Episode 30 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to Pointless, the show where we are always aiming

for the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And, couple number one.

Hi, I'm Linsey, this is my husband Dale, and we're from Dunfermline.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Jo, this is my friend Denise,

and we're from Wetherby in Yorkshire.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Laura, I'm from Stroud in Gloucestershire.

This is my friend Kate, originally from Cardiff, now residing in Leeds.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Greg, this is my friend Sean, and we live in Leeds.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

A very warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

We'll get to chat to you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce,

here to clear things up like a put-upon caretaker,

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

Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

Now, we only have one returning pair from the last show,

and we feel very guilty, Jo and Denise,

who got knocked out by one letter.

One of those ones where you had to be fair to the other team,

but they were very, very unfortunate.

I would say to the other three pairs,

it would be much fairer if you just let them win,

I think that'd be a very kind thing to do.

But, we've given away the jackpot two shows in a row now.

-Can we make it three in a row?

-It'd be nice.

And also, I notice how Leeds-heavy we are.

-Yes.

-Aren't we? I think we're three-eighths Leeds.

-Yeah.

-It might be our biggest-ever Leeds ratio.

It's something, isn't it?

What is that, almost 38% Leeds?

-Something like that, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's a lot of Leeds.

-It's a lot of Leeds.

More Leeds than a dog shop.

No!

More Leeds than a pet shop.

Ah, very nice!

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Johnny and Ben won the jackpot last time,

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

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

OK, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated,

so do everything you can to make sure

that your scores are nice and low.

Our first category 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...

-Sitcom characters. Richard.

-On each pass,

we'll show you the names of seven different sitcom characters.

We need the names of the actors who played these characters, please.

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

So, who played these sitcom characters?

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

There we are. Linsey, a warm welcome to Pointless, here from Dunfermline.

-What do you do, Linsey?

-I'm a chartered accountant,

but I'm currently on maternity leave.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yes.

-How much longer have you got on your leave?

-Three weeks.

-Ah.

-Yes.

What's that going to be like, going back?

I hate to think! No offence to people from my work, but...!

No, lovely to do that, but it's not the same as being at home.

And your baby is how old now?

-She's nine months.

-Nine months, that's lovely.

-What's she called?

-Eva.

Eva. She won't know, obviously, but Eva...

-When she watches it on Challenge, she will!

-Yes!

-When she graduates and she's watching this on Challenge.

-Yeah.

And what have you been doing,

obviously apart from the heavy maternity duties,

with your maternity leave?

Has there been time for any other fun?

-Well, maternity leave is fun, just looking after Eva.

-Exactly.

You know, going to lots of baby groups,

coffee mornings, you know.

Very good indeed. Now, Linsey, what would you like to go for

on our board of sitcom characters?

Sorry, Dale. I'm just going to have to guess at one.

I don't know any!

Well, you've got a nice clue there, with the initials,

so your guess can be shaped by those.

Erm...I don't know.

Maybe I should just go for Sorry,

cos I am sorry!

Timothy Lumsden, let's say...

Richard Cummings.

The wonderful Richard Cummings.

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

said Richard Cummings.

No, I'm afraid...

I'm so sorry, Linsey, an incorrect answer there,

scoring you 100 points.

Sorry, Linsey. Imagine if that had been right!

-Denise.

-Hello.

Welcome back to Pointless.

Oh, I'm so sorry last time...

I know, I feel a fool.

No, no! Well, it was unfortunate, very unfortunate,

easy mistake to make, but costly.

Remind us what you do, Denise.

I'm a pension analyst, I work for a small firm in Wetherby,

who provides advice for couples who are going through divorce,

on how to settle their pension assets.

There we are. And what are your hobbies, Denise?

I like going running occasionally, and I do a lot of reading.

I set up a book group about ten years ago,

and we meet once a month.

See, that's good. So, 12 books a year, minimum, you can guarantee.

-Well, probably about nine books a year.

-OK.

Now, Denise, what would you like to go for?

-I know two or three of these.

-Yes.

-It's just trying to decide

which one is going to be the best answer to give.

I'm going to go for Susan Harper, and Zoe Wanamaker.

Zoe Wanamaker, says Denise, for Susan Harper.

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

It's right. Well, you've already beaten our high score.

Zoe Wanamaker ends up at 45.

Well played. She also plays

Lady Cassandra in Doctor Who, amongst many, many other things.

For all those many book groups out there, in the last year,

what book would you recommend for a book group?

My favourite book has been The Cellist of Sarajevo,

by Steven Galloway.

There you go. A straight answer to a straight question.

-The Cellist of Sarajevo.

-By Steven Galloway.

There we are.

-Now, Laura.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Good to have you here. What do you do, Laura?

-I'm a paediatrician.

-A paediatrician.

-And where are you a paediatrician?

-In Gloucester.

In Gloucester - very nice indeed.

What are your interests, Laura?

I'm a bit time-poor, cos I have a young family as well,

but I'm embracing a midlife crisis and doing lots of exercise,

and triathloning, and stuff.

Wow. Wow.

Small triathlons.

Well, still, it's triathlon.

-That's what it is.

-Still three things.

How many triathlons a year do you do? Just the one?

A year... Could we talk about, yeah, a decade?

-A decade?

-I've done one this year.

-There we are, good.

Perfect. And are you going to be doing more?

-I have another one planned, for the autumn.

-Oh, Laura.

Excellent, good. Well, good for you.

Now, what are you liking on this board?

I know an answer, so that's...

-That's a start!

-Yeah.

I'm going to say Sorry,

and I'm going to say

Ronnie Corbett.

That other great RC, Ronnie Corbett.

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

55 for Ronnie Corbett.

When Ronnie Corbett was doing his National Service,

he was the shortest commissioned officer in the RAF.

The wonderful Ronnie Corbett.

Lovely Ronnie Corbett. Yeah.

There we are. Greg.

Welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here. What do you do, Greg?

I'm a civil servant, I work in IT.

In IT, in the civil service, in Leeds?

In Leeds, yes, in Quarry House.

And what do you do, aside from that?

What else do you like to get up to?

Ten-pin bowling is my main hobby. I've been doing it...

I started it when I was a student, and then carried on.

-A lot of wasted years in a bowling alley.

-Very good.

-I don't know, maybe not wasted.

-Maybe not.

-Maybe not.

How many pairs bowling shoes do you own, Greg? Just the one?

-No, two.

-Oh, two.

What decides which pair you wear?

I tend to stick with one pair,

but you can change the heels and the soles as well.

So while one's at the menders...

-Yes, you can put different soles and heels.

-Very smart.

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

and fill in all our blanks for us, you'd be mighty welcome.

OK. Edmund Blackadder is Rowan Atkinson.

Ruth Jones is Frances de la Tour.

Don't know Howard Moon.

Bill Porter, I don't know.

I'm going to go with Penny Warrender,

which is Jan Francis.

Jan Francis, says Greg.

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

It's right. Well, 45 is our low score, and you pass it.

Look at that, down we go, Jan Francis.

Down to 16 - very well done indeed, Greg.

Best score of the round so far.

Very nicely played, Greg.

You filled in a few of those nicely.

You were quite right about Rowan Atkinson.

Rowan Atkinson would have scored you 61.

Frances de la Tour, you're right as well.

She would have scored 39.

And then one of our contemporaries, JB.

-Julian Barratt.

-Julian Barratt.

He would have scored 3, best answer on the board.

And Bill Porter -

the first name is confusing,

cos it's Belinda Lang.

The wonderful Belinda Lang. She would have scored you 6 points.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores. 16, the best score of the pass.

Well done, Greg. Then we travel up to 45, where we find Denise and Jo.

55, Laura and Kate.

Then 100, Linsey and Dale.

Richard Cummings not helping you out, there.

Dale... Yes. Well, I mean, who knows?

You're not terrifyingly out in front, but you are in front.

So a nice, low score from you, Dale,

well, you'll know by the time we get to you what you can do.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

and here they come.

We are looking for the actors who played these people.

I'll read those one last time.

Sean, welcome.

Great shirt, Sean, by the way.

-Thank you very much!

-What do you do, Sean?

I'm a credit control manager.

Where do you control credit, Sean?

The other companies that owe the company I work for money,

I chase them up, and politely ask them to pay.

That's quite tough, isn't it?

That's not a fun way to spend a Monday morning, surely.

-Absolutely.

-Sean, what do you like getting up to,

when you stop managing credit control?

I'm a ten-pin bowler as well,

bowl in the same league team as Greg, so...

Hence the shirts? Is that ten-pin bowling wear?

-I've been known to wear this sort of shirt at a tournament.

-Very good.

Do you have your name written on the back of a shirt?

-I tend not to. I'm not that flash!

-OK, OK, fair enough.

Now, Sean, you are the first person to have this board.

Dive in, help yourself,

let's see if we can find a nice, low-scoring answer.

If you can score less than 83, you're home and dry.

Greg set me up nicely with a great first answer,

so I'm going to go for

Private Frank Pike, Ian Lavender.

Ian Lavender, says Sean. Here's your red line -

if you can get below this with Ian Lavender, you're into Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Ian Lavender.

It's right - and you're through, very well done.

40.

Taking your total up to 56.

Safe and sound. When Ian Lavender appeared on Celebrity Mastermind,

Rick Wakeman was also on, and when John Humphrys

said to Ian Lavender, when he asked him his name,

Rick Wakeman shouted out, "Don't tell him, Pike!"

LAUGHTER

That's good. Thank you very much indeed.

-Kate.

-Yeah.

-There you are, welcome to Pointless,

great to have you here.

-What do you do, Kate?

-I'm a hospital doctor.

-What kind of hospital doctor?

-Lungs.

Respiratory, but I specialise in lungs.

I see, very good. And where do you do that?

In mid-Yorkshire, so around Wakefield and Dewsbury.

I see, and how do you and Laura know each other?

Laura went to university with my husband.

-Is he also a medic?

-He is, yeah.

He's backstage with my baby at the moment.

-Aw!

-He's not very good at quizzes, so we left him out.

Hang on, if he'd been good at quizzes,

you'd have had him in here...?

-She'd have had him, instead of me.

-Oh, I see what you mean. Oh, I see.

I thought there was going to be some sort of cougher in the audience!

Now, what are your interests, Kate, aside from medicine?

I haven't done very much, cos I only had a baby 11 weeks ago,

so I'm still very much trying to leave the house.

We really should have a creche here, shouldn't we?

It makes a lot of sense.

I used to play netball for a local team in a league,

and I've just started back again last week.

I like doing some knitting, doing some crafty things.

I'm not very good, but I like to do that.

And reading...anything, really. Mostly crime novels, I read.

Excellent, excellent.

OK - now, Kate, there you are on 55.

44 or less keeps you in the game.

I think I'm going to go for

Yvette Carte-Blanche from 'Allo 'Allo

as Vicki Michelle.

Vicki Michelle says Kate. Here is your red line.

Get below that with Vicki Michelle, and you're into Round Two.

How many people said it? Is it right?

It is right.

Very well done, you are through to the next round.

Down you go to 16, great score there,

taking your total up to 71.

Good work, Kate. I have to say,

that's the first time I've ever seen Yvette's surname,

I was not aware her surname was Carte-Blanche.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Jo, there we are.

You are on 45.

You have to score 54 to stay in the game.

Jo, remind us what you do.

My husband and I have a business selling industrial label printers.

Wonderful, wonderful.

Labels, from everything from the very small, to the...

-The very big.

-..absolutely enormous.

And your interests, Jo?

I like going to anything live, really.

So, live comedy, live music, theatre...

Yeah. And I go to the gym -

don't enjoy it, but I do go to the gym as well.

Very good indeed. Now, Jo, as I say, 54 is your target.

What would you like to go for?

Erm...I only know a couple,

and I think they're probably going to be high,

so I'm just going to have to go with it, I think, and go...

Norman Stanley Fletcher, Ronnie Barker.

Ronnie Barker, says Jo.

Here's your red line - get below this with Ronnie Barker,

and you are into Round Two.

Let's see if you can.

It's right.

68.

A high score there for Ronnie Barker,

taking your total up to 113.

Yeah, reuniting The Two Ronnies, there.

There's a pub in Oxford called The Four Candles, in his honour.

Oh, yes, yeah.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Dale, you've been handed a lifeline there -

a pretty meagre one, but one nonetheless.

-Yeah.

-Should you score 12 or less,

you will go through to the next round.

Dale, tell me, what do you do?

Charity fundraiser. Fundraising manager.

Very good. For one particular charity?

-Yes.

