Episode 50 Pointless

Thank you very much.

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

This is the show where the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show.

All our contestants have to do is come up with the answers

no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Paul and this is my daughter Ellie, and we're from Stafford.

Couple number two.

Hi, my name's Emily and I'm from Barnsley.

And this is my friend Holly from Derby.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Linda and this is my husband, Barrie,

and we're from Stoke Poges, near Slough.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name is Matt. This is my colleague Hannah.

And we are from Wrexham.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Welcome to the show. Thank you very much.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Fresh from doing jelly shots on the streets of Magaluf -

it's the Oz-monster. Oi-oi.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Now, that jackpot round last game...

-I know.

-Unbelievable.

-Yeah.

For over four years now, we've had the same category on the board.

It turns up every now and again, we couldn't get rid of it.

Yeah, we were trying to shift it.

It was Katie Price. Then it was lumped under Celebrity Books...

-We've been disguising it as so many different things.

-And still no-one...

We're like parents putting broccoli under bacon or something

to try and get people to eat it.

-Urgh.

-No-one would go near it.

Finally, it was chosen - Celebrity Books.

-And Katie Price - that category is gone forever.

-Finally.

Oh, it feels so good, doesn't it?

-We've been carrying it around for a very long time.

-We have.

My Pointless back has almost gone.

The previous record holder, I think, was Spanish Pop

that was on for a long time, wasn't it?

Yeah. That was... Yeah, that was Julio Iglesias...

-Julio and Enrique.

-And Enrique.

-Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, I wonder what the next one will be.

Oh, but, anyway, our eternal thanks to Sue and Ralph.

Thank you, Sue and Ralph, for taking that off our hands.

Ah. Well, thank you very much indeed.

So, Sue and Ralph didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

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

There's only one thing you have to remember,

I'm sure you know it but I'm going to say it again -

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

That's it. The only rule of Pointless.

Otherwise, best of luck, our first category today is...

Countries. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

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

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

..as they could.

Countries beginning with a letter in the second half of the alphabet.

We're looking for the name of any country of the world

whose common short form name in English

begins with a letter between N and Z, please.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state

that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Ellie, what a warm welcome this is to Pointless.

A nice country round like that.

-I mean, really...

-Yeah.

..you couldn't ask for better. Ellie, what do you do?

I'm a student at the University of Warwick

studying biomedical science.

-What year are you in?

-First year.

-How's it going?

It's been OK. I get my exam results, you know, a few weeks away so...

Oh, I see, aside from the exams. It's not all about work.

-Yeah, university life has been amazing so far...

-Fantastic.

But, you know, the exams bring a bit of a downer on it sometimes.

Be honest, now... Paul, talk amongst yourself.

..when did you start working hard for the exams?

-Um... Probably Easter holidays kind of...

-Easter holidays, OK.

-In the run-up.

-Yeah.

-OK.

But the first two terms...

-Party.

-..were fantastic.

-Exactly.

And who knows? Maybe you've done brilliantly well.

-Maybe. We'll see.

-Who knows?

-Hopefully.

-Hopefully.

Hopefully, hopefully. Now - geography.

These geography questions. Countries.

Obviously, I've got quite a lot,

but I'm going to say the first one that came to my mind,

because why not, and I'm going to say Paraguay.

Paraguay. OK. Paraguay. Paul seems happy with that.

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

There we are.

I think that'll do, don't you? Paraguay - 19.

Good start to the round.

They have the same name

for their currency and their language in Paraguay - guarani.

-Wow. Thanks, Rich. Emily, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

-Hi, thank you.

-Great to have you here. From Barnsley?

-Yes, originally.

-Oh, originally from Barnsley?

-I live in London now.

-Moved down about a year ago.

-Oh, you kept that very quiet

in your introduction.

I see. What do you do down in London, Emily?

-I'm an estate agent in Fulham.

-Very nice indeed.

Residential properties?

Yeah. Most hated profession ever.

Well, you know? Everyone says that,

I've always been extremely fond of estate agents.

They're great people.

-We are, yeah, we're lovely.

-Yeah.

-I am.

-No argument there.

-There is nothing better than a good estate agent.

-A good estate agent...

-If you find a good one.

-Yeah.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

-Makes the whole process so much easier, doesn't it?

Yeah, but it's always fun going round a house.

And if someone's going to be amusing company as they show you round...

Yeah, definitely.

It's great being nosy, as well.

Now, Emily, your interests outside of selling houses.

I like travelling. I climbed Kilimanjaro...

-This is impressive.

-Yeah, thought I'd get that in there.

Yeah, I like travelling, I like writing and acting. So, quite arty.

Very good, and a broad range of things there too.

Now, Emily, travel...

-This could help.

-And I did a geography degree.

Oh, Emily, this is just an embarrassment of riches, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'm going to go with South Sudan.

South Sudan. What about that?

We like the sound of that

and it comes from the second half of the alphabet.

Let's see how many people said it.

Look at that! Down to 2, Emily.

Very, very well done indeed.

2 for South Sudan.

Yeah, South Sudan's an absolutely terrific answer.

South Sudan, of course, it was named by the estate agents...

-That's right.

-..just to make it sound a bit more kind of...

And I would say it's a low answer,

but I'm going to say it's a very compact answer you gave us there

and handy for the Tube.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Barrie, welcome back.

-Hello.

-Now, what do you do, Barrie?

I'm a funeral assistant.

-And you're quite new to the job?

-Yes.

Now, tell me, which elements of the funeral assisting

have you enjoyed so far?

Mainly the driving itself.

Is there a set speed that you should drive when you're...?

I mean, obviously the speed limit but when you're...

We try to keep it below a certain speed.

..in a procession?

We've had a couple of Formula One sort of type funerals

where we've had to be on time but yes...

And what is the accepted speed? 10mph?

-We try and keep it down to about 20.

-Down to 20, I see.

Very decent, very decent.

Now, Barrie, what are you going to go for?

I can think of quite a few.

I'm going to say one that I know is right

and probably not as low, maybe, as some of the others.

Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan says Barrie. OK.

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

It's right. Well...

our scores range from 19 to 2 at this point.

Look at that.

Very much within that range,

towards the lower end.

4 - very well done.

Well played, Barrie, some good scoring from everybody here.

It's nice, a proper...

Sometimes when you do it on Pointless Celebrities,

-they go for very obvious...

-Don't they?

They go, "I'm going to go for France."

I think it's a country, I'm going to go for France.

-Turkmenistan.

-Very nice.

-Very nice indeed.

South Sudan - all very impressive indeed.

-Now, Matt.

-Hello.

-Welcome.

Good to have you here from Wrexham. What you do in Wrexham, Matt?

-My official job title is I'm a science communicator.

-Wow.

Unofficially, what does that mean?

That means I get to blow things up on stage...

-That is the best job ever.

-..in front of an audience.

-Yeah.

-So, what, in a touring science show?

Not in a touring science show, we've got a centre up in Wrexham

where people will come in, sort of members of the public and I'll...

-Yeah.

-..blow things up safely.

-Fantastic.

-So, you put the chemicals together?

-Pretty much, yeah.

Do you have a...? There's some really good ones.

There's one - you mix some solution and you put it through filter paper,

then you scrape the stuff off the filter paper and that kind of...

Once it's dried, that stuff will just blow up like that, won't it?

There's one we do which involves methylated spirits...

Mm. Sorry, I don't know why I say, "Mm, methylated spirits.

"Mm, I love methylated spirits."

-Sorry.

-Yeah, and that, of course, is quite a big explosion,

but usually there's quite a few kids that cry afterwards,

-which is not the best.

-Oh, that's changed everything.

-That's put a different complexion...

-You know what they say, don't you?

They say Hannah mixes them, Matt Wrexham.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Now then, Matt, what would you like to go for?

This is quite a good category.

I was hoping something like this would come up,

so I'm going to go with the Seychelles.

The Seychelles.

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

It's right. Well,

19's our high score at this point.

You pass it.

It's pointless!

Look at that. Very well done indeed.

That adds £250 points to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £4,250.

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

A terrific answer, Matt,

very, very well played.

You can add an extra little bit to the old nursery rhyme.

If she sells Seychelles seashells by the seashore,

it's even harder to say.

Isn't it? That's really hard.

She sells Seychelles she shells.

Oh, I nearly got that.

She sells Seychelles she shells.

Oh...I can't do that!

Thanks, Richard. Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

Matt, the lowest score of that pass was yours.

Nothing, absolutely nothing.

Then up to 2 where we find Emily and Holly,

up to 4 where we find Barrie and Linda

then up to 19, Ellie and Paul.

-So, Paul, get thinking of a lovely, obscure...

-Pressure's on.

Let's have some... There must be more pointless answers out there.

Wouldn't that be fun if we could have loads of pointless answers?

Get that jackpot up? Oh, anyway, best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-Hannah.

-Hello.

-Warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Hannah?

I do the same as Matt, so I work in the science centre with him

as a science communicator.

That just sounds like huge fun.

It is a lot of fun. I get to go out to a lot of schools as well.

So I tend to go into schools with different shows.

Can't blow as much stuff up in a school...

-No.

-But we still get kids excited about science,

which is the whole idea.

That is brilliant. How long have you been doing it?

-About three and a half years now.

-How long's the centre been going?

-11.

-That is fantastic.

Cos they were very worried about ten years ago

that far too few people were going through for careers in science.

So, I mean, well done you, that's brilliant.

What are your interests outside science?

I really like going... I'm kind of outdoors-y,

so I like going for walks in the countryside when I can.

Beautiful countryside in North Wales...

-Round Wrexham, completely.

-Well, a little bit out of Wrexham...

-Well, around Wrexham.

-..head towards Snowdonia.

-Little bit outside, maybe.

-Yeah.

-Not that Wrexham isn't lovely.

No, it's lovely, but the mountains are just a little bit out of Wrexham

-so you head that way, head for the mountains.

-Indeed.

Now, Hannah, I think after Matt's low score,

you really ought to have another pointless answer.

What do we think?

I know, I'm going to go for one I'm hoping is going to be a good one.

It's, like, a Pointless classic.

I'm going to go for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Wonderful. Let's see.

Now, here comes your red line.

If you get below that, you're definitely through. Best of luck.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Let's see how far down the column we go.

Well, you're through.

Oh, look - 1! APPLAUSE

One person said Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

But still, that's a fantastic low score.

Very well done, indeed. That takes your total up to 1.

Great answer, Hannah. Very well played.

Although, I have to say,

the worst answer by anyone from your workplace on today's show.

Yeah, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -

they split up briefly and released solo albums,

-but now they're back together.

-They're back again. Yeah.

-Oh, that's nice. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Linda.

-Hi.

Welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Linda.

Studio coordinator, doing spin classes

and HIIT classes, as well.

-Hit classes?

-Oh, yeah, high-intensity interval training.

-Oh, phew, I thought it was some... No?

-No.

-No. OK, right.

-It's not sort of fight coordinating?

-Not got insurance for that.

No, OK. And when not doing that, tell us what you like to get up to.

It's going to festivals, heavy metal festivals

and getting more music to go in my spin classes

from heavy metal bands...

See, I haven't heard of heavy metal spin classes,

-that's got to be quite good.

-It's great.

-That's got to help.

-It's got a lot of passion.

-Yeah.

How many festivals do you go to every year, do you reckon?

Sometimes three, sometimes six. Try our best.

Either three or six, never in between?

-Never in between?

-Never in between, no.

Is there still a Monsters of Rock festival?

-Yeah, it's Donington.

-Donington. Have you just been to that?

-Yes.

-You have, oh, fantastic.

-It's brilliant.

-Excellent.

Now, you're on 4.

At the moment, the high scorers are Paul and Ellie on 19,

so 14 or less sees you through.

N'ahh.

I think it's a Pointless favourite,

I'm hopeful...as I just blow it all up.

Suriname.

-Suriname.

-Yeah.

-Suriname, says Linda. This is nice to hear.

Here's your red line.

Get below that with Suriname and you are into Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Suriname.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

You're through. 3!

Very well done, indeed. Takes your total up to 7.

Very well played. There's some terrific scoring going on here.

Yeah, Suriname, as you say, an old Pointless favourite.

Scientists recently discovered that Suriname is just the word

surname with an I in the middle of it.

-Yeah.

-They discovered that in the lab.

-Yeah.

Very good indeed. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, then, Holly.

Holly, a very warm welcome to you.

What do you do, Holly?

I'm a lab technician for a biopharmaceutical company.

-Whereabouts are you based?

-In Harrogate.

-In Harrogate. How long have you been doing it?

-It'll be a year now.

What are your interests aside from the lab?

I like films, that's like my main thing.

-So if a film round comes up...

-OK. Then you are in.

-Yes.

-Absolutely.

Well, here we are. So, I'm afraid, not a film round but it's countries.

We like pointless countries, don't we?

-I'm going to go for Vinatu.

-You're going to go for...

-Vinatu.

-Vinatu.

OK, Holly is going to say Vinatu.

There is your red line, Holly.

If you can get below that with Vinatu,

you are through to the next round.

It has to be right, though.

-Oh.

-I'm so sorry, Holly. Not Vinatu.

That scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 102.

Sorry, Holly, you've just made Paul's day though,

that's the good news.

-So, Paul, welcome.

-Hi.

-Welcome. Here from Stafford.

-Yeah.

-What do you do, Paul?

-I'm an aerospace machinist.

See, that's already thrilling.

That's really very exciting indeed.

-I've actually been doing it for 35 years.

-Really? Fantastic.

Now, what are your interests outside of aeronautical engineering?

I love watching sport, any sport.

Mainly football, Rugby League, golf.

Used to play a bit of golf,

but obviously now I'm retired from that so...

ALEXANDER LAUGHS Retired from golf

so you can concentrate more on your work.

Now, Paul, you're on 19.

If you can score 82 or less, you're into Round Two.

I will say Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis.

OK, there is your red line, Paul,

if you can get below that with Saint Kitts and Nevis,

you're through to the next round.

You've done it.

Oh, look at that, very well done indeed.

1 for Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fabulous end to the round,

taking your total up to 20.

Some brilliant answering, there were six answers there under 10.

Terrific stuff. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a good answer.

Can't accept Vinatu, it's Vanuatu -

always has been, always will be, I'm afraid.

Would've scored 5 points. Would've been a good answer.

Before we look at the pointless answers, there's only two,

we know one of them already, I'll go through some low scorers.

2 points for Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Nauru,

Solomon Islands, Togo, United Arab Emirates.

1 point for Tajikistan, San Marino and Palau. And, as I say,

only two pointless answers, one of which was Seychelles -

it's a terrific answer, Matt -

and the other one is another country

that's changed its official English name since Pointless began.

-Timor-Leste.

-Timor-Leste.

Used to be East Timor, now Timor-Leste is a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said that. Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Third place - Sweden with 47.

And Switzerland 51. What do you think is top?

Um, I...I don't know.

It is Russia.

-Ah.

-Russia, right at the top with 61.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round,

the pair who are heading home - a high score of 102...

I'm sorry, Holly.

You were only...very nearly there.

But, anyway, we will see you again next time,

we'll look forward to that very much.

Thanks very much for playing, Holly and Emily.

APPLAUSE

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

We're down to three pairs.

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

in time for our head-to-head round.

Hat's off, Hannah and Matt.

Our lowest team score and our lowest individual score there, Matt.

A pointless answer - fabulous.

Barrie and Linda, what about that as well?

Fabulous play there. Lovely low score.

In fact, lovely low scoring all round and, you know, Paraguay is not bad.

19. Can't argue with that.

Yeah, well done all of you. Well done.

You can all collect an apple at the end of the show.

The category for Round Two this afternoon is...

It's Famous People. Can you all decide in your pairs

who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Famous Michelles. Famous Michelles, Richard.

On each board, we're going to show you

six descriptions of famous people,

all of whom known by the first name Michelle.

You just have to give us the most obscure answer, please.

It's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home, very best of luck.

-I know one famous Michelle...

-Yeah?

-..of course.

You know, Michelle sells Seychelles seashells.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Her.

-Yeah.

Well, I can't wait to see if there are going to be some French Michaels,

some French gentlemen on there or are they all going to be females?

-You'll find out.

-Who knows?

That's the kind of excitement we have on this show.

Let's reveal our Michelles. Here's our first board of six.

I'm going to read those all one last time.

-Ellie.

-OK.

I think I know two or three,

so I will go for

the singer and TV presenter

who won the 2003 series of Pop Idol

as Michelle McManus.

Michelle McManus, says Ellie. Michelle McManus.

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

It's right.

That's a good answer.

Very well done indeed. 8.

8 for Michelle McManus.

Well played, Ellie, very solid start.

Yeah, went on to become a TV presenter in Scotland.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Barrie.

Yeah, I knew four and Ellie's taken my answer.

Thank you very much for that.

Um, so I'm going to go

with the bottom one -

singer who became a member

of Liberty X,

I believe, is Michelle Heaton.

Michelle Heaton, says Barrie. Let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said Michelle Heaton.

It's right.

Very much looking forward, Barrie, to the reception you get

next time you're at Monsters of Rock in Donington...

-Yeah. Thanks.

-..after that Michelle Heaton answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Hannah.

They were the two that I knew...

Do you want to go through the board?

..other than the obvious one.

I've no idea with Coronation Street.

Green Wing - she's Scottish, so, like, Michelle Mc something.

No idea about the golfer.

I'm going to have to go for the lawyer -

Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said that.

69. Lower than I was expecting.

Yeah, and the best thing to do, as well,

better than getting 100 cos you still give Matt a chance there.

Now, let's fill these in. Do you know the Coronation Street actress?

-I'm afraid I don't.

-It's Michelle Keegan.

She would have scored you 14 points.

The American golfer is Michelle Wie. She would've scored you 6.

Now, you will know this next one. She's also in Bad Education.

-Michelle Gomez.

-Michelle Gomez.

She is Scottish, but she is called Gomez rather than McGomez.

And it's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round,

let's look at the scores. 8, well done, Ellie.

Best score of that pass by quite a margin.

Then up to 24 where we find Barrie and Linda.

And then up to 69 - Hannah and Matt. Yes, you're quite

far ahead there. But, Matt, you know what you have to do.

Best of luck with doing it. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more famous Michelles up on the board,

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Matt, over to you.

Yeah, I knew quite a few on the last board,

and now it's just terrible.

Literally, no idea,

so I'm going to have to take a guess

and go with the actress

who played Catwoman

and say Michelle Pfeiffer.

Michelle Pfeiffer, says Matt.

No red line as you're the high scorers,

but let's see how many people said Pfeiffer.

Not bad - 32.

That takes your total up to 101.

You just about kept yourself in the game there, Matt.

Other actresses who played Catwoman -

Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt and Anne Hathaway.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Linda.

Linda, if you can score 76 or less, you are through...

Oh, no...you look in pain.

That was my answer, it was my only one.

-Ah.

-Ah.

-Ahh.

-The Eastenders one, I...

-LINDA SIGHS

I think I know what her name begins with,

but I can only think of one Michelle

and I think I've got

the wrong surname. Ohh.

No, it's not coming.

I'll say the Zoe Slater one -

Collins. But I know that's the wrong one.

-Michelle Collins, you're saying.

-It's not her.

OK, well, here is your red line nonetheless.

If you were to go below that,

you would be in the head-to-head for sure.

Let's see, Michelle Collins, is it right?

No. Bad luck, Linda.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 124.

It's a really tough board, that one.

Sorry, Linda, it is a tough board

and you know Michelle Collins, she was Cindy Beale.

-The other one.

-I know you had to say something.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Paul, how are you feeling about this board?

Do you fancy talking us through it?

Well, I know... I think I know two answers that are left up there.

One's going to show my age

and the other one's going to embarrass me

that I know something about lingerie.

So I think I'm going to go with

the actress who played Frank's wife, Betty,

in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Michele Dotrice.

Michele Dotrice, says Paul.

No red line for you, you're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Michele Dotrice.

It's right.

That's a great answer. Well done.

28 - takes your total up to 36.

Well played, Paul.

Yeah, she's married to Edward Woodward, Michele Dotrice.

The Destiny's Child star is Michelle Williams.

-Of course, yes.

-Would've scored you 10 points.

Now, the President of Chile - very, very well done

if you said Michelle Bachelet.

It was a pointless answer.

Now, the actress who played Zoe Slater,

she went on to Hollywood -

Michelle Ryan is the answer.

Would've scored you 4 points.

And I think that Paul knows the answer to the last one

the Scottish entrepreneur, lingerie magnate.

-Michelle Mone.

-Michelle Mone, absolutely.

And that would've scored you 9 points. There we are.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

our other returning pair, Linda and Barrie.

I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

Oh, it's been great having you across both shows.

And I'm afraid this is the end of the line,

but thank you so much for playing.

Linda and Barrie, great contestants.

APPLAUSE Thank you.

So, for Hannah and Matt and Paul and Ellie,

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

Very well done, Paul and Ellie, Hannah and Matt.

You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for that jackpot which currently stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well, this is where you start playing as teams.

Put your heads together, see what comes up.

First pair to win two questions goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Well, I think this should be very, very evenly matched. Very exciting.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here's your first question. And it concerns...

Christmas Films, Richard.

I'm going to show you five stills now

from films set around Christmas time.

Can you identify the most obscure?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five stills, and here they come.

There we are. Five Christmas films.

Paul and Ellie, you're our low scorers, so you'll go first.

-WHISPERS:

-'I only know Nightmare Before Christmas.

THEY WHISPER

-'I think C is Home Alone.

-Yeah, go for B.'

OK, we're going to go for B,

and I think it is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The Nightmare Before Christmas, say Paul and Ellie.

The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Hannah and Matt, what would you like to go for?

Do you want to go through the whole board

and just fill in all the ones you can?

We don't know A.

C - Home Alone.

D - Jingle All The Way. And E is Miracle On 34th Street.

-I think Jingle All The Way...

-Yeah, I was going to say that.

..the best shot there.

-We'll go for D - Jingle All The Way.

-D - Jingle All The Way.

We have The Nightmare Before Christmas from Paul and Ellie

and Hannah and Matt are saying Jingle All The Way.

Now, The Nightmare Before Christmas - B.

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

APPLAUSE

Now then, Hannah and Matt are saying Jingle All The Way for D.

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

It's right.

Very well done. It's doing good business.

APPLAUSE

Which means, Hannah and Matt, after one question, you're up 1-0.

Yes, the best answer on the board as well, so very well played.

The one you didn't know, which is A...

That's Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby in White Christmas.

25 points for that.

C is Home Alone.

It's a big scorer, though. Would have scored you 84 points.

Home Alone do those lovely, scented candles, don't they?

Beautiful, lovely Home Alone candles.

-Wrap them so beautifully as well, don't they?

-Yeah, so nice.

And E is Miracle On 34th Street.

And would have scored 31.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, so here comes your second question.

Hannah and Matt, well done, you stole that one,

which means Paul and Ellie have to win this one back

to stay in the game.

Best of luck with that. Our second question concerns...

-Spaghetti.

-Simply five clues to facts about spaghetti.

-Can you give us the most pointless answer?

-Brilliant.

OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Hannah and Matt, you go first this time.

We know one, but we think

we might as well go for a risk.

We're going to go

with the bottom one and say string.

String.

String, say Hannah and Matt.

Now, then, Paul and Ellie, talk us through that board if you can.

Well, I think the top one is Sergio Leone.

I don't know the Italian actress.

The motorway is the M6.

The Disney film is Lady And The Tramp.

But I think we're going to go with the first one - Sergio Leone.

Sergio Leone.

So, we have string and Sergio Leone.

Hannah and Matt said string.

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

It is right. Very well done indeed.

Spago - string.

-APPLAUSE

-Oh, my God.

Paul and Ellie, meanwhile, have gone for Sergio Leone,

the Spaghetti Western director.

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

It's right.

Very well done, look at that.

There's a surprise.

15. Sergio Leone takes it back for you.

Well done, Paul and Ellie. You're back in the game.

After two questions, it's one a piece.

And those were the best two answers on the board,

so it's a very high-quality head-to-head.

Well played, everybody.

The Italian actress was Sophia Loren.

Would have scored you 28.

The motorway is the M6, you're quite right.

That would have scored 36.

And the Disney film was the biggest scorer - Lady And The Tramp.

Would have scored 67.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Art Galleries And Their Works.

We're going to show you the common short names of five art galleries,

alongside one of their most famous works,

but we've missed out alternate letters from the galleries.

Can you tell us what they are, please?

OK. Let's reveal our galleries, and here they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

Paul and Ellie, you'll go first this time.

'Prado.

'R...Rijkemuseum or something. I don't know, so you go for yours.

-'You go for yours.

-Can you say it then?

'No, you say it. I don't know it.'

I think we're going to go with Prado.

Prado, say Paul and Ellie, for the Velazquez. Prado.

Now, Hannah and Matt, talk us through that board.

-Probably the worst category we could have had.

-Yeah.

The top one is the Louvre, I think.

Bottom one - National Gallery.

But we can't think of any of the others,

so which one's less likely?

-The National Gallery.

-The National Gallery.

OK, the National Gallery, say Hannah and Matt.

So we have Prado versus National Gallery.

Let's see, the Prado, how many people said that?

Good answer. Very good, look at that.

13.

13 for the Prado. Hannah and Matt have gone for the National Gallery.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

Wow. Surprisingly low.

36 for the National Gallery.

Very well done indeed, Paul and Ellie.

After three questions, you're through to the final 2-1.

Very well played. There's two answers up there

that would've beaten the Prado. Let's take a look.

The top one wouldn't, of course, it is the Louvre.

It's a very big scorer, though. Would have scored 83.

-The second one would just have beaten it.

-The Rijksmuseum?

Yeah, the Rijksmuseum.

That would have scored you 12 points.

And the best answer on the board is the Belvedere, in Vienna.

Yes. And that would have scored you 6.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round...

I'm afraid, Hannah and Matt, it is you.

But what a performance we've had.

It all bodes very well for your next appearance on the show.

We look forward to that.

Hannah and Matt, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Well done, guys.

But for Paul and Ellie, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Paul and Ellie.

You've seen off all the competition fairly comprehensively

and you 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 is standing at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

Now, if you cast your minds back to that first round,

we were halfway through the first round and you were out in front.

Did you ever think you might end up here?

No, I have Dad to thank and Holly to thank as well, so...

Yeah, very, very good indeed.

I mean, very strong performance across the show.

Anything you'd like to see come up in this last round?

Probably music, film, sport, for me.

Ellie?

Music not so much... Well, current music, not so much film

and science, maybe?

OK, well, best of luck. You know what you do here.

You choose one from the four that come up on the board behind me.

Let's hope there's something there you like the look of.

Today's selection reads like this...

ELLIE SNORTS Yeah.

-PAUL AND ELLIE LAUGH

-I think Horror Film Directors.

-OK.

-Yeah. Horror Film Directors, I think.

OK, Horror Film Directors it is. Richard.

We are looking for any feature film made for cinema release

up to the end of May 2015, please,

which had any of the following three gentlemen as its director,

according to IMDb.

So any feature film for cinema release

directed up to the end of May 2015, directed by Wes Craven,

John Carpenter or George A Romero. Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot, just one of those answers has to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Good.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

John Carpenter - there's Christine.

So, it's Christine.

Wes Craven is The Nightmare...

Freddy Krueger...

-Oh, the Nightmare On Elm Street.

-Yeah. Nightmare On Elm Street.

George A Romero was Night Of The Living Dead.

I don't know any.

So, John Carpenter was Christine. The Fog.

Was Christine...?

Was The Fog a film or Stephen King book? I'm not sure.

No, The Fog is a film.

Yeah. Was it...did John Carpenter direct it?

I don't know. There's Nightmare On Elm Street,

Nightmare On Elm street 2, Nightmare On Elm Street 3.

But I don't know if they have different names.

-I don't know whether John Carpenter did...

-OK, we need three.

..Assault On Precinct 13.

OK, just say three cos I don't know any.

-Yeah, got three.

-You think?

-Yeah.

-Are you happy with the three you've got?

-Yeah.

-Well, I'm useless so...

-We'll hold the clock, shall we?

-Yeah.

-Stop the clock.

There we are. Let's have your three answers then.

Films directed by John Carpenter.

-We'll go for Christine...

-Christine.

..and Assault On Precinct 13.

Assault On Precinct 13.

And films directed by George A Romero -

-The Night Of The Living Damned.

-The Night Of The Living...?

-Damned.

-The Night Of The Living Damned.

-Dead.

-Sorry.

-Night Of The Living Damned. I've said it now, so....

Night Of The Living Damned we're going to put up.

Now, of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Well, it's not Night Of The Living Damned.

-I would say Assault On Precinct 13.

-Assault On Precinct 13 goes last.

Least likely to be pointless, like we know now?

Night Of The Living Dammed.

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

And here they are...

We've got The Night Of The Living Dammed,

Christine and Assault On Precinct 13.

Well, three good...well, two good answers up there on the board.

Listen, one of those might easily be pointless.

If one of them is pointless, what would you do

with your share of the spoils, Paul?

I'd probably wisely invest it in a car

for Ellie and her sister, Molly.

Ellie.

Um, I'm a bit more selfish and I'm quite an adrenaline junkie,

and I've already done sky dive,

so I'd like to go to New Zealand and do a bungee jump

and other extreme sports that they have over there.

-OK. Well, very, very best of luck.

-Thank you.

As I said, two good answers on the board there.

In the first case, we went for The Night Of The Living Damned.

We were looking for George A Romero films.

It has to be right,

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

Let's find out for £4,250 how many people said

Night Of The Living Damned.

Yeah.

-No great surprise there.

-Not really.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

Two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Christine.

In this case, we were looking for John Carpenter films.

We're back on firm ground here. Let's find out.

Obviously, it has to be right,

then it has to be pointless for £4,250.

Let's see how many people said Christine was a John Carpenter film.

It's right.

Sadly, Night Of The Living Dammed

didn't really happen.

Christine is now taking us down through the teens.

Are we going single figures? Yes, we are.

Down it goes. Still going down.

You've done it! Yes! CHEERING

Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

That is very well played.

Superb job.

There we go. Look at that. Very many congratulations.

I don't think you were...

I don't know who was more surprised. Look at that.

Congratulations. Christine was a pointless answer,

which means you leave here with that jackpot of £4,250.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Very well done indeed. What about that?

Paul and Ellie, so chuffed for you.

Brilliant performance. Congratulations.

Nice category in the end, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-You knew it was Night Of The Living Dead.

Would've scored you 6 points anyway,

so we don't have to worry too much about that.

Assault On Precinct 13 would have scored you 3 points.

So well done Christine, hey? Well done.

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

There's gettable ones here, I think, in most of the categories.

Let's take a look at Wes Craven first.

You could have had Red Eye.

The Hills Have Eyes Part II was a pointless answer.

The People Under The Stairs. That's a creepy film.

That was a pointless answer.

Wes Craven's New Nightmare was a pointless answer.

Few others for him.

You could have had Cursed, Deadly Blessing, Deadly Friend,

Invitation To Hell.

Shocker. You could have had Swamp Thing, The Fireworks Woman,

The Serpent And The Rainbow and Vampire in Brooklyn.

All of those were pointless answers for Wes Craven.

John Carpenter now.

Big Trouble In Little China was a pointless answer,

with Kim Cattrall and Kurt Russell.

There's Christine. Starman.

They Live - which is about a man who finds sunglasses

which allow him to see aliens.

I would take them back, I think.

You also could have had In the Mouth of Madness.

You could have had Memoirs Of An Invisible Man.

And Village Of The Damned would have been a pointless answer.

George A Romero now.

You could have had...

Creepshow would've been a good answer, pointless answer.

Monkey Shines, Season Of The Witch...

Survival Of The Dead was a pointless answer.

You also could have had Bruiser, Knightriders, Martin, The Crazies,

The Dark Half, There's Always Vanilla

and Two Evil Eyes.

All of those were pointless answers and also a terrifying evening in,

I suspect, if you went through all of them.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Paul and Ellie,

who go away with today's jackpot of £4,250.

Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

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.