Episode 46 Pointless

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-Thank you. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-I'm Dan.

-This is my housemate, Alice, and we live in Hackney.

-Couple number two.

-Hello. I'm Greg. This is my son, Alex. We're from Bushey in Hertfordshire.

-Couple number three.

I'm Derek and this is my daughter, Charlotte. We live in Birmingham.

And finally, couple number four.

I'm Glyn, this is my friend Dave and we're from West Yorkshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce. They always say pigs are very intelligent animals.

This guy is like ten pigs rolled into one and just as distressing as that sounds.

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

-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

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-Hiya. Afternoon.

-And to you.

See Glyn trying to get a round of applause there.

Glyn and David, you can already tell they're going to be trouble.

-Yeah.

-It's going to be a tough show for Glyn and David.

They've got two very good returning pairs who were both quite

unfortunate to get knocked out. Dan and Alice on podium one again.

And also Derek was unfortunate, I think, last time. Good Take That knowledge, but not quite good enough.

-But I think it's going to be a pretty tough show to win.

-Exciting. Thanks, Richard.

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

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

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

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

Keith and Dave didn't win our jackpot last time, so today

we add another £1,000 to that, so the jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

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In this first round, I want an answer from each of you

but there is to be no conferring. Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

Do what you can to make sure that's not you. Our first category today is...

Film Characters. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

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

And the question concerns...

-Film Doctors, Richard.

-On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven

characters from feature films, all of whom were doctors.

Tell us the actor or actress who played them, please.

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

We're looking for the name of the actor or actress who portrayed these doctors on screen.

And here is our first board of seven.

I'm going to read those all again without the bits in brackets.

There we are. Seven doctors. Seven films required.

Alice and Dan, you all drew lots before the show and today,

-you're going to go first. Alice, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us, what do you do?

-I study photography at university.

You're studying photography, what year are you in?

-I'm just finishing my second year.

-One more to go.

-Yes.

And you're going to go on with photography afterwards?

-I hope so, yeah.

-Excellent. How about film?

-Does that interest you at all?

-Yes.

-Particularly films with doctors in?

-Yeah.

-But I'm not very good at remembering people's names.

-Ah.

So I'm going to say...

Anthony Hopkins for Dr Hannibal Lecter.

Anthony Hopkins for Hannibal Lecter. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said Anthony Hopkins.

It's right.

-57.

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That's not a bad score. But you are taking one of the easier answers off the board.

-If other people are stuck, you might have done something clever, tactically.

-Better safe than sorry.

He's also been played by Brian Cox in other films

and now played by Mads Mikkelsen on TV as well, Hannibal Lecter.

Thanks very much indeed. Greg, welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do?

-I'm a sustainability manager.

-Wow!

What that involves is looking after health, safety, environmental issues

that involve when you place products on the market in Europe,

making sure you understand all the requirements for those products.

And then you go beyond that to do basically what customers ask for.

-They want extra information, eco-labels, things like that.

-Can I ask a question?

-Yes.

What's an "echo" label?

An eco-label is an environmental label that gets

-placed on products when they meet certain specific criteria.

-Like "eco"?

-Like eco-labels.

-I thought "echo", E-C-H-O.

-Yeah, that would be good.

-Sounded quite cool.

-A label that comes back and back.

-But E-C-O...

-HE YAWNS E-C-H-O, now you're talking!

-OK.

I'm going to invent an echo label.

-You could call it "label...abel".

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What about a label where... You know if you can't find something in the supermarket, you go,

"Bacon," and it goes, "Bacon," and you look to see where it is.

An echo label.

-"Milk!" "Milk!" Oh, there it is!

-No, you wouldn't hear it the first time.

You'd have lots of batty people shouting "MILK!" in supermarkets.

And then you'd have lots of labels going, "Milk," quietly back.

It'd be a nightmare! It'd be like Babel.

I tell you what, I won't give you a percentage of it. Just me and Greg, that's fine. Me and Greg will do it.

Me, Greg and the audience, we will all sign up to it.

You carry on presenting this.

And we'll be in the Maldives, if you need us.

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Yeah... OK.

Anyway, Greg, we want to know who played these doctors on screen.

What are you going to go for?

I think I'm going to take a guess that Dr Zhivago was Omar Sharif.

Omar Sharif, says Greg, for Dr Yuri Zhivago.

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

Absolutely right.

57, our high score at the moment. You pass that.

31.

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Well done. I think you knew that one,

but you doubt yourself the second the cameras turn on.

Yeah, Omar Sharif.

-Thanks very much. Derek, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Great shirt, Derek.

-Thank you very much.

Very good indeed. It hasn't got any writing on it, has it?

-It's got images of America.

-Images of America.

-If that comes up as a round, that is cheating.

-Yeah!

-Remind us what you do, Derek.

-I'm a solicitor in Birmingham.

-A solicitor and part-time judge as well.

-Yeah.

Which is the best bit of being a judge?

Well, making sure that justice is done.

-OK. I was hoping maybe it was the wig, the deference...

-The tights.

-There we go. The tights.

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What are you going to go for? Are there any answers up there left that you know?

There's one or two I think I know.

I'm going to go for Dr Benjamin Stone and Michael J Fox.

Dr Benjamin Stone, Michael J Fox. There it is at the bottom.

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

Well, it's right.

57, our high score at this point. 31, our low.

You pass the high, you pass the low. Look at that, 18, a new low score.

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-Well done, Derek.

That's a very good answer.

Also starring Woody Harrelson, Doc Hollywood.

-Thanks very much. Glyn, welcome.

-Welcome. Hello.

Great to have you here from West Yorkshire. What do you do, Glyn?

Basically, now, I'm a birder. I did do a bit of teaching for 30 years.

-What did you teach?

-It was demanding and I missed a lot of birds,

-so I got early retirement.

-So you're a twitcher?

-Ah!

-Oh, no. you're not.

You're a birder, you said. What's that?

Twitchers just stay home and wait for the telephone to ring.

Birders actually go out and find the birds.

So you're out and about every weekend with the binoculars?

-Every day!

-Every day?

-Except when I'm on Pointless.

-Oh!

You know what's going to happen,

something's going to come flying in, some

crested...grebe is going to come in and be seen down in...somewhere.

You've taken my phone off me, so I wouldn't know, would I?

Oh, Glyn. I'm devastated.

It's extraordinary that our team do take everyone's phones off them

and no-one's ever... They sell them down at Shepherd's Bush Market

and no-one ever seems to mind.

And WE get the proceeds.

Yeah. To invest in echo labels. I can't believe you're doing that!

"Potatoes." "Potatoes..."

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-But what if what you're looking for is...

-Gone.

-Moist toilet roll.

"Moist toilet roll." I know. There are some things people won't want to shout out.

You don't have to. It's not mandatory.

-I'm still not coming on board.

-You know what, mate?

You're not invited on board.

Now then, Glyn. You're the last person to have this board.

Do you fancy taking us through it and filling in all the blanks?

Guess which three I knew.

-Ah, this is music to Alice and Dan's ears.

-Yeah.

I could have a guess, I suppose.

I have just an inkling that Dr Moreau might be Marlon Brando.

So I'll go for that.

-Dr Moreau, Marlon Brando. 1996, though.

-It's a bit late, isn't it?

That might worry me. Let's see. You never know. Let's find out.

Dr Moreau, Marlon Brando, is that right and how many people said it?

It is right.

Very well done indeed, Glyn.

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-Very well done! Look at that!

2 for Marlon Brando.

Only the best score of the round, Glyn, so far.

Terrific answer, Glyn. Well played. You were sort of forced into it, but you knew it somewhere.

That was very late in his career. A disastrous film.

He was 25 stone by the time they were...

He essentially WAS the Island of Dr Moreau.

At one point, he decided to wear an ice bucket as a hat. He decided that's what his character would do

and nobody dared question him. If you watch the film, he wears an ice bucket as a hat.

LAUGHTER Let's fill in the rest of this board.

-Dr Malcolm Sayer, Awakenings, do you know that one?

-No.

Robin Williams. Some people at home might have got that one.

Would have scored 13. Dr Maggie Rice is Meg Ryan.

That would have scored you 11.

And another very good answer, if you knew Dr Chase Meridian was

Nicole Kidman, you'd have scored 3 points.

Marlon Brando, Glyn, is the best answer on that board.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. 2, Glyn, for Marlon Brando.

Very well done. That was a great inkling.

Puts you in a strong position.

We then travel up to 18 to find Derek and Charlotte.

Up to 31, Greg and Alex. Then up to 57, Alice and Dan.

Dan, you know all about film. Film is your bread and butter.

-This is what worries me. What if I don't know any of the doctors?

-You're going to be brilliant!

Best of luck. We're coming back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, David, we're going to put seven more doctors on the board

and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time without the bits in brackets.

We are looking for the name of the actor or actress who played

these doctors on screen. David, you're going to have to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-David, welcome. Also from West Yorkshire.

-Yes.

-And also a birder.

-I am, yeah.

-Do you and Glyn frequently go and bird together?

Is that the word?

Yeah. Bird. We go on holidays together as well. Abroad.

Bird-watching.

Good stuff. There you are. You're on 2.

Our high scorers, on 57, Dan and Alice.

If you can score 54 or less, you're in the next round for sure.

I know a couple,

but I'm just having...trouble remembering the names.

Um...

Dr Kenneth Tinkle, Jim Dale.

Jim Dale for Dr Kenneth Tinkle, says David.

Jim Dale. Here comes your red line.

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

Let's see if Jim Dale's right for Dr Tinkle.

Oh, bad luck, David.

Bad luck. Good guess, but an incorrect answer in this instance.

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 102.

Sorry, David. It's a very good guess.

Jim Dale does play a doctor in that film, but not Dr Tinkle.

He plays Dr Kilmore.

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-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Charlotte. Welcome back.

-Thank you.

Welcome back. What happened last time?

We scraped through the first round, more by luck than judgment,

and then, to my absolute shame, went out on our knowledge of Take That.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a barrister.

When you're not barristing, what do you get up to?

-I have a passion for Formula One.

-Do you?

-I do, yes.

I try to go to a race in every season.

So looking forward to that this year.

-Good stuff. OK, what are you going to go for on this board?

-Um...

There are more familiar characters on this board than the last board,

but I think I'm going to play it safe and say Mike Myers for Dr Evil.

Dr Evil, Mike Myers. You want to score 83 or less,

nice low score from Derek in the first pass. Let's see if that's right, Mike Myers,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it. There is your red line.

It's right and you're in Round Two, very well done indeed, Charlotte.

-30.

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48, your total.

Well played, Charlotte. Very safe. The diabolical Dr Evil.

-It's a great character, isn't it?

-Mm.

-Great performance as well.

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

I'm a support worker for a learning disabilities charity.

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

Just typical activities, really. Swing dancing and tenpin bowling.

-Swing dancing?

-Yes.

-Are you good?

-I like to think so.

I've got a lot to work on, but I've been dancing on

and off for two or three years and it's great fun.

-You can only do that with someone else who knows what they're doing.

-Yeah, it helps. Absolutely.

OK, in this round, you are on 31.

102 is our high score from Glyn and David,

so if you can score 70 or less, you're in the next round.

Um... It's pretty good.

I think I'm going to go for Dr John Dolittle, Eddie Murphy.

Eddie Murphy for Dr John Dolittle. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Here comes your red line. Let's see if you can get below that.

It's right and you are through, well done.

-38.

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38. 69, your total.

It's another good answer. Had four sequels, that film,

but Eddie Murphy only in one of the sequels.

-Thanks very much. Now, Dan.

-Hi.

-Tell us what you do.

-I do comms for the National Union of Students.

-How much of your time does that take up?

-That's my day job.

But it's your night job that's the interesting one.

-Well, they're both interesting...

-Of course they are.

But I run a film website as well.

-You compile the whole site and run it.

-Go and do the interviews and...

-So you go off to junkets, those kind of things. You get in there.

-Yeah.

You have a job to do here. You're on 57. You have to score 44 or less.

I'm hoping that you can talk us through this board.

I haven't seen some of these films.

I think Dr Marta Shearing was Rachel Weisz cos

I kind of remember her on the poster.

I would guess at Kenneth Tinkle being Kenneth Williams.

I've gone blank on Ghostbuster character names,

but I could say Bill Murray for that.

I think I'm going to go for what came into my head instantly

and go Dr Christmas Jones, Denise Richards.

Denise Richards, says Dan, for Dr Christmas Jones.

Here comes your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two. Let's find out if that's right

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

It is right.

You are in Round Two. Very well done.

-Good answer. Look at that! 3!

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Very well done indeed.

Takes your total up to 60, second lowest score of the round.

She was a nuclear physicist in that film

and every other answer you gave was correct as well.

Dr Kenneth Tinkle was Kenneth Williams.

That would have scored you 37 points. Dr Pete Venkman was Bill Murray.

That would have scored you 9 points. Dr Marta Shearing was Rachel Weisz.

That would have scored you 1 point.

And this last one is a pointless answer.

Very well done anyone at home who knew that Dr Luther Brooks was

-played by Sidney Poitier.

-Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the pair heading home...

Well, you can get back online

and see what people are seeing out there in the hedgerows.

David and Glyn, we have to say goodbye to you.

We look forward to seeing you again next time. Thanks for playing.

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

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So we're down to three pairs and there's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head round.

We'll be sending another pair away at the end of this round.

The lowest scoring individual, Dan, fabulous performance there with Denise Richards.

-A bit lucky.

-No, you took us through the board very well as well.

Rachel Weisz, you knew. Could have been even lower.

-But no-one likes a show-off.

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Charlotte and Derek, our lowest scoring pair. Well done.

That's more like it. And Greg and Alex, very solid, nothing wrong with that.

I think this is going to be exciting.

Our category for Round Two is...

Olympians.

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

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

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

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

Team GB track and field athletes at the London 2012 Olympics.

We're looking for the name of any athlete who participated in any

athletics event in the 2012 Olympics for Team GB.

Any track or field event that comes under the term "athletics".

-Best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Dan...

-Yeah.

-Olympics 2012. Did you follow them closely?

-I did follow them

and I've got loads of surnames in my head without their first names.

So...

I don't know if this will be fairly obvious or not.

I'm going to go with Greg Rutherford.

Greg Rutherford, says Dan. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

-11.

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That seems a good score. 11 for Greg Rutherford.

Well played, Dan. Won a gold medal on Super Saturday in the long jump.

-Greg.

-Yes.

-We're looking for anyone from Team GB who

competed in the athletics events at London 2012.

I'm going to have to go safe, I think, and go for Jessica Ennis.

Jessica Ennis, says Greg. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

-44.

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Won gold, of course, in the heptathlon.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Charlotte...

-Yes.

I've got a couple of names in my head,

but I think, just to be safe, I'm going to say Dai Greene.

Dai Greene, says Charlotte. Dai Greene.

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

Well, 11 is our low score. Are you going to pass that? Yes, you are. 1!

-Very well done!

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Very well done indeed. 1 for Dai Greene.

That's a terrific answer, Charlotte. Yeah, the 400m hurdler. He was hotly tipped, but didn't win a medal.

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

1, the lowest score of that pass, very well done indeed, Charlotte. Fantastic answer, Dai Greene.

Then up to 11, where we find Dan and Alice.

Then up to 44, Greg... That's quite a high score.

Luckily, I think

Alex has a much better memory of the Olympics 2012 and is going

to find a brilliant score that's going to save you, I think.

Good luck with that, Alex.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

We're looking for anyone selected to compete for Team GB

in an athletics event in the 2012 Olympics.

Derek, you're in a very strong position,

courtesy of Charlotte and Dai Greene, but mainly Charlotte.

Um...

-Perri Shakes-Drayton.

-Perri Shakes-Drayton, says Derek.

You want to be scoring 42 or less with this to avoid becoming

the new high scorers.

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

It is right.

You are through to Round Three.

-And it's pointless!

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Perri Shakes-Drayton, very well done indeed, Derek.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £2,250.

It scores you nothing.

It leaves your total at a very impressive low 1.

-Very well done indeed.

-Terrific answer, Derek.

-You had to do that after Charlotte had got 1.

-Absolutely!

Thanks very much. Now, Alex, you are the high scorers.

And Derek's just scored a pointless answer.

The pressure couldn't be higher on you, I'm afraid.

-Did you watch the Olympics?

-I watched a bit, but not much of the athletics.

I can name athletes from anything but athletics,

but I can only think of Mo Farah.

OK. Well, Mo Farah. This will be fun. Let's see.

You're the high scorers as it is, but let's see how

far down the column Mo Farah can take you.

It's right.

-53.

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That's a big one. 97 is your total.

And that completes our triumvirate of athletics gold medals on that

-Super Saturday.

-Thank you, Richard. Alice.

-Yes.

-Did you follow the Olympics?

-I didn't watch a single minute of it.

Oh, Dan!

-Did you listen to it?

-No.

-Did you talk about it in the pub?

-No.

-Were you coach for the men's 4x100m relay team?

-Yes.

-Oh, that's good.

-But I've forgotten their names.

Oh, no!

-Forgetful coach!

-That's annoying.

-Yeah.

So the only person whose name I can remember...

..who runs...

..is Kelly Holmes.

Kelly Holmes, says Alice. Is it right?

Bad luck, Alice. I'm afraid...

That's the penalty, you see, for not watching the Olympics. That scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 111, which I'm afraid sees you out of the game.

Yeah, retired in 2005, Kelly Holmes.

She was one of the seven heroes

who helped light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony, though.

There's a lot of pointless answers on this list.

I'll take you through some of the 1-pointers first.

Dai Greene is obviously a 1-pointer but just in case you just missed out,

you would have got 1 point for Martin Rooney,

1 point for Andy Turner, Tiffany Porter.

You would have got 1 point

for my favourite-named person at the whole Olympics,

who was Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

LAUGHTER 1 point.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers,

a few of them anyway.

Christian Malcolm,

who was selected for the 200m, also the sprint relay.

Freya Murray, who was a marathon runner.

Hannah England, who qualified for the 1,500 metres.

Terrific athlete, it was a pointless answer.

Lawrence Okoye. He's a very interesting character.

Took up discus very, very recently

and became world ranked almost instantly.

Gave it up straight after the Olympics

and has now been picked up by an NFL team.

Never played that before but he's such an incredible athlete, this guy.

Lee McConnell, the 400m.

Mara Yamauchi, who was also a marathon runner.

Mark Lewis-Francis, who was picked for the sprint relay.

There's Perri Shakes-Drayton.

And Stuart Stokes, who is a steeplechaser.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's take a look now at the three most popular answers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

There will be a familiar ring to these three.

-There they are. Farah, Ennis, Rutherford.

-Brilliant.

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

it's Dan and Alice we have to say goodbye to.

I'm so sorry. Brilliant performance in the last round.

Dan, very well done there. Fantastic low-scoring.

Not bad scoring either with Greg Rutherford, there.

Although he was the third highest scorer,

11 was a cracking score there. We have to say goodbye to you, though.

It's been great having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing. Dan and Alice.

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

Congratulations, Charlotte and Derek, Greg and Alex.

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at...

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Now, we need to decide who's going to play for that money.

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

But the big difference is you're now allowed to play as a team.

You can confer and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

So Charlotte and Derek, very well done.

Round Two last time but all memories of Take That can be wiped!

-Brilliant.

-We were both at the Olympic Stadium on the day...

-Were you?

-..Perri Shakes-Drayton...

-And Dai Green.

-..and Dai Greene ran.

-Yeah.

-Very well done.

-Well, it was a good start.

-It was a bit lucky.

-It all paid off.

And Greg and Alex, you haven't been in the head-to-head.

You're newcomers to the show so well done to you as well.

I think this will prove to be a very tightly-fought third round.

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

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

Drummers, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of well-known drummers now.

You just have to name the most obscure, please.

First name and surname needed.

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five drummers.

And here they are. We have got...

So there we are. Five drummers.

Charlotte and Derek, you'll go first

cos you played best throughout the show.

(C is Meg White from White Stripes.)

-(Are you actually sure about that?)

-(Yeah.)

-(Who's B?)

-(Keith Moon of The Who. But he's been dead for...

(Actually, that's not a good picture of him,

(so people might not recognise it's him. What do you think?)

OK, we're going to go C,

Meg White.

C, Meg White.

Greg and Alex, the board is yours. Talk us through the drummers.

OK.

I'm pretty sure E is Ringo Starr.

Erm...

A is Phil Collins, I think.

-No idea.

-And B might be an early Who drummer.

-I have no idea who they are.

-It could be Moon.

Shall we go with Phil?

We'll go A, Phil Collins.

A, Phil Collins.

So we have Meg White and Phil Collins.

Charlotte and Derek said Meg White.

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

Absolutely right.

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Very well done indeed. 15 for Meg White.

Greg and Alex said Phil Collins.

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

It's right.

Oh, 75.

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75, that is a high score.

Charlotte and Derek, very well done indeed.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Well played, Charlotte and Derek.

Yeah, the brilliant Meg White from White Stripes.

Now, Greg and Alex, I think you were tempted to go for B, weren't you?

-Yeah.

-What would you have gone for?

Well, I thought it might have been Keith Moon from The Who.

I think I would have gone for that. It is Keith Moon, yeah.

And it would have scored you 10 points.

Who would have thought that?!

E is Ringo Starr.

Actually not as big a score as you'd think.

61 points for Ringo.

And D...

I know for a fact his mum watches the show

cos she tweets me occasionally.

It's Matt Helders from the Arctic Monkeys.

And he would have scored you 1 point.

Very well done if you got that at home.

Unless you are his mum. In which case, come on!

Does his mum really tweet you?

-Yeah.

-How did you know that she was Matt Helder's mum?

That's how she introduced herself.

Can I just say, before we move on, Derek, you knew Meg White,

-didn't you?

-I did know her. White Stripes.

-I could hear Derek...

-I'm impressed.

-Derek knows everything.

-I'm down with the hood.

-Actually, you might be Britain's coolest judge.

-I'll say!

-Don't encourage him!

-LAUGHTER

You know you get all these talent shows with judges?

We should have a talent show FOR judges.

-Good plan!

-Called Four Judges.

And you have four judges and lots of judges who come on.

-And the judges judge the judges.

-Oh!

-That's good!

-The judges decide which judge is the best judge.

-Oh, yeah.

-I'd like to be judge on that!

-Yeah.

And who judges the judges' judges

when the judges are busy judging the judges?

Yeah, we're going to need some judges.

We'll work on that. It's a good show.

Thanks. OK, here comes your second question.

Greg and Alex, you have to win this one to stay in the game

but you get to answer it first.

It concerns...

-What?!

-Toy Dogs, Richard.

We're going to give you five anagrams now of breeds of toy dog.

Can you unscramble them and give us the best answer?

OK. Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five anagrams. And here they come.

We have...

Greg and Alex, you go first this time.

I can't think of any. Other than the first one.

Toy dogs are not really something we're familiar with

but we'll have to go with the first one, which we think is pug.

Pug, say Greg and Alex.

OK. Now, Charlotte and Derek, it's yours.

THEY WHISPER

-We think pink geese is Pekingese.

-Pekingese.

So we have pug versus Pekingese.

Well, Greg and Alex said pug.

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

It's right. Oh, look at that! 96.

-That must be the highest score ever!

-96.

Yes, exactly.

This was the one you were going to have to win to stay in the game!

Well, let's see if Charlotte and Derek have done it

with Pekingese.

96 is what they have to beat.

Yes and yes.

32. Very well done indeed.

Which means, after only two questions, Charlotte and Derek,

you are straight through to the final, 2-0.

-Very well done indeed.

-Well played, Charlotte. Well played, Derek.

The other three are the best scorers here.

Now, mania prone is...

See, I know some of these

because I went to that lovely Discover Dogs show at Earls Court.

And when I was there, I saw a fairly spectacular dog

-called a Pomeranian.

-Ah.

-And that is mania prone.

That would have scored you 20.

I also saw, down the bottom,

-I saw a bichon frise.

-Ah.

And that would have scored 7.

Now this other one, I didn't see one of these.

I didn't know this was a dog name.

And it's Bolognese.

The most delicious of all the dogs!

Would have scored you 1 point,

so very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid it's Greg and Alex.

Two perfectly good answers. Pug...

I mean, I say good! Acceptable answer.

-Yeah, 96. That was a high score.

-We know nothing.

We'll see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.

Meantime, thanks very much for playing.

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But for Charlotte and Derek, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Charlotte and Derek.

You've fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

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

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Well, that's altogether more like it, I have to say.

A fantastic display of brilliant knowledge.

Actually genuinely good knowledge.

I mean, lovely low-scoring in the second round. Impressive.

-Lucky, I think, in many ways.

-Lucky.

-OK, well, we'll go with lucky.

-Yeah.

But I think that shows some impressive pointless knowledge.

And what would you like to see come up in this last round?

Erm... Anything trivial.

Pop culture from today, celebrities, relationships,

that kind of thing would be great.

And for me it would have to be Disney princesses.

LAUGHTER

I'm not entirely sure you're joking.

OK, very good. Well, as always,

you kick this round off by choosing a category

and you have four options. They are...

Well, I know who was in The Traveling Wilburys...

Can I be clear? I've never heard of it.

I think American Television I can at least contribute,

but if you are entirely confident

about whatever that thing is that's number three,

then don't let me get in the way.

If they asked me what names of the albums are, I'm a bit stuck.

-Shall we say American Television?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, American Television.

American Television is what you're going to go with. Richard.

We're looking for the name of any regular performer in any of these shows.

So any actor who has been credited...

Obviously by actors, as always, we means actors and actresses.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, now, as always you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

And to win the jackpot, £2,250, nice-looking jackpot,

you just have to find one pointless answer.

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

You can spread them across the categories as you choose.

All from one category,

one from each, two from one, one from the other.

It's entirely up to you.

Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Well, The Wire is Idris Elba.

-Idris Elba, right.

-Dominic West.

-OK.

-Sopranos - everybody's going to get James Gandolfini.

-Yeah.

Obviously Sex And The City...

-There's the main characters but they'd be too obvious.

-Yeah.

-Cynthia Nixon? Would anybody think of Cynthia?

-She's worth a go, maybe.

-There's the boyfriends as well, in Sex And The City.

-Yeah.

There's the two, the gay couple. I can't think of them in real life.

Do you know either of them?

-No.

-Fine. If we stick to... What have you got on The Wire?

-West...

-Idris Elba.

-Yeah.

-Dominic West.

-Yeah.

-Have you ever seen The Sopranos?

-I have. But James Gandolfini's the main thing

-and obviously...

-Who's the guy that was in The Sopranos

but then went into that programme Lilyhammer. Do you remember him?

-He was the drummer...

-Can't remember his name.

-Me neither.

-And then obviously Sex And The City Cynthia Nixon...

-Yeah.

-We've got Kim Cattrall. Everybody will pick her..

-Yeah, yeah,

the big four have got to be out. It's got to be someone more obscure.

Like the husband. Ten seconds.

I think The Traveling Wilburys is now looking good, actually!

So we'll go for the three... Who was the third one? Cynthia Nixon?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Right, OK.

-We're ready. Thank you, Xander.

-OK.

That is your time up. I now need your three answers.

Right. We're going to go with one from Sex And The City,

-which is Cynthia Nixon.

-Cynthia Nixon.

And we're going to go with two from The Wire.

We're going to go for Idris Elba and Dominic West.

-Idris Elba and Dominic West.

-Yeah.

-Mm-hm.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot?

-Dominic West.

-Yeah, I think so.

-We'll put him last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-BOTH: Cynthia Nixon.

Cynthia Nixon we'll put first.

OK, lets put those up on the board in that order.

And here they are. We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Cynthia Nixon.

-You thought this probably was your least likely to be pointless.

-Yeah.

If it is pointless, though, you will win £2,250,

-which is quite nice.

-Yeah.

What would you do with that? Derek, what would your plans be for that?

I want to be able to go and join her

on one of her Grand Prix trips.

-I went to the British Grand Prix last year so that would be good.

-OK.

Charlotte, how about you?

Probably a handbag, if I'm honest. Forget the trips!

Trips are all good but, you know, your handbag lasts a while.

-OK!

-True.

-Handbags last well. I'll remember that.

OK, Cynthia Nixon, your first answer.

Let's see if it's right.

If it is, as I say, it will win you the jackpot.

So for £2,250, was Cynthia Nixon

in six or more episodes of Sex And The City?

Well, it's right.

But it then has to go all the way down to 0

for you to win that jackpot for £2,250.

It's taking you down into single figures.

Still going down. Down it goes!

-2! Wow!

-Oh, wow!

-That's amazing.

-Yeah.

-Oh, that's good.

-That's better than I thought.

-Wow!

-Yeah.

-That's a surprise.

-It is.

Not a pointless answer, though, obviously.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Idris Elba.

Let's find out. If that's correct and it's pointless,

you will win the jackpot. So, for £2,250, let's find out,

was Idris Elba in 36 or more episodes of The Wire?

Yes, he was.

Well, the big surprise

was Cynthia Nixon took us all the way down to 2.

So we've got to hope

that Idris Elba takes us down surprisingly far as well.

Still going down. Down he goes.

-3! Wow.

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-Another great answer.

-Yeah.

So your final answer was Dominic West,

which you thought was probably your most obscure.

-Maybe.

-I think so.

I mean, people don't realise he was necessarily in that

-cos he's a well-known actor anyway, in other things.

-OK.

Well, let's find out. Dominic West.

If this is pointless, you will walk off with that jackpot.

So for £2,250, let's find out,

was Dominic West in 36 or more episodes of The Wire?

Oh, yes, he was.

Now, Cynthia Nixon took us down to two.

Idris Elba took us down to 3.

Dominic West, the star of The Wire,

now taking us down into single figures.

-Still going down. 4!

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

Well, three brilliant answers there.

Three perfectly respectable scores.

You'd be delighted to have scored that at any other stage of the game.

However, I'm afraid in this last round,

we are only interested in pointless answers. And I'm sorry to say

you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,250.

That will roll over onto the next show.

But we really enjoyed having you on both shows.

You've been absolutely superb.

But most especially today.

You can walk out with your heads held high.

And, of course, with a Pointless trophy...

-Absolutely.

-Yes!

-..in your hand. So very, very well done indeed.

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Really well played, guys.

Great performance. You gave us two Wire actors, there.

There's only three who scored any points at all.

Those two and Frankie Faison.

Every other actor who's been in 36 or more is pointless.

I'll give you a few of them in a minute.

One character you talked about was the guy who was in The Sopranos

-then went on to be in Lilyhammer.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

It was Stephen Van Zandt

and he was a pointless answer.

But let's take a look at some other pointless answers.

Deirdre Lovejoy.

She plays Rhonda, who's Dominic West's on/off love interest.

John Doman, who plays Commissioner Rawls.

Sonja Sohn, who plays Kima.

And Wendell Pierce, who plays Bunk.

You could also have had the brilliant Clarke Peters,

also a pointless answer. As I say, they all were, really.

Michael K Williams, JD Williams, all of them.

Let's take a look at The Sopranos.

Two of the big actors first -

Dominic Chianese and Michael Imperioli.

Well done if you said either of those.

You could have also had Robert Iler or Tony Sirico.

And Sex And The City -

the character at the bottom's the one you were thinking of.

He plays the agent. Willie Garson.

Lynn Cohen was a pointless answer - played Magda.

John Corbett, who was one of Carrie's many love interests

and Evan Handler, who eventually ends up marrying Charlotte.

Mikhail Baryshnikov was also a pointless answer

in that category, as was Ron Livingston.

So very well done if you said any of those.

You've been brilliant throughout

and 4, 3 and 2 are really, really good scores in that end game.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.

We've loved having you on the show.

You've been absolutely fantastic contestants.

Thank you for playing. Charlotte and Derek.

APPLAUSE

Well, Charlotte and Derek sadly didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we'll be playing for...

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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