Episode 47 Pointless

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show that makes big winners

out of the lowest scorers. Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Kathy. This is my husband, Geoff.

We are from Farnham in Surrey.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Sam, from Sussex. This is my friend Alex, from Sheffield.

And we know each other from university.

Couple number three.

I'm Mark. This is my friend Jon. We met at secondary school

43 years ago. We've been friends ever since. We're from Newbury.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name is KerryAnn. And this is my dad, Arthur.

We're from Carlisle in beautiful Cumbria.

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. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce,

a man so tall he's actually not allowed within five

miles of any runway. It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

Two lovely returning pairs today.

Alex and Sam got knocked out in Round Two.

On the end podium there, Arthur and Kerry-Ann, who were very, very

good, very strong, got through to the head-to-head and knocked out 2-1.

They are going to be tough to beat today.

Sometimes I don't mind it,

but sometimes people come on the show in the most outlandish things.

-Don't you think?

-Oh, yes.

-And I have to say,

what on earth, what on earth

were Alex and Sam thinking about this morning?

LAUGHTER Look at that!

I mean, so showy. Guys, come on. Just dress down a little.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. What sort of show have we got?

-I tell you now, it's going to be about 45 minutes long.

-Yeah.

OK. We are going to have four rounds. We'll have a series of rounds.

We are going to have a Round One, a Round Two,

-then we're going to do a head-to-head...

-OK.

..which will either be 2-1 or 2-nil.

And then we'll have a jackpot round.

For quite a nice amount of money, actually.

-That is exciting.

-That is the kind of show it's going to be.

Thank you very much indeed. Pat and Chris didn't win the jackpot,

as you'll have probably just gathered.

So we add another £1,000 to that,

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

There we are. That is a jackpot.

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

OK, now remember, the player with the highest

score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

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

Our first category today is...

Tennis. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who is going to go second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

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

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

European-born tennis players who have won Wimbledon.

Richard?

Yeah, any male or female tennis player who has won a singles

title at Wimbledon since 1956, up to 2013, who was born in Europe.

Very, very best of luck.

Thank you. Now, Geoff, welcome. Welcome to Pointless.

-Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Geoff?

I'm the marketing director for a drinks distribution company.

-That's fine. You hand out the drinks.

-I do. It's my job.

-Nationwide?

-Yes. Well, not personally obviously.

Oh, that's a shame. Because that would be nice, Geoff turning up.

"Sorry, I've just got your drinks." With a small tray. Ah.

And what do you do in your spare time?

My favourite hobby is running.

What sort of running do you do?

In August I will be running my second marathon.

Between now and then, I'll be running some 10Ks

and half marathons.

Good stuff. Good for you. What are you going to go for?

My answer is Michael Stich.

Michael Stich, says Geoff.

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

It's right.

4.

That's a great answer, Geoff, very well done indeed.

4 for Michael Stich.

That's a very good answer. Particularly from podium one, Geoff.

Well played. Won in 1991.

Won the men's singles and was born in Germany.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Sam, welcome back.

-Hello there.

-Sam, it was Round Two last time.

We will have no more of that kind of nonsense.

-Certainly not.

-Remind us what you do, Sam.

I'm doing a Masters in International Development

at the University of Sussex.

What exactly is international development?

What are you working on?

I don't really know. It's kind of like sort of poverty and bad things.

-It's very depressing.

-But it's about how to make things better,

-how to make the world a better place.

-Yeah, yeah.

And are you getting there?

I'll have solved it I think in a few years.

Yes. Very good. And in your spare time, Sam, what do you get up to?

I quite like football.

I do a lot of writing and watching of it and stuff.

I've recently taken up cycling with my dad.

Excellent. What are you going to go for on this round?

I sort of remember this from my childhood.

I think this is right. I really hope it is.

Goran Ivanisevic.

-Goran...

-LAUGHING:

-His childhood!

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That was like yesterday.

Goran Ivanisevic, says Sam.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

It's a good answer. Down it goes to 5.

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-Very well done indeed.

"From your childhood." 2001 that was.

How old were you in 2001?

Um, I guess I'd be nine.

Oh, get out!

Jon, welcome.

You say you and Mark met each other at school

-and you've known each other for how many years?

-43.

I mean, you could be brothers, for heaven's sake.

I imagine people say that all the time.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

You could be brothers. You see eye to eye.

-You're identical in height.

-Same height. Same weight.

Yeah. Ah. And what do you do in your spare time, Jon?

