Episode 8 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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 Gyasuddin and this my sister Kulsum,

-and we're from Blackburn, in Lancashire.

-..couple number two...

Hello, I'm Nigel and this is my wife, Sue

and we're from mighty Leicester.

..couple number three...

Hello, my name is Aled, this is my best mate Tom,

and we're from Pontypridd.

..and finally, couple number four...

I'm Linda and this is Liz, and we're friends from Lockerbie.

And these are today's contestants.

Well, thanks very much all of you.

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

We'll get to chat to each of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

If you play our theme tune backwards on vinyl, people say you can hear

him reciting the scores for Scrabble.

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you.

-And you.

-Linda and Liz, our only returners from that last show,

-but they got through to the head-to-head.

-Yeah.

-That's not bad going, is it?

-Not bad.

But three new pairs.

-Yes.

-What magic may they weave?

-Who knows?

-Who knows?

Heroes, villains.

Anything could happen. Not ANYTHING could happen.

If certain things happened we'd be taken off air -

but anything within broadcast regulations could happen

in the next 45 minutes.

-Can you imagine?

-Such poetry.

-True, though, isn't it?

-It is.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, if something awful happens, then we would be...

you know, if someone started swearing or something like that...

-Yeah.

-Which you've been known to do.

-Yeah.

-This whole place would be shut down.

We are such stuff as...

-within-regulations dreams are made on.

-Yeah.

Exactly it. It'd probably just be a regular episode of Pointless.

There'd be some good answers, some bad ones, but you never know.

-You never know.

-It is up to you guys, really.

No pressure. We could get a BAFTA.

We could get the BAFTA for this show if you pull your fingers out.

Something truly magnificent could happen.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Roger and Lauren didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off

at £2,000.

That's where we are.

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

So remember this, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.

Keep your scores low, you'll be fine.

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

Best of luck. Our first category today is...

It's Football. 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 football teams in the Premier League

and the Championship as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, looking for any of the teams in the Premier League

or the Championship in English football in the 2015-2016, please.

All right. There we go.

Kulsum, welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you. From Blackburn?

-That's right.

-What do you do, Kulsum?

I work in a stroke research department at a university.

Right you are. And what are your interests when not at work?

I like to keep active, do a bit of running, go to the gym.

Very good indeed.

Now, do you follow football?

-Yes.

-With a passion or sort of fairly passively?

-With a bit of a passion.

-What would you like to go for?

-Erm...

..I'll go for Bournemouth.

Bournemouth, says Kulsum.

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

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

There we are. Bournemouth is right.

Very well done indeed. 13 for Bournemouth.

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That's a lovely start, Kulsum. Well played.

Yeah, went up to the Premier League and did very well in it, as well.

Thanks, Rich. Now, Sue, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here from Leicester.

Marvellous. What keeps you busy and happy in Leicester, Sue?

I work at De Montfort University

helping students with their study skills

who have dyslexia, dyspraxia

and anything that they need to help them fulfil their degree.

Extraordinary. So you must have wide experience

-of all the different disciplines?

-Yeah. It can be from art,

-it can be from law, engineering - which I really struggle with.

-Yeah.

So you're a bit like a sort of Pointless presenter, in that sense,

that all this general knowledge is flowing through you.

-And it all goes...

-Exactly the same.

I know. If only some of it stuck.

Just think of all the doctorates you could have otherwise.

-Absolutely.

-Ah! Amazing.

Sue, what would you like to go for?

I'll go for Stoke.

Stoke, says Sue.

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

It's right. 13 is our only score thus far.

Stoke takes us to 19.

There we are. Not bad. APPLAUSE

A promising start to the round, I have to say.

Founded in 1863, the second oldest football league club in existence.

After...

After the team they had to play endlessly until somebody else...

-Yeah.

-That's a dull fixtures list, isn't it?

Yeah. Who have we got this week?

Stoke again?

HE CHUCKLES Hey-hey!

-Thomas, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Great to have you here from Pontypridd.

What do you do, Thomas?

I'm currently a master's student in the University of South Wales

studying sport health, sport and exercise science.

How much of your coursework is spent with a heart monitor on?

To be fair, not much, this time.

My undergraduate was,

but this time it's more health.

So, with your master's, what do you want to go on and do?

At first I wanted to be an exercise physiologist

and do the heart and the brain and so on,

but now I've moved into public health and want to help...

