Episode 47 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one?

Hello, I'm Amy, this is my dad, Nick.

I'm from Worcester Park and he's from Horsham.

-Couple number two?

-Hello, my name is John and I'm with my son, Tom,

and we're from Cheshire.

Couple number three?

Hi, I'm Adam, I'm from Stoke-on-Trent,

and this is my good friend Harvey from the Isle of Wight.

And finally, couple number four?

Hi, I'm Liv, I'm from London and this is my really good friend Tori,

-and she lives in Reading.

-And these are today's contestants.

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

Lovely to have you with us. We'll have a chance to chat throughout the show, of course, as it goes along.

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

A hod-wielding brickie building the wall for our contestants to bang their heads against.

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody. Hiya.

Hello, there. I'm really looking forward to today's show.

Really looking forward. We've got three returning pairs, and we liked all of them, didn't we?

We had a lot of fun with all of them.

So it's going to be a cracker. No pressure, Amy and Nick!

LAUGHTER

They seem rather nice, too.

They are nice, but also Nick is a Fulham fan.

-Is he?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. We established that in our little chat.

-And they're from West Sussex.

-I mean...

-They've got it all, right?

-They have.

Fitting in seamlessly into our group.

On podium four, Liv and Tori got knocked out in the first round.

Two letters away from the best possible answer in the round, as well.

So, very unfortunate, hopefully see more of them.

And Harvey and Adam, knocked out in that head-to-head, as well.

-Which was 2-0, wasn't it?

-I wonder what happened in the final?

I wonder what happened in the final as well, because it was for £9,250, wasn't it?

-They were happy, weren't they?

-Were they happy?

-Let's find out.

-Let's find out.

So, Amy and Julie wondered what they would do with the money if they won it,

but sadly they didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to it.

So today's jackpot starts off at £10,250.

It's a telephone number.

Right, 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.

That's the thing you have to remember.

Keep your scores low, and it could be you winning that jackpot.

The very best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category today is...

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

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK. Our historical events question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each board we're going to give you clues to seven different

people who left various posts or jobs at some point in the 20th or

21st century, but who are those people, please?

Seven on each board, 14 in all to have a go at at home.

-Good luck, everyone.

-OK. Thank you very much, indeed.

So, yes, we're looking for the departed people given by these clues, as it were.

And here is our first board of seven clues.

I'll read those all out again.

There we are. Nick, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here from West Sussex.

-Indeed.

-What do you do, Nick?

-I'm a management consultant.

-In London or...?

-All over.

-That's exciting.

-Involves a bit of travel?

-Indeed, yeah.

Excellent. And what do you like doing when you're not?

I've got into spinning recently.

Cos of my age I am now on a bicycle rather than running.

How... Do you ever... Do you wear a heart monitor ever?

No, I'm not that keen. I'm an amateur.

No, I'm really not keen at all, but I started wearing a heart monitor.

It's sort of better. I can understand why I feel dead.

And then I understand when I start to revive a little bit. It sort of helps a bit.

-It does.

-Anyway, now, Nick...

this board.

Erm... I'm pretty certain the Crystal manager Palace...

The Crystal Palace manager that quit was

-Tony Pulis.

-Tony Pulis?

-Yeah.

-OK, let's see if Tony Pulis is right,

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

It is Tony Pulis.

That is a fantastic answer.

Scores you five, Nick. What a brilliant start to the show.

Five.

Lovely work, Nick. Very well played. Tony Pulis, he left...

He rowed with the Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish.

Thank you very much indeed. John, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Welcome back. Remind us what you do, John?

I'm retired, Alexander.

Retired. A poster boy for retirement, I've said it before.

And your retirement is filled with lovely things, such as...?

Fishing and golf and gardening and walking the dog and all that sort of...

-Outside things, mostly.

-Very nice indeed.

-When I can.

Now, as a gardener, are you... I mean, how committed are you as a gardener?

Well, I grow a lot of vegetables.

-This is good.

-And I do other gardening jobs as instructed by...

my house manager, Mrs Munnery.

When I get a list, I get a list, and I have to get on with it.

And you work through them? You are diligent?

Exactly. Until I tear the list up and lose it.

Lose the list, or just lose it?

-Well... Lose the list, really.

-That's great.

Now, John, what would you like to go for?

I'm going to give you the answer King Edward VIII,

who was with Wallis Simpson in 1936.

OK. King Edward VIII, says John.

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

It is King Edward VIII.

Five is our only score at this point.

King Edward VIII, down it goes to 19. Good score.

Yeah, had a reign of just 326 days.

The only person to ever give up the British throne voluntarily.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Adam, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Remind us what you do, Adam?

-I'm a PhD student at York.

In insects, we discovered last time.

What drew you to insects, Adam?

Just... It was offered as one of the projects, and...

Don't say that! You are meant to say, "I just love their...

-"thoraxes and their abdomens..."

-Yeah, I love them.

-..and the other bit. What was the other thing?

-Head?

LAUGHTER Head. There we are.

-You see, he's good. He is good.

-That is good.

-Yeah.

That's good. That's where you find the eyes and whatever, I don't know...

And Adam, what are your interests, Adam?

Oh. This is even worse.

LAUGHTER

-Knitting?

-Yeah...

I had my wisdom teeth out the other day.

LAUGHTER

I know it's not a hobby, but...

it got me out of the house, like.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

This isn't even what I look like, I'm quite swollen,

so I just wanted to say that.

-One on each side?

-All of them.

-All at the same time?

-Yeah.

Oh, Adam!

Now, then, Adam, what would you like to go for on this board?

See, I think I know all of them,

so I'm going to have to go with my Stoke-on-Trent connection, aren't I?

And say Robbie Williams, who went to my high school.

-Did he?

-Oh, yeah.

-Did he ever come back and visit?

-Not while I was there.

-No.

Anyway, there we go. We digress.

Robbie Williams is what Adam has gone for.

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

It's right.

Down it goes to 26. Not bad.

Not a bad score, there.

Stoke boy done good.

Yeah. At last count he's now left 17 times, Robbie Williams.

-I like the fact that's now under historical events.

-Yes.

Quite right. Quite right.

Tori, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Tori?

I'm a general manager of a bar in Reading.

Managing a bar. How long have you been at the bar?

I've been general manager for above four years.

-Are you open at lunchtime?

-Yes.

-Throughout the day?

-Yes.

-Do you serve food?

-We do, yeah.

-Is it quite a well-known chain of bars?

Erm...

I'm guessing no, from that pause. LAUGHTER

In the Reading area.

Yes, very well-known in the Reading area.

Tori, what would you like to go for? This board is all yours.

Yeah, there's a couple that I think are far too obvious.

I'm going to go with the Radio 1 presenter.

-I think it was Chris Evans.

-OK, Chris Evans, says Tori.

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

It's true, it is Chris Evans.

And it is going all the way down to 12, look at that.

What about that? Second lowest score of the round, Chris Evans, there.

-Very well done, Tori.

-Very good answer.

Now, of course, host of the Radio 2 breakfast show.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?

The first head of

the Catholic church to resign for nearly 600 years.

-Pope Benedict XVI.

-It was Pope Benedict XVI.

It would have scored you nine points.

He said it's because he was getting too frail and he was losing energy

and then within three weeks, he was hosting Homes Under The Hammer.

LAUGHTER

So...

I mean, that's weird, right?

He's very good at it.

Leader of the Labour Party was...

-Ed Miliband.

-Ed Miliband.

Would have scored you 42.

And the UK Prime Minister...

-Was Margaret Thatcher.

-Margaret Thatcher.

And that would have scored you 60.

So the best answer on the board,

-Nick, is Tony Pulis. Well played.

-There we are.

Thank you very much indeed. We are halfway through the round.

Let's have a little look at these scores.

Five, Nick, very well done indeed. Best score so far.

Nick and Amy looking very strong. 12 is where we find Tori and Liv.

Ditto. And then up to 19 where we find Tom and John and 26,

Adam and Harvey. They are all nice low scores, there.

No-one's miles ahead but, Harvey, you are a little bit ahead,

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?

Let's put seven more clues up on the board and here they are.

I'll read all of those again.

Now then, Liv, remind us what you do, Liv.

I'm an events director.

An events director. Based in London?

-Based in London, yes.

-And so you are very familiar with all the sort of

big hotels of Park Lane and Mayfair, are you?

-Yes, yes.

-Are those looking for any awards hosts?

-Definitely.

-Yeah, yeah.

Always - ALWAYS - fun.

Cos we never win them, so we have to present them.

-It's the closest we ever get to cold Perspex.

-Exactly.

So, Liv, yes, we want a lovely low score from you here.

You're on 12 at the moment, so, 13 or less would keep you in

even before anyone else has given a second answer.

So, I think I am going to go with

Geri Halliwell,

the singer whose nickname is derived

from the colour of her hair.

Geri Halliwell. Let's see how many

of our 100 people said Geri Halliwell.

There is your red line.

Get below it and you are definitely

into the next round.

It is Geri Halliwell.

Looking good.

There we are, 29 for Geri Halliwell,

taking your total up to 41.

Well played, Liv.

Yes, after she left, Prince Charles wrote her a letter saying,

"the group won't be the same without you."

Has he not got better things to do with his time than writing to Geri Halliwell?

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Harvey, welcome back.

Remind us what you do, Harvey.

I currently work in health care PR.

And how long have you been doing that?

Cos you've only just left university.

-Two months.

-Fun.

-So, yes, it's all very new.

-All very new but nice?

-Indeed. I live in London, so that's very fun.

That's fun. Where were you living before?

Well, I was in Hull with Adam, at the University of Hull.

-Of course, yes.

-And I'm from the Isle of Wight, so...

I see. So, nice to be off the island.

I mean obviously to go back to the island. It's always nice to go back home.

-Of course.

-But, yes, the bright lights of London.

-Of course.

-That's fun. OK, good. Harvey, on 26.

The high scorers at the moment are on 41,

so, 14 or less is your target.

There is one that I'm tempted to go for

because Adam was such a fan of her...

and I think that's the Jamaican born socialite.

I think... Is it Lady P?

Lady P...

-Oh, no. Are we expecting something?

-No.

-Have I not done it?

-It's close.

-Oh, well.

-Lady P is Harvey's answer.

Let's see what happens. There is your red line, quite low.

Let's see what happens when we say Lady P.

Oh, no.

But you know he did that for you, Adam.

-I know, I blame myself.

-He did that for you.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes your total to 126.

But now we know what your face looked like when you had your wisdom teeth taken out, as well.

LAUGHTER

Yes, you can tell Lady P, she's always sitting down.

LAUGHTER Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Tom.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Tom.

I'm a police officer in Manchester.

You're a detective. Are you a detective inspector?

-DI Tom?

-No, no, just a detective constable, I'm afraid.

Just a detective constable.

what are your interests when not...?

I've recently become a father, so most of the time,

-I'm clearing up effluent and...

-LAUGHTER

-And such.

-Congratulations.

That's lovely. How old is your, what, boy or a girl?

-Little Bertie is nine months old.

-Little Bertie, that's nice.

-Lovely. Well, many congratulations.

-Thank you.

-I have great news, Tom.

You're through to the next round. It doesn't matter what you score.

I'm afraid Harvey and Adam are our unassailable high scorers.

What would you like to go for?

Well, I think I know them all except for the Jamaican-born socialite.

So I'm going to go, I think,

for the England manager who resigned after a 1-0 defeat to Germany,

-was Kevin Keegan, I think.

-Kevin Keegan says Tom.

This sounds like a good answer.

No red line for you as you're already through.

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

It is Kevin Keegan.

Well, five was our low score in the first pass.

11 is what you score with Kevin Keegan

and that takes your total up to a nice round 30.

Well played, Tom.

So many of them have resigned over the years,

it's difficult to work out which one, but, yes,

that was after the last game of the old Wembley, and he resigned in a toilet cubicle.

He resigned to David Davis from the FA.

It was the only private place they could find.

LAUGHTER

Hey, it's not a big place, Wembley.

LAUGHTER

-Now, Amy.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Amy?

-I work in HR.

-I see.

-And whereabouts do you do that?

-In London.

-In London.

And when the HR day is done, what do you like to get up to?

So, I've just got back into running after having my little boy,

so I'm training for a half marathon next year.

-How old is your little boy?

-13 months.

-Very good.

-Oh, so... And what's he called?

-Oscar.

-Oscar.

Oscar. Hello, Oscar. And Bertie.

Sorry, we didn't really say hello to Bertie.

Now, Amy, what would you like to go for?

Would you like to fill in all our blanks for us?

Unfortunately not.

The only one I think I know is,

unfortunately or fortunately,

the I'm A Celebrity contestant,

and I think it's Lady C.

-It's so obvious!

-LAUGHTER

No red line for you as you are already through to the next round.

But let's see how many of our 100 people said Lady C.

It's right.

Oh, look at that - 9!

The two lowest scores of the entire round

on this page here, taking your total up to 14.

Yes, Lady Colin Campbell, to give her her full title.

She married Lord Colin Campbell.

He proposed the first night he met her, they were married within a week.

-There you go.

-There. That's that.

Now, the US president resigns to avoid impeachment.

-Is Nixon.

-Is Nixon.

Yes, Richard Nixon. Would have scored you 46.

The lovely BBC breakfast presenter...

-Is Bill Turnbull.

-Bill Turnbull.

-Would have scored you 13.

-And the UK Prime Minister?

Is Harold Wilson.

17 points for that. The leader of the Soviet Union who resigned?

-Gorbachev.

-It was Gorbachev, yes, Mikhail Gorbachev.

And would have scored you 26.

So the best answer on the board is Lady C,

so, the two best answers on the board, there, on podium one.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round - oh, Harvey and Adam.

Oh, that's a shame! It's been such fun having you here.

Absolutely fantastic contestants.

I think you were thinking of Thunderbirds, Lady P,

that's what I'm thinking.

Anyway, I'm so sorry. 126.

There's no arguing with that as a high score.

We have to say goodbye to you, but thank you so much for playing.

Brilliant contestants, Harvey and Adam.

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

Wow, what a round.

I knew all four pairs in front of me last round were incredibly strong.

Best of luck for the next round. Our category for round two is...

Here we go. It's a words round.

Liv ecstatic about this.

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

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

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

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many...

words ending in OTH as they could.

Words ending in OTH.

-Richard.

-Yes, we are looking for any word which has its own entry in the

British and world English section of Oxforddictionaries.com that ends OTH.

As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words.

-Hmm.

-Hmm.

That's a thinker, isn't it?

Yeah.

-Nick.

-Thank you.

I am, I'm struggling, actually, I can only think of one.

-Sloth.

-Sloth, says Nick.

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

53. For sloth or "sloath".

Yes, laziness, or an animal which is called a "sloath" or a sloth.

Sloth, sloath. Thank you very much.

-John.

-I was going to go for that, Nick.

-Broadcloth.

-Broadcloth.

Oh, did you hear, did you hear that murmur?

That's what broadcloth does to them, John.

Let's see what happens when we say broadcloth.

It's right.

Might we be seeing an increase in our jackpot here?

Yes, we are! Look at that. Well done indeed, John.

That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £10,500.

Scores you nothing and is just all-round wonderful.

Rather begs the question why you were going to go for sloth, though,

I have to say.

Yes, broadcloth.

Stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

LAUGHTER

No, it's a fabric. It's a very good answer.

Broadcloth. Thank you very much indeed. Very well done indeed, John.

Now, Tori.

Um, I've got one word stuck in my head so I'm just going to go for it.

-Mammoth.

-Mammoth, says Tori.

Let's see how many about 100 people said mammoth.

Look at that. Down to five. Very well done indeed.

5 for mammoth.

Another very good answer. Yes, a large extinct animal.

Scientists can tell how old mammoths were genuinely in the same way that

you do with trees. You count the rings on the tusks and it shows you the age.

And also, sometimes, there are birthday cards.

LAUGHTER

And if it's got a badge on the birthday card, then you know.

That's true. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, yes, we are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Nothing was the best score of that pass.

Very well done indeed, broadcloth, John.

Fabulous answer. Tori, five, very good indeed.

Liv was looking a little bit panicky at the beginning of this round.

I'm hoping that's settled your nerves a little bit.

Lovely low score from Tori. Nick and Amy.

53 is quite a high score.

Amy, you know what I want from you on this next pass - a nice low score.

Preferably a minus score. Good luck with that, Amy.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, now, Liv, remember we are looking for any word that ends with the letters OTH.

I'm going to go tablecloth.

Is a lovely answer, surely. Tablecloth. Here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with tablecloth,

you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said tablecloth?

Very well done, Liv. Through you go.

Into the head-to-head with room to spare.

Down to two. Look at that!

Takes your total up to seven.

Well played, Liv, great answer.

Yes, a cloth that you spread across the table.

LAUGHTER

Although that's not where it gets its name from.

It gets its name from its inventor, who is Dave Tablecloth.

LAUGHTER

-Pure coincidence.

-There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Tom.

We have a goal. You have to score 52 or less.

That's to stay in the game.

For credibility's sake, you really need to score a pointless answer.

LAUGHTER

That is true.

I'm going to go with...

froth.

Froth.

-Yes.

-Froth.

-As in, pint of beer.

-As in, pint of beer.

Froth, says Tom. There is your red line.

If you can get below that with froth,

you are through to the head-to-head.

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

Well done - through.

31 for froth.

Takes your total up to 31.

Yes, safe and sound.

Yes, it's just a series of bubbles caused by agitation.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Amy, I'm afraid sloth has left you high and dry.

-Yes.

-What about seeing if we can find another pointless answer?

Yes, I'm really struggling.

Mammoth was my first one and then froth was my second one.

Yeah, so, third one - broth.

-Broth.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Were you a fan of broth, back in the...?

-Back in the day?

Back in the '90s? OK, let's find out. No red line for you, as, I'm

afraid, you are the high scorers.

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

34 for broth takes your total up to 87.

Yes, now, do you have an answer?

I have. Do you know, I've now got behemoth.

Behemoth, there you go. Scores 13.

No, really?

Yeah. Lots of good pointless answers here though, I have to say.

Lots of those cloth words are up there, as well.

Let's take a look, but also, yes, there are other ones that you might have gone for.

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

Quoth, as in said. Sabre-tooth.

See, tooth is another one

where there's lots of good pointless answers.

Houndstooth and dogstooth both pointless answers as well.

1 point for forsooth, which is a rather lovely one.

-You're disappointed with your answers, aren't you?

-Yes, really, really disappointed.

-You'd have got through, though.

-I know, I know.

Behemoth is a perfectly good one, and I predicted it, so...

-Well, you did, exactly.

-That's something, isn't it?

Thank you. Thank you very much, Richard.

We are at the end of our second round.

87 was the high score there for Amy and Nick.

Our champion low scorers in Round One.

-I know.

-I'm so sorry to be sending you home now, but we'll see you again next time.

I'm sure you'll be much better. In the meantime, thanks so much, Amy and Nick.

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

Congratulations, Liv and Tori, Tom and John.

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that jackpot.

Let's just remind ourselves about that jackpot.

It currently stands at £10,500.

Well, we've reached the head-to-head which means you are now allowed to confer.

From here on in you start playing as a team.

The first pair in this round to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Literally anything could happen.

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

Here is your first question and it concerns...

-Richard.

-Yes, we've done this before once, I really liked it.

We're going to show you now five street signs,

photographs of street signs from around the world.

What cities would you find these street signs in, please?

Very good. Yes, I remember this.

So, yes, let's reveal our five signs.

In which cities would you find these signs?

Hmm. Things to get you thinking there.

That ten and a half grand is not going to come easy.

Liv and Tori, you are the low scorers, so you will go first.

There's a couple that I know,

there's a couple that I'd risk a guess at but...

um...

I'm going to go with A...

..being Berlin.

A, Berlin.

OK. A, Berlin. Now, Tom and John,

would you like to talk us through the rest of that board?

Well, B could well be Tokyo, couldn't it, but who knows?

I can't decipher that at all.

C could be Dubai.

E is Dublin.

But I think we're going to go for D

which I think is going to be San Francisco.

OK, you're going to say San Francisco, D.

So, we have Berlin and we have San Francisco.

Liv and Tori said Berlin for A.

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

33. Now, Tom and John meanwhile have gone for San Francisco for D.

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

7. Very well done indeed, Tom and John.

That means, Tom and John, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Yes, well played. I thought that might score a few more.

Haight and Ashbury is the very centre of the kind of counterculture

movement of the '60s over in the US, so that's very well spotted.

B - it is Tokyo.

Maybe too much of a risk to go for it because it could have been other

Japanese cities. 28 points for that.

C is the best answer up there.

And it's Marrakesh.

Marrakesh in Morocco would have scored you 3.

And the biggest scorer, of course, is Dublin...

..and would have scored you 36.

There we go. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, here is your second question.

Liv and Tori, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Tom and John get to answer it first, so, very best of luck.

Our second question today is all about...

The "bass" or the "base". I don't know.

Is it all about the "bass" or...? Who knows?

-Let's find out.

-It's all about that "bass".

Yes, we're just simply going to give you five clues now to facts about

either the "bass" or the "base".

You'll work it out when we put them up there.

So, it's either going to be about a guitar, or about a fish.

-Very, very...

-LAUGHTER

I don't know which you'd prefer.

Maybe both. Maybe it's a mix of both.

Here are some clues to bass-bass - five of them.

Stage name of... Oh, it's the fish. RICHARD LAUGHS

HE READS CLUES

I'll read them all again.

Tom and John will go first.

Right. Well, it's not great.

And I like a bass, so...

Do you like it steamed or...?

-I like a funky bass.

-Draught Bass.

Yes. So, I think we're going to go for the stage name of Michael Peter

Balzary, bass player with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, I think is Flea.

Flea, say Tom and John.

Liv and Tori.

OK, let's do that. No, you do it. I'd get her name wrong.

So we're going to go for the bottom one, the US singer,

-Meghan Trainor.

-Meghan Trainor.

So we have Flea and we have Meghan Trainor.

Tom and John went for Flea.

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

It's right.

22 for Flea.

Liv and Tori have gone for Meghan Trainor.

Let's see if that is right for the last one.

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

It's right.

-Go on, go on.

-Oh!

35.

Which means, very well done indeed, Tom and John.

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

Yes, very, very strong performance, there.

There's a couple of answers that would have won you the point.

That second answer there would have won you the point, the male voice,

-which is...?

-Baritone.

-Baritone.

-That would have scored 14.

And the double bass belongs in this section of the orchestra.

-Strings.

-Strings. That would have scored 62.

And this is the best answer by quite some way.

Three points if you'd said Johnny Cymbal.

CONTESTANTS CHUCKLE

-Did you know that one?

-No.

He used to wear a very hi-hat.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we are at the end of our head-to-head round and I'm sorry to say,

Liv and Tori, this is where we have to say goodbye to you.

Tremendous performance across the show today.

Really, really lovely low score after low score.

Tablecloth will be the low score I'll be taking away with me, Liv.

But I'm afraid you came up against John and Tom just on searing form

in the head-to-head. So, this is where we say goodbye.

It's been lovely having you on. Thank you so much, Liv and Tori.

But for Tom and John, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Tom and John.

You have fought off all the competition valiantly

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show,

the jackpot is standing at £10,500.

What would you like to see come up?

Well, mostly OK on geography.

You're quite good on history.

Sports, OK.

-Not musicals.

-Angling.

OK. Cos that comes up a lot.

LAUGHTER

You never know. You just never know.

But you've got quite a lot of bases covered and we've had some very

impressive answers. We had a pointless answer, as well.

You have contributed towards this enormous jackpot.

Very, very best of luck. Let's see what is on the board behind me.

Let's hope there's something you like the look of. Today's selection reads like this.

We have got:

Yeah. Well, I'm not good on classical music.

No, we can pass that by. Political comedy on-screen.

It's comedy all the time, isn't it, so it could be anywhere, couldn't it?

-LAUGHTER

-It could be.

-Decades of Formula 1.

I kind of know some...

-You know old racing car drivers, don't you?

-Probably.

But I don't know, I haven't watched it in years.

I don't think we'll go for crime writers.

US crime writers, no, I don't really like that.

So it's between political comedy... You like Yes, Minister, don't you?

Yeah, well, I can't remember any of it.

-Right, OK.

-I think we might go for Formula 1.

We're going to have to, which doesn't bode well, but...

Decades of Formula 1.

-OK, Richard.

-Yes, very best of luck.

It's always a good team in these jackpot rounds when you have a parent and a child.

There's something about it that works, and this particularly

because it's very different generations in the questions here.

So, £10,500, very, very best of luck.

We are looking for any of the following, please.

Looking for anyone who finished in the top three at the end of any

Formula 1 season in the 1960s.

1960 to 1969.

So, at the end of the season, anyone in the top three.

The same for the 1980s and the same for the 2000s.

So, anyone who finished the end of the season in the top three

in the '60s, the '80s or the 2000s.

Very, very best of luck, gents.

Thank you very much, Richard.

As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot, I'm just going to remind you, £10,500,

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Item one, Jody Scheckter. Jochen Rindt.

-Jack Brabham.

-Yes.

'80s, I'm not so sure about.

'80s, you've got...

Johnny Herbert, Michele Alboreto, I think.

You've got... I think I might have made that name up.

Nelson Piquet. I'm trying to think.

Gerhard Berger.

In the 2000s, I think we just avoid.

-Yes.

-So we come back to the 1960s.

What were those names again?

-Jochen Rindt.

-Jody Scheckter.

I've heard of Jody Schechter.

-Jack Brabham.

-Yes, I think Jack Brabham, he used to run a car team,

didn't he, so he's probably less likely?

-How sure are you about the first fella?

-Not really.

OK. Michele Alboreto I think we should probably go for.

I think he was around in the '80s.

-We'll have that one.

-And those two fellas that you mentioned before.

-OK.

-Or maybe Johnny Herbert.

-Yeah, all right.

-We can't have four.

-OK, that is your time up.

Let's have your three answers.

And if you could say which decade they're in.

-Tom's going to do his two and then I'll do mine.

-OK.

Yeah. Er...

Johnny Herbert and Michele Alboreto.

Johnny Herbert, from which decade?

From the '80s. He was sort of borderline.

Johnny Herbert, Michele Alboreto.

Yes. And then from the 1960s...

-Jochen Rindt.

-Jochen Rindt. OK, of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think that one.

-Jochen Rindt goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

I think Johnny Herbert might be early '90s, so we'll stick him...

Johnny Herbert might be early '90s and...

-Him. Michele Alboreto.

-Michele Alboreto.

-Who can forget Michele Alboreto?

-We'll put him in the middle.

Let's put the answers up on the board in that order, then.

And here they are. We have got Johnny Herbert,

we have got Michele Alboreto and we have got Jochen Rindt.

Very best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Now, what if one of these answers turns out to be pointless and wins you £10,500?

What would you like to do with it? Tom, you first.

Well, a few things. I owe my mate Woz a pint.

That's a hell of a pint, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

I said I'd get him that.

Yes, and maybe a funeral care plan for my father.

-LAUGHTER

-He's starting to get on a bit...

APPLAUSE

So, yeah, and we've both got very high maintenance wives,

so handbags and chocolates and champagne.

John, anything you'd like to add to that?

Well, at my age, I'm going to blow it.

LAUGHTER

OK, well, very, very best of luck.

Let's see what happens. Johnny Herbert is your first answer.

In this case, we're looking for anyone who finished in the top three in the 1980s.

Johnny Herbert. If this is pointless, it will win you £10,500.

How many of our 100 people said Johnny Herbert?

Is it pointless?

OK. That's fine. We've got three good answers.

Two left. That's why we have three answers.

You can afford to have one like that.

Johnny Herbert, incorrect, not a pointless answer.

So let's move swiftly on.

Your next answer is Michele Alboreto.

In this case, we are also looking

for top three drivers in the 1980s. Michele Alboreto.

If it is right and if it is pointless, it will win you £10,500.

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

Is it right, is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer Johnny Herbert was an incorrect answer.

Michele Alboreto, absolutely right.

Down we go through the twenties, into the teens, OK,

we're now into single figures.

Still going down, still going down.

You have done it!

Who'd have thought? Who would have thought?

Very well done. Superb.

Absolutely fantastic.

A great answer, Michele Alboreto.

A pointless answer, which means you will be going home with that jackpot of £10,500.

Very well done indeed, John and Tom.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow! What a show. We said right at the beginning it's going to be a great show today

because we had these three returning pairs. We knew you were all good.

We knew it was going to be a special show.

You guys made it through and we said that kind of thing, a parent and a child,

such a good combination in these sorts of things,

and it's the child who's come through that and won his dad some

money there with Michele Alboreto.

But don't get too cocky, because Jochen Rindt, your dad's answer,

was also a pointless answer.

APPLAUSE

Which is perfect, which is absolutely perfect.

Well played, gents, terrific performance.

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

-I know you don't care.

-LAUGHTER

But some people at home will.

The '60s. Let's take a look.

Bruce McLaren. Talking of people who had their own teams.

Jack Brabham would have scored you 3 points.

So, you did well to avoid him.

You also could have had Dan Gurney, Richie Ginther and Wolfgang Von Trips as well.

They're the pointless answers. Now, the '80s.

Some names you'll know here...

You also could have had Didier Pironi, Elio de Angelis and our old friend, Michele Alboreto.

Came second in 1985, Michele Alboreto.

And the 2000s, there's only two pointless answers here for 2000.

You immediately decided to avoid it. You were right to.

Juan Pablo Montoya and Rubens Barrichello.

Very well done if you got one of those at home.

And congratulations, gents.

When the jackpot goes up and up and up, you want to make sure it goes on a special show to a special pair,

-so thank you very much. What a lovely home for our jackpot.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Well, thanks once again to our winning pair, Tom and John,

who go away with today's jackpot of £10,500.

Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.