Episode 23 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

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

the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hello, my name is Neil, I'm from Kent.

This is my sister-in-law Nanini... Nalini...

-Basically, your name, with Ini on the end.

-Absolutely.

Nalini. Welcome to the show.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Alwyn. I'm with my wife Jane-Marie,

and we are from Coleraine in Northern Ireland.

Couple number three.

My name's Dewi, this is my friend Tom. We're from Cardiff.

And couple number four.

My name's David, I'm from Gourock.

This is my dad Dave from Cumbernauld.

These are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

So that leaves one more person for me to introduce.

His pub quiz team calls him Gandalf, because he is wise, sage,

and when he gets angry, he often attacks people with a massive stick.

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

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-What a competition we have today.

-Yes.

We've got England versus Scotland, versus Wales,

-versus Northern Ireland.

-Uh-huh.

We're going to finally find out once and for all which is best.

I've wanted to do this for a long time.

I think we'll take whatever happens on this show to be definitive,

-don't you think?

-Yeah, I wouldn't want to call that.

David and Dave, very unlucky last time. A great answer from them.

Yeah, knocked out in the first round.

Dewi and Tom, all the way through to the Head-to-head,

and got knocked out 2-1 in the Head-to-head as well.

About as well as you can do without actually winning.

-Wales, early favourites.

-I'm not going to write off

that team from Coleraine. Look at them.

-No, they look...

-Look at them!

-Yeah, Yeah.

-Hungry.

They do look hungry.

Sometimes, people don't eat before the show, so...

LAUGHTER

That'll be it. Thank you, Richard.

As always, 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,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Emma and Adam didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at...

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

Remember, the pair with the highest score will be eliminated

and there is to be no conferring during the round itself.

Our first category today is...

US Geography.

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

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

US states with seven or fewer letters in their name.

Yeah, it's quite complicated, this one.

We're looking for any US state with seven or fewer letters in its name.

LAUGHTER

-OK, good.

-Have you got your head round it?

-I've...

Luckily, I don't really have to.

I'm going to pretend I understand that question

and I'm going to pass it over to Neil and Nalini.

Neil and Nalini, you all drew lots before the show.

Today, you're going to go first. Neil, welcome to the show.

-What do you do, Neil?

-I build review websites.

Good. You build websites.

Basically, I create websites, then I review products and services

and write about them.

Then people come and read the stuff that I've written about,

click on the links,

then I get paid a commission for sending the traffic.

Fantastic. What do you call that job?

-It's called affiliate marketing.

-Affiliate marketing.

I was trying to get you to say Web Master.

I just wanted you to say, "A Web Master." Are you a Web Master?

-I am a Web Master, yes.

-Neil, there we are.

US states, seven or fewer letters.

I can think of some really obvious ones.

I don't quite know whether to go for one of those and then bank

the points, or go for the first one that popped into my had.

I'm going to say Ohio.

Ohio, says Neil.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of

our 100 people said Ohio.

It is right.

62.

That may not be a bad score. That may not be a bad score.

We'll discover. 62 for Ohio.

Yeah, it's got four letters in it, so that's fewer than seven.

That's why that's an acceptable answer.

-Do you see?

-Mmm.

Oh, you haven't quite got it, have you?

-Nope.

-No.

Anyway, there we go. Alwyn, great to have you here from Coleraine.

-What do you do?

-I work in a survey and mapping company.

Oh, that's fun.

-What sort of mapping?

-All sorts.

Three-dimensional terrain models, database updates. Anything.

Fantastic. So what are your interests, Alwyn?

I like watching sport, in particular my local football team, Coleraine.

-How are they doing?

-Not good.

Not good. They're in the Irish League, are they?

-That's right, yeah.

-OK, well, Alwyn, what are you going to go for?

It's US states with seven or fewer letters.

I've got a couple, but I think I'll go for Oregon.

Oregon, says Alwyn.

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

27. Well done.

27 for Oregon.

Well played, Alwyn.

Oregon, milk is the state beverage of Oregon.

-That's good.

-The state animal is the beaver.

I'm so pleased to know both of those things.

If you take nothing else home from this show today,

please remember that.

But think of their bones and their teeth and their nails.

-Their hair must be so lustrous.

-You talking about the beavers?

-Yep.

OK, well, thank you very much. That's good.

Tom, did you know that, the state beverage?

-I didn't, actually. Now I will.

-I'm never going to forget it.

Tom, welcome back. Head-to-head last time. What was your downfall?

Well, we rode our luck, I think.

We didn't blow anyone away with our answers, but it was just enough.

Then when it mattered most, the luck ran out, you know?

You're back today, though, with a vengeance.

I think you're going to seal your place in the next round

with a brilliant US state with seven or fewer letters.

Well, I'm going to say Maine, for my answer.

Maine. OK, the state of Maine.

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

27 our low score, 41 for Maine.

Well played, Tom. Maine is the pine tree state.

It's where they invented the air freshener.

Really, they invented the air freshener?

No, it's called the pine tree state cos there's lots of pine trees there.

Pine tree state, of course. Thanks, Richard.

Dave, welcome back.

-Where are you from, Dave?

-From Cumbernauld.

That's just a great name, Cumbernauld.

-Not such a great place.

-Not such a great place?

No, it's won the Carbuncle Award for a few years

-for its main town centre.

-I wasn't even aware

there was a Carbuncle Award. Cumbernauld - the Carbuncle Town.

-That's it.

-I tell you what,

the one thing we know about Cumbernauld

is that the state drink isn't milk.

Dave, how are you doing on your US states of seven or fewer letters?

I have a few in my head.

How low-scoring they'll be, I don't know.

I'm going to try Montana.

Montana.

I think the closer you get to seven letters, this is my hunch,

the lower your score.

Let's see if that's right. Montana. How many people said that?

Well, 27 is our low score at the moment. You pass that.

Look at that. 11.

Very well done, Dave.

Very well done indeed. 11 points for Montana.

Very well played on that last podium.

Loma, Montana, holds the world record

for the biggest change in temperature in one place in one day.

-It went from -54 degrees...

-That's cold.

-Yes.

-That's chilly. That's glove weather.

-..up to +49 degrees.

-Oh, that's quite hot.

-Yeah, that's warm.

It's interesting. In the morning, the state drink was coffee.

By the afternoon, it was ice tea. LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard.

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

We'll see that Dave and David are looking very strong at this stage.

Brilliant low-scoring there from you, Dave.

Then to 27, where we find Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

Then up to 41, Tom and Dewi.

Neil, it turns out 62 was quite a high score.

I wasn't sure, but we now have a context. It's quite high.

Nalini, you know what you have to do.

We can come back down the line now.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

David, remember, we are looking for any US state

with seven or fewer letters in its name.

-David, where do you come from?

-I'm from Gourock.

What happens in Gourock? Not such a carbuncle?

No, no, it's actually lovely.

View from the window is out over the Clyde Estuary, it's hills behind it.

-It's just a beautiful place to spend your time.

-Lovely, perfect.

David, you've had a little bit of time

to think of a seven or fewer letters US state.

What are you going to go for?

Um, there's part of me that wants to go safe, but part of me

that also wants to go for it.

Well, your father has set you up pretty well.

If you can score 50 or less, you're through, for sure.

I had there in my head, one of which I think is actually a city,

but I think I know the state it's in.

You don't get anything for being too safe,

so I'm going to go for Georgia.

Georgia, says David. Georgia.

Here's your red line.

Get blow that red line and you are through to Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Georgia.

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done, David. That's what you had to do.

22, it scores.

Our second lowest score so far takes your total up to 33. Well done.

Well played, David. I bet that feels better than last time.

It feels much better. Very relieved.

Now, Dewi, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Dewi.

I'm a guitarist, so I do a bit of Spanish

and a bit of my original stuff, so Welsh, I suppose.

Do you ever do any singing?

No, I've tried it, but I go by the rule of...

if people have paid, I won't sing.

Yeah, OK, fair enough.

-I like the way Tom just laughed when I asked that.

-Cos he's seen it.

OK, there you are.

You're on 41, the high scorers are still Nalini and Neil on 62.

20 or less gets you through.

I'm going to go for the seven letter...Vermont.

Vermont. Vermont. There's your red line.

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

Let's see how many people said Vermont.

Very well done indeed.

12. Takes your total to 53, sees you into Round Two.

Well played, Dewi.

Montpelier, Vermont, the capital, it's the only state capital

-in the US without a McDonalds'.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much. Jane-Marie, there you are on 27.

What do you do, Jane-Marie?

I'm a civil servant.

What do you get up to when you're not doing that?

We do a lot of pub quizzes and I sing in a choir,

a community choir, which has just started.

There you are on 27.

The high scorers at the moment, Nalini and Neil on 62.

34 or less sees you through.

What are you thinking?

Well, I'm devastated, because I had my fingers crossed

nobody would say Vermont, so I'm going to say Kansas.

Kansas, says Jane-Marie. Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line.

Get below that, you're in Round Two.

Let's see if Kansas can get you there.

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 26.

53 is your total, Jane-Marie.

Well played, Jane-Marie.

Their state motto is, "To the stars through difficulty."

I wonder which stars they have in mind.

-It's difficult to get to any star.

-Yeah.

Russ Abbot, you can get to. Get through to him.

-He's available.

-Easier than some.

The Chuckle Brothers are very accessible.

Thanks very much. Now, Nalini, you know the writing is on the wall.

You're already the high scorers.

You haven't even had a chance to give your brilliant answer.

What do you do, Nalini?

I'm an operations manager for a big American multinational corporation.

-What do you get up to in your spare time?

-I play bridge. Scrabble.

I play Scrabble with my brother,

who lives in a state with five letters,

so I could use that one.

You could use that one.

Have you had lots of your better answers used already?

Well, I've got three answers in my head.

You can talk us through all of them, if you like.

The five-letter one is Texas, because my brother lives in Texas.

I thought of Arizona, and I also thought of Iowa.

-I think I'm going to go with Iowa.

-You're going to go with Iowa.

You're going to throw out my theory

that the nearer you get to seven letters, the lower the score.

-I've nothing to lose.

-You haven't.

-Test your theory.

Iowa it is. Let's see if Iowa's right,

let's see how many people said that.

No red line, I'm afraid, as you are the high scorers.

30.

30 takes your total up to 92.

Yeah, Xander's theory is almost exactly perfect.

The bottom seven all have seven letters.

Let's take a look at the best scorers. Indiana, with five.

It looks like it's got more than seven letters. That's its problem.

So has the next one up - Wyoming.

It feels like it's got eight letters at least.

That would have scored eight.

Alabama and Montana both scored 11.

Arizona would have scored you 18. It would have been a better answer.

Kansas is actually the best answer

of all of the ones without seven letters.

You'd have got 31 for Hawaii,

35 for Nevada,

37 for Idaho, 41 for Alaska.

The top three...

Florida, 61.

Ohio, 62. Second-highest scorer of all, Neil.

Right at the top, Texas. Lucky you didn't say Texas. 70 points.

Thanks very much. At the end of our first round, I'm afraid it's Neil

and Nalini we have to say goodbye to with their high score of 92.

That was tough. Ohio, that was a punishing one there.

It's been great having you on the show, we'll see you again next time,

when I'm sure you'll go much further.

Thanks very much, Neil and Nalini.

APPLAUSE

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

So three pairs remain. At the end of this round,

we'll have to say goodbye to another pair

just before our Head-to-head round.

England out of the competition.

Surprising how easily that rolls off the tongue, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for the second round is...

That's what I have with my egg every morning.

Celebrity Soldiers.

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, the question concerns...

Famous people who've been in the Armed Forces.

On each pass, we're going to give you six descriptions of famous people

who've served in the Armed Forces either now or in the past.

You just need to give us the most obscure answer.

There's going to be 12 in all. 12 people to get at home.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much.

So, the famous former members of the Armed Forces

described by these clues. Here's our first board of six.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, six former members

of the Armed Forces.

Jane-Marie, you get to go first.

-That's quite a challenging board, do you think?

-Yes, it's challenging.

I'm going to go with

the left-wing singer-songwriter

and hope that it's Billy Bragg.

Billy Bragg, says Jane-Marie.

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

It's quite right.

13.

13 for Billy Bragg.

Yeah, he served three months in 1981 in The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars,

before buying himself out of the Army.

Thanks very much. Tom, how do you find this board?

I think I'm going to take a punt

on the second one.

Saruman in Lord Of The Rings

was Christopher Lee.

Christopher Lee, says Tom.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said Christopher Lee.

It's right.

Look at that. 11.

11 for Christopher Lee.

Well played, Tom.

He served in various regiments in the Second World War.

He was in the precursor to the SAS, Christopher Lee.

He was a flight lieutenant in the RAF.

In 1962, he was turned down a part in the film The Longest Day

-cos they said he didn't look like a military man.

-Huh!

-He's a dude, Christopher Lee.

-He is a dude.

Thanks very much.

Dave, you're the last person to have this board. Help yourself.

I was going to go for the Christopher Lee one as well.

That was the only one I was really sure about.

I think I have to take a punt

at the third one.

I think it might be James Blunt.

You're going to say James Blunt for the singer who had those hits.

Let's see if it is James Blunt, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

55. That's a high score.

-55 for James Blunt.

-It is a high score. He was a Life Guards officer.

Saw service in Kosovo, James Blunt.

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

Let's start with the bottom one -

the British men's

400m hurdle record holder.

You'll know him by his laugh -

Kriss Akabusi.

It would have scored you five points.

Up the top there...

it's Heather Stanning.

Helen Glover being the other one.

One point for Heather Stanning.

The last answer is a Pointless answer.

It's a terrific book

by Patrick Hennessey.

Very well done if you said that.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores. 11, well done, Tom,

the best score of that pass. 13 for Jane-Marie and Alwyn.

Then, I'm sorry, Dave and David up there on 55.

We can come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, try and find the lowest-scoring answer.

David, you are the high scorers at the moment on 55.

There's a couple that I feel I should know,

but nothing that I'm actually sure of.

I really... I'm probably going blank. I'm just going for

Conservative party leader 2001-2003.

I don't even know if it's right.

I'm going to go John Major.

John Major, says David.

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

There's no red line for you, you are the high scorers.

Oh, I'm sorry, David.

I think you knew that was a wild stab in the dark.

That scores you 100 points

and it takes your total up to 155.

Scotland will be leaving the contest.

-The writing is on the wall, yes.

-Oh, dear.

Yeah, that's after his time.

I knew it was, but you look for a name, it was one that came to mind.

There we are. Dewi, how do you find the board?

I think I know who the Conservative

party leader was for that period,

but I can't be certain enough.

I think I know who presents

Scrapheap Challenge, but...

Is that the current presenter?

It's the one who was once in the Armed Forces.

Ah, that one!

I also know the actor

whose real name is

Maurice Micklewhite, I think.

OK, well, take your pick.

It's quite hard.

I don't know how many people watch

Scrapheap Challenge.

Robert Llewellyn,

it should be pronounced.

I think he goes by Le-welyn.

Robert Llewellyn.

OK, Robert Llewellyn.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line for you as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said Robert Llewellyn.

Oh! After all that, Dewi.

An incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 111,

but you are through.

Yeah, Robert Llewellyn did present Scrapheap Challenge,

but so did the other gentleman here.

Obviously, Robert Llewellyn didn't do the Hungry Sailors.

Alwyn, again, great news for you, you are in the Head-to-head.

Better news, this board is all yours and nobody has

filled in any of the blanks there,

so you can just take us through it.

The Olympic medal winner,

I think that might be Kelly Holmes.

Liberal Democrat leader is Paddy Ashdown.

Don't know the Scrapheap Challenge.

Not sure about the Conservative party.

I'll go for Maurice Micklewhite.

I think that's Michael Caine.

Michael Caine, says Alwyn. No red line for you

as you're already through,

but let's see how many people said Michael Caine.

25.

25 takes your total up to 38,

Alwyn, well done. You're through.

Well played, Alwyn. Did his national service in the Royal Fusiliers,

and served in the Korean War, Michael Caine.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

You did quite well there, you gave us a couple of them.

Paddy Ashdown was the leader of the Liberal Democrats.

He would have scored you 41.

You were right about Kelly Holmes as well.

She was the double gold medal winner.

She would have scored you eight.

The presenter of Scrapheap Challenge

and The Hungry Sailors,

the man with an enormously impressive moustache,

Dick Strawbridge. Well done if you said that at home.

Three points for that.

The Conservative party leader,

2001 to 2003.

-Iain Duncan Smith.

-Iain Duncan Smith.

He would have scored you 18.

The Science Fiction writer

is Brian Aldiss.

He's the best answer on the board,

one point if you said that.

Thanks very much.

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

with a high score of 155, it's David and Dave.

Scotland leaving the contest.

I'm so sorry.

You started so well. What a great first round.

I'm sorry to say goodbye, it's been lovely having you.

I'm sorry we didn't get to see more of you.

-Thanks very much for playing, David and Dave.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Alwyn, Jane-Marie, Dewi and Tom,

you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

Well, we've been giving away quite a lot of jackpots recently.

We have to decide who is going to go through to the final

and play for that money now.

So you're going to go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions will be going through to the final.

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

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

Rolling Stones singles.

We're going to give you five visual clues now

which hint at the titles of Rolling Stones' singles.

We'll also give you the year in which the single was a hit.

Can you identify them and give us the most obscure?

Thanks very much. So let's reveal our five Rolling Stones' singles.

Here they are.

There we are. Five visual clues to

Rolling Stones' singles.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

I think we know three for sure.

One that we might know.

Play it safe, I think,

and say A is Start Me Up.

Start Me Up. Alwyn and Jane-Marie, Start Me Up.

Dewi And Tom, do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

B is Paint It Black,

C would be Brown Sugar. D...

They weren't that good in the '80s.

I don't really know that at all.

But E, I don't know

who the woman is,

but thinking of any songs with

women's names, I'll go for Angie.

I think Start Me Up was going to be our backup choice,

because we think B and C are too well known.

E, Angie.

E, Angie, say Dewi and Tom.

E, Angie.

So we have Start Me Up and we have Angie.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie played it safe and went for Start Me Up.

Let's see how safe that was.

17, not bad.

Dewi and Tom have said that E is Angie.

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

It's right.

Ooh, 45.

45, surprising result there. Alwyn and Jane-Marie, very well done.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, I think a lot of people know

that is Anita Dobson playing Angie Watts.

Very well-known character.

B, you're right, was Paint It Black.

That would have scored you 50 points.

C is Brown Sugar.

It would have scored you 66.

-What do you think D is?

-It's Harlem Shuffle.

Harlem Shuffle.

It's the right answer,

that would have scored ten points.

That would have been the best answer on the board.

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

Dewi and Tom, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-The Ashes.

-Five clues now to facts about The Ashes.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer?

-Thanks very much indeed.

OK, so let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Dewi and Tom, you'll go first.

Well, my dad's a huge cricket fan,

so hopefully, some of that's rubbed off on me.

I'm going to go for Australian city,

home to the WACA ground.

I believe the W-A stand for Western Australia,

so I'm going to say Perth.

Perth, say Dewi and Tom. Perth for the WACA.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, do you want to talk us through

the rest of the board?

Yes, we do want to, but we can't.

LAUGHTER

Shane Warne's the bowler,

but I think that'll be too popular.

We'll take a punt on the bottom one and say it's called the Urn.

The Urn.

We have Perth and we have The Urn.

Dewi and Tom said Perth.

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

Absolutely right, of course.

There we are, ten. Good answer, good score.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie have taken a bit of a punt but have said

they think it is called the urn, the small trophy that holds the Ashes.

Let's see if that's right, the urn?

It is right. What will it score?

40.

Well done, Tom. Your dad set you up there very nicely.

-After two questions, it's 1-1.

-Yeah, very well played,

there's only one answer that would have beaten Perth.

It's not the top one, the century is the 19th century.

That would have scored you 26 points.

The Australian spin bowler, you're absolutely right, was Shane Warne.

It would have scored you too many points though, 21.

This one would have won you the points,

the year Michael Vaughan captained England to their first victory?

-2005.

-2005 is the right answer. And that would have scored 3 points.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, here comes your third question, this is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs, it concerns...

HG Wells Novels. Richard.

We're going to show you the initials now of five novels by HG Wells

alongside the date of which they were first published.

Can you identify the most obscure of these? Best of luck, both teams.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five HG Wells novels with bits taken out.

And here we have the initials.

ALEXANDER READS OPTIONS

I'll read those all one last time.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie will go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

This is a bit tricky for us so...

We're going to play it safe, we only know one.

I think it'll be the one that everyone knows

but the bottom one is The War Of The Worlds.

The War Of The Worlds say Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

Now then, Dewi and Tom, it all comes down to this.

-Talk us through that board if you can.

-If only we could.

We know the third one.

-The Island Of Dr Maroo, Marow?

-I think it's Moreau.

And we knew The War Of The Worlds as well,

we were expecting a few others, but they haven't materialised.

So, cos the bottom one's gone,

we're going to go for The Island Of Dr Moreau as the third one.

The Island Of Dr Moreau say Dewi and Tom.

OK, so we have The War Of The Worlds from Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

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

57 for The War Of The Worlds.

Dewi and Tom have gone for The Island Of Dr Moreau.

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

Will it beat 57?

It's right.

You are in the final, very well done.

Oh, it's a great answer, five.

Well done, Dewi and Tom.

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

Well played, Dewi and Tom.

Talking of things that didn't materialise, can anyone guess TIM?

-The Invisible Man.

-The Invisible Man, yeah.

Would have scored nine points. THMITM?

It was The First Men In The Moon and would have scored you 12 points.

And TBOB is a pointless answer, very well done at home

if anyone said, and I bet you didn't, The Bulpington Of Blup.

Pointless answer.

-It's not the sort of one you can guess at, is it?

-No.

Thanks very much.

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

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, our strongest pair coming into the head-to-head.

Just Dewi and Tom whipped it out from under your noses.

We will see you again next time, we look forward to that very much indeed.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, thanks very much for playing.

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But for Dewi and Tom, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dewi and Tom, you've seen 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...

Very, very well done.

A pretty comprehensive victory but you've played very well

throughout the show and Wales through to the final, look at that.

Carrying the trophy for Wales so well done.

What would you like to see come up in this round?

I think Dewi's strong subject is film.

If that comes up, that's looking good.

Well, very best of luck,

you have four categories to choose from and here they are.

We've got...

OK. Immediately get rid of the fourth one.

-European politics, I know very little.

-Yeah. Olivers?

-Oliver Twist?

-Unless that's the answer then...

-Mate, we have to go film.

-Yeah.

-We're going to have to.

-You just said a second ago...

Yeah, but I haven't seen that many British gangster films.

Yeah, I think... Yeah, we'll go for it.

It'll be fine. Best of luck. They're going for British Gangster Films.

We're looking for the name of anyone who received an acting

credit in any of the following three films.

The 2000 film Sexy Beast, anyone who received an acting credit in that.

Anyone who received an acting credit in the 1980 film

The Long Good Friday or anyone who received an acting

credit for the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

So anyone according to iMDB with an acting credit in any of those

-three films. Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and to win that jackpot of £3,000,

all you have to do is find just one pointless answer among those.

Now, remember, the answers you provide can come from any of those categories,

it's entirely up to you how you spread them across,

they can all be from one category if you like or one from each, it's entirely down to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

Right, Sexy Beast, you've got Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley

but the one that might be pointless is, I think, Amanda Redgrave.

Long Good Friday, Pierce Brosnan is the Irish guy,

he's right at the end, he doesn't say anything

so he's a bit of an extra so he might not have a credit.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is Jason Flemyng...

Who's the guy who was in This Is England?

-He plays Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire.

-Stephen...? Stephen Graham.

Is he one of the scousers at the end?

-He steals the guns originally.

-Yes. With a mask over his head?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Who are we going for?

-Definitely Jason Flemyng.

-Right.

-Pierce Brosnan? Have you seen The Long Good Friday?

-Yeah, ages ago.

-Do you remember him in it?

-No.

-That's a good sign.

Ten seconds left.

I can't remember anyone else from Long Good Friday except Bob Hoskins.

Think of Lock, Stock.

Well, obviously, there's Vinnie Jones.

OK, your time is now up.

Some great answers, I think, in the melange there.

What are you going to go for?

We'll say Pierce Brosnan for The Long Good Friday, Jason Flemyng

for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, and...

Stephen Graham also for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Pierce Brosnan.

-We'll put him last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

I'd say Stephen Graham cos I'm not 100% certain that's even his name.

-OK.

-It's close.

-We'll put Stephen Graham first.

I'm not certain so we'll put him first.

And then in the middle we've got Jason Flemyng. Perfect.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order

and here they are, we've got...

Well, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Stephen Graham, you thought this was

probably your least likely to be pointless,

you weren't even entirely sure if it's right.

Only one of them has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

£3,000, it's quite a nice jackpot.

What would you do with your split of that, Dewi?

I'd be tempted by another guitar but I've got seven already

and I don't really have room to store them.

-You've got to have an eighth guitar.

-Yeah. A banjo would be nice.

Or a mandolin.

OK. Tom, how about you?

Well, I enjoy travelling, I'd like to go on a holiday,

South America's a part of the world I'd love to see,

but I'm also a huge fan of breakfast, Alexander, huge fan.

One of my favourite bands, yes.

I'd invest in maybe a nice breakfast set, like a nice toaster,

-a juicer...

-A breakfast set?

All the things you need to make a decent breakfast.

Tom, that is...singularly, the best answer I've had

when I've asked that. A breakfast set.

I want a breakfast set,

-the finest breakfast set one and a half grand can buy.

-Brilliant.

OK, excellent. Best of luck. So, first answer, Stephen Graham.

In this case, you were submitting him

as a cast member of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

Let's see if that's pointless, let's see if it'll win you £3,000.

Oh, no.

We'll discover what was wrong with that answer at the end.

So, not a pointless answer. Two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Jason Flemyng,

again for Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

Let's see if it's right, let's see if it's pointless,

let's see how many people said it.

That's more like it.

Definitely on safer ground here with Jason Flemyng.

Well, if this goes all the way down to zero,

it wins you that jackpot of £3,000. Your first answer was incorrect.

Jason Flemyng now going down into single figures.

Oh, one! one!

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Oh, bad luck. That was close but I'll tell you what,

it's all going in the right direction.

100 on your first question, one on your second.

So, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on Pierce Brosnan from The Long Good Friday.

Now, you're pretty sure he's credited. He hardly appears.

-I'm positive, 100% positive, he's in it.

-That's a bad sign.

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You won't be saying that when you're eating from your breakfast set.

-It's such a small role though.

-It could be the perfect answer.

Well, let's find out, that sounds like a perfect pointless candidate.

Let's see, Pierce Brosnan, is he in The Long Good Friday?

Is it going to be pointless? Will it win Dewi and Tom £3,000?

It's right. It's right.

There could be a banjo, there could be a breakfast set riding on this.

First answer was incorrect, your second answer stopped at one.

Pierce Brosnan taking us down through single figures,

down it goes...

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Well, what would you have had in there? A waffle-maker maybe?

LAUGHTER

All sorts of stuff.

Oh, I'm so sorry, that is bad luck.

-I thought that was going to go all the way down.

-Never mind.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless

answer which means you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.

That will roll over on to the next show,

but it's been brilliant having you on both shows, you've been

such good value, and some great answers there. I'm so sorry.

The breakfast set will have to wait.

But don't forget, you get a Pointless trophy each

so there we are, it wasn't all for nothing.

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Unlucky, gents.

Not a terrible category for you, at least you had a chance with that one.

Stephen Graham is not in Lock, Stock, I'm afraid.

He's in Snatch, the follow-up, he's in all sorts of things.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers for all three.

For Sexy Beast, you could have had...

Well done if you said any of those.

Now, The Long Good Friday, Derek Thompson, probably better

known to British viewers as Charlie from Casualty, Derek Thompson.

Dexter Fletcher was a pointless answer,

-he was very young in that film.

-That's who I was trying to think of.

He would have scored 3 points for Lock, Stock.

Gillian Taylforth has a small part in that and Karl Howman,

better known as Jacko from Brush Strokes.

Now, Lock, Stock, there's a few answers people would have got.

Danny John-Jules, better known as Cat from Red Dwarf.

-Rob Brydon plays a traffic warden, do you remember?

-Oh, yeah.

Vas Blackwood, he plays Rory Breaker in that film and Victor McGuire.

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

Thanks very much indeed.

Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Dewi and Tom,

but it's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you both

-so much for playing, Dewi and Tom.

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Well, sadly, Dewi and Tom didn't win our jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £4,000.

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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