Episode 19 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, Xander. I'm Aggie. He's Richard.

And we're a brother and sister combo from Bristol.

Couple number two.

Hello. I'm Pam. This is Abby.

We're mother and daughter.

Couple number three.

I'm Andrea and this is my boyfriend, Alex.

Couple number four.

Hi. I'm Jo. This is Mathew. We're a couple from London.

And these are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce -

a man so clever, he can talk his socks onto his feet without even bending down.

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

Hi, everybody.

Hiya.

It would be lovely to be able to do that!

For you, that's quite a journey, isn't it?

Yeah, but I've got pretty flexible hamstrings,

so it's not too bad for me.

Two returning pairs from last time. Jo and Mathew did very well - got through to the head-to-head,

so they'll be tough to beat today.

But Pam and Abby are back as well.

I mean, they were trouble last time.

They caused a lot of trouble, but it's lovely to have them back, isn't it? Absolutely, yes.

I was quite glad they got knocked out because it meant we'd see them again.

Thank you - I think!

Thanks very much.

All our questions on Pointless have been asked to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,

we will add ?250 to the jackpot.

Suzanne and Gary didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another ?1,000, so today's jackpot starts off at ?4,500.

CHEERING

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

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

At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

So make sure that's not you. Our first category today is...

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

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

OK. And our question concerns...

Literary works with one-word titles. Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you seven literary works with one-word titles

and the year in which they were released.

We need you to tell us the name of the author. 14 in all to have a go at at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

We're looking for the authors of these literary works, and here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time.

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

Aggie, welcome to the show. Thank you.

Great to have you here, from Bristol. Great to be here.

And what do you do, Aggie? I'm that dreaded thing - a civil servant.

But I can tell you what I do.

Phew! What is it?

I work at planning inspectorates and we listen to appeals.

We hear appeals from people who have had planning applications turned down by their local councils.

OK. Now then, Aggie, what do you make of this as a subject?

I studied English at university, so I hopefully know some of them.

I'm going to go...

I think for Atonement

and Ian McEwan. Ian McEwan, says Aggie.

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

It's right.

7.

Good answer.

A wonderful book and adapted into a film in 2007 as well, with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy.

Thanks, Richard. Pam.

Yes. Welcome back to Pointless. Thank you.

Great to have you here again. Now, what happened last time?

It was missing members of bands

that sunk me.

And I think this is going to sink me as well.

The unsinkable Pam, surely?

Now listen, last time we discovered that the two big things in your life

are cranes...

and gears.

Well...mechanical engineering.

Mechanical engineering, yeah.

And frogs. And frogs.

Of course. And other things as well - knitting...

And lots of strange things. Heavyweight boxers.

Heavyweight boxers.

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I don't bother with the young ones.

It's the big boys.

OK.

Pam, when you say heavyweight boxers are your hobby,

just...

I don't know any personally, I'm sorry.

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

I'm afraid this is a guess. It's not a guess, but I'm sorry, Abby.

Ulysses, James Joyce.

James Joyce for Ulysses, says Pam.

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

Absolutely right.

That's a fantastic answer, Pam - 31.

I never doubted for a second you were going to do that, Pam.

You know exactly what you're doing, don't you? She does.

You're doing what Ali did against Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle.

Pretending you know nothing.

Thanks very much. Now, Andrea.

Andrea, welcome to the show. Good to have you here. What do you do?

I am head of music at a radio station in Brighton.

Now, that's a fun job.

I listen to pop music all day and I get paid.

But head of music, so you decide what's on the playlist? Mm-hm.

We have lots of specialist shows, but in daytime, it's all my fault.

Good stuff. Now, Andrea, we want the author of these literary works.

I'm only certain on three, and two of those have gone,

so I'm going to have to go for one which I think is quite obvious.

And I'm going to go for Emma

and Jane Austen. Emma, Jane Austen, says Andrea.

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

Absolutely right.

35.

The last novel published during her lifetime. Her longest one as well.

Someone has counted and there are how many kisses in the entire works of Jane Austen?

How many kisses? Yes.

Two. 14.

14. There we are.

Now, Mathew.

Remind us what you do. I'm an IT professional.

Remind us what you get up to when you're not doing IT.

I like cooking, and at university, with a few of my friends, used to run the Kung Fu Society.

Do you still keep up your kung fu?

I don't, unfortunately. I don't have time. You must have been pretty good to run the society.

No, not really! I love the way Jo went very quietly...

So not that good?

No, I got beaten up by someone very small once

and that was embarrassing. In front of the whole class.

So it happened in a kung fu class? I see, right.

Not just on the street.

So what are you going to go for, Mathew?

I think it's an obvious one, but I'll have to play it,

because I don't know the others.

I'm going to go Dracula, Bram Stoker.

Bram Stoker, says Mathew, for Dracula.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many said Bram Stoker.

Absolutely right.

35 is our high score, 7 our low.

44 for Bram Stoker.

Not bad. Four correct answers.

I know. Sometimes you do these rounds, you get blank faces, so well done to all four of you.

Let's fill in the rest of the board, though.

Cranford?

Oh, Lord, it's...

You do know it.

Shall I tell you? Yeah. Elizabeth Gaskell. Yes.

Would have scored you 10 points.

Ivanhoe? Sir Walter Scott. Yes.

Would have scored you 32. Now, Bleachers, I bet you don't know.

I don't know that. It's a John Grisham novel.

Would have scored 3 points - the best answer up there. Very well done if you said that.

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

7 the best score of that pass, Aggie.

Very well done indeed. Nicely chosen. Then up to 31,

where we find Pam and Abby. Exactly the order we went.

Up to 35, Andrea and Alex,

and up to 44, Mathew and Jo. You're not way ahead, Jo.

But you get first pick of the next board.

Make sure you use it wisely.

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

We'll put seven more literary works on the board. Here they are.

I'll read those all one final time.

Now, remember, Jo, we're looking for the authors of each of these works.

You need to find the one you think fewest of our 100 knew.

Now, what do you do, Jo?

I work in IT as well.

I'm a technical evangelist.

Exactly. A technical evangelist.

Remember that. First time I ever heard it was on the last show.

When you're not doing that, what do you like to do?

I like cooking as well.

What's the best thing she cooks, Mathew? It's got to be probably spaghetti bolognese, I have to say!

Really? Yeah!

He's just downplaying my talents.

Jo, spaghetti bolognese?

It is pretty good. Fair enough.

You are the first one to have this board.

Let's pick a nice juicy answer there.

Literacy is really not my strong subject, so...

Rebecca, I guess, one of the Bronte sisters,

so I'll say...

Charlotte Bronte. Charlotte Bronte, Rebecca, says Jo.

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

No red line for you as you are the high scorers.

I'm really sorry, Jo. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

I'm afraid, you being the high scorers,

that can only mean one thing. 144 is your total.

Sorry, Jo. It goes to show how well everyone did in the first round

that just one wrong answer and that's it,

especially after the head-to-head last time. I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now, Alex. Alex, welcome to the show. Good to have you here. What do you do?

Most of the time, I'm a student doing a Masters at Sussex Uni.

What's the Masters in? Music and sonic media.

What kind of music?

A lot of it is composing to media and to film and so on.

With a view to maybe doing that one day, which would be nice.

What are you going for? The good news is you're already through.

I'm lucky that I knew two of those, because this is not my strong subject.

But I knew two, so I'll be able to say at least one.

I'm going to go for Popcorn and Ben Elton.

Ben Elton, says Alex, for Popcorn.

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

No red line - you're already through.

Absolutely right.

Very well done. Look at that - 7.

Very impressive. 7 for Popcorn takes your score up to 42.

Very well played. Another good answer.

Yes, Ben Elton from 1996, Popcorn.

Thank you. Now, Abby.

Abby, hello. Hello.

Remind us what you do.

My main day job, I've been a photographer for 25 years,

doing portraits and babies and stuff.

But I've recently done a side job as well, which is quite entertaining.

I've been working in a call centre for a television sales channel.

Wow! So it's incoming calls from people wanting to buy stuff.

Who've just seen the thing on the telly? Yes - "Want it, want it!"

So that's actually quite fun and you get some quite interesting calls.

I bet you do! Now, you're already through. Good news.

You are through. So we want the authors of these literary works.

What are you going to go for?

I was going to go for Popcorn, so that's a shame.

I think I know two.

One of them I only know the surname.

So I'll go for... I think Carrie is Stephen King. Stephen King,

says Abby, for Carrie. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many said it.

Again, no red line, as you're already through.

Absolutely right.

31.

You've matched Pam's score.

62 is your total.

That was his first published novel, Carrie.

Fourth novel he'd written, first one anyone published. At one point, he threw his only copy in the bin.

And his wife said, "Get it back out. You never know."

Carry on.

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That's very good!

Thanks. Now, Richard. Hello.

Richard, welcome to the show.

You are also from Bristol. I am. What do you do?

I do the same thing as my sister does.

I'm a civil servant and I work in the planning inspectorate.

Do you work together? We're in different sections.

It's probably for the best. Yes.

Imagine...you wouldn't want to come up against Aggie, would you? This is it.

That would be terrible!

How are you feeling about this round, Richard?

Um...I think I know two.

Maybe three.

I think Trainspotting might be Ian McEwan.

I think Rebecca is Daphne du Maurier.

Twilight, I haven't got an idea.

Lolita is Nabokov.

Nabokov, his surname.

And Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson.

So I'm going to go for Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson.

Robert Louis Stevenson, says Richard for Kidnapped. No red line - you're already through.

But let's see how many people said Robert Louis Stevenson.

53. Gosh, that's a popular one.

53, interestingly, is the highest scoring correct answer we've had this round.

Takes your total up to 60, but you are easily through.

It is a big score. Impressive name recognition.

Going through the ones you said...

Rebecca, you're absolutely right - Daphne du Maurier.

That would have scored you 37.

Now, Trainspotting was not Ian McEwan. Irvine Welsh. Irvine Welsh.

Would have scored you 7 points.

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer. That would have scored you three points.

Now, Lolita - it is written by Nabokov.

It's a Russian Christian name. It's either...

It's...it's...

It's not Ivan.

It's...it's...one of those...

Welcome to Let's Guess Russian First Names.

Wouldn't take long. It's Vladimir. Vladimir!

That would have scored 15 points.

So the best answer up there is Stephenie Meyer.

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

oh, Jo and Mathew, I'm so sorry.

I am so sorry. Weren't you head-to-head last time? Yeah.

And I think I knew the Stephenie Meyer one as well.

It was in the back of my head. I know. It's tough, though.

Well, I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

You did so well last time. I honestly thought you were going to go right through this show.

But I'm afraid not. We have to say goodbye.

Thanks for playing. Jo and Mathew - great contestants.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.

And so now we're just down to three pairs.

Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

so we'll have to say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.

Well, Pam and Abby.

Nice play. Thank you. Nice solid performance. Thank you.

Consistent, good answers. James Joyce particularly good there, Pam.

Aggie and Richard also quite close to you there.

And then Andrea and Alex.

Lovely performance. Popcorn was a cracking answer.

You've all done well. Best of luck to all three pairs.

This is going to be exciting. Our category for Round 2 is radio.

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

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

OK, let's find out what that question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many...

BBC Radio 2 presenters. Richard.

We're looking for the name of any presenter who presents their own show regularly on BBC Radio 2.

And that's according to the Radio 2 website.

Not looking for presenters of one-offs

or short series or anything like that.

Just anyone with a regular show on BBC Radio 2. Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, Richard.

Richard, do you listen to the radio? I do.

Which station? I don't listen to Radio 2 any more.

Right. OK.

Um...

I think I'll go for Simon Mayo.

Simon Mayo, says Richard. Simon Mayo.

Is it right? How many people said it if it is?

Absolutely right.

Very well done. 10 for Simon Mayo. Good score.

Well played, Richard. Simon Mayo presents the drivetime show.

He spent many years on Radio 1 as well.

And he does a film review show with Mark Kermode on 5 Live.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Abby.

Abby, do you listen to Radio 2? I do, actually.

This is good.

I'm hoping I should be all right on this.

I'm trying to think of one of the less well known ones,

so I'm going to go for Alex Lester, who I think is on about 3am.

Is that...? I think.

Is that when you listen?

Well, when I'm driving back from the call centre, you see.

I finish at two, so, yeah.

Alex Lester, says Abby. Let's see if Alex Lester's right

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

Absolutely right. Look at that. Alex Lester.

Let's see if it pays off. Look at that - 2! Very well done, Abby.

CHEERING

I doff my cap to you, Abby. 2 for Alex Lester.

Well played, Abby.

Yeah, he presents from two o'clock until five in the morning.

He's one of the longest-serving presenters on Radio 2.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Andrea.

Radio, you see! If I get this wrong, it'll be very embarrassing!

You shouldn't get this wrong. You should have a great answer.

Do you listen to Radio 2? I do, and I love Simon Mayo,

so you nicked my answer!

Yeah, there's quite a few. It's just I'm wondering which is going to be...

I think...

The one I'm going to go for is on at the weekends, so I'm hoping that's less obvious.

Maybe.

I'm going to say Dermot O'Leary. Dermot O'Leary, says Andrea.

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

It is right.

Now, 10 is our high score, 2 is our low.

Dermot taking us down through the teens...

Oh, look at that.

Smack bang in the middle there.

6 for Dermot O'Leary.

Well played, Andrea. As you say, he presents his live music show on the weekends.

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

2 the best score of that round, Abby. Well done. Keep that up

and you should be straight through to the head-to-head.

Then up to 6, where we find Andrea and Alex,

then up to 10, where we find Richard and Aggie.

So quite neatly spaced there.

But Aggie, we need a particularly low-scoring answer from you,

to make sure you remain with us.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK. So, Alex.

We're looking for Radio 2 presenters.

You're on 6. The high scorers at the moment are Aggie and Richard on 10.

If you want to avoid becoming the high scorers, a score of 3 or less will keep you safe.

OK. Um...

Well, I'm hoping he still does it.

I think the country and western show is hosted by Bob Harris.

Bob Harris, says Alex. Here comes your red line.

It's very low. But let's see if Bob Harris can get you somewhere down there.

It's right.

Oh!

I think that's probably good enough - 4.

Takes your total up to 10.

Well played. Yes, Whispering Bob Harris presents the country show.

Thanks. Now, Pam.

I don't listen to the radio at all, I'm afraid.

So I'm going to punish Abby now, I'm afraid.

I'm going to say Tim Vine.

Tim Vine, says Pam. Tim Vine.

OK, well, the high scorers jointly at the moment,

Aggie and Richard and Alex and Andrea, are on 10.

You're on 2, so a score of 7 or less is what you need.

Tim Vine, says Pam. There's your red line.

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

Oh, bad luck, Pam! I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points

and takes your total up to 102.

Sorry, Pam. Tim Vine does many things with much skill,

but he doesn't have a Radio 2 show, I'm afraid. Sorry.

Thanks very much.

Now, Aggie, Radio 2.

Yes...not really my thing.

But...

I will have a punt. I'm afraid we might get 100 on this.

Graham Norton.

Graham Norton, says Aggie.

Now, you're on 10. The high scorers are Pam and Aggie on 102.

91 or less is what you need.

So, essentially, this just has to be correct.

Pure guess.

Graham Norton. Does he have a show on Radio 2

and if he does, how many people said Graham Norton?

It's right, and you're through. Very well done.

7.

Well said, Aggie. 7 takes your score up to 17 and sees you into the head-to-head.

Graham Norton presents a Saturday morning show. Obviously somewhere in the back of your mind.

Now, Pam, it wasn't Tim Vine you were thinking of - it's Jeremy Vine, isn't it?

It's his brother who presents on Radio 2.

Would have scored 20, so would have been too many.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Clare Teal presents Big Band Sounds.

Dave Pearce does a Saturday night dance show.

Diane Louise Jordan does a sort of a religious hour on Sunday mornings.

Frank Renton does classical big-band music.

Huey Morgan used to be in Fun Lovin' Criminals.

He does a show. Jools Holland does a show on Monday evenings.

Russell Davies does a Sunday night show.

Steve Lamacq's Rock College, and Trevor Nelson does the Soul Show.

All of those would have been pointless answers.

Let's look at the top three answers -

the ones most of our 100 people said.

The lovely Ken Bruce. He's been on here.

Lovely, he was. He would have scored you 24.

Terry Wogan would have scored you 27.

He does a show at the weekends now.

And right at the top, Chris Evans would have scored you 46.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, Pam and Abby, I'm afraid that means you'll be leaving us this round.

It was Round 2 last time as well. I know.

What can I say?

Oh, dear, I'm so sorry!

Anyway, it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you for playing. Pam and Abby - lovely contestants.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Andrea, Alex, Aggie and Richard.

You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at ?4,500.

We need to decide which pair will play for that jackpot,

and to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is, you're now allowed to confer.

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

Well, you've seen off our two returning pairs.

Very, very well done indeed.

I think this will be very exciting. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Movie silhouettes and shadows. Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of silhouettes or shadows

from scenes in movies. Can you name the films, please? Good luck.

Wow!

Never dome this before.

Let's reveal our five movie silhouettes or shadows. And here they are.

We've got...

Ah, yes.

There we are. Five silhouettes or shadows from movies.

Andrea and Alex, you've played best so far,

so you get to go first.

(I think E is Nosferatu.)

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for E

and I think that's Nosferatu.

Nosferatu, say Andrea and Alex.

Now, Aggie and Richard, the board is all yours. Talk us through it.

We were going to say that.

I thought A might be The Exorcist, but I'm not sure.

C is ET and D is Fantasia.

Not sure about B.

What do you think - Fantasia?

Yeah. We'll say that D is Fantasia.

Fantasia, say Aggie and Richard, for D.

So we have Nosferatu and we have Fantasia.

Andrea and Alex said Nosferatu.

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

It is right.

Look at that - 18.

18 for Nosferatu. That looks pretty good to me.

Aggie and Richard have gone for Fantasia.

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

It's right.

26.

Quite close.

Very well done, Andrea and Alex. After one question, you're up 1-0.

Well played, both teams. I think I heard you say all the answers in your deliberations.

A was The Exorcist.

Would have scored you 24 points,

so much the same as you got.

B, I think Andrea had an idea on?

I'm pretty sure that's Sunshine.

That's right. Danny Boyle's film Sunshine

would have scored you 3 points.

Would have been a great answer.

C is obviously ET.

It's a big scorer, as you can imagine.

89 points for ET.

Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your second question.

Aggie and Richard, you have to get this one to stay in the game, but you do get to answer first.

It concerns...

Songs with numbers in their titles. Richard.

We'll show you the titles of five songs, all of which have a number in their title,

but we've removed it. Can you fill it in, please?

OK, let's reveal our five numbers with numbers removed.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Aggie and Richard,

you go first.

(When I'm Sixty-Four.)

THEY WHISPER

We're going to try the Blur song and say it's Song 2.

Song 2, say Aggie and Richard. Song 2.

Andrea and Alex, the board is yours. Talk us through it.

Yeah, that's Song 2.

Obviously, When I'm Sixty-Four by the Beatles.

Now, the Temptations one...

Is it Cloud Nine? I'd guess at Cloud Nine.

I'd guess it, but I don't know it.

The Johnny Cash one, despite this shirt, I don't know!

I was hoping you'd know, because that's the only one I'm not sure of.

And what's the Script one?

The Script one is Six Degrees Of Separation.

Shall we go for the Script? Yeah.

I think we'll go for Six Degrees Of Separation, the Script.

Six Degrees Of Separation.

Aggie and Richard have said Song 2.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Song 2.

Look at that - 18.

18 for Song 2.

Now then, Andrea and Alex have said Six Degrees Of Separation by the Script.

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

It's right.

Now, where's that going to stop?

Look at that - 19!

Wow!

I said this was going to be a close head-to-head.

Couldn't be closer. After that, well done, Aggie and Richard - you're back in the game.

It's 1-1 after two questions.

Pretty high-quality stuff so far. Yeah.

You were probably both best to avoid the obvious ones.

When I'm Sixty-Four by the Beatles would have scored you 75 points.

The other one - it's less well-known, but Cloud Nine from the Temptations

would have scored you 81 points.

Now, the best answer on the board by a long way

was 25 Minutes To Go by Johnny Cash.

No guessing that one if you didn't know it.

3 points. Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks, Richard. So here comes your third question. This is the decider.

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

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Extreme weather. Richard.

We'll show you five clues to facts about extreme weather.

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

Thanks. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Andrea and Alex, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

OK, I think we're going to have to go with the country

and say Iceland.

You say Iceland - the country with the volcanic eruption. Iceland.

Now then, Aggie and Richard,

talk us through the rest of the board.

Do you know the name of the Oscar documentary? Don't know that.

I could guess at the century of Britain's worst recorded storm.

But I'm not revealing that yet.

And I think a pluviometer is used to measure rain.

The BBC weatherman was Michael Fish.

Which everybody should know.

Which do you think?

I think pluviometer is used to measure rain.

Aggie and Richard are saying the pluviometer is used to measure rain.

So, we have Iceland versus rain.

This to decide who goes through to the final.

Andrea and Alex said Iceland.

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

It's absolutely right.

Oh, that's a high score! Look at that - 74.

Aggie and Richard have said a pluviometer is used to measure rain.

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

It's right.

And it wins you the point. Very well done indeed.

42.

Which means, Aggie and Richard, after three questions,

you are through to the final 2-1.

Yes, it was the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, of course,

as you were probably about to tell us.

LAUGHTER

Now, you both knew the Al Gore film about climate change,

but neither team could remember the title.

It was An Inconvenient Truth.

Would have been a terrific answer. Would have scored you 6 points.

Now, Richard, you had an idea on the century of the storm.

Something in my mind said it would be the 17th century.

Nearly. It was actually 1703, so the 18th century.

Yes, it cut across huge swathes of East Anglia.

It would have scored you 5 points.

It destroyed 400 windmills. It destroyed most of them

by burning them down, because of the friction of the sails spinning so wildly, they caught light.

That's a storm. That IS a storm.

That is a storm.

And the BBC weatherman - it was Michael Fish, of course.

Actually only scored 65 points.

So that is good news for Michael Fish.

A third of us have forgotten.

Poor old Michael Fish. We've just reminded everyone again.

Thanks. So, at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the pair heading away is Andrea and Alex.

But it's good news for us, because we get to see you next time.

And we will look forward to that. You've played so well throughout the show today.

I'm sure you'll do even better next time. Thanks very much for playing. Andrea and Alex.

APPLAUSE

But for Aggie and Richard, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Aggie and Richard.

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.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?4,500.

CHEERING

That's turning into quite a decent little jackpot there.

You've done pretty well. What would you like to see come up in this last round?

Bit of sport, because he's very good at sport.

Maybe music, film...

perhaps something a little bit off the wall, maybe,

that we could have a go at.

But we'll see what happens.

Best of luck. As always, you start this round off

by choosing a category. You have four options. They are...

You reckon Alan Bennett? Well, if you know.

AGGIE LAUGHS

Urm....

It depends what it is.

We can have a go at Alan Bennett, then.

OK. We'll try Alan Bennett, Xander, please.

OK. "We'll try Alan Bennett and if we don't like it, we'll have something else!" Yes!

We'll have a go. You'll try Alan Bennett.

OK, here are your three options. Hopefully, there's something here for you.

We are looking for the name of any of the original cast members

of the National Theatre production of The History Boys.

So any of the actors who were in that play, please.

We are looking for any actor who has a credit in the film version of The Madness Of King George.

Or we're looking for anyone

who delivered any of the Talking Heads monologues

that Alan Bennett wrote,

other than Alan Bennett himself. We won't accept him.

So anyone who acted in the original stage production of The History Boys,

anyone in the film of The Madness Of King George

or any Talking Heads monologue actors.

Best of luck, and good luck at home too.

Thanks. Now, as always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot of ?4,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your answers can come from any of those categories.

It's entirely up to you which categories.

It can be all three from one, one from each. As I say, up to you.

Are you ready? Yes. We are.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

History Boys. James Corden definitely was in it.

Richard Griffiths. Yeah.

I'm not sure if Frances de la Tour was,

but she's definitely in the film. It may well be that she was in that.

Madness Of King George, I'm thinking Nigel Hawthorne.

Helen Mirren.

Um...

I'm trying to think who else might have been in it.

Could be any amount of English actors.

Talking Heads monologues... Definitely Dame Thora Hird was one.

Patricia Routledge. Patricia Routledge.

So maybe if we...

I think The Madness Of King George might be fairly high.

We could go for maybe James Corden,

Frances de la Tour

and maybe Patricia Routledge.

Or...

Ten seconds left. Dame Thora Hird.

Which do you think? Um...

Just trying to think of anyone else in The Madness Of King George.

Er...

That's your time up.

I now need your three answers. When you say what your answers are, say which category.

Well, we'll say from The History Boys,

James Corden. James Corden.

Frances de la Tour. Frances de la Tour.

And from Talking Heads,

Patricia Routledge. Patricia Routledge.

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

Well, if it's right, Frances de la Tour.

Frances de la Tour we shall put last.

Which is your least likely? Patricia Routledge. Patricia Routledge.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order.

We have Patricia Routledge, James Corden and Frances de la Tour.

Very, very best of luck.

Three pretty good answers up there.

Your first answer was Patricia Routledge.

Now, if this is correct and it is pointless, you will leave here with a jackpot of ?4,500.

That's quite a nice jackpot. What would you do with that?

Well, I've just had part of my roof mended,

and that could go towards the rest of it.

Good.

Good use for ?2,250.

Nice and safe. Yes, exactly.

Safe as houses. Aggie.

Well, Xander, I'm a bit of a Cumberbabe.

You like cucumber, yes.

No, a follower of Benedict Cumberbatch.

Right.

So I would probably come to London, have a mini-break,

go to the theatre... And hang about on set. Hang about on set.

As one does.

Stalking. OK. Now...

LAUGHTER

Let's find out. Patricia Routledge, your first answer. For ?4,500,

was she in one of the Talking Heads?

She was.

I think you knew she was.

The question was whether or not this was going to go down to zero.

Well, it's going through the 20s,

through the teens, into single figures...

Down she goes... Oh, 5.

5 for Patricia Routledge.

5 - not a bad score at all.

Your second answer was James Corden.

Again, if this is correct and it's pointless,

you will win that jackpot. So for ?4,500,

was James Corden in the original cast of The History Boys?

Yes, he was.

Your first answer, Patricia Routledge, took you down to 5.

James Corden

is now taking you down through the 30s, into the 20s,

down into the teens... 15.

I'd say probably a very memorable character actor from that cast.

But still, not a bad score at all.

So everything is now resting on your last answer,

Frances de la Tour. You're not sure if this is absolutely right.

If it is right, it could be a lovely low score. It could even possibly win you that jackpot.

Let's find out.

Your last chance. For ?4,500,

was Frances de la Tour in the original cast of The History Boys?

Yes, she was.

Your first answer, Patricia Routledge, took you down to 5.

James Corden took you down to 15.

Frances de la Tour taking you down

into single figures. Down she goes...

Yes, she's done it! Very well done indeed!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done!

Fantastic!

Thank you! Fantastic!

Well, congratulations - Frances de la Tour!

A correct answer. A pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of ?4,500.

This is great news for your roof.

Not so great for Benedict! Interesting news for Benedict Cumberbatch.

But very, very well done all round.

That's fantastic. Richard.

Yeah, how about that? What could be more British than someone who works in planning regulation

winning an episode of Pointless with an Alan Bennett question?

Very impressive. I'll give the pointless answers

to all the different categories here. Some brilliant actors up here.

So, for History Boys actors, you could have had

Clive Merrison, who plays the headmaster.

Dominic Cooper was a pointless answer. There's Frances de la Tour.

And Samuel Anderson.

In fact, everybody except James Corden, Richard Griffiths

and Russell Tovey were pointless.

So anyone in that cast apart from those three was a pointless answer.

The Madness Of King George actors.

Adrian Scarborough. Geoffrey Palmer was a pointless answer.

Janine Duvitski. Julian Rhind-Tutt - he was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those.

And three wonderful actors in the Talking Heads series.

David Haig was a pointless answer.

The lovely Penelope Wilton and Stephanie Cole as well.

Congratulations if you got any of those at home.

Congratulations in the studio - that was terrific work. Thanks.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Aggie and Richard,

who go home with today's jackpot of ?4,500. Very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard... Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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