Episode 59 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong, welcome to Pointless -

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

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Well, now, first, we welcome Robyn and Sam.

You are our first pair on the show today.

-How do you know each other, Robyn?

-We're boyfriend and girlfriend.

We met at university in our third year at the University of Sheffield.

University of Sheffield. And how long ago was that?

That was last year, so I'm still there. I'm doing a four-year course.

-What's that, a language course?

-Mechanical engineering.

-Mechanical engineering.

-And Robyn, what were you doing?

-I was doing a psychology degree.

Sam, what do you hope comes up today?

Erm, anything on football would be good for me.

As you can tell from my thick Teesside accent, I'm a big Middlesbrough fan.

OK, very good. Football. Robyn, what would be great for you today?

Erm, maybe a bit of TV, a bit of music.

I like watching American TV shows, so things like Gossip Girl, Dexter.

OK, good. Welcome to the show. It's great to have you here.

Very, very best of luck. Next we welcome back double Dave -

Dave D, Dave R. You were on the show last time.

It's two chances to reach the final, of course.

This is your second and final crack at it.

Now, then, Dave D, remind us how you know each other.

We met in infant school when we were about four,

so we've known each other for ages.

And Dave R, tell us the story of last time.

Lorna Doone. Got the author wrong, 100 points. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, George Eliot. Very feasible, though.

I mean, for heaven's sake!

So, Dave D, today, a new day, a bright new start.

What do you hope is going to come up?

I don't think you've ever had a question on professional wrestling before, and you should have.

Oh, you would love that, wouldn't you?

-Not really!

-Really?

-Not really. LAUGHTER

-I always imagined you'd like wrestling.

-Really?

-Well, yeah!

-I quite like boxing. I don't know about wrestling.

-You like boxing.

-And you like darts.

-Yeah, I do like darts.

-You know that's not the same as wrestling, don't you?

-Yeah.

-Yeah...

-It's got the same weight categories, but that's about it.

Anyway, so, Dave D, wrestling.

I think you're right. We've never had wrestling.

But maybe that's all about to change.

Dave R, what would you like to see come up?

-Er, Carry On films.

-Yeah, brilliant.

-Yeah, yeah.

Colour ones, black and white ones, any. They're all...

Whatever level of innocence or innuendo, they're all entertaining.

Do you have a favourite Carry On film?

-Ooh, Carry On Teacher, maybe.

-Carry On Teacher?

One of the black and white ones. It's very silly.

-I suppose they're all really silly. Yeah, yeah.

-Best thing about them.

Anyway, very, very best of luck to you double Dave.

You made it to the second round last time, let's hope we see more of you this time.

And we welcome back Mave and Dan. You were also on the show last time.

Mave, remind us how you know each other.

-Daniel's my grandson.

-You see, there we are.

Pointless' first grandmother, grandson team. Fantastic.

-And Dan, what happened last time? Tell us.

-We did all right.

They got to the Head-to-head, and then got a bit stuck.

You went fantastically through the show.

Lowest scorers, I mean, absolutely fantastic.

-Then into the Head-to-head and you were seen off 2-0.

-Mm-hmm.

However, that was last time. Mave, today...

Have you ever watched Pointless and said, "Ooh, that was a great question,"

and thought that would be a great category for you?

Films of Doris Day.

-The films of Doris Day haven't yet featured on Pointless.

-Right.

-So, yes, no earthly reason why they shouldn't. Maybe today.

-Right.

Maybe today is the day. Dan, what would be brilliant for you?

Erm, probably something like Premier League football of the last 20 years, maybe.

Anyway, welcome back to the show, Mave and Dan.

You made it all the way through to the Head-to-head last time.

Maybe just one step further today into the final.

That would be wonderful.

And finally, we have got Tony I and Tony M. Tony M!

-LAUGHTER

-# By the rivers of Babylon... #

Oh!

I love Tony M.

-I'm quite partial to him myself.

-Yeah!

Twice Tony, how do you two know each other?

We're old classmates, Alexander.

And we met as members of Knights of Saint Columba in Glasgow,

which is a charitable organisation which collects money

for worthy causes in Glasgow and UK-wide.

-Very good indeed. And you're from Glasgow?

-BOTH: Yes.

What would you like to see come up today?

I'd like to see sport, particularly football. I have an encyclopaedic knowledge of football.

-OK. Tony M, what would you like to see come up?

-History.

-History.

-Yeah.

Good. Any particular eras of history you're good at?

I like the Second World War, the American Civil War.

-Anything violent.

-LAUGHTER

OK, Tonys, it's great to have you here. Very, very best of luck on Pointless.

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

Now, there's only one person left for me to introduce.

Now, for those concerned about him going over to the American version of Pointless, don't worry,

he can't enter America because of his criminal record.

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

-Hello.

Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-It's a shame, that, isn't it?

-A massive shame, yeah.

I think it'll be a lot of fun today, don't you?

-Oh, I think so.

-I think we've got a cracking line up.

Mave and Dan did brilliantly last time. They were unfortunate in the Head-to-head,

but they did very well, and I think the grandmother-grandson combination might go all the way this time.

-Oh, yeah.

-But very excited to have double Dave back.

-Yes.

And to be joined by two Tonys.

-Yeah, yeah.

-That's good.

All this talk of wrestling

makes me think that's a match-up I would like to watch.

LAUGHTER If you saw on a marquee at O2 Centre or something,

"Double Daves versus Two Tonys," going to buy tickets, aren't you?

That would be good. That WOULD be good!

That would be amazing. It's very easy to member who's on the show today -

it's Tony, Tony, Robyn, Sam, Dave and Dave and Mave and Dan.

-That's how I remember it!

-It's nice, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Wow!

APPLAUSE

Richard, thank you very much indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show,

but we want obscure answers they didn't get.

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

all our players need to do is score as few points as possible.

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

It's an answer none of our 100 people gave. When that happens,

we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

So, today's jackpot starts off...

at a very respectable £4,500.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

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

CHEERING

OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The pair with the high score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you'll score a maximum 100 points, so do avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category today is...

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.

Here it comes. We give 100 people 100 seconds to name...

..as they could. Words ending in "ret", Richard.

We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary online edition that ends "ret".

As always, no proper nouns and no hyphenated words.

We also won't accept the word "ret" itself.

Best of luck. There's hundreds of words on this list.

OK, Robyn and Sam, you all drew lots before the show, and today,

you are going first.

Erm, I can think of two.

Which probably isn't very good, so I'm going to go for the one

that I think will be a bit lower, and I'm going to say interpret.

Interpret, says Robyn. Interpret. Great answer.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It is of course right.

13.

APPLAUSE

13 for interpret.

Well played, Robyn. Very good start.

To explain or translate the meaning of something.

Now then, Dave R.

A nice obscure word ending in "ret".

I think I will go with...

Soiret.

Soiret, says Dave R. Soiret.

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

Soiret.

Ooh!

Bad luck, Dave R.

I'm afraid that's incorrect, which means you score 100 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Dave. I can see what you're going for.

A lot of those French words have silent Ts,

but soiree goes one further - it has an invisible T.

LAUGHTER

Now, then, Mave.

A nice obscure word ending in "ret".

-I'll go for turret.

-Turret, says Mave.

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

34.

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-34 for turret.

-Very safe answer, Mave. A type of small tower. Turret.

Now then, Tony M.

Erm, got a couple of animals, actually.

Ferret.

Ferret. Let's see if it's right, and if so, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

33.

-APPLAUSE

-33 for ferret.

Surprisingly high.

Well played, Tony. A variety of polecat, the ferret.

Thanks very much. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Best score of the round, Robyn, with interpret.

Lovely low score there of 13.

Then up to 33 where we find the Tonys. Twice Tony.

Then we come up to 34 where we find Mave and Dan,

then double Dave!

Double Dave! You're on 100.

Dave D, you have to score as low as you possibly can.

Let's have a Pointless answer from you, and let's hope, somehow,

that's going to be enough to save you. Very, very best of luck.

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

OK, so we're looking for words that end "ret". Words ending "ret".

Tony I, you are on 33.

The high-scorers are the Daves on 100, which means

a score of 66 or less from you will see you through to the next round.

OK, keeping the French theme,

-I'll go with beret.

-Beret.

There is your red line. If you can get below that red line,

you are through to the next round, Tony I.

Beret. Many people said that?

Yep, it's right.

And you're through to the next round.

APPLAUSE

25 takes your total up to 58.

Yes, beret, a little, round, woollen French cap,

from the Basque Country originally.

Dan, you are on 34.

The high-scorers remain double Dave on 100,

which means 65 or less will see you through.

I was actually going to go with beret, but I did have another one

which I hope isn't hyphenated, but I was going to say misinterpret.

Misinterpret. That's quite often a good way

of scoring low in these rounds. Now, there is your red line.

Let's see if misinterpret gets you below.

Misinterpret.

Absolutely right.

And you're through to the next round.

Yeah, brilliant, Dan.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Almost a Pointless answer,

but it scores you one.

Takes your total up to 35. It's a great, great score. Richard.

Very well played, Dan.

When they translated all the Mr Men books into foreign languages,

that was done by Little Miss Interpret.

LAUGHTER

Now then, Dave D.

-OK. So, we need to score very low.

-You need to score...

In fact, you kind of want to be scoring minus, Dave.

-LAUGHTER

-So, at the risk of joining the 200 club,

I'm going to go for a word that I may mispronounce and may not exist.

-So, I think there's a bird that's called an egret.

-OK.

There's no red line for you, because you're the high-scorers.

But let's see what egret scores. Egret.

It's right.

13.

APPLAUSE

13 for egret.

Takes your total up to 113. Richard.

Yes, any of several species of white heron. The egret.

-Delicious as well.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah, EGRETS - I've had a few.

LAUGHTER

Sam, the high-scorers are the double Daves...

on 113.

You are on 13.

You want to be scoring 99 or less.

An incorrect answer from you now will tie you with double Daves.

Based on that, I think I'm going to play it safe

and go for secret.

OK, secret, says Sam. Let's see, there's your red line.

That's all you have to get below to see you into the next round.

OK, secret, is it right, how many people said it?

Yeah, that's fine.

21.

21 takes your total up to 34.

-Richard.

-Well played, Sam. You did exactly what you had to do there.

You know what a secret means.

Let's take a look at some of the Pointless answers. There's plenty.

Let's take a look at some of them here.

Banneret, who is a knight who rides under his own banner.

A coffret, which is a small container.

A dosseret, which is a small tramp.

LAUGHTER

-What is a dosseret?

-It's actually...

It's an architectural term for a block of stone above an arch

or a column. A dosseret.

A live-ret, or probably livret, which is another name for a book.

To overfret.

It's to worry to much.

And tabouret, which is a low stool or small table.

-Wow.

-Now, let's take a look at the high-scorers. These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

These are the worst answers you could give, apart from maybe, soiree, Dave.

LAUGHTER Sorry, Dave, I didn't mean that.

You know I don't mean that, don't you?

Ferret, actually, was one of the highest answers there. 33.

Turret, was the second-highest answer of all, though it saw you through.

And the top answer on the board is regret. Regret, for 42 points.

Very good indeed. Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of the first round,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's double Dave.

-Aww.

-AUDIENCE:

-Aww!

Did you see how they did that?

-I know, it's nice.

-In perfect unison.

Any of those top answers would've seen you through to the next round.

Any of those three top answers.

Well, it's our loss. Our loss. It would've been fantastic to have had you much, much longer,

but Dave and Dave, thanks so much for playing.

-Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

OK, now, obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs

in our head-to-head, so one of the pairs in front of me now

will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Now, our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, so our question concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you the name of six hospitals or medical practices on each pass.

You have to tell us in which TV series, drama or soap

do they appear in or did they appear in.

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

An incorrect answer will be 100 points.

I GUARANTEE at least one score of 100 points in this round.

That's a guarantee.

Right, you are. Good luck, everyone.

So, we're looking for the TV series in which these hospitals and practices most prominently feature.

And we have got...

OK, there are your six hospitals. I'll read them one more time.

Wow!

-Now then, Robyn. Do you watch a lot of telly?

-No.

I recognise a few of them.

So I'm going to go with Sacred Heart Hospital and Scrubs.

Sacred Heart Hospital and Scrubs. What do you think, Sam?

I think that's right, yeah.

Sacred Heart, Scrubs says Robyn. Let's see if it's right, and if so,

let's see how many people knew that answer. Sacred Heart, scrubs.

It's right!

-Ooh, it's a good answer, 23.

-APPLAUSE

23 for Scrubs.

Well played, Robyn. Terrific answer. The US sitcom, Scrubs.

-Dan.

-Yes.

Do you watch enough telly to make sense of the board?

Um, yes, I think so. I think I only know two.

And so, the one I think people might know less

would be Mill Health Centre, and I think it's in Doctors.

Mill Health Centre in Doctors, says Dan.

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

let's see how many people knew that answer.

Very well done.

12.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-That's a great answer, Dan.

12 for Doctors.

Well played, Dan. BBC daytime soap.

A medical soap, Doctors.

We are looking for the TV shows in which these hospitals or practices featured most prominently.

-Tony M, you're the last person to have this board, Tony.

-Yeah.

There's one I definitely know, but the rest have just been

blowing in the wind, so I'll go for St Eligius, which is St Elsewhere.

St Eligius, St Elsewhere. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's absolutely right.

Ooh, it's a great answer, Tony M! Look at that.

6...for St Elsewhere.

-No hundreds on the board.

-No hundreds yet.

Everyone's done very well. That's a great answer, Tony.

-Everyone did better than I thought.

-That was a pig, that board.

That's tough, isn't it? The next one's harder.

Yes, set in Boston in the '80s,

Denzel Washington amongst others in that cast.

Let's take a look at the rest. Now, Springfield General Hospital...

Only one I knew. Simpsons.

The easiest on the board, Simpsons absolutely right. Would've scored 54.

McNamara/Troy?

It's the private practice in Nip/Tuck. Would've scored you 4.

And All Saints Hospital is a pointless answer.

Very well done to anyone who said the US comedy Nurse Jackie.

Nurse Jackie was a pointless answer.

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

Let's take a quick look at those scores.

Twice Tony looking very, very strong on 6.

Lovely low score there from Tony M.

Then we go up to 12 where we find Dan and Mave,

and then up to 23 where we find Robyn and Sam.

Not a bad answer there, Robyn.

But it does mean you are the high-scorers.

So, Sam, how good are you on your medical TV shows?

-Probably not good enough.

-OK.

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

OK, we're going to put six more hospitals and medical practices on the board, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, remember, we're looking for the TV series which featured

these hospitals and medical practices most prominently.

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

Tony I is on 6, the high-scorers on 23 are Sam and Robyn.

That means a score of 16 or less from you.

Could not think of a worse category, but thankfully, I know one,

which is going to be very high, but it's the only one I know,

so, I'll go for Walford General Hospital and EastEnders.

Walford General Hospital, EastEnders. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you are definitely

through to the next round.

EastEnders, is it right? How many people said it?

-Ooh-ee!

-APPLAUSE

That's a high score. 77 for Walford General.

EastEnders takes your total up to 83. Richard.

It's better than 100, Tony, if it's the one you knew,

but it's opened the door.

-It'll be a very interesting rest of round.

-Mave.

I think I know the Mobile Army...

I hope it's right. I think it's MASH.

Well, the highest scorers are the Tonys on 83. You're on 12.

Which means a score of 70 or less will see you in the next round.

You say MASH for the 4,077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

Let's see if that's right.

MASH, says Mave. Is it right?

Yep, it's right. Very well done.

And you are through to the next round, Mave.

30.

-APPLAUSE

-Takes your total up to 42.

Very well played. Richard.

Yeah, good answer, Mave. The clue is in the initials there -

MASH, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

Now then, Sam, is there anything on there that you know the answer to?

The only one I did know was MASH.

So the only other medical show I can think of is ER,

so I'm going to guess ER is St Angela's Hospital.

OK, you're going to say St Angela's Hospital, ER.

OK, well, your target score was 59.

The high-scorers at the moment are the Tonys on 83.

That is your red line.

St Angela's, ER. Is it right, and how many people said it?

Bad luck, Sam, I'm afraid.

It was a good guess, but I'm afraid a wrong answer.

Which means you score a maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 123.

I'm sorry. Richard.

Unlucky, Sam. Tough board. It's actually...

Do you remember in the '80s there was a BBC programme called Angels?

Which is set in St Angela's. Named after the "Angela's" there.

Would've scored 4 points. A very good answer.

Very well done if you said that at home.

ER was set in County General. That's the name of the hospital in ER.

There's some big shows on the board, but tough answers.

Do you know any of these? You know none of them, OK.

Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital is Grey's Anatomy. Would've scored 10.

Now, Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital is the setting

for the more successful and popular TV show in the world.

It's House.

The Hugh Laurie show. Would've scored you 7 points.

And Eastman Medical Center is a pointless answer.

It's something more from our childhoods than from now.

It's Doogie Howser, MD. Pointless answer.

Anybody who got all 12 of those, very well done indeed.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

it's Robyn and Sam.

I wouldn't have known any of those.

I wouldn't have known ANY of them.

This is where we say goodbye, but we'll see you next time.

We'll look forward to that very much, Sam and Robyn.

Thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the Head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Mave and Dan and the Tonys.

You're now only one round away from the final and a chance to play

for the jackpot which currently stands at...

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

Now, clearly, only one pair can play for that money,

so to decide which pair it's going to be,

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

Which basically means the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for the jackpot.

And the great news is, you are now allowed to confer.

Let's play the Head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

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

Italian landmarks, Richard.

We're about to show you five pictures of popular attractions in Italy.

Can you tell us the city or town that you will find these attractions in?

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thank you very much.

So, let's reveal our five Italian landmarks, and here they come.

We have got...

There we are, there are the five Italian landmarks.

Now, Mave and Dan, you have played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

Erm, we think we might know a couple, but we're going to go A...

Yeah, A, Venice.

A, Venice.

A, Venice, say Mave and Dan. Now, the Tonys.

You can do all your talking out loud now, if you like.

Take us through the board, if you like.

Yeah, that's one of the obvious ones as well, and Pisa is C.

Leaning Tower of Pisa.

I think B, I think that's Florence. I think E's Rome.

We'll go for D,

and we think that's St Anthony's Basilica in Padua.

-You're saying D is...

-St Anthony's Basilica in Padua.

Padua, you are saying. D, Padua.

We have Mave and Dan saying that A is Venice,

and we have the Tonys saying that D is Padua.

Now then, Mave and Dan, Venice, A.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

46.

APPLAUSE

46.

Now, the Tonys have said that D is Padua. D, Padua.

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

Ooh!

Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer, I am sorry to say.

Which means, after one question, Mave and Dan, you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Not Padua, I'm afraid, because it's Florence, in fact.

It's actually Florence Cathedral.

It would've scored 18 points. It would've been a very good answer.

Let's take a look at the rest to see what could've won the points.

Now B is another cathedral. That's the cathedral in Milan.

And that would've scored you 8.

There really was no point going for C.

It is Pisa, obviously, but would've scored you 94 points.

Erm, and E, you knew E and it would've won you the point.

It's Rome, it's the Pantheon.

It would've scored 16 points. Would've got you the point there.

Very well done anyone who got all five of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Right, here comes your second question.

The Tonys, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck, here it comes. It concerns...

Richard.

We're simply going to show you a list of five Meryl Streep films,

but we've missed out a word from the title of each.

-Can you fill in the word, please?

-Thanks, Richard.

OK, let's reveal our five Meryl Streep films with the missing word.

And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five Meryl Streep films.

Each with a word missing. Now, Tony I, Tony M, you get to go first.

It's a better category for us. Go for the first one, yeah?

It's Complicated.

It's Complicated.

The 2009 film, It's Complicated, say the Tonys.

-Now, Mave and Dan, is this a good category for you?

-Not really.

-Not very.

-Right.

Sophie's Choice, isn't it?

Yeah, we think "Sophie's" is possibly Sophie's Choice.

-That was... I don't know.

-And what's Death Becomes...?

I don't know if this is right, but Death Becomes Her.

We don't know the others, so shall we go with the one

-we're more sure of, do you think?

-Yeah.

-What was it?

-Sophie's Choice.

OK, you're going to go with Sophie's Choice.

So we have It's Complicated from Tony and Tony,

and we have Sophie's Choice from Mave and Dan.

Tony and Tony, It's Complicated, they say. Is that right?

How many people said it?

It's right.

-6!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

6 for It's Complicated.

Mave and Dan have gone for Sophie's Choice.

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

let's see how many people said it.

Yep, of course, it's Sophie's Choice.

How far down will it go?

Will it...ooh!

-APPLAUSE

-That's a very high one.

47. Which means, after two questions,

you are absolutely even with one each. Richard?

Yeah, well played, Tony and Tony. You picked the best answer on the board.

It's Complicated, with Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.

She won an Oscar, of course, for Sophie's Choice as well.

She's the most nominated actor in Oscar history.

Let's take a look at the others.

You're right, it's Death Becomes Her.

But there's no point saying it.

It would have scored 78 points.

Postcards from the...do you know?

-Edge.

-Absolutely right.

Based on the Carrie Fisher semi-autobiographical novel.

That would have scored 28.

And do you know The River..?

-The River Wild.

-The River Wild, absolutely right.

That would have scored 11 points.

It's Complicated, the best answer.

-Game on, in this Head-to-head.

-Absolutely!

Here comes your third question. The decider.

And it concerns...

Sebastian Coe.

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're about to give you

five questions about Sebastian Coe.

Can you provide the answers? The most obscure, please.

Right, let's reveal our five clues

to facts about Sebastian Coe. And here they come. We have got...

Lost his parliamentary seat at the general election in this year.

The distance at which he won two Olympic golds.

His middle name.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year in this decade.

And the northern city in which he grew up.

I will read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Sebastian Coe.

Mave and Dan, obviously you go first this time.

OK, we're going to say BBC Sports Personality of the Year

in this decade, and we hope it's the '80s.

The 1980s.

OK, the 1980s.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year in the 1980s.

-Now then, the Tonys.

-It's a toughie!

He's got a funny middle name.

It should be memorable, but it's not!

The northern city, I think is Jarrow,

but I'm not going to risk it.

I think we're going to have to go for the distance, and even then,

I think it's 800...

He lost his parliamentary seat in 1997.

Are you sure? Are you sure?

Near enough, the Tories got wiped out in 1997.

It's as good a one as any.

If you're sure. Go for that.

-1997.

-OK, Tony M, adamant it is 1997.

Let's see if that's right.

Well, in the order they were given, Mave and Dan,

you have said the 1980s was the decade in which he won

BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Let's see if it's right,

and how many people said it.

AUDIENCE: Aw!

-TONY I:

-I was going to say that!

-Interesting!

Now, Tony and Tony, you have said 1997.

1997, the year in which he lost his parliamentary seat.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said 1997.

-It's right! You've done it!

-Awesome!

Oh, it's a great answer!

Look at that! 3!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a fantastic, fantastic answer!

Well done, for your certainty there.

Yeah, that wins you the point,

which means after 3 questions, you are through to the final.

What was that little celebratory dance there?

-That's the Poznan, the Celtic Poznan.

-Ah!

For all the Celtic fans!

Excellent! Richard?

I have to say, tough luck there, because I would have bet my house

on the answer being the '80s.

1979, he won it.

1979 it was. It would have scored 3 points.

I think in recognition of the fact that almost all of our 100

thought it was the '80s as well.

If you'd gone with which distance he won two Olympic golds,

what do you think you would have gone for in the end?

I said 800, but Tony was 1,500.

Tony, are you still sticking with 1,500?

Yeah, I'll go for that.

1,500 is right. He won two golds in 1,500. He won two silvers in 800.

The huge rivalries, of course, with Cram and Ovett.

And that would've scored 23 points.

The northern city he grew up in,

not Jarrow, but Sheffield.

That would've scored 9 points.

And his middle name, it's unusual, but perhaps not that memorable.

Newbold. Sebastian Newbold Coe.

And that would've scored 1 point. Best answer on the board.

Tough board. Well played. Well played if you got those at home.

So, the losing pair at the end of the Head-to-head, it's Mave and Dan.

You've come here twice,

twice you've come to the Head-to-head.

Twice, I'm afraid, you leave empty-handed.

I'm so sorry! But exemplary play in both Pointlesses.

You've done so well. I'm so sorry.

We say goodbye to you now, and this time it really is goodbye.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much. Great contestants!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

But for Tony I and Tony M, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Tony I and Tony M,

you fought off all the competition,

-and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy!

-BOTH: Yes!!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well, I would say you've been late developers!

You haven't been our lowest scorers in either of the first two rounds,

and you were one nil down in the Head-to-head.

And then you stormed through.

Some great stalwart Pointless work there, from Tony M.

Fantastic work.

And here you are, in the final.

Jackpot round. Now, the rules are very simple.

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

We've had no pointless answers on the show today.

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

£4,500. First thing is, you've got to choose a category.

You can choose from these five options.

They are England Footballers,

DJs, Classic Literature,

Islands, Music Awards.

-I think we'll go for England Footballers.

-OK.

OK. You're going to go for England Footballers.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many England players

who have played in more World Cup games than Wayne Rooney

as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any footballer

who's played in nine or more games

for a senior England squad at the World Cup finals, please.

Not unused squad members, they have to have actually played.

That is at the start of 2012,

and we need first names and surnames, 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 is for one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

-Yes, as we will ever be!

-OK!

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

Right, the obvious one, Beckham.

Peter Shilton has played, I think.

-Stuart Pearce.

-Stuart Pearce, I would say.

-Lineker.

-Lineker, definitely.

Gascoigne, no. Erm...

Gary Neville, Phil Neville, I don't know. Erm...

You're talking about Man U, Liverpool as well?

Liverpool... Gerrard, no. Er...

Shilton, definitely. Lineker's a definite.

Beckham's too obvious.

I think Stuart Pearce definitely...

I know he definitely played with Bobby Robson in Italia '90.

-And sure he played in '94 as well in the USA.

-All right.

Beckham's...

Beckham's too easy. Shilton, definitely. Lineker, yes.

What about some of the older ones? Bobby Moore?

Bobby Moore played in two World Cups.

-'66 and '70. It's got to be nine.

-10 seconds left.

So, Lineker, Shilton...

He played in the final, in the semi-final,

-so that's about eight games.

-Yeah.

Go with them.

OK, your time is up.

We were looking for England footballers who have played

more World Cup games than Wayne Rooney.

I now need your three answers.

-Gary Lineker.

-Gary Lineker.

-Peter Shilton.

-Peter Shilton.

-Stuart Pearce.

-And Stuart Pearce.

OK, there are your three answers.

Of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Shilton, or...Shilton, yes.

OK, Peter Shilton. We'll put him last.

Which is your least likely?

Stuart Pearce is a bit of a...

Not a guess, but it's a shot in the dark.

OK, let's pop them up on the board in that order,

and here they are.

We have got Stuart Pearce, Gary Lineker, and Peter Shilton.

OK, so we were looking for England footballers who have played

in more World Cup games than Wayne Rooney.

OK, your first answer, Stuart Pearce.

This, you thought, was your least likely pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that £4,500 jackpot. OK, so let's see,

how many people said Stuart Pearce?

Oh, well!

Right, an incorrect answer.

Unfortunately not a pointless answer.

So, our jackpot today, £4,500.

Tony M, what would you do with that?

Well, I'm moving house shortly,

and I would put most of it into the house,

and donate some of it to one of the local charities.

Very good indeed. Tony I, how about you?

Well, my girls have already got it spent,

but some donation to charity at some point as well.

Very good. We're looking for

England footballers who've played more World Cup games

than Wayne Rooney.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer,

which is Gary Lineker.

Obviously, this has to be correct, but then it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £4,500.

Gary Lineker. Is it right, and how many said it?

Absolutely right.

OK, your first answer, Stuart Pearce, was incorrect.

Gary Lineker is correct.

Down it goes, into the 30s, into the 20s,

if this goes all the way down...ooh!

APPLAUSE

-15, for Gary Lineker.

-Not bad.

This could look very good for Peter Shilton, your last answer.

I don't think so!

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

It all rides on Peter Shilton.

We're looking for England footballers who've played

in more World Cup games than Wayne Rooney.

Your third and final answer, Peter Shilton.

For £4,500, how many people said Peter Shilton?

Absolutely right.

OK, your first answer of Stuart Pearce was incorrect.

Your second, Gary Lineker, went down to 15.

Peter Shilton, your last answer, this has to go down to zero.

Ooh!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

11.

Well, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer.

So I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,500,

which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants,

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Thank you.

Yes, unlucky, gents. Very well played.

Peter Shilton actually played in 17 World Cup games.

That's the most of anybody up to the start of 2012.

It could have been more painful for you.

There's five players there who would have scored 1 point.

Kenny Sansom, Chris Waddle, Martin Peters, Terry Butcher,

Steven Gerrard, they were all 1 point.

But there's actually only three pointless answers here.

One of them is from the 1966 team.

-Two of them are from more recently.

-Jackie Charlton?

The only members of that team

who have played nine games were Bobby Moore, as you said,

Bobby Charlton, Gordon Banks,

Martin Peters, and Ray Wilson,

the left back who played in 1962 and 1966.

And the other answers, Peter Beardsley,

and Sol Campbell, who played 10 times.

Peter Beardsley played in the same two World Cups,

'86 and '90, as Stuart Pearce.

Stuart Pearce only played six games in that time. Tough luck.

Tough category. Gettable, some of those, but in a minute, very hard.

Very well done to anyone who got any of those three at home.

Would you have said any of those?

Think Peter Beardsley was gettable.

Ray Wilson, yeah, I know who he is, but I wouldn't have got him.

Sol Campbell, as well.

Peter Beardsley was, if you thought about it,

was definitely gettable.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.

-Thank you.

-It's been wonderful having you on.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thanks very much.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Thank you.

Well, unfortunately, the Tonys didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over, which means on the next show,

we will be playing for £5,500.

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

APPLAUSE

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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