Episode 52 Pointless

CHEERING AND 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 score as few points as you can, and you do that by coming up

with the answers no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hello, Alexander, I'm Pauline,

this is my friend and colleague Christine,

and we are from the Isle of Arran.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, Alexander, I am Johnny,

this is my friend Duncan, and we are from Newcastle.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, Alexander.

I'm Jackie and this is my daughter, Lucy.

I live in Cheshire and Lucy lives in London.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Neil, this is my friend Katy, and we are from St Andrews.

And these are today's contestants.

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

Lovely to have you here. We'll find out more about you through the show as it goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Here to inject a bit of intellect to the proceedings,

like our very own unregistered GP,

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon. Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

-How are you?

-Do you know, I must not grumble.

-I just can't.

-Out of ten?

I'm going to put it up in the nines, I think.

-Really?

-I'm keeping that last bit just for space.

You can't say ten, otherwise that would be awful.

-There is nowhere to go.

-Nowhere to go from there.

-8.9 for me.

-Oh. OK.

Woke up with a slight back twinge. It's gone, completely gone.

But you know, it's still there, the memory of it is there.

I don't want anyone to worry about me.

I am so absolutely fine. I can see the concern on your faces.

Genuinely, it's OK. I wouldn't even have mentioned it

if he hadn't brought it up.

I did bring it up.

One returning pair from the last show, Jackie and Lucy,

who got all the way to the head-to-head,

played terrifically well.

They will be hard to beat today, and three brand-new pairs,

including a pair from one of my favourite places in Britain,

the lovely Isle of Arran.

-Beautiful.

-Wonderful.

-You ever been?

-No.

Oh, you must.

I've seen the jumpers, though.

LAUGHTER

-You should go now. Go now.

-All right.

Hello, Sue Barker? I wonder...

LAUGHTER

No, Sue's not available. You're going have to come and do it.

-I've just been.

-Did you like it?

-It's absolutely beautiful.

I didn't realise it was on the west coast. Beautiful.

-By Troon and Ayrshire, just there.

-How did you get there?

Well, I went bus, train, plane, train, boat, Arran. Wahey!

And back?

Back, I just went like that, like in Rent-a-Ghost

and got back in seconds flat.

Very good. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Joel and Jondy didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that jackpot,

and today's one starts off at £2,250.

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

OK, remember this, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That is the rule. Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

European Capitals of Culture. Richard.

On each board we are going to show you seven clues,

and the answers to each of those clues is a city

which has been a European City of Culture.

There will be 14 in all to have a go at home.

Very best of luck.

OK - which European Cities of Culture are these?

We have got...

I will read all of those again.

-There we are. Pauline, welcome.

-Thank you.

-From the Isle of Arran.

-Yes.

-Lovely.

How did you get here?

Ferry, train, plane, train, bus.

Boat-train-plane-train-bus. OK.

-What do you do up in Arran?

-I'm a school secretary.

How long have you been the school secretary?

-About 16 years, I think it is now.

-Wow.

How many schools are there on Arran?

Well, there are seven primaries and one high school,

and I work at the high school.

So you basically know every child on Arran.

-School-age children.

-School-age children.

That's quite an intelligence you have got there.

What a resource. Absolutely fantastic.

What do you do when school's out?

When school's out, I like to do a lot of keep-fit,

I do a wee bit of running, Zumba, aerobics, walking as well.

Building up an Arran sweat.

Well, you've the wrong Arran, Alexander.

-Oh, no, have I?

-Yes.

I can't believe it. How embarrassing.

The Aran sweater you are thinking of is actually Irish.

We're double R. It's a different place.

Can I just say?

Can I just say, thank goodness,

cos I don't like those sweaters at all.

LAUGHTER

Phew! What a relief. I couldn't have kept that up all show.

Pauline, what would you like to go for

on our board of European Cities of Culture?

I am afraid I'm not a very cultured person,

so I don't really know an awful lot of these,

apart from the obvious one at the bottom.

I think I'll go for number two,

and say Liverpool.

Liverpool, says Pauline. Let's see if Liverpool's right.

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

65.

It's not bad. 65.

Gets the ball rolling.

An awful lot better than 100.

