Episode 55 Pointless

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Thank you! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need to come up with the answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Ellen, this is my friend Leah, and we're from Belfast.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Rebekah, this is my dad Paul, and we're from Rotherham.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Richard, this is my wife Jane, and we're from Rutland.

-And couple number four.

-Hello, I'm James, this is my best friend Matt, and we're from Sutton Coldfield.

-And these are today's contestants.

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

So that just leaves one more person to introduce.

Bitten by a radioactive encyclopaedia in 1974,

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

-Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-So, again, we've got four new pairs.

-Yeah!

-Four brand new pairs to get to know. Eight people.

-They seem nice.

They seem lovely! We always have a little chat beforehand.

We do rank you in order, one to eight. I've got my order written down.

-Yep.

-Have a look at that.

-Mine's completely different from yours, as well.

-Not completely different. Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Good.

But all lovely. Even number eight on the list, lovely. Lovely.

Pleasure to meet you all. No, so who knows what's going to happen?

You've got to hope that one of these pairs is going to show their true colours and go all the way through.

Thanks, Richard. All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Dave and Chris didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

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

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OK, in this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you but there is to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will leave us, so make sure that isn't you.

Our first category today is...

Fiction. Can you 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, and the question concerns...

-Classic children's fiction. Richard.

-Very simple, this one.

We'll show you the names of seven classic children's books on each pass. Tell us the author, please.

14 in all to have a go at.

So we're looking for the authors of these classic works of children's fiction.

And here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those one last time.

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

-Leah, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Leah?

I'm a student studying health and social care.

-How long have you done that?

-This is my first year.

-Enjoying it?

-Yeah, I love it.

-What do you like doing when you're not studying?

-Baking, probably.

-Anything.

-Good. Is that quite a new hobby?

Yeah, I only really started this year after I left high school,

-I started it in my spare time at the weekends.

-And what have you brought for us?

Nothing. I couldn't bring it on the plane!

No, seriously, though. LAUGHTER

-Whenever they say nothing, it's because they've done something awesome.

-Yeah.

-And they usually surprise us in the head-to-head.

-She can produce that at the right moment.

-Exactly.

-But thank you in advance.

-Yeah, thanks. What is your signature dish?

Erm, I like making white chocolate and marshmallow cheesecake.

-LAUGHTER

-Wow!

Anyway, Leah, here's your board. You are the first person to have it so you can take your pick of it.

I wish I could! I don't really know any of them,

which is probably not that great, but I'm just going to say

Treasure Island, Charles Dickens.

Treasure Island, Charles Dickens, says Leah.

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

-Oh, dear!

-SHE LAUGHS

Bad luck, Leah. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It's not a brilliant start. That cake better be amazing to make up for that.

-Now then, Rebekah, welcome.

-Thank you.

-From Rotherham. What do you do?

-I'm a student studying A levels.

-What are your subjects?

-Biology, psychology, maths and English literature.

There we are. Phew. In the nick of time. What do you make of this board?

I know one and I'm glad Leah didn't go for it. Well, I think I know one.

-I think.

-OK.

-What is it?

-LAUGHTER

Erm, Winnie-The-Pooh I think is by AA Milne.

AA Milne, says Rebekah. Let's find out if that is right, and if it is, how many people said AA Milne.

It's right.

-60.

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60 for AA Milne.

Much better than 100, Rebekah. Well done.

All the original toys are all in New York Public Library.

-What, on a day out?

-LAUGHTER

-No, they're on display there.

-Oh, I see!

-I've seen them there.

It's all genuine Tigger, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore.

-Thank you.

-It's a pleasure.

-Now then, Richard.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Richard?

-I'm retired from the Prison Service.

-What did you do in the Prison Service?

That's a silly question, isn't it? There's not many things you can do.

-I started as an officer.

-And you finished as...

-A governor grade.

-Phew! I thought you were going to say inmate.

-That's to come.

-LAUGHTER

-That's to come.

-Yeah, get the full set. That's nice.

Now then, Richard, what are you going to go for?

It's pretty... I think it's an OK board for me.

I'll go for The Water Babies and Charles Kingsley.

Charles Kingsley, says Richard, for The Water Babies.

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

It's correct.

Very well done. Look at that! Five! Brilliant answer, Richard! Well done.

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Great work, Richard. Really good answer.

Charles Kingsley also wrote Westward Ho! The town is named after it. The only town with an exclamation mark.

Mm. Now, James, welcome to the show. Great to have you here from Sutton Coldfield.

-What do you do?

-I'm currently a civil servant, it's quite a recent change for me.

I used to work at a well-known bookmakers but I spent seven years taking people's money

and felt quite guilty about it, so I thought I'd have a change of direction.

-Which part of the civil service?

-Er, it's HMRC.

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So then, James, what do we make of this board? You are the last person to have it, so if you like,

you could take us through it, fill in all the blanks.

I have read Winnie-The-Pooh, so I did know AA Milne.

The top one rings a bell. I used to read some books about...

It was a group of girls that went to boarding school.

-I don't know why I read them. My sister had them lying around.

-Top-shelf books?

-LAUGHTER

-Second from the top, I think.

But I'm going to go for the only one that I think is right and I hope I'm not mixing it up

with the inventor of the steam engine. I'm going to go for Treasure Island and Robert Stevenson.

OK. Can you be more specific?

-Robert Louis Stevenson?

-Ah! Thank you.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Robert Louis Stevenson.

Absolutely right.

-40.

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Our second lowest score of the pass. Well done, James.

Yeah, that's the book that brought him fame.

He once donated his birthday to a 12-year-old girl.

A 12-year-old girl told him her birthday was Christmas Day

and he felt sorry for her so he donated his birthday, November 13th.

-Sent her a legal document bequeathing it to her. That's quite fun, isn't it?

-Wow!

-You could do that?

-Well, I think it was a bit of fun.

-Oh, I see.

-So every year, she could have that.

-Yeah.

-That's nice!

-Isn't it?

-It is.

Now, let's go through the rest of these.

-First Term At Malory Towers.

-Enid Blyton.

-Enid Blyton wrote the Malory Towers books.

-Would've scored you 18. The Wind In The Willows?

-Kenneth Grahame.

-Kenneth Grahame.

That would've scored 14. Let's go down to Swallows And Amazons next.

-Arthur Ransome.

-Yep. That would've scored 12.

And The Lost Prince is a pointless answer.

-I... Is this Oscar Wilde?

-It's not Oscar Wilde.

-It's actually Frances Hodgson Burnett.

-Ah!

-It's pointless.

Very well done if you said that at home. Well done if you got them all.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Five, Richard. Charles Kingsley, brilliant answer. Very well done.

You and Jane have a commanding position in this round.

Then up to 40, quite a long way up, where we find James and Matt.

Up to 60, where we find Rebekah and Paul. And then it's a hike up to 100

where we find Leah and Ellen. Ellen, who knows?

-There might be a brilliant answer on that board that only you know.

-Hopefully.

We have to hope that's enough to keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, we're going to put seven more works of fiction on the board, and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we're looking for the authors of these classic works of children's fiction.

Matt, you need to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Matt, welcome to the show. What do you do?

-I'm an insurance underwriter.

-Good.

-I'm the reason your premiums go up every year.

He says, chirpily. That's nice. And how long have you and James known each other?

Since sixth form, so probably about eight years, ten years.

-Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-Mine.

I saw a Michael Jackson question come up a few years back and I immediately wanted to come on.

-Fair enough.

-I don't know whether I'll get that today.

-You never know.

James the obvious choice to come with?

Yeah, he's a big Michael Jackson fan, as well, so...

So you've equipped yourself for this question

-just in case it comes up.

-Very specialised knowledge.

Well, that's good. So far, you're not doing too badly

on children's fiction. Matt, how do you feel about this round?

I'm not very good on this one so I'm going to go for a safe answer.

I'll go for The Hobbit, which is JRR Tolkien.

JRR Tolkien, says Matt.

Let's see if that's right. The high scorers at the moment are Ellen and Leah on 100.

You're on 40. 59 or less sees you through.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tolkien.

It's right.

You are through! Very well done! Look at that! 59 you needed, 59 you got.

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-99 is your total. Very well done, Matt.

Well played, Matt. The Hobbit is one of those stories you hear about

that emerged from stories he used to tell to his children at bedtime,

which I always think means there's generations of people, when they tell stories to children at bedtime,

they're sort of telling them but in their head they're going, "That's actually quite good.

"Hold on a minute, I'm just going to write some of this down." The kid's going, "Finish the story."

-Don't you think?

-Thanks, Richard. Jane.

-Jane, you are on five. Brilliant answer from Richard in the first pass there.

-Just as well.

-Well, you say that... Jane, what do you do?

-I do the accounts for a small environmental company.

Good stuff. What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

-I like going to the gym, walking, cycling in the sun, not when it's windy or rainy.

-No.

What are you going to go for? You want to be scoring 94 or less

-to avoid becoming the new high scorers.

-I think I'll go safe.

-The Tailor Of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter.

-Beatrix Potter for The Tailor Of Gloucester.

Is it right? How many people said it? There's your red line.

Well done, Jane.

-15!

-Well done.

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15, taking your total up to 20. Lovely low score. Well done, Jane.

Yeah, that was her third book after Peter Rabbit and Squirrel Nutkin.

She said that was her favourite, The Tailor Of Gloucester.

-Thank you. Now, Paul, welcome to the show.

-Hi.

-What do you do?

-I'm an electrician.

-Good stuff. That's fine.

-Are you an emergency electrician?

-No, no, we install stuff.

You install stuff for a well-known telecommunications company.

-Good. Are they nice employers?

-Yes.

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-Very eloquent pause there, Paul. Very eloquent.

-What do you do in your spare time?

-I do a lot of caravanning.

-I like caravanning, dragging the shed.

-You drag the shed.

-Yes.

-You don't go somewhere and there's a caravan already there?

-Pointless.

-Where's the fun in that?

-Where's the fun in driving at normal speed?

-Exactly.

-Yeah.

-It would upset everybody.

Yeah, it would. Motorists would hate that.

So, Paul, what are you going to go for on this board?

Unfortunately, I can't think of any name.

I know the books, The Railway Children and Tom Sawyer,

but I can't think of the authors at all.

So I'm going for Tom Sawyer...

-..Mark Twain.

-HE GASPS

-Ohh!

-Pointless. Ooh!

-Look at that!

Revelationary moment. Well, let's see if it's right.

Here's your red line. Get below that, you're through. Let's see how many people said Mark Twain.

It's right!

Very well done, Paul.

-Fantastic. 20.

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Takes your total up to 80. At the very last minute there.

Well done, Paul. That was skin of your teeth, wasn't it?

Yeah, Mark Twain. Samuel Clemens is his real name

and he'd had lots of other pseudonyms before he settled on Mark Twain.

-He was Sergeant Fathom.

-Good name.

-And Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, as well.

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-He was. Before Mark Twain.

-OK, fair enough. Thank you.

-Now, Ellen. Ah, Ellen, listen, you're on 100.

-Yep.

-No-one else has scored anywhere near 100 yet and you haven't given your second answer.

-No.

-What do you do, Ellen?

-OK, erm...

I'm a university student at Queens.

-And what are you studying?

-Mechanical engineering.

I'm so glad you didn't say literature.

-OK. Mechanical engineering?

-Yeah.

-How long have you done that for?

-This is my first year.

-Enjoy it?

-Yeah.

-Good stuff. What are your hobbies?

I play hockey and I play the guitar, as well.

OK. Now then, this board. It's quite tough. All the creamy biscuits have been taken

-and just the slightly forbidding-looking shortbread ones are left on the plate.

-Yeah.

It might become 200. I know some of the books, but I can't remember some of the authors.

I can't remember... The Railway Children maybe is EL White,

but I think I'm getting mixed up with Stuart Little.

I recognise The Fifth Form At St Dominic's, I can't remember the author.

And I think I'll go Little Women.

I think it's Alcott. I'll go AM Alcott.

-AM Alcott.

-Yeah.

AM Alcott. OK, let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said AM Alcott.

No! Bad luck!

Bad luck. I'm afraid you are joining the 200 club.

An incorrect answer, taking your total up to 200.

-Sorry.

-Unlucky, Ellen. Not a million miles away. It was Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women.

Would've scored you 28 points.

-The Railway Children?

-It was Nesbit. E Nesbit?

-E Nesbit.

Again, EL White, E Nesbit. It's got an E in it. That would've scored you nine.

Captains Courageous?

That's Rudyard Kipling. A Rudyard Kipling story. That would've scored one.

He was fired from the San Francisco Examiner

and in his firing letter it says, "You have no idea how to use the English language, Mr Kipling."

Later went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. So there you go.

And The Fifth Form At St Dominic's is a pointless answer.

It's a tricky one, so very well done if you said Talbot Baines Reed.

Very well done if you got all of those answers, as well.

-Slightly harder than the first board.

-Yeah, I think it's much harder.

Well, there we are. Thanks. So at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 200, it's Ellen and Leah. I'm going to miss them!

-Yeah.

-Because of that laughter.

-Yes, exactly.

But what if Ellen only laughs when she gets stuff wrong?

-She's come on the next show and get everything right and we'll not hear it.

-Yeah.

-They'll be battle-hardened next time.

-But they'll bring cake next time.

It's win-win. Brilliant. Thanks, Ellen and Leah. Lovely having you on the show.

We'll see you again next time. Great contestants. Thank you.

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

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And so three pairs remain.

Richard and Jane, well done, the lowest scorers by a long way.

25 you scored. Very impressive.

And Paul, congratulations to you. You have managed to get rid of the Pointless jinx,

the Pointless brain-freeze. You thought your way through it. Very few people can do that.

-Where did it come from?

-Who knows?

-Who knows?

Has that settled your nerves?

-You weren't nervous before.

-No.

-Has that...

-Easy.

-Good.

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-Best of luck to all three pairs as we go into round two.

Our category for it is...

Motor racing. Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many 2013 Formula One Grand Prix hosts as they could.

Grand Prix hosts, 2013.

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any country that's home to one of the races

in the 2013 Formula One World Championship.

Any country that's hosting a Grand Prix in 2013.

By country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

We won't accept the United Kingdom, I'm afraid.

OK, Paul. What are you going to go for?

-China.

-China, says Paul. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said China.

It's right.

-26.

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-26 for China.

-Yeah, there's been a Chinese Grand Prix since 2004, held in Shanghai.

Thanks. Jane. Is this a good question for you?

It's not bad. I've just started watching it, actually.

I'll go for Singapore.

Singapore, says Jane. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Singapore.

It's right.

Well, 26 our only score so far and you fly past that.

-15. Well done.

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-15 for Singapore.

-Yeah, Singapore's a great answer.

It's a brilliant Grand Prix. It's the only night Grand Prix they have on a street circuit in Singapore.

Now then, James.

Being an old betting shop man, I did used to watch a lot of the races

at work, they were often on the TV, so my memory...

Mind's gone to mush at the moment,

but I'm thinking I'll stick with the Asian theme and go for Malaysia.

Malaysia, says James. Malaysia. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 people said Malaysia.

It's right.

26 our high, 15 our low.

-You pass 26. 25!

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-The second race of the season, Malaysia.

-Thank you, Richard.

We're halfway through the round, let's see the scores.

15 the best score. Very well done, Jane.

Maybe once again Richard and Jane will be the low scorers this round.

Let's find out. Up to 25, we find James and Matt.

Then 26, only one point ahead, Paul and Rebekah.

So, Rebekah, you are the high scorers. Not by a long way.

But we need a low-scoring answer from you to ensure your place in the head-to-head.

Best of luck. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

Matt, we're looking for countries on the F1 Grand Prix calendar for 2013.

-Oh, dear.

-Oh, no, Matt!

-Don't know whether I'll know one of these.

-Do you follow it at all?

-No, I don't at all, to be honest.

-Erm, so I'll say, er, France.

-France. Seems fair enough.

Now, the high scorers on 26 are Rebekah and Paul, you're on 25.

To avoid becoming the new high scorers or joint high scorers, you want this to be pointless.

Let's see. France. Is that right? How many people said it?

Your red line is there, but it's right at the bottom.

Ooh!

Bad luck, Matt. Bad luck.

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, which scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 125.

Sorry, Matt. Always used to be a Grand Prix in France until 2008.

But not in 2013, I'm afraid. I'm sure they'll have some in the future,

but not at the moment.

Thanks very much. Now then, Richard.

Richard, good news. You are through to the next round,

whatever happens. What are you going to go for?

-I think I'll go for Brazil.

-Brazil, says Richard.

No red line for you, you're already through, but let's see how many people said Brazil.

It's right.

-40.

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40 for Brazil, takes your total up to 55.

Yeah, traditionally the last race of the season, Brazil.

In 2007, Hamilton lost the world title on that last race, and in 2008, he won it on the last race.

-It's always very exciting.

-Now then, Rebekah.

Rebekah, the high scorers are Matt and James on 125.

You are on 26. If you can score 98 or less,

you are in... Oh, no! Is this a bad subject for you?

-Yeah.

-Well, listen, it's not impossible to make one up or to have a guess.

I'm going to stab at Germany.

-You're going to say Germany.

-Yeah.

-There's your red line.

If you get below that red line with Germany, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's find out. Germany, is it right? How many people said it?

Very well done, you're through!

-61!

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Good enough, Rebekah. Takes your total up to 87.

Well played, Rebekah. Very well done.

Michael Schumacher, perhaps unsurprisingly, the record lap holder there at the Nurburgring.

It's a subject where there's always someone who knows answers, so no pointless answers.

There is a one-pointer, though. Well done if you said South Korea.

That would've scored you one point. The United Arab Emirates would've scored you five.

One of the very old-school Grand Prix in Hungary, that would've scored 12.

You could've had India for 14, Bahrain for 19,

Canada for 26, Belgium 27,

USA 33, also Japan 33, Italy would've scored you 42,

Monaco, which unfortunately is not France, but very near it, would've scored 45.

And let's take a look at the top three answers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Australia would've scored you 46.

Spain, 47. So we know what the top is, Germany, 61.

It's top there but enough to see you through, so well done.

Thanks very much. So at the end of the round, it's Matt and James we'll be saying goodbye to

with their high score of 125. Oh, that was so unfair.

France, what are they thinking not doing it this year?

-So close to Monaco, as well.

-I know, yeah.

Well, it was a good guess.

And had you gone Germany, just a little bit further, you'd still be with us.

Anyway, there we are. We'll see you next time and we look forward to that.

-Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Matt and James.

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But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Richard and Jane, Rebekah and Paul.

You are one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,250.

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We have to decide which pair's going through to the final to play for that money,

and to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head, but the difference is you are now allowed to confer.

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

Well, Richard and Jane, it's been exemplary, you've been our lowest scoring pair in every single round.

Even halfway through each round you've been the lowest scorers. So very, very well done.

Rebekah and Paul, you've each had last-minute inspiration.

We had Mark Twain and we had Germany

leaping to your rescue at the very 11th hour.

You can put your heads together now. It takes a bit of pressure off, I think.

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

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

UK political party leaders, Richard.

I'm going to show you five images of party leaders as of March 2013.

We just need you to tell us the party which they lead, please. Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five party leaders, and here they are.

There we are. Five party leaders.

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

-What are you going to say?

-On Jane's instructions, we'll go for B,

-for the SNP, Scottish National Party.

-OK. B, SNP, say Richard and Jane.

Now, Rebekah and Paul, do you want to take us through the rest of the board?

Paul probably will.

I can only think of three. C, D, and E.

C is the Liberal Democrats,

D is Plaid Cymru, I think.

And E is Monster Raving Loony. I'll go for D, Plaid Cymru.

D, Plaid Cymru, says Rebekah and Paul. So we have the SNP versus Plaid Cymru.

Let's see. SNP say Richard and Jane. Is that right? How many people said it? SNP.

It's right.

-Good answer! 30 for SNP.

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Is it good enough? Rebekah and Paul have said Plaid Cymru for D.

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

Ooh! Incorrect, I'm afraid.

It sounded like you were right. I was sure it was.

Bad luck, Paul and Rebekah.

That means, Richard and Jane, after one question, you're up one-nil.

D is actually Alistair McDonald, the Social Democratic & Labour Party.

That would've scored you one point, a terrific answer.

You would've won the point, as well, with E.

That is Alan Hope of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

Would've only scored you 13 points.

Well done if you said that at home.

A, that's Leanne Wood, and she is the leader of Plaid Cymru.

It was a pointless answer, as well. And C, well, it's Nick Clegg.

How many people do you think knew he's the leader of the Lib Dems?

It's probably going to be 67.

He actually would've scored you 49 points. 49 points.

More than half the people couldn't tell you the party he leads.

Thank you, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Rebekah and Paul, you have to win this one, but you get to answer first.

It concerns...

-Trees, Richard.

-I'm going to show you five anagrams of names of trees. Can you name the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our five anagrams of trees.

And here they are. We have got...

-There we are. Rebekah and Paul, you go first.

-THEY WHISPER

OK, we're going to go for the fourth one, crib shrivel,

and silver birch.

Silver birch, say Rebekah and Paul.

Now then, Richard and Jane, can you talk us through the rest of the board?

-No.

-We're struggling with these but we got the second one, so I think we'll have to go for the second one,

-which is monkey puzzle.

-Monkey puzzle, nuzzle me poky.

So we have silver birch and we have monkey puzzle.

Rebekah and Paul said silver birch. Let's see if that's right and how people said silver birch.

It's right.

-16!

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16 for silver birch.

Richard and Jane have gone for monkey puzzle.

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

It's right.

Now, is that going to beat 16?

-Oh, no, not quite. It's 21.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Rebekah and Paul. Silver birch has done it for you.

After two questions, it's one-all.

-Let's take a look at the rest. Have you got any of these?

-Horse chestnut.

Stench shouter is horse chestnut. That would've scored 12 points.

So it would've been a winning score.

I think I can do the bottom one.

-The bottom one is the biggest scorer.

-Sycamore.

-Sycamore, yeah.

Sycamore would've scored 23.

And the top one, cabal prep, and it's crab apple.

Crab apple. And that would've scored 14 points.

Horse chestnut is the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, so here comes your decider. This is question number three.

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

It concerns... David Hasselhoff.

-David Hasselhoff. Richard.

-Yeah, we've done party leaders

and anagrams of trees. Where else was there for us to go?

We'll give you five clues to facts about David Hasselhoff.

The team who picks the most obscure is going to go through to play for the jackpot. Best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Hoff.

I can't believe I just called him the Hoff. Here they are.

I'll read those facts one more time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about David Hasselhoff.

Richard and Jane, you go first.

I only think I know one.

-And I think that's the name of the talking car was KITT.

-KITT, the talking car. KITT.

Rebekah and Paul, talk us through the board if you can.

OK, the bottom one I think is Britain's Got Talent.

But I think we're going for the top one, which is Berlin.

OK, you're going to go for Berlin. Berlin.

Well, KITT was the answer Richard and Jane gave as the name of the talking car in Knight Rider.

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

It's right.

-Ooh, 65!

-APPLAUSE

That's quite high. Rebekah and Paul have said Berlin was the venue

of his New Year's Eve concert 1989.

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

It is right.

Ooh! Beats KITT!

-Wow! Down it goes. 20! Fantastic!

-APPLAUSE

Very well done.

That means, after three questions, Rebekah and Paul, you are through to the final two-one.

Very well played. Looking For Freedom was the number-one single in West Germany

for eight weeks during the period of re-unification.

And KITT, you can buy KITT if you want. One of the four cars that was used in the series is up for sale

for 150,000 if you fancy it.

-Doesn't talk, though.

-Ah.

Let's take a look at the rest. You're right about Britain's Got Talent.

Would've seen you through to the final. Scores 52 points.

The song he released in 2006 was Jump In My Car.

That would've scored you four.

And the best answer on the board is the Mel Brooks musical,

and it's The Producers, and that would've scored you one point.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks. So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

Richard and Jane. Performed so well throughout the show up to this point.

Well, pretty well in the head-to-head round, three correct answers.

Erm, you came up against Paul and Rebekah.

Pointless inspiration is in their favour, I'm afraid.

But it means we get to see you again next time when I'm sure you'll do just as well if not better.

But thanks for playing. Great to have you on the show. Richard and Jane.

APPLAUSE

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

-APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Rebekah and Paul, you've seen off all the competition

and you've 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 £2,250.

APPLAUSE

Now, I have a very good feeling about this.

I always have a good feeling when people have a moment of inspiration. You've had it not once but twice.

And you owe it... Pointless has helped you.

It's just nudged you through a little bit.

I always think that usually results in some kind of jackpot.

It's worth pointing out, the statistics don't back him up at all.

It's sort of 50/50, really. But it's nice to have a hunch, isn't it?

Yeah, it's always nice to have a hunch.

Rebekah, how long have you been waiting to be on Pointless?

Quite a while, to be honest,

cos we were obviously waiting for me to turn of age to come on Pointless.

Probably the day after my 18th birthday, we applied.

Look at that, and here you are, straight through to the final

on your first, and I'm sorry to say, only appearance.

But, as I say, I have a very good feeling about this.

Now, as always, you start this round off by choosing a category.

You have four choices. They are...

-Nottinghamshire?

-Whatever's best for you.

-It's near us.

-I'll try and help.

It's near us? Is that your reason?

-OK.

-We'll go Nottinghamshire.

-Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire. OK. Nottinghamshire it is. Richard.

-Is that cos of how near it is to Rotherham?

-Yes.

-Apparently.

Fingers crossed for you. Three very different categories here for you to choose answers from.

Can you give us any full-length novel by DH Lawrence, born in Nottinghamshire?

Can you give as any of the cast of the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves?

Any actor who received an acting credit in that film.

And anyone who played in the 1979 or 1980

Nottingham Forest European Cup-winning team.

So, DH Lawrence novels, cast of Robin Hood from 1991,

or any player who played in the 1979 or 1980 Nottingham Forest European Cup-winning team.

Very, very best of luck. And good luck at home, as well.

OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot of £2,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Now, the answers you can give can be from any of these three categories.

There can be three from one category, one from each category, two from one, it's up to you.

As long as they are answers from at least one of these categories.

And you say which category it is from when you answer.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

-You want Nottingham Forest players?

-Yes.

-OK. Do you know three?

-Yes.

-Do you know three good ones?

-Yes, I think.

-OK. I don't know any DH Lawrence novels.

What about Robin Hood? Can you pop one of those in?

If you know three good ones for the bottom one, just go for that.

-OK. Right.

-Do you want to discuss it any further?

-I don't know football players.

-OK. We'll stop the clock. Fantastic.

You're not even going to bounce them off Rebekah, see what she says?

-I don't think so.

-What's the point?

-OK. Well, there we are.

Let's have your three answers, then.

-Kenny Burns.

-Kenny Burns.

-Garry Birtles.

-Garry Birtles.

-And John Robertson.

-And John Robertson.

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

-Kenny Burns.

-Kenny Burns we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Garry Birtles.

-Garry Birtles we'll put first.

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

See, I told you I had a good feeling about this. Very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Garry Birtles.

Now, obviously, it has to be correct.

And if it is pointless, it will win you that jackpot of £2,250.

Rebekah, what are you anticipating spending that on?

Erm, I'll probably use it towards stuff for university, probably,

cos I'm going in September, so hopefully buy some things that I need.

-A shatterproof ruler.

-Yeah.

-Pens. Some cartridges.

-Scientific calculator. Why not?

-Good stuff.

-Paul?

-I'll probably just give it to her for university.

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I hope you'll then give some back to Dad.

He can have a tenner. He can go to the pub with it, that's fine.

-Have a drink.

-Have a drink on me.

-OK. Very good. OK.

Let's find out, Garry Birtles, was he a member of the Nottingham Forest European Cup-winning team?

He was.

OK, if this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here immediately with £2,250.

This is Garry Birtles taking us down through the teens, into single figures.

-He's still going down... Five for Garry Birtles.

-APPLAUSE

Five people remembered Garry Birtles.

This is good, this is all good for the drama.

And you had no hesitation, you put Garry Birtles first, Kenny Burns you had no hesitation putting last.

Your best shot. Your second answer was John Robertson.

Again, it has to be correct, but for you to win that jackpot, it has to be pointless.

So for £2,250,

was John Robertson a member of a Nottingham Forest European Cup-winning team?

He was.

Now, Garry Birtles took us down to five.

John Robertson now taking us down through the 30s

and 20s and teens, into single figures,

down he goes past five, still going down.

-One! OK.

-APPLAUSE

Ah, Paul, I think you've ordered these expertly, may I say.

At least, you will have done if this next one is pointless.

Two brilliant answers.

An exceptional answer up on the board there, I like to think.

This is your third and final answer. This is the one that has to carry it for you.

Your last shot at today's jackpot.

Let us find out, for £2,250,

if Kenny Burns was a member of a European Cup-winning Nottingham Forest team.

Yes, he was! Garry Birtles took us down to five.

John Robertson took us down to one.

Kenny Burns now taking us down through the teens

and into single figures. Is he going to go...

-Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

Oh, no!

Oh, I'm so sorry. That was looking just perfect there.

Three brilliant answers.

Five, one and three.

You'd be very pleased with that at any stage in Pointless.

But I'm afraid, in this last round, they have to be pointless answers.

I'm so sorry, you didn't manage to find that pointless that would've won the jackpot,

so I'm afraid today's jackpot of £2,250 rolls over onto the next show.

But you do get to take home a Pointless trophy each.

-So very, very well done for that.

-APPLAUSE

That is unlucky. Rebekah, you've watched Pointless for many years, you were desperate to come on,

you know how good it is to get those scores in the final. I hope you're proud of your dad.

Funnily enough, Paul, when I saw this question,

I went for Kenny Burns and John Robertson, as well.

I went for Larry Lloyd and he scored five, as well, so I didn't get a pointless answer.

It's actually very, very tough, this one. There's only three pointless answers up there.

Two of them were subs.

One of them was the defender Bryn Gunn,

who came on for Frank Gray. He's someone that people might have got at home.

He was one of the big defenders in that Nottingham Forest team.

And John O'Hare, the striker, also came on as a sub.

I'll give you some other low-scoring ones. Any other names you would've come up with, Paul?

-I knew Frank Gray.

-Yeah. Frank Gray is one that some people at home might have got.

Ian Bowyer would've scored you one, Viv Anderson would've scored one, as would Frank Clark.

Gary Mills, do you remember Gary Mills? Doesn't ring a bell at all. Scored two points.

Tony Woodcock would've scored you two. Trevor Francis was the biggest scorer there on 11.

Now, if people at home were concentrating on some of the other categories,

let's look at some of the pointless answers.

DH Lawrence novels. Aaron's Rod would've been a pointless answer.

The First Lady Chatterley, The Plumed Serpent and The Trespasser,

all of those pointless answers, well done if you said those.

Well done if you said one of those and a Nottingham Forest player.

And the cast of Robin Hood, you could've had

Geraldine McEwan, Mike McShane, the American comic,

Pat Roach, who was also Bomber in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

And Walter Sparrow, also a pointless answer. Very well done if you said any of those.

You played brilliantly throughout. I hope Pointless was what you expected.

And I hope you appreciate how well Paul did there. It was terrific.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been brilliant.

Thank you both so much for playing and playing so well.

-Rebekah and Paul, everyone.

-APPLAUSE

Sadly, Rebekah and Paul didn't win our jackpot,

which means it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £3,250.

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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