Episode 20 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much indeed.

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 answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, first up, we welcome Mark and Wendy.

-Now, how do you two know each other, Mark?

-We're colleagues.

-Colleagues?

-Where do you work together?

-We work for an online motoring website.

What's going to help you hit your numbers on Pointless today, Mark?

What's going to be a great category for you?

I'm quite a bit of a thrill seeker.

I've been known to skydive a few times.

How many times have you skydived?

-About nine.

-Blimey.

-Yeah, I was training to get my licence.

Didn't quite get there.

What, you stopped halfway down?

No, I made it to the ground every time.

-Pointless is my thrill this year.

-Excellent.

Well, listen, a warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

Very, very best of luck. Next, we welcome back David and Chris.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless Final. This is your second and final chance.

David, how do you two know each other?

Chris is my brother and I'm his role model, I think.

David, what do you hope is going to come up today?

I'm good on Spiderman. Spiderman is good.

Superheroes, anything beginning with S. I am good at S.

Excellent. Chris, how about you?

Anything else you'd like to see or anything you'd particularly

not like to see?

-Politics probably not a great area.

-Right, OK.

Anyway, very best of luck, David and Chris.

Next, we welcome back Chris and Rebecca who were also on the show last time.

Now, Chris, remind us how you know each other.

Husband and wife. Married for about 11 years now.

And you had a shocker last time.

People kept nicking our answers ahead of us.

-That's what it was.

-It's all their fault.

-Yes.

Yes. Well, it usually is.

-Now, Chris, remind us what you do.

-I'm a wealth adviser.

A wealth adviser. And, Rebecca, remind us what you do.

I'm a singing teacher and elocution teacher.

-Singing and elocution. But you've been an opera singer.

-I have.

Anything you are particularly hoping doesn't come up?

British politics and '90s British pop.

OK, well very, very best of luck, Chris and Rebecca.

Lovely having you back on the show.

And finally, Matthew and Kieron. Now, how do you two know each other?

-We're old school friends.

-Right you are.

What would be the dream category for you, Kieron?

Music would be a good one for me.

-Anything you're dreading coming up, Matthew?

-For me, probably politics.

OK, well, very, very best of luck to you.

It's great to have you on the show. Hope you enjoy it.

We'll find out more about all of you as we go along.

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

After years as a criminal mastermind,

he's finally using his intelligence for good.

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

-Hiya.

CHEERING

-I still keep my hand in, though.

-Yeah, I was going to say.

Two returning pairs. Neither got to the head-to-head last time, so difficult

to call who'll win this one.

Should be a very open contest, I suspect.

But, you know, made much easier by the fact that everyone's

going to love question one.

Looking forward to that. Thanks very much, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get to the Final Round

and have a chance of winning the jackpot,

our contestants need to find the obscure answers

our 100 people didn't get.

So, the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points you score.

What everyone is trying to do, of course,

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 quid to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at...

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

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our category for Round One today is...

Well, that's fine. UK politics.

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

go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, our Round One question concerns...

Ministers of State, Richard.

In a moment, Xander will show you a list

of the four Great Offices of State in British politics.

I need you to give us the name of anyone who's held any of those

positions from the very first Cabinet formed after the 1979 election

all the way through to the first Cabinet formed after 2010.

And where anyone has held more than one,

we'll only accept their name once. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Mark and Wendy,

you all drew lots before the show and today you're going first.

Here are our four Cabinet posts. They are...

Now, remember we are looking for any politician who has held

one of these Great Offices of State since 1979.

Obviously, you're trying

to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people could name.

Mark.

Geoffrey Howe.

"Geoffrey Howe," says Mark. Let's see if that's right and,

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

Geoffrey Howe.

Absolutely right.

Very well done, Mark. Lovely low score of six for Geoffrey Howe.

Good answer, Mark. Well played. No mucking about with Mark, is there?

Ask a question, he just goes, "Geoffrey Howe."

He was Chancellor from '79 to '83

nd then he was Foreign Secretary from '83 to '89.

There we are. Chris.

Well, as we know, great subject for me, this.

I'm going to take a punt at

Douglas Hurd.

"Douglas Hurd," says Chris L. Let's see if that's right and,

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

Absolutely right.

Three for Douglas Hurd.

Good answer. He was Foreign Secretary from '89 to '95.

He lost a leadership election as well in 1990.

Now then, Rebecca, you particularly asked for this question, I know.

Um...

David Miliband.

David Miliband. Let's see if that's right

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

Wow. One.

-Wow.

-There you go.

Wow. One.

Yeah, how about that for name recognition

for David Miliband?

Became the youngest Foreign Secretary for 30 years in 2007.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Kieron. The most obscure politician who's held one of these

Great Offices of State.

Well, I think cos of the scores we've just had, I'm going to have to

try and go a little bit more obscure than I was planning to.

I think he was Foreign Secretary. I'm going to say Jack Straw.

"Jack Straw," says Kieron.

Let's see that's right

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

Absolutely right.

Jack Straw.

Scoring you 12.

He was Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary.

He is one of only three men to have served throughout

the whole of that Labour administration.

I won't say who the others are cos they're also answers.

Thanks very much, Richard. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Rebecca and Chris P looking exceedingly strong there.

Very, very good answering skills from you, Rebecca.

Then up to 3 where we find Chris and David.

Up to 6 were we find Mark and Wendy

then double that up to 12

where we find Kieron and Matthew.

Matthew, little bit

of pressure on you to find a good, low score

in the next pass. Good luck.

Let's hope it keeps you in the game.

We're going to come back down the line.

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

OK, so we are looking for politicians

who have held these Offices of State since 1979.

Now then, Matthew, you are the high scorers on 12.

I'm going to go risky. I'm going to go for

David Blunkett.

David Blunkett. Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said, "David Blunkett."

Well done, Matthew. Good answer.

Very, very well done indeed. It's exactly what you had to do.

That takes your total up to 16.

Good answer. Worth the risk.

He was forced to leave the Cabinet twice, David Blunkett.

His guide dog Lucy once vomited, as well,

during a speech by David Willetts

in the House of Commons.

-That's a tough crowd.

-Yeah.

Now then, Chris, great answering from Rebecca in the last pass

means that you are the low scorers on one.

The high scorers on 16 are Matthew and Kieron.

If you can score 14 or less,

you are into the next round.

Yeah, not good. Weakest subject.

Definitely. A name is popping into my head.

I think it's too current, but I'm going to go with William Hague.

William Hague, you're going to go for. There is your red line.

Below that red line,

you are through to the next round.

William Hague. How many people said that?

Wow. Seven.

You are through to the next round.

Got off lightly there.

I was thinking that would stop in the 40s, maybe.

Yeah, well,

William Hague is the current Foreign Secretary.

Named by seven of 100 people.

Well done, Chris, you're through

to the next round. Now, David.

Thanks to lovely low scoring from Chris in the first pass,

you are now on three. the high scorers remain

Matthew and Kieron on 16. 12 or less sees you through to the next round.

Well, I thought it were a good subject when it came up.

I'm struggling. I'm hoping I've got the name right.

-I'm going to go with Norman Lamont.

-"Norman Lamont," says David.

Norman Lamont. Let's see if that's right

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

There is your red line. Below that red line,

you're through to the next round.

Absolutely right.

Very well done indeed.

Two for Norman Lamont takes your total up to

the lowest score of the entire round - five.

All low-scoring stuff, isn't it?

Yeah, Norman Lamont was Chancellor of the Exchequer for a few years.

He was chancellor on Black Wednesday.

Wendy, you are on six.

The high scorers on 16 are Matthew and Kieron.

There might be a pointless answer there.

Go on, Wendy.

I'm going to say

Geoff Hoon.

"Geoff Hoon," says Wendy.

Geoff Hoon. OK. Here is your Red Line.

It's low. If you get below that

with Geoff Hoon you're through to the next round.

Geoff Hoon. Is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck, Wendy. He hasn't held

one of these Offices of State.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points

and takes your total up to an unbeatable 106.

Yeah, sorry, Wendy. A good wrong answer, if you like. He was

Defence Secretary and Transport Secretary,

but never held one of these positions.

For the most important jobs in British politics,

there are seven pointless answers.

I suspect some people at home got some of these.

Let's take a look at them.

I'll start with two Labour Home Secretaries.

Alan Johnson and Charles Clarke. Both very recent. David Waddington

was a Tory Home Secretary. Now Lord Waddington.

Francis Pym who was Foreign Secretary during the Falklands.

Kenneth Baker was Home Secretary

He was portrayed as a snail on Spitting Image, Kenneth Baker.

A lot of those guys got very famous through Spitting Image, didn't they?

-Yeah.

-Although not THAT famous, it turns out.

Malcolm Rifkind was Foreign Secretary from '95 to '97.

And Margaret Beckett was also Foreign Secretary 2006 to 2007.

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

Shall we look at the most popular answers?

The ones that most of our 100 people said.

These are the worst answers you could have given, essentially.

David Cameron with 40.

Good work, the other 60.

Wow.

Yeah, he scored 40.

Then, next up was Gordon Brown

with 41. Do you remember Gordon Brown?

And, top of the pile. The most memorable of all

the politicians, do you think, from the last 30-odd years?

I'm guessing it's Margaret Thatcher.

-It's Tony Blair.

-Tony Blair.

-Tony Blair would have scored you 49.

Margaret Thatcher would have scored 38 and John Major 33.

How soon they forget.

Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our first round,

the pair who are going to be leaving us, there,

with the highest score, I'm afraid, Mark and Wendy.

You did exactly the right thing trying to find

-a low-scoring answer.

-Yeah, that's right.

But no problem with your knowledge of political people.

Anyway, we'll have to say goodbye

to you now. I'm very, very sorry. We'll see you again next time

when I have no doubt you'll do much better.

Meanwhile, Wendy and Mark -

-great contestants. Thanks very much.

-Thank you.

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

Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs

in the head-to-head round, so one of the pairs in front of me will be leaving us at the end of this round.

That was hilarious. The three couples

who said they really didn't want any politics

are the three still here. And really low scores there.

OK, our category for Round Two is...

Can you all 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.

OK, the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass I'm going to give you

six descriptions of fictional characters who were

orphaned as children. Can you tell us who the descriptions refer to?

A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points and, as always,

an incorrect answer is 100 points.

See how many of these 12 you can get at home.

OK, thanks very much.

We are looking for the fictional orphans described by these clues.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six clues to six orphans.

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

-David. How's about that for a board of orphans?

-It's rubbish.

I'm going to go with, 'His title is Viscount Greystoke'

-and I'm going to go with Tarzan.

-"Tarzan," says David.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people knew that answer.

It's right.

35 for Tarzan.

Yes, more famous than John Major, it turns out.

Tarzan is his ape name given to him by the apes who raise him.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Rebecca.

Yes. I know a few of these.

Just a question of which one

is going to be most... Closest to a pointless answer.

So, I'm going to go with,

'He likes to eat liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti' -

Hannibal Lecter.

"Hannibal Lecter," says Rebecca. Hannibal Lecter.

Let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

36.

-36 for Hannibal Lecter.

-Well played again.

Nearly as famous as Margaret Thatcher,

Hannibal Lecter.

Now then, Kieron.

You're the last person to have this board so you can talk us through it.

-Fill in all the blanks.

-OK, the two I knew have gone.

I think I know one more

just from watching the films

so I think, 'The Godfather played by Marlon Brando'

is Vito Corleone.

"Vito Corleone," says Kieron.

Let's see that's right and,

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

It's right.

There we are. 10.

Very well played, Kieron.

10 for Vito Corleone.

Well done, Kieron. First appeared in Mario Puzo's the Godfather in 1969.

His parents killed by a local Mafia boss in Sicily.

He was furious about it.

Yeah. Yeah.

Let's fill in the rest. Do you want to have a go?

The 'Man of Steel' born on the planet Krypton?

That'll be Superman.

Absolutely right. It's actually the biggest scorer there. 63 points.

-Reader, she married Mr Rochester.

-That'll be Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre. Exactly right. Would have scored 19.

And 'He is taken in by Betsey Trotwood.'

That will be David Copperfield.

David Copperfield. Best answer there. Six points.

Well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. Let's take a look

at the scores halfway through the round. 10 from Kieron.

10. Very, very well done with Vito Corleone there.

Then up to 35. Quite a hike up there to David and Chris.

And then just up a squeak to 36 where we find Rebecca and Chris.

So, yes, Chris and Chris - it's going to be a battle

between the P and the L to see who stays and

who leaves at the end of this round. Best of luck. We're going to

come back down the line. Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium?

OK, we are going to put six more clues on the board. Here they come.

We have got...

I'll read them one last time.

There we are. Remember, we are looking for

the fictional orphans described by these clues.

Obviously, you're going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Matthew. Brilliant answering skills

from Kieron in the first pass leave you with 10.

A score of 10. Our high scorers

are Chris and Rebecca on 36 so 25 or less

from you sees you into the head-to-head.

Right, I know a few of them,

but they're all

very high-scoring, I think.

So, I'm going to go for the top one,

'A dog called Toto'

and that's Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

"Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz," says Matthew.

Here's your red line.

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

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

Absolutely right.

Not bad. 36.

36 takes your total up to 46.

Yeah, I think that's a pretty solid answer, Matthew.

She lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.

Thanks very much. Now then, Chris P.

The high scorers are now Kieron and Matthew on 46.

You're on 36 so a score of nine

or less will keep you from being the high-scorers.

Yeah, it's tricky.

The ones I know, I think, are going to be quite high-scoring.

I said I'd take a bit of a gamble this time. It could be wrong.

I could be thinking of something completely different,

but I'll go for Huckleberry Finn's Friday.

Friday. OK, here's your red line.

Quite low. If you get below that red line, you're through

to the next round. "Friday," says Chris.

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

let's see how many people said it. Friday.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's

an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up

to an unbeatable 136, I'm sorry to say.

-Richard.

-Friday is, of course, Robinson Crusoe's island-mate.

Now then, Chris, you're through to the head-to-head, whatever happens.

But I think you might have some good answers

for this board. Take us through the board.

Secret Service agent, James Bond.

Parents killed by Voldemort,

Harry Potter.

I wouldn't have a clue on the other three

so I'm going to say

Harry Potter. Parents killed by Lord Voldemort.

Harry Potter. Let's see if that's right and,

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

No red line for you. You're already through. Harry Potter.

Absolutely right.

47.

47 for Harry Potter takes your total up to 82.

Yeah, not a bad answer, actually, in the final analysis. 47 points.

Certainly a lower score than 007 which, as you say, is James Bond.

That would have scored you 74.

Now, Huckleberry Finn's best known friend is Tom Sawyer.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

That would have scored you 28 points and would've seen you safely through.

Takes the One Ring to Mount Doom.

That's Frodo Baggins.

Would have scored you 17. And do you know this one?

It's the best answer on the board. A robin leads her to a secret garden.

-Yeah, um...

-The name is tough, isn't it?

Mary Lennox. Mary Lennox would have scored you five points.

Very well done if you got that.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two,

the pair with the highest score, Chris and Rebecca.

I know. Very disappointing.

Oh, dear. It's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

For the remaining pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Matthew and Kieron, David and Chris.

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

to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

Well, you're now going to go head-to-head

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

The great news is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here's your first question. And it concerns...

Acting footballers. Is that the same thing as acting managers?

Yeah, it's people who step in when the real footballer's on holiday.

No, I'm going to show you five pictures. Professional footballers,

all of whom have also received an acting credit in a feature film.

Can you name these footballers? Best of luck.

OK. Thanks very much. Let's reveal

our five acting footballers. And here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five acting footballers.

Now then, Matthew and Kieron, you've played best so far,

so you get to go first.

OK, hmm, what do you reckon?

-You know E, don't you?

-I think probably C would be the best answer.

Yeah, we'll go for it.

OK, we're going to go for C, and I think that's Ossie Ardiles.

Ossie Ardiles, say Matthew and Kieron for C.

Ossie Ardiles. So, David and Chris, the rest of the board is yours.

Talk us through all of them if you like and fill in the blanks.

Well, I know A and D.

We've got Vinnie Jones, haven't we? We've got Eric Cantona.

I think that's Stan Collymore. I'm not sure what film he was in.

Ooh, that's a good shout.

-Is B Ally McCoist? Again, not sure on the film.

-That's a good shout.

Yeah.

-I think you're right with B.

-Ally McCoist?

-Yeah, go that.

-OK.

We are going B, Ally McCoist.

OK, B, Ally McCoist, say David and Chris.

So, we have...

C, Ossie Ardiles, from Matthew and Kieron.

Let's see that's right, Ossie Ardiles,

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it? Ossie Ardiles.

Absolutely right.

-30.

-APPLAUSE

30 for Ossie Ardiles.

Now then, David and Chris, you have said that B is Ally McCoist.

How sure of that are you?

-Not very, now!

-OK, well, let's see.

B, Ally McCoist.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Ally McCoist for B.

Absolutely right. Ally McCoist it is. Will it go down lower than 30?

Yes, it will.

-Come on!

-4!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done.

OK, after one question,

that means David and Chris, you are ahead 1-0. Richard.

Well played, David and Chris.

Ally McCoist plays Robert Duvall's son-in-law in A Shot At Glory.

And Osvaldo Ardiles, Ossie Ardiles, was in Escape To Victory

with lots of other ex-professionals.

A is Vinnie Jones, of course.

Would have scored you 51 points.

D, Eric Cantona. He's in Looking For Eric, Elizabeth,

all sorts of films now. Does all sorts of acting.

Eric Cantona, 56 points he would've scored you.

And E is one of the stars of Basic Instinct 2.

Stan Collymore would've scored you 15 points.

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

Matthew and Kieron, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

But it will go to David and Chris first. It concerns...

Only Fools And Horses. Richard.

All we'll do for this question is give you five clues

to facts about Only Fools And Horses. Can you pick the most obscure answer?

Very best of luck. Let's reveal our five clues to facts

about Only Fools And Horses. And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Only Fools And Horses.

You're going to try and find the one you think fewest of our 100 people knew.

David and Chris, you go first.

What do you think? We know Rodney's wife.

I know... I know the top two.

I know Rodney's wife, the prequel I could dig out.

It's your call on this. Which one do you think is lowest of those three?

I think Rodney's wife is quite high.

Do you think created by this writer would be better than Rodney's wife?

Yeah.

OK, we'll go by created by this writer, John Sullivan.

John Sullivan, say David and Chris.

John Sullivan.

OK, Matthew and Kieron, the board's yours.

Talk us through the answers.

OK, I'm pretty sure I know the name of the local pub.

-You can fill in the answers and just say which one you want to submit at the end.

-OK.

I think it's the Nag's Head, but I don't think that's going to be lower

than what these guys have just said. I don't know Trigger's...

I don't have a clue. I literally don't know any, apart from...

-Rodney's wife is called Cassandra.

-Yeah.

But again, I think that's going to be quite high-scoring.

And the prequel was called... Was it Fish And Chips?

-That's probably going to beat us.

-It was Rock And Chips.

-Is it?

-Mm.

-Go for it, then.

I think that's probably the lowest one out of those, what's left.

Then say it.

OK, we'll go for the title of the 2010 prequel,

which was Rock And Chips, we think.

Rock And Chips. Rock And Chips.

So, we have John Sullivan and we have Rock And Chips.

David and Chris, you said the author of Only Fools And Horses was John Sullivan.

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

Absolutely right.

Good answer, 14.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

14.

Now then, Matthew and Kieron,

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

You've said Rock And Chips, let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people knew that answer.

It is right.

Will it go anywhere near 14? Still going down.

You've done it! 9.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, Matthew and Kieron.

You are back in the game after two questions.

It's one apiece. Richard.

Well played, Kieron. Great to hear inspiration strike in the middle.

Very good. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

You're right about the local pub - it's the Nag's Head.

That wouldn't have won you the point, it scored 27, so right to avoid it.

Rodney's wife wouldn't have won you the point either.

It is Cassandra, but would've scored you 43,

so you had to get Rock And Chips. It's a terrific answer.

Now, Trigger's real first name. Do you know that? That's a tough one.

Two points for this. One of the biggest characters in it, but what's his name?

Very well done to anyone who said Colin.

Two points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, it comes down to a decider. A third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to that final

and plays for the jackpot. Best of luck, both teams.

It concerns...

Studio Albums By The Beatles. Richard.

For this deciding question,

we're going to list five studio albums by The Beatles,

but we're only giving you the initials.

Can you tell us the names of the albums, please?

Very best of luck, both teams.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, let's reveal five studio albums by The Beatles just in initial form.

And here we are, we've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Matthew and Kieron, you go first.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final.

-I don't know what MMT is.

-I know what it is.

I think we'll go for MMT.

-Do you know it? Do you know what it is?

-No.

If you feel confident, then go for it, but...

I think that we'll go for the MMT, which is the Magical Mystery Tour.

Magical Mystery Tour, say Matthew and Kieron.

Now then, David and Chris, talk us through the rest of the board.

-What have you got?

-Well, the bottom one's easy,

but I think it'll score higher than Magical Mystery Tour.

That's Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

I'm struggling on the rest. What have you got?

R, that will be Revolver. Yeah.

WTB, With The Beatles, I think.

BFS...

Big Friendly Giant!

So it's either Revolver or With The Beatles.

I'm more sure about Revolver,

but With The Beatles might be a better answer.

-Are we going to take a punt or go safe?

-Yeah, take a punt.

We'll go With The Beatles, WTB.

WTB, With The Beatles, say David and Chris.

So then, Matthew and Kieron,

you've gone for Magical Mystery Tour.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Magical Mystery Tour.

It's absolutely right.

Ooh, it's good.

-18.

-APPLAUSE

18 for Magical Mystery Tour. Very well done indeed.

Now then, David and Chris have gone for With The Beatles.

-Now, this is a bit of a punt, isn't it?

-It is a bit of a punt.

OK, With The Beatles.

Let's see if it's right, and if so, let's see seen many of our 100 people said With The Beatles.

It is right.

Will it go down lower than 18?

-Yes, it does! Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

11 for With The Beatles.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Once again, David pulls it out of the bag.

Fantastic. Well, that's great.

That means after three questions, David and Chris,

you're through to the final, 2-1. Congratulations.

-Richard.

-Courage rewarded there, David and Chris. A terrific answer.

It was number one for 21 consecutive weeks in 1963, With The Beatles.

You were right about R, it is Revolver,

but that would've scored you 49 points.

You did the right thing. That would've seen you knocked out.

You're right about the bottom one, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

That's the biggest answer there. 63.

The best answer on the board, the one answer that would've beaten them...

Just got it. Beatles For Sale.

Beatles For Sale, absolutely right, from 1964.

And that would've scored 7 points.

Well done if you got all of those. Terrific head-to-head, guys.

-Very well played, everybody.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of the round,

I'm afraid, Matthew and Kieron.

The good news is we'll see you again next time, which will be fantastic.

Matthew and Kieron, fabulous contestants. Very well played.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, David and Chris.

You've seen off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yay!

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

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

CHEERING

Well, you have played consistently well throughout.

-Actually, in both shows. Your Pointless careers have been amazing.

-Legendary!

Yeah, well, the stuff of Pointless legend, certainly.

Anyway, the rules for the final are very simple.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

You only have to find one now,

and you will leave with that £2,250 jackpot.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category, and you can choose from these five options. They are...

Wow! OK.

There's three of them gone, isn't there?

There's only one shouting out at me, but it's such a wide category,

-it's difficult to get a pointless one - Sports Stars.

-Sports Stars or Heads Of State for me.

Are you better at sport than I am at heads of state?

Sports stars, you would be good.

-Yeah.

-Depends on the question, but...

Heads of state, I'm thinking King Hussein of Jordan. If he comes up, that's my one.

LAUGHTER

-And the Queen.

-Will we go sport?

-Go on, we'll go sport.

-Yeah, we'll go Sports Stars.

-You'll go Sports Stars?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Now, be gentle.

-And King Hussein of Jordan, he did play a bit of sport as well.

-I think he might have done.

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

..as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any person, male or female,

who's ever been defeated by Martina Navratilova in a Wimbledon ladies singles,

ladies doubles or mixed doubles final. 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 £2,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-OK.

-Yes.

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

-Your time starts now.

-Got to try and think of the doubles ones.

-I'm thinking doubles.

-Ilie Nastase, that would've been that era.

-Jo Durie? Had she have ever got to the mixed doubles? John Lloyd?

-Possibly, yeah.

Yeah, they're good. You've got the Chris Everts, you've got...

She's played in the singles. I think you're right with the doubles.

We've got to go doubles. Who else was there? Fleming, they were a good doubles pair, weren't they?

-Did he do mixed, though?

-I don't think he did mixed.

-I would think Jo Durie...

-Yeah.

-We need a safe one so that we've got some points on the board.

-Well, that doesn't really matter!

John Lloyd, I mean...

-He used to play in the mixed.

-Got John Lloyd.

I've got a sniff for Ilie Nastase. I don't know why.

Ilie Nastase is good. Ilie Nastase, John Lloyd...

-How long have we got left?

-If you've not got anything else, we'll go with Jo Durie, but I don't know.

-OK, let's see if there's any more. Got 11 seconds.

-10 seconds left.

Billie Jean King, fairly obvious, I'd have thought.

I think we're thinking the right lines, aren't we?

OK, there we are, your time is up.

So, we were looking for players defeated by Martina Navratilova in a Wimbledon final.

I now need your three answers.

OK, going with John Lloyd.

-John Lloyd.

-Ilie Nastase.

-Ilie Nastase.

-And Jo Durie.

-And Jo Durie.

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

I think if Jo Durie is correct...

It's not correct, is it? If it's correct, it'll be good, I think.

-Go Jo Durie.

-Jo Durie we'll put last. Which shall we put first? Our least likely.

-Ilie Nastase.

-Ilie Nastase.

OK, let's pop those answers on the board in that order, and here they are. We have got...

So, we were looking for tennis players who have been defeated by

Martina Navratilova in a Wimbledon final.

Your first answer, your least likely shot at a pointless answer, you judged, was Ilie Nastase.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,250.

David, what would you do with 2,250 quid?

I'd like to go to Lapland. I've been to Lapland and it was brilliant, and I'd love to go again.

I met Santa Claus.

-LAUGHTER

-Is he nice?

Oh, he was beautiful! He had a foreign accent and wellies.

-He was just proper Santa Claus.

-LAUGHTER

-And I'd like to do that again.

-Excellent. Chris, how about you?

I'm not sure this money would get us there, but it'd be lovely to go to Australia. Fabulous.

OK, well, very best of luck.

Let's hope one of these answers will see these things happen.

For that jackpot of £2,250, let's see how many people said

Ilie Nastase.

One down.

OK, an incorrect answer. There we are, not a pointless answer.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for players defeated by Martina Navratilova in a Wimbledon final.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, John Lloyd.

OK, this has to be pointless, has to be correct,

for you to win that jackpot of £2,250.

Let's see how many people said John Lloyd.

Ooh! They're falling like flies.

Now then, three perfectly plausible answers, I thought.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on Jo Durie.

-This is as good as it gets, yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

This has to be right and it has to be pointless to win that jackpot.

So, for £2,250, many people said Jo Durie?

-No-o-o!

-APPLAUSE

Oh, bad luck!

Gutted.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Now, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

But, you do still get to take home a pair of Pointless trophies.

-Fantastic.

-APPLAUSE

So, something to show for your excellent performance.

-Oh, this is the tough bit.

-Yeah.

Tough luck, guys, you played so well. But let's look at the pointless ones.

In 1983, she beat Andrea Jaegar in a Wimbledon final. Would have been pointless.

Andy Ram who she beat in mixed doubles with Anastasia Rodionova. Also a pointless answer.

Anne Smith lost three ladies' doubles finals with Kathy Jordan to Navratilova.

Gigi Fernandez, who lost with Cyril Suk, was also a pointless answer.

John Fitzgerald lost the mixed doubles with Liz Smylie, also pointless.

There's Kathy Jordan who lost with Anne Smith.

There's Liz Smylie. Wendy Turnbull lost three women's doubles finals.

Lost one with Mandlikova and one with Stove.

Neither of them were pointless. And one with Rosie Casals, who was.

And Zina Garrison, who Martina Navratilova beat in the 1990 ladies' singles finals.

And the only other pointless answers were the Dutch pair, Bollegraf and Niessen.

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

-Did you know many of those?

-No. No, I have no regrets.

No name's come up and I thought, "I can't believe I didn't say that."

Well, there's a relief.

Well, we do have to say goodbye to you, David and Chris,

but it's been wonderful having you on the show. Thank you both for playing.

-Brilliant, brilliant contestants.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, David and Chris didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for...

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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