Episode 38 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much, indeed.

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.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Lucy, this is my dad Charlie,

and we're both from West London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Hayley, this is my best friend Jane.

I'm from South Wales and Jane's from Dorset.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Richard from Oxted in Surrey

and this is my nephew Alexander from East Grinstead.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, Alexander, I'm Cathie and I'm playing today with my son Fred,

and we're from Mill Hill in North London.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, 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.

If this man was around in the Jurassic Era,

he would be a thesaurus.

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Hiya.

-A good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-We've got four new pairs on today.

-I know.

-Haven't we?

Now, normally, we worry a bit about that because of our

natural shyness, but actually, we had a little chat to all of them.

-They seem lovely.

-They do seem fine.

-Don't they seem nice?

-I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

-Yes.

-Have you seen on podium three?

-I spotted that.

I think that's a first.

-I spotted that.

-I think it's a first in 800-odd episodes...

a Richard and Alexander.

-I mean, good luck.

-Yeah, OK.

-LAUGHTER

I think that's about the biggest curse

-you could possibly have, isn't it?

-Oh, possibly.

-Goodness me.

-Well...

-Oh, no, but I'm looking forward to it.

It should be absolutely...

absolutely terrific/tremendous.

It's going to be one or the other.

-Well, let's find out.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, Emma and Moose didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000. There we are.

CHEERING

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

Now, all you have to remember is that the pair with

the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.

Best of luck, all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

Famous People. Can you 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...

Famous Ricks, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to give you clues

to seven people on each board whose name is Rick or Ricky.

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

There's going to be 14 to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed. So, who are these famous Ricks or Rickys?

And here's our first board of seven, and we have...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

A lot of Rickys and Ricks there.

-Lucy, welcome.

-Hi.

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

I'm a second-year student at Durham University.

-How are you enjoying that?

-I love it.

-What are you reading?

-Sociology.

And what are your interests aside from study?

Cos I imagine you must spend most of your time

-buried under books there...

-Erm...

-..working fiendishly hard.

Standing next to your father, "Yes, I do."

Yes, I work really hard.

Erm, my other interests, I...

I like drama.

I used to do a lot of acting.

Erm...

I like to go out...

-Fair enough. That's, that's, that's good.

-..with friends.

I go and play tennis a lot.

-Excellent.

-I like to play tennis, yeah.

Now, Ricks and Rickys, Lucy. Seven of them up there.

How many do you reckon you know of those?

I know two of them definitely.

I think I'm going to go with the one that I think will be lower,

and I did work experience on a film with this comedian and actor

when I was 15, so I know that the comedian and actor

behind The Office and Extras is Ricky Gervais.

Ricky Gervais, says Lucy. Let's see if that's right, and if it is...

What were you working on, by the way?

Cemetery Junction, filming...

-Fun?

-Yeah, so fun. Really fun.

-Good.

Excellent, well, let's find out if Ricky Gervais is right.

Let's see how many people said Ricky Gervais.

It's right.

Oh, that's a high score, though, Lucy.

-APPLAUSE

-70 for Ricky Gervais.

-Oh, well.

That is a big score, isn't it?

-A big score to start us off with.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Now then, Hayley, welcome.

-Thank you.

Good to have you here. What do you do, Hayley?

I work with my husband in the family business,

in our small village, in Raglan.

-And...in Raglan?

-In Raglan.

-In Monmouthshire?

-That's right.

Lovely, and what is your business?

-We have a grocery and a post office, and supermarket.

-Excellent.

So... That's basically... Is that the only shop in Raglan?

-It's the only shop like that.

-Yeah.

-There are several others

-but that's the only one like that.

-Beautiful place, Raglan.

-Erm, and what are your interests, Hayley?

-I love to read.

I like to read really obscure books about all sorts of things,

erm, and I love to watch plays, musicals, things like that.

Excellent. What are you going to go for on this board, Hayley?

Well, I don't have much choice cos I only know two,

and Lucy's taken the one that I did know, so I'm going to go with

Livin' La Vida Loca, and I think that's Ricky Martin.

Ricky Martin, says Hayley.

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

Well, Ricky Gervais was 70.

Ricky Martin passes that.

Yeah, he's sold over 70 million albums worldwide, Ricky Martin.

-No, really?

-Can you believe that?

And big around the world, Ricky Martin, not just big in the UK.

Thanks very much.

OK, now, Alexander, welcome.

Welcome and congratulations on being the Alexander half

of the Alexander-Richard duo. Good to have you here.

-What do you do, Alexander?

-I'm an A-level student.

What do you study? What are your subjects?

-I study history, biology and chemistry.

-Mm-hmm.

And hopefully that will lead onto medicine in a couple of years' time.

OK, well, very best of luck with that,

and best of luck with this board as well.

What are you going to go for?

I'm stuck between the only two left that I know.

I think they both could be quite high scorers.

I'm going to go for the captain of Australia's national cricket team

-is Ricky Ponting.

-Ricky Ponting, says Alexander.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right. Well, 70's our high score.

You passed that. 51, our low,

you passed that. Ricky Ponting

takes you to 22. Well done, Alexander.

Good score.

Well-played, Alexander.

Yeah, he is the second highest Test run-scorer in history,

behind Sachin Tendulkar.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Fred.

-Welcome.

-Hello.

-And what do you do, Fred?

-I'm a travel consultant.

-A travel consultant?

-Yes.

That's a very different thing from a travel agent, is it?

-Very different, yes.

-Very?

You don't sell the holiday, you just talk through holidays.

-No, we sell the holidays.

-It's a bit "travel agent".

We're literally responsible for everything.

-But big on the chat before the sale, maybe?

-Pretty much so, yeah.

Consultant... I like that, though.

Sounds...sounds snazzy, yeah.

So, yes, Fred,

and when you're not consulting on holidays, what do you do?

Yes, well, I'm a massive cricket fan, which is

obviously unfortunate cos Alexander just nicked my answer.

-Right.

-But, luckily for me, I do have one left that I know, so...

OK, well, listen, Fred, this board is all yours.

-Talk us through it.

-Yes.

-Have fun with it.

Erm, Beastie Boys, love them, but no idea of the producer.

Tennis player, that's escaped me.

So I'm going to go with the one that I do know,

which is the ex-US Senator,

and that is Rick Santorum.

Rick Santorum, says Fred.

-Yeah.

-Rick Santorum.

You have impressed Richard there.

Have you impressed Richard here, I wonder?

Rick Santorum, let's see if it's right

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

It's right.

Now, 70, our high score...

you pass.

22, our low score, which you...

also pass.

-2.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That will do the job, Fred.

-Very well done indeed.

-Good score.

Yeah, well-played, Fred. Yes, you have impressed this Richard.

Indeed, Rick Santorum, he was...

He lost out to Mitt Romney in the end.

Now, let's take a look through the rest of this.

-Erm, Kaiser Chiefs front man, you'll know?

-Ricky Wilson.

Ricky Wilson, yeah. He would have scored 16.

The Beastie Boys' producer, he's produced all sorts of things.

He did amazing work with Johnny Cash as well, and it's Rick Rubin.

Very well done if you said that, 2 points,

and the best answer up on the board is the tennis player.

Terrifically well done if you said Rick Leach -

that's a pointless answer.

-Very well-played.

-Thank you very much.

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

2, Fred. Very well done, indeed.

Best score of the pass and that puts you and your mum

in a very comfortable position.

Then we go up to 22, where we find Alexander and Richard.

51, Hayley and Jane.

Lucy and Charlie, 70.

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

How did you find that board?

-It was... I would have... That was OK.

-It was OK.

Let's hope there's a nice low-scoring answer on that board

that you know. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more famous Ricks and Rickys

up on the board, and here they come.

I'll read those all again.

-Now then, Cathie, welcome.

-Hi.

Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Cathie?

-I'm a solicitor.

-Whereabouts do you do that?

-In Finchley, North London.

Right you are, and what are your interests aside from that?

I love travelling. We've done quite a lot

of extensive travelling, and when I've got

plenty of time I love cooking.

-Little bit of karaoke now and then.

-Do you have your favourite song?

Eh, not really. Whatever I can sing on the night!

You're the first person to have this board.

You want to be scoring 67 or less

-to be sure of a place in the next round.

-Right.

I know a couple, so I'm debating which one's going to be lower.

Think I'm going to play "spent five weeks at number one with

-"Never Gonna Give You Up."

-Never Gonna Give You Up.

-And that was Rick Astley.

-Here's your red line.

If you can get below that with Rick Astley, you are in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Rick Astley.

It's right.

Gets you through, well done. Just 59.

Takes your total up to 61.

Yeah, it was the biggest-selling single of 1987.

It was number one in the States.

The first six months of his career, he was never out of the top 40.

Rick Astley retired at 27, made so much money from it all,

spent time with his family.

Quite a lovely story, the Rick Astley story.

It was a nice story. He genuinely just gave it up? He DID give it up.

-Yeah, hold on!

-Hang on!

Ah, there we are. Now, Richard, welcome.

-So, what a cool uncle, Alexander.

-Definitely.

So how are you uncle to Alexander, what's the relationship?

-My wife's sister is his mother.

-I see, yes.

So what do you do, Richard?

I'm a solicitor. I work in the aviation sector.

-Oh, that's a fun sector to work in.

-It's not bad.

So where do you do that from?

Guildford - well-known aviation town.

OK, and what do you do in your spare time?

I'm a very keen cyclist, as you can probably see from my physique,

but I'm currently training to ride

from London to Land's End in 24 hours.

24 hours?!

Glad you're in training. How...? Is that...reasonable?

Uh, I didn't think it was.

I did 200 miles yesterday, so we're getting there.

OK, and you're starting from London and going down?

-So it's all downhill.

-Not quite - except the uphill bits!

-Brilliant.

So there you are on 22, you have to score 47 or less.

Yeah, rather embarrassingly for someone who shares the name,

I don't actually know any of them,

so I'm going to have a bit of a guess at the

"stars as the inventor in Honey, I Shrunk The Kids"

as Rick Moranis.

Rick Moranis, says Richard.

Here's your red line. Get below that and you are in Round Two.

Complete guess?

-80% guess.

-Well, let's see how good a guess it is. Rick Moranis.

It's right!

Gets you through as well.

Takes your total up to 43.

In French it's called Cherie, J'ai Retreci Les Gosses.

-Gosses?

-Oui.

-That what they call them?

-Oui.

-That's nice. Thank you very much. Now then, Jane, welcome.

-Hello.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Jane?

I'm a golf club manager, Alexander.

-That's fun, where's that?

-Burley, in the New Forest.

-Lovely.

-In Hampshire.

-Very nice indeed.

-And do you play golf as well?

-I do.

-Perfect.

Which is kind of why I went into that role, I used to be an engineer.

Wow, what sort of engineering were you doing?

Sort of space engineering, so I'm on a second career!

OK, gave up the rocket science and now run a golf club - how nice.

-Yeah, it's lovely!

-Perfect.

-Really nice.

-Very good indeed.

So, Jane, you're on 51. You have to score 18 or less.

Yes. I was going to go for Rick Moranis, erm...

One just came to me just now, which is the top one.

I hope it's right. The actor who played Bobby Grant in Brookside

and Jim in the Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson.

Ricky Tomlinson, says Jane.

There's your red line, quite low,

but let's see how far down the column you get with Ricky Tomlinson.

It's right.

24.

Taking your total up to 75.

The door is open just a chink there for Charlie and Lucy.

-Richard?

-Yeah, not a bad answer. Lot of pressure now on Charlie.

He's just opened a dog grooming parlour in Liverpool,

-Ricky Tomlinson.

-He really has?

Yes, he has, with his wife.

Interesting.

Charlie, here's your task, you have to score four or less.

I think you can probably do it. Charlie, what do you do?

I work in a financial services firm. I basically have to go out

raising money to allow my partners to spend money.

-You must be very popular.

-From time-to-time, I am.

And what are your interests, Charlie, aside from that?

I play tennis, I do tobogganing,

I do a thing called the Cresta Run, which involves lying on

a tea tray at considerable speeds, going down, up to about 70mph.

-That's quite scary.

-It's scary, it's scary.

And, of course, there's no backing out of it.

First time you do it, and there's no

braking really, and you can come out.

If you fall out of a corner,

you throw away your toboggan and hope you land safely.

-That's...

-You're very welcome to do it, anyone can come and do it.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you.

I don't know if I... Lucy, have you done it?

Yeah, I've done it once.

-Would you do it again?

-I'd have to get a lot of Dutch courage.

I was thinking, that's about the only way you'd get me down there.

OK, so, Charlie, we need four or less from you.

The board is all yours. Talk us through it.

I actually know none. I knew the three that have gone,

but I know none of the others, so I'm going to have to have

a wild guess, the T4 and Tool Academy presenter

as being Ricky Jones.

Ricky Jones, says Charlie.

There is your red line.

If you get below that with Ricky Jones, you're in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Ricky Jones, if it's right.

But it's not. I'm afraid it's not.

Ricky Jones, not he, takes your total up to 170.

Not Ricky Jones, it's a gentleman who's been on this show.

Rick Edwards.

Would have scored you two points as well, would have seen you through.

You would tied with the bottom score as well, the Pop Idol contestant.

-You probably don't remember - Rik Waller.

-Oh, of course.

Who would have scored you five.

Co-creator of The Young Ones was, of course...

-BOTH:

-Rik Mayall.

Would have scored 37. And the American talk show host? Ricki Lake.

Of course.

So Rick Edwards the best answer on that board.

Well done if you got that at home. Well done, Rick Edwards.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

heading home with a high score of 170, it's Charlie and Lucy.

We hardly got a chance to see you, but we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much.

I'm sure you'll do much better but, Charlie and Lucy,

-thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

And then there were three pairs.

Obviously, at the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye

to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

But well done to Fred, excellent. Rick Santorum,

fabulous answer, lowest score of the round.

Well done to Richard and Alexander,

our lowest combined score of the round.

And phew - Hayley and Jane, well done.

You scraped through.

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

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, let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Richard.

Yep, we're simply looking for any Olympics from 1960 through to 2012,

the nationality of the winner of the marathon,

the 10,000 metres or the 5,000 metres, please.

So the men's marathon, 10,000 metres or 5,000 metres.

We won't accept the UK, but apart from that, any other country.

Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed. So, Jane.

-Hello.

-What are you going to go for?

Um, it's not my topic really, but I would say possibly Ethiopia.

Ethiopia, says Jane. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said Ethiopia.

It's right.

Very well done, 52 for Ethiopia.

Yeah, a real powerhouse of distance running, Haile Gebrselassie,

Kenenisa Bekele, an extraordinary nation for long-distance running.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Richard...

I'm going to say...Kenya.

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

It's right. Well, 52 for Ethiopia,

you've passed that.

Not bad.

Yeah, we're gradually getting those

really obvious ones out the way, aren't we?

So the rest of the round should be more fun.

-Yeah, one gold medal in each of those events for Kenya.

-Thanks very much.

Now, Cathie...

I have to be honest and say I'm struggling a bit here

because I had Ethiopia, I had Kenya,

so I'm just going to have to take a bit of a stab and hope it's right.

-And I'm going to play South Africa.

-South Africa, says Cathie.

Little bit of a nod there from Alexander.

A slow nod from Richard while he was contemplating it.

We don't know what that means yet. Let's see if South Africa's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's right. That's what that meant.

Well, it's our lowest score so far by quite a margin. Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

-16 for South Africa.

Well-played, Cathie.

Of course, you're thinking of Josiah Thugwane, who won

-the marathon in the Atlanta Olympics.

-Absolutely, Richard. Know him well.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

16, the best score of the pass, Cathie, well done.

Cathie and Fred, once again, looking pretty strong.

Then up to 48, where we find Richard and Alexander.

Up to 52, Jane and Hayley.

So, Hayley, get thinking of a nice low-scoring answer if you can.

Let's hope that's enough to keep you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. So, Fred,

we had a fabulous low score of 2 from you in the last round.

Let's see if we can do something like that again.

We're looking for the name of any country for which a male athlete

won an Olympic gold in a long-distance running event.

OK. Yep, the obvious ones have gone, haven't they?

So, I think I'm going to have to take a bit of a stab here.

-I'm going to go with Zambia.

-Zambia, says Fred.

There is your red line. Get below that and you are through

to the head-to-head. Let's see if Zambia's right

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Fred.

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

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 116.

You may still be through, you never know.

Zambia have actually only ever won two medals

and neither of them gold.

One of them was hurdles, but no long-distance running, I'm afraid.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Alexander.

Alexander, you have to score 67 or less.

I think I've got one good answer.

The winner of the London 2012 marathon was from Uganda,

-so that's going to be my answer.

-Uganda, says Alexander.

Here's your red line. Let's see if you can get below that with Uganda.

How many of our 100 people said Uganda?

Absolutely right, of course.

And through you go. Well done.

That's a great answer. 6.

APPLAUSE

54, your total.

Well-played, Alexander.

Richard and Alexander are doing well, aren't they?

-Who would have thought?!

-I know.

-Blimey O'Reilly.

You are absolutely right.

Stephen Kiprotich, who won the 2012 marathon in London.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Hayley.

-Hayley.

-Yes.

-How are you feeling about this round as a whole?

It's a bit of a nightmare, to be honest with you.

Is it going to be a guess?

-I think I'm going to have to take a really big risk.

-OK.

-Well, you have to score 63.

-Right.

I'm going to stay with Africa and just choose a country,

-so I'm going to choose Sudan.

-Sudan, says Hayley, Sudan.

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

Here's your red line.

No, I'm afraid, not Sudan.

I'm afraid that scores 100 points, takes your total up to 152.

Yeah, there's another very, very good African answer out there.

Winner of 5,000 metres in 1996.

Very well done if you said Burundi, that is a pointless answer.

Burundi have only ever won one medal

and it was that, it was a gold in the 5,000.

Other good answers, you'd have got 1 for South Korea -

they had a marathon winner.

2 points for Portugal, again, another marathon winner.

Tunisia would have scored you 2. 3 for East Germany.

You'd have got 7 for New Zealand, 8 for Italy, 8 for USSR.

You'd have got 9 for Finland, Lasse Viren, of course.

You'd have got 10 for Germany, Dieter Baumann.

12 for Morocco and the top three, we've already heard two of them...

Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our second round, the pair heading home

with their high score of 152, I'm afraid, Hayley and Jane, it is you.

Not a bad performance, though,

and we'll look forward to seeing more of you next time.

But, meantime, thanks very much, Hayley and Jane.

APPLAUSE

But, for Fred and Cathie and Richard and Alexander,

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations Richard and Alexander, Fred and Cathie,

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

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

-There it is.

-APPLAUSE

Well, what were the chances of that? Richard and Alexander,

our golden couple, the lowest scoring pair,

here in the head-to-head round.

Fred and Cathie, have you ever considered changing your names maybe?

We're doing it next week.

It's interesting cos actually we were originally called

Fred and Cathie. We changed our names as well.

Anyway, it's going to be very exciting.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here's your first question and it concerns...

-Masked Musicians.

-Correct.

-Wow.

Anything there you need help with?

I'm just wondering what it's going to be, that's all.

-Well, you know musicians?

-Uh-huh.

-And you know masks?

-Yep.

-OK.

-Well, we're going to show you five pictures of musicians...

-Yeah-huh.

-..in masks...

-Get out!

..and Richard and Alexander, and Fred and Cathie, are going to try

and choose the most obscure -

that's the one that fewest of our 100 people said -

-and the team that does that will win a point.

-Yeah.

The first team to two points will be going through

-to play for the jackpot.

-Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

And here they are. We have...

-It's all become abundantly clear to me now, thank you.

-Good.

It's all fine.

So, Richard and Alexander, you've been our low scorers

so you get to go first.

Well, I've been quite lucky on this round

cos I've actually seen D.

I think I have, anyway. It's SBTRKT.

SBTRKT, say Richard and Alexander. SBTRKT.

Well done, Richard. I like that you knew that.

-Fred and Cathie, the board is yours.

-Right. We know them all.

Well, we didn't know SBTRKT, but we can subtract that one.

Yes, I think... Which ones do you know?

I know C but I think that's very obvious.

-I know E but, again, I think...

-I think they're the obvious.

They're very famous.

-I think B. Happy to go B?

-Yes.

-OK, we'll go B, Frank Sidebottom.

B, Frank Sidebottom. So, we have SBTRKT and we have Frank Sidebottom.

Richard and Alexander have gone for SBTRKT for D.

Let's see that's right and,

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

-APPLAUSE

-Look at that, 1!

Very well done indeed.

1 of our 100 people knew SBTRKT. Good work.

Now, Fred and Cathie have gone for Frank Sidebottom for B.

Let's see if that's right,

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

-12.

-APPLAUSE

An excellent score. But no match, I'm afraid, for SBTRKT.

Well done, Alexander.

That means, after one question, Richard and Alexander are up 1-0.

Yeah, the two best answers, actually, so well-played both teams there.

SBTRKT, that genuinely looks like a rack of letters in Scrabble,

doesn't it, his name?

A is Daft Punk, of course...

..would have scored you 27.

David Bowie is a very big scorer,

biggest scorer of all, would have scored you 84.

And Kiss at the end there...

..would have scored you 59.

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

Fred and Cathie, you get to answer it first.

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

It concerns...

Sweet Shop Sweets. Sweet Shop Sweets, Richard.

We're going to show you five types of sweet that you might find

in a sweet shop but, accidentally,

we've scrambled them up so that they're anagrams.

-I'm sorry about that. You need to tell us what they are, please.

-OK.

Let's reveal our five anagrams and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

-So, yes, Fred and Cathie, you'll go first.

-Right. OK.

I know the bottom one. Not sure if we have any of the others.

OK, I think, yeah, it's going to be the bottom one cos I know it.

-We're going to go for gobstopper.

-Gobstopper, say Fred and Cathie.

Gobstopper. Now then, Richard and Alexander, over to you.

Second one... The second one is...

-Do you want to talk us through the board?

-Only got two of them.

The second one's, I think, jellybean. Third one's bubble gum.

So, we'll have to take one of those. Which do you think?

-Go for the second one.

-Jellybeans.

-Jellybeans.

OK, jellybeans, say Richard and Alexander.

So, we have gobstopper versus jellybeans.

Fred and Cathie said gobstopper.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

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-16, very well done indeed.

That's a great score. Will jellybeans beat that, I wonder?

Let's see how many people said jellybeans.

It's right.

-52.

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That's a high score.

Well done, Fred and Cathie, back in the game.

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

-Another very good answer.

Again, you've got the second best answer on the board.

There is one that would beat it. We'll do that one last

because bubble gum is correct.

Bubble gum would have scored you 32.

Do you know DRAPE PROS?

-Pear drops.

-Oh!

Pear drops would have scored you 24. The best answer is the top one.

It's 2 points. I like these.

-Got it. Cola bottles.

-Cola bottles.

-2 points.

-There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.

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

Phrases That Contain I Am. Richard.

Going to give you five clues to answers, all of which contain

the phrase "I am." Whichever team gives us the best score is going

through to play for the jackpot, so best of luck.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Richard and Alexander, you go first.

-THEY WHISPER:

-Which ones do you know?

-I know the second one

-and the third one.

-What's the second one?

-I Am Zlatan.

-Which do you think?

-I'd go for that one.

-OK.

We're going to go for the second one down,

which I'm hoping is I Am Zlatan.

I Am Zlatan.

OK. Now, Fred and Cathie...

-talk us through the board.

-We know a couple, I think.

So, I Am A Cider Drinker is The Wurzels.

The Black Eyed Peas is will.i.am.

Not sure about the Sean Penn film,

which leaves us with the Richard Matheson novel.

We're going to go for I Am Legend.

I Am Legend. So, we have I Am Zlatan, say Richard and Alexander.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

-6.

-APPLAUSE

6 for I Am Zlatan.

Now then, Fred and Cathie, meanwhile,

have gone for I Am Legend.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said I Am Legend.

It's right.

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-10.

10. Two excellent scores there.

But, Richard and Alexander, very well done to you.

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

Yeah, two terrific answers there.

In some countries also would have scored I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic

but whatever you call it, it's a terrific read.

I mean, genuinely he's quite a character, I think it's safe to say.

Will.i.am is the answer to the top one, of course -

the judge on The Voice and the Black Eyed Pea -

would have scored you 79. And you're right about I Am A Cider Drinker.

Would have scored you 18. Now, you'd have got through to the final

if you'd answered this last one.

It's I Am Sam...

..would have scored 4 points.

Thanks very much indeed. So, the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head round are Fred and Cathie.

What an exciting head-to-head. Very, very close.

I mean, some brilliant answers.

This all bodes well for your next appearance on the show,

when I'm sure you'll make it this far, maybe even further.

But thanks very much, meantime, Fred and Cathie.

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But for Richard and Alexander, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Richard and Alexander.

You've seen off all the competition and you've won our

coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and, at the end today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

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Well, brilliant team effort there. Fantastic play.

We started off with famous Ricks and Rickys,

then we had long-distance runners,

then we had masked musicians, then we had sweet shop sweets jumbled up

and then we finished off with famous I ams

and you've been our low scorers in every single round. Best of luck.

As you know, you get to choose your category

from the four we put up on the board.

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

-No idea what a Single-word Prize-winner is.

-No.

-Tyne And Wear's probably out, isn't it?

-Probably.

-1960s Music's out.

-Are we good that?

-No.

-I think we'll just have to go for Italian Sport.

-You agree?

-Go for it.

-We'll go for Italian sport.

Italian Sport it is.

OK. Good luck. Three very different sports here -

hopefully one of these suits you.

We are looking for any Italian winner of the Tour de France,

that's from all the way from 1903 up to 2013,

any Italian Davis Cup player since 2000...

..or any managers of Serie A champions since 1983-1984

and that's up to the 2012-2013 season.

So, Tour de France winners, Davis Cup players or Serie A managers, please.

Very best of luck.

So, 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?

-We are.

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

-So, Italian winner of the Tour de France? Fausto Coppi.

-OK.

-I've got a Davis Cup player, could be Fabio Fognini.

-OK, yeah.

-He's probably my best answer.

-What else? Anything else?

No. Nothing.

Italian winners of the Tour de France...

Gianni Bugno, is it?

Can't remember if that's his actual name, though,

so I might be getting the name wrong.

Shall I just go for an Italian cyclist?

I can't see anything wrong with doing that.

Unless you can think of any Serie A?

No. I don't think so.

-Not my sort of area.

-No. OK, so...

-Fausto Coppi.

-OK.

-Then another cyclist?

-Gianni Bugno?

-Can we go for Fognini?

-Yes. Absolutely.

-OK, so we've got those three.

-Yep, OK.

-OK.

-Are you happy?

-I think we're happy, hopefully.

-Happy for us to stop the clock?

-Yep.

-Very good.

That's the kind of confidence we like.

Richard and Alexander, what three answers are you going to go for?

-We've got two Tour de France. One is Fausto Coppi.

-Fausto Coppi.

-One is Gianni Bugno, who may or may not exist.

-Gianni Bugno.

And the Italian Davis Cup player since 2000 is Fabio Fognini.

Fabio Fognini.

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

-I'd say Fausto Coppi.

-Fausto Coppi, we'll put last.

-Fognini in the middle.

-Fognini in the middle.

-And then...?

-Gianni Bugno.

Gianni Bugno at the top, of course, as you would.

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

and here they are. We have got...

Well, very best of luck.

Three great-looking answers up there -

let's hope one of those is pointless and wins that jackpot for you.

Three grand, quite a nice jackpot now.

Richard, what would you do with that?

I'd probably spend it on my wife and children,

is the answer I've been told to give.

LAUGHTER

And you got that absolutely word perfect.

OK, Alexander, how about you?

I'm going travelling with some friends around Europe

on the train next year, so might upgrade a few of the hostels

to hotels and see how that goes.

Very good. Well, as I say, very best of luck.

Your first answer, the one you thought was probably least likely

to be pointless, is Gianni Bugno.

In this case, we were looking for a Tour de France winner.

An Italian Tour de France winner. Let's see if it's right, for £3,000.

Is it pointless? Gianni Bugno.

Well, you weren't entirely sure, it was a bit of a punt.

As it turns out, an incorrect answer,

so, obviously, not pointless.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Fabio Fognini.

In this case, we were looking for Italian Davis Cup players.

Let's see if that's right, Fabio Fognini,

and, if it is, let's see how many people said it for £3,000.

Is Fabio Fognini pointless?

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Gianni Bugno, was incorrect but Fabio Fognini,

absolutely right.

Taking us down through the 20s and into the teens.

Into single figures, still going down...

Oh! 3.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Alex.

3, that's an excellent score, whichever way you look at it,

but, sadly, not a pointless answer, which means you only have

one last shot at today's jackpot.

Everything now rides on your third and final answer, Fausto Coppi.

Again, we are looking at Italian winners of the Tour de France.

It has to be right for you to win the jackpot,

then it has to be pointless.

Let's see, for £3,000, how many people said Fausto Coppi.

It's right.

Your first answer, Gianni Bugno, was incorrect, your second answer

Fabio Fognini, was absolutely right but took us down to 3.

Your final answer Fausto Coppi now taking us down to...

-Oh, you've done it!

-CHEERING

Superb. Very, very well done. Congratulations.

That's how you do it.

Well, congratulations.

Fausto Coppi was a pointless answer, which means you go home

with today's jackpot of £3,000.

Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

That's terrific, gents. Very well-played. And I...

Honestly, Xander and I are both really pleased that

Richard and Alexander came on and they got through.

Well, I am, anyway.

Gianni Bugno, also a very good answer but never won the Tour de France.

Came second, so it's a good answer, in the early '90s.

There's pointless answers in each of these categories -

let's take a look at them.

For the Tour de France winners, there's Fausto Coppi,

won it twice, of course.

Coppi, one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

Felice Gimondi, Gastone Nencini and, from the '20s, Ottavio Bottecchia.

Very well done if you said that.

You could also have had Gino Bartali, as well.

Let's take a look at the Davis Cup players.

Of course, Fognini beat Murray in 2014,

which is why people remember him.

Bolelli, Lorenzi, Davide Sanguinetti. Andreas Seppi, as well,

who was in that same team as Fognini.

You also could have had Gaudenzi, you could have had Bracciali,

Nargiso, Starace and Santopadre.

Well done if you said any of those.

And the Serie A managers, Sacchi, there's some big names here.

Giovanni Trapattoni, Massimiliano Allegria, Roberto Mancini,

a pointless answer.

Also could have had Bigon,

Zaccheroni, Bagnoli, Bianchi and Boskov.

Well done if you got any of those.

Lovely category for sports fans and our first ever Richard and Alexander.

Worthy winners. Never ever in doubt for a second.

Well, thanks once again to those worthy winners,

Richard and Alexander, who go away

with today's jackpot of £3,000. Very well done.

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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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