Episode 15 Pointless

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

Well, first off we welcome Richard and Ian.

Welcome to the show. Where have you two come from?

-We've come from Walsall in the West Midlands.

-Walsall.

-What do you do, Richard?

-Well, I work in a restaurant.

-I do TV-extra work, along with Ian.

-In the restaurant?

THEY LAUGH No, no. Clearly not.

And I also dance for a drag queen called Glamour, The Spanish Experience.

-LAUGHTER

-Glamour?

What is so quintessentially Spanish about Glamour's experience?

-He's from Gran Canaria.

-Right!

He is. And he's got two sexy male dancers,

and I'm one of them. HE LAUGHS

Of all the things you do, which do you prefer -

the Glamour, the waiting or the TV-extra work?

Do you know what - it's a good mix, and I like doing all three,

-to be honest.

-Have we ever had the pleasure of working together?

-No.

-Not on a show with you, I don't think.

Not unless... We've done Casualty. I was in the bus crash,

-and the toy-factory fire.

-The toy-factory fire?

We was both in a gun massacre in a nightclub once. And then...

-We were run over by a dumper truck!

-LAUGHTER

-BOTH: In a quarry!

-It's great to have you here.

-Very best of luck to you.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Steve and Cathy. Where have you come from?

-We've come from Swansea.

-From Swansea in Wales.

-How do you two know each other?

-This is my lovely wife, Cathy,

and we met eight years ago. We got married six years ago,

on the same day as Camilla and Charles.

-Same day!

-Same day.

-What do you do, Cathy?

I work for a large retail store.

-How about you, Steve?

-I work in IT,

for a global computer firm. It's a type of sauce as well, brown sauce.

-Oh, right! Yes. I know the ones.

-That's the one, yeah.

-I know the very people you mean.

-Yeah.

-Oh!

You got it? Yes. You know what I mean?

-I was trying to work it out!

-Yes!

-LAUGHTER

Cathy, what would you like to see come up?

Um, films, nature...

There's a lovely nature reserve by our house. We take the children...

I thought you said Nietzsche. I thought you meant philosophy.

-I was thinking, "Wow, that is..."

-That is quite specific!

-But there's a nature reserve...

-Yes.

-Very good.

Well, I, of course, have no idea about anything,

but least of all what's coming up in the programme, but best of luck.

Next we welcome back Diane and Marc. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances. This is your last chance.

-Remind us what happened.

-We got to the head-to-head.

We got two pointless answers, but we weren't very good

on the characters in Grease.

Oh, that's right - Pink Ladies and T-Birds.

Diane, last time you revealed to us that you are a counsellor,

-but you moonlight as a sex therapist.

-I do, yes. Yes.

-When I've nothing better to do.

-That's also a counselling job?

-Kind of, yeah.

-It's not a hands-on job, is it?

-No, no, no.

-LAUGHTER

-I just wanted to tidy that one up.

-It does involve toys, though.

-It does involve toys?

-Yeah, sometimes.

SHE LAUGHS

THEY LAUGH

Very good. Very best of luck. It's lovely to have you back.

-Thank you.

-And finally we welcome back Lynne and Glenys.

You were also here last time. Remind us what happened with you.

We were knocked out in the third round.

-Second.

-Unfortunately I got my... Second round, I should say.

I got my Dallases mixed up with my Dynastys,

so I knew I was there, or somewhere...

-You were almost there.

-I let Lynne down.

-I don't think so.

-Lynne, have you forgiven her?

-Yes, course I have.

We discovered last time that you both play golf.

What else do you like to do, Glenys?

We run an investment club, and the common denominator is golf,

and we meet once a month and we discuss stocks and shares.

We don't put very much money in each month,

but we do buy and sell stocks and shares.

-And who advises you?

-Nobody. We do our research.

Well, good luck with that, and very best of luck this afternoon.

-Thank you.

-We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's only one person left for me to introduce - Richard.

APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

Should be a good show today. We've got two returning pairs.

Diane and Marc were very, very strong last time.

Just got knocked out in the head-to-head.

Lynne and Glenys were unlucky, so two good pairs.

In every series we have one question that knocks all the others out the park.

Last series we had types of lettuce.

