Episode 8 Pointless

Thank you very much, indeed.

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

the game where we aim for the obscure and ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's players.

And, couple number one...

Hi, I'm Gary. This is my friend Martin.

We're both from Teignmouth in Devon.

Couple number two...

Hi, I'm Mike. This is Stu. We're running friends from Glasgow.

Couple number three...

Hi, I'm Sam, this is my housemate Matt,

and we're both drama students from Bristol.

And, finally, couple number four...

Hi, I'm Blair, this is my girlfriend Samantha,

and we live in Northampton.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

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 as well-rounded as a flock of sheep with a collie dog,

it's my Pointless friend,

-it's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hello, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-Just looking at Martin and Gary there on podium one.

-They still look stunned from what happened last time.

-I know.

In their head-to-head, came up against Vicky and Joanna,

thought, you know, "Nice little head-to-head, might just,

-"sort of, linger a while."

-Yeah.

-Got absolutely streamrolled, didn't you?

They scored one point on both of their questions.

Best ever performance we've seen in the head-to-head.

But you're back for more.

Surely no-one can do as well against you in the head-to-head,

if you get there again? And the good news is, that jackpot is creeping up.

Yeah, isn't it?

It is a little bit. So there's some nice money to be had.

Stu and Mike, we didn't see so much of last time,

got knocked out in the first round,

so fingers crossed we'll see a little bit more of you this time.

Thanks very much, indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants have to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

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

and each time hat happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Vicky and Joanne didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £six, 250.

APPLAUSE

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

Now, remember the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated,

so do everything you can to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Pop songs. Can you all decide, in your pairs,

who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Songs featuring locations.

On each pass, we're going to show you

the names of six UK Top 40 hit singles.

We need you to tell us the name of the artist

who had a UK Top 40 hit in the year shown.

So six titles on each board, all of which have locations in their name.

12 in all, to have a go at home. Very best of luck.

OK, so we're looking for the name of the act

who had a hit, with each of these songs, in the year shown.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those one last time.

-Martin, welcome back.

-Thank you.

And, you know, in that head-to-head round,

it wasn't like you didn't have the second best answer, in each case.

-I know, I know.

-The second-lowest score.

Beaten by the better couple.

-HE SIGHS

-Still annoying, though, isn't it?

-BOTH:

-Yeah. Very annoying.

Anyway, now, Martin, welcome back. Now remind us what you do.

I'm in sales and marketing in the food industry.

That's right. And in your spare time, what do you love to get up to?

Erm, I like to play sport, but, unfortunately,

I don't do it very much.

If you had to play sport, which sport would you choose?

-Football and tennis.

-Football and tennis.

-Yeah.

OK, now how about pop songs?

OK, I know a few of those.

I think I'll go for the top one, with Gene Pitney.

Gene Pitney, Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

Absolutely right.

-33 for Gene Pitney. Martin, not quite happy with that?

-No.

Would you have preferred to go a little bit further down?

Still, not a bad score, gets us off to a good start.

Yeah, started out as a songwriter, Gene Pitney.

Wrote Hello Mary Lou, that was his first big hit,

but that song was written by Bacharach and David.

Thanks very much, indeed. Now, Stu...

-Hi.

-Stu, welcome back.

-Thanks.

-Now, tell me, Stu...

You and Mike have been running together for a long time.

-When you enter competitions together...

-Yes...

I mean, obviously, Mike was lamenting the fact

-that you tend to be a little bit ahead of him.

-Mmm.

Do you keep relatively close to each other, though?

Or do you just then peg it, and leave him in your dust?

No, to be fair, we are quite well-paced. We are quite well-paced.

OK, well, that's good.

-Depends how generous I'm feeling on the day as well.

-Right, OK.

So you get about half a mile from the finish line,

-then just put on a turn of speed and...

-What I like to do is,

slow down and let him catch up and then just leg it, yeah.

-Yeah.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

OK, Stu, what do you make of this board?

Not a lot. Like, yeah...

It's not the best, erm...

-I think Angel of Harlem is by U2.

