now, Kathryn, history.

-Rubbish.

-OK.

I'm going to go for the Guy Fawkes

and Robert Catesby

and the Houses of Parliament.

The Houses of Parliament, says Kathryn.

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

It's right!

60.

APPLAUSE

60 for the Houses of Parliament.

Well played, Kathryn.

-That's quite a low score for that, isn't it?

-It is a bit.

-Asking people what Guy Fawkes was planning to blow up.

-Yeah.

-Meh.

-There it is.

And there we are. There we are.

-Angus.

-Hello.

A warm welcome to you to Pointless. And what do you do, Angus?

I'm an account executive at a marketing agency.

Is that fun? What do you market?

I enjoy marketing. It's a marketing agency so we market,

you know, for our clients

so it depends on which client I'm working for at the time.

And as a marketeer,

you have to be able to adapt yourself to any product or service.

So it's fun, yeah. It's different. A lot of diversity.

Good stuff. Now, history. It's sort of history, it's not really.

There's all sorts of other things in there.

What are you going to go for?

History is a good subject for me but

the 17th-century isn't a great one,

so it's going to be a bit of a punt.

In 1610, Galileo observed four moons

revolving around Jupiter.

Jupiter, says Angus. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

60 our highest score, 44 our low.

You've passed 60, you've passed 44.

21.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Angus.

Very well played. It's interesting you like history

but the 17th century isn't your period.

I was hoping it might be the first example

of this being AFTER someone's time.

-That would be nice, wouldn't it?

-That would be nice.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Arwel.

-Arwel, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, head-to-head last time. Head-to-head.

It was looking pretty good, then we had a science round. What happened?

We slipped up a little because we slipped up on the last round

because it was to do with geology and I knew the answer,

but the others went first.

Dear, oh, dear! I'm sorry.

But, Arwel, you've got to be confident about today.

No, history was never my best subject.

I think James VI of Scotland

is the first answer.

The poem by Milton is Paradise Lost.

The fourth one is more of a risk.

I think it's the Battle of the Boyne.

And the Treaty of Westphalia

was the Hundred Years War, I think.

I think I'll have to go for the

John Milton poem and Paradise Lost.

OK, Paradise Lost, says Arwel.

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

It's absolutely right.

21 is our low score so far. You've passed that.

Down it goes to 12! Very well done indeed.

Best score of the round, Arwel.

APPLAUSE

I've got the sense that Arwel thought that board

was a bit of a struggle.

And proceeded to then just to fill it all in.

LAUGHTER

He did pretty well. He did pretty well, I'll give him that.

I'll show you exactly how you did.

You were right about James Stewart,

it was Scotland.

And you were right not to go for it because it was a bigger score of 47.

You were right as well

about the battle. It was the Battle of the Boyne.

That would have been a better answer, would have scored you 7 points.

Perhaps not worth the risk

because you weren't certain.

But you were wrong about the war.

It wasn't the Hundred Years War,

it was the Thirty Years War

and would have scored 3 points.

It's the best answer up there.

Thanks very much, Richard. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. 12 the best score of that pass.

Arwel, very well done indeed. And up to 21, where we find Angus and Tom.

Up to 44, Clemency and Roy.

And then 60, Kathryn and Allie.

You're not wildly out in front but, Allie, a nice low score

will help tremendously in the next pass.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK. Let's put seven more clues up on the board and here they come.

Let me read those one last time.

Steve.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Now, you work in the music industry.

-That's correct.

-And have done for 30 years, I think you said.

-Right.

So what exactly do you do? Talk us through the mechanics of your job.

Well, I'm a consultant these days

and I'm currently working with some new artists,

trying to plan their launches

and work on a plan to deliver success for them.

So you're not actually based at the studio end of things,

more the company end of things.

How many different acts have you got on the go?

Or have you got countless?

Two or three at the moment. Three.

Any big ones we should look out for?

Not yet.

If you want us to launch them on Pointless, any of these acts,

-we would be interested.

-We'll talk afterward.

-Yeah.

Anyway, listen. Steve, there you are, you're on 12.

The high-scorers on 60 are Allie and Kathryn.

A score of 47 or less gets you into the next round.

There's your board.

You can have pick of it.

OK. I think I am going to go for

the Great Fire of London.

I think it started in Pudding Lane.

Pudding Lane, says Steve. Here comes your red line.

If Pudding Lane gets you below that red line, you are in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Pudding Lane.

He's right.

54.

APPLAUSE

66 is your total.

Destroyed 13,000 houses, the Great Fire of London.

Do you know if you take every Roman numeral and put them in order

-from the biggest to the smallest, it adds up to 1666?

-Wow.

-Now, Tom, what do you do?

-I work in crisis insurance.

That's...that's...

That's not the name of a company, is it? No.

-I think not.

-Well, it wouldn't be a bad name, of course.

That's a pressurised job, isn't it?

It mainly focuses on things like terrorism and kidnap and ransom.

-Right.

-Things like that.

-I see.

Are you in the negotiating side of that?

Yes, of sorts.

I can't tell you about any of the kidnap or ransom ones.

It's classified, unfortunately.

-OK.

-Tell us about one of them.

LAUGHTER

Unfortunately, I can't.

-That is quite exciting. I think. Isn't it?

-It is.

It's quite interesting sometimes, I have to say.

Yes, I should think it is.

OK, now, Tom, you have to score 44 or less to remain with us

at the end of this round.

History is definitely not really

my area of expertise.

That Angus's, so I'm hoping that

his score will get us through.

This is a bit of a guess.

On the 16th September,

the group of Puritans left

from Plymouth on the Mayflower.

The Mayflower, says Tom. There is your red line.

If you get below that with Mayflower,

you're through to Round Two.

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

It's right.

And it gets you through. 36.

APPLAUSE

57 is your total.

Well played. They planned to land in Virginia

but landed in Cape Cod instead.

There's no representation, no picture at all of the Mayflower.

We don't know what it looks like.

-No drawings, nothing of it anywhere.

-Interesting.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

-Now, then, Allie.

-Hi.

Allie, hi! Nice to have you here.

-What do you do, Allie?

-I'm a student as well.

-What do you study?

-I study media and TV.

-OK.

Now, when you're not studying that, what do you get up to?

I like reading, read all the Harry Potter books.

Love film, watching films and TV programmes.

-Not very active, to be honest.

-OK.

Now, Allie, you're on 60.

You're the second highest scorers at this point.

You need to score 5 or less to avoid becoming the highest scorers.

I'm going to have to go for

the American University,

which could be Harvard.

Harvard, says Allie, the American University.

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

There is your red line. It's quite low.

It's right.

It's all travelling in the right direction. Still going...

Ooh, bad luck. 20.

APPLAUSE

20 takes your total up to 80, Allie.

It's not yet the end of the world.

-Roy may have a massive score, you never know.

-Hope so.

Well played, Allie. It's a good answer.

LAUGHTER

Poor old Roy. Good answer, though, from Allie.

There were eight Harvard alumni

signed the Declaration of Independence.

That's how old Harvard is.

There you are. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Roy. What do you do, Roy?

I work in HR.

-Excellent. Whereabouts?

-In Sweden.

Seriously, Sweden? I thought that was... Yeah.

Good. That's a commute, isn't it?

Yeah, I spend two weeks a month in Sweden and two weeks here.

Of all places to spend two weeks a month,

-Sweden is rather a nice place.

-In the summer, yes, it's great.

Bit chilly in the winter. What are your interests, Roy?

Sport. I still try and play a bit of football and cricket and golf and...

Interest in most sports.

Excellent. OK, there you are on 44.

The high-scorers just behind you, Allie and Kathryn on 80.

35 or less gets you through. Talk us through the board, if you can.

I think the cathedral is St Paul's.

I'm not sure about the group.

The Chartists is in my mind,

but I'm not too sure.

And I think the facial hair

is the beard. Um...

I'm going to go for the beard

for the facial feature.

-You're going to go for the beard. Is that a bit of a hunch?

