Episode 21 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the game where we aim for the obscure

and we ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Kirsten. This is my boyfriend Rob.

We're both from Glasgow in Scotland.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Janet.

This is my daughter Liz and we're from Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm John from Basingstoke

and this is my friend Martin who's from Birmingham.

-And, finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Jamie.

This is my housemate Robbie

and we're both from the University of Leeds.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll find out more throughout the show as it goes along.

So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He recently had his eyebrows raised by a cosmetic surgeon

so he can at least look surprised at some of the facts.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

You can do that thing, can't you, where you can raise one eyebrow?

Oh, I'm so envious. I'd love to be able to do that.

My son can do that. Where's he got that from? Oh, it's annoying.

-Now, what a lovely show last time!

-Wasn't that lovely?

You've got two returning pairs from that.

They were knocked out in round one and round two,

but we've had a run recently of pairs being knocked out in round one

and round two and, then, being the head-to-head pairs.

I think we've had it three times recently, so it might happen again,

especially because no-one got a wrong answer last time.

John and Martin, they're on podium three now, got knocked out

in round one, and Liz and Janet, very unlucky to be knocked out

in round two. It was a very, very low-scoring round, that one.

It was a good show and, then, Azaria and Kim.

Oh, we gave them some shocking final categories, didn't we?

I mean, really, we really stitched them up, unfortunately.

They made a good fist of it but the jackpot remains,

-but through no fault of their own, I have to say.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed. So, yes, as you'll have gathered,

Azaria and Kim didn't win the jackpot so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot start off at £2,000.

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

So, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Your job as contestants is to make sure you are not that pair.

Best of luck with that. Our first category today is...

Royalty. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going second,

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

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

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

..as they could. British monarchs between the Elizabeths. Richard.

Yeah, looking for any reigning monarch of England, Scotland,

Great Britain or the United Kingdom between Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II,

please. Very best of luck. We need name and regnal number.

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

-Hello.

Here from Glasgow. What do you do, Kirsten?

-I'm a spinal veterinary surgeon.

-You're a what-what?

-Spinal vet surgeon.

-How long have you done that for?

-I graduated in 2006, so, yeah, since then.

-Excellent. Loving it?

Yeah, it's good. It's very variable. I've worked out of hours before

and now I'm in a nice general practice so it's quite nice.

Excellent. And what do you get up to when you're not doing that?

I like to go snowboarding with my pals.

-Do you ever do that in Scotland?

-Yes.

-Up in the Cairngorms?

-Yeah, yeah. Up the Cairngorms.

-Up to Aviemore.

-Been to Aviemore.

Fell down a mountain in Glencoe.

That was fun. Not bruised too bad. All good.

And I actually won a holiday to Poland last year at a ski show

so I went to Poland last year skiing and snowboarding. It was good.

-Anyway, so, Kirsten, yes, royalty.

-Yes.

I meant to kind of revise this but kind of forgot to. Yeah.

So, Elizabeth I is a Tudor

so I'll go for James I.

James I, says Kirsten. James I. Let's see if that is right.

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

It's right.

32.

We'll discover as the round goes on if that's a good or a bad score

but I think it's pretty good, isn't it? 32 gets the ball rolling.

-Yeah, good.

-Yeah, James I or James VI of Scotland.

One of his lasting contributions, of course, is authorising

-the King James Bible.

-Indeed.

-That was him.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Now, Janet. Janet, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-So, we discovered you are a retired farmer's wife.

-Yes.

With all that that implies. Basically, running the farm.

-Oh, yes.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-What do you get up to nowadays?

I like gardening and I play bridge.

-Do you play bridge very seriously?

-No, not really.

-Some people do.

-I saw that, Liz. Yeah.

-You do take it quite seriously. How often do you play?

-Twice a week.

Yes, that's quite serious.

-When you're not doing that, what else do you do?

-We like travelling.

We're both retired now, my husband and I, and help in the community.

Excellent. Janet, what do you want to go for?

I think I will try William and Mary.

William and Mary.

We need to take your first answer. I know what you mean

but we need to take your first answer which is William.

You now have to tell us which William.

Oh.

-We need a regnal number.

-Well, I'm not really sure,

so I'll say William I.

OK, Janet's going for William I. Let's see if that's right

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

No! I'm sorry, Janet. I'm sorry.

That's an incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Janet. William I was William the Conqueror, I'm afraid.

Of course he was!

Thank you very much. Now, John, welcome back.

Welcome back. We discovered last time

-that you printed money for a living.

-True.

-There's so many things we could ask you.

-I've got it for you,

-by the way.

-Oh, you brought it.

Oh, the case round the back. I saw it. Yep, yep, very good. Good, good.

So, what do you fill your retirement with, John?

I play golf and I'm a member of the local Rotary Club

so we raise funds for charity.

Do you travel around as the Rotary Club?

I travel around an awful lot in my leisure and Rotary roles,

-as well, yes.

-Because there's usually a lot of sort of twinning

-with Rotarys, isn't it?

-We do. We have a twin town in Belgium

which is Braine-l'Alleud which is near Waterloo.

They won't be watching. What's it like? Is it a nice place?

-Is it a good place to be twinned with?

-Fabulous place. Lovely people

and the wine is fantastic. Belgian wine, you'd be surprised.

I've never even heard of Belgian wine. Isn't that terrible?

-Nor have I.

-No, I've heard a Belgian whine, but I've...

No, it's a lovely place.

OK, yes. Of all the places to be twinned with! Isn't that lovely?

A nice place in Belgium.

That's good.

Now, John, how are we feeling about our monarchs between the Elizabeths?

OK.

-Queen Anne.

-Queen Anne, says John. Queen Anne.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how may people said Queen Anne.

It's a very good answer, John.

32 is our low score at this point.

I have a hunch you'll go below that. Yes, you do.

14, very well done.

Queen Anne. Very good answer.

Yeah, she was the last of the Stuart monarchs

and, of course, the first sovereign of Great Britain, Anne.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Jamie, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. From Leeds. You're at university there.

-What are you studying?

-I'm studying politics at the moment.

-Enjoying it?

-Yeah. It's good, yeah. It's good.

-What year are you in?

-Second year.

-OK, good. You didn't change at the end of the first year.

-No.

Here's the question I ask every person who's reading politics.

-Would you ever go into politics?

-Surprisingly, no.

No, that's not a surprise. That's the answer everybody gives.

That's essentially why people read politics.

To get it out of their system.

What do you do when you're not studying, Jamie?

I am a music editor at the student paper.

-You write up all the music stories?

-I try to, yeah.

-There isn't a newspaper choir that you're in charge of?

-No, no.

-I see.

OK, so you get good bands coming up to Leeds? Plenty of them.

Plenty of them from Leeds.

Try and arrange interviews and send people to review gigs

-and albums and that kind of thing, yeah.

-Very good.

OK, so, Jamie, how's your history?

Not brilliant, but I'm going to take a punt.

I'm going to go for Edward VI.

Edward VI. Edward VI, says Jamie.

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

how many of our 100 people said it.

Oh, I'm sorry, Jamie. I'm sorry.

They got through a lot of Edwards before Elizabeth I.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points. Mind you,

you're not the only 100. You're in good company.

Yeah, sorry, as Xander said, he was before Elizabeth I, I'm afraid.

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

Let's take a look at those scores. Three scores between the four.

14 the lowest score of the pass. Well done, John.

Queen Anne, what a great answer!

Then up to 32 where we see Kirsten and Rob and, then, up to 100,

Jamie and Robbie and Janet and Liz.

So, Robbie and Liz, it's between you two. Best of luck.

Let's see who can come up with the most obscure monarch

between the Elizabeths. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Robbie, welcome. Good to have you here. Also from Leeds University.

-That's right.

-I'm guessing you're also in your second year.

-Yeah.

-What are you studying?

-I study English and philosophy.

-Very good.

And at what stage in your first year did you discover Jamie?

The first day. Very first day. At halls of residence.

-You're neighbouring rooms?

-Well, no, actually.

I popped into the common room and Jamie was there looking lost,

as lost as me, and we decided to go out.

-Since we were in Leeds.

-Very good.

Ah, excellent!

And what else do you get up to when you're not studying?

Like Jamie, I do music journalism.

I'm head of music at Leeds student radio

so I do his job but on the radio.

Very good. Do you ever just do each other's work?

I mean, do you ever just kind of just say,

"Oh, I haven't written a review for the gig,"

and just past the stuff over?

No. I think it's slightly easier to talk about music

than it is to write about music. It's definitely less effort,

-so I'm happy to do my work.

-OK, so how often are you on radio, then?

Two or three times a week, usually.

Have you become a bit of a celebrity around the campus?

Not as much as I think I am a celebrity on campus.

Robbie, that's a brilliant answer. I'm sure you are.

Well, you are joint high scorers so we need a low score from you.

What are you going to go for?

I watched The King's Speech the other day

and I'm pretty sure that's between the two Elizabeths,

so I'm going to go Edward V.

Oh, no! Can I change that?

No, I'm afraid you can't.

OK, you're going to go for Edward V. Edward V, says Robbie.

Let's see if that's right

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

Yeah.

I'm afraid, what with Edward VI being wrong...

Anyway, there you go.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, Robbie.

Yeah, I'm going to recommend no-one says Edward IV. That would be my tip.

Sorry, Robbie. I don't feel so bad because when you said,

"Can I change my mind?", the audience were going, "Oh, no. No, no.

"You can't do that." They're very unforgiving.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, now, Martin. I've got cracking news for you, Martin.

You're through to the next round, no matter what you score.

No more of this leaving at the end of round one nonsense.

Martin, remind us what you like getting up to.

Well, I like travelling. I like photography. I like gardening.

I like looking after puppies for guide dogs.

-This is just the loveliest job.

-It is.

-It's just one long Andrex advert in your house, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Fantastic. Martin, how good's your history?

-Reasonable. Yeah.

-Do you think you can do better than John, is the question.

-No.

-Probably not but I'll go for George II.

-George II.

Nice random George to go to for. I like that.

That's the one you're going to hide behind. George II.

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

but let's see how many people said George II.

It's right.

30.

-Not at all bad. Takes your total up to 44.

-Yeah, very well played.

The last British monarchy to fight alongside his soldiers,

at the age of 60.

-Yeah.

-Now, then, Liz.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, we discovered last time that you run a bed-and-breakfast

-up near Shrewsbury.

-I do.

-What do you do when you aren't doing that?

That occupies pretty much all your time, I'd have thought.

It does but I play tennis, so I play in a team for my local tennis club,

-not very successfully.

-Who takes their games more seriously?

-Your mum with her bridge or you with your tennis.

-Definitely Mum. Yeah.

-Is that right? I don't believe that, Janet.

-No.

-Yes, so, tennis.

So, tennis, and I have two small children

-so I also spend most of my spare time with them.

-Looking after them.

OK, now, Liz, you have a target here, which is 99.

You have to score less than 99.

OK.

I think I can do this. So I'm going to go for George V.

George V. George V.

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

Get below that and you are straight through to round two.

It's absolutely right and through you go. Very well done.

George V taking you down

to 47. 147 your total.

Very well played. 1910-1936.

-Thanks very much. Now, Rob.

-Hi, there.

Rob, hello. Welcome. From Glasgow. What do you do, Rob?

At the moment, I'm working customer service in an office.

-On the phone?

-Yeah, exactly.

People nice, generally, on the telephone when they get through

-to customer service or not?

-I think so.

I think people are generally better than we give them credit for.

How long do people have to wait before they get to speak to you?

That has varied wildly in every job that I've been in.

Regardless of how long, are they always told

-that you're experiencing a high volume of calls on that day?

-Yes.

Isn't that better than having to listen to a really annoying jingle,

-you know?

-Yeah. That's true. It's better than a jingle.

Although, I'm perfectly happy to listen to "Brr-brr."

-I'm very happy to hear that.

-Me, too. I think that's fine.

Most people in customer services in the UK are so delightful, genuinely,

because it's what you have to do all day, every day.

The mood swing between the moment where you've been waiting

for 15 minutes and someone actually answering the phone

is one of the greatest mood shifts in your entire life, isn't it?

Because you're beyond furious, and there's someone lovely who goes,

-"Hello, can I help you?" Oh, yeah - OK...

-The sun comes out! It's true.

Makes you forget the last 15 minutes.

So that's how they get you, by having charming people.

Yeah, Rob, you with your charm!

-Now then, Rob. It doesn't matter what you score.

-Phew!

It doesn't matter as far as Pointless is concerned.

As far as we and Kirsten are concerned it matters a lot.

-Yeah, of course.

-What are you going to score, Rob?

I'm not great with my royal family knowledge,

so I'm going to have to dig into my pop culture knowledge

and hope that this film and play didn't lead me astray,

-and say King George III.

-George III, says Rob. George III.

Well, George II scored 30, let's see how George III does.

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

It's right.

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There we are. 64 is your total.

Another very good answer.

Made very famous in these days by the film and the play.

Let's take you through - there's no pointless answers at all, as you can imagine.

William and Mary first, it's William III and Mary II,

which would have scored you 19 and 18 points, respectively.

No pointless answers,

one very low-scorer - William IV would be the best answer.

Well done if you said that, 8 points for that.

And then Anne is actually the next best answer. Terrific answer.

And there's two Edwards - Edward VII would have scored you 28,

then Edward VIII would have scored you 16. 20 points for James II,

24 for Charles II, 28 for Charles I.

Let's take a look at the top three scorers though...

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home

with our high score of 200, it's Robbie and Jamie,

on the fourth podium there.

Bad luck, Robbie - you were slightly caught there. I know what you meant.

-I know what I meant.

-I know what you meant.

Baptism by fire into the world of Pointless, Robbie and Jamie.

I have every confidence when you return next time

you'll do much, much better. Hope so.

It's been great having you on,

thanks for playing, Robbie and Jamie.

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

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Three pairs remain.

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

Well, John and Martin, back with a vengeance this time.

Not only our low-scoring team,

but also our low-scoring individual there, John.

Lovely, low score with Queen Anne. And then Rob and Kirsten, not bad.

Identical scores. Look how well-matched you are. Perfect.

Both on 32.

It's just beautiful to watch. And Liz and Janet, phew!

-Phew!

-I know what you meant, William and Mary.

On the chart that we had when I was little, it didn't say what his number was.

It just said William and Mary, you're absolutely right, that's how I always think of him.

Anyway, you made it. It's fine.

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

Film. 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...

Comedy film trios. Richard.

On each board we're going to show you six trios of characters from different comedy films,

we need you to tell us the film in which they first appeared together, please.

There'll be six on each board, 12 in all to have a go at, at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

We're looking for the films that featured these trios of characters,

and here's our first broad of six. It reads like this...

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

-Kirsten.

-Yes.

So, I know definitely three.

One of which is one of my favourite films of all time.

But I'm not going to go for that one.

So, I'm going to go for Wayne Campbell,

Garth Algar and Cassandra as Wayne's World.

OK, Wayne's World, says Kirsten.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

-Look at that, 12!

-APPLAUSE

12 for Wayne's World.

Well played, Kirsten.

Very low budget, came from a Saturday Night Live sketch.

Shot in 34 days, made hundreds of millions worldwide.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Liz.

OK. Not very confident on this.

I did know Wayne's World though, so that's a shame.

But I think Harry Burns, Sally Albright

and Marie, I'm hoping it's When Harry Met Sally.

When Harry Met Sally, says Liz.

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

It is right.

-Not bad, 22 for When Harry Met Sally.

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Was that the one you were thinking of, Kirsten?

-No. I kind of know that one, but I haven't...

-Not that one.

I didn't think of that.

One of those ones that sounds obvious once you say it,

because there's Harry and Sally, but only 22.

Thanks very much. John, this board is all yours.

Could you talk us through it, and fill in all the blanks?

-I could talk you through two of them.

-That's good enough.

-No, they're the top two.

-Ah.

-LAUGHTER

It doesn't get good after this.

The Nadia, Paul Finch and Stifler's Mom - I mean, I can't think of it.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe is Narnia, not Nadia,

so that's no good. No, I don't know any of those.

Second Christmas Carol for the bottom one.

-You're going to say...?

-A Second Christmas Carol.

A Second Christmas Carol, says John.

OK, well, let's see if that's right... Let's see if that's right.

No. I'm sorry, a different Old Man Marley.

That scores you 100 points. Sorry, John.

It is a Christmas-themed film though, that one is Home Alone.

Oh!

Would have scored you 2 points as well, would have been a terrific answer.

Professor Marcus, One-Round and Mrs Wilberforce - a wonderful film,

they did a stage play of it recently - it's The Ladykillers.

-Oh, of course it is!

-4 points for that.

-Nadia, Paul Finch and Stifler's Mom is...

-American Pie.

For 30 points - and a surprisingly low score for Veronica Corningstone,

-Brian Fantana and Brick Tamland...

-Is Anchorman.

Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, 10 points for that.

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

Let's take a look at those scores. 12, Kirsten, very well done indeed.

Best score of the round so far.

22 is where we find Liz and Janet.

Then up to 100, John and Martin.

Sorry, that was a tough board.

However, Martin, you get first dibs on the new board, so make sure you find a nice, low score there.

Maybe it will be enough to keep you in the game.

Back down the line now, can the second players please step up to the podium?

Let's put six more trios of characters up on the board,

and here they come. We've got...

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

Now, Martin, remember - we're looking for the films that featured each of these trios of characters.

You're going to try and find the lowest-scoring one you can on the board.

Hmm. Yeah, I think this is the 200 Club coming up.

I'm going to go with Sugar Kane, Joe and Jerry, 1959 -

Gone With The Wind.

-It's kind of a comedy.

-LAUGHTER

No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers.

Let's see if that's right, and let's see how many people said Gone With The Wind.

No. Sorry, Martin -

I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

-You're absolutely right, the 200 Club beckons.

-Unlucky...

I mean, it's a hilarious film, Gone With The Wind.

It's one of the greats, isn't it?

Rhett Butler doing all that hilarious stuff

when he's got the plank on the back of his bike...

Taking the piano upstairs!

And Scarlet O'Hara's knocking on the door and he's like, "What?"

And she's like boy-yoy-yoing!

-Doy-yoy-yoing!

-Oh, hilarious.

-"Frankly, my dear..."

And, of course, the famous scene that gives the title of the film,

when they're all sitting around the campfire eating beans. That is, oh...

-LAUGHTER That's pretty good. Oh!

-That is good.

Janet.

Listen, I've got good news for you.

-You're going to be in the head-to-head.

-I need it.

There you are. How do you find the board?

I don't know any of them, to be honest.

OK, so it's going to be another guess.

Well, I'll say King Arthur, Sir Lancelot the Brave and Patsy,

as The Square Table.

I like that! I like that, Janet.

Let's see, The Square Table. Is that right?

No. I'm sorry, Janet.

Oh, it should have been though.

122's your score, it doesn't matter, you're through anyhow.

Yeah, not The Square Table. I don't know what to add to that.

LAUGHTER

Now, Rob - talk us through the board.

In the comfort that you're already through.

It's actually...

The last board I think I knew all of them,

this one there's quite a few gaps.

I don't know Anna Scott and co.

King Arthur, Sir Lancelot the Brave and Patsy, I think must be

Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

Stu, Alan and Mr Chow, again, I don't know.

Dante, Randal and Silent Bob is by my unfortunate doppelganger

Kevin Smith, and the film's called Clerks.

And I don't know Sugar Kane, Joe and Jerry,

and the bottom one is, of course, Dumb And Dumber.

So I think I will go with Clerks for Dante Hicks, Randal Graves

-and Silent Bob.

-Clerks, says Rob. Let's see if that's right.

No red line, obviously, you're already through, but let's see how many people said Clerks.

It's right.

Well, 12's our lowest score so far, let's see if you can pass that.

-Yes, you do, 7 for Clerks! Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

19, your total.

Very good answer. It's a lovely film that, actually.

-You do have a slight look of Silent Bob about you, you are quite right.

-I get it a lot.

The top one, you didn't know, Anna Scott, William Thacker and Spike...

-Notting Hill.

-Notting Hill, yeah.

-Oh!

Rhys Ifans, of course, famously playing Spike there.

8 points for that. You're right about Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

Would've scored you 11 points.

This last one, a huge film franchise, been three of them now,

it's The Hangover.

-Of course, Mr Chow.

-Would've scored 25.

One of the greatest comedy films of all time now,

Sugar Kane, Joe and Jerry - it's Some Like It Hot.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

-Only 4 points for that as well!

Marilyn Monroe, of course, as Sugar Kane.

And Harry Dunn - you're quite right -

Lloyd Christmas and Mary Swanson was Dumb And Dumber.

-Would have scored you 14.

-Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our Second Round, the pair who are heading home

with the highest score of 200, I'm afraid, is Martin and John.

-I'm so sorry. It was Round One last time, you've done twice as well this time.

-Thank you.

But still, it's far too soon to be saying goodbye to you.

Thanks so much for coming on the show. Martin and John.

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

Congratulations, Rob and Kirsten, Liz and Janet.

You're now one step closer to the final

and the chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

Well done, Rob and Kirsten -

your first appearance on Pointless, and you've come straight through

to the head-to-head, where you are our low-scoring pair.

Very good indeed.

Well done, Liz and Janet, for surviving Rounds One and Two.

We had a couple of dodgy moments back there, Round One AND Round Two,

The Square Table, of course. Yeah, you survived The Square Table.

Nice inventiveness though, I did like that. You get points for that.

Anyway, 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 Franks and Franceses, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures now of famous Franks and Franceses,

you need to tell us who the least famous Frank and Frances is.

LAUGHTER

That's good. Let's reveal our famous Franks and Franceses.

And here they are, we have...

There we are, five famous Franks and Franceses.

Rob and Kirsten, you have been our best scorers so far,

so you'll go first. Feel free to confer.

-ROB:

-OK, I'm going to go for B, Frances McDormand.

-Yeah, cool.

OK, I think we're going to go for B,

an actress that I really admire, Frances McDormand.

Frances McDormand, say Rob and Kirsten. Frances McDormand.

Now, Liz and Janet, the board is all yours.

-LIZ:

-Well, we think that A is Francis Drake...

Ah, no.

OK, actually, I've just changed my mind on that one.

C, we think is Frances de la Tour.

D, I think, is Frances Barber.

And E is Frank Sinatra.

What happened with A? You've just withdrawn that, have you?

Well, I've just realised, I don't think...

He's not a Frank or a Frances.

-Yeah, he is...

-Oh, yes, he is. It's fine.

-What, Frankie Drake?

-LAUGHTER

-Big Frank Drake?

-Frank Drake!

-Big Frank Drakie?

-Frankie?

Frankie, with the boat? Frankie with the boat?

-Frankie with the Hinde?

-Yeah.

-OK. So which we going for?

-Let's go for C, I think.

-LIZ LAUGHS

-Sorry.

What're you going to go for?

We're going to go for C, Frances de la Tour.

Frances de la Tour, C, you're going to go for.

So we have Frances McDormand, and we have Frances de la Tour.

Rob and Kirsten said Frances McDormand.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how may people said it.

It's right.

-That is a pointless answer!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed, Rob and Kirsten!

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to...

It's scores you nothing,

sets you up in a very good stead for this question.

Liz and Janet, we're going to have a job beating that

with Frances de la Tour, which is what you say for C.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how far down the column you can get.

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26.

Which means, very well done, Rob and Kirsten,

after one question you are up 1-0.

Very good answer, very rare we get a pointless answer

in the head-to-head, so terrifically well played.

A, it is big Frank Drake.

-LAUGHTER

-Frankie!

Frankie goes to everywhere, they used to call him.

LAUGHTER

47 points for that.

Three wonderful actresses in the middle there.

Frances McDormand, Frances de la Tour,

and you're absolutely right about Frances Barber.

-Brilliant score as well, actually, only 3 points.

-Oh!

Wouldn't have beaten 0 still, but would have made you look good,

-wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-But you knew it, so that's good.

And E is, of course, Frank Sinatra.

Quite a low score, I think, because of the age of the photograph, maybe.

49 points for Frank Sinatra.

Thanks very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.

Now, Liz and Janet, you get to answer it first,

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

It concerns...

Divisions of Geological Time, Richard.

We're going to show you five terms for divisions of geological time,

but we've removed alternate letters - can you fill in the gaps, please?

OK, let's reveal our five divisions of geological time,

and here they come. We've got...

I'll read them again...

Over to you, Liz and Janet.

I don't know any of the ones...

-I think we only really know one for sure.

-Yeah.

So, we'll have to go for the bottom one, Jurassic.

OK, you're going to go for the Jurassic period at the bottom there.

Now, Rob and Kirsten. Do you want to talk us through that board?

-ROB:

-I'd love to.

-KIRSTEN:

-We definitely know...

We knew that one, I think we also know the third one down,

we're going to go for Cretaceous.

Cretaceous. Cretaceous.

So, we have Jurassic and we have Cretaceous.

Liz and Janet said Jurassic, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said Jurassic.

-Jurassic... Ooh!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

91 for Jurassic!

Now, Rob and Kirsten have gone Cretaceous.

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

It's right and it wins you the point, look at that.

-Still going down, 29 for Cretaceous.

-APPLAUSE

Which means, very well done, Rob and Kirsten,

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

Very well played. Let's fill in the gaps of some of these. The top one...

The next one down looks terrifying with all the vowels next to each other. It's the...

And the one at the bottom is the epoch we're living in now,

it's the...

Started 11.7 thousand years ago, and carries on today.

At time of recording, we're living in the Holocene epoch.

By the time this goes out, you never know.

-LAUGHTER

-Or on Challenge...

We might be living in an epoch named after Harry Styles, or something.

What'll mark the end of the Holocene epoch, I wonder?

I thought it was going to be The Only Way Is Essex, but... LAUGHTER

-We seem to have continued.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, the leaving pair at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid it's Liz and Janet.

You've done much better this time, through to the head-to-head.

Nothing wrong with any of your answers.

-It's just Rob and Kirsten know everything!

-They do.

They know everything.

Which means we have to say goodbye to you, Liz and Janet.

But it's a real shame, thank you so much for playing, Liz and Janet.

APPLAUSE

But, for Rob and Kirsten, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Rob and Kirsten, you've seen off all the competition,

-and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yes!

-Can't wait, so excited.

-All we're here for.

-Yeah, pretty much.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at...

APPLAUSE

Well, you've done very well.

First Round, you were our second-lowest scorers,

but you scored the same each, 32 each, which was nice.

And after that you've just been low score, low score, low score.

Then 2-0 in the head-to-head. I mean, that's quite rare,

but 2-0 with a Pointless answer?

I mean, they hardly ever happen!

Anything in particular you'd like to see come up in this last round?

We do like film, I like music as well, those are the things

that I'm very geeky about. What would you like? You like...

-Oh, God. Erm... Dog breeds?

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Well, as always, you get to choose your category

from the four we put up on the board.

So let's see what's up there,

let's hope there's something up there you like the look of.

Today's selection is...

I did revise the Booker Prize, but I only know one of them. So, no.

I think I speak for both of us when I say that we're going

-to have a go with the little-known pop combo, the Beatles.

-Yeah.

The Beatles it is. Richard.

Three very different questions here, very best of luck.

We're looking for the name of any feature film made for cinema release

for which George Harrison has received a credit as producer

according to IMDB.

We are looking for any tracks on the 2000 Beatles' album 1,

any tracks on the original release of that album.

Or any children of the four Beatles.

So, any of the full names of any of the children of the Beatles,

films produced by George Harrison or tracks on 1.

You look very confident, very, very best of luck.

OK, now, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win the jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes, I think so.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

OK, films produced by George - we've got

Monty Python And The Holy Grail,

but then we've got, like, Jabberwocky?

-Is that actually a film?

-Yeah.

It's definitely a film,

I'm pretty sure it's also

produced by George,

and I think also Time Bandits?

-Those Terry Gilliam films?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah - Terry Gilliam films.

So I think Jabberwocky or Time Bandits might do quite well.

Children of the Beatles, we've got Danny Harrison,

-obviously, you've seen him play with Prince and stuff.

-Yeah.

-We've got...

-Stella McCartney.

-..Sean Lennon, Stella McCartney.

-Julian Lennon, obviously.

-What's the other Paul McCartney, his son?

-Oh, James McCartney?

-Yeah, there's James McCartney as well.

-You know, that might be a good shout, actually.

-Go for that.

-Erm...

Tracks on the Beatles album 1,

it's just all the number one hit singles.

Do you think there's any kind of vague ones on there?

I don't know what the rare ones on there would be. Erm...

Ten seconds left.

Do you want to just go for two films and one child?

Yeah, let's do that then, OK?

-I think you're right with James McCartney.

-Really?

-Yeah.

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

Children of the Beatles, we'll go for James McCartney.

James McCartney.

Films produced by George Harrison,

we're going to go for Jabberwocky and Time Bandits.

Jabberwocky and Time bandits.

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

I think Jabberwocky.

If it was actually produced by George Harrison.

Jabberwocky, we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Probably Time Bandits.

-Yeah.

-OK, The Time Bandits, we'll put first.

OK, let's put those answers up on the board in that order then.

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

Well, good luck.

Three very good answers up on the board there, let's hope

at least one of them is pointless and can win the jackpot for you.

2,250 quid, not bad. Quite a nice thing to be taking home.

What would you do with that, Rob?

I think we'd like to have a nice holiday.

It's actually been a while since we had a holiday together.

We like going to summer music festivals in Europe,

or even the states. Go to Coachella or something like that.

Anything else you'd like to add to that, Kirsten?

I think that sounds quite good. I might try and... I don't know.

We need a new mattress for our bed!

Which sounds really dodgy, actually.

-But, no, it's just old.

-It's pretty mundane.

No, but, you know, if you get a REALLY nice mattress.

-Super-thick, big, cushiony thing...

-Every night would be a holiday.

-Yeah!

-What about that?

-LAUGHTER

OK, so your first answer was Time Bandits, your least confident answer.

Let's find out if it's right, let's find out if it's pointless,

if it's both of those things, you will leave here with £2,250.

Let's see how many people said Time Bandits.

It's right.

Well, if this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave with that jackpot of £2,250.

Time Bandits taking us down into single figures, down it goes,

still going down, still going down!

-You've done it!

-APPLAUSE

Wow!

-That is impressive.

-Oh, my God!

-First shot, you're on target, look at that! Brilliant!

-Thank you.

Oh, my God.

That is fantastic. Time Bandits was a pointless answer

which means you go home with our jackpot of £2,250.

APPLAUSE

Oh, God.

-I think a mattress AND a holiday, don't you?

-LAUGHTER

-We'll splash out, totally, yeah.

-Very good indeed. Richard?

How about that, well played, Rob and Kirsten.

Time Bandits, a pointless answer.

And it was the only pointless answer you had up there as well.

James McCartney would have scored you 3 points.

I think, Kirsten, you had a different opinion on which child you should go for.

Yeah, I was thinking, like, Julian Lennon. I just thought of him...

-I think you had another opinion.

-I thought Danny Harrison.

Yeah, if you'd gone for Danny Harrison, he was a pointless answer.

That's my fault. That's my fault.

-Hey...

-I know!

-You've won the money, it's OK! It's OK.

Jabberwocky is an incorrect answer.

He did lots of films with the Pythons, but he started the next year with Life Of Brian,

that was the first time he hooked up with them. Jabberwocky was from the year before that.

But lots of pointless answers in all the different categories here.

Let's take a look...

You could have had A Private Function,

How To Get Ahead In Advertising, Privates On Parade,

The Missionary, Time Bandits, of course - all sorts of answers.

Now, the Beatles' 1 album, you steered clear of it,

because you're not sure of a pointless answer on that.

There's actually lots of pointless answers...

There's a few more, so if you said any of these at home, you'd have won the jackpot.

If you'd said Hello, Goodbye, I Feel Fine, Something - of course, another

George Harrison connection there - The Ballad Of John And Yoko...

-That's what we said...

-Yeah, you said that.

-Oh, did you? It would've been a great answer.

The Long And Winding Road - also a pointless answer, weirdly -

and We Can Work It Out. All of those pointless.

Let's look at the children, only three answers here,

so you did well if you got one of these at home...

Biggest scorer there by a mile, Stella McCartney, 62.

Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon both scored a lot.

Mary McCartney scored a few as well.

And Zak Starkey, also another musician, 4 points for him.

Very, very well played. You've been absolutely brilliant throughout the whole show,

-and you fully deserve that jackpot. Congratulations.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

-Rob and Kirsten, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,250.

-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.

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