And Albert Dock, of course, is where they used to do This Morning

back when we were young.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Duncan, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

-From Newcastle.

-Just about, yeah.

-Just about.

-Yeah.

-Where are you from?

Leicester originally - I moved to Newcastle when I was about two.

Oh, I see. That is fair enough. From two, that is OK.

What do you do in Newcastle?

-University student.

-What are you studying and what year are you in?

Marketing, and I'm on my third year, on a placement year at the moment.

Oh, that's fun. Whereabouts are you doing that?

In a company in Gateshead, digital marketing company.

-Have you enjoyed it?

-Really good. Really good.

Good, good. Now, Duncan, what would you like to go for on this board?

The city that hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

-Glasgow.

-Glasgow, says Duncan. Glasgow.

Pauline thought that was too obvious, went for Liverpool.

Let's see where Glasgow ends up.

Is it right? Let's find out how many people said it.

It is right.

Oh - 69.

Yeah, good choice, Pauline.

69 for Glasgow.

Home to Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet

and the Royal Scottish Orchestra and all sorts of things.

Kelvin Hall.

-Another beautiful city, isn't it?

-It's a great place.

Must be the nearest city to Arran, as well, isn't it, Glasgow?

-It is, yes.

-I don't know if you know this,

not where they make Aran sweaters.

-No.

-That is a different Aran.

LAUGHTER

-Lucy.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Head-to-headers last time.

-We did.

-Stalwart performance, in fact, last time around.

-Thank you.

Remind us what you do, Lucy.

-I produce TV commercials.

-Indeed.

-Do you go abroad to film often?

-Yes, I do.

They used to shoot a lot in South Africa, didn't they?

I have shot in South Africa a few times.

I've shot in the Czech Republic a few times.

-Could come in handy, couldn't it?

-It could come in handy.

Have you ever had to do any pet food commercials?

No. I never have.

I once had to voice a pet food commercial

for a cat food commercial

and I did wonder how they got the cat to do those things.

They can do some pretty good stuff, those cats.

They can do some extraordinary things.

-They can.

-My goodness.

-Yeah.

-What that feline couldn't do.

Anyway, I was hoping you would be able to spill the beans, but there we are.

Lucy, what would you like to go for?

There is one I could guess at,

but I think I'll play it safe

and go for Czech Republic city,

Prague.

Prague, says Lucy.

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

It's right. Well, you passed both our existing scores

to get down to 60.

Still a nice and close grouping, there.

Yes, European Capital of Culture in 2000, Prague.

-Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Neil.

-Hi.

Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you. From St Andrews.

Yeah, I am from Edinburgh, but I studied in St Andrews.

Very good. What are you studying there?

-I've actually graduated recently, so in maths.

-In maths.

What are you going to do? Do you have anything lined up?

I actually do have a job as a trainee actuary.

Is that sort of legal, isn't it? No?

-It's...pensions and insurance, but in London.

-I see.

-So you're moving down here?

-Yes.

-Have you found where to live in London?

-No, no.

-That's your next...

-Everybody asks that question.

Right. Good luck with that.

You might find you have to commute from Edinburgh, you never know.

-Beautiful commute.

-Yeah, lovely commute.

Bus, plane, boat, train, bus, plane. LAUGHTER

Now, Neil, this board, we have kept it all for you.

If you want to go through it and fill in all the blanks...

I think the former capital of Poland might be Krakow.

The city in northern France, I have no idea.

I would guess the Estonian city is Tallinn,

because I can only name one.

I do know that the Spanish city

served by Barajas International Airport -

cos I think I've been in it -

it's Madrid.

That's your answer. Madrid, says Neil.

Let's see how many of our 100 people say Madrid.

It's right. Very well done indeed.

60 is our lowest score.

You pass that very comfortably indeed...

22 for Madrid. Very well done on that.

Good work, Neil.

Very well played, Neil.

Took us through the board very nicely as well.

You're right about the top one. It is Krakow.

Would have scored you slightly fewer points.

Would have scored you 18.

You're right about the Estonian city.

That is Tallinn. That would've scored more than Madrid.

That would've scored you 31.

And the best answer on the board

is the birthplace of Charles de Gaulle.

It's Lille.

Very well done if you said Lille.

