Episode 39 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

and welcome to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game

is to score as few points as you can, and you do that

by coming up with the answers no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Raz, this is my friend Tom, and we're from Bridgend.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Adam, this is my big sister Hannah, and we're from Stirling.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Pauline, this is my friend Kath,

and we're from Keele in Staffordshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Caroline and this is my friend Eleanor,

-and we're both from Walthamstow.

-And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you. We'll find out more about each of you

throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

If life was a pub quiz he would be the bloke sitting at the bar

drinking real ale and constantly demeaning the host.

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

-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-We've got a nice little jackpot, haven't we?

It hadn't escaped my notice.

We had that time when people won about five out of six shows

or something. We had a real run of people winning.

But we've just had a few shows now without it, so it's a nice little

bit of cash that could win today if somebody takes the bull by the horns.

-Is that what you have to do to win?

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

-That's why they lost in the last game.

-Of course.

-The bull won.

Well, taking it by the tail was, well, dodgy strategy. But, yes.

Anyway, we'll see in the final round. We'll see exactly what happens.

When the bull gets let loose into the studio.

Thanks, Richard. Now, all our questions on Pointless

have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Today's contestants, like all contestants, are looking for

a pointless answer, that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Find one of those and we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Penni and Jo didn't win the jackpot last time

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts at...£6,250.

Right, if everyone's 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.

Our first category today is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

We're going to show you the names of seven literary works on each board,

along with the initials of the person who wrote that work. You just need

to tell us the name of that person, please. There's going to be 14

-in all, so very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much.

We'd like the names of the authors of these books, please.

And here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those all one last time.

Raz and Tom, you all drew lots before the show

and you are going to go first.

-Raz, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-It was Round One last time.

-Sadly.

-What was the category?

-Languages.

Oh, yeah, it was days of the week.

You didn't get any wrong, though.

-Did you?

-No, no. Highest score.

-You went French.

-You went all French on us.

-Lundi.

We had Montag and Lundi.

Anyway, Raz, what are you going to go for?

I was hoping the initials would help. They do on a couple.

I think I'll go for an educated guess at Uncle Vanya,

Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie. Well, it certainly fits the initials.

Let's see if it's right, though. Agatha Christie for Uncle Vanya.

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

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, she wrote Who Killed Uncle Vanya?

LAUGHTER

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

Thanks very much. Now, Adam, welcome to the show. From Stirling.

-What do you do?

-I'm a student. I study history and politics.

-What year are you in?

-First year.

-All going well?

-Yeah, pretty well.

History and politics -

do you have any idea what you might want to do with it?

Absolutely nothing.

-No idea at all.

-You're going to do absolutely nothing with it.

What are your hobbies, Adam?

I like playing sport. Bit of rugby as well.

-In a few musicals. I perform as well.

-That's fun.

-Have you been doing that at university as well?

-Yeah.

-What have you been in so far?

-Cats and Footloose.

-You did Cats?

-Yeah.

I was Macavity in Cats at school.

That's fantastic.

-Good for you. That's quite a complex thing to put on, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Lots of dancing?

-A lot. I had my own solo dance as well.

Did a few forward rolls. Nothing too spectacular.

If you get through to the Final and win that jackpot

I will be expecting nothing less than a few forward rolls from you.

Look forward to that very much. Now, then.

What do you make of this board?

Literature is one of my weaker subjects.

That's why I went first. When I saw the board my heart sunk.

So, I'm kind of happy that the first couple didn't go very well

cos I'm going to have to have a punt.

I'm going to go for... Our Man In Havana, Gary Gray.

Gary Gray.

-OK. It's going well, isn't it?

-Terrifically well, this one.

Let's see if Our Man In Havana is indeed by Gary Gray.

I'm afraid not. Bad luck. That scores you 100 points.

Not Gary Gray. You're absolutely spot on on the initials, though.

It's not a bad guess.

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

Now, Kath, welcome back.

What happened last time?

-We went out in the second round.

-An honourable performance.

Songs With "Heart" In. That was quite a tough round.

-It wasn't rock music.

-No. Remind us, what do you do, Kath?

I'm a senior school manager at Keele University.

Do you work harder during the holidays

-when the students aren't there?

-It's pretty much all year round.

We have to do all the preparation before the students arrive.

-Getting up to beginning of term must be quite pressured.

-It's constant.

And remind us what your hobbies are.

I like walking my dog. I do pilates as well.

I like swimming a lot. I'm always in the water.

I'm better in the water than I am on land, actually.

-You don't do pilates in the water, do you?

-No, I do aquafit, though.

I like aquafit.

Anything in water.

OK, Kath, what about this board?

Please, let's have a correct answer.

OK. I think I know two of them. One of them's fairly obvious.

I'm going to have a go at Our Man In Havana and say Graham Greene.

Not Gary Gray, Graham Greene. Let's see if that's right,

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

Absolutely right, very well done.

51.

-Terrific book, Our Man In Havana.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Eleanor.

Welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm a journalist on a women's magazine.

What's the most exciting thing you've done

since you've been working on magazines?

I think the most exciting thing...

I used to edit a football magazine.

And we always used to do special covers at Christmas.

And one Christmas when the Spice Girls were really big

we got them on the cover, posing in football shirts.

And to spice up the interview a bit - no pun intended -

we took some pictures along of footballers.

And one of the photos we showed them was a very young Beckham.

And Posh Spice looked at the photo and said, "Oh, who's that?

"I really fancy him."

You were Cupid.

Two weeks later, their manager, Simon Fuller,

goes up to Manchester United to see them play, cos he was a big fan,

takes Posh with him, they go into the Players Bar afterwards.

And he says,

"Look, there's that player you fancied at the 90 Minute shoot.

"Would you like me to introduce you?"

So, as editor, it was my decision to put them on the cover,

so I'm directly responsible for Posh and Becks.

You are. I think that deserves a round of applause.

Wow. Can you follow up that glory with a knockout answer?

-Do you want to talk us through the board?

-Um...

War Of The Worlds is HG Wells.

Doll's House, I think it's Henrik Ibsen, but I'm not 100% sure.

Heart Of Darkness is Joseph... I don't know if it's Conran or Conrad.

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.

As I'm not sure about two of the spellings, I'm going to go for

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.

Vladimir Nabokov. Let's see if that's right for Lolita.

Vladimir Nabokov. How many people said that?

Very well done, Eleanor.

Nice correct answer. 51 was our low score and you passed that with ease.

14. Brilliant.

Very well played. One of the greatest novels of all time, Lolita.

-People have started calling him "Na-bokov," haven't they?

-Have they?

-Yeah, they have.

-That's annoying.

We'll call him Nabokov.

Let's look through the rest of these.

Eleanor was right on War Of The Worlds.

You were right, it is Henrik Ibsen.

-Heart Of Darkness is...?

-Joseph Conrad.

-The Egoist, do you know that one?

-Uh, Meredith.

It is George Meredith.

-And it's a pointless answer as well. Uncle Vanya?

-Anton Chekhov.

So George Meredith the best answer there. But very well done

if you did well on that board.

Thank you very much. Well, let's take a look at those scores.

14, very well done, Eleanor.

And you took us beautifully through the board as well.

Then up to 51 where we find Kath and Pauline.

Then it's up to 100 where we find Adam and Hannah and Raz and Tom.

So it's Hannah and Tom who are going to duke it out to see who stays

and who leaves at the end of the round.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Seven books. Looking for authors. Caroline, welcome to the show.

-What do you do?

-I'm a manager of an out-of-hours social work team.

Good for you. What do you do when you're not doing that?

Does that leave you with much spare time?

Yeah, yeah. I enjoy wreck diving.

Scuba diving inside sunken wrecks.

Being out of hours, does that mean you're weekends and evenings?

Well, I'm the manager, so I ring in and say,

"I'm just about to go down."

When you're diving, you mean. OK, fair enough.

I'm just going to go down and dive and I can take the call

when I come up.

OK, Caroline. Eleanor set you up beautifully there.

What do you make of this new board?

OK. Yeah, OK.

Can't think which one to go for.

I'll go Virginia Woolf, A Room Of One's Own.

Well, the high-scorers are on 100. 85 or less sees you through.

There's your red line.

If you get below that with Virginia Woolf you're in Round Two.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Virginia Woolf.

Very well done, through you go.

13.

Even better than Eleanor's score. 27 your total. Very well done.

Well played, Caroline. Part essay, part fiction, A Room Of One's Own.

-Looking pretty good on podium four, aren't they?

-They sure are.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Pauline.

Pauline, welcome back. Remind us what you do.

-I'm retired.

-Two weeks ago.

-I know, yes.

And it's OK so far.

-You've got your dogs as well.

-Yes.

-How many have you got?

-Four dogs.

Four? What kind of dogs?

Little cross-breed terriers.

That's a lie - I've got a pedigree Yorkshire Terrier.

I've got three dogs and a Yorkshire Terrier.

-So they still get their walk, presumably?

-Oh, yeah, lots.

I'm sure. And you specialise in dog agility.

I wish I could say I specialise, but, yes, I do dog agility.

You do dog agility.

Are they all very agile, your four?

One is. One's retired. The Yorkshire Terrier can do it, bless her.

The jumps are a bit higher than she is. But she can do it.

OK, there is your red line.

You have to get below that red line to get through to the next round.

What are you going to go for? Kath did pretty well first round.

Yes. I know two of them.

And I will go...

for Thomas Hardy and Tess Of The d'Urbervilles.

Tess Of The d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Thomas Hardy.

Oh, 64.

Quite a high score there. Takes your total up to 115

but I think that is good enough to see you through.

It's a good answer. His ashes are scattered in Westminster Abbey.

But his heart is buried in Stinsford.

-With his wife.

-They were scattered in Westminster Abbey?

No, they weren't scattered. Sorry, that's ridiculous.

-I was going to say.

-You'd have to be quite important for that.

-Yeah.

They're in Westminster Abbey.

-Right, OK.

-Sorry.

-Fair enough.

-Now, Hannah, welcome.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show. Also from Stirling.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

I study sculpture and environmental art at Glasgow School of Art.

And what kind of sculpture do you do? What's your medium?

Wood, metal. It's not really like chipping away at a bit of marble.

-But wood. Is that carving then?

-No, I usually build things.

-Right.

And what do you do when you're not doing that?

I've been doing a lot of knitting recently. I'm knitting a jumper.

That's quite clever. I mean, it's not just knitting a scarf, is it?

It's got arms. And a back.

-And a collar and stuff.

-Yeah, exactly.

Like knitting and reading and...just going out, seeing my friends. Great.

Do you read much?

I used to study English literature at Newcastle.

Hannah...this is your bag. Was Adam relying on you, then?

Well, I was pretty disappointed in the last round

because there was ones just screaming at me.

But I know every one apart from the bottom one.

I think I'm going to go for Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation Of Dreams.

Sigmund Freud. There is your red line. You now have a goal.

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

The Interpretation Of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.

It's right.

There we are - 20.

Pauline and Kath, you are through.

Hannah and Adam, 120 is your total.

I wonder if that's enough to get you through.

It's all in Tom's hands.

Yeah, well played, Hannah. Exciting end to the round now, isn't it?

-Wouldn't want to be Tom right about now, would you?

-No.

Or you really would want to be Tom. Maybe Tom has a knockout answer.

Yeah, there's a certain air of confidence...

He's doing that shake of head but that's saying,

"I can't believe I know all of these."

-Thanks very much. Now, Tom. Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-It was Round One last time.

-Yes.

Tell me that's not going to happen again this time.

I wish I could.

-Oh, dear.

-Remind us what you do, Tom.

I work in a reception in a hotel.

-Where's the hotel?

-Abergavenny.

-Will this be playing?

Are there any tellies in the corners of rooms? In the public rooms.

Not in the public rooms. Just in the guest rooms.

How many of you are there on reception?

There's three of us

and there's three more in the back office as well.

So, no pressure, as I told them when I was going on this.

Yes, this is your second appearance.

It can't come to an end here, Tom. Talk us through the board.

OK, top one - Mark Twain.

I guess with Anna Karenina that's Leo Trotsky.

The Great Gatsby is F Scott Fitzgerald.

Those three ones probably may be high ones.

So I'm going to take a punt. I'll go for What Maisie Knew, Harold Jacobs.

Harold Jacobs.

Let's see if that's right for What Maisie Knew.

Let's see how many people said it, if it is. Harold Jacobs.

I'm sorry, Tom.

Brave effort but I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

-Sorry, Tom.

If it's any consolation the ones you did know

would have scored too many points.

It's not Harold Jacobs, it's...

-Do you know that one?

-I don't.

-Henry James.

-Oh, Henry James?

-Yeah.

Let's got the top. It's an easier board, this one. Some big scores.

Anna Karenina, it's not Trotsky, it's Leo Tolstoy.

So Henry James the best answer on that board.

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

the pair who will be heading home, for the second time, Tom and Raz.

We say goodbye to you far too soon.

-What can I say? We didn't give you the subjects you'd have liked.

-No.

And I'm afraid this really is goodbye

but thanks very much for playing. Tom and Raz.

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.

Good, solid answering from you there, Kath and Pauline.

Nothing wrong with your answers, just quite high scores.

Caroline and Eleanor, lovely low scoring from you.

Hannah, very well rescued there. Adam...need to pull your socks up.

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

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

And 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...

-21st century Best Picture Oscar Nominees. Richard.

-We're looking for

the name of any film that's been nominated for Best Picture Oscar

from the 2000 ceremony up and to and including the 2013 ceremony.

So any film nominated for Best Picture Oscar from 2000 to 2013,

so there's almost 100 answers on this list.

Thanks very much indeed. OK.

The title of any film that's been

nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century...

-Hannah.

-Wow. There's a lot.

I don't know if I can narrow it down...to just one.

Oh, I think this is going to be quite high,

but hopefully Adam will save me in the next round.

So...I'm going to say The Blind Side.

The Blind Side. OK. The Blind Side, says Hannah.

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

It's right.

That's not a bad score at all. Down it goes. It's a pointless answer.

APPLAUSE

-HE LAUGHS

-Very well done, Hannah.

A pointless answer, of course, adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £6,500.

It scores you absolutely nothing.

I love it. You thought Adam needed to help you out with that.

-The pressure's on now.

-Lovely low score there.

I am really looking forward to Adam helping you out.

That's going to be quite something.

From 2010. Didn't win the Oscar, but was nominated.

Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role in it.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Kath...

-Top that.

-Yes. Not going to be easy, is it?

As I've gone completely blank.

And I go to the pictures quite often as well.

Oh, dear.

Erm...

I think I'm just going to have to take a guess...

and say The Kite Runner.

The Kite Runner, says Kath. Let's see if that's right

and how many people of our 100 said The Kite Runner.

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

It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Kath, not nominated for Best Picture, I'm afraid.

Thanks, Richard. Eleanor.

Oh. I would have thought films was one of my good ones.

It's quite hard to narrow it down. I'm trying...

Also working out which is 21st and which is 20th.

I'm going to say Hugo.

Hugo. OK, let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

We've had one pointless so far. Where is this going to go? One!

Very well done indeed, Eleanor.

Well played, Eleanor.

Martin Scorsese's 3D film Hugo nominated in 2012.

It's absolutely one of those rounds where your head goes blank

and when I read them out, you'll know all of them.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Zero, a pointless answer from you, Hannah. Very well done.

That puts you and Adam at the top of the grid at this point.

Very well done. Lovely low score.

Then up to one, where we find Eleanor and Caroline.

Then, I'm afraid, up to 100, where we find Kath and Pauline.

So, Pauline, I hope you're having a bit more luck than I'm having

trying to find a good answer to this.

Erm... Best of luck. A nice low score from you, who knows?

Maybe it will help you out. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Caroline, remember, we're looking for the title of any

film that's been nominated for Best Picture Oscar in the 21st century.

The high scorers are Pauline and Kath on 100, so 98 or less...

sees you comfortably through.

I'd say The Artist.

The Artist, says Caroline. OK, there's your red line.

As I say, below that and you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 said The Artist.

It's right and you're through.

18.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 19. Well done, Caroline.

Yeah, won in 2012, The Artist.

The first almost entirely silent film to win since 1929.

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

Hmm-hmm.

Pauline...

I don't watch films, really.

Still, never mind, eh? Erm...

THEY LAUGH

I can think of one that would get 99.

Let's go for, I don't know, The Maid.

The Maid, says Pauline.

The Maid. Let's see if that's right.

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

No red line for you as you are the highest scorers.

Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer, Pauline, takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Pauline, not an Oscar nominee.

Thanks very much. Now, Adam, good news. You're already through.

However, Hannah set you up as being the film expert.

So she scored nothing, Adam.

-You have to score minus something.

-LAUGHTER

I know more about films than I do about books,

but I knew nothing about books, so that's not very hard. Erm...

I kind of just want to score, so I'm going for Silver Lining Playbook.

The Silver Lining Playbook, says Adam.

OK. No red line as you are already through,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Silver Lining Playbook.

Ooh, I'm afraid an incorrect answer, Adam,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Hannah, where would you be without him?

-I know, exactly.

LAUGHTER

It's The Silver Linings Playbook, so I couldn't give it to you.

It would have scored you five points.

Lots and lots of pointless answers here.

Let's take a look at some of them.

An Education was a pointless answer.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson film

Lost in Translation is a pointless answer.

Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.

The brilliant Sideways is a pointless answer.

There's The Blind Side, a terrific answer.

The Insider, about the tobacco industry.

The Sixth Sense was a pointless answer.

George Clooney's Up In The Air also.

You could also have had Money Ball, that was pointless.

Michael Clayton was pointless. Master And Commander was pointless.

Traffic was pointless. Serious Man, all of those pointless.

Let's take a look at the highest scorers,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Funnily enough, we've already heard the top scorer.

Argo would have scored you 16.

The Artist with 18, and tied with The Artist -

Slumdog Millionaire.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're at the end of our second round,

and I'm afraid the pair we're having to say goodbye to

with their high score, it's our returning pair Pauline and Kath.

The last of our returning pairs, I might say.

Erm... That was tough.

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

It's been great having you on both shows.

-Thanks for playing, Pauline and Kath.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Caroline and Eleanor, Hannah and Adam.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at 6,500.

APPLAUSE

We have to decide who's going to play for that money,

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

The difference is you are now allowed to confer,

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

Well, Caroline and Eleanor, very well done.

A faultless performance throughout the show.

Lovely low scoring throughout.

Hannah and Adam, not bad. Lovely pointless answer we've had from you.

Adam, I tell you what I'm looking forward to - a correct answer.

-LAUGHTER

-That would be good.

So far you are on a personal 200 club.

But obviously now you can put your heads together.

I think this should be a pretty good match.

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

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

We're going to show you five posters,

which were produced by the British government during World War II,

but we've left out part of the slogan.

Can you tell us what the slogans were, please?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five posters and here they come.

We have got...

There we are.

Five World War II posters. Now, Caroline and Eleanor,

you played best throughout the show so far, so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for D, Make Do And Mend.

Make Do And Mend, say Caroline and Eleanor for D.

Now then, Hannah and Adam,

do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

I'll try.

So we know Keep Calm And Carry On for A.

B, I think it might be Come Into The Workplace.

I have seen that Keep Mum before - C.

D is Make Do And Mend.

E, I think, is something about potatoes...

but I can't remember what the potato slogan is.

So we're going to try and go for B, Come Into The Workplace.

Come Into The Workplace.

We have Make Do And Mend and Come Into The Workplace.

Carole and Eleanor have said Make Do And Mend.

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

It's right.

57.

57 - quite high.

Hannah and Adam, you have gone for Come Into The Workplace for B.

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

let's see how many people said it.

Ooh, bad luck, Hannah and Adam.

But well done, Caroline and Eleanor.

Just by being right you win that point,

-so you are up one-nil.

-Well played.

You weren't a million miles away with Come Into The Workplace -

it's the right idea. It was Come Into The Factories...

and that would have scored you eight points.

You were right to avoid Keep Calm And Carry On - it's a big scorer.

That would have scored you 70 points.

-C is Keep Mum...

-She's Not So Dumb.

-Absolutely.

-It would have scored you two points. Charming, isn't it?

-Yeah.

And E... It is sort of about potatoes, if you like.

-It's about agriculture in general.

-Dig For Victory.

Yeah. And that would have scored...31.

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

Hannah and Adam, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

-Richard.

-We'll show you five clues to facts about Westminster Abbey.

Can you give us the most obscure answer to one of these five?

Let's reveal our five clues to Westminster Abbey

and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Hannah and Adam, you will answer it first this time.

THEY WHISPER

The only one we know is the woman who married

Prince Andrew in the Abbey in 1986 was Sarah Ferguson.

Sarah Ferguson, say Hannah and Adam. Sarah Ferguson.

Now, Caroline and Eleanor, the board is all yours.

-Erm... Poets' Corner...

-It's Poets' Corner...

-But we're not...

And the king who was crowned was William the Conqueror.

-I think, it is Tomb of...?

-The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

And I don't know the dean.

I don't know the dean, so it depends which is right out of...

-Poets' Corner?

-OK.

We'll go for the area where Tennyson...

-Poets' Corner.

-Poets' Corner.

Sarah Ferguson versus Poets' Corner.

Hannah and Adam have said Sarah Ferguson

for the woman who married Prince Andrew in 1986.

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

let's see how many people said that.

Absolutely - oh! Look at that.

88. High score for Sarah Ferguson.

So, Caroline and Eleanor, if you can beat that with Poets' Corner

you are straight through to the final. Let's see if that's right

and let's see how many of our 100 people said Poets' Corner.

It's right and you've done it. Very well done.

27.

27 for Poets' Corner. Very well done.

Caroline and Eleanor, after only two questions, you are straight

-through to the final two-nil.

-Well played, Caroline and Eleanor.

Terrific head-to-head there. That's...

That's where Thomas Hardy's ashes are scattered, of course.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. But we all know that.

The king who was crowned, you were right, was William the Conqueror.

23 points. It's the Grave of the Unknown Soldier...

would have scored you 43.

Do you know, every bride who has been married in Westminster Abbey,

they return the bouquet and it's laid

on the Grave of the Unknown Soldier?

Ever since the Queen Mother was married there.

And the man who became dean of the Abbey,

very well done if you said John Hall.

That's a terrific answer. It would have scored you one point.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid it's Hannah and Adam.

Oh, you did so well.

You promised much. I am looking at you particularly, Hannah.

Although actually, Adam, it was only a missing S. It was only a plural.

You only had one silver lining.

That was the film title I sort of, lazily,

I was grasping for and couldn't find,

so you at least helped me.

But anyway, listen, thanks very much meanwhile.

-Hannah and Adam.

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But, for Caroline and Eleanor, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Caroline and Eleanor, 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 £6,500.

APPLAUSE

On the strength of your performance so far,

I'd say that looks within the realms of possibility

that you might be leaving with that jackpot.

Lowest scorers in every round, two-nil in the head-to-head.

I didn't ask, how did you two meet?

Well, both of our sons are called Joseph - Joe - and they both

went to the same nursery and we didn't know each other.

And...they, as four-year-olds, got in a scrap together and me,

to break it up, shouted at my son, "Joe, will you just stop that?!"

And you thought I was having a go at your son.

I thought she was shouting at my son...

-LAUGHTER

-..so I wasn't very happy.

So you were a bit like, "What? What?"

And then we became good friends.

-HE LAUGHS

-Eventually.

-Eventually.

A little side scrap and then...

Good stuff. Well, listen, very best of luck.

You get to choose your category from four different options

and here are those four options.

-Costume...

-Costume dramas, that's TV.

Yeah, it's TV. Why don't we do costumes?

What does it matter? Costume dramas.

I think we'll go costume dramas, please.

Costume dramas. OK, Richard.

OK, very, very best of luck. I'm going to give you three options now.

Take your answers from any of these.

We are looking for anybody, any actor or actress,

credited with five or more performances in the series of

I, Claudius in 1976,

anyone who appeared in five or more episodes

of the first series of Downton Abbey,

or anyone who appeared in five or more episodes of the BBC

adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in 1995.

So five or more episodes of I, Claudius from 1976,

five or more episodes of the first series of Downton Abbey,

or five or more episodes of the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much.

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

and all you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

The answers you give can come from any of these categories

and you can spread them across the categories how you like.

They could all come from Downton, I, Claudius,

or there could be one from each. So entirely down to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

I, Claudius...

I think...

Oh, it's five episodes...

Erm...

Brian Blessed... I don't know...

Just take the punt. Go for pointless. Don't matter.

Pride and Prejudice, Jennifer...

Is it Julia Sawalha?

Julia Sawalha, yes.

And Julia Sawalha, I think she might...

INAUDIBLE WHISPERS

I think it was five episodes.

Who was married to Peter O'Toole?

-Sian...

-Phillips?

Sian Phillips!

OK, right, OK.

Um...

Patrick Stewart, I don't know if it's five episodes.

INAUDIBLE CONFERRING

Ten seconds left.

OK, so shall we do Julia Sawalha for Pride and Prejudice

Sian Phillips from I, Claudius

and I was going to say...

OK, that's your time up.

I now need your three answers.

If you could say which category you're answering.

From Pride and Prejudice, Julia Sawalha.

Julia Sawalha.

Erm, I Claudius, Sheila White.

And Sian Phillips.

Sian Phillips.

OK, now, of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Sheila White?

-Sheila White, we'll put last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Julia Sawalha?

Julia Sawalha, we'll put first.

OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order, and here they are.

We have got Julia Sawalha, Sian Phillips and Sheila White.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Three good answers up on the board there.

Your first answer was Julia Sawalha.

This was the one you thought least likely to be pointless.

Remember, only one of these answers has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £6,500.

Now, what would you do if you won that, Caroline?

I think I'd get a new car,

because our one's been ruined by a dog.

-Your dog?

-Our dog.

Not ruined by "a dog" - terrifying.

A dog getting into a scrap with a car.

Eleanor?

I was thinking of going on holiday and buying some new boots,

but actually...

What kind of boots do you favour?

Really, really expensive ones.

I understand that.

I'd also like to take my son, Charlie, to see Tottenham play.

Oh, come on. Poor kid!

I know! I've ruined him for life. Sadly. Nothing can be done about it!

OK, so your first answer,

in this case we were looking for Pride and Prejudice actors.

You have said Julia Sawalha.

This has to be right and it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot,

so for £6,500, let's see how many people said Julia Sawalha.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Now, if this goes all the way down to zero

you will leave here immediately with £6,500 in your back pockets.

-Now, still going down into single figures, still there, four!

-Oh!

Four, for Julia Sawalha.

-Alison Steadman.

-Oh, yes!

Good answer, a great answer.

Think how pleased you'd be with four in normal gameplay.

Sadly, we are only interested in pointless answers at this stage.

So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your second answer was Sian Phillips.

In this case we were looking for cast members from I, Claudius.

If it goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £6,500.

How many people said Sian Phillips? Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer, Julia Sawalha, took us down to four.

Sian Phillips now taking us down through the teens

into single figures, oh, seven!

Gutted.

-You don't see the work, but...

-You don't, but...

OK, seven for Sian Phillips, which means everything is now

riding on your third and final answer, which is Sheila White.

Again, in the cast of I, Claudius.

You're sure this is right? You're not entirely sure.

Well, you're just not sure

if she's been in the requisite number of episodes.

Yeah, or it's her real name, that it's the right name. We'll see.

OK, we'll find out. £6,500.

Let's see how many people said Sheila White. Is it pointless?

Oh, bad luck!

Oh, never mind!

I'm sorry.

You played that last round so well.

You had lots of answers flying around but I'm afraid

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

You didn't manage to submit it,

so you didn't win today's jackpot of £6,500.

That will roll over to the next show.

We really enjoyed having you on the show. You played so well.

And of course, you get to take home the Pointless trophy,

-so very well done.

-Thank you.

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Yeah, sorry, really unlucky, it's a terrific performance.

There were answers up here that you will know.

Especially on Downton, there's some big names on the Downton one.

Sheila White, she was in I, Claudius, played Messalina,

she was only in three episodes.

So Sheila White's agent has just cost you £6,500!

Let's take a look at some pointless answers.

I, Claudius first, there's only a couple here.

George Baker, probably best known as Inspector Wexford, played Tiberius.

James Faulkner, also a pointless answer there.

But Downton, any proper Downton fan will know a few of these.

Jim Carter, who plays Mr Carson, was a pointless answer.

Laura Carmichael who was Lady Edith. Rob James-Collier, who's Thomas.

And Siobhan Finneran, who was O'Brien.

You also could have had Brendan Coyle, who plays Bates,

he was a pointless answer.

As was Jessica Brown Findlay, who plays Lady Sybil.

All of those are pointless.

And finally, Pride and Prejudice.

Anna Chancellor, who plays Miss Bingley, she was a pointless answer.

David Bamber, who plays Mr Collins, you could have had Lucy Robinson,

you could have had Polly Maberly as well, who plays Kitty Bennett.

You played terrifically well all the way through.

And it was a good jackpot round as well.

Very well done at home, if you got a pointless answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. Unfortunately we must say goodbye

to Caroline and Eleanor after only one show.

Sorry we don't get to see you for a second show, because you played so well.

But thank you, we've loved having you on the show,

and you've played brilliantly, so well done. Caroline and Eleanor!

APPLAUSE DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Well, sadly, Caroline and Eleanor didn't win our jackpot today which

means it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for £7,500.

-AUDIENCE:

-Oooh!

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE