Episode 2 Pointless

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Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Patrick, I'm from Sutton Coldfield

and this is my friend Sarah from Milton Keynes.

-Couple number two...

-Hi. I'm Angie, this is my friend Lisa and we live in Bedfordshire.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Sophie, this is my mum Sue and we're from Newcastle.

And finally couple number four.

Hi, I'm Lucy and this is my husband Ian, and we're from Guildford.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you, we'll find out more about you

throughout the show as it goes along.

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

his school recently unveiled a statue of him,

a beautifully crafted likeness, depicting him

smoking behind the sports hall when he should be in double maths.

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

Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

It'd have to be a big statue, wouldn't it?

Wouldn't it? A lot of metal in that.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent.

Now, we've given away the jackpot two shows in a row, haven't we?

We had Jess and Martyn on last time, our two lads from Manchester,

who won on Kylie Minogue. Did very, very well.

Coming back from that show, we've got Sue and Sophie

who were knocked out in the head-to-head by the guys -

we've got three new pairs to take you on today,

but they're going to be tough to beat, I suspect. Round One is er...

I'm going to say we're not dumbing down, Round One.

Some proper kind of... knowledge required. I'm so sorry.

ALL LAUGH

Some knowledge.

Well, it's easier if it's films or top 40 hits, but sometimes you've got

to do some proper kind of stuff you should learn from school.

-Yeah, for the quota.

-Yeah, for the quota.

Just in case the Director-General's watching one day.

-Yes.

-LAUGHTER

Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, as you've gathered, Jess and Martyn won the jackpot last time

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

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

The pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated -

your job is just to make sure that's not you.

Our category for Round One today - knowledge, remember - is...

There you go. European History.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

CHUCKLING

I know. I know.

Let's just go with it, shall we?

First Names of 16th Century European Monarchs, Richard...

Yeah, in a moment, Xander's

going to show you the names of five countries, or five nations -

we need you to tell us the first name of anyone who was a monarch

of any of those countries during the 16th century, please.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So as Richard's just mentioned, I'm going to put five countries

up on the board. They're going to stay up there,

I won't be changing that halfway through the round.

They stay up the whole way up the line, the whole way back down again,

same five countries.

Let's look at our five countries, and here they are...

Sarah. Could it get any better than this?

-It's a dream round!

-Isn't it?

Welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm the marketing manager for Milton Keynes Dons Football Club.

-The MK Dons!

-The big MK Dons.

-That is very exciting.

-Thank you.

-How long have you been doing that?

-Four years.

-Very exciting.

So what did you do before that? How did you work your way up?

I went from university, so originally

I got some work experience at a football television show,

then I moved to another football club for some work experience

and then after university I came out and applied for jobs

and got a job at MK Dons which is my local home town team anyway...

-Not the team you support, though?

-I'm a West ham fan, for my sins.

OK. But still, it's fine.

-Different league.

-Yeah. So I can support both.

-Fair enough.

-Just not when they play each other.

-So how many of you look after marketing?

-Myself.

-It's just you!

So are you there every match day?

Yeah, and the away games, as well, so...

Fantastic. So, yeah, dream job.

I think it's great.

Well, Sarah, we are looking, as you will be aware...

You can barely hold yourself back, I should think, from this

exciting round of European monarchs from the 16th century -

what are you going to go for?

It's not a great round for me.

I did history at A level, so I should know some answers.

-You really didn't have to tell us that.

-No, I know...

I think I'm going to go with Monarchs of France, and go for...Louis.

-Why not?

-Of some variation.

-Louis, says Sarah -

let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Louis.

Absolutely right.

32.

-32 for Louis.

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Yeah, Louis XII reigned right at the start of that century -

he accidentally became King when his cousin tripped up

and hit his head on a doorway on the way to a tennis match.

Must have been a very hard doorway.

I imagine it was stone.

It was the 16th century, it's not made of MDF. LAUGHTER

Yeah, but I've hit my head on doorways before

and I'm still here, I think.

-But he stumbled, so I think he fell forward...

-Maybe he loved tennis.

-He was running to the match.

-I think something like that happened.

-Anyway, on such fragile bonds are histories strung.

-Ironically...

had he been wearing his crown, he'd probably have been fine.

That's why they introduced crowns.

It was originally a very expensive crash helmet.

There we are, thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Angie.

Welcome to Pointless, great to have you here. What do you do, Angie?

I'm an actress primarily, but we also run a couple of companies.

What are the companies?

We supply actors, professional actors for role-play

-and corporate work and stuff like that.

-Oh, that's fun.

So do you do that as well, the role-play stuff?

Yeah, we do a bit of that, and we do a bit of the legit stuff.

What's your favourite role-play scenario you've ever been in?

I quite like being a bolshy customer, that's quite nice.

You can really let out all that angst and really...get into it.

Very good. And what are your hobbies when you're not doing that, Angie?

All sorts of things - reading, I play golf, badly... Very badly.

But I'm improving, slowly.

-Very slowly.

-What's your handicap?

-29 at the moment, but I'm working on it.

-That's good, it's fine.

-Now, how about European history?

-Yeah... Er...

I'll have to go for Monarchs of England, and go for an Edward.

You're going to go for an Edward. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, 32's our only score, you've passed that...

17 for Edward.

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Yeah, Edward VI of course, who became King when he was only nine years old.

Shall we do some impro?

-Yeah.

-I'll be a bolshy customer

and you be someone who runs... you know, something or other.

-CHIRPY VOICE:

-Hello! How can I help you?

Er, I have a complaint.

What would you like to complain about today?

I am not going to say another word until I see your supervisor.

I'm afraid my supervisor's out at the moment.

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Will you play my supervisor, Angie?

-Well, yes.

-Oh, here's my supervisor just through right now.

Angie... Just got a customer.

How can I help you?

I am not going to speak another word until I talk to YOUR supervisor.

Well, unfortunately their head office is in Russia -

I can get him on the phone for you?

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-This is easy!

-Oh, wow. You're just the king of role-play.

-It's quite something, isn't it?

-Yeah. Wow. Thank you.

Now, Sue, welcome back.

Head-to-head. Head-to-head last time. Hans Christian Andersen.

-We've got to get past those fairy tales.

-Yeah. We've got to put them behind us.

-It was my little daughter that failed me, really.

-Oh, Sophie...

-Disappointment.

-Sophie, Sophie, Sophie.

-Now, Sue, how's your European history?

-OK. Yeah.

History's is one of my subjects. I've do like history, yeah.

What are we going to go for?

We'll go the Monarchs of Scotland, I think.

James...VI.

-OK, you're going to go for James.

-One of the Jameses in Scotland, yeah.

OK. James, says Sue -

let's see that's right and how many of our 100 people said James.

It's right. Well, 32's our high score, 17 our low...

You've passed 32... 30. Very well done.

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Yeah, James IV, V and VI in fact in that century.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now, Ian...

-Welcome to the show.

-Hello.

-Good to have you here, Ian.

-What do you do, Ian?

-I'm a product manager for a software company.

-So which product is it you manage?

-Er, I've got several products.

It's in the betting industry, so we do till product...

-I see.

-..and various other products.

-I see. That's quite fun.

Do you work through specific bookmakers, or do you er...

I work for a company that just sell software to bookmakers.

I see. OK, right. That sort of gives them in-play odds, that you can work out your odds at a...

I have no idea what I'm talking about, as you can probably gather.

Anyway, it sounds great. What do you do when you're not doing that, Ian?

Er... I like to do a bit of kayaking, keep fit...

Go to the pub. Balance it out a little bit.

Ian, what are you going to go for?

It's a bad one for me. It's a pretty bad one for me.

Er, I'm just going to plump for

King John.

King John. Fair enough.

Let's find out

if John was a king of any of these countries in the 16th century -

how many people said King John, is it right?

No! Bad luck, Ian.

I'm afraid no Kings John in the 16th century in any of these countries,

that scores you 100 points, Ian.

Yeah, no Johns, I'm afraid.

Not even a Tsar John of Russia, can you believe that?

There was a 13th-century king of England called John.

Thank you very much, Richard. Halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores -

17, Angie, the best score of that pass.

Then up to 30 where we find Sue and Sophie.

Up to 32, Sarah and Patrick,

and then Ian and Lucy, I'm afraid

up there, the dizzy heights of 100.

Lucy, are we going to get a lovely low score from you?

-No!

-Think of a really juicy name that might be a likely name

for a king or a tsar or anything like that from the 16th century,

and who knows, maybe it might be enough to keep you in the game.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So Lucy, remember, we're looking for the first name of any

holder of any of these positions during the 16th century.

There they all are.

It's going to get tougher this time round,

so if you can get one right, find a nice low score, who knows?

Lucy, what do you do?

Er, I work in sales and marketing for an electronics company.

What do you do in your spare time, Lucy?

I like going swimming, and I enjoy going to the theatre,

-I try and go as much as possible.

-Excellent.

Where do you go to the theatre?

Well, I live in Guildford, so Woking is our local theatre.

-But I like going to the West End.

-I see. OK.

You're high scorers on 100. We need a low score.

-Lucy, good luck.

-Well, this isn't a bad subject for me.

I'm quite good on my English history.

I'm going to take a punt, hope this is correct - Jane?

-As in Lady Jane Grey? I'm not sure if that'll count.

-OK.

You'll go for Jane.

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

No red line for you there as you're the high scorers.

Right.

That is very impressive indeed, Lucy -

the lowest score of the round by a margin.

104 is your total. Very well done.

Great answer. Some people don't recognise her as a monarch,

but we did for this question, so our 100 were allowed to name her,

-so she's an acceptable answer.

-Thank you.

-Now, Sophie. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a full-time mum to my two girls.

And remind us what you like getting up to.

I just like spending time with them -

I'm always out on play dates and school things

and...just generally pink fun.

Excellent - pink fun.

Listen, you're on 30.

You have to score 73 or less to get through to the next round.

-I think you can do that.

-I've got a name in my head.

I don't know where it's come from. I'll go with it,

and probably get murdered by my mother later.

-I'm going to go for Ivan.

-Ivan.

Ivan. OK. Let's find out if Ivan is right.

If you can get below that red line with Ivan...

-If it's right, that would help!

-..you're in...well, exactly.

Let's see how far down the column you get with Ivan.

It's right. Very well done, Sophie.

You're in round two.

And you've scored 7. Very well done indeed - 37.

Yeah, a few Ivans there - including, of course, Ivan the Terrible, who...

-He wasn't so bad.

-He took the title when he was three years old,

-which I think is probably where the name comes from.

-OK.

-The terrible threes.

-Yeah.

-And he just never lost it.

-He was quite naughty.

-Yeah.

I think, in Russia, he's known as Ivan the Formidable.

-Oh, really?

-So I think they see him slightly differently.

But he killed his son and heir, for example.

-But he was, you know...

-And also, he wouldn't go to bed.

He was supposed to go to bed at 7:30 and he would cry

and he would stay up to, like, 8:15, sometimes.

-That is...that's pretty terrible.

-Yeah.

-OK, now, Lisa.

-Yeah.

Lisa, welcome to the show, good to have you here, What do you do?

Same as Angie - I'm an actor, and role-playing training,

-that sort of thing.

-You work for Angie's company?

-I do, yes.

-How often do you do this?

-All the time, really.

-Almost daily?

Yeah - it can be three, four times a week

for all different organisations, yeah.

So has your acting career being put on the side

and the role-playing thing has now, sort of, sprung to the fore?

To a degree - I'm producing some theatre shows for next spring,

so that creative thing is still going on.

But, yeah, I am the customer or the bad employee or...

-Bad employee? Oh, that's fun.

-Yeah.

We might do a bit of that later - bad employee.

-I thought I was doing that. Am I not?

-Eh...

OK - now, listen, you have to score 86 or less, Lisa.

-Essentially, you have to find a right answer.

-OK.

Um, yeah. I've got a couple in my mind.

But I think I might just play it safe

and go for Mary.

-Mary. OK. Was that yours, Patrick?

-Yeah, yeah.

Don't worry about it.

There's your red line.

Get below that, you're through to round two.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

And you're through.

