Episode 21 Pointless

APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game

is to find the most obscure answer possible.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, my name is Dave.

This is my wife Janet and we're from Berkeley, in Gloucestershire.

Couple number two.

Hello, my name is Gbenga.

This is my friend and team-mate Taiwo and we're both from London.

Couple number three.

Hiya, my name's Aled, this is my friend Steve

and we're from Llanelli, South Wales.

And finally couple number four.

Hello. I'm Su, this is Pippa, and we're from North London.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you.

A very warm welcome to the show where we'll get a chance

to chat to each of you as it goes along.

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

a piranha let loose in a pond of pedantry.

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

-Hiya.

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Hi, everybody.

-What a show last time.

-What a show.

-What a show.

-Pointless moves in mysterious ways sometimes.

-Doesn't it?

But we had a double lock down, and Gbenga and Taiwo got knocked out,

didn't they, by Graham and Makiko?

And then Graham and Makiko then knocked out David and Janet

in that head-to-head.

So, we thought that the weirdness was over,

and then Graham and Makiko in the final...

Lovely Makiko has lived here for many, many years. Born in Tokyo.

-And the category came up - Japan.

-Mm.

And the first question was the 20 largest cities in Japan,

and unsurprisingly her first answer was a pointless answer as well.

-But you know, it happens sometimes.

-It does.

You get that luck, but we have three returning pairs, actually,

as well as the two I've mentioned.

Aled and Steve, welcome back.

Got knocked out in Round One last time.

Very unlucky to get knocked out in Round One last time, I would say.

So, we've got three very, very strong pairs playing,

I'm afraid to say, Su and Pippa, but welcome.

-Lovely to have you here too.

-Thank you.

Thanks very much.

Yeah, so, Graham and Miki won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at a majestic £1,000.

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

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OK, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That's all you have to remember.

No conferring till our head-to-head round.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is football.

Football.

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first and 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 players

in the England FIFA World Cup squads in 2006,

2010 or 2014 as they could.

That's players in the England FIFA World Cup squads in 2006,

2010 or 2014. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any man

who was in any of those three 23-man squads, please.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, David, we come to you first. Welcome back to Pointless.

Our low-scorers when we came to the head-to-head round last time.

Now, you told us last time that you divide your time between Spain

and Gloucestershire.

-Yeah.

-So, which months do you do Gloucestershire in?

Well, we're always home in the English summer

because it's nice and sunny here.

-Mm-hm.

-That's in July, August and September.

Oh, I like the way you start summer in July. Very nice.

-Go through to September.

-Well, it's very hot in Spain at that time.

-It's 50 degrees in July.

-Oh, I see, yes. You want to get away from that.

-You want to get away, yes.

-Yeah. Is that it for your English?

That's a little English window there and that's it?

-Oh, no. We come back in another three months as well.

-For Christmas?

-Christmas.

-Hey! Why, cos the telly is so much better?

LAUGHTER Yes, now, David, football.

I take it you follow the World Cup.

Well, I do, yeah, but you caught me on a hop here, I think, with...

-Well, we've given you three World Cups to play with there.

-Yeah. Hmm.

Um, Steve Neville.

Steve Neville, says David. Let's see if that's right.

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

Oh.

I'm afraid not Steve Neville.

It's Evil Kneville you were after. LAUGHTER

I'm afraid that scores 100 points. Sorry, David.

Perfect name for a footballer, Steve Neville,

but, yeah, not in the squads, I'm afraid.

I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the round.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Taiwo, welcome back.

-Hi.

Great to have you here.

Now, remind us what you do, Taiwo, in London.

So, I'm a mechanical engineer focusing on data centres,

so commissioning and maintaining data centres.

I see. And your hobbies outside that?

Are mostly sport, so football, American football, tennis.

You play American football?

-Used to. Stopped at the start of this year.

-You've given it up? Why?

Just a bit too physical?

Yeah, it's getting a bit...older in age, as it were, so a bit too much.

OK, now, Taiwo, what would you like to go for?

I think I would like to go for Theo Walcott.

Theo Walcott, says Taiwo.

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

It's right.

Good answer, Taiwo.

17 for Theo Walcott. APPLAUSE

Yeah, he was a surprise inclusion in the 2006 squad.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now then, Aled, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Will you just say Llanelli for me again?

Llanelli.

You see, that's a lesson in how we're meant to say it. Llanelli.

But I'm Welsh, so...

Well, I know, but we should all make that...

When we see a double L, it should be Llanelli.

-Well done. Yeah.

-Llanelli.

-Mm.

My mother-in-law is Welsh. I've got to get these things right.

-That's why I need the training now. Llanelli.

-Llanelli.

-Llanelli.

Oh, I'm enjoying that now.

Why don't you just do that for 45 minutes? We'll watch.

OK, that's fine. So, remind us what you do in Llanelli, Aled.

-I'm a caretaker in a Welsh school, I am.

-So you are. So you are.

And when school's out, what is the first thing you like to get up to?

Well, in the summer I play a lot of cricket

and I enjoy playing golf as well, so I'm quite sporty.

-You play for a local team?

-Yeah, I play for my local team - Drefach.

-Oh, that sounds nice as well.

-Yeah.

-I'm not going to try saying that.

That's fabulous.

Now, Aled, remember, we're looking for England players

from the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

What would you like to go for?

Well, this is quite good for me, but I don't want to do a mistake

like I did last time, so I think I'll go with Phil Jagielka.

Phil Jagielka.

OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

17 is our best score so far.

And you pass it.

Look at that, Jagielka down to four. APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Aled.

Excellent score there.

Great answer, Aled. Well played. He was in the 2014 squad.

Some commentators call him "Y-agielka" now,

but he'll always be Jagielka to me.

Well, the best one is some people still say "Ho-se" Mourinho,

and famously it's Jose.

-Really?

-Yeah. Portuguese, Jose. Yeah.

-I didn't know that.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now then, Pippa, welcome.

-Thank you.

Good to have you here from North London.

-You haven't had to come far at all.

-No, we travelled from Manchester.

You've had to come far. LAUGHTER

What do you do, Pippa?

-I'm a student at the University of Manchester.

-What are you studying?

-I do American studies.

-Now, that's fun.

-Is that politics or geopolitics?

-Politics, history and literature.

That's the course that when I went to university I applied for.

-That's the one I wanted to do.

-American studies?

-Yeah.

-You get a year out, don't you, where you go to America?

-Yeah.

-There you go. I applied for that very course.

-Ha!

There you go.

So, onto the FIFA World Cup.

Right, football is not my strongest subject,

so this is a little bit of a risk, but I'm going to say Joe Hart.

-Joe Hart...

-Yeah.

-..says Pippa.

Joe Hart. Sounds like a good answer to me.

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

It's right.

Well, four is our lowest score.

29 is what you get for Joe Hart. APPLAUSE

Not a bad score at all, Pippa. Well done.

Well played, Pippa. A very good safe answer.

-He was in the 2010 and 2014 squads.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

Four was the best score of that pass. Aled, well done.

Aled and Steve looking pretty good at this

point. Then up to 17, where we find Taiwo and Gbenga.

Then up to 29, where we find Pippa and Su,

and then up to 100, David and Janet. I'm so sorry.

Our low-scorers in the head-to-head last show.

Janet, it could all change in the next pass,

but it will definitely need a low score from you

if you're to survive at the end of this round. Best of luck.

We're coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Su, welcome. Great to have you here.

What do you do?

Well, I've just graduated,

and I started my first job two days ago.

So, where did you graduate from?

-Manchester.

-So you're in Manchester as well?

-Yeah.

Do you know each other from before Manchester or from Manchester?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, we went to school together,

but we didn't really like each other at school.

Oh, that's nice. LAUGHTER

-So, all it took was a new backdrop.

-That's it, yeah.

-Yeah.

There we are.

You realised actually Pippa was lovely.

Yeah. LAUGHTER

-Now, so, you graduated. What were you reading?

-Classical studies.

I see. And what's the job you've just started?

We are a not-for-profit social enterprise in Manchester

delivering tuition to schools that couldn't afford it otherwise.

Well, that sounds like a brilliant thing to be doing. Well done, you.

Yes, yes. Very good. APPLAUSE

Applause all round.

Now, Su, there you are. You're on 29.

The high-scorers are still Janet and David on 100,

so 70 or less gets you through.

Right, I'm going to go really safe and go David Beckham.

David Beckham, says Su. David Beckham.

OK, here is your red line.

Get below that with David Beckham

and you are through to the next round.

-A little bit of a murmuring going on in the audience there.

-Oh, no.

David Beckham, people not sure about that. Do they like David...?

I mean, they like David Beckham. Do they like it as an answer?

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

It is right.

There we are. Well done, Su. Through you go.

45 for David Beckham. APPLAUSE

-I proved you all wrong.

-74 is your total.

Yes, I think some of the audience may be thinking

it was after his time,

but he just snuck in there in the 2006 World Cup.

It was sort of touch-and-go, wasn't it?

It was touch-and-go for England, certainly.

But then, when is it not?

LAUGHTER Well, indeed, yes. There we go.

Now, Steve, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Steve.

-I'm an IT technical analyst.

-That's right.

And football is quite an interest of yours, isn't it?

-No.

-Oh, really? Not at all?

-No. This is what I've got Aled for.

Oh, I see. Oh, that's good.

-So, you have different areas of expertise.

-Yeah.

So, what's your area of expertise then, Steve?

I'm into snooker, so I'm pretty good at snooker.

You can't really call that a sport, really, but...

It's a sport. What are you talking about? Of course it is.

-Anything that raises a sweat.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

So, remember, we're looking for England players from the 2006,

2010 and 2014 World Cups.

What would you like to go for? You're on four.

I mean, if you can score 95 or less, you're home and dry.

I'm just going to go with a safe one

just because Aled scored so low, and I'll say John Terry.

John Terry. OK. There we are. John Terry, says Steve.

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

There's your red line.

Well done.

-21.

-21. APPLAUSE

Nice low score for John Terry, taking your total

up to 25.

Very safely negotiated, Steve. Well done.

-Yeah, he was in the 2006 and 2010 squads.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Gbenga.

Gbenga, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Gbenga.

I'm a case analyst for the UK financial regulator.

Which I thought sounded brilliant last time.

Gbenga has now put me straight.

Apparently not the most exciting thing in the world,

-but I'm sure you make it exciting.

-I try my best.

-And aside from that, you play a lot of sport.

-I do, yeah.

So, football should be -

well, I say SHOULD be - a good subject for me.

What other sports do you play? Do you play a bit of basketball?

-You've got a bit of altitude.

-Despite my height, no.

I used to when I was a bit younger,

but I haven't played for quite some time.

Football takes up most of my sporting time.

OK, now, you're on 17.

The high-scorers still Janet and David on 100.

82 or less gets you through.

OK. Well, I thought I'd try and take a bit of a punt again.

I believe Fraser Forster was on the 2014...

-Fraser Forster...

-Yeah.

-..says Gbenga.

Fraser Forster. OK, there's your red line.

If you can get below that with Fraser Forster, you're through.

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

It's right and you are through.

Well, our lowest score

is four for Jagielka.

And that's one. Look at that. APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Gbenga, taking your total up to 18.

-Very much the lowest total of the round.

-Great stuff, Gbenga.

Well played. Yeah, Fraser Forster, the Southampton keeper.

-We like a risk taker, don't we?

-We do like a risk taker.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Janet, I'm so sorry to say

that even if you score a pointless answer,

you'll still be leaving us at the end of this round.

-Now, Janet, how good is your Spanish?

-Not very good.

So, when you're out in Spain, do you have lots of English friends or...?

-Yes, yes. There's a big...

-The big community of...

..expats community.

-It was Costa Blanca, you said, wasn't it?

-Yes.

That's sort of near Barcelona, roughly that sort of area?

-Um...

-No?

-Benidorm.

-Benidorm.

-Alicante.

-But we don't do Benidorm.

-You don't do Benidorm.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-How far away is Benidorm from you?

-About an hour's drive.

So, where would you go? Where are the places you'd recommend?

Local. The Mar Menor.

-Torrevieja.

-I see. OK. Very good.

Now, Janet, you're our high-scorers.

Let's go out in a blaze of glory, by which I mean not another 100.

I mean a nice low-scoring answer there.

I've got a couple, so I'm hoping they were playing then.

I'm going for Peter Crouch.

Peter Crouch. Peter Crouch, says Janet.

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

Let's see how many of our 100 said Peter Crouch.

It's right.

Not bad.

It's really not bad at all. Ten.

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That is actually

the third lowest score of the entire round, Janet,

-and 110 is your total.

-Yeah, well played.

2006 and 2010 squads. David, I'm sure you know your mistake.

You were thinking of Gary Neville or Phil Neville.

-Gary.

-Gary Neville would've scored you six points.

Phil Neville not an answer.

Hasn't been in any of those World Cup squads.

Gary Neville would've scored you six.

Quite a few pointless answers. I'll go through the one-pointers first.

One point for Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw, Jordan Henderson,

Chris Smalling, Jamie Carragher and Matthew Upson.

And of course Fraser Forster.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

The ones that none of our 100 people said.

Emile Heskey was a pointless answer.

Lovely Jermaine Jenas - been on the show, hasn't he?

Ledley King, a pointless answer.

Michael Dawson, Owen Hargreaves.

Rickie Lambert, who was in the 2014 squad.

Made his debut at the age of 31.

Stephen Warnock was a pointless answer,

Stewart Downing and Wayne Bridge.

Also Scott Carson a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the top three answers.

The most popular answers amongst our 100.

David Beckham, 45.

Steven Gerrard, 46.

And Wayne Rooney right at the top with 72.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair we're saying goodbye to,

our low-scorers last time,

I'm afraid this time our first-round exiters.

It's Janet and David. It's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing. This is where we have to say goodbye.

Janet and David.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

Well done, everyone.

Here we are in Round Two, seen off our first pair.

Aled and Steve, nice to have you with us this time.

-Let's hope you stay with us for most of the journey.

-Thank you.

And once again, Gbenga, still all about Gbenga.

The low score there once again. Fabulous, Fraser Forster.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is Music.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first,

who's going second to talk about music?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

songs with capital cities in their titles.

Songs with capital cities in their titles, Richard.

On each board we're going to show you the titles

of six UK top 40 hits.

They all have capital cities to their title,

but we've left those capital cities out.

Can you tell us what they are, please? Very best of luck.

-12 in all to have a go at at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our six songs with missing capital cities,

and here's our first board.

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Gbenga,

what is the most obscure capital city missing?

I wish I could tell you, Xander.

It's going to have to be another shot in the dark for me.

I'll go for a popular city.

Paris.

For which one?

-Oh, I have to say which one. Right.

-LAUGHTER

I'll go for the Murray Head song, One Night In Paris.

One Night In Paris.

Let's see if that's right. One Night In Paris.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

I'm sorry, Gbenga.

I am sorry. Not Paris.

Not Paris, I'm afraid.

I'll give you all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

Now then, Steve.

It's the obvious one,

but I think I'm going to go for a stab at the same one.

I think One Night In Rome.

One Night In Rome.

Popular with the audience. LAUGHTER

One Night In Rome, says Steve.

This could be quite a long night. LAUGHTER

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for One Night In Rome.

Nope. I'm afraid it's not One Night In Rome.

Can we get the monks on standby, please?

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, not One Night In Rome.

-I feel like I work for TripAdvisor.

-LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Pippa, please talk us through this board

-and fill in all the blanks for us.

-I'll be honest, I only know one,

and it's London Calling by The Clash.

London Calling by The Clash, says Pippa.

Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

60 for

London Calling. There we are. APPLAUSE

A lot better than 100.

Yeah. Wonderful song.

Very, very well played,

and lovely to see someone not getting 100 as well.

Now, let's fill in the rest of this board.

-Ultravox very famously had a hit with Vienna.

-Vienna.

-Yeah.

-Would've scored 50. Bryan Ferry.

-Tokyo Joe.

-Tokyo Joe.

Eight points. Audience, Tulips From...?

-AUDIENCE:

-Amsterdam.

Tulips From Amsterdam. Yeah. There you go.

76 points for that.

Now, Gbenga, it's I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris...

Ooh!

..by Morrissey, would have scored five points as well.

And where are we spending one night?

-One Night In Bangkok.

-That's correct.

-That's just cos we're in transit.

-23 points.

Did you know Murray Head is Anthony Head's brother?

-I did not know that.

-Yeah.

-Is that true?

-He's an actor.

He was in Chess, which I think is what that song came from.

-Ah, didn't know that.

-I know, isn't that funny?

There we are. Thank you very much. Halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

-60, well done you, Pippa.

-Thank you.

Pippa and Su looking very strong over there

at this point of the round.

And then Steve and Aled and Gbenga and Taiwo all tied on 100.

So, yes, Aled and Taiwo,

we need a low score from you in the next pass, so good luck with that.

We're coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more song titles

with missing capital cities up on the board.

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

I'm going to read those all again.

Now, Su, there we are.

-Are you happy with this board?

-I think I know one.

-That's enough.

-I've been singing it in my head,

so I'm hoping I've been singing the right words.

OK, well, you have to score 39

or less to avoid becoming the high-scorers.

I'm going to go with the top one - Do You Know The Way To San Jose.

San Jose.

San Jose, says Su. Thank you very much.

There is your red line.

If you get below that with San Jose, you're through to Round Three.

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

-Oh.

-58. APPLAUSE

I think that's good enough.

118 is your total.

Yeah, well played. Do You Know The Way To San Jose.

San Jose is the capital of Costa Rica.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

And I don't know the way to San Jose,

unless we're flying via Bangkok, which is...

Well, you don't need to these days because of satnavs.

-That song would be absolutely redundant.

-That's true. Yeah.

That song would now be called Everyone Knows The Way To San Jose.

LAUGHTER Mm. Mm.

The same goes for Amarillo, I suppose, doesn't it?

-Yeah. "Is this the way to Amarillo?"

-"Yes, it is."

"Why don't you put the coordinates

-"in your satnav and find out?"

-And find out.

-"Oh, it's fine, yeah. It's the way."

-Yes.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, then, Aled.

We can't have a tie to 200 here. We simply cannot have that.

It was his specialist subject, so I don't know.

Um...

Do you know any of these?

I'm struggling with every one of them, to be honest with you.

The only one that might look like a little bit of sense

is Rome Wasn't Built In A Day.

Rome Wasn't Built In A Day, says Aled.

Rome Wasn't Built In A Day. Here is your red line.

If you get below that with Rome,

you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Oh, Aled, thank you. 65.

-I'll take that.

-APPLAUSE

65. That takes your total

-up to 165.

-Well done, Aled.

You both said the same answer,

but, yeah, it paid off for one of you. Yeah.

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Taiwo.

-Yes.

Taiwo, do you fancy talking us through the board?

Not really.

Not even close.

Rome was what I was going to go with as well.

Apart from that, I can't think of anything,

so I'm going to take a shot in the dark and just look at capitals.

I'm going to say the last one - On A Little Street In Washington.

On A Little Street In Washington, says Taiwo.

OK, here is your red line. You want to be scoring 64 or less.

Get below that, you're into the head-to-head.

Is Washington right?

Ooh, I'm sorry.

I am sorry, Taiwo. That's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, very tough board there, Taiwo,

especially when most have been taken off it.

It's actually On A Little Street In Singapore.

I know. It would've scored you 12 points.

-Some people at home will know the Danny Kaye one.

-Copenhagen.

Wonderful Copenhagen.

Copenhagen. Would've scored 36.

-Passengers?

-Sarajevo.

-Miss Sarajevo, yep.

Would've scored you two. And this is a tricky one.

It was a number three hit for Tommy Steele.

-Um...

-We could be here all day.

Oh, right. Um...

It is the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa.

-LAUGHTER

-It's not really. It's not.

But that's a musical song. That would sound... Musical name.

-But, you know, it's not much less obscure. It's Nairobi.

-There you go.

Nairobi, and it's a pointless answer,

so well done if you said it.

There we go. Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our second round,

the pair will who are heading home with a high score of 200...

Such lovely low-scoring in the first round. I'm so sorry.

Feels very unjust to be sending you home so soon after that.

Taiwo and Gbenga, it's been a treat having on the show.

Thank you for playing. This is where we say goodbye. Taiwo and Gbenga.

APPLAUSE

But for Su and Pippa, Aled and Steve,

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

Very well done, Aled and Steve, Su and Pippa.

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

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

There it is.

This is the bit where you can start playing as teams.

It's fun. You can chat before you give your answers.

Takes a lot of pressure off, I think.

First pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

Aled and Steve,

we said goodbye to you at the end of Round One last time.

Oh, how things have changed.

Wonderful, wonderful low-scoring from you.

We'll draw a veil over Rome, One Night In Rome, Steve,

but apart from that, wonderful, wonderful low-scoring.

Su and Pippa, very impressive as well.

Your first appearance on the show

and here you are in the head-to-head.

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

APPLAUSE

Here's your first question, and it concerns...

Henry VIII On Screen.

Henry VIII On Screen.

We're going to show you five pictures now of actors

who've portrayed Henry VIII on screen.

Can you tell us who they are, please?

OK. Can you identify these five actors? And here they come.

LAUGHTER

There we are. Five Henry VIIIs.

Right, Aled and Steve, you're our low-scorers so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

A is Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

-I know that one.

-Yeah.

THEY WHISPER

Out of the five, I only know two

and I think A is probably the most likely to be lowest,

so I'm going to say Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, say Aled and Steve.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

Now, Su and Pippa, the board is all yours.

Talk us through those Henrys.

-We recognise C but we can't remember his name.

-Can't remember his name.

-I'm sorry, Nan.

-Going to make a guess

at Brian Blessed.

-For?

-C.

For C, Brian Blessed. Brian Blessed.

OK, so, we have Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and we have Brian Blessed.

Aled and Steve said Jonathan Rhys-Meyers for A.

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

It is right.

Ten. APPLAUSE

Ten for Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Very well done.

Su and Pippa taking a bit of a punt there

thinking perhaps that C might be Brian...

He does look very good in skins like that, so it could be, but we'll see.

Brian Blessed. Is that Brian Blessed?

No.

No, I'm afraid not Brian Blessed on this occasion,

but, Aled and Steve, well done.

You were right, which means you're up 1-0.

-You can sort of see the resemblance there.

-You can.

-He would make a very good Henry VIII.

-He'd make an ama...

-I'm amazed he hasn't played him.

-Yeah, perhaps he has.

IMITATES BRIAN BLESSED: Maybe I have!

-LAUGHTER

-That was good. That was good.

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Gents, is C the other one

-that you knew?

-Richard Burton.

It is Richard Burton, yeah.

I was going to say they'll drum you out of Wales

if you didn't know that. Richard Burton was C.

Would've scored you six points,

so would have been a very good answer.

Now, do you know B?

I was thinking it could be Kenneth Branagh.

It does look like him, but it's not. It's Alan Bates.

-Oh, it's Alan Bates.

-Yeah.

It's a pointless answer, so well done if you said that.

I mean, he looks a bit older than Kenneth Branagh,

but with the right lighting.

He's just got back from playing tennis there.

You can see he's got his headband on.

-D is of course Sid James.

-Sid James.

Would've scored 46.

-And E.

-Charlton Heston.

-Charlton Heston, yeah.

That would've scored you three.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, here comes your second question, Su and Pippa.

You get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game,

so very, very best of luck. It concerns...

Chairs. LAUGHTER

It's the chairs question you've always dreamt of. Richard.

Yeah, people always stop me on the street.

-They say, "Why don't you do more chair questions?"

-Yeah.

When, oh, when, oh, when?

For goodness' sake. Well, here you go. Finally, here you go, OK?

Stop pestering me.

Five clues now to facts about chairs.

I'm sure you can't imagine there being an obscure answer,

but there will be, I'm sure.

-Give us the most obscure answer and you win the point.

-There we go.

OK, let's reveal our five chair facts, and here they are.

This is just brilliant. LAUGHTER

I will read those all one last time.

Su and Pippa, over to you.

We only know one and we think it's going to be quite high-scoring.

We're going to go for number three with Mastermind.

Mastermind, say Su and Pippa. Mastermind.

Now, Aled and Steve, the chair is yours.

Do you want to talk us through the board, see how you do?

-No, no. No, thank you.

-LAUGHTER

No.

I know the first one.

It's on the tip of my tongue

but I just can't remember.

Literally, we've got no...

Chippendale? Chippendale, maybe?

-I'm going with Chippendale.

-You're going to say Chippendale.

Yeah, that's the only thing in my head.

OK, you're going to go Chippendale.

So, we have Mastermind and Chippendale.

Su and Pippa said Mastermind.

Let's see if that's right, the famous black leather chair.

It's right. Oh, look at that. 89.

Yes, well, you said it would be popular.

It is! LAUGHTER

Aled and Steve have gone for Chippendale.

Let's see if that's right

for the 18th-century Otley-born cabinet-maker.

How many of our 100 said it if it is right?

-Very, very well done.

-Yes!

Aled and Steve, that's a great answer.

20. APPLAUSE

Nicely done, mate. Nicely done.

Very well done.

It means after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.

Yeah, well done, Aled.

Just like the last question when

you doubted yourself over Richard Burton, you did know it.

I tell you what, if anyone's going to know about chairs,

-school caretaker. I mean...

-LAUGHTER

Yeah.

Specialist subject, right?

Now, when you read out the first two questions

and then you read out that third one,

you could hear the sigh of relief around the country

-as people went, "Oh, phew."

-"Yeah, I know that one."

So, Chippendale is the first one.

Now, the second one, the Danish designer,

very well done if you said Hans J Weigner.

One point for that.

Very well done to the one person in our hundred who got that as well.

-It's always good to have a hobby.

-LAUGHTER

-The British pop duo?

-Tears For Fears.

It is Tears For Fears, yep. That would've scored you 23 points.

-This is quite a big scorer down the bottom.

-A sedan.

A sedan chair, yeah.

And that's where... 47 points for that.

That's where we get "sit down" from.

That's where we get stand up and sit down.

-That's where that's from.

-LAUGHTER

They didn't have a word for it.

It used to just be stand up and not stand up, it used to be,

and then after the sedan chair, it was stand up and sedan,

and then over the years it got changed into "sit down".

There you are. Nice to have a hobby. LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, it's Su and Pippa.

Very strong performance.

We will see you again, which is wonderful news for us

because I'm sure you'll go as far, if not further next time.

Thanks very much indeed. Su and Pippa, very well done.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

Well, for Aled and Steve, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, what about that?

Aled and Steve, you've kicked all your rivals into touch

-and you have won...

-It's hard to believe.

..our coveted Pointless trophy.

Fantastic.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, let's not forget,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.

But do you know what?

When you were here first at the beginning of the last show

and the answer you gave was Condoleezza Right.

-Right, yeah.

-And you'd done all the hard yards with Condoleezza Right.

-I thought we weren't going to get to this stage again.

-And it was just...

But we said Pointless owes you one, and here you are.

Straight through the show today, 2-0 in the head-to-head.

No arguing with that.

Chippendale was just an inspired answer.

-That came just when you needed it.

-Yeah.

What would you like to see come up in this last round?

-I think we'd both like to see movies, films.

-Yeah, films, sport.

Just...anything.

-I'm happy now.

-Yeah.

-I'm happy.

OK. OK. Well, very best of luck.

Let's hope there's something up there you don't mind the look of.

We've got...

-I don't know who Nora Ephron is.

-No idea who she is.

-I'm not good at literature.

-No, probably be books, wouldn't it?

Latin American Singers. Uh...

Maybe know one.

-It's got to be British Boxers, eh?

-Yeah.

-British Boxers, I'm afraid.

British Boxers it is. Richard.

OK, very best of luck, gents. I hope this suits you.

Looking for three different things here.

We're looking for anyone that any of the following three boxers

has fought in a professional bout up to July 2015.

Looking for anyone who has fought David Haye professionally.

Anyone who has fought Chris Eubank.

Or anyone who has fought Carl Froch.

So, anyone who has fought in a professional bout

against David Haye, Chris Eubank or Carl Froch up to July 2015.

Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers

to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-As ready as can be.

-OK. Well,

let's put 60 seconds

up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-You've got Joe Calzaghe. You've got Nigel Ben.

-Yeah.

You've got Roy Jones Junior. You've got...

-These are all famous, big names.

-Yeah, they're famous.

You've got Adrian Bute, Carl Froch.

-That's a...

-I've never heard of him, so that's normally a good start.

But he was lately.

-You've got Andre Dirrell, who beat Carl Froch.

-Mm.

David Haye. Who entered a fight with David Haye?

-You've got the Klitschkos.

-Yeah.

-You've got...

David Chisora. Maybe go for that one, yeah? David Chisora.

Yeah, OK.

So, what was the first two you said, though?

Against Carl Froch.

-Joe Calzaghe, but...

-No...

-Oh, Adrian Bute...

-Yeah.

-..and Andre Ward.

-Are they big...?

They're famous but they're recent - that's the only problem.

Ten seconds left.

Uh... Chris Eubank, Nigel Ben. You've got...

Think of, like... Yeah.

OK, that is your minute up.

Now, if you could tell me

what your three answers are and say which category you're answering.

-Shall I?

-Go for it, yeah.

I don't know how to spell his name, but I think it Adrian Bute.

-Adrian Bute.

-Who fought Carl Froch, I think.

-Andre Ward.

-For which category?

-Carl Froch.

-Andre Ward and...?

-Michael Watson.

-For which one, Michael Watson?

-For Chris Eubank.

-For Chris Eubank.

Of those three, which is your best shot

at a pointless answer, do you think?

-Michael Watson.

-Michael Watson goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

Adrian Bute, just cos I didn't know how to spell it.

Adrian Bute, we'll put him first.

Let's put those answers on the board in that order then,

and here they are.

We have got...

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

Now, if one of those happens to be pointless

and wins you that jackpot, £1,000.

What would you do with that, Aled?

I'll have a nice night out.

It's £500, so it's going to go on a good time. That's all I know.

LAUGHTER Very good. OK. Steve, how about you?

Probably my honeymoon.

-Aw.

-Spending money, so...

-Yes, of course.

-Yeah.

-In September.

-That's right.

Many congratulations about that.

Now, OK, so, your first category,

we were looking for boxers

that Carl Froch has fought professionally.

You've gone for Adrian Bute,

the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

If it is pointless, it'll win you £1,000.

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

Oh, no.

Sadly no Adrian Bute on that particular list,

which means you only have two more shots at the jackpot.

Your next answer was Andre Ward.

In this case, we were also looking for Carl Froch opponents.

It has to be pointless for you to win that £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Andre Ward.

It's right.

Now, Adrian Bute was an incorrect answer.

Andre Ward on the other hand, absolutely right.

Taking us down through the teens

into single figures.

Still going down.

-One!

-Oh!

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

-No way, man. No way.

Why? Why?

One person got Andre Ward. Still, you've got another one to go.

Michael Watson, your third and final answer,

the one you thought was probably your best shot

at a pointless answer.

In this case we were looking for boxers who have fought Chris Eubank.

You've gone for Michael Watson.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so for £1,000, let's see how many people said Michael Watson.

It's right.

So, your first answer, Adrian Bute, was incorrect.

Andre Ward absolutely right, took us down to one.

Michael Watson now taking us down through the teens

and into single figures.

Down it goes still.

-Still going down.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Five for Michael Watson.

-Oh, well.

-APPLAUSE

Well, you did very, very well.

I mean, only a minute to come up with those answers.

Always tricky, and I wouldn't be surprised

if you got some pointless answers

through the ones you were discussing.

We will discover shortly,

but you didn't manage to find that pointless answer

among your three here so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That rolls over onto the next show.

But it's been brilliant having you on the show both times.

-It's been brilliant.

-You've been absolutely fantastic.

Aled and Steve, very well done.

And you get a Pointless trophy each as well.

APPLAUSE

You have been terrific. Not a bad category for you.

I'm sure you'll know a few of these answers,

but so tough and that 60 seconds.

Now, Adrian Bute is Lucian Bute, I'm afraid, who fought Carl Froch,

-and he was a pointless answer as well.

-Ah!

-AUDIENCE:

-Aw!

Just that first name. Perhaps he had a brother called Adrian.

I don't know. Perhaps they fought in the car park,

but certainly not in the ring, I'm afraid.

Now, let's take a look at the David Haye fights.

He beat Jean Marc Mormeck for the world cruiserweight title.

Monte Barrett there, Tomasz Bonin and Tony Booth.

That's not the Tony Booth who's Tony Blair's father-in-law.

-That's a different one.

-Right.

Although he did fight Audley Harrison...

-LAUGHTER

-..and won.

The only answers that would've scored points for David Haye

were Wladimir Klitschko, Audley Harrison.

Dereck Chisora, who you mentioned, would've scored you two points.

And Nikolai Valuev, who was the big guy you were thinking of,

would've scored you two points.

And then one point for John Ruiz,

Enzo Maccarinelli - your countryman -

Carl Thompson and Glen Kelly.

Everyone else was a pointless answer.

Well done if you got one.

Let's move on to Chris Eubank.

His final win was against Camilo Alarcon.

Gary Stretch, he beat him for the world middleweight title.

Another Brit there, Henry Wharton,

who he defeated for the super middleweight title,

and another super middleweight title there against Thulani Malinga.

The only people that scored on that were Nigel Ben.

Biggest scorer then, Michael Watson.

Joe Calzaghe would've scored you three.

Steve Collins, three as well,

and then one for Ray Close and Carl Thompson.

Let's take a look at Carl Froch now.

Arthur Abraham, one of his very, very famous title fights.

In fact, these top three are all title fights. Glen Johnson there.

Jean Pascal.

And Michael Pinnock, that was his very, very first professional bout.

The only answers that would've scored you points

were George Groves, unsurprisingly.

And then Jermain Taylor, Mikkel Kessler,

Andre Dirrell, Robin Reed and of course Andre Ward,

who scored you one.

Well done if you got one of those at home. Terrific stuff.

-And unlucky in the studio.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Aled and Steve.

-It's been fabulous having you.

-Thank you.

Thank you for playing so well. Aled and Steve.

Very well done. APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Aled and Steve didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE