Episode 2 Pointless

Thank you very much.

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

This is the quiz show where all the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show, and all our contestants

have to do is come up with the answers those 100 people

couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Paul and Mark.

This is your second appearance on Pointless.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your final chance. Now, remind us, Paul. What happened?

It was a word beginning and ending in P.

And I came up with my favourite vegetable, parsnip,

which did quite well.

Lovely low score. Mark, what did you come up with?

It's fair to say that I was pretty pap in that round

and I came up with the word pop.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Pop. You'd had the whole round to think, as well, of a really good

-word beginning and ending with P.

-Yes.

Lovely to have you back on the show, Paul and Mark.

Let's hope to see more of you this time.

And next, we welcome Lauren and Sarah.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're friends from school.

-We've been friends since we were about 12.

-Yeah.

I invited myself to her table in the science class.

-You didn't like the people on your table?

-No, I didn't like them.

-Didn't get on with them.

-I hope they're not watching!

LAUGHTER

And what do you do, Sarah?

I'm a secretary to the Director of Finance

at the University of Portsmouth.

Very good indeed. How about you, Lauren?

I work at the university, as an admissions officer.

A coincidence, or you applied deliberately?

I was there first, for a couple of years...

And did Lauren come over and say, "Do you mind if I sit

"with you, because I don't like the people I work with?"

OK, well, welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you here.

Next, we welcome Rebecca and Ben.

Now, how do you two know each other?

We're married. We've been married for four years,

but we've been together about 15. Yeah, 15 years.

Blimey. That's a long time together, Ben, before you asked.

-It was quite a long time before he proposed.

-It was.

There was a lot of nagging involved along the way.

I would say justly!

Yeah, not just her, all the family.

You know, the subtle pointing at ring fingers and all that nonsense.

What are you hoping is going to come up today, Rebecca?

Music, but probably, quite specifically, indie music.

Especially from the '90s. That would be good!

-OK.

-A bit specific.

-Ben?

Yeah, indie music again, but also classics.

-Elvis, Beach Boys, Chas and Dave, all your...

-Chas and Dave!

-I like that.

-I've been waiting for that round.

-Well done, you.

-We have had Chas and Dave.

-We've done Chas and Dave, yeah.

-Oh, my timing's out!

-I'm a massive Chas and Dave fan.

I love a bit of Chas and Dave. Right.

OK, listen, welcome to the show, it's great to have you here.

Finally, we've got Dougie and Kath. How do you know each other?

I'm in a book club with Dougie's wife Carol,

and we also have daughters who are in the same school.

Very good indeed. Where are you from, Dougie?

-Originally Glasgow, but I live in Cardiff now.

-Very good.

What do you do, Kath?

I work for the Wales Deanery and Postgraduate Department.

-I'm a Dental Care Professionals tutor.

-Very good.

Dougie, how about you? What do you do?

I'm an IT developer.

I work for the Welsh Government currently,

in one of their IT departments.

Excellent. What do you get up to when you're not doing that?

I sort of like watching quiz shows, especially Pointless.

Good answer. I think they're potential winners.

LAUGHTER

-Kath, how about you?

-Well, book club, obviously.

We meet on a fairly regular basis.

And we do read books, contrary to what our husbands say.

What was the last book the club read?

What was your favourite book?

-Our last book was SJ Watson's While You Were Sleeping.

-Right.

Which was quite good.

-So, your husbands don't believe you're reading the books?

-No.

-Tell me the title of that book again.

-Oh, is it wrong?

It's something like While You Were Sleeping?

I hope your husband's watching this.

Before I Go To Sleep is the name of the book.

Oh, there we go, close!

LAUGHTER

-Close.

-I tell you what - absolutely busted.

LAUGHTER

Very good. So, literature's going to be a great subject for you, Kath.

Absolutely. Perfect for me.

It's lovely to have you here, welcome.

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

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

He's wearing just his Pointless pants under the desk today,

with a little P on the front.

I mean, P for Pointless.

Oh, you're quite pleased with yourself, aren't you?

Yeah.

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

-Hiya. Hello.

-Afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

Should be fun, shouldn't it?

We've only got one returning pair today, that's Paul and Mark.

But Mark made quite an impression.

He's got a lot of making up to do.

So, if you get a spectacularly bad answer in round one today, Mark,

you'll go down in history as one of the worst contestants

we've ever had.

Do you want that?

LAUGHTER

All of our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show. In order to get to the final round

and be in with a chance of the jackpot,

all our contestants need to do is

find the obscure answers our 100 people couldn't get.

The fewer of our 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they will score.

Now, what everyone is 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'll add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

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

In this first round, each of you must give

an answer, and you can't confer with your partner.

The pair with the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

So try and make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

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

..as they could. Richard.

In 2004, the BBC conducted a poll to find the nation's

best-loved 100 sitcoms.

We're looking for any BBC sitcom that made that top 100, please.

Very best of luck.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Paul and Mark, you all drew lots before the show,

and you are going to go first.

-Mark, you have stepped up.

-Yes.

-OK.

I played it safe last time, so I'm going to give an answer that

I don't think is safe, but it might be.

Bread.

Bread. Let's see if that's right.

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

Absolutely right.

-2!

-Well done, mate.

That's a good answer, Mark.

Very well done.

2 for Bread.

Well played, Mark. Bread came 39th on the list.

He's like Stuart Pearce, isn't he?

Missed a penalty, but comes straight back up,

"You know what? I'll take this one."

Smashes it into the back of the net. Well played.

-Thank you.

-Lauren.

What's the most obscure BBC sitcom you can think of?

Think I might go for The Vicar Of Dibley.

Vicar Of Dibley, says Lauren.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

14.

Not bad at all. 14 for The Vicar of Dibley.

Good answer, it actually came third in the poll, The Vicar of Dibley.

OK, Rebecca.

We're looking for any BBC sitcoms

in the top 100 of Britain's Best Sitcom.

I'm going to go for one that I think should be OK.

I'm going to go for The Good Life.

How many people remember The Good Life?

Look at that. 5! That's a great answer.

-Lovely score for The Good Life.

-Well played, Rebecca.

It came number nine on the poll.

Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington.

Excellent. Now, Kath.

-Is this a good category for you?

-Sort of.

But I get confused about which channel they were on,

so I may say something that wasn't BBC.

And forgive me if I do.

-We'll try.

-Thank you.

-To The Manor Born?

-To The Manor Born, says Kath.

Great answer, let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said To The Manor Born.

Oh, very well done, Kath!

Only the best score of the round so far!

To the Manor Born scores you one.

Well done. It was 21st on the list. I can tell you've watched it

because you get the title correct.

See, that's what happens.

Thank you.

OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores.

Kath and Dougie looking extremely strong on just 1.

Then with Mark and Paul with 2,

Rebecca and Ben with 5, and then, who would have thought?

On 14, way out in front, Lauren and Sarah.

Sarah, some pressure on you

to try and find a really obscure sitcom in the next part.

Best of luck. We're going back down the line.

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

OK So, we are looking for...

Drawn up in 2004.

Dougie, you're the low scorers on 1.

The high scorers are Sarah and Lauren on 14.

So, a score of 12 or less will see you through to the next round.

-What are you thinking?

-OK, I'm thinking of one of my favourites.

Yes Minister?

Here is your red line, quite low.

You get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

Yes Minister. How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Very well done, Dougie!

A pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to...

It scores you absolutely nothing, and it leaves your total at 1.

Very well done indeed. You are definitely in the next round.

Brilliant answer. What a team. It came sixth on the list.

Again, Paul Eddington.

Now, then. Ben and Rebecca, you are on 5.

The high scorers remain Sarah and Lauren on 14.

So, that means a score of 8 or less will keep you in the game for sure.

I'll go with The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin.

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Yes, well done!

Oh, fabulous, Ben! Very well done.

Another pointless answer.

That adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to...

Scores you nothing.

Leaves your total at an impressive 5. Very well done.

Brilliant, very well played. It came 35th on the list.

Very good indeed.

Sarah, as I've said a couple of times,

you are the high scorers, on 14.

What we need from you is another pointless answer, ideally,

to add a bother £250 to the jackpot and also,

maybe, try and safeguard your place in the next round.

I'm going to go with one of my favourites.

And we nickname my mum after this character, as well.

I'm going to go with Keeping Up Appearances.

Let's hope Keeping Up Appearances will be a lovely low score for you.

Let's see how many people said it. Keeping Up Appearances.

It's right.

Oh! Very well done, Sarah.

Almost pointless.

But a lovely low score, all the same.

1 for Keeping Up Appearances takes your total up to 15.

Terrific answer. Kept yourself in the round, possibly, there.

Came number 12 on the list, Keeping Up Appearances.

Now, Paul. You're on 2.

The high scorers remain Sarah and Lauren on 15.

So, a score of 12 or less...

I know lots and lots of sitcoms,

but whether it's 12 or less is another matter.

I'm going to go for Last Of The Summer Wine.

Last Of The Summer Wine.

The longest-running sitcom in British history.

LAUGHTER

You want to score 12 or less, this is what 12 or less looks like.

There's your red line.

Last Of The Summer Wine.

How many people said it?

Oh, you've done it!

You've done it. 7!

7 for Last Of The Summer Wine.

Takes your total up to 9. Very well done. Richard.

Well played, Paul. There's only one sitcom that would have

scored too many points - Only Fools And Horses, which would have scored 41.

Vicar of Dibley's actually the second highest scoring

answer in the list.

So, 14 was actually a dangerously high score.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers, because

I'm sure people will have got all sorts of different ones at home.

Coupling, the Steven Moffat sitcom, is in that top 100.

Citizen Smith, written by John Sullivan. There's Yes Minister.

Dinnerladies, written by and starring the wonderful Victoria Wood.

That was a pointless answer. Hancock's Half Hour, pointless.

Till Death Us Do Part, also a pointless answer.

I'm sure people at home would have got some of these.

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

The Brittas Empire in the top 100 there.

It's interesting that the top 100 sitcoms poll,

we know that Vicar Of Dibley

was the third most popular British sitcom.

-Do you know what else was in the top five?

-Only Fools And Horses.

Only Fools And Horses was number one, absolutely.

-The fifth was Fawlty Towers.

-Of course, yes.

-Fourth, Dad's Army.

-Yes.

-Third, Vicar Of Dibley, as we know. And second, Blackadder.

Of course.

Only Fools And Horses, top of that poll, and top of our poll, as well.

Thanks, Richard.

So, at the end of the first round, the pair who are going

to be leaving us now,

I'm afraid, are Sarah and Lauren.

Not a bad score at all.

15, cracking total. Can't fault you at all.

That was very well played.

We look forward to seeing you next time.

But meanwhile, thanks for playing.

Sarah and Lauren. Lovely contestants.

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

Only two pairs can go into our head-to-head round,

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

Very little between you there in that last round.

Paul, what do you think? Did Mark redeem himself there?

-Yes, I'll let him be my friend again.

-OK.

With Bread, a good answer.

That ain't bread.

That's toast.

Getting there. It's good.

That's a catchphrase we came up with a couple of shows ago.

That is a catchphrase we devised.

Sometimes we do a bit of audience call-back with it, don't we?

-So you would say...

-That ain't bread!

-AUDIENCE:

-That's toast.

-It's good, isn't it?

-What do you think?

-Fantastic.

-Very good.

Sometimes the audience says, "That ain't bread,"

and I go, "That's toast."

Can we try that?

-AUDIENCE:

-That ain't bread!

-That's toast.

LAUGHTER It's really working, isn't it?

It's brilliant. OK.

Our category for Round Two is...

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

who's going second?

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

OK, our question concerns...

Richard.

Yes, on each pass we're going to give you

six clues to famous towns or cities in France.

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

Give us an incorrect answer, though, it's going to be 100 points.

12 towns and cities in France in all for you to get at home. Good luck.

OK, thank you very much.

So, we are looking for these towns and cities in France described thus.

And we have...

I'll read all of those one more time.

There we are. Six clues to towns and cities in France.

Obviously, you need to find the town or city that you think

the fewest of our 100 people would recognise from those descriptions. Mark.

We read St Joan, the play, for A-level,

which was about 22 years ago now.

So I'm going to pluck a guess out of thin air and say Lille.

OK, let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Lille.

-I expected that.

-Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's incorrect,

which means you scored the maximum of 100 points.

Not Lille, I'm afraid, Mark.

We'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now, Rebecca.

I'm going to have to go for the only one that I think is right,

I'm afraid.

Which is, hopefully, the Burgundy capital famous for mustard.

Dijon.

Dijon, says Rebecca.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people knew that.

Absolutely right, well done, Rebecca.

32.

32.

Yes, very good answer. Certainly better than 100.

Now then, Kath. You're the last person to have this board.

If you like, you can talk us through it.

There won't be much to say, I'm afraid.

I'm going to try and guess that "The first 24 hour car race held here

"in 1923" is Monte Carlo?

OK, you're going to say Monte Carlo

for "The first 24 hour car race held here in 1923".

Was it Monte Carlo...in France?

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

Oh, bad luck, Kath.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry. Richard.

Yeah, the 24-hour car race,

one of the most famous car races in the world, Le Mans.

44, that would have scored you.

Let's take a look through the rest of them.

Official seat of the European Parliament, Xander?

It's in Alsace.

-Oh, Strasbourg.

-Absolutely right.

Would have scored you 18. Joan of Arc wasn't executed in Lille.

I was going to say Orleans, but...

I think a lot of people would have said Orleans.

She was executed in Rouen. It's the best answer on the board, as well.

One point, that would have got you.

Home to Popes in the 14th and 15th centuries?

Briefly moved out of Rome and went to Avignon, which would have scored 4.

Now, everybody knows the answer to this other one.

The wording of the question might have confused you,

but you all know it.

It's Dunkerque.

Dunkerque, that was Operation Dynamo, and would have scored 13 points.

Thanks. We're halfway through the round.

Let's have a look at those scores.

Only two scores between the three of you, as it turns out.

Rebecca and Ben looking extremely strong on 32.

But yeah, Kath and Dougie, Mark and Paul, both of you on 100.

So, Dougie and Paul, it's between you two,

I think, to scrap it out, to see who stays

and who leaves at the end of this round.

We're going back down the line.

Second players, please take your places.

We've got six more clues to French towns

and cities on the board.

And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Now, remember. We are looking for the towns

and cities in France that are described by these clues.

And you're trying to find the one that

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Dougie, you're the joint high scorers on 100,

so we need a lovely low score from you.

OK, there's some of them I think I know, but I'm not 100% sure of,

so I'll go for one that I'm pretty confident about.

The film festival is Cannes.

The Cannes Film Festival, says Dougie. Let's see. Is it right?

How many people knew it?

42.

42, that scores you. It takes your score up to 142.

Let's hope that's good enough to see you through.

Well played, Dougie. Cannes was originally a tiny fishing village, and it's actually

the British aristocracy who made it popular in the 19th century.

Now, Ben.

-We're through. Are we through?

-Do you know what?

-You are through. This is good news.

-That's what I was thinking.

Sorry, I should perhaps have said that.

The high scorers on 142 are

Dougie and Kath. You're on 32.

Even if you score 100 points, you're still through to the head-to-head.

In which case, I can have a guess.

I will guess that the place that gave its name

to the capital of Vermont was the town of Brest.

-Brest.

-I know they have a football team, so I know it exists.

And that's as far as my French knowledge.

Admit you just wanted to say "Brest".

LAUGHTER

Come on, who hasn't wanted to say "Brest" on TV?

-And then we can get on with the show.

-Yes.

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

An incorrect answer, as it turns out, you won't be surprised to hear.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 132,

but you are through to the next round.

Paul, you are the last person to have this board.

The high scorers are 142, Dougie and Kath.

You want to be scoring 41 or less.

How good is your knowledge of France?

Mona Lisa is obviously Paris.

I think the location of the grotto is Lourdes, but I'm going to

go for the Winter Olympics, and I think it might be Chamonix.

OK, Chamonix. Is it right? How many people said it?

Good work, Paul! Chamonix is a correct answer.

And it sees you through, very well done.

3!

Very, very well done indeed, Paul.

3 for Chamonix takes your total up to 103 and it sees you

into the head-to-head.

Brilliant play, Paul.

All three of your answers would have seen you through to the next round.

You're right about the Mona Lisa being on display in Paris.

That would have scored you 39 points.

And you're right that St Bernadette had her visions at Lourdes.

And that would have scored you 17.

The first Concorde flight, do you know where that's from?

Le Havre.

It's not from Le Havre. It's from Toulouse. Toulouse.

Well done if you said that, 12 points.

Gave its name to the capital of Vermont -

there is a town in Vermont called Brest. There is Brest, Vermont.

Place that gave its name is Montpellier.

It's a pointless answer, so well done if you said that.

There you go.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of that round, the losing pair with

the highest score, Dougie and Kath.

Yes, Monte Carlo let you down.

Anyway, we look forward to seeing you next time,

when I'm sure you will triumph.

-Meantime, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Paul and Mark, Rebecca and Ben.

You are now only one round away from the final, and the chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,500.

APPLAUSE

Now, you're going to go head-to-head.

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

It's been a bit of a swings-and-roundabouts game.

Paul, Mark did very well with Bread in the first round, and then Neil!

I mean, listen. You'd just redeemed yourself and you're right back in the doghouse.

-I know, I know.

-And Ben.

You gave us one of our two pointless answers in the first round.

I didn't get where I am today

without knowing a good answer when I see one.

Yes, very good. The Rise And Fall Of Reginald Perrin, obviously.

So, who knows? You're now allowed to confer, so anything can happen.

It's going to be a very exciting head-to-head. Let's play it!

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

-Richard.

-Yep, that's it.

We're going to show you five photographs now

of famous people called Sean.

Can you identify the most obscure of these, please? Very best of luck.

Thanks very much. OK, let's reveal our five Seans.

Here they come. We have got...

There we are. Five famous Seans.

Paul and Mark, as you played best throughout the show so far,

you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to take a slight chance on E.

-Sean Young.

-Sean Young?

So, Paul and Mark, Sean Young for E.

Rebecca and Ben.

A and C, we know. A is Sean Penn and C is Sean Connery.

B we think might be Sean Paul, but we don't know.

He's a bit too trendy for us.

So, we're going to go with D, which is Sean Austin.

You're going for D, Sean Austin.

OK, so we have Paul and Mark saying that E is Sean Young.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people knew Sean Young was E.

Absolutely right.

Now, where's it going to stop?

Look at that, fantastic!

3, that's a great answer.

Rebecca and Ben, you have said that D is Sean Austin.

This has to be right, and it has to go lower than 3

if you're going to win this question.

OK, Sean Austin, is it right? How many people said it?

-Oh.

-An incorrect answer, as it turns out.

Which means after only one question, Paul and Mark are 1-0 up. Richard.

Most memorable from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but it's Sean Aston.

-Aston, oh.

-Not Austin. Would have scored 4 points.

-So would have been exciting, but it's all lost.

-Yeah, that's OK.

Sean Young, very good answer.

Probably most famous for Blade Runner. No Way Out, as well, a much underrated film.

Let's go through the rest. We've heard all the answers, actually.

A is Sean Penn.

Would have scored 50 points. You were absolutely right about B,

it is Sean Paul.

He'd have scored you 12 points, so again, wouldn't have won the point.

Sean Connery is C.

87 points. Sean Young, best answer.

Very well done if you got all five of those.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Rebecca and Ben, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Best of luck. Our second question concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you the titles of five works by Thomas Hardy,

but we're only going to give you the initials.

Can you give us the name of the work, please? Pick the most obscure.

OK, let's reveal our five Hardy works in initial form.

Here they are. We've got...

I'll read those one final time.

Rebecca and Ben, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

We'll go with TW.

The Woodlanders.

The Woodlanders, you are saying. TW, The Woodlanders.

Paul and Mark. You can talk us through the board, if you like.

Um, I think the top one is The Mayor Of Casterbridge.

The third one is Far From The Madding Crowd.

JTO is Jude The Obscure.

We'll go for The Mayor Of Casterbridge, the top one.

You're going to go for the top one, TMOC.

So we have TW, The Woodlanders, from Rebecca and Ben.

This is the point you have to win. Let's see if The Woodlanders will do it for you.

How many people said it? Is it right?

Yep, it's right.

3.

3 for The Woodlanders.

The tables are turned on Paul and Mark,

it's exactly the position they put you in last question.

3 is the score you've got to beat.

Paul and Mark have gone for The Mayor Of Casterbridge.

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

Will it go lower than 3?

It's right.

How far down is it going to go?

Still going down.

3 is where it has to go.

Oh! 15.

Very exciting indeed. After two questions, it's one point apiece.

A very high-quality head-to-head, guys. Well played, both teams.

Woodlanders said to be Hardy's favourite of his novels.

One answer up there would have beaten it, which we'll get to in a moment.

FFTMC, absolutely right, Mark, Far From The Madding Crowd.

Would have scored you 28. You're right about JTO, as well.

That's Jude The Obscure. Would have scored you 13.

He'd have loved Pointless, wouldn't he, Jude The Obscure?!

Would have been his favourite show!

APOBE is the best answer on the board. Any idea about that?

-It's A Pair Of Blue Eyes.

-It is! Would have scored 1 point.

Very well done if you got that one at home.

Good stuff. Now, here comes our third and final question.

The decider, if you like.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.

Here it comes. It concerns...

We're going to give you five clues to facts about Queen Elizabeth II.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

-Best of luck to both teams.

-OK, here it comes.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final.

Here are five facts about the Queen. And they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, there we are. Five clues to facts about the Queen.

Paul and Mark, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to take another slight punt here.

Go for the designer of her wedding dress. Cecil Beaton.

You're going to say Cecil Beaton, the designer of her wedding dress.

Rebecca and Ben.

I think we'll play it relatively safe

and just have to hope that you don't know your dress designers.

Husband's country of birth, we think, is Greece.

OK, Greece, you're going to say for her husband's country of birth.

OK. Paul and Mark have said Cecil Beaton was the designer

of the Queen's wedding dress.

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

Not Cecil Beaton.

Rebecca and Ben, all you have to be is correct

and you are through to the final.

Country of birth of her husband, Prince Philip.

You say it was Greece. Is it right? That's all we need to know.

Is it right?

Yes!

You've done it.

Scores 44,

but all it had to be was correct.

And it was, which means after three questions, Ben and Rebecca,

you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Richard.

-It's tough luck. Paul and Mark played very well.

The designer of the Queen's dress was actually Norman Hartnell.

Well done if you said that at home, would have scored you 13 points.

The name of her only daughter is, of course, Anne.

That would have scored 70.

-The year of Annus Horribilis is 1992.

-'92!

That would have scored you 6 points.

Do you remember the name of the intruder who broke into her bedroom?

-No.

-Michael Fagan.

-Oh, yes!

Everybody remembers the name when you say it.

-Everybody.

-Michael Fagan.

2 points. Such a huge story at the time, wasn't it?

It's just one of those names that passes into history,

-but every time you hear it, you know who he is.

-Absolutely.

-Well done if you got all five of those at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

So, the pair at the end of the head-to-head who'll be

leaving us, I'm afraid, is Paul and Mark.

Creditable performance.

Sean Young was a cracking answer. Mayor of Casterbridge...

If they hadn't known The Woodlanders,

you'd have been in with a really good chance there.

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

-Thanks so much for playing.

-Goodbye.

But for Rebecca and Ben, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Rebecca. Ben. You have seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,500.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple. To win the money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had two on the show so far, one of them provided by you, Ben.

Find one more now and you will leave with that jackpot.

Firstly you've got to choose a category,

and you've got a choice of five options. They are...

Maybe rock stars. But we'll be much better at footballers.

-We will, won't we?

-Yeah.

-We'll go footballers.

-Footballers it is.

Yeah, we have to go for it.

OK, there we are. Let's find out what the question is, here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard.

-We're looking for any footballer who played in the 2010 World Cup final

between Spain and the Netherlands.

Anyone who came on as a substitute will count.

Unused substitutes don't. So, anyone who played in that match. Best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £3,500 is

for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yep.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-I think your fella played, Andre Ooijer.

-Did he?

-Yeah.

-Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

-OK, we'll go for Ooijer, then.

Fernando Llorente might have come out,

he was the sub throughout the tournament.

-We've got the obvious ones. We don't want the obvious ones.

-No.

Can you remember who came on as a substitute?

No, no, I don't remember the actual game

apart from all the kicking and fouling.

There was... Stekelenburg would have been in goal,

I can't remember his first name.

Err...and then the Spanish team's much more famous. Apart from possibly Llorente and...

-What's his first name?

-Pedro. He might have come on as a sub.

-Is he called Javier Pedro?

-Yeah.

-I'm not sure.

Fernando Llorente, I know his first name.

I'm not sure of Pedro's first name.

-Shall we go Andre?

-Andre Ooijer. Do you think Giovanni van Bronckhorst?

-But he's quite well-known.

-Yeah, he's more well-known.

De Jong, Sneijder, van der Vaart. Er....

Ten seconds.

-I'll leave it to you.

-Shall we take the punt on Llorente, as the punt?

-Yeah, let's just take the punt.

-Whatever.

Yeah, but I'll leave it to you.

OK, there we are.

Your time is up just as you seem to have arrived at your three.

We are looking for...

I now need your three answers.

OK, our safest answer will be Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

And then, I think, Andre Ooijer.

Andre Ooijer.

And then take a punt on a Spanish substitute, Fernando Llorente.

Fernando Llorente. OK, now of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Ooijer?

-I think Andre Ooijer.

-Andre Ooijer, we'll put him last.

-And what about your least likely?

-Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

OK, we'll put him first.

OK, let's pop them up on the board in that order. We have got...

So, we were looking for footballers

who played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.

Your first answer was Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

You said this was your least likely to be pointless.

He's quite well-known in the UK, playing for Arsenal and Rangers.

So, people are more likely to remember him.

-More likely to stick in people's memories?

-Yeah.

Well you only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that jackpot of £3,500.

-What would you do with £3,500, Rebecca?

-I don't know.

We love travelling, so probably spend it travelling, on a holiday.

-Erm, I've not thought about winning the money, actually!

-Yeah.

I'm going to buy a cabinet

-for our trophy.

-LAUGHTER

-Yes. And that.

-One with lights on, to shine down. Fancy.

Listen, Ben, I can tell you, in however many Pointlesses we've done,

that is the best answer I have had to that question.

Of course, a cabinet. Very good.

Right, your first answer was Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

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

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £3,500.

It's right.

I think you knew that anyhow.

How far down is he going to go?

You thought round about now he might stop...

Still going down!

You've done it! Wow!

Wow, first answer, what about that!

Straight out of the tracks, that's superb!

Wow. That was a Pointless answer. Many, many congratulations.

Which means you are leaving here with the jackpot of £3,500.

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

Very, very, very well done indeed. Richard?

Well played, Rebecca and Ben. It was a very strong show,

and you were the strongest of the strong there.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst spent a lot of time in British football.

Also, he was the Dutch captain, but was a pointless answer.

You put him first because your other two were more obscure.

-Both of those other answers were incorrect.

-Oh!

-AUDIENCE GASPS

Neither Llorente or Ooijer played in the final.

So, lucky that van Bronckhorst did, and that he was pointless.

Couple of other things you said

in your deliberations were pointless answers.

Pedro, you said, and you were also talking about the Dutch goalkeeper, Stekelenburg.

-Maarten?

-Maarten Stekelenburg was a pointless answer as well. Well done if you said him.

Let's look at some of the other pointless answers,

starting with the most obscure.

Edson Braafheid, who was the Dutch substitute in extra time.

There's Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

The Spanish fullback Joan Capdevila is a pointless answer.

John Heitinga, who plays for Everton, was a pointless answer.

Joris Mathijsen. There's Maarten Stekelenburg, the Dutch goalie.

Pedro. Rafael van der Vaart, the Spurs player.

And also Sergio Busquets. So, two very big names there.

Also could have had Gregory van der Wiel, also a pointless answer.

-Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thanks very much.

Well, you knew quite a few of those. But, who cares?!

-Many, many congratulations.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Rebecca and Ben,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,500.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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