Episode 6 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, my name is Andy. This is my friend Norm.

We are both retired firefighters and now international sports stars.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm David.

This is my elder daughter Harriet and we're from Hemel Hempstead.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Judith.

This is my friend Barbara and we've come up from East Sussex today.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hi, Xander. I'm Vikki.

This is my sister Joanne and we're from Essex.

-And these are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

Thanks very much to all of you.

We'll get to know more about each of you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce,

our Pointless god expecting a blood sacrifice today.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

-What a cracking show last time!

-Yeah.

Properly some super-bright players on that show.

And we've got two teams coming back from that - Judith and Barbara,

who got through to the head-to-head,

and David and Harriet, who got knocked out unluckily in the first round.

It was largest cities in US states

and Harriet knew a little bit too much, I think.

Very unlucky wrong answers.

They are going to be very tough to beat for our two new pairs,

-I think.

-Thanks very much. Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show. The aim of the game is to find that pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Scooter and Taz didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

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

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

will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

2013. Could you all decide in your pairs, who's going first

and who's going second?

Whoever is going first please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

On each pass we're going to show you seven events that happened in 2013.

You have to tell us the month they happened in.

There's going to be seven on each pass, 14 to guess at home. 14 months.

-I'm guessing some of them will be repeated.

-Yeah!

Thank you, Richard. We're looking for the month in which each of these

events of 2013 took place.

And here is our first board of seven.

I'm going to read that again.

There we are. Seven events of 2013.

Andy, looking a little bit flummoxed there. Welcome to the show.

-Let's get to the root of all this. Retired firefighter.

-Yes.

-How many years did you fight fires?

-27 years.

That is a long time in that particular service. Do you miss it?

No, it's much more fun being an international sports star.

All right, on to the international sports star segment of this discussion.

-What is your discipline, Andy?

-Egg throwing.

I'm the World President of the World Egg Throwing Federation.

Talk us through the sport. These are raw eggs?

Yeah, there's five disciplines, but the sport that we excel at is the two-person throw-and-catch.

In that, we have a catcher, which is me, and my chief tosser, which is Norm.

LAUGHTER

Right, so, you're the catcher. What are your techniques?

-Soft hands, obviously.

-Soft hands.

The champion catchers tend to use the Smink method of catching.

Yes, well, you would.

Which is a forward snatch, where they lean forward and snatch the egg out of the air.

Which is much better than the British method of one-handed catch,

and much better than the other version which lots

of people use, which is just hands up like this to catch the raw egg.

OK.

I'm the World President of the IETF, which is

the International Egg Throwing Federation, which is a rival board.

LAUGHTER

-We hold our World Championships in Las Vegas.

-OK!

But yours is indoors, whereas yours is outdoors.

No, we do outdoor as well. It started as indoor.

-That's where the schism started.

-But you do it under spotlights and stuff.

It's crazy - everyone has walk-on music...

We've got bigger eggs... LAUGHTER

They've got double yolks and everything! Amazing.

Emu eggs, we use. A lot of the big stars are coming across.

Oh, yeah! Thank you. Andy.

I think Queen Beatrix signed the official abdication deed in June.

June. Is that a complete guess or do you vaguely remember?

I was talking to a Dutchman about it in June last year.

That would be it! June.

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

and if it's right how many of our 100 people said June.

No! Not June. I'm sorry, Andy.

Maybe it takes a while for Dutchmen to absorb the information.

-But that, I'm afraid, is incorrect. Scores you 100 points.

-Sorry, Andy.

I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.

I do know there's a Dutch guy sitting watching this going, "Heh-heh..."

LAUGHTER

Harriet, welcome back. So what happened last time?

Yeah, I think I kind of tried to be a bit too obscure when I didn't

need to be and I gave a capital city, not a largest population city.

So hopefully I've learned my lesson, play a bit safer this round.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going for President Obama's second inauguration,

-which I believe was in January.

-January. The inauguration in January.

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

There we are, Harriet, look at that.

-24!

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Very well done.

Almost always in January, the inauguration of a President.

Thank you, Richard. So, we come to Barbara.

Barbara, remind us what you do.

-Yeah, I'm a retired English teacher.

-Indeed.

And what do you fill your time with these days?

Oh, I could potter for England.

There's nothing that beats the joy of retired people pottering.

But I knit - I knit Christmas jumpers for all my family,

which they then don't wear because they are too hot and I get resentful.

-Make them thinner.

-Yes, but thinner wool takes longer to knit.

Oh, I see. Keep them thick.

This is quite tough, this round, actually. Remembering months.

I'm going to go for Graeme Swann, who I believe retired in December.

Sounds good to me. Let's see if that's right, and if it is how many of our 100 people said December.

It's absolutely right. Well done, Barbara.

24 is our low score at this point.

Oh, you beat that! 13.

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Barbara and Judith setting out their stall again.

13 for Graeme Swann in December.

Well played, Barbara. Graeme Swann is a traffic answer.

Yeah, he retired 22 of December.

He was so furious about the size of a jumper he'd been given.

-It was way too hot.

-Down in Australia that is going to be very hot!

It was ridiculous. The wool!

Mind you, the reindeer...

Hilarious! But very, very hot.

It was like one of the people from your egg throwing things.

-Remember that guy?

-Oh, we have a laugh over there.

-OK, now, Joanne.

-Hello.

-Joanne, welcome to the show.

Great to have you here. What do you do?

I work for a small investment fund.

Very good. What are your hobbies?

Swimming, walking, cycling, basketball... Sports, really.

OK, very active.

What about this board? Talk us through it.

There are five unanswered clues.

I would love to have a go at Frank, but I'm not going to.

I think I know Prince George

and I think I know the Brits.

I think Prince George was born

in July and the Brits is

usually in February and that's

the answer I'm going to go with.

Emeli Sande, February, you're going to say. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's absolutely right.

13 is our lowest score at the moment.

Oh, you passed that! Very well done. Nine, Joanne.

APPLAUSE

Best score of the round so far. Very well done.

Terrific answer. Well played. You chose the right one,

because you were right about Prince George, but it was a big scorer.

He was born on July 22, Prince George,

and would have scored you 35 points.

Frank Lampard, if you'd had to guess?

I think it was towards the end of the year - October?

-September.

-Oh!

-Would have scored you six points.

Queen Beatrix was not in June, it was in April.

He'd been standing on that news for a long time, your Dutch friend.

Just waiting for a sucker to come into his cafe in Amsterdam.

1 point for that.

And Eleanor Catton won the Booker Prize with The Luminaries in October.

Would have scored you 2 points.

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

Let's look at those scores. Nine, Joanne. The best score of that pass.

Well done to you. 13, Barbara and Judith.

24, Harriet and David.

Then I'm afraid up to 100, Andy and Norm, our high scorers. Norm...

HE EXHALES

We need a... Listen, anything can happen.

If Andy can make a mistake, any of these people can make a mistake.

This board could fall very well for you, you never know. Best of luck.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we are going to put seven more events up on the board

and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Vikki, seven events from 2013 for you to guess at.

Joanne set you up beautifully there on nine points.

-A lovely low score. Vikki, what do you do?

-I'm a stay at home mum.

-Good stuff, and haw many children have you got?

-Two.

-What age?

My daughter is eight and my little boy is six.

Lovely ages.

And what do you like getting up to when you get some time?

Well, nowhere near as active as my sister.

-I watch quite a bit of TV, actually.

-Nothing wrong with that.

Reading, cinema...

OK, good stuff. What do you fancy going for on the board?

I think I know two.

I'm going to go for Jennifer Lawrence

-and say March for the Oscars.

-March.

Joanne is nodding at that. Let's see if that's right.

The high scorers are Norm and Andy on 100.

You're on nine, so 90 or less sees you through. There's the red line.

Let's see if that's right for Jennifer Lawrence - March.

Oh, bad luck!

Sorry.

I'm afraid that's incorrect and scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 109.

-Still maybe enough to see you through, though.

-Yeah, absolutely.

Sorry, Vikki. At least Joanne was nodding, so she got it wrong as well.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Thanks, Richard. Judith...

Judith, welcome back. Remind us what you like to get up to.

Well, I do a spot of acting in my spare time.

I belong to a group that performs in the Brighton Festival Fringe

every year, doing some pretty weird stuff.

What kind of...?

Is it a blurred line between performance art and drama, or is it...?

-It is drama?

-It is drama. It's avant-garde theatre.

-OK.

We're working on a piece which is set in May 1914,

just before the outbreak of the war, and it's to do with suffragettes.

Good. Do you write it yourselves or is it...?

Yeah, we devise it, basically.

Do lots of work improvising around it

-and then we finalise a script and that's what we perform.

-Very good.

Now then, Vikki and Joanne are the high scorers on 109. You're on 13.

So 95 or less gets you through. Not too much of an ask.

It is if you don't know any of the answers. That's the problem.

You know the answers, Judith!

Um...

I've just got a vague idea of roughly

when in the year these things happen.

I know the Sports Personality Of The Year

bores me rigid every year, so I don't watch it. I know it

happens towards the end of one year or the beginning of the other...

So I'm going for December.

OK, Sports Personality Of The Year, December. There's your red line.

If you get below that you're through to the next round.

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

Very well done. You're through.

-35.

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48 is your total.

Yeah, 15 December. Well worked out, Judith. Safely through.

Thanks, Richard. Now, David, welcome back. Good to have you here.

Good to be back.

We discovered last time that you run a lot of marathons.

-I heard you've run 50 marathons.

-That's right.

I think that's even more than Eddie Izzard has done.

That's a lot of marathons.

He did do them on consecutive days, with respect to him.

That's very gracious of you to say. But I bet you have a faster time.

-I think I have.

-What is your best time?

-My best time is 3.39.

I think he got to about four hours, Eddie Izzard.

Well, 3.39, that's incredible.

So, David, there you are. 24.

High scorers still Vikki and Joanne on 109.

84 or less sees you through.

I was hoping to go with one of the sports ones.

I'll take Wigan and trust that the FA Cup Final is still played in May.

OK, May, says David, for Wigan winning the FA Cup.

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

There's your red line.

Absolutely right and through you go, David. Very well done.

-29.

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53 is your total.

Yes, Wigan beat Manchester City in the final with Ben Watson

scoring the winner.

-It's a Cinderella story.

-Mm!

Now, Norm, hello, and welcome to Pointless.

We've heard about all the different techniques for the catch,

-the... What's it called?

-The Smink.

-The Smink.

There you go. And an underarm. What's your biggest throw?

I think it was about 45 metres.

-And impeccably caught by Andy.

-No.

-No?

-Not the Smink that time?

-I don't...

You don't play with the Smink. You haven't mastered the Smink.

No, I tend to use the Warren McElone catch method.

What is the McElone one?

You catch it onto your belly, extended belly,

and catch it there, using the belly as a soft process.

The belly as a soft process. This is a whole new world to me.

I honestly can't believe they let you two guys be firemen. LAUGHTER

These guys once had a siren! Can you believe that?

I know, I know. Now, Norm, this board is all yours.

-Talk us through it.

-Thank you.

Well, I'm very busy practising, so I think I will go for...

..The Pontiff.

Elected, becoming Pope Francis in July.

July, says Norm. Is that a complete guess or is that informed?

-Does it show?

-I don't know, I'm just wondering.

You said it with a degree of confidence. I was just wondering.

-Yes, it's a degree of confidence, but it's still a guess.

-OK, July.

Let's find out if it's right. There's your red line.

No, I'm afraid it's not!

I'm sorry, Norm and Andy.

That scores you another 100 points, takes your total to a glorious 200.

-That is weird, because that Dutch guy told you in July, so...

-June!

-June, he said.

-It was March.

Would have scored you 4 points.

The Oscars, you were very, very close - February.

Would have scored 12.

The first-ever London Underground journey was on 9 January.

151 years ago now. Would have scored you two points.

That must have been very popular when it opened,

at that time of year, January,

being able to go underground in the warm, out of the Victorian winter...

-Very nice. Yeah.

-A lot of pipe smoke, I should think.

It must have been weird to be on a steam train underground.

-Everyone smoking, including the children.

-LAUGHTER

The final episode of Breaking Bad was broadcast in September.

Would have scored you 6.

And the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech was August.

That would have scored you 2 points.

-Very well done if you got those. It's tough, isn't it?

-Very tough.

Apart from the ones that happen the same month every year,

like the FA Cup Final, the Oscars, things like that.

-It's hard to remember even stuff that happened recently.

-Yeah, and particularly

-when you've got Dutch people trying to put you off.

-LAUGHTER

Talking about things with a massive lag.

If ever a Dutch person tells you about something that happened,

it happened four months ago - that's the way to remember it.

And that's because of the time difference.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round, I'm afraid the pair heading

home with a high score of 200, it's Norm and Andy. I'm sorry.

It was a tough round, it has to be said. We'll see you next time.

-We look forward to that very much. Norm and Andy.

-APPLAUSE

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

Three pairs remain.

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

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

Musical Theatre.

Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going first

and who's going second?

Whoever is going first please step up to the podium.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Musicals that have won the Olivier Awards, Richard.

We are looking for the name of any show that's won either

the Best New Musical or the Best Musical in the Olivier Awards

all the way through from 1976, when they had a different name,

all the way through to 2013.

So any show that's won the Best Musical or Best New Musical, 1976 to 2013.

-Thank you, Richard. OK, so, Harriet.

-OK, terrible subject for me.

-I'm going to say Wicked.

-Wicked, says Harriet.

Sounds fair enough to me. Let's see if it's right, Wicked.

How many people said it?

Oh!

An incorrect answer, as it turned out. Not an Olivier Award winner.

-Scores you 100 points. Sorry.

-Yeah, that's tough, Harriet.

You would have thought so. Terrific musical, but lost out. Interesting.

OK, thank you very much indeed. Barbara.

I confess I'm in a similar position to Harriet.

But I think I'm going to play safe - famous last words - and say Cats.

Cats, says Barbara.

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

That did win an Olivier Award.

-You said you'd play safe. 29 is what you score!

-APPLAUSE

-Good answer.

-Very good answer, yeah.

Won Musical Of The Year in 1981, the year it opened.

-It's grossed over £1 billion since.

-Wow.

Right. Now, Vikki, Musicals.

Total guess for me too.

Um... The Lion King.

Sounds like a brilliant guess, but let's see. The Lion King.

Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh, no!

Vikki!

Another travesty at the Oliviers, I'm afraid.

The Lion King never picked up a gong.

You join Harriet and David on 100 - that's a relief, isn't it?

Phew! Got some company up there!

Yeah, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer - sorry.

Yeah, nominated in 2000, but didn't win, I'm afraid.

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

29, Barbara and Judith

once again the low scorers at this point.

Up to 100, where we find Vikki and Joanne and Harriet and David.

So, David and Joanne... Yes, exactly. A little bit of pressure.

One of you, I suspect, will be leaving us at the end of this round

and the other will be staying.

It all rests upon your musical knowledge.

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

step up to the podium?

OK, so we're looking for the title of any show that has won

the Olivier Award for Best New Musical or Musical of the Year.

Joanne. You're on 100. It needs to be low.

OK. Terrible round.

Er...complete guess...

Starlight Express?

Starlight Express, says Joanne. Let's find out if that's right.

