Episode 24 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to score as few

points as you can, and you do that by coming up with the answers

that no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Peter, I'm from Warwick.

This is my daughter-in-law, Louise. Louise is from Solihull.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Richard, this is my work colleague, Katie,

-and we're from West Yorkshire.

-Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Stuart, this is my fiancee, Sarah,

and we're from Buxton in Derbyshire.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Steve, I'm from Shefford.

This is my cousin, Lindsey, and she's from Deanshanger.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll find out more about throughout the show as it goes along.

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Some people say he's overqualified for this show,

but it all balances out cos I'm so laughably under-qualified.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-And to you.

-How are you today?

-I'm very well.

One of those rare occasions where we've got four new pairs

on the show today. It doesn't happen very often.

-I'm feeling a bit shy.

-You're the only person here I know.

-Yeah.

-So, I might hang around with you a little bit during the show.

-Do.

But we'll get to know people a little bit as we go on.

Lovely to have you all here. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

-It's going to be an awful lot of fun, isn't it?

-Isn't it just?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Grant and Matt didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at...

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

Remember, at all times,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be

eliminated, so just do what you can to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Numbers. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going

to go first and second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Prime numbers. Richard.

We're going to show you seven clues on each pass,

the answer to each of which is a prime number.

There's going to be 14 questions in all,

14 prime numbers to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our first board of clues.

Here they are. Seven of them.

I'll read those all again.

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

-What do you do, Peter?

-Well, I'm retired now.

I sort of retired last year and they asked me to go back to work,

-but I have retired now.

-You said, "No." You said, "I shan't."

HE LAUGHS

I did. I went back for three months and now I'm fully retired.

-Then remembered why you'd retired.

-Exactly.

-So, what work did you do?

I was in procurement for most of working life,

-purchasing officer for various organisations.

-Very good.

-Now, Peter. Prime numbers.

-Right.

-What grabs you on that board?

I think, I'm hoping, is the hour, day and month

of the first Armistice. I think I'm going to go for 11.

11, says Peter. 11.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said 11.

It's right!

40.

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40 for 11. Oh, it's going to get confusing, this, isn't it?

Really confusing. There's an awful lot of numbers around.

Yeah, signed up at 5:00am in a railway carriage

and the war ended six hours later.

Good. Thank you. OK. Katie, welcome.

It's good to have you here. What do you do, Katie?

I'm a communications manager in the NHS.

And what are your hobbies, Katie?

Performing in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

-How many of them have you been in?

-Oh, most of them over the years.

-But I'm on repeat now, so I'm doing a lot of them again.

-Very good.

OK, now, Katie, prime numbers.

There are two I definitely know, but I feel I need to have a punt,

and I'm going for the triskaidekaphobia one,

which I think is 13.

Triskaidekaphobia. Let's see if that's right. Is it 13?

If it is, let's see how many people said 13.

It is 13. Phew!

Well, 11 scored 14. Let's see what 13 scores.

37. There we are.

Apparently, 60% of Britain say they suffer from triskaidekaphobia.

13 is quite a convenient one to be scared of, cos when you do use 13?

-Answer? Never, really.

-No.

-Unless you're a Rugby League fan. That's it.

LAUGHTER

-Thank you very much indeed. Sarah.

-Yes.

-Sarah, welcome.

Great to have you. From Buxton. What do you do, Sarah?

-I'm a student at the University of York.

-How's that going?

-Great.

-What are you studying?

-English.

-What year are you in?

-Just first year.

-First year.

-Yeah.

Sarah, what about this board behind me?

Erm, I should probably be able to take a good guess

at the Shakespeare one,

but I think I'm going to go with the Harry Potter novels

written by JK Rowling, and I think that's seven.

Seven, says Sarah. Let's see if that's right for Harry Potter,

let's see how many people said seven.

It is right. Very narrow field at the moment, with 40 our high score,

37 our low.

You passed 40, you passed 37. 34.

A new low score.

34.

Good answer. Seven novels and eight films, of course,

just to eke out a bit of extra money.

Exactly right.

-Steve, welcome.

-Hi.

-Good to have you here, Steve. What do you do?

-I'm a childminder.

Are you? And how many childs do you mind?

I've got two of my own, and then I have five other kids

that I look after during the week.

And what do you do in your... Do you get spare time, as a childminder?

There's not a lot, there's not a lot. I like to go for a run.

-I like to sing, I'm in a band.

-Very good. What sort of band is it?

-We're a party band. We do cheesy cover versions.

-Perfect.

I wear spandex in the band.

-I didn't need to know that, but that's...

-LAUGHTER

It's all helpful, Steve.

It's all helpful for the second show, when you come back, eh?

We'll go, "Ah, Stevie Spandex is back!" LAUGHTER

"I see you've brought your trousers, Steve," we'll say!

And the newcomers will both go, "We don't know this."

"Stevie who?" Stevie Spandex!

-The Spand-Meister!

-Yeah.

Hey, Spando!

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

Spando Ballet, we call him. LAUGHTER

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

Do you fancy talking us through it?

Year of the 20th century

that Margaret Thatcher came to power was 1979.

The code for Australia?

I know we're 41, I'm going to put them at the bottom of the world

and say they're 61, or something.

I think the answer I'm going to go for, just to be safe,

is the top one. 1979.

OK, '79, says Steve.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said '79.

It's right.

-Look at that!

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The best score of the round, Steve.

10.

Spando!

Spando!

That's good work. '79, that's a low score.

Let's take a look at the rest of these...

And it's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

That is Ryan Adams, not Bryan Adams.

Do you think Bryan Adams was quite cross

when someone called Ryan Adams came on the scene?

-I think he was happy that Ryan Adams didn't match his success.

-Right.

I mean, for example,

-I know when Ruce Springsteen came on the scene, I know that...

-LAUGHTER

Now, the code for international direct dial calls to Australia IS 61.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

That would have been a result if you'd said that, 2 points.

-Although ours isn't 41.

-Oh, 44.

Ours is 44.

I just bring that up.

Just in case anyone's thinking of dialling in.

And the number of surviving plays credited to Shakespeare...

-It's more than 17.

-It's 37.

-Hey, there you go!

And that would have scored you 5 points, which is also a prime number.

Thanks very much. Halfway through, let's look at the scores.

10, Steve! The best score of that pass was yours,

putting you and Lindsey top of the table.

Then up to 34, quite a hike up to there, where we find Sarah

and Stewart. 37, Katie and Richard. And 40, Peter and Louise.

So, quite tight grouping in the high scores there.

But, Louise, you are ahead.

So you know what we need from you, a nice, low score.

Let's hope that'll keep you in the game.

Back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, we're going to put seven more clues up on the board,

and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time...

There we are. Lindsey, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here.

-What do you do, Lindsey?

-I'm a sales manager in the Midlands.

Fun?

Bundle of laughs.

Employees watching at the moment, do you think?

What do you like getting up to when you're not doing that?

I seem to find myself at an awful lot of children's parties these days.

Maybe thinking about changing career to an entertainer,

-I'm at so many of them.

-You've now picked up quite a lot...?

Do you have a favourite? Actually, what you could do,

you could do a directory of Midlands children's entertainers.

I might take up balloon modelling.

It's not a bad idea.

Anyway, Lindsey, there you are. You're on 10.

The high-scorers, on 40, Louise and Peter.

So, a score of 29 or less

and you won't even be troubling the high-scoreboard.

I think it's probably going to be a high-scorer,

but I'm going to play it a little bit safe and go for the number

of members in the original Police line-up as three.

Three, says Lindsey. Let's see if that's right.

If you can get below this red line with three,

you are definitely in the next round.

Let's see how many people said three.

It's right.

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I think that's good enough to see you through.

Well done, Lindsey.

Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, of course,

the original members of The Police.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Now, Stewart, welcome.

-All right.

-What do you do, Stewart?

-I'm a HGV driver.

Do you drive nationally, internationally?

Just within an hour and a half of Buxton, really.

That's nice, never having to go too far. Now, Stewart.

There you are, you're on 34.

The high-scorers at the moment on 46 are Lindsey and Steve.

So, yes - 11 or less definitely keeps you in the game.

I think I know one, it's coming to me, and that's the top on.

I think it's Sum 41.

Sum 41. Sum 41, says Stewart.

Let's see if 41's right.

There's your red line - quite low, but maybe 41 can get you down there.

It's right.

I think that's a good answer, Stewart.

I'll be surprised if that doesn't get you through to Round Two...

-Almost!

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Well played, Stewart. Yes, Sum 41. I used to love Sum 41.

-We're learning a lot, aren't we, about prime numbers today?

-Aren't we?

-Good, I feel we've been quite educational.

-Now, Richard - welcome.

Good to have you here, what do you do, Richard?

-I work in engagement for the NHS...

-Of course!

-You and Katie work together.

-Yes.

Now, whose idea was it come on the show?

Well, we had some trouble working this out.

I believe it was Katie, I think that she

was the one that pushed us forward for this.

-So it was your fault.

-Yes.

-And was Richard the obvious candidate?

-Oh, yes, definitely.

What you think Katie's relying on, Richard?

Which area of speciality, expertise, do you think?

Football, I think. And modern music, I think.

-Modern music.

-Yeah.

Richard, what are you going to go for?

You want to be scoring 11 or less.

It's going to be the number of syllables in a traditional haiku.

And I think, it's a five, a five, a seven and a five.

Which to my mind is 22.

But I'm hoping it's not a seven, a seven, a five and a seven.

So my answer is 22!

-Thank you for showing your working, is what I was going to say.

-LAUGHTER

You may get points for that.

But, 22, you're saying.

OK, there's your red line.

You have to get below that red line

with 22, prime number. Let's see if it's right.

I'm sorry, Richard.

I'm sorry, 22, not a prime number.

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 137.

22, of course, you can divide it by two.

There's a clue in it, isn't there? LAUGHTER

Yep.

-OK, Louise - welcome.

-Hello.

Welcome. What you do, Louise?

I work in IT, in the retail sector.

OK, very good. And what to do in your spare time, Louise?

I like to watch men run around a field in tight shorts.

Is this in a sporting kind of environment...?

Yeah, I'm a director of the local rugby team.

That's fun - so you're a director of the team?

I am indeed, operations director, yep.

Now, Louise - you're the last person to have this board.

You have to score 96 or less. Talk us through that board.

I think there's one hump on a camel.

It's either one or two, so I'm going to go for one.

I don't know any of the others, apart from maybe the last one,

which I think may be five.

So I'm going to go with number of humps, one.

One hump, is that right?

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

There's your red line.

Oh! I'm sorry.

100 points, you've scored.

Yeah, dromedary is a one-humped camel, I'm afraid.

-A Bactrian camel has two.

-Oh! OK.

And would have scored you...

so would have seen you safely through.

-The house number - do you remember this one?

-I don't remember that.

Get down to 73. Number 73 with Sandi Toksvig and Neil Buchanan.

Only 2 points, goodness!

The number of syllables in a traditional haiku -

it actually goes five, seven, five, I'm afraid.

So it's 17.

-..which scores five, finally! It's about time.

-Slam dunk, look at that.

Fantastic. Thank you, Richard.

At the end of our First Round, I'm afraid the pair heading home...

Oh, you kept the jeopardy up right till the very last minute there,

Louise, but I'm afraid it is you. 140 is your high-score.

Louise and Peter, we have to say goodbye now,

but we'll see you again next time.

-Louise and Peter.

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

APPLAUSE

So, three pairs remain, at the end of this round we'll

have to say goodbye to another pair in time for our head-to-head round.

Well done, everyone -

we've all made it through the minefields that was prime numbers.

Richard, ooh, you were lucky there.

Anyway, listen - put that behind us. Our best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Landmarks. 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...

Countries With Five Or More UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Richard.

As of April 2014, there are 62 countries in the world that

have five or more UNESCO World Heritage sites within their borders.

They can be cultural or natural.

We're looking for any of those countries, please.

In fact, we won't accept the UK, so there are 61 possible answers,

which is a prime number, as Spando could tell you.

Five also a prime number, so it's all coming together, this show.

As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

Thanks very much indeed. Richard, over to you.

-I'm going to go for Greece.

-Greece, says Richard. Greece.

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

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20 for Greece.

Well played, Richard. It's got 17 sites.

Which is a prime number. LAUGHTER

-Now, Sarah.

-Yes.

-What are you going to go for?

I think I'm going to go with China.

China, says Sarah. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Well, Greece scored 20.

-China passes that!

-APPLAUSE

16 for China.

-They've got 45 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

-Good.

Thanks very much indeed.

-Lindsey!

-Hello.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going to try Mexico.

Mexico, says Lindsey. Interesting.

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

It's right.

Well, 20's our high-scorer at this point, and 16 our low -

lets see where Mexico ends up. It passes all of them.

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We're going for a lot of the big hitters here.

They've got 32 in Mexico.

Including the ancient, industrial facilities of Tequila.

-That's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

-There you go.

That's where they set To Kill A Mockingbird, that was down there(!)

Halfway through the round - thank you, Richard -

let's take a look at those scores.

15 the best score of the pass, Lindsey and Steve.

Then up to 16, Sarah and Stewart.

Then up to 20, where we find Richard and Katie.

So, yes - all pretty tightly grouped there.

However, Katie, you are out in front,

so we need a low score from you.

Back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium.

So, Steve - remember we're looking for countries that

have five or more UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

You're on 15. To avoid becoming the new high-scorers,

you want to score 4 or less.

Before I wore spandex, I used to wear a backpack.

Sorry.

That may be bigging it up a little bit too much,

cos I only wore it for about two weeks.

But I did go to visit Peru, so that's what I'm going to go for.

Peru, says Steve.

Spando.

There is your red line,

if you can get below that red line

you are definitely in the head-to-head.

But let's see how far down the column you get with Peru.

It's right.

-Oh, it's a good answer, look at that!

-APPLAUSE

I think that's good enough for you, Steve.

Good answer, Steve. They've got 11 sites,

including Machu Picchu and the Temple of the Spandex Backpack.

LAUGHTER

-Now, Stewart.

-Yep.

Stewart, you're on 16,

high-scorers at the moment are Steve and Lindsey on 22.

So, 5 or less is what you want.

My answers just gone, so...

-There are other countries.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

-I'm going to go with Brazil.

-Brazil, says Stewart.

Get below this with Brazil,

and you are definitely in the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Well done, Stewart, it's going

to be very interesting on that final podium now. Brazil's got 19 sites.

OK. Now, Katie - there you are.

You're on 20, the high-scorers are Stewart and Sarah on 28,

so 7 or less is what we have to get from you.

-That's it.

-Yep.

-It's the end of the line.

-Yep.

-Well, I've got a few up my sleeve.

-Good.

I think they'll all be fairly high...

OK, don't use those ones, look in the other sleeve.

Well then, all that's left is for me to carry

on this South American theme,

have a complete punt, and go Chile.

Chile.

OK, here's your red line.

You have to get below that with Chile.

Or else we have to say goodbye to you.

Let's find out, is Chile right? Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

Can Chile score less than 7?

Down it goes, still going down,

-you've done it!

-APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Katie, just when we needed it.

Takes your total up to 22, which is the answer Richard gave

in the prime number round which wasn't a prime number.

But there we are, it is your score.

Yeah, I have to say, that's the way to play Pointless, Katie.

Very well done, took a risk. There's five there.

Five, so just made it through.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, there's quite a few.

Sticking with South America, you could've had...

You also could've said Columbia, Czech Republic,

Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Romania, Senegal,

South Korea and Zimbabwe.

Top three, the ones that most of our 100 people said...

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our Second Round, the pair who are heading home

with their impressive low high-score of 28, it's Stewart and Sarah.

We have to say goodbye to you now, we'll see you again next time.

-Thanks so much, Stewart and Sarah.

-APPLAUSE

But for Steve and Lindsey and Katie and Richard,

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Steve and Lindsey, Katie and Richard.

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

play for our jackpot, which is currently...

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Steve and Lindsey,

you haven't put a foot wrong. Katie and Richard, well...

There've been some ups and downs,

Richard, very lucky escape with 22 in Round One,

all the numbers going around.

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

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Here comes your first question, and it concerns...

Writers On Film.

We're going to show you five actors portraying different writers on film,

we need you to tell us the name of the writer portrayed, please.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five writers on film, and here they are. We have...

There we are, five writers portrayed in films.

Steve and Lindsey, you've been our low-scorers throughout,

so you will go first.

-A is Edgar Allan Poe.

-That's a very good answer. B is Wilde.

-D is Shakespeare.

-C is Iris Murdoch.

And the other good one is E, which I think is Travers,

the woman who wrote Mary Poppins.

-We've had a chat, we're going to go for A.

-Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe, say Steve and Lindsey. Edgar Allen Poe.

Now, Katie and Richard, the board's all yours.

-Do you want to talk us through it?

-Yep.

-We didn't know A.

-A was the only one we didn't know, yeah.

B is Oscar Wilde.

C is Iris Murdoch.

D is Shakespeare.

And E, I think is E.L. Travers,

but because I'm not confident of the second letter,

we'll go C, Iris Murdoch.

OK, C, Iris Murdoch, say Katie and Richard.

So we have Edgar Allan Poe versus Iris Murdoch.

Steve and Lindsey said Edgar Allan Poe for A, let's see

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

It's right.

Oh, that's a good answer, look at that -

-Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

4 for Edgar Allan Poe.

Katie and Richard, meanwhile, have said Iris Murdoch for C.

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

It is right.

Oh, it's going to be close, down it goes, oh!

APPLAUSE

Two brilliant answers there, 4 and 6,

but Edgar Allen Poe wins it for Steve and Lindsey.

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

Good work, it's going to be a good head-to-head, I think.

Actually, 4 is the best answer up there.

Even if you had got the last one -

-it's P.L. Travers.

-Oh.

P.L. Travers, and would have scored you 5 points.

Emma Thompson, playing her there.

The writer of Mary Poppins, of course.

B is Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde, as you said.

Joseph Fiennes there as Shakespeare.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Katie and Richard, you get to answer it first, but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

It concerns...

Batman. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five characters from the Batman universe of comics,

but we've removed alternate letters from their names, can you fill in the gaps?

Let's reveal our five Batman characters,

and here they are with bits missing.

We have...

I'll read those all again...

Katie and Richard, you will go first.

We know a few on there,

but we think the lowest answer might be the fourth one down, Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy, OK. Poison Ivy, say Katie and Richard.

Steve and Lindsey, the board's all yours. Talk us through it.

We think the bottom one is the Riddler.

And we had Poison Ivy.

-So we're going to go with the Riddler.

-The Riddler.

OK, Poison Ivy versus the Riddler.

Katie and Richard said Poison Ivy, let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Steve and Lindsey have gone for the Riddler,

let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Katie and Richard, you're back in the game.

-After two questions it's 1-1.

-Well played.

There is a pointless answer up there, but it's not the top one.

That's Harley Quinn.

One-time girlfriend of the Joker.

Would have scored you 59, which has the good grace to be a prime number.

Robin is a big scorer, what do you think Robin would have scored?

Erm, 95?

LAUGHTER

Yep, very well done, very well done.

And the other one is the pointless answer, it's Joe Something.

It's Joe Chill.

Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed.

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

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

Bill Gates. Richard.

We're going to show you five clues now to facts about Bill Gates.

Very best of luck to both teams.

Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Steve and Lindsey, you will go first this time.

-Shall we go with that?

-Go with that.

OK, we're going to go for the decade in which Forbes Magazine first

named him the world's richest man,

and we really hope it was the 1980s.

The 1980s. OK, the '80s say Steve and Lindsey.

Katie and Richard.

Erm, shall we have a real punt at the comedy series?

I don't know of a film about Bill Gates.

I wonder whether it's the film about Steve Jobs,

but I can't remember what that film's called.

Great! Shall we go for the comedy series?

Yeah.

We'll go for the comedy series, and we'll just say Friends.

-OK.

-You're going to say Friends.

So, we have the 1980s and we have Friends.

Let's take them in the order they were given.

Steve and Lindsey went for the 1980s. Let's see if that's right.

-AUDIENCE MOANS

-Nope.

Katie and Richard, you just have to be correct with your answer

here, and you will go through to the final.

Let's see if you're right with Friends.

-Ooh!

-LAUGHTER

So, there we are. After three questions, it's one-all.

Yeah, if you're going to guess anything, guess a decade.

It could only be two of them, and it was the other one. 1990s.

1995 was the first year he was the richest person in the world.

He's been the richest person in the world for 15 of the last 20 years.

It's Peter Andre for the other five.

LAUGHTER 30 points for that.

Now, his city of birth is Seattle,

which is where Microsoft is based.

Seven points for that. He dropped out of Harvard.

It would have scored you 15 points.

Now, the comedy series is a tough one.

It's a pointless answer, and well done anyone who said Frasier.

-Of course, yeah.

-And the film, it's not Steve jobs.

It's the film about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook.

He's in that. It's The Social Network.

It would have scored you 8.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

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

Meryl Streep characters, Richard.

Going to give you five clues now to characters played by Meryl Streep on film.

We need you to tell us the films that these characters appeared in, please.

The very best of luck.

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

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, Katie and Richard, you go first.

Are you sure?

-Because it's slightly older, or...

-Yeah... Maybe.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll go for the fourth one on that list, which is Out Of Africa.

Out Of Africa say Richard and Katie.

Now, Steve and Lindsey.

I think I remember seeing this last film with, I think,

maybe Alec Baldwin, and I think it's It's Complicated,

-so I think we're going to go for the bottom one.

-It's Complicated.

OK, so we have Out Of Africa and we have It's Complicated.

Katie and Richard have gone for Out Of Africa.

Let's see if that's right.

It is right!

-Down it goes. 25.

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25 for Out Of Africa.

Steve and Lindsey have gone for It's Complicated.

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

It's right.

And it wins you the point! Very well done indeed.

It's Complicated, 8, which means after four questions,

Steve and Lindsey, you're through to the final. 2-1.

So, absolutely pumped to have Spando through to the jackpot, are you?

LAUGHTER

That's great news. Well done, Spando.

You actually gave us the best answer on the board again.

You couldn't have beaten It's Complicated.

The next best answer is the top one, and it was The River Wild.

It would have scored you 9 points.

It's The Devil Wears Prada, would have scored you 54,

and the biggest scorer by a mile, Mamma Mia! with 70.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the pair leaving us...is Katie and Richard.

Well, it was very nearly Round One, so you staggered on.

A fabulous performance in Round Two, and I'm afraid,

though, Steve and Lindsey have pipped you here.

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

We look forward to that very much indeed.

-Katie and Richard, thanks very much indeed. Great contestants.

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But for Steve and Lindsey, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and Lindsey.

You've fought off all the competition and you have won

our coveted Pointless trophy.

Woo-hoo!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the end of today's show,

the jackpot stands at £2,000. There it is.

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Well, it took a while in that head-to-head. It took a while.

But you made it,

and you were our low scorers in every single round up to that point.

So, yeah, fantastic. Great performance there.

Steve, Spando, you've stretched yourself, that's what you've done.

LAUGHTER

Not a pretty sight!

OK, well, 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 today you like the look of.

We've got...

OK, I'll go with whichever you would like to go with.

-You live near Birmingham.

-Thanks, yeah.

I think we're going to go for Birmingham.

-OK, Birmingham it is. Richard.

-OK, good luck.

Three very different questions here. We're looking for anyone who, at the beginning of April 2014, is the

MP for any of the ten constituencies that make up Birmingham.

We're looking for any published collection of poems

by Benjamin Zephaniah, or we are looking for anyone who has

ever managed Birmingham City or its predecessors from 1892.

Only full-time managers, no interim or caretaker managers.

So, any Birmingham MPs, April 2014,

any Benjamin Zephaniah collections of poetry,

or any Birmingham City managers. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, as always,

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

All we need for you to walk off with that jackpot is for just

one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

-Your time sites now.

-What are you thinking?

I'm only thinking about the bottom one,

and I'm not a massive football fun.

I had Football '81, my sticker album, my Panini, and I loved it,

-but I can't visualise the manager.

-Well, that's no good!

I can remember Alex McLeish has been their manager, and I can remember...

-If we can get three names I'll be pleased.

-Steve Bruce was their manager.

I don't think either of them are pointless. I'm just trying to think of managers

from the '80s that might have been there. I'm thinking about John Bond.

I know he was at Manchester City and Norwich. I don't think he was there.

Erm, I don't know if Trevor Francis might have been a manager cos

he was a manager at...

I think it might have been one of those clubs.

I'll go with whatever you decide.

-I just think we should have a punt, maybe, on Trevor Francis.

-OK.

But I'm still trying to picture my...

Football '81, I've still got it!

Did you say John Bond? I've not really heard of him...

Ten seconds left.

Go for it. Just go with it.

OK. OK.

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

OK, we're going to go for the Birmingham City managers.

-We're going to go for Trevor Francis.

-Trevor Francis.

-We're going to go for, erm, Alex McLeish.

-Alex McLeish.

-And Steve Bruce.

-Steve Bruce.

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

-Trevor Francis, if it's right.

-Trevor Francis, if it's right.

-We'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Erm, of the other two...

-Alex McLeish.

-Alex McLeish.

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

We have got Alex McLeish, Steve Bruce and Trevor Francis.

Well, best of luck. Three good answers up there on the board.

Let's hope at least one of those is pointless and will win you that jackpot.

Two grand, not a bad sum to be taking home.

Steve, what would you do with your share of that?

Remember The Office? David Brent? That'll be me.

I want to do a video on a beach of myself.

Pop it on YouTube. White linen suit.

LAUGHTER

-Lindsey, how about you?

-I'm not sure how I can follow that!

Erm, we're going to New York later in the year,

so I'd probably take it and blow it on a completely unnecessary handbag.

OK, well, there we are. Best of luck.

As I say, three good answers, let's hope one of them wins it for you. Your first was Alex McLeish.

You weren't entirely confident this was going to win the jackpot for you, but who knows?

In all cases, all three cases, we are looking for Birmingham City managers.

Let's find out if Alex McLeish is pointless.

If it is, it'll win you £2,000. How many people said Alex McLeish?

It's right.

Well, as I say, if this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with £2,000.

Alex McLeish now taking us down through the 20s into the teens,

into single figures...

-9.

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So not a pointless answer.

That means you only have two more shots and today's jackpot. Your second answer was Steve Bruce.

Again, Birmingham City managers is the category.

Let's find out if it's pointless.

For £2,000, how many people said Steve Bruce?

It's right.

Well, Alex McLeish took us down to 9,

Steve Bruce now taking us down through the 30s, into the 20s...

into the teens. 15 for Steve Bruce.

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OK. Everything is now riding on your third and final answer.

You weren't entirely sure if this was correct. But it might be.

And it might be pointless. Trevor Francis.

Let's find out how many people said Trevor Francis.

For £2,000, is it pointless?

It's right.

It's right.

Your first answer, Alex McLeish, took us all the way down to 9.

Steve Bruce took us down to 15. Trevor Francis now passing 15.

Passing 9.

Oh! 5.

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5. Well, listen, you ended with a prime number,

so very well done there. That'll please Richard.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't

win the jackpot of £2,000. That will roll over onto the next show, but what a performance.

You've done very, very well and we've really enjoyed having you on the show.

And you get a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

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-Thank you.

Yeah, you've played really well. You've been great fun throughout as well,

and you gave us three correct answers there, which is very good going.

In fact, during your 60 seconds, you gave us four correct answers...

-cos John Bond was a pointless answer.

-Oh, no!

-Oh!

It was John Bond! Never mind.

Would have been worth the risk, it turns out. I'm very sorry.

Well done if you got John Bond at home.

Now, let's take a look at the MPs.

Jack Dromey, the Shadow Police Minister,

is a pointless answer, John Hemming, Khalid Mahmood, Richard Burden,

they were the pointless answers on that. Very well done if you said any of those.

Benjamin Zephaniah, a collection of City Psalms, Pen Rhythm,

The Dread Affair, We Are Britain, in fact, anything apart from

Talking Turkeys would have been a pointless answer,

so if you said anything else, very well played.

And let's take a look at some of these managers. Quite a few on this list, actually.

Sir Alf Ramsey came out of retirement in the '70s,

Jim Smith was the manager in your 1981 Panini sticker annual.

There's John Bond, I'm afraid.

Again, another short-lived manager, Lou Macari.

In fact, everybody apart from the people you've already said and

Lee Clark, Barry Fry, Chris Hughton, Terry Cooper and Ron Saunders.

Anybody else, if you said them, any manager since 1892, you'd have won the money.

Really, really bad luck with the John Bond thing there.

Thanks very much, Richard. Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Steve and Lindsey,

but it's been fantastic having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Steve and Lindsey.

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Well, sadly, Steve and Lindsey didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £3,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

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

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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