-That was our stellar round.

-I don't think anyone will top that.

I think round one today is pretty good.

If you liked types of lettuce, you'll like round one, I think.

And if you didn't, well...

It's one of our gala rounds, is it, this one?

I think so. It's one of those things

that you may be carried aloft from the building when you announce it,

by cheering crowds. LAUGHTER

OK. Very good. Thank you, Richard.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but this is Pointless, so we are after the answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, all our players need to do

is score as few points as they can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a Pointless answer,

one that none of our 100 people gave,

and every time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won it last time, so we add another £1,000,

so today's jackpot stands at £5,000.

Right! Let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer. Whichever team has the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated. OK.

Our first category this afternoon is...

..geology! Can you all decide in your pairs

-who's going to go first and second?

-THEY WHISPER

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

-to name as many types of rock...

-CHEERING

-..as they could.

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-It's types of rock. Richard?

-Everyone always says they want it.

Finally it's here. Everybody at home, strap yourselves in.

Let's all enjoy this together.

All the correct answers in this round are types of rock -

that's igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Those are the rocks.

-Them's the rocks.

-Oh, yes.

Thank you. Richard and Ian, you all 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, you'll be relieved to hear.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

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

but be very careful, because at least one is also wrong.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

Now, then, Richard... This is a festival round, isn't it?

-Types of rock, Richard!

-Types of rock.

I was thinking I was going to do all right,

because I had this thing when I was a kid called Treasures of the Earth, about rocks and geology.

But when you put them up there... Jeez.

LAUGHTER I'm going to go for one

that I can kind of relate to. Um, pumice stone,

so I'll probably say pumice is the answer I'm going to give.

Pumice. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said pumice.

It's right.

Still going down. 11! Look at that. Very good.

Great score. 11 for pumice.

Yeah. Well done, Richard. Pumice stone is formed from volcanic lava,

so it's full of gas bubbles, which is why it floats.

It's a rock that floats. This round's fun already, isn't it?

-It is just...

-A rock that floats? Come on!

What more do you want?

Cathy, we're looking at types of rocks.

Well, I was going to say pumice,

because I know Steve would say that's what I need for my feet,

-so...

-Sorry. Just got to stop there.

-Does she?

-I think she does, yeah.

-OK.

-Yes.

-Careful what you say. THEY LAUGH

There's one I know that's a definite,

so I'm going to go for what I hope's a pointless answer,

obsidian.

-Obsidian.

-Sounds like a rock.

Obsidian. Let's see if obsidian's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said obsidian.

-It's right!

-Yes!

Well, pumice scored 11. What's obsidian going to score?

-Down it goes. Still going down! One!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

That's a brilliant answer, Cathy. Obsidian scores you one point.

-Richard?

-Well played. It's a naturally occurring volcanic glass.

-I did know that.

-In cardiac surgery they use obsidian blades.

Some of the sharpest knives in the world are obsidian knives.

-See?

-There you are.

-More rock facts.

-It's obsidian blades.

-Brilliant.

Diane and Marc, in the first round of your last Pointless show,

you gave us not one but two pointless answers.

Diane, I will be bitterly disappointed,

bitterly disappointed, if you don't come up with that.

I really should know this. I really should know these.

-Why should you?

-Because I used to do geology.

-Did you?

-Yes.

-To what level did you do geology?

I did A-level geology. That's a long time ago,

and I don't know half of those, but I know one,

and it's so obvious. So I'm going to take a gamble.

-Scherer.

-You're going to go for scherer.

There it is. One up from the bottom. Scherer, you're saying.

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

-Oh!

-Oh, bad luck, Diane! I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

I'm sorry. Richard will tell us why it's wrong.

Sorry, Diane. Scherer is Rock Hudson's real name.

SHE LAUGHS

Do they not do that in A-level geology?

They didn't, no.

-He was Roy Scherer Junior.

-Oh, dear.

Back to the rocks. Back to the rocks. Now, then, Lynne,

we are looking for types of rock.

Nobody's found the pointless answer. Let's see if you can find it now.

Well, I know granite's going to be...should be on there,

-but I'm not certain about...

-Granite is on there.

I mean it should be a rock.

But should I go for something a bit more adventurous?

-No. I'll go for granite.

-OK. We're going to go for granite.

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

-63.

-APPLAUSE

Not a bad score, Lynne. 63 for granite.

Very common in the UK, granite, and a fairly big score,

but once you'd seen 100, it's not a bad tactic.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Essexite is a real rock.

That was a pointless answer. Named after Essex County in Massachusetts,

where it was first discovered. Out of the other two, mokey and wacke,

one of those is a very abundant rock, forms the backbone of New Zealand,

a lot of Britain. The other one is a character from Fraggle Rock.

Which do you think is which?

I'm going to go for wacke being the real rock.

Is exactly right. Wacke is a pointless answer.

Mokey a character from Fraggle Rock, so that was an incorrect answer.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round,

so let's take a look at the scores. Cathy and Steve,

lovely low score there with one.

Richard and Ian looking pretty good on 11,

then up to 63, Lynne and Glenys.

And then Diane and Marc way out in front there.

Marc, you'll have to answer brilliantly in the next pass

if you're going to make it through to the next round.

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

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

Remember, we are looking for types of rock, and we have got...

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

and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Try and avoid those incorrect ones, like you need to be told.

Glenys, you're on 63.

The high scorers, on 100, are Marc and Diane.

If you can score 36 or less, you are through to the next round.

My daughter, who's in the audience,

bought me a chess set,

and two of the possible answers are there,

and I, for the life of me, can't decide which one it is,

-but I'm going to go with soapstone.

-You're going to say soapstone.

There's your red line. Get below that,

you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

And you're through to the next round. Very well done, Glenys.

-Very well done!

-APPLAUSE

One point for soapstone. Takes your total up to 64.

-Richard, soapstone?

-Well played, Glenys.

Safely through. Yeah, it's a metamorphic stone.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio is created in soapstone.

Do you know the difference between a stone and a rock?

-No.

-I'm not going to waste your time telling you.

-We'd be here for half an hour.

-In a word?

-It's three words - "I don't know".

-OK, good.

Right. Marc and Diane, you are on 100 points.

You are the high scorers. Marc, you have to answer

-as brilliantly as you possibly can.

-OK. No pressure.

Otherwise we have to say goodbye to you after this round.

OK. I don't know whether to take a risk or to play it safe.

You're the high scorers on 100. The others are Ian and Richard on 11.

They're a long way behind you. And Steve and Cathy on one.

-It's either pointless or bust, I would say.

-OK.

Even then, it might be pointless AND bust.

Sorry to be the voice of doom here, but...

-LAUGHTER

-Karpis.

Karpis, you are saying. This is a complete guess.

But a little bit of logic?

Complete guess.

-Karpis. What do you think, Diane?

-I've no idea. Never heard of it.

-Your geology A level...

-I know most of them.

-Wasn't that one of your set rocks?

-Yeah.

My geology teacher's turned over in his grave.

-Appropriately, somehow.

-LAUGHTER

Anyway, there we are. Karpis, you say.

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

DIANE LAUGHS

Oh, no!

From double pointless to double incorrect.

-Oh, dear.

-Unfortunately that is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100,

and that takes your total up to 200.

-Bad luck, Marc. Sorry.

-Yeah. Sorry, Marc.

Alvin Karpis was the longest-ever inmate at the Rock, Alcatraz,

I'm afraid.

Thank you very much.

Steve, you and Cathy are through to the next round whatever happens.

You'll never be able to overtake the top score of Marc and Diane.

Impressive 200 that they've notched up.

Bearing all that in mind,

maybe see if you can find the pointless answer.

-There might be two.

-This isn't my best subject,

but as we're already through, I'll probably take a risk

-and say slaghoople.

-Slaghoople?

Yeah.

It's certainly the most fun word on that board.

Is it a rock?

Let's find out. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh!

Bad luck, Steve. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which scores you 100 points, taking your total up to 101.

-Slaghoople, Richard.

-How dare you?

THEY LAUGH

Not a rock. Slaghoople is Wilma Flintstone's maiden name.

LAUGHTER She was previously Wilma Slaghoople.

-It's a beautiful name.

-It is a pretty name.

A pretty name. Now, then, Ian, Ian,

we've had two incorrect answers.

