Episode 43 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game

is to avoid the obvious answers and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, my name is Emma. This is my lovely friend Liz.

We are both from West Yorkshire.

Couple number two.

This is Doreen and I'm Christopher.

And we have been married for 54.5 years.

Couple number three.

My name is Emily. This is my dad, Dave. And we are from Lincoln.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name is Sue. And this is my son-in-law, Fergus.

I'm from Wrexham and Fergus is from Dorchester.

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.

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

a man so obsessed with the quest for knowledge,

he frequently answers rhetorical questions.

-Would you believe it?

-LAUGHTER

It's my pointless friend. It's Richard.

Hiya. Good afternoon, everybody.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

We have got two lovely returning couples coming back from last time.

We had Sue and Fergus on that final podium.

We joked last time cos they are mother-in-law and son-in-law.

We thought that was a very high risk strategy.

And then Fergus managed to get 100 points

and he and his mother-in-law were knocked out of the show immediately.

So...

Little bit of making up to do today, I think, Fergus.

And on podium two, 54.5 years married,

we've got Doreen and Christopher.

Of course, they've been married longer than last time we saw them.

LAUGHTER

I thought you would get divorced in between shows, but you haven't done.

-Never did.

-You are still together, which is terrific.

Both good pairs. Both strong pairs,

but I think Round One is going to upset a few people.

That is my opinion.

I've been doing the show a long time, I know when we upset people.

-I think we are about to do it.

-We are going to do it right now.

-I think so.

-OK.

-I think so.

Just warning you, just pre-warning you, managing your expectations.

Very well done. Not looking forward to that. We hate upsetting people.

-We do hate upsetting people, actually.

-Yeah.

Louise and Amanda didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.

-That is quite a jackpot.

-APPLAUSE AND OOHS

Right. Now, 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.

The pair with the highest score.

Our first category today is...

Divas. Can you all decide in your pairs who was going first

and who is going second?

And whoever is 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...

Female artists with the biggest selling UK singles of all time,

-Richard.

-In March 2014, the Official Charts Company published

a list of the 40 bestselling singles of all time by female artists.

We are looking for the name of any female artist on that list.

That is female soloists, female duos or female groups.

They have to be entirely female. You wouldn't be allowed ABBA,

for example, cos of the two fellas.

So any female artist, duo or band, all-female,

who released one of those 40 bestselling singles of all time.

Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Liz, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-From West Yorkshire.

But actually not.

-You now live in London.

-I do.

-And what do you do in London?

I am a learning and engagement manager.

So it is my job to train and develop people.

-And to try and make it a better place to work.

-Good stuff.

Now, Liz, what are you going to go for?

OK, well, I don't really want to start the show with

a pointless... With a wrong answer.

-EMMA LAUGHS

-Pointless would be good.

So I'm going to try and play it safe and go for Girls Aloud.

Girls Aloud, says Liz. Let's see if that is right.

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

-Oh, sorry.

-That's exactly what you said you didn't want, Liz.

I can't believe it.

I'm sorry to say, you started us off with an incorrect answer

and scored 100 points. Takes a lot of pressure off

Christopher and Doreen behind you.

But I'm so sorry.

Liz, when I take a look at this list of artists, genuinely,

I am shocked that Girls Aloud is not on that list,

given some of the other names, but not there.

They never had that one single that went stratospheric, I don't think.

Hm.

Now, Christopher...

"Phew," we might say.

Christopher, remind us what you get up to.

Well, I retired, but we write a lot of books and we like travelling.

And I do work occasionally.

-You were an Anglican vicar.

-Yes.

-Where were you a vicar?

I was a vicar in Plymouth for 29 years.

And I started off in Lowestoft and ended up in Cambridgeshire.

-And also a pilot.

-Yes.

-I mean, this is exciting.

-So you have your PPL, do you?

-Yes, I got it when I retired in 1998.

And we have been all over the w...all over the country, anyway.

And Doreen is my navigatrix, I think that is the word.

-My navigator.

-Very good. But you use it for travel.

Obviously, it is not just for fun.

You actually take off and land at different places.

I've never actually crashed.

-That really wasn't the question.

-LAUGHTER

What are you going to go for?

Our daughter's name is Lulu, so I'm going to go with Lulu.

Perfect. Let's see if Lulu is right.

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

No. I'm sorry, not Lulu.

Doreen even knew that before

the column did.

Yes, 100 points, I'm afraid.

Yeah, another good guess, but not a correct answer, I'm afraid.

-Now then, Emily, welcome. Here from Lincoln.

-Yes.

What do you do, Emily?

-I am a communications intern.

-How long have you been an intern?

For six months. I am halfway through my internship at the moment.

-And what do you like getting up to?

-I quite like sport.

I'm a big fan of football, but most sports I quite like.

I do play hockey occasionally, every so often.

Other than that, I also quite like baking as well.

And I quite like music. As well.

So this question, hopefully,

-will be OK for me.

-OK, well, let's hope.

Fingers crossed, Emily. Let's have our first correct answer of the day.

Yeah, given we've had two 100s, I might go a little bit safe

-and go with one of my favourite artists.

-Or...

Given that we've got two 100s, maybe take a bit of a risk.

-Go out on a bit of a limb, Emily.

-I'm not sure.

-But I am going to go with Lady Gaga.

-Lady Gaga, says Emily.

Very sensible. Let's see if it is right.

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

It's right.

There we are, takes you down to 12.

Very well done indeed, Emily.

Lady Gaga.

Yes, she has actually got three songs on that top 40 list.

They were all number one singles from the same year, 2009.

Poker Face, Bad Romance and Just Dance as well.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So then, Fergus, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-It was Round One last time.

-Yeah.

And you said, memorably, "Well, we'll be back for another game,

"so I'm just going to take a bit of a punt."

-Yeah.

-And... Yeah, well...

-Too much of a punt.

-The rest is history.

So, Fergus, yes, remind us what you do.

Company director from Dorchester.

In a logistics company.

Now, when you are not directing logistics, what pleases Fergus?

I like playing computer games, that's one thing.

Playing pool. Sort of laddish things, I guess.

Is your pool good?

-Um, no, not really. It's OK.

-It's OK, good. Good.

Now what are you going to go for, Fergus?

Um...

Well, there are a few that have come into my head, but based

on what has happened so far, I don't know if this is risky or not.

I'm hoping that this woman is going to be on there.

-I'm going to say Leona Lewis.

-Leona Lewis, says Fergus.

Surely she is on there.

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

It's right, very well done indeed.

12 is our lowest correct score,

our only correct score, in fact,

Lady Gaga. You passed that with Leona Lewis,

down to 4. Very well done indeed, Fergus.

Good score.

Yeah, she has a got two singles on the list - Bleeding Love

and A Moment Like This as well.

Thanks very much indeed. We are halfway through,

let's look at those scores. 4, Fergus, well done.

Best score of the pass.

Puts you and Sue at the top of the tree at this point.

Then up to 12, where we find Emily and Dave.

Then up to 100, I'm afraid, Christopher and Doreen,

and Liz and Emma. So, Emma and Doreen,

-it is between the pair of you.

-DOREEN CHUCKLES

Good luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so remember, Sue, we are looking for any female artist

or group who has had one of the bestselling UK singles of all time.

There you are, nice low scorers,

so a little bit of pressure taken off by Fergus.

Remind us about yourself, Sue.

I am an English teacher.

And in my spare time, I enjoy travelling

and I enjoy amateur dramatics.

-So are you part of a local amateur dramatics club?

-Yes.

You got anything in production at the moment?

We've just finished Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions.

-Excellent.

-So that was good fun.

-And what were you playing in that?

I was playing the woman who comes in, who begins as an adult

and ends up as a child.

-So a very interesting part.

-Very interesting part.

-Now, Sue, there you are on 4.

-Lovely.

95 or less sees you through.

Right, well, there are two of my favourite artists.

I'm not sure if they will be big scorers,

because Fergus has done so well, I think I'll risk Adele.

Adele, says Sue. Here is your red line, nice and high.

Let's see if you can get below that with Adele.

It's right, and you are through.

23 for Adele.

27, your total. Very well done.

Well played there on podium four. She got three entries on -

Someone Like You being number five,

the fifth biggest selling record in the UK by a female artist.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Dave.

Dave, here from Lincoln. What you do in Lincoln?

I'm a finance manager for a large engineering company in Lincoln.

And what are your hobbies, Dave?

-I like researching the family history a bit.

-How is that going?

It's going well.

-I think I've overdone it a bit and got too many branches.

-Oh, really?

That's the trouble, exactly, far too many ways to turn.

And where have you gone geographically?

Where is the most exciting, farthest out of the way?