No red line, obviously, as you are joint high scorers.

There's your answer, I'm afraid. An incorrect answer.

Another 100 points takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, sorry, no Starlight Express.

I promise you there's lots of famous musicals here, there really are.

Thanks very much. OK, now, Judith,

good news. You're through. Whatever you score, you're through.

-Now, come on, surely this is good for you, isn't it?

-It's great, yeah.

With your theatre interests, come on.

Or is it not quite avant garde enough?

No, that's the thing.

I'm going to take a complete punt and go for Hello, Dolly!

OK.

No red line for you, you're already through,

so it doesn't matter if it's wrong, but let's see. Hello, Dolly.

No. I'm afraid another incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 129.

-It is going terrifically well, isn't it?

-It is. Great round.

-It's a great round.

-Yup.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, David.

David. You only have to score 99 or less

to see yourselves into the head-to-head.

I think you can do this.

-Please do this.

-I will do my very level best.

I'll go for...hopefully a slam-dunk big musical,

Les Miserables.

Les Miserables, says David. Let's see if that's right,

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

Here's your red line.

No!

It's an incorrect answer! Oh.

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

-Ooh, this is exciting, Richard.

-Do we get another go?

That's all you need to know about awards shows right there.

1985, nominated but didn't win.

So we are in lockdown.

-Lockdown.

-Lockdown. BOTH: # Oh, oh, oh, oh, lockdown

# Oh, oh, oh, oh, lockdown

-# Lockdown. #

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As it's a tie, the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each.

They are now allowed to confer,

and the pair that gets the highest score will be eliminated.

Harriet and David.

We'll have a stab at Phantom Of The Opera.

Phantom Of The Opera, say David and Harriet.

Now then, Joanne and Vikki, what are you going to go for?

-BOTH:

-Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! We have Phantom Of The Opera, we have Mamma Mia!

David and Harriet said Phantom Of The Opera - let's see if

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

Oh! It's a right answer!

-I'd forgotten what that tower sounded like.

-So had we.

Down it goes.

26.

APPLAUSE

226 is your total, which means,

Joanne and Vikki, that is your goal.

You have to score 25 or less

with Mamma Mia! Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Mamma Mia! Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh!

There's your answer - Mamma Mia! also never won an award.

Oof. And, David and Harriet, you are through to the head-to-head.

-Very well done indeed.

-Well played. Mamma Mia! and The Lion King

were both nominated in 2000 - both nominated, both lost,

and they both lost to Honk! -

-a musical based on...

-Ducks.

-..Hans Christian Andersen's stories.

Now, I'll take you through some of the lower scores

before we look at the pointless answers.

You could have got 5 points for Billy Elliot: The Musical, or Matilda -

both of those would have scored 5 points.

4 points for Blood Brothers or Hairspray.

You'd have got 3 points for Sweeney Todd, 42nd Street or A Chorus Line.

And 1 point for The Producers, Poppy, Jersey Boys,

Legally Blonde: The Musical, Carmen Jones,

Me And My Girl, The Comedy Of Errors.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Most of these were for Best New Musical.

Beauty And The Beast. Candide won for Best Musical.

There's Honk! The Ugly Duckling,

which has given you a score of 300,

almost by itself.

Er, Jerry Springer: The Opera won Best New Musical,

Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along,

the musical based on Madness's music, Our House, was a pointless answer.

Also pointless answers, Return To The Forbidden Planet,

which won Best Musical, Spring Awakening and Top Hat.

Thanks very much indeed. So at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid the pair who are heading home

with their high score of 300,

it's Joanne and Vikki. We will see you again next time.

There won't be any more musical stuff, I can promise that.

Thanks so much for playing, Joanne and Vikki.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Judith and Barbara, David and Harriet,

you are now one step closer to the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £4,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

So all we have to do is decide who's doing to play for that money,

and to do that you are going to go head to head.

The difference is, you can play as teams from here on in.

You discuss before you give your answers.

