Episode 43 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the show where, the more obscure your knowledge,

the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Anna, and this is my mum, Norma, and we're from Abingdon.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Jason, and this is Sarah,

and we're both teachers from Southampton.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Allistair, this is my dad, Richard, and we're from Edinburgh.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name's Mike, I'm from Woodgreen in the New Forest,

and this is my friend Adam, who's from Bournemouth.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you. Welcome to Pointless.

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.

He's on another level.

In fact, he's IN another level.

And tonight, baby, he wants to get freaky with you.

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

Hiya.

Hey, everybody. Good afternoon.

I honestly think that's too obscure a song to use as a reference.

-Really?

-If you don't know there's a band called Another Level who had

a song called I Wanna Get Freaky With You,

then that introduction is weird.

Oh, they'll enjoy it, even if they don't understand it.

It'll just be one of those weird intros.

-Do you think?

-Lord knows they've had enough of them.

They sure have! We have two returning pairs from the last show -

welcome back, Norma and Anna.

-Thank you.

-Got knocked out in Round One...

-BOTH:

-We did.

-..in the last show, so fingers crossed we'll see more of you.

Richard and Allistair, knocked out in Round Two as well.

For the two shows in a row now, where, in our jackpot round,

we've had a two-point answer as our last answer.

So, it's been exciting.

-It has.

-So, nice for the show and nice for everyone here

because it means no-one's won the jackpot for a couple of shows.

It's getting bigger, that jackpot.

Thank you. Ed and Andrew didn't win the jackpot last time

is what we're saying, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £4,000. There we are.

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

OK, remember this. The pair with the highest score at the end of each

round will be eliminated.

So, your only task, really, is to make sure those scores are lovely

and low and you'll be fine. Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who is going to go second? And, whoever is going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're going to show you seven pairs of film titles here.

They share a word and we've missed out that word.

Strangely enough, they also share an actor,

who we're going to give you on the board.

So, we're just looking for the word that's missing from the

titles you're about to see.

Seven on the first board, seven on the second, 14 in all.

-Good luck.

-So, what are the missing words from these film titles?

And we have on our first board...

We're halfway through! Bear with me, I'm going to go back in.

Right, Anna, welcome back to Pointless.

Round One last time.

Anna, remind us what you do.

I'm a maths student at St Andrews University.

And how is that going, St Andrews University?

Did you know St Andrews at all before you started there?

No, not at all. The first time I visited was for the open day.

Did you know Scotland particularly well?

-No, it was also the first time I went to Scotland.

-So, there you are.

That's terrible, first time in Scotland.

But still, nice that you're there now,

putting some Scottish roots down.

What do you like getting up to, Anna?

When I'm at home, I do a lot of walking with my dog.

We've got a little springer spaniel puppy,

so he takes a lot of my time up in the holidays and stuff.

And then a lot more lazy when I'm at uni.

So, less of that!

As it should be. Now, Anna, there we are.

Here are our films that share words and actors, which is impressive,

-I think.

-It is! OK, I'm going to go for...

..the Tom Hanks one and say Saving.

Saving Mr Banks, Saving Private Ryan,

let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

-Sorry!

-Oh! 86.

You've made a saving of 14 points there.

-There we are.

-That's a big, big start.

The very famous Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan

was an extraordinary bit of cinema.

Cost 11 million.

Wow!

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Sarah, welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.

-Thank you.

-From County Durham?

-Yeah.

-Lovely, and what do you do, Sarah?

I've just finished a degree in popular music journalism.

Oh, that's fun!

-At Southampton Uni.

-Did you have a brilliant time there?

-It was OK!

-What was the highlight for you?

So, have you been doing lots of music journalism?

I think I really enjoyed, like,

reviewing gigs and stuff like that, mostly.

But that's what music journalism is, isn't it?

-That's mostly what it is, like, reviews.

-What else?

I suppose you review albums and singles, I suppose.

-Yeah.

-Right, now, where are we, Sarah

vis-a-vis film titles that share words?

I was going to go for the Tom Hanks one.

Good job you didn't then, now we know what it scored.

I'm going to guess the Doris Day one and say Wild.

You're going to say...

..Wild Man With A Horn and Wild At Heart.

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

-Oh! No, I'm afraid, on this occasion...

-Oops!

..that's an incorrect answer, Sarah,

and that scores you 100 points.

Whatever that first word's going to turn out to be,

that's a curious name for a film.

I'm just going to say that now.

Yeah, well, certainly for a Doris Day film.

Richard, welcome back.

Great to have you here.

We discovered last time that you now live in Cheltenham.

You married and lived in Cheltenham, got you away from Edinburgh.

That it has indeed, yes.

But you were talking about your vinyl collection.

-I was.

-Your re-established vinyl collection and I wanted to know,

did you have an interest in music before your financial services?

Very much so, yeah. I was brought up in music and I was even a DJ back in

the '80s, so there you go.

So, what, just playing sort of parties and things?

Yeah, no, working in nightclubs.

But not doing the special things

they do now and all that kind of stuff.

You weren't a superstar DJ?

-Not really, no, no.

-I tell you what,

if you want a definition of the word unimpressed,

you want to look at your son's face.

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Literally, he's like, "Yeah."

-He's heard it before.

-Richard,

what would you like to go for on our board here?

I'm going to go relatively safe now and say the top one.

I hope that it's safe.

Mystic River, The River Wild.

OK, River, says Richard.

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

It is River. 86 is our low score and you passed that quite comfortably.

Down it goes. River Wild.

That's very good indeed, 23.

Great work, Richard, well played.

Yeah, it's a good film, Mystic River.

Quite bleak but very good.

I haven't seen it. Thank you very much indeed.

-Now, Mike.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.

-What do you do, Mike?

-I'm a data analyst for one of the big banks.

And how long have you been analysing this data?

Oh, more years than I would care to admit to.

-What are your interests, Mike?

-I love movies,

ever since I was little.

This is good.

That's good.

And I like going for walks in the New Forest, where I live.

Very nice indeed. Do you have a dog?

-I've got two dogs.

-What are they called?

-Penny and Charlie.

They've just gone nuts cos they heard you saying that on the telly.

-They are now going woof, woof!

-Ah.

What sort of dogs are they?

A dachshund and a Cairn terrier.

Ah. Lovely, do they get on with the horses,

the many horses of the New Forest?

-They do, they get very excited.

-Oh, that's nice.

Now, Mike, you are the last person.

And do you know, I think you can mop this up,

because this fits precisely into your area of expertise?

Well, Tom Cruise is Tropic Thunder and Days Of Thunder.

I can't think what the Sean Connery film is.

Possibly Man, but I don't know for sure.

I really can't think what the Morgan Freeman one is.

Black Dahlia and Black Hawk Down,

but I'm going to go for Young Man With A Horn

and Young At Heart.

OK, let's go for Young for those two.

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

32, very well done indeed.

Good answer there, Mike.

You are correct about Tropic Thunder, Days Of Thunder.

That would have scored you 56 points.

Your hunch on the next one was right as well,

it's The Next Man and A Good Man In Africa.

It would have scored you 9 points,

so it would have been a risky one to do,

especially when there's a team on 100, but your instincts were right.

Last Vegas and Last Knights.

Morgan Freeman, 7 points.

And you are quite correct about the bottom one -

The Black Dahlia and Black Hawk Down.

That would have scored 71 points.

So, Last is the best answer up there.

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

23, Richard And Allistair.

There we are, very well done indeed.

Nice, low-scoring skills there.

32 is where we find Mike and Adam, 86 - quite a jump -

is where we find Anna and Norma,

and then up to 100, where we find Sarah and Jason.

So, Jason, you know what you have to do.

You might be able to keep yourselves out of trouble.

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, let's put seven more pairs of films up on the board

and here they are.

We have got...

I'm going to read those all again.

There we are, Adam, welcome.

Good to have you with us, Adam.

-What do you do?

-I write computer systems for big banks,

so that they can... People like Mike can analyse the data.

Can analyse the data.

-Yes, it's all data-based.

-Oh, so you're part of the chain there.

Adam's doing it, you're providing the data, passing it to Mike...

-That's exactly right.

-..for him to analyse.

So, do you meet through work?

Yeah, we met about 30 years ago.

Ah! Doing exactly the same jobs?

-No.

-No?

-Slightly different jobs, more clerical jobs when we started.

In those days, were you providing something clerical for Mike,

-for him to just look at...?

-That's very much what happened.

OK, there we are. Adam, what do you like getting up to when you're not doing that system stuff?

I like going to a lot to live shows, like the theatre.

I like going to see music gigs.

I've been to the Rugby World Cup.

When the Olympics was in London,

I got to see Usain Bolt and have been to quite a few of those.

Very exciting indeed.

Anyway, this will do for the time being, I should imagine.

-I think so, yeah.

-Nice low scores from that end of the line.

32 means that 67 or less means you won't even become the high-scorers

after two answers.

-What would you like to go for?

-I know a few.

But I think the one I'll go for is Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider.

Easy for Jack Nicholson.

OK, here is your red line, let's see how easy it is.

How many of our 100 people said it?

It's right.

And you are through, very well done indeed.

47.

47, and your total is 79.

Yeah, he was nominated for Oscars for both of those,

and in successive years as well.

Hm. Thank you, Richard.

Now, Allistair,

welcome back. Now, remind us what you do.

I'm an assistant manager at a live music venue in Edinburgh.

A live music venue in Edinburgh.

Now, does your live music venue

become extra busy during the festival?

-Do you have...?

-Usually.

We have had acts on in the festival, but, at the moment,

we're not doing that due to other bookings that we have.

Oh, so someone's got a private party.

Basically, yeah.

Basically, we can't have anything for the festival,

-which is a shame.

-Oh, that's a shame.

-Yeah.

Now, Allistair, how are we feeling about these films?

There's a couple up there. Well, there's a couple that I know

and there's one I think I know.

And so I'm going to go for that one and say Denzel Washington, Fire.

Fire. Man On Fire, Courage Under Fire.

It makes perfect sense. There is your red line.

If you can get under that, you are through to the next round.

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

Look at that, very well done

indeed - 67.

That is brilliant economy, is what that is, Allistair.

Takes your total up to 90 and sees you through.

I think we've got to doff our cap to the Pointless question researchers

for coming up with 14 pairs of films,

all of which share a star and a word.

I mean, that's painstaking research.

-It's impressive, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Jason, welcome.

-What do you do, Jason?

-I'm a student at Southampton Solent.

So, you're still there?

Sarah has now gone. What are you studying there?

-Law and criminology.

-And how much longer have you got to go?

-I've got another two years.

-Another two years?

You are enjoying the law and criminology?

-Yeah, it's really good.

-That's good.

Jason, you are on 100, you are our high-scorers.

Some of these people have already given two answers.

Well, we have a contest on our hands here.

So, it is between you and Norma.

She has a slight advantage.

Um...

I'm going to go for Gene Hackman,

Behind Enemy Lines and Enemy Of The State.

Enemy for Gene Hackman.

No red line for you, as you are the high-scorers.

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

It's right. Oh!

83.

That's a big score.

183 is your total, but you are still...

There's a world in which you might make it through to the next round.

Of course, NME is the sort of answer a music journalism student

-should get.

-There you are, exactly.

There we go. Now, Norma,

-welcome back.

-Thank you.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do.

I'm a speech and language therapist.

Speech and language therapist.