Oh, our family name comes from sort of Devon,

but all my wife's family seem to be agricultural

labourers from Lincolnshire, so that's not very exciting.

-It saves petrol, doesn't it?

-Yeah, I guess so.

So, Dave, there you are, you are on 12. 87 or less

-sees you through to the next round.

-Yes.

Well, I think I'll probably disappoint you

and try and go uber safe with...

-Madonna.

-Madonna, says Dave. Madonna. Here is your red line.

Get below that, and you are into Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Madonna.

Oh!

Wasn't uber safe.

That is an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 112.

That's an interesting fact, isn't it?

She hasn't had one of the top 40 bestselling

singles in the UK by a female artist.

What do you reckon her biggest selling song was?

-Like A Virgin.

-Nope.

-Like A Prayer.

-Nope.

-Like A Small Child.

-LAUGHTER

Her biggest selling single was Into The Groove.

Sold about 800,000 copies. Not in the top 40.

Amazingly, she had a huge number of hits, but again, hasn't quite had

that one that absolutely popped and just stayed in the charts forever.

That has surprised you, hasn't it?

Oh, you know what? It's lovely when he goes quiet. Thank you.

LAUGHTER

Doreen, Madonna has helped you out there.

Did you ever think that would happen?

No, but it hasn't helped very much.

Well, I think you'll have a good answer. I'm pretty sure.

Now, Doreen, we discovered last time that you are part of the Worlington

group of painters who are reviving an old master style of painting.

-Yes.

-What else do you do?

-I've written three books.

I do cross-stitch Christmas cards.

And I bake.

So how do you do cross-stitch Christmas cards?

You make a little cross-stitch pattern and...?

-Christopher makes up the pattern for me.

-Yes.

And I'm going through the English cathedrals at the moment.

So this year I'm tossing up between Chelmsford and Canterbury.

Who is going to win? I wonder.

Chelmsford, Canterbury, Chelmsford, Canterbury.

Well, I tell you, Chelmsford would be the pointless answer there.

So, now, Doreen, if you can score 11 or less,

your place in the next round is assured.

Well, many of the names I'm thinking of are American,

-and that doesn't help with UK singles.

-No, that's OK.

As long as they did well in the UK charts,

that shouldn't affect them.

In which case, I might say Barbra Streisand.

Barbra Streisand, says Doreen. Barbra Streisand.

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

There is your red line. If you get below that with Barbra Streisand,

you are through to the next round.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I thought that was going to be a great answer.

200, I'm afraid, is your total.

That is scoring you 100 points.

Yeah, not a bad punt, Barbra Streisand,

but not really a big single seller, Barbra.

You know, albums, tours, all sorts of things,

but again, never had that one massive hit.

Hm, interesting. So, Emma, we come to you. Now, Emma, welcome.

-Great to have you here. Down from West Yorkshire.

-That's right.

And what you do up there?

I am a data manager in a junior school in Huddersfield.

So, do you manage data during the holidays as well?

-No, I get the holidays off.

-Oh, that's lovely.

-And what do you do on your holiday time?

-I spend time with my children.

Jill, who is nine, and Amy, who is two.

Also, I like to go to gigs, music and comedy.

-I've been to see one of your gigs many years ago.

-Have you now?

Yeah, it was fantastic.

-Was it any good? Oh, good.

-Brilliant, yes.

You could have just said, "I found it very disappointing.

"Very, very disappointing."

What are you going to go for?

If you can score 99 or less, you are in Round Two.

I'm going to go for this song

because I think it was at number one for ages.

And when people are buying singles more often.

I'm going for Whitney Houston. I Will Always Love You, I think.

Whitney Houston, says Emma. Let's see if that's right.

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

There is a red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.

It's right, and you are through.

Good answer, 8.

108, your total.

-It was actually number two on the list, I Will Always Love You.

-Was it?

Yeah, the second biggest selling. Terrific answer, very well played.

The low scorers before we look at the pointless answers.

3 for Cheryl Cole and Mariah Carey.

2 for Katie Perry, who had Firework and Roar on that list.

2 for Jessie J. 2 for Donna Summer - I Feel Love was on the list.

Atomic Kitten, Hold Again, they would have scored you 2.

Bewitched would've scored you 1.

C'est La Vie, that was one of the highest sellers.

Whigfield did Saturday Night, of course. She was on the list.

And Carly Rae Jepsen who did Call Me Maybe as well.

Would have scored you 1 point, a terrific answer.

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

Alexandra Burke, Hallelujah.

Now, Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige,

I Know Him So Well was on the list.

Both of those would have been pointless answers.

Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive. Irene Cara...

When you look at the names, you think, "Of course."

Irene Cara with Fame. Jennifer Rush with The Power Of Love.

That was in the top ten.

Julie Covington, Don't Cry For Me Argentina.

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia was on the list.

Very well done if you said Nicki Minaj, Starships.

There was one other pointless as well, and that was

Christina Perri, who did Jar Of Hearts,

which was another huge seller.

Who do you think had the biggest selling single of any female

artist, the biggest selling single of all time in the UK?

-I can almost guarantee you won't get it.

-Um...

Hard, isn't it? I haven't mentioned it.

I'll show you the top three now. She's in third place on this list.

-Cher!

-Believe, by Cher.

The biggest selling single in UK history by a female act.

-Isn't that amazing?

-Wow.

The second was Adele, 23.

And it was the Spice Girls right at the top.

Quite a few entries on the list. 33 points for the Spice Girls.

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

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

I'm so sorry, Christopher

and Doreen. I'm afraid we have to

say goodbye to you. It is such a shame. Far too soon.

Lovely having you. Thanks for playing. Christopher and Doreen.

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

And so now, three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye to another pair.

Well, Liz and Emma, some highs and lows there.

Fergus and Sue, very strong.

Yes, back with a vengeance this time, I sense.

And our lowest individual score there as well.

So, Fergus, well done.

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

20th-century politics.

Can you decide who is going first, who is going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

1990s politics, Richard.

Yeah, it's going to be six questions on each pass

about the political events and people of the 1990s.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, so we're looking for the events in the 1990s politics

described by these clues.

And here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

Emma.

Hm. Politics, not a great subject for me,

but I think I know three on there.

Um...

I think I will go for...

The Belfast Agreement, reached in 1998, is commonly known

by the name of this religious day. It is the Good Friday Agreement.

Good Friday, says Emma. Good Friday. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad. 40.

Yeah, finally signed on April 10th, 1998.

71% of Northern Irish people voted in favour.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Emily.

Yeah, again, probably not a great category for me.

I wasn't that old in the '90s,

so I can't really remember many of these things.

Um... But there is one that I know definitely.

So I'm going to say that Kim Jong-Il became leader of this country,

-and that is North Korea.

-North Korea, says Emily,

for Kim Jong-Il. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said North Korea.

It is right.

Well, it was 40 for Good Friday.

57 for North Korea.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, very good answer, became leader in 1994.

Thank you, Richard.

Now, Fergus, you are the last person to have this board.

Do you want to talk us through it?

-I can guess you through it, if you'd like.

-Why not do that.

I think the first one there would be George Bush Sr.

The next one, I think, might be Condoleezza Rice.

The Prime Minister of Israel, again, Ariel Sharon comes to mind,

but I don't know.

And the bottom one, I'm not 100%, but...

I'm not 100% on any of them,

and I think it would be the last one if it is correct.

So I think it is Burma,

or Myanmar.

OK, you are going to say Burma, or Myanmar.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It is absolutely right. Very well done, Fergus.

Lowest score so far, well done.

28 for Burma.

Well played, Fergus. The other three were lower scores.

Lucky you didn't go for them none of the guesses were right.

-American businessman, it's a terrific answer.

-Ross Perot.

It was Ross Perot, yeah. 4 points for that.

The politician, not Condoleezza Rice but Madeleine Albright.

She would have scored you 5. And the Prime Minister of Israel.

-Yitzhak Shamir, no?

-Yitzhak Rabin.

-Yitzhak Rabin!

-7 points for that.

So Ross Perot the best answer there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. We are halfway through the round,

let's look at those scores. 28,

the best of that pass. Well done, Fergus.

Then up to 40, where we find Emma and Liz.

Then up to 57 with Emily and Dave.

So, Dave, yes,

we are all relying on you, but no-one more than Emily.

Good luck. We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more clues up on the board. And here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

So, over to you. Remember, we are

looking for the events or people described by these clues.

They all happened in the 1990s.

This is quite hard for me cos I'm not very good at all on politics.

Just trying to think...

I think my best chance might be a UK Chancellor.

-I'm going to go for Nigel Lawson.

-Nigel Lawson, says Sue.

Nigel Lawson. Here is your red line.

If you can get below this with Nigel Lawson,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Let's see if it is right, though, Nigel Lawson.

-Sorry, Sue.

-Sorry.

I'm afraid not Nigel Lawson. Scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 128.

Yeah, sorry, Sue. I'll give the correct answer

-at the end of the past.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Dave, if you can score 70 or less, you are in the head-to-head.

-How do you like the board?

-It is a tough board, actually.

I thought I would be all right. I was better on the first board.

Um... But having got a hint from...

Sorry, Sue.

..from the UK Chancellor, I'll go the same and say Norman Lamont.

Norman Lamont, says Dave. Here's your red line.

If you can get below that red line with Norman Lamont,

you're in the head-to-head. Let's see if you can.

It's right.

You are in the head-to-head, well done.

10 for Norman Lamont,

taking your total up to 67.

Well played, Dave.

Very nicely done. I think Sue knew it as soon as you said it as well.

Yeah, Black Wednesday, interest rates up to 15%.

You know who one of his advisers was at the time we were going through

-all that?

-David Cameron.

-David Cameron, yeah.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Liz.

Liz, you want to be scoring 87 or less.

OK, can I talk you through the board?

I would be so upset if you didn't.

I'm kidding!

Um, no, I don't know any of them apart from the obvious one,

which I'm hoping will score less than 87.

The Labour leader who became Prime Minister of the UK in 1997,

I think, was Tony Blair.

Tony Blair, says Liz. Tony Blair. Here is your red line.

Nice and high. If you can get below that with Tony Blair,

you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if you can.

You can and you do. Look at that. 73, good enough.

113

is your total.

Well played, Liz. You did exactly what you had to do there.

He became the youngest prime minister in 200 years,

at the age of 43, Tony Blair.

The first female prime minister of France was Edith Cresson.

-Delicious!

-LAUGHTER

That was a pointless answer. Well done if you said it.

-The set of accords were named after Oslo.

-Oslo, yes.

5 points for that. Do you know the Egyptian?

-It was a Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

-Boutros Boutros-Ghali, absolutely.

He would have scored you 5.

And another pointless answer down at the bottom, actually.

It is Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Very well done if you said that.

He was elected twice and overthrown twice.

-Two pointless answers on one board.

-How about that?

-Getting a little bit generous there.

-What can I tell you? It's Christmas.

Hold on... LAUGHTER

Well, thank you very much indeed.

We are at the end of our second round

and I'm afraid the pair heading home, our second returning pair.

It's Sue and Fergus. Well, Fergus, you did very well there.

Not so much in filling in the board but in selecting the right answer.

This is the end of the road, where we have to say goodbye.

It has been great having you. Thank you so much.

-Sue and Fergus.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, David and Emily, Liz and Emma.

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which stands, rather excitingly, at £4,500.

APPLAUSE AND OHS

Well, congratulations, A - for knocking out our two returning

pairs, very well done indeed,

B - making it to the head-to-head with such an exciting jackpot there,

and C - for having some good low answers.

We've had some great answers from you.

Norman Lamont in the last round,

Whitney Houston in Round One, so I think now you can confer,

put your heads together, this should be very close.

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

Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Blacked out flags, Richard.

We'll show you the flags of five different countries,

but we've blacked out one of the colours in the flag.

Can you tell us what those colours are, please?

OK, thank you very much.

Let's reveal our five flags with blacked out colours,

and here they are. We have got...

There we are.

Dave and Emily, you have been our low scorers throughout,

so you will be our first to answer.

OK, I think I know Latvia.

Dad just asked me how sure.

Quite sure, so hopefully it'll be a low scorer, if it is correct.

So I think Latvia is white.

Latvia, white,

say Dave and Emily. Latvia, white.

Now, Liz and Emma, talk us through the rest of those flags,

if you care.

We don't know any for definite. I have been to Sri Lanka.

I am kicking myself cos I can't think what that is.

We are going to go for a guess, and our best guess is Cameroon and red.

Cameroon, red, say Liz and Emma.

So we have Latvia - white, and Cameroon - red.

Dave and Emily said white for Latvia. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

31 for white.

Now, Liz and Emma meanwhile have said red for Cameroon.

Let's see if that is right.

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

It's right.

Good punt.

It has to be 31. Will it?

43 for Cameroon.

APPLAUSE

Two good answers there, though, but, Dave and Emily,

-after one question, you are up 1-nil.

-Well played.

There is one answer there that would have beaten Latvia.

It is not Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is green.

So, uh, that flag should look familiar to you.

Would have scored you 37.

The best answer is Colombia.

In the middle colour there is blue.

Well done if you said that. 27 points.

And Portugal at the end, it's another green.

That would have scored you 55 points.

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

Liz and Emma, you get to answer first,

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

It concerns...

British sitcoms, Richard.

We are going to show the initials now of five British sitcoms

and the year in which they were first broadcast on the BBC.

Can you give us the most obscure answer from this list?

OK, let's reveal our initials, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Liz and Emma will go first.

Right, we definitely know two. Um... It's just...

We are going to go for

OFITG - 1990, which is One Foot In The Grave.

One Foot In The Grave, say Liz and Emma.

Now, Dave and Emily, over to you.

Talk us through that board if you can.

Well, I think the top one will be Steptoe And Son.

Only Fools And Horses.

Then Just Good Friends and House Of Fools.

Do we think 2014 will be the lowest score?

-Yeah. Well, I didn't know that one.

-OK.

-House Of Fools, yeah?

-Mm-hm.

House Of Fools.

So One Foot In The Grave versus House Of Fools.

Liz and Emma went for One Foot In The Grave.

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

It is right.

Not bad, 18.

18 for One Foot In The Grave.

David and Emily meanwhile have gone for House Of Fools.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

It has to be 18...

And it does, look at that.

House of fools, down to 4.

Very good answer, Dave and Emily, and that means, after only two

questions, you are straight through to the final, 2-nil.

Yes, the best answer on the board, so very well played there.

I think, Emily, you gave both the answers and that head-to-head,

didn't you? They were both very, very strong ones indeed.

The top one, Steptoe And Son, you are absolute right about,

very low scorer - 5 points.

Amazingly.

Only Fools And Horses is a big scorer, though.

52 for that.

And you were right, David, about Just Good Friends as well.

Another good score, actually. 16 points that would have got you.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of our head-to-head,

I'm afraid the couple we are saying goodbye to is Liz and Emma.

I'm so sorry.

Nothing wrong with either of your answers there, just Emily.

-She just knows everything.

-Lots of competition.

Well, we will say goodbye to you, but the good news is,

we get to see you next time. We look forward to that.

-Liz and Emma.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

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But for David and Emily, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dave and Emily, you have seen off all

the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,500.

That is turning into quite a jackpot now. Well done, you.

A stealth raid on Pointless, your first and only appearance.

Wouldn't it be wonderful,

a nice category coming up on that board,

you winning the jackpot, maybe take some of that winning streak

back to Lincoln with you, Dave.

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

Sport particularly.

-Cricket or something like that.

-Emily?

Yeah, I'd have to say sport as well.

Maybe something based on Spain, maybe?

-That might be quite good.

-Something based on Spain, OK.

Well, as always, you get to choose your category from the four

we put up on the board. Let's see what today's choices are.

Not quite the sport we were thinking of.

-What do you think?

-Definitely not American crime writers.

Not 1950s jazz albums.

Shall we go combat sports? Go on, then. Combat sports, please.

OK, combat sports it is, Rich.

Yeah, couple of things I get asked for all the time,

though not specifically by the two of you, I have to say.

But there is one of them I think you might have a crack at.

But we are looking for...

Any Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion all

the way through from 1987 to April 2014, including interim champions.

We are looking for any of the 30 participants in the 2014

WWE Royal Rumble.

Or we are looking for anybody who has been inducted into the

International Boxing Hall Of Fame under their modern section, please.

And that is up to April 2014 as well.

HE READS THE BOARD

Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, as always, you've got one minute

for three answers. All you need to win that jackpot is for

just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

-Right.

-Do you know any boxing?

I don't know anybody who was a UFC heavyweight champion or

Royal Rumble, so it's boxing.

Quick, can you think of some boxing people?

-Uh...

-I've been watching the WWE, I should be able to think...

What modern...? Marvin Hagler...

I don't know anything, so I'm just leaving it to you.

Thank you(!) Sugar Ray Leonard.

I do know a few names from the WWE.

What is the guy's name? I've forgotten.

Tommy Hearns. Tommy 'The Hitman' Hearns.

-That is a good one.

-Are these quite low scorers, do you think?

-They are all boxers, I think that is a start.

