Episode 31 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hi, I'm Ian, this is my co-worker Anisha

and we work at a university in Leicester.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Ben, this is my grandmother Allison.

I am from Cheltenham, she is from Gloucester.

Couple number three.

I'm Stewart, this is my wife, Kerry, and we are from south London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Stu, this is my friend Jo and we're from Sheffield.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Here to get the show on the road, which should be fun

because he can't drive, it is my Pointless friend, it is Richard.

Hiya. Afternoon, everybody.

-Afternoon to you.

-Afternoon to you.

-Now, very familiar line-up.

We have got three returning pairs here.

We have got Jo and Stu, got knocked out in Round One last time.

I think they're quite bright, though.

-I think they are.

-I could be wrong, gents,

-but I think you are.

-Could be.

Hopefully we see more of them.

Anisha and Ian got knocked out in Round Two.

And Ben and Allison, grandson and grandmother combination,

got all the way to the head-to-head.

It was going very, very well.

It was going very well and they were performing brilliantly

and then we put up a picture of

the 1976 gold medallist figure skater John Curry

and Allison told us it was Burt Kwouk.

-LAUGHTER

-Which it wasn't.

Yes, so Sarah and Jason went through to that final round.

-Won £3,000 as well.

-Mmm.

-A really nice jackpot win last time.

Kerry and Stewart a new pair, so we welcome you into the fray.

We hope you enjoy your stay with us.

Thank you very much indeed.

Yes, as you will have gathered, Sarah and Jason

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.

So, remember - I'm looking particularly at you,

Kerry and Stewart, our newcomers - the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

No conferring in the first two rounds.

Our first category today is...

The English Language.

Can you decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second?

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

And the question concerns...

Words that begin with 'pro'. Richard.

On each board, we'll show you seven definitions

of words in the Oxford Dictionary of English that begin with

the letters P-R-O. You need to tell us the most obscure of those.

14 in all to have a go in at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much.

Let's reveal our first seven definitions. Here they are.

We have got...

I will read those all again.

Anisha, welcome back. It was Round Two last time, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-We had to say goodbye to you. Remind us what you do.

I am an outreach officer at the University of Leicester

and I work in the union.

But outreach? To who particularly do you want to reach?

-Mostly children in schools.

-OK.

And I try to get student societies to do things

with people in schools.

Very good. And in your spare time, Anisha,

what do you like to get up to?

I like to go and watch the stars,

-so I do a bit of stargazing occasionally.

-That is exciting.

Have you got that brilliant app that you hold-up and it tells you...?

-Yeah.

-I've got to get that.

-How many do you know, do you reckon?

-A few. Not enough, though.

-I want to learn more.

-Very good.

-OK, now, Anisha.

-Yes.

You get first pick of this board.

Nothing too scary on there,

-I think.

-No.

I think I am going to stick

with the top one.

So, university academic of

the highest-ranking - professor.

Professor, says Anisha.

Let's see if it is right and how many of our 100 said it.

It is right.

78.

APPLAUSE That is a high score, that.

Top ranking, top scoring.

It is a big scorer, yeah.

Of course, one of the most famous ex-professors in the world,

Barack Obama was a law professor.

Was very popular as well.

-I bet he was.

-Got very good assessment marks from his pupils.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Ben, welcome back.

-Hello.

-Head-to-head!

-Yes.

-Oh, you was robbed.

-You was robbed by the Kwouk.

-Yes, indeed.

Oh. Remind us what you do, Ben.

I work for the family firm manufacturing ladders.

How long has the family been in ladders?

Quite a long time, since about 1948. My great-grandfather started it.

Do you think Ben has a stepfamily who make stepladders?

LAUGHTER

Very good. Very, very good. How is that going in the ladders world?

-It is going well.

-All good?

I mean, unless a cherry picker firm sets up next door,

you've got nothing to worry about.

-People will always need ladders, won't they?

-That's right. Yes.

Now, Ben, what are you

going to go for on this board?

OK, I have got a couple of ideas.

I think I will go for the second

one, which I think is propaganda.

Propaganda.

Let's see if that is right and if it is, how many people spotted

propaganda.

It is right. 78 is our only score and you pass it.

Oh, it is good. 22. APPLAUSE

Looking very good for Round Two

at this stage Ben, I would say. 22 for 'propaganda'.

Well played. During the Second World War

we had the Ministry of Information,

who were the chief propagandists of the British cause.

I'd liked to have worked in the Ministry of Information.

-You'd have been good.

-It'd be fun, wouldn't it?

-It'd be quite fun.

-Lots of posters.

-Loads of posters.

-Songs as well.

I could... We could work together and maybe write some songs.

Write some popular songs. That's fun.

-There we are. OK, now, Stewart, welcome.

-Thank you.

Stewart, hang on, you're from London

but when you introduced yourselves, there's a twang there.

Where are you from originally?

Originally, I am from Canada, Montreal.

-So, Stewart, what do you do?

-Kerry and I are film-makers.

In what capacity do you work in the making of the film?

We just produced our first feature film, which I wrote,

-Kerry and I co-produced and co-directed.

-Wow.

And you're still together? I think that is an amazing thing.

Everyone says that!

But it is incredible! How amazing that you do it so well together.

That is proper cooperation, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-And that, presumably, occupies a lot of your time.

You can't really go home from it when home is it.

-No, that is it.

-Are you good at switching off from that?

We switch off...by watching Pointless.

Aww! So, you get 45 minutes a day off. That is nice.

Do you do anything else apart from that,

apart from watching Pointless and making films?

What else do you like to get up to?

I am also an actor, so do a lot of acting

and then that means you do things like going to the theatre.

Our first film was entirely set on a London common,

so it is called Common People and we actually still love

going for walks on Tooting Common, which is nearby.

So, kind of hobbies and work all mixed up together.

Mixing up together. That is lovely. Very nice existence.

And here you are on Pointless. It all just turns in on itself.

Stewart, what are you going to

go for, all these 'pros' up here?

I am going to go with propel.

-The third one down.

-The third one down.

Everyone going in order, that is nice. Third one down - propel.

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

78 is the high score.

You pass it. 22 is our low score.

44 is where you end up. APPLAUSE

Very well played, Stewart. That is nice, going in order.

I hope they go for the fourth one on podium four. That would be nice.

It would be nice. Quite annoying if they don't.

I think it would be churlish if they didn't.

Yes. LAUGHTER

-But we will see. No pressure, gents.

-No pressure whatsoever.

-Now, Jo, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Welcome back.

Nice to have you back. It was Round One last time.

We had a great answer from you, Suriname.

We were looking for countries in Africa that came after Kenya

alphabetically.

And Suriname is, alas, not in Africa.

But one of our favourite pointless answers,

it is a regular pointless answer.

Yeah, bit of a disappointment there.

But I went for a gamble, didn't quite pay off. But maybe this time.

I think this will be a gamble.

Pointless owes you one, I would say, Jo. Remind us what you do.

I work at a church, so I am a pastor in a church.

And how long have you done that?

-I have been in the church about eight years.

-Eight years.

Have you always been in Sheffield or have you been in various parishes?

I lived in Devon for ten years and London for ten years as well.

What church is it? Is it Church of England? Is it...?

No, it is...

-Evangelical church.

-Evangelical. Right, OK.

So, who is your authority in that? Do you have a bishop or a...?

Yeah. There is a worldwide network based down in Australia,

but our pastor is in Sheffield as well, so it is great.

Nice pastor? Well, you have to say yes, don't you?

-Yeah, he is awesome.

-Excellent. He is awesome. Good.

Now, there is your board.

Obviously there is an obvious one for you to go for, Jo, number four.

-But really, you can take your pick.

-Gosh.

Well, the top three were my three.

I've just got a bit of a mind blank.

I'm going to have to go with -

I'm sorry - "Begin on

a course of action..."

Oh, I don't know. I am going to put it out there and say produce,

but I don't think it is right.

OK, Jo is saying produce.

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

Sorry, Jo. Not 'produce'.

Unless you are Stewart and Kerry, in which case producing is

a sort of beginning of a course of action, isn't it? In films.

But I'm afraid not the word we are looking for.

Sorry, Jo, you're going to know every single one of these,

I'm afraid, when I read them out.