Golf mainly. I like playing it. We play together when we can.

I like watching golf and I like watching cricket on the TV as well.

OK, so, we've had some amazing scores in this round so far.

How are you feeling about tennis?

I have a vague recollection, this might be a bit early in the game

to be going abstract, but John McEnroe I think was born in Germany.

I know he's American but I'm going John McEnroe.

That could be a brilliant answer, John McEnroe. Let's see if it's

right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said John McEnroe.

Look at that, Jon. It's a right answer.

5 is our high score. 4 is our low.

You join Sam on 5. Very well done indeed, Jon.

-Good trivia.

-Yeah, that's a gutsy answer, Jon.

Very well played.

I tell you what, when you come on your first Pointless,

your head tells you he was born in West Germany but you're thinking,

"Yeah, but surely he wasn't." So very, very brave to go for it.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Arthur, welcome back.

Low score after low score we had from you last time,

through to the head-to-head as our low-scoring pair.

-And then you got beaten.

-Indeed.

-It was very close.

But, yes. It's lovely to have you back, Arthur.

Now you are retired policemen.

That's right.

And what did you do after you retired from the force?

-I worked for the court service for 15 years.

-That's right.

I'm now fully retired other than I have a job on

match days at Carlisle United Football Club.

Lovely. And what else do you fill your retirement with, Arthur?

We come from a beautiful part of the world in Cumbria.

We are on the fringe of the Lake District

and all of my interests are outdoors. Walking, cycling.

I used to climb a lot of mountains, now I walk slowly up them.

Still get the same view from the top.

Indeed. Takes a bit longer to get there.

Very good. OK, so, Arthur, what are you going to go for?

We've had three very good scores so far this round.

Yes, we have. I'll try Stefan Edberg.

Stefan Edberg, says Arthur.

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

It's another good answer. 10. Very well done, Arthur.

10 for Stefan Edberg.

The Swede, Stefan Edberg. A very impressive round so far.

10 points being the biggest scorer. It's all to play for.

It certainly is. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Let's take a look at those scores.

4 for Geoff. The best score of the pass.

Very well done. Geoff and Kathy looking very strong at this point.

Up to 5 where we find Sam and Alex.

And Jon and Mark.

And then up to 10, Arthur and Kerry-Ann.

Anything might happen in the next pass, Kerry-Ann.

But we do need a low score from you. Do you follow tennis?

No.

-Good luck.

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We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-Kerry-Ann, welcome back.

-Thank you.

What do you do, Kerry-Ann?

I've started my own company in data visualisation of clean tech trends.

Which sounds absolutely fantastic. Are you still based up in Carlisle?

No, I'm round the corner in Edinburgh now.

So just over the border, you know.

And I was just hearing that you've got a bridge named after you.

Yeah, I do.

I used to work as a meteorologist up in Scotland,

collecting weather data every day.

And then the Mountain Rescue put a bridge in for walkers

and they very, very sweetly named it after me.

Aw, what is it called?

Kerry's Brig.

-Kerry's

-Bri... Yeah, I know.

Yeah, well they've...

Listen, spelling is not going to be their big point.

No, I understand. Kerry's Brig, lovely.

OK, so there you are on 10. We need a low score.

I am going to switch to the ladies tennis

and I'm pretty sure Steffi Graf won Wimbledon.

-Steffi Graf?

-Yeah.

-Steffi Graf. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Steffi Graf.

No red line for you as you are the highest scorers.

16.

Takes your total up to 26.

Yeah, won it seven times, Steffi Graf.

Born in West Germany, which was where John McEnroe was born,

-did you know that?

-No!

-Yeah, just a little bit of trivia.

John McEnroe is American.

Most people think he is American but he's not. He's from West Germany.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Mark, welcome.

-That is a shirt.

-Thank you very much.

Whoa, it's like...a Vienetta from space.

Look at that.

Good Lord. What do you do, Mark?

I'm actually a retired banker.

I now run my own consultancy business,

but I spend a lot of time travelling and playing golf.

That's quite nice. So when did you retire?

-Five years ago.

-Did you just decide,

"That's it, I think I can cruise it all in from here."?

Yeah, that was the... Life is too short and all that.

So I decided it was time to opt out and do something different.

And did life just become immeasurably better at that point?

Yes. Yeah, it's lovely.

And what else do you fill your retirement with?