-11 points.

-Thank you very much.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Well done, Neil.

Best score of that pass was yours, 22 - looking pretty strong.

We travel all the way to 60 and a nice, tight group there.

Lucy and Jackie on 60.

Pauline and Christine on 65.

Duncan and Johnny on 69.

Now, Johnny. You're not way ahead, but you are ahead.

We need a low score from you. We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more Cities of Culture up on the board.

Here they are. We've got...

I will read those again.

There we are. Now, Katy.

-Hi.

-Welcome. Good to have you here.

Also from St Andrews. Does that mean you are also at the university?

Yes, just graduated in maths as well.

-Ah, so you and Neil are maths friends.

-Yes.

-Sat next to each other in class?

-Somewhat.

Shared calculus. I don't know. Where did you meet?

We met in halls of residence in our first year.

We shared a house in our second year.

We realised we couldn't live together in our third year.

I'm going to ask Neil why not. Why was that?

Basically, we spent too much time together.

When we studied, we had the same classes,

the same friends, we lived together.

Nothing to say to each other. It was for the best.

-OK. Very good.

-And we're here now.

You're here now, so it was a good decision to make.

Katy, you've just left. Have you got plans?

-No, not yet.

-That's quite nice, isn't it?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Nice to have a bit of time off.

-Sure.

-Stop thinking about maths, maybe.

Possibly about Neil, as well.

Now, Katy, you're on 22.

If you can possibly score 46 or less,

you're through to the next round.

I don't think I'll manage that.

I don't actually know any of them for certain,

which is a bit embarrassing.

I'm presuming there's only one really big city in Iceland,

so I'm going to say Reykjavik.

-You're going to go for Reykjavik?

-Yeah.

Stands to reason.

Reykjavik - here's your red line.

If you can get below that, you're into round two.

How many people said Reykjavik?

Absolutely right, Katy. Well done.

55. Good score.

Takes your total up to 77.

Well played, Katy. Reykjavik translates as "Bay of Smokes".

It's very weird. If you fly into Reykjavik,

the airport's quite a long way...

The international airport is quite a long way from the centre of Reykjavik.

You just travel along, sort of, lava, basically.

Mile after mile of black lava.

Is it quite exciting? I've never been.

It is very exciting. Iceland's incredible.

-Oh, I shall go.

-Very exciting.

-I shall go.

-Off you go, it's good.

Oh, it was amazing. Ah, I loved it.

You know when you land at the airport,

you essentially travel into the centre of Reykjavik across lava.

I couldn't believe it. I bought a lovely Aran sweater.

I didn't know that's where they came from.

-There we are. It's lovely, isn't it?

-Mm.

-Beautiful.

Jackie, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Remind us what you do, Jackie?

Well, I'm retired now.

I used to be an admin manager in the corrugated board industry.

-Corrugated board?

-Yes.

-This is plastic corrugated board.

No, fibre. Cardboard.

What do you use corrugated board for?

-Packaging, white goods.

-Of course, it is.

It's in cardboard boxes.

Very good for shifting heavy things.

If you slide the piece underneath and pull,

it's very good for moving stuff.

Now, Jackie, you're on 60. You're not our high scorers.

If you can score 16 or less...

I don't know that I'll manage that.

There's a couple up that I know.

But I think they'll be quite high numbers.

It's not the easiest board, is it?

No, it's not. I'm going to take a little bit of a guess

on the city in the south of Ireland

and say Cork.

Cork. Cork, says Jackie.

Well, here is your red line. It's quite low.

Let's see if Cork pays off as a guess.

How many of our 100 people said Cork?

It's right. It floats.

Oh, I think that'll do. 19.

79 is your total. Very well done indeed.

Yes, another good answer. Ireland's second-largest city, Cork.

Over a million people visited there in 2005

when it was Capital of Culture.

-Mm. Right - Johnny, welcome.

-Hello.

-What do you do, Johnny?

I'm a student at the University of Manchester.

-And what are you studying?

-I'm doing maths as well.

A lot of maths. Have you been working out the statistics?

I've been trying to, but I don't think you can predict them too much.

Well, you can have a punt now.

You have to score nine or less. What do you think your chances are?

A fifth, maybe less, probably. It's quite a tough board.

-Johnny, what are your interests?

-I'm quite sporting.

I like to play football and cricket as much as I can.

And I can play the piano as well.

Right you are. OK. Now, Johnny,

what are you going to go for on this board?

Again, I know a couple of the ones I think would be more obvious,

so I think I might go for one that I think might be right,

but I'm not sure - the capital of Tuscany,

which I think is Florence.

Florence, says Johnny. Now, we need a low score from you,

as you can see from that red line - get below that,

you're definitely into round two.

How many people said Florence?

Oh, it's not bad.

Ooh, not bad. Very close indeed.

15.

Taking your total up to 84.

Lovely, close grouping, there.

Yeah, you might have done enough

to keep yourselves in the game, there - 84.

Well played, Johnny. Some lovely, low scoring on the second pass.

It was the second European Capital of Culture, Florence.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Christine, lovely to have you here. What do you do?

I work in the high school with Pauline.

I'm a classroom assistant in the learning support department.

-How long have you been in the school?

-13, 14 years.

Ah, so you've been colleagues for a long time?

-Yes.

-That's nice.

-Is it a lovely staffroom, then? Nice atmosphere?

-Yes, yes.

I've known quite a lot of people I work with for over 30 years.

-That's lovely.

-As Pauline said, because we know all the pupils,

and their aunties and their grannies,

it is quite a nice community.

Very nice. Christine, you have a bit of a task, here.

-I know. I hate being fourth.

-I can't dress it up any other way.

We need a score of 18 or less from you.

-Well, Cork was mine.

-Go through the board.

Do a little bit of thinking out loud just in case you have inspiration.

I know The Little Mermaid. I know that's Copenhagen.

The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Sweden, Stockholm.

The last one, I wouldn't even guess at.

So, I'm not quite sure.

I think I'll go for my definite -

I do know The Little Mermaid is in Copenhagen.

You're going to go for Copenhagen. OK, here is your red line.

Wish it were a bit higher. But, let's see.

How far down the column can we get with Copenhagen?

Oh, 49!

49 for Copenhagen,

takes your total up to 114.

Yeah, the capital in 1996, Copenhagen.

You were right about Berlin.

Would have got you 69 points.

The Swedish city was Stockholm.

It's the lowest score there, of the ones that were left, 25.

-The Portuguese city...?

-Lisbon.

Yeah, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica.

45 points for that.

The best answer on the board was Florence.

Very, very well played.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

I'm afraid the pair we have to send home

with a high score of 114, it's Christine and Pauline.

Don't go all the way home, though, because we need you to come back for the next show.

We look forward to seeing you then - I hope you go much, much further.

It was lovely to have you on.

Thank you for playing. Christine and Pauline.

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

Well done, everyone. Here we are in Round Two.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

TV Comedy. Can you decide in your pairs

who's going first, who's going second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK. And our TV comedy question is all about...

Family sitcoms, Richard.

Yeah. I predict this may cause some trouble.

We're going to show you the names of five British sitcoms now,

all based around families.

We're looking for the name of any actor who has appeared in five or more episodes

of any of these, please, so five or more episodes

of any of the sitcoms you're about to see.

Thank you very much. We're going to put five sitcoms up on the board,

they'll stay up for the whole round,

they won't be changing halfway through, just so you know.

Let's find out what they are. Those five sitcoms are...

I'll read those again.

-Duncan, are you all right?

-No.

Is this where we make up names of actors?

-Yes. 100%.

-Oh, no, don't make up the names -

have normal actors, actors that exist.

Yeah. Hopefully, anyway.

Yeah, actors that exist, that might have been in one of these.

I mean, you know, five of them, they have big casts.

Actors isn't my strong point,

so I'm just going to go for...Rowan Atkinson.

Rowan Atkinson says Duncan. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it if it is.

Bad luck, Duncan. I'm sorry.

Tough board, there, as Richard said.

Yeah, no Rowan Atkinson in any

of those five, I'm afraid.

There we are. Sorry, Duncan. 100 points for you. Now, Jackie...

-Hi.

-This is a fine board for you, isn't it?

Two of them I know, I know the top two sitcoms.

Um...

