Episode 1 Pointless

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one?

I'm Charlie, this is Chris.

We're from the Heald Green Theatre in Manchester.

-Couple number two?

-I'm Bob. This is Jamie, my grandson.

Jamie's from Hertfordshire and I'm from South Bedfordshire.

Couple number three.

I'm Rachel, this is Olwen and we're friends from Norwich.

-And finally, couple number four.

-I'm Darren.

This is my father-in-law, Frankie, and we're from Bristol.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thank you, we'll find out more about you during the show

as it goes along.

That leaves one more person for me to introduce.

More popular with housewives than gin or online bingo.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

Hi, everyone.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you. You?

Excellent. I'm very well. We've got two great returning pairs today,

who had interesting shows last time, I'm going to say.

Two lovely new pairs as well - Charlie and Chris, there...

Actually, before we go on, I really fancy a Tic Tac, do you?

LAUGHTER

HE SMACKS HIS LIPS

Something like that.

And Rachel and Olwen, welcome as well.

Should be a cracker - our two returning pairs are great fun,

so it should be a great show.

Our two new pairs also...

They certainly look to be up for it, let's say that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

As usual, all of our questions on the show have been asked

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants are hunting for an all-important pointless answer.

This is an answer no-one gave, and each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Dawn and Marjorie didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that

so today's jackpot starts off at £6,500.

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

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

Remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of this round

will be eliminated.

Also, there is to be no conferring during the round.

Best of luck, all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

-Yay!

-The Premier League.

Can you decide who's going first and second?

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...

..as they could.

Premier League Managers Of The Month.

We're looking for the name

of anyone named Premier League Manager Of The Month

all the way through from August 1993 through to April 2013, please.

Anyone named Premier League Manager Of The Month,

in its various different guises, from August 1993

all the way through to April 2013.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

Charlie and Chris, you all drew lots before the show.

Today, you are going to go first.

Charlie. Welcome to the show. Where did you say you where from?

-South Manchester.

-You said something else...

Oh, Heald Green. We're both members of the Heald Green Theatre Club.

Heald Green Theatre.

In fact, Chris is the chairman and I'm the treasurer.

So, for one night, they are without a chairman and treasurer.

What happens if something goes terribly wrong

and they have to summon an emergency meeting?

-Well, we won't be there.

-Oh, my word!

OK. Now, I'm guessing this Premier League question

is probably not your favourite.

Absolutely not my favourite, my heart sank.

OK. Do you fancy having a punt at it?

Well, I'm going to have to go for the only answer I can give,

which is going to be a very, very high score,

which is Alex Ferguson.

Alex Ferguson. Let's see how many said Alex Ferguson.

Well, it's right.

68.

68, Charlie.

Yeah, he's won 27 of them.

Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Jamie, remind us what you do.

-I'm a software engineer.

-A software engineer.

In your spare time, what do you do?

I enjoy playing football, golf,

and also just keeping fit, going to the gym.

So sport occupies a lot of that time.

-Do you watch a lot of football?

-I do.

-So this is ideal for you.

Yes.

LAUGHTER

-But I'm stuck, whether to take a bit of a gamble...

-Gamble! Gamble!

..or play it fairly safe.

I think...I'm going to play it fairly safe and say Harry Redknapp.

Harry Redknapp, says Jamie. OK.

Let's see if it's right and, if so, how many said Harry Redknapp.

Jamie, you've gone down the column, look at that.

Below 50. Below...

Below 20! Look at that, 17!

17 for Harry Redknapp. That's a good answer.

He's won it at West Ham, Portsmouth, Southampton and Tottenham.

-Thanks very much. Now, then, Olwen.

-Hi.

Welcome to Pointless, Good to have you here, Olwen.

What do you do?

I've just opened my own dating consultancy business for men.

A dating consultancy business?

Which is, basically, "get rid of those shoes."

-That kind of thing?

-It is...

"No white polo necks, bum bags", etc.

What's your top tip?

No man looks better with a sweep over.

-Embrace the bald.

-OK - embrace the bald.

LAUGHTER

-Now then, Olwen...

-Yes.

-Football.

I can see a really red face.

So I'm going to go for Brian Clough.

Brian Clough - well, let's find out. Is that right?

If so, let's see how many people said Brian Clough.

-Oh, Olwen!

-So sorry to my family.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points, I'm sorry.

That should've been a good answer, surely?

It's just out of its timeframe, Cloughy.

This is from '93 to 2013.

I think he pretty much retired in 1993, I think, Brian Clough.

So never won the award.

OK. Now then, Darren - welcome back to the show.

Tell us what happened last time.

Um...we got stuck on fictional butlers.

I think if we'd gone the other way round,

cos I knew Geoffrey from the Fresh Prince

and John knew Cato from Pink Panther,

it might have been a different scenario.

-Did you just call Frankie "John", there?

-I did, yeah.

-Is that his nickname?

-No, it's his real name.

That's my mistake.

-Oh, Frankie's a stage name.

-Thank you.

-Now it comes out.

-And "thank you" is also stage speak for "yes".

LAUGHTER

Wow, Frankie...

So you decided to come here under a nom de plume?

Yeah, well, I'm on stage, so...use a stage name.

-Secret's out.

-Yeah, well, it is now, it is now.

Well, Darren, I have a feeling you'll be really good at this.

Um...I would've been happier if it was rugby.

That would have been sure.

-But I'm going to play safe and say Arsene Wenger.

-Arsene Wenger.

Let's see if that's right and, if so, how many said Arsene Wenger.

It's right.

33 - not bad at all, Darren, that'll do.

33 for Arsene Wenger.

Yeah, won it 12 times up to April 2013

and will win it many more times, I suspect.

-There's a huge amount of names on this list.

-OK.

I wish some of the football fans would go for more obscure answers.

-Yeah, it's about time.

-It is about time.

OK. We're halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

The best score of the pass was yours, Jamie -

very well done, indeed.

Jamie and Bob, as a consequence,

looking pretty strong at this stage. Then up to 33,

where we find Darren and Frankie - brackets, John -

then up to 68, where we find Charlie and Chris,

and then 100, Olwen and Rachel.

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

Can the second players step up to the podium?

Now, Frankie, your singing career, your singing and stand-up career -

Where did that start? Did you just do it on a whim?

Did you think, "This is something I fancy"?

Just something I've always wanted to do. I...just thought, "Why not?"

OK - Frankie, there you are on 33.

The high scorers, on 100, Rachel and Olwen.

What we're looking for is a score of 66 or less.

I know quite a few.

Um...so I'm going to take a punt at Chelsea manager in 2012,

Carlo Ancelotti.

Carlo Ancelotti, says Frankie.

There's your red line.

Let's see if Ancelotti can get you below that red line.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

You're in Round Two. Very well done, Frankie.

It's a pointless answer!

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, a pointless answer.

Adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £6,750.

It score you absolutely nothing, Frankie - brackets, John -

and it leaves your total at 33.

Very well done, indeed.

Exactly what we were looking for, Frankie,

well done for not going for an obvious one.

He won it four times for Chelsea, Manager Of The Month, Ancelotti.

Now then, Rachel, we need that from you as well.

Welcome to the show, Rachel, great to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I work in marketing and community liaison

for a woodland burial park.

-The... For the burial park.

-Yes.

-I...I see.

That's good. That's good.

We've all got to go somewhere.

Now, then - do you think you can get a nice, low score?

Well, luckily, my dad is a...

Football manager.

Not yet!

He's a Norwich City season ticket holder,

so always talking about football.

So I've got an answer - whether or not it's any good, I don't know,

but I'm going to say Martin O'Neill.

No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.

Martin O'Neill - let's see if it's right,

let's see how many people said it.

It's a good answer.

Down and down and down it goes.

Still going down, Rachel, look at that.

Martin O'Neill scores 6, that's a wonderful score.

6 for Martin O'Neill, 106, your total.

That's a terrific answer. Well played.

Won it three times at Leicester, four times at Villa

and once at Sunderland.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Bob.

-You've had many, many jobs, Bob. Some quite fun ones.

-Yes.

Talk us through them again.

I was in retail for about 35 years...

See? That's fun. That's fun.

And also, in among that, you've also been...

-Town centre manager.

-See? That is fun.

-At Letchworth.

-Yes.

-How many years did you run...?

-About five years.

-Wow.

And since then, they all say it's gone...

HE WHISTLES

I mean, they always talk about the hey day of Bob.

-They call them "the golden years", don't they?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Letchworth Garden City.

-That's right.

-I can only agree.

-Yeah.

There we are - now, Bob, there you are on 17, lovely, low score.

The high scorers, Rachel and Olwen, on 106.

88 or less sees you into Round Two.

Football's not really my bag, so to speak.

I've got a couple of names running around in my head

and I'm going to go with the first one I've thought of -

Ron Greenwood.

OK - Bob's saying Ron Greenwood. There is your red line.

Get below that, you are through to the next round.

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

Ooh!

Ooh, Bob - I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100, takes your total to 117.

Jamie taught me all I know.

LAUGHTER

It was way, way after his time, I'm afraid -

he didn't manage another club team

after he left the England manager job in 1982.

So...a long time after that, I'm afraid.

OK - now, Chris. Now, what do you do?

Since I've retired, I've taken on the role of chairperson.

You are chairperson of the theatre. Is Charlie easy to deal with?

-He's very good, he's very good.

-OK.

He was saying before, who was going to run the club if we're not there.

To be honest, it's mainly us, isn't it?

It's mainly you two. I didn't doubt that for a second.

Now then, there you are on 68. We have a game on our hands, here.

The high scorers are Bob and Jamie, 117.

You have to score 48 or less to stay with us.

Come on, Chris.

I don't even know it's the right name.

I don't even know if he's won it.

He should have done on looks, anyway.

Roberto Mancini.

Roberto Mancini, says Chris. Roberto Mancini.

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

There is your red line, right there.

If you get below that, you're in Round Two.

It's right.

You're in Round Two.

Very well done indeed, Chris, that's a great answer.

It scores 2 - the second-lowest score of the whole round.

Very well done indeed.

Takes your total up to 70.

Well done, Chris.

Well done, Chris - won it twice as Manchester City Manager.

-Very good answer - you look so relieved.

-I am!

There are so many pointless answers up here. There's a whole load.

Anyone who knows about football will have done well here.

Let's take a look.

Bryan Robson won once as manager of Middlesbrough,

there's Carlo Ancelotti, Frankie gave us that.

David O'Leary won three times with Leeds.

Gareth Southgate won it with Boro as well.

Graeme Souness won it twice with Southampton.

Phil Brown won it with Hull.

Ron Atkinson won it with Coventry,

Steve Coppell won it twice with Reading,

Stuart Pearce won it with Forest and Man City.

Also could've had Alan Ball,

Alex McLeish, Brian Kidd, Brian Little,

Brian McDermott, Danny Wilson, Dave Merrington, David Pleat,

Frank Clark, Gerry Francis, Howard Kendall, Jim Smith

John Gregory, Mike Walker, of Norwich.

You could've had Paul Jewell, won it twice in a row,

Phil Thompson, Roy Evans, Steve Clarke,

Trevor Francis or Walter Smith.

Even one-pointers - you've got Sven Goran Eriksson, Gordon Strachan,

Terry Venables, Gary Megson, George Burley, Glenn Roeder,

George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, Roberto di Matteo

and Howard Wilkinson.

What about that for breath control?

Thanks very much, indeed.

At the end of the first round,

I'm afraid the pair leaving us, with 117 -

they were in the head-to-head last time.

This time, they're leaving.

It's been great having you here, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye.

It's been great, thanks so much for playing.

Bob and Jamie.

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

Well, three pairs remain.

Very well done, you made it through the football round.

-Rachel, well done, you.

-Thank you.

-Very clever. Good answering there.

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

Film - can you decide who'll go first and who'll go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Love Triangles. Richard?

On each pass, we'll show you six sets of three characters,

all of whom are involved in a love story in a particular film.

Can you tell us the films these characters are from?

Going to put the dates of the film in brackets, as well.

Six on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at at home.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Rich.

So, we are looking for the film

that links the three characters in each option.

Here is our first board.

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, there we are.

Six sets of characters, six love triangles.

Chris.

What do you make of that board?

Um... I definitely know one. I think that might be the obvious...

And I think I know another, not too sure, just by the names.

So...

Do I take a punt or do I go with the second one?

I'll go with the second one - Gone With The Wind.

Gone With The Wind says Chris, for the second one down.

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

It's right.

61.

61 for Gone With The Wind.

Absolutely - Scarlett, secretly in love with Ashley.

I won't say what happens. Won't give away any spoilers.

So, yeah.

-Tough board, isn't it?

-Yeah, really tough.

-Now then, Rachel. It is tough.

-Yeah, really hard.

Um...there's only...

I recognise one of the names on there,

but I can't think which one it is, which film it is.

So I'll have to go for Jack Dawson, 1997 -

that's Titanic.

Titanic, says Rachel. Titanic.

Let's see if that's right and, if so, how many said Titanic.

It's right.

It beats Gone With The Wind.

30.

I'll take that!

Well done, Rachel.

-30 for Titanic.

-Well played, Rachel.

Played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Billy Zane.

Thanks very much. Now then, Darren...

DARREN CHUCKLES

Darren, you're the last person to have this board.

Would you like to talk us through it?

Um...

Looking at it, I really don't know

what they are, so...

I'm just trying to work out...

..what's what. Um...

I'm going to have a guess

at Harry Sanborn, Erica Barry and Julian Mercer

as Twilight?

OK. Twilight, says Darren.

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

Ooh, bad luck, Darren. It was a good guess.

But I'm afraid it's a wrong answer, which means you score the maximum

of 100 points.

Sorry, Darren - tough board up there. Let's go through some of them.

If you don't know the films, you might know some of the books.

Lucy Steele, Edwards Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood?

-Sense And Sensibility.

-Yes. That would've scored you 6 points.

You may be able to guess Charles Darnay,

Lucie Manette and Sydney Carton - it's Dickens.

-Yes, A Tale Of Two Cities.

-That's the right answer.

Would've scored you 8 points.

Right at the bottom,

Newland Archer, Countess Olenska

and May Welland -

it's The Age Of Innocence.

Well done if you said that,

that's 2 points.

And there's a pointless answer for the one that Darren went for,

it's a really tough one -

Harry Sanborn, Erica Barry, Julian Mercer.

Played by Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves.

-It's Something's Got to Give.

-Ah.

Very well done if you said that, it's a pointless answer.

Thanks very much indeed. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores.

30, the best score of that pass, Rachel - well done.

Rachel and Olwen, looking strong at this stage.

Up to 61, where we find Chris and Charlie,

then up to 100, Darren and Frankie.

Let's come back down the line.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put six sets of characters up on the board again.

Here's our next board.

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we're looking for the film that links these characters.

Frankie, you're going to try and find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-There you are, the high scorers on 100.

-Oh...taxi!

I'm going for the top one. That's the only one I know, actually.

I think it's a remake of Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights, says Frankie. Wuthering Heights.

No red line for you, as you're already the high scorers.

Let's see how many said Wuthering Heights.

48.

Not bad. You could still be in with a chance, there.

-148, your total.

-Yes, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

in that 1992 version.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Olwen...

Olwen, good news for you - you are already through to the next round.

Even if you score 100,

you won't overtake Frankie and Darren's high score of 148.

But I think you might have a couple of these.

I think I know two more.

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

..Victor et al,

-and Casablanca.

-Casablanca.

Yes - Casablanca, says Olwen.

Let's see if that's right. No red line for you

as you're already through, but how many people said Casablanca?

11 - very well done, indeed.

41, your total.

Yes - those last two there,

played by Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.

It's based on a play, Casablanca, called "Everyone Comes To Rick's."

Charlie.

You're on 61. The high scorers on 148 are Frankie and Darren.

If you can score 86 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

Want to talk us through this board and fill in all the blanks?

I can't fill in all the blanks. I know two.

The bottom one is The Graduate.

But I'm going to go for one of my favourite films, in fact.

Princess Buttercup, Prince Humperdinck, Westley -

it's The Princess Bride.

Princess Bride, says Charlie. There's your red line.

Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Princess Bride.

Absolutely right, and through you go.

Very well done.

8.

Very well done - 8 takes your total up to 69.

Well played, Charlie.

One of my favourite films as well, The Princess Bride.

Brilliant. The book is brilliant, as well.

Now, let's take a look at the rest.

Charlie was right about the bottom one, that is The Graduate.

You were right to go for The Princess Bride,

cos it's a bigger scorer.

Would have scored you 35 points.

These other two are hard -

Melanie Carmichael, Andrew Hennings and Jake Perry

is Sweet Home Alabama.

Very well done if you got that, 2 points.

And this last one is a pointless answer -

played by Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Cusack.

America's Sweethearts.

It's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

An easier board, that one, but not easy.

By no means. Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair heading home,

with a high score of 148,

I'm afraid it's Frankie and Darren.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you,

but we've loved having you on the show both times.

Thanks for playing.

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

Congratulations, Charlie and Chris, Rachel and Olwen.

You're one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which stands at £6,750.

Now, we have to decide who's playing for that money.

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

The big difference is you're now allowed to confer.

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

I have to say, what a fantastically colourful head-to-head this is.

This is brilliant! What a picture.

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

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

Ranks Of The RAF. Richard?

We'll show you five ranks of the Royal Air Force,

but we're only showing you the abbreviations used for them

on the Royal Air Force website, please.

Can you tell us the full names? Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five abbreviations.

Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are.

Charlie and Chris, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We'll go for the first one, which is Wing Commander.

Wing Commander, say Charlie and Chris.

Now then, Rachel and Olwen -

want to take us through the rest of the board?

-Um...

-No.

I think we're going to have to take a guess,

um...for the third one down.

Air Commander?

And hope for the best?

Air Commander, and hope for the best.

OK, we have Wing Commander and now we have Air Commander.

Charlie and Chris said Wing Commander.

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

It's right.

68.

That's quite high, but Rachel and Olwen have gone for Air Commander.

Air Commander, the third one down.

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

Ooh, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

I'm sorry, Rachel and Olwen.

That means, Charlie and Chris, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, the R and the E are the wrong way round for Air Commander.

It's close - Air Commodore.

Would've scored you 33 points.

So it would've won you a point.

Now, FS is a big scorer as well.

That is Flight Sergeant.

Would have scored you 40.

LAC is Leading Aircraftman,

or Leading Aircraftwoman,

both would've been correct,

would've scored you 8 points.

And MRAF is the highest rank in the air force -

it's Marshal of The Royal Air Force.

That would've scored you 3 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Rachel and Olwen, you'll get to answer first,

but you have to win to stay in the game, so best of luck.

It concerns...

UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites. Richard?

We'll show you five images of World Heritage Sites.

Tell us, in which country are they located, please? Best of luck.

As always, by country,

we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five images, and here they are.

We have got...

There we are - five UNESCO Natural World Heritage sites.

Rachel and Olwen, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for D,

which we think is the Blue Mountains in Australia.

You're going to say D, Australia.

D, Australia. Charlie and Chris,

do you fancy talking us through the rest of the board?

I think B is possibly...

Not sure which country...

It's Africa, isn't it?

Possibly Kenya.

-I don't know E. But we're going to go for A, aren't we?

-No.

-Are we?

-Are we?

-No, C.

LAUGHTER

-What you think A is?

-We can't even agree. I'm sorry.

-We're going for C.

-You're going for C.

-Peru.

-And Peru.

OK, so we have Australia and Peru.

Rachel and Olwen

have said

Australia for D. Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

It's right. That's a good score.

Look at it. Down it goes. Look at that!

Very well done indeed. 3 for Australia. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Charlie and Chris, meanwhile, have said C is Peru.

Let's find out if that's right

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

It's right.

It's going to have to beat 3, though,

and it doesn't, I'm afraid. 37.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Rachel and Olwen. That's exactly what you needed to do.

-After two questions, it's one all.

-Very well played, yeah.

The Greater Blue Mountains Area there.

And that's Machu Picchu, obviously, in Peru.

For B, you'd have said Kenya. You'd have been right.

It wouldn't have won you the point though

cos it would have scored you 21.

That's Mount Kenya in the background, there.

Now, the other two are pretty tough, I'd say. Let's start with E.

That is The Meteora, which is in Greece.

Very well done if you said Greece. 2 points for that.

And the top one is

the Teide National Park in Tenerife.

So Spain would be the answer to that and that's a pointless answer

so very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So we come down to our third question. It's a decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

LAUGHTER

Tom Jones. Richard.

Talking of UNESCO natural world Heritage sites...

I mean that in a lovely way, cos he's an extraordinary man, isn't he?

We'll give you five clues, now, to facts about Tom Jones.

Whoever gives us the most obscure answer is going through to

play for the jackpot so very best of luck, both teams.

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues. And here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about Tom Jones.

Charlie and Chris, you will go first.

THEY CONFER

Yeah.

Yeah.

Right, we'll go for the bottom one,

which is Cerys Matthews.

Cerys Matthews, say Charlie and Chris. Cerys Matthews.

Now then, Rachel and Olwen.

Do you want to talk us through the board?

Have a shot at some of them?

The first number one hit single is

so hard cos it's always something you don't think what it is.

So, I don't know. Something obscure.

The year he was knighted by the Queen, well, that's, like...

-Not really sure.

-No idea. No idea.

The song is Thunderball and the next answer is The Voice.

I think Thunderball would be lower than The Voice. Do you think?

-Yeah.

-You choose.

-Give it a bash.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-The Bond film is Thunderball

-Thunderball.

OK, so Charlie and Chris have said Cerys Matthews.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Cerys Matthews.

It's right.

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-27.

27 for Cerys Matthews.

Rachel and Olwen, you have said Thunderball. Let's see that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many

of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

Is it going to beat 27 though?

Yes, it is. Look at that.

Very well done. 19.

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19 for Thunderball. Very well done,

Rachel and Olwen.

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

-Much to your surprise, it would appear.

-A little bit.

His first UK number one single, you're right,

is a very, very obscure one so lucky you didn't go for it.

-It was It's Not Unusual.

-Oh...

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It would have scored you 13 points as well.

Would have been a terrific answer.

The year in which he was knighted by the Queen. Take your pick.

It was 2006. And six of our 100 people knew that.

And the top answer on the board is The Voice, there,

and that would have scored you a fairly massive 72 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, the pair leaving us

at the end of the head-to-head round are Charlie and Chris.

Well, three perfectly good answers from you there in

the head-to-head and a pretty good performance the whole way through.

Well, the good news is we get to see again next time.

We look forward to that very much.

Charlie and Chris, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

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But for Rachel and Olwen, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Rachel and Olwen. You've fought off

all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

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...

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Well done.

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

and you have four choices.

They are...

Post-war British writers.

-Always a favourite.

-I...

I probably won't be too name any. What would you prefer?

-I want to talk about Ken.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Let's talk about Ken.

-Let's go for it.

-Whoever he may be.

-Films by Kens.

-Yes, please.

-Best of luck. Richard.

-Yes, good luck.

We're looking for any future film made for cinema release

directed by any of the following three Kens, please.

We're looking for any film directed by...

So, any film made for cinema release directed by any of those three.

As always, no TV films, documentaries, short films,

anything like that.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, as always,

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and, to win that jackpot, £6,750,

you just have to find one pointless answer in one of those three.

Remember, the answers you provide can come from any of these

categories. You can spread across them how you like.

It's entirely up to you. Are you ready?

-BOTH: Yes.

-OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

OK, I don't know who the first two are.

The kind of ring a bell but I'm going to stick with Kenneth Branagh.

-I know he did Henry V.

-Yeah. Dead Again.

And he might have done...

He was in Othello.

-That's the one where he's got no lips.

-Oh.

-That's all I can think of.

I can't think of any other... I only knew Henry V.

-Yeah, I'm happy with that. Henry V, Dead Again, Othello.

-Yeah?

I'm sure he's done shed loads. Mainly in the late '80s.

Peter's Friends. Did he do Peter's Friends?

Or was that just Emma Thompson was in it? That's not really the same.

THEY LAUGH

-Oh, shall we go with...?

-Let's go with those three.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-OK, you're happy to stop the clock.

-Yeah.

-That's how confident you are.

OK, well, we'll stop the clock. We'll stop the clock.

What are your three answers?

-OK, so, all from the Kenneth Branagh category.

-OK.

-Henry V.

-Henry V.

-Othello and Dead Again.

-Othello and Dead Again.

Now, of those three, which is

your best shot at a pointless answer, do you think?

-Maybe Othello, if he did it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

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-OK. So, we'll put Othello last.

-Yeah.

-And your least likely to be pointless?

-I think Henry V.

-Yeah.

Henry V we shall put first. And Dead Again in the middle.

All right, we'll just pop those on the board in that order.

We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer,

the one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless

was Henry V. But, remember, only one of these answers

needs to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £6,750.

If you did win it, let's just say, what would you do with it? Rachel?

I've got a holiday to Canada booked next year, which needs paying for.

-Perfect.

-So that would be nice.

I've also lost a couple of good friends to breast cancer

as well. One of them has a memorial fund set up in her name

-so I'd like to make a little donation to that as well.

-Excellent.

-Olwen, how about you?

-I'd make a donation as well, with Rach.

But I'd also like to go and land on my brother in Australia

-cos I've never been able to visit him.

-Very good.

Well, let's hope at least one of those answers is pointless

and you can leave with that jackpot.

Now, Henry V... All of your answers are in the Kenneth Branagh category.

Let us find out.

Henry V, it has to be correct

and it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £6,750, how many people said Henry V?

It's right.

Let's see how far this goes down.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

you leave here immediately with £6,750.

It's going down through the teens

to 13.

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-Not bad.

Not bad.

I would say that's probably his most famous film, I would have thought.

I don't know.

But only 13 people said it so I think that's a good sign.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

Your second answer was Dead Again.

Again, this has to be correct

and it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £6,750, let's find out how many people said Dead Again

as a Kenneth Branagh film.

It's right.

Your first answer Henry V took us all the way down to 13.

Dead Again takes us down through the 20s, down through the teens,

into single figures.

Still going down, down it goes.

Oh, 3 for Dead Again.

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This is exciting. So, we've come down from 13 to 3.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on Othello.

It's a bit of a punt.

You weren't entirely sure if he'd directed this

but you knew he'd been in it.

With the thin lips, Olwen said.

OK, you thought this was your most confident shot

anyway at a pointless answer. Let's find out. Othello, is it correct?

If it is correct, is it pointless? This for £6,750.

Oh, no. Bad luck.

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Bad luck.

Oh, very, very well played in this round.

Two fantastic answers there

but unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer which means you don't win today's jackpot of £6,750.

That will roll over to the next time

but we have really loved having you on the show.

You've been fantastic right across it and you do, of course,

get to take on a Pointless trophy each so very well done.

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Yeah, that's unlucky.

He was in Othello as Iago but didn't direct it.

Let's look at the pointless answers

in all the different categories, though.

First, Ken Russell films.

His first ever film, French Dressing, was a pointless answer.

Salome's Last Dance.

A Helen Mirren film, Savage Messiah was a pointless answer.

And The Lair Of The White Worm, with Amanda Donohoe and Hugh Grant

in that as well. That would have been a pointless answer.

Ken Loach. Ae Fond Kiss was a pointless answer.

Blackjack was a pointless answer. Bread And Roses.

Carla's Song was a pointless answer as well.

Lots of films of Ken Loach but they were the only pointless answers

so people know their Ken Loach.

And Kenneth Branagh. There's only two pointless answers.

In The Bleak Midwinter, which is about a group of

out-of-work actors making Hamlet,

and Sleuth, his remake of the film Sleuth

with Jude Law and Michael Caine.

It's a pointless answer. Very well done if you set any of those.

Thanks very much indeed.

Unfortunately, we say goodbye to Rachel and Olwen. It's been

brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing and playing so well. Rachel and Olwen.

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Well, sadly, Rachel and Olwen didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

when we will be playing for £7,750.

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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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