-U2, says Stu,

for Angel of Harlem, let's see if that's right.

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

It's absolutely right.

-19!

-APPLAUSE

19 for Angel of Harlem by U2.

Yeah, top ten hit from their Rattle and Hum album, by U2.

Did they have a guest singer on that?

Was that the one they had a guest singer on?

-No.

-No.

-They've never had a guest singer on any of their songs.

They're known for it. Bono wont allow anyone else in the studio.

There's one microphone that belongs to him...

HE LAUGHS

..and he doesn't let anybody else use it.

Someone tried to use it once and he just went nuts.

LAUGHTER Crazy.

Aretha Franklin tried to join in... LAUGHTER

-..Bono was having none of it.

-Nah.

But, you know, it's...

-It's his band, right?

-It's his band. It's his band.

LAUGHTER

-Thank you very much, indeed. Now, Sam, welcome.

-Cheers.

Oh! We have new blood at the far end of our line there. Sam, welcome.

-Great to have you here. A drama student at Bristol.

-Yep.

How's that going? What year are you in?

-We're both in our last year now.

-Has it been a good course?

It has, yeah. Yeah.

Do you think, are you going to go

into professional acting, do you think?

Possibly, I mean, it's quite hard to make a lot of money out of it,

enough money to make a living, so probably going to try and get

-a solid job, once I've finished uni...

-Yeah.

..and then, maybe try and do it off my own back.

Try and get into a drama company, something like that,

-and see where it will take me.

-Yeah, good. Good stuff.

Well, best of luck with that with that, Sam.

What are you going to go for?

This board is getting harder and harder, I think, isn't it?

Yeah. The only one I recognise is Pompeii.

I know how it goes, but I don't know who it was by.

So, I'm going to have to take a big punt and guess...

Snow Patrol.

-But I have no idea.

-Snow Patrol for Pompeii?

-Yeah.

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

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

-Ooh.

-Yeah.

-I'm sorry, Sam.

-Oh, I thought so.

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

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm really sorry.

Sorry, Sam, we'll give the correct answer to that one

at the end of the pass.

-OK now, Samantha.

-Hello.

A warm welcome to you, to Pointless.

-What do you do, Samantha?

-I'm an accounts assistant.

And what do you do in your spare time?

Um...I like to look after virtual farms.

LAUGHTER

OK, how does that...

-happen?

-LAUGHTER

I have to invest in different animals.

-Yep.

-And then build mills and dairies and sell on the produce.

And currently I've got two farms in the USA, two in France

-and a couple in Germany.

-Wow.

-How's it going?

-Brilliant.

Which of those are...? What's the most exciting crop you have?

Ooh...erm...

flax.

I was going to say cotton, so, right, that's good. That's fun.

Do you own livestock? Where do you keep your livestock?

Erm, just in big pens.

-I see.

-And who's looking after them, now you're here?

LAUGHTER

-You hire workers.

-Course you do. Course, sorry.

-To look after them.

LAUGHTER

That is... That's great. Any of them organic? Your virtual farms?

-I don't think so.

-You should look into that,

you get good virtual grants for that.

-LAUGHTER

-I might do that.

Well, yes, worth looking into.

Anyway, now, Samantha. You're the last person to have this board.

Do you want to just talk through the board

and see if you can have a punt at any of those?

I think I know one,

so I'm going to have to go with Surfin' USA

-and hope that that's The Beach Boys.

-Sounds reasonable enough.

The Beach Boys, for Surfin' USA. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said The Beach Boys.

It's right.

69. Not bad though.

APPLAUSE

69, for The Beach Boys.

Yeah, some good damage limitation there, Samantha. Well done.

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

Pompeii, it's by the all-conquering Bastille.

Not Snow Patrol, I'm afraid.

Would have scored you 13.

-Diamonds from Sierra Leone is Kanye West.

-Kanye West.

-Yep.

Would've scored you 7 points.

And a slightly difference vintage, Tulips from Amsterdam,

was Max Bygraves,

and would've scored you 17. So the best answer up there is

Kanye West, very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. The best score of that pass

was yours Stu, well done. 19 for U2, there.

Then up to 33, where we find Martin and Gary.

Up to 69, Samantha and Blair.

And then up to 100, where we find Sam and Matt.

Matt, how did you find that board?

I knew Bastille, but, it was a tough board.

-I didn't know any of the others.

-You will get second crack

-at the next board.

-Yeah.

-Use it well

to find a low score and maybe it will keep you in the game.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, we're going to put six more songs up on the board,

and here they are...

I'll read those all one last time

Now, Blair, remember, we are looking for the name of the act who

had a hit with each of these songs, and you're going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Blair, welcome.

-Thank you.

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

Er, I'm a data analyst manager for a large financial services company.

And how did you and Samantha meet each other?

Er, it happened in a casino one evening in Northampton. We were...

Oh, it's like... It's like Bond, isn't it?

-LAUGHTER

-A casino in Northampton.

That should be song up there on the board, shouldn't it?

-Casino in Northampton.

-In a Casino in Northampton.

-Yeah, it's a lovely old song, isn't it?

-It is a nice song.

Yeah. Leo Sayer, wasn't it?

It was Leo Sayer. LAUGHTER

He had big hit with it. It's lovely to hear...

You know what? It's lovely to hear

a traditional Northampton accent on television.

-We don't hear them very often, do we?

-Yeah. What is your accent, Blair?

-It's from New Zealand.

-Right. Good stuff.

Now Blair, you're on 69.

The highest scorers are Matt and Sam on 100, which means 30, or less,

means you won't even become the new high scorers.

What do you make of the new board?

Er, I'm not a big fan of it, to be honest.

I've heard a few, I'm humming a few in my head,

but I'm going to have to...

I'm just taking a bit of a stab at Back in the USSR,

I'm hoping it was by The Rolling Stones.

OK, The Rolling Stones, says Blair.

There is your red line. If you can get below that,

with The Rolling Stones, you are in the next round.

Let's see how many people said The Rolling Stones. Is it right?

No! I'm afraid it's not, Blair, I'm sorry.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 169.

Sorry Blair, not the Rolling Stones, I'm afraid.

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

-Now then, Matt?

-Yes?

-Oh! Bit of a lifeline you've been thrown there.

-Yeah.

-Matt, you are also studying Drama.

-Yes, I am.

-How's that going?

-Are you enjoying it?

-Yeah, really am. It's really, really fun.

And what do you get up to, down in Bristol

when you're not studying drama?

I like to go and watch films,

go for a coffee every Wednesday, that's my usual thing.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-I like to do that.

Er...caramel latte.

LAUGHTER

And, yeah, so watching films, really. Yeah.

Hanging out with friends, all that.

-I like to go out for a coffee every Wednesday, do you?

-I do, yeah.

-I mean that's just...

-I...

-I'm just crazy like that.

That's the thing. People go, "Are you nuts? What, every Wednesday?"

I go, "Yeah, I don't care." LAUGHTER

-I'll have a coffee a week, I don't mind.

-No, I'm worse, I'm even worse.

I'm not... I'm not proud of it,

but I will now have coffee pretty much every day.

LAUGHTER

You are absolutely kidding me.

Sometimes, first thing when I wake up.

And is this quite a common thing? Are lots of people doing this?

LAUGHTER

-Well, yeah, you know.

-Because if so, we should maybe think about

opening some shops to sell coffee.

If it's popular. Have "once a week" here. "Once a day".

Seems like everyone's talking about coffee,

but there's nowhere to buy it. LAUGHTER

OK, we'll do it.

We will do it. That is a brilliant idea.

Do you remember that time we were stuck in a bar?

We should name it after that.

We should call it "Bar Stucks", "Bar Stucks Coffee".

LAUGHTER

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

We should do that. So, Matt, what are you going to go for?

Well, I'm going to have to go for...

I'm not sure if it's right,

Englishman in New York, David Bowie?

David Bowie, says Matt, for Englishman in New York.

There is your red line.

If you get below that with David Bowie, you're in Round Two.

Let's see if that's right, shall we?

Ooh, I'm afraid it's not.

What a relief for Blair and Samantha.

Dismal news for Matt and Sam, I'm afraid.

-That takes your total up to 200.

-Yeah, sorry Matt.

You're thinking of the David Bowie song

A New Zealander in Northampton, I'm afraid.

LAUGHTER

Now then, Mike. Glad tidings for Mike.

You're through to the next round,

-even if you score 100.

-Yep.

But, yes, welcome back, welcome back to the show.

Mike... Obviously, a lot of running.

What else do you do with your spare time?

It mostly revolves around keeping fit.

-Erm...

-Really?

-Yeah.

Go to the gym a bit...

usual, watch movies, that kind of thing.

-OK.

-But, yeah, mostly revolved around keeping fit at the moment.

OK, well there you are on 19.

Now, as I say, it doesn't actually matter what you score, but...

Look at that empty board, no-one's yet come up with anything...

until now, Mike.

I know most of them. There's two I'm not entirely sure about,

but if I was going to just try and get a pointless answer, then,

I would go with Do You Know the Way to San Jose

-and I think that was Dionne Warwick.

-Dionne Warwick?

Or Dionne War-wick, as some people say.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Look at that. Absolutely right.

8.

APPLAUSE

That is a great score. The lowest score of the round by some margin.

Takes your total up to 27, Very well done, Mike.

Well-played, Mike, it's Dionne Warwick.

It was always... Her actual name is Warrick.

It was spelt wrong once and, er, stuck with it.

-But it's Dionne Warwick.

-Is it Dionne Warwick?

-Yeah.

She refused to record that single, at first -

she thought it was too silly -

and it ended up being one of her biggest hits.

She's an honorary citizen of San Jose, as well now, Dionne Warwick.

Now then, Gary. Again, you're through

already, so that takes a little bit of the pressure off.

Welcome back, Gary.

-Yeah, head-to-head last time. So close.

-So close, yet so far.

Yet so far. But that jackpot's getting bigger.

Maybe that was good tactics.

Anyway, there you are on 33. What are you going to go for?

This board is all yours.

Well, I think I know all of them, apart from Waking Up in Vegas.

So, Englishman in New York, Sting. Back in the USSR, I think would be

The Beatles, even though that's pretty late.

Loco in Acapulco was Four Tops.

Is This the Way To Amarillo was Tony Christie.

Erm, so I'm going to have a go at Waking Up in Vegas,

which I'm not sure about,

but in the back of my mind, I'm thinking Sheryl Crow.

Sheryl Crow? Waking up in Vegas.

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

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

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

No! I'm afraid not.

Sheryl Crow, that scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 133, but, as I say, you're already through.

Admirable to go for it, as well, Gary.

Exactly what we applaud on this show.

It's actually Katy Perry

and would have scored 12 points.

Englishman in New York? You're right, that's Sting...

..which scored 53. You're right about The Beatles, as well,

not the Stones - Back in the USSR -

and that would have scored you 23.

Loco in Acapulco is the Four Tops...

that scores 9.

And Is This The Way to Amarillo, Tony Christie.

would've scored you 24.

So the best answer on the board is Dionne Warwick,

so very well-played, Mike.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home, with a high score of 200,

I'm afraid it's Matt and Sam.

That was hard. It was a tough board, that one.

-BOTH:

-It was.

There were a couple of easy ones, but only if you know them.

-INAUDIBLE

-That's the thing.

Well it's been great having you on the show.

We'll look forward to seeing you again next time, Matt and Sam.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you very much.

-Cheers.

-APPLAUSE

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

So, three pairs remaining.

obviously, at the end of this round.

We will have to say goodbye to another pair.

Well, there were some very high scores in that round.

You were all helped out by our new pair, who have now left us.

Lot of quite sweaty brows, I think there, in that round.

Anyway, we start off with a clean slate for this round of course.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

Athletes. Can you all decide, in your pairs,

who's going to go first and 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 good. IAAF/EAA Athletes of the year. Richard?

Yeah, every year, the IAAF names a World Athlete of the Year

to one man and one woman, for track and field,

and the EAA does the European Athlete of the Year,

again to one man and one woman.

They've been doing that since 1988 and 1993, respectively.

We're looking for any athletes,

so any track and field athlete, who's won either the world

athlete of the year, or the European athlete of the year.

So the man or woman who's won either of those awards, please.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, indeed. Now, Martin...

I'm going to say Zola Budd.

Zola Budd, says Martin. Let's see if Zola Budd's right.

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

Ooh.

Bad luck, Martin. Incorrect, I'm afraid. 100 points for you.

Yeah, sorry. Worth a crack, but not on either list.

Now then, Stu, I'm imagining you and Mike are going to be all over this.

Yeah, you can imagine that. Yeah.

-You'd be wrong.

-THEY LAUGH

-We tend to do the running more so than watching it.

-Right. OK.

I'm going to say...

-Kelly Holmes.

-Kelly Holmes.

Kelly Holmes, says Stu. Let's see if that's right.

And, if it is, let's see how many people said Kelly Holmes.

It's right.

Ooh, look at that! 3. Very well done, indeed, Stu.

3 for Kelly Holmes.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, she was named the 2004 European Athlete of the Year

for her two golds in Athens.

Thanks, Rich. Now, Blair...

Good question. Er...

not really enjoying the game.

Oh, Blair, you're not enjoying either of these rounds.

-LAUGHTER

-No, I'm loving the experience,

-just not the questions.

-OK, OK.

Er, but...

I'll give it a go, going to take a chance on Carl Lewis.

Carl Lewis, says Blair. Let's see if Carl Lewis is right.

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

It's right. Very well done Blair.

-4!

-APPLAUSE

Lovely low score there, Blair. Very well done, indeed.

Yeah, he was the first ever World Athlete of the Year,

Carl Lewis, in 1988. Also won it in '91 as well.

-Nine gold medals in his career.

-Thanks very much.

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

3 the best score of that pass. Well done, Stu.

Puts you and Mike at the top of the table.

Then, up 1, to 4, where we find Blair and Samantha.

Then Martin and Gary,

our head-to-headers from the last show, up there on 100.

Who knows what's going to happen in this next pass?

But, Gary, we definitely need a low score from you.

Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, remember, we're looking for the name

of any athlete who's won either of these two awards.

Samantha?

Erm...

I'm going to try at...Jonathan Edwards?

Jonathan Edwards, says Samantha.

Well, get below this red line, and you are in the head-to-head.

Jonathan Edwards. Is it right?

It is right and you are through Samantha. Good answer.

2! Lowest score so far. Very well done, Samantha.

-Takes your total up to 6.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, World and European Athlete of the Year in 1995.

Broken all sorts of world records, all sorts of medals.

One of the greats of British athletics.

Indeed. Now, Mike...

Feel like going quite safe.

So I'm just going to go for Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt, says Mike.

Well, you have to score 96 or less to get through.

There's your red line, let's see if Usain Bolt gets you below it.

It certainly does!

-23!

-APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 26.

Yeah, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

2008, he became the first man to win gold medals in the 100m and 200m

at the Olympics in world record time.

2012, first man to defend both of those titles successfully.

Amazing athlete and also a terrific tactical decision

-to go for him, I would say.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Gary and Martin,

I'm afraid you are already the high scorers,

even before you've given your answer,

but Gary, have you got a good answer?

Erm...

Fatima Whitbread.

Fatima Whitbread, says Gary.

No red line for you,

as you are the high scorers, but let's see

if Fatima Whitbread's right, and how many people said it.

Ooh no. Bad luck. Well, out in a blaze of glory there, Gary.

Another 100 points takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, worth a crack, but no,

she hasn't won either of those, I'm afraid.

There's quite a few pointless answers.

I'll give you the 1 pointers first.

You'd have got 1 point for Jan Zelezny,

1 point for Wilson Kipketer, Merlene Ottey,

Haile Gebrselassie and Carolina Kluft -

all of those would have been 1 point.

Paula Radcliffe would have scored you 2 points.

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

The French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre

would have been a pointless answer.

The 800m world record holder David Rudisha.

Dwain Chambers was a pointless answer,

as were fellow sprinters Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay -

all of those pointless.

Florence Griffith-Joyner was a pointless answer,

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, there's Noureddine Morceli.

Hicham El Guerrouj also was a pointless answer.

Couple more...

Phillips Idowu is a pointless answer.

Sonia O'Sullivan, the Irish one, and Steve Backley,

There's an English javelin thrower who was a pointless answer.

Well done, if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

There's Usain Bolt on 23.

Jessica Ennis on 24, and right at the top, as so often, Mo Farah,

also on 24.

In fact, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis sharing the spoils, which is nice.

That is nice. Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid,

the pair heading home, is Gary and Martin. I'm sorry.

That wasn't a good round for you.

And after your fantastic display last show,

we were hoping for great things, and greater glory,

but I'm afraid this is the end of the road for you, Martin and Gary.

It's been great having you on both shows.

Thanks very much for playing. Gary and Martin.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But, for the remaining two pairs,

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

-APPLAUSE

Congratulations Stu and Mike, Samantha and Blair.

You are one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £6,250.

APPLAUSE

Now this is turning into a very decent jackpot.

We have to decide who's going to play for it in the final

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

Obviously the big difference now is you're allowed to

confer before you give your answers.

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

I think this is going to go right down to the wire.

Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, so here comes your first question.

Roman gods and goddesses. Richard?

Going to show you five pictures now,

which act as visual clues to the names of Roman gods and goddesses.

Which Roman gods and goddesses are we representing here? Very best of luck.

OK, there we are. Here are our five Roman gods and goddesses.

And we have got...

There you go. Five pictorial clues to Roman gods and goddesses.

Stu and Mike, you played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

-OK.

-What do we think?

THEY WHISPER

OK, yeah. Yeah, I'll go with that.

OK, yeah. We're going to go for B.

And we think that's Apollo Creed, from the Rocky movie,

so we'll say Apollo.

Apollo, say Stu and Mike. Apollo.

Now, Samantha and Blair,

do you fancy having a crack at all those clues?

-Don't know who the lady is.

-THEY CONFER

-A is...

-That's Pluto, isn't it?

-Pluto.

E, Venus? Erm...

-C, Saturn? Shall we go for Venus?

-Yeah. We're going to have to go...

We're going to have to go for E and hope that that's Venus.

You're going to say E is Venus?

So we have, from Stu and Mike, B, Apollo.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's absolutely right.

-Very good, indeed. 9 for Apollo.

-APPLAUSE

Now, Samantha and Blair have said that E is Venus. E, Venus.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

Ooh. I'm afraid not, Venus.

Which means, Stu and Mike, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, you're absolutely right, it's Apollo Creed.

Apollo is the best answer on the board.

There's nothing you could have done, whatever answer you went for there.

They had you at stalemate. A is Pluto.

Big scorer, though. Would've scored you 70 points.

C, of course, is Saturn...

..that would have scored you 60.

D is Diana. Diana Ross there, of course...

would've scored 23.

And E, it's not Venus. It's Jupiter.

That would've scored you 20 points.

Thank you very much. OK, here comes your second question.

Samantha and Blair, you have to win this to stay in the game,

but you do get to answer it first, so best of luck.

It concerns...

Only Fools and Horses.

Five clues now to facts about the classic sitcom Only Fools and Horses.

Which is the most obscure answer?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues and here they come...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Samantha and Blair will go first.

-THEY CONFER:

-Shall for we go for...?

-Who played Uncle Albert?

-Yeah, we know all the others.

-Don't know them all, but...

-Yeah.

We're going to go for the actor who played Uncle Albert...

is Buster Merryfield.

Buster Merryfield, say Samantha and Blair. Buster Merryfield.

Now then, Stu and Mike, the board is all yours. Talk us through it.

-Do you know any of these?

-STU LAUGHS

-Well, it's "Lovely Jubbly".

-"Lovely Jubbly."

Got it in my head they went to Miami in 1991, but I'm not sure.

-Raquel's son is Damien. Damien?

-I was thinking Damien as well.

-What do you think?

-I think we should go for Damien. Yeah?

OK. OK, we'll go with Damien.

-Damien.

-Name of Del Boy and Raquel's son, Damien.

OK, we're going to say Damien.

Samantha and Blair have said Buster Merryfield,

the actor who played Uncle Albert.

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

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

It's right.

-21, for Buster Merryfield.

-APPLAUSE

That's a good answer.

Stu and Mike have gone for Damien,

the name of Del Boy and Raquel's son.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

-Ooh. 79. That's a...

-APPLAUSE

..a popular answer there.

Well done, Samantha and Blair.

Exactly what you needed to do. You're back in the game,

-after two questions, it's 1-1.

-That's a punishing score.

Buster Merryfield, the best answer on that board, as well.

Quite a high scoring board. Now, the other ones.

"Lovely Jubbly", of course...

..would've scored you 92 points. How about that?

The American city was Miami...

..quite right, would've scored you 25.

And the spin-off series, with the lovely John Challis was

The Green, Green Grass, would've scored you 35 points.

Thanks very much, indeed. So it comes down to the third question.

This is the decider. Whoever wins this goes through

to the final to play for that decent jackpot.

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

Chancellors of Germany, Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five people

who've been Chancellors of Germany since 1949.

We're going to give you their first name

and the first letter of their surname.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five German chancellors, and here they are.

Stu and Mike, you will go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

OK. There's one that's really annoying me,

but we're going to go with Helmut Schmidt, the top one.

Helmut Schmidt, say Stu and Mike.

Now, Samantha and Blair, over to you.

Talk us through the board if you can.

Don't think we'll be able to go through the board.

I think it's Helmut Kohl, is the second one.

Go for that, then, because I don't know any, other than the first one.

We're not sure on the bottom three - Willy, Kurt or Konrad -

-so I think we'll go with Helmut Kohl.

-Helmut Kohl.

So, we have Helmuts Schmidt and Kohl.

Stu and Mike went with Helmut Schmidt.

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

It's right.

30.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score for the Schmidt.

Samantha and Blair have gone for Helmut Kohl.

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

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

It's right.

41.

Which means, very well done, Stu and Mike.

After three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.

Yes, Stu and Mike win the battle of the Helmuts. Very well done.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

The best answer on the board is the third one,

which is Kurt Georg Kiesinger -

that would've scored you three points.

Terrific answer if you got that at home.

Below that, Willy Brandt...

..which would have scored you 36.

And the bottom one would've won the point, as well.

He was the first Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer.

He would have scored you 16 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid it's Samantha and Blair.

Well, I knew that was going to go right down to the wire and so it proved.

But I'm afraid it was that first answer of yours,

Venus, that set you back, I think, there.

But, anyway, we will look forward to seeing you next time.

It's been great having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing, Samantha and Blair.

APPLAUSE

But for Stu and Mike it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Stu and Mike.

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

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £6,250.

So what happened? Last time you left at the end of the first round.

What have you done? Have you gone away and been eating fish?

I have, actually, yes.

Amazing, amazing. You've aced it.

Now, as always, you get to choose your category for this

final round and there are four options to choose from. They are...

Oh, New Zealand?

-That's a shame, isn't it?

-Yeah.

That would have been £6,250 easily won, wouldn't it?

Yeah. Veteran Singer/Songwriters. Comic Novels.

-You like comics.

-I didn't want to say that too loud.

He's a big comic geek.

-Are you really?

-Yeah.

-Well, there you are. Surely.

-Let's go for the comics.

-Take a punt?

-Yeah.

-Comic Novels.

Comic Novels, it is.

It's not those sort of comics, I'm afraid.

I'll show you your three categories, though.

We are looking for any novel or collection of short stories

by PG Wodehouse that has the word Jeeves in its title,

so according to the PG Wodehouse Society website.

Not omnibus editions, just the novels and short stories.

Any of the Adrian Mole books...

or any Douglas Adams novel, please.

So, any Jeeves story, any Adrian Mole book or any Douglas Adams novel.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win the jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Douglas Adams novels?

-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

-Yeah, which would be too high.

Adrian Mole? The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole aged...something.

13 and 3/4? Which would be quite high.

Is Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, I think is one.

-Try that.

-Yeah, keep that.

-Jeeves, we could just make one up.

-Yeah, Jeeves and Wooster.

Jeeves and Wooster Go To Town. Jeeves and Wooster go to town.

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, we could have.

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years?

Maybe, The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged...

-What age was he, though?

-I think it was, like, 12 3/4.

-He was nearly a teenager or something like that.

-Yeah, maybe that was it.

Ten seconds left.

Douglas Adams.

There's that one but it's going to be too high. OK.

We're done.

OK. There we are. What are your three answers going to be?

-OK.

-We're going to go for...

-Adrian Mole books.

-OK.

We're going to say Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.

And The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 12 3/4.

The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 12 3/4. And...

Jeeves and Wooster Go To Town.

Jeeves and Wooster Go To Town.

-And that's in the Jeeves stories.

-Oh, I see, yes.

It could be a Douglas Adams, but...

Of those three, which is your best shot for the pointless answer, do you think?

-Adrian Mole. Wilderness.

-OK. The Wilderness Years we'll put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

I think the Jeeves and Wooster.

Jeeves And Wooster Go To Town. OK, we'll put that first.

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

Well, no denying there are three answers on the board...

and answers are good.

Who knows, some of those might be right, some might be very,

very low scoring, even pointless.

If one of those is pointless and you won £6,250,

what would you do with it, Stu?

Erm, I've got a friend who recently moved to Hong Kong,

so I would love to go out and visit her over there.

OK. Mike?

Probably some of the same.

I think I'm long overdue a holiday, so that would be quite nice,

and probably put some of it to the same charity

that I'm running the marathon for.

Very good. OK. Well, very, very best of luck.

Let's hope one of those answers is pointless.

Jeeves And Wooster Goes To Town was your first answer.

Fair to say, probably your least confident answer.

Let's find out if it's correct, then let's see if it's pointless.

If it is, it will win you £6,250. Jeeves And Wooster Go To Town.

-No.

-I know.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was an Adrian Mole novel.

In this case, you have said The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 12 3/4.

Let's find out if it's right. Let's find out if it's pointless.

If it is it will win you £6,250.

How many people said The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 12 3/4?

Ooh, bad luck. I'm afraid that, I guess that must be it.

But everything is now riding on your third and final answer.

Which is Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.

This was the one you were most confident about.

You thought this was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.

Again, it has to be correct.

Then it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £6,250, let's find out how many people said Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Well, your first answer, Jeeves And Wooster Goes To Town was incorrect,

as was The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole, Aged 12 3/4.

The Wilderness Years, though,

is taking us all the way down to pointless. Look at that!

Wow.

Well, you pulled that out of the bag. That is fantastic.

-Can I give you a hug?

-Yeah, yeah.

Wow.

Well, that flew out of a clear blue sky, didn't it?

Congratulations.

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £6,250.

Very, very well done, Stu and Mike.

-How about that?

-Yeah.

I tell you what, giving Stu and Mike

that category is like asking Blair about New Zealand.

It's stuff you guys know.

That's amazing. Very well done.

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

For Jeeves, you could've had....

Let's take a look at Adrian Mole,

as we've got the world's two leading experts here.

Let's take a look at the Douglas Adams.

No points at all for Life, The Universe And Everything

and his unfinished novel that was published posthumously,

The Salmon Of doubt.

Very well done if you got any of those at home,

particularly Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.

Who knew, who knew? And congratulations, guys.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Stu and Mike,

who go away with today's jackpot of £6,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.