Episode 19 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Steve, this is Oktiva, we're from Newcastle.

-Hello.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Leanne, and this is my husband, David,

-and we're from Livingston.

-Couple number three.

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

-and we're from Barnsley.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name is Oli, this is my partner, Naomi.

-Coming in from Dorset.

-And these are today's contestants.

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

We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along,

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

The keystone in our Keystone Cops, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya. Hey, everybody.

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Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, sir.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-That's good.

We've got two good returning pairs from the last show.

They did very well, both pairs.

Leanne and David, who got through to the head-to-head, and George

and Vicki, who did very well in Round One, less well in Round Two.

But I think they're both going to be tough to beat,

so tough for our newcomers.

But Round One, the sort of thing that people are always asking for.

-I think people will like it.

-Oh, good.

-I think good for all the family, Round One.

-OK.

I think it's the sort of round where kids can be adults.

Possibly.

-Our favourite...

-Depending on the quality of the adult.

-OK.

LAUGHTER Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Ann and Robert didn't win our jackpot last time, which means we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

There we are, building nicely.

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

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So, remember, 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 today is...

Children's Films. 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...

Excellent. Richard.

Yeah, on each board, we're going to show you seven sets of

characters from a Disney or Pixar film.

You just need to tell us the name of the film, please.

Seven on the first board, seven on the second.

-Let battle begin at home.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, let's reveal our first set of Disney or Pixar characters,

and here they are.

We have got...

I'm going to read those again.

There we are. Oktiva, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-It's great to have you here, from Newcastle?

-Yes.

-What keeps you busy in Newcastle, Oktiva?

-Being a mum to a ten-year-old son.

-Right.

-And I'm working.

-Very good indeed. What is your ten-year-old called?

-Ryan.

-Ryan. And Ryan will be watching now, won't he?

-I hope so.

-I hope so, Ryan.

Oh, maybe if you don't do well, you won't tell him you were here.

-Pretend you came down for a city break.

-He did ask me the other day.

"Mum, are you really sure you want to do it? I think you are going to embarrass myself."

You are never going to embarrass yourself, Oktiva. What are your hobbies?

-Well, I enjoy reading and travelling.

-OK, very good.

How are you feeling about Disney and Pixar films?

Not very confident, to be honest.

I think I'm going to have to go for the obvious one,

which is Olaf, Sven and Marshmallow.

-Frozen.

-Frozen, says Oktiva.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Frozen.

It's right.

38.

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-38 for Frozen.

-Well done, Oktiva.

Now, Frozen's interesting because to a certain generation,

it's literally ubiquitous.

My kids are 15 and 17, so it was after my time,

so my Frozen knowledge, and I know some people would wish they

were me, I know nothing about it.

-Never seen it, never had to watch it.

-Do you know what...

-I hear it's great.

-It is good, it's a film of huge impact.

But, actually, Tangled's better.

-Funnier.

-Oh, really?

-Frozen...

The story just doesn't quite...

There's so many things to enjoy in it, you don't mind too much.

-But the story, it doesn't quite add up.

-Oh, never seen it.

Never seen it, and until I have grandchildren,

and give that a couple of years, please...

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-..I never will.

-Yeah, there you go.

David, welcome back. From Livingston.

Remind us what you do, David.

I'm an account manager, I kind of travel around Europe.

-This is with a steel company.

-Yes, steel. Really exciting.

So, this is steel that is used for what in particular?

Mainly for the oil and gas industry,

so for offshore applications and so forth.

-So, pipes and things like that?

-Pipes, plates, tubulars.

-That's exciting.

-Really not.

-You get to go to the big oil and gas producers, then?

To an extent, yeah.

We go mainly to the kind of fabricators and so forth so,

so kind of the less glamorous parts of the industry, but still...

I still get to travel around.

There we are. David, what would you like to go for?

Not a bad round, to be honest.

I'm going to go with Kala, Tantor and Terk, and that's Tarzan.

Tarzan, says David. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right. 38 is our only score at this point.

Tarzan...passes 38. Down it goes.

Still going down...to 2!

Oh, David!

-Very well done.

-Very good answer.

Yeah, the trademark Tarzan yell in that film is provided

by Brian Blessed, cos he also plays... He plays the villain in

-the film, but he provided the Tarzan yell.

-Did he?

-Yeah.

-I bet he enjoyed that.

-I bet he enjoyed that. Oh!

I bet they booked him for an hour, and I bet after six hours,

they were just thinking, "Brian..."

"I think we've got it now, Brian."

-"We've probably got it now."

-What would he say?

-"Tell us another story, Brian."

-Yeah.

-What would he say?

-Yeah.

IMPERSONATING: I wonder if I might do one more.

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I don't know. I don't think I've really nailed it.

There we are. George, welcome back, from Barnsley.

Now, what do you like getting up to in Barnsley, George?

Uh... Also, I'm retired now.

I like watching sport, reading, doing pub quizzes.

George, so when Vicki said you were neighbours,

are you absolutely next-door, next-door neighbours?

No, next-door but one.

-And whose idea was it to come on the show?

-Vicki's.

-Mine.

I wouldn't want to be the neighbour in the middle thinking, "What?!"

LAUGHTER I know. I know!

Yeah, why didn't you ask them?

You don't have to answer that question.

They've not been there long enough.

George, what would you like to go for on our board of Disney

and Pixar characters?

-Right...

-Are you happy with it as a round?

Let's have a look. Hm, I think so.

I'll try Sulley, Mike and Celia as Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. Fabulous film.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Monsters, Inc.

Very good indeed. 38's our high score.

You pass it - 34.

See, that was far more my kids' generation. I love Monsters, Inc.

-Now that's a brilliant film.

-That's a very good film.

That's the beauty of kids' films, they never age as well - there's

just generation after generation of great films for your kids to watch.

Yeah. Fabulous.

Now, Oli, welcome. Good to have you here, sir.

Well, what do you do?

I'm a freelance chef.

I go around doing bits of relief work, summer seasonal work,

-a bit of event catering.

-Now, that's a freelance chef?

-Yeah.

So support chef. You arrive and everyone goes,

"Oh, Oli's here, it's fine."

Not quite. You might get a phone call kind of 24 hours beforehand,

"Need relief chef." Kind of five, seven days.

Maybe some kitchen management relief. Just be able to go in there

-and help some people. Keeps it fresh from my side.

-You've just got to hit

-the ground running, haven't you?

-Yeah.

-Do you bring all your own kit with you?

-Yeah, I've got an extended

tool box with varying bits picked up over the years.

Wow. What's the most exotic tool in your armoury?

Pff...

I've got a spectrometer for measuring light refraction

through sugar solutions for sorbets.

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Do you know, I'm going to put my mind blowtorch back into

my...mind tool box here.

Forget about that. That's exciting.

What are your interests outside chefing?

I like to travel a lot,

do quite a bit of driving, go out and go diving out in the world,

different places, a bit of scuba, fire staffing.

Anything that's a little bit kind of different.

-Stop right there. Fire staffing?

-Yeah.

Four-foot-long scaffolding poles with wicks on the end, soak it

in paraffin and set it alight.

-Wow.

-Spin it round to your heart's content.

I'm a fire staffer. Twisted fire staffer.

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So you...you have a spinning burning pole?

-Yes.

-Oh!

What could possibly go wrong(?)

-So many things. So many things.

-Yeah. Wow. OK, fantastic.

Now, Oli, this is your board. If you want to go through it

and fill in all the banks, it would be very impressive.

Well, I think, given the recent release,

Baloo, Shere Khan and Kaa would be Jungle Book.

Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian has got to be The Little Mermaid.

Flower, Thumper and Faline, I would say would be Bambi,

given the date.

And then Duchess,

O'Malley and Roquefort is probably Aristocats, I think.

-I think that's the one I'm going to go for.

-OK.

Aristocats, says Oli. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right. Well, 38 is still our high score. 2 is our low.

You passed 38.

21, there we are. Jolly nice.

Nicely in between.

That's very nicely done. Not only did you get all of them right,

you chose the right one as well.

And actually, well done to all four pairs,

you chose the best four answers on the board.

That does not happen very often. The top three answers are all left.

Baloo, Shere Khan and Kaa - Jungle Book - would have scored...

This is the biggest score of all. ..85.

Little Mermaid - for Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian -

would have scored you 40.

And Bambi would have scored 51.

Thanks very much.

We're halfway through our first round,

so let's take a quick look at those scores.

2. What about that, David?

Very well done indeed. Lovely low score.

Then we travel up to 21,

where we find Oli and Naomi.

Then up to 34,

where we find Vicki and George.

And 38 is where we find Octiva and Steve.

You're not way out ahead, Steve, but you know what you have to do -

a low score to keep yourselves in the game.

Best of luck with that. We come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more sets of characters up on the board,

and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

-Naomi, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Naomi?

-I'm a sort of assistant manager of my mum's pub,

-which is in Dorset.

-Wow! That's fun. How long have you been doing that?

-About two years now.

-So were you working in it from the beginning?

-Oh, no, I graduated from university...

-Right.

-..and then just came down to help her.

-See, that's quite nice.

It was going to be a second gap year,

but then it got quite extended.

And then it just turned into life!

Ha, ha! Have you ever yet had to call in Oli

to come and be a supply chef?

That was how we met.

-At the pub?

-Yeah.

He came in, arrived with the tool box...

You go, "What's with the tool box, Oli?"

-And then he opened it up...

-Showed me his spectrometer.

-Oh!

And the rest is history.

There we go.

And his centrifuge, of course.

Now, Naomi, what would you like to go for? There you are on 21.

The high-scorers on 38 are Steve and Octiva.

16 or less get you through.

I'm going to go for one that I'm not 100% sure of, but I think is

maybe right.

I'm going to go for Tod, Copper and Vixey being

-The Fox And The Hound.

-The Fox And The Hound, says Naomi.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of

our 100 people said The Fox And The Hound. Here is your red line.

If you get below that, you are definitely through to Round Two.

Very well done! Look at that, 7!

Brilliant. Taking your total up to 28.

Yeah, Vixey and Tod are foxes and Copper is a dog.

-Tim Burton's first job was drawing Vixey.

-Really?

Yeah, he's uncredited for it, but, yeah, that was his first job.

He said he found it quite... He found it too difficult.

The style was too different to his own.

-How extraordinary.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

-Now then, Vicki, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Great to have you here.

Remind us what you like getting up to.

Bespoke crafting, embroidery.

Now, yes, bespoke, so the embroidery...

-Do you...? This is sewing that we talked about last time...

-Yes.

..that you do for people as presents and things, and people commission

various things. What's the most ambitious thing you've done?

Probably something for my daughter's room,

-about this big.

-That's exciting.

What did you have on it? What were the...?

Animals, name, date of birth, things like that.

-Wonderful.

-Like a zoo.

Lovely. Absolutely beautiful. Now, there you are on 34.

We need a low score from you.

Should you score 3 or less, you'd be through to the next round.

I know three of them, but I'm pretty sure they're all going to be

quite high, that's the problem.

So I'd rather be right and hope.

So I'll go for Lumiere,

Chip and Cogsworth - Beauty And The Beast.

Beauty And The Beast, says Vicki. Here is your red line, very low.

But let's see what happens when we say Beauty And The Beast.

How far down the column can we get?

It's right.

Not bad at all, 22.

Takes your total up to 56.

You might have done enough there, Vicki.

Yeah, the voice acting and the singing for the Mandarin version

of Beauty And The Beast was done by Jackie Chan.

He can do everything, that guy.

Jackie Chan, Tim Burton, all these people.

-I know. They all start somewhere, right?

-Yeah. Absolutely.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Leanne, what a score from David in the first pass there!

-Yep.

Fantastic.

That set you up beautifully there.

So, yes, 53 or less is all you require to find yourselves

comfortably into Round Two. Leanne, remind us what you do.

I work as a customer service manager.

That's right. And what are your interests up there in Livingston?

What do you like getting up to there?

-Keep fit, walking the dog.

-What kind of dog have you got?

-I've got a Labrador called Honey.

-How old's Honey?

-She's seven.

Very... Gosh, if you are into keeping fit, Honey has no choice

but to be into keeping fit as well.

-We usually have a two-hour walk each night.

-See, that's good.

-So she's...

-That's very good indeed.

Now, there you are, on 2.

What would you like to go for?

I think they're all going to be quite high,

and the one that I'm thinking of,

I'm talking myself out of whether or not it's the right answer.

But I think Pongo is 101 Dalmatians.

OK. Pongo, Perdita and Colonel - 101 Dalmatians.

There's your red line.

You have to get below that. Let's see if you can with 101 Dalmatians.

It's right.

You've done it. Look at that, 40.

40 takes your total up to 42.

Yeah, Dodie Smith, the writer of 101 Dalmatians,

she was given a Dalmatian puppy called Pongo,

and that inspired her to write the story.

Well, what inspired her was a friend of hers who said that

Pongo's coat would make a nice fur coat,

and she thought, "Hold on a minute."

Interesting.

Steve. Welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here from Newcastle.

-What do you do up in Newcastle?

-I work for an IT company.

-I'm a software engineer.

-I see.

And what do you like doing when not working for IT?

I like going to music concerts.

And I like going to football matches.

-Very good. Who do you support?

-I actually support Reading.

Convenient(!) Good. LAUGHTER

-Obviously, living in Newcastle.

-Yeah.

-Why not?

-Exactly, why not?

Where do you like to go and see things?

I mean, how far afield do you travel with your music?

Well, there's lots of venues in Newcastle, in Gateshead.

-Yeah.

-But I've been to...

Go down to Leeds, been down to York.

-Up to Edinburgh at all? Up to the Playhouse?

-Uh...

I've never seen music up there.

I went up to the Edinburgh Festival a couple of times

to see things up there, but pretty much... Because Newcastle...

-I mean, Newcastle...

-When it comes to the north, let's face it.

It provides everything. You never need to travel.

-Very fine, Newcastle. You find world-class things.

-Exactly.

There you are.

OK, now, 38 is your score.

The high-scorers at the moment

are Vicki and George on 56.

This is exciting.

17 or less is what we require.

Right. I only know two of the answers.

I think Abu, Genie and Iago is Aladdin.

Jiminy Cricket, etc, is Pinocchio.

I've got no idea what Rusty, Ollie and Larry is all about.

Fairy Godmother... No, I'd be guessing. I don't want to guess.

So, um...

I'm going to go for Jiminy Cricket, J Worthington is Pinocchio.

Pinocchio, says Steve. Now, here comes your red line.

This is what you have to get below with Jiminy Cricket.

Can you do it? That's the question.

How many of our 100 people went for Pinocchio?

It's right.

Oh, Steve!

Much as I feared,

yeah, that's a high score for Pinocchio,

taking your total up to 98, I'm afraid.

Yeah, and the one you didn't know

is the one that would have saved you, unsurprisingly.

Abu, Genie and Iago was Aladdin.

Quite right.

That would have scored 45.

And Fairy Godmother, etc,

was Cinderella.

And that would have scored you 49.

Now, Rusty, Ollie and Larry was Home On The Range

and is a pointless answer, so very, very well done if you said that.

-Home On The Range.

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

At the end of our first round, the pair heading home with 98...

Steve and Octiva, I'm sorry to say, it is you.

You're not far ahead,

but you just happen to be the high-scorers,

so we have to say goodbye.

We'll see you again next time, when I hope you'll go much further.

In the meantime, thanks very much, Steve and Octiva.

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

And there we go, into Round Two,

and we've dropped one of our couples, as you will have noticed.

Well, Vicki and George, well done, you made it through to Round Two.

ALEXANDER SIGHS A little bit close there.

Well done on the far podium, Naomi and Oli, our lowest combined score.

Very well done indeed.

Well done on the near podium, David,

with our lowest individual score of the round. Superb!

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, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Richard.

Yeah, just looking for any of the 20 men in charge of one of those

Premier League clubs at the start of the 2015-2016 season, please.

Thank you very much indeed.

So then, Leanne.

I've went totally blank. All I can think of is...

..Harry Redknapp, and I don't think that's right.

OK, Harry Redknapp says Leanne. Let's see if that is right.

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

Bad luck, Leanne. I'm sorry. Sorry.

Not Harry Redknapp.

That scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Leanne, particularly hard to be

on that first podium as well if it's a subject that's not your

strong point, but it might not be the last 100 points we see.

Thanks very much indeed.

Vicki, who would you like to go for?

I know a few,

but it's whether they started, that's the thing.

-Jurgen Klopp.

-Jurgen Klopp, says Vicki. Let's see if that's right.

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

Oh, no! Well, listen, you are in very good company.

You have a party going on up there at 100.

I'm afraid another incorrect answer, scoring you 100.

Yeah, sorry, Jurgen Klopp became Liverpool manager,

but didn't start the season as Liverpool manager.

OK. Now then, Oli.

Not exactly my best subject, so I think I am going to play it

fairly safe and go for a family favourite - Arsene Wenger.

Arsene Wenger, says Oli,

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

It's right.

Not bad.

Yeah, been at Arsenal for a very,

very long time. First appointed when David Dein,

the Arsenal chairman, met Wenger at Monaco and they played charades.

And when he saw Arsene Wenger acting out A Midsummer Night's Dream

in what's essentially his third language, English, he thought,

"Oh, this guy is a little bit different to our other managers."

You know, "Maybe he'll be good for our club."

Fabulous. Thank you very much, Richard.

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

55, the best score of the pass, Oli. Very well done indeed.

I think you and Naomi might well be in the head-to-head at this rate.

Then we travel up to 100,

where we find Vicki and George

and Leanne and David.

So, yes, George and David, let's see what happens in the next pass.

We come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now, Naomi, remember, we're looking for any Premier League

manager at the start of the 2015-2016 season.

Unfortunately, I have nothing, not even an inkling of anyone who

-has ever been a football manager anywhere.

-OK.

So this is going to be a matter of just making some names up.

-Making a name up.

-Making a name up.

-Just rolling the die.

-Well, listen,

if you can make a name up that scores you 44 or less...

you are through to the next round.

Let's go with...Robin Smith.

MUFFLED LAUGHTER

I'm going to give you points for Robin.

I think that's...that is good.

-Smith, yeah...

-Not imaginative enough?

-Well, I don't know.

But then, you know, who knows? Robin Smith, let's see.

Here is your red line.

And here is Robin Smith.

Oh, I'm sorry, Naomi. However,

thanks to Oli's efforts in the first pass, you never know,

you might have done enough there.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 155.

Yeah, not a manager of a Premier League team.

Statistically, probably been a manager of Leeds at some point,

cos...everybody else has.

There was an England international cricketer called Robin Smith,

-but he didn't make the leap into football management.

-No, no.

There we are.

-Now then, George.

-Yep.

-George, this is fun, isn't it?

-Yep.

You have to score 54 or less. I mean, fill your boots.

-Right. Alan Pardew.

-Alan Pardew, says George. There we are.

Here is your red line. Get below this red line

with Alan Pardew, you are in the head-to-head.

How many people said it?

It's right.

You're in the head-to-head. Well done, George.

12 for Alan Pardew.

Very good indeed. 112, your total.

You could see George just happily watching that round fall apart

around him, just thinking, "I'm all right here."

Yeah, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, David.

David, again, 54 or less is your target.

This is either something you're going to be very good at,

which I hope...

-Reasonably confident.

-OK, good.

I mean, I want to take a gamble and go with a fellow Scotsman,

but I really need to get through,

so I'm going to go with The Hammers' manager, Slaven Bilic.

Slaven Bilic. OK, let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.

Let's see if you can get below that. How many people said it?

It's right. HE SIGHS

And you're through to the head-to-head.

Very well done indeed.

Loot at that.

Scoring you 6.

Very well done indeed.

106 is your total.

Yeah, former Croatia manager.

He used to play for West Ham as well, Slaven Bilic.

-What would your risk have been, David?

-Alex Neil.

Alex Neil, I thought it would have been.

Yeah, 2 points for Alex Neil.

I couldn't remember which way the name went, I was so nervous,

-so...

-You know what, you did exactly the right thing,

exactly the right thing.

There is a pointless answer out there,

out of the 20 answers. That's Quique Flores, the Watford manager,

is a pointless answer. You'd have got 1 point for Dick Advocaat,

he was Sunderland manager.

2 for Alex Neil, 3 for Garry Monk at Swansea, 4 for Tim Sherwood,

who started at Aston Villa,

5 for Ronald Koeman at Southampton,

6 for Eddie Howe and Tony Pulis and Steve McClaren.

Ten for Brendan Rodgers and Mark Hughes. Brendan Rodgers was

the Liverpool manager before Jurgen Klopp.

11 for Mauricio Pochettino,

12 for Manuel Pellegrini,

16 for Roberto Martinez,

27 for Jose Mourinho,

32 for Louis van Gaal.

No-one would've thought that the Leicester manager would be

the second top-scorer, but he is - Claudio Ranieri with 35,

-and then we've already heard Wenger.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our second round,

I'm sorry to say, Naomi and Oli,

we have to say goodbye to you with your high score of 155.

I'm sure you've got great things in you for the next time, though,

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

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing.

Naomi, and Oli.

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

Congratulations, Leanne and David, Vicki and George.

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

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

Well, we have now reached the head-to-head, which means

you can start playing as a pair.

You can confer before you give your answers.

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

Leanne and David, you've been here before.

Only now, you're our golden couple, you're our low-scoring couple.

Last time, you were the blue couple.

And, Vicki and George, second time of asking,

here you are in the head-to-head, which is lovely.

How nice to have two returning pairs in the head-to-head.

We've had great answers from both pairs, actually,

so I think this should be close.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

-Richard.

-Yeah, we'll show you five pictures now

of big animals, and we're going to give you alternate letters of

their names. Can you tell us what they are, please?

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five big animals,

and here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five big animals.

Now, Leanne and David,

you've been our low-scorers, so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

Yeah, OK.

We are pretty confident on two, but we're going to take a bit of

a gamble and go with C - Goliath beetle.

Goliath beetle, say Leanne and David.

George and Vicki, what would you like to go for?

-That board is all yours.

-That's what we were going to say, C.

That's what we were going to say.

-Do you want to talk us through all the others?

-No.

LAUGHTER

B is whale shark.

A, we think, is a giant tortoise.

-We're going to have to go for the shark.

-Yeah.

-We'll say B - whale shark.

-OK, B - whale shark.

So we have Goliath beetle and we have whale shark.

Leanne and David have gone for Goliath beetle for C.

Let's see if that's right.

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

HE SIGHS

There we are! Very well done indeed.

17. That's a great answer.

Vicki and George, meanwhile, have gone for whale shark for B.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

59 for whale shark.

Very well done indeed.

Leanne and David, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, well played. Good to take that risk.

If your things fit the words, it's usually the right answer.

A is giant tortoise, of course.

It's a surprisingly low score, that, 39.

-I don't know what people think that is.

-How giant is that?

I mean, that is...

From the perspective of that...

-It is half the size of a mountain, yeah.

-Yeah.

Although, that is the world's tiniest mountain.

-Ah.

-Let's take a look at the rest.

Now, E... Again, this thing of filling in words, so you can work...

It is a something giant rabbit.

We all know it's a something...

Flemish, I'm going for there.

Flemish is right. Very well done.

And that would've scored you 10 points.

One of those has been 4'3" long.

Imagine a rabbit 4'3" long.

How big is the tattoo on that hand, though? That's what I'm trying to...

-Are they genuine footprints on there?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. But the other one, D...

See, this is the one that, again,

-we can all work out it's giant, again...

-Yeah.

But I've been going through every word in the alphabet,

everyone at home will be going through it trying to do it.

Give up.

Give up. It is a New Zealand animal, and it is called the giant weta.

The giant weta. And that would have scored you 1 point.

So someone... Someone out there's from New Zealand. The giant weta.

I wonder how giant that is.

Oh, that is 40 foot long.

OK. Good. LAUGHTER

You see...you see that speck there?

-Yeah.

-That's Auckland.

-Yes.

RICHARD LAUGHS

No, that WAS Auckland.

OK, yeah, got it.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, so, here comes your second question.

Vicki and George, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

Our second question today is all about...

Fun!

Yeah, we're going to show you five UK top 40 singles now,

but who had hits with them in the years shown, please?

Thanks very much indeed.

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

So, George and Vicki, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

Um, we know four of them.

It's just what is going to be the lowest.

We'll go for You've Got The Love by Florence and the Machine.

Florence and the Machine, say Vicki and George, for You've Got The Love.

Now, Leanne and David, that board's all yours. Talk us through it.

-That was the one that we were going to go with.

-Yeah.

I'll know the first one when it comes up. Scratch my brain.

Same with California Dreamin'. The song is going through my head.

-Go for the last one, then?

-Yeah.

-Echo and the Bunnymen

-for Nothing Lasts Forever.

-OK, Echo and the Bunnymen.

So we have Florence and the Machine and Echo and the Bunnymen.

George and Vicki went for Florence and the Machine,

for You've Got The Love. Let see if that's right.

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

It's right.

36 for Florence and the Machine.

Now then, Leanne and David have gone for Echo and the Bunnymen.

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

It's right.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooooh....

And it wins you the point!

Look at that.

12 for Echo and the Bunnymen.

So there you are, you were encouraged

to a better answer, and it means, Leanne and David,

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

And, you know what, your brains work perfectly for Pointless

cos the two that you were struggling over are the two

highest scorers, and the one you knew was the lowest scorer, so...

-I think it's an age thing.

-You were custom-built for this show.

-Layla was...

-Derek and the Dominos.

Derek and the Dominos, yeah. With Eric Clapton.

That would've scored you 41. California Dreamin'?

-The Mamas and the Papas.

-The Mamas and the Papas.

That would've scored 39. And Three Little Birds?

Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Bob Marley and the Wailers.

-Also would have seen you through with 27 points.

-There we are.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid, Vicki and George,

this is where we have to say goodbye to you,

but thank you for being so brilliant on both shows.

Great performance across the show today.

I'm sorry we didn't get you into the final

and send you home with a trophy, but thank you so much for playing.

-Vicki and George.

-Thank you.

Thank you. Bye.

But for Leanne and David, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations.

Leanne and David, you've seen off all the competition and you

have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yay!

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the

end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £3,000.

There we are.

Well, your first answer of the day, David, was Tarzan, that scored 2.

Lowest score, I think, of the show.

You survived Premier...English Premier League football managers.

And out you came, came through smiling.

2-0 in the head-to-head.

Yeah, I mean, just round it off with a nice pointless answer

here, and you can go home with that decent jackpot - 3,000 quid.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?

Leanne, you first.

-Sport or film.

-Sport or film. David?

I think sport is aimed at me.

I'm a bit of a cricket buff. I'm a big fan, so obscure cricket,

international cricket.

-Maybe some literature, if it falls into our kind of thing.

-OK.

-But sport in general.

-Well, very, very best of luck. As always,

you get to choose the category from the board behind me.

Let's see what today's selection look like. We've got...

DAVID GROANS

-Not the best, is it? I think we can... We don't do jazz.

-No.

-Land of Oz is going to be...

-The Tropics might be...

I think Tropics will be geography, so...

We'll go with the Tropics and hope that it's countries and geography or something along the lines.

-OK, the Tropics it is.

-OK, very best of luck.

You are exactly right. That is exactly what it is.

We are looking for the following, please.

We are looking for any country that has any land anywhere between

the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

We are looking for the capital cities of any of those

countries as well.

Or we're looking for any British Overseas Territories

in the Tropics.

So, any country that has any of its land somewhere between the Tropics,

the capital cities of those countries

and British Overseas Territories.

Very best of luck.

OK, now, as always, you have up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

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

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Eh.... One, two, three.

-Yep, we're ready.

-OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Capital Cities... Djibouti City.

You could have Benin.

You could have Djibouti itself.

Equatorial... No, that's too far north. Equatorial Guinea.

I'm thinking St Vincent, Grenadines.

I'm thinking Antigua & Barbuda.

I'm thinking possibly the Falkland Islands.

That may be a bit obvious.

Eh...

Try to see what else. Maybe go a bit Asian route.

I'm trying to think. I'm trying to think.