-Yes.

So, this could be a lifeline for Allie and Kathryn. It could be.

ALEXANDER EXHALES

All hanging by a whisker. Now, there is your red line.

If you get below that, you, Roy, as through to the next round.

Let's see if beard is right

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

It's right!

Very well done. You're through, just! 28.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 72.

-Well done, Roy.

-Yeah, very well played, Roy. Good risk to take.

Now, let's fill the rest of this board in.

You were absolutely right to avoid St Paul's

cos it would have scored you too many points.

It was the right answer

but would have scored 45.

Dance To The Music Of...

-Time.

-Time, yeah.

Would have scored 4 points.

And it is not the Chartists.

I imagine other people would have said the Chartists.

-It's the Levellers.

-The Levellers.

And that would have scored 2 points,

so that's the best answer up there.

Thanks very much indeed. At the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with our highest score of 80...

It's not that high a score, it's just higher than everyone else's.

..is Allie and Kathryn.

I'm afraid you've come all this way and we have to send you back,

but you will be back for the next show.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Thanks very much for playing. Allie and Kathryn.

For the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.

And we're down to three pairs.

Obviously at the end of this round, we have to cut it down to two pairs

for our head-to-head round.

Arwel, the best individual scorer in that round -

very well done - with Paradise Lost.

Tom and Angus, very well done. Best combined score in that round.

And Roy and Clemency, very well done. Father-daughter.

It's just so nice having father-daughters on the show.

I was going to say, I almost complimented Clemency on her name

and then I realised, of course, we should be complimenting Roy.

-Well, we should. Exactly. He's here.

-He's the one that came up with it.

-Roy, you look like you didn't come up with it.

-No, I didn't.

It's my wife. I got to choose the boys' names

and my wife got to choose the girls' names and we had three girls, so...

LAUGHTER

-She's no fool, your wife, is she?

-No.

OK. Now, our category for Round Two is...

Popular Authors. Can you all decide in your pairs

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

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.

Authors of the most borrowed books 2012/13. Richard.

Yeah. There was a list published in February 2014

which was the 100 most borrowed books from British libraries

from the middle of 2012 to the middle of 2013.

We're looking for the author, illustrator or translator

of any of those books, please.

They're all fiction books, no non-fiction books on the list.

So the author, illustrator or translator of any of

the 100 most borrowed books from British libraries. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, this is fun, isn't it, Clemency?

SHE LAUGHS

This is the other round that I was kind of dreading.

But I think I'm kind of going for the move

that the Hobbit was quite big,

so I think I'm going to go for JRR Tolkien.

OK, you're going to say Tolkien. JRR Tolkien.

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

how many of our 100 people said Tolkien?

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

Good reasoning, can't fault you on that. But sadly not in that list.

-So, yes, that's scored you 100 points.

-Yeah, not a bad guess.

You wouldn't be surprised to find it on there, would you?

But not in the top 100.

Tom.

I'm going to say...

..Malorie Blackman.

Malorie Blackman, says Tom. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Malorie Blackman.

Oh! That's another great guess, actually.

Good answer but I'm afraid, for reasons I don't understand,

not on that list, Malorie Blackman.

-We like Malorie Blackman.

-We do, yes.

She was an answer the other day, actually,

in teachers' favourite 100 books.

But not one of the 100 most borrowed books from British libraries,

-I'm afraid.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Arwel.

Uh...

Catherine Cookson.

Catherine Cookson. I like the way you're thinking there, Arwel.

Let's see if that's right.

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

No!

Wow.

An incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

-This is going well, isn't it?

-Yep.

LAUGHTER

She always used to top those lists, didn't she?

ten years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago,

Catherine Cookson was always top of the list.

But no longer has any single book in the top 100, I'm afraid.

Wow.

-I always panic at this stage.

-What, because everyone is on 100?

-Yes.

You don't know how to sum it up.

Do you want me to do the summing up bit for you?

-What? The scores?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, go on, do it.

-OK, we've reached the end of the first pass.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Good work from Roy and Clemency there on a very solid 100 points.

