Episode 41 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name is Andy and this is one of my best friends, Joe,

and we are from London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Scott from Essex and this is my friend Becki from Leeds.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Barrie from Bolton.

This is my partner Linda from Bootle.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Emma and this is my husband David

and we are both from Darlington.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

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

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

a man so clever he knows who let the dogs out.

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

-Hiya.

Hey, everybody. Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-How are you?

-I will never tell who let the dogs out.

-No.

-I promised I wouldn't.

-You wouldn't.

But you would not believe it! Not kidding you.

Now, I'm slightly worried about today's show.

-Yes.

-I'm slightly worried about some of our teams today.

I'm worried about Scott and Becki, podium two,

-cos they were with us last time and joined the 200 club.

-Yes.

Don't want to see any more of that today, Scott and Becki.

I'm worried about Barrie from Bolton just cos he looks like trouble.

He's got trouble written all over him, hasn't he?

And I'm worried on podium one because Andy, you may know,

-went to my old school.

-Ohh.

Warden Park comprehensive down in Sussex.

Now, we've had two teams who have come on this show

have been to my school before.

The first team came on and got knocked out in the first

round in the first show

and then on the second show, they got knocked out in the first round.

Now, we had another pair come on from my school,

in the first show, they got knocked out on the first round.

But the second show, they got knocked out

in the first round as well.

So, you know, I fear about them as well.

The only good news we have are Emma and David who were lovely last time.

Did very well last time.

That's the only ray of sanity I think we have on today's show.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Ian and Sam didn't win the jackpot last time

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot, the biggest we've had for a while is...

There we are! You see?

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

So here's the only rule.

The only rule you have to remember - the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated, so keep your scores down.

Best of luck. Our first category today is...

It's Famous People.

Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first,

who is going to go second?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

HE LAUGHS

Oh, come on! Come on, everybody.

We've got someone from my old school here,

-don't embarrass me in front of them.

-Famous Rogers, Richard.

Yeah, last-minute change on what this round is actually about.

We are actually going to show you seven clues on each pass to

famous people known by the name Roger.

Just have to give us the most obscure answer, please.

There's going to be seven on the first pass, seven on the second,

14 Rogers to have a go in at home.

Good luck.

LAUGHTER

-Come on! Really?

-Really?

OK. Here's our first board of Rogers. And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

-Andy, a very warm welcome here.

-Thank you very much.

What do you do, Andy?

I am a producer for a creative agency,

so we make websites and magazines and do branding and stuff.

-That sounds quite fun.

-It is really fun.

And I'm actually lucky enough to work with some of my best

friends, so, yeah.

Did you bring the friends in or did they bring you in or did

you start the creative agency yourself?

Well, actually, it was the CEO of the company, Danny,

he started it himself and eight...

eight or nine years ago, along with some friends,

and together, it's grown and grown.

And, yeah, I started working there about four years ago.

Very good indeed.

-Which region of London are you based in?

-I'm from Shoreditch.

-I was hoping you're going to say that. Of course.

-Yeah.

-I live and work there.

-You live and work...

-You live and breathe Shoreditch.

-It's in my blood.

It's in your blood. Now, Andy, how do you find this board of Rogers?

So, I think I'm going to go

with Only Fools And Horses,

-which I believe is Roger Lloyd Pack.

-Roger Lloyd Pack says Andy.

Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Roger Lloyd Pack.

It's right.

Still going down. Still going down.

Look at that, 20. Well done, Andy.

I think that's great.

Good start to the show.

Great answer, Andy. Very well played.

You are in serious danger of being the first person ever

-from Warden Park in the second round.

-Don't tempt fate, Richard.

No, I'm just saying at the moment, it looks good.

It's the best answer we've ever had from someone who went to our school.

-I'll take it.

-That's good.

-Yeah.

That is good. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Becki, welcome back.

We discovered last time you are a criminologist.

What are your great hobbies? What are the things that excite you?

-Walking and I also foster dogs as well.

-How many dogs have you got?

None at the moment because the last few that we've had have not

-been great with the two cats that I've got.

-Ah.

But hopefully we'll be getting some soon.

-How quickly do you discover how well they get on with cats?

-Erm...

-Not quickly enough, for the cats, unfortunately.

-I was going to say.

Cos they might settle down and get on like a house on fire. You never know.

-I think I do.

-You think you do?

-I don't think they will.

-Yeah.

OK. Right, what are you going to go for? Which of the board of Rogers?

I only know one and it's probably

going to be quite a high-scorer

so I'm going to go with the

James Bond one and say Roger Moore.

OK. Roger Moore says Becki. Brave. Let's see if it's right.

It is right.

Ooh, 72.

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-72. Roger Moore, Richard.

-Yeah, Roger Moore, of course.

-Played James Bond in seven films, you know.

-Yeah, did he?

-Yeah.

What about that.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Barrie. Barrie.

-Hi.

-Welcome here from Bolton.

-Yes.

-Now, you and Linda are a couple.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-I'm going to ask a very indiscreet question here, but you...

Linda is from Bootle.

-Yes.

-And you are from Bolton. You maintain your coupledom at a remove?

We commute.

ALL LAUGH

Yeah, you commute.

I'm retired and Linda can technically retire

later on this year.

I see. And what do you do with your retirement?

-Oh, it's crown green bowls, me. Crown green bowls.

-Very good.

-Excellent. Are you a nifty crown green bowler?

-Oh, yeah.

-I play for seven teams.

-Seven teams?

I'm the away captain for the Bolton team.

I'm an auditor for two teams, president of a league

and I run a league.

-That's not retirement, Barrie!

-No.

-And I'm missing a match today.

-Oh! Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry we're keeping you away(!)

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

Well, I've had a look,

there's too many Rogers knocking about for me, but...

I used to do a lot of running at one time

so I'd like to go for knighted British runner, Roger Bannister.

Roger Bannister says Barrie. Roger Bannister.

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

It's right. Well, 72 is our high score.

-You passed it... 59.

-Ooh!

..for Roger Bannister.

Well played, Barrie.

Yeah, famously ran the first sub-four-minute mile,

but was he any good at crown green bowls?

-I don't think so.

-No-oh-oh.

Now then. Emma, welcome back.

-Now, it was Round Two we said goodbye to you last time.

-Yeah.

-You've got to be hoping to go further than that.

-Yeah.

Remind us what you do, Emma.

I work in student loans,

dealing with all the university applications and things like that.

Very good. And what do you like getting up to up there in Darlington?

I like to read.

I'm quite into a Stephen King at the minute.

I like... I've got two dogs that takes a lot of time up and, yeah.

Very good. Now, listen, Emma, you're the last person to have this board,

so if you wanted, you could

take us through all of those Rogers that are as yet unspoken for.

I only know two and they've gone, so I'm going to have to guess.

There's only another Roger I think I know and it's Roger Federer. So...

AUDIENCE CHUCKLES

The Cameroon footballer.

LAUGHTER

-Is that what you want to give as your answer?

-Yeah.

For the Cameroon footballer, Roger Federer.

Let's see how we do with that.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Emma. I'm afraid not Roger Federer.

That scores you 100 points. You are not way out in front, though.

Emma, do you remember at the very start of the show I said

I was worried about all the podiums apart from yours?

Now look what you've done.

The Cameroon footballer was Roger Milla.

Known for the dance with the corner flag. 14 points for that.

Now, let's look at the... Actually, it's hard ones that are left.

-The singer-songwriter is one that people might know.

-Roger Whittaker.

Roger Whittaker. My mum's favourite, Roger Whittaker.

Would have scored you 32 points.

Now, the actor - Doctor Who fans will know this. It's Roger Delgado.

8 points for that. Now, the bottom one.

When that came up, I thought, "That's obvious,

"that's David Niven." And I thought, "Oh, hold on."

-Hang on.

-"He's not called Roger."

-Exactly.

It's Roger Livesey.

Is the answer to that. Would have scored you 5 points.

The best answer on the board.

Thanks, Richard. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Andy, exemplary start to the round.

Look at that, Andy and Joe looking very strong at this point.

Then we travel up to 59, quite a hike,

but Barrie and Linda, that is where you are.

Up to 72, Becki and Scott.

Not too bad. Now, Emma and Dave.

Now, Dave, you get the first choice of the next board

so find a really nice low score.

And let's hope that keeps you in so we can see

you beyond the second round this time.

We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. We'll put seven more Rogers up on the board and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Dave, there we are. Welcome back to Pointless.

Remind us what you do, Dave.

-I work for a telecommunications company.

-That's right.

-And your hobbies, Dave?

-Football when I can, travelling as much as I can.

I like doing a bit of drawing as well when I get the chance as well.

-That's good. What sort of drawing do you do?

-Anything really.

I do like if I can do a portrait of somebody or something like that,

I tend to lean towards that.

But I'll draw anything.

-Cartoons, caricatures, things like that?

-More still life.

-More still life.

-Still life, OK.

-More serious.

OK. Now, Dave, what are you going to go for?

It has to be a low scorer, David.

We can't say goodbye to you at the end of this round.

Erm...I'll have to take a bit of a risk

and I will go for the bottom one.

And I'll go for Roger Daltrey.

-Roger Daltrey...

-For The Who, yeah.

-..says Dave.

No red line as you're the high-scorers at the moment,

but let's see how many people said Roger Daltrey.

50.

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50 takes your total up to 150.

Yeah, Roger Daltrey, he lives on the next street along from me,

Roger Daltrey. And all the local cabbies say he's very nice.

I bet. Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then. Linda.

-Linda, welcome here from Bootle.

-Thank you.

So, what do you do that you're going to retire from fairly shortly?

I'm what is known as a selling champ in work.

So basically I'm a meeter and greeter as you come into the store

I work in.

I have a microphone and I let people know what is on offer that day

and the production lines.

So I help out as well anybody who has any difficulties

whatsoever in choosing anything.

I take them to the aisle.

Say, "Is what you prefer? Is that what you prefer?"

I've noticed you're still holding the microphone there.

-Well, yes. It's a force of habit.

-THEY LAUGH

I'm getting a bit of feedback on that, Linda.

Now, Linda, you have to score 90 or less. I think you can do that.

Well, I know the one for Nookie Bear.

I can see his face but I can't think

of his second name, unfortunately.

So, I'm just going to have to take

a punt at Roger Savage.

OK, Roger Savage. Here is your red line.

It's nice and high but you have to get below it.

Let's see how many people said Roger Savage. Is it right?

Ooh, I'm sorry, Linda. Not Roger Savage as it turns out.

The round is not yet over so let's not get too upset,

but 159 is your total.

Yes, sorry Linda.

I think Roger Savage is character in the Fifty Shades books, I'm afraid.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard. Scott, welcome back.

Now then, what do you do, Scott?

-I'm a portfolio manager for a wealth management company.

-That's right.

And what are your hobbies, Scott?

I'm big into my sport, especially football.

Had a season-ticket at West Ham about 12 years.

-But I had to give it up.

-You had to give it up?

-I had to give it up.

My wife gave birth to our daughter not too long ago

-so I made the sacrifice.

-She said that's it.

-That was it for the season tickets.

-That was it, season ticket.

-Got to be a dad now.

-Well, no, but part of your dad duties,

though, is then she's got to be brought up in the way of West Ham.

-Absolutely.

-Man U straight back there.

All that screaming and crying and puking, and then you have a child!

LAUGHTER

So, Scott. You are on 72, you have to score 86 or less.

So, I think I'm going to go for the top answer.

-Mr Men series is by Roger Hargreaves.

-Roger Hargreaves.

OK, I'll be interested to see how far down the column

you get with that.

Very popular series. But there is your red line.

It's right and you've done it. You're through.

Oh, it's a great answer. Look at that.

You didn't need to worry on this score of Roger Hargreaves.

28 is your score. That takes your total up to 100.

Well played, Scott. So much better than last time, isn't it?

Terrific stuff. Also created the Little Miss series of books as well.

Indeed. Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Joe.

-Hi.

-Welcome. What do you do, Joe?

I am deputy editor of a woman's real life monthly magazine.

-A real life magazine?

-Yeah.

-What's a real life magazine?

It's lots of stories, kind of like scandalous,

salacious stories about kind of, you know, women who have lost

a lot of weight or been conned by their kind of love rat husbands.

That just sounds amazing.

Joe, so how do you get hold of your scandalous stories?

Just a mixture, really.

People write in sometimes with them

and sometimes scouring through Internet forums.

-OK, so you never actually go and meet them?

-Sometimes we do, yeah.

Joe, what do you make of Barrie and Linda,

this whole thing of living apart and...

You've got a story there, yeah.

The Bootle and Bolton thing, something is up.

Bootle, Bolton thing, yeah. That's an interesting story.

Now, the great news is you are already through.

-It doesn't matter what you score.

-Thank you, Andy.

Talk us through this board and see

if you can name any of those other Rogers.

The only one I really knew was the Mr Man author,

so I'm going to go with the Swiss tennis player and say Roger Federer.

Roger Federer. OK, well, there we are. Roger Federer.

No red line, you're through.

Let's see how many people said Roger Federer.

It's right.

79. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 99.

It's been sort of a haunting presence across the whole round,

Roger Federer, hasn't he? One way or another. Finally revealed.

79 points. Now, the best answer is the MP.

-It's Roger Allam.

-Roger Allam, the wonderful Roger Allam.

You'd totally recognise him, his voice is extraordinary.

4 points for that.

-The drummer in Duran Duran?

-Roger Taylor.

One of the many Roger Taylors, yup.

Would have scored you 15.

Now, the ventriloquist whose face you could see. Roger De Courcy.

If you said that, 21 points.

-And the philosopher, scientist and Franciscan friar?

-Roger Bacon.

Roger Bacon. That's a great name for a friar.

LAUGHTER

Would have scored you 6 points.

So, Roger Allum the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

with their high score of 159,

I'm so sorry, Linda and Barrie.

We will see you again next time

and we are already looking forward to that.

But meantime, thanks very much indeed. Linda and Barrie!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

And so the three pairs remain. But well done, all three of you.

That was a very, very close round. Very closely fought.

-Well done to Andy for the lowest individual score.

-Thank you.

Andy and Joe are the lowest combined score.

But then Scott and Becki, you're only one point ahead of them.

And then you aren't that far ahead either, Emma and Dave.

So, yes, I think this will be very exciting.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today...

It's Academy Awards.

Can you all decide in 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. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Films nominated at the 2015 awards ceremony.

Yep, we are looking for the name of any film nominated in any

category at all at the 2015 Academy Award ceremony,

the Oscars ceremony.

So, any film nominated for any acting award, any film award,

any short film, any documentary, animated film,

all that kind of stuff.

Any film nominated for any category in those 2015 Oscar awards.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Andy.

-Alexander. Hi.

-Andy. How are you feeling about this?

I believe that the winner of the Best International Film was

a film called Eda, or Ida, I'm not sure how it's pronounced.

-Eda or Ida, we'll accept 'ei-da'

-I-D-A, I think.

Let's see... LAUGHTER

..how many of our 100 people thought of that.

It's right.

Andy, that has the ring of a low score about it.

Sure enough, look at that! Very well done indeed.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It's pointless.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £4,250.

It scores you nothing. Very, very well done indeed.

Brilliant answer. Very well played, Andy.

As you say, it won the Best Foreign Language Film.

Are you absolutely sure you went to Warden Park?

-LAUGHTER

-I'm going to need to see some records somewhere.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Becki.

I don't even know this is the name of a film. Child 44.

Child 44 says Becki. OK, let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Child 44.

Bad luck, Becki.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, a book has been filmed as well

but not nominated for any Oscars, I'm afraid.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Emma.

Erm, I'm just going to have a guess at Fifty Shades of Grey.

Fifty Shades of Grey says Emma. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said it if it is.

Ooh, bad luck, Emma.

Another maximum score there of 100.

Yeah, again, that's been a book and they filmed it.

-I don't know if you know that.

-Yes.

-But weirdly untroubled, the Oscars, no, in 2015.

-No.

OK. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. It's very close.

LAUGHTER

In some...departments. Anyway, Andy, very well done. Fantastic.

-Thanks.

-Eda, Ida, there we are.

Andy and Joe looking pretty strong at this point I would say.

Then, yes, we have Emma and Dave and Becki and Scott tied on 100.

So, Dave and Scott, it is between the pair of you. Let's have...

Please, let's have some good answers on this next pass or else

we will go into the state of lockdown.

I need hardly say any more on that subject.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Dave, remember, we are looking for any film that received any

kind of nomination in the 2015 Oscars ceremony.

All right.

OK, it's been a while since I've been able to get to the

pictures, so... I think this might have been one.

I'll have a crack at The Imitation Game.

The Imitation Game says Dave.

Scott's doing the traditional dance of someone who's just

had their best answer nicked. The Imitation Game, let's see...

No red line for you as you are the joint high-scorers.

Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Not bad. 21.

121 is your total.

Good answer, David.

Nominated for eight awards including Benedict Cumberbatch

for Best Actor

and won one which was for Best Adapted Screenplay.

-Thanks, Richard. Now then, Scott, there we are. You have a target.

-Yes.

We need 20 or less from you, otherwise it is farewell.

I know there was a film about Stephen Hawking,

I'm just trying to remember what it's called.

I think it was called The Theory Of Everything.

That is going to be your answer, The Theory Of Everything.

Here is your red line.

Let's see if The Theory Of Everything can do as well for you,

compared to The Imitation Game as it did for Eddie Redmayne.

Oh, dear. Bad luck.

30 for The Theory Of Everything.

Takes your total up to 130.

And that was nominated for five Oscars.

Also won one, obviously, for Eddie Redmayne as Best Actor.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Joe, great news.

It doesn't matter what you score, you will go through anyhow.

-But, let's just see if you can do as well as Andy.

-All right.

But see if you can do better. ANDY LAUGHS

I've been very lucky. I'm not that strong on film, I must admit.

But I think I remember seeing Julianne Moore was

nominated for an Oscar for Still Alice.

Still Alice says Joe. No red line, you are already through.

Let's see how many people said Still Alice.

It's right.

It also has a ring of a low score about it.

And it sure enough has.

There we are. 2 for Still Alice. Taking your total up to 2.

Well played, Joe.

Yes, she won Best Actress Oscar for her role in Still Alice.

Now, let's take you through some of the pointless answers.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

and Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes both nominated for visual effects.

Maleficent was nominated for costume.

Mr Turner nominated for four Oscars.

Nightcrawler, that was nominated for Best Screenplay.

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya was nominated for Best Animated Film.

Virunga, which is a documentary, nominated for Best Documentary.

Wild, nominations for Laura Dern

and Reese Witherspoon for acting awards for that.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past also nominated for Best Visual Effects.

Let's take a look at the top three.

A couple of familiar films in here.

The Imitation Game, 21.

Birdman would have scored you 26.

And The Theory Of Everything,

actually the biggest answer of all on 30.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid that pair we are

saying our final goodbye to, it's Scott and Becki.

I'm so sorry. That was a tough round for you.

Yes, Child 44, Becki, an unfortunate answer.

But, I mean, it is a book, it is a film.

Yeah, just an incorrect answer. I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you

but thanks very much for playing, Scott and Becki.

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

Very well done, Andy and Joe, Emma and Dave.

You are now one step closer to the final

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you know what happens now.

You can start playing as teams,

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

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

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

2015 Formula 1 Drivers. Richard.

I'll show you five pictures now of people who

competed in the 2015 Formula 1 championship.

Can you identify the most obscure?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five Formula 1 drivers.

And here they are.

There we are. Five Formula 1 drivers from the 2015 season.

Now, Andy and Joe, you've been our low-scorers so far

so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER INAUDIBLY

We'd like to go with A,

and we think that's Jenson Button.

A, Jenson Button say Andy and Joe.

Now then, Emma and Dave, the board is all yours. Talk us through it.

I'd love to. Don't watch Formula 1.

E is, well, that's obviously going to be higher than

Jenson Button, I would've thought, is Lewis Hamilton.

We'll have a guess at C at Nico Rosberg.

You're going to say Nico Rosberg for C.

So, we have Jenson Button and we have Nico Rosberg.

Andy and Joe said Jenson Button for A.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Jenson Button.

That's right. Where's it going to stop?

65. APPLAUSE

65. Emma and Dave have said Nico Rosberg for C.

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

But is it right is the crucial question.

It is right.

It is Nico Rosberg and it wins you the point.

Look at that.

Very well done indeed. 13.

Which means, Emma and Dave, you've nicked it after one question.

You are up one-nil.

That's a stroke of luck, isn't it?

Very nice, Nico Rosberg.

I think the five of them together, they look like Coldplay.

LAUGHING: Yeah, they do!

B, lead singer of Coldplay is Sebastian Vettel.

Would have scored you 19.

D, the drummer of Coldplay,

that is Romain Grosjean.

Very well done if you said him. 2 points.

And E, it is the biggest scorer of all as you expected.

Lewis Hamilton beats Jenson Button,

would have scored you 73 points.

There we are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, here comes your second question.

Emma and Dave get to answer it first, but Andy and Joe,

you have to win this one to stay in the game, so good luck.

It concerns...

Exotic Islands. Richard.

I'll show you the names of five islands from around the world now,

but we've missed out alternate letters. Can you fill in the gaps?

OK. Let's reveal our five exotic islands, and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Emma and Dave will go first this time.

(I think the first one could be Phuket.)

-(The second would be Hawaii.

-Yeah.)

(I don't know any of the others, do you?)

-(No. Go with the top one then.)

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

All right, we think the first one is Phuket.

OK, Phuket or 'Pooket', say Emma and Dave.

Now then, Andy and Joe, do you want to talk us through the other ones?

Well, obviously, number two is Hawaii.

But we are not going to go for that one.

I think that the fourth one down,

Malaysia, is Penang.

Penang say Andy and Joe. Penang. So, we have Phuket and Penang.

Emma and Dave said Phuket.

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

It is right.

66 for Phuket.

Andy and Joe, meanwhile, have said Penang.

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

It is right.

And it wins it back for you. Well done.

43 for Penang.

Which means after two questions, it is one-all.

Well played, Andy and Joe. You did well to avoid Hawaii as well.

It's a huge scorer. 96 points for Hawaii.

The best answer on the board is this next one down,

it is La Digue.

La Digue in the Seychelles. Would have scored you 5 points.

And you could just about guess the bottom one.

You can fill in the gaps.

It's Boa Vista.

Boa Vista in the Cabo Verde islands. 10 points for that.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, here comes your third and final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot, so best of luck to both pairs.

It concerns...

Words That Are Palindromes, Richard.

Yeah, five clues now, two answers which are spelt the same

way forwards as they are backwards.

The team that gives us

the most obscure answer is going through to play for the jackpot.

Very best of luck.

Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five palindrome clues.

And here they are...

ALEXANDER REPEATS CLUES

So, Andy and Joe will go first this time.

-This is tricky.

-Yeah.

-Erm...

-I think we are going to go with the third one down.

-Yeah.

And say civic.

Civic say Andy and Joe. Civic.

So, Emma and Dave, that board is all yours.

Er...

Yeah, that's the one I was going to go for.

Well, I think it's going to be ours, so good luck.

We'll go with the female sheep and that will be ewe.

OK, you're going to go for ewe.

OK, ewe. We have civic and we have ewe. Andy and Joe said civic.

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

It's right.

Well done. Civic, 17.

APPLAUSE

Emma and David have gone for ewe, female sheep.

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

Ooh. 89.

Very well done, Andy and Joe.

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

Yeah, there is an answer out there

that would have beaten civic as well.

It is not the fourth one down, that is refer.

It would have scored you 28 points.

It's not the top one. Of course, it's gig.

And that would have scored you 68. It is the second one down.

-Peep?

-Peep is the answer.

-It is peep!

-Yep.

That would have scored you 12 points.

There we go. OK, thanks very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm sorry,

Emma and Dave, it is you.

But two very good shows we've had from you

and great to have you in the head-to-head round for this show.

This is where we say goodbye. Thanks so much for playing.

-Emma and Dave.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Andy and Joe, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Well, there's no arguing with that, Andy and Joe.

You've 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...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, it's worth bearing in mind that £250 of that jackpot came from you.

So, there we are, and in-play pointless answer.

We haven't had one of those for a while, with Ida, in Round Two.

What would be lovely to round it off for you?

Anything you particularly like to see come up?

-Pop music.

-Yeah, obscure pop music from the early noughties...

-Late

-'90s. ..would be great.

-OK.

Well, let's see what today's choices are.

There might be something up there you like the look of. Let's hope so.

We've got...

Still, we've got The Lake District.

LAUGHTER

-Erm, what do you think, Joe?

-Cats.

-It could be famous cats in movies or something.

-Yeah, cats.

-Oh, no.

If it's that though, I don't know anything. Erm...

-Should we just go with...?

-No, you go, you say one, two, three, go.

-Cats. No.

-No.

-Let's go Mercury. Let's go Mercury.

Mercury, we'll go Mercury.

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

That is how committees should be done, you see? It's fantastic.

Right, so, you're going to go for Mercury.

Yeah, Mercury, it is. Richard.

Three very different questions here. Let's take a look.

We are looking for any of the 32 period 6 elements

on the periodic table.

We are looking for...

All the craters on Mercury are named after composers.

Or we are looking for...

All his greatest hits outside Queen.

So, any period 6 elements on the periodic table,

composers with the craters on Mercury named after them it,

or tracks on Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs.

The whole of Warden Park is behind you. Very, very best of luck.

All right, now, as always you've got up to one minute to come up

with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot - £4,250, let us not forget -

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

As we'll ever be.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-I don't know.

-So, Freddie Mercury songs, my dad would kill me,

but I think that he did a duet with someone. It was called Barcelona.

-Yeah. We could go for that.

-That was quite good/obscure.

-Is it obscure?

-I don't think it's that obscure to be honest.

-And then let's just take a punt...

-At the periodic...

-..on the periodic table, with, like, really random elements.

-OK.

I'm guessing it must be the same. OK, yeah.

-On the same thing as Mercury.

-Yeah.

I think... Maybe it's a neon gas? I don't know.

-OK, we're running out of time.

-What should we go for that one?

So, let's go with just the most obscure elements

I can think of, which are Californium.

-Yeah, let's do that.

-And caesium.

-OK, yeah.

I think it's worth a punt, isn't it? And then...

Unless we just want to go for a weird composer for the...

-OK, OK.

-Do you know any?

-No.

-Or do we know any more Freddie Mercury songs?

-No, I don't.

-So I think we just have to go with what you said.

-OK.

OK, that's your time up. Let's have your three answers.

-We're going to go with caesium...

-Caesium.

-..for the elements on the periodic table.

-Yeah.

-Californium.

Californium. Why not?

-And Barcelona.

-And Barcelona.

-For the Freddie Mercury song.

-OK.

Now, of those three, which is

-your best shot at a pointless answer do you think?

-Barcelona?

Maybe Barcelona but just

because I have no idea of those two elements that we've said.

OK, least likely to be pointless?

Californium? Either of those elements.

Californium, we'll put first. We'll put caesium in the middle.

-Perfect.

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order then

and here they are.

We've got...

Well, very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board, surely.

Let's hope they're all correct.

Let's hope one of them at least is pointless

and wins that jackpot for you, 4,250 quid, not bad at all.

Andy, what would you do with your share of that?

We were thinking of maybe going to Sweden next year

for the Eurovision final. But...

I have a bit of a party every year on Eurovision,

so it's kind of fitting.

-We'll take the party to the next level.

-Yeah.

-Very good indeed.

OK, well, best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

As I say, your first answer was Californium.

In this case, we were looking for period 6 elements

on the periodic table.

Let's find out. If it's pointless, it will win you £4,250,

let's not forget.

How many people said Californium? Is it pointless?

Nope. Bad luck.

Californium, an incorrect answer.

Not a pointless answer, which means only two more shots

at today's jackpot.

Let's have a look at your next answer which was caesium.

Let's see if it's right. If it's right,

then it just has to be pointless

and you leave here with £4,250.

Let's see how many people said caesium. Is it pointless?

Ooh, caesium is right.

Now, caesium has gone down to pointless before

in this show.

Down it goes through the 20s.

Californium incorrect, but caesium now in single figures.

Down it goes. Still going down.

Oh, 1!

APPLAUSE

Wah-wah.

-Ugh, one person, I'm afraid, remembered caesium.

-Where are they?

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer. Barcelona.

In this case, we were looking for tracks from Freddie Mercury's album

Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs.

It has to be correct then it has to be pointless.

If it is both of those things, you leave here with £4,250.

How many people said Barcelona?

It's right.

Well, you're first answer, Californium, was incorrect.

Caesium took us all the way down to 1.

Barcelona, your third and final answer,

has to take us down to zero.

Oh, no, I'm sorry.

APPLAUSE

-That was very exciting, though, with your second answer.

-Yeah.

-Caesium.

Caesium!

What a tease. It took us all the way down to 1.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But, such a strong performance right from the very beginning.

You can be very proud of yourselves and you get a Pointless trophy each

-to take home, so very, very well done.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Very well played, gents. Yeah, Californium is in period 7.

I think was Mr Polkney was period 7.

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

in the different categories. The elements, we'll start with.

In fact, everything apart from lead, gold, iridium, platinum,

barium, polonium, tungsten, osmium and caesium, of course.

They're the only ones that scored any points at all.

Now, the composers, a huge amount of very famous names in this

list that were pointless answers.

So, you know, you could have probably randomly guessed

three composers.

You could have had Dvorak, Bartok, Debussy, Ravel,

you could've had Prokofiev,

Thelonious Monk. All sorts of answers on that.

Well done if you got one of those at home. Worth taking a risk.

And Freddie Mercury.

There's a few of the answers here.

Everything apart from Barcelona, which was the biggest scorer,

The Great Pretender, Living On My Own

and In My Defence... Everything else was a pointless answer.

But it's been a terrific show today. Really, really good fun.

Andy, thank you for upholding the honour of Warden Park.

Joe, thank you for upholding the honour of wherever you went

to school, I don't know where it is. I'm sure it was great. Thank you.

An absolute pleasure. It's been a really good, fun show.

-Thank you, gents.

-Thanks, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Andy and Joe,

but we've loved having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

Andy and Joe, great contestants. APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

Well, very sadly, Andy and Joe didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for...

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

Goodbye.