19 for Mary. Not bad at all.

Your total is 36.

Yeah, Queen of England and Scotland, of course, Mary.

Yeah. Now, Patrick, what do you do?

I work in marketing and communications

for an engineering company.

What are your hobbies, Patrick? What do you like getting up to?

I like travelling and, uh...I like doing charity work.

What charity work do you do?

I volunteer in a children's hospice called Bluebell Wood

and I also like going out to Beirut.

I work in an orphanage there sometimes in the summer holidays,

so...it's good.

Do you think the kids will be watching, from the hospice?

Uh, yeah, the hospice. They probably won't in Beirut.

-Not in Beirut, no.

-You underestimate us.

Yeah, yeah. Patrick, what are you going to go for?

-You have to score 71 or less.

-Yeah. Um...

I did French as my degree,

so I really should know loads of monarchs of France.

But the only name that ever comes up is Louis

and you just throw that out in an exam and get by, normally.

Um...I think I'll have to just...

-Henry, I think.

-You're going to go with Henry?

-Yeah.

-OK. Well, you only have to score 71 or less.

Patrick says Henry.

Let's see if it's right and, if so, how many people said Henry.

There's your red line.

It's right, of course.

And you're in round two. Very well done indeed.

38 for Henry.

70 is your total.

Henry VII and Henry VIII, seeing you safely through.

Funnily enough, if you had stuck with your French degree and taken more of a risk...

I was going to maybe say Guillaume, something like that?

If you'd gone with the French Henry, Henri with an "I",

would have been a pointless answer.

Oh! But that's what I said!

Yeah, yeah(!)

I heard exactly what you said in that flawless French accent of yours.

Let's take a look at the different answers.

Monarchs of Spain, a couple of pointless answers.

You could have had Isabella or Carlos.

Those would have been pointless.

You'd have got one point for Juana or Ferdinand

and 12 points for Philip.

For the Monarchs of France, Henri, as we just said,

is a pointless answer, so is Francis.

And Charles would have scored you 18 points.

For Monarchs of England, we've had all of them apart from Elizabeth,

who would have scored you 32 points.

For the Russians, Vasili and Fyodor and Boris -

those would have been pointless answers.

And that's all the answers in all the categories.

Thank you very much. At the end of our first round,

the pair heading home, with a high score of 104,

I'm afraid, Lucy and Ian.

Dear, oh, dear - King John let you down there, Ian.

-If only he'd lived a bit longer.

-I know.

-Ugh!

Anyway, I'm sorry we're saying goodbye so soon,

but we'll see you again next time, look forward to that.

Lucy and Ian, thanks very much.

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.

Three pairs remain. Obviously, at the end of the round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Lisa and Angie, our lowest-scoring total there, very well done to you.

And Patrick and Sarah, if you'd only gone for Henri,

that would have been amazing, you'd have added £250 to the jackpot.

Never mind, let's move on - best of luck to all of you.

Our category for round two today is...

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first and second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-Yes, on each board, we'll show you six pairs of acts,

all of whom have had hits with the same song.

Just tell us the name of the song, please.

There will be 12 in all to have a go at at home.

OK. Let's reveal our pairs of acts and here's our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

Sarah.

Er, it's a good board.

I know a few of them.

One of them I'm not sure of the title,

so I can sing it in my head,

but that's no good to anybody else or knowing of the title.

So I think I'm going to go with the top one,

Journey and the Glee Cast, and go for Don't Stop Believin'.

Don't Stop Believin', says Sarah. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Don't Stop Believin'.

It's right.

33.

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33 for Don't Stop Believin'.

Yeah, it was originally a number 62 hit, Don't Stop Believin'.

And then in 2009 it had an extraordinary renaissance.

And then Joe McElderry sung it on X Factor.

Suddenly it was in the charts in various different versions.

Thanks very much, indeed. Now, Lisa.

-Yes.

-What are you going to go for?

Er, there's a couple that I know, which I'm very pleased about.

I'm just thinking about which one will be the most obscure.

So...

Elvis Presley and Fine Young Cannibals,

-Suspicious Minds.

-Suspicious Minds, says Lisa.

