Episode 35 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Mark. This is my friend Laura and we are both from Glasgow.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Adam. This is my friend and colleague Hal

-and we are from High Wycombe.

-Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Izzi and this is my dad, David and we're from Bath.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Jonny and this is my wife, Hannah

-and we're from Hebden Bridge.

-And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much all of you. A very warm welcome.

We'll get to find out more about each of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

Still failing to grasp it can't be called fan fiction

if you've written it about yourself.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

Now, three very exciting things about today's show, I would say.

Firstly, we've given away the jackpot in eight

out of the last nine shows, which is quite something.

Eight out of nine shows.

Secondly, a first-time in Pointless history - in Pointless history -

when we've had two contestants whose names are palindromes.

-HE GASPS

-We are... I know.

-Izzi.

-Yeah, Izzi and Hannah.

-Look at that.

-Can you believe it? Never happened before.

Never happened before in this entire history...

-That's the best thing ever.

-900-and-something shows,

we have never gone 25% palindrome.

-Never happened.

-Look at that!

-Can you believe it?

-Wow!

And thirdly, I'm very excited cos Laura and Mark are back and

Mark has our favourite job of anyone who has ever been on the show.

-Bespoke pumps.

-He works with pumps, this guy.

He'll do cheap pumps, he'll do high-end, expensive pumps...

If pumps are what you want, Mark is your man.

-Mark, it's a pleasure.

-That's wonderful, wonderful news.

Well, Leslie and Gary won the jackpot last time,

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

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

OK, all you have to remember is this -

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

will be eliminated. That is it.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon...

It's Famous People.

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, and the question concerns...

Influential British women. Richard.

Yeah, we're about to show you 15 pictures now of women all

of whom featured on the Independent's list of women

who changed the world for the better.

Can you identify the most obscure of these?

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much.

As Richard just said, we are going to show you an image

with 15 influential British women on.

Can you identify one of those?

That will not change halfway through the round.

The picture will stay up for the whole round. Very best of luck.

Let's have a look at that image. Here they are.

There we go. 15 influential women.

Laura, welcome back to Pointless.

Great to have you here. Remind us what you do, Laura.

I'm a contract manager for a company that makes buses.

Making buses.

Fantastic. And when you are not on the buses,

what do you like to do?

Play a bit of badminton and biggest hobby is softball,

-which takes up a lot of time.

-Would you play with Mark?

I do, some of the times, yes.

-I'm his captain.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

So, you are in charge of selecting him or not.

-If he's not on the list...

-That's happened.

-..Mark, you know why.

-Yeah.

I tell him it's cos I need him coaching on the sideline.

Good line, Laura.

Now, look at these influential British women.

Who would you like to go for?

You don't have to say which the picture is,

you can just say the name.

I'm going to go for Anita Brodick, please.

Anita Brodick. Anita Brodick, says Laura.

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

I'm really sorry, Laura. I'm so sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Laura. I'll give all the correct answers

-at the end of the round.

-OK, Hal, welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here. From High Wycombe.

-What do you do, Hal?

-I'm a radio presenter.

-What's your station?

-It's BFBS, which is British Forces.

-I knew... Exactly!

British Forces Broad... You broadcast all over the world.

-That's right.

-You are the lifeline for our forces serving abroad.

Well, not just me. I'll take it.

What show are you on?

I do DRIVE-time, four to seven.

-DRIVE-time!

-And that's in tanks as well.

-So...

-Any combat vehicle.

Any... HE LAUGHS

The four till seven slot, so what do you feature on your show?

Oh, just lots of good music.

I mean, are you allowed to choose your playlist or do...?

I want to say yes, but I'm going to say the truth - no.

What sort of music? Or it's all chart music, really?

It's actually a very broad range,

-going as far back as the '60s.

-Oh, good.

IN RADIO VOICE: Broad range. That is the sound of DRIVE-time.

-Did you get a bit of my radio voice there?

-I did there.

But of course, it's drive-time for you,

if they are listening to it on the other side

of the world, of course, drive-time might be sort of two in the morning.

That's a very good point.

-Yeah, it's a good point.

-Yeah, I don't know how to respond to that.

Now, Hal, who would you like to go for on this board?

Right, I want to do a safe answer.

-(No!)

-But I think I might have a better one.

-(Yes!)

-But I'm probably going to go with the safe one.

-(No!)

Princess Diana.

OK, well, our high score, at the moment, is 100.

I wonder if you can beat that with...

Diana, Princess of Wales. Let's see if that's right.

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

Oh, yeah, there we go. 96, Hal. Well done.

That's a relief for Laura there on podium one.

Phew!

Not quite such a drop there. Yeah, 96.

Yeah, there's safe and there's safe, Hal. That really is.

And for viewers at home,

she is top row, second from the left.

There she is.

There we go.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Izzi, welcome to the show.

-Lovely to have you here from Bath.

-Yes.

-What do you do, Izzi?

I'm a student at Leeds Uni, so I've just finished my second year there.

-And what are you studying?

-I'm studying economics and geography.

-And how is it going?

-Yeah, it's going quite well.

-I'm really pleased with my grades so far this year.

-That's...

Oh, if she didn't have her dad here, she'd have such a different answer.

-Going, "Yeah, it's been brilliant!"

-That might be true.

"I haven't done much of the work, but..."

What are your interests, Izzi?

I'm really into music. Leeds has got a really good music scene.

I enjoy keeping fit and when I'm at home,

-I do quite a lot of running and stuff. So, yeah.

-Very good indeed.

Now, how do you like our influential British women?

Well, I knew two and one of them's gone already.

So, I'm going to have to go with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews, says Izzi.

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

It's right. Well...

Instantly our lowest score

by quite a mile.

Look at that. 26 for Julie Andrews.

Very well done indeed, Izzi.

Right in the middle, Julie Andrews. Very good answer.

She said it was a nightmare filming the opening scene

in Sound Of Music where she's singing on the hillside.

Because it was being filmed from a helicopter

and the back draft kept knocking her over

all the way through.

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

-Now, Hannah.

-Yes.

Welcome to the show. Great to have you here from Hebden Bridge.

-Yeah.

-And what do you do, Hannah?

I'm a marketing manager at a anti-poverty charity in Halifax.

Good for you, good for you.

What are your interests when you are not there?

I'm interested in music, go to festivals and watch bands

and things like that.

-How many festivals have you been to so far this year?

-Oh, this year.

Well, I have a three-year-old son,

so I've had to just take a bit of a sabbatical from festivals.

Have you taken your son to a festival yet?

-When he was in utero, yes.

-Oh, I see.

Now, Hannah, what are you going to go for on our board?

Well, I'm going to go for Anita Roddick.

Oh, Laura, do you see? LAURA CHUCKLES

Do you see? I'm sorry.

-I didn't... I was going to say that from the start.

-No, no.

That's good, that's good. Recycling.

It's something we should all be doing.

Anita Roddick, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Well, 26 is our only score from this end...

And you've passed it. Look at that.

Anita Roddick goes down to 10. Very well done indeed.

Great score from Hannah there.

Ruthless, Hannah. Absolutely ruthless.

Yeah, the founder of The Body Shop in 1976, Anita Roddick.

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

so let's take a look at those scores.

10, the best score of that pass. Very well done indeed.

Hannah and Jonny looking quite strong on the back of that.

As indeed are Izzi and David on 26. Then we travel right up

to the other end of the scoreboard.

We find Hal and Adam on 96.

Then up to 100, there we find Laura and Mark.

It's very close there at the top.

Going to be between Mark and Adam, I'd imagine, to decide who stays

with us and who leaves at the end of the round. Best of luck with that.

Going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Jonny, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

Just forgive me, for one moment.

-The beard quota has gone up again, hasn't it?

-I know. It really has.

-We've got three beards.

-Three!

A year ago, we'd never see a beard in the place

unless it was on over 60.

Three beards.

-It's extraordinary.

-That's the thing.

Jonny, what do you do?

-I'm a hairdresser.

-Are you now?

-I am indeed.

-Up in Hebden Bridge?

No, in Manchester.

And do you have a rather grand client list?

I'd like to say I'm pretty busy. Yeah...

I don't want to brag about anything, but, yeah.

OK. That's good.

And when you are not dressing hair, what do you like to get up to?

Same thing as Hannah, really. Listen to music, just play with our son...

I've got a long board that I go out on it every now and again.

Only with a long board...

-But, yes, stuff like that, really.

-Excellent.

Now, Jonny, you are the low-scorers at this point.

If you can score 89 or less, you will remain low-scorers.

-Who do you like to go for on this board?

-I'm going to...

I'm pretty sure this is right.

I'm going to go with Ellen MacArthur.

-Ellen MacArthur, says Jonny.

-Yeah.

-Here is your red line.

Get below that with Ellen MacArthur, you're into Round Two.

How many of our 100 people spotted Ellen MacArthur?

It's absolutely right, of course,

and obviously gets you through.

It's another low score.

Look at that! 6.

Very, very strong work on that far podium there,

Jonny and Hannah. Well done. 16 is your total.

Another very good answer. Another dame as well on podium four.

There she is on the bottom right-hand corner.

Dame Ellen MacArthur.

There we are. Thank you give very much.

-David, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm a commercial chartered surveyor.

I see. And what are your interests?

-I'm a very keen rugby fan with the local team, Bath.

-Of course.

And I'm originally from Cardiff,

so I'm a big Welsh rugby fan as well.

I see, so you've got rugby from all sides there.

Rugby from all sides, yes, yes.

And how is it been having Izzi away at Leeds?

Well, quieter at home.

Yes, particularly late at night when she comes in from partying, yes.

Now, David, you are on 26.

The high-scorers are Mark and Laura on 100.

So 73 or less, you should be fine.

I think I know a couple.

But I'm going to go for Mary Peters.

Mary Peters. There is your red line.

If you get below that with Mary Peters,

you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 said Mary Peters?

Absolutely right. Very well done.

That is a wonderful answer.

Very good. Mary Peters takes your total up to 33.

Well played, David. Yeah, Dame Mary Peters.

She was awarded the freedom of the City of Belfast in 2013.

And she herded sheep through Belfast city centre,

even though it doesn't actually allow you to do it.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yeah, exactly.

-She just thought, "I..."

It sounds like the sort of thing you're supposed to be allowed to do.

-Yeah, absolutely. Herd sheep across bridges and things.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Adam, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a transmission operator for BFBS Television.

-So, the television side of it.

-Representing the TV.

I didn't realise there was a TV side to it.

Does Pointless go out on BFBS?

BFBS viewers will be watching Pointless right now.

-Hey!

-That is good.

OK, Adam, when you are not doing the broadcasting thing,

what thrills you?

I am very much an armchair sportsman,

so many sports as long as I don't have to leave my sofa.

I do a bit of fencing as well.

OK. From the sofa or...?

I drag myself out of my pit for that one.

Very good. OK, now, look, this is important.

-Hal has... I don't know what he was doing there.

-No.

I don't know what he was doing. He set the bar very high for you.

-The term "up the creek" is springing into my mind.

-Mm, mm.

-Well, listen, if you can score 3 or less, it's fine.

-Easy.

Yeah, let's see what you can do, Adam. It has to be a low score.

You'll have to go out on a bit of a limb.

There are faces there I recognise...

It's just which one would score best.

-Dames seem to be doing quite well.

-Don't they, don't they just?

So, I think lurking in the bottom left there is day Dame Kelly Holmes.

Kelly Holmes, says Adam. Kelly Holmes.

Here comes your red line.

It is low. Let's see how close

to that red line you can get with Dame Kelly Holmes.

It's right.

17 is not a bad score.

17 takes your total

up to 113.

Yeah, and of course, she was a sergeant in the British Army

as well, Kelly Holmes. A very apt choice.

So, there we are. Yes, thank you, Richard.

Mark, welcome back. Welcome back.

Just for the fun of hearing you say it, tell us what you do.

I am a planning manager

for a bespoke pumping solutions manufacturer.

-Oh, you've added "solutions" since last time.

-Yeah.

We can call 'em a pumping manufacturer, if you like.

I think pumping solutions is good.

I mean, any big solutions for pumps you're working on at the moment?

-Any...?

-We've... I can't talk about the customers, unfortunately.

What a shame. Can you talk about the pumps themselves?

Some of the more interesting pumps

we put into nuclear power stations and things like that.

So it's actually quite high-grade and very interesting.

High-grade... What's the biggest pump you've installed?

There is a type of pump called a concrete volute and it can be...

It could be probably as big as the centre of the stage in here

and probably as high.

-Wow.

-Yeah, I've had one of those. Have you?

LAUGHTER

You're not kidding there.

Now, Mark, you aren't the high-scorers.

You were for a little while, but no longer. So enjoy that.

12 or less is what we need from you. 12.

As we went along, I had... Kelly Holmes was my answer.

My ideal answer if I could remember the name of the lady

at the top left. Her name is Diane something,

but I cannot for the life of me remember her second name.

So, just to give an answer, I'm going to go with...

..Victoria Wood.

Victoria Wood. There is your red line. If you can get

below that with Victoria Wood,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see how far down the column you get with Victoria Wood.

No, it was

tantalizingly close there.

Look at that. 23.

I'm afraid, though, it takes your total up 123.

The answer in the top left would not have seen you through

cos it would have scored you too many points.

18 points for Diane Abbott.

Now, let's move along the top there.

The next one we haven't done, the black and white one is...

Virginia Woolf. She would have scored you 6 points.

Next to her, Helen Mirren. 53 points.

Now, down onto the second row next to Anita Roddick there

is Dusty Springfield.

She would've scored you 40.

Then at the end of the second row, there is Vivian Westwood.

She would have scored you 20 points.

And on the bottom row there, the ones we haven't had -

the middle three there. Twiggy, 37 points.

Carol Ann Duffy, the poet laureate, would have scored you 1 point.

And Delia Smith, who would have scored you 30.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, I'm so sorry to say,

the pair we are saying goodbye to, it's our only returning pair.

And it's the wonderful Mark and Laura. I'm so sorry.

Far too soon to be sending you home, but thank you so much

-for coming to play.

-Thank you.

Mark and Laura, wonderful contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

Well done, everyone. We have made it through to Round Two.

Fantastic. Also, well done, you've seen off our only returning pair.

Also well done, Adam, you just about made it through

despite Princess of Wales there.

Yeah, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon...

It's Science. 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, and the question is all about...

Chemistry. Richard.

On each board, we are going to show

you six descriptions of terms from chemistry.

We just need you to give us the most obscure answer.

Going to give you the first and last letters of each word,

you'll be glad to hear. Going to be 12 in all to have a go at

-at home. Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So, let's reveal our six descriptions and here they are...

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

-OK, Hal.

-Yes. I mean...

I've got a safe answer.

And I've got one

that is not so safe.

I think we all know

-what I'm going to go for.

-Yeah.

Cos it worked last time. Tactical.

I'm going to go with atom.

OK, let's see how low you can score with atom. Good luck, Hal.

70.

70 for atom.

That's not bad.

Yes, you have seven billion, billion, billion atoms in your body.

Thank you very much indeed. Izzi.

-Izzi, how are we feeling about chemistry?

-Not too bad.

I remember, I think, some of these

from my GCSE chemistry days.

I think I know three of them.

I think I will play it safe

and go with exothermic

for accompanied by the release of heat.

Oh, I like exothermic as safe. Good, OK. Let's see if that is right.

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

See how that's a safe answer.

Exothermic.

Down it goes to 32.

Very well done indeed, Izzi.

32 for exothermic.

They're reactions that transfer energy

-to their surroundings. Exothermic reactions.

-OK, thank you.

-Now, Jonny, this board is all yours.

-Nice one.

-Jonny, talk us through it. Fill in all those chemistry blanks.

-Uh...

Yeah, I know two of them

that have already gone.

The only other one that I know

is helium and I know that's going

to be a really high answer, but I'm going to have to go with it.

OK, helium it is. Let's see how many of our 100 people said helium.

Well, it's right.

It's going down, which seems odd.

58. Not bad.

Not bad for helium.

Yeah, well played. The weird thing is, when I typed all these questions

-in, that question was at the bottom of the board.

-Yeah.

I don't understand it. Now, let's fill in the rest of these.

The carbon residue.

-It's coke.

-It is coke, absolutely.

Very fattening.

26 points for that.

A substance formed from two or more elements...

-Is compound.

-Yeah.

Would have scored you 49.

And of or containing water...

-Aqueous.

-Aqueous.

And that would have scored 35.

So, the best answer on the board is coke.

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

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

32, Izzi.

Very well done indeed. Best score of the pass.

You and your dad looking pretty strong with that.

Then up to 58, where we find Jonny and Hannah.

That up to 70, Hal and Adam.

Adam, once again, you know what I'm going to say.

You just have to do it again.

-There's a theme building.

-There we are. There is slightly.

One more round to go before you can confer, Hal.

Oh, there we go. Best of luck.

We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Let's put six more descriptions of chemistry terms up on the board,

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

-Hannah.

-I'm a bit gutted because I knew every answer on the last board.

Oh, no! Jonny, don't tell me you know all of these!

-I don't know any of them.

-Oh, phew.

I'm going to go second to the bottom.

-And I'm going to say radioactive.

-Radioactive.

Radioactive, says Hannah. OK, you're on 58.

You want to score 11 or less to avoid becoming the high-scorers.

There's your red line. Let's see if

radioactive gets you down there.

It's right.

That's really not bad at all, Hannah, look at that. 20.

Very well done indeed.

78 is your total.

I think you're going to be in the head-to-head.

Yeah, well played, Hannah. Radioactive, very good answer.

-There we are, thank you very much.

-Pleasure.

-Now, David.

David, 45 is your target.

Yes, it's a little while since I did my chemistry O level.

I think I know a couple, but I'm not that sure.

I think I'm going to go for the top one -

the SI unit of work and energy is a joule.

A joule, says David. A joule.

Here's your red line.

Get below that with joule and you're into the head-to-head.

How many people said joule?

It's right.

62.

Taking your total up to 94.

APPLAUSE

And, of course, the amount of energy it takes to make a crown

is a crown joule.

There we go. Now, Adam, look, you've got a chance now.

You've got a chance.

If you can score 23 or less, Adam, this is good.

-You could be into the head-to-head.

-Easy as that.

Adam, talk us through this board and see

if there are some things that spring to mind.

I don't know the bottom one or

indeed the action of purifying

a liquid. I think the binary compound is probably an oxide

and I think the liquid in a solute,

I think might be a solvent.

So I'm going to take the risk.

I'm going to go out swinging and go solvent.

I don't know either, but, yes, solvent. Let's see.

OK, there's your red line.

If you get below that with solvent, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Oh, no! 32.

APPLAUSE

32, good try there.

Takes your total up to 102.

I thought that might do a bit better, Adam, solvent, it's a

good answer, but unlucky. The good news is now you can go out swinging.

LAUGHTER

Do feel free. You were right about oxide.

Actually, it would have scored you a few more points,

though, so would not have saved you. Would have scored 45.

-The next one down, do you know that one?

-That is distillation.

Distillation, yes. 28 points for that. And the bottom one?

-Condensation.

-Condensation, yeah. And that would have scored 43.

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

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

with a high score of 102, Adam and Hal.

I'm sorry, it is you. You must have known condensation there, Adam.

-I do now.

-LAUGHTER

This is no reflection on Hal's very high score in the first round,

but there's not a single answer on the board

that would have won it for you.

Yeah, OK. Now, Hal.

-I knew a few of those.

-Really?

Well, listen, when you come back, Hal,

don't go nuts but we're going to have to have some bigger risks

from you because it's far too soon to be sending you home.

I can tell you the categories I like, if you want.

Adam and Hal, it's been great having you on the show.

We'll look forward to seeing you next time.

And I hope we'll see much more of you. Meantime, Adam and Hal,

thank you very much indeed. APPLAUSE

But for Hannah and Jonny, and David and Izzi,

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Hannah and Jonny, David and Izzi,

you are now one step closer to the final and the chance to

play for our jackpot, which is still currently standing at £1,000.

Well, you know the deal here. You can start playing as teams.

You can chat before you give your answers.

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

Well, very well done.

You saw off our only returning pair quite early on,

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

Admit it, though, if the other pair was Hal and Adam,

think how relaxed you would be. Aw. LAUGHTER

But I'm afraid that's not happened. They have gone back to hospitality.

This, I think, should be very close.

You've been very, very evenly matched so far.

So, best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Joseph actors.

Yeah, we are going to show you five people now who played Joseph.

-Can you identify the most obscure, please?

-Thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five Josephs, and here they are. We have got...

There we go. Five Joseph actors.

Hannah and Jonny, you are our low-scorers so you will go first.

-WHISPERS:

-C is Lee Mead, isn't it? Lee Mead.

-Yeah.

Which answer? Do you think Lee Mead's the best?

Yeah. OK.

We're going to go with C

-and we think it's Lee Mead.

-Lee Mead.

Lee Mead, say Hannah and Jonny for C. Now, David and Izzi.

Talk us through the rest of the Josephs.

I don't think we can, but...

we think we know A, B and D.

Jason Donovan, Gareth Gates and Phillip Schofield.

I think we're going to go for A, Jason Donovan.

OK, A, Jason Donovan, say David and Izzi.

So we have Lee Mead and Jason Donovan.

Hannah and Jonny said Lee Mead.

Let's see if that is right for C.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is Lee Mead.

26 for Lee Mead.

APPLAUSE

David and Izzi, meanwhile, have gone for Jason Donovan for A.

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

It's right.

42 for Jason Donovan. Well done, Hannah and Jonny.

-After one question you are up, 1-0.

-Two good answers there.

Both of those answers released versions of Any Dream Will Do.

Lee Mead's got to number two and Jason Donovan's got to number one.

-How about that?

-There you are.

B is Gareth Gates, as you said.

That would have scored you 51.

Do you know he released the second biggest selling

-single of the noughties, Gareth Gates.

-Did he?

Of the entire decade. His version of Unchained Melody.

It's just behind Will Young,

who released the biggest selling one of the noughties with Evergreen.

D is, of course, the mighty Pip Schofield.

Would have scored you 72 points.

-And E, do you know E?

-It's Darren Day.

Darren Day.

And he would have scored you 31.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So here comes your second question.

David and Izzi, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win this one to stay in the game.

So best of luck. It concerns...

Arctic animals, Richard.

I'm going to show you the name of five Arctic animals now,

animals found in the Arctic. But they are in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them, please?

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

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

David and Izzi will go first.

Do you know any of them?

I think the top one's walrus.

The bottom one is Arctic fox.

-Shall we go for that, then?

-Yeah.

We're going to go for the bottom one,

which we think is Arctic fox.

Arctic fox. Arctic fox. Fix car cot.

Now then, Hannah and Jonny.

Do you want to talk us through those?

Yeah, I think the second one down is reindeer.

And then the fourth one down, we think is stoat.

But I don't even know if that's Arctic.

SHE CHUCKLES

-So shall we go with reindeer?

-It's going to be high-scoring.

It's a risk. We'll take a risk, we're going to go with stoat.

You are going to go with stoat.

OK, so we have Arctic fox and stoat.

David and Izzi went Arctic fox.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Arctic fox.

It's right.

53 for Arctic fox.

Jonny and Hannah, having had reindeer,

have decided to take a massive risk and go for stoat.

Let's see...let's see how many people said stoat.

It's right and, oh, look!

It's gone to 80.

APPLAUSE

Which means, David and Izzi, very well done. You're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, and as you predicted, reindeer,

it would have bought you presents.

It would have taken you into the jackpot round

cos it would have only scored 31 points.

-Do you know warlike hell?

-No.

-Killer whale.

-Aw, of course it is.

Killer whale would have scored you 11 points.

And dangers lie

is a ringed seal and if you got that,

very well done, because it's a pointless answer.

Terrific stuff.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed. OK.

It's your third question.

Oh, I'll take a risk, we'll go with the really easy one.

It's like Hal came back to life.

LAUGHTER

OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Berlin, Richard.

I'm going to show you five clues now to facts about the city of Berlin.

Whichever team gives us the best answer

is going through to play for the jackpot.

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

We have got these.

I'll read those one last time.

-Now, Hannah and Jonny will go first this time.

-I only know the top one.

-We'll just go with that, yeah?

-Yeah, OK.

Yeah, we're going to go with the former

member of the Velvet Underground

who released the 1973 UK top ten album, Berlin,

which is Lou Reed.

Lou Reed, say Hannah and Jonny. Lou Reed.

Now then, David and Izzi, that board's yours. Talk us though it.

I don't think we can at all, really. We're struggling a bit.

-We're going to take a risk, I think.

-Take a risk.

The Briton appointed chief conductor of the

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002 -

Simon Rattle.

Simon Rattle, say David and Izzi. So we have Lou Reed and Simon Rattle.

Hannah and Jonny went for Lou Reed.

Let's see if that's right, former member of the Velvet Underground.

It is right.

It's a good answer, look at that.

Down it goes to 13 for Lou Reed.

Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

David and Izzi, meanwhile, have gone for Simon Rattle as the conductor

of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

Now then, this, I think will be very close.

Which one is going to win?

Down it goes. Ooh, 16 for Rattle.

APPLAUSE

Rattle and Reed.

I'm afraid Reed wins, which means, after three questions,

Hannah and Jonny, you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Very well done indeed.

-Good scoring from both teams there.

Very well played. You avoided the two biggest scorers.

They are the Liza Minnelli musical which is...

-Cabaret.

-..Cabaret, which would have scored 44.

And the bottom answer, the president, who was...

-JFK.

-..JFK.

That would have scored 45.

The best answer there is the politician.

-Very well done at home if you said Willy Brandt.

-Willy Brandt.

Willy Brandt would have scored you five points.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round

is David and Izzi. Ooh, that was close. Very, very close there.

You were thrown a nice lifeline with the stoat there

in the second answer. It's great news for us, David and Izzi.

Means we see you again next time. We'll look forward

to that very much. Meantime, thanks very much. David and Izzi.

APPLAUSE

But for Hannah and Jonny, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Well, many congratulations, Hannah and Jonny.

You've fought of 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 is standing at £1,000.

Well, let's take a look and see what's on the board today.

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

Today's selection looks like this.

-I'd say like folk rock. Unless you feel...

-What about Roaring Twenties?

I don't feel confident with that. Folk rock are like Neil Young or...

Yeah, yeah. We're going to go, yeah, we'll do that, we'll do that.

-Impulse.

-Are you sure?

-Let's do it. Folk rock.

OK, folk rock, it is, Richard.

Yeah, it's quite a Hebdon Bridgey sort of category, folk rock.

-We've got the Trades Club.

-Yeah, exactly.

Let's take a look at your three options.

We're looking for any tracks on the original release

of Blue, by Joni Mitchell from 1971.

Any tracks on the original release

of The Byrds' Greatest Hits from 1967.

Or any tracks on the original

release of Solitude Standing

by Suzanne Vega from 1987.

So tracks on the original releases of Blue, Byrds' Greatest Hits

and Solitude Standing.

Very best of luck.

OK, now, as always, you've got up to a minute to come up with

three answers and all you need

to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready? BOTH:

-Yeah.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

Ooh, what are you thinking?

So, The Byrds, I don't know,

is Tambourine Man one of theirs?

-Yes, it is.

-It's an obvious one,

-though.

-Yeah, it is, yeah.

Do you know any tracks

-on Blue?

-Joni Mitchell.

I'm going to be out of luck. I don't know any of these.

-I don't know any Suzanne Vega. Tambourine Man.

-Joni Mitchell,

she sings like that...

Mercedes Benz, is it called?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We can do that, we can do

Mr Tambourine, Mercedes Benz, is that the title of the track or...?

-Yeah, I don't know.

-Well, we've got two.

-Suzanne Vega?

Shall we just make up another Joni Mitchell?

Just make up at random.

She'll have done this one.

The Byrds, The Byrds, The Byrds.

Surely we know some Byrds songs.

She didn't sing, no,

that's Patti Smith.

I'm thinking Crazy Horses.

10 seconds left.

-Um, um.

-Um...

The Byrds!

OK, that's your time up.

I now need three answers from you,

-I'm so sorry.

-That's all right.

Um, we're going to go Mr Tambourine Man.

-Mr Tambourine Man for The Byrds.

-Yeah.

-Mercedes Benz by Joni Mitchell.

-Mercedes Benz.

And I don't know...

London Bridge by The Byrds.

SHE LAUGHS And London Bridge by The Byrds.

OK, now, of those three, which is your most likely to be pointless?

-Your best shot?

-None of them.

-We'll go with Tambourine Man.

Mr Tambourine Man, we'll put last. Least likely?

London Bridge.

OK, by The Byrds, of course.

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

and here they are. We have got...

Well, very, very best of luck. You never know.

One of those answers might turn out to be pointless.

What would you do with that jackpot if it were?

Well, my dad lives in Kenya,

so it could go towards the flights to go see him.

Hannah.

I'd buy Jonny a pet stoat.

THEY LAUGH

OK, well, very best of luck. Your first answer was London Bridge.

In this case we were looking for hits by The Byrds

on their Greatest Hits album.

Let's see, obviously it has be pointless

for you to win the jackpot.

Let's find out if it's right, shall we, for £1,000.

No, that would've been a surprise.

Your next answer was Mercedes Benz.

In this case we were looking for

tracks from Joni Mitchell's album Blue.

Let's find out if that's right.

For £1,000, how many people said Mercedes Benz? Is it pointless?

No, bad luck.

OK, that means everything is now riding on your third

and final answer, which is Mr Tambourine Man.

In this case we were looking for Greatest Hits by The Byrds.

Again, if it is pointless, it will win you £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Mr Tambourine Man.

Well, it's right. Your first answer, London Bridge, was incorrect.

Your second answer, Mercedes Benz, was incorrect.

Mr Tambourine Man taking us down

through the 20s into the teens.

17 for Mr Tambourine Man.

Well, listen, that was a valiant attempt.

It's always tough when you are presented with categories like that.

That was probably, maybe, your best shot. I don't know.

-It could have been something you might have known.

-Yeah.

You didn't manage to find a pointless answer but you have

won a Pointless trophy and you have been brilliant on the show.

So, very, very well done for both of those,

-Hannah and Jonny, well done.

-Thank you.

Yeah, it's been a genuine pleasure having you here.

As our gift to you, I'd recommend listening to all three

of those albums cos they are all absolutely terrific. Mercedes Benz

is by Janis Joplin, not by Joni Mitchell.

And London Bridge is by nobody, although, funnily enough,

Fergie from Black Eyed Peas did have a hit with that,

but I suspect that wasn't who you were thinking of.

Let's take a look at Joni Mitchell first.

A Case Of You is a pointless answer, My Old Man

and The Last Time I Saw Richard

was about she had Series Links Pointless, it went wrong once,

and she wrote a song about that.

We'll move on to The Byrds.

All I Really Want To Do, Chimes Of Freedom, which is

another Bob Dylan cover, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better and

So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star.

Also, 5D was a pointless answer for The Byrds' Greatest Hits.

And let's take a look at Suzanne Vega.

Another lovely album.

Calypso, Gypsy. You could have had In The Eye, Night Vision,

a couple more there, Language, Wooden Horse and Ironbound.

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

Thanks very much indeed.

Well, unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Hannah and Jonny,

but it's been fabulous having you on the show.

Brilliant performance right across it.

Thank you so much for playing, and playing so well, Hannah and Jonny.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, Hannah and Jonny 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, see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.