Episode 39 Pointless

Thank you very much.

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

The quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Cheryl and Mick. You are back on the show.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance. Now, remind us how you did.

Well, we crashed and burned on the second round, last time.

It was a very tough one. Just quickly remind me.

-I know, it was theme tunes, wasn't it?

-It was.

-Theme tunes to TV programmes.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Very badly.

-Yes, you didn't do well at all.

-We scored a whole 200.

Anyway, this is a new day. What would you like to see?

Oh, geography would be good.

-Or perhaps some history, that'd be pretty good as well.

-Yeah.

History, geography. Cheryl, how about you?

Well, I like the same things.

We both like maps, so capital cities would be really handy.

Well, we shall see. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

It's great to have you back.

And next, we welcome Tom and Darren. Now, how do you two know each other?

Well, I've known Darren since he was a tiny baby

because I'm his father and he's, obviously, my son.

-Very good. It's a two-way street, I see what you're saying.

-It is.

It's a father and son combination.

Darren, what do you do?

I'm a diagnostic radiographer at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.

Right you are. So, that's quite high-powered.

He's going to be very good on anything to do with diagnostic radiography.

-Well-known subject, yeah.

-Well, but, presumably biology, bits of biology.

Biology, yeah. A lot of anatomy. A lot of radiation physics and things.

Bit dull, really.

Well, no. It can be the kind of stuff that Pointless thrives on.

-Yeah.

-This is all gris to the mill, Darren.

-Yeah.

Tom, anything particular you'd like to see come up? Any area that...?

Well, horticulture because I grow exhibition onions.

-Exhibition onions.

-Yes. My onions are really big.

You can see my onions any time. They're really big.

I thought you were about to say, "You could see my onions from space."

And I was thinking that...

I'm interested in growing exhibition onions and leeks.

Leeks and onions, that's the North East.

Yes, that's right.

-Absolutely. What's the biggest onion you've grown?

-Four pound.

I would love to go to one of these exhibitions.

-Tell you what, you should, you should.

-Where do they happen?

-They happen in local...

-In pubs, quite often.

-Yeah, pubs and places like that.

-Onion exhibitions.

Our pub at home has a leek league.

Seriously. You get these, sort of, just ridiculous, massive leeks.

-Sort of that big.

-Your pub's got a massive leak?

-That's what you're saying.

-Essentially, yeah.

Well, anyway, very, very best of luck on the show.

It's brilliant to have you here. And next, we welcome David and Jane.

How do you two know each other?

We met at school in 1972 and we've remained friends ever since.

-Ever since.

-Yeah.

-Very well done.

And this is a friendship that will withstand

the pressures of Pointless, do you think?

Well, let's wait and see.

David's been abroad for six years

so we're in a bit of a honeymoon period

because he only came back recently.

-David, where have you been abroad?

-I've been working in Brazil

and based in Rio de Janeiro for the last six years.

That sounds terrible.

Yeah, we were ten minutes away from Copacabana Beach

and it was 15 to Ipanema.

Sorry, if anyone says Copacabana, I'm afraid Barry Manilow

just swims in, doesn't he?

I know, I know.

David, what do you do?

Well, it's my day off today so I haven't come in uniform

but I'm a vicar.

I'm so glad you didn't say traffic warden.

Why would we be sending traffic wardens out to Rio?

-You're a vicar, so, you were being a vicar in Rio as well?

-That's right.

There's been an English-speaking church there for 200 years.

And they recruit vicars from the UK to go out.

Well, somebody had to do the job.

Somebody had to. Go and be the Anglican vicar in Rio.

That must be the most competitive vicar job interview in the world.

OK, well, very best of luck.

And finally, we have got Mandy and Ryan.

Now, how do you two know each other?

Ryan's my son. He's the oldest of my three children.

Very good. Father-son, mother-son.

And he's the most hard work out of my three children.

He's the most hard working or most hard work?

Ryan texts me in the morning,

when he's in bed, asking for his breakfast to be taken up.

-So, I just get a text.

-I hope he lives in the same house.

-Yeah.

-That's another sore point.

-Yeah. Right.

-He won't go.

But he texts in the morning when he needs his bacon sandwich.

Just "bacon sandwich", nothing polite or anything.

And then, if I haven't made it within about five minutes,

I get another text saying, "starving."

-And that's it. So...

-Wow.

-Wow.

So, you chose Ryan to come and be your wing man for the show.

Yeah, yeah.

Was he the obvious choice?

Most intelligent.

-I think we'll be the judge of that, though.

-Do you know what?

I think if every morning you get a bacon sandwich brought to you in bed

just by texting someone, I think you are pretty intelligent.

Yeah.

-Whereabouts is this life of luxury you lead, Ryan?

-We live in Rugby.

In Rugby, very good. What do you do, Ryan?

I'm a domestic appliance engineer.

They don't mind you turning up with ketchup down you?

-Not a problem at all, no.

-He works for his dad.

-Oh, I see.

Well, well, very best of luck. It's great to have you on the show.

We'll find out more about all of you as the show goes along.

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

He's Merlin to my King Arthur. He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

Hiya.

-You're King Arthur, are you?

-Yeah. Well, I mean, not really.

Well, maybe you should think a little bit more before you say things.

Yeah, maybe you should be able to back them up.

Yeah, you're Merlin. You're the, you are, you're the wizard.

No, not saying I'm not Merlin, I'm saying you're not King Arthur.

We have only got one returning pair today, Cheryl and Mick,

who went out on second round last time.

So, hopefully, should do a little bit better today.

First time in Pointless history, first time in history,

we've had a team made up of a diagnostic radiographer

and an onion exhibitor.

I suspect it could be a world-beating combination.

-And a lovely first round today.

-Lovely first round.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

But this is Pointless, so we are after the obscure answers

they didn't get.

To stay in the game, with a chance to win our jackpot,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Now, what everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Nick and Charlie won the jackpot last time.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

Right, let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points. So try to avoid those.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Words.

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

who's going to go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words

ending in E-E-K as they could.

Words ending in E-E-K, Richard.

We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary

online edition that ends eek or E-E-K.

We won't except word the word "eek" itself.

As always, no hyphenated words allowed, no proper nouns

so no places or people.

Just any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends eek, please.

Thank you very much.

Now then, Cheryl and Mick, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon, you get to go first.

So, Cheryl, what I need from you is the most obscure word

ending in E-E-K that you can think of.

I think. I can think of a few obvious ones.

But I think I'm going to say midweek.

Midweek. You're saying you're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

-2.

-APPLAUSE

I can't believe it.

That's a brilliant, brilliant answer, Cheryl.

-Only two people said that. Richard.

-Very well played.

It means the middle of a week. That's the middle of a week.

You could call that midweek.

I think it's, sort of, Wednesday, Thursday. Maybe, end of Tuesday.

OK, then, Tom.

The most obscure word ending in E-E-K, according to Tom, is...

-Well, I have an obvious one in my mind.

-No! Don't do that.

But I'm going to go for sleek.

Sleek.

Very good. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with sleek.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how may people said sleek.

18.

APPLAUSE

-18, for sleek, Richard.

-Yeah, good answer, Tom.

It's got a couple more obscure meanings as well.

It can mean a mud bank or it can mean a measure of fruit.

-OK, now then, Jane.

-Yes.

-A word ending in E-E-K.

-OK.

-I've got a ready obvious one, so I'm not going to have that one.

-No.

I'm going to try tweek.

-As in, to tweek something.

-Tweek.

-Yeah.

OK. Tweek, E-E-K.

You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can with tweek.

Let's see if it's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said tweek.

It's right.

5 for tweek. Very, very well done, Jane.

APPLAUSE

-Tweek, Richard.

-Yeah, and very much more commonly spelt T-W-E-A-K.

But means the same thing.

Now then, Ryan, we are looking for words ending in E-E-K.

-I've got a couple in my head.

-Mmm-hmm.

-My main one's been taken.

So...

..I'm going to go for leek.

And probably leave my mum with some work to do.

OK. Leek, says Ryan. Let's see if it's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said leek.

Oh-oh-oh, Ryan. Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

-That was a high score. 80. For leek, Richard.

-Yeah, very big score.

I'm guessing that sprung to your mind as well, Tom, did it?

When it first came up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.

You did very well to avoid it, I think.

Yeah, vegetable, symbol of Wales. Err.

Friend of the onion, exhibition vegetable.

Sometimes as big as that in the North East.

OK. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. Cheryl and Mick are on 2,

lovely low score.

Jane and David, just up from them on 5, fantastic score.

Tom and Darren on 18. Ryan and Mandy, 80.

You're a long way ahead. Mandy, I hope you've got

a killer word ending E-E-K that will

see you through to the next round.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium.

OK. We are looking for words that end in E-E-K.

Mandy, you're the high-scorers on 80.

We need something very, very obscure from you, here.

The only one I can think of, which we obviously are, is geek.

-Geek.

-Geek.

-Splendid.

Well, you are the high-scorers on 80, so there's no red line for you.

You just have to go down as far as you possibly can with geek.

Let's hope you do.

How many people said geek?

-64.

-Not bad.

APPLAUSE

Not bad but quite a high score.

I'm afraid, though, it takes you up to an incredibly high 144,

which is a score no one else will be able to overtake, I'm afraid to say.

-Richard.

-Geek can mean someone lacking in social skills

or someone with a vast area of knowledge in a specialist subject.

People have accused me of being a geek in the past.

-Have they? Who, who?

-Just a couple of people.

But, you know what, I put upon them

the curse of Morgana the Emerald Goblin and everything was fine.

I am no geek.

Thank you, Richard.

David, we're looking for words ending in E-E-K.

Jane is probably going to grimace behind my back

with this next answer

but I sincerely hope that this word doesn't indicate

where we are so far, up the creek.

-Creek.

-Creek.

Doesn't matter what you score, here, you are through to the next round.

But I think creek's a splendid answer. Let's see how it does.

How many people said creek?

24. Brilliant

-Well done.

-APPLAUSE

24 takes your total up to 29. Richard.

Yeah, well done, David. An inlet of water, a creek. Very simple.

Now then, Darren, we are looking for words ending in E-E-K.

Again, you're through to the next round whatever happens.

You'll never overtake the high score of Mandy and Ryan.

But let's see, let's see how low your score can be.

-Have you got a good answer?

-Well, I've got one answer

and it's the only...

Every other answer I thought of has actually gone.

So, I'm going to go with cheek.

Cheek. Part of the anatomy, of course.

Diagnostic radiographer would know that.

Cheek. No red line again, you're through whatever happens.

Let's see how many people said cheek.

14.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score, at all. That takes your total up to 32.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Tom and Darren, safely through.

A part of the face or impertinence, of course, cheek.

And finally, Mick. We are looking for words ending in E-E-K.

Cheryl got the lowest score, so far, with 2 and midweek.

Fantastic answer. Mick, let's see if you can equal or better

that low score.

Well, I think I'd like to go for Greek. As in, it's all Greek to me.

-See how that works.

-OK. Greek, you say.

Let's see how may people said Greek.

-Ah.

-Aaaah.

Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer.

Which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 102.

We will all discover why in a second.

-Richard.

-Well, proper noun.

Greek, of course, pertaining to the Greek people. So, with a capital.

There's lots of pointless answers up there, though.

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

Cleek is a large hook, can also be a type of golf club. Cybergeek.

If you'd said cybergeek instead of geek you'd be in the next round.

Fenugreek which, often, you get in lots of recipes,

was a pointless answer. Gleek which is a 16th-century card game.

Houseleek which is a houseplant. Overseek, to seek too much.

Pinkcheek which is an Australian red mullet. Reseek, to seek again.

And un'meek, which is the opposite of meek.

Well, thank you very much, Richard. What about the high scores?

These are the biggest ones.

These are the ones that most of our hundred people said.

We've seen a couple of them already.

There's leek on 80, which we already had from Ryan.

Meek, 84. And seek, right at the top on 85.

There's all sorts of overseek, unseek,

aseek type words as well, which were on that pointless list.

Well, thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score.

It's Mandy and Ryan.

Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

But it's been brilliant having you on the show.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

We will see you next time when I hope we'll see much more of you.

-But, meanwhile, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

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

Now, there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round.

So, one of the teams in front of me now, will be leaving us

at the end of this round.

Try and make sure it's not you. Our category for Round Two is...

Celebrities.

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

who's going to go second.

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

So, our Round Two question concerns...

Famous Stephens, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to show you a list of six clues on each pass.

We asked 100 people to which Stephen do these clues refer.

If you give us nice obscure answer you'll score a few points.

If you gives us an incorrect answer,

though, you're going to score 100 points.

It can be Stephen with a PH or a V. It could be a Steve.

There's 12 in all.

12 Stephens to guess. So, best of luck at home.

OK. Thank you very much. So, we are looking for these famous Stephens.

And we have got...

I'll read those one more time.

There are six famous Stephens.

Which is the most obscure one, Cheryl, that you can find?

The one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Um, right. I think I know a couple.

Um. When you know them it's hard to think that other people won't.

But I'm going to go with, won gold for the 800 metres in 1980.

I'm going to go with Steve Cram.

Steve Cram. OK. Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Steve Cram.

-(It's wrong.)

-Oooh.

-Bad luck, Cheryl.

-I wasn't sure.

That is an unfortunate mistake, there. Not Steve Cram.

Which means you scored a maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yeah, sorry, Cheryl.

I won't give you the answer in case Tom or Jane wants a go

at the same question.

-Tom.

-Yes.

-Stephens.

-Right, well, I've been looking at the list.

I know a couple. I'm looking at the one

which I think some of the other contestants may not know.

I do like comedy so I'm going to go for

the comedy actor, star of The Jerk.

Steve Martin.

Steve Martin, you're saying. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Steve Martin.

Well done.

22.

APPLAUSE

-Very well done. Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Tom.

He co-wrote it as well, The Jerk.

Very good. Jane.

You're the last person to have this list of Stephens.

So, if there are any you want to fill in, then please feel free

and then pick one at the end to submit.

OK. Well, this is my husband's name, Steve,

so I'm hoping this category might be good for me.

-He's not up there, is he?

-He's not up there. No. I wish he was.

I've just realised how people run with the name Steve.

One of your Steve's has been eliminated.

-One of the potential Steves.

-Yeah, I can think of two others.

-Yeah.

I think I'll go for that one. Won gold in 1980.

-I'm going to try Steve Ovett.

-Steve Ovett, you're saying.

Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Steve Ovett.

Yes, it is.

14.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Jane. Lovely low score, there. Richard.

Yeah, well played, Jane.

And, Cheryl, Steve Cram's time was really a few years later,

'84 he won a silver.

Nothing in '80. Let's fill in the rest of the board, though.

Author. Do you want to have a go at this? Author of It and The Shining.

I'll have a crack. Stephen King.

Stephen King, yeah, would have scored you 70.

-Wrote A Brief History Of Time.

-Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking, yeah.

Would have scored you 52.

I'm sure he'd be delighted to be called a celebrity.

Youngest world professional snooker champion.

-Stephen Hendry.

-It is Stephen Hendry, well done.

It was either him or Davis, wasn't it? 42.

And became PM of Canada in 2006.

We've had him as an answer on this show before. Well done, at home.

-Two points. If you said Stephen Harper.

-Harper.

-Stephen Harper.

OK. We're halfway through the round.

So, let's take a look at the scores at this stage.

Jane and David looking very good on 14.

Up a tiny bit to Tom and Darren on 22.

And then we go a long way up, I'm sorry to say,

to Cheryl and Mick on 100.

Mick, you're going to have to hope that you can squirrel out

the lowest score on the next board and that somebody else makes a mistake.

Otherwise, we may have to say goodbye to you at the end of the round.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium.

OK. We're going to put six more Stephens on the board

and here we go.

I'll read those one more time.

So, remember, we are looking for famous Stephens

described on the board.

And, obviously,

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

Now, David. What does that board look like to you?

Um, yeah, there are a couple there I could have a go at, I think.

But I'm going to go for the MP who defeated Portillo in 1997.

-I believe that was Stephen Twigg.

-Stephen Twigg, you say.

Very good, indeed.

Mick and Cheryl are on 100 which means, as you are on 14, if you

could score 85 or less with this, you're through to the next round.

That's what it looks like.

There's the red line. Below there, you're in the head-to-head.

Stephen Twigg. Let's see how many people said that.

Very well done. You are through to the head-to-head.

Very well done, indeed, David.

-One point takes your total up to 15. Richard.

-Yeah, well done, David.

He won Enfield Southgate, of course, in 1997.

And now, only one person remembers him,

but everyone still remembers Portillo.

Now then, Darren. Famous Stephens.

The high-scorers remain, Mick and Cheryl on 100.

You are on 22 which means if you can score 77 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

OK. I can't think of the names of a couple up there,

but there's two that I do know.

I think they'll be high points

but I'm going to go for host of Q.I. Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry. Host of Q.I.

You're hoping to score 77 or less, as I say, there's your red line.

It's not as low as it could be.

Stephen Fry, let's see.

Is it right? How many people said it?

78, that scored you. Takes your total up to 100.

Richard.

Yeah, popular show, popular man, popular answer. 78 points.

Very good. So, then, Mick and Cheryl,

you are on 100.

Darren and Tom are on 100.

Maybe there's a pointless answer on that board, Mick.

They'll have to be if you're going to survive.

Talk us through the board, Mick.

Ah, well, The Great Escape, that's got to be Steve McQueen.

I don't know the Sweeney Todd musical theatre composer

or the lead singer of Aerosmith.

But the co-writer of The Office is Stephen Merchant.

So, I guess, I'll go for that.

OK. You have to score nothing with this.

Very best of luck. Stephen Merchant, is it right?

How many people said it?

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Well, it was a good, low score, Mick. But I'm afraid it's too high.

-Takes your total up to 126.

-Yeah, it's a really good answer, Mick.

And it's just unfortunate, the Cram-Ovett mix-up in the first bit.

So, that's tough luck.

Yeah, Stephen Merchant co-wrote The Office.

Actually, he's six-foot seven.

-Wow.

-Imagine being that tall.

-Imagine.

Let's have a look at the rest.

You're quite right, Mick, starred in The Great Escape,

it was Steve McQueen. It would have scored you 58.

Alexander, do you know the other two? The lead singer of Aerosmith?

-Steve Tyler.

-Steven Tyler, yeah. Would've scored you 39.

-And the composer?

-Sondheim

-Stephen Sondheim, exactly.

10 points, that's a good answer.

Very well done if you got Stephen Twigg, like David,

that's the best answer on the board.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm very sorry to say, Mick and Cheryl.

And, Cheryl, so unfair. Steve Cram was a brilliant answer.

-I got confused.

-Well, I mean, easily done.

-Not to worry.

You're only four years out.

Well, you were in the second round last time and left then.

And you leave at the end of the second round this time.

So, I can't fault your consistency, but it's a great shame, though,

that you're not going to be here a little bit longer.

Anyway, thank you very much.

-Mick and Cheryl, brilliant contestants, thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get

even more exciting, now, as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, David and Jane, Tom and Darren.

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 £1,000.

For each question, each pair needs to give me

just one answer but you are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less

than the other pair and you will 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 Best Animated Feature Oscar Winners as they could.

Best Animated Feature Oscar Winners. Richard.

Looking for any film that's been given

the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars

since that Oscar was first given out in 2002,

up to and including the 2011 ceremony, please.

Not including Best Animated Short, just Best Animated Feature.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, David and Jane, cos you played best

throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

We're looking for Best Animated Feature Oscar winning films.

OK. Do we have an answer?

This is a bit risky. Um.

But I seem to remember there was an Iranian film that was animated

and won something.

So, I'm going to have a guess and I think it was called Persepolis.

-Persepolis.

-Yeah.

Very, very good. I wonder if it's right. But it's a brilliant answer.

Persepolis. Tom and Darren.

Err.

Not too sure but we're probably going to play it safe-ish

and go with Toy Story.

Toy Story.

So, Persepolis and Toy Story.

Take them in the order they've been given.

David and Jane, Persepolis. Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh.

-Sorry.

-Bad luck. But exactly the right attitude.

Tom and Darren have gone with Toy Story. Let's see. Is that right?

At this stage, all it has to be is correct and you will win this question.

Toy Story.

Oooff.

Not Toy Story, either.

So, nil-nil after the first question. Richard.

Yeah, Persepolis, nominated for an Oscar in 2008,

lost to Ratatouille, funnily enough.

Toy Story, too early to get that Best Animated Film Oscar.

You'll see that one of the Toy Story's did

when we look at the whole list.

Wallace & Gromit In Curse Of The Were-Rabbit,

that won Best Animated Feature, 1 point.

Spirited Away, the Japanese animation was 1.

All of these are familiar films, especially to parents out there.

Wall-E and Ratatouille both scored 2.

Happy Feet, the dancing penguin film, 3.

The Incredibles, 3.

Toy Story 3 won the Oscar in 2011, seven points.

Finding Nemo, 9. Up, 11. And Shrek, 23.

Thank you very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Still no score from either pair, at this stage.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many American Wimbledon Winners as they could.

American Wimbledon Winners, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any American winner of a men's

or women's singles title at Wimbledon since the Open Era began in 1968.

Up to and including 2010, please.

Any American singles title winner at Wimbledon.

Thank you very much.

Now then, Tom and Darren, you get to go first this time.

-I'm not too sure about this one.

-OK.

So, we're going to have, more or less, a punt at it. Um.

-I think it's Chuck Connors.

-Chuck Connors.

OK, Tom and Darren are saying Chuck Connors.

David and Jane.

-Is this a good category for you?

-I do play a bit of tennis.

But not at Wimbledon standard.

But I seem to remember, back in the '70s,

Stan Smith winning Wimbledon and he was certainly an American.

-So, Stan Smith, you're going to say.

-Yeah.

-We have Chuck Connors.

We have Stan Smith. Tom and Darren, Chuck Connors, you are saying.

Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Chuck Connors.

Ooh.

Oh, we've had a run of incorrect answers.

Well, that means, David and Jane,

your answer of Stan Smith only has to be correct.

That's all it has to be and you will win this question.

Stan Smith, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right, well done.

It's not only right, it's a wonderful low score.

Look at that, 7.

That's a great answer, David.

But, as I said, it only had to be right and it was.

Which means, after two questions, we now have a leader.

David and Jane, one-nil. Richard.

Yeah, well done, David. 1972, beat Ilie Nastase.

-You're thinking of Jimmy Connors.

-Jimmy Connors, yeah.

-Chuck Connors is an American actor.

-That's right.

Jimmy Connors won it twice. Let's take a look at all the right answers.

See how well you did at home.

No pointless answers but Lindsay Davenport, best answer there. On 1.

Stan Smith, 7. Andre Agassi, of course, 16. Arthur Ashe, 17.

Pete Sampras, 19, there, alongside Chris Evert, also 19.

Serena Williams, 20.

Martina Navratilova, of course, took American citizenship, 24.

Venus Williams, 29, alongside Jimmy Connors, 29, there.

Billie Jean King, 30 and John McEnroe right at the top, on 63.

Very well done if you got Lindsay Davenport and Stan Smith as well.

Thank you, Richard. Here is your third question.

Tom and Darren, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many UK Cities Beginning With B as they could.

UK Cities Beginning With B, Richard.

Yes, simply looking for

any officially recognised cities in the UK

that begin with the letter B, please.

OK. Now then, David and Jane, you go first this time.

OK, we have an answer.

OK, um, I'm going to go with Bangor.

-Bangor.

-Northern Ireland.

OK, Bangor. Tom and Darren. You have to win this point, remember.

To stay in the game.

-Br...

-That was the one that we were going to go with but...

-Bradford.

-Bradford.

-Bradford. OK. We have Bangor and Bradford.

David and Jane said Bangor.

Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Bangor.

It's right.

Oh, well done.

3 for Bangor.

Now then, Tom and Darren, Bradford, you are saying.

It has to be right and it has to go below 3.

Otherwise we say goodbye to you.

Bradford. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

APPLAUSE

It was right but it was a very high score

compared to that lovely low 3 of Bangor.

Which means, after three questions, we have a result.

David and Jane are through to the final. Two-nil. Richard.

Yeah, Bangor's an absolutely brilliant answer.

It's one of those that's always on those lists, isn't it?

Of the smaller British cities.

Bangor, Lichfield, those sorts of places.

It's actually not the one in Northern Ireland, it's the one Wales.

But it's the best answer on the board. Well done if you said it at home.

Let's take a look at all of them.

There's Bangor, on 3. Belfast, 18. Bath, 35. Brighton & Hove, 40.

There's Bradford on 46. Bristol, 64.

And Birmingham right at the top, on 95.

Very well done if you got all of those.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Tom and Darren.

Yeah, just categories didn't come up that we wanted, really.

-That was tough, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

I was actually pipped at the post because I did say to Darren, Bangor.

And, of course, we didn't have the first go.

You didn't have first dibs. But you've done incredibly well.

You've come through to the head-to-head which is fantastic.

And played phenomenally throughout the show.

But we will see you again next time

when, I hope, we'll see you all the way through to the final.

But, meanwhile, Tom, Darren, thanks so much for playing. Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

But, for David and Jane, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,000.

Congratulations, David and Jane.

You have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

There it is.

The rules are very simple.

To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

Now, we haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

You only have to find one, now, and you will go home with that money.

First, you've got to choose a category.

And you can choose from these three options. They are.

-We'll go for The Olympics, please.

-The Olympics.

-That didn't take you long at all.

-No.

This suggests it's a category that you feel very comfortable in.

-It's a category David feels very comfortable with.

-Thank you, Jane.

Let's hope I don't let you down.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

2012 Olympic Games Venues as they could.

2012 Olympic Games Venues. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any venue outside of the Olympic Park

that's been chosen to host an event in the 2012 summer games in London.

Any venue outside the Olympic Park

for any events in the 2012 Olympics, please.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £1,000 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-OK, have you got any ideas?

-The only one I know.

-Go on.

-Is Weymouth for the...

-They're doing the sailing at Weymouth.

-That's it.

They're doing the football at various venues around the country

but one of them, not far from us, at Coventry.

-I didn't know that. OK, I trust you completely.

-Go for that one.

And when I was in Rio de Janeiro,

I met the beach volleyball British team.

We were talking about the Olympics

and they were saying they're going to play in Horse Guards Parade.

Yes, I knew that.

So, Horse Guards Parade, Weymouth and Coventry.

-Coventry, I think is...

-Coventry Football Ground.

Cos I hadn't heard that at all.

-Are you happy?

-Yeah, I'm happy.

-OK.

-Shall we stop the clock?

Yeah, yeah, we're there.

We looking for 2012 Olympic Games Venues.

I now need your three answers.

We go for the sailing at Weymouth. We go for Horse Guards Parade

and Coventry City Football Ground.

OK.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Coventry City Football Ground.

-Coventry City Football Ground. OK.

-And your least likely?

-Weymouth?

-A lot of people know about Horse Guards.

-That's true.

-Make Horse Guards the...

-Horse Guards is your first answer.

-Weymouth in the middle.

-Weymouth is in the middle.

-Yeah.

And Coventry City Football Ground last. OK.

We'll put them up on the board in that order. And here they are.

There they are.

OK. Well, we're looking for 2012 Olympic Games Venues.

You said this was your least likely answer to be pointless.

Let's see. You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that £1,000 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Horse Guards Parade.

You're pretty sure it's correct.

-Yeah.

-Let's see how many people said Horse Guards Parade.

Well, down it goes.

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £1,000.

If this goes down to 0, you leave with that money.

18!

APPLAUSE

Yeah, yeah.

But you said, Jane, a lot of people know about Horse Guards Parade.

-I knew about it.

-Lots written about it.

-That says a lot.

Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at that £1,000 jackpot.

But what would you do with £1,000, David?

I'd like to do a bit of travelling, maybe,

take my wife and little girl away for a weekend somewhere.

It's quite hard to take weekends away in my profession.

-It is, exactly.

-But sometimes it's possible and it's what I hope to do.

Is there some nice locum or someone else you can ask to fill in?

-There is, indeed, yeah.

-Phew. Very good. What about you, Jane?

Well, my son's gone to live in Vietnam

and I'd really like to go visit him.

-He wants me to go and visit him so that would be perfect.

-Very good.

Well, very, very best of luck. You have two more shots at that jackpot.

Let's hope you get it with one of these two. Firstly, it's Weymouth.

Let's see if it's right and if it's pointless. Weymouth.

It's right.

Well, 18 was your score for Horse Guards, this has to go

all the way down to 0 if it's going to win you that jackpot.

Down it goes. Oh.

APPLAUSE

11.

Well, now, it's all moving in the right direction.

We're looking for 2012 Olympic Games Venues.

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

And it is Coventry City Football Ground.

This was the answer you said you were most confident with.

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

If it is both of those things, you will be leaving here with £1,000.

Let's find out. Coventry City Football Ground, is it right?

And if it is, how many people said it?

Very, very best of luck, David and Jane.

This is your last shot at the jackpot.

It is right. It is right.

So, Coventry City Football Ground, everything is now riding on this.

We had 18 for Horse Guards Parade, 11 for Weymouth.

If this goes down to 0 you leave here with that jackpot.

Yes!

Very well done.

CHEERING

Very, very well done indeed, Jane. Very well done, David.

Well done.

Oh, congratulations, you managed to find that all-important pointless answer

which means you do go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

-Very, very well done, indeed.

-Thank you.

-Who'd believe it.

-Brilliant. Richard.

-Yeah, richly deserved. Very, very well played.

Coventry City Football Ground,

they're going to hold 12 games there during the Olympics.

It's currently called the Ricoh Arena but because it's the Olympics

they have to rename it the City of Coventry Stadium,

but it's the same place.

Weymouth is holding, Weymouth and Portland Harbour, in fact,

is holding the sailing. And Horse Guards Parade, as you say,

the beach volleyball.

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.

There's Coventry City Football Ground.

Eton Dorney holding some of the rowing and canoeing.

Hadleigh Farm, that's having the mountain bike event.

Hampden Park, again, holding some of the football games.

Hyde Park, the triathlon and long-distance swimming.

Lee Valley White Water Centre, that's going to have the canoe slalom.

Royal Artillery Barracks is holding some of the shooting events.

St James' Park, another football ground that's holding some of those events.

And The Mall which is holding,

it's got the beginning and the end of the marathon and the road cycling.

-Very, very well played, guys.

-Thank you.

-Very, very well done.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, David and Jane,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

Join us next time

when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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