Episode 11 Pointless

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the game where we are always striving to find the lowest score.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

My name is David. This is my fiancee, Yvonne.

And we are from Doncaster.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, my name is Sara. This is my housemate, Louisa.

She is from London. I am from St Albans. And we're both students.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, my name is Paul. This is Jon.

And we are work colleagues from Bristol.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, I am Rhodri, and this is my wife, Rebeccah.

We're warehouse operatives and we live in Aberdare, South Wales.

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.

He is the Gielgud of feel-good.

The Olivier of trivi-a.

-It is my Pointless friend, it is Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi everybody, good afternoon.

-That was very good. How are you today?

-I am very well, thank you.

I've been cheered up immeasurably by Rhodri's accent.

-That's lovely, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-A wonderful accent from Aberdare.

We've got two returning pairs as well. We have got Sara and Louisa,

who got through to our head-to-head last time.

And on podium one, David and Yvonne.

I am worried about their engagement

because David let Yvonne down very badly last time.

-AUDIENCE:

-Aw!

-Listen, I didn't let her down, he did.

OK? Not my fault. But he did. You'll see it on TV.

It was awful.

LAUGHTER

It wasn't... Do you know what, it wasn't awful,

it was a simple mistake.

If you make another simple mistake this time, I would worry.

That is all I'm saying.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Kevin and Bob didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at an exciting £3,000. There we are.

OOHS AND APPLAUSE

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

OK, now remember,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be

eliminated, so we have to make sure we are not a part of that pair.

Remember, there is no conferring in the first two rounds.

Our first category today is...

Costume Dramas. David is so excited about that(!)

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going first, who's going second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Royal Dramas. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven films or TV

dramas that depicted the lives of real-life royals.

We need you to tell us the name of the actor who played the royal

in the title, please. Very best of luck.

Remember, we're looking for people who played royal roles in these

films or dramas. And here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those one last time.

-David, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Now just tell us what happened last time.

-I was confused.

I got my Ross mixed up with my Hay.

-It is easily done.

-Both on the Wye.

-You got the Wye.

-Yeah. "On Wye".

-We were there, on the Wye.

-I was two thirds there.

Exactly!

-David, remind us what you do.

-I am a furniture delivery driver.

-But after years of working in the restaurant industry.

-Yes.

-You were a chef.

-Yes.

-And cocktail mixer. A mixologist, if you will.

-HESITANTLY:

-Yes...

-Extraordinaire.

-Yes, I did that.

This is how you wooed Yvonne, persuaded her to marry you.

In fact, persuaded her to go out with you, is that right?

That's right, yeah. That is how the relationship formed.

You made a cocktail called an Yvonne. It is terribly romantic.

Now, David, this is not a bad round, is it?

No, it is not a bad round, but I need to play it safe.

I'm going to go for Cleopatra and say Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor, says David. Let's see if that's right for ET.

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

Well, it's right.

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59 for Elizabeth Taylor.

You know, originally, they were filming that at Pinewood,

and they had to move to Rome for various reasons,

and the sets were used for Carry On Cleo instead.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS That's nice.

-That's hilarious.

-Brilliant. Thank you, Richard. And now, Sara, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Now, head-to-head for you last time.

-Yeah.

-Remind us what you do, Sara.

I am a student.

You have just come to the end of your degree course.

Yep, just waiting to graduate.

The summer stretching before you, no plans as yet.

-Holidays.

-Holidays?

-Fine, absolutely fine. Now, Sara, are we happy about this board?

-No.

Costume dramas are not something I enjoy very much.

But I have this vague image of Elizabeth - The Golden Age

starring Cate Blanchett?

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth - The Golden Age.

Let's see if that is right for CB. It sounds right, doesn't it?

-Yeah, hopefully.

-Let's see if it is and let's see

how many people said Cate Blanchett.

It is absolute right. 59 is our high score.

You pass it.

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-45, Cate Blanchett.

-Well played, Sara.

Yes, she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar

-for that role as well.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Jon, welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here. From Bristol?

-Yes.

-And what do you do, Jon?

-I work for a freight forwarder.

I work in an accounts department, doing invoicing.

-Very good. What are your hobbies?

-I love cricket.

A big football fan. I enjoy reading.

-And I've got two children that keep me busy as well.

-Right.

-And you used to be in a band.

-I did. Once upon a time.

Is that all behind you?

Yeah, once you have children, you know,

it doesn't give much time to playing guitar.

There is talk of putting it back together?

-Hopefully so, hopefully one day.

-What is it called?

The band was called Ethanol.

-Ethanol.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

That is a good name for a band. It is as good as any name for a band.

It sounds like a slightly rock band, a slightly kind of grungy rock band.

-We weren't, no. It was more indie. Indie rock, I would say.

-Oh, OK.

-OK. Covers band or...?

-No, all our own stuff.

-Self penned, home-brewed.

-Home distilled.

-Indeed.

-There we are.

OK, now, Jon, what are you going to go for on this board?

There is a few on there that I know.

I could go for the safe one, but I'm going to go for it.

I think Diana is Naomi Watts.

Naomi Watts, says Jon. Let's see if that is right.

Naomi Watts for Diana. How many of our 100 people said that?

It's right. Well, you pass 59.

You pass 45.

New low score, well done, Jon.

25 for Naomi Watts.

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Great answer, Jon, well played.

-It is supposed to be terrible, have you seen it?

-No, I haven't.

-I'd quite like to. It is supposed to be absolutely awful.

-Really?

-Oh, I love an awful film.

-Yeah, exactly.

-Oh!

Good.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, Rhodri, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Lovely to have you here. What you do, Rhodri?

I'm a warehouse operative.

When you are not working, what do you like to do?

I enjoy walking my dog.

-What is your dog called?

-Now she's called Molly.

-LAUGHING:

-Oh, really? Now? What was she called before?

Well, when I first had her,

I named him Bruce.

LAUGHTER

"I named him..."

She was tiny.

And it looked like...

-Looked like a Bruce.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

It wasn't until a week later, in the vet's,

when I found out it was a girl.

So now she is called Molly.

-HE LAUGHS

-What sort of dog is Molly?

A very hairy Jack Russell.

-Jill Russell, surely.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Jill or Jane.

Rhodri, this board is all yours. How are you feeling about it?

You fancy talking us through it?

GB, I just keep thinking of Gordon Banks.

LAUGHTER

-I know it's a woman, so...

-How do we know? Maybe not.

I think Elizabeth R is Glenda Jackson.

Judi Dench is Mrs Brown.

I'm not sure of the top one.

So I think I'm going to go for Elizabeth R and say Glenda Jackson.

Glenda Jackson, says Rhodri.

Glenda Jackson. Let's see, maybe we will have a new low score.

How many of our 100 people said Glenda Jackson? Is it right?

It is right.

And you pass 59, you pass 45.

You pass 25!

New low score, 18.

Very well done, Rhodri.

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-Well played.

Terrific answer, Rhodri. Very, very well played.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

-Grace Of Monaco is also supposed to be a terrible film.

-Nicole Kidman.

Nicole Kidman, yeah.

30 points for that. Let's go down to Mrs Brown.

Rhodri is right about that as well, it was Judi Dench.

It would've scored 52. Now, it is not Gordon Banks, Rhodri.

Anne Of The Thousand Days, it is Geoff Boycott.

LAUGHTER

It is in fact Genevieve Bujold. That would have scored you 1 point.

-So very well done if you said that.

-Thanks, Richard.

Let's take a look at our scores halfway through.

Let's see where we are. 18, well done, Rhodri.

Best score of that pass was yours.

Then up to 25, where we find Jon and Paul.

Then up to 45, where we find Sara and Louisa.

Then up to 59, David and Yvonne. You are not that far ahead.

Please find a nice low-scoring answer.

You can't leave at end of this round. That is too soon.

We come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more royal roles on the board.

And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Rebeccah.

A very, very warm welcome to Pointless to you.

-And what do you do, Rebeccah?

-I work in the same warehouse as Rhodri.

-Are you there at the same time?

-Yeah, that's how we met.

-Aw!

-And you work the same shifts together?

-Yeah, we do.

-Different departments, though.

-Oh, that is a shame.

-No, it's good.

-That is quite good, is it?

-LAUGHTER

Which department are you in?

He deals with goods-in and then I'm more at the other side,

sorting the stock for the stores.

-I see, before it goes out to them.

-Yeah.

What else do you like getting up to?

Well, we enjoy camping together, obviously,

when the weather is dry.

So you just go out with a two-man tent?

-No, actually we've got a five-man.

-Oh, you see!

-We are hard-core.

That is hard-core.

-That takes a lot of putting up, doesn't it?

-Yeah, it's OK.

-It's good.

-We are professionals now.

OK, so, Rebeccah, you are on 18, a lovely low score from Rhodri.

The high scorers, on 59, are David and Yvonne.

If you can score 40 or less,

you'll avoid becoming the new high-scorers.

The last board was better for me.

But I am going to go with Henry V, Kenneth Branagh.

Kenneth Branagh, says Rebeccah. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with Kenneth Branagh,

you are home and dry.

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

Look at that! Very well done indeed.

Kenneth Branagh, 26.

Takes your total up to...44.

Well played, Rebeccah. They're not bad on that last podium, are they?

-Not bad at all.

-Very good performance.

He was nominated for Best Actor and Best Director for the same film.

One of only eight people to ever have that dual Oscar nomination.

Thank you very much, Richard. Paul, welcome. Also from Bristol.

And what do you do, Paul?

I work with Jon, but I work in the warehouse, so I work for a living.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Not in the office.

You actually really work.

When you're not working, Paul, what do you like to do?

I love football and travelling.

Me and my wife love to travel just about anywhere and everywhere.

Do you have a favourite place you've been to?

-Croatia, stunning.

-Oh, absolutely beautiful. Very good.

Now, you are on 25, the high-scorers remain Yvonne and David on 59,

so 33 or less is your target, Paul.

This is not a good subject for me.

It is going to be safe -

-The King's Speech, Colin Firth.

-Colin Firth.

OK, safe, says Paul. Jon is hoping not too safe.

There is your red line. Get below that with Colin Firth,

you are through to the next round. How many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, not bad.

Not bad.

39, Paul.

Taking your total up to 64.

Yeah, surprisingly low score, I thought, there for Colin Firth.

He, of course, won an Oscar for that role.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Louisa, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Welcome back.

-Now, remind us, you also just finished, haven't you?

-Yes.

So you also have as yet a blank canvas...

-Yeah, yeah.

-..for the future?

Anything you sort of dream of doing?

Anything you'd love to do?

Is it really sad if I say no, I don't really know what to do?

That's not bad. Do you have any passions,

-do you have interests?

-Yeah.

I like film, I love theatre. I like photography. I like travelling.

-OK.

-Try and get a job in something like that.

-OK.

-That would be fun, wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

Excellent. Now, you want to be...

Your target is to score 18 or less if you possibly can.

The high-scorers are Paul and Jon.

The other board was a lot better for me, I think.

The only one that I think I'm 100% and might be quite low

is the Young Victoria, Emily Blunt.

Emily Blunt, says Louisa. Emily Blunt. Here is your red line.

Low red line. But if you can get below that, you are through.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Emily Blunt.

It's right.

Well done, you are through, just! 17.

18 you needed, 17 you got. 62...

-is your total.

-Well played, Louisa. She plays Queen Victoria, of course.

Although not nominated for an Oscar for that,

-so it must have been a terrible performance.

-Must've been awful.

Imagine that, playing a queen and not getting an Oscar nomination.

-So weird.

-Yeah.

-Hm. Oh, well. Yvonne, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-You have impeccable style, Yvonne, I have to say.

-Thank you.

This is the second wonderful dress you have come in.

-Remind us what you do, Yvonne.

-I'm cabin crew.

-Cabin crew for...

We're not allowed to ask which airline, obviously.

Is it a national airline?

-It is a national airline, yes.

-That's nice.

Lots of people very happy.

Very happy to go on holiday. Mostly.

What is the atmosphere like on the way back? Is it noticeably different?

Sombre most of the time they're all going home, yes.

They are normally tired and dreading to go back to work the next day.

But we have to go there and back in one day,

-so we can be happy on both sectors.

-That's nice.

It is your job to lift everyone's spirits on the way home.

Exactly, remind them it is not all hard work.

-The holiday still continues till you go back to work.

-Exactly.

There we are. Now, Yvonne, 59. You have to score 4 or less. This is...

David has left you quite a mountain to climb.

And this is probably one of the worst boards I could've gotten.

-Oh, no, Yvonne!

-So...

I really can't think of any answer to any of them, which is

worse than a high answer.

Um...

OK.

Young Bess, Jess Stone.

LAUGHTER

It's the only initials I know!

-OK.

-Maybe before her singing days, she appeared...

It might have been before her living days as well. 1953.

But there we are, let's have a look. Jess Stone.

There is your red line, let's see if that is right.

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

Oh!

Bad luck, I'm afraid. Phewee, eh, David?

Yeah, yours wasn't the worst score on that podium.

100 points, I'm afraid, Yvonne.

-159 is your total.

-Terrible answer.

Yeah, sorry, Yvonne.

It is just 35-odd years before Jess Stone was born.

It was, though... It is a pointless answer, that top one.

Some people might have got it from the initials and the date.

-Well done if you did. It is Jean Simmons.

-Oh, yeah!

-Very, very good answer. Now, Richard III is...

-Ian McKellen.

Ian McKellen. It would have scored you 40.

-The Queen?

-Helen Mirren.

-Helen Mirren.

-Would have scored 67. And Mary, Queen of Scots?

-Vanessa Redgrave.

Vanessa Redgrave is the right answer. That would've scored 15.

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

I'm so sorry, with their high score of 159...

Back you go to Doncaster...

-Well, you have got a train journey to work out who...

-To blame.

..shoulders the most blame there.

-But it has been fabulous having you on the show.

-Thank you.

-Yvonne and David, great contestants.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

OK, so now we are down to three pairs.

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

in time for our head-to-head round.

Well done, Louisa - Emily Blunt,

the lowest individual score of that round.

Well done, Rhodri and Rebeccah, lowest joint score of that round.

And well done, Paul - Colin Firth, not such a high score after all.

So there we are. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Snooker.

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

UK-born snooker world champions. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any UK-born snooker world champion

from the first modern tournament in 1969 all the way through up to

and including the 2015 tournament.

Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

Now, Louisa, something tells me this isn't your favourite round.

I literally think I couldn't think of a worse category.

Do you know, I reckon you will actually...

Approach it this way. I reckon you will know a few of them.

-No!

-I bet you will.

I've never watched a game of snooker in my life.

I'm just going to have to guess a name.

Do you mean make one up?

Yeah. Yeah, make one up.

Um... I don't know. Uh....

I just don't know.

Um...

Paul Smith.

OK, Paul Smith. Let's see if that's right. Let's see...

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

No, I'm sorry, Louisa.

I'm sorry. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Paul Smith not a world champion, I'm afraid.

-He'd have a lovely waistcoat if he was, though.

-Wouldn't he?

-Can you imagine?

-Oh!

-It'd look great.

-Multicoloured lines.

-Stripes down there, lovely.

Stripes, that is what they are called. Multicoloured lines!

LAUGHTER

There we are. Jon. Jon. You look pretty happy with this as a round.

-Yeah, big snooker fan.

-Good. Very good.

-What are we going to go for?

-I'm going to go with Graeme Dott.

Graeme Dott. OK, let's see if that is right.

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

It is right.

Still going down, Jon.

Look at that, down to 7. Very well done indeed.

Seven of the 100 said Graeme Dott.

Well played, Jon. Won the title in 2006, of course,

where he beat Paul Smith.

LAUGHTER

They called it the Dott v Stripes final, they called it.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Rhodri.

Rhodri, how are we feeling about snooker?

Good. Big fan.

I think I'm going to go for the 1986 winner, Joe Johnson.

Joe Johnson. OK, let's see if that is right.

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

It's right.

Well, 7 is our low score at the moment.

Not bad at all,

9 for Rhodri.

Well played, Rhodri. As you say, he won it in 1986.

He was a 150-to-1 outsider.

He had never won a match at the Crucible before that tournament,

and won it. He got through to the final the next year as well.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We are halfway through the round, let's look at those scores. 7, Jon,

well done, the best score of that pass, puts Jon and Paul

in pole position. Then up to 9,

where we find Rhodri and Rebeccah.

Then it's up to 100, Louisa and Sara.

-Sara, how is your snooker knowledge?

-What knowledge?

-Really?

OK, are you making up a name as we go along?

Probably. Yeah.

OK, you can work on that while we're going through the next pass.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Rebeccah.

Snooker. Are you as comfortable with snooker as Rhodri?

-No, no, not at all.

-Do you watch it?

-No.

-Right. OK.

I have two names, but don't know if they are real champions.

I don't know if they're right.

I'm going to go with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, says Rebeccah. Ronnie O'Sullivan.

There's your red line. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Through you go. Well done.

33. Takes your total up to 42.

Well played, Rebeccah. Safe and sound.

Yeah, he won it five times up to the time of recording.

Thanks very much indeed. So, Paul.

Your target is 92 or less.

92 or less.

Yes, I do like my snooker.

I think I'm going to go with Mark Williams.

Mark Williams, says Paul.

Here's your red line.

Get below this red line with Mark Williams

and you are into the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Mark Williams.

APPLAUSE

6.

6 takes your total up to 13.

Another very good answer.

Yeah, Welsh-born two-time world champion Mark Williams.

He can't distinguish between red and brown...

on the snooker table so occasionally has to ask the refs.

-Costly.

-Can be.

-Yeah.

-But he knows.

-At least.

-Yeah.

-He's very careful.

-You'd have to be. That is tough.

I wonder how far he was into his snooker career before he realised.

I'm thinking maybe two balls.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

Thank you, thank you.

Now, Sara. I have bad news, I'm afraid.

You are the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

Have you come up with an actual snooker champion?

I think I have heard of a snooker player

with the surname Taylor, maybe.

So I'm just going to chuck a name in front of it

and go for... Ian Taylor.

That's a good snooker name.

That's a snooker name. Ian Taylor. Absolutely. Ian Taylor.

It's quite wrong, but let's see.

LAUGHTER

Let's see if anyone said Ian Taylor, for fun.

Yeah, there we are.

But, as I say, a good name. A good name.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

200, or, in snooker, we say that's two century breaks,

so very well played. You're right, there was a Taylor,

but it's Dennis Taylor.

Dennis Taylor. Dennis Taylor would have scored you 25 points.

Now, there's no pointless answers at all.

In fact, the best answer you could possibly get scores 6 points

so very, very well done, Paul.

Mark Williamson is one of those. The other one is Peter Ebdon.

7 points is the next best.

Graeme Dott and Mark Selby.

So, 13 points is about as well as you can do on this round.

Very nicely done.

You'd have got 8 points for John Higgins and John Spencer.

You'd have got 10 points for Shaun Murphy and Terry Griffiths.

12 points for Stuart Bingham who won in 2015, 24 for Ray Reardon,

25 for John Parrott.

Alex Higgins would have scored you 31 and the top two answers,

Stephen Hendry, 34 and Steve Davis, 57.

Thanks very much, Richard.

And so, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid to say

it's Sara and Louisa, the second of our two returning pairs

now to leave the show. You're leaving with a high score of 200,

our newest members of the 200 club,

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

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Sara and Louisa.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Paul and Jon, Rhodri and Rebeccah.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

So, obviously, we have to decide who is going to go through to the final

and play for that jackpot and we do that by making you go head-to-head.

You can now confer before you give your answers and the first

pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

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

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

Japanese words in English, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you five images now which show you

Japanese words which are now commonly used in English.

Also give you the first letter of those words.

Can you pick the most obscure?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five pictorial clues.

Let's see what they are. We've got...

There we are.

Five Japanese words in English.

Now, Paul and Jon, you've been

our low scorers throughout the show so far

so you will go first.

So what do you reckon?

-WHISPERS:

-E, I think is bonsai.

-D, I'm not sure.

-Yes. Samurai?

Mm-hm.

Mm, do you want to go with E?

-You think is...

-Yeah.

-You think that's better?

-Yeah, OK.

Yeah, I think we'll go with E

which is bonsai.

Bonsai. Paul and Jon say bonsai.

Now then, Rhodri and Rebeccah.

That board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

I think A is origami, don't know B.

C, I don't know. Do you know C?

Don't know. No.

So, what do you want to go for?

-WHISPERS:

-I don't know, A?

-We'll go for A, origami.

-Origami.

So, we have bonsai and we have origami.

Paul and Jon went for bonsai for E.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's ri... Oh!

Look at that. 88 for bonsai.

-Big score!

-I'm amazed.

So, Rhodri and Rebeccah.

That's what you've got to beat and you have gone for origami for A.

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

It's right.

-Oh!

-HE LAUGHS

Look at that! 89 for origami.

Well, Paul and Jon, you've done it. Wey-hey!

-LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-Look at that!

After one question, Paul and Jon, you are up 1-0.

Yes, and samurai would have won you the points.

It's actually a much lower answer, samurai.

Would have scored you 63.

Now, C, it literally means

'wearing thing'.

-Kimono.

-Kimono is the right answer.

Would have scored 57.

Funnily enough, origami

also means 'folding paper'.

They're quite literal sometimes with their words in Japan.

And B.

-Mm, edamame.

-Edamame.

And the B stands for beans. Yeah. 11 points for that.

LAUGHTER

OK, well, thank you very much indeed.

Here comes your second question.

Rhodri and Rebeccah, you get answer it first

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

It concerns...

Monopoly properties. Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you the names of five Monopoly

properties now but they're in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them, please?

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

We've got...

Rhodri and Rebeccah will go first.

HE WHISPERS

We'll go for the second one, Coventry Street.

Coventry Street, say Rhodri and Rebeccah.

Coventry Street for TESTY CONVERTER.

Now, Paul and Jon, do you fancy having a go at the others?

Mayfair is the top one,

Piccadilly is fourth one down.

Not sure about the other two.

-I can't help you.

-Piccadilly?

Let's go for Piccadilly.

OK, Piccadilly. ACIDLY CLIP.

So, we have Coventry Street and we have Piccadilly.

Rhodri and Rebeccah said Coventry Street for testy converter.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's a good answer.

And it's a good score, look at that.

Down it goes to 11. Very well done indeed, Rhodri and Rebeccah.

Coventry Street. Let's hope that keeps you in the game.

Paul and Jon, meanwhile, have said that ACIDLY CLIP is Piccadilly.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people spotted Piccadilly.

It's right.

Ooh. 54.

-54 for Piccadilly.

-APPLAUSE

No question there.

Rhodri and Rebeccah very much back in the game. Well done.

After two questions it's 1-1.

Coventry Street's a great answer. Well played.

There is an answer up there that will beat it.

It's not the top one. That, of course, is Mayfair.

It's a big scorer.

87 points for that.

The one at the bottom that you

weren't sure of is Oxford Street.

-Oh, course it is.

-For 30.

And the best answer is POLLINATE VENDOR. Do you know that one?

-Just got it, Pentonville Road.

-Pentonville Road. Yes.

That would have scored you 4 points so well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed.

Here comes your third and final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today concerns...

Sir Bruce Forsyth. Richard.

Yes, we're simply going to show you five clues now relating

to facts about Sir Bruce Forsyth.

Whichever pair gives us the lowest answer is going through

to play for today's jackpot so very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

We've got...

I'll read those one last time.

Paul and Jon will go first.

OK.

HE WHISPERS

Bedknobs And Broomsticks.

OK, go for it.

Yeah, I think we're going to go

for the bottom one -

the 1971 movie - and I think it's

Bedknobs And Broomsticks.

Bedknobs And Broomsticks, say Paul and Jon.

Bedknobs And Broomsticks. So, Rhodri and Rebeccah.

That board is all yours. Do you fancy talking us through it?

"Nice to see you, to see you nice," is the catchphrase.

The show is Strictly Come Dancing, I think.

I don't know his album,

but I'm trying to work out

the decade he was born.

So I'm going to say the '20s.

OK, you're going to go with the 1920s.

So, we have Bedknobs And Broomsticks and we have the 1920s.

Paul and Jon said Bedknobs And Broomsticks

for the character Swinburne.

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

how many of our 100 people said it.

It is right.

That's a very good answer.

How low will it score?

It's going down, look at that!

7.

-Very well done, Paul and Jon.

-APPLAUSE

Rhodri and Rebeccah, meanwhile, have said he was born in the 1920s.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said the 1920s.

It's right.

-43.

-APPLAUSE

Good answer, but, sadly, not as good as Bedknobs And Broomsticks there.

Which means, after three questions, Paul and Jon,

you're through to the final, 2-1.

Great head-to-head, both pairs. Well played.

Again, there's an answer that would

have beaten Bedknobs And Broomsticks and it's the top one.

His album was called These Are My Favourites.

He did a duet with his granddaughter on that album.

3 points if you said that.

I'll let the audience give us the answer to this one.

The catchphrase beginning with, "Nice to see you..."

-AUDIENCE:

-To see you nice.

..would have scored you 77.

And it was absolutely Strictly Come Dancing

he announced his retirement from.

68 points for that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

haven't really put a foot wrong the whole way through.

Rhodri and Rebeccah, some lovely play from you in the first two

rounds and, indeed, in this round.

Coventry Street was a fabulous answer there.

Good news is we'll get to see you again next time

and we'll look forward to that very much indeed.

But in the meantime, thanks very much. Rhodri and Rebeccah.

APPLAUSE

But for Paul and Jon, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Paul and Jon.

You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show

the jackpot stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, there we are. That's a decent jackpot, as well.

Nice jackpot and commensurate performance from you all

the way through. You haven't really put a foot wrong.

Quite high scores in that head-to-head round

but nothing wrong and then Bedknobs And Broomsticks.

-Yes.

-Oh! How did you know that?

Um...

Watching... Doing nothing but watching movies

when I'm four, five, six years old, so...

And I take those kind of things in, actors and movies and stuff so...

Fantastic.

Well, you get to choose your category from the selection

we put up on the board behind me.

Let's hope there's something up there

that will win that jackpot for you.

Best of luck. Here are the four choices.

Is there much?

Classic Sci-fi Movies.

I am a sci-fi nut.

-Absolute nut.

-You've set yourself up!

-LAUGHTER

-Yes, for a huge fall, but I love sci-fi.

-Fabulous.

Well, let's hope there's something there that you like. Richard.

It might be the first time anyone has ever said that.

Normally they just go, "I like sci-fi a bit but probably won't know any."

You literally just said, "Yeah, this is 100% my category.

"I am so on this." Well, I genuinely hope one of these suits you.

We're looking for the name of anyone with an acting credit in...

Inception from 2010. Anyone with an acting credit...

In Blade Runner from 1982.

And anyone with an acting credit

in Barbarella from 1968.

So, according to IMDb, anyone with an acting credit in Inception,

Blade Runner or Barbarella.

Great question for a sci-fi nut. Very, 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,

a nice jackpot there, £3,000,

just one of your answers has to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds

up on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

Right, Inception, Ken Wantabe.

-I think he's a Japanese actor.

-Yeah.

Really good actor. Don't know if people would remember his name.

Blade Runner, you've got Daryl Hannah.

Daryl Hannah was in it, yeah.

Stay away from Harrison Ford, obviously.

-You have James Edward Olmos.

-OK.

We'll go with that one.

Barbarella, stay away from.

It's just finding something else.

Definitely Ken Wantabe in Inception.

Yep.

Blade Runner, I think Daryl Hannah

-and Edward James Olmos.

-Yeah.

I think, yeah.

-I can't think of anybody in Barbarella.

-I'll be happy with that.

-I think Daryl Hannah might be quite well-known.

-Yeah.

Edward James Olmos, I think he was

in Battlestar Galactica recently,

-so, yeah.

-OK, yeah.

I think we've got our three.

-You're happy there?

-Yeah.

Stop the clock. What about that?

Stopping the clock. Oh!

It's been a while

since we've done that.

Very good, very impressive indeed.

What are your three answers going to be then, Paul and Jon?

-I think for Inception, Ken Wantabe.

-Ken Wantabe.

Blade Runner, I think we shall go with Edward James Olmos.

Edward James Olmos.

-And Daryl Hannah.

-Daryl Hannah.

Three good answers there.

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

I think Ken Wantabe.

Ken Wantabe we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Daryl Hannah.

-Daryl Hannah.

Daryl Hannah? OK. We'll put Daryl Hannah first.

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

And here they are.

We've got Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos and Ken Wantabe.

Very, very well done. Very confident answering there.

That was kind of a dream category.

How did you feel when that came round on the screen?

Very lucky, yes.

I think luck is shining on me today,

-but I'm setting myself up for a fall.

-Hopefully, yeah.

OK, well, let's hope so. Fingers crossed.

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

What would you do with your share of it, Paul?

Something really boring.

We need wood flooring down in our ground floor so...

-Nothing boring about wood flooring, Paul.

-You go for it, yeah.

What are you going to go for? You going to go for an oak or a...

I have no idea, but it's going to be good wood flooring, I think.

It's going to be good wood flooring. OK. John?

I think a nice family holiday.

I used to live in the Isles of Scilly

and I'd love to take my wife and children back there

to see it because they've never been there.

Perfect. Perfect.

Please, please, please can one of these answers be pointless

so that you can get your floor and your holiday.

OK, in the first instance we were looking for anyone

from the cast of Blade Runner.

Let's see if Daryl Hannah is right and then let's see

how many of our 100 people said it.

This was the one you thought

was probably least likely to be pointless.

Any one of these is pointless, it will win you £3,000.

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

Well, it's right, unsurprisingly.

If it goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with £3,000.

Daryl Hannah now through the teens and into single figures.

Still going down, still going down. Down...

1! 1 for Daryl Hannah!

-Good work!

-APPLAUSE

That's as... Yeah, that's pretty good for something you thought

was unlikely to be pointless. 1.

It's all looking very good for your next two answers, isn't it?

Unfortunately, obviously, not a pointless answer.

Your next answer was Edward James Olmos.

Once again, we were looking for members of the cast of Blade Runner.

Let's see if this is right. If it is pointless, it will win you £3,000.

How many people said Edward James Olmos?

It's right. Well, Daryl Hannah was right.

Took us all the way down to 1.

Edward James Olmos, absolutely on the money.

Taking us through the teens, into single figures.

Will it go past 1? Will it go past 1?

Yes, it will! Very well done indeed!

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

-Excellent.

Very, very well played. Congratulations.

Edward James Olmos was a pointless answer

which means you shall go to the Isles of Scilly,

you shall have some wood flooring.

You have won that jackpot of £3,000.

-Fabulous. Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Very well played, gents.

They've been great throughout, haven't they?

Been a pleasure meeting you as well

and lovely to see you walk away with the jackpot.

Now, Ken Wantabe, I think you're thinking of Ken Watanabe.

I wouldn't have taken Ken Wantabe.

Would have scored 1 point, anyway. Ken Watanabe.

So, you would've got two 1-point answers

even if you had said his name properly.

LAUGHTER He doesn't care.

He's just won three grand. He doesn't mind.

Lots of pointless answers on the different categories.

Let's start with...

Inception.

Cillian Murphy, a pointless answer, Pete Postlethwaite,

Lukas Haas, Tallulah Riley.

Anyone apart from DiCaprio, of course,

Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard,

Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine.

Everyone else is pointless on that.

Let's move on now to Blade Runner.

Again, there's Edward James Olmos there, M Emmet Walsh,

Joanna Cassidy, Brion James.

Anyone there apart from Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer,

Daryl Hannah and Sean Young.

Everybody else is a pointless answer.

And Barbarella.

Essentially everybody in Barbarella

apart from Jane Fonda, Milo O'Shea and John Phillip Law.

Everybody else is a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of them at home.

Thanks, Richard.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players Paul and Jon

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000. Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, mate.

THEY MUMBLE

So, 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.

APPLAUSE