Episode 27 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello. My name is Jonathan and this is my best friend Bethan.

We're both originally from south Wales, but we live in Brighton.

Couple number two.

Hi. My name is Ian and this is my brother-in-law Stuart

and we're from Bristol.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Jason. This is Joe.

We study together at Manchester Metropolitan University in Crewe.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hello. I'm Lucy. And this is my friend Teri.

I'm from Staffordshire and Teri's from Shropshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much. We'll talk more to you as the show goes along.

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

The bouncer on the door of the 200 Club.

No tracksuits, no trainers, no mercy.

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

Hiya. Afternoon.

Afternoon.

Hello. How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-Excellent.

We had a lovely win last time. A really lovely win.

We had Chappy and Sammy, who are two lovely golden retrievers.

No, they were people.

They were people called Chappy and Sammy and they took away the jackpot.

Only one pair coming back from that show, Jason and Joe. Welcome back.

Got knocked out in round two. So we welcome all of our newcomers.

-And podium one is very colourful, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-It's like visiting Kew Gardens! Look at that. Isn't that lovely?

-Lovely.

Round one is a lovely round.

It's a very nice construction of question in round one.

-I think you'll like it.

-I'll look forward to it.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Sammy and Chappy won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000. There it is.

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

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So all you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

And there is to be no conferring.

Our first category today is...

There we are. Literary characters.

Already looks like a classic round.

Can you all decide on your pairs,

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Bethan is thrilled with this.

Richard...

We're going to give you seven clues on each board.

They're all just clues to things which share their name with a character in a Shakespeare play.

There'll be seven on the first pass, seven on the second pass, 14 in all to have a go at at home.

So, very best of luck.

OK, so let's reveal our first board of things.

And here they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

-Jonathan, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-It's great to have you here. Up from Brighton?

-We are, yeah.

And what do you do in Brighton, Jonathan?

I'm a final year student nurse at the moment.

-How many years have you been studying?

-Three years.

It's been quite a long one. But light at the end of the tunnel.

-Fun? Hard work? Bit of both?

-Hard Work.

Tears. Stress.

-Rewarding? Satisfying?

-Yes. Best thing I've ever done.

And have you got things lined up for when you finish?

Hopefully, acute care.

-You know, fast-paced, a bit of drama.

-OK.

Talking of drama, this is the round.

What are you going to go for on that board?

I'm going to say the board game also known as Reversi

-and say Othello.

-Othello says Jonathan.

Let's see if Othello is right and let's see how may people said it.

Look at that, 16! That's a good score, Jonathan.

Great start to the round. 16.

Nice start, Jonathan. Well played.

-I like Othello, the game.

-It's a great game.

It's a good play, too, as well.

-It's sad.

-I'd rather play the game, in a funny kind of way.

-Yeah, yeah.

Don't say it's sad, because that's a spoiler alert.

But, yeah, don't tell me what happens in Othello.

-Because I'm going to go and see it.

-Yeah. Bit sad.

Well, next time they put it on, they could have that above the theatre...

"A bit sad, Alexander Armstrong."

"Pointless' Alexander Armstrong."

"Alexander Armstrong, off of TV's Pointless."

"A bit sad."

Ian, welcome.

-Welcome to Pointless. Here from Bristol?

-We are indeed, yes.

And what do you do, Ian?

I work for a fencing company,

so I go around, measure up sites

-and put up fences and things like that.

-All manner of fences?

-All manner of fences.

-Security fences?

Security fences we do, as well.

We did one up in the Cotswolds once.

Because somebody was throwing stones into someone's farm.

And I believe it was your place, if I remember rightly.

Oh, yes, we were throwing stones. That's right.

Xander was throwing the stones.

At a farm. Yes, the neighbours put up a fence. Well, it was friendly.

It was just messages, wrapped around stones

and lobbed over in the spirit of neighbourliness

and they chose to see it otherwise.

-So Ian put up your fence?

-We didn't put it up, no.

They didn't go for the job in the end.

Yeah, there was an English Heritage site at the end of our garden...

I say was. We've knocked it down now.

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-Because you wanted a conservatory.

-Yeah. Exactly.

We cleared it out the way. Now the kitchen's twice the size!

-Anyway, so, Ian, welcome. Welcome.

-Thank you.

-How's this board?

-Not too bad, yeah.

There are a few on there.

So I think I'll go for the surname of John Thaw's character

in the Sweeney as Regan.

Regan. Regan. Good answer.

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

Well, 16 is our only score so far. And that was a good one.

31 for Regan.

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-One of King Lear's daughters, of course.

-Indeed.

-From King Lear.

-Oh, from King Lear?

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Jason, welcome back. Our only returning pair, Jason and Joe.

Remind us what you're doing at the moment, Jason.

I'm doing a masters in sport and exercise science,

focused mainly on coaching.

And are you going to go on and coach?

Yes, hopefully. I fly out to the States soon to start coaching.

Oh, that's fun. What are you going to be coaching there?

-Football or soccer.

-I see. So soccer there?

Is all the terminology the same in their soccer?

No, they have cleats instead of boots.

That's going to become uncomfortable, isn't it, cleats?

You can't say tackle, because they just jump on each other.

So you've got to learn, you've got to learn a whole new vocab. Wow.

OK, now, Jason, we've got to get you further than round two.

So what are we going to go for?

Erm...

I know a couple for certain.

And then one risky one.

But I'm going to say the fourth one down

and say Hermione.

Hermione, says Jason.

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

It's right. Well, 31 is our high score.

47 is an new high score.

Not bad.

Not bad, considering that's a Harry Potter-related answer,

you got off quite lightly there, I'd say. 47.

The queen of Sicilia in The Winter's Tale.

Strange that, isn't it? It tells you something about the 100 people.

Because if you just said, "What's the name of Emma Watson's character in Harry Potter?"

-I think you're going to get more than 47.

-Yeah.

But because they have to match it up with a Shakespeare play,

they suddenly doubt themselves and think, "Well..."

-It's odd, isn't it?

-Mm.

-Good. Teri, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you very much.

Welcome. Great to have you here. And what you do, Teri?

I'm actually between jobs at the moment, Xander.

And are you happily between jobs?

-When did you stop doing your previous job?

-About ten months ago.

-So I'm having a little gap year.

-Very nice.

-And what have you done with it so far?

-A lot of travelling.

-Perfect.

-Visiting theatre.

-Lovely.

Growing all my own fruit and veggies.

-For the first time?

-No, I've done it for a few years.

But I'm doing things like pineapples and apricots this year,

-just to vary it a bit.

-No? So a greenhouse, clearly.

-Yes.

-What's the most exotic vegetable you're growing?

-Oooh...

-Any asparagus?

-Oh, yes.

Lots of asparagus. That's lovely.

And eating it fresh-picked.

Once you've had it fresh, you'll never get it from the supermarket again.

I worked for a while on a mushroom farm years ago

and once you've had fresh mushrooms, you never get them from the supermarket again, either.

I didn't know that. I never knew there was such a thing as fresh mushrooms.

What's the appeal?

-Texture.

-Texture? Very nice.

Listen, Teri, this board is all yours.

You can talk us through it and show off all your Shakespeare knowledge.

Well, obviously, the top one I would say would be Hamlet.

But I think that will probably score quite highly.

Dogwood tree I would love to think was called Desdemona, but I doubt it.

Hamish Macbeth was Robert Carlyle.

And, again, this Manchester girl group, I would really love it

if the Higgins sisters had a band called Coriolanus.

But I don't think they did and they could have been Cleopatra.

I don't know.

So I'm going to play safe and go with Robert Carlyle being Macbeth.

OK, you're going to go with Macbeth.

Flirted with Cleopatra, but have gone with Macbeth.

Yes, and I think that's probably a mistake.

OK, let's see if Macbeth's right and let's see how many people said it.

Oh, not bad. Down it goes. 28.

Good score.

Good score, Teri.

It is a good score. You did well to avoid Hamlet.

As you suspected, it would have scored more points.

It would have scored you 46.

Now, the Higgins sisters were in a band called Coriolanus.

-Unbelievable. They weren't really. Do you know this one?

-Cleopatra.

-Yeah, Cleopatra, Comin' Atcha! Yeah, absolutely.

-Oh!

Three points for that. And the last one is a pointless answer.

-I bet you know it.

-It's Dogberry.

-Dogberry.

Very well done if you said Dogberry at home. Pointless answer.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Jonathan...

What a start to the round that was. Very well done indeed.

Yeah, well, 16 to you.

Then we travel up to 28, where we find Teri and Lucy.

Then up to 31, where we find Ian and Stuart.

And then up to 47, Jason and Joe.

So, now, Joe, we need a low score from you. Best of luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

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

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

-Lucy, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

And what you do, Lucy?

I'm a university lecturer in Manchester Metropolitan University,

where these two guys come from.

Have you swapped notes at all?

No, we're different campuses, thankfully.

-Oh...

-Because I don't do sport.

Oh, so the coaching department and the...

What's your department?

-Mine's the nursing department.

-I see.

-So not a great deal of overlap.

-No.

And what do you like doing in your spare time, Lucy?

Oh, all sorts of things.

But travelling, I suppose, is one of them.

And I suppose that's what Teri and I tend to enjoy together,

because we go off roaming around all over the place.

So what's been your favourite destination so far?

We've tried a few, but the favourite so far,

we keep going back to, is Namibia.

Because it's just fabulous.

-But don't tell anyone.

-OK, well, we won't.

Because the fewer people that know...

Namibia. Very good.

Lucy, you are on 28.

The high scorers at the moment are Joe and Jason on 47.

If you score 18 or less, you are definitely in the next round.

Right, OK. So there's no pressure, then.

I used to be a steward at the Globe Theatre and so I've seen nearly...

-Oh, this is perfect.

-No, it isn't.

Because I don't know what those things are.

But I do know what Derek Jacobi was doing as a Roman emperor

-and he was Claudius.

-Claudius.

There we are. Claudius. Here's your red line.

This is what you're aiming for.

It's not the end of the world if you don't get beyond it.

But if you do, you're definitely in round two.

How many people said Claudius?

It's right.

Oh, and very good indeed. 31.

59 is your total. I suspect that will see you into round two.

Hamlet's stepfather.

Funnily enough, Derek Jacobi played him, as well, in Kenneth Branagh's film of Hamlet.

Thank you, Richard.

Now, Joe, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Welcome back.

Now, what do you do, Joe?

I'm a student studying business management.

So how did your paths cross, Joe and Jason?

We both went to badminton club together.

That's how we met.

Met through the shuttlecock. There we are.

And aside from badminton, what else have you been up to?

And, obviously, hours of hard work.

What else have you been up to during your time at Manchester?

Well, spare time, I enjoy playing volleyball and basketball

and at the moment I'm trying to study something like

lessons on how to look after a kid.

-Lessons in how to look after a kid?

-Yeah.

-Are you shortly to be a father?

-Yes, I am.

Well, congratulations, Joe. That's wonderful.

-Due when?

-Erm, in a few months' time.

Very, very good.

Well, yes, OK.

You're looking a little bit overwhelmed by this, Joe.

-Do want to take a seat for a moment or two?

-A last-minute effort.

Well, listen, well done. Yes, get those books in. Start reading.

Now, Joe, 47 is your score. 11 or less gets you into the next round.

Well, there's two I know for sure,

but I just don't know which one is going to be lower.

But I think they're both going to be highs.

But I'm going to say

the black rubber disc used in ice hockey is a puck.

Puck says Joe.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how may people said it. There's your red line.

It's right.

62, Joe. That's quite a high one there. 109 is your score.

The mischievous sprite in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Big score, isn't it? Mm.

Mm.

Stuart.

-Hello.

-Stuart, now, welcome.

-What do you do, Stuart?

-I work for Highways England.

And what do you do for them?

-I work in the Intelligent Transport Systems Research Group.

-Yes.

Of all the transport research groups,

-the intelligent one, I think, is the best.

-That's right, yes.

We've had a few from there and the thick ones we had.

The thick group were surprisingly good, weren't they?

They were very good. They turned up late, but they were very good.

Yeah, a round on Cleopatra came up, actually,

which they were particularly good on.

Now, Stuart, what are your hobbies when you're not...?

I really enjoy horror films, horror novels and I collect horror masks.

Tell me about...

What the...? You collect horror...

What, that they use in films?

Yeah, Mike Myers in Leatherface and...

How many have you got?

40 or 50.

That's too many. How many...

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What's the scariest one you've got?

My favourite one is the Leatherface one, which is the first one I got.

The Mike Myers one.

So good to have you in charge of our roads!

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Now, Stuart, this board, there is still five on there for you.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for the top one.

1990s sitcom written and starring Ade Edmondson and Rick Mayall,

which I think is Bottom.

Bottom says Stuart. Here's your red line.

You'd have to get below that with Bottom to be into the next round.

So let's see if you can. How many people said Bottom?

It's right. And you've done it. Well done.

Wow. Bottom going a long way down. 26.

Taking you up to 57.

Well played, Stuart. Great answer.

-That's a great sitcom, as well, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's still underrated, I think.

-Yeah. Thanks, Richard.

Now, then, Bethan, welcome to Pointless.

-It's like having a sweet pea garden, isn't it?

-Yeah.

And you won't be able to get this, but they smell so nice, as well.

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Oh, absolutely... I'm downwind. It's great.

Bethan, what do you do?

I'm a project support officer in Brighton in a hospital trust there.

It's the kind of corporate side to the NHS, which...

-Not as good as Jonathan but, yeah, it's fun.

-But it's fun.

-You enjoy it?

-Yeah.

I work with the execs, so you kind of see the top tier and,

-although you're not there, yeah, it's really interesting.

-Good.

And what do you like doing when you're not doing that, Bethan?

We watch a lot of horror films, as well, but we're not into the masks.

The masks are the bit that kind of terrify me.

There's this one song in a film that I hate

and my housemate played it round the door of my bedroom the other day

to scare me and I just...

Yeah. Creepy horror songs aren't good.

OK, so the songs you don't like and the masks.

Stuart, you don't wear these masks ever, do you?

Halloween sometimes, yeah. Not to go trick or treating.

-Fancy dress parties.

-Fine, OK.

So, horror, big.

-We go to a lot of pub quizzes, as well.

-Excellent.

And game shows, we watch a lot of. Kind of quizzes.

-But we're not professional quizzers.

-Well, we shall see.

You are our low scorers so far.

The high scorers, incidentally, are Joe and Jason on 109.

If you can score 92 or less, you're into the next round.

Do you fancy talking us through the board?

The 18th letter of the Nato phonetic alphabet is Romeo.

The nickname for the city of Portsmouth is Pompey, I believe.

The band led by Guy Garvey...

I've never heard this character, but I know the band.

I'm, like, sure the answer is Elbow.

So I don't know whether to go for it.

-Yeah, I'm going to go for Elbow.

-You're going to go for Elbow?

-Yeah.

Here's your red line. Nice and high.

If you can get below that with Elbow... Surely. Surely.

I'm just trying to remember the name.

Let's find out how many people said Elbow.

Look at that. Down it goes.

Bethan, look at that!

The lowest score of the round. Very well done indeed. 10.

Takes your total up to 26.

He's a dim-witted constable in Measure For Measure, Elbow.

But you see, that's interesting,

what we were saying about the Emma Watson question.

You knew that for a 100% fact

but, just because you don't know the Shakespeare character,

suddenly your brain goes...

Let's fill in the rest of these.

You were right about Romeo.

It's the biggest scorer.

Would have scored you 33 points.

Portsmouth is Pompey.

It's a clown in Measure For Measure, Pompey. 46 for that.

And do you know this one?

The gazelle is hard, but there's a Shakespeare character...

-Ariel in The Tempest.

-Is the right answer.

Very well done if you said that at home. It's a pointless answer.

Thank you very much indeed.

As this is the end of our first round, we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.

And I'm sorry to say, Joe and Jason, it is you.

But thank you so much for playing, Jo and Jason.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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And so we're now down to three pairs.

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

Jonathan and Bethan, I mean,

that's just an exemplary first appearance on Pointless.

Very well done indeed.

Lowest individual score there, Bethan, with Elbow.

And the lowest team score, as well.

Actually, Stuart and Ian and Lucy and Teri, not much between you there.

But you've seen off our only returning pair, so well done.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two today is...

Can you all decide on your pairs, who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many multiple Grand Slam finalists as they could.

Multiple Grand Slam finalists.

Richard...

We're looking for the name of any tennis player, female or male,

who's reached ten or more Grand Slam singles finals

from the beginning of the open era in 1968

through to the end of April 2015.

Grand Slams, of course, being Australian Open, French Open,

Wimbledon and the US Open.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Bethan.

I don't know whether to take a punt on someone that I know

but doesn't know whether they've got to that many finals.

Or go for someone really obvious.

OK, let's go for someone like...

Boris Becker.

That could be a good score.

Let's see how many people said Boris Becker.

Well, it's right.

Still going down, Bethan. Still going down. Down it goes. 23.

That's perfect.

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Exactly ten finals for Boris Becker, who won six of them, as well.

Thanks, Richard.

-Now, Stuart.

-Yes.

Stuart.

Again, I'm not sure, but I think Marina Sharapova.

Sharapova says Stuart.

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

Oh, bad luck, Stuart. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, can't accept Marina Sharapova, I'm afraid, Stuart.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Lucy. How is this for you?

It's terrible.

-Oh, really?

-I know nothing about tennis.

-But I do know one or two names.

-Oh, well, this is good. There we are.

So I'm going to go really safe and say Roger Federer.

Roger Federer says Lucy.

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

45. Not bad, Lucy.

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45.

Yeah, you can afford to do that with 100 points on the board there.

25 Grand Slam finals, which is a record for a man.

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

23 our lowest score.

Once again, Bethan and Jonathan looking very strong at this point.

Then up to 45, where we find Lucy and Teri.

Then up to 100, Stuart and Ian.

We'll discover why that answer was unacceptable shortly.

Ian, let's have a really low score from you.

It might keep you in the game. Best of luck.

Back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

Now, Teri, so we're looking for any male or female tennis player

who's been in ten or more Grand Slam finals.

-Please, tell me your knowledge of tennis is...

-Extensive, Xander.

Yes. Good. Good.

-I'm lying.

-Oh, right.

Like Lucy, I know names.

Names is all we want.

Yeah, but are they names of tennis players?

Ah, I see what you mean.

No, I'm going to play it reasonably safe

and I'm going to say...

Venus Williams.

Venus Williams says Teri.

Well, if you can score 54 or less, you're through.

There's your red line. Let's see how many people said Venus Williams.

It's right.

Well done, you're through.

Good enough. 35 for Venus Williams. Takes your total up to 80.

14 Grand Slam finals for Venus Williams. Won seven, lost seven.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, then, Ian.

Well, I know a few.

Listen, there is a world in which you could get into the head-to-head.

-It involves you having to score 22 or less.

-I'll take a bit of a risk.

I know he's won some and he's been in finals,

but I'm not sure how many. Stefan Edberg.

Stefan Edberg says Ian.

No red line for you as you're the highest scorers.

Let's see how many people said Stefan Edberg.

It's right.

Well, you've passed 22. Down it goes.

Oh, it's pointless!

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Ian, nothing wrong with that. A pointless answer.

And that's £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing. Puts a little bit of pressure onto Jonathan there.

-Very, very, very well done indeed.

-Really does put some pressure on.

Terrific answer, Ian. Very well played, yeah.

11 Grand Slam finals for Stefan Edberg.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then, Jonathan. We've got a game here.

Yeah, definitely.

You have to score 76 or less.

We're looking for any finalist in ten or more grandslams.

Male or female tennis players.

Do I play it safe or do I risk?

-You know, it's...

-Don't ask me that one.

I've got one quite obvious answer, one I'm not quite sure if it's happened for him.

So I was going to say either Serena Williams as my safe one,

or punt with Pete Sampras.

And I'm going to go with Pete Sampras.

Pete Sampras says Jonathan. Here's your red line.

Below that, you're in the head-to-head.

How many people said Pete Sampras?

It's right.

And you're through.

Oh, it's a good answer. 21.

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44 is your total.

Yes, 18 Grand Slam finals for Pete Sampras. Well played.

Serena Williams would have scored you 28, as well.

Would have seen you safely through.

Before we do the pointless answers, there are a few,

I'll go through some of the low scorers.

14 for Steffi Graf. 13 Jimmy Connors.

10 Billie Jean King,

6 for Ivan Lendl. 5 Martina Hingis.

4 for Maria Sharapova.

I'm afraid I can't take Marina. You would have got 2 for Chris Evert.

Chris Evert's been in more Grand Slam finals

-than any other tennis player in history.

-No?

More than Martina. She's been in 34 Grand Slam finals.

Now, let's take a look at the pointless answers.

The ones that none of our 100 people said.

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain.

Evonne Goolagong. Or Evonne Cawley.

Margaret Court.

Mats Wilander, another Swede.

Monica Seles. And Stefan Edberg.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's take a look at the top three answers. They are Rafael Nadal, 34.

Venus Williams, 35.

And Roger Federer at 45.

A few other names on the list who've done the same thing.

Borg, 24. McEnroe, 23.

Djokovic, 20. Martina Navratilova, only 17 points.

Would have been a very good answer. And Agassi would have scored you 16.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So the pair who are heading home with the highest score of 100...

They scored a pointless answer. Ian, very well done.

A very generous thing to do as a parting shot to Pointless.

Clearly, you've got the chops.

We'll hope to see much more of you next time you're on.

But, meantime, thanks very much for playing. Ian and Stuart...

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

Congratulations, Jonathan, Bethan and Lucy and Teri.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which now stands at £1,250.

OK, well, you know the rules at this point.

You're now allowed to chat before you give your answers.

And the first pair to get two questions goes through to the final.

Well, Jonathan and Bethan, you haven't put a foot wrong yet.

Really good, low-scoring, tactical play.

Even when faced with questions that you weren't entirely sure of.

Lucy and Teri, likewise.

I feel we haven't really seen you at your best.

You've had two categories here that you didn't particularly enjoy.

So let's hope something comes up in this head-to-head that you like the look of.

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

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OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns coronations.

Coronations, Richard...

We're going to show you five pictures now of British monarchs in their coronation robes.

You just need to give us their name and regnal number, please.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our monarchs. And here they come.

We've got...

There we are.

Five monarchs in their coronation robes.

Now, Jonathan and Bethan, you've been our low scorers throughout, so you will go first.

Oh, it's not a very, er...

Not a great question for us, to be honest.

-E.

-Yeah. Yeah.

-OK.

-Total guess.

I think E must be Queen Elizabeth II.

-Our queen.

-OK.

Did I get the number right?

OK, Queen Elizabeth II say Jonathan and Bethan.

Now, Lucy and Teri.

Do you fancy talking through that board?

-I think I know C.

-We know C.

-We know D.

-Yeah.

-Pretty good idea about B.

-You choose which.

We just want to play safe, really, don't we? C?

-Yeah.

-C.

We'll go for C, then.

-Queen Victoria.

-OK, Queen Victoria.

So we have Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.

In the order they were given,

Jonathan and Bethan said Queen Elizabeth II for E.

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

74.

74 got that.

Now, Lucy and Teri have gone for Queen Victoria for C.

Let's see how many people got that.

Well, it wins you the points.

42.

Well, OK. What a turn up there.

Lucy and Teri, well done. After one question, you are up 1-0.

Rather begs the question with E, is if it isn't Elizabeth II,

-who would it be?

-Bloody Mary, I don't know.

-Which of our many queens is that a photograph of?

-Yeah.

-A?

-Is George VI.

George VI. 22 points for that.

-B?

-I think George V.

But it's a very old-looking...

-Well, that was when he had his hipster beard.

-Yeah.

16 points for that. That was during Movember.

16.

And D. Do you know D? It's the best answer on the board.

-Edward VII.

-Edward VII, yeah.

-That would have scored you 13.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

OK, here's your second question now.

Jonathan and Bethan, we need you to win this one to stay in the game.

So best of luck. Remember, Lucy and Teri will get to answer first. It concerns...

Italian city names. Richard...

We're going to show you the common English names of five Italian cities,

but in the form of anagrams, I'm afraid.

Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five anagrams and here they are. We've got...

I'll read those one last time.

Lucy and Teri, you will go first.

-I've got three.

-The bottom one.

Yeah. And then the one above it. And the second one.

-OK.

-Middle one?

I think I know it, but I'm not absolutely sure.

I just can't get past the airbag for the corgi!

I think we'll have to go with...

I'm going for the one at the bottom.

-I'm going to play safe, I think.

-Yeah.

I think we'll play safe and we think "feel corn" is...

-Florence.

-Florence say Lucy and Teri. Florence.

Now, Jonathan and Bethan.

OK, you can talk through them, if you like.

So we think the second one is Milan.

-Not sure of the third one, the fourth one being Venice.

-Yeah.

-But we'll go...

-Go for which one you want.

-Milan.

-OK, you're going to go for Milan.

So we have Florence and we have Milan.

Now, Lucy and Teri said Florence.

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

It's right.

44.

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We'll see if that's good enough.

Now, Jonathan and Bethan have gone for Milan for "lam in".

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

It's right.

66 for Milan.

Which means, Lucy and Teri, well done.

After only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.

There's a couple of answers there that would have won you the points.

The third one down, racy uses...

-Syracuse.

-Syracuse.

Would have won you the point. 14.

Evince wouldn't have won you the point, of course. It is Venice.

But that would have scored you 89 points.

Now, the top one is the best answer on the board.

I wonder if anyone at home got stuck in the same way I did?

Because the first thing I spotted when that came up

is it's got the word Garibaldi in it.

So I was thinking, "Is there a place...

"There must be somewhere in Italy called Garibaldi."

But there isn't.

It is Reggio di Calabria.

And you would have scored 2 points if you said that. Terrific answer.

Very good. Thanks, Richard.

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

they've been our low scorers all the way throughout Pointless,

but I'm afraid you came up against Lucy and Teri

when they hit their form in the head-to-head.

So I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you. But we'll see you again next time.

I look forward to that.

In the meantime, thanks very much, Jonathan and Bethan.

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Right, for Lucy and Teri, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Well, congratulations, Lucy and Teri.

You've seen off all the competition very easily in that last round.

And you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

So this is the moment of truth.

What would you like to see in this last round?

-What would be good for you?

-Oh, food and drink, please.

-Oh, we haven't had any of that.

-Star Trek.

-No, food and drink!

-Food and drink!

-Food and drink and Star Trek?

Star Trek, food and drink.

-Food and drink!

-OK. Fair enough. Well, let's hope.

We haven't seen any of those things so far.

You get to choose your category from the four that come up on the board behind me.

Fingers crossed there's something on there you like the look of. Today's selection is...

The year 1966 will be football.

Which we don't do.

I've only ever seen two films in my life.

What is cats?

-I don't know, it could be anything. But we don't do films.

-Musicals?

I don't know anything about musicals.

I only know Vanilla Ice is a rapper. We haven't got much choice.

Or the year 1966? It might be music. Might be the Beatles.

Might be a bit of football.

Politics... No idea.

We'll have cats, then, shall we?

-What do you want?

-We've got the trophy.

Let's do 1066.

-No, sorry!

-1066...!

The Battle of Hastings!

1966?

-Yeah, go on, then.

-1966.

-At least we were alive.

-1966.

-Just!

-Just, yes.

-OK, Richard...

-Yeah, three questions in very different areas from 1966 here.

Hopefully, one of them suits you.

We are looking for the name of anybody

who served as a Cabinet minister during 1966.

From the beginning to the end of 1966.

We're looking for any team who played in the 1966 Fifa World Cup.

It's the name of any country that had a team there.

Or we're looking for any artist who had a UK number-one single,

according to the Official Charts Company.

So any Cabinet minister,

any of the Fifa World Cup squads

or any artist with a UK number-one single.

-Very best of luck.

-OK.

Now, as ever, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Just about.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now!

-Right...

-Well, we won the World Cup.

Who won the World Cup? England. That's too obvious.

-Germany.

-Portugal.

Portugal were good at playing football in 1966.

-Elvis. The Beatles.

-Elvis. The Beatles.

-The Troggs.

-Oh, go on, then.

-The Troggs.

-The Stones.

-Elvis.

-The Who.

-Oh, Cockney Rebel. Were they in the

-'60s? No.

Don't be silly.

Oh, I don't know.

Erm...I think the Troggs.

I liked The Troggs.

The Troggs.

The Animals.

The Doors.

What about the football?

What about the Cabinet minister? Who was the Prime Minister?

Harold Wilson.

-Reginald...

-What about...?

No, just hold on.

Reg... What's his name?

-Maudsley? Reginald...

-Oh, that sounds good.

-Maudes something.

-Ten seconds left.

Oh, erm, erm... What about?

Oh, God, that Lib Dem chap.

-He was in the '60s.

-He wasn't a Cabinet minister.

Oh, all right, then.

-OK, that's your time up.

-Marvellous!

Here's fun. What are you going to go for from those three?

-We're going to do a football one, shall we?

-No!

-Oh, all right, then.

-Number-one singles, what did you say?

The Who?

-The Troggs.

-The Troggs.

-Yes.

-And who else was it?

-The Who.

-The Who.

And Portugal.

The Troggs, The Who and Portugal.

And Portugal.

OK, there we are. Three answers. Very well done.

And, obviously, Portugal in...?

Portugal for the football.

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

-I think probably The Troggs.

-OK, The Troggs goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Portugal, because it's probably wrong.

-Portugal. OK.

We'll put Portugal first.

OK, well, let's put those up on the board in that order, then. And here they are.

We've got Portugal, we've got The Who and we've got The Troggs.

Well, best of luck. Three answers on the board there.

If one of those happens to be pointless,

what would you do with your share of the jackpot, Lucy?

Well, erm...

we'd probably just have another trip around Namibia, I expect.

There are bits we haven't been to.

We haven't been to the south that much.

And there's a place called Luderitz

that I really, really want to go to see and we haven't been there yet.

OK. Teri, anything you'd like to do different from that?

I quite like the idea of going to Australia,

because I've never been yet. So that would sort of...

I travel quite cheaply, so that would sort me for a month or two.

Very good. OK, well, best of luck. Three good answers.

As I say, your first answer was Portugal. Let's see if that's right.

And, in this case, we were looking for Fifa World Cup participants in the 1966 World Cup.

If it's pointless, it'll win you £1,250.

Let's see how many people said Portugal.

-It's right.

-Good grief!

-It's right.

A little bit of a punt you were taking there.

But so far Portugal is doing you proud.

Down it goes through the 30s into the 20s.

Into the teens.

If it goes all the way down to zero... Oh, 10. Not bad.

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Not at all bad for a guess and your first submission. So not bad at all.

Not pointless, though. You only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was The Who.

In this case, we were looking for UK number ones from 1966.

Let's see if it's pointless for £1,250.

How many people said The Who?

Oh...!

No number ones for The Who in 1966.

So everything is now riding on your third and final answer, The Troggs.

-Who came up with The Troggs?

-Teri.

Teri likes The Troggs.

She insisted on The Troggs going in.

Wouldn't it be nice if The Troggs were correct and pointless?

It would be a miracle.

Well, we were looking for UK number ones from 1966.

If it's pointless, it will win you £1,250.

How many people said The Troggs?

It's right. Well, your first answer was right. That was Portugal.

Your second answer, The Who, was incorrect.

We will draw a veil over that.

The Troggs, though, taking us down to single figures.

Still going down. Still going down.

You've done it! Very well done indeed! Absolutely brilliant!

Brilliant!

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You've won!

-Thank you.

-Very well done indeed.

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The Troggs were the pointless answer.

Which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,250.

-Very, very well done indeed. Richard...

-Yeah, very well done.

With A Girl Like You was a number-one single in 1966.

The Who never had a number-one single. Famously.

Never in any year, The Who. Unbelievably.

Now, let's look through the pointless answers in the different categories.

Cabinet ministers...

Anthony Crosland, Arthur Bottomley,

Douglas Jay, Earl of Longford.

Everybody, apart from Wilson, Callaghan, Jenkins, Barbara Castle,

Denis Healey, Tony Benn and George Brown.

Everybody else is a pointless answer.

Including Richard Crossman, whose diaries are well worth reading.

Only two pointless answers for the football question.

So, very well done at home anyone who said Bulgaria or Chile.

Two very strong answers there.

And artists with UK number-one singles.

Frank Sinatra had one with Strangers In The Night.

Nancy Sinatra had one with These Boots Are Made For Walking.

Jim Reeves, Distant Drums. There's The Troggs.

Also could've had The Four Tops with Reach Out I'll Be There.

You could have had the Small Faces, The Spencer Davis Group,

Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames. Lots of pointless answers there.

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

And congratulations to The Troggs and to you in the studio.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Thanks again to our winning players, Lucy and Teri,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.

Very well done.

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-Well done, you.

-Well done, you.

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.