Episode 56 Pointless

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

where the obvious answers mean nothing

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

Welcome back, Tom and Linda. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final

and this is your last chance.

Tom, remind us how you know each other.

Well, we met through a mutual friend about 28 years ago,

and have been married for 24 of them.

You must have married at the age of about seven! Extraordinary!

That's what I keep telling people, but they don't believe me somehow.

Linda, what happened last time?

We went through to the head-to-head, erm...mushrooms.

-Mushrooms, oyster mushrooms. If only you'd said that.

-Uh-huh.

-Then we had films with Chinese Zodiac creatures in the title.

-Yes.

You should have waltzed through. Never mind.

You're back today, this is the good news.

Tom, what are you hoping's going to come up?

A bit of science again, hopefully.

Astronomy and maybe some film, some nature.

Linda, what would you like to see come up?

Well, I also like nature but I was maybe thinking of Neighbours.

-Richard's neighbours.

-Neighbours.

-Well, the Australian programme.

Yeah, yeah.

That'd be quite good cos it's the only soap that I watch.

Well, Tom and Linda, very best of luck.

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

Next, we welcome Grant and Andy. How do you two know each other.

Well, Andy, when I moved to Ayr, Andy already lived there,

and his dad was fitting a kitchen in my grandparents' flat,

and I was sort of just walking around being six at the time,

so we arranged to meet up

and our families have been friends ever since.

Very good indeed, and you're still living in Ayr?

-Still living in Ayr, yes.

-Walking on Ayr. Breathing Ayr.

-All the time.

Now Grant, what would you like to see come up today?

Ideally football. Possibly Scottish football. Anything football, really.

Sport, films, music.

Andy, what would you like to see come up?

Er, football again, to be honest.

Anything else, Andy? Football...

-Geography, as well.

-Geography, good.

UK geography? World geography? European geography?

European, maybe America as well.

Anything you'd not like to see come up today, Andy?

History, science, mostly just the intelligent subjects

that I'm not that great at.

OK, well, we'll see what happens in the show.

Very warm welcome to the pair of you to Pointless.

Next, we welcome back Paul and Martin.

You were also on the show last time.

Remind us how you know each other, Martin.

We met at secondary school,

so we've known each other for about 15 years now.

And, Paul, what happened last time?

Erm, we had to come up with words ending in P-H-O-N-E,

and yeah, brands of guitar weren't allowed.

That scored you 100 points.

That saw you off in the first round. Very unlucky, though.

Paul, what are you hoping's going to come up today?

Bit of geography would be nice, bit of sport.

I'm into most sports so...watching, not playing!

Martin, what would you like to see come up?

Erm, brands of guitar would be...would be pretty good.

Well, I can think of one right now.

-And it owes you a favour.

-It does.

Erm, films, well-known console games, not words.

-Not words, we've done words surely.

-Anything but words.

Surely that's words done for the next few Pointlesses.

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

And finally, welcome back Shalini and Keir.

You were also on the show, it's like a reunion, isn't it?

Three returning pairs, it's fantastic. You were on last time.

Remind us how you know each other, Keir.

We've known each other for ten years, we met at law school

and we've been married for four years now.

-How far did you get last time, Shalini?

-Second round.

-Science did for us.

-Oh, Lord, yes. Well, you didn't do badly.

-Yeah.

There was units of measurement. What would be good for you today, Keir?

What would you like to see?

Bit of history, world geography,

Saturday morning telly, maybe.

It's the best telly.

That's a cracking category right there, Saturday morning telly.

Current Saturday morning telly, not 1980s...

Oh, not Live & Kicking, you mean. OK.

Shalini, d'you ever watch Pointless and think,

"Ooh, that's my favourite round. I would love a round like that?"

US TV shows - great. R&B would be really good.

-Favourite R&B artist?

-Erm, Beyonce.

-Excellent.

It's lovely to have you back, Shalini and Keir.

Very best of luck to you.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

At the self-service checkout of obscurity,

he's got a few unexpected items in his bagging area.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Now then...

-Hello.

-Good afternoon.

Now last time, you were in the throes of a bad cold, Richard.

Yeah, I still have a slight cold,

but you know, I'm going to soldier through. I'm on less medication.

-Last time I was heavily sedated.

-I'm going to say that's a shame.

As far as I'm aware, we've got three returning pairs.

Tom and Linda, genuinely last time were terrific, weren't they?

They won both the first two rounds, and in the head-to-head,

if they'd gone with their instinct,

they would have won and got through to the final.

So, they are the pair to watch, I suspect.

But Andy and Paul have both asked for geography,

and the first round is geography. It'll be very good for them.

So should be a cracker of a show. I look forward to watching it.

-OK.

-I'm still, you know, I sound ill, but now...

-OK, well, welcome back.

-Ah, thank you.

-Good to have you here.

Thanks, Richard. As ever, all our questions

have been asked to 100 people before the show,

but we are looking for obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our players need to score as few points as they can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Jeff and Andy won the jackpot last time,

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

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round,

each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

Whichever pair has the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points.

Do try and avoid those. OK, our first category today is...

Can you 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.

Let's find out what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

We're looking for any country

whose common English name contains the letter Y, please.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that is

a member of the UN in its own right at the beginning of 2012.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard. Now, Tom and Linda.

You all drew lots before the show, and today you are going first.

The only one that I can think of is probably going to be

quite a high point answer, but I think I'm going to go for Yemen.

The Yemen, says Linda. Yemen. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Not too bad, Linda. Look at that, 25.

APPLAUSE

Seems pretty good to me for the Yemen.

Yes. Tough being on that first podium, having to think quick.

But a good answer.

Andy.

The only one I can really think of is quite obvious

so it's going to be high, but Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia, says Andy. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Yugoslavia.

Oh, bad luck, Andy. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

which means you score 100 points, I'm sorry to say. Richard.

Sorry, Andy. Ceased being a country

about the same time that you met Grant in your grandparents' kitchen.

Paul.

A country with a Y in it. A nice obscure one.

I'm going to say Ivory Coast, cos I presume,

cos I know it's known as Cote d'Ivoire as well,

but I'll go for Ivory Coast.

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

how many of our 100 people said it.

Absolutely right.

Ah, that's a fabulous answer, Paul! Very, very well done.

It's pointless, it adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing. Ivory Coast.

There's something in that.

You're right, it's officially known as Cote d'Ivoire,

but we're looking for common English names.

Ivory Coast, terrific answer.

Very well done, indeed. Now then, Shalini.

We are looking for countries with a Y in their name.

I'm going to try...

-..Kyrgyzstan?

-Kyrgyzstan, you are going to try.

Kyrgyzstan.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Kyrgyzstan.

It's right.

Ohh!

Very, very well done.

One point for Kyrgyzstan.

-One point. Richard.

-Well played.

It's got two Ys in it. How about that?

-Oh, so it has.

-Half a point each.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round,

so let's take a look at those scores.

Paul and Martin, looking extremely strong

after that spectacular pointless answer from Paul.

Then we go up to one,

where we find Shalini and Keir, also looking very strong indeed.

Up to 25, where we find Linda and Tom, looking very safe.

And I'm sorry, Andy and Grant.

That was a punishing score there, Andy.

But who knows, Grant?

Anything could happen in the next pass, and all we need from you

is a lovely obscure answer,

and maybe that'll be enough to keep you in the game.

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

OK, remember we are looking for countries with a Y in their name.

Now, Keir, the high scorers are Grant and Andy on 100, you're on 1,

which means a score of 98 or less

will see you comfortably through to the next round.

Hmm, and on that basis,

I'm going to go fairly safe

and say Paraguay.

Paraguay, says Keir. Here's your red line. Nice and high.

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

Paraguay. How many people said it?

It's right.

10.

Very well done. 10 takes your total up to 11.

Well played, Keir. Terrific answer, Paraguay.

World's largest exporter of hydro-electric power.

Paraguay, not Keir.

Oh, right! Wow.

Martin. The high scorers on 100 points

remain Grant and Andy. You're on nothing,

after Paul's excellent answer in the first pass.

That means a score of 99 or less will see you

straight through to the next round.

I'd love to try and go

as obscure as possible, but I'm struggling to think of...

..anything that good, really, so I'll try Malaysia.

Malaysia, says Martin. Here is your red line, nice and high again.

If you can get below that red line with Malaysia,

you're through to the next round. Good luck.

You've done it.

Seven for Malaysia.

Takes your total up to seven. Richard.

Well played, Martin. Did exactly what you needed to do.

The capital is Kuala Lumpur, which means "muddy estuary" in Malay.

-Wow.

-Don't know about that as a name for a capital, do you?

I'm not so sure about that. Now then, Grant. 100 points.

What we need from you is a really good low-scoring answer.

Maybe even a pointless one.

Erm, yeah, there's a few,

but the one that I think I've got the most faith in, Syria.

Syria. OK, Syria says Grant. Let's see if that's right

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

There's no red line for you because you're the highest scorers.

It's correct.

Eight. Not bad at all. Eight.

-Takes your total up to 108.

-Yeah, well played, Grant, good answer.

The long-form official name is the Syrian Arab Republic.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Tom and Linda are on 25.

The high scorers on 108 are Grant and Andy.

A score of 82 or less will see you into the next round.

Tom.

OK, well, I can think of a few, but I'm hoping

that Guyana is enough to see us through.

Guyana, says Tom. Here is your red line.

You get below that red line, you are through. Guyana.

How many people said it?

It's right, and you are through.

-Ooh!

-Ooh!

One point for Guyana takes your total up to 26.

Well done, you're through to the next round. Richard.

Well played, Tom. Guyana means "land of water,"

which, if you're watching, Malaysia,

is a much nicer way of saying "muddy estuary."

Let's look at the pointless answers. Andy, you said Yugoslavia.

The only other pointless answer out there

is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

There's Ivory Coast, we've seen that.

Other low scorers you could have gone for,

Guyana, Seychelles, Cyprus, Uruguay, Kenya, Norway.

Let's take a look at the top three answers.

These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

There's Yemen on 25, that's the third highest of all,

that's what Linda gave us. Italy, 39. What d'you think's top of the board?

-Germany.

-Germany, as so often, would have scored you 42 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of that round, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid, Grant and Andy, it's you. Yugoslavia.

Anyway, we will see you again next time, Grant and Andy,

when I'm sure you'll go further. But thank you very much for playing.

It's great to have you on the show.

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

Obviously, 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. OK, our category for Round Two is...

It's People.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

OK, so our question concerns...

People who share the same name. Richard.

On each pass we're going to give you clues to pairs of people

who share the same name. You need to give us that name.

First name and surname.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.

A wrong answer will score you 100 points.

12 sets of clues in all, here.

-12 people who share exactly the same name. It's good, this round.

-Mmm.

If I said "19th century Arctic explorer,

"and host of Pointless," the answer would be Alexander Armstrong.

-Absolutely right.

-That's not up there, though.

We are looking for the names which are shared by these people,

described by these clues. And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are.

Six people who share the same name.

Linda, can you provide the name

of the most obscure person on that board that you know?

Er, there's only one that I actually know

and it's probably going to be the most common one.

Erm...

Wife of Henry VIII and the '70s Bond girl actress,

I'm hoping is Anne Boleyn.

Anne Boleyn. Let's see if that's right

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

Ohh, bad luck, Linda. I'm sorry.

That's an incorrect answer. That means you score 100 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah sorry, Linda. She was married to Henry VIII,

but I don't recall her

being in a Bond film.

Remember, we are looking for

the names shared by these pairs of people.

Paul.

I think I know probably four of them.

I don't know which one's going to be the most obscure.

I'll go for the Queen drummer

and Duran Duran drummer as being Roger Taylor.

Roger Taylor, the name shared by Queen's drummer

and Duran Duran's drummer. Let's see if that's right

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

Wow, 30.

30 points.

Pretty big score that, isn't it, for the two Roger Taylors?

There used to be three Taylors in Duran Duran. Still is, occasionally.

-John and Andy Taylor.

-That's right. Thanks very much.

Now then, Keir.

There's that board. That board is all yours.

I think the wife of Henry VIII

and the '70s Bond girl actress was Jane Seymour,

and I think the Dragon and Godfather actor is James Caan.

And I'm going to go for Wife of Henry VIII / '70s Bond girl

actress, Jane Seymour.

Jane Seymour, you are saying.

Wife of Henry VIII / '70s Bond girl actress.

Also supplying the answer Linda was looking for. Let's see, anyway.

Jane Seymour. Is it right? How many people said it?

Very well done,

lowest score of the pass. 24 for Jane Seymour.

Well played, Keir. She played the Solitaire in Live And Let Die.

Paul, what were the other ones you were going to go for?

Well, I was going to... James Caan, I thought I knew.

MasterChef, winning rugby player's Phil Vickery.

And the German composer, I think that's Englebert Humperdinck.

Absolutely right in all three of those.

Let's take a look through the points.

Englebert Humperdinck for the German composer who sang Release Me

would've scored you 14,

better than what you went for.

Winning rugby player and TV chef, Phil Vickery.

You're right. That would've scored 11,

so better than what you went for.

The former TV Dragon and Godfather actor James Caan,

absolutely right, would've scored you nine.

And the one that nobody's got, P-Funk musician

and fourth US Vice President. Xander, do you know that one?

He was in Parliament and Funkadelic.

-George Clinton.

-Absolutely right.

Would've scored you two points.

He was also Vice President to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

Very well done if you got all 12 of those.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

The lowest scorer of the pass, Keir, was yours,

so Keir and Shalini, I'd say looking, pretty strong.

Then we've got 30, where we find Paul and Martin.

Then up to 100 where we find Linda and Tom.

Who knows what will happen next,

what the next board's going to look like. But, Tom, most certainly

we are going to require a low-scoring answer from you.

We're going back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places?

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

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

Remember, we're looking for the names

that are shared by these people described by the clues behind me.

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

Shalini, you're on 24, the high scorers are Tom and Linda on 100.

A score of 75 or less will take you through to the head-to-head.

What are you thinking, Shalini?

I'm thinking I'm glad Keir went first and gave us a good backing.

I only know two, but I'm going to go with Cloud Atlas, Peep Show star,

-and David Mitchell.

-Very good.

David Mitchell, you are saying, the Cloud Atlas author

and the star of Peep Show.

Is it right? How many people said it? Here's your red lines,

lovely and high.

Get below it, you're through to the head-to-head. David Mitchell.

Absolutely right. And you're through to the head to head.

Down it goes.

13.

APPLAUSE

-13 takes your total up to 37.

-Well-played, Shalini.

Sailing through there.

Cloud Atlas, of course nominated for a Booker Prize,

and Peep Show nominated for all sorts of comedy awards.

I like him in Mitchell And Webb. David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

-Do you ever watch that?

-I do.

Cos you do a double act. Yours is Armstrong and Miller. Is that right?

Yes, that's right, Richard. Yeah.

I'm a very big fan of Mitchell and Webb.

AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

You do the sort of slightly more obvious stuff. You know what I mean?

That sort of slightly toilet humour-y stuff.

Ben Miller not so much, but you, very much.

Whereas I think Mitchell and Webb, especially David Mitchell,

they're quite clever, they're cleverer.

Yes, I see. Cerebral. Cerebral.

I'm sorry, this isn't... I'm not quite getting this across right.

AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

Cos they are funnier than you.

No. Because they're funnier than you but also cleverer.

Do you know what I mean?

I do. I see what you're saying. They're very clever.

They write their own stuff too,

which I think you and Ben do as well, which could be your mistake.

AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

Very good. Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Martin.

The high scorers on 100 are Tom and Linda.

You're on 30,

which means a score of 69 or less sees you into the head-to-head.

I'm in trouble.

I'm just going to have to make up an answer.

Turner Prize winner, Bullitt actor, David Hockney.

OK. David Hockney, says Martin.

Turner Prize winner and Bullitt actor David Hockney. Is it right?

How many people said it? There's your red line.

Get below that, you're through to the next round.

Oh. Ooh. Bad luck, Martin. Bad luck.

As you probably knew, that is an incorrect answer.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 130. Richard.

Sorry, Martin. Not only did he never win the Turner Prize,

more extraordinarily, he wasn't in Bullitt.

Now then, Tom. You're not out of the woods yet.

You're high scorers, Martin and Paul, are on 130. You're on 100.

But this means you have to score 29 or less.

Erm... Shakespeare's wife, Hollywood actress is Anne Hathaway.

Captain America actor and Radio 2 DJ is Chris Evans.

Bandleader, UK Prime Minister, erm...

Got to be either Ted Heath or James Callahan. I'd say Ted Heath.

The Turner Prize winner, Bullitt actor, possibly Steve McQueen.

But the one I'm going to go for is the Irish revolutionary

and Apollo 11 astronaut.

-It was Michael Collins.

-Michael Collins.

You're going to go for Irish revolutionary

and Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.

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

There is your red line.

This is a very exciting end to our second round.

You get below that red line, you are in the head-to-head.

Michael Collins.

Absolutely right.

Yep, you've done it.

Very, very well done indeed.

Tom, you've scored five. That takes your total up to 105

and earns you a place in the head-to-head.

HE EXHALES

Very good answer.

Michael Collins was the man who was left in the command module

when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.

You've taken us through the rest of the answers there,

so five points for Michael Collins.

The Turner Prize winner and Bullitt actor was Steve McQueen, as you say.

19 points would've seen you safely through.

-You're quite right, It's Ted Heath.

-Can I make a confession?

-Yeah.

I thought that was the same person -

the bandleader and the Prime Minister from the 1970s.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Because he was a conductor, Ted Heath. He did.

He conducted and he played the piano.

He died the year before he became Prime Minister.

AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

Well, that fits.

How about that?

-Should we go through the rest of them?

-Yes.

The Captain America actor and Radio 2 DJ, absolutely right, Chris Evans.

Seven points, that would've scored you. And Shakespeare's wife,

Hollywood actress, it was Anne Hathaway,

but if you'd said that you'd have been knocked out cos it's 37 points.

The best answer there is Michael Collins so you did well to go for it.

Sorry about the Ted Heath thing.

Well, you know. It's fine. I think I'll be all right.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Paul and Martin.

Did you recognise any answers once they'd been supplied?

Once they were up there.

Well, there we are.

I'm afraid the red writing is on the wall. We have to say goodbye to you.

It's been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting now

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Shalini and Keir, Tom and Linda.

You are now one round away from the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.

Only one pair can play for that money, and to decide which one,

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

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

You are now allowed to confer.

It's going to be a very exciting third round.

Let's play the head to head.

OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Actors who've played Elizabeth I. Richard.

We're about to show you five pictures of actors playing Elizabeth I in a film.

Can you identify the most obscure Elizabeth I, please?

Thank you. Let's reveal our five Elizabeths.

And here they are.

We have got...

OK. There we have our five Elizabeths.

Shalini and Keir, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

(B I think they're going to know.)

(Let's go with C. I think it is.)

We're going to try C, Glenda Jackson.

C, Glenda Jackson, say Shalini and Keir. C, Glenda Jackson.

Tom and Linda, you can now talk us through the rest of the board.

-Could I have a closer look at B?

-You certainly can.

(I know who that is. It's an old actress.)

I think it might be Glenda Jackson.

No, that's who C is.

Oh, I shouldn't be playing!

Have you been on Richard's medication?

A is Cate Blanchett, D is Judi Dench.

Have a go at E with Maggie Smith.

E, Maggie Smith, say Tom and Linda.

So, Shalini and Keir have identified C as Glenda Jackson.

Let's see if that's right and if so, let's see how many people said Glenda Jackson for C.

Absolutely right.

-24.

-APPLAUSE

24.

Now, Tom and Linda, you have gone for E,

who you identified as Maggie Smith.

-Your face doesn't look completely convinced.

-Not convinced.

-No.

-No.

Well, let's see.

Maggie Smith, is it right? How many people said Maggie Smith for E?

Oh, bad luck!

Maggie Smith, it ain't.

Which means, after one question, Shalini and Keir, you are up 1-0.

-Well done. Richard.

-Well played, Shalini and Keir.

When I saw E, I thought it was Maggie Smith as well.

I don't know who E is.

Looks like the man who used to teach me scripture.

LAUGHTER

Well, if the man who used to teach you scripture was Quentin Crisp...

-It was! No, I'm joking.

-AUDIENCE MURMUR

It's a pointless answer, from Orlando in 1992.

-There we are.

-So, all apologies to Dame Maggie Smith.

LAUGHTER

Once again, Tom and Linda, you lost the head-to-head in the last show

because both times you had the right answer

and you didn't give it.

-If you'd said Cate Blanchett...

-Yeah.

It would've scored you 17 points. AUDIENCE GROAN

Yeah. B, Linda, you're quite right, you said it's an older actress.

