Episode 5 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the show were obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Zara from Reading, this is my boyfriend Simon from London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Tom, this is my housemate Sam and we're from Exeter.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Dave, this is my wife Jan, we're from Staffordshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Naomy, this is my friend Chris,

and we're from London and Brighton.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

A very warm welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.

We'll get to chat to you throughout the show, of course.

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

Now available as an audiobook, a download, a kooya,

a wapbizzle and a poke, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you, how are you?

And to you, I am very well, thank you.

I enjoyed you saying "wapbizzle".

-I can say that as many times as you like, Richard.

-Excellent.

Anyway, we have got three returning pairs.

Simon and Zara got through to the head-to-head,

they are on podium one.

Dave and Jan got knocked out in Round One,

Jan had a slight accident.

-Yes.

-With the alphabet.

-Which I'm sure we'll get onto, Jan.

-I'm sure you will.

But redemption today, it's going to be redemption,

because we know they're very, very good.

And Naomy and Chris, who got knocked out in Round Two.

So one new pair, Tom and Sam, welcome along.

-But, yeah, a familiar bunch for us.

-Very good.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, John and Louis won the jackpot last time,

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

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

OK, remember this, the pair with the high score at the end

of each round will be eliminated, so make sure your scores are

nice and low, no conferring till we get to the head-to-head round.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you all decide in your prayers 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...

Yes, on each board we're going to show you seven clues

to famous people called or known as Paul,

but who is the most obscure Paul of all?

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

Thank you very much indeed.

Let's reveal our first board of Pauls, and here they come.

I'll read through those Pauls one last time.

There we are, a whole lot of Pauls for you, Zara. Welcome back.

-Now, head-to-head last time.

-Yes.

You've got to be hoping to go one step further this time.

-Zara, remind us what you do.

-I work for customer services.

That's right, and what are your interests, Zara?

I like going travelling, I've been to a few places. Cambodia and...

Have you been to Ho Chi Minh City,

-by any chance?

-No.

-Oh, Jan can tell you all about it.

-No, but after that, I would like to go.

-Excellent. OK, now, Zara...

-Yes?

-..what would you like to go for?

Erm, I think I know three of them,

but two of them I'm not 100% sure,

so I don't know whether to just go for the one

that I absolutely know...

Let's go for team captain on Have I Got News For You, Paul Merton.

Paul Merton, says Zara.

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

It is Paul Merton.

-Not bad. Not bad. 52.

-Yeah, solid start.

Also crops up doing all sorts of interesting documentaries

as well, Paul Merton. He's always sort of

exploring old stations in India or China or something.

Well, do you know, he used to have a massive fear of flying.

He wouldn't fly, so all of his documentaries were based

very much in the United Kingdom.

And he then went on a special course to allow him to fly,

and that was when he went off and did India and various...

China, I think.

-Oh, that's so interesting.

-There you go. OK! Sam, welcome to Pointless.

-Great to have you. From Exeter?

-Yes.

-And what do you do in Exeter?

I am a student who studies international relations.

-And are you in your last year?

-Yes, yes.

And are you going to go into international relations,

-do you think?

-No, I am incredibly interested in art,

-so I'm hoping to go into the art world.

-Oh, that's nice.

Will you go and do a course after that,

a foundation course or...?

Yeah, probably a course in history of art, yeah.

I see, good luck with that.

How nice, though, a brilliant thing to go into.

Will you be based in London, do you think?

-Either in London or in Paris.

-Oh, excellent!

Yeah, just to pick two nice places to go and work.

Sam, what would you like to go for from our board of Pauls?

This is a terrible board for me, so I will go for the only one I know,

which is the Manchester United midfielder, which is Paul Scholes.

Paul Scholes, says Sam. Let's see if that's right,

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

It is Paul Scholes, 52 is where we got with Paul Merton.

40 is where we end up with Paul Scholes.

-Nicely done, Sam.

-Yeah, well played.

Now co-owner of Salford City along with lots of the other

Class of '92 players.

I love Paul Scholes, he was always my favourite.

Thank you very much, Richard. Jan, welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you get up to, Jan.

I am a retired fingerprint officer,

I look after two grandchildren part-time and a couple of dogs.

Now, your grandchildren must be just fascinated by fingerprinting.

-Oh, they're too young.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah, four and two.

-You wait, when one of them nicks a cake...

-Yeah.

..they're going to find out what you used to do for a living.

Absolutely. So yes, grandchildren,

-I imagine they take up quite a bit of your time.

-They do, yes.

-How often do you see them?

-Two days a week.

-Very good, very good.

And have you taken anything up since retiring?

Not really, I haven't really had much time.

-I imagine you haven't!

-No.

-I read, we have got the two dogs we walk.

-Very good.

Now, Jan, how do you find our Pauls here?

Much better than the last time I was on here.

I do actually know two of them.

I'm going to go for Paul Hogan.

-Paul Hogan, says Jan.

-Crocodile Dundee.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right, 52 is our high score at this point.

61 for Paul Hogan!

Look at that. Still very much there

in the consciousness.

Yeah, before finding fame he was a rigger

on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

-Of all the bridges to rig on...

-Yes.

..I would say that's a good 'un.

-Not for me, because I live in London.

-No.

-So the commute would be awkward.

-It would be awkward.

But you might be, I'm just saying, as a rigger,

you might be set the task of working on

a footbridge perhaps somewhere we haven't even heard of in Australia.

That'd be fine... Well, I wouldn't take the job.

Why would I take that job?

No, I'm thinking more for Paul Hogan before he found fame.

-Oh, OK, nice for him.

-There you go.

OK. LAUGHTER

-Chris.

-Hi.

-Welcome back to Pointless.

It was Round Two, I think, for you the last time.

Yeah, I gave a bit of a naff answer

and we went out with 100 points.

I got 100 points, one of my answers, unfortunately.

Well, never mind. Remind us what you do, Chris.

I'm a student at Brighton studying philosophy and politics.

-And what year are you in?

-Second year.

-What are your plans for the end of your degree?

-Gosh.

I'm not sure, probably I want to study a little bit more,

-maybe, so we'll see.

-And will you stick in Brighton for that,

-do you think?

-I'd like to, I want to do a creative-writing course

-if I can, so that's the plan.

-Very good.

OK, Chris, this is all yours, this board - if you wanted to go

through it and fill in all those blanks, you would be very welcome.

Yeah, unfortunately, the only one I knew on there was Paul Scholes,

so that's...a shame!

So I'm just going to have to go for a guess, unfortunately.

I'm just going to go with Paul Rudd,

even though I'm fairly sure that's wrong.

-Which one do you want to pick?

-Let's go with the US winner, Best Oscar.

-Best Oscar, OK, for The Color of Money.

-That's the one.

The ineffable Paul Rudd, let's see if that's right.

You're right...

it's wrong, I'm afraid, yes.

That scores you 100 points. Yes, Chris.

Yeah, I think you will go through this board.

There is one you might struggle with,

but we will find out in a second. The songwriter?

-Oh, hello.

-I don't know that one.

-It's Paul Anka.

Paul Anka.

-The Best Actor Oscar...

-Paul Newman.

We'll go down the bottom, the frontman of The Jam...

Paul Weller.

That's another very big score. Do you know this one, the director?

Yes. He's called Paul Anderson,

but he has got a middle name and I can't remember what it is.

-Paul...

-He has, I need all of it, I'm afraid.

I know you will. Paul someone Anders... Paul...

Because his name is always the three words.

-Nominated for six Oscars, never won one. Paul...

-I can't remember!

..Thomas Anderson.

Thomas Anderson, thank you very much indeed.

5 points, so very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

40, the best score of the pass - very well done indeed, Sam -

putting you and Tom at the top of the table.

Then 52 is where we find Zara and Simon. 61, Dave and Jan.

And then up to 100, I'm afraid, Chris and Naomy.

So, Naomy, a little bit of pressure on you,

but you are the first person to be let loose on the new board,

so find a nice low score and let's hope it's enough to keep you in.

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 Pauls up on the board.

I'm going to read all of those again.

There we go, seven more Pauls. Naomy, remind us what you do.

I'm a student at the University of Surrey and I study law.

-Studying law, and how soon before you finish?

-In two years' time.

See, a bit of breathing space there.

Have you enjoyed the law so far?

Will you be going on into a career in law?

Yeah, it's OK. Obviously a lot of reading, but, yeah,

hoping to be a solicitor.

It's one of those degrees, isn't it? Almost inevitably everyone

is going to go into law, but what are your interests outside law?

I love to travel. I love music, as well, and...

-I sing in a gospel choir.

-And where's that?

-At my university.

-At the university,

-so it is the university gospel choir.

-Yeah.

-Brilliant.

And presumably, by the end of the year, once everyone's ear is in,

and everyone is working together, that must be an amazing sound?

Yeah, we only practise once a week,

but we never forget what we did the week before,

everyone remembers and it sounds amazing each time.

And once you start with a new intake,

how long does it take for everyone to get back into it?

-Or is it fairly instant?

-Fairly quickly.

-That's good.

Now, Naomy, you are the high-scorers on 100,

we need a new low score from you.

How are we finding these Pauls?

I think it's almost as bad as the first one!

There's only one in there that I know,

which is the most obvious one, the last one, and that's Paul McCartney.

OK, Naomy is going to say Paul McCartney.

No red line, you are the high-scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went to Paul McCartney.

It's rig... Whee-hee-hee!

It's right. 92, I'm afraid, is what it scores you.

That takes your total up to a unbeatable 192.

Yeah, I wonder if he might be the most famous Paul ever, do you think?

-Yeah, surely.

-That's weird, isn't it?

To be the most famous person with your name ever.

You might be the most famous Xander ever.

Maybe, or there is the fish of the same name, that's quite renowned.

-Oh, yeah, you're the second most.

-There we are.

Thank you very much, Richard. Dave, welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do, Dave.

-I'm a retired police officer.

And what do you get up to in your retirement, Dave?

More or less the same as Jan does, except I do all the cooking,

all the gardening...

LAUGHTER

What else can I say?

-How is Dave's cooking, Jan?

-It's excellent.

Oh, that's good. Do you pride yourself

on a signature dish of some kind?

Probably a chilli or a curry - a hot curry.

Oh, a good curry.

Do you make your own paste when you do a curry or do you...?

-No, I mix all the spices myself.

-Mmm.

Mm! It sounds good.

All right, Dave, good news, you are through to the next round,

doesn't matter what you score.

What would you like to go for?

Well, Paul McCartney I'd got.

There's only two others I know.

The second one and... And the footballer.

I think the footballer is going to be high, so I will go for,

erm, Paul Simon.

Paul Simon, says Dave. No red line, you are already through.

Let's see how many people said Paul Simon.

It's right.

77. Another high score, taking your total up to 138.

Yes, some very big scores on both of these boards.

They met when they were 11, Simon and Garfunkel.

-Amazing.

-Mm.

Art Garfunkel stopped doing Simon and Garfunkel to go off and be

-a supply teacher, I think. Isn't that right?

-Did he?

-No, an ART teacher, I think he was.

-No, he was a Garfunkel teacher.

No, he went off to teach, I think.

-That must have been quite weird.

-Quite weird.

This is your new teacher, Art Garfunkel. I'm thinking... Surely.

Anyway, strange.

-So, now, Tom.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

-Also from Exeter.

-Yep.

-That must mean you're at university, as well.

-Yep.

-And what are you studying?

-I'm studying business economics.

-How is it going?

-Eh, it's OK.

-Are you nearly finished or...?

-Coming to an end, yeah.

-Very, very good. Nice note of summer.

-It's lovely.

-Very nice.

-Given this is going out in November.

-Yes. A nice note of summer, just to remind everyone.

-To remind us, yes.

Yeah, very good. And, Tom, what are you going to do when you finish?

Have you got a plan for next year?

-Yeah, I'm going out to Australia to play cricket for the winter.

-Oh!

Go and visit the bridge across Sydney Harbour.

LAUGHTER

Beautifully put together. The rigging on that is second to none.

-So you're going to be playing cricket out there?

-I will be.

-OK, so you take your cricket quite seriously, I would imagine?

-Yep.

Do you pay for the university team?

I play for the university team and my club back home.

-Is it a first-class cricket team?

-It's not first-class cricket,

but I have appeared in Wisden with my school team.

Very good indeed.

Well, that's fun, so a year off to do that,

and maybe you might come back and take cricket a bit further.

I don't think so, I think that will probably be the end of

-serious cricket.

-OK.

-The start of the real world.

Very good. Keep that real world at a distance

for as long as you can, Tom.

40 means you are already through,

but let's have a nice low score from you for this board.

Fortunately, the footballer is still there,

because it is the only one of the remaining answers that I know.

-And that is Paul Gascoigne.

-Paul Gascoigne, says Tom.

No red line, you are already through,

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

It's right.

79! Taking your total up to 119.

Yeah, huge scores everywhere here, aren't there?

Two more famous than Paul Simon.

-These are very big Pauls, aren't they?

-They're big Pauls.

-That's a huge PAUL table.

-Massive Pauls.

There we are, thank you very much indeed. Simon.

-Remind us what you do, Simon.

-I'm a book-keeper.

A book-keeper, that's right.

And your interests outside the world of book-keeping, Simon, are what?

I collect vinyl records and I like to travel a lot

to watch a lot of sports.

Now, vinyl records, presumably,

there used to be record shops all over the place, they're quite

few and far between, they are quite specialist when you find them now.

Are there still record fairs?

Well, there are still record shops around,

-but a lot of the shops are online these days.

-I guess that's it.

A great many of them across the country.

I used to love those record fairs, they were just brilliant.

Extraordinary rare vinyl you would see there.

And extraordinary people, actually, would turn up.

People who really knew very specific details.

There are some people who know a lot about them and they are

very sought-after, even the '90s vinyl is very expensive

-because it wasn't collected in those days.

-There you are.

Now, Simon, you are on 52, which means you are also through,

but this board is yours - if you wanted to,

you could talk this through it and fill in all the blanks.

Yes, I think I know a few. The top one would be Paul Whitehouse.

I imagine the British designer would probably be Paul Smith.

But I think I would like to go for the director of RoboCop

as Paul Verhoeven.

Paul Verhoeven, says Simon.

No red line for you, you are already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 got Paul Verhoeven.

It's right.

That's a very good answer - look at that. 14.

Very well done indeed, Simon.

Taking your total to 66. The lowest score of the round by some distance.

Nicely played, Simon,

took us through the board very nicely, as well.

Just one missing off there. You are right about Paul Whitehouse.

Also a big scorer.

Paul Smith was the British designer.

And the best answer on the board

is the British electronic music producer.

-Paul Oakenfold.

-Paul Oakenfold.

And he would have scored 5 points. Well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

So at the end of our first round, the pair we're sending home,

with their high score of 192. I'm afraid, Naomy and Chris,

it's your second appearance, which means this really is goodbye.

Far too soon to be sending you home, but it has been great having you on.

Thank you so much for playing. Naomy and Chris.

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

And so, three pairs remain.

At the end of this round,

we will have to say goodbye to one of the pairs in front of me.

Well, there were some quite high scores

in that round, but they were all fairly

high-scoring, those Pauls. Simon, very well done,

Paul Verhoeven was the best score by a margin in the round,

so on the basis of that, I would say Simon and Zara are probably

the ones to beat, but best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

It's a word round.

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's 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.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Yeah, simply any word with its own entry

in the British & World English section

of oxforddictionaries.com, please,

that follows that exact pattern.

As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words.

-Got one.

-Have you?

-Mm.

-I'll have a little think.

-OK. Now, Simon...

LAUGHING: Sorry, haven't given you a lot of time there.

-I think I have one. I'm going to go for trace.

-Trace, says Simon.

Let's see how many of our 100 people liked trace.

15 for trace - not bad.

Yes, to copy a small amount of something,

virtually everyone I went to school with - trace.

Thanks very much. Tom.

I'm going to go for trade.

Trade, says Tom, let's see how many of our 100 people said trade.

9 for trade.

Uh, yeah, trade, that just means trade.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed. Jan.

I've got a couple in my mind,

and I'm not going to make the same mistake again.

But they're going to be quite high. I'm going to say table.

Table, says Jan.

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

14 for table, not bad.

That's a piece of furniture.

LAUGHTER

With four legs. You will have seen them,

you'll probably have one in your house.

-I know the ones you mean.

-Oh, do you have one?

-Yeah, with drawers.

-Well, they can do.

-Quite tall, aren't they?

Oh, no, you're thinking of cupboard.

No, table, it would be a smaller thing. Table.

-You will definitely have one.

-OK.

-I promise you.

I shall look out for that, I will look one up. And maybe get one.

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

let's take a look at those scores.

9, the best score of the pass - well done, Tom and Sam.

Looking set fair for a place in the head-to-head.

Then up to 14, where we find Dave and Jan.

15, Simon and Zara.

Well, Simon and Zara, low-scorers in the last round,

are our high-scorers JUST at this point of the second round.

So, yes, Zara, we need a low score from you. Good luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, now then, Dave. Dave... You're on 14.

Ideally, you'd score a pointless answer here.

There's one, being the bit of grey matter that's left.

I think it's right. Taupe.

T-A-U-P-E.

I like it already, Dave. Taupe.

I'm going to say here's your red line. You won't see it,

but it's there, on the pointless line.

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

Look at that, 3 - not bad at all, Dave.

Takes your total up to 17,

I suspect that will see you through.

Yeah, very well played, taupe, it's grey with a hint of brown. Mmm.

-Mm.

-It's like when you look at a lovely grey colour and think,

-"Tell you what this needs - a little hint of brown in it."

-Ah.

Wonderful. Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Sam.

I'm going to say...truce.

-Truce?

-Yes.

-Well, "trace" did pretty well, let's see how "truce" does.

Ideally, you'd score 7 or less.

There's your red line, let's see if you can get below that with truce.

It's right.

Good enough, down to 3!

Very well done indeed, takes your total up to 12,

through you go to the head-to-head round.

Yeah, truce, to have a truce. You might sign a truce on a table.

That'd be another use for table.

There you go. OK, Zara, we have a competition on our hands here.

What we need from you is a score of 1 or less.

-No pressure.

-1 or less.

-I think it's unlikely but we'll give it a go.

-Come on.

-Twinkle.

OK. Twinkle. Erm...

Let's see. There's your red line.

It's down there, let's see if "twinkle" is right.

Oh, I'm sorry, Zara.

No, I was trying to write it as well but the...

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm afraid that's wrong, scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 115.

Yeah, it has to fit that exact pattern, I'm afraid.

It has to be T then three blanks then E, it can't just be anything

beginning with T, so, twinkle, unfortunately is too long.

-What was your answer?

-I've got three. Tulle, T-U-L-L-E.

-Oh, well, I've got tulle.

-That's amazing!

So, tulle was three points.

Tithe.

-Tithe? 7.

-And torte.

-T-O-R-T-E.

-Six points.

Tulle! Hooray!

-Good.

-Let's take a look at the pointless answers on this board.

Quite tough to get a pointless answer on this one,

very well done if you got any of these.

Tenge, which is Kazakh money, terce, which is a religious service,

there is a type of gardenia called a tiare.

Some people might have got tilde,

that's the little Spanish accent you see,

titre, which is something to do with chemistry which is too

complicated for me to understand, toque is a small hat,

TOWIE, in fact it's not TOWIE, it's towie.

It's an Australian colloquial word for someone who drives a tow truck.

Tuple,

which is a computing term and a tutee which is essentially

a student, someone who is tutored.

Let's look at the top three answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Those, 24,

these, 25,

-and there are 42.

-There we are.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

We're at the end of our second round and the pair we have to send home,

I'm afraid, with a high score of 115, is Zara and Simon.

Low-scorers last time round.

-I didn't pay attention to Richard, I'm sorry.

-Hey, listen, that's OK.

Most of the time that's the thing to do, but very occasionally,

-it's worth listening.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

It's been lovely having you on, Zara and Simon. Thanks much for

playing. Zara and Simon.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Tom and Sam and Dave and Jan,

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

for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.

Well, we've arrived at the head-to-head which means you're

now allowed to start conferring before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions in this round will

go through to the final to play for that jackpot.

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

Here is your first question and it concerns...

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you five pictures now of birds that migrate to the UK

in the winter or the summer and we're going to give you their common names but with

alternate letters missed out - can you tell us what they are, please?

OK, let's reveal our five migrating birds and here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five migrating birds.

Tom and Sam, you are our low scorers so you will go first.

Feel free to confer.

THEY WHISPER

We know three of them and we think of them the best one is

probably E, which I think is a waxwing.

OK, waxwing, say Tom and Sam for E.

Dave and Jan, do you want to talk us through the other birds?

-You can do it out loud if you like.

-A is a swallow, we think.

-B, I'm not...

-It's nightjar.

-It's nightjar.

C is fieldfair,

D is nightingale.

THEY WHISPER

Yes, possibly.

B, nightjar.

Nightjar, nightjar, B. So, we have waxwing and we have nightjar.

Tom and Sam went for waxwing for E.

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

It's right.

43 for waxwing.

Meanwhile, Dave and Jan have gone for nightjar for B,

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

It's right.

And it beats waxwing.

22 for nightjar, very well done indeed, Dave and Jan.

That means after one question, you are up 1-0.

-It looks armour plated, doesn't it, the nightjar?

-Doesn't it?

-It looks like a bird from Game Of Thrones.

-Yeah.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Amazing.

A is, of course, the swallow, and the swallow would have scored 86.

C is the best answer on the board, much better than the nightjar.

The fieldfare scored 13 points, very well done if you said that home.

It looks a little bit disapproving, the fieldfare, I think.

Well, that's because it's having its picture taken

-while it's trying to do a wee.

-LAUGHTER

It's going, "Dude?!"

-"That's hardly fair."

-"Come on." Fieldfare there.

And D, of course, is a nightingale.

And the nightingale would have scored you 90 points.

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

Now, Dave and Jan answer it first but, Tom and Sam,

you have to win this one to stay in the game, so best of luck.

The second question in this round is all about...

Alliterative American sports teams, Richard.

Yes, simply the names of five American sports teams that

have alliterative names. We've missed off the second word

of each, can you tell us what it is, please?

Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our sports teams and

here they are.

Now, Dave and Jan, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

-We'll go for Seattle Seahawks.

-Seattle Seahawks,

say Dave and Jan. Now then, Tom and Sam,

do you want to talk us through the board and fill in all the blanks?

I think the top one is the Chicago Cubs,

the second one is the Buffalo Bills, the third one are the

Cleveland Cavaliers and the

last one, the Boston Bruins.

And we're going to go for the last one.

-The Boston Bruins.

-Yep.

-OK, Boston Bruins.

We have Seattle Seahawks and we have the Boston Bruins.

David and John went Seattle Seahawks -

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

It's a good answer, Seattle Seahawks. Down it goes.

Look at that, 17 - very well done indeed, Dave and Jan.

Tom and Sam, meanwhile, have gone for the Boston Bruins.

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

It's right.

17 is what it's got to beat

for you to be back in the game,

and it does it -

very well done indeed, look at that! Down to seven.

Superb play there, Tom and Sam -

that's exactly what you needed after two questions, it's now 1-1.

And took us through the board perfectly, Sam,

as well - got every single one of them right.

The Chicago Cubs would have scored you 20, the biggest scorer is

the Buffalo Bills, would have scored 25. Actually, the best

answer is the next one which is Cleveland Cavaliers

and that would have scored you 1 point.

-Terrific work if you said that at home.

-Thank you very much indeed.

OK, so here comes your third question this is the decider.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final to play for that

jackpot, so best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question is all about Cambridge. About Cambridge, Richard.

Yes, five clues to facts about the city of Cambridge and whoever

gives us the most obscure answer is going through to the jackpot.

Thank you very much.

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

I'll read those all again.

Tom and Sam, you will go first.

We're going to say the bottom one is a punt.

OK, you're going to go for a punt.

A flat-bottomed boat, OK, Dave and Jan.

Well, the top one is Stephen Hawking and I don't know any of the

-rest, do you?

-No. So it has to be the top one.

It's going to have to, yes, Stephen Hawking. Professor Stephen Hawking.

You're going to go for Stephen Hawking,

so we have punt and we have Stephen Hawking.

So, Tom and Sam went for a punt, a flat-bottomed boat -

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

There we are, 54.

This is going to be very interesting. 54 for punt.

Where is Stephen Hawking going to come in relation to that, I wonder?

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

It's right.

Oh, look at that, Stephen Hawking beating the punt.

40 for Stephen Hawking.

Which means, Dave and Jan, very well done.

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

Well played, Dave and Jan.

But congratulations to Tom and Sam, the first people ever on this

show to say, "I'm going to go for a punt," and actually go for a punt!

Now, the other three answers are all better answers

than the ones we've had.

-The century the University of Cambridge was established...

-13th.

It is the 13th, yeah, 1209, the first scholars went to Cambridge.

-Ten points for that. The city centre park...

-Parker's Piece?

-Parker's Piece, yeah.

-I didn't know that.

That would have scored you two points.

-And the monarch who founded Trinity College...

-Henry VIII.

-Henry VIII.

-That would have scored 27.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid, Tom and Sam. It's not that bad, actually,

saying goodbye to you now, because we get to see you next time.

Otherwise you would have just gone straight through to the final and that would have been it.

But very strong play throughout the show today,

so I'm sure we can expect you to do as well next time.

But, meantime, thank you very much indeed, Tom and Sam.

APPLAUSE

But for Dave and Jan, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dave and Jan, you have fought 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 £1,000.

There we are. Well, very, very well done.

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

This time, right through to the final.

Very impressive bird knowledge, I noticed.

Well, I was quite surprised, really,

because I saw the title and I thought, "Nah."

And of course, when that came up, "Oh, yeah, I'll have them."

There you are, yeah, no - very, very well done.

Anything you would particularly like to see

come up in this last round?

Something I know the answers to!

LAUGHTER

-Good, yes!

-Geography's not too bad.

-Geography's not too bad.

-She'll do all right on the music.

-Well, it depends what music.

-She's a rock chick.

-AGEING rock chick!

OK, well, listen, very best of luck.

Let's see what today's categories look like.

Today's board reads like this. We have got...

-Chemistry is no good at all.

-Wisden is one, I'd say.

-Crime writers, I only know...

-A couple.

-One or two.

-Well, what do we know?

-Catch...

-We know at least one.

-Yes.

-Shall we go with that one?

-Up to you.

Yeah, we'll go with films with "catch" in the title.

Films with "catch" in the title, Rich?

OK, we are looking for anyone who received an acting credit

according to IMDb in any of the following three films, please.

So, anyone who acted in...

Oh, I love that film.

So, To Catch A Thief, Catch-22 or Catch Me If You Can.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with

three answers and all you need to win the jackpot is for just

-one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Good, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock, there they are,

your time starts now.

Right, Catch Me If You Can, you've got, um, Tom Hanks and, um,

-Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Yes.

Um...

Oh, God, who else was in it?

Um... To Catch A Thief, wasn't it Cary Grant?

-Cary Grant, yes.

-And...

Was Grace Kelly in that?

-I honestly...

-To Catch A Thief?

-I honestly don't know.

Um...

I should know one from Catch-22, as well, I just can't think what it is.

At the moment, we've got two in one...

Two in one, and one in the other.

But, like, I can't...

Catch-22...

Nothing coming to mind?

Well, I can see his face.

-I just can't...

-That doesn't help!

-No, it doesn't.

-Um, I can't...

-So... We'll go for what we've got.

-Yeah, yeah.

-OK. Are you happy with the ones you've got?

-Yes.

-Yeah, yeah.

OK, well, we'll stop the clock there,

-let's have your answers, then.

-Right, are we going for two in...

Two in Catch Me If You Can.

-Yeah, and we'll choose, let's say, Tom Hanks and...

-Tom Hanks.

-And Leonardo DiCaprio.

-Leonardo DiCaprio.

-And To Catch A Thief...

-I don't know whether she was in it or not.

-Well...

-Grace Kelly.

Grace Kelly.

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

-Possibly Grace Kelly, if it's right.

-OK, Grace Kelly, we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless, do you think?

-Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks goes first.

Let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,

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

Well, three good answers there,

let's hope one of those is pointless and wins you that jackpot.

If it does, have you got any plans for what you might like to do

with that jackpot money?

-Possibly put it towards a holiday.

-Very nice. Dave?

I'll go with what she says!

Very wise!

OK, your first answer is Tom Hanks.

In this case, we were looking for cast members

from Catch Me If You Can.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Tom Hanks.

Well, it's right.

All it has to be now is pointless, and if it goes all the way

down to the bottom of the column, you will leave with £1,000.

Tom Hanks now takes us to...

36.

Not bad.

But annoyingly, not a pointless answer, which means we move

on to your next submission, which is Leonardo DiCaprio.

Again, we are looking for cast members of Catch Me If You Can.

Has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Leonardo DiCaprio.

It's right.

Tom Hanks took us all the way down to 36.

Leonardo DiCaprio...

57.

Oh, this is moving in the wrong direction, I'm afraid!

But there we are, we have one more answer.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

which is Grace Kelly, and in this case,

we were looking for cast members of To Catch A Thief.

For £1,000, let's see how many people said Grace Kelly.

Is it pointless?

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Tom Hanks, took us down to 36.

Your second answer, Leonardo DiCaprio, took us down to 57.

Grace Kelly passes both of those,

we go down to 11.

Very good, that last answer, a lovely low score there.

But sadly, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000 -

that rolls over to the next show - but what a strong performance.

Every round, we've had nice low scores from you.

And for that, in recognition for all that,

you get to take home a Pointless trophy.

So, very, very well done indeed. But thanks very much, Dave and Jan.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, tough final category,

let's take a look at the pointless answers.

The first one, To Catch A Thief, was the hardest of all.

In fact, the only answers in To Catch A Thief that score any

points at all were Cary Grant, Grace Kelly and John Williams.

Every single other member of that cast was a pointless answer.

Now, let's move on to Catch-22,

where there's some more famous names.

Anthony Perkins in that would have been a pointless answer.

The wonderful comic actor Charles Grodin.

Martin Balsam, who is in 12 Angry Men, also in Psycho.

Martin Sheen, a pointless answer,

he was also in Catch Me If You Can, but he scored points in that.

Everyone a pointless answer there, apart from Alan Arkin,

Jon Voight, Orson Welles, Buck Henry, Richard Benjamin and our old

friend Art Garfunkel, who scored points there - scored four points.

And Catch Me If You Can, let's take a look at this.

Amy Acker, the wonderful Elizabeth Banks...

Now, Frank Abagnale Jr, he is who the film was about,

and he plays a cameo in the film as well, he's a pointless answer.

James Brolin, as well. Everyone there, a pointless answer,

apart from DiCaprio and Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams,

Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner and Ellen Pompeo.

Everyone else, a pointless answer.

Very well done if you got pointless answers in any of those categories.

Thanks very much, Richard, and thanks very much, Dave and Jan.

Very sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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