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

9.

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Good answer, Lisa. A number two hit for Elvis,

a number eight hit for Fine Young Cannibals.

-I can hear Roland Gift in my head now.

-Can you?

-Yeah.

I'm going to have that for the rest of the day. Good song.

So, Sue, this board's all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

I'd love to.

I can guess through it.

Er...

Maybe Frankie Goes To Hollywood is Two Tribes.

The Doors is maybe Light My Fire.

Michael Jackson, Bad?

I think I'll go for The Doors, Light My Fire.

OK, The Doors and Will Young, Light My Fire, says Sue.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Light My Fire.

It's right.

33's our highest score,

9 our low.

20.

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Good middle ground there, Sue.

Yeah, another song that wasn't a top 40 hit when it was first released.

It was rereleased off the back of the biopic of The Doors

and reached number seven. Will Young had a number one with it.

Let's look through the rest of this board.

Now, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Gabrielle Aplin, it's not Two Tribes.

-It's...

-The Power Of Love.

The Power Of Love, yeah. 22 points.

Joe Cocker and Wet Wet Wet is...?

-With A Little Help From My Friends.

-With A Little Help From My Friends.

Six points. And Michael Jackson, Alien Ant Farm.

-Smooth Criminal.

-Smooth Criminal.

And that would have scored you 16. So the best answer up there is

With A Little Help From My Friends.

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

Let's take a look at the scores. Nine the best score of that pass. Lisa, very well done,

putting you and Angie at the top of the table.

Then up to 20, where we find Sue and Sophie.

Then up to 33, Sarah and Patrick.

So, Patrick, we need a low score from you.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Sophie, remember, we're looking for the title

of the song that these pairs of bands had hits with.

You're on 20, you want to be scoring 12 or less

to avoid becoming the new high scorers.

I don't think I'm going to score 12 or less.

But I've got to go with something that I know is right.

So I'm going to go Keane and Lily Allen,

Somewhere Only We Know?

Somewhere Only We Know, says Sophie.

Here's your red line. If you get below that,

you're definitely in the next round.

Let's see how the people said Somewhere Only We Know.

It's right.

33.

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33 takes your total up to 53.

Yeah, Keane's first UK hit, reached number three for them

and then Lily Allen went to number one with the same song.

Thanks very much, indeed.

Now, then, Angie,

you've got a target, 43 or less we need from you...

-Uh-huh.

-..to get through to the head-to-head.

Pop music isn't my big thing, I have to say.

But I'm thinking Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys,

Always On My Mind.

Always On My Mind, says Angie.

Let's see if that's right. There's your red line. Get below that,

you're in the head-to-head.

It's right.

You're through.

20.

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Very well done, indeed.

29 is your total. Very well done.

-Richard?

-Another very good answer.

Yeah, Elvis got in the top 40 three times with that song, actually.

Pet Shop Boys just the once, but it was number one, Christmas number one.

Kept Fairytale Of New York off the number one slot.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.

OK, now, Patrick.

Here we have a game on our hands.

The high scorers on 53 are Sophie and Sue. You're on 33.

19 or less gets you through to the next round.

19 or less, Patrick.

-Can you talk us through that board?

-Er...

I don't know what to do, because I know the Wheatus one's

going to kill me when I find, cos I think I'll know it.

Er, The Bangles and Atomic Kitten one

is Eternal Flame, I think.

Sixpence None The Richer...

I don't know whether they were like a big band,

but I can remember one song name by them

and I don't know whether it was originally by The La's.

I think that was called Kiss Me.

Ah...

Er...

I think I might guess that, Kiss Me.

Why not? Take a risk.

OK, you're going to go for Kiss Me, says Patrick.

There's your red line. Get below that,

you're through to the next round. Let's see if Kiss Me is right.

Ooh. I'm afraid it's not, Patrick.

They're thrilled with that over on the far podium there,

but I'm afraid that scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 133.

Yeah, not a bad risk. Sixpence None The Richer had two UK top 40 hits,

Kiss Me far and away the biggest. A huge hit for them.

But that was their own original songs.

But they also covered The La's biggest hit, which was...

