Episode 2 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show where all the questions

have been put to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants have to do is come up with the answers

that no-one else can think of. Let's meet today's players.

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Couple number one.

I'm Lucille. I'm from Surrey. I'm an office manager.

I'm Geoff. I'm from Surrey. I'm a business analyst.

Couple number two.

My name is Barry. I'm from Cheshire. I'm a graphic designer.

My name is Pete. I'm also from Cheshire. I'm a print manager.

Couple number three.

Hello, my name is Simon. I'm from London.

I'm a building services engineer.

My name is Samantha. I'm from London as well. I'm a complaints officer.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Bec, I'm from York. I'm a full-time mum.

Hi, I'm Marc. I'm from Leeds. I'm a CGI artist.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you. We'll find out more about each

of you throughout the show as it goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He sleeps on a bed of Pointless trophies and broken dreams.

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

Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-Three returning pairs today.

-Yeah.

That's nice, isn't it?

We had Bec and Marc, who got through to the head-to-head.

A fairly good team.

-We've also got Barry and Pete, they got knocked out by one letter.

-Yeah.

In the second round. Riva instead of Riga, wasn't it, Pete?

But actually, they were a very good pair.

And Lucille and Geoff back on podium one.

Yeah. I've got real deja vu because, actually, we had Bec

-and Marc on podium four as well.

-They were, weren't they?

Lucille and Geoff didn't linger long, did they, last time?

-This time...

-This time.

-This time, longer, surely.

And welcome, welcome, a hearty welcome to Simon and Samantha.

Everyone else here knows each other.

Simon and Samantha are like newcomers,

-it must be quite scary for them.

-Mmm.

-Indeed.

-Don't you think?

THEY LAUGH Is everyone looking after you, Simon and Samantha?

-Uh, yeah.

-As well as they can be.

-We're doing OK.

-That means no.

-All the mean jokes about the last show.

Oh, yeah, Marc's been mucking about with Pete. Geoff has been...

Oh, yeah. It's been crazy.

-Always tough.

-It was an amazing week...

-It was brilliant, wasn't it?

Oh, this is not going to be... This is no way going to be as good.

LAUGHTER

-What a laugh we had.

-What fun.

-Good times.

-The good old days.

-Good times.

Anyway, let's struggle on.

All our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

All our contestants have to do is find those obscure

answers our 100 people couldn't find.

Of course, everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens,

we will celebrate by adding £250 to the jackpot.

Laura and Jane didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that. So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

OK, just remember, the pair with the highest

score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

I'm sure I didn't need to remind you of that.

But do remember, there is no conferring.

Our first category today is...

Awards.

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, and the question concerns...

BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. Richard.

In a moment, Xander is going to show you the names of five sports.

We are looking for any winner of the individual BBC

Sports Personality of the Year award from one of those five sports.

From 1954 all the way through to the 2014 awards.

Thank you very much indeed. OK.

As Richard has just mentioned, we are

going to put five sports up on the board.

Let's find out what those five sports are. Here they come.

Remember, we are looking for anyone from any one of these five sports

who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

So, Lucille, welcome back to Pointless.

It was Round One last time.

I know. I got let down by the other half.

Oh, dear. Remind us what you do, Lucille.

I'm an office manager for a printing company.

What do you do when you are not doing that?

I love travelling. I like dancing.

And I like going to boot fairs and trying to find bargains.

What kind of dancing do you do? Formal dancing?

-No, I like modern dancing.

-Modern dance.

-All the modern things.

That's good. Very good indeed.

Now, OK, let's get this over and done with

because I think you will surprise yourself.

You will have a great answer in there somewhere, I think.

I have thought of two.

I think I'm going to go safe this time

and I'm going to go football - David Beckham -

and just hope it's right.

-David Beckham.

-For football.

-OK, Lucille says David Beckham.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

35.

Well done. Great.

That was fantastic.

Strikes me as a perfectly reasonable score, doesn't it?

-Lucille, are you happy with that?

-I am, yes.

Yeah, safe answer. 2001 he won that award.

After he scored a last-minute free kick against Greece

where England qualified for the 2002 World Cup.

Thank you very much, Richard. Thank you. Now, OK, Pete.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Uh, Riva.

-I know.

As soon as I said it, I knew it.

Just remind us, what do you do, Pete?

I'm a print manager.

We make printing plates for mainly packaging.

But when you are not doing that, what...?

-I love horse racing.

-Yeah.

I love going to race meetings, Cheltenham, Aintree,

places like that.

I quite enjoy cooking. And I love my football. I love all my sports.

OK, so this is kind of a perfect round for you.

As a Man City fan, it pains me to say it,

but I'm going to say Ryan Giggs.

Ryan Giggs. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Ryan Giggs.

Good answer. 13.

-13 for Ryan Giggs.

-Yeah, won in 2009, Pete.

But quite surprisingly, I would say.

Thanks, Richard. Simon, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-Great to have you... Shame you weren't here last time.

-Cos it was brilliant.

-I heard.

What do you do, Simon?

I'm a BMS engineer. Building services management.

Building services management, which is...what does that mean?

It's like commissioning control systems for heating

and ventilation and stuff like that. All the fun stuff, basically.

What do you do when you are not doing that, Simon?

I'm really into music. I've been drumming for about 15 years or so.

And you are in a band at the moment?

-Yeah, it's going all right.

-What are you called?

Untitled at the moment.

Basically, the guy who is running it, that sounds bad but...

-He hasn't thought of a name.

-That's terrible.

During this show, we will think of a name. Definitely.

Something will come up, won't it?

-Yeah.

-Something will.

-Something Will Come Up!

-For example.

-Yeah.

-See? That's a placeholder for now.

-Let's see if we can come up with something better.

-Hold that for now.

OK, Simon. Simon.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

I don't know whether to take a punt with a boxing one or Formula One.

-I'm going to go with Lennox Lewis.

-Lennox Lewis, says Simon.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right. 35 is our highest score.

I think you will probably pass that.

And you do. 13 is our low.

And you've passed that as well.

7. Well done, Simon.

Off to a flying start there, well done. 7.

Well played, Simon. Welcome to the show. Yeah, he won in 1999.

Lennox Lewis.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Marc.

-Hello.

-Marc, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Head-to-head last time.

Yes, Robbie Williams tripped us up.

Yeah. Yeah, in every sense, he did. He did, he did, he did.

Marc, remind us what you do.

I'm a CGI artist at a graphics studio.

That's right. You make stuff up to go in catalogues.

-Yeah, I make things look real as much as possible.

-Mm.

-Yeah.

Anyway, Marc, what are you going to go for on this board?

I've got a few answers.

I think I'm going to go with boxing and say Henry Cooper.

Henry Cooper, says Marc. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

7 is our low score.

35 our high.

You've passed the highest score.

23 for Henry Cooper.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

He actually won it twice, Sir Henry Cooper. 1967 and 1970.

Thank you very much. We are halfway through the round.

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

7, the best score of the pass.

Very well done indeed. Simon and Samantha right in there.

In pole position, the newcomers.

Then up to 13, where we find Pete and Barry.

Up to 23, where we find Marc and Bec.

Then 35, Lucille and Geoff.

Out in front again.

But Geoff, you are on hand.

Knock it out of the park when we come back to you.

-Have you got some good answers?

-Yes, Oh, yes.

-Good. Good, good, good.

Very best of luck with that, Geoff.

We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so, Bec.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Mother of one. Soon to be a mother of two.

-That's right.

-Very exciting.

What is the thing you are most looking forward to

when your children are a little bit older and don't need quite

so much full-time care?

I used to enjoy making my own clothes.

I used to make a lot of my own clothes.

And I just have no free time to do that cos it takes quite

a lot of time up to do it.

How do you do that? Do you work to model?

I mean do you work from patterns?

No, cos I've never been formally trained or anything,

so I just kind of apply it to a model and wing it, basically.

That's good. That's very good. Now, there you are. You are on 23.

You have to score 11 or less to stay in the game.

I've got quite a lot of names in my head,

but whether they've actually won or not is another thing.

I'm going to go for...

-Cricket, and Ian Botham.

-Ian Botham, says Bec. Ian Botham.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with Ian Botham,

you are definitely in Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Ian Botham.

-It's right.

-That's good.

Not bad. Look at that. 24.

47 is your total.

Well played, Bec. Won in 1981, after his heroics at Headingley.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Samantha.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Samantha?

I work in complaints management for a mental health organisation.

-Working in complaints?

-Yes.

Do people...? What form do the complaints come in?

It's usually written or by telephone,

but I've been doing it for years.

I worked in telecommunications complaints at home in Australia.

-Right, OK.

-I'm used to it.

-You can deal with complaints.

-Almost with your eyes closed.

-Yes.

-Very good. What do you do otherwise?

Um, all the sort of normal stuff.

I'm really into music, so I go to a lot of gigs.

I work at a bar as well so a lot of drinking.

-Drinking, music and complaining.

-Pretty much.

What a combination.

Samantha, you are on 7.

39 or less gets you into the next round.

We are looking for anyone from any one of these five sports who

has won BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.

I've got one in my head and one, I don't know if it's right.

And two, if it is right, I think it's going to be very high-scoring.

But I'm going to go with Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton. OK, here is your red line.

If you get below that with Lewis Hamilton, then

you are into the next round.

Let's see if Lewis Hamilton is right, though,

and how many people said it.

It is right.

53. Not bad.

Not bad at all. Takes your total

up to 60.

It is a lot better than 100. But, yeah, he won in 2014, Lewis Hamilton.

Right, now, Barry, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Barry.

I'm a designer, graphic designer.

A designer. And you took on Pete when he was a slip of a thing.

-He came in...

-When he was 16.

He came in aged 16! Has he changed?

I know the answer to that - yes, he has.

-No, he hasn't.

-Really?

-Same beard...

-Same beard, yeah. Same sense of humour.

Same sense of humour. How fantastic, you just hit it off immediately.

-Yeah.

-How long was he with you on his YTS thing?

-About five years.

-Five years.

-About five years.

And you set him on the course that he has continued on.

-And he now occasionally employs you. This is just perfect.

-Yeah.

Absolutely perfect.

Barry, you have to score 46 or less.

Nice, open goal, I would have thought.

I've got a few. I'm torn between boxing and tennis.

I think I'll go with the boxing.

Joe Calzaghe.

Joe Calzaghe, says Barry. Let's see if that's right.

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

Get below that with Joe Calzaghe, and you are in Round Two.

Yep, you've done it. Very well done!

And how! Look at that, Barry.

1 for Joe Calzaghe, takes your total up to 14.

Great answer, Barry.

Started very well on the last show as well, didn't you? A terrific answer.

Won in 2007.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Geoff, right. Again,

a bit of a sting in the tail of this round.

What you have to score here is 24 or less.

That's all we need to know.

So, we discovered last time that ship...systems.

-Yes.

-Is that sort of computer systems, then?

They are computer systems, yes. They go onboard.

Just like a normal factory essentially, but for marine.

And when you are not doing that, Geoff, what do you get up to?

This is probably something Richard might do, I wonder.

I sign write old railway goods wagons.

Do you know, I don't.

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-Oh, no.

-I don't even know what that is.

-You sign write old railway goods wagons.

-Yes.

What, you've just got a couple knocking about and you...?

-No, on preserved railways.

-How nice!

-On the steam railways.

-Yes!

What sort of signs have you written?

What's the most fun sign?

-A banana van, a steam banana van.

-Steam banana?

-Yes. The steam goes into...

-Sorry, there's a name.

There is a name for the band. Steam Banana Van.

-Right there. That's it, Simon.

-That's it in there.

OK, sorry, go on.

The steam goes into the van to keep the van warm so the bananas

have ripened when they get out the other end.

You want to judge that well, though. That's for a short journey.

I mean, if you are going all the way up to Inverness,

-there might be a bit...

-They might be cooked, yeah.

Although cooked banana, also delicious.

No, Geoff, there you are. 35. We have to score 24 or less.

What are we going to go for?

I'm really going to go for it here. I'm going to go Formula One.

I'm going to go for Graham Hill.

Graham Hill, says Geoff. Graham Hill.

There is your red line, Geoff.

If you can get below that with Graham Hill,

you are through to the next round. Let's hope it's right.

Let's see how many people said Graham Hill.

Oh, Geoff!

-Oh, I thought he would be.

-I thought he would have been as well.

That was a great answer. Turns out it's terrible.

LAUGHTER

I'm so sorry. That scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 135.

Oh, no, Geoff and Lucille.

-I can't bear it. Richard.

-So sorry, Geoff.

The best he ever did was come second, I'm afraid. In 1968. David Hemery.

Can I tell you someone who would have scored you 15 points

-and seen you through?

-His son did it, did he?

-Damon Hill.

-Yes.

-Yeah, 15 points for Damon Hill.

That's really, really unlucky.

There is actually only two pointless answers on the whole board.

Both cricketers. Let's take a look. One is Jim Laker.

And even more obscure, great answer from 1975,

David Steele was a pointless answer. Well done if you said David Steele.

Other cricketers you could have had, Andrew Flintoff at 11.

Ian Botham, you already heard. Only one boxer we're missing.

That's Barry McGuigan. He would have scored you 7 points.

Football, the players we are missing are Michael Owen - 3 points.

Paul Gascoigne and Bobby Moore both 5 points.

And Formula One.

We are missing Stirling Moss and Jackie Stewart,

both would have scored you 4 points.

Nigel Mansell would have scored you 18.

And tennis. Ann Jones would have scored you 2 points.

A terrific answer.

Greg Rusedski won in 1997. He would have scored you 3 points.

Virginia Wade, 13. And Andy Murray would have scored you 50 points.

And that's all the answers.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

home with their high score of 135, it's Geoff and Lucille.

I'm so sorry. It's been lovely having you on the show.

In each case it's just been...we just haven't

-got beyond the hors d'oeuvres.

-Never mind.

What a shame, I'm sorry we couldn't serve up...

-Again, I'm just on it today.

-Yes, it's really good.

..something tastier for you. It doesn't stop.

But I'm afraid you have to go and get your coats now

because we need the table for the next sitting.

Thank you so much, Geoff and Lucille. Wonderful having

you on the show. Great contestants.

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

And so, we are now down to three pairs.

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

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

Barry and Pete, very well done indeed.

But remember, Round Two is where it all came unstuck last time.

So keep your wits about you. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Anniversaries. Can you all decide in your pairs

who is going to go first, who is going to second?

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

And the question concerns...

2015 centenaries. Richard.

On each board, we are going to show you six clues to people or

things that are celebrating 100th anniversary in 2015.

Can you name the most obscure?

12 in all to have a go at at home. Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Let's look at our first board of centenaries.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six centenaries celebrated at this year. Pete.

Um...

I know a few. One of them, I think, is a bit obvious and will be high.

I'm going to go with the American jazz musician and say Les Paul.

Les Paul, says Pete. Let's see if Les Paul is right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

That's a great answer. 9.

Very well done indeed, Pete.

9 for Les Paul.

No Riva repeat this time round.

Great answer, Peter. Very well played. He was born Lester Polsfuss.

Les Paul fits much better on the fretboard, doesn't it?

-It really does.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much. Now, Simon.

Yep.

Simon, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to go with, and this is a bit of a punt again -

the birth of the singer who sang Something Stupid is Nancy Sinatra.

Nancy Sinatra, says Simon. Let's see if that's right,

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

Bad luck, Simon.

I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer.

-Scores you 100 points. Sorry.

-Sorry, Simon.

I hope she's not watching.

I know, that's what I was going to say.

She will be thinking, "Really, I look...?"

-She's looking good on it.

-Isn't she just?

Born in 1940, Nancy Sinatra.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Bec.

-Hi.

-What are you going to go for? This board is all yours.

You can talk us through it if you like.

I'm so pleased(!)

I think the second one is Frank Sinatra.

The third one, as long as it is the most famous novel that he did

with Richard Hannay, is The 39 Steps.

Is that the one you are going to go for?

That's the one I'm going to go for, yeah.

The 39 Steps. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said The 39 Steps.

It's absolutely right.

34.

34 for The 39 Steps.

Well played, Bec.

His 17th published work but the most famous, I would say.

Now, let's fill in the rest of this, shall we?

The title of the Sunday newspaper...

-The Sunday Mirror.

-It is the Sunday Mirror.

14 points for that. You are absolutely right,

it was Frank Sinatra rather than Nancy Sinatra.

That would have scored you 32.

There is a clue in this one.

-The foundation of this army regiment with the leek.

-Welsh Guards.

Welsh Guards, yes.

24. And at the bottom, this is a pointless answer if you know it.

-The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock.

-Is exactly what it is.

Very, very well done if you said that at home. Pointless answer.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, let's take a look at those scores.

We are halfway through the round. 9. Well done, Pete.

Great score there.

Pete and Barry, I think, will be in the head-to-head at least.

Then up to 34. Well done, Bec and Marc.

Then Simon and Samantha. So yes, Samantha, it's all in your hands.

Who knows what could happen.

But, yeah, a low score from you might just keep you in the game.

Best of 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.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Marc. 34 is your score at the moment.

-65 or less sees you in.

-It's not great. I should know

the birth of the American playwright who

married Marilyn Monroe. But it's gone.

So I'm going to have to guess at the Stoke City player.

Sir Stanley Matthews.

Stanley Matthews, says Marc. Let's see if that's right.

Here is your red line.

Get below this with Stanley Matthews and you are into the head-to-head.

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

It's absolutely right. Very well done.

There you go. 31 for Stanley Matthews.

65 is your total.

Well played, Marc.

The only man to play in top-flight football over the age of 50.

Sir Stanley Matthews.

Never booked and never sent off in his entire career.

Mind you, you could virtually kill someone in those days

without being booked.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Samantha.

-Yes.

-Samantha.

What we require from you is something between a miracle

and a score of 8 or less.

I really should know the first one but I don't.

I'm just going to take a guess at the second one.

I'm almost sure it's wrong. I'm going to say Tennessee Williams.

Tennessee Williams, says Samantha. Tennessee Williams.

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

But let's see if it's right.

I'm afraid...

I'm afraid not Tennessee Williams, Samantha.

That scores you 100 points. Take your total up to 200.

-Excellent(!)

-Sorry, Samantha. That is the way to go out.

-It is the way to go out.

-I guess so.

I'm sure Tennessee Williams would have liked to have married

-Marilyn Monroe, but he never did.

-He never did.

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

The board is yours.

Do you want to talk us through it, fill in all the blanks?

The naval campaign is Gallipoli.

The American playwright is Arthur Miller.

I'm not too sure on Charlie Chaplain,

but I'd take a guess at The Gold Rush.

The name of the Cunard ocean liner is the Lusitania.

I'm not too sure on the National Park. I'll go for Gallipoli.

Gallipoli, says Barry. No red line for you. You are already through.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

21 for Gallipoli takes your total up to a nice round 30.

Well played, Barry.

You picked the lowest scoring of the ones you knew as well.

Because you were right about Arthur Miller.

He would have scored you 25 points.

You are wrong about the Charlie Chaplain film.

It's actually... Do you know this one, Xander?

-There is a clue in...

-Is it The Tramp?

-The Tramp, yes.

The Tramp would have scored 8.

Lusitania would have scored you 34 points.

And the bottom one is actually a pointless answer.

It is the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Very, very well done if you got that at home.

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

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

our newest members of the 200 Club, Samantha and Simon.

That was tough. That was really tough.

It was. The worst part as well, as an Australian, I mean, Gallipoli.

I knew it was the landing at Gallipoli,

but I didn't know it was called that.

I probably should have just taken a punt.

Well, listen, we will see you again next time.

You can take punts aplenty then.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Samantha and Simon.

-Thank you.

-Thanks a lot.

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

Congratulations, Barry and Pete, Bec and Marc.

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

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

So, to decide who is going to go through to the final and

play for that jackpot, you are now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is you are now allowed to confer

before you give your answers.

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...

Richard.

I'm going to show you five pictures now of famous European landmarks.

You just need to tell us which city these are in please.

Excellent. What could be simpler?

Let's reveal our five European buildings. Here they come.

We've got...

There we go. Five famous European buildings.

Barry and Pete, you are to go first. When you have finished conferring.

INDISTINCT SPEECH

There's a few we know. Well, I think we know.

But we are going to go with A - Barcelona.

A - Barcelona.

OK, Barry and Pete say Barcelona.

Bec and Marc, talk us through that board.

D is Rome.

Not sure on B and E.

And we don't think it's correct,

but we are going to take a punt on C being Liverpool.

C - Liverpool, say Bec and Marc. C - Liverpool

So we have Barcelona, we have Liverpool.

Barry and Pete say Barcelona.

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

It's right.

27.

27. Now, Bec and Marc, going out on a bit of a limb here.

Saying that C is Liverpool.

Only one way to find out. Is it?

It is Liverpool!

It absolutely is Liverpool.

Will it beat Barcelona?

Yes, it will!

It's pointless!

Very, very well done.

That's a gutsy move. There is your reward, a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot. Takes the total up to £2,250.

Scores you nothing. Wins you the point. Congratulations.

That's a brilliant answer.

Very well played. Who spotted that?

-Marc.

-I did.

-Marc, do you know what the building is?

Is it the Victoria and Albert?

It's the Walker Art Gallery.

I tell you what,

Barcelona 27 - Liverpool 0 has a ring to it as well.

LAUGHTER

B. Do you know B?

-Edinburgh.

-Edinburgh, of course. It's Edinburgh Castle.

-It's gorgeous, isn't it?

-Mm.

-43.

It is the less familiar...

-That's sort of the Grassmarket view, isn't it?

-Yeah.

The less familiar aspect.

D.

-Rome.

-Is Rome.

The Coliseum.

It would have scored 48.

And the last one, that's the Opera House in Copenhagen.

It would have scored you 3 points. Well done if you said that.

Very much the best answer on that board, Liverpool.

Absolutely. Here comes your second question.

Now, Barry and Pete, you don't get to answer it first,

but you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-We are going to show you the names of five acts now who

had at least one number one single in the 1990s.

But we are only giving you the initials

and the year they had their first number one.

Can you tell us the most obscure?

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

I'll read those one last time.

Bec and Marc, feel free to confer, but you will go first.

-SOFTLY:

-I can only get Take That and the Spice Girls...

Right Said Fred. Of course, yeah.

I think that's going to be quite low anyway. Let's for that.

We are going to go for the top one. We think Right Said Fred.

It may be the lowest of what we know.

OK, Right Said Fred, say Bec and Marc.

Now then, Barry and Pete.

Talk us through the rest of that board if you can.

We think the second one is possibly Take That.

From there on down, we are struggling, I think.

-Do you know any, Baz?

-No.

No, we don't know any of the others. We are just going to have to say...

We are probably going to lose, but we have to say Take That.

OK, Take That. We have Right Said Fred versus Take That.

Bec and Marc went for Right Said Fred.

Let's see if that's right.

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

14.

14 for Right Said Fred. Barry and Pete have gone for Take That.

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

It's right.

34.

Which means, Bec and Marc, after only two questions,

you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done indeed.

Well played, Bec and Marc.

Deeply Dippy was Right Said Fred's first number one single.

I'm Too Sexy was never number one. It was number two for six weeks.

-Kept off number one by Bryan Adams.

-Ah.

AOB.

-Ace Of Base.

-Ah, there we go.

It would have scored 13.

-SG.

-I was thinking of Sonic Garden. No, Spice Girls.

-There we go.

Tough on the initials, though, isn't it? 25.

This one I was puzzling over for ages. They had one number one single.

It was with a song called Breakfast At Tiffany's.

-Ah! Deep Blue Something.

-Deep Blue Something.

That would have scored 2 points. Best answer on the board.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

slightly against the grain of play, Barry and Peter.

Playing so well for the rest of the show, then I'm afraid you

came up against Bec and Marc, who are just on fire today.

Barry and Pete, we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing. Barry and Pete, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Bec and Marc, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Bec and Marc, you have fought 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 £2,250.

And best of all, that little £250 on the end was yours!

You did that.

It's the first pointless answer we've had for a little while.

What would you like to see round this off?

What would be your best category up here?

I'd like to say music and sport, but then I don't want them to come

up and me...fail, fail miserably.

Yeah.

Yeah, literature is quite good for me.

But again, recent literature probably not so.

Or history. History is not so bad.

All right. As always, you get to choose your category from the four

we put up on the board. Let's see what we've got today.

BEC GIGGLES

Scottish Music could be quite... Scottish Music might be all right.

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Do you want to go for that?

Yeah, let's go for that.

We are going to go for Scottish Music.

Scottish Music it is. Richard.

OK, very best of luck.

We are looking for any UK top 40 single released up to the

beginning of May 2015 by any of the following artists.

Any UK top 40 single by...

That's as a solo artist.

Any UK top 40 single by...

Or any UK top 40 single by...

Very, very best of luck.

OK, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you have to do to win that jackpot is to come up with

one pointless answer among those three.

Are you ready?

-I think so.

-Yes.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

-OK, this is more you than me.

-OK.

-Annie Lennox, Walking On Broken Glass.

-Was that on her own?

Yes. Was she on one of the charity singles for Comic Relief?

Perfect Day?

-I think she... Was she?

-Yes.

-Yes, I think she was, wasn't she?

-Paolo Nutini, you've got New Shoes.

-That'll be quite high.

I think he's got a new one called Scream. I think.

-That sounds quite good.

-Simple minds. I should know Simple Minds.

My mind has gone blank on Simple Minds.

What other Annie Lennox?

Little Bird. Little Bird, I think she did.

She brought one out only recently, didn't she?

Can you remember what that was?

-Whether it's a top 40 single or not, I'm not sure.

-That's true.

-So...

-Her older ones are probably better.

-Ten seconds left.

-Scream by Paolo Nutini.

Do you want to go Perfect Day? Whether that counts.

-And Little Bird.

-Little Bird.

-Yeah?

-That's it.

-That's your time up. I now need your three answers.

What are you going to go for?

We are going to have two for Annie Lennox.

-We are going for Little Bird.

-Little Bird.

-And Perfect Day.

-Perfect Day.

And then Paolo Nutini, we are going to go for Scream.

Scream. OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot?

-Probably Perfect Day, if it's correct.

-If it's correct.

OK, Perfect Day we will put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

Paolo Nutini cos I'm not sure if that's correct.

OK, so Scream we'll put first.

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

And here they are.

We've got Scream - Funk My Life Up,

Little Bird and Perfect Day.

Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Scream.

Now, what if one of these answers is right and wins you that jackpot?

2,250 quid. Very nice sum of money to be taking home with you.

What would you do with it, Bec?

Um, probably a portion of it would go on this little person.

-We still need quite a few bits and pieces for them.

-Yeah.

And we need an extension doing, so...

-Probably go towards that too.

-Marc, how about you?

My partner also puts any money aside for house renovations.

But there is a few choice vinyls that

I would like to add to my collection.

Might not be much money for an extension after all of that.

OK, there we are. Perfect. Very best of luck, as I say.

Your first answer was Scream.

We were looking for Paolo Nutini top 40 singles in this case.

If this is pointless, it will win you that jackpot. £2,250.

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

It's right.

Down it goes through the forties.

If it goes down to 0, you leave here with £2,250.

Down it goes. Scream.

Down it goes!

-2!

-GROANING

2.

That is a great answer.

And to think you put that as your first one.

The one you were least confident in.

A great start to this round.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot. £2,250.

Your next answer was Little Bird.

In this case, we were looking for Annie Lennox singles.

Let's see if that's right.

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

Your first answer, Scream,

took us all the way down to 2.

Your second answer, Little Bird,

taking us down through the 30s and the 20s.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

you leave with £2,250.

7.

7.

SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY APPLAUSE

These are single figure answers, though. This is great.

This is all good stuff.

Everything is now riding, though, on your third and final answer.

Which was Perfect Day.

In this case, Annie Lennox.

OK, it has to be right

and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,250, let's see how many people said Perfect Day.

Oh, no!

-Bad luck.

-APPLAUSE

Bad luck.

A valiant attempt, though. Three nice-sounding answers.

Two of them really good answers.

You know, you were taking a bit of a gamble, though.

-You knew you were going on slightly thin ice there.

-Yes.

But unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all important

pointless answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,250.

That rolls over on to the next show.

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

And what a brilliant turnaround in the last two rounds.

Really, really impressive.

Particularly that pointless answer.

And you both get take home a Pointless trophy.

-That's the main thing.

-Very, very well done. Richard.

Unlucky, Bec and Marc. Very, very well played throughout.

Let's clear up that Perfect Day thing.

I'm afraid she wasn't credited on that single.

The reason she wasn't credited was she wasn't on it.

LAUGHTER

-Which I hope makes it a little easier.

-Yes.

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

To start with, Annie Lennox.

Cold was a pointless answer. Love Song For A Vampire.

Precious. Put A Little Love In Your Heart, which is a duet with Al Green.

And Waiting In Vain.

They were all the pointless answers for Annie Lennox.

Paolo Nutini. Only two pointless answers here.

Better Man, which is a great song, was a pointless answer. And Rewind.

And Simple Minds. Lots of pointless answers here.

If you know your Simple Minds, you'd definitely have won the money.

Kick It In. Let There Be Love.

Sanctify Yourself was a pointless answer. She's A River.

In fact, every single top 40 single by Simple Minds

apart from Don't You Forget About Me - 18,

Alive And Kicking - 11,

Belfast Child - 9,

Promised You A Miracle - 6,

and Waterfront - 4,

every single other Simple Minds single was a pointless answer.

Very well done if you got any of those pointless answers at home.

Thanks very much. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye

to you, Bec and Marc, but it has been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants. Bec and Marc.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Bec and Marc didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £3,250.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.