Episode 20 Pointless

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

where you are rewarded for knowing obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one...

Hi, Alexander. I'm Pete, this is my friend Sean. We're from Manchester.

Couple number two... Hi, I'm Mark, from Birmingham, and this is my friend Martin. We work in Leeds.

And couple number three... I'm Ron, this is my wife Chris. We're from Pinner.

And couple number four... I'm Alex, this is my girlfriend Andrea and we're from Brighton.

These are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more as we go along.

That just leaves one more person. A man so obsessed with logic,

if he could host a dinner party for any five guests, living or dead, he'd pick living.

My Pointless friend, it's Richard. Hiya. Hi, everyone. Hiya.

Good afternoon to you. And to you. Are you well? I am.

Are you looking forward to the show? Very much. We've got Andrea and Alex back. They reached the Head to Head.

They were good. You can see the steely focus in their eyes now. Look at Alex.

Like a coiled viper. Isn't he? Yeah(!)

Round One today. Classic Pointless. Classic Pointless. Should be fun.

I'm looking forward to it already. All our questions were put to 100 people.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get, or a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave. When that happens, we add ?250 to the jackpot.

Aggie and Richard won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts back at ?1,000.

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

OK, in this first round I want an answer from each of you, but no conferring.

Whoever has the highest score will head home.

Our first category today is... Modern Languages.

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first and who is going second?

Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium. OK, and the question concerns...

Fruits and vegetables in Spanish.

Fruit and veg in Spanish. What's not to like?

On each pass, seven names of fruit or veg in Spanish. You just give us the English translation, please.

14 in all to have a go at. Best of luck. No cheating by looking in a fruit bowl.

You know what this means? I've got to read out 14 things in Spanish! A language I don't speak!

This is going to be awesome. OK, we are looking for the English words for these fruit and veg.

I'm sorry if you're Spanish. Here's our first board.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those again.

Spanish.

Now then, Sean and Pete, you all drew lots and today you go first.

Sean, welcome to Pointless. Thank you. From Manchester. Yeah. What do you do in Manchester?

I work for Barnardo's, the children's charity. Good stuff. How long have you done that? Four years.

Now, Sean...Spanish fruit and veg! Yeah. I've eaten a lot of tapas

and I should know more of these, but I'll play it really safe and go for patata,

which I believe is potato. Yeah, it could be. Let's have a look. Is that right?

If it is, how many people said it?

It IS right. ..It is a high score, Sean. 81.

81.

That's a big score. I suspect we may see some 100s. Patatas bravas, of course,

you have in tapas. Indeed. They come from the Peruvian/Bolivian Andes, potatoes, originally.

Now everywhere. Very popular. Have you noticed? And delicious!

Have you had those chipped potatoes? I call them chips. Not yet. Read about them.

And those crispy ones. I'm looking forward to those. Yeah.

Crisps they call them. I walked past a restaurant and a man was having mashed potato.

Whatever next? Yeah. Whatever next?

There we go. Mark... Hello. Welcome. What do you do? I'm a trainee accountant.

Whereabouts? In Leeds. We're looking for the English words for these Spanish fruit and veg.

This is a bit embarrassing. I used to do Spanish at school.

You didn't have to tell us that! LAUGHTER

Yeah. Looking at the board, I think...

Potato I knew, but apart from that I'm going to have to go for a bit of a guess.

I think I'll have to go for Lechuga, which I think - I think - might be lettuce.

Lechuga, lettuce, says Mark. Is that right? How many said lettuce?

It's absolutely right. Well remembered, Mark.

Nine!

Brilliant. Very well done. Nine. Lovely score there, Mark.

For lettuce. Well played. Lettuce rarely lets you down on Pointless. Yeah.

Do you want a fact? It might blow your mind. Give me half of it.

I don't know whether you can take it. What do you think? I worry about the audience.

Will they be able to take it? Have we got medical...? We have.

Spain is the world's fourth-largest producer of lettuce.

Are you all right? I'm fine. There we are. You all right?

Sorry. Wow.

Fourth-largest? Yeah. In the world?

In the world. Wow. Yeah. Oh... No, I'm fine, I'm fine.

OK. Everyone all right? Yeah, OK. Thank you.

Now, Chris. Hello, Alexander. Welcome to the show. What do you do, Chris? I'm happily retired.

That's a lovely reply. Good. What do you do that makes you so happy?

We love travelling. We like dog training.

We have a German Shepherd, which we train an awful lot.

How many have you trained in your time? Personally, two. Right.

But Ron is a qualified German Shepherd dog trainer, so he's trained quite a few.

Chris, what are you going to go for? I really don't have a clue.

I'll try Brecol as broccoli.

Brecol as broccoli. A pure guess, because it begins with B.

That's exactly what I reckoned. If it's wrong, we're both wrong.

Brecol. Is it broccoli? If it is, how many people said it?

It IS right! Well done.

81 is our high score. You've passed that.

26. Thank you.

Well played, Chris. Well worked out. They also call it brocoli, but I thought that was too obvious.

Yeah.

Brecol's good. Now, Andrea, welcome back. Our only returning pair.

Andrea, remind us what you do. I'm head of music at a radio station. Great job.

We have a whole board of fruit and veg from Spain. Do you speak any Spanish? No.

Have you been to Spain? I have been to Spain. I'm quite good at French

and some look like French words. Frambuesa sounds a bit like framboise, the French for raspberry.

So that might be raspberry. And cereza sounds a bit like the French word for cherries.

I think I'm going to go for cherries for that one.

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

It's completely right. Well done.

81, our high score. You passed that.

Nine, our low score.

Four! Brilliant answer, Andrea.

Four is your score.

Well worked out, Andrea.

Spain is the fifth-largest producer of cherries.

Only fifth. OK. Do you know the largest producer of cherries?

Em...somewhere in South America. I will give you 70 guesses.

It's Turkey.

Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Worth coming out now, wasn't it?

Turkey. There's another couple you can work out from the French here.

Fresa. Strawberry. Yep. Would have scored you 25.

Frambuesa, you're right. Raspberry.

It scored 22. Any guesses on Alcachofa?

Carciofo in Italian is artichoke. So I'm guessing Alcachofa is artichoke. Absolutely right.

And would have scored three points. Best answer on the board.

Thanks. OK, we're halfway through. Let's look at those scores. Four is the best score of that pass.

Alex and Andrea looking pretty strong. Nine, Mark and Martin.

26 for Chris and Ron.

Sean and Pete, about this score... It's 81.

Do you speak any Spanish? I tried to learn Spanish in the car, once.

I gave up. So no, no Spanish.

OK.

"I started it in the car once." How far did you drive before you stopped learning Spanish?

I got five minutes in. Backed it out of the driveway. Listen,

you need a really good score, but someone might get one wrong. Very best of luck, Pete.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more fruit and veg on the board. Here they are. We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

CHEERING

I'll try them again.

There we go. Remember, we are looking for the English words.

Alex, welcome back. Hello. Remind us what you do. I'm a part-time student doing a Master's

in music and sonic media. You're the first to have this board.

So there you are. Dive in.

I'm lucky to be the first person. There's only one I think I could ever get.

I'm going to have to go with the bottom one, which I'm guessing is tomato. Tomato!

Very much the patata of that board, I would say.

The high scorers on 81 are Pete and Sean. If you can get 76 or less, you're in Round Two. Let's see.

Tomate. Is it a tomato?

Oi!

93. Takes your total up to 97, Alex. It was sort of inevitable it would score a substantial number.

What were the other seven people thinking it is?!

Now Ron... Yeah.

Welcome. Thank you. So you train German Shepherd dogs? Yes. I've recently completed a course.

They can be quite scary, German Shepherds. No.

They're the nearest thing to wolves. They look like them, but they're big softies. OK.

And what else do you like to do?

I train police cadets. Oh! Do you shout at them a lot?

Oh, yes.

You could imagine he's terrifying. I bet!

That's good. And quite scary. Ron...

How good's your Spanish? Not too bad. I know a couple of them.

It's just picking the right one. Yeah. As with all fruits. Indeed!

Our high scorers are Alex and Andrea on 97. You're on 26.

So 70 or less gets you into the next round.

I'll go Manzana...apple.

Man-thana, apple, says Ron. Is that right? Here is your red line.

It's right.

And you're through to Round Two. Very well done, Ron.

Very well done, indeed. Seven.

Takes your total up to 33.

Well played, Ron. Solid as a rock. Manzana.

The UK not even in the world's top 20 producers of apples.

Thank you. Now, Martin, welcome. What do you do? I'm also a trainee accountant. At the same place?

Same firm. What do you do when not doing your accounting?

I just like to go out with friends, play sport. Play football every week, play golf as well. Good.

Now you're on nine. The high scorers are on 97.

If you can score 87 or less, you're through. How's your Spanish?

Shocking. OK. Have you got any ideas?

I'm hoping I've seen Naranja on a soft drink.

So I'm going to say that and hopefully it's orange. Naranja, orange.

Let's see if that's right and how many said it. Here's your red line.

It's right and you're through.

39.

Very well done. Takes your total up to 48.

Well played, Martin. Naranja. Also means the colour orange, like orange and orange in English.

Now, Pete, you've waited very patiently. We have a game here.

This is very exciting. You are on 81. Alex and Andrea are on 97.

It's all down to those 15 points you have to score,

or less. Pete, what do you do?

I'm a sales rep for a haberdashery company. Oh, that's fun. It's good.

So buttons... Ribbons, threads. Do we make that stuff here any more?

A lot of the threads are made abroad, the zips are made abroad. Not really.

Pins, needles? Abroad. Ribbons are made in the UK. That's nice.

Lovely. Yeah. Glitter? Is that made in the UK? I'd like to think so.

There's a huge glitter factory in Rotherham. There was a break-in at the glue factory next door

and they got out through the glitter. They found them pretty quickly.

Pete, what are these Spanish fruit and veg in English?

Don't ask me to go through the board, please. I'd guess at... Can I go through it?

If you want to! Don't ask me to go through the board, but I will!

Platano I'd guess would be plantain, maybe. But I don't think it'll be enough, even if it's right.

Zanahoria I would have a guess at courgette.

Zanahoria. Courgettes, OK. Well, here's your red line you've got to get below.

Good luck. Courgettes. Is that right? Is it Zanahoria?

Bad luck, Pete. An incorrect answer.

A game effort, but scores 100 points and takes your total up to 181.

Sorry. Yeah, there's really no clue in that name as to what it is. And it's the carrot.

Would have scored you five points.

Now Platano is banana.

It would have scored 14. We would have accepted plantain. It would have seen you through.

Uva?

If it wasn't fruit and veg, you'd think egg, but it's grape.

Oh, grape. Would have scored four. And Hinojo?

Hinojo. LAUGHTER

No. It's literally impossible. Very well done at home if you said fennel.

Fennel is the answer to that. A pointless answer, unsurprisingly.

Thank you very much indeed.

So the pair I'm afraid who will be heading home with 181

are Pete and Sean. I'm so sorry.

Sean, you didn't get enough time and Pete was left with...

We've had things like that left in our fridge for three months.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Slim pickings.

Anyway, we will see you next time. Pete and Sean, thank you very much for playing. Thank you.

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

So we're now down to three pairs. At the end of this round, we lose another pair.

Ron and Chris, you did so well. Great teamwork.

Andrea, best score of the round. Alex, I think the worst correct score of the whole round.

Time to pull your finger out.

Martin and Mark, keep it up. Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is US Geography. Can you all decide who's going first and second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many US states that are smaller than England as they could.

US states that are smaller than England. 22 US states are smaller than England in land area.

We just need you to name one of those 22 states. Best of luck.

Thank you, Richard. OK, Mark, are you going to be answering this the way I would answer this?

Which would be pretty much a guess.

Yeah. Definitely. Good luck. Right.

Em...I'm going to say Rhode Island. Rhode Island says Mark. Let's see if Rhode Island is right

and how many people said it.

It is right! Well done.

15.

Good answer, Mark.

Yeah, good start to the round. It's actually the smallest US state of all, Rhode Island.

Thank you. Now, Chris, how's your US geography?

Not too bad. We love the USA and go there as often as we can. I'll plump for New Hampshire.

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

It's right!

That's a good answer. Nine! Very well done, Chris.

Another very strong answer. It was the first state to declare its independence from Britain.

Forward-thinking folk.

Now, Alex... Alex, what are you going to go for?

Well, my answer and my safety answer have just both gone, so I'm going to have to have a bit of a guess.

And I'm going to say... I'm hoping it's a state. Delaware.

Delaware, says Alex. Delaware. Is it right? How many said it?

It's right. Very well done.

15 our high score, nine our low at this stage.

Nine, there we are!

Well done, Alex. Great answer.

That's the second-smallest US state by land area.

State fruit is the strawberry.

Go, strawberry! Yeah. It's fresa in Spanish. CHEERING

Yeah.

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

Nine is the low score, shared by Alex and Andrea, Chris and Ron.

15, the high score, Mark and Martin. Martin, you're not way ahead,

but we need a really good low-scoring answer from you.

Best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, so remember we are looking for any US state smaller than England.

Andrea, Alex did very well there.

Do you know the US at all? He's much better at geography than me.

I've never even been to America. OK. Well, you want to score five or less to avoid being the high scorers.

No pressure(!)

Yeah...

I'm going to have to go for a complete guess.

New Jersey? New Jersey, says Andrea. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Your red line is quite low.

It's absolutely right.

Very well done. 15, not bad.

24 your total. And that's the fourth-smallest.

But it's the most densely-populated of any of the states.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Ron, any US state smaller than England.

Is your US geography as good as Chris's? I would imagine... Yeah, not too bad.

Smaller ones are being picked off, but it's obscurity rather than size, really.

Maine. Maine. The high scorers are Andrea and Alex on 24. You've nine.

14 will see you through. Let's see if Maine's right. How many said it?

It's right.

Very well done. 18, good answer.

18 takes your total up to 27. Well played, Ron. It's a low-scoring round. Isn't it?

Staying in that north-eastern corner. Now then, Martin.

This is where we have a game on our hands. You're on 15. The high scorers are on 27.

11 or less sees you through. How confident are you feeling? Not very confident at all.

Are you going to be playing by how I would play it?

Definitely. So a complete guess.

I'm not even sure if it's a state, but I'll say Wisconsin.

Wisconsin, says Martin.

Wisconsin. There is your red line, Martin. Wisconsin - will it get you below that red line?

Oh! Bad luck, Martin. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum 100 points and takes you to 115. Sorry, Martin.

I felt sure we'd get the 100. Sorry it came down to you.

No pointless answers at all. Here are the lowest.

There's 22 that are smaller than England. Indiana would have scored three, Mississippi three,

Pennsylvania three.

You could also have had Tennessee or Louisiana for five,

seven points for Kentucky or West Virginia, eight for North Carolina or Virginia.

You'd have scored nine for South Carolina, 11 for Vermont, Maryland,

13 for Massachusetts, 15 for Connecticut.

And the top three, let's take a look. Ohio would have scored 18.

New York would have scored you 28 and, at the top, Hawaii, of course, would have scored 30.

Thanks very much. So at the end of our second round we say goodbye to Martin and Mark.

I'm so sorry. That was a tough round. You did well, Mark, but Martin...yeah. Sorry.

Well, what else have you got to go on? There's a handful to guess,

but beyond those it's time to pull some names out, frankly.

We'll see you again next time. Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Martin and Mark!

But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for our Head to Head.

Congratulations, Ron and Chris, Andrea and Alex. You're one step closer to playing for our jackpot,

which currently stands at ?1,000.

We have to decide who goes through to the final, so you now go head to head and can now confer.

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

Andrea and Alex, you've been here before. Last time, you were the low scorers, like Ron and Chris now.

How does that feel? It was lucky for the last contestants. Maybe it'll be lucky for us.

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

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...winners at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.

Richard? We'll show you five pictures of people who won awards at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.

Can you name the most obscure? Good luck. OK, thanks.

Let's reveal our five award winners. We have got...

There we are. Five winners at the 2012 British Comedy Awards.

Ron and Chris, you've played best so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

We're going to go for C, Jason Manford. C, Jason Manford, say Ron and Chris.

Jason Manford. Andrea and Alex, the board is all yours. OK. Talk us through it.

Well, A is Charlie Brooker.

B is Morgana. I don't know if that's a surname... I can't remember her surname. No.

C is Lee Mack. Yeah.

D is Julia Davis. And Sacha Baron Cohen.

I think maybe Julia Davis. Yeah, Julia Davis for D.

Julia Davis for D. Let's see.

Ron and Chris said Jason Manford. Is that right?

Oh...bad luck. Didn't think so. Bad luck.

Andrea and Alex have said Julia Davis for D. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

All it has to be is right.

It is right. Very well done.

Seven.

Great answer there, Andrea and Alex. It means you are up one-nil.

Picking up the award for Hunderby. Which you were in. Excellent show.

If anyone hasn't seen it, it's worth getting. Good script.

Yeah. The cast... LAUGHTER

Some good performances. Yeah? She's terrific in it. She's brilliant.

I know Lee Mack's kids watch Pointless, so I'm sorry someone thought he was Jason Manford!

I apologise! But hi!

That is Lee Mack. He'd have scored you 23 points.

Now A is Charlie Brooker, Best Comedy Entertainment Personality.

He'd have scored you 14. B is Morgana Robinson.

We need the full name. One point.

And E is Sacha Baron Cohen, of course. He'd have scored you 38.

Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question. Ron and Chris, you need to win this one.

It concerns...Monaco.

Monaco, Richard. We'll show you five clues to facts about Monaco.

Can you give us the most obscure answer? OK, let's reveal our five facts and here they are.

We have got... HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

There you are. Five clues to facts about Monaco. Andrea and Alex, you go first.

Well, yeah... OK. We'll go for the country responsible for its military defence

and say France. OK, you say France is responsible for its military defence.

Ron and Chris, can you talk us through the board?

I guess the main unit of currency now would be the euro.

The royal house to which its head of state belongs is Grimaldi.

I don't know the Grand Prix and the body of water is the Mediterranean.

We'll go for the royal house. Grimaldi.

The Grimaldi family. OK, we have France and the Grimaldis.

France. Is that right? How many said it?

It's right.

OK, 43.

Not bad. It was a bit of a guess, so not a bad score.

Ron and Chris have said the Grimaldi family. Is that right? How many people said Grimaldi?

It's right.

And it wins it for you. Very well done.

20.

Brilliant, Ron and Chris. You're back in the game. One-all.

It's a good Head to Head. Well played. The main unit of currency is the euro.

39 points for that. The decade in which it held its first Grand Prix.

The World Drivers' Championship didn't start until the '50s. It was the 1920s. Six points.

And the body of water is the Mediterranean. Scored 51.

Thanks very much. OK, this is very exciting. Down to a third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to play for that jackpot. It concerns...

Classic sporting commentaries. Richard?

Five pieces of classic sporting commentary, but with one word removed. Can you give us that word?

Good luck, both teams. OK, let's reveal our sporting commentaries.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five classic sporting commentary lines with missing words.

Ron and Chris, you go first. I'll go for the bottom one. "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey."

LAUGHTER Holding. Willey.

Now Andrea and Alex, what are you going to go for?

The first one is, "They think it's all over. It is now."

The only other one I think we should go for is, "He knows he can hurt him now. Get in there..."

I guess that's probably Frank. Frank Bruno. OK. So you say Frank.

Ok, so we have Holding and we have Frank.

Ron and Chris have said Holding. Is that right? How many said that?

It's right.

35.

Now, Andrea and Alex, this is the decider. 35 is what Holding scored.

You have to score less than that to go through to the final. You're saying Frank.

A bit of a guess. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how far down it takes you.

It IS right.

Is it going to win it for you?

Yes, it is! Very well done! 26 for Frank!

Well done, Andrea and Alex. After three questions, you're through to the final, 2-1.

They think it's all over, it is now.

Which would have scored you 97 points.

Now the second one. It was in the Olympic hockey.

"Where were the Germans? Frankly, who cares?" Six points.

"There's only one word for it - magic darts!" Darts!

Sid Waddell. 18 points. And that bottom one is the West Indian bowler Michael Holding

and English batsman Peter Willey in a Test match in 1976.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our Head to Head, I'm afraid the pair leaving us are Ron and Chris.

It's good news, though. It's your first appearance, but not your only one.

We'll see you again next time. You played so well. Very impressive.

It looks very promising for your next appearance. Ron and Chris!

But for Andrea and Alex, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Andrea and Alex. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot, which stands at ?1,000.

Well, it was on the cards. It's happened this time.

Yeah. What would you like to see come up? Well... Music. Maybe a bit of sport or geography again.

Yeah, but then it'll all be on you. OK. Music.

OK. As always, you start by choosing a category and here are your four choices.

HE READS THE LIST

Hmm.

Political. I do like sitcoms, but political ones?

The Thick Of It, er... Can't think of anything else.

German Sport... It's the only one I can even think of trying. Let's wing it with Sitcoms.

Out of that, British Political Sitcoms. Best of luck.

That's what it is, Richard.

You asked for geography, music or sport and you chose the other one!

LAUGHTER Not German sport!

OK, guys. Here's your three options. Best of luck with this.

Any actor who has appeared in five or more episodes of The New Statesman, The Thick Of It

or Yes, Minister or Yes, Prime Minister.

Any actor in five or more episodes of any of those sitcoms.

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

To win that jackpot, all you need is just one pointless answer. They can come from any category.

All from one or one from each. Entirely up to you. Are you ready? Yes. Yes.

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

Yes, Prime Minister, I can't... The Thick Of It. Chris Addison.

Chris Addison... I can't think of anyone else. Rik Mayall.

I can't think who else was in it. Who were the female actresses?

The lady in The Thick Of It who's been in everything. The Day Today, Alan Partridge...

I know her. I know.

I'm trying to think of... anyone else. This is really hard.

Of all the DVDs we have, we don't have these. Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

Can you think of anyone in Yes, Prime Minister? Older actors. I know, I should do.

I should do as well.

We're struggling.

10 seconds left. Go for Chris Addison, Rik Mayall... Yeah.

Someone else from The Thick Of It.

OK. That's your time up. I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?

Chris Addison from The Thick Of It. OK, Chris Addison. Rik Mayall from The New Statesman. Rik Mayall.

And, em...I'm pretty sure it isn't him, but... John Hawthorne? John Hawthorne for Yes, Minister.

John Hawthorne for Yes, Minister.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer? One that's correct is Chris Addison.

We'll put Chris last. Yeah. Which is least likely?

John Hawthorne. OK, let's put those up on the board in that order.

And here they are.

Very best of luck. Your first answer, the least likely,

the least likely to be right, to be honest, is John Hawthorne.

But if it is right and pointless, you will win ?1,000.

Andrea, what would you do with that? I'd quite like, with my half, to go to The Fat Duck in Bray.

I like Heston Blumenthal. My friend went. It looked amazing. Alex? Yes, definitely. Best of luck.

John Hawthorne. If it's right, it'll win you that jackpot.

For ?1,000, was John Hawthorne in Yes, Minister?

Oh, bad luck.

As you suspected, an incorrect answer. We're now on firmer ground.

Rik Mayall. Again, if it's right and pointless, you win the jackpot.

For ?1,000, was Rik Mayall in five episodes of The New Statesman?

Yes, he was.

OK, your first answer was incorrect.

Your second answer, Rik Mayall, is taking you into the 20s.

Still going down. 19 for Rik Mayall!

19.

So not pointless. Everything is now riding on your third answer,

which is Chris Addison. Let's find out if it's right and pointless.

For ?1,000, has Chris Addison been in five episodes of The Thick Of It?

Absolutely right.

Your first answer was incorrect.

Rik Mayall took you down to 19.

Chris Addison taking you past 19, down into single figures...

Three!

Oh, bad luck! Aww.

That is a great answer.

I would have thought more people would have known he was in it. Yeah.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer, so you don't win the ?1,000.

That rolls over, but we've loved having you. You've done so well.

And you take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done. Thank you.

Unlucky. Been lovely having you on. John Hawthorne - it's Nigel.

He would have scored you 12 points.

I've remembered the lady I was trying to think of. The lady? Rebecca Front.

Would have scored you one point.

Only three cast members scored any points. She scored one, Chris Addison three, Peter Capaldi six.

Everybody else was pointless. Let's go through all the shows.

For New Statesman, these were pointless answers. Berwick Kaler, John Nettleton,

Rowena Cooper, Terence Alexander, more famous as Charlie in Bergerac. All pointless.

Now for The Thick Of It, you could have had Alex MacQueen. He's also in Hunderby. Yeah.

James Smith, Joanna Scanlan, Will Smith,

Roger Allam, Justin Edwards, Tony Gardner. All of those were pointless answers.

Now let's take a look at... Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister. Arthur Cox, Jim Hacker's driver,

Deborah Norton, Diana Hoddinott, some people might have got, plays Jim Hacker's wife,

and Neil Fitzwiliam. Also John Nettleton, who was pointless in New Statesman as well.

Very well done if you got any of those at home. Sorry. Thanks.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. We've loved having you. Thank you. Great contestants.

Sadly, Andrea and Alex didn't win our jackpot. It rolls over and we will play for ?2,000.

Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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