Episode 43 Pointless

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

First up, we welcome back Shaun and Becky, who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless Final.

This is your second and final chance. Shaun, remind us how you know each other.

Becky and I are engaged. We've known each other for nine years. We met at work.

-And Becky...

-Yes.

-What happened last time?

We went out on a question

about boys and girls born in Essex.

You did better than I would.

Yes, so that was last time. Round Two, not bad, but we'd like to see more of you today.

Shaun, what's going to help you get through to the head-to-head and beyond?

Maybe sport? Sport. TV.

Do you have a particular TV kind of TV you like to watch or do you just surf whatever's on?

-Yeah, surf whatever's on. Documentaries, maybe, that sort of thing.

-OK.

Do you remember stuff?

-Yeah, that's quite crucial for this.

-It is, yeah.

-A little bit.

You remember a little. Well, let's hope you remember the right bit.

Welcome back to the show, lovely to have you back.

Next, we welcome back Tony Snr and Tony Jnr.

The Tonys, who we had last time.

Tony Jnr, what happened last time?

Got through to the head-to-head, let down by Dad's expert knowledge on golf.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, hardly let down. You did very well.

You got through to the head-to-head. No mean feat.

Remind us what you do, Tony Jnr.

I'm a fire safety adviser with the NHS.

-And, Tony Snr?

-Part-time prison officer now.

-Am I allowed to ask where?

-Where? Wandsworth.

-Oh, Wandsworth.

-Wandsworth in London.

-Good stuff.

Lovely to have you on the show again.

Head-to-head last time. You've got to be favourites to go through to the final.

-Fingers crossed.

-Very best of luck with that.

And welcome back Abi and Andy next.

Now, Andy, remind us how you two know each other.

-This is my daughter.

-And, Abi, what happened last time?

Well, my dad gave me advice before the show,

saying, "If you're not 100% on a Pointless answer, play it safe."

And then he didn't listen to his own advice and got the answer wrong.

OK. You're a lecturer, Andy, as Abi just demonstrated.

-You even lectured her before the show.

-Yes, yes.

You are going to heed these words this time, aren't you?

Oh, yes. I'm hoping for a category

where I only know one answer, then I can't pick the wrong one.

Good. Good. Abi, what do you hope is going to come up?

-Films, especially Christmas films.

-Christmas films?

-Yes.

What do you think the best Christmas film ever is? What do you reckon?

-Let's ask the expert.

-White Christmas, got to be.

-Wonderful Life?

-No, White Christmas.

You've got singing and dancing. You got Bing Crosby.

I'm not arguing. It's good. White Christmas is good.

I used to think It's A Wonderful Life.

In the last few years, I've been turned.

-Oh, I know. Elf.

-To Elf.

Elf. It's just brilliant.

Let's watch Elf now.

-Got the screen.

-Tony Snr, you go and get snacks for everyone,

I'll bagsy a place for you and we'll all sit there and watch it.

-Aw, that'd be fun, wouldn't it?

-Such good fun.

Oh, I can't wait for that.

Listen, Abi, Andy, I am sure we'll see much more of you today.

Best of luck. And, finally, we welcome Tom and Dave to the show.

How do you to know each other?

We went to the same university together, still do.

We met at football tryouts at the start of uni and..

-Did you make it into the team?

-No.

-Oh, what? What?

I know, right? Mystery. Absolute mystery.

-Where are you at university, Tom?

-Leeds. Leeds Trinity.

-Leeds Trinity.

-And, Dave, what are you reading there?

-Journalism.

-And how about you, Tom?

-English and film.

-Well, you'll like watching...

-No, no. It won't be good.

It's not... I'm rubbish at it.

No, I was going to say you'll enjoy watching Elf with us later.

That's all I was going to say.

-So film and English, if they come up, you'll be hopeless?

-Yeah.

-Really?

-Probably. I don't want to build you up.

-I might be all right.

-You'll be fine.

-We'll have to see.

Dave, with your journalist, inquisitive instincts, you'll be just brilliant.

-Anything to do with football, probably.

-OK.

-So sports journalism is where you're headed?

-Yeah.

OK. Any other particular areas of expertise, Tom?

-The life and times of Shola Ameobi.

-Very good.

-The striker for Newcastle.

-Newcastle United.

-Yeah. Apart from that...

-Why particularly him?

I just love him. He's a beautiful man.

OK.

Best of luck to you, Tom and Dave.

Great to have you on the show. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's one person left for me to introduce.

In the war of obscurity, he's on the front line, running across no-man's-land.

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

-Hiya.

Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And right back at you.

Three returning pairs today. They had very different shows last time.

Of course, the class of the bunch were Tony Snr and Tony Jnr, the two Tonys.

Tony Snr looks like a prison officer, doesn't he?

Are they allowed to watch TV in Wandsworth?

-Do they watch mid-afternoon shows like this?

-Yes.

-Do they?

-Absolutely. Richard, you've got a cult following.

-In prison?

-Inside. Yeah, you've got a cult following inside.

-Yeah. Really?

LAUGHTER

Is there a particular class of criminal who prefers me?

-I won't go there.

-D wing?

-Shall we cut short the prison talk?

-Yeah, I agree. Anyway, you were saying?

We didn't see much of Abi and Andy.

-No.

-Andy, because he is a lecturer, went a bit too smart.

But we'll see if he's learned from his mistake

and Shaun and Becky also got tripped up on a tricky category.

So it'll be interesting for Tom and Dave. You've got three very good pairs here against you.

-Should be a good show all round, I think.

-I think so too.

Thanks very much, Richard. All our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get through to the Final Round and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our contestants must find the obscure answers those 100 couldn't think of.

So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you'll score.

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

This is an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And, every time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Max and Martyn won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at...

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this First Round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so make sure that's not you.

Our category for Round One is...

Can you 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...

-Powerful People, Richard.

-Yeah.

In a moment, Xander's going to show you a list of five positions of power.

We need you to give us any one

of the last five people to have held one of those positions, please.

He's going to show you five positions. Any of the last five people,

including the present incumbent, to hold any of those positions.

We will accept surnames, unless two or more people have the same surname on that list,

in which case, give us the first name as well.

This is as to the start of May 2012. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Shaun and Becky,

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

OK. So the five positions of power are...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, that board remains the whole way through the question, so that won't change at all.

We need any one of the last five incumbents.

Now then Becky, you kick us off.

Going to have to say Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown. Let's see if it's right

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

Absolutely right.

47 for Gordon Brown.

Yeah. Pretty hefty score for Gordon Brown.

We've said before, his real name is James Brown.

That would make him more popular, I think.

OK. Now then, Tony Jnr.

Yeah, politics not a strong one for me, either.

I'm going to have to go with George VI.

Let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see how many people said it. George VI.

Absolutely right.

Not bad at all, Tony.

Very well done. From 1936 to '52, George VI.

Of course, more famously known as Colin Firth.

-Abi.

-Again, politics is probably the worst thing that could have come up.

I think I know one but, after going out last time,

I really don't want to risk that.

So I'm going to say...

-..Bill Clinton.

-Bill Clinton. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said it. Bill Clinton.

Absolutely right.

Not bad at all.

-28 for Bill Clinton.

-Yes, born William Blythe.

He took his step-father's name eventually. But it's not a bad score, that.

Though I should warn you, I can see your dad has got that glint in his eye that says,

"Oh, I want to go for an obscure one on the next pass." You can just see it, can't you?

Dave.

I'm thinking I might take a bit of a gamble.

I think I might know one Irish prime minister

from a while back, so I'm going to say Bertie Ahern.

Bertie Ahern, says Dave. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Bertie Ahern.

Absolutely right.

Very well done, Dave.

That paid off for you.

That scored you 7. Great answer.

Yes, the youngest Irish prime minister or Taoiseach to date, Bertie Ahern.

His daughter Georgina, you will never guess who she's married to.

-You'll never even guess.

-Yeah.

-She's all, like, married to Nicky from Westlife.

-Yeah, yeah. They are, like, totes married.

-Can you even believe it?

They're, like, totes for real married and I can't even believe it

cos he is, like, so, like, hot.

-Yeah, yeah.

-And he's, like, married to, like, Bertie Ahern's daughter and all this.

Like, completely married.

There we go. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Dave and Tom, looking very strong indeed.

Lovely low score of 7 in that first pass.

Then we travel up to 27, where we find the Tonys.

Up to 28, just one above them, where we find Abi and Andy.

Then up to 47,

where we find Becky and Shaun.

Now, Shaun, you've got quite a while to think of a brilliant answer.

Do you think you have one that will save you, keep you in the game?

I've got a reasonable answer, yeah.

You hope that one of the three people between where we are now

-and us coming to you don't nick it.

-Yeah.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium.

OK. So we are looking for the last five people

who have held these offices of state.

Now then, Tom, you're on 7.

The high scorers on 47 are Shaun and Becky.

If you score 39 or less, you are through to the next round.

So we are looking for the last five people to have held any of these offices.

What are you thinking?

I think we saw him passing when I was in Paris on holiday once.

-So I'm going to go for Jacques Chirac.

-Here comes your red line.

If you get below that red line with Jacques Chirac,

you will avoid becoming the new high scorers. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said Jacques Chirac.

Good enough.

Down it goes to 9. Very, very well done.

Two single-figure scores,

taking your total up to 16. Well played, Tom.

-Good answer, Tom. Very good play from that final podium, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Jacques Chirac is the guy who's widely credited with winning the Olympic bid for London.

Just before the final vote, he said, "The only place that has worse food than England is Finland."

And there were two Finnish delegates on the final vote.

So, thank you, Jacques.

Andy. The high scorers remain Shaun and Becky on 47. You're on 28.

If you score 18 or less, you are through to the next round.

You've got a good one. I know you have.

I nearly had another wrong one. I just stopped myself.

I'll tell you afterwards.

This one might be wrong as well.

Francois Mitterand.

Francois Mitterand. How many people said it? Is it right?

Absolutely right.

And you've done it. Very well done. 9 for Francois Mitterand.

Takes your total up to 37.

Very well done, Andy.

Yes, a socialist president.

First man to appoint a female prime minister. Edith Cresson.

Now then, Tony. Tony Snr, you're on 27.

Shaun and Becky remain the high scorers on 47.

19 or less sees you through to the next round.

Well, I don't think I'll get there. I'm struggling with the board.

I will go for George W Bush.

-George?

-W.

-George W Bush, says Tony Snr.

George W Bush.

Here is your red line. You need to get below that red line

to see you through to the next round comfortably.

George W Bush. How many people said it?

27 takes your total up to 54.

That might be enough to keep you in the game. Richard.

Yes. George Walker Bush. First president since 1888, in 2000, to win an election

despite getting less votes than his opponent Al Gore.

-I never knew Walker was his middle name.

-Did you not?

-No.

I think lots of people did.

LAUGHTER

Yeah.

There you go. We learn something new every day.

-Now then, Shaun.

-I have a challenge on my hands.

You have a massive challenge on your hands.

The high scorers at the moment are Tony Snr and Tony Jnr on 54.

You're on 47, so you need to score 6 or less.

I'm thinking of one thing, because the Irish prime minister

and the two French presidents that have gone, I had,

so I'm going to go for the monarch, Edward VIII.

-Edward VIII. You're hoping he'll have been overlooked.

-Yeah.

There is your red line. It's quite low. Becky, what do you think?

-Will Edward VIII get us below that red line?

-It sounds good.

The moment of truth. Here it comes. Edward VIII.

Is it right? How many people said it.

It's right.

Oh, 14.

14, I'm afraid,

takes your total up to an unbeatable 61.

Yes. Reigned very briefly in 1936, of course. Tough luck. It's a good answer.

There's only three pointless answers, Irish prime ministers so, before we look at those,

I'll tell you the best answers in each category.

The best answers for French presidents.

Georges Pompidou and Valery Giscard d'Estaing

both would have scored you 2 points. Very good answers.

The best American president would have been Reagan,

-who would have scored you 11 points.

-Wow.

George Bush Snr was slightly better than George Bush Jnr. He would have scored you 19.

The best king would have been Edward VII.

Edward VII would have scored 13 points. Still wouldn't have seen you through.

The best prime minister is joint. It's Margaret Thatcher and John Major, both on 30.

30 points for both of those. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

All, as I say, Irish prime ministers.

Enda Kenny is the only other Irish president and he would have scored 1 point.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our First Round, the pair who'll be leaving us,

with their high score of 61, I'm sorry to say it's Shaun and Becky.

-Dear, oh, dear.

-Oh, dear.

It was Round Two last time

-and Round One this time.

-Yeah, it's not good.

OK. Well, there we are. Shaun and Becky,

I'm afraid this is the end of the road. We say goodbye.

-This time it really is goodbye.

-Yeah.

-It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing. Shaun and Becky.

-Thank you.

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

And so our four pairs become three pairs.

And, obviously, at the end of this round, our three pairs become two.

That was a very instructive first round there.

Very good. Abi and Andy. Andy, you managed to rein yourself in.

So what was the answer you were going to give?

I thought, I'll go the Irish route. Mary McAleese.

She's president, not prime minister.

So I was about 30 seconds away from giving the wrong answer.

Then Abi really would have killed me on the train back home.

Well, Tom and Dave, our newcomers.

Very much the outstanding performers in that last round.

I was quite close to saying Mary McAleese as well.

-I thought Bertie Ahern was risky enough.

-You get 200 points for that.

Very good indeed. And the Tonys, as ever, very solid.

-Very solid progress.

-Hand on heart.

I was nowhere near saying Mary McAleese.

OK. Our category for round two 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.

And the question concerns...

-Richard.

-Across the two passes, we're going to show you 12 albums,

all with one word, and the year in which they first hit number one.

Tell us who released those albums.

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

An incorrect answer for 100 points.

12 acts to guess at home. Very best of luck.

OK. Thanks, Richard. So we are looking for the artists or groups

who released these UK number one albums. And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Six albums that reached number one

in the UK album charts.

You have to give us the name of the artist or group that recorded them

and, obviously, Tony Jnr,

you are going to try and find the most obscure one you can,

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

-Tony, is this good for you?

-It's not bad.

Couple of obvious ones in there.

I quite like Rudebox but I'm not 100% sure.

I'm going to go Graceland, Paul Simon.

Graceland, Paul Simon, says Tony Jnr.

Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it. Paul Simon.

28. Not bad at all.

Yes. Sold over 14 million copies worldwide, that album.

You Can Call Me Al was a big single off it,

which had Chevy Chase lip-synching all the song.

A whole generation, us included, who thought Chevy Chase was Paul Simon.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-Did you not listen to Simon And Garfunkel when you were little?

-Of course not.

-Really?

-Yeah. You know I'm not posh, don't you?

You know I didn't grow up...

-Do you have to be posh to listen to Simon And Garfunkel?

-When you're little? Yeah.

I didn't know that was an us and them thing?

-Yeah. It most definitely is.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Wow. How shaming.

Didn't listen to Chopin, either, which I know was big in your house.

-Get out of town. Seriously?

-Yeah.

Seriously? What, Pletnev? Didn't listen to that?

I thought he was French till I was 20.

-You're joking?

-I'm not even.

Anyway. There we are. Now then. Andy.

Andy, Andy.

So, remember, we are looking for the artists or groups who had hits with these albums.

I'm still trying to get round the idea of Richard ever being little.

You're right. I should have said young.

Right. I think I'm all right.

I have this on cassette.

Arrival, I think, was by Abba.

Abba, Andy says, for Arrival. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

Ooh, it's a good one. Look at that. 12. Very well done, Andy.

That got to number one in January 1977.

Very good indeed. Dave.

I know one of them for definite.

Stupidity, I'd be guessing.

Lovesexy, I've got ideas but I'd probably be guessing.

If you want, you can tell us what those ideas are.

-We won't hold you to it.

-Not very accurate.

-That's OK.

Thriller'll be Michael Jackson.

Lovesexy could be anything from, I don't know, Madonna, Bananarama.

So I think I'm going to have to gamble a little bit

and I'll go Rudebox, Oasis.

Rudebox, Oasis. OK. Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 said Rudebox was Oasis.

Oh, bad luck, Dave.

That's an incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum

of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yeah. Sorry, Dave. I think Tony Jnr attempted to go for that.

I was going to go for that and I thought it might have been Robbie Williams,

the album that flopped for him. But I wasn't 100%.

It is Robbie Williams. You're right. Would have scored 16 points.

Would have been a good answer for both of you.

Let's go through the rest. You're right about Thriller. It's Michael Jackson.

But wouldn't have done much better than 100.

80 points, that would have got you. Lovesexy is one of your favourites.

-Prince. Prince.

-Absolutely right. 7 points.

Now, the killer answer on this board is Stupidity.

This album was number one just a few months before Abba Arrival.

-Dr Feelgood. One point for that.

-Wow.

-Well done if you go that.

-Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores. 12.

Very much the best score of the pass.

Andy, well done. Andy and Abi looking strong for the head-to-head.

As are the Tonys on 28.

Then up to 100, I'm afraid. Dave and Tom, bad luck.

We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium.

OK. We're going to put six more one-word albums on the board.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the artist or group who released these albums.

Obviously, Tom, you need to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people would know.

I haven't got a clue about one of them.

Literally, whatever I do...

Not literally, sorry. Figuratively, whatever I do is a shot in the dark.

So

I'll go for....Zooropa

by...Europa.

LAUGHTER

OK. Tom says Zooropa by Europa.

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

Bad luck, Tom, but a good try.

I'm sorry to say that's an incorrect answer,

score's you the maximum of 100 points,

which takes your total up to 200.

You're in the 200 club.

-Not bad.

-Richard.

-Yeah. Sorry, Tom. Good guess, though.

That's usually how bands name their albums.

Just put a Z in front of their names, don't they?

Like Zoasis by Oasis would be another example.

-Or Zabba, obviously.

-Zabba by Abba, yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Abi.

-Good news. You're in the head-to-head.

-(Yes.)

However, Andy did very well.

Nice low score of 12 in the first pass.

Let's see if you can do a nice, low score correspondingly,

as we come back down the line.

Well, I know Rumours but it's stuck in the back of my head,

amongst all this other stuff, and it's not coming out.

I'm going to say Stars, Simply Red.

Simply Red. Simply Red. Your father's doing a little dance.

-I'm sure I've seen it in the drawer at home.

-OK. There we are.

Simply Red says Abi. No red line cos you're already through.

So Stars, Simply Red. Is it right? How many people said it?

Not bad at all. 33 is your total.

The 13th biggest-selling album of all time in the UK,

Stars, up to May 2012.

There it is.

Now then, Tony Snr, good news, you're in the head-to-head.

OK. Zooropa, I thought Tom was right.

I hadn't a clue. Excellent guess. So I've got no idea.

I know Paranoid is Black Sabbath.

Something's tells me Caribou, I keep thinking of Elton John,

but I think he might have done a song called Caribou.

Rumours is Fleetwood Mac.

Natural, I'm not sure.

I've got nothing to lose. I'll go Caribou, Elton John.

Caribou, Elton John, says Tony Snr.

Let's see if that's right. No red line for you. You're through already.

It's absolutely right.

Oh, it's a great answer, Tony.

The best answer of the whole round, there.

Caribou, Elton John, takes your total up to 32.

Well played, Tony Snr. Number one in the UK

and recorded at the Caribou Ranch in Colorado.

You took us nicely through a couple of the other answers as well.

Rumours is Fleetwood Mac.

31 points for that one.

Paranoid is Black Sabbath. 13.

Now, Zooropa, not by Europa.

I thought you were going to get it when you started saying it. It's by U2.

15. Now, the best answer on that board...

I say the best answer, it's the worst answer, really.

I normally say very well done if you get a pointless answer at home,

but shame on you if got this pointless answer at home.

It's Peter Andre.

LAUGHTER

Worryingly, I just got that answer before you revealed it.

I realised I've got that one at home.

Have you? Ah, but you said Simply Red, so there's no hope for you.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round Two,

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

I thought you were going to be all over this round. I thought you'd be brilliant.

-Need to swot up on our albums, I think.

-Yes.

The great news is we'll see you next time and we'll look forward to that.

Tom and Dave, great players. Brilliant.

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

WHOOPING

Congratulations, Andy and Abi, Tony Snr, Tony Jnr.

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

which currently stands at...

You're now going to go head-to-head.

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

The great news is you are now allowed to confer.

It'll be very interesting to see what happens. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK. Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Natural Sights Of The UK. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of naturally occurring tourist attractions in the UK.

Can you identify the most obscure?

OK. Let's reveal our pictures of tourist attractions

and here they are. We have got...

There they are.

Five naturally occurring sights across the UK.

Abi and Andy, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

What do you think, I wonder?

WHISPERS

-OK?

-We're going to go for A.

I'm going to say it's The Needles.

A, The Needles.

OK. Tonys.

-Talk us through all the answers, if you like.

-That was the one we were going to go for.

C is obvious. It's the white cliffs of Dover.

I haven't got a clue on B or D.

E may be the Giant's Causeway

but I've never been there.

We'll plump E for Giant's Causeway.

OK. You're going to say E, Giant's Causeway.

So we have The Needles and we have the Giant's Causeway.

Abi and Andy said The Needles. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

The Tonys have said that E is Giant's Causeway.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Giant's Causeway for E.

There we are. An incorrect answer,

which means, after one question, Abi and Andy, you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Yes. Tough luck, Tony and Tony.

It's actually Fingal's Cave on the Hebridean Island of Staffa.

12 points, that would have scored you.

Would have been a terrific answer. Would have beaten The Needles.

Do you know B?

It's in Dorset.

6 points that would have scored you.

C is the white cliffs of Dover.

You had to avoid it, really. It's a big scorer.

79 points.

And D. Do you know D?

You'll have heard of it. It's the Old Man of Hoy.

21 points, that would have scored you.

Well done if you got all five at home. Very impressive.

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

The Tonys, we need you to win this question to stay in the game. Best of luck.

Our second question concerns...

-African countries, Richard.

-We're going to give you the names of five African countries

but we're only going to give them to you in initial form.

Can you tell us the most obscure of these countries, please?

OK. Let's reveal our five African countries in initial form.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read them one last time.

And the Tonys go first this time.

WHISPERING

We'll go for EG, Egypt.

You're going to say Egypt for EG.

Abi and Andy, you can talk us through the board, if you like.

Well, top one's South Africa.

I don't think the next one is Egypt but I don't know what it is.

STAP, no idea.

The next one's Sierra Leone but we'll go for the bottom one,

which is Burkina Faso.

So the Tonys have gone for Egypt and Andy and Abi, Burkina Faso.

In the order they were given, the Tonys said Egypt.

Is that right? How many people said it?

Egypt, incorrect answer, which means, Andy and Abi,

you only have to be right and, if you are, you go straight through to the Final, 2-0.

Burkina Faso. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. Very well done.

Oh, good answer.

13 for Burkina Faso.

-Well played.

-Which means, after only 2 questions,

Abi and Andy are through to the Final 2-0.

Good answer. Burkina Faso in Western Africa,

used to be called Upper Volta when we were kids.

Let's go through the rest of the board. EG.

It's not Egypt, it's Equatorial Guinea.

Would have scored 9 points.

SA was South Africa. You're absolutely right about that.

But it would have scored you 76. Absolutely right about SL.

That was Sierra Leone. That would have scored you 38 points.

And STAP is the best answer on the board.

4 points, a Pointless favourite, Sao Tome and Principe.

4 points.

Thanks, Richard. So our losing pair, at the end of the head-to-head,

it's Tony Snr, Tony Jnr.

You've played so well,

right through to the head-to-head in each game you've played.

I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye. It's been great having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing. Tony and Tony.

For Andy and Abi, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Abi and Andy. You fought off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Yeaaah!

LAUGHTER

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

Well, it was Round One last time.

This time straight through to the Final. How are you feeling?

-A lot better.

-We went away and had a word with ourselves.

Come back, focus now.

-She had a word with me.

-Yeah.

Gave you a bit of a lecture.

-Yeah.

-The rules are simple. To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any on the show today.

You only have to find one now and you'll go home with that money.

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

I think it's got to be Film Actors, isn't it? Yeah.

You go for it. I mean...

I could do chemistry but you couldn't, I don't think? Sorry.

-It's got to be Film Actors.

-Yeah.

-OK. Film Actors.

-Yeah.

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

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

..as they could. Roger Moore films.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Roger Moore has received an acting credit

prior to the beginning of 2012, please.

No short films, TV films or documentaries

but voice performances do count. Very, very best of luck.

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

All you need, to win that £1,000 jackpot,

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.

-There's obviously the Bond films.

-The Saint, or is that...

No, that's just TV.

Didn't he go away from being James Bond, do a film,

-come back and do more James Bond?

-No, that was Sean Connery.

He did one where he was a terrorist who took over...

But I cannot remember the name of it.

-We're going to have to go James Bond then.

-Yeah.

What's the most obscure James Bond?

-Octopussy, probably.

-Yeah.

There's the one that's on the spaceship.

Moonraker. But let's get away from...think of one...

Ooh. I can't think of the titles.

I only know... Oh, I know!

-Cannonball Run.

-Oh, brilliant. Brilliant.

-Yes, he's in Cannonball Run.

-Yes.

-I don't know if he was in Cannonball Run II but...

-10 seconds left.

Yeah, let's do that. And let's do Octopussy.

-OK.

-Those are three, I think, yeah.

OK. Are you happy with those three?

Well, as happy as we ever will be.

-A flash of inspiration there from you, Abi.

-Yes.

We're looking for Roger Moore films. I need your three answers. What are they going to be?

-Octopussy.

-Octopussy.

-Cannonball Run.

-Cannonball Run.

-And Cannonball Run II, I'm reliably informed.

-And Cannonball Run II.

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

Probably Cannonball Run, cos I don't know if he was in the second one.

OK. Cannonball Run, we'll put last.

And Octopussy, we'll put first.

Let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got...

We were looking for Roger Moore films.

Your first answer, Octopussy, was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,000 jackpot. So let's see.

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

Absolutely right.

Your first shot at that jackpot of £1,000.

Going down into the 50s, into the 40s.

If this goes down to zero, you leave with £1,000.

So 22. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Cannonball Run II.

Now, let's say this is pointless, Abi. What would you do with that £1,000 jackpot?

Maybe a spending spree.

I could take a holiday but I think shopping's a better idea.

-Andy?

-I'm going to put it in the bank and live off the interest.

LAUGHTER

Very good. OK. Well, OK.

Can't argue with that. There we are.

This has to be pointless for you to win that massive jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Cannonball Run II. Is it right?

Oh.

Bad luck.

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

Everything is now riding on The Cannonball Run.

We are looking for Roger Moore films. This was your third answer.

Your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

Has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,000.

OK. Let's find out. Cannonball Run. Is it pointless?

OK. Well, it's right.

Octopussy took us down to 22.

Cannonball Run II was incorrect but The Cannonball Run is on the money.

Down it goes into single figures. Still going down.

Oh! 2.

It's a very good effort but, unfortunately,

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

But you do still get to take home a Pointless trophy, so there you are.

Tough luck, guys. You played well throughout.

As soon as you took your glasses off, that's when you stopped scoring quite so well.

A lot of the Bond films were big scorers. Only one low score among them.

6 points for For Your Eyes Only.

That was the lowest of his Bond films. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Well done at home if you got any of these.

Bullseye!, the Michael Winner comedy from 1990

would have been a pointless answer.

He plays Tab Lazenby in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore.

That's a voice performance.

Crossplot, from 1969, would have been a pointless answer.

-North Sea Hijack was...

-That's the one.

-You've seen that?

With Anthony Perkins. He plays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes in that film.

Spice World, plays a Bond-style baddie in that, stroking a piglet.

That Lucky Touch is a 1975 romcom with Susannah York.

The Miracle, one of his very early films, from 1959.

The Naked Face and The Quest is, as far as I'm aware,

the only film he stars in with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Well done if you said that at home. There's another couple of films you could have had.

Boat Trip with Cuba Gooding Jr, would have been a pointless answer.

Curse Of The Pink Panther would have been a pointless answer, as would The Sea Wolves.

-You knew a couple of those.

-Well, I didn't know North Sea Hijack.

I described it but I didn't know it.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Abi and Andy.

It's been wonderful having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.

Abi and Andy didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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