Episode 29 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a very warm welcome to Pointless -

the game where you're always aiming for the lowest score.

Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hi, my name's Daisy,

this is my dad, Dave,

and we are from Markbeech in Kent.

Couple number two.

My name's Ruth. I'm from Leeds.

This is Steffi from Oxford, and we are ex-colleagues, now friends.

Couple number three.

Hello, my name is Daniela, and this is my husband, Stephen,

and we live in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

And finally, couple number four.

I'm Harry, this is my friend, Henry, and we're from Kent.

And these are today's contestants.

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

Lovely to have you with us. 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.

As bright as a button, as sharp as a tack,

as pretty as a picture,

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

-That's nice. Hiya.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hey, everybody. Hiya.

-Hello there.

-Hello there.

-Three returning pairs, which is quite nice.

-Yes.

On podium one, Daisy and Dave, who got through to the head-to-head,

but we welcome one new pair as well,

that's Steffi and Ruth on podium two.

I wonder what's going to happen.

-I know.

-Last time, we had Lorcan and Joe, lovely Lorcan and Joe.

-Mm.

They had a World Cup question, which is some people's perfect question.

They did pretty well, got two three-pointers, didn't they?

Couldn't quite ram home the advantage.

-No, no.

-Lovely fellas, though.

Very nice. Thank you very much.

So, Joe and Lorcan didn't win the jackpot last time,

we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

APPLAUSE There it is.

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

Remember this, if you remember nothing else,

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

will be eliminated. That's it. That's basically the only rule.

No conferring till we get to the head-to-head round, of course.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah, on each board,

we're going to show you seven pairs of book titles.

They share a word in the title, and we've missed the word out.

Can you tell us what it is, please?

There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at home.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our first board

of shared book titles, and here they are.

I'll read those again.

There we are.

Daisy, welcome back to Pointless.

Now, remind us what you do, Daisy.

I'm a procurement administrator from Kent.

What does a procurement administrator do?

So, I basically work in a company

that buys and then supplies UK supermarkets

with their berries.

Oh, that's nice!

-Yeah.

-Do you have a favourite berry, Daisy?

I do love a blackberry. I think it's underrated.

-Yeah,.

-I quite like all of them.

-I like a blackberry.

And do you do frozen berries as well, or fresh berries?

-No, only fresh.

-Only fresh, that's interesting.

Right, so seasonal. Well, I suppose they come from all over the world.

All over the world. South America, Europe, yeah, so...

Very good. Now, Daisy,

how are we liking the shared words in these book titles?

I mean, literature is not great for me.

OK.

I'm going to go with the top one, and say, "Wolf."

OK, "Wolf," says Daisy.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Wolf."

It's right.

76 for wolf.

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Yeah, two very different books, do not get them mixed up.

Although, funnily enough, not that different, if you think about it.

In terms of the excess of Wall Street...

-Yeah, I suppose that's true.

-..and the excess of that particular court.

-Yeah.

-They're both about, kind of, greed, avarice

-and uncontrolled power...

-Yes.

-..in a funny kind of way.

-Yeah.

There we are, interesting.

-Ruth, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here.

What do you do up in Leeds?

Yeah, so I'm a product manager for a microbiology company,

but my remit is the UK and Ireland.

Now, that's interesting.

So, what sort of products are these?

So, I have two product ranges,

I have blood culture instruments

and pre-poured media.

So, if you remember petri dishes at school...

-I do.

-Yes, I have loads of those,

about 1,000 different types.

-Wow!

-Yes.

That is...quite exciting!

And you're trading them over the place?

-Yes.

-Petri dishes and all sorts of other instruments as well.

Yeah, mainly to NHS laboratories.

Very good.

Now, Ruth, how do you find this board?

It's OK. It's a lot better than I thought it would be

when I heard the round was Literature,

cos it's not one of my favourite things to do.

But, yeah, that's OK.

The bottom one, I would say the missing word is

magic.

Magic. "Magic," says Ruth.

Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Ruth.

76 is the only score at this point, and you've passed that.

Down we go, still going down.

20, very well done indeed, Ruth.

20 for magic.

Yeah, it was the first of the Discworld novels,

The Colour Of Magic,

and it wasn't until the fourth of those novels

that Terry Pratchett was able to become a full-time writer.

He was the press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board

up until the fourth Discworld novel.

Oh, that must've been a lovely moment!

Yes, can you imagine?

Just a royalty cheque coming in, and just going,

"Yep. Yep, that's it."

Do you think he walked down to the Electricity Board

and gave them what for?

I don't think he did, cos he was such a good guy.

-Such a nice man.

-I bet he was lovely to them.

I bet they were sad to lose him.

-Think of the joy he gave after that as well.

-Yeah.

-So it worked out for everybody.

-Yeah, he still lit up the world.

LAUGHTER

There you are. Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Yeah, no, he did. He was switched on, wasn't he?

-Yeah, there you go. Yep.

-Yeah.

He wouldn't shock you.

-No.

-Would he?

No.

Erm...

And...

-Bright spark.

-He was a bright spark, there you go.

You've found us a way out of this conversation.

Thank you. There we go. Thank you very much indeed.

Daniela, welcome back to Pointless.

Now, listen, it was Round One last time.

We had to say goodbye to you in Round One, which was far too soon.

You are here from Harrogate.

Remind us what you like getting up to in Harrogate.

I like to go antique shopping.

-Mm-hmm.

-Erm...

..and spend my time...

..going to the hospital.

-That seems to be my...

-LAUGHTER

Antiques and the hospital!

-..second home. Yes.

-Is it a nice hospital in Harrogate?

-Yes, it's very nice, actually.

-Is it an old hospital?

Very good consultants, so, yes.

Very good indeed.

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

Right, OK.

I know one that's going to be quite high-scoring,

so I'm going to take a chance with...

..The Hare With Blue Eyes

and The Blue Spyglass.

The Hare With Blue Eyes and Blue Spyglass.

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

Da-da-da!

No, I'm sorry, not blue in this case, Daniela.

-Not blue.

-Sorry, Daniela.

Someone should write that book, but they haven't as yet, I'm afraid.

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

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Henry, welcome back.

Remind us what you do, Henry.

I work for a publishers in Kent,

where we do kind of career guides,

and also guides for school guides,

like revision books and things.

And this is a fairly new job, is it?

Yeah, I've been there for about six months.

-And fun? So far, so good? Enjoying it?

-Yeah, yeah, it's really good.

Is it based in Kent, or is it based in London?

Yeah, I'm based in Kent, yeah.

We're kind of...growing.

That's even more exciting!

-Yeah, exactly.

-Very good.

Do you find that suddenly, in that run from sort of Easter onwards,

as the exams get closer...

-Yeah, absolutely.

-..A huge spike in your sales?

Yeah, and also August.

-The retakes?

-August spike, massive.

Yeah. Very good. OK, now, Henry, this board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it and fill in all those missing words?

I think I know a few of them. The third one,

The Great Gatsby and Great Expectations.

And I think it's...

The Amber Spyglass,

and I guess it must be The Hare With Amber Eyes.

And then The Diary Of A Nobody

and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.

And then Don Quixote...

..and Monsignor Quixote would be my guess for that one.

But I think I'm going to go with The Diary Of A Nobody

-and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.

-"Diary," says Henry.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went with diary.

-Ooh!

-62 for diary, not bad at all.

Yeah, there were lower scores out there of the ones you knew.

Because Don Quixote and Monsignor Quixote

would have scored you 33 points.

And The Hare With Amber Eyes, you're quite right, and The Amber Spyglass,

it's an even smaller scorer. Just 16 for that.

You did well to avoid The Great Gatsby and Great Expectations.

As you'd hope, that's a very big scorer.

93 for that.

But the best answer on the board is Moon...

-Tiger.

-..Tiger, and The White Tiger, and that would have scored you 6.

-Well done if you said that at home.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

20 the best score of that pass, Ruth, very well done indeed.

Yeah, I'd say Ruth and Steffi looking very strong,

because we then travel up to 62,

which is where your nearest rivals are, Henry and Harry.

Then 76, Daisy and Dave,

and then 100 for Stephen and Daniela.

So, Stephen, who knows what's going to happen on the next pass?

A low score from you might help at this stage, so good luck with that.

We're going to come back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more books

with shared words up on the board.

And here they are.

I shall read those all again.

There we are. Harry, welcome back.

Harry, remind us what you do.

I work for a property management company in London.

And this IS a new job.

-Yes.

-Very new indeed.

-Only two weeks.

-Nice people in the company?

-Lovely people.

-That's nice.

-Very welcoming.

-Do they know that you're here today,

-or did you pull a sickie?

-They do know, they do know.

Well, they would find out. They would find out.

And, Harry, what are your interests when not managing properties?

I'm big on music, big on sport.

As Richard will be disappointed to hear, I'm a Chelsea fan.

Well, listen, someone's got to be.

It's not a disappointment, it's kind of fine.

In some ways, I just think, you know...

If you've been affected by any of the issues raised by this programme,

there is a fact sheet after the show.

Harry, what would you like to go for?

You're on 62. 37 or less is your target.

The old board was slightly better,

but I know a few of these.

I'm going to go for what I hope is a slightly lower scorer,

The Hunt For Red October and Red Dragon.

"Red," says Harry.

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

And here is your RED line.

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

Look at that, 83.

That's a high score there.

Takes your total up to 145.

Yeah, it was Tom Clancy's first-ever novel, The Hunt For Red October.

We talked about it before, haven't we?

I think you judged a newspaper headline writing competition.

-Oh, yes.

-For the best headline of the year,

and it was about looking for a stolen car.

-That's right, yeah.

-What was the headline?

No recollection whatsoever.

It was The Hunt For The Red-Hot Skoda.

Oh, yes, that's it.

Thank you very much. How do you remember that?

-I don't know.

-I was there!

-It made me laugh at the time.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, then, Stephen, welcome back.

-Hi.

-What do you do, Stephen?

I'm a writer and a school workshop provider.

That's right. So, you tour around with Madge The Mermaid,

-as we discovered last time.

-Yeah.

And you've written stories around Madge The Mermaid.

-It's just one story.

-Just one.

-Yeah.

-But she encourages children to recycle.

She encourages children to have a love of writing.

She's made of recycled material.

She's got a bucket for a head,

-fishing netting for hair, and a dress.

-Very nice.

Cups for eyes, rubber gloves for hands.

Oh! Is she single?

LAUGHTER

Well, that would be giving the story away.

Very good indeed. Well, we'll have to find out.

Stephen, you are no longer the high-scorers.

The high-scorers are now behind you, Harry and Henry on 145.

If you can score 44 or less,

you are through to Round Two.

There's two I know, and there's one I'm not sure about.

So...

I'm going to play safe and say the one that I know,

and hope that it gets below 45.

Lucky Jim and Lord Jim.

Lucky Jim and Lord Jim.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with Lucky Jim, Lord Jim,

you're through to Round Two. How many of our 100 said it?

It's right.

Very well done. Look at that, 39.

Fantastic, 139 is your total.

Yeah, Clive James once described Lucky Jim

as the funniest novel he'd ever read,

and that's someone whose judgment you should trust.

Yeah, absolutely, in all things.

Steffi, welcome.

Great to have you here.

Steffi, what do you do?

I'm an analyst in the world of medical devices.

This is where you and Ruth met!

-Yes.

-Across a petri dish.

-Yes!

-What about that?

But you no longer work together.

-No, no.

-Who moved away?

-Ruth did.

-Me.

Must have been something I said, I don't know.

How long ago did Ruth move away?

-A year.

-A year, I think, yeah.

-You must all miss Ruth.

Yes, but we still meet and keep in touch.

And go on game shows and things like that.

-Yes, exactly.

-The usual thing.

-Yeah, as you do.

-Steffi, what are your interests?

I like going on long walks, reading a book, boring stuff, really.

Nothing wrong with that, both of those are lovely things to do.

Steffi, reading books, very helpful in this particular category.

How are you finding our board?

I'm sure about one and not sure about the other one,

but what's life without risk?

So, I'm going to say The Railway Children, Midnight's Children.

The Railway Children... This is your risk.

-Yes.

-"Children," says Steffi.

There's no red line for you, Steffi,

-for the lovely reason that you are already through.

-Right!

Doesn't matter what you score.

Brilliant. I'll say, "Children," then.

There we are, The Railway Children, Midnight's Children.

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

It's right.

83, it's a high score...

..but who cares? You are already through, takes your total up to 103.

Yeah, won the Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children,

the best Booker prize-winning novel

-of all the Booker prize-winning novels.

-Really? Very good.

-Now, Dave, we come back to you.

-Yes.

We come back to you, our head-to-headers in the last show.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

Here from Kent. Remind us what you do.

I do business development for an aerospace company.

Very interesting.

Very in...

Aerospace, when the words "aerospace"

or "civil service" come up,

I'm always a bit nervous about prying too far into

-what it is people do.

-We make engine components.

Well, there you are, engine components.

Oh, that's good. Dave, this board is all yours.

Would you like to go through and mop up?

The three I knew have gone...

..so I'm going to have to take a bit of a guess,

and the one I'm going to guess at

is the fourth one down,

and I'm going to say, "Secret."

"Secret," says Dave.

Here is your red line.

Get below that with secret, you're through to the next round.

How many people said, "Secret"?

Very well done, Dave, that's exactly what you needed from it.

46 is what it scores you,

your total is 122, and you're into Round Two.

Well played, Dave, safely through.

That's a good book, The Secret History.

That was her debut novel as well.

The top one, A Handful Of...

-Dust.

-..Dust, yeah.

And Heat And Dust. Would have scored 18.

-Cloud...

-Atlas.

-..Atlas,

and Atlas Shrugged, would have scored 20,

-and Eat, Pray...

-Love.

-Yep, and Women In Love.

So, the best answer up there is Dust for 18 points.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair we have to say goodbye to... Harry and Henry!

How has this happened, Harry and Henry?

I knew some other ones but, yeah, miscalculation.

Well, this is a great shame.

I thought you were head-to-headers in this show.

We've only got ourselves to blame, unfortunately.

Well, listen, it's a shame.

It has been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for coming to play. Harry and Henry, everyone.

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

And there we are, down to three pairs for Round Two,

and we'll be down to two pairs at the end of this round

for our head-to-head. Steffi and Ruth, well done.

Ruth, you were our lowest individual scorer for that last round,

and Steffi and Ruth, our lowest combined score,

so very good on that far podium.

Our category for Round Two - good luck with it, by the way,

all three pairs - is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Richard.

Yeah, we're about to show you a picture of 16 different people

arranged in eight comedy double acts.

We're looking for the name of any of the individuals you see here,

the full name of anyone you're about to see.

You will be tempted to say the name of a double act.

Please don't, just the individual names

of any one you're about to see.

-Good luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, as Richard said, we're going to show an image.

That'll stay up for the whole round, OK?

So, let's have a look at that image.

There we are, there they all are as duos.

There we are.

Eight duos.

And there they all are as individuals.

You just have to say the name of any person up on that board

and, Daisy, we come to you first.

Hmm. OK, this isn't...

I'm not 100% sure on quite a few...

I feel like it's going to be quite an obvious one,

but I'm just going to have to go with it and say,

"Sue Grady."

Sue Grady.

"Sue Grady," says Daisy.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Sue Grady."

No.

No, I'm afraid Sue Grady not up on that board.

Sorry, Daisy. You said you were going to go for an obvious one

and, to be fair to you, you didn't.

-No!

-You really didn't,

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

Thank you very much indeed.

Daniela, who would you like to go for?

It's first names that bother me.

Yes, that's the trick, isn't it?

I'm going to go,

bottom line, third one along...

..is it David Baddiel?

David Baddiel, yes, let's have a look and see if that's right,

and see how many of our 100 people went for David Baddiel.

Ooh.

25 for David Baddiel.

Good score there, Daniela.

Yeah, he did a wonderful theatre show

where he talks about his family, talks about his parents.

-It's brilliant. Yeah.

-Have you been to see it?

No, I say it's brilliant, I've read all about it.

-It's so good.

-My Family, Not The Sitcom.

Yeah, and went into the West End, I imagine it'll be touring around.

If you get the chance to see it, do.

I mean, it's pretty jaw-dropping at times.

But it's very, very funny.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Steffi.

I think I'll go for top row, I might be mixing up the surname,

but I think it's Sue Perkins.

"Sue Perkins," says Steffi.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Sue Perkins."

25, there we are.

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Seems to be a very popular score there, 25.

She was once crowned the world's biggest liar, Sue Perkins,

at a competition in Cumbria.

At least, that's what she told me. I don't know.

No, she was. That's among her many, many skills.

She's great, Sue Perkins. Thank you very much.

Well, we're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores. 25 the best score,

shared between Steffi and Ruth, and Stephen and Daniela.

And then up to 100, where I'm afraid Daisy and Dave are.

So, Dave, who knows what's going to happen in the next pass?

But a low score from you isn't going to hurt.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Ruth, 74 or less keeps you in the game.

Right, I'm going to go with Mel...

Gee... Giedroyc. I'm not sure how you say it.

-Giedroyc.

-That's it.

Mel Giedroyc.

OK, here's your red line, let's see if you can get below that red line

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

Very well done. You are through to the head-to-head, Ruth.

Down that goes to 11, very well done.

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Taking your total up to 36.

Yeah, she's a 17th generation grandchild

of a Prince of Lithuania,

-Mel Giedroyc. You can see it when someone says it.

-You can tell.

-You can tell.

-She's a class act.

-You can tell she's royalty.

-Yeah.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Now, Stephen.

Know a few. I'll go for Frank Skinner.

Frank Skinner. Again, 74 is your target as well.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Frank Skinner."

Here's your red line.

Very well done, Frank Skinner gets you into the head-to-head as well.

Down we go to 29.

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-54 is your total.

-Well played.

Of course had a famous double act with David Baddiel.

I would have to say, if you ranked every comedian,

every comic in Britain in terms of quick wit,

in terms of being able to respond,

he and Lee Mack would be in the final.

Exactly the other one I was going to say.

-Yeah.

-So fast, and such a brilliant mind.

Very good indeed. Thank you, Richard.

Now, Dave, I'm so sorry to tell you,

you are our high-scorers even before you've given your answer.

But, for fun, do you want to talk us through this board?

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Reeves and Mortimer.

You've got...

Ernie... No, what is it?

I can't think of his name.

Is it Jeeves and Wooster at the end?

I'm not sure. But I'll go for Vic Reeves.

OK, Vic Reeves.

"Vic Reeves," says Dave.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Vic Reeves."

No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you are the high-scorers.

29.

For the record book, 129 is your total.

It's interesting with some of these to see who scores the most

-in the double acts, isn't it?

-Yes.

So, Sue beating Mel there,

I think maybe cos of Mel's surname more than anything.

I imagine the first names don't deter anybody.

So, Vic Reeves scores 29, the wonderful Bob Mortimer next to him,

let's see what he scored...

24. He won't like that!

One of my favourite days ever in television

was when I first met Bob Mortimer and realised he was lovely.

You think, "What if he hadn't been?"

That would have been upsetting, wouldn't it?

-But he is, he is.

-He's wonderful.

-He's famously lovely.

Dawn French...

would have scored you...

54.

And Jennifer Saunders...

..would have scored you 43.

Big win for Dawn French there.

Lou Costello, Abbott and Costello there, it's Lou Costello first...

..would've scored 9. And Bud Abbott...

11.

Morecambe and Wise, of course.

Eric Morecambe...

would've scored 43, goodness.

And Ernie Wise...

..would've scored 36.

Now, playing Jeeves and Wooster there

is Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Hugh Laurie...

..32, and Stephen Fry...

-..28.

-So unrecognisable, I think. Isn't he, there?

Yeah, it's interesting, isn't it?

And another brilliant double act here,

Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver.

Ingrid Oliver perhaps even more famous for her roles in Doctor Who.

Lorna Watson...

pointless answer, very well done if you said that.

Ingrid Oliver...

also a pointless answer, so very well played.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair we say goodbye to with their high score of 129,

Dave and Daisy, I'm afraid it is you.

This is the end of the Dave and Daisy line.

It's been lovely having you with us, though,

thank you so much for playing. Dave and Daisy.

Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Steffi and Ruth, Stephen and Daniela,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

Well, this is lovely for lots of reasons.

I mean, mainly cos we've got to the head-to-head,

it means you can start playing as a team,

you can chat before giving your answers,

and the first pair 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.

-Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures now

of people who have been a mayor of a world city.

You just have to tell us who these people are, please.

Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our five mayors,

and here they are. We've got...

There we are, five mayors of world cities.

Steffi and Ruth, you're our low scorers, so you go first.

Feel free to confer.

THEY WHISPER

OK, we're going to guess A,

Giuliani.

A, Giuliani.

-Yes.

-OK, "Giuliani," say Steffi and Ruth.

Now, Stephen and Daniela, do you want to talk through the board?

Well, E is Clint Eastwood.

-Do you know any?

-No.

I'd say B is one of the Klitschko brothers,

and I think it's Vitali Klitschko.

So, it's Vitali Klitschko from Stephen and Daniela

versus Giuliani from Steffi and Ruth.

In the order they were given, Steffi and Ruth said, "Giuliani."

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

No, I'm afraid not Giuliani.

Stephen and Daniela have gone for Vitali Klitschko for B.

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

It is Vitali Klitschko.

11.

But crucially, it was right, which means you win that point,

and after one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, very well played, Stephen, terrific answer there,

Vitali Klitschko.

-A is...

-Bloomberg, is it?

-No, it's Jerry Springer.

-Jerry Springer!

Yeah, he was mayor of Cincinnati.

-Crikey.

-52 points for that.

C is Bernie Sanders.

-Bernie Sanders.

-Mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

Nine points for Bernie. Best answer on the board.

Now, D is Rudy Giuliani,

the former Mayor of New York City.

He would have scored you 14.

And E is, of course, Clint Eastwood.

Big scorer, though, 81 points for the former Mayor of Carmel.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, Stephen and Daniela,

you get to answer the second question first,

but, Ruth an Steffi, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

so good luck. Our second question today is all about...

Yeah, simply five clues now to facts about Frank Sinatra.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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

We have got...

Now, then, Stephen and Daniela, you will go first.

What do you think then?

Well, I think he duetted with Nancy Sinatra.

-Yeah.

-And is it called the Rat Pack?

Yeah. So, we know two of them, and we are going to say...

-Rat Pack.

-You're going to go with the Rat Pack for...?

The name given to his group of acting friends.

There we are. Yeah, "the Rat Pack," say Stephen and Daniela.

Steffi and Ruth, do you want to talk us through that board?

We'd love to!

But we can't, really.

I think the fourth one is Nancy.

For some reason, Jerry springs to mind as his middle name,

but it could be completely...

Maybe we can go with Nancy.

Yeah, let's go with that.

You're going to go with Nancy as the daughter.

OK, so we have the Rat Pack, and we have Nancy.

Stephen and Daniela have gone for the Rat Pack,

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

It's right.

60.

60 for the Rat Pack.

Steffi and Ruth, meanwhile, have gone for Nancy,

his daughter Nancy Sinatra.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

Oh, 69 for Nancy!

Well, very well done indeed, Stephen and Daniela.

After only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

Yeah, very well played.

They're the two biggest scorers up there, though.

Shall we take a look at this? Do you know Frank Sinatra's middle name?

I have...

He's Francis Albert.

-Oh, I didn't know that.

-Albert is the answer there,

would have scored eight points.

The signature song?

-My Way.

-It's My Way.

I was trying to make Comme D'Habitude fit into that.

-Hmm. Kind of doesn't, right?

-No.

-28 points for that.

And the nickname... It's quite hard, this.

They were just called Bobby soxers.

So you know the name, but that's where it comes from -

Sinatra's teenage screaming fans.

-Very good indeed.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm so sorry, Steffi and Ruth, our low-scoring pair.

We've had dazzling answers from you

the whole way through the game today,

but I'm afraid, when it came to the head-to-head,

you were up against Stephen and Daniela,

they just had the chops today, I'm afraid.

So we say goodbye to you now, but we'll see you again next time,

and we look forward to that very much indeed. But in the meantime,

thanks very much. Steffi and Ruth.

But, for Stephen and Daniela, it's now time for our Pointless final.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Stephen and Daniela,

you have seen off all the competition,

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yay!

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

Do you know, a pattern seems to be emerging.

This is not the first time it's happened in recent memory,

that a couple have gone out at the end of the first round in one show,

come back, 2-0 in the head-to-head,

through to the final - and here you are.

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

Any particular strong suits?

Sport, you're good at sport, aren't you?

Yeah, she likes tennis.

I like tennis.

Coronation Street of yesteryear, maybe.

Coronation Street of yesteryear!

Well, let's see. You know what happens -

four things appear on the board behind me.

Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.

Today's selection looks like this.

Oh!

Well, you're good at poets.

Yeah, I love poetry. And she loves tennis.

-Tennis.

-Oh, no!

And I also watch quite a few US dramas as well.

-Oh, deuce!

-Hard choice, really.

We'll go with you, we'll go tennis

cos I know a little bit of tennis as well.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

Oh, you're going to blame me!

LAUGHTER

There's a secret to a happy marriage here.

So, tennis it is. Tennis it is. Richard.

Yeah, I think this is a good choice.

If you know anything at all about tennis,

I think you could be in luck here.

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

We're looking for any male player in the Tennis Hall of Fame,

since it began in 1955 all the way through to 2015,

anyone who's been inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.

We're looking for anyone who is ended the year as

either the women or men's world doubles number one, please,

the ATP or WTA world doubles number one up to 2015.

We're looking for anyone who has won two or more Grand Slam

singles titles in a year.

Any man or any woman who has won two or more Grand Slam singles titles

in a year since the beginning of the Open era in 1968.

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

And those are all up to 2015.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, 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?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right...

Not Krajicek, who's the one that...?

Richard Krajicek.

Yeah, there's Krajicek,

-there's Goran Ivanisevic.

-Yes.

Probably Michael Stich's in it.

Andre Agassi. These are male players.

Two or more Grand Slams.

Bjorn Borg.

Monica Seles probably did.

-Martina Hingis.

-Yes.

She's doubles as well, isn't she?

-She is.

-But she left her partner.

The O'Briens have done them.

-McEnroe?

-Wawrinka.

-McEnroe...

Who was McEnroe's partner?

Who's the one that I used to really like from...?

Not...

Ten seconds left.

Gregeski...

No, I'm thinking of Rusedski.

Greg Rusedski.

That, I'm afraid, is your time up.

Which ones are you going to go for?

-Michael Stich we'll do.

-Michael Stich.

Richard Krajicek.

Richard Krajicek.

-Martina?

-Yeah, Martina Hingis.

Or...

I think Seles might be better.

-All right, all right.

-Monica Seles.

-Monica Seles.

-Of those three...

For the two or more Grand Slams.

OK, so Michael Stich and Richard Krajicek

for the Tennis Hall of Fame,

and Monica Seles for the two or more Grand Slams.

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

-Michael Stich.

-Michael Stich goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Monica Seles.

-Monica Seles.

OK, and Richard Krajicek goes in the middle.

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

and here they are.

We have got Monica Seles,

we've got Richard Krajicek,

and we've got Michael Stich.

Very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board there.

If one of these turns out to be pointless and wins you that jackpot,

you would walk away with £2,000.

What would you like to do with that?

Stephen, you first.

-Well...

-LAUGHTER

we've been to Malta,

so we'd like to go there again.

Very nice.

And...

I'd like to go back to Ireland.

I once cycled from Dublin to Sligo,

and I'd like to cycle from Sligo to Dublin.

What, cos it's downhill that way?

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah!

Very good. OK, well, let's hope. Fingers crossed.

Let's hope one of these answers works out pointless

and will win that jackpot for you. Best of luck.

Your first answer was Monica Seles.

In this case, we were looking for

two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one year.

If Monica Seles is pointless...

you will leave here with £2,000.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Monica Seles."

It's right.

Monica Seles now takes us down through the 30s, through the 20s,

we're into the teens.

Into single figures with Monica Seles,

still going down...

AUDIENCE: Oh!

Wow, and that was just your first answer!

Monica Seles taking us down to 1 point there.

Irritatingly, only pointless answers count in this last round,

but that's a brilliant answer.

Lovely low score there.

OK, your next answer.

Richard Krajicek.

In this case, we were looking for any male player

in the Tennis Hall of Fame.

Again, if Richard Krajicek is pointless, you will win £2,000.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Richard Krajicek."

-Oh!

-Oh!

Not in the Hall of Fame.

There's a surprise.

Well, that means we move on to your third and final answer,

which is Michael Stich.

This is the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer,

and again, we're looking for any male tennis player

in the Hall of Fame.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £2,000.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Michael Stich."

-Oh, no!

-Oh!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, brilliant first answer.

It was, yeah.

-Gutted.

-I'm sorry about that.

Well, I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

that pointless answer you needed,

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

which rolls over onto the next show.

But it's been wonderful having you with us,

and you've played so well today.

2-0 in the head-to-head, fantastic performance there.

So very well done, and you get a Pointless trophy each

to take home with you, so there you are.

But thank you so much, Stephen and Daniela, wonderful contestants.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Yeah, unlucky. There's going to be lots of answers here you know.

It's very tough in those 60 seconds, I do know that.

Martina Hingis would have scored you one point as well

for the two Grand Slams. You were thinking of going for doubles,

she was a pointless answer for that.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.

We'll start with the male tennis players in the Hall of Fame.

All sorts of other answers here,

Guillermo Vilas, Gustavo Kuerten, Bunny Austin.

Michael Chang is a pointless answer, Roy Emerson is a pointless answer.

Doubles specialists Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge

both pointless answers for the Tennis Hall of Fame,

and they're both also pointless answers

in the next category, the doubles end-of-year world number ones.

Max Mirnyi, the Beast of Belarus,

who won loads of titles with Jonas Bjorkman and Daniel Nesta,

both of whom were pointless as well.

Pam Shriver a pointless answer.

Anders Jarryd, Frew McMillan,

Helena Sukova, Jana Novotna,

Leander Paes, Sam Stosur.

Lots of pointless answers there as well.

We will finish up on two or more Grand Slam titles in a year.

You also could have had Amelie Mauresmo,

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Guillermo Vilas again,

and Jennifer Capriati.

So, all of those are pointless answers.

Very well done if you said any of those.

And it's unlucky, I suspect if you'd had 80 seconds,

you probably would have nailed it.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

And thank you so much, Stephen and Daniela.

It's been wonderful having you with us.

I'm so sorry you didn't win our jackpot today, sadly,

that means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we'll be playing for £3,000.

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.