Episode 26 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the questions have all been put 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.

-APPLAUSE

First up we welcome Gemma and Steve, our first pair on the show today.

-Gemma, how do you two know each other?

-We're a couple.

-And where are you from, Steve?

-From Lytham near Preston.

-Lytham. What do you do there, Steve?

-I work for an aircraft manufacturer.

-An aircraft...

-THEY LAUGH

-How many aircraft manufacturers... I can only think of one.

-Messerschmitt.

-Yeah, there's that.

-That's all I've got.

-Yeah. It's not Messerschmitt, is it?

-No, no.

-I put ejection seats in and fix them, that sort of thing.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

Wow. Very good indeed. So you're hands-on, are you?

-Or are you part of design?

-No, hands-on. Maintaining them.

-Oil them up.

-OK. Very good indeed. Gemma, what do you do?

I'm a general assistant for the local supermarket.

What do you like to get up to when you're not generally assisting?

-I paint. I've sold a few paintings.

-What's your favourite kind of painting?

The most popular that I've done is people's dead animals.

LAUGHTER

It's not as bad as it sounds.

They've passed on already and it's more like a commemorative thing.

-Not I actually paint them dead.

-That's better than visual taxidermy

that I had you down for there.

-Steve, what do you like to get up to?

-Photography at the moment.

-I'm doing a City & Guilds in photography.

-Would you do it as a career?

-I don't know. I don't think I could do weddings.

-No.

-People being happy and rings and things.

-Oh, Steve!

-HE LAUGHS

-Don't tell me you're going to photograph people's dead pets.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-OK, well, Gemma and Steve,

lovely to have you on the show. Warm welcome.

Next we welcome back Pete and Harry. You were on the show last time.

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

-Remind us, Pete, how you know each other.

-We're housemates.

And Harry, what happened last time?

-Er, Motown was my downfall.

-Yeah. It was quite tough, that board.

-It was.

But, yeah, staggering lack of knowledge on anything Motown.

-What are your hobbies, Harry?

-I quite enjoy board games.

-All things board or card games.

-Favourite card game?

Probably at the moment one called Jungle Speed we tried out recently.

It's a bit of a fast-action game.

It's basically a complicated snap, but you're reaching for a totem pole in the middle of the table

every time someone's got a match.

I dislocated my thumb while playing it last night.

-Last night?

-Last night, yeah.

-How long were you playing for?

-Long enough.

-When you should've been revising for Pointless.

-We'll find out, I guess.

-Yeah, I dare say we will.

Listen, Pete and Harry, great to have you back.

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

And next we welcome Paul and David. How do you two know each other?

-We work together. We're physios.

-You're physiotherapists. Where are you from, David?

-We're from Durham in the Northeast.

-Aw, lovely Durham. Absolutely.

Now then, Paul, when you're not physiotheraping, what do you like to do?

I like making things. I bake bread and I make chutneys and jams.

-Chutneys?

-Yeah. I've got a jar of chutney here if you would...

-They've even brought it on the show.

-That's nice.

-Normally people who bake cakes don't bring cakes.

For future reference, anyone who does come on the show who bakes, it's always good to bring us stuff.

-Always good to bake a cake.

-We love a cake.

-And/or chutneys, though.

Jams. Any kind of preserve.

-Also...

-Yes?

-There's was that guy who worked in a bank.

-LAUGHTER

-He came on, didn't bring us any money.

-None at all.

-Very strange.

-I think he got the message, though. If he comes back, or any of his colleagues...

-You think?

Steve hasn't brought us a plane. LAUGHTER

He's got me an ejector seat, though. That's quite good. I'll be testing that out later.

-HE LAUGHS

-Paul, that's fantastic. Thank you very much indeed.

-David, what do you like to get up to?

-I'm more into keep fit.

I don't bake or cook. I play five-a-side a couple of times a week,

-cycle into Durham from Lanchester every day to work and back.

-From...

-Lanchester. Not Manchester.

-Not Manchester.

That really would be well into keep fit, wouldn't it?

-So what are you hoping will come up today?

-My niche is American presidents, American states.

-I'm quite happy with music, sport.

-Very good.

Lovely to have you on the show, Paul and David. Very, very best of luck to you.

And finally, we've got Sally and Jane. How do you know each other?

-We're mother and daughter.

-And where are you from, Sally?

-We're from Ipswich in Suffolk.

-Ipswich. And what do you do, Sally?

I'm a nurse specialist working at the local hospital.

Very good. What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

Erm, I run a rainbow unit. Little rainbow guides. Five to seven-year-old girls.

Does that leave you much time to get up to other stuff?

I enjoy my football. I'm a season ticket holder at Ipswich Town.

-Are you? Very good indeed.

-There's got to be some of us.

-Yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

-So football would be a great category to come up.

-Yeah, but mainly Championship.

-Mainly Championship, OK. Now, Jane, what do you do?

-I'm a student.

-You're a student where?

-In Norwich at the University of East Anglia.

-And what are you studying?

-Film and English.

-That's just fun, isn't it?

-It is fun.

-How far are you through your course?

-I've just finished the first year.

Brilliant. Anything you'd particularly like not to see come up?

-I would not like to see sports.

-OK.

-Even Ipswich Town?

-Even Ipswich Town.

OK. Well, very, very best of luck to you, Sally and Jane. Lovely to have you on the show.

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

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

You are about to witness a masterclass of obscure knowledge. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hello. Hiya. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

You know, usually when people say what they want on this show,

if they say something like sport or geography, it often comes up.

But we've had two very specific things mentioned already. American presidents and board games.

And anyone who can get through the first round at least, both of those things will come up.

-Really?

-Yeah. Doesn't happen often, does it?

-No.

I spent a lovely day at Ipswich Town a couple of seasons ago

and we did a halftime quiz

which my team won, I'm glad to say,

but we were looked after by Alan Hunter, the Ipswich Town defender.

-He's a big fan of the show.

-Is he really?

-Yeah. So hello Alan Hunter if you're watching.

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

In order to get to our final round and be in with a chance of winning of jackpot,

our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people couldn't find.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer point you score.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew.

Each time that happens, we will 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 £5,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

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 first category today is...

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many England World Cup opponents since 1990 as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any national team that England have faced

in any World Cup finals from 1990 through to 2010 inclusive.

That doesn't include qualifying tournaments,

just the World Cup finals themselves. Very, very best of luck.

Gemma and Steve, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going first. So, Gemma.

-Mm.

-Mm, yeah.

-Sport.

-Yeah. Not great.

It's just going to have to be a complete guess.

Erm... I'm going to say... Argentina.

Argentina, says Gemma. Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right.

-31.

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31 for Argentina.

Yeah, well played, Gemma. Played them twice, in '98 and 2002.

Lost on penalties in '98 after Michael Owen scored that wonderful goal.

-Pete.

-Erm, a couple going through my head,

and I think I'm just going to go for a really risky one,

-cos I think we played them, which was Paraguay.

-Paraguay, says Pete.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Paraguay.

Yes, it's right, Pete! Well done.

It's a great answer. Look at that. Four!

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed.

Well played, Pete. Well remembered. Played them in 2006.

England thrashed them 1-0 thanks to an own goal.

David. Remember, we're looking for any opponents of England in any World Cup since 1990.

-I think I'll go for Cameroon.

-OK. David is going to say Cameroon.

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

Absolutely right.

-16!

-APPLAUSE

Well done, David. That's the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup.

We were beaten 3-2 in extra time. A couple of goals from Lineker.

Ah, that was a great game.

-That was when it all came alive, 1990.

-Yeah.

Really exciting. Now then, Jane.

-Yes.

-Jane. A nice, obscure England opponent

in any World Cup finals game since 1990.

I'm going to have to make a complete guess.

I'm going to guess South Africa.

South Africa, says Jane. Let's see if it's right,

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

Bad luck, Jane. I'm afraid an incorrect guess, as it turns out.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Sorry, Jane. Perfectly good guess. The last World Cup was in South Africa

but England have only ever played them twice, both times in friendlies.

OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Pete and Harry looking very strong indeed on four. Lovely low score.

Then up to 16, where we find David and Paul. 31, Gemma and Steve.

And then quite a hike up to 100, where we find Jane and Sally.

So Sally, it's going to need a really, really low-scoring answer from you

and a high score from someone else in the next pass to see you through to the next round.

So best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for England's World Cup opponents since 1990.

-Sally.

-Yes.

-Sally, you are the high-scorers by a margin on 100.

We need a brilliant answer from you, Sally.

I'm not sure I'm going to come up with a brilliant answer. I'm not so great on England.

I'm going to say Croatia.

Croatia, says Sally. There's no red line cos you're already the high-scorers.

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

Ohh! Bad luck, Sally! Another incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

which scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Sally. We have played them in qualifiers

but never in the World Cup finals, I'm afraid.

Now then, Paul. Good news. You are through to the next round whatever happens.

You won't overtake the high score of Sally and Jane. You're on 16.

Lovely low score there from David. Can you match it, I wonder?

Absolutely not. Football's not my strong point.

Erm, I will go for Spain.

Spain, says Paul. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Spain. No red line cos you're already through.

No! Bad luck. An incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 116. Richard.

Sorry, Paul. Last time we played them in a World Cup was 1982.

-Played them in the European Championships.

-Harry.

Any England opponents in any World Cup since 1990.

Little bit of pressure on you to see if you can do as well as Pete did.

I'm not sure I'm going to quite match that.

Again, football's not a strong topic. I'll say Holland.

Holland, says Harry. Again, there's no red line for you as you are already through.

Let's see how many people said Holland.

It's right.

-Wow! Six!

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There you go. Takes your total up to ten.

Lovely, impressive low score. Richard.

We've only ever played them once in a World Cup finals, Holland, in 1990 in the group stages.

-A scintillating nil-nil draw. That taught them a lesson.

-Yeah.

-The Netherlands, of course, we call them, rather than Holland.

-Exactly.

The Netherlands, which I think always sounds a bit funny.

-You think it sounds a bit rude.

-Just a bit rude, Netherlands.

-LAUGHTER

-Netherlands.

HE LAUGHS

-It's not like Bumbania or something.

-LAUGHTER

-Bumbania!

-If you ever founded a country, it would be tempting to call it something rude.

-Yeah, wouldn't it? Definitely.

-I might call it Bumbania.

-There you go.

-People's Republic of Bumbania.

Now then, Steve, you are through to the next round.

Erm, I should know all these.

I'll go for... Belgium.

OK. Let's see if Belgium's right and let's see how many people said Belgium.

It's right.

-Two! Wow.

-APPLAUSE

Wowwy! Pete, you thought Paraguay was a nice low-scoring, obscure answer

and then Steve goes for Belgium and scores two.

There we are. Scores you two, takes your total up to 33.

-Richard.

-Well played, Steve. England beat them in 1990

in the last minute of extra time, that famous David Platt goal

from over his shoulder, if you remember that one.

There's two pointless answers up here.

Very well done at home if you said either of these.

Ecuador, who we played in 2006,

and Egypt, who we played in 1990.

Won both of those games 1-0.

Against the mighty Ecuador and Egypt.

So only two pointless answers, but some other low-scorers.

One point if you said Nigeria, Tunisia or Colombia.

All very good answers. Republic of Ireland only scored two,

as did Slovenia. Trinidad and Tobago would've scored you three.

Those the best answers. Well done if you said those.

Let's take a look at the most popular answers, that most of our 100 people said.

Argentina, 31. That was actually the third-highest answer of all.

We had that from Gemma.

Brazil, 41. And who do you think is top?

-Germany.

-Germany. Absolutely right. Would've scored you 71 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our first round,

the pair who'll be leaving us, the pair with the highest score, I'm afraid Sally and Jane, it's you.

Oh, dear. I'm sorry.

See, football. We did you football, Sally.

-I misunderstood your request.

-I knew Germany, of course,

but I thought that would be too high.

Anyway, listen, the good news is we'll see you next time and we'll look forward to that very much.

-Thanks. Sally and Jane, lovely contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

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

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

Very revealing first round it was. Very revealing indeed.

-Pete and Harry, our returning pair. How's your thumb?

-Sore.

-Sore.

-Very sore, yes.

-Who cares? You were the lowest scorers in that round.

-Absolutely.

Well, they're the team to beat, everyone. Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, our Round Two question concerns...

US Presidential Tickets. Richard.

On each pass, I'm going to show you six pairs of names.

They represent someone who ran for president and vice president together for a US election.

We're giving you the surnames. You need to give us the first names

of people in that pair, please.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer will be 100 points.

It's going to be 12 pairs in all, 12 sets of names to guess at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So we are looking for the first names

of the candidates on these US presidential tickets.

Our first board looks like this.

I'll read those one last time.

Six sets of surnames.

We need you to provide a set of Christian names, Gemma.

First sport, now politics. Thanks.

Erm... I'm going to go for the bottom one, I think,

erm, and say George Bush and Dick Cheney.

OK, you're going to go for George and Dick for Bush and Cheney.

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

Absolutely right.

-42.

-APPLAUSE

-42.

-Well done, Gemma. The successful Republican ticket in 2000

-and once again in 2004, as well.

-Now then, Pete.

Yeah. I... I recognise all the presidents

and running candidates, but it's just the guys they ran with.

I think I know one but I think it's too much of a risk.

I'm going to go for the top one, which is Barak Obama and Joe Biden.

Barak and Joe you are submitting for Obama and Biden.

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

-Wow. 19.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, lower than Bush/Cheney. Everyone knows Barak Obama

but perhaps Joe Biden slightly less well-known.

-Joseph Robinette Biden.

-Robinette?

-Yeah.

-Far too few people called Robinette in politics.

-Yeah.

Now then, David, if you can fill in all the gaps, you can mop up for us if you like.

I think it'll be Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S Truman

and I think it'll be Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

I'll go for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, says David.

Abraham and Andrew. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

-Three.

-APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, David.

Yeah, well played, David. You clearly know your stuff.

Scores you three points. If you'd gone for Roosevelt/Truman,

you're right, it is Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry S Truman, that would've scored you four points.

Now, Nixon is Richard, obviously, and his running mate was Spiro Agnew.

That would've scored 17. A pretty high score.

The lowest score on the board, one of the recent ones, 2004, Kerry/Edwards.

-Do you know Kerry/Edwards?

-John Kerry, but I don't know Edwards.

Both John. John Kerry and John Edwards, who ran in 2004.

-One point that would've scored you.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

David and Paul, three points to you. Very, very strong indeed.

David, you said you'd be good on this and sure enough, you were.

Pete and Harry up on 19. Then up to 42, where we find Gemma and Steve.

Not miles ahead, but significantly ahead.

So Steve, you are going to have to find a low-scoring answer, I suspect. OK.

We're coming back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more pairs of presidential candidates on the board

and here we are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

We are looking for the first names of these pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

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

Paul, you're on three. Lovely low score courtesy of David's answer.

The high-scorers are Steve and Gemma on 42. If you can score 38 or less, you are through to the next round.

I think I will go for Gerald Ford and Bob Dole.

Gerald and Bob, says Paul for Ford/Dole.

Gerald/Bob. OK, there is your red line.

If you get below that, you are through to the next round.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done, you're through.

-Eight!

-APPLAUSE

Lovely job, Paul. That takes your total up to 11.

Your total is lower than everyone else's first pass score.

-Very well done indeed. Richard.

-Yeah, Ford was president at the time,

but he and Bob Dole lost to Jimmy Carter in that election.

Thanks very much. Now then, Harry.

The high-scorers remain Steve and Gemma on 42. You're on 19.

If you can score 22 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Erm, I... Again, I probably know most of the presidents,

but the running partners are tripping me up a little bit.

I know the two more obvious ones, more recent ones.

I think I'm going to go with John McCain and Sarah Palin.

John McCain and Sarah Palin.

How many people said that?

-You've done it! 19!

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19, Harry. Takes your total up to 38.

Very, very well done indeed.

Yeah, McCain and Palin obviously lost to Obama and Biden.

Sarah Palin, I suspect we haven't seen the last of her, though.

She once said she had a special insight into Russian military affairs

because she could see Russia from Alaska. LAUGHTER

Steve, I have bad news.

You are already our high-scorers before you've given your answer.

Despite your excellent answer that you're about to give,

I'm afraid we will be saying goodbye to you at the end of this round.

Well, I only knew a couple, and I think it's John F Kennedy

and Lyndon Johnson.

OK, you're going to go for John and Lyndon for Kennedy/Johnson.

No red line for you as you are already our high-scorers,

but let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said that. John and Lyndon.

It's right.

-13.

-APPLAUSE

13 takes your total up to 55.

Well played, Steve. Kennedy, of course, becoming the youngest president during that election

and then Lyndon B Johnson took over from him as president on his assassination.

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

Clinton and Gore everyone has ignored, Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Would've score 43 points.

A very low scorer down the bottom, Mondale and Ferraro from 1984.

It was the first woman to be on a presidential ticket.

Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro. One point.

Now, at the top, Coolidge and Dawes,

all sorts of people will know Coolidge's first name,

but Dawes makes this a pointless answer.

It's Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes. Very well done if you said that.

Charles Dawes, I suspect, doesn't deserve to be pointless.

Firstly, in 1925,

he co-won the Nobel Peace Prize and he's also written a US number-one single.

The 1954 single It's All In The Game by Tommy Edwards,

the music was written by Charles Dawes,

former vice president and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

-What was his name again?

-Charles Dawes.

-Charles Dawes.

-Charles Dawes.

-Worth remembering.

-What about that?

Good work, Charles Dawes. Well, thank you very much.

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

Steve and Gemma I'm afraid. I'm sorry. Politics finally did for you.

Anyway, the good news is, we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much. Meanwhile, thanks for playing.

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Pete and Harry, Paul and David,

you are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at £5,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You're now going to go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot. The difference is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.

So, Paul and David, you asked for sport, you asked for US politics...

I don't think we've ever been as bespoke in terms of what we've served up for people before.

So, yeah, very well done, I have to say,

on the strength of that.

Pete and Harry, it seems only fair to ask you what you'd like for this round.

-Well, board games would be nice.

-Board games?

That would be nice, yeah, cos Harry owns quite a few.

-OK.

-That would be good.

-How's the thumb? All right?

-Hm.

-Agh! Shouldn't have done that!

-That actually really hurt.

-I really shouldn't have done that.

-No. Very good.

Well, you can now obviously pool your resources, so suddenly your strengths are combined.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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Here comes your first question and it concerns...

LAUGHTER

..games and their boards.

-Wow, Richard.

-Yeah, how about that?

-That's quite weird.

-How about that? On this question, we'll show you five pictures

which show sections of the boards of five different games.

Can you find the most obscure of these? Very best of luck.

Brilliant. Well, let's reveal our five pictures of board games and here they are.

We have got...

So there we are. Five board games.

Now, Pete and Harry, you've played best throughout the show so far

so you get to go first.

We think C is Othello.

C, Othello.

Now then, Paul and David.

-Take us through the board.

-We think E is Solitaire

and we think D is Snakes and Ladders.

-What did we think B was?

-Backgammon, I think.

We're not sure if A is a game called Nine Men's Morris.

-We'll go for A, Nine Men's Morris.

-A, Nine Men's Morris.

OK, then, Pete and Harry, you have said that C is Othello.

Let's see how many people said C was Othello.

Ooh, no! Bad luck, Pete and Harry. Bad luck.

Well, Paul and David, that means you merely have to be correct with your answer,

which is that A is Nine Men's Morris.

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

It's right. It's right. You've won the point.

How far down is that going to go?

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very, very well done indeed, Paul and David.

One for Nine Men's Morris. So nearly pointless.

That means, after one question, Paul and David, you are up 1-0. Richard.

That's a terrific answer. You must have played it at some point.

-Never.

-Never played it, just seen it somewhere.

-Just seen it somewhere.

-Very, very good.

Now, C, it's not Othello. The black and white tiles make it look similar,

but it's Go, a popular Japanese game. Slightly different rules.

That would've scored four points. Well done if you said that at home.

I think we've heard the answers to the rest.

B absolutely is backgammon. 58 points.

They found something that looked suspiciously like a backgammon board in Tutankhamen's tomb.

Amazing. That's how long that's been around.

D, of course, is Snakes and Ladders.

That would've scored 91 points.

Very big score. And E, as I think both teams knew, is Solitaire. And that would've scored 36.

So Nine Men's Morris, the best answer on the board.

-Well played.

-Thank you very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Pete and Harry, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Best of luck. Our second question concerns...

-Robbie Williams. Richard.

-Finally a question that no-one has asked for. LAUGHTER

I'm going to show you five clues now to facts about Robbie Williams. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Robbie Williams and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

So there we are, five clues to facts about Robbie Williams.

Now then, Paul and David, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

-We'll go for his city of his birth being Stoke.

-Stoke.

You are saying Stoke, the city of his birth.

Now then, Pete and Harry, you can talk us through the board if you like.

I can't remember which of two his first solo album was,

it's either Freedom or Life Thru A Lens.

Er, Somethin' Stupid partner was Nicole Kidman.

Wife's first name, not a clue.

And I didn't know there was a 2005 Magic Roundabout, so I couldn't guess.

Guess we're going to have to go for Nicole Kidman.

OK, Nicole Kidman, his dueting partner on Somethin' Stupid.

So, Paul and David have said Stoke as the city of his birth.

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

Absolutely right.

-29.

-APPLAUSE

And Pete and Harry, you have said Nicole Kidman was his duet partner on Somethin' Stupid.

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

It is right. You have to win this to stay in the game. Will it go below 29?

-Ooh, 42.

-APPLAUSE

Which means, after only two questions,

Paul and David, you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done. Richard.

Very well played. The name of his first album would have won you the point.

What do you think you would have gone for if you'd been forced?

-Probably Freedom.

-Freedom was his first single and Life Thru A Lens was the first album.

So you knew the name. It would've scored you three points.

The character he voiced in the film the Magic Roundabout was Dougal.

That would've scored you 12.

And his wife's first name is Ayda. And that would've scored you five.

An American actress. So Life Thru A Lens the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid it's Pete and Harry.

What an amazing performance you've given us throughout the show. The lowest scorers in every round.

Fantastic low score in the first round, as well, particularly.

And then we spoilt it all by saying something stupid like Othello.

LAUGHTER

Anyhow, Pete and Harry, it's been great having you on the show,

I'm so sorry we say goodbye to you, but a brilliant, very creditable performance from you today.

-Pete and Harry, great contestants. Thanks so much for coming.

-APPLAUSE

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

Well, congratulations, Paul and David, you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, I said you were going to be finalists, and sure enough you are. It's so easy.

-A couple from the Northeast bringing a jar of chutney.

-LAUGHTER

That's all it takes. Now, the rules are very simple.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

You only have to find one now and you will leave here with that money.

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

-I think we'll go for Classic Sitcoms.

-Classic Sitcoms.

Classic Sitcoms it is. Let's find out what the question is.

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

as many recurring actors in Last Of The Summer Wine as they could.

-Richard.

-Quite simply, we're looking for the name of any man or woman who is credited by IMDB

with appearing in five or more episodes of the long-running BBC sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine.

So any actor or actress who's been in five or more episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine. Very best of luck.

OK. Thanks very much indeed.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £5,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Do you know any at all?

-Yeah, the bloke who was in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Michael Bates.

-Michael Bates was one.

-The woman who played Jean Alexander, Hilda Ogden was in.

-Yes, she was.

-At some point.

What do they call the bloke who was Compo's son who took over from him?

My dad would know all these.

-Er...

-HE LAUGHS

I should've brought your dad.

Erm...

-See, I don't watch it.

-Neither do I.

Michael Bates, Jean Alexander, and the other...

Yeah, ah, somebody who's quite obscure.

What do they call the bloke who played Foggy Dewhurst?

-He was in Porridge, as well.

-Yes.

Ten seconds left.

Jean Alexander.

What about the Nora Batty woman, what do you call her?

-Kathy Staff.

-Kathy Staff.

-She's famous, but...

OK. That's your time up, I'm afraid.

We were looking for recurring actors in Last Of The Summer Wine.

-I now need your three answers.

-We'll go for Michael Bates.

-Michael Bates.

-Kathy Staff.

-Kathy Staff.

-Yep.

-Jean Alexander.

-Jean Alexander.

Michael Bates, Kathy Staff and Jean Alexander.

OK. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Possibly Michael Bates.

-Michael Bates. We'll put him last.

-And your least likely?

-Kathy Staff.

-Kathy Staff. OK, we'll put her first.

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

We have got...

OK, so we were looking for recurring actors in Last Of The Summer Wine.

Your first answer, Kathy Staff, you thought was your least likely to be pointless.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £5,250.

So let's see how many people said Kathy Staff.

Absolutely right.

Kathy Staff taking us down into the 60s, into the 50s.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £5,250.

-25.

-APPLAUSE

So unfortunately not a pointless answer.

I think you weren't expecting that one to be pointless. Would be weird if it had been pointless.

Anyway, only two more chances to win today's jackpot of £5,250.

Paul, what would you do with 5,250 quid?

Erm, I'd be tempted, I like doing up cars,

and I quite fancy a VW Camper,

-an old, you know, bit of a wreck, do it up.

-Do it up. Very nice indeed.

-OK, David, how about you?

-I'd probably go on a family holiday.

My daughter's going to university soon so she might take some of that.

Very good. OK, very best of luck. You have two more answers with which to win that jackpot.

We're looking for recurring actors in Last Of The Summer Wine.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer which is Jean Alexander.

This has to be right, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £5,250, let's see how many people said Jean Alexander.

It's right.

Kathy Staff took us down to 25.

Jean Alexander still taking us down.

Down she goes into the teens.

Into single figures. Six!

-Six for Jean Alexander.

-APPLAUSE

Now that's more like it. I think we've got a game on our hands here.

OK, Jean Alexander taking us very, very close to pointless there.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot, so everything is now riding on Michael Bates.

Michael Bates. You had no problem putting him as your last answer.

He's your most confident shot, you said, at a pointless answer.

This has to be right, has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £5,250.

Let's find out how many people said Michael Bates.

It's absolutely right.

Kathy Staff took us to 25.

Jean Alexander took us to six.

Michael Bates now taking us down into single figures.

Down he goes! Still going... Oh!

-Three!

-APPLAUSE

Ah, well. We got a Pointless trophy.

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

But you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-So very, very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, again, very good answers, guys. You've been terrific.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless ones and hope you don't recognise any of them.

Well done anyone at home who said Danny O'Dea who played Eli,

Joe Gladwin who was Wally Batty, Nora Batty's husband. He was in 45 episodes.

Josephine Tewson played Miss Davenport, perhaps better known as Elizabeth in Keeping Up Appearances.

Juliette Kaplan, who was Pearl in 226 episodes of Last Of The Summer Wine.

Keith Clifford was Billy, who was in 66.

Louis Emerick, perhaps better known for Brookside, he was a police constable in the show.

He was pointless, as was Ken Kitson and Tony Capstick, also police officers.

Mike Grady, who plays Barry, was in 161 episodes.

Robert Fyfe who played Howard, he would've been a pointless answer.

And Sarah Thomas, who was Glenda, in 215 episodes.

Russ Abbot would've been another pointless answer. He joined much later on.

But great answers, guys. Very unlucky and hope none of those rang a bell.

-Did any of them?

-No.

-No.

-Wow! 250 episodes.

Peter Sallis, who plays Clegg, was in 295 episodes.

One of the names you were looking for was Bill Owen's son,

who is Tom Owen, he would've scored you two points.

So wouldn't have been a pointless answer.

-Peter Sallis and Bill Owen would've been the highest scoring answers in that round.

-Wow.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Paul and David.

It's been brilliant having you on the show, fantastic appearance, straight through.

We only get to see you in one show cos you've done so well.

-Thank you so much for playing, Paul and David.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, Paul and David didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £6,250.

CHEERING 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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