-So you work absolutely for that charity?

-Yeah.

-Good. What is the charity, can I ask?

Canine Partners.

So, we train assistance dogs for people with physical disabilities.

-Oh, that's nice.

-Yeah.

Do you ever get to see the dogs,

and participate in some of their training?

Yeah. Well, I dare not train them, cos I'd ruin it,

cos, you know...I just want to play with them.

Ah! You're allowed to do that, surely?

It's got to be part of a dog's training.

I guess, yeah. Yeah. When the trainers aren't looking, yeah.

How many dogs does Canine Partners look after?

How many do you have going through your scheme?

Close to around about 400 partnerships in the UK, now.

-Wow.

-Yeah. Growing all the time.

-Fantastic.

Growing all the time, good for you.

Well, 100 is your score, 12 is what you need.

Do you fancy talking us through the board, Dale?

Well, I appreciate the offer, but...!

LAUGHTER

-You don't have to.

-There's literally only one on there that I know.

I do watch Peep Show, and Super Hans is a great character,

but I do not know the name of the actor.

Pingu, I don't know.

Linda la Hughes, I don't know, so...

Edina Monsoon is Jennifer Saunders.

That's the answer you're going to go for?

Well, yeah, it's the only one I've got.

OK. Well, let's see if that scores 12.

Jennifer Saunders, how many of our 100 people said it? There's your red line.

It's right.

52, I'm afraid, Dale.

There's your answer. 152 is your total.

Yeah, sorry, Dale. At least you've got a cool job!

That would make up for it, wouldn't it?

It sounds like the best job in the world.

There's a couple of answers that would've won it for you.

Not the bottom one, which is...

Kathy Burke.

..the wonderful Kathy Burke.

That would have scored you 24.

But the other two would.

Now, BW, a slightly higher scorer,

much more famous now than then,

cos he's in the Bond movies.

-Ben Whishaw.

-Wow.

-Would have scored you 2 points.

And Super Hans, do you know who played Super Hans?

As you say, brilliant character.

He's played by the equally brilliant Matt King.

That would have scored you 1 point,

so very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. We're at the end of our first round.

The pair we have to say goodbye to, with a high score of 152,

Dale and Linsey.

Sorry, far too soon to be sending you home,

but we'll see you next time, I'm sure you'll get much further.

-Meantime, thank you, Dale and Linsey.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

And three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair

in time for our head-to-head round.

I don't know which pair that is going to be,

but very well done, Greg and Kate,

for your lovely low-scoring answers in that last round.

Best of luck to all three pairs for Round Two.

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 as many members of the African Union.

Members of the African Union - Richard.

We're looking for any country that's a member of the African Union, as of February 2016.

The African Union is essentially all African countries,

apart from Morocco and Central African Republic.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state

that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

We're looking for any country that's a member of the African Union.

So, Jo.

A bit nervous about this one.

I'm going to go Djibouti.

Djibouti, says Jo. Let's see if it's right.

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

It is right.

Down it goes. I think it's a good answer, Jo.

It's a very good answer - 6.

Very well done - 6 for Djibouti.

Well played.

They celebrate Christmas in Djibouti on January 7th.

So if you want two lots of presents, you want to fly over in-between.

That's nice.

A sort of Epiphany Christmas.

A lot of Orthodox Christian churches have it on 7th January.

But they tend to be a bit more religious about it.

There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Kate. What would you like to go for?

I think I'm going to go for Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau, says Kate. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Guinea-Bissau.

It's another great answer. Look at that.

Down to 2 for Guinea-Bissau. Very well done indeed, Kate.

Everybody playing well.

Yeah, formerly under the rule of Portugal,

gained independence in 1974.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Sean.

I think I'm going to have to take a bit of a gamble,

some really low scores there.

I'm going to try Comoros.

Comoros, says Sean.

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

It's right - 6 is our high score.

2 is our low score.

Comoros...

..zips past them both.

A pointless answer.

Very well done on the far podium there.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250,

and it scores you nothing.

Very well done indeed, Sean.

Well, this is very classy, everybody. Very well done.

It's very rare you have a round that starts with Djibouti and it's the worst answer.

That's all I'll say. Very impressive stuff.

Yeah, a volcanic archipelago, the Comoros.

Called the Perfumed Islands, very beautiful,

and lots of very perfumed plantlife.

