Episode 18 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and 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 Robert, this is my mum, Ann, and we're both from Watford.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Sophie, this is my friend, Charlotte, and we're from Sheffield.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm George, this is my friend and neighbour Vicki

and we're from Barnsley.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm David, this is Leanne

and we're from Livingston just outside Edinburgh.

And these are today's contestants.

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

We'll get to chat to each of you, of course, as the show goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He may not be all things to all people

but he is the right thing to the right people.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Are you well?

I'm very well, thank you. Excellent.

Two pairs returning from the last show.

Had very different shows, though.

Ann and Robert got all the way through to the head-to-head.

Did very, very well. Sophie and Charlotte we need to see more of

this time. Got knocked out in Round One last time.

And two lovely new pairs as well.

-I know.

-On podiums three and four, the furthest away from us.

-Yes.

-I think there should be a system whereby if you've

been on before you're a little bit further

away and the new people are nearer to us,

because it's just more friendly.

Yeah. I always like it though when people have been on the far podium

-and move up close. I like that as well.

-That's nice.

I've taken slight offence that Sophie and Charlotte have

moved further away. You think, "something's up there."

-Did you choose that podium?

-Maybe.

LAUGHTER

I'm hearing they chose number four, they weren't given it.

Well, ain't that a kick in the face?

Isn't it? It should be a lovely show.

The first one's an interesting one.

There's an answer for everybody in that first round

but there's some nice obscure ones, too.

OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Ruth and Jamie didn't win the jackpot last time which means we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

There we are.

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

So, remember this, the pair with the highest score at the end of

each round will be eliminated.

Just keep your scores low and that won't be you.

No conferring till we get to the head-to-head.

Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today...

is transport.

Transport. 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...

-Richard.

-Yes, on each board we're

going to show you the names of seven vehicles from film or TV franchises

and you just need to tell us

which film or TV franchise they're from, please.

14 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So we're looking for the film or TV show that these vehicles first

appeared in. And here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those all again.

Now then, Ann, welcome back.

You were our low-scorers.

Right the way through to the head-to-head.

-Yeah.

-And then it was 2-0.

Anyway, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Ann.

I work for a pharmaceutical company in Hatfield

and I'm an administrator there in the learning and development team.

Very good indeed. And what are your hobbies, Ann?

Apart from playing tennis, which I love to do,

I also like to walk and I like to garden, and I like to read.

There's lots of things I like to do.

Very good indeed. Now how do you feel about these vehicles?

Some I've never heard of, but I'll go with one that I will know, so...

..I've got to go with FAB 1 and I believe that's Thunderbirds.

Thunderbird says Ann for FAB 1.

Let's see how many of 100 people said Thunderbirds.

It's right.

62.

Not bad. Good, solid start to the round.

Yeah, pink Rolls-Royce of course, FAB 1.

-A bit showy, as a number plate, that, isn't it?

-A bit showy.

A bit showy to have a pink Rolls-Royce in the first place,

-but...

-Yeah.

-..there it is.

I saw somebody in a blacked-out Rolls-Royce coupe,

which, in itself, is something haven't seen before,

with the number plate media - M-E-D-1-A.

-Oh, man.

-I know.

I was trying to see who it was,

but it was blacked out, I couldn't see it. Couldn't see.

I bet it's Simon Cowell.

LAUGHTER

Now then, Charlotte, welcome back to Pointless.

Yes, Round One we had to say goodbye to you last time.

We'll have no repetition of that, thank you very much indeed.

-Hopefully.

-Remind us what you do, Charlotte.

I work in a law firm in Sheffield as a conflicts assistant.

That's right. What do you like

getting up to when you're not working?

I go to the cinema, I go shopping,

I spend a lot of time with my friends and my family.

Excellent. What would you like to go for on this board?

There's a couple that I think I know, one extremely obvious one,

but I think I'm going to go with USS Enterprise and Star Trek.

Star Trek says Charlotte. Let's see if that is right,

let's see how many of 100 people said Star Trek.

It's...

87.

Big score for Star Trek.

The 11-foot model

used in the original filming of Star Trek of the USS Enterprise

is in the Smithsonian, the air and space museum.

-Is it?

-That's quite cool. It needs a little bit of upkeep, apparently.

I should think it does.

Thank you, Richard. Now, George, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here from Barnsley.

What keeps you busy in Barnsley, George?

I watch a lot of sport,

read a lot.

Quizzes, pub quizzes and that sort of stuff.

Do you have a favourite sport?

-Football.

-Football.

-And rugby union.

-And rugby union.

Of course, around Barnsley, you have to specify.

Two very different disciplines.

Oh, yes.

Now then, George, how are you liking our vehicles?

I'm going to try Arkansas Chuggabug and Wacky Races.

Wacky Races, says George for the Arkansas Chuggabug.

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

That is a great answer.

Look at that.

13. Very well done indeed, George.

Best answer of the round so far, by a distance.

Well played, George, great stuff.

And also thank you so much. It's so lovely to hear

Arkansas Chuggabug said in a Barnsley accent.

-Thank you.

-Perfect. They should get George to re-voice the whole series.

-I'd watch that.

-I would watch that.

I'd not only watch that, I'd buy the DVD of that.

How much?

LAUGHTER

Let's have a chat later, George. Very nice.

-David, welcome to Pointless, from Livingston.

-Yeah.

What do you do up in Livingston?

I am an account manager for a steel firm.

We supply steel to the oil and gas industry, typically.

I see, and do you sell all around the world?

Yeah, mainly in Europe but our supply chain is global

so I travel here and there.

-I was just going to say.

-I've been a few places.

That's quite fun, isn't it?

It's not bad. It gets stamps in the passport which is always good,

makes me look pretty flash.

-What are your hobbies, David?

-I like running, walking the dogs,

I like sport, big cricket fan.

That's a bit weird for a Scotsman but...

-Who do you support?

-I have to say I actually quite like watching

the England cricket team, only because it's on the telly

and easy to watch and there's some good characters in there.

There you are. OK, David,

this board's all yours if you want to go through it.

I'd like to. I know three.

I don't know Reptar Wagon.

I know General Lee is Dukes Of Hazzard,

KITT's Knight Rider and Hogwarts Express is Harry Potter.

I think I'll go with General Lee and The Dukes Of Hazzard.

Dukes Of Hazzard says David for General Lee.

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

It's right.

45. Not bad.

Further down than I was expecting for General Lee.

45 for The Dukes Of Hazzard.

Yeah, great start, David, well played.

I used to love The Dukes of Hazzard so much.

The General Lee, the one that used to jump over the police cars

in the opening credits, was bought by the golfer Bubba Watson

and he painted over the Confederate flag on the roof.

He said, "I believe all men are created equal,"

so he painted the American flag on the roof instead. Quite nice.

-Now that's the best of all worlds, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Very good.

Now, shall we fill in the rest of these?

KITT is Knight Rider, yeah.

Knight Industries. 66 points for that.

The Reptar Wagon is the best answer on the board.

Some people will remember this.

It was in Rugrats.

Very well done if you said that. It would've scored you three points.

Now, Hogwarts, it's a train, and it is the Harry Potter books,

and that would've scored you..

-What do you think it would have scored you?

-84.

-91! Look at that.

-91.

So only four more than Star Trek.

There you go. Thank you very much, Richard.

We're halfway through our first round

so let's take a look at those scores.

13 very much the best score of that pass, George.

Well done, you. George and Vicki, I think

you'll be in Round Two on the back of that. Then up we go to 45

where we find David and Leanne.

Then up to 62, Ann and Robert.

Then 87 where we find Charlotte and Sophie.

Now, Charlotte and Sophie, this happened last time,

you're the high-scorers halfway through. But, Sophie,

-a nice, low score from you is exactly what we need.

-No pressure.

Yes, lots of pressure.

Lots of pressure. We can't say goodbye to you at the end of

the first round again this time. That'd just be wrong.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so let's put seven more names of vehicles from film and TV

up on the screen. And here they are.

I shall read as those all again.

Leanne, a warm welcome from Livingston.

What do you do, Leanne?

I work as a customer service manager

within the telecommunications industry.

Right, you're not based on a telephone, are you?

Not always, no.

No. OK, good. What are your interests, Leanne?

I'm very much into keep fit. I do a lot of spinning classes.

Oh, spinning classes.

How many of those did you have to do before you liked them?

For me it was only one. I now do about three or four a week.

I've done a couple and I just fell off the bike. It's just horrific.

A whole hour of that!

One of the classes is an hour

but the majority of them are about 45 minutes.

That's still 44 minutes more than I can do on one of those things.

You're on 45. Great score from David in the first pass.

Should you score 41 or less, you're definitely in the next round.

Right, OK. There's a couple that I know.

I think I am going to go with Lightning McQueen and Cars.

Lightning McQueen and Cars.

Let's see. Here is your red line.

Let's see if you can get below that with Cars.

It's right.

45. Not bad at all.

Exactly the same score as David on the first pass,

taking your score up to 90.

I should think that's good enough.

Yeah, voiced by Owen Wilson, Lightning McQueen.

He's a hotshot race car.

Race car of course is a palindrome.

Look at that. What about that?

What about that?

Thanks very much, Richard.

Vicki, welcome.

-Hi.

-Here from Barnsley.

What do you do in Barnsley?

I'm a stay-at-home mum

to my 18-month-old daughter.

-What's she called?

-Elsie.

Elsie, hello.

Lovely. And what do you like

getting up to if you get any time,

if Elsie gives you time?

That's very true.

Swimming, I enjoy swimming.

I do bespoke sewing for my friends.

Now that's nice. Bespoke sewing,

so what of things do you do?

Little embroideries?

Yes, for example I've just done a big wall hanging for a friend

for her son 's christening, things like that.

-Is that's something you taught yourself to do?

-Yes.

-Wonderful.

Very good. Lovely low score

from George, by the way, in the first pass.

-Thank you.

-It sets you up extremely well.

76 or less gets you into the next round.

What would you like to go for?

The Mystery Machine, please,

and Scooby-Doo.

Scooby-Doo says Vicki. Here is your red line.

If you get below that with the Mystery Machine and Scooby-Doo

you are into Round Two.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Scooby-Doo.

It's right.

And you're through. Well done.

44.

44, taking your total up to 57.

The lowest total of the round I might add.

Yeah, no mucking about on podium three there.

Absolutely, the Mystery Machine.

-Ruined by Scrappy-Doo, that entire franchise.

-I know, Scrappy-Doo.

-What were they thinking?

-What?

-There's the mystery.

There's the mystery right there.

Now then, Sophie.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a bespoke administrator for an occupational

-health company.

-That's right, and what are your interests, Sophie?

I like travelling. I like going to horror houses.

You like going to horror houses?

Just talk us through that.

Like a walk through a scary house.

I've been to one in Blackpool

and one in Paris.

One that's famously haunted or...

One where there's actors and

you have to try and, like,

escape without...dying.

LAUGHTER

Wow. Do they do it at night-time?

No, it's through the day,

but it's really dark inside so...

Are you given a little candle?

No, you don't have anything in Blackpool

but in Paris I had a glow stick

so they could speak English to me.

That is hilarious.

Multilingual scary houses.

So you go in and you participate.

It's like a theatrical experience?

Yeah, you go in as groups

and you walk through and then there's usually a story.

-And then you count your number and there's two missing?

-Yeah.

What happens to them?

I hope you see them again.

No. Never.

Wow.

Terrifying. Sophie, you're on 87.

We have to have a score of two or less from you.

What would you like to go for?

I only know two, but I think they're

going to be really high-scoring.

I don't even think I could guess with the other one.

I think I am going to have to go with Millennium Falcon

-and Star Wars.

-OK, Star Wars says Sophie for Millennium Falcon.

There is your red line.

Let's see if you can get below that with Star Wars.

SOME LAUGHTER

It's right.

Look at that, 63.

It is a lot.

It is a lot lower than it might have been, actually, for Star Wars.

The game is not yet over.

Yeah, how has that only scored 63?

Amazing isn't it? It is a very teary occasion when it makes its

reappearance in The Force Awakens.

-Is it?

-The Millennium Falcon.

Rather lovely. Like our childhoods coming back to life.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Robert, remind us what you do, Robert.

So I'm a merchandiser

for an electronics retailer.

Indeed, but you belong to not one but two dramatic groups.

-I do.

-One of which does serious drama,

the other of which puts on musicals

and we gather you are preparing for a musical next year already.

What about the serious drama group?

I say serious drama, we mainly do comedies.

Do you all turn up in black polo necks?

-No.

-Not all the time. So it's not that serious.

It's not that serious at all.

OK, we can come up a couple of notches from that.

Comedy is my favourite because I just love to laugh.

Good stuff. There you are on 62. We have a game on our hands here.

You have to score 87 or less.

Would you like to talk us through the board?

TARDIS I would say would be Doctor Who.

Light Cycle, don't know.

Cloudbase, if I was going to choose

I would say maybe the Jetsons or something.

But I think I'm going to try Ecto 1

and say Ghostbusters.

Ecto 1, Ghostbusters.

That's earning you a beautiful parallel nod there

on the fourth podium from Leanne and David. Ghostbusters.

Ecto 1, let's see if that's right. There is your red line.

Get below that with Ecto 1 and you're into the next round.

How many people said it?

It's right and you're through. Look at that.

23.

85 is your total.

Through you go to Round Two.

Very well played. In the original film,

it's a 1950s Cadillac and in the reboot it's a 1980s Cadillac.

It is quite nice. A nice little echo.

Ecto. SOME LAUGHTER

The TARDIS. Very, very, very big score as you can imagine.

Doctor Who is right. 96 points.

-Bigger than Star Wars.

-I know.

Much bigger. Bigger than Harry Potter, bigger than all of them.

Light Cycle is from Tron,

which would have scored 11 points.

And Cloudbase is the best answer on the board.

Eight points if you said Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons.

-Very well played.

-Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our first round the pair we have to say goodbye to

with the high score of 150, I'm afraid,

Sophie and Charlotte, it is you.

It was Round One last time, it's Round One this time.

Far too soon on both occasions to be sending you home.

Thank you so much playing, Sophie and Charlotte.

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

Very well done, everyone,

We've made it through Round One however you will have noticed,

I suspect, that one of our pairs has disappeared.

This will happen again at the end of this round,

I have to warn you. I don't know which pair it's going to be.

You all played very well. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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...

-Richard.

-Xander is about to show you the names of six countries.

We're looking for any other country that shows a land border

with one of these countries, please.

As always by country we mean a sovereign state that is a member

-of the UN in its own right.

-OK, thank you, Richard.

As Richard just mention we're going to put a list of six countries up on

the board. They will stay on the board for the entire round.

Let's find out what those countries are.

So we are looking for any country that shares a land border

with any one of these countries on the board.

OK. Robert.

I'll say Germany.

Germany, says Robert.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people went for Germany.

50.

50. Nice middling score there for Germany.

Yeah, very much in the TARDIS of this round, I think, Germany,

-bordering Switzerland.

-There we are, thank you very much indeed.

-Vicki.

-Hi.

Now...

Let's say Croatia.

Croatia, says Vicki.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Croatia.

It's right.

50 is our only score

and you pass that comfortably there.

Very well done indeed.

18...

for Croatia.

Well done, Vicki. 314 km of border between Croatia and Serbia.

Thank you, Richard. Now, then, Leanne.

I'm not very good at geography either.

I'm going to just throw one out there as a guess and say Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan says Leanne.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Azerbaijan.

Bad luck, Leanne.

I'm afraid not Azerbaijan.

That scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, not Azerbaijan.

It's just a slightly to the north of South Africa.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at those scores.

18, the best score of the pass.

Vicki and George,

once again in pole position.

Then up to 50 is where we find Robert and Ann.

Up to 100 is where we find Leanne and David.

Who knows what's going to happen on the next pass, David?

But we definitely need a low score.

So very, very 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. David, there you are, our high-scorers.

-Yeah.

-We need the name of a very, very low-scoring country

that shares a land border with any of these countries.

I want to guess...

I want to really go for one, but...

..I don't want to get the Mick taken out of me at work, so...

I'm going to go with Guyana

for Suriname.

Guyana, says David.

Guyana. There's no red line for you,

because you're the high-scorers.

Let's see how far down the column we get with Guyana.

It's right.

Now, our lowest score so far is 18,

which you pass very comfortably indeed!

105 is your total.

That's a wonderful score there, David.

Is it enough, I wonder, to keep you in the game?

Great answer, David. Yes, to the west of Suriname.

It's got over 800km of border.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, George.

George, there you are on 18.

86 or less keeps you in the game.

Geography ain't my strong point either, so...

I'll give it a go. I'll say Belgium.

Belgium, says George.

Belgium. Here is your red line.

Get below that with Belgium and you're through to the next round.

How many people said Belgium?

Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid not Belgium.

An incorrect answer,

which scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 118.

David and Leanne, back in the game.

Yeah, it doesn't border any of those.

It doesn't even border Azerbaijan, Belgium, I'm afraid. So, incorrect.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Ann.

Your target is 67 or less.

My geography is sort of all over the place at the moment.

Well, geography is.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I'm sort of thinking

about Suriname.

In my thoughts, I think it's in Central America,

but perhaps it isn't.

I'm now doubting myself.

Oh, dear.

I'm going to go Italy.

Italy, says Ann.

Now, here is your red line.

It could be higher,

but Italy is what you're going for.

Let's see if it's good enough to get you into the head-to-head

and how many of our 100 people said Italy.

You've done it.

Look at that.

Oh, with room to spare.

Look at that. 33. Very well done indeed.

Well judged.

83 is your total.

Well done, Ann.

We've had better rounds than that, to be fair, haven't we, in the past?

Now, our 100 did rather well.

There's only one pointless answer in the whole lot.

One pointless answer of any country that borders any of these,

and it's proper, classic, old-school pointless.

The smallest land border that Sudan shares is with...

-Central African Republic.

-Central African Republic.

-Oh, that's lovely.

-And it's a pointless answer.

It hasn't been a pointless answer for a long time,

-Central African Republic.

-How nice.

-Lovely to have it back.

Let's go through these countries.

Switzerland, one low score, would've been Liechtenstein,

which would have scored three points.

Austria would have got you 34.

Suriname, apart from Guyana, has only got one other border

and that's Brazil, which would've scored four points.

Sudan, Central African Republic.

Chad, Eritrea and Libya would have scored you one.

South Sudan would've scored you eight.

Ethiopia, 10 and Egypt 19.

South Africa, some low scorers.

Mozambique two, Swaziland and Lesotho three.

Namibia eight, Botswana nine and Zimbabwe ten.

Serbia, some low scorers as well.

Hungary three, Macedonia four, Bulgaria and Romania five.

Bosnia and Herzegovina nine.

Montenegro 11.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar would have scored you four, Jordan seven,

Oman eight.

UAE and Yemen 12, Iraq 14 and Kuwait 16.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round,

the pair we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 118,

our low-scoring champions in the first round,

in fact, halfway through this round, even, our low scorers,

it's Vicki and George, I'm afraid.

We say goodbye at this point.

However, on the strength

of your performance so far,

I reckon you'll go much further next time we see you.

We look forward to that very much.

In the meantime, thank you so much, Vicki and George.

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

Well, congratulations to Ann and Robert, Leanne and David.

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

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.

Well, we've reached the head-to-head, which means you're now

allowed to confer. First pair to win two questions will be playing for

that jackpot. Who knows what's going to happen?

An England-Scotland head-to-head, very exciting indeed.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play it.

Here is your first question. And it concerns...

-Richard.

-Yes, we'll show you five pictures now of species of fish.

We're also going to give you alternate letters of their names,

but can you tell us what they are, please?

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five fish and here they come.

We have got...

There you are. Five fish.

Ann and Robert, you're our low scorers, so you'll go first.

THEY CONFER

OK, I think we're going to go with A,

and rainbow fish.

Rainbow fish, say Ann and Robert for A.

Now, Leanne and David, do you fancy talking us through that board?

HE SCOFFS

LAUGHTER

-Aye...

-There's something... B is a black something trout.

Yeah. Maybe not a trout, no, see that second letter...

Right enough.

Fish, I'm not so good on, funnily enough.

E is sawfish.

D might be guppy, but I didn't think a guppy looked like that.

So I think we'll just... We'll go with E and sawfish.

OK, sawfish.

So we have rainbow fish and sawfish.

Ann and Robert said rainbow fish for A.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people got rainbow fish.

Rainbow fish is right.

34.

Now then, Leanne and David meanwhile

have gone for sawfish for E.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 got that.

It's right.

Oh, look at that!

33 for sawfish! Very well done indeed.

I thought it'd be close,

I didn't realise it was going to be that close.

Very well done, Leanne and David. After one question, you are up 1-0.

Shall we take a little look at that sawfish for a minute?

What is that all about?

That's, like, crazy.

Does it ever use it, sort of swimming backwards and forwards,

to maybe clear a path?

It does use it as a tool.

It uses it to dig and as a weapon,

but it literally looks like a chainsaw, doesn't it?

-It really does.

-Isn't that extraordinary?

I wonder if it gets self-conscious.

-Or stuck!

-That's what I worry...

Oh, maybe, I don't know. I do worry...

Excuse me, sorry, everybody, sorry.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?

We'll leave B for a moment, because it's the best answer.

D, you're quite right, is guppy. But a very big scorer.

Would have scored you 69 points.

C is the sunfish.

I'm going to say the make-up hasn't

been expertly applied there, has it?

Perhaps that's look they go for.

Now, B is the best answer,

it's one of those ones where you have to fill the gaps in.

Black is absolutely right.

Turbot I'm guessing for the last one.

So many people at home would've said trout because your brain

does that to you. So black something turbot.

It's very well camouflaged.

It's amazing, isn't it?

-Black...

-Have a think about it.

Where does it live?

Oh, the Black Sea.

It's a Black Sea turbot.

That would've scored you two points,

best answer on the board.

Thank you, Richard.

Here comes your second question.

Now then, Ann and Robert, I'm getting deja vu.

This happened last time,

but you have to win this question to stay in the game,

so very, very best of luck.

Leanne and David get to answer it first, though.

Let's see what happens. Our second question is all about...

-Skiing, Richard.

-Yes, more alternate letters this one, actually.

We'll show you five terms you might come across if you were skiing, but

we've missed out alternate letters. Can you fill them in, please?

Thank you very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five skiing terms and here they come.

We've got...

So, Leanne and David, you will go first.

You don't have any?

-No.

-Hmm.

Struggling a little bit here.

We know two. Could maybe guess

one of them. I think we'll go with the middle one,

which is off-piste.

Off-piste say Leanne and David.

Now then, Ann and Robert, what would you like to go for?

We're not sure on the top one.

Apres-ski is the bottom one,

but we're actually going to go for

the snowplough.

Snowplough say Ann and Robert.

Snowplough. So we have off-piste and snowplough.

Leanne and David said off-piste.

Let's see if that's right,

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

59.

59 for off-piste. Ann and Robert have gone for snowplough

for the next one down. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Very well done, Ann and Robert.

No repeat of last time.

14, you're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

-Very well played.

-Well played.

Let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?

We'll start at the bottom.

That's apres-ski.

Would have scored you 32 points.

Apres-ski, of course, it's the term

they use for recycling yoghurt pots.

The top one?

-Slalom.

-Slalom. Yes.

That would have scored you 43.

And the next one, it's not bottom left or bottom lift.

-It's button lift.

-Button lift, yeah.

That would have scored you two points.

-Best answer on the board.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, it all comes down to the third and final question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays for that

jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question is all about...

SOME LAUGHTER

-Richard.

-Yeah, five clues now to facts about Jonathan Ross.

Whoever gives us the most obscure answer is going on to play

-for that jackpot.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

I'll read those again.

Ann and Robert will go first.

OK. Yeah, OK, we're going to go with

the woman who he replaced as host as

-Claudia Winkleman.

-Claudia Winkleman for the bottom one.

Claudia Winkleman. Now then, Leanne and David,

talk us through that board.

-Do you think the '60s?

-I think so.

Can't say Jonathan Ross is someone who I know an awful lot about.

I think it's Question Of Sport for the BBC comedy,

but we're not going to go with that one,

so I think we're going to guess the decade and say the 1960s.

OK, the 1960s, the decade he was born in.

So, we have Claudia Winkleman and the 1960s.

Ann and Robert said Claudia Winkleman.

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

It's right.

That's a good answer.

19, very well done indeed, Ann and Robert.

19 for Claudia Winkleman.

David and Leanne, meanwhile, have opted for the '60s,

the decade in which Jonathan Ross was born.

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

It's right.

At least it's right.

Oh, there we are. 39 for that.

Which means, very well done,

at the second time of asking, Ann and Robert, after three questions,

you are through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah, very well done. Born in 1960, Jonathan Ross.

We'll fill in the rest of these.

His Channel 4 chat show was The Last Resort.

That would have scored you four points.

The screenwriter is the very talented, very lovely Jane Goldman.

She would have scored you ten points.

And the comedy sports show was They Think It's All Over.

Yeah. And that would have scored you 11.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. The pair leaving us at the end of

the head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Leanne and David, it is you.

But we see you again next time, so all is not lost.

I'm sure you'll do just as well then if not better.

But meantime, thanks very much for playing, Leanne and David.

But for Ann and Robert, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well done, Ann and Robert, 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.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.

We can relax a little bit now.

Second time round, second time round,

you made it through the head-to-head.

Came from behind, 1-0 down,

to triumph, 2-1.

Very exciting indeed. I think with that kind of momentum,

I think we can expect

something exciting to happen in this last round,

-don't you think?

-I hope so, yes.

-Fingers crossed.

-Oh, I hope so.

What would you like to see come up on that board?

You know what it's like in this round.

I'd want anything on Friends, the TV show.

Got that covered.

Yeah. Anything on Knots Landing.

Yep.

Wow, Friends and Knots Landing.

-It could happen.

-Anything other than TV, we're probably useless.

OK, well, let's find out what today's selection looks like.

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

-Right...

-The Great Offices Of State.

-I know nothing about post-punk at all.

-Nope.

The Golden Raspberry Award Winners, we could go for that.

We could probably go for that cos

-it's naming actors and actresses, hopefully.

-Hopefully, yeah.

Yeah, we'll go for The Golden Raspberry Award Winners.

OK, Golden Raspberries it is.

OK, very best of luck. The Golden Raspberry,

as regular viewers of the show know, it's the anti-Oscars.

It's the Oscars for the worst films of the year.

We're looking for any of the following, please.

We're looking for anyone

who has won a worst actor award at the Golden Raspberries

from 1980 all the way through to the 2016 awards.

Looking for anyone who's won worst actress

at the Golden Raspberries or we're looking for anyone

who's the worst director at the Golden Raspberries.

So from 1980 to the 2016 awards,

we are looking for worst actor, worst actress or worst director.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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

and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Perfect.

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

I have no idea on worst directors, but...

Worst actresses, I would say the one in Speed.

-Oh, Sandra Bullock.

-I think she's won one.

She could be. What about someone like Russell Crowe?

I mean, he's had some really good films, but, you know...

there could be some that haven't been so good.

-It's the odd ones.

-It's the odd ones, isn't it?

Good actors that have got a Raspberry.

-Actors...

-Worst directors...

Brad Pitt? I don't know.

I mean, I could say directors, there could be, erm...

You know, David Lean.

-That's going back.

-Never heard of him. Sounds good.

So, we're going to say... We'll go with Russell Crowe perhaps

-and you said...

-Sandra Bullock.

-..Sandra Bullock. And...

What about something random like Dolly Parton?

Ten seconds left.

-Random.

-Yeah, OK.

We've only got... Yeah, let's go Dolly Parton.

-Fine. OK.

-Yeah.

OK, that is your time up.

Let's have your three answers.

Worst actors, we'll go with Russell Crowe.

