Episode 39 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one...

Hello, my name is Robby, this is my brother JD, and we're from Preston.

..couple number two...

Hi, I'm Lucy, this is my dad, Charlie, and we're from West London.

..couple number three...

Hi, my name is Fred and this is my mum, Cathie,

and we're from Mill Hill, North London.

..and finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name is Jane, this is my best friend Hayley.

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

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 -

the cleverest Dick

since Richard Richards from Richards Close appeared on Mastermind

answering questions on Richard III, Richmond Park and Richie Rich.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody.

Good afternoon.

-Hello, there.

-Hello!

Now on our last show, for the first time ever,

-we had a pairing who were Richard and Alexander, didn't we?

-Yes.

-Which was great.

-Yes.

-And we sort of genuinely, secretly

wanted them to do well, and they did -

they got through to the jackpot round,

and they won the money.

-So, literally, we've got a 100% strike rate.

-Yeah.

That's nice, isn't it?

And they beat Fred and Cathie in the head-to-head -

it was a terrific head-to-head.

Very good - they're going to be tough to beat today.

And two other pairs coming back today -

Hayley and Jane, there, who got knocked out in Round Two.

Charlie and Lucy, we'll see a little bit more of you -

last time they were on podium one, got knocked out in Round One.

So, we've only got one new pair - just JD and Robby -

and they seem to, rather unfairly, be on podium one.

-Mm.

-They seem up for it, though, I have to say.

-I think they do.

-They seem bang up for it.

I think they're going to be equal to the task.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Richard and Alexander, as you'll have gathered,

won the jackpot last time,

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

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

OK, now, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

Your job is to make sure you are not that pair -

simple as that.

Our first category today is...

Sport Finance(!) 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

of the most valuable sports teams as they could.

Most valuable sports teams. Richard.

Yes, in July 2013, Forbes Magazine published their list

of the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world.

We're looking for any of the teams on that list of 50, please.

Just to give you a better idea, the teams come from football,

from American football, from basketball, baseball,

Formula One and ice hockey.

So, those are the sports for our 50 most valuable teams in the world.

Who's on that list from July 2013?

-Good question.

-Mm. It's interesting, isn't it?

-Mm.

-Now then, JD.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you very much.

What do you do, JD?

I have two jobs - my Monday-to-Friday job, if you like,

is an account manager for a very promotional product distributor,

so a supplier of promotional items for branding purposes.

And I also work behind a bar, as well, to keep myself out of trouble.

-So, the branding guys had better stump up a bit more!

-Well, ideally.

-You won't have to work through the weekends. It's appalling.

-Exactly.

I was about to say, what do you do in your spare time?

-You don't have any spare time.

-Very little, unfortunately.

-A little bit of poker, a lot of reading.

-OK.

The odd art gallery.

The odd art gallery. Good.

So, JD, what's springing to mind?

I think I'm going to play relatively safe, being the first person,

and say the LA Lakers.

The LA Lakers, says JD.

The LA Lakers - let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

LA Lakers - taking you quite a long way down the column.

Look at that! Down it goes to 5 - very well done indeed.

Cracking start to the show, JD.

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Great start, JD. Turns out you were equal and above the task, as well.

Terrific answer.

They're joint 31st on the list, worth a billion dollars, the LA Lakers.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Charlie.

-Alexander.

-Charlie, we hardly saw you last time.

-No!

-Remind us what you do.

-I work in a finance company in the city,

and my job is to try and raise money from people

-to allow my partners to spend it. Private equity.

-Right you are.

Private equity.

And we discovered last time

-that you like hurling yourself down a mountain...

-Yeah.

..on a tray, doing the Cresta Run.

And what other things do you get up to, Charlie?

Well, I am also treasurer of a cervical cancer trust.

I've been that for ten years.

It's called Jo's Trust - it does great work with cervical cancer,

which is an illness that, if it's caught early,

is completely preventable.

Excellent. Good for you. Charlie, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for my favourite team -

because when I go to America I like to watch them

on the football field - on the American football field,

because they have great cheerleaders,

and that's the Dallas Cowboys.

The Dallas Cowboys, says Charlie. Let's see if it's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said the Dallas Cowboys.

It's right.

Well, the LA Lakers scored 5, the Dallas Cowboys...

score 10! Very well done.

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Yeah, it's actually the 5th most valuable sports team in the world,

Dallas Cowboys, owned by an oil and gas billionaire.

-Thank you. Now, Fred...

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

Head-to-head.

-Very strong performance.

-Did OK.

You did all right - nothing wrong with that.

Some great answers from you - particularly in Round One, I think.

-Yeah.

-We had a particularly lovely low score.

-Yeah, Rick Santorum.

That's right! Rick Santorum.

Very, very well done there. Remind us what you do, Fred.

-I'm a travel consultant.

-That is right.

Which is different to a travel agent.

-Does that mean you get to travel around a lot yourself?

-I do, yeah.

Just came back from Vietnam.

That's the difference -

a travel agent just says, "Well, this looks nice."

-Let's do it, yeah!

-Looks in the magazine.

Travel consultant says, "Well, I can tell you, this was very nice."

-Exactly.

-Very good.

OK, so, Fred, what are you going to go for?

OK, well, two good answers so far.

Both American, so I'm going to stick with that,

and I'm going to go Miami Dolphins.

Miami Dolphins, says Fred.

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

Well, so far we've been in convenient multiples of 5.

5 our low score, 10 our high.

Where will the Miami Dolphins finish up?

8! Right in the middle.

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Well done, Fred.

Yeah, another team worth over a billion dollars.

They were originally set up, the original sponsors were dolphins.

-Really?

-Yeah, a group of very, very wealthy dolphins.

Made their money, they were originally at SeaWorld,

so they made an awful lot of money, and they invested some of that money

in American football.

-It happens with a lot of the American football team.

-Does it?

I won't go into some of them now, but if they come up, I will.

We have a croquet team sponsored by ants.

-Yes, Northants.

-Yes, yeah.

Er, but, yeah, so, they sold it to a property magnate

for about, like, 300,000,000 or something.

They spent all the money on krill.

All of it - just absolutely just had an absolute...blow out.

-Wow, that must have been fun.

-I think it was a lot of fun.

There was certainly a lot of high-pitched noises

coming from the beach just off Miami as they has that party.

-I don't think the krill enjoyed it, but...

-No.

-There it is.

-That's the world of krill, isn't it?

-Well said.

It's nice - it's good for dolphins to get out.

The had a dolphin player, once, in the late '70s.

-Yeah?

-Did not last long.

-No.

Did not last long.

-Thanks, Richard. Jane, Jane...

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

So, Jane, remind us about yourself.

I'm a golf club manager and I also play a lot of golf, as well.

-But before that...

-Um...engineer. You were an engineer. Yes.

And you were sort of - you were designing rockets.

More satellite communications, but...

-But still, they had to get up there somehow.

-Absolutely, yep.

And how many years did you do that for?

-Er, about 14 years.

-Wow.

-Yeah, a long time.

-A long time.

-Yeah. I just fancied a change, really.

And a perfect change. Perfect change. What about sports teams?

-How are you feeling about that, Jane?

-Um...

Right, well, one of my favourite actors, John Cusack,

supports this team, so I'm hoping it's in the top 50,

and it's the Philadelphia Bears.

-The Philadelphia Bears.

-I hope I've got that right.

OK, well, let's see.

John Cusack - he strikes you as someone

-who would only support someone in the top 50, er...?

-Possibly!

We'll see. The Philadelphia Bears - let's hope it's a good answer.

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Jane.

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

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, sorry. I'll give all the correct answers

at the end of the pass.

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

Let's take a look at those scores, as they stand.

JD, well done, the lowest score of the pass.

Good for you. Nice score of 5.

Then up to 8, where we find Fred and Cathie,

up to 10, where we find Charlie and Lucy,

and then, I'm afraid, it's a big hike up to 100,

where we find Jane and Hayley.

So, Hayley, we will need a low score from you.

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

We're going to come back down the line, now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, remember, we're looking for any team on the Forbes list

of the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world.

Now, Hayley... Remind us what you do, Hayley.

-I work with my husband in our family business.

-In Raglan.

-In Raglan - that's right.

-Indeed.

-So, Hayley, there you are - high-scorers, on 100.

-OK.

Um, I can't think of anything particularly clever,

so I'm hoping to play a little bit safe, I hope,

with the New York Giants.

The New York Giants, says Hayley.

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

no red line for you, as you're the high-scorers.

It's right. The New York Giants.

Well, our lowest score was 5, from the first pass...

-and you equal that!

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That's exactly what we needed from you, Hayley.

105 is your total.

I wonder if that's enough to keep you in the game.

Very good answer. They're also in the top ten American football teams.

Their co-owner, Steve Tisch,

is the only man to have a Super Bowl ring and an Oscar.

What was his Oscar for?

He was one of the producers of Forrest Gump.

There you go. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Cathie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-We discovered last time, a solicitor.

-That's right.

And your interests outside the law?

Well, I love travelling.

I don't mean outside the law - don't get me wrong!

Sorry, I mean... I'm sure your interests are mostly above board.

I love travel, I love cooking - particularly at the weekends,

-when I've got a bit of time.

-Excellent.

-I love entertaining.

Excellent. I bet Cathie entertains well. It's a fun party to go to.

-Yeah. Whether inside or outside the law.

-Exactly.

-Yeah.

I think her outside the law parties -

even better than the inside ones.

I imagine if you get an invitation to Cathie's house, you go,

-"Yes, we can come."

-Yeah. OK, now, Cathie...

Now, this isn't a good one for me.

I'm going to hopefully play it safe and play Barcelona.

Barcelona says Cathie. Fred is nodding comfortably, there, I think.

Let's see if it's right. If you can get below that red line,

Cathie, you're through to Round Two.

It's right and you are through. Very well done indeed.

26.

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34, your total.

Number three on the list, Cathie.

Yeah, very good answer - worth over 2.5 billion, Barcelona.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Lucy.

-Hiya.

-Lucy, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Now, last time we had a high-scoring answer

from you in the first round.

-Yeah - Ricky Gervais.

-Yes.

-Too high.

Yes...and you worked on Cemetery Junction.

-I know!

-What was your job there?

-Just running?

-I was just...

Yeah, basically a runner, just doing work experience.

-And was everyone nice? Were they nice to you?

-So nice!

It was a really fun set.

Any scenes that Ricky Gervais would be in

would take a long time to film cos he just couldn't stop laughing.

Now, Lucy, you basically have to get this right -

I mean, 94 or less sees you through.

I'm going to play what I think is safe

and I'm going to say the Boston Red Sox.

The Boston Red Sox, OK.

There's your red line -

nice and high. Get below that

with the Boston Red Sox, you are in Round Two.

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

It's right and you're through.

Very well done indeed.

Look at that! 14.

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24, your total -

our lowest score so far.

Another very good answer.

Yeah, the baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, 11th on the list.

And their ground, Fenway Park,

has just been added to the US National Register of Historic Places.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-That is nice.

-As it should be.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Robby, welcome.

Great to have you here. Robby, what do you do?

I'm a journalism student. I've got a big passion for all things newsy.

Robby would be very good -

VERY good - in the newsroom, don't you think?

-Robby?

-Robby?

-Yeah.

-Well, I might say yes or no after his answer.

Thus far, he's talking a good game.

Yeah. He strikes me as eager...

-He certainly seems eager.

-Yeah.

-You need a bit of everything, don't you?

But, yes, thus far, I'm with you.

OK, and outside of journalism, what do get up to?

Outside of journalism, I work in a department store.

So, you're working at weekends as well?

-Busy man.

-You just never stop!

-No.

Robby and JD - Pointless is probably the first time

-you've clapped eyes on each other for years!

-It's been some time.

OK, Robby, what are you going to go for?

You're on 5. You have to score 99 or less. 99 or less.

OK, I'm going to go for an answer

that's probably not going to set the world on fire,

but I'm going to say Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, says Robby.

There's your red line.

If you can get below that, you're in the next round.

Let's see how many people said Real Madrid.

It's right and you're through. Well done.

-38.

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38 takes your total up to 43.

Very well done.

Very well-played, Robby, and to enhance your news credentials,

where do you think Real Madrid would be on that list?

Ooh...up there.

If I asked you for a number?

-One.

-Number one! Absolutely right.

-Look at that!

-Very well done.

Yeah, worth 3.3 billion. Owned by the fans, as well, Real Madrid.

Now, lots of pointless answers, all in American football and baseball.

Now, let's deal with the Philadelphia Bears -

the Chicago Bears, I think, is John Cusack's team,

and that would have scored you 4 points -

-would have been a terrific answer.

-Oh...

You also could have had the Philadelphia Eagles,

an American football team, or the Philadelphia Phillies,

a baseball team, and they were both pointless answers.

So, between Philadelphia and bears, there was all sorts of good answers -

but put them together and suddenly it's chaos.

Now, let's take a look at the pointless answers -

there's lots of them.

..all American football teams.

Chicago Cubs, they're baseball -

Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, the only baseball teams

who are on the pointless list.

Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs, American football.

As are...

You also could have had, pointless answers

with Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions,

Houston Texans, the Minnesota Vikings,

New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers

and the Tennessee Titans - all of those were pointless answers.

Lots of English football clubs very, very high up the list.

McLaren would have scored you 29, Ferrari 27.

Let's take a look at the top three answers.

Chelsea would have scored you 32,

Real Madrid, 38, as we've just seen,

and way up in the lead,

they're actually the second most valuable sports franchise

in the year looked at by Forbes, and score you 75 points.

-Man United.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

with our high score of 105, it's Hayley and Jane. I'm so sorry.

Round Two last time - I'm afraid it's Round One this time.

It's been great having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing - Hayley and Jane.

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-Thank you.

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

And so three pairs remain.

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

in time for our head-to-head round. Charlie and Lucy, well done.

You've made it to Round Two.

-You've done twice as well as you did last time.

-Yeah!

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Events. 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...

The Blair Years. Richard.

On each board, we're going to give you six clues to events

that happened while Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Just need to give us the most obscure answer. Good luck.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our six clues on the first board

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

-JD.

-Hello.

Not a fantastic board for me.

I think I'm going to have a stab at the...

penultimate one, the artist.

I'll say Jackson Pollock.

Jackson Pollock says JD. Jackson Pollock.

Let's find out if that's right

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

It's right.

Good answer.

2.

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Very well done indeed, JD. 2.

Good work from JD, again. It was worth about £73 million at the time.

It was the most expensive painting ever sold when it was sold.

It was one of his first drip paintings.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Lucy.

Yeah... It's not great, either.

I think I know two of them and one of them's a real risk, though,

cos I'm really not sure about it.

So, I think I should go for the other one

and hope that the title of the long-running reality TV show

is Big Brother.

Big Brother, says Lucy - let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Big Brother.

It's right.

60 for Big Brother.

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Yeah, it launched in the UK in 2000

and that final watched by more than 10 million people.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Cathie, you're the last person to have this board,

so if you want to go through it

and fill in any of the blanks you can, do.

Um, well, I don't know many of them, I'll be honest.

I think I'm going to play it safe.

I THINK safe - it might well be wrong, Alexander!

I think I know another one,

but I'm going to actually say the person who became

the England national football team manager

as Sven van...von Eriksson.

-Sven von Eriksson.

-Yes.

-Sven von Eriksson say Cathie.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Cathie. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scoring you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Sorry, Cathie, have to have the exact name because, you know,

-being a solicitor and all. It's Sven Goran Eriksson, I'm afraid.

-Oh.

There's no "von" in it.

Would have scored 33 points,

would have been a very good answer.

-Now, the first person to win the jackpot on...

-I should know that.

-..Millionaire - you see, all Eggheads fans will know it.

-Oh, Judith Keppel.

Judith Keppel. Absolutely. Still on our screens now. 12 points for that.

The King of the World was James Cameron...

..obviously directed Titanic -

he would have scored 10.

And England beat Australia in the Rugby World Cup final - 21 points.

So, Jackson Pollock the best answer on the board, JD.

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

let's take a look at those scores. 2 for JD and Robby - well done.

Well-played, JD. Then up to 60, where we find Lucy and Charlie.

Would be quite a risky score,

but Cathie threw you a lifeline, there, with her 100.

So, Fred, yes, you are out at the top, there.

We need a low score from you, Fred.

Best of luck with that when we come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more events from the Blair years up on the board -

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

-Fred, over to you.

-Right.

I know a few of them,

but I've got to get a good one here, haven't I?

So, um...

The top one I'd be guessing at, so I'm not going to go for that.

So, I'm going to have to go former Deputy Prime Minister,

is John Prescott.

John Prescott, says Fred.

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

No red line as you're the highest scorers.

It's right.

-51.

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151 your total.

Yeah, you've given Charlie a job to do, there, Fred.

If someone throws an egg at you -

I don't condone violence in any way whatsoever,

-but I think it's a natural reaction.

-Yeah.

-I would say.

Now, Charlie,

you have to score 90 or less to be through to the head-to-head.

I think I'm going to go for the tennis player

named BBC Sports Personality of the Year,

because he came to the final of the American Open that year,

was Greg Rusedski.

Greg Rusedski, says Charlie. There's your red line.

If you can get below this wit Greg Rusedski,

you are in the head-to-head.

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

It is right and you're through. Well done, Charlie.

Very well done - look at that! 2.

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62, your total.

Great answer, Charlie. As you say, he won it in the year

when he got through to the US Open final.

He shares a birthday with Tim Henman.

I'm not saying he shares a birthday party,

but he shares a birthday with him.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Robby, you're through to the head-to-head.

-This is good.

-It's good.

This board is all yours.

I'll have a guess at a few,

but there's only one that I know on the board.

The top one, Felipe Calderon, sounds a bit Spanish.

I'm tempted to say Spain.

The 11th of March, which radio station could that be?

Could be anything. I'd say 1Xtra. Again, that's a guess.

I don't know the boy band - or which group beat the boy band.

But I'm pretty sure on the Pierce Brosnan film,

his last as James Bond,

Die Another Day.

Die Another Day, says Robby.

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

No red line for you cos you're already through.

It is right.

18.

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-Takes your total up to 20. Well done.

-Yeah, well-played.

I do think Robby WOULD be a good news journalist

because he sort of went through the board, there, in such a manner,

very calm manner, and it was only at the end he realised

he hadn't actually given any answers at all.

It was quite impressive - but you sounded like you had.

Cos Felipe Calderon is the president of Mexico.

Not Spain. So, 3 points for that.

The 11th of March, it was 6 Music that went on air -

good answer, though, if you got that. 21 points.

And the group that beat One True Voice...

Well, One True Voice were the other part of Pop Stars - The Rivals

-to Girls Aloud.

-Girls Aloud.

-Yeah.

And Girls Aloud the answer, of course. 27 points for that.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with their high score of 151,

head-to-headers last time -

everyone's taken a step back from what they did last time,

apart from Charlie and Lucy, who go through to the head-to-head.

Fred and Cathie, we have to say goodbye to you -

far too soon, but thanks very much for playing.

-Great contestants, Fred and Cathie.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for having us.

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

Congratulations, JD and Robby, Charlie and Lucy -

you're now one step closer to the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently still stands at £1,000.

Well, Charlie and Lucy, what an improvement.

It was Round One last time and here you are in the head-to-head.

It always makes a difference, I think,

once you reach the threshold of the head-to-head,

-because you can now chat.

-Yeah.

You can confer - it takes all the pressure off.

It takes SOME of the pressure off.

JD and Robby, well done.

JD, you've only scored, on your own,

you've only scored 7 points in the show so far today.

-Just fallen well.

-Very, very well done indeed. Extremely impressive.

I think this might be close.

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

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

-World's Tallest Buildings. Richard.

-We're going to show you images

of five of the tallest buildings in the world.

We need you to tell us the name of the cities in which each is located.

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five tall buildings - and here they come.

We have got...

There we are. Five tall buildings - where are they?

JD and Robby, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.

It's tricky because there are some obvious ones on there,

and some less obvious ones, as there tends to be.

I'm not 100%, but...C as...

I think it's the Petras Tower in Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur say JD and Robby.

Now, Charlie and Lucy, the board's all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

I think that's a very good answer.

Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, yeah, for C.

I think A is New York,

-I think E is - isn't that...?

-It's the Shard!

It's the Shard, it's in London.

D could be Dubai.

B - I think we go for a guess on B. I think B could be Toronto.

So, we'll go for B, Toronto.

B, Toronto.

So JD and Robby have said Kuala Lumpur for C.

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

It's right.

16.

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Good answer.

Now, Charlie and Lucy have said that B is Toronto.

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

let's see how many people said Toronto.

Ooh, I'm afraid not Toronto,

which means, JD and Robby, very well done.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, not Toronto. You judged correctly, though,

you had to go for B,

because all the others would have been beaten by Kuala Lumpur.

But B is actually the Mercury City building in Moscow.

It's a pointless answer as well.

Very well done if you said that at home.

I thought it could be Russian.

A is New York, as you said.

Surprisingly low score, actually - would have scored you 45 points.

D is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai....

..and would have scored you 21.

And another low score for the Shard in London,

would have scored you 51 points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, here comes your second question.

Charlie and Lucy, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

The Bestselling books of 2013. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you five of the top 50 bestselling books

of 2013 in the UK. We're just going to give you their initials.

Can you tell us what the books are, please?

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal the initials of the five bestsellers

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

-Charlie and Lucy, you will go first.

-Um...

Well, we know the very obvious one.

And then I think I know the Miranda Hart one,

but I think I'm going to go for Philippa Gregory -

The Kingmaker's Daughter.

-The Kingmaker's Daughter.

-Yeah.

The Kingmaker's Daughter, say Charlie and Lucy. OK.

Now, JD and Robby, talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

Um, The Hobbit for the Tolkien book.

We've both yet to read it,

but we're leaning towards the Miranda Hart one as well,

which I think we're going to go for Is It Just Me?

OK, so, Is It Just Me?

So, we have The Kingmaker's Daughter from Charlie and Lucy.

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

It's right.

Very well done - 7.

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7 for The Kingmaker's Daughter. Good answer.

Now, JD and Robby have gone for Is It Just Me?

Miranda Hart. Is It Just Me? Let's see if it's right and,

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

It's right.

29.

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Very well done, Charlie and Lucy - that's exactly what you needed.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, The Kingmaker's Daughter's the best answer on the board -

nothing you could've done against that.

The top one, Helen Fielding, it's Bridget Jones and Mad About The Boy.

18 points for that.

The Hobbit would have scored you...

83 points.

And David Walliams is Demon Dentist,

which would have scored you 11.

He sold over a million copies of his children's books in the UK alone.

Been translated into 25 languages.

They ARE brilliant.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, here comes your third question.

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

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

People With Months In Their Names. Richard.

Yep, we'll give you five clues to people,

all of whom have months in their names.

Whoever gives us the most obscure answer

is going through to play for the jackpot.

Let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

JD and Robby, it's over to you.

There's only one we know and that's the American actress

best known for playing Betty Draper in Mad Men.

I believe that is January Jones.

January Jones, say JD and Robby. January Jones.

Charlie and Lucy, talk us through the board.

SHE SIGHS

I'm an avid fan of Grey's Anatomy and it's blanked.

Well, the American novelist

best-known as the author of Little Women...

HE SIGHS

-Um...

-Oh, sorry, yeah! Grey's Anatomy...

-OK.

..the character played by Sarah Drew is April...April Kepner.

-April Kepner.

-Yeah.

-April Kepner.

So we have January Jones and we have April Kepner.

JD and Robby went for January Jones for the actress playing Betty Draper.

Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 10. Good score.

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Charlie and Lucy, meanwhile, have gone for April Kepner,

the character played by Sarah Drew in medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

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

April Kepner is right.

Will it beat 10, though...?

Yes, it will - look at that!

Very well done indeed. 3 for April Kepner.

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Good answer, Lucy.

Very well done. After three questions,

Charlie and Lucy are through to the final 2-1.

Yeah, inspiration just in the nick of time, there, Lucy.

Very well done. It's the best answer on the board again.

That's two questions in a row you've done it.

The rest of the board - the Swedish writer is August Strindberg.

The British actress who plays Dot Cotton is...

-June Brown.

-..June Brown, yeah - 40 points.

And the American novelist that your were struggling to remember

-is Louisa May Alcott.

-Oh!

-Of course.

30 points.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, JD and Robby. What a strong performance, though,

the whole way through the show. Fabulous.

I mean, scarcely put a foot wrong

and some great low-scoring in this last round, as well -

16, 29 and 10.

You were just up against Charlie and Lucy, who just pipped you, there.

Actually, in the nick of time, as Richard says.

Great news for us, though - we get to see you again next time.

Otherwise it would all have been over in one show

and that would have been one show too few.

But thanks very much, we look forward to that.

-JD and Robby.

-Thank you.

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But, for Charlie and Lucy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Charlie and Lucy,

you fought off all of the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

There it is. Well, last time it was Round One.

-Yeah!

-What's happened?

Well, we got a bit luckier in the categories this time. Yeah.

Well, that was just in the nick of time.

We were going to have to get an answer and April Kepner -

thank goodness. What would you like to see come up in this last round?

Anything in particular? You know what they're like,

they're always quite tough.

-Politics.

-Er...

-Geography.

-For me, film or TV.

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

Four from you to choose from and here's today's selection.

-Geography of Borders, I think.

-Yeah.

-Geography of Borders.

-Geography of Borders it is. Richard.

OK, good luck. There's plenty of pointless answers here.

We're looking for any of the following three things.

We're looking for...

As always, by "country",

we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Or, we're looking for...

Again, I mean the same by "country".

So the capitals of US states that border Canada,

the capitals of countries that border Russia,

or the capitals of African countries

which have borders with six or more other countries.

Very best of luck.

OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those

answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Ready.

-Yeah.

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

Your time starts now.

Capitals of US states that border Canada -

just going from east to west, there's Maine -

the capital of Maine is the same as the golf course, it's Augusta.

The capital of North Dakota is Bismarck.

Those are both pretty obscure.

-Bismarck...

-I don't know other ones.

-OK.

So, Bismarck and Augusta for those two.

Capitals of African countries with six or more borders, um...

-I think Zambia has six or more borders.

-Is that Lusaka?

Lusaka, but I'm not sure it'll be pointless.

Our old friend, Central African Republic,

-which I think the capital of which is Bamako.

-Yeah.

But whether that's pointless,

because it's got its own notoriety from all the questions here.

I think that's quite a good one.

I think Bamako's not a bad one to put up there.

-Or we could go - I'm sure Southern Sudan borders six countries...

-Yeah.

-..and we could go with Juba.

-Juba.

Cos it's a relatively new one, go with Juba on that one.

So, shall we go with Juba, Augusta... Juba, Bismarck, Augusta?

Yeah, you don't want to do the...other...the...? Central...

-Bamako? No.

-No?

-Let's go with those three.

-OK.

OK, your minute is up now. Let's have your three answers -

and if you could say which category you're answering.

We're answering two from the category of US states

that border Canada - that's Augusta, the capital of Maine,

and Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota.

And then a capital of an African country which has borders

with six or more countries

-I think we'll go for Central African Republic for Bamako.

-Bamako.

-B-A-M-A-K-O.

-Bamako.

OK, now, of those three,

what is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think probably Augusta.

OK, Augusta goes last.

-The least likely?

-Bismarck first.

-Bismarck we'll put first.

-And then Bamako.

-Bamako.

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

and here they are.

We've got Bismarck, Bamako and Augusta.

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

Let's hope at least one of those wins that jackpot.

What would you do with it? It's 1,000 quid.

-Um, if we're splitting it, I would probably...

-We're splitting it.

-Yeah!

-What do you mean, "IF we're splitting it?!"

LAUGHTER

I'll probably just be very boring

and put it towards paying off my student loan.

-Well, that's good.

-Sensible.

-Sensible thing to do.

-Charlie, how about you?

-I will give it to Jo's Trust.

Three good answers, I say. Quite right.

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Absolutely right.

Well, Bismarck, your least confident shot at the pointless answer -

let's have a look at. In this case, we were looking for capitals

of US states that border Canada.

Let's see if that's right, let's see if it's pointless.

If it's both of those things, you'll win £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Bismarck.

It's right.

OK, so if Bismarck goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £1,000.

Down it goes, through the 20s and the teens...

Into single figures - down it goes, still going down -

-down it goes! You've done it!

-AUDIENCE CHEERS

Very well done indeed.

Thank you very much!

Whoo! I can't believe it!

In one. Congratulations.

Bismarck was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

Very well done indeed, Charlie and Lucy.

-I can't believe it.

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You know what? What a perfect example of father-daughter teamwork, as well,

cos that was a tough head-to-head,

and it was right at the last second that Lucy said April Kepner,

and if she hadn't said it, you wouldn't be in this final -

and it's been a great final for you.

Now, Bamako - that's not the capital of the Central African Republic.

The capital of the Central African Republic is Bangui.

-Oh, right.

-Bangui would have been a pointless answer.

Bamako is the capital of Mali - but it's still a pointless answer,

so you'd have got away with it. LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

And Augusta is the capital of Maine - it's your third pointless answer.

Three in a row. Very well done.

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THEY LAUGH

How about that? Let's take a look at some other capitals.

This is a great category if you like your geography.

The other capitals you could have had - there's Bismarck, North Dakota,

Boise, Idaho, you could have had.

Juneau, Alaska, of course - you didn't think of that -

and Olympia, which is Washington.

You also could have had Columbus, Ohio,

Concord, New Hampshire, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,

Lansing, Michigan, Montpelier, Vermont

and Saint Paul, Minnesota,

so loads of pointless answers there.

Unlike this next category,

the capitals of countries that border Russia -

there's only one, which is Pyongyang.

North Korea and Russia have got about 17km of border,

and Pyongyang the only pointless answer there.

And lots of answers, as well, lots of pointless answers,

for this other category.

You could have had Conakry, which is Guinea,

you could have had Khartoum, Sudan,

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo,

Yaounde, which is Cameroon.

You also could have had Juba, which was South Sudan,

which was another you were going to go for.

Would have been a pointless answer.

You could have had Bloemfontein, South Africa,

Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Dodoma in Tanzania,

Maputo in Mozambique,

Niamey in Niger and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso -

my favourite capital of all.

Would have been lovely to win the money on that.

Well done if you got some of those at home

and terrific in the studio - three pointless answers.

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-Thanks very much indeed.

Well, thanks once again to our winning pair, Charlie and Lucy,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

Very well done indeed.

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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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