I'm just trying to think of anywhere that is

a British Overseas Territory, you know.

Captain Cook, you know, trying to remember all that.

-Seychelles, maybe. Yeah, Seychelles could be.

-Mauritius.

I don't know.

I think I'm quite keen to go with Djibouti City,

-go with St Vincent, Grenadines...

-Right, OK.

-..and go with...

-Ten seconds left.

-..Antigua & Barbuda.

-OK, that's fine. We'll go with that.

-And if we don't got it, we don't get it.

-Yep.

OK, sounds like you've arrived at your three answers,

and your time has just run out.

So if you could just give me those three answers and the

categories they are in, that'd be great.

-I would go with Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti.

-Djibouti City.

-Antigua & Barbuda.

-Antigua & Barbuda.

And I'm going to go with...

In which category, by the way, Antigua & Barbuda?

-Countries in the Tropics.

-Countries in the Tropics. Yep, good.

And St Vincent and the Grenadines. Countries in the Tropics.

But I think, if it falls in any one of those, yeah,

hopefully it will be OK.

OK. St Vincent and the Grenadines as well.

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

St Vincent and the Grenadines.

St Vincent and the Grenadines goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Djibouti.

-Djibouti City, cos I'm not sure where it sits.

-Djibouti City. And then we've got Antigua & Barbuda...

-Yeah.

..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 good answers on the board there. Let's hope one

of those ends up being pointless and wins you that jackpot. 3,000 quid,

that's quite a nice sum to be taking home.

What would you like to do with that? Leanne, you first.

I would probably go shopping. Take the kids shopping as well.

-Excellent. David?

-I don't think I'll see it, to be honest.

I think I'll just come home one day and find lots of bags

in the living room or something like that.

But if I get a chance,

I think I'd probably like to spend a little bit of money maybe on

some golf or something like that, maybe take that up.

Very good. OK, well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Djibouti City.

In this case, we were looking for capital cities between the Tropics.

Only one of these answers has to be pointless, remember,

for you to win that jackpot of £3,000.

Let's see, for £3,000, how many people said Djibouti City?

It's right.

Djibouti City is absolutely between the Tropics. Down it goes.

If this goes all the way to zero,

you leave here immediately with a cheque for £3,000.

Down we go through the teens

and into single figures. Still going down.

Still going down, still going...

You've done it! Congrats!

Fantastic! Fantastic!

Superb!

Brilliant.

Look at that!

Congratulations. Djibouti City was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with today's jackpot of £3,000.

Very well done, Leanne and David. Superb.

Yeah, you chose very, very well there.

This is... For anyone who knows anything about geography,

this is an absolute gimme, this round. It's brilliant stuff.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers here.

Antigua & Barbuda was a pointless answer,

which you also said.

You also mentioned Djibouti as the country,

that was a pointless answer as well. Equatorial Guinea, you mentioned.

That was a pointless answer.

Mauritius, you mentioned, was a pointless answer.

Seychelles, you mentioned - pointless answer.

St Vincent and the Grenadines you went for - pointless answer.

Brunei, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Comoros,

Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,

Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,

Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania,

Senegal, Somalia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia,

Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu,

Vanuatu and Vietnam - all pointless answers.

I tell you what wasn't a pointless answer -

Central African Republic, with 2 points.

-LAUGHTER

-2 points.

Big shout out to Central African Republic there.

Very well done. Now, the capital cities...

It's quicker if I go through the ones that weren't pointless answers.

The ones that would have scored points - Mexico City,

Kingston, Brasilia, Nairobi, Lima, Bangkok, Paramaribo,

Singapore, Havana, Panama City, Caracas, Georgetown and Bogota.

Every single other answer was pointless.

The British Overseas Territories is an interesting one.

The ones we've sort of heard of and are not quite sure where

they are. There's only three pointless answers here.

The ones that scored points - British Virgin Islands,

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Cayman Islands

and British Indian Ocean Territory.

Those were the other answers that weren't pointless.

But great choice of category

and you absolutely nailed it. Terrific stuff. Very well played.

Thanks very much, Richard.

And thanks once again to our winning players, Leanne and David,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000. Very well done.

Thank you very much.

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.