I can't believe there are any more on that board,

but there is definitely at least one pointless answer.

-HE GRUNTS

-And you're through.

So why not... Why not find that pointless answer?

I think dolomite... Isn't that a mountain range somewhere?

And they're made of rocks, aren't they?

Basalt, limestone, sandstone, I think they're all rocks.

What would be the pointless one? I'll go for dolomite.

Go for dolomite. Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right! Very well done, Ian.

I have a feeling this might go a long way down.

Yes! Very well done!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-Thank you!

Thank you!

You've triumphed with dolomite there. A pointless answer,

which adds £250 to our jackpot, taking our total up to £5,250.

It scores you nothing, leaves your total at 11.

-APPLAUSE

-Richard?

Well played, and well worked out. The Italian Alps are the Dolomites,

and they are indeed made of rock.

Let's fill in the rest. Well done if you said dolomite.

Sandstone would have scored you a fairly hefty 41,

then limestone would have scored you 35,

and basalt slightly lower on 16.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of round one,

the losing pair with the highest score...

-Oh, Diane, it's you and Marc!

-SHE LAUGHS

-That's really awful, isn't it?

-Oh, dear.

You with your geology A level!

I've got loads of rock around the house.

-Rock around the house?

-I collect rocks.

-SHE LAUGHS

-Really?

LAUGHTER

Do any of them have their names on them?

-No. I don't know what they are.

-Do you know the difference between a rock and stone?

A stone isn't a term that geologists use.

They only ever use rock. Rock is something that's deposited,

and metamorphosed and extruded from the surface,

and a stone is something in a river that's rushed around.

There you go. A stone is something in a river...

LAUGHTER ..and a rock is everything else.

I believe we have our answer.

Thank you so much for putting us in the picture,

and thank you both for being such brilliant contestants.

Thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

so one of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our round-two category this afternoon is...pop music.

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

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

OK. So, our round-two question concerns...

song titles which are questions.

Song titles which are questions, Richard?

I'll show you six song titles, all of which are questions, in each pass.

We asked 100 people which artist or group first had a hit with those.

An obscure answer will score fewer points.

If you give an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

See how many of those 12 you can get at home.

OK. There you are. We are giving you song titles that are questions.

You have to tell us who had a hit with them first.

And we have got...

-Now, Richard...

-Yes.

Song titles with question marks at the end of them.

How's that looking to you? How many of those do you know?

One, two,

that I definitely know.

I think I'm going to go for Who's David?

and I believe it was Busted, that song, Who's David?

-Who's David?, Busted.

-By Busted, yeah.

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

Very well done, Richard! That's great.

Very well done indeed!

Four for Busted.

-Richard?

-Very well done, Richard. Number-one single in 2004

by the much-missed Busted.

LAUGHTER

-Maybe they'll come back. Maybe they'll reform and tour stadiums.

-That would be awesome.

I would love... I would love that.

LAUGHTER Yes, please.

Yes, please. Now, Cathy, we have a list of songs behind me.

Five of them left on that list. Busted is gone.

-What are you thinking?

-Um...

I'm going to take a punt and hope I'm right

with How Do I Live?,

-LeAnn Rimes.

-How Do I Live?, LeAnn Rimes.

-Steve thinks that's right.

-Think so, yeah.

Let's find out. How Do I Live? Is it LeAnn Rimes,

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

It's right!

Down it goes. 11. Very well done, Cathy.

Not a bad score at all for Leann Rimes.

Well played. Big hit in the UK, but a massive hit in the US,

one of the biggest-selling singles of all time in US chart history.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Lynne, we are looking for the first people to have had a hit

with these songs with a question in them.

The last one I'm almost certain of.

I've got it singing in my head, and I'm just not 100% certain

whether I should say who I think it is.

So I'll go for What's New Pussycat? and Tom Jones.

Tom Jones. Is that right, and if it is,

how many people knew that answer?

66.

A safe answer, but an expensive one.

Tom Jones, Richard.

Well played, Lynne. Was never a top-ten hit

in the UK, but was nominated for Best Song Oscar. Written by Bacharach.

-What were you going to say for the other one?

-The Beach Boys.

Ah, that's Wouldn't It Be Nice?

-Wouldn't It Be Good?...

-I knew to start with, but...

So a very, very good decision. It was Nik Kershaw,

Wouldn't It Be Good? Would have scored you 19 points.

Alexander, do you know those other two?

-Travis.

-Travis is Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

-That would have scored you 23.

-And ABBA.

-Exactly right.

Would have scored you 37. Best answer on the board, actually,

we had first, Who's David? by Busted.

Thanks. We're halfway through the round,

so let's take a look at those scores.

Richard, brilliant answer there with Busted.

That's put you in a very strong position on four.

Then we go up to 11, Cathy and Steve. That's a great score there.

Then up to 66 for Lynne and Glenys.

Glenys, you're going to have to try really hard

to find an obscure answer on the next pass

to get through to the head-to-head.

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

We're going to put six more song titles on the board,

and we have got...

Remember, we are looking for the artists who recorded these songs,

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

So, Glenys, you're the high scorers on 66.

Your only way of surviving through to the head-to-head

is to find a really low-scoring answer.

This is probably the worst question I could have,

and there's only one that I know really well,

which is Have I The Right? And I'm going to say The Applejacks.

-I don't know why, but I am.

-You're saying The Applejacks?

Yes.

Lynne doesn't look too happy with that.

No.

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

Bad luck, bad luck, Glenys! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

which takes your total up to an unbeatable 166.

Sorry, Glenys. I won't give you the right answer now,

in case any of the others want to have a go.

Steve, you are through to the next round whatever happens,

so see if you can find a lovely low-scoring answer.

There's only two up there that I really know.

My son's favourite song is up there, and he's five,

and I think Can We Fix It? was Bob the Builder.

Bob the Builder. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

how many people said Bob the Builder.

It's right!

Yes, we can. 64 that scores you, taking your total up to 75.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Christmas number one, that was, in the year 2000.

-Christmas number one?

-Number one, yeah.

And people complain about X Factor always hogging Christmas number one!

You don't know how lucky you are. Some of the things we had to suffer...

Yeah, good point.

So, Ian, you are through to the head-to-head whatever happens.

I'll go for Where Do Broken Hearts Go?, Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston for Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

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

It's right.

Nine! Very, very good answer. Lovely low score there.

Two scores in single figures. Takes your total up to 13.

Good answer, Ian. It's her seventh consecutive US number one,

Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Let's clear up the rest of the board.

Glenys, you were very unlucky with Have I The Right?

-It's actually a pointless answer.

-The Honeycombs.

Exactly right. Not The Applejacks, the Honeycombs.

Well done if you said that at home. Would have added £250 to the jackpot.

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, Culture Club, 58.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?, Alexander?

-It's The Clash.

-The Clash. Exactly right. 27.

Final question, Who Let The Dogs Out? It was the Baha Men.

13 points. Well done if you said Baha Men.

The Honeycombs, best answer. Really, really unlucky. Well done if you got it at home.

Thanks very much. At the end of round two, the losing pair,

-I'm afraid it's Lynne and Glenys.

-We won't fall out.

-We don't fall out.

-We're playing golf together tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Very, very good. Don't even mention The Applejacks.

-LAUGHTER

-You made it to round two last time.

You made it this time, which is not an empty achievement.

But I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, Richard and Ian, Steve and Cathy.

You've made it through to the head-to-head.

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

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £5,250.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

You're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each player 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 to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Olympic host cities beginning with A as they could.

Olympic host cities beginning with A.

Yeah. Any city that's hosted a Summer or Winter Olympics,

from the first one in 1896 all the way through to the Winter Olympics

of 2010. There are five cities in all,

so see if you can get all five of them at home.

Richard and Ian, because you've played best so far,

you get to go first. We are looking for Olympic host cities

beginning with A.

THEY WHISPER

THEY WHISPER

-OK. We have an answer.

-OK. We know two

that we can think of, but we're going to go with

what we thought was the oldest, which is Atlanta.

Atlanta. OK, you're saying Atlanta. Steve and Cathy,

-what do you want to say?

-I think Belgium has hosted it once,

and it wasn't in Brussels, but it was in Antwerp,

-so we'll go for that.

-Yeah.

-Antwerp?

-Antwerp.

-Antwerp. Now, is that a guess, or...

-No, I think...

-You think that's right.

Very good. So we have Atlanta from Richard and Ian,

Antwerp from Steve and Cathy. In the order they were given,

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

33.

33 for Atlanta.

Steve and Cathy, you are going for Antwerp.

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

let's see how many people said it. 33 is what you've got to beat.

Very good.

Down it goes. Yep, you've done it!

Wow, six!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

-There's a great score!

Six beats 33, so after the first question,

Steve and Cathy are up one-nil. Richard?

That's a very good answer. Very well played indeed.

The 1920 Summer Olympics were held in Antwerp,

the only time ever in Belgium. One answer would have beaten it,

and one that would have tied. See if you got all five at home.

The best answer, the Winter Olympics were held in France, in Albertville.

Would have scored you two points. Antwerp and Amsterdam, both six.

Atlanta we've heard, on 23, and Athens right at the top on 55.

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

Richard and Ian, you have to win this to stay in the game.

OK. Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Labour Party leaders who have not been prime minister

as they could. Labour Party leaders who have not been prime minister.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Any elected leader of the Labour Party

from 1945 all the way through to 2011, please,

who's never been a prime minister. We won't accept deputies or stand-ins.

Any elected leader of the Labour Party who has not been a prime minister.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Steve and Cathy, you go first this time.

Um, well, do you know any? I think I know one.

I think there was one in the 1960s.

I think he died before there was an election.

I think it was Hugh Gaitskell.

-Hugh Gaitskell?

-Yeah.

Richard and Ian?

THEY WHISPER

-No idea, to be honest.

-Richard's not really hot on politics.

I'm completely awful, so I leave it in your hands.

The only one that I can think of, potentially, is Neil Kinnock.

Might not be the best answer to give. We might be out,

-but it's a safer bet.

-Well, it's an answer you know,

so you're going to say Neil Kinnock. So we have Hugh Gaitskell

and we have Neil Kinnock. Steve and Cathy have gone with Hugh Gaitskell.

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

Very well done. It's right.

I think this is an excellent answer, Steve. Down it goes.

-Oh, look at that! Brilliant.

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Very, very well done.

Two points. Now, Richard and Ian,

you need to win this point if you're going to stay in the game.

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

Good luck.

Yes, it's right.

It's going down.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

Well, I'm afraid two beats 28, which means, after only two questions,

Steve and Cathy are through to the final two-nil. Richard?

Richard and Ian, you came up against a man very much on form -

Antwerp and Hugh Gaitskell. The best answer up there, actually.

There's five in all. Let's take a look at all of them.

There's Hugh Gaitskell on two, Michael Foot with 22.

Ed Miliband, of course. That would have scored you 23.

John Smith, 27, and Kinnock the top answer there, 28.

Well done if you got all five of those.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair

at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Richard and Ian.

-We didn't give you what you wanted. You had some pop music.

-Yeah.

I don't think politics is my thing, though,

and Olympics, well, it's sport, so again,

out of my comfort zone, but at least we got two correct answers,

-which is better than none.

-When you're back next time,

what would you like to see come up then?

Er, Australian soaps, to be honest.

LAUGHTER

I'd probably nail it, to be fair. Ian, what about you?

-I don't know. Maybe British soaps?

-LAUGHTER

Next time let's hope you'll go all the way through to the final,

but meanwhile, thanks for playing. Great contestants.

But for Steve and Cathy, it's time for our final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,250.

Congratulations, Steve and Cathy. You've fought off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,250.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

The rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find an answer none of our 100 people thought of.

We've had one pointless answer today.

Find one more and you will go home with that money.

First you've got to choose a category from these three options.

-Well...

-The first one's out.

-It won't be classical music.

It's not our best subject.

-Do you know a lot about fashion? I don't know.

-Not really.

-Pop legends?

-I think it has to be pop legends.

Pop legends it is. OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Beatles solo UK top-40 singles

as they could. Richard?

Yeah. Any single that reached the UK top 40

for which either John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison

or Ringo Starr received a solo credit, not duets or groups they were in.

Just any solo single by a former Beatle, please,

that reached the UK top 40, and that's prior to April 2011.

OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £5,250 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

Well, do the Paul McCartney ones first.

That awful Frog Chorus.

-Would that have gone in the top 40?

-Probably, yeah.

-I think that was number one.

-Right.

-Um, any more Paul McCartney ones?

-I can't think of any.

-What about that, um, film he did?

-Broadway, or...

-Oh, yeah. I can't think of any songs from there.

-I know a couple of John Lennon ones.

-Right.

-Mind Games.

-Was that one?

-Yeah.

-One of his?

What about, um...

George Harrison?

George Harrison had... What was that big hit he had?

-My Sweet Lord.

-My Sweet Lord. Shall we go for that?

I don't know if that'll be pointless.

What about... Are there any more John Lennon ones?

Um...

Mother. Was that one of his? Would that have been a hit?

Try it.

-Five seconds.

-Try that one?

-Try it.

OK, your time is up. We were looking for solo top-40 hits

released by ex-members of the Beatles.

I now need your three answers.

What's the first John Lennon one we'll go for?

-Is it...

-Mind Games.

-Mind Games.

-Mind Games.

-I think he did one called Mother.

-Mother.

-And I think we'll go for...

-George Harrison's.

-My Sweet Lord by George Harrison.

My Sweet Lord. OK, there are your three answers.

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

-Mother.

-I think Mother.

-OK. We'll put Mother last.

-And which is your least likely?

-I think My Sweet Lord, is it?

-Yeah.

-OK. So, My Sweet Lord, Mind Games, Mother.

-Yeah.

-OK. We'll put them up in that order,

and here they are.

All the Ms.

OK, so we were looking for ex-Beatles solo top-40 singles.

You said this was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £5,250 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said My Sweet Lord.

This has to be right, and it has to be pointless.

Good luck.

Very promising start. OK, this is your last shot at the jackpot.

£5,250. If this goes down to zero,

you'll be leaving with that money immediately.

Oh!

13.

Unfortunately that's not a pointless answer.

You knew it wasn't. You put that one first.

It's looking quite good for the other two.

-It might be.

-You only have two more chances to win that jackpot.

£5,250. What would you do with that?

Oh, nice holiday with the kids.

Well, you've got... There's a country you want to go back to.

Yeah. I was born in Canada, and I've never been back.

-Never been back?

-Never, since I was three.

-I'd love to go back.

-You must.

Very best of luck. We are looking for Beatles solo top-40 hits.

Your next answer was Mind Games.

Mind Games. This has to be correct, and it has to be pointless.

Mind Games. Is it right? How many people said it?

OK, it's right. It's right.

That was the first thing.

The second is, it has to go down to zero.

£5,250 riding on this. Down to single figures.

-Oh!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

You are off to Canada!

Oh, well done. That's brilliant. Oh, that's superb.

Well done, you. Brilliant!

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Oh, that's fantastic!

Well done!

-Flabbergasted!

-Oh, congratulations!

Well, you did it, with your second answer, as well.

You found that brilliant pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £5,250.

CHEERING

That's just wonderful. Well, off you go to Canada,

with all our best wishes, and listening to Mind Games

all the way, I should think. Richard, what about that?

Richly deserved. You barely put a foot wrong all show.

It was a massive number-26 hit in 1973, Mind Games.

If we'd had to go to your third answer, Mother,

you wouldn't have won. It wasn't a UK hit at all,

only in the States. So Mind Games was the perfect answer.

There's lots of pointless answers here,

so people at home will have done well as well.

Let's take a look. Number one in the UK and the US,

(Just Like) Starting Over, by John Lennon.

Bangla-Desh, released by George Harrison after his charity concert.

Coming Up, Paul McCartney, number one in the States.

No More Lonely Nights from Give My Regards To Broad Street.

Nobody Told Me, John Lennon. Once Upon A Long Ago,

that was also a pointless answer.

We All Stand Together, which is the Frog Chorus.

-Oh, is that what it...

-Was a pointless answer.

When We Was Fab, which was George Harrison,

and Wonderful Christmastime, Paul McCartney,

also pointless, so some big pointless answers. I hope you got one at home.

Wow! Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Steve and Cathy, who go away with today's jackpot of £5,250.

Well done!

CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.

-Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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