Episode 22 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the game show where you're always aiming for the lowest score.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

I'm Mark and this is the youngest of my three children, Nay,

and we're from Dorset.

Couple number two.

I'm Kate, and this is my friend Carrie, and we live in Essex.

Couple number three.

Hi, my name's Gina, this is my daughter Francesca,

and we're from Solihull.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi, there. I'm Robbie, this is my housemate Jamie,

and we're from the University of Leeds.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much to 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.

Like a dicky thermostat, he's on 24-7.

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

-Hiya.

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Hello, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Of course, Dicky Thermostat is my stage name.

-It is, yeah.

-How are you today?

-I'm very well.

-That's good.

A cracking show last time, a cracking jackpot win as well

from Rob and Kirsten, they were brilliant throughout.

They really were terrific and walked away with the money as well.

Only got one pair returning from that, that's Jamie and Robbie.

Slightly a different story for you two on the last show.

-Knocked out in the first round.

-Yeah.

-200 points.

I'd say it was an inglorious exit.

You know that the 400 Club is a very, very exclusive group.

So just make sure you don't join it, OK?

I know those 400 Club parties are fun.

Oh, they're amazing. When people can remember to turn up,

they are amazing. LAUGHTER

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Well, as you'll have gathered, Rob and Kirsten won the jackpot

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

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

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All you have to remember is that the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That's it, the only rule you need to remember.

Our first category for today is...

Authors.

Authors. 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...

dystopian novels.

-Dystopian novels. Richard.

-I know, get us, eh?

-Yeah!

-Going all fancy all of a sudden, aren't we?

-Yeah!

It's normally Spice Girls singles or something!

LAUGHTER

On each board, we're going to show you seven novels or novellas,

dystopian novels or novellas, you just have to tell us who wrote them all, please.

So it's going to be 14 authors to guess at home. Very best of luck.

OK, so who are the authors of these seven dystopian novels or novellas?

And here they are.

I'll read those all again.

Nay, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Nay?

-I work at the University of Southampton.

And what sort of things do you do there?

I work in the student office for geography,

so I just do student liaison exams, assessments...

-So, you do a little bit of administration in the faculty itself?

-Yeah.

I see. And what's Nay short for?

-Naomi.

-Naomi, excellent.

Now, what about our dystopian novels?

-I had a bit of a panic, but, thank goodness...

-It's not so bad!

It's not so bad!

I did Lord Of The Flies for GCSE, so William Golding.

Right, William Golding says Nay.

Well, let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many

of our 100 people similarly said William Golding.

Not bad, look at that. 16, Nay,

good start to the round, good start to the show.

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-William Golding.

Good start, Nay, very well played.

As you say, did it at GCSE, everyone has done it, haven't they?

Which essentially means that 84 people have forgotten who wrote it,

cos we know we all knew it at some point.

If anyone's worried about what dystopia actually means,

it's just another name for heartburn.

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That's right, isn't it?

No, dystopia is, like, a bleak, imagined future is a dystopia,

so these are all novels which feature that sort of thing.

Thanks very much indeed. Carrie.

Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here. What do you do, Carrie?

I work part-time in a hospice.

Good for you. And what otherwise occupies you?

Er, I breed sheep.

-Y-You... Stop there for a second!

-OK.

-You breed sheep?

-Yes.

-What sort of sheep?

Hebridean, which are, sort of, nearly black.

What's the best thing about Hebridean?

-Is it the wool, is it the...?

-They're very easy to look after,

so they have their lambs on their own and you really don't have

to look after them at all, so they're perfect.

They just keep the grass down, so they're perfect.

-There are farmers watching now, spitting.

-Yes.

-"Lamb on their own, do they?"

-When people say they breed animals,

I always think it's a bit unfair. The animals are doing some of the work themselves, aren't they?

LAUGHTER To be fair!

-You basically just keep them.

-Yeah.

You keep them, you leave them well alone,

-and oh! Suddenly every year there are a few more.

-Yes.

-OK.

That's essentially saying like my local pub breeds humans.

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Carrie, what are you going to go for on this board?

Well, I think I do know quite a few of them,

but I think I'm going to go for...

A Clockwork Orange and Anthony Burgess.

Anthony Burgess says Carrie for A Clockwork Orange. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Anthony Burgess.

It's a good answer, look at that.

-Anthony Burgess down to 6.

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That's a great answer, Carrie. Very well done indeed.

Well done.

Very good answer, well played.

And again, you know, these dystopian novels,

they bleakly imagine the future and all that kind of stuff,

but a lot of the stuff in A Clockwork Orange hasn't come true,

and it directly led to the Chocolate Orange.

LAUGHTER

So sometimes there are happy, unintended consequences.

Oh, silver linings there.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Gina, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello, there.

-Great to have you here, Gina.

What do you do?

I work for the Office for National Statistics,

and I interview passengers at Birmingham Airport.

-You stop them as they're walking through?

-I stop them, yeah.

-As they...

-HE CLICKS

-Can I just...?

-Yeah, we click them through, and every tenth one, we interview.

You wouldn't just do us a favour? Next time you stop someone...

I can see, this is going to work perfectly,

just give them 100 seconds or so to name as many states that

don't contain the letter I or something like that.

-Yeah, that would be good.

-That would be brilliant. Thank you.

Erm, OK, now, Gina, what are you going to go for?

Well, this isn't a good round for me,

but I'm going to have a stab at one of them, but I'm not sure.

It's Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell?

George Orwell says Gina for Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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

It's right.

53. It's a big score,

but it's right. It's a lot better than 100.

Yeah, well played, Gina.

As you say, an awful lot better than 100, isn't it?

-Thanks very much indeed. Now, Robbie, welcome back.

-Hi.

-Now, you had a shocker last time.

-Yes. A real shocker.

We were looking for monarchs between Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II.

Jamie had given us Edward VI.

We were told it was a bit too early.

You gave us Edward V.

-Well...

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No, I know what you meant. You meant to say George V.

-I did, yeah.

-Of course you did.

Now, Robbie, tell us about yourself.

I'm from the University of Leeds.

-I do student radio and I also write for a music magazine.

-Excellent.

Do you remember what you study there?

-I study English and philosophy.

-There we go, English and philosophy.

-Yeah.

-So, let's just discard the philosophy for a second or two.

Let's focus on that English. How's the board behind me?

Well, I knew three.

They were Lord Of The Flies, Nineteen Eighty-Four,

and A Clockwork Orange.

So they've gone.

-OK.

-I think I could take a punt at one more,

but I think I only know his surname.

Is that a problem?

Yes. LAUGHTER

You could put "the seventh" after it, if that would help.

Er, going to go for Never Let Me Go,

and I think his surname is Ishiguro,

..and...I think his first name begins with K,

so I'm going to go for...

I don't even know.

Kamize Ishiguro, perhaps.

Kamize Ishiguro says Robbie.

Kamize Ishiguro.

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

Oh, I'm sorry, Robbie.

That's really tough, but I'm afraid it is incorrect.

-That scores you 100 points. Sorry, Robbie.

-Really unlucky, Robbie.

You're so close. It's Kazuo Ishiguro,

I'm afraid, and...it was a pointless answer as well.

AUDIENCE MOANS

Oh, no. That's an honourable 100 though, isn't it?

I mean, it really is, yeah.

Although you are three quarters of the way to the 400 Club!

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Those parties are brilliant, I'll tell you now.

Let's look through the rest of these.

The Day Of The Triffids is John Wyndham.

That would have scored you 22. The Road is Cormac McCarthy.

That would have scored you 1, a terrific answer.

Do you know who wrote The Running Man?

-A very famous author, not one of his most famous books.

-Oh, no, I do, yes. Stephen King.

Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman.

It would have scored you 4 points.

Very well done if you got quite a few on that board. There's four of those under 10.

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

6, the best score of that pass.

Well done, Carrie, it puts you and Kate at the top of the table,

then up to 16 where we find Nay and Mark, and then up to 53,

Gina and Francesca, and then up to 100 where we find Robbie and Jamie.

That is so, so unlucky.

Jamie, it's not over yet.

Don't worry, you get the first dibs on the next board.

Find a nice low-scoring answer there

and who knows what will happen later on. Best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, we're going to put seven more dystopian novels on the board,

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

I'll read those all again.

Jamie, welcome back. Tell us what you do, Jamie.

Erm, I'm a student at Leeds as well and I study politics.

And in your spare time, Jamie, what do you get up to?

Erm, I also write for a music magazine,

and play a bit of golf and football as well.

OK, now, Jamie, you know what you have to do here.

Yeah. Erm...

This is definitely not my, erm...special subject,

but, erm...I'm going to go for The Time Machine,

and I think it's, erm...

HG Wells.

HG Wells says Jamie. HG Wells for The Time Machine.

No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers.

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

It's a good answer, Jamie. Well done.

HG Wells, absolutely on the money.

-42.

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-142, your total.

-Well done, Jamie. That's a relief, isn't it?

And you might just have kept yourself in the round,

still a little chance there. Well played.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Francesca, welcome.

Great to have you here. Francesca, what do you do?

Erm, I'm a student at sixth form.

And do you know what you're going to do when you finish your A-levels?

Erm, hopefully get into university if I do OK.

-What do you want to study?

-Maths and economics, hopefully.

OK, and what do you like getting up to when you're not working?

I have a part-time job at a pub, which is fun.

-That sounds fun.

-I also play the drums.

-Now, that's fun.

-Yeah, I know.

-How long have you done that for?

Er, about three, four years. Not that long.

Do you use any ear protection?

-No!

-Cos I used to play the drums and I am now stone deaf.

So, yeah, headphones.

Gina, make sure she puts... Just put little things in your ears.

-OK.

-Very important.

OK, now, Francesca,

what are you going to go for? You have to score 88 or less.

Well...

I don't know any of them.

I only know The Hunger Games cos it's a film,

so I'm going to have to make up a name, so...

You couldn't set that to music

-and make it sound sweeter to Jamie and Robbie over there.

-Yeah!

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-Er, so...

The Hunger Games, I'm going to say Stephanie...Smith?

Oh, no, Jamie and Robbie were so excited there,

thinking maybe you were going to get it wrong.

You've gone for Stephanie Smith.

-I don't know where that came from, but...

-I know.

There's your red line. If you get below that with Stephanie Smith,

you're in the next round. Let's see how many people said Stephanie Smith.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, Francesca, an incorrect answer there,

scoring you 100 points, taking your total up to 153.

Er, yeah, sorry, I needed Stephanie Smith the Seventh, I'm afraid.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-Kate. Here from Essex.

-Yes.

What do you do up in Essex, what keeps you busy up there?

I breed rare-breed pigs, and...

-Now, yeah, yeah, yeah!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Shall I stop there?

You keep pigs, and, magically, there seem to be more

-and more each year?

-Yeah, yeah, I do.

-Erm, do you eat them?

I think I shouldn't answer that, as this is telly, maybe. I don't know.

-OK.

-Yeah, I do, yeah, I do.

-LAUGHTER

-That's OK!

-Yeah, I do.

-That's fine.

-Yep.

-And they're delicious.

And they're very sweet when they're alive.

Yeah, they're very sweet when they're small,

but when they get bigger, they're not so sweet.

-They do...make a mess, don't they, of course?

-Yeah, they do. Yeah.

You're saying that they're sweet when they're alive,

and they're savoury when they're not alive? LAUGHTER

-That's the gist of it.

-Yeah, I hear you.

-Mm.

Erm, so then, Kate, you're through to the next round.

This is good news.

What are you going to go for on that board?

Well, I'm really deliberating

cos there are two I think I know

but I'm going to live on the edge

and I'm going to go for

The Handmaid's Tale which I think is Margaret Atwood.

Margaret Atwood, says Kate, for The Handmaid's Tale.

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

No red line for you because you're already through.

It's absolutely right.

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-Two.

Two for The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood.

Takes your total up to 8, the lowest total of the round.

-Very well done, indeed, Kate.

-Great answer, Kate.

Very impressive stuff from podium two, there.

-What an amazing author Margaret Atwood is.

-Yeah.

-Genuinely.

Just things in such different genres, all of which are amazing.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Mark, welcome.

What do you do, Mark?

I'm a managing director of a software IT company.

We've got offices in Bristol

and two amazing teams in Moldova and Romania.

Very good. So, what do you do in your spare time, Mark?

Well, we've currently got a bit of a Grand Designs going on,

at the moment, down in the South of France.

I've got a team down there at the minute building a brand-new,

highly-spec'd, Gascon farmhouse.

Would Kevin McCloud like it, do you think?

I think he'd approve, actually.

Excellent.

Now, Mark, strictly speaking, it doesn't matter what you go for.

I just think it's amazing

cos I don't even know any those books, never heard any of them.

So, what I'm going to do is just pump for an author

that I know was even alive at the time that the book was written.

-So, I'll go for the 1953 one.

-Yeah?

Fahrenheit 451 and I'll say Nevil Shute.

-Nevil Shute.

-I think he was alive at that time.

-Nevil Chute, says Mark.

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

let's see how many people said Nevil Shute.

No red line, you're already through.

Nope, not Nevil Shute,

I'm afraid, Mark. Takes your total up to 116.

Yeah, worth a punt, though. Let's go through the whole of the board.

The Hunger Games is Suzanne Collins.

Would have scored you 6. Do you know Fahrenheit 451?

-Ray Bradbury.

-Ray Bradbury, yes.

The burning point of paper, isn't it? Would have scored you 8 points.

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, that's the book that

Blade Runner is based on and it's by the sci-fi writer Philip K Dick.

Would have scored you 2.

The Children Of Men, someone else who could write in different genres,

PD James.

-There you are.

-1 point for that. And Brave New World...

-This is Aldous Huxley.

-Aldous Huxley, yep.

Would have scored 33. So the best answer up there is PD James.

Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our first round the pair who are heading home

with their high score of 153, I'm sorry to say,

Francesca and Gina, it is you.

We'll see you again next time. Look forward to that

very much indeed and I'm sure we'll see much more of you.

But thanks for playing in the meantime. Francesca and Gina.

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

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OK, so, now we're down to three pairs.

Obviously, at the end of this round we say goodbye to another pair.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Music videos. 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...

OK. The 100 Greatest Videos list from the NME. Richard.

Yes, this was from July 2011, the NME published a list of the 100

greatest music videos of all time.

We need any artist who had any video on that list, please.

Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

So, Mark, we come to you first.

I'm going to go back cos I can remember in the early days,

when videos first came out, there was somebody called Adam Ant

who may not be on the greatest, but he certainly made a load of videos.

OK, you're going to say Adam Ant. OK, let's see if Adam Ant is right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Adam Ant.

Bad luck, Mark.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Mark. You do remember those videos, right?

LAUGHTER

Just wondering if they would quite

make anyone's list of the 100 greatest.

That's true. Kate?

Kate, what are you going to go for?

Um...

This is a really bad category for me. I'm just going to go for...

..the first person who just popped into my head which was

-Robbie Williams.

-Robbie Williams, says Kate.

Let's see if that's right.

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

NME are the letters that are standing out to me there.

Yes, Robbie Williams, I'm afraid, another incorrect answer,

scores you 100 points.

-Yeah, these sort of rounds always go well, don't they?

-Yes, don't they?

-No Robbie Williams on the list, I'm afraid.

-Now, then. Robbie.

Yeah, um... I really ought to know a few.

I've got a few names in my head.

And I think I'm going to plump for Muse.

Muse, says Robbie. Let's see if Muse is right.

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

It's right. There we are.

That's a pointless answer! Very, very well done indeed, Robbie.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

That adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking it up to £1,250.

Scores you nothing.

It wipes the slate clean of all previous errors.

I'm not going to get my invitation any more to the club.

-Well, you might be able to come and speak to the club.

-LAUGHTER

-Very well done, Robbie. Great answer.

-I wouldn't come and speak to the club.

They're quite fidgety, I have to say. We owed you a pointless answer, so very well played.

Number 27 on the list with the video for Knights of Cydonia.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Only two of them between the three teams.

Robbie and Jamie on nothing.

Then we go to the other extreme - 100,

where we kind Kate and Carrie and Mark and Nay.

So, yes, Carrie and Nay, it's between the pair of you.

Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Now, Jamie...

The gauntlet has been thrown down by Robbie, who got a pointless answer.

-Do you think you can get a pointless answer?

-Um...

-Come on.

I'm not sure I've got a pointless answer and I'm debating

whether or not to take a risk or to just kind of play it safe.

And I'm going to say Janet Jackson.

LAUGHTER

Beloved by the NME. Let's see. OK. Janet Jackson. Here's your red line.

Let's see how good a stab that was.

If you get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

Sorry. That's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Your total is 100 points.

That's the definition of swings and roundabouts on that last podium.

-Janet Jackson not on the NME's list, I'm afraid.

-No.

-No.

-Not so much.

-Now, Carrie, we're learning about the NME here, aren't we?

-Yes.

-OK.

-The NME within.

-I'm trying to think of something they would like.

So I'm going back a bit and I'm going to say Peter Gabriel.

Peter Gabriel. Peter Gabriel, says Carrie.

You're all joint high scorers at this point on 100,

so no red line for you. Let's see how many people said Peter Gabriel, if it's right.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, Carrie.

13.

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113 is your total.

Well played, Carrie. Nicely chosen. Always made very good videos, Peter Gabriel.

Funnily enough, not for Sledgehammer on this list, but for Shock the Monkey.

-Ah.

-Yep.

-There you go.

Which is how you breed monkeys, of course.

LAUGHTER

Thank you. Now, Nay.

Nay, you have to score 12 or less, just so you know. 12 or less.

I was hoping they got 200, so I could have gone with Queen,

safe option. But I'll have to risk it with Green Day.

Green Day. Green Day. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line with Green Day,

you are in the head-to-head round.

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

I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

I thought that was going to go all the way down,

but that scored you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, not on the list, I'm afraid. All sorts of bands that would have seen you through.

You could have said Nirvana for 7, Blur for 5, Lady Gaga for 4,

Radiohead for 3, Eminem for 2, Daft Punk for 2.

Lots of answers there. There's loads of pointless answers,

so well done at home if you got any of these.

Let's take a look at the first few.

You could have had Bonnie Tyler, funnily enough, Chris Isaak,

Eurythmics, some of the more mainstream names on the list there.

You could have had Hot Chip, Human League or Metallica.

Pulp, Sigur Ros, you could have had the Verve.

You could have had Arcade Fire, the Beastie Boys,

always made brilliant videos. You could have had

Flaming Lips, Jane's Addiction, Missy Elliott, My Chemical Romance,

Nine Inch Nails, Chemical Brothers, the Cure, the Streets,

the Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Weezer. All of those were pointless.

So, there was money to be made in this round.

Let's take a look at the top three now.

Madonna with 18,

Queen with 24 - wouldn't have seen you through,

so you had to take a risk,

and Michael Jackson with 31.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end of round two, the pair heading home

with their high score of 200, I'm afraid, it's Nay and Mark.

You might have said any of those, mightn't you?

-Pretty much everything else in my music library, yeah.

-I'm sorry.

Well, we'll see you again next time.

Thanks very much for playing, Nay and Mark.

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But for Jamie and Robbie, and Carrie and Kate,

-it's now time for our head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Carrie and Kate, Jamie and Robbie.

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

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.

Well, very well done, Carrie and Kate. Straight in.

Your first appearance on Pointless and there you are,

our low-scoring pair. And Jamie and Robbie, we made it.

We made it. You can put your heads together now though,

so I think this is going to be close.

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

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

-THEY GIGGLE

-Champions League penalty scorers.

A bit of a problem, Carrie and Kate?

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures of people

who scored in the penalty shoot-out between Manchester United and Chelsea

in the Champions League final. Can you tell us who they are, please?

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

We have got...

OK, there we are. Five penalty scorers.

Now, Carrie and Kate, you're our low scorers so far,

so you will go first.

Oh, this is such a good round for us(!)

Luckily, we do recognise two and they're probably both

very high scoring, so let's go for D, Ashley Cole.

OK, D, Ashley Cole.

There we are. D, Ashley Cole. Jamie and Robbie.

Um... We're going to go for E, Michael Ballack.

E, Michael Ballack, say Jamie and Robbie.

OK, so we have Ashley Cole versus Michael Ballack.

Carrie and Kate said Ashley Cole for D.

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

It's right.

-45.

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45 for Ashley Cole.

Now, Jamie and Robbie, meanwhile, have said Michael Ballack for E.

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

It's right.

And it beats Ashley Cole.

Very well done indeed. Down it goes to 12.

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Good answer, Jamie and Robbie.

You've nicked it.

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

-Well played, Jamie and Robbie.

Let's take a look at the others in reverse order, I think.

You knew Ryan Giggs.

You went for the right one cos Ryan Giggs would have scored you 64.

-The second one, do you know that one, gents?

-Yeah, Nani.

That is Nani. Slightly better scorer than Ballack.

Would have only scored you ten points.

-Do you know A though?

-Is it Juliano Belletti?

If you'd said it, would have been a pointless answer.

Yeah, very well done.

How many almost pointless answers are you guys going to get?!

-Hopefully, we'll save them for the end, if we get there.

-Pull them out.

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

Carrie and Kate, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

so best of luck. It concerns...

-Great Britons, Richard.

-Going to show you five anagrams now of people

who finished in the top ten of the 100 Greatest Britons list.

-Can you tell us who they are, please?

-OK, thank you.

Let's reveal our five anagrams and here they come..

I'll read those all one last time.

OK. Jamie and Robbie, you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

So, we think we've got three.

We're going for the bottom one and we think it's Oliver Cromwell.

OK, you're going to go for Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell.

Now, Carrie and Kate, over to you.

Do you want to talk us through the board?

Well, the top one, we think, is Winston Churchill.

And the second up, I think, is William Shakespeare.

But I think we'll go for the middle one,

-the Scrawlier Hand, Charles Darwin.

-Charles Darwin, say Carrie and Kate.

Charles Darwin. So we have Oliver Cromwell, we have Charles Darwin.

Oliver Cromwell, say Jamie and Robbie.

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

Oliver Cromwell, absolutely right, of course.

It's a good score.

Look at that. 15. Well done.

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-15.

Meanwhile, Carrie and Kate have said

Charles Darwin for the one in the middle.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Charles Darwin.

It's right.

-And it wins you the point. Very well done. 3 for Charles Darwin!

-APPLAUSE

You're back in the game, Carrie and Kate.

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

-Well played, Carrie and Kate.

It's the best answer on the board. Very nicely played.

You were right about Winston Churchill,

but he would have scored you 29.

You were right about William Shakespeare

and he would have scored you 20.

Do you know that last one, Aconite Swan?

Any ideas?

-It's Isaac Newton.

-Oh!

Yes, exactly. 4 points for that.

Thank you very much indeed. Well, here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

-The Who, Richard.

-Five clues now to the rock band The Who.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

OK, let's reveal our five Who clues and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Now, Carrie and Kate, you will go first.

Mm, goodness. Right. OK.

Well, um... We know three.

Maybe we should go for the top one.

OK, I think we're going to go for the top one, which is Quadrophenia.

Quadrophenia, say Carrie and Kate.

Now, Jamie and Robbie, talk us through that board, if you can.

Um... OK, so...

We're not really sure about...many of these.

No idea about their first UK chart hit.

The guitarist is Keith Moon, I think.

But we're going to go for UK city that features in the title of their

1970 live album and we're going to go for...our hometown Leeds.

Leeds. You're going to go for Leeds.

So, we have Quadrophenia and we have Leeds.

Carrie and Kate said Quadrophenia for the top one.

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

It's right.

-24 for Quadrophenia.

-APPLAUSE

Now, Jamie and Robbie have gone for Leeds,

the UK city that features in the title of their 1970 live album.

Let's see if that's right, Leeds,

and if it is, how many people said it.

It is right.

And you win the point. Look at that.

Very well done indeed. 13.

APPLAUSE

13 for Leeds, which means, Jamie and Robbie, after three questions,

-you're through to the final 2-1.

-Well played, gents.

-Was that some local knowledge coming into play there?

-Yeah.

They tell you on the open day. This is the canteen, The Who played here.

Exactly right. Often called one of the greatest live albums ever made,

The Who Live At Leeds. A terrific album. Very well played.

Their first ever chart hit as The Who was I Can't Explain.

1 point, so very well done if you said that at home.

Keith Moon is the drummer. The guitarist is Pete Townshend.

Would have scored you 25.

And voted by Rolling Stone readers the greatest bassist of all time...

-Roger.

-John.

Oh...!

LAUGHTER

Would have scored you 16.

Roger Entwistle was voted the third best bassist of all time. LAUGHTER

-John's brother. Ran in the family.

-Yeah.

-Someone at home will be...

If you are Roger Entwistle, please just tweet one of us

and let us know you're around.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, it's Carrie and Kate.

Haven't put a foot wrong pretty much the whole way through the show.

Nothing wrong with any of your answers here either.

But Live At Leeds beats you.

But it means we get to see you again next time,

when maybe you'll make it all the way through to the final.

I wouldn't be at all surprised. Thanks very much, meantime.

APPLAUSE

But for Jamie and Robbie, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Jamie and Robbie. You fought off all the competition

and you have 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 £1,250.

Wow! It's all changed around.

We were talking about you maybe joining the 400 club.

It hasn't happened.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?

-I think golf for Jamie.

-Yeah. That would be a good one.

Formula One and geography as well. Anything flag, country, related.

-That would be quite good.

-OK. Very best of luck.

As always, you get to choose your category from the four

we put up on the board. Let's hope there's something up there you like the look of.

Today's selection looks like this...

Contemporary comic actors?

Do you think?

Or Tyne and Wear?

-David Bowie albums?

-I don't know any.

What do you think then?

We'll have to go contemporary comic actors.

-It's the only...

-OK, we'll do that then.

OK, um... They're not...

None of them really appeal to us too much,

but we're going to go for contemporary comic actors.

Contemporary comic actors, Richard.

We've got three very big contemporary comic stars.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

up to the end of January 2014 for which Jonah Hill received

an acting credit, for which Seth Rogen received an acting credit,

or for which Michael Cera received an acting credit.

Any feature film made for cinema release up to the end of January 2014

starring any of those gentlemen, please.

Thanks very much indeed.

You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win the jackpot is for just one of the answers

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

I've got a few. 21 Jump Street is a good one.

Jonah Hill is in Wolf Of Wall Street. He's also in Moneyball.

-Which I think is a good answer.

-Yeah.

Seth Rogen has a really tiny part in Step Brothers.

-With the job interview and one of them...

-That's good.

-So Step Brothers.

-21 Jump Street and Moneyball.

-And Moneyball.

21 Jump Street's going to be quite big.

So we might be better off thinking of a different one.

-Um... Michael Cera... He's in loads of things.

-Superbad.

-I can't think of any...

-I can't either.

Jonah Hill is in...

Seth Rogen is...

He's got a really small part in Anchorman.

-He plays like a correspondent in Anchorman.

-The first...

-The first one.

-So we've got Anchorman, we've got Moneyball...

-And what was the other one?

-Ten seconds left.

Step Brothers. OK.

-You happy?

-Yes.

-Shall we stop the clock?

-Yeah.

-OK, it's stopped.

What are your three answers going to be

and if you say which category you're answering as well?

OK, so we think Seth Rogen has small parts in both Anchorman...

-Anchorman.

-Anchorman 1, the first one. And Step Brothers.

-Step Brothers.

-And then, Jonah Hill...

-Is in Moneyball.

-Yeah, which is like a serious film, so...

-Moneyball.

He's not playing anything funny, so it might be a good answer.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

-do you think?

-He's got a big part in Moneyball.

-Step Brothers might be a bit...

-Yeah.

-Step Brothers? Put that last.

-Least likely to be pointless?

-Probably Moneyball.

-Moneyball, we'll put first. OK.

Well, let's pop those answers up on the board and here they are,

in that order...

Well, good luck. Three good answers on the board.

Let's hope one of them wins that jackpot for you.

-What would you do with that? £1,250.

-I think flights...

Yeah, enjoy the summer. Mainly. Holidays. And things like that.

Well, very best of luck. Your first answer,

in this case we were looking for Jonah Hill films, was Moneyball.

This has to be right, then it has to be pointless for you to win

the jackpot, so for £1,250, let's see how many people said Moneyball.

It's right.

Down it goes. Through the 50s and the 40s,

into the 30s.

If it goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £1,250.

Into single figures, still going down!

-3.

-APPLAUSE.

Good start.

That's good. As you said, it's a big part.

Most people might remember that.

So it's all looking very good for your next two answers.

Only two more shots, obviously, at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Anchorman. We were looking for Seth Rogen films.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so let's see, for £1,250, how many people said Anchorman.

It's right.

Your first answer, Moneyball, took us all the way down to 3.

Anchorman, now taking us down through the teens

and into single figures, down it goes, still going,

down it goes... Ooh!

APPLAUSE

One person got Anchorman and that's a really tiny part, as you said.

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

the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.

It is Step Brothers and of course, in this case,

we're still looking for Seth Rogen films.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot £1,250.

Let's see how many people said Step Brothers.

It's right.

OK, so your first answer, Moneyball, took us down to 3.

Your second answer, Anchorman took us down to 1.

Now, Step Brothers takes us into single figures,

still going down, down it goes...

-Yes, you've done it! Very well done indeed!

-CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Fabulous answer there. Very, very well done. Brilliant! Very good!

Fantastic! Congratulations!

Step Brothers was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £1,250.

Not only congratulations for that,

but congratulations for putting them in the right order as well.

That was fantastic.

Down from 3 to 1 to pointless. Absolutely faultless there.

-APPLAUSE

-Richly deserved, Jamie and Robbie.

We like it when it's in the right order.

-We do.

-What a rollercoaster ride you've had over the two shows.

Terrific stuff. I'm so glad you didn't get knocked out

and you've been able to show us everything you know.

Great final category for you as well.

Let's take a look at the Jonah Hill films.

Some big films here.

He was also in Click, Evan Almighty, Funny People, Horton Hears A Who,

I Heart Huckabees. And The Watch. All of those were pointless.

Well done if you said any of them. Let's take a look at Seth Rogen.

You also could have had... He was also in Horton Hears A Who.

Shrek The Third and The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Michael Cera...

Slightly harder, some of these.

You also could have had Magic Magic and Steal This Movie.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Well, thanks very much, Richard.

And thanks once again to our winning players, Jamie and Robbie,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250. Very well done.

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.

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