Episode 24 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello!

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show where we are striving to find the obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, I'm David. This is Dean.

-We're from sunny Weston-super-Mare.

-Couple number two.

Hello, I'm Nalini and this is my brother-in-law, Neil.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Jane-Marie, this is my husband Alwyn

and we're from Coleraine in Northern Ireland.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hello, I'm Jenny, I'm from Cheshire.

This is my oldest son Joe and he's from Canterbury.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks to all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout

the show, so that leaves one person for me to introduce.

He was asked to appear on Strictly Come Dancing,

but stormed off in the first rehearsal after being informed

that the Macarena was not an appropriate step for the ballroom.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya!

APPLAUSE Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-You look well.

-Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself.

-That's very kind of you.

-Ruddy.

-Ruddy?

-Yeah!

-Ruddy health!

-Yeah.

-Should be a good show today.

We had a lovely one last time with Tom and Dewi.

They did unbelievably well

and finished with one point with one of their answers.

SO unlucky.

I love the way you looks like, "Oh, poor them!"

I know what you're thinking - "That's another grand for us!"

Should be another cracker today.

We've got Nalini and Neil who got knocked out in the first round

last time, quite unlucky to get knocked out as well.

Hopefully we'll see a bit more of them.

We had Alwyn and Jane-Marie who did very well,

-got through to the head-to-head, as well.

-Good stuff.

Thanks, Richard. Every question on Pointless has been asked to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants are looking for a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave

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

Dewi and Tom didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add

another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

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

OK, the pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be

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

Our category for Round One today

is Cinema.

Cinema.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, the question concerns...

Eponymous films.

Eponymous films, Richard.

In a moment, Xander, I'll show you a board with the names of four actors on it.

We're looking for any film for which any of those four actors received

an acting credit that has the name of a character in its title.

So any of the four actors,

any film they've been in that has the name of the character in the title.

The actors don't have to have played the character,

as long as the character's name is in the title.

As always, no TV films, short films, documentaries, that sort of thing.

Voice performances do count. This is as of August 2013.

Thank you very much indeed.

Richard has just said, we're going to put four actors' names up on

the board, they'll remain there the whole of the round,

you just have to name any eponymous film starring one of these actors.

Let's reveal our four actors and here they are. We have got...

Jack Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery.

Dean and David, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first. Dean, welcome to Pointless.

What do you do, Dean?

I'm doing some voluntary work at the moment for a charity

-for elderly people and people who are ill and their pets.

-Brilliant.

What you do in your spare time?

I'm doing a course at the moment at college, a cake decoration course.

-An icing course?

-Yeah.

-You're majoring in icing?

-I am!

-I've always fancied trying it so I've had a go!

-Do you make cakes?

-I do.

-So, er, Dean...?

For once, you may mock, but Dean actually has made us a cake.

You made us a cake? Ah! I always say that because people haven't...

I've got it here.

Whoa!

Would you look at that!

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Oh, look at that!

-That's pretty good, isn't it?

-That is good, actually, look at that!

Wow.

That's me.

That is you. I like the sideys. You've certainly got my ears.

Would you object terribly if I took Alexander's head off?

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No, but you might have difficulty because its royal-iced on,

but have a go!

Aaaahhhhh!

Oh, no!

I'm going to have your severed head

on the front...

It won't stand up, now.

Look at that - I might just try some of my brains.

-Mm!

-Mm, delicious.

-Mm, sugar!

-Lovely!

-That is...

Listen, you just play the game amongst yourselves.

-I might put the cake down, now.

-Why not.

It's going to be a temptation otherwise, isn't it?

Thank you for that, Dean. And I haven't even tried the cake bit!

-It's better tasting than the head!

-Well, thank you! That's wonderful.

See that? That's what you do if you're a contestant who makes cakes.

Bring one!

No-one makes CARS, do they?

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Dean, what are you going to go for?

We've got four actors there and we would like any film title

with a character's name in it, starring one of those actors.

Looking down, I'm going to go for Julia Roberts

and the film I'm going to go for is one called Erin Brockovich.

Erin Brockovich says Dean,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Erin Brockovich.

Very good indeed, 16 for Erin Brockovich.

Yes, she won an Oscar for her role as Erin Brockovich.

The real Erin Brockovich wanted Goldie Hawn to play her.

But I bet when they said Julia Roberts,

she was like, "Hold on, that would be amazing".

Of course, when they make the film of Pointless, we are auditioning.

Yeah.

Remind me... You've got it down to about three now?

-Denzel Washington is playing me.

-Oh, you've given him the role now?

Absolutely. And you're being played by Leslie Grantham.

I am so thrilled. I am really thrilled with that.

-No, Hugh Bonneville would be a very good you.

-He would.

Actually, you could play yourself, you're an actor.

-I'd be rubbish at that though, wouldn't I?

-No.

-Well, maybe.

-You're doing it now.

-Am I?

You've made me all self-conscious, Richard!

Er...

-Neil, what do you do? Remind us.

-I'm a Webmaster.

That's the answer I was looking for! A Webmaster.

What happened last time, Neil?

It was a devastating first round for you.

I got a correct answer which I was proud of. Went for the

first thing that popped into my head, perhaps not the best idea.

Yes, we learned a lesson there.

I have every reason to believe you will do much better this time.

Now, Neil, there we are,

an eponymous film starring one of these characters.

I am struggling, I have to say.

I can think of films that contain them all,

but not with character names in the title.

Apart from one!

So I'm going to have to go for that, it's the only one I've got.

It's a film that Sean Connery was in and it's called Highlander.

Highlander.

OK, let's find out if Highlander is correct.

It's right.

It's right, Neil!

Two!

Yes!

He plays one Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez in that film,

Sean Connery, making the most of his Scottish accent.

A good answer, good risk to take, Neil.

I thought that was going to be wrong, but...!

I'm quite relieved it wasn't. Well done! That feels good, doesn't it?

-It does, yes.

-Good stuff. Jane-Marie, welcome back.

Head-to-head, our golden couple you were, last time.

-Remind us what you do, Jane-Marie.

-I'm a civil servant.

You process driving licence applications.

-This is quite hard, isn't it?

-It is quite hard.

-Good answer from Neil.

Have you got any answers at your fingertips?

I'm going to say Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia.

Julie and Julia.

Julie and Julia, let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

Well, 16 our high score, 2 our low... You've passed 2!

A great answer...

Very good answer, yes.

She plays a US TV cook, Julia Child.

-She's a good actress, that Meryl Streep.

-You think?

-Yeah, I think she's quite good.

-Interesting.

-Keep an eye on her, maybe?

-I would say one to watch, certainly.

-One of your tips for the top.

-One of my tips.

-Now, Joe - welcome to the show. What do you do?

-I'm a student, currently.

-What are you studying?

-Film studies.

-XANDER EXCLAIMS

-You'd think so!

-I'd hope so!

What sort of film are you studying?

Currently a lot of horror, so this board is kind of hard.

Well, there you are.

A film by one of these characters with a character name in the title.

What's it going to be, Joe?

-I'm going to go for Julia Roberts in Ocean's 12.

-Ocean's 12.

I like that.

I like that for lots of reasons.

I like the way you've gone for 12, as well. Let's see if that's right

and if so, how many of our 100 people said Ocean's 12.

Well, so far, our lowest score is one.

That is a pointless answer!

I had a hunch that might be pointless,

that's a very good answer, Joe. Very well done.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £4,250

and moreover, it scores you nothing,

very well done indeed, Joe.

Very well played, Joe.

Of course "Ocean's" refers to Danny Ocean,

the George Clooney character and she plays Tess Ocean. Joe's quite cool.

That's nicely done.

I thought he was being a bit laid-back and would give us

a terrible answer, but actually he gave us a brilliant answer.

-So he's allowed to be laid-back.

-Bring it on, Joe. Very good.

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

Joe, very well done. Good answer. Lovely low score.

There you are looking strong with your mum on nothing,

then up to 1 where we find Jane-Marie and Alwyn, then up

to 2, where we find Neil and Nalini, and then up to 16, Dean and David.

Not a terrible score by any means, but you are out in front,

so David, you have a little bit of time, use it wisely.

Best of luck - we'll come back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Jenny - we are looking for the title of any eponymous

film in which any of these actors appeared.

-Welcome to Pointless, Jenny.

-Thank you very much.

-What you do, Jenny?

-I'm a management consultant.

-Very good, where are you from?

-Cheshire.

And when you're not consulting managers, what do you do?

I like to knit and I recently designed a jumper for Sarah Lund,

-the detective in The Killing...

-Did you really?

-It got made up and is now with Sofie Grabol.

-Good Lord!

So proper knitting! Knitting of an altogether different calibre!

-Official knitting, for Sarah Lund.

-Yes. Prize-winning knitting!

-Yes, prize-winning! Well, Jenny.

-Yes.

-What a great answer from Joe.

-It was.

-Your aim is to score 15 or less.

-OK.

Then you won't become the new high-scorers.

Um, I don't want to let Joe down after his great start,

but I think I'm safe with this Meryl Streep one which is Silkwood.

Silkwood, says Jenny. Let's see if that's right,

how many people said it. There's your red line.

It's right.

I have a good feeling about this, Jenny. It gets you through...

A 3!

-Good score, your total is 3.

-Well played, Jenny. Very impressive.

She plays Karen Silkwood in that, Meryl Streep.

-Received an Oscar nomination.

-See, she is good, Meryl Streep.

-Like I said.

-You were right, actually.

-Worth watching out for her.

Since you mentioned her, she just got an Oscar nomination for Silkwood.

It's all happening for Meryl. Alwyn.

Welcome back. Head-to-headers, last time. Remind us what you do.

-Surveying and mapping.

-3-D mapping.

-Yes.

-That sounds exciting.

Is that all on computers?

Yes, computer software and the use of quite fancy glasses that

you might wear at the cinema, except more sophisticated.

There we are.

Now, Alwyn, what are you going to go for?

I'm certain of a Jack Nicholson one and a slight risk with

a Sean Connery one, but I'm going to go for it.

I'm going to say Darby O'Gill And The Little People.

Darby O'Gill And The Little People.

Oh! If that exists, that's a brilliant title!

I think that deserves to go all the way down the column,

but we have to see if it's right, first.

There's your red line, if you get below that,

you're in the next round. Darby O'Gill And The Little People.

It's right!

Wow, Alwyn!

That passes the red line...

And it's a pointless answer! Very, very well done indeed!

Top scoring skills there.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £4,500

and scores you nothing, leaves your total at 1.

-Well done.

-What a great round, what a great answer as well.

It's from 1959, that film.

It's about a man who pits his wits against the King of the leprechauns.

-True story.

-Yeah, yeah.

-That's a good answer.

-Very good. Brilliant.

-Now then, Nalini, welcome back.

-Hello.

Remind us what you do, Nalini.

I'm an operations manager with a big American corporation.

And what do you do in your spare time?

I like playing bridge and Scrabble.

-Do you play proper, conventional bridge?

-Yes.

So there you are on 2, Nalini.

On 16, we find David and Dean.

So 13 or less keeps you...

Unfortunately, Jenny's taken my answer!

But I'm going to guess at one.

I think it might be OK, it's a Sean Connery film,

before I was born, I think.

-Marnie.

-Marnie.

Marnie. OK, there's your red line, if you get below that, you're through to the next round.

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

It is right.

You're through, it's a pointless answer!

This is a fantastic ground!

That's another £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £4,750.

It scores you nothing, leaves your total at 2, brilliant! Brilliant.

Wow, well played, Nalini. What a round everyone is having!

We had a picture of him from Marnie on the picture board the other day.

-So we did.

-I feel a bit sorry for David.

Since Dean got a perfectly respectable score of 16,

David's stood there seeing 6 answers scoring 6 points between them!

-Three pointless answers included. That's pretty tough.

-That is tough.

And sadly, tougher still,

David also knows that no matter what he says, he'll be taking

the long walk back to the dressing room after this round.

-David, welcome to Pointless, what do you do?

-I'm retired.

-What DID you do, David?

-I worked in local government entertainment.

-Entertainment? Did you keep them entertained?

-I did!

-What kind of...?

-Mainly front of house, theatre.

-Very good, OK.

David, what are you going to go for?

This is a terrible category for me, films.

-I'll have a go at Meryl Streep and The Iron Lady.

-The Iron Lady.

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

but let's see how many of our 100 people said The Iron Lady.

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

scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 116.

-That seems a bit harsh.

-Well, it's not a character name.

-Highlander is the name of the character.

-Oh, I see.

The character is Margaret Thatcher.

I'm surprised no-one picked up on...

Joe gave you a lovely hint with Ocean's 12,

because Ocean's 11 would have been a pointless answer as well.

I'll show you some more pointless answers now.

Jack Nicholson was Oscar-nominated for About Schmidt.

Julia Roberts was in Charlie Wilson's War. Tom Hanks played Charlie Wilson.

Julia Roberts again was the voice of Charlotte in Charlotte's Web.

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade...

Of course Sean Connery played Indie's dad.

There's Marnie, very good answer. Julia Roberts is in Michael Collins.

Liam Neeson was Michael Collins.

There's Ocean's 11.

Prizzi's Honor was Jack Nicholson and Tommy would have been a very

good answer. Jack Nicholson plays a role in that.

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

The highest score of all was Erin Brockovich. 16 points.

The biggest scorer in the whole round. Isn't that amazing?

Interesting. Thanks very much indeed.

So at the end of our first round, I'm sorry to say it's David and Dean

who will be heading home with their high score of 116.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now,

but we'll see you again next time.

David and Dean!

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

Three pairs remain. At the end of this round,

we'll say goodbye to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

Hats off... Do you know what? Heads off!

What...? Whoa, don't give me the eye! Wow.

That was exceptional.

Only two points between our highest and lowest score.

1 for Alwyn and Jane-Marie and 2 for Nalini and Neil.

3 for Jenny and Joe. Absolutely fantastic.

This is very exciting indeed. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two

is Literature.

Literature. See if you can keep up your low-scoring now.

Can you all decide in your pairs who'll go first,

who'll go second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

American Novels.

American Novels, Richard.

We'll show you the names of six novels written by American authors,

you just need to tell us the name of the authors, please.

-12 American authors to guess at home, very best of luck.

-Thanks.

We're looking for the authors of these novels.

Here is our first board of six.

I'll read those all one last time.

Housekeeping (1980),

For Whom The Bell Tolls (1940),

My Sister's Keeper (2004),

On The Road (1957),

Along Came A Spider (1993)

and The Age Of Innocence (1920).

Now, then. Neil.

Yes. How do we feel?

If you could pick a category I wouldn't want to see,

Literature would be that category.

-OK.

-So I'm struggling here. Um...

Is it going to have to be a guess, do you think?

It is going to have to be a guess.

I'm going to take a wild stab.

I'm going to say The Age Of Innocence, Mark Twain.

Mark Twain.

OK, let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Mark Twain.

Oh, bad luck, Neil. I'm sorry.

An incorrect answer, there. 100 points.

Sorry, I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass, Neil.

-Jane-Marie, how're you feeling about this?

-I thought I liked literature!

It's a tough board, that one.

It is, and the thing is, when you're at home

and shouting answers at the television that don't matter...

You can say two or three answers for each of them and you would probably

get the right one somewhere, but there is one I know, so...

On The Road, Jack Kerouac.

Jack Kerouac, says Jane-Marie,

let's see how many people said Jack Kerouac.

Absolutely right.

Good answer, 16. Well done, Jane-Marie.

Yes, he was a big college American football star,

Jack Kerouac, then got injured.

-So he took up writing instead.

-There we are, now, Jenny. Yes.

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

-Do you think you could talk us through it?

-I know one of them.

I know I'm going to know another of them when you tell me,

but I don't know it now.

The one I think I do know is Along Came A Spider,

which I think is James Patterson.

James Patterson, for Along Came A Spider says Jenny.

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

Absolutely right.

Well done, 11. James Patterson. Good answer, Jenny - well done.

Yes, the most New York Times bestsellers of any author,

James Patterson. That was the first of his Alex Cross series.

Now, let's look at the rest of these.

For Whom the Bell Tolls is the biggest scorer.

-It's not a big score, but the biggest of the lot.

-Ernest Hemingway.

Would have scored you 19.

The Age Of Innocence is Edith Wharton.

Would have scored you 3 points.

My Sister's Keeper was Jodie Picoult,

would have scored you 4 points.

The top answer was a pointless answer, Marilynne Robinson.

No points, went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. Edith Wharton,

the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for The Age Of Innocence.

Thank you very much indeed.

Let's take a look at our scores, we're halfway through the round.

Quite a broad field.

Jenny and Joe are lowest-scorers there, well done, Jenny.

That puts you in a strong position, I'd say.

Up to 16 where we find Jane-Marie and Alwyn,

and then I'm afraid to say it's up to 100, Neil and Nalini.

-Nalini, how're you feeling about this?

-I knew three of the answers on the board.

Oh, no, you should have gone the other way round!

Let's hope you know more on the next board. Best of luck.

We'll come back down the line, now - can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, let's put six more novels up on the board and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all one last time.

The Shining (1977), LA Confidential (1990), Naked Lunch (1959),

Underworld (1997), The Pelican Brief (1992) and Gone Girl (2012).

Now, remember, we're looking for the authors of these American novels.

Joe, you'll try to find the one the fewest of our 100 people said.

Joe. You're on 11. The high-scorers, Nalini and Neil on 100.

So 88 or less sees you through.

I know the obvious one.

And part of me thinks I know another...

..but that's quite a high score.

I'm going to go for Stephen King for The Shining.

OK, you're going to say Stephen King for The Shining. Um...

There's your red line, get below that

you're through to the next round.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Stephen King.

Very well done, you're through.

35.

Takes your total up to 46.

Nice answer to be up there for someone studying horror

-films as well. Are you a fan of The Shining?

-Yes, love it.

-I'm a fan.

It's a great film.

Some of the best films ever made have come from Stephen King books.

The Shining, Shawshank Redemption...

-Exactly.

-Misery.

-Indeed.

-Stand By Me.

-Quite right.

It's not bad, is it?

No. I'm glad you stopped there, I was running out of things to say.

But, yes! Thanks very much! Now, Alwyn.

-Alwyn, how are you feeling about this as a round?

-Oh, dear.

-Oh, no!

It's been such a solid performance from Alwyn

-and Jane-Marie the whole way through.

-I don't know any.

I knew The Shining.

So, based on the years, I'll take a stab at Naked Lunch and say...

-..Norman Mailer.

-Norman Mailer,

says Alwyn for Naked Lunch.

For a stab in the dark, that's a pretty good one.

Let's find out if it's right, though. Norman Mailer.

There's your red line.

Doh, bad luck, Alwyn.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer, which scores you

the maximum of 100 points.

It takes your total up to 116, but the round is not yet over.

Sorry, Alwyn. Good guess, though.

He wrote The Naked And The Dead, Norman Mailer.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Nalini. Oh, this is exciting!

-I should have gone first!

-Hang on! I don't like the tenor of that!

I should have gone first! I knew three answers on the first board.

The two lower ones I knew, as well.

Well, listen - the board is all there.

Do you want just to do your thinking out loud?

I'm trying to think about a 1950s author.

Nothing is coming to me.

The Pelican Brief I know is John Grisham.

Thinking about LA Confidential... film, but again...

Nothing is coming to me!

SHE SIGHS

I need to guess something because I think it's quite a low score I have to beat.

Yeah, I'm afraid you need to score 15 or less.

Shall we go for something like JD Salinger for Naked Lunch.

JD Salinger, says Nalini, for Naked Lunch. There's your red line.

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

Let's see if JD Salinger is right.

Bad luck, Nalini. I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Nalini. You weren't tempted to go for John Grisham? You did know it.

But I thought it would be too high.

19 points, it would have scored you.

I think I would have risked it.

Naked Lunch not by Mailer, not by Salinger,

it's by William Burroughs.

It would have scored 5 points.

There's some great books up here.

Pelican Brief is John Grisham, scored 19 as we said.

Gone Girl, the book that everyone seemed to be reading

in the last 12 months or so, but can you remember the author of it?

My wife has been reading it and...

It's a very good book.

It's a real page turner. It's by Gillian Flynn.

Well done if you said that without looking at your book case.

3 points. LA Confidential is James Ellroy, another terrific book.

Would have scored you 8.

And the pointless answer up there,

another unbelievably great book, Underworld, is by Don Delillo.

Very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed.

So at the end of our second round, the pair heading home with a high

score of 200 I'm afraid is Neil and Nalini.

-Well, it was first round last time.

-It was!

-You've done twice as well!

But I'm afraid we have to say goodbye now.

It's been great having you on both shows, thanks for playing -

Neil and Nalini.

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

Congratulations Jenny and Joe, Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at

£4,750.

So now we have to decide who's going to play for that money

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

You are now allowed to confer which I think makes a big difference.

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

OK. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

It concerns...

Trade Unionists.

Trade Unionists. Richard.

Yes, the BBC rang us the other day and said they felt the show wasn't

glamorous enough, could we add a little bit of pizzazz.

We're going to show you five pictures of prominent trade unionists now.

-Can you name the most obscure of these?

-Thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five trade unionists and here they are.

There you go. Five trade unionists.

Jenny and Joe, you've played best throughout show so far,

so you will go first.

-SHE WHISPERS:

-B, I know,

E, I think I know, but it's risky.

-I think I should go E.

-OK.

Yes, well...

We're toying between going for a safe option or a slightly

riskier option and we're feeling brave, so we're going a bit riskier.

-For us, we're going for E, Bob Crow.

-Bob Crow say Jenny and Joe.

Now, Alwyn and Jane-Marie, do you fancy talking us

through these trade unionists?

I know Arthur Scargill, I don't think I'll beat Bob Crow.

We're going to guess at C, Jo Grimond.

Jo Grimond.

Jo Grimond, say Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

So we have Bob Crow and Jo Grimond.

Jenny and Joe said Bob Crow, let's see if that's right

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

It is Bob Crow. Very well done. Brave choice.

Oh, it's a great answer! 6 for Bob Crow.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie have said Jo Grimond for C.

Let's see if that's right

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

Not Jo Grimond. Not Jo Grimond.

Well, very well done, Jenny and Joe.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Jo Grimond was the leader of the Liberal Party

but you had to take a risk - Scargill would score too many.

A is currently - at the time of recording -

the general secretary of Unite, Len McCluskey.

He'll love that photo. That would have scored 1.

B is Arthur Scargill, no point going for it, you're quite right.

-It would have scored 63.

-You could scour dishes with his sideburns.

You sure could!

Now, C, also a politician,

is Ernest Bevin.

Very well done if you said that

at home, it's a pointless answer.

And D, he was general secretary

of the TGWU and it's Bill Morris.

Bill would have scored you 2 points.

Thanks very much indeed.

So here comes your second question.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, you will get to answer this one first.

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

It concerns...

Parts Of A Car Engine.

Parts of a car engine. Richard.

You'll see the names of five car engine parts now,

but we've left out alternate letters. Can you fill in the gaps.

-Best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five car parts and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Alwyn and Jane-Marie, you will go first.

-Second one is alternator.

-But the first one?

OK, we think we know four.

Um, what are you going to go for?

THEY WHISPER

The bottom one, manifold.

You're going to go for manifold. Alwyn and Jane-Marie,

manifold. OK, Jenny and Joe, over to you.

-Do you want to talk us through them?

-Yes. Um...

We were struggling on the fourth,

but I've just had a flash of inspiration.

I think we might have that.

We think it's spark plug, alternator,

fan belt...

-Ignition coil.

-And ignition coil.

That's made up, so I might not go for that, even though it fits.

-Oh, let's do it. Ignition coil.

-Ignition coil say Jenny and Joe.

So Alwyn and Jane-Marie said manifold, let's see if that's right

for the bottom one and if it is, how many people said it.

It is right.

52.

Now, everything hinges on whether or not an ignition coil

exists or if it's something that you've conveniently made up

to fit the blanks there.

-It sounds good to me, an ignition coil, I think. Maybe!

-Could be.

Let's find out if it's right. If it is,

I think it'll go a long way down.

It is right, very well done.

And it earns you the points. Good, brave answer there.

It scores you 8.

Well done, Jenny and Joe, after only two questions you are straight

-through to the final, 2-0.

-Well played, Jenny.

There's two things that could have fit there, ignition coil

which you said or an ignition clip, which I said. I got it wrong.

I'm hoping some other people at home got it wrong as well.

The top one is spark plug. Not a big score, actually - 37 points.

Alternator would have scored 46.

And the biggest score up there is fan belt, at 76 points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm so sorry, it's Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

I'm afraid there's no arguing with Jenny and Joe.

They took some big risks there but they all paid off.

It's been lovely having you on both shows, thanks so much for playing.

-Alwyn and Jane-Marie.

-Thank you.

But for Jenny and Joe, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jenny and Joe.

You fought off all the competition

and 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 £4,750.

You've done so well.

So well, consistent low-scoring all the way through.

So your first answer on the show today was a pointless answer,

I wonder if your last one can be, too? That will win you £4,750.

As always, you can choose your category from four options

and here are those options.

We have...

Blackpool,

Groups With Female Lead Singers,

Scottish Sport

and 20th Century Theatre.

I'm leaning towards music, to be honest,

because the three others don't particularly appeal.

But the sigh you've just said suggests...

No, for me it's Groups With Female Lead Singers.

-OK, happy with that?

-Yes, definitely.

-That's what it's going to be, Richard.

-OK, very best of luck.

We'll give you three options, now.

We're looking for any UK Top 40 singles

by any of the following groups.

By Texas,

by The Pretenders

or by Gladys Knight And The Pips.

Any UK Top 40 singles by any of those three groups. Very best of luck.

OK.

As always, you've got up to 1 minute to come up with three answers

and to win that jackpot of £4,750,

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

The answers you provide can come from any of those categories.

How you spread them across the categories is entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-We're ready.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

-Have you heard of any of those bands?

-I've heard of them all,

I don't know anything about any of them!

-LAUGHTER

-OK, I thought you would say that,

so I know some Pretenders singles, I know A Gladys Knight single...

I could hum a Texas single, but I don't know what they're called.

So it sounds like The Pretenders, then.

I'll mention a few Pretenders singles. See if they spark anything.

-Dad likes The Pretenders, doesn't he?

-He loves Chrissie Hynde.

He fancies her.

Brass In Pocket. Um...

Midnight Train To Georgia for Gladys Knight And The Pips.

-I've heard of that song.

-OK.

There's that Pretenders Christmas one, 2,000 Miles.

-Is Tattooed Love Boys a Pretenders song?

-Oh, that's great,

go for that. It doesn't matter,

we don't want to be right, we want to be pointless.

-That's one.

-Ten seconds left.

Brass In Pocket.

Any Texas?

No.

Gladys...

OK, that's your time up and I need your three answers.

If you say which category you're answering, as well.

So for Gladys Knight And The Pips, Midnight Train To Georgia.

For The Pretenders, Brass In Pocket.

And for The Pretenders as well, Tattooed Love Boys.

Tattooed Love Boys.

OK, there we are. Three answers.

Of those three,

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

-I think the Tattooed Love Boys.

-It's come out of nowhere for me.

OK, we'll pop that last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Gladys Knight, surely?

-Midnight Train To Georgia, OK.

We'll pop that first.

Let's pop those answers up on the board in that order

and here they are.

We've got Midnight Train To Georgia, Brass In Pocket

and Tattooed Love Boys.

Well, very best of luck!

Your first answer was Midnight Train To Georgia.

You thought this was least likely to be pointless.

But only one of them has to be pointless, remember,

to win that jackpot. And if you do, it's £4,750.

You've contributed quite a bit to that jackpot yourselves.

What would you do with that, Jenny?

Well, I have a younger son, Ben, who's a huge fan of the show,

but is too young to be on the show, so I would share my bit with him.

And I sing in a choir, we are

a group of Games makers from the Olympics and we sing as a choir.

-We are mainly fuelled by cake, so...

-Much like us.

-I would put a lot of that into cake.

-Joe, how about you?

Music festival tickets, something like that.

Then maybe, I play guitar, and I could do with...

Maybe a couple of tuitions to get Tattooed Love Boys...?

Maybe I'll buy the Guitar Hero game

-and take sweet vengeance on that song!

-There you are!

So we are looking in this case for Gladys Knight And The Pips songs.

UK Top 40 hits.

You said Midnight Train To Georgia, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it for £4,750.

Is it pointless?

Well, it's right.

It just has to go all the way down to 0.

If it does that, you leave here with £4,750, taking us into the teens...

-Not quite into single figures. 10.

-Not too bad.

Not bad.

Perfectly respectable score there.

I thought it might have been higher than that, actually.

That gives us a sort of idea about what our 100 people might

know on this subject. We can take heart from that.

Not a pointless answer. Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your second answer, this time a Pretender's UK Top 40 single

and you've gone for Brass In Pocket.

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

let's see if it'll win you £4,750. Brass In Pocket.

It's right.

So, your first answer, Midnight Train To Georgia,

took us down to 10.

Brass In Pocket now taking us down through the 30s...

Oh! 23.

It's getting worse!

23 for Brass In Pocket.

Still not a pointless answer, so everything is now

riding on that extraordinary song,

Tattooed Love Boys.

-Which just suddenly came to you, from nowhere.

-Yes, I have no idea

if it was a hit single or anything like that, but it's a song.

We will find out. If it is...

I mean, this is how pointless answers dawn on people,

they just come into the back of their head there.

It has to be right,

it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £4,750.

Was Tattooed Love Boys a UK Top 40 hit for The Pretenders?

No!

-Bad luck.

-Never mind.

-Oh, I'm sorry!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer. That is disappointing.

I thought it was going to go... One of those pointless ones.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer which means you don't win today's jackpot.

That will roll over on to the next show,

but it's been great having you on the show.

-You do of course get to take home a Pointless trophy as well.

-Yes!

Yes, that's really unlucky.

You've played brilliantly throughout the show, I have to say.

One mystery thing is Tattooed Love Boys,

I don't think is a single anywhere.

it's literally come out of your imagination!

I'm joking, of course!

It was a Pretenders song, it was on a Pretenders album, but was never a single, I'm afraid.

You're absolutely right, it's on Guitar Hero.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

I had you worried there for a second, didn't I?!

Texas UK Top 40 singles, these were all Top 40 singles.

Getaway, In Demand, In Our Lifetime, also Tired Of Being Alone.

Would have been a pointless answer.

The Pretenders, some big hits. Human, I Go To Sleep.

A beautiful cover of the Ray Davies song.

If you don't know it, you should download it, it's lovely.

Message Of Love and Night In My Veins also a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those.

And some big hits for Gladys Knight, as well.

Baby Don't Change Your Mind, Come Back And Finish What You Started

was a pointless answer.

Help Me Make It Through The Night and Taste Of Bitter Love.

Very well done if you got any of those.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Jenny and Joe.

It's been lovely having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

-Jenny and Joe!

-APPLAUSE

Well, sadly Jenny and Joe didn't win the jackpot today,

which means it rolls over on to the next show when we will be playing

for £5,750.

Join us then to see if someone can win it,

-meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.