Episode 24 Pointless

APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and 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.

Hi there. My name's Mike, I'm from Manchester.

This is Jack, he's from Warwick, and we're friends from university.

Couple number two.

My name's Andrea, this is my friend and colleague, Bethan,

and we're both from South Wales.

-Couple number three.

-I'm Klif from East London.

This is my friend, Jenni, from St Leonards-on-Sea.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name's Mark, this is my friend Sandra,

and we work together in London.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

So that just leaves one more person to introduce.

If you're looking for answers, try Wikipedia -

that's where he gets most of his from.

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

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-Hiya. Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

-Now...

-Yeah.

-Three shows in a row now we've had lockdown.

-Yes.

We've had ties three shows in a row.

-They don't happen very often, and then three in a row.

-I know.

It's unbelievable.

And on the last show, coming back from the last show - Mike and Jack.

They got knocked out cos Jack misheard the question,

and he gave us an artist post-1905 instead of an artist pre-1905.

Easy thing to do,

especially when you're on that first podium.

So I think they got knocked out unfortunately,

cos there was a very, very good answer from Mike in that round.

So I think they're going to come good in this round.

Everyone in this round, we've got no families -

all friends and colleagues.

Yeah. Well, I say friends - they're friends now...

-THEY LAUGH

-We shall see by the end of the show.

Thanks very much.

Now, Ray and Ben didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at a pretty decent £3,000.

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

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OK, all you have to remember

is that the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated - that is it.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

Biology. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass, we're going to show you seven definitions

of things found in the human body.

We're also going to give you the initial of what the answer is.

We just need you to fill in that gap, tell us what the answers are.

There's going to be 14 to have a go at home,

so very best of luck.

OK. So, we are looking for the body parts described by these...

Body part sounds revolting, doesn't it?

But we're looking for the...parts of the anatomy.

-Yeah.

-Describe...

-Human body stuff.

-Yeah, body stuff.

OK, here's our first board of seven, and it reads like this.

We've got...

I'll read all of those one last time.

-Mike, welcome back to Pointless.

-Good to be back.

-Good to...

-You're our only returning pair.

-Yeah, yeah, it's great.

Oh, you've been through one lockdown.

One lock... We've been through three. THEY LAUGH

-One of them was a double, triple lockdown.

-Mm.

Oh... Anyway, you can read about that in the papers.

It's going to be extraordinary when that one breaks.

Mike, remind us what you do.

I'm an accounts manager in Manchester for an IT company.

Good stuff. OK, now, Mike...

So, where are these parts of the body?

Er...

Yeah, I'll take it stab at the bottom one.

I'll go with diaphragm.

Diaphragm, says Mike. Let's see if that's right,

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

It is right.

61. APPLAUSE

We will see how good a score that is

as the round develops, but 61 sounds pretty good.

Yeah, diaphragm. I tell you, if you start thinking too much

-about what's inside your body, it's awful.

-I know.

When you think about all the stuff that's happening just automatically

like your diaphragm and all that stuff, it's all in there.

That's where you get hiccups from

when you get little contractions of the diaphragm.

-That's where it happens, there? It's nothing to do with here.

-No.

-That's just where it reverberates.

-Exactly.

-(Wow.)

-Yeah.

-Brilliant. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Bethan, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Where are you from, Bethan?

-I'm from Port Talbot, in South Wales.

Port Talbot. And what do you do there, Bethan?

Well, there's not a lot to do out and about...

-What? Are you kidding? In Port Talbot?

-No.

But we do have... I do play bowls, so I play that in our local green.

Very good. Now, Bethan, parts of the body.

Parts of the body.

How are you feeling about that board behind me?

Well, there are a couple I think I might know.

Think I'm going to have a try at the alimentary canal one

and...oesophagus.

Oesophagus, says Bethan for the alimentary canal.

Let's see if that's right.

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

Look at that. Absolutely right.

61 is our only score so far.

