Episode 36 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show where we are always aiming to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hello, Alexander. My name's Leon, I'm from Brighton,

and this is MY Pointless friend, Richard.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Gavin, this is Andy,

we're both from Edinburgh and we've been friends since youth theatre.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm David, I'm from Flitwick,

and this is Anthea from Doncaster, who's my fiancee.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Keiron, and this is my girlfriend Meg.

I'm from Birkenhead and she's from Warrington.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you with us.

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

so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

a humming engine filled with raw horsepower.

Just don't look under his bonnet.

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

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hiya. Hey, everybody. Hiya.

-I don't like the sound of raw horsepower.

-No.

-That's why you don't look under the bonnet, I guess.

-That's not great, is it?

-Oh, no.

-THEY LAUGH

-Now, it should be a fun show today.

We've got two returning pairs. We've got David and Anthea.

Leon and Richard, also. Got knocked out on a round about Mr Men.

-That's a bad way to go, isn't it?

-Isn't it, yeah?

-It's a bad way to go.

-OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Sarah and Lesley didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we're going to add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £2,000. There we are.

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

So, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

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

So, good luck, all four pairs. Our first category today is...

That's nice. Travel.

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.

-We're going to show you seven clues on each pass

to popular tourist destinations or attractions.

They all featured on a poll done by TripAdvisor.

But we'll give you the clues

and we'll give you the initials of the answers, as well.

Thanks very much. So, let's reveal our tourist destinations,

and here they are. Our first board of seven reads like this...

I'm going to read those all one last time.

There we are. I nearly read one of those answers out, then.

Richard, welcome back to Pointless. Good to have you with us. Remind us what you do.

I'm a layout sub-editor for a national newspaper.

How long have you done that for?

I've been in newspapers all my working life, so about 30 years.

Has layout always been your particular thing?

I started off as a reporter on local papers in South London,

and moved into the design and editing side after about 15 years,

-and I've stuck with that ever since.

-Got to be very satisfying.

Very good. Now, Richard, what would you like to go for

on our board of tourist destinations?

Well, I think I know most of them,

but I don't know whether I should go for something safe

or something that I don't think anybody else will get.

So, I'm going to stick my neck out,

and I'm going to go for the ruins of a city in Central America,

-and I think it's Chichen Itza.

-Chichen Itza?

-Yes.

Chichen Itza, says Richard. Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

I think this is a very, very good answer, Richard.

It is! Down it goes to eight.

APPLAUSE Single figures

with our first answer of the day.

-Very well done. Great start to the show.

-Yes, an ancient

-Mayan city in Yucatan.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Gavin, welcome. Here from Edinburgh?

-Yes.

-And what do you do, Gavin?

Well, now I run a hardware shop. A little ironmonger's.

See, that's nice. Is it one of those ones...

-Have you got masses of things hanging behind you?

-Yeah.

And things under the desk?

It's just untidy, generally, but it's also part of the charm.

Absolutely it is. And I hope you're still doing a roaring trade, Gavin.

Yes, I've just been doing it a year and it's been a good year.

Fantastic. So, it's a new venture?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Oh, people must be so thrilled.

-Good for you, Gavin. That's superb.

-Good choice.

Now, what would you like to go for on our tourist destinations?

Well, I didn't know Chichen Itza, but I know a few of them.

I think I will go with the abandoned citadel

-and say Machu Picchu.

-Machu Picchu, says Gavin.

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

It's right.

Well, eight is the only score on the board so far.

Machu Picchu takes you to 27.

Not bad. Not bad, Gavin. APPLAUSE

Gavin breaking the first rule of Pointless there,

which is admitting he didn't know a previous answer that was given.

You're supposed to say, "I only knew one on the board,

"and that was Chichen Itza. Oh, that's frustrating."

-So, very well done.

-He's honest. Runs his own hardware shop.

-Does he?

-There's nothing about Gavin that isn't likeable. LAUGHTER

-That is nice, isn't it?

-Thank you very much indeed.

-David, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Here from Flitwick.

And we discovered last time that you are a tattoo artist.

-Yeah, that's correct.

-You have your own studio.

-That's correct.

-Now, do people tend to be very,

very nervous when they come in for tattoos, or is it...?

Yeah, they're nervous, certainly nervous,

-but I add to that.

-Do you sit them down and say, "Look..."?

I tell them it's the first one I've ever done...

-LAUGHTER

-..just to really psych them out.

-Tell them it's going to really hurt.

-Yeah, yeah.

Do you wear tattoos yourself, David? I can't...

-There are none on show.

-I've got a few on my shins.

-Some on my left leg, inner arms.

-OK. In an idle moment,

if business is a bit quiet, do you think, "I don't know,

"there's a little square inch here I could..."?

-It's never quiet.

-Never quiet.

-Never quiet.

-There we are.

-Now, David?

-I know a few of them up there. I really do.

But it's knowing which one is going to be the lowest.

I think...

..I'm going to go for BB,

the Bow Bells, is what I'm going to go for -

the name of the famous clock tower in London.

The Bow Bells. The Bow Bells, says David.

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

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

-Ooh.

-Oh, I'm afraid not the Bow Bells, David.

-Scores you 100 points.

-Yeah, sorry, David. Not Bow Bells, I'm afraid.

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

-Thank you very much indeed. Now, Keiron, welcome.

-Hello.

Good to have you here. Keiron, what do you do?

I'm just about to start a PhD in physics.

Wow. So, have you just finished a course in physics?

-I've just done a master's degree in physics.

-You've done a master's.

Will you go on and teach, do you think?

That's what I'm hoping to do.

-So, you'll remain in further education?

-Mm-hm.

Very nice. So, where are you starting your PhD?

-I'm going to Cambridge.

-Excellent. That's going to be superb.

Good luck with that. Now, Keiron, this board is all yours. Good luck with that, as well!

Would you like to fill in all our blanks?

I would love to, but it's not going to happen.

I think the top one is the Sydney Opera House,

the one in London, Big Ben, and the rest, I'm not sure on,

so I'll have to go with the top one and go with Sydney Opera House.

Sydney Opera House, says Keiron.

OK, well, let's see where we get with Sydney Opera House.

It's right. 100 is our high score,

so you've passed that very comfortably. Eight is our low.

You end up on 59. APPLAUSE

Yeah, you're right about Big Ben. It is Big Ben, not Bow Bells.

It's a big scorer, though. You did well to avoid it.

-91 points for that.

-Ooh!

-AW?

-Angkor Wat.

-Angkor Wat.

That would have scored 11.

In Granada, you'll find...

-Alhambra.

-The Alhambra would have scored you 16 points.

And the statue?

-Christ the Redeemer.

-It's Christ the Redeemer.

That would have scored you 49 points.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

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

Eight - beautiful low score there, Richard and Leon.

27 is where we find Gavin and Andy, 59 is where we find Keiron and Meg,

and 100, I'm afraid,

David and Anthea. A little bit ahead there.

Anthea, maybe if there's a really super low answer on the next board

that you know, maybe that will keep you in the game. Best of luck.

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 clues to tourist destinations

up on the board, and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Meg, a warm welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

-What do you do, Meg?

-Same as Keiron.

I just graduated from the University of Liverpool

in molecular biology, and I'm going on to do a PhD

at the University of Cambridge in biochemistry.

Oh, well, that's nice! Where did you meet, Meg?

We met at a Christmas lights switch-on in Manchester.

Well, that's exciting.

There you were, swept away in the excitement of the lights going on.

Were they impressive lights?

-There was a snow machine that broke.

-LAUGHTER

-That was about it.

-If only they had a physicist there!

Well, I actually turned the lights on,

cos I was the lighting engineer. So, they pressed the big plunger...

-They DID have a physicist there!

-..and I went...

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, don't want to hear that!

They have a master's physicist there just to flick the switch!

That's hilarious. Very good. Anyway, now, Meg, there we are.

59 is your score at the moment.

If you can score 40 or less,

you won't even be troubling the high-scorers.

I don't think that's going to happen, cos I only know two,

and I'm going to have to go for the one I think

will be lower out of those two.

The church where Quasimodo worked is Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Notre-Dame Cathedral, says Meg. Here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with Notre-Dame Cathedral,

you are into the second round for sure.

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

It's right.

Not bad. 57. I think you've done enough.

APPLAUSE 116

-is your total.

-Yes, it's on Ile de la Cite in Paris.

-There we are.

-I find it a little bit imposing as a structure.

-Bit imposing.

-Yeah.

-As a cathedral.

-Yeah.

I prefer my cathedrals more like Ely or St Albans.

There we are. Anthea, welcome back to Pointless.

Good to have you with us again. Remind us what you do.

-I work in a call centre, answering emergency calls.

-That's right.

And what do you like getting up to when you're not answering emergency calls, Anthea?

-Playing with my two boys.

-Lovely. And they are called...?

-Zach and Archie.

-Zach and Archie. And how old are they?

-Seven and two.

Seven and two. Very good indeed.

Now, Anthea, we have a contest on our hands here,

but it's a contest in which you have to score 15 or less.

-That's not going to happen!

-SHE LAUGHS

Well, obviously, I know the one that's already gone,

and the only other one that I know is GGB -

Golden Gate Bridge - which will be really high-scoring.

-So, that is the one you're going to go for?

-That's my answer.

Golden Gate Bridge. There is your red line.

If you can get below that red line with Golden Gate Bridge,

you are through to Round Two. Let's see how many people said Golden Gate Bridge.

It's right.

-46.

-Better than last time!

-APPLAUSE

46 takes your total

-up to 146.

-Yeah, good answer, Anthea.

There was a lot of opposition to the Golden Gate Bridge

-before construction even began.

-Oh, how exhausting.

-I know, can you imagine? Of course, now it's so iconic.

-Why, what did they...?

Just, you know, cos of construction noise

and the sight of it, and, you know, just...

-they thought that it would ruin that view across that bay.

-There we go.

Andy, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Andy?

-I am an IT technician

-for an investment company in Edinburgh.

-Right you are.

And you and Gavin met doing youth theatre in Edinburgh?

-Yeah, back when we were youths.

-Aw, that's fun.

-Where did you do that?

-All round Edinburgh.

It was a company called Forth Children's Theatre

-where we first met 30 years ago.

-And when did you stop doing theatre?

-Or do you still?

-I still work in the theatre.

We still dabble. I direct shows around the Edinburgh area.

-I direct Edinburgh Gang Show.

-Very good.

I work with a charity company called Showcase

that raises money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

-Fantastic.

-And anything else that they'll pay me to do.

Good stuff. Have you got a Christmas show in the offing?

February, the musical of Titanic.

I won't tell you what happens in the end.

LAUGHTER Leave me in suspense there!

Andy, anyway, listen, great news. You're through to the next round.

Doesn't matter what you score, you will not be overtaking 146.

It takes a bit of the pressure off,

but I reckon you've got a good answer up your sleeve there.

There are a few that I'm kind of sure of,

but I'm going to play it uber-safe,

and answer the bottom one

-and say it's the Eiffel Tower.

-Eiffel Tower, says Andy.

No red line. You're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 said the Eiffel Tower.

It's right.

73. APPLAUSE

Takes your total up very neatly to 100.

Yeah, and that was the tallest man-made structure

in the world for 41 years,

till the Chrysler Building overtook it.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Leon, remind us what you do.

Greengrocer/market worker.

Greengrocer/market worker in Brighton?

-Yes.

-Very good indeed.

And what do you like doing when the greengrocing is done?

When I do have time,

I do like a bit of golf, but I have a ten-month-old son,

so most of my time is taken up with him in the afternoons,

which is really, really enjoyable, anyway.

Which is lovely. Good. Good, good, good.

Now, Leon, this board is all yours. Dazzle us, please.

I know a few. I think the top one is the Acropolis.

The building in Dubai is the Burj something,

which I'm not sure, so I'm going to go with Gian Bernini

and say St Peter's Basilica.

St Peter's Basilica, says Leon. No red line. You're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for St Peter's Basilica.

It's absolutely right.

That's a lovely answer, Leon.

Down it goes. Still going down.

There's something beautifully poetic about that.

APPLAUSE You join Richard on eight.

-Takes your total up to 16.

-Terrific stuff, gents. Well played.

You were right about the Acropolis, as well.

That would have scored you 22.

You're right - it is the Burj something.

-Khalifa.

-Burj Khalifa. 16 points for that.

-And do you know the Thai answer?

-No, I'm trying to think.

It's the Wat Pho, and would have scored you one point.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We're at the end of our first round and we have to say goodbye to one of our players.

I'm so sorry, Anthea and David. This cannot be right.

It's the second time we've sent you home at the end of the first round. Far too soon.

We haven't really seen much of you at all. Haven't put you through your Pointless paces.

But thank you so much for coming to play.

-Anthea and David!

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

And so we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we have to be down to two pairs.

I don't know which pair it is that will be leaving us,

but, Leon and Richard, really very, very well done indeed.

You were so far ahead of everyone else.

They're just dazzling, these two.

Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

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

OK, and our People round is all about...

LAUGHTER Richard?

All Welsh people are heroes to me, I have to say. I love the Welsh.

But we're going to show you 16 pictures now

of people who appeared on a list of Welsh heroes

that was funded by the Welsh Assembly.

-You just have to identify the most obscure of these people, please.

-Thank you very much indeed.

OK, so, we're going to put this image up with 16 faces on it.

That will stay up for the entire round.

We won't be changing it halfway through the round, OK?

So, let's find out who is on that image.

16 Welsh heroes.

There we are.

Richard, how are you feeling?

Erm, it's quite tricky, this,

not being Welsh or having no Welsh heritage in me whatsoever.

I probably know about half of them.

-Dr Rowan Williams.

-Rowan Williams, says Richard.

Let's see if it's right.

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

Rowan Williams is right.

Look at that! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Down to seven for Rowan Williams.

Very well done indeed. Great start to the round.

Yeah, former Archbishop of Canterbury,

of course. Born in Swansea.

-Famously married the Duchess of Cambridge.

-Yes.

Which was a surprise to everybody!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. LAUGHTER

-So, Gavin?

-I don't want to take a gamble.

There's a couple I'm just not sure of the name,

so I'll go with Richard Burton.

Richard Burton, says Gavin. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

29. APPLAUSE

-29 for Richard Burton.

-Yeah, there he is on the bottom row.

-Nominated for an Oscar seven times, never won one.

-No.

-Never won.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Meg?

-Erm, OK.

I definitely know one, but it's going to score really high.

The one that I think I'm going to go for,

I don't know if it's right,

and if it is right, it'll probably be really high anyway,

so I'll just go for it. I think it might be Cerys Matthews.

-Cerys Matthews, says Meg.

-I'm not sure.

-Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

29 is our high. Seven is our low.

36 for Cerys. APPLAUSE

Not bad.

Yeah, on the second row there, the singer in the band Catatonia,

-since a DJ and lots of amazing solo work, as well.

-Wonderful.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's have a look at the scores. Seven - well done, Richard.

Oh, Richard and Leon are good.

Keep that up and you should be in the head-to-head.

So, seven, then up to 29,

where we find Gavin and Andy. Then up to 36,

where we find Meg and Keiron.

So, Keiron, you know what we need from you.

We need a heroically low-scoring Welsh person.

Good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

There we are. Keiron.

-A heroically low-scoring answer, you want?

-I think so.

I've got a couple of risky ones, or a sure-fire hit.

But will I get through?

Cos it'll be high-scoring.

I'll take a risk and say John Suchet.

John Suchet, says Keiron.

John Suchet. Let's see if it's right.

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

No red line for you, as you're currently the high-scorers.

I'm afraid not John Suchet, Keiron. That scores you 100 points,

-takes your total up to 136.

-Sorry, Keiron.

Had to give it a go, though. Yeah, John Suchet never wears a fez.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Andy, that's taken a little bit of pressure off you.

But still a great deal of pressure just to get a good answer in,

a good score.

Again, there's a few I recognise,

but I'm going to go for Dylan Thomas.

Dylan Thomas, says Andy. No red line for you. You're already through.

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

That, I think, is going to be a fabulous score.

Down it goes. 16 - very well done.

APPLAUSE Well done, Andy. 45 is your total.

Dylan was almost unknown as a name before he was called Dylan Thomas.

It's from Welsh mythology. Very, very few people called Dylan.

-Now it's very common.

-And then Bob Dylan came along and...

-Yeah, not named after him, though.

-No, no, no.

But the popularity of the name increased even more.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Leo, you're... You're already through.

Fabulous low score from Richard.

Fabulous high score from Keiron and Meg.

But this board is all yours. Why not have some fun with it?

Talk us through all the ones you can.

Erm, I know Tommy Cooper,

Neil Kinnock, Mark Hughes,

three that I don't know, a couple at the top.

I'm going to play it safe.

-Ian Rush.

-Ian Rush, says Leon.

Ian Rush. No red line for you. You're already through.

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

It's right.

26. APPLAUSE

26, taking your total up to 33.

Yeah, well played. Scored 346 goals for Liverpool, Ian Rush.

28 for Wales, as well.

Now, let's start in the top left, shall we?

-Do you know that gentleman?

-Colin Jackson.

Lovely Colin Jackson would have scored you 37.

-Next to him?

-Roald Dahl.

-Roald Dahl. 28 points for him.

-Next along?

-Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Catherine Zeta-Jones would have scored you 65.

-Our top answer next.

-Tom Jones.

Tom Jones would have scored you 88.

-Then it's Laura Ashley.

-Ah!

Yeah, that's a pointless answer, as well.

Very well done if you said that.

The next row, you have got Gareth Edwards,

the rugby player. Would have scored you two.

-Next to him?

-Tanni Grey-Thompson.

-Tanni Grey-Thompson.

She would have scored you six.

The gentleman in the fez?

-Tommy Cooper.

-Tommy Cooper, yeah. Would have scored 75.

Leon gave us Mark Hughes already, as well.

He would have scored you 25. Former Fulham boss.

Next to him, if you had to guess?

Do you know what? I mean, I think it's Nye Bevan.

-It is Nye Bevan.

-But he looks so like Norman Lamont.

He does look like Norman Lamont,

doesn't he, with those eyebrows? But it's Nye Bevan.

Would have scored you ten.

And Neil Kinnock at the end there - 56.

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

So, at the end of our second round, the pair we're sending home

with their high score of 136,

Keiron and Meg, I'm afraid it is you.

-Yes, that wasn't your round, I'm going to say.

-No.

But we will see you again next time.

I have every faith that you will go much further then.

In the meantime, thank you very much for playing, Keiron and Meg.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Leon and Richard, Andy and Gavin.

You are now one step closer to the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

Well, we've reached the head-to-head,

which means that, from here on in, you're allowed to confer before you give your answers

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

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

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

-Richard.

-Five clues now to facts about fire.

Which is the most obscure answer up here?

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Leon and Richard, you're our low-scorers. You will go first.

-The least obvious...

-Yeah.

-..is number two, isn't it?

-I'd say, yeah. Definitely, yeah.

-Go for it.

-Yeah?

-You have my blessing.

-OK.

We're going to go for number two. Baku is the capital of this country

sometimes known as the Land of Fire, and it's Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan, say Leon and Richard.

Ooh, it looked like Andy and Gavin had that one.

HE SIGHS If it's right. Who knows?

Maybe it's not. Keep the jeopardy up.

LAUGHTER So, Andy and Gavin,

-talk us through that board.

-Well, we know a couple.

I think we will go with Firestarter

-was The Prodigy.

-The Prodigy, say Andy and Gavin.

So, we have Azerbaijan, and we have The Prodigy.

Leon and Richard said Azerbaijan for Baku.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 got it.

It's right.

Not bad. Nine.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Nine. Andy and Gavin have gone for The Prodigy.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It is The Prodigy.

50 for The Prodigy. APPLAUSE

Popular answer there. Very well done.

Leon and Richard, after one question,

-you are up one-nil.

-Yeah, best answer on the board.

Nothing you could have done there, gents.

Going to be a terrific head-to-head, I think.

The name of the road where the Great Fire of London originated...

-Pudding Lane.

-..was Pudding Lane.

Scored 53. The royal residence?

-Windsor Castle.

-Windsor Castle. And that's 54.

-And the Greek Titan...

-Prometheus.

-..was Prometheus. Exactly right.

Would have scored you ten points.

You know the fire hydrant, which, obviously, are very familiar in the States?

We have our own versions over here.

Nobody knows who invented the fire hydrant.

-Do you know why?

-Why?

Cos its patent was destroyed in a fire.

-LAUGHTER

-Isn't that amazing?

-How about that?

-Wow. Quite annoying for Trevor Hydrant.

LAUGHTER He's going, "I did!"

-"Yeah, course you did."

-"Come on."

-Yeah.

So, here comes your second question. Andy and Gavin, you get to answer it first.

Remember, you have to win it to stay in the game, so, good luck.

Our second question today is all about...

-Richard.

-I'll show you five actors now portraying Heathcliff,

-but who are the actors?

-Thank you very much indeed.

Who are these actors? And we have got...

LAUGHTER

There we are. Five Heathcliffs.

Andy and Gavin will go first.

THEY CONFER

OK, there's a few we know.

We're going to go with A,

and say Timothy Dalton.

Timothy Dalton, say Andy and Gavin.

A, Timothy Dalton.

Now then, Leon and Richard, do you want to talk us through

those Heathcliffs?

We've got a couple that we know...

Well, three we know for definite.

I think E is quite stand-out,

to be honest.

C, I think, is Ralph Fiennes.

But we're going to go B,

Laurence Olivier.

OK, Laurence Olivier, say Leon and Richard for B.

So, we have Andy and Gavin with Timothy Dalton.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Timothy Dalton for A.

It's right.

Look at that! Down to seven!

Well done indeed, Andy and Gavin. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Seven for Timothy Dalton.

Leon and Richard, meanwhile,

have gone for B, and said Laurence Olivier.

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

It is Laurence Olivier.

20 for Laurence Olivier.

APPLAUSE Two very, very good answers there.

Very well done, Andy and Gavin.

After two questions, you're back in the game. It's one-all.

Yeah, you're absolutely right about Ralph Fiennes.

He would have scored you 11 points,

so it would not have won you the point.

D would have won you the point.

Very well done if you got this at home.

From a 1998 TV adaptation, it is Robert Cavanah.

A pointless answer. Very well done if you said that.

And E is, of course, Sir Cliff,

who would have scored you 72.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, here comes your third question. Whoever wins this one goes through

to the final and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck.

Our third question today is all about...

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you the names now of five famous magicians,

or magic acts, with alternate letters removed.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please? Best of luck, everyone.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our famous magicians with missing bits.

And here they are. We have got...

I shall read those all again.

Why do I find that so hard to do?

Oh, dear. There we are. OK, now, Leon and Richard, you will go first.

It's a tough one, because we know them all.

It's just trying to find out which one is the lowest-scorer.

-We don't know them all, do we?

-We do.

-Do we?

-Yeah.

We'll go for the bottom one.

-We're going for Derren Brown.

-OK, you're going to go for Derren Brown.

Leon and Richard, Derren Brown.

Now then, Andy and Gavin, talk us

-through the board.

-OK.

Number one is Dynamo.

Number two is David Blaine.

Number three is Harry Houdini.

Four is David Copperfield.

Which of them to go for?

We'll go with number two, David Blaine.

David Blaine. So, we have Derren Brown. We have David Blaine.

Leon and Richard said Derren Brown.

Let's see if that's right for the bottom one.

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

It's right.

30. APPLAUSE

30 for Derren Brown. This could go anywhere.

Andy and Gavin have gone for David Blaine.

Who knows? Let's find out.

David Blaine. Is it going to be better or worse than Derren Brown?

Only our 100 know.

David Blaine.

He is a higher score.

APPLAUSE There we are. 42 for David Blaine.

Very well done indeed. Leon and Richard,

I knew it was going to be close.

It took three questions to separate you,

-and you're through to the final 2-1.

-Yeah, brilliant stuff.

You came up with the best two answers on the board, both teams.

You could not have done more than you did, either team, so a terrific head-to-head.

Congratulations, everybody.

These all scored more points.

Dynamo would have scored you 63.

Harry Houdini would have scored you 70.

And David Copperfield would have scored you 74.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, it is Andy and Gavin. It's good news, really,

cos we get to see you again next time.

Otherwise, it would all have been over in one show,

which was, frankly, far too little. We'll look forward to that.

Thanks very much, meanwhile, Andy and Gavin.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But, for Leon and Richard, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Leon and Richard.

You've seen off all the competition

-and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yes!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.

There it is.

Well, Round Two last time, but this time,

a seemingly effortless process

through to the head-to-head, and then beyond.

He stepped up. This is why I brought him, yes.

-He remembered who he was.

-Maybe the questions fell in our favour. I don't know.

Very best of luck. Let's see what's on the board in terms of categories.

Today's selection is...

Right, OK. Well, history's quite good.

-Battles.

-Yeah.

-Famous Battles, perhaps.

-Game Of Thrones, I'm absolutely hopeless at.

-No, I don't watch that.

-Might be better with Battles.

-Let's go for Battles.

-Famous Battles.

-Famous Battles it is.

-OK, very best of luck, gents. If you know your history,

this might work out for you. We're looking for any of the following, please.

The name of any of the ships which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Any of the British ships or the Franco-Spanish ships, please,

that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

We're looking for any of Creasy's 15 Decisive Battles Of The World,

published in 1851.

Any of the 15 battles in that book, please.

Equally, looking for any of the 23 battles

in Frankland and Dowling's Decisive Battles Of The 20th Century.

So, ships at the Battle of Trafalgar,

Creasy's 15 Decisive Battles - that was published in 1851 -

or Frankland and Dowling's Decisive Battles Of The 20th Century.

-Very best of luck, gents.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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?

-Yeah.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time start now.

-Trafalgar.

-Battle of Trafalgar.

Well, there's one obvious ship.

OK. Of course.

But maybe we should leave that.

I think so.

Decisive Battles Of The World -

that's got to be throughout history,

and I know a few of those.

Battle of Marathon, Battle of...

The Kursk tank battle, of course.

-Oh, yes, battles of the 20th century.

-Yes.

-Battle of Kursk.

-Jutland.

-Battle of Jutland.

Running out of answers already.

Erm, yes.

-Just think. Midway.

-Midway, yeah.

-Goodness.

-I don't know many of the actual titles, but...

-Battle of the Bulge.

-Battle of the Bulge, of course.

I think that'll be a high-scoring one.

I don't know if we're going to get any zeros, though.

I think Decisive Battles Of The World -

Battle of Marathon might be...

-Marathon?

-It might not be.

-Ten seconds left.

-Let's try it anyway.

Well, that could be...

-That could be our least likely one.

-OK.

-Kursk, I think we should go for.

-Kursk is a good one to go for,

-I think. And...

-Jutland?

-That is your time up.

-What would you like to give me?

-20th-century battles.

-Yeah.

-Battle of Kursk.

-Battle of Kursk.

-And Battle of Jutland.

-Battle of Jutland.

-And...

And then we'll go for the Battle of Marathon

for Decisive Battles Of The World.

OK, for the second category, Battle of Marathon.

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

The best shot, if it's right, it'll be the last one - Marathon.

OK, Marathon, we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Jutland.

-Jutland.

-Jutland.

-And then Kursk in the middle?

Actually, Kursk is probably less well-known than Jutland.

-All right, we'll swap them round.

-Jutland first, Kursk in the middle.

-That's right.

-And then Marathon at the end.

-BOTH:

-Yes.

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

and here they are. We have got...

Well, three great battles up there.

Surely - surely - at least one of those

will be pointless and will win that jackpot for you.

£2,000, you'll be taking home.

What would you like to do with your share of that, Leon?

Mine will go straight to the wife.

I've been told to come back with money,

-or don't come back at all.

-LAUGHTER

-I know exactly where mine's going!

-OK. Richard?

I will probably use mine to take my partner away for a weekend.

Neither of us have been to Paris or Prague or somewhere like that.

-Any of the other Ps.

-It will certainly help.

Very nice. OK, fingers crossed one of these answers will be pointless,

and will win you that jackpot. Your first answer is the Battle of Jutland.

In this case, we were looking for any battles of the 20th century

from Frankland and Dowling's Decisive Battles collection.

You've gone for the Battle of Jutland.

Let's see if it's right. If it's pointless, it wins you £2,000.

How many of our 100 people said Jutland?

It's right.

If it goes down to zero, you leave here with £2,000.

Down we go. Jutland takes us through the 20s,

into the teens. We're still going down.

We're in single figures. Down we go.

-Still going down to three.

-Ooh!

APPLAUSE

Wow. Good. Very, very good score there. Three.

Sadly, not a pointless answer.

We move onto your next answer, which was the Battle of Kursk.

And, again, we are looking for battles of the 20th century.

If this is pointless, it will win you £2,000.

How many of our 100 people went for the Battle of Kursk?

It's right.

Battle of Jutland took us to three.

Battle of Kursk now takes us down through the 20s,

into the teens. We are into single figures.

Down we go. We're still going down.

We've passed three. We're on one!

-LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-Oh, dear.

-All moving in the right direction.

-You can't say we're not trying.

No, you certainly can't.

-Beautifully ordered, if I may say, as well.

-Thank you.

In order to keep that ordering up, there's only one place it can go.

So, very, very best of luck.

We now turn to the Battle of Marathon.

In this case, we are looking for anything

from Creasy's 15 Decisive Battles Of The World.

The Battle of Marathon, your first answer, scored you three.

Your second answer scored you one.

The Battle of Marathon, to complete that pattern,

has, surely, to score you nothing. Let's find out.

If it goes all the way down to pointless, it wins you £2,000.

How many of our 100 people went for the Battle of Marathon?

It's right.

Battle of Jutland took us to three.

Battle of Kursk took us to one.

The Battle of Marathon takes us down through the teens

and into single figures. We're still going down.

Down we go. We've gone to two!

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

-Two!

Well done. Enjoyed it.

Well, three exceptionally good scores there.

And going down to one with Kursk - I mean, that's just cruel,

-I'm afraid.

-It happens.

-Oh, I'm sorry.

You clearly know your battles, and you'll know all the battles

that come up on the board when Richard shows us the answers.

You didn't find that pointless answer you needed, I'm afraid,

so you don't win today's jackpot.

That'll roll over to the next show. But what a strong performance.

It's been great having you here. Thank you so much.

It's been really enjoyable. Thank you.

You get a Pointless trophy to take home in recognition of your achievement.

But very well done, Leon and Richard.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, man, that's a tough category, and you did amazingly.

Three, two, one is extraordinary scoring. Very well played.

During your 60 seconds, you dismissed one answer,

which was the Battle of Midway, which was a pointless answer.

-THEY GROAN

-We said it!

But you know what? Why would Kursk score one and Midway not score?

Sometimes, it's absolutely a flip of the coin,

so it's really unlucky. I'll take you through

the pointless answers in the different categories now.

Ships at the Battle of Trafalgar - Ajax, Britannia,

Dreadnaught, Formidable, which was the French flagship.

The British took it and renamed it Brave.

Everything was pointless there apart from Victory,

Neptune, Temeraire, the Santa Ana, Agamemnon,

Leviathan and Redoutable. Everything else was a pointless answer.

Now, those Creasy's 15 Decisive Battles.

Let's take a look at a few of these.

The Battles of Saratoga, the Siege of Orleans,

the Battle of Blenheim, the Battle of Tours.

Everything was pointless apart from the Battle of Waterloo,

the Battle of Hastings, the Battle of Marathon,

and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

And Frankland and Dowling's Decisive Battles Of The 20th Century.

The Battle of France, the Battle of the Marne,

the Battle of Verdun, the Tet Offensive.

Everything pointless there apart from Battle of Britain,

Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Jutland, as we know,

Invasion of Normandy, El Alamein,

Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Kursk.

Really, really unlucky.

I hope you got some of those at home,

but what a terrific performance. Terrific show, as well.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. Thank you so much, Leon and Richard,

for being such fantastic contestants. It's been great.

Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £3,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.