-In the Hall of Fame?

-I have no idea.

-OK.

I know there's somebody in the WWE.

I'm not sure of his exact name, but I can remember one name.

It is something like Rusev or something like that.

Ten seconds left.

I don't know. We'll have to go with three that you have thought of, OK?

OK.

We will go with those three names.

That's your minute up, let's have your three answers

and if you can say which category your on.

-Well, they are all from the boxing Hall of Fame.

-OK.

-So I'll go with Sugar Ray Leonard.

-Sugar Ray Leonard.

-Marvin Hagler.

-Marvin Hagler.

-And Tommy Hearns.

-And Tommy 'The Hitman' Hearns, OK.

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

I would say, if it is right, probably Tommy Hearns.

Tommy Hearns we put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Sugar Ray Leonard.

-Sugar Ray Leonard we put first.

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

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

Well, very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Sugar Ray Leonard.

Only one of them has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

Nice jackpot, 4,500 quid. What would you do if you won that, Dave?

Well, not very exciting, but we are thinking of doing

the garden up, so might be able to have some super-duper water feature,

you know.

-Emily, how about you?

-I think I'd put a little bit towards a car.

A little bit towards a holiday. I'd quite like to go to America.

Excellent. Well, very, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board.

Sugar Ray Leonard, your least confident.

Let's find out if it's right and if it is pointless, it'll win you

£4,500. How many people said Sugar Ray Leonard?

It's right.

Your first answer, Sugar Ray Leonard,

taking us down through the 40s.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with that jackpot of £4,500.

Single figures. Still going down.

Down it goes to 1!

AUDIENCE: Oh!

Wow.

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Fabulous. That is a great answer.

And that was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

-HE EXHALES LOUDLY

-OK, very well done indeed.

Two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Marvin Hagler.

Again, we were looking for inductees into the boxing Hall of Fame.

This has to be right, then pointless.

If it is both of those things, you will win £4,500.

How many people said Marvin Hagler?

It's right.

Your first answer, Sugar Ray Leonard,

took us all the way down to 1.

Marvin Hagler now taking us down through

the 30s and the 20s.

Through the teens. Into single figures.

Still going down. Down it goes.

Down it goes. 1 again!

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Two amazing answers there.

Who is that person you asked?

OK, sadly, neither of those answers pointless,

so everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which is Thomas Hearns.

This was the one you were most confident about.

Let's find out. If it is pointless, you will win £4,500.

How many people said Thomas Hearns?

It's right.

So, your first answer, Sugar Ray Leonard, took us

all the way down to 1.

Your second answer, Marvin Hagler,

took us all the way down to 1.

Your third and final answer,

can it break through? Down it goes.

Still going down. Down it goes... You've done it!

Very well done indeed.

Fabulous job. Superb.

Fantastic.

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Ah, congratulations. Thomas Hearns was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £4,500.

It is going to be like Versailles in your garden.

Well done, well done.

Superb work.

Yeah, absolutely lovely to watch.

Emily got you through the head-to-head and then, Dave,

the pointless answers there. It looked like a tough category,

but you look at that boxing one, any boxing fan in the country

would've got a pointless answer,

there are so many on the list, so many famous names on that list.

Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns, a terrific one.

Very few, actually, scored any points.

You were unlucky to hit 1s with Hagler and Leonard.

And funnily enough, also, Emily, you gave us

a very good answer for one of the Royal Rumble...

Alexander Rusev, he would have been a pointless answer.

But let's start with the UFC heavyweight champions.

I know some people love this wall. We've got loads of these answers.

You could've had Bas Rutten, Josh Barnett, Rico Rodriguez or

Shane Carwin. Very well done if you said any of those.

Royal Rumble participants...

I can't believe you didn't think of The Miz.

You could have had, as I say, Rusev, Damien Sandow, Erick Rowan,

Fandango and you could've had Jack Swagger.

Now, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees.

Some huge names on this list, all boxing fans will know all of them.

You could've had Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti,

Azumah Nelson... Jake LaMotta was a pointless answer.

Jersey Joe Walker was a pointless answer.

Joe Lewis is a pointless answer. Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez.

You could've had Ken Buchanan, Michael Spinks.

Sugar Ray Robinson was a pointless answer.

There's loads of pointless answers out there.

Well done boxing fans if you got any of those.

And congratulations in the studio, it was a great performance.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Dave and Emily, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,500.

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Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.