Oh, I see, so moving away from sport, do you think or...?

No, there will be aspects of sport, but it's more along the health.

OK, to encourage all of us to be a little bit more sporty and active.

OK. Now, Thomas, what would you like to go for?

I'm struggling to remember if this team is in the Championship

or the League One, but I'm going to go for MK Dons.

MK Dons, says Thomas. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Look at that. Thomas,

I salute you. 1 for MK Dons. APPLAUSE

Great work, Thomas.

He knows he's done a good job there, with that nod.

They were actually relegated from the Championship in that season.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

I work for the local authority as a roads technician.

A roads technician.

Now, I asked you all about that last time,

so we'll move on to something else this time.

What are your interests, Linda?

Socialising, walking my dog, exercise.

-Listening to music.

-Listening to music.

Whose idea was it to come on the show?

A bit of both, I think.

A bit of both. Was this while you were working on road business?

Yes.

Or perhaps it was in one of your breaks, maybe?

Yes, yes. When the plan was put together.

Linda, what would you like to go for?

I'll go for Norwich City.

Norwich City, says Linda. Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right. 19 still our high scorer, 1 our low score now.

23 for Norwich City.

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Yeah, their chairman is now Ed Balls.

-Yes.

-I actually went to a match...

a Norwich match that he was at,

and he's very knowledgeable and is very entertaining company.

-At Carrow Road?

-No, at a different ground.

Right. I see. And you fell into conversation with him?

With the gentleman in...

Oh, I can say his name, I can say Ed Balls, that's fine.

Yeah, he knows what he's talking about.

There we are. Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at those scores. 1, Thomas.

Fantastic. Thomas and Aled,

I have a hunch you might be in Round Two.

Mind you, that might rest on your shoulders, Aled.

But they look broad.

I'm sure that'll be fine.

Then we travel up to 13 where we find Kulsum and Gyasuddin.

Then up to 19 where we find Sue and Nigel.

Then up to 23 where we find Linda and Liz.

Now, Liz, you're not that far ahead,

but a nice low score from you

would just ease the pressure a bit, I think.

So let's come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Marvellous. Liz.

Now, remind us what you do.

-I'm retired.

-You're retired, but you were also on the road?

-Yes.

-On the...

-On the admin side.

On the admin side of the road.

Just making sure the road was ticking over,

and all aspects of road were good and proper.

And your retirement now is full of what delights?

Walking in the country and doing crosswords and sudoku.

-Yes.

-Going to the horse racing.

Very good. And how far afield do you go racing?

Local. Ayr, Musselburgh.

Kelso, is that near you or is that...?

-Kelso, yes.

-Kelso.

Very good. Do you ever go south of the border?

We've been to a couple down in Yorkshire, as well.

-OK.

-Catterick and Ripon.

-And Newcastle, Hexham, Sedgefield.

Lots of lovely racing round there.

Anyway, listen, there you are on 23.

You're the highest scores. You need a low score here.

-Yes.

-What would you like to go for?

I'll go for Burnley.

-Burnley.

-Yes.

-OK. Burnley.

Let's see... No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how far down the column we get with Burnley.

It's right.

Now, we want to go as far down as we possibly can here, Liz.

And down it goes. Look at that. 10.

Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

Second lowest score of the round so far.

So, 33 is your total.

Yeah, they won the Championship, Burnley, in 2016.

Championship champions.

Thank you very much.

Now then, Aled. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

Now, what do you do?

I'm a teacher's assistant at a nursery and a primary school.

What age children are they?

They're, like, three to four. Possibly five.

Oh, that's very nice!

And will you stay with that age group, do you think, for now?

I don't know, Xander.

-We'll see what happens.

-See what happens.

OK. But you're there for how long?

Your plan at the moment is?

Xander, I don't know.

It sounds like he's been suspended or something, doesn't it?

-I'm a bit of a wild one, Xander, you see.

-OK.

What would you like to end up?

You want to end up teaching though?

Well, yes, no?

-I don't know.

-HE LAUGHS

What would you love to do?

You see, I don't know. I'm a man of many talents.

Yes, what are...?

None of them apparent.

What would you say was the chief talent you would like to exercise?

I'll tell you what, Xander, I'll be honest, I love radio.

I would love to get into radio at some point.

Oh, for heaven's sake, shouldn't he be on radio?

Aled, you'd be brilliant on radio.

Thank you. That's lovely. That's very kind of you.

-He's got a good voice.

-He's got a lovely voice.

Full of bags of character there, Aled.

I suppose the usual route is local radio, hospital radio,

then you sort of... Have you started doing things like that yet?

Well, I've done local radio for about...five, six years now.

Since I was about 16.

So it's about time the break came.

-Yes.

-What time of day are you on?

Seven till ten.

Oh, that's fun. On a weekday?

On a Tuesday.

-On a Tuesday night?

-Tuesday night.

Well, listen, best of luck.

Aled, what would you like to go for in this round?

I was going to play it too safe, but too safe is too safe now,

so I'm going to go for the only other team that's in my head.

It's risky.

Sorry, Tom, if it's not right.

Dagenham & Redbridge.

Dagenham & Redbridge.

-Possibly. I don't know.

-Thomas seems really pleased with that(!)

I think it's fine.

Dagenham & Redbridge.

Here is your red line.

There you are. You just have to get below that

with Dagenham & Redbridge. Let's see if it's right.

Oh, Aled.

Oh, Aled.

Well, listen, we can talk more when you come back next show about...

about local radio. I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 101.

Yeah, sorry, Aled, both Dagenham AND Redbridge both wrong.

They're about as far away as you can get, unfortunately, in...

Yes, I'm sorry.

But, you know, Dagenham & Redbridge FC Radio

would be delighted to have that sort of enthusiasm, I suspect,

in their half-time show.

There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

Nigel. Welcome.

What do you do, Nigel?

I work for the Leicestershire County Council

in a department called Assistive Technology.

-Assistive?

-Assistive, yes.

So we put in equipment to help people live independently.

-Oh, excellent!

-Things like Pendant alarms.

-Yeah.

Memory jogging devices, trackers,

all sorts of things to help people stay out of hospital.

Brilliant. Wonderful thing, giving people independence -

and presumably these kind of gadgets are developing all the time,

so there will be new things appearing

in your assistive department.

More and more stuff goes...

-kind of, phone-app based.

-Of course.

-It does more and more things.

-Yeah.

Now then, Nigel.

You are on 19,

which means if you can score 81 or less,

you're through to the next round.

I can only thank Aled, because he's given me the luxury of mentioning

mighty Leicester City.

Leicester City.

Which has to be my answer if there is a bit of a no-risk, really.

OK. There we are. Well, 81.

Let's see. Here is your red line.

You have to get below that with Leicester City,

but I think you may.

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

It's right. Yep, good enough.

There we are. 46. APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed.

65 is your total.

Yeah, well played, Nigel.

Well played, Leicester, as well. I know you're a fan - and, at 46,

genuinely an awful lot higher than Leicester have ever scored

in any question before, as well, so you can tell it's had an impact.

-Yes.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

-Now, Gyasuddin. Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Great to have you here. What do you do?

I'm a pharmacist. I work in the community village pharmacy.

That's fun. So you're in the backroom, are you?

Putting the bags of pills and things together?

Well, we have colleagues to do that now.

They actually want the pharmacists to be at the front of the shop

-and giving advice out.

-Oh, I see.

Are you in an independent pharmacist

or are you part of a large, well-known chain?

I actually work for an independent pharmacy.

And what are your hobbies, Gyasuddin?

Well, at the moment, I don't have much time for hobbies.

Oh - you've had a baby!

-I have.

-You had a baby boy.

Yes, he takes a lot of my time up,

but I do try and fit in a bit of tennis with Kulsum

and play football when I can.

Very good. How old is your baby?

He's eight months old at the moment.

Lovely. And you're just about getting some sleep I imagine?

-Just about.

-Just about.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Oh, lovely. A wonderful thing to experience.

How thrilling. Now, there you are on 13.

The highest scorers at the moment are Alex and Thomas on 101.

87 or less gets you through, so quite a nice...

Yeah, it's a nice buffer.

I'm just going to go for my hometown, Blackburn Rovers.

Blackburn Rovers, says Gyasuddin.

Let's see if that's right.

Here is your red line, nice and high.

How many people said Blackburn Rovers?

It's right and you're through. Very well done.

7. APPLAUSE

The second lowest score of the whole round.

Very well done indeed.

Taking your total up to 20, the lowest total of the round.

Terrific answer. Well played. Nice that we had the two hometown teams

on the last two podiums as well. Now, poor Thomas.

His tragedy made even greater

by the fact that there's only one pointless answer in the whole thing,

so MK Dons was an unbelievably good answer.

The one pointless answer in either of those leagues -

Huddersfield Town.

Very, very well done if you said that.

1 point for MK Dons, Preston North End or Brentford.

3 points for Bristol City, Rotherham, Brighton.

4 points for QPR and Reading.

-Fulham got 5 points.

-LAUGHTER

It's good. They got more points than QPR

and they got a lot more points than Brentford.

You'd have got 6 points

for Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers.

7 for Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic...

and 8 for Wolves and Ipswich Town.

9 for Hull. Those are the best answers.

We'll take a look at the top three answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

It is the usual suspects, I'm afraid...

..and you can't dislodge them, Manchester United on 81.

-At least you can beat them in the league.

-Absolutely.

I've settled for that.

Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our first round,

the pair we have to send home with their high score of 101,

what a shame, Aled and Thomas, been great fun having you here,

even for this short round, but we'll see you again next time.

Look forward to that very much indeed. But, in the meantime,

thank you so much. Aled and Thomas. APPLAUSE

But, for the remaining three players,

it's now time for Round Two.

So, we're down to three pairs.

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

Gyasuddin and Kulsum, I just don't think it's going to be you.

Amazing low scoring from you there,

individually and together.

Yeah, our low scorers by quite a long way.

And, Nigel, thank you for bringing in Leicester, there.

-Very nice.

-Thank you.

-Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

English Language. 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...

"Ban" words.

-Richard.

-On each board we're going to show you definitions of six words

which start B-A-N.

Can you tell us what those words are, please.

We're just going to show you

the number of letters in each word as well.

So 12 in all to have a go at home.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So here is our first board of clues for "ban" words -

and here they come.

Hm. Let's read those again.

Gyasuddin, which of our "bans" do you feel like going for?

I can only...

think of two of them, actually.

So it's a matter of which is going to score the lowest.

I'm going to go for, "A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang."

Bandit.

Bandit, says Gyasuddin.

Let's see if that's right,

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

79. 79. APPLAUSE

They may all be high-scorers in this round,

you never know, but 79 for bandit.

Normally in these words rounds I get to define what the words are.

My thunder has slightly been stolen here.

I know. What can you do?

I could talk about my time as a bandit...

..in New Mexico in the late 19th century.

Tell us more stories about that.

I used to rob stagecoaches and give to the poor, to be fair.

-So I was a bandit but with a heart.

-Yeah, yeah.

-I never harmed anybody.

Never did. You weren't particularly successful though, were you?

I was very successful.

-You just wouldn't know, because I was masked at all times.

-I see.

-No-one ever caught me.

-Yes.

And I will be at each of the following things, I will also...

stories from my life, like Slumdog Millionaire.

-Oh, that's very nice.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Sue.

-Erm...

"An elaborate and formal evening meal for many people."

-A banquet.

-A banquet, says Sue.

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

It's right. 79 is our only score so far.

76. There we are. APPLAUSE

Well, it's going in the right direction, Sue.

I once threw a banquet for the Mayor of Albuquerque

in order to make good my escape...

..from a New Mexican stockade.

I arranged it from inside the stockade.

-Clever.

-And I was brought on stage to show off that he had arrested me.

It was the last mistake he made.

But you never hurt him.

Oh, no, he was fine, he just never made another mistake.

It was amazing after that.

He lived for another 30 years, faultlessly.

Liz. This board is all yours, if you'd like to talk us through it.

I think the first one is banal.

The second one, bandwagon.

Get rid of - banish.

And the bottom one, banana.

Oh, banana!

LAUGHTER

So I think I'll go for the second one, bandwagon.

Bandwagon, says Liz.

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

It's right.

Wow. Look at that. 20 for bandwagon. APPLAUSE

Well done, Liz.

And that, of course, is what I escaped in,

so thank you for mentioning it.

It's actually far and away the best answer on the board, as well,

so it's a very good choice of all of them.

You're right about banal.

That would've scored you 51.

You're right about banished, as well.

That would've scored you 68.

What do you think banana...?

-I can reveal that you're right about that.

-Yeah.

-What do you think banana scored?

-You've got to hope in the 90s. 96.

Let's take a look.

96.

-Well done. How about that?

-Look at that!

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

let's look at the scores, 20 the best score of that pass.

Liz, very well done, Liz and Linda.

I think the head-to-head awaits for you a second time.

Then we travel up to 76, where we find Sue and Nigel.

Then just to 79 where we find Gyasuddin and Kulsum.

So, yes, you are out in front, Kulsum, we need a low score

from you, if you can find it. Good luck with that.

I hope the next board has some fun things on it.

We're coming back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more ban word descriptions up on the board

and here they come.

I'm going to read those again quickly.

There we are. Linda, on 20.

Now, if you can possibly score 58 or less

you are definitely through to the next round.

I'll go for the third one down and say bandana.

Bandana, says Linda. Here's your red line.

If you can get below that you're definitely through.

How many of our 100 said bandana?

Oh. 84 for bandana, taking your total up to 104.

The world record for the largest gathering of dogs wearing bandanas

is 764, in Australia.

To raise money for the Australian version of the RSPCA.

There you go. That's true.

I'm not saying that my other stuff

about the banquet and what have you wasn't true, but that is true.

Thank you, Richard. Now, Nigel. There you are on 76.

You have to score 27 or less.

27 or less. What are you going to go for?

I think possibly one that I think is slightly risky, I hope it's right.

And I hope you don't want me to spell it.

The fourth one down I believe is bandicoot.

Bandicoot.

Bandicoot. Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.

Get below that with bandicoot you're in the head-to-head.

How many people said it?

It's right.

Very well done, Nigel.

I suspect that gets you through.

And it does.

16 with a little bit of room to spare.

APPLAUSE Taking your total up to 92.

Very well played, Nigel.

Yeah, it comes from...

It essentially means pig rat.

Bandicoot sounds nicer than pig rat.

Yes. Yes.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Kulsum, there you are on 79, the high-scorers are on 104.

24 or less, so a little bit of pressure on you there.

Do you feel like talking us through the board?

Um...

I think I know three of the remaining ones.

The top one I think is bangle.

Declared in law as unable to pay their debts - bankrupt.

And the structure formed on a staircase is banister,

and I think I'm going to have to go with that one.

You're going to go for banister. OK. Here is your red line.

It's quite low.

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

It right.

Oh, 63 for banister, Kulsum.

A big score there taking your total up to 142.

Yeah, big scorer for banister.

Not the biggest scorer up there.

The ornamental bands are bangles.

You're quite right. Would have scored you 75.

You're right as well about bankrupt.

That would have scored you 70.

The best one left on the board, this bottom one,

it's a complicated sounding clue but the word is very familiar.

Bandwidth.

Bandwidth, exactly that. That would have scored 38.

So bandicoot, Nigel, best answer on the board.

Thank you very much, indeed.

At the end of our second round the pair we're saying goodbye to

with their high score of 142, I'm afraid,

Kulsum and Gyasuddin it is you.

We'll see you again next time.

Look forward to that very much - but, in the meantime,

thanks very much for playing, Kulsum and Gyasuddin.

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

Congratulations, Linda and Liz, Nigel and Sue.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

This is exciting. We've made it as far as the head-to-head round,

which means you can start playing as pairs now -

you can confer before you give your answers.

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

Linda and Liz, we have been here before.

But this is a promotion for you,

because you were our blue pair last time

now you are our yellow pair, our golden couple,

our low-scoring pair. Nigel and Sue, first appearance on the show,

very impressive to have you here

straight through to the head-to-head.

Great answers from both pairs throughout the game so far.

I think this should be close. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question.

And it concerns...

UK buildings and their architects.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures, now,

of buildings in the UK

and we're going to show you alternate letters

of the surname of their architects.

Can you name those architects' surnames, please?

Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five buildings.

And here they come. We have...

There we are. Now, then, Linda and Liz,

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

We'll go for E, Mackintosh.

Mackintosh say Linda and Liz.

Now, then, Nigel and Sue, that board is all yours.

Do you fancy talking us through it?

Um, I don't know the first one.

I don't think we know that between us.

Rogers I think is B.

Wren is C.

Foster is D.

I'm not convinced any of them are going to be better than Mackintosh.

I think it's between B and D, Sue, which do you think?

-B.

-OK.

-We'll go for B, Rogers.

-OK, Rogers.

So, we have Mackintosh and Rogers.

Linda and Liz said Mackintosh for E.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of the 100 people said Mackintosh.

It's right.

6.

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Look at that. 6 for Mackintosh.

Nigel and Sue, meanwhile, have said Rogers for B.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

There we go. 26.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Linda and Liz.

Mackintosh wins you the first question,

which means after one question you're up 1-0.

Yeah, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, best answer on the board by a mile.

Very beautiful building, as well, the Glasgow School of Art.

A is the next best answer.

That is Zaha Hadid,

he sadly passed away in 2016.

Would have scored you 18 points.

You're quite right about Christopher Wren.

He would have scored you 59.

You're also right Norman Foster.

Would have been a slightly lower score,

but still wouldn't have won you the point. 19 points for that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So here comes your second question. Nigel and Sue, you get to answer

it first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Very best of luck. Our second question is all about...

-Sting.

-Yes, we're going to show you five clues now,

all relating to the British musician Sting.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

Let me read those one last time.

There we go. Nigel and Sue, you go first.

I think we're going to have to go for the decade, aren't we?

-The only other one we know is the band, don't we?

-Mmm.

What decade are we going for? It could be the '50s.

'60s... '40s?

We're guessing here.

The fifth one down, we're going to go for the '50s.

The '50s.

OK, now, then, Linda and Liz.

Right, the actress and producer, Trudie Styler.

His birth name, Gordon Sumner.

And The Police.

So, it's just what one we go for.

What will we go for?

-Trudie Styler?

-Trudie Styler.

-OK, Trudie Styler.

-So we have the '50s and Trudie Styler.

Nigel and Sue went for the 1950s, the decade he was born in.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It is the '50s.

43 people got the '50s.

Linda and Liz, meanwhile, have gone for Trudie Styler,

the actress and producer he married in 1992.

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

It's right.

Oh, and it wins you the point again.

Look at that, 17 for Trudi Styler.

Very well done indeed, Linda and Liz.

That means, after only two questions,

you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

Beautifully played. Very well done.

Born in 1951.

His birth name, you were right, is Gordon Sumner.

That would have scored you 21.

You were also right that he was in The Police

with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

That would have scored 62.

I was just reading a very good book about Kim Philby, the spy,

and Stewart Copeland's father, Miles Copeland, is in it quite a lot

because he was very active in US intelligence.

Very interesting. It is a wonderful book as well, by Ben Macintyre.

And the best answer on the board by quite some way

is the 2014 Broadway musical. You don't know this?

-I don't.

-The Last Ship -

and that would have scored you 3 points.

There we are. Thank you, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

it's Nigel and Sue. It's not terrible news

because this is perfect training

to come back into the head-to-head round next time and win,

as our winners will attest.

At its most basic it means we get to see you again next time.

Otherwise it would have all have been over in one brief appearance,

and that would have been far too little. Now, Nigel and Sue,

-thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants.

-Thank you.

But for Linda and Liz it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Linda and Liz.

You have seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

And so we come to the end

of the beautifully technicianed and administered road.

It's been fantastic. Superb. 2-0 in the head-to-head.

I mean, that sort of trajectory you can't really argue with -

and by and large it carries people in to a successful final round.

What would you like to see up on that board?

Films and music for me.

Films for me, as well, actually.

You get to choose your category.

I say you get to choose your category -

you get to choose your category from the four impossible things

we put up on the board behind me. Good luck.

Here is what today's board looks like. We have got...

-Er...

-Shall we do Dramas or Men's Grand Slam?

Do you know enough names?

Men's names.

I don't know. We'll we just go for Dramas?

Sorry, just talk among yourselves.

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Comedy Dramas.

-Comedy Dramas.

-Comedy Dramas.

OK, very best of luck.

This was hidden away on our jackpot round for a long time

under the name Nora Ephron films,

and people didn't know who Nora Ephron was -

and when you see these films,

she's one of the great film-makers of her times.

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

We're looking for any of the cast Julie & Julia,

which was written and directed by Nora Ephron...

we're looking for any of the cast of You've Got Mail,

also written and directed by Nora Ephron...

or we're looking for any of the cast of When Harry Met Sally,

which was written by Nora Ephron.

So according to IMDb, anybody who is credited

with appearing in any of those three films, please.

Julie & Julia, You've Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

Now, 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 of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-I don't know the top one.

-We don't know the top one.

So, You've Got Mail.

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan.

Billy Crystal.

I think we'll just have to guess, because I don't know the films.

No, I don't know.

-Oliver Platt, maybe, for the bottom one.

-Maybe.

Erm...

You've Got Mail, I'm trying to think.

Meg Ryan was in When Harry Met Sally.

Who else was in it?

-I'm trying to think of remote...

-Yeah.

Think of actors or actresses.

We'll say Bill Nighy for the top one.

What else?

-Meg Ryan's going to be obvious.

-Aye.

Ten seconds left.

It'll just have to be Billy Crystal. It'll be too obvious.

Sorry.

OK, that is your minute up, I'm afraid.

What three answers are you going for? If you say which category.

We don't know these films very well.

So for the top one we'll guess Bill Nighy.

Bill Nighy.

For the bottom one, I'll say Oliver Platt

-and Billy Crystal.

-And Billy Crystal also for the bottom one?

-Yes, please.

-OK.

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

-do you think?

-Bill Nighy.

-Bill Nighy goes at last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Billy Crystal.

-Billy Crystal. We'll put him first. OK, well,

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

And here they are.

We have got Billy Crystal, Oliver Platt and Bill Nighy.

Very best of luck. Three answers are on the board.

Let's hope one of those turns out to be pointless

and wins you that jackpot.

If that were to happen and you got your £2,000 prize,

what would you do with it, Linda?

-Put it towards a holiday.

-Very nice. Liz?

My house needs decorating, so, use it for decorating.

OK. Best of luck.

Your first answer was Billy Crystal.

In this case we were looking for cast members

from when Harry Met Sally.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

For £2,000 let's see how many people said Billy Crystal? Is it pointless?

Well, it's right.

All it has to be now is pointless.

If it goes all the way down to zero you leave with £2,000.

Billy Crystal passing the 50 mark.

Down it goes through the '30s.

To 33.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score, but unfortunately not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer is Oliver Platt.

In this case you were looking for cast members

from When Harry Met Sally.

Again, it has to be pointless for you to win.

Let's find out for £2,000 how many people said Oliver Platt.

Nope. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

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

which was Bill Nighy.

And in this case we were looking for cast members from Julie & Julia.

This was a bit of a stab in the dark. You never know.

He might easily have been in it.

We have to find out. Is it a pointless answer?

If it is it will win you £2,000.

How many people said Bill Nighy?

No.

A valiant effort there.

Not bad at all. You got one good answer there with Billy Crystal,

but I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

that pointless answer you needed,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

That will roll over onto the next show -

but what a performance across the show. Very, very strong indeed.

Particularly in that head-to-head round. So, very well done.

You can hold your heads up high as you go back to Lockerbie -

with your Pointless trophies, I might add.

-Very well done.

-Thank you.

-Linda and Liz, lovely to have you on.

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Lovely, as well, to celebrate the work of Nora Ephron,

who was a genius, I would say.

Let's go through the pointless answers in the different categories.

We'll start with Julie & Julia.

Fans of American TV will get a few of these.

Chris Messina is on The Mindy Project.

Jane Lynch, better known as Sue Sylvester on Glee.

Mary Kay Place,

Mary Lynn Rajskub, who was Chloe O'Brian on 24.

In fact, everybody in that film was a pointless answer

apart from Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.

Everyone else a pointless answer,

so if you got any other people according to IMDb, look it up,

then you just got yourself a pointless answer.

-Well done.

-Now, the cast of You've Got Mail.

Dabney Coleman, the stand-up Dave Chappelle.

Brilliant stand-up, Dave Chappelle.

John Randolph, Steve Zahn, you see him now on Modern Family.

Again, very few scoring answers here.

Tom Hanks would have scored you 54.

Meg Ryan would have scored you 49.

Then all the way down to Parker Posey who would have scored you 2,

and Greg Kinnear, who would have scored you 1.

Everybody else a pointless answer there.

Now for When Harry Met Sally.

We were talking about this the other day.

The famous line where the old woman says "I'll have what she's having,"

in the diner is read by Rob Reiner's mother,

and that is Estelle Reiner.

She was a pointless answer, so, well done if you said that.

You can go and sit in that diner now in New York

and it shows you the table.

There's a plaque on the table where Meg Ryan does her business.

It's an amazing diner, I have to say, she was not kidding.

Everyone in that film pointless, apart from Meg Ryan,

who would have scored you 50. Billy Crystal, we've seen already,

scored 33 - and then Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby were the only other

answers on that board. Everyone else was pointless.

-Well done if you said any of those at home.

-Thanks very much, Richard -

and thanks very much, Linda and Liz,

who I'm afraid didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £3,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

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

-Goodbye.

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