You whizz past that, Bethan. Well done. 48.

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Well played. That's something else you don't want to think about -

-your oesophagus.

-I thought you were going to say Port Talbot. I thought, what are you talking about?

-Oh, no.

-It's lovely.

-Oh, your oesophagus.

-Oesophagus. It's about 25cm long,

though I suspect mine's probably longer.

LAUGHTER Thanks very much, Richard.

-Klif. Now, you're here from East London.

-Yes.

And what do you do, Klif?

I work for a medical history library in London.

Klif, what a figure you cut.

-What a fine figure of a man you cut.

-Thank you. I try my best.

That is... That's just fantastic.

-Talk me through... You've got a watch and chain...

-I have indeed.

-I have a very nice vintage watch.

-Does it tell the right time?

It does, yes. It does...

-It's 1952, this dates back to.

-1952? No, it's not.

That's not the time,

-that's the year it was made.

-LAUGHTER

But lovely. Do you collect old vintage clothes?

I tend to wear a lot of vintage and old clothes.

I'm a steampunk as well -

I'm into retro, futuristic Victorian science fiction...

-Excellent.

-..which involves a certain amount of vintage clothing.

But do you know what? Particularly for men,

-I think we were never better dressed than around that sort of time.

-Yeah.

We can talk about all this later,

-but this, working in your medical library...

-Yeah.

..this is just mother's milk.

There's only one there I'm not completely sure of.

So I think I'll go for the top one,

the fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate is the uvula.

The uvula. The uvula, says Klif.

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

It is right.

61, our highest score - you've passed.

48, our lowest score - you've passed as well.

Uvula down to 18.

Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

Well played, Klif.

Yeah, the name, it derives from the Latin for grapes...

cos there's supposedly a resemblance.

-I can see where they're going.

-Yeah.

-Oh, OK. Now, then, Mark, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Great to have you here.

Now, you and Sandra work together. What do you do?

We work in the examinations department

of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, in Battersea.

I'm just thinking instantly of Flashdance.

Is that what happens?

Do people come in with ghetto blasters...?

People try, people try,

but I soon put a stop to that because I don't dance, so...

-Oh, you don't dance?

-I don't dance.

-So, what, you judge?

I just process the examination results, basically.

I have a team that processes the results

and I let other people deal with the technical stuff.

I see. So you're not at the trestle table

-looking cross, looking stern...

-With a little bell, yeah.

..as they come in, press play...

LAUGHTER with their legwarmers on.

Ah... It sounds fun, though.

It is fun, yes. It's a nice bunch of people.

Good stuff. OK, now, do you fancy talking us through it?

There are some gaps there to be filled in.

Yeah, well, the tooth's the incisor, I know that.

The muscular organ's the tongue.

I think that the knee joint is the patella.

I think I'm going to take a risk...

-I'm going to go for the patella.

-The patella, says Mark.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right.

50. APPLAUSE

50 for patella.

It's a good answer in the circumstances, Mark.

It's better than the other two that you knew.

You're right about incisor.

Incisor would've scored you 65.

-Tongue...

-Tongue. How many?

-94.

-94.

-That's good.

-Yeah, that is good.

Though, there are six people going, "Hm..."

-But, don't forget, if you think about your tongue...

-Don't.

Oh, you can't. It's almost impossible to talk.

-Don't like to think of it as a muscular organ.

-No.

-Just a tongue will do, it's fine.

-Yeah.

And the tendons - you do know the answer.

It's hamstrings, isn't it?

Hamstring, yeah.

22 points for that.

And the best answer on the board there was uvula,

-Klif, very well played.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

18, Klif, very well done indeed,

Klif and Jenni looking very strong at this juncture.

Then we travel up to 48, where we find Bethan and Andrea,

then up to 50, where we find Mark and Sandra,

then 61, Mike and Jack.

You're all quite close there, I say not too spread out a field.

So, Jack, it's not the end of the world at this stage,

-but we do need a low score from you.

-Yeah.

-OK. Well, best of luck.

Let's hope there's a low score for you on the next board.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Let's put seven more parts of the body up on the board,

and here they are.

This time we're looking at...

I'll read those one last time.

OK. Now, then, Sandra, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you very much.

-So, you also work with Mark.

Now, from the way he said HE works on the administrative side,

it sounds very much like he's implying

you are one of the people who sits and examines.

-I'm afraid to say I'm not, actually.

-Oh, you're not?

I do work in administration as well,

but I work on, I suppose you would say

the opposite end to what Mark does.

So I work with all of our team of examiners

and I work with our dance teachers,

so I'm the logistics at the beginning of the process...

-I see.

-..and organising how they all get examined,

where they all travel to,

so travelling examiners all over the country and the world, essentially.

Right. And do you have a background in dance?

I do indeed.

I...trained as a dancer

and worked as a professional dancer for quite a few years, actually.

-Very good. OK, Sandra...

-Yes.

-..you are not the high scorers.

-If you can score 10 or less...

-Yes.

..you are guaranteed a place in the next round.

What would you like to go for?

I do know quite a lot on this board.

I suppose, being a dancer, I'm quite in tune with my body.

I might go with the small triangular bone

at the base of the spinal column

which is the coccyx.

The coccyx, says Sandra. The coccyx.

Here's your red line.

If you can get below that with coccyx,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said coccyx.

35.

APPLAUSE 35, taking your total up to 85.

Not a bad score at all there. Yeah, it's called coccyx.

It's after the Greek for cuckoo

because it supposedly resembles a cuckoo's beak, or the shape does.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

-Now, Jenni, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome to Pointless.

And what do you do, Jenni?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Very little, actually. I don't work.

Oh, that's perfect. That's a great answer.

What do you like doing, Jenni?

I like doing...arts, crafts, that sort of thing.

Particularly interested in history

and, I suppose, the progression of the human race,

-as how it got to where it is now...

-Right.

-..through history.

OK. Does that involve any anatomy?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Not really.

Although I've got things in glass jars, but we won't mention that.

Just for fun, what sort of things do you have in glass jars, Jenni?

Erm... Well, just a couple of things in particular,

I've got a kidney, which is a healthy kidney,

but it was actually potted up in 1910,

so it's an antique piece.

Wow. So that's almost the vintage Klif would be interested in.

Oh, yes, definitely.

Yeah, you could have an Edwardian kidney. There we go.

Now, Jenni, what would you like to go for?

66 or less gets you through to the next round.

Now, the problem with this, I know all of them, but...

That's not a problem. SHE LAUGHS

I've got a thing... I should go for the bottom one

which...would be the aorta.

OK, the aorta, says Jenni. Here's your red line.

If you can get below this, you are through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said aorta.

It's right.

And you're through. Well done.

-There we go.

-Only just, though.

APPLAUSE 68 is your total. Well done.

Yeah, the aorta.

Now, most people, most humans have a resting heartbeat

of between 60 and 100.

The Etruscan shrew has a resting heart rate of 835 beats per minute.

-That's just a buzz, isn't it?

-I mean, that is quick.

I imagine it's... ALEXANDER MAKES VIBRATING SOUND

-Yeah.

-..the whole time.

-Like a pneumatic drill.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, Andrea... Oh, Andrea - look how calm she is.

I'd put your heart rate at about 30, 31.

-I'm not sure about that.

-Andrea, what do you do?

I am a statistician at the Office for National Statistics.

That's fun.

What are the chances of that? LAUGHTER

-Now, Andrea...

-Yes.

-..what do you do aside from your statistician work?

I, as well, like arts and crafts. I like making things.

I recently discovered something called paper cutting.

Oo, I get those, yes. LAUGHTER

It's... Well, yeah, you do get those sometimes.

You sort of cut out pictures out of paper using a knife

and then, like, frame them up.

Quite...Art Deco, and it's quite pretty.

Very nice. Very nice indeed.

-Now, Andrea...

-Yes.

-..you are an 48.

-Yes.

If you can possibly score 36 or less, you're through to the next round.

Do you think you can do that?

Similarly to the other players, I know a few on this board.

I'm not 100% sure on this one,

but I think I'll have a go at it

and say the skull,

and say the cranium.

The cranium. The cranium, says Andrea.

Here's your red line.

Get below that with cranium, you're into Round Two.

Let's see how many people said cranium.

Well done... Ooh! I say well done...

almost too soon.

You wanted 36 - you got 37. APPLAUSE

LAUGHTER You are joint with...

Oh, no. We have a...

We don't yet have a tie situation. We don't yet have a tie situation.

That's all in Jack's hands. Oh, Lord.

I tell you what, I have got the heart rate of Etruscan shrew.

LAUGHTER

Yeah, your cranium.

Your cranium, your skull, is made up of eight flat bones joined together.

Made up of eight flat bones.

There are now children up and down the country feeling their head.

Eight flat bones. There we are.

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

I work in commercial banking.

-You work in commercial banking down here in London.

-I do, yeah.

-But you're from Warwick originally.

-Yeah.

Well, I moved around a bit from Coventry

and spent some time in America,

then moved to Warwick and then up to Leeds for uni.

-Right you are. OK, now, Jack, you're on 61. 23 or less...

-Yes.

I'll tell you what...

Well, no, you just do what you want to do, but if...

-Don't talk us through the board...

-I can't talk you through...

..because...we have... LAUGHTER

And definitely don't score 24.

LAUGHTER

Well, I know all of them.

I'm going to go for what I'm hoping is the lowest

and might be enough to get us through.

The clavicle for the pair of bones

joining the breastbone to the shoulder blades.

OK, the clavicle. The clavicle.

Sounds good to me. Here's your red line.

If you can get below that red line with clavicle,

you are through to Round Two.

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

It's right.

45 for clavicle. APPLAUSE

I'm sorry, that takes

your to total up to 106.

-But it gets us safely out of lockdown territory. Phew-ee.

-It does, yeah.

The clavicle or collarbone we'd have accepted.

Either answer, same score.

Now, there is an answer up there that would've seen you through.

It's not the first one, which is ovary...

..which would've scored 88.

It's not even the shorter of two bones, which is the radius,

which would have scored just too many for you -

would've scored 26.

I think it's because this is... It sounds confusing this next one.

The answer is easy and obvious, but it sounds confusing.

-The answer is...

-Liver.

-Liver.

And liver would've scored you 18 points.

-Would've seen you into the next round.

-There we go.

Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're at the end of our first round,

and I'm afraid to say the pair leaving us with their high score,

our only returning pair, Jack and Mike.

I'm so sorry to be saying goodbye to you now,

but it's been great having you on both shows. Thank you so much.

Jack and Mike, great contestants. APPLAUSE

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

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Now we're down to three pairs.

Obviously, at the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Klif and Jenni, very well done, great performance from you in that round.

Lowest combined score and lowest individual score from Klif.

But do you know what? Andrea and Bethan, and Mark and Sandra,

you were absolutely the same score. The same score. Nothing between you.

So, who knows who will be leaving us at the end of this round?

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Out category today for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go last?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

The first and last three. That makes it much clearer(!)

Doesn't it just? I will make it all clear now.

It's quite a nice round, actually.

We're going to show you six categories in a minute.

They're all to do with the first three of something

or the last three of something.

You just need to give us any answer that fits any of these categories.

Thanks very much indeed. So, as Richard's just mentioned,

we're going to put six categories on the board - they'll stay there.

You don't need to say which category you're answering,

you just need to give an answer for the first or last three

of any of these categories.

And here are the six categories when everything will make sense.

I'll read those one more time.

They will all stay up there for the whole round.

That last category, that is prior to 1971.

Indeed. Now, then, Andrea. This is quite fun.

Provided you have at least one category there you are feeling

comfortable about.

Yeah, so I'm thinking of the first three published novels by EL James.

And I hope that I'm thinking of the correct book series.

I'm going to go for Freed.

Freed. Could we have the full title?

No, I don't know. I'm going to have to just go Freed.

OK, you are going to go Freed. Andrea is saying Freed.

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

Sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I won't say an incorrect answer,

I'll say an inadequate answer.

-I'm sorry. 100 points.

-Yeah, sorry, Andrea.

We will give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Klif.

What would you like to go for?

I think the best bet there would be the Labour UK Prime Ministers.

I think I'll say James Callaghan.

James Callaghan, says Klif. James Callaghan.

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

It is right. That's a good answer.

That's a very good answer. 15.

Well done, Klif. APPLAUSE

1976 to 1979.

James Callaghan. Good answer, Klif.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Sandra.

What would you like to go for?

This board is...

It worries me slightly.

So I think I'm going to go with the Girls Aloud question.

And the single that I'm going to go with is Wannabe.

Wannabe, says Sandra. Let's see if that's right.

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

Bad luck, Sandra. An incorrect answer.

Scoring you 100 points.

Yes, that was the Spice Girls, I'm afraid, Sandra.

But you've made Andrea feel better. Which is good.

We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

15 the best score of that pass. Klif, very well done indeed.

Klif and Jenni looking pretty strong as contenders for Round Three.

But, yes, Sandra and Mark, and Andrea and Bethan, are all tied on 100.

So, Mark and Bethan,

it's between the pair of you to come up with the lowest scoring answer.

And get through to the next round. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Mark. You don't need to say which category you are answering.

We just need an answer that fits one of those categories.

Right, well, the answer I was going to give has been taken,

unfortunately.

So I'm going to roll back my Labour PMs by one

to Harold Wilson.

OK, you are going to go Harold Wilson.

There is no red line for you as you are joint high scorers.

But let's see how many of our 100 went for Harold Wilson.

It's right.

Callaghan was 15.

Where will Wilson end up?

21.

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121 your total.

Well played, Mark. Giving yourself a good chance there.

He preceded James Callaghan.

Thanks very much. Now, Jenni.

An answer from any of these categories for you.

The good news is, you are through.

Klif's exceptional answering skills in the first pass are to be

thanked for that.

I know a couple of them

so I think the one I think

is least likely to be known

is the Charles Dickens one,

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.

The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, says Jenni.

No red line. You are already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

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3, taking your total up to 18.

He famously left it uncompleted, of course.

No-one knew exactly how he wanted to end it.

That's the mystery.

Yes, it was just called Edwin Drood.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Bethan.

-Yes.

-Now, then, Bethan.

We have an exciting final pass on this round. And it's your turn.

You have to score 20 or less.

I know quite a few Girls Aloud singles.

I'm just trying to think what the first three would be.

I know the first one, which I think is pretty high.

So I'm going to go for No Good Advice.

And hope it's one of the first three.

No Good Advice, says Bethan. No Good Advice. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

There is your red line.

If No Good Advice gets you below that red line,

you are into our head-to-head.

It's right.

Bethan, that's a correct answer.

And it gets you through.

It's 3.

Very well done indeed.

-103 is your total. Superb.

-Great answer, Bethan. Very well played.

Funnily enough, Sound Of The Underground, the first single,

also would have got you through cos it would have scored 20 points.

But No Good Advice is a terrific answer. Their second single.

-Let's clear up that Freed.

-I know it, I know it. 50 Shades Freed.

50 Shades Freed is the answer. And that is its full title.

It's not hyphens or brackets or anything.

5 points that would have scored you.

You would have got 6 points for 50 Shades Darker as well.

50 Shades Of Grey itself would have scored you 20.

We will go through the answers on the other categories.

Girls Aloud, the only other one left was Life Got Cold.

That would've scored you 2 points.

The first three US presidents. 8 points for Thomas Jefferson.

9 points for John Adams, the second president.

And 43 for George Washington.

Dickens - Our Mutual Friend would have scored you 2.

That's the best answer there.

Great Expectations would have scored you 5.

The last three studio albums by The Beatles, prior to 1971.

Yellow Submarine, 3 points.

Let It Be, 6 points.

Abbey Road, 7 points.

And the prime ministers, we are just missing one. Tony Blair.

He would have scored you 56.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with their high score of 121,

very exciting close to that round, but, yes,

it's Mark and Sandra who will be leaving us.

But you'll be back next time. We look forward to that very much indeed.

But meantime, thanks very much, Mark and Sandra.

APPLAUSE

But for Klif and Jenni, Andrea and Bethan,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Klif and Jenni, Andrea and Bethan,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, this is very exciting. You know the drill, obviously.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.

But, Klif and Jenni, very, very well done.

I don't think you have really put a foot wrong.

-Lovely low-scoring through the show.

-Thank you.

-Andrea and Bethan, for Freed, which you knew!

-I know.

-You knew!

-I just went blank.

-I know, it happens.

It happens under these lights when the pressure is on, I'm afraid.

Now you can confer before you give your answers.

That takes some of the pressure off and it means you can be a bit

freer to find those things that are lodged at the back of your mind.

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

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

We are going to show you five images now of people

who are famous for riding horses. Can you identify the most obscure?

Thanks very much. OK, let's reveal our five riders. And here they are.

We've got...

There we are. Five famous riders.

Now, Klif and Jenni, you've been our low scorers throughout the show.

So you will go first. Feel free to confer.

That one is Zara Phillips. E.

That's the only one that I know.

-Might as well go with that.

-OK.

We are going to go with E -

Zara Phillips.

Zara Phillips, say Klif and Jenni. Zara Phillips.

Now, Andrea and Bethan.

Do you fancy talking us through the board?

We think A is Frankie Dettori.

We are not really sure

-about the others, are we?

-No.

So we have to go for that.

You are going to go for A, Frankie Dettori.

So we have Zara Phillips and we have Frankie Dettori.

Now, Klif and Jenni said Zara Phillips.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

53.

APPLAUSE

Meanwhile, Andrea and Bethan have said that A is Frankie Dettori.

Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said Frankie Dettori.

It's right.

And it wins you the point.

There we are, well done.

Andrea and Bethan, you have broken their serve.

After one question, you are up one-nil.

The top two answers on the board actually, those two.

The other three are better answers.

B - holding one of her Olympic medals from 2012, it's...

Well done if you said Charlotte Dujardin.

C is AP McCoy. Tony McCoy.

One of the greatest jockeys of all time.

And a pointless answer - D.

One of our great Paralympians.

She's been in three consecutive Paralympics. It is...

Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, here comes your second question, Andrea and Bethan.

You get to answer it first.

But, Klif and Jenni, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

So best of luck. It concerns...

Joanna Lumley.

There will be five clues now for facts about Joanna Lumley.

Sometimes when we read these out,

usually on our Saturday evening shows, I say,

"Of course, no-one knows more about Joanna Lumley than..."

And then the person themselves reads out their clues.

But sadly, I'm the one who is going to read out the clues.

So here they are. We have five and they are...

I'll read those one last time.

Andrea and Bethan, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER INDISTINCTLY

The only one we think

we know is the bottom one,

which we're going to say Gurkhas. The Gurkhas.

The Gurkhas. The Gurkhas, say Andrea and Bethan.

Now, Klif and Jenni, it's over to you.

Do you fancy filling in the board for us?

We are going to go with the top one.

I think that is On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

We have the Gurkhas and On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Andrea and Bethan said the Gurkhas.

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

It is right.

44.

APPLAUSE

44 for the Gurkhas.

Now, Klif and Jenni have gone for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Let's see if that's right.

It is right.

It has to beat 44.

Which it does.

4.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. Back in the game. You have broken back.

Klif and Jenni, after two questions, it's one-all.

A very good answer. Just a minor part.

She was credited as "the English girl"

in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

More famously, she was in Coronation Street.

She was Ken Barlow's girlfriend. That would have scored 27 points.

Let's do the full name of the character

she plays in Absolutely Fabulous.

That is Patsy Stone. 31 points.

And a pointless answer, the title of her autobiography.

It was...

Well done if you said that at home.

OK, 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. It concerns...

Richard.

We are going to show you some initials now of five film sequels.

We'll also give you the film it is a sequel to.

Can you tell us what those initials stand for, please?

Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five film sequels. And here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Klif and Jenni, you will go first.

INDISTINCT CHAT

(That's more likely.)

OK, we are going to go

with TCOM. The Hustler.

And that's The Colour Of Money.

The Colour Of Money, say Klif and Jenni.

Now, Andrea and Bethan, talk us through the rest of the board,

if you can.

We think the top one is Return Of The Jedi.

The second one is Meet The Fockers.

BS is Before Sunset. But I'm not sure.

The bottom one, I believe, is From Russia With Love.

-Before Sunset?

-Yeah.

-I think we will take a punt at Before Sunset.

Before Sunset. So we have The Colour Of Money and we have Before Sunset.

Now, Klif and Jenni went for The Colour Of Money.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said The Colour Of Money.

It's right.

Good score.

15 for The Colour Of Money.

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Andrea and Bethan have gone for Before Sunset. A bit of a punt.

But it seems like a good sort of punt to take, I think.

Let's see if it's right

and then let's see how far down the column you get with it.

It's right.

Before Sunset going down.

Will it go down below 15?

Oh, 26.

APPLAUSE Not bad at all, though.

Well done, Klif and Jenni.

After three questions, you are through to the final two-one.

Good head-to-head, both pairs there. Well played.

Let's fill in the rest of these.

Those are the best two answers there.

It is of course Return Of The Jedi at the top.

You're absolutely right. It was Meet The Fockers.

From Russia With Love would have scored...

Thanks very much. The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Andrea and Bethan.

A very, very creditable performance, I have to say.

We will see you again next show. Look forward to that very much indeed.

Meantime, thanks very much for playing, Andrea and Bethan.

APPLAUSE

But for Klif and Jenni, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Klif and Jenni.

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 £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, I'm delighted. I'm delighted you've come through.

I mean, richly deserved. No competition, really.

I'm just a bit upset,

Klif, I wanted to see what you were going to wear next time.

LAUGHTER Anyway, there we are.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up this round, Jenni?

-History, geography, that sort of thing. Films.

-TV, comedy.

-Comedy is good.

-Yeah.

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

we put up on the board.

Let's see what today's selection looks like.

It reads like this.

I think it's between Rock Bands and Oscars.

-Rock Bands?

-Yeah.

-We are going to go with US Rock Bands.

-OK, US Rock Bands it is.

-Richard.

-OK, very best of luck.

We are looking for any UK top 40 single that reached the charts

up to the end of May 2015 by any of the following three bands, please.

UK top 40 singles by...

UK top 40 singles by Metallica, Aerosmith or Foo Fighters.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much.

OK, 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? BOTH:

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

Aerosmith. OK. Crazy.

I don't Want To Miss A Thing.

-Rag Doll.

-Rag Doll.

We are talking about English top 20.

-We need Top 40. Shut Up And Dance.

-Yeah.

-Metallica?

-I don't really know much Metallica.

I don't know.

-Foo Fighters.

-Top 40.

I think Aerosmith is our best bet.

Yeah, our best.

-So, I think Shut Up And Dance.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Mm...

What's the video when he leaps out the guy's chest?

-Oh, Eat The Rich.

-Is that Eat The Rich?

-That's Eat The Rich.

-Is that a single?

It was but whether it was

a top 40 in the UK, I don't know.

But I mean, you could definitely

go for I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

-That went to the top of the charts.

-Crazy.

-Crazy. Yeah.

-I Go Crazy.

-No, no. Just Crazy.

-Just Crazy.

Ten seconds.

-Livin' On The Edge.

-That's the one. Right, OK.

-OK.

-We've got our three.

-You've got your three. OK.

We will stop the clock. Stop the clock. There we are.

-What are your answers going to be?

-Three Aerosmith singles.

All Aerosmith.

-Livin' On The Edge.

-Livin' On The Edge.

-Crazy.

-Crazy.

-Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

-I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

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

-Livin' On The Edge.

-Livin' On The Edge we put last.

-Yeah.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing we put first.

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

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

Very, very best of luck. Three good answers up there.

Now, if one of those happens to be pointless,

you will be leaving here with £3,000.

Klif, what will you do with your share of that?

-Vintage clothes frenzy.

-I was going to say.

And nice 1930s style double-breasted suit.

Jenni?

I would give the money to a charity, which is actually in Angola.

It trains rats to detect land mines and also tuberculosis.

Very good. Very good indeed, Jenni. OK, best of luck.

Let's hope one of these answers is pointless.

All three of the ones you've given are Aerosmith UK top 40 singles.

Your first answer was I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

This was the one you thought was probably least likely to be

pointless. Let's see how many people said it.

For £3,000, is it pointless?

It's right.

Now all it has to do is go down to zero

and we can give you £3,000

to take home with you.

Down it goes through the 30s,

through the 20s.

26.

APPLAUSE

OK.

OK, we have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer.

Again, an Aerosmith UK top 40 single, was Crazy.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £3,000, let's see how many people said Crazy.

It's right.

Your first answer,

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing,

took us down to 26.

Crazy now takes us down

through into the 20s.

Passes 26.

Through the teens.

Oh, almost into single figures.

APPLAUSE

Moving very much in the right direction. Down to 10.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which is Livin' On The Edge.

You had not much hesitation putting this as your third,

your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £3,000, let's see how many people said Livin' On The Edge.

It's right.

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

took us down to 26.

Crazy took us down to 10.

Livin' On The Edge

takes us past 26.

Down through past 10.

Single figures. Down it goes...

GROANING Down to 2.

APPLAUSE

-Whoa-ho-ho. That was very close.

-It means you come as you go.

Yeah, that's very close indeed. Three very good answers there.

But I'm sorry to say you didn't manage to find that

all-important pointless answer.

So I'm afraid you don't leave with today's jackpot of £3,000.

That will roll over to the next show. It's been wonderful having you on.

And don't forget, you get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

So there you are. Something to show for your troubles.

But a great performance.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, unlucky, Klif and Jenni. You clearly know your Aerosmith.

Sometimes in the 60 seconds people give us a pointless answer.

That hasn't happened here.

And it hasn't happened because you gave us

two pointless answers in the 60 seconds.

Eat The Rich was a pointless answer.

Shut Up And Dance was a pointless answer as well.

I was writing the cheque out as you were going through it.

I thought, "This is fantastic. You've got them all."

And then you went for... Anyway, anyway. I'm so sorry.

We will look at the pointless answers in the different categories.

Start with Metallica.

You could've had...

Until It Sleeps was a top ten hit.

Let's look at Aerosmith, including those two offending titles.

You also could have had Blind Man.

All those were pointless answers.

Foo Fighters. A few pointless answers here as well.

Beautiful song, Walking After You.

Also could have had Breakout,

For All The Cows, Have It All,

I'll Stick Around, Long Road To Ruin, and Resolve.

Very well done if you got any of those at home. I'm so sorry.

Two pointless answers and you didn't say either of them.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Oh, I'm so sorry. That's tough to hear.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Klif and Jenni.

-But it's been wonderful having you on the show.

-It's been great being here.

Superb contestants. Thank you so much for playing. Klif and Jenni.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, agonisingly,

Klif and Jenni didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £4,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.