Episode 17 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show that makes big winners out of the lowest scorers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Parus, I'm from Wembley

and this is my friend Nihar, who's from Radlett.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Tony, this is my lovely wife Leaona and we're from County Durham.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Kieran, this is my younger brother Callum

and we're from Newark in Nottinghamshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Liz and this is my beautiful daughter Beverley

and we're from Helensburgh in Scotland.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

A very warm welcome to all of you to Pointless, lovely to have you here,

we'll chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.

That leaves one more person for me to introduce.

A walking, talking explosion at an encyclopaedia factory,

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

Hiya.

-Hey, everybody.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Good afternoon. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

-An awful lot of familiar faces here.

-I know...

-Three returning pairs, it's lovely, isn't it?

We've got Leaona and Tony,

got knocked out in Round One last time. Hello, Tony.

-It would be nice to see a bit more of them this time.

-Yeah.

It would be physically impossible to see a bit less of them.

Be nice to see a bit more of them this time.

That would be nice. On our final podium there, Bev and Liz,

welcome back. Again, a mother doing that thing,

a parent doing the thing of calling their child by their full name.

Beverley. Beverley's going, "It's not Beverley, Mum, it's Bev,

-"I call myself Bev. Mum!"

-GENTLE LAUGHTER

And the head-to-head, we had Callum and Kieran. Welcome back, gents.

Very impressive performance last time.

And the boys in the final.

-Jon and Andy did ever so well, didn't they?

-Oh, they did...

Andy wanted money to pay for his honeymoon

-and he got the money, didn't he, with Leicester City players?

-Yeah.

Terrific stuff, £2,500 jackpot.

They didn't particularly like the categories that came up.

They just went for Leicester by default.

Oh, and still get two pointless answers.

Yeah, they were very, very impressive.

-Yeah.

-Thank you, Richard.

Now, this all of course means

that we start off with a nice small jackpot again of £1,000.

There it is, just to remind everyone.

There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

APPLAUSE

So remember this, if you remember nothing else,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

Just keep your scores low and you have nothing to worry about.

Best of luck to all four pairs, our first category today...

Football Geography.

Mm. 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 our question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're about to show you a board of host countries for

European Championship tournaments, or Euros as they're now called.

You just have to tell us the name of any town or city that hosted a match

at any of these tournaments, please.

OK. As Richard said, we're going to put an image up with these

host countries on. It won't be changing at the halfway point.

That board stays up for the entire round, OK?

So don't expect it to change.

Good luck. Let's reveal those host countries. We have...

I'm going to read those all again.

Parus, welcome.

-Hi.

-Sounds good, you say France, Parus. France, Parus.

Welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

I mean, for heaven's sake, from Wembley. It's a hop and a skip.

-It's not that far, is it?

-It's really not that far at all.

-What do you do in Wembley, Parus?

-I'm a facilities manager for a university.

-I see. Which university?

-Loughborough University,

-a new campus on the Olympic Park in London.

-Oh, that's exciting.

What sort of facilities have they got there?

I think rather impressive facilities on the Olympic Park.

We've got a number of lecture rooms,

we've got, erm, a large space,

we share it with a few other large companies around there, as well.

Very exciting. Now, Parus...

What about our host towns and cities for European Championships?

I'm going to go with Poland and Ukraine.

Erm, I was there, I was in Wroclaw.

I don't know if that's the right way to pronounce it.

W-R-O-C-L-A-W, I think.

-But it's Wroclaw.

-Wroclaw. Wroclaw, Wroclaw.

Anyway, whatever it is - what he said.

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

It's right.

It's very right! Parus, that's a fantastic answer, a pointless answer,

adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £1,250.

Scores you nothing and gets us off to an absolutely priceless start.

Very well done, yeah, industrial city in western Poland.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Tony, welcome back to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Ah, remind us what you do, Tony.

I work in a crisp factory!

Ah, he works in a crisp factory!

That's underplaying it slightly, isn't it?

A crisp and corn snacks factory.

Now, last time we had to say goodbye to you in the first round.

-Yeah!

-This was far too soon.

I think this first round will suit you better.

Just a little bit.

I'm going to go for England in '96. Hillsborough, Sheffield.

Sheffield, says Tony.

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

It's right.

Look at that! Another pointless answer!

Tony, very, very well done indeed.

That adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £1,500.

Scores you nothing, and means

we won't talk about last time any more!

-This is going VERY well, isn't it?

-Isn't it?!

If it continues like this, the jackpot will be over £400,000 by the end of the show.

-Amazing.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Kieran, welcome back to Pointless, lovely to have you here again.

-Thank you.

-Very strong performance last time.

Remind us about yourself, Kieran.

I'm... I'm a musician and politician.

Are you involved in politics at this stage?

I am, yeah. I'm... I'm a parish councillor.

-Good for you.

-And try to get involved in local campaigning and stuff like that.

So, what sort of things do your parish council deal with?

Erm, we decide who cuts the grass.

That's important. Important.

And such issues like that, and anti-social behaviour.

-Late licences.

-Yes.

-Gaming licences for village lotteries.

-Yep.

-Things like that.

-Very good, good for you.

-Thank you.

Kieran - how are you feeling about our host towns and cities?

I'm feeling all right,

but I'm a bit perturbed by two pointless answers before me.

A bit much. Yeah.

So, I'm going to kind of gamble, but I think it's right,

on Austria and Switzerland as Salzburg.

Salzburg, says Kieran.

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

It's right.

It's right. The first bit of the gamble has paid off, Kieran.

Oh, it's still going down.

It's a pointless answer, look at that!

That adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

taking our total up to £1,750.

It scores you nothing, and earns you our undying respect.

-That's superb.

-Blimey!

-I know.

-Absolutely no pressure, Liz, we've never had four in a row before.

We've never had an entire pass of pointless answers.

-Ain't going to get it!

-That would be nice, wouldn't hit?

I know, I was just thinking,

what would happen if we had a lockdown scenario, because everybody was pointless?

Getting zeros.

-Like, until...

-And literally just round the corner,

Huw Edwards just going, like that, "I'm trying to do the news, guys!"

Oh, Liz, whoa!

Three pointless answers, Liz - it's just like a dream come true, isn't it?

-Do I look like a footballer?

-What a drum roll!

Liz, remind us what you do.

I'm a retired line dance instructor.

A li... She undersells herself.

Like you weave sort of Celtic knots of line dance formations.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-I just like going out and having fun, Xander.

OK. Very good indeed.

Er, now... You should devise a Pointless line dance.

You should use all your inspiration from today

as a basis for a line dance.

I may be the baby of a lot of boys, but football...

-Right.

-Let's try England.

Erm... Birmingham.

-Birmingham.

-Yeah.

-Says Liz.

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

Oh! 7.

It's a 7, Liz,

but still it's a lovely low score.

Very well played, Liz, yeah, very good answer.

Villa Park held several games.

From where I'm sitting, it's like a reverse James Bond.

Oh, isn't it?

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

Just two scores between our four pairs.

Zero is the most popular one.

It's where we find Parus and Nihar, Tony and Leaona, Kieran and Callum.

And then 7 is where we find Liz and Bev.

So, Bev. Yes, Bev.

We need a low score from you.

-Oh, dear!

-Preferably a minus-7.

Good luck with that, we're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Now, Bev - remind us what you do.

Erm, I'm a ranger with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park in Scotland.

See, that's... The Trossachs, amazing.

So, how big is the area that you deal with?

Erm, the whole national park is 720 square miles.

-And your little bit of it?

-Well, I can be anywhere.

I can be working anywhere in the park, wherever we're needed,

whether we're doing visitor centres or whether we're out on patrol.

It's all about helping people enjoy why they're there and what they want to do.

Fantastic. And presumably from day to day,

you have no idea where your job might take you?

-Pretty much, yeah.

-It could be anything.

It changes every day, and that's what is brilliant about it.

Lovely. Such a beautiful part of the world.

-Now, Bev...

-Ah!

-There you are, the highest scorers, on 7 -

-we need a low score from you.

-Oh, gosh!

I'm just... I'm going to go Sweden.

I just flew in there this summer. Er, earlier on this summer.

So, Stockholm.

OK, Stockholm, says Bev.

OK, Stockholm. No red line for you, you're the highest scorers.

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

-Oh, God!

-It's right!

-18 for Stockholm.

-Not bad.

Taking your total up to 25.

-It's a correct answer, Bev.

-Yeah, very well played.

It will be interesting now,

you wouldn't want your partner to give a pointless answer,

and then to blow it from here, would you?

That's, what, three people with that...

-Oh, yeah.

-..prospect ahead of them.

Oh! Now, then...

Oh, Callum! That must be so...

That must just be awful!

-It's...

-Oh, the pressure on you!

Especially due to my interest in sport.

Not just interest in sport, you're studying to become a sports journalist.

Erm, I don't want to embarrass myself.

Let's talk about how sports journalism took root.

When did you decide that was what you wanted to do?

-Erm, quite a long time ago, really.

-Yeah.

-So, I'm now 18 years old,

but I've always wanted to be a journalist, within sport,

since I'd say about ten years old.

Did you find yourself reporting - you'd watch things and go and tell people about them?

Well, yes, kind of,

but just because I just like to watch sport on TV and go and watch

sporting events across the country.

Yeah. Very good.

Now, then, Callum - we've got a lot of pointless answers.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get that jackpot up to 2,000?

However, if you can score 24 or less...

-Yeah.

-..you're through to the next round - let's not lose sight of that.

I'm not sure how much of a risk it is,

but I'm going to say Vienna.

Vienna, says Callum. Here's your red line.

If you get below this with Vienna, you're through to the next round.

How many people said it, is it right?

It's right.

And you're through...

12.

Perfectly good, 12 is your total.

Well done, Callum.

I think you got away with that. Yeah, 2008 final was held in Vienna,

when Spain beat Germany.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, then, Leaona.

-Mm-hmm.

-Remind us what you do, Leaona.

Oh, I'm... I've just graduated,

and I'm about to start my teacher training.

Teaching in further education.

Very exciting. And you also do karate?

-I do, yes.

-You do karate with your daughter.

Not very well but, yeah, I try.

-What colour belt do you have?

-I'm orange.

That is several shades better than my belt.

Now, then, Leaona -

if you can score 24 or less,

you remain with us.

Erm, as France is on there twice,

I figure I would maybe choose a French town or city?

-OK.

-And hope that maybe Marseille?

Marseille, says Leaona.

-Mmm.

-OK. Here is your red line -

if you get below it with Marseille, you're into the next round.

How many people said Marseille?

It's right.

You've done it! Very well done indeed,

15 for Marseille, Leaona!

Salutations to you!

15 is your total.

Yeah, England drew with Russia there in 2016.

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Nihar, welcome.

-What do you do, Nihar?

-I'm a physiotherapist.

What kind of physiotherapy do you do?

-So, I...

-I don't know why, I'm just setting the scene here.

This is... This is my bed.

-OK.

-OK.

-I'm a respiratory therapist,

so I work with people's lungs and breathing, and chests...

I see, OK.

I work in the critical care environment. So, I kind of work with unwell patients,

kind of...help them regain lung function.

-I see.

-So, it's very different to

the perception of normal physiotherapists.

Right you are. And Nihar, what are your interests?

Football is one, but I don't want to say that too loud.

I do a lot of activities, so kind of, I ran a marathon this year,

I cycle a lot.

I've climbed three mountains this year, so...

Steady on, Nihar! I'm feeling inadequate here!

What would you like to go for?

Wouldn't it be great if we could get one more pointless answer -

just one more?

I think I'm going to play it safe.

Ni...!

I'm going to go for Kiev.

Kiev, says Nihar.

OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Kiev.

Here is your red line - get below that with Kiev and you are through.

It's right.

You're through!

9 for Kiev! There we are!

9 takes your total up to 9.

I think I would have played it safe there as well, given your situation.

And if you ARE going to be a chicken, might as well go for Kiev.

-LAUGHTER

-Er, now...

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, though,

you could have gone for. Well done at home if you said any of these.

Charleroi in Belgium, Gelsenkirchen, which was in the West German Euros.

Innsbruck, in Austria.

Leeds would have been a pointless answer.

Leiria, in, erm, Portugal.

Liege, in Belgium, would have been another good pointless answer.

Poznan, in Poland.

Salzburg we've already had, and Sheffield we'd already had.

A few other answers you could have gone for.

Nantes. Lviv in Ukraine -

one of the only cities in the world that's spelt entirely in Roman numerals. L-V-I-V.

Saint-Denis in France,

and Strasbourg in France was also a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the top three scorers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

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

I'm very sorry to say the pair we have to say goodbye to,

with their high score of 25, it's Bev and Liz.

I'm sorry.

There was nothing wrong with either of your answers.

Nothing wrong at all.

We have come up against some tough people.

-You have.

-They have been good.

They are really very, very strong opponents, there.

It's been lovely having you on the show, thank you so much, Bev and Liz!

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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

Well, I can't remember a first round like it.

Very impressive indeed.

Three pointless answers,

and we have, representing each of those three pointless answers,

the three pairs in front of me now.

But very, very well done Parus and Nihar,

our standout class swots there.

Very good indeed. But best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Jazz Musicians.

Just a couple of shows ago, Richard,

you were saying how jazz didn't really set you on fire.

Yeah, I'm not a big... This would not be a perfect round for me.

If we were a pair, then football, I would carry you,

and you would then have the slightly arduous task of carrying me in this round, I suspect.

On each board, we're going to show you six descriptions of jazz musicians or singers,

you just have to tell us who they are.

So, 12 in all to have a go at at home.

There are 12 jazz musicians!

-Wow!

-Yeah.

-There you go!

-Every day's a school day!

Isn't it? Is it not?!

Let's reveal our first board of clues. Here they come.

I'm going to read those all again.

-Parus.

-I'm not very good with this.

I only know one of them,

I'm trying to just think if I can

think of the others at all.

OK. Erm, I'm going to just go with

the one that I know,

which is Louis Armstrong, the top one.

Louis Armstrong, says Parus -

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

Not bad!

Look at that, 54.

That could be a lot higher.

Yeah, and that nickname a contraction of "satchel mouth", because...

he had a big mouth. We would be fine, by the way, on this round.

I think we would, yeah.

-I think you could probably answer...

-You would have no carrying to do.

There we are. Thank you, Richard. Er, Kieran,

how is this board for you?

It's all right, I know a couple,

which I'm quite pleased about,

considering I said I'm a musician.

But I think the second from the top

is Ella Fitzgerald.

Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song.

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

It's right. 54 is the only score so far...

And you've passed it.

38 for Ella Fitzgerald. Not bad, Kieran. Not bad at all.

Had a career spanning almost six decades, Ella Fitzgerald.

Mmm. Now, Leaona,

this board is all yours.

Would you like to talk us through it?

Thank you. Erm, no!

Erm, I knew those two

and I honestly don't know another.

I can remember we once saw a guy

in a concert...

But I can't remember his name,

I don't know if he's one of those!

Well, I think I've heard

this name before,

and I'm just putting it to this...

Nina Simone? For "Born Eunice Waymon." NS.

OK, Nina Simone, Eunice Waymon.

Let's see if that's right, Nina Simone.

Very well done indeed, Leaona.

Nina Simone's absolutely right.

It's not only right, it's the best

score of the pass, so very well done!

Well played, Leaona,

held your nerve very nicely there.

Muse did a cover version of Feeling Good -

it was voted the greatest cover version of all time in the NME.

The Kind Of Blue trumpeter...?

-Miles Davis.

-Miles Davis.

Would have scored you 10.

Erm, the pianist?

-Dave Brubeck.

-Dave Brubeck.

20 points for that.

And the BBC Radio 2 presenter?

Jamie Cullum. He'd have scored 5,

so that's the best answer on the board.

Well, we are halfway through the round -

let's look at those scores. What about that, Leaona?

24, the lowest score of the pass. Very well done.

Then up to 38, where we find Kieran and Callum.

And then 54, Parus and Nihar. So, Nihar, we're going to need

a low score from you. Good 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 six more jazzers up on the board - and here they are.

I'm going to read those all again.

There we go. Now, then, Tony...

Well, erm...

I haven't a clue really except one.

And this is still a stab.

Er, "Vocalist portrayed by

"Diana Ross" - Billie Holiday?

Billie Holiday, says Tony.

There you are on 24, you want to score 29 or less,

that's what it looks like in red line terms.

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

It's right.

44 - not bad at all. Taking your total up to 68.

You might well have done enough to get yourselves into the head-to-head.

Yeah, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time

I think, probably, universally recognised.

Had no formal training at all.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, then, Callum.

Callum, if you can score 29 or less,

you are in the head-to-head.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can,

I don't know any...

Can't take any wild guesses, either.

Jazz music isn't my thing,

unfortunately.

I'll just have to guess and say...

the pianist and singer who had

UK number one albums

with Come Away With Me

and Not Too Late, er -

I guess it's wrong...

Er, Niels Jeppesen. I don't know.

-Niels Jeppesen.

-Niels Jeppesen.

OK. Let's see if that's right, here is your red line.

If you get below that with Niels Jeppesen, you are through.

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

No. Bad luck.

I'm sorry, Callum, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

and it scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 138.

But the round is not yet over.

Yeah, sorry, Callum, but Niels Jeppesen WAS a pointless answer

for Swedish cities which hosted games in the Euros.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then, Nihar - are you a jazz fan?

-No.

-Ah.

Now, then - this board is all yours.

Erm... I'll be guessing,

so I'm going to have a little think

of jazzy names.

Ye-es.

OK, it's a total stab in the dark, I'll go for the top one as Noel James.

Noel James.

Let's see if it's right, here is your red line.

Noel James, you've just... That's the name you have put together.

-Yes.

-It's good, isn't it?

-MJ, it fits!

-Yeah.

Erm, let's see what happens.

I'm afraid not.

Good news for Kieran and Callum - bad news, I'm afraid,

for Nihar and Parus. 154 is your total,

that's scoring you 100 points there.

Yeah, sorry, gents, not the right answer.

I would have been fine. I got...

I got all of them, we'd have been laughing,

-we'd have been in the head-to-head.

-Did you get the bottom one too?

-I did.

-Do you want to ask me?

-Erm...

-I will ask you. But I did get it.

-Charlie Mingus.

-Charlie Mingus, yeah.

-Yeah.

1 point for that.

Er, the bandleader?

-Duke Ellington.

-Duke Ellington.

Would have scored 18.

The saxophonist?

-Charlie Parker.

-Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Would have scored 21.

Er, the next saxophonist?

-John Coltrane.

-John Coltrane.

Would have scored you 5. Now, the one you might struggle with...

but I worked it out.

I was very pleased with myself when I worked it out.

XANDER GASPS

-Norah Jones.

-Norah Jones is exactly right.

And that would have scored you 8 points.

So, Charlie Mingus is the best answer up there, well played if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, so, at the end of our second round,

we have to say goodbye to Nihar and Parus,

our brilliant low scorers in the first round.

We'll see you next time, I'm sure you'll go

much further. But it's been great having you on,

thank you so much, Nihar and Parus!

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

Congratulations, Leaona and Tony, Kieran and Callum -

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

for that jackpot, which currently stands now,

lest we forget, at £1,750.

So, here we are, head-to-head -

that means you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers,

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

Best of luck to both pairs - who knows what's going to happen?

But let's play the head-to-head.

Here's your first question. And it concerns...

Disaster Movies.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures now from disaster movies -

but which disaster movies?

OK, let's reveal our five pictures, and here they come. We have got...

OK, there we go. Five disaster movies,

you just have to name the one you think the fewest of our 100 people got.

Leaona and Tony go first.

We're going to go for E. I think that's Twister.

Twister, say Leaona and Tony.

Twister, E.

Callum and Kieran - talk us through that board.

Yeah, we only know two.

We know that B is Titanic.

And we're hoping that C is Towering Inferno.

-And that's the one you're going to go for?

-Yes, please. Yeah.

C, Towering Inferno.

So, we have Twister and we have Towering Inferno.

Leaona and Tony said Twister for E -

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

It's right.

28 for Twister. Not bad, Leaona and Tony.

Meanwhile,

Kieran and Callum have gone for C

and said Towering Inferno.

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

It's right.

Ooh, and it wins you the point! There we go!

18 for Towering Inferno! Very well done indeed, Kieran and Callum.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Oh, I love The Towering Inferno.

What a great film - won three Oscars.

Erm, A - do you know that?

-Perfect Storm.

-It is The Perfect Storm, yep,

that would have scored you 20.

B is Titanic, of course.

Would have scored you 85.

And D is the best answer up there -

it's The Core.

And that would have scored you 2.

Thank you very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Now, then, Kieran and Callum get to answer it first, but Leaona and Tony,

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

Our second question today is all about...

Food Sayings. Richard...

Going to give you the first letters now of a series of sayings

which involve the name of a food or drink or condiment.

But what are the sayings, please? All from Oxforddictionaries.com.

OK, thank you very much.

Let's reveal our five food sayings, and here they are.

Let me read those again...

So, Callum and Kieran will go first this time.

OK, erm... We only know one,

er, and it's the one said

by a photographer

to encourage the subject to smile,

as, "Say cheese".

"Say cheese", say Kieran and Callum.

Now, then, Leaona and Tony, talk us through that board.

"There's nothing at all

"that could induce me to do that"...

"Not for all the tea in China"?

"Make an apology

"and accept humiliation", erm...

-"Eat humble pie."

-Yeah.

-Erm...

-Do you know the others?

Not sure about the other two.

We'll go for "Eat humble pie".

"Eat humble pie". So we have "Say cheese" and "Eat humble pie".

Er, Callum and Kieran said "Say cheese".

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

It's right.

Ooh, hoo-hoo, it's 80!

80 for "Say cheese".

Leaona and Tony, meanwhile, have gone for "Eat humble pie".

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

Very well done.

38 is what it scores, but it gets you back in the game.

It means after two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, good work with that top one, "Not for all the tea in China" -

it's a low scorer, actually,

would have scored 17.

The bottom one,

"Reach the required standard"...

-"Cut the mustard."

-"Cut the mustard."

Would have scored 25.

I couldn't work out this last one, I had to look it up.

-"Butter wouldn't melt."

-"Butter wouldn't melt", yeah.

And that would have scored 8 points.

-Very well done if you said that at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, now, here comes the third question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot, so best of luck.

Our third question is all about...

the Midlands.

Richard.

We're just going to show you five clues now to facts about

the English Midlands - can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

and here they come...

I'll read those all again...

Leaona and Tony will go first.

We're going to go for

the Olympic swimmer...

who was in The Jump,

We're going to go for Rebecca Adlington.

Rebecca Adlington, say Leaona and Tony.

Now, then, Callum and Kieran, that board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

We'll talk through the ones we know.

We think the Gravelly Hill Interchange

is Spaghetti Junction.

And that's the only one we know,

other than the one we're going for,

the Nottinghamshire woodland,

which we hope is Sherwood Forest.

Sherwood Forest. So, we have Rebecca Adlington and Sherwood Forest.

Leaona and Tony said Rebecca Adlington.

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

It's right.

Oh, look at that! 17.

Good score there, Leaona and Tony.

That is what you have to try and beat, Callum and Kieran,

with Sherwood Forest. Let's see if you can.

It is Sherwood Forest.

Oh, bad luck. 78 for Sherwood Forest.

Well done, Leaona and Tony.

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

Well played. Best answer on the board against the highest scorer on the board there.

-Salop was the official name of...

-Shropshire.

That would have scored 31.

Absolutely right about Spaghetti Junction,

would have scored you 54.

And the author of Sons And Lovers...

-DH Lawrence.

-DH Lawrence.

And that would have scored you 30.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end

of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

Kieran and Callum. Twice you've been in the head-to-head round.

Twice within touching distance of the final and that jackpot,

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

It's been great having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing. Kieran and Callum, wonderful contestants.

But for Leaona and Tony, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Leaona and Tony,

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...

Well, your first answer on the show today was a pointless answer.

If you can just bookend this show with another pointless answer,

you'll be walking away with £1,750.

What would you like to come up? Leaona, I'm going to come to you first.

What would you like to come up?

I'm not sure. Maybe '90s pop music.

-That would be nice.

-Tony likes the good music of the '90s,

I like the cheese music of the '90s so...

-Got it all covered.

-Could be good between us.

Good luck. Let's hope today's selection doesn't scare you too much. We have got...

Decades Of Formula One?

I mean, if it was when I was younger, my dad made me watch it.

'A's In Literature could be anything.

Christmas? Let's go Christmas.

-Christmas...

-Christmas, please.

Christmas is jolly.

Of course. Come on! That's a gift, isn't it?

Yes.

Richard.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

We're looking for any of the following three things -

we're looking for any of the cast of It's A Wonderful Life,

according to IMDb.

We are looking for any of The Nation's Favourite Carols

as voted for by Classic FM in 2015.

So the title of any of those carols.

Or we're looking for any artist who's ever had a UK top 40 album

with the word "Christmas" in its title,

up to the end of December 2015, please.

So, cast of It's A Wonderful Life,

Nation's Favourite Carols 2015

or artists with top 40 "Christmas" albums.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, you have got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

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

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Ready.

-OK.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

Never seen Wonderful Life.

-You have.

-It's Jimmy Stewart...

It's your mam's favourite film.

I haven't seen it. Mam's seen it.

-You know some carols...

-Yeah.

-Obvious ones.

-Away in a Manger.

Once In Royal David's City. Good King Wenceslas.

Go for them, aye.

Artists, Christmas number ones...

-No. Artists with...

-Oh, "Christmas" albums.

Mariah Carey? Slade...

Oh, yeah! Things like that.

Compilation ones.

Who's brought out

compilation albums for Christmas?

-Cliff?

-Who does cover things?

-Cliff Richard...

-Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, something daft like that.

You think?! They've brought out a Christmas album?!

½Kelly...

Kelly Clarkson?

I'm sure Kelly Clarkson brought one out

but I don't know if it had "Christmas" in the title,

but it might be worth a punt. Who else...?

-Think of some carols.

-Ten seconds left.

Once In Royal David's City.

Good King Wenceslas.

-Kelly Clarkson...

-Away In A Manger.

THEY BOTH LAUGH

OK. That is your time up,

let's have your three answers now and which category you're answering from.

Yes. Artists with top 40 "Christmas" albums...

I know Kelly Clarkson brought one out, I think.

-Shall we go for Kelly Clarkson?

-Yes.

Nation's Favourite Christmas Carols,

we'll go Good King Wenceslas,

-and...

-Good King Wenceslas.

And Once In Royal David's City.

Once In Royal David's City. OK.

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

-Kelly Clarkson.

-Kelly Clarkson, if it's right.

-We'll put last.

Least likely to be pointless?

Good King Wenceslas.

OK, and Once In Royal David's City goes in the middle.

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

Well, three answers on the board, any one of those could be pointless.

If you were to win 1,750 quid, what would you like to do with it? Leaona, you first.

I think we'd put it towards a holiday with the kids,

probably visit Disney.

OK. Lovely. Tony, anything else you want to add to that?

Probably just pay for me season ticket.

LAUGHTER

-Take the kids on holiday, yeah.

-OK.

Your first answer was Good King Wenceslas.

In this case, we were looking for The Nation's Favourite Carols.

If this is pointless, it wins you £1,750.

How many of our 100 people said Good King Wenceslas?

It's right.

It just has to be pointless now

and you will win that jackpot of £1,750.

Down we go. Through the teens,

into single figures...

9.

Not a bad score. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

So we move on to your next answer which is Once In Royal David's City.

Again, if this is pointless, it wins you £1,750.

How many of our 100 people

named Once In Royal David's City as one of The Nation's Favourite Carols?

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer was right, took us all the way down to 9,

Good King Wenceslas.

Now, Once In Royal David's City takes us down through the teens...

We've passed 9. Still going down...

to 2.

OK. OK.

So now we move away from carols, we move on to

UK top 40 albums that have the word "Christmas" in their title.

Kelly Clarkson is the artist you have named.

If Kelly Clarkson is pointless, it wins you £1,750.

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

Oh, no, bad luck!

Oh, bad luck.

It was a guess.

Tell you what, two very good answers there.

Once In Royal David's City took us tantalisingly close to that jackpot.

But I'm afraid you didn't find that pointless answer

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot.

That will roll over onto the next show,

but it's been brilliant having you on.

But you get a Pointless trophy each, so don't forget that.

-Very well earned. BOTH:

-Thank you.

Yeah, very well played. You were thinking along exactly the right lines.

Kelly Clarkson did have a Christmas album. It was called Wrapped In Red.

Let's start with It's A Wonderful Life though.

All sorts of pointless answers here.

Everyone apart from Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore,

Ward Bond, Robert J Anderson and Henry Travers.

Everyone else was a pointless answer in that film,

so well done if you said any of those or any of the others.

The Nation's Favourite Carols...

You could have had Angel's Carol, Angels From The Realms Of Glory, Coventry Carol.

And now let's take a look at some of the artists with a UK top 40 album.

..You could have had Andrea Bocelli, Annie Lennox.

Chas and Dave would have been a good one.

Foster and Allen, Michael Ball, New Kids On The Block, Paul Potts,

Phil Spector, Rod Stewart, Susan Boyle - lots and lots of pointless answers out there.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Well, Leaona and Tony,

I'm very sorry to say you didn't win the jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,750.

Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.