But it is hard. So many words are sort of similar, aren't they?

It is like doing a crossword.

There it is. To begin a course of action is...

-Proceed.

-..to proceed.

Would have scored 22.

The one you should have gone for

is the fourth one down because

it would have continued the pattern.

Represent an outline from one side?

-Profile.

-Profile.

32. A piece of research work?

-Project.

-Is a project.

65 points.

And to forbid someone is...

-Prohibit.

-..prohibit.

And that would have scored 23.

The best answers on the board -

proceed and propaganda, Ben.

Well done.

There we are. Thanks very much indeed.

Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through.

Ben and Allison looking very strong

thanks to your low score of 22.

Then up to 44, where we find Stewart and Kerry.

Up to 78, where we find Anisha and Ian.

And then up to 100, Jo and Stu.

It is quite a nice spread across the scoreboard.

You're not way out in front, Jo and Stu.

So, Stu, new board will be yours.

Find a nice low score and it might keep you in the game.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

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

We have got...

I will read those all again.

-Stu, Welcome back.

-Hello.

-Remind us what you do, Stu.

-I am an author.

-Indeed you are, a crime author.

-Yes.

-And your first novel is about to come out any minute?

-Yes.

-What is it called?

-Strong Arm.

-Strong Arm.

That's right, we like that.

What else do you get up to, Stu, when you're not writing?

I spend a lot of time in books. I like to read.

I am also part of the church that Jo works at and so my wife and I,

we look after the children there from zero to tens, so we do that.

And I just love watching MMA, mixed martial arts is a passion of mine.

Do you get involved in it as well?

I used to, I used to, but at this moment in time,

I am a bit too old, so I rather watch now.

There comes a point at which

you just don't want to be flung down on a mat any more, doesn't there?

That's true.

Stu, you're the high-scorers, so we need a low score from you here.

What are you going to go for

-on that board?

-Um...

I am going to go for

the second one down

and I am going to say probability.

Probability, says Stu. Let's see.

No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.

Let's see how far down the column we get with probability.

It is a good answer, Stu.

Well done, 22. APPLAUSE

The equal of our low score. 122 is your total.

Good answer. Famously, the probability of winning

the National Lottery is 13.9 million to one.

-But then lots of people win it, so...

-They do.

-..what is that all about?

-Interesting. Kerry.

-Welcome.

-Thank you.

-So, Common People.

-Absolutely.

Tell us what has happened with Common People.

When did you release it?

It went nationwide in cinemas last June.

-So, theatrical release, that is exciting.

-Yes.

-How many cinemas was it in?

-17 cinemas around the UK.

Did you show it around? Have you taken it to festivals and things?

Yeah, we had a year of travelling around festivals

and we were lucky enough to win some awards in the States

and in Canada, so that was lovely.

-But this is just the first, it is the first of many.

-Yes.

-Very exciting. You can build on all that.

-Yeah.

Congratulations to you.

You are on 44, so 77 or less is what you must score to stay with us.

Yeah, Round One I'm already having a Pointless wobble.

I knew them all and now

I'm trying to remember

which ones came into my head.

So, I think announce officially or

-publicly is proclaim.

-Proclaim.

Proclaim, says Kerry. Here's your red line.

If you get below that with 'proclaim', you are into Round Two.

How many people said proclaim?

-Oh!

-Very well done. Relief there for Kerry.

Down it goes.

Comfortably through - 27. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 71.

Another good answer.

The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, which is a symbol of

American independence, it is said to,

"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land."

-That's nice.

-That is nice.

It was one of the rallying cries of the anti-slavery movement.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Allison, welcome back to Pointless.

Now then, last time, we discovered that you have this wonderful

career of adjudicating musical performance.

What...? I mean, we didn't quite get to the nub of it.

What kind of musical performance is this?

-Are they exams that people are taking?

-Oh, no.

They are not an exam.

An examiner can give an assessment but can't communicate with

the children at all, whereas an adjudicator can teach

and talk and encourage and make, perhaps, helpful remarks.

PERHAPS helpful remarks, that's good.

Now, Allison, when you are not doing your adjudication,

-what do you like to get up to?

-Ah!

Well, my great delight

is in all my digital gadgets. I have them all.

