Episode 22 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. Hello,

I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very

warm welcome to Pointless.

The show where

obvious answers mean nothing and

obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Lyn from Swanage

in Dorset

and this is my daughter Kate

who lives in south London.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Brian, this is my wife

Pamela,

and we are from Fetcham

near Leatherhead.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Chris from Bushey,

and this is Cathy from Dorset.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, my name is Matt, I'm from

Birmingham, this is my friend

George, he is from Coventry.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, a very

warm welcome to Pointless,

we'll get to find out a little bit

more about each of you throughout

the show as it goes along.

So that just leaves one more person

for me to introduce.

A man who claims his middle name is

Trivia,

despite his birth certificate

saying Colin.

It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Good afternoon. Good afternoon

to YOU.

Good afternoon.

Did you notice anything different

about the introduction?

I don't know how it happened.

Everyone clapped after each...

I

think an overenthusiastic audience,

which is a great thing to have.

Normally, we leave silence.

Sometimes... Sometimes,

whoever goes first, if they say,

"..and I'm from Leatherhead!"

Then people just think...

Even people not from Leatherhead.

I liked the fact YOU started

joining in after a couple as well.

You got very carried away.

Yeah, always a follower.

Quite. I'm not going to have that

from here on in.

Because it just adds time

to the show.

Just... Well said. That was good.

And if there is one thing

this show doesn't need

it's constantly stopping

all the time.

Get on with the questions,

get on with the action!

Now, I'll say one other thing.

Go on.

Four brand-new pairs today.

I know.

Which is quite rare.

When did that last happen?

Like, a long time ago,

a really long time ago.

But also, quite a nice

little jackpot as well.

Nice jackpot. Eight people here

we scarcely know.

We're going to get to know them.

We sure are.

Aren't we?

We're staying until the end -

whatever happens.

There we are. Mmm.

Thank you very much.

Now, Mara and Sean didn't win

the jackpot last time,

which means we add another £1,000 to

it, so today's jackpot starts off...

at £7,000. There we are.

CHRIS: Wow!

Right, if everyone is ready,

let's play Pointless.

So all you have to remember

is this.

The pair with the highest score

at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

Keep your scores nice and low,

and you should be fine.

So very, very best of luck.

Our first category today is...

Fruity Clues.

They are my favourite kinds

of clues. Mmm!

Can you all decide in your pairs,

who is going to go first

and who is going to go second.

And whoever is going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK. And the question concerns...

Apples and Oranges.

Apples and Oranges, Richard.

Yeah, on each board we're going to

show you seven clues.

Each of the clues contains the word

either "apple" or "orange".

Can you give us the answers

to these clues please?

It couldn't sound simpler.

Nice, isn't it?

Yeah.

Apples OR oranges -

and-slash-or oranges -

feature in all these clues,

as you'll see shortly

because here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Kate, welcome to Pointless. Lovely

to have you here. From London?

Yes.

And what keeps you busy

in London, Kate?

I do logistics for a interpersonal

skills training company.

Whoa... Let's just unpick that.

Interpersonal skills training

company. Are you involved in

any training at all?

No, I just tell people where they

need to be to DO the training.

To do their training.

Yeah, that's

right.

So they go out from...

to every corner of the UK...

Yeah. All over Europe.

..the globe?

Globe.

Wow.

To do interpersonal training.

Yeah.

So your interpersonal skills

with THEM also have to be

pretty good?

Yeah, that's right.

OK, well,

how are we feeling about

apples and oranges?

Not good.

OK, well, good luck!

Kate, what would you like to go for?

Well, I only really know

obvious ones.

So I'm going to go with one of them.

I'm going to go for "pomme de

terre", which I think is potato.

"Pomme de terre" - potato.

Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said potato.

It's right.

74.

74, potato. Could be a lot worse.

At least it's right.

Exactly.

The heaviest potato ever was from

the National Somerset Show.

It was only 10 lbs - seems to me

like you could easily have, like,

a two-stone potato.

Exactly,

I was expecting something horrific.

Something the size of a...

Of a house.

Of a teenager.

Cos that to me would sound the same

size as the biggest DIAMOND ever.

Yeah.

I don't know if diamonds and

potatoes have similar growth rates.

Certainly, potatoes are cheaper.

They are. Yes.

I used to grow

diamonds in an allotment.

Yes, in an allotment. I remember.

It was lovely, it was amazing.

They were lovely.

It was enormously profitable,

I don't know why I stopped.

I literally made billions,

I don't know... I'm going to start

doing that again.

You should.

From little diamond seeds.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Pamela, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here.

What do you do?

What's the name of the place

near Leatherhead you come from?

Fetcham.

There we are.

What do you do, Pamela?

I'm a housewife. So I look after

my children and...

How many children have you got?

Two.

What sort of age are they?

They're actually 20 and 18 now.

Very good. What do you like doing

in and around the Leatherhead area?

I enjoy gardening.

Splendid.

So, I do a little bit of

part-time gardening.

Do you have diamonds?

Sadly not. I've had potatoes, but

they haven't come up as diamonds.

Yeah.

Diamonds - I mean, you want

to keep them under a cloche

for a lot of the autumn and winter.

Ah, that's what it is.

Pamela, what would you like

to go for on our board?

I know one obvious one, but

I'm going to go for the top one,

"Jason Orange left this British pop

group in 2014",

as Take That.

Well, I have always been interested

to know

how Take That and the potato

compare in popularity,

but Take That, says Pamela.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said Take That.

It's right.

Look at that,

less popular than potato.

57.

57.

Well played, Pamela.

He always strikes me as a very nice

fella, Jason Orange.

You must have met him

a couple of times.

Do you know, I haven't.

I have, and he is.

There we are. Now, Cathy,

a very warm welcome.

Thank you.

Lovely to have you here,

from Dorset.

Yes.

And what do you do, Cathy?

I am a senior lecturer at

the Arts University Bournemouth.

What's your particular...

I work in the faculty of

media and performance,

and I teach about the cultural

and creative industries.

Very good indeed. That's exciting,

how long have you done that for?

Done that for about four years now.

Wow.

Before that

I worked in industry.

Will Pointless feature at any point

in one of your lectures?

Students probably watch

the programme a lot,

so I'm going to have to

mention it.

Something for them to watch with

their breakfast, isn't it?

Yeah.

Now, Cathy, what would

you like to go for?

I am going to say

the "German-born Irish actor

"who played Apple co-founder

Steve Jobs,"

and I'm going to say

Michael Fassbender.

Michael Fassbender, says Cathy.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

agree with Cathy.

It's right.

57 was our low score till now,

look at that, smashed it,

down it goes

to 11. That's a great score.

Well done, Cathy!

11 for Michael Fassbender.

Good work, Cathy.

Yeah, nominated for an Oscar

for that performance,

but lost out to Leonardo DiCaprio.

He's very good in it.

He's very good, isn't he? Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed.

Matt, a warm welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here.

And what do you do?

I'm a graphic designer,

so I do things like

logos, packaging,

websites, all things like that.

And you do that freelance?

That's right.

See, that's quite fun.

So people come to you...and I mean,

do they have some ideas themselves

or do they just throw it over to you

and say,

"Come up with

some brilliant design for us"?

Depends on the client -

some have a general idea

but a lot sort of...don't. At all!

Right, that's fine. And when

you're not graphic designing,

what keeps you happy?

So, I like going out with

my friends, I like travelling,

and I'm a big fan of Eurovision

as well.

Very good indeed. Matt, you're

the last person to have this board

so you could go through all of those

answers that are as yet unanswered.

The author... I'm thinking

it's George Orwell.

But I'm not sure.

Northern-Eastern US city is

New York,

but I think that's going to be

quite high.

Let's go...

Going to go for New York.

New York, for the Big Apple.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said New York.

It is right.

Look at that, 85!

A new high score. Good news for Kate

and Lyn on the first podium there.

85 for New York.

Yeah, shall we

fill in the rest of this board?

The regnal name of

the Orange King...

William.

It's William, yeah.

Would have scored you 40.

The author of A Clockwork Orange?

Anthony Burgess.

Anthony Burgess,

right.

Would have scored you 17.

And now, this Channel Orange,

which I've got to say is

an unbelievably brilliant album...

and it's Frank Ocean.

Oh!

Would have scored you one point.

Yeah. There we are.

Thank you very much indeed.

We are halfway through the round,

let's look at those scores. 11 was

the best score of that pass, Cathy,

very well done indeed.

Cathy and Chris looking very much

top of the table at this point.

Because we then travel

all the way up to 57,

your nearest rivals are

Pamela and Brian.

74, Kate and Lyn,

and 85, Matt and George.

George, we need a nice low score,

let's hope it will keep you

in the game.

Well come back down the line.

Will the second players

please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more Apples and

Oranges clues up on the board

and here they are...

I'm going to read those all

one last time.

George, welcome to Pointless.

What do you do, George?

I'm currently a fraud investigator,

working in Birmingham.

What bit of

the investigation are you?

Are you just going through

bits of paper,

or going through microfilms, maybe?

A bit of everything, really,

in relation mainly to

debit and credit card fraud.

Anti-fraud investigations.

So, comparing records and dates

and things, is it?

Yeah, trying to find out

what's going on,

and predicting what's going

to happen as well.

At any stage, do you have

thrilling denouements in warehouses?

No.

Cardboard box factories,

none of that? You don't have any...

You never chase people down? "Oi!"

No, I leave that to the Government.

Interesting. Now, George,

you're the high-scorers,

we need a low score from you.

Good luck with that.

You've got a lovely

brand-new board there.

I was looking at a few of them.

My mind's just gone blank.

I should know the answer to these,

but I'll go with "Orange,

"lemon and grapefruit are a species

"of this genus of plants"...

I'll say Citrus.

Citrus,

says George. Citrus.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line for you because

you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how far down

the column we get.

It's right.

44 for Citrus.

Not bad at all.

129 is your total.

Yeah, absolutely. I think lemon,

I've said before, it's the one food

that goes with everything.

Stick lemon on anything, sweet or

savoury, and it makes it better.

Mm. Thank you very much, Richard.

Chris...

Yes.

..a very warm welcome to Pointless.

Thank you.

Lovely to have you here.

From Watford?

Yes.

And what do you do, Chris?

I'm a web developer.

What kind of things do you develop

for the web?

Mostly educational websites,

so it's things that

health institutes use

to promote their own industry.

So, most...

medical industries use

continuing professional development

to further their...

their knowledge.

I see,

and they come to you

to design this website for them?

No, I'm a developer, not a designer.

Right. Oh, I see.

So the look of it is not you, but

the algorithms are all done by you?

Yeah. The nuts and bolts.

The really brainy stuff,

in other words. The code.

Yes, yes.

Good!

I was pleased with "code"!

Yes, good.

Chris, you are on 11 -

you are through...

through a combination of

the high scores of George and Matt

and the low-scoring of

Cathy in the first pass,

you are through to the next round,

which takes a bit of pressure

off you

but I bet you've got a good answer.

Erm... No, not really.

But I'm going to say All Saints

for the er...for the group

the Appleton sisters are in.

All Saints, says Chris.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said All Saints.

No red line for the lovely reason

that you are already through.

How many people said All Saints?

It's right.

Look at that - 26.

Very well done indeed.

37, the lowest score of the round

by some margin, I can say.

Yeah, five number one singles

for All Saints.

Brilliant!

Never Ever sold over a million

copies in the UK.

Extraordinary.

Now then, Brian, welcome.

Yes.

What do you do, Brian?

I'm a self-employed trainer,

IT training for companies,

and I go into schools

and run robotics days.

What, you teach them

how to do this...?

Er...honestly not.

Oh, that's a shame. I bet you can

do that, though, Brian.

No, no. Not at all.

Now, I was hearing

before the show started

that you and Pamela met through

the medium of volleyball.

We did. We played volleyball.

Do you still?

Not any more.

When are the autumn years

of your volleyball career?

Well, I do know people

who still play at the age of 70,

but neck problems put me out

at about...42, I think I stopped.

Neck or net?

Neck.

Oh, neck. Or both!

OK. Now, Brian, you're on 57.

The high-scorers at the moment are

George and Matt on 129.

71's your target.

What would you like to go for?

I think I know three of them,

but I think they're very high

scorers, so it's just...judging.

I think I'll go for the...

Orange County... California.

California - is that a guess? No.

It's 90%.

90%...

Yeah.

..informed. There's your red line -

if you get below that,

you're through to the next round. Is

it right? How many people said it?

Very well done. Good enough.

Oh, with room to spare, down to 27!

Very good indeed.

84 is your total.

Well played, Brian.

Disney's first-ever theme park,

Disneyland,

opened in Orange County in 1955.

Thank you very much. Lyn...

Hello.

Welcome to Pointless.

Thank you.

Here from Dorset,

and what do you do, Lyn?

My husband and I run a 13-bedroom

hotel in Swanage in Dorset.

Very nice indeed.

How long have you been doing that?

18 years. 65,000 breakfasts.

Wow! Every day,

can you imagine that?

Every day! That's a lot of

black pudding, isn't it?

Do you have largely holiday-makers,

or do you have lots of businessmen?

No, very few businessmen.

Anybody who comes in in a suit

is either a tax inspector

or something like that, you know.

No, holiday-makers...

We take a lot of walkers -

the local countryside is

just fabulous for walking,

so we get a lot of walking groups

and dogs.

Oh, that's nice.

A lot of people come back again

and again?

Yeah, loads.

Oh...! That's where

nearly all the breakfasts go.

Absolutely! Mm.

Very good.

Now, Lyn - 74 is your current score.

If you can score 54 or less...

It's quite tough cos there are some

very difficult ones on the board and

some very easy ones on the board.

Yeah. I'm going to have to go for

Snow White, the Disney film.

OK, you're going for

the 1937 Disney film, Snow White.

Here is your red line...

It could be higher.

It could well be higher.

Anyway, let's see what happens

when we say, Snow White.

How many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, Lyn!

Oh, not far off!

61 though

takes your total up to 135.

That is unlucky.

Shall we fill this board in?

The prison inmate, do you know that

one, from Orange Is The New Black?

It's not a drama I've seen.

Piper Chapman. It's terrific

if you do want to catch it,

6 points for that. The word

meaning a flight of steps?

Stairs.

Stairs, would have scored

you 77.

And do you know the author of

Five Quarters Of The Orange?

I don't know that.

Same as

the author of Chocolat...

Oh...!

It's Joanne Harris.

And it's a pointless answer, so very

well done if you said that at home.

There we are, thank you very much

indeed, Richard,

so we are at the end of our first

round and I'm sorry to tell you

that Lyn and Kate, my nearest

neighbours on the show so far...

and we have to say goodbye to you.

135.

Yeah.

We'll see you again next time

and look forward to that

very much indeed.

In the meantime,

thank you very much, Lyn and Kate!

For the remaining three pairs,

it's now time for Round Two.

And so suddenly we are down

to three pairs.

Getting a little more intimate now,

and we'll be getting down to

two pairs at the end of this round.

Best of luck to all three pairs -

our category for Round Two

this afternoon is...

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 team names

containing the letters P, E or N

as they could.

Team names containing

the letters P, E or N.

Yeah, we're looking for the names of

any teams in the Premier League,

Championship, League 1 or League 2,

please, in England,

whose names contain

one of those letters.

Thank you very much indeed.

Brian.

I will say, simply because it's my

team anyway, Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton & Hove Albion, says Brian.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said that.

Oh, look at that, 5,

very well done indeed.

Great start to the round,

5 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Well played, Brian,

the mighty Seagulls.

I used to go and see them

all the time when I was a kid,

down at the Goldstone Ground.

Absolutely.

Not there any more.

Ah...

There we are. Thank you very much,

Richard.

Chris, what would you like

to go for?

Yeah, erm...

I don't like to repeat

their name

because they're, erm...

the local rivals to Watford,

but for the sake of this show,

I will say Luton Town.

Luton Town, says Chris.

Yes.

Luton Town, the last time those

words will pass your lips -

for a while anyway.

Yes.

Luton Town, let's see how many

of our 100 people said it.

It's right. Now, 5 is our only

score posted at this stage....

Oh, look at that!

3 for Luton Town,

very well done indeed, Chris.

3 for Luton Town.

Yeah, rivals of Watford

and nicknamed the Hatters.

Ah, yes. Thank you very much,

Richard.

Matt, what would you like to go for?

Let's go...

Sheffield Wednesday.

Sheffield Wednesday, says Matt.

Sheffield Wednesday. How many

of our 100 people said it?

It's right.

5's the high score. 3's the low.

Oh,

7 for Sheffield Wednesday.

Still a lovely low score.

Yeah, well played, Matt.

It's got an E and N in it.

In fact it's got a load of Es.

Mm!

There you go, thank you

very much, Richard.

Before we come back up the line,

time to have a quick look

at those scores.

3 was the best score of the pass,

very well done there, Chris.

Then we travel up to 5,

Brian and Pamela.

Then we travel up to 7, nice and

neat, where we find Matt and George.

So, George, once again, we need a

low score from you in the next pass.

We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please

step up to the podium?

OK, now, George, you are

the high-scorers, on 7.

Remember, any football team

whose name contains a P or an E

or an N.

Er... Everton.

Everton, says George.

Everton. No red line for you

as you're the high-scorers.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said Everton.

It's right.

Ooh, 38 for Everton,

taking your total up to 45.

Yeah, the Es are very obvious

in that one.

And the N at the end as well.

And the N. Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Now then, Cathy.

I'm going to have to say it

cos it's where I'm from,

but I'm going to say

AFC Bournemouth.

AFC Bournemouth, says Cathy.

Now, ideally, you would score

41 or less with this.

This is what 41 looks like,

there's your red line. Get below

that, you're into the head-to-head.

Bournemouth, how many of our

100 people said it?

Well done, Cathy...

Oh, it's a great answer, down to 4.

Fantastic, taking you up to 7.

Very strong.

Good work, Cathy.

They're called the Cherries,

cos their stadium was built

on a cherry orchard.

That's nice.

Bad news for cherry fans!

Bad news, but they're still...

You can transplant cherry trees.

Or plant new ones.

Exactly, it's harder to plant

a new football ground.

It is! Thank you very much indeed,

Richard.

Now, Pamela, you have a target

of 39 or less. Right.

What would you like to go for?

Er, I'm going to say...

Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough.

OK. Middlesbrough, nicely done.

Took me a little while

to work that out.

Middlesbrough.

There is your red line...

You see, I take that as a good sign.

Let's see what happens

when we say Middlesbrough.

Well done, you are through.

I have a hunch this might go

a long way down.

Oh, and it does!

Look at that, Pamela. Very well done

indeed, a pointless answer.

That, of course, adds £250

to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £7,250,

it scores you nothing,

leaves your total at 5.

Very strong indeed.

Yeah, how about that?

Very well done. It's interesting

because they're a very famous

team, Middlesbrough,

but because the letters are sort of

slightly hidden away in the middle,

no points at all.

We'll look at all the pointless

answers now, there's quite a few,

but let's take a look at a few of

them. You would have got £250 for...

..You could have

Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town,

Mansfield Town, Morecambe, Reading,

Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town,

Stevenage,

Swindon Town and Yeovil Town.

Those are all the pointless answers.

We'll take a look at the top three,

the ones that

most of our 100 said...

..Manchester United.

Always at the top, isn't it?

They often are.

There we are. Thank you very much,

Richard.

So at the end of our second round

it's George and Matt

we have to say goodbye to with 45.

That WAS quite a high score.

Everton, I'm afraid, let you down

badly there,

but we'll see you again next time,

and look forward to that

very much indeed.

Meantime, thanks very much,

George and Matt!

But, for the remaining two pairs,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

Congratulations, Cathy and Chris,

Pamela and Brian, you are now

one step closer to the final

and a chance to play

for our jackpot

which currently stands at £7,250.

Well, we have arrived in the

head-to-head, which means

you are now allowed to confer

before you give your answers,

and the first pair to win

two questions will play

for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both players.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question

and it concerns...

Paris Expats,

Richard.

Yeah, going to show you

five famous people now

who have lived as an expat in Paris

at some point.

You just have to tell us

who they are, please.

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five Paris expats

and here they come. We have got...

There we are. Now, Cathy and Chris,

you're our low scorers,

so you will go first.

OK, going to go for E...

..and we're going to say

Josephine Baker.

Josephine Baker say Cathy and Chris.

Now, Pamela and Brian,

would you like to talk us through

these Paris expats?

I think A's Jarvis Cocker.

C, I think, might be Jim Morrissey,

but I'm not sure.

And D, I think, is Pablo Picasso.

I think we'll go

D, Pablo Picasso.

OK, Pablo Picasso,

say Pamela and Brian.

So we have Josephine Baker

and Pablo Picasso.

Cathy and Chris said Josephine Baker

for E.

Let's see if that's right, and how

many of our 100 people said it.

It's right...

Josephine Baker

taking us all the way...

down to 9,

look at that, very well done indeed!

Continuing with that nice

low-scoring streak.

Pamela and Brian meanwhile have

gone for Pablo Picasso for D.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people

said Picasso.

It's right.

Yeah, 30 for Picasso.

Josephine Baker

the winning answer there.

Very well done, Cathy and Chris.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, good win. The American-born

French dancer Josephine Baker,

the French recruited her

as an intelligence agent.

Very interesting story.

There is an answer that would have

beaten Josephine Baker as well.

Jarvis Cocker would not have beaten

Josephine Baker,

he would have scored you 38 points.

It's not Jim Morrissey,

that's sort of a compound pop star.

Yeah!

Jim MORRISON

would have scored you 52.

And B,

do you know who it is?

I didn't know he looked like that,

but by looking at the initials,

I think I will say Cole Porter.

You are correct, it IS Cole Porter

and would have scored you

8 points.

Very well done if you said that

at home. Best answer there.

Thank you very much. So here is your

second question - Pamela and Brian,

you get to answer first,

but you have to win it

to stay in the game, so good luck.

Our second question today

concerns...

Medical Specialities.

Richard?

We're going to define five

different branches of medicine now.

We'll give you the names of those

branches with letters removed.

Can you tell us what they are,

please?

Thank you very much indeed. Let's

reveal our five medical specialities

and here they are. We have got...

I'm going to read those all again.

Now, then, Pamela and Brian.

OK, we're going to chance it

cos we're not sure...

The last one, the kidneys -

Nephrology.

Nephrology.

Cathy and Chris...

Talk us through that board.

Well, the one we SHOULD go for -

well, that is very obvious -

is Neurology, because we both have

multiple sclerosis so we know a lot

about neurology

and the nervous system! Erm...

Yeah, we're going to have to go for

the first one, "Eyesight,

"corrective lenses and eye disease"

and we're going to have to say

Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology.

Ophthalmology is what you're saying.

OK, Nephrology and Ophthalmology.

So, Pamela and Brian are going for

Nephrology for the bottom one.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people

said it...

It's right.

23.

23 for Nephrology.

Now, Cathy and Chris meanwhile

have gone for Ophthalmology

for the top one. Let's see if that's

right for eyesight and eye disease,

let's see how many of our 100 people

said Ophthalmology.

Is it right?

No...

Oh, no.

Bad luck, but not Ophthalmology.

Which means well done, Pamela and

Brian, you're back in the game -

after two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, not Ophthalmology, it doesn't

fit the letters, but it's...?

Optometry.

Optometry.

Oh, OK.

Would have scored you 33 anyway.

Neurology would have scored you 73.

Chiropody would have scored you 46.

Now, this one,

you can sort of work out if you know

the constituent parts of it.

So "ear" - "oto-"...

"Throat"...

Na...

.."larynx", so it's Otolaryngology.

Oh, that sounds nice!

And would have

scored you three points

so three people.

Well done to our 100.

Thank you very much.

Here is your third question.

Whoever wins it

goes through to the final

and will play for the jackpot.

Very best of luck to both pairs,

our third question today

is all about...

.."Best New Musical" or "Musical of

the Year" Olivier Award winners.

Richard.

We're simply going to show

you the titles of five shows

that have won one of those awards

but we've left one word

out of each title.

Can you fill in that word, please?

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK, thank you very much.

Let's reveal our five musicals,

and here they are.

Cathy and Chris, you will be first.

OK...

We're going to say, um,

Top Hat, 2013.

Top Hat, say Cathy and Chris.

Top Hat.

Now then, Pamela and Brian,

that board is all yours.

Talk us through it.

The first one

we're pretty sure is Blood Brothers.

One of our first dates

was to go to Blood Brothers.

Sweeney Todd...

Sweeney Todd.

Sunny Afternoon maybe

and Kinky Boots.

But I think we'll go...

The top one.

with the top one, Blood Brothers.

Blood Brothers, that's nice.

So, Blood Brothers. We have Top Hat

and we have Blood Brothers.

Cathy and Chris said Top Hat,

let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people

said Top Hat.

It is Top Hat...

It's a nice low score.

Down it goes,

look at that. Down to 11,

very well done indeed,

Cathy and Chris. Top Hat.

Pamela and Brian,

11 is what you have to beat

with Blood Brothers.

Let's see what happens.

How many people said Blood Brothers?

It's right.

45 for Blood Brothers.

Very well done, indeed.

Cathy and Chris, after three

questions, you are through

to the final, 2-1.

Yeah, but very sweet, that's

the second time you've gone out

to Blood Brothers.

Sunny Afternoon is right, it would

have been the next best scorer.

The musical based on the music of

The Kinks would have scored you 14.

Sweeney Todd

would have scored you 85.

And Kinky Boots,

a very big scorer as well,

75 for that.

Thank you very much, indeed.

The pair leaving us at the end

of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Pamela and Brian

but it's good news really,

we get to see you again next time.

We look forward to that very much.

In the meantime, thanks so much,

Pamela and Brian.

But for Cathy and Chris, it's now

time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations,

Cathy and Chris,

you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted

Pointless trophy.

Yeah.

You now have a chance

to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show,

the jackpot is standing at

£7,250.

AUDIENCE:

Whoo!

I have to say, I think your chances

are pretty good.

I don't want to jinx it, but what

would you like to see come up

in this round? Chris, you first.

Erm... Football. Yeah.

It often does.

Cathy?

American literature,

Dorset...

Erm, classic Hollywood films

of the golden age,

that sort of thing.

Perfect.

Well, very best of luck. Let's see

what today's selection looks like.

We have got...

Personally speaking,

Defeats Of Sporting Greats.

OK, we could, if you're happy to

carry it, or we could do Red Things.

I've no idea what's...

It could be about anything.

Yeah.

Well, let's say

Defeats Of Sporting Greats then.

Sporting greats, yeah.

OK. Defeats Of Sporting

Greats, it is.

I think, tactically, often it's

a good thing to do if one of you has

a particular strength,

to go with that,

but it takes a brave man

to do it, is the truth.

People often don't do it, so fingers

crossed it works out for you.

We're looking for any of

the following three, please.

We looking for...

Of either code.

So anyone who's beaten

Serena Williams at Wimbledon,

Steve Davis at the Crucible,

or Phil Taylor

at the World Darts Championships

up to and including

the 2016 tournaments.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, indeed.

Now, as always, you've got up to one

minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win

that jackpot of £7,250

is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

Yes.

Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds

up on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

Anyone who has defeated Phil Taylor,

there's a number of darts players.

Starting with superstars, erm...

Dennis... Dennis. Erm...

Ah, geez, I'm forgetting

his name now.

Dennis Bailey? Or Denis Ovens.

I just suddenly got Denis Ovens

in my head and I don't know why.

So if I put him down as one

because I don't know anything.

Yeah.

Anything else on the darts?

Snooker and darts, I'm more happy.

Have we got another?

We need two more.

We've got 20 seconds.

So, Denis Ovens.

And then?

Yeah.

Erm, Maria...

Ten seconds left.

Maria Kerber for the tennis?

Maria Kerber.

OK, and one more?

Erm...

Snooker?

Right, that, I'm afraid,

is your time up.

Do you want to give us

your three answers.

Say which category

you're answering each one.

So, we start with the darts,

then it was Denis Ovens?

Yeah.

Denis Ovens?

Yeah.

Denis Ovens.

And then...

Maria.

Maria?

Kerber.

Kerber.

Maria Kerber?

For Serena Williams.

For beating Serena Williams.

And then the third one...

Mark Williams.

Mark Williams.

OK, Mark Williams

for Steve Davis.

OK, so we have Denis Ovens,

Maria Kerber and Mark Williams.

Of those three, which do you think

is your best shot

at a pointless answer?

Mark Williams.

Mark Williams goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

Denis Ovens.

I'm not even sure that's

the real name of the player.

We'll put Denis Ovens first.

Let's put those answers

up on the board in that order

and here they are.

We have got Denis Ovens,

Maria Kerber and Mark Williams.

Well, three answers

on the board there.

One of those could turn out to be

pointless and win you that jackpot.

If it is pointless, it would win you

that jackpot of £7,250.

What would you like to do with it?

Cathy, I'm going to ask you first.

Well, we've just bought, my husband

and I, have just bought a new flat

and there's a lot of work to do

so I would probably put it

towards that.

Very good, indeed.

Chris, how about you?

I do a lot of work for charities

and the good thing to say would be,

"Oh, I'd give the money to charity."

The real answer is,

go on a Caribbean cruise.

Well said.

Well, let us hope,

fingers tightly crossed,

that one of these answers

is pointless and will win

that jackpot for you.

Your first answer was Denis Ovens.

In this case we were looking for

anyone who has beaten Phil Taylor

at the World Darts Championships.

Denis Ovens, it has to be right,

then it has to be pointless,

and if it's both of those things,

you leave here with £7,250.

Let's see how many of our 100 people

said Denis Ovens. Is it pointless?

Oh!

Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

You weren't sure about Denis Ovens

and I'm afraid there is your answer.

An incorrect answer there.

So, we move on to your next answer.

Two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Maria Kerber.

In this case we were looking for

anyone who has beaten

Serena Williams at Wimbledon.

If this is pointless,

it wins you £7,250.

How many people said Maria Kerber?

Oh, bad luck!

Sorry.

I'm afraid two incorrect

answers on the trot there

but we now turn

to your third and final answer,

the one you thought was your best

shot at a pointless answer.

Mark Williams and in this case

we were looking for

anyone who has defeated Steve Davis

at the World Snooker Championships.

If this is right, and it is

pointless, it wins you £7,250.

Mark Williams, let's see how many

of our 100 people said it.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

You first answer was Denis Ovens

and that was incorrect.

Your second answer was Maria Kerber,

that was incorrect.

Your third answer, Mark Williams,

is absolutely right and down we go

to single figures.

Still going down.

Down we go to two.

Oh!

That's a great answer.

And you placed it beautifully

as your third answer as well.

I'm afraid two of our 100 people

knew Mark Williams.

I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £7,250.

I'm afraid that rolls over

to the next show, but it's been

brilliant having you here.

Such a strong performance,

be so proud of everything

you've done on the show today.

It's been brilliant.

And in recognition of that,

you get to take home a Pointless

trophy, so very, very well done.

It's been lovely having you here,

Cathy and Chris.

Yeah, no Caribbean cruise,

I'm afraid, Chris,

but the good news is that

Denis Ovens is a real person.

Yay!

He is a darts player, I don't

think he's ever played Phil Taylor

in a World Championship

but he is a real person.

I think, unfortunately,

the guy you were thinking of

was Dennis Priestley.

Dennis, the Menace, Priestley,

and he was a pointless answer.

Oh, no.

It's not Maria Kerber,

it's Angelique Kerber.

And again she hasn't played or

beaten Serena at Wimbledon either.

Let's take a look,

loads of names you'll know,

especially on the darts and snooker

because I know you know your darts

and snooker. Tennis, let's start

with that.

Four pointless answers here,

people who have beaten Serena.

Those are the only pointless answers

so well done if you said one.

Now, let's take a look at

some of these snooker players.

Some very familiar names

for you here, I'm afraid.

You could have had Andy Hicks,

Anthony Hamilton, Joe Perry,

Shaun Murphy also beaten him

a couple of times.

Stephen Lee and Stuart Bingham.

Let's take a look at

the darts players now.

Again, you're going to recognise

all these names.

Gary Anderson beat him in the final

very recently.

He's Scottish.

And Mark Webster,

another world champion.

You could have had Kevin Spiolek,

Michael Smith

and Wayne Mardle as well.

Very well done if you said

any of those at home

and unlucky in the studio.

Thanks very indeed, Richard,

and thanks so much, Cathy and Chris,

it's been wonderful having you here.

I'm afraid they didn't win

the jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show

when we will

be playing for £8,250.

Join us then to see if someone

can win it. Meanwhile,

it's goodbye from Richard...

Goodbye.

And it's goodbye

from me, goodbye.