Episode 24 Pointless

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

The quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

I'm Doug, this is Huw. We're mates from university.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Sophie from London.

This is my mum Wendy from Kent.

Couple number three.

I'm Nigel, this is Gary. We're from Peterborough and we're colleagues.

And finally couple number four.

I'm Sion, this is my girlfriend Enfys and we're from Cardiff.

And these are today's contestants.

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

So there's only one more person for me left to introduce.

Our very own beautiful mind with legs up to here. A real double threat.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

Today it's going to be tough to beat Sion and Enfys, isn't it?

I think it's going to have to be.

Last time they got all the way through to the head to head.

It was one-all in the head to head.

They knew three answers on the last board.

Two of them would have seen them through and they chose the other one.

Going to be very hard to knock off their perch, I suspect.

But we've got three new pairs. We know little about them.

They may have geniuses amongst them.

Gary, that jumper says genius to me, doesn't it?

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That is the first time we've had that particular shade on the show.

-We've done a lot of shows, haven't we?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Good stuff. Thanks very much indeed.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 gave.

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

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

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

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will head home.

Our first category today is...

UK politicians. Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

The question concerns...

Party leaders who have not been prime minister.

As soon as you say UK politicians there's just a sigh across the whole nation.

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On this one we're going to show you seven questions.

Clues to people who have been party leaders, haven't been prime minister.

Leaders of the Tories, Labour or Lib Dems.

14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

We're going to put these clues up.

We want the names of these politicians described by the clues.

Here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those clues one last time.

Now then, Doug and Huw, you drew lots and today you're going to go first.

Doug, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here. What do you do, Doug?

I'm a student at Manchester University.

-What are you studying?

-History.

-History. Going well?

-All right, yeah.

-What year are you in?

-Final year.

-So finals getting quite close.

-Yeah.

-I mean really very close.

-Very very close.

Got a deadline in tomorrow, in fact.

What a great thing to be doing, Pointless!

-Yeah.

-Good. It's quite good revision, this.

-I think so.

-What's your period of history?

-All sorts, really.

I've done a nice mix. I try and avoid Middle Ages.

I would, I would.

-Not much happened, I don't think.

-No, absolutely nothing.

What are you going for?

I think I'm going to play it safe, hopefully.

And say Vince Cable was appointed business secretary.

Vince Cable appointed business secretary in 2010.

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

It's right.

Ten!

Great answer. Good low score there, Doug.

-Just the ten points for Vince.

-That's really well played.

He was only acting leader of the Lib Dems.

So a good answer. Perhaps Sion and Enfys do have some competition.

Maybe they do. Maybe they do.

Sophie, welcome. Welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Sophie?

I'm a web copywriter.

So I write words that go on the internet.

OK, and what are your hobbies, Sophie?

I just started doing a bit of stand-up comedy as a hobby.

-How's it going?

-It's going quite well.

-The first bit's the hardest, I imagine.

-Yeah.

You know, I wouldn't dare say in such company. Big fan of Richard's.

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-You haven't seen his stand-up!

-If anyone hasn't ever stood up on television, that's me.

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Best of luck with that. What are you going to go for on this board?

Very nervous about this answer but I'm sure it's right.

She was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman.

Harriet Harman, says Sophie. Deputy leader of the Labour Party.

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

It's right.

Now then, ten is our only score so far.

17 for Harriet Harman.

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Again another acting leader so a terrific answer.

Well done. She's been an MP for over 30 years now, Harriet Harman.

-Thanks, Richard. Nigel.

-Hello there.

-Nigel, hello there. You're from Peterborough.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

-I'm a host on a TV shopping channel.

Oh, now that's got to be fun, hasn't it!

We have an actual professional in the studio.

For the first time in over 500 episodes.

-It's nice to be here.

-We have an actual professional.

-Someone who knows what they're doing.

-Oh!

-What about that!

-I did learn a lot from you two.

-Yeah.

-What kind of shopping is it?

We sell different kind of things. Craft, DIY, fitness, health, beauty, fashion.

-And do you demonstrate?

-We have experts. Sometimes we have to demonstrate.

Which can be hazardous to say the least.

-Wow.

-But it's fun.

It's fun. Surely it's that.

Now, talking of fun, what about this board?

This is my idea of not fun.

If I could pick a top subject not to have it would be this one.

So I'm going to try and go back to my youth and think,

OK, my vague interest in politics, what do I know?

So I'm going to go for the person that served as the leader of the opposition from '83 to '92.

And I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that it was Neil Kinnock.

The only reason I'm saying that is because I saw him in a pop video once.

OK, leader of the opposition from 1983 to 1992.

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

It's right.

23!

23 for Neil Kinnock.

Well played, Nigel.

It's often the case that it's quite panicky and then you have to focus in on the one that you know.

Terrific answer. His daughter-in-law is now the first female Danish prime minister.

Yes, that's right. Yeah. Thank you very much.

Now then, Sion.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

You had a bit of a trumpet call there from Richard at the top of the show.

-Are you going to be able to live up to it?

-I hope so.

I hope so too. It's not a terrible board.

-I think it's OK.

-For somebody who works in politics.

Well, you administrate politics, I should say.

Now, Sion, in your spare time, what do you like to get up to?

I'm a big football and rugby fan.

So I do a lot of socialising and watch the big games on TV.

Or in the pub.

Very good.

Sion, what are you going to go for?

We want the names of the politicians described by these clues.

I'm going to go for the second one.

I remember Rory Bremner making fun of this gentleman.

-I think it's Michael Howard.

-Michael Howard, says Sion.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said Michael Howard.

Absolutely right. 23's our high score. Ten is our low.

You passed 23. You passed ten! You go down to one! Look at that!

Very well done indeed.

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There's nothing of the night about that. One.

That's a very good answer. Very well played. It's been a good round.

That's capped it all. A very accomplished ping-pong player, Michael Howard.

-Is he?

-Yeah. Let's take a look at the rest of these.

Now, former foreign secretary made a dame in the 2013 year's honours

is Margaret Beckett.

Would have scored you five points.

In 2010 beat his brother to the leadership is obviously Ed Miliband.

Would have scored you 66.

And the Labour leader elected in 1981 is Michael Foot.

He would have scored you ten points.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those.

That's impressive going.

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

One, the best score, Sion, very well done indeed.

Then up to ten, Doug. Good answering there.

Up to 17 where we find Sophie and Wendy

then up to 23 where we find Nigel and Gary.

Now, Gary, this is where we need some brilliant answering from you.

A nice low score will keep you in the game. Best of luck.

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

OK, let's put seven more clues up on the board. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. We are looking for the names of the politicians described by those clues.

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

We discovered last time that you also work in the Welsh civil service.

What I want to know is this. Where does Enfys come from?

It's a Welsh word, it means rainbow.

Does it? Ah, that's nice!

Is it a common Welsh name?

I wouldn't say it's common. It's not like a hippy name!

-It's not a hippy name.

-It's not like calling your child rainbow in English.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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If you're watching, Rainbow, I'm so sorry.

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It's a lovely name. Our first Enfys on Pointless.

Now then, what are you going to go for? You're the low scorers on one.

If you want to remain low scorers,

you want to score 21 or less with your answer. I think you can do it.

I feel like I should know more than what I do, to be honest.

But I'm going to go for the bottom one.

-And I'm going to say William Hague.

-William Hague, says Enfys.

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

Absolutely right, William Hague.

You are through to the next round. Well done.

11 points for William Hague, takes your total to 12.

Well played. He was 36 when he became Tory leader.

The youngest Tory leader since Pitt the Younger.

Now then, Gary. Go, Gary. You're still the high scorers.

Welcome to the show. What do you do?

I earn a living by telling Nigel what to do.

Amongst other people basically.

Right, so you whisper things into his ear?

-I'm a director for the same channels as Nigel.

-Good stuff.

What are you going for on that board? Is this good for you?

No, I'm taking an educated guess.

Chancellor of the exchequer, I think this might have been about the time of the NHS starting.

So I'm going to take a punt on that one. I'm going to say Aneurin Bevan.

Aneurin Bevan, says Gary.

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

No red line as you are the high scorers.

Oh, bad luck, Gary!

It was a good guess but I'm afraid you really are the high scorers now.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry about that.

Absolutely the right era and the right party but was never chancellor and never led the Labour Party.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Wendy.

Wendy, welcome to the show. What do you do, Wendy?

I'm an investigator. I work for the local government ombudsman.

I investigate complaints against councils.

Primarily to do with children's services and schools.

You get right to the bottom of things. You find out all the nitty gritty.

-And we tell them off.

-Yeah.

OK, well, the good news is you're through.

I'm afraid Gary and Nigel are so far ahead no one's going to catch up with them.

But I think you'll probably have a good answer from this board.

I was panicking when it first came up. I liked the first board very much.

I thought all the people I think I know.

I'm going to go for the former Olympic athlete.

And say Menzies Campbell.

Ming Campbell, says Wendy.

Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said it. No red line as you're through.

That's absolutely right.

Wow, look at that for a low score! Eight! Very well done indeed.

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He ran the 200 metres and the 4x100 metre relay at the Tokyo Olympics.

He was British record holder for the 100 metres for quite some while.

-10.2 seconds.

-That's impressive.

-That is fleet.

-It is fleet of foot.

Yeah.

-Now then, Huw.

-Alexander.

-Huw, good to have you here.

You're also a student at Manchester. What are you reading?

Politics and economics.

ALEXANDER STUTTERS

Should be good, yeah.

Politics and economics, you surely know who the chancellor of the exchequer was from '50 to '51.

I actually don't.

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I'd love to say I knew them all.

You're coming to the end of your course. What are you going to do?

I'm going to move back home and get a job for a bit then go travelling.

Good idea. And then knuckle down in a year's time.

-Yeah, something like that.

-OK.

So who are these politicians?

This board is all yours. Why not take us through as much of it as you dare.

Don't dare take through much at all.

I know Nick Clegg's deputy prime minister but I think I'll go for Charles Kennedy.

The host of Have I Got News For You.

Charles Kennedy. No red line for you as you're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Charles Kennedy.

It's right.

16!

Not a bad score at all. Takes your total up to 26.

He became an MP at 23, Charles Kennedy. That's not bad going.

16 points for him. Let's look through the rest.

The Labour chancellor for '50 to '51 was Hugh Gaitskell.

And he was a pointless answer so well done if you said that.

That was a tough one to have a punt on.

The former royal marine was Paddy Ashdown, of course.

Would have scored you 33. The shadow chancellor was John Smith.

Would have scored you two points.

Now, became deputy prime minister in May 2010.

-So the answer is Nick Clegg.

-Yeah.

-What do you think that would score?

-Probably going to be...67.

If only.

-Really?

-It's 34 points that would have scored you.

34 points.

Oh!

-He should host I've Got News For You.

-He certainly should.

Thank you very much. At the end of our first round the pair leaving us with a high score of 123,

I'm afraid, Gary and Nigel.

I think it's fair to say politics really not your forte.

Pesky politicians.

I'm sorry we threw that at you first thing.

Someone had to leave at the end of this round and it's you

but we'll see you again next time.

Gary and Nigel, thanks very much for playing meanwhile.

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

Only three pairs remain and obviously at the end of this round we'll say goodbye to another pair.

Enfys and Sion, on back of that round, I don't think it's going to be you.

You were highly talented at the beginning. Our rainbow alliance on the last podium.

Doing fantastically well.

Huw and Doug, I think you were just the highest scoring pair.

But I think it's going to be very close.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two...

Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

And the question concerns...

Chart-topping songs. Richard.

In a moment Xander's going to show you a list of six hit songs.

All of these have been number one at least twice by different artists.

We need you to give us the name of any artist

who has had a number one single with any of the songs you're about to see.

UK number one single with any of the songs you're about to see. Very best of luck.

OK, so we're going to put the names of six songs up on the board.

They're going to remain up there for the whole round. They won't be changing halfway through.

You have to name any act who's had a UK number one single

with any of these songs and here are the songs.

I'll read those one last time.

-Now then, Doug.

-Yeah.

-How you feeling about this?

-Similar to the last round, I think.

-That's good.

-I've got an answer or two but I'm not sure they'll be that good.

I'm going to hope that the 100 people who were asked are with me

and say Steps had a UK number one with Tragedy.

OK, Steps, says Doug.

Steps. Let's see if the 100 are with Doug or not.

Steps. How many of our 100 people said it?

It's right.

37!

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-Could be OK.

-Their first UK number one.

Double A side with Heartbeat.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Sophie.

This isn't too bad. There's two I'm toying between, which should both be all right.

I think I'll go Eternal Flame, Atomic Kitten.

Atomic Kitten for Eternal Flame says Sophie.

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

It is right.

It beats 37. Still going down. Ten! Very well done indeed.

Great answer. Atomic Kitten.

Their version was number one in 2001. It was their second number one single after Whole Again.

Thanks very much. Now then, Enfys.

We want the name of any act that's had a UK number one with any of these songs.

Not great with music cos I can never remember the names of songs.

-So...

-You don't have to now, the songs are up there.

I've got the name but...

So I think I'm going to go with Tragedy as well but I'm going to go with The Bee Gees.

The Bee Gees, says Enfys.

Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said The Bee Gees.

It's right.

48. That's a high score. 48 for The Bee Gees.

It's high but it's a lot better than 100. It reached number one in 1979.

That's the original version. Number one in the States as well.

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

Ten the best score, Sophie. Well done.

Then up to 37 where we find Doug and Huw then 48 where Enfys and Sion are.

So Sion, we need a low score from you in the next pass.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players step up.

OK, Sion, as I said you're the highest scorer.

We need something special from you here.

We're after any act that's had a UK number one with any of these songs.

I'm going with Eternal Flame. I'm going to go with The Bangles?

The Bangles, says Sion. Good answer. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

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

It's right.

41!

Oh!

Bad luck. I thought that was going to go lower than ten.

Bad luck. Takes your total up to 89.

The Bangles was the original version.

They had nine top 40 hits, that was their only number one.

Right, fair enough. Now then, Wendy.

Wendy, you're on ten. Sion and Enfys are on 89.

If you can score 78 or less, you're through to the head to head.

There are two that I'm confident that I know.

But I'm not very sure they'll be low scorers.

I'm going to go with one of those.

And I'm going to go with Unchained Melody. The Righteous Brothers.

The Righteous Brothers, says Wendy.

There's your red line, it's nice and high.

Let's see if The Righteous Brothers gets you below that red line.

It's absolutely right and you are through. Very well done.

34.

44 your total.

Good work, Wendy.

Yes, they first released it in 1965. But it wasn't number one until 1990.

-I remember it well!

-It was featured on Ghost.

-'65!

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Huw. You're on 37. The high scorers are still Sion and Enfys on 89.

If you can score 51 or less, you're in the head to head.

I think I'm going to go with Somethin' Stupid.

I'll go for the more recent one which was Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman.

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman, says Huw.

Get below the red line, you're in the head to head.

Let's see how many people said Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman.

It's right.

Very well done, you're through.

19!

Good score.

That takes your total up to 56.

Well played, that was Christmas number one in 2001. Somethin' Stupid.

There's no pointless answers, there's a one pointer.

Lovely Sam and Mark had a number one hit with With A Little Help From My Friends. Would have scored one.

Jimmy Young had a number one hit with Unchained Melody. That would have scored you five.

Mariah Carey had a number one with Without You. Would have scored nine points.

Other scorers you could have had. Also for Without You, Nilsson. Would have scored you 18 points.

With A Little Help From My Friends, Joe Cocker, would have scored you 14.

Wet Wet Wet 19. Beatles never had a number one hit with it so that would have been an incorrect answer.

For Unchained Melody, Gareth Gates would have scored you nine.

And Robson and Jerome would have scored you 30. They both had number one singles with that.

And Somethin' Stupid, the older version, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, would have scored you 18.

So would have been a similar score.

The top three we've already heard.

Steps with Tragedy, 37.

The Bangles with Eternal Flame, 41. The Bee Gees, Tragedy, 48.

Thanks very much. So at the end of our second round 89 is the high score.

I'm afraid that means we have to say goodbye to Sion and Enfys.

The hot favourites coming into the show today!

Did you know any of those lower scoring ones?

I have heard of Sam and Mark!

You would have been fine if you'd gone for that.

I could remember Sam, I couldn't remember the other one.

Poor Mark. If you're watching, Mark, I'm really sorry.

They've been on the show. They're lovely.

We have to say goodbye. It's been great having you on both shows. Brilliant performance.

Thanks very much for playing. Sion and Enfys.

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

Congratulations, Sophie and Wendy, Huw and Doug.

You're now one step closer to the final

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

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-Woo!

We have to decide who plays for that money.

To do that you now go head to head but the big difference is you're allowed to confer.

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

Sophie and Wendy, very well done. You've seen off our hot favourites.

-I know.

-Huw and Doug, very well done.

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

OK, here is your first question.

And it concerns...

First editions. Richard.

We're going to show you the covers of five first editions of novels.

We've taken the title away from the cover. Can you tell us the titles, please?

OK, let's reveal our five first editions. We have got...

There we are, five first editions.

Now, Sophie and Wendy, you've played best so far so you go first.

-Ok, there's three that I know.

-We know.

-We know.

She happens to know them as well!

There's one I could guess at from the author but I'm not going to.

So we're going to go for A, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Brave New World you're going to say for A.

Now Huw and Doug, can you talk us through the others?

Volunteer an answer for each of them maybe?

Not through the rest of them, no. I think we know C and D.

C is Great Gatsby and D is Lord Of The Flies.

I think we'll go for C, Great Gatsby.

OK, C, Great Gatsby.

Sophie and Wendy have said Brave New World.

Let's see if that's right and if it is how many of our 100 people said Brave New World.

It's right.

29.

29 for Brave New World.

Huw and Doug have gone for The Great Gatsby.

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 29.

And it does! Look at that, 22.

Surprising result there.

But well done, Huw and Doug. It means after one question, you are up one nil. Richard.

Very well played.

All five of these were up for auction at Bloomsbury Auctions in 2012.

The Great Gatsby went for £50,000.

£50,000 for that first edition.

Brave New World was £4,200, which now sounds cheap.

Now B was The Maltese Falcon.

That would have scored you four points.

D is Lord Of The Flies, would have been too big a score, would have scored you 34.

-And E is the best answer. What would you guess?

-I would go Scoop.

It's not Scoop. It's Vile Bodies.

One point if you said that. Very well played.

-That went for eight grand.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your second question.

Sophie and Wendy, you have to win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Darts. Richard.

Staying in the area of high culture here.

We're going to give you five clues to facts about the sport of darts.

Can you give us the best answer, please.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about darts. Huw and Doug, you go first.

I think we know them all

but I think we'll go for the commentator who acted as scorer on Bullseye.

-Sid Waddell.

-Sid Waddell, say Huw and Doug. Sid Waddell.

Sophie and Wendy, the board is yours.

We don't go to play darts very often.

A certain auntie had a dalliance with a dart player but it doesn't help this.

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I know the top one. Points on the outer bull.

You said was double but outer bull is 25.

It's the oche.

Phil "The Power" Taylor for the 16 world dart titles?

We could risk Phil "The Power" Taylor

-cos we're probably not going to beat that anyway.

-Yeah, go on.

Yeah, we'll risk that because I don't think we're going to beat...

You thought that was right. I thought it was Tony something.

Cos Peter Kay does a thing about the big capital D.

It's half in my mind but he's maybe not the commentator.

So winner of 16 world darts titles,

I'm going to guess Phil "The Power" Taylor.

Phil "The Power" Taylor, say Sophie and Wendy.

So Huw and Dough have said Sid Waddell.

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

Oh!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer. Not Sid Waddell.

Maybe you were right, Sophie.

Anyway, you've gone for Phil "The Power" Taylor.

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

All it has to be is right to win the point.

-It's right.

-Yes!

-Phew!

-Very well done indeed.

27 for Phil "The Power" Taylor.

But more importantly it was right.

Which means, Sophie and Wendy, you're back in the game. After two questions it's one all.

You absolutely owned the darts round there, Sophie, well done.

You're right about the commentator. It's Tony Green.

Was the Bullseye commentator. Tony Green.

He would have scored you 14 points.

It would have been a terrific answer.

Points for the outer bull, 25, but that would have scored 75.

One word name is the oche, would have scored you 66.

What would you have gone for the player who hit the first televised nine dart finish?

I was thinking it was Raymond Barneveld but I think that's wrong now.

It's John Lowe was the answer.

So a long time before Raymond Van Barneveld's time.

Seven points, best answer up there.

Very well done to anyone who got all five.

Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final. It concerns...

Marlon Brando films. Richard.

We're going to give you the titles of five Marlon Brando films

but with alternate letters removed.

Can you fill them in and give us the most obscure. Good luck.

Let's reveal our five Marlon Brando films with bits missing. Here they are.

I'll read those one last time without the blanks. Phew.

There we are, five Marlon Brando films.

Sophie and Wendy, you go first.

I know all but one and I could guess the one I don't know.

-We

-know all but one!

I'm going to go second from the bottom, On The Waterfront.

On The Waterfront, say Sophie and Wendy.

Now, Huw and Doug, talk us through the board.

The middle one is at the back of my mind and on the tip of my tongue.

I can't bring them together and give you a name.

The top one is Guys And Dolls and the second one down is The Wild One.

As for the bottom one, I'm not sure.

I think maybe The Wild One might be best out of the two.

Yeah. We'll go for The Wild One.

OK, The Wild One say Huw and Doug.

So we have On The Waterfront and we have The Wild One.

Sophie and Wendy have said On The Waterfront.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said On The Waterfront.

On The Waterfront absolutely right. Scoring 37.

Huw and Doug have gone for The Wild One.

Is it too late to change our answer?

-Have you just spotted another one?

-A Streetcar Named Desire.

We've got The Wild One. Let's see if that's right and if it is how many people said The Wild One.

It's right.

Got to beat 37 though.

And it does! Look at that!

And how! Five for The Wild One!

You were right first time.

Can I just say, I watched that a couple of weeks ago for one of my seminars at university.

-There you are.

-You do get something out of university.

Very well done. After three questions you are through to the final, two one. Good performance.

Well played, Huw and Doug. I think you knew all five but you chose the biggest scorer on the board.

On The Waterfront. Guys And Dolls would have scored you 31.

A Streetcar Named Desire would have scored you 15.

-What do you think the bottom one is?

-Mutiny On The Bounty.

Mutiny On The Bounty for 11.

Thanks very much. The end of our head to head round.

The pair leaving us, Sophie and Wendy.

Really well played. An exciting head to head.

As I suspected it would be.

But we get to see you again next time. We look forward to that.

Thanks for playing. Sophie and Wendy.

APPLAUSE

But for Huw and Doug it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Huw and Doug.

You fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot.

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

APPLAUSE

I'm glad you've come through to the finals.

I was feeling guilty that you were spending precious hours

away from your revision before your finals.

As always, you start this round by making a choice.

You have to choose a category. Here are your four options. They are...

German sport. Football, tennis, anything like that.

Ancient Rome, if we took that, my mum would slaughter me if we didn't win it.

-We'll go German sport.

-You're going to go German sport.

Is your mum a specialist on Ancient Rome?

-She's a classics teacher, yeah.

-OK, right.

Yeah, she would slaughter you. So we'll go with German sport.

Going to give you three categories now.

If you know sport, there should be something to suit you.

We are looking for the name of...

German drivers taking part in the Formula 1 world championship.

Since the very first Wimbledon way back in 1877.

Very best of luck. Best of luck at home as well. Lots of pointless answers there.

Thanks very much. You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot, £5,000, remember. Nice jackpot.

Only one of your answers needs to be pointless.

The answers you give can come from any of these three categories.

It's entirely up to you which category. You can have three from one, one from each.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

I've got Timo Gluck. Adrian Sutil. And Grand Slam, Michael Stich.

They're the three I can think of.

-Michael Stich.

-Stich.

Timo Glock's the first one I thought. I think he's German.

Michael Stich.

Can you think of any more tennis players?

Steffi Graf. That's too much.

What about gold medal-winning sports? We could just...

-It's too much of a guess.

-We could guess.

We should go for three we know as opposed to guessing.

Timo, Sutil, Stich.

Ten seconds left.

I can't... We'll go for those.

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

We're going to go two German F1 drivers.

-And say Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil.

-Timo Glock.

And Adrian Sutil.

And German Grand Slam tennis winner Michael Stich.

Michael Stich.

Of those three, which would you say was your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Michael Stich.

-Michael Stich we'll put last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Timo Glock.

Timo Glock. OK, there we are.

Let's pop them on the board in that order and here they are. We have got...

Very best of luck. Three good answers up there.

Your first answer was Timo Glock.

If this is correct and pointless you will leave here with £5,000.

-What will you do with that?

-I've got an extravagant summer lined up.

I'm going to Venice. Try and save it for after exams.

OK, very good, well said. What about you, Doug?

I've always wanted to go to The Ashes in Australia.

And I think I might have to put it towards that.

OK, very good. Three brilliant answers.

Let's hope at least one is pointless and wins that money for you.

Your first answer, Timo Glock.

Let's see if it's right. If it's pointless, it will win you £5,000.

Is Timo Glock a German Formula 1 Grand Prix driver?

Yes he is, is the answer. I think we probably knew that.

But down he goes, taking us down through the 50s into the 40s, 30s.

Into the 20s. Down through the teens.

We're into single figures. Down we go. Still going down. Three! This is great.

APPLAUSE

This is very good.

That's a great answer.

Three.

You were fairly unanimous that was going to be your highest scoring of your three answers.

It scored three. It's all looking very good for your subsequent answers.

Your next answer was Adrian Sutil.

Let's see again. If this is correct and it's pointless it will win you that jackpot.

For £5,000, is Adrian Sutil a German Formula 1 Grand Prix driver?

Yes, he is.

Now, Timo Glock took you down to three.

Adrian Sutil taking you down through the teens into single figures.

Is this going to go to pointless? It's still going down. One!

OK, one.

APPLAUSE

If we continue in this progression, surely your next answer is going to be pointless.

You were confident it was your best shot at a pointless answer.

Everything is now riding on Michael Stich.

So for £5,000, let's hope he is a Grand Slam winner.

Let's find out. Michael Stich, is it right, is it pointless?

It's absolutely right.

OK, your first answer, Timo Glock, took you down to three.

Adrian Sutil took you down to one.

Michael Stich, the one you thought was your best shot...

-AUDIENCE:

-Oh!

-Oh well.

-Oh, bad luck.

That is really harsh.

Oh dear, I'm really sorry.

You didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

Which means you don't win today's jackpot of £5,000.

That's going to roll over on to the next show.

But we enjoyed having you on the show. And you do take home a Pointless trophy.

All is not lost. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

It's very nice to see students come along and play so well.

Very well done. The Formula 1 is where the pointless answers are.

There's four pointless answers.

Won three Grand Prix. He was a pointless answer.

The son of Manfred Winkelhock.

Only raced him in one Formula 1 race. Some people might have got him.

A lot of people would have got him.

And very well done to anybody who got any of these German tennis players.

The Wimbledon winner from 1931, Cilly Aussem.

You could have had Gottfried Von Cramm, who won the French Open in '34 and '36.

And the French Open is '37 was of course Henner Henkel.

So tough luck. I think perhaps on the Formula 1 you could have got something.

But very well played and we wish you success in your finals.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We have to say goodbye to you, Huw and Doug, but we loved having you on the show. You did a brilliant job.

Very best of luck with your finals. Thank you so much for playing. Huw and Doug!

APPLAUSE

Huw and Doug didn't win our jackpot

which means it rolls over on to the next show when we'll be playing for £6,000.

-AUDIENCE:

-Woo!

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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