-There She Goes.

-There She Goes.

-Oh, yeah.

Would have scored you 16 points, as well.

Would have been a terrific answer.

Now, The Bangles and Atomic Kitten, you knew the answer.

You had to get 20 points to get into a tie.

-Eternal Flame would have scored you 21 points.

-Oh.

Erasure and Wheatus you say you know.

Well, I'll know it when you tell me, but I...

-It's A Little Respect.

-Yeah.

It would have scored you 7.

And the best answer on the board, Kate Bush,

a great cover by The Futureheads of...

-Hounds Of Love.

-Hounds Of Love, yeah, top 10 hit for them.

4 points for that.

Thanks very much, indeed.

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

with their high score of 133, I'm afraid, Patrick and Sarah.

Well, listen, it's a very good start.

You'll be back next time. We'll look forward to that.

Let's hope you go much, much further.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Patrick and Sarah.

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

Congratulations, Lisa and Angie, Sue and Sophie.

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

to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

Sue and Sophie, you've been here before.

-In fact, you've been exactly here before.

-Yeah.

You were standing behind that blue podium in the last head-to-head.

How are you feeling this time round, Sophie?

Still nervous.

-But looking forward to it.

-OK.

Well, Lisa and Angie, you've done very, very well.

Very good play. Nice, low scoring consistently throughout.

Now you can confer before you give your answers.

I think this is going to be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Famous Canadians, Richard.

Yeah, I'm going to show you five pictures of people born in Canada.

Can you tell us the most obscure?

OK. Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five Canadians

and here they come.

There we are, five famous Canadians.

-Lisa and Angie, you've been our low scorers, so you will go first.

-OK.

-THEY WHISPER

-Have you got any ideas?

-I know three.

-Oh, dear, you're good.

I think I would go for A.

-I think, cos D will be quite popular, so...

-OK.

..the other ones I don't know.

I only know two of the ones you know, so I think, I don't know A.

-OK, OK.

-Go for that.

-We're going to go for A,

Avril Lavigne.

Avril Lavigne say Lisa and Angie, Avril Lavigne.

Now, Sue and Sophie.

The board's all yours. Talk us through it.

Er...

B is Celine Dion.

D is Dan Aykroyd.

E, Pierre Trudeau, a long time ago.

But I think we'll go for a D, Dan Aykroyd.

You're going to say Dan Aykroyd.

So we have Avril Lavigne and we have Dan Aykroyd.

Lisa and Angie said Avril Lavigne.

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

It's right.

46.

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-Oh, it's high.

46. Meanwhile, Sue and Sophie have said that D is Dan Aykroyd.

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

It's right.

Oh, look at that.

Dan Aykroyd wins it for you.

31.

APPLAUSE

Which means, Sue and Sophie, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Well done, Sue. You got an even better answer

with Pierre Trudeau, actually, would have scored you 10 points.

He'd have been a terrific answer. Former Prime Minister of Canada.

B is Celine Dion, she's the biggest scorer up there, though.

She would have scored you 72.

And C, considered by many people the greatest ice hockey player

of all time, is Wayne Gretzky.

4 points for him.

I think Pierre Trudeau looks like he could do with a good night's sleep,

don't you think? He just looks a bit...

HE GRUMBLES

He does. But he was a busy man.

It's not easy to run Canada, is it?

Unless you think it's easy to run Canada?

LAUGHTER Actually,

if you're going to run anywhere...

-Canada kind of runs itself, doesn't it?

-Well, I think it does.

I'm not entirely sure what you'd be up to.

-Wake up in the morning, a little game of golf...

-Yeah.

Check on Canada, have a little look, see if everything's all right,

make sure it's not on fire(!)

If it is on fire, call somebody.

You're laughing, aren't you?

Maybe go on a chat show if they have them, which they

probably do - big country.

-Not going to have a whole country without a chat show, are they?

-No.

Go on a chat show, do an anecdote about the time you met the Queen.

-That's it, job done. Back to bed.

-Why do you look so tired?

-Box sets.

-That's what it is.

-That's exactly what is happening.

-He's been up all night watching box sets of The Rockford Files.

-Yep.

There we are, thank you very much indeed.

Here comes your second question. Lisa and Angie,

you have to win this one back to stay in the game,

but Sue and Sophie will get to answer it first.

Best of luck. It concerns...

..colour films.

Colour films.

We're going to show you five titles of films now,

all of which have a colour in them but we've removed that colour.

-Can you tell us what it is, please?

-OK.

Let's reveal our five colour films and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

Sue and Sophie will go first.

(What do you reckon?)

Is it Blue Christmas? I don't know.

-I thought it was Black Christmas.

-It might be.

The Red Shoes or Pretty in Pink?

The Red Shoes.

We'll go for the 1948 one, The Red Shoes.

The Red Shoes, say Sue and Sophie, The Red Shoes.

Now then, Lisa and Angie, over to you.

-Do you want to talk us through the board?

-Yeah... Er...

Yeah.

We're stuck on the first one.

The second one is White Christmas.

The Red Shoes we knew

and it's Pretty In Pink.

-That one?

-Yep, Pretty In Pink.

You're going to go for Pretty In Pink, say Lisa and Angie.

Sue and Sophie said The Red Shoes, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

69.

APPLAUSE

69, that's a high score there.

Now, Lisa and Angie, meanwhile, have gone for Pretty In Pink.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Pretty In Pink.

It's right. Oh!

92, for Pretty In Pink.

Very well done, Sue and Sophie,

after only two questions you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

Very well played, you'll kick yourself at that top one as well,

-it's Judi Dench and Billy Connolly, in Mrs Brown.

-Course it is!

Absolutely.

But it doesn't leap out at you, does it?

Would have got to the point as well, because it scored 46.

Film from 2013 here, French film. Blue Is The Warmest Colour.

It would have scored you 23, now, it's not White Christmas from 2006,

it's a film about an escaped maniac who causes havoc on Christmas Eve.

-Hey!

-And it's called Black Christmas.

-There you go.

And that would have scored you three points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

our lower scorers up till this point, Lisa and Angie.

-But then you came up against Sue and Sophie.

-Well, yes.

-Yes.

A force to be reckoned with.

Nothing wrong with your answers, Pretty In Pink,

that was a big score though, wasn't it?

Anyway, see you again next time, we look forward to that very much.

Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Lisa and Angie.

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-Well done, you. Good luck.

But for Sue and Sophie, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sue and Sophie, you fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

-Well, this is everything you needed to do.

-Exactly.

Yes, a very good performance,

fantastic, you nicked it as well, 2-0.

-We did really well.

-Yeah.

-Angie and Lisa were really strong.

They were a pretty formidable opposition, weren't they?

-What would you like to see come up in this last round?

-Oh, geography.

-Disney movies would be good for me.

-Science.

OK, let's find out. As always, you choose your category from the four

on the board.

Let's hope there's something you like the look of.

Today we've got...

Lovely.

LAUGHTER

Which glorious topic would you like?

Shall we go with the Actors And Directors?

I don't know about directors, I might know a couple of actors,

I know nothing about Wales and The Beatles, though.

It could be sport in Wales, would you now sport in Wales?

-No.

-Right, let's not do that, then!

Australian Actors And Directors, please.

Australian Actors And Directors.

Very best of luck, we're looking for any feature film made for cinema

release up to 2014 for which Eric Bana has received an acting credit.

For which Peter Weir has received a directing credit.

Or for which Toni Collette has received an acting credit.

So, feature films made for cinema release for which Eric Bana or Toni

Collette have got an acting credit

or Peter Weir has got a directing credit.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with

three answers, all we need from you is just one pointless answer

among those three for you to win that jackpot of £1,000.

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

-There they are, your time starts now.

-Do you know any?

-Yes.

I've no idea who Peter Weir is. Eric Bana was the Hulk.

Toni Collette did Muriel's Wedding, I'm sure she was the mum in,

er, in Hugh Grant, About A Boy.

I'm sure of it. I know them two for definite.

Any more Eric Bana ones?

No, no, I don't know him, that's the only thing I know him from.

Er, Toni Collette...

So what have we got?

We've got Muriel's Wedding and About A Boy.

I don't think either of them will be pointless,

but I'm pretty sure they're right.

-Yeah.

-Er...

-Peter Weir?

I don't even know who he is, so...

-Although, when they say them, I probably will know who he is.

-Yeah.

Directors are always harder.

Yeah. Shush!

Er...

I can picture Toni Collette's face pregnant in one of these films,

and I just...

-I don't even know who she is.

-Ten seconds left.

I just say we go with the Hulk,

Muriel's Wedding and About A Boy.

OK, yeah.

-It's all your fault.

-Of course, it is.

OK, that's your time up.

What answers are you going to give me?

We're going to give Eric Bana as the Hulk.

-The Hulk.

-The Hulk.

Toni Collette, we'd like to give Muriel's Wedding.

-Muriel's Wedding.

-And About A Boy.

-And About A Boy.

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

-Probably About A Boy, if it's right.

-OK, we'll put that last.

-Least likely?

-The Hulk.

-The Hulk.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order then,

and here they are. We have got Hulk,

Muriel's Wedding

and About A Boy.

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was the one you thought was

probably least likely to be pointless, the Hulk.

If one of these is pointless and you win 1,000 quid,

what would you do with that, Sue?

Er, spend it on wine and clothes mainly.

-Wine and clothes.

-Yeah.

-Perfect.

-I wouldn't want to waste it.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-No.

-Sophie, how about you?

-I'd spend some on my daughters

and then wine.

OK, there we are. Daughters, clothes and wine.

Your first answer, as I said, is the Hulk.

In this case, we were looking for Eric Bana films.

Let's find out if it's right. If it's pointless, you will win £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Hulk.

Well, it is right.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with £1,000.

Hulk now taking us down through the...

28. OK, there we are. 28, the Hulk.

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-Not a surprise.

You'd have been surprised if that had been a pointless answer?

It's the only thing I've ever heard of him in.

OK, so not a pointless answer.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer, in fact,

your next two answers are both Toni Collette films.

Your second answer is Muriel's Wedding.

This has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £1,000, let's find out how many people said Muriel's Wedding.

It's right.

Well, Hulk took us down to 28.

Muriel's Wedding now taking us down

through the 30s into the 20s,

down...

Oh, 23 for Muriel's Wedding.

APPLAUSE

At least it was right.

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

But this is your third and final answer.

This is the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.

About A Boy.

You're hoping that no-one else remembered that. Let's find out.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £1,000, let's find out how many people said About A Boy.

It's right.

Well, Hulk took us down to 28,

Muriel's Wedding took us down to 23...

About A Boy now taking us down

through the teens into single figures...

Oh, 7.

AUDIENCE GROANS

APPLAUSE

Seven.

Three very good answers there. Three perfectly good answers.

You'd have been thrilled with any of those scores in normal gameplay,

but in this last round, it's either pointless or nothing.

So, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer,

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

That rolls over onto the next show.

But it's been brilliant having you on both shows.

You've played so well, across both of them. Very well done.

You get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Sue and Sophie.

It's been a pleasure having you on both shows.

Head-to-head last time, final this time. That's all you can ask.

Unlucky in the jackpot round.

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

We'll start with Eric Bana films.

Also could have had Funny People and The Castle.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

The big scorers were Hulk and Troy,

they were the two big scorers for Eric Bana.

Now, Peter Weir films, he's the guy who did Dead Poets Society

and The Truman Show, lots of other films.

Here are some of the pointless ones.

His brilliant war drama Gallipoli was a pointless answer.

The Cars That Ate Paris.

The Harrison Ford movie The Mosquito Coast,

The Year Of Living Dangerously, a Mel Gibson movie.

Also could have had Fearless, Homesdale and The Last Wave.

Well done if you set any of those.

And Toni Collette...

Starred with Ben Affleck and Samuel L Jackson in Changing Lanes.

She's in Diana & Me with Dominic West.

There's The Night Listener and the Ewan McGregor film Velvet Goldmine.

All of those were pointless answers.

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

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Sue and Sophie,

but it's been wonderful having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Sue and Sophie.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Sue and Sophie didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time 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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