Episode 48 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

the quiz show where you are rewarded for knowing obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hello.

I'm Charli and this is Nick, and we are from Cornwall.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, hi.

I'm Kate and this is my mate Holly, and we're from Norwich.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, Alexander.

My name's Jeff and this is my gorgeous wife of 27 years,

-Lynda, from Eastbourne in Sussex.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Nick, this is my friend Dwayne,

and we're friends from London.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks, all of you.

We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it

goes along. So that just leaves one more person to introduce.

With a brain so big I actually built a cottage there

and I rent it out as a time share, so if you're interested, call me.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you. How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-How about you?

-Not bad at all. Should be fun.

Got a couple of nice pairs coming back, Charli and Nick coming back.

We've got Jeff and Lynda coming back.

Jeff raised the stakes in the introductions there, doesn't he?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, been very nice to Lynda.

I felt a bit sorry for Nick, cos I felt you had to sort of call

Dwayne your beautiful friend or something.

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I think you're allowed to do that on your second show, Jeff.

I think you've earned that right on your second show.

Should be a cracking show,

and don't you think Kate's got a great voice for radio?

-What a lovely speaking voice she has.

-It's fantastic, isn't it?

-Could you do that introduction again, Kate?

-Erm...

You're making me blush now!

Hello, I'm Kate and this is my friend, Holly,

and we're from Norwich.

Ah, li... Ah!

I'm thinking she could do the show at maybe nine o'clock that

comes on after the Today programme on Radio Four.

-It's a thought, isn't it?

-It is a thought.

Didn't we a while ago, we had a contestant a while ago, had

-a brilliant voice, and you said, "You should do voiceovers."

-Amazing voice.

Every time he spoke. But he also had that kind of intonation.

-"I'm going to go for Patagonia."

-"Patagonia, Xander."

But he now does voiceover work.

He went away and got himself an agent because you said he was

so good, and now does voiceovers.

That's why I don't do any more.

Well, thanks very much indeed.

Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

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

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

and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Now, Greg and Alex didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts of at £4,250.

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

OK, in this first round, I'll want an answer from each of you,

but there is to be no conferring between the pairs,

and whichever pair has the highest

score at the end of the round will be heading home.

OK, our first category today is...

It's literature.

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...

Eponymous novels. Richard.

We're going to show you the title of seven novels on each pass.

For each novel, we've missed off a surname in the title.

Can you give us that surname, please?

There's going to be 14 surnames to fill in at home,

so very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

We need the surnames that complete the titles of these

novels, and here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those one last time.

OK. Now then, Nick and Charli, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you are going to go first. Nick W.

-Nick W. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a PhD student. I study nuclear fusion.

Nuclear fusion. Mm. And you were here last time. What happened?

-We didn't make it past the first round.

-Round one!

-Famous Harrys and Henrys.

-Harry...

-Harry Potter apparently didn't come up.

-No. No, Henry Ford.

-Harry Styles.

-Harry Styles. I know. The big Harrys, where were they?

How are you feeling about this board?

Not my strongest suit,

-so hopefully Charli can pull it out of the bag in the next round.

-OK.

I will go for... The Picture Of Dorian Gray, please.

Picture Of Dorian Gray, says Nick. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many people said The Picture Of Dorian Gray.

It's right.

Oh, that's a high score.

72 for The Picture Of Dorian Gray.

Oscar Wilde's only published novel, The Picture Of Dorian Gray.

-Big score, isn't it?

-Big score.

-Big score.

-Thanks very much. Now, Holly.

Welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. From Norwich.

What do you do up in Norwich?

Well, I'm just due to graduate doing a film and English degree at UEA.

Wow. Has it been film and English since the beginning or did you

-combine them halfway through the course?

-Since the beginning.

-Yeah.

-Good. And what's your hobbies when you're not studying?

-I like making things.

-Excellent. Like what?

What things do you make? Do you put things together and glue them?

Kind of make my own designs and put them into, like, different

objects, like badges and magnets and things and try and sell them.

-If I can.

-OK. Good stuff. Well, there we are.

We have these various missing surnames.

-How many of those do you know, do you think?

-I would say three.

I think the one I'm going to go for is Robinson Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe, says Holly. Let's see if that's right,

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

Well, it's right. Ooh, 82.

-82. Our 100 are really on it today.

-They are, yeah.

I think those two are both very well known, aren't they?

When you've got half the answer,

sort of easier to fill in than come up with the whole answer, isn't it?

-Now then, Lynda. Lynda, welcome back.

-Thank you.

Tell us what happened last time you were on.

We didn't know our currencies, unfortunately.

-We're not well-travelled, so there we go.

-Yes. We had the Indian rupee.

That was a huge score, wasn't it? That's right.

Lynda, what are you going to go for in this board?

There's a few I know,

I just find out which I think might score the lowest.

I think I'll go for The Brothers Grimm.

The Brothers Grimm, says Lynda, by Dostoevsky.

Let's see if that's right,

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

No, I'm afraid not. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

-Scores you the maximum of 100 points. Sorry, Lynda.

-Sorry, Lynda.

Yeah, not a novel by Dostoevsky, The Brothers Grimm.

This is a high scoring round.

You're on 100, but far from out of it, is the truth.

Yeah.

You're not far ahead of the others. Now, Dwayne, welcome to Pointless.

-Good to have you here. What do you do, Dwayne?

-I'm actually a broker.

-A broker. In the City?

-I am, yes.

-What do you broker?

-Diamonds.

-Of all the things to broker!

-That's officially cool.

Now, quite often, Dwayne, we have people here who are bakers,

and they bring us cakes.

We have people who knit things and they bring us scarves

and what have you. Erm...

When you going to hand it over?

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We'll get through round one, and then we'll...

-You just give us the pouch.

-Exactly.

We'll have a little talk about it.

-Excellent.

-Yeah, and we're going to hand over the pouch. Good.

Good stuff. So, Dwayne, what are your hobbies?

-In my spare time I write.

-What sort of things do you write?

I've just finished writing a short story, which is...

The main character's a protagonist, and it's about her happiness

-to her demise as a character.

-Ooh, right. How long is it? Short.

-It's a very short story. Just over 10,000 words.

-OK.

Are you sending it off to people or will you publish it yourself?

I plan to self-publish.

Good stuff. Well, best of luck with that. Best of luck,

but also, best of luck with this, because we would

like you to talk us through the board and fill in the blanks.

I wish I could talk through the board,

as I'm actually a literature graduate, but I'm going to

play safe with The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde.

Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, says Dwayne. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right. Ooh-wee! Another high score there. Look at that. 85.

Yeah, I have to say, Nick, when you scored 72,

I bet you didn't think you were going to be the low scorer of the round.

That's quite something. I bet you can fill in everything on this board.

-I would hope so.

-I would put all the money I have on that. Don...

-Quixote.

-Cervantes, yes. The Brothers...

-Karamazov.

-Yes, Karamazov.

-Would've scored you 14. Right down the bottom there, Madame...

-Bovary.

-Madame Bovary, yeah. Would've scored you 36, And Daniel...

-D... D...

-Deronda.

-Daniel Deronda, yeah, would've scored you 12 points.

Very well done if you got all those at home as well.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. 72, the best score of that pass.

Well done, Nick and Charli.

You are bestriding this round like a Colossus.

Then we travel up to 82, where we find Holly and Kate,

then up to 85, where we find Dwayne and Nick,

and actually, you know, for all that incorrectness and all that,

you're pretty much in their company.

There you are on 100, so not far ahead at all.

So, Jeff - you have a task to do in the next pass,

but it's not quite insurmountable, shall we say?

Best of luck with that. Coming back down the line now -

can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

and here they come - we have got...

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

Remember, we're looking for the surnames that complete the titles

of these eponymous novels.

So, Nick, welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

-What do you do, Nick?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

-Script-writing for film and TV.

-That's fun.

-Where are you learning it?

-In Bournemouth,

-at Bournemouth University.

-And what year are you in?

-The second year. Got one more.

-One more to go. Enjoying it?

-Yeah, very much.

-Good teaching?

-Yeah, extremely.

-Excellent, and a brilliant excuse

-to sit around watching films!

-Exactly.

-How do you and Dwayne know each other?

-We met, we used to work

-as event co-ordinators at a football club.

-Which one?

-Arsenal.

-Wow, that must have been fun!

-Yeah, it was.

-Plenty of stories to come from that, I should think?

-Mmm.

-One or two.

-Ha-ha-ha!

Well, there you are on 85. Our high scorers are Jeff and Lynda, on 100.

You want to be scoring 14 or less if you want to avoid

becoming our new high scorers.

-What do you make of the board?

-Not terrible. Er -

the first board, I knew six of the seven,

and I was hoping, as a literacy graduate,

Dwayne would have performed a bit better.

-CHUCKLING

-Er, but...

I will go for Nicholas Nickleby, the second one.

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby.

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

There's your red line - it's quite low...

It is right... 76!

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161, your total.

Yes, his third novel. So, 72 remains the lowest scorer.

-I know.

-Wow!

-Yeah. Now, Jeff...

Jeff - you're no longer the high scorers. This is good.

-Now, you're about to move from Eastbourne up to Scotland.

-Yes.

And how long were you in Eastbourne before?

-21 years.

-That's going to be quite a move, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-You'll have to get used to new banknotes and everything!

Well, we were there last year for a year.

-So, you've spent a year up there.

-Yeah.

-I see.

-So you're...acclimatising, shall we say?

-Mmm.

Good stuff. Now, there you are on 100. The high scorers,

now Nick and Dwayne on 161. So, 60 or less

is what you have to score. And congratulations if you do,

because it will be our lowest score on this round.

-CHUCKLING

-Erm, I'm going to say...

-Anna Karenina?

-Anna Karenina, says Jeff. Anna Karenina -

the Tolstoy novel...

Here comes your red line. If you get below that, with Anna Karenina,

you are in round two.

Is right.

Yes, you've done it! Look at that!

-55!

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Hats off to you, Jeff.

You are in round two.

Yeah - and that was published as a serial,

much the same as Nicholas Nickleby as well.

Quite a big score, I think because of

-the recent film adaptation with Keira Knightley.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Kate...

-Kate - welcome.

-Hi!

Good to...! Ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha! Yeah, she's good, she is good!

-What do you do, Kate?

-I'm a civil servant.

-What department?

-Children's services.

-Children's services.

-Now, how do you and Holly know each other?

-Well, originally,

my eldest son Henry used to go out with Holly.

Erm, and they're not together any more,

but they're still fast friends,

they're very much best friends.

And so I've kind of known Holly historically for some time now!

-Since about...

-And we became mates pretty much as soon as she...

-well, met me.

-Yeah.

-Aw! That's very nice indeed!

-Yeah. Independent of sons!

Are you good friends with any of your ex-girlfriends' mums?

LAUGHTER Do you...?

No, that's, er... I would say that's an unusual relationship.

-It doesn't feel it to us.

-There must have been an awkward week or two,

-somewhere in the middle of it?

-Not really.

-No!

Let's ask your oldest - when he comes on!

He's literally sitting at home, going, "I cannot believe this."

Now, Kate, are you going to dazzle us all

-with a brilliant answer here?

-Gosh, wouldn't I love to?!

I'm very, sort of, hedging my bets here. I know most of them -

it's just a question of kind of guessing

what's going to be the lowest, and I'm terrified of mispronouncing one.

Do I dare go for it?

Er, Portnoy's Complaint.

-Portnoy's Complaint. Philip Roth there, says, Kate.

-Yeah.

OK, well, you're on 82. The highest scorers, on 161,

are Nick and Dwayne.

You want to be scoring 78 or less. Get below that red line,

which I think you might, and you are in the next round.

Portnoy's Complaint. Is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right. And you are through.

Very well done. 14!

Now, that's a score, Kate! Very well done!

Look at that. And a total in two figures.

-96.

-Yeah, well played, Kate, that's a very good answer.

Yeah, essentially a monologue from a man to his psychoanalyst,

Portnoy's Complaint. Very... Better than that makes it sound.

Anyway, thank you. Charli - you are a nanny...

-I am indeed.

-You were saying, you're a nanny to three children.

-Yes, but two different families.

-Two families, so part-time

-for each one.

-Well, the two girls I look after are at boarding school,

so while they're at boarding school, I look after a little boy.

-Do they squabble over you? Do they fight over you a little bit?

-No!

-They must do.

-They're very well-behaved!

-But I mean, the parents...

-Oh!

-No, they're also very well-behaved.

-I'm pleased to hear it.

I don't believe it, but I'm pleased to hear that.

Now, Charli, the moment of truth.

-Yes.

-Now, Nick had every faith in you.

-He did!

-He had every faith in you. Don't tell me that was misplaced?

Erm, slightly, but, erm...

-I only know one left on the board.

-Well, this is good.

Before you give your answer, just go though the board, even if you just

chew each one over, see if something...

Well, Defoe - mmm, nope.

Martha - sorry, 'fraid not, don't know that one, either.

Erm, that one I don't know also,

and the only one I DO know is Tess Of The d'Urbervilles, by Hardy.

OK. Tess Of The d'Urbervilles, by Hardy, is what you're going for.

Here is your red line. 88 or less you have to score.

I think you can probably do that with Tess Of The d'Urbervilles.

Let's find out if you can.

You've done it. Very well done.

67 - good enough.

That takes your total up to...

Yeah, very well played. And we're back

on those big scores again as well, which is nice. Yeah, 67 points.

Now, I bet you're brilliant on the rest of these. One I don't know.

-The Doris Lessing, I don't know.

-Yeah, exactly.

-But Moll...

-Flanders.

-Absolutely.

That would have scored you 73.

-The Life And Opinions Of Tristram...

-Shandy.

-Yep.

22 points. And it's Martha Quest.

One point. Very well done

if you said that at home - it's a terrific answer.

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

I'm sorry to say, Nick and Dwayne, two perfectly good answers from you,

but you are the highest scorers,

just by a squeak, and we have to say goodbye to you.

But we will see you again next time. We'll look forward to that.

Thanks very much for playing, Nick and Dwayne!

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

And so three pairs remain. At the end of this round,

we'll say goodbye to another pair. I wonder which pair it will be. Kate -

special congratulations to you for Portnoy's Complaint.

Lovely low score. The lowest score by a massive mile,

in that last round, which was a very high-scoring round.

-And Jeff and Lynda - you made it through!

-Skin of our teeth!

Good work. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is...actresses.

Actresses. Can you 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, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes - we gave

100 people 100 seconds to name as many Kate Winslet films

since 2000 as they could.

-Kate Winslet films since 2000. Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking

for the name of any feature film made for cinema release

that was released after 1st January 2000,

for which Kate Winslet received an acting credit.

So, any Kate Winslet film after 2000.

Very best of luck. As always, no short films, TV films,

documentaries or that sort of thing - but voice performances do count.

Thanks very much. Now, Nick...

Nick - are you a Kate Winslet fan?

Er, n...not after Titanic!

-No!

-Oh, that's a shame, because that's the period we're after!

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah...!

Erm, I'm trying to think of some films that she might...

the sort of films she might have been in, so...

I'm going to take a punt, and say Australia.

Australia, says Nick W.

Let's find out if Australia's right, and if it is,

how many of our 100 people said Australia.

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

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Nick.

-It's like you're hooked on high scores, Nick.

-Yeah!

You can't stop yourself! I think you're thinking of Nicole Kidman,

she's the female lead in Australia.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Holly -

-Kate Winslet films...

-Erm, well, I think I'm actually going to choose

my favourite film. I don't know if it's going to be pointless,

but it's, er, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.

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

It's right.

-Nine!

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That is brilliant. Very well done indeed, Holly.

Well played, Holly. Terrific answer, yes.

She was nominated for Best Actress Oscar for that,

and it won Best Original Screenplay as well.

-Stars alongside Jim Carrey. Have you seen it?

-No, I haven't.

-It's good.

-It is good.

-Thanks very much. Now, Lynda -

-are you a Kate Winslet fan?

-I do like her, yes, she does some

good films. I'm just trying to think of one that she's been in.

I think she was in a Christmas film.

I think it's called The Holiday?

The Holiday, says Lynda.

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

It's right.

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-18!

-18 for The Holiday.

-Good answer, Lynda, with Jack Black,

Jude Law and Cameron Diaz, yep.

Mmm. That's one not really to... not to make a detour to see.

-Have you seen it?

-Yeah, I have.

-Yeah - it's all right.

-I was up for a part in The Holiday.

-Were you?

-Yeah.

-Is that why you don't like it?

-Probably!

-LAUGHTER

-In fact, entirely!

Can't believe Jude Law keeps getting these parts that you don't get,

-it's weird!

-I know!

-It's SO weird!

Ah, well, what can you do? Anyway, thanks. Now...!

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

Nine, the best score of that pass,

very well done, Holly, that's a great answer. then up to 18,

Lynda and Jeff - another good, low score.

Oh, Nick! Well, listen, maybe Charli's got a brilliant answer,

and maybe there will be another pitfall somewhere

between you and Charli!

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so, we're looking for Kate Winslet films released since 2000.

-Jeff...

-Erm,

The Reader?

The Reader, says Jeff. Now, you want to be scoring 81 or less -

that's what that looks like, there's your red line.

Let's see if you can get below that with The Reader.

That's a good answer. Through you go.

22!

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Takes your total up to 40 - very well done.

Well played, Jeff. 2008, in fact, so you were safely above the cut-off.

She won a Best Actress Oscar for that.

Thanks very much. Now, Kate -

you're on nine, you need to score 90... Oh, no, Kate...!

Yes! I was going to say The Reader!

-You're not out of movies, though, are you?

-I might be. I wasn't,

until I thought of The Reader, and then it kind of filled my head...

-Yeah.

-..and I've forgotten every other Kate Winslet film now!

-But something will come to me.

-Shall I distract Alexander for a while?

Would I like to do what to Alexander?

LAUGHTER

And...and now, I don't need to distract him.

I'm drawing a complete blank, and I'm so sorry.

-Am I allowed to say Titanic, in desperation?

-Mm-hmm.

Oh, Titanic In Desperation, the sequel! That was brilliant!

-Erm, Titanic...

-I'm sorry, yeah.

-..says, Kate.

Well, you want to score 90 or less -

that's what it looks like. Oh, it's so easily within reach!

Titanic - is it right?

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

Scores you the maximum of 100 points,

-takes your total up to 109.

-Sorry, Kate,

-1997, Titanic was.

-Ah.

-That gives Charli an interesting opportunity here now.

-It does.

It really does.

-Now, Charli...

-Yes.

-..we have a game on here.

-Yes.

And I think you might be quite good at Kate Winslet films?

-I've got a couple, one I can't...

-Do you want to talk us through them?

Well, one I can't remember the name of, for the life of me,

with John C Reilly and Christoph Waltz and Jodie Foster,

but I cannot remember what the film is called!

I'm not sure if she's in Contagion, but I don't know if this is

too recent, or if it won't be allowed, but I'm going to go for

-Movie 43...?

-Movie 43, says Charli.

Oh, this is exciting. Here comes your red line - it's low...

Movie 43 - sounds like a great answer. Let's see if it is,

how many people said it, is it right?

It's right!

You've done it! Look at that!

Two, Charli, that is brilliant!

Oh, my God!

Very well done indeed!

102 is your total, and you are in the head-to-head.

-Very good work.

-Nick, you might get big scores all the time,

but you know how to pick a partner. That is...

That's terrific work, Charli. You're right, she is in Contagion as well.

And that also would have seen you through, with eight points.

-The film you're talking about, which is brilliant, is Carnage.

-Carnage!

-OK, yeah...

-And that would have

scored you two points as well. So, erm, all good answers.

There's only one pointless answer on the whole board,

so two is a terrific score, and the pointless answer was...

The Fox & The Child.

A few other low-scorers - Quills would have scored you one,

The Life Of David Gale, Romance And Cigarettes

and Holy Smoke - they all would have scored you two points.

You'd have got five points for Enigma and Flushed Away,

in which she does a voice performance.

Six points for Little Children, seven for Finding Neverland,

Iris would have scored you ten...

And the top three - we've seen two of them already, but the third one was

Revolutionary Road, with 11.

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

I'm afraid it's Kate and Holly!

Oh, dear! We have to say goodbye to you now.

-Kate - did you know any of those other ones?

-Yes.

-Of course you did.

-Yes.

-Oh, dear. I'm sorry.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye. We will see you again next time,

-though, and I'm sure you'll do even better.

-Thank you.

Meantime, thanks very much for playing, Kate and Holly!

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

Congratulations, Jeff and Lynda, Charli and Nick.

You are now one stop 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 is going to play for that money, so

you are now going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer, and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Jeff and Lynda - very well done indeed.

-It was round two I think last time that saw you off.

-That's right.

This time, you're our lowest- scoring pair in the head-to-head.

Very impressive. Now...now, Nick...

Now, you're in charge of nuclear fusion,

Charli is in charge of looking after children...

-GIGGLING

-Charli knows everything.

-She does, yeah.

Good news is, you can chat to Charli now before giving your answers.

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

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

-Foods named after people. Richard...

-We're going to show you

five images now of foods which are commonly said to have been

named after people - you just need to tell us the name of the food, please.

-Good luck.

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five foods, and here they are - we have got...

There we are - five foods named after people.

Jeff and Lynda, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

Erm, we'll try D - Stroganoff.

D, stroganoff, say Jeff and Lynda, stroganoff.

Now, Charli and Nick, can you talk us through the rest of the board?

Yeah, we think we know them all, just about.

We think A is margherita, obviously. C is pavlova and E is Battenberg.

And we think B is carpaccio.

I think that's probably the only one that will beat stroganoff,

if it is right, so we'll go B, carpaccio.

Carpaccio, say Charli and Nick.

So we have stroganoff and carpaccio. Jeff and Lynda said stroganoff.

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

It's right.

Oh, that's a great answer. Look at that. 12 for stroganoff.

Nick and Charli have gone for carpaccio for B.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's absolutely right. The question is, will it beat 12?

It's going to be close.

Yes, it does. Look at that, three! Very well done indeed. Wow.

That is a great score. Charli and Nick, well done.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

The two best answers on the board there, well done both teams.

-Be honest, Nick, when you say "we knew it," who knew it?

-That's all me!

-It was you, was it?

-Food I can do!

-I knew he'd come good in the end.

You're right about A, it's pizza margherita.

Would have scored you 22 points.

Carpaccio is named after Vittore Carpaccio, the Italian painter.

C is a pavlova, named after Anna Pavlova, 69 points for that.

That's a big scorer.

And E is Battenberg, of course, the biggest scorer there.

-That's 91 points.

-OK, here comes your second question, Jeff and Lynda.

It's going to be their serve.

They start but you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns:

We're going to show you five new words which all originated in TV,

film or literature. We'll show you the words, you need to tell us

which work they came from, essentially.

-Where did these following words come from?

-Thank you very much indeed.

So let's reveal our five words and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now, Charli and Nick, you go first.

OK, we've made our decision.

And we're going to go for stardate as Star Trek.

Stardate, Star Trek, say Charli and Nick.

OK, Jeff and Lynda, talk us through the board if you can.

The bottom one is one of the Harry Potter series.

Lilliputian, we think is Gulliver's Travels.

We'll go with Gulliver's Travels.

OK, you're going to say Gulliver's Travels for Lilliputian.

So we have Star Trek and we have Gulliver's Travels.

Charli and Nick went with Star Trek. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

68.

68. Jeff and Lynda have gone with Gulliver's Travels.

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

It's right.

And it beats, oh, not by much! 64, very close indeed.

Well done, Jeff and Lynda.

You're back in the game. After two questions it's 1-1.

Good head-to-head. Let's go through the rest of these.

Now omnishambles was the Oxford English dictionary Word Of The Year

-in 2012 and it came from...

-The Thick Of It.

-The Thick Of It, yeah.

That would have scored you 13 points.

Now cromulent, it comes from an episode of The Simpsons.

It would have scored you five points.

And muggle is obviously from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Which would have scored you 56, though. Not the biggest answer.

-It would have beaten both of those other two.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So it all comes down to a third question. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final. Best of luck, both pairs.

It concerns:

That's a proper quiz subject to settle this.

We're going to give you five clues now to facts about George Washington.

Whoever gives me the most obscure answer is going to go through to play for that jackpot.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five clues

and here they come. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Jeff and Lynda, you go first this time.

We're going to go for the type of tree he cut down

according to a biography by Parson Mason Weems. And we think it's oak.

An oak tree, say Jeff and Lynda. An oak tree.

Charli and Nick?

First name of his wife?

In my head, I think this is probably completely made up,

I'm saying Hilda. But I think I've made that up completely.

I thought that the tree he cut down might have been a redwood.

But we're going to go for...

-Play it safe and go for Mount Rushmore.

-Mount Rushmore.

Mount Rushmore, say Charli and Nick.

OK. So, Jeff and Lynda went for oak, the type of tree he cut down.

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

Oh! Bad luck. Not an oak,

which means, Charli and Nick, you merely have to be correct

with this answer and you are through to the final. Let's find out.

Mount Rushmore, is that right? If it is, let's see how many people said it.

Well, it's right. That's all it really had to be.

And 54 people said it.

Very well done indeed. Well judged, Charli and Nick.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

You did the sensible thing there. If you'd gone first name of his wife, not Hilda,

it's Martha, Martha Washington, would've scored you 16.

The monetary value is the one dollar bill,

that would've scored 30.

The man who succeeded him as president was John Adams,

the second president of the United States.

The type of tree he cut down, it was...

-I thought it was a cherry tree.

-It was a cherry tree, yes.

-That would've scored 15 points.

-Thank you very much indeed. OK.

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

and Lynda, I'm sorry to say.

Played so well this show, really good scoring the whole way through

and a very, very close head-to-head there.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Jeff and Lynda.

But for Charli and Nick, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Charli and Nick.

You have fought off all the competition and you have

won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,250.

Now, that's a jackpot.

Listen, I'm not going to say your record has been completely unblemished.

We've had a couple of howlers along the way,

but some fantastic rescuing there. Movie 43 was a brilliant answer.

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

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

It pains me to say...

I probably wouldn't be so good at the Spice Girls.

-That's probably my strongest subject.

-Animated movies?

-How are you at animated movies?

-Fine.

Not, like, awesome, but I do work with children, so...

Shall we do animated movies?

Yeah, I think animated movies is the one we are most likely to...

-Animated movies.

-We're going to go for animated movies. Richard.

Good luck. Here are your three options in that category.

We are looking for any feature film made for theatrical release

made by Disney between 1930 and 1980.

We are looking for any film nominated for the Best Animated Film BAFTA

ever since that category was introduced, right up to 2013,

or any voice actor in any of the Madagascar films

according to IMDb.

So, any animated Disney films released between '30 and '80.

Any films nominated for Best Animated Film BAFTA,

or any Madagascar voice actors. Very, very best of luck.

-I know some people at home will love this category as well.

-OK.

As always, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers and to

win that jackpot, £4,250,

only one of those answers needs to be pointless.

Remember, the answers you give can come from any of these three

categories. It's up to you how you spread them across the categories.

It can be all three from one, one from each, two from one,

one from the other, it is entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

Shall we go for the first one, The Fox And The Hound?

-I know that's one.

-Do you think that will be quite high? Robin Hood?

-Again quite high.

-Pocahontas.

-Dumbo. Pocahontas was after 1980.

-How about like...

-What about BAFTAs?

-BAFTAs. What would have won BAFTAs?

Finding Nemo.

-Is that not Pixar?

-Is that Pixar?

Think about voice actors from Madagascar,

I bet we can make some good guesses. I think Jack Black was in it.

-I don't know.

-David Schwimmer was in it, but he'll be quite high. Angelina Jolie.

I think we should go for the latter and just have a good guess.

So, we should go for one in the last one?

We should do more in the last one. We should do Jack Black.

-I think David Schwimmer is a good one.

-I think we should do one in the first one as well.

-Can we go for The Fox And The Hound?

-OK. Let's do that.

-Fox And The Hound for the first one.

-Jack Black and David Schwimmer.

-OK. You have got your three. Shall we stop the clock?

-Yes.

Very good indeed. There it is, stopped.

I now need your three answers. What are you going to go for?

In the first category we'll go for The Fox And The Hound.

The Fox And The Hound.

And then for the third one, from Madagascar, Jack Black,

but I'm not sure, and David Schwimmer.

Jack Black and David Schwimmer.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-David Schwimmer.

-OK. David Schwimmer we'll put last.

-Fox And The Hound, I think everyone will know that one.

-Fox And The Hound we'll put first.

Let's put those answers on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got The Fox And The Hound,

Jack Black and David Schwimmer. Very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was The Fox And The Hound.

If this is right and it is pointless,

you leave here with £4,250.

-Charli, what would you do with that?

-I would go on holiday with my boyfriend and, maybe,

because Nick is getting married, give a little bit to him.

-But only if he is nice to me.

-Nick, how about you?

Well, as Charli said, I am getting married next year,

so I think the fiance would tell me to put it on the wedding,

but I think I'd probably go for the honeymoon.

That sounds like sense. Very best of luck. Three good answers there.

Let's hope one of them at least is pointless.

OK, your first answer, The Fox And The Hound.

Let's find out, for £4,250,

was that a Disney animated film from 1930-1980?

-Oh!

-It must have been after 1980.

No. Bad luck. An incorrect answer.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

-Your second answer was Jack Black.

-A bit of a guess.

OK. Let's find out, for £4,250,

was Jack Black a voice actor in any of the Madagascar films?

Is it right, is it pointless?

No!

OK. So everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

-David Schwimmer. You are pretty sure this was right, aren't you?

-Yes.

-OK.

Well, it's the one you put last anyway, the one you had most faith in to be pointless.

Let's hope it is at least correct. Let's find out for £4,250

if David Schwimmer was a voice actor in any of the Madagascar films?

Is it right, might it possibly be pointless?

It's right! There we are, eventually we found a right answer.

The Fox And The Hound was incorrect. Jack Black was incorrect.

David Schwimmer now taking us down through the 20s,

into the teens, down he...

Oh, 13.

Oh, bad luck.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Bad luck.

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

which means, I'm afraid, you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250.

That will roll over to the next show, but we've loved having you on the programme.

You've been fantastic. You do, of course, get to take home

a Pointless trophy, so there you are. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yes, it has been brilliant fun having you on, guys.

The Fox And The Hound was from 1981, so just outside our time.

I suspect it wouldn't have been a pointless answer even if it had been there in the right time limit,

looking at some of the pointless ones here. Let's look through all three categories.

So, the Disney films - Alice In Wonderland would've been a pointless answer.

Fun And Fancy Free. Also The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad,

and The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh -

all of those were pointless answers. Very well done if you said any of those.

Now, BAFTA-nominated animated films.

Despicable Me would've been a pointless answer.

Fantastic Mr Fox, Rango would've been a pointless answer.

The Simpsons Movie would've been a pointless answer.

You could have had Arthur Christmas, Coraline, Flushed Away,

Frankenweenie. You could've had Happy Feet,

The Adventures Of Tintin, and a couple of adult animations -

you could have had Persepolis and Waltz With Bashir as well.

So, lots of pointless answers in there.

And voice actors in Madagascar, Bryan Cranston, from Breaking Bad.

Frances McDormand, also Vinnie Jones has a voice performance in that,

and Willow Smith, the daughter of Jada Pinkett-Smith, plays

the young Jada Pinkett-Smith in the film.

In fact, everybody except for David Swimmer, Ben Stiller,

Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Sasha Baron Cohen,

every single other actor in that film was a pointless answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Charli and Nick.

I could hear all the sighing as those answers went up.

-We definitely want for the wrong ones.

-Yeah, never mind.

-I don't why we didn't...

-Well, we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing. You've been great contestants.

-Charli and Nick.

-APPLAUSE

Well, Charli and Nick didn't win our jackpot today, which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £5,250.

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.