-Russell Crowe.

-Worst actresses, we'll go with Sandra Bullock.

-Sandra Bullock.

-And Dolly Parton.

And Dolly Parton. Now, of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Sandra Bullock.

-Yeah.

OK, Sandra Bullock goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Dolly Parton.

-Dolly Parton we'll put first and

Russell Crowe goes in the middle.

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

And here they are.

We have got Dolly Parton,

we've got Russell Crowe and we have got Sandra Bullock.

Well, very best of luck.

Three good answers there and a nice random one you chose

at the last minute. Who knows? That might be a perfect answer.

What would you do if you were to win today's jackpot of £2,000?

I like travelling, so...

I think somewhere in Europe.

I've never been to Barcelona, so I think I'd like to go there.

Lovely. Oh, that's a lovely thing to do.

-Robert, how about you?

-Well, for my 21st birthday,

my sister surprised me with a trip to New York and a helicopter ride

around New York, so I think I'd like to put the money towards

repaying the favour and take her on a helicopter ride round Las Vegas.

Very nice indeed.

OK, well, best of luck.

Three good answers, as I say. Let's see if they're right.

Let's hope one of them's pointless. Your first answer was Dolly Parton.

In this case, we were looking for any worst actress award

at the Raspberries. For £2,000,

let's find out how many people said Dolly Parton.

Is it pointless?

No.

But who knows? You never know with Golden Raspberries,

it could easily have been a brilliant answer, that.

But I'm afraid an incorrect answer in this case.

So, we move onto your next answer which was Russell Crowe.

In this case, we were looking for the worst actor winners

at the Golden Raspberries. If it is right and if it is pointless,

it'll win you £2,000. Let's see how many people said Russell Crowe.

Oh, no! I'm afraid another incorrect answer,

which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

Sandra Bullock. Now, I think both of you remember that she did win,

-didn't she...

-Yeah, I think she did.

..a worst actress award at the Golden Raspberries?

Let's hope no-one else remembered that.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £2,000.

Let's see how many of our 100 people named Sandra Bullock.

There we are, it's a correct answer.

Dolly Parton was incorrect.

Russell Crowe was incorrect,

but Sandra Bullock is absolutely on the money.

Down we go through the 30s,

into the 20s,

into the teens.

Down it goes, still...

Oh, 10.

Not bad at all.

I'm going to say, though,

I think those were very tough categories there

for you to choose from and you went for one you thought you could have

a good crack at and you did. But I'm afraid you didn't find

that all-important pointless answer so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £2,000. That will roll over onto the next show.

But it's been great having you here and the crucial thing is

you get to take home a Pointless trophy each,

so very, very well done indeed, Ann and Robert.

Yeah, very brave attempt. Russell Crowe has been nominated actually,

but never won one, he'll be pleased to hear.

Lots of big names on all the lists here.

Let's take a look first at the worst actors.

Donald Trump, believe it or not, won one.

John Travolta for Battlefield Earth.

Pierce Brosnan for Mamma Mia.

Sylvester Stallone, he's won a number of times, Sylvester Stallone.

In fact, everyone's a pointless answer there

apart from Eddie Murphy, William Shatner, Adam Sandler,

Jamie Dornan, who won for 50 Shades,

Will Smith, Kevin Costner and Ben Affleck.

Worst actresses now.

Demi Moore, Denise Richards,

Eddie Murphy won a worst actress when he played a woman.

Adam Sandler also won a worst actress.

Lindsay Lohan. Brigitte Nielsen, Britney Spears, Daryl Hannah,

Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Kim Cattrall.

All the cast of Sex And The City 2, all the four main women,

they won jointly, as did all the Spice Girls for Spice World.

They all won jointly as well and they were all pointless answers,

every single one of them. And worst directors.

Gus Van Sant for his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho.

Guy Ritchie for Swept Away.

Michael Cimino for Heaven's Gate.

And William Shatner for Star Trek V.

Very well done if you got any of those at home

and it was a fun category to go for, so thank you very much.

Thank you, Richard, and thank you, Ann and Robert,

who sadly didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over

onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.