Episode 43 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

This is the quiz show where the questions

have been asked to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants have to do

is come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Couple number one.

Hi, Alexander. I'm Jim and I'm from Belfast.

I'm retired and this is my friend Barbara.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Harry. This is my friend Barry

and we're both from London.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Tom. This is my friend and former neighbour, Jeff,

and we're from Hednesford in Staffordshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Jason. This is my fiance, Sandra,

and we're from West Wycombe in Kent.

And these are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-Thanks to all of you.

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

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Today, he's brought his A game but unfortunately for our players,

a stands for Aristotle, algebra

and awfully hard questions about literature.

So I'm sorry about that. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. hi, everybody. APPLAUSE

-Hi, how are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent, one of our favourite things has happened.

-Exactly.

-Rhyming pair.

-Oh, rhyming contestants!

We do an awful lot of the shows

-and sometimes you just need something, don't you?

-You do.

The last time we saw such a thing was Ron and John.

I think Ron and John was less good than Harry and Barry.

Harry and Barry is kind of better.

-Harry and Barry.

-Harry and Barry is great.

Now, I might change the rules

so you can stick around for three or four shows. Is that all right?

-But don't win!

-OK!

-Whatever you do, don't win.

We've only got one pair coming back from last time -

-Jason and Sandra. But they were quite bright.

-Oh, they were.

Sandra did a thing of giving an identical answer to Jason,

though, in our first round.

-Yes.

-Literally identical.

About a minute and a half after he gave it.

So keep a lookout for that today.

-It should be a cracker, though, should be a lot of fun.

-Excellent.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, what everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Now, Cahit and Johnny didn't win the jackpot last time,

which means we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at...

-There we are.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Decent jackpot.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK. In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you

but there's to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be heading home.

So do what you can to make sure that's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

Live music.

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

who's going to go second.

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

OK and the question concerns...

Music concerts, Richard?

On each pass, we're going to give you the names of seven live music tours.

We need you to tell us the name of the act or the band

who took part in those tours, please.

There's going to be seven on each pass,

14 in all to have a go at, at home. So good luck.

OK. So we're looking for the name of the artist or group

represented by initials, which will be shown,

who toured with these shows.

And here's our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Jim and Barbara, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you're going to go first.

Jim, welcome to the show, great to have you here.

-From Belfast?

-Yes.

What do you do to fill your time, Jim?

I have two grandchildren. Can I say hello?

Abigail and Jimmy, hi!

BOTH: Hi, Abigail. Hi, Jimmy.

And I was a football referee for 24 years.

Ooh!

-Are you OK seeing the board there, Jim?

-Yes, thank you.

-No hair in the way!

-Just a little referee joke, that's all. LAUGHTER

Now, Jim, how is this as a subject for you?

I think I know one, hopefully, and I hope that it's right.

I think...it's Glass Spider is David Bowie.

-David Bowie, Glass Spider.

-Bowie, yes.

-Did you go and see it or are you just...?

-No.

-I did go and see it.

-Did you?

-Roker Park, very exciting.

Anyway, there we are. Let's find out if it's right.

Glass Spider - how many people said it?

32! That's a good answer, Jim.

-Very well done indeed.

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Well played, Jim. There were three of those glass spiders.

They cost 10 million each.

They had three so that they could be setting up in one city

while they were touring in another city.

-Blimey.

-Cost them a fortune.

Very exciting. Pete Frampton came on, played guitar.

-Yeah, he was the guitarist on the whole tour.

-Yeah.

Frampton writes about that gig in his autobiography,

which is a terrific read, actually.

And he mentioned you specifically and not...

not in good terms, I have to say. LAUGHTER

-Really?

-Let's just say Frampton - not a fan.

-Not a fan.

-Oh, OK.

Harry.

Hey, rhyming pair! It's nice having a rhyming pair, isn't it?

-Oh, amazing.

-Yeah. Harry, what do you do?

I'm an IT worker.

-OK, good stuff. Now, do you go to lots of gigs?

-No.

I'm afraid my answer was taken, there.

You'll have to believe me on that one.

I'll have to go with the only other thing I know

which is Keep The Faith

and I want to say Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi for Keep The Faith.

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

It's right.

-18!

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There we go, Harry. Well done.

As it turns out, a better score than you'd have got for your original answer

-so were there we are.

-Yeah, well done, Harry.

It's a stroke of luck your answer was stolen.

Wasn't it? Yeah, touring the album of the same name.

Still going now, Bon Jovi.

-I was going to say, "Still going now, that tour."

-Not that tour.

Let's move on. Now, Jeff. Welcome to the show.

-It's good to have you here.

-Good to see you.

-What do you do?

-I work at a university in Birmingham.

-What do you do there?

I support students, kind of making sure that they graduate, really.

Jeff, what do you make of this board?

As my friends will tell you, music isn't exactly my forte.

So I'm going to have to have a big guess at Guns, God and Government

is Marilyn Manson.

Yeah, that's all I could come up with for that one as well.

Anyway, we'll see. Marilyn Manson. Is that right?

Maybe it is, and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right.

Look at that, seven! Best score so far, Jeff.

See, everyone's being forced to take bigger and bigger risks,

-and it's paying off in spades.

-Very well played, Jeff.

Yeah, Guns, God and Government. It's not going to be Matt Monro, is it?

LAUGHTER

Did you see any of the Guns, God and Government gigs?

Yeah, I was at every night of that tour(!)

I had to be, cos I played bass(!)

Of course you did.

-Yeah, I used to be the bassist in Marilyn Manson's band, yeah.

-Yeah.

I was Spiggy McGee.

-That's right. The improbably named Spiggy Magee was you. Exactly.

-Yeah.

So like Debbie McGee, but er... But Spiggy.

-Yeah, I was a bit like Debbie McGee.

-Just a bit like.

If you get any of the live footage of that tour,

if you look at the bassist you think, "He's tall." That's me in a mask.

Thank you, Richard.

-Sandra, welcome to the show again.

-Thanks.

-Head-to-head last time.

You gotta have high hopes for this time, surely.

Returning pairs always do well.

It was all Jason and I was just kind of...

-..flapping along.

-That was last time.

Can I just tell you what the pattern of scoring has been

so far this round? 32, 18, 7, Sandra.

Yeah. The one which obviously I think is going to be the lowest one,

which is Out Of Control.

I've been standing here going through all the Gs.

You can talk us through all of them. Do your thinking out loud.

I think I Am... I think it be Beyonce as it's just a B.

Femme Fatale, I should imagine is Britney Spears.

This is just me guessing.

Just because one of my very good friends loves the man to death,

I will go Weekends Of Mass Distraction, Robbie Williams.

Robbie Williams, says Sandra, for Weekends Of Mass Distraction.

Let's hear if that's right, and if it is Robbie Williams,

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

It is right.

Still going down. 21. Not bad at all.

Well played, Sandra. Good answer.

Now, you were right about B, that's Beyonce.

Would've scored you 28 points.

You'd have been better going for Britney Spears,

you're right about that as well. It would've scored you 14.

And Out Of Control, it's Girls Aloud.

-Girls Aloud would've scored you six points.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Seven the best score of that pass, Jeff. Very well done indeed.

Then we travel up to 18 where we find Harry and Barry. Then up to 21.

It's just impossible not to enjoy saying Harry and Barry.

-Such a treat. I hope people at home are enjoying it.

-Yeah.

Oh, I doubt it.

Then up to 21 where we find Sandra and Jason.

Then up to 32 where we find Jim and Barbara.

You're not miles ahead, but Barbara, you will be the last person

to answer, so we need a really good answer.

I think you're going to be brilliant at this.

I have absolutely no doubt, so best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put seven more shows on the board. And here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those again.

There we are. Remember, we're looking for the group or artist

represented by the initials who toured with these live shows.

-Jason, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do, Jason.

I work for a housing association.

And in your spare time what do you like to do, Jason?

I train doing mixed martial arts and I also sing in a male voice choir.

OK. Now, do you go and see a lot of live music?

I've seen two concerts in my lifetime.

-Any of them on this board?

-No.

I think I'm just going to go with The Girlie Show, Madonna.

The Girlie Show, Madonna, says Jason. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it if it is. Here's your red line.

30.

Not bad. 51 your total. I think that might be enough to see you through.

Yeah, that was the tour,

she was touring the Erotica album on that tour.

Thanks very much.

-Now, Tom, welcome to the show. So you're a teacher?

-Yes.

-What do you teach?

-English and Media Studies.

Right you are. And what do you do in your spare time, Tom?

I do stand-up and write a bit and that's it, really.

-How long have you done the stand-up?

-About two years or so off and on.

It's hard cos I work full-time,

so not in any sort of structured way, but I'm trying to do more.

Well, best of luck with that. Now, you're on seven.

The highest scorers are Jason and Sandra on 51.

What we require from you is 43 or less.

I'm going to go for, er...

The Tour of Life, and I think that's Kate Bush.

Kate Bush, The Tour Of Life.

Kate Bush. Sounds good to me. There is your red line.

If you get below that,

you are definitely through to the next round.

Let's see if Kate Bush is right for The Tour Of Life

and how many people said it.

Absolutely right. Very well done, Tom.

Gets you through as well.

Brilliant answer. Seven!

-Takes your total up to 14.

-That's perfect.

That's Kate Bush's first tour and her only tour to date as well.

-She never toured since.

-It'd be nice if she did.

-It would be lovely if she did.

-Yeah.

Wouldn't it be nice to have Tom as a teacher?

Don't you think?

I'll have tickets if she's touring again.

If she sees this, I'd like tickets. That'd be good.

That's not how it works. That's just not how it works, John.

-You don't know that.

-It works like this -

we really would like tickets, actually. Richard and I really...

-What's your surname, Tom?

-Allsopp.

-Mr Allsopp.

-Yeah.

-Is that what they call you? Do you ever say, "Call me Tom."

-No. Oh, no.

There's nothing worse. There's nothing worse than that.

There we go. Very well done, Tom. Good answer.

-Now, Barry.

-Hi.

-Barry and Harry.

They rhyme.

-Barry and Harry. Barry, what do you do?

-I'm a chef.

-Very nice.

How long have you done that for?

-I've been cheffing for about 15 years.

-Enjoy it?

-Yeah, it's nice.

-Incredibly hard work.

-Yes, it is.

OK. So Barry, we're looking for the artist or group who toured

with these shows.

Yeah, I was struggling, erm...

I know one definitely.

So I'm going to take a bit of a punt at the top one,

The Monster Ball and Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga, says Barry for Monster Ball. Let's see if that's right,

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

There's your red line.

It's right.

Very well done. You're through to the next round. 19 it scores you.

37 is your total.

Well played, Barry. Took a good punt there, paid off as well.

Yeah, it's estimated it made over £200 million that tour.

Wow!

Harry and Barry, have you got any other friends who rhyme?

We know Gary and Larry.

-Do you really?

-No.

To be honest, our names are John and Dave.

Yeah. Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Barbara. What do you do?

I'm a clinic manager for a skincare laser company.

So when you look at people's faces, you're just thinking, "Oh..."

-Doing your totting up, doing your little...

-Botox.

Working out a little estimate. "I could do that 120, probably."

OK. This is the moment of truth. You're on 32.

51 is the highest score. You have to score 18 or less.

You can talk us through this board if you fancied it.

Erm, no. I don't fancy it.

Erm, the only one that I can really think of would be

the Dangerous World with Michael Jackson.

Dangerous World, Michael Jackson. Now then, there is your red line.

You have to get below that to get through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Michael Jackson.

It was right.

49, Barbara. I'm sorry.

49 takes your total up to 81.

Yeah, correct answer, just too many points there, sorry.

There's, I suspect, a couple you'll know here, though.

Up All Night, we went to this tour, didn't we?

Well, we didn't miss many of those gigs, did we?

We loved it, didn't we?

One Direction, of course. One Direction.

Our old friends, our old muckers. 14 points.

Now Say You Will, that's quite tricky, that one.

It's Fleetwood Mac. Well done if you said that.

3 points.

This last one I think you will know, cos this is very much our era -

-The Sugary Tea tour?

-Is Blur.

-It's Blur, and it's a pointless answer.

-Is it?

Yeah. Well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed. So at the end of our first round,

the pair heading home with a high score of 81...

It's not that high, but I'm afraid it's just higher than everyone else.

..is Jim and Barbara.

We have to say goodbye to you, but thanks for coming along.

We'll see you again next time, Barbara and Jim. Great contestants.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So three pairs remain.

At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

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.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

American countries in the northern hemisphere, Richard.

We're looking for any country in North America,

Central America, South America

or the Caribbean that's in the northern hemisphere,

that lies north of the equator.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state

that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Thank you very much indeed.

-OK, so, Barry.

-Hello.

What is the most obscure country in the Americas or the Caribbean

that lies all or in part north of the equator, that you can think of?

I'll go for Honduras.

Honduras, says Barry.

Let's see if Honduras is right

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

It's right.

18. Not bad.

Not bad at all.

Good answer, Barry. Nice start from that first podium.

Well done.

-Now, then, Jeff.

-Yeah.

-Jeff.

We've just come back from America...an American country.

-You really have no excuse then.

-No, not really.

But you did so well last round. See if you can be the low scorers again.

I'm not sure it'll be as low this time.

I'm going to go for Mexico.

-Mexico.

-Yeah.

-Says Jeff.

OK, let's see if that's right,

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Mexico.

60 for Mexico.

Yeah. That's a big score for Mexico.

It's the second largest producer of horse meat in the world, Mexico.

Marvellous. Thank you very much. Now, Jason. Jason.

Yeah, I'm struggling. Apart from the obvious ones.

I'm going to go for Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis, says Jason. Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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

It's perfectly good.

I have a feeling this is going to do extremely well for you, Jason.

There we go. 9.

You've just halved our lowest score there.

Well played, Jason. I wouldn't call that struggling.

Saint Kitts and Nevis is actually the smallest country

in the whole of the Americas,

-both in terms of populations and in terms of size.

-Thanks very much.

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Very good, Jason. Brilliant performance there.

Lowest score as well - 9.

That's put you and Sandra in a pretty strong position,

particularly in the context of 18 of Barry and Harry,

and then up to 60, where we find Jeff and Tom.

Tom, we need a brilliant score from you.

A teacher's pass is what we need.

Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Sandra.

We want any country in the Americas or the Caribbean

north of the equator.

The only thing I can think of is a very obvious one,

which means Jason's hard work is probably going to go for nothing,

but I'm going to go for Brazil.

Brazil. OK. Sandra says Brazil. There is your red line.

If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

It is right.

And you are through to the next round, Sandra.

That's not bad at all. 19.

28 is your total.

Yeah, it's enormous, Brazil, so some of it is above the equator.

A great deal of it isn't.

-But some of it is, fortunately.

-Oh, thank you.

That's why that's actually a very good answer.

-Did you think that was going to be wrong?

-Yeah.

Could you tell from my... "Brazil..."

LAUGHTER

And my slightly...face.

Then didn't alter at all, but then just slightly turned into,

"Oh, I'm impressed."

-Ah, anyway. Very well done, Sandra.

-Thank you.

-Tom.

-Yeah.

-Tom.

-You're the high scorers, remember.

-I think I'm going to go for Panama.

Panama, says Tom, Panama.

Now no red line for you, obviously, cos you are the high scorers.

Let's see if Panama will get you a nice long way down the column.

It's right.

Still going down.

16, not bad at all.

76 your total.

That's a good answer there from Mr Allsopp.

Well played.

Harry, now then, Harry, how good's your geography?

-Eh, passable.

-OK.

You have to score 57 or less.

Yeah, em, well, most of the Caribbean, obviously, is still left.

I think you said Saint Kitts and Nevis,

so obviously you've got things like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

and Saint Lucia, but I think I'm going to go with Dominica.

OK, there is your red line.

If you get below that red line with Dominica, you're through.

Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said Dominica.

It is right.

You are in the head-to-head.

8. Very well done indeed.

26 your total.

Yeah, I would say, Harry, that your geography is better than passable.

There were some terrific answers there.

There's no pointless answers here at all.

The lowest score you could have possibly got was 4,

and one of those was Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Take a look at those.

There's Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada -

would have scored you 4.

Suriname would have scored you 6. El Salvador would have scored you 6.

Guyana would have scored 8 alongside Dominica.

You could have got 9 for St Lucia,

another one that you were going to go for.

Costa Rica and Nicaragua both would have scored you 10.

Ecuador 11, Antigua and Barbuda 12 alongside Colombia.

That would have scored you 12. Guatemala, 13, Venezuela, 13.

Let's take a look at the top three answers,

the ones that most people said.

One of these will be familiar. Canada would have scored you 55.

There's Mexico on 60. Very big score.

And right at the top, the USA.

Also on 60, actually,

so Mexico equally bad as you could possibly could have done...

That's fine.

..whilst giving us a correct answer, which you did.

Thank you very much indeed.

So, yes, Tom and Jeff, I'm afraid it's you

-we have to say goodbye to at the end of that round. Jeff, Mexico.

-Sorry.

Well, listen, we are looking forward already to see you on your next

Pointless appearance, but meantime, thanks very much for playing.

Tom and Jeff, great contestants. Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Barry and Harry, Jason and Sandra.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

APPLAUSE

We have to decide who's going to play for that money.

To do that, you are now going to go head-to-head,

the big difference being you are now allowed to confer.

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

Now then, Jason and Sandra, you've been here before.

What do you make of your rivals today?

-Oh, good.

-Very good.

-Very good.

-And rhyming.

-Yes.

-That's worth loads.

-I think well it could be.

Well, we shall see. I think this is going to be another...

-We've had a lot of very exciting...

-We've had some good ones.

..in the last few shows.

I think this promises to be another. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

Yes, we're simply going to show you five stills now from films

where key scenes take place in planes.

Can you tell us the name of the film, please?

Thank you very much.

Let's reveal our five planes in films. Here they are.

There we are. Five planes in films.

Barry and Harry, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will get to go first.

I think we know most of them,

but I think we're hoping that B is going to be the best answer.

That's Executive Decision.

Executive Decision, you are saying for B.

-Hopefully.

-Executive Decision.

Now then, Jason and Sandra, can you talk us through the board?

Possibly.

A, I think is Air Force One.

C, I think, is Snakes On A Plane.

E is North By Northwest.

D could be, I don't know...

I think it's Bridesmaids, but I've not seen it.

Not 100% sure.

-Shall we just go for A?

-Yeah.

Go for A, Air Force One, say Jason and Sandra.

Barry and Harry said Executive Decision for B.

Let's see if that's right and if it is

let's see how many of our 100 people said Executive Decision.

It's right.

Oh, very well done indeed. 3, Barry and Harry.

That is fantastic.

Now, yes, good luck beating that, Jason and Sandra.

But you have gone for Air Force One for A.

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

Oh, it's going to be close.

17. 17.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Barry and Harry. After one question, you are up 1-0.

Couldn't beat Executive Decision,

it's the best answer on the board, guys. Well played.

C is Snakes On A Plane.

Samuel L Jackson there, that would have scored 40 points.

That's a big scorer.

D is Bridesmaids. That would have scored you 12 points.

E is North By Northwest, that would score you 32.

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

Jason and Sandra, you will answer this first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game. Best of luck.

It concerns...

Yeah, we're just going to show you five clues now

to facts about Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks very much. Here are the clues...

I'll read all of those things one last time.

There we are. Jason and Sandra, you go first.

I know the top one, the writer, and I know the bottom one,

because it happens to be the number that I live at.

It's 42.

-42.

-For the number.

-Say Jason and Sandra.

The number that is the answer. 42.

-Barry and Harry, talk us through the board, if you can.

-Um...

Created by this British writer - Douglas Adams.

Name of the guitarist in the rock band -

I think it may be Zaphod Beeblebrox, but I'm not...

I wouldn't stake my life on it. No idea.

So, I think we'll go with, and hope that most people know that

The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything is 42.

We're just going to hope that fewer people know that it

was by Douglas Adams.

So created by British writer Douglas Adams.

You're going to go Douglas Adams. OK, Douglas Adams.

We have 42 and we have Douglas Adams. Jason and Sandra said 42.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

33.

33. Now, Barry and Harry have gone with Douglas Adams, the author.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said Douglas Adams.

-APPLAUSE

-OK, 47.

Which means, Jason and Sandra, you're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Wouldn't it have been lovely if 42 had scored 42?

I think I might just have folded down my computer,

tucked it under my arm, and walked off and retired if that had happened.

But unfortunately for you, it didn't.

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

Now the two words printed on the guide

in large friendly letters are...

-Don't panic.

-Don't panic. That would have scored you 18 points.

The guitarist, it's not Zaphod Beeblebrox,

it's actually named after Douglas Adams' local estate agent.

-Do you know it?

-Hotblack Desiato.

-Hotblack Desiato, yeah.

That would have scored you 1 point.

Very well done if you got that at home.

The alien race that destroyed the Earth?

-Begins with V. I can't. V-V.

-It's the Vogons.

-Vogons.

-That would have scored 12 points.

Very well done to anyone who got all five of those. Very impressive.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

We are going to show you five names of such winners.

We've removed alternate letters, I'm afraid.

Can you fill them in and give us the most obscure of these?

This should be fun.

Oh, it will be. Let's reveal our WWE/WWF Championship winners.

Here they are...

I'll read those all again without the blanks.

There are our WWE and WWF wrestling champions.

Barry and Harry, you go first this time.

OK, em...

I think we know them all for sure,

apart from the one,

perversely, that we're going to go for.

We're taking a bit of a calculated risk on the second one.

We are hoping it's Macho Man Randy Savage.

Macho Man Randy Savage, say Barry and Harry. Macho Man Randy Savage.

Jason and Sandra, the board is yours, talk us through it.

I think I do know them all, which is...

It's kind of a guilty pleasure, I guess,

or I'm about to really embarrass myself on national TV.

Hulk Hogan.

It is Macho Man Randy Savage.

John Cena. The Undertaker.

And Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I don't know if it's going to beat Macho Man,

that's probably what I would have gone for,

but cos it's the longest, I'll go for Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Stone Cold Steve Austin.

So we have Macho Man Randy Savage, we have Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Barry and Harry went with Macho Man Randy Savage.

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

It's right.

Oh, very well done. 2.

2 for Macho Man Randy Savage.

Jason and Sandra have gone for Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said that.

This will decide who goes through to the final.

It's right.

I reckon this is going to be very, very close indeed.

But 2 is what you have to beat. Oh, it is. Oh, 5.

Very, very well done.

I told you it was going to be close, and sure enough it was.

But in the end, Barry and Harry,

you just win it after three questions, 2-1.

Terrific head-to-head.

I think everybody knew all five of those,

but again you chose the best answer on the board.

Nothing you could have done to beat them there.

Hulk Hogan would have scored you 49.

John Cena is the current champion in 2013, would have scored you 10.

The Undertaker would have scored you 14 points.

So the two best answers on the board there. Well played both teams.

Thank you very much indeed.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

is Jason and Sandra. Sense of deja vu.

This is exactly where you were standing last time

when we said goodbye. This time it's for real.

We've loved having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

Jason and Sandra - great contestants.

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But for Barry and Harry, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Barry and Harry.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

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A great, great performance. You've turned up, rhyming beautifully.

You haven't been the lowest scorers in every round,

but you've been very solid, very consistent.

Macho Man Randy Savage came good for you. Who would have thought?

What do you want to see come up in this last round?

-Love to see films come up.

-We've had that, so...

-Probably won't because we had those photos.

-Geography.

Geography would have been nice, but we've had geography as well.

Maybe something sports related.

-Novels of Barbara Cartland, obviously.

-Obviously. Very good.

As always, you kick this round off by choosing a category.

You have four options to choose from. They are...

We're thinking Tom Cruise.

But England World Cup Finals, that doesn't have to be football,

so that could be anything.

-Tom Cruise?

-Tom Cruise.

-OK, Tom Cruise it is, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to give you three options now, guys.

Hopefully somewhere here is something of use to you.

We're looking for the name of any feature film made for cinema release

for which Tom Cruise has received an acting credit, in the UK since 2000.

We are looking for anyone who's been nominated in the Oscars

for appearing in a film alongside Tom Cruise.

Or we are looking for any of the call signs in Top Gun,

apart from Maverick and Charlie. So any Tom Cruise film since 2000.

Anyone who's been Oscar nominated in a film

where they starred alongside Tom Cruise,

or any character call sign in Top Gun,

except for Maverick and Charlie.

Very best of luck. Good luck at home as well.

Thanks very much.

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

All you need to win that £2,500 jackpot is for just

one of those answers to be pointless.

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

It could be all three from one category, two from one,

one from another. It's completely up to you

how you spread them across the categories. Are you ready?

I think so.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Right. Hollywood...Merlin...are call signs in Top Gun.

-OK.

Can you think of any Tom Cruise films released...?

I'm trying to think.

My mind's gone blank now.

Minority Report, that's an obvious one.

Tom Cruise films released in the UK since 2000.

Tom Cruise Oscar-nominated co-stars.

A co-star in the same film, I'm assuming.

Gary Oldman.

-Interview with...

-'90s.

THEY MUMBLE

Sorry, I'm going mad.

Ten seconds left.

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

What are you going to give me?

For the bottom one - Merlin and Hollywood.

Merlin and Hollywood.

And...for the Oscar-nominated co-stars, Jamie Foxx.

Jamie Foxx. Of those three,

-which is your best shot at a pointless answer.

-Merlin.

Merlin. OK, we'll put Merlin last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

I think Jamie Foxx. I mean, he was alongside Jamie Foxx in Collateral.

-Hopefully he got a nomination for that.

-Jamie Foxx we'll put first.

We'll pop those up on the board in that order.

Here they are. We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Jamie Foxx.

If this is right and it is pointless,

you will leave here with £2,500.

Barry, what would you do with your share of that?

I'm getting married soon,

so that will obviously go towards the wedding fund.

Congratulations and best of luck. Harry?

Someone I know is getting married soon.

I'm the best man, so I've got no excuse about not having...

-Good present.

-Says Barry, nominating it for himself. Very good.

That will go down very nicely, won't it, Barry?

Spectacular. Well, best of luck.

Three good answers on the board there.

Your first answer was Jamie Foxx.

Obviously, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, but

let's find out for £2,500 was Jamie Foxx and Oscar-nominated co-star?

Yes, he was.

OK, we will watch this go down the column.

If it goes all the way down to zero, as I say,

you will leave here with £2,500.

It's now going down to single figures. Down it goes.

Still going down to 1.

-Oh!

-Great answer, mate.

That's a great answer.

That's a great answer, and that was your first answer.

Your least likely to be pointless. Your second answer was Hollywood.

These were call signs from Top Gun.

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

Let's find out -

for £2,500, was Hollywood a call sign in Top Gun?

Yes, it was.

So your first answer, Jamie Foxx, took us all the way down to 1.

Hollywood now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens.

Still going down. Down it goes. In single figures. Still going down.

3 for Hollywood.

But you chose Merlin to be your last.

Maybe that will be less well remembered by our 100 people.

Obviously it has to be correct,

it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £2,500, was Merlin a call sign in Top Gun?

Yes, it was.

Jamie Foxx, first answer, took us down to 1.

Hollywood, your second answer, took us down to 3.

Your third answer Merlin down past 3. Oh, 2.

Bad luck.

3 very, very good answers there. Three fantastic low scores.

I'm afraid in this last round, we are only interested

in pointless answers,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But we've really enjoyed having you on the show. You have done so well.

Fantastic performance.

You get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

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Sorry, Barry and Harry. Terrific performance.

If it's any consolation,

1, 3 and 2 is one of the best losing performances we've ever had.

So it's terrific play. I'm ever so sorry.

The two categories you went for, I think,

are where most people will get their pointless answers at home.

The films is very difficult, there's only one pointless answer for that,

and that is Lions For Lambs.

There's low scorers for Magnolia, Valkyrie,

Tropic Thunder, Rock Of Ages.

Those were the lowest scorers there.

But the co-stars one. There's a few answers here you might have got.

Certainly some people at home will have done.

Holly Hunter, nominated for The Firm.

Ken Watanabe was nominated for The Last Samurai.

Paul Newman, nominated for The Colour Of Money,

as was Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who was also a pointless answer.

Robert Downey Jr, nominated for Tropic Thunder.

Would have been a pointless answer. Would have won you the money.

Some of those call signs from Top Gun.

Could have had Chipper, Cougar, Stinger, Sundown or Sprawl.

Those were the pointless answers.

If you know the film well, you'll know some of those.

Really, really bad luck, guys. It's been lovely having you on.

-It's a shame not to have them back next time.

-I know!

-Yeah.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

Great contestants - Barry and Harry.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very sadly, Barry and Harry didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

when we will be playing for...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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