There was someone in Butterflies and I can't for the life of me

-remember the surname.

-There were several people in Butterflies(!)

Yeah, I know! So I think I'll just play safe,

in Butterflies, Wendy Craig.

Wendy Craig. There we are. Let's see if that's right.

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

40!

APPLAUSE

40 for Wendy Craig.

Yeah, all 28 episodes of Butterflies, of course,

for Wendy Craig.

Thank you, Rich. Now, Katy.

Right. Well, I've heard of Outnumbered.

-This is good.

-Yeah.

-Not the rest of them.

-The others

-you haven't really heard of?

-No.

And I can see your man, like, the guy in Outnumbered

and, like, I know his first name,

but I can't think what his last name is.

He's on all these panel shows and I can see his wife and...

You can see his wife?

-Yeah, his on-show wife.

-I see, I see,

-I see. OK.

-Yeah.

Well, if I say his first name,

maybe Neil will remember his second name

so I'll go for...

..Hugh Jenner.

-Not right.

-Hugh Jenner.

Let's see. Is it right, Hugh Jenner?

No. I'm sorry, Katy.

That's another incorrect answer.

A relief for Duncan, though.

Nice to have some company up there on 100.

But, yes, scores you 100.

Yeah, not related to the Jenners or the Kardashians

in any way at all, I'm afraid.

There we are. Thanks very much indeed.

We're halfway, let's take a look at those scores.

40. Well done, Jackie. Phew. Nice to have a break from the 100s there.

Nice for the column to get a bit of use as well,

but I'm afraid 100 is where we find Katy and Neil,

and Duncan and Johnny. So, Neil and Johnny,

it's going to be between you on British family sitcoms.

Best of luck. Neither of you looking like

you're brimming with confidence, I have to say!

Anyway, we're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, Neil, have you heard of any of the sitcoms?

-Yeah.

-This is good.

-Yeah, I've heard of My Family

-and I could name some of the actors in it.

-This is good.

But I think they'll be high scorers.

I've also watched, I think, every episode of Outnumbered.

-Perfect.

-And I do know who the man that Katy

was trying to name was. I'm not going to go with it

because I think it will be another high score,

so I'm going to go with one of the children who's in Outnumbered,

who... I think his name is Tyger Drew-Honey.

Tyger Drew-Honey, says Neil.

Tyger Drew-Honey - sounds like a headline.

No red line for you, as you're joint high scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tyger Drew-Honey.

It's right.

Look at that! Wonderful! 11.

Well done, Neil.

111 is your total.

-He's very good, Neil, isn't he?

-Yeah.

-Well done.

Yeah, he's been in all 34 episodes thus far, Tyger Drew-Honey.

There we go. Now, Lucy.

Lucy, great score from Jackie on the first pass there,

which means 70 or less gets you through.

I've never watched any of them,

but I know the person Katy was talking about,

but I feel a bit mean taking that answer.

It's dog eat dog in Pointless, I can tell you that right away.

And it also might be quite high.

I'm going to go for...

Robert Lindsay in My Family.

Robert Lindsay. OK? Robert Lindsay,

which you're hoping would score less than Hugh Jenner's proper name.

There is your red line. Let's see if Robert Lindsay

gets you below that red line.

-Well done.

-Oh!

Look at that, 24. Good work.

64 is your total, you are in the head-to-head

for the second time.

Yeah, very well played.

Of course, the patriarch of My Family.

-Not of MY family.

-Not of your family.

Yeah.

No.

Johnny. Now, Johnny, ooh, exciting. Ooh.

10 is what we need, a score of 10 or less, Johnny.

-No pressure.

-10 or less, or we say goodbye to you.

So in a similar sort of thing,

I've only seen My Family and Outnumbered.

-OK.

-And I think I know the names of some of the children

on My Family. I think the daughter was played by Daniela Denby-Ashe.

Whoa!

What about that, Neil and Katy?

Daniela Denby-Ashe.

Oh, they're good. They're good on that first podium.

-If it's right.

-Oh, it might be nonsense, of course.

I've forgotten about that.

It just sounds so specific - how could that possibly be wrong?

There is your red line,

it's quite low, but Daniela Denby-Ashe sounds like

the sort of answer that gets down to that end of the column.

Let's find out if it is.

It's right!

OK.

Down it goes. You're through.

It's pointless!

That is fantastic, Johnny.

Very well done indeed.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £2,500.

It scores you nothing, sees you into the head-to-head.

Very well done indeed, Johnny.

100 is your score, you are through.

Yeah, the best possible answer two rounds in a row now,

Johnny, very well played. She played Janey Harper,

one of the children in 95 episodes of My Family.

Terrific stuff.

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

The first three are all from My Family.

Not from MY family, but from My Family.

-Yes.

-Daisy Donovan was in seven episodes of My Family.

-Dan Renton Skinner...

-Lovely Dan Renton Skinner.

..who has worked a lot with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

There is Daniela Denby-Ashe as well.

I don't know her so I can't pass judgment.

-She's lovely.

-Oh, is she?

-Oh, delightful.

Let's take a look at the next board.

David Ryall, who played the grandfather in Outnumbered.

Dinah Sheridan, who plays Angela in Don't Wait Up.

Jane How, also from Don't Wait Up,

also a pointless answer.

Milton Johns was in Butterflies.

Ray Burdis, who plays Nick in Three Up, Two Down,

the son in Three Up, Two Down,

one of the stars of that, and Siobhan Hayes,

who is also in My Family.

Not in my family, but she's in My Family.

Some of the bigger scorers -

so, Butterflies, we've had Wendy Craig, of course.

Nicholas Lyndhurst would've scored you 19,

Geoffrey Palmer, who would have scored you six.

Andrew Hall was the other son, he would've scored two.

For Don't Wait Up, Nigel Havers would have scored you two,

Tony Britton would have scored you one,

very low scorers in Don't Wait Up.

My Family - Zoe Wanamaker would have scored you 31,

Robert Lindsay 24, and Chris Marshall 5.

Every other answer was a pointless answer,

so well done if you said another one.

Outnumbered - Hugh Dennis was the name you are looking for.

Hugh Dennis.

He would have scored you 28 points

so you'd be safely through if you'd said Hugh Dennis.

Tiger Drew-Honey we've heard.

Claire Skinner, who is the mother, would have scored you 5.

Samantha Bond and Ramona Marquez,

who plays the daughter in that, was 1 point.

Daniel Roche, who plays the other son, Ben, was a pointless answer,

so well done if you said him. Three Up, Two Down -

Michael Elphick 5, Lysette Anthony 3,

Angela Thorne 2.

They were the big scorers, they were the only scorers,

and everyone else was a pointless answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,

the pair we're sending home,

Neil and Katy, we have to say goodbye to you,

but great scoring in that first round there,

and I'm sure when you come back next time,

you'll go much, much further, but, meantime, thanks so much.

Neil and Katy.

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

Very well done, Jackie and Lucy, Duncan and Johnny.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

Well, from here on in, you play as teams, you pool your knowledge

and you can chat before you give your answers.

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

Now, Jackie and Lucy,

you were here last time, standing where you are now,

as our lowest-scoring pair.

Got surely to be the favourites for the final,

but there's the Johnny factor.

There is the Johnny factor.

Things may have just fallen very, very well for Johnny,

or he just knows stuff.

I have a hunch he might just know stuff,

so just be wary, is all I'm saying.

Very best of luck... And Duncan as well.

Sorry to overlook Duncan.

-I think Duncan knows stuff too...

-Nah.

-..but Johnny I think...yeah.

Yeah. Best of luck, both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question and it concerns...

Premier League Managers. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures now

of people who managed a club at some point

in the English Premier League. Can you name them, please?

OK. Let's reveal our five pictures and here they are.

We have got...

There we are, five Premier League managers.

Jackie and Lucy, you are our low scorers,

so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

Not our best round, let's be honest.

Can we go for D, Harry Redknapp?

D, Harry Redknapp, say Jackie and Lucy.

D, Harry Redknapp. Now, Duncan, Johnny,

can you talk us through the board?

Yes, I can, for once.

A is Manuel Pellegrini,

B is Sir Alex Ferguson,

don't have a clue who C is,

and E, the one we're going to go with,

is Mick McCarthy.

OK. Mick McCarthy, say Duncan and Johnny, for E.

So we have Harry Redknapp and we have Mick McCarthy.

Now, Jackie and Lucy, Harry Redknapp, D.

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

It's right.

Ooh! 65 for Harry Redknapp.

Duncan and Johnny, meanwhile, have gone for Mick McCarthy, for E.

Let's see if that's right.

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

Very well done. That wins you that question.

20 is what you score, but the important thing is,

Duncan and Johnny, after one question,

you are up 1-0.

Well played, Duncan. Very nice.

You were right about Manuel Pellegrini.

Would have been a slightly better score,

not by much, 18 points for him.

Sir Alex, of course, B,

80 points for him, and the best answer on the board,

Spurs fans will remember him.

This was taken a few years later, though, it's Christian Gross,

and that would have scored you 2.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Jackie and Lucy, you will have to win this one to stay in the game.

Very best of luck. It concerns...

Bolognese Ingredients. Richard.

We're going to show you five ingredients now,

listed in Delia's recipe for Ragu Bolognese.

-Sounds lovely.

-That does sound nice.

But we've missed out alternate letters from the ingredients.

-Oh, that's a shame.

-I know. We shouldn't have done,

we've been remiss. We're going to need these two pairs

to try and help us out and fill in those gaps.

Otherwise dinner's going to be a disaster!

-Exactly that.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, so let's reveal our ingredients and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those again.

Duncan and Johnny will go first this time.

(It's got to be chopped tomatoes, surely?)

Um, we know all of them except the third one, we think.

And we're going to go for the top one, chopped tomatoes.

Chopped tomatoes, say Duncan and Johnny. Chopped tomatoes.

Now, Jackie and Lucy,

talk us through the rest of these ingredients.

The only one we don't know is the third one

and the third one is going to be the one, isn't it?

So what are we going for?

-Red wine, I think.

-You're going to go for red wine.

We're going to... Well, we're going to have to

-at the end of this.

-Yeah. OK. So... LAUGHTER

We have chopped tomatoes and we have red wine.

Now, Duncan and Johnny went for chopped tomatoes.

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

It's right.

Chopped tomatoes. 38.

38 for chopped tomatoes.

Now, Jackie and Lucy have gone for red wine,

an excellent choice if I may say.

Let's see how much you score with red wine.

Oh, I'm sorry.

70 for red wine. That is high.

But well done, Duncan and Johnny,

that means after only two questions,

you're through to the final, 2-0.

Great work, Duncan and Johnny. Very well played.

We'll leave the third one for a moment as it's the one

everyone is having a problem with.

I will say on that first one, when they came up, I thought,

"Yep, chopped potatoes, easy."

The lesson of which is don't eat my Bolognese.

Beef is the second one, of course.

That would have scored you 56.

The bottom is basil.

That would have scored you 89 points.

So are you having trouble with the third one as well?

-Oh, completely.

-It is...

-nutmeg.

-Oh!

-Oh, God, of course.

-20 points.

-HE SIGHS

-Best answer on the board.

-It's a great answer.

-Yep.

-No, couldn't see it at all.

I was going through the vowels, hadn't made it to U yet.

There we go, thank you very much.

Well, I'm afraid the pair we have to say goodbye to

at the end of our head-to-head round is Jackie and Lucy.

Once again, our low scorers

and standing there in the golden position and I'm afraid,

for the second and final time,

we turn you away from the final. I'm sorry.

It seems so unfair. It's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing and playing so well.

Thank you. Jackie and Lucy. APPLAUSE

But for Duncan and Johnny, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Very, very well done.

Duncan and Johnny, 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...

Well, that's just an exemplary performance on Pointless there.

I mean, right from Daniela Denby-Ashe,

2-0 in the head-to-head, Duncan, Mick McCarthy,

very well truffled out there.

I mean, just great, great performance.

What do you want to see come up in this last round?

-Duncan, anything you particularly want to see?

-Sport, any sport.

OK. Johnny, how about you?

Preferably, like geography or capital cities, something like that.

-That would be...

-OK. Or child actors.

Yeah. Apparently, yeah.

Well, let's hope there's something on the board

that you like the look of.

We have got on today's selection...

It's got to be the bottom two, I would say.

It's on you, cos I'm terrible with films.

Abraham Lincoln, I think. Yeah?

Abraham Lincoln it is. OK.

OK, been a terrific performance so far, gents.

I hope one of these three questions suits you.

Let's take a look at them. We're looking for anyone

who received an acting credit in the Spielberg film

from 2012, Lincoln.

So anyone with an acting credit in that film.

We're looking for any of the 15 US presidents before Lincoln

or we're looking for any word of five or more letters

in the Gettysburg Address. The one at the Lincoln Memorial.

So five or more, words of the Gettysburg Address.

So the cast of Lincoln, according to IMDB,

US presidents before Lincoln

and the words in the Gettysburg Address, five letters or more.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

OK, now, as always you've got up to 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?

-Yep.

-Very good.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

It's going to have to be presidents, yeah.

James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor...

-James Polk, John Tyler.

-We have to pick three, though.

I know, yeah.

Martin Van Buren.

I'd say Millard Fillmore would be good.

-Millard Fillmore.

-Yeah.

-Erm...

Franklin Pierce and...

-..James Polk, I would say.

-Yeah. Yeah.

-Are you happy with those?

-Yeah.

-OK, we'll stop the clock.

That's just fun to watch, isn't it?

-Right, your three answers are...

-Right. Millard Fillmore.

Millard Fillmore.

-Franklin Pierce.

-Franklin Pierce.

-And James Polk.

-And James Polk.

And just for clarification, which category is...?

-They're all from the US Presidents.

-They're all US Presidents, yes.

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

-Millard Fillmore, I'd say.

-Millard Fillmore goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-James Polk.

-James Polk. And Franklin Pierce we put in the middle.

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

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

Well, three very good answers there. Very, very well done.

Let's suppose one of these is pointless,

what would you do with that jackpot if you won it?

£2,500?

-Go down the pub.

-Go down the pub. Yeah, probably.

I reckon you could have a lock-in for that, couldn't you?

-Yeah. That's the plan.

-That's the dream.

Yeah, very good. "That's the dream!"

-That's the dream.

-OK.

Now, your first answer was James Polk. This is the one you thought

was probably least likely to be pointless.

In all of these cases, we were looking for US presidents

before Abraham Lincoln.

If this is right and it is pointless, it will win you £2,500.

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

It's right.

All it has to be now is pointless and you will leave here with £2,500.

Down it goes through the teens into single figures.

Down it goes, still going down, still going down.

You've done it! APPLAUSE

There we are!

Very well done indeed.

Superb. Brilliant.

Well, congratulations, Duncan and Johnny.

Fantastically, you've finished the game as you started it.

Very, very strong answers. James Polk was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £2,500.

Very, very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

I mean, simple game to win

when you see it played like that, don't you?

Each round absolutely battered everyone off,

2-0 in the head-to-head, fantastic stuff in the final.

Franklin Pierce, your second answer,

would have scored you 1 point.

-Slipping, I think, slipping.

-Yeah.

Millard Fillmore, your last answer...

pointless.

APPLAUSE

In fact, as we'll discover, during that 60 seconds,

you said every single pointless answer for American presidents

apart from one. So very, very well done, Duncan.

-Now...

-LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the cast of Lincoln.

Some big names on the pointless list.

In fact, everyone in that film other than Daniel Day Lewis,

Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field,

everyone else was a pointless answer. So well done if you got one.

Let's look at those presidents.

You said Martin Van Buren,

you said Zachary Taylor, you also said John Tyler,

who's also a pointless answer.

The only pointless answer you didn't say was William Henry Harrison.

Yeah, so you're not that smart.

LAUGHTER

And the words in the Gettysburg Address,

remember that question?

Everything apart from freedom, people, score,

liberty, nation, years, equal, created, rather,

never, power and seven. Those are the only ones that scored points.

Everything else in the Gettysburg Address

over five letters was a pointless answer.

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

And one of the great Pointless performances, gents.

Congratulations. We will remember Mick McCarthy

-for a long time to come.

-Thank you.

Thanks very much indeed. Well, thanks once again

to our winning players, Duncan and Johnny,

who go away with today's jackpot of £2,500. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.