Episode 30 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

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

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

100 people before the show, and our contestants here

have to come up with the answers that the fewest of those 100 people

could think of. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

My name is Mark, and this is my work colleague Delia,

and I'm from Newtownards and Delia's from Belfast.

And couple number two.

I'm Connie, this is my boyfriend Rob and we're from Middlesbrough.

And couple number three.

I'm Krish. This is Tom, my housemate, and we're from London.

And couple number four.

I'm Heather. This is my Dad, Fergus.

I'm from Leicester and he's from Nottingham.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

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Thank you all very much. We'll find out more about you all

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

He's bright, he's sharp, he's intell...

He's in television.

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

Hiya. Hello.

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Afternoon.

Good afternoon to you.

I'm just feeling bad for Delia and Mark.

-They very unlucky last time, weren't they?

-Yeah.

-They got knocked out. They got one letter wrong in an answer.

-Yeah.

-I'd say even half a letter.

-Yeah, an E instead of a P.

-Yeah.

-That's tough, isn't it? But it means that they'll be the pair to look out for today, I suspect.

-Yes.

Question one's a nice one. It's a subject area people are usually good at

but requires a little bit of lateral thinking. Should be a good question, number one.

-I like that.

-What, lateral thinking?

-No, I just like the sound of that.

-Yeah?

-Yeah!

-Going to be amazing.

-Yes, it's going to be totes amaze.

-AUDIENCE LAUGH

-You know what, I know you mock it, but it is going to be totes amaze.

-Wow.

I would say it's going to be trip totes amaze,

-which is three times as amazing as you think it's going to be.

-Wow.

-That is... That's almost scarily amaze.

-I know.

-It's ridic, right?

-Yeah, that is ridic.

-That's, like, well ridic.

-That is extraor.

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It is going to be phenom.

HE LAUGHS

Oh, yes! Totes fandab.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Now, everyone's looking to find a pointless answer which none of our 100 people gave.

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

Richard and Tom didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £5,000.

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

OK. In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you but there's no conferring.

The highest-scoring pair at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so try and make sure that's not you, if you can.

OK. Our first category today is...

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

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Cover versions of UK top 40 hits. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you seven pairs of acts.

Now, these acts have both had hits with the same song on the UK chart.

Just have to tell us which song they have in common.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. Incorrect answer, as always, 100 points.

There's going to be 14 to have a go at at home - 14 pairs.

Which hits do they share? Very best of luck.

Good question. OK.

So we are looking for UK top 40 hits that each pair of artists had.

And our first board reads like this.

Just read that board one more time.

There we are. Now then, Delia.

Delia, welcome back to the show. You were on last time, of course.

-Yes.

-Tell us what happened.

Erm, we got to the head-to-head

and we went out on a question on Mary Poppins facts.

-And we were very, very close.

-Yeah. You were very, very close indeed.

So have you got a new game plan today?

Yeah, I'm doing all the decisions. I'm not leaving anything to Mark.

SHE LAUGHS

So now then, Delia.

How do you like this board?

Erm...

I have an idea on some of them

but I'm not sure if I've got the right titles for the songs.

I can sing them in my head but I don't know if that's the title or not.

-Just in your head?

-Yes.

The Nancy Sinatra and Jessica Simpson

with These Boots Are Made For Walking.

These Boots Are Made For Walking, says Delia. These Boots Are Made For Walking.

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

Absolutely right.

18. That looks pretty good to me, Delia.

-Well played, Delia. They're going to be strong again, aren't they?

-Yeah.

Nancy Sinatra had a hit in 1966 and Jessica Simpson in 2005

-from the film Dukes Of Hazzard.

-Very good.

Now then, Connie.

-Welcome back to the show.

-Hello.

Now, tell us what happened with you last time.

Erm, the first round was literature, which is not really our category is it? So... Erm...

-You had Tom's Choice.

-It was Tom's Choice.

It was Tom's Choice, which was Rob's choice, to be fair.

I can't hold you accountable for that.

But, yes. Remind us what you do, Connie.

-I'm an assistant psychologist.

-An assistant psychologist.

OK. Erm...

-Do you like music?

-I do.

-Do you follow the Hit Parade?

I do, I do.

Erm, I think I know two.

I feel like I should know more

but they're not coming to me. Erm...

-They're quite hard, actually.

-So...

I'm trying to toss up which one might be lowest,

but I think I'm going to go for

the Weather Girls and Geri Halliwell

with It's Raining Men.

It's Raining Men, says Connie.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said It's Raining Men.

Absolutely right.

49.

The Weather Girls had a hit with that over 30 years ago, that was.

Can you imagine? And Geri Halliwell's was 2001

from the film Bridget Jones's Diary.

-Even that's more than ten years ago.

-Wow. Yes. Wow.

-Yeah.

Tom. Welcome to the show, Tom.

Now, where are you from?

-West London.

-West London. And what do you do?

Recruitment and HR manager.

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

-Football, lots of sports, and then just the usual going out on the weekend with friends.

-Excellent.

Very good indeed. Music?

-Very weak.

-Really?

-Yeah.

The only one I knew was It's Raining Men.

So I'm going to have to take a guess.

I'm going to go with the Pretenders and Girls Aloud and Walk On By.

Walk On By, says Tom, for the Pretenders, Girls Aloud.

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

Bad luck, Tom. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yeah. Not a hit for either of them, I'm afraid.

Dionne Warwick and various others have released it.

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

-Now then. Heather.

-Hello.

-Heather. Welcome to the show.

-Hello.

-You're from Leicester.

-Yeah.

-What do you up in Leicester?

-I'm a dog walker.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-How long have you walked dogs?

Erm, about a year.

Now then. This board is all yours.

You can fill in all the gaps for us.

Erm, OK. The top one, I think it's called Tainted Love.

I don't know the next one.

The Pretenders and Girls Aloud - I know the tune,

and it's either called Jump

or Jump For My Love

but I don't know which one. And the last one

is Unchained Melody,

but I think that's probably going to be really, really high.

So I'm going to go for the top one, which is Tainted Love, fingers crossed.

Tainted Love, you're saying. Fingers crossed. Soft Cell, Marilyn Manson.

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

Absolutely right.

Oh, 32.

32. Not bad at all, Heather.

Good answer, Heather. Soft Cell having a number one hit with that.

Actually, it scores more than the other one you knew, Unchained Melody,

which is The Righteous Brothers and Robson Green. That would've scored 30. Amazingly.

The Pretenders and Girls Aloud. It wasn't Walk On By.

They did do Walk This Way together with the Sugababes,

but not Walk On By. This was I'll Stand By You.

Eight points. Sheryl Crow did a cover version

of the Guns 'N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine. Five points.

The best answer up there would have scored you three points.

Dusty Springfield and The White Stripes both had a hit with

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself, the Bacharach and David song.

Three points. Well done if you said that.

Thanks. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at our scores. Well, Delia.

Very well done indeed. Thank you.

Very well done. See, it pays sometimes to be on that first desk.

You get first dibs on that board.

And there we are. There's your score to show for it. 18. Well done.

Then up to 32, where we find Heather and Fergus.

Up to 49, where we find Connie and Rob,

And then, I'm sorry, Tom and Krish.

100. Luckily, Krish, you're going to be brilliant on this next board. We have to hope

that's enough to see you through to the next round. Best of luck.

Let's come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK. So we're going to put seven more pairs of artists on the board. And here they are. We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now remember, we are looking for the UK top 40 hits

that these pairs of artists shared.

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

-Now, Fergus.

-Yes.

-You are from Nottingham.

-Yes, indeed.

What... I can hear, even just from "yes indeed," you're not actually originally from Nottingham.

-No, not really. From Edinburgh.

-From Edinburgh.

-Yeah.

-How long have you lived in Nottingham?

-30 years.

-Ooh, you've kept that accent well.

-Och, you've got to do it.

It's box fresh.

Fantastic. What do you do, Fergus?

I work for a large health and beauty retailer.

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

I like photography. I like kind of walking, reading.

-That sort of thing.

-Very good indeed.

-Listening to music?

-Yes, a bit of that.

Taking notes of people who've covered songs?

-Er, wish I'd done better at that.

-Yeah.

Tell you what, you get first pick of the board, which is helpful, I think.

Yes. Erm, I've had a look, and it's one of these ones where

I'm sort of half not sure,

but the one I do know unfortunately is the top one,

which I think will be quite popular. Which is Wonderwall.

Wonderwall. OK, well, let's find out.

There is your red line. If you get through that red line

you are through to the next round. You're on 32.

The high scorers are Krish and Tom on 100.

So 67 or less will do it for you.

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

It is right.

And you're through to the next round. Very well done.

Ooh, look at that. 22!

Only four up from our lowest score so far.

54 is your total, Fergus.

Good score, Fergus. Written by Noel Gallagher and sung by Liam Gallagher

and Beady Eye at the 2012 Olympics.

And Mike Flowers Pops did a sort of cheesy easy-listening version of it.

Hmm. Very good.

Now then, Krish. You're housemates.

For how long have you been housemates?

-About a year now, for my sins.

-About a year.

-How long have you known each other?

-About seven years, in fact.

-Right.

We did our placement year together at university.

OK. Where were you at uni?

I went to Sheffield, but we did our placement years in Reading.

Right you are, I see, I see. What do you do, Krish?

I am an account manager at a recruitment company as well.

Right you are. OK.

And in your spare time, what are your hobbies?

-I enjoy travelling and playing sport as well, when I can.

-Very good.

Very good. OK, well, listen. You're high scorers. I'm afraid you inherit from Tom quite a big score there.

100. However, it's a new board.

What do you make of it?

I know a couple. Annoyingly, that was the one I was going to go for,

as I thought it'd be relatively low.

I think I'm going to try and go for damage limitation now

and hope one of the other guys don't know an answer.

I'm going to go for Bee Gees and Steps and Tragedy.

Tragedy. OK. Tragedy, says Krish.

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

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

Well, it's right.

Down it goes...31.

131 your total. You are still in the game, Krish.

Well done, Krish. Yeah, number one single for both of those acts, Steps and the Bee Gees.

Now then. Rob.

Rob. Welcome back.

Yes, it was Tom's Choice from you that saw you out in round one last time.

You've been thrown a bit of a lifeline by Tom's answer in the first pass.

You could still go out if you get this wrong,

but you're on 49, they're on 131.

If you can score 81 or less, you are through. How are you feeling about this?

Erm, a couple of the ones I knew have been taken away.

Erm, Oasis are my favourite band, so it's a shame that one got taken.

But I do know one more.

I'm going to go for Don McLean and Madonna and American Pie.

American Pie, says Rob. American Pie.

Here's your red line coming in.

Below that, you're in round two.

American Pie. How many people said that?

Very well done. You are through to round two.

40 is your score, 89 your total.

-That feels better than the last time, Rob, doesn't it?

-It certainly does, yeah.

Yeah, American Pie. I think that might be just about the best pop song ever written.

-It's a great song.

-I'm talking about Don McLean's version, obviously.

-Yeah.

So we come to you, Mark. The good news is,

whatever you score, you are through to the next round because you're only on 18.

The high scorers are more than 100 points ahead of you.

The board is yours.

Do you want to fill in the blanks?

Well, the three that I definitely knew have all gone.

I don't know what the Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones one is.

The only Nina Simone one I know is My Baby Just Cares For Me

but I don't know if Muse did a cover version of that.

I can't remember what the name of the Harold Faltermeyer, Crazy Frog one is.

So I'm going to have to go with Nilsson, Mariah Carey,

and I think it's Without You.

Without You, says Mark. Without You.

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

No red line for the nice reason that you're already through.

Absolutely right.

17.

Takes your total up to 35.

Our lowest total by quite a way.

Originally written by the British band Badfinger

but both those acts had a hit with it.

Take a look through the rest of this board.

Um, Harold Faltermeyer and Crazy Frog both had a hit with

the theme to Beverly Hills Cop, which is Axel F.

One of the catchiest songs you'll ever hear. 10 points.

This next one, Muse's cover version of this song,

the NME readership voted it the best cover version of all time in 2010.

Number three was Johnny Cash's version of Hurt, by Nine Inch Nails.

Number two was the Beatles, Twist and Shout.

-And number one was Muse's version of...

-Feeling Good.

-Feeling Good.

Absolutely right. Would have scored you four points.

Now, Shirley Bassey and Tom Jones,

the song they both had a hit with was I (Who Have Nothing).

That's the best answer up there as well. One point.

Very good indeed. Thank you, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the pair who'll be leaving us, with their high score of 131,

I'm afraid, Krish and Tom, it is you.

Yeah, it was that Pretenders, Girls Aloud answer, Tom,

that did for you.

So we have to say goodbye to you now. But we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed. Krish and Tom. Thanks very much for playing.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

Well, sadly, at the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to yet another pair.

Wonder which pair it'll be. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...

British Politics. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first and second.

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Leaders of the Opposition. Richard.

Yes. In a moment, Xander's going to show you a list of five UK Prime Ministers.

We need you to tell us anybody who was the Leader of the Opposition

when any of these Prime Ministers was in power.

So any Leaders of the Opposition when any of these Prime Ministers were in power.

-Very best of luck.

-OK.

As Richard mentioned, I'm going to put up the names of five British Prime Ministers

up on the board. They will remain on the board throughout the round,

up and down the line. You just have to name any Leader of the Opposition while they were in power.

OK. And here are the five Prime Ministers.

I'll read those a second time.

There we are.

Now then, Delia.

-How do we feel about this?

-Not good at all.

This was one of my weaker subjects, UK politics.

So I'm just going to have to name a politician

that might have been Leader of the Opposition at the time.

So I'm going to go for William Hague.

William Hague, says Delia. William Hague.

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

It's right.

21.

21 for William Hague.

Well played, Delia. He was Tony Blair's opposition from 97 to 2001.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Connie.

-Hello.

-Now, how are we feeling about this?

Erm, this is not my strong subject whatsoever.

I'm going to have to take a random kind of guess.

I'm going to have to say John Major.

John Major, says Connie. Let's see if John Major's right,

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

Ooh, it's right!

Down it goes. 14 for John Major. Very well done, Connie.

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Well done, Connie. John Major. He was only Leader of the Opposition

for about six weeks after losing the election to Tony Blair.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Fergus.

-I'm going to go for Michael Howard.

-Michael Howard, says Fergus. Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right.

14 our best score so far...

Ooh, smashed through that!

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-Five.

Five for Michael Howard.

Well played, Fergus, that's a terrific answer.

That's three opposition leaders to Tony Blair we've had in the first pass.

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

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand. Five, very much the best score of that pass.

Fergus, very well done. Heather, that puts you in a pretty nice position

for the next bit of the game.

Connie and Rob on 14, then up to 21

where we find Delia and Mark.

So yes, Mark, a little bit of pressure on you. Best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, now, Heather. How are you feeling about this, Heather?

Better now that my Dad got five.

Still not very confident.

-OK.

-I've got, like, two names in my head.

I don't even know if either of them are right.

I'm going to go for Tony Benn.

Tony Benn, says Heather.

Well, the high scorers on 21 are Mark and Delia.

You're on five. If you can score 15 or less,

you will avoid becoming our new high scorers.

There's your red line.

Tony Benn, though. Is that right?

Oooh! Bad luck, Heather. Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer scoring you 100 points,

and that takes your total up to 105.

Sorry. Many times he felt like the Leader of the Opposition,

but he was never even leader of the Labour Party, I'm afraid.

Now then, Rob. That's thrown you a bit of a lifeline there.

-How are you feeling about this, Rob?

-Terrible.

-Really?

-Possibly one of the worst categories you could have picked.

-Really?

-Yeah.

Listen, the high scorers are Heather and Fergus on 105.

You're on 40. If you can score 90 or less, you are through to the next round.

-Well, I'm going to go with David Cameron.

-OK.

You're going to go with David Cameron. There is your red line.

If you get below that red line with David Cameron, you're through to the next round,

to the head-to-head. Let's see. David Cameron. How many people said that?

Absolutely right, yup, and you are through.

Nine for David Cameron.

Well done, Rob. Takes your total up to 23.

Well done, Rob. David Cameron just overlapped with

the end of Blair's Prime Ministership.

Now, then. Mark.

Here we go.

Now, our high scorers at the moment are Heather and Fergus on 105.

You're on 21. You need to be scoring 83 or less.

So can you name anyone who was Leader of the Opposition

when any of these Prime Ministers were in power?

Well, if I thought we were definitely through, I'd take a risk and maybe

say Dennis Healey or Jim Callaghan for Margaret Thatcher.

But I'm going to play it safe and I'm going to go for Iain Duncan Smith.

Iain Duncan Smith, says Mark. Iain Duncan Smith.

There is your red line.

Below that, you're in the head-to-head. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many people said Iain Duncan Smith.

And you're through to the next round.

Down it goes. 17. Very well done.

17 takes your total up to 38.

There's a guy who can operate under pressure. Very well done.

Even got four points better than Delia, as well.

-There you go.

-It's instructive.

Yeah, Tony Blair had five Leaders of the Opposition, and we've heard all five of them,

and one incorrect answer.

There's one pointless answer,

which is one of the opposition leaders to William Gladstone

was the Marquess of Salisbury.

Hugh Gaitskell was opposition leader to Harold Macmillan.

Would have scored you one. Michael Howard there with five.

Other answers. Gladstone, you could have had Benjamin Disraeli -

would have scored you six points. We've had all the Tony Blair ones.

For Margaret Thatcher there were three. Jim Callaghan would have scored you eight.

Michael Foot would have scored you 14. Neil Kinnock, of course, would have scored you 28.

And for Edward Heath and Harold Macmillan,

Harold Wilson would have scored you 30 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, our losing pair with a high score of 105,

it's Heather and Fergus, I'm afraid.

Oh, dear. I'm sorry.

Yes, I mean, did you know any answers on that at the end?

-That you...

-After I said it, I thought, "I should have said David Cameron."

-But...too late now.

-Oh, well. Listen, we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed. Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Heather and Fergus.

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But for our remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Delia, Mark, Rob and Connie.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £5,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Obviously only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair it's going to be, you're now going to go head-to-head.

This time you're allowed to confer.

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

-Now then, Delia and Mark. We've been here before.

-Mm-hm, yeah.

We have been here before, but this time you are the lowest-scoring pair,

which means you get to go first.

Who's in charge now?

Well, I know we can confer,

but I'll be in charge.

-You're going to remain in charge? OK.

-Yes.

-You'll have the casting vote then, will you?

-Yes.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Railway stations of the world, Richard.

Mmm. We're going to show you five pictures now from inside famous railway stations.

We need you to tell us in which city is each located. Good luck.

OK. Let's reveal our five railway stations of the world. And here they are.

We have got...

There we are. Five famous international railway stations.

Delia and Mark, you get to go first because you played best throughout the show so far.

(Want to go for A? Shall we just go for the one that we know?)

OK. Erm, we're not really too sure about most of them,

so we're just going to go for the one that we think's obvious.

Which is D, New York.

OK. D, New York, say Delia and Mark.

Rob and Connie, you can talk us through all the others if you like.

-Erm...I think...

-I don't know.

-A is London,

-cos it looks like the new St

-Pancreas.

I'm not sure about any of the others. E could be Singapore or Tokyo.

It looks quite futuristic.

We'll go A, London.

A, London.

We have London and we have New York.

Delia and Mark said New York. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said New York.

It's right.

23.

23. Now then, Rob and Connie, you've said London.

-You said it might be St

-Pancreas

-in London.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-You know what I meant.

-Let's see if it's right.

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

-Oh, yeah.

-Well, it's right. 23's what you have to beat.

And you've done it! 19, very well done.

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Good call, Rob and Connie. After one question you are up 1-0.

Well played, Rob. You stuck to your guns there as well and you were right to do so.

It's St Pancras in London.

Now, B is Moscow.

That would've scored you 10 points.

C, the whole of this city's subway is carved into solid rock.

And it has frescos and cave paintings on the ceilings.

They call it the longest art gallery in the world, and it's in Stockholm.

It would've scored you one point, a terrific answer. But even better answer, the last answer.

You're not a million miles away with Singapore and Tokyo.

It's very futuristic and it's in Dubai.

A pointless answer. Well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Delia and Mark, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

'Carry On' performers. Richard.

We're going to show you five names of regular Carry On performers now,

but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble these and give us the most obscure?

Thank you, Richard.

OK, let's reveal our five Carry On performers in anagram form. And here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then. Rob and Connie, you go first this time.

Not the best for us.

We're going to have to go with hopefully the safe one.

That's the middle one, Betroth True Twerp,

which is Barbara Windsor.

Barbara Windsor. Betroth True Twerp.

BOTH: Oh.

Ah. Oh well.

Barbara Windsor we have to take.

That's the one you've submitted for Betroth True Twerp.

Delia and Mark. Talk us through the board, if you can.

Well, we think Barbarian Sword's Barbara Windsor.

The only other one I can make out is Jim Dale.

And I thought the bottom one is Kenneth Williams.

Which of those would you like to go for?

We're going to go with the Jim Dale.

Jim Dale, you're going to go. Idle Jam, Jim Dale.

So we have Barbara Windsor and Jim Dale.

But Rob and Connie are going for Barbara Windsor, Betroth True Twerp.

So, let's see if that's right.

Not so much. No, not so much.

Now then. Delia and Mark have said Jim Dale for Idle Jam.

Let's see if that's right. All it has to be at this stage is right.

And obviously it is.

33.

Very well done. You're back in the game, Delia and Mark.

After two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.

Sorry, Rob and Connie. But very classy of Delia and Mark not to nick your answer

for Barbarian Sword.

And Barbarian Sword of course is Barbara Windsor.

-Would have scored you 65 points.

-That's OK then.

Delia, you're right about Link With Enamels. It's Kenneth Williams.

Would have scored you 26.

Join Mass is Joan Sims.

Would have scored you 14.

And Betroth True Twerp is the best answer on the board.

It was Peter Butterworth.

Very well done if you said that. Terrific answer.

Thank you, Richard. OK.

It comes down to a decider, a third question.

-DELIA LAUGHS

-Best of luck to both of you.

Our third question concerns...

Harry Redknapp, Richard.

Yeah. From railway stations to Harry Redknapp. How about that?

You can't say we don't test you. We're going to show you five clues now to facts about Harry Redknapp.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? Very best of luck, both teams.

OK. Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Harry Redknapp.

And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Harry Redknapp.

Now then, Delia and Mark, you go first this time.

I only know Jamie, so...

-Same as last time?

-Yes. Yes, go for it. Go on.

We're not 100% sure,

but we're going to take another chance

at the team of which he was appointed manager in 2004.

And say Portsmouth.

Portsmouth, you are going to say. Delia and Mark say Portsmouth.

Rob and Connie.

I'd rather go for the bottom one.

-Do you know they year?

-Talk us through the board, if you like.

It's pretty much up to Rob cos... Well, I know one,

but we think it's probably going to be highest, Jamie Redknapp,

for his son. Rob, do you know any others?

Let's see. I know, as soon as all the answers are revealed,

-I will know.

-Yes, I find I know quite a lot of those then.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Erm, I'm trying desperately to seek who he was assistant to.

I can see him sat on the bench at West Ham.

But because they've taken a risk,

so I'm not, you know. We're going to go for Jamie Redknapp.

Jamie Redknapp, say Rob and Connie.

Jamie Redknapp, the name of his son who played for Liverpool.

So, Delia and Mark said Portsmouth.

Is this a complete stab in the dark?

Or was this an informed choice?

Is it informed?

-Well, it's just...

-LAUGHS

It's something that I think he did manage that team, but I'm not...

-It's a place, and they have a football team.

-DELIA LAUGHS

Delia and Mark have said Portsmouth.

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

Oooh! Bad luck. Bad luck, Delia and Mark.

Which means, Rob and Connie, you merely have to be correct with Jamie Redknapp.

Jamie Redknapp, name of his son who played for Liverpool.

Jamie. Is it right, and how many people said it?

Yup, you've done it.

-54.

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Very well done, Rob and Connie.

That means, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

Great tactics from Rob again there, gambling on Mark giving a wrong answer there.

That was really tough luck, Mark.

Yeah, he was Portsmouth manager twice.

He left them in 2004 to manage Southampton.

Then left them again to manage Portsmouth again, which made him very popular on the south coast.

Would have scored you six points. Would have seen you through to the final.

The decade in which he was born. He was born in 1947. So the '40s.

Would have scored you 25.

The manager he assisted at West Ham

was the former player, Billy Bonds.

Would have scored you nothing at all, so very well done if you said that. It's a pointless answer.

And the year he started managing Tottenham Hotspur...

was 2008.

And that would have scored you nine points.

So very well done if you said Billy Bonds. Best answer up there.

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

I'm afraid it's Delia and Mark.

Bad luck, bad luck.

Well, it's your second time in the head-to-head.

You've done incredibly well, both your Pointless appearances.

Delia and Mark, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye. It was great having you on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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But for Rob and Connie it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Rob and Connie.

You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yes!

-ALL LAUGH

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Wow!

Well, you've done pretty well. Quite consistent scoring today.

Our two psychologists.

-Yeah.

-What are you thinking at the moment?

-How are you feeling?

-Please be good categories, that's what we're thinking.

-I think give us a good question.

-OK. What would you like? What would be a good question for you?

-Football would be good. A music round.

-Music.

-Country... Geography, countries.

-Yeah, those.

-Right. OK.

Remember, they're always quite specific in this last round.

Best of luck. The rules are very simple.

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

Do that, and you will go home with that £5,000 jackpot.

First though, you've got to choose a category

and here are those five options.

-ROB SIGHS

-It's a real Tom's Choice of a board, that, isn't it?

Yeah.

-I mean...

-India?

-Yeah, we'll go India.

But let's have a little think first.

We know nothing about darts. Playwrights would be really, really iffy.

-Acid jazz?

-What's acid jazz?

-I don't even know what acid jazz is.

-Erm...chemistry?

-No, cos...

-That'd be a real stab in the dark, now.

Going to have to be India, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Going to have to be.

-Going to have to be India, unfortunately.

-Yeah.

OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many states and union territories of India as they could.

-Richard.

-Yep. We're looking for any of the 28 states or seven union territories

that make up India. 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 jackpot of £5,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Where'd you go?

-I travelled to Himachal Pradesh.

I don't know whether that's part of a territory or in itself or not.

-Kerala.

-Kerala.

-Kerala.

I don't know whether New Delhi's a state in itself,

or whether that's just, like, the city.

But Delhi's obviously in New Delhi.

-Where did you... Where were you staying?

-Himachal Pradesh.

-Himachal Pradesh.

-Himachal Pradesh.

There's another Himachal or another Pradesh of some sort, but I can't think of the name.

OK, so which two are we going to go for so far?

Erm, so that's three, obviously.

We've got New Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala.

There's more down the bottom. I wish I could remember some of them.

-Erm...think, think, think.

-Did you go to visit anywhere, or...?

There's obviously Goa but I can't think of what area Goa's in.

There's Mumbai. I could name you cities but I can't think of what the states would be called.

-Just reconfirm what the three are then.

-Himachal Pradesh,

-Kerala and New Delhi.

-Ten seconds left.

-We'll go with those three.

-Yeah.

-You happy with those?

-Yeah.

-Stop the clock.

There we are. You've got three good answers.

We were looking for states or union territories of India.

What are your three answers going to be?

-It's going to be New Delhi.

-New Delhi.

-Kerala.

-Kerala.

-And Himachal Pradesh.

-And Himachal Pradesh.

OK. Of those three, I think I know which one you'll put last

as your most likely pointless answer.

-Himachal Pradesh.

-Himachal Pradesh. Good, there we are. We'll put that last.

-What's your least likely?

-New Delhi.

-New Delhi.

-Because I'm not sure if that's definitely a state or not.

OK. Let's put those up on the board in that order. And here we are. We have got...

OK. So we were looking for states and union territories of India.

Your first answer, New Delhi, you thought was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer in these to win that jackpot of £5,000. So let's see.

How many people said New Delhi?

-Ooh. Well, you weren't really sure about New Delhi.

-No.

That was holding a place there for you really.

So, yes, we've got that out of the way.

An incorrect answer, obviously not a pointless answer.

-So only two more shots at that jackpot. But two pretty good shots, I'd say.

-Hopefully.

Two pretty good shots. Rob.

That £5,000 jackpot.

You might be quite close to it. What would you do with it?

Erm, I've always wanted to go on an African safari,

so I think it would go towards that cos...

It's something... I'm a big traveller, so that'd be something I'd like to do.

Excellent. Connie, how about you?

Yeah. I'd obviously go along with Rob. Maybe splash out on a bit more of a fancy hotel...

-Yeah?

-..or something this time.

But as well... My mum bought my car for me,

so I might have to pay her some money back for that, perhaps.

-Let's go on safari.

-Or put it towards maybe going to visit Australia.

-I've got family over there that I've never seen, so it'd be nice to...

-Very nice.

-Put it towards that.

-Maybe a trip to India might be in order.

Yeah, I could go back, yeah.

OK. We are looking for states or union territories in India.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kerala.

Again, this has to be correct and pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £5,000, let's see how many people said Kerala.

There we go. This is more like it.

Now, New Delhi, as you feared, was an incorrect answer.

Kerala, on the other hand, an absolutely correct answer.

Down it goes. 10.

APPLAUSE

-10.

-Yeah.

I know there's a lot of people in the UK who work here now who are from Kerala.

-So I thought there might be a few people who would pick that up.

-OK.

-But 10's not a bad score.

-It's OK.

-Not a bad score. Almost into single figures.

But we now come down to your best answer.

The one you put last, your best shot at a pointless answer.

We're looking for states or union territories of India. Your third and final answer was Himachal Pradesh.

Again, this has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win that £5,000 jackpot.

But it could very easily be pointless.

It's a great answer. At least, it sounds like a great answer.

ROB AND CONNIE LAUGH

Sounds good.

Let's find out. Himachal Pradesh.

Is it right? How many people said it?

Well, it's right.

New Delhi was not right.

Kerala took us down to 10.

Himachal Pradesh now into single figures.

Down it goes... Still going down...

Ooh!

AUDIENCE: Aww!

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Oh no. Oh, well.

Oh, I'm so... That is agonising, isn't it? I'm so sorry.

-I thought that was going all the way down.

-No.

Oh, well.

-One person knew Himachal Pradesh.

-Who is it?

Unfortunately, I'm really sorry, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

-Yeah.

-Ooh, but you came close.

-So close.

I'm afraid, though, that means you don't win today's jackpot of £5,000, which rolls over onto our next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants. You've done so well.

Contributed a lot to this game. I'm afraid, yes, we have to say goodbye now.

-But you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy.

-Yay.

-So very well done.

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-We had a good time.

-Yeah.

Yeah. Sorry, Rob and Connie. So close to getting the jackpot there.

As you were saying, when you were talking, there was another Pradesh you were trying to think of.

There's a Madhya Pradesh, which would have scored you one,

but there's two pointless answers, one of which was Andhra Pradesh, and one of which was Arunachal Pradesh.

-I don't remember them.

-Let's look at some of the other pointless answers.

See if you got any of these at home. And please excuse my pronunciation as I go through some of these.

Arunachal Pradesh. Chandigarh was a pointless answer.

Jharkhand was a pointless answer.

Karnataka was a pointless answer.

Meghalaya was a pointless answer. Mizoram.

Also well done if you said that.

Nagaland, Tripura and Uttarakhand.

All of those pointless answers.

So very, very well done if you said any of those.

And again, apologies for my pronunciation, which I'm assuming was dreadful.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Rob and Connie.

-It's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Rob and Connie didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over, which means on the next show we'll be playing

for £6,000.

AUDIENCE: Wooh!

Join us next time. See if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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