Episode 30 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.

We welcome back John and Kathy as our first pair on the show today.

You were here last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final,

and this is their last chance. Remind us what happened.

Well, we're products of the Welsh comprehensive system,

and we got a question about the English public-school system.

It was a disgrace. I have already written to my MP.

LAUGHTER

-You didn't do badly, though.

-Got to the head-to-head, so...

You did incredibly well, first time round the track.

Have you read any more novels since we last met?

Not since then, but I've read all the posters I've seen,

and the underneath of people's shoes,

-and the usual sort of stuff.

-So this is verging on obsessive?

-Yes, it is.

-I see.

-You should be heavily tattooed.

-That would be my advice.

-How do you know I'm not?

That's a very good question. LAUGHTER

That's a very deft reply! Look at that!

Yeah. It's like you've been asked that before.

You could tattoo all sorts of things. You'd always have something to read.

John, what would you like to come up this afternoon?

-Oh, Peter Gabriel songs?

-You kept that very quiet last time round.

-Well...

-Peter Gabriel songs! He doesn't do that many, does he?

That's why I want it to come up. LAUGHTER

Welcome back. Great to have you back on the show.

Next we welcome Roger and Christine. How do you two know each other?

We're married. We've been married for almost 30 years.

Many, many congratulations. Christine, what do you do?

-I'm a legal secretary.

-And Roger?

-I'm retired recently.

Have you taken up anything since retiring?

No. I haven't had time yet. I'm still doing all the jobs

-I've been putting off for the last 30 years.

-Yes.

-Are there any things you might take up?

-Yeah.

I used to fish when I was a boy. I thought I might take that up again.

Should you win the jackpot today,

maybe your first stop should be at a fishing shop.

That's a pretty decent idea. Thank you.

I'm a great believer in buying all the kit,

-long before you ever start doing it.

-LAUGHTER

Even if you then never ever actually take the thing up.

And what would you like to see come up this afternoon, Roger?

-What would be a great category for you?

-Pop music,

as long as it's not anything in the last 25, 30 years.

Christine, anything you'd particularly love to see?

I like history. I read a lot of historical novels,

-so things like that.

-Well, we will see. Good luck.

Let's hope some of these things come up for you.

Great to have you on the show. Next we welcome Lian and Vicki.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're cousins.

We're from Birmingham. Our mums are sisters,

so we've been brought up really close together and we're like sisters.

-What do you do, Lian?

-I'm a secretary for an estate agency

that sells licensed premises.

-So, a lot of pub visits.

-Sadly not for me, no.

-Oh, really?

-The agents. I'm just a secretary.

-Vicki, how about you?

-I work for a recruitment company.

I'm a team leader, so very busy.

OK. What would you like to see come up this afternoon?

TV, films, anything sort of reality TV, celebrities.

-That would be great.

-OK. Lian?

Er, cheesy '80s music I think would be...

Anything you'd hate to see come up, Vicki?

Um, politics, sport, anything like that.

-OK.

-Uh-oh.

LAUGHTER

That's going to be awkward.

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

Finally we welcome back Dean and Michelle.

You were also on the last show. This is your second chance

to reach the final. Remind us how you did.

We went out in the second round on a music question.

-Yes.

-We didn't do that bad,

but the other contestants were just a little bit better.

Oh, dear. So what are you hoping is going to come up?

Reality TV or celebrities, or...films.

OK. Everybody wants television and films.

-Dean, what are your hobbies?

-I like going to the movies,

playing badminton. I used to play for a pro paintball team

-when I was younger and fitter.

-A pro paintball team?

-Yes.

-What - you get paid to play paintball?

-In paint.

-LAUGHTER

And in return, you were sort of televised?

Sometimes.

We once won the world five-man championship as well.

Who did we beat? The Germans? Say the Germans!

-LAUGHTER

-Er, no, it wasn't the Germans.

The Russians, I think. It was the Russians in the final.

-That's better than beating Lithuania at Laser Quest.

-Similar.

-Or Eurovision.

-Oh, you will never beat Lithuania at Laser Quest.

-Never going to happen.

-It's great to have you back on the show.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

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

He's a card-carrying member of the NUPF,

the National Union Of Pointless Friends.

-He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hiya.

-Well, now, Richard, how are you?

-I'm very, very well. How are you?

-I'm extremely well.

-We've got two returning pairs today.

John and Kathy did very well last time,

but Dean and Michelle also did very well,

so we've got two very strong returning pairs.

It'll be tough for our two new pairs, although there is a bit of history,

and there's a TV-film crossover in round one.

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

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

For a chance to win our jackpot, all our players need to do

is score as few points as they possibly can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

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

Right! Let's play Pointless.

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

will be eliminated. OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

..animation.

Can you 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.

OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many cartoon cats and dogs as they could.

Cartoon cats and dogs. Richard?

The correct answers will all be cats and dogs from animated films

-or TV series.

-OK. Thanks very much.

OK. John and Kathy, you all drew lots before the show,

and this afternoon you get to go first.

In this round, we will give you seven answers on the board

in each pass. Our first set of seven answers reads like this.

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

and at least one is incorrect. Pick an incorrect one

and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So, John, cartoon cats and dogs.

What do you think about this as a category?

Hmm... I know three of them, but not sure about the others,

so I think I'm going to have to play it safe and go for Muttley.

OK. You're going to go for Muttley, a safe option, you say.

Let's hope that's right. Let's see how many people said Muttley.

It's right.

-Very well done! 13.

-APPLAUSE

That's a great score for Muttley.

-Richard?

-Well played, John. Muttley was Dick Dastardly's sidekick.

First appeared in Wacky Races, voiced by Don Messick,

who also voiced Scooby Doo. Do that Scooby Doo impression you always do for us.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Oh, it's hilarious. You're going to like this.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. I've never done one before...

and I'm not going to start now. We are looking for cartoon cats and dogs, Roger.

What do you think about that list?

There are a lot of rather unfamiliar names there, I'm afraid.

-Any familiar ones?

-Yes, a couple, fortunately.

Um, I'm going to go for Snagglepuss.

Snagglepuss?

OK. There we are. Three down. Snagglepuss, says Roger.

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

-Wow, look at that!

-CHEERING / APPLAUSE

Very well done. That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to £2,250.

Most importantly, it scores you nothing.

Very well done. Richard, there's a clue in the name.

I can't believe it. No person said Snagglepuss?

No person said Snagglepuss at all. Created in 1950.

He's a pink mountain lion created by Hanna-Barbera.

Very well done, Roger. We now come to you, Vicki.

We are looking for cartoon cats and dogs.

-OK.

-One pointless answer has gone,

but there is nothing to suggest that there mightn't be another one

-lurking there.

-OK.

There's one obvious one, and I'm not sure whether to go for it

or take a bit of a risk.

I'm going to try Heathcliff. I'm not sure.

Heathcliff. Does it ring a bell at all?

-Yeah, it rings a bell.

-What do you think, Lian?

I think that's OK.

-OK. You have your cousin's blessing.

-Thank you.

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

Yes! Very well done, Vicki.

Oh, very well done! Five points for Heathcliff.

That's a great answer.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Well done, Vicki.

From the Heathcliff And Dingbat show. He's voiced by Mel Blanc,

-who did Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

-Very good. Thank you.

-Michelle, you're the last person to have this list.

-Yeah.

-What are you thinking?

-Well, I'm thinking

that because Top Cat has the word "cat" in it,

that it'll probably be quite high,

so even though I don't know any of the other ones,

I think I'm just going to take a punt,

-so I'll go for Lecomber.

-Lecomber.

-Fingers crossed, yeah.

OK, Lecomber. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said Lecomber.

Very best of luck, Michelle.

-SHE GROANS

-Oh, no!

Unfortunately, Lecomber is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Sorry. Richard.

Sorry, Michelle. Ray Lecomber was a Welsh electrician

named "The Cat" by the media when he died and came back to life nine times.

-LAUGHTER

-OK.

Let's take a look at what you should have said.

Top Cat was a right answer. Fairly hefty score, though, of 56.

You should have said Bonkers. Bonkers is a pointless answer.

Bonkers D Bobcat, of the Toon Division of the Hollywood Police.

And Chandi... Do you think that's an incorrect or pointless answer?

-I'm going to say incorrect.

-You are right.

Chandi was the dancing dog from the 2010 Britain's Got Talent finals.

Tina and Chandi. So it's a real dog.

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

What a spread we have! Everything from Roger and Christine on nothing,

right the way up via Vicki and Lian on five,

John and Kathy on 13, to Michelle and Dean on 100.

It's a wide field.

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

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

We are looking for cartoon cats and dogs, and here we have got...

Again, at least one of those answers is pointless,

and at least one of those answers is incorrect,

and you'll score 100 points.

So, Dean, you're the high scorers on 100,

by a long way.

Your nearest rivals are Kathy and John on 13.

Remember, we are looking for cartoon cats and dogs.

OK. I'm going to have to take a wild stab.

I know a few of them, but they're going to be quite high.

-I'm going to go for Misty Malarky.

-Michelle likes that.

-It's a wild guess.

-Misty Malarky's a wild guess.

Let's hope it's correct, and if it is, how many people said it.

Misty Malarky. No red line for you. You are the high scorers.

OK.

Oh!

Bad luck!

Bad luck! Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to

an unbeatable but rather impressive 200.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Dean.

Misty Malarky Ying Yang is the name of a cat

who used to live in the White House. Jimmy Carter's daughter owned it.

It's the longest-named pet ever to live in the White House,

in case you were wondering about the answer to that question.

"I wonder what the longest-named pet who ever lived in the White House was?" It was Misty Malarky Ying Yang.

OK. Lian, the great news is, Dean and Michelle, I'm afraid,

are such high scorers

that nobody else will overtake their high score,

so they will be leaving us, which means everybody else

has free swim. Now, remember, we are looking for cartoon cats and dogs.

Let's see if we can't truffle out those pointless answers

and add some more money to the jackpot.

Um...

I am thinking that hopefully not many adults will watch The Simpsons,

so I'm going to say Santa's Little Helper.

Santa's Little Helper, you are saying - the dog from the Simpsons.

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

Santa's Little Helper.

It's right.

17.

17, that scored you, taking your total up to 22. Richard?

Yeah, good answer. Santa's Little Helper is a greyhound

who's adopted by Bart Simpson.

There we are. Now, Christine,

you are on nothing, thanks to Roger's brilliant Snagglepuss answer

in the first pass. As I said to Lian,

doesn't matter what you score.

I'm not 100 percent sure, but I think I'm going to go for Custard.

OK. You're saying Custard. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Custard.

Three for Custard!

Very well done. That takes your total up to three.

Yeah, well played. Custard is the sneaky, slothful cat

from Roobarb And Custard,

narrated by Richard Briers, of course.

Indeed. Now, then, Kathy, you're the last person to have this board,

so you can fill in the gaps for us.

OK, Tom And Jerry... Tom's a cat.

Droopy the dog, he's a droopy dog.

Garfield's a cat.

So Pilchard...

I'm going to say Pilchard. It's a brilliant name.

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

It's right! Very well done, Kathy.

I think you might have found the one we were looking for.

Yes, you have!

Very well done indeed!

That's a pointless answer.

It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

and it takes the total up to £2,500. It scores you nothing,

and it leaves your score at 13. Very, very well done indeed.

-Richard?

-Well played, Kathy.

Great way to finish the round. It is a cat.

Lives in a construction office in Bob The Builder.

Let's take a look at the rest. You were exactly right on all of them.

Tom is from Tom And Jerry. Would have scored you 69 points.

Garfield, also a cat, would have scored you 48 points,

and Droopy the dog would have scored you four,

so Pilchard the best answer. Very well done if you got that at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. The losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid it's Dean and Michelle!

-Not bad.

-You are joining our august 200 Club.

Well, worth doing.

It really is worth doing. We treasure our 200 Clubbers.

It's been fabulous having you back on the show.

I can't believe we have to say goodbye to you. It seems unjust.

But with answers like Misty Malarky and Lecomber,

what can we expect? Oh, dear. But you've been brilliant contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you for playing. Dean and Michelle. Fantastic.

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

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

so one team's going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for round two this afternoon is British history.

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.

OK. Our round two question concerns...

Historical events and their prime ministers.

-Richard.

-Yeah. A pretty tough round, but some people at home

will absolutely ace this. We'll show you six events on each pass.

We asked 100 people who was British prime minister

when these events occurred. If you give us an obscure answer

you'll score fewer points. A wrong answer, though,

will give 100 points. So 12 events, 12 prime ministers to guess.

-Very best of luck, everybody.

-We are looking for the prime ministers

at the time of these events, and we have got...

There we are. There are our historical events.

We just need you, John,

to start off by supplying the most obscure prime minister

you can find from one of those events.

There's a few I'm not sure on.

I'm not 100 percent sure on the answer I'm going to give,

but I'm going to go for Mandela elected president of South Africa,

-and I'm going to say John Major.

-John Major,

for Mandela's election as the South African president.

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

let's see how many people knew that answer. Mandela, John Major.

It's right!

Very well done. Down to 15 that goes.

Looks like a pretty decent score to me. Richard?

Very well played, John. Very good start to the round.

-Exactly right.

-Christine...

There's a couple. I'm going to go a little further back

and I'm going for the Suez Crisis, and I think it was Anthony Eden.

Anthony Eden for the Suez Crisis. Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right.

-17!

-APPLAUSE

-Another pretty decent score. Richard.

-Well played, Christine.

-From 1956. Ended up having to resign.

-OK.

Now, then, Vicki, you are the last person to have this board,

so if you like you can talk us through it and fill in the missing prime ministers.

I wish I could talk through it!

There's only one on there that I'd know,

Britain declares war on Nazi Germany, and that's Winston Churchill.

OK. You're saying Winston Churchill

for Britain declares war on Nazi Germany.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Good luck, Vicki.

Oh! SHE LAUGHS

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

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-I'm sorry. Richard?

-Yeah. Sorry, Vicki.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Britain declares war on Nazi Germany was Neville Chamberlain, 16 points.

HE READS BOARD

Stanley Baldwin was a good answer. Introduction of the state pension

is a pointless answer. Well done at home if you said Herbert Asquith.

1908, that was. So that's the best answer on the board,

and very well done if you got all six of them.

Thank you very much, Richard. OK, let's take a look at the scores

at this early stage. John and Kathy, you're on 15,

as it turns out, the best score of the pass,

then 17 for Christine and Roger, and then way, way up to 100,

I'm afraid, for Vicki and Lian. So, yes, Lian,

we need some great historical pointless knowledge from you

in the next pass to save your bacon for the next round.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

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

and here they are. We have got...

Remember, we are looking for the prime ministers

who were around at the time of these events,

and you're trying to find the most obscure one,

the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Lian, what's that board look like to you?

-Pretty bad!

My history's not very good.

I'm struggling a bit, but I'm going to take a guess

and say the Falklands War, and Margaret Thatcher.

Margaret Thatcher. Let's see if that's right,

and how many people said it. You are the high scorers,

so there's no red line for you, I'm afraid.

You hope you're going to score as few points as possible.

Margaret Thatcher. Is it right? How many people said it?

Yes, it's right.

66.

I'm afraid that is, er... That's a very high score,

and it takes your total up to 166,

which I'm afraid is an unbeatable high score. Richard?

Yeah. Correct answer, though. From 1982, the Falklands conflict.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Roger,

we are looking for the British prime ministers

at the time of these events. What are you thinking?

The high scorers, Lian and Vicki on 166.

You're through to the head-to-head whatever happens.

-I'm thinking that's very fortunate.

-OK.

I don't know any of those, to be honest.

Um...

But I know about when the Profumo scandal was,

and that...that might have been Alec Douglas-Home.

Alec Douglas-Home, you are saying. No red line for you.

You are through already. Is that right, for the Profumo scandal,

and if it is, how many people said it?

Ooh!

I thought that was right. Unfortunately, as it turns out,

it's wrong, which mean you score the maximum of 100 points,

but it doesn't matter. You're through anyway. Richard?

Sorry, Roger. I won't give the answer in case Kathy wants a go at that.

Kathy, we are looking for the British prime ministers

at the time of these events. Again, high scorers, 166,

Lian and Vicki. You're through whatever happens.

I'm going to try the Profumo scandal,

cos it stood out in my mind, and I think it was Harold Wilson.

Harold Wilson, you are saying, Profumo scandal.

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

-Yikes!

-Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points,

-takes your total to 115. Richard?

-The good news for John Profumo is,

his scandal appears to have been forgotten,

so that's good. It was actually the predecessor of those two.

Before Wilson and Douglas-Home it was Harold Macmillan.

Would have scored you 12 points.

HE READS BOARD

The repeal of the Corn Laws was a pointless answer.

That's Robert Peel. Well done if you got that at home,

and well done to anyone who got 12. I suspect some people out there did.

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

with the highest score is Lian and Vicki.

Bad luck. That was a very tough round, that one,

if you didn't happen to know those events. History...

Was that one of the subjects you were hoping wouldn't come up?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Oh, dear!

Dear, oh, dear! Such a shame we have to say goodbye to you so soon,

but we will see you again next time, when I'm sure we'll see more of you.

Thanks very much for playing, Lian and Vicki.

APPLAUSE

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

Very, very well done, Roger and Christine, John and Kathy.

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

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,500.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

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

but 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 win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Pink Floyd albums

as they could. Pink Floyd albums. Richard?

We're looking for any studio album, including soundtracks,

that has reached the UK top 40 for Pink Floyd

before April 2011. We're not accepting compilation albums,

greatest hits or wholly live albums, but any Pink Floyd album

that's reached the UK top 40, please.

OK. Roger and Christine, you've played best so far,

so you get to go first. We are looking for Pink Floyd albums.

THEY WHISPER

-Roger and Christine?

-We only know one.

-SHE LAUGHS

-OK.

So our answer is Another Brick In The Wall.

Another Brick In The Wall, you are saying.

OK, John and Kathy. Do we have an answer?

-The Division Bell.

-The Division Bell.

Good answer. We have Another Brick In The Wall

and The Division Bell. Roger and Christine went first.

Another Brick In The Wall. Is that right?

If it is, how many people said it?

Ooh, bad luck, Roger and Christine!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means, John and Kathy, you merely have to be correct.

The Division Bell. Is it right?

Yep! Well done. You've won the point.

It's a nice low score. Look at that! Eight!

That was a great answer.

Great answer. So, after the first question,

John and Kathy are up one-nil. Richard?

Yeah, well played. From 1994. It was their last studio album.

It was number one in the UK and the US.

Another Brick In The Wall was the single from the album,

which is just The Wall, I'm afraid.

Let's take a look at all the answers.

More and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason scored one.

Well done if you got either of those two at home.

HE READS BOARD

HE READS BOARD

The two biggies at the top, The Wall with 43

and The Dark Side Of The Moon, 47.

Between 1973 and 2009, that spent 374 weeks in the charts,

Dark Side Of The Moon. Never got to number one.

Peaked at number two. Number one in the States.

Wow! OK. Here is your second question. Roger and Christine,

you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many River Nile countries as they could.

River Nile countries. OK. Richard?

We're looking for any country that contains any part of the Nile.

That's the river basin or any of its main tributaries, please.

OK, John and Kathy. You get to answer first this time.

THEY WHISPER

THEY WHISPER

OK, John and Kathy. Do we have an answer?

-We're going to try Somalia.

-Somalia?

OK. Somalia, you are saying.

-Roger and Christine...

-THEY WHISPER

-Don't know.

-We'll try Kenya.

Kenya. OK. So, we have Somalia and we have Kenya.

John and Kathy have gone for Somalia.

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

Oh! Somalia an incorrect answer,

which means, Roger and Christine, you only have to be right

to win this question. You've said Kenya.

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

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

Wow! Lovely low score. Seven for Kenya.

But it only had to be right, and it was,

which means after two questions, you are one-all. Richard?

Yes. 4,000 miles long, the Nile, from its remotest headstream,

which flows into Lake Victoria, up to the Mediterranean.

Flows through nine countries. Let's look at all of them.

There's a couple of pointless answers.

Congo and Burundi, both pointless. Well done if you said those.

HE READS BOARD

Sudan on 42. That's obviously still a country, as of April 2011,

and Egypt right at the top. Huge score, 93 points.

Well done if you got any of those low-scoring ones at home.

OK. Here comes your third question. Whoever wins this

goes through to the final. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many finalists defeated by Roger Federer as they could.

Finalists defeated by Roger Federer. Richard?

Yeah. Any tennis player defeated by Federer in a Grand Slam final

up to April 2011, and by Grand Slam we mean Wimbledon, US Open,

French Open or Australian Open.

OK, Roger and Christine.

We are looking for players defeated by Roger Federer

in a Grand Slam final, and you answer first.

-Oh, you're on your own.

-I'll go with Andy Murray.

THEY WHISPER

-Can you think of anybody more obscure?

-No.

-Go on, then.

Right. We're going to go for Andy Murray.

Andy Murray, you are saying. OK. Andy Murray.

-John and Kathy?

-Er, Rafa Nadal.

Rafa Nadal. OK. We have Andy Murray,

we have Rafa Nada.

If they're right, I would imagine they're both two popular choices.

Roger and Christine went for Andy Murray. Let's see if that's right,

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

-44.

-APPLAUSE

44. John and Kathy have gone for Rafa Nadal.

What do you think? Will that go lower than 44?

-No.

-I don't know.

-I think it's right, but...

-I don't think it's going to go lower.

-Let's find out. Rafa Nadal.

Is it right? How many people said it? Rafa Nadal.

It's right.

Now, then... Oh, you've done it! Look at that! 41!

41 for Rafa Nadal!

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very close indeed, but Rafa Nadal just pips it,

which means John and Kathy are through to the final two-one

-after three questions. Richard?

-Doesn't get much closer than that.

Federer beat Nadal in 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finals.

Andy Murray's lost two, Australia and US Open.

Let's look at all the answers. There's a few pointless ones.

The bottom three, all Australian Open defeats.

HE READS BOARD

Mark Philippoussis he beat at Wimbledon, one point.

Robin Soderling he beat in the French Open, would have scored two.

Lleyton Hewitt, in the US Open, would have scored three.

Andy Roddick he's beaten in four Grand Slam finals. Eight.

Andre Agassi he beat at the US Open, for 11.

Novak Djokovic would have scored you 12 points.

He beat him in the 2007 US Open. Rafa Nadal, 41 points,

and Andy Murray up at the top on 44. Well played, guys.

Good head-to-head from everybody.

Absolutely. Well, the losing pair, I'm afraid it's Roger and Christine,

but...oh, that was a nail-biting head-to-head there.

Very, very exciting indeed. You've done fantastically well,

Roger and Christine. We will see you again next time, of course,

when I'm sure you will do equally well, possibly even better.

-But thanks for playing. Brilliant contestants.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,500.

Very, very well done. Congratulations, John and Kathy.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now, however, have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,500.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

The rules are very simple. To win that money,

just find a pointless answer, an answer none of our 100 people gave,

We've had two pointless answers today.

Kathy, you gave us one of those with Pilchard in round one.

You only need to find one more now, one more pointless answer,

and you will go home with that money.

First, though, choose a category from these three options.

Style icons, spy fiction, composers.

JOHN AND KATHY LAUGH

Right. Composers, limited knowledge.

-Spy fiction...

-Limited knowledge.

-Limited knowledge.

-And style icons...

-What's a style icon?

I don't know. Could be anything - architecture or fashion, or...

-Yeah, let's go for style icons.

-Style icons, yeah.

By a process of elimination, style icons it has to be.

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many British Vogue's Best Dressed Women of 2010

as they could. British Vogue's Best Dressed Women of 2010, Richard.

Any woman named in British Vogue's list

of the 20 Best Dressed Women of 2010.

That list announced in December 2010.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that £2,500

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

OK. Naomi.

What about Sarah Jessica Parker? They love her.

-OK.

-Any politicians you can think of?

OK. Tess Daly, maybe, somebody like that?

-Sportswomen...

-Cheryl Cole.

Not best dressed.

No. Jordan's not going to be on there.

You've seen the red-carpet photographs.

The woman who's in Orlando, the actress.

-Oh, I don't know.

-Tilda Swinton.

-Yes.

-Er, Tilda Swinton...

-Gwyneth Paltrow.

-Gwyneth Paltrow.

-Blimey!

-OK, there's a bunch there.

Um... What about It Girls, society girls?

I don't know any.

Um... Pippa Middleton.

-Pippa Middleton. Excellent.

-We'll go for her.

-Five seconds.

-Was it early for her? Was it before the wedding?

-Yeah, it was.

OK. Well, there is your minute up. I now need your three answers.

We were looking for British Vogue's Best Dressed Women of 2010.

-Tilda Swinton.

-Tilda Swinton.

-Sarah Jessica Parker.

-Sarah Jessica Parker.

-Tess Daly.

-Tess Daly. OK. Thank you very much.

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

-Tilda Swinton.

-Tilda Swinton.

-We put her last. We like her.

-We like her.

-Which is your least likely?

-Tess Daly or Sarah Jessica Parker?

-Tess Daly.

-Tess Daly.

-Tess Daly.

OK. We'll put them up in that order, and here they are.

We were looking for women named in British Vogue's Best Dressed list

of 2010. You said this was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £2,500 jackpot.

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

Tess Daly.

Ooh! Unfortunately Tess Daly is not a pointless answer,

not a correct answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£2,500. What would you do with that?

I'd like to get a tree house built in the garden for my children.

Very good indeed. Wow, that would be a great tree house.

Make you very popular indeed. John, how about you?

I think I'm going to go the stereotype route -

a debenture ticket at the Millennium Stadium.

Very good indeed.

OK. Well, we are looking for women named

in British Vogue's Best Dressed list 2010.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Sarah Jessica Parker.

That's your second shot at that jackpot of £2,500.

Sarah Jessica Parker. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

Sarah Jessica Parker. Good luck.

Ooh! Bad luck.

Also an incorrect answer. You only have one more chance

to win today's jackpot.

-How confident are you feeling about Tilda Swinton?

-Not at all!

-We don't know.

-She always appears on red carpets.

She's always nominated for BAFTAs and Oscars,

always wears something quite eye-catching.

-Always scrubs up well.

-Always wears something quite eye-catching...

LAUGHTER

We are looking for women named in British Vogue's Best Dressed list

of 2010. This is the answer you were most confident with.

It is Tilda Swinton. It has to be correct and it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £2,500.

Very, very best of luck to you. Tilda Swinton. Is it right?

How many people said it?

-Oh!

-THEY LAUGH

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!

That was a very, very tough category,

and you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500,

which rolls over onto the next show. But you have been fantastic contestants,

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so well done.

-Richard?

-Yeah, that was unlucky, John and Kathy.

You played so well across two shows. A tough finishing category.

Lots of big names that weren't pointless -

Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, Keira Knightley,

but there are a load of pointless answers as well,

some of which are guessable, I think.

See how well you did at home. Let's take a look at some of them.

Carey Mulligan, the Oscar-nominated actress,

Edie Campbell, a model, and Elisa Sednaoui,

if that's how you pronounce it. She's also a model.

Josephine de la Baume, also a model,

Lara Stone, who married David Walliams.

Michelle Obama, one of the women on the list.

She was pointless. Michelle Williams, the actress,

Olivia Palermo, the model,

and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the model and, more recently, actress.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

-Did you know any of those?

-Michelle Obama.

-That's the only one.

-That's about the only one.

-Yeah.

I didn't know what a style icon was. At least I know now.

LAUGHTER There he is.

Was he not on the list? Oh, it was women.

And even then I nearly got on.

THEY LAUGH

Unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you,

but it's been brilliant having you here. Thank you for playing.

-Excellent contestants.

-Thank you.

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

which means on the next show we will be playing for...

£3,500.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

-Join us then. See if someone can win it. Goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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