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

This, I think, is going to be exciting. Best of luck.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Businessmen And Businesswomen.

-Richard.

-Going to show you five pictures

of people from the world of business.

You just have to identify the most obscure. Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our people from the world of business,

and here they come. We have...

OK? There we are. Five people from the world of business.

Barbara and Judith, you'll go first as you've scored the lowest so far.

THEY CONFER

Anita Roddick, yeah.

Richard Branson... Is that Debbie...

Deborah Meaden is the last one.

That's the underwear one.

-Oh, yeah.

-I don't know her name. I don't know the bloke.

-I think we should go for Anita Roddick.

-I think so.

OK. We're fairly sure of three of them.

A little bit perplexed by the other two.

D, we have absolutely no idea who he is, but I think we're going to

go for A, Anita Roddick.

OK, A, Anita Roddick, you're going to say, Anita Roddick.

Now, David and Harriet.

Talk us through that board, if you can.

Er...we knew A was Anita Roddick.

B is Richard Branson.

C we think is Michelle Mone,

and I think that is going to be our answer.

We don't know D, and E is Deborah Meaden.

Er, so we're going to play C, Michelle Mone, please.

Michelle Mone. So we have Anita Roddick and Michelle Mone.

Judith and Barbara said Anita Roddick -

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

It's right.

18.

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18 for Anita Roddick.

Now then, David and Harriet. You have said that C

is Michelle Mone. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people have said Michelle Mone for C.

It's right.

Ooh, you've done it!

11. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

David and Harriet, you've broken Judith and Barbara's serve there,

and after one question, you are up 1-0.

Very nicely played, yeah.

The entrepreneur Michelle Mone.

Anita Roddick also a good answer.

What do you think Richard Branson would score?

He's going to be pleased to be...

Oh, in the mid-90s, I'm going to say.

Yeah, 94 points, that's huge.

For an individual, that's a very big score, isn't it?

Um...now D is best answer on the board.

It's a pointless answer, in fact.

And it's Rocco Forte.

-Is it?

-Very well done if you got that.

-Goodness.

-And E, as I think everyone knew, is the lovely Deborah Meaden.

-Lovely Deborah Meaden.

-And she would have scored you 40 points.

Thanks very much. Here comes your second question.

Judith and Barbara, you have to win this one to stay in.

OK, best of luck with that. It concerns...

..St Paul's Cathedral.

St Paul's Cathedral. Richard.

We're going to show you five clues, to facts about St Paul's Cathedral,

-can you give us the most obscure answer?

-OK.

Let's reveal our five clues. And here they come.

I'll read those all one last time...

Now, David and Harriet, you will answer first.

THEY WHISPER

He was, but is that a too obvious answer? Do you know any of the other answers?

-I do know the others.

-OK...

-The Great Fire Of London...

Is that too obvious as well? Any others?

The Tube line is the Central Line.

OK. We think we know three of them

and we're hoping that the lowest answer of those three

would be the Tube line, which is the Central Line.

The Central Line, say David and Harriet. The Central Line.

Now, Judith and Barbara, over to you. The board is all yours.

The 1666 disaster was The Great Fire Of London.

Um, the Prime Minister was Winston Churchill.

We got a day off school for that, I remember that.

JUDITH LAUGHS

And, um, but that's not what we're going for.

We're going to go on a real punt with this one.

I can see a picture in my mind,

whether it is the Evening Star, I'm not sure,

but I think George Frederic Watts is the artist.

George Frederic Watts.

OK, so we have the Central Line and we have George Frederic Watts.

David and Harriet have said that St Paul's underground station

is on the Central Line.

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

It's right.

17.

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-Good answer.

-I think your answer is below that.

Now then, Judith and Barbara, you've gone on a bit of a punt here.

It could be a brilliant, brilliant answer.

You've said the Evening Star artist buried in the cathedral

in 1851 was George Frederick Watts.

-ALEXANDER EXHALES DEEPLY

-Let's find out if that's right.

This is exactly the kind of risk you need to take,

but let's find out, is that right, George Frederic Watts?

-Oh, no! I'm sorry.

-Sorry.

-JUDITH LAUGHS

I'm sorry.

Fortune normally favours the brave, but in this instance, it didn't.

David and Harriet,

after only two questions you are through to the final 2-0.

Well played, always worth it if you've got

something in your head to go for it, but it's actually Turner...

-Turner.

-..is the answer, yes. A very low score as well,

would've scored you one point.

It was the Great Fire Of London, I think both teams knew that.

Would've scored you 69 points.

I think both teams knew Winston Churchill as well.

He would've scored you 66.

And a pointless answer if you knew

it was David Ison who took over as Dean in May 2012.

Very well played if you got that at home, terrific answer.

Thanks very much, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Judith and Barbara.

Oh! You've played absolutely brilliantly.

But I'm afraid the head-to-head round hasn't treated you kindly...

-Oh, well.

-..in both shows.

It's been lovely having you on both shows, thank you for playing, Judith and Barbara, well done.

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But for David and Harriet, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, David and Harriet, you've fought off 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 £4,000.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

So an early exit from the last Pointless appearance, in Round One.

-But this time, by the skin of your teeth at times...

-Yes.

-..through to the final.

-Bumpy ride.

-Well, you get to choose your category.

-Yes.

-Admittedly, it's from the four options we give you.

-Yes.

Let's find out what they are.

What do you think?

OK. Whichever one you feel more strongly on. I may....

You like cult sitcoms?

Yes, OK.

We will try cult sitcoms, please.

Excellent, cult sitcoms it is.

Chances here, you've been terrific throughout.

Hopefully your luck holds with one of these three.

We're looking for any person who has been credited

as acting in two or more episodes of The Mighty Boosh,

in two or more episodes of the '80s sitcom, Girls On Top,

or in two or more episodes of Spaced.

I know for some this is a dream category. Hopefully it is for you.

So, anyone who is credited as appearing,

according to IMDb, in two or more episodes of The Mighty Boosh,

two or more episodes of Girls On Top, or two or more episodes of Spaced.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, now you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot, £4,000,

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Think so.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-Spaced.

-Do you know Spaced very well?

-No, you do though.

-I only know Simon Pegg.

-You only know Simon Pegg.

-Pretty much, so we'll have to go for people of his vintage...

-OK.

-I don't know...

-The Mighty Boosh, Richard Aduwale.

-Noel Fielding.

Noel Fielding and this Richard guy, who was on,

you know the one, with the Afro, Richard Aduwale? Adu...

-Richard...

-No, no, it's Adu, what? Adu...

-No.

THEY WHISPER

-Other people with Simon Pegg.

-Um, OK.

-Let's go Nick Frost,

-loads of people, Rik Mayall was in that.

-Yes.

Anyone who made, like a guest appearance or anything.

I know, but it's just two episodes, there must be about 12 of them.

I'm guessing people like Ade Edmondson, or, um...

The woman who looks a bit like Joanna Page.

You know, from Stacey, Gavin And Stacey. Um...

Oh, who is this Richard guy?

You think of Spaced, I'll think of...

-Ten seconds left.

-Right.

-I'm struggling.

DAVID WHISPERS

-Oh, dear.

-OK.

-What a category.

-Right.

-DAVID LAUGHS

OK, that is your time up, I'm so sorry to say.

Now, let's have your three answers.

We're going to go with actors in Spaced,

-we will try Ade Edmondson.

-Ade Edmondson.

We will try, going up, um...

Mighty Boosh. Do you want to go with that one? Richard Aduwale?

-Richard Aduwale.

-Aduwale.

-Richard Aduwale.

-And for another actor in Spaced, we'll take Nick Frost.

-Nick Frost.

OK, so we have Ade Edmondson, Richard Aduwale

-and...

-Nick Frost.

-..Nick Frost.

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

I think they're all quite long shots,

but if it's correct, Nick Frost for the best answer.

-OK, Nick Frost we'll put last.

-Um...

Let's say Richard Aduwale at the top,

-I think I pronounced his surname wrong.

-That may be wrong.

OK, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order, and here they are. We have got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Three answers on the board there.

If one of those is pointless, you will win that jackpot. £4,000.

This is turning into quite a nice jackpot.

What would you do with that if you won it? David.

If the cheque was payable to me,

I would take the family to New York with half of it.

And I think if it was payable to me,

I would book a nice ski holiday and take the family with me too. So...

-Very good indeed.

-Yes.

-OK, well, best of luck, as I say.

Your first answer, the one you were least confident in...

-100% un-confident.

-..is Richard Aduwale.

-You weren't sure about that surname.

-Yes, it's wrong.

OK, well, let's find out. Obviously it has to be correct.

In this case, we are looking for cast members of The Mighty Boosh.

Let's find out if it's right.

If it is right, it then has to be pointless.

If it is both of those things, you win £4,000.

How many people said Richard Aduwale?

Is it pointless?

Ooh! I'm afraid an incorrect answer there.

-I knew, I knew that it was wrong...

-OK.

Everything is now riding on your last two answers.

Your middle answer was Ade Edmondson.

In this case, we were looking for cast members from Spaced.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is, how may people said it.

For £4,000, is Ade Edmondson pointless?

Oh! I'm afraid it's incorrect.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

the one you were most,

I'd say pretty confident in this one, wouldn't you?

He appears in everything now with Simon Pegg,

-but was he doing it in those days?

-OK, well, let's find out.

Nick Frost, your final answer.

Again, looking for cast members from Spaced.

If it's right and pointless, you'll win £4,000.

So, let's find out how many people said Nick Frost.

There you are, it's right!

A good answer. Your first answer, Richard Aduwale was incorrect,

your second answer, Ade Edmondson, was incorrect.

-Your third and final answer, Nick Frost... Oh! 7.

-Ah.

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APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

Not a bad score by any means, but sadly, not a pointless answer.

So I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000.

That will roll over on to the next show.

But you've been just brilliant on the show, such a strong performance.

Redeemed, we don't even have to talk about your last show

-and the early exit there.

-Or the second round.

Or the second round, it's all fine.

And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each. Very well done for that.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-APPLAUSE

You played ever so well. Great to see a father and daughter with such a good relationship

and working so well together. It's terrific stuff.

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

Let's start with The Mighty Boosh.

Dave Brown, who plays Bollo, was a pointless answer. Peter Kyriacou.

Rich Fulcher, who plays Bob Fossil, also a pointless answer,

the wonderful Simon Farnaby.

The big scorers, Noel Fielding would've scored 32.

The only other scorers were Julian Barratt, Michael Fielding,

Richard Ayoade...

-A big scorer, you said.

-..would've scored 3.

-Ah, OK.

-Ayoade.

And Matt Berry, who would've scored you 1 point.

Let's take a look at Girls On Top.

Alan Rickman would've been a pointless answer. Helen Lederer,

Joan Greenwood, who played their landlady rather wonderfully.

Pauline Melville. Again, the only scorers there,

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax, Tracey Ullman and Harriet Thorpe.

Everyone else, a pointless answer.

And finally, Spaced.

Clive Russell, you could've had Julia Deakin,

the brilliant Michael Smiley, there's Reece Shearsmith.

Bill Bailey, also a pointless answer for that.

I think some people would've got him at home and Anna Wilson-Jones, also a pointless answer.

The scorers there, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost,

Peter Serafinowicz, Mike Heap and Katy Carmichael.

Thanks very much indeed.

We have to say goodbye, David and Harriet, but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, playing so well, David and Harriet.

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Well, sadly, David and Harriet didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

when we will be playing for £5,000.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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