Episode 24 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the show where we aim for the obscure

and we ignore the obvious. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, my name's Flo and this is my friend Ellie,

and we live together in Newcastle.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, my name's Simon, this is my work colleague

-Billy, and we're from London.

-Couple number three.

Hi, I'm David, this is my girlfriend Kayleigh and we're from Luton.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Neil, this is my wife Lisa and we're from Birmingham.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless,

lovely to have you here. We'll get a chance to chat to each of you,

of course, throughout the show as it goes along.

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

He is a man who really knows his onions,

which should come in really handy

for today's Vegetables That Make You Cry round.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

Good afternoon.

-Afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

I can tell you, the vegetables that really make me cry -

-broccoli, cos don't like it.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-All of them?

Tenderstem, purple sprouting, the lot?

-Oh, the whole lot.

-The whole family of broccoli.

You know, I'm over it, I don't cry.

It's fine. Just, you know, given the choice, I'd probably say no.

That's all, that's all I'm saying.

Or a turnip could make you cry, if it...

-Oh, if someone throws it, yeah.

-Oh, oh!

-Of course it could.

-HE SOBS Like that.

-Very good acting!

Not bad, is it? That was a turnip, wasn't it, you could tell by the...

If I'm honest, I thought it was a swede, but it wasn't bad.

I would say it's worth a BAFTA, rather than an Oscar.

Wow. BAFTA - ignore what he just said -

I see very much as on a par with Oscar.

-Really.

-You think?

-Yeah!

-How many Oscars have you got?

-None, yet.

-How many BAFTAs have you got?

-One.

-Hey, listen, that was when you were with Ben, I'm guessing.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Have you ever won any by yourself?

-No.

-Yeah.

Now, what a show we had last time.

We were playing for £8,500 last time.

David and Kayleigh were on that show, the only pair returning.

Such an exciting...

David told us that Queen Elizabeth II started her reign in 1603.

They joined the 200 club in that particular round!

Then, Kate and Lynne got through to the final...

-Yeah.

-For £8,500.

First answer, one point.

-Second answer, three points.

-They did so well!

And I will leave you to tell everybody what happened

-on the third answer.

-Very exciting indeed.

Kate and Lynne managed not to win the jackpot,

so we add another £1,000 to it,

so today's jackpot starts off at £9,500. There it is.

APPLAUSE

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

All you have to remember is this - the pair with the highest score

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

Very best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category of today is...

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

who's going to go second,

and whoever is going first, please, step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, on each board,

we're going to show you seven clues to films,

all of which have alliterative titles -

you just need to tell us the most obscure film you can think of.

Seven on the first board, seven on the second,

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

Thank you very much indeed.

So, let's reveal our first board of seven clues, and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Flo, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

-What do you do, Flo?

-I've just graduated, actually.

-You have just graduated, from where?

-Northumbria University.

Within the precincts of Northumbria University, I am Dr Armstrong.

Really?

What is up with the world?

I'm sure it's a lovely place though, Flo, I wouldn't worry.

-It's a lovely place, actually.

-What are you a doctor of?

I can't remember.

-Literature.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Quite right!

-Now, Flo, what did you do, what degree?

-I did chemistry.

Chemistry, not a great deal of help here.

But who knows?

How about this board here? How are you feeling about it?

I think there's quite a few I know on there,

which I was quite surprised by.

I'm thinking Jim Carrey plays a lawyer, Liar, Liar.

Liar, Liar, says Flo.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

55.

Kind of an alliterative score as well, 55.

Nice start, Flo, well played.

Teamed up with the same director for Ace Ventura, Pet Detective,

and Bruce Almighty, as well.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Simon, a warm welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

-What do you do, Simon?

-I'm a firefighter.

Are you? Now, where do you do that?

-In London?

-Yeah, in London, I'm based at Fulham Fire Station.

Is that a nice fire station to be based at?

It's a listed building so, it's rather beautiful to look at, yeah.

Very nice. Is it beautiful from the inside, though?

-It is, when I'm on duty.

-Yes, very good!

So, what do you tend to do while you're waiting around?

-Do you play pool?

-We haven't got a pool table, we got a snooker table,

but times have moved on from that, we now do a lot of training...

You do a lot of training?

I mean, you've got photoshoots for calendars,

haven't you, every other day, I should think?

Now, Simon, what would you like to go for

on our board of alliterative film titles?

I think I know all of them apart from maybe one or two.

I'll go for the second bottom one, the mother and daughter one,

and I think that's Freaky Friday.

Freaky Friday, let's see if that's right,

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

It is right.

55 is our only score so far and you pass it.

31, look at that, Simon.

Very good indeed.

31.

Yeah, Jodie Foster plays the daughter

in the first version of that film.

She auditioned to play Princess Leia -

cos she was under contract to Disney, she couldn't do it.

Lindsay Lohan plays that role in the remake.

Thank you very much, Richard.

David, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-David, we discovered last time... Tell everyone,

tell the ladies and the gentlemen what it is you do, David.

I'm a freelance jazz trombonist.

What about that? Yeah.

What about that?

I love that. All the stuff.

The vib.

But, yes, you've just recently graduated

from the Birmingham Conservatoire.

-Correct.

-How long were you there?

-Four years.

-Four years!

And you get to try all sorts of different styles of tromboning?

Yeah, but I studied jazz, so, it was different styles within jazz.

I see, OK. So, you and classical music left...

-We have parted ways.

-You parted company some time back.

-Yeah.

-Very good.

Now, David, what would you like to go for on our board?

I think I'm going to go for the Will Smith one.

-Mm-hm?

-And I hope this is right, but I think it's Bad Boys.

Bad Boys, says David. Let's see if that's right,

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

It is right.

55, our high score, 31, our low.

Oh, and you've passed them both, look at that. Down to 25.

Very well done indeed.

Well played, David.

Yeah, it was Michael Bay's first ever feature film,

has made many since,

with a huge amount of explosions in each and every one.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Lisa, welcome to Pointless, great to have you. From Birmingham?

-Yeah.

And what do you do, Lisa?

I'm not working at the moment -

I was made redundant not so long ago,

so I'm just enjoying some time out, spending some time with the family.

Very good. And who's in your family?

Obviously, Neil, and our two boys, we got a 16-year-old,

and a son who's eight.

And what are their names?

-Jack and Ryan.

-Jack and Ryan.

Hi, Jack and Ryan. Lisa, this board is all yours,

-what would you like to go for?

-Um, yeah, I'll go for the, um,

novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl.

-"John Jirl" is how I think they pronounce it!

-OK.

OK, Gone Girl, says Lisa. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Gone Girl.

Look at that, 15,

very well done indeed, Lisa.

Best score of the pass.

Yeah, very well played, everyone, on that pass, actually,

apart from the very lowest scorer, you avoided the biggest ones,

it's very nicely done. The two biggest scorers are at the top one,

-which of course is...

-Dirty Dancing.

Dirty Dancing. That would have scored 59.

-The ABBA one is the biggest scorer of all.

-Mamma Mia!

-Mamma Mia!

That would have scored 81.

Any idea on this last one?

If you haven't heard of it, you won't guess it.

It is Pigskin Parade and it's a pointless answer,

-so very well done if you said that.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

OK, well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at those scores.

15, the best score of the pass. Lisa, well done.

Lisa and Neil, looking like strong contenders for Round Two.

As I have to say, are David and Kayleigh, on 25.

And on 31, there, are Simon and Billy.

55 is where we find Flo and Ellie.

So, Ellie, you know what we need from you, a nice low score.

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, we're going to put seven more clues

to alliterative film titles up on the board - and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Neil, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Neil?

I run an audiovisual company.

Basically I just go round gyms and leisure centres,

fitting out dance studios with lighting and TVs and whatnot.

They're quite sophisticated, these,

and quite often they're integrated into the gym equipment, aren't they?

It's getting more PC-based now

so it kind of seems like time is passing me by cos I'm getting old.

In the old days, it used to be all mixers.

-Yeah.

-The big, heavy stuff.

But now it seems to be just the push of a button on a PC

-and just everything works.

-Now, do you belong to a gym, Neil?

I don't, no.

I have a free membership but unfortunately I don't go.

But spending so much time in the gym must make you feel good.

Stepping out of the gym, you must think, oh!

It's not nice when you have to fit a piece of equipment

on a treadmill that somebody has been on and it's all sweaty.

-It's not the greatest job sometimes.

-No, I suppose not.

Now, Neil, there you are on 15.

Our high-scorers at the moment are Ellie and Flo on 55,

so 39 or less gets you through.

I only know one. I'm really struggling with this board.

It's the last one, the Eddie Murphy one, and it's Dr Dolittle.

Dr Dolittle, says Neil. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that, you're into the next round.

How many people said Dr Dolittle?

It's right.

76 for Dr Dolittle.

Not bad. 91 is your total.

It could be enough to keep you in.

Yeah, tougher board, this one, I think, than the first one.

It contains very few elements from the original books,

the Dr Dolittle film.

-Perhaps unsurprisingly.

-Mmm. Mmm.

Interesting. Thank you very much, Richard.

Kayleigh, welcome. Remind us what you do, Kayleigh.

I'm a music student at the University of Nottingham.

Are you nearly finished at the University of Nottingham?

Yeah, I've done two years and I'm about to go into my final year.

Very good. How has it been, Nottingham?

-Have you had a lovely time there?

-Yeah, I have, I've loved it.

As a music student, I suppose you're very heavily involved

in all sorts of music ensembles and things like that?

Yes, so I do quite a lot of choral stuff outside of my degree.

-That's fun.

-Do you think when you leave,

will you go on into professional music, do you think?

I would hope to but possibly, it's quite a hard thing to get into.

-You're a cellist, we discovered last time?

-Yeah, and a singer.

Would you maybe think about moving to the string bass

so you could accompany David?

Yeah. Maybe!

The pair of you, you don't need the rest of the band.

You've got the bass, you've got the trombone, you've got the kit there!

Anyway, Kayleigh, there you are on 25.

Ideally you'd be scoring 65 or less.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm going to go for the Anne Hathaway one.

I think that's Ella Enchanted.

Ella Enchanted, says Kayleigh.

Here is your red line. If you get below that with Ella Enchanted,

you're into Round Two.

It's right.

And you are through. Very well done indeed.

Ella Enchanted, still going down.

Look at that, 10.

35 is your total,

which I suspect will be the lowest total of the whole round.

Yeah, very strong answer, well played.

In fact, both of her films that year, Anne Hathaway,

she was also in Princess Diaries 2, they're both her as a princess,

-falling in love.

-Very good. Thank you, Richard. Now, Billy.

-Hello there.

-Billy, because Simon said work colleague,

I am guessing you're either a photographer for the calendar

-or you're also a firefighter.

-I am indeed.

-A firefighter. Are you at Fulham?

-No, I was in Fulham with Simon

but I was promoted a few months ago so now I've moved to Dockhead,

-which is just near Tower Bridge.

-What are the big changes

at Tower Bridge, Billy, since you left Fulham?

-It's a brand-new station.

-Oh!

It was a famous TV show filmed there. Brand-new, new people.

-Brand-new people?

-Mm-hm.

They've done it all.

Shiny new people.

They've fitted this out immaculately.

Obviously I've got a little bit more responsibility now

-so I'm trying to get used to that.

-Good stuff.

OK, now, Billy, what are the alliterative titles to these films?

There's a few that I know.

A few that I don't want to chance a guess,

so I'll go with something that I think I know,

which is the trilogy that sees Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne.

I think it's Batman Begins.

Batman Begins, says Billy.

Here is your red line. Get below that with Batman Begins

and you're through. Let's see how many people said it.

It is Batman Begins.

And you are through.

Very good indeed, 33.

-64 is your total.

-Well played.

During the filming of that in Chicago,

a local motorist panicked when he saw the Batmobile

when they were filming, drove into the side of it,

cos he told the police he thought it was an invading alien spaceship!

-Unbelievable.

-Extraordinary.

Ellie, welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.

What do you do, Ellie? I've also just graduated from Northumbria.

Ellie, what did you graduate in?

-History.

-History, very good.

What are your plans for the future?

At the moment, just saving up money

and then hopefully going travelling with Flo.

Oh, that's nice, will you take a year, do you think?

-A full year?

-Yes, save up some money and then go.

-Very nice.

Very good, well, have a lovely, lovely time.

Maybe win this jackpot, that will set you well on the way.

-Hope so.

-In order to do that,

you have to score 35 points or less to get through to the next round.

So, this board is all yours.

Talk us through it, Ellie.

OK, well I know two of them

but I imagine they're going to be quite high-scoring.

So, the giant ape isn't my answer but is King Kong.

But I'm going to go for Alan Cumming which is Black Beauty.

Black Beauty, says Ellie.

Here is your red line.

Can you get below that red line with Black Beauty, I wonder?

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

You've done it!

Very well done, 28 for Black Beauty.

Touch and go there.

83 is your total.

Good work, Ellie, and absolutely you chose the right one

because King Kong is the biggest scorer on the board.

King Kong would have scored you 86 points.

The other two answers also would have seen you through.

The Julie Andrews film, do you know that?

-Victor Victoria.

-Oh, yes, yes, I remember.

Would have scored you 22. And Dustin Hoffman?

-Marathon Man.

-Marathon Man and that would have scored you 13.

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

the pair that we have to say goodbye to, with a high score of 91, well,

it was very close. Very close indeed,

but I'm afraid, Neil and Lisa, you are just out in front, there,

so we have to say goodbye to you - but we'll see you again next time.

Look forward to that very much indeed.

Meantime, thank you so much for playing, Neil and Lisa.

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

And so three pairs remain.

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

but David and Kayleigh, very well done.

Our returning pair, there.

Lowest individual score from you with Ella Enchanted, Kayleigh -

and lowest combined scores so very, very good indeed.

They're the ones to beat, I'd say.

Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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

who's going to go second and whoever is going first,

please, step up to the podium.

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

Male tennis Grand Slam singles champions

whose surnames contain L, T, or A. Richard?

Yes, simply looking for any man

who has won one of the singles titles at a Grand Slam tournament.

That's the French Open, Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon,

whose surname contains one of those three letters, please.

That's in the Open era, so from 1968 through to Wimbledon 2016.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Now, Ellie.

-I don't know any tennis players apart from the obvious.

So I think I'm going to have to make up an answer.

-Roger Thompson.

-Roger Thompson.

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

No, sorry, not Roger Thompson, I'm afraid.

An incorrect answer, there.

100 points.

Yeah, I mean, he's been in so many finals, Roger Thompson!

It's extraordinary but you know why he's not the right answer?

He doesn't actually spell it with a T.

-Oh!

-No, he spells it with a ph.

So, we would say Phompson but it's actually,

he pronounces it Thompson, but it's not how it's written.

Yeah. Now, Billy?

I'm going to go for Pete Sampras.

Pete Sampras. Billy says Pete Sampras.

How many of our 100 people agree with Billy?

Look at that, 23 for Pete Sampras.

Well played, Billy.

14 Grand Slams for Sampras.

Won all of them apart from the French.

Thanks very much, Richard.

-Kayleigh?

-I watch Wimbledon all the time

so I'm probably going to kick myself

for not getting anything more obscure, but, um...

I'm going to have to go for quite an obvious one and say Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic, says Kayleigh.

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

-Yes.

-Oh!

Yes, he is spelling it very much Djokovic, isn't he, there?

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

This catches people out time after time after time.

It caught me out. As soon as you said it, I thought,

I looked down to seen how many points Djokovic scored

and then realises he doesn't have an L, T or an A in his name.

-I thought it was Djok-A-vic.

-Oh, it's Djok-O-vic I'm afraid.

-It does sound like Djok-a-vic.

-Djok-a-vic.

Djok-o-vic. Well, thank you very much.

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

Only two scores between the three pairs.

23, very much the best score there, Billy and Simon, well done.

Then 100 is where we find Kayleigh and David, and Ellie and Flo.

So, Flo and David,

I would say it's between the pair of you to see who stays and who leaves

at the end of this round. Best of luck.

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

Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?

Now then, David, there you are, joint high-scorers on 100.

Is tennis something dear to your heart?

Not in the slightest.

Right. To the extent you have to make up a name

or to the extent where you have to go for an obvious name?

I'll either have to make up a name

or just hope that Andy Murray has L, T or A in his surname.

Let's see. How many of our 100 people said Andy Murray.

Yeah, he's got an A.

He's got an A. Look at that, 52 for Andy Murray.

-Well done!

-That takes your total up to 152.

So sneaky of Andy Murray to have that A in his surname,

it's just hidden away, you wouldn't know it was there.

-You would not know it was there.

-I know!

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Simon, the good news is, you're through.

It doesn't matter what you score,

you'll never overtake the high score of David and Kayleigh.

What would you like to go for?

Because we're through, I'm going to go a bit risky.

I will go for Marin Cilic.

Marin Cilic. Marin Cilic, says Simon.

No red line, you're already through.

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

It's right. That risk paid off.

Look at that! 1!

1, Simon, taking your total up to 24.

Very well done indeed.

That's a great answer, Simon.

Well played. Yeah, won the 2014 US Open, Marin Cilic.

Went on to form the Cilic People!

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Flo, we have a contest on our hands here.

51 or less is what we need from you.

How good is your tennis?

I can only think of one other tennis player that hasn't been said yet.

-OK.

-I think there is an A in the name, though,

so, Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal!

Rafael Nadal. Here is your red line.

If you get below this with Nadal, there it is,

you are into the Head-To-Head.

How many of our 100 people said Nadal?

Well, Murray scored 52.

And Nadal gets you through, look at that!

Down it goes to 27.

Very well done indeed.

127 is your total.

Yeah, very nice save there. Very well played.

In fact his surname is 60% As and Ls so he's really

packing them in, isn't he? Loads of pointless answers.

I know people will be shouting answers at the screens.

I'll take you through some of the lowest scorers.

Three points for Nastase and Krajicek,

two for Rafter, Stich, Moya and Hewitt,

One for Thomas Johansson, Petr Korda, del Potro,

Safin, Chang, Kuerten and Rosewall.

All of those would have scored you one point.

Let's took a look now at the pointless answers.

All of these won French Opens.

Next page along.

We've got Mats Wilander who won seven titles.

Roscoe Tanner, the American.

Stan Smith, one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Won a couple of titles in the Open era.

You also could have had Costa, Teacher, Orantes,

Sergo Bruguera and Thomas Muster. Very well done if you said

any of those, and we've already had the top three answers

which were Sampras, Nadal and Murray.

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

we have to say goodbye, I'm sorry to say, to David and Kayleigh,

our returning pair.

Our old friends from the last show.

This is where we part company - but thank you so much for playing.

David and Kayleigh, wonderful players.

But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our Head-To-Head.

Congratulations, Simon and Billy, Flo and Ellie,

you're now one step closer to the final

and let's not forget a chance to play for that jackpot

which currently stands at £9,500.

It's always lovely when we get to this point

cos it's the Head-To-Head -

it's much more relaxed and you can chat before you give your answers.

It's all lovely if we forget about that huge sum of money

that's just waiting in the next round.

The first pair to win two questions will go through

and play for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs - let's play the Head-To-Head.

Here is your first question, and it concerns...

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five close up pictures now

of famous landmarks. We want you to tell us the name

by which that landmark is most commonly known, please.

I can't wait to see how close they're going to be,

these close-ups..

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

We have got...

There we are.

Five close-ups of famous landmarks.

Simon and Billy, you're our low scorers, so you will go first.

Right.

OK.

I think D looks a bit more obscure, doesn't it?

-D, D, D.

-D? OK.

We're going to go for D, the Taj Mahal.

The Taj Mahal, say Simon and Billy, for D.

Taj Mahal. Now, Flo and Ellie, talk us through that board.

We're thinking about C. We can't remember the full name of it.

We think it's Familia... something...

Can't quite remember. We think B is the Sydney Opera House.

-Shall we go for B? I don't know E.

-We're going to have to go for B.

Yeah, we'll say B, Sydney Opera House.

Sydney Opera House for B.

So, we have Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera House.

Simon and Billy said Taj Mahal,

let's see if that is right for D.

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

It is right.

Look at that, 25.

25 for the Taj Mahal.

Now, Flo and Ellie meanwhile have gone for the Sydney Opera House

for B. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

Oh, it wins it for you. Look at that!

Down to 16 for the Sydney Opera House.

Very well done indeed, Flo and Ellie.

Not an easy close up to recognise it from, by any means,

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

That's a good answer. I didn't get the Sydney Opera House.

Did you? It's a tricky angle, that.

-Yeah.

-A was the Eiffel Tower, a very big scorer.

Would have scored you 66.

You were absolutely along the right lines for C, it's in Barcelona.

-Yeah, it's the Gaudi.

-It's the Sagrada Familia.

-That's it!

-It would have scored you 15 points.

If you can't get the last one, this is what you must do.

You must look at the television and go like this.

Got it? The leaning Tower of Pisa.

That would scored you 18 points.

Very nice. Thank you very much - so, here comes your second question.

Well done, Flo and Ellie, you won that one, which means,

Simon and Billy, the onus is on you to win this next one -

but they get to answer it first, so, good luck with it.

Our second question today is all about..

-Of course.

-Of course.

We're going to show you five pairs of words now

which are the French and German names

for various types of fish or shellfish.

Can you tell us the English names for them, please?

OK, let's reveal our five shellfish and fish in French and German.

And here they are.

We have got...

APPLAUSE Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, I'll read those again.

So, Flo and Ellie.

OK, we're going to go for the last one with mussels.

Mussels, say Flo and Ellie.

Mussels. Now, Simon and Billy, it's over to you.

Do you want to talk us through that board?

Well, we'd like to, yeah!

We're thinking the top one, cos it sounds like tuna fish to me.

OK, we're going to go with the top one and tuna fish.

Tuna fish? Yeah. So we have mussel and we have tuna.

So, Flo and Ellie went for mussel.

Let's see if that's right for la moule.

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

It's right.

72.

72 for mussels.

Meanwhile Simon and Billy have gone for tuna, tuna fish for le thon.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right. And it wins you the point.

By quite a way.

47.

Very well done indeed.

Simon and Billy, that means after two questions, it's 1-1.

You're back in the game.

Game on now. It's quite a hard board, isn't it?

-It is quite hard.

-La crevette, you sometimes see on menus.

-Crayfish, is it?

-It's prawn.

-Oh, it's prawn.

So, our 100 did rather well, they scored 22.

-Le homard, der Hummer?

-Lobster.

-It is lobster, yeah.

I wouldn't know that. How do you know that?

11 points for that. And le cabillaud?

Cod. That somehow scored seven points,

so, very well done if you said that.

OK. So here comes the third question. This is the decider.

This will decide who goes through to the final

and plays for that massive jackpot.

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

Presidential Children.

-Richard.

-Going to show you a list of first names, now,

of children of presidents. Just need you to tell us

which president they were children of, please.

Best of luck, both teams.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our presidential children, and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

So, Simon and Billy, it's over to you.

Quite tough, but...

..we'll go for...

..Chelsea, is the daughter of Bill Clinton?

Bill Clinton, say Simon and Billy. Bill Clinton.

Now, then. Flo and Ellie, over to you,

talk us through that board if you like.

Well, I'm only certain on one.

Malia and Sasha I think is Barack Obama's children...

but we don't know whether

to sort of go for a bit of a guess of one, or...

When was Roosevelt?

-I don't know.

-I don't know either!

-Shall we just go for it?

-Yeah.

OK. Margaret, Jessie and Eleanor, we're going for...

-Is it Theodore?

-Well, there's two.

There's FDR and there's Theodore.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt, say Flo and Ellie.

Theodore Roosevelt.

So we have Bill Clinton, and we have Theodore Roosevelt.

Simon and Billy went for Bill Clinton for Chelsea,

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

It is right.

78.

Meanwhile Flo and Ellie have gone for Theodore Roosevelt

for Margaret, Jessie and Eleanor. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it if it is.

No! Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer, which means, Simon and Billy,

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

Yeah. Very, very well played.

Yeah, Chelsea Clinton, very big score of 78.

Malia and Sasha, which of course you know, is Barack Obama.

-Would have scored you 43 points.

-Oh!

43 points would have seen you through.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these.

Mary Margaret became famous later in life

as an author and radio and TV host, as Margaret Truman.

Harry S Truman was her father.

Would have scored you five.

Bird and Baines you can work out, cos Baines is the middle name of...

-Lyndon B Johnson.

-Yeah. Lyndon B Johnson.

Would have scored you ten points.

This is a tough one, very well done if you got this, anyone.

Woodrow Wilson is the answer there.

And that was a pointless answer, so terrific work if you got that.

Thank you very much indeed.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the Head-To-Head Round,

I'm afraid it's Flo and Ellie.

Slightly annoying, isn't it, knowing that you could have done it

on the Barack Obama answer, there -

but never mind, we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much. Meantime thanks so much,

-Flo and Ellie.

-Thank you!

But for Simon and Billy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Simon and Billy.

You've seen off the competition,

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £9,500.

Wow! Well, I mean, you made quick work of that.

Quick work of that. I mean, obviously by the time people

watch this it will all have been edited together,

what the viewers at home won't realise is

you've actually been called out three times during this show.

You've been off to fight fires all over London.

But what would you love to see come up on that board?

-Simon.

-Music, films, sport.

OK. OK.

-Billy?

-Anything that Simon knows, ideally.

-OK.

-Maybe food...

-OK.

-..I'm not too bad at.

All right. Well, listen, very, very best of luck.

I don't need to remind you what's at stake here.

Let's see what today's choices look like,

and let's hope there's something you don't mind up here, we've got...

What about Phil Collins, do you know anything about that?

-Him?

-No. But I don't know anything about the others either, so...!

Scripted reality television, it's stuff like...

It's Made in Chelsea and all that rubbish, innit?

-Do you watch it?

-No.

-Do you watch it?

-A bit.

All right, OK, then. Cool.

That's as close as anyone gets

to admitting they watch TOWIE, isn't it?

Erm...

OK. We're going to go for Scripted Reality Television.

Scripted Reality Television it is.

-Richard?

-OK, gents, very best of luck,

What a way to win £9,500 this would be.

We're looking for any cast member in the first episode

of the first series of any of these three shows, please.

So full name of anyone who appeared in the first episode

of Made In Chelsea, who appeared in the first episode of Geordie Shore,

or who appeared in the first episode of The Only Way Is Essex.

So, the full name, please, of anyone in episode one,

series one of any of those three shows,

and we all wish you the very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

As always 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?

-Yup.

-Yeah!

-OK.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Well, first, I don't know nobody in Made In Chelsea.

-Nor me. Scrap that.

-Right. Geordie Shore...?

I know... Is it Charlotte Crosby?

Is it Gaz...

Gaz...Beadle?

I think he was in it. Erm...

Do you want me to tell you what I know from the bottom one?

-Go on, then.

-Gemma Collins...

-Yeah, not her.

-Obviously Joey Essex.

-Right.

-Is there one called Arg, or has he got a second name?

Yeah, I don't know what his first name is.

That's his name, innit?

-Arg.

-Oh, is it? I don't know.

OK, you've got Jessica Wright...

What's... Chloe something?

Chloe...

Sims? Chloe Sims?

It's not Tims, is it? Chloe Sims?

I don't know. Chloe Sims could be one.

Who's the girl who was on, erm...

the jungle?

Amy. Amy Childs?

-Mm-hm.

-She's Essex, isn't she?

-Is she?

-I think she's Essex, yeah.

-Ten seconds left.

-So I think we should go Gaz...

-Beadle.

-Mm-hm.

-Charlotte Crosby?

-OK.

The Chloe one's going to kill me.

-Amy Childs is right, isn't it?

-OK.

That is your minute up, let's have your three answers -

and if you could say which category you're answering in each case,

that would be great.

OK. So, from Geordie Shore, Charlotte Crosby...

Charlotte Crosby.

-..Gaz Beadle.

-Gaz Beadle.

and from The Only Way Is Essex, Chloe Sims.

-Chloe...?

-Sims?

-Chloe Sims.

-OK. Now, of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think, if it's right, Chloe Sims.

Chloe Sims goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Charlotte Crosby?

-Don't look at me!

-Charlotte Crosby.

We'll put Charlotte Crosby first.

OK, well, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order, then.

And here they are. We have got Charlotte Crosby,

we've got Gaz Beadle and we've got Chloe Sims.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board. let's hope they're all right.

Let's hope one of those will be pointless

and will win you that jackpot of £9,500.

Simon, what would you do with your share of that if you won?

Erm...

With the majority of the share...

I would probably take my two kids...probably to New York,

cos my daughter's big into her drama and her dance

and she's always wanted to have a look at Broadway.

-Very good indeed.

-And the rest, I'll just waste it.

Perfect. Billy, how about you?

Yeah. After the drinks for the watch,

probably a holiday.

Go to the US again.

Very nice indeed. OK, well, very best of luck.

Simon and Billy, three answers on the board,

let's hope at least one of those is pointless

and wins that jackpot for you. Your first answer was Charlotte Crosby,

In this case we were looking for cast members

of the first episode of Geordie Shore...

If Charlotte Crosby is pointless, you will win £9,500.

How many of our 100 people said Charlotte Crosby, for Geordie Shore?

It's right.

All it has to be now is pointless and you leave here with £9,500.

Charlotte Crosby takes us down through the 30s.

Into the teens...

and we are still...

Oh! Not quite single figures.

11.

Not bad for a first answer.

11 for Charlotte Crosby.

Let's move on to your next answer, Gaz Beadle -

again we're looking for cast members

from the first episode of Geordie Shore.

If Gaz Beadle's pointless, he will win you £9,500.

How many of our 100 people said it?

Gaz Beadle.

It's also correct.

Charlotte Crosby took us all the way down to 11...

Gaz Beadle now takes us down through the 30s...

..and through the teens.

We are into single figures...

Ooh! 8. 8 for Gaz Beadle.

We're down into single figures territory here,

which is very exciting indeed.

One more shot at today's jackpot, £9,500 -

and you're putting it all on Chloe Sims.

In this case we're looking for cast members

from the first episode of The Only Way Is Essex.

Chloe Sims has to be pointless for you to win, though.

Let's find out. For £9,500, how many people said Chloe Sims?

Oh! Bad luck!

Two good answers there.

We'll discover why Chloe Sims was wrong,

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

that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £9,500.

That will now roll over onto the next show.

But what a strong performance right the way through the show.

Very, very, good indeed.

And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home in recognition of that.

So, very well done, Simon and Billy.

Unlucky, gents, that is unlucky.

I'd have loved to see you going back to your station

telling them you won £9,500 cos you knew people who were on TOWIE!

But, yeah, Chloe Sims was from series two onwards of TOWIE,

not in that first episode in the first series.

That's unlucky.

We'll take you through some of the pointless answers -

we'll start with Made In Chelsea. You could have had...

Amber Atherton, Fredrik Ferrier, Funda Onal,

Gabriella Ellis, Gabriella Tristao or Jackson Kai.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

Geordie Shore now. Five pointless answers here...

Also could have had Dan Senior.

And The Only Way Is Essex, first episode...

Big Ben Smith, Julie Lloyd, Lauren Lindsay, Matthew Haynes,

Michael Wood or Sade Ibrahim.

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

And what a great performance, gents, in the studio.

Sorry you didn't walk away with the money.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard, and thanks very much,

Simon and Billy, it's been wonderful having you here.

Sadly, though, they didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show when we'll be playing for

£10,500.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

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

-Goodbye.

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