-And they smell lovely.

-They smell lovely.

-Mmm.

You always know when you're flying over the Comoros.

-HE SNIFFS

-Oh, lovely.

-Nice. Very nice.

What do Morocco and Central African Republic

need to do to become part of the union?

Morocco don't want to be...

-Wow!

-..after a falling out

because one of the other countries

borrowed their lawn mower and did not return it.

Were they once part of it and there was a Mexit?

It's because there was a dispute about another nation,

which Morocco were having none of.

And our friends in the Central African Republic,

equally, they are currently...

Their membership is in abatement due to...

Haven't paid library fines.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

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

Nothing was the best score of that round.

Very well done, Sean.

Sean and Greg are acing it at the moment.

Then on 2, we find Kate and Laura.

6 is where we find Jo and Denise.

Denise, you're not way ahead, but something sort of pointless,

in that sort of direction,

would be mighty helpful at this stage.

Good luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Greg, we are looking for countries that are members

of the African Union.

I'm going to go with South Sudan.

South Sudan, says Greg.

OK, if you can score five or less with this, you are home and dry.

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

There is your red line.

It's right.

Nearly. 7 for South Sudan.

Taking your total up to seven.

It became an independent nation on July 9th, 2011.

The first baby born on that day was named Independence.

Which is quite sweet.

It's nice if you shorten it to Indy.

-I think so, yes.

-Independence is a bit much.

-Pendy.

-No... Pendo.

-No.

-Denty.

-Indy is nice.

-That'll do.

OK. Now, Laura...

-Mm.

-Laura, what are you going to go for?

If you can possibly score four or less,

you are definitely through.

No pressure. This should be a gift, but the stakes are quite high.

I'm going to go for - I might mispronounce it...

But I'm going to go for Lesotho.

-Maybe Le-so-to.

-Lesotho. Call it what you like.

-Le-su-tu, I'm going to say.

-You say that.

But you call it what you like.

There's your red line. Get below that with Lesotho, you are through to the next round.

It is right.

13 for Lesotho,

taking your total up to 15.

Yeah - the Lesotho Promise is the 15th biggest diamond of all time.

Sold for £7 million.

-The Lesotho Promise.

-Promise. It's the size of a golf ball.

Wow! Sounds like a nightclub.

RICHARD LAUGHS

Kim Kardashian bought it for her dog.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-She didn't really.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Denise.

-Mm.

-Denise.

I'm going to have to go big or go home, aren't I?

We are running out of low-scoring answers.

Well, there will be some in there. What do you have to score?

Actually, you've been helped out a little bit by Laura there.

8 or less keeps you in the game. 8 or less.

What I'm struggling is whether my answer is actually a correct answer in the first place.

I'm going to say Equatorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea, says Denise. Here is your red line.

Is that going to keep you in the game, I wonder?

Let's find out - how many people said Equatorial Guinea?

You've done it. And it's scores you 1.

Very well done indeed.

Takes your total to seven.

You are equalling Greg and Sean

over there on the far podium.

-Very well done.

-Very well played, everyone.

A terrific round. Very unlucky to be going home

with 15 points on the board as well.

I'll go through some of the lower scorers on this one.

You'd have got 6 points for Swaziland or Madagascar.

4 points for Gabon, Burkina Faso, Rwanda.

3 for Burundi, Benin, Mauritania.

2 points for Eritrea and Guinea.

1 point for Togo, Cape Verde.

And here are the pointless answers.

We've already heard one, the Comoros.

There's three more.

Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe,

and the Seychelles.

They were the pointless answers.

Let's take a look at the biggest scorers,

the ones that most of our 100 people mentioned online.

47 of our 100 said Nigeria.

48 said Kenya

and South Africa at the top there on 59.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our second round,

the pair we have to send home,

with their very low high score of 15,

I'm afraid, is Laura and Kate.

But, yeah, great answers from you in that round.

They just happened to be very slightly higher-scoring than the other great answers.

We'll see you again, I'm sure you'll go much further.

Meantime, thank you very much, Laura and Kate.

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

Congratulations, Greg and Sean, Jo and Denise.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,250.

Well, here we are, in the head-to-head,

which means you are allowed to confer before you give your answers.

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

Now, Jo and Denise, I think this is right and fitting,

it is neat and proper, that you are here

in the head-to-head round,

having been short-changed in the last show.

So that's good, but you are up against Greg and Sean,

who have given us our only pointless answer this show.

So you know the kind of calibre of your rivals.

Yes, very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question.

And it concerns...

-Richard.

-We are going to show you five pictures now of famous Evas.

We just need you to tell us the most obscure.

Dale and Lindsey would have loved this.

-Wouldn't they?

-That's a shame.

-They would have loved this.

Oh, well. OK.

Famous Evas - here they are. We have five of them.

There we are. Five famous Evas.

Greg and Sean, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.

Feel free to confer.

THEY WHISPER

-WHISPERING:

-Maybe Ava Gardner, his wife...

We are going to go with A, Ava Gardner.

Ava Gardner, say Greg and Sean.

Now, Jo and Denise, it's over to you.

Do you want to talk us through all those remaining ones?

I don't, but Denise will do.

We don't know who A was.

I think B might be Eva Mendes.

C could be Eva Peron.

D, I don't know.

E is Eva Longoria, I think,

but I'm not sure how you pronounce her surname.

Which one do you want to go for?

I think...I think we'll go for B, Eva Mendes.

Eva Mendes.

So, we have Ava Gardner and we have Eva Mendes.

Greg and Sean said Ava Gardner for A. Let's see if that's right,

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

Ooh!

Not Ava Gardner.

Which means, Jo and Denise, you only have to be correct

with Eva Mendes for B and you will win this question.

Let's see if you are correct.

You are.

It is Eva Mendes.

And that's not a bad score at all.

Down it goes to 18. Very well done indeed,

but most importantly, it was right, which means you win that question.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Very well played.

The first one is Eva Marie Saint,

is A.

She would have scored you 5 points.

Would have been a terrific answer.

C, you're right, is Eva Peron.

Evita, she would have scored you 41.

D is the Czech model, Eva Herzigova.

Would have scored 2 points.

And you were right about E as well,

that's Eva Longoria.

Eva Longoria. Would have scored you 30.

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

Now then, Greg and Sean, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

But Jo and Denise will get to answer it first.

So good luck. Our second question today is all about...

It is all about Queen.

Five facts, now, to clues about the famous rock band Queen.

Can you provide us with the most obscure answer?

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five clues

and here they come - we have got...

I'll read those again.

There we are.

Now, Jo and Denise will go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK, I think we are going to go for the last one

and say Under Pressure.

Under Pressure, say Jo and Denise.

Under Pressure. Now, Greg and Sean,

that puts you under some pressure as well.

-Now, do you want to talk us through the board?

-I'll try.

The first one is Freddie Mercury.

The debut album, we think, '72, not sure.

The musical is We Will Rock You.

I think we are going to go with the sci-fi film, Flash Gordon.

OK, you are going to go for Flash Gordon.

So, we have Under Pressure and we have Flash Gordon.

Jo and Denise went for Under Pressure.

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

It's right.

25 for Under Pressure.

Meanwhile, Greg and Sean have gone for Flash Gordon.

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

said Flash Gordon.

It's right.

Which of these comes out on top...?

Oh, 28 for Flash Gordon!

Wow, look at that. Under Pressure doing it for you there, Jo and Denise.

I said Pointless owes you one.

Richard said Pointless owes you one

and, sure enough, it is repaying its debts.

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

Yeah, that's very unlucky,

especially as We Will Rock You, which I would have thought

would've scored more, actually scores a lot fewer.

We Will Rock You would have scored you 12 points.

Would have been a terrific answer.

It's the longest-running show ever at the Dominion Theatre,

-We Will Rock You.

-Extraordinary.

-Have you been to see it?

-No. I didn't.

-It's got some good songs on it.

-Yeah, some good songs.

-Some good songs.

-Well, Queen songs.

Had Nigel Planer in it as well, which is nice.

Cos they play Don't Stop Me Now, which is my favourite Queen song,

but they just play it as a joke, where they stop them.

So they start by playing Don't Stop Me Now

and someone stops them.

And then they don't play the song.

-That's disappointing.

-That was frustrating.

-That is disappointing.

-Yeah, I was frustrated.

-There it is.

-You're right. That is one of the great songs.

That's even worse. That's worse than not playing it at all.

-No.

-Because I've got like... I've got it in my nostrils.

-Absolutely.

-You know? I've got a sniff of Don't Stop Me Now.

Now, the name of their lead singer was Freddie Mercury.

-Freddie Mercury.

-Yeah.

That would have scored you 65. Now, this is a tough one with Queen.

What year do you think their debut album was released?

Which was Night At The Opera? What was it?

No - the first-ever one was just called Queen.

-You said 1972...

-1972.

Jo and Denise?

-1970...

-1971, I think we'll guess.

1974.

So, '72, '71, '74,

and I will go for...

LAUGHTER

'73. '73. You were all dancing around it.

Would have scored you 1 point. Wasn't actually a hit until '74.

-But was released in '73.

-I'm going to take some glory there.

I'm going to take some. I'm not due it, but I'll take it.

No, you mustn't, because you got the wrong answer.

So you would have scored 100.

-Yeah.

-Not for the first time.

-No.

-No.

-Still...there we go.

Thank you very much. So, the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head round, Greg and Sean,

our stars of the show up to this point.

A pointless answer we've had from you,

low score after low score.

But then Jo and Denise, the mighty Jo and Denise,

there was no stopping them.

There was just no stopping them. Now or at any time.

We'll have to see you next time. But that's good news.

Otherwise it would have been over in just one appearance

and that would have been one too few.

Thanks so much, meantime.

Greg and Sean, tremendous contestants.

But for Jo and Denise, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Jo and Denise.

You've seen off all the competition

-and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yes!

You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

Well, it doesn't always happen, but it's amazing how often it does -

when Pointless owes, Pointless pays.

That's not to take away from your excellent answering skills as well.

You've done extremely well. 2-0 in the head-to-head.

There's never any argument with that.

And again, quite often,

that tends to carry people through to a very successful jackpot round.

So let's hope today sees that through to its fitting conclusion.

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

Any particular subjects?

Um...I don't know.

Anagrams of accountancy terms

was something that we quite fancied doing.

We always have that, don't we?

It comes up a lot.

-Premier League managers.

-Excellent.

-No...!

Listen, who knows? We never know what's going to come up on that board

but let's hope there's something you don't mind too much.

Today's selection looks like this. We have got...

Post-Punk Albums, definitely not. I could do Formula 1,

but I don't know what they mean by "Decades of Formula 1."

Shades Of Red, which is a bit of a...

Shall we do Shades Of Red?

-Random?

-Yeah, Shades Of Red.

-Yeah.

-We'll do Shades Of Red.

Don't know what it means, but we'll do Shades Of Red.

Shades Of Red. I've no idea either. Let's find out together.

-Richard.

-Three very different questions here.

I have to hand it to our question writers sometimes.

Here are your three Shades Of Red questions.

We are looking for any UK Top 40 single by Maroon 5,

according to The Official Charts Company.

We are looking for any Scarlett Johansson films.

Or we are looking for any winners of the Claret Jug -

that is, anyone who has won the British Open -

from 1950 through to 2016.

So, UK Top 40 singles up to May 2016 by Maroon 5.

Any feature film made for cinema release, according to IMDb,

which stars Scarlett Johansson.

Or anyone who has won the British Open,

won the Claret Jug for winning that,

from 1950 all the way through to 2016.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

That is what "Shades Of Red" means. That's cleared it up.

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 answer to be pointless.

I can remind you, you don't have to answer all three of those categories.

You can focus on whichever ones you like.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Good.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Do you know any Maroon 5 singles?

-Only one.

-Which is?

Moves Like Jagger. I think we all know that one.

-Scarlett Johansson films?

-Girl With A Pearl Earring?

-Lost In Translation?

-And there was one...

I have got the Maroon 5 album, and I can't think what's on it.

Claret Jug winners... I think it's golf.

I'm not entirely sure.

Graeme McDowell, maybe.

Scarlett Johansson films...

Can't place her at all.

Blonde hair, big mouth.

SHE LAUGHS

-I think if we say Girl With A Pearl Earring...

-Yes.

-Can you think of any Maroon 5...?

-I just can't think of any...

-Scarlett...

-Oh! We Bought A Zoo.

-Was she in that?

She was in We Bought A Zoo, yes,

but I don't think that will be pointless.

Ten seconds left.

And Lost In Translation. We can do three films...

-Do you know any Maroon 5?

-No, I can't think of any.

The Other Boleyn Girl. She was in that.

-Let's go with that.

-OK, that is your time up.

Let's have your three answers.

I think we are going to do all Scarlett Johansson films.

-OK.

-We'll do The Other Boleyn Girl.

-The Other Boleyn Girl.

-Girl With A Pearl Earring.

-Girl With A Pearl Earring.

And... We Bought A Zoo or Lost In Translation?

-We Bought A Zoo.

-We Bought A Zoo.

And We Bought A Zoo. Of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The Other Boleyn Girl.

-The Other Boleyn Girl goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-We Bought A Zoo.

-We Bought A Zoo.

Girl With A Pearl Earring goes in the middle.

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

and here they are - we have got...

Well, very best of luck. Three good answers there.

If one of these happens to be pointless

and wins you that jackpot, £1,250, what would you like to do with it?

Jo, you first.

I would like to go to Iceland.

I've always fancied a weekend break in Iceland.

How nice. A weekend, I think, is long enough.

-A long weekend.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-A long weekend.

Very good. Denise, how about you?

I've been wanting for a long time to go on a hot-air balloon trip,

so I will probably do that.

Very good indeed.

So, Iceland and hot air, fantastic.

Best of luck. Three good answers, as I say,

let's hope one of those at least is pointless.

Your first answer was We Bought A Zoo.

In all three cases, we were looking for Scarlett Johansson films.

Your first answer was We Bought A Zoo.

If this is correct and it is pointless,

it will win you £1,250.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said We Bought A Zoo.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

That was very much the first thing it had to be.

We Bought A Zoo now takes us down through the 30s.

If it goes down to pointless, it wins you £1,250.

We are in single figures.

Down it goes. We Bought A Zoo, still going down...

You've done it! Right out of the trap. Very well done indeed.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done. Superb.

Very well done indeed.

Congratulations. We Bought A Zoo was a pointless answer.

Your very first answer.

A pointless answer, which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,250.

Off to Iceland, up in that balloon you go.

Well, that turned out very nicely, didn't it?

Especially as on the last show,

you lost because of Moody Blues

and now the Shades Of Red have won you that jackpot.

Terrific stuff.

Your other two answers,

Girl With A Pearl Earring would've scored you 10 points.

The Other Boleyn Girl, another pointless answer.

-Oh, well done!

-Very well done.

-Very well done.

Three very good categories, I think, here, because lots of people...

Lots of different areas of knowledge.

We'll start with Maroon 5.

I know some people would've got pointless answers here.

Seven pointless answers.

If I Never See Your Face Again, Makes Me Wonder,

Misery, Wake-Up Call,

also, It Was Always You,

Must Get Out and This Summer was also pointless answer.

Very well done if you got any of those.

Scarlett Johansson now - lots of big films here

were pointless answers for Scarlett Johansson.

Home Alone 3, Match Point,

in which she starred alongside a certain Alexander Armstrong.

The Woody Allen film. Did you actually get to meet her?

-When you filmed?

-Oh, I...

-No.

-Did you not?

No. I was on set one day when she was there.

What were they saying about her?

What was the vibe about Scarlett on set?

-She was very nice. They liked her.

-Good.

-She was very popular.

-I like it when people are nice.

-Yeah, no, she was nice.

The Horse Whisperer, there's The Other Boleyn Girl.

Also could've had Hail Caesar, Hitchcock, Scoop, The Black Dahlia,

The Prestige, The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

That would have been a good answer. Well done if you said that.

Under The Skin as well was a pointless answer.

And now the Claret Jug winners at the Open.

I know lots of people would've done well on this. Lots of pointless answers as well.

The South African Louis Oosthuizen.

Mark O'Meara, Padraig Harrington, a pointless answer.

Stewart Cink, who won against Tom Watson a few years back.

You also could have had Ben Curtis, Ben Hogan, David Duval,

Ian Baker-Finch, John Daly,

Justin Leonard, Mark Calcavecchia.

Todd Hamilton, Tony Lema, Zach Johnson -

all sorts of pointless answers there.

Well done if you got any of those at home

and terrific work in the studio.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Jo and Denise,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.

Very well done.

CHEERING AND 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.