Episode 39 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the game where you're always striving to find the lowest score.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, Alexander.

My name's Julie.

This is my friend, Liz, and we come from Brighton.

Couple number two.

Alexander, my name's Ian.

This is my wife, Suzanne and we're from Somerset.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Jit.

This is my friend, Bepin, and we're both from north-west London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name's Anne.

This is my daughter, Sarah, and we're from near Kirkby Lonsdale.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to the show.

Lovely to have you here. We will 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.

With an intellect so towering

old woman abseil down the side of it for charity,

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

-Hiya.

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Hi, everybody.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Have you got over the excitement of...

-Nope.

-..the last show?

Nope, and I won't for months to come.

Lovely Pauline and Sue, who walked away with our jackpot,

the biggest jackpot we've had since we introduced our new endgame,

which is a long time ago.

£11,000, they walked away with.

Justine Henin won them 11 grand, didn't she? Which was great.

Very pleased for them.

I apologise to all eight of you.

I know that's terrible news.

But also, four new pairs come in, so we don't know anybody here yet.

I will say though, on podium four,

if the BBC are looking to replace the test card...

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-..what a great shot that would be.

-Look at that.

That's got everything in it. Every colour you need. Look.

I mean, that's been here a long time, hasn't it?

-It's a bit tired, that one.

-Yeah.

So, it should be an absolute cracker.

Back to £1,000, but lots of lovely questions.

Eight new people to get to know,

which we're looking forward to very much and...

it's just going to be fun...

-It's just...

-..without the pressure of that enormous jackpot.

-It was onerous, wasn't it?

-It really...

-That £11,000 jackpot.

-Who wants to win that? No-one.

Nobody does.

The looks of relief on everybody's faces

-when they discovered it was gone.

-Yeah. Yes. Absolutely.

They weren't going to have to worry about security on the way home.

Thank you. There we are.

Now, Sue and Pauline won the jackpot,

as you may have gathered, last time,

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

There we are.

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

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OK. All you have to remember is this -

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

will be eliminated.

That's all you have to remember.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon...

It's Words.

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 words ending in M-A-T-E as they could.

Words ending in M-A-T-E, Richard.

We are looking for any word in the English language,

according to Oxforddictionaries.com, that ends M-A-T-E.

Please, as always, no hyphenated words, no proper nouns

and we won't accept the word "mate" itself.

It would be a spectacularly poor answer anyway,

but we won't accept it.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

-Are you thinking of one?

-I'm thinking.

Liz, a warm welcome.

Great to have you here from Brighton.

What do you do, Liz?

A lot of things, actually,

none of them particularly well.

-That's perfect. That's exactly what I do, too.

-Yes.

I was an infant teacher for 30 years

and now I just teach, one morning a week, English to adults.

What else do you do on the other days of the week?

I like writing, which is how I know Julie.

We were at a writing group together and we still are.

So, what do you do? Write short stories?

Yes. Short stories. Yes.

What's the criticism like?

Very kind, usually.

I mean, it's not much good saying, "That's lovely, dear,"

-because that's not very constructive...

-No.

..but, you know, people, sort of, are kind to start with

and then they give you constructive criticism.

OK, very good.

Now, Liz, always tough having to go first in these Words rounds.

The word I thought of was...

consummate.

Consummate.

"Consummate," says Liz.

Let's see if that's right.

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

There we are. APPLAUSE

15 for consummate.

Yeah, I think we all know what "consummate" means, as well.

Don't we? Just draw a veil over it.

Typical. As soon as you get people from Brighton on...

-Well, I'm sorry.

-But it could be consummate,

as in, "The consummate professional."

There you are, you see?

Or the consummate where you consummated your marriage.

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How did you know that?

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Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Ian, a warm welcome to Pointless. Here from Somerset.

-Where about in Somerset are you?

-Near Wells.

Near Wells? Beautiful, beautiful.

And what do you do, Ian?

-I'm a chartered accountant.

-Chartered accountant.

Have you been doing that for years and years?

A long time, yeah. I work for myself, work from home.

That's nice. This is very nice.

But it gets very busy, obviously, at the end of the tax year.

Then do you ease off?

The beginning of February, you all go off on holiday, do you?

-Exactly. Yep.

-Perfect.

And what are your hobbies, Ian?

Shooting is my big hobby.

-Clay pigeons?

-Clay pigeon shooting.

-All sorts of shooting, really.

-I see. OK.

Now, Ian,

again, still tough at the first half of this round

to have to come up with a word.

Liz has set the bar very high.

What would you like to go for?

Penultimate.

Penultimate.

A little buzz there from the audience.

Penultimate. Very popular choice there.

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

Look at that. One! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

One for penultimate.

Very well done indeed, Ian.

Yeah. "Last but one."

So, actually in the exactly the wrong place to give that answer.

On the way back, that would have been a lovely answer, wouldn't it?

-Wouldn't it?

-Our penultimate answer.

Thank you, Richard.

Bepin, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Bepin?

I am also a chartered accountant.

Also a chartered accountant? Do you work from home?

No, I work in the office, sadly.

Maybe it's good to get out of home.

If I were a chartered accountant working at home,

I'm trying to think

how much chartered accounting I would get done.

The answer is about that, I think.

-Minimum.

-Yeah.

What do you do when you're not working?

I like to play a bit of golf, do a bit of gardening...

bit of travel when I can fit it in.

Very good. OK.

-Now, Bepin.

-Yep.

Words ending M-A-T-E.

I'm going to go for climate.

"Climate," says Bepin.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Climate."

28.

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28 for climate.

28 points, but scientists predict

that in five years' time,

that will score 33 or 34.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Sarah, welcome.

Here, from near Kirkby Lonsdale.

How beautiful, Kirkby Lonsdale.

And to be near Kirkby Lonsdale.

-Does that mean you're in the middle of nowhere?

-Yes. Very much.

But what a beautiful nowhere to be in the middle of.

-Lovely place, yeah.

-Yeah.

What do you do, Sarah?

I'm a student at Newcastle University.

How are you enjoying Newcastle?

-It's a lovely city. I really like it.

-Isn't it? I love Newcastle.

-What year are you in?

-Just going into second year.

Just about to go into second year. Reading what?

-English literature.

-Very good.

So first year has gone well? You've been living in halls first year?

-Yeah.

-And what happens next year? Do you move out?

-We've got a house.

Whereabouts is your house? Sorry, just talk amongst yourselves.

-In Jesmond?

-Don't ask what number,

-otherwise it's getting weird.

-No, all right.

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-Yeah.

-Sarah, what would you like to go for?

I've got a risky one or a safe one.

-I'm not sure.

-Don't ask me that, I'm going to say, "Risky" every time.

Yeah.

What...? Risky, how?

Risky in that you're not sure if it's a word, or...?

If it's... It might be two words.

Oh.

I'm going to say stalemate.

"Stalemate," says Sarah.

Stalemate. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Stalemate."

Well, 28 is our high score and you pass that.

19 for stalemate.

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Not bad at all, Sarah.

Yeah, "Position counting as a draw."

Or one of those people you friended on Facebook a long time ago

-and think, "Why did I do that?"

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Thanks very much, Richard. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Well done, Ian. The lowest score of the round. Very good indeed.

One over there on podium two.

Then up to 15, where we find Liz and Julie.

Up to 19, where we find Sarah and Anne.

And then up to 28,

where we find Bepin and Jit.

So, Jit, you are a little bit ahead.

We are going to need a low score from you.

I think...

you have the mean of someone

who's got a good answer up their sleeve there,

-so let's hope... Find out if that's right.

-We'll find out.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-So, Anne, welcome.

-Hello.

Now, normally, I say to people, "What do you do?"

I think I have a hunch. LAUGHTER

I have an inkling

you might be a vicar.

-I'm a curate...

-A curate.

-..so I'm like a trainee vicar.

A trainee vicar? Oh. So how long have you been traineeing?

Just over a year.

So, you're attached to a parish in Kirby Lonsdale, near Kirby Lonsdale?

Yes. Actually Kirby Lonsdale.

-I see.

-It's also known as the Rainbow Parish.

Ah. Well, how nice.

And when not being a curate...

I mean, for heaven's sake, you're a curate all the time, really,

-there's no two ways about that...

-Yeah.

..but when you have spare time, shall I say, what do you like to do?

Spare time. I do have to try and earn my own living as well,

which I do as a self-employed actuary.

But in my "spare" spare time, I do quite a lot of bell-ringing.

I see. That's fun.

I mean, not hand bells, you mean proper church bells?

-Church bell ringing, yes.

-And you do that in Kirby Lonsdale?

Yes, and the village we live in, which is Whittington.

What is the longest time...? How many changes have you rung?

What is the record number?

The record one that I, particularly, have rung is about 5,200, I think.

How many hours was that?

Three hours, 22.

Wow.

OK. Now, what would you like to go for?

We are looking for words ending M-A-T-E.

I would like to go... It's...

maybe slightly risky, but I was prompted by an earlier contestant.

I would like to go with antepenultimate.

There we are. That's the open goal everybody was stepping around there.

Antepenultimate.

Well, you're on 19.

You want to score eight or less.

I would hope this would go all the way down.

There is your red line.

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

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Gets you through.

And it's Pointless! Very well done indeed.

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Very well done. We haven't had one of those for a long, long time.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £1,250.

It's scores you nothing,

leaves your total at 19.

Very well done indeed, Anne.

Bravo, Anne. That's a terrific answer.

Yeah, "The third from last in a particular series."

I thought you were going to go for that.

That was the one I was going to go for. You've got it written down.

-There you go.

-There we go.

-Told you so. Antepenultimate.

-Thank you.

-Got you again.

-Yeah, you got me.

-The moment you heard, "Penultimate,"

I could see your brain going.

-Inevitably.

-I know when you're thinking.

-I've seen it once or twice before.

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It's quite rare.

-Right, now, Jit...

-Hello.

..welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here. What do you do, Jit?

I am also... I don't know if you've ever had this before,

I'm also an accountant.

-Triple accountant.

-Yeah.

-So, another accountant.

-I know.

-Yes indeed.

-Goodness me.

What do you do in your spare time, Jit?

So, I like to play golf with Bepin as much as we can.

I'm big on sports, so I like to play squash

and I follow cricket religiously as well,

so I've been out to Australia to see the guys and stuff so...

Oh, I see. Are you part of the...?

Would you say you were part of the Barmy Army or would you...?

I wouldn't go that far

because I'm not as dedicated as some of those guys are, but...

-I'm a hanger on.

-A hanger on?

-Yeah, probably.

OK. Now, Jit. You're on 28. You're still the high-scorers.

We need something along the lines of antepenultimate.

Yeah, I had penultimate, I didn't have antepenultimate, unfortunately.

And I had climate, as well,

which Beps has taken.

I'm just going to have to go with ultimate.

"Ultimate," says Jit. Let's see if that's right.

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

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid,

as you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how many people said, "Ultimate."

Eight. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 36.

It's going to drive geeks mad, this round,

because penultimate came in the wrong place,

antepenultimate came in the wrong place

and now ultimate's in the wrong place as well.

-Imagine if we'd finished with those three.

-We'll edit it, reorder them.

We should do that. That would be perfect.

You know that anyone who hangs around with the Barmy Army...

-It's the Territorial Barmy Army, it's called.

-Really?

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then...

Suzanne, you are on one.

Lovely low score from Ian in that first pass.

Ian, antepenultimate, you see?

I didn't want to risk, though, it in case it was hyphenated.

Fair enough. It might have been hyphenated.

Now, Suzanne, welcome.

What do you do, Suzanne?

Well, I'm retired but I do a lot of cooking and food writing.

I'm interested in food and farming.

-Oh, so you do food writing...as well?

-Yes.

So, what particularly do you write about?

Well, very often about the way our food is produced now

and foods that are endangered

because of modern farming and production methods.

Suzanne, what would you like to go for?

You're on a lovely low score there.

36 is the high. Jit and Bepin.

If you can score 34 or less, you're through.

I've got two in mind but I think I'll go with the safer one.

Inanimate.

"Inanimate," says Suzanne.

There is your red line. If you can get below that with inanimate,

you're through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Very well done. You are through to Round Two.

Down it goes, to six... APPLAUSE

..taking your total up to seven, the lowest total of the round.

Lovely answer, Suzanne. Very well played, yeah.

"Showing no signs of life."

There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

So, Julie.

We come to you.

Here from Brighton, Julie.

And what do you get up to down in Brighton?

Well, Liz and I have been friends for a long time.

We like going to quizzes together,

we like having lunches together.

Sometimes we even involve our partners.

Occasionally, they're allowed to join you for coffee.

-Only occasionally.

-Yes. That's fine.

Do you go to different places around Brighton or around Sussex,

or do you have a regular haunt that you like to go to for lunch?

Just places around Brighton.

OK, very good.

Now, Julie, you're on 15.

You have to score 20 or less to stay with us at the end of this round.

I've got a couple in mind,

and I'm very worried about if I choose the wrong one...

but I'm going to go for intimate.

Intimate.

"Intimate," says Julie. Here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with intimate,

you are through to the next round.

How many people said intimate?

31 for intimate.

I'm sorry, Julie.

That's a high score there, takes your total up to 46.

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Sorry, Julie. Second highest scorer of all, intimate, I'm afraid.

Now, there's quite a few pointless answers,

so let's take a look at a few of them.

I've come up with another one.

-No, no.

-If you've got another one.

I'll go for reanimate, but that might be hyphenated.

Reanimate...would've scored you two points.

-That's all right.

-I'd stick with antepenultimate.

I'd go with antepenultimate.

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

Some good words here. Some words

that people will know here for definite.

Bandmate is a pointless answer, someone who you're in a band with.

Clubmate also is a pointless answer - someone that, you know,

you're in a club with or a football team. Bedmate.

Glutamate, like monosodium glutamate.

Labelmate. Again, a band you're on the same label as.

Littermate. That's an animal you're in the same litter as.

-That's sweet, isn't it?

-That's nice.

-I rather like that one.

Microclimate.

How about that? Stick micro on the front of climate

and you'd have had a pointless answer.

Misestimate.

Oh, yes. We've met her.

She's been on the show, hasn't she? LAUGHTER

Very good.

One of the less successful of the Little Miss books - Miss Estimate.

Squamate, which is a lizard.

And stablemate, of course, for horses.

A horse that comes from the same stable.

And we know the second-highest scorer was intimate.

Climate, actually, is the third-highest scorer.

Climate and primate both scored 28.

Let's take a look at all the top three

and you can see what the top one is.

I want to see if you can guess the top one.

What do you think the top one is?

I was quite surprised with it.

I'll tell you, the closest we've had was stalemate.

-Oh, it's checkmate.

-Checkmate is the biggest answer of all.

-How interesting.

-Would have scored 45 points.

-Interesting.

-Vaclav.

Do you know Vaclav?

He's my Czech mate.

-Oh, right. Yeah.

-Yeah. Lovely fella.

-Lovely fella.

-Lovely fella.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we are at the end of our first round,

and the pair we're saying goodbye to, I'm afraid, is Julie and Liz.

I'm so sorry. Far too soon to be sending you home.

Good news, though, we'll see you again next time.

We look forward to that very much indeed.

In the meantime, thank you very much indeed, Julie and Liz.

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

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Well done, everyone.

We have made it through to Round Two.

Only one more round to go till you can start playing as teams.

You can confer from next round onwards.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

World Politics.

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. And the question concerns...

Female World Leaders, Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the names

of six female world leaders,

also the position they held

and the year they took that position as well.

I just need you to tell us the country

in which they held the position, please.

There'll be 12 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. So, let's reveal our first board

of six female world leaders, and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

So, Ian, we come to you.

How do you like our board of female world leaders?

I know five of the six...

That's pretty good going, Ian.

..I'm just not sure which is going to be the least score.

I think I'll say Mary Robinson.

Republic of Ireland.

"Republic of Ireland," says Ian, for Mary Robinson.

Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Ian.

He's right.

36 for Republic of Ireland. APPLAUSE

Yeah, first female President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.

Became a UN Commissioner for Human Rights after that, as well.

Thank you, Richard.

Now, Jit.

So I think I know only the obvious ones, to be totally honest.

So, I am going to go for...

Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan.

"Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan," says Jit.

Let's see if that right.

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

It's right.

43. APPLAUSE

43 for Pakistan.

Yeah, her father was also Prime Minister of Pakistan.

She studied at Oxford University and Harvard.

That's showing off, isn't it?

Choose one or the other.

Anyway. Now, Anne,

what would you like to go for on this board?

This whole board is yours. If you want to talk us through it, you can.

I wish I could. The only one I know

is the other stunningly obvious one,

which I'm going to have to go for, I think.

Angela Merkel, Germany.

"Angela Merkel, Germany," says Anne.

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

There we are. It's right.

There... Yes. 80.

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Seemingly as ever on this show,

Germany a high scorer.

Yeah. First female Chancellor of Germany.

Long-running one, as well, Angela Merkel.

Do you want to take a guess at any of these?

Do you know Helen Clark?

She's New Zealand.

Yes. There we go.

Would have scored 12 points.

Portia Simpson Miller...

-is...

-Jamaica.

-..Jamaica.

-Yes, I do remember that.

Would have scored seven points.

And Michelle Bachelet at the bottom... It's a very good answer.

Well done if you said Chile.

Would have scored you two points.

There we are.

Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

36, Ian. Well done.

Ian and Suzanne, once again, looking very strong on that first podium.

Then up to 43, Jit and Bepin.

Then up to 80. I'm sorry, Anne.

Not much left on the board for you there,

apart from the really high scorer.

But, Sarah, who knows what the next board's like?

If you can find a nice low scorer on there,

maybe it'll be enough to keep you in the game, so best of luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. We're going to put six more

female world leaders up on the board, and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Sarah,

you're the high scorer,

so we need a low score from you.

Yeah, politics is not my strong point in any way.

Going to try...

..India for Indira Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi, India.

No red line for you, Sarah,

as you're the high-scorers.

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

It's right.

70 for India

takes your total up to 150.

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-That was really bad, sorry.

Yeah. Served for three consecutive terms, Indira Gandhi.

Her father was also Prime Minister of India.

-The first one.

-Indeed.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Bepin.

Good news for you, doesn't matter what you score here,

you will still go through to our head-to-head.

Well, the only one I absolutely knew was Indira Gandhi,

so I'm going to take a guess with Kim Campbell

and go for Australia.

Kim Campbell.

"Australia," says Bepin.

No red line. You're already through.

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

Not Australia, I'm afraid.

Scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 143,

but you're through anyway.

Yep. Afraid not, Bepin,

but I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now, Suzanne.

How confident are you feeling?

Do you want to have a wander through that board

and see how many you can fill in?

No, I'd rather not.

I sort of feel that I do almost know some,

but I'm going to go for the one I feel pretty certain on,

which is the top one.

Julia Gillard, Australia.

"Julia Gillard, Australia," says Suzanne.

Again, no red line for you as you're already through

but let's see how many of our 100 said Australia.

It's right.

25. Takes your total to 50... APPLAUSE

61, I beg your pardon. 61.

Well played, Suzanne. Famously born in Barry in Wales.

Her parents emigrated

when she was four years old.

Edith Cresson...

-France.

-..is France. Yep.

Would have scored 12 points.

Now, Kim Campbell...

It's not Australia.

Canada.

Eight points for that.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the best answer on the board.

She won the Nobel Peace Prize,

-she was the first African elected female head of state.

-Yes.

Extraordinary women in lots of ways.

She was the President of Liberia.

Two points for that. Very well done if you said that one.

-And Golda Meir is...

-Israel.

-..Israel.

And she would have scored you 30.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair we're sending home with their high score of 150,

I'm afraid it's Sarah and Anne on the far podium there.

You scored our only Pointless answer

for some time in actual gameplay,

so congratulations for that...

but we'll see you again next time,

and I'm sure you'll go much, much further.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Sarah and Anne.

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But for Bepin and Jit, and Ian and Suzanne,

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

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Congratulations, Ian and Suzanne, Bepin and Jit,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,250.

Well, you know the story.

From here on in, you can chat before you give your answers,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for the jackpot.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK. Here comes your first question

and it concerns...

Two-word Film Titles, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you some visual clues now.

Pairs of pictures that will lead you to a two-word film title.

We've also giving you the year that those films were released,

so all you have to do is come up with the most obscure one.

OK. Thank you. So, let's reveal our five visual clues,

and here they come.

We've got...

Well, Ian and Suzanne, you're our low scorers

so, obviously, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

Well, we know four of them,

so I think we'll plump for E...

and Sunset Boulevard.

"Sunset Boulevard," say Ian and Suzanne.

Sunset Boulevard.

Now, Bepin and Jit...

do you want to talk through the others?

I think we know three of them.

B is Top Gun,

C is Cloud Atlas

and D, I think, is Fight Club.

Which of those do you think?

I think Cloud Atlas might be the best shot out of those. Yeah.

OK, I think we'll go with Cloud Atlas.

You're going to go with Cloud Atlas.

So, we have Sunset Boulevard and we have Cloud Atlas.

Ian and Suzanne have Sunset Boulevard for E.

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

It's right.

67 for Sunset Boulevard.

Well, Bepin and Jit, meanwhile,

have gone for C and they've said Cloud Atlas.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right...

..and it wins.

What about that? 37.

Low score for Cloud Atlas there. APPLAUSE

Well done, Bepin and Jit.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah. That was actually the highest score on the board

and the lowest score on the board there, those two answers.

The one you didn't get for us, gents, was A...

-Reservoir Dogs.

-Reservoir Dogs.

I think that's exactly what Quentin Tarantino had in mind, I think.

That's so lovely, isn't it? Aww. Look at the dog on the right.

-Aww.

-So tired.

-Well, he's been in the reservoir all day.

-Yeah.

38 points for that.

B, you're absolutely right, Bepin and Jit, was Top Gun.

58 points for that.

D, Fight Club.

Can I just commend the acting from our subjects there?

Well, they weren't acting.

That's actually... A photographer just caught that fight happening.

But a fight in an office as well.

It's a fight in a boxing equipment office.

Right.

-Two guys just furious with each other.

-Yeah. There we go.

63 points for Fight Club.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your second question.

Now, Ian and Suzanne, you have to win this one to stay in the game

but Bepin and Jit will answer it first. Best of luck.

It concerns...

Vincent van Gogh, Richard.

We're going to show you five clues now to facts

about the artist Vincent van Gogh.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

People argue so much about how you pronounce that name,

it's become almost like a badge of honour to pronounce it differently.

Yeah, I know. "Van Goch," "Van Go."

The Americans like, "Van Goh."

But, you know, "Van Goff."

We always called him "Van Goff", haven't we?

We've called him "Van Goff".

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Bepin and Jit will go first.

Not a brilliant category.

So, I think we know a couple of them.

Do you know?

Do you have an idea about the French city?

-No.

-I think we're going to have to go with one of the obvious ones.

I think we'll go with the European city, which is Amsterdam.

"Amsterdam," say Bepin and Jit.

Amsterdam. Now, Ian and Suzanne,

that board's all yours.

OK. We'll say... We know several.

The flowers are sunflowers.

But I think we're going to go for the century in which he was born,

the 19th century.

The 19th century.

So, we have Amsterdam and we have the 19th century.

Bepin and Jit went for Amsterdam.

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

It's right.

50 for Amsterdam. APPLAUSE

Now, Ian and Suzanne, playing to stay in the game here,

have gone for the 19th century.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said the 19th century.

It's right...

..and it wins you the point.

Well done. 36 for the 19th century.

You're back in the game, Ian and Suzanne. Well done.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Very well played. Let's fill in the rest of these.

You're right about sunflowers, of course...

but that's the biggest scorer on the board.

That would have scored you 66 points.

Right at the top there. Do you know the actor?

Yes.

I can picture...

-It's Kirk Douglas.

-Kirk Douglas is the right answer, yep.

Would have scored you 16.

And the French city is the best answer on the board.

-That is Arles.

-Arles.

Very well done if you said that.

That would have scored you two points.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final place for the jackpot,

so best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today is all about...

Things Found Under The Sea, Richard?

We're going to show you five things now you might find under the sea

but we've put them in anagram form, I'm afraid.

Whichever team gives us the lowest answer

is going through to play for the jackpot.

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

We've got...

HE REPEATS ANAGRAMS

Now, Ian and Suzanne, you're to go first this time again.

-Yeah...

-(Seaweed...

-(That must be plankton. That's too easy.

-Yeah...

-(Let go with that.

-OK.)

OK, I think we will go for

"Scoot up" as octopus.

Scoot up, octopus.

Now, Bepin and Jit, how many of those can you talk us through?

Well, we know seaweed is "awe seed".

Do you know any of the others?

No, not really.

I think we might need to go for the top one, you think?

-Dolphin?

-Dolphin is the last one, actually.

Well, we'll just go with that.

-Let's go with dolphin.

-You're going to go for dolphin.

So, we have octopus and we have dolphin.

Now, Ian and Suzanne went for octopus for "scoot up".

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many have 100 people spotted octopus.

It's right.

Not bad. 22.

22 for octopus. APPLAUSE

Bepin and Jit have, meanwhile, gone for dolphin.

For "hold pin". Let's see if dolphin's right.

Let's see how many people spotted it.

It's right.

37 for dolphin... APPLAUSE

..which means, Ian and Suzanne, very well done.

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

Yeah, very, very well played.

Let's fill in the rest of this board.

-"Plank not..."

-Plankton.

It's plankton, yep.

Only score you 71, though.

"Awe seed" is seaweed, you knew that.

It's actually an even bigger scorer, it would've scored you 81.

And "car lo" is...

coral, of course.

That would have scored you 41.

It's like a Japanese buffet, isn't it?

Isn't it? HE CHUCKLES

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, is Bepin and Jit.

Nothing wrong with any of your answers in the round.

Just...Ian and Suzanne pipped you there

on questions two and three.

We'll see you again next time, though.

And we look forward to that very much.

In the meantime, thanks very much, Bepin and Jit.

APPLAUSE

But for Ian and Suzanne, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Ian and Suzanne.

You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.

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

Well, I said I'd quite like songs by the Wurzels.

LAUGHTER

A good Somerset man, you see. There we are.

Songs by the Wurzels.

I can only think of two, but... No, three!

I can think of three songs by the Wurzels.

Champion Dung Spreader?

You really do know your Wurzels.

Fantastic. Suzanne, anything you'd particularly like to see come up?

Well, obviously I'd like it to be food related.

-Of course.

-Food writers, classic cookery books...

-Something like that would be good.

-That would be good.

Well, let's hope there's something up there you like the look of.

Today's choices read like this...

I don't see think I see anything that we'd get a pointless in.

Like the Nationals, could be anything.

Could be like Grand National, could be all sorts of national things.

If it's the Grand National, I don't know anything. Do you?

We know horses. You know, looking back. I don't mind.

-Which do you prefer?

-No, you.

You've got the responsibility!

All right, I'm going to say...

We'll go for the Nationals.

"The Nationals," say Ian and Suzanne.

OK, very best of luck. Here are your three questions.

We are looking for anyone credited

with acting in the 2004 film National Treasure,

according to IMDB.

We are looking for are the names of any of the 39 horses

that started the 2015 Grand National...

or we are looking for any National Lottery game show.

That's any game show that's been wrapped around

the Saturday night National Lottery draw, please.

And that's up to April, 2015.

So, the cast of National Treasure.

Grand National horses from 2015.

Or Saturday night's National Lottery game shows, please.

Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with the answers

and all you need to win the jackpot

is for just one of your answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Don't know any of the film's...

-No, I don't.

Can you think of any of the horses? Cos I don't for this year.

No, not this year. No.

Right, National Lottery game show hosts. Dale Winton...

No, not show hosts. It's National Lottery game shows.

Game shows, yeah.

So, like, In It To Win It,...

The one from EastEnders...

-Is that...? No, it's not connected with that, is it?

-No.

Dale Winton...

Yeah, but that's... That's In It To Win It, isn't it?

-Oh, I don't know.

-There's the one...

I think that is connected with it.

But say it. Go on. Think of some more.

I can't think of anything else.

That shows we don't even do the lottery.

MURMURING

A bit stuck here, I'm afraid.

Who else has done game shows? Just think of people in game shows.

Over the years, from...

I just can't remember when he said.

People that have done game shows.

That's only one that I can think of.

Right, what's the name of the guy from EastEnders?

OK, now, that, I'm afraid, is your time up.

I now need your three answers.

Sounds like you might have to make up some racehorse names.

I think we might have to make up some racehorse names.

Well, that's fun, isn't it?

What answers would you like to give me?

Well, we know In It To Win It.

So, In It To Win It is one.

For the National Lottery game show, yep.

National horses...

Goldstar.

Goldstar.

Pick someone from the National Treasure cast. I don't know...

-Let's say, Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Leonardo DiCaprio.

Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The only one we think might be right.

-In It To Win It.

In It To Win It goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Goldstar.

-Goldstar.

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

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

Well, very best of luck.

What if you won that jackpot? £1,250.

Nice jackpot to be taking home.

What would you do with it?

-Ian?

-Well, we thought what we'd like to do with it.

It's our silver wedding anniversary next year,

so we thought we'd spend it on having a good party.

Brilliant. Well, congratulations for that.

Now, your first answer was Goldstar.

In this case, we were looking for any horses

that started the 2015 Grand National.

-This is the one that...

-Well, you made up.

But you thought it was probably the least likely to be pointless,

so let's find out how many of our 100 people said Goldstar.

For £1,250, is it right? Or pointless?

No!

You never know! That was one that just might have swum in

and maybe somewhere, at the back of your mind,

it might have been a correct answer, but I'm afraid it wasn't.

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

Your next answer was Leonardo DiCaprio.

In this case, we were looking for any cast members

of the film National Treasure.

Let's find out. Leonardo DiCaprio.

Is it right, is it pointless for £1,250?

No! I'm afraid not.

Just think, if it had have being a right answer.

It wouldn't have been pointless, would it?

OK, well, let's find out.

You have one more shot at today's jackpot.

You've gone for In It To Win It.

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

In this case, we were looking for National Lottery game shows.

If it's pointless, it'll win you £1,250.

How many people said it?

It's right.

Goldstar, your first answer,

was incorrect.

Leonardo DiCaprio, your second answer, was incorrect.

But In It To Win It...

I'm afraid, stops at 33, I'm sorry.

APPLAUSE

You know what's going to happen, though, now

is we're going to go through those 2015 Grand National horses

and I bet we're going to end up knowing loads of those, but just...

very hard to summon up in that minute.

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

though, so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but congratulations on your silver wedding next year.

You at least have two pointless trophies to take home

to add to the celebrations.

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you very much.

Let's take a look at those pointless answers, shall we?

We'll start with the cast of National Treasure.

Everybody apart from Nicolas Cage,

Sean Bean, Diane Kruger and Jon Voight.

Everyone else in that film was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said one.

Those 2015 Grand Nationals.

Essentially, if you bet on one of these,

you'll remember the name, cos almost all of them were pointless.

Alvarado, who finished fourth.

Dolatulo, who finished last.

Saint Are, who finished second.

So, lots of people would have bet on that.

Lots of people would have got that as a pointless answer.

And Soll. Loads of other pointless answers there.

First Lieutenant, Lord Windermere, Rebel Rebellion, Spring Heeled,

The Druid's Nephew, The Rainbow Hunter.

Lots and lots of pointless answers there.

Well done if you got any of those. National Lottery game shows.

15 pointless answers. I produced two of them. Well done, me.

You could have had...

This is one of mine. ..1 Vs 100.

Presented by Dermot O'Leary and then, later, Ben Shepherd.

Break The Safe, which was Nick Knowles.

Jamie Theakston's The People's Quiz was a pointless answer.

Now, this last one, this is Shane Ritchie from EastEnders.

He did Win Your Wish List, which is a pointless answer.

Lots of others. Big Ticket, Guesstimation, Millionaire Manor,

On The Spot, Red Alert, Secret Fortune, We've Got Your Number,

Winning Lines, Right Around The World.

All of those, pointless answers.

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

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Ian and Suzanne,

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

Thank you so much for playing. Ian and Suzanne!

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £2,250.

APPLAUSE

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 AND CHEERING