A laptop, a smartphone, even a digital time piece.

A digital time...? You don't mean a smart watch, like one that then...?

-Yes, I do.

-Made by the famous...

There is only one company that makes them.

Allison has been very good at not mentioning the manufacturer

of all of these items she has talked about.

The ways she has worked around them all.

-We know what sort of watch it is.

-We know what she's talking about.

That is incredible, a watch that then sort of can synchronise...

Synchronise! Honestly... Really. That can download stuff, that can...

There is a word I am fishing for and I can't think what the hell it is.

-That can sync, is the word. Yeah, it can sync.

-It tells you what to do.

It keeps you on the straight and narrow.

It says, "Stop doing that and do that."

LAUGHTER

That is why I'll never have one of those watches.

-LAUGHTER Allison, you are on 22.

-Yes.

You can score 99 or less and still get through to the next round,

but I think you'll have no problem with this board.

The bottom one is a rather dear one to my heart.

I think I'll say programme.

Programme, says Allison. Here is your red line.

Couldn't be...couldn't be higher.

Let's see if you can get below that with programme.

Well done, Allison.

Takes your total up to 66.

Well played, Allison.

The American version of the word

loses the M-E on the end of it.

Cos on my phone, Allison... You'll be able to help me with this.

I am stuck on the US English keyboard.

So every time it autocorrects me, it autocorrects me to American.

-It's really annoying.

-I can't... I'll talk to you after the show

and you can show me how to get out of that.

But sometimes it just changes it without a by your leave, Richard.

I know it does. That's the problem. You'll tweet something

and you haven't realised it changed 'favourite'...

You know, put a Z instead of an S at the end. You know,

people think you are trying to be American, all-American and that.

Or you write 'its' and it just suddenly... Whoa!

It puts an apostrophe in.

Oh, dear. Thank you, Richard. Now, Ian, welcome back.

Ian, good to have you here. Remind us what you do.

I am a student sports and media coordinator.

Very good. Sports and media.

-And also sometime host of the 6pm slot on a Wednesday.

-That's correct.

On the local radio. What is your playlist?

-What do you like to....?

-Eurovision.

-Lots and lots of Eurovision.

-You surprised me there.

I thought you were going to say indie, grunge.

-It surprises a lot of people.

-But that is your passion, is it?

Eurovision is a massive passion, yes.

-Have you been to Eurovision?

-I went to it a few years ago in Malmo.

Right.

-Was it the time of your life?

-Yes, definitely.

Are you just waiting to go again? Where is it going to be next year?

Well, don't know the city.

It is going to be in Sweden again, possibly Malmo again.

Wouldn't that be incredible? Will you be there?

Perhaps if you win, you could...

-Probably not because of the newborn baby.

-The newborn baby, I see. OK.

Very good. It's not really like Glastonbury, is it?

I don't imagine many people turn up to Eurovision with

babies sort of strapped to them.

It is better than Glastonbury.

LAUGHTER

-It's over quicker.

-Let's say it is different to Glastonbury.

Yeah, there we go. OK, now, Ian, this board is all yours.

-Talk us through it.

-Top one, not going to go for that one,

but that is prod.

I have been spending ages trying to work out the next two down.

Not a clue. And a relentless succession of people or things,

I might have to go for it in the end, but I'm not 100% on it.

Go on, I am going to go for a relentless succession

of people or things and production.

OK. Now, a relentless succession of people or things - a production,

you are saying. Let's see if that is right. There is your red line.

Production.

Ian, I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. And it scores you 100 points

-and takes your total up to an unbeatable 178.

-Sorry, Ian.

Well done for going for it, though. It is a word you know.

They are all words you know. It is... Do you know that one?

-Well, I was going to say procession. But succession is in...

-Procession.

-Oh, it is procession, yeah.

-Procession.

Would have scored you 39 points as well. Would have seen you through.

The top one prod - of course it wouldn't have seen you

through cos it would have scored 73.

A statement or action expressing

disapproval or objection to something - protest.

43 points. Also would have seen you through.

And keep safe from harm or injury,

another very big scorer - protect.

Which would have scored of 87.

So the best answer on the board - probability.

Thank you very much. At the end of our first round,

the pair we are sending home with a high score of 178...

I'm sorry, Ian and Anisha, it is you. Lovely to have you back.

But I am afraid it has been a very short return to Pointless.

It has been lovely having you on the show. Thanks for playing.

-Ian and Anisha.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

And so we are down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Ben, hats off to you - propaganda, lovely low score.

Joint low score, in fact, with Stu.

But heroic work there, Stu.

You really helped Jo out there.

It is thanks to your low-scoring skills you are still here.

And Kerry and Stewart, welcome to Round Two.

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

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

who is going second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

It's not that bad, is it?

2015 Formula One drivers. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the names of any drivers who started

the 2015 Formula One season, please.

So any of the drivers who entered in the first race of the 2015

-Formula One season.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Ben, we come to you first.

OK, well, I don't actually watch Formula One.

So I am going to have to go for probably the most obvious one

that I know, because he's British.

I'm going to have to go for Lewis Hamilton.

A little buzz from the audience there. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Lewis Hamilton.

Yeah, it's a few. That's a few. 88.

APPLAUSE

-Yeah, Lewis Hamilton, he is a British racing driver.

-That's right.

-Formula One driver.

-He is quite good at it.

-He is very good.

-He is very fast.

-Very fast. Very fast.

-He is very good at driving.

He is a very good driver.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Stewart.

-Stewart. This, I'm guessing, isn't your dream round, is it?

-No.

So I shall go for another British guy who I think is still

-driving and say Jenson Button.

-Jenson Button, OK.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Jenson Button.

It's also right. And it scores less than Lewis. But not many less.

74 for Jenson Button.

Just some great play here(!)

-LAUGHTER

-It's interesting.

Sometimes with Formula One,

it's one of those categories that sometimes you get a group of

people who really know it and they get very, very low very quickly.

-Yeah.

-Today, not so much.

-Not so much.

-Not so much.

-Now, Jo.

-Hi.

-Jo.

LAUGHTER

-Jo, do you follow Formula One at all?

-Um...

Gosh, I follow sport, but I guess a bit. But I am not too keen.

Enough to have some ideas?

Well, it is going to

be nice to see the line go down for once, actually, three questions in.

I feel like I have got one that will actually make the board.

This is great news, music to Richard's ears.

I've got a couple of good ones, but I'm not going to gamble.

I'm just going to go for Nico Rosberg.

Nico Rosberg, says Jo.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right, taking you past the others.

Leave them in your dust.

28, well done.

APPLAUSE

That has got head-to-head written all over it, I'd say.

-28 for Nico Rosberg.

-Well played, Jo.

He lists his interests, Nico Rosberg, as chess,

-backgammon and karaoke.

-LAUGHTER

-That is an evening out, isn't it?

-Isn't it!

-Yeah.

Very cheap. Yeah, good.

Good. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, OK, we are halfway through. Let's look at those scores.

28 the best score of that pass.

Very well done, Jo and Stu.

I think they are going to be good on that far podium.

Then up to 74, where we find Stewart and Kerry.

Good luck with the next bit, Kerry.

And then up to 88, where we find Ben and Allison.

I think Allison, with all her gadgetry, she might surprise us.

Well, she certainly put herself playing second,

so I'm guessing she knows something.

She has got something up her sleeve, I'm sure.

Best of luck with that, Allison. We need a nice low score from you.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So now, Stu.

I said I thought you had a good answer up there.

And it looks like...

You still look like you have a good answer.

Come on, let's have it.

Pressure! I'm not going to be too cocky.

I've learnt from some of our mistakes in the first round.

I am going to go for Felipe Massa.

Felipe Massa, says Stu. Now, here is your red line.

You've got a nice high...middle-ish red line.

Felipe Massa. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right, and you are in the head-to-head.

Very well done indeed.

Still going down. 20 -

lowest score of the round so far.

48 is your total.

You can just tell on that final podium,

those two know better answers than the ones they've given.

-But very well played, safely through.

-Clever, good play.

-Now, Kerry. Here is the moment.

-Yes.

You looked genuinely unhappy when we said this was the category.

Well, Formula One maybe kind of ten years ago, I might be able

to name some of the drivers, but recent drivers, absolutely no idea.

-The two that I might have said have already gone.

-OK.

So I will either go for a driver who I know was driving a while ago

and hope he is still driving or make up some ludicrous name.

I know which I'd prefer.

LAUGHTER

Um...

Oh.

I'm going to go with somebody who I know who drove a while ago,

probably isn't doing it now, but Eddie Irvine.

That noise, the audience going, "Yes!"

Or make up a really funny name.

Eddie Irvine, OK. Well, listen, here is your red line.

There's only one way to find out. It is quite low,

but let's see if Eddie Irvine will get you over the line.

Sorry, Kerry,

that scores you 100 points, takes you up to 174.

You are not necessarily out of the game yet.

-That is all in Allison's hands. Richard.

-Sorry, Kerry.

Still drives, but not in Formula One for a long time, I'm afraid.

He just drives down to the park a bit, drives around.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Allison.

Allison, now we have the moment of truth.

You only... You have to score 85 or less.

If only those numbers 2015 hadn't been there and I could have

gone further back, and lovely people like Niki Lauda and James Hunt...

But no, alas.

I can't imagine why the name Nelson Piquet comes into my head,

but that is the only thing I have offer.

Nelson Piquet. Well, there was a murmur amongst the audience.

Again, that could mean one of two things.

LAUGHTER But here is your red line.

Nelson Piquet has to get you below that if you are going

to go through to the head-to-head. Best of luck, Allison.

How many people said Nelson Piquet? Is it right?

No. Bad luck, Allison.

Good guess, though.

But I'm afraid that is incorrect and scores you 100.

This is music to Kerry and Stewart's ears. But unfortunate.

Sorry, Allison.

Nelson Piquet was a wonderful Formula One driver in the '80s.

Brazilian. And Nelson Piquet Junior is also driver,

but not in Formula One in 2015, I'm afraid.

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

No pointless answers at all, which is

very impressive work from our 100.

So I will go down in order.

All of these would've scored single figures.

7 for Max Verstappen. 6 for Sergio Perez.

6 for Daniel Ricciardo.

6 for Romain Grosjean. 6 also for Valtteri Bottas.

You'd have got 5 for Pastor Maldonado.

4 for Nico Hulkenberg.

3 for Felipe Nasr. 2 for Will Stevens,

another British driver who started the 2015 season.

And 1 point is the best you can do.

There are three answers that scored 1 point -

Marcus Ericsson, Carlos Sainz and Roberto Merhi.

Well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the top three.

There are some familiar names on this.

And then we've heard these two.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

with a high score of 188...

I'm so sorry, Allison and Ben, it is you. We have to say goodbye.

But it has been wonderful having you on the show. Thank you so much.

Great answers from you across the two shows.

But, yeah, great contestants. Thanks so much.

Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Jo and Stu, Kerry and Stewart.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands still at £1,000.

Well, you know what the story is.

This is where you start playing as teams.

First pair to win two questions gets a chance to play for that jackpot.

Well, Jo and Stu, low-scoring pair all the way through.

You were Round One departers last time.

Ho-ho! How the tables have turned.

Stu, individually, our lowest scorer in each round.

So, Kerry and Stewart, that is what you are up against.

And a slightly lucky break there.

-At the end. Yeah.

-Slightly.

-Nelson Piquet...

You owe him one is all I am saying. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Alliterative band names, Richard.

We will show you five images now of bands or groups that have

alliterative names.

Can you name the most obscure? Good luck.

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

There we go. Five bands with alliterative names.

Jo and Stu, you have been our lowest scorers throughout the show,

so you will go first.

Feel free to confer.

THEY WHISPER

We are going to go for D.

We are going to say Shakespeares Sister.

Shakespeares Sister, say Jo and Stu.

Now then, Kerry and Stewart, talk us through the board.

So A is Take That.

B we can't get.

C is Culture Club.

And E is Beastie Boys.

So I think we are going to have

to go with E, Beastie Boys.

OK, Beastie Boys.

So we have Shakespeares Sister versus Beastie Boys.

Jo and Stu said Shakespeares Sister. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

Good answer for D.

Oh, 32.

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Surprisingly high score, actually,

for Shakespeares Sister there, but 32.