Vanessa Redgrave, the name you're looking for.

Vanessa Redgrave would've scored you 3 points, so a terrific answer.

And the only one that's left, she won an Oscar for just eight minutes

of screen time in Shakespeare In Love, Judi Dench.

She would've scored a fairly mighty 69 points, though.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, here comes your second question.

Tom and Linda, you know what you have to do. It concerns...

Unchained Melody, Richard.

Yeah, we're about to give you five clues to facts

about the classic song, Unchained Melody.

Which of these is most obscure? Good luck.

OK, thank you very much.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Unchained Melody.

And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

So, there we are, five clues to facts about Unchained Melody.

Tom and Linda, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER

(The DJ, I think, was Jimmy Young.)

If you're not sure of the answer, let's go for...

Yeah, go for that. OK.

We'll go for the drama series where it was sung by Robson and Jerome,

which was Soldier Soldier.

Soldier Soldier, you are saying. Now then, Shalini and Keir,

you can do all your deliberating out loud now

and take us through the board, if you like.

The only one, the other one, but we think we know,

is the 1990 film, which we think to be Ghost.

So...

-We're going to say...

-Shall we say Ghost?

We're going to say Ghost. The 1990 film is Ghost.

OK, the 1990 film in which it was prominent, Ghost.

Tom and Linda have gone with Soldier Soldier...

..as the series in which Robson and Jerome sang the song.

Soldier Soldier, say Tom and Linda.

Is it right, how many people said it?

He's right.

34.

APPLAUSE

34. Now, Shalini and Keir,

you have said Ghost was the 1990 film in which it was prominent.

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

That's right.

And 34 is what you have to beat.

You've done it! Ooh! 32.

APPLAUSE

Oh, sorry!

Very well done. 32, very, very close indeed.

But after two questions, Shalini and Keir,

you are through to the final, 2-0. Richard.

Yes, very well played, Shalini and Keir. Now, Tom and Linda...

-Well, I heard you confer there.

-Mm-hmm.

Tom, tell me the singer and DJ who had a number one hit with that song?

Jimmy Young.

Is the correct answer...

and would've scored you 10 points. LINDA LAUGHS

Oh-h-h, God!

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

It was an instrumental hit for...

Liberace. Would've scored you 7.

And the year it was first released -

1955. 5 points. That's the best answer there.

Very well done anyone who got all those at home.

-That's four in row, guys.

-I know!

-Four in a row. Well, you know them, you've proved it.

-Yeah.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, sorry to say,

Tom and Linda, it's you.

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

You'd be worthy finalists,

but I'm afraid you've been beaten fair and square by Shalini and Keir.

Tom and Linda, thanks for playing, been great having you on the show.

APPLAUSE

But, for Shalini and Keir, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Shalini and Keir. You fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

Well, on aggregate, the lowest scorers in the first two rounds.

You made it to Round Two, last time you were on, didn't you?

This time round, straight through.

And then into the head-to-head, you saw off Tom and Linda...2-0!

-Well, yes.

-I mean, they were an amazingly hard pair to beat.

-Really. Definitely, that was luck.

-Yeah, well, you managed to do it.

Very, very best of luck.

The rules for this final round are very simple.

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

Now, we've had one pointless answer today.

You only have to find one more

and you will go home with that £1,250.

Firstly, choose a category. You can choose from these five options.

They are...

Shall we try The BBC?

-OK. Seems only right to go for The BBC.

-Let's go with BBC, yeah.

You're going to go with The BBC. What would you like it to be?

-THEY LAUGH

-Anything post-1986, Alexander.

OK.

ANYTHING post-1986?

That's still quite broad.

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

BBC local radio stations as they could.

BBC local radio stations, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the names of any of the local radio stations

operated by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands,

whether they broadcast either full or part-time.

And we want the names as they appear on the BBC website, please.

Very best of luck.

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

And all you need to win that £1,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Is there Wave or something?

-Wave? Where would that be?

-On the coast?

-What's near you in Sussex?

-In Sussex...

-There's a Solent. I think there's a BBC Solent.

-Yeah.

It's good to go for ones that don't have the name of a county in it.

-If we can think of any, such as BBC Solent.

-North?

-Mm, no.

-Tyne?

What was there in Sheffield when you went to uni?

Yeah, I was thinking, but I can't think of what it was.

What about in London? London. What's Vanessa Feltz on?

-LBC.

-LBC?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

I mean, a lot of people in London are going to say that.

Still, it may be a right answer. Erm...

I can think what was in Norwich.

-No, we just didn't listen to the BBC!

-Didn't listen to the BBC?!

Shall we go for a very small place like Jersey or Guernsey?

-Yeah.

-Go for Solent...

-and go for LBC?

-10 seconds left.

-Yeah, OK.

-Jersey, Guernsey or Skye?

Isle of Skye's got to have its own radio station.

We could say Jersey and Guernsey.

-BBC Channel Islands?

-Yeah.

-They're not going to have...

-OK, that's your time up.

We were looking for BBC local radio stations.

I now need your three answers.

-Erm...

-Solent.

-Radio Solent.

Radio Solent.

BBC Channel Islands.

-BBC Channel Islands.

-BBC Channel Islands.

And LBC.

And LBC.

OK, of those three answers...

..which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Solent?

-Yeah.

-I think I've heard of Radio Solent.

OK, I'll put Radio Solent last.

-Which is your least likely?

-LBC.

-LBC.

-LBC. So, we'll put LBC first.

OK, let's pop them up on the board in that order. And here they come.

We have got...

OK, so we were looking for BBC local radio stations.

LBC was your LEAST confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that jackpot of £1,250.

Let's see how many people said LBC.

Is it right, and how many people said it?

Oh-ee!

OK, an incorrect answer, therefore, not a pointless answer.

-Anyway...

-Who knew?

-Who knows, who knows?

Richard will fill us in at the end.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £1,250, Shalini?

I think we'd put it towards a good holiday.

We wanted to go to Las Vegas before we had a baby.

Maybe this will pay for a baby to go too, and it will be babysat!

Very good indeed.

OK, we are looking for BBC local radio stations.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - the Channel Islands.

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

and if it's both of those things, you will win that jackpot of £1,250.

How many people said the Channel Islands?

No-o-o!

Bad luck!

OK, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Mind you, you came up with it almost immediately. Solent.

-I think I've heard of it, yeah.

-Solent.

Oh, it sounds like a good name for a radio station.

Solent.

We are looking for BBC local radio stations.

Your third and final answer. Solent, you thought,

was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

-It has to be right at this rate, anyway.

-Yeah.

-Let's see.

Then we'll see if it's pointless.

But if it is both of those things, you will leave here with £1,250.

Solent, how many people said it?

It's right! There we are.

This was the answer you were most sure of, and with reason.

It's the correct one.

Down it goes into the teens, into single figures.

If it goes all the way down, you leave...

-Oh-ho-ho!

-AUDIENCE GROANS

3.

Well done!

-Sorry.

-No, what can you do? I had nothing!

-3. You were very close...

-Almost.

-..with your last answer.

Well, unfortunately, you didn't find that

all-important pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £1,250, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants,

-and you do get our Pointless trophy. So, very well done.

-Thank you.

Yeah, LBC is a commercial station, I'm afraid.

You played terrifically well throughout,

and it pains me to say this - that's about as close

as I've ever seen somebody coming to a pointless answer

and talk themselves out of it in the last, I would say, maybe,

second and a half of your 60 seconds.

You had two pointless answers in your deliberations -

Jersey and Guernsey.

AUDIENCE GROANS Both correct, both pointless.

I'm really sorry... Well, I couldn't stop it happening.

Second and a half to go and you changed your mind on both of them.

There's not that many pointless answers, actually.

Most of them scored some, because, obviously, of our 100 people

across the country, you tend to say your local station.

But let's look at the ones that nobody said.

BBC Radio Berkshire, Coventry and Warwickshire,

Foyle in Northern Ireland. Those are all pointless.

Gloucestershire, there's Guernsey and Jersey.

Sorry, guys.

All pointless there.

Orkney, Shetland and Shropshire.

So, very well done if you said any of those at home.

And terrifically bad luck.

You played so well throughout, you've been great contestants,

and that was... Yeah, tough luck.

Ah, bad luck, bad luck!

Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Shalini and Keir,

but it was great having you on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

Unfortunately, Shalini and Keir DIDN'T win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over.

Which means on the next show, we will be playing for £2,250.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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