Episode 9 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.

This is the show where all the questions have been asked

to 100 people before the show and all our contestants have to do

is come up with the answers no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

Hello, I'm Kirsten.

This is my sister Catherine and we're from Edinburgh.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Erin.

This is my mum's partner Dave and we've come from London and Coventry.

Couple number three.

Hi, my name's Tony. This is my good friend John.

We're from Middlesbrough.

And finally couple number four.

Hello, I'm Dean. This is my brother Ryan and we're from Cambridgeshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks all of you, we'll find out

more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He's got the audience in the palm of his hand

and given his size, that's not a totally unfeasible concept.

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

-Hiya.

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Hi, everybody. Afternoon.

I have got very big hands.

-You have.

-Do you want to do a hand comparison?

-Yes.

-A hand-parison.

-A hand-parison? Oh, look, it even...look at that!

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Look at that!

Big, right?

And just so people know, my hands...

Here's a sheet of A4...there's my hand. It's normal.

Normal sort of size.

-Relatively...

-And I'll show you, I've got a sheet of A4 here as well.

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There you go.

-Big hand there!

-Big hand.

-How are you?

-I'm very well, thank you.

-So, what a lovely show

last time with Dicky and Dave, they were terrific, weren't they? They did

very, very well. Walked away with a bit of money as well. We've got

Kirsten and Catherine back from that show. They were on podium one

last time, got knocked out straightaway. And they're back on podium one,

-that seems a bit harsh.

-I think they're going to be good today.

It is tough on that first podium. But hopefully on the second show,

it'll be a little bit easier. And next to them, Erin and Dave, who did a lot better.

Got all the way through to the head-to-head. Did very well, Going to be tough to beat today.

Now, sometimes I get called a geek. You've heard that, right?

-I have heard that.

-But I don't help myself sometimes

and Round One I'm definitely not helping myself.

OK. Looking forward to that!

-How are you feeling about that, Kirsten and Catherine?

-Anxious.

Yes, well, very best of luck. All of our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show, our contestants

have to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Now, of course everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer that none of our 100 people gave

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

Dicky and Dave won the jackpot last time

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

There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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OK, the pair with the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated and

please remember there is to be no conferring during the round itself.

OK, our first category today is...

Transport.

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. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many railway stations with "street" in their names as they could.

Railway stations with "street" in their names.

Oh, Rich, this is good.

Yes, it's one of those rounds as well where

if you live in one such place, it's a stroke of luck.

We're looking for any national rail station in England, Scotland

or Wales which has the word "street" anywhere in its name, please.

So, any national rail station in England, Scotland or Wales

with the word "street" in its name.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Catherine and Kristen, you all drew lots before the show

and for the second time running you are going to go first.

-Catherine, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-How are we feeling about this?

-I think I've got one.

-Well, remind us what you do, Catherine.

I'm a student at the University of St Andrews.

-And what are you studying there?

-International Relations.

Which country are you getting on with best?

I do a lot of different places so...

-OK, do you know what you want to do when you finish?

-No idea.

Do you think you'll pursue international relations?

I think so, yes.

-Good.

-But not sure what job yet.

OK, now, Catherine, you reckon you've got an answer here.

I'm going to go for Queen Street in Glasgow.

OK, Glasgow Queen Street, says Catherine.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Glasgow Queen Street.

It's right.

Down it goes.

Look at that. 2!

Very well done indeed, Catherine. 2 for Glasgow Queen Street.

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Very well played. It's the third busiest station in Scotland.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Erin, welcome back to the show.

-Now, Erin, remind us what you do.

-I work in cricket.

So, you are just longing for a cricket question to come up.

-I don't...

-They do from time to time.

Yeah, although that would be embarrassing if I got that wrong

so, I'm not sure.

Except, well, you deal more in the pastoral care of cricketers

perhaps rather than the sport itself.

-Yeah. It might be better than railway stations.

-Ah. Oh, really?

You never have to book cricketers onto trains? When they have to go...

Yeah, but none with street in the names.

-OK.

-No, I know a few but I think they're quite obvious.

And I think everyone else will get right answers so, I think I'll risk

it rather than get like one that's going to be in the top three, maybe.

Erm, so I'm trying to think of tube stations that I think are also

national rail stations. I'm not sure this is right at all

but I'm going to go for Cannon Street.

-Cannon Street. Cannon Street and that of course is in...

-London.

London.

Cannon Street in London, says Erin. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Well done, Erin.

Well, 2 is our only score so far.

5 for Cannon Street.

Very well done indeed, Erin. Great score.

Very strong start to the round, Richard.

Very strong round, well played, Erin.

Yeah, I'm very pleased with that as it shows I'm not that much of a geek.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, John, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here, you are here from Middlesbrough.

What do you get up to in Middlesbrough, John?

Not very much, really. I go for plenty of walks.

I watch a lot of sport.

Lots of lovely places to walk around there, yeah?

-Beaches, Saltburn Beach. Beautiful.

-Fabulous. And sport?

-Yeah.

-The Boro.

-The Boro.

And how do you and Tony know each other?

We've worked with each over for over 30 years,

well, we did until we retired.

-OK, and what did you work in? What was your...

-Banking.

High street bank, yeah.

High street bank, did you travel at all? A lot of rail travel?

I did and I know, again, a little bit like Erin,

I know a lot of the bigger city places.

So, I'm going to have to play safe, really, and pick one that

I think might well do a lot...score a lot more points than the others.

I'm going to go for Marylebone Street in London.

Marylebone Street, says John. OK, Marylebone Street.

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

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

Bad luck, John. I'm sorry, I'm afraid that's an incorrect

answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points, I'm sorry.

Sorry, John, it's just Marylebone, I'm afraid.

But at least you were right that it

would score far more than the other teams, you were...

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Dean, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Now, what do you do, Dean?

I work in travel for an inbound tour operator. So, I organise trips

for students and tourists from overseas visiting the UK.

So, you put the tours, the packages, together, do you? Or...

Yeah, everything.

Everything's tailor made so from the minute they arrive in the UK...

-Do you go to the arrivals with the board?

-No, no, no.

I don't really get involved on the ground,

it's just the office-based logistics.

Do you know that Dean and I met each other years and years

-and years and years ago?

-Did you?

Dean and I did a read-through for a friend of mine's musical,

which sadly never got put on. It was really good.

It was Biggles, the musical of Biggles.

Actually, if there are any theatre producers out there

who want to pick it up, it's a cracking musical!

-And the cast we had! It was wild, there was me...

-Dean.

-There was Dean.

-Me, yeah.

-Erm, Ben Miller.

-Oh, I love that guy.

I knew you'd like him!

-He's the guy out of Armstrong And Miller.

-Yeah, yeah!

-He's very good, isn't he?

-Death In Paradise, that's my favourite.

-It's good, isn't it?

-Yeah, yeah. He also does the Worst Week, doesn't he?

-He's very funny in that.

-He's good in that.

-Just very funny,

-just a good actor and a good comic.

-Yeah.

-And a nice guy, I've heard as well.

-Yeah, really very nice.

-Yeah, he's apparently a terrific guy.

-Yep. Yeah, all of those.

-Yeah, he's very funny.

-I remember he was very friendly.

-Yeah, he's nice, Ben, isn't he?

-He was, yeah.

Yeah, really, really nice. What a guy.

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-Dean.

-Yes.

-What are you going to go for, Dean?

I'm going to go for Birmingham New Street.

Birmingham New Street, says Dean.

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

It's right.

36!

That'll do.

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Well played, Dean. Nice and safe and sound given there's 100 on the board.

Yeah, a train leaves Birmingham New Street every 37 seconds.

Wow, that's outbound tourism, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-I was just wondering if people were leaving at a greater rate than

they were arriving, which I am not making that call.

I'm just saying.

The fact that you said a train leaves just...got me thinking.

-Got me thinking.

-We've talked about you thinking before, haven't we?

I know, I said I won't do it again. I won't do it again. Thanks.

Now, listen, we're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at the scores. 2 is the best score of that pass.

Catherine, all I want to say is very, very well done indeed.

Then up to 5 where we find Erin and Dave, ditto, very strong there.

Then up to 36 where we find Dean and Ryan, little bit ahead of the pack

there but not to worry because John and Tony are right up there

on 100.

So, Tony, yes, we need a very low scoring station from you, otherwise

I'm afraid we'll be saying goodbye to you at the end of the round

but we're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players, please, take their places at the podium?

OK, Ryan, remember we are looking for railway stations

that have the word "street" in their names.

Welcome to Pointless, Ryan. What do you do?

-I work in film and video production.

-Now, that sounds fun.

-Yes, it can be.

-Do you work on features or?

No, mostly corporate videos, the odd music video here and there.

What's the most exciting one you've done?

Erm, I did one for this kind of psychedelic rock band

that was quite interesting. It was, yeah, they were pretty crazy.

What were they called?

They're called The Beautiful Sleazy.

-The Beautiful Sleazy.

-Yeah, so it's all in the name really, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah, I like that. OK, well, there we are,

we need stations with the word "street" in them, Ryan.

OK, erm, I'm going to go with Fenchurch Street.

Fenchurch Street. OK, let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Fenchurch Street.

There's your red line, get below that, you're in Round Two.

Very well done, Ryan.

26.

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Our third worst score so far takes your total up to 62.

Yeah, very safe and sound there on that last podium.

Fenchurch Street is the only London terminus not to

be on the underground. We've talked before about Fenchurch Street,

-about whether it actually exists, haven't we?

-I've never seen it.

There's no evidence for it.

We've never met anyone who's ever been there or seen it.

You can catch trains from there but to nowhere.

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-Seriously?

-Yeah.

-You're kidding me.

-Yeah, and they leave every 30 weeks.

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-It does exist, I think. It does exist.

-Surely it must do.

There's no such street as Fenchurch though, did you know that?

Fenchurch Street, the actual street, the thoroughfare.

-Is there not?

-I've made that up. I've no idea.

Tony, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do, Tony?

-I'm retired.

-You're retired. Now, what fills your time?

Erm, well, just life actually, because I'm very lucky

because in October 2010 I had a double lung transplant.

-Wow.

-And had it not been for that I wouldn't be here today, so...

I've never met a lung transplant patient before, that's fantastic.

Well done to your team, the team who did that.

It's quite miraculous really, but I was in and out in 17 days.

-No, really?

-Yep.

-Back on your feet after 17 days, not quite, surely?

-Oh, yeah.

-Really?

John's going to have a brain transplant after this.

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Good stuff, well, well said, Tony.

There you are on 100. The high scorers at the moment, but who knows?

Maybe all the street stations everyone thinks of initially

are beginning to run out.

So, anything could happen in the next two answers.

As long as we have a low score from you, Tony.

You might be in with a chance. When I say low scores, I mean under 5.

Yeah. Well, I don't think mine's going to score under 5 actually.

So, I'm going to have to play absolutely safe

and say Lime Street, Liverpool.

Lime Street, Liverpool.

No red line for you, Tony, as you are high scorers.

But let's see how many of our 100 people said Lime Street, Liverpool.

It's right.

29.

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129 is your total, Tony.

Yeah, well played, Tony. Not a lot you could have done there.

There's been a station on that site since 1836. Liverpool Lime Street.

-Long time.

-That's a long time.

Right, now, Dave.

I have good news for you. You are through to the next round.

Whatever happens, you won't overtake the high score of Tony and John.

However, I reckon you've got a good answer but before you give it,

Dave, remind us what you do.

I'm a calibration engineer in the aerospace industry.

A precision engineer up in Coventry. And what are your hobbies?

You have very sporting hobbies.

Yeah, I play a little bit of golf and I play short mat bowls

-and crown green bowls.

-Dave, what's your answer going to be?

Well, fortunately we are already through

so, mine's a little bit of a guess. But I'm going King Street, Cardiff.

King Street, Cardiff. Is that a complete guess?

-You haven't made it up, have you? No.

-I have.

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-Have you really?

OK. King Street, Cardiff, says Dave.

There's no red line for you as you're through already.

But let's see for fun, if King Street, Cardiff, exists.

No, it doesn't. You could've fooled me though.

105 is your total, Dave.

Yeah, sorry, Dave. No King Street in Cardiff, I'm afraid.

Well, no King Street Station anyway.

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

-Thank you.

Now, you are studying veterinary medicine at Glasgow.

Of all the animals you've studied, which is your favourite?

Possibly a zebra. I think zebras are my favourite.

We've done like a little bit of wildlife medicine on my course

so far and that's why I'm doing zoology at the moment as well.

That's fun, are there zebras you can go and tend to in Glasgow?

-No, not yet.

-That's a shame.

-It's more like looking at pictures of them.

-Aw, that's nice.

I took a zebra into the self service area of a supermarket

the other day, it was carnage.

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Unexpected horse in bagging area they said.

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Kirsten, what are you going to go for? You're through already...

-I know, I'm so relieved.

-..so, a little bit of pressure off.

Erm, I feel like there is a railway station on Baker Street

so, I'm going to go for Baker Street, London.

Baker Street in London, says Kirsten.

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

how many people said it. No red line because you're already through.

I mean, there's a station there, but it clearly isn't a mainline station.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points,

takes your total up to 102.

Yeah, just a tube station, I'm afraid.

There's a couple of Glasgow stations which would

have been pointless answers though. I know that's where you live.

Let's take a look at some of the lower-scoring answers first.

I know some people,

if they live near certain stations, would have said them.

Chester-le-Street, of course, that would have scored you 4 points.

Argyle Street in Glasgow would have scored you 2.

Parson Street in Bristol would have scored you 2.

You would have got 1 point for Sole Street.

Now, there's not a Cardiff King Street

but there is a Cardiff Queen Street

and that would've scored you 1 point, would've been a terrific answer.

Turkey Street, that's London. St James Street.

Liverpool James Street would have scored you 1 point as well,

it would have been a very, very good answer.

Park Street, Clapham High Street, both of those would've scored 1

but let's take a look at the pointless answers.

Blake Street, which is Sutton Coldfield,

that would have been a pointless answer.

Duke Street, which is Glasgow, as is High Street,

both of those are pointless answers.

-Golf Street, do you know where Golf Street is?

-No.

Carnoustie. It's nice, it's the name of the station in Carnoustie.

You could have had...

Ham Street in Kent.

You could have had Paisley Gilmour Street, that's in Paisley.

Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch in London, that's a pointless answer.

Smethwick Rolfe Street, that's in Smethwick.

Watford High Street, that's in Watford

and Worcester Foregate Street, that's in Worcester.

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

I'm afraid the pair heading home with their high score of 129 are

-Tony and John. Oh, Marylebone Street.

-Never mind.

-Oh, never mind.

Never mind. Well, listen, John and Tony. We'll see you again next time,

we'll look forward to that very much indeed. Meantime,

thanks very much for playing, Tony and John. Great contestants.

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

So, now only three pairs remain.

Obviously at the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to

another pair. Ryan and Dean, very well done.

Yours was the lowest combined score, that was fantastic.

Kirsten and Catherine, in the middle there on 102.

And Erin and Dave, not bad, 105, just ahead of them there.

So, yes, brilliant answer from you, Catherine. Lovely low score of 2.

Kirsten, in your Pointless career so far

you've only given two answers and so far you have scored 200 points.

So, yes, time to pull your socks up, Kirsten. Catherine's doing

all the hard work here. Very, very best of luck in this next round.

Our category for Round Two 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...

Disney films. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you the plots to six Disney

or Disney Pixar films, we need you to tell us the name of the film, please.

There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at,

12 in all to guess at home so, very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

We are looking for the titles of the films described by these clues

and here's our first board of six. We have...

I'll read those one last time.

So, Catherine. There we are. Six Disney plots.

OK. I think I know a few of them.

So, I'm trying to work out

which will be the lowest.

I'm going to go for the bottom one

and say Lilo & Stitch.

Lilo & Stitch says Catherine.

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

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

It's right.

29.

Not bad.

Good start, yeah. Nominated for best animated feature,

didn't win it though. It was originally, one especially,

one of their very quick turn around, very low cost animations for Disney.

-But it's had a TV series, sequels, all sorts of things.

-Mm.

Very successful.

-Thanks very much. Now, Erin.

-Yes.

-Is this good for you?

-No.

-Oh, really?

-Film isn't good.

-Do you know what...

-I had to make up an...

This is the sort of thing people actually ask for the whole...

-They think, "Oh, I really would love Disney films."

-Yeah, do Disney.

-No, not films.

-They would always say to me

"Can we do Disney? Can we do train stations with "street" in the title?"

-They say to me all the time.

-Yeah.

And I don't think Dave's that keen on film either so...

-Certainly not.

-..we might struggle here.

-OK.

-Erm.

I think I know two of them,

and they're going to be

the highest two.

So I'm just going to have to go for

the cowboy doll which is Toy Story.

OK, Toy Story, says Erin.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Wheee! 87.

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-87 for Toy Story.

-That is a lot, isn't it? Goodness me.

And it's interesting, that's another one. Toy Story 2.

Huge hit. That was originally supposed to be

a straight-to-DVD thing

that they were going to do before they thought... Yeah.

Isn't that weird?

Thanks very much. Now, Ryan, you're the last person to have this board.

This is perfect for you, isn't it, Ryan?

Er... Yeah, kind of.

Do you want to talk us through the board,

fill in all the blanks for us?

I'm not sure about the top one.

It looks... I know of it but I don't know what the name of it is.

Erm, courageous chicken,

I'm guessing is Chicken Run.

The fairy casting a spell I guess is Sleeping Beauty.

Erm, but I'm going to go with

the next one down, which is living puppet and say Pinocchio?

OK, Pinocchio, says Ryan.

Let's see if Pinocchio is right,

and let's see how many people said Pinocchio.

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It's another big score, isn't it?

Pinocchio won an Oscar for best song When You Wish Upon A Star.

Now, let's fit in the rest of these.

The rodent Sherlock Holmes, do you know that one?

-It's Basil, The Great Detective.

-Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Yep.

Everyone knows the name but it's hard to bring to mind, isn't it?

6 points for that.

The courageous chicken, it's not Chicken Run, it's Chicken Little.

-Chicken Little, yes!

-Yep, it was a big hit. 13 points.

-And the fairy who cast a curse upon a princess?

-Sleeping Beauty.

It is indeed. Yes. That would have scored 40 points.

Surprisingly low, actually.

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

Let's take a look at those scores. As they stand,

29, the best score of that pass

by quite a margin, Catherine, so very well done.

Kirsten, Catherine once again setting you up quite well.

Try and keep up the good work when it comes to your turn.

Then up to 67 where we find Ryan and Dean, 87 Erin and Dave.

Now, Erin said, Dave, that this isn't a good category for you.

She was right.

Well, let's hope the next board is full of Dave-compatible films.

And you'll be able to find a nice low-scoring one there.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

I'll read those all one final time.

Now, we are looking for

the Disney film, Dean,

that each of these describes

and you're going to try and find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I'm going to go for the two mice

search for a kidnapped girl.

I think it's The Rescuers.

The Rescuers, says Dean.

Well, the high scorers are Dave and Erin on 87.

You're on 67, so 19 or less sees you through.

There's your red line, let's see how many people said The Rescuers.

It's right.

Oh, very well done indeed!

12 for The Rescuers!

Good answer. 79 is your total, Dean.

Very good work, Dean. Very well played.

Best answer of the round so far.

Thanks, Richard.

Now, Dave.

Not good, not good.

But I'm going to have a stab

at the second one down,

a litter of puppies

abducted by Cruella De Vil.

I think that's 1,001 Dalmatians.

1,001 Dalmatians.

OK, well, you are the high scorers at the moment,

so no red line for you.

Let's see how many people said 1,001 Dalmatians.

HE WHISPERS

-Bad luck, Dave. I think you know your mistake there.

-Yep.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total up to 187.

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

Thanks, Richard. Now, Kirsten.

You're through to the head-to-head.

This is great news. I think you'll know most of these, won't you?

Do you want to talk us through the board and fill in the blanks?

I think I know all of them. My heart just broke for you there

because I think it is 101 Dalmatians, the second one down.

Erm, I think the top one's Dumbo. The timid clownfish is Finding Nemo.

The African big cats is the Lion King

and I think the bottom one is the Aristocats.

Erm, so, it doesn't really matter.

I think I'm just going to go for the Aristocats.

The Aristocats you're going to say. OK, no red lines, you're already through.

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

It's right.

22, well done!

51, your total.

Very well played, Kirsten. Off the mark at last.

Very good news. Let's take a look through the rest of these.

Yes, it is of course 101 Dalmatians,

would have scored you 55 points.

101 Dalmatians, 6.5 million spots on their backs, apparently.

And 1.2 million pencils used in animating that film.

A young elephant is assisted by...

In fact Kirsten's taken us through all of these very well,

that is Dumbo, would have scored you 80 points.

The clownfish is Finding Nemo.

I thought it would score more than this. It only scored 65 points.

And the power struggle amongst African big cats is The Lion King.

A few more points for that, 71.

So, The Rescuers being the best answer on the board, well played.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, I'm afraid the pair heading home

with the high score of 187 are Dave and Erin. I'm sorry.

-Not a good category for you.

-No, films, not great.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

-I'm so sorry. Cricket didn't even come up, Erin.

-I know.

I'm sorry.

Anyway, it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, Dave and Erin.

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

Congratulations, Ryan and Dean, Kirsten and Catherine,

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

for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

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 big difference being that you are now allowed to confer.

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

Well, Ryan and Dean, what an exemplary performance.

Your first appearance on Pointless,

straight through to the head-to-head as our lowest-scoring pair,

our golden couple. So very, very well done.

And Kirsten and Catherine, you made it! Kirsten, the Aristocats, yaaay!

There we are, you broke your duck, so to speak.

But you can all put your heads together now,

so who knows what might happen? I think it's going to be exciting.

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

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

-Ancient Greeks, Richard.

-We're going to give you five clues now,

five descriptions of famous figures from Ancient Greece.

Can you tell us who those figures are, please?

Thanks very much, indeed.

OK, let's reveal our five Ancient Greeks, and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Ryan and Dean, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you will go first.

(Do you know who wrote Antigone?)

THEY CONFER

-(Iliad, isn't it?

-I think so.

(Play safe and go for that.)

Dean.

Well, we're kind of um-ing and ahh-ing but we're going to play

fairly safe and go with one that I think we're confident we know.

That's the author of the Iliad and The Odyssey

which we think is Homer.

Homer, say Ryan and Dean.

Now, Kirsten and Catherine, do you want to talk us

-through the rest of the board?

-We wish we could.

We think the mathematician might be Pythagoras,

-but we're not sure, so we think we should play it safe.

-Yeah?

-And go for the philosopher, which is Plato.

-Plato.

So we have Homer and we have Plato.

Ryan and Dean went for Homer.

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

let's see how many people said Homer.

46.

46 for Homer. Kirsten and Catherine have gone for Plato.

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

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

It's right.

It has to beat 46, which it does!

Down it goes to 14, very well done indeed.

Kirsten and Catherine, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Kirsten and Catherine, let's take a look through the rest of this board.

Do you know the playwright who wrote Frogs?

-Yes, it's Aristophanes I think.

-Aristophanes, yes, very well done.

It's a low score as well.

That would have scored you 4 points,

which would have been a terrific answer. Disney should do Frogs.

-Shouldn't they?

-That'd be good. Aristophanes' Frogs.

The mathematician is Archimedes, would have scored you 22,

and the author of Antigone?

I was going to say either Sophocles or Euripides.

-Which one are you going to go for?

-Euripides.

Oh, that's a shame, it's Sophocles.

That would've scored you 3 points.

Very good answer, well done if you got that at home.

Thank you very much indeed. So, here comes your second question.

Kirsten and Catherine, you will get to answer it first,

but Ryan and Dean, you need to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-The Smiths, Richard.

-Not the band, The Smiths, I'm afraid though.

We're just going to show you five famous people with the surname Smith.

Can you tell us the most obscure of these Smiths?

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five Smiths and here they come. We have...

OK, five famous Smiths. Kirsten and Catherine, you will go first.

We're torn between two but we can't decide which one will be lower.

-But...we're going to go for Willow Smith, E.

-OK, E, Willow Smith.

Now then, Ryan and Dean, do you fancy talking us

through all the other Smiths on that board?

We think we know all of them, don't we? Pretty much, yeah.

It's Delia Smith,

I think B is Kelly Smith,

-D is...

-Zadie Smith.

I think we're going to go with C.

Yeah, we're going to go with C.

-Arthur Smith.

-OK, you're going to say Arthur Smith.

So we have Willow Smith and Arthur Smith.

Kirsten and Catherine have gone Willow Smith. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

15, well done.

APPLAUSE

Now, Ryan and Dean have said C is Arthur Smith.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Arthur Smith.

It's right, of course.

It'll have to beat 15 for you to get the point to go

through to the.... Oh!

APPLAUSE

24.

Kirsten and Katherine, very well done.

After two questions, you are straight through to the final. 2-0.

-Well, that's great news for Arthur Smith!

-Isn't it?

It's a big score, bad news for Ryan and Dean,

but very good news for fans of Arthur Smith.

You were right about a couple of those others.

It is Zadie Smith, the author. She would have scored you 9 points.

And you were right about England's leading goal

scorer of all time, Kelly Smith.

She would have scored you even fewer points, only 6 points,

so would have won you the points. And Delia Smith there is A.

She wouldn't have won you the points. Big scorer. 73.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid it's Ryan and Dean.

Fantastic performance all the way through the show

and then you came up across Kirsten and Catherine,

an unstoppable force as it turns out in this round.

Nothing wrong with your Ancient Greek or Smith-related knowledge.

Who would have thought that Arthur Smith would be such a high score there?

-I'm delighted he is.

-Yeah, I'm pleased for Arthur.

A great man, but I'm afraid you picked the wrong one.

Well, we will see you again next time, which is the good news,

but meantime, thanks very much for playing, Ryan and Dean.

APPLAUSE

But for Kirsten and Catherine, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Kirsten and Catherine.

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

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

-Very well done indeed!

-Thank you.

You had only one blot on your copybook, and that was

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty...

No, by Kirsten there in Round One.

So out in Round One last show, this time, straight through to the final.

But not just straight through to the final, through to the final 2-0 in the head-to-head.

So very well done.

Now as always, you start this round off by choosing a category

and you have four options to choose from.

They are...

-What do you think?

-We're torn between the two in the middle.

-We've both been to New York together, so...

-Shall we go for that?

It could go in our favour, but we've been to the Tate quite a few times,

so I don't know which one to go for. New York?

-I'd say New York.

-OK.

-OK, New York it is. Richard.

OK, we're going to give you three separate options here.

We are looking for...

Any actors who appeared in more than 20 episodes of the New York sitcom Taxi.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

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

To win that jackpot of £1,000, all you need to do is find just

one pointless answer among those three.

Now remember the answers you provide can come from any of these categories.

It's entirely up to you how you spread them.

They can all come from the same one, or one from each, two from one, one from another.

Entirely up to you.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

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

Your time starts now.

Can you think of many in Manhattan?

I've never seen Manhattan.

Right, I can't think of any obscure,

it would just be erm...

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton

is all I can think of.

I've never seen Taxi either.

Erm, I can think of a couple, erm,

tracks from The Strokes album,

Someday I think is on that

album, possibly Reptilia, erm...

-Let's just go for those.

-Yeah? OK.

Can you think of someone who might

be in a Woody Allen film?

I'd say like...

Can you think of any tracks

by The Strokes, cos I'm really

struggling to picture

-what's in that album?

-Last Nite?

I think Last Nite is on it.

There's another song that I'm sure

is a time that's like 5.24,

but I mean, I could just be

plucking three random numbers.

I think it's on you for The Strokes album.

Right, OK, so Someday...

We're not going to get anything

-obscure for the...

-10 seconds left.

Someday, Last Nite, and... Reptilia?

-OK.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, go for it.

-OK, cool.

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

Erm, we're going to focus on the tracks on Is This It.

We've got Someday, Last Nite and Reptilia.

OK, three answers there, all from The Strokes' Is This It album.

Which of those is your best shot at a pointless answer here?

-I think Someday.

-Someday we'll put last.

-Which is leas likely to be pointless?

-Reptilia.

Reptilia we'll put first. OK, let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got...

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer,

the one that you thought was least likely to be pointless was Reptilia.

Now remember only one of those answers has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £1,000. Quite nice to take away.

What would you do with your share of that, Kirsten?

Erm, well we both really want to go travelling, so I think

we would probably pool it together and go away to Europe next summer.

Excellent. Good stuff, OK.

All of these answers you're submitting for being

tracks on The Strokes' album Is This It.

Reptilia, let's find out for £1,000, is it right?

How many people said it?

You thought it might be an incorrect answer. It is an incorrect answer.

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

Your second answer was Last Nite.

Now again, this has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so for £1,000, let's find out how many of our 100 people

thought Last Nite was on The Strokes' Is This It album.

It's right.

Now your first answer Reptilia was an incorrect answer

but Last Night absolutely on the money.

Down it comes through the teens

into single figures, still going down.

-6.

-APPLAUSE

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Now that's probably the best known track from that album,

I'd have thought.

We now move on to slightly more solid ground here with Someday.

This is your last shot.

Everything is riding on Someday to see

if you are going to win this jackpot of £1,000.

Now, Kirsten, this has been your moment.

Katherine was doing quite a lot of the heavy lifting earlier on,

this is now your time to shine. Someday.

If this is correct, and it is pointless,

you leave here with £1,000. So let's hear how many of our 100 people said Someday

was on The Strokes' album Is This It.

It's right.

Your first answer Reptilia was incorrect,

your second answer Last Nite took you down to 6.

Someday taking us down into single figures past the 6,

down it goes, still going down.

You've done it!

APPLAUSE

That is fantastic, very well done.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

Congratulations. Now, Kirsten, you came good when it really mattered, so very well done.

Someday was a pointless answer, which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

Very well played indeed.

That's great news,

that's two shows in a row we've given away the jackpot as well.

Very, very well deserved, well played.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in all the different categories, see how you did at home.

Actors in Taxi - Carol Kane was a pointless answer.

Christopher Lloyd was a pointless answer.

Jeff Conaway, who plays Bobby and Tony Danza.

The Manhattan category.

Frances Conroy played Ruth Fisher in Six Feet Under.

Karen Allen from the Indiana Jones films.

Mariel Hemingway, she was Oscar-nominated for this film.

Tisa Farrow, Mia Farrow's sister. All of these pointless.

Well done if you said any of those.

Strokes' songs -

Alone, Together. There's Someday. Take It Or Leave It

Trying Your Luck. You also could have had Soma and Barely Legal as well.

Reptilia is from the second Strokes' album.

I know you don't care now, because you're walking away with the money.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Kirsten and Catherine,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.