I suppose it is a very recognisable look, that, isn't it?

Now, Kerry and Stewart meanwhile have gone for the Beastie Boys for E.

Let's see if that is right.

Let's see how many people said the Beastie Boys.

It's right.

It has got to beat 32.

Which it has. Look at that,

Beastie Boys, surprise result there.

Beastie Boys scoring 15, which means, Kerry and Stewart,

you have broken it.

So after one question, you are up 1-nil.

Yeah, you were forced into it,

but it was the best one to go for in the end.

There is an answer up there that would have beaten Beastie Boys.

Take That wouldn't have beaten Beastie Boys,

but obviously that is them in A.

C, let's go to C. That is Culture Club, of course.

-Very well done anyone at home who said B.

-Franz Ferdinand.

Franz Ferdinand.

Well done if you said that at home.

Here comes your second question. Now then,

Jo and Stu, you have to break back here.

That is the only way you can stay in the game.

But Kerry and Stewart get to answer first. Best of luck. It concerns...

LAUGHTER Popular sandwich fillings. Richard.

We're going to show you five anagrams now

of popular sandwich fillings.

Can you unscramble the most obscure of these?

OK, let's reveal our five popular sandwich fillings, and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Kerry and Stewart, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

-Oh, is it?

-Mm-hm.

We will just have to go for that.

There is only one we can figure out, I think it is

probably the easiest, which is incite raccoon honk.

Coronation chicken.

Coronation chicken, say Kerry and Stewart.

Now, Jo and Stu, what are you going to go for?

We are going to go for number four, cheese and pickle.

Cheese and pickle. Chance deli peeks.

So, we have coronation chicken and we have cheese and pickle.

In the order they were given, Kerry and Stewart said coronation

chicken for incite raccoon honk. Let's see if that's right.

How many people said coronation chicken?

It's right.

-That's low, look at that.

-5! Oh, my God!

There we go. 5 for coronation chicken.

Jo and Stu, meanwhile, said cheese and pickle for chance deli peeks.

Let's see if that is right. How many people said cheese and pickle?

This has to go... Oh.

Ooooh... 44.

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44, that seems really harsh, but there we are. 44.

Which means, Kerry and Stewart, after only two questions,

you are through to the final 2-nil.

Yes, if you could only work out one of them,

it was a good one to work out.

There is only one answer that would have beaten it -

the top one. I will leave that for a moment.

The second one? Do you know the second one?

-Ham and mustard.

-Ham and mustard.

The bottom one?

It is the most popular sandwich filling in Britain,

according to a 2013 poll, the bottom one.

-Egg mayonnaise.

-Oh, yes!

And the top one is the best answer on the board - 2 points.

It is a fish and a vegetable.

-Oh, yes! Tuna and sweetcorn, there we go.

-Tuna and sweetcorn.

2 points if you said that.

There we go.

Lovely. Thanks very much. Oh, actually, really lovely. Mm!

LAUGHTER Thank you very much.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, Jo and Stu.

Two surprising results there, I have to say.

You have been incredibly unlucky there.

I mean, really good answering across the show today,

so I'm very sorry to say goodbye to you now.

But brilliant contestants. Jo and Stu.

But for Kerry and Stewart, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Kerry and Stewart, many congratulations.

You have seen off all the competition with comparative ease,

I thought, in that last round.

And have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands still at £1,000.

There we are. Well, you weathered Round Two.

That wasn't easy.

But you have done pretty well other than that.

Two really good answers in that head-to-head round.

-What do you want to see come up in this last...?

-Film?

LAUGHTER

-Theatre, maybe.

-Pop music.

-Yeah.

OK. Well, as you know, you get to choose your category from the four

on the board. Let's see what is up there today.

-Um... Do we go cult...?

-It is going to have to be. Cult indie films.

-OK.

-Richard.

-OK, we're looking for the name of any actor credited

in appearing in any of the following films, please, according to IMDb.

We are looking for anyone credited for Lost In Translation, 2003.

Anyone who acted in The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001.

Or anyone who acted in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, 2004.

Perfect category for some people. Hope it is for you.

Very best of luck.

OK, now, as always,

you have a minute to come up with three answers.

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

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Lost In Translation, I only know the obvious.

-Bill Murray and...

-Yep.

-Scarlett Johansson, so forget that.

Eternal Sunshine, is that Kirsten Dunst?

-Kirsten Dunst, I was thinking that.

-Is it Mark Ruffalo that

-she is dancing around the room with?

-Oh, yeah!

Mark Ruffalo, that sounds good.

And the other... Obviously, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey,

-too big. Oh, Elijah Wood. Elijah Wood is in it.

-In what?

Eternal Sunshine. Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst.

Royal Tenenbaums, Gene Hackman.

Gwyneth Paltrow.

-And Anjelica Huston.

-All right.

Uh...

Uh...

Um...

Who...who...who has the dream factory in Eternal Sunshine?

Ed Harris? No, that's...

-Um...

-Um...

-Anjelica Huston might be good.

-Ten seconds left.

-So Anjelica Huston, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood?

-Elijah Wood.

-Who was the other one?

-Mark Ruffalo.

-Mark Ruffalo.

I don't think that is right.

-I think everyone will remember those.

-You think so?

-I'm so sorry.

What three answers are you going to go for?

-So Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Kirsten Dunst.

-Kirsten Dunst.

-Elijah Wood?

-Elijah Wood.

-Elijah Wood.

And then do you want to go for Mark Ruffalo or Anjelica Huston?

Let's go Anjelica Huston and Royal Tenenbaums.

-Yes, Anjelica Huston.

-Anjelica Huston.

Of those three, which is your best shot?

They like this in a row where we are right.

So let's go Elijah Wood.

Elijah Wood, we will put him last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Anjelica Huston.

-Anjelica Huston we will put first.

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

And here they are.

Three very good answers up there on the board.

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

What would you do with your £1,000, Kerry?

I think travelling, possibly either a weekend break in Venice.

Or I've always fancied Dubrovnik as well,

-so one of those two.

-Oh, it's beautiful.

-Yeah. Preferably.

-Stewart?

Well, I'd be travelling with Kerry

and I think we'd like to donate some to a cancer charity that

recently took care of my mother very beautifully.

We'd like to give some back to them as well.

OK, very good. Your first answer was Anjelica Huston.

In this case, we were looking at The Royal Tenenbaums,

the cast members of that. If it is pointless, it wins you £1,000.

How many people said Anjelica Huston?

Please, can it be pointless?

It's right.

Always a useful thing in these circumstances.

Down it goes through the 40s, through the 30s,

into the 20s. Still going down.

Are we going to go to single figures?

Yes, we are. Still going down.

6, there we go.

6 for Anjelica Huston. A great answer. A lovely low score.

Alas, not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second of three answers was Kirsten Dunst.

In this case, we were looking for cast members of

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

It has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win.

So for £1,000, Let's see how many people said Kirsten Dunst.

It's right.

Well, Anjelica Huston, your least confident answer,

took us down to 6.

Kirsten Dunst takes us down through the teens,

into single figures. Passes 6.

Still going down...

-You've done it!

-Yes!

-Very well done!

Well done! That's brilliant. Absolutely fantastic.

Superb.

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Very well done. Congratulations. Kirsten Dunst, a pointless answer,

which means you take home that jackpot of £1,000.

You can go to Venice.

You can contribute to the cancer charity.

Very, very well played. Great end to the show.

Terrific, very well played. Also the first British film-makers

to make any money out of an indie film.

-LAUGHTER

-Congratulations.

Elijah Wood would have scored you three points.

Three points. So Kirsten Dunst, a great answer.

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

You said virtually every single scoring answer.

You obviously know these films.

We'll start with Lost In Translation.

The only scorers there were Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.

As you suspected.

On to Royal Tenenbaums, which is a great film if you haven't seen it.

Everyone in that film apart from Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller,

Gwyneth Paltrow and Anjelica Huston, oh, and Luke Wilson and Bill Murray.

Those were the only scoring answers in that one.

And Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

The only scorers there - Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood,

of course, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Wilkinson.

So very, very well played in the studio.

Very well done at home if you got one of those answers as well.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Kerry and Stewart,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

Thank you.

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Join us next time when we will be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye.