Episode 26 Pointless

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

and welcome to Pointless,

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers

and find the obscure ones. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Dougie from Elderslie in Scotland,

and this is my good friend and work colleague Alex from East Kilbride.

Couple number two.

Hello, my name is Heather.

This is my husband, Gerry, and we're from Cumbria.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Andrew, and this is Carmel,

and we're boyfriend and girlfriend from Brixton.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Phil, I'm from Warrington.

This is my mate Jill from Widnes.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

A warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here with us.

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

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

With an intellect so fierce, off-camera we keep him in a cage.

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Hiya.

Hello there. I'm still not over the show last time.

-Oh, I know.

-Unbelievable stuff, wasn't it?

Absolutely, absolutely amazing.

Janet and Emma went away with £10,500

by answering Stanley Tucci. And they were lovely, weren't they?

-So nice.

-They were so delighted as well.

That jackpot had been building up and up and up,

and I was delighted that it was a couple as nice as them who won.

-It was good, though, wasn't it?

-Oh, it was very good.

Phil and Jill, only people back from that.

Nice, weren't they, Janet and Emma?

-They were.

-Lovely.

-They were lovely.

-Yeah.

-Very nice.

-Said through gritted teeth!

Lovely to have you back. Knocked out in Round One last time.

Fingers crossed, this time, we'll see a little more of you.

Now, Janet and Emma, as you've gathered, won the jackpot last time,

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

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

Now, remember this, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

The highest score. So you know what to do.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

It's Famous People. 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, our Famous People question concerns...

Richard.

Yeah, we went to a local pub and we put 16 celebrities in glasses and...

No, we didn't. We're going to show you 16 pictures now of famous people

wearing glasses. Can you identify any of these 16, please?

Wow. Am I right in thinking this picture's going to stay up for

-the whole round and we won't change halfway through?

-It is indeed. Yes.

This picture's going to stay up for the whole round,

it won't be changing halfway through the round.

Let's see the picture.

Look at that.

Now, Alec.

You like Alec, you trade under Alec.

-I'm going to use Alec, if that's OK, yes.

-No, I like Alec.

Alexander is my full name, if you want to...

-It's mine too!

-I know.

I know, I went for the other half, though - Xander, I go for.

Some people find Xander a bit difficult.

-They find it a bit intimate.

-I've never used that at all.

-No. No.

-Yeah, funny that, isn't it? A lot of people don't. It's weird.

I might start calling you Alec.

OK. Sandy. What about Sandy?

There's a Scottish one as well.

-That is. My mother used to call me Sandy, yes.

-Oh, that's nice.

Or Sasha, there's a strange Russian version of it.

Dudes, stick to a name!

-OK.

-Know what I mean?

-It's very greedy.

-Alec.

-Yes.

-What do you do, Alec?

-Civil servant.

-What are your interests, Alec?

Golf, listening to rock music, comedy gigs,

and I run a junior section at a golf club.

-I have done for three years, so...

-You don't coach at all or anything?

-Oh, no.

-You just...

-We've got professionals that can do that.

Oh, OK. So you just run the administration?

Administration, organise competitions.

Now, Alec, I'm going to introduce you

to our spectacle-wearing celebrities here.

I know quite a few of them.

I'm going to go for...

-..Stephen King.

-Stephen King, says Alec.

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

It's right.

Still very much going down there, Alec.

That's a lovely low score.

Look at that, 8. Very well done.

Lovely start to the round. 8.

Yeah, the wonderful Stephen King, an amazing writer.

He has a project which he calls Dollar Baby Films,

where it's new film-makers

and he gives them the rights to one of his novels for 1,

if they promise to make a not-for-profit film.

Quite a good idea, isn't it?

One of the first people was Frank Darabont,

who did it for one of his films

and went on to direct The Shawshank Redemption,

which is another Stephen King thing,

which, you know, always comes number one

in the greatest films of all time, so it seems to pay off.

Yeah. There we are. Thank you, Richard.

-And thank you, Stephen.

-Mm.

-Mm.

Now then, Heather, welcome.

Lovely to have you here from Cumbria.

-That's right.

-Whereabouts in Cumbria are you?

We live in a village called Stainton with Adgarley.

I like my Stainton with... I love a bit of Garley. Hey?

A bit of Garley and lemon.

You know what I like? I like to have it on the side,

so I can choose whether or not...

Garley crushed or chopped?

I like it chopped but, you know, I'll have it crushed.

Chopped Garley. How lovely.

Stainton with Adgarley. Sounds heaven.

Whereabouts in Cumbria is that?

It's South Lakes, near Ulverston.

OK. Wonderful. How nice to have you here.

Anyway, what do you do, Heather?

I finished work early and when I was 50,

I got my first passport ever

-and I went to Zambia and I walked with lions.

-Wow!

Swum with dolphins, walked with lions.

I've never heard about walking with lions.

That's great. I've skipped with panthers - we've all done that.

But how extraordinary.

What a wonderful thing to do.

Yeah, it was a wonderful experience.

Fantastic. Where else are you longing to travel to?

-We're going back to Zambia again in February.

-Lovely.

And, in between, I've been to Cala San Vincente.

I'm not even going to try and say that, but it sounds wonderful...

or I'm sure it'll clear up soon.

Heather, what would you like to go for on our board here?

I'd like to go for Gandhi, please.

Gandhi, says Heather. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Gandhi.

78 for Gandhi.

Recognisable figure there. 78.

Yeah, there's a statue of him now in Parliament Square,

based on photos of him

when he visited Ramsay MacDonald in 1931 outside 10 Downing Street.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Carmel, welcome.

-Hello.

-Lovely to have you here from Brixton.

And what do you do, Carmel?

I'm a costume supervisor in a London drama school.

So I get all the costumes ready for their shows.

See, that's fun. But you also presumably design the costumes,

-or you put the costumes together?

-Yeah, from time to time, yeah.

Does that mean you go around all the hiring places,

the Carlo Manzis, and all these other places where...?

Lots of shopping on Oxford Circus, which is not my favourite.

No. But then, there you are...

We've got a big costume store as well.

Which also presumably means you get to work with all sorts of people who

will go on to become colossal stars?

Yeah, stars of the future, hopefully.

There we are. Brilliant. That's very exciting. Now, Carmel, glasses.

I'm gutted that Stephen King's gone, cos I would have gone for that one.

But I'm hoping on the second row that that is Sandi Toksvig.

Sandi Toksvig, says Carmel.

Sandi Toksvig. Let us find out if it is Sandi Toksvig.

It is Sandi Toksvig.

8 is our low score at this point.

12 is what you get for Sandi Toksvig.

-Very good indeed.

-Well played, Carmel.

The lovely Sandi Toksvig. I call her Alec.

Dear, oh, dear. Thank you, Richard.

-Phil.

-Sandy!

Welcome back to the show.

Great to have you with us again.

Remind us what you do, Phil.

I role-play.

There you are. Not just role-play, medical role-play.

-Medical role-play.

-This is a brilliant job, though.

-It's a really fun job.

-Yeah.

-You basically are...

-You're a test for any doctor.

-Any doctor, from one to four,

and even doctors that have become doctors,

so junior doctors going on to become consultants.

To make sure they're still on top of their game?

So you go in... Is it sometimes something quite obvious?

You go in and go...

HE COUGHS "I've got this..."

No.

No, not quite that obvious.

-OK.

-I worry about if you ever do actually get ill.

And you'll be going in and the nurse will go, "Yeah, all right, Phil!"

And you go, "No, seriously, it really hurts."

"That's good. I wonder if you're having a heart attack, Phil!"

"I really think I might be."

Now, Phil, who would you like to go for?

I'm in that same situation again.

I think I know a really good answer, but...

-Yes.

-..I'm going to go for, instead, Henry Kissinger.

Henry Kissinger, says Phil.

So you have another answer up your sleeve,

-but you're not quite sure enough?

-I think the best one... Yeah.

Henry Kissinger, though, is good enough. Let's see if it's right.

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

7. Look at that. Very well done.

Best score so far, Phil.

7 for Henry Kissinger.

Good work, Phil. Yeah, former US Secretary of State,

political thinker, writer, all sorts.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

7, the best score of the pass. Very well done indeed, Phil.

Then up to 8, where we find Alec and Dougie.

Then we travel up to 12, where we find Carmel and Andrew.

Then, Heather and Gerry, I'm afraid you're on 78.

That is a high score.

Gerry, we need a low score from you.

Good luck when we come back down the line.

We'll come back down the line right now, in fact.

So could the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. So, Jill, welcome back.

Remind us what you do, Jill.

I own a vegan cafe.

Which you walked into...

-Yeah.

-..and bought on the spot!

-Almost.

-Well, two weeks later.

That's... I mean, that's just extraordinary.

-How is it going at the vegan cafe?

-Yeah, it's going really well.

There's quite a few vegans around.

Very tiring, but rewarding.

Did you read anything into the...?

Any warning signs into the speed with which

the previous owner wanted to sell it to you?

-No, she's lovely, she still helps me to this day.

-Excellent.

Now, Jill, you're on 7.

Lovely low score from Phil there.

The high-scorers on 78, are Gerry and Heather,

so 70 or less gets you through.

There's a few on there I could guess at,

but I think I'll go with Meryl Streep.

Meryl Streep, says Jill. Here is your red line. Nice and high.

If you get below this red line with Meryl Streep,

you are into Round Two.

Very well done, Jill.

45.

Jill and Phil on 52.

When she won her Golden Globe in 2012 for The Iron Lady,

she actually forgot her glasses when she went to do her speech.

So she had to extemporise

and her glasses were passed through the audience up to the stage to her.

-Oh, that's sweet!

-She'd left them in her seat.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Andrew, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Andrew?

I work in IT. I'm the IT manager for a drama school as well.

Dramatic IT.

-Absolutely.

-That's how we like it!

But you've got quite an actor-y voice to you, Andrew, so...

Yeah, I actually trained as an actor and ended up in IT.

Would you ever go back into acting? Are you sort of...?

-Just in case the job...?

-More for fun.

I enjoyed doing it, I didn't enjoy trying to make a career of it.

-Yes, I can understand that. Yes. Now, 12 is your score.

-Yes.

65 is your target.

65 or less.

What would you like to go for?

There's a couple up there,

but the one that I'm going to hope might be a good score

is Diane Abbott.

Diane Abbott, says Andrew.

Here is your red line.

If you get below that red line with Diane Abbott,

you are through to the next round.

Yeah, you're through.

25.

Taking your total up to 37.

Yeah, very well played.

Went to school with Michael Portillo.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Gerry,

welcome to Pointless.

Now, there you are on 78. That is quite a high score.

-Yeah.

-Gerry, but here you are from Cumbria.

I'm sorry we had to drag you away from God's own country to come here.

We should have come up as a special service and filmed you there.

What do you do, Gerry? What keeps you busy up there?

-I'm retired now.

-What did you do?

I was a tool hire fitter for a hire company.

Used to travel the north of England,

repairing diggers and dumpers and other big boys' toys.

Well, that's quite fun. You turn up

at a building site and everyone goes, "Hey! Gerry's here!"

Cos it basically means that you're going to fix the digger or whatever.

Until about an hour later, when I couldn't fix it

and then I was...

Very good indeed. Now, Gerry, as I say, 78 is the high score.

At the moment, everything is in Dougie's hands.

It could all change.

But what would you like to go for?

-We need a low score.

-There's two or three there that I'm pretty sure of,

but they're going to be fairly high-scoring.

I'm going to take a chance with Woodrow Wilson.

Woodrow Wilson, says Gerry.

That's precisely the kind of answer we needed from you here.

There's no red line, I'm afraid, as you are the high-scorers.

But let's see how far down the column we get with Woodrow Wilson.

A bit of a punt. How many of our 100 people said it?

Oh! I'm afraid not Woodrow Wilson.

But you've gone out in a blaze of glory there, Gerry.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 178.

Yeah. Sorry, Gerry. Exactly the right thing to do, though.

You know you have to go for a risk. A lot of people go for

an obvious one, you couldn't do that. It's unfortunate.

I'll give all the answers at the end of the pass.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now, Dougie.

-Hi.

Welcome to Pointless. Firstly, I've never realised this before,

of course, "Doogie" and "Duggie" are spelt the same.

Yeah. And "Doogie", of course, short for Dougal,

-"Duggie" for Douglas.

-That's right.

-And so...

Well, you know? Presumably you must have to spend your life

telling people, "No, no, no, 'Doogie', 'Doogie.' "

I just answer to anything.

Anything. Dougie.

You weren't in a band in the '80s, were you, Dougie?

-No. '70s.

-Don't you think? He looks like...

He does look like he was in a band, yeah.

You look like you should have been fronting a band.

Maybe Altered Images. I mean, I know she was female, but...

Strange you should say that,

because I have been mistaken for Justin Currie in the past,

-from Del Amitri.

-There you go.

-Nobody knows who that is but...

No, Del Amitri, another great Glaswegian band.

Yes. But I'm not him!

Dougie, you are also a civil servant.

The other good news is you are through.

The other good news, apart from you being a civil servant.

That's the first bit of good news.

Second bit of good news, you're through to Round Two.

So that's fun. You can fill your boots here.

If you want just to answer as many of those as you can...

OK. Obviously, Elton John at the top.

I think... Is that Steve Jobs? Third in?

I'm not quite sure. I don't know the women.

Woody Allen, obviously a comedy hero.

I don't know the two in the middle.

I'm having fun with this bottom left one.

-Oh, go on.

-I'm finding it a bit...

It's not my answer. I'm trying to think.

I don't think he was in a band in the '80s.

It looks like Wilfrid Brambell out of Steptoe And Son,

but I think it's Alan Bennett.

And I think the last one is...

I was actually... At first, I thought it was Steve Biko,

and then I thought Malcolm X.

But since we're through, I'll go with Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington, why not? Let's see what happens.

How many of our 100 people said Denzel Washington?

That was fun, though. It's exactly what you should have done.

That's the sort of use you need to make of your clear run like that.

It's scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 108.

Yeah, you were right first time.

It's Malcolm X down there.

You can see why Denzel played him.

-Yeah.

-There's an extraordinary likeness.

Malcolm X would have scored you 17 points.

It's not Wilfred Bramble, it's not Alan Bennett, it's James Joyce.

-Is it?

-James Joyce. Very well done if you said that.

Would have scored you 1 point.

He looks rather an intense fellow.

-James Joyce?

-Yes, a little bit.

-I think he probably was quite intense.

-He probably was.

He wasn't one of the Chuckle Brothers. You know that, right?

Let's take a look at the top row.

Elton John, you are absolutely right about, of course.

Elton John would have scored you 90.

Next to him, it is...

Do you know that one? Doesn't look like her, I don't think.

It's not Sandra Bullock, it's not...

I mean, you've got to take the glasses off.

-Anne Hathaway?

-It's Anne Hathaway, yeah.

-That's exactly who it is.

-Is that Anne Hathaway?!

-Yeah.

-Doesn't look anything like her.

-Would have scored 13.

Steve Jobs, you were right about. Would have scored you 43.

-Next to him...

-Emma Bunton.

-..the lovely Emma Bunton.

She would have scored you 41.

Then, as you say, Woody Allen.

He would have scored you 45.

-Then Albert Einstein.

-Einstein.

Who would have scored you 66.

Now, there is a president there. Not Woodrow Wilson.

This guy's been on the show a lot recently.

-Yeah.

-It's Theodore Roosevelt.

-No!

-Yeah.

-No!

-Look at that.

-Is that what he looks like?

-That's what he looked like.

-3 points.

He's been on three shows in a row, virtually, Roosevelt.

-Looking good on it.

-I mean, that's like...

I don't know who is doing his PR, they're doing a very good job.

He's obviously got a book out.

I don't know what it is, but he obviously has.

Oh, I'm hearing he's doing a cookery book.

That's right. I did know that. I did know that.

Theodore Roosevelt's Meals In Minutes.

-There we go.

-It's just out in time for Christmas.

That would be good. This is a pointless answer, the last one.

-Mervyn King.

-It's not Mervyn King.

-Oh, no?

-It's one of the great sci-fi writers.

It is Ray Bradbury.

A pointless answer. Very, very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We find ourselves at the end of the first round,

and we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs.

I'm sorry to say that pair is Gerry and Heather.

178 is your score.

Far too soon to be sending you away. We'll see you next time.

I look forward to that very much indeed.

Meantime, thank you so much, Gerry and Heather.

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

And so three pairs remain, and on we go into Round Two.

Not one pair in front of me now has been in Round Two before.

Obviously, the nearest two pairs haven't been on the show before,

so that's why. Phil and Jill left at the end of Round One last time.

But this time, Phil,

the lowest score of the round with Henry Kissinger there.

-Very well done indeed.

-I'm exceedingly happy with that.

Me too. Me too.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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

who's going second? Whoever is going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Richard.

Yeah, on each pass, we're going to show you six clues

to famous cocktails according to

the International Bartenders Association.

Can you name these cocktails, please?

Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our first set of six,

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Alec. Cocktails.

What'll you have?

Not my specialist subject at all...

..but I will go for...

..Hemingway introduced the Bloody Mary.

The Bloody Mary, says Alec. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

51.

Yeah, supposedly named after Queen Mary,

they say,

who was a big fan of vodka.

There are very few cocktails

that don't have some sort of Hemingway legend attached.

Yes, he sort of invented an awful lot of them, didn't he?

Yeah, yeah. There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Carmel.

I'm going to have to go for...

..Cosmopolitan just cos I don't know any of the others.

OK, I thought you were going to say, "Cos that's my poison!"

Cosmopolitan, says Carmel.

Cosmopolitan, the Sex In The City one.

-Yes.

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

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

It's right.

That's a good answer.

11 for Cosmopolitan.

Served you well, Carmel.

Well played. Do you know when the Cosmopolitan was invented?

1842.

-1988.

-Wow. There we go.

Phil, what would you like to go for on our cocktail board?

I think...

..is that an O-F at the bottom?

It is.

An Old Fashioned.

Old Fashioned.

"What could possibly go wrong with an Old Fashioned?"

says Phil. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Old Fashioned.

It's right.

51's the high score, 11 is the low.

Oh, look at that. Phil is on fire!

Down to 3 for Old Fashioned.

Great work Phil, well played.

I'm not a big whiskey fan but I love an Old Fashioned.

I do. The gin-based drink?

-Singapore Sling.

-Singapore Sling.

That would have scored you 23.

-The non-alcoholic drink?

-Shirley Temple.

-Shirley Temple.

That would have scored 13. And the sparkling wine?

-Bucks Fizz.

-Bucks Fizz. Of course it is.

That would have scored 28. Bloody Mary, the biggest scorer,

-and Old Fashioned, Phil, best on the board.

-Thanks very much indeed.

We're halfway through. Let's look at those scores.

3, Phil and Jill, on fire over there on the far podium.

Up to 11 where we find Carmel and Andrew.

And 51, Alex and Dougie.

Little bit high, there.

So, yes, Dougie, a nice, low score from you

may be enough to keep you in the game, so good luck.

Back down the line now,

so can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Let's put six more cocktail clues up on the board

and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

-Jill.

-Hello.

-You're on 3. Your target is 47 or less.

I think I'll go with Harvey Wallbanger.

Harvey Wallbanger, says Jill.

Let's see if that's right.

How many of our 100 people said Harvey Wallbanger?

There's your red line.

It's right.

You're through.

23. Very well done indeed.

26 is your total.

That's a cocktail you don't really see any more, Harvey Wallbanger,

-but it's a great name, isn't it?

-Oh, it's a great name! Andrew.

You're on 11. You're on 11, you want to score 39 or less.

That's the level of cocktail we're after.

Yeah. There's a couple up there that I know.

I think the one that might score best is the top one,

a Moscow Mule.

Moscow Mule, the beast of burden there.

Here is your red line, coming in.

You must get below that with your mule.

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

It's right.

You've done it.

Look at that. 8 for Moscow Mule.

Surprisingly low score, then.

19 is your total.

Lowest total of the round.

Yes, the Moscow Mule, very popular.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Dougie, I have grave news,

which is you will be leaving us at the end of this round.

But having said that, would you like to talk us through

the board and fill in the blanks?

I only know two of them.

The P-C is a Pina Colada.

L-I-I-T, a Long Island Iced Tea.

So that would be the one that I would have went for.

Long Island Iced Tea, says Dougie.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Long Island Iced Tea.

It's right.

16.

That takes your total up to 67.

Let's fill these in, shall we?

You're correct about Pina Colada.

That would have scored you 41 points.

Oh, I like these ones. The C-L.

-Cuba Libre.

-Yes. Would have scored you 11.

And they serve 120,000 of these at the Kentucky Derby. And they are...?

They drink them a lot in American books in the Deep South as well.

Oh, I know exactly what it is, yes.

-A Mint Julep.

-Mint Julep, exactly right.

That would have scored 2 points. Very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much, Richard.

We're at the end of our second round.

The high-scorers, Dougie and Alec.

67, not that high a score

but it seems everyone knows their cocktails.

So there we are. We'll see you again next time.

-Look forward to that.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much, Dougie and Alec.

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

Congratulations, Andrew and Carmel, Phil and Jill.

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

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

We're now at the head-to-head,

which means you can start playing as a team.

You can chat before you give your answers and the first player to win

two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

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

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

-Richard.

-Yes, we're going to show you five pictures of marsupials now

and give you alternate letters of their names.

Can you tell us what they are, please?

And here are our five marsupials. We have got...

Andrew and Carmel, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.

Yeah, I think that's the only one I know.

-B and C are the only ones I know, so that makes sense. Yeah.

-OK.

I think we're going to go for C

and that's a bandicoot.

Bandicoot. C, bandicoot, say Andrew and Carmel.

Now, Phil and Jill...

that board's all yours. Talk us through our marsupials.

I think you've got possum, wombat, koala.

I think we'll choose A, possum.

Possum. So we have bandicoot and we have possum.

Andrew and Carmel said bandicoot for C.

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

16.

16 for bandicoot.

Phil and Jill, meanwhile, have gone for possum for A.

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

Well, it is a possum.

Oh, 44. 44 for possum.

Very well done, Andrew and Carmel.

After one question you are up 1-0.

Very well played. I didn't know that's what a wombat looked like,

-I'm going to be honest with you.

-No.

I thought a wombat might have been a bat.

Do you know, I sort of thought it was as well.

Did anyone think a wombat was a bat?

-AUDIENCE:

-No.

-Oh...

-Oh, it's easy to say that now!

That is... That's awkward, isn't it?

-Isn't it? Yeah.

-I thought it was... Why did I think...?

-Anyway.

-Massive bat.

-Wom...

-I thought it was the sound of...

Wom. Wom.

Like that. A wom-bat.

-Yeah.

-I don't know what this is.

-No.

-I think this is an animal looking at a wombat.

-That's neither a wom nor a bat.

-Yeah. Doesn't seem to be.

-It's cute anyway.

-Yeah.

Would have scored you 77 points. I feel terrible now,

-but I'm glad you thought it was a type of bat as well.

-Yeah.

Good name for a band, Wombat 77.

E is a Koala, of course.

Would have scored you 93.

If I was the photographer, I'd just say, "Close your mouth,

-"close your mouth..."

-Maybe the koala's PR has chosen that photo.

-OK.

-Next one, D, you find in New Guinea.

And this is a cuscus,

believe it or not.

And that's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said it.

You see, that's just had the water added, hasn't it?

It's growing. There we are.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Our second question is all about...

-Richard.

-Yes, simply, five clues now to facts about pioneers in aviation.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'll read those all again.

Phil and Jill, you go first.

THEY CONFER

We'll go with the name of the plane in which Charles Lindbergh

made his nonstop solo flight.

The Spirit Of St Louis.

The Spirit Of St Louis, say Phil and Jill.

Now, Andrew and Carmel,

the board's all yours, talk us through it.

That's the one I was going to go for, annoyingly.

Do you know any of the others?

I just know the Wright brothers?

Yeah, the Wright brothers.

I think the Montgolfier brothers were French.

And the airship, the Hindenburg...

would be my guess.

I don't know the top one, though.

Shall we try French, please, for hot-air balloon pilots?

For Montgolfier, OK.

The French Montgolfier brothers.

-Yes.

-So, Spirit Of St Louis is the first answer Phil and Jill gave.

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

It's right.

15 for Spirit Of St Louis.

Meanwhile, Andrew and Carmel have gone for French for the Montgolfier

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

It's right.

42. Well done, Phil and Jill, that's what we needed from you.

You are back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

Well played. Hindenburg would have been a slightly better answer.

Would have scored you 28 points.

The Wright brothers would have been too many points, as you suspected,

would've scored 66, but there is an answer that would have beaten

the Spirit Of St Louis, and that is the top one, 14 points.

-Amy Johnson.

-Amy Johnson.

Yes, very well done if you said that at home.

-14.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final,

so best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today is all about...

-Richard.

-Going to give you the initials now

of five of the subtitles of Star Wars films.

Can you name the most obscure one, please?

Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five sets of initials, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those again.

Andrew and Carmel.

So we'll go for the bottom one on the list, Attack Of The Clones.

Attack Of The Clones, say Andrew and Carmel.

Phil and Jill, talk us through that board.

Yeah...

The Force Awakens,

The Empire Strikes Back,

Revenge Of The Sith,

Return Of The Jedi.

I'll go for...

Revenge Of The Sith.

Revenge Of The Sith, say Phil and Jill.

OK, so Andrew and Carmel said Attack Of The Clones.

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

It's right.

18 for Attack Of The Clones.

Nice, low score there.

Phil and Jill, meanwhile, have gone for Revenge Of The Sith.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see if our 100 people said that.

Oh, it's close.

Oh, look at that!

Revenge Of The Sith the more obscure.

Very well done indeed, Phil and Jill.

Nice surprise twist in the tale there and it means,

after three questions, Phil and Jill are through to the final, 2-1.

That's a great head-to-head. It's one of those ones

I know both teams knew all of those and

it's working out the lowest score, so terrific work.

You were right about all the others, it's The Force Awakens

and that would have scored you 24.

The Empire Strikes Back...

..39. And Return Of The Jedi...

-..would have scored you 51.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our head-to-head, the couple leaving us, I'm afraid,

it's Andrew and Carmel but good news, really, cos it means we get

to see you again next time and you've done so well this time,

I'm sure you'll do just as well next time,

if not maybe one step further. But it's been lovely having you on.

-Thank you so much, Andrew and Carmel.

-Thank you.

But for Phil and Jill, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Phil and Jill. You've seen off

all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Ooh!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at

the end of today's show, of course, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.

But what a turnaround. What a turnaround.

Last time it was Round One, this time, back you come,

back you come again and again and again.

Lovely low scores there.

So, yes, what would you like to see come up in this last round?

Star Wars again.

-Yeah.

-Is that possible?

Such a gleeful smile on your face when Star Wars came up.

Star Wars again, who knows? Maybe.

Jill, anything you'd like to see come up?

Probably playwrights.

-OK.

-European.

-You know what it's like, these last rounds,

always a bit of a hodgepodge but we shall see what happens.

Today's selection reads like this.

We've got...

Shall we go for spies? I do know Disney.

I'm not too hot on Disney.

-Go spies then.

-Spies.

OK, Fictional Spies it is for Phil and Jill.

Good luck. Here are your three options.

We are looking for any cast member

of the 2015 comedy film Spy, according to IMDb.

We're looking for the name of any actor who appeared

in ten or more episodes of the BBC series Spooks,

again, according to IMDb.

Or we are looking for any UK Top 40 hit

that was the official theme tune to an official James Bond film, please.

So...

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 just one

of these answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

I think the songs might be best because then...

I know...

I know them.

-You Only Live Twice.

-OK. Duran Duran.

-Yeah.

It's the titles. So A View To A kill.

All Time High.

The Living Daylights. There's loads to pick from.

All Time High from Octopussy.

Yeah. View To A Kill is quite...

I think that one is a better choice.

For Your Eyes Only.

That's quite a high one, I think.

-Like an older one, like Thunderball?

-Yeah.

Something older.

See, I'm not too good on James Bond films.

-All Time High, View To A kill, Living Daylight.

-All Time High.

-Ten seconds left.

-All Time High.

View To A Kill.

Moonraker.

The Man With The Golden Gun.

Yeah.

-Shall we go those three?

-OK, that is your time up, I'm afraid.

Let's have your three answers.

I think we're going to go all with the James Bond theme songs.

OK.

-All Time High.

-All Time High.

-The Man With The Golden Gun.

-The Man With The Golden Gun.

-For Your Eyes Only.

-For Your Eyes Only.

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

-I think All Time High.

-All Time High goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-I think the Shirley East... The Sheena Easton one?

-Yeah.

-For Your Eyes Only.

-Yeah.

OK, pop that first.

And The Man With The Golden Gun in the middle.

OK, well, let's put those answers on the board in that order then,

and here they are. We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Three good answers there.

If you won the jackpot with one of those answers,

if one of those answers were to turn out to be pointless,

what would you like to do with your spoils?

Phil, you first.

Well, you know those vegan cakes are very expensive...

so I might buy one cake in the cafe.

Also, I think it's... I'll put it on a bit of a trip to LA next year.

What, the cake?

Yeah, send it on the way

cos they might not have heard of vegan cakes there.

-One bit of vegan cake goes a long way.

-It does!

It could get you there! Jill, how about you?

I think I want to buy a little pig.

PHIL SNORTS

CHUCKLING

Or get one given to me.

OK. A little pig.

Well, very, very best of luck with these three answers.

Let's hope one of them will win that jackpot for you.

Your first answer was For Your Eyes Only.

In the case of all three answers here,

we are looking for James Bond themes that were also UK Top 40 hits.

If one of these turns out to be pointless, it wins you £1,000.

Your first answer, For Your Eyes Only,

let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Is it pointless?

It's right. That's the first thing it had to be.

Now, will it go all the way down to zero?

You will leave here with £1,000.

For Your Eyes Only takes us down through the teens.

Are we going to make single figures? Yes, we are.

Oh, 7.

Good.

What about that? For Your Eyes Only, also the name of the film.

Only scoring 7. Great hit for Sheena Easton.

Only 7. It's all looking very good for your next two, I think.

The Man With The Golden Gun is your next answer.

We are looking for UK Top 40 James Bond themes.

If it's pointless, it wins you £1,000.

How many people said it?

Oh.

Oh...

OK. We won't dwell on it. That's evidently an incorrect answer.

But we then move onto your third and final answer, All Time High.

Let's see if that is right, in the first instance,

and if it is pointless, it will win you £1,000.

How many of our 100 people said it? All Time High.

Oh...

Oh, well.

Well, there's a turn up.

We will discover why those were incorrect in a moment,

but I'm afraid the upshot is you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

That will roll over onto the next show, but very well done.

Great, great performance right the way across the show today.

And you get to take home the Pointless trophy, so there we are.

Well done, Phil and Jill.

Yeah, unlucky, Phil and Jill. You obviously know your Bond,

and neither of those last two were top 40 hits, unfortunately.

I will go through all the pointless answers now

in the different categories.

We'll start with the cast of Spy, which was a very good film.

Everybody apart from Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Jude Law,

Miranda Hart, Rose Byrne and Nargis Fakhri

were pointless answers. Everybody else pointless apart from them.

Ten or more episodes of Spooks now. Some good actors here.

Imagine a BBC drama with these four leading it.

Well done if you said any of those.

Everybody there was a pointless answer apart from Peter Firth,

Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes and Rupert Penry-Jones.

And these Bond theme songs.

Only two pointless answers here.

And they are Another Way To Die, which was from Quantum Of Solace,

Alicia Keys and Jack White,

and The World Is Not Enough by Garbage.

You'd have got 1 point for Tomorrow Never Dies,

Licence To Kill and You Know My Name.

Nobody Does It Better scored 2.

Thunderball, which you thought about, scored 4.

5 for Goldeneye, Writing's On The Wall and From Russia With Love

also The Living Daylights. 6 for Die Another Day.

9 for You Only Live Twice,

12 for A View To A Kill. 20 for Live And Let Die. Skyfall, 25.

35 for Diamonds Are Forever. And Goldfinger, 61 points.

Very well done if you got a pointless answer at home and

-that's unlucky in the studio.

-Thank you very much indeed,

and thanks very much, Phil and Jill.

I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.

That means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £2,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.