Tom and Angus also doing very, very nicely on 100.

And our final column there, Arwel and Steve, 100 for you as well.

I suggest probably between podiums one, two and three

to see who is going to get through to the head-to-head.

Oh, God, you...

You make it sound so easy.

RICHARD LAUGHS Thanks.

Best of luck. I always like to finish with a "best of luck."

-Just lob that in.

-Best of luck.

Would the next players please take your place at the podium.

-That was fun.

-That was quite worryingly good.

RICHARD LAUGHS

Well, you know what, it's not difficult.

LAUGHTER

-It is difficult. It is difficult.

-Um...

Yeah, it's really not.

Now, we're looking for any author, illustrator or translator

who has at least one title

in the 2013 list of 100 most borrowed books.

-Now, Steve.

-Yes.

For the sake of all that is holy,

please come up with a correct answer.

Well, I've thought of a couple and I'm doubting myself.

-But I will go for Dan Brown.

-Dan Brown.

Surely. Surely Dan Brown.

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

Let's see how many our 100 people said Dan Brown.

No!

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer, Steve.

No Dan Brown on the list. Richard.

I can honestly say, I'm looking at all of the answers here.

It's a very normal list and just somehow, like a minefield,

we're stepping between all of the correct answers.

It's very bizarre but I promise you, there's people you know on this list.

Like authors and that.

-I've got one. I have got one.

-Have you got one?

-Oh, good.

-Yeah.

Now, Angus.

I think I'm going to go for a safe option,

even though I think it's going to be a high score,

-and say JK Rowling.

-JK Rowling.

JK Rowling. Let's find out. JK Rowling, is that right?

How many people said it? There's your red line.

We've got a red line! That's exciting.

You want to score 99 or less.

-Hey! Look at that!

-AUDIENCE CHEERS

Very well done, Angus.

That is an achievement. 59.

APPLAUSE

159 is your total.

Yeah, she is on the list not for the Harry Potter books

but for The Casual Vacancy, which was number ten on the list.

Tenth most borrowed book from British libraries.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Roy.

Playing it really safe and going on the basis of people doing exams

and things like that,

so I'm going to say William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare, says Roy.

Now, you've got a red line. Look at this.

You have to get below that with William Shakespeare.

Is it right, William Shakespeare? If it is, how many people said it?

No! I'm afraid that is incorrect.

Which means you also score 100 points. Takes your total up to 200.

Which means it's a tie.

The tied pairs each have to give me one more answer.

There are now allowed to confer before they give their answer.

And the one with the highest score will be eliminated.

Roy and Clemency, you will go first.

Yeah? OK.

I'm hoping that this author is still really popular in libraries,

so I'm going to say Jilly Cooper.

Jilly Cooper, say Roy and Clemency.

Steve and Arwel.

-We're going to go for John Grisham.

-John Grisham.

We have Jilly Cooper and we have John Grisham.

Roy and Clemency said Jilly Cooper. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Jilly Cooper.

Nope!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Takes your total up to 300.

Steve and Arwel, your goal now is 299.

So, yes, let's find out if John Grisham is right

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

There is your red line.

It's right!

Well done, Steve and Arwel. Down it goes.

Still going down. Seven!

-APPLAUSE

-207.

-Ah. John Grisham.

-Yeah, absolutely.

As I say, there are a lot of big names on the list.

There's James Patterson, Ian Rankin, Jeffrey Archer, Lee Child,

Danielle Steel, Martina Cole, Sophie Kinsella, Harlan Coben.

EL James is on the list, the Fifty Shades Of Grey author.

Patricia Cornwell.

So, as I say, we managed to somehow sidestep most of them.

Hilary Mantel also on the list.

But let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Jeff Kinney, who writes all the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books.

Jill Mansell. Jojo Moyes was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said her.

Karin Slaughter. Kathryn Stockett who wrote The Help,

that was on the list.

The children's author Lauren Child who writes Charlie And Lola

and all sorts of other great books.

You also could have had...

..Maurice Sendak, who wrote Where The Wild Things Are.

Nicci French for Blue Monday.

And SJ Watson, who wrote Before I Go To Sleep.

That was a pointless answer. And the top three...

LAUGHTER

-That's some name recognition right there, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with our highest score of 300, it's Roy and Clemency.

Oh, I'm sorry.

-That was tough, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Not our round.

-Tough round.

Nothing wrong with your guesses, though. They were all

perfectly reasonable books you might expect to see in a library.

Anyway, there we are. We say goodbye now

but the good news is, we see you again next time.

-We'll look forward to that very much indeed. Roy and Clemency.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Arwel and Steve and Tom and Angus,

it is now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Tom and Angus, Arwel and Steve.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

Now, this is the point where we decide who gets to play for that

money and we do that by making you go head-to-head.

The difference is you're now allowed to chat

before you give your answers.

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

Very best of luck to both teams. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Winners at the 2013 British Comedy Awards. Richard?

Going to show five pictures now

of people who won British Comedy Awards in 2013.

Can you name the most obscure. Good luck.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five winners.

And here they are...

There we go. Five winners at the 2013 British Comedy Awards.

Tom and Angus, you've scored the best throughout the show

so far so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

So we're going to go for D, Will Ferrell.

D, Will Ferrell, say Tom and Angus. D, Will Ferrell.

Now, Arwel and Steve. Do you want to talk us through the board,

fill in as many of them you can?

Well, A is Miranda Hart,

B is Alan Carr,

C is Jack Whitehall

and E, which I think is the one we're going for, is Adam Hill.

Adam Hill, say Arwel and Steve. Adam Hill.

We have Will Ferrell and Adam Hill.

Tom and Angus say Will Ferrell. Let's see if that is right

and if it is, let's see how many people said D was Will Ferrell.

It's right.

29.

Now, meanwhile, Arwel and Steve have said that E is Adam Hill.

Adam Hill. Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, Arwel and Steve, I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

We'll discover why in a moment, but Tom and Angus, well done.

That means after one question, you are up one-nil.

Yeah, he was the Best Comedy breakthrough Artist

but it's Adam HILLS, I'm afraid, so can't take Adam Hill.

It would have scored you 13 points.

The best two answers on the board, those two, as well

because A is Miranda Hart.

She would have scored you 64.

B is Alan Carr and he would have scored you 68.

And C is Jack Whitehall and he would have scored you 44.

-That's tough.

-Mm, very tough.

Thanks very much. So here comes your second question.

Arwel and Steve, you get to answer this one first

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

It concerns...

The Wizard Of Oz. Richard?

We're going to show you five clues now to facts about the 1939 film

of The Wizard Of Oz. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Arwel and Steve, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go with the name

of Dorothy's dog - Toto.

Toto, say Arwel and Steve, for Dorothy's dog. Toto.

Now, Tom and Angus, that board is all yours.

Talk us through it if you can.

Don't know the director.

We think we know the song.

We don't know the name of

the Good Witch. We knew the dog.

and not sure on the city either.

-So...

-I think we're going to go with

the song from the film -

Along The Yellow Brick Road.

Along With The Yellow Brick Road, you're going to say.

Along The Yellow Brick Road.

So we have Toto verses Along The Yellow Brick Road.

Arwel and Steve said Toto. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Toto.

It's right.

Popular answer. 77.

APPLAUSE

Tom and Angus have gone for Along The Yellow Brick Road.

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

Nope. I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which means, Arwel and Steve, you have equalised.

You're back in the game. After two questions, it's one-all.

I think Arwel and Steve knew they were safe.

Not Follow or Along The Yellow Brick Road -

it's Over The Rainbow.

Much more famous song from Wizard Of Oz. 56 points for that.

The director named in the original credits used to be a stunt car driver

and he's called Victor Fleming.

Lots of directors worked on it but he was the one credited.

2 points for that.

The Good Witch of the North is Glinda and would have scored you 16.

And the Wizard of Oz resides in the Emerald City.

Another big scorer, though. 43 for that.

-Well done if you got all of those.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, here comes your third question. This is the decider.

Whoever when this goes on to the final and plays for that jackpot.

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

People who have appeared on Bank of England banknotes. Richard?

We're going to show you five sets of initials now.

They're people who have appeared on Bank of England banknotes

between 1970 and 2013. Can you give us the most obscure?

Very best of luck, both teams.

OK, let's reveal our sets of initials, and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those again.

Tom and Angus, you will

go first this time.

This is going to be a really big guess because neither of us

can think of a single answer that

we know is definitely right.

So... I think we're going to go for

CW and say Charles Wilson.

Charles Wilson. OK, Charles Wilson. Now, Arwel and Steve.

-Um...

-Talk us through as much of that board as you can.

Well, we're struggling as well.

I can only go for one of them,

which I'm not sure of.

The top one, Elizabeth Fry.

OK, Elizabeth Fry.

So we have Charles Wilson versus Elizabeth Fry.

Tom and Angus... Well, let's see if Charles Wilson is right, shall we?

No, I'm afraid...

Good guess. You know, always hard when the pressure is on.

Arwel and Steve have gone for Elizabeth Fry, EF.

Let's see if that's right.

All it has to be, of course, at this stage,

is right and you will win the point.

It's right! Very well done.

Down it goes. In fact, to 26.

Which means, Arwel and Steve,

after three questions you are through to the final two-one.

Well played, Arwel and Steve. Let's go through all of these.

Elizabeth Fry, of course, on the back of the £5 note.

Going to be replaced by

Winston Churchill fairly soon.

JW is James Watt. 8 points for that.

CW, not Charles Wilson.

-Christopher Wren.

-Christopher Wren.

Would have scored you 6.

And the next one, it was the first

Governor of the Bank of England.

The best answer on the board,

as you'd imagine. John Houblon.

Would have scored you 4.

And on the back of the one pound

-note, remember them?

-Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton, of course.

30 points for Isaac Newton.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round

is Tom and Angus. Well, you started off well with Will Ferrell there,

but then I'm afraid you... Yes.

They were tough, those boards.

But you would be back for the next show, where I'm sure you will do

just as well, possibly even better, so best of luck for that.

And thanks very much for playing meantime. Tom and Angus.

APPLAUSE

But for Arwel and Steve, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Arwel and Steve.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have 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 £1,000.

This is the way the show is meant to end.

This is absolutely right. It's absolutely fitting and proper

that you should be here in this last round.

Obviously what would really complete this programme,

the best would be a jackpot win.

Now, as always, you get to choose your category.

There are four options to choose from.

Let's hope there's something on there for you.

THEY CONFER INAUDIBLY

We'll try the Premier League.

The Premier League it is. Richard?

Yeah, good luck, guys. Three different options here.

Plenty of pointless answers,

plenty of chance here to have our fifth jackpot in a row.

We are looking for anyone who's won the Golden Boot for leading

Premier League scorer since 1992/93, when the Premier League was set up,

all the way through to the 2012/13 season.

Or we are looking for...

So, Golden Boot winners, managers with 100 wins or more

or goalkeepers with 100 clean sheets or more.

Very best of luck.

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.

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

What do you think?

-Teddy Sheringham for the goal scorer?

-Golden Boot.

Hmm, not sure.

Goalkeepers. Carlo Cudicini?

-Yeah.

-I'm not sure.

The Man City keeper before...

Before Joe Hart.

Um...

No.

It's funny how your mind goes blank, isn't it?

-Managers.

-Managers.

-Well, Alex Ferguson.

-What about Stuart Pearce?

-Do you think he won 100 games?

-Yep.

We could try Stuart Pearce. Carlo Cudicini.

Golden Boot, Darren Bent win a Golden Boot?

-Possibly.

-Um...

Oh, God. I can't think of anything at the moment.

Dion Dublin.

In trying to think of sort of obscure ones.

Ten seconds left.

-Um...

-ARWEL MUTTERS UNDER HIS BREATH

-Chelsea keeper.

-Yeah.

-Carlo Cudicini.

-Yeah.

THEY TALK INAUDIBLY

OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers.

What are you going to give me?

-Goalkeeper, we'll try Carlo Cudicini.

-Carlo Cudicini.

-Manager, Stuart Pearce.

-Stuart Pearce.

And Golden Boot, we'll say Teddy Sheringham.

-Teddy Sheringham.

-For the Golden Boot.

-OK.

Now, of those three, which do you think is

your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Cudicini.

-I reckon maybe Cudicini.

-Cudicini we'll put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Sheringham.

-Teddy Sheringham.

-Teddy Sheringham we'll put first.

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

And here they are. We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Three answers on that board.

Let's hope they're all right.

Let's hope at least one of them is pointless.

It's not our biggest ever jackpot

but it is a record-breaking jackpot in one way if you win it.

Arwel, what would you do with your share of the money?

I think I'd help out my hard-pressed family.

Got three children who need help with fees, buying houses

and living abroad and perhaps have a little celebration as well.

Quite right. Steve, how about you?

My wife and I are planning to go to San Francisco

and then up to Seattle, so probably go towards that.

Excellent. Well, let's hope.

Fingers crossed at least one of those answers is pointless.

Your first answer was Teddy Sheringham.

In this instance, we were looking for winners of the Golden Boot.

Only one of these answers has to be pointless

for you to win that £1,000 jackpot.

Let's see if it's going to be Teddy Sheringham.

It's right.

Now all that has to happen is that has to go down to 0

and you can leave here immediately with £1,000.

Down Teddy Sheringham takes us, through single figures,

still going down!

-Oh, 2!

-Ooh!

APPLAUSE

Ooh.

OK.

So not a pointless answer, unfortunately.

But that was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless,

so it's looking very good for your next two answers.

Your next answer was Stuart Pearce.

In this case, we were looking for managers

with 100 wins in the Premier League. Obviously, it has to be correct

then it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Stuart Pearce.

Ooh. Afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Which means you have only one more chance.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which is Carlo Cudicini.

In this case, we were looking for goalkeepers

with 100 or more clean sheets. Let's find out.

It has to be right then it has to be pointless

for you to win the jackpot for £1,000.

How many people said Carol Cudicini?

Oh, no!

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. Unfortunately...

..you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But you have been so good right across both shows.

You had a great answer with your first answer, Teddy Sheringham.

But sadly, not a pointless answer among them,

so I'm afraid you go home without the jackpot,

but with two Pointless trophies so very well done for that.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, unlucky, gents.

You know, that 60 seconds is very tough.

You're going to know a lot of the pointless answers up here,

but it is so difficult in 60 seconds.

Carlo Cudicini, he was Petr Cech's number two for two long, really,

to have kept that many clean sheets.

Petr Cech obviously was on the list but would have scored 15 points.

And Stuart Pearce, a nonstarter, I'm afraid.

While you were talking as well

you had a couple of names for Golden Boot.

You said Darren Bent, who was an incorrect answer.

You also said Dion Dublin, who was a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

Would have been five jackpots in a row.

Carlos Tevez would have been pointless.

Chris Sutton would have been a very good answer, from the early days

of the Premier League. Dion Dublin, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Take a look at some of the managers.

George Graham, again from the early years of the Premier League.

Gerard Houllier, Kevin Keegan. Martin O'Neill was a pointless answer.

Also Alan Curbishley, David O'Leary

and Mark Hughes is on that list for about 50 different clubs.

Goalkeepers with clean sheets.

Jussi Jaaskelainen for Bolton and West Ham.

Mark Schwarzer, Middlesbrough and Fulham mainly. He's at Chelsea now.

Shay Given. Thomas Sorensen has been at a few clubs as well.

But only four pointless answers there. So tough in that 60 seconds.

So finally, we don't give away a jackpot.

It was going to happen sooner or later.

Hm, it is. Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Arwel and Steve.

It's been wonderful having you on. Thank you so much for playing.

Arwel and Steve. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Arwel and Steve didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,000.

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.