And also a fantastic cook.

Well, I'd like to think so.

Basically, I was picking this up

-just from some of the comments last time.

-Yeah.

What sort of things do you cook?

If you were cooking a dinner party and you really wanted to show off,

what would you do?

I really love Indian food,

so I would probably go for a spread of dishes,

maybe a main biryani or something, and little vegetable side dishes.

And we love to make our own naan bread and chapatis.

Have you got a special oven for that?

-Or just put it in a normal oven?

-No, it would be much better if we had the tandoor.

We just have to crank our oven up really high.

So, hang on, how do you do that?

-You put it on a little paddle and pop it in.

-Yeah, under the grill.

Poppadom? Sorry. There we are.

You do it under the grill and it puffs up like magic, actually.

-Yeah!

-Mm! What are you going to go for?

But bearing in mind you want to score 96 or less.

Oh, OK. Right, well, I think that that might be Playing By Heart

and A Mighty Heart -

about the Daniel Pearl journalist.

I think it's American Hustle and American Psycho

for the Christian Bale one. I don't know the Rock Hudson one.

But presumably, that bottom one

is Dangerous Liaisons and Dangerous Minds.

I think I'll go for American Hustle and American Psycho.

American Hustle, American Psycho, here is your red line.

Get below that, you're through.

How many of our 100 people went for American?

It's right and you're through.

54, perfectly good.

Takes your total up to 140.

You took us through the board very nicely.

Playing By Heart and A Mighty Heart, as you say,

it's the Daniel Pearl movie.

That would have been the best answer, 7 points for that.

Very well done, anyone who said that at home.

-Lover?

-Come Back?

Lover Come Back, Come September.

Rock Hudson film, 30 points.

And Dangerous Liaisons, Dangerous Minds.

-That would have scored 58.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, one pair we have to send home

and I am sorry to say, Jason and Sarah, it is you.

However, you will be back next time.

We'll look forward to that very much and I hope you'll go much further

then. But in the meantime, thanks very much, Jason and Sarah.

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

And so, three pairs remain.

You're going to have to fight it out between you to see who stays at the

end and who leaves at the end of this round.

Richard, the lowest score,

the lowest individual scorer of that round,

so very well done. Mike and Adam, the lowest combined,

so very well done indeed.

Norma and Anna, well done,

you knew a lovely low-scoring answer, but I think you probably did

the right thing. Just better to be safe than sorry.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who's going to go second? And whoever is 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. So, we're looking for anyone who's ever got

to the quarterfinals or beyond of a World Snooker Championship,

from 1977 all the way through to 2016, please.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So, there we are. Norma, it's like a dream come true.

A snooker round!

Um, Graeme Dott, is that a snooker player?

-Graeme Dott.

-Yeah.

Graeme Dott, OK, let's see if that is right.

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

It is a snooker player.

And it's a very, very good answer.

Norma, very well done indeed, Graeme Dott.

Scoring you 4, like a brown.

Yeah, world champion in 2006, Graeme Dott.

See, that's the mark of someone super bright.

When a category comes up they know nothing about,

they still get a pretty solid answer there.

-So, it's very well played.

-Thank you very much indeed.

OK, now, Richard?

Yes.

-HE SIGHS

-Stuck between two. Um...

I'll go with Peter Ebdon.

Peter Ebdon, says Richard.

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

It's right.

It's another good answer, look at that.

2, Peter Ebdon.

Very good.

Yeah, 2002 champion, Peter Ebdon.

Thank you, Richard. Adam.

The pressure is on.

Yeah.

I think I'll go for Doug Mountjoy.

Doug Mountjoy, says Adam.

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

It's another correct answer, 4 is our highest score, 2 is our low.

Oh, it's another 2!

Very good indeed.

Yeah, reached the final in 1981, Doug Mountjoy.

He's one of those guys who only turned pro at 34.

Got in right when it became absolutely massive,

won lots of tournaments.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Only two scores between the three pairs. 2, 2 and 4.

Adam and Mike, Richard and Allistair all paired on the two there.

Norma and Anna, there you are on a four.

Anna?

I'm hoping you know your snooker inside out

-because we need a nice, low score...

-Couldn't know less about snooker!

-..from you.

-OK, very best of luck with this next pass.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. So, Mike, remember,

we are looking for any World Snooker Championship quarterfinalist or

-beyond.

-Can't think of the last time I watched snooker on television,

it was a long time ago,

so I'm going to say Ray Reardon.

Ray Reardon, says Mike.

Here is your red line.

There it is, quite low.

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

It's right.

17 for Ray Reardon.

Takes you up to 19.

-The game is afoot.

-Yeah, six-time World Champion, Ray Reardon.

-Another Welshman.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, someone has broken ranks now

from the low scores of the first pass,

Allistair, which takes a little bit of pressure off.

If you can score 16 or less, you are through to the next round,

-to the head-to-head.

-Don't think I'm going to get 16 with this answer,

but I'm going to go with Stephen Hendry.

Stephen Hendry, says Allistair.

Here is your red line.

Get below it, you're into the head-to-head.

How many people said Stephen Hendry?

30 for Stephen Hendry,

takes your total up to 32.

Yeah, won 70 matches in the World Championships in 27 consecutive

appearances and won it seven times,

seven-time World Champion, Stephen Hendry.

Now then, the door is open for you, Anna.

The door is open.

You are on 4.

If you can score 27 or less,

the head-to-head awaits.

The head-to-head doesn't await,

I've never seen a snooker match in my life.

Are we in making up someone's name territory?

I'm going to make up a name.

-This could be brilliant.

-That's how little I know!

You've got to picture, picture a snooker player.

-OK.

-Listen to the voice of the commentator,

what is the commentator saying?

He is saying...

Mark Henderson?

Mark Henderson, OK.

Mark Henderson.

There's your red line, Mark Henderson.

Addressing the table.

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

Is it right?

Oh. On this occasion, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.

I'm afraid no Mark Henderson, that scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 104.

Yeah, sorry about that. Mark Selby would have scored you 6,

Mark Williams would have scored you 3,

Marco Fu would have scored you 2 points.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers.

The Australian, Eddie Charlton.

Fred Davis, who reached the semifinals at 64 years old.

James Wattana from Thailand, used to call him the Thai-Phoon.

That was in the era of Hurricane Higgins and Whirlwind White.

Kirk Stevens, the Canadian, Matthew Stevens, another Welshman.

The brilliant Neal Foulds, does a lot of commentary these days,

very good at it as well.

And Neil Robertson, Stuart Bingham, very recent World Champion,

is a pointless answer.

The Maltese player Tony Drago.

You could have had Paul Hunter, you could have had Ricky Walden,

Joe Perry, Anthony Hamilton, Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire,

Silvino Francisco, lots of pointless answers out there.

Thank you very much indeed. So, we are at the end of our second round,

we have to say goodbye to a pair. And I'm so sorry, Anna and Norma,

our returning friends from the last show, we have to say goodbye to you.

This is the end of the pointless road for you,

but it's been great having you on.

Thank you so much for playing. Anna and Norma.

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

Congratulations, Mike and Adam,

Richard and Allistair, you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot, which, lest we forget,

stands at £4,000.

And the lovely news is,

because we're now in the head-to-head,

you can now confer before you give your answers.

First player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Best of luck to you all. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question.

And it is all about...

Live music, very popular on both teams there.

Concert Venues is the first question. Richard?

Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures now of live music venues from around the world.

We're looking for where you would find these venues, please.

The cities you would find these venues.

OK, here are our five live music venues.

And we have got...

There we are, five live music venues.

Mike and Adam, you will go first.

-What do you reckon?

-Is A the Royal Opera House?

We'll have to go Royal Albert Hall, D, because I don't know that.

OK, Mike and Adam, what would you like to go for?

We're going to go for E as Cardiff.

E, Cardiff, says Mike and Adam.

Now then, Richard and Allistair.

Richard and Allistair, do you want to talk us through the board?

C is Sydney.

D, we think, is London.

You said A is Vienna?

OK, we've got A, Vienna.

A, Vienna.

So, we have E, Cardiff and A, Vienna.

Mike and Adam said Cardiff for E, let's see if that's right,

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

It most certainly is Cardiff.

And that's a good score, down it goes.

18, very well done indeed, Mike and Adam.

Richard and Allistair meanwhile have gone for A.

Not many visual clues beyond just the building itself there.

So, yes, you have said Vienna for that, let's see if Vienna is right,

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

Not Vienna.

Not Vienna, which means well done, Mike and Adam,

after the first question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, you had to have a guess at it after Cardiff,

that's a very good answer. It's actually Paris.

Would have scored you 6 points.

B, it's in Germany.

It's the Berlin Philharmonie.

It was a pointless answer as well, so very well done if you said that.

That is where the Berlin Philharmonic play?

-Yeah.

-What about that?

C is, of course, Sydney.

Scores 88 points.

Now, D, it is the Royal Albert Hall.

It's in London, what do you think that scored?

You would hope in the 80s, at least.

-40 points for that.

-Thank you very much indeed.

OK, here comes your second question.

Richard and Allistair, you get to answer it first

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

Our second question is all about...

Yep. Pirates. Richard?

Five clues now to facts about pirates.

Can you give us the best answer, please?

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

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, Richard and Allistair will go first.

Maybe the top one?

OK, I don't know the second one. The last one, I might know.

Going to go for the second one and say Captain Pugwash.

Captain Pugwash, say Richard and Allistair.

Now then, Mike and Adam,

the board is yours, talk us through it.

That's the one we would have gone for.

The first one is Johnny Depp, obviously.

I don't know the Italian name for Red Beard.

I know Italian's rosso, but...

Leader of the pirates is Long John Silver.

Pirate radio station, I think, is Caroline.

OK, we'll go Radio Caroline.

Radio Caroline. So, we have Captain Pugwash, we have Radio Caroline.

Now, Richard and Allistair said Captain Pugwash for the John Ryan

creation, let's see if that's right.

It is Captain Pugwash.

And that scores you 30.

Meanwhile, Mike and Adam have gone for Radio Caroline,

the pirate radio station.

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

It is right.

49 is what you scored there.

Very well done, Richard and Allistair, back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, and you know what? You knew the leader of the pirates and that

would have seen you into the final, Long John Silver.

-It's a much lower scorer than you'd think.

-Really?

Yeah, it would have scored you 21 points.

Wow.

The US actor, Johnny Depp, that's the biggest score up there.

Scored 66.

And I wasn't familiar with the expression byname.

It's Barbarossa.

-Barbarossa, it's a name we all know, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Tough to get from that clue, 7 points for that.

Very well done if you said that at home.

There we are, OK. So, it all comes down to a decider.

Best of luck to both players. Our third question today is all about...

-Richard?

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Mm.

We're going to give you five clues now to parts of our digestive system

and give you the answers with alternate letters removed.

Can you fill in those gaps, please?

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

So, we have...

-Mike and Adam, you'll go first.

-I think three or four.

-Can you tell me what they are?

-I think three is the one to go for.

Go for it.

OK, Mike and Adam?

We will go for the third one, which is the ileum.

The ileum.

So then, Richard and Allistair, we come to you.

Talk us through the board.

We've got pancreas, gall bladder,

duodenum and oesophagus.

Duodenum. Yeah, shall we do that?

Yeah, fourth one. Duodenum.

So, we have ileum and we have duodenum.

So, Mike and Adam went for ileum, let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

31 for ileum.

Meanwhile, Richard and Allistair have gone for duodenum.

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

It's right.

49 for duodenum.

Which means very well done indeed, Adam and Mike.

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

Yeah, very well played, best two answers on the board there.

Let us fill in the rest of these, shall we?

Pancreas, of course,

produces those enzymes,

that would have scored 77.

The next one, much more famous,

even than the Sydney Opera House.

The gall bladder.

That would have scored you 93 points.

And the tube which moves food down to the stomach.

-The oesophagus.

-The oesophagus.

And that would have scored 66.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head, Richard and Allistair,

I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great to have you on the show.

But thanks so much, Richard and Allistair.

APPLAUSE

But for Mike and Adam, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Mike and Adam.

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 £4,000.

CHEERING

Well, well done is all I can say.

Fantastic, your first appearance on the show

and straight through to the final.

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

Something with a film.

Something with a film theme of any kind.

OK, film.

Anything else, Adam? What are you going to be bringing to the party?

Maybe sort of sporting things like FA Cup finals, World Cups,

-something like that.

-We shall see.

-We shall see.

-Let's see, let's see what we serve up for you.

I have no idea, obviously,

but four things will appear on that screen behind me.

We've just got to hope one of them appeals to you in a small way.

Best of luck. Let's see what's today's selection looks like.

We have got...

What do you think?

I think that Characters In Stage Love Stories, no, Beach Boys, no.

Premier League Football Achievements,

I think that's too recent for me.

I think we've got to go New York and hope there's a film category.

New York, please.

OK, New York. You're hoping for a film angle.

-New York, Richard.

-OK, very, very best of luck.

We are looking for any of the following three, please.

We're looking for anybody who's appeared in two or more episodes of

Friends. Any actor who has appeared in two or more episodes of Friends.

Some people, utter dream category that, I know.

We are looking for any mayors of New York City since 1900

up to 2016.

Or we are looking for any players of the two Major League football teams,

New York City or New York Red Bulls

in 2016, please. So...

Now, as always, you've got up to

one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need for that jackpot win

is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

I have literally never seen a single episode of Friends, unfortunately.

Mayor Giuliani is the only one that I know there and no way is that...

Is Ed Koch?

I'm sure it's Koch.

Ed Koch. Ran in the '70s for mayor.

-Go with that.

-Do you know any of the...?

The Red Bulls are going to be...

Frank Lampard, I think, plays for the Red Bulls, but again,

there's no way that's going to be pointless.

There is no way that Giuliani is going to be pointless.

Friends, Bruce Willis was in Friends.

And that's...

Who else?

Tom Selleck was in Friends, but they've all been in it too much.

I can't think of anyone,

I want someone who's only been in it three times, sort of thing.

I'd go for Selleck and Willis.

It ain't going to be good enough.

I'm just trying to think of somebody else that's been in Friends

but only in a couple of episodes.

-Ten seconds left.

-Nobody.

I haven't seen an episode.

Can't think of...

OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers.

If you could say what category you're answering in, that'd be great.

Right, Ed Koch for Mayor of New York.

-OK.

-And then go Bruce Willis.

-Bruce Willis.

-And Tom Selleck.

And Tom Selleck.

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

-Koch.

-Ed Koch.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Bruce Willis.

-Bruce Willis. Tom Selleck goes in the middle.

OK, let's pop those answers are on the board in that order then,

and here we are.

We have got Bruce Willis, Tom Selleck and Ed Koch.

Well, very, very best of luck.

If one of these were to win that jackpot for you, four grand,

what would you like to do with that?

-Mike, you first.

-Well,

my lovely other half, Ali,

has already bagsed it towards her new car.

-Hooray, you get a nice ride in that.

-I would indeed.

-Adam, how about you?

Me and my wife are both 50 this year

and we are going to go on a holiday to America.

Go up the West Coast.

-Very good.

-So, I will be putting it towards that.

Well, congratulations and happy birthday...

-Thank you very much.

-..when it comes to you both!

OK, well, let's find out how we do with these answers.

Bruce Willis, in this case, we were

looking for any actor who's appeared in two or more episodes of friends.

If this is pointless, it will win you £4,000.

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

It's right.

Now, all it has to be is pointless,

and then you will win £4,000.

Bruce Willis takes us down through the 30s,

down through the 20s, into the teens.

Into single figures, just.

9 for Bruce Willis.

Good answer! Sadly though, not a pointless answer.

So, we move swiftly to your next answer, which is Tom Selleck.

Again, we are looking for actors

who appeared in Friends two or more times.

If this is pointless, it wins you £4,000.

How many people said Tom Selleck?

Again, it's right. Bruce Willis,

your first answer, took us all the way down to 9.

Tom Selleck now takes us down through the 30s.

Into the 20s, into the teens.

Oh, not quite into single figures. We've gone to 10.

-So, not a pointless answer.

-Kind of knew that was going to happen.

We move onto your third and final answer.

We are now looking for mayors of New York.

You've gone for Ed Koch.

This was the answer you thought

was your best shot at a pointless answer.

If it is pointless, it will win you £4,000.

How many people said Ed Koch?

-It's right.

-It's right!

Ed Koch is right, you found that from somewhere

at the back of your mind there, Mike.

Ed Koch takes us down through the teens.

We're into single figures, down it goes, down it goes,

still going to go.

GROANS

Oh.

Oh, that's got to smart a bit, hasn't it?

Oh! Oh, one person remembered Ed Koch.

Oh, I'm so sorry. You've done so well.

Unfortunately though, you just

didn't find that irritating pointless answer

that we were looking for.

So, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000.

That will roll over the next show.

But you have been magnificent right the way across the show.

Thank you so much for coming.

You get to take a Pointless trophy home each.

So, very, very well done, Mike and Adam.

Gents, that's a very, very unlucky. I said at the start of the show,

we've had two shows in a row where in the jackpot round

we scored 2 points and you've scored 1 point.

You bettered it but not quite enough.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. We'll start with Friends.

I'll tell you some of the 1-pointers.

Lots of fans of Friends would have gone for some low...

2 points for Elliott Gould and Helen Baxendale.

1 point for Reese Witherspoon,

James Michael Tyler who plays Gunther.

Jennifer Saunders, Kathleen Turner, Sean Penn,

Christina Applegate and Elle Macpherson.

And these are some of your pointless answers.

Alec Baldwin, pointless answer.

Gary Oldman, Hank Azaria, who does lots of the voices on The Simpsons.

Teri Garr, you also could have had Dermot Mulroney,

you could have had Giovanni Ribisi, who plays Frank, Phoebe's brother.

You could have had a Morgan Fairchild, Olivia Williams,

Paul Rudd, who plays Mike, was also a pointless answer.

-Really?

-Well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look now at mayors of New York City.

This is a tough one.

David Dinkins, some people at home might have got,

probably the most famous name on the list.

The only ones that scored points at all were, alongside Ed Koch,

Rudy Giuliani would have scored you 16,

Michael Bloomberg would have scored you 6

and 1 point for Bill de Blasio and Fiorello La Guardia.

They'd have scored 1 point. Every other mayor was a pointless answer.

These New York City and New York Red Bulls players,

there will be a name you know up here,

which is Shaun Wright-Phillips.

I know some people at home would have said that,

I would have gone for Bradley Wright Phillips,

his brother, who scored 1 point.

So, I would have done the same as you.

The only players who scored points at all were Frank Lampard,

who you mentioned, David Villa, Bradley Wright-Phillips,

Andrea Pirlo and Lloyd Sam. Everyone else a pointless answer.

Very well done if you got one at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Well, Mike and Adam,

very sadly, didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £5,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.