Episode 5 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thanks very much indeed, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

welcome to Pointless, the game where we aim

for the obscure and ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm James, this is my friend Dave, we're from South Wales.

Couple number two.

I'm Jill and this is Alan, my quiz partner and a friend,

and we're both from Somerset.

Couple number three.

Hello, my name's Mags and this is my friend Ryan, we're from Dunfermline.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Ellen, I'm from Lichfield,

and this is my Aunt Babs, who's from Surrey.

And these are today's contestants.

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

So that just leaves one person to introduce,

the sheriff of a spit-and-sawdust town called Obscurity.

LAUGHTER

And it's a town which literally isn't big enough for the both of us,

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

-Hiya!

Hi, everybody, afternoon.

-Oh, I haven't got over the last show yet.

-Wasn't that exciting?

Amazing, Shihaab and Guy, we've rarely seen a better performance

in Pointless history, have we?

Absolutely blew the whole thing away, incredible performance.

Took home £10,250.

Oh, yes.

But took it home well, you wouldn't have resented,

it was really an amazing performance.

But we start again, we've got two returning pairs, which is

always lovely, two new pairs welcomed along.

We're not playing for £10,250, but what a way to finish that run.

-Terrific.

-Really deserved it.

Such a deserving pair.

And the first two rounds today, just cos we're starting again,

you need very different skill sets for the first two rounds.

Anyone who's good at Round One and Round Two is a good quizzer.

Thanks. All of 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 one that none of our 100 people gave,

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

As you'll have gathered, Guy and Shihaab won the jackpot

last time, so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

The pairs with the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated.

And do remember that there is to be no conferring during the round.

OK, our first category today is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

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

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

Specifically we're looking for the name of anyone who's won

the Best Actress or Best Actor at the British Soap Awards from 1999

- when it was first awarded - up to 2013.

So anyone who's won the Best Actress or Best Actor award.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much.

James and Dave, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

James, welcome to Pointless, great to have you, what do you do?

-I'm a copywriter.

-For advertising?

Yes, think of the lovely bits of junk mail that you enjoy getting.

-Oh, I love those!

-Yeah, I write some of the best ones.

I do often wonder who writes those things, cos they are wonderful.

And it's you! What are your interests outside copywriting?

I write other things as well.

-I was going to say, copywriters are usually thwarted authors.

-Yes.

Or perhaps not so thwarted?

I've written a children's book, took me 25 years to finish.

Yeah, I know that feeling. What's it called?

It's called the Pickle-Smith Trunk-Warmer.

-The Pickle-Smith Trunk-Warmer?

-Yes. Try forgetting that one.

I'm going to have a job forgetting that one probably!

James, there we are, do you follow soap operas at all?

-Are you an addict of any of them?

-Of Coronation Street.

Perfect, you should have a good answer then.

I'm going to go for Simon Gregson.

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

Ooh, no! Bad luck, James.

That's good Pointless tactics, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, unlucky, James, I thought that would be right, plays Steve McDonald

of course, been nominated a couple of times but has never won.

-Right, Jill, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-What happened last time?

Well, I didn't know the nationality of -

well, I knew some, but they were too well known - of tennis players.

Yeah. Now remind us what you get up to, Jill.

I'm retired now, of course, usual granny pursuits,

but I'm a great festival-goer and gig-goer, and I go to

lots of concerts, and I've been going to Glastonbury since...1978.

Which was the best year in your opinion?

The best year? When there's no rain.

But the highlight for me was seeing Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros,

cos I'd seen him as The Clash in the seventies

-and it was great seeing a sort of reincarnation.

-Fantastic.

OK, how about soap operas?

Well, I watch them occasionally, the one that stands out for me,

but whether she's ever won an award - and if she hasn't

somebody should be listening and give her one - June Brown.

June Brown, let's find out if that's right,

how many people said June Brown?

Oh, no!

Oh, take note, British Soap Awards.

June Brown, another unlucky incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Well, you're in good company.

-What ARE they playing at?

-I've no idea.

The wonderful June Brown, she has had a Lifetime Achievement Award,

to be fair.

-Fair enough.

-She's not won Best Actress I'm afraid.

-Thank you, Richard. Now, Ryan, welcome to the show.

-Hello.

-Here from Dunfermline?

-Yes.

-What do you do, Ryan?

I'm a full-time business management student,

and when I'm not there I'm a part-time bookmaker, a bookie.

A bookie? What do you do at the bookies, you take the bets or...?

-Take bets, deal with some characters...

-Oh, I bet you do.

-Oh, the Dunfermline locals, oh.

-Quite something.

Do you have a little bet going yourself?

No, I'm not supposed to bet, our own company,

so I have to find other means.

-Do you have to nip down the road to the rivals?

-I do indeed, yes.

I'm just checking out the competition, if anyone asks.

Very good. Now then, what about these soap opera awards?

It's a difficult one. I'm going to hazard a guess at Steve McFadden.

Well, quite a few high scores, shall we say, so let's see

if Steve McFadden is right, and if it is, how many people said that.

-Oh, no!

-Goodness me.

-Wow.

OK, another 100, an incorrect answer I'm afraid, 100 points for you.

-Weird, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-He's won Villain of the Year, Steve McFadden.

I'll bet he has.

Thanks very much. Now then, Babs.

Welcome back. Oh, you're putting a brave smile on.

Don't think I can't see the bravery there on that last podium,

you were THAT close to going into the final, chickpeas away.

-It was a pulses round, very exciting.

-Uh, amazing.

-Oh!

Now, Babs, do you follow soap operas at all?

I've got a couple of answers,

but I'm not sure they're any better than what's already gone.

This has got to be a little reassuring, hasn't it?

-LAUGHTER

-What has gone before.

Um...yeah. What are you going to go for?

I really still can't make up my mind,

but I think I will say Letitia Dean.

Let's find out if Letitia Dean is a correct answer,

shall we just go for that for now?

Oh, wow, look at that.

This is like whatever the opposite of shooting fish in a barrel is.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer,

that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Going very well, isn't it?

I have to say, four perfectly good answers,

though it's interesting,

we're looking for Best Actress or Best Actor, you could have

said Archbishop Desmond Tutu and you'd still be in the joint lead.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

LAUGHTER

Well, we're pretty much as we were when we started out.

Mags, Ellen, Jill, Dave, let's think really hard,

all you have to go for now is a really obvious answer.

Normally I wouldn't say that,

but I think it's probably time to bring out the big guns.

Best of luck with that, it's anyone's game, very exciting.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Ellen, remember, we are looking for Best Actor or Best Actress

winners at the British Soap Awards.

Ellen, welcome back to Pointless, remind us what you do?

-I'm a student at Lancaster University.

-And you're studying?

Ethics, philosophy and religion.

I was reading about you, you're quite a fan of tattoos.

-Yeah, I have several.

-What's your favourite?

I have some lyrics on my arm that I'm quite fond of.

-Which lyrics are they?

-They're David Bowie lyrics from Ashes to Ashes.

Which particular lyric have you gone for?

It says, "I'm happy, hope you're happy too."

-Aww, that's a nice lyric.

-Thank you.

Could have said, "We all know Major Tom's a junkie",

which is nice not to have tattooed on your arm.

OK, Ellen, is it time?

I think it's time to break the jinx,

let's see if we can get down this column.

I don't really know that many soap actors or actresses,

but I do read Heat, so we're going to go with...Michelle Keegan?

Let's see if that's right,

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

Ohh! And on it goes.

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

LAUGHTER

I tell you what, it's going to be a hell of a tie-break.

Again, a perfectly good answer, she's won soap awards,

but not Best Actress.

Now then, Mags, great to have you here from Dunfermline,

what do you do?

I am a membership coordinator

for a local sustainable food project in Fife.

And how do you and Ryan know each other?

We used to work together,

we were telephone fundraisers for a while, so we used to phone people

when they were having their tea, ask them for money.

-We bonded over that.

-Good stuff. OK, Mags, do you follow soap operas?

No, this is like the worst thing that could come up for me.

That need be no impediment.

There was one name that kind of jumped at me.

I'm going to go for Lacey Turner.

Ooh, look, we've got a red line for you, that's the first time.

The high-scorers at the moment are Ellen and Babs on 200,

if you can score 99 or less, you're into the next round.

And I'll be very grateful.

LAUGHTER

Lacey Turner, let's see if that's right, and if it is,

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

Look at that, Mags, very well done indeed! Lacey Turner!

What a turn-up for the books,

there she goes, down to four.

Not just a correct answer, but a brilliant answer,

lovely low score, takes your total up to 104.

Ah, well played, Mags, that's the way to do it - know nothing

about the subject and jump in there with a brilliant answer.

Yes, played Stacey Slater, she's won it twice.

Alan. Welcome back, Alan, remind us what you do in Somerset?

I'm retired, and, erm, I cycle a lot.

I tell you what I'm getting at,

last time you were about to start telling us about belly dancing.

And you said, "I think you know where this is going",

and I'll be honest, at the time I didn't really,

but now I've given it some thought, I think I do know.

Were you about to tell us that you've

-done a bit of belly dancing yourself?

-I have been known to.

We holiday in Egypt, and when we were last there, there was

some dancing going on.

The locals gave me a stick, and I tend to do a stick dance.

-You tend to do a stick dance?!

-Yeah.

The guy came over and said, "Are you Egyptian?"

"No, no, no. Bristol, just down the M5, you know."

"I think there's something your parents haven't told you."

-So good was your stick dancing?

-Yeah, well...

Alan, just quickly show us what a stick dance looks like.

It's almost like a broomstick, and you sort of...

Are you Egyptian, Alan?

LAUGHTER

-That movement was extraordinary.

-Fair old mover, isn't he?

-He's a fair old mover, yeah.

-For a 65-year-old, yeah, it's OK.

At any age I think that's good,

I'd give my hind teeth to stick dance like that.

Alan, we have high-scorers, Ellen and Babs,

we have 104, which is a good aim, if you can go for something between

99 and four in your answer, you'll make it through to the next round.

I'm going to try for Martine McCutcheon.

Here's your red line, a nice high one. Get below that, you're through.

Let's see if Martine McCutcheon ever won a soap award as Best Actress.

No, she didn't!

Oh, this is the round that's going to go on forever.

There we are, that scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Alan, another deserving winner,

Martine McCutcheon, but no award.

Thanks very much indeed. Dave, great to have you here, what do you do?

I'm a marketing trainer for a small marketing consultancy,

so I present seminars.

To small businesses, to try and get them to grow their company,

increase profits, that sort of thing,

and then at the weekend I work for a radio station in Wales.

"And here's Michael Buble." Aww, I'm glad you still do

the radio station, you couldn't be putting that Dave vox to waste,

-that would be terrible.

-So people tell me.

Dave, let's see if we can find any winner of Best Actor

or Best Actress at the British Soap Awards.

I'm going to have a stab at Alan Halsall from Coronation Street.

There's your red line, you've got to get below that, Dave.

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

It's right, very well done, Dave.

Oh!

Four!

There we are, great economy of numbers there, you join Mags

and Ryan on 104, well done, you're through.

Very well played, yeah, plays Tyrone Dobbs of course.

I think that's the first round in Pointless history

-where there's only been two scores.

-At the end of the round, yeah.

100, which six of you got, and four, which two of you got.

-Anyway, now we go into LOCKDOWN.

-Lockdown!

-Lockdown!

Actually, that's good, I might... LOCKDOWN!

Know what I'm going to do, for the first time ever

on my computer, that doesn't work?

I'm going to press caps lock. LAUGHTER

BOTH: LOCKDOWN!

So yes, as we have reached lockdown...

RICHARD LAUGHS

We've reached Lockdown,

which means the LOCKDOWN PAIRS have to give me one more answer

each, and the pair that gets the highest score will be ELIMINATED.

Alan and Jill, you will go first, and you can confer.

-Suranne Jones.

-OK, Suranne Jones.

Ellen and Babs, who you going to go for?

I think we're going to say Barbara Windsor.

OK, so we have Suranne Jones, Barbara Windsor,

let's put them to the test.

Suranne Jones, is that right, how many people said it?

-It's right.

-Oh!

It's right, Alan and Jill, Suranne Jones is a correct answer

and it's a low score as well. Look at that!

-It's pointless!

-CHEERING

That is a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to...

And it scores you nothing.

Where was Suranne Jones

in the first bit of this round?

Ellen and Babs, that's what you have to beat.

Who knows, maybe Barbara Windsor is also a pointless answer.

Let's find out - is Barbara Windsor right,

how many people said it if it is?

It's right.

Now...

Barbara has a mountain to climb here if she's going to be...

Oooh, bad luck, 14.

14, takes your total up to 214.

That is the first time we've ever had a pointless answer in a tie-break.

First time anyone's ever joined the 200 club AND

added £250 to the jackpot in the same round.

That is some going.

In the annals of Pointless history

there will be a big photo of the two of you.

Quite a few pointless answers here, let's take a look.

People at home will have got some, you'll know them as well,

I know you know your soaps from the answers you were giving.

Antony Cotton would have been pointless,

played Sean Tully in Corrie.

Brian Capron, the evil killer Richard Hillman.

Joe Absolom, who played Matthew in EastEnders.

You could have had Natalie Cassidy!

Patsy Palmer as well, Bianca Jackson of course.

Robert Kazinsky from EastEnders, played Sean Slater.

And Suranne Jones, there you go,

married of course to Steve McDonald, should have been there but wasn't.

Some other low scorers - Kacey Ainsworth, Martin Kemp,

they both would have scored you one point.

Ross Kemp would have scored you four points,

Shane Ritchie, six points, so plenty of answers up there,

and you gave all these obvious ones,

and in a minefield managed to miss every single one of them.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So I'm afraid, at the end of our first round, the pair leaving

with a historically high score of 214, it's Ellen and Babs.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you, it's been lovely

having you on the show, thanks for playing.

Ellen and Babs!

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

And so, three pairs remain.

At the end of this round we have to say goodbye to another.

Special mention to Mags and Dave for breaking the jinx there

and scoring four apiece.

And extra special mention to Alan and Jill for getting

Suranne Jones in the Lockdown, that was very exciting indeed.

Here we all are, about a year older...

but we've made it to Round Two.

Best of luck to all three pairs, the category is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

I thought for one terrible moment

it was going to be the History of the British Soap Awards.

But it's not. We're going to show you on each pass six historical events

and the year they took place, you need to tell us

the modern-day countries in which they all happened, please.

Six on each pass, 12 in all to get at home.

As always, by "country", I mean sovereign state

-that's a member of the UN.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So we're looking for the modern-day countries in which these

historic events took place, and here's our first board of six.

There we are, six historic events.

James, we need the modern-day countries

in which they took place, what do you make of that board?

I know three or four, I think I'm going to hark back to my

history O-level and go for Night of the Long Knives,

which happened in Germany.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed, nine.

-Nine for Germany.

-Well played, James.

Yeah, the purge of competing Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Alan, what do you make of that board?

Yeah, I know a couple.

I'm going to run with the Fall of the Shah, in Iran in 1979.

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

It's right.

Nine is the low score at the moment.

16.

16 for Iran.

Yeah, never returned to Iran, the Shah, died in 1980 in Egypt.

-Thanks very much, Richard. How good's your history, Mags?

-Well...

..I only know the two kind of obvious ones,

so Apartheid would be South Africa

and Cultural Revolution, China.

The other two, even the dates don't mean anything to me,

so I'm not even going to hazard a guess.

I'm going to go with Cultural Revolution and China.

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

It's right.

Not a bad score, 12, there we are!

Scores less than Iran.

Yes, launched by Mao Zedong and killed nearly half a million people.

A terrific answer, you're right,

there's two very tough ones in the middle of that board.

Apartheid is South Africa of course, very low score though, 48.

These other two...

Very well done if you got the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre, France.

That would have scored you one point. Spanish Fury...

If I had to guess, I'd probably say Peru or something like that.

Oh, it's really nearly Peru, really nearly - it's Belgium.

LAUGHTER

And it was a pointless answer.

Took place in Antwerp, now in Belgium of course.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's take a look at the scores,

we're halfway through the round.

Nine, the best score of that pass, James, very well done.

Then up to 12, where we find Mags and Ryan. Up to 16, Alan and Jill.

But it's quite a nice tight little group there.

But you are out in front, so we'll need a low score from you,

Jill, on the next pass.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more historical events on the board, here they come.

We have got...

OK, remember, we are looking for the modern-day countries

in which these events took place. Ryan, you're going to try and find

the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I'd rather have a right answer than a wrong answer at all again.

So I'll hazard a guess at the Landing of the Mayflower

and the United States of America.

Well, if you want to avoid becoming the new high-scorers

this would ideally score you three or less.

But let's find out who many of our 100 people said

the Landing of the Mayflower in the United States,

there's your red line.

Still going down...STILL going down

- look at that, 15.

Not bad. Takes your total up to 27, Ryan.

-That's an amazingly low score for the Landing of the Mayflower.

-Isn't it?

Yeah, landed first at Cape Cod and then settled at Plymouth.

Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Jill, you're on 16, the high-scorers are now

Mags and Ryan, so ten or less,

you will make it through to the next round.

OK.

I'll go the Salt March, and I think that's India.

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

That's your red line, get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

It's right.

Ooh, well done. Two for the Salt March.

-ALAN:

-Fantastic.

18 is your total.

Tell you what I love - Salt March lamb, that's delicious.

Well, this was the Salt March organised by Gandhi,

a non-violent protest against the salt tax, very, very good answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

Dave, you're the last person to go, why not talk us through the board?

You have to score 17 or less.

Just like Ryan, a nightmare option this one.

So I'm going to go for The Rumble in the Jungle, and something

tells me, in the back of my mind, Manila in the Philippines.

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

Let's see if the Philippines is right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

Oooh, bad luck, Dave, I'm sorry.

You're going to kick yourself.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 109.

Yeah, sorry, Dave, The Rumble in the Jungle

wasn't in Manila, I THINK The Thrilla in Manila was in Manila.

LAUGHTER

A different fight, but they're often lumped together.

It was actually in Zaire,

and the modern name of that country is

The Democratic Republic of the Congo,

would have been a terrific answer though, one point.

Very well done to anyone that said that at home.

Signing of the Maastricht Treaty, do you know that one?

-Luxembourg, isn't it?

-It's not, it's the Netherlands, just up the road.

Would have scored you ten points. The Murder of Rasputin?

-Russia.

-Yeah, that's the biggest scorer up there, 47.

The Siege of Carthage... it's a tough one.

It's North Africa, isn't it?

Yep. It's Tunisia.

Very well done if you said that, five points.

Tough board there, anyone who got all of those, it's terrific work.

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

the pair heading home with our high score of 109, it's Dave and James.

I'm sorry, yes, The Thrilla in Manila.

-It'll curse me for years.

-The Rumble in Manila, yes.

-He will shoot me.

Listen, Dave and James, it's been great having you on,

and the good news is we get to see you next time.

Thanks meantime for playing. Dave and James!

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

Congratulations, Mags and Ryan, Alan and Jill,

you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

Now, we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot,

and to do that you're now going to go head-to-head,

the difference being you're now allowed to confer.

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

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

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

Going to show you five pictures now of people born in or

famously associated with the historic country of Lancashire.

Can you name the most obscure please?

Thanks very much indeed, let's reveal our five Lancastrians,

and here they are.

We have got...

There we are, five famous Lancastrians.

Mags and Ryan, you've played best throughout the show

so far, so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

(What's Flintoff's first name? Andrew Flintoff, yeah.

(I really don't know the other ones. I think C's my gran.)

RYAN LAUGHS

We're going to go for A, Andrew Flintoff.

Now, Alan and Jill, do you want to take us through the board?

I can't see B very well, I think it might be Anthony Burgess,

but I'm not going to risk it I don't think.

C, we think is Thora Hird.

D is Geoff Hurst, the footballer,

probably just won the World Cup then.

-And E...

-Eric.

-..is Eric.

-D?

-All right.

-D, Geoff Hurst.

So we have Andrew Flintoff and Geoff Hurst.

Mags and Ryan went with Andrew Flintoff,

let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

59, a high score there.

Now then, Alan and Jill have said D, Geoff Hurst.

D, Geoff Hurst. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

And you win the point. Very well done, Alan and Jill.

-33 for Geoff Hurst.

-APPLAUSE

Which means, after one question, Alan and Jill, you are up 1-0.

Very well played.

Alan, you said it must be just after the World Cup -

it's actually a couple of months before the World Cup,

so it was all to come for Geoff Hurst when that picture was taken.

Now, we'll deal with B in a moment.

C, you're absolutely right, was Thora Hird.

She would have scored you 39 points.

E, of course, is Eric Morecambe.

Would have scored you 78.

And if you'd had to have a punt on B, Jill, what would you have gone for?

Well, I think it's Anthony Burgess, but I'm not sure,

and I'm not sure whether he came from Lancaster or not.

Well, Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester,

and that IS Anthony Burgess.

Would have scored you 5 points.

You got the point anyway, you took us through the board perfectly.

Well played, as a pair.

Thanks very much indeed.

OK, here comes your second question.

Alan and Jill will get to answer it first,

but Mags and Ryan, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-Oprah, Richard.

-I'm going to show you five clues, now,

to facts about the TV presenter and businesswoman Oprah Winfrey.

Can you give us the most obscure answers, please?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five clues - here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are - five clues to facts about Oprah Winfrey.

Alan and Jill, you'll go first.

Don't know any of the others, I only know the top one.

The top one is good by me.

-I think everybody knows the other one, don't they?

-Fine.

-Didn't he confess...?

-Oprah Winfrey?

-Yeah, he confessed, didn't he? That he'd been...

-Yes, yes indeed.

All right, we're going to go for the Steven Spielberg film,

which was The Color Purple.

The Color Purple. The Color Purple, say Alan and Jill.

Now then, Mags and Ryan, do you want to talk us through that board?

We've been pipped to the post.

It was the answer we were going to give.

The cyclist is obviously Lance Armstrong.

The British chat show host would be Piers Morgan,

and the year the Oprah Winfrey show came off air -

-I would think it was 2012.

-Was it not 2011, though?

-I don't... Definitely not.

-2012. Let's go 2012.

OK, you're going to say 2012, the year she came off air.

OK, there we are. So we have The Color Purple, we have 2012.

Alan and Jill said The Color Purple was the Spielberg-directed film

she appeared in in '85.

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

It's right.

26.

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26 for The Color Purple.

Now then, Mags and Ryan, a little bit of a punt here.

2012, the year the Oprah Winfrey show came off air in America.

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

Oh, bad luck.

I'm sorry, Mags and Ryan. That's an incorrect answer.

Which means, Alan and Jill, very well done you.

After only two questions, you're straight through to the final 2-0.

Well played. Alan and Jill.

Tough luck - not 2012, it's actually 2011, the one you ruled out.

-Oh, no!

-Yeah.

Would have scored you 7 points, as well,

would have been a very good answer.

But, you know, if your brain was telling you it wasn't, it wasn't.

And you should have gone for Piers Morgan.

-Would've scored you 14 points.

-I thought everybody knew that!

14 points for Piers Morgan.

The cyclist, I think both teams knew, was Lance Armstrong -

big scorer, though.

Would have scored 69 points.

And the city her show was filmed in for 25 years -

-do you know this one?

-I don't, no.

It's Chicago.

Chicago would have scored 8 points.

The year was actually the best answer up there.

Thanks very much indeed.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,

it's Mags and Ryan.

Oh, dear - listen, good news, we get to see you next time.

Otherwise, you would've made only one appearance,

and that would've been too few.

We look forward to seeing you. Thanks for playing, Mags and Ryan.

-Well done, Alan.

-Well done.

For Alan and Jill, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Alan and Jill - you've fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You have a chance to win our jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, it stands at £1,250.

You've done so well. So well.

A bit of a tough start, that first round.

But you made Pointless history -

first-ever pointless answer in a tie-break.

Fantastic - into the annals of Pointless, you go.

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

Um...film, literature.

Um...film and literature, mostly.

Yes - cyclists that have won the Tour de France more than once.

OK.

You choose the category. Here are your four options, they are...

-You choose.

-OK.

And don't choose Moons Of The Solar System!

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-Horror films.

-You're going with Horror Films?

-Horror Films.

-OK, Horror Films it is.

OK, best of luck. We'll give you three different options now -

we're looking for any of the following.

We're looking for the name of any actor

who appeared in the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola Dracula film.

We're looking for anyone

who's appeared in two or more of the Scream films.

Any actor credited.

And we're looking for anyone credited in Shaun of the Dead.

So anyone credited in the 1992 Dracula,

anyone credited in two or more of the Scream films

or anyone credited in Shaun of the Dead,

all according to IMDb.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

All you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be correct.

Remember, the answers you give can come from any category -

spread them how you like across the categories.

They can all be from one,

two from one, one from another - up to you.

Are you ready?

-OK.

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

Your time starts now.

Shaun of the Dead, that's...

-I've never heard of the middle ones, have you? Scream?

-Nope.

Um...Shaun Of The Dead,

that was Simon Pegg.

Who was the actor that's with him?

He was in...the other one.

Hot Fuzz, as well, wasn't he?

Well, he'll be well-known, anyway.

Even though we don't know him!

Dracula actors - was that the Kenneth Branagh one,

-with Helena Bonham Carter?

-OK.

That's one answer, two more.

-They're the stars.

-Yes.

-Scream...what was Scream?

-No idea.

Was it Lindsay Lohan?

-Let's try, if you like, yeah.

-I don't know.

-I really don't know.

I wish we'd done thriller writers!

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Ten seconds left, I'm sorry to say.

I think we're done, actually, because we're not very good.

Not very good at all.

OK - we'll let the minute run out, and there it is.

-I now need answers from you.

-OK.

-Lindsay Lohan for Scream.

-Lindsay Lohan from Scream.

-Yep.

-Simon Pegg.

-Simon Pegg, Shaun Of The Dead.

-And Helena Bonham Carter.

-From Dracula.

-Yeah.

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

I know that Helena Bonham Carter was in Dracula.

So you'll put that last, Helena Bonham Carter last. And...?

Least likely to be a right answer is Scream.

And Lindsay Lohan.

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

and here they are. We've got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer was Lindsay Lohan.

Remember, only one of these has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.

I'm sorry to say it's not our biggest ever jackpot,

but still, quite nice.

What would you do with your share, Jill?

Well, if I ever won it, I would share it with my family.

-Alan?

-I'd like to buy my wife a bunch of flowers,

cos I haven't bought her one lately.

Aaw...aaw!

And I've had a broken wristwatch for the last 20 years.

-I'd like to fix it, actually.

-Yeah, you should do that.

-I should.

20 years...

Best of luck. Three answers on the board.

We'll discover if they're correct and pointless.

Let's hope they are.

In our first category, we were looking for recurring Scream actors

and your answer was Lindsay Lohan.

Let's find out, for £1,250, if it's right and if it's pointless.

Oh, bad luck!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

so, obviously, not a pointless answer.

Only two more shots at today's jackpot.

Let's find out about your next answer, Simon Pegg.

Again, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so let's find out, for £1,250,

how many of our 100 people thought Simon Pegg was in Shaun Of The Dead.

Well, there we are, it's a correct answer.

Lindsay Lohan was an incorrect answer.

But Simon Pegg, very much correct.

44 is what it scores.

Again, not a pointless answer.

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

Helena Bonham Carter.

OK, to win the jackpot of £1,250, it has to be correct.

Then, it has to be pointless.

Let's see how many said Helena Bonham Carter.

Frankenstein, wasn't it?

Oh!

I'm sorry. That was a really tough, tough category.

Not one you'd ever have chosen for yourselves.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find a pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.

That will roll over on to the next show.

But it's been great having you on the show,

you've been fantastic across both shows.

-And you do, of course, take home a Pointless trophy.

-Thank you.

You don't leave empty-handed.

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Yeah, unlucky - you've been terrific.

I think you convinced yourself it was Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein

we were looking for.

I saw Alexander's face when he was reading it out

and I thought "We're stuffed." I knew it.

I often think that when I look at Alexander's face.

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"Boy, are we ever stuffed", I think.

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

people at home might have got a few of these.

Dracula actors, you could've had Billy Campbell...

Sadie Frost, also in that version - well done if you said any of those.

There's quite a few pointless answers in Shaun Of The Dead actors.

-Tamsin Greig!

-Reece Shearsmith from League Of Gentlemen,

lovely Tamsin Greig,

Vernon Kay, he played himself.

A few others who played themselves, in that film.

You could have had Chris Martin from Coldplay, he's in that film.

Keith Chegwin, Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

You could also have had Rafe Spall, pointless answer.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye,

but we've loved having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing - Alan and Jill, great contestants.

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Sadly, Alan and Jill didn't win our jackpot today,

meaning it rolls over onto the next show, when we'll play for £2,250.

Join us next time to see if someone wins it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.