Actually, I obviously do play golf, I play a lot with Jon,

but I really like walking. I've got a springer spaniel,

-we do a lot of walking.

-Lovely.

-Cycling and that sort of stuff.

Excellent. Mark, there you are, you are on 5.

Great answer from Jon in the first pass.

26 the highest score

-so 20 or less guarantees you a place in the next round.

-Yeah.

And the succession of my answers have just steadily disappeared

as we go down. So I'm going to have to take...

I've got a couple but I think they are going to be too high.

So I'm going to take a little bit of a punt

and say I think Martina Hingis won Wimbledon.

Martina Hingis, says Mark. I'm just trying to read Jon's face.

Jon is not entirely sure about that. But who knows? We will find out.

There is your red line,

if you can below that with Martina Hingis you are through to Round Two.

It's right.

Good answer. Gets you through as well. Look at that.

Martina Hingis scoring 9. Taking your total up to 14.

-Well played, Mark.

-Very good answer. Yeah. Well played.

She won in 1997 when Sam was probably just starting primary school.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Alex, welcome back.

-You are an officer for the Students Union at Sheffield.

-That's the one.

But you've had an extraordinary career. You grew up whereabouts?

In Muscat, Oman. In the Middle East.

And then in The Hague in the Netherlands.

Interesting. What took you to Muscat?

My father's job. He's an engineer,

so he kind of goes where things need to get built.

It's kind of amazing, Muscat. Did you travel around Oman a lot?

Yeah, we saw quite a lot of the area.

We went up to the United Arab Emirates, went to Jordan, all sorts.

Went to Yemen.

Amazing. That huge sort of interior, isn't it just amazing?

The Empty Quarter is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

It really is. Fantastic. And what are your hobbies, Alex?

Like Sam, I like football.

But I suppose the thing I do quite a lot of is triathlon. I do triathlon.

I am doing my first Ironman in August.

Just remind everyone what the Ironman is. It's just ridiculous.

An Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim,

112 mile bike ride,

and then a marathon, so a 26.2 mile run.

All back-to-back.

Yeah, and it generally takes how long?

Depends how good you are. I'm hoping to do it between 12 to 13 hours.

I'd be happy with that.

But that's 13 hours of proper nonstop...

Slow and steady wins the race. It's not too intense.

It's just kind of keeping it ticking over.

Yeah, so not too intense(!)

2.5... How many miles of swimming?

-2.4, yeah.

-2.4 miles of swimming.

That would finish me. Anyway, there you are. You are on 5.

26 still the highest score. 20 or less is your goal.

I'm nervous about this because my mum is a huge tennis fan.

And there is all sorts of things going round my head.

I think I'm going to go with probably one of the people that

people might not remember which is Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic, says Alex. Here is your red line.

You have to get below that to be through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said Novak Djokovic.

It's right.

Oh, look at that! 21.

Takes your total up to 26.

We have drawing high-scorers.

-Oh.

-Oh, you know what this could mean.

It could mean lockdown, this could.

But I believe in this round we call it deuce.

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Born in Serbia, Novak Djokovic.

Goodness me.

It could be one of the most exciting moments in the history of Pointless.

It could be.

Kathy, welcome. Great to have you here. What do you do, Kathy?

I have a slightly unusual business in that my job is setting

treasure hunts.

I do them for companies that want to do team-building

or for student groups, to help them to explore when they visit Britain.

That's a brilliant idea. Really good fun.

What got you into treasure hunts?

I've just been mad on puzzles and treasure hunts in particular

since I was a child.

Since the days of Masquerade, I don't know

if you remember Kit Williams and the golden hare.

I'm going to say no, but...

-It was a national craze at one point in the

-'80s. Yeah.

My family and I spent hours trying to solve this treasure hunt with

a hare buried somewhere in Britain.

We set off one day with a shovel...

I'm hoping by hare you mean the thing a bit like a rabbit,

-with long ears.

-Yes.

-Not hair cos that would be quite hard to find.

Anyway, on we go. We will move on. So you do it competitively then?

I set competitive games for other people

but I also like to do it myself as a hobby as well.

So I take part in them.

What's the best you've done in a treasure hunt? Have you ever won?

I haven't won yet but a few years ago, my dad and I, as a pair,

came runner-up in an on-foot treasure hunt

around the city of London.

Have you ever done an Ironman treasure hunt?

Thought about it.

2.5 mile swim - solve a clue.

120 mile bike ride - solve a clue.

Marathon - realise you got the first clue wrong, go back to the start.

LAUGHTER Yeah.

Kathy, what are you going to go for?

I don't think I'm going to be troubling these guys too much.

I'm kind of stuck between taking a risk

and saying something pretty obvious.

So why not take a risk?

I'm going to...hope, cross my fingers, that she

wasn't born somewhere else.

But I'm thinking of the British player Virginia Wade.

Virginia Wade, says Kathy. Virginia Wade. Here is your red line.

21 or less is what you want to score.

Get below that with Virginia Wade, we are in a lockdown scenario.

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

It's right.

Gets you through. 18.

22 is your score.

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Lockdown.

Kathy, thank you.

Thank you for bringing the joy of lockdown into our lives.

-We are in lockdown.

-We are officially in lockdown.

If you could tell anybody who is in the kitchen making a cup of tea,

just scream, "We are officially in lockdown!"

OK, as it's a tie,

the tied pairs have to give me one more answer each.

You can confer before giving your answer

and the pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

You can confer for this, as I said. Alex and Sam will go first.

INDISTINCT SPEECH

Oh!

INDISTINCT SPEECH

Yeah.

OK, Alex and Sam.

I think we are going to go with Sue Barker.

Sue Barker, say Alex and Sam. Now, Kerry-Ann and Arthur.

There kind of runs in my mind a Czech gentleman who once won it

called Jan Kodes.

Jan Kodes.

If we're going out, we will go in a blaze of glory and say that.

Very good. So, we have Sue Barker versus Jan Kodes.

OK, in the order they were given. Alex and Sam went for Sue Barker.

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

I'm afraid not Sue Barker.

An incorrect answer scoring you 100 points, taking your total up to 126.

This is exciting, Kerry-Ann and Arthur,

because it means we get a red line.

99 or less. Get below that, you are in the next round.

Let's see if Jan Kodes is right

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

It's right. Very well done indeed, Kerry-Anne and Arthur.

-It's a pointless answer.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £4,750.

Scores you nothing. Leaves your total at 26.

Sees you through to the next round.

You are staying in, in a blaze of glory, is what you're doing.

Very well done indeed, Kerry-Anne and Arthur.

It's the biggest victory we've ever had in lockdown.

Can't do better than winning by 100 points. Very impressive.

Jan Kodes was going to be my answer. He won in 1973

when all the top names dropped out, he went through and won it, Kodes.

He was born in Czechoslovakia, what was Czechoslovakia.

Sue Barker never won Wimbledon, I'm afraid.

She won the French Open in 1976. Never won.

Did you have any other answers you were going to go for?

I was thinking Marianne Bartoli but I think she lost.

She didn't lose. She would've been a great answer.

Would've scored 3 points. It wouldn't have matched

Arthur's great answer but it would have been a very good one.

Let's take a look at the other pointless answers,

apart from Jan Kodes.

You could've had another Frenchwoman, Amelie Mauresmo.

You could've had the Brit Angela Mortimer.

There is Jan Kodes.

We could have had Manolo Santana and Petra Kvitova.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look at the top three.

The ones that most of our 100 people said.

-Very well played by everyone on that round.

-Hmm.

Very well done. Thanks very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, I'm so sorry, it's Alex and Sam.

We have to say goodbye to you. Far too soon to be saying goodbye to

players of your calibre.

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

Alex and Sam, thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.

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

So three pairs remain. Obviously at the end of this round

we will have to say goodbye to another pair.

But Mark and Jon, very well done. Lovely low-scoring from you.

Geoff and Kathy, well done.

Arthur and Kerry-Ann, you were our highest scoring

of the remaining pairs but you added 250 quid to the jackpot,

so we will overlook that for the moment.

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

Jukebox Musicals.

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to first

and who is going to go second?

Whoever is going first please, step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Rock Of Ages. Songs there from.

We are going to show you the titles of six songs from the musical

Rock Of Ages on each board, we just need you to tell us

who had a hit with the songs, please. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

So who had hits with these songs in the years shown?

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all again.

Geoff, over to you.

OK. I think I'll go for the final one,

which is I Want To Know What Love Is,

-and I think that's Foreigner.

-Foreigner, says Geoff.

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

It's right, of course.

29 for Foreigner.

Not bad.

Yeah, well played.

Performed by Tom Cruise in the film version of Rock Of Ages.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Jon.

I know one definite and I know, I think, one is about 50-50.

I'm going to have to play safe I think.

Cum On Feel The Noize is Slade.

Slade, says Jon. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said Slade.

It's right.

49.

You are on the lower half of the tower there, Jon.

-It's not that bad.

-Yeah, their fourth number one single.

It doesn't fit with the timeframe of a lot of the songs

on Rock Of Ages. All those type of groups.

But it was covered in the States by a band called Quiet Riot,

who had a big hit with it in the early '80s.

Which is why they all know it over there.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Kerry-Ann, this is your board.

If you want to talk us through it, feel free.

I really, really should know each one of these.

But I'm going to take a risk

and I think Shadows Of The Night was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, says Kerry-Ann.

Shadows Of The Night. Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Kerry-Ann. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Sorry, Kerry-Ann. Good risk to take, I think.

I think the reason you thought it was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

-is it's Pat Benatar.

-Oh!

Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry. It would have been a very good scorer as well.

It would have scored you 3 points.

Don't Stop Believin', not a big hit in 1982.

Became a huge hit four or five years ago for any number of groups.

But it was Journey.

It would have scored you 34.

-We Built This City was..

-Starship.

-Yep.

It would have scored 22.

We're Not Gonna Take It was Twisted Sister.

For 8.

Pat Benatar, the best answer there.

Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores. 29 the best score of that pass.

Geoff and Kathy looking pretty strong at this point.

As are Jon and Mark.

But I'm afraid, Kerry-Ann and Arthur, 100 points there.

We are coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more songs from Rock Of Ages on the board.

And here they are. We have...

I'll read those all one last time.

Arthur, I know that you are a rocker at heart.

LAUGHTER

I honestly have not got the foggiest idea.

On the first board I didn't even know any of the groups except one.

Never mind the songs.

A group I've heard of, Final Countdown...

Queen.

Queen, says Arthur. Not a terrible guess.

Let's see, no red line for you as you are the highest scorers.

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

I'm sorry, Arthur.

A game effort but I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer there.

It scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, that was the Final Countdown, I'm afraid.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Mark.

-It's quite a tough board, that one.

-It's really tough.

I did know two on the previous board but I have to say I don't know.

Rock music is not my thing. Wanted Dead Or Alive, AC/DC.

AC/DC, says Mark for Wanted Dead Or Alive.

No red line for you, you are already through.

But let's see if it's right, shall we?

No.

Another incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 149.

Yes, sorry, Mark. Not going well on the second pass, is it?

I'm going through about four of these in my head on a loop.

Yeah, I've got one.

OK, Kathy. Talk us through that board.

Well, I'd love to.

I can hear the songs in my head but it's putting

the names of the bands to the songs which is the difficulty.

But I think that The Final Countdown is Europe.

Europe, says Kathy, for the Final Countdown.

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

No red line. You are already through.

It's absolutely right, of course.

46 it scores you. Your total is 75.

The lowest score of the round. Well done.

Well played, Kathy. Surely one of the catchiest songs of all time,

The Final Countdown by Europe. 46 points for that.

We've got a lot of filling in to do. How good are you on this?

Are you going to be any good?

-Not brilliant.

-Do you want to pick any off at all?

Um...

Wanted Dead Or Alive is Bon Jovi.

It is Bon Jovi.

Would have scored 34.

You can give up at any point.

Can't Fight This Feeling I think is REO Speedwagon.

Yeah, it's REO Speedwagon.

It's been used in an advert recently that song. Lovely song. 10 points.

Don't know the next one.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn was Poison.

Geoff got that. 12 points for that.

Here I Go Again, do you know that?

-It's Whitesnake.

-It is, yes. It would have scored you 22.

Kerry-Ann, I'm going to give you this last one.

I Hate Myself For Loving You, do you know who that was by?

I'm going to guess Joan Jett.

Then you would be right. Yes. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.

It would have scored you 2 points. Best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our second round,

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

I'm so sorry, Arthur and Kerry-Ann.

I'm afraid Rock Of Ages has done for you.

But still, if you'd got Joan Jett and The Blackhearts there,

that would've been great. Anyway, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye

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

Thank you so much for playing, Arthur and Kerry-Ann.

-Wonderful contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Geoff and Kathy, Mark and Jon.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £4,750.

That is now turning into a really decent jackpot.

I think both of the pairs in front of me

now stand a pretty good chance of winning it.

So, yeah, best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Brides In Films. Richard.

I'm going to show you five pictures now of brides in films.

We need you to tell us the name of the film the bride is in, please.

OK, let's reveal our five brides. And here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five brides in films.

Now then, Geoff and Kathy, you have been our low scorers throughout

so far, so you will go first.

WHISPERING

We are going to go for E, which we think is My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

E - My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Now then, Mark and Jon, the board is all yours. Talk us through it.

The only one I think I know, because I'm hopeless on films,

is probably Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, B.

Yeah, I'm not sure. A could be Dangerous Liaisons.

And C is something like Frankensbride, Frankens...

D looks like Victoria and Albert.

Not D, C.

-Oh, C?

-C, yeah.

I'm not absolutely sure on either of them.

So we'll go B - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

So, we have My Big Fat Greek Wedding from Geoff and Kathy.

Let's see if that's right

and how many people said My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

It's right.

19.

APPLAUSE

Not bad at all. 19 for My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Now then, Mark and Jon have gone for Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

58.

Well done, Geoff and Kathy, after one question you are up 1-nil.

Yeah, it's a good win that. A is Keira Knightley in The Duchess.

12 points for that. Well done if you said that.

Now, C, you are absolutely on the right track.

You are mixing up two Tim Burton films. This one is Corpse Bride.

It would have scored 41 points,

which hopefully makes it easier.

And D is The Young Victoria.

Emily Blunt and Rupert friend there. 13 points.

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

Mark and Jon, you answer it first,

but you've got to win it to stay in the game.

So best of luck. It concerns...

The Palace Of Versailles. Richard.

Very regal in this head-to-head, aren't we?

We've had duchesses, Young Victoria, we're now going to

give you five clues to facts about the Palace of Versailles.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues. And here they come. We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Mark and Jon, it's over to you.

INDISTINCT SPEECH

We're going to take a punt on

the queen who created her own hamlet etc.

-We'll go for Marie Antoinette.

-Marie Antoinette, say Mark and Jon.

Marie Antoinette. Now then, Geoff and Kathy. Over to you.

-Talk us through that board.

-Um...

-Yeah.

-I know the answer to the first one.

Glace is the French word for mirror.

I would guess that the fountain is Zeus.

-And the Treaty of Versailles would be the...

-First World War.

-First World War. So I...

-The first one.

-The first one. Mirrors.

OK. Mirrors, say Geoff and Kathy. Mirrors.

So we have Marie Antoinette and mirrors.

Mark and Jon said Marie Antoinette.

Let's see if that is right for the queen.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

27.

27 for Mark and Jon.

Geoff and Kathy have gone for mirrors in the Galerie Des Glaces.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Has to beat 27 if you're going to get this.

And it does. Look at that.

Down it goes to 21.

Very well done, Geoff and Kathy.

After only two questions you are through to the final, 2-nil.

Well played, Geoff and Kathy. Mirrors was a great answer.

One of our 100 people, when asked about the Galerie des Glaces,

said it had 357 ice creams decorating one wall.

If I had a palace...

that's what I would do.

The central fountain, it's not Zeus, it's Apollo.

That would have scored you 4 points. Well done for avoiding that.

The next one is a pointless answer. The artist is Charles Le Brun.

I don't know if you said that.

And it was World War I, of course,

but that's the biggest scorer up there.

-Would have set you back 45 points.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of a head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

Mark and Jon. Nothing wrong with either of your answers there.

Just you were pipped by Geoff and Kathy at each one.

We get to see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.

-But in the meantime, thanks very much, Mark and Jon.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Geoff and Kathy it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Geoff and Kathy,

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.

And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,750.

APPLAUSE

So, yeah, put it like this,

we have hidden £4,750 somewhere in this round.

Do you think you can hunt down our treasure?

-Let's hope so.

-OK, as always,

you get to choose your category from the four up on the board.

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

Today's selection looks like this.

-I think singers.

-Yeah.

-It's got to be.

-OK, let's do singers.

-OK.

-Singers with one name.

-Yep.

-OK, Richard.

OK, very best of luck. We are simply looking for any top 40 single,

up to the beginning of April 2014, by any of the following...

Any UK top 40 single, up to April 2014, by Sting, Beck or Morrissey.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with 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 clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-I've never heard of Beck.

-I've never heard of Beck.

I don't know any Morrissey singles, so we'll have to go with Sting.

-Sting.

-Sting.

-Fields Of Barley.

-That's one.

There is Englishman In New York.

What else is there?

I went to see him live as well.

What was the one about something black seam or...

About a coal miner.

I don't know. The one about the Russians love their children too.

-Russians that was called.

-Russians.

Russians, Fields Of Barley...

-Come on. His dad was your milkman.

-I know.

I can't think of any more.

What was that other one you said?

-Englishman In New York.

-Let's go for those three then.

-OK, that's us ready.

-OK. You are happy to stop the clock, are you?

-Yes.

-Right, there we are. What are your three answers going to be?

Our three answers are all Sting singles, or we think they are.

Yeah.

-Fields Of Barley.

-Fields Of Barley.

-Englishman In New York.

-Englishman In New York.

-And Russians.

-And Russians.

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

Let's say Fields Of Barley cos I'm not sure if that was top 40.

Fields Of Barley we will put last. Least likely to be pointless?

Englishman In New York.

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

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

Best of luck. Three good answers there.

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

It's a decent jackpot. 4,750 quid. What would you do if you won that?

Well, the first thing we'd do is give some of the money,

some of the money, to our daughters. We've got a daughter at university

and another daughter who has just started driving lessons today.

So either pay for the driving lessons or the insurance premium.

OK, very good indeed. Kathy, anything you want to add to that?

Just that because I work for myself

we haven't really had a sunshine holiday for ages.

Oh, have a holiday, for goodness' sake!

Got to do that. Let's hope.

There are three answers on that board,

all of them could be pointless. Let's hope at least one of them is.

Your first one was Englishman In New York.

In this case, as in fact in all three cases, we are

looking for Sting top 40 singles. Let's find out.

Englishman In New York. Is that right? Is it pointless?

If it's both of those, you will win 4,750 quid.

It is of course right. An Englishman In New York.

Taking us down through the 50s and the 40s.

And the 30s.

Into 20s.

Into the teens. 16.

Not bad.

Not bad. Not a pointless answer though.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Russians.

-I think this is a very good answer. It's a great song.

-Yes, it is.

Let's hope nobody said it. Let's find out. Russians. Is it pointless?

For £4,750, how many people said Russians?

It's right.

Your first answer,

Englishman In New York, stopped at 16.

Russians are now taking us down through the 20s and the teens.

Passes 16. Into single figures.

Still going down. Down it goes.

-Oh!

-GROANING

2.

APPLAUSE

Who are those two people?

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

which was Fields Of Barley.

This has to be right and it has to be pointless.

Then you can walk off with that jackpot of £4,750.

Let's see how many people said Fields Of Barley. Is it pointless?

GROANING

Oh, I'm sorry.

I think I've just realised why that's wrong. Yeah.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. I'm so sorry.

Russians was a brilliant answer. Came very, very close there.

Nothing wrong with 16 either as a score.

Sadly, though, you didn't happen to find that crucial pointless answer.

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,750.

That will roll over onto the next show.

We've really enjoyed having you on the show.

Great performance all the way through.

You get a Pointless trophy each to take home with you. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, very well played.

You've been great fun to have on the show as well.

-"Fields of barley" is a lyric from the song Fields Of Gold.

-Oh!

That's the name of the song. It would have scored 17 points.

So it wouldn't have been a pointless answer.

You also mention the Black Seam song.

That's a song called We Work The Black Seam, which was on his first

solo album but wasn't a top 40 single in the UK.

Which is good news. Did you have a good answer?

I don't know, I just suddenly thought of one.

It'll be up there probably,

but Spread A Little Happiness I suddenly thought of.

From Brimstone And Treacle.

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

There it is. At the bottom there. Very well done.

-INDISTINCT SPEECH

-Yeah.

You've got...

Demolition Man. I Was Brought To My Senses.

Nothing About Me. Send Your Love. Seven Days. When We Dance.

You Still Touch Me. All those were pointless answers.

We will take a look at Beck now.

A few people would hopefully have got some of these.

You also could have had E-Pro and Sissyneck.

Well done if you said those. Morrissey, there is hundreds

of pointless answers. He released a lot of singles. Here's a few...

In fact, the only ones that scored points were

Every Day Is Like Sunday, Suedehead and First Of The Gang To Die.

They scored 4, 2 and 2. If you said any other Morrissey top 40 single

you just got a pointless answer.

Unlucky, guys. You've been terrific all the way through the show.

I'm sorry the last category didn't suit you.

Thanks very much indeed. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye

to you, but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you so much, Geoff and Kathy. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Geoff and Kathy didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £5,750.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.