Episode 52 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome Liz and Anne-Marie.

You're our first pair on the show today.

How do you two know each other?

Liz is my mum and although she lives in France, we're in contact

pretty much every day, so we stay really close.

Liz, where in France do you live?

In Lott Valley, which is just south of the Dordogne.

-You've retired out there?

-Yes, we have.

-Oh, heaven! Anne-Marie, what do you do?

-I am a teacher.

-I teach French and German and Spanish.

-Wonderful. Great to have you here.

Very best of luck. Hope you enjoy it.

-Thank you.

-Next, we welcome back Claire and Liz. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final

-and this is your second chance. Remind us how you did.

-Well, we got to the head-to-head.

-You did.

-And it was all going really well and then the whole Winston Churchill,

Prime Minister thing came up, which was slightly mortifying as I have an A-level in British history.

Oh, dear, oh, dear, Liz! What are you hoping is going to come up today, Liz?

I am hoping sort of entertainment, popular culture. Maybe a bit of TV.

Remind us what you do.

I work in advertising for a weekly fashion magazine.

A very well-known weekly fashion magazine that occasionally

strays into the area of popular culture as well.

-Yes.

-Occasionally. So you're pretty good on that.

-Well, yeah. Ish.

Very best of luck. It's great to have you back. Next, we welcome Aaron and Craig.

-How do you two know each other?

-We are best friends. Been best friends for a few years.

-Known each other since primary school, although he didn't like me when we first met.

-Not one bit.

-What was wrong with him, Craig?

-Oh, he likes to talk. He doesn't talk a lot of sense.

He likes to wind people up and it worked, for a long time.

-A long, long time. He ground me down.

-He wore you down.

When did you give in and think, all right, you can be my best friend?

When he grew out of that... He went through an awkward, weird-looking stage

-He kind of grew out of that.

-Before the Joe McElderry phase?

-Before the Joe McElderry thing, yeah.

-Aaron, I am so sorry.

-I just couldn't resist that.

-He is a handsome boy.

-Incredibly handsome.

Best of luck, it's great to have you on the show. Finally, we welcome back

Barbara and Kevin. You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

We didn't have a very good category, but it did save Kevin's street cred.

At least he didn't know anything about Cliff Richard records.

You lost, but in many ways, you won.

Kevin, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

I would like anything to do with history, politics or specifically football, to do with sport.

Very good. Well, very best of luck to you. It's great to have you here.

We'll learn more about all of you later. Only one more person for me to introduce.

Barbara thinks he looks like Fireman Sam.

He is my Pointless friend, he is Richard.

APPLAUSE

-Barbara was just telling me before.

-Is that right?

-Well, yes, don't start me giggling.

-That's great! Fireman Sam.

-Great to look like.

-Must be some work in that, a Fireman Sam lookalike.

We have two returning pairs today, we have Claire and Liz J,

who got through to the head-to-head last time. Ordinarily, you would

then tip them to go further, that's often what happens.

But it was a spectacular crash out! Barbara and Kevin joined us

last time and weren't with us long enough because Cliff Richard tripped them up.

A lot of people have asked for music questions. There is music in Round Two, so if you can survive Round One,

which is definitively not about music, there will be music in Round Two.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer, that's an answer

none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Graham and David won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. There it is.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

Now, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer. The team with the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second.

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many medical specialists

as they could. Richard?

Yeah, nothing really to add. All the correct answers in this round are the names of medical specialists.

Thanks very much, Richard. Liz and Anne-Marie, you drew lots before the show

and this afternoon, you get to go first.

In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I will read those once more.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless,

but there is at least one incorrect answer on the board and if you pick one of those,

you will score the maximum of 100 points. Now then, Anne-Marie?

I think some of them are quite obvious, so I'm going to go

with the longest. I am going to go with the gastroenterologist.

Very good. There it is at the top of the board.

You're hoping that's right and you're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

Oh, very well done, Anne-Marie.

-APPLAUSE

-Great answer.

Gastroenterologist scores you two points. Richard?

# He's always on the scene, Fireman Sam... #

LAUGHTER

We are going to use that all the time now. Are you always on the scene, Richard?

Can I do my job now? Because if I'm honest,

I've got poles to slide down later, so if we could get on.

Gastroenterologist - concerned with diseases of the digestive tract,

the liver and pancreas, biliary tract.

-OK, well, thanks very much.

-An absolute pleasure.

# He's always on the scene, Fireman Sam... #

-LAUGHTER

-Now then, Claire.

There is a pointless answer left on that board, maybe two. But at least one.

It's a shame because I would have gone for the top one,

and I know two of them, but then I guess most people do.

So the decision is whether to guess or not.

I'm not going to guess, I am going to go for gynaecologist.

You're going for gynaecologist. Let's see if it's right.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see how many people said gynaecologist.

It's correct!

-APPLAUSE

-42.

42 for gynaecologist, Richard.

Gynaecologist, quite a big score. I won't go through

the details of what a gynaecologist does on daytime TV.

There is a reason why children's TV has Fireman Sam, but not Gynaecologist Jim.

OK, Aaron. We're looking for medical specialists.

There's a list there. Nobody's found the pointless answer.

I think maybe you're the person to do it.

Yeah, might be worth just going for it.

-I am going to say histopathologist.

-One up from the bottom.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Good luck, Aaron.

It's right!

Still going down.

Oh, well done!

APPLAUSE

That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250

and it scores you nothing.

-I'll go home now.

-Very, very well done.

Richard?

Yeah, very well played, Aaron. You know what a histopathologist does?

It's pathology of the brain, to do with the mind? Don't know.

It's the microscopic study of disease processes in tissues, is what I think you were trying to say.

So, then, Aaron, what a great score. Now we come to Barbara.

We are looking for medical specialists.

You are the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through.

Oh, I think... I don't know whether to play safe or take a gamble.

I am going to go oncologist.

-Oncologist. Is that your gamble?

-It sounds good.

-Let's see if it's right,

and if so, let's see how many people said oncologist.

-It's right. Phew!

-My gosh!

16.

APPLAUSE

16 for oncologist, Richard.

Yeah, correct answers from everybody. Oncologist is a cancer specialist.

What about all the others?

Let's take a look.

Cardiologist is to do with the heart,

would have scored you 12 points.

Geriatrician is illnesses of the elderly,

conditions in elderly patients. would have scored you four.

The incorrect answer is speleologist,

who is a cave expert.

Speleologist.

OK, thanks very much. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

We're halfway through the round. On nothing at all,

Aaron and Craig looking very strong.

Then only a smidge ahead of them, Anne-Marie and Liz O on two,

up a little bit from them, 16 - Barbara and Kevin.

Out in front, Claire and Liz J. We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

We're looking for medical specialists, remember.

I'll read those one more time.

And again, I can tell you that at least one of those answers

is pointless and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

So try and avoid those incorrect ones. Now then, Kevin.

Looking at this board, there's only one which really jumps out to me.

Science really is my weakest subject, so I'm torn

whether to play it incredibly safe

and probably score high.

I think I'm going to take a gamble

and go for obstetrician.

Obstetrician. If you come down below that red line,

the obstetrician will deliver you

through to the next round. Let's see if that's right.

Obstetrician.

Very well done.

You're through. 18 for obstetrician.

Excellent answer. Takes your score up to a total of 34.

Richard.

Obstetrician - where would we be without them?

They look after women during childbirth

and during pregnancy and the recuperative period

after childbirth as well.

Now then, Craig, remember we are looking for medical specialists.

There's one very obvious one. I'm going to go for haematologist.

I HOPE it's to do with haemoglobin.

If you can score 41 or less with haematologist,

you're through to the next round.

Well done, Craig, it's right.

And you're through to the next round.

Ah, very well done indeed!

A great low score there, Craig.

That scores you two. Takes your total up to a brilliantly low total of two.

Yeah, well played, Craig.

Specialists in blood and blood-forming tissues, haematologist.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Liz J.

-Mm.

Liz J, you are on 42.

You're still the high scorers. You know what to do.

-There is at least one pointless on that board.

-OK.

So I'm just going to take a punt

on the one that sounds...

They all sound like they could be true

but I'm going to go with endocrinologist.

-You're going to say endocrinologist.

-Yes.

OK, very good luck.

There's no red line for you.

Let's see if endocrinologist is right

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

Ah, very well done, Liz J!

Endocrinologist is a pointless answer and it adds £250

to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,500.

APPLAUSE

And it scores you absolutely nothing, Liz,

leaving you with a total of 42.

-Well done. Richard.

-Very well played, Liz.

The perfect answer.

If you want to know what an endocrinologist does, it's simple.

It's easy to remember - they're specialists in the endocrine system.

Oh, of course. Yeah.

-That's your hormones and hormone producing glands.

-Right.

-Liz O.

-Alexander.

-Remember, we are looking for medical specialists.

You are on two points.

The high scorers remain Liz J and Claire on 42.

If you can score 39 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round

but you're the last to have the board so talk us through it.

The paediatrician is correct.

Now I have the choice between three

that I do not know to be correct

at all. So, I'm going to slip up

on one in those last three.

One, two, three. Let's go for...

Oh, heck, limnologist. Sorry, Anne-Marie.

Limnologist at the top. There it is.

There's your red line.

If you're below that line, you are through to the next round.

-Thank you.

-Limnologist, is it right and how many people said it?

Oh, no!

Hey ho.

Bad luck! Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer, Liz,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

It takes your total up to 102.

-I am sorry. Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Liz, very unlucky.

It's an expert in lakes.

At least we've all learned something.

Put me out of my misery, the other two.

Sorry, quite right. Paediatrician is children's medicine

but would have been too high a score for you, 54.

So the one you wanted to go for is a kidney expert, a nephrologist,

would have scored 1 point.

And a selenologist, also incorrect, it's someone who studies the moon.

Bad luck, Liz.

Does that make it any easier

knowing several other ones were flawed as well?

A selenologist sounded feasible, maybe.

Nephrologist, I was going in the direction of Egyptian studies -

-don't ask me why but I was.

-Nefertiti, maybe?

-There you go.

-Oh dear, oh dear. Liz, Anne-Marie, I'm sorry.

And you, Anne-Marie,

with gastroenterologist scoring only 2.

You did the right thing -

all the other answers that could have been easy

and would have scored low had all gone from the board.

Endocrinologist was going to be mine.

So I only have a Liz to blame.

You've only got a Liz to blame.

The great news is we'll see you next time.

-We look forward to that.

-We shall, too.

-Thank you very much. You have been lovely contestants.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

Only two pairs will make it through to the head-to-head,

so one team is leaving us at the end of this round.

OK, our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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

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

The question concerns...

..number one singles of the 1980s and their artists.

We are about to show you a list of singles

which were all number ones during the 1980s.

We asked 100 people to tell us which group or artist released them.

We're going to show you six singles on each pass -

the more obscure ones score fewer points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, a wrong artist, you score 100 points.

There's 12 in all, so see how many you can get at home.

We're looking for the group or artist

who released these singles...

I will read those again...

As always, you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Liz, when this came up, this category,

I have never seen anyone look so happy.

Are you still feeling happy now?

I am feeling happy, actually.

This is the first time I've felt in any way, shape or form confident.

I am going to go with Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship.

Starship. Claire thrilled with that.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer. Starship.

Very well done.

19.

APPLAUSE

Very good answer. Well done. Starship, Richard.

Well played, Liz. Number one for four weeks in 1987.

OK. Thank you very much. 19.

Well done, Liz J. Now, then, Craig.

Music, you said, was something you knew.

But I'm guessing more indie music of the '90s and noughties maybe?

-Yeah.

-How are chart-toppers from the '80s for you?

OK.

I was going to go for that one, but I know three,

maybe four, of the others - just a case of who.

I'm going to go for... Atomic...Blondie...?

Atomic, Blondie. You're saying it like that's a stab in the dark.

In my head, it's 100% right,

-but, to be honest, it could be completely wrong.

-Right, OK.

Only one thing to do, let's find out.

Let's see if Atomic was a Blondie hit and how many people said it.

Good luck.

Course it's Blondie!

Very well done - that's 29 points.

-APPLAUSE

-That's a great answer, Craig.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Craig.

Number one in 1980.

They had three number ones in 1980 alone, Blondie.

Now, then, Kevin. There we are, we have the singles.

You have to provide the singers, or the artists, behind these singles.

Talk us through the board, Kevin. You are the last person to have it.

Come On Eileen, I think, is Dexy's Midnight Runners,

but I think that could be wrong.

So I am going to go for the one I am more confident on,

but I am sure is going to be a high scorer -

Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor.

Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor.

There it is at the top of the board. Let's see if it's right

and let's see how many people said Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor.

Not bad. Not bad at all, Kevin.

25.

25 for Eye Of The Tiger.

Yeah, well done, Kevin.

It was number one directly after Come On Eileen.

It was the theme for Rocky after Stallone wasn't given permission

to use Another One Bites The Dust by Queen.

-Really?

-Yeah, and Frank Bruno also did a cover version of Eye Of The Tiger in 1995.

I would quite like to hear that.

Got to number 28. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

The biggest scorer was Come On Eileen,

Dexy's Midnight Runners would have scored you 54.

-Baby Jane was...

-Rod Stewart.

Yes. Would have scored you 26.

-And 19.

-Paul Hardcastle.

About the average age of combat soldiers in Vietnam,

would have scored you 10 points.

So well done if you said that.

OK, thanks very much.

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

-On 19, Liz J and Claire. Liz, you said you liked this round.

-Yay!

And so it proved - the round liked you too.

Then we go up a little bit to Kevin and Barbara on 25,

and then a tiny bit up from them, we come to Craig and Aaron on 29.

So, Aaron, pressure on you.

-That's fine.

-There's going to be a tussle between you and Barbara.

That's what's going to happen.

Can the second players please take their places?

We're going to put six more number one singles on the board

and we have got...

I will just go through those again...

We're looking for the group or artist who released these singles.

You're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Barbara.

-Well, you couldn't have been more cruel.

-Really?

-This round is extremely cruel.

-Oh, come now!

Other than making me sing them, you know...

-Don't put ideas in my head!

-I am really panicking.

I think you have a beautiful singing voice, Barbara.

I think... I know I'm going to make a fool of myself,

but I think Saving All My Love For You, Renee and Renato.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Here's your red line. I'm afraid it's very, very low.

Renee and Renato. Let's see if that's right, if they sang Saving All My Love For You.

-(Sorry.)

-Oh, Barbara.

-Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer.

-Not my era.

-I know.

I'm afraid that's a wrong answer and takes your total up to 125.

Richard.

I won't give the correct answer in case Aaron or Claire

want to have a go at the same question.

Now, then, Aaron...

how are you feeling about this board?

-Terrible.

-See, Barbara, all is not lost.

I was born in '88, so it's not the best topic.

Right, OK.

Previous board, I would have been all right, but this one...

Like I say, take a guess, Two Tribes,

is that Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

I don't... It doesn't...

Two Tribes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

OK. That's a complete guess, is it, stab in the dark from somewhere...?

Yeah, but I am not happy about it. Let's put it that way.

I'm not going to tell you what the look on Craig's face is.

Two Tribes, you're saying Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Here's your red line, nice and high up.

Just has to be right, and if it's right

and goes below that red line, you are through.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

Aaron, it's right, very well done.

Two Tribes was indeed Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Down to 41. You are through to the next round.

That takes your total to 70 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah, very well played, Aaron.

-Three number ones that year, Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

-Now, then, Claire,

come what may, you are through to the next round. Whatever happens,

you will not overtake Barbara and Kevin's high score of 125.

-Which is a bit of luck.

-A little piece of luck.

I absolutely should know who sings Saving All My Love For You

and I should know I Want To Know What Love Is.

And I don't.

So, I am going to go for...

Too Shy, Culture Club.

Too Shy, Culture Club you are saying.

-You know the song?

-Yeah.

-It doesn't matter.

You are through to the next round.

Let's see if it is indeed by Culture Club and how many people said it.

Bad luck.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer which scores you 100 points,

taking your total to 119. Richard.

Sorry, Claire. You're going to kick yourself when I tell you who did it.

It was Winston Churchill. LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

Barbara, Saving All My Love For You was Whitney Houston.

Would have been a low score as well, would have scored you 22 points.

Let's go through the rest of them.

Too Shy is Kajagoogoo.

-Oh, really(?)

-I was going to say of course,

but it's only "of course" to anybody around in the '80s.

To anyone else, that's gibberish. Would have scored 28.

-I Want To Know What Love Is?

-Foreigner.

Would have scored 20 points.

-Ashes To Ashes?

-David Bowie.

Would have scored you 39, and I Have Never Been To Me,

-best answer on the board, do you remember?

-I don't know that one.

It was by Charlene, an American singer, would have scored 4.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score is Barbara and Kevin.

Oh, Barbara, you can't leave now!

No. Well, I am sorry, darling, but I shall have to.

They're going to evict me.

I thought you would say Whitney Houston

and I was thinking, "Well done, Barbara, you knew it after all."

I was ever so pleased when I saw that.

I thought, "At least I know that's Renee and Renato."

Oh, dear, I am so sorry, Barbara.

It's a real shame to be saying goodbye. You have been fantastic.

We haven't seen nearly enough of you, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs things get even more exciting,

as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, Aaron and Craig,

Claire and Liz, you have made it through.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for today's jackpot which currently stands at £1,500.

APPLAUSE

It's head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer,

and you are now allowed to confer.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

The first pair to the best of three will play for the jackpot.

OK, let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many Central American countries as they could.

Liz thinks that's hilarious. Richard.

We're looking for any of the seven mainland countries

that make up Central America - we mean the strip of land

between the southern border of Mexico

and the north-western border of Colombia.

By countries we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state.

OK. Now, because you played best throughout the show so far,

Aaron and Craig, you get to go first.

-Venezuela, we're going to go for.

-You're going to say Venezuela.

Think of another country sort of a bit like Venezuela.

Right, so, pretty much know this isn't correct, but Peru.

-Awful. Embarrassing.

-OK, we have Venezuela and Peru.

Aaron and Craig have said Venezuela, let's see if that's right

and if it is how many people said Venezuela.

Ooh! Bad luck.

Venezuela not in Central America. Now, then, Claire and Liz.

-Pretty sure this is wrong.

-You say Peru, let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Peru.

No!

OK, so after the first question, we are nil-nil. Richard.

Yeah, both those countries in South America.

Let's look at the countries in Central America.

Some people will have got all of these.

El Salvador with 4, Nicaragua with 10,

Costa Rica 11, Guatemala 12,

Honduras 14, Belize 17, and right at the top there, Panama with 21.

Very well done if you got all of those.

Bad luck if you didn't get any of them.

Now, OK, here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard.

-We're looking for any of

the first ten official James Bond films. Moonraker was the 11th.

So, any Bond film released before that.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard.

Claire and Liz, you get to go first.

OK.

Claire's never seen a Bond film.

And I know a few titles, but I've literally got no idea of order.

I don't even know if that is one.

I think we're going to get it wrong anyway, let's just do it.

-OK, let's have an answer.

-Never Say Never Again.

Never Say Never Again. Aaron and Craig, talk out loud, what are you going to give us?

Bond's not a great shout for us.

-Not big fans at all.

-Not fans of it, really.

We're trying to think who the first Bond was.

-Roger Moore, I think.

-That's really bad!

We're going to go for Thunderball?

-I think that's maybe later.

-It might be later.

I'm going for Thunderball. Thunderball.

OK, we have Thunderball, we have Never Say Never Again.

Never Say Never Again, say Claire and Liz. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Never Say Never Again.

Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.

There but for the grace of God, Aaron and Craig.

-Could be wrong!

-I think we could have another zero points.

But you have said Thunderball.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Thunderball.

It's right. It's all it had to be.

It's right, and it scores you 15. Very well done.

After two questions, Aaron and Craig are up 1-0. Richard.

Yeah, from somewhere, it's actually the best answer

-on the whole board, Thunderball.

-Told you(!)

Never Say Never Again wasn't an official Bond film.

It was an unofficial remake of Thunderball, funnily enough, and it was after Moonraker.

-Apart from that...!

-Apart from that, it was right!

Yeah! Let's look at all ten of them, though.

The Man With The Golden Gun would have been a good answer.

Thunderball there with 15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 17,

The Spy Who Loved Me 18,

The Man With The Golden Gun 19,

Diamonds Are Forever would have scored you 21.

Let's look at the other five.

You Only Live Twice 23,

From Russia With Love 26,

Live And Let Die 28,

Dr No 44, and Goldfinger right at the top on 54.

Very well done if you got most of those.

Thanks very much, Richard. OK, here is your third question.

Claire and Liz, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

OK, good luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Richard. I guess that's not a chorister competition, is it?

It is not, no. We're looking for any of the six European football clubs

who have won their country's top league,

their country's top domestic cup and the top European competition in the same year.

If it's an English team,

that'd be winning the Premiership, the FA Cup and the Champions League.

So, any of the six European teams who have ever done that treble. And that's as of the start of 2011.

Liz and Claire are laughing again. I don't know what that means.

Aaron and Craig looking quite...

-Shameful if we didn't!

-Quite pleased about this.

Aaron and Craig, you go first.

I mean... Oh, not out loud.

-We're going to say Inter Milan.

-Inter Milan.

OK, Inter Milan. Claire and Liz,

if you were going to say Inter Milan, I'm afraid that's now gone.

What are you going to give us instead?

-We're going to say Real Madrid.

-You're saying Real Madrid.

OK, so we have Inter Milan, we have Real Madrid.

In the order they've been given,

Inter Milan from Aaron and Craig,

if you win this question,

you are through to the final and be playing for the jackpot.

Claire and Liz, you have to win this question to stay with us.

Inter Milan, is it right, and how many people said it?

It's right.

Very well done. 15.

15 for Inter. Now, Claire and Liz J, you have said Real Madrid.

Let's see if that is right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Real Madrid.

Bad luck.

Bad luck, that's an incorrect answer.

A good punt, but an incorrect answer,

which means, after three questions,

Aaron and Craig are through to the final, 2-0. Well done.

Well played. Real Madrid's a good guess.

There's only one Spanish team

who have done it, Barcelona, but that wouldn't have won you the point.

Three answers that would have won you the point,

one of which is pointless, so very well done if you said PSV Eindhoven.

That would have been a pointless answer.

Celtic, did it in 1967, would score you 2.

Ajax, another Dutch side, would have scored you 4 points.

They did it in '72.

2010, Inter Milan did it, would have scored you 15 points.

Fresh in the memory, of course.

Also 15, Barcelona, who did it the year before, in 2009.

And Manchester United, 53 points there,

they did it very famously in 1999.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end,

Claire and Liz. You made it through to the head to head in each game you played,

but then in the head to head you have been badly let down by the categories...

-Yes.

-..slash, your knowledge.

-Yeah! Each other!

We've loved having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

Thank you.

But for Aaron and Craig, it's now time for our Pointless final,

and a chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.

Well, congratulations, Aaron and Craig.

You've made it to the final.

And you have fought off all the competition,

which means you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,500.

The rules are simple. To win,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer, that none of our 100 people could think of.

We have had two pointless answers today, you came up with one,

with histopathologist, I seem to think.

You only need to find one more now to go home with that money.

But first, choose a category, from these three options.

Here we go.

-I'm going to rule out Spain.

-You don't know.

For me. Unless you think differently.

I don't think we can do anything on fashion.

-I mean, you've got to come up with a pointless answer.

-Clearly!

-Double denim!

-UK politics, I kind of like.

-UK politics?

-Shall we?

Yeah, we sound more intellectual that way, as well.

Really? Not Spain?

-Mate, no, not Spain.

-OK.

-UK politics.

-UK politics.

OK. Good luck. Here is your question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for any MP or peer who had a seat

in Gordon Brown's Cabinet going into the 2010 general election.

Anyone listed in the House of Commons Library

as attending Cabinet or being a Cabinet Minister.

You have up to one minute for three answers,

and all you need to win that £1,500

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-OK.

-Who's the one from Swindon?

-David...

Used to be Michael Wills. What are you thinking?

-Harriet Harman.

-The Milibands.

-They're not going to be pointless.

-We're not doing that.

-I'm just saying.

-Harriet Harman.

-I am trying to think back to the election.

We were quite into it, weren't we?

Oh, no, this is terrible.

-Tessa Jowell?

-Don't know.

Tessa Jowell, Harriet Harman...

Tessa Jowell, that sounds good to me.

Tessa Jowell, Harriet Harman and...

-Darling.

-No, not Darling.

-It's tough, isn't it?

-It is tough.

-Ed Balls?

-We'll do that. Those three.

-Yeah.

-OK, you've got three?

-Yeah.

-You don't want any longer?

-No.

-Stop the clock.

We were looking for members of Gordon Brown's last Cabinet.

I now need your three answers.

-Harriet Harman.

-Harriet Harman.

-Ed Balls.

-Ed Balls.

-Tessa Jowell.

-Tessa Jowell.

-Which do you think is your best shot?

-Tessa?

In that order. I'd say Tessa Jowell...

-And your least likely?

-Harriet Harman.

OK, very good. We'll put them up on the board in that order.

There they are. We were looking for

members of Gordon Brown's last Cabinet.

You said this was your least-confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £1,500.

Your first answer, Harriet Harman.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

It has to be correct and pointless for you to win that jackpot. Harriet Harman.

It's right. It's right.

This will show us what our 100 people know

about Gordon Brown's last Cabinet.

Down it goes, into the teens. 14.

-I thought it'd be higher.

-There you are.

That was your first least-confident answer, and it scored 14.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, you knew that. That wasn't going to be pointless.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot, £1,500.

What would you do with £1,500?

I think we'd both take our girlfriends on holiday.

Don't say that! Now we have to!

It'll look good on telly if you say you're taking your girlfriend away.

OK, we're looking for members of Gordon Brown's last Cabinet.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, this was Ed Balls.

For that jackpot, let's see how many people said Ed Balls.

It's right.

Well, we went down to 14 with Harriet Harman.

If this goes down to...

Oh, blimey.

-Exactly twice as well-known. Wow.

-With a name like that, though!

I didn't expect that, though.

-28 for Ed Balls. He'll be pleased with that.

-He will.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

It has to be right, and it has to go all the way down to pointless,

and if it does, you leave here with £1,500.

Tessa Jowell. OK, let's put it to the test. Tessa Jowell.

Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

Yes, it's right.

So, we had 28 for Ed Balls, we had 14 for Harriet Harman.

Down it goes, down to single figures, look at that! Oh!

-Build us up just to smash us down.

-I'm happy with that.

I don't know anything, remember. I know nothing.

Three people remembered Tessa Jowell.

You didn't find that pointless answer, though,

so I'm afraid you don't leave with today's jackpot of £1,500,

which rolls over on to the next show,

but you have been fantastic,

and you do of course take home our Pointless trophy.

So, Richard.

Three correct answers, but for everybody at home who's been thinking of

obscure Labour Ministers, the pointless ones.

Baroness Royall, the Leader of the Lords,

Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General,

and Ben Bradshaw, who was Culture, Media and Sport, they're all pointless.

Dawn Primarolo, the Children's Minister,

Jim Murphy, Secretary of State for Scotland

and John Healey, who was Housing and Planning, pointless.

Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury,

Lord Adonis, Transport, Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland.

Apparently, he's the only Labour MP with a butler, Shaun Woodward.

Does that mean anything to you, that lot?

-Not at all.

-That's it, we do have to say goodbye to you, Aaron and Craig,

but it's been brilliant. I'm sorry it's only been for one show.

-It's all right. We're happy.

-We should have had you for two shows.

-Your loss.

-You're telling me, our loss!

-Thank you both for playing.

-Thank you very much